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cattle, and over all the earth, and over 6 But there went up a mist from the earth,
every creeping thing that creepeth upon and watered the whole face of the ground.
the earth. 7 And the LORD God formed man of the
27 So God created man in his own image, dust of the ground, and breathed into his
in the image of God created he him; male nostrils the breath of life; and man became
and female created he them. a living soul.
28 And God blessed them, and God said 8 ¶ And the LORD God planted a garden
unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and eastward in Eden; and there he put the
replenish the earth, and subdue it: and man whom he had formed.
have dominion over the fish of the sea, 9 And out of the ground made the LORD
and over the fowl of the air, and over God to grow every tree that is pleasant to
every living thing that moveth upon the the sight, and good for food; the tree of
earth. life also in the midst of the garden, and the
29 ¶ And God said, Behold, I have given tree of knowledge of good and evil.
you every herb bearing seed, which is 10 And a river went out of Eden to water
upon the face of all the earth, and every the garden; and from thence it was parted,
tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree and became into four heads.
yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to which compasseth the whole land of
every fowl of the air, and to every thing Havilah, where there is gold;
that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there 12 And the gold of that land is good: there
is life, I have given every green herb for is bdellium and the onyx stone.
meat: and it was so. 13 And the name of the second river is
31 And God saw every thing that he had Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the
made, and, behold, it was very good. And whole land of Ethiopia.
the evening and the morning were the 14 And the name of the third river is
sixth day. Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the
east of Assyria. And the fourth river is
CHAPTER 2 Euphrates.
THUS the heavens and the earth were 15 And the LORD God took the man, and
finished, and all the host of them. put him into the garden of Eden to dress it
2 And on the seventh day God ended his and to keep it.
work which he had made; and he rested on 16 And the LORD God commanded the
the seventh day from all his work which man, saying, Of every tree of the garden
he had made. thou mayest freely eat:
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of
sanctified it: because that in it he had good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for
rested from all his work which God in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
created and made. shalt surely die.
4 ¶ These are the generations of the 18 ¶ And the LORD God said, It is not
heavens and of the earth when they were good that the man should be alone; I will
created, in the day that the LORD God make him an help meet for him.
made the earth and the heavens, 19 And out of the ground the LORD God
5 And every plant of the field before it formed every beast of the field, and every
was in the earth, and every herb of the fowl of the air; and brought them unto
field before it grew: for the LORD God had Adam to see what he would call them: and
not caused it to rain upon the earth, and whatsoever Adam called every living
there was not a man to till the ground. creature, that was the name thereof.
GENESIS
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, they sewed fig leaves together, and made
and to the fowl of the air, and to every themselves aprons.
beast of the field; but for Adam there was 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD
not found an help meet for him. God walking in the garden in the cool of
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep the day: and Adam and his wife hid
to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he themselves from the presence of the LORD
took one of his ribs, and closed up the God amongst the trees of the garden.
flesh instead thereof; 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam,
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had and said unto him, Where art thou?
taken from man, made he a woman, and 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the
brought her unto the man. garden, and I was afraid, because I was
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of naked; and I hid myself.
my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou
be called Woman, because she was taken wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree,
out of Man. whereof I commanded thee that thou
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father shouldest not eat?
and his mother, and shall cleave unto his 12 And the man said, The woman whom
wife: and they shall be one flesh. thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of
25 And they were both naked, the man the tree, and I did eat.
and his wife, and were not ashamed. 13 And the LORD God said unto the
woman, What is this that thou hast done?
CHAPTER 3 And the woman said, The serpent beguiled
NOW the serpent was more subtil than me, and I did eat.
any beast of the field which the LORD God 14 And the LORD God said unto the
had made. And he said unto the woman, serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou
Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of art cursed above all cattle, and above
every tree of the garden? every beast of the field; upon thy belly
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all
We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the the days of thy life:
garden: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the the woman, and between thy seed and her
midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou
shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, shalt bruise his heel.
lest ye die. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in
Ye shall not surely die: sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and
5 For God doth know that in the day ye thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he
eat thereof, then your eyes shall be shall rule over thee.
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou
good and evil. hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife,
6 And when the woman saw that the tree and hast eaten of the tree, of which I
was good for food, and that it was pleasant commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not
to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake;
make one wise, she took of the fruit in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of
thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto thy life;
her husband with her; and he did eat. 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of
and they knew that they were naked; and the field;
GENESIS
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat and it came to pass, when they were in the
bread, till thou return unto the ground; for field, that Cain rose up against Abel his
out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, brother, and slew him.
and unto dust shalt thou return. 9 ¶ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where
20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know
because she was the mother of all living. not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the
LORD God make coats of skins, and voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto
clothed them. me from the ground.
22 ¶ And the LORD God said, Behold, the 11 And now art thou cursed from the
man is become as one of us, to know good earth, which hath opened her mouth to
and evil: and now, lest he put forth his receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
hand, and take also of the tree of life, and 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall
eat, and live for ever: not henceforth yield unto thee her
23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt
from the garden of Eden, to till the ground thou be in the earth.
from whence he was taken. 13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed punishment is greater than I can bear.
at the east of the garden of Eden 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this
Cherubims, and a flaming sword which day from the face of the earth; and from
turned every way, to keep the way of the thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a
tree of life. fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and
it shall come to pass, that every one that
CHAPTER 4 findeth me shall slay me.
AND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore
conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall
gotten a man from the LORD. be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD
2 And she again bare his brother Abel. set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him
And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain should kill him.
was a tiller of the ground. 16 ¶ And Cain went out from the presence
3 And in process of time it came to pass, of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod,
that Cain brought of the fruit of the on the east of Eden.
ground an offering unto the LORD. 17 And Cain knew his wife; and she
4 And Abel, he also brought of the conceived, and bare Enoch: and he
firstlings of his flock and of the fat builded a city, and called the name of the
thereof. And the LORD had respect unto city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Abel and to his offering: 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and
5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat
not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
his countenance fell. 19 ¶ And Lamech took unto him two
6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art wives: the name of the one was Adah, and
thou wroth? and why is thy countenance the name of the other Zillah.
fallen? 20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be of such as dwell in tents, and of such as
accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin have cattle.
lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be 21 And his brother’s name was Jubal: he
his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. was the father of all such as handle the
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: harp and organ.
GENESIS
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, 11 And all the days of Enos were nine
an instructer of every artificer in brass and hundred and five years: and he died.
iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was 12 ¶ And Cainan lived seventy years, and
Naamah. begat Mahalaleel:
23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah 13 And Cainan lived after he begat
and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years,
Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I and begat sons and daughters:
have slain a man to my wounding, and a 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine
young man to my hurt. hundred and ten years: and he died.
24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, 15 ¶ And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five
truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. years, and begat Jared:
25 ¶ And Adam knew his wife again; and 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat
she bare a son, and called his name Seth: Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and
For God, said she, hath appointed me begat sons and daughters:
another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were
slew. eight hundred ninety and five years: and
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born he died.
a son; and he called his name Enos: then 18 ¶ And Jared lived an hundred sixty and
began men to call upon the name of the two years, and he begat Enoch:
LORD. 19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch
eight hundred years, and begat sons and
CHAPTER 5 daughters:
THIS is the book of the generations of 20 And all the days of Jared were nine
Adam. In the day that God created man, in hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
the likeness of God made he him; 21 ¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years,
2 Male and female created he them; and and begat Methuselah:
blessed them, and called their name 22 And Enoch walked with God after he
Adam, in the day when they were created. begat Methuselah three hundred years,
3 ¶ And Adam lived an hundred and thirty and begat sons and daughters:
years, and begat a son in his own likeness, 23 And all the days of Enoch were three
after his image; and called his name Seth: hundred sixty and five years:
4 And the days of Adam after he had 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he
begotten Seth were eight hundred years: was not; for God took him.
and he begat sons and daughters: 25 And Methuselah lived an hundred
5 And all the days that Adam lived were eighty and seven years, and begat
nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. Lamech:
6 And Seth lived an hundred and five 26 And Methuselah lived after he begat
years, and begat Enos: Lamech seven hundred eighty and two
7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight years, and begat sons and daughters:
hundred and seven years, and begat sons 27 And all the days of Methuselah were
and daughters: nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he
8 And all the days of Seth were nine died.
hundred and twelve years: and he died. 28 ¶ And Lamech lived an hundred eighty
9 ¶ And Enos lived ninety years, and begat and two years, and begat a son:
Cainan: 29 And he called his name Noah, saying,
10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan This same shall comfort us concerning our
eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat work and toil of our hands, because of the
sons and daughters: ground which the LORD hath cursed.
GENESIS
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had
five hundred ninety and five years, and corrupted his way upon the earth.
begat sons and daughters: 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of
31 And all the days of Lamech were seven all flesh is come before me; for the earth is
hundred seventy and seven years: and he filled with violence through them; and,
died. behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
32 And Noah was five hundred years old: 14 ¶ Make thee an ark of gopher wood;
and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and
shalt pitch it within and without with
CHAPTER 6 pitch.
AND it came to pass, when men began to 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt
multiply on the face of the earth, and make it of: The length of the ark shall be
daughters were born unto them, three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
of men that they were fair; and they took 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark,
them wives of all which they chose. and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above;
3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the
always strive with man, for that he also is side thereof; with lower, second, and third
flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and stories shalt thou make it.
twenty years. 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood
4 There were giants in the earth in those of waters upon the earth, to destroy all
days; and also after that, when the sons of flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from
God came in unto the daughters of men, under heaven; and every thing that is in
and they bare children to them, the same the earth shall die.
became mighty men which were of old, 18 But with thee will I establish my
men of renown. covenant; and thou shalt come into the
5 ¶ And GOD saw that the wickedness of ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and
man was great in the earth, and that every thy sons’ wives with thee.
imagination of the thoughts of his heart 19 And of every living thing of all flesh,
was only evil continually. two of every sort shalt thou bring into the
6 And it repented the LORD that he had ark, to keep them alive with thee; they
made man on the earth, and it grieved him shall be male and female.
at his heart. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man after their kind, of every creeping thing of
whom I have created from the face of the the earth after his kind, two of every sort
earth; both man, and beast, and the shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that
for it repenteth me that I have made them. is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee;
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the and it shall be for food for thee, and for
LORD. them.
9 ¶ These are the generations of Noah: 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that
Noah was a just man and perfect in his God commanded him, so did he.
generations, and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, CHAPTER 7
Ham, and Japheth. AND the LORD said unto Noah, Come
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, thou and all thy house into the ark; for
and the earth was filled with violence. thee have I seen righteous before me in
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, this generation.
GENESIS
on the seventeenth day of the month, upon that creepeth upon the earth; that they may
the mountains of Ararat. breed abundantly in the earth, and be
5 And the waters decreased continually fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
until the tenth month: in the tenth month, 18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and
on the first day of the month, were the his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
tops of the mountains seen. 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and
6 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of forty every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon
days, that Noah opened the window of the the earth, after their kinds, went forth out
ark which he had made: of the ark.
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went 20 ¶ And Noah builded an altar unto the
forth to and fro, until the waters were LORD; and took of every clean beast, and
dried up from off the earth. of every clean fowl, and offered burnt
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to offerings on the altar.
see if the waters were abated from off the 21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour;
face of the ground; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole again curse the ground any more for
of her foot, and she returned unto him into man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s
the ark, for the waters were on the face of heart is evil from his youth; neither will I
the whole earth: then he put forth his again smite any more every thing living,
hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto as I have done.
him into the ark. 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and harvest, and cold and heat, and
and again he sent forth the dove out of the summer and winter, and day and night
ark; shall not cease.
11 And the dove came in to him in the
evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an CHAPTER 9
olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and
the waters were abated from off the earth. said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and replenish the earth.
and sent forth the dove; which returned 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you
not again unto him any more. shall be upon every beast of the earth, and
13 ¶ And it came to pass in the six upon every fowl of the air, upon all that
hundredth and first year, in the first moveth upon the earth, and upon all the
month, the first day of the month, the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they
waters were dried up from off the earth: delivered.
and Noah removed the covering of the 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be
ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of meat for you; even as the green herb have
the ground was dry. I given you all things.
14 And in the second month, on the seven 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is
and twentieth day of the month, was the the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
earth dried. 5 And surely your blood of your lives will
15 ¶ And God spake unto Noah, saying, I require; at the hand of every beast will I
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, require it, and at the hand of man; at the
and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with hand of every man’s brother will I require
thee. the life of man.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing 6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man
that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, shall his blood be shed: for in the image of
and of cattle, and of every creeping thing God made he man.
GENESIS
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; 21 And he drank of the wine, and was
bring forth abundantly in the earth, and drunken; and he was uncovered within his
multiply therein. tent.
8 ¶ And God spake unto Noah, and to his 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw
sons with him, saying, the nakedness of his father, and told his
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant two brethren without.
with you, and with your seed after you; 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment,
10 And with every living creature that is and laid it upon both their shoulders, and
with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of went backward, and covered the
every beast of the earth with you; from all nakedness of their father; and their faces
that go out of the ark, to every beast of the were backward, and they saw not their
earth. father’s nakedness.
11 And I will establish my covenant with 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and
you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any knew what his younger son had done unto
more by the waters of a flood; neither him.
shall there any more be a flood to destroy 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a
the earth. servant of servants shall he be unto his
12 And God said, This is the token of the brethren.
covenant which I make between me and 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God
you and every living creature that is with of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
you, for perpetual generations: 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall
13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan
shall be for a token of a covenant between shall be his servant.
me and the earth. 28 ¶ And Noah lived after the flood three
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring hundred and fifty years.
a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall 29 And all the days of Noah were nine
be seen in the cloud: hundred and fifty years: and he died.
15 And I will remember my covenant,
which is between me and you and every CHAPTER 10
living creature of all flesh; and the waters NOW these are the generations of the
shall no more become a flood to destroy sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth:
all flesh. and unto them were sons born after the
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and flood.
I will look upon it, that I may remember 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and
the everlasting covenant between God and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal,
every living creature of all flesh that is and Meshech, and Tiras.
upon the earth. 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the Riphath, and Togarmah.
token of the covenant, which I have 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and
established between me and all flesh that Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
is upon the earth. 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles
18 ¶ And the sons of Noah, that went forth divided in their lands; every one after his
of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and tongue, after their families, in their
Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. nations.
19 These are the three sons of Noah: and 6 ¶ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and
of them was the whole earth overspread. Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and
and he planted a vineyard: Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and
GENESIS
Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, name of one was Peleg; for in his days
and Dedan. was the earth divided; and his brother’s
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be name was Joktan.
a mighty one in the earth. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and
9 He was a mighty hunter before the Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
Nimrod the mighty hunter before the 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
LORD. 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was these were the sons of Joktan.
Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as
in the land of Shinar. thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the
11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and east.
builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their
and Calah, families, after their tongues, in their lands,
12 And Resen between Nineveh and after their nations.
Calah: the same is a great city. 32 These are the families of the sons of
13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Noah, after their generations, in their
Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, nations: and by these were the nations
14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of divided in the earth after the flood.
whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
15 ¶ And Canaan begat Sidon his CHAPTER 11
firstborn, and Heth, AND the whole earth was of one
16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and language, and of one speech.
the Girgasite, 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed
17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the from the east, that they found a plain in
Sinite, the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let
and the Hamathite: and afterward were the us make brick, and burn them throughly.
families of the Canaanites spread abroad. And they had brick for stone, and slime
19 And the border of the Canaanites was had they for morter.
from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a
Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and city and a tower, whose top may reach
Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto heaven; and let us make us a name,
unto Lasha. lest we be scattered abroad upon the face
20 These are the sons of Ham, after their of the whole earth.
families, after their tongues, in their 5 And the LORD came down to see the city
countries, and in their nations. and the tower, which the children of men
21 ¶ Unto Shem also, the father of all the builded.
children of Eber, the brother of Japheth 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people
the elder, even to him were children born. is one, and they have all one language;
22 The children of Shem; Elam, and and this they begin to do: and now nothing
Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and will be restrained from them, which they
Aram. have imagined to do.
23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and 7 Go to, let us go down, and there
Hul, and Gether, and Mash. confound their language, that they may
24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah not understand one another’s speech.
begat Eber. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from
25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the thence upon the face of all the earth: and
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they left off to build the city. begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; 27 ¶ Now these are the generations of
because the LORD did there confound the Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and
language of all the earth: and from thence Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the 28 And Haran died before his father Terah
face of all the earth. in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the
10 ¶ These are the generations of Shem: Chaldees.
Shem was an hundred years old, and begat 29 And Abram and Nahor took them
Arphaxad two years after the flood: wives: the name of Abram’s wife was
11 And Shem lived after he begat Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife,
Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father
sons and daughters. of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
years, and begat Salah: 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and
13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and
Salah four hundred and three years, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s
begat sons and daughters. wife; and they went forth with them from
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of
Eber: Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and
15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber dwelt there.
four hundred and three years, and begat 32 And the days of Terah were two
sons and daughters. hundred and five years: and Terah died in
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, Haran.
and begat Peleg:
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg CHAPTER 12
four hundred and thirty years, and begat NOW the LORD had said unto Abram, Get
sons and daughters. thee out of thy country, and from thy
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto
Reu: a land that I will shew thee:
19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two 2 And I will make of thee a great nation,
hundred and nine years, and begat sons and I will bless thee, and make thy name
and daughters. great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, 3 And I will bless them that bless thee,
and begat Serug: and curse him that curseth thee: and in
21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two thee shall all families of the earth be
hundred and seven years, and begat sons blessed.
and daughters. 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat spoken unto him; and Lot went with him:
Nahor: and Abram was seventy and five years old
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor when he departed out of Haran.
two hundred years, and begat sons and 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot
daughters. his brother’s son, and all their substance
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty that they had gathered, and the souls that
years, and begat Terah: they had gotten in Haran; and they went
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah forth to go into the land of Canaan; and
an hundred and nineteen years, and begat into the land of Canaan they came.
sons and daughters. 6 ¶ And Abram passed through the land
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of
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Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I
land. might have taken her to me to wife: now
7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go
and said, Unto thy seed will I give this thy way.
land: and there builded he an altar unto the 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men
LORD, who appeared unto him. concerning him: and they sent him away,
8 And he removed from thence unto a and his wife, and all that he had.
mountain on the east of Beth-el, and
pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the CHAPTER 13
west, and Hai on the east: and there he AND Abram went up out of Egypt, he,
builded an altar unto the LORD, and called and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot
upon the name of the LORD. with him, into the south.
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in
toward the south. silver, and in gold.
10 ¶ And there was a famine in the land: 3 And he went on his journeys from the
and Abram went down into Egypt to south even to Beth-el, unto the place
sojourn there; for the famine was grievous where his tent had been at the beginning,
in the land. between Beth-el and Hai;
11 And it came to pass, when he was 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had
come near to enter into Egypt, that he said made there at the first: and there Abram
unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know called on the name of the LORD.
that thou art a fair woman to look upon: 5 ¶ And Lot also, which went with Abram,
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when had flocks, and herds, and tents.
the Egyptians shall see thee, that they 6 And the land was not able to bear them,
shall say, This is his wife: and they will that they might dwell together: for their
kill me, but they will save thee alive. substance was great, so that they could not
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that dwell together.
it may be well with me for thy sake; and 7 And there was a strife between the
my soul shall live because of thee. herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the
14 ¶ And it came to pass, that, when herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite
Abram was come into Egypt, the and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
Egyptians beheld the woman that she was 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be
very fair. no strife, I pray thee, between me and
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, thee, and between my herdmen and thy
and commended her before Pharaoh: and herdmen; for we be brethren.
the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s 9 Is not the whole land before thee?
house. separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if
16 And he entreated Abram well for her thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go
sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he to the right; or if thou depart to the right
asses, and menservants, and maidservants, hand, then I will go to the left.
and she asses, and camels. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld
17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his all the plain of Jordan, that it was well
house with great plagues because of Sarai watered every where, before the LORD
Abram’s wife. destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, the garden of the LORD, like the land of
What is this that thou hast done unto me? Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
why didst thou not tell me that she was thy 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of
wife? Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they
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separated themselves the one from the unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
other. 7 And they returned, and came to En-
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all
and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, the country of the Amalekites, and also
and pitched his tent toward Sodom. the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked tamar.
and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom,
14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Abram, after and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of
that Lot was separated from him, Lift up Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the
now thine eyes, and look from the place king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they
where thou art northward, and southward, joined battle with them in the vale of
and eastward, and westward: Siddim;
15 For all the land which thou seest, to 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam,
thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. and with Tidal king of nations, and
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king
the earth: so that if a man can number the of Ellasar; four kings with five.
dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of
be numbered. slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and
17 Arise, walk through the land in the Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they
length of it and in the breadth of it; for I that remained fled to the mountain.
will give it unto thee. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom
18 Then Abram removed his tent, and and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and
came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, went their way.
which is in Hebron, and built there an altar 12 And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s
unto the LORD. son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods,
and departed.
CHAPTER 14 13 ¶ And there came one that had escaped,
AND it came to pass in the days of and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt
Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of in the plain of Mamre the Amorite,
Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner:
Tidal king of nations; and these were confederate with Abram.
2 That these made war with Bera king of 14 And when Abram heard that his
Sodom, and with Birsha king of brother was taken captive, he armed his
Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and trained servants, born in his own house,
Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king three hundred and eighteen, and pursued
of Bela, which is Zoar. them unto Dan.
3 All these were joined together in the 15 And he divided himself against them,
vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. he and his servants, by night, and smote
4 Twelve years they served them, and pursued them unto Hobah,
Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year which is on the left hand of Damascus.
they rebelled. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and
5 And in the fourteenth year came also brought again his brother Lot, and his
Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were goods, and the women also, and the
with him, and smote the Rephaims in people.
Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in 17 ¶ And the king of Sodom went out to
Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh meet him after his return from the
Kiriathaim, slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the
6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, kings that were with him, at the valley of
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Shaveh, which is the king’s dale. 7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem that brought thee out of Ur of the
brought forth bread and wine: and he was Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit
the priest of the most high God. it.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed 8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I
be Abram of the most high God, possessor know that I shall inherit it?
of heaven and earth: 9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer
20 And blessed be the most high God, of three years old, and a she goat of three
which hath delivered thine enemies into years old, and a ram of three years old,
thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
21 And the king of Sodom said unto 10 And he took unto him all these, and
Abram, Give me the persons, and take the divided them in the midst, and laid each
goods to thyself. piece one against another: but the birds
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, divided he not.
I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, 11 And when the fowls came down upon
the most high God, the possessor of the carcases, Abram drove them away.
heaven and earth, 12 And when the sun was going down, a
23 That I will not take from a thread even deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an
to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take horror of great darkness fell upon him.
any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a
say, I have made Abram rich: surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a
24 Save only that which the young men land that is not theirs, and shall serve
have eaten, and the portion of the men them; and they shall afflict them four
which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and hundred years;
Mamre; let them take their portion. 14 And also that nation, whom they shall
serve, will I judge: and afterward shall
CHAPTER 15 they come out with great substance.
AFTER these things the word of the LORD 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in
came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old
not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy age.
exceeding great reward. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt come hither again: for the iniquity of the
thou give me, seeing I go childless, and Amorites is not yet full.
the steward of my house is this Eliezer of 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun
Damascus? went down, and it was dark, behold a
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that
hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in passed between those pieces.
my house is mine heir. 18 In the same day the LORD made a
4 And, behold, the word of the LORD covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy
came unto him, saying, This shall not be seed have I given this land, from the river
thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of Egypt unto the great river, the river
of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. Euphrates:
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and
said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the Kadmonites,
the stars, if thou be able to number them: 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and
and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. the Rephaims,
6 And he believed in the LORD; and he 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites,
counted it to him for righteousness. and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
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shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, 21 But my covenant will I establish with
and thy seed after thee in their Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at
generations. this set time in the next year.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall 22 And he left off talking with him, and
keep, between me and you and thy seed God went up from Abraham.
after thee; Every man child among you 23 ¶ And Abraham took Ishmael his son,
shall be circumcised. and all that were born in his house, and all
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of that were bought with his money, every
your foreskin; and it shall be a token of male among the men of Abraham’s house;
the covenant betwixt me and you. and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin
12 And he that is eight days old shall be in the selfsame day, as God had said unto
circumcised among you, every man child him.
in your generations, he that is born in the 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and
house, or bought with money of any nine, when he was circumcised in the
stranger, which is not of thy seed. flesh of his foreskin.
13 He that is born in thy house, and he 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years
that is bought with thy money, must needs old, when he was circumcised in the flesh
be circumcised: and my covenant shall be of his foreskin.
in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 26 In the selfsame day was Abraham
14 And the uncircumcised man child circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
whose flesh of his foreskin is not 27 And all the men of his house, born in
circumcised, that soul shall be cut off the house, and bought with money of the
from his people; he hath broken my stranger, were circumcised with him.
covenant.
15 ¶ And God said unto Abraham, As for CHAPTER 18
Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her AND the LORD appeared unto him in the
name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent
16 And I will bless her, and give thee a door in the heat of the day;
son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and,
she shall be a mother of nations; kings of lo, three men stood by him: and when he
people shall be of her. saw them, he ran to meet them from the
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and tent door, and bowed himself toward the
laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a ground,
child be born unto him that is an hundred 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found
years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray
years old, bear? thee, from thy servant:
18 And Abraham said unto God, O that 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched,
Ishmael might live before thee! and wash your feet, and rest yourselves
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall under the tree:
bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and
his name Isaac: and I will establish my comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall
covenant with him for an everlasting pass on: for therefore are ye come to your
covenant, and with his seed after him. servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: said.
Behold, I have blessed him, and will make 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent
him fruitful, and will multiply him unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly
exceedingly; twelve princes shall he three measures of fine meal, knead it, and
beget, and I will make him a great nation. make cakes upon the hearth.
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7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and
fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it because their sin is very grievous;
unto a young man; and he hasted to dress 21 I will go down now, and see whether
it. they have done altogether according to the
8 And he took butter, and milk, and the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if
calf which he had dressed, and set it not, I will know.
before them; and he stood by them under 22 And the men turned their faces from
the tree, and they did eat. thence, and went toward Sodom: but
9 ¶ And they said unto him, Where is Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in 23 ¶ And Abraham drew near, and said,
the tent. Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with
10 And he said, I will certainly return unto the wicked?
thee according to the time of life; and, lo, 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous
Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And within the city: wilt thou also destroy and
Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was not spare the place for the fifty righteous
behind him. that are therein?
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and 25 That be far from thee to do after this
well stricken in age; and it ceased to be manner, to slay the righteous with the
with Sarah after the manner of women. wicked: and that the righteous should be
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall
herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom
13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, fifty righteous within the city, then I will
Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I spare all the place for their sakes.
of a surety bear a child, which am old? 27 And Abraham answered and said,
14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At Behold now, I have taken upon me to
the time appointed I will return unto thee, speak unto the Lord, which am but dust
according to the time of life, and Sarah and ashes:
shall have a son. 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all
not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; the city for lack of five? And he said, If I
but thou didst laugh. find there forty and five, I will not destroy
16 ¶ And the men rose up from thence, it.
and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and
went with them to bring them on the way. said, Peradventure there shall be forty
17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from found there. And he said, I will not do it
Abraham that thing which I do; for forty’s sake.
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely 30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the
become a great and mighty nation, and all Lord be angry, and I will speak:
the nations of the earth shall be blessed in Peradventure there shall thirty be found
him? there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find
19 For I know him, that he will command thirty there.
his children and his household after him, 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken
and they shall keep the way of the LORD, upon me to speak unto the Lord:
to do justice and judgment; that the LORD Peradventure there shall be twenty found
may bring upon Abraham that which he there. And he said, I will not destroy it for
hath spoken of him. twenty’s sake.
20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be
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unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me 33 And they made their father drink wine
escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and that night: and the firstborn went in, and
my soul shall live. lay with her father; and he perceived not
21 And he said unto him, See, I have when she lay down, nor when she arose.
accepted thee concerning this thing also, 34 And it came to pass on the morrow,
that I will not overthrow this city, for the that the firstborn said unto the younger,
which thou hast spoken. Behold, I lay yesternight with my father:
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot let us make him drink wine this night also;
do any thing till thou be come thither. and go thou in, and lie with him, that we
Therefore the name of the city was called may preserve seed of our father.
Zoar. 35 And they made their father drink wine
23 ¶ The sun was risen upon the earth that night also: and the younger arose, and
when Lot entered into Zoar. lay with him; and he perceived not when
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and she lay down, nor when she arose.
upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot
the LORD out of heaven; with child by their father.
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called
the plain, and all the inhabitants of the his name Moab: the same is the father of
cities, and that which grew upon the the Moabites unto this day.
ground. 38 And the younger, she also bare a son,
26 ¶ But his wife looked back from behind and called his name Ben-ammi: the same
him, and she became a pillar of salt. is the father of the children of Ammon
27 ¶ And Abraham gat up early in the unto this day.
morning to the place where he stood
before the LORD: CHAPTER 20
28 And he looked toward Sodom and AND Abraham journeyed from thence
Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the toward the south country, and dwelled
plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned
the country went up as the smoke of a in Gerar.
furnace. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife,
29 ¶ And it came to pass, when God She is my sister: and Abimelech king of
destroyed the cities of the plain, that God Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream
the midst of the overthrow, when he by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art
overthrew the cities in the which Lot but a dead man, for the woman which thou
dwelt. hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
30 ¶ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and 4 But Abimelech had not come near her:
dwelt in the mountain, and his two and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a
daughters with him; for he feared to dwell righteous nation?
in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister?
two daughters. and she, even she herself said, He is my
31 And the firstborn said unto the brother: in the integrity of my heart and
younger, Our father is old, and there is not innocency of my hands have I done this.
a man in the earth to come in unto us after 6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea,
the manner of all the earth: I know that thou didst this in the integrity
32 Come, let us make our father drink of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from
wine, and we will lie with him, that we sinning against me: therefore suffered I
may preserve seed of our father. thee not to touch her.
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7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for
thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou CHAPTER 21
restore her not, know thou that thou shalt AND the LORD visited Sarah as he had
surely die, thou, and all that are thine. said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he
8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the had spoken.
morning, and called all his servants, and 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham
told all these things in their ears: and the a son in his old age, at the set time of
men were sore afraid. which God had spoken to him.
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and 3 And Abraham called the name of his son
said unto him, What hast thou done unto that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare
us? and what have I offended thee, that to him, Isaac.
thou hast brought on me and on my 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac
kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds being eight days old, as God had
unto me that ought not to be done. commanded him.
10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, 5 And Abraham was an hundred years old,
What sawest thou, that thou hast done this when his son Isaac was born unto him.
thing? 6 ¶ And Sarah said, God hath made me to
11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with
Surely the fear of God is not in this place; me.
and they will slay me for my wife’s sake. 7 And she said, Who would have said unto
12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is Abraham, that Sarah should have given
the daughter of my father, but not the children suck? for I have born him a son in
daughter of my mother; and she became his old age.
my wife. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned:
13 And it came to pass, when God caused and Abraham made a great feast the same
me to wander from my father’s house, that day that Isaac was weaned.
I said unto her, This is thy kindness which 9 ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the
thou shalt shew unto me; at every place Egyptian, which she had born unto
whither we shall come, say of me, He is Abraham, mocking.
my brother. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham,
14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for
and menservants, and womenservants, and the son of this bondwoman shall not be
gave them unto Abraham, and restored heir with my son, even with Isaac.
him Sarah his wife. 11 And the thing was very grievous in
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land Abraham’s sight because of his son.
is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth 12 ¶ And God said unto Abraham, Let it
thee. not be grievous in thy sight because of the
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all
given thy brother a thousand pieces of that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken
silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed
the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and be called.
with all other: thus she was reproved. 13 And also of the son of the bondwoman
17 ¶ So Abraham prayed unto God: and will I make a nation, because he is thy
God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and seed.
his maidservants; and they bare children. 14 And Abraham rose up early in the
18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of
wombs of the house of Abimelech, water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it
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on her shoulder, and the child, and sent me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
her away: and she departed, and wandered 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen,
in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. and gave them unto Abimelech; and both
15 And the water was spent in the bottle, of them made a covenant.
and she cast the child under one of the 28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of
shrubs. the flock by themselves.
16 And she went, and sat her down over 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham,
against him a good way off, as it were a What mean these seven ewe lambs which
bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the thou hast set by themselves?
death of the child. And she sat over 30 And he said, For these seven ewe
against him, and lift up her voice, and lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that
wept. they may be a witness unto me, that I have
17 And God heard the voice of the lad; digged this well.
and the angel of God called to Hagar out 31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-
of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth sheba; because there they sware both of
thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard them.
the voice of the lad where he is. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and
thine hand; for I will make him a great Phichol the chief captain of his host, and
nation. they returned into the land of the
19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw Philistines.
a well of water; and she went, and filled 33 ¶ And Abraham planted a grove in
the bottle with water, and gave the lad Beer-sheba, and called there on the name
drink. of the LORD, the everlasting God.
20 And God was with the lad; and he 34 And Abraham sojourned in the
grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and Philistines’ land many days.
became an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of CHAPTER 22
Paran: and his mother took him a wife out AND it came to pass after these things,
of the land of Egypt. that God did tempt Abraham, and said
22 ¶ And it came to pass at that time, that unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold,
Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain here I am.
of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine
God is with thee in all that thou doest: only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get
23 Now therefore swear unto me here by thee into the land of Moriah; and offer
God that thou wilt not deal falsely with him there for a burnt offering upon one of
me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s the mountains which I will tell thee of.
son: but according to the kindness that I 3 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the
have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto morning, and saddled his ass, and took
me, and to the land wherein thou hast two of his young men with him, and Isaac
sojourned. his son, and clave the wood for the burnt
24 And Abraham said, I will swear. offering, and rose up, and went unto the
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech place of which God had told him.
because of a well of water, which 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up
Abimelech’s servants had violently taken his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
away. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men,
26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the
hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell lad will go yonder and worship, and come
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7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed presence of the children of Heth, before
himself to the people of the land, even to all that went in at the gate of his city.
the children of Heth. 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah
8 And he communed with them, saying, If his wife in the cave of the field of
it be your mind that I should bury my dead Machpelah before Mamre: the same is
out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for Hebron in the land of Canaan.
me to Ephron the son of Zohar, 20 And the field, and the cave that is
9 That he may give me the cave of therein, were made sure unto Abraham for
Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the a possession of a buryingplace by the sons
end of his field; for as much money as it is of Heth.
worth he shall give it me for a possession
of a buryingplace amongst you. CHAPTER 24
10 And Ephron dwelt among the children AND Abraham was old, and well stricken
of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered in age: and the LORD had blessed
Abraham in the audience of the children Abraham in all things.
of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest
of his city, saying, servant of his house, that ruled over all
11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand
thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it under my thigh:
thee; in the presence of the sons of my 3 And I will make thee swear by the
people give I it thee: bury thy dead. LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of
12 And Abraham bowed down himself the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife
before the people of the land. unto my son of the daughters of the
13 And he spake unto Ephron in the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
audience of the people of the land, saying, 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and
But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear to my kindred, and take a wife unto my
me: I will give thee money for the field; son Isaac.
take it of me, and I will bury my dead 5 And the servant said unto him,
there. Peradventure the woman will not be
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, willing to follow me unto this land: must I
saying unto him, needs bring thy son again unto the land
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is from whence thou camest?
worth four hundred shekels of silver; what 6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware
is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thou that thou bring not my son thither
thy dead. again.
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; 7 ¶ The LORD God of heaven, which took
and Abraham weighed to Ephron the me from my father’s house, and from the
silver, which he had named in the land of my kindred, and which spake unto
audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto
shekels of silver, current money with the thy seed will I give this land; he shall send
merchant. his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a
17 ¶ And the field of Ephron, which was wife unto my son from thence.
in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, 8 And if the woman will not be willing to
the field, and the cave which was therein, follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from
and all the trees that were in the field, that this my oath: only bring not my son
were in all the borders round about, were thither again.
made sure 9 And the servant put his hand under the
18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to
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told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. 46 And she made haste, and let down her
34 And he said, I am Abraham’s servant. pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink,
35 And the LORD hath blessed my master and I will give thy camels drink also: so I
greatly; and he is become great: and he drank, and she made the camels drink
hath given him flocks, and herds, and also.
silver, and gold, and menservants, and 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose
maidservants, and camels, and asses. daughter art thou? And she said, The
36 And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom
to my master when she was old: and unto Milcah bare unto him: and I put the
him hath he given all that he hath. earring upon her face, and the bracelets
37 And my master made me swear, upon her hands.
saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my 48 And I bowed down my head, and
son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in worshipped the LORD, and blessed the
whose land I dwell: LORD God of my master Abraham, which
38 But thou shalt go unto my father’s had led me in the right way to take my
house, and to my kindred, and take a wife master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
unto my son. 49 And now if ye will deal kindly and
39 And I said unto my master, truly with my master, tell me: and if not,
Peradventure the woman will not follow tell me; that I may turn to the right hand,
me. or to the left.
40 And he said unto me, The LORD, 50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and
before whom I walk, will send his angel said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD:
with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
shalt take a wife for my son of my 51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take
kindred, and of my father’s house: her, and go, and let her be thy master’s
41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
oath, when thou comest to my kindred; 52 And it came to pass, that, when
and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be Abraham’s servant heard their words, he
clear from my oath. worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to
42 And I came this day unto the well, and the earth.
said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, 53 And the servant brought forth jewels of
if now thou do prosper my way which I silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment,
go: and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to
43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; her brother and to her mother precious
and it shall come to pass, that when the things.
virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the
say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little men that were with him, and tarried all
water of thy pitcher to drink; night; and they rose up in the morning,
44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and he said, Send me away unto my
and I will also draw for thy camels: let the master.
same be the woman whom the LORD hath 55 And her brother and her mother said,
appointed out for my master’s son. Let the damsel abide with us a few days,
45 And before I had done speaking in at the least ten; after that she shall go.
mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth 56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not,
with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she seeing the LORD hath prospered my way;
went down unto the well, and drew water: send me away that I may go to my master.
and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray 57 And they said, We will call the damsel,
thee. and inquire at her mouth.
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58 And they called Rebekah, and said Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and
unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And Eldaah. All these were the children of
she said, I will go. Keturah.
59 And they sent away Rebekah their 5 ¶ And Abraham gave all that he had
sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s unto Isaac.
servant, and his men. 6 But unto the sons of the concubines,
60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts,
unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the and sent them away from Isaac his son,
mother of thousands of millions, and let while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east
thy seed possess the gate of those which country.
hate them. 7 And these are the days of the years of
61 ¶ And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred
and they rode upon the camels, and threescore and fifteen years.
followed the man: and the servant took 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and
Rebekah, and went his way. died in a good old age, an old man, and
62 And Isaac came from the way of the full of years; and was gathered to his
well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south people.
country. 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field
field at the eventide: and he lifted up his of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,
eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels which is before Mamre;
were coming. 10 The field which Abraham purchased of
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and the sons of Heth: there was Abraham
when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the buried, and Sarah his wife.
camel. 11 ¶ And it came to pass after the death of
65 For she had said unto the servant, What Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac;
man is this that walketh in the field to and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.
meet us? And the servant had said, It is 12 ¶ Now these are the generations of
my master: therefore she took a vail, and Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the
covered herself. Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto
66 And the servant told Isaac all things Abraham:
that he had done. 13 And these are the names of the sons of
67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Ishmael, by their names, according to their
Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she generations: the firstborn of Ishmael,
became his wife; and he loved her: and Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and
Isaac was comforted after his mother’s Mibsam,
death. 14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and
CHAPTER 25 Kedemah:
THEN again Abraham took a wife, and 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and
her name was Keturah. these are their names, by their towns, and
2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, by their castles; twelve princes according
and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and to their nations.
Shuah. 17 And these are the years of the life of
3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven
And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, years: and he gave up the ghost and died;
and Letushim, and Leummim. and was gathered unto his people.
4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto
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how saidst thou, She is my sister? And digged another well; and for that they
Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I strove not: and he called the name of it
die for her. Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hath made room for us, and we shall be
hast done unto us? one of the people fruitful in the land.
might lightly have lien with thy wife, and 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-
thou shouldest have brought guiltiness sheba.
upon us. 24 And the LORD appeared unto him the
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, same night, and said, I am the God of
saying, He that toucheth this man or his Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am
wife shall surely be put to death. with thee, and will bless thee, and
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and multiply thy seed for my servant
received in the same year an hundredfold: Abraham’s sake.
and the LORD blessed him. 25 And he builded an altar there, and
13 And the man waxed great, and went called upon the name of the LORD, and
forward, and grew until he became very pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s
great: servants digged a well.
14 For he had possession of flocks, and 26 ¶ Then Abimelech went to him from
possession of herds, and great store of Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends,
servants: and the Philistines envied him. and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
15 For all the wells which his father’s 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore
servants had digged in the days of come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and
Abraham his father, the Philistines had have sent me away from you?
stopped them, and filled them with earth. 28 And they said, We saw certainly that
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let
from us; for thou art much mightier than there be now an oath betwixt us, even
we. betwixt us and thee, and let us make a
17 ¶ And Isaac departed thence, and covenant with thee;
pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we
dwelt there. have not touched thee, and as we have
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of done unto thee nothing but good, and have
water, which they had digged in the days sent thee away in peace: thou art now the
of Abraham his father; for the Philistines blessed of the LORD.
had stopped them after the death of 30 And he made them a feast, and they did
Abraham: and he called their names after eat and drink.
the names by which his father had called 31 And they rose up betimes in the
them. morning, and sware one to another: and
19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the Isaac sent them away, and they departed
valley, and found there a well of springing from him in peace.
water. 32 And it came to pass the same day, that
20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive Isaac’s servants came, and told him
with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is concerning the well which they had
ours: and he called the name of the well digged, and said unto him, We have found
Esek; because they strove with him. water.
21 And they digged another well, and 33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the
strove for that also: and he called the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this
name of it Sitnah. day.
22 And he removed from thence, and 34 ¶ And Esau was forty years old when
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he took to wife Judith the daughter of 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought
Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the them to his mother: and his mother made
daughter of Elon the Hittite: savoury meat, such as his father loved.
35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac 15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of
and to Rebekah. her eldest son Esau, which were with her
in the house, and put them upon Jacob her
CHAPTER 27 younger son:
AND it came to pass, that when Isaac was 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the
old, and his eyes were dim, so that he goats upon his hands, and upon the
could not see, he called Esau his eldest smooth of his neck:
son, and said unto him, My son: and he 17 And she gave the savoury meat and the
said unto him, Behold, here am I. bread, which she had prepared, into the
2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I hand of her son Jacob.
know not the day of my death: 18 ¶ And he came unto his father, and
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy said, My father: and he said, Here am I;
weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go who art thou, my son?
out to the field, and take me some venison; 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am
4 And make me savoury meat, such as I Esau thy firstborn; I have done according
love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit
that my soul may bless thee before I die. and eat of my venison, that thy soul may
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to bless me.
Esau his son. And Esau went to the field 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it
to hunt for venison, and to bring it. that thou hast found it so quickly, my son?
6 ¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her And he said, Because the LORD thy God
son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father brought it to me.
speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near,
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son,
meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
the LORD before my death. 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice father; and he felt him, and said, The
according to that which I command thee. voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from the hands of Esau.
thence two good kids of the goats; and I 23 And he discerned him not, because his
will make them savoury meat for thy hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s
father, such as he loveth: hands: so he blessed him.
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, 24 And he said, Art thou my very son
that he may eat, and that he may bless thee Esau? And he said, I am.
before his death. 25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul
Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, may bless thee. And he brought it near to
and I am a smooth man: him, and he did eat: and he brought him
12 My father peradventure will feel me, wine, and he drank.
and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and 26 And his father Isaac said unto him,
I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
blessing. 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon he smelled the smell of his raiment, and
me be thy curse, my son: only obey my blessed him, and said, See, the smell of
voice, and go fetch me them. my son is as the smell of a field which the
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thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou keep thee in all places whither thou goest,
mayest be a multitude of people; and will bring thee again into this land; for
4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, I will not leave thee, until I have done that
to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that which I have spoken to thee of.
thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou 16 ¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep,
art a stranger, which God gave unto and he said, Surely the LORD is in this
Abraham. place; and I knew it not.
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went 17 And he was afraid, and said, How
to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel dreadful is this place! this is none other
the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, but the house of God, and this is the gate
Jacob’s and Esau’s mother. of heaven.
6 ¶ When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed 18 And Jacob rose up early in the
Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, morning, and took the stone that he had
to take him a wife from thence; and that as put for his pillows, and set it up for a
he blessed him he gave him a charge, pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the 19 And he called the name of that place
daughters of Canaan; Beth-el: but the name of that city was
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his called Luz at the first.
mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If
8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of God will be with me, and will keep me in
Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; this way that I go, and will give me bread
9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took to eat, and raiment to put on,
unto the wives which he had Mahalath the 21 So that I come again to my father’s
daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the house in peace; then shall the LORD be my
sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. God:
10 ¶ And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, 22 And this stone, which I have set for a
and went toward Haran. pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that
11 And he lighted upon a certain place, thou shalt give me I will surely give the
and tarried there all night, because the sun tenth unto thee.
was set; and he took of the stones of that
place, and put them for his pillows, and CHAPTER 29
lay down in that place to sleep. THEN Jacob went on his journey, and
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder came into the land of the people of the
set up on the earth, and the top of it east.
reached to heaven: and behold the angels 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the
of God ascending and descending on it. field, and, lo, there were three flocks of
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, sheep lying by it; for out of that well they
and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham watered the flocks: and a great stone was
thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land upon the well’s mouth.
whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered:
and to thy seed; and they rolled the stone from the well’s
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the
earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his
west, and to the east, and to the north, and place.
to the south: and in thee and in thy seed 4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren,
shall all the families of the earth be whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran
blessed. are we.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will 5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban
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27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, watering troughs when the flocks came to
if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: drink, that they should conceive when
for I have learned by experience that the they came to drink.
LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. 39 And the flocks conceived before the
28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked,
and I will give it. speckled, and spotted.
29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest 40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and
how I have served thee, and how thy cattle set the faces of the flocks toward the
was with me. ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock
30 For it was little which thou hadst of Laban; and he put his own flocks by
before I came, and it is now increased unto themselves, and put them not unto
a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed Laban’s cattle.
thee since my coming: and now when 41 And it came to pass, whensoever the
shall I provide for mine own house also? stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob
31 And he said, What shall I give thee? laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle
And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me in the gutters, that they might conceive
any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, among the rods.
I will again feed and keep thy flock: 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put
32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s,
removing from thence all the speckled and and the stronger Jacob’s.
spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle 43 And the man increased exceedingly,
among the sheep, and the spotted and and had much cattle, and maidservants,
speckled among the goats: and of such and menservants, and camels, and asses.
shall be my hire.
33 So shall my righteousness answer for CHAPTER 31
me in time to come, when it shall come AND he heard the words of Laban’s sons,
for my hire before thy face: every one that saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was
is not speckled and spotted among the our father’s; and of that which was our
goats, and brown among the sheep, that father’s hath he gotten all this glory.
shall be counted stolen with me. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of
34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him
might be according to thy word. as before.
35 And he removed that day the he goats 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return
that were ringstraked and spotted, and all unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy
the she goats that were speckled and kindred; and I will be with thee.
spotted, and every one that had some 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and
white in it, and all the brown among the Leah to the field unto his flock,
sheep, and gave them into the hand of his 5 And said unto them, I see your father’s
sons. countenance, that it is not toward me as
36 And he set three days’ journey betwixt before; but the God of my father hath been
himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest with me.
of Laban’s flocks. 6 And ye know that with all my power I
37 ¶ And Jacob took him rods of green have served your father.
poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; 7 And your father hath deceived me, and
and pilled white strakes in them, and made changed my wages ten times; but God
the white appear which was in the rods. suffered him not to hurt me.
38 And he set the rods which he had pilled 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy
before the flocks in the gutters in the wages; then all the cattle bare speckled:
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and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall his face toward the mount Gilead.
be thy hire; then bare all the cattle 22 And it was told Laban on the third day
ringstraked. that Jacob was fled.
9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of 23 And he took his brethren with him, and
your father, and given them to me. pursued after him seven days’ journey;
10 And it came to pass at the time that the and they overtook him in the mount
cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine Gilead.
eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a
rams which leaped upon the cattle were dream by night, and said unto him, Take
ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. heed that thou speak not to Jacob either
11 And the angel of God spake unto me in good or bad.
a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here 25 ¶ Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now
am I. Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount:
12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and Laban with his brethren pitched in the
and see, all the rams which leap upon the mount of Gilead.
cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast
grisled: for I have seen all that Laban thou done, that thou hast stolen away
doeth unto thee. unawares to me, and carried away my
13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou daughters, as captives taken with the
anointedst the pillar, and where thou sword?
vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away
thee out from this land, and return unto the secretly, and steal away from me; and
land of thy kindred. didst not tell me, that I might have sent
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and thee away with mirth, and with songs,
said unto him, Is there yet any portion or with tabret, and with harp?
inheritance for us in our father’s house? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my
15 Are we not counted of him strangers? sons and my daughters? thou hast now
for he hath sold us, and hath quite done foolishly in so doing.
devoured also our money. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you
16 For all the riches which God hath taken hurt: but the God of your father spake
from our father, that is ours, and our unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou
children’s: now then, whatsoever God heed that thou speak not to Jacob either
hath said unto thee, do. good or bad.
17 ¶ Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs
and his wives upon camels; be gone, because thou sore longedst after
18 And he carried away all his cattle, and thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou
all his goods which he had gotten, the stolen my gods?
cattle of his getting, which he had gotten 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban,
in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father Because I was afraid: for I said,
in the land of Canaan. Peradventure thou wouldest take by force
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: thy daughters from me.
and Rachel had stolen the images that 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy
were her father’s. gods, let him not live: before our brethren
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to discern thou what is thine with me, and
Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that
that he fled. Rachel had stolen them.
21 So he fled with all that he had; and he 33 And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and
rose up, and passed over the river, and set into Leah’s tent, and into the two
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maidservants’ tents; but he found them seest is mine: and what can I do this day
not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and unto these my daughters, or unto their
entered into Rachel’s tent. children which they have born?
34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make
put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a
upon them. And Laban searched all the witness between me and thee.
tent, but found them not. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up
35 And she said to her father, Let it not for a pillar.
displease my lord that I cannot rise up 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren,
before thee; for the custom of women is Gather stones; and they took stones, and
upon me. And he searched, but found not made an heap: and they did eat there upon
the images. the heap.
36 ¶ And Jacob was wroth, and chode 47 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha:
with Laban: and Jacob answered and said but Jacob called it Galeed.
to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my 48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness
sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after between me and thee this day. Therefore
me? was the name of it called Galeed;
37 Whereas thou hast searched all my 49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD
stuff, what hast thou found of all thy watch between me and thee, when we are
household stuff? set it here before my absent one from another.
brethren and thy brethren, that they may 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if
judge betwixt us both. thou shalt take other wives beside my
38 This twenty years have I been with daughters, no man is with us; see, God is
thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not witness betwixt me and thee.
cast their young, and the rams of thy flock 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this
have I not eaten. heap, and behold this pillar, which I have
39 That which was torn of beasts I cast betwixt me and thee;
brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; 52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be
of my hand didst thou require it, whether witness, that I will not pass over this heap
stolen by day, or stolen by night. to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over
40 Thus I was; in the day the drought this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
consumed me, and the frost by night; and 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of
my sleep departed from mine eyes. Nahor, the God of their father, judge
41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of
house; I served thee fourteen years for thy his father Isaac.
two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: 54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the
and thou hast changed my wages ten mount, and called his brethren to eat
times. bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried
42 Except the God of my father, the God all night in the mount.
of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had 55 And early in the morning Laban rose
been with me, surely thou hadst sent me up, and kissed his sons and his daughters,
away now empty. God hath seen mine and blessed them: and Laban departed,
affliction and the labour of my hands, and and returned unto his place.
rebuked thee yesternight.
43 ¶ And Laban answered and said unto CHAPTER 32
Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, AND Jacob went on his way, and the
and these children are my children, and angels of God met him.
these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This
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is God’s host: and he called the name of 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts,
that place Mahanaim. forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses,
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him and ten foals.
to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, 16 And he delivered them into the hand of
the country of Edom. his servants, every drove by themselves;
4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus and said unto his servants, Pass over
shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy before me, and put a space betwixt drove
servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned and drove.
with Laban, and stayed there until now: 17 And he commanded the foremost,
5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and saying, When Esau my brother meeteth
menservants, and womenservants: and I thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art
have sent to tell my lord, that I may find thou? and whither goest thou? and whose
grace in thy sight. are these before thee?
6 ¶ And the messengers returned to Jacob, 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy
saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto
also he cometh to meet thee, and four my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is
hundred men with him. behind us.
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and 19 And so commanded he the second, and
distressed: and he divided the people that the third, and all that followed the droves,
was with him, and the flocks, and herds, saying, On this manner shall ye speak
and the camels, into two bands; unto Esau, when ye find him.
8 And said, If Esau come to the one 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy
company, and smite it, then the other servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I
company which is left shall escape. will appease him with the present that
9 ¶ And Jacob said, O God of my father goeth before me, and afterward I will see
Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the his face; peradventure he will accept of
LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto me.
thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will 21 So went the present over before him:
deal well with thee: and himself lodged that night in the
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the company.
mercies, and of all the truth, which thou 22 And he rose up that night, and took his
hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my two wives, and his two womenservants,
staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I and his eleven sons, and passed over the
am become two bands. ford Jabbok.
11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand 23 And he took them, and sent them over
of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for the brook, and sent over that he had.
I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, 24 ¶ And Jacob was left alone; and there
and the mother with the children. wrestled a man with him until the
12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee breaking of the day.
good, and make thy seed as the sand of the 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not
sea, which cannot be numbered for against him, he touched the hollow of his
multitude. thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was
13 ¶ And he lodged there that same night; out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
and took of that which came to his hand a 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day
present for Esau his brother; breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he go, except thou bless me.
goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty 27 And he said unto him, What is thy
rams, name? And he said, Jacob.
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28 And he said, Thy name shall be called 8 And he said, What meanest thou by all
no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince this drove which I met? And he said,
hast thou power with God and with men, These are to find grace in the sight of my
and hast prevailed. lord.
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my
me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if
name? And he blessed him there. now I have found grace in thy sight, then
30 And Jacob called the name of the place receive my present at my hand: for
Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, therefore I have seen thy face, as though I
and my life is preserved. had seen the face of God, and thou wast
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun pleased with me.
rose upon him, and he halted upon his 11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is
thigh. brought to thee; because God hath dealt
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not graciously with me, and because I have
of the sinew which shrank, which is upon enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: 12 And he said, Let us take our journey,
because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s and let us go, and I will go before thee.
thigh in the sinew that shrank. 13 And he said unto him, My lord
knoweth that the children are tender, and
CHAPTER 33 the flocks and herds with young are with
AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, me: and if men should overdrive them one
and, behold, Esau came, and with him day, all the flock will die.
four hundred men. And he divided the 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over
children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and before his servant: and I will lead on
unto the two handmaids. softly, according as the cattle that goeth
2 And he put the handmaids and their before me and the children be able to
children foremost, and Leah and her endure, until I come unto my lord unto
children after, and Rachel and Joseph Seir.
hindermost. 15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with
3 And he passed over before them, and thee some of the folk that are with me.
bowed himself to the ground seven times, And he said, What needeth it? let me find
until he came near to his brother. grace in the sight of my lord.
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and 16 ¶ So Esau returned that day on his way
embraced him, and fell on his neck, and unto Seir.
kissed him: and they wept. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the built him an house, and made booths for
women and the children; and said, Who his cattle: therefore the name of the place
are those with thee? And he said, The is called Succoth.
children which God hath graciously given 18 ¶ And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of
thy servant. Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan,
6 Then the handmaidens came near, they when he came from Padan-aram; and
and their children, and they bowed pitched his tent before the city.
themselves. 19 And he bought a parcel of a field,
7 And Leah also with her children came where he had spread his tent, at the hand
near, and bowed themselves: and after of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s
came Joseph near and Rachel, and they father, for an hundred pieces of money.
bowed themselves. 20 And he erected there an altar, and
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of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of
brethren, took each man his sword, and God was upon the cities that were round
came upon the city boldly, and slew all the about them, and they did not pursue after
males. the sons of Jacob.
26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his 6 ¶ So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the
son with the edge of the sword, and took land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all
Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went the people that were with him.
out. 7 And he built there an altar, and called
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, the place El-beth-el: because there God
and spoiled the city, because they had appeared unto him, when he fled from the
defiled their sister. face of his brother.
28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, 8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and
and their asses, and that which was in the she was buried beneath Beth-el under an
city, and that which was in the field, oak: and the name of it was called Allon-
29 And all their wealth, and all their little bachuth.
ones, and their wives took they captive, 9 ¶ And God appeared unto Jacob again,
and spoiled even all that was in the house. when he came out of Padan-aram, and
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye blessed him.
have troubled me to make me to stink 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is
among the inhabitants of the land, among Jacob: thy name shall not be called any
the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name:
being few in number, they shall gather and he called his name Israel.
themselves together against me, and slay 11 And God said unto him, I am God
me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a
house. nation and a company of nations shall be
31 And they said, Should he deal with our of thee, and kings shall come out of thy
sister as with an harlot? loins;
12 And the land which I gave Abraham
CHAPTER 35 and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy
AND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to seed after thee will I give the land.
Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there 13 And God went up from him in the
an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee place where he talked with him.
when thou fleddest from the face of Esau 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place
thy brother. where he talked with him, even a pillar of
2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and stone: and he poured a drink offering
to all that were with him, Put away the thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
strange gods that are among you, and be 15 And Jacob called the name of the place
clean, and change your garments: where God spake with him, Beth-el.
3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; 16 ¶ And they journeyed from Beth-el;
and I will make there an altar unto God, and there was but a little way to come to
who answered me in the day of my Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had
distress, and was with me in the way hard labour.
which I went. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange hard labour, that the midwife said unto
gods which were in their hand, and all her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
their earrings which were in their ears; 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in
and Jacob hid them under the oak which departing, (for she died) that she called his
was by Shechem. name Ben-oni: but his father called him
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speak peaceably unto him. hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to
5 ¶ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he Dothan. And Joseph went after his
told it his brethren: and they hated him yet brethren, and found them in Dothan.
the more. 18 And when they saw him afar off, even
6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, before he came near unto them, they
this dream which I have dreamed: conspired against him to slay him.
7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in 19 And they said one to another, Behold,
the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also this dreamer cometh.
stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay
stood round about, and made obeisance to him, and cast him into some pit, and we
my sheaf. will say, Some evil beast hath devoured
8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou him: and we shall see what will become of
indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed his dreams.
have dominion over us? And they hated 21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered
him yet the more for his dreams, and for him out of their hands; and said, Let us
his words. not kill him.
9 ¶ And he dreamed yet another dream, 22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no
and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I blood, but cast him into this pit that is in
have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him;
the sun and the moon and the eleven stars that he might rid him out of their hands, to
made obeisance to me. deliver him to his father again.
10 And he told it to his father, and to his 23 ¶ And it came to pass, when Joseph
brethren: and his father rebuked him, and was come unto his brethren, that they
said unto him, What is this dream that stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of
thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother many colours that was on him;
and thy brethren indeed come to bow 24 And they took him, and cast him into a
down ourselves to thee to the earth? pit: and the pit was empty, there was no
11 And his brethren envied him; but his water in it.
father observed the saying. 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and
12 ¶ And his brethren went to feed their they lifted up their eyes and looked, and,
father’s flock in Shechem. behold, a company of Ishmeelites came
13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy from Gilead with their camels bearing
brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, spicery and balm and myrrh, going to
and I will send thee unto them. And he carry it down to Egypt.
said to him, Here am I. 26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What
14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see profit is it if we slay our brother, and
whether it be well with thy brethren, and conceal his blood?
well with the flocks; and bring me word 27 Come, and let us sell him to the
again. So he sent him out of the vale of Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon
Hebron, and he came to Shechem. him; for he is our brother and our flesh.
15 ¶ And a certain man found him, and, And his brethren were content.
behold, he was wandering in the field: and 28 Then there passed by Midianites
the man asked him, saying, What seekest merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up
thou? Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to
16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver:
me, I pray thee, where they feed their and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
flocks. 29 ¶ And Reuben returned unto the pit;
17 And the man said, They are departed and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and
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he rent his clothes. thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and
30 And he returned unto his brethren, and raise up seed to thy brother.
said, The child is not; and I, whither shall 9 And Onan knew that the seed should not
I go? be his; and it came to pass, when he went
31 And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it
a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in on the ground, lest that he should give
the blood; seed to his brother.
32 And they sent the coat of many colours, 10 And the thing which he did displeased
and they brought it to their father; and the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
said, This have we found: know now 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter
whether it be thy son’s coat or no. in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s
33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he
coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his
Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put in her father’s house.
sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for 12 ¶ And in process of time the daughter
his son many days. of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah
35 And all his sons and all his daughters was comforted, and went up unto his
rose up to comfort him; but he refused to sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his
be comforted; and he said, For I will go friend Hirah the Adullamite.
down into the grave unto my son 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold
mourning. Thus his father wept for him. thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt shear his sheep.
unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and 14 And she put her widow’s garments off
captain of the guard. from her, and covered her with a vail, and
wrapped herself, and sat in an open place,
CHAPTER 38 which is by the way to Timnath; for she
AND it came to pass at that time, that saw that Shelah was grown, and she was
Judah went down from his brethren, and not given unto him to wife.
turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to
name was Hirah. be an harlot; because she had covered her
2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a face.
certain Canaanite, whose name was 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and
Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in
her. unto thee; (for he knew not that she was
3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and his daughter in law.) And she said, What
he called his name Er. wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come
4 And she conceived again, and bare a in unto me?
son; and she called his name Onan. 17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from
5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me
son; and called his name Shelah: and he a pledge, till thou send it?
was at Chezib, when she bare him. 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give
6 And Judah took a wife for Er his thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy
firstborn, whose name was Tamar. bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine
7 And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in hand. And he gave it her, and came in
the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew unto her, and she conceived by him.
him. 19 And she arose, and went away, and laid
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto by her vail from her, and put on the
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saying, Lie with me: and he left his AND it came to pass after these things,
garment in her hand, and fled, and got him that the butler of the king of Egypt and his
out. baker had offended their lord the king of
13 And it came to pass, when she saw that Egypt.
he had left his garment in her hand, and 2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of
was fled forth, his officers, against the chief of the
14 That she called unto the men of her butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
house, and spake unto them, saying, See, 3 And he put them in ward in the house of
he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to the captain of the guard, into the prison,
mock us; he came in unto me to lie with the place where Joseph was bound.
me, and I cried with a loud voice: 4 And the captain of the guard charged
15 And it came to pass, when he heard Joseph with them, and he served them:
that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he and they continued a season in ward.
left his garment with me, and fled, and got 5 ¶ And they dreamed a dream both of
him out. them, each man his dream in one night,
16 And she laid up his garment by her, each man according to the interpretation
until his lord came home. of his dream, the butler and the baker of
17 And she spake unto him according to the king of Egypt, which were bound in
these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, the prison.
which thou hast brought unto us, came in 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the
unto me to mock me: morning, and looked upon them, and,
18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my behold, they were sad.
voice and cried, that he left his garment 7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that
with me, and fled out. were with him in the ward of his lord’s
19 And it came to pass, when his master house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly
heard the words of his wife, which she to day?
spake unto him, saying, After this manner 8 And they said unto him, We have
did thy servant to me; that his wrath was dreamed a dream, and there is no
kindled. interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto
20 And Joseph’s master took him, and put them, Do not interpretations belong to
him into the prison, a place where the God? tell me them, I pray you.
king’s prisoners were bound: and he was 9 And the chief butler told his dream to
there in the prison. Joseph, and said to him, In my dream,
21 ¶ But the LORD was with Joseph, and behold, a vine was before me;
shewed him mercy, and gave him favour 10 And in the vine were three branches:
in the sight of the keeper of the prison. and it was as though it budded, and her
22 And the keeper of the prison blossoms shot forth; and the clusters
committed to Joseph’s hand all the thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
prisoners that were in the prison; and 11 And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand:
whatsoever they did there, he was the doer and I took the grapes, and pressed them
of it. into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into
23 The keeper of the prison looked not to Pharaoh’s hand.
any thing that was under his hand; 12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the
because the LORD was with him, and that interpretation of it: The three branches are
which he did, the LORD made it to three days:
prosper. 13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift
up thine head, and restore thee unto thy
CHAPTER 40 place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s
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cup into his hand, after the former manner leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine
when thou wast his butler. upon the brink of the river.
14 But think on me when it shall be well 4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed
with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, kine did eat up the seven well favoured
unto me, and make mention of me unto and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: 5 And he slept and dreamed the second
15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came
land of the Hebrews: and here also have I up upon one stalk, rank and good.
done nothing that they should put me into 6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted
the dungeon. with the east wind sprung up after them.
16 When the chief baker saw that the 7 And the seven thin ears devoured the
interpretation was good, he said unto seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh
Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
behold, I had three white baskets on my 8 And it came to pass in the morning that
head: his spirit was troubled; and he sent and
17 And in the uppermost basket there was called for all the magicians of Egypt, and
of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told
and the birds did eat them out of the them his dream; but there was none that
basket upon my head. could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
18 And Joseph answered and said, This is 9 ¶ Then spake the chief butler unto
the interpretation thereof: The three Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults
baskets are three days: this day:
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants,
up thy head from off thee, and shall hang and put me in ward in the captain of the
thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy guard’s house, both me and the chief
flesh from off thee. baker:
20 ¶ And it came to pass the third day, 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night,
which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he I and he; we dreamed each man according
made a feast unto all his servants: and he to the interpretation of his dream.
lifted up the head of the chief butler and of 12 And there was there with us a young
the chief baker among his servants. man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of
21 And he restored the chief butler unto the guard; and we told him, and he
his butlership again; and he gave the cup interpreted to us our dreams; to each man
into Pharaoh’s hand: according to his dream he did interpret.
22 But he hanged the chief baker: as 13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted
Joseph had interpreted to them. to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine
23 Yet did not the chief butler remember office, and him he hanged.
Joseph, but forgat him. 14 ¶ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph,
and they brought him hastily out of the
CHAPTER 41 dungeon: and he shaved himself, and
AND it came to pass at the end of two full changed his raiment, and came in unto
years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, Pharaoh.
he stood by the river. 15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have
2 And, behold, there came up out of the dreamed a dream, and there is none that
river seven well favoured kine and can interpret it: and I have heard say of
fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. thee, that thou canst understand a dream
3 And, behold, seven other kine came up to interpret it.
after them out of the river, ill favoured and 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying,
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It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an famine shall consume the land;
answer of peace. 31 And the plenty shall not be known in
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my the land by reason of that famine
dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of following; for it shall be very grievous.
the river: 32 And for that the dream was doubled
18 And, behold, there came up out of the unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing
river seven kine, fatfleshed and well is established by God, and God will
favoured; and they fed in a meadow: shortly bring it to pass.
19 And, behold, seven other kine came up 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a
after them, poor and very ill favoured and man discreet and wise, and set him over
leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the the land of Egypt.
land of Egypt for badness: 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine appoint officers over the land, and take up
did eat up the first seven fat kine: the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the
21 And when they had eaten them up, it seven plenteous years.
could not be known that they had eaten 35 And let them gather all the food of
them; but they were still ill favoured, as at those good years that come, and lay up
the beginning. So I awoke. corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let
22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, them keep food in the cities.
seven ears came up in one stalk, full and 36 And that food shall be for store to the
good: land against the seven years of famine,
23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that
and blasted with the east wind, sprung up the land perish not through the famine.
after them: 37 ¶ And the thing was good in the eyes of
24 And the thin ears devoured the seven Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his
good ears: and I told this unto the servants.
magicians; but there was none that could 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants,
declare it to me. Can we find such a one as this is, a man in
25 ¶ And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The whom the Spirit of God is?
dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all
26 The seven good kine are seven years; this, there is none so discreet and wise as
and the seven good ears are seven years: thou art:
the dream is one. 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and
27 And the seven thin and ill favoured according unto thy word shall all my
kine that came up after them are seven people be ruled: only in the throne will I
years; and the seven empty ears blasted be greater than thou.
with the east wind shall be seven years of 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I
famine. have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
28 This is the thing which I have spoken 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his
unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and
sheweth unto Pharaoh. arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and
29 Behold, there come seven years of put a gold chain about his neck;
great plenty throughout all the land of 43 And he made him to ride in the second
Egypt: chariot which he had; and they cried
30 And there shall arise after them seven before him, Bow the knee: and he made
years of famine; and all the plenty shall be him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am
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Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians;
lift up his hand or foot in all the land of and the famine waxed sore in the land of
Egypt. Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name 57 And all countries came into Egypt to
Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the
wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah famine was so sore in all lands.
priest of On. And Joseph went out over all
the land of Egypt. CHAPTER 42
46 ¶ And Joseph was thirty years old NOW when Jacob saw that there was corn
when he stood before Pharaoh king of in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why
Egypt. And Joseph went out from the do ye look one upon another?
presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that
all the land of Egypt. there is corn in Egypt: get you down
47 And in the seven plenteous years the thither, and buy for us from thence; that
earth brought forth by handfuls. we may live, and not die.
48 And he gathered up all the food of the 3 ¶ And Joseph’s ten brethren went down
seven years, which were in the land of to buy corn in Egypt.
Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: 4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob
the food of the field, which was round sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest
about every city, laid he up in the same. peradventure mischief befall him.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn
of the sea, very much, until he left among those that came: for the famine
numbering; for it was without number. was in the land of Canaan.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons 6 And Joseph was the governor over the
before the years of famine came, which land, and he it was that sold to all the
Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren
of On bare unto him. came, and bowed down themselves before
51 And Joseph called the name of the him with their faces to the earth.
firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he
hath made me forget all my toil, and all knew them, but made himself strange unto
my father’s house. them, and spake roughly unto them; and
52 And the name of the second called he he said unto them, Whence come ye? And
Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be they said, From the land of Canaan to buy
fruitful in the land of my affliction. food.
53 ¶ And the seven years of 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they
plenteousness, that was in the land of knew not him.
Egypt, were ended. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams
54 And the seven years of dearth began to which he dreamed of them, and said unto
come, according as Joseph had said: and them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness
the dearth was in all lands; but in all the of the land ye are come.
land of Egypt there was bread. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord,
55 And when all the land of Egypt was but to buy food are thy servants come.
famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for 11 We are all one man’s sons; we are true
bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the men, thy servants are no spies.
Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see
to you, do. the nakedness of the land ye are come.
56 And the famine was over all the face of 13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve
the earth: And Joseph opened all the brethren, the sons of one man in the land
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way in the which ye go, then shall ye the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in
bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to your hand; peradventure it was an
the grave. oversight:
13 Take also your brother, and arise, go
CHAPTER 43 again unto the man:
AND the famine was sore in the land. 14 And God Almighty give you mercy
2 And it came to pass, when they had before the man, that he may send away
eaten up the corn which they had brought your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be
out of Egypt, their father said unto them, bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
Go again, buy us a little food. 15 ¶ And the men took that present, and
3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The they took double money in their hand, and
man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to
Ye shall not see my face, except your Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
brother be with you. 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with
4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we them, he said to the ruler of his house,
will go down and buy thee food: Bring these men home, and slay, and
5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will make ready; for these men shall dine with
not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye me at noon.
shall not see my face, except your brother 17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and
be with you. the man brought the men into Joseph’s
6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so house.
ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye 18 And the men were afraid, because they
had yet a brother? were brought into Joseph’s house; and
7 And they said, The man asked us straitly they said, Because of the money that was
of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is returned in our sacks at the first time are
your father yet alive? have ye another we brought in; that he may seek occasion
brother? and we told him according to the against us, and fall upon us, and take us
tenor of these words: could we certainly for bondmen, and our asses.
know that he would say, Bring your 19 And they came near to the steward of
brother down? Joseph’s house, and they communed with
8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, him at the door of the house,
Send the lad with me, and we will arise 20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down
and go; that we may live, and not die, both at the first time to buy food:
we, and thou, and also our little ones. 21 And it came to pass, when we came to
9 I will be surety for him; of my hand the inn, that we opened our sacks, and,
shalt thou require him: if I bring him not behold, every man’s money was in the
unto thee, and set him before thee, then let mouth of his sack, our money in full
me bear the blame for ever: weight: and we have brought it again in
10 For except we had lingered, surely now our hand.
we had returned this second time. 22 And other money have we brought
11 And their father Israel said unto them, down in our hands to buy food: we cannot
If it must be so now, do this; take of the tell who put our money in our sacks.
best fruits in the land in your vessels, and 23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not:
carry down the man a present, a little your God, and the God of your father,
balm, and a little honey, spices, and hath given you treasure in your sacks: I
myrrh, nuts, and almonds: had your money. And he brought Simeon
12 And take double money in your hand; out unto them.
and the money that was brought again in 24 And the man brought the men into
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Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and food, as much as they can carry, and put
they washed their feet; and he gave their every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
asses provender. 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the
25 And they made ready the present sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn
against Joseph came at noon: for they money. And he did according to the word
heard that they should eat bread there. that Joseph had spoken.
26 ¶ And when Joseph came home, they 3 As soon as the morning was light, the
brought him the present which was in their men were sent away, they and their asses.
hand into the house, and bowed 4 And when they were gone out of the
themselves to him to the earth. city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto
27 And he asked them of their welfare, his steward, Up, follow after the men; and
and said, Is your father well, the old man when thou dost overtake them, say unto
of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil
28 And they answered, Thy servant our for good?
father is in good health, he is yet alive. 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh,
And they bowed down their heads, and and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have
made obeisance. done evil in so doing.
29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his 6 ¶ And he overtook them, and he spake
brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and unto them these same words.
said, Is this your younger brother, of 7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith
whom ye spake unto me? And he said, my lord these words? God forbid that thy
God be gracious unto thee, my son. servants should do according to this thing:
30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels 8 Behold, the money, which we found in
did yearn upon his brother: and he sought our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto
where to weep; and he entered into his thee out of the land of Canaan: how then
chamber, and wept there. should we steal out of thy lord’s house
31 And he washed his face, and went out, silver or gold?
and refrained himself, and said, Set on 9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be
bread. found, both let him die, and we also will
32 And they set on for him by himself, be my lord’s bondmen.
and for them by themselves, and for the 10 And he said, Now also let it be
Egyptians, which did eat with him, by according unto your words: he with whom
themselves: because the Egyptians might it is found shall be my servant; and ye
not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is shall be blameless.
an abomination unto the Egyptians. 11 Then they speedily took down every
33 And they sat before him, the firstborn man his sack to the ground, and opened
according to his birthright, and the every man his sack.
youngest according to his youth: and the 12 And he searched, and began at the
men marvelled one at another. eldest, and left at the youngest: and the
34 And he took and sent messes unto cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
them from before him: but Benjamin’s 13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded
mess was five times so much as any of every man his ass, and returned to the city.
theirs. And they drank, and were merry 14 ¶ And Judah and his brethren came to
with him. Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and
they fell before him on the ground.
CHAPTER 44 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed
AND he commanded the steward of his is this that ye have done? wot ye not that
house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with such a man as I can certainly divine?
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16 And Judah said, What shall we say 29 And if ye take this also from me, and
unto my lord? what shall we speak? or mischief befall him, ye shall bring down
how shall we clear ourselves? God hath my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
found out the iniquity of thy servants: 30 Now therefore when I come to thy
behold, we are my lord’s servants, both servant my father, and the lad be not with
we, and he also with whom the cup is us; seeing that his life is bound up in the
found. lad’s life;
17 And he said, God forbid that I should 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth
do so: but the man in whose hand the cup that the lad is not with us, that he will die:
is found, he shall be my servant; and as and thy servants shall bring down the gray
for you, get you up in peace unto your hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow
father. to the grave.
18 ¶ Then Judah came near unto him, and 32 For thy servant became surety for the
said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him
thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame
let not thine anger burn against thy to my father for ever.
servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy
19 My lord asked his servants, saying, servant abide instead of the lad a bondman
Have ye a father, or a brother? to my lord; and let the lad go up with his
20 And we said unto my lord, We have a brethren.
father, an old man, and a child of his old 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and
age, a little one; and his brother is dead, the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I
and he alone is left of his mother, and his see the evil that shall come on my father.
father loveth him.
21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, CHAPTER 45
Bring him down unto me, that I may set THEN Joseph could not refrain himself
mine eyes upon him. before all them that stood by him; and he
22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
cannot leave his father: for if he should And there stood no man with him, while
leave his father, his father would die. Joseph made himself known unto his
23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, brethren.
Except your youngest brother come down 2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians
with you, ye shall see my face no more. and the house of Pharaoh heard.
24 And it came to pass when we came up 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am
unto thy servant my father, we told him Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his
the words of my lord. brethren could not answer him; for they
25 And our father said, Go again, and buy were troubled at his presence.
us a little food. 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren,
26 And we said, We cannot go down: if Come near to me, I pray you. And they
our youngest brother be with us, then will came near. And he said, I am Joseph your
we go down: for we may not see the brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
man’s face, except our youngest brother 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry
be with us. with yourselves, that ye sold me hither:
27 And thy servant my father said unto us, for God did send me before you to
Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: preserve life.
28 And the one went out from me, and I 6 For these two years hath the famine
said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw been in the land: and yet there are five
him not since: years, in the which there shall neither be
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earing nor harvest. take you wagons out of the land of Egypt
7 And God sent me before you to preserve for your little ones, and for your wives,
you a posterity in the earth, and to save and bring your father, and come.
your lives by a great deliverance. 20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good
8 So now it was not you that sent me of all the land of Egypt is yours.
hither, but God: and he hath made me a 21 And the children of Israel did so: and
father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his Joseph gave them wagons, according to
house, and a ruler throughout all the land the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave
of Egypt. them provision for the way.
9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and 22 To all of them he gave each man
say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he
God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come gave three hundred pieces of silver, and
down unto me, tarry not: five changes of raiment.
10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of 23 And to his father he sent after this
Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, manner; ten asses laden with the good
thou, and thy children, and thy children’s things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden
children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, with corn and bread and meat for his
and all that thou hast: father by the way.
11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they
there are five years of famine; lest thou, departed: and he said unto them, See that
and thy household, and all that thou hast, ye fall not out by the way.
come to poverty. 25 ¶ And they went up out of Egypt, and
12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob
eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my their father,
mouth that speaketh unto you. 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet
13 And ye shall tell my father of all my alive, and he is governor over all the land
glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he
seen; and ye shall haste and bring down believed them not.
my father hither. 27 And they told him all the words of
14 And he fell upon his brother Joseph, which he had said unto them: and
Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin when he saw the wagons which Joseph
wept upon his neck. had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob
15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, their father revived:
and wept upon them: and after that his 28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph
brethren talked with him. my son is yet alive: I will go and see him
16 ¶ And the fame thereof was heard in before I die.
Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s
brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh CHAPTER 46
well, and his servants. AND Israel took his journey with all that
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and
unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your offered sacrifices unto the God of his
beasts, and go, get you unto the land of father Isaac.
Canaan; 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions
18 And take your father and your of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And
households, and come unto me: and I will he said, Here am I.
give you the good of the land of Egypt, 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy
and ye shall eat the fat of the land. father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for
19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; I will there make of thee a great nation:
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4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom
I will also surely bring thee up again: and Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and
Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen
5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and souls.
the sons of Israel carried Jacob their 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife;
father, and their little ones, and their Joseph, and Benjamin.
wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had 20 ¶ And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt
sent to carry him. were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which
6 And they took their cattle, and their Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest
goods, which they had gotten in the land of On bare unto him.
of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, 21 ¶ And the sons of Benjamin were
and all his seed with him: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and
7 His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and
his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and Huppim, and Ard.
all his seed brought he with him into 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which
Egypt. were born to Jacob: all the souls were
8 ¶ And these are the names of the fourteen.
children of Israel, which came into Egypt, 23 ¶ And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s 24 ¶ And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel,
firstborn. and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which
Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and
10 ¶ And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls
Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, were seven.
and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into
woman. Egypt, which came out of his loins,
11 ¶ And the sons of Levi; Gershon, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls
Kohath, and Merari. were threescore and six;
12 ¶ And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, 27 And the sons of Joseph, which were
and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the
and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And souls of the house of Jacob, which came
the sons of Pharez were Hezron and into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
Hamul. 28 ¶ And he sent Judah before him unto
13 ¶ And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen;
Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. and they came into the land of Goshen.
14 ¶ And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot,
Elon, and Jahleel. and went up to meet Israel his father, to
15 These be the sons of Leah, which she Goshen, and presented himself unto him;
bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his and he fell on his neck, and wept on his
daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons neck a good while.
and his daughters were thirty and three. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let
16 ¶ And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and me die, since I have seen thy face, because
Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, thou art yet alive.
and Areli. 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and
17 ¶ And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and
Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My
their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, brethren, and my father’s house, which
and Malchiel. were in the land of Canaan, are come unto
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and our lands: grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy
19 Wherefore shall we die before thine hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and
eyes, both we and our land? buy us and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in
our land for bread, and we and our land Egypt:
will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou
seed, that we may live, and not die, that shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me
the land be not desolate. in their buryingplace. And he said, I will
20 And Joseph bought all the land of do as thou hast said.
Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold 31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he
every man his field, because the famine sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself
prevailed over them: so the land became upon the bed’s head.
Pharaoh’s.
21 And as for the people, he removed CHAPTER 48
them to cities from one end of the borders AND it came to pass after these things,
of Egypt even to the other end thereof. that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is
22 Only the land of the priests bought he sick: and he took with him his two sons,
not; for the priests had a portion assigned Manasseh and Ephraim.
them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold,
which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and
sold not their lands. Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon
23 Then Joseph said unto the people, the bed.
Behold, I have bought you this day and 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God
your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the
you, and ye shall sow the land. land of Canaan, and blessed me,
24 And it shall come to pass in the 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make
increase, that ye shall give the fifth part thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will
unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your make of thee a multitude of people; and
own, for seed of the field, and for your will give this land to thy seed after thee
food, and for them of your households, for an everlasting possession.
and for food for your little ones. 5 ¶ And now thy two sons, Ephraim and
25 And they said, Thou hast saved our Manasseh, which were born unto thee in
lives: let us find grace in the sight of my the land of Egypt before I came unto thee
lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants. into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and
26 And Joseph made it a law over the land Simeon, they shall be mine.
of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh 6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after
should have the fifth part; except the land them, shall be thine, and shall be called
of the priests only, which became not after the name of their brethren in their
Pharaoh’s. inheritance.
27 ¶ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, 7 And as for me, when I came from
in the country of Goshen; and they had Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of
possessions therein, and grew, and Canaan in the way, when yet there was
multiplied exceedingly. but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt I buried her there in the way of Ephrath;
seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob the same is Beth-lehem.
was an hundred forty and seven years. 8 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and
29 And the time drew nigh that Israel said, Who are these?
must die: and he called his son Joseph, 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They
and said unto him, If now I have found are my sons, whom God hath given me in
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this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh:
thee, unto me, and I will bless them. and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I
age, so that he could not see. And he die: but God shall be with you, and bring
brought them near unto him; and he kissed you again unto the land of your fathers.
them, and embraced them. 22 Moreover I have given to thee one
11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not portion above thy brethren, which I took
thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath out of the hand of the Amorite with my
shewed me also thy seed. sword and with my bow.
12 And Joseph brought them out from
between his knees, and he bowed himself CHAPTER 49
with his face to the earth. AND Jacob called unto his sons, and said,
13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim Gather yourselves together, that I may tell
in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, you that which shall befall you in the last
and Manasseh in his left hand toward days.
Israel’s right hand, and brought them near 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye
unto him. sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel
14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, your father.
and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was 3 ¶ Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my
the younger, and his left hand upon might, and the beginning of my strength,
Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands the excellency of dignity, and the
wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. excellency of power:
15 ¶ And he blessed Joseph, and said, 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel;
God, before whom my fathers Abraham because thou wentest up to thy father’s
and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to
all my life long unto this day, my couch.
16 The Angel which redeemed me from 5 ¶ Simeon and Levi are brethren;
all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be instruments of cruelty are in their
named on them, and the name of my habitations.
fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them 6 O my soul, come not thou into their
grow into a multitude in the midst of the secret; unto their assembly, mine honour,
earth. be not thou united: for in their anger they
17 And when Joseph saw that his father slew a man, and in their selfwill they
laid his right hand upon the head of digged down a wall.
Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce;
his father’s hand, to remove it from and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will
Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head. divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in
18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not Israel.
so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put 8 ¶ Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren
thy right hand upon his head. shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck
19 And his father refused, and said, I of thine enemies; thy father’s children
know it, my son, I know it: he also shall shall bow down before thee.
become a people, and he also shall be 9 Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey,
great: but truly his younger brother shall my son, thou art gone up: he stooped
be greater than he, and his seed shall down, he couched as a lion, and as an old
become a multitude of nations. lion; who shall rouse him up?
20 And he blessed them that day, saying, 10 The sceptre shall not depart from
In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his
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feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall everlasting hills: they shall be on the head
the gathering of the people be. of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of
11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his him that was separate from his brethren.
ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed 27 ¶ Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the
his garments in wine, and his clothes in morning he shall devour the prey, and at
the blood of grapes: night he shall divide the spoil.
12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and 28 ¶ All these are the twelve tribes of
his teeth white with milk. Israel: and this is it that their father spake
13 ¶ Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of unto them, and blessed them; every one
the sea; and he shall be for an haven of according to his blessing he blessed them.
ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. 29 And he charged them, and said unto
14 ¶ Issachar is a strong ass couching them, I am to be gathered unto my people:
down between two burdens: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is
15 And he saw that rest was good, and the in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
land that it was pleasant; and bowed his 30 In the cave that is in the field of
shoulder to bear, and became a servant Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the
unto tribute. land of Canaan, which Abraham bought
16 ¶ Dan shall judge his people, as one of with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a
the tribes of Israel. possession of a buryingplace.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah
adder in the path, that biteth the horse his wife; there they buried Isaac and
heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O 32 The purchase of the field and of the
LORD. cave that is therein was from the children
19 ¶ Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but of Heth.
he shall overcome at the last. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of
20 ¶ Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, commanding his sons, he gathered up his
and he shall yield royal dainties. feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost,
21 ¶ Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth and was gathered unto his people.
goodly words.
22 ¶ Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a CHAPTER 50
fruitful bough by a well; whose branches AND Joseph fell upon his father’s face,
run over the wall: and wept upon him, and kissed him.
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the
and shot at him, and hated him: physicians to embalm his father: and the
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the physicians embalmed Israel.
arms of his hands were made strong by the 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him;
hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from for so are fulfilled the days of those which
thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned
25 Even by the God of thy father, who for him threescore and ten days.
shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who 4 And when the days of his mourning
shall bless thee with blessings of heaven were past, Joseph spake unto the house of
above, blessings of the deep that lieth Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found
under, blessings of the breasts, and of the grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in
womb: the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
26 The blessings of thy father have 5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I
prevailed above the blessings of my die: in my grave which I have digged for
progenitors unto the utmost bound of the me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou
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bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy
pray thee, and bury my father, and I will brethren, and their sin; for they did unto
come again. thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive
6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy the trespass of the servants of the God of
father, according as he made thee swear. thy father. And Joseph wept when they
7 ¶ And Joseph went up to bury his father: spake unto him.
and with him went up all the servants of 18 And his brethren also went and fell
Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all down before his face; and they said,
the elders of the land of Egypt, Behold, we be thy servants.
8 And all the house of Joseph, and his 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not:
brethren, and his father’s house: only their for am I in the place of God?
little ones, and their flocks, and their 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against
herds, they left in the land of Goshen. me; but God meant it unto good, to bring
9 And there went up with him both to pass, as it is this day, to save much
chariots and horsemen: and it was a very people alive.
great company. 21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will
10 And they came to the threshingfloor of nourish you, and your little ones. And he
Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there comforted them, and spake kindly unto
they mourned with a great and very sore them.
lamentation: and he made a mourning for 22 ¶ And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and
his father seven days. his father’s house: and Joseph lived an
11 And when the inhabitants of the land, hundred and ten years.
the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of
floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous the third generation: the children also of
mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the Machir the son of Manasseh were brought
name of it was called Abel-mizraim, up upon Joseph’s knees.
which is beyond Jordan. 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I
12 And his sons did unto him according as die: and God will surely visit you, and
he commanded them: bring you out of this land unto the land
13 For his sons carried him into the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and
of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of to Jacob.
the field of Machpelah, which Abraham 25 And Joseph took an oath of the
bought with the field for a possession of a children of Israel, saying, God will surely
buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones
Mamre. from hence.
14 ¶ And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, 26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and
and his brethren, and all that went up with ten years old: and they embalmed him,
him to bury his father, after he had buried and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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
THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES,
CALLED
EXODUS.
CHAPTER 1 other Puah:
NOW these are the names of the children 16 And he said, When ye do the office of
of Israel, which came into Egypt; every a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see
man and his household came with Jacob. them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, she shall live.
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did
5 And all the souls that came out of the not as the king of Egypt commanded
loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for them, but saved the men children alive.
Joseph was in Egypt already. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the
6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, midwives, and said unto them, Why have
and all that generation. ye done this thing, and have saved the
7 ¶ And the children of Israel were men children alive?
fruitful, and increased abundantly, and 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh,
multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; Because the Hebrew women are not as the
and the land was filled with them. Egyptian women; for they are lively, and
8 Now there arose up a new king over are delivered ere the midwives come in
Egypt, which knew not Joseph. unto them.
9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the 20 Therefore God dealt well with the
people of the children of Israel are more midwives: and the people multiplied, and
and mightier than we: waxed very mighty.
10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; 21 And it came to pass, because the
lest they multiply, and it come to pass, midwives feared God, that he made them
that, when there falleth out any war, they houses.
join also unto our enemies, and fight 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people,
against us, and so get them up out of the saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast
land. into the river, and every daughter ye shall
11 Therefore they did set over them save alive.
taskmasters to afflict them with their
burdens. And they built for Pharaoh CHAPTER 2
treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. AND there went a man of the house of
12 But the more they afflicted them, the Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
more they multiplied and grew. And they 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a
were grieved because of the children of son: and when she saw him that he was a
Israel. goodly child, she hid him three months.
13 And the Egyptians made the children 3 And when she could not longer hide
of Israel to serve with rigour: him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes,
14 And they made their lives bitter with and daubed it with slime and with pitch,
hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and and put the child therein; and she laid it in
in all manner of service in the field: all the flags by the river’s brink.
their service, wherein they made them 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what
serve, was with rigour. would be done to him.
15 ¶ And the king of Egypt spake to the 5 ¶ And the daughter of Pharaoh came
Hebrew midwives, of which the name of down to wash herself at the river; and her
the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the maidens walked along by the river’s side;
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and when she saw the ark among the flags, father’s flock.
she sent her maid to fetch it. 17 And the shepherds came and drove
6 And when she had opened it, she saw them away: but Moses stood up and
the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And helped them, and watered their flock.
she had compassion on him, and said, This 18 And when they came to Reuel their
is one of the Hebrews’ children. father, he said, How is it that ye are come
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s so soon to day?
daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered
nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may us out of the hand of the shepherds, and
nurse the child for thee? also drew water enough for us, and
8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. watered the flock.
And the maid went and called the child’s 20 And he said unto his daughters, And
mother. where is he? why is it that ye have left the
9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, man? call him, that he may eat bread.
Take this child away, and nurse it for me, 21 And Moses was content to dwell with
and I will give thee thy wages. And the the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his
woman took the child, and nursed it. daughter.
10 And the child grew, and she brought 22 And she bare him a son, and he called
him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he his name Gershom: for he said, I have
became her son. And she called his name been a stranger in a strange land.
Moses: and she said, Because I drew him 23 ¶ And it came to pass in process of
out of the water. time, that the king of Egypt died: and the
11 ¶ And it came to pass in those days, children of Israel sighed by reason of the
when Moses was grown, that he went out bondage, and they cried, and their cry
unto his brethren, and looked on their came up unto God by reason of the
burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting bondage.
an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 24 And God heard their groaning, and
12 And he looked this way and that way, God remembered his covenant with
and when he saw that there was no man, Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the 25 And God looked upon the children of
sand. Israel, and God had respect unto them.
13 And when he went out the second day,
behold, two men of the Hebrews strove CHAPTER 3
together: and he said to him that did the NOW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his
wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy father in law, the priest of Midian: and he
fellow? led the flock to the backside of the desert,
14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and came to the mountain of God, even to
and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill Horeb.
me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared
Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst
is known. of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he bush burned with fire, and the bush was
sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled not consumed.
from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside,
land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. and see this great sight, why the bush is
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven not burnt.
daughters: and they came and drew water, 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned
and filled the troughs to water their aside to see, God called unto him out of
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the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou
Moses. And he said, Here am I. say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put sent me unto you.
off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the 15 And God said moreover unto Moses,
place whereon thou standest is holy Thus shalt thou say unto the children of
ground. Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the
6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
father, the God of Abraham, the God of the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you:
Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses this is my name for ever, and this is my
hid his face; for he was afraid to look memorial unto all generations.
upon God. 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel
7 ¶ And the LORD said, I have surely seen together, and say unto them, The LORD
the affliction of my people which are in God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,
Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me,
of their taskmasters; for I know their saying, I have surely visited you, and seen
sorrows; that which is done to you in Egypt:
8 And I am come down to deliver them 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out
out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of
bring them up out of that land unto a good the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
land and a large, unto a land flowing with Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
milk and honey; unto the place of the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the flowing with milk and honey.
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice:
Hivites, and the Jebusites. and thou shalt come, thou and the elders
9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye
children of Israel is come unto me: and I shall say unto him, The LORD God of the
have also seen the oppression wherewith Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us
the Egyptians oppress them. go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey
10 Come now therefore, and I will send into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice
thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring to the LORD our God.
forth my people the children of Israel out 19 ¶ And I am sure that the king of Egypt
of Egypt. will not let you go, no, not by a mighty
11 ¶ And Moses said unto God, Who am I, hand.
that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I 20 And I will stretch out my hand, and
should bring forth the children of Israel smite Egypt with all my wonders which I
out of Egypt? will do in the midst thereof: and after that
12 And he said, Certainly I will be with he will let you go.
thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, 21 And I will give this people favour in
that I have sent thee: When thou hast the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall
brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall
shall serve God upon this mountain. not go empty:
13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, 22 But every woman shall borrow of her
when I come unto the children of Israel, neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in
and shall say unto them, The God of your her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of
fathers hath sent me unto you; and they gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them
shall say to me, What is his name? what upon your sons, and upon your daughters;
shall I say unto them? and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
14 And God said unto Moses, I AM
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18 Go therefore now, and work; for there Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their
shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye bondage, and I will redeem you with a
deliver the tale of bricks. stretched out arm, and with great
19 And the officers of the children of judgments:
Israel did see that they were in evil case, 7 And I will take you to me for a people,
after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought and I will be to you a God: and ye shall
from your bricks of your daily task. know that I am the LORD your God, which
20 ¶ And they met Moses and Aaron, who bringeth you out from under the burdens
stood in the way, as they came forth from of the Egyptians.
Pharaoh: 8 And I will bring you in unto the land,
21 And they said unto them, The LORD concerning the which I did swear to give it
look upon you, and judge; because ye to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I
have made our savour to be abhorred in will give it you for an heritage: I am the
the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his LORD.
servants, to put a sword in their hand to 9 ¶ And Moses spake so unto the children
slay us. of Israel: but they hearkened not unto
22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel
and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil bondage.
entreated this people? why is it that thou 10 And the LORD spake unto Moses,
hast sent me? saying,
23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in 11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of
thy name, he hath done evil to this people; Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go
neither hast thou delivered thy people at out of his land.
all. 12 And Moses spake before the LORD,
saying, Behold, the children of Israel have
CHAPTER 6 not hearkened unto me; how then shall
THEN the LORD said unto Moses, Now Pharaoh hear me, who am of
shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: uncircumcised lips?
for with a strong hand shall he let them 13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and
go, and with a strong hand shall he drive unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto
them out of his land. the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh
2 And God spake unto Moses, and said king of Egypt, to bring the children of
unto him, I am the LORD: Israel out of the land of Egypt.
3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto 14 ¶ These be the heads of their fathers’
Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn
Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and
was I not known to them. Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
4 And I have also established my covenant 15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and
with them, to give them the land of Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar,
Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish
wherein they were strangers. woman: these are the families of Simeon.
5 And I have also heard the groaning of 16 ¶ And these are the names of the sons
the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians of Levi according to their generations;
keep in bondage; and I have remembered Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the
my covenant. years of the life of Levi were an hundred
6 Wherefore say unto the children of thirty and seven years.
Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you 17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi,
out from under the burdens of the according to their families.
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18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and AND the LORD said unto Moses, See, I
Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and
years of the life of Kohath were an Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
hundred thirty and three years. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I command
19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak
Mushi: these are the families of Levi unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of
according to their generations. Israel out of his land.
20 And Amram took him Jochebed his 3 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and
father’s sister to wife; and she bare him multiply my signs and my wonders in the
Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life land of Egypt.
of Amram were an hundred and thirty and 4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you,
seven years. that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and
21 ¶ And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and bring forth mine armies, and my people
Nepheg, and Zichri. the children of Israel, out of the land of
22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Egypt by great judgments.
Elzaphan, and Zithri. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am
23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand
daughter of Amminadab, sister of upon Egypt, and bring out the children of
Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Israel from among them.
Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD
24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and commanded them, so did they.
Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the 7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and
families of the Korhites. Aaron fourscore and three years old, when
25 And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one they spake unto Pharaoh.
of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she 8 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and
bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of unto Aaron, saying,
the fathers of the Levites according to 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you,
their families. saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou
26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and
whom the LORD said, Bring out the cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become
children of Israel from the land of Egypt a serpent.
according to their armies. 10 ¶ And Moses and Aaron went in unto
27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had
king of Egypt, to bring out the children of commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod
Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses before Pharaoh, and before his servants,
and Aaron. and it became a serpent.
28 ¶ And it came to pass on the day when 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men
the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of and the sorcerers: now the magicians of
Egypt, Egypt, they also did in like manner with
29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, their enchantments.
saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto 12 For they cast down every man his rod,
Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod
thee. swallowed up their rods.
30 And Moses said before the LORD, 13 And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that
Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD
how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? had said.
14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses,
CHAPTER 7 Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to
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let the people go. about the river for water to drink; for they
15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; could not drink of the water of the river.
lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou 25 And seven days were fulfilled, after
shalt stand by the river’s brink against he that the LORD had smitten the river.
come; and the rod which was turned to a
serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. CHAPTER 8
16 And thou shalt say unto him, The AND the LORD spake unto Moses, Go
LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus
unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that saith the LORD, Let my people go, that
they may serve me in the wilderness: and, they may serve me.
behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. 2 And if thou refuse to let them go,
17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt behold, I will smite all thy borders with
know that I am the LORD: behold, I will frogs:
smite with the rod that is in mine hand 3 And the river shall bring forth frogs
upon the waters which are in the river, abundantly, which shall go up and come
and they shall be turned to blood. into thine house, and into thy bedchamber,
18 And the fish that is in the river shall and upon thy bed, and into the house of
die, and the river shall stink; and the thy servants, and upon thy people, and
Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water into thine ovens, and into thy
of the river. kneadingtroughs:
19 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say 4 And the frogs shall come up both on
unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thee, and upon thy people, and upon all
thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon thy servants.
their streams, upon their rivers, and upon 5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say
their ponds, and upon all their pools of unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with
water, that they may become blood; and thy rod over the streams, over the rivers,
that there may be blood throughout all the and over the ponds, and cause frogs to
land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, come up upon the land of Egypt.
and in vessels of stone. 6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came
LORD commanded; and he lifted up the up, and covered the land of Egypt.
rod, and smote the waters that were in the 7 And the magicians did so with their
river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the enchantments, and brought up frogs upon
sight of his servants; and all the waters the land of Egypt.
that were in the river were turned to blood. 8 ¶ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and
21 And the fish that was in the river died; Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he
and the river stank, and the Egyptians may take away the frogs from me, and
could not drink of the water of the river; from my people; and I will let the people
and there was blood throughout all the go, that they may do sacrifice unto the
land of Egypt. LORD.
22 And the magicians of Egypt did so 9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory
with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and
heart was hardened, neither did he hearken for thy servants, and for thy people, to
unto them; as the LORD had said. destroy the frogs from thee and thy
23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his houses, that they may remain in the river
house, neither did he set his heart to this only?
also. 10 And he said, To morrow. And he said,
24 And all the Egyptians digged round Be it according to thy word: that thou
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mayest know that there is none like unto swarms of flies, and also the ground
the LORD our God. whereon they are.
11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, 22 And I will sever in that day the land of
and from thy houses, and from thy Goshen, in which my people dwell, that
servants, and from thy people; they shall no swarms of flies shall be there; to the
remain in the river only. end thou mayest know that I am the LORD
12 And Moses and Aaron went out from in the midst of the earth.
Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD 23 And I will put a division between my
because of the frogs which he had brought people and thy people: to morrow shall
against Pharaoh. this sign be.
13 And the LORD did according to the 24 And the LORD did so; and there came a
word of Moses; and the frogs died out of grievous swarm of flies into the house of
the houses, out of the villages, and out of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses,
the fields. and into all the land of Egypt: the land
14 And they gathered them together upon was corrupted by reason of the swarm of
heaps: and the land stank. flies.
15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was 25 ¶ And Pharaoh called for Moses and
respite, he hardened his heart, and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to
hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had your God in the land.
said. 26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do;
16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Say for we shall sacrifice the abomination of
unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo,
the dust of the land, that it may become shall we sacrifice the abomination of the
lice throughout all the land of Egypt. Egyptians before their eyes, and will they
17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched not stone us?
out his hand with his rod, and smote the 27 We will go three days’ journey into the
dust of the earth, and it became lice in wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our
man, and in beast; all the dust of the land God, as he shall command us.
became lice throughout all the land of 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go,
Egypt. that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your
18 And the magicians did so with their God in the wilderness; only ye shall not
enchantments to bring forth lice, but they go very far away: intreat for me.
could not: so there were lice upon man, 29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from
and upon beast. thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the
19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh,
This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s from his servants, and from his people, to
heart was hardened, and he hearkened not morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal
unto them; as the LORD had said. deceitfully any more in not letting the
20 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
up early in the morning, and stand before 30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh,
Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and intreated the LORD.
and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, 31 And the LORD did according to the
Let my people go, that they may serve me. word of Moses; and he removed the
21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his
behold, I will send swarms of flies upon servants, and from his people; there
thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy remained not one.
people, and into thy houses: and the 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this
houses of the Egyptians shall be full of time also, neither would he let the people
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and in the sight of the people. of the souls; every man according to his
4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, eating shall make your count for the lamb.
About midnight will I go out into the 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a
midst of Egypt: male of the first year: ye shall take it out
5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt from the sheep, or from the goats:
shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh 6 And ye shall keep it up until the
that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the fourteenth day of the same month: and the
firstborn of the maidservant that is behind whole assembly of the congregation of
the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. Israel shall kill it in the evening.
6 And there shall be a great cry 7 And they shall take of the blood, and
throughout all the land of Egypt, such as strike it on the two side posts and on the
there was none like it, nor shall be like it upper door post of the houses, wherein
any more. they shall eat it.
7 But against any of the children of Israel 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night,
shall not a dog move his tongue, against roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and
man or beast: that ye may know how that with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
the LORD doth put a difference between 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with
the Egyptians and Israel. water, but roast with fire; his head with his
8 And all these thy servants shall come legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
down unto me, and bow down themselves 10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain
unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the until the morning; and that which
people that follow thee: and after that I remaineth of it until the morning ye shall
will go out. And he went out from burn with fire.
Pharaoh in a great anger. 11 ¶ And thus shall ye eat it; with your
9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and
shall not hearken unto you; that my your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it
wonders may be multiplied in the land of in haste: it is the LORD’s passover.
Egypt. 12 For I will pass through the land of
10 And Moses and Aaron did all these Egypt this night, and will smite all the
wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man
hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he and beast; and against all the gods of
would not let the children of Israel go out Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the
of his land. LORD.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a
CHAPTER 12 token upon the houses where ye are: and
AND the LORD spake unto Moses and when I see the blood, I will pass over you,
Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, and the plague shall not be upon you to
2 This month shall be unto you the destroy you, when I smite the land of
beginning of months: it shall be the first Egypt.
month of the year to you. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a
3 ¶ Speak ye unto all the congregation of memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to
Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this the LORD throughout your generations; ye
month they shall take to them every man a shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for
lamb, according to the house of their ever.
fathers, a lamb for an house: 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened
4 And if the household be too little for the bread; even the first day ye shall put away
lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto leaven out of your houses: for whosoever
his house take it according to the number eateth leavened bread from the first day
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until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut ye shall keep this service.
off from Israel. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your
16 And in the first day there shall be an children shall say unto you, What mean ye
holy convocation, and in the seventh day by this service?
there shall be an holy convocation to you; 27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of
no manner of work shall be done in them, the LORD’s passover, who passed over the
save that which every man must eat, that houses of the children of Israel in Egypt,
only may be done of you. when he smote the Egyptians, and
17 And ye shall observe the feast of delivered our houses. And the people
unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day bowed the head and worshipped.
have I brought your armies out of the land 28 And the children of Israel went away,
of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this and did as the LORD had commanded
day in your generations by an ordinance Moses and Aaron, so did they.
for ever. 29 ¶ And it came to pass, that at midnight
18 ¶ In the first month, on the fourteenth the LORD smote all the firstborn in the
day of the month at even, ye shall eat land of Egypt, from the firstborn of
unleavened bread, until the one and Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the
twentieth day of the month at even. firstborn of the captive that was in the
19 Seven days shall there be no leaven dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
found in your houses: for whosoever 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he,
eateth that which is leavened, even that and all his servants, and all the Egyptians;
soul shall be cut off from the congregation and there was a great cry in Egypt; for
of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born there was not a house where there was not
in the land. one dead.
20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all 31 ¶ And he called for Moses and Aaron
your habitations shall ye eat unleavened by night, and said, Rise up, and get you
bread. forth from among my people, both ye and
21 ¶ Then Moses called for all the elders the children of Israel; and go, serve the
of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out LORD, as ye have said.
and take you a lamb according to your 32 Also take your flocks and your herds,
families, and kill the passover. as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me
22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, also.
and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, 33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon
and strike the lintel and the two side posts the people, that they might send them out
with the blood that is in the bason; and of the land in haste; for they said, We be
none of you shall go out at the door of his all dead men.
house until the morning. 34 And the people took their dough before
23 For the LORD will pass through to it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs
smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth being bound up in their clothes upon their
the blood upon the lintel, and on the two shoulders.
side posts, the LORD will pass over the 35 And the children of Israel did
door, and will not suffer the destroyer to according to the word of Moses; and they
come in unto your houses to smite you. borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of
24 And ye shall observe this thing for an silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 36 And the LORD gave the people favour
25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they
come to the land which the LORD will give lent unto them such things as they
you, according as he hath promised, that required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
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37 ¶ And the children of Israel journeyed 49 One law shall be to him that is
from Rameses to Succoth, about six homeborn, and unto the stranger that
hundred thousand on foot that were men, sojourneth among you.
beside children. 50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as
38 And a mixed multitude went up also the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron,
with them; and flocks, and herds, even so did they.
very much cattle. 51 And it came to pass the selfsame day,
39 And they baked unleavened cakes of that the LORD did bring the children of
the dough which they brought forth out of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their
Egypt, for it was not leavened; because armies.
they were thrust out of Egypt, and could
not tarry, neither had they prepared for CHAPTER 13
themselves any victual. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
40 ¶ Now the sojourning of the children of 2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn,
Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four whatsoever openeth the womb among the
hundred and thirty years. children of Israel, both of man and of
41 And it came to pass at the end of the beast: it is mine.
four hundred and thirty years, even the 3 ¶ And Moses said unto the people,
selfsame day it came to pass, that all the Remember this day, in which ye came out
hosts of the LORD went out from the land from Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
of Egypt. for by strength of hand the LORD brought
42 It is a night to be much observed unto you out from this place: there shall no
the LORD for bringing them out from the leavened bread be eaten.
land of Egypt: this is that night of the 4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
LORD to be observed of all the children of 5 ¶ And it shall be when the LORD shall
Israel in their generations. bring thee into the land of the Canaanites,
43 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses and and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware
passover: There shall no stranger eat unto thy fathers to give thee, a land
thereof: flowing with milk and honey, that thou
44 But every man’s servant that is bought shalt keep this service in this month.
for money, when thou hast circumcised 6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened
him, then shall he eat thereof. bread, and in the seventh day shall be a
45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall feast to the LORD.
not eat thereof. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven
46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou days; and there shall no leavened bread be
shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh seen with thee, neither shall there be
abroad out of the house; neither shall ye leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
break a bone thereof. 8 ¶ And thou shalt shew thy son in that
47 All the congregation of Israel shall day, saying, This is done because of that
keep it. which the LORD did unto me when I came
48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with forth out of Egypt.
thee, and will keep the passover to the 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon
LORD, let all his males be circumcised, thine hand, and for a memorial between
and then let him come near and keep it; thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in
and he shall be as one that is born in the thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the
land: for no uncircumcised person shall LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
eat thereof. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this
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and they were sore afraid: and the children the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go
of Israel cried out unto the LORD. back by a strong east wind all that night,
11 And they said unto Moses, Because and made the sea dry land, and the waters
there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou were divided.
taken us away to die in the wilderness? 22 And the children of Israel went into the
wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and
carry us forth out of Egypt? the waters were a wall unto them on their
12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee right hand, and on their left.
in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we 23 ¶ And the Egyptians pursued, and went
may serve the Egyptians? For it had been in after them to the midst of the sea, even
better for us to serve the Egyptians, than all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his
that we should die in the wilderness. horsemen.
13 ¶ And Moses said unto the people, Fear 24 And it came to pass, that in the
ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of morning watch the LORD looked unto the
the LORD, which he will shew to you to host of the Egyptians through the pillar of
day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host
to day, ye shall see them again no more of the Egyptians,
for ever. 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that
14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye they drave them heavily: so that the
shall hold your peace. Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face
15 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them
Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak against the Egyptians.
unto the children of Israel, that they go 26 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses,
forward: Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that
16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out the waters may come again upon the
thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon
the children of Israel shall go on dry their horsemen.
ground through the midst of the sea. 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand
17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts over the sea, and the sea returned to his
of the Egyptians, and they shall follow strength when the morning appeared; and
them: and I will get me honour upon the Egyptians fled against it; and the
Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the
chariots, and upon his horsemen. midst of the sea.
18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am 28 And the waters returned, and covered
the LORD, when I have gotten me honour the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the
upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon host of Pharaoh that came into the sea
his horsemen. after them; there remained not so much as
19 ¶ And the angel of God, which went one of them.
before the camp of Israel, removed and 29 But the children of Israel walked upon
went behind them; and the pillar of the dry land in the midst of the sea; and the
cloud went from before their face, and waters were a wall unto them on their
stood behind them: right hand, and on their left.
20 And it came between the camp of the 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day
Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it out of the hand of the Egyptians; and
was a cloud and darkness to them, but it Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea
gave light by night to these: so that the shore.
one came not near the other all the night. 31 And Israel saw that great work which
21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the
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people feared the LORD, and believed the 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid:
LORD, and his servant Moses. sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants
of Palestina.
CHAPTER 15 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be
THEN sang Moses and the children of amazed; the mighty men of Moab,
Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, trembling shall take hold upon them; all
saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by
his rider hath he thrown into the sea. the greatness of thine arm they shall be as
2 The LORD is my strength and song, and still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O
he is become my salvation: he is my God, LORD, till the people pass over, which
and I will prepare him an habitation; my thou hast purchased.
father’s God, and I will exalt him. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant
3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is them in the mountain of thine inheritance,
his name. in the place, O LORD, which thou hast
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he made for thee to dwell in, in the
cast into the sea: his chosen captains also Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have
are drowned in the Red sea. established.
5 The depths have covered them: they 18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
sank into the bottom as a stone. 19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with
6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become his chariots and with his horsemen into the
glorious in power: thy right hand, O sea, and the LORD brought again the
LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. waters of the sea upon them; but the
7 And in the greatness of thine excellency children of Israel went on dry land in the
thou hast overthrown them that rose up midst of the sea.
against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, 20 ¶ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister
which consumed them as stubble. of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and
8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the all the women went out after her with
waters were gathered together, the floods timbrels and with dances.
stood upright as an heap, and the depths 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to
were congealed in the heart of the sea. the LORD, for he hath triumphed
9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he
overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust thrown into the sea.
shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red
my sword, my hand shall destroy them. sea, and they went out into the wilderness
10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea of Shur; and they went three days in the
covered them: they sank as lead in the wilderness, and found no water.
mighty waters. 23 ¶ And when they came to Marah, they
11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among could not drink of the waters of Marah, for
the gods? who is like thee, glorious in they were bitter: therefore the name of it
holiness, fearful in praises, doing was called Marah.
wonders? 24 And the people murmured against
12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
earth swallowed them. 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the
13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he
people which thou hast redeemed: thou had cast into the waters, the waters were
hast guided them in thy strength unto thy made sweet: there he made for them a
holy habitation. statute and an ordinance, and there he
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over, and he that gathered little had no wafers made with honey.
lack; they gathered every man according 32 ¶ And Moses said, This is the thing
to his eating. which the LORD commandeth, Fill an
19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it omer of it to be kept for your generations;
till the morning. that they may see the bread wherewith I
20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not have fed you in the wilderness, when I
unto Moses; but some of them left of it brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
until the morning, and it bred worms, and 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a
stank: and Moses was wroth with them. pot, and put an omer full of manna
21 And they gathered it every morning, therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to
every man according to his eating: and be kept for your generations.
when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so
22 ¶ And it came to pass, that on the sixth Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to
day they gathered twice as much bread, be kept.
two omers for one man: and all the rulers 35 And the children of Israel did eat
of the congregation came and told Moses. manna forty years, until they came to a
23 And he said unto them, This is that land inhabited; they did eat manna, until
which the LORD hath said, To morrow is they came unto the borders of the land of
the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: Canaan.
bake that which ye will bake to day, and 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an
seethe that ye will seethe; and that which ephah.
remaineth over lay up for you to be kept
until the morning. CHAPTER 17
24 And they laid it up till the morning, as AND all the congregation of the children
Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of
was there any worm therein. Sin, after their journeys, according to the
25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to commandment of the LORD, and pitched
day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye in Rephidim: and there was no water for
shall not find it in the field. the people to drink.
26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the 2 Wherefore the people did chide with
seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it Moses, and said, Give us water that we
there shall be none. may drink. And Moses said unto them,
27 ¶ And it came to pass, that there went Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye
out some of the people on the seventh day tempt the LORD?
for to gather, and they found none. 3 And the people thirsted there for water;
28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How and the people murmured against Moses,
long refuse ye to keep my commandments and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast
and my laws? brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and
29 See, for that the LORD hath given you our children and our cattle with thirst?
the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying,
sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye What shall I do unto this people? they be
every man in his place, let no man go out almost ready to stone me.
of his place on the seventh day. 5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on
30 So the people rested on the seventh before the people, and take with thee of
day. the elders of Israel; and thy rod,
31 And the house of Israel called the name wherewith thou smotest the river, take in
thereof Manna: and it was like coriander thine hand, and go.
seed, white; and the taste of it was like 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there
EXODUS
upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt people, and that the LORD had brought
smite the rock, and there shall come water Israel out of Egypt;
out of it, that the people may drink. And 2 Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took
Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent
Israel. her back,
7 And he called the name of the place 3 And her two sons; of which the name of
Massah, and Meribah, because of the the one was Gershom; for he said, I have
chiding of the children of Israel, and been an alien in a strange land:
because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer;
the LORD among us, or not? for the God of my father, said he, was
8 ¶ Then came Amalek, and fought with mine help, and delivered me from the
Israel in Rephidim. sword of Pharaoh:
9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us 5 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came
out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to with his sons and his wife unto Moses into
morrow I will stand on the top of the hill the wilderness, where he encamped at the
with the rod of God in mine hand. mount of God:
10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to 6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in
him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy
Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the wife, and her two sons with her.
hill. 7 ¶ And Moses went out to meet his father
11 And it came to pass, when Moses held in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him;
up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and and they asked each other of their welfare;
when he let down his hand, Amalek and they came into the tent.
prevailed. 8 And Moses told his father in law all that
12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; and the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to
they took a stone, and put it under him, the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the
and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur travail that had come upon them by the
stayed up his hands, the one on the one way, and how the LORD delivered them.
side, and the other on the other side; and 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness
his hands were steady until the going which the LORD had done to Israel, whom
down of the sun. he had delivered out of the hand of the
13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and Egyptians.
his people with the edge of the sword. 10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD,
14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write who hath delivered you out of the hand of
this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse the Egyptians, and out of the hand of
it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people
put out the remembrance of Amalek from from under the hand of the Egyptians.
under heaven. 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater
15 And Moses built an altar, and called than all gods: for in the thing wherein they
the name of it Jehovah-nissi: dealt proudly he was above them.
16 For he said, Because the LORD hath 12 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took
sworn that the LORD will have war with a burnt offering and sacrifices for God:
Amalek from generation to generation. and Aaron came, and all the elders of
Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in
CHAPTER 18 law before God.
WHEN Jethro, the priest of Midian, 13 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow,
Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God that Moses sat to judge the people: and the
had done for Moses, and for Israel his people stood by Moses from the morning
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unto the evening. Israel, and made them heads over the
14 And when Moses’ father in law saw all people, rulers of thousands, rulers of
that he did to the people, he said, What is hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of
this thing that thou doest to the people? tens.
why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the 26 And they judged the people at all
people stand by thee from morning unto seasons: the hard causes they brought unto
even? Moses, but every small matter they judged
15 And Moses said unto his father in law, themselves.
Because the people come unto me to 27 ¶ And Moses let his father in law
inquire of God: depart; and he went his way into his own
16 When they have a matter, they come land.
unto me; and I judge between one and
another, and I do make them know the CHAPTER 19
statutes of God, and his laws. IN the third month, when the children of
17 And Moses’ father in law said unto Israel were gone forth out of the land of
him, The thing that thou doest is not good. Egypt, the same day came they into the
18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, wilderness of Sinai.
and this people that is with thee: for this 2 For they were departed from Rephidim,
thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not and were come to the desert of Sinai, and
able to perform it thyself alone. had pitched in the wilderness; and there
19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will Israel camped before the mount.
give thee counsel, and God shall be with 3 And Moses went up unto God, and the
thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, LORD called unto him out of the mountain,
that thou mayest bring the causes unto saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of
God: Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the
and laws, and shalt shew them the way Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’
wherein they must walk, and the work that wings, and brought you unto myself.
they must do. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice
21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye
the people able men, such as fear God, shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above
men of truth, hating covetousness; and all people: for all the earth is mine:
place such over them, to be rulers of 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of
thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers priests, and an holy nation. These are the
of fifties, and rulers of tens: words which thou shalt speak unto the
22 And let them judge the people at all children of Israel.
seasons: and it shall be, that every great 7 ¶ And Moses came and called for the
matter they shall bring unto thee, but elders of the people, and laid before their
every small matter they shall judge: so faces all these words which the LORD
shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall commanded him.
bear the burden with thee. 8 And all the people answered together,
23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God and said, All that the LORD hath spoken
command thee so, then thou shalt be able we will do. And Moses returned the words
to endure, and all this people shall also go of the people unto the LORD.
to their place in peace. 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I
24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the
father in law, and did all that he had said. people may hear when I speak with thee,
25 And Moses chose able men out of all and believe thee for ever. And Moses told
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the words of the people unto the LORD. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go
10 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break
unto the people, and sanctify them to day through unto the LORD to gaze, and many
and to morrow, and let them wash their of them perish.
clothes, 22 And let the priests also, which come
11 And be ready against the third day: for near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest
the third day the LORD will come down in the LORD break forth upon them.
the sight of all the people upon mount 23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The
Sinai. people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for
12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds
people round about, saying, Take heed to about the mount, and sanctify it.
yourselves, that ye go not up into the 24 And the LORD said unto him, Away,
mount, or touch the border of it: get thee down, and thou shalt come up,
whosoever toucheth the mount shall be thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the
surely put to death: priests and the people break through to
13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he come up unto the LORD, lest he break
shall surely be stoned, or shot through; forth upon them.
whether it be beast or man, it shall not 25 So Moses went down unto the people,
live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they and spake unto them.
shall come up to the mount.
14 ¶ And Moses went down from the CHAPTER 20
mount unto the people, and sanctified the AND God spake all these words, saying,
people; and they washed their clothes. 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have
15 And he said unto the people, Be ready brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out
against the third day: come not at your of the house of bondage.
wives. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before
16 ¶ And it came to pass on the third day me.
in the morning, that there were thunders 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any
and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the graven image, or any likeness of any thing
mount, and the voice of the trumpet that is in heaven above, or that is in the
exceeding loud; so that all the people that earth beneath, or that is in the water under
was in the camp trembled. the earth:
17 And Moses brought forth the people 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to
out of the camp to meet with God; and them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy
they stood at the nether part of the mount. God am a jealous God, visiting the
18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a iniquity of the fathers upon the children
smoke, because the LORD descended upon unto the third and fourth generation of
it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended them that hate me;
as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of
mount quaked greatly. them that love me, and keep my
19 And when the voice of the trumpet commandments.
sounded long, and waxed louder and 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the
louder, Moses spake, and God answered LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will
him by a voice. not hold him guiltless that taketh his name
20 And the LORD came down upon mount in vain.
Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it
LORD called Moses up to the top of the holy.
mount; and Moses went up. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy
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11 And if he do not these three unto her, 27 And if he smite out his manservant’s
then shall she go out free without money. tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall
12 ¶ He that smiteth a man, so that he die, let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
shall be surely put to death. 28 ¶ If an ox gore a man or a woman, that
13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God they die: then the ox shall be surely
deliver him into his hand; then I will stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten;
appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
14 But if a man come presumptuously 29 But if the ox were wont to push with
upon his neighbour, to slay him with his horn in time past, and it hath been
guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, testified to his owner, and he hath not kept
that he may die. him in, but that he hath killed a man or a
15 ¶ And he that smiteth his father, or his woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his
mother, shall be surely put to death. owner also shall be put to death.
16 ¶ And he that stealeth a man, and 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money,
selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, then he shall give for the ransom of his
he shall surely be put to death. life whatsoever is laid upon him.
17 ¶ And he that curseth his father, or his 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have
mother, shall surely be put to death. gored a daughter, according to this
18 ¶ And if men strive together, and one judgment shall it be done unto him.
smite another with a stone, or with his fist, 32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a
and he die not, but keepeth his bed: maidservant; he shall give unto their
19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox
his staff, then shall he that smote him be shall be stoned.
quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his 33 ¶ And if a man shall open a pit, or if a
time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and
healed. an ox or an ass fall therein;
20 ¶ And if a man smite his servant, or his 34 The owner of the pit shall make it
maid, with a rod, and he die under his good, and give money unto the owner of
hand; he shall be surely punished. them; and the dead beast shall be his.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day 35 ¶ And if one man’s ox hurt another’s,
or two, he shall not be punished: for he is that he die; then they shall sell the live ox,
his money. and divide the money of it; and the dead
22 ¶ If men strive, and hurt a woman with ox also they shall divide.
child, so that her fruit depart from her, and 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used
yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely to push in time past, and his owner hath
punished, according as the woman’s not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for
husband will lay upon him; and he shall ox; and the dead shall be his own.
pay as the judges determine.
23 And if any mischief follow, then thou CHAPTER 22
shalt give life for life, IF a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen
hand, foot for foot, for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
25 Burning for burning, wound for 2 ¶ If a thief be found breaking up, and be
wound, stripe for stripe. smitten that he die, there shall no blood be
26 ¶ And if a man smite the eye of his shed for him.
servant, or the eye of his maid, that it 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall
perish; he shall let him go free for his be blood shed for him; for he should make
eye’s sake. full restitution; if he have nothing, then he
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shall be sold for his theft. shall not make it good: if it be an hired
4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand thing, it came for his hire.
alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he 16 ¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not
shall restore double. betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely
5 ¶ If a man shall cause a field or vineyard endow her to be his wife.
to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her
shall feed in another man’s field; of the unto him, he shall pay money according to
best of his own field, and of the best of his the dowry of virgins.
own vineyard, shall he make restitution. 18 ¶ Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
6 ¶ If fire break out, and catch in thorns, 19 ¶ Whosoever lieth with a beast shall
so that the stacks of corn, or the standing surely be put to death.
corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; 20 ¶ He that sacrificeth unto any god, save
he that kindled the fire shall surely make unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly
restitution. destroyed.
7 ¶ If a man shall deliver unto his 21 ¶ Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor
neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it oppress him: for ye were strangers in the
be stolen out of the man’s house; if the land of Egypt.
thief be found, let him pay double. 22 ¶ Ye shall not afflict any widow, or
8 If the thief be not found, then the master fatherless child.
of the house shall be brought unto the 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and
judges, to see whether he have put his they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear
hand unto his neighbour’s goods. their cry;
9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be 24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will
for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or kill you with the sword; and your wives
for any manner of lost thing, which shall be widows, and your children
another challengeth to be his, the cause of fatherless.
both parties shall come before the judges; 25 ¶ If thou lend money to any of my
and whom the judges shall condemn, he people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not
shall pay double unto his neighbour. be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou
10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an lay upon him usury.
ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour’s
keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it
away, no man seeing it: unto him by that the sun goeth down:
11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be 27 For that is his covering only, it is his
between them both, that he hath not put raiment for his skin: wherein shall he
his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he
the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am
shall not make it good. gracious.
12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall 28 ¶ Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor
make restitution unto the owner thereof. curse the ruler of thy people.
13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him 29 ¶ Thou shalt not delay to offer the first
bring it for witness, and he shall not make of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the
good that which was torn. firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto
14 ¶ And if a man borrow ought of his me.
neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen,
thereof being not with it, he shall surely and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be
make it good. with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt
15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he give it me.
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31 ¶ And ye shall be holy men unto me: heard out of thy mouth.
neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of 14 ¶ Three times thou shalt keep a feast
beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the unto me in the year.
dogs. 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened
bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread
CHAPTER 23 seven days, as I commanded thee, in the
THOU shalt not raise a false report: put time appointed of the month Abib; for in it
not thine hand with the wicked to be an thou camest out from Egypt: and none
unrighteous witness. shall appear before me empty:)
2 ¶ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do 16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits
evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to of thy labours, which thou hast sown in
decline after many to wrest judgment: the field: and the feast of ingathering,
3 ¶ Neither shalt thou countenance a poor which is in the end of the year, when thou
man in his cause. hast gathered in thy labours out of the
4 ¶ If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his field.
ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it 17 Three times in the year all thy males
back to him again. shall appear before the Lord GOD.
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my
thee lying under his burden, and wouldest sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall
forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help the fat of my sacrifice remain until the
with him. morning.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy 19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land
poor in his cause. thou shalt bring into the house of the
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid
the innocent and righteous slay thou not: in his mother’s milk.
for I will not justify the wicked. 20 ¶ Behold, I send an Angel before thee,
8 ¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee
blindeth the wise, and perverteth the into the place which I have prepared.
words of the righteous. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice,
9 ¶ Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: provoke him not; for he will not pardon
for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing your transgressions: for my name is in
ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. him.
10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice,
and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: and do all that I speak; then I will be an
11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it enemy unto thine enemies, and an
rest and lie still; that the poor of thy adversary unto thine adversaries.
people may eat: and what they leave the 23 For mine Angel shall go before thee,
beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and
thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the
with thy oliveyard. Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the
12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods,
ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of nor serve them, nor do after their works:
thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and
refreshed. quite break down their images.
13 And in all things that I have said unto 25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God,
you be circumspect: and make no mention and he shall bless thy bread, and thy
of the name of other gods, neither let it be water; and I will take sickness away from
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was like devouring fire on the top of the 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the
mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. ark: they shall not be taken from it.
18 And Moses went into the midst of the 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the
cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and testimony which I shall give thee.
Moses was in the mount forty days and 17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of
forty nights. pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be
the length thereof, and a cubit and a half
CHAPTER 25 the breadth thereof.
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that gold, of beaten work shalt thou make
they bring me an offering: of every man them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
that giveth it willingly with his heart ye 19 And make one cherub on the one end,
shall take my offering. and the other cherub on the other end:
3 And this is the offering which ye shall even of the mercy seat shall ye make the
take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, cherubims on the two ends thereof.
4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth
fine linen, and goats’ hair, their wings on high, covering the mercy
5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ seat with their wings, and their faces shall
skins, and shittim wood, look one to another; toward the mercy seat
6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, shall the faces of the cherubims be.
and for sweet incense, 21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat
7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the above upon the ark; and in the ark thou
ephod, and in the breastplate. shalt put the testimony that I shall give
8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that thee.
I may dwell among them. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I
9 According to all that I shew thee, after will commune with thee from above the
the pattern of the tabernacle, and the mercy seat, from between the two
pattern of all the instruments thereof, even cherubims which are upon the ark of the
so shall ye make it. testimony, of all things which I will give
10 ¶ And they shall make an ark of shittim thee in commandment unto the children of
wood: two cubits and a half shall be the Israel.
length thereof, and a cubit and a half the 23 ¶ Thou shalt also make a table of
breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the shittim wood: two cubits shall be the
height thereof. length thereof, and a cubit the breadth
11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure thereof, and a cubit and a half the height
gold, within and without shalt thou thereof.
overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure
of gold round about. gold, and make thereto a crown of gold
12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold round about.
for it, and put them in the four corners 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of
thereof; and two rings shall be in the one an hand breadth round about, and thou
side of it, and two rings in the other side shalt make a golden crown to the border
of it. thereof round about.
13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of
wood, and overlay them with gold. gold, and put the rings in the four corners
14 And thou shalt put the staves into the that are on the four feet thereof.
rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark 27 Over against the border shall the rings
may be borne with them. be for places of the staves to bear the
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12 And the remnant that remaineth of the 26 ¶ And thou shalt make bars of shittim
curtains of the tent, the half curtain that wood; five for the boards of the one side
remaineth, shall hang over the backside of of the tabernacle,
the tabernacle. 27 And five bars for the boards of the
13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit other side of the tabernacle, and five bars
on the other side of that which remaineth for the boards of the side of the tabernacle,
in the length of the curtains of the tent, it for the two sides westward.
shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the
on this side and on that side, to cover it. boards shall reach from end to end.
14 And thou shalt make a covering for the 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with
tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a gold, and make their rings of gold for
covering above of badgers’ skins. places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay
15 ¶ And thou shalt make boards for the the bars with gold.
tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle
16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a according to the fashion thereof which
board, and a cubit and a half shall be the was shewed thee in the mount.
breadth of one board. 31 ¶ And thou shalt make a vail of blue,
17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
set in order one against another: thus shalt linen of cunning work: with cherubims
thou make for all the boards of the shall it be made:
tabernacle. 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars
18 And thou shalt make the boards for the of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their
tabernacle, twenty boards on the south hooks shall be of gold, upon the four
side southward. sockets of silver.
19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of 33 ¶ And thou shalt hang up the vail under
silver under the twenty boards; two the taches, that thou mayest bring in
sockets under one board for his two thither within the vail the ark of the
tenons, and two sockets under another testimony: and the vail shall divide unto
board for his two tenons. you between the holy place and the most
20 And for the second side of the holy.
tabernacle on the north side there shall be 34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon
twenty boards: the ark of the testimony in the most holy
21 And their forty sockets of silver; two place.
sockets under one board, and two sockets 35 And thou shalt set the table without the
under another board. vail, and the candlestick over against the
22 And for the sides of the tabernacle table on the side of the tabernacle toward
westward thou shalt make six boards. the south: and thou shalt put the table on
23 And two boards shalt thou make for the the north side.
corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the
24 And they shall be coupled together door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and
beneath, and they shall be coupled scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought
together above the head of it unto one with needlework.
ring: thus shall it be for them both; they 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging
shall be for the two corners. five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay
25 And they shall be eight boards, and them with gold, and their hooks shall be
their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of
sockets under one board, and two sockets brass for them.
under another board.
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CHAPTER 27 ten.
AND thou shalt make an altar of shittim 13 And the breadth of the court on the east
wood, five cubits long, and five cubits side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and 14 The hangings of one side of the gate
the height thereof shall be three cubits. shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three,
2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon and their sockets three.
the four corners thereof: his horns shall be 15 And on the other side shall be hangings
of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their
brass. sockets three.
3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive 16 ¶ And for the gate of the court shall be
his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and
and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the vessels thereof thou shalt make of wrought with needlework: and their pillars
brass. shall be four, and their sockets four.
4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of 17 All the pillars round about the court
network of brass; and upon the net shalt shall be filleted with silver; their hooks
thou make four brasen rings in the four shall be of silver, and their sockets of
corners thereof. brass.
5 And thou shalt put it under the compass 18 ¶ The length of the court shall be an
of the altar beneath, that the net may be hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every
even to the midst of the altar. where, and the height five cubits of fine
6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
staves of shittim wood, and overlay them 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all
with brass. the service thereof, and all the pins
7 And the staves shall be put into the thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall
rings, and the staves shall be upon the two be of brass.
sides of the altar, to bear it. 20 ¶ And thou shalt command the children
8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive
as it was shewed thee in the mount, so beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to
shall they make it. burn always.
9 ¶ And thou shalt make the court of the 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation
tabernacle: for the south side southward without the vail, which is before the
there shall be hangings for the court of testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order
fine twined linen of an hundred cubits it from evening to morning before the
long for one side: LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto
10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their their generations on the behalf of the
twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks children of Israel.
of the pillars and their fillets shall be of
silver. CHAPTER 28
11 And likewise for the north side in AND take thou unto thee Aaron thy
length there shall be hangings of an brother, and his sons with him, from
hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars among the children of Israel, that he may
and their twenty sockets of brass; the minister unto me in the priest’s office,
hooks of the pillars and their fillets of even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar
silver. and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
12 ¶ And for the breadth of the court on 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for
the west side shall be hangings of fifty Aaron thy brother for glory and for
cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets beauty.
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3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are 15 ¶ And thou shalt make the breastplate
wise hearted, whom I have filled with the of judgment with cunning work; after the
spirit of wisdom, that they may make work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of
Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet,
he may minister unto me in the priest’s and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make
office. it.
4 And these are the garments which they 16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a
shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, span shall be the length thereof, and a
and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, span shall be the breadth thereof.
and a girdle: and they shall make holy 17 And thou shalt set in it settings of
garments for Aaron thy brother, and his stones, even four rows of stones: the first
sons, that he may minister unto me in the row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a
priest’s office. carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and 18 And the second row shall be an
purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
6 ¶ And they shall make the ephod of 19 And the third row a ligure, an agate,
gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and and an amethyst.
fine twined linen, with cunning work. 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an
7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in
thereof joined at the two edges thereof; gold in their inclosings.
and so it shall be joined together. 21 And the stones shall be with the names
8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, of the children of Israel, twelve, according
which is upon it, shall be of the same, to their names, like the engravings of a
according to the work thereof; even of signet; every one with his name shall they
gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and be according to the twelve tribes.
fine twined linen. 22 ¶ And thou shalt make upon the
9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen
and grave on them the names of the work of pure gold.
children of Israel: 23 And thou shalt make upon the
10 Six of their names on one stone, and breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put
the other six names of the rest on the other the two rings on the two ends of the
stone, according to their birth. breastplate.
11 With the work of an engraver in stone, 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen
like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou chains of gold in the two rings which are
engrave the two stones with the names of on the ends of the breastplate.
the children of Israel: thou shalt make 25 And the other two ends of the two
them to be set in ouches of gold. wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the
12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon two ouches, and put them on the
the shoulders of the ephod for stones of shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
memorial unto the children of Israel: and 26 ¶ And thou shalt make two rings of
Aaron shall bear their names before the gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two
LORD upon his two shoulders for a ends of the breastplate in the border
memorial. thereof, which is in the side of the ephod
13 ¶ And thou shalt make ouches of gold; inward.
14 And two chains of pure gold at the 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt
ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make make, and shalt put them on the two sides
them, and fasten the wreathen chains to of the ephod underneath, toward the
the ouches. forepart thereof, over against the other
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coupling thereof, above the curious girdle that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the
of the ephod. holy things, which the children of Israel
28 And they shall bind the breastplate by shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it
the rings thereof unto the rings of the shall be always upon his forehead, that
ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be they may be accepted before the LORD.
above the curious girdle of the ephod, and 39 ¶ And thou shalt embroider the coat of
that the breastplate be not loosed from the fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre
ephod. of fine linen, and thou shalt make the
29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the girdle of needlework.
children of Israel in the breastplate of 40 ¶ And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt
judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in make coats, and thou shalt make for them
unto the holy place, for a memorial before girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for
the LORD continually. them, for glory and for beauty.
30 ¶ And thou shalt put in the breastplate 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron
of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; thy brother, and his sons with him; and
and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, shalt anoint them, and consecrate them,
when he goeth in before the LORD: and and sanctify them, that they may minister
Aaron shall bear the judgment of the unto me in the priest’s office.
children of Israel upon his heart before the 42 And thou shalt make them linen
LORD continually. breeches to cover their nakedness; from
31 ¶ And thou shalt make the robe of the the loins even unto the thighs they shall
ephod all of blue. reach:
32 And there shall be an hole in the top of 43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and
it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a upon his sons, when they come in unto the
binding of woven work round about the tabernacle of the congregation, or when
hole of it, as it were the hole of an they come near unto the altar to minister
habergeon, that it be not rent. in the holy place; that they bear not
33 ¶ And beneath upon the hem of it thou iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for
shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of ever unto him and his seed after him.
purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem
thereof; and bells of gold between them CHAPTER 29
round about: AND this is the thing that thou shalt do
34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a unto them to hallow them, to minister unto
golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the me in the priest’s office: Take one young
hem of the robe round about. bullock, and two rams without blemish,
35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: 2 And unleavened bread, and cakes
and his sound shall be heard when he unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers
goeth in unto the holy place before the unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten
LORD, and when he cometh out, that he flour shalt thou make them.
die not. 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket,
36 ¶ And thou shalt make a plate of pure and bring them in the basket, with the
gold, and grave upon it, like the bullock and the two rams.
engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring
THE LORD. unto the door of the tabernacle of the
37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, congregation, and shalt wash them with
that it may be upon the mitre; upon the water.
forefront of the mitre it shall be. 5 And thou shalt take the garments, and
38 And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of
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the ephod, and the ephod, and the made by fire unto the LORD.
breastplate, and gird him with the curious 19 ¶ And thou shalt take the other ram;
girdle of the ephod: and Aaron and his sons shall put their
6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his hands upon the head of the ram.
head, and put the holy crown upon the 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take
mitre. of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the
7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the
and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb
8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put of their right hand, and upon the great toe
coats upon them. of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood
9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, upon the altar round about.
Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is
on them: and the priest’s office shall be upon the altar, and of the anointing oil,
theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his
shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. garments, and upon his sons, and upon the
10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be garments of his sons with him: and he
brought before the tabernacle of the shall be hallowed, and his garments, and
congregation: and Aaron and his sons his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.
shall put their hands upon the head of the 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat
bullock. and the rump, and the fat that covereth the
11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before inwards, and the caul above the liver, and
the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
the congregation. them, and the right shoulder; for it is a
12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the ram of consecration:
bullock, and put it upon the horns of the 23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of
altar with thy finger, and pour all the oiled bread, and one wafer out of the
blood beside the bottom of the altar. basket of the unleavened bread that is
13 And thou shalt take all the fat that before the LORD:
covereth the inwards, and the caul that is 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of
above the liver, and the two kidneys, and Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and
the fat that is upon them, and burn them shalt wave them for a wave offering
upon the altar. before the LORD.
14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his 25 And thou shalt receive them of their
skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with hands, and burn them upon the altar for a
fire without the camp: it is a sin offering. burnt offering, for a sweet savour before
15 ¶ Thou shalt also take one ram; and the LORD: it is an offering made by fire
Aaron and his sons shall put their hands unto the LORD.
upon the head of the ram. 26 And thou shalt take the breast of the
16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it
shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round for a wave offering before the LORD: and
about upon the altar. it shall be thy part.
17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of
and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, the wave offering, and the shoulder of the
and put them unto his pieces, and unto his heave offering, which is waved, and
head. which is heaved up, of the ram of the
18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram consecration, even of that which is for
upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering 28 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’
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by a statute for ever from the children of morning; and the other lamb thou shalt
Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it offer at even:
shall be an heave offering from the 40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of
children of Israel of the sacrifice of their flour mingled with the fourth part of an
peace offerings, even their heave offering hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an
unto the LORD. hin of wine for a drink offering.
29 ¶ And the holy garments of Aaron shall 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at
be his sons’ after him, to be anointed even, and shalt do thereto according to the
therein, and to be consecrated in them. meat offering of the morning, and
30 And that son that is priest in his stead according to the drink offering thereof, for
shall put them on seven days, when he a sweet savour, an offering made by fire
cometh into the tabernacle of the unto the LORD.
congregation to minister in the holy place. 42 This shall be a continual burnt offering
31 ¶ And thou shalt take the ram of the throughout your generations at the door of
consecration, and seethe his flesh in the the tabernacle of the congregation before
holy place. the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak
32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the there unto thee.
flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in 43 And there I will meet with the children
the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be
the congregation. sanctified by my glory.
33 And they shall eat those things 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of
wherewith the atonement was made, to the congregation, and the altar: I will
consecrate and to sanctify them: but a sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to
stranger shall not eat thereof, because they minister to me in the priest’s office.
are holy. 45 ¶ And I will dwell among the children
34 And if ought of the flesh of the of Israel, and will be their God.
consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto 46 And they shall know that I am the
the morning, then thou shalt burn the LORD their God, that brought them forth
remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell
because it is holy. among them: I am the LORD their God.
35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and
to his sons, according to all things which I CHAPTER 30
have commanded thee: seven days shalt AND thou shalt make an altar to burn
thou consecrate them. incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou
36 And thou shalt offer every day a make it.
bullock for a sin offering for atonement: 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a
and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall
hast made an atonement for it, and thou it be: and two cubits shall be the height
shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the
37 Seven days thou shalt make an same.
atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold,
and it shall be an altar most holy: the top thereof, and the sides thereof
whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be round about, and the horns thereof; and
holy. thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold
38 ¶ Now this is that which thou shalt round about.
offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to
year day by day continually. it under the crown of it, by the two corners
39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou
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make it; and they shall be for places for money of the children of Israel, and shalt
the staves to bear it withal. appoint it for the service of the tabernacle
5 And thou shalt make the staves of of the congregation; that it may be a
shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. memorial unto the children of Israel
6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that before the LORD, to make an atonement
is by the ark of the testimony, before the for your souls.
mercy seat that is over the testimony, 17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
where I will meet with thee. saying,
7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass,
incense every morning: when he dresseth and his foot also of brass, to wash withal:
the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. and thou shalt put it between the
8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at tabernacle of the congregation and the
even, he shall burn incense upon it, a altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
perpetual incense before the LORD 19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their
throughout your generations. hands and their feet thereat:
9 Ye shall offer no strange incense 20 When they go into the tabernacle of the
thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat congregation, they shall wash with water,
offering; neither shall ye pour drink that they die not; or when they come near
offering thereon. to the altar to minister, to burn offering
10 And Aaron shall make an atonement made by fire unto the LORD:
upon the horns of it once in a year with 21 So they shall wash their hands and
the blood of the sin offering of their feet, that they die not: and it shall be
atonements: once in the year shall he a statute for ever to them, even to him and
make atonement upon it throughout your to his seed throughout their generations.
generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. 22 ¶ Moreover the LORD spake unto
11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, Moses, saying,
saying, 23 Take thou also unto thee principal
12 When thou takest the sum of the spices, of pure myrrh five hundred
children of Israel after their number, then shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so
shall they give every man a ransom for his much, even two hundred and fifty shekels,
soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest and of sweet calamus two hundred and
them; that there be no plague among them, fifty shekels,
when thou numberest them. 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels,
13 This they shall give, every one that after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil
passeth among them that are numbered, olive an hin:
half a shekel after the shekel of the 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy
sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an ointment, an ointment compound after the
half shekel shall be the offering of the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy
LORD. anointing oil.
14 Every one that passeth among them 26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of
that are numbered, from twenty years old the congregation therewith, and the ark of
and above, shall give an offering unto the the testimony,
LORD. 27 And the table and all his vessels, and
15 The rich shall not give more, and the the candlestick and his vessels, and the
poor shall not give less than half a shekel, altar of incense,
when they give an offering unto the LORD, 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all
to make an atonement for your souls. his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
16 And thou shalt take the atonement 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they
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but the noise of them that sing do I hear. that he may bestow upon you a blessing
19 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as he this day.
came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the 30 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow,
calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger that Moses said unto the people, Ye have
waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of sinned a great sin: and now I will go up
his hands, and brake them beneath the unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make
mount. an atonement for your sin.
20 And he took the calf which they had 31 And Moses returned unto the LORD,
made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground and said, Oh, this people have sinned a
it to powder, and strawed it upon the great sin, and have made them gods of
water, and made the children of Israel gold.
drink of it. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their
21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out
this people unto thee, that thou hast of thy book which thou hast written.
brought so great a sin upon them? 33 And the LORD said unto Moses,
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of Whosoever hath sinned against me, him
my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, will I blot out of my book.
that they are set on mischief. 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto
23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, the place of which I have spoken unto
which shall go before us: for as for this thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before
Moses, the man that brought us up out of thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I
the land of Egypt, we wot not what is will visit their sin upon them.
become of him. 35 And the LORD plagued the people,
24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath because they made the calf, which Aaron
any gold, let them break it off. So they made.
gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and
there came out this calf. CHAPTER 33
25 ¶ And when Moses saw that the people AND the LORD said unto Moses, Depart,
were naked; (for Aaron had made them and go up hence, thou and the people
naked unto their shame among their which thou hast brought up out of the land
enemies:) of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto
26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying,
camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’s Unto thy seed will I give it:
side? let him come unto me. And all the 2 And I will send an angel before thee;
sons of Levi gathered themselves together and I will drive out the Canaanite, the
unto him. Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite,
27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
LORD God of Israel, Put every man his 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and
sword by his side, and go in and out from honey: for I will not go up in the midst of
gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest
every man his brother, and every man his I consume thee in the way.
companion, and every man his neighbour. 4 ¶ And when the people heard these evil
28 And the children of Levi did according tidings, they mourned: and no man did put
to the word of Moses: and there fell of the on him his ornaments.
people that day about three thousand men. 5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say
29 For Moses had said, Consecrate unto the children of Israel, Ye are a
yourselves to day to the LORD, even every stiffnecked people: I will come up into the
man upon his son, and upon his brother; midst of thee in a moment, and consume
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thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments 16 For wherein shall it be known here that
from thee, that I may know what to do I and thy people have found grace in thy
unto thee. sight? is it not in that thou goest with us?
6 And the children of Israel stripped so shall we be separated, I and thy people,
themselves of their ornaments by the from all the people that are upon the face
mount Horeb. of the earth.
7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and 17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will
pitched it without the camp, afar off from do this thing also that thou hast spoken:
the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of for thou hast found grace in my sight, and
the congregation. And it came to pass, that I know thee by name.
every one which sought the LORD went 18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me
out unto the tabernacle of the thy glory.
congregation, which was without the 19 And he said, I will make all my
camp. goodness pass before thee, and I will
8 And it came to pass, when Moses went proclaim the name of the LORD before
out unto the tabernacle, that all the people thee; and will be gracious to whom I will
rose up, and stood every man at his tent be gracious, and will shew mercy on
door, and looked after Moses, until he was whom I will shew mercy.
gone into the tabernacle. 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my
9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered face: for there shall no man see me, and
into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar live.
descended, and stood at the door of the 21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a
tabernacle, and the LORD talked with place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a
Moses. rock:
10 And all the people saw the cloudy 22 And it shall come to pass, while my
pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a
the people rose up and worshipped, every clift of the rock, and will cover thee with
man in his tent door. my hand while I pass by:
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face 23 And I will take away mine hand, and
to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. thou shalt see my back parts: but my face
And he turned again into the camp: but his shall not be seen.
servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young
man, departed not out of the tabernacle. CHAPTER 34
12 ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, See, AND the LORD said unto Moses, Hew
thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: thee two tables of stone like unto the first:
and thou hast not let me know whom thou and I will write upon these tables the
wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I words that were in the first tables, which
know thee by name, and thou hast also thou brakest.
found grace in my sight. 2 And be ready in the morning, and come
13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and
found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy present thyself there to me in the top of
way, that I may know thee, that I may find the mount.
grace in thy sight: and consider that this 3 And no man shall come up with thee,
nation is thy people. neither let any man be seen throughout all
14 And he said, My presence shall go with the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds
thee, and I will give thee rest. feed before that mount.
15 And he said unto him, If thy presence 4 ¶ And he hewed two tables of stone like
go not with me, carry us not up hence. unto the first; and Moses rose up early in
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the morning, and went up unto mount unto their gods, and one call thee, and
Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, thou eat of his sacrifice;
and took in his hand the two tables of 16 And thou take of their daughters unto
stone. thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring
5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, after their gods, and make thy sons go a
and stood with him there, and proclaimed whoring after their gods.
the name of the LORD. 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
6 And the LORD passed by before him, 18 ¶ The feast of unleavened bread shalt
and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat
God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, unleavened bread, as I commanded thee,
and abundant in goodness and truth, in the time of the month Abib: for in the
7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
iniquity and transgression and sin, and that 19 All that openeth the matrix is mine;
will by no means clear the guilty; visiting and every firstling among thy cattle,
the iniquity of the fathers upon the whether ox or sheep, that is male.
children, and upon the children’s children, 20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt
unto the third and to the fourth generation. redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem
8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his him not, then shalt thou break his neck.
head toward the earth, and worshipped. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt
9 And he said, If now I have found grace redeem. And none shall appear before me
in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray empty.
thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked 21 ¶ Six days thou shalt work, but on the
people; and pardon our iniquity and our seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time
sin, and take us for thine inheritance. and in harvest thou shalt rest.
10 ¶ And he said, Behold, I make a 22 ¶ And thou shalt observe the feast of
covenant: before all thy people I will do weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest,
marvels, such as have not been done in all and the feast of ingathering at the year’s
the earth, nor in any nation: and all the end.
people among which thou art shall see the 23 ¶ Thrice in the year shall all your men
work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing children appear before the Lord GOD, the
that I will do with thee. God of Israel.
11 Observe thou that which I command 24 For I will cast out the nations before
thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall
thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and any man desire thy land, when thou shalt
the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the go up to appear before the LORD thy God
Hivite, and the Jebusite. thrice in the year.
12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a 25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my
covenant with the inhabitants of the land sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the
whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in sacrifice of the feast of the passover be
the midst of thee: left unto the morning.
13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break 26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land
their images, and cut down their groves: thou shalt bring unto the house of the
14 For thou shalt worship no other god: LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid
for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a in his mother’s milk.
jealous God: 27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write
15 Lest thou make a covenant with the thou these words: for after the tenor of
inhabitants of the land, and they go a these words I have made a covenant with
whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice thee and with Israel.
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28 And he was there with the LORD forty habitations upon the sabbath day.
days and forty nights; he did neither eat 4 ¶ And Moses spake unto all the
bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon congregation of the children of Israel,
the tables the words of the covenant, the saying, This is the thing which the LORD
ten commandments. commanded, saying,
29 ¶ And it came to pass, when Moses 5 Take ye from among you an offering
came down from mount Sinai with the two unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing
tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when heart, let him bring it, an offering of the
he came down from the mount, that Moses LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
wist not that the skin of his face shone 6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
while he talked with him. fine linen, and goats’ hair,
30 And when Aaron and all the children 7 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’
of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of skins, and shittim wood,
his face shone; and they were afraid to 8 And oil for the light, and spices for
come nigh him. anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
31 And Moses called unto them; and 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set
Aaron and all the rulers of the for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
congregation returned unto him: and 10 And every wise hearted among you
Moses talked with them. shall come, and make all that the LORD
32 And afterward all the children of Israel hath commanded;
came nigh: and he gave them in 11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his
commandment all that the LORD had covering, his taches, and his boards, his
spoken with him in mount Sinai. bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
33 And till Moses had done speaking with 12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with
them, he put a vail on his face. the mercy seat, and the vail of the
34 But when Moses went in before the covering,
LORD to speak with him, he took the vail 13 The table, and his staves, and all his
off, until he came out. And he came out, vessels, and the shewbread,
and spake unto the children of Israel that 14 The candlestick also for the light, and
which he was commanded. his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil
35 And the children of Israel saw the face for the light,
of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face 15 And the incense altar, and his staves,
shone: and Moses put the vail upon his and the anointing oil, and the sweet
face again, until he went in to speak with incense, and the hanging for the door at
him. the entering in of the tabernacle,
16 The altar of burnt offering, with his
CHAPTER 35 brasen grate, his staves, and all his
AND Moses gathered all the congregation vessels, the laver and his foot,
of the children of Israel together, and said 17 The hangings of the court, his pillars,
unto them, These are the words which the and their sockets, and the hanging for the
LORD hath commanded, that ye should do door of the court,
them. 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins
2 Six days shall work be done, but on the of the court, and their cords,
seventh day there shall be to you an holy 19 The cloths of service, to do service in
day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: the holy place, the holy garments for
whosoever doeth work therein shall be put Aaron the priest, and the garments of his
to death. sons, to minister in the priest’s office.
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your 20 ¶ And all the congregation of the
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offering of the sanctuary. So the people 19 And he made a covering for the tent of
were restrained from bringing. rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of
7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for badgers’ skins above that.
all the work to make it, and too much. 20 ¶ And he made boards for the
8 ¶ And every wise hearted man among tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
them that wrought the work of the 21 The length of a board was ten cubits,
tabernacle made ten curtains of fine and the breadth of a board one cubit and a
twined linen, and blue, and purple, and half.
scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work 22 One board had two tenons, equally
made he them. distant one from another: thus did he make
9 The length of one curtain was twenty for all the boards of the tabernacle.
and eight cubits, and the breadth of one 23 And he made boards for the tabernacle;
curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of twenty boards for the south side
one size. southward:
10 And he coupled the five curtains one 24 And forty sockets of silver he made
unto another: and the other five curtains under the twenty boards; two sockets
he coupled one unto another. under one board for his two tenons, and
11 And he made loops of blue on the edge two sockets under another board for his
of one curtain from the selvedge in the two tenons.
coupling: likewise he made in the 25 And for the other side of the
uttermost side of another curtain, in the tabernacle, which is toward the north
coupling of the second. corner, he made twenty boards,
12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and 26 And their forty sockets of silver; two
fifty loops made he in the edge of the sockets under one board, and two sockets
curtain which was in the coupling of the under another board.
second: the loops held one curtain to 27 And for the sides of the tabernacle
another. westward he made six boards.
13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and 28 And two boards made he for the
coupled the curtains one unto another with corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
the taches: so it became one tabernacle. 29 And they were coupled beneath, and
14 ¶ And he made curtains of goats’ hair coupled together at the head thereof, to
for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven one ring: thus he did to both of them in
curtains he made them. both the corners.
15 The length of one curtain was thirty 30 And there were eight boards; and their
cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of sockets were sixteen sockets of silver,
one curtain: the eleven curtains were of under every board two sockets.
one size. 31 ¶ And he made bars of shittim wood;
16 And he coupled five curtains by five for the boards of the one side of the
themselves, and six curtains by tabernacle,
themselves. 32 And five bars for the boards of the
17 And he made fifty loops upon the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars
uttermost edge of the curtain in the for the boards of the tabernacle for the
coupling, and fifty loops made he upon sides westward.
the edge of the curtain which coupleth the 33 And he made the middle bar to shoot
second. through the boards from the one end to the
18 And he made fifty taches of brass to other.
couple the tent together, that it might be 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold,
one. and made their rings of gold to be places
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for the bars, and overlaid the bars with wings over the mercy seat, with their faces
gold. one to another; even to the mercy seatward
35 ¶ And he made a vail of blue, and were the faces of the cherubims.
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: 10 ¶ And he made the table of shittim
with cherubims made he it of cunning wood: two cubits was the length thereof,
work. and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit
36 And he made thereunto four pillars of and a half the height thereof:
shittim wood, and overlaid them with 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and
gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast made thereunto a crown of gold round
for them four sockets of silver. about.
37 ¶ And he made an hanging for the 12 Also he made thereunto a border of an
tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and handbreadth round about; and made a
scarlet, and fine twined linen, of crown of gold for the border thereof round
needlework; about.
38 And the five pillars of it with their 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold,
hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and and put the rings upon the four corners
their fillets with gold: but their five that were in the four feet thereof.
sockets were of brass. 14 Over against the border were the rings,
the places for the staves to bear the table.
CHAPTER 37 15 And he made the staves of shittim
AND Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to
wood: two cubits and a half was the length bear the table.
of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of 16 And he made the vessels which were
it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons,
2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and his bowls, and his covers to cover
and without, and made a crown of gold to withal, of pure gold.
it round about. 17 ¶ And he made the candlestick of pure
3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to gold: of beaten work made he the
be set by the four corners of it; even two candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his
rings upon the one side of it, and two rings bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of
upon the other side of it. the same:
4 And he made staves of shittim wood, 18 And six branches going out of the sides
and overlaid them with gold. thereof; three branches of the candlestick
5 And he put the staves into the rings by out of the one side thereof, and three
the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. branches of the candlestick out of the
6 ¶ And he made the mercy seat of pure other side thereof:
gold: two cubits and a half was the length 19 Three bowls made after the fashion of
thereof, and one cubit and a half the almonds in one branch, a knop and a
breadth thereof. flower; and three bowls made like
7 And he made two cherubims of gold, almonds in another branch, a knop and a
beaten out of one piece made he them, on flower: so throughout the six branches
the two ends of the mercy seat; going out of the candlestick.
8 One cherub on the end on this side, and 20 And in the candlestick were four bowls
another cherub on the other end on that made like almonds, his knops, and his
side: out of the mercy seat made he the flowers:
cherubims on the two ends thereof. 21 And a knop under two branches of the
9 And the cherubims spread out their same, and a knop under two branches of
wings on high, and covered with their the same, and a knop under two branches
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of the same, according to the six branches and overlaid them with brass.
going out of it. 7 And he put the staves into the rings on
22 Their knops and their branches were of the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he
the same: all of it was one beaten work of made the altar hollow with boards.
pure gold. 8 ¶ And he made the laver of brass, and
23 And he made his seven lamps, and his the foot of it of brass, of the
snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. lookingglasses of the women assembling,
24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and which assembled at the door of the
all the vessels thereof. tabernacle of the congregation.
25 ¶ And he made the incense altar of 9 ¶ And he made the court: on the south
shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, side southward the hangings of the court
and the breadth of it a cubit; it was were of fine twined linen, an hundred
foursquare; and two cubits was the height cubits:
of it; the horns thereof were of the same. 10 Their pillars were twenty, and their
26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the
the top of it, and the sides thereof round pillars and their fillets were of silver.
about, and the horns of it: also he made 11 And for the north side the hangings
unto it a crown of gold round about. were an hundred cubits, their pillars were
27 And he made two rings of gold for it twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty;
under the crown thereof, by the two the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of
corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, silver.
to be places for the staves to bear it withal. 12 And for the west side were hangings of
28 And he made the staves of shittim fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their
wood, and overlaid them with gold. sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and
29 ¶ And he made the holy anointing oil, their fillets of silver.
and the pure incense of sweet spices, 13 And for the east side eastward fifty
according to the work of the apothecary. cubits.
14 The hangings of the one side of the
CHAPTER 38 gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three,
AND he made the altar of burnt offering and their sockets three.
of shittim wood: five cubits was the length 15 And for the other side of the court gate,
thereof, and five cubits the breadth on this hand and that hand, were hangings
thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and
the height thereof. their sockets three.
2 And he made the horns thereof on the 16 All the hangings of the court round
four corners of it; the horns thereof were about were of fine twined linen.
of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. 17 And the sockets for the pillars were of
3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, brass; the hooks of the pillars and their
the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their
and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the
the vessels thereof made he of brass. court were filleted with silver.
4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate 18 And the hanging for the gate of the
of network under the compass thereof court was needlework, of blue, and purple,
beneath unto the midst of it. and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and
5 And he cast four rings for the four ends twenty cubits was the length, and the
of the grate of brass, to be places for the height in the breadth was five cubits,
staves. answerable to the hangings of the court.
6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, 19 And their pillars were four, and their
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sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, 30 And therewith he made the sockets to
and the overlaying of their chapiters and the door of the tabernacle of the
their fillets of silver. congregation, and the brasen altar, and the
20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of
of the court round about, were of brass. the altar,
21 ¶ This is the sum of the tabernacle, 31 And the sockets of the court round
even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it about, and the sockets of the court gate,
was counted, according to the and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all
commandment of Moses, for the service the pins of the court round about.
of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son
to Aaron the priest. CHAPTER 39
22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of AND of the blue, and purple, and scarlet,
Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that they made cloths of service, to do service
the LORD commanded Moses. in the holy place, and made the holy
23 And with him was Aholiab, son of garments for Aaron; as the LORD
Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an commanded Moses.
engraver, and a cunning workman, and an 2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue,
embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
scarlet, and fine linen. linen.
24 All the gold that was occupied for the 3 And they did beat the gold into thin
work in all the work of the holy place, plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in
even the gold of the offering, was twenty the blue, and in the purple, and in the
and nine talents, and seven hundred and scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning
thirty shekels, after the shekel of the work.
sanctuary. 4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to
25 And the silver of them that were couple it together: by the two edges was it
numbered of the congregation was an coupled together.
hundred talents, and a thousand seven 5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that
hundred and threescore and fifteen was upon it, was of the same, according to
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: the work thereof; of gold, blue, and
26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen;
shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, as the LORD commanded Moses.
for every one that went to be numbered, 6 ¶ And they wrought onyx stones
from twenty years old and upward, for six inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as
hundred thousand and three thousand and signets are graven, with the names of the
five hundred and fifty men. children of Israel.
27 And of the hundred talents of silver 7 And he put them on the shoulders of the
were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and ephod, that they should be stones for a
the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets memorial to the children of Israel; as the
of the hundred talents, a talent for a LORD commanded Moses.
socket. 8 ¶ And he made the breastplate of
28 And of the thousand seven hundred cunning work, like the work of the ephod;
seventy and five shekels he made hooks of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, fine twined linen.
and filleted them. 9 It was foursquare; they made the
29 And the brass of the offering was breastplate double: a span was the length
seventy talents, and two thousand and four thereof, and a span the breadth thereof,
hundred shekels. being doubled.
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38 And the golden altar, and the anointing and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is
oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the
for the tabernacle door, vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
39 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the
his staves, and all his vessels, the laver burnt offering, and all his vessels, and
and his foot, sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar
40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, most holy.
and his sockets, and the hanging for the 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his
court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all foot, and sanctify it.
the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his
for the tent of the congregation, sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the
41 The cloths of service to do service in congregation, and wash them with water.
the holy place, and the holy garments for 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the
Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, holy garments, and anoint him, and
to minister in the priest’s office. sanctify him; that he may minister unto
42 According to all that the LORD me in the priest’s office.
commanded Moses, so the children of 14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and
Israel made all the work. clothe them with coats:
43 And Moses did look upon all the work, 15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou
and, behold, they had done it as the LORD didst anoint their father, that they may
had commanded, even so had they done it: minister unto me in the priest’s office: for
and Moses blessed them. their anointing shall surely be an
everlasting priesthood throughout their
CHAPTER 40 generations.
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16 Thus did Moses: according to all that
2 On the first day of the first month shalt the LORD commanded him, so did he.
thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the 17 ¶ And it came to pass in the first month
congregation. in the second year, on the first day of the
3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle,
4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set and fastened his sockets, and set up the
in order the things that are to be set in boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof,
order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the and reared up his pillars.
candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the
5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent
the incense before the ark of the above upon it; as the LORD commanded
testimony, and put the hanging of the door Moses.
to the tabernacle. 20 ¶ And he took and put the testimony
6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt into the ark, and set the staves on the ark,
offering before the door of the tabernacle and put the mercy seat above upon the
of the tent of the congregation. ark:
7 And thou shalt set the laver between the 21 And he brought the ark into the
tent of the congregation and the altar, and tabernacle, and set up the vail of the
shalt put water therein. covering, and covered the ark of the
8 And thou shalt set up the court round testimony; as the LORD commanded
about, and hang up the hanging at the Moses.
court gate. 22 ¶ And he put the table in the tent of the
9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, congregation, upon the side of the
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tabernacle northward, without the vail. by night, in the sight of all the house of
23 And he set the bread in order upon it Israel, throughout all their journeys.
before the LORD; as the LORD 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 the
LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
26 ¶ And he put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the vail:
27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as
the LORD 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
the LORD 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 the LORD
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 the LORD
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 the
LORD 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 the LORD was upon
the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it
THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES,
CALLED
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CHAPTER 1 12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with
AND the LORD called unto Moses, and his head and his fat: and the priest shall
spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the lay them in order on the wood that is on
congregation, saying, the fire which is upon the altar:
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 13 But he shall wash the inwards and the
say unto them, If any man of you bring an legs with water: and the priest shall bring
offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a
your offering of the cattle, even of the burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire,
herd, and of the flock. of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the 14 ¶ And if the burnt sacrifice for his
herd, let him offer a male without offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he
blemish: he shall offer it of his own shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or
voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of young pigeons.
of the congregation before the LORD. 15 And the priest shall bring it unto the
4 And he shall put his hand upon the head altar, and wring off his head, and burn it
of the burnt offering; and it shall be on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be
accepted for him to make atonement for wrung out at the side of the altar:
him. 16 And he shall pluck away his crop with
5 And he shall kill the bullock before the his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on
LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall the east part, by the place of the ashes:
bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood 17 And he shall cleave it with the wings
round about upon the altar that is by the thereof, but shall not divide it asunder:
door of the tabernacle of the congregation. and the priest shall burn it upon the altar,
6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a
cut it into his pieces. burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire,
7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in
order upon the fire: CHAPTER 2
8 And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay AND when any will offer a meat offering
the parts, the head, and the fat, in order unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine
upon the wood that is on the fire which is flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and
upon the altar: put frankincense thereon:
9 But his inwards and his legs shall he 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the
wash in water: and the priest shall burn all priests: and he shall take thereout his
on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil
offering made by fire, of a sweet savour thereof, with all the frankincense thereof;
unto the LORD. and the priest shall burn the memorial of it
10 ¶ And if his offering be of the flocks, upon the altar, to be an offering made by
namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male 3 And the remnant of the meat offering
without blemish. shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing
11 And he shall kill it on the side of the most holy of the offerings of the LORD
altar northward before the LORD: and the made by fire.
priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his 4 ¶ And if thou bring an oblation of a meat
blood round about upon the altar. offering baken in the oven, it shall be
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unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled part of the oil thereof, with all the
with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed frankincense thereof: it is an offering
with oil. made by fire unto the LORD.
5 ¶ And if thy oblation be a meat offering
baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour CHAPTER 3
unleavened, mingled with oil. AND if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace
6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether
thereon: it is a meat offering. it be a male or female, he shall offer it
7 ¶ And if thy oblation be a meat offering without blemish before the LORD.
baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of 2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head
fine flour with oil. of his offering, and kill it at the door of
8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering the tabernacle of the congregation: and
that is made of these things unto the Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the
LORD: and when it is presented unto the blood upon the altar round about.
priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the
9 And the priest shall take from the meat peace offering an offering made by fire
offering a memorial thereof, and shall unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the
burn it upon the altar: it is an offering inwards, and all the fat that is upon the
made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the inwards,
LORD. 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is
10 And that which is left of the meat on them, which is by the flanks, and the
offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it
is a thing most holy of the offerings of the shall he take away.
LORD made by fire. 5 And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the
11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is
unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an
for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any offering made by fire, of a sweet savour
honey, in any offering of the LORD made unto the LORD.
by fire. 6 ¶ And if his offering for a sacrifice of
12 ¶ As for the oblation of the firstfruits, peace offering unto the LORD be of the
ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but flock; male or female, he shall offer it
they shall not be burnt on the altar for a without blemish.
sweet savour. 7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then
13 And every oblation of thy meat shall he offer it before the LORD.
offering shalt thou season with salt; 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head
neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the of his offering, and kill it before the
covenant of thy God to be lacking from tabernacle of the congregation: and
thy meat offering: with all thine offerings Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood
thou shalt offer salt. thereof round about upon the altar.
14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the
firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer peace offering an offering made by fire
for the meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the
green ears of corn dried by the fire, even whole rump, it shall he take off hard by
corn beaten out of full ears. the backbone; and the fat that covereth the
15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay inwards, and all the fat that is upon the
frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. inwards,
16 And the priest shall burn the memorial 10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is
of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and upon them, which is by the flanks, and the
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caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it tabernacle of the congregation:
shall he take away. 6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the
11 And the priest shall burn it upon the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven
altar: it is the food of the offering made by times before the LORD, before the vail of
fire unto the LORD. the sanctuary.
12 ¶ And if his offering be a goat, then he 7 And the priest shall put some of the
shall offer it before the LORD. blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet
13 And he shall lay his hand upon the incense before the LORD, which is in the
head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle tabernacle of the congregation; and shall
of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron pour all the blood of the bullock at the
shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering,
altar round about. which is at the door of the tabernacle of
14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, the congregation.
even an offering made by fire unto the 8 And he shall take off from it all the fat
LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat
and all the fat that is upon the inwards, that covereth the inwards, and all the fat
15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is that is upon the inwards,
upon them, which is by the flanks, and the 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is
caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it upon them, which is by the flanks, and the
shall he take away. caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it
16 And the priest shall burn them upon the shall he take away,
altar: it is the food of the offering made by 10 As it was taken off from the bullock of
fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the
LORD’s. priest shall burn them upon the altar of the
17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your burnt offering.
generations throughout all your dwellings, 11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his
that ye eat neither fat nor blood. flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and
his inwards, and his dung,
CHAPTER 4 12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, forth without the camp unto a clean place,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, where the ashes are poured out, and burn
If a soul shall sin through ignorance him on the wood with fire: where the
against any of the commandments of the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
LORD concerning things which ought not 13 ¶ And if the whole congregation of
to be done, and shall do against any of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing
them: be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and
3 If the priest that is anointed do sin they have done somewhat against any of
according to the sin of the people; then let the commandments of the LORD
him bring for his sin, which he hath concerning things which should not be
sinned, a young bullock without blemish done, and are guilty;
unto the LORD for a sin offering. 14 When the sin, which they have sinned
4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the against it, is known, then the congregation
door of the tabernacle of the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and
before the LORD; and shall lay his hand bring him before the tabernacle of the
upon the bullock’s head, and kill the congregation.
bullock before the LORD. 15 And the elders of the congregation
5 And the priest that is anointed shall take shall lay their hands upon the head of the
of the bullock’s blood, and bring it to the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock
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and it shall be forgiven him. burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put
19 It is a trespass offering: he hath them beside the altar.
certainly trespassed against the LORD. 11 And he shall put off his garments, and
put on other garments, and carry forth the
CHAPTER 6 ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12 And the fire upon the altar shall be
2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass burning in it; it shall not be put out: and
against the LORD, and lie unto his the priest shall burn wood on it every
neighbour in that which was delivered him morning, and lay the burnt offering in
to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing order upon it; and he shall burn thereon
taken away by violence, or hath deceived the fat of the peace offerings.
his neighbour; 13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the
3 Or have found that which was lost, and altar; it shall never go out.
lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; 14 ¶ And this is the law of the meat
in any of all these that a man doeth, offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it
sinning therein: before the LORD, before the altar.
4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, 15 And he shall take of it his handful, of
and is guilty, that he shall restore that the flour of the meat offering, and of the
which he took violently away, or the thing oil thereof, and all the frankincense which
which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it
which was delivered him to keep, or the upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the
lost thing which he found, memorial of it, unto the LORD.
5 Or all that about which he hath sworn 16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron
falsely; he shall even restore it in the and his sons eat: with unleavened bread
principal, and shall add the fifth part more shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the
thereto, and give it unto him to whom it court of the tabernacle of the congregation
appertaineth, in the day of his trespass they shall eat it.
offering. 17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I
6 And he shall bring his trespass offering have given it unto them for their portion of
unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out my offerings made by fire; it is most holy,
of the flock, with thy estimation, for a as is the sin offering, and as the trespass
trespass offering, unto the priest: offering.
7 And the priest shall make an atonement 18 All the males among the children of
for him before the LORD: and it shall be Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute
forgiven him for any thing of all that he for ever in your generations concerning
hath done in trespassing therein. the offerings of the LORD made by fire:
8 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, every one that toucheth them shall be
saying, holy.
9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 19 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
This is the law of the burnt offering: It is saying,
the burnt offering, because of the burning 20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his
upon the altar all night unto the morning, sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD
and the fire of the altar shall be burning in in the day when he is anointed; the tenth
it. part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat
10 And the priest shall put on his linen offering perpetual, half of it in the
garment, and his linen breeches shall he morning, and half thereof at night.
put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes 21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and
which the fire hath consumed with the when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and
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the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt on them, which is by the flanks, and the
thou offer for a sweet savour unto the caul that is above the liver, with the
LORD. kidneys, it shall he take away:
22 And the priest of his sons that is 5 And the priest shall burn them upon the
anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a altar for an offering made by fire unto the
statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be LORD: it is a trespass offering.
wholly burnt. 6 Every male among the priests shall eat
23 For every meat offering for the priest thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place:
shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. it is most holy.
24 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, 7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass
saying, offering: there is one law for them: the
25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, priest that maketh atonement therewith
saying, This is the law of the sin offering: shall have it.
In the place where the burnt offering is 8 And the priest that offereth any man’s
killed shall the sin offering be killed burnt offering, even the priest shall have
before the LORD: it is most holy. to himself the skin of the burnt offering
26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall which he hath offered.
eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in 9 And all the meat offering that is baken
the court of the tabernacle of the in the oven, and all that is dressed in the
congregation. fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the
27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh priest’s that offereth it.
thereof shall be holy: and when there is 10 And every meat offering, mingled with
sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron
garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it have, one as much as another.
was sprinkled in the holy place. 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of
28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is peace offerings, which he shall offer unto
sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden the LORD.
in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he
and rinsed in water. shall offer with the sacrifice of
29 All the males among the priests shall thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled
eat thereof: it is most holy. with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed
30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of
blood is brought into the tabernacle of the fine flour, fried.
congregation to reconcile withal in the 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his
holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt offering leavened bread with the sacrifice
in the fire. of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
14 And of it he shall offer one out of the
CHAPTER 7 whole oblation for an heave offering unto
LIKEWISE this is the law of the trespass the LORD, and it shall be the priest’s that
offering: it is most holy. sprinkleth the blood of the peace
2 In the place where they kill the burnt offerings.
offering shall they kill the trespass 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his
offering: and the blood thereof shall he peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be
sprinkle round about upon the altar. eaten the same day that it is offered; he
3 And he shall offer of it all the fat shall not leave any of it until the morning.
thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth 16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a
the inwards, vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be
4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is eaten the same day that he offereth his
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kidneys, and their fat, and the right which the LORD commanded by the hand
shoulder: of Moses.
26 And out of the basket of unleavened
bread, that was before the LORD, he took CHAPTER 9
one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled AND it came to pass on the eighth day,
bread, and one wafer, and put them on the that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and
fat, and upon the right shoulder: the elders of Israel;
27 And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, 2 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a
and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for
for a wave offering before the LORD. a burnt offering, without blemish, and
28 And Moses took them from off their offer them before the LORD.
hands, and burnt them on the altar upon 3 And unto the children of Israel thou
the burnt offering: they were shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the
consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a
offering made by fire unto the LORD. lamb, both of the first year, without
29 And Moses took the breast, and waved blemish, for a burnt offering;
it for a wave offering before the LORD: for 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace
of the ram of consecration it was Moses’ offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD;
part; as the LORD commanded Moses. and a meat offering mingled with oil: for
30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, to day the LORD will appear unto you.
and of the blood which was upon the altar, 5 ¶ And they brought that which Moses
and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his commanded before the tabernacle of the
garments, and upon his sons, and upon his congregation: and all the congregation
sons’ garments with him; and sanctified drew near and stood before the LORD.
Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, 6 And Moses said, This is the thing which
and his sons’ garments with him. the LORD commanded that ye should do:
31 ¶ And Moses said unto Aaron and to and the glory of the LORD shall appear
his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the unto you.
tabernacle of the congregation: and there 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto
eat it with the bread that is in the basket of the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and
consecrations, as I commanded, saying, thy burnt offering, and make an atonement
Aaron and his sons shall eat it. for thyself, and for the people: and offer
32 And that which remaineth of the flesh the offering of the people, and make an
and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. atonement for them; as the LORD
33 And ye shall not go out of the door of commanded.
the tabernacle of the congregation in 8 ¶ Aaron therefore went unto the altar,
seven days, until the days of your and slew the calf of the sin offering, which
consecration be at an end: for seven days was for himself.
shall he consecrate you. 9 And the sons of Aaron brought the
34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD blood unto him: and he dipped his finger
hath commanded to do, to make an in the blood, and put it upon the horns of
atonement for you. the altar, and poured out the blood at the
35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of bottom of the altar:
the tabernacle of the congregation day and 10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the
night seven days, and keep the charge of caul above the liver of the sin offering, he
the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am burnt upon the altar; as the LORD
commanded. commanded Moses.
36 So Aaron and his sons did all things 11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt
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creeping things that creep upon the earth, shall bring a lamb of the first year for a
them ye shall not eat; for they are an burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a
abomination. turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door
43 Ye shall not make yourselves of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto
abominable with any creeping thing that the priest:
creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves 7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and
unclean with them, that ye should be make an atonement for her; and she shall
defiled thereby. be cleansed from the issue of her blood.
44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall This is the law for her that hath born a
therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall male or a female.
be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye 8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb,
defile yourselves with any manner of then she shall bring two turtles, or two
creeping thing that creepeth upon the young pigeons; the one for the burnt
earth. offering, and the other for a sin offering:
45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up and the priest shall make an atonement for
out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: her, and she shall be clean.
ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the CHAPTER 13
fowl, and of every living creature that AND the LORD spake unto Moses and
moveth in the waters, and of every Aaron, saying,
creature that creepeth upon the earth: 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his
47 To make a difference between the flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it
unclean and the clean, and between the be in the skin of his flesh like the plague
beast that may be eaten and the beast that of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto
may not be eaten. Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons
the priests:
CHAPTER 12 3 And the priest shall look on the plague
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, in the plague is turned white, and the
If a woman have conceived seed, and born plague in sight be deeper than the skin of
a man child: then she shall be unclean his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the
seven days; according to the days of the priest shall look on him, and pronounce
separation for her infirmity shall she be him unclean.
unclean. 4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of
3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than
foreskin shall be circumcised. the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned
4 And she shall then continue in the blood white; then the priest shall shut up him
of her purifying three and thirty days; she that hath the plague seven days:
shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come 5 And the priest shall look on him the
into the sanctuary, until the days of her seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in
purifying be fulfilled. his sight be at a stay, and the plague
5 But if she bear a maid child, then she spread not in the skin; then the priest shall
shall be unclean two weeks, as in her shut him up seven days more:
separation: and she shall continue in the 6 And the priest shall look on him again
blood of her purifying threescore and six the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague
days. be somewhat dark, and the plague spread
6 And when the days of her purifying are not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce
fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall
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wash his clothes, and be clean. 20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold,
7 But if the scab spread much abroad in it be in sight lower than the skin, and the
the skin, after that he hath been seen of the hair thereof be turned white; the priest
priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague
the priest again: of leprosy broken out of the boil.
8 And if the priest see that, behold, the 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold,
scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest there be no white hairs therein, and if it be
shall pronounce him unclean: it is a not lower than the skin, but be somewhat
leprosy. dark; then the priest shall shut him up
9 ¶ When the plague of leprosy is in a seven days:
man, then he shall be brought unto the 22 And if it spread much abroad in the
priest; skin, then the priest shall pronounce him
10 And the priest shall see him: and, unclean: it is a plague.
behold, if the rising be white in the skin, 23 But if the bright spot stay in his place,
and it have turned the hair white, and and spread not, it is a burning boil; and
there be quick raw flesh in the rising; the priest shall pronounce him clean.
11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his 24 ¶ Or if there be any flesh, in the skin
flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him whereof there is a hot burning, and the
unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he quick flesh that burneth have a white
is unclean. bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in 25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and,
the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin behold, if the hair in the bright spot be
of him that hath the plague from his head turned white, and it be in sight deeper than
even to his foot, wheresoever the priest the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the
looketh; burning: wherefore the priest shall
13 Then the priest shall consider: and, pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of
behold, if the leprosy have covered all his leprosy.
flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that 26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold,
hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is there be no white hair in the bright spot,
clean. and it be no lower than the other skin, but
14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, be somewhat dark; then the priest shall
he shall be unclean. shut him up seven days:
15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, 27 And the priest shall look upon him the
and pronounce him to be unclean: for the seventh day: and if it be spread much
raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. abroad in the skin, then the priest shall
16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of
changed unto white, he shall come unto leprosy.
the priest; 28 And if the bright spot stay in his place,
17 And the priest shall see him: and, and spread not in the skin, but it be
behold, if the plague be turned into white; somewhat dark; it is a rising of the
then the priest shall pronounce him clean burning, and the priest shall pronounce
that hath the plague: he is clean. him clean: for it is an inflammation of the
18 ¶ The flesh also, in which, even in the burning.
skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, 29 ¶ If a man or woman have a plague
19 And in the place of the boil there be a upon the head or the beard;
white rising, or a bright spot, white, and 30 Then the priest shall see the plague:
somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than
priest; the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin
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and he shall shut it up seven days more: living bird in the blood of the bird that
55 And the priest shall look on the plague, was killed over the running water:
after that it is washed: and, behold, if the 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to
plague have not changed his colour, and be cleansed from the leprosy seven times,
the plague be not spread; it is unclean; and shall pronounce him clean, and shall
thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret let the living bird loose into the open field.
inward, whether it be bare within or 8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash
without. his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and
56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the wash himself in water, that he may be
plague be somewhat dark after the clean: and after that he shall come into the
washing of it; then he shall rend it out of camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent
the garment, or out of the skin, or out of seven days.
the warp, or out of the woof: 9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that
57 And if it appear still in the garment, he shall shave all his hair off his head and
either in the warp, or in the woof, or in his beard and his eyebrows, even all his
any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash
thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in
with fire. water, and he shall be clean.
58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, 10 And on the eighth day he shall take two
or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which he lambs without blemish, and one ewe
thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed lamb of the first year without blemish, and
from them, then it shall be washed the three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat
second time, and shall be clean. offering, mingled with oil, and one log of
59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy oil.
in a garment of woollen or linen, either in 11 And the priest that maketh him clean
the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to shall present the man that is to be made
pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it clean, and those things, before the LORD,
unclean. at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation:
CHAPTER 14 12 And the priest shall take one he lamb,
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, and offer him for a trespass offering, and
2 This shall be the law of the leper in the the log of oil, and wave them for a wave
day of his cleansing: He shall be brought offering before the LORD:
unto the priest: 13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place
3 And the priest shall go forth out of the where he shall kill the sin offering and the
camp; and the priest shall look, and, burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the
behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed sin offering is the priest’s, so is the
in the leper; trespass offering: it is most holy:
4 Then shall the priest command to take 14 And the priest shall take some of the
for him that is to be cleansed two birds blood of the trespass offering, and the
alive and clean, and cedar wood, and priest shall put it upon the tip of the right
scarlet, and hyssop: ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon
5 And the priest shall command that one the thumb of his right hand, and upon the
of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel great toe of his right foot:
over running water: 15 And the priest shall take some of the
6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his
and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and own left hand:
the hyssop, and shall dip them and the 16 And the priest shall dip his right finger
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in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall 26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into
sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven the palm of his own left hand:
times before the LORD: 27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his
17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his right finger some of the oil that is in his
hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the left hand seven times before the LORD:
right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and 28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is
upon the thumb of his right hand, and in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of
upon the great toe of his right foot, upon him that is to be cleansed, and upon the
the blood of the trespass offering: thumb of his right hand, and upon the
18 And the remnant of the oil that is in the great toe of his right foot, upon the place
priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of the blood of the trespass offering:
of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest 29 And the rest of the oil that is in the
shall make an atonement for him before priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of
the LORD. him that is to be cleansed, to make an
19 And the priest shall offer the sin atonement for him before the LORD.
offering, and make an atonement for him 30 And he shall offer the one of the
that is to be cleansed from his turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such
uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill as he can get;
the burnt offering: 31 Even such as he is able to get, the one
20 And the priest shall offer the burnt for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt
offering and the meat offering upon the offering, with the meat offering: and the
altar: and the priest shall make an priest shall make an atonement for him
atonement for him, and he shall be clean. that is to be cleansed before the LORD.
21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so 32 This is the law of him in whom is the
much; then he shall take one lamb for a plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able
trespass offering to be waved, to make an to get that which pertaineth to his
atonement for him, and one tenth deal of cleansing.
fine flour mingled with oil for a meat 33 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and
offering, and a log of oil; unto Aaron, saying,
22 And two turtledoves, or two young 34 When ye be come into the land of
pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the Canaan, which I give to you for a
one shall be a sin offering, and the other a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy
burnt offering. in a house of the land of your possession;
23 And he shall bring them on the eighth 35 And he that owneth the house shall
day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth
the door of the tabernacle of the to me there is as it were a plague in the
congregation, before the LORD. house:
24 And the priest shall take the lamb of 36 Then the priest shall command that
the trespass offering, and the log of oil, they empty the house, before the priest go
and the priest shall wave them for a wave into it to see the plague, that all that is in
offering before the LORD: the house be not made unclean: and
25 And he shall kill the lamb of the afterward the priest shall go in to see the
trespass offering, and the priest shall take house:
some of the blood of the trespass offering, 37 And he shall look on the plague, and,
and put it upon the tip of the right ear of behold, if the plague be in the walls of the
him that is to be cleansed, and upon the house with hollow strakes, greenish or
thumb of his right hand, and upon the reddish, which in sight are lower than the
great toe of his right foot: wall;
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38 Then the priest shall go out of the 50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in
house to the door of the house, and shut an earthen vessel over running water:
up the house seven days: 51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and
39 And the priest shall come again the the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living
seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain
the plague be spread in the walls of the bird, and in the running water, and
house; sprinkle the house seven times:
40 Then the priest shall command that 52 And he shall cleanse the house with the
they take away the stones in which the blood of the bird, and with the running
plague is, and they shall cast them into an water, and with the living bird, and with
unclean place without the city: the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and
41 And he shall cause the house to be with the scarlet:
scraped within round about, and they shall 53 But he shall let go the living bird out of
pour out the dust that they scrape off the city into the open fields, and make an
without the city into an unclean place: atonement for the house: and it shall be
42 And they shall take other stones, and clean.
put them in the place of those stones; and 54 This is the law for all manner of plague
he shall take other morter, and shall of leprosy, and scall,
plaister the house. 55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and
43 And if the plague come again, and of a house,
break out in the house, after that he hath 56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for
taken away the stones, and after he hath a bright spot:
scraped the house, and after it is 57 To teach when it is unclean, and when
plaistered; it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
44 Then the priest shall come and look,
and, behold, if the plague be spread in the CHAPTER 15
house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: AND the LORD spake unto Moses and to
it is unclean. Aaron, saying,
45 And he shall break down the house, the 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and
stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all say unto them, When any man hath a
the morter of the house; and he shall carry running issue out of his flesh, because of
them forth out of the city into an unclean his issue he is unclean.
place. 3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his
46 Moreover he that goeth into the house issue: whether his flesh run with his issue,
all the while that it is shut up shall be or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is
unclean until the even. his uncleanness.
47 And he that lieth in the house shall 4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath
wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the the issue, is unclean: and every thing,
house shall wash his clothes. whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
48 And if the priest shall come in, and 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall
look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
not spread in the house, after the house water, and be unclean until the even.
was plaistered: then the priest shall 6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon
pronounce the house clean, because the he sat that hath the issue shall wash his
plague is healed. clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be
49 And he shall take to cleanse the house unclean until the even.
two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, 7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him
and hyssop: that hath the issue shall wash his clothes,
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and bathe himself in water, and be unclean lie with seed of copulation, they shall both
until the even. bathe themselves in water, and be unclean
8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon until the even.
him that is clean; then he shall wash his 19 ¶ And if a woman have an issue, and
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall
unclean until the even. be put apart seven days: and whosoever
9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon toucheth her shall be unclean until the
that hath the issue shall be unclean. even.
10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in
was under him shall be unclean until the her separation shall be unclean: every
even: and he that beareth any of those thing also that she sitteth upon shall be
things shall wash his clothes, and bathe unclean.
himself in water, and be unclean until the 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall
even. wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath water, and be unclean until the even.
the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that
water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and
himself in water, and be unclean until the bathe himself in water, and be unclean
even. until the even.
12 And the vessel of earth, that he 23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing
toucheth which hath the issue, shall be whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it,
broken: and every vessel of wood shall be he shall be unclean until the even.
rinsed in water. 24 And if any man lie with her at all, and
13 And when he that hath an issue is her flowers be upon him, he shall be
cleansed of his issue; then he shall number unclean seven days; and all the bed
to himself seven days for his cleansing, whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh 25 And if a woman have an issue of her
in running water, and shall be clean. blood many days out of the time of her
14 And on the eighth day he shall take to separation, or if it run beyond the time of
him two turtledoves, or two young her separation; all the days of the issue of
pigeons, and come before the LORD unto her uncleanness shall be as the days of her
the door of the tabernacle of the separation: she shall be unclean.
congregation, and give them unto the 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the
priest: days of her issue shall be unto her as the
15 And the priest shall offer them, the one bed of her separation: and whatsoever she
for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the
offering; and the priest shall make an uncleanness of her separation.
atonement for him before the LORD for his 27 And whosoever toucheth those things
issue. shall be unclean, and shall wash his
16 And if any man’s seed of copulation go clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be
out from him, then he shall wash all his unclean until the even.
flesh in water, and be unclean until the 28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then
even. she shall number to herself seven days,
17 And every garment, and every skin, and after that she shall be clean.
whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be 29 And on the eighth day she shall take
washed with water, and be unclean until unto her two turtles, or two young
the even. pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to
18 The woman also with whom man shall the door of the tabernacle of the
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an atonement for himself, and for his in the holy place, shall one carry forth
household, and for all the congregation of without the camp; and they shall burn in
Israel. the fire their skins, and their flesh, and
18 And he shall go out unto the altar that their dung.
is before the LORD, and make an 28 And he that burneth them shall wash
atonement for it; and shall take of the his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water,
blood of the bullock, and of the blood of and afterward he shall come into the
the goat, and put it upon the horns of the camp.
altar round about. 29 ¶ And this shall be a statute for ever
19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon unto you: that in the seventh month, on
it with his finger seven times, and cleanse the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict
it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of your souls, and do no work at all, whether
the children of Israel. it be one of your own country, or a
20 ¶ And when he hath made an end of stranger that sojourneth among you:
reconciling the holy place, and the 30 For on that day shall the priest make an
tabernacle of the congregation, and the atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye
altar, he shall bring the live goat: may be clean from all your sins before the
21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands LORD.
upon the head of the live goat, and confess 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you,
over him all the iniquities of the children and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute
of Israel, and all their transgressions in all for ever.
their sins, putting them upon the head of 32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint,
the goat, and shall send him away by the and whom he shall consecrate to minister
hand of a fit man into the wilderness: in the priest’s office in his father’s stead,
22 And the goat shall bear upon him all shall make the atonement, and shall put on
their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: the linen clothes, even the holy garments:
and he shall let go the goat in the 33 And he shall make an atonement for
wilderness. the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an
23 And Aaron shall come into the atonement for the tabernacle of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and shall congregation, and for the altar, and he
put off the linen garments, which he put shall make an atonement for the priests,
on when he went into the holy place, and and for all the people of the congregation.
shall leave them there: 34 And this shall be an everlasting statute
24 And he shall wash his flesh with water unto you, to make an atonement for the
in the holy place, and put on his garments, children of Israel for all their sins once a
and come forth, and offer his burnt year. And he did as the LORD commanded
offering, and the burnt offering of the Moses.
people, and make an atonement for
himself, and for the people. CHAPTER 17
25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
burn upon the altar. 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons,
26 And he that let go the goat for the and unto all the children of Israel, and say
scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and unto them; This is the thing which the
bathe his flesh in water, and afterward LORD hath commanded, saying,
come into the camp. 3 What man soever there be of the house
27 And the bullock for the sin offering, of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or
and the goat for the sin offering, whose goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of
blood was brought in to make atonement the camp,
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4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the 13 And whatsoever man there be of the
tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an children of Israel, or of the strangers that
offering unto the LORD before the sojourn among you, which hunteth and
tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be catcheth any beast or fowl that may be
imputed unto that man; he hath shed eaten; he shall even pour out the blood
blood; and that man shall be cut off from thereof, and cover it with dust.
among his people: 14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood
5 To the end that the children of Israel of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said
may bring their sacrifices, which they unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the
offer in the open field, even that they may blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of
bring them unto the LORD, unto the door all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever
of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto eateth it shall be cut off.
the priest, and offer them for peace 15 And every soul that eateth that which
offerings unto the LORD. died of itself, or that which was torn with
6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood beasts, whether it be one of your own
upon the altar of the LORD at the door of country, or a stranger, he shall both wash
the tabernacle of the congregation, and his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the and be unclean until the even: then shall
LORD. he be clean.
7 And they shall no more offer their 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his
sacrifices unto devils, after whom they flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
have gone a whoring. This shall be a
statute for ever unto them throughout their CHAPTER 18
generations. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
8 ¶ And thou shalt say unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and
Whatsoever man there be of the house of say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn 3 After the doings of the land of Egypt,
among you, that offereth a burnt offering wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and
or sacrifice, after the doings of the land of Canaan,
9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the whither I bring you, shall ye not do:
tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep
off from among his people. mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the
10 ¶ And whatsoever man there be of the LORD your God.
house of Israel, or of the strangers that 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and
sojourn among you, that eateth any my judgments: which if a man do, he shall
manner of blood; I will even set my face live in them: I am the LORD.
against that soul that eateth blood, and 6 ¶ None of you shall approach to any that
will cut him off from among his people. is near of kin to him, to uncover their
11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: nakedness: I am the LORD.
and I have given it to you upon the altar to 7 The nakedness of thy father, or the
make an atonement for your souls: for it is nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not
the blood that maketh an atonement for uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not
the soul. uncover her nakedness.
12 Therefore I said unto the children of 8 The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt
Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, thou not uncover: it is thy father’s
neither shall any stranger that sojourneth nakedness.
among you eat blood. 9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter
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of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as
whether she be born at home, or born with womankind: it is abomination.
abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to
not uncover. defile thyself therewith: neither shall any
10 The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, woman stand before a beast to lie down
or of thy daughter’s daughter, even their thereto: it is confusion.
nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these
theirs is thine own nakedness. things: for in all these the nations are
11 The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s defiled which I cast out before you:
daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do
sister, thou shalt not uncover her visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the
nakedness. land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness 26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and
of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s my judgments, and shall not commit any
near kinswoman. of these abominations; neither any of your
13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness own nation, nor any stranger that
of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy sojourneth among you:
mother’s near kinswoman. 27 (For all these abominations have the
14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness men of the land done, which were before
of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not you, and the land is defiled;)
approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. 28 That the land spue not you out also,
15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness when ye defile it, as it spued out the
of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s nations that were before you.
wife; thou shalt not uncover her 29 For whosoever shall commit any of
nakedness. these abominations, even the souls that
16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness commit them shall be cut off from among
of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s their people.
nakedness. 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine
17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness ordinance, that ye commit not any one of
of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt these abominable customs, which were
thou take her son’s daughter, or her committed before you, and that ye defile
daughter’s daughter, to uncover her not yourselves therein: I am the LORD
nakedness; for they are her near your God.
kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her CHAPTER 19
sister, to vex her, to uncover her AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
nakedness, beside the other in her life 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the
time. children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye
19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am
woman to uncover her nakedness, as long holy.
as she is put apart for her uncleanness. 3 ¶ Ye shall fear every man his mother,
20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am
with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself the LORD your God.
with her. 4 ¶ Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to
21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD
pass through the fire to Molech, neither your God.
shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I 5 ¶ And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace
am the LORD. offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it
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see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall
and they shall be cut off in the sight of surely be put to death: they shall stone
their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s them with stones: their blood shall be
nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. upon them.
18 And if a man shall lie with a woman
having her sickness, and shall uncover her CHAPTER 21
nakedness; he hath discovered her AND the LORD said unto Moses, Speak
fountain, and she hath uncovered the unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say
fountain of her blood: and both of them unto them, There shall none be defiled for
shall be cut off from among their people. the dead among his people:
19 And thou shalt not uncover the 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him,
nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of that is, for his mother, and for his father,
thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his and for his son, and for his daughter, and
near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. for his brother,
20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh
wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s unto him, which hath had no husband; for
nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they her may he be defiled.
shall die childless. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being a
21 And if a man shall take his brother’s chief man among his people, to profane
wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath himself.
uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they 5 They shall not make baldness upon their
shall be childless. head, neither shall they shave off the
22 ¶ Ye shall therefore keep all my corner of their beard, nor make any
statutes, and all my judgments, and do cuttings in their flesh.
them: that the land, whither I bring you to 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and
dwell therein, spue you not out. not profane the name of their God: for the
23 And ye shall not walk in the manners offerings of the LORD made by fire, and
of the nation, which I cast out before you: the bread of their God, they do offer:
for they committed all these things, and therefore they shall be holy.
therefore I abhorred them. 7 They shall not take a wife that is a
24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall whore, or profane; neither shall they take
inherit their land, and I will give it unto a woman put away from her husband: for
you to possess it, a land that floweth with he is holy unto his God.
milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he
which have separated you from other offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be
people. holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which
25 Ye shall therefore put difference sanctify you, am holy.
between clean beasts and unclean, and 9 ¶ And the daughter of any priest, if she
between unclean fowls and clean: and ye profane herself by playing the whore, she
shall not make your souls abominable by profaneth her father: she shall be burnt
beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of with fire.
living thing that creepeth on the ground, 10 And he that is the high priest among
which I have separated from you as his brethren, upon whose head the
unclean. anointing oil was poured, and that is
26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the consecrated to put on the garments, shall
LORD am holy, and have severed you from not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
other people, that ye should be mine. 11 Neither shall he go in to any dead
27 ¶ A man also or woman that hath a body, nor defile himself for his father, or
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or divorced, and have no child, and is cut; neither shall ye make any offering
returned unto her father’s house, as in her thereof in your land.
youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: 25 Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye
but there shall no stranger eat thereof. offer the bread of your God of any of
14 ¶ And if a man eat of the holy thing these; because their corruption is in them,
unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part and blemishes be in them: they shall not
thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the be accepted for you.
priest with the holy thing. 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
15 And they shall not profane the holy saying,
things of the children of Israel, which they 27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat,
offer unto the LORD; is brought forth, then it shall be seven
16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of days under the dam; and from the eighth
trespass, when they eat their holy things: day and thenceforth it shall be accepted
for I the LORD do sanctify them. for an offering made by fire unto the
17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, LORD.
saying, 28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall
18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and not kill it and her young both in one day.
unto all the children of Israel, and say unto 29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of
them, Whatsoever he be of the house of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at
Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that your own will.
will offer his oblation for all his vows, and 30 On the same day it shall be eaten up;
for all his freewill offerings, which they ye shall leave none of it until the morrow:
will offer unto the LORD for a burnt I am the LORD.
offering; 31 Therefore shall ye keep my
19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male commandments, and do them: I am the
without blemish, of the beeves, of the LORD.
sheep, or of the goats. 32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name;
20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that but I will be hallowed among the children
shall ye not offer: for it shall not be of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow
acceptable for you. you,
21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of 33 That brought you out of the land of
peace offerings unto the LORD to Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering
in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be CHAPTER 23
accepted; there shall be no blemish AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
therein. 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and
22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having say unto them, Concerning the feasts of
a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be
offer these unto the LORD, nor make an holy convocations, even these are my
offering by fire of them upon the altar feasts.
unto the LORD. 3 Six days shall work be done: but the
23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy
thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, convocation; ye shall do no work therein:
that mayest thou offer for a freewill it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your
offering; but for a vow it shall not be dwellings.
accepted. 4 ¶ These are the feasts of the LORD, even
24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that holy convocations, which ye shall
which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or proclaim in their seasons.
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5 In the fourteenth day of the first month shall offer a new meat offering unto the
at even is the LORD’s passover. LORD.
6 And on the fifteenth day of the same 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations
month is the feast of unleavened bread two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they
unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken
unleavened bread. with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto
7 In the first day ye shall have an holy the LORD.
convocation: ye shall do no servile work 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven
therein. lambs without blemish of the first year,
8 But ye shall offer an offering made by and one young bullock, and two rams:
fire unto the LORD seven days: in the they shall be for a burnt offering unto the
seventh day is an holy convocation: ye LORD, with their meat offering, and their
shall do no servile work therein. drink offerings, even an offering made by
9 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
saying, 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of
say unto them, When ye be come into the the first year for a sacrifice of peace
land which I give unto you, and shall reap offerings.
the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a 20 And the priest shall wave them with
sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the bread of the firstfruits for a wave
the priest: offering before the LORD, with the two
11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for
LORD, to be accepted for you: on the the priest.
morrow after the sabbath the priest shall 21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame
wave it. day, that it may be an holy convocation
12 And ye shall offer that day when ye unto you: ye shall do no servile work
wave the sheaf an he lamb without therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all
blemish of the first year for a burnt your dwellings throughout your
offering unto the LORD. generations.
13 And the meat offering thereof shall be 22 ¶ And when ye reap the harvest of your
two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with land, thou shalt not make clean riddance
oil, an offering made by fire unto the of the corners of thy field when thou
LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink reapest, neither shalt thou gather any
offering thereof shall be of wine, the gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave
fourth part of an hin. them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I
14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor am the LORD your God.
parched corn, nor green ears, until the 23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
selfsame day that ye have brought an saying,
offering unto your God: it shall be a 24 Speak unto the children of Israel,
statute for ever throughout your saying, In the seventh month, in the first
generations in all your dwellings. day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath,
15 ¶ And ye shall count unto you from the a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an
morrow after the sabbath, from the day holy convocation.
that ye brought the sheaf of the wave 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein:
offering; seven sabbaths shall be but ye shall offer an offering made by fire
complete: unto the LORD.
16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye saying,
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27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh
month there shall be a day of atonement: month, when ye have gathered in the fruit
it shall be an holy convocation unto you; of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the
and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an LORD seven days: on the first day shall be
offering made by fire unto the LORD. a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a
28 And ye shall do no work in that same sabbath.
day: for it is a day of atonement, to make 40 And ye shall take you on the first day
an atonement for you before the LORD the boughs of goodly trees, branches of
your God. palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees,
29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not and willows of the brook; and ye shall
be afflicted in that same day, he shall be rejoice before the LORD your God seven
cut off from among his people. days.
30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth 41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the
any work in that same day, the same soul LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a
will I destroy from among his people. statute for ever in your generations: ye
31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
be a statute for ever throughout your 42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all
generations in all your dwellings. that are Israelites born shall dwell in
32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, booths:
and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth 43 That your generations may know that I
day of the month at even, from even unto made the children of Israel to dwell in
even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. booths, when I brought them out of the
33 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
saying, 44 And Moses declared unto the children
34 Speak unto the children of Israel, of Israel the feasts of the LORD.
saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh
month shall be the feast of tabernacles for CHAPTER 24
seven days unto the LORD. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
35 On the first day shall be an holy 2 Command the children of Israel, that
convocation: ye shall do no servile work they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten
therein. for the light, to cause the lamps to burn
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering continually.
made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth 3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the
day shall be an holy convocation unto tabernacle of the congregation, shall
you; and ye shall offer an offering made Aaron order it from the evening unto the
by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn morning before the LORD continually: it
assembly; and ye shall do no servile work shall be a statute for ever in your
therein. generations.
37 These are the feasts of the LORD, 4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure
which ye shall proclaim to be holy candlestick before the LORD continually.
convocations, to offer an offering made by 5 ¶ And thou shalt take fine flour, and
fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals
meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink shall be in one cake.
offerings, every thing upon his day: 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six
38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and on a row, upon the pure table before the
beside your gifts, and beside all your LORD.
vows, and beside all your freewill 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense
offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. upon each row, that it may be on the bread
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for a memorial, even an offering made by man, so shall it be done to him again.
fire unto the LORD. 21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall
8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order restore it: and he that killeth a man, he
before the LORD continually, being taken shall be put to death.
from the children of Israel by an 22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as
everlasting covenant. well for the stranger, as for one of your
9 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; own country: for I am the LORD your God.
and they shall eat it in the holy place: for 23 ¶ And Moses spake to the children of
it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Israel, that they should bring forth him
the LORD made by fire by a perpetual that had cursed out of the camp, and stone
statute. him with stones. And the children of Israel
10 ¶ And the son of an Israelitish woman, did as the LORD commanded Moses.
whose father was an Egyptian, went out
among the children of Israel: and this son CHAPTER 25
of the Israelitish woman and a man of AND the LORD spake unto Moses in
Israel strove together in the camp; mount Sinai, saying,
11 And the Israelitish woman’s son 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and
blasphemed the name of the LORD, and say unto them, When ye come into the
cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: land which I give you, then shall the land
(and his mother’s name was Shelomith, keep a sabbath unto the LORD.
the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and
12 And they put him in ward, that the six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard,
mind of the LORD might be shewed them. and gather in the fruit thereof;
13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, 4 But in the seventh year shall be a
saying, sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for
14 Bring forth him that hath cursed the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field,
without the camp; and let all that heard nor prune thy vineyard.
him lay their hands upon his head, and let 5 That which groweth of its own accord of
all the congregation stone him. thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither
15 And thou shalt speak unto the children gather the grapes of thy vine undressed:
of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his for it is a year of rest unto the land.
God shall bear his sin. 6 And the sabbath of the land shall be
16 And he that blasphemeth the name of meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant,
the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and for thy maid, and for thy hired
and all the congregation shall certainly servant, and for thy stranger that
stone him: as well the stranger, as he that sojourneth with thee,
is born in the land, when he blasphemeth 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that
the name of the LORD, shall be put to are in thy land, shall all the increase
death. thereof be meat.
17 ¶ And he that killeth any man shall 8 ¶ And thou shalt number seven sabbaths
surely be put to death. of years unto thee, seven times seven
18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it years; and the space of the seven sabbaths
good; beast for beast. of years shall be unto thee forty and nine
19 And if a man cause a blemish in his years.
neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the
done to him; jubile to sound on the tenth day of the
20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth seventh month, in the day of atonement
for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a shall ye make the trumpet sound
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34 But the field of the suburbs of their your bondmen for ever: but over your
cities may not be sold; for it is their brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not
perpetual possession. rule one over another with rigour.
35 ¶ And if thy brother be waxen poor, 47 ¶ And if a sojourner or stranger wax
and fallen in decay with thee; then thou rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth
shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the
stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the
with thee. stock of the stranger’s family:
36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: 48 After that he is sold he may be
but fear thy God; that thy brother may live redeemed again; one of his brethren may
with thee. redeem him:
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money 49 Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son,
upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin
increase. unto him of his family may redeem him;
38 I am the LORD your God, which or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, 50 And he shall reckon with him that
to give you the land of Canaan, and to be bought him from the year that he was sold
your God. to him unto the year of jubile: and the
39 ¶ And if thy brother that dwelleth by price of his sale shall be according unto
thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; the number of years, according to the time
thou shalt not compel him to serve as a of an hired servant shall it be with him.
bondservant: 51 If there be yet many years behind,
40 But as an hired servant, and as a according unto them he shall give again
sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall the price of his redemption out of the
serve thee unto the year of jubile: money that he was bought for.
41 And then shall he depart from thee, 52 And if there remain but few years unto
both he and his children with him, and the year of jubile, then he shall count with
shall return unto his own family, and unto him, and according unto his years shall he
the possession of his fathers shall he give him again the price of his
return. redemption.
42 For they are my servants, which I 53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he
brought forth out of the land of Egypt: be with him: and the other shall not rule
they shall not be sold as bondmen. with rigour over him in thy sight.
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with 54 And if he be not redeemed in these
rigour; but shalt fear thy God. years, then he shall go out in the year of
44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, jubile, both he, and his children with him.
which thou shalt have, shall be of the 55 For unto me the children of Israel are
heathen that are round about you; of them servants; they are my servants whom I
shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I
45 Moreover of the children of the am the LORD your God.
strangers that do sojourn among you, of
them shall ye buy, and of their families CHAPTER 26
that are with you, which they begat in YE shall make you no idols nor graven
your land: and they shall be your image, neither rear you up a standing
possession. image, neither shall ye set up any image of
46 And ye shall take them as an stone in your land, to bow down unto it:
inheritance for your children after you, to for I am the LORD your God.
inherit them for a possession; they shall be 2 ¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and
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reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. 17 And I will set my face against you, and
3 ¶ If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my ye shall be slain before your enemies: they
commandments, and do them; that hate you shall reign over you; and ye
4 Then I will give you rain in due season, shall flee when none pursueth you.
and the land shall yield her increase, and 18 And if ye will not yet for all this
the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. hearken unto me, then I will punish you
5 And your threshing shall reach unto the seven times more for your sins.
vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto 19 And I will break the pride of your
the sowing time: and ye shall eat your power; and I will make your heaven as
bread to the full, and dwell in your land iron, and your earth as brass:
safely. 20 And your strength shall be spent in
6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye vain: for your land shall not yield her
shall lie down, and none shall make you increase, neither shall the trees of the land
afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the yield their fruits.
land, neither shall the sword go through 21 ¶ And if ye walk contrary unto me, and
your land. will not hearken unto me; I will bring
7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and seven times more plagues upon you
they shall fall before you by the sword. according to your sins.
8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, 22 I will also send wild beasts among you,
and an hundred of you shall put ten which shall rob you of your children, and
thousand to flight: and your enemies shall destroy your cattle, and make you few in
fall before you by the sword. number; and your high ways shall be
9 For I will have respect unto you, and desolate.
make you fruitful, and multiply you, and 23 And if ye will not be reformed by me
establish my covenant with you. by these things, but will walk contrary
10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring unto me;
forth the old because of the new. 24 Then will I also walk contrary unto
11 And I will set my tabernacle among you, and will punish you yet seven times
you: and my soul shall not abhor you. for your sins.
12 And I will walk among you, and will 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that
be your God, and ye shall be my people. shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant:
13 I am the LORD your God, which and when ye are gathered together within
brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, your cities, I will send the pestilence
that ye should not be their bondmen; and I among you; and ye shall be delivered into
have broken the bands of your yoke, and the hand of the enemy.
made you go upright. 26 And when I have broken the staff of
14 ¶ But if ye will not hearken unto me, your bread, ten women shall bake your
and will not do all these commandments; bread in one oven, and they shall deliver
15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or you your bread again by weight: and ye
if your soul abhor my judgments, so that shall eat, and not be satisfied.
ye will not do all my commandments, but 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken
that ye break my covenant: unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also
appoint over you terror, consumption, and in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you
the burning ague, that shall consume the seven times for your sins.
eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons,
shall sow your seed in vain, for your and the flesh of your daughters shall ye
enemies shall eat it. eat.
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30 And I will destroy your high places, uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and
and cut down your images, and cast your they then accept of the punishment of their
carcases upon the carcases of your idols, iniquity:
and my soul shall abhor you. 42 Then will I remember my covenant
31 And I will make your cities waste, and with Jacob, and also my covenant with
bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, Isaac, and also my covenant with
and I will not smell the savour of your Abraham will I remember; and I will
sweet odours. remember the land.
32 And I will bring the land into 43 The land also shall be left of them, and
desolation: and your enemies which dwell shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth
therein shall be astonished at it. desolate without them: and they shall
33 And I will scatter you among the accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
heathen, and will draw out a sword after because, even because they despised my
you: and your land shall be desolate, and judgments, and because their soul
your cities waste. abhorred my statutes.
34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, 44 And yet for all that, when they be in
as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast
your enemies’ land; even then shall the them away, neither will I abhor them, to
land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. destroy them utterly, and to break my
35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; covenant with them: for I am the LORD
because it did not rest in your sabbaths, their God.
when ye dwelt upon it. 45 But I will for their sakes remember the
36 And upon them that are left alive of covenant of their ancestors, whom I
you I will send a faintness into their hearts brought forth out of the land of Egypt in
in the lands of their enemies; and the the sight of the heathen, that I might be
sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; their God: I am the LORD.
and they shall flee, as fleeing from a 46 These are the statutes and judgments
sword; and they shall fall when none and laws, which the LORD made between
pursueth. him and the children of Israel in mount
37 And they shall fall one upon another, Sinai by the hand of Moses.
as it were before a sword, when none
pursueth: and ye shall have no power to CHAPTER 27
stand before your enemies. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and
and the land of your enemies shall eat you say unto them, When a man shall make a
up. singular vow, the persons shall be for the
39 And they that are left of you shall pine LORD by thy estimation.
away in their iniquity in your enemies’ 3 And thy estimation shall be of the male
lands; and also in the iniquities of their from twenty years old even unto sixty
fathers shall they pine away with them. years old, even thy estimation shall be
40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of
the iniquity of their fathers, with their the sanctuary.
trespass which they trespassed against me, 4 And if it be a female, then thy
and that also they have walked contrary estimation shall be thirty shekels.
unto me; 5 And if it be from five years old even
41 And that I also have walked contrary unto twenty years old, then thy estimation
unto them, and have brought them into the shall be of the male twenty shekels, and
land of their enemies; if then their for the female ten shekels.
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6 And if it be from a month old even unto jubile, according to thy estimation it shall
five years old, then thy estimation shall be stand.
of the male five shekels of silver, and for 18 But if he sanctify his field after the
the female thy estimation shall be three jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto
shekels of silver. him the money according to the years that
7 And if it be from sixty years old and remain, even unto the year of the jubile,
above; if it be a male, then thy estimation and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female 19 And if he that sanctified the field will
ten shekels. in any wise redeem it, then he shall add
8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, the fifth part of the money of thy
then he shall present himself before the estimation unto it, and it shall be assured
priest, and the priest shall value him; to him.
according to his ability that vowed shall 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or
the priest value him. if he have sold the field to another man, it
9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring shall not be redeemed any more.
an offering unto the LORD, all that any 21 But the field, when it goeth out in the
man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a
holy. field devoted; the possession thereof shall
10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a be the priest’s.
good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if 22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a
he shall at all change beast for beast, then field which he hath bought, which is not
it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. of the fields of his possession;
11 And if it be any unclean beast, of 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him
which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the worth of thy estimation, even unto the
the LORD, then he shall present the beast year of the jubile: and he shall give thine
before the priest: estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto
12 And the priest shall value it, whether it the LORD.
be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art 24 In the year of the jubile the field shall
the priest, so shall it be. return unto him of whom it was bought,
13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he even to him to whom the possession of the
shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy land did belong.
estimation. 25 And all thy estimations shall be
14 ¶ And when a man shall sanctify his according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
house to be holy unto the LORD, then the twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
priest shall estimate it, whether it be good 26 ¶ Only the firstling of the beasts, which
or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so should be the LORD’s firstling, no man
shall it stand. shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or
15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem sheep: it is the LORD’s.
his house, then he shall add the fifth part 27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then
of the money of thy estimation unto it, and he shall redeem it according to thine
it shall be his. estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it
16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it
LORD some part of a field of his shall be sold according to thy estimation.
possession, then thy estimation shall be 28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that
according to the seed thereof: an homer of a man shall devote unto the LORD of all
barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels that he hath, both of man and beast, and of
of silver. the field of his possession, shall be sold or
17 If he sanctify his field from the year of redeemed: every devoted thing is most
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and all the vessels thereof; and they shall children of Zebulun.
minister unto it, and shall encamp round 8 And his host, and those that were
about the tabernacle. numbered thereof, were fifty and seven
51 And when the tabernacle setteth thousand and four hundred.
forward, the Levites shall take it down: 9 All that were numbered in the camp of
and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, Judah were an hundred thousand and
the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger fourscore thousand and six thousand and
that cometh nigh shall be put to death. four hundred, throughout their armies.
52 And the children of Israel shall pitch These shall first set forth.
their tents, every man by his own camp, 10 ¶ On the south side shall be the
and every man by his own standard, standard of the camp of Reuben according
throughout their hosts. to their armies: and the captain of the
53 But the Levites shall pitch round about children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son
the tabernacle of testimony, that there be of Shedeur.
no wrath upon the congregation of the 11 And his host, and those that were
children of Israel: and the Levites shall numbered thereof, were forty and six
keep the charge of the tabernacle of thousand and five hundred.
testimony. 12 And those which pitch by him shall be
54 And the children of Israel did the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the
according to all that the LORD commanded children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the
Moses, so did they. son of Zurishaddai.
13 And his host, and those that were
CHAPTER 2 numbered of them, were fifty and nine
AND the LORD spake unto Moses and thousand and three hundred.
unto Aaron, saying, 14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain
2 Every man of the children of Israel shall of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the
pitch by his own standard, with the ensign son of Reuel.
of their father’s house: far off about the 15 And his host, and those that were
tabernacle of the congregation shall they numbered of them, were forty and five
pitch. thousand and six hundred and fifty.
3 And on the east side toward the rising of 16 All that were numbered in the camp of
the sun shall they of the standard of the Reuben were an hundred thousand and
camp of Judah pitch throughout their fifty and one thousand and four hundred
armies: and Nahshon the son of and fifty, throughout their armies. And
Amminadab shall be captain of the they shall set forth in the second rank.
children of Judah. 17 ¶ Then the tabernacle of the
4 And his host, and those that were congregation shall set forward with the
numbered of them, were threescore and camp of the Levites in the midst of the
fourteen thousand and six hundred. camp: as they encamp, so shall they set
5 And those that do pitch next unto him forward, every man in his place by their
shall be the tribe of Issachar: and standards.
Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain 18 ¶ On the west side shall be the standard
of the children of Issachar. of the camp of Ephraim according to their
6 And his host, and those that were armies: and the captain of the sons of
numbered thereof, were fifty and four Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of
thousand and four hundred. Ammihud.
7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the 19 And his host, and those that were
son of Helon shall be captain of the numbered of them, were forty thousand
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and five hundred. hosts were six hundred thousand and three
20 And by him shall be the tribe of thousand and five hundred and fifty.
Manasseh: and the captain of the children 33 But the Levites were not numbered
of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of among the children of Israel; as the LORD
Pedahzur. commanded Moses.
21 And his host, and those that were 34 And the children of Israel did
numbered of them, were thirty and two according to all that the LORD commanded
thousand and two hundred. Moses: so they pitched by their standards,
22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the and so they set forward, every one after
captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be their families, according to the house of
Abidan the son of Gideoni. their fathers.
23 And his host, and those that were
numbered of them, were thirty and five CHAPTER 3
thousand and four hundred. THESE also are the generations of Aaron
24 All that were numbered of the camp of and Moses in the day that the LORD spake
Ephraim were an hundred thousand and with Moses in mount Sinai.
eight thousand and an hundred, 2 And these are the names of the sons of
throughout their armies. And they shall go Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu,
forward in the third rank. Eleazar, and Ithamar.
25 ¶ The standard of the camp of Dan 3 These are the names of the sons of
shall be on the north side by their armies: Aaron, the priests which were anointed,
and the captain of the children of Dan whom he consecrated to minister in the
shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. priest’s office.
26 And his host, and those that were 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the
numbered of them, were threescore and LORD, when they offered strange fire
two thousand and seven hundred. before the LORD, in the wilderness of
27 And those that encamp by him shall be Sinai, and they had no children: and
the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the
children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their
of Ocran. father.
28 And his host, and those that were 5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
numbered of them, were forty and one saying,
thousand and five hundred. 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present
29 ¶ Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the them before Aaron the priest, that they
captain of the children of Naphtali shall be may minister unto him.
Ahira the son of Enan. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the
30 And his host, and those that were charge of the whole congregation before
numbered of them, were fifty and three the tabernacle of the congregation, to do
thousand and four hundred. the service of the tabernacle.
31 All they that were numbered in the 8 And they shall keep all the instruments
camp of Dan were an hundred thousand of the tabernacle of the congregation, and
and fifty and seven thousand and six the charge of the children of Israel, to do
hundred. They shall go hindmost with the service of the tabernacle.
their standards. 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto
32 ¶ These are those which were Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly
numbered of the children of Israel by the given unto him out of the children of
house of their fathers: all those that were Israel.
numbered of the camps throughout their 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his
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sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the
office: and the stranger that cometh nigh son of Lael.
shall be put to death. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, in the tabernacle of the congregation shall
saying, be the tabernacle, and the tent, the
12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites covering thereof, and the hanging for the
from among the children of Israel instead door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix 26 And the hangings of the court, and the
among the children of Israel: therefore the curtain for the door of the court, which is
Levites shall be mine; by the tabernacle, and by the altar round
13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for about, and the cords of it for all the
on the day that I smote all the firstborn in service thereof.
the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all 27 ¶ And of Kohath was the family of the
the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: Amramites, and the family of the
mine shall they be: I am the LORD. Izeharites, and the family of the
14 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in Hebronites, and the family of the
the wilderness of Sinai, saying, Uzzielites: these are the families of the
15 Number the children of Levi after the Kohathites.
house of their fathers, by their families: 28 In the number of all the males, from a
every male from a month old and upward month old and upward, were eight
shalt thou number them. thousand and six hundred, keeping the
16 And Moses numbered them according charge of the sanctuary.
to the word of the LORD, as he was 29 The families of the sons of Kohath
commanded. shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle
17 And these were the sons of Levi by southward.
their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and 30 And the chief of the house of the father
Merari. of the families of the Kohathites shall be
18 And these are the names of the sons of Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
Gershon by their families; Libni, and 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and
Shimei. the table, and the candlestick, and the
19 And the sons of Kohath by their altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary
families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and wherewith they minister, and the hanging,
Uzziel. and all the service thereof.
20 And the sons of Merari by their 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest
families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the shall be chief over the chief of the Levites,
families of the Levites according to the and have the oversight of them that keep
house of their fathers. the charge of the sanctuary.
21 Of Gershon was the family of the 33 ¶ Of Merari was the family of the
Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites:
these are the families of the Gershonites. these are the families of Merari.
22 Those that were numbered of them, 34 And those that were numbered of them,
according to the number of all the males, according to the number of all the males,
from a month old and upward, even those from a month old and upward, were six
that were numbered of them were seven thousand and two hundred.
thousand and five hundred. 35 And the chief of the house of the father
23 The families of the Gershonites shall of the families of Merari was Zuriel the
pitch behind the tabernacle westward. son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the
24 And the chief of the house of the father side of the tabernacle northward.
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36 And under the custody and charge of 46 And for those that are to be redeemed
the sons of Merari shall be the boards of of the two hundred and threescore and
the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of
the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, Israel, which are more than the Levites;
and all the vessels thereof, and all that 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels
serveth thereto, apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the
37 And the pillars of the court round sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel
about, and their sockets, and their pins, is twenty gerahs:)
and their cords. 48 And thou shalt give the money,
38 ¶ But those that encamp before the wherewith the odd number of them is to
tabernacle toward the east, even before the be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
tabernacle of the congregation eastward, 49 And Moses took the redemption money
shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, of them that were over and above them
keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the that were redeemed by the Levites:
charge of the children of Israel; and the 50 Of the firstborn of the children of Israel
stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to took he the money; a thousand three
death. hundred and threescore and five shekels,
39 All that were numbered of the Levites, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
which Moses and Aaron numbered at the 51 And Moses gave the money of them
commandment of the LORD, throughout that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his
their families, all the males from a month sons, according to the word of the LORD,
old and upward, were twenty and two as the LORD commanded Moses.
thousand.
40 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, CHAPTER 4
Number all the firstborn of the males of AND the LORD spake unto Moses and
the children of Israel from a month old unto Aaron, saying,
and upward, and take the number of their 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath
names. from among the sons of Levi, after their
41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me families, by the house of their fathers,
(I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn 3 From thirty years old and upward even
among the children of Israel; and the cattle until fifty years old, all that enter into the
of the Levites instead of all the firstlings host, to do the work in the tabernacle of
among the cattle of the children of Israel. the congregation.
42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD 4 This shall be the service of the sons of
commanded him, all the firstborn among Kohath in the tabernacle of the
the children of Israel. congregation, about the most holy things:
43 And all the firstborn males by the 5 ¶ And when the camp setteth forward,
number of names, from a month old and Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they
upward, of those that were numbered of shall take down the covering vail, and
them, were twenty and two thousand two cover the ark of testimony with it:
hundred and threescore and thirteen. 6 And shall put thereon the covering of
44 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a
saying, cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the
45 Take the Levites instead of all the staves thereof.
firstborn among the children of Israel, and 7 And upon the table of shewbread they
the cattle of the Levites instead of their shall spread a cloth of blue, and put
cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the
the LORD. bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the
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every one that hath an issue, and and she be not defiled:
whosoever is defiled by the dead: 15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto
3 Both male and female shall ye put out, the priest, and he shall bring her offering
without the camp shall ye put them; that for her, the tenth part of an ephah of
they defile not their camps, in the midst barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it,
whereof I dwell. nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an
4 And the children of Israel did so, and offering of jealousy, an offering of
put them out without the camp: as the memorial, bringing iniquity to
LORD spake unto Moses, so did the remembrance.
children of Israel. 16 And the priest shall bring her near, and
5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, set her before the LORD:
saying, 17 And the priest shall take holy water in
6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in
a man or woman shall commit any sin that the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall
men commit, to do a trespass against the take, and put it into the water:
LORD, and that person be guilty; 18 And the priest shall set the woman
7 Then they shall confess their sin which before the LORD, and uncover the
they have done: and he shall recompense woman’s head, and put the offering of
his trespass with the principal thereof, and memorial in her hands, which is the
add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give jealousy offering: and the priest shall have
it unto him against whom he hath in his hand the bitter water that causeth
trespassed. the curse:
8 But if the man have no kinsman to 19 And the priest shall charge her by an
recompense the trespass unto, let the oath, and say unto the woman, If no man
trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, have lain with thee, and if thou hast not
even to the priest; beside the ram of the gone aside to uncleanness with another
atonement, whereby an atonement shall be instead of thy husband, be thou free from
made for him. this bitter water that causeth the curse:
9 And every offering of all the holy things 20 But if thou hast gone aside to another
of the children of Israel, which they bring instead of thy husband, and if thou be
unto the priest, shall be his. defiled, and some man have lain with thee
10 And every man’s hallowed things shall beside thine husband:
be his: whatsoever any man giveth the 21 Then the priest shall charge the woman
priest, it shall be his. with an oath of cursing, and the priest
11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, shall say unto the woman, The LORD
saying, make thee a curse and an oath among thy
12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and people, when the LORD doth make thy
say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
and commit a trespass against him, 22 And this water that causeth the curse
13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly
be hid from the eyes of her husband, and to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the
be kept close, and she be defiled, and woman shall say, Amen, amen.
there be no witness against her, neither 23 And the priest shall write these curses
she be taken with the manner; in a book, and he shall blot them out with
14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon the bitter water:
him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she 24 And he shall cause the woman to drink
be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come the bitter water that causeth the curse: and
upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, the water that causeth the curse shall enter
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into her, and become bitter. there shall no rasor come upon his head:
25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy until the days be fulfilled, in the which he
offering out of the woman’s hand, and separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall
shall wave the offering before the LORD, be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair
and offer it upon the altar: of his head grow.
26 And the priest shall take an handful of 6 All the days that he separateth himself
the offering, even the memorial thereof, unto the LORD he shall come at no dead
and burn it upon the altar, and afterward body.
shall cause the woman to drink the water. 7 He shall not make himself unclean for
27 And when he hath made her to drink his father, or for his mother, for his
the water, then it shall come to pass, that, brother, or for his sister, when they die:
if she be defiled, and have done trespass because the consecration of his God is
against her husband, that the water that upon his head.
causeth the curse shall enter into her, and 8 All the days of his separation he is holy
become bitter, and her belly shall swell, unto the LORD.
and her thigh shall rot: and the woman 9 And if any man die very suddenly by
shall be a curse among her people. him, and he hath defiled the head of his
28 And if the woman be not defiled, but consecration; then he shall shave his head
be clean; then she shall be free, and shall in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh
conceive seed. day shall he shave it.
29 This is the law of jealousies, when a 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring
wife goeth aside to another instead of her two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the
husband, and is defiled; priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the
30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh congregation:
upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a
and shall set the woman before the LORD, sin offering, and the other for a burnt
and the priest shall execute upon her all offering, and make an atonement for him,
this law. for that he sinned by the dead, and shall
31 Then shall the man be guiltless from hallow his head that same day.
iniquity, and this woman shall bear her 12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD
iniquity. the days of his separation, and shall bring
a lamb of the first year for a trespass
CHAPTER 6 offering: but the days that were before
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, shall be lost, because his separation was
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and defiled.
say unto them, When either man or 13 ¶ And this is the law of the Nazarite,
woman shall separate themselves to vow a when the days of his separation are
vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door
unto the LORD: of the tabernacle of the congregation:
3 He shall separate himself from wine and 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the
strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of LORD, one he lamb of the first year
wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither without blemish for a burnt offering, and
shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat one ewe lamb of the first year without
moist grapes, or dried. blemish for a sin offering, and one ram
4 All the days of his separation shall he without blemish for peace offerings,
eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, 15 And a basket of unleavened bread,
from the kernels even to the husk. cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and
5 All the days of the vow of his separation wafers of unleavened bread anointed with
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oil, and their meat offering, and their drink Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and
offerings. had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all
16 And the priest shall bring them before the instruments thereof, both the altar and
the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, all the vessels thereof, and had anointed
and his burnt offering: them, and sanctified them;
17 And he shall offer the ram for a 2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the
sacrifice of peace offerings unto the house of their fathers, who were the
LORD, with the basket of unleavened princes of the tribes, and were over them
bread: the priest shall offer also his meat that were numbered, offered:
offering, and his drink offering. 3 And they brought their offering before
18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve
of his separation at the door of the oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and
tabernacle of the congregation, and shall for each one an ox: and they brought them
take the hair of the head of his separation, before the tabernacle.
and put it in the fire which is under the 4 And the LORD spake unto Moses,
sacrifice of the peace offerings. saying,
19 And the priest shall take the sodden 5 Take it of them, that they may be to do
shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened the service of the tabernacle of the
cake out of the basket, and one congregation; and thou shalt give them
unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon unto the Levites, to every man according
the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of to his service.
his separation is shaven: 6 And Moses took the wagons and the
20 And the priest shall wave them for a oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.
wave offering before the LORD: this is 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto
holy for the priest, with the wave breast the sons of Gershon, according to their
and heave shoulder: and after that the service:
Nazarite may drink wine. 8 And four wagons and eight oxen he
21 This is the law of the Nazarite who gave unto the sons of Merari, according
hath vowed, and of his offering unto the unto their service, under the hand of
LORD for his separation, beside that that Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
his hand shall get: according to the vow 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave
which he vowed, so he must do after the none: because the service of the sanctuary
law of his separation. belonging unto them was that they should
22 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, bear upon their shoulders.
saying, 10 ¶ And the princes offered for
23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, dedicating of the altar in the day that it
saying, On this wise ye shall bless the was anointed, even the princes offered
children of Israel, saying unto them, their offering before the altar.
24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They
25 The LORD make his face shine upon shall offer their offering, each prince on
thee, and be gracious unto thee: his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon 12 ¶ And he that offered his offering the
thee, and give thee peace. first day was Nahshon the son of
27 And they shall put my name upon the Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
children of Israel; and I will bless them. 13 And his offering was one silver
charger, the weight thereof was an
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AND it came to pass on the day that bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
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of the sanctuary; both of them were full of 30 ¶ On the fourth day Elizur the son of
fine flour mingled with oil for a meat Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben,
offering: did offer:
14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full 31 His offering was one silver charger of
of incense: the weight of an hundred and thirty
15 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
of the first year, for a burnt offering: shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: both of them full of fine flour mingled
17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, with oil for a meat offering:
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five 32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full
lambs of the first year: this was the of incense:
offering of Nahshon the son of 33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb
Amminadab. of the first year, for a burnt offering:
18 ¶ On the second day Nethaneel the son 34 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: 35 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
19 He offered for his offering one silver two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
charger, the weight whereof was an lambs of the first year: this was the
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel 36 ¶ On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine Zurishaddai, prince of the children of
flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: Simeon, did offer:
20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full 37 His offering was one silver charger, the
of incense: weight whereof was an hundred and thirty
21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
of the first year, for a burnt offering: shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
22 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: both of them full of fine flour mingled
23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, with oil for a meat offering:
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five 38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full
lambs of the first year: this was the of incense:
offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb
24 ¶ On the third day Eliab the son of of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, 40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
did offer: 41 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
25 His offering was one silver charger, the two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
weight whereof was an hundred and thirty lambs of the first year: this was the
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy offering of Shelumiel the son of
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; Zurishaddai.
both of them full of fine flour mingled 42 ¶ On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of
with oil for a meat offering: Deuel, prince of the children of Gad,
26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full offered:
of incense: 43 His offering was one silver charger of
27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb the weight of an hundred and thirty
of the first year, for a burnt offering: shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels,
28 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
29 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five a meat offering:
lambs of the first year: this was the 44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full
offering of Eliab the son of Helon. of incense:
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45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
of the first year, for a burnt offering: shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
46 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: both of them full of fine flour mingled
47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, with oil for a meat offering:
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five 62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full
lambs of the first year: this was the of incense:
offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb
48 ¶ On the seventh day Elishama the son of the first year, for a burnt offering:
of Ammihud, prince of the children of 64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Ephraim, offered: 65 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
49 His offering was one silver charger, the two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
weight whereof was an hundred and thirty lambs of the first year: this was the
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; 66 ¶ On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of
both of them full of fine flour mingled Ammishaddai, prince of the children of
with oil for a meat offering: Dan, offered:
50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full 67 His offering was one silver charger, the
of incense: weight whereof was an hundred and thirty
51 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
of the first year, for a burnt offering: shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: both of them full of fine flour mingled
53 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, with oil for a meat offering:
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full
lambs of the first year: this was the of incense:
offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. 69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb
54 ¶ On the eighth day offered Gamaliel of the first year, for a burnt offering:
the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children 70 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
of Manasseh: 71 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
55 His offering was one silver charger of two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
the weight of an hundred and thirty lambs of the first year: this was the
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy offering of Ahiezer the son of
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; Ammishaddai.
both of them full of fine flour mingled 72 ¶ On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of
with oil for a meat offering: Ocran, prince of the children of Asher,
56 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full offered:
of incense: 73 His offering was one silver charger, the
57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb weight whereof was an hundred and thirty
of the first year, for a burnt offering: shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
58 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
59 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, both of them full of fine flour mingled
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five with oil for a meat offering:
lambs of the first year: this was the 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full
offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. of incense:
60 ¶ On the ninth day Abidan the son of 75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb
Gideoni, prince of the children of of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Benjamin, offered: 76 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
61 His offering was one silver charger, the 77 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
weight whereof was an hundred and thirty two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
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lambs of the first year: this was the with him, then he heard the voice of one
offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. speaking unto him from off the mercy seat
78 ¶ On the twelfth day Ahira the son of that was upon the ark of testimony, from
Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, between the two cherubims: and he spake
offered: unto him.
79 His offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and thirty CHAPTER 8
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him,
both of them full of fine flour mingled When thou lightest the lamps, the seven
with oil for a meat offering: lamps shall give light over against the
80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full candlestick.
of incense: 3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps
81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb thereof over against the candlestick, as the
of the first year, for a burnt offering: LORD commanded Moses.
82 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 4 And this work of the candlestick was of
83 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five the flowers thereof, was beaten work:
lambs of the first year: this was the according unto the pattern which the
offering of Ahira the son of Enan. LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the
84 This was the dedication of the altar, in candlestick.
the day when it was anointed, by the 5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, saying,
twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of 6 Take the Levites from among the
gold: children of Israel, and cleanse them.
85 Each charger of silver weighing an 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to
hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying
seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two upon them, and let them shave all their
thousand and four hundred shekels, after flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and
the shekel of the sanctuary: so make themselves clean.
86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of 8 Then let them take a young bullock with
incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after his meat offering, even fine flour mingled
the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of with oil, and another young bullock shalt
the spoons was an hundred and twenty thou take for a sin offering.
shekels. 9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before
87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were the tabernacle of the congregation: and
twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the thou shalt gather the whole assembly of
lambs of the first year twelve, with their the children of Israel together:
meat offering: and the kids of the goats for 10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before
sin offering twelve. the LORD: and the children of Israel shall
88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the put their hands upon the Levites:
peace offerings were twenty and four 11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites
bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats before the LORD for an offering of the
sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. children of Israel, that they may execute
This was the dedication of the altar, after the service of the LORD.
that it was anointed. 12 And the Levites shall lay their hands
89 And when Moses was gone into the upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou
tabernacle of the congregation to speak shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and
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the other for a burnt offering, unto the concerning the Levites, so did they unto
LORD, to make an atonement for the them.
Levites. 23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
13 And thou shalt set the Levites before saying,
Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them 24 This is it that belongeth unto the
for an offering unto the LORD. Levites: from twenty and five years old
14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites and upward they shall go in to wait upon
from among the children of Israel: and the the service of the tabernacle of the
Levites shall be mine. congregation:
15 And after that shall the Levites go in to 25 And from the age of fifty years they
do the service of the tabernacle of the shall cease waiting upon the service
congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, thereof, and shall serve no more:
and offer them for an offering. 26 But shall minister with their brethren in
16 For they are wholly given unto me the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep
from among the children of Israel; instead the charge, and shall do no service. Thus
of such as open every womb, even instead shalt thou do unto the Levites touching
of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, their charge.
have I taken them unto me.
17 For all the firstborn of the children of CHAPTER 9
Israel are mine, both man and beast: on AND the LORD spake unto Moses in the
the day that I smote every firstborn in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of
land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. the second year after they were come out
18 And I have taken the Levites for all the of the land of Egypt, saying,
firstborn of the children of Israel. 2 Let the children of Israel also keep the
19 And I have given the Levites as a gift passover at his appointed season.
to Aaron and to his sons from among the 3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at
children of Israel, to do the service of the even, ye shall keep it in his appointed
children of Israel in the tabernacle of the season: according to all the rites of it, and
congregation, and to make an atonement according to all the ceremonies thereof,
for the children of Israel: that there be no shall ye keep it.
plague among the children of Israel, when 4 And Moses spake unto the children of
the children of Israel come nigh unto the Israel, that they should keep the passover.
sanctuary. 5 And they kept the passover on the
20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the fourteenth day of the first month at even
congregation of the children of Israel, did in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all
to the Levites according unto all that the that the LORD commanded Moses, so did
LORD commanded Moses concerning the the children of Israel.
Levites, so did the children of Israel unto 6 ¶ And there were certain men, who were
them. defiled by the dead body of a man, that
21 And the Levites were purified, and they could not keep the passover on that
they washed their clothes; and Aaron day: and they came before Moses and
offered them as an offering before the before Aaron on that day:
LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for 7 And those men said unto him, We are
them to cleanse them. defiled by the dead body of a man:
22 And after that went the Levites in to do wherefore are we kept back, that we may
their service in the tabernacle of the not offer an offering of the LORD in his
congregation before Aaron, and before his appointed season among the children of
sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses Israel?
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8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, as long as the cloud abode upon the
and I will hear what the LORD will tabernacle they rested in their tents.
command concerning you. 19 And when the cloud tarried long upon
9 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, the tabernacle many days, then the
saying, children of Israel kept the charge of the
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, LORD, and journeyed not.
saying, If any man of you or of your 20 And so it was, when the cloud was a
posterity shall be unclean by reason of a few days upon the tabernacle; according
dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet to the commandment of the LORD they
he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. abode in their tents, and according to the
11 The fourteenth day of the second commandment of the LORD they
month at even they shall keep it, and eat it journeyed.
with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 21 And so it was, when the cloud abode
12 They shall leave none of it unto the from even unto the morning, and that the
morning, nor break any bone of it: cloud was taken up in the morning, then
according to all the ordinances of the they journeyed: whether it was by day or
passover they shall keep it. by night that the cloud was taken up, they
13 But the man that is clean, and is not in journeyed.
a journey, and forbeareth to keep the 22 Or whether it were two days, or a
passover, even the same soul shall be cut month, or a year, that the cloud tarried
off from among his people: because he upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon,
brought not the offering of the LORD in his the children of Israel abode in their tents,
appointed season, that man shall bear his and journeyed not: but when it was taken
sin. up, they journeyed.
14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among 23 At the commandment of the LORD they
you, and will keep the passover unto the rested in the tents, and at the
LORD; according to the ordinance of the commandment of the LORD they
passover, and according to the manner journeyed: they kept the charge of the
thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one LORD, at the commandment of the LORD
ordinance, both for the stranger, and for by the hand of Moses.
him that was born in the land.
15 ¶ And on the day that the tabernacle CHAPTER 10
was reared up the cloud covered the AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
tabernacle, namely, the tent of the 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a
testimony: and at even there was upon the whole piece shalt thou make them: that
tabernacle as it were the appearance of thou mayest use them for the calling of the
fire, until the morning. assembly, and for the journeying of the
16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it camps.
by day, and the appearance of fire by 3 And when they shall blow with them, all
night. the assembly shall assemble themselves to
17 And when the cloud was taken up from thee at the door of the tabernacle of the
the tabernacle, then after that the children congregation.
of Israel journeyed: and in the place where 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet,
the cloud abode, there the children of then the princes, which are heads of the
Israel pitched their tents. thousands of Israel, shall gather
18 At the commandment of the LORD the themselves unto thee.
children of Israel journeyed, and at the 5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps
commandment of the LORD they pitched: that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
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6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
then the camps that lie on the south side 18 ¶ And the standard of the camp of
shall take their journey: they shall blow an Reuben set forward according to their
alarm for their journeys. armies: and over his host was Elizur the
7 But when the congregation is to be son of Shedeur.
gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye 19 And over the host of the tribe of the
shall not sound an alarm. children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son
8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall of Zurishaddai.
blow with the trumpets; and they shall be 20 And over the host of the tribe of the
to you for an ordinance for ever children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of
throughout your generations. Deuel.
9 And if ye go to war in your land against 21 And the Kohathites set forward,
the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye bearing the sanctuary: and the other did
shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and set up the tabernacle against they came.
ye shall be remembered before the LORD 22 ¶ And the standard of the camp of the
your God, and ye shall be saved from your children of Ephraim set forward according
enemies. to their armies: and over his host was
10 Also in the day of your gladness, and Elishama the son of Ammihud.
in your solemn days, and in the 23 And over the host of the tribe of the
beginnings of your months, ye shall blow children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the
with the trumpets over your burnt son of Pedahzur.
offerings, and over the sacrifices of your 24 And over the host of the tribe of the
peace offerings; that they may be to you children of Benjamin was Abidan the son
for a memorial before your God: I am the of Gideoni.
LORD your God. 25 ¶ And the standard of the camp of the
11 ¶ And it came to pass on the twentieth children of Dan set forward, which was
day of the second month, in the second the rereward of all the camps throughout
year, that the cloud was taken up from off their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer
the tabernacle of the testimony. the son of Ammishaddai.
12 And the children of Israel took their 26 And over the host of the tribe of the
journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; children of Asher was Pagiel the son of
and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Ocran.
Paran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the
13 And they first took their journey children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of
according to the commandment of the Enan.
LORD by the hand of Moses. 28 Thus were the journeyings of the
14 ¶ In the first place went the standard of children of Israel according to their
the camp of the children of Judah armies, when they set forward.
according to their armies: and over his 29 ¶ And Moses said unto Hobab, the son
host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in
15 And over the host of the tribe of the law, We are journeying unto the place of
children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son which the LORD said, I will give it you:
of Zuar. come thou with us, and we will do thee
16 And over the host of the tribe of the good: for the LORD hath spoken good
children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of concerning Israel.
Helon. 30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but
17 And the tabernacle was taken down; I will depart to mine own land, and to my
and the sons of Gershon and the sons of kindred.
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31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; and the colour thereof as the colour of
forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to bdellium.
encamp in the wilderness, and thou 8 And the people went about, and gathered
mayest be to us instead of eyes. it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a
32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, mortar, and baked it in pans, and made
it shall be, that what goodness the LORD cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the
shall do unto us, the same will we do unto taste of fresh oil.
thee. 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in
33 ¶ And they departed from the mount of the night, the manna fell upon it.
the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark 10 ¶ Then Moses heard the people weep
of the covenant of the LORD went before throughout their families, every man in the
them in the three days’ journey, to search door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD
out a resting place for them. was kindled greatly; Moses also was
34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon displeased.
them by day, when they went out of the 11 And Moses said unto the LORD,
camp. Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant?
35 And it came to pass, when the ark set and wherefore have I not found favour in
forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all
and let thine enemies be scattered; and let this people upon me?
them that hate thee flee before thee. 12 Have I conceived all this people? have
36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O I begotten them, that thou shouldest say
LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel. unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a
nursing father beareth the sucking child,
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AND when the people complained, it their fathers?
displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard 13 Whence should I have flesh to give
it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire unto all this people? for they weep unto
of the LORD burnt among them, and me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may
consumed them that were in the uttermost eat.
parts of the camp. 14 I am not able to bear all this people
2 And the people cried unto Moses; and alone, because it is too heavy for me.
when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me,
fire was quenched. I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found
3 And he called the name of the place favour in thy sight; and let me not see my
Taberah: because the fire of the LORD wretchedness.
burnt among them. 16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses,
4 ¶ And the mixt multitude that was Gather unto me seventy men of the elders
among them fell a lusting: and the of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the
children of Israel also wept again, and elders of the people, and officers over
said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? them; and bring them unto the tabernacle
5 We remember the fish, which we did eat of the congregation, that they may stand
in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the there with thee.
melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and 17 And I will come down and talk with
the garlick: thee there: and I will take of the spirit
6 But now our soul is dried away: there is which is upon thee, and will put it upon
nothing at all, beside this manna, before them; and they shall bear the burden of the
our eyes. people with thee, that thou bear it not
7 And the manna was as coriander seed, thyself alone.
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18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do
yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall prophesy in the camp.
eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant
the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh of Moses, one of his young men, answered
to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
therefore the LORD will give you flesh, 29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou
and ye shall eat. for my sake? would God that all the
19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, LORD’s people were prophets, and that the
nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty LORD would put his spirit upon them!
days; 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he
20 But even a whole month, until it come and the elders of Israel.
out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome 31 ¶ And there went forth a wind from the
unto you: because that ye have despised LORD, and brought quails from the sea,
the LORD which is among you, and have and let them fall by the camp, as it were a
wept before him, saying, Why came we day’s journey on this side, and as it were a
forth out of Egypt? day’s journey on the other side, round
21 And Moses said, The people, among about the camp, and as it were two cubits
whom I am, are six hundred thousand high upon the face of the earth.
footmen; and thou hast said, I will give 32 And the people stood up all that day,
them flesh, that they may eat a whole and all that night, and all the next day, and
month. they gathered the quails: he that gathered
22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain least gathered ten homers: and they spread
for them, to suffice them? or shall all the them all abroad for themselves round
fish of the sea be gathered together for about the camp.
them, to suffice them? 33 And while the flesh was yet between
23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of
LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see the LORD was kindled against the people,
now whether my word shall come to pass and the LORD smote the people with a
unto thee or not. very great plague.
24 ¶ And Moses went out, and told the 34 And he called the name of that place
people the words of the LORD, and Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they
gathered the seventy men of the elders of buried the people that lusted.
the people, and set them round about the 35 And the people journeyed from
tabernacle. Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and
25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, abode at Hazeroth.
and spake unto him, and took of the spirit
that was upon him, and gave it unto the CHAPTER 12
seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, AND Miriam and Aaron spake against
when the spirit rested upon them, they Moses because of the Ethiopian woman
prophesied, and did not cease. whom he had married: for he had married
26 But there remained two of the men in an Ethiopian woman.
the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, 2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed
and the name of the other Medad: and the spoken only by Moses? hath he not
spirit rested upon them; and they were of spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
them that were written, but went not out 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek,
unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied above all the men which were upon the
in the camp. face of the earth.)
27 And there ran a young man, and told 4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto
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19 And what the land is that they dwell in, 30 And Caleb stilled the people before
whether it be good or bad; and what cities Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and
they be that they dwell in, whether in possess it; for we are well able to
tents, or in strong holds; overcome it.
20 And what the land is, whether it be fat 31 But the men that went up with him
or lean, whether there be wood therein, or said, We be not able to go up against the
not. And be ye of good courage, and bring people; for they are stronger than we.
of the fruit of the land. Now the time was 32 And they brought up an evil report of
the time of the firstripe grapes. the land which they had searched unto the
21 ¶ So they went up, and searched the children of Israel, saying, The land,
land from the wilderness of Zin unto through which we have gone to search it,
Rehob, as men come to Hamath. is a land that eateth up the inhabitants
22 And they ascended by the south, and thereof; and all the people that we saw in
came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, it are men of a great stature.
Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons
were. (Now Hebron was built seven years of Anak, which come of the giants: and we
before Zoan in Egypt.) were in our own sight as grasshoppers,
23 And they came unto the brook of and so we were in their sight.
Eshcol, and cut down from thence a
branch with one cluster of grapes, and CHAPTER 14
they bare it between two upon a staff; and AND all the congregation lifted up their
they brought of the pomegranates, and of voice, and cried; and the people wept that
the figs. night.
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, 2 And all the children of Israel murmured
because of the cluster of grapes which the against Moses and against Aaron: and the
children of Israel cut down from thence. whole congregation said unto them,
25 And they returned from searching of Would God that we had died in the land of
the land after forty days. Egypt! or would God we had died in this
26 ¶ And they went and came to Moses, wilderness!
and to Aaron, and to all the congregation 3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought
of the children of Israel, unto the us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that
wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and our wives and our children should be a
brought back word unto them, and unto all prey? were it not better for us to return
the congregation, and shewed them the into Egypt?
fruit of the land. 4 And they said one to another, Let us
27 And they told him, and said, We came make a captain, and let us return into
unto the land whither thou sentest us, and Egypt.
surely it floweth with milk and honey; and 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their
this is the fruit of it. faces before all the assembly of the
28 Nevertheless the people be strong that congregation of the children of Israel.
dwell in the land, and the cities are 6 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb
walled, and very great: and moreover we the son of Jephunneh, which were of them
saw the children of Anak there. that searched the land, rent their clothes:
29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the 7 And they spake unto all the company of
south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, the children of Israel, saying, The land,
and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: which we passed through to search it, is an
and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and exceeding good land.
by the coast of Jordan. 8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will
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bring us into this land, and give it us; a this people according unto the greatness of
land which floweth with milk and honey. thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this
9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, people, from Egypt even until now.
neither fear ye the people of the land; for 20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned
they are bread for us: their defence is according to thy word:
departed from them, and the LORD is with 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall
us: fear them not. be filled with the glory of the LORD.
10 But all the congregation bade stone 22 Because all those men which have seen
them with stones. And the glory of the my glory, and my miracles, which I did in
LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the Egypt and in the wilderness, and have
congregation before all the children of tempted me now these ten times, and have
Israel. not hearkened to my voice;
11 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, How 23 Surely they shall not see the land
long will this people provoke me? and which I sware unto their fathers, neither
how long will it be ere they believe me, shall any of them that provoked me see it:
for all the signs which I have shewed 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had
among them? another spirit with him, and hath followed
12 I will smite them with the pestilence, me fully, him will I bring into the land
and disinherit them, and will make of thee whereinto he went; and his seed shall
a greater nation and mightier than they. possess it.
13 ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, Then 25 (Now the Amalekites and the
the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To
broughtest up this people in thy might morrow turn you, and get you into the
from among them;) wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and
of this land: for they have heard that thou unto Aaron, saying,
LORD art among this people, that thou 27 How long shall I bear with this evil
LORD art seen face to face, and that thy congregation, which murmur against me?
cloud standeth over them, and that thou I have heard the murmurings of the
goest before them, by day time in a pillar children of Israel, which they murmur
of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. against me.
15 ¶ Now if thou shalt kill all this people 28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith
as one man, then the nations which have the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears,
heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, so will I do to you:
16 Because the LORD was not able to 29 Your carcases shall fall in this
bring this people into the land which he wilderness; and all that were numbered of
sware unto them, therefore he hath slain you, according to your whole number,
them in the wilderness. from twenty years old and upward, which
17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power have murmured against me,
of my Lord be great, according as thou 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the
hast spoken, saying, land, concerning which I sware to make
18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of
great mercy, forgiving iniquity and Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
transgression, and by no means clearing 31 But your little ones, which ye said
the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the should be a prey, them will I bring in, and
fathers upon the children unto the third they shall know the land which ye have
and fourth generation. despised.
19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of 32 But as for you, your carcases, they
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36 And all the congregation brought him will he cause to come near unto him.
without the camp, and stoned him with 6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and
stones, and he died; as the LORD all his company;
commanded Moses. 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in
37 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, them before the LORD to morrow: and it
saying, shall be that the man whom the LORD doth
38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much
bid them that they make them fringes in upon you, ye sons of Levi.
the borders of their garments throughout 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I
their generations, and that they put upon pray you, ye sons of Levi:
the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you,
39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that the God of Israel hath separated you
that ye may look upon it, and remember from the congregation of Israel, to bring
all the commandments of the LORD, and you near to himself to do the service of the
do them; and that ye seek not after your tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand
own heart and your own eyes, after which before the congregation to minister unto
ye use to go a whoring: them?
40 That ye may remember, and do all my 10 And he hath brought thee near to him,
commandments, and be holy unto your and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with
God. thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
41 I am the LORD your God, which 11 For which cause both thou and all thy
brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be company are gathered together against the
your God: I am the LORD your God. LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur
against him?
CHAPTER 16 12 ¶ And Moses sent to call Dathan and
NOW Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We
Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and will not come up:
Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast
of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: brought us up out of a land that floweth
2 And they rose up before Moses, with with milk and honey, to kill us in the
certain of the children of Israel, two wilderness, except thou make thyself
hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, altogether a prince over us?
famous in the congregation, men of 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into
renown: a land that floweth with milk and honey,
3 And they gathered themselves together or given us inheritance of fields and
against Moses and against Aaron, and said vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of
unto them, Ye take too much upon you, these men? we will not come up.
seeing all the congregation are holy, every 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said
one of them, and the LORD is among unto the LORD, Respect not thou their
them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves offering: I have not taken one ass from
above the congregation of the LORD? them, neither have I hurt one of them.
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou
his face: and all thy company before the LORD,
5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:
his company, saying, Even to morrow the 17 And take every man his censer, and put
LORD will shew who are his, and who is incense in them, and bring ye before the
holy; and will cause him to come near LORD every man his censer, two hundred
unto him: even him whom he hath chosen and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron,
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each of you his censer. the earth open her mouth, and swallow
18 And they took every man his censer, them up, with all that appertain unto
and put fire in them, and laid incense them, and they go down quick into the pit;
thereon, and stood in the door of the then ye shall understand that these men
tabernacle of the congregation with Moses have provoked the LORD.
and Aaron. 31 ¶ And it came to pass, as he had made
19 And Korah gathered all the an end of speaking all these words, that
congregation against them unto the door the ground clave asunder that was under
of the tabernacle of the congregation: and them:
the glory of the LORD appeared unto all 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and
the congregation. swallowed them up, and their houses, and
20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and all the men that appertained unto Korah,
unto Aaron, saying, and all their goods.
21 Separate yourselves from among this 33 They, and all that appertained to them,
congregation, that I may consume them in went down alive into the pit, and the earth
a moment. closed upon them: and they perished from
22 And they fell upon their faces, and among the congregation.
said, O God, the God of the spirits of all 34 And all Israel that were round about
flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be them fled at the cry of them: for they said,
wroth with all the congregation? Lest the earth swallow us up also.
23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, 35 And there came out a fire from the
saying, LORD, and consumed the two hundred and
24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, fifty men that offered incense.
Get you up from about the tabernacle of 36 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. saying,
25 And Moses rose up and went unto 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron
Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of the priest, that he take up the censers out
Israel followed him. of the burning, and scatter thou the fire
26 And he spake unto the congregation, yonder; for they are hallowed.
saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents 38 The censers of these sinners against
of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their own souls, let them make them broad
theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their plates for a covering of the altar: for they
sins. offered them before the LORD, therefore
27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every unto the children of Israel.
side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen
and stood in the door of their tents, and censers, wherewith they that were burnt
their wives, and their sons, and their little had offered; and they were made broad
children. plates for a covering of the altar:
28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know 40 To be a memorial unto the children of
that the LORD hath sent me to do all these Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the
works; for I have not done them of mine seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense
own mind. before the LORD; that he be not as Korah,
29 If these men die the common death of and as his company: as the LORD said to
all men, or if they be visited after the him by the hand of Moses.
visitation of all men; then the LORD hath 41 ¶ But on the morrow all the
not sent me. congregation of the children of Israel
30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and murmured against Moses and against
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Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people the head of the house of their fathers.
of the LORD. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the
42 And it came to pass, when the tabernacle of the congregation before the
congregation was gathered against Moses testimony, where I will meet with you.
and against Aaron, that they looked 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man’s
toward the tabernacle of the congregation: rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom:
and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the and I will make to cease from me the
glory of the LORD appeared. murmurings of the children of Israel,
43 And Moses and Aaron came before the whereby they murmur against you.
tabernacle of the congregation. 6 ¶ And Moses spake unto the children of
44 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, Israel, and every one of their princes gave
saying, him a rod apiece, for each prince one,
45 Get you up from among this according to their fathers’ houses, even
congregation, that I may consume them as twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was
in a moment. And they fell upon their among their rods.
faces. 7 And Moses laid up the rods before the
46 ¶ And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
censer, and put fire therein from off the 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow
altar, and put on incense, and go quickly Moses went into the tabernacle of witness;
unto the congregation, and make an and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the
atonement for them: for there is wrath house of Levi was budded, and brought
gone out from the LORD; the plague is forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and
begun. yielded almonds.
47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from
and ran into the midst of the congregation; before the LORD unto all the children of
and, behold, the plague was begun among Israel: and they looked, and took every
the people: and he put on incense, and man his rod.
made an atonement for the people. 10 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses,
48 And he stood between the dead and the Bring Aaron’s rod again before the
living; and the plague was stayed. testimony, to be kept for a token against
49 Now they that died in the plague were the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away
fourteen thousand and seven hundred, their murmurings from me, that they die
beside them that died about the matter of not.
Korah. 11 And Moses did so: as the LORD
50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto commanded him, so did he.
the door of the tabernacle of the 12 And the children of Israel spake unto
congregation: and the plague was stayed. Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish,
we all perish.
CHAPTER 17 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and we be consumed with dying?
take of every one of them a rod according
to the house of their fathers, of all their CHAPTER 18
princes according to the house of their AND the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and
fathers twelve rods: write thou every thy sons and thy father’s house with thee
man’s name upon his rod. shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary:
3 And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear
the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the iniquity of your priesthood.
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land, neither shalt thou have any part threshingfloor, and as the increase of the
among them: I am thy part and thine winepress.
inheritance among the children of Israel. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye
21 And, behold, I have given the children and your households: for it is your reward
of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an for your service in the tabernacle of the
inheritance, for their service which they congregation.
serve, even the service of the tabernacle of 32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of
the congregation. it, when ye have heaved from it the best of
22 Neither must the children of Israel it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things
henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
23 But the Levites shall do the service of CHAPTER 19
the tabernacle of the congregation, and AND the LORD spake unto Moses and
they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a unto Aaron, saying,
statute for ever throughout your 2 This is the ordinance of the law which
generations, that among the children of the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak
Israel they have no inheritance. unto the children of Israel, that they bring
24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is
which they offer as an heave offering unto no blemish, and upon which never came
the LORD, I have given to the Levites to yoke:
inherit: therefore I have said unto them, 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the
Among the children of Israel they shall priest, that he may bring her forth without
have no inheritance. the camp, and one shall slay her before his
25 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, face:
saying, 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her
26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her
unto them, When ye take of the children blood directly before the tabernacle of the
of Israel the tithes which I have given you congregation seven times:
from them for your inheritance, then ye 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his
shall offer up an heave offering of it for sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her
the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
27 And this your heave offering shall be 6 And the priest shall take cedar wood,
reckoned unto you, as though it were the and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the
corn of the threshingfloor, and as the midst of the burning of the heifer.
fulness of the winepress. 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes,
28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and
offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, afterward he shall come into the camp,
which ye receive of the children of Israel; and the priest shall be unclean until the
and ye shall give thereof the LORD’s even.
heave offering to Aaron the priest. 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his
29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in
every heave offering of the LORD, of all water, and shall be unclean until the even.
the best thereof, even the hallowed part 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up
thereof out of it. the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up
30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, without the camp in a clean place, and it
When ye have heaved the best thereof shall be kept for the congregation of the
from it, then it shall be counted unto the children of Israel for a water of separation:
Levites as the increase of the it is a purification for sin.
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10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the cut off from among the congregation,
heifer shall wash his clothes, and be because he hath defiled the sanctuary of
unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the LORD: the water of separation hath not
the children of Israel, and unto the been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
stranger that sojourneth among them, for a 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto
statute for ever. them, that he that sprinkleth the water of
11 ¶ He that toucheth the dead body of separation shall wash his clothes; and he
any man shall be unclean seven days. that toucheth the water of separation shall
12 He shall purify himself with it on the be unclean until even.
third day, and on the seventh day he shall 22 And whatsoever the unclean person
be clean: but if he purify not himself the toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul
third day, then the seventh day he shall not that toucheth it shall be unclean until
be clean. even.
13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of
any man that is dead, and purifieth not CHAPTER 20
himself, defileth the tabernacle of the THEN came the children of Israel, even
LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from the whole congregation, into the desert of
Israel: because the water of separation was Zin in the first month: and the people
not sprinkled upon him, he shall be abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there,
unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. and was buried there.
14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a 2 And there was no water for the
tent: all that come into the tent, and all congregation: and they gathered
that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven themselves together against Moses and
days. against Aaron.
15 And every open vessel, which hath no 3 And the people chode with Moses, and
covering bound upon it, is unclean. spake, saying, Would God that we had
16 And whosoever toucheth one that is died when our brethren died before the
slain with a sword in the open fields, or a LORD!
dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, 4 And why have ye brought up the
shall be unclean seven days. congregation of the LORD into this
17 And for an unclean person they shall wilderness, that we and our cattle should
take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of die there?
purification for sin, and running water 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come
shall be put thereto in a vessel: up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this
18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, evil place? it is no place of seed, or of
and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates;
upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, neither is there any water to drink.
and upon the persons that were there, and 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the
upon him that touched a bone, or one presence of the assembly unto the door of
slain, or one dead, or a grave: the tabernacle of the congregation, and
19 And the clean person shall sprinkle they fell upon their faces: and the glory of
upon the unclean on the third day, and on the LORD appeared unto them.
the seventh day: and on the seventh day he 7 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, saying,
and bathe himself in water, and shall be 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the
clean at even. assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy
20 But the man that shall be unclean, and brother, and speak ye unto the rock before
shall not purify himself, that soul shall be their eyes; and it shall give forth his water,
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and thou shalt bring forth to them water will pay for it: I will only, without doing
out of the rock: so thou shalt give the any thing else, go through on my feet.
congregation and their beasts drink. 20 And he said, Thou shalt not go
9 And Moses took the rod from before the through. And Edom came out against him
LORD, as he commanded him. with much people, and with a strong hand.
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel
congregation together before the rock, and passage through his border: wherefore
he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; Israel turned away from him.
must we fetch you water out of this rock? 22 ¶ And the children of Israel, even the
11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with whole congregation, journeyed from
his rod he smote the rock twice: and the Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
water came out abundantly, and the 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and
congregation drank, and their beasts also. Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the
12 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and land of Edom, saying,
Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his
sanctify me in the eyes of the children of people: for he shall not enter into the land
Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this which I have given unto the children of
congregation into the land which I have Israel, because ye rebelled against my
given them. word at the water of Meribah.
13 This is the water of Meribah; because 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and
the children of Israel strove with the bring them up unto mount Hor:
LORD, and he was sanctified in them. 26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and
14 ¶ And Moses sent messengers from put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron
Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith shall be gathered unto his people, and
thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the shall die there.
travail that hath befallen us: 27 And Moses did as the LORD
15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, commanded: and they went up into mount
and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
and the Egyptians vexed us, and our 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his
fathers: garments, and put them upon Eleazar his
16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he son; and Aaron died there in the top of the
heard our voice, and sent an angel, and mount: and Moses and Eleazar came
hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, down from the mount.
behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the 29 And when all the congregation saw that
uttermost of thy border: Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron
17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
country: we will not pass through the
fields, or through the vineyards, neither CHAPTER 21
will we drink of the water of the wells: we AND when king Arad the Canaanite,
will go by the king’s high way, we will which dwelt in the south, heard tell that
not turn to the right hand nor to the left, Israel came by the way of the spies; then
until we have passed thy borders. he fought against Israel, and took some of
18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt them prisoners.
not pass by me, lest I come out against 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD,
thee with the sword. and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this
19 And the children of Israel said unto people into my hand, then I will utterly
him, We will go by the high way: and if I destroy their cities.
and my cattle drink of thy water, then I 3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of
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Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
and they utterly destroyed them and their 15 And at the stream of the brooks that
cities: and he called the name of the place goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and
Hormah. lieth upon the border of Moab.
4 ¶ And they journeyed from mount Hor 16 And from thence they went to Beer:
by the way of the Red sea, to compass the that is the well whereof the LORD spake
land of Edom: and the soul of the people unto Moses, Gather the people together,
was much discouraged because of the and I will give them water.
way. 17 ¶ Then Israel sang this song, Spring up,
5 And the people spake against God, and O well; sing ye unto it:
against Moses, Wherefore have ye 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles
brought us up out of Egypt to die in the of the people digged it, by the direction of
wilderness? for there is no bread, neither the lawgiver, with their staves. And from
is there any water; and our soul loatheth the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
this light bread. 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and
6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
the people, and they bit the people; and 20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is
much people of Israel died. in the country of Moab, to the top of
7 ¶ Therefore the people came to Moses, Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
and said, We have sinned, for we have 21 ¶ And Israel sent messengers unto
spoken against the LORD, and against Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take 22 Let me pass through thy land: we will
away the serpents from us. And Moses not turn into the fields, or into the
prayed for the people. vineyards; we will not drink of the waters
8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make of the well: but we will go along by the
thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: king’s high way, until we be past thy
and it shall come to pass, that every one borders.
that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to
shall live. pass through his border: but Sihon
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and gathered all his people together, and went
put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that out against Israel into the wilderness: and
if a serpent had bitten any man, when he he came to Jahaz, and fought against
beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Israel.
10 ¶ And the children of Israel set 24 And Israel smote him with the edge of
forward, and pitched in Oboth. the sword, and possessed his land from
11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children
pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness of Ammon: for the border of the children
which is before Moab, toward the of Ammon was strong.
sunrising. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and
12 ¶ From thence they removed, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the
pitched in the valley of Zared. Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the
13 From thence they removed, and pitched villages thereof.
on the other side of Arnon, which is in the 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the
wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of king of the Amorites, who had fought
the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of against the former king of Moab, and
Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. taken all his land out of his hand, even
14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the unto Arnon.
wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs
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say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Moabites at that time.
Sihon be built and prepared: 5 He sent messengers therefore unto
28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which
a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath is by the river of the land of the children
consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of of his people, to call him, saying, Behold,
the high places of Arnon. there is a people come out from Egypt:
29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O behold, they cover the face of the earth,
people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons and they abide over against me:
that escaped, and his daughters, into 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse
captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. me this people; for they are too mighty for
30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we
perished even unto Dibon, and we have may smite them, and that I may drive
laid them waste even unto Nophah, which them out of the land: for I wot that he
reacheth unto Medeba. whom thou blessest is blessed, and he
31 ¶ Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the whom thou cursest is cursed.
Amorites. 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of
32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and Midian departed with the rewards of
they took the villages thereof, and drove divination in their hand; and they came
out the Amorites that were there. unto Balaam, and spake unto him the
33 ¶ And they turned and went up by the words of Balak.
way of Bashan: and Og the king of 8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this
Bashan went out against them, he, and all night, and I will bring you word again, as
his people, to the battle at Edrei. the LORD shall speak unto me: and the
34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
him not: for I have delivered him into thy 9 And God came unto Balaam, and said,
hand, and all his people, and his land; and What men are these with thee?
thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto 10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the
Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent
at Heshbon. unto me, saying,
35 So they smote him, and his sons, and 11 Behold, there is a people come out of
all his people, until there was none left Egypt, which covereth the face of the
him alive: and they possessed his land. earth: come now, curse me them;
peradventure I shall be able to overcome
CHAPTER 22 them, and drive them out.
AND the children of Israel set forward, 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt
and pitched in the plains of Moab on this not go with them; thou shalt not curse the
side Jordan by Jericho. people: for they are blessed.
2 ¶ And Balak the son of Zippor saw all 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning,
that Israel had done to the Amorites. and said unto the princes of Balak, Get
3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, you into your land: for the LORD refuseth
because they were many: and Moab was to give me leave to go with you.
distressed because of the children of 14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and
Israel. they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam
4 And Moab said unto the elders of refuseth to come with us.
Midian, Now shall this company lick up 15 ¶ And Balak sent yet again princes,
all that are round about us, as the ox more, and more honourable than they.
licketh up the grass of the field. And 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to
Balak the son of Zippor was king of the him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor,
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Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from 28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the
coming unto me: ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have
17 For I will promote thee unto very great I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me
honour, and I will do whatsoever thou these three times?
sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray 29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because
thee, curse me this people. thou hast mocked me: I would there were
18 And Balaam answered and said unto a sword in mine hand, for now would I
the servants of Balak, If Balak would give kill thee.
me his house full of silver and gold, I 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I
cannot go beyond the word of the LORD thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden
my God, to do less or more. ever since I was thine unto this day? was I
19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said,
here this night, that I may know what the Nay.
LORD will say unto me more. 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of
20 And God came unto Balaam at night, Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD
and said unto him, If the men come to call standing in the way, and his sword drawn
thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the in his hand: and he bowed down his head,
word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt and fell flat on his face.
thou do. 32 And the angel of the LORD said unto
21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass
and saddled his ass, and went with the these three times? behold, I went out to
princes of Moab. withstand thee, because thy way is
22 ¶ And God’s anger was kindled perverse before me:
because he went: and the angel of the 33 And the ass saw me, and turned from
LORD stood in the way for an adversary me these three times: unless she had
against him. Now he was riding upon his turned from me, surely now also I had
ass, and his two servants were with him. slain thee, and saved her alive.
23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD 34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the
standing in the way, and his sword drawn LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that
in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of thou stoodest in the way against me: now
the way, and went into the field: and therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me
Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the back again.
way. 35 And the angel of the LORD said unto
24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a Balaam, Go with the men: but only the
path of the vineyards, a wall being on this word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou
side, and a wall on that side. shalt speak. So Balaam went with the
25 And when the ass saw the angel of the princes of Balak.
LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and 36 ¶ And when Balak heard that Balaam
crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: was come, he went out to meet him unto a
and he smote her again. city of Moab, which is in the border of
26 And the angel of the LORD went Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.
further, and stood in a narrow place, 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not
where was no way to turn either to the earnestly send unto thee to call thee?
right hand or to the left. wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I
27 And when the ass saw the angel of the not able indeed to promote thee to
LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and honour?
Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am
the ass with a staff. come unto thee: have I now any power at
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all to say any thing? the word that God Let me die the death of the righteous, and
putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. let my last end be like his!
39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they 11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What
came unto Kirjath-huzoth. hast thou done unto me? I took thee to
40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou
sent to Balaam, and to the princes that hast blessed them altogether.
were with him. 12 And he answered and said, Must I not
41 And it came to pass on the morrow, take heed to speak that which the LORD
that Balak took Balaam, and brought him hath put in my mouth?
up into the high places of Baal, that thence 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray
he might see the utmost part of the people. thee, with me unto another place, from
whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt
CHAPTER 23 see but the utmost part of them, and shalt
AND Balaam said unto Balak, Build me not see them all: and curse me them from
here seven altars, and prepare me here thence.
seven oxen and seven rams. 14 ¶ And he brought him into the field of
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built
and Balak and Balaam offered on every seven altars, and offered a bullock and a
altar a bullock and a ram. ram on every altar.
3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by
thy burnt offering, and I will go: thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD
peradventure the LORD will come to meet yonder.
me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will 16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a
tell thee. And he went to an high place. word in his mouth, and said, Go again
4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto unto Balak, and say thus.
him, I have prepared seven altars, and I 17 And when he came to him, behold, he
have offered upon every altar a bullock stood by his burnt offering, and the
and a ram. princes of Moab with him. And Balak said
5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and 18 And he took up his parable, and said,
thus thou shalt speak. Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto
6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he me, thou son of Zippor:
stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the 19 God is not a man, that he should lie;
princes of Moab. neither the son of man, that he should
7 And he took up his parable, and said, repent: hath he said, and shall he not do
Balak the king of Moab hath brought me it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not
from Aram, out of the mountains of the make it good?
east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and 20 Behold, I have received commandment
come, defy Israel. to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot
8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not reverse it.
cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob,
LORD hath not defied? neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel:
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, the LORD his God is with him, and the
and from the hills I behold him: lo, the shout of a king is among them.
people shall dwell alone, and shall not be 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he
reckoned among the nations. hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and 23 Surely there is no enchantment against
the number of the fourth part of Israel? Jacob, neither is there any divination
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against Israel: according to this time it waters, and his king shall be higher than
shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
hath God wrought! 8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he
24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a hath as it were the strength of an unicorn:
great lion, and lift up himself as a young he shall eat up the nations his enemies,
lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of and shall break their bones, and pierce
the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. them through with his arrows.
25 ¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and
curse them at all, nor bless them at all. as a great lion: who shall stir him up?
26 But Balaam answered and said unto Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and
Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the cursed is he that curseth thee.
LORD speaketh, that I must do? 10 ¶ And Balak’s anger was kindled
27 ¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, against Balaam, and he smote his hands
I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I
place; peradventure it will please God that called thee to curse mine enemies, and,
thou mayest curse me them from thence. behold, thou hast altogether blessed them
28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the these three times.
top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. 11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I
29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me thought to promote thee unto great
here seven altars, and prepare me here honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee
seven bullocks and seven rams. back from honour.
30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and 12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I
offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. not also to thy messengers which thou
sentest unto me, saying,
CHAPTER 24 13 If Balak would give me his house full
AND when Balaam saw that it pleased the of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the
LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at commandment of the LORD, to do either
other times, to seek for enchantments, but good or bad of mine own mind; but what
he set his face toward the wilderness. the LORD saith, that will I speak?
2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he 14 And now, behold, I go unto my people:
saw Israel abiding in his tents according to come therefore, and I will advertise thee
their tribes; and the spirit of God came what this people shall do to thy people in
upon him. the latter days.
3 And he took up his parable, and said, 15 ¶ And he took up his parable, and said,
Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the
man whose eyes are open hath said: man whose eyes are open hath said:
4 He hath said, which heard the words of 16 He hath said, which heard the words of
God, which saw the vision of the God, and knew the knowledge of the most
Almighty, falling into a trance, but having High, which saw the vision of the
his eyes open: Almighty, falling into a trance, but having
5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and his eyes open:
thy tabernacles, O Israel! 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall
6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as behold him, but not nigh: there shall come
gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall
lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, rise out of Israel, and shall smite the
and as cedar trees beside the waters. corners of Moab, and destroy all the
7 He shall pour the water out of his children of Sheth.
buckets, and his seed shall be in many 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir
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also shall be a possession for his enemies; congregation of the children of Israel, who
and Israel shall do valiantly. were weeping before the door of the
19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall tabernacle of the congregation.
have dominion, and shall destroy him that 7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar,
remaineth of the city. the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose
20 ¶ And when he looked on Amalek, he up from among the congregation, and took
took up his parable, and said, Amalek was a javelin in his hand;
the first of the nations; but his latter end 8 And he went after the man of Israel into
shall be that he perish for ever. the tent, and thrust both of them through,
21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took the man of Israel, and the woman through
up his parable, and said, Strong is thy her belly. So the plague was stayed from
dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in the children of Israel.
a rock. 9 And those that died in the plague were
22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be twenty and four thousand.
wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away 10 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
captive. saying,
23 And he took up his parable, and said, 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of
Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath
24 And ships shall come from the coast of away from the children of Israel, while he
Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall was zealous for my sake among them, that
afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for I consumed not the children of Israel in
ever. my jealousy.
25 And Balaam rose up, and went and 12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him
returned to his place: and Balak also went my covenant of peace:
his way. 13 And he shall have it, and his seed after
him, even the covenant of an everlasting
CHAPTER 25 priesthood; because he was zealous for his
AND Israel abode in Shittim, and the God, and made an atonement for the
people began to commit whoredom with children of Israel.
the daughters of Moab. 14 Now the name of the Israelite that was
2 And they called the people unto the slain, even that was slain with the
sacrifices of their gods: and the people did Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of
eat, and bowed down to their gods. Salu, a prince of a chief house among the
3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal- Simeonites.
peor: and the anger of the LORD was 15 And the name of the Midianitish
kindled against Israel. woman that was slain was Cozbi, the
4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all daughter of Zur; he was head over a
the heads of the people, and hang them up people, and of a chief house in Midian.
before the LORD against the sun, that the 16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
fierce anger of the LORD may be turned saying,
away from Israel. 17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
5 And Moses said unto the judges of 18 For they vex you with their wiles,
Israel, Slay ye every one his men that wherewith they have beguiled you in the
were joined unto Baal-peor. matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi,
6 ¶ And, behold, one of the children of the daughter of a prince of Midian, their
Israel came and brought unto his brethren sister, which was slain in the day of the
a Midianitish woman in the sight of plague for Peor’s sake.
Moses, and in the sight of all the
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Zebulunites according to those that were and of Naaman, the family of the
numbered of them, threescore thousand Naamites.
and five hundred. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after
28 ¶ The sons of Joseph after their their families: and they that were
families were Manasseh and Ephraim. numbered of them were forty and five
29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, thousand and six hundred.
the family of the Machirites: and Machir 42 ¶ These are the sons of Dan after their
begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of families: of Shuham, the family of the
the Gileadites. Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan
30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, after their families.
the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the 43 All the families of the Shuhamites,
family of the Helekites: according to those that were numbered of
31 And of Asriel, the family of the them, were threescore and four thousand
Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of and four hundred.
the Shechemites: 44 ¶ Of the children of Asher after their
32 And of Shemida, the family of the families: of Jimna, the family of the
Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the
the Hepherites. Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the
33 ¶ And Zelophehad the son of Hepher Beriites.
had no sons, but daughters: and the names 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the
of the daughters of Zelophehad were family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the
Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and family of the Malchielites.
Tirzah. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher
34 These are the families of Manasseh, was Sarah.
and those that were numbered of them, 47 These are the families of the sons of
fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. Asher according to those that were
35 ¶ These are the sons of Ephraim after numbered of them; who were fifty and
their families: of Shuthelah, the family of three thousand and four hundred.
the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of 48 ¶ Of the sons of Naphtali after their
the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the families: of Jahzeel, the family of the
Tahanites. Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the
36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Gunites:
Eran, the family of the Eranites. 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of
37 These are the families of the sons of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
Ephraim according to those that were 50 These are the families of Naphtali
numbered of them, thirty and two according to their families: and they that
thousand and five hundred. These are the were numbered of them were forty and
sons of Joseph after their families. five thousand and four hundred.
38 ¶ The sons of Benjamin after their 51 These were the numbered of the
families: of Bela, the family of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand
Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the 52 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
Ahiramites: saying,
39 Of Shupham, the family of the 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for
Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of an inheritance according to the number of
the Huphamites. names.
40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and 54 To many thou shalt give the more
Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the
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and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto gave him a charge, as the LORD
the children of Israel a statute of commanded by the hand of Moses.
judgment, as the LORD commanded
Moses. CHAPTER 28
12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Get AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
thee up into this mount Abarim, and see 2 Command the children of Israel, and say
the land which I have given unto the unto them, My offering, and my bread for
children of Israel. my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet
13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer
shalt be gathered unto thy people, as unto me in their due season.
Aaron thy brother was gathered. 3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is
14 For ye rebelled against my the offering made by fire which ye shall
commandment in the desert of Zin, in the offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first
strife of the congregation, to sanctify me year without spot day by day, for a
at the water before their eyes: that is the continual burnt offering.
water of Meribah in Kadesh in the 4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the
wilderness of Zin. morning, and the other lamb shalt thou
15 ¶ And Moses spake unto the LORD, offer at even;
saying, 5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for
16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of a meat offering, mingled with the fourth
all flesh, set a man over the congregation, part of an hin of beaten oil.
17 Which may go out before them, and 6 It is a continual burnt offering, which
which may go in before them, and which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet
may lead them out, and which may bring savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the
them in; that the congregation of the LORD LORD.
be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 7 And the drink offering thereof shall be
18 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Take the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb:
thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in in the holy place shalt thou cause the
whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand strong wine to be poured unto the LORD
upon him; for a drink offering.
19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, 8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at
and before all the congregation; and give even: as the meat offering of the morning,
him a charge in their sight. and as the drink offering thereof, thou
20 And thou shalt put some of thine shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a
honour upon him, that all the congregation sweet savour unto the LORD.
of the children of Israel may be obedient. 9 ¶ And on the sabbath day two lambs of
21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the the first year without spot, and two tenth
priest, who shall ask counsel for him after deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled
the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
his word shall they go out, and at his word 10 This is the burnt offering of every
they shall come in, both he, and all the sabbath, beside the continual burnt
children of Israel with him, even all the offering, and his drink offering.
congregation. 11 ¶ And in the beginnings of your
22 And Moses did as the LORD months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto
commanded him: and he took Joshua, and the LORD; two young bullocks, and one
set him before Eleazar the priest, and ram, seven lambs of the first year without
before all the congregation: spot;
23 And he laid his hands upon him, and 12 And three tenth deals of flour for a
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7 ¶ And ye shall have on the tenth day of offering, and the meat offering thereof,
this seventh month an holy convocation; and their drink offerings.
and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not 20 ¶ And on the third day eleven bullocks,
do any work therein: two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year
8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto without blemish;
the LORD for a sweet savour; one young 21 And their meat offering and their drink
bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
first year; they shall be unto you without and for the lambs, shall be according to
blemish: their number, after the manner:
9 And their meat offering shall be of flour 22 And one goat for a sin offering; beside
mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a the continual burnt offering, and his meat
bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, offering, and his drink offering.
10 A several tenth deal for one lamb, 23 ¶ And on the fourth day ten bullocks,
throughout the seven lambs: two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first
11 One kid of the goats for a sin offering; year without blemish:
beside the sin offering of atonement, and 24 Their meat offering and their drink
the continual burnt offering, and the meat offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
offering of it, and their drink offerings. and for the lambs, shall be according to
12 ¶ And on the fifteenth day of the their number, after the manner:
seventh month ye shall have an holy 25 And one kid of the goats for a sin
convocation; ye shall do no servile work, offering; beside the continual burnt
and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD offering, his meat offering, and his drink
seven days: offering.
13 And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a 26 ¶ And on the fifth day nine bullocks,
sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first
unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, year without spot:
two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first 27 And their meat offering and their drink
year; they shall be without blemish: offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
14 And their meat offering shall be of and for the lambs, shall be according to
flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals their number, after the manner:
unto every bullock of the thirteen 28 And one goat for a sin offering; beside
bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the continual burnt offering, and his meat
the two rams, offering, and his drink offering.
15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb 29 ¶ And on the sixth day eight bullocks,
of the fourteen lambs: two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first
16 And one kid of the goats for a sin year without blemish:
offering; beside the continual burnt 30 And their meat offering and their drink
offering, his meat offering, and his drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
offering. and for the lambs, shall be according to
17 ¶ And on the second day ye shall offer their number, after the manner:
twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen 31 And one goat for a sin offering; beside
lambs of the first year without spot: the continual burnt offering, his meat
18 And their meat offering and their drink offering, and his drink offering.
offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, 32 ¶ And on the seventh day seven
and for the lambs, shall be according to bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of
their number, after the manner: the first year without blemish:
19 And one kid of the goats for a sin 33 And their meat offering and their drink
offering; beside the continual burnt offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
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shall bear her iniquity. Eleazar the priest, and unto the
16 These are the statutes, which the LORD congregation of the children of Israel, unto
commanded Moses, between a man and the camp at the plains of Moab, which are
his wife, between the father and his by Jordan near Jericho.
daughter, being yet in her youth in her 13 ¶ And Moses, and Eleazar the priest,
father’s house. and all the princes of the congregation,
went forth to meet them without the camp.
CHAPTER 31 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, of the host, with the captains over
2 Avenge the children of Israel of the thousands, and captains over hundreds,
Midianites: afterward shalt thou be which came from the battle.
gathered unto thy people. 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye
3 And Moses spake unto the people, saved all the women alive?
saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the 16 Behold, these caused the children of
war, and let them go against the Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to
Midianites, and avenge the LORD of commit trespass against the LORD in the
Midian. matter of Peor, and there was a plague
4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all among the congregation of the LORD.
the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the 17 Now therefore kill every male among
war. the little ones, and kill every woman that
5 So there were delivered out of the hath known man by lying with him.
thousands of Israel, a thousand of every 18 But all the women children, that have
tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. not known a man by lying with him, keep
6 And Moses sent them to the war, a alive for yourselves.
thousand of every tribe, them and 19 And do ye abide without the camp
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to seven days: whosoever hath killed any
the war, with the holy instruments, and the person, and whosoever hath touched any
trumpets to blow in his hand. slain, purify both yourselves and your
7 And they warred against the Midianites, captives on the third day, and on the
as the LORD commanded Moses; and they seventh day.
slew all the males. 20 And purify all your raiment, and all
8 And they slew the kings of Midian, that is made of skins, and all work of
beside the rest of them that were slain; goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.
namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and 21 ¶ And Eleazar the priest said unto the
Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: men of war which went to the battle, This
Balaam also the son of Beor they slew is the ordinance of the law which the
with the sword. LORD commanded Moses;
9 And the children of Israel took all the 22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass,
women of Midian captives, and their little the iron, the tin, and the lead,
ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, 23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye
and all their flocks, and all their goods. shall make it go through the fire, and it
10 And they burnt all their cities wherein shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be
they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, purified with the water of separation: and
with fire. all that abideth not the fire ye shall make
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the go through the water.
prey, both of men and of beasts. 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the
12 And they brought the captives, and the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and
prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
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25 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, was threescore and one.
saying, 40 And the persons were sixteen
26 Take the sum of the prey that was thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was
taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and thirty and two persons.
Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was
the congregation: the LORD’s heave offering, unto Eleazar
27 And divide the prey into two parts; the priest, as the LORD commanded
between them that took the war upon Moses.
them, who went out to battle, and between 42 And of the children of Israel’s half,
all the congregation: which Moses divided from the men that
28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the warred,
men of war which went out to battle: one 43 (Now the half that pertained unto the
soul of five hundred, both of the persons, congregation was three hundred thousand
and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of and thirty thousand and seven thousand
the sheep: and five hundred sheep,
29 Take it of their half, and give it unto 44 And thirty and six thousand beeves,
Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of 45 And thirty thousand asses and five
the LORD. hundred,
30 And of the children of Israel’s half, 46 And sixteen thousand persons;)
thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the 47 Even of the children of Israel’s half,
persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of Moses took one portion of fifty, both of
the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and man and of beast, and gave them unto the
give them unto the Levites, which keep Levites, which kept the charge of the
the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did commanded Moses.
as the LORD commanded Moses. 48 ¶ And the officers which were over
32 And the booty, being the rest of the thousands of the host, the captains of
prey which the men of war had caught, thousands, and captains of hundreds, came
was six hundred thousand and seventy near unto Moses:
thousand and five thousand sheep, 49 And they said unto Moses, Thy
33 And threescore and twelve thousand servants have taken the sum of the men of
beeves, war which are under our charge, and there
34 And threescore and one thousand asses, lacketh not one man of us.
35 And thirty and two thousand persons in 50 We have therefore brought an oblation
all, of women that had not known man by for the LORD, what every man hath gotten,
lying with him. of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets,
36 And the half, which was the portion of rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an
them that went out to war, was in number atonement for our souls before the LORD.
three hundred thousand and seven and 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took
thirty thousand and five hundred sheep: the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
37 And the LORD’s tribute of the sheep 52 And all the gold of the offering that
was six hundred and threescore and they offered up to the LORD, of the
fifteen. captains of thousands, and of the captains
38 And the beeves were thirty and six of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven
thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was hundred and fifty shekels.
threescore and twelve. 53 (For the men of war had taken spoil,
39 And the asses were thirty thousand and every man for himself.)
five hundred; of which the LORD’s tribute 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took
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which hath proceeded out of your mouth. Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
25 And the children of Gad and the 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their
children of Reuben spake unto Moses, names being changed,) and Shibmah: and
saying, Thy servants will do as my lord gave other names unto the cities which
commandeth. they builded.
26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, 39 And the children of Machir the son of
and all our cattle, shall be there in the Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and
cities of Gilead: dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
27 But thy servants will pass over, every 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir
man armed for war, before the LORD to the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
battle, as my lord saith. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and
28 So concerning them Moses took the small towns thereof, and called
commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua them Havoth-jair.
the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and
tribes of the children of Israel: the villages thereof, and called it Nobah,
29 And Moses said unto them, If the after his own name.
children of Gad and the children of
Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, CHAPTER 33
every man armed to battle, before the THESE are the journeys of the children of
LORD, and the land shall be subdued Israel, which went forth out of the land of
before you; then ye shall give them the Egypt with their armies under the hand of
land of Gilead for a possession: Moses and Aaron.
30 But if they will not pass over with you 2 And Moses wrote their goings out
armed, they shall have possessions among according to their journeys by the
you in the land of Canaan. commandment of the LORD: and these are
31 And the children of Gad and the their journeys according to their goings
children of Reuben answered, saying, As out.
the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so 3 And they departed from Rameses in the
will we do. first month, on the fifteenth day of the first
32 We will pass over armed before the month; on the morrow after the passover
LORD into the land of Canaan, that the the children of Israel went out with an
possession of our inheritance on this side high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
Jordan may be ours. 4 For the Egyptians buried all their
33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the firstborn, which the LORD had smitten
children of Gad, and to the children of among them: upon their gods also the
Reuben, and unto half the tribe of LORD executed judgments.
Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom 5 And the children of Israel removed from
of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, 6 And they departed from Succoth, and
with the cities thereof in the coasts, even pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of
the cities of the country round about. the wilderness.
34 ¶ And the children of Gad built Dibon, 7 And they removed from Etham, and
and Ataroth, and Aroer, turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is
35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and before Baal-zephon: and they pitched
Jogbehah, before Migdol.
36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, 8 And they departed from before Pi-
fenced cities: and folds for sheep. hahiroth, and passed through the midst of
37 And the children of Reuben built the sea into the wilderness, and went three
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days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, 30 And they departed from Hashmonah,
and pitched in Marah. and encamped at Moseroth.
9 And they removed from Marah, and 31 And they departed from Moseroth, and
came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve pitched in Bene-jaakan.
fountains of water, and threescore and ten 32 And they removed from Bene-jaakan,
palm trees; and they pitched there. and encamped at Hor-hagidgad.
10 And they removed from Elim, and 33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and
encamped by the Red sea. pitched in Jotbathah.
11 And they removed from the Red sea, 34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and
and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. encamped at Ebronah.
12 And they took their journey out of the 35 And they departed from Ebronah, and
wilderness of Sin, and encamped in encamped at Ezion-gaber.
Dophkah. 36 And they removed from Ezion-gaber,
13 And they departed from Dophkah, and and pitched in the wilderness of Zin,
encamped in Alush. which is Kadesh.
14 And they removed from Alush, and 37 And they removed from Kadesh, and
encamped at Rephidim, where was no pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the
water for the people to drink. land of Edom.
15 And they departed from Rephidim, and 38 And Aaron the priest went up into
pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. mount Hor at the commandment of the
16 And they removed from the desert of LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year
Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah. after the children of Israel were come out
17 And they departed from Kibroth- of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the
hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. fifth month.
18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and 39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty
pitched in Rithmah. and three years old when he died in mount
19 And they departed from Rithmah, and Hor.
pitched at Rimmon-parez. 40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which
20 And they departed from Rimmon- dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan,
parez, and pitched in Libnah. heard of the coming of the children of
21 And they removed from Libnah, and Israel.
pitched at Rissah. 41 And they departed from mount Hor,
22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and and pitched in Zalmonah.
pitched in Kehelathah. 42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and
23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in Punon.
pitched in mount Shapher. 43 And they departed from Punon, and
24 And they removed from mount pitched in Oboth.
Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. 44 And they departed from Oboth, and
25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of
pitched in Makheloth. Moab.
26 And they removed from Makheloth, 45 And they departed from Iim, and
and encamped at Tahath. pitched in Dibon-gad.
27 And they departed from Tahath, and 46 And they removed from Dibon-gad,
pitched at Tarah. and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
28 And they removed from Tarah, and 47 And they removed from Almon-
pitched in Mithcah. diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains
29 And they went from Mithcah, and of Abarim, before Nebo.
pitched in Hashmonah. 48 And they departed from the mountains
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of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 4 And your border shall turn from the
49 And they pitched by Jordan, from south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass
Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall
the plains of Moab. be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and
50 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to
the plains of Moab by Jordan near Azmon:
Jericho, saying, 5 And the border shall fetch a compass
51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and
say unto them, When ye are passed over the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
Jordan into the land of Canaan; 6 And as for the western border, ye shall
52 Then ye shall drive out all the even have the great sea for a border: this
inhabitants of the land from before you, shall be your west border.
and destroy all their pictures, and destroy 7 And this shall be your north border:
all their molten images, and quite pluck from the great sea ye shall point out for
down all their high places: you mount Hor:
53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your
of the land, and dwell therein: for I have border unto the entrance of Hamath; and
given you the land to possess it. the goings forth of the border shall be to
54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for Zedad:
an inheritance among your families: and 9 ¶ And the border shall go on to Ziphron,
to the more ye shall give the more and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-
inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give enan: this shall be your north border.
the less inheritance: every man’s 10 And ye shall point out your east border
inheritance shall be in the place where his from Hazar-enan to Shepham:
lot falleth; according to the tribes of your 11 And the coast shall go down from
fathers ye shall inherit. Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of
55 But if ye will not drive out the Ain; and the border shall descend, and
inhabitants of the land from before you; shall reach unto the side of the sea of
then it shall come to pass, that those which Chinnereth eastward:
ye let remain of them shall be pricks in 12 And the border shall go down to
your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at
shall vex you in the land wherein ye the salt sea: this shall be your land with
dwell. the coasts thereof round about.
56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I 13 And Moses commanded the children of
shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto Israel, saying, This is the land which ye
them. shall inherit by lot, which the LORD
commanded to give unto the nine tribes,
CHAPTER 34 and to the half tribe:
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben
2 Command the children of Israel, and say according to the house of their fathers, and
unto them, When ye come into the land of the tribe of the children of Gad according
Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall to the house of their fathers, have received
unto you for an inheritance, even the land their inheritance; and half the tribe of
of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) Manasseh have received their inheritance:
3 Then your south quarter shall be from 15 The two tribes and the half tribe have
the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of received their inheritance on this side
Edom, and your south border shall be the Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the
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14 Ye shall give three cities on this side without the border of the city of his
Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the refuge, whither he was fled;
land of Canaan, which shall be cities of 27 And the revenger of blood find him
refuge. without the borders of the city of his
15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the
for the children of Israel, and for the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
stranger, and for the sojourner among 28 Because he should have remained in
them: that every one that killeth any the city of his refuge until the death of the
person unawares may flee thither. high priest: but after the death of the high
16 And if he smite him with an instrument priest the slayer shall return into the land
of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: of his possession.
the murderer shall surely be put to death. 29 So these things shall be for a statute of
17 And if he smite him with throwing a judgment unto you throughout your
stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, generations in all your dwellings.
he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer
be put to death. shall be put to death by the mouth of
18 Or if he smite him with an hand witnesses: but one witness shall not testify
weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, against any person to cause him to die.
and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer 31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction
shall surely be put to death. for the life of a murderer, which is guilty
19 The revenger of blood himself shall of death: but he shall be surely put to
slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, death.
he shall slay him. 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for
20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him that is fled to the city of his refuge,
him by laying of wait, that he die; that he should come again to dwell in the
21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, land, until the death of the priest.
that he die: he that smote him shall surely 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein
be put to death; for he is a murderer: the ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and
revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, the land cannot be cleansed of the blood
when he meeteth him. that is shed therein, but by the blood of
22 But if he thrust him suddenly without him that shed it.
enmity, or have cast upon him any thing 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye
without laying of wait, shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the
23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon
him, that he die, and was not his enemy, CHAPTER 36
neither sought his harm: AND the chief fathers of the families of
24 Then the congregation shall judge the children of Gilead, the son of Machir,
between the slayer and the revenger of the son of Manasseh, of the families of the
blood according to these judgments: sons of Joseph, came near, and spake
25 And the congregation shall deliver the before Moses, and before the princes, the
slayer out of the hand of the revenger of chief fathers of the children of Israel:
blood, and the congregation shall restore 2 And they said, The LORD commanded
him to the city of his refuge, whither he my lord to give the land for an inheritance
was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the by lot to the children of Israel: and my
death of the high priest, which was lord was commanded by the LORD to give
anointed with the holy oil. the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother
26 But if the slayer shall at any time come unto his daughters.
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3 And if they be married to any of the judgments, which the LORD commanded
sons of the other tribes of the children of by the hand of Moses unto the children of
Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan
from the inheritance of our fathers, and near Jericho.
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 the LORD,
saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph
hath said well.
6 This is the thing which the LORD doth
command concerning the daughters of
Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to
whom they think best; only to the family
of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
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 the LORD commanded Moses,
so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and
Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of
Zelophehad, were married unto their
father’s brothers’ sons:
12 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
THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES,
CALLED
DEUTERONOMY.
CHAPTER 1 you!)
THESE be the words which Moses spake 12 How can I myself alone bear your
unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the cumbrance, and your burden, and your
wilderness, in the plain over against the strife?
Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and 13 Take you wise men, and
Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. understanding, and known among your
2 (There are eleven days’ journey from tribes, and I will make them rulers over
Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto you.
Kadesh-barnea.) 14 And ye answered me, and said, The
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, thing which thou hast spoken is good for
in the eleventh month, on the first day of us to do.
the month, that Moses spake unto the 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise
children of Israel, according unto all that men, and known, and made them heads
the LORD had given him in commandment over you, captains over thousands, and
unto them; captains over hundreds, and captains over
4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the fifties, and captains over tens, and officers
Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and among your tribes.
Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at 16 And I charged your judges at that time,
Astaroth in Edrei: saying, Hear the causes between your
5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, brethren, and judge righteously between
began Moses to declare this law, saying, every man and his brother, and the
6 The LORD our God spake unto us in stranger that is with him.
Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough 17 Ye shall not respect persons in
in this mount: judgment; but ye shall hear the small as
7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of
to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the face of man; for the judgment is
the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in God’s: and the cause that is too hard for
the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
and by the sea side, to the land of the 18 And I commanded you at that time all
Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the the things which ye should do.
great river, the river Euphrates. 19 ¶ And when we departed from Horeb,
8 Behold, I have set the land before you: we went through all that great and terrible
go in and possess the land which the LORD wilderness, which ye saw by the way of
sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD
and Jacob, to give unto them and to their our God commanded us; and we came to
seed after them. Kadesh-barnea.
9 ¶ And I spake unto you at that time, 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto
saying, I am not able to bear you myself the mountain of the Amorites, which the
alone: LORD our God doth give unto us.
10 The LORD your God hath multiplied 21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the
you, and, behold, ye are this day as the land before thee: go up and possess it, as
stars of heaven for multitude. the LORD God of thy fathers hath said
11 (The LORD God of your fathers make unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
you a thousand times so many more as ye 22 ¶ And ye came near unto me every one
are, and bless you, as he hath promised of you, and said, We will send men before
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us, and they shall search us out the land, of this evil generation see that good land,
and bring us word again by what way we which I sware to give unto your fathers,
must go up, and into what cities we shall 36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he
come. shall see it, and to him will I give the land
23 And the saying pleased me well: and I that he hath trodden upon, and to his
took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: children, because he hath wholly followed
24 And they turned and went up into the the LORD.
mountain, and came unto the valley of 37 Also the LORD was angry with me for
Eshcol, and searched it out. your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go
25 And they took of the fruit of the land in in thither.
their hands, and brought it down unto us, 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which
and brought us word again, and said, It is standeth before thee, he shall go in thither:
a good land which the LORD our God doth encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to
give us. inherit it.
26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, 39 Moreover your little ones, which ye
but rebelled against the commandment of said should be a prey, and your children,
the LORD your God: which in that day had no knowledge
27 And ye murmured in your tents, and between good and evil, they shall go in
said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath thither, and unto them will I give it, and
brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, they shall possess it.
to deliver us into the hand of the 40 But as for you, turn you, and take your
Amorites, to destroy us. journey into the wilderness by the way of
28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren the Red sea.
have discouraged our heart, saying, The 41 Then ye answered and said unto me,
people is greater and taller than we; the We have sinned against the LORD, we will
cities are great and walled up to heaven; go up and fight, according to all that the
and moreover we have seen the sons of LORD our God commanded us. And when
the Anakims there. ye had girded on every man his weapons
29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, of war, ye were ready to go up into the
neither be afraid of them. hill.
30 The LORD your God which goeth 42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto
before you, he shall fight for you, them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am
according to all that he did for you in not among you; lest ye be smitten before
Egypt before your eyes; your enemies.
31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast 43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not
seen how that the LORD thy God bare hear, but rebelled against the
thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the commandment of the LORD, and went
way that ye went, until ye came into this presumptuously up into the hill.
place. 44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that
32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the mountain, came out against you, and
LORD your God, chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you
33 Who went in the way before you, to in Seir, even unto Hormah.
search you out a place to pitch your tents 45 And ye returned and wept before the
in, in fire by night, to shew you by what LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to
way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. your voice, nor give ear unto you.
34 And the LORD heard the voice of your 46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days,
words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, according unto the days that ye abode
35 Surely there shall not one of these men there.
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24 ¶ Rise ye up, take your journey, and the river of Arnon, and from the city that
pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have is by the river, even unto Gilead, there
given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, was not one city too strong for us: the
king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to LORD our God delivered all unto us:
possess it, and contend with him in battle. 37 Only unto the land of the children of
25 This day will I begin to put the dread Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any
of thee and the fear of thee upon the place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the
nations that are under the whole heaven, cities in the mountains, nor unto
who shall hear report of thee, and shall whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
tremble, and be in anguish because of
thee. CHAPTER 3
26 ¶ And I sent messengers out of the THEN we turned, and went up the way to
wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came
of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, out against us, he and all his people, to
27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go battle at Edrei.
along by the high way, I will neither turn 2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him
unto the right hand nor to the left. not: for I will deliver him, and all his
28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, people, and his land, into thy hand; and
that I may eat; and give me water for thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto
money, that I may drink: only I will pass Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt
through on my feet; at Heshbon.
29 (As the children of Esau which dwell 3 So the LORD our God delivered into our
in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all
Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over his people: and we smote him until none
Jordan into the land which the LORD our was left to him remaining.
God giveth us. 4 And we took all his cities at that time,
30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not there was not a city which we took not
let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God from them, threescore cities, all the region
hardened his spirit, and made his heart of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
obstinate, that he might deliver him into 5 All these cities were fenced with high
thy hand, as appeareth this day. walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled
31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I towns a great many.
have begun to give Sihon and his land 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we
before thee: begin to possess, that thou did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly
mayest inherit his land. destroying the men, women, and children,
32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and of every city.
all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the
33 And the LORD our God delivered him cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
before us; and we smote him, and his 8 And we took at that time out of the hand
sons, and all his people. of the two kings of the Amorites the land
34 And we took all his cities at that time, that was on this side Jordan, from the river
and utterly destroyed the men, and the of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
women, and the little ones, of every city, 9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call
we left none to remain: Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto 10 All the cities of the plain, and all
ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and
we took. Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in
36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of Bashan.
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followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God 14 ¶ And the LORD commanded me at that
hath destroyed them from among you. time to teach you statutes and judgments,
4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD that ye might do them in the land whither
your God are alive every one of you this ye go over to possess it.
day. 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto
5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and yourselves; for ye saw no manner of
judgments, even as the LORD my God similitude on the day that the LORD spake
commanded me, that ye should do so in unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the
the land whither ye go to possess it. fire:
6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make
your wisdom and your understanding in you a graven image, the similitude of any
the sight of the nations, which shall hear figure, the likeness of male or female,
all these statutes, and say, Surely this great 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the
nation is a wise and understanding people. earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that
7 For what nation is there so great, who flieth in the air,
hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth
our God is in all things that we call upon on the ground, the likeness of any fish that
him for? is in the waters beneath the earth:
8 And what nation is there so great, that 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto
hath statutes and judgments so righteous heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and
as all this law, which I set before you this the moon, and the stars, even all the host
day? of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship
9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy them, and serve them, which the LORD thy
soul diligently, lest thou forget the things God hath divided unto all nations under
which thine eyes have seen, and lest they the whole heaven.
depart from thy heart all the days of thy 20 But the LORD hath taken you, and
life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ brought you forth out of the iron furnace,
sons; even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people
10 Specially the day that thou stoodest of inheritance, as ye are this day.
before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when 21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with
the LORD said unto me, Gather me the me for your sakes, and sware that I should
people together, and I will make them not go over Jordan, and that I should not
hear my words, that they may learn to fear go in unto that good land, which the LORD
me all the days that they shall live upon thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
the earth, and that they may teach their 22 But I must die in this land, I must not
children. go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and
11 And ye came near and stood under the possess that good land.
mountain; and the mountain burned with 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye
fire unto the midst of heaven, with forget the covenant of the LORD your God,
darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. which he made with you, and make you a
12 And the LORD spake unto you out of graven image, or the likeness of any thing,
the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of which the LORD thy God hath forbidden
the words, but saw no similitude; only ye thee.
heard a voice. 24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming
13 And he declared unto you his covenant, fire, even a jealous God.
which he commanded you to perform, 25 ¶ When thou shalt beget children, and
even ten commandments; and he wrote children’s children, and ye shall have
them upon two tables of stone. remained long in the land, and shall
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corrupt yourselves, and make a graven 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou
image, or the likeness of any thing, and mightest know that the LORD he is God;
shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy there is none else beside him.
God, to provoke him to anger: 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his
26 I call heaven and earth to witness voice, that he might instruct thee: and
against you this day, that ye shall soon upon earth he shewed thee his great fire;
utterly perish from off the land whereunto and thou heardest his words out of the
ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall midst of the fire.
not prolong your days upon it, but shall 37 And because he loved thy fathers,
utterly be destroyed. therefore he chose their seed after them,
27 And the LORD shall scatter you among and brought thee out in his sight with his
the nations, and ye shall be left few in mighty power out of Egypt;
number among the heathen, whither the 38 To drive out nations from before thee
LORD shall lead you. greater and mightier than thou art, to
28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work bring thee in, to give thee their land for an
of men’s hands, wood and stone, which inheritance, as it is this day.
neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 39 Know therefore this day, and consider
29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God
LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou in heaven above, and upon the earth
seek him with all thy heart and with all thy beneath: there is none else.
soul. 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes,
30 When thou art in tribulation, and all and his commandments, which I
these things are come upon thee, even in command thee this day, that it may go
the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD well with thee, and with thy children after
thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy
voice; days upon the earth, which the LORD thy
31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God giveth thee, for ever.
God;) he will not forsake thee, neither 41 ¶ Then Moses severed three cities on
destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
thy fathers which he sware unto them. 42 That the slayer might flee thither,
32 For ask now of the days that are past, which should kill his neighbour unawares,
which were before thee, since the day that and hated him not in times past; and that
God created man upon the earth, and ask fleeing unto one of these cities he might
from the one side of heaven unto the live:
other, whether there hath been any such 43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the
thing as this great thing is, or hath been plain country, of the Reubenites; and
heard like it? Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and
33 Did ever people hear the voice of God Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
speaking out of the midst of the fire, as 44 ¶ And this is the law which Moses set
thou hast heard, and live? before the children of Israel:
34 Or hath God assayed to go and take 45 These are the testimonies, and the
him a nation from the midst of another statutes, and the judgments, which Moses
nation, by temptations, by signs, and by spake unto the children of Israel, after
wonders, and by war, and by a mighty they came forth out of Egypt,
hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by 46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over
great terrors, according to all that the against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon
LORD your God did for you in Egypt king of the Amorites, who dwelt at
before your eyes? Heshbon, whom Moses and the children
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of Israel smote, after they were come forth them that love me and keep my
out of Egypt: commandments.
47 And they possessed his land, and the 11 Thou shalt not take the name of the
land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will
the Amorites, which were on this side not hold him guiltless that taketh his name
Jordan toward the sunrising; in vain.
48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as
the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
which is Hermon, 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all
49 And all the plain on this side Jordan thy work:
eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of
under the springs of Pisgah. the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do
any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
CHAPTER 5 daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy
AND Moses called all Israel, and said maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass,
unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that
judgments which I speak in your ears this is within thy gates; that thy manservant
day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and and thy maidservant may rest as well as
do them. thou.
2 The LORD our God made a covenant 15 And remember that thou wast a servant
with us in Horeb. in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD
3 The LORD made not this covenant with thy God brought thee out thence through a
our fathers, but with us, even us, who are mighty hand and by a stretched out arm:
all of us here alive this day. therefore the LORD thy God commanded
4 The LORD talked with you face to face thee to keep the sabbath day.
in the mount out of the midst of the fire, 16 ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother, as
5 (I stood between the LORD and you at the LORD thy God hath commanded thee;
that time, to shew you the word of the that thy days may be prolonged, and that it
LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the may go well with thee, in the land which
fire, and went not up into the mount;) the LORD thy God giveth thee.
saying, 17 Thou shalt not kill.
6 ¶ I am the LORD thy God, which brought 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
thee out of the land of Egypt, from the 19 Neither shalt thou steal.
house of bondage. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness
7 Thou shalt have none other gods before against thy neighbour.
me. 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy
8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet
image, or any likeness of any thing that is thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his
in heaven above, or that is in the earth manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or
beneath, or that is in the waters beneath his ass, or any thing that is thy
the earth: neighbour’s.
9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto 22 ¶ These words the LORD spake unto all
them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy your assembly in the mount out of the
God am a jealous God, visiting the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the
iniquity of the fathers upon the children thick darkness, with a great voice: and he
unto the third and fourth generation of added no more. And he wrote them in two
them that hate me, tables of stone, and delivered them unto
10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of me.
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23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the LORD your God hath commanded you,
voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for that ye may live, and that it may be well
the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye with you, and that ye may prolong your
came near unto me, even all the heads of days in the land which ye shall possess.
your tribes, and your elders;
24 And ye said, Behold, the LORD our CHAPTER 6
God hath shewed us his glory and his NOW these are the commandments, the
greatness, and we have heard his voice out statutes, and the judgments, which the
of the midst of the fire: we have seen this LORD your God commanded to teach you,
day that God doth talk with man, and he that ye might do them in the land whither
liveth. ye go to possess it:
25 Now therefore why should we die? for 2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy
this great fire will consume us: if we hear God, to keep all his statutes and his
the voice of the LORD our God any more, commandments, which I command thee,
then we shall die. thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all
26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath the days of thy life; and that thy days may
heard the voice of the living God speaking be prolonged.
out of the midst of the fire, as we have, 3 ¶ Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe
and lived? to do it; that it may be well with thee, and
27 Go thou near, and hear all that the that ye may increase mightily, as the
LORD our God shall say: and speak thou LORD God of thy fathers hath promised
unto us all that the LORD our God shall thee, in the land that floweth with milk
speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and and honey.
do it. 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is
28 And the LORD heard the voice of your one LORD:
words, when ye spake unto me; and the 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God
LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice with all thine heart, and with all thy soul,
of the words of this people, which they and with all thy might.
have spoken unto thee: they have well said 6 And these words, which I command thee
all that they have spoken. this day, shall be in thine heart:
29 O that there were such an heart in 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently
them, that they would fear me, and keep unto thy children, and shalt talk of them
all my commandments always, that it when thou sittest in thine house, and when
might be well with them, and with their thou walkest by the way, and when thou
children for ever! liest down, and when thou risest up.
30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign
again. upon thine hand, and they shall be as
31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, frontlets between thine eyes.
and I will speak unto thee all the 9 And thou shalt write them upon the
commandments, and the statutes, and the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
judgments, which thou shalt teach them, 10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy
that they may do them in the land which I God shall have brought thee into the land
give them to possess it. which he sware unto thy fathers, to
32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give
LORD your God hath commanded you: ye thee great and goodly cities, which thou
shall not turn aside to the right hand or to buildedst not,
the left. 11 And houses full of all good things,
33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the which thou filledst not, and wells digged,
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which thou diggedst not, vineyards and preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
olive trees, which thou plantedst not; 25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we
when thou shalt have eaten and be full; observe to do all these commandments
12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, before the LORD our God, as he hath
which brought thee forth out of the land of commanded us.
Egypt, from the house of bondage.
13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and CHAPTER 7
serve him, and shalt swear by his name. WHEN the LORD thy God shall bring thee
14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the into the land whither thou goest to possess
gods of the people which are round about it, and hath cast out many nations before
you; thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and
15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the
God among you) lest the anger of the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
LORD thy God be kindled against thee, Jebusites, seven nations greater and
and destroy thee from off the face of the mightier than thou;
earth. 2 And when the LORD thy God shall
16 ¶ Ye shall not tempt the LORD your deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite
God, as ye tempted him in Massah. them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt
17 Ye shall diligently keep the make no covenant with them, nor shew
commandments of the LORD your God, mercy unto them:
and his testimonies, and his statutes, 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with
which he hath commanded thee. them; thy daughter thou shalt not give
18 And thou shalt do that which is right unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou
and good in the sight of the LORD: that it take unto thy son.
may be well with thee, and that thou 4 For they will turn away thy son from
mayest go in and possess the good land following me, that they may serve other
which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, gods: so will the anger of the LORD be
19 To cast out all thine enemies from kindled against you, and destroy thee
before thee, as the LORD hath spoken. suddenly.
20 And when thy son asketh thee in time 5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye
to come, saying, What mean the shall destroy their altars, and break down
testimonies, and the statutes, and the their images, and cut down their groves,
judgments, which the LORD our God hath and burn their graven images with fire.
commanded you? 6 For thou art an holy people unto the
21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath
were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and chosen thee to be a special people unto
the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a himself, above all people that are upon the
mighty hand: face of the earth.
22 And the LORD shewed signs and 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you,
wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon nor choose you, because ye were more in
Pharaoh, and upon all his household, number than any people; for ye were the
before our eyes: fewest of all people:
23 And he brought us out from thence, 8 But because the LORD loved you, and
that he might bring us in, to give us the because he would keep the oath which he
land which he sware unto our fathers. had sworn unto your fathers, hath the
24 And the LORD commanded us to do all LORD brought you out with a mighty
these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, hand, and redeemed you out of the house
for our good always, that he might of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh
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3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery
to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which serpents, and scorpions, and drought,
thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers where there was no water; who brought
know; that he might make thee know that thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
man doth not live by bread only, but by 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with
every word that proceedeth out of the manna, which thy fathers knew not, that
mouth of the LORD doth man live. he might humble thee, and that he might
4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter
neither did thy foot swell, these forty end;
years. 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power
5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, and the might of mine hand hath gotten
that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the me this wealth.
LORD thy God chasteneth thee. 18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy
6 Therefore thou shalt keep the God: for it is he that giveth thee power to
commandments of the LORD thy God, to get wealth, that he may establish his
walk in his ways, and to fear him. covenant which he sware unto thy fathers,
7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into as it is this day.
a good land, a land of brooks of water, of 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget
fountains and depths that spring out of the LORD thy God, and walk after other
valleys and hills; gods, and serve them, and worship them, I
8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, testify against you this day that ye shall
and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of surely perish.
oil olive, and honey; 20 As the nations which the LORD
9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread destroyeth before your face, so shall ye
without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any perish; because ye would not be obedient
thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, unto the voice of the LORD your God.
and out of whose hills thou mayest dig
brass. CHAPTER 9
10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then HEAR, O Israel: Thou art to pass over
thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations
good land which he hath given thee. greater and mightier than thyself, cities
11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD great and fenced up to heaven,
thy God, in not keeping his 2 A people great and tall, the children of
commandments, and his judgments, and the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of
his statutes, which I command thee this whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand
day: before the children of Anak!
12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, 3 Understand therefore this day, that the
and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt LORD thy God is he which goeth over
therein; before thee; as a consuming fire he shall
13 And when thy herds and thy flocks destroy them, and he shall bring them
multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is down before thy face: so shalt thou drive
multiplied, and all that thou hast is them out, and destroy them quickly, as the
multiplied; LORD hath said unto thee.
14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou 4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that
forget the LORD thy God, which brought the LORD thy God hath cast them out from
thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from before thee, saying, For my righteousness
the house of bondage; the LORD hath brought me in to possess
15 Who led thee through that great and this land: but for the wickedness of these
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nations the LORD doth drive them out behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
from before thee. 14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them,
5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the and blot out their name from under
uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to heaven: and I will make of thee a nation
possess their land: but for the wickedness mightier and greater than they.
of these nations the LORD thy God doth 15 So I turned and came down from the
drive them out from before thee, and that mount, and the mount burned with fire:
he may perform the word which the LORD and the two tables of the covenant were in
sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, my two hands.
and Jacob. 16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had
6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy sinned against the LORD your God, and
God giveth thee not this good land to had made you a molten calf: ye had turned
possess it for thy righteousness; for thou aside quickly out of the way which the
art a stiffnecked people. LORD had commanded you.
7 ¶ Remember, and forget not, how thou 17 And I took the two tables, and cast
provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in them out of my two hands, and brake them
the wilderness: from the day that thou before your eyes.
didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until 18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at
ye came unto this place, ye have been the first, forty days and forty nights: I did
rebellious against the LORD. neither eat bread, nor drink water, because
8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing
wrath, so that the LORD was angry with wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to
you to have destroyed you. provoke him to anger.
9 When I was gone up into the mount to 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot
receive the tables of stone, even the tables displeasure, wherewith the LORD was
of the covenant which the LORD made wroth against you to destroy you. But the
with you, then I abode in the mount forty LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.
days and forty nights, I neither did eat 20 And the LORD was very angry with
bread nor drink water: Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed
10 And the LORD delivered unto me two for Aaron also the same time.
tables of stone written with the finger of 21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye
God; and on them was written according had made, and burnt it with fire, and
to all the words, which the LORD spake stamped it, and ground it very small, even
with you in the mount out of the midst of until it was as small as dust: and I cast the
the fire in the day of the assembly. dust thereof into the brook that descended
11 And it came to pass at the end of forty out of the mount.
days and forty nights, that the LORD gave 22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at
me the two tables of stone, even the tables Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD
of the covenant. to wrath.
12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get 23 Likewise when the LORD sent you
thee down quickly from hence; for thy from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and
people which thou hast brought forth out possess the land which I have given you;
of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they then ye rebelled against the commandment
are quickly turned aside out of the way of the LORD your God, and ye believed
which I commanded them; they have him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
made them a molten image. 24 Ye have been rebellious against the
13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, LORD from the day that I knew you.
saying, I have seen this people, and, 25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty
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days and forty nights, as I fell down at the Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and
first; because the LORD had said he would there he was buried; and Eleazar his son
destroy you. ministered in the priest’s office in his
26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and stead.
said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people 7 From thence they journeyed unto
and thine inheritance, which thou hast Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to
redeemed through thy greatness, which Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with 8 ¶ At that time the LORD separated the
a mighty hand. tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the
27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, covenant of the LORD, to stand before the
Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in
stubbornness of this people, nor to their his name, unto this day.
wickedness, nor to their sin: 9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor
28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is
us out say, Because the LORD was not able his inheritance, according as the LORD thy
to bring them into the land which he God promised him.
promised them, and because he hated 10 And I stayed in the mount, according to
them, he hath brought them out to slay the first time, forty days and forty nights;
them in the wilderness. and the LORD hearkened unto me at that
29 Yet they are thy people and thine time also, and the LORD would not destroy
inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thee.
thy mighty power and by thy stretched out 11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise,
arm. take thy journey before the people, that
they may go in and possess the land,
CHAPTER 10 which I sware unto their fathers to give
AT that time the LORD said unto me, Hew unto them.
thee two tables of stone like unto the first, 12 ¶ And now, Israel, what doth the LORD
and come up unto me into the mount, and thy God require of thee, but to fear the
make thee an ark of wood. LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways,
2 And I will write on the tables the words and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy
that were in the first tables which thou God with all thy heart and with all thy
brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. soul,
3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and 13 To keep the commandments of the
hewed two tables of stone like unto the LORD, and his statutes, which I command
first, and went up into the mount, having thee this day for thy good?
the two tables in mine hand. 14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of
4 And he wrote on the tables, according to heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth
the first writing, the ten commandments, also, with all that therein is.
which the LORD spake unto you in the 15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy
mount out of the midst of the fire in the fathers to love them, and he chose their
day of the assembly: and the LORD gave seed after them, even you above all
them unto me. people, as it is this day.
5 And I turned myself and came down 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of
from the mount, and put the tables in the your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
ark which I had made; and there they be, 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods,
as the LORD commanded me. and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty,
6 ¶ And the children of Israel took their and a terrible, which regardeth not
journey from Beeroth of the children of persons, nor taketh reward:
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18 He doth execute the judgment of the this day, that ye may be strong, and go in
fatherless and widow, and loveth the and possess the land, whither ye go to
stranger, in giving him food and raiment. possess it;
19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye 9 And that ye may prolong your days in
were strangers in the land of Egypt. the land, which the LORD sware unto your
20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him fathers to give unto them and to their seed,
shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou a land that floweth with milk and honey.
cleave, and swear by his name. 10 ¶ For the land, whither thou goest in to
21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that possess it, is not as the land of Egypt,
hath done for thee these great and terrible from whence ye came out, where thou
things, which thine eyes have seen. sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with
22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
threescore and ten persons; and now the 11 But the land, whither ye go to possess
LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars it, is a land of hills and valleys, and
of heaven for multitude. drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
12 A land which the LORD thy God careth
CHAPTER 11 for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are
THEREFORE thou shalt love the LORD always upon it, from the beginning of the
thy God, and keep his charge, and his year even unto the end of the year.
statutes, and his judgments, and his 13 ¶ And it shall come to pass, if ye shall
commandments, alway. hearken diligently unto my
2 And know ye this day: for I speak not commandments which I command you
with your children which have not known, this day, to love the LORD your God, and
and which have not seen the chastisement to serve him with all your heart and with
of the LORD your God, his greatness, his all your soul,
mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, 14 That I will give you the rain of your
3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he land in his due season, the first rain and
did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in
king of Egypt, and unto all his land; thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
4 And what he did unto the army of 15 And I will send grass in thy fields for
Egypt, unto their horses, and to their thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.
chariots; how he made the water of the 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your
Red sea to overflow them as they pursued heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside,
after you, and how the LORD hath and serve other gods, and worship them;
destroyed them unto this day; 17 And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled
5 And what he did unto you in the against you, and he shut up the heaven,
wilderness, until ye came into this place; that there be no rain, and that the land
6 And what he did unto Dathan and yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish
Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of quickly from off the good land which the
Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, LORD giveth you.
and swallowed them up, and their 18 ¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these my
households, and their tents, and all the words in your heart and in your soul, and
substance that was in their possession, in bind them for a sign upon your hand, that
the midst of all Israel: they may be as frontlets between your
7 But your eyes have seen all the great eyes.
acts of the LORD which he did. 19 And ye shall teach them your children,
8 Therefore shall ye keep all the speaking of them when thou sittest in
commandments which I command you thine house, and when thou walkest by the
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way, when thou liest down, and when thou the champaign over against Gilgal, beside
risest up. the plains of Moreh?
20 And thou shalt write them upon the 31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in
door posts of thine house, and upon thy to possess the land which the LORD your
gates: God giveth you, and ye shall possess it,
21 That your days may be multiplied, and and dwell therein.
the days of your children, in the land 32 And ye shall observe to do all the
which the LORD sware unto your fathers statutes and judgments which I set before
to give them, as the days of heaven upon you this day.
the earth.
22 ¶ For if ye shall diligently keep all CHAPTER 12
these commandments which I command THESE are the statutes and judgments,
you, to do them, to love the LORD your which ye shall observe to do in the land,
God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth
unto him; thee to possess it, all the days that ye live
23 Then will the LORD drive out all these upon the earth.
nations from before you, and ye shall 2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places,
possess greater nations and mightier than wherein the nations which ye shall possess
yourselves. served their gods, upon the high
24 Every place whereon the soles of your mountains, and upon the hills, and under
feet shall tread shall be yours: from the every green tree:
wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and
the river Euphrates, even unto the break their pillars, and burn their groves
uttermost sea shall your coast be. with fire; and ye shall hew down the
25 There shall no man be able to stand graven images of their gods, and destroy
before you: for the LORD your God shall the names of them out of that place.
lay the fear of you and the dread of you 4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your
upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, God.
as he hath said unto you. 5 But unto the place which the LORD your
26 ¶ Behold, I set before you this day a God shall choose out of all your tribes to
blessing and a curse; put his name there, even unto his
27 A blessing, if ye obey the habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou
commandments of the LORD your God, shalt come:
which I command you this day: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt
28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the offerings, and your sacrifices, and your
commandments of the LORD your God, tithes, and heave offerings of your hand,
but turn aside out of the way which I and your vows, and your freewill
command you this day, to go after other offerings, and the firstlings of your herds
gods, which ye have not known. and of your flocks:
29 And it shall come to pass, when the 7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD
LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that
the land whither thou goest to possess it, ye put your hand unto, ye and your
that thou shalt put the blessing upon households, wherein the LORD thy God
mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount hath blessed thee.
Ebal. 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that
30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, we do here this day, every man
by the way where the sun goeth down, in whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in 9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest
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and to the inheritance, which the LORD Levite that is within thy gates: and thou
your God giveth you. shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in
10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
in the land which the LORD your God 19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake
giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth not the Levite as long as thou livest upon
you rest from all your enemies round the earth.
about, so that ye dwell in safety; 20 ¶ When the LORD thy God shall
11 Then there shall be a place which the enlarge thy border, as he hath promised
LORD your God shall choose to cause his thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh,
name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou
all that I command you; your burnt mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul
offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, lusteth after.
and the heave offering of your hand, and 21 If the place which the LORD thy God
all your choice vows which ye vow unto hath chosen to put his name there be too
the LORD: far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy
12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD herd and of thy flock, which the LORD
your God, ye, and your sons, and your hath given thee, as I have commanded
daughters, and your menservants, and thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates
your maidservants, and the Levite that is whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
within your gates; forasmuch as he hath 22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is
no part nor inheritance with you. eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean
13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not and the clean shall eat of them alike.
thy burnt offerings in every place that thou 23 Only be sure that thou eat not the
seest: blood: for the blood is the life; and thou
14 But in the place which the LORD shall mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
choose in one of thy tribes, there thou 24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it
shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there upon the earth as water.
thou shalt do all that I command thee. 25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go
15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and well with thee, and with thy children after
eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy thee, when thou shalt do that which is
soul lusteth after, according to the blessing right in the sight of the LORD.
of the LORD thy God which he hath given 26 Only thy holy things which thou hast,
thee: the unclean and the clean may eat and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto
thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the the place which the LORD shall choose:
hart. 27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt
16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon
pour it upon the earth as water. the altar of the LORD thy God: and the
17 ¶ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out
the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and
thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thou shalt eat the flesh.
thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou 28 Observe and hear all these words
vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or which I command thee, that it may go well
heave offering of thine hand: with thee, and with thy children after thee
18 But thou must eat them before the for ever, when thou doest that which is
LORD thy God in the place which the good and right in the sight of the LORD
LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy thy God.
son, and thy daughter, and thy 29 ¶ When the LORD thy God shall cut off
manservant, and thy maidservant, and the the nations from before thee, whither thou
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goest to possess them, and thou succeedest us go and serve other gods, which thou
them, and dwellest in their land; hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which
snared by following them, after that they are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far
be destroyed from before thee; and that off from thee, from the one end of the
thou inquire not after their gods, saying, earth even unto the other end of the earth;
How did these nations serve their gods? 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor
even so will I do likewise. hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye
31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither
God: for every abomination to the LORD, shalt thou conceal him:
which he hateth, have they done unto their 9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine
gods; for even their sons and their hand shall be first upon him to put him to
daughters they have burnt in the fire to death, and afterwards the hand of all the
their gods. people.
32 What thing soever I command you, 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones,
observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, that he die; because he hath sought to
nor diminish from it. thrust thee away from the LORD thy God,
which brought thee out of the land of
CHAPTER 13 Egypt, from the house of bondage.
IF there arise among you a prophet, or a 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and
dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign shall do no more any such wickedness as
or a wonder, this is among you.
2 And the sign or the wonder come to 12 ¶ If thou shalt hear say in one of thy
pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, cities, which the LORD thy God hath given
Let us go after other gods, which thou hast thee to dwell there, saying,
not known, and let us serve them; 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are
3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words gone out from among you, and have
of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: withdrawn the inhabitants of their city,
for the LORD your God proveth you, to saying, Let us go and serve other gods,
know whether ye love the LORD your God which ye have not known;
with all your heart and with all your soul. 14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make
4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if
and fear him, and keep his it be truth, and the thing certain, that such
commandments, and obey his voice, and abomination is wrought among you;
ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants
5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of of that city with the edge of the sword,
dreams, shall be put to death; because he destroying it utterly, and all that is therein,
hath spoken to turn you away from the and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the
LORD your God, which brought you out of sword.
the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it
of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out into the midst of the street thereof, and
of the way which the LORD thy God shalt burn with fire the city, and all the
commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy
put the evil away from the midst of thee. God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it
6 ¶ If thy brother, the son of thy mother, shall not be built again.
or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of 17 And there shall cleave nought of the
thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD
own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let may turn from the fierceness of his anger,
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and shew thee mercy, and have eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the
compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, ospray,
as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; 13 And the glede, and the kite, and the
18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice vulture after his kind,
of the LORD thy God, to keep all his 14 And every raven after his kind,
commandments which I command thee 15 And the owl, and the night hawk, and
this day, to do that which is right in the the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
eyes of the LORD thy God. 16 The little owl, and the great owl, and
the swan,
CHAPTER 14 17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and
YE are the children of the LORD your the cormorant,
God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make 18 And the stork, and the heron after her
any baldness between your eyes for the kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
dead. 19 And every creeping thing that flieth is
2 For thou art an holy people unto the unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen 20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, 21 ¶ Ye shall not eat of any thing that
above all the nations that are upon the dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the
earth. stranger that is in thy gates, that he may
3 ¶ Thou shalt not eat any abominable eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien:
thing. for thou art an holy people unto the LORD
4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his
the ox, the sheep, and the goat, mother’s milk.
5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the 22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of
fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year
pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. by year.
6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, 23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy
and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and God, in the place which he shall choose to
cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye place his name there, the tithe of thy corn,
shall eat. of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the
7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks;
them that chew the cud, or of them that that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD
divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and thy God always.
the hare, and the coney: for they chew the 24 And if the way be too long for thee, so
cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore that thou art not able to carry it; or if the
they are unclean unto you. place be too far from thee, which the
8 And the swine, because it divideth the LORD thy God shall choose to set his
hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is name there, when the LORD thy God hath
unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their blessed thee:
flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. 25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and
9 ¶ These ye shall eat of all that are in the bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt
waters: all that have fins and scales shall go unto the place which the LORD thy God
ye eat: shall choose:
10 And whatsoever hath not fins and 26 And thou shalt bestow that money for
scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen,
you. or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong
11 ¶ Of all clean birds ye shall eat. drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth:
12 But these are they of which ye shall not and thou shalt eat there before the LORD
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thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and unto him, and shalt surely lend him
thine household, sufficient for his need, in that which he
27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; wanteth.
thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no 9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy
part nor inheritance with thee. wicked heart, saying, The seventh year,
28 ¶ At the end of three years thou shalt the year of release, is at hand; and thine
bring forth all the tithe of thine increase eye be evil against thy poor brother, and
the same year, and shalt lay it up within thou givest him nought; and he cry unto
thy gates: the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto
29 And the Levite, (because he hath no thee.
part nor inheritance with thee,) and the 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine
stranger, and the fatherless, and the heart shall not be grieved when thou
widow, which are within thy gates, shall givest unto him: because that for this thing
come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all
the LORD thy God may bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine
the work of thine hand which thou doest. hand unto.
11 For the poor shall never cease out of
CHAPTER 15 the land: therefore I command thee,
AT the end of every seven years thou shalt saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide
make a release. unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy
2 And this is the manner of the release: needy, in thy land.
Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his 12 ¶ And if thy brother, an Hebrew man,
neighbour shall release it; he shall not or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee,
exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; and serve thee six years; then in the
because it is called the LORD’s release. seventh year thou shalt let him go free
3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it from thee.
again: but that which is thine with thy 13 And when thou sendest him out free
brother thine hand shall release; from thee, thou shalt not let him go away
4 Save when there shall be no poor among empty:
you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of
in the land which the LORD thy God thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of
giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it: thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD
5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give
voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to unto him.
do all these commandments which I 15 And thou shalt remember that thou
command thee this day. wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and
6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as the LORD thy God redeemed thee:
he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto therefore I command thee this thing to
many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; day.
and thou shalt reign over many nations, 16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I
but they shall not reign over thee. will not go away from thee; because he
7 ¶ If there be among you a poor man of loveth thee and thine house, because he is
one of thy brethren within any of thy gates well with thee;
in thy land which the LORD thy God 17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust
giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine it through his ear unto the door, and he
heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor shall be thy servant for ever. And also
brother: unto thy maidservant thou shalt do
8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide likewise.
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18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when which thou sacrificedst the first day at
thou sendest him away free from thee; for even, remain all night until the morning.
he hath been worth a double hired servant 5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover
to thee, in serving thee six years: and the within any of thy gates, which the LORD
LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thy God giveth thee:
thou doest. 6 But at the place which the LORD thy
19 ¶ All the firstling males that come of God shall choose to place his name in,
thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at
sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou even, at the going down of the sun, at the
shalt do no work with the firstling of thy season that thou camest forth out of
bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy Egypt.
sheep. 7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the
20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy place which the LORD thy God shall
God year by year in the place which the choose: and thou shalt turn in the
LORD shall choose, thou and thy morning, and go unto thy tents.
household. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened
21 And if there be any blemish therein, as bread: and on the seventh day shall be a
if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill solemn assembly to the LORD thy God:
blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the thou shalt do no work therein.
LORD thy God. 9 ¶ Seven weeks shalt thou number unto
22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the thee: begin to number the seven weeks
unclean and the clean person shall eat it from such time as thou beginnest to put
alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. the sickle to the corn.
23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks
thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a
as water. freewill offering of thine hand, which thou
shalt give unto the LORD thy God,
CHAPTER 16 according as the LORD thy God hath
OBSERVE the month of Abib, and keep blessed thee:
the passover unto the LORD thy God: for 11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD
in the month of Abib the LORD thy God thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy
brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. daughter, and thy manservant, and thy
2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the maidservant, and the Levite that is within
passover unto the LORD thy God, of the thy gates, and the stranger, and the
flock and the herd, in the place which the fatherless, and the widow, that are among
LORD shall choose to place his name you, in the place which the LORD thy God
there. hath chosen to place his name there.
3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; 12 And thou shalt remember that thou
seven days shalt thou eat unleavened wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt
bread therewith, even the bread of observe and do these statutes.
affliction; for thou camest forth out of the 13 ¶ Thou shalt observe the feast of
land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast
remember the day when thou camest forth gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy 14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast,
life. thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and
4 And there shall be no leavened bread thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and
seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless,
neither shall there any thing of the flesh, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
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15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn and worshipped them, either the sun, or
feast unto the LORD thy God in the place moon, or any of the host of heaven, which
which the LORD shall choose: because the I have not commanded;
LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine 4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard
increase, and in all the works of thine of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold,
hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. it be true, and the thing certain, that such
16 ¶ Three times in a year shall all thy abomination is wrought in Israel:
males appear before the LORD thy God in 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or
the place which he shall choose; in the that woman, which have committed that
feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that
of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: man or that woman, and shalt stone them
and they shall not appear before the LORD with stones, till they die.
empty: 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three
17 Every man shall give as he is able, witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death
according to the blessing of the LORD thy be put to death; but at the mouth of one
God which he hath given thee. witness he shall not be put to death.
18 ¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first
thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy upon him to put him to death, and
God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: afterward the hands of all the people. So
and they shall judge the people with just thou shalt put the evil away from among
judgment. you.
19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou 8 ¶ If there arise a matter too hard for thee
shalt not respect persons, neither take a in judgment, between blood and blood,
gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the between plea and plea, and between stroke
wise, and pervert the words of the and stroke, being matters of controversy
righteous. within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and
20 That which is altogether just shalt thou get thee up into the place which the LORD
follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit thy God shall choose;
the land which the LORD thy God giveth 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the
thee. Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in
21 ¶ Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of those days, and inquire; and they shall
any trees near unto the altar of the LORD shew thee the sentence of judgment:
thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 10 And thou shalt do according to the
22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any sentence, which they of that place which
image; which the LORD thy God hateth. the LORD shall choose shall shew thee;
and thou shalt observe to do according to
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THOU shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD 11 According to the sentence of the law
thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is which they shall teach thee, and according
blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that to the judgment which they shall tell thee,
is an abomination unto the LORD thy God. thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from
2 ¶ If there be found among you, within the sentence which they shall shew thee,
any of thy gates which the LORD thy God to the right hand, nor to the left.
giveth thee, man or woman, that hath 12 And the man that will do
wrought wickedness in the sight of the presumptuously, and will not hearken unto
LORD thy God, in transgressing his the priest that standeth to minister there
covenant, before the LORD thy God, or unto the
3 And hath gone and served other gods, judge, even that man shall die: and thou
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shalt put away the evil from Israel. among their brethren: the LORD is their
13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
and do no more presumptuously. 3 ¶ And this shall be the priest’s due from
14 ¶ When thou art come unto the land the people, from them that offer a
which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and
shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, they shall give unto the priest the
and shalt say, I will set a king over me, shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the
like as all the nations that are about me; maw.
15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king 4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy
over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the
choose: one from among thy brethren fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest 5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him
not set a stranger over thee, which is not out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in
thy brother. the name of the LORD, him and his sons
16 But he shall not multiply horses to for ever.
himself, nor cause the people to return to 6 ¶ And if a Levite come from any of thy
Egypt, to the end that he should multiply gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned,
horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said and come with all the desire of his mind
unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no unto the place which the LORD shall
more that way. choose;
17 Neither shall he multiply wives to 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the
himself, that his heart turn not away: LORD his God, as all his brethren the
neither shall he greatly multiply to himself Levites do, which stand there before the
silver and gold. LORD.
18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon 8 They shall have like portions to eat,
the throne of his kingdom, that he shall beside that which cometh of the sale of his
write him a copy of this law in a book out patrimony.
of that which is before the priests the 9 ¶ When thou art come into the land
Levites: which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou
19 And it shall be with him, and he shall shalt not learn to do after the abominations
read therein all the days of his life: that he of those nations.
may learn to fear the LORD his God, to 10 There shall not be found among you
keep all the words of this law and these any one that maketh his son or his
statutes, to do them: daughter to pass through the fire, or that
20 That his heart be not lifted up above his useth divination, or an observer of times,
brethren, and that he turn not aside from or an enchanter, or a witch,
the commandment, to the right hand, or to 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with
the left: to the end that he may prolong his familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a
days in his kingdom, he, and his children, necromancer.
in the midst of Israel. 12 For all that do these things are an
abomination unto the LORD: and because
CHAPTER 18 of these abominations the LORD thy God
THE priests the Levites, and all the tribe doth drive them out from before thee.
of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD
with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of thy God.
the LORD made by fire, and his 14 For these nations, which thou shalt
inheritance. possess, hearkened unto observers of
2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance times, and unto diviners: but as for thee,
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the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into
so to do. three parts, that every slayer may flee
15 ¶ The LORD thy God will raise up unto thither.
thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of 4 ¶ And this is the case of the slayer,
thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye which shall flee thither, that he may live:
shall hearken; Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly,
16 According to all that thou desiredst of whom he hated not in time past;
the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of 5 As when a man goeth into the wood
the assembly, saying, Let me not hear with his neighbour to hew wood, and his
again the voice of the LORD my God, hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut
neither let me see this great fire any more, down the tree, and the head slippeth from
that I die not. the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour,
17 And the LORD said unto me, They have that he die; he shall flee unto one of those
well spoken that which they have spoken. cities, and live:
18 I will raise them up a Prophet from 6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the
among their brethren, like unto thee, and slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake
will put my words in his mouth; and he him, because the way is long, and slay
shall speak unto them all that I shall him; whereas he was not worthy of death,
command him. inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
19 And it shall come to pass, that 7 Wherefore I command thee, saying,
whosoever will not hearken unto my Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
words which he shall speak in my name, I 8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy
will require it of him. coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers,
20 But the prophet, which shall presume and give thee all the land which he
to speak a word in my name, which I have promised to give unto thy fathers;
not commanded him to speak, or that shall 9 If thou shalt keep all these
speak in the name of other gods, even that commandments to do them, which I
prophet shall die. command thee this day, to love the LORD
21 And if thou say in thine heart, How thy God, and to walk ever in his ways;
shall we know the word which the LORD then shalt thou add three cities more for
hath not spoken? thee, beside these three:
22 When a prophet speaketh in the name 10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy
of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee
come to pass, that is the thing which the for an inheritance, and so blood be upon
LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet thee.
hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt 11 ¶ But if any man hate his neighbour,
not be afraid of him. and lie in wait for him, and rise up against
him, and smite him mortally that he die,
CHAPTER 19 and fleeth into one of these cities:
WHEN the LORD thy God hath cut off the 12 Then the elders of his city shall send
nations, whose land the LORD thy God and fetch him thence, and deliver him into
giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and the hand of the avenger of blood, that he
dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; may die.
2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou
in the midst of thy land, which the LORD shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood
thy God giveth thee to possess it. from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and 14 ¶ Thou shalt not remove thy
divide the coasts of thy land, which the neighbour’s landmark, which they of old
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time have set in thine inheritance, which 5 ¶ And the officers shall speak unto the
thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD people, saying, What man is there that
thy God giveth thee to possess it. hath built a new house, and hath not
15 ¶ One witness shall not rise up against dedicated it? let him go and return to his
a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in house, lest he die in the battle, and another
any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of man dedicate it.
two witnesses, or at the mouth of three 6 And what man is he that hath planted a
witnesses, shall the matter be established. vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let
16 ¶ If a false witness rise up against any him also go and return unto his house, lest
man to testify against him that which is he die in the battle, and another man eat of
wrong; it.
17 Then both the men, between whom the 7 And what man is there that hath
controversy is, shall stand before the betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her?
LORD, before the priests and the judges, let him go and return unto his house, lest
which shall be in those days; he die in the battle, and another man take
18 And the judges shall make diligent her.
inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a 8 And the officers shall speak further unto
false witness, and hath testified falsely the people, and they shall say, What man
against his brother; is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let
19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had him go and return unto his house, lest his
thought to have done unto his brother: so brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.
shalt thou put the evil away from among 9 And it shall be, when the officers have
you. made an end of speaking unto the people,
20 And those which remain shall hear, and that they shall make captains of the armies
fear, and shall henceforth commit no more to lead the people.
any such evil among you. 10 ¶ When thou comest nigh unto a city to
21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life fight against it, then proclaim peace unto
shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for it.
tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer
of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall
CHAPTER 20 be, that all the people that is found therein
WHEN thou goest out to battle against shall be tributaries unto thee, and they
thine enemies, and seest horses, and shall serve thee.
chariots, and a people more than thou, be 12 And if it will make no peace with thee,
not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God but will make war against thee, then thou
is with thee, which brought thee up out of shalt besiege it:
the land of Egypt. 13 And when the LORD thy God hath
2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt
unto the battle, that the priest shall smite every male thereof with the edge of
approach and speak unto the people, the sword:
3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, 14 But the women, and the little ones, and
ye approach this day unto battle against the cattle, and all that is in the city, even
your enemies: let not your hearts faint, all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto
fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of
terrified because of them; thine enemies, which the LORD thy God
4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth hath given thee.
with you, to fight for you against your 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities
enemies, to save you. which are very far off from thee, which
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are not of the cities of these nations. hath chosen to minister unto him, and to
16 But of the cities of these people, which bless in the name of the LORD; and by
the LORD thy God doth give thee for an their word shall every controversy and
inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing every stroke be tried:
that breatheth: 6 And all the elders of that city, that are
17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; next unto the slain man, shall wash their
namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the hands over the heifer that is beheaded in
Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, the valley:
and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God 7 And they shall answer and say, Our
hath commanded thee: hands have not shed this blood, neither
18 That they teach you not to do after all have our eyes seen it.
their abominations, which they have done 8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people
unto their gods; so should ye sin against Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay
the LORD your God. not innocent blood unto thy people of
19 ¶ When thou shalt besiege a city a long Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be
time, in making war against it to take it, forgiven them.
thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by 9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of
forcing an axe against them: for thou innocent blood from among you, when
mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut thou shalt do that which is right in the
them down (for the tree of the field is sight of the LORD.
man’s life) to employ them in the siege: 10 ¶ When thou goest forth to war against
20 Only the trees which thou knowest that thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath
they be not trees for meat, thou shalt delivered them into thine hands, and thou
destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt hast taken them captive,
build bulwarks against the city that 11 And seest among the captives a
maketh war with thee, until it be subdued. beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto
her, that thou wouldest have her to thy
CHAPTER 21 wife;
IF one be found slain in the land which the 12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine
LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, house; and she shall shave her head, and
lying in the field, and it be not known who pare her nails;
hath slain him: 13 And she shall put the raiment of her
2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall captivity from off her, and shall remain in
come forth, and they shall measure unto thine house, and bewail her father and her
the cities which are round about him that mother a full month: and after that thou
is slain: shalt go in unto her, and be her husband,
3 And it shall be, that the city which is and she shall be thy wife.
next unto the slain man, even the elders of 14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight
that city shall take an heifer, which hath in her, then thou shalt let her go whither
not been wrought with, and which hath she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all
not drawn in the yoke; for money, thou shalt not make
4 And the elders of that city shall bring merchandise of her, because thou hast
down the heifer unto a rough valley, humbled her.
which is neither eared nor sown, and shall 15 ¶ If a man have two wives, one
strike off the heifer’s neck there in the beloved, and another hated, and they have
valley: born him children, both the beloved and
5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers
come near; for them the LORD thy God that was hated:
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16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his
sons to inherit that which he hath, that he ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment;
may not make the son of the beloved and with all lost thing of thy brother’s,
firstborn before the son of the hated, which he hath lost, and thou hast found,
which is indeed the firstborn: shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not
17 But he shall acknowledge the son of hide thyself.
the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a 4 ¶ Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or
double portion of all that he hath: for he is his ox fall down by the way, and hide
the beginning of his strength; the right of thyself from them: thou shalt surely help
the firstborn is his. him to lift them up again.
18 ¶ If a man have a stubborn and 5 ¶ The woman shall not wear that which
rebellious son, which will not obey the pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man
voice of his father, or the voice of his put on a woman’s garment: for all that do
mother, and that, when they have so are abomination unto the LORD thy
chastened him, will not hearken unto God.
them: 6 ¶ If a bird’s nest chance to be before
19 Then shall his father and his mother lay thee in the way in any tree, or on the
hold on him, and bring him out unto the ground, whether they be young ones, or
elders of his city, and unto the gate of his eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young,
place; or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the
20 And they shall say unto the elders of dam with the young:
his city, This our son is stubborn and 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam
rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he go, and take the young to thee; that it may
is a glutton, and a drunkard. be well with thee, and that thou mayest
21 And all the men of his city shall stone prolong thy days.
him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou 8 ¶ When thou buildest a new house, then
put evil away from among you; and all thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof,
Israel shall hear, and fear. that thou bring not blood upon thine
22 ¶ And if a man have committed a sin house, if any man fall from thence.
worthy of death, and he be to be put to 9 ¶ Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with
death, and thou hang him on a tree: divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed
23 His body shall not remain all night which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy
upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise vineyard, be defiled.
bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is 10 ¶ Thou shalt not plow with an ox and
accursed of God;) that thy land be not an ass together.
defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth 11 ¶ Thou shalt not wear a garment of
thee for an inheritance. divers sorts, as of woollen and linen
together.
CHAPTER 22 12 ¶ Thou shalt make thee fringes upon
THOU shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith
sheep go astray, and hide thyself from thou coverest thyself.
them: thou shalt in any case bring them 13 ¶ If any man take a wife, and go in
again unto thy brother. unto her, and hate her,
2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, 14 And give occasions of speech against
or if thou know him not, then thou shalt her, and bring up an evil name upon her,
bring it unto thine own house, and it shall and say, I took this woman, and when I
be with thee until thy brother seek after it, came to her, I found her not a maid:
and thou shalt restore it to him again. 15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and
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her mother, take and bring forth the tokens 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do
of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of nothing; there is in the damsel no sin
the city in the gate: worthy of death: for as when a man riseth
16 And the damsel’s father shall say unto against his neighbour, and slayeth him,
the elders, I gave my daughter unto this even so is this matter:
man to wife, and he hateth her; 27 For he found her in the field, and the
17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of betrothed damsel cried, and there was
speech against her, saying, I found not thy none to save her.
daughter a maid; and yet these are the 28 ¶ If a man find a damsel that is a
tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay
they shall spread the cloth before the hold on her, and lie with her, and they be
elders of the city. found;
18 And the elders of that city shall take 29 Then the man that lay with her shall
that man and chastise him; give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels
19 And they shall amerce him in an of silver, and she shall be his wife;
hundred shekels of silver, and give them because he hath humbled her, he may not
unto the father of the damsel, because he put her away all his days.
hath brought up an evil name upon a 30 ¶ A man shall not take his father’s
virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
he may not put her away all his days.
20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens CHAPTER 23
of virginity be not found for the damsel: HE that is wounded in the stones, or hath
21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to his privy member cut off, shall not enter
the door of her father’s house, and the into the congregation of the LORD.
men of her city shall stone her with stones 2 A bastard shall not enter into the
that she die: because she hath wrought congregation of the LORD; even to his
folly in Israel, to play the whore in her tenth generation shall he not enter into the
father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away congregation of the LORD.
from among you. 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter
22 ¶ If a man be found lying with a into the congregation of the LORD; even to
woman married to an husband, then they their tenth generation shall they not enter
shall both of them die, both the man that into the congregation of the LORD for
lay with the woman, and the woman: so ever:
shalt thou put away evil from Israel. 4 Because they met you not with bread
23 ¶ If a damsel that is a virgin be and with water in the way, when ye came
betrothed unto an husband, and a man find forth out of Egypt; and because they hired
her in the city, and lie with her; against thee Balaam the son of Beor of
24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
the gate of that city, and ye shall stone 5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would
them with stones that they die; the damsel, not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD
because she cried not, being in the city; thy God turned the curse into a blessing
and the man, because he hath humbled his unto thee, because the LORD thy God
neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away loved thee.
evil from among you. 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their
25 ¶ But if a man find a betrothed damsel prosperity all thy days for ever.
in the field, and the man force her, and lie 7 ¶ Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for
with her: then the man only that lay with he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an
her shall die: Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in
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shalt not cause the land to sin, which the put to death for the fathers: every man
LORD thy God giveth thee for an shall be put to death for his own sin.
inheritance. 17 ¶ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment
5 ¶ When a man hath taken a new wife, he of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor
shall not go out to war, neither shall he be take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
charged with any business: but he shall be 18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast
free at home one year, and shall cheer up a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy
his wife which he hath taken. God redeemed thee thence: therefore I
6 ¶ No man shall take the nether or the command thee to do this thing.
upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a 19 ¶ When thou cuttest down thine harvest
man’s life to pledge. in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the
7 ¶ If a man be found stealing any of his field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it
brethren of the children of Israel, and shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless,
maketh merchandise of him, or selleth and for the widow: that the LORD thy God
him; then that thief shall die; and thou may bless thee in all the work of thine
shalt put evil away from among you. hands.
8 ¶ Take heed in the plague of leprosy, 20 When thou beatest thine olive tree,
that thou observe diligently, and do thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it
according to all that the priests the Levites shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless,
shall teach you: as I commanded them, so and for the widow.
ye shall observe to do. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy
9 Remember what the LORD thy God did vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward:
unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were it shall be for the stranger, for the
come forth out of Egypt. fatherless, and for the widow.
10 ¶ When thou dost lend thy brother any 22 And thou shalt remember that thou
thing, thou shalt not go into his house to wast a bondman in the land of Egypt:
fetch his pledge. therefore I command thee to do this thing.
11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man
to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the CHAPTER 25
pledge abroad unto thee. IF there be a controversy between men,
12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not and they come unto judgment, that the
sleep with his pledge: judges may judge them; then they shall
13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the justify the righteous, and condemn the
pledge again when the sun goeth down, wicked.
that he may sleep in his own raiment, and 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be
bless thee: and it shall be righteousness worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall
unto thee before the LORD thy God. cause him to lie down, and to be beaten
14 ¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired before his face, according to his fault, by a
servant that is poor and needy, whether he certain number.
be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not
are in thy land within thy gates: exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat
15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, him above these with many stripes, then
neither shall the sun go down upon it; for thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: 4 ¶ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he
lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and treadeth out the corn.
it be sin unto thee. 5 ¶ If brethren dwell together, and one of
16 The fathers shall not be put to death for them die, and have no child, the wife of
the children, neither shall the children be the dead shall not marry without unto a
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stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in thee by the way, when ye were come forth
unto her, and take her to him to wife, and out of Egypt;
perform the duty of an husband’s brother 18 How he met thee by the way, and
unto her. smote the hindmost of thee, even all that
6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which were feeble behind thee, when thou wast
she beareth shall succeed in the name of faint and weary; and he feared not God.
his brother which is dead, that his name be 19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD
not put out of Israel. thy God hath given thee rest from all thine
7 And if the man like not to take his enemies round about, in the land which
brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife the LORD thy God giveth thee for an
go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt
My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up blot out the remembrance of Amalek from
unto his brother a name in Israel, he will under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
not perform the duty of my husband’s
brother. CHAPTER 26
8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, AND it shall be, when thou art come in
and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, unto the land which the LORD thy God
and say, I like not to take her; giveth thee for an inheritance, and
9 Then shall his brother’s wife come unto possessest it, and dwellest therein;
him in the presence of the elders, and 2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the
loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of
in his face, and shall answer and say, So thy land that the LORD thy God giveth
shall it be done unto that man that will not thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt
build up his brother’s house. go unto the place which the LORD thy God
10 And his name shall be called in Israel, shall choose to place his name there.
The house of him that hath his shoe 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that
loosed. shall be in those days, and say unto him, I
11 ¶ When men strive together one with profess this day unto the LORD thy God,
another, and the wife of the one draweth that I am come unto the country which the
near for to deliver her husband out of the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give
hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth us.
forth her hand, and taketh him by the 4 And the priest shall take the basket out
secrets: of thine hand, and set it down before the
12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine altar of the LORD thy God.
eye shall not pity her. 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the
13 ¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish
weights, a great and a small. was my father, and he went down into
14 Thou shalt not have in thine house Egypt, and sojourned there with a few,
divers measures, a great and a small. and became there a nation, great, mighty,
15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just and populous:
weight, a perfect and just measure shalt 6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and
thou have: that thy days may be afflicted us, and laid upon us hard
lengthened in the land which the LORD thy bondage:
God giveth thee. 7 And when we cried unto the LORD God
16 For all that do such things, and all that of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice,
do unrighteously, are an abomination unto and looked on our affliction, and our
the LORD thy God. labour, and our oppression:
17 ¶ Remember what Amalek did unto 8 And the LORD brought us forth out of
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Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an do them with all thine heart, and with all
outstretched arm, and with great thy soul.
terribleness, and with signs, and with 17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day
wonders: to be thy God, and to walk in his ways,
9 And he hath brought us into this place, and to keep his statutes, and his
and hath given us this land, even a land commandments, and his judgments, and to
that floweth with milk and honey. hearken unto his voice:
10 And now, behold, I have brought the 18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this
firstfruits of the land, which thou, O day to be his peculiar people, as he hath
LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it promised thee, and that thou shouldest
before the LORD thy God, and worship keep all his commandments;
before the LORD thy God: 19 And to make thee high above all
11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good nations which he hath made, in praise, and
thing which the LORD thy God hath given in name, and in honour; and that thou
unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and mayest be an holy people unto the LORD
the Levite, and the stranger that is among thy God, as he hath spoken.
you.
12 ¶ When thou hast made an end of CHAPTER 27
tithing all the tithes of thine increase the AND Moses with the elders of Israel
third year, which is the year of tithing, and commanded the people, saying, Keep all
hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the commandments which I command you
the fatherless, and the widow, that they this day.
may eat within thy gates, and be filled; 2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall
13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD pass over Jordan unto the land which the
thy God, I have brought away the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt
hallowed things out of mine house, and set thee up great stones, and plaister them
also have given them unto the Levite, and with plaister:
unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to 3 And thou shalt write upon them all the
the widow, according to all thy words of this law, when thou art passed
commandments which thou hast over, that thou mayest go in unto the land
commanded me: I have not transgressed which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a
thy commandments, neither have I land that floweth with milk and honey; as
forgotten them: the LORD God of thy fathers hath
14 I have not eaten thereof in my promised thee.
mourning, neither have I taken away 4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone
ought thereof for any unclean use, nor over Jordan, that ye shall set up these
given ought thereof for the dead: but I stones, which I command you this day, in
have hearkened to the voice of the LORD mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them
my God, and have done according to all with plaister.
that thou hast commanded me. 5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto
15 Look down from thy holy habitation, the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou
from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
and the land which thou hast given us, as 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD
thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt
floweth with milk and honey. offer burnt offerings thereon unto the
16 ¶ This day the LORD thy God hath LORD thy God:
commanded thee to do these statutes and 7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings,
judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the
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9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy 20 The LORD shall send upon thee
people unto himself, as he hath sworn cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that
unto thee, if thou shalt keep the thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until
commandments of the LORD thy God, and thou be destroyed, and until thou perish
walk in his ways. quickly; because of the wickedness of thy
10 And all people of the earth shall see doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
that thou art called by the name of the 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence
LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. cleave unto thee, until he have consumed
11 And the LORD shall make thee thee from off the land, whither thou goest
plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy to possess it.
body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in 22 The LORD shall smite thee with a
the fruit of thy ground, in the land which consumption, and with a fever, and with
the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give an inflammation, and with an extreme
thee. burning, and with the sword, and with
12 The LORD shall open unto thee his blasting, and with mildew; and they shall
good treasure, the heaven to give the rain pursue thee until thou perish.
unto thy land in his season, and to bless all 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head
the work of thine hand: and thou shalt shall be brass, and the earth that is under
lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not thee shall be iron.
borrow. 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy
13 And the LORD shall make thee the land powder and dust: from heaven shall it
head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be come down upon thee, until thou be
above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; destroyed.
if that thou hearken unto the 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be
commandments of the LORD thy God, smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt
which I command thee this day, to go out one way against them, and flee
observe and to do them: seven ways before them: and shalt be
14 And thou shalt not go aside from any removed into all the kingdoms of the
of the words which I command thee this earth.
day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all
after other gods to serve them. fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the
15 ¶ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt earth, and no man shall fray them away.
not hearken unto the voice of the LORD 27 The LORD will smite thee with the
thy God, to observe to do all his botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and
commandments and his statutes which I with the scab, and with the itch, whereof
command thee this day; that all these thou canst not be healed.
curses shall come upon thee, and overtake 28 The LORD shall smite thee with
thee: madness, and blindness, and astonishment
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and of heart:
cursed shalt thou be in the field. 29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt
store. not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and
and the fruit of thy land, the increase of no man shall save thee.
thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another
19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an
in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou house, and thou shalt not dwell therein:
goest out. thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not
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gather the grapes thereof. 43 The stranger that is within thee shall
31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine get up above thee very high; and thou
eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine shalt come down very low.
ass shall be violently taken away from 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not
before thy face, and shall not be restored lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou
to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto shalt be the tail.
thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to 45 Moreover all these curses shall come
rescue them. upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and
32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be overtake thee, till thou be destroyed;
given unto another people, and thine eyes because thou hearkenedst not unto the
shall look, and fail with longing for them voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his
all the day long: and there shall be no commandments and his statutes which he
might in thine hand. commanded thee:
33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign
labours, shall a nation which thou knowest and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for
not eat up; and thou shalt be only ever.
oppressed and crushed alway: 47 Because thou servedst not the LORD
34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight thy God with joyfulness, and with
of thine eyes which thou shalt see. gladness of heart, for the abundance of all
35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, things;
and in the legs, with a sore botch that 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine
cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot enemies which the LORD shall send
unto the top of thy head. against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and
36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy in nakedness, and in want of all things:
king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy
nation which neither thou nor thy fathers neck, until he have destroyed thee.
have known; and there shalt thou serve 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against
other gods, wood and stone. thee from far, from the end of the earth, as
37 And thou shalt become an swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose
astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, tongue thou shalt not understand;
among all nations whither the LORD shall 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which
lead thee. shall not regard the person of the old, nor
38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the shew favour to the young:
field, and shalt gather but little in; for the 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle,
locust shall consume it. and the fruit of thy land, until thou be
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress destroyed: which also shall not leave thee
them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of
nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he
eat them. have destroyed thee.
40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy
all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint gates, until thy high and fenced walls
thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall come down, wherein thou trustedst,
cast his fruit. throughout all thy land: and he shall
41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all
but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they thy land, which the LORD thy God hath
shall go into captivity. given thee.
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine
the locust consume. own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy
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daughters, which the LORD thy God hath multitude; because thou wouldest not obey
given thee, in the siege, and in the the voice of the LORD thy God.
straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the
distress thee: LORD rejoiced over you to do you good,
54 So that the man that is tender among and to multiply you; so the LORD will
you, and very delicate, his eye shall be rejoice over you to destroy you, and to
evil toward his brother, and toward the bring you to nought; and ye shall be
wife of his bosom, and toward the plucked from off the land whither thou
remnant of his children which he shall goest to possess it.
leave: 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among
55 So that he will not give to any of them all people, from the one end of the earth
of the flesh of his children whom he shall even unto the other; and there thou shalt
eat: because he hath nothing left him in serve other gods, which neither thou nor
the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thy fathers have known, even wood and
thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy stone.
gates. 65 And among these nations shalt thou
56 The tender and delicate woman among find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy
you, which would not adventure to set the foot have rest: but the LORD shall give
sole of her foot upon the ground for thee there a trembling heart, and failing of
delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall eyes, and sorrow of mind:
be evil toward the husband of her bosom, 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before
and toward her son, and toward her thee; and thou shalt fear day and night,
daughter, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
57 And toward her young one that cometh 67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would
out from between her feet, and toward her God it were even! and at even thou shalt
children which she shall bear: for she shall say, Would God it were morning! for the
eat them for want of all things secretly in fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt
the siege and straitness, wherewith thine fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which
enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. thou shalt see.
58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the 68 And the LORD shall bring thee into
words of this law that are written in this Egypt again with ships, by the way
book, that thou mayest fear this glorious whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see
and fearful name, THE LORD THY it no more again: and there ye shall be
GOD; sold unto your enemies for bondmen and
59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed,
even great plagues, and of long CHAPTER 29
continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of THESE are the words of the covenant,
long continuance. which the LORD commanded Moses to
60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all make with the children of Israel in the
the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast land of Moab, beside the covenant which
afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. he made with them in Horeb.
61 Also every sickness, and every plague, 2 ¶ And Moses called unto all Israel, and
which is not written in the book of this said unto them, Ye have seen all that the
law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, LORD did before your eyes in the land of
until thou be destroyed. Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his
62 And ye shall be left few in number, servants, and unto all his land;
whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for 3 The great temptations which thine eyes
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have seen, the signs, and those great the nations which ye passed by;
miracles: 17 And ye have seen their abominations,
4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an and their idols, wood and stone, silver and
heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears gold, which were among them:)
to hear, unto this day. 18 Lest there should be among you man,
5 And I have led you forty years in the or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart
wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old turneth away this day from the LORD our
upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old God, to go and serve the gods of these
upon thy foot. nations; lest there should be among you a
6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye root that beareth gall and wormwood;
drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth
know that I am the LORD your God. the words of this curse, that he bless
7 And when ye came unto this place, himself in his heart, saying, I shall have
Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the peace, though I walk in the imagination of
king of Bashan, came out against us unto mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
battle, and we smote them: 20 The LORD will not spare him, but then
8 And we took their land, and gave it for the anger of the LORD and his jealousy
an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to shall smoke against that man, and all the
the Gadites, and to the half tribe of curses that are written in this book shall
Manasseh. lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out
9 Keep therefore the words of this his name from under heaven.
covenant, and do them, that ye may 21 And the LORD shall separate him unto
prosper in all that ye do. evil out of all the tribes of Israel,
10 ¶ Ye stand this day all of you before according to all the curses of the covenant
the LORD your God; your captains of your that are written in this book of the law:
tribes, your elders, and your officers, with 22 So that the generation to come of your
all the men of Israel, children that shall rise up after you, and
11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy the stranger that shall come from a far
stranger that is in thy camp, from the land, shall say, when they see the plagues
hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy of that land, and the sicknesses which the
water: LORD hath laid upon it;
12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant 23 And that the whole land thereof is
with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is
which the LORD thy God maketh with thee not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass
this day: groweth therein, like the overthrow of
13 That he may establish thee to day for a Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and
people unto himself, and that he may be Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his
unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, anger, and in his wrath:
and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. hath the LORD done thus unto this land?
14 Neither with you only do I make this what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
covenant and this oath; 25 Then men shall say, Because they have
15 But with him that standeth here with us forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of
this day before the LORD our God, and their fathers, which he made with them
also with him that is not here with us this when he brought them forth out of the
day: land of Egypt:
16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the 26 For they went and served other gods,
land of Egypt; and how we came through and worshipped them, gods whom they
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knew not, and whom he had not given that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
unto them: 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice
27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled of the LORD, and do all his
against this land, to bring upon it all the commandments which I command thee
curses that are written in this book: this day.
28 And the LORD rooted them out of their 9 And the LORD thy God will make thee
land in anger, and in wrath, and in great plenteous in every work of thine hand, in
indignation, and cast them into another the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy
land, as it is this day. cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for
29 The secret things belong unto the LORD good: for the LORD will again rejoice over
our God: but those things which are thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy
revealed belong unto us and to our fathers:
children for ever, that we may do all the 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of
words of this law. the LORD thy God, to keep his
commandments and his statutes which are
CHAPTER 30 written in this book of the law, and if thou
AND it shall come to pass, when all these turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine
things are come upon thee, the blessing heart, and with all thy soul.
and the curse, which I have set before 11 ¶ For this commandment which I
thee, and thou shalt call them to mind command thee this day, it is not hidden
among all the nations, whither the LORD from thee, neither is it far off.
thy God hath driven thee, 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest
2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and
and shalt obey his voice according to all bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and
that I command thee this day, thou and thy do it?
children, with all thine heart, and with all 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou
thy soul; shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea
3 That then the LORD thy God will turn for us, and bring it unto us, that we may
thy captivity, and have compassion upon hear it, and do it?
thee, and will return and gather thee from 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in
all the nations, whither the LORD thy God thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou
hath scattered thee. mayest do it.
4 If any of thine be driven out unto the 15 ¶ See, I have set before thee this day
outmost parts of heaven, from thence will life and good, and death and evil;
the LORD thy God gather thee, and from 16 In that I command thee this day to love
thence will he fetch thee: the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways,
5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee and to keep his commandments and his
into the land which thy fathers possessed, statutes and his judgments, that thou
and thou shalt possess it; and he will do mayest live and multiply: and the LORD
thee good, and multiply thee above thy thy God shall bless thee in the land
fathers. whither thou goest to possess it.
6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that
thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn
love the LORD thy God with all thine away, and worship other gods, and serve
heart, and with all thy soul, that thou them;
mayest live. 18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye
7 And the LORD thy God will put all these shall surely perish, and that ye shall not
curses upon thine enemies, and on them prolong your days upon the land, whither
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thou passest over Jordan to go to possess 8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go
it. before thee; he will be with thee, he will
19 I call heaven and earth to record this not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not,
day against you, that I have set before you neither be dismayed.
life and death, blessing and cursing: 9 ¶ And Moses wrote this law, and
therefore choose life, that both thou and delivered it unto the priests the sons of
thy seed may live: Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant
20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy of the LORD, and unto all the elders of
God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, Israel.
and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for 10 And Moses commanded them, saying,
he is thy life, and the length of thy days: At the end of every seven years, in the
that thou mayest dwell in the land which solemnity of the year of release, in the
the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to feast of tabernacles,
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give 11 When all Israel is come to appear
them. before the LORD thy God in the place
which he shall choose, thou shalt read this
CHAPTER 31 law before all Israel in their hearing.
AND Moses went and spake these words 12 Gather the people together, men, and
unto all Israel. women, and children, and thy stranger that
2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred is within thy gates, that they may hear,
and twenty years old this day; I can no and that they may learn, and fear the
more go out and come in: also the LORD LORD your God, and observe to do all the
hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over words of this law:
this Jordan. 13 And that their children, which have not
3 The LORD thy God, he will go over known any thing, may hear, and learn to
before thee, and he will destroy these fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live
nations from before thee, and thou shalt in the land whither ye go over Jordan to
possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over possess it.
before thee, as the LORD hath said. 14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses,
4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he Behold, thy days approach that thou must
did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in
Amorites, and unto the land of them, the tabernacle of the congregation, that I
whom he destroyed. may give him a charge. And Moses and
5 And the LORD shall give them up before Joshua went, and presented themselves in
your face, that ye may do unto them the tabernacle of the congregation.
according unto all the commandments 15 And the LORD appeared in the
which I have commanded you. tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the
6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear pillar of the cloud stood over the door of
not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD the tabernacle.
thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he 16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses,
will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers;
7 ¶ And Moses called unto Joshua, and and this people will rise up, and go a
said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be whoring after the gods of the strangers of
strong and of a good courage: for thou the land, whither they go to be among
must go with this people unto the land them, and will forsake me, and break my
which the LORD hath sworn unto their covenant which I have made with them.
fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against
them to inherit it. them in that day, and I will forsake them,
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and I will hide my face from them, and 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff
they shall be devoured, and many evils neck: behold, while I am yet alive with
and troubles shall befall them; so that they you this day, ye have been rebellious
will say in that day, Are not these evils against the LORD; and how much more
come upon us, because our God is not after my death?
among us? 28 ¶ Gather unto me all the elders of your
18 And I will surely hide my face in that tribes, and your officers, that I may speak
day for all the evils which they shall have these words in their ears, and call heaven
wrought, in that they are turned unto other and earth to record against them.
gods. 29 For I know that after my death ye will
19 Now therefore write ye this song for utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside
you, and teach it the children of Israel: put from the way which I have commanded
it in their mouths, that this song may be a you; and evil will befall you in the latter
witness for me against the children of days; because ye will do evil in the sight
Israel. of the LORD, to provoke him to anger
20 For when I shall have brought them through the work of your hands.
into the land which I sware unto their 30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the
fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; congregation of Israel the words of this
and they shall have eaten and filled song, until they were ended.
themselves, and waxen fat; then will they
turn unto other gods, and serve them, and CHAPTER 32
provoke me, and break my covenant. GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak;
21 And it shall come to pass, when many and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
evils and troubles are befallen them, that 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my
this song shall testify against them as a speech shall distil as the dew, as the small
witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of rain upon the tender herb, and as the
the mouths of their seed: for I know their showers upon the grass:
imagination which they go about, even 3 Because I will publish the name of the
now, before I have brought them into the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
land which I sware. 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for
22 ¶ Moses therefore wrote this song the all his ways are judgment: a God of truth
same day, and taught it the children of and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Israel. 5 They have corrupted themselves, their
23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a spot is not the spot of his children: they
charge, and said, Be strong and of a good are a perverse and crooked generation.
courage: for thou shalt bring the children 6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish
of Israel into the land which I sware unto people and unwise? is not he thy father
them: and I will be with thee. that hath bought thee? hath he not made
24 ¶ And it came to pass, when Moses had thee, and established thee?
made an end of writing the words of this 7 ¶ Remember the days of old, consider
law in a book, until they were finished, the years of many generations: ask thy
25 That Moses commanded the Levites, father, and he will shew thee; thy elders,
which bare the ark of the covenant of the and they will tell thee.
LORD, saying, 8 When the most High divided to the
26 Take this book of the law, and put it in nations their inheritance, when he
the side of the ark of the covenant of the separated the sons of Adam, he set the
LORD your God, that it may be there for a bounds of the people according to the
witness against thee. number of the children of Israel.
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9 For the LORD’s portion is his people; are not a people; I will provoke them to
Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. anger with a foolish nation.
10 He found him in a desert land, and in 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and
the waste howling wilderness; he led him shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall
about, he instructed him, he kept him as consume the earth with her increase, and
the apple of his eye. set on fire the foundations of the
11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, mountains.
fluttereth over her young, spreadeth 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will
abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth spend mine arrows upon them.
them on her wings: 24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and
12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and devoured with burning heat, and with
there was no strange god with him. bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth
13 He made him ride on the high places of of beasts upon them, with the poison of
the earth, that he might eat the increase of serpents of the dust.
the fields; and he made him to suck honey 25 The sword without, and terror within,
out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty shall destroy both the young man and the
rock; virgin, the suckling also with the man of
14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with gray hairs.
fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of 26 I said, I would scatter them into
Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys corners, I would make the remembrance
of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure of them to cease from among men:
blood of the grape. 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of
15 ¶ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: the enemy, lest their adversaries should
thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, behave themselves strangely, and lest they
thou art covered with fatness; then he should say, Our hand is high, and the
forsook God which made him, and lightly LORD hath not done all this.
esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel,
16 They provoked him to jealousy with neither is there any understanding in them.
strange gods, with abominations provoked 29 O that they were wise, that they
they him to anger. understood this, that they would consider
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to their latter end!
God; to gods whom they knew not, to new 30 How should one chase a thousand, and
gods that came newly up, whom your two put ten thousand to flight, except their
fathers feared not. Rock had sold them, and the LORD had
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art shut them up?
unmindful, and hast forgotten God that 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even
formed thee. our enemies themselves being judges.
19 And when the LORD saw it, he 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,
abhorred them, because of the provoking and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes
of his sons, and of his daughters. are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
20 And he said, I will hide my face from 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons,
them, I will see what their end shall be: and the cruel venom of asps.
for they are a very froward generation, 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and
children in whom is no faith. sealed up among my treasures?
21 They have moved me to jealousy with 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and
that which is not God; they have provoked recompence; their foot shall slide in due
me to anger with their vanities: and I will time: for the day of their calamity is at
move them to jealousy with those which hand, and the things that shall come upon
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9 Who said unto his father and to his abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid
mother, I have not seen him; neither did in the sand.
he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his 20 ¶ And of Gad he said, Blessed be he
own children: for they have observed thy that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion,
word, and kept thy covenant. and teareth the arm with the crown of the
10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, head.
and Israel thy law: they shall put incense 21 And he provided the first part for
before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice himself, because there, in a portion of the
upon thine altar. lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with
11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the heads of the people, he executed the
the work of his hands: smite through the justice of the LORD, and his judgments
loins of them that rise against him, and of with Israel.
them that hate him, that they rise not 22 ¶ And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s
again. whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
12 ¶ And of Benjamin he said, The 23 ¶ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali,
beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety satisfied with favour, and full with the
by him; and the LORD shall cover him all blessing of the LORD: possess thou the
the day long, and he shall dwell between west and the south.
his shoulders. 24 ¶ And of Asher he said, Let Asher be
13 ¶ And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the blessed with children; let him be
LORD be his land, for the precious things acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip
of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep his foot in oil.
that coucheth beneath, 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and
14 And for the precious fruits brought as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
forth by the sun, and for the precious 26 ¶ There is none like unto the God of
things put forth by the moon, Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in
15 And for the chief things of the ancient thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
mountains, and for the precious things of 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and
the lasting hills, underneath are the everlasting arms: and
16 And for the precious things of the earth he shall thrust out the enemy from before
and fulness thereof, and for the good will thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
of him that dwelt in the bush: let the 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone:
blessing come upon the head of Joseph, the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land
and upon the top of the head of him that of corn and wine; also his heavens shall
was separated from his brethren. drop down dew.
17 His glory is like the firstling of his 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like
bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unto thee, O people saved by the LORD,
unicorns: with them he shall push the the shield of thy help, and who is the
people together to the ends of the earth: sword of thy excellency! and thine
and they are the ten thousands of enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and
Ephraim, and they are the thousands of thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Manasseh.
18 ¶ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, CHAPTER 34
Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, AND Moses went up from the plains of
in thy tents. Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the
19 They shall call the people unto the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho.
mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices And the LORD shewed him all the land of
of righteousness: for they shall suck of the Gilead, unto Dan,
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descended from the mountain, and passed he will without fail drive out from before
over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and
and told him all things that befell them: the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the
24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the
LORD hath delivered into our hands all the Jebusites.
land; for even all the inhabitants of the 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the
country do faint because of us. Lord of all the earth passeth over before
you into Jordan.
CHAPTER 3 12 Now therefore take you twelve men out
AND Joshua rose early in the morning; of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a
and they removed from Shittim, and came man.
to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, 13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as
and lodged there before they passed over. the soles of the feet of the priests that bear
2 And it came to pass after three days, that the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the
the officers went through the host; earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan,
3 And they commanded the people, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off
saying, When ye see the ark of the from the waters that come down from
covenant of the LORD your God, and the above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall 14 ¶ And it came to pass, when the people
remove from your place, and go after it. removed from their tents, to pass over
4 Yet there shall be a space between you Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of
and it, about two thousand cubits by the covenant before the people;
measure: come not near unto it, that ye 15 And as they that bare the ark were
may know the way by which ye must go: come unto Jordan, and the feet of the
for ye have not passed this way priests that bare the ark were dipped in the
heretofore. brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth
5 And Joshua said unto the people, all his banks all the time of harvest,)
Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the 16 That the waters which came down from
LORD will do wonders among you. above stood and rose up upon an heap
6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, very far from the city Adam, that is beside
saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, Zaretan: and those that came down toward
and pass over before the people. And they the sea of the plain, even the salt sea,
took up the ark of the covenant, and went failed, and were cut off: and the people
before the people. passed over right against Jericho.
7 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, This 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the
day will I begin to magnify thee in the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry
sight of all Israel, that they may know ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the
that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with Israelites passed over on dry ground, until
thee. all the people were passed clean over
8 And thou shalt command the priests that Jordan.
bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When
ye are come to the brink of the water of CHAPTER 4
Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. AND it came to pass, when all the people
9 ¶ And Joshua said unto the children of were clean passed over Jordan, that the
Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
the LORD your God. 2 Take you twelve men out of the people,
10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know out of every tribe a man,
that the living God is among you, and that 3 And command ye them, saying, Take
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you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out ark of the LORD passed over, and the
of the place where the priests’ feet stood priests, in the presence of the people.
firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry 12 And the children of Reuben, and the
them over with you, and leave them in the children of Gad, and half the tribe of
lodging place, where ye shall lodge this Manasseh, passed over armed before the
night. children of Israel, as Moses spake unto
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, them:
whom he had prepared of the children of 13 About forty thousand prepared for war
Israel, out of every tribe a man: passed over before the LORD unto battle,
5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over to the plains of Jericho.
before the ark of the LORD your God into 14 ¶ On that day the LORD magnified
the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they
man of you a stone upon his shoulder, feared him, as they feared Moses, all the
according unto the number of the tribes of days of his life.
the children of Israel: 15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua,
6 That this may be a sign among you, that saying,
when your children ask their fathers in 16 Command the priests that bear the ark
time to come, saying, What mean ye by of the testimony, that they come up out of
these stones? Jordan.
7 Then ye shall answer them, That the 17 Joshua therefore commanded the
waters of Jordan were cut off before the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it 18 And it came to pass, when the priests
passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan that bare the ark of the covenant of the
were cut off: and these stones shall be for LORD were come up out of the midst of
a memorial unto the children of Israel for Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet
ever. were lifted up unto the dry land, that the
8 And the children of Israel did so as waters of Jordan returned unto their place,
Joshua commanded, and took up twelve and flowed over all his banks, as they did
stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the before.
LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the 19 ¶ And the people came up out of
number of the tribes of the children of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month,
Israel, and carried them over with them and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border
unto the place where they lodged, and laid of Jericho.
them down there. 20 And those twelve stones, which they
9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in
midst of Jordan, in the place where the Gilgal.
feet of the priests which bare the ark of the 21 And he spake unto the children of
covenant stood: and they are there unto Israel, saying, When your children shall
this day. ask their fathers in time to come, saying,
10 ¶ For the priests which bare the ark What mean these stones?
stood in the midst of Jordan, until every 22 Then ye shall let your children know,
thing was finished that the LORD saying, Israel came over this Jordan on
commanded Joshua to speak unto the dry land.
people, according to all that Moses 23 For the LORD your God dried up the
commanded Joshua: and the people hasted waters of Jordan from before you, until ye
and passed over. were passed over, as the LORD your God
11 And it came to pass, when all the did to the Red sea, which he dried up from
people were clean passed over, that the before us, until we were gone over:
JOSHUA
24 That all the people of the earth might done circumcising all the people, that they
know the hand of the LORD, that it is abode in their places in the camp, till they
mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your were whole.
God for ever. 9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This
day have I rolled away the reproach of
CHAPTER 5 Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name
AND it came to pass, when all the kings of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
of the Amorites, which were on the side of 10 ¶ And the children of Israel encamped
Jordan westward, and all the kings of the in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the
Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard fourteenth day of the month at even in the
that the LORD had dried up the waters of plains of Jericho.
Jordan from before the children of Israel, 11 And they did eat of the old corn of the
until we were passed over, that their heart land on the morrow after the passover,
melted, neither was there spirit in them unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the
any more, because of the children of selfsame day.
Israel. 12 ¶ And the manna ceased on the morrow
2 ¶ At that time the LORD said unto after they had eaten of the old corn of the
Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and land; neither had the children of Israel
circumcise again the children of Israel the manna any more; but they did eat of the
second time. fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and 13 ¶ And it came to pass, when Joshua
circumcised the children of Israel at the was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes
hill of the foreskins. and looked, and, behold, there stood a
4 And this is the cause why Joshua did man over against him with his sword
circumcise: All the people that came out drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto
of Egypt, that were males, even all the him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or
men of war, died in the wilderness by the for our adversaries?
way, after they came out of Egypt. 14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the
5 Now all the people that came out were host of the LORD am I now come. And
circumcised: but all the people that were Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did
born in the wilderness by the way as they worship, and said unto him, What saith
came forth out of Egypt, them they had my lord unto his servant?
not circumcised. 15 And the captain of the LORD’s host
6 For the children of Israel walked forty said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off
years in the wilderness, till all the people thy foot; for the place whereon thou
that were men of war, which came out of standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
Egypt, were consumed, because they
obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto CHAPTER 6
whom the LORD sware that he would not NOW Jericho was straitly shut up because
shew them the land, which the LORD of the children of Israel: none went out,
sware unto their fathers that he would give and none came in.
us, a land that floweth with milk and 2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I
honey. have given into thine hand Jericho, and
7 And their children, whom he raised up in the king thereof, and the mighty men of
their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for valour.
they were uncircumcised, because they 3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye
had not circumcised them by the way. men of war, and go round about the city
8 And it came to pass, when they had once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
JOSHUA
4 And seven priests shall bear before the on, and blowing with the trumpets.
ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the 14 And the second day they compassed
seventh day ye shall compass the city the city once, and returned into the camp:
seven times, and the priests shall blow so they did six days.
with the trumpets. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day,
5 And it shall come to pass, that when that they rose early about the dawning of
they make a long blast with the ram’s the day, and compassed the city after the
horn, and when ye hear the sound of the same manner seven times: only on that
trumpet, all the people shall shout with a day they compassed the city seven times.
great shout; and the wall of the city shall 16 And it came to pass at the seventh
fall down flat, and the people shall ascend time, when the priests blew with the
up every man straight before him. trumpets, Joshua said unto the people,
6 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun called the Shout; for the LORD hath given you the
priests, and said unto them, Take up the city.
ark of the covenant, and let seven priests 17 ¶ And the city shall be accursed, even
bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before it, and all that are therein, to the LORD:
the ark of the LORD. only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and
7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, all that are with her in the house, because
and compass the city, and let him that is she hid the messengers that we sent.
armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. 18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves
8 ¶ And it came to pass, when Joshua had from the accursed thing, lest ye make
spoken unto the people, that the seven yourselves accursed, when ye take of the
priests bearing the seven trumpets of accursed thing, and make the camp of
rams’ horns passed on before the LORD, Israel a curse, and trouble it.
and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels
the covenant of the LORD followed them. of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the
9 ¶ And the armed men went before the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of
priests that blew with the trumpets, and the LORD.
the rereward came after the ark, the priests 20 So the people shouted when the priests
going on, and blowing with the trumpets. blew with the trumpets: and it came to
10 And Joshua had commanded the pass, when the people heard the sound of
people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor the trumpet, and the people shouted with a
make any noise with your voice, neither great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so
shall any word proceed out of your mouth, that the people went up into the city, every
until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye man straight before him, and they took the
shout. city.
11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was
city, going about it once: and they came in the city, both man and woman, young
into the camp, and lodged in the camp. and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with
12 ¶ And Joshua rose early in the the edge of the sword.
morning, and the priests took up the ark of 22 But Joshua had said unto the two men
the LORD. that had spied out the country, Go into the
13 And seven priests bearing seven harlot’s house, and bring out thence the
trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware
the LORD went on continually, and blew unto her.
with the trumpets: and the armed men 23 And the young men that were spies
went before them; but the rereward came went in, and brought out Rahab, and her
after the ark of the LORD, the priests going father, and her mother, and her brethren,
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and all that she had; and they brought out wherefore the hearts of the people melted,
all her kindred, and left them without the and became as water.
camp of Israel. 6 ¶ And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to
24 And they burnt the city with fire, and the earth upon his face before the ark of
all that was therein: only the silver, and the LORD until the eventide, he and the
the gold, and the vessels of brass and of elders of Israel, and put dust upon their
iron, they put into the treasury of the heads.
house of the LORD. 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD,
25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot wherefore hast thou at all brought this
alive, and her father’s household, and all people over Jordan, to deliver us into the
that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel hand of the Amorites, to destroy us?
even unto this day; because she hid the would to God we had been content, and
messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out dwelt on the other side Jordan!
Jericho. 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel
26 ¶ And Joshua adjured them at that time, turneth their backs before their enemies!
saying, Cursed be the man before the 9 For the Canaanites and all the
LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and
Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof shall environ us round, and cut off our
in his firstborn, and in his youngest son name from the earth: and what wilt thou
shall he set up the gates of it. do unto thy great name?
27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his 10 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get
fame was noised throughout all the thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy
country. face?
11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also
CHAPTER 7 transgressed my covenant which I
BUT the children of Israel committed a commanded them: for they have even
trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, taken of the accursed thing, and have also
the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son stolen, and dissembled also, and they have
of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the put it even among their own stuff.
accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD 12 Therefore the children of Israel could
was kindled against the children of Israel. not stand before their enemies, but turned
2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, their backs before their enemies, because
which is beside Beth-aven, on the east they were accursed: neither will I be with
side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, you any more, except ye destroy the
saying, Go up and view the country. And accursed from among you.
the men went up and viewed Ai. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say,
3 And they returned to Joshua, and said Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for
unto him, Let not all the people go up; but thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is
let about two or three thousand men go up an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O
and smite Ai; and make not all the people Israel: thou canst not stand before thine
to labour thither; for they are but few. enemies, until ye take away the accursed
4 So there went up thither of the people thing from among you.
about three thousand men: and they fled 14 In the morning therefore ye shall be
before the men of Ai. brought according to your tribes: and it
5 And the men of Ai smote of them about shall be, that the tribe which the LORD
thirty and six men: for they chased them taketh shall come according to the
from before the gate even unto Shebarim, families thereof; and the family which the
and smote them in the going down: LORD shall take shall come by
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households; and the household which the brought them unto the valley of Achor.
LORD shall take shall come man by man. 25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou
15 And it shall be, that he that is taken troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee
with the accursed thing shall be burnt with this day. And all Israel stoned him with
fire, he and all that he hath: because he stones, and burned them with fire, after
hath transgressed the covenant of the they had stoned them with stones.
LORD, and because he hath wrought folly 26 And they raised over him a great heap
in Israel. of stones unto this day. So the LORD
16 ¶ So Joshua rose up early in the turned from the fierceness of his anger.
morning, and brought Israel by their Wherefore the name of that place was
tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
17 And he brought the family of Judah;
and he took the family of the Zarhites: and CHAPTER 8
he brought the family of the Zarhites man AND the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not,
by man; and Zabdi was taken: neither be thou dismayed: take all the
18 And he brought his household man by people of war with thee, and arise, go up
man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the
of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of king of Ai, and his people, and his city,
Judah, was taken. and his land:
19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as
give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only
of Israel, and make confession unto him; the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof,
and tell me now what thou hast done; hide shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves:
it not from me. lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, 3 ¶ So Joshua arose, and all the people of
Indeed I have sinned against the LORD war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose
God of Israel, and thus and thus have I out thirty thousand mighty men of valour,
done: and sent them away by night.
21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly 4 And he commanded them, saying,
Babylonish garment, and two hundred Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the
shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of city, even behind the city: go not very far
fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, from the city, but be ye all ready:
and took them; and, behold, they are hid 5 And I, and all the people that are with
in the earth in the midst of my tent, and me, will approach unto the city: and it
the silver under it. shall come to pass, when they come out
22 ¶ So Joshua sent messengers, and they against us, as at the first, that we will flee
ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in before them,
his tent, and the silver under it. 6 (For they will come out after us) till we
23 And they took them out of the midst of have drawn them from the city; for they
the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, will say, They flee before us, as at the
and unto all the children of Israel, and laid first: therefore we will flee before them.
them out before the LORD. 7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush,
24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your
took Achan the son of Zerah, and the God will deliver it into your hand.
silver, and the garment, and the wedge of 8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the
gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and city, that ye shall set the city on fire:
his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and according to the commandment of the
his tent, and all that he had: and they LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded
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of the city, and raise thereon a great heap heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho
of stones, that remaineth unto this day. and to Ai,
30 ¶ Then Joshua built an altar unto the 4 They did work wilily, and went and
LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, made as if they had been ambassadors,
31 As Moses the servant of the LORD and took old sacks upon their asses, and
commanded the children of Israel, as it is wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
written in the book of the law of Moses, 5 And old shoes and clouted upon their
an altar of whole stones, over which no feet, and old garments upon them; and all
man hath lift up any iron: and they offered the bread of their provision was dry and
thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, mouldy.
and sacrificed peace offerings. 6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp
32 ¶ And he wrote there upon the stones a at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the
copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote men of Israel, We be come from a far
in the presence of the children of Israel. country: now therefore make ye a league
33 And all Israel, and their elders, and with us.
officers, and their judges, stood on this 7 And the men of Israel said unto the
side the ark and on that side before the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us;
priests the Levites, which bare the ark of and how shall we make a league with
the covenant of the LORD, as well the you?
stranger, as he that was born among them; 8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy
half of them over against mount Gerizim, servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who
and half of them over against mount Ebal; are ye? and from whence come ye?
as Moses the servant of the LORD had 9 And they said unto him, From a very far
commanded before, that they should bless country thy servants are come because of
the people of Israel. the name of the LORD thy God: for we
34 And afterward he read all the words of have heard the fame of him, and all that he
the law, the blessings and cursings, did in Egypt,
according to all that is written in the book 10 And all that he did to the two kings of
of the law. the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to
35 There was not a word of all that Moses Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of
commanded, which Joshua read not before Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
all the congregation of Israel, with the 11 Wherefore our elders and all the
women, and the little ones, and the inhabitants of our country spake to us,
strangers that were conversant among saying, Take victuals with you for the
them. journey, and go to meet them, and say
unto them, We are your servants:
CHAPTER 9 therefore now make ye a league with us.
AND it came to pass, when all the kings 12 This our bread we took hot for our
which were on this side Jordan, in the provision out of our houses on the day we
hills, and in the valleys, and in all the came forth to go unto you; but now,
coasts of the great sea over against behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the 13 And these bottles of wine, which we
Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and filled, were new; and, behold, they be
the Jebusite, heard thereof; rent: and these our garments and our shoes
2 That they gathered themselves together, are become old by reason of the very long
to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with journey.
one accord. 14 And the men took of their victuals, and
3 ¶ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon asked not counsel at the mouth of the
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stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls
until this very day. that were therein.
28 ¶ And that day Joshua took Makkedah, 38 ¶ And Joshua returned, and all Israel
and smote it with the edge of the sword, with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, 39 And he took it, and the king thereof,
them, and all the souls that were therein; and all the cities thereof; and they smote
he let none remain: and he did to the king them with the edge of the sword, and
of Makkedah as he did unto the king of utterly destroyed all the souls that were
Jericho. therein; he left none remaining: as he had
29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to
and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and the king thereof; as he had done also to
fought against Libnah: Libnah, and to her king.
30 And the LORD delivered it also, and the 40 ¶ So Joshua smote all the country of
king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and the hills, and of the south, and of the vale,
he smote it with the edge of the sword, and of the springs, and all their kings: he
and all the souls that were therein; he let left none remaining, but utterly destroyed
none remain in it; but did unto the king all that breathed, as the LORD God of
thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho. Israel commanded.
31 ¶ And Joshua passed from Libnah, and 41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-
all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country
encamped against it, and fought against it: of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into 42 And all these kings and their land did
the hand of Israel, which took it on the Joshua take at one time, because the LORD
second day, and smote it with the edge of God of Israel fought for Israel.
the sword, and all the souls that were 43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel
therein, according to all that he had done with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
to Libnah.
33 ¶ Then Horam king of Gezer came up CHAPTER 11
to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him AND it came to pass, when Jabin king of
and his people, until he had left him none Hazor had heard those things, that he sent
remaining. to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of
34 ¶ And from Lachish Joshua passed Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and 2 And to the kings that were on the north
they encamped against it, and fought of the mountains, and of the plains south
against it: of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in
35 And they took it on that day, and smote the borders of Dor on the west,
it with the edge of the sword, and all the 3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on
souls that were therein he utterly the west, and to the Amorite, and the
destroyed that day, according to all that he Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite
had done to Lachish. in the mountains, and to the Hivite under
36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they 4 And they went out, they and all their
fought against it: hosts with them, much people, even as the
37 And they took it, and smote it with the sand that is upon the sea shore in
edge of the sword, and the king thereof, multitude, with horses and chariots very
and all the cities thereof, and all the souls many.
that were therein; he left none remaining, 5 And when all these kings were met
according to all that he had done to Eglon; together, they came and pitched together
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at the waters of Merom, to fight against and all the south country, and all the land
Israel. of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain,
6 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be and the mountain of Israel, and the valley
not afraid because of them: for to morrow of the same;
about this time will I deliver them up all 17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth
slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the
horses, and burn their chariots with fire. valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon:
7 So Joshua came, and all the people of and all their kings he took, and smote
war with him, against them by the waters them, and slew them.
of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon 18 Joshua made war a long time with all
them. those kings.
8 And the LORD delivered them into the 19 There was not a city that made peace
hand of Israel, who smote them, and with the children of Israel, save the
chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all
Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of other they took in battle.
Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, 20 For it was of the LORD to harden their
until they left them none remaining. hearts, that they should come against
9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD Israel in battle, that he might destroy them
bade him: he houghed their horses, and utterly, and that they might have no
burnt their chariots with fire. favour, but that he might destroy them, as
10 ¶ And Joshua at that time turned back, the LORD commanded Moses.
and took Hazor, and smote the king 21 ¶ And at that time came Joshua, and
thereof with the sword: for Hazor cut off the Anakims from the mountains,
beforetime was the head of all those from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and
kingdoms. from all the mountains of Judah, and from
11 And they smote all the souls that were all the mountains of Israel: Joshua
therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroyed them utterly with their cities.
destroying them: there was not any left to 22 There was none of the Anakims left in
breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. the land of the children of Israel: only in
12 And all the cities of those kings, and all Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there
the kings of them, did Joshua take, and remained.
smote them with the edge of the sword, 23 So Joshua took the whole land,
and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses according to all that the LORD said unto
the servant of the LORD commanded. Moses; and Joshua gave it for an
13 But as for the cities that stood still in inheritance unto Israel according to their
their strength, Israel burned none of them, divisions by their tribes. And the land
save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. rested from war.
14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the
cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey CHAPTER 12
unto themselves; but every man they NOW these are the kings of the land,
smote with the edge of the sword, until which the children of Israel smote, and
they had destroyed them, neither left they possessed their land on the other side
any to breathe. Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from
15 ¶ As the LORD commanded Moses his the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and
servant, so did Moses command Joshua, all the plain on the east:
and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt
of all that the LORD commanded Moses. in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which
16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and
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from the middle of the river, and from half Adullam, one;
Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which 16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king
is the border of the children of Ammon; of Beth-el, one;
3 And from the plain to the sea of 17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of
Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of Hepher, one;
the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the 18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of
way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the Lasharon, one;
south, under Ashdoth-pisgah: 19 The king of Madon, one; the king of
4 ¶ And the coast of Og king of Bashan, Hazor, one;
which was of the remnant of the giants, 20 The king of Shimron-meron, one; the
that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, king of Achshaph, one;
5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in 21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of
Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border Megiddo, one;
of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, 22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of
and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king Jokneam of Carmel, one;
of Heshbon. 23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor,
6 Them did Moses the servant of the one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
LORD and the children of Israel smite: and 24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings
Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for thirty and one.
a possession unto the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. CHAPTER 13
7 ¶ And these are the kings of the country NOW Joshua was old and stricken in
which Joshua and the children of Israel years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou
smote on this side Jordan on the west, art old and stricken in years, and there
from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon remaineth yet very much land to be
even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up possessed.
to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes 2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all
of Israel for a possession according to the borders of the Philistines, and all
their divisions; Geshuri,
8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and 3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even
in the plains, and in the springs, and in the unto the borders of Ekron northward,
wilderness, and in the south country; the which is counted to the Canaanite: five
Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and
the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the
Jebusites: Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the
9 ¶ The king of Jericho, one; the king of Avites:
Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one; 4 From the south, all the land of the
10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the
Hebron, one; Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of
11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of the Amorites:
Lachish, one; 5 And the land of the Giblites, and all
12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-
Gezer, one; gad under mount Hermon unto the
13 The king of Debir, one; the king of entering into Hamath.
Geder, one; 6 All the inhabitants of the hill country
14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim,
Arad, one; and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out
15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of from before the children of Israel: only
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divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. 20 And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah,
7 Now therefore divide this land for an and Beth-jeshimoth,
inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the 21 And all the cities of the plain, and all
half tribe of Manasseh, the kingdom of Sihon king of the
8 With whom the Reubenites and the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon,
Gadites have received their inheritance, whom Moses smote with the princes of
which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and
eastward, even as Moses the servant of the Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of
LORD gave them; Sihon, dwelling in the country.
9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the 22 ¶ Balaam also the son of Beor, the
river Arnon, and the city that is in the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay
midst of the river, and all the plain of with the sword among them that were
Medeba unto Dibon; slain by them.
10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the 23 And the border of the children of
Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto Reuben was Jordan, and the border
the border of the children of Ammon; thereof. This was the inheritance of the
11 And Gilead, and the border of the children of Reuben after their families, the
Geshurites and Maachathites, and all cities and the villages thereof.
mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto 24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the
Salcah; tribe of Gad, even unto the children of
12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, Gad according to their families.
which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, 25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the
who remained of the remnant of the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the
giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is
them out. before Rabbah;
13 Nevertheless the children of Israel 26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath-
expelled not the Geshurites, nor the mizpeh, and Betonim; and from
Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
Maachathites dwell among the Israelites 27 And in the valley, Beth-aram, and
until this day. Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon,
14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of
none inheritance; the sacrifices of the Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto
LORD God of Israel made by fire are their the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the
inheritance, as he said unto them. other side Jordan eastward.
15 ¶ And Moses gave unto the tribe of the 28 This is the inheritance of the children
children of Reuben inheritance according of Gad after their families, the cities, and
to their families. their villages.
16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is 29 ¶ And Moses gave inheritance unto the
on the bank of the river Arnon, and the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the
city that is in the midst of the river, and all possession of the half tribe of the children
the plain by Medeba; of Manasseh by their families.
17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in 30 And their coast was from Mahanaim,
the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of
Beth-baal-meon, Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which
18 And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and are in Bashan, threescore cities:
Mephaath, 31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and
19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in
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Bashan, were pertaining unto the children melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my
of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to God.
the one half of the children of Machir by 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying,
their families. Surely the land whereon thy feet have
32 These are the countries which Moses trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy
did distribute for inheritance in the plains children’s for ever, because thou hast
of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by wholly followed the LORD my God.
Jericho, eastward. 10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept
33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave me alive, as he said, these forty and five
not any inheritance: the LORD God of years, even since the LORD spake this
Israel was their inheritance, as he said word unto Moses, while the children of
unto them. Israel wandered in the wilderness: and
now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five
CHAPTER 14 years old.
AND these are the countries which the 11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was
children of Israel inherited in the land of in the day that Moses sent me: as my
Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and strength was then, even so is my strength
Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of now, for war, both to go out, and to come
the fathers of the tribes of the children of in.
Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. 12 Now therefore give me this mountain,
2 By lot was their inheritance, as the whereof the LORD spake in that day; for
LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, thou heardest in that day how the Anakims
for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. were there, and that the cities were great
3 For Moses had given the inheritance of and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with
two tribes and an half tribe on the other me, then I shall be able to drive them out,
side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave as the LORD said.
none inheritance among them. 13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto
4 For the children of Joseph were two Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an
tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore inheritance.
they gave no part unto the Levites in the 14 Hebron therefore became the
land, save cities to dwell in, with their inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh
suburbs for their cattle and for their the Kenezite unto this day, because that he
substance. wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the 15 And the name of Hebron before was
children of Israel did, and they divided the Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man
land. among the Anakims. And the land had rest
6 ¶ Then the children of Judah came unto from war.
Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of
Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, CHAPTER 15
Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said THIS then was the lot of the tribe of the
unto Moses the man of God concerning children of Judah by their families; even to
me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin
7 Forty years old was I when Moses the southward was the uttermost part of the
servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh- south coast.
barnea to espy out the land; and I brought 2 And their south border was from the
him word again as it was in mine heart. shore of the salt sea, from the bay that
8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up looketh southward:
with me made the heart of the people 3 And it went out to the south side to
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Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to and the goings out of the border were at
Zin, and ascended up on the south side the sea.
unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to 12 And the west border was to the great
Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast
a compass to Karkaa: of the children of Judah round about
4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, according to their families.
and went out unto the river of Egypt; and 13 ¶ And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh
the goings out of that coast were at the he gave a part among the children of
sea: this shall be your south coast. Judah, according to the commandment of
5 And the east border was the salt sea, the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba
even unto the end of Jordan. And their the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
border in the north quarter was from the 14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons
bay of the sea at the uttermost part of of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and
Jordan: Talmai, the children of Anak.
6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla, 15 And he went up thence to the
and passed along by the north of Beth- inhabitants of Debir: and the name of
arabah; and the border went up to the Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 16 ¶ And Caleb said, He that smiteth
7 And the border went up toward Debir Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I
from the valley of Achor, and so give Achsah my daughter to wife.
northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the
before the going up to Adummim, which brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him
is on the south side of the river: and the Achsah his daughter to wife.
border passed toward the waters of En- 18 And it came to pass, as she came unto
shemesh, and the goings out thereof were him, that she moved him to ask of her
at En-rogel: father a field: and she lighted off her ass;
8 And the border went up by the valley of and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest
the son of Hinnom unto the south side of thou?
the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and 19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for
the border went up to the top of the thou hast given me a south land; give me
mountain that lieth before the valley of also springs of water. And he gave her the
Hinnom westward, which is at the end of upper springs, and the nether springs.
the valley of the giants northward: 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of
9 And the border was drawn from the top the children of Judah according to their
of the hill unto the fountain of the water of families.
Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of
mount Ephron; and the border was drawn the children of Judah toward the coast of
to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim: Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder,
10 And the border compassed from and Jagur,
Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
passed along unto the side of mount 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and
passed on to Timnah: Hezron, which is Hazor,
11 And the border went out unto the side 26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
of Ekron northward: and the border was 27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and
drawn to Shicron, and passed along to Beth-palet,
mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; 28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and
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Bizjothjah, villages:
29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, 55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and
31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Zanoah,
Sansannah, 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities
32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, with their villages:
and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
nine, with their villages: 59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and
33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
and Ashnah, 60 Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim,
34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
and Enam, 61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah,
35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Middin, and Secacah,
Azekah, 62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and
36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.
Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities 63 ¶ As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of
with their villages: Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not
37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell
38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, with the children of Judah at Jerusalem
39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, unto this day.
40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and
Kithlish, CHAPTER 16
41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and AND the lot of the children of Joseph fell
Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of
with their villages: Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that
42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, goeth up from Jericho throughout mount
43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, Beth-el,
44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and
Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: passeth along unto the borders of Archi to
45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages: Ataroth,
46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that 3 And goeth down westward to the coast
lay near Ashdod, with their villages: of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon
47 Ashdod with her towns and her the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings
villages, Gaza with her towns and her out thereof are at the sea.
villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the 4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and
great sea, and the border thereof: Ephraim, took their inheritance.
48 ¶ And in the mountains, Shamir, and 5 ¶ And the border of the children of
Jattir, and Socoh, Ephraim according to their families was
49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, thus: even the border of their inheritance
which is Debir, on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto
50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, Beth-horon the upper;
51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; 6 And the border went out toward the sea
eleven cities with their villages: to Michmethah on the north side; and the
52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, border went about eastward unto Taanath-
53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and shiloh, and passed by it on the east to
Aphekah, Janohah;
54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which 7 And it went down from Janohah to
is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to
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Jericho, and went out at Jordan. 6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had
8 The border went out from Tappuah an inheritance among his sons: and the
westward unto the river Kanah; and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of
goings out thereof were at the sea. This is Gilead.
the inheritance of the tribe of the children 7 ¶ And the coast of Manasseh was from
of Ephraim by their families. Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before
9 And the separate cities for the children Shechem; and the border went along on
of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-
the children of Manasseh, all the cities tappuah.
with their villages. 8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah:
10 And they drave not out the Canaanites but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh
that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites belonged to the children of Ephraim;
dwell among the Ephraimites unto this 9 And the coast descended unto the river
day, and serve under tribute. Kanah, southward of the river: these cities
of Ephraim are among the cities of
CHAPTER 17 Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was
THERE was also a lot for the tribe of on the north side of the river, and the
Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of outgoings of it were at the sea:
Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of 10 Southward it was Ephraim’s, and
Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea
he was a man of war, therefore he had is his border; and they met together in
Gilead and Bashan. Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the
2 There was also a lot for the rest of the east.
children of Manasseh by their families; for 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in
the children of Abiezer, and for the Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and
children of Helek, and for the children of Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants
Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants
and for the children of Hepher, and for the of Endor and her towns, and the
children of Shemida: these were the male inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and
children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns,
their families. even three countries.
3 ¶ But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, 12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not
the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the drive out the inhabitants of those cities;
son of Manasseh, had no sons, but but the Canaanites would dwell in that
daughters: and these are the names of his land.
daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children
Milcah, and Tirzah. of Israel were waxen strong, that they put
4 And they came near before Eleazar the the Canaanites to tribute; but did not
priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, utterly drive them out.
and before the princes, saying, The LORD 14 And the children of Joseph spake unto
commanded Moses to give us an Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me
inheritance among our brethren. Therefore but one lot and one portion to inherit,
according to the commandment of the seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as
LORD he gave them an inheritance among the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
the brethren of their father. 15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be
5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, a great people, then get thee up to the
beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, wood country, and cut down for thyself
which were on the other side Jordan; there in the land of the Perizzites and of
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the giants, if mount Ephraim be too inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and
narrow for thee. half the tribe of Manasseh, have received
16 And the children of Joseph said, The their inheritance beyond Jordan on the
hill is not enough for us: and all the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD
Canaanites that dwell in the land of the gave them.
valley have chariots of iron, both they who 8 ¶ And the men arose, and went away:
are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they and Joshua charged them that went to
who are of the valley of Jezreel. describe the land, saying, Go and walk
17 And Joshua spake unto the house of through the land, and describe it, and
Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, come again to me, that I may here cast lots
saying, Thou art a great people, and hast for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
great power: thou shalt not have one lot 9 And the men went and passed through
only: the land, and described it by cities into
18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it seven parts in a book, and came again to
is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou 10 ¶ And Joshua cast lots for them in
shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua
have iron chariots, and though they be divided the land unto the children of Israel
strong. according to their divisions.
11 ¶ And the lot of the tribe of the
CHAPTER 18 children of Benjamin came up according
AND the whole congregation of the to their families: and the coast of their lot
children of Israel assembled together at came forth between the children of Judah
Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the and the children of Joseph.
congregation there. And the land was 12 And their border on the north side was
subdued before them. from Jordan; and the border went up to the
2 And there remained among the children side of Jericho on the north side, and went
of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet up through the mountains westward; and
received their inheritance. the goings out thereof were at the
3 And Joshua said unto the children of wilderness of Beth-aven.
Israel, How long are ye slack to go to 13 And the border went over from thence
possess the land, which the LORD God of toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is
your fathers hath given you? Beth-el, southward; and the border
4 Give out from among you three men for descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill
each tribe: and I will send them, and they that lieth on the south side of the nether
shall rise, and go through the land, and Beth-horon.
describe it according to the inheritance of 14 And the border was drawn thence, and
them; and they shall come again to me. compassed the corner of the sea
5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: southward, from the hill that lieth before
Judah shall abide in their coast on the Beth-horon southward; and the goings out
south, and the house of Joseph shall abide thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is
in their coasts on the north. Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of
6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into Judah: this was the west quarter.
seven parts, and bring the description 15 And the south quarter was from the end
hither to me, that I may cast lots for you of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out
here before the LORD our God. on the west, and went out to the well of
7 But the Levites have no part among you; waters of Nephtoah:
for the priesthood of the LORD is their 16 And the border came down to the end
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of the mountain that lieth before the valley inheritance of the children of Judah.
of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the 2 And they had in their inheritance Beer-
valley of the giants on the north, and sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the 3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,
side of Jebusi on the south, and descended 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
to En-rogel, 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and
17 And was drawn from the north, and Hazar-susah,
went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth 6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen;
toward Geliloth, which is over against the thirteen cities and their villages:
going up of Adummim, and descended to 7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan;
the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, four cities and their villages:
18 And passed along toward the side over 8 And all the villages that were round
against Arabah northward, and went down about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath
unto Arabah: of the south. This is the inheritance of the
19 And the border passed along to the side tribe of the children of Simeon according
of Beth-hoglah northward: and the to their families.
outgoings of the border were at the north 9 Out of the portion of the children of
bay of the salt sea at the south end of Judah was the inheritance of the children
Jordan: this was the south coast. of Simeon: for the part of the children of
20 And Jordan was the border of it on the Judah was too much for them: therefore
east side. This was the inheritance of the the children of Simeon had their
children of Benjamin, by the coasts inheritance within the inheritance of them.
thereof round about, according to their 10 ¶ And the third lot came up for the
families. children of Zebulun according to their
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the families: and the border of their
children of Benjamin according to their inheritance was unto Sarid:
families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, 11 And their border went up toward the
and the valley of Keziz, sea, and Maralah, and reached to
22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that
Beth-el, is before Jokneam;
23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 12 And turned from Sarid eastward
24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, toward the sunrising unto the border of
and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to
25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and 13 And from thence passeth on along on
Mozah, the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin,
27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to
28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Neah;
Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen 14 And the border compasseth it on the
cities with their villages. This is the north side to Hannathon: and the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin outgoings thereof are in the valley of
according to their families. Jiphthah-el:
15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and
CHAPTER 19 Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem:
AND the second lot came forth to Simeon, twelve cities with their villages.
even for the tribe of the children of 16 This is the inheritance of the children
Simeon according to their families: and of Zebulun according to their families,
their inheritance was within the these cities with their villages.
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17 ¶ And the fourth lot came out to and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the
Issachar, for the children of Issachar outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
according to their families. 34 And then the coast turneth westward to
18 And their border was toward Jezreel, Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence
and Chesulloth, and Shunem, to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on
19 And Hapharaim, and Shion, and the south side, and reacheth to Asher on
Anaharath, the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan
20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, toward the sunrising.
21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En- 35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer,
haddah, and Beth-pazzez; and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and 36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the 37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
outgoings of their border were at Jordan: 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and
sixteen cities with their villages. Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen
23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of cities with their villages.
the children of Issachar according to their 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of
families, the cities and their villages. the children of Naphtali according to their
24 ¶ And the fifth lot came out for the families, the cities and their villages.
tribe of the children of Asher according to 40 ¶ And the seventh lot came out for the
their families. tribe of the children of Dan according to
25 And their border was Helkath, and their families.
Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 41 And the coast of their inheritance was
26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel 42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and
westward, and to Shihor-libnath; Jethlah,
27 And turneth toward the sunrising to 43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and 44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and
to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the Baalath,
north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and 45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-
goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, rimmon,
28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and 46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the
Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great border before Japho.
Zidon; 47 And the coast of the children of Dan
29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, went out too little for them: therefore the
and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast children of Dan went up to fight against
turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the
thereof are at the sea from the coast to edge of the sword, and possessed it, and
Achzib: dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan,
30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: after the name of Dan their father.
twenty and two cities with their villages. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of
31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their
the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
families, these cities with their villages. 49 ¶ When they had made an end of
32 ¶ The sixth lot came out to the children dividing the land for inheritance by their
of Naphtali, even for the children of coasts, the children of Israel gave an
Naphtali according to their families. inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun
33 And their coast was from Heleph, from among them:
Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, 50 According to the word of the LORD
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they gave him the city which he asked, wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe
even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of
and he built the city, and dwelt therein. the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out
51 These are the inheritances, which of the tribe of Manasseh.
Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of 9 These were the cities appointed for all
Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the the children of Israel, and for the stranger
tribes of the children of Israel, divided for that sojourneth among them, that
an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the whosoever killeth any person at unawares
LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the might flee thither, and not die by the hand
congregation. So they made an end of of the avenger of blood, until he stood
dividing the country. before the congregation.
CHAPTER 20 CHAPTER 21
THE LORD also spake unto Joshua, THEN came near the heads of the fathers
saying, of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and
2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the
Appoint out for you cities of refuge, heads of the fathers of the tribes of the
whereof I spake unto you by the hand of children of Israel;
Moses: 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in
3 That the slayer that killeth any person the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD
unawares and unwittingly may flee commanded by the hand of Moses to give
thither: and they shall be your refuge from us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs
the avenger of blood. thereof for our cattle.
4 And when he that doth flee unto one of 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the
those cities shall stand at the entering of Levites out of their inheritance, at the
the gate of the city, and shall declare his commandment of the LORD, these cities
cause in the ears of the elders of that city, and their suburbs.
they shall take him into the city unto them, 4 And the lot came out for the families of
and give him a place, that he may dwell the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron
among them. the priest, which were of the Levites, had
5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of
him, then they shall not deliver the slayer the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of
up into his hand; because he smote his Benjamin, thirteen cities.
neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath
beforetime. had by lot out of the families of the tribe
6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan,
stand before the congregation for and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten
judgment, and until the death of the high cities.
priest that shall be in those days: then 6 And the children of Gershon had by lot
shall the slayer return, and come unto his out of the families of the tribe of Issachar,
own city, and unto his own house, unto and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of
the city from whence he fled. the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half
7 ¶ And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen
in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount cities.
Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is 7 The children of Merari by their families
Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of
8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of
eastward, they assigned Bezer in the Zebulun, twelve cities.
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8 And the children of Israel gave by lot 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and
unto the Levites these cities with their Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.
suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh
hand of Moses. with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her
9 ¶ And they gave out of the tribe of the suburbs,
children of Judah, and out of the tribe of 24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon
the children of Simeon, these cities which with her suburbs; four cities.
are here mentioned by name, 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh,
10 Which the children of Aaron, being of Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-
the families of the Kohathites, who were rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was 26 All the cities were ten with their
the first lot. suburbs for the families of the children of
11 And they gave them the city of Arba Kohath that remained.
the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, 27 ¶ And unto the children of Gershon, of
in the hill country of Judah, with the the families of the Levites, out of the other
suburbs thereof round about it. half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in
12 But the fields of the city, and the Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of
villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with
son of Jephunneh for his possession. her suburbs; two cities.
13 ¶ Thus they gave to the children of 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon
Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, with her suburbs, Dabareh with her
to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and suburbs,
Libnah with her suburbs, 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim
14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and with her suburbs; four cities.
Eshtemoa with her suburbs, 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal
15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
with her suburbs, 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob
16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs; four cities.
with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali,
her suburbs; nine cities out of those two Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be
tribes. a city of refuge for the slayer; and
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and
Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
suburbs, 33 All the cities of the Gershonites
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon according to their families were thirteen
with her suburbs; four cities. cities with their suburbs.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, 34 ¶ And unto the families of the children
the priests, were thirteen cities with their of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of
suburbs. the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her
20 ¶ And the families of the children of suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
Kohath, the Levites which remained of the 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with
children of Kohath, even they had the her suburbs; four cities.
cities of their lot out of the tribe of 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer
Ephraim. with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her
21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs,
suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and
refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
suburbs, 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in
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Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of commandment and the law, which Moses
refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with the servant of the LORD charged you, to
her suburbs, love the LORD your God, and to walk in
39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with all his ways, and to keep his
her suburbs; four cities in all. commandments, and to cleave unto him,
40 So all the cities for the children of and to serve him with all your heart and
Merari by their families, which were with all your soul.
remaining of the families of the Levites, 6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them
were by their lot twelve cities. away: and they went unto their tents.
41 All the cities of the Levites within the 7 ¶ Now to the one half of the tribe of
possession of the children of Israel were Manasseh Moses had given possession in
forty and eight cities with their suburbs. Bashan: but unto the other half thereof
42 These cities were every one with their gave Joshua among their brethren on this
suburbs round about them: thus were all side Jordan westward. And when Joshua
these cities. sent them away also unto their tents, then
43 ¶ And the LORD gave unto Israel all the he blessed them,
land which he sware to give unto their 8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return
fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt with much riches unto your tents, and with
therein. very much cattle, with silver, and with
44 And the LORD gave them rest round gold, and with brass, and with iron, and
about, according to all that he sware unto with very much raiment: divide the spoil
their fathers: and there stood not a man of of your enemies with your brethren.
all their enemies before them; the LORD 9 ¶ And the children of Reuben and the
delivered all their enemies into their hand. children of Gad and the half tribe of
45 There failed not ought of any good Manasseh returned, and departed from the
thing which the LORD had spoken unto the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is
house of Israel; all came to pass. in the land of Canaan, to go unto the
country of Gilead, to the land of their
CHAPTER 22 possession, whereof they were possessed,
THEN Joshua called the Reubenites, and according to the word of the LORD by the
the Gadites, and the half tribe of hand of Moses.
Manasseh, 10 ¶ And when they came unto the
2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all borders of Jordan, that are in the land of
that Moses the servant of the LORD Canaan, the children of Reuben and the
commanded you, and have obeyed my children of Gad and the half tribe of
voice in all that I commanded you: Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a
3 Ye have not left your brethren these great altar to see to.
many days unto this day, but have kept the 11 ¶ And the children of Israel heard say,
charge of the commandment of the LORD Behold, the children of Reuben and the
your God. children of Gad and the half tribe of
4 And now the LORD your God hath given Manasseh have built an altar over against
rest unto your brethren, as he promised the land of Canaan, in the borders of
them: therefore now return ye, and get you Jordan, at the passage of the children of
unto your tents, and unto the land of your Israel.
possession, which Moses the servant of 12 And when the children of Israel heard
the LORD gave you on the other side of it, the whole congregation of the
Jordan. children of Israel gathered themselves
5 But take diligent heed to do the together at Shiloh, to go up to war against
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of the thousands of Israel which were with even unto the great sea westward.
him, heard the words that the children of 5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel
Reuben and the children of Gad and the them from before you, and drive them
children of Manasseh spake, it pleased from out of your sight; and ye shall
them. possess their land, as the LORD your God
31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the hath promised unto you.
priest said unto the children of Reuben, 6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep
and to the children of Gad, and to the and to do all that is written in the book of
children of Manasseh, This day we the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside
perceive that the LORD is among us, therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
because ye have not committed this 7 That ye come not among these nations,
trespass against the LORD: now ye have these that remain among you; neither
delivered the children of Israel out of the make mention of the name of their gods,
hand of the LORD. nor cause to swear by them, neither serve
32 ¶ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
priest, and the princes, returned from the 8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as
children of Reuben, and from the children ye have done unto this day.
of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the 9 For the LORD hath driven out from
land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, before you great nations and strong: but as
and brought them word again. for you, no man hath been able to stand
33 And the thing pleased the children of before you unto this day.
Israel; and the children of Israel blessed 10 One man of you shall chase a
God, and did not intend to go up against thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is
them in battle, to destroy the land wherein that fighteth for you, as he hath promised
the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. you.
34 And the children of Reuben and the 11 Take good heed therefore unto
children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it yourselves, that ye love the LORD your
shall be a witness between us that the God.
LORD is God. 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and
cleave unto the remnant of these nations,
CHAPTER 23 even these that remain among you, and
AND it came to pass a long time after that shall make marriages with them, and go in
the LORD had given rest unto Israel from unto them, and they to you:
all their enemies round about, that Joshua 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD
waxed old and stricken in age. your God will no more drive out any of
2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for these nations from before you; but they
their elders, and for their heads, and for shall be snares and traps unto you, and
their judges, and for their officers, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your
said unto them, I am old and stricken in eyes, until ye perish from off this good
age: land which the LORD your God hath given
3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your you.
God hath done unto all these nations 14 And, behold, this day I am going the
because of you; for the LORD your God is way of all the earth: and ye know in all
he that hath fought for you. your hearts and in all your souls, that not
4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot one thing hath failed of all the good things
these nations that remain, to be an which the LORD your God spake
inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, concerning you; all are come to pass unto
with all the nations that I have cut off, you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
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15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye
all good things are come upon you, which dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
the LORD your God promised you; so shall 8 And I brought you into the land of the
the LORD bring upon you all evil things, Amorites, which dwelt on the other side
until he have destroyed you from off this Jordan; and they fought with you: and I
good land which the LORD your God hath gave them into your hand, that ye might
given you. possess their land; and I destroyed them
16 When ye have transgressed the from before you.
covenant of the LORD your God, which he 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of
commanded you, and have gone and Moab, arose and warred against Israel,
served other gods, and bowed yourselves and sent and called Balaam the son of
to them; then shall the anger of the LORD Beor to curse you:
be kindled against you, and ye shall perish 10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam;
quickly from off the good land which he therefore he blessed you still: so I
hath given unto you. delivered you out of his hand.
11 And ye went over Jordan, and came
CHAPTER 24 unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho
AND Joshua gathered all the tribes of fought against you, the Amorites, and the
Israel to Shechem, and called for the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the
elders of Israel, and for their heads, and Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites,
for their judges, and for their officers; and and the Jebusites; and I delivered them
they presented themselves before God. into your hand.
2 And Joshua said unto all the people, 12 And I sent the hornet before you,
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your which drave them out from before you,
fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood even the two kings of the Amorites; but
in old time, even Terah, the father of not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and 13 And I have given you a land for which
they served other gods. ye did not labour, and cities which ye built
3 And I took your father Abraham from not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards
the other side of the flood, and led him and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye
throughout all the land of Canaan, and eat.
multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 14 ¶ Now therefore fear the LORD, and
4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put
and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to away the gods which your fathers served
possess it; but Jacob and his children went on the other side of the flood, and in
down into Egypt. Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve
plagued Egypt, according to that which I the LORD, choose you this day whom ye
did among them: and afterward I brought will serve; whether the gods which your
you out. fathers served that were on the other side
6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites,
and ye came unto the sea; and the in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and
Egyptians pursued after your fathers with my house, we will serve the LORD.
chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. 16 And the people answered and said,
7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he God forbid that we should forsake the
put darkness between you and the LORD, to serve other gods;
Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, 17 For the LORD our God, he it is that
and covered them; and your eyes have brought us up and our fathers out of the
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land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, hundred and ten years old.
and which did those great signs in our 30 And they buried him in the border of
sight, and preserved us in all the way his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is
wherein we went, and among all the in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the
people through whom we passed: hill of Gaash.
18 And the LORD drave out from before us 31 And Israel served the LORD all the days
all the people, even the Amorites which of Joshua, and all the days of the elders
dwelt in the land: therefore will we also that overlived Joshua, and which had
serve the LORD; for he is our God. known all the works of the LORD, that he
19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye had done for Israel.
cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy 32 ¶ And the bones of Joseph, which the
God; he is a jealous God; he will not children of Israel brought up out of Egypt,
forgive your transgressions nor your sins. buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of
20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve ground which Jacob bought of the sons of
strange gods, then he will turn and do you Hamor the father of Shechem for an
hurt, and consume you, after that he hath hundred pieces of silver: and it became the
done you good. inheritance of the children of Joseph.
21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and
but we will serve the LORD. they buried him in a hill that pertained to
22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye Phinehas his son, which was given him in
are witnesses against yourselves that ye mount Ephraim.
have chosen you the LORD, to serve him.
And they said, We are witnesses.
23 Now therefore put away, said he, the
strange gods which are among you, and
incline your heart unto the LORD God of
Israel.
24 And the people said unto Joshua, The
LORD our God 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 God, and took a great
stone, and set it up there under an oak, that
was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
27 And Joshua said unto all the people,
Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto
us; for it hath heard all the words of the
LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be
therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny
your God.
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 the LORD, died, being an
THE BOOK OF JUDGES.
CHAPTER 1 give Achsah my daughter to wife.
NOW after the death of Joshua it came to 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s
pass, that the children of Israel asked the younger brother, took it: and he gave him
LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us Achsah his daughter to wife.
against the Canaanites first, to fight 14 And it came to pass, when she came to
against them? him, that she moved him to ask of her
2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: father a field: and she lighted from off her
behold, I have delivered the land into his ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt
hand. thou?
3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, 15 And she said unto him, Give me a
Come up with me into my lot, that we blessing: for thou hast given me a south
may fight against the Canaanites; and I land; give me also springs of water. And
likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the
Simeon went with him. nether springs.
4 And Judah went up; and the LORD 16 ¶ And the children of the Kenite,
delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites Moses’ father in law, went up out of the
into their hand: and they slew of them in city of palm trees with the children of
Bezek ten thousand men. Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which
5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: lieth in the south of Arad; and they went
and they fought against him, and they and dwelt among the people.
slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 17 And Judah went with Simeon his
6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued brother, and they slew the Canaanites that
after him, and caught him, and cut off his inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed
thumbs and his great toes. it. And the name of the city was called
7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and Hormah.
ten kings, having their thumbs and their 18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast
great toes cut off, gathered their meat thereof, and Askelon with the coast
under my table: as I have done, so God thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
hath requited me. And they brought him to 19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he
Jerusalem, and there he died. drave out the inhabitants of the mountain;
8 Now the children of Judah had fought but could not drive out the inhabitants of
against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and the valley, because they had chariots of
smitten it with the edge of the sword, and iron.
set the city on fire. 20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as
9 ¶ And afterward the children of Judah Moses said: and he expelled thence the
went down to fight against the Canaanites, three sons of Anak.
that dwelt in the mountain, and in the 21 And the children of Benjamin did not
south, and in the valley. drive out the Jebusites that inhabited
10 And Judah went against the Canaanites Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the
that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto
Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they this day.
slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 22 ¶ And the house of Joseph, they also
11 And from thence he went against the went up against Beth-el: and the LORD
inhabitants of Debir: and the name of was with them.
Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry
12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before
Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I was Luz.)
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24 And the spies saw a man come forth 35 But the Amorites would dwell in
out of the city, and they said unto him, mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim:
Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into yet the hand of the house of Joseph
the city, and we will shew thee mercy. prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
25 And when he shewed them the 36 And the coast of the Amorites was
entrance into the city, they smote the city from the going up to Akrabbim, from the
with the edge of the sword; but they let go rock, and upward.
the man and all his family.
26 And the man went into the land of the CHAPTER 2
Hittites, and built a city, and called the AND an angel of the LORD came up from
name thereof Luz: which is the name Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to
thereof unto this day. go up out of Egypt, and have brought you
27 ¶ Neither did Manasseh drive out the unto the land which I sware unto your
inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, fathers; and I said, I will never break my
nor Taanach and her towns, nor the covenant with you.
inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the 2 And ye shall make no league with the
inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw
the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: down their altars: but ye have not obeyed
but the Canaanites would dwell in that my voice: why have ye done this?
land. 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive
28 And it came to pass, when Israel was them out from before you; but they shall
strong, that they put the Canaanites to be as thorns in your sides, and their gods
tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. shall be a snare unto you.
29 ¶ Neither did Ephraim drive out the 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of
Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the the LORD spake these words unto all the
Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. children of Israel, that the people lifted up
30 ¶ Neither did Zebulun drive out the their voice, and wept.
inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants 5 And they called the name of that place
of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the
among them, and became tributaries. LORD.
31 ¶ Neither did Asher drive out the 6 ¶ And when Joshua had let the people
inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants go, the children of Israel went every man
of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor unto his inheritance to possess the land.
of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 7 And the people served the LORD all the
32 But the Asherites dwelt among the days of Joshua, and all the days of the
Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen
they did not drive them out. all the great works of the LORD, that he
33 ¶ Neither did Naphtali drive out the did for Israel.
inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant
inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt of the LORD, died, being an hundred and
among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of ten years old.
the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of 9 And they buried him in the border of his
Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount
tributaries unto them. of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill
34 And the Amorites forced the children Gaash.
of Dan into the mountain: for they would 10 And also all that generation were
not suffer them to come down to the gathered unto their fathers: and there arose
valley: another generation after them, which
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knew not the LORD, nor yet the works 20 ¶ And the anger of the LORD was hot
which he had done for Israel. against Israel; and he said, Because that
11 ¶ And the children of Israel did evil in this people hath transgressed my covenant
the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: which I commanded their fathers, and
12 And they forsook the LORD God of have not hearkened unto my voice;
their fathers, which brought them out of 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any
the land of Egypt, and followed other from before them of the nations which
gods, of the gods of the people that were Joshua left when he died:
round about them, and bowed themselves 22 That through them I may prove Israel,
unto them, and provoked the LORD to whether they will keep the way of the
anger. LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did
13 And they forsook the LORD, and served keep it, or not.
Baal and Ashtaroth. 23 Therefore the LORD left those nations,
14 ¶ And the anger of the LORD was hot without driving them out hastily; neither
against Israel, and he delivered them into delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
the hands of spoilers that spoiled them,
and he sold them into the hands of their CHAPTER 3
enemies round about, so that they could NOW these are the nations which the
not any longer stand before their enemies. LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as
15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand many of Israel as had not known all the
of the LORD was against them for evil, as wars of Canaan;
the LORD had said, and as the LORD had 2 Only that the generations of the children
sworn unto them: and they were greatly of Israel might know, to teach them war,
distressed. at the least such as before knew nothing
16 ¶ Nevertheless the LORD raised up thereof;
judges, which delivered them out of the 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and
hand of those that spoiled them. all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and
17 And yet they would not hearken unto the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon,
their judges, but they went a whoring after from mount Baal-hermon unto the
other gods, and bowed themselves unto entering in of Hamath.
them: they turned quickly out of the way 4 And they were to prove Israel by them,
which their fathers walked in, obeying the to know whether they would hearken unto
commandments of the LORD; but they did the commandments of the LORD, which he
not so. commanded their fathers by the hand of
18 And when the LORD raised them up Moses.
judges, then the LORD was with the judge, 5 ¶ And the children of Israel dwelt
and delivered them out of the hand of their among the Canaanites, Hittites, and
enemies all the days of the judge: for it Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and
repented the LORD because of their Jebusites:
groanings by reason of them that 6 And they took their daughters to be their
oppressed them and vexed them. wives, and gave their daughters to their
19 And it came to pass, when the judge sons, and served their gods.
was dead, that they returned, and 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the
corrupted themselves more than their sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD
fathers, in following other gods to serve their God, and served Baalim and the
them, and to bow down unto them; they groves.
ceased not from their own doings, nor 8 ¶ Therefore the anger of the LORD was
from their stubborn way. hot against Israel, and he sold them into
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the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of 20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was
Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel sitting in a summer parlour, which he had
served Chushan-rishathaim eight years. for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a
9 And when the children of Israel cried message from God unto thee. And he
unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a arose out of his seat.
deliverer to the children of Israel, who 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and
delivered them, even Othniel the son of took the dagger from his right thigh, and
Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. thrust it into his belly:
10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon 22 And the haft also went in after the
him, and he judged Israel, and went out to blade; and the fat closed upon the blade,
war: and the LORD delivered Chushan- so that he could not draw the dagger out of
rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his his belly; and the dirt came out.
hand; and his hand prevailed against 23 Then Ehud went forth through the
Chushan-rishathaim. porch, and shut the doors of the parlour
11 And the land had rest forty years. And upon him, and locked them.
Othniel the son of Kenaz died. 24 When he was gone out, his servants
12 ¶ And the children of Israel did evil came; and when they saw that, behold, the
again in the sight of the LORD: and the doors of the parlour were locked, they
LORD strengthened Eglon the king of said, Surely he covereth his feet in his
Moab against Israel, because they had summer chamber.
done evil in the sight of the LORD. 25 And they tarried till they were
13 And he gathered unto him the children ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the
of Ammon and Amalek, and went and doors of the parlour; therefore they took a
smote Israel, and possessed the city of key, and opened them: and, behold, their
palm trees. lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
14 So the children of Israel served Eglon 26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried,
the king of Moab eighteen years. and passed beyond the quarries, and
15 But when the children of Israel cried escaped unto Seirath.
unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a 27 And it came to pass, when he was
deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a come, that he blew a trumpet in the
Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him mountain of Ephraim, and the children of
the children of Israel sent a present unto Israel went down with him from the
Eglon the king of Moab. mount, and he before them.
16 But Ehud made him a dagger which 28 And he said unto them, Follow after
had two edges, of a cubit length; and he me: for the LORD hath delivered your
did gird it under his raiment upon his right enemies the Moabites into your hand. And
thigh. they went down after him, and took the
17 And he brought the present unto Eglon fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered
king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat not a man to pass over.
man. 29 And they slew of Moab at that time
18 And when he had made an end to offer about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all
the present, he sent away the people that men of valour; and there escaped not a
bare the present. man.
19 But he himself turned again from the 30 So Moab was subdued that day under
quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I the hand of Israel. And the land had rest
have a secret errand unto thee, O king: fourscore years.
who said, Keep silence. And all that stood 31 ¶ And after him was Shamgar the son
by him went out from him. of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six
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hundred men with an ox goad: and he also Moses, had severed himself from the
delivered Israel. Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain
of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
CHAPTER 4 12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the
AND the children of Israel again did evil son of Abinoam was gone up to mount
in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was Tabor.
dead. 13 And Sisera gathered together all his
2 And the LORD sold them into the hand chariots, even nine hundred chariots of
of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in iron, and all the people that were with
Hazor; the captain of whose host was him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto
Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the the river of Kishon.
Gentiles. 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for
3 And the children of Israel cried unto the this is the day in which the LORD hath
LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the
iron; and twenty years he mightily LORD gone out before thee? So Barak
oppressed the children of Israel. went down from mount Tabor, and ten
4 ¶ And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife thousand men after him.
of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and
5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of all his chariots, and all his host, with the
Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in edge of the sword before Barak; so that
mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and
came up to her for judgment. fled away on his feet.
6 And she sent and called Barak the son of 16 But Barak pursued after the chariots,
Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said and after the host, unto Harosheth of the
unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell
commanded, saying, Go and draw toward upon the edge of the sword; and there was
mount Tabor, and take with thee ten not a man left.
thousand men of the children of Naphtali 17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to
and of the children of Zebulun? the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the
7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin
Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s the king of Hazor and the house of Heber
army, with his chariots and his multitude; the Kenite.
and I will deliver him into thine hand. 18 ¶ And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and
8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to
with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not me; fear not. And when he had turned in
go with me, then I will not go. unto her into the tent, she covered him
9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: with a mantle.
notwithstanding the journey that thou 19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray
takest shall not be for thine honour; for the thee, a little water to drink; for I am
LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk,
woman. And Deborah arose, and went and gave him drink, and covered him.
with Barak to Kedesh. 20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the
10 ¶ And Barak called Zebulun and door of the tent, and it shall be, when any
Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with man doth come and inquire of thee, and
ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt
went up with him. say, No.
11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of 21 Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of
the children of Hobab the father in law of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand,
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and went softly unto him, and smote the that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
nail into his temples, and fastened it into 11 They that are delivered from the noise
the ground: for he was fast asleep and of archers in the places of drawing water,
weary. So he died. there shall they rehearse the righteous acts
22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, of the LORD, even the righteous acts
Jael came out to meet him, and said unto toward the inhabitants of his villages in
him, Come, and I will shew thee the man Israel: then shall the people of the LORD
whom thou seekest. And when he came go down to the gates.
into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and 12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake,
the nail was in his temples. awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead
23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the thy captivity captive, thou son of
king of Canaan before the children of Abinoam.
Israel. 13 Then he made him that remaineth have
24 And the hand of the children of Israel dominion over the nobles among the
prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the people: the LORD made me have dominion
king of Canaan, until they had destroyed over the mighty.
Jabin king of Canaan. 14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of
them against Amalek; after thee,
CHAPTER 5 Benjamin, among thy people; out of
THEN sang Deborah and Barak the son of Machir came down governors, and out of
Abinoam on that day, saying, Zebulun they that handle the pen of the
2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of writer.
Israel, when the people willingly offered 15 And the princes of Issachar were with
themselves. Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak:
3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; he was sent on foot into the valley. For the
I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will divisions of Reuben there were great
sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. thoughts of heart.
4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, 16 Why abodest thou among the
when thou marchedst out of the field of sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the
Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there
dropped, the clouds also dropped water. were great searchings of heart.
5 The mountains melted from before the 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why
LORD, even that Sinai from before the did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued
LORD God of Israel. on the sea shore, and abode in his
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of breaches.
Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people
were unoccupied, and the travellers that jeoparded their lives unto the death in
walked through byways. the high places of the field.
7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, 19 The kings came and fought, then
they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by
arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain
8 They chose new gods; then was war in of money.
the gates: was there a shield or spear seen 20 They fought from heaven; the stars in
among forty thousand in Israel? their courses fought against Sisera.
9 My heart is toward the governors of 21 The river of Kishon swept them away,
Israel, that offered themselves willingly that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my
among the people. Bless ye the LORD. soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye 22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by
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the means of the pransings, the pransings 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown,
of their mighty ones. that the Midianites came up, and the
23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Amalekites, and the children of the east,
LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants even they came up against them;
thereof; because they came not to the help 4 And they encamped against them, and
of the LORD, to the help of the LORD destroyed the increase of the earth, till
against the mighty. thou come unto Gaza, and left no
24 Blessed above women shall Jael the sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor
wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall ox, nor ass.
she be above women in the tent. 5 For they came up with their cattle and
25 He asked water, and she gave him their tents, and they came as grasshoppers
milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly for multitude; for both they and their
dish. camels were without number: and they
26 She put her hand to the nail, and her entered into the land to destroy it.
right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished
with the hammer she smote Sisera, she because of the Midianites; and the
smote off his head, when she had pierced children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
and stricken through his temples. 7 ¶ And it came to pass, when the children
27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay of Israel cried unto the LORD because of
down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where the Midianites,
he bowed, there he fell down dead. 8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the
28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a children of Israel, which said unto them,
window, and cried through the lattice, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I
Why is his chariot so long in coming? brought you up from Egypt, and brought
why tarry the wheels of his chariots? you forth out of the house of bondage;
29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of
returned answer to herself, the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all
30 Have they not sped? have they not that oppressed you, and drave them out
divided the prey; to every man a damsel from before you, and gave you their land;
or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, 10 And I said unto you, I am the LORD
a prey of divers colours of needlework, of your God; fear not the gods of the
divers colours of needlework on both Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye
sides, meet for the necks of them that take have not obeyed my voice.
the spoil? 11 ¶ And there came an angel of the
31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD, and sat under an oak which was in
LORD: but let them that love him be as the Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-
sun when he goeth forth in his might. And ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat
the land had rest forty years. by the winepress, to hide it from the
Midianites.
CHAPTER 6 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared
AND the children of Israel did evil in the unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is
sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
them into the hand of Midian seven years. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my
2 And the hand of Midian prevailed Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is
against Israel: and because of the all this befallen us? and where be all his
Midianites the children of Israel made miracles which our fathers told us of,
them the dens which are in the mountains, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from
and caves, and strong holds. Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken
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us, and delivered us into the hands of the that the LORD said unto him, Take thy
Midianites. father’s young bullock, even the second
14 And the LORD looked upon him, and bullock of seven years old, and throw
said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt down the altar of Baal that thy father hath,
save Israel from the hand of the and cut down the grove that is by it:
Midianites: have not I sent thee? 26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy
15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, God upon the top of this rock, in the
wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my ordered place, and take the second
family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with
least in my father’s house. the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut
16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I down.
will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his
Midianites as one man. servants, and did as the LORD had said
17 And he said unto him, If now I have unto him: and so it was, because he feared
found grace in thy sight, then shew me a his father’s household, and the men of the
sign that thou talkest with me. city, that he could not do it by day, that he
18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I did it by night.
come unto thee, and bring forth my 28 ¶ And when the men of the city arose
present, and set it before thee. And he early in the morning, behold, the altar of
said, I will tarry until thou come again. Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut
19 ¶ And Gideon went in, and made ready down that was by it, and the second
a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah bullock was offered upon the altar that
of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and was built.
he put the broth in a pot, and brought it 29 And they said one to another, Who
out unto him under the oak, and presented hath done this thing? And when they
it. inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the
20 And the angel of God said unto him, son of Joash hath done this thing.
Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, 30 Then the men of the city said unto
and lay them upon this rock, and pour out Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die:
the broth. And he did so. because he hath cast down the altar of
21 ¶ Then the angel of the LORD put forth Baal, and because he hath cut down the
the end of the staff that was in his hand, grove that was by it.
and touched the flesh and the unleavened 31 And Joash said unto all that stood
cakes; and there rose up fire out of the against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will
rock, and consumed the flesh and the ye save him? he that will plead for him, let
unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the him be put to death whilst it is yet
LORD departed out of his sight. morning: if he be a god, let him plead for
22 And when Gideon perceived that he himself, because one hath cast down his
was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, altar.
Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have 32 Therefore on that day he called him
seen an angel of the LORD face to face. Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against
23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be him, because he hath thrown down his
unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. altar.
24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto 33 ¶ Then all the Midianites and the
the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom: Amalekites and the children of the east
unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the were gathered together, and went over,
Abi-ezrites. and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
25 ¶ And it came to pass the same night, 34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon
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13 And when Gideon was come, behold, sword against his fellow, even throughout
there was a man that told a dream unto his all the host: and the host fled to Beth-
fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a shittah in Zererath, and to the border of
dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.
tumbled into the host of Midian, and came 23 And the men of Israel gathered
unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and themselves together out of Naphtali, and
overturned it, that the tent lay along. out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and
14 And his fellow answered and said, This pursued after the Midianites.
is nothing else save the sword of Gideon 24 ¶ And Gideon sent messengers
the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into throughout all mount Ephraim, saying,
his hand hath God delivered Midian, and Come down against the Midianites, and
all the host. take before them the waters unto Beth-
15 ¶ And it was so, when Gideon heard barah and Jordan. Then all the men of
the telling of the dream, and the Ephraim gathered themselves together,
interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and
and returned into the host of Israel, and Jordan.
said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered 25 And they took two princes of the
into your hand the host of Midian. Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew
16 And he divided the three hundred men Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they
into three companies, and he put a trumpet slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and
in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, pursued Midian, and brought the heads of
and lamps within the pitchers. Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side
17 And he said unto them, Look on me, Jordan.
and do likewise: and, behold, when I come
to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, CHAPTER 8
as I do, so shall ye do. AND the men of Ephraim said unto him,
18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all Why hast thou served us thus, that thou
that are with me, then blow ye the calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight
trumpets also on every side of all the with the Midianites? And they did chide
camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, with him sharply.
and of Gideon. 2 And he said unto them, What have I
19 ¶ So Gideon, and the hundred men that done now in comparison of you? Is not the
were with him, came unto the outside of gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better
the camp in the beginning of the middle than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
watch; and they had but newly set the 3 God hath delivered into your hands the
watch: and they blew the trumpets, and princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and
brake the pitchers that were in their hands. what was I able to do in comparison of
20 And the three companies blew the you? Then their anger was abated toward
trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held him, when he had said that.
the lamps in their left hands, and the 4 ¶ And Gideon came to Jordan, and
trumpets in their right hands to blow passed over, he, and the three hundred
withal: and they cried, The sword of the men that were with him, faint, yet
LORD, and of Gideon. pursuing them.
21 And they stood every man in his place 5 And he said unto the men of Succoth,
round about the camp: and all the host ran, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the
and cried, and fled. people that follow me; for they be faint,
22 And the three hundred blew the and I am pursuing after Zebah and
trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
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6 ¶ And the princes of Succoth said, Are 18 ¶ Then said he unto Zebah and
the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in Zalmunna, What manner of men were they
thine hand, that we should give bread unto whom ye slew at Tabor? And they
thine army? answered, As thou art, so were they; each
7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the one resembled the children of a king.
LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna 19 And he said, They were my brethren,
into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh even the sons of my mother: as the LORD
with the thorns of the wilderness and with liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would
briers. not slay you.
8 ¶ And he went up thence to Penuel, and 20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn,
spake unto them likewise: and the men of Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not
Penuel answered him as the men of his sword: for he feared, because he was
Succoth had answered him. yet a youth.
9 And he spake also unto the men of 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise
Penuel, saying, When I come again in thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is,
peace, I will break down this tower. so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and
10 ¶ Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away
Karkor, and their hosts with them, about the ornaments that were on their camels’
fifteen thousand men, all that were left of necks.
all the hosts of the children of the east: for 22 ¶ Then the men of Israel said unto
there fell an hundred and twenty thousand Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and
men that drew sword. thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou
11 ¶ And Gideon went up by the way of hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
them that dwelt in tents on the east of 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not
Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: rule over you, neither shall my son rule
for the host was secure. over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, 24 ¶ And Gideon said unto them, I would
he pursued after them, and took the two desire a request of you, that ye would give
kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, me every man the earrings of his prey.
and discomfited all the host. (For they had golden earrings, because
13 ¶ And Gideon the son of Joash returned they were Ishmaelites.)
from battle before the sun was up, 25 And they answered, We will willingly
14 And caught a young man of the men of give them. And they spread a garment, and
Succoth, and inquired of him: and he did cast therein every man the earrings of
described unto him the princes of Succoth, his prey.
and the elders thereof, even threescore and 26 And the weight of the golden earrings
seventeen men. that he requested was a thousand and
15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, seven hundred shekels of gold; beside
and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment
with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are that was on the kings of Midian, and
the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in beside the chains that were about their
thine hand, that we should give bread unto camels’ necks.
thy men that are weary? 27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof,
16 And he took the elders of the city, and and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and
thorns of the wilderness and briers, and all Israel went thither a whoring after it:
with them he taught the men of Succoth. which thing became a snare unto Gideon,
17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and to his house.
and slew the men of the city. 28 ¶ Thus was Midian subdued before the
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children of Israel, so that they lifted up pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-
their heads no more. And the country was berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain
in quietness forty years in the days of and light persons, which followed him.
Gideon. 5 And he went unto his father’s house at
29 ¶ And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of
and dwelt in his own house. Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten
30 And Gideon had threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding
sons of his body begotten: for he had yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal
many wives. was left; for he hid himself.
31 And his concubine that was in 6 And all the men of Shechem gathered
Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose together, and all the house of Millo, and
name he called Abimelech. went, and made Abimelech king, by the
32 ¶ And Gideon the son of Joash died in plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
a good old age, and was buried in the 7 ¶ And when they told it to Jotham, he
sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of went and stood in the top of mount
the Abi-ezrites. Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried,
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye
was dead, that the children of Israel turned men of Shechem, that God may hearken
again, and went a whoring after Baalim, unto you.
and made Baal-berith their god. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint
34 And the children of Israel remembered a king over them; and they said unto the
not the LORD their God, who had olive tree, Reign thou over us.
delivered them out of the hands of all their 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should
enemies on every side: I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they
35 Neither shewed they kindness to the honour God and man, and go to be
house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, promoted over the trees?
according to all the goodness which he 10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come
had shewed unto Israel. thou, and reign over us.
11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should
CHAPTER 9 I forsake my sweetness, and my good
AND Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal fruit, and go to be promoted over the
went to Shechem unto his mother’s trees?
brethren, and communed with them, and 12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come
with all the family of the house of his thou, and reign over us.
mother’s father, saying, 13 And the vine said unto them, Should I
2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the leave my wine, which cheereth God and
men of Shechem, Whether is better for man, and go to be promoted over the
you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, trees?
which are threescore and ten persons, 14 Then said all the trees unto the
reign over you, or that one reign over you? bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
remember also that I am your bone and 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If
your flesh. in truth ye anoint me king over you, then
3 And his mother’s brethren spake of him come and put your trust in my shadow:
in the ears of all the men of Shechem all and if not, let fire come out of the
these words: and their hearts inclined to bramble, and devour the cedars of
follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our Lebanon.
brother. 16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly
4 And they gave him threescore and ten and sincerely, in that ye have made
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Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well grapes, and made merry, and went into the
with Jerubbaal and his house, and have house of their god, and did eat and drink,
done unto him according to the deserving and cursed Abimelech.
of his hands; 28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is
17 (For my father fought for you, and Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we
adventured his life far, and delivered you should serve him? is not he the son of
out of the hand of Midian: Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve
18 And ye are risen up against my father’s the men of Hamor the father of Shechem:
house this day, and have slain his sons, for why should we serve him?
threescore and ten persons, upon one 29 And would to God this people were
stone, and have made Abimelech, the son under my hand! then would I remove
of his maidservant, king over the men of Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech,
Shechem, because he is your brother;) Increase thine army, and come out.
19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely 30 ¶ And when Zebul the ruler of the city
with Jerubbaal and with his house this heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed,
day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let his anger was kindled.
him also rejoice in you: 31 And he sent messengers unto
20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal
Abimelech, and devour the men of the son of Ebed and his brethren be come
Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the
fire come out from the men of Shechem, city against thee.
and from the house of Millo, and devour 32 Now therefore up by night, thou and
Abimelech. the people that is with thee, and lie in wait
21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and in the field:
went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of 33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as
Abimelech his brother. soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early,
22 ¶ When Abimelech had reigned three and set upon the city: and, behold, when
years over Israel, he and the people that is with him come
23 Then God sent an evil spirit between out against thee, then mayest thou do to
Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and them as thou shalt find occasion.
the men of Shechem dealt treacherously 34 ¶ And Abimelech rose up, and all the
with Abimelech: people that were with him, by night, and
24 That the cruelty done to the threescore they laid wait against Shechem in four
and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and companies.
their blood be laid upon Abimelech their 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out,
brother, which slew them; and upon the and stood in the entering of the gate of the
men of Shechem, which aided him in the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the
killing of his brethren. people that were with him, from lying in
25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait.
wait for him in the top of the mountains, 36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said
and they robbed all that came along that to Zebul, Behold, there come people down
way by them: and it was told Abimelech. from the top of the mountains. And Zebul
26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of
his brethren, and went over to Shechem: the mountains as if they were men.
and the men of Shechem put their 37 And Gaal spake again and said, See
confidence in him. there come people down by the middle of
27 And they went out into the fields, and the land, and another company come
gathered their vineyards, and trode the along by the plain of Meonenim.
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38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is 49 And all the people likewise cut down
now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, every man his bough, and followed
Who is Abimelech, that we should serve Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and
him? is not this the people that thou hast set the hold on fire upon them; so that all
despised? go out, I pray now, and fight the men of the tower of Shechem died
with them. also, about a thousand men and women.
39 And Gaal went out before the men of 50 ¶ Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and
Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. encamped against Thebez, and took it.
40 And Abimelech chased him, and he 51 But there was a strong tower within the
fled before him, and many were city, and thither fled all the men and
overthrown and wounded, even unto the women, and all they of the city, and shut it
entering of the gate. to them, and gat them up to the top of the
41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and tower.
Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, 52 And Abimelech came unto the tower,
that they should not dwell in Shechem. and fought against it, and went hard unto
42 And it came to pass on the morrow, the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
that the people went out into the field; and 53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a
they told Abimelech. millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all
43 And he took the people, and divided to brake his skull.
them into three companies, and laid wait 54 Then he called hastily unto the young
in the field, and looked, and, behold, the man his armourbearer, and said unto him,
people were come forth out of the city; Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men
and he rose up against them, and smote say not of me, A woman slew him. And
them. his young man thrust him through, and he
44 And Abimelech, and the company that died.
was with him, rushed forward, and stood 55 And when the men of Israel saw that
in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech was dead, they departed every
the two other companies ran upon all the man unto his place.
people that were in the fields, and slew 56 ¶ Thus God rendered the wickedness of
them. Abimelech, which he did unto his father,
45 And Abimelech fought against the city in slaying his seventy brethren:
all that day; and he took the city, and slew 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem
the people that was therein, and beat down did God render upon their heads: and upon
the city, and sowed it with salt. them came the curse of Jotham the son of
46 ¶ And when all the men of the tower of Jerubbaal.
Shechem heard that, they entered into an
hold of the house of the god Berith. CHAPTER 10
47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the AND after Abimelech there arose to
men of the tower of Shechem were defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son
gathered together. of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt
48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
Zalmon, he and all the people that were 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three
with him; and Abimelech took an axe in years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
his hand, and cut down a bough from the 3 ¶ And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite,
trees, and took it, and laid it on his and judged Israel twenty and two years.
shoulder, and said unto the people that 4 And he had thirty sons that rode on
were with him, What ye have seen me do, thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities,
make haste, and do as I have done. which are called Havoth-jair unto this day,
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which are in the land of Gilead. from among them, and served the LORD:
5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. and his soul was grieved for the misery of
6 ¶ And the children of Israel did evil Israel.
again in the sight of the LORD, and served 17 Then the children of Ammon were
Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of gathered together, and encamped in
Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods Gilead. And the children of Israel
of Moab, and the gods of the children of assembled themselves together, and
Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, encamped in Mizpeh.
and forsook the LORD, and served not 18 And the people and princes of Gilead
him. said one to another, What man is he that
7 And the anger of the LORD was hot will begin to fight against the children of
against Israel, and he sold them into the Ammon? he shall be head over all the
hands of the Philistines, and into the hands inhabitants of Gilead.
of the children of Ammon.
8 And that year they vexed and oppressed CHAPTER 11
the children of Israel: eighteen years, all NOW Jephthah the Gileadite was a
the children of Israel that were on the mighty man of valour, and he was the son
other side Jordan in the land of the of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
Amorites, which is in Gilead. 2 And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and
9 Moreover the children of Ammon his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust
passed over Jordan to fight also against out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou
Judah, and against Benjamin, and against shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for
the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was thou art the son of a strange woman.
sore distressed. 3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren,
10 ¶ And the children of Israel cried unto and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there
the LORD, saying, We have sinned against were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and
thee, both because we have forsaken our went out with him.
God, and also served Baalim. 4 ¶ And it came to pass in process of time,
11 And the LORD said unto the children of that the children of Ammon made war
Israel, Did not I deliver you from the against Israel.
Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from 5 And it was so, that when the children of
the children of Ammon, and from the Ammon made war against Israel, the
Philistines? elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah
12 The Zidonians also, and the out of the land of Tob:
Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress 6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and
you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered be our captain, that we may fight with the
you out of their hand. children of Ammon.
13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served 7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of
other gods: wherefore I will deliver you Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me
no more. out of my father’s house? and why are ye
14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye come unto me now when ye are in
have chosen; let them deliver you in the distress?
time of your tribulation. 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto
15 ¶ And the children of Israel said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee
the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto now, that thou mayest go with us, and
us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; fight against the children of Ammon, and
deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. be our head over all the inhabitants of
16 And they put away the strange gods Gilead.
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9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of king of the Amorites, the king of
Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us
against the children of Ammon, and the pass, we pray thee, through thy land into
LORD deliver them before me, shall I be my place.
your head? 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass
10 And the elders of Gilead said unto through his coast: but Sihon gathered all
Jephthah, The LORD be witness between his people together, and pitched in Jahaz,
us, if we do not so according to thy words. and fought against Israel.
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of 21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered
Gilead, and the people made him head and Sihon and all his people into the hand of
captain over them: and Jephthah uttered Israel, and they smote them: so Israel
all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. possessed all the land of the Amorites, the
12 ¶ And Jephthah sent messengers unto inhabitants of that country.
the king of the children of Ammon, 22 And they possessed all the coasts of the
saying, What hast thou to do with me, that Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok,
thou art come against me to fight in my and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
land? 23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath
13 And the king of the children of dispossessed the Amorites from before his
Ammon answered unto the messengers of people Israel, and shouldest thou possess
Jephthah, Because Israel took away my it?
land, when they came up out of Egypt, 24 Wilt not thou possess that which
from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess?
Jordan: now therefore restore those lands So whomsoever the LORD our God shall
again peaceably. drive out from before us, them will we
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again possess.
unto the king of the children of Ammon: 25 And now art thou any thing better than
15 And said unto him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab?
Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of did he ever strive against Israel, or did he
Moab, nor the land of the children of ever fight against them,
Ammon: 26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her
16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in
and walked through the wilderness unto all the cities that be along by the coasts of
the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; Arnon, three hundred years? why
17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the therefore did ye not recover them within
king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, that time?
pass through thy land: but the king of 27 Wherefore I have not sinned against
Edom would not hearken thereto. And in thee, but thou doest me wrong to war
like manner they sent unto the king of against me: the LORD the Judge be judge
Moab: but he would not consent: and this day between the children of Israel and
Israel abode in Kadesh. the children of Ammon.
18 Then they went along through the 28 Howbeit the king of the children of
wilderness, and compassed the land of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of
Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by Jephthah which he sent him.
the east side of the land of Moab, and 29 ¶ Then the Spirit of the LORD came
pitched on the other side of Arnon, but upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead,
came not within the border of Moab: for and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of
Arnon was the border of Moab. Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he
19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon passed over unto the children of Ammon.
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30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the months, that she returned unto her father,
LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail who did with her according to his vow
deliver the children of Ammon into mine which he had vowed: and she knew no
hands, man. And it was a custom in Israel,
31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever 40 That the daughters of Israel went
cometh forth of the doors of my house to yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah
meet me, when I return in peace from the the Gileadite four days in a year.
children of Ammon, shall surely be the
LORD’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt CHAPTER 12
offering. AND the men of Ephraim gathered
32 ¶ So Jephthah passed over unto the themselves together, and went northward,
children of Ammon to fight against them; and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore
and the LORD delivered them into his passedst thou over to fight against the
hands. children of Ammon, and didst not call us
33 And he smote them from Aroer, even to go with thee? we will burn thine house
till thou come to Minnith, even twenty upon thee with fire.
cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, 2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my
with a very great slaughter. Thus the people were at great strife with the
children of Ammon were subdued before children of Ammon; and when I called
the children of Israel. you, ye delivered me not out of their
34 ¶ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto hands.
his house, and, behold, his daughter came 3 And when I saw that ye delivered me
out to meet him with timbrels and with not, I put my life in my hands, and passed
dances: and she was his only child; beside over against the children of Ammon, and
her he had neither son nor daughter. the LORD delivered them into my hand:
35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, wherefore then are ye come up unto me
that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my this day, to fight against me?
daughter! thou hast brought me very low, 4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the
and thou art one of them that trouble me: men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim:
for I have opened my mouth unto the and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim,
LORD, and I cannot go back. because they said, Ye Gileadites are
36 And she said unto him, My father, if fugitives of Ephraim among the
thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
LORD, do to me according to that which 5 And the Gileadites took the passages of
hath proceeded out of thy mouth; Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was
forasmuch as the LORD hath taken so, that when those Ephraimites which
vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even were escaped said, Let me go over; that
of the children of Ammon. the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou
37 And she said unto her father, Let this an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
thing be done for me: let me alone two 6 Then said they unto him, Say now
months, that I may go up and down upon Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he
the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I could not frame to pronounce it right.
and my fellows. Then they took him, and slew him at the
38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away passages of Jordan: and there fell at that
for two months: and she went with her time of the Ephraimites forty and two
companions, and bewailed her virginity thousand.
upon the mountains. 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years.
39 And it came to pass at the end of two Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was
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buried in one of the cities of Gilead. 6 ¶ Then the woman came and told her
8 ¶ And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem husband, saying, A man of God came unto
judged Israel. me, and his countenance was like the
9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty countenance of an angel of God, very
daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took terrible: but I asked him not whence he
in thirty daughters from abroad for his was, neither told he me his name:
sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt
10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at conceive, and bear a son; and now drink
Beth-lehem. no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any
11 ¶ And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, unclean thing: for the child shall be a
judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten Nazarite to God from the womb to the day
years. of his death.
12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was 8 ¶ Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and
buried in Aijalon in the country of said, O my Lord, let the man of God
Zebulun. which thou didst send come again unto us,
13 ¶ And after him Abdon the son of and teach us what we shall do unto the
Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. child that shall be born.
14 And he had forty sons and thirty 9 And God hearkened to the voice of
nephews, that rode on threescore and ten Manoah; and the angel of God came again
ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. unto the woman as she sat in the field: but
15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Manoah her husband was not with her.
Pirathonite died, and was buried in 10 And the woman made haste, and ran,
Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the and shewed her husband, and said unto
mount of the Amalekites. him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto
me, that came unto me the other day.
CHAPTER 13 11 And Manoah arose, and went after his
AND the children of Israel did evil again wife, and came to the man, and said unto
in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD him, Art thou the man that spakest unto
delivered them into the hand of the the woman? And he said, I am.
Philistines forty years. 12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words
2 ¶ And there was a certain man of Zorah, come to pass. How shall we order the
of the family of the Danites, whose name child, and how shall we do unto him?
was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and 13 And the angel of the LORD said unto
bare not. Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman
3 And the angel of the LORD appeared let her beware.
unto the woman, and said unto her, 14 She may not eat of any thing that
Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest cometh of the vine, neither let her drink
not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean
son. thing: all that I commanded her let her
4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and observe.
drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat 15 ¶ And Manoah said unto the angel of
not any unclean thing: the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee,
5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a until we shall have made ready a kid for
son; and no rasor shall come on his head: thee.
for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God 16 And the angel of the LORD said unto
from the womb: and he shall begin to Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will
deliver Israel out of the hand of the not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer
Philistines. a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto
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change of garments. And they said unto But her father would not suffer him to go
him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear in.
it. 2 And her father said, I verily thought that
14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I
came forth meat, and out of the strong gave her to thy companion: is not her
came forth sweetness. And they could not younger sister fairer than she? take her, I
in three days expound the riddle. pray thee, instead of her.
15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, 3 ¶ And Samson said concerning them,
that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice Now shall I be more blameless than the
thy husband, that he may declare unto us Philistines, though I do them a
the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy displeasure.
father’s house with fire: have ye called us 4 And Samson went and caught three
to take that we have? is it not so? hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and
16 And Samson’s wife wept before him, turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in
and said, Thou dost but hate me, and the midst between two tails.
lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle 5 And when he had set the brands on fire,
unto the children of my people, and hast he let them go into the standing corn of the
not told it me. And he said unto her, Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks,
Behold, I have not told it my father nor and also the standing corn, with the
my mother, and shall I tell it thee? vineyards and olives.
17 And she wept before him the seven 6 ¶ Then the Philistines said, Who hath
days, while their feast lasted: and it came done this? And they answered, Samson,
to pass on the seventh day, that he told the son in law of the Timnite, because he
her, because she lay sore upon him: and had taken his wife, and given her to his
she told the riddle to the children of her companion. And the Philistines came up,
people. and burnt her and her father with fire.
18 And the men of the city said unto him 7 ¶ And Samson said unto them, Though
on the seventh day before the sun went ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of
down, What is sweeter than honey? and you, and after that I will cease.
what is stronger than a lion? And he said 8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a
unto them, If ye had not plowed with my great slaughter: and he went down and
heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
19 ¶ And the Spirit of the LORD came 9 ¶ Then the Philistines went up, and
upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in
and slew thirty men of them, and took Lehi.
their spoil, and gave change of garments 10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye
unto them which expounded the riddle. come up against us? And they answered,
And his anger was kindled, and he went To bind Samson are we come up, to do to
up to his father’s house. him as he hath done to us.
20 But Samson’s wife was given to his 11 Then three thousand men of Judah
companion, whom he had used as his went to the top of the rock Etam, and said
friend. to Samson, Knowest thou not that the
Philistines are rulers over us? what is this
CHAPTER 15 that thou hast done unto us? And he said
BUT it came to pass within a while after, unto them, As they did unto me, so have I
in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson done unto them.
visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I 12 And they said unto him, We are come
will go in to my wife into the chamber. down to bind thee, that we may deliver
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thee into the hand of the Philistines. And 3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose
Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, at midnight, and took the doors of the gate
that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. of the city, and the two posts, and went
13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; away with them, bar and all, and put them
but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee upon his shoulders, and carried them up to
into their hand: but surely we will not kill the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
thee. And they bound him with two new 4 ¶ And it came to pass afterward, that he
cords, and brought him up from the rock. loved a woman in the valley of Sorek,
14 ¶ And when he came unto Lehi, the whose name was Delilah.
Philistines shouted against him: and the 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up
Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon unto her, and said unto her, Entice him,
him, and the cords that were upon his and see wherein his great strength lieth,
arms became as flax that was burnt with and by what means we may prevail
fire, and his bands loosed from off his against him, that we may bind him to
hands. afflict him: and we will give thee every
15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
and put forth his hand, and took it, and 6 ¶ And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I
slew a thousand men therewith. pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth,
16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of and wherewith thou mightest be bound to
an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of afflict thee.
an ass have I slain a thousand men. 7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind
17 And it came to pass, when he had made me with seven green withs that were never
an end of speaking, that he cast away the dried, then shall I be weak, and be as
jawbone out of his hand, and called that another man.
place Ramath-lehi. 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought
18 ¶ And he was sore athirst, and called up to her seven green withs which had not
on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given been dried, and she bound him with them.
this great deliverance into the hand of thy 9 Now there were men lying in wait,
servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and abiding with her in the chamber. And she
fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? said unto him, The Philistines be upon
19 But God clave an hollow place that thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a
was in the jaw, and there came water thread of tow is broken when it toucheth
thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit the fire. So his strength was not known.
came again, and he revived: wherefore he 10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold,
called the name thereof En-hakkore, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies:
which is in Lehi unto this day. now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou
20 And he judged Israel in the days of the mightest be bound.
Philistines twenty years. 11 And he said unto her, If they bind me
fast with new ropes that never were
CHAPTER 16 occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as
THEN went Samson to Gaza, and saw another man.
there an harlot, and went in unto her. 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and
2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, bound him therewith, and said unto him,
Samson is come hither. And they The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.
compassed him in, and laid wait for him And there were liers in wait abiding in the
all night in the gate of the city, and were chamber. And he brake them from off his
quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, arms like a thread.
when it is day, we shall kill him. 13 And Delilah said unto Samson,
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Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told grow again after he was shaven.
me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest 23 Then the lords of the Philistines
be bound. And he said unto her, If thou gathered them together for to offer a great
weavest the seven locks of my head with sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to
the web. rejoice: for they said, Our god hath
14 And she fastened it with the pin, and delivered Samson our enemy into our
said unto him, The Philistines be upon hand.
thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his 24 And when the people saw him, they
sleep, and went away with the pin of the praised their god: for they said, Our god
beam, and with the web. hath delivered into our hands our enemy,
15 ¶ And she said unto him, How canst and the destroyer of our country, which
thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is slew many of us.
not with me? thou hast mocked me these 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts
three times, and hast not told me wherein were merry, that they said, Call for
thy great strength lieth. Samson, that he may make us sport. And
16 And it came to pass, when she pressed they called for Samson out of the prison
him daily with her words, and urged him, house; and he made them sport: and they
so that his soul was vexed unto death; set him between the pillars.
17 That he told her all his heart, and said 26 And Samson said unto the lad that held
unto her, There hath not come a rasor him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel
upon mine head; for I have been a the pillars whereupon the house standeth,
Nazarite unto God from my mother’s that I may lean upon them.
womb: if I be shaven, then my strength 27 Now the house was full of men and
will go from me, and I shall become weak, women; and all the lords of the Philistines
and be like any other man. were there; and there were upon the roof
18 And when Delilah saw that he had told about three thousand men and women,
her all his heart, she sent and called for the that beheld while Samson made sport.
lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up 28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and
this once, for he hath shewed me all his said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray
heart. Then the lords of the Philistines thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only
came up unto her, and brought money in this once, O God, that I may be at once
their hand. avenged of the Philistines for my two
19 And she made him sleep upon her eyes.
knees; and she called for a man, and she 29 And Samson took hold of the two
caused him to shave off the seven locks of middle pillars upon which the house
his head; and she began to afflict him, and stood, and on which it was borne up, of
his strength went from him. the one with his right hand, and of the
20 And she said, The Philistines be upon other with his left.
thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his 30 And Samson said, Let me die with the
sleep, and said, I will go out as at other Philistines. And he bowed himself with all
times before, and shake myself. And he his might; and the house fell upon the
wist not that the LORD was departed from lords, and upon all the people that were
him. therein. So the dead which he slew at his
21 ¶ But the Philistines took him, and put death were more than they which he slew
out his eyes, and brought him down to in his life.
Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; 31 Then his brethren and all the house of
and he did grind in the prison house. his father came down, and took him, and
22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to brought him up, and buried him between
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Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by
Manoah his father. And he judged Israel the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy
twenty years. victuals. So the Levite went in.
11 And the Levite was content to dwell
CHAPTER 17 with the man; and the young man was
AND there was a man of mount Ephraim, unto him as one of his sons.
whose name was Micah. 12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and
2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven the young man became his priest, and was
hundred shekels of silver that were taken in the house of Micah.
from thee, about which thou cursedst, and 13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the
spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a
silver is with me; I took it. And his mother Levite to my priest.
said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my
son. CHAPTER 18
3 And when he had restored the eleven IN those days there was no king in Israel:
hundred shekels of silver to his mother, and in those days the tribe of the Danites
his mother said, I had wholly dedicated sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for
the silver unto the LORD from my hand for unto that day all their inheritance had not
my son, to make a graven image and a fallen unto them among the tribes of
molten image: now therefore I will restore Israel.
it unto thee. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their
4 Yet he restored the money unto his family five men from their coasts, men of
mother; and his mother took two hundred valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to
shekels of silver, and gave them to the spy out the land, and to search it; and they
founder, who made thereof a graven said unto them, Go, search the land: who
image and a molten image: and they were when they came to mount Ephraim, to the
in the house of Micah. house of Micah, they lodged there.
5 And the man Micah had an house of 3 When they were by the house of Micah,
gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, they knew the voice of the young man the
and consecrated one of his sons, who Levite: and they turned in thither, and said
became his priest. unto him, Who brought thee hither? and
6 In those days there was no king in what makest thou in this place? and what
Israel, but every man did that which was hast thou here?
right in his own eyes. 4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus
7 ¶ And there was a young man out of dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me,
Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, and I am his priest.
who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel,
8 And the man departed out of the city we pray thee, of God, that we may know
from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where whether our way which we go shall be
he could find a place: and he came to prosperous.
mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as 6 And the priest said unto them, Go in
he journeyed. peace: before the LORD is your way
9 And Micah said unto him, Whence wherein ye go.
comest thou? And he said unto him, I am 7 ¶ Then the five men departed, and came
a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to to Laish, and saw the people that were
sojourn where I may find a place. therein, how they dwelt careless, after the
10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure;
me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and there was no magistrate in the land,
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that might put them to shame in any thing; appointed with weapons of war.
and they were far from the Zidonians, and 18 And these went into Micah’s house,
had no business with any man. and fetched the carved image, the ephod,
8 And they came unto their brethren to and the teraphim, and the molten image.
Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said Then said the priest unto them, What do
unto them, What say ye? ye?
9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy
against them: for we have seen the land, peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and
and, behold, it is very good: and are ye go with us, and be to us a father and a
still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to priest: is it better for thee to be a priest
possess the land. unto the house of one man, or that thou be
10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
people secure, and to a large land: for God 20 And the priest’s heart was glad, and he
hath given it into your hands; a place took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the
where there is no want of any thing that is graven image, and went in the midst of the
in the earth. people.
11 ¶ And there went from thence of the 21 So they turned and departed, and put
family of the Danites, out of Zorah and the little ones and the cattle and the
out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed carriage before them.
with weapons of war. 22 ¶ And when they were a good way
12 And they went up, and pitched in from the house of Micah, the men that
Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they were in the houses near to Micah’s house
called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this were gathered together, and overtook the
day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim. children of Dan.
13 And they passed thence unto mount 23 And they cried unto the children of
Ephraim, and came unto the house of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said
Micah. unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou
14 ¶ Then answered the five men that comest with such a company?
went to spy out the country of Laish, and 24 And he said, Ye have taken away my
said unto their brethren, Do ye know that gods which I made, and the priest, and ye
there is in these houses an ephod, and are gone away: and what have I more? and
teraphim, and a graven image, and a what is this that ye say unto me, What
molten image? now therefore consider aileth thee?
what ye have to do. 25 And the children of Dan said unto him,
15 And they turned thitherward, and came Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest
to the house of the young man the Levite, angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose
even unto the house of Micah, and saluted thy life, with the lives of thy household.
him. 26 And the children of Dan went their
16 And the six hundred men appointed way: and when Micah saw that they were
with their weapons of war, which were of too strong for him, he turned and went
the children of Dan, stood by the entering back unto his house.
of the gate. 27 And they took the things which Micah
17 And the five men that went to spy out had made, and the priest which he had,
the land went up, and came in thither, and and came unto Laish, unto a people that
took the graven image, and the ephod, and were at quiet and secure: and they smote
the teraphim, and the molten image: and them with the edge of the sword, and
the priest stood in the entering of the gate burnt the city with fire.
with the six hundred men that were 28 And there was no deliverer, because it
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was far from Zidon, and they had no and let thine heart be merry.
business with any man; and it was in the 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his
valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they father in law urged him: therefore he
built a city, and dwelt therein. lodged there again.
29 And they called the name of the city 8 And he arose early in the morning on the
Dan, after the name of Dan their father, fifth day to depart: and the damsel’s father
who was born unto Israel: howbeit the said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And
name of the city was Laish at the first. they tarried until afternoon, and they did
30 ¶ And the children of Dan set up the eat both of them.
graven image: and Jonathan, the son of 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he,
Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his and his concubine, and his servant, his
sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until father in law, the damsel’s father, said
the day of the captivity of the land. unto him, Behold, now the day draweth
31 And they set them up Micah’s graven toward evening, I pray you tarry all night:
image, which he made, all the time that behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge
the house of God was in Shiloh. here, that thine heart may be merry; and to
morrow get you early on your way, that
CHAPTER 19 thou mayest go home.
AND it came to pass in those days, when 10 But the man would not tarry that night,
there was no king in Israel, that there was but he rose up and departed, and came
a certain Levite sojourning on the side of over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem;
mount Ephraim, who took to him a and there were with him two asses
concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah. saddled, his concubine also was with him.
2 And his concubine played the whore 11 And when they were by Jebus, the day
against him, and went away from him was far spent; and the servant said unto
unto her father’s house to Beth-lehem- his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us
judah, and was there four whole months. turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and
3 And her husband arose, and went after lodge in it.
her, to speak friendly unto her, and to 12 And his master said unto him, We will
bring her again, having his servant with not turn aside hither into the city of a
him, and a couple of asses: and she stranger, that is not of the children of
brought him into her father’s house: and Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
when the father of the damsel saw him, he 13 And he said unto his servant, Come,
rejoiced to meet him. and let us draw near to one of these places
4 And his father in law, the damsel’s to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
father, retained him; and he abode with 14 And they passed on and went their
him three days: so they did eat and drink, way; and the sun went down upon them
and lodged there. when they were by Gibeah, which
5 ¶ And it came to pass on the fourth day, belongeth to Benjamin.
when they arose early in the morning, that 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in
he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went
father said unto his son in law, Comfort in, he sat him down in a street of the city:
thine heart with a morsel of bread, and for there was no man that took them into
afterward go your way. his house to lodging.
6 And they sat down, and did eat and 16 ¶ And, behold, there came an old man
drink both of them together: for the from his work out of the field at even,
damsel’s father had said unto the man, Be which was also of mount Ephraim; and he
content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the
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pieces, and sent her throughout all the Benjamin, were numbered four hundred
country of the inheritance of Israel: for thousand men that drew sword: all these
they have committed lewdness and folly were men of war.
in Israel. 18 ¶ And the children of Israel arose, and
7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; went up to the house of God, and asked
give here your advice and counsel. counsel of God, and said, Which of us
8 ¶ And all the people arose as one man, shall go up first to the battle against the
saying, We will not any of us go to his children of Benjamin? And the LORD said,
tent, neither will we any of us turn into his Judah shall go up first.
house. 19 And the children of Israel rose up in
9 But now this shall be the thing which we the morning, and encamped against
will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot Gibeah.
against it; 20 And the men of Israel went out to
10 And we will take ten men of an battle against Benjamin; and the men of
hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, Israel put themselves in array to fight
and an hundred of a thousand, and a against them at Gibeah.
thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch 21 And the children of Benjamin came
victual for the people, that they may do, forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down
when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, to the ground of the Israelites that day
according to all the folly that they have twenty and two thousand men.
wrought in Israel. 22 And the people the men of Israel
11 So all the men of Israel were gathered encouraged themselves, and set their
against the city, knit together as one man. battle again in array in the place where
12 ¶ And the tribes of Israel sent men they put themselves in array the first day.
through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, 23 (And the children of Israel went up and
What wickedness is this that is done wept before the LORD until even, and
among you? asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I
13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the go up again to battle against the children
children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD
that we may put them to death, and put said, Go up against him.)
away evil from Israel. But the children of 24 And the children of Israel came near
Benjamin would not hearken to the voice against the children of Benjamin the
of their brethren the children of Israel: second day.
14 But the children of Benjamin gathered 25 And Benjamin went forth against them
themselves together out of the cities unto out of Gibeah the second day, and
Gibeah, to go out to battle against the destroyed down to the ground of the
children of Israel. children of Israel again eighteen thousand
15 And the children of Benjamin were men; all these drew the sword.
numbered at that time out of the cities 26 ¶ Then all the children of Israel, and all
twenty and six thousand men that drew the people, went up, and came unto the
sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, house of God, and wept, and sat there
which were numbered seven hundred before the LORD, and fasted that day until
chosen men. even, and offered burnt offerings and
16 Among all this people there were seven peace offerings before the LORD.
hundred chosen men lefthanded; every 27 And the children of Israel inquired of
one could sling stones at an hair breadth, the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of
and not miss. God was there in those days,
17 And the men of Israel, beside 28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the
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son of Aaron, stood before it in those between the men of Israel and the liers in
days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to wait, that they should make a great flame
battle against the children of Benjamin my with smoke rise up out of the city.
brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD 39 And when the men of Israel retired in
said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver the battle, Benjamin began to smite and
them into thine hand. kill of the men of Israel about thirty
29 And Israel set liers in wait round about persons: for they said, Surely they are
Gibeah. smitten down before us, as in the first
30 And the children of Israel went up battle.
against the children of Benjamin on the 40 But when the flame began to arise up
third day, and put themselves in array out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the
against Gibeah, as at other times. Benjamites looked behind them, and,
31 And the children of Benjamin went out behold, the flame of the city ascended up
against the people, and were drawn away to heaven.
from the city; and they began to smite of 41 And when the men of Israel turned
the people, and kill, as at other times, in again, the men of Benjamin were amazed:
the highways, of which one goeth up to for they saw that evil was come upon
the house of God, and the other to Gibeah them.
in the field, about thirty men of Israel. 42 Therefore they turned their backs
32 And the children of Benjamin said, before the men of Israel unto the way of
They are smitten down before us, as at the the wilderness; but the battle overtook
first. But the children of Israel said, Let us them; and them which came out of the
flee, and draw them from the city unto the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
highways. 43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites
33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of round about, and chased them, and trode
their place, and put themselves in array at them down with ease over against Gibeah
Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel toward the sunrising.
came forth out of their places, even out of 44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen
the meadows of Gibeah. thousand men; all these were men of
34 And there came against Gibeah ten valour.
thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and 45 And they turned and fled toward the
the battle was sore: but they knew not that wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and
evil was near them. they gleaned of them in the highways five
35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before thousand men; and pursued hard after
Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand
of the Benjamites that day twenty and five men of them.
thousand and an hundred men: all these 46 So that all which fell that day of
drew the sword. Benjamin were twenty and five thousand
36 So the children of Benjamin saw that men that drew the sword; all these were
they were smitten: for the men of Israel men of valour.
gave place to the Benjamites, because they 47 But six hundred men turned and fled to
trusted unto the liers in wait which they the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and
had set beside Gibeah. abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed 48 And the men of Israel turned again
upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew upon the children of Benjamin, and smote
themselves along, and smote all the city them with the edge of the sword, as well
with the edge of the sword. the men of every city, as the beast, and all
38 Now there was an appointed sign that came to hand: also they set on fire all
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the cities that they came to. every woman that hath lain by man.
12 And they found among the inhabitants
CHAPTER 21 of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young
NOW the men of Israel had sworn in virgins, that had known no man by lying
Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us with any male: and they brought them
give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the
2 And the people came to the house of land of Canaan.
God, and abode there till even before God, 13 And the whole congregation sent some
and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; to speak to the children of Benjamin that
3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is were in the rock Rimmon, and to call
this come to pass in Israel, that there peaceably unto them.
should be to day one tribe lacking in 14 And Benjamin came again at that time;
Israel? and they gave them wives which they had
4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that saved alive of the women of Jabesh-
the people rose early, and built there an gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
altar, and offered burnt offerings and 15 And the people repented them for
peace offerings. Benjamin, because that the LORD had
5 And the children of Israel said, Who is made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
there among all the tribes of Israel that 16 ¶ Then the elders of the congregation
came not up with the congregation unto said, How shall we do for wives for them
the LORD? For they had made a great oath that remain, seeing the women are
concerning him that came not up to the destroyed out of Benjamin?
LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely 17 And they said, There must be an
be put to death. inheritance for them that be escaped of
6 And the children of Israel repented them Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out
for Benjamin their brother, and said, of Israel.
There is one tribe cut off from Israel this 18 Howbeit we may not give them wives
day. of our daughters: for the children of Israel
7 How shall we do for wives for them that have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that
remain, seeing we have sworn by the giveth a wife to Benjamin.
LORD that we will not give them of our 19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast
daughters to wives? of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place
8 ¶ And they said, What one is there of the which is on the north side of Beth-el, on
tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh the east side of the highway that goeth up
to the LORD? And, behold, there came from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the
none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to south of Lebonah.
the assembly. 20 Therefore they commanded the
9 For the people were numbered, and, children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie
behold, there were none of the inhabitants in wait in the vineyards;
of Jabesh-gilead there. 21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters
10 And the congregation sent thither of Shiloh come out to dance in dances,
twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and then come ye out of the vineyards, and
commanded them, saying, Go and smite catch you every man his wife of the
the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of
edge of the sword, with the women and Benjamin.
the children. 22 And it shall be, when their fathers or
11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, their brethren come unto us to complain,
Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and that we will say unto them, Be favourable
JUDGES
man is near of kin unto us, one of our next spread therefore thy skirt over thine
kinsmen. handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said 10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the
unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed
young men, until they have ended all my more kindness in the latter end than at the
harvest. beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst
22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her not young men, whether poor or rich.
daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, 11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will
that thou go out with his maidens, that do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the
they meet thee not in any other field. city of my people doth know that thou art
23 So she kept fast by the maidens of a virtuous woman.
Boaz to glean unto the end of barley 12 And now it is true that I am thy near
harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman
with her mother in law. nearer than I.
13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the
CHAPTER 3 morning, that if he will perform unto thee
THEN Naomi her mother in law said unto the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the
her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the
thee, that it may be well with thee? part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do
2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD
with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, liveth: lie down until the morning.
he winnoweth barley to night in the 14 ¶ And she lay at his feet until the
threshingfloor. morning: and she rose up before one could
3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, know another. And he said, Let it not be
and put thy raiment upon thee, and get known that a woman came into the floor.
thee down to the floor: but make not 15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou
thyself known unto the man, until he shall hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she
have done eating and drinking. held it, he measured six measures of
4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that barley, and laid it on her: and she went
thou shalt mark the place where he shall into the city.
lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his 16 And when she came to her mother in
feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter?
thee what thou shalt do. And she told her all that the man had done
5 And she said unto her, All that thou to her.
sayest unto me I will do. 17 And she said, These six measures of
6 ¶ And she went down unto the floor, and barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go
did according to all that her mother in law not empty unto thy mother in law.
bade her. 18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter,
7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, until thou know how the matter will fall:
and his heart was merry, he went to lie for the man will not be in rest, until he
down at the end of the heap of corn: and have finished the thing this day.
she came softly, and uncovered his feet,
and laid her down. CHAPTER 4
8 ¶ And it came to pass at midnight, that THEN went Boaz up to the gate, and sat
the man was afraid, and turned himself: him down there: and, behold, the kinsman
and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom
9 And he said, Who art thou? And she he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit
answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: down here. And he turned aside, and sat
RUTH
unto her husband, I will not go up until the born seven; and she that hath many
child be weaned, and then I will bring children is waxed feeble.
him, that he may appear before the LORD, 6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he
and there abide for ever. bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth
23 And Elkanah her husband said unto up.
her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh
until thou have weaned him; only the rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
LORD establish his word. So the woman 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,
abode, and gave her son suck until she and lifteth up the beggar from the
weaned him. dunghill, to set them among princes, and
24 ¶ And when she had weaned him, she to make them inherit the throne of glory:
took him up with her, with three bullocks, for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s,
and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of and he hath set the world upon them.
wine, and brought him unto the house of 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and
the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for
young. by strength shall no man prevail.
25 And they slew a bullock, and brought 10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be
the child to Eli. broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he
26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge
liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood the ends of the earth; and he shall give
by thee here, praying unto the LORD. strength unto his king, and exalt the horn
27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD of his anointed.
hath given me my petition which I asked 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his
of him: house. And the child did minister unto the
28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD before Eli the priest.
LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent 12 ¶ Now the sons of Eli were sons of
to the LORD. And he worshipped the Belial; they knew not the LORD.
LORD there. 13 And the priests’ custom with the
people was, that, when any man offered
CHAPTER 2 sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while
AND Hannah prayed, and said, My heart the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook
rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is of three teeth in his hand;
exalted in the LORD: my mouth is 14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle,
enlarged over mine enemies; because I or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook
rejoice in thy salvation. brought up the priest took for himself. So
2 There is none holy as the LORD: for they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites
there is none beside thee: neither is there that came thither.
any rock like our God. 15 Also before they burnt the fat, the
3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let priest’s servant came, and said to the man
not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the
the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of
him actions are weighed. thee, but raw.
4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, 16 And if any man said unto him, Let
and they that stumbled are girded with them not fail to burn the fat presently, and
strength. then take as much as thy soul desireth;
5 They that were full have hired out then he would answer him, Nay; but thou
themselves for bread; and they that were shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take
hungry ceased: so that the barren hath it by force.
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17 Wherefore the sin of the young men the house of thy father all the offerings
was very great before the LORD: for men made by fire of the children of Israel?
abhorred the offering of the LORD. 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and
18 ¶ But Samuel ministered before the at mine offering, which I have
LORD, being a child, girded with a linen commanded in my habitation; and
ephod. honourest thy sons above me, to make
19 Moreover his mother made him a little yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the
coat, and brought it to him from year to offerings of Israel my people?
year, when she came up with her husband 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel
to offer the yearly sacrifice. saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the
20 ¶ And Eli blessed Elkanah and his house of thy father, should walk before
wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it
of this woman for the loan which is lent to far from me; for them that honour me I
the LORD. And they went unto their own will honour, and they that despise me shall
home. be lightly esteemed.
21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that 31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut
she conceived, and bare three sons and off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s
two daughters. And the child Samuel grew house, that there shall not be an old man
before the LORD. in thine house.
22 ¶ Now Eli was very old, and heard all 32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my
that his sons did unto all Israel; and how habitation, in all the wealth which God
they lay with the women that assembled at shall give Israel: and there shall not be an
the door of the tabernacle of the old man in thine house for ever.
congregation. 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not
23 And he said unto them, Why do ye cut off from mine altar, shall be to
such things? for I hear of your evil consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine
dealings by all this people. heart: and all the increase of thine house
24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report shall die in the flower of their age.
that I hear: ye make the LORD’s people to 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that
transgress. shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni
25 If one man sin against another, the and Phinehas; in one day they shall die
judge shall judge him: but if a man sin both of them.
against the LORD, who shall intreat for 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest,
him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not that shall do according to that which is in
unto the voice of their father, because the mine heart and in my mind: and I will
LORD would slay them. build him a sure house; and he shall walk
26 And the child Samuel grew on, and before mine anointed for ever.
was in favour both with the LORD, and 36 And it shall come to pass, that every
also with men. one that is left in thine house shall come
27 ¶ And there came a man of God unto and crouch to him for a piece of silver and
Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I
LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices,
of thy father, when they were in Egypt in that I may eat a piece of bread.
Pharaoh’s house?
28 And did I choose him out of all the CHAPTER 3
tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer AND the child Samuel ministered unto the
upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear LORD before Eli. And the word of the
an ephod before me? and did I give unto LORD was precious in those days; there
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Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the
among us, it may save us out of the hand crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of
of our enemies. this tumult? And the man came in hastily,
4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they and told Eli.
might bring from thence the ark of the 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years
covenant of the LORD of hosts, which old; and his eyes were dim, that he could
dwelleth between the cherubims: and the not see.
two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that
were there with the ark of the covenant of came out of the army, and I fled to day out
God. of the army. And he said, What is there
5 And when the ark of the covenant of the done, my son?
LORD came into the camp, all Israel 17 And the messenger answered and said,
shouted with a great shout, so that the Israel is fled before the Philistines, and
earth rang again. there hath been also a great slaughter
6 And when the Philistines heard the noise among the people, and thy two sons also,
of the shout, they said, What meaneth the Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the
noise of this great shout in the camp of the ark of God is taken.
Hebrews? And they understood that the 18 And it came to pass, when he made
ark of the LORD was come into the camp. mention of the ark of God, that he fell
7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they from off the seat backward by the side of
said, God is come into the camp. And they the gate, and his neck brake, and he died:
said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been for he was an old man, and heavy. And he
such a thing heretofore. had judged Israel forty years.
8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of 19 ¶ And his daughter in law, Phinehas’
the hand of these mighty Gods? these are wife, was with child, near to be delivered:
the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all and when she heard the tidings that the ark
the plagues in the wilderness. of God was taken, and that her father in
9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, law and her husband were dead, she
O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants bowed herself and travailed; for her pains
unto the Hebrews, as they have been to came upon her.
you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. 20 And about the time of her death the
10 ¶ And the Philistines fought, and Israel women that stood by her said unto her,
was smitten, and they fled every man into Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she
his tent: and there was a very great answered not, neither did she regard it.
slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty 21 And she named the child I-chabod,
thousand footmen. saying, The glory is departed from Israel:
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the because the ark of God was taken, and
two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, because of her father in law and her
were slain. husband.
12 ¶ And there ran a man of Benjamin out 22 And she said, The glory is departed
of the army, and came to Shiloh the same from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
day with his clothes rent, and with earth
upon his head. CHAPTER 5
13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a AND the Philistines took the ark of God,
seat by the wayside watching: for his heart and brought it from Eben-ezer unto
trembled for the ark of God. And when the Ashdod.
man came into the city, and told it, all the 2 When the Philistines took the ark of
city cried out. God, they brought it into the house of
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Dagon, and set it by Dagon. not, and our people: for there was a deadly
3 ¶ And when they of Ashdod arose early destruction throughout all the city; the
on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen hand of God was very heavy there.
upon his face to the earth before the ark of 12 And the men that died not were smitten
the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set with the emerods: and the cry of the city
him in his place again. went up to heaven.
4 And when they arose early on the
morrow morning, behold, Dagon was CHAPTER 6
fallen upon his face to the ground before AND the ark of the LORD was in the
the ark of the LORD; and the head of country of the Philistines seven months.
Dagon and both the palms of his hands 2 And the Philistines called for the priests
were cut off upon the threshold; only the and the diviners, saying, What shall we do
stump of Dagon was left to him. to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith
5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, we shall send it to his place.
nor any that come into Dagon’s house, 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark
tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but
unto this day. in any wise return him a trespass offering:
6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy then ye shall be healed, and it shall be
upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed known to you why his hand is not
them, and smote them with emerods, even removed from you.
Ashdod and the coasts thereof. 4 Then said they, What shall be the
7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it trespass offering which we shall return to
was so, they said, The ark of the God of him? They answered, Five golden
Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand emerods, and five golden mice, according
is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. to the number of the lords of the
8 They sent therefore and gathered all the Philistines: for one plague was on you all,
lords of the Philistines unto them, and and on your lords.
said, What shall we do with the ark of the 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your
God of Israel? And they answered, Let the emerods, and images of your mice that
ark of the God of Israel be carried about mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto
unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the the God of Israel: peradventure he will
God of Israel about thither. lighten his hand from off you, and from
9 And it was so, that, after they had off your gods, and from off your land.
carried it about, the hand of the LORD was 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your
against the city with a very great hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh
destruction: and he smote the men of the hardened their hearts? when he had
city, both small and great, and they had wrought wonderfully among them, did
emerods in their secret parts. they not let the people go, and they
10 ¶ Therefore they sent the ark of God to departed?
Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of 7 Now therefore make a new cart, and
God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites take two milch kine, on which there hath
cried out, saying, They have brought come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart,
about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to and bring their calves home from them:
slay us and our people. 8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it
11 So they sent and gathered together all upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold,
the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send which ye return him for a trespass
away the ark of the God of Israel, and let offering, in a coffer by the side thereof;
it go again to his own place, that it slay us and send it away, that it may go.
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9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his down the ark of the LORD: which stone
own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath remaineth unto this day in the field of
done us this great evil: but if not, then we Joshua, the Beth-shemite.
shall know that it is not his hand that 19 ¶ And he smote the men of Beth-
smote us; it was a chance that happened to shemesh, because they had looked into the
us. ark of the LORD, even he smote of the
10 ¶ And the men did so; and took two people fifty thousand and threescore and
milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and ten men: and the people lamented, because
shut up their calves at home: the LORD had smitten many of the people
11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon with a great slaughter.
the cart, and the coffer with the mice of 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said,
gold and the images of their emerods. Who is able to stand before this holy
12 And the kine took the straight way to LORD God? and to whom shall he go up
the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along from us?
the highway, lowing as they went, and 21 ¶ And they sent messengers to the
turned not aside to the right hand or to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The
left; and the lords of the Philistines went Philistines have brought again the ark of
after them unto the border of Beth- the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up
shemesh. to you.
13 And they of Beth-shemesh were
reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: CHAPTER 7
and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the AND the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and
ark, and rejoiced to see it. fetched up the ark of the LORD, and
14 And the cart came into the field of brought it into the house of Abinadab in
Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to
where there was a great stone: and they keep the ark of the LORD.
clave the wood of the cart, and offered the 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode
kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long;
15 And the Levites took down the ark of for it was twenty years: and all the house
the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, of Israel lamented after the LORD.
wherein the jewels of gold were, and put 3 ¶ And Samuel spake unto all the house
them on the great stone: and the men of of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the
Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and LORD with all your hearts, then put away
sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the the strange gods and Ashtaroth from
LORD. among you, and prepare your hearts unto
16 And when the five lords of the the LORD, and serve him only: and he will
Philistines had seen it, they returned to deliver you out of the hand of the
Ekron the same day. Philistines.
17 And these are the golden emerods 4 Then the children of Israel did put away
which the Philistines returned for a Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the
trespass offering unto the LORD; for LORD only.
Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to
one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the
18 And the golden mice, according to the LORD.
number of all the cities of the Philistines 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh,
belonging to the five lords, both of fenced and drew water, and poured it out before
cities, and of country villages, even unto the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said
the great stone of Abel, whereon they set there, We have sinned against the LORD.
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his harvest, and to make his instruments of 3 And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were
war, and instruments of his chariots. lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take
13 And he will take your daughters to be now one of the servants with thee, and
confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be arise, go seek the asses.
bakers. 4 And he passed through mount Ephraim,
14 And he will take your fields, and your and passed through the land of Shalisha,
vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the but they found them not: then they passed
best of them, and give them to his through the land of Shalim, and there they
servants. were not: and he passed through the land
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, of the Benjamites, but they found them
and of your vineyards, and give to his not.
officers, and to his servants. 5 And when they were come to the land of
16 And he will take your menservants, Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was
and your maidservants, and your goodliest with him, Come, and let us return; lest my
young men, and your asses, and put them father leave caring for the asses, and take
to his work. thought for us.
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: 6 And he said unto him, Behold now,
and ye shall be his servants. there is in this city a man of God, and he
18 And ye shall cry out in that day is an honourable man; all that he saith
because of your king which ye shall have cometh surely to pass: now let us go
chosen you; and the LORD will not hear thither; peradventure he can shew us our
you in that day. way that we should go.
19 ¶ Nevertheless the people refused to 7 Then said Saul to his servant, But,
obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the
Nay; but we will have a king over us; man? for the bread is spent in our vessels,
20 That we also may be like all the and there is not a present to bring to the
nations; and that our king may judge us, man of God: what have we?
and go out before us, and fight our battles. 8 And the servant answered Saul again,
21 And Samuel heard all the words of the and said, Behold, I have here at hand the
people, and he rehearsed them in the ears fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I
of the LORD. give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went
unto their voice, and make them a king. to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come,
And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now
Go ye every man unto his city. called a Prophet was beforetime called a
Seer.)
CHAPTER 9 10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well
NOW there was a man of Benjamin, said; come, let us go. So they went unto
whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the city where the man of God was.
the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the 11 ¶ And as they went up the hill to the
son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man city, they found young maidens going out
of power. to draw water, and said unto them, Is the
2 And he had a son, whose name was seer here?
Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: 12 And they answered them, and said, He
and there was not among the children of is; behold, he is before you: make haste
Israel a goodlier person than he: from his now, for he came to day to the city; for
shoulders and upward he was higher than there is a sacrifice of the people to day in
any of the people. the high place:
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13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye the portion which I gave thee, of which I
shall straightway find him, before he go said unto thee, Set it by thee.
up to the high place to eat: for the people 24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and
will not eat until he come, because he doth that which was upon it, and set it before
bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which
that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto
for about this time ye shall find him. this time hath it been kept for thee since I
14 And they went up into the city: and said, I have invited the people. So Saul did
when they were come into the city, eat with Samuel that day.
behold, Samuel came out against them, for 25 ¶ And when they were come down
to go up to the high place. from the high place into the city, Samuel
15 ¶ Now the LORD had told Samuel in his communed with Saul upon the top of the
ear a day before Saul came, saying, house.
16 To morrow about this time I will send 26 And they arose early: and it came to
thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, pass about the spring of the day, that
and thou shalt anoint him to be captain Samuel called Saul to the top of the house,
over my people Israel, that he may save saying, Up, that I may send thee away.
my people out of the hand of the And Saul arose, and they went out both of
Philistines: for I have looked upon my them, he and Samuel, abroad.
people, because their cry is come unto me. 27 And as they were going down to the
17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid
said unto him, Behold the man whom I the servant pass on before us, (and he
spake to thee of! this same shall reign over passed on,) but stand thou still a while,
my people. that I may shew thee the word of God.
18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the
gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where CHAPTER 10
the seer’s house is. THEN Samuel took a vial of oil, and
19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I poured it upon his head, and kissed him,
am the seer: go up before me unto the high and said, Is it not because the LORD hath
place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and anointed thee to be captain over his
to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell inheritance?
thee all that is in thine heart. 2 When thou art departed from me to day,
20 And as for thine asses that were lost then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s
three days ago, set not thy mind on them; sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at
for they are found. And on whom is all the Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The
desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on asses which thou wentest to seek are
all thy father’s house? found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care
21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I of the asses, and sorroweth for you,
a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes saying, What shall I do for my son?
of Israel? and my family the least of all 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from
the families of the tribe of Benjamin? thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of
wherefore then speakest thou so to me? Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men
22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying
and brought them into the parlour, and three kids, and another carrying three
made them sit in the chiefest place among loaves of bread, and another carrying a
them that were bidden, which were about bottle of wine:
thirty persons. 4 And they will salute thee, and give thee
23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring two loaves of bread; which thou shalt
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receive of their hands. 15 And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray
5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of thee, what Samuel said unto you.
God, where is the garrison of the 16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told
Philistines: and it shall come to pass, us plainly that the asses were found. But
when thou art come thither to the city, that of the matter of the kingdom, whereof
thou shalt meet a company of prophets Samuel spake, he told him not.
coming down from the high place with a 17 ¶ And Samuel called the people
psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;
harp, before them; and they shall 18 And said unto the children of Israel,
prophesy: Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I
6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come brought up Israel out of Egypt, and
upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with delivered you out of the hand of the
them, and shalt be turned into another Egyptians, and out of the hand of all
man. kingdoms, and of them that oppressed
7 And let it be, when these signs are come you:
unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve 19 And ye have this day rejected your
thee; for God is with thee. God, who himself saved you out of all
8 And thou shalt go down before me to your adversities and your tribulations; and
Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king
unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to over us. Now therefore present yourselves
sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: before the LORD by your tribes, and by
seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to your thousands.
thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. 20 And when Samuel had caused all the
9 ¶ And it was so, that when he had turned tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of
his back to go from Samuel, God gave Benjamin was taken.
him another heart: and all those signs 21 When he had caused the tribe of
came to pass that day. Benjamin to come near by their families,
10 And when they came thither to the hill, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul
behold, a company of prophets met him; the son of Kish was taken: and when they
and the Spirit of God came upon him, and sought him, he could not be found.
he prophesied among them. 22 Therefore they inquired of the LORD
11 And it came to pass, when all that further, if the man should yet come
knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he thither. And the LORD answered, Behold,
prophesied among the prophets, then the he hath hid himself among the stuff.
people said one to another, What is this 23 And they ran and fetched him thence:
that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul and when he stood among the people, he
also among the prophets? was higher than any of the people from his
12 And one of the same place answered shoulders and upward.
and said, But who is their father? 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See
Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that
also among the prophets? there is none like him among all the
13 And when he had made an end of people? And all the people shouted, and
prophesying, he came to the high place. said, God save the king.
14 ¶ And Saul’s uncle said unto him and 25 Then Samuel told the people the
to his servant, Whither went ye? And he manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a
said, To seek the asses: and when we saw book, and laid it up before the LORD. And
that they were no where, we came to Samuel sent all the people away, every
Samuel. man to his house.
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26 ¶ And Saul also went home to Gibeah; came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of
and there went with him a band of men, Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time
whose hearts God had touched. the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the
27 But the children of Belial said, How messengers came and shewed it to the
shall this man save us? And they despised men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
him, and brought him no presents. But he 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To
held his peace. morrow we will come out unto you, and
ye shall do with us all that seemeth good
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THEN Nahash the Ammonite came up, 11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul
and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and put the people in three companies; and
all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, they came into the midst of the host in the
Make a covenant with us, and we will morning watch, and slew the Ammonites
serve thee. until the heat of the day: and it came to
2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered pass, that they which remained were
them, On this condition will I make a scattered, so that two of them were not left
covenant with you, that I may thrust out together.
all your right eyes, and lay it for a 12 ¶ And the people said unto Samuel,
reproach upon all Israel. Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over
3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, us? bring the men, that we may put them
Give us seven days’ respite, that we may to death.
send messengers unto all the coasts of 13 And Saul said, There shall not a man
Israel: and then, if there be no man to save be put to death this day: for to day the
us, we will come out to thee. LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
4 ¶ Then came the messengers to Gibeah 14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come,
of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the
the people: and all the people lifted up kingdom there.
their voices, and wept. 15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and
5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd there they made Saul king before the
out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed
the people that they weep? And they told sacrifices of peace offerings before the
him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. LORD; and there Saul and all the men of
6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul Israel rejoiced greatly.
when he heard those tidings, and his anger
was kindled greatly. CHAPTER 12
7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed AND Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold,
them in pieces, and sent them throughout I have hearkened unto your voice in all
all the coasts of Israel by the hands of that ye said unto me, and have made a
messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh king over you.
not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so 2 And now, behold, the king walketh
shall it be done unto his oxen. And the before you: and I am old and grayheaded;
fear of the LORD fell on the people, and and, behold, my sons are with you: and I
they came out with one consent. have walked before you from my
8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, childhood unto this day.
the children of Israel were three hundred 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me
thousand, and the men of Judah thirty before the LORD, and before his anointed:
thousand. whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have
9 And they said unto the messengers that I taken? or whom have I defrauded?
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whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a
have I received any bribe to blind mine king over you.
eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. 14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him,
4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded and obey his voice, and not rebel against
us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou the commandment of the LORD, then shall
taken ought of any man’s hand. both ye and also the king that reigneth
5 And he said unto them, The LORD is over you continue following the LORD
witness against you, and his anointed is your God:
witness this day, that ye have not found 15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the
ought in my hand. And they answered, He LORD, but rebel against the commandment
is witness. of the LORD, then shall the hand of the
6 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people, It is LORD be against you, as it was against
the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, your fathers.
and that brought your fathers up out of the 16 ¶ Now therefore stand and see this
land of Egypt. great thing, which the LORD will do before
7 Now therefore stand still, that I may your eyes.
reason with you before the LORD of all the 17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will
righteous acts of the LORD, which he did call unto the LORD, and he shall send
to you and to your fathers. thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and
8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and see that your wickedness is great, which
your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in
LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which asking you a king.
brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, 18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and
and made them dwell in this place. the LORD sent thunder and rain that day:
9 And when they forgat the LORD their and all the people greatly feared the LORD
God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, and Samuel.
captain of the host of Hazor, and into the 19 And all the people said unto Samuel,
hand of the Philistines, and into the hand Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy
of the king of Moab, and they fought God, that we die not: for we have added
against them. unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
10 And they cried unto the LORD, and 20 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people,
said, We have sinned, because we have Fear not: ye have done all this
forsaken the LORD, and have served wickedness: yet turn not aside from
Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us following the LORD, but serve the LORD
out of the hand of our enemies, and we with all your heart;
will serve thee. 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should
11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and ye go after vain things, which cannot
Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
delivered you out of the hand of your 22 For the LORD will not forsake his
enemies on every side, and ye dwelled people for his great name’s sake: because
safe. it hath pleased the LORD to make you his
12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king people.
of the children of Ammon came against 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I
you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall should sin against the LORD in ceasing to
reign over us: when the LORD your God pray for you: but I will teach you the good
was your king. and the right way:
13 Now therefore behold the king whom 24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in
ye have chosen, and whom ye have truth with all your heart: for consider how
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great things he hath done for you. offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul
25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye went out to meet him, that he might salute
shall be consumed, both ye and your king. him.
11 ¶ And Samuel said, What hast thou
CHAPTER 13 done? And Saul said, Because I saw that
SAUL reigned one year; and when he had the people were scattered from me, and
reigned two years over Israel, that thou camest not within the days
2 Saul chose him three thousand men of appointed, and that the Philistines
Israel; whereof two thousand were with gathered themselves together at
Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, Michmash;
and a thousand were with Jonathan in 12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will
Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I
people he sent every man to his tent. have not made supplication unto the
3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and
Philistines that was in Geba, and the offered a burnt offering.
Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast
trumpet throughout all the land, saying, done foolishly: thou hast not kept the
Let the Hebrews hear. commandment of the LORD thy God,
4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had which he commanded thee: for now would
smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and the LORD have established thy kingdom
that Israel also was had in abomination upon Israel for ever.
with the Philistines. And the people were 14 But now thy kingdom shall not
called together after Saul to Gilgal. continue: the LORD hath sought him a man
5 ¶ And the Philistines gathered after his own heart, and the LORD hath
themselves together to fight with Israel, commanded him to be captain over his
thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand people, because thou hast not kept that
horsemen, and people as the sand which is which the LORD commanded thee.
on the sea shore in multitude: and they 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up
came up, and pitched in Michmash, from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin.
eastward from Beth-aven. And Saul numbered the people that were
6 When the men of Israel saw that they present with him, about six hundred men.
were in a strait, (for the people were 16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and
distressed,) then the people did hide the people that were present with them,
themselves in caves, and in thickets, and abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the
in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. Philistines encamped in Michmash.
7 And some of the Hebrews went over 17 ¶ And the spoilers came out of the
Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As camp of the Philistines in three
for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the companies: one company turned unto the
people followed him trembling. way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land
8 ¶ And he tarried seven days, according of Shual:
to the set time that Samuel had appointed: 18 And another company turned the way
but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the to Beth-horon: and another company
people were scattered from him. turned to the way of the border that
9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the
offering to me, and peace offerings. And wilderness.
he offered the burnt offering. 19 ¶ Now there was no smith found
10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he throughout all the land of Israel: for the
had made an end of offering the burnt Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make
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numbered, behold, Jonathan and his said, Thy father straitly charged the people
armourbearer were not there. with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man
18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither that eateth any food this day. And the
the ark of God. For the ark of God was at people were faint.
that time with the children of Israel. 29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath
19 ¶ And it came to pass, while Saul troubled the land: see, I pray you, how
talked unto the priest, that the noise that mine eyes have been enlightened, because
was in the host of the Philistines went on I tasted a little of this honey.
and increased: and Saul said unto the 30 How much more, if haply the people
priest, Withdraw thine hand. had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their
20 And Saul and all the people that were enemies which they found? for had there
with him assembled themselves, and they not been now a much greater slaughter
came to the battle: and, behold, every among the Philistines?
man’s sword was against his fellow, and 31 And they smote the Philistines that day
there was a very great discomfiture. from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people
21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with were very faint.
the Philistines before that time, which 32 And the people flew upon the spoil,
went up with them into the camp from the and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and
country round about, even they also slew them on the ground: and the people
turned to be with the Israelites that were did eat them with the blood.
with Saul and Jonathan. 33 ¶ Then they told Saul, saying, Behold,
22 Likewise all the men of Israel which the people sin against the LORD, in that
had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye
when they heard that the Philistines fled, have transgressed: roll a great stone unto
even they also followed hard after them in me this day.
the battle. 34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves
23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and among the people, and say unto them,
the battle passed over unto Beth-aven. Bring me hither every man his ox, and
24 ¶ And the men of Israel were distressed every man his sheep, and slay them here,
that day: for Saul had adjured the people, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in
saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any eating with the blood. And all the people
food until evening, that I may be avenged brought every man his ox with him that
on mine enemies. So none of the people night, and slew them there.
tasted any food. 35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD:
25 And all they of the land came to a the same was the first altar that he built
wood; and there was honey upon the unto the LORD.
ground. 36 ¶ And Saul said, Let us go down after
26 And when the people were come into the Philistines by night, and spoil them
the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but until the morning light, and let us not
no man put his hand to his mouth: for the leave a man of them. And they said, Do
people feared the oath. whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then
27 But Jonathan heard not when his father said the priest, Let us draw near hither
charged the people with the oath: unto God.
wherefore he put forth the end of the rod 37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I
that was in his hand, and dipped it in an go down after the Philistines? wilt thou
honeycomb, and put his hand to his deliver them into the hand of Israel? But
mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. he answered him not that day.
28 Then answered one of the people, and 38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all
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the chief of the people: and know and see of his two daughters were these; the name
wherein this sin hath been this day. of the firstborn Merab, and the name of
39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth the younger Michal:
Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he 50 And the name of Saul’s wife was
shall surely die. But there was not a man Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and
among all the people that answered him. the name of the captain of his host was
40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
one side, and I and Jonathan my son will 51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and
be on the other side. And the people said Ner the father of Abner was the son of
unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto Abiel.
thee. 52 And there was sore war against the
41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God Philistines all the days of Saul: and when
of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant
Jonathan were taken: but the people man, he took him unto him.
escaped.
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taken. sent me to anoint thee to be king over his
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me people, over Israel: now therefore hearken
what thou hast done. And Jonathan told thou unto the voice of the words of the
him, and said, I did but taste a little honey LORD.
with the end of the rod that was in mine 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I
hand, and, lo, I must die. remember that which Amalek did to
44 And Saul answered, God do so and Israel, how he laid wait for him in the
more also: for thou shalt surely die, way, when he came up from Egypt.
Jonathan. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly
45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall destroy all that they have, and spare them
Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great not; but slay both man and woman, infant
salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his 4 And Saul gathered the people together,
head fall to the ground; for he hath and numbered them in Telaim, two
wrought with God this day. So the people hundred thousand footmen, and ten
rescued Jonathan, that he died not. thousand men of Judah.
46 Then Saul went up from following the 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and
Philistines: and the Philistines went to laid wait in the valley.
their own place. 6 ¶ And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go,
47 ¶ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, depart, get you down from among the
and fought against all his enemies on Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them:
every side, against Moab, and against the for ye shewed kindness to all the children
children of Ammon, and against Edom, of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt.
and against the kings of Zobah, and So the Kenites departed from among the
against the Philistines: and whithersoever Amalekites.
he turned himself, he vexed them. 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from
48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is
Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the over against Egypt.
hands of them that spoiled them. 8 And he took Agag the king of the
49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all
and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names the people with the edge of the sword.
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9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, have gone the way which the LORD sent
and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, me, and have brought Agag the king of
and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the
that was good, and would not utterly Amalekites.
destroy them: but every thing that was vile 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep
and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. and oxen, the chief of the things which
10 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD should have been utterly destroyed, to
unto Samuel, saying, sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul 22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as
to be king: for he is turned back from great delight in burnt offerings and
following me, and hath not performed my sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the
commandments. And it grieved Samuel; LORD? Behold, to obey is better than
and he cried unto the LORD all night. sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of
12 And when Samuel rose early to meet rams.
Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, and stubbornness is as iniquity and
he set him up a place, and is gone about, idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the
and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. word of the LORD, he hath also rejected
13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul thee from being king.
said unto him, Blessed be thou of the 24 ¶ And Saul said unto Samuel, I have
LORD: I have performed the sinned: for I have transgressed the
commandment of the LORD. commandment of the LORD, and thy
14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then words: because I feared the people, and
this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and obeyed their voice.
the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my
15 And Saul said, They have brought sin, and turn again with me, that I may
them from the Amalekites: for the people worship the LORD.
spared the best of the sheep and of the 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not
oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; return with thee: for thou hast rejected the
and the rest we have utterly destroyed. word of the LORD, and the LORD hath
16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and rejected thee from being king over Israel.
I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to 27 And as Samuel turned about to go
me this night. And he said unto him, Say away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his
on. mantle, and it rent.
17 And Samuel said, When thou wast 28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD
little in thine own sight, wast thou not hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee
made the head of the tribes of Israel, and this day, and hath given it to a neighbour
the LORD anointed thee king over Israel? of thine, that is better than thou.
18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not
and said, Go and utterly destroy the lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he
sinners the Amalekites, and fight against should repent.
them until they be consumed. 30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the me now, I pray thee, before the elders of
voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the my people, and before Israel, and turn
spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the again with me, that I may worship the
LORD? LORD thy God.
20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and
have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and Saul worshipped the LORD.
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32 ¶ Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to his stature; because I have refused him:
me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for
Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag man looketh on the outward appearance,
said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. but the LORD looketh on the heart.
33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made
made women childless, so shall thy him pass before Samuel. And he said,
mother be childless among women. And Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the 9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by.
LORD in Gilgal. And he said, Neither hath the LORD
34 ¶ Then Samuel went to Ramah; and chosen this.
Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of 10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to
Saul. pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto
35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
until the day of his death: nevertheless 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here
Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD all thy children? And he said, There
repented that he had made Saul king over remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold,
Israel. he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said
unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we
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AND the LORD said unto Samuel, How 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now
long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful
have rejected him from reigning over countenance, and goodly to look to. And
Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this
will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: is he.
for I have provided me a king among his 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and
sons. anointed him in the midst of his brethren:
2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul and the Spirit of the LORD came upon
hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD David from that day forward. So Samuel
said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I rose up, and went to Ramah.
am come to sacrifice to the LORD. 14 ¶ But the Spirit of the LORD departed
3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will from Saul, and an evil spirit from the
shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou LORD troubled him.
shalt anoint unto me him whom I name 15 And Saul’s servants said unto him,
unto thee. Behold now, an evil spirit from God
4 And Samuel did that which the LORD troubleth thee.
spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the 16 Let our lord now command thy
elders of the town trembled at his coming, servants, which are before thee, to seek
and said, Comest thou peaceably? out a man, who is a cunning player on an
5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to harp: and it shall come to pass, when the
sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he
yourselves, and come with me to the shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be
sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his well.
sons, and called them to the sacrifice. 17 And Saul said unto his servants,
6 ¶ And it came to pass, when they were Provide me now a man that can play well,
come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, and bring him to me.
Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him. 18 Then answered one of the servants, and
7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse
not on his countenance, or on the height of the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in
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playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and
man of war, and prudent in matters, and a one bearing a shield went before him.
comely person, and the LORD is with him. 8 And he stood and cried unto the armies
19 ¶ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye
Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, come out to set your battle in array? am
which is with the sheep. not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul?
20 And Jesse took an ass laden with choose you a man for you, and let him
bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and come down to me.
sent them by David his son unto Saul. 9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill
21 And David came to Saul, and stood me, then will we be your servants: but if I
before him: and he loved him greatly; and prevail against him, and kill him, then
he became his armourbearer. shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the
David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he armies of Israel this day; give me a man,
hath found favour in my sight. that we may fight together.
23 And it came to pass, when the evil 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those
spirit from God was upon Saul, that David words of the Philistine, they were
took an harp, and played with his hand: so dismayed, and greatly afraid.
Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the 12 ¶ Now David was the son of that
evil spirit departed from him. Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose
name was Jesse; and he had eight sons:
CHAPTER 17 and the man went among men for an old
NOW the Philistines gathered together man in the days of Saul.
their armies to battle, and were gathered 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went
together at Shochoh, which belongeth to and followed Saul to the battle: and the
Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and names of his three sons that went to the
Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next
2 And Saul and the men of Israel were unto him Abinadab, and the third
gathered together, and pitched by the Shammah.
valley of Elah, and set the battle in array 14 And David was the youngest: and the
against the Philistines. three eldest followed Saul.
3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain 15 But David went and returned from Saul
on the one side, and Israel stood on a to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.
mountain on the other side: and there was 16 And the Philistine drew near morning
a valley between them. and evening, and presented himself forty
4 ¶ And there went out a champion out of days.
the camp of the Philistines, named 17 And Jesse said unto David his son,
Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this
cubits and a span. parched corn, and these ten loaves, and
5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his run to the camp to thy brethren;
head, and he was armed with a coat of 18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the
mail; and the weight of the coat was five captain of their thousand, and look how
thousand shekels of brass. thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
6 And he had greaves of brass upon his 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of
legs, and a target of brass between his Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting
shoulders. with the Philistines.
7 And the staff of his spear was like a 20 ¶ And David rose up early in the
weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head morning, and left the sheep with a keeper,
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and took, and went, as Jesse had and the people answered him again after
commanded him; and he came to the the former manner.
trench, as the host was going forth to the 31 And when the words were heard which
fight, and shouted for the battle. David spake, they rehearsed them before
21 For Israel and the Philistines had put Saul: and he sent for him.
the battle in array, army against army. 32 ¶ And David said to Saul, Let no man’s
22 And David left his carriage in the hand heart fail because of him; thy servant will
of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into go and fight with this Philistine.
the army, and came and saluted his 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not
brethren. able to go against this Philistine to fight
23 And as he talked with them, behold, with him: for thou art but a youth, and he
there came up the champion, the Philistine a man of war from his youth.
of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant
armies of the Philistines, and spake kept his father’s sheep, and there came a
according to the same words: and David lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of
heard them. the flock:
24 And all the men of Israel, when they 35 And I went out after him, and smote
saw the man, fled from him, and were sore him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and
afraid. when he arose against me, I caught him by
25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
seen this man that is come up? surely to 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the
defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine
that the man who killeth him, the king will shall be as one of them, seeing he hath
enrich him with great riches, and will give defied the armies of the living God.
him his daughter, and make his father’s 37 David said moreover, The LORD that
house free in Israel. delivered me out of the paw of the lion,
26 And David spake to the men that stood and out of the paw of the bear, he will
by him, saying, What shall be done to the deliver me out of the hand of this
man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go,
away the reproach from Israel? for who is and the LORD be with thee.
this uncircumcised Philistine, that he 38 ¶ And Saul armed David with his
should defy the armies of the living God? armour, and he put an helmet of brass
27 And the people answered him after this upon his head; also he armed him with a
manner, saying, So shall it be done to the coat of mail.
man that killeth him. 39 And David girded his sword upon his
28 ¶ And Eliab his eldest brother heard armour, and he assayed to go; for he had
when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I
anger was kindled against David, and he cannot go with these; for I have not
said, Why camest thou down hither? and proved them. And David put them off him.
with whom hast thou left those few sheep 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and
in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and chose him five smooth stones out of the
the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag
come down that thou mightest see the which he had, even in a scrip; and his
battle. sling was in his hand: and he drew near to
29 And David said, What have I now the Philistine.
done? Is there not a cause? 41 And the Philistine came on and drew
30 ¶ And he turned from him toward near unto David; and the man that bare the
another, and spake after the same manner: shield went before him.
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42 And when the Philistine looked about, was dead, they fled.
and saw David, he disdained him: for he 52 And the men of Israel and of Judah
was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair arose, and shouted, and pursued the
countenance. Philistines, until thou come to the valley,
43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am and to the gates of Ekron. And the
I a dog, that thou comest to me with wounded of the Philistines fell down by
staves? And the Philistine cursed David the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and
by his gods. unto Ekron.
44 And the Philistine said to David, Come 53 And the children of Israel returned
to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the from chasing after the Philistines, and they
fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the spoiled their tents.
field. 54 And David took the head of the
45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but
comest to me with a sword, and with a he put his armour in his tent.
spear, and with a shield: but I come to 55 ¶ And when Saul saw David go forth
thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the against the Philistine, he said unto Abner,
God of the armies of Israel, whom thou the captain of the host, Abner, whose son
hast defied. is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul
46 This day will the LORD deliver thee liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and 56 And the king said, Inquire thou whose
take thine head from thee; and I will give son the stripling is.
the carcases of the host of the Philistines 57 And as David returned from the
this day unto the fowls of the air, and to slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took
the wild beasts of the earth; that all the him, and brought him before Saul with the
earth may know that there is a God in head of the Philistine in his hand.
Israel. 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art
47 And all this assembly shall know that thou, thou young man? And David
the LORD saveth not with sword and answered, I am the son of thy servant
spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
will give you into our hands.
48 And it came to pass, when the CHAPTER 18
Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh AND it came to pass, when he had made
to meet David, that David hasted, and ran an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul
toward the army to meet the Philistine. of Jonathan was knit with the soul of
49 And David put his hand in his bag, and David, and Jonathan loved him as his own
took thence a stone, and slang it, and soul.
smote the Philistine in his forehead, that 2 And Saul took him that day, and would
the stone sunk into his forehead; and he let him go no more home to his father’s
fell upon his face to the earth. house.
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine 3 Then Jonathan and David made a
with a sling and with a stone, and smote covenant, because he loved him as his
the Philistine, and slew him; but there was own soul.
no sword in the hand of David. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the
51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon robe that was upon him, and gave it to
the Philistine, and took his sword, and David, and his garments, even to his
drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
him, and cut off his head therewith. And 5 ¶ And David went out whithersoever
when the Philistines saw their champion Saul sent him, and behaved himself
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wisely: and Saul set him over the men of elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee
war, and he was accepted in the sight of to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and
all the people, and also in the sight of fight the LORD’s battles. For Saul said, Let
Saul’s servants. not mine hand be upon him, but let the
6 And it came to pass as they came, when hand of the Philistines be upon him.
David was returned from the slaughter of 18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I?
the Philistine, that the women came out of and what is my life, or my father’s family
all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to in Israel, that I should be son in law to the
meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and king?
with instruments of musick. 19 But it came to pass at the time when
7 And the women answered one another Merab Saul’s daughter should have been
as they played, and said, Saul hath slain given to David, that she was given unto
his thousands, and David his ten Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
thousands. 20 And Michal Saul’s daughter loved
8 And Saul was very wroth, and the David: and they told Saul, and the thing
saying displeased him; and he said, They pleased him.
have ascribed unto David ten thousands, 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that
and to me they have ascribed but she may be a snare to him, and that the
thousands: and what can he have more but hand of the Philistines may be against
the kingdom? him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou
9 And Saul eyed David from that day and shalt this day be my son in law in the one
forward. of the twain.
10 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, 22 ¶ And Saul commanded his servants,
that the evil spirit from God came upon saying, Commune with David secretly,
Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the and say, Behold, the king hath delight in
house: and David played with his hand, as thee, and all his servants love thee: now
at other times: and there was a javelin in therefore be the king’s son in law.
Saul’s hand. 23 And Saul’s servants spake those words
11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I in the ears of David. And David said,
will smite David even to the wall with it. Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a
And David avoided out of his presence king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor
twice. man, and lightly esteemed?
12 ¶ And Saul was afraid of David, 24 And the servants of Saul told him,
because the LORD was with him, and was saying, On this manner spake David.
departed from Saul. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to
13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, David, The king desireth not any dowry,
and made him his captain over a thousand; but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines,
and he went out and came in before the to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But
people. Saul thought to make David fall by the
14 And David behaved himself wisely in hand of the Philistines.
all his ways; and the LORD was with him. 26 And when his servants told David these
15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he words, it pleased David well to be the
behaved himself very wisely, he was king’s son in law: and the days were not
afraid of him. expired.
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, 27 Wherefore David arose and went, he
because he went out and came in before and his men, and slew of the Philistines
them. two hundred men; and David brought their
17 ¶ And Saul said to David, Behold my foreskins, and they gave them in full tale
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to the king, that he might be the king’s son 8 ¶ And there was war again: and David
in law. And Saul gave him Michal his went out, and fought with the Philistines,
daughter to wife. and slew them with a great slaughter; and
28 ¶ And Saul saw and knew that the they fled from him.
LORD was with David, and that Michal 9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was
Saul’s daughter loved him. upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his
29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of javelin in his hand: and David played with
David; and Saul became David’s enemy his hand.
continually. 10 And Saul sought to smite David even
30 Then the princes of the Philistines went to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped
forth: and it came to pass, after they went away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote
forth, that David behaved himself more the javelin into the wall: and David fled,
wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that and escaped that night.
his name was much set by. 11 Saul also sent messengers unto David’s
house, to watch him, and to slay him in
CHAPTER 19 the morning: and Michal David’s wife
AND Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and told him, saying, If thou save not thy life
to all his servants, that they should kill to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
David. 12 ¶ So Michal let David down through a
2 But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much window: and he went, and fled, and
in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, escaped.
Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it
therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair
until the morning, and abide in a secret for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
place, and hide thyself: 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take
3 And I will go out and stand beside my David, she said, He is sick.
father in the field where thou art, and I 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to
will commune with my father of thee; and see David, saying, Bring him up to me in
what I see, that I will tell thee. the bed, that I may slay him.
4 ¶ And Jonathan spake good of David 16 And when the messengers were come
unto Saul his father, and said unto him, in, behold, there was an image in the bed,
Let not the king sin against his servant, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
against David; because he hath not sinned 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast
against thee, and because his works have thou deceived me so, and sent away mine
been to thee-ward very good: enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal
5 For he did put his life in his hand, and answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me
slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought go; why should I kill thee?
a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest 18 ¶ So David fled, and escaped, and
it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him
thou sin against innocent blood, to slay all that Saul had done to him. And he and
David without a cause? Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of 19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold,
Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD David is at Naioth in Ramah.
liveth, he shall not be slain. 20 And Saul sent messengers to take
7 And Jonathan called David, and David: and when they saw the company of
Jonathan shewed him all those things. And the prophets prophesying, and Samuel
Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he standing as appointed over them, the
was in his presence, as in times past. Spirit of God was upon the messengers of
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Saul, and they also prophesied. might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there
21 And when it was told Saul, he sent is a yearly sacrifice there for all the
other messengers, and they prophesied family.
likewise. And Saul sent messengers again 7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant
the third time, and they prophesied also. shall have peace: but if he be very wroth,
22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came then be sure that evil is determined by
to a great well that is in Sechu: and he him.
asked and said, Where are Samuel and 8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy
David? And one said, Behold, they be at servant; for thou hast brought thy servant
Naioth in Ramah. into a covenant of the LORD with thee:
23 And he went thither to Naioth in notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity,
Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou
him also, and he went on, and prophesied, bring me to thy father?
until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee:
24 And he stripped off his clothes also, for if I knew certainly that evil were
and prophesied before Samuel in like determined by my father to come upon
manner, and lay down naked all that day thee, then would not I tell it thee?
and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who
Saul also among the prophets? shall tell me? or what if thy father answer
thee roughly?
CHAPTER 20 11 ¶ And Jonathan said unto David,
AND David fled from Naioth in Ramah, Come, and let us go out into the field. And
and came and said before Jonathan, What they went out both of them into the field.
have I done? what is mine iniquity? and 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD
what is my sin before thy father, that he God of Israel, when I have sounded my
seeketh my life? father about to morrow any time, or the
2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou third day, and, behold, if there be good
shalt not die: behold, my father will do toward David, and I then send not unto
nothing either great or small, but that he thee, and shew it thee;
will shew it me: and why should my father 13 The LORD do so and much more to
hide this thing from me? it is not so. Jonathan: but if it please my father to do
3 And David sware moreover, and said, thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send
Thy father certainly knoweth that I have thee away, that thou mayest go in peace:
found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, and the LORD be with thee, as he hath
Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be been with my father.
grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and 14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live
as thy soul liveth, there is but a step shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I
between me and death. die not:
4 Then said Jonathan unto David, 15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy
Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even kindness from my house for ever: no, not
do it for thee. when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of
5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, David every one from the face of the
to morrow is the new moon, and I should earth.
not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the
me go, that I may hide myself in the field house of David, saying, Let the LORD
unto the third day at even. even require it at the hand of David’s
6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, enemies.
David earnestly asked leave of me that he 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear
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again, because he loved him: for he loved there: and now, if I have found favour in
him as he loved his own soul. thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee,
18 Then Jonathan said to David, To and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh
morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt not unto the king’s table.
be missed, because thy seat will be empty. 30 Then Saul’s anger was kindled against
19 And when thou hast stayed three days, Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son
then thou shalt go down quickly, and of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I
come to the place where thou didst hide know that thou hast chosen the son of
thyself when the business was in hand, Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the
and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
20 And I will shoot three arrows on the 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth
side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. upon the ground, thou shalt not be
21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore
Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say now send and fetch him unto me, for he
unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on shall surely die.
this side of thee, take them; then come 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father,
thou: for there is peace to thee, and no and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be
hurt; as the LORD liveth. slain? what hath he done?
22 But if I say thus unto the young man, 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite
Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was
thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee determined of his father to slay David.
away. 34 So Jonathan arose from the table in
23 And as touching the matter which thou fierce anger, and did eat no meat the
and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be second day of the month: for he was
between thee and me for ever. grieved for David, because his father had
24 ¶ So David hid himself in the field: and done him shame.
when the new moon was come, the king 35 ¶ And it came to pass in the morning,
sat him down to eat meat. that Jonathan went out into the field at the
25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at time appointed with David, and a little lad
other times, even upon a seat by the wall: with him.
and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by 36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out
Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty. now the arrows which I shoot. And as the
26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
that day: for he thought, Something hath 37 And when the lad was come to the
befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is place of the arrow which Jonathan had
not clean. shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said,
27 And it came to pass on the morrow, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
which was the second day of the month, 38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make
that David’s place was empty: and Saul speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad
said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore gathered up the arrows, and came to his
cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, master.
neither yesterday, nor to day? 39 But the lad knew not any thing: only
28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David Jonathan and David knew the matter.
earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth- 40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto
lehem: his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them
29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for to the city.
our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and 41 ¶ And as soon as the lad was gone,
my brother, he hath commanded me to be David arose out of a place toward the
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3 ¶ And David went thence to Mizpeh of conspired against me, thou and the son of
Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread,
Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for
come forth, and be with you, till I know him, that he should rise against me, to lie
what God will do for me. in wait, as at this day?
4 And he brought them before the king of 14 Then Ahimelech answered the king,
Moab: and they dwelt with him all the and said, And who is so faithful among all
while that David was in the hold. thy servants as David, which is the king’s
5 ¶ And the prophet Gad said unto David, son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and
Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee is honourable in thine house?
into the land of Judah. Then David 15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for
departed, and came into the forest of him? be it far from me: let not the king
Hareth. impute any thing unto his servant, nor to
6 ¶ When Saul heard that David was all the house of my father: for thy servant
discovered, and the men that were with knew nothing of all this, less or more.
him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a 16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely
tree in Ramah, having his spear in his die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s
hand, and all his servants were standing house.
about him;) 17 ¶ And the king said unto the footmen
7 Then Saul said unto his servants that that stood about him, Turn, and slay the
stood about him, Hear now, ye priests of the LORD; because their hand
Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give also is with David, and because they knew
every one of you fields and vineyards, and when he fled, and did not shew it to me.
make you all captains of thousands, and But the servants of the king would not put
captains of hundreds; forth their hand to fall upon the priests of
8 That all of you have conspired against the LORD.
me, and there is none that sheweth me that 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou,
my son hath made a league with the son of and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the
Jesse, and there is none of you that is Edomite turned, and he fell upon the
sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my priests, and slew on that day fourscore and
son hath stirred up my servant against me, five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
to lie in wait, as at this day? 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote
9 ¶ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, he with the edge of the sword, both men
which was set over the servants of Saul, and women, children and sucklings, and
and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge
Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. of the sword.
10 And he inquired of the LORD for him, 20 ¶ And one of the sons of Ahimelech the
and gave him victuals, and gave him the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped,
sword of Goliath the Philistine. and fled after David.
11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech 21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul
the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his had slain the LORD’s priests.
father’s house, the priests that were in 22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew
Nob: and they came all of them to the it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was
king. there, that he would surely tell Saul: I
12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of have occasioned the death of all the
Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my persons of thy father’s house.
lord. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he
13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but
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with me thou shalt be in safeguard. the LORD said, He will come down.
12 Then said David, Will the men of
CHAPTER 23 Keilah deliver me and my men into the
THEN they told David, saying, Behold, hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They
the Philistines fight against Keilah, and will deliver thee up.
they rob the threshingfloors. 13 ¶ Then David and his men, which were
2 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, about six hundred, arose and departed out
saying, Shall I go and smite these of Keilah, and went whithersoever they
Philistines? And the LORD said unto could go. And it was told Saul that David
David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare
save Keilah. to go forth.
3 And David’s men said unto him, 14 And David abode in the wilderness in
Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how strong holds, and remained in a mountain
much more then if we come to Keilah in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul
against the armies of the Philistines? sought him every day, but God delivered
4 Then David inquired of the LORD yet him not into his hand.
again. And the LORD answered him and 15 And David saw that Saul was come out
said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will to seek his life: and David was in the
deliver the Philistines into thine hand. wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
5 So David and his men went to Keilah, 16 ¶ And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and
and fought with the Philistines, and went to David into the wood, and
brought away their cattle, and smote them strengthened his hand in God.
with a great slaughter. So David saved the 17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the
inhabitants of Keilah. hand of Saul my father shall not find thee;
6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I
son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul
that he came down with an ephod in his my father knoweth.
hand. 18 And they two made a covenant before
7 ¶ And it was told Saul that David was the LORD: and David abode in the wood,
come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath and Jonathan went to his house.
delivered him into mine hand; for he is 19 ¶ Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to
shut in, by entering into a town that hath Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide
gates and bars. himself with us in strong holds in the
8 And Saul called all the people together wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on
to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege the south of Jeshimon?
David and his men. 20 Now therefore, O king, come down
9 ¶ And David knew that Saul secretly according to all the desire of thy soul to
practised mischief against him; and he come down; and our part shall be to
said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither deliver him into the king’s hand.
the ephod. 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the
10 Then said David, O LORD God of LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know
Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy and see his place where his haunt is, and
the city for my sake. who hath seen him there: for it is told me
11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up that he dealeth very subtilly.
into his hand? will Saul come down, as 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of
thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of all the lurking places where he hideth
Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And himself, and come ye again to me with the
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certainty, and I will go with you: and it Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of
shall come to pass, if he be in the land, Saul’s robe privily.
that I will search him out throughout all 5 And it came to pass afterward, that
the thousands of Judah. David’s heart smote him, because he had
24 And they arose, and went to Ziph cut off Saul’s skirt.
before Saul: but David and his men were 6 And he said unto his men, The LORD
in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on forbid that I should do this thing unto my
the south of Jeshimon. master, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch
25 Saul also and his men went to seek forth mine hand against him, seeing he is
him. And they told David: wherefore he the anointed of the LORD.
came down into a rock, and abode in the 7 So David stayed his servants with these
wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard words, and suffered them not to rise
that, he pursued after David in the against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the
wilderness of Maon. cave, and went on his way.
26 And Saul went on this side of the 8 David also arose afterward, and went
mountain, and David and his men on that out of the cave, and cried after Saul,
side of the mountain: and David made saying, My lord the king. And when Saul
haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul looked behind him, David stooped with
and his men compassed David and his his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
men round about to take them. 9 ¶ And David said to Saul, Wherefore
27 ¶ But there came a messenger unto hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold,
Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the David seeketh thy hurt?
Philistines have invaded the land. 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen
28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing how that the LORD had delivered thee to
after David, and went against the day into mine hand in the cave: and some
Philistines: therefore they called that place bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared
Sela-hammahlekoth. thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine
29 ¶ And David went up from thence, and hand against my lord; for he is the LORD’s
dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi. anointed.
11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the
CHAPTER 24 skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I
AND it came to pass, when Saul was cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed
returned from following the Philistines, thee not, know thou and see that there is
that it was told him, saying, Behold, neither evil nor transgression in mine
David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. hand, and I have not sinned against thee;
2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
men out of all Israel, and went to seek 12 The LORD judge between me and thee,
David and his men upon the rocks of the and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine
wild goats. hand shall not be upon thee.
3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients,
way, where was a cave; and Saul went in Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked:
to cover his feet: and David and his men but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
remained in the sides of the cave. 14 After whom is the king of Israel come
4 And the men of David said unto him, out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a
Behold the day of which the LORD said dead dog, after a flea.
unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine 15 The LORD therefore be judge, and
enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest judge between me and thee, and see, and
do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. plead my cause, and deliver me out of
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11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in
forth mine hand against the LORD’s the mountains.
anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now 21 ¶ Then said Saul, I have sinned: return,
the spear that is at his bolster, and the my son David: for I will no more do thee
cruse of water, and let us go. harm, because my soul was precious in
12 So David took the spear and the cruse thine eyes this day: behold, I have played
of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
them away, and no man saw it, nor knew 22 And David answered and said, Behold
it, neither awaked: for they were all the king’s spear! and let one of the young
asleep; because a deep sleep from the men come over and fetch it.
LORD was fallen upon them. 23 The LORD render to every man his
13 ¶ Then David went over to the other righteousness and his faithfulness: for the
side, and stood on the top of an hill afar LORD delivered thee into my hand to day,
off; a great space being between them: but I would not stretch forth mine hand
14 And David cried to the people, and to against the LORD’s anointed.
Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest 24 And, behold, as thy life was much set
thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be
and said, Who art thou that criest to the much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and
king? let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou 25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be
a valiant man? and who is like to thee in thou, my son David: thou shalt both do
Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept great things, and also shalt still prevail. So
thy lord the king? for there came one of David went on his way, and Saul returned
the people in to destroy the king thy lord. to his place.
16 This thing is not good that thou hast
done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to CHAPTER 27
die, because ye have not kept your master, AND David said in his heart, I shall now
the LORD’s anointed. And now see where perish one day by the hand of Saul: there
the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water is nothing better for me than that I should
that was at his bolster. speedily escape into the land of the
17 And Saul knew David’s voice, and Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me,
said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And to seek me any more in any coast of Israel:
David said, It is my voice, my lord, O so shall I escape out of his hand.
king. 2 And David arose, and he passed over
18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord with the six hundred men that were with
thus pursue after his servant? for what him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king
have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? of Gath.
19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord 3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath,
the king hear the words of his servant. If he and his men, every man with his
the LORD have stirred thee up against me, household, even David with his two
let him accept an offering: but if they be wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and
the children of men, cursed be they before Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
the LORD; for they have driven me out this 4 And it was told Saul that David was fled
day from abiding in the inheritance of the to Gath: and he sought no more again for
LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. him.
20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to 5 ¶ And David said unto Achish, If I have
the earth before the face of the LORD: for now found grace in thine eyes, let them
the king of Israel is come out to seek a give me a place in some town in the
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country, that I may dwell there: for why had lamented him, and buried him in
should thy servant dwell in the royal city Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul
with thee? had put away those that had familiar
6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings 4 And the Philistines gathered themselves
of Judah unto this day. together, and came and pitched in
7 And the time that David dwelt in the Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel
country of the Philistines was a full year together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
and four months. 5 And when Saul saw the host of the
8 ¶ And David and his men went up, and Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart
invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, greatly trembled.
and the Amalekites: for those nations 6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD,
were of old the inhabitants of the land, as the LORD answered him not, neither by
thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
Egypt. 7 ¶ Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek
9 And David smote the land, and left me a woman that hath a familiar spirit,
neither man nor woman alive, and took that I may go to her, and inquire of her.
away the sheep, and the oxen, and the And his servants said to him, Behold,
asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit
returned, and came to Achish. at En-dor.
10 And Achish said, Whither have ye 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on
made a road to day? And David said, other raiment, and he went, and two men
Against the south of Judah, and against with him, and they came to the woman by
the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto
the south of the Kenites. me by the familiar spirit, and bring me
11 And David saved neither man nor him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, 9 And the woman said unto him, Behold,
saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how
So did David, and so will be his manner he hath cut off those that have familiar
all the while he dwelleth in the country of spirits, and the wizards, out of the land:
the Philistines. wherefore then layest thou a snare for my
12 And Achish believed David, saying, life, to cause me to die?
He hath made his people Israel utterly to 10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD,
abhor him; therefore he shall be my saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no
servant for ever. punishment happen to thee for this thing.
11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I
CHAPTER 28 bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me
AND it came to pass in those days, that up Samuel.
the Philistines gathered their armies 12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she
together for warfare, to fight with Israel. cried with a loud voice: and the woman
And Achish said unto David, Know thou spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou
assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me deceived me? for thou art Saul.
to battle, thou and thy men. 13 And the king said unto her, Be not
2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou afraid: for what sawest thou? And the
shalt know what thy servant can do. And woman said unto Saul, I saw gods
Achish said to David, Therefore will I ascending out of the earth.
make thee keeper of mine head for ever. 14 And he said unto her, What form is he
3 ¶ Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel of? And she said, An old man cometh up;
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and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat.
perceived that it was Samuel, and he But his servants, together with the woman,
stooped with his face to the ground, and compelled him; and he hearkened unto
bowed himself. their voice. So he arose from the earth,
15 ¶ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast and sat upon the bed.
thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And 24 And the woman had a fat calf in the
Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for house; and she hasted, and killed it, and
the Philistines make war against me, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake
God is departed from me, and answereth unleavened bread thereof:
me no more, neither by prophets, nor by 25 And she brought it before Saul, and
dreams: therefore I have called thee, that before his servants; and they did eat. Then
thou mayest make known unto me what I they rose up, and went away that night.
shall do.
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost CHAPTER 29
thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is NOW the Philistines gathered together all
departed from thee, and is become thine their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites
enemy? pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
17 And the LORD hath done to him, as he 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed
spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the on by hundreds, and by thousands: but
kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to David and his men passed on in the
thy neighbour, even to David: rereward with Achish.
18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of 3 Then said the princes of the Philistines,
the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath What do these Hebrews here? And Achish
upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is
done this thing unto thee this day. not this David, the servant of Saul the king
19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver of Israel, which hath been with me these
Israel with thee into the hand of the days, or these years, and I have found no
Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and fault in him since he fell unto me unto this
thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall day?
deliver the host of Israel into the hand of 4 And the princes of the Philistines were
the Philistines. wroth with him; and the princes of the
20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow
the earth, and was sore afraid, because of return, that he may go again to his place
the words of Samuel: and there was no which thou hast appointed him, and let
strength in him; for he had eaten no bread him not go down with us to battle, lest in
all the day, nor all the night. the battle he be an adversary to us: for
21 ¶ And the woman came unto Saul, and wherewith should he reconcile himself
saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto his master? should it not be with the
unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath heads of these men?
obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life 5 Is not this David, of whom they sang
in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy one to another in dances, saying, Saul
words which thou spakest unto me. slew his thousands, and David his ten
22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thousands?
thou also unto the voice of thine 6 ¶ Then Achish called David, and said
handmaid, and let me set a morsel of unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou
bread before thee; and eat, that thou hast been upright, and thy going out and
mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy coming in with me in the host is good
thy way. in my sight: for I have not found evil in
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thee since the day of thy coming unto me the soul of all the people was grieved,
unto this day: nevertheless the lords every man for his sons and for his
favour thee not. daughters: but David encouraged himself
7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, in the LORD his God.
that thou displease not the lords of the 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest,
Philistines. Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me
8 ¶ And David said unto Achish, But what hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought
have I done? and what hast thou found in thither the ephod to David.
thy servant so long as I have been with 8 And David inquired at the LORD, saying,
thee unto this day, that I may not go fight Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I
against the enemies of my lord the king? overtake them? And he answered him,
9 And Achish answered and said to David, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake
I know that thou art good in my sight, as them, and without fail recover all.
an angel of God: notwithstanding the 9 So David went, he and the six hundred
princes of the Philistines have said, He men that were with him, and came to the
shall not go up with us to the battle. brook Besor, where those that were left
10 Wherefore now rise up early in the behind stayed.
morning with thy master’s servants that 10 But David pursued, he and four
are come with thee: and as soon as ye be hundred men: for two hundred abode
up early in the morning, and have light, behind, which were so faint that they
depart. could not go over the brook Besor.
11 So David and his men rose up early to 11 ¶ And they found an Egyptian in the
depart in the morning, to return into the field, and brought him to David, and gave
land of the Philistines. And the Philistines him bread, and he did eat; and they made
went up to Jezreel. him drink water;
12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of
CHAPTER 30 figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when
AND it came to pass, when David and his he had eaten, his spirit came again to him:
men were come to Ziklag on the third day, for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any
that the Amalekites had invaded the south, water, three days and three nights.
and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and 13 And David said unto him, To whom
burned it with fire; belongest thou? and whence art thou?
2 And had taken the women captives, that And he said, I am a young man of Egypt,
were therein: they slew not any, either servant to an Amalekite; and my master
great or small, but carried them away, and left me, because three days agone I fell
went on their way. sick.
3 ¶ So David and his men came to the city, 14 We made an invasion upon the south of
and, behold, it was burned with fire; and the Cherethites, and upon the coast which
their wives, and their sons, and their belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of
daughters, were taken captives. Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
4 Then David and the people that were 15 And David said to him, Canst thou
with him lifted up their voice and wept, bring me down to this company? And he
until they had no more power to weep. said, Swear unto me by God, that thou
5 And David’s two wives were taken wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into
captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and the hands of my master, and I will bring
Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. thee down to this company.
6 And David was greatly distressed; for 16 ¶ And when he had brought him down,
the people spake of stoning him, because behold, they were spread abroad upon all
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the earth, eating and drinking, and sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah,
dancing, because of all the great spoil that even to his friends, saying, Behold a
they had taken out of the land of the present for you of the spoil of the enemies
Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. of the LORD;
17 And David smote them from the 27 To them which were in Beth-el, and to
twilight even unto the evening of the next them which were in south Ramoth, and to
day: and there escaped not a man of them, them which were in Jattir,
save four hundred young men, which rode 28 And to them which were in Aroer, and
upon camels, and fled. to them which were in Siphmoth, and to
18 And David recovered all that the them which were in Eshtemoa,
Amalekites had carried away: and David 29 And to them which were in Rachal, and
rescued his two wives. to them which were in the cities of the
19 And there was nothing lacking to them, Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in
neither small nor great, neither sons nor the cities of the Kenites,
daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that 30 And to them which were in Hormah,
they had taken to them: David recovered and to them which were in Chor-ashan,
all. and to them which were in Athach,
20 And David took all the flocks and the 31 And to them which were in Hebron,
herds, which they drave before those other and to all the places where David himself
cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil. and his men were wont to haunt.
21 ¶ And David came to the two hundred
men, which were so faint that they could CHAPTER 31
not follow David, whom they had made NOW the Philistines fought against Israel:
also to abide at the brook Besor: and they and the men of Israel fled from before the
went forth to meet David, and to meet the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount
people that were with him: and when Gilboa.
David came near to the people, he saluted 2 And the Philistines followed hard upon
them. Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines
22 Then answered all the wicked men and slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-
men of Belial, of those that went with shua, Saul’s sons.
David, and said, Because they went not 3 And the battle went sore against Saul,
with us, we will not give them ought of and the archers hit him; and he was sore
the spoil that we have recovered, save to wounded of the archers.
every man his wife and his children, that 4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer,
they may lead them away, and depart. Draw thy sword, and thrust me through
23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, therewith; lest these uncircumcised come
my brethren, with that which the LORD and thrust me through, and abuse me. But
hath given us, who hath preserved us, and his armourbearer would not; for he was
delivered the company that came against sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword,
us into our hand. and fell upon it.
24 For who will hearken unto you in this 5 And when his armourbearer saw that
matter? but as his part is that goeth down Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his
to the battle, so shall his part be that sword, and died with him.
tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his
25 And it was so from that day forward, armourbearer, and all his men, that same
that he made it a statute and an ordinance day together.
for Israel unto this day. 7 ¶ And when the men of Israel that were
26 ¶ And when David came to Ziklag, he on the other side of the valley, and they
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pleasant in their lives, and in their death Judah have anointed me king over them.
they were not divided: they were swifter 8 ¶ But Abner the son of Ner, captain of
than eagles, they were stronger than lions. Saul’s host, took Ish-bosheth the son of
24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
who clothed you in scarlet, with other 9 And made him king over Gilead, and
delights, who put on ornaments of gold over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and
upon your apparel. over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and
25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst over all Israel.
of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain 10 Ish-bosheth Saul’s son was forty years
in thine high places. old when he began to reign over Israel,
26 I am distressed for thee, my brother and reigned two years. But the house of
Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been Judah followed David.
unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, 11 And the time that David was king in
passing the love of women. Hebron over the house of Judah was seven
27 How are the mighty fallen, and the years and six months.
weapons of war perished! 12 ¶ And Abner the son of Ner, and the
servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul,
CHAPTER 2 went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
AND it came to pass after this, that David 13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the
inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go servants of David, went out, and met
up into any of the cities of Judah? And the together by the pool of Gibeon: and they
LORD said unto him, Go up. And David sat down, the one on the one side of the
said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, pool, and the other on the other side of the
Unto Hebron. pool.
2 So David went up thither, and his two 14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young
wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and men now arise, and play before us. And
Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite. Joab said, Let them arise.
3 And his men that were with him did 15 Then there arose and went over by
David bring up, every man with his number twelve of Benjamin, which
household: and they dwelt in the cities of pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul,
Hebron. and twelve of the servants of David.
4 And the men of Judah came, and there 16 And they caught every one his fellow
they anointed David king over the house by the head, and thrust his sword in his
of Judah. And they told David, saying, fellow’s side; so they fell down together:
That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they wherefore that place was called Helkath-
that buried Saul. hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
5 ¶ And David sent messengers unto the 17 And there was a very sore battle that
men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, day; and Abner was beaten, and the men
Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have of Israel, before the servants of David.
shewed this kindness unto your lord, even 18 ¶ And there were three sons of Zeruiah
unto Saul, and have buried him. there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and
6 And now the LORD shew kindness and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
truth unto you: and I also will requite you 19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and
this kindness, because ye have done this in going he turned not to the right hand
thing. nor to the left from following Abner.
7 Therefore now let your hands be 20 Then Abner looked behind him, and
strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I
master Saul is dead, and also the house of am.
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21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside 31 But the servants of David had smitten
to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that
thee hold on one of the young men, and three hundred and threescore men died.
take thee his armour. But Asahel would 32 ¶ And they took up Asahel, and buried
not turn aside from following of him. him in the sepulchre of his father, which
22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men
thee aside from following me: wherefore went all night, and they came to Hebron at
should I smite thee to the ground? how break of day.
then should I hold up my face to Joab thy
brother? CHAPTER 3
23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: NOW there was long war between the
wherefore Abner with the hinder end of house of Saul and the house of David: but
the spear smote him under the fifth rib, David waxed stronger and stronger, and
that the spear came out behind him; and the house of Saul waxed weaker and
he fell down there, and died in the same weaker.
place: and it came to pass, that as many as 2 ¶ And unto David were sons born in
came to the place where Asahel fell down Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of
and died stood still. Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after 3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the
Abner: and the sun went down when they wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third,
were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter
before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Talmai king of Geshur;
of Gibeon. 4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of
25 ¶ And the children of Benjamin Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son
gathered themselves together after Abner, of Abital;
and became one troop, and stood on the 5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah
top of an hill. David’s wife. These were born to David in
26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Hebron.
Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest 6 ¶ And it came to pass, while there was
thou not that it will be bitterness in the war between the house of Saul and the
latter end? how long shall it be then, ere house of David, that Abner made himself
thou bid the people return from following strong for the house of Saul.
their brethren? 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name
27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and
thou hadst spoken, surely then in the Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast
morning the people had gone up every one thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?
from following his brother. 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the
28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a
people stood still, and pursued after Israel dog’s head, which against Judah do shew
no more, neither fought they any more. kindness this day unto the house of Saul
29 And Abner and his men walked all that thy father, to his brethren, and to his
night through the plain, and passed over friends, and have not delivered thee into
Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and the hand of David, that thou chargest me
they came to Mahanaim. to day with a fault concerning this
30 And Joab returned from following woman?
Abner: and when he had gathered all the 9 So do God to Abner, and more also,
people together, there lacked of David’s except, as the LORD hath sworn to David,
servants nineteen men and Asahel. even so I do to him;
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10 To translate the kingdom from the with thee, and that thou mayest reign over
house of Saul, and to set up the throne of all that thine heart desireth. And David
David over Israel and over Judah, from sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
Dan even to Beer-sheba. 22 ¶ And, behold, the servants of David
11 And he could not answer Abner a word and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and
again, because he feared him. brought in a great spoil with them: but
12 ¶ And Abner sent messengers to David Abner was not with David in Hebron; for
on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? he had sent him away, and he was gone in
saying also, Make thy league with me, peace.
and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, 23 When Joab and all the host that was
to bring about all Israel unto thee. with him were come, they told Joab,
13 ¶ And he said, Well; I will make a saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the
league with thee: but one thing I require of king, and he hath sent him away, and he is
thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, gone in peace.
except thou first bring Michal Saul’s 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said,
daughter, when thou comest to see my What hast thou done? behold, Abner came
face. unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him
14 And David sent messengers to Ish- away, and he is quite gone?
bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner,
wife Michal, which I espoused to me for that he came to deceive thee, and to know
an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. thy going out and thy coming in, and to
15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her know all that thou doest.
from her husband, even from Phaltiel the 26 And when Joab was come out from
son of Laish. David, he sent messengers after Abner,
16 And her husband went with her along which brought him again from the well of
weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Sirah: but David knew it not.
Abner unto him, Go, return. And he 27 And when Abner was returned to
returned. Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to
17 ¶ And Abner had communication with speak with him quietly, and smote him
the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for there under the fifth rib, that he died, for
David in times past to be king over you: the blood of Asahel his brother.
18 Now then do it: for the LORD hath 28 ¶ And afterward when David heard it,
spoken of David, saying, By the hand of he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless
my servant David I will save my people before the LORD for ever from the blood
Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, of Abner the son of Ner:
and out of the hand of all their enemies. 29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on
19 And Abner also spake in the ears of all his father’s house; and let there not fail
Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak from the house of Joab one that hath an
in the ears of David in Hebron all that issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a
seemed good to Israel, and that seemed staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that
good to the whole house of Benjamin. lacketh bread.
20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew
and twenty men with him. And David Abner, because he had slain their brother
made Abner and the men that were with Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
him a feast. 31 ¶ And David said to Joab, and to all the
21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise people that were with him, Rend your
and go, and will gather all Israel unto my clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and
lord the king, that they may make a league mourn before Abner. And king David
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himself followed the bier. she made haste to flee, that he fell, and
32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and became lame. And his name was
the king lifted up his voice, and wept at Mephibosheth.
the grave of Abner; and all the people 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite,
wept. Rechab and Baanah, went, and came
33 And the king lamented over Abner, and about the heat of the day to the house of
said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet 6 And they came thither into the midst of
put into fetters: as a man falleth before the house, as though they would have
wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the fetched wheat; and they smote him under
people wept again over him. the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his
35 And when all the people came to cause brother escaped.
David to eat meat while it was yet day, 7 For when they came into the house, he
David sware, saying, So do God to me, lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they
and more also, if I taste bread, or ought smote him, and slew him, and beheaded
else, till the sun be down. him, and took his head, and gat them away
36 And all the people took notice of it, and through the plain all night.
it pleased them: as whatsoever the king 8 And they brought the head of Ish-
did pleased all the people. bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to
37 For all the people and all Israel the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth
understood that day that it was not of the the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought
king to slay Abner the son of Ner. thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my
38 And the king said unto his servants, lord the king this day of Saul, and of his
Know ye not that there is a prince and a seed.
great man fallen this day in Israel? 9 ¶ And David answered Rechab and
39 And I am this day weak, though Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon
anointed king; and these men the sons of the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the
Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul
shall reward the doer of evil according to out of all adversity,
his wickedness. 10 When one told me, saying, Behold,
Saul is dead, thinking to have brought
CHAPTER 4 good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew
AND when Saul’s son heard that Abner him in Ziklag, who thought that I would
was dead in Hebron, his hands were have given him a reward for his tidings:
feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 11 How much more, when wicked men
2 And Saul’s son had two men that were have slain a righteous person in his own
captains of bands: the name of the one house upon his bed? shall I not therefore
was Baanah, and the name of the other now require his blood of your hand, and
Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, take you away from the earth?
of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth 12 And David commanded his young
also was reckoned to Benjamin: men, and they slew them, and cut off their
3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and hands and their feet, and hanged them up
were sojourners there until this day.) over the pool in Hebron. But they took the
4 And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the
was lame of his feet. He was five years sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
old when the tidings came of Saul and
Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took CHAPTER 5
him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as THEN came all the tribes of Israel to
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David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, concubines and wives out of Jerusalem,
Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. after he was come from Hebron: and there
2 Also in time past, when Saul was king were yet sons and daughters born to
over us, thou wast he that leddest out and David.
broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to 14 And these be the names of those that
thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, were born unto him in Jerusalem;
and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and
3 So all the elders of Israel came to the Solomon,
king to Hebron; and king David made a 15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg,
league with them in Hebron before the and Japhia,
LORD: and they anointed David king over 16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and
Israel. Eliphalet.
4 ¶ David was thirty years old when he 17 ¶ But when the Philistines heard that
began to reign, and he reigned forty years. they had anointed David king over Israel,
5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven all the Philistines came up to seek David;
years and six months: and in Jerusalem he and David heard of it, and went down to
reigned thirty and three years over all the hold.
Israel and Judah. 18 The Philistines also came and spread
6 ¶ And the king and his men went to themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the 19 And David inquired of the LORD,
inhabitants of the land: which spake unto saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines?
David, saying, Except thou take away the wilt thou deliver them into mine hand?
blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for
hither: thinking, David cannot come in I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into
hither. thine hand.
7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold 20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and
of Zion: the same is the city of David. David smote them there, and said, The
8 And David said on that day, Whosoever LORD hath broken forth upon mine
getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the enemies before me, as the breach of
Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that waters. Therefore he called the name of
are hated of David’s soul, he shall be that place Baal-perazim.
chief and captain. Wherefore they said, 21 And there they left their images, and
The blind and the lame shall not come into David and his men burned them.
the house. 22 ¶ And the Philistines came up yet
9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it again, and spread themselves in the valley
the city of David. And David built round of Rephaim.
about from Millo and inward. 23 And when David inquired of the LORD,
10 And David went on, and grew great, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a
and the LORD God of hosts was with him. compass behind them, and come upon
11 ¶ And Hiram king of Tyre sent them over against the mulberry trees.
messengers to David, and cedar trees, and 24 And let it be, when thou hearest the
carpenters, and masons: and they built sound of a going in the tops of the
David an house. mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir
12 And David perceived that the LORD thyself: for then shall the LORD go out
had established him king over Israel, and before thee, to smite the host of the
that he had exalted his kingdom for his Philistines.
people Israel’s sake. 25 And David did so, as the LORD had
13 ¶ And David took him more commanded him; and smote the
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Philistines from Geba until thou come to edom, and all his household.
Gazer. 12 ¶ And it was told king David, saying,
The LORD hath blessed the house of
CHAPTER 6 Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto
AGAIN, David gathered together all the him, because of the ark of God. So David
chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. went and brought up the ark of God from
2 And David arose, and went with all the the house of Obed-edom into the city of
people that were with him from Baale of David with gladness.
Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of 13 And it was so, that when they that bare
God, whose name is called by the name of the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he
the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
the cherubims. 14 And David danced before the LORD
3 And they set the ark of God upon a new with all his might; and David was girded
cart, and brought it out of the house of with a linen ephod.
Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah 15 So David and all the house of Israel
and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the brought up the ark of the LORD with
new cart. shouting, and with the sound of the
4 And they brought it out of the house of trumpet.
Abinadab which was at Gibeah, 16 And as the ark of the LORD came into
accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter
went before the ark. looked through a window, and saw king
5 And David and all the house of Israel David leaping and dancing before the
played before the LORD on all manner of LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
instruments made of fir wood, even on 17 ¶ And they brought in the ark of the
harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst
and on cornets, and on cymbals. of the tabernacle that David had pitched
6 ¶ And when they came to Nachon’s for it: and David offered burnt offerings
threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to and peace offerings before the LORD.
the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the 18 And as soon as David had made an end
oxen shook it. of offering burnt offerings and peace
7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled offerings, he blessed the people in the
against Uzzah; and God smote him there name of the LORD of hosts.
for his error; and there he died by the ark 19 And he dealt among all the people,
of God. even among the whole multitude of Israel,
8 And David was displeased, because the as well to the women as men, to every one
LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh,
he called the name of the place Perez- and a flagon of wine. So all the people
uzzah to this day. departed every one to his house.
9 And David was afraid of the LORD that 20 ¶ Then David returned to bless his
day, and said, How shall the ark of the household. And Michal the daughter of
LORD come to me? Saul came out to meet David, and said,
10 So David would not remove the ark of How glorious was the king of Israel to
the LORD unto him into the city of David: day, who uncovered himself to day in the
but David carried it aside into the house of eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as
Obed-edom the Gittite. one of the vain fellows shamelessly
11 And the ark of the LORD continued in uncovereth himself!
the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three 21 And David said unto Michal, It was
months: and the LORD blessed Obed- before the LORD, which chose me before
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thy father, and before all his house, to men that are in the earth.
appoint me ruler over the people of the 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my
LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play people Israel, and will plant them, that
before the LORD. they may dwell in a place of their own,
22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and move no more; neither shall the
and will be base in mine own sight: and of children of wickedness afflict them any
the maidservants which thou hast spoken more, as beforetime,
of, of them shall I be had in honour. 11 And as since the time that I
23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul commanded judges to be over my people
had no child unto the day of her death. Israel, and have caused thee to rest from
all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth
CHAPTER 7 thee that he will make thee an house.
AND it came to pass, when the king sat in 12 ¶ And when thy days be fulfilled, and
his house, and the LORD had given him thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set
rest round about from all his enemies; up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed
2 That the king said unto Nathan the out of thy bowels, and I will establish his
prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of kingdom.
cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within 13 He shall build an house for my name,
curtains. and I will stablish the throne of his
3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all kingdom for ever.
that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my
thee. son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten
4 ¶ And it came to pass that night, that the him with the rod of men, and with the
word of the LORD came unto Nathan, stripes of the children of men:
saying, 15 But my mercy shall not depart away
5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I
saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an put away before thee.
house for me to dwell in? 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall
6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house be established for ever before thee: thy
since the time that I brought up the throne shall be established for ever.
children of Israel out of Egypt, even to 17 According to all these words, and
this day, but have walked in a tent and in a according to all this vision, so did Nathan
tabernacle. speak unto David.
7 In all the places wherein I have walked 18 ¶ Then went king David in, and sat
with all the children of Israel spake I a before the LORD, and he said, Who am I,
word with any of the tribes of Israel, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that
whom I commanded to feed my people thou hast brought me hitherto?
Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy
house of cedar? sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken
8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my also of thy servant’s house for a great
servant David, Thus saith the LORD of while to come. And is this the manner of
hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from man, O Lord GOD?
following the sheep, to be ruler over my 20 And what can David say more unto
people, over Israel: thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy
9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou servant.
wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies 21 For thy word’s sake, and according to
out of thy sight, and have made thee a thine own heart, hast thou done all these
great name, like unto the name of the great great things, to make thy servant know
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14 ¶ And he put garrisons in Edom; thee all the land of Saul thy father; and
throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and thou shalt eat bread at my table
all they of Edom became David’s continually.
servants. And the LORD preserved David 8 And he bowed himself, and said, What
whithersoever he went. is thy servant, that thou shouldest look
15 And David reigned over all Israel; and upon such a dead dog as I am?
David executed judgment and justice unto 9 ¶ Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s
all his people. servant, and said unto him, I have given
16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over unto thy master’s son all that pertained to
the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Saul and to all his house.
Ahilud was recorder; 10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy
17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and servants, shall till the land for him, and
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy
priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; master’s son may have food to eat: but
18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat
over both the Cherethites and the bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had
Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief fifteen sons and twenty servants.
rulers. 11 Then said Ziba unto the king,
According to all that my lord the king hath
CHAPTER 9 commanded his servant, so shall thy
AND David said, Is there yet any that is servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the
left of the house of Saul, that I may shew king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the
him kindness for Jonathan’s sake? king’s sons.
2 And there was of the house of Saul a 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son,
servant whose name was Ziba. And when whose name was Micha. And all that
they had called him unto David, the king dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants
said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, unto Mephibosheth.
Thy servant is he. 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem:
3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of for he did eat continually at the king’s
the house of Saul, that I may shew the table; and was lame on both his feet.
kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said
unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, CHAPTER 10
which is lame on his feet. AND it came to pass after this, that the
4 And the king said unto him, Where is king of the children of Ammon died, and
he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
he is in the house of Machir, the son of 2 Then said David, I will shew kindness
Ammiel, in Lo-debar. unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his
5 ¶ Then king David sent, and fetched him father shewed kindness unto me. And
out of the house of Machir, the son of David sent to comfort him by the hand of
Ammiel, from Lo-debar. his servants for his father. And David’s
6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of servants came into the land of the children
Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto of Ammon.
David, he fell on his face, and did 3 And the princes of the children of
reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. Ammon said unto Hanun their lord,
And he answered, Behold thy servant! Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy
7 ¶ And David said unto him, Fear not: for father, that he hath sent comforters unto
I will surely shew thee kindness for thee? hath not David rather sent his
Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore servants unto thee, to search the city, and
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him to eat, he took hold of her, and said 23 ¶ And it came to pass after two full
unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in
12 And she answered him, Nay, my Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and
brother, do not force me; for no such thing Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this 24 And Absalom came to the king, and
folly. said, Behold now, thy servant hath
13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee,
to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one and his servants go with thy servant.
of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I 25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay,
pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will my son, let us not all now go, lest we be
not withhold me from thee. chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him:
14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
voice: but, being stronger than she, forced 26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee,
her, and lay with her. let my brother Amnon go with us. And the
15 ¶ Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; king said unto him, Why should he go
so that the hatred wherewith he hated her with thee?
was greater than the love wherewith he 27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let
had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Amnon and all the king’s sons go with
Arise, be gone. him.
16 And she said unto him, There is no 28 ¶ Now Absalom had commanded his
cause: this evil in sending me away is servants, saying, Mark ye now when
greater than the other that thou didst unto Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and
me. But he would not hearken unto her. when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then
17 Then he called his servant that kill him, fear not: have not I commanded
ministered unto him, and said, Put now you? be courageous, and be valiant.
this woman out from me, and bolt the door 29 And the servants of Absalom did unto
after her. Amnon as Absalom had commanded.
18 And she had a garment of divers Then all the king’s sons arose, and every
colours upon her: for with such robes were man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
the king’s daughters that were virgins 30 ¶ And it came to pass, while they were
apparelled. Then his servant brought her in the way, that tidings came to David,
out, and bolted the door after her. saying, Absalom hath slain all the king’s
19 ¶ And Tamar put ashes on her head, sons, and there is not one of them left.
and rent her garment of divers colours that 31 Then the king arose, and tare his
was on her, and laid her hand on her head, garments, and lay on the earth; and all his
and went on crying. servants stood by with their clothes rent.
20 And Absalom her brother said unto 32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah
her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with David’s brother, answered and said, Let
thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: not my lord suppose that they have slain
he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So all the young men the king’s sons; for
Tamar remained desolate in her brother Amnon only is dead: for by the
Absalom’s house. appointment of Absalom this hath been
21 ¶ But when king David heard of all determined from the day that he forced his
these things, he was very wroth. sister Tamar.
22 And Absalom spake unto his brother 33 Now therefore let not my lord the king
Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom take the thing to his heart, to think that all
hated Amnon, because he had forced his the king’s sons are dead: for Amnon only
sister Tamar. is dead.
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34 But Absalom fled. And the young man 7 And, behold, the whole family is risen
that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and against thine handmaid, and they said,
looked, and, behold, there came much Deliver him that smote his brother, that
people by the way of the hill side behind we may kill him, for the life of his brother
him. whom he slew; and we will destroy the
35 And Jonadab said unto the king, heir also: and so they shall quench my
Behold, the king’s sons come: as thy coal which is left, and shall not leave to
servant said, so it is. my husband neither name nor remainder
36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had upon the earth.
made an end of speaking, that, behold, the 8 And the king said unto the woman, Go
king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice to thine house, and I will give charge
and wept: and the king also and all his concerning thee.
servants wept very sore. 9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the
37 ¶ But Absalom fled, and went to king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on
Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of me, and on my father’s house: and the
Geshur. And David mourned for his son king and his throne be guiltless.
every day. 10 And the king said, Whosoever saith
38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he
and was there three years. shall not touch thee any more.
39 And the soul of king David longed to 11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king
go forth unto Absalom: for he was remember the LORD thy God, that thou
comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood
was dead. to destroy any more, lest they destroy my
son. And he said, As the LORD liveth,
CHAPTER 14 there shall not one hair of thy son fall to
NOW Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived the earth.
that the king’s heart was toward Absalom. 12 Then the woman said, Let thine
2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word
thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I unto my lord the king. And he said, Say
pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, on.
and put on now mourning apparel, and 13 And the woman said, Wherefore then
anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a hast thou thought such a thing against the
woman that had a long time mourned for people of God? for the king doth speak
the dead: this thing as one which is faulty, in that
3 And come to the king, and speak on this the king doth not fetch home again his
manner unto him. So Joab put the words banished.
in her mouth. 14 For we must needs die, and are as
4 ¶ And when the woman of Tekoah spake water spilt on the ground, which cannot be
to the king, she fell on her face to the gathered up again; neither doth God
ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, respect any person: yet doth he devise
O king. means, that his banished be not expelled
5 And the king said unto her, What aileth from him.
thee? And she answered, I am indeed a 15 Now therefore that I am come to speak
widow woman, and mine husband is dead. of this thing unto my lord the king, it is
6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and because the people have made me afraid:
they two strove together in the field, and and thy handmaid said, I will now speak
there was none to part them, but the one unto the king; it may be that the king will
smote the other, and slew him. perform the request of his handmaid.
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16 For the king will hear, to deliver his 26 And when he polled his head, (for it
handmaid out of the hand of the man that was at every year’s end that he polled it:
would destroy me and my son together out because the hair was heavy on him,
of the inheritance of God. therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair
17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of of his head at two hundred shekels after
my lord the king shall now be the king’s weight.
comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is 27 And unto Absalom there were born
my lord the king to discern good and bad: three sons, and one daughter, whose name
therefore the LORD thy God will be with was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair
thee. countenance.
18 Then the king answered and said unto 28 ¶ So Absalom dwelt two full years in
the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
the thing that I shall ask thee. And the 29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to
woman said, Let my lord the king now have sent him to the king; but he would
speak. not come to him: and when he sent again
19 And the king said, Is not the hand of the second time, he would not come.
Joab with thee in all this? And the woman 30 Therefore he said unto his servants,
answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath
lord the king, none can turn to the right barley there; go and set it on fire. And
hand or to the left from ought that my lord Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, 31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom
he bade me, and he put all these words in unto his house, and said unto him,
the mouth of thine handmaid: Wherefore have thy servants set my field
20 To fetch about this form of speech hath on fire?
thy servant Joab done this thing: and my 32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold,
lord is wise, according to the wisdom of I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that
an angel of God, to know all things that I may send thee to the king, to say,
are in the earth. Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had
21 ¶ And the king said unto Joab, Behold been good for me to have been there still:
now, I have done this thing: go therefore, now therefore let me see the king’s face;
bring the young man Absalom again. and if there be any iniquity in me, let him
22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, kill me.
and bowed himself, and thanked the king: 33 So Joab came to the king, and told him:
and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth and when he had called for Absalom, he
that I have found grace in thy sight, my came to the king, and bowed himself on
lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled his face to the ground before the king: and
the request of his servant. the king kissed Absalom.
23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and
brought Absalom to Jerusalem. CHAPTER 15
24 And the king said, Let him turn to his AND it came to pass after this, that
own house, and let him not see my face. Absalom prepared him chariots and
So Absalom returned to his own house, horses, and fifty men to run before him.
and saw not the king’s face. 2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood
25 ¶ But in all Israel there was none to be beside the way of the gate: and it was so,
so much praised as Absalom for his that when any man that had a controversy
beauty: from the sole of his foot even to came to the king for judgment, then
the crown of his head there was no Absalom called unto him, and said, Of
blemish in him. what city art thou? And he said, Thy
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servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. upon us, and smite the city with the edge
3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy of the sword.
matters are good and right; but there is no 15 And the king’s servants said unto the
man deputed of the king to hear thee. king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do
4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
made judge in the land, that every man 16 And the king went forth, and all his
which hath any suit or cause might come household after him. And the king left ten
unto me, and I would do him justice! women, which were concubines, to keep
5 And it was so, that when any man came the house.
nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put 17 And the king went forth, and all the
forth his hand, and took him, and kissed people after him, and tarried in a place
him. that was far off.
6 And on this manner did Absalom to all 18 And all his servants passed on beside
Israel that came to the king for judgment: him; and all the Cherethites, and all the
so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred
Israel. men which came after him from Gath,
7 ¶ And it came to pass after forty years, passed on before the king.
that Absalom said unto the king, I pray 19 ¶ Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite,
thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I Wherefore goest thou also with us? return
have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron. to thy place, and abide with the king: for
8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the 20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday,
LORD shall bring me again indeed to should I this day make thee go up and
Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD. down with us? seeing I go whither I may,
9 And the king said unto him, Go in return thou, and take back thy brethren:
peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron. mercy and truth be with thee.
10 ¶ But Absalom sent spies throughout 21 And Ittai answered the king, and said,
all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the
ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye king liveth, surely in what place my lord
shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. the king shall be, whether in death or life,
11 And with Absalom went two hundred even there also will thy servant be.
men out of Jerusalem, that were called; 22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass
and they went in their simplicity, and they over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and
knew not any thing. all his men, and all the little ones that
12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the were with him.
Gilonite, David’s counseller, from his 23 And all the country wept with a loud
city, even from Giloh, while he offered voice, and all the people passed over: the
sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; king also himself passed over the brook
for the people increased continually with Kidron, and all the people passed over,
Absalom. toward the way of the wilderness.
13 ¶ And there came a messenger to 24 ¶ And lo Zadok also, and all the
David, saying, The hearts of the men of Levites were with him, bearing the ark of
Israel are after Absalom. the covenant of God: and they set down
14 And David said unto all his servants the ark of God; and Abiathar went up,
that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, until all the people had done passing out
and let us flee; for we shall not else escape of the city.
from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest 25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry
he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil back the ark of God into the city: if I shall
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find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he 36 Behold, they have there with them their
will bring me again, and shew me both it, two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok’s son, and
and his habitation: Jonathan Abiathar’s son; and by them ye
26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in shall send unto me every thing that ye can
thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me hear.
as seemeth good unto him. 37 So Hushai David’s friend came into the
27 The king said also unto Zadok the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the
city in peace, and your two sons with you, CHAPTER 16
Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of AND when David was a little past the top
Abiathar. of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of
28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of
wilderness, until there come word from asses saddled, and upon them two hundred
you to certify me. loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches
29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried of raisins, and an hundred of summer
the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and fruits, and a bottle of wine.
they tarried there. 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What
30 ¶ And David went up by the ascent of meanest thou by these? And Ziba said,
mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and The asses be for the king’s household to
had his head covered, and he went ride on; and the bread and summer fruit
barefoot: and all the people that was with for the young men to eat; and the wine,
him covered every man his head, and they that such as be faint in the wilderness may
went up, weeping as they went up. drink.
31 ¶ And one told David, saying, 3 And the king said, And where is thy
Ahithophel is among the conspirators with master’s son? And Ziba said unto the
Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for
thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into he said, To day shall the house of Israel
foolishness. restore me the kingdom of my father.
32 ¶ And it came to pass, that when David 4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold,
was come to the top of the mount, where thine are all that pertained unto
he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly
Archite came to meet him with his coat beseech thee that I may find grace in thy
rent, and earth upon his head: sight, my lord, O king.
33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest 5 ¶ And when king David came to
on with me, then thou shalt be a burden Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man
unto me: of the family of the house of Saul, whose
34 But if thou return to the city, and say name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he
unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O came forth, and cursed still as he came.
king; as I have been thy father’s servant 6 And he cast stones at David, and at all
hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: the servants of king David: and all the
then mayest thou for me defeat the people and all the mighty men were on his
counsel of Ahithophel. right hand and on his left.
35 And hast thou not there with thee 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed,
Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore Come out, come out, thou bloody man,
it shall be, that what thing soever thou and thou man of Belial:
shalt hear out of the king’s house, thou 8 The LORD hath returned upon thee all
shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the the blood of the house of Saul, in whose
priests. stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD
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hath delivered the kingdom into the hand Give counsel among you what we shall
of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art do.
taken in thy mischief, because thou art a 21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom,
bloody man. Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which
9 ¶ Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah he hath left to keep the house; and all
unto the king, Why should this dead dog Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of
curse my lord the king? let me go over, I thy father: then shall the hands of all that
pray thee, and take off his head. are with thee be strong.
10 And the king said, What have I to do 22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon
with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him the top of the house; and Absalom went in
curse, because the LORD hath said unto unto his father’s concubines in the sight of
him, Curse David. Who shall then say, all Israel.
Wherefore hast thou done so? 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which
11 And David said to Abishai, and to all he counselled in those days, was as if a
his servants, Behold, my son, which came man had inquired at the oracle of God: so
forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how was all the counsel of Ahithophel both
much more now may this Benjamite do it? with David and with Absalom.
let him alone, and let him curse; for the
LORD hath bidden him. CHAPTER 17
12 It may be that the LORD will look on MOREOVER Ahithophel said unto
mine affliction, and that the LORD will Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve
requite me good for his cursing this day. thousand men, and I will arise and pursue
13 And as David and his men went by the after David this night:
way, Shimei went along on the hill’s side 2 And I will come upon him while he is
over against him, and cursed as he went, weary and weak handed, and will make
and threw stones at him, and cast dust. him afraid: and all the people that are with
14 And the king, and all the people that him shall flee; and I will smite the king
were with him, came weary, and refreshed only:
themselves there. 3 And I will bring back all the people unto
15 ¶ And Absalom, and all the people the thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if
men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and all returned: so all the people shall be in
Ahithophel with him. peace.
16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well,
Archite, David’s friend, was come unto and all the elders of Israel.
Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, 5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai
God save the king, God save the king. the Archite also, and let us hear likewise
17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this what he saith.
thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest 6 And when Hushai was come to
thou not with thy friend? Absalom, Absalom spake unto him,
18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this
but whom the LORD, and this people, and manner: shall we do after his saying? if
all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, not; speak thou.
and with him will I abide. 7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The
19 And again, whom should I serve? counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not
should I not serve in the presence of his good at this time.
son? as I have served in thy father’s 8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy
presence, so will I be in thy presence. father and his men, that they be mighty
20 ¶ Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, men, and they be chafed in their minds, as
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a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: told them; and they went and told king
and thy father is a man of war, and will David.
not lodge with the people. 18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told
9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in Absalom: but they went both of them
some other place: and it will come to pass, away quickly, and came to a man’s house
when some of them be overthrown at the in Bahurim, which had a well in his court;
first, that whosoever heareth it will say, whither they went down.
There is a slaughter among the people that 19 And the woman took and spread a
follow Absalom. covering over the well’s mouth, and
10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart spread ground corn thereon; and the thing
is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: was not known.
for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a 20 And when Absalom’s servants came to
mighty man, and they which be with him the woman to the house, they said, Where
are valiant men. is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman
11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be said unto them, They be gone over the
generally gathered unto thee, from Dan brook of water. And when they had sought
even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by and could not find them, they returned to
the sea for multitude; and that thou go to Jerusalem.
battle in thine own person. 21 And it came to pass, after they were
12 So shall we come upon him in some departed, that they came up out of the
place where he shall be found, and we will well, and went and told king David, and
light upon him as the dew falleth on the said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly
ground: and of him and of all the men that over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel
are with him there shall not be left so counselled against you.
much as one. 22 Then David arose, and all the people
13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, that were with him, and they passed over
then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, Jordan: by the morning light there lacked
and we will draw it into the river, until not one of them that was not gone over
there be not one small stone found there. Jordan.
14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel 23 ¶ And when Ahithophel saw that his
said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is counsel was not followed, he saddled his
better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For ass, and arose, and gat him home to his
the LORD had appointed to defeat the good house, to his city, and put his household in
counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that order, and hanged himself, and died, and
the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
15 ¶ Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to 24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And
Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all
Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the the men of Israel with him.
elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I 25 ¶ And Absalom made Amasa captain
counselled. of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa
16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra
David, saying, Lodge not this night in the an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the
plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah
over; lest the king be swallowed up, and Joab’s mother.
all the people that are with him. 26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the
17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by land of Gilead.
En-rogel; for they might not be seen to 27 ¶ And it came to pass, when David was
come into the city: and a wench went and come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of
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taken and reared up for himself a pillar, earth upon his face before the king, and
which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which
have no son to keep my name in hath delivered up the men that lifted up
remembrance: and he called the pillar their hand against my lord the king.
after his own name: and it is called unto 29 And the king said, Is the young man
this day, Absalom’s place. Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered,
19 ¶ Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, When Joab sent the king’s servant, and me
Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I
how that the LORD hath avenged him of knew not what it was.
his enemies. 30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside,
20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not and stand here. And he turned aside, and
bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear stood still.
tidings another day: but this day thou shalt 31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi
bear no tidings, because the king’s son is said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the
dead. LORD hath avenged thee this day of all
21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the them that rose up against thee.
king what thou hast seen. And Cushi 32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the
bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. young man Absalom safe? And Cushi
22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok answered, The enemies of my lord the
yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I king, and all that rise against thee to do
pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab thee hurt, be as that young man is.
said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, 33 ¶ And the king was much moved, and
seeing that thou hast no tidings ready? went up to the chamber over the gate, and
23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my
And he said unto him, Run. Then son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and would God I had died for thee, O
overran Cushi. Absalom, my son, my son!
24 And David sat between the two gates:
and the watchman went up to the roof CHAPTER 19
over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up AND it was told Joab, Behold, the king
his eyes, and looked, and behold a man weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
running alone. 2 And the victory that day was turned into
25 And the watchman cried, and told the mourning unto all the people: for the
king. And the king said, If he be alone, people heard say that day how the king
there is tidings in his mouth. And he came was grieved for his son.
apace, and drew near. 3 And the people gat them by stealth that
26 And the watchman saw another man day into the city, as people being ashamed
running: and the watchman called unto the steal away when they flee in battle.
porter, and said, Behold another man 4 But the king covered his face, and the
running alone. And the king said, He also king cried with a loud voice, O my son
bringeth tidings. Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh 5 And Joab came into the house to the
the running of the foremost is like the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day
running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. the faces of all thy servants, which this
And the king said, He is a good man, and day have saved thy life, and the lives of
cometh with good tidings. thy sons and of thy daughters, and the
28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy
king, All is well. And he fell down to the concubines;
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6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go
hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared to meet the king, to conduct the king over
this day, that thou regardest neither Jordan.
princes nor servants: for this day I 16 ¶ And Shimei the son of Gera, a
perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted
all we had died this day, then it had and came down with the men of Judah to
pleased thee well. meet king David.
7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak 17 And there were a thousand men of
comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant
by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons
will not tarry one with thee this night: and and his twenty servants with him; and they
that will be worse unto thee than all the went over Jordan before the king.
evil that befell thee from thy youth until 18 And there went over a ferry boat to
now. carry over the king’s household, and to do
8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. what he thought good. And Shimei the son
And they told unto all the people, saying, of Gera fell down before the king, as he
Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And was come over Jordan;
all the people came before the king: for 19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord
Israel had fled every man to his tent. impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou
9 ¶ And all the people were at strife remember that which thy servant did
throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, perversely the day that my lord the king
The king saved us out of the hand of our went out of Jerusalem, that the king
enemies, and he delivered us out of the should take it to his heart.
hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled 20 For thy servant doth know that I have
out of the land for Absalom. sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the
10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over first this day of all the house of Joseph to
us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why go down to meet my lord the king.
speak ye not a word of bringing the king 21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah
back? answered and said, Shall not Shimei be
11 ¶ And king David sent to Zadok and to put to death for this, because he cursed the
Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto LORD’s anointed?
the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye 22 And David said, What have I to do
the last to bring the king back to his with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye
house? seeing the speech of all Israel is should this day be adversaries unto me?
come to the king, even to his house. shall there any man be put to death this
12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones day in Israel? for do not I know that I am
and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the this day king over Israel?
last to bring back the king? 23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei,
13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of Thou shalt not die. And the king sware
my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to unto him.
me, and more also, if thou be not captain 24 ¶ And Mephibosheth the son of Saul
of the host before me continually in the came down to meet the king, and had
room of Joab. neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his
14 And he bowed the heart of all the men beard, nor washed his clothes, from the
of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so day the king departed until the day he
that they sent this word unto the king, came again in peace.
Return thou, and all thy servants. 25 And it came to pass, when he was
15 So the king returned, and came to come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that
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the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest king recompense it me with such a
not thou with me, Mephibosheth? reward?
26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my 37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back
servant deceived me: for thy servant said, again, that I may die in mine own city,
I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride and be buried by the grave of my father
thereon, and go to the king; because thy and of my mother. But behold thy servant
servant is lame. Chimham; let him go over with my lord
27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto the king; and do to him what shall seem
my lord the king; but my lord the king is good unto thee.
as an angel of God: do therefore what is 38 And the king answered, Chimham shall
good in thine eyes. go over with me, and I will do to him that
28 For all of my father’s house were but which shall seem good unto thee: and
dead men before my lord the king: yet whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that
didst thou set thy servant among them that will I do for thee.
did eat at thine own table. What right 39 And all the people went over Jordan.
therefore have I yet to cry any more unto And when the king was come over, the
the king? king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and
29 And the king said unto him, Why he returned unto his own place.
speakest thou any more of thy matters? I 40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and
have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. Chimham went on with him: and all the
30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, people of Judah conducted the king, and
Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my also half the people of Israel.
lord the king is come again in peace unto 41 ¶ And, behold, all the men of Israel
his own house. came to the king, and said unto the king,
31 ¶ And Barzillai the Gileadite came Why have our brethren the men of Judah
down from Rogelim, and went over stolen thee away, and have brought the
Jordan with the king, to conduct him over king, and his household, and all David’s
Jordan. men with him, over Jordan?
32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, 42 And all the men of Judah answered the
even fourscore years old: and he had men of Israel, Because the king is near of
provided the king of sustenance while he kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for
lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great this matter? have we eaten at all of the
man. king’s cost? or hath he given us any gift?
33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come 43 And the men of Israel answered the
thou over with me, and I will feed thee men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts
with me in Jerusalem. in the king, and we have also more right
34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How in David than ye: why then did ye despise
long have I to live, that I should go up us, that our advice should not be first had
with the king unto Jerusalem? in bringing back our king? And the words
35 I am this day fourscore years old: and of the men of Judah were fiercer than the
can I discern between good and evil? can words of the men of Israel.
thy servant taste what I eat or what I
drink? can I hear any more the voice of CHAPTER 20
singing men and singing women? AND there happened to be there a man of
wherefore then should thy servant be yet a Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of
burden unto my lord the king? Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a
36 Thy servant will go a little way over trumpet, and said, We have no part in
Jordan with the king: and why should the David, neither have we inheritance in the
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son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he
Israel. that is for David, let him go after Joab.
2 So every man of Israel went up from 12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the
after David, and followed Sheba the son midst of the highway. And when the man
of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto saw that all the people stood still, he
their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. removed Amasa out of the highway into
3 ¶ And David came to his house at the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when
Jerusalem; and the king took the ten he saw that every one that came by him
women his concubines, whom he had left stood still.
to keep the house, and put them in ward, 13 When he was removed out of the
and fed them, but went not in unto them. highway, all the people went on after
So they were shut up unto the day of their Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of
death, living in widowhood. Bichri.
4 ¶ Then said the king to Amasa, 14 ¶ And he went through all the tribes of
Assemble me the men of Judah within Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah,
three days, and be thou here present. and all the Berites: and they were gathered
5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of together, and went also after him.
Judah: but he tarried longer than the set 15 And they came and besieged him in
time which he had appointed him. Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a
6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall bank against the city, and it stood in the
Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm trench: and all the people that were with
than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
servants, and pursue after him, lest he get 16 ¶ Then cried a wise woman out of the
him fenced cities, and escape us. city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto
7 And there went out after him Joab’s Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak
men, and the Cherethites, and the with thee.
Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and 17 And when he was come near unto her,
they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he
Sheba the son of Bichri. answered, I am he. Then she said unto
8 When they were at the great stone which him, Hear the words of thine handmaid.
is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And he answered, I do hear.
And Joab’s garment that he had put on 18 Then she spake, saying, They were
was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle wont to speak in old time, saying, They
with a sword fastened upon his loins in the shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so
sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell they ended the matter.
out. 19 I am one of them that are peaceable
9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to
health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why
by the beard with the right hand to kiss wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the
him. LORD?
10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it,
that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him far be it from me, that I should swallow up
therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his or destroy.
bowels to the ground, and struck him not 21 The matter is not so: but a man of
again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri
his brother pursued after Sheba the son of by name, hath lifted up his hand against
Bichri. the king, even against David: deliver him
11 And one of Joab’s men stood by him, only, and I will depart from the city. And
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the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered
22 Then the woman went unto all the unto us, and we will hang them up unto
people in her wisdom. And they cut off the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the
the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and LORD did choose. And the king said, I will
cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, give them.
and they retired from the city, every man 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the
to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because
unto the king. of the LORD’s oath that was between
23 ¶ Now Joab was over all the host of them, between David and Jonathan the son
Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada of Saul.
was over the Cherethites and over the 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah
Pelethites: the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto
24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul,
recorder: whom she brought up for Adriel the son of
25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Barzillai the Meholathite:
Abiathar were the priests: 9 And he delivered them into the hands of
26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in
ruler about David. the hill before the LORD: and they fell all
seven together, and were put to death in
CHAPTER 21 the days of harvest, in the first days, in the
THEN there was a famine in the days of beginning of barley harvest.
David three years, year after year; and 10 ¶ And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah
David inquired of the LORD. And the took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon
LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his the rock, from the beginning of harvest
bloody house, because he slew the until water dropped upon them out of
Gibeonites. heaven, and suffered neither the birds of
2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and the air to rest on them by day, nor the
said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were beasts of the field by night.
not of the children of Israel, but of the 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the
remnant of the Amorites; and the children daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul,
of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul had done.
sought to slay them in his zeal to the 12 ¶ And David went and took the bones
children of Israel and Judah.) of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son
3 Wherefore David said unto the from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had
Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and stolen them from the street of Beth-shan,
wherewith shall I make the atonement, where the Philistines had hanged them,
that ye may bless the inheritance of the when the Philistines had slain Saul in
LORD? Gilboa:
4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We 13 And he brought up from thence the
will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan
his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any his son; and they gathered the bones of
man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall them that were hanged.
say, that will I do for you. 14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his
5 And they answered the king, The man son buried they in the country of
that consumed us, and that devised against Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of
us that we should be destroyed from Kish his father: and they performed all
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that the king commanded. And after that 3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust:
God was intreated for the land. he is my shield, and the horn of my
15 ¶ Moreover the Philistines had yet war salvation, my high tower, and my refuge,
again with Israel; and David went down, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
and his servants with him, and fought 4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to
against the Philistines: and David waxed be praised: so shall I be saved from mine
faint. enemies.
16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the 5 When the waves of death compassed
sons of the giant, the weight of whose me, the floods of ungodly men made me
spear weighed three hundred shekels of afraid;
brass in weight, he being girded with a 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me
new sword, thought to have slain David. about; the snares of death prevented me;
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD,
succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and cried to my God: and he did hear my
and killed him. Then the men of David voice out of his temple, and my cry did
sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no enter into his ears.
more out with us to battle, that thou 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the
quench not the light of Israel. foundations of heaven moved and shook,
18 And it came to pass after this, that because he was wroth.
there was again a battle with the 9 There went up a smoke out of his
Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the nostrils, and fire out of his mouth
Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the devoured: coals were kindled by it.
sons of the giant. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came
19 And there was again a battle in Gob down; and darkness was under his feet.
with the Philistines, where Elhanan the 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did
son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the
the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff wind.
of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 12 And he made darkness pavilions round
20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, about him, dark waters, and thick clouds
where was a man of great stature, that had of the skies.
on every hand six fingers, and on every 13 Through the brightness before him
foot six toes, four and twenty in number; were coals of fire kindled.
and he also was born to the giant. 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and
21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the most High uttered his voice.
the son of Shimea the brother of David 15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered
slew him. them; lightning, and discomfited them.
22 These four were born to the giant in 16 And the channels of the sea appeared,
Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and the foundations of the world were
by the hand of his servants. discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD,
at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
CHAPTER 22 17 He sent from above, he took me; he
AND David spake unto the LORD the drew me out of many waters;
words of this song in the day that the 18 He delivered me from my strong
LORD had delivered him out of the hand of enemy, and from them that hated me: for
all his enemies, and out of the hand of they were too strong for me.
Saul: 19 They prevented me in the day of my
2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
my fortress, and my deliverer; 20 He brought me forth also into a large
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13 So Gad came to David, and told him, seemeth good unto him: behold, here be
and said unto him, Shall seven years of oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing
famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt instruments and other instruments of the
thou flee three months before thine oxen for wood.
enemies, while they pursue thee? or that 23 All these things did Araunah, as a king,
there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? give unto the king. And Araunah said unto
now advise, and see what answer I shall the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
return to him that sent me. 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay;
14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a but I will surely buy it of thee at a price:
great strait: let us fall now into the hand of neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the
the LORD; for his mercies are great: and LORD my God of that which doth cost me
let me not fall into the hand of man. nothing. So David bought the
15 ¶ So the LORD sent a pestilence upon threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty
Israel from the morning even to the time shekels of silver.
appointed: and there died of the people 25 And David built there an altar unto the
from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy LORD, and offered burnt offerings and
thousand men. peace offerings. So the LORD was
16 And when the angel stretched out his intreated for the land, and the plague was
hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the stayed from Israel.
LORD repented him of the evil, and said to
the angel that destroyed the people, It is
enough: stay now thine hand. And the
angel of the LORD was by the
threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
17 And David spake unto the LORD when
he saw the angel that smote the people,
and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have
done wickedly: but these sheep, what have
they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be
against me, and against my father’s house.
18 ¶ And Gad came that day to David, and
said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto
the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah
the Jebusite.
19 And David, according to the saying of
Gad, went up as the LORD 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
lord the king come to his servant? And
David said, To buy the threshingfloor of
thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that
the plague may be stayed from the people.
22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my
lord the king take and offer up what
THE FIRST
BOOK OF THE KINGS,
COMMONLY CALLED,
THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS.
CHAPTER 1 of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord
NOW king David was old and stricken in knoweth it not?
years; and they covered him with clothes, 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray
but he gat no heat. thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest
2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, save thine own life, and the life of thy son
Let there be sought for my lord the king a Solomon.
young virgin: and let her stand before the 13 Go and get thee in unto king David,
king, and let her cherish him, and let her and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord,
lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king O king, swear unto thine handmaid,
may get heat. saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall
3 So they sought for a fair damsel reign after me, and he shall sit upon my
throughout all the coasts of Israel, and throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
found Abishag a Shunammite, and 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there
brought her to the king. with the king, I also will come in after
4 And the damsel was very fair, and thee, and confirm thy words.
cherished the king, and ministered to him: 15 ¶ And Bath-sheba went in unto the
but the king knew her not. king into the chamber: and the king was
5 ¶ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith very old; and Abishag the Shunammite
exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and ministered unto the king.
he prepared him chariots and horsemen, 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did
and fifty men to run before him. obeisance unto the king. And the king
6 And his father had not displeased him at said, What wouldest thou?
any time in saying, Why hast thou done 17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou
so? and he also was a very goodly man; swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine
and his mother bare him after Absalom. handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy
7 And he conferred with Joab the son of son shall reign after me, and he shall sit
Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and upon my throne.
they following Adonijah helped him. 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth;
8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the and now, my lord the king, thou knowest
son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, it not:
and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men 19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle
which belonged to David, were not with and sheep in abundance, and hath called
Adonijah. all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the
9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but
fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren 20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of
the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah all Israel are upon thee, that thou
the king’s servants: shouldest tell them who shall sit on the
10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, throne of my lord the king after him.
and the mighty men, and Solomon his 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when
brother, he called not. my lord the king shall sleep with his
11 ¶ Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath- fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall
sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, be counted offenders.
Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son 22 ¶ And, lo, while she yet talked with the
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king, Nathan the prophet also came in. 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan
23 And they told the king, saying, Behold the prophet anoint him there king over
Nathan the prophet. And when he was Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and
come in before the king, he bowed himself say, God save king Solomon.
before the king with his face to the 35 Then ye shall come up after him, that
ground. he may come and sit upon my throne; for
24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast he shall be king in my stead: and I have
thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, appointed him to be ruler over Israel and
and he shall sit upon my throne? over Judah.
25 For he is gone down this day, and hath 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in answered the king, and said, Amen: the
abundance, and hath called all the king’s LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
sons, and the captains of the host, and 37 As the LORD hath been with my lord
Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat the king, even so be he with Solomon, and
and drink before him, and say, God save make his throne greater than the throne of
king Adonijah. my lord king David.
26 But me, even me thy servant, and 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites,
he not called. went down, and caused Solomon to ride
27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, upon king David’s mule, and brought him
and thou hast not shewed it unto thy to Gihon.
servant, who should sit on the throne of 39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of
my lord the king after him? oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed
28 ¶ Then king David answered and said, Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and
Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into all the people said, God save king
the king’s presence, and stood before the Solomon.
king. 40 And all the people came up after him,
29 And the king sware, and said, As the and the people piped with pipes, and
LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth
out of all distress, rent with the sound of them.
30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD 41 ¶ And Adonijah and all the guests that
God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon were with him heard it as they had made
thy son shall reign after me, and he shall an end of eating. And when Joab heard the
sit upon my throne in my stead; even so sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore
will I certainly do this day. is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face 42 And while he yet spake, behold,
to the earth, and did reverence to the king, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest
and said, Let my lord king David live for came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come
ever. in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest
32 ¶ And king David said, Call me Zadok good tidings.
the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and 43 And Jonathan answered and said to
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath
came before the king. made Solomon king.
33 The king also said unto them, Take 44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok
with you the servants of your lord, and the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and
cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the
own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they
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have caused him to ride upon the king’s 3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy
mule: God, to walk in his ways, to keep his
45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the statutes, and his commandments, and his
prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: judgments, and his testimonies, as it is
and they are come up from thence written in the law of Moses, that thou
rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and
is the noise that ye have heard. whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne 4 That the LORD may continue his word
of the kingdom. which he spake concerning me, saying, If
47 And moreover the king’s servants thy children take heed to their way, to
came to bless our lord king David, saying, walk before me in truth with all their heart
God make the name of Solomon better and with all their soul, there shall not fail
than thy name, and make his throne thee (said he) a man on the throne of
greater than thy throne. And the king Israel.
bowed himself upon the bed. 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab
48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he
the LORD God of Israel, which hath given did to the two captains of the hosts of
one to sit on my throne this day, mine Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and
eyes even seeing it. unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he
49 And all the guests that were with slew, and shed the blood of war in peace,
Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and and put the blood of war upon his girdle
went every man his way. that was about his loins, and in his shoes
50 ¶ And Adonijah feared because of that were on his feet.
Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught 6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom,
hold on the horns of the altar. and let not his hoar head go down to the
51 And it was told Solomon, saying, grave in peace.
Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: 7 But shew kindness unto the sons of
for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of
the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear those that eat at thy table: for so they came
unto me to day that he will not slay his to me when I fled because of Absalom thy
servant with the sword. brother.
52 And Solomon said, If he will shew 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei
himself a worthy man, there shall not an the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim,
hair of him fall to the earth: but if which cursed me with a grievous curse in
wickedness shall be found in him, he shall the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he
die. came down to meet me at Jordan, and I
53 So king Solomon sent, and they sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will
brought him down from the altar. And he not put thee to death with the sword.
came and bowed himself to king 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless:
Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go for thou art a wise man, and knowest what
to thine house. thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar
head bring thou down to the grave with
CHAPTER 2 blood.
NOW the days of David drew nigh that he 10 So David slept with his fathers, and
should die; and he charged Solomon his was buried in the city of David.
son, saying, 11 And the days that David reigned over
2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou Israel were forty years: seven years
strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three
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David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner any whither, that thou shalt surely die?
the son of Ner, captain of the host of and thou saidst unto me, The word that I
Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, have heard is good.
captain of the host of Judah. 43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of
33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the LORD, and the commandment that I
the head of Joab, and upon the head of his have charged thee with?
seed for ever: but upon David, and upon 44 The king said moreover to Shimei,
his seed, and upon his house, and upon his Thou knowest all the wickedness which
throne, shall there be peace for ever from thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to
the LORD. David my father: therefore the LORD shall
34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went return thy wickedness upon thine own
up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and head;
he was buried in his own house in the 45 And king Solomon shall be blessed,
wilderness. and the throne of David shall be
35 ¶ And the king put Benaiah the son of established before the LORD for ever.
Jehoiada in his room over the host: and 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the
Zadok the priest did the king put in the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell
room of Abiathar. upon him, that he died. And the kingdom
36 ¶ And the king sent and called for was established in the hand of Solomon.
Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an
house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and CHAPTER 3
go not forth thence any whither. AND Solomon made affinity with
37 For it shall be, that on the day thou Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took
goest out, and passest over the brook Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into
Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that the city of David, until he had made an
thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be end of building his own house, and the
upon thine own head. house of the LORD, and the wall of
38 And Shimei said unto the king, The Jerusalem round about.
saying is good: as my lord the king hath 2 Only the people sacrificed in high
said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei places, because there was no house built
dwelt in Jerusalem many days. unto the name of the LORD, until those
39 And it came to pass at the end of three days.
years, that two of the servants of Shimei 3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking
ran away unto Achish son of Maachah in the statutes of David his father: only he
king of Gath. And they told Shimei, sacrificed and burnt incense in high
saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. places.
40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, 4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice
and went to Gath to Achish to seek his there; for that was the great high place: a
servants: and Shimei went, and brought thousand burnt offerings did Solomon
his servants from Gath. offer upon that altar.
41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei 5 ¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to
had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was Solomon in a dream by night: and God
come again. said, Ask what I shall give thee.
42 And the king sent and called for 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed
Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make unto thy servant David my father great
thee to swear by the LORD, and protested mercy, according as he walked before thee
unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on in truth, and in righteousness, and in
the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad uprightness of heart with thee; and thou
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hast kept for him this great kindness, that and this woman dwell in one house; and I
thou hast given him a son to sit on his was delivered of a child with her in the
throne, as it is this day. house.
7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast 18 And it came to pass the third day after
made thy servant king instead of David that I was delivered, that this woman was
my father: and I am but a little child: I delivered also: and we were together;
know not how to go out or come in. there was no stranger with us in the house,
8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy save we two in the house.
people which thou hast chosen, a great 19 And this woman’s child died in the
people, that cannot be numbered nor night; because she overlaid it.
counted for multitude. 20 And she arose at midnight, and took
9 Give therefore thy servant an my son from beside me, while thine
understanding heart to judge thy people, handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom,
that I may discern between good and bad: and laid her dead child in my bosom.
for who is able to judge this thy so great a 21 And when I rose in the morning to give
people? my child suck, behold, it was dead: but
10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that when I had considered it in the morning,
Solomon had asked this thing. behold, it was not my son, which I did
11 And God said unto him, Because thou bear.
hast asked this thing, and hast not asked 22 And the other woman said, Nay; but
for thyself long life; neither hast asked the living is my son, and the dead is thy
riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy
thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself son, and the living is my son. Thus they
understanding to discern judgment; spake before the king.
12 Behold, I have done according to thy 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This
words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an is my son that liveth, and thy son is the
understanding heart; so that there was dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son
none like thee before thee, neither after is the dead, and my son is the living.
thee shall any arise like unto thee. 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword.
13 And I have also given thee that which And they brought a sword before the king.
thou hast not asked, both riches, and 25 And the king said, Divide the living
honour: so that there shall not be any child in two, and give half to the one, and
among the kings like unto thee all thy half to the other.
days. 26 Then spake the woman whose the
14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to living child was unto the king, for her
keep my statutes and my commandments, bowels yearned upon her son, and she
as thy father David did walk, then I will said, O my lord, give her the living child,
lengthen thy days. and in no wise slay it. But the other said,
15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide
was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, it.
and stood before the ark of the covenant 27 Then the king answered and said, Give
of the LORD, and offered up burnt her the living child, and in no wise slay it:
offerings, and offered peace offerings, and she is the mother thereof.
made a feast to all his servants. 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment
16 ¶ Then came there two women, that which the king had judged; and they
were harlots, unto the king, and stood feared the king: for they saw that the
before him. wisdom of God was in him, to do
17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I judgment.
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largeness of heart, even as the sand that is among us any that can skill to hew timber
on the sea shore. like unto the Sidonians.
30 And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the 7 ¶ And it came to pass, when Hiram
wisdom of all the children of the east heard the words of Solomon, that he
country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the
31 For he was wiser than all men; than LORD this day, which hath given unto
Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and David a wise son over this great people.
Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I
and his fame was in all nations round have considered the things which thou
about. sentest to me for: and I will do all thy
32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: desire concerning timber of cedar, and
and his songs were a thousand and five. concerning timber of fir.
33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar 9 My servants shall bring them down from
tree that is in Lebanon even unto the Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey
hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he them by sea in floats unto the place that
spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them
creeping things, and of fishes. to be discharged there, and thou shalt
34 And there came of all people to hear receive them: and thou shalt accomplish
the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of my desire, in giving food for my
the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. household.
10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees
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AND Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty
unto Solomon; for he had heard that they thousand measures of wheat for food to
had anointed him king in the room of his his household, and twenty measures of
father: for Hiram was ever a lover of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year
David. by year.
2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom,
3 Thou knowest how that David my father as he promised him: and there was peace
could not build an house unto the name of between Hiram and Solomon; and they
the LORD his God for the wars which were two made a league together.
about him on every side, until the LORD 13 ¶ And king Solomon raised a levy out
put them under the soles of his feet. of all Israel; and the levy was thirty
4 But now the LORD my God hath given thousand men.
me rest on every side, so that there is 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten
neither adversary nor evil occurrent. thousand a month by courses: a month
5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house they were in Lebanon, and two months at
unto the name of the LORD my God, as the home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
LORD spake unto David my father, saying, 15 And Solomon had threescore and ten
Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore
in thy room, he shall build an house unto thousand hewers in the mountains;
my name. 16 Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers
6 Now therefore command thou that they which were over the work, three thousand
hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and and three hundred, which ruled over the
my servants shall be with thy servants: people that wrought in the work.
and unto thee will I give hire for thy 17 And the king commanded, and they
servants according to all that thou shalt brought great stones, costly stones, and
appoint: for thou knowest that there is not hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the
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house. third.
18 And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s 9 So he built the house, and finished it;
builders did hew them, and the and covered the house with beams and
stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and boards of cedar.
stones to build the house. 10 And then he built chambers against all
the house, five cubits high: and they rested
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AND it came to pass in the four hundred 11 ¶ And the word of the LORD came to
and eightieth year after the children of Solomon, saying,
Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, 12 Concerning this house which thou art
in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over in building, if thou wilt walk in my
Israel, in the month Zif, which is the statutes, and execute my judgments, and
second month, that he began to build the keep all my commandments to walk in
house of the LORD. them; then will I perform my word with
2 And the house which king Solomon thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
built for the LORD, the length thereof was 13 And I will dwell among the children of
threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof Israel, and will not forsake my people
twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty Israel.
cubits. 14 So Solomon built the house, and
3 And the porch before the temple of the finished it.
house, twenty cubits was the length 15 And he built the walls of the house
thereof, according to the breadth of the within with boards of cedar, both the floor
house; and ten cubits was the breadth of the house, and the walls of the cieling:
thereof before the house. and he covered them on the inside with
4 And for the house he made windows of wood, and covered the floor of the house
narrow lights. with planks of fir.
5 ¶ And against the wall of the house he 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides
built chambers round about, against the of the house, both the floor and the walls
walls of the house round about, both of the with boards of cedar: he even built them
temple and of the oracle: and he made for it within, even for the oracle, even for
chambers round about: the most holy place.
6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits 17 And the house, that is, the temple
broad, and the middle was six cubits before it, was forty cubits long.
broad, and the third was seven cubits 18 And the cedar of the house within was
broad: for without in the wall of the house carved with knops and open flowers: all
he made narrowed rests round about, that was cedar; there was no stone seen.
the beams should not be fastened in the 19 And the oracle he prepared in the
walls of the house. house within, to set there the ark of the
7 And the house, when it was in building, covenant of the LORD.
was built of stone made ready before it 20 And the oracle in the forepart was
was brought thither: so that there was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits
neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height
iron heard in the house, while it was in thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold;
building. and so covered the altar which was of
8 The door for the middle chamber was in cedar.
the right side of the house: and they went 21 So Solomon overlaid the house within
up with winding stairs into the middle with pure gold: and he made a partition by
chamber, and out of the middle into the the chains of gold before the oracle; and
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had taken to wife, like unto this porch. 20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars
9 All these were of costly stones, had pomegranates also above, over
according to the measures of hewed against the belly which was by the
stones, sawed with saws, within and network: and the pomegranates were two
without, even from the foundation unto hundred in rows round about upon the
the coping, and so on the outside toward other chapiter.
the great court. 21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of
10 And the foundation was of costly the temple: and he set up the right pillar,
stones, even great stones, stones of ten and called the name thereof Jachin: and he
cubits, and stones of eight cubits. set up the left pillar, and called the name
11 And above were costly stones, after the thereof Boaz.
measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily
12 And the great court round about was work: so was the work of the pillars
with three rows of hewed stones, and a finished.
row of cedar beams, both for the inner 23 ¶ And he made a molten sea, ten cubits
court of the house of the LORD, and for the from the one brim to the other: it was
porch of the house. round all about, and his height was five
13 ¶ And king Solomon sent and fetched cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did
Hiram out of Tyre. compass it round about.
14 He was a widow’s son of the tribe of 24 And under the brim of it round about
Naphtali, and his father was a man of there were knops compassing it, ten in a
Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled cubit, compassing the sea round about: the
with wisdom, and understanding, and knops were cast in two rows, when it was
cunning to work all works in brass. And cast.
he came to king Solomon, and wrought all 25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three
his work. looking toward the north, and three
15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of looking toward the west, and three looking
eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of toward the south, and three looking
twelve cubits did compass either of them toward the east: and the sea was set above
about. upon them, and all their hinder parts were
16 And he made two chapiters of molten inward.
brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: 26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and
the height of the one chapiter was five the brim thereof was wrought like the
cubits, and the height of the other chapiter brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it
was five cubits: contained two thousand baths.
17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths 27 ¶ And he made ten bases of brass; four
of chain work, for the chapiters which cubits was the length of one base, and four
were upon the top of the pillars; seven for cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits
the one chapiter, and seven for the other the height of it.
chapiter. 28 And the work of the bases was on this
18 And he made the pillars, and two rows manner: they had borders, and the borders
round about upon the one network, to were between the ledges:
cover the chapiters that were upon the top, 29 And on the borders that were between
with pomegranates: and so did he for the the ledges were lions, oxen, and
other chapiter. cherubims: and upon the ledges there was
19 And the chapiters that were upon the a base above: and beneath the lions and
top of the pillars were of lily work in the oxen were certain additions made of thin
porch, four cubits. work.
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30 And every base had four brasen the chapiters that were on the top of the
wheels, and plates of brass: and the four two pillars; and the two networks, to cover
corners thereof had undersetters: under the the two bowls of the chapiters which were
laver were undersetters molten, at the side upon the top of the pillars;
of every addition. 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the
31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter two networks, even two rows of
and above was a cubit: but the mouth pomegranates for one network, to cover
thereof was round after the work of the the two bowls of the chapiters that were
base, a cubit and an half: and also upon upon the pillars;
the mouth of it were gravings with their 43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the
borders, foursquare, not round. bases;
32 And under the borders were four 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under
wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels the sea;
were joined to the base: and the height of 45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the
a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram
33 And the work of the wheels was like made to king Solomon for the house of the
the work of a chariot wheel: their LORD, were of bright brass.
axletrees, and their naves, and their 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast
felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. them, in the clay ground between Succoth
34 And there were four undersetters to the and Zarthan.
four corners of one base: and the 47 And Solomon left all the vessels
undersetters were of the very base itself. unweighed, because they were exceeding
35 And in the top of the base was there a many: neither was the weight of the brass
round compass of half a cubit high: and on found out.
the top of the base the ledges thereof and 48 And Solomon made all the vessels that
the borders thereof were of the same. pertained unto the house of the LORD: the
36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, altar of gold, and the table of gold,
and on the borders thereof, he graved whereupon the shewbread was,
cherubims, lions, and palm trees, 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five
according to the proportion of every one, on the right side, and five on the left,
and additions round about. before the oracle, with the flowers, and the
37 After this manner he made the ten lamps, and the tongs of gold,
bases: all of them had one casting, one 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and
measure, and one size. the basons, and the spoons, and the
38 ¶ Then made he ten lavers of brass: one censers of pure gold; and the hinges of
laver contained forty baths: and every gold, both for the doors of the inner house,
laver was four cubits: and upon every one the most holy place, and for the doors of
of the ten bases one laver. the house, to wit, of the temple.
39 And he put five bases on the right side 51 So was ended all the work that king
of the house, and five on the left side of Solomon made for the house of the LORD.
the house: and he set the sea on the right And Solomon brought in the things which
side of the house eastward over against the David his father had dedicated; even the
south. silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he
40 ¶ And Hiram made the lavers, and the put among the treasures of the house of
shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made the LORD.
an end of doing all the work that he made
king Solomon for the house of the LORD: CHAPTER 8
41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of THEN Solomon assembled the elders of
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Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the the LORD.
chief of the fathers of the children of 12 ¶ Then spake Solomon, The LORD said
Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
that they might bring up the ark of the 13 I have surely built thee an house to
covenant of the LORD out of the city of dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide
David, which is Zion. in for ever.
2 And all the men of Israel assembled 14 And the king turned his face about, and
themselves unto king Solomon at the feast blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and
in the month Ethanim, which is the all the congregation of Israel stood;)
seventh month. 15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God
3 And all the elders of Israel came, and of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto
the priests took up the ark. David my father, and hath with his hand
4 And they brought up the ark of the fulfilled it, saying,
LORD, and the tabernacle of the 16 Since the day that I brought forth my
congregation, and all the holy vessels that people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city
were in the tabernacle, even those did the out of all the tribes of Israel to build an
priests and the Levites bring up. house, that my name might be therein; but
5 And king Solomon, and all the I chose David to be over my people Israel.
congregation of Israel, that were 17 And it was in the heart of David my
assembled unto him, were with him before father to build an house for the name of
the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that the LORD God of Israel.
could not be told nor numbered for 18 And the LORD said unto David my
multitude. father, Whereas it was in thine heart to
6 And the priests brought in the ark of the build an house unto my name, thou didst
covenant of the LORD unto his place, into well that it was in thine heart.
the oracle of the house, to the most holy 19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the
place, even under the wings of the house; but thy son that shall come forth
cherubims. out of thy loins, he shall build the house
7 For the cherubims spread forth their two unto my name.
wings over the place of the ark, and the 20 And the LORD hath performed his word
cherubims covered the ark and the staves that he spake, and I am risen up in the
thereof above. room of David my father, and sit on the
8 And they drew out the staves, that the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised,
ends of the staves were seen out in the and have built an house for the name of
holy place before the oracle, and they the LORD God of Israel.
were not seen without: and there they are 21 And I have set there a place for the ark,
unto this day. wherein is the covenant of the LORD,
9 There was nothing in the ark save the which he made with our fathers, when he
two tables of stone, which Moses put there brought them out of the land of Egypt.
at Horeb, when the LORD made a 22 ¶ And Solomon stood before the altar
covenant with the children of Israel, when of the LORD in the presence of all the
they came out of the land of Egypt. congregation of Israel, and spread forth
10 And it came to pass, when the priests his hands toward heaven:
were come out of the holy place, that the 23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there
cloud filled the house of the LORD, is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on
11 So that the priests could not stand to earth beneath, who keepest covenant and
minister because of the cloud: for the mercy with thy servants that walk before
glory of the LORD had filled the house of thee with all their heart:
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24 Who hast kept with thy servant David pray, and make supplication unto thee in
my father that thou promisedst him: thou this house:
spakest also with thy mouth, and hast 34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive
fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this the sin of thy people Israel, and bring
day. them again unto the land which thou
25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, gavest unto their fathers.
keep with thy servant David my father that 35 ¶ When heaven is shut up, and there is
thou promisedst him, saying, There shall no rain, because they have sinned against
not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the thee; if they pray toward this place, and
throne of Israel; so that thy children take confess thy name, and turn from their sin,
heed to their way, that they walk before when thou afflictest them:
me as thou hast walked before me. 36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive
26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy the sin of thy servants, and of thy people
word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou Israel, that thou teach them the good way
spakest unto thy servant David my father. wherein they should walk, and give rain
27 But will God indeed dwell on the upon thy land, which thou hast given to
earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of thy people for an inheritance.
heavens cannot contain thee; how much 37 ¶ If there be in the land famine, if there
less this house that I have builded? be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or
28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer if there be caterpiller; if their enemy
of thy servant, and to his supplication, O besiege them in the land of their cities;
LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness
and to the prayer, which thy servant there be;
prayeth before thee to day: 38 What prayer and supplication soever be
29 That thine eyes may be open toward made by any man, or by all thy people
this house night and day, even toward the Israel, which shall know every man the
place of which thou hast said, My name plague of his own heart, and spread forth
shall be there: that thou mayest hearken his hands toward this house:
unto the prayer which thy servant shall 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling
make toward this place. place, and forgive, and do, and give to
30 And hearken thou to the supplication of every man according to his ways, whose
thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou
they shall pray toward this place: and hear only, knowest the hearts of all the children
thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and of men;)
when thou hearest, forgive. 40 That they may fear thee all the days
31 ¶ If any man trespass against his that they live in the land which thou
neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him gavest unto our fathers.
to cause him to swear, and the oath come 41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is
before thine altar in this house: not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of
32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and a far country for thy name’s sake;
judge thy servants, condemning the 42 (For they shall hear of thy great name,
wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and of thy strong hand, and of thy
and justifying the righteous, to give him stretched out arm;) when he shall come
according to his righteousness. and pray toward this house;
33 ¶ When thy people Israel be smitten 43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling
down before the enemy, because they place, and do according to all that the
have sinned against thee, and shall turn stranger calleth to thee for: that all people
again to thee, and confess thy name, and of the earth may know thy name, to fear
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thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they hearken unto them in all that they call for
may know that this house, which I have unto thee.
builded, is called by thy name. 53 For thou didst separate them from
44 ¶ If thy people go out to battle against among all the people of the earth, to be
their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the
send them, and shall pray unto the LORD hand of Moses thy servant, when thou
toward the city which thou hast chosen, broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O
and toward the house that I have built for Lord GOD.
thy name: 54 And it was so, that when Solomon had
45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer made an end of praying all this prayer and
and their supplication, and maintain their supplication unto the LORD, he arose from
cause. before the altar of the LORD, from
46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no kneeling on his knees with his hands
man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry spread up to heaven.
with them, and deliver them to the enemy, 55 And he stood, and blessed all the
so that they carry them away captives unto congregation of Israel with a loud voice,
the land of the enemy, far or near; saying,
47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in 56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given
the land whither they were carried rest unto his people Israel, according to all
captives, and repent, and make that he promised: there hath not failed one
supplication unto thee in the land of them word of all his good promise, which he
that carried them captives, saying, We promised by the hand of Moses his
have sinned, and have done perversely, we servant.
have committed wickedness; 57 The LORD our God be with us, as he
48 And so return unto thee with all their was with our fathers: let him not leave us,
heart, and with all their soul, in the land of nor forsake us:
their enemies, which led them away 58 That he may incline our hearts unto
captive, and pray unto thee toward their him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep
land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, his commandments, and his statutes, and
the city which thou hast chosen, and the his judgments, which he commanded our
house which I have built for thy name: fathers.
49 Then hear thou their prayer and their 59 And let these my words, wherewith I
supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, have made supplication before the LORD,
and maintain their cause, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and
50 And forgive thy people that have night, that he maintain the cause of his
sinned against thee, and all their servant, and the cause of his people Israel
transgressions wherein they have at all times, as the matter shall require:
transgressed against thee, and give them 60 That all the people of the earth may
compassion before them who carried them know that the LORD is God, and that there
captive, that they may have compassion is none else.
on them: 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with
51 For they be thy people, and thine the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes,
inheritance, which thou broughtest forth and to keep his commandments, as at this
out of Egypt, from the midst of the day.
furnace of iron: 62 ¶ And the king, and all Israel with him,
52 That thine eyes may be open unto the offered sacrifice before the LORD.
supplication of thy servant, and unto the 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of
supplication of thy people Israel, to peace offerings, which he offered unto the
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LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I
an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So promised to David thy father, saying,
the king and all the children of Israel There shall not fail thee a man upon the
dedicated the house of the LORD. throne of Israel.
64 The same day did the king hallow the 6 But if ye shall at all turn from following
middle of the court that was before the me, ye or your children, and will not keep
house of the LORD: for there he offered my commandments and my statutes which
burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and I have set before you, but go and serve
the fat of the peace offerings: because the other gods, and worship them:
brasen altar that was before the LORD was 7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land
too little to receive the burnt offerings, which I have given them; and this house,
and meat offerings, and the fat of the which I have hallowed for my name, will I
peace offerings. cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a
65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, proverb and a byword among all people:
and all Israel with him, a great 8 And at this house, which is high, every
congregation, from the entering in of one that passeth by it shall be astonished,
Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why
LORD our God, seven days and seven hath the LORD done thus unto this land,
days, even fourteen days. and to this house?
66 On the eighth day he sent the people 9 And they shall answer, Because they
away: and they blessed the king, and went forsook the LORD their God, who brought
unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt,
all the goodness that the LORD had done and have taken hold upon other gods, and
for David his servant, and for Israel his have worshipped them, and served them:
people. therefore hath the LORD brought upon
them all this evil.
CHAPTER 9 10 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of
AND it came to pass, when Solomon had twenty years, when Solomon had built the
finished the building of the house of the two houses, the house of the LORD, and
LORD, and the king’s house, and all the king’s house,
Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to 11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had
do, furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir
2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the trees, and with gold, according to all his
second time, as he had appeared unto him desire,) that then king Solomon gave
at Gibeon. Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
3 And the LORD said unto him, I have 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see
heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that the cities which Solomon had given him;
thou hast made before me: I have and they pleased him not.
hallowed this house, which thou hast built, 13 And he said, What cities are these
to put my name there for ever; and mine which thou hast given me, my brother?
eyes and mine heart shall be there And he called them the land of Cabul unto
perpetually. this day.
4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as 14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore
David thy father walked, in integrity of talents of gold.
heart, and in uprightness, to do according 15 ¶ And this is the reason of the levy
to all that I have commanded thee, and which king Solomon raised; for to build
wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: the house of the LORD, and his own house,
5 Then I will establish the throne of thy and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and
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Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his
16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone servants, shipmen that had knowledge of
up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the 28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched
city, and given it for a present unto his from thence gold, four hundred and
daughter, Solomon’s wife. twenty talents, and brought it to king
17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth- Solomon.
horon the nether,
18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the CHAPTER 10
wilderness, in the land, AND when the queen of Sheba heard of
19 And all the cities of store that Solomon the fame of Solomon concerning the name
had, and cities for his chariots, and cities of the LORD, she came to prove him with
for his horsemen, and that which Solomon hard questions.
desired to build in Jerusalem, and in 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very
Lebanon, and in all the land of his great train, with camels that bare spices,
dominion. and very much gold, and precious stones:
20 And all the people that were left of the and when she was come to Solomon, she
Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and communed with him of all that was in her
Jebusites, which were not of the children heart.
of Israel, 3 And Solomon told her all her questions:
21 Their children that were left after them there was not any thing hid from the king,
in the land, whom the children of Israel which he told her not.
also were not able utterly to destroy, upon 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen
those did Solomon levy a tribute of all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that
bondservice unto this day. he had built,
22 But of the children of Israel did 5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting
Solomon make no bondmen: but they of his servants, and the attendance of his
were men of war, and his servants, and his ministers, and their apparel, and his
princes, and his captains, and rulers of his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he
chariots, and his horsemen. went up unto the house of the LORD; there
23 These were the chief of the officers was no more spirit in her.
that were over Solomon’s work, five 6 And she said to the king, It was a true
hundred and fifty, which bare rule over report that I heard in mine own land of thy
the people that wrought in the work. acts and of thy wisdom.
24 ¶ But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I
of the city of David unto her house which came, and mine eyes had seen it: and,
Solomon had built for her: then did he behold, the half was not told me: thy
build Millo. wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame
25 ¶ And three times in a year did which I heard.
Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace 8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy
offerings upon the altar which he built servants, which stand continually before
unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
the altar that was before the LORD. So he 9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which
finished the house. delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne
26 ¶ And king Solomon made a navy of of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel
ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside for ever, therefore made he thee king, to
Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the do judgment and justice.
land of Edom. 10 And she gave the king an hundred and
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twenty talents of gold, and of spices very 21 ¶ And all king Solomon’s drinking
great store, and precious stones: there vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of
came no more such abundance of spices as the house of the forest of Lebanon were of
these which the queen of Sheba gave to pure gold; none were of silver: it was
king Solomon. nothing accounted of in the days of
11 And the navy also of Hiram, that Solomon.
brought gold from Ophir, brought in from 22 For the king had at sea a navy of
Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in
precious stones. three years came the navy of Tharshish,
12 And the king made of the almug trees bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes,
pillars for the house of the LORD, and for and peacocks.
the king’s house, harps also and psalteries 23 So king Solomon exceeded all the
for singers: there came no such almug kings of the earth for riches and for
trees, nor were seen unto this day. wisdom.
13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen 24 ¶ And all the earth sought to Solomon,
of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she to hear his wisdom, which God had put in
asked, beside that which Solomon gave his heart.
her of his royal bounty. So she turned and 25 And they brought every man his
went to her own country, she and her present, vessels of silver, and vessels of
servants. gold, and garments, and armour, and
14 ¶ Now the weight of gold that came to spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by
Solomon in one year was six hundred year.
threescore and six talents of gold, 26 ¶ And Solomon gathered together
15 Beside that he had of the chariots and horsemen: and he had a
merchantmen, and of the traffick of the thousand and four hundred chariots, and
spice merchants, and of all the kings of twelve thousand horsemen, whom he
Arabia, and of the governors of the bestowed in the cities for chariots, and
country. with the king at Jerusalem.
16 ¶ And king Solomon made two 27 And the king made silver to be in
hundred targets of beaten gold: six Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he
hundred shekels of gold went to one to be as the sycomore trees that are in the
target. vale, for abundance.
17 And he made three hundred shields of 28 ¶ And Solomon had horses brought out
beaten gold; three pound of gold went to of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s
one shield: and the king put them in the merchants received the linen yarn at a
house of the forest of Lebanon. price.
18 ¶ Moreover the king made a great 29 And a chariot came up and went out of
throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver,
best gold. and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and
19 The throne had six steps, and the top of so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for
the throne was round behind: and there the kings of Syria, did they bring them out
were stays on either side on the place of by their means.
the seat, and two lions stood beside the
stays. CHAPTER 11
20 And twelve lions stood there on the BUT king Solomon loved many strange
one side and on the other upon the six women, together with the daughter of
steps: there was not the like made in any Pharaoh, women of the Moabites,
kingdom. Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and
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slew them of Zobah: and they went to 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole
Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned kingdom out of his hand: but I will make
in Damascus. him prince all the days of his life for
25 And he was an adversary to Israel all David my servant’s sake, whom I chose,
the days of Solomon, beside the mischief because he kept my commandments and
that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, my statutes:
and reigned over Syria. 35 But I will take the kingdom out of his
26 ¶ And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even
Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, ten tribes.
whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe,
widow woman, even he lifted up his hand that David my servant may have a light
against the king. alway before me in Jerusalem, the city
27 And this was the cause that he lifted up which I have chosen me to put my name
his hand against the king: Solomon built there.
Millo, and repaired the breaches of the 37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt
city of David his father. reign according to all that thy soul
28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
man of valour: and Solomon seeing the 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken
young man that he was industrious, he unto all that I command thee, and wilt
made him ruler over all the charge of the walk in my ways, and do that is right in
house of Joseph. my sight, to keep my statutes and my
29 And it came to pass at that time when commandments, as David my servant did;
Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the that I will be with thee, and build thee a
prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in sure house, as I built for David, and will
the way; and he had clad himself with a give Israel unto thee.
new garment; and they two were alone in 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of
the field: David, but not for ever.
30 And Ahijah caught the new garment 40 Solomon sought therefore to kill
that was on him, and rent it in twelve Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled
pieces: into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt,
31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten and was in Egypt until the death of
pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Solomon.
Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out 41 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Solomon,
of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten and all that he did, and his wisdom, are
tribes to thee: they not written in the book of the acts of
32 (But he shall have one tribe for my Solomon?
servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s 42 And the time that Solomon reigned in
sake, the city which I have chosen out of Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
all the tribes of Israel:) 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers,
33 Because that they have forsaken me, and was buried in the city of David his
and have worshipped Ashtoreth the father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in
goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the his stead.
god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god
of the children of Ammon, and have not CHAPTER 12
walked in my ways, to do that which is AND Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all
right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes Israel were come to Shechem to make him
and my judgments, as did David his king.
father. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the
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hundred and fourscore thousand chosen Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he
men, which were warriors, to fight against had made: and he placed in Beth-el the
the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom priests of the high places which he had
again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. made.
22 But the word of God came unto 33 So he offered upon the altar which he
Shemaiah the man of God, saying, had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of
23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of the eighth month, even in the month which
Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the he had devised of his own heart; and
house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the ordained a feast unto the children of
remnant of the people, saying, Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and
24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go burnt incense.
up, nor fight against your brethren the
children of Israel: return every man to his CHAPTER 13
house; for this thing is from me. They AND, behold, there came a man of God
hearkened therefore to the word of the out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto
LORD, and returned to depart, according to Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar
the word of the LORD. to burn incense.
25 ¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in 2 And he cried against the altar in the
mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar,
went out from thence, and built Penuel. thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now be born unto the house of David, Josiah by
shall the kingdom return to the house of name; and upon thee shall he offer the
David: priests of the high places that burn incense
27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt
the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then upon thee.
shall the heart of this people turn again 3 And he gave a sign the same day,
unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king saying, This is the sign which the LORD
of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be
again to Rehoboam king of Judah. rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be
28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and poured out.
made two calves of gold, and said unto 4 And it came to pass, when king
them, It is too much for you to go up to Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of
Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, God, which had cried against the altar in
which brought thee up out of the land of Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the
Egypt. altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his
29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the hand, which he put forth against him,
other put he in Dan. dried up, so that he could not pull it in
30 And this thing became a sin: for the again to him.
people went to worship before the one, 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes
even unto Dan. poured out from the altar, according to the
31 And he made an house of high places, sign which the man of God had given by
and made priests of the lowest of the the word of the LORD.
people, which were not of the sons of 6 And the king answered and said unto the
Levi. man of God, Intreat now the face of the
32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my
eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the hand may be restored me again. And the
month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, man of God besought the LORD, and the
and he offered upon the altar. So did he in king’s hand was restored him again, and
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became as it was before. 19 So he went back with him, and did eat
7 And the king said unto the man of God, bread in his house, and drank water.
Come home with me, and refresh thyself, 20 ¶ And it came to pass, as they sat at the
and I will give thee a reward. table, that the word of the LORD came
8 And the man of God said unto the king, unto the prophet that brought him back:
If thou wilt give me half thine house, I 21 And he cried unto the man of God that
will not go in with thee, neither will I eat came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the
bread nor drink water in this place: LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed
9 For so was it charged me by the word of the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept
the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink the commandment which the LORD thy
water, nor turn again by the same way that God commanded thee,
thou camest. 22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread
10 So he went another way, and returned and drunk water in the place, of the which
not by the way that he came to Beth-el. the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread,
11 ¶ Now there dwelt an old prophet in and drink no water; thy carcase shall not
Beth-el; and his sons came and told him come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
all the works that the man of God had 23 ¶ And it came to pass, after he had
done that day in Beth-el: the words which eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that
he had spoken unto the king, them they he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the
told also to their father. prophet whom he had brought back.
12 And their father said unto them, What 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him
way went he? For his sons had seen what by the way, and slew him: and his carcase
way the man of God went, which came was cast in the way, and the ass stood by
from Judah. it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw
the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and the carcase cast in the way, and the lion
he rode thereon, standing by the carcase: and they came
14 And went after the man of God, and and told it in the city where the old
found him sitting under an oak: and he prophet dwelt.
said unto him, Art thou the man of God 26 And when the prophet that brought him
that camest from Judah? And he said, I back from the way heard thereof, he said,
am. It is the man of God, who was disobedient
15 Then he said unto him, Come home unto the word of the LORD: therefore the
with me, and eat bread. LORD hath delivered him unto the lion,
16 And he said, I may not return with which hath torn him, and slain him,
thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat according to the word of the LORD, which
bread nor drink water with thee in this he spake unto him.
place: 27 And he spake to his sons, saying,
17 For it was said to me by the word of Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor 28 And he went and found his carcase cast
drink water there, nor turn again to go by in the way, and the ass and the lion
the way that thou camest. standing by the carcase: the lion had not
18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
as thou art; and an angel spake unto me 29 And the prophet took up the carcase of
by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring the man of God, and laid it upon the ass,
him back with thee into thine house, that and brought it back: and the old prophet
he may eat bread and drink water. But he came to the city, to mourn and to bury
lied unto him. him.
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30 And he laid his carcase in his own sound of her feet, as she came in at the
grave; and they mourned over him, door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of
saying, Alas, my brother! Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be
31 And it came to pass, after he had another? for I am sent to thee with heavy
buried him, that he spake to his sons, tidings.
saying, When I am dead, then bury me in 7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD
the sepulchre wherein the man of God is God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee
buried; lay my bones beside his bones: from among the people, and made thee
32 For the saying which he cried by the prince over my people Israel,
word of the LORD against the altar in 8 And rent the kingdom away from the
Beth-el, and against all the houses of the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet
high places which are in the cities of thou hast not been as my servant David,
Samaria, shall surely come to pass. who kept my commandments, and who
33 ¶ After this thing Jeroboam returned followed me with all his heart, to do that
not from his evil way, but made again of only which was right in mine eyes;
the lowest of the people priests of the high 9 But hast done evil above all that were
places: whosoever would, he consecrated before thee: for thou hast gone and made
him, and he became one of the priests of thee other gods, and molten images, to
the high places. provoke me to anger, and hast cast me
34 And this thing became sin unto the behind thy back:
house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and 10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil
to destroy it from off the face of the earth. upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut
off from Jeroboam him that pisseth
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AT that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam and left in Israel, and will take away the
fell sick. remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a
2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou 11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city
be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in
and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for
Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I the LORD hath spoken it.
should be king over this people. 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine
3 And take with thee ten loaves, and own house: and when thy feet enter into
cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to the city, the child shall die.
him: he shall tell thee what shall become 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and
of the child. bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall
4 And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, come to the grave, because in him there is
and went to Shiloh, and came to the house found some good thing toward the LORD
of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
his eyes were set by reason of his age. 14 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up
5 ¶ And the LORD said unto Ahijah, a king over Israel, who shall cut off the
Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to house of Jeroboam that day: but what?
ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is even now.
sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: 15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a
for it shall be, when she cometh in, that reed is shaken in the water, and he shall
she shall feign herself to be another root up Israel out of this good land, which
woman. he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter
6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the them beyond the river, because they have
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made their groves, provoking the LORD to which Solomon had made.
anger. 27 And king Rehoboam made in their
16 And he shall give Israel up because of stead brasen shields, and committed them
the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and unto the hands of the chief of the guard,
who made Israel to sin. which kept the door of the king’s house.
17 ¶ And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and 28 And it was so, when the king went into
departed, and came to Tirzah: and when the house of the LORD, that the guard bare
she came to the threshold of the door, the them, and brought them back into the
child died; guard chamber.
18 And they buried him; and all Israel 29 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of
mourned for him, according to the word of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they
the LORD, which he spake by the hand of not written in the book of the chronicles of
his servant Ahijah the prophet. the kings of Judah?
19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, 30 And there was war between Rehoboam
how he warred, and how he reigned, and Jeroboam all their days.
behold, they are written in the book of the 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers,
chronicles of the kings of Israel. and was buried with his fathers in the city
20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned of David. And his mother’s name was
were two and twenty years: and he slept Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his
with his fathers, and Nadab his son son reigned in his stead.
reigned in his stead.
21 ¶ And Rehoboam the son of Solomon CHAPTER 15
reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and NOW in the eighteenth year of king
one years old when he began to reign, and Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned
he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, Abijam over Judah.
the city which the LORD did choose out of 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
all the tribes of Israel, to put his name And his mother’s name was Maachah, the
there. And his mother’s name was daughter of Abishalom.
Naamah an Ammonitess. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his
22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the father, which he had done before him: and
LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy his heart was not perfect with the LORD
with their sins which they had committed, his God, as the heart of David his father.
above all that their fathers had done. 4 Nevertheless for David’s sake did the
23 For they also built them high places, LORD his God give him a lamp in
and images, and groves, on every high Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and
hill, and under every green tree. to establish Jerusalem:
24 And there were also sodomites in the 5 Because David did that which was right
land: and they did according to all the in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not
abominations of the nations which the aside from any thing that he commanded
LORD cast out before the children of him all the days of his life, save only in
Israel. the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
25 ¶ And it came to pass in the fifth year 6 And there was war between Rehoboam
of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and
26 And he took away the treasures of the all that he did, are they not written in the
house of the LORD, and the treasures of book of the chronicles of the kings of
the king’s house; he even took away all: Judah? And there was war between
and he took away all the shields of gold Abijam and Jeroboam.
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8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and which he had against the cities of Israel,
they buried him in the city of David: and and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-
Asa his son reigned in his stead. maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the
9 ¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam land of Naphtali.
king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha
10 And forty and one years reigned he in heard thereof, that he left off building of
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 22 Then king Asa made a proclamation
11 And Asa did that which was right in throughout all Judah; none was exempted:
the eyes of the LORD, as did David his and they took away the stones of Ramah,
father. and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha
12 And he took away the sodomites out of had builded; and king Asa built with them
the land, and removed all the idols that his Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
fathers had made. 23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all
13 And also Maachah his mother, even his might, and all that he did, and the
her he removed from being queen, cities which he built, are they not written
because she had made an idol in a grove; in the book of the chronicles of the kings
and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his
the brook Kidron. old age he was diseased in his feet.
14 But the high places were not removed: 24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was
nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with buried with his fathers in the city of David
the LORD all his days. his father: and Jehoshaphat his son
15 And he brought in the things which his reigned in his stead.
father had dedicated, and the things which 25 ¶ And Nadab the son of Jeroboam
himself had dedicated, into the house of began to reign over Israel in the second
the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned
16 ¶ And there was war between Asa and over Israel two years.
Baasha king of Israel all their days. 26 And he did evil in the sight of the
17 And Baasha king of Israel went up LORD, and walked in the way of his father,
against Judah, and built Ramah, that he and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to
might not suffer any to go out or come in sin.
to Asa king of Judah. 27 ¶ And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the
18 Then Asa took all the silver and the house of Issachar, conspired against him;
gold that were left in the treasures of the and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon,
house of the LORD, and the treasures of which belonged to the Philistines; for
the king’s house, and delivered them into Nadab and all Israel laid siege to
the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent Gibbethon.
them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of
the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in
dwelt at Damascus, saying, his stead.
19 There is a league between me and thee, 29 And it came to pass, when he reigned,
and between my father and thy father: that he smote all the house of Jeroboam;
behold, I have sent unto thee a present of he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed,
silver and gold; come and break thy until he had destroyed him, according unto
league with Baasha king of Israel, that he the saying of the LORD, which he spake by
may depart from me. his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king 30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which
Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts he sinned, and which he made Israel sin,
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by his provocation wherewith he provoked 8 ¶ In the twenty and sixth year of Asa
the LORD God of Israel to anger. king of Judah began Elah the son of
31 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two
and all that he did, are they not written in years.
the book of the chronicles of the kings of 9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half
Israel? his chariots, conspired against him, as he
32 And there was war between Asa and was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in
Baasha king of Israel all their days. the house of Arza steward of his house in
33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah Tirzah.
began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign 10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and
over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four killed him, in the twenty and seventh year
years. of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his
34 And he did evil in the sight of the stead.
LORD, and walked in the way of 11 ¶ And it came to pass, when he began
Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne,
made Israel to sin. that he slew all the house of Baasha: he
left him not one that pisseth against a wall,
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THEN the word of the LORD came to Jehu 12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of
the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Baasha, according to the word of the
2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by
dust, and made thee prince over my Jehu the prophet,
people Israel; and thou hast walked in the 13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins
way of Jeroboam, and hast made my of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and
people Israel to sin, to provoke me to by which they made Israel to sin, in
anger with their sins; provoking the LORD God of Israel to
3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of anger with their vanities.
Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and 14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all
will make thy house like the house of that he did, are they not written in the
Jeroboam the son of Nebat. book of the chronicles of the kings of
4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall Israel?
the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in 15 ¶ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa
the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days
5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and in Tirzah. And the people were encamped
what he did, and his might, are they not against Gibbethon, which belonged to the
written in the book of the chronicles of the Philistines.
kings of Israel? 16 And the people that were encamped
6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath
was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son also slain the king: wherefore all Israel
reigned in his stead. made Omri, the captain of the host, king
7 And also by the hand of the prophet over Israel that day in the camp.
Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of 17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon,
the LORD against Baasha, and against his and all Israel with him, and they besieged
house, even for all the evil that he did in Tirzah.
the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to 18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw
anger with the work of his hands, in being that the city was taken, that he went into
like the house of Jeroboam; and because the palace of the king’s house, and burnt
he killed him. the king’s house over him with fire, and
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9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which 20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said,
belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: O LORD my God, hast thou also brought
behold, I have commanded a widow evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn,
woman there to sustain thee. by slaying her son?
10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. 21 And he stretched himself upon the
And when he came to the gate of the city, child three times, and cried unto the
behold, the widow woman was there LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray
gathering of sticks: and he called to her, thee, let this child’s soul come into him
and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little again.
water in a vessel, that I may drink. 22 And the LORD heard the voice of
11 And as she was going to fetch it, he Elijah; and the soul of the child came into
called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray him again, and he revived.
thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 23 And Elijah took the child, and brought
12 And she said, As the LORD thy God him down out of the chamber into the
liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of house, and delivered him unto his mother:
meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, 24 ¶ And the woman said to Elijah, Now
that I may go in and dress it for me and by this I know that thou art a man of God,
my son, that we may eat it, and die. and that the word of the LORD in thy
13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go mouth is truth.
and do as thou hast said: but make me
thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto CHAPTER 18
me, and after make for thee and for thy AND it came to pass after many days, that
son. the word of the LORD came to Elijah in
14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself
The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the
shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that earth.
the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. 2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto
15 And she went and did according to the Ahab. And there was a sore famine in
saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her Samaria.
house, did eat many days. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was
16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah
neither did the cruse of oil fail, according feared the LORD greatly:
to the word of the LORD, which he spake 4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the
by Elijah. prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took
17 ¶ And it came to pass after these an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty
things, that the son of the woman, the in a cave, and fed them with bread and
mistress of the house, fell sick; and his water.)
sickness was so sore, that there was no 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into
breath left in him. the land, unto all fountains of water, and
18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I unto all brooks: peradventure we may find
to do with thee, O thou man of God? art grass to save the horses and mules alive,
thou come unto me to call my sin to that we lose not all the beasts.
remembrance, and to slay my son? 6 So they divided the land between them
19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way
And he took him out of her bosom, and by himself, and Obadiah went another
carried him up into a loft, where he abode, way by himself.
and laid him upon his own bed. 7 ¶ And as Obadiah was in the way,
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behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, 20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of
and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that Israel, and gathered the prophets together
my lord Elijah? unto mount Carmel.
8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy 21 And Elijah came unto all the people,
lord, Behold, Elijah is here. and said, How long halt ye between two
9 And he said, What have I sinned, that opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him:
thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the but if Baal, then follow him. And the
hand of Ahab, to slay me? people answered him not a word.
10 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no 22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I,
nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD;
not sent to seek thee: and when they said, but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and
He is not there; he took an oath of the fifty men.
kingdom and nation, that they found thee 23 Let them therefore give us two
not. bullocks; and let them choose one bullock
11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and
Behold, Elijah is here. lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and
12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on
am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the wood, and put no fire under:
LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; 24 And call ye on the name of your gods,
and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he and I will call on the name of the LORD:
cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I and the God that answereth by fire, let him
thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. be God. And all the people answered and
13 Was it not told my lord what I did said, It is well spoken.
when Jezebel slew the prophets of the 25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of
LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the Baal, Choose you one bullock for
LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are
fed them with bread and water? many; and call on the name of your gods,
14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, but put no fire under.
Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay 26 And they took the bullock which was
me. given them, and they dressed it, and called
15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts on the name of Baal from morning even
liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But
shew myself unto him to day. there was no voice, nor any that answered.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and And they leaped upon the altar which was
told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. made.
17 ¶ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah
Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he
he that troubleth Israel? is a god; either he is talking, or he is
18 And he answered, I have not troubled pursuing, or he is in a journey, or
Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in peradventure he sleepeth, and must be
that ye have forsaken the commandments awaked.
of the LORD, and thou hast followed 28 And they cried aloud, and cut
Baalim. themselves after their manner with knives
19 Now therefore send, and gather to me and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon
all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the them.
prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, 29 And it came to pass, when midday was
and the prophets of the groves four past, and they prophesied until the time of
hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table. the offering of the evening sacrifice, that
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there was neither voice, nor any to prophets of Baal; let not one of them
answer, nor any that regarded. escape. And they took them: and Elijah
30 And Elijah said unto all the people, brought them down to the brook Kishon,
Come near unto me. And all the people and slew them there.
came near unto him. And he repaired the 41 ¶ And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee
altar of the LORD that was broken down. up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of
31 And Elijah took twelve stones, abundance of rain.
according to the number of the tribes of 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink.
the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel;
the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy and he cast himself down upon the earth,
name: and put his face between his knees,
32 And with the stones he built an altar in 43 And said to his servant, Go up now,
the name of the LORD: and he made a look toward the sea. And he went up, and
trench about the altar, as great as would looked, and said, There is nothing. And he
contain two measures of seed. said, Go again seven times.
33 And he put the wood in order, and cut 44 And it came to pass at the seventh
the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a
wood, and said, Fill four barrels with little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s
water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab,
and on the wood. Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down,
34 And he said, Do it the second time. that the rain stop thee not.
And they did it the second time. And he 45 And it came to pass in the mean while,
said, Do it the third time. And they did it that the heaven was black with clouds and
the third time. wind, and there was a great rain. And
35 And the water ran round about the Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
altar; and he filled the trench also with 46 And the hand of the LORD was on
water. Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran
36 And it came to pass at the time of the before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
offering of the evening sacrifice, that
Elijah the prophet came near, and said, CHAPTER 19
LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of AND Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had
Israel, let it be known this day that thou done, and withal how he had slain all the
art God in Israel, and that I am thy prophets with the sword.
servant, and that I have done all these 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto
things at thy word. Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me,
37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this and more also, if I make not thy life as the
people may know that thou art the LORD life of one of them by to morrow about
God, and that thou hast turned their heart this time.
back again. 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and
38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba,
consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the which belongeth to Judah, and left his
wood, and the stones, and the dust, and servant there.
licked up the water that was in the trench. 4 ¶ But he himself went a day’s journey
39 And when all the people saw it, they into the wilderness, and came and sat
fell on their faces: and they said, The down under a juniper tree: and he
LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the requested for himself that he might die;
God. and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take
40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the away my life; for I am not better than my
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goodliest, are mine. saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this
4 And the king of Israel answered and great multitude? behold, I will deliver it
said, My lord, O king, according to thy into thine hand this day; and thou shalt
saying, I am thine, and all that I have. know that I am the LORD.
5 And the messengers came again, and 14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he
said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the
Although I have sent unto thee, saying, young men of the princes of the provinces.
Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy Then he said, Who shall order the battle?
gold, and thy wives, and thy children; And he answered, Thou.
6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to 15 Then he numbered the young men of
morrow about this time, and they shall the princes of the provinces, and they
search thine house, and the houses of thy were two hundred and thirty two: and after
servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever them he numbered all the people, even all
is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it the children of Israel, being seven
in their hand, and take it away. thousand.
7 Then the king of Israel called all the 16 And they went out at noon. But Ben-
elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray hadad was drinking himself drunk in the
you, and see how this man seeketh pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and
mischief: for he sent unto me for my two kings that helped him.
wives, and for my children, and for my 17 And the young men of the princes of
silver, and for my gold; and I denied him the provinces went out first; and Ben-
not. hadad sent out, and they told him, saying,
8 And all the elders and all the people said There are men come out of Samaria.
unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor 18 And he said, Whether they be come out
consent. for peace, take them alive; or whether they
9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers be come out for war, take them alive.
of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All 19 So these young men of the princes of
that thou didst send for to thy servant at the provinces came out of the city, and the
the first I will do: but this thing I may not army which followed them.
do. And the messengers departed, and 20 And they slew every one his man: and
brought him word again. the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them:
10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped
said, The gods do so unto me, and more on an horse with the horsemen.
also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice 21 And the king of Israel went out, and
for handfuls for all the people that follow smote the horses and chariots, and slew
me. the Syrians with a great slaughter.
11 And the king of Israel answered and 22 ¶ And the prophet came to the king of
said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen
his harness boast himself as he that thyself, and mark, and see what thou
putteth it off. doest: for at the return of the year the king
12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad of Syria will come up against thee.
heard this message, as he was drinking, he 23 And the servants of the king of Syria
and the kings in the pavilions, that he said said unto him, Their gods are gods of the
unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. hills; therefore they were stronger than
And they set themselves in array against we; but let us fight against them in the
the city. plain, and surely we shall be stronger than
13 ¶ And, behold, there came a prophet they.
unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus 24 And do this thing, Take the kings
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away, every man out of his place, and put 33 Now the men did diligently observe
captains in their rooms: whether any thing would come from him,
25 And number thee an army, like the and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy
army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye,
and chariot for chariot: and we will fight bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to
against them in the plain, and surely we him; and he caused him to come up into
shall be stronger than they. And he the chariot.
hearkened unto their voice, and did so. 34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The
26 And it came to pass at the return of the cities, which my father took from thy
year, that Ben-hadad numbered the father, I will restore; and thou shalt make
Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight streets for thee in Damascus, as my father
against Israel. made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will
27 And the children of Israel were send thee away with this covenant. So he
numbered, and were all present, and went made a covenant with him, and sent him
against them: and the children of Israel away.
pitched before them like two little flocks 35 ¶ And a certain man of the sons of the
of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. prophets said unto his neighbour in the
28 ¶ And there came a man of God, and word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee.
spake unto the king of Israel, and said, And the man refused to smite him.
Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians 36 Then said he unto him, Because thou
have said, The LORD is God of the hills, hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD,
but he is not God of the valleys, therefore behold, as soon as thou art departed from
will I deliver all this great multitude into me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as
thine hand, and ye shall know that I am he was departed from him, a lion found
the LORD. him, and slew him.
29 And they pitched one over against the 37 Then he found another man, and said,
other seven days. And so it was, that in the Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote
seventh day the battle was joined: and the him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
children of Israel slew of the Syrians an 38 So the prophet departed, and waited for
hundred thousand footmen in one day. the king by the way, and disguised himself
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the with ashes upon his face.
city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and 39 And as the king passed by, he cried
seven thousand of the men that were left. unto the king: and he said, Thy servant
And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the went out into the midst of the battle; and,
city, into an inner chamber. behold, a man turned aside, and brought a
31 ¶ And his servants said unto him, man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if
Behold now, we have heard that the kings by any means he be missing, then shall thy
of the house of Israel are merciful kings: life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a
let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our talent of silver.
loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go 40 And as thy servant was busy here and
out to the king of Israel: peradventure he there, he was gone. And the king of Israel
will save thy life. said unto him, So shall thy judgment be;
32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, thyself hast decided it.
and put ropes on their heads, and came to 41 And he hasted, and took the ashes
the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant away from his face; and the king of Israel
Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. discerned him that he was of the prophets.
And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my 42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the
brother. LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy
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hand a man whom I appointed to utter 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying,
destruction, therefore thy life shall go for Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high
his life, and thy people for his people. among the people:
43 And the king of Israel went to his 10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before
house heavy and displeased, and came to him, to bear witness against him, saying,
Samaria. Thou didst blaspheme God and the king.
And then carry him out, and stone him,
CHAPTER 21 that he may die.
AND it came to pass after these things, 11 And the men of his city, even the elders
that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, and the nobles who were the inhabitants in
which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them,
of Ahab king of Samaria. and as it was written in the letters which
2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, she had sent unto them.
Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth
for a garden of herbs, because it is near on high among the people.
unto my house: and I will give thee for it a 13 And there came in two men, children
better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good of Belial, and sat before him: and the men
to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in of Belial witnessed against him, even
money. against Naboth, in the presence of the
3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme
forbid it me, that I should give the God and the king. Then they carried him
inheritance of my fathers unto thee. forth out of the city, and stoned him with
4 And Ahab came into his house heavy stones, that he died.
and displeased because of the word which 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying,
Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
for he had said, I will not give thee the 15 ¶ And it came to pass, when Jezebel
inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him heard that Naboth was stoned, and was
down upon his bed, and turned away his dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise,
face, and would eat no bread. take possession of the vineyard of Naboth
5 ¶ But Jezebel his wife came to him, and the Jezreelite, which he refused to give
said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, thee for money: for Naboth is not alive,
that thou eatest no bread? but dead.
6 And he said unto her, Because I spake 16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard
unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up
him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the
else, if it please thee, I will give thee Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
another vineyard for it: and he answered, I 17 ¶ And the word of the LORD came to
will not give thee my vineyard. Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, 18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of
Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is
Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is
heart be merry: I will give thee the gone down to possess it.
vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying,
8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and
sealed them with his seal, and sent the also taken possession? And thou shalt
letters unto the elders and to the nobles speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the
that were in his city, dwelling with LORD, In the place where dogs licked the
Naboth. blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood,
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call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken
Behold now, the words of the prophets evil concerning thee.
declare good unto the king with one 24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah
mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like went near, and smote Micaiah on the
the word of one of them, and speak that cheek, and said, Which way went the
which is good. Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto
14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, thee?
what the LORD saith unto me, that will I 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt
speak. see in that day, when thou shalt go into an
15 ¶ So he came to the king. And the king inner chamber to hide thyself.
said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go 26 And the king of Israel said, Take
against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon
we forbear? And he answered him, Go, the governor of the city, and to Joash the
and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it king’s son;
into the hand of the king. 27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this
16 And the king said unto him, How many fellow in the prison, and feed him with
times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me bread of affliction and with water of
nothing but that which is true in the name affliction, until I come in peace.
of the LORD? 28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all
17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me.
upon the hills, as sheep that have not a And he said, Hearken, O people, every
shepherd: and the LORD said, These have one of you.
no master: let them return every man to 29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat
his house in peace. the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-
18 And the king of Israel said unto gilead.
Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he 30 And the king of Israel said unto
would prophesy no good concerning me, Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and
but evil? enter into the battle; but put thou on thy
19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the robes. And the king of Israel disguised
word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting himself, and went into the battle.
on his throne, and all the host of heaven 31 But the king of Syria commanded his
standing by him on his right hand and on thirty and two captains that had rule over
his left. his chariots, saying, Fight neither with
20 And the LORD said, Who shall small nor great, save only with the king of
persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall Israel.
at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this 32 And it came to pass, when the captains
manner, and another said on that manner. of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they
21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And
before the LORD, and said, I will persuade they turned aside to fight against him: and
him. Jehoshaphat cried out.
22 And the LORD said unto him, 33 And it came to pass, when the captains
Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, of the chariots perceived that it was not
and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of the king of Israel, that they turned back
all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt from pursuing him.
persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, 34 And a certain man drew a bow at a
and do so. venture, and smote the king of Israel
23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath between the joints of the harness:
put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these wherefore he said unto the driver of his
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chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out 46 And the remnant of the sodomites,
of the host; for I am wounded. which remained in the days of his father
35 And the battle increased that day: and Asa, he took out of the land.
the king was stayed up in his chariot 47 There was then no king in Edom: a
against the Syrians, and died at even: and deputy was king.
the blood ran out of the wound into the 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish
midst of the chariot. to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not;
36 And there went a proclamation for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
throughout the host about the going down 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab
of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with
and every man to his own country. thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat
37 ¶ So the king died, and was brought to would not.
Samaria; and they buried the king in 50 ¶ And Jehoshaphat slept with his
Samaria. fathers, and was buried with his fathers in
38 And one washed the chariot in the pool the city of David his father: and Jehoram
of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his his son reigned in his stead.
blood; and they washed his armour; 51 ¶ Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to
according unto the word of the LORD reign over Israel in Samaria the
which he spake. seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of
39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
all that he did, and the ivory house which 52 And he did evil in the sight of the
he made, and all the cities that he built, LORD, and walked in the way of his father,
are they not written in the book of the and in the way of his mother, and in the
chronicles of the kings of Israel? way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who
40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and made Israel to sin:
Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 53 For he served Baal, and worshipped
41 ¶ And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa him, and provoked to anger the LORD God
began to reign over Judah in the fourth of Israel, according to all that his father
year of Ahab king of Israel. had done.
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
the LORD: 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
shewed, and how he warred, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
THE SECOND
BOOK OF THE KINGS,
COMMONLY CALLED,
THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS.
CHAPTER 1 captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then
THEN Moab rebelled against Israel after let fire come down from heaven, and
the death of Ahab. consume thee and thy fifty. And there
2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice came down fire from heaven, and
in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, consumed him and his fifty.
and was sick: and he sent messengers, and 11 Again also he sent unto him another
said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub captain of fifty with his fifty. And he
the god of Ekron whether I shall recover answered and said unto him, O man of
of this disease. God, thus hath the king said, Come down
3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah quickly.
the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the 12 And Elijah answered and said unto
messengers of the king of Samaria, and them, If I be a man of God, let fire come
say unto them, Is it not because there is down from heaven, and consume thee and
not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of thy fifty. And the fire of God came down
Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? from heaven, and consumed him and his
4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, fifty.
Thou shalt not come down from that bed 13 ¶ And he sent again a captain of the
on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely third fifty with his fifty. And the third
die. And Elijah departed. captain of fifty went up, and came and fell
5 ¶ And when the messengers turned back on his knees before Elijah, and besought
unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye him, and said unto him, O man of God, I
now turned back? pray thee, let my life, and the life of these
6 And they said unto him, There came a fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, 14 Behold, there came fire down from
turn again unto the king that sent you, and heaven, and burnt up the two captains of
say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it the former fifties with their fifties:
not because there is not a God in Israel, therefore let my life now be precious in
that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub thy sight.
the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not 15 And the angel of the LORD said unto
come down from that bed on which thou Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of
art gone up, but shalt surely die. him. And he arose, and went down with
7 And he said unto them, What manner of him unto the king.
man was he which came up to meet you, 16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the
and told you these words? LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent
8 And they answered him, He was an messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the
hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather god of Ekron, is it not because there is no
about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah God in Israel to inquire of his word?
the Tishbite. therefore thou shalt not come down off
9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of that bed on which thou art gone up, but
fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: shalt surely die.
and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. 17 ¶ So he died according to the word of
And he spake unto him, Thou man of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And
God, the king hath said, Come down. Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second
10 And Elijah answered and said to the year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat
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king of Judah; because he had no son. Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be
18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I
which he did, are they not written in the pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit
book of the chronicles of the kings of be upon me.
Israel? 10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard
thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I
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AND it came to pass, when the LORD thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
would take up Elijah into heaven by a 11 And it came to pass, as they still went
whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha on, and talked, that, behold, there
from Gilgal. appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of
2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, fire, and parted them both asunder; and
I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Elijah went up by a whirlwind into
Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the heaven.
LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will 12 ¶ And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My
not leave thee. So they went down to father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and
Beth-el. the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no
3 And the sons of the prophets that were at more: and he took hold of his own clothes,
Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto and rent them in two pieces.
him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah
away thy master from thy head to day? that fell from him, and went back, and
And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your stood by the bank of Jordan;
peace. 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that
4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry fell from him, and smote the waters, and
here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah?
me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD and when he also had smitten the waters,
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not they parted hither and thither: and Elisha
leave thee. So they came to Jericho. went over.
5 And the sons of the prophets that were at 15 And when the sons of the prophets
Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, which were to view at Jericho saw him,
Knowest thou that the LORD will take they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on
away thy master from thy head to day? Elisha. And they came to meet him, and
And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye bowed themselves to the ground before
your peace. him.
6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray 16 ¶ And they said unto him, Behold now,
thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to there be with thy servants fifty strong
Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek
and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of
thee. And they two went on. the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him
7 And fifty men of the sons of the upon some mountain, or into some valley.
prophets went, and stood to view afar off: And he said, Ye shall not send.
and they two stood by Jordan. 17 And when they urged him till he was
8 And Elijah took his mantle, and ashamed, he said, Send. They sent
wrapped it together, and smote the waters, therefore fifty men; and they sought three
and they were divided hither and thither, days, but found him not.
so that they two went over on dry ground. 18 And when they came again to him, (for
9 ¶ And it came to pass, when they were he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them,
gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
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19 ¶ And the men of the city said unto dead, that the king of Moab rebelled
Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation against the king of Israel.
of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: 6 ¶ And king Jehoram went out of
but the water is naught, and the ground Samaria the same time, and numbered all
barren. Israel.
20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the
and put salt therein. And they brought it to king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab
him. hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with
21 And he went forth unto the spring of me against Moab to battle? And he said, I
the waters, and cast the salt in there, and will go up: I am as thou art, my people as
said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
these waters; there shall not be from 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up?
thence any more death or barren land. And he answered, The way through the
22 So the waters were healed unto this wilderness of Edom.
day, according to the saying of Elisha 9 So the king of Israel went, and the king
which he spake. of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they
23 ¶ And he went up from thence unto fetched a compass of seven days’ journey:
Beth-el: and as he was going up by the and there was no water for the host, and
way, there came forth little children out of for the cattle that followed them.
the city, and mocked him, and said unto 10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that
him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou the LORD hath called these three kings
bald head. together, to deliver them into the hand of
24 And he turned back, and looked on Moab!
them, and cursed them in the name of the 11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here
LORD. And there came forth two she bears a prophet of the LORD, that we may
out of the wood, and tare forty and two inquire of the LORD by him? And one of
children of them. the king of Israel’s servants answered and
25 And he went from thence to mount said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat,
Carmel, and from thence he returned to which poured water on the hands of
Samaria. Elijah.
12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the
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NOW Jehoram the son of Ahab began to and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom
reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth went down to him.
year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and 13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel,
reigned twelve years. What have I to do with thee? get thee to
2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the the prophets of thy father, and to the
LORD; but not like his father, and like his prophets of thy mother. And the king of
mother: for he put away the image of Baal Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD
that his father had made. hath called these three kings together, to
3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of deliver them into the hand of Moab.
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made 14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts
Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were
4 ¶ And Mesha king of Moab was a it not that I regard the presence of
sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would
of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and not look toward thee, nor see thee.
an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. 15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it
5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was came to pass, when the minstrel played,
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that the hand of the LORD came upon him. king of Edom: but they could not.
16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, 27 Then he took his eldest son that should
Make this valley full of ditches. have reigned in his stead, and offered him
17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not for a burnt offering upon the wall. And
see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that there was great indignation against Israel:
valley shall be filled with water, that ye and they departed from him, and returned
may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and to their own land.
your beasts.
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of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites NOW there cried a certain woman of the
also into your hand. wives of the sons of the prophets unto
19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is
and every choice city, and shall fell every dead; and thou knowest that thy servant
good tree, and stop all wells of water, and did fear the LORD: and the creditor is
mar every good piece of land with stones. come to take unto him my two sons to be
20 And it came to pass in the morning, bondmen.
when the meat offering was offered, that, 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I
behold, there came water by the way of do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the
Edom, and the country was filled with house? And she said, Thine handmaid
water. hath not any thing in the house, save a pot
21 ¶ And when all the Moabites heard that of oil.
the kings were come up to fight against 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels
them, they gathered all that were able to abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty
put on armour, and upward, and stood in vessels; borrow not a few.
the border. 4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt
22 And they rose up early in the morning, shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons,
and the sun shone upon the water, and the and shalt pour out into all those vessels,
Moabites saw the water on the other side and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
as red as blood: 5 So she went from him, and shut the door
23 And they said, This is blood: the kings upon her and upon her sons, who brought
are surely slain, and they have smitten one the vessels to her; and she poured out.
another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels
24 And when they came to the camp of were full, that she said unto her son, Bring
Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the me yet a vessel. And he said unto her,
Moabites, so that they fled before them: There is not a vessel more. And the oil
but they went forward smiting the stayed.
Moabites, even in their country. 7 Then she came and told the man of God.
25 And they beat down the cities, and on And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy
every good piece of land cast every man debt, and live thou and thy children of the
his stone, and filled it; and they stopped rest.
all the wells of water, and felled all the 8 ¶ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed
good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they to Shunem, where was a great woman;
the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers and she constrained him to eat bread. And
went about it, and smote it. so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he
26 ¶ And when the king of Moab saw that turned in thither to eat bread.
the battle was too sore for him, he took 9 And she said unto her husband, Behold
with him seven hundred men that drew now, I perceive that this is an holy man of
swords, to break through even unto the God, which passeth by us continually.
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10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray 23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to
thee, on the wall; and let us set for him him to day? it is neither new moon, nor
there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
candlestick: and it shall be, when he 24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to
cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack
11 And it fell on a day, that he came not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
thither, and he turned into the chamber, 25 So she went and came unto the man of
and lay there. God to mount Carmel. And it came to
12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call pass, when the man of God saw her afar
this Shunammite. And when he had called off, that he said to Gehazi his servant,
her, she stood before him. Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
13 And he said unto him, Say now unto 26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and
her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well
with all this care; what is to be done for with thy husband? is it well with the
thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the child? And she answered, It is well.
king, or to the captain of the host? And 27 And when she came to the man of God
she answered, I dwell among mine own to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but
people. Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And
14 And he said, What then is to be done the man of God said, Let her alone; for her
for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she soul is vexed within her: and the LORD
hath no child, and her husband is old. hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
15 And he said, Call her. And when he 28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my
had called her, she stood in the door. lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
16 And he said, About this season, 29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy
according to the time of life, thou shalt loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and
embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute
lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto him not; and if any salute thee, answer
thine handmaid. him not again: and lay my staff upon the
17 And the woman conceived, and bare a face of the child.
son at that season that Elisha had said unto 30 And the mother of the child said, As
her, according to the time of life. the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I
18 ¶ And when the child was grown, it fell will not leave thee. And he arose, and
on a day, that he went out to his father to followed her.
the reapers. 31 And Gehazi passed on before them,
19 And he said unto his father, My head, and laid the staff upon the face of the
my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him child; but there was neither voice, nor
to his mother. hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet
20 And when he had taken him, and him, and told him, saying, The child is not
brought him to his mother, he sat on her awaked.
knees till noon, and then died. 32 And when Elisha was come into the
21 And she went up, and laid him on the house, behold, the child was dead, and
bed of the man of God, and shut the door laid upon his bed.
upon him, and went out. 33 He went in therefore, and shut the door
22 And she called unto her husband, and upon them twain, and prayed unto the
said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the LORD.
young men, and one of the asses, that I 34 And he went up, and lay upon the
may run to the man of God, and come child, and put his mouth upon his mouth,
again. and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands
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times, and thy flesh shall come again to he departed from him a little way.
thee, and thou shalt be clean. 20 ¶ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the
11 But Naaman was wroth, and went man of God, said, Behold, my master hath
away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will spared Naaman this Syrian, in not
surely come out to me, and stand, and call receiving at his hands that which he
on the name of the LORD his God, and brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run
strike his hand over the place, and recover after him, and take somewhat of him.
the leper. 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of when Naaman saw him running after him,
Damascus, better than all the waters of he lighted down from the chariot to meet
Israel? may I not wash in them, and be him, and said, Is all well?
clean? So he turned and went away in a 22 And he said, All is well. My master
rage. hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now
13 And his servants came near, and spake there be come to me from mount Ephraim
unto him, and said, My father, if the two young men of the sons of the
prophet had bid thee do some great thing, prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent
wouldest thou not have done it? how of silver, and two changes of garments.
much rather then, when he saith to thee, 23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two
Wash, and be clean? talents. And he urged him, and bound two
14 Then went he down, and dipped talents of silver in two bags, with two
himself seven times in Jordan, according changes of garments, and laid them upon
to the saying of the man of God: and his two of his servants; and they bare them
flesh came again like unto the flesh of a before him.
little child, and he was clean. 24 And when he came to the tower, he
15 ¶ And he returned to the man of God, took them from their hand, and bestowed
he and all his company, and came, and them in the house: and he let the men go,
stood before him: and he said, Behold, and they departed.
now I know that there is no God in all the 25 But he went in, and stood before his
earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence
thee, take a blessing of thy servant. comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy
16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before servant went no whither.
whom I stand, I will receive none. And he 26 And he said unto him, Went not mine
urged him to take it; but he refused. heart with thee, when the man turned
17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a
I pray thee, be given to thy servant two time to receive money, and to receive
mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards,
will henceforth offer neither burnt offering and sheep, and oxen, and menservants,
nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the and maidservants?
LORD. 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall
18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for
servant, that when my master goeth into ever. And he went out from his presence a
the house of Rimmon to worship there, leper as white as snow.
and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow
myself in the house of Rimmon: when I CHAPTER 6
bow down myself in the house of AND the sons of the prophets said unto
Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in Elisha, Behold now, the place where we
this thing. dwell with thee is too strait for us.
19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan,
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and take thence every man a beam, and let with horses and chariots. And his servant
us make us a place there, where we may said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall
dwell. And he answered, Go ye. we do?
3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, 16 And he answered, Fear not: for they
and go with thy servants. And he that be with us are more than they that be
answered, I will go. with them.
4 So he went with them. And when they 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I
came to Jordan, they cut down wood. pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see.
5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe And the LORD opened the eyes of the
head fell into the water: and he cried, and young man; and he saw: and, behold, the
said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. mountain was full of horses and chariots
6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? of fire round about Elisha.
And he shewed him the place. And he cut 18 And when they came down to him,
down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said,
iron did swim. Smite this people, I pray thee, with
7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. blindness. And he smote them with
And he put out his hand, and took it. blindness according to the word of Elisha.
8 ¶ Then the king of Syria warred against 19 ¶ And Elisha said unto them, This is
Israel, and took counsel with his servants, not the way, neither is this the city: follow
saying, In such and such a place shall be me, and I will bring you to the man whom
my camp. ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
9 And the man of God sent unto the king 20 And it came to pass, when they were
of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass come into Samaria, that Elisha said,
not such a place; for thither the Syrians LORD, open the eyes of these men, that
are come down. they may see. And the LORD opened their
10 And the king of Israel sent to the place eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were
which the man of God told him and in the midst of Samaria.
warned him of, and saved himself there, 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha,
not once nor twice. when he saw them, My father, shall I
11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria smite them? shall I smite them?
was sore troubled for this thing; and he 22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite
called his servants, and said unto them, them: wouldest thou smite those whom
Will ye not shew me which of us is for the thou hast taken captive with thy sword and
king of Israel? with thy bow? set bread and water before
12 And one of his servants said, None, my them, that they may eat and drink, and go
lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is to their master.
in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the 23 And he prepared great provision for
words that thou speakest in thy them: and when they had eaten and drunk,
bedchamber. he sent them away, and they went to their
13 ¶ And he said, Go and spy where he is, master. So the bands of Syria came no
that I may send and fetch him. And it was more into the land of Israel.
told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 24 ¶ And it came to pass after this, that
14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his
chariots, and a great host: and they came host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
by night, and compassed the city about. 25 And there was a great famine in
15 And when the servant of the man of Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it,
God was risen early, and gone forth, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore
behold, an host compassed the city both pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a
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cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of leaned answered the man of God, and
silver. said, Behold, if the LORD would make
26 And as the king of Israel was passing windows in heaven, might this thing be?
by upon the wall, there cried a woman And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with
unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
27 And he said, If the LORD do not help 3 ¶ And there were four leprous men at the
thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the entering in of the gate: and they said one
barnfloor, or out of the winepress? to another, Why sit we here until we die?
28 And the king said unto her, What aileth 4 If we say, We will enter into the city,
thee? And she answered, This woman said then the famine is in the city, and we shall
unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat die there: and if we sit still here, we die
him to day, and we will eat my son to also. Now therefore come, and let us fall
morrow. unto the host of the Syrians: if they save
29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us,
and I said unto her on the next day, Give we shall but die.
thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath 5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go
hid her son. unto the camp of the Syrians: and when
30 ¶ And it came to pass, when the king they were come to the uttermost part of
heard the words of the woman, that he rent the camp of Syria, behold, there was no
his clothes; and he passed by upon the man there.
wall, and the people looked, and, behold, 6 For the Lord had made the host of the
he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a
31 Then he said, God do so and more also noise of horses, even the noise of a great
to me, if the head of Elisha the son of host: and they said one to another, Lo, the
Shaphat shall stand on him this day. king of Israel hath hired against us the
32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the
elders sat with him; and the king sent a Egyptians, to come upon us.
man from before him: but ere the 7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the
messenger came to him, he said to the twilight, and left their tents, and their
elders, See ye how this son of a murderer horses, and their asses, even the camp as it
hath sent to take away mine head? look, was, and fled for their life.
when the messenger cometh, shut the 8 And when these lepers came to the
door, and hold him fast at the door: is not uttermost part of the camp, they went into
the sound of his master’s feet behind him? one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried
33 And while he yet talked with them, thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and
behold, the messenger came down unto went and hid it; and came again, and
him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the entered into another tent, and carried
LORD; what should I wait for the LORD thence also, and went and hid it.
any longer? 9 Then they said one to another, We do
not well: this day is a day of good tidings,
CHAPTER 7 and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the
THEN Elisha said, Hear ye the word of morning light, some mischief will come
the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To upon us: now therefore come, that we may
morrow about this time shall a measure of go and tell the king’s household.
fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two 10 So they came and called unto the porter
measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of the city: and they told them, saying, We
of Samaria. came to the camp of the Syrians, and,
2 Then a lord on whose hand the king behold, there was no man there, neither
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voice of man, but horses tied, and asses such a thing be? And he said, Behold,
tied, and the tents as they were. thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt
11 And he called the porters; and they told not eat thereof.
it to the king’s house within. 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the
12 ¶ And the king arose in the night, and people trode upon him in the gate, and he
said unto his servants, I will now shew died.
you what the Syrians have done to us.
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are they gone out of the camp to hide THEN spake Elisha unto the woman,
themselves in the field, saying, When they whose son he had restored to life, saying,
come out of the city, we shall catch them Arise, and go thou and thine household,
alive, and get into the city. and sojourn wheresoever thou canst
13 And one of his servants answered and sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a
said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the famine; and it shall also come upon the
horses that remain, which are left in the land seven years.
city, (behold, they are as all the multitude 2 And the woman arose, and did after the
of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, saying of the man of God: and she went
they are even as all the multitude of the with her household, and sojourned in the
Israelites that are consumed:) and let us land of the Philistines seven years.
send and see. 3 And it came to pass at the seven years’
14 They took therefore two chariot horses; end, that the woman returned out of the
and the king sent after the host of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth
Syrians, saying, Go and see. to cry unto the king for her house and for
15 And they went after them unto Jordan: her land.
and, lo, all the way was full of garments 4 And the king talked with Gehazi the
and vessels, which the Syrians had cast servant of the man of God, saying, Tell
away in their haste. And the messengers me, I pray thee, all the great things that
returned, and told the king. Elisha hath done.
16 And the people went out, and spoiled 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling
the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of the king how he had restored a dead body
fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two to life, that, behold, the woman, whose
measures of barley for a shekel, according son he had restored to life, cried to the
to the word of the LORD. king for her house and for her land. And
17 ¶ And the king appointed the lord on Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the
whose hand he leaned to have the charge woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha
of the gate: and the people trode upon him restored to life.
in the gate, and he died, as the man of God 6 And when the king asked the woman,
had said, who spake when the king came she told him. So the king appointed unto
down to him. her a certain officer, saying, Restore all
18 And it came to pass as the man of God that was hers, and all the fruits of the field
had spoken to the king, saying, Two since the day that she left the land, even
measures of barley for a shekel, and a until now.
measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be 7 ¶ And Elisha came to Damascus; and
to morrow about this time in the gate of Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and
Samaria: it was told him, saying, The man of God is
19 And that lord answered the man of come hither.
God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD 8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a
should make windows in heaven, might present in thine hand, and go, meet the
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man of God, and inquire of the LORD by evil in the sight of the LORD.
him, saying, Shall I recover of this 19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah
disease? for David his servant’s sake, as he
9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a promised him to give him alway a light,
present with him, even of every good and to his children.
thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, 20 ¶ In his days Edom revolted from
and came and stood before him, and said, under the hand of Judah, and made a king
Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent over themselves.
me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this 21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the
disease? chariots with him: and he rose by night,
10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto and smote the Edomites which compassed
him, Thou mayest certainly recover: him about, and the captains of the
howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he chariots: and the people fled into their
shall surely die. tents.
11 And he settled his countenance 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the
stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah
man of God wept. revolted at the same time.
12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my 23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and
lord? And he answered, Because I know all that he did, are they not written in the
the evil that thou wilt do unto the children book of the chronicles of the kings of
of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set Judah?
on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay 24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and
with the sword, and wilt dash their was buried with his fathers in the city of
children, and rip up their women with David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his
child. stead.
13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy 25 ¶ In the twelfth year of Joram the son
servant a dog, that he should do this great of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son
thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
hath shewed me that thou shalt be king 26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah
over Syria. when he began to reign; and he reigned
14 So he departed from Elisha, and came one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s
to his master; who said to him, What said name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri
Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told king of Israel.
me that thou shouldest surely recover. 27 And he walked in the way of the house
15 And it came to pass on the morrow, of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the
that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he
water, and spread it on his face, so that he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. 28 ¶ And he went with Joram the son of
16 ¶ And in the fifth year of Joram the son Ahab to the war against Hazael king of
of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians
then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of wounded Joram.
Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. 29 And king Joram went back to be healed
17 Thirty and two years old was he when in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians
he began to reign; and he reigned eight had given him at Ramah, when he fought
years in Jerusalem. against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah
18 And he walked in the way of the kings the son of Jehoram king of Judah went
of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the down to see Joram the son of Ahab in
daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did Jezreel, because he was sick.
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chariot was made ready. And Joram king said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his
of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went master?
out, each in his chariot, and they went out 32 And he lifted up his face to the
against Jehu, and met him in the portion of window, and said, Who is on my side?
Naboth the Jezreelite. who? And there looked out to him two or
22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw three eunuchs.
Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And 33 And he said, Throw her down. So they
he answered, What peace, so long as the threw her down: and some of her blood
whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her was sprinkled on the wall, and on the
witchcrafts are so many? horses: and he trode her under foot.
23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, 34 And when he was come in, he did eat
and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O and drink, and said, Go, see now this
Ahaziah. cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a
24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full king’s daughter.
strength, and smote Jehoram between his 35 And they went to bury her: but they
arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, found no more of her than the skull, and
and he sunk down in his chariot. the feet, and the palms of her hands.
25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, 36 Wherefore they came again, and told
Take up, and cast him in the portion of the him. And he said, This is the word of the
field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for LORD, which he spake by his servant
remember how that, when I and thou rode Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion
together after Ahab his father, the LORD of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of
laid this burden upon him; Jezebel:
26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood 37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as
of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith dung upon the face of the field in the
the LORD; and I will requite thee in this portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not
plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take say, This is Jezebel.
and cast him into the plat of ground,
according to the word of the LORD. CHAPTER 10
27 ¶ But when Ahaziah the king of Judah AND Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria.
saw this, he fled by the way of the garden And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to
house. And Jehu followed after him, and Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the
said, Smite him also in the chariot. And elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s
they did so at the going up to Gur, which children, saying,
is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and 2 Now as soon as this letter cometh to
died there. you, seeing your master’s sons are with
28 And his servants carried him in a you, and there are with you chariots and
chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
sepulchre with his fathers in the city of 3 Look even out the best and meetest of
David. your master’s sons, and set him on his
29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the father’s throne, and fight for your master’s
son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over house.
Judah. 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and
30 ¶ And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, said, Behold, two kings stood not before
Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her him: how then shall we stand?
face, and tired her head, and looked out at 5 And he that was over the house, and he
a window. that was over the city, the elders also, and
31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she the bringers up of the children, sent to
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Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and forty men; neither left he any of them.
will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will 15 ¶ And when he was departed thence, he
not make any king: do thou that which is lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab
good in thine eyes. coming to meet him: and he saluted him,
6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my
them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab
hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads answered, It is. If it be, give me thine
of the men your master’s sons, and come hand. And he gave him his hand; and he
to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. took him up to him into the chariot.
Now the king’s sons, being seventy 16 And he said, Come with me, and see
persons, were with the great men of the my zeal for the LORD. So they made him
city, which brought them up. ride in his chariot.
7 And it came to pass, when the letter 17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew
came to them, that they took the king’s all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria,
sons, and slew seventy persons, and put till he had destroyed him, according to the
their heads in baskets, and sent him them saying of the LORD, which he spake to
to Jezreel. Elijah.
8 ¶ And there came a messenger, and told 18 ¶ And Jehu gathered all the people
him, saying, They have brought the heads together, and said unto them, Ahab served
of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him
them in two heaps at the entering in of the much.
gate until the morning. 19 Now therefore call unto me all the
9 And it came to pass in the morning, that prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all
he went out, and stood, and said to all the his priests; let none be wanting: for I have
people, Ye be righteous: behold, I a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever
conspired against my master, and slew shall be wanting, he shall not live. But
him: but who slew all these? Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he
10 Know now that there shall fall unto the might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
earth nothing of the word of the LORD, 20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn
which the LORD spake concerning the assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed
house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done it.
that which he spake by his servant Elijah. 21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and
11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the all the worshippers of Baal came, so that
house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great there was not a man left that came not.
men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, And they came into the house of Baal; and
until he left him none remaining. the house of Baal was full from one end to
12 ¶ And he arose and departed, and came another.
to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing 22 And he said unto him that was over the
house in the way, vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the
13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah worshippers of Baal. And he brought them
king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And forth vestments.
they answered, We are the brethren of 23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son
Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and
children of the king and the children of the said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search,
queen. and look that there be here with you none
14 And he said, Take them alive. And of the servants of the LORD, but the
they took them alive, and slew them at the worshippers of Baal only.
pit of the shearing house, even two and 24 And when they went in to offer
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sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and
appointed fourscore men without, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz
said, If any of the men whom I have his son reigned in his stead.
brought into your hands escape, he that 36 And the time that Jehu reigned over
letteth him go, his life shall be for the life Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight
of him. years.
25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had
made an end of offering the burnt CHAPTER 11
offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to AND when Athaliah the mother of
the captains, Go in, and slay them; let Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she
none come forth. And they smote them arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
with the edge of the sword; and the guard 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king
and the captains cast them out, and went to Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the
the city of the house of Baal. son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among
26 And they brought forth the images out the king’s sons which were slain; and they
of the house of Baal, and burned them. hid him, even him and his nurse, in the
27 And they brake down the image of bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was
Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, not slain.
and made it a draught house unto this day. 3 And he was with her hid in the house of
28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. the LORD six years. And Athaliah did
29 ¶ Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam reign over the land.
the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, 4 ¶ And the seventh year Jehoiada sent
Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with
the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and the captains and the guard, and brought
that were in Dan. them to him into the house of the LORD,
30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because and made a covenant with them, and took
thou hast done well in executing that an oath of them in the house of the LORD,
which is right in mine eyes, and hast done and shewed them the king’s son.
unto the house of Ahab according to all 5 And he commanded them, saying, This
that was in mine heart, thy children of the is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of
fourth generation shall sit on the throne of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even
Israel. be keepers of the watch of the king’s
31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the house;
law of the LORD God of Israel with all his 6 And a third part shall be at the gate of
heart: for he departed not from the sins of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the
Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the
32 ¶ In those days the LORD began to cut house, that it be not broken down.
Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all 7 And two parts of all you that go forth on
the coasts of Israel; the sabbath, even they shall keep the
33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of watch of the house of the LORD about the
Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, king.
and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is 8 And ye shall compass the king round
by the river Arnon, even Gilead and about, every man with his weapons in his
Bashan. hand: and he that cometh within the
34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the
that he did, and all his might, are they not king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
written in the book of the chronicles of the 9 And the captains over the hundreds did
kings of Israel? according to all things that Jehoiada the
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priest commanded: and they took every Baal before the altars. And the priest
man his men that were to come in on the appointed officers over the house of the
sabbath, with them that should go out on LORD.
the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds,
priest. and the captains, and the guard, and all the
10 And to the captains over hundreds did people of the land; and they brought down
the priest give king David’s spears and the king from the house of the LORD, and
shields, that were in the temple of the came by the way of the gate of the guard
LORD. to the king’s house. And he sat on the
11 And the guard stood, every man with throne of the kings.
his weapons in his hand, round about the 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced,
king, from the right corner of the temple and the city was in quiet: and they slew
to the left corner of the temple, along by Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s
the altar and the temple. house.
12 And he brought forth the king’s son, 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he
and put the crown upon him, and gave him began to reign.
the testimony; and they made him king,
and anointed him; and they clapped their CHAPTER 12
hands, and said, God save the king. IN the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began
13 ¶ And when Athaliah heard the noise to reign; and forty years reigned he in
of the guard and of the people, she came Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was
to the people into the temple of the LORD. Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
14 And when she looked, behold, the king 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in
stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the sight of the LORD all his days wherein
the princes and the trumpeters by the king, Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
and all the people of the land rejoiced, and 3 But the high places were not taken
blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her away: the people still sacrificed and burnt
clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. incense in the high places.
15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the 4 ¶ And Jehoash said to the priests, All the
captains of the hundreds, the officers of money of the dedicated things that is
the host, and said unto them, Have her brought into the house of the LORD, even
forth without the ranges: and him that the money of every one that passeth the
followeth her kill with the sword. For the account, the money that every man is set
priest had said, Let her not be slain in the at, and all the money that cometh into any
house of the LORD. man’s heart to bring into the house of the
16 And they laid hands on her; and she LORD,
went by the way by the which the horses 5 Let the priests take it to them, every man
came into the king’s house: and there was of his acquaintance: and let them repair
she slain. the breaches of the house, wheresoever
17 ¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant any breach shall be found.
between the LORD and the king and the 6 But it was so, that in the three and
people, that they should be the LORD’s twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests
people; between the king also and the had not repaired the breaches of the house.
people. 7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada
18 And all the people of the land went into the priest, and the other priests, and said
the house of Baal, and brake it down; his unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches
altars and his images brake they in pieces of the house? now therefore receive no
thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of more money of your acquaintance, but
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deliver it for the breaches of the house. Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings
8 And the priests consented to receive no of Judah, had dedicated, and his own
more money of the people, neither to hallowed things, and all the gold that was
repair the breaches of the house. found in the treasures of the house of the
9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and LORD, and in the king’s house, and sent it
bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away
beside the altar, on the right side as one from Jerusalem.
cometh into the house of the LORD: and 19 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Joash, and
the priests that kept the door put therein all that he did, are they not written in the
all the money that was brought into the book of the chronicles of the kings of
house of the LORD. Judah?
10 And it was so, when they saw that 20 And his servants arose, and made a
there was much money in the chest, that conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of
the king’s scribe and the high priest came Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
up, and they put up in bags, and told the 21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and
money that was found in the house of the Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his
LORD. servants, smote him, and he died; and they
11 And they gave the money, being told, buried him with his fathers in the city of
into the hands of them that did the work, David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his
that had the oversight of the house of the stead.
LORD: and they laid it out to the
carpenters and builders, that wrought upon CHAPTER 13
the house of the LORD, IN the three and twentieth year of Joash
12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz
and to buy timber and hewed stone to the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel
repair the breaches of the house of the in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
LORD, and for all that was laid out for the 2 And he did that which was evil in the
house to repair it. sight of the LORD, and followed the sins
13 Howbeit there were not made for the of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which
house of the LORD bowls of silver, made Israel to sin; he departed not
snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of therefrom.
gold, or vessels of silver, of the money 3 ¶ And the anger of the LORD was
that was brought into the house of the kindled against Israel, and he delivered
LORD: them into the hand of Hazael king of
14 But they gave that to the workmen, and Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the
repaired therewith the house of the LORD. son of Hazael, all their days.
15 Moreover they reckoned not with the 4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and
men, into whose hand they delivered the the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw
money to be bestowed on workmen: for the oppression of Israel, because the king
they dealt faithfully. of Syria oppressed them.
16 The trespass money and sin money was 5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so
not brought into the house of the LORD: it that they went out from under the hand of
was the priests’. the Syrians: and the children of Israel
17 ¶ Then Hazael king of Syria went up, dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
and fought against Gath, and took it: and 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the
Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made
18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the Israel sin, but walked therein: and there
hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and remained the grove also in Samaria.)
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7 Neither did he leave of the people to shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou
Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten have consumed them.
chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for 18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he
the king of Syria had destroyed them, and took them. And he said unto the king of
had made them like the dust by threshing. Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he
8 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, smote thrice, and stayed.
and all that he did, and his might, are they 19 And the man of God was wroth with
not written in the book of the chronicles of him, and said, Thou shouldest have
the kings of Israel? smitten five or six times; then hadst thou
9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it:
they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but
son reigned in his stead. thrice.
10 ¶ In the thirty and seventh year of 20 ¶ And Elisha died, and they buried
Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son him. And the bands of the Moabites
of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in invaded the land at the coming in of the
Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. year.
11 And he did that which was evil in the 21 And it came to pass, as they were
sight of the LORD; he departed not from burying a man, that, behold, they spied a
all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, band of men; and they cast the man into
who made Israel sin: but he walked the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man
therein. was let down, and touched the bones of
12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his
all that he did, and his might wherewith he feet.
fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are 22 ¶ But Hazael king of Syria oppressed
they not written in the book of the Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
chronicles of the kings of Israel? 23 And the LORD was gracious unto them,
13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and and had compassion on them, and had
Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash respect unto them, because of his covenant
was buried in Samaria with the kings of with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and
Israel. would not destroy them, neither cast he
14 ¶ Now Elisha was fallen sick of his them from his presence as yet.
sickness whereof he died. And Joash the 24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-
king of Israel came down unto him, and hadad his son reigned in his stead.
wept over his face, and said, O my father, 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took
my father, the chariot of Israel, and the again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the
horsemen thereof. son of Hazael the cities, which he had
15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his
and arrows. And he took unto him bow father by war. Three times did Joash beat
and arrows. him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put
thine hand upon the bow. And he put his CHAPTER 14
hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands IN the second year of Joash son of
upon the king’s hands. Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah
17 And he said, Open the window the son of Joash king of Judah.
eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha 2 He was twenty and five years old when
said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The he began to reign, and reigned twenty and
arrow of the LORD’s deliverance, and the nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s
arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
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3 And he did that which was right in the 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took
sight of the LORD, yet not like David his Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
father: he did according to all things as Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-
Joash his father did. shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and
4 Howbeit the high places were not taken brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the
away: as yet the people did sacrifice and gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four
burnt incense on the high places. hundred cubits.
5 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as the 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and
kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that all the vessels that were found in the
he slew his servants which had slain the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of
king his father. the king’s house, and hostages, and
6 But the children of the murderers he returned to Samaria.
slew not: according unto that which is 15 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash
written in the book of the law of Moses, which he did, and his might, and how he
wherein the LORD commanded, saying, fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are
The fathers shall not be put to death for they not written in the book of the
the children, nor the children be put to chronicles of the kings of Israel?
death for the fathers; but every man shall 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and
be put to death for his own sin. was buried in Samaria with the kings of
7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his
thousand, and took Selah by war, and stead.
called the name of it Joktheel unto this 17 ¶ And Amaziah the son of Joash king
day. of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash
8 ¶ Then Amaziah sent messengers to son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen
Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, years.
king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah,
one another in the face. are they not written in the book of the
9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The 19 Now they made a conspiracy against
thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish;
cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give but they sent after him to Lachish, and
thy daughter to my son to wife: and there slew him there.
passed by a wild beast that was in 20 And they brought him on horses: and
Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. he was buried at Jerusalem with his
10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and fathers in the city of David.
thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of 21 ¶ And all the people of Judah took
this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and
thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou made him king instead of his father
shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with Amaziah.
thee? 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah,
11 But Amaziah would not hear. after that the king slept with his fathers.
Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; 23 ¶ In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the
and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the
one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, son of Joash king of Israel began to reign
which belongeth to Judah. in Samaria, and reigned forty and one
12 And Judah was put to the worse before years.
Israel; and they fled every man to their 24 And he did that which was evil in the
tents. sight of the LORD: he departed not from
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sight of the LORD: he departed not all his took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and
days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and
Nebat, who made Israel to sin. Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of
19 And Pul the king of Assyria came Naphtali, and carried them captive to
against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a Assyria.
thousand talents of silver, that his hand 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a
might be with him to confirm the kingdom conspiracy against Pekah the son of
in his hand. Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him,
20 And Menahem exacted the money of and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth
Israel, even of all the mighty men of year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, 31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and
to give to the king of Assyria. So the king all that he did, behold, they are written in
of Assyria turned back, and stayed not the book of the chronicles of the kings of
there in the land. Israel.
21 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Menahem, 32 ¶ In the second year of Pekah the son
and all that he did, are they not written in of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham
the book of the chronicles of the kings of the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
Israel? 33 Five and twenty years old was he when
22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen
and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s
23 ¶ In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem 34 And he did that which was right in the
began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and sight of the LORD: he did according to all
reigned two years. that his father Uzziah had done.
24 And he did that which was evil in the 35 ¶ Howbeit the high places were not
sight of the LORD: he departed not from removed: the people sacrificed and burned
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, incense still in the high places. He built
who made Israel to sin. the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a 36 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham,
captain of his, conspired against him, and and all that he did, are they not written in
smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the the book of the chronicles of the kings of
king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and Judah?
with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and 37 In those days the LORD began to send
he killed him, and reigned in his room. against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and
26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, Pekah the son of Remaliah.
and all that he did, behold, they are 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and
written in the book of the chronicles of the was buried with his fathers in the city of
kings of Israel. David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned
27 ¶ In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah in his stead.
king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah
began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and CHAPTER 16
reigned twenty years. IN the seventeenth year of Pekah the son
28 And he did that which was evil in the of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king
sight of the LORD: he departed not from of Judah began to reign.
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he
who made Israel to sin. began to reign, and reigned sixteen years
29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel in Jerusalem, and did not that which was
came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and right in the sight of the LORD his God, like
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David his father. 13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his
3 But he walked in the way of the kings of meat offering, and poured his drink
Israel, yea, and made his son to pass offering, and sprinkled the blood of his
through the fire, according to the peace offerings, upon the altar.
abominations of the heathen, whom the 14 And he brought also the brasen altar,
LORD cast out from before the children of which was before the LORD, from the
Israel. forefront of the house, from between the
4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in altar and the house of the LORD, and put it
the high places, and on the hills, and under on the north side of the altar.
every green tree. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the
5 ¶ Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn
son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to the morning burnt offering, and the
Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, evening meat offering, and the king’s
but could not overcome him. burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with
6 At that time Rezin king of Syria the burnt offering of all the people of the
recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the land, and their meat offering, and their
Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all
Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. the blood of the burnt offering, and all the
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath- blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar
pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy shall be for me to inquire by.
servant and thy son: come up, and save me 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to
out of the hand of the king of Syria, and all that king Ahaz commanded.
out of the hand of the king of Israel, which 17 ¶ And king Ahaz cut off the borders of
rise up against me. the bases, and removed the laver from off
8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that them; and took down the sea from off the
was found in the house of the LORD, and brasen oxen that were under it, and put it
in the treasures of the king’s house, and upon a pavement of stones.
sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. 18 And the covert for the sabbath that they
9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto had built in the house, and the king’s entry
him: for the king of Assyria went up without, turned he from the house of the
against Damascus, and took it, and carried LORD for the king of Assyria.
the people of it captive to Kir, and slew 19 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz
Rezin. which he did, are they not written in the
10 ¶ And king Ahaz went to Damascus to book of the chronicles of the kings of
meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and Judah?
saw an altar that was at Damascus: and 20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and
king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the was buried with his fathers in the city of
fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in
according to all the workmanship thereof. his stead.
11 And Urijah the priest built an altar
according to all that king Ahaz had sent CHAPTER 17
from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made IN the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah
it against king Ahaz came from began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in
Damascus. Samaria over Israel nine years.
12 And when the king was come from 2 And he did that which was evil in the
Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of
king approached to the altar, and offered Israel that were before him.
thereon. 3 ¶ Against him came up Shalmaneser
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king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his which I sent to you by my servants the
servant, and gave him presents. prophets.
4 And the king of Assyria found 14 Notwithstanding they would not hear,
conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent but hardened their necks, like to the neck
messengers to So king of Egypt, and of their fathers, that did not believe in the
brought no present to the king of Assyria, LORD their God.
as he had done year by year: therefore the 15 And they rejected his statutes, and his
king of Assyria shut him up, and bound covenant that he made with their fathers,
him in prison. and his testimonies which he testified
5 ¶ Then the king of Assyria came up against them; and they followed vanity,
throughout all the land, and went up to and became vain, and went after the
Samaria, and besieged it three years. heathen that were round about them,
6 ¶ In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of concerning whom the LORD had charged
Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel them, that they should not do like them.
away into Assyria, and placed them in 16 And they left all the commandments of
Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, the LORD their God, and made them
and in the cities of the Medes. molten images, even two calves, and made
7 For so it was, that the children of Israel a grove, and worshipped all the host of
had sinned against the LORD their God, heaven, and served Baal.
which had brought them up out of the land 17 And they caused their sons and their
of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh daughters to pass through the fire, and
king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, used divination and enchantments, and
8 And walked in the statutes of the sold themselves to do evil in the sight of
heathen, whom the LORD cast out from the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
before the children of Israel, and of the 18 Therefore the LORD was very angry
kings of Israel, which they had made. with Israel, and removed them out of his
9 And the children of Israel did secretly sight: there was none left but the tribe of
those things that were not right against the Judah only.
LORD their God, and they built them high 19 Also Judah kept not the
places in all their cities, from the tower of commandments of the LORD their God,
the watchmen to the fenced city. but walked in the statutes of Israel which
10 And they set them up images and they made.
groves in every high hill, and under every 20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of
green tree: Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered
11 And there they burnt incense in all the them into the hand of spoilers, until he had
high places, as did the heathen whom the cast them out of his sight.
LORD carried away before them; and 21 For he rent Israel from the house of
wrought wicked things to provoke the David; and they made Jeroboam the son of
LORD to anger: Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel
12 For they served idols, whereof the from following the LORD, and made them
LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do sin a great sin.
this thing. 22 For the children of Israel walked in all
13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they
and against Judah, by all the prophets, and departed not from them;
by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your 23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of
evil ways, and keep my commandments his sight, as he had said by all his servants
and my statutes, according to all the law the prophets. So was Israel carried away
which I commanded your fathers, and out of their own land to Assyria unto this
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24 How then wilt thou turn away the face the king of Assyria?
of one captain of the least of my master’s 34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of
servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for Arpad? where are the gods of
chariots and for horsemen? Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they
25 Am I now come up without the LORD delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
against this place to destroy it? The LORD 35 Who are they among all the gods of the
said to me, Go up against this land, and countries, that have delivered their
destroy it. country out of mine hand, that the LORD
26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, should deliver Jerusalem out of mine
and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, hand?
Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the 36 But the people held their peace, and
Syrian language; for we understand it: and answered him not a word: for the king’s
talk not with us in the Jews’ language in commandment was, saying, Answer him
the ears of the people that are on the wall. not.
27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath 37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
my master sent me to thy master, and to which was over the household, and
thee, to speak these words? hath he not Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of
sent me to the men which sit on the wall, Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their
that they may eat their own dung, and clothes rent, and told him the words of
drink their own piss with you? Rab-shakeh.
28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with
a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and CHAPTER 19
spake, saying, Hear the word of the great AND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah
king, the king of Assyria: heard it, that he rent his clothes, and
29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah covered himself with sackcloth, and went
deceive you: for he shall not be able to into the house of the LORD.
deliver you out of his hand: 2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over
30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the household, and Shebna the scribe, and
the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely the elders of the priests, covered with
deliver us, and this city shall not be sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of
delivered into the hand of the king of Amoz.
Assyria. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith
31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble,
the king of Assyria, Make an agreement and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the
with me by a present, and come out to me, children are come to the birth, and there is
and then eat ye every man of his own not strength to bring forth.
vine, and every one of his fig tree, and 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all
drink ye every one the waters of his the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king
cistern: of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach
32 Until I come and take you away to a the living God; and will reprove the words
land like your own land, a land of corn which the LORD thy God hath heard:
and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a wherefore lift up thy prayer for the
land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may remnant that are left.
live, and not die: and hearken not unto 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came
Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, to Isaiah.
saying, The LORD will deliver us. 6 ¶ And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall
33 Hath any of the gods of the nations ye say to your master, Thus saith the
delivered at all his land out of the hand of LORD, Be not afraid of the words which
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thou hast heard, with which the servants for they were no gods, but the work of
of the king of Assyria have blasphemed men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore
me. they have destroyed them.
7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I
and he shall hear a rumour, and shall beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand,
return to his own land; and I will cause that all the kingdoms of the earth may
him to fall by the sword in his own land. know that thou art the LORD God, even
8 ¶ So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the thou only.
king of Assyria warring against Libnah: 20 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to
for he had heard that he was departed Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD
from Lachish. God of Israel, That which thou hast
9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king prayed to me against Sennacherib king of
of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to Assyria I have heard.
fight against thee: he sent messengers 21 This is the word that the LORD hath
again unto Hezekiah, saying, spoken concerning him; The virgin the
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and
of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of
whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the 22 Whom hast thou reproached and
hand of the king of Assyria. blasphemed? and against whom hast thou
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes
of Assyria have done to all lands, by on high? even against the Holy One of
destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be Israel.
delivered? 23 By thy messengers thou hast
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered reproached the Lord, and hast said, With
them which my fathers have destroyed; as the multitude of my chariots I am come up
Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the to the height of the mountains, to the sides
children of Eden which were in Thelasar? of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees
king of Arpad, and the king of the city of thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings
Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah? of his borders, and into the forest of his
14 ¶ And Hezekiah received the letter of Carmel.
the hand of the messengers, and read it: 24 I have digged and drunk strange
and Hezekiah went up into the house of waters, and with the sole of my feet have I
the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, 25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I
and said, O LORD God of Israel, which have done it, and of ancient times that I
dwellest between the cherubims, thou art have formed it? now have I brought it to
the God, even thou alone, of all the pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste
kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
heaven and earth. 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of
16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: small power, they were dismayed and
open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear confounded; they were as the grass of the
the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent field, and as the green herb, as the grass
him to reproach the living God. on the housetops, and as corn blasted
17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria before it be grown up.
have destroyed the nations and their lands, 27 But I know thy abode, and thy going
18 And have cast their gods into the fire: out, and thy coming in, and thy rage
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son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent he began to reign, and reigned fifty and
letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s
had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. name was Hephzi-bah.
13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, 2 And he did that which was evil in the
and shewed them all the house of his sight of the LORD, after the abominations
precious things, the silver, and the gold, of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out
and the spices, and the precious ointment, before the children of Israel.
and all the house of his armour, and all 3 For he built up again the high places
that was found in his treasures: there was which Hezekiah his father had destroyed;
nothing in his house, nor in all his and he reared up altars for Baal, and made
dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and
14 ¶ Then came Isaiah the prophet unto worshipped all the host of heaven, and
king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What served them.
said these men? and from whence came 4 And he built altars in the house of the
they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They LORD, of which the LORD said, In
are come from a far country, even from Jerusalem will I put my name.
Babylon. 5 And he built altars for all the host of
15 And he said, What have they seen in heaven in the two courts of the house of
thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the LORD.
the things that are in mine house have 6 And he made his son pass through the
they seen: there is nothing among my fire, and observed times, and used
treasures that I have not shewed them. enchantments, and dealt with familiar
16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear spirits and wizards: he wrought much
the word of the LORD. wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to
17 Behold, the days come, that all that is provoke him to anger.
in thine house, and that which thy fathers 7 And he set a graven image of the grove
have laid up in store unto this day, shall be that he had made in the house, of which
carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, the LORD said to David, and to Solomon
saith the LORD. his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem,
18 And of thy sons that shall issue from which I have chosen out of all tribes of
thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they Israel, will I put my name for ever:
take away; and they shall be eunuchs in 8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel
the palace of the king of Babylon. move any more out of the land which I
19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good gave their fathers; only if they will
is the word of the LORD which thou hast observe to do according to all that I have
spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if commanded them, and according to all the
peace and truth be in my days? law that my servant Moses commanded
20 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, them.
and all his might, and how he made a 9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh
pool, and a conduit, and brought water seduced them to do more evil than did the
into the city, are they not written in the nations whom the LORD destroyed before
book of the chronicles of the kings of the children of Israel.
Judah? 10 ¶ And the LORD spake by his servants
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: the prophets, saying,
and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. 11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath
done these abominations, and hath done
CHAPTER 21 wickedly above all that the Amorites did,
MANASSEH was twelve years old when which were before him, and hath made
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Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he wrath shall be kindled against this place,
read it. and shall not be quenched.
9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the 18 But to the king of Judah which sent
king, and brought the king word again, you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye
and said, Thy servants have gathered the say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of
money that was found in the house, and Israel, As touching the words which thou
have delivered it into the hand of them hast heard;
that do the work, that have the oversight 19 Because thine heart was tender, and
of the house of the LORD. thou hast humbled thyself before the
10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake
king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath against this place, and against the
delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it inhabitants thereof, that they should
before the king. become a desolation and a curse, and hast
11 And it came to pass, when the king had rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I
heard the words of the book of the law, also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
that he rent his clothes. 20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee
12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be
priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine
and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and eyes shall not see all the evil which I will
Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant bring upon this place. And they brought
of the king’s, saying, the king word again.
13 Go ye, inquire of the LORD for me, and
for the people, and for all Judah, CHAPTER 23
concerning the words of this book that is AND the king sent, and they gathered
found: for great is the wrath of the LORD unto him all the elders of Judah and of
that is kindled against us, because our Jerusalem.
fathers have not hearkened unto the words 2 And the king went up into the house of
of this book, to do according unto all that the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all
which is written concerning us. the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and
14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the
Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went people, both small and great: and he read
unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of in their ears all the words of the book of
Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of the covenant which was found in the
Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she house of the LORD.
dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and 3 ¶ And the king stood by a pillar, and
they communed with her. made a covenant before the LORD, to walk
15 ¶ And she said unto them, Thus saith after the LORD, and to keep his
the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that commandments and his testimonies and
sent you to me, his statutes with all their heart and all
16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will their soul, to perform the words of this
bring evil upon this place, and upon the covenant that were written in this book.
inhabitants thereof, even all the words of And all the people stood to the covenant.
the book which the king of Judah hath 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the
read: high priest, and the priests of the second
17 Because they have forsaken me, and order, and the keepers of the door, to bring
have burned incense unto other gods, that forth out of the temple of the LORD all the
they might provoke me to anger with all vessels that were made for Baal, and for
the works of their hands; therefore my the grove, and for all the host of heaven:
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and he burned them without Jerusalem in courts of the house of the LORD, did the
the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes king beat down, and brake them down
of them unto Beth-el. from thence, and cast the dust of them into
5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, the brook Kidron.
whom the kings of Judah had ordained to 13 And the high places that were before
burn incense in the high places in the Jerusalem, which were on the right hand
cities of Judah, and in the places round of the mount of corruption, which
about Jerusalem; them also that burned Solomon the king of Israel had builded for
incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the Ashtoreth the abomination of the
moon, and to the planets, and to all the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the
host of heaven. abomination of the Moabites, and for
6 And he brought out the grove from the Milcom the abomination of the children of
house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, Ammon, did the king defile.
unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the 14 And he brake in pieces the images, and
brook Kidron, and stamped it small to cut down the groves, and filled their
powder, and cast the powder thereof upon places with the bones of men.
the graves of the children of the people. 15 ¶ Moreover the altar that was at Beth-
7 And he brake down the houses of the el, and the high place which Jeroboam the
sodomites, that were by the house of the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had
LORD, where the women wove hangings made, both that altar and the high place he
for the grove. brake down, and burned the high place,
8 And he brought all the priests out of the and stamped it small to powder, and
cities of Judah, and defiled the high places burned the grove.
where the priests had burned incense, 16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied
from Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down the sepulchres that were there in the
the high places of the gates that were in mount, and sent, and took the bones out of
the entering in of the gate of Joshua the the sepulchres, and burned them upon the
governor of the city, which were on a altar, and polluted it, according to the
man’s left hand at the gate of the city. word of the LORD which the man of God
9 Nevertheless the priests of the high proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
places came not up to the altar of the 17 Then he said, What title is that that I
LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the see? And the men of the city told him, It is
unleavened bread among their brethren. the sepulchre of the man of God, which
10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the came from Judah, and proclaimed these
valley of the children of Hinnom, that no things that thou hast done against the altar
man might make his son or his daughter to of Beth-el.
pass through the fire to Molech. 18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man
11 And he took away the horses that the move his bones. So they let his bones
kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the alone, with the bones of the prophet that
entering in of the house of the LORD, by came out of Samaria.
the chamber of Nathan-melech the 19 And all the houses also of the high
chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, places that were in the cities of Samaria,
and burned the chariots of the sun with which the kings of Israel had made to
fire. provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took
12 And the altars that were on the top of away, and did to them according to all the
the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the acts that he had done in Beth-el.
kings of Judah had made, and the altars 20 And he slew all the priests of the high
which Manasseh had made in the two places that were there upon the altars, and
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burned men’s bones upon them, and chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought
returned to Jerusalem. him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his
21 ¶ And the king commanded all the own sepulchre. And the people of the land
people, saying, Keep the passover unto the took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and
LORD your God, as it is written in the anointed him, and made him king in his
book of this covenant. father’s stead.
22 Surely there was not holden such a 31 ¶ Jehoahaz was twenty and three years
passover from the days of the judges that old when he began to reign; and he
judged Israel, nor in all the days of the reigned three months in Jerusalem. And
kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; his mother’s name was Hamutal, the
23 But in the eighteenth year of king daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Josiah, wherein this passover was holden 32 And he did that which was evil in the
to the LORD in Jerusalem. sight of the LORD, according to all that his
24 ¶ Moreover the workers with familiar fathers had done.
spirits, and the wizards, and the images, 33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands
and the idols, and all the abominations at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he
that were spied in the land of Judah and in might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the
Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he land to a tribute of an hundred talents of
might perform the words of the law which silver, and a talent of gold.
were written in the book that Hilkiah the 34 And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the
priest found in the house of the LORD. son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah
25 And like unto him was there no king his father, and turned his name to
before him, that turned to the LORD with Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and
all his heart, and with all his soul, and he came to Egypt, and died there.
with all his might, according to all the law 35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the
of Moses; neither after him arose there gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to
any like him. give the money according to the
26 ¶ Notwithstanding the LORD turned not commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the
from the fierceness of his great wrath, silver and the gold of the people of the
wherewith his anger was kindled against land, of every one according to his
Judah, because of all the provocations that taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.
Manasseh had provoked him withal. 36 ¶ Jehoiakim was twenty and five years
27 And the LORD said, I will remove old when he began to reign; and he
Judah also out of my sight, as I have reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his
removed Israel, and will cast off this city mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter
Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the of Pedaiah of Rumah.
house of which I said, My name shall be 37 And he did that which was evil in the
there. sight of the LORD, according to all that his
28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and fathers had done.
all that he did, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of CHAPTER 24
Judah? IN his days Nebuchadnezzar king of
29 ¶ In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became
Egypt went up against the king of Assyria his servant three years: then he turned and
to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah rebelled against him.
went against him; and he slew him at 2 And the LORD sent against him bands of
Megiddo, when he had seen him. the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians,
30 And his servants carried him in a and bands of the Moabites, and bands of
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the children of Ammon, and sent them 14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and
against Judah to destroy it, according to all the princes, and all the mighty men of
the word of the LORD, which he spake by valour, even ten thousand captives, and all
his servants the prophets. the craftsmen and smiths: none remained,
3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD save the poorest sort of the people of the
came this upon Judah, to remove them out land.
of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, 15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to
according to all that he did; Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the
4 And also for the innocent blood that he king’s wives, and his officers, and the
shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent mighty of the land, those carried he into
blood; which the LORD would not pardon. captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
5 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, 16 And all the men of might, even seven
and all that he did, are they not written in thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a
the book of the chronicles of the kings of thousand, all that were strong and apt for
Judah? war, even them the king of Babylon
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and brought captive to Babylon.
Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 17 ¶ And the king of Babylon made
7 And the king of Egypt came not again Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his
any more out of his land: for the king of stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt 18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old
unto the river Euphrates all that pertained when he began to reign, and he reigned
to the king of Egypt. eleven years in Jerusalem. And his
8 ¶ Jehoiachin was eighteen years old mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter
when he began to reign, and he reigned in of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s 19 And he did that which was evil in the
name was Nehushta, the daughter of sight of the LORD, according to all that
Elnathan of Jerusalem. Jehoiakim had done.
9 And he did that which was evil in the 20 For through the anger of the LORD it
sight of the LORD, according to all that his came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until
father had done. he had cast them out from his presence,
10 ¶ At that time the servants of that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up Babylon.
against Jerusalem, and the city was
besieged. CHAPTER 25
11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon AND it came to pass in the ninth year of
came against the city, and his servants did his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth
besiege it. day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar
12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went king of Babylon came, he, and all his host,
out to the king of Babylon, he, and his against Jerusalem, and pitched against it;
mother, and his servants, and his princes, and they built forts against it round about.
and his officers: and the king of Babylon 2 And the city was besieged unto the
took him in the eighth year of his reign. eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
13 And he carried out thence all the 3 And on the ninth day of the fourth
treasures of the house of the LORD, and month the famine prevailed in the city,
the treasures of the king’s house, and cut and there was no bread for the people of
in pieces all the vessels of gold which the land.
Solomon king of Israel had made in the 4 ¶ And the city was broken up, and all the
temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. men of war fled by night by the way of the
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43 ¶ Now these are the kings that reigned Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah
in the land of Edom before any king were five.
reigned over the children of Israel; Bela 5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
the son of Beor: and the name of his city 6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and
was Dinhabah. Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara:
44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the five of them in all.
son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his 7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the
stead. troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the
45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of thing accursed.
the land of the Temanites reigned in his 8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
stead. 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born
46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and
the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in Chelubai.
the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: 10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and
and the name of his city was Avith. Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the
47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of children of Judah;
Masrekah reigned in his stead. 11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma
48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of begat Boaz,
Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat
49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan Jesse,
the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 13 ¶ And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab,
50 And when Baal-hanan was dead, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the
Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name third,
of his city was Pai; and his wife’s name 14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
the daughter of Mezahab. 16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and
51 ¶ Hadad died also. And the dukes of Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai,
Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
duke Jetheth, 17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the
52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
Pinon, 18 ¶ And Caleb the son of Hezron begat
53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke children of Azubah his wife, and of
Mibzar, Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and
54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are Shobab, and Ardon.
the dukes of Edom. 19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb
took unto him Ephrath, which bare him
CHAPTER 2 Hur.
THESE are the sons of Israel; Reuben, 20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat
Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Bezaleel.
Zebulun, 21 ¶ And afterward Hezron went in to the
2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, daughter of Machir the father of Gilead,
Gad, and Asher. whom he married when he was threescore
3 ¶ The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and years old; and she bare him Segub.
Shelah: which three were born unto him of 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three
the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the 23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with
sight of the LORD; and he slew him. the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath,
4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him and the towns thereof, even threescore
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thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
may not grieve me! And God granted him 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son,
that which he requested. Mishma his son.
11 ¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuah 26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his
begat Mehir, which was the father of son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
Eshton. 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six
12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and daughters; but his brethren had not many
Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir- children, neither did all their family
nahash. These are the men of Rechah. multiply, like to the children of Judah.
13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and 28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and
Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and 29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at
Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley Tolad,
of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. 30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at
15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Ziklag,
Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the 31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-
sons of Elah, even Kenaz. susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim.
16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and These were their cities unto the reign of
Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. David.
17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and 32 And their villages were, Etam, and
Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan,
Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the five cities:
father of Eshtemoa. 33 And all their villages that were round
18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the about the same cities, unto Baal. These
father of Gedor, and Heber the father of were their habitations, and their
Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. genealogy.
And these are the sons of Bithiah the 34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and
daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. Joshah the son of Amaziah,
19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the 35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah,
sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and
20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and
and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben- 37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of
zoheth. Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of
21 ¶ The sons of Shelah the son of Judah Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah 38 These mentioned by their names were
the father of Mareshah, and the families of princes in their families: and the house of
the house of them that wrought fine linen, their fathers increased greatly.
of the house of Ashbea, 39 ¶ And they went to the entrance of
22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, Gedor, even unto the east side of the
and Joash, and Saraph, who had the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. 40 And they found fat pasture and good,
And these are ancient things. and the land was wide, and quiet, and
23 These were the potters, and those that peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt
dwelt among plants and hedges: there they there of old.
dwelt with the king for his work. 41 And these written by name came in the
24 ¶ The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and
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smote their tents, and the habitations that and they dwelt in their tents throughout all
were found there, and destroyed them the east land of Gilead.
utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their 11 ¶ And the children of Gad dwelt over
rooms: because there was pasture there for against them, in the land of Bashan unto
their flocks. Salchah:
42 And some of them, even of the sons of 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next,
Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, 13 And their brethren of the house of their
and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam,
the sons of Ishi. and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia,
43 And they smote the rest of the and Heber, seven.
Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt 14 These are the children of Abihail the
there unto this day. son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of
Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of
CHAPTER 5 Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of
NOW the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Buz;
Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni,
forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, chief of the house of their fathers.
his birthright was given unto the sons of 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan,
Joseph the son of Israel: and the and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of
genealogy is not to be reckoned after the Sharon, upon their borders.
birthright. 17 All these were reckoned by
2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, genealogies in the days of Jotham king of
and of him came the chief ruler; but the Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king
birthright was Joseph’s:) of Israel.
3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn 18 ¶ The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites,
of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant
and Carmi. men, men able to bear buckler and sword,
4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war,
his son, Shimei his son, were four and forty thousand seven
5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his hundred and threescore, that went out to
son, the war.
6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser 19 And they made war with the Hagarites,
king of Assyria carried away captive: he with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
was prince of the Reubenites. 20 And they were helped against them,
7 And his brethren by their families, when and the Hagarites were delivered into their
the genealogy of their generations was hand, and all that were with them: for they
reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and cried to God in the battle, and he was
Zechariah, intreated of them; because they put their
8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of trust in him.
Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in 21 And they took away their cattle; of
Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep
9 And eastward he inhabited unto the two hundred and fifty thousand, and of
entering in of the wilderness from the asses two thousand, and of men an
river Euphrates: because their cattle were hundred thousand.
multiplied in the land of Gilead. 22 For there fell down many slain,
10 And in the days of Saul they made war because the war was of God. And they
with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
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had built the house of the LORD in Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua
Jerusalem: and then they waited on their his son,
office according to their order. 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah
33 And these are they that waited with his son,
their children. Of the sons of the 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son,
Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Ahitub his son,
Joel, the son of Shemuel, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
34 The son of Elkanah, the son of 54 ¶ Now these are their dwelling places
Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, throughout their castles in their coasts, of
35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the sons of Aaron, of the families of the
the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land
son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round
37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the about it.
son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 56 But the fields of the city, and the
38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the
the son of Levi, the son of Israel. son of Jephunneh.
39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the
his right hand, even Asaph the son of cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city
Berachiah, the son of Shimea, of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs,
40 The son of Michael, the son of and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their
Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, suburbs,
41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the 58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir
son of Adaiah, with her suburbs,
42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, 59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-
the son of Shimei, shemesh with her suburbs:
43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba
the son of Levi. with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her
44 And their brethren the sons of Merari suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs.
stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of All their cities throughout their families
Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, were thirteen cities.
45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of 61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which
Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, were left of the family of that tribe, were
46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the cities given out of the half tribe, namely,
son of Shamer, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot,
47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the ten cities.
son of Merari, the son of Levi. 62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout
48 Their brethren also the Levites were their families out of the tribe of Issachar,
appointed unto all manner of service of and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of
the tabernacle of the house of God. the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe
49 ¶ But Aaron and his sons offered upon of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
the altar of the burnt offering, and on the 63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by
altar of incense, and were appointed for lot, throughout their families, out of the
all the work of the place most holy, and to tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of
make an atonement for Israel, according to Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun,
all that Moses the servant of God had twelve cities.
commanded. 64 And the children of Israel gave to the
50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Levites these cities with their suburbs.
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65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of Mephaath with her suburbs:
the children of Judah, and out of the tribe 80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in
of the children of Simeon, and out of the Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim
tribe of the children of Benjamin, these with her suburbs,
cities, which are called by their names. 81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and
66 And the residue of the families of the Jazer with her suburbs.
sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts
out of the tribe of Ephraim. CHAPTER 7
67 And they gave unto them, of the cities NOW the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and
of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer 2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and
with her suburbs, Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and
68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their
Beth-horon with her suburbs, father’s house, to wit, of Tola: they were
69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and valiant men of might in their generations;
Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: whose number was in the days of David
70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with 3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the
her suburbs, for the family of the remnant sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah,
of the sons of Kohath. and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief
71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given men.
out of the family of the half tribe of 4 And with them, by their generations,
Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her after the house of their fathers, were bands
suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand
72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; men: for they had many wives and sons.
Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with 5 And their brethren among all the
her suburbs, families of Issachar were valiant men of
73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and might, reckoned in all by their genealogies
Anem with her suburbs: fourscore and seven thousand.
74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal 6 ¶ The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and
with her suburbs, and Abdon with her Becher, and Jediael, three.
suburbs, 7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi,
75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five;
Rehob with her suburbs: heads of the house of their fathers, mighty
76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; men of valour; and were reckoned by their
Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and genealogies twenty and two thousand and
Hammon with her suburbs, and thirty and four.
Kirjathaim with her suburbs. 8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and
77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and
were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and
Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the
suburbs: sons of Becher.
78 And on the other side Jordan by 9 And the number of them, after their
Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were genealogy by their generations, heads of
given them out of the tribe of Reuben, the house of their fathers, mighty men of
Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, valour, was twenty thousand and two
and Jahzah with her suburbs, hundred.
79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and 10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and
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And the number throughout the genealogy 23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
of them that were apt to the war and to 24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and
battle was twenty and six thousand men. Antothijah,
25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of
CHAPTER 8 Shashak;
NOW Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, 26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and
Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, Athaliah,
2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the
3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and sons of Jeroham.
Gera, and Abihud, 28 These were heads of the fathers, by
4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, their generations, chief men. These dwelt
5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. in Jerusalem.
6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of
are the heads of the fathers of the Gibeon; whose wife’s name was
inhabitants of Geba, and they removed Maachah:
them to Manahath: 30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur,
7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
removed them, and begat Uzza, and 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
Ahihud. 32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these
8 And Shaharaim begat children in the also dwelt with their brethren in
country of Moab, after he had sent them Jerusalem, over against them.
away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 33 ¶ And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat
9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and
and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. 34 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-
These were his sons, heads of the fathers. baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and 35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon,
Elpaal. and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, 36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and
and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth,
with the towns thereof: and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were 37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his
heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:
Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants 38 And Azel had six sons, whose names
of Gath: are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael,
14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan.
15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, All these were the sons of Azel.
16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother
sons of Beriah; were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the
17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and second, and Eliphelet the third.
Hezeki, and Heber, 40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty
18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, men of valour, archers, and had many
the sons of Elpaal; sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty.
19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and CHAPTER 9
Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; SO all Israel were reckoned by
22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, genealogies; and, behold, they were
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written in the book of the kings of Israel 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal,
and Judah, who were carried away to and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son
Babylon for their transgression. of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
2 ¶ Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the
their possessions in their cities were, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and
Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of
Nethinims. Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the
3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children Netophathites.
of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, 17 And the porters were, Shallum, and
and of the children of Ephraim, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and
Manasseh; their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of 18 Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate
Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of eastward: they were porters in the
the children of Pharez the son of Judah. companies of the children of Levi.
5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the 19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son
firstborn, and his sons. of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his
6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and brethren, of the house of his father, the
their brethren, six hundred and ninety. Korahites, were over the work of the
7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the service, keepers of the gates of the
son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, tabernacle: and their fathers, being over
the son of Hasenuah, the host of the LORD, were keepers of the
8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and entry.
Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, 20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was
and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the ruler over them in time past, and the
the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; LORD was with him.
9 And their brethren, according to their 21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah
generations, nine hundred and fifty and was porter of the door of the tabernacle of
six. All these men were chief of the the congregation.
fathers in the house of their fathers. 22 All these which were chosen to be
10 ¶ And of the priests; Jedaiah, and porters in the gates were two hundred and
Jehoiarib, and Jachin, twelve. These were reckoned by their
11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the genealogy in their villages, whom David
son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set
son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the office.
ruler of the house of God; 23 So they and their children had the
12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the oversight of the gates of the house of the
son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and LORD, namely, the house of the
Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of tabernacle, by wards.
Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of 24 In four quarters were the porters,
Meshillemith, the son of Immer; toward the east, west, north, and south.
13 And their brethren, heads of the house 25 And their brethren, which were in their
of their fathers, a thousand and seven villages, were to come after seven days
hundred and threescore; very able men for from time to time with them.
the work of the service of the house of 26 For these Levites, the four chief
God. porters, were in their set office, and were
14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son over the chambers and treasuries of the
of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son house of God.
of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 27 ¶ And they lodged round about the
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house of God, because the charge was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
upon them, and the opening thereof every 44 And Azel had six sons, whose names
morning pertained to them. are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael,
28 And certain of them had the charge of and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan:
the ministering vessels, that they should these were the sons of Azel.
bring them in and out by tale.
29 Some of them also were appointed to CHAPTER 10
oversee the vessels, and all the NOW the Philistines fought against Israel;
instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine and the men of Israel fled from before the
flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount
frankincense, and the spices. Gilboa.
30 And some of the sons of the priests 2 And the Philistines followed hard after
made the ointment of the spices. Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines
31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-
who was the firstborn of Shallum the shua, the sons of Saul.
Korahite, had the set office over the things 3 And the battle went sore against Saul,
that were made in the pans. and the archers hit him, and he was
32 And other of their brethren, of the sons wounded of the archers.
of the Kohathites, were over the 4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer,
shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. Draw thy sword, and thrust me through
33 And these are the singers, chief of the therewith; lest these uncircumcised come
fathers of the Levites, who remaining in and abuse me. But his armourbearer
the chambers were free: for they were would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul
employed in that work day and night. took a sword, and fell upon it.
34 These chief fathers of the Levites were 5 And when his armourbearer saw that
chief throughout their generations; these Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the
dwelt at Jerusalem. sword, and died.
35 ¶ And in Gibeon dwelt the father of 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all
Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was his house died together.
Maachah: 7 And when all the men of Israel that were
36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, in the valley saw that they fled, and that
and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, Saul and his sons were dead, then they
37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, forsook their cities, and fled: and the
and Mikloth. Philistines came and dwelt in them.
38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they 8 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow,
also dwelt with their brethren at when the Philistines came to strip the
Jerusalem, over against their brethren. slain, that they found Saul and his sons
39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat fallen in mount Gilboa.
Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and 9 And when they had stripped him, they
Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. took his head, and his armour, and sent
40 And the son of Jonathan was Merib- into the land of the Philistines round
baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah. about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and
41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, to the people.
and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. 10 And they put his armour in the house
42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat of their gods, and fastened his head in the
Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and temple of Dagon.
Zimri begat Moza; 11 ¶ And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all
43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah that the Philistines had done to Saul,
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12 They arose, all the valiant men, and the LORD of hosts was with him.
took away the body of Saul, and the 10 ¶ These also are the chief of the mighty
bodies of his sons, and brought them to men whom David had, who strengthened
Jabesh, and buried their bones under the themselves with him in his kingdom, and
oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. with all Israel, to make him king,
13 ¶ So Saul died for his transgression according to the word of the LORD
which he committed against the LORD, concerning Israel.
even against the word of the LORD, which 11 And this is the number of the mighty
he kept not, and also for asking counsel of men whom David had; Jashobeam, an
one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he
it; lifted up his spear against three hundred
14 And inquired not of the LORD: slain by him at one time.
therefore he slew him, and turned the 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of
kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the
three mighties.
CHAPTER 11 13 He was with David at Pas-dammim,
THEN all Israel gathered themselves to and there the Philistines were gathered
David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we together to battle, where was a parcel of
are thy bone and thy flesh. ground full of barley; and the people fled
2 And moreover in time past, even when from before the Philistines.
Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest 14 And they set themselves in the midst of
out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the
thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a
my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler great deliverance.
over my people Israel. 15 ¶ Now three of the thirty captains went
3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to down to the rock to David, into the cave
the king to Hebron; and David made a of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines
covenant with them in Hebron before the encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
LORD; and they anointed David king over 16 And David was then in the hold, and
Israel, according to the word of the LORD the Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth-
by Samuel. lehem.
4 ¶ And David and all Israel went to 17 And David longed, and said, Oh that
Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the one would give me drink of the water of
Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate!
5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to 18 And the three brake through the host of
David, Thou shalt not come hither. the Philistines, and drew water out of the
Nevertheless David took the castle of well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate,
Zion, which is the city of David. and took it, and brought it to David: but
6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the David would not drink of it, but poured it
Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. out to the LORD,
So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, 19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I
and was chief. should do this thing: shall I drink the
7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore blood of these men that have put their
they called it the city of David. lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of
8 And he built the city round about, even their lives they brought it. Therefore he
from Millo round about: and Joab repaired would not drink it. These things did these
the rest of the city. three mightiest.
9 So David waxed greater and greater: for 20 ¶ And Abishai the brother of Joab, he
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was chief of the three: for lifting up his 37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of
spear against three hundred, he slew them, Ezbai,
and had a name among the three. 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the
21 Of the three, he was more honourable son of Haggeri,
than the two; for he was their captain: 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the
howbeit he attained not to the first three. Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the
22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of son of Zeruiah,
a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done 40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
many acts; he slew two lionlike men of 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of
Moab: also he went down and slew a lion Ahlai,
in a pit in a snowy day. 42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a
23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with
great stature, five cubits high; and in the him,
Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a 43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and
weaver’s beam; and he went down to him Joshaphat the Mithnite,
with a staff, and plucked the spear out of 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and
the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
his own spear. 45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his
24 These things did Benaiah the son of brother, the Tizite,
Jehoiada, and had the name among the 46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and
three mighties. Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah
25 Behold, he was honourable among the the Moabite,
thirty, but attained not to the first three: 47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the
and David set him over his guard. Mesobaite.
26 ¶ Also the valiant men of the armies
were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan CHAPTER 12
the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, NOW these are they that came to David to
27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close
Pelonite, because of Saul the son of Kish: and they
28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi- were among the mighty men, helpers of
ezer the Antothite, the war.
29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the 2 They were armed with bows, and could
Ahohite, use both the right hand and the left in
30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the hurling stones and shooting arrows out of
son of Baanah the Netophathite, a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of
31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that Benjamin.
pertained to the children of Benjamin, 3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the
Benaiah the Pirathonite, sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and
32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth;
Arbathite, and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,
33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the 4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty
Shaalbonite, man among the thirty, and over the thirty;
34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan,
Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, and Josabad the Gederathite,
35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, 5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and
Eliphal the son of Ur, Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the 6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and
Pelonite, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
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7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of them not: for the lords of the Philistines
Jeroham of Gedor. upon advisement sent him away, saying,
8 And of the Gadites there separated He will fall to his master Saul to the
themselves unto David into the hold to the jeopardy of our heads.
wilderness men of might, and men of war 20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him
fit for the battle, that could handle shield of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and
and buckler, whose faces were like the Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and
faces of lions, and were as swift as the Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the
roes upon the mountains; thousands that were of Manasseh.
9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab 21 And they helped David against the
the third, band of the rovers: for they were all
10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the mighty men of valour, and were captains
fifth, in the host.
11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 22 For at that time day by day there came
12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, to David to help him, until it was a great
13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the host, like the host of God.
eleventh. 23 ¶ And these are the numbers of the
14 These were of the sons of Gad, bands that were ready armed to the war,
captains of the host: one of the least was and came to David to Hebron, to turn the
over an hundred, and the greatest over a kingdom of Saul to him, according to the
thousand. word of the LORD.
15 These are they that went over Jordan in 24 The children of Judah that bare shield
the first month, when it had overflown all and spear were six thousand and eight
his banks; and they put to flight all them hundred, ready armed to the war.
of the valleys, both toward the east, and 25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men
toward the west. of valour for the war, seven thousand and
16 And there came of the children of one hundred.
Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto 26 Of the children of Levi four thousand
David. and six hundred.
17 And David went out to meet them, and 27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the
answered and said unto them, If ye be Aaronites, and with him were three
come peaceably unto me to help me, mine thousand and seven hundred;
heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be 28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of
come to betray me to mine enemies, valour, and of his father’s house twenty
seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, and two captains.
the God of our fathers look thereon, and 29 And of the children of Benjamin, the
rebuke it. kindred of Saul, three thousand: for
18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, hitherto the greatest part of them had kept
who was chief of the captains, and he the ward of the house of Saul.
said, Thine are we, David, and on thy 30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty
side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be thousand and eight hundred, mighty men
unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; of valour, famous throughout the house of
for thy God helpeth thee. Then David their fathers.
received them, and made them captains of 31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh
the band. eighteen thousand, which were expressed
19 And there fell some of Manasseh to by name, to come and make David king.
David, when he came with the Philistines 32 And of the children of Issachar, which
against Saul to battle: but they helped were men that had understanding of the
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times, to know what Israel ought to do; the suburbs, that they may gather themselves
heads of them were two hundred; and all unto us:
their brethren were at their commandment. 3 And let us bring again the ark of our
33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to God to us: for we inquired not at it in the
battle, expert in war, with all instruments days of Saul.
of war, fifty thousand, which could keep 4 And all the congregation said that they
rank: they were not of double heart. would do so: for the thing was right in the
34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, eyes of all the people.
and with them with shield and spear thirty 5 So David gathered all Israel together,
and seven thousand. from Shihor of Egypt even unto the
35 And of the Danites expert in war entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of
twenty and eight thousand and six God from Kirjath-jearim.
hundred. 6 And David went up, and all Israel, to
36 And of Asher, such as went forth to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which
battle, expert in war, forty thousand. belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the
37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the between the cherubims, whose name is
half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of called on it.
instruments of war for the battle, an 7 And they carried the ark of God in a
hundred and twenty thousand. new cart out of the house of Abinadab:
38 All these men of war, that could keep and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, 8 And David and all Israel played before
to make David king over all Israel: and all God with all their might, and with singing,
the rest also of Israel were of one heart to and with harps, and with psalteries, and
make David king. with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with
39 And there they were with David three trumpets.
days, eating and drinking: for their 9 ¶ And when they came unto the
brethren had prepared for them. threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth
40 Moreover they that were nigh them, his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen
even unto Issachar and Zebulun and stumbled.
Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on 10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled
camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and against Uzza, and he smote him, because
meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of he put his hand to the ark: and there he
raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and died before God.
sheep abundantly: for there was joy in 11 And David was displeased, because the
Israel. LORD had made a breach upon Uzza:
wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza
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AND David consulted with the captains of 12 And David was afraid of God that day,
thousands and hundreds, and with every saying, How shall I bring the ark of God
leader. home to me?
2 And David said unto all the 13 So David brought not the ark home to
congregation of Israel, If it seem good himself to the city of David, but carried it
unto you, and that it be of the LORD our aside into the house of Obed-edom the
God, let us send abroad unto our brethren Gittite.
every where, that are left in all the land of 14 And the ark of God remained with the
Israel, and with them also to the priests family of Obed-edom in his house three
and Levites which are in their cities and months. And the LORD blessed the house
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ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did
of Israel unto the place that I have blow with the trumpets before the ark of
prepared for it. God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were
13 For because ye did it not at the first, the doorkeepers for the ark.
LORD our God made a breach upon us, for 25 ¶ So David, and the elders of Israel,
that we sought him not after the due order. and the captains over thousands, went to
14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified bring up the ark of the covenant of the
themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD out of the house of Obed-edom with
LORD God of Israel. joy.
15 And the children of the Levites bare 26 And it came to pass, when God helped
the ark of God upon their shoulders with the Levites that bare the ark of the
the staves thereon, as Moses commanded covenant of the LORD, that they offered
according to the word of the LORD. seven bullocks and seven rams.
16 And David spake to the chief of the 27 And David was clothed with a robe of
Levites to appoint their brethren to be the fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the
singers with instruments of musick, ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the
psalteries and harps and cymbals, master of the song with the singers: David
sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. also had upon him an ephod of linen.
17 So the Levites appointed Heman the 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the
son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and
son of Berechiah; and of the sons of with sound of the cornet, and with
Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of trumpets, and with cymbals, making a
Kushaiah; noise with psalteries and harps.
18 And with them their brethren of the 29 ¶ And it came to pass, as the ark of the
second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and covenant of the LORD came to the city of
Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and David, that Michal the daughter of Saul
Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, looking out at a window saw king David
and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and dancing and playing: and she despised
Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the him in her heart.
porters.
19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and CHAPTER 16
Ethan, were appointed to sound with SO they brought the ark of God, and set it
cymbals of brass; in the midst of the tent that David had
20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and pitched for it: and they offered burnt
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with 2 And when David had made an end of
psalteries on Alamoth; offering the burnt offerings and the peace
21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and offerings, he blessed the people in the
Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and name of the LORD.
Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to 3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both
excel. man and woman, to every one a loaf of
22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a
was for song: he instructed about the song, flagon of wine.
because he was skilful. 4 ¶ And he appointed certain of the
23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were Levites to minister before the ark of the
doorkeepers for the ark. LORD, and to record, and to thank and
24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and praise the LORD God of Israel:
Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him
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Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and 24 Declare his glory among the heathen;
Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and his marvellous works among all nations.
Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with 25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be
psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made praised: he also is to be feared above all
a sound with cymbals; gods.
6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests 26 For all the gods of the people are idols:
with trumpets continually before the ark but the LORD made the heavens.
of the covenant of God. 27 Glory and honour are in his presence;
7 ¶ Then on that day David delivered first strength and gladness are in his place.
this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand 28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the
of Asaph and his brethren. people, give unto the LORD glory and
8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon strength.
his name, make known his deeds among 29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto
the people. his name: bring an offering, and come
9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, before him: worship the LORD in the
talk ye of all his wondrous works. beauty of holiness.
10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart 30 Fear before him, all the earth: the
of them rejoice that seek the LORD. world also shall be stable, that it be not
11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek moved.
his face continually. 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the
12 Remember his marvellous works that earth rejoice: and let men say among the
he hath done, his wonders, and the nations, The LORD reigneth.
judgments of his mouth; 32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness
13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is
children of Jacob, his chosen ones. therein.
14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing
are in all the earth. out at the presence of the LORD, because
15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; he cometh to judge the earth.
the word which he commanded to a 34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is
thousand generations; good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
16 Even of the covenant which he made 35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our
with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; salvation, and gather us together, and
17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob deliver us from the heathen, that we may
for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in
covenant, thy praise.
18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land 36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for
of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; ever and ever. And all the people said,
19 When ye were but few, even a few, and Amen, and praised the LORD.
strangers in it. 37 ¶ So he left there before the ark of the
20 And when they went from nation to covenant of the LORD Asaph and his
nation, and from one kingdom to another brethren, to minister before the ark
people; continually, as every day’s work required:
21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: 38 And Obed-edom with their brethren,
yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the
22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
do my prophets no harm. 39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren
23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew the priests, before the tabernacle of the
forth from day to day his salvation. LORD in the high place that was at
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according to thine own heart, hast thou 4 And David took from him a thousand
done all this greatness, in making known chariots, and seven thousand horsemen,
all these great things. and twenty thousand footmen: David also
20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither houghed all the chariot horses, but
is there any God beside thee, according to reserved of them an hundred chariots.
all that we have heard with our ears. 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus
21 And what one nation in the earth is like came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah,
thy people Israel, whom God went to David slew of the Syrians two and twenty
redeem to be his own people, to make thee thousand men.
a name of greatness and terribleness, by 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria-
driving out nations from before thy damascus; and the Syrians became
people, whom thou hast redeemed out of David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus
Egypt? the LORD preserved David whithersoever
22 For thy people Israel didst thou make he went.
thine own people for ever; and thou, 7 And David took the shields of gold that
LORD, becamest their God. were on the servants of Hadarezer, and
23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that brought them to Jerusalem.
thou hast spoken concerning thy servant 8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun,
and concerning his house be established cities of Hadarezer, brought David very
for ever, and do as thou hast said. much brass, wherewith Solomon made the
24 Let it even be established, that thy brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels
name may be magnified for ever, saying, of brass.
The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, 9 ¶ Now when Tou king of Hamath heard
even a God to Israel: and let the house of how David had smitten all the host of
David thy servant be established before Hadarezer king of Zobah;
thee. 10 He sent Hadoram his son to king
25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy David, to inquire of his welfare, and to
servant that thou wilt build him an house: congratulate him, because he had fought
therefore thy servant hath found in his against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for
heart to pray before thee. Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with
26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast him all manner of vessels of gold and
promised this goodness unto thy servant: silver and brass.
27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless 11 ¶ Them also king David dedicated unto
the house of thy servant, that it may be the LORD, with the silver and the gold that
before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O he brought from all these nations; from
LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever. Edom, and from Moab, and from the
children of Ammon, and from the
CHAPTER 18 Philistines, and from Amalek.
NOW after this it came to pass, that David 12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah
smote the Philistines, and subdued them, slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt
and took Gath and her towns out of the eighteen thousand.
hand of the Philistines. 13 ¶ And he put garrisons in Edom; and
2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites all the Edomites became David’s servants.
became David’s servants, and brought Thus the LORD preserved David
gifts. whithersoever he went.
3 ¶ And David smote Hadarezer king of 14 ¶ So David reigned over all Israel, and
Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish executed judgment and justice among all
his dominion by the river Euphrates. his people.
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15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over people; who came and pitched before
the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Medeba. And the children of Ammon
Ahilud, recorder. gathered themselves together from their
16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and cities, and came to battle.
Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the 8 And when David heard of it, he sent
priests; and Shavsha was scribe; Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was 9 And the children of Ammon came out,
over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and put the battle in array before the gate
and the sons of David were chief about the of the city: and the kings that were come
king. were by themselves in the field.
10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was
CHAPTER 19 set against him before and behind, he
NOW it came to pass after this, that chose out of all the choice of Israel, and
Nahash the king of the children of put them in array against the Syrians.
Ammon died, and his son reigned in his 11 And the rest of the people he delivered
stead. unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and
2 And David said, I will shew kindness they set themselves in array against the
unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because children of Ammon.
his father shewed kindness to me. And 12 And he said, If the Syrians be too
David sent messengers to comfort him strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but
concerning his father. So the servants of if the children of Ammon be too strong for
David came into the land of the children thee, then I will help thee.
of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. 13 Be of good courage, and let us behave
3 But the princes of the children of ourselves valiantly for our people, and for
Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that the cities of our God: and let the LORD do
David doth honour thy father, that he hath that which is good in his sight.
sent comforters unto thee? are not his 14 So Joab and the people that were with
servants come unto thee for to search, and him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the
to overthrow, and to spy out the land? battle; and they fled before him.
4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s 15 And when the children of Ammon saw
servants, and shaved them, and cut off that the Syrians were fled, they likewise
their garments in the midst hard by their fled before Abishai his brother, and
buttocks, and sent them away. entered into the city. Then Joab came to
5 Then there went certain, and told David Jerusalem.
how the men were served. And he sent to 16 ¶ And when the Syrians saw that they
meet them: for the men were greatly were put to the worse before Israel, they
ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at sent messengers, and drew forth the
Jericho until your beards be grown, and Syrians that were beyond the river: and
then return. Shophach the captain of the host of
6 ¶ And when the children of Ammon saw Hadarezer went before them.
that they had made themselves odious to 17 And it was told David; and he gathered
David, Hanun and the children of Ammon all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and
sent a thousand talents of silver to hire came upon them, and set the battle in
them chariots and horsemen out of array against them. So when David had
Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, put the battle in array against the Syrians,
and out of Zobah. they fought with him.
7 So they hired thirty and two thousand 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and
chariots, and the king of Maachah and his David slew of the Syrians seven thousand
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men which fought in chariots, and forty son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.
thousand footmen, and killed Shophach 8 These were born unto the giant in Gath;
the captain of the host. and they fell by the hand of David, and by
19 And when the servants of Hadarezer the hand of his servants.
saw that they were put to the worse before
Israel, they made peace with David, and CHAPTER 21
became his servants: neither would the AND Satan stood up against Israel, and
Syrians help the children of Ammon any provoked David to number Israel.
more. 2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers
of the people, Go, number Israel from
CHAPTER 20 Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the
AND it came to pass, that after the year number of them to me, that I may know it.
was expired, at the time that kings go out 3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his
to battle, Joab led forth the power of the people an hundred times so many more as
army, and wasted the country of the they be: but, my lord the king, are they
children of Ammon, and came and not all my lord’s servants? why then doth
besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at my lord require this thing? why will he be
Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and a cause of trespass to Israel?
destroyed it. 4 Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed
2 And David took the crown of their king against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed,
from off his head, and found it to weigh a and went throughout all Israel, and came
talent of gold, and there were precious to Jerusalem.
stones in it; and it was set upon David’s 5 ¶ And Joab gave the sum of the number
head: and he brought also exceeding much of the people unto David. And all they of
spoil out of the city. Israel were a thousand thousand and an
3 And he brought out the people that were hundred thousand men that drew sword:
in it, and cut them with saws, and with and Judah was four hundred threescore
harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so and ten thousand men that drew sword.
dealt David with all the cities of the 6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not
children of Ammon. And David and all among them: for the king’s word was
the people returned to Jerusalem. abominable to Joab.
4 ¶ And it came to pass after this, that 7 And God was displeased with this thing;
there arose war at Gezer with the therefore he smote Israel.
Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the 8 And David said unto God, I have sinned
Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the greatly, because I have done this thing:
children of the giant: and they were but now, I beseech thee, do away the
subdued. iniquity of thy servant; for I have done
5 And there was war again with the very foolishly.
Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair 9 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Gad,
slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the David’s seer, saying,
Gittite, whose spear staff was like a 10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith
weaver’s beam. the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose
6 And yet again there was war at Gath, thee one of them, that I may do it unto
where was a man of great stature, whose thee.
fingers and toes were four and twenty, six 11 So Gad came to David, and said unto
on each hand, and six on each foot: and him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
he also was the son of the giant. 12 Either three years’ famine; or three
7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the months to be destroyed before thy foes,
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while that the sword of thine enemies themselves. Now Ornan was threshing
overtaketh thee; or else three days the wheat.
sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in 21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan
the land, and the angel of the LORD looked and saw David, and went out of the
destroying throughout all the coasts of threshingfloor, and bowed himself to
Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what David with his face to the ground.
word I shall bring again to him that sent 22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me
me. the place of this threshingfloor, that I may
13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou
great strait: let me fall now into the hand shalt grant it me for the full price: that the
of the LORD; for very great are his plague may be stayed from the people.
mercies: but let me not fall into the hand 23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to
of man. thee, and let my lord the king do that
14 ¶ So the LORD sent pestilence upon which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee
Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the
thousand men. threshing instruments for wood, and the
15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the 24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay;
LORD beheld, and he repented him of the but I will verily buy it for the full price:
evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, for I will not take that which is thine for
It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings
angel of the LORD stood by the without cost.
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 25 So David gave to Ornan for the place
16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
the angel of the LORD stand between the 26 And David built there an altar unto the
earth and the heaven, having a drawn LORD, and offered burnt offerings and
sword in his hand stretched out over peace offerings, and called upon the
Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of LORD; and he answered him from heaven
Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
upon their faces. 27 And the LORD commanded the angel;
17 And David said unto God, Is it not I and he put up his sword again into the
that commanded the people to be sheath thereof.
numbered? even I it is that have sinned 28 ¶ At that time when David saw that the
and done evil indeed; but as for these LORD had answered him in the
sheep, what have they done? let thine threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then
hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on he sacrificed there.
me, and on my father’s house; but not on 29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which
thy people, that they should be plagued. Moses made in the wilderness, and the
18 ¶ Then the angel of the LORD altar of the burnt offering, were at that
commanded Gad to say to David, that season in the high place at Gibeon.
David should go up, and set up an altar 30 But David could not go before it to
unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of inquire of God: for he was afraid because
Ornan the Jebusite. of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
19 And David went up at the saying of
Gad, which he spake in the name of the CHAPTER 22
LORD. THEN David said, This is the house of the
20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the LORD God, and this is the altar of the
angel; and his four sons with him hid burnt offering for Israel.
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2 And David commanded to gather 13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest
together the strangers that were in the land heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments
of Israel; and he set masons to hew which the LORD charged Moses with
wrought stones to build the house of God. concerning Israel: be strong, and of good
3 And David prepared iron in abundance courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
for the nails for the doors of the gates, and 14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have
for the joinings; and brass in abundance prepared for the house of the LORD an
without weight; hundred thousand talents of gold, and a
4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the thousand thousand talents of silver; and of
Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much brass and iron without weight; for it is in
cedar wood to David. abundance: timber also and stone have I
5 And David said, Solomon my son is prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
young and tender, and the house that is to 15 Moreover there are workmen with thee
be builded for the LORD must be in abundance, hewers and workers of
exceeding magnifical, of fame and of stone and timber, and all manner of
glory throughout all countries: I will cunning men for every manner of work.
therefore now make preparation for it. So 16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass,
David prepared abundantly before his and the iron, there is no number. Arise
death. therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be
6 ¶ Then he called for Solomon his son, with thee.
and charged him to build an house for the 17 ¶ David also commanded all the
LORD God of Israel. princes of Israel to help Solomon his son,
7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as saying,
for me, it was in my mind to build an 18 Is not the LORD your God with you?
house unto the name of the LORD my God: and hath he not given you rest on every
8 But the word of the LORD came to me, side? for he hath given the inhabitants of
saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, the land into mine hand; and the land is
and hast made great wars: thou shalt not subdued before the LORD, and before his
build an house unto my name, because people.
thou hast shed much blood upon the earth 19 Now set your heart and your soul to
in my sight. seek the LORD your God; arise therefore,
9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD
shall be a man of rest; and I will give him God, to bring the ark of the covenant of
rest from all his enemies round about: for the LORD, and the holy vessels of God,
his name shall be Solomon, and I will give into the house that is to be built to the
peace and quietness unto Israel in his name of the LORD.
days.
10 He shall build an house for my name; CHAPTER 23
and he shall be my son, and I will be his SO when David was old and full of days,
father; and I will establish the throne of he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
his kingdom over Israel for ever. 2 ¶ And he gathered together all the
11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; princes of Israel, with the priests and the
and prosper thou, and build the house of Levites.
the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. 3 Now the Levites were numbered from
12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and the age of thirty years and upward: and
understanding, and give thee charge their number by their polls, man by man,
concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep was thirty and eight thousand.
the law of the LORD thy God. 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand
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were to set forward the work of the house and Jekameam the fourth.
of the LORD; and six thousand were 20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first,
officers and judges: and Jesiah the second.
5 Moreover four thousand were porters; 21 ¶ The sons of Merari; Mahli, and
and four thousand praised the LORD with Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and
the instruments which I made, said David, Kish.
to praise therewith. 22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but
6 And David divided them into courses daughters: and their brethren the sons of
among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kish took them.
Kohath, and Merari. 23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder,
7 ¶ Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and and Jeremoth, three.
Shimei. 24 ¶ These were the sons of Levi after the
8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was house of their fathers; even the chief of the
Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. fathers, as they were counted by number
9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and of names by their polls, that did the work
Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the for the service of the house of the LORD,
chief of the fathers of Laadan. from the age of twenty years and upward.
10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, 25 For David said, The LORD God of
Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four Israel hath given rest unto his people, that
were the sons of Shimei. they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah 26 And also unto the Levites; they shall
the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not no more carry the tabernacle, nor any
many sons; therefore they were in one vessels of it for the service thereof.
reckoning, according to their father’s 27 For by the last words of David the
house. Levites were numbered from twenty years
12 ¶ The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, old and above:
Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 28 Because their office was to wait on the
13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: sons of Aaron for the service of the house
and Aaron was separated, that he should of the LORD, in the courts, and in the
sanctify the most holy things, he and his chambers, and in the purifying of all holy
sons for ever, to burn incense before the things, and the work of the service of the
LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless house of God;
in his name for ever. 29 Both for the shewbread, and for the
14 Now concerning Moses the man of fine flour for meat offering, and for the
God, his sons were named of the tribe of unleavened cakes, and for that which is
Levi. baked in the pan, and for that which is
15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and fried, and for all manner of measure and
Eliezer. size;
16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was 30 And to stand every morning to thank
the chief. and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah 31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto
the chief. And Eliezer had none other the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new
sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very moons, and on the set feasts, by number,
many. according to the order commanded unto
18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the them, continually before the LORD:
chief. 32 And that they should keep the charge
19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, of the tabernacle of the congregation, and
Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, the charge of the holy place, and the
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younger brethren. 11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
CHAPTER 25 12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons,
MOREOVER David and the captains of and his brethren, were twelve:
the host separated to the service of the 13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and
sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of his brethren, were twelve:
Jeduthun, who should prophesy with 14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons,
harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and his brethren, were twelve:
and the number of the workmen according 15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons,
to their service was: and his brethren, were twelve:
2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and 16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons,
Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the and his brethren, were twelve:
sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, 17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and
which prophesied according to the order his brethren, were twelve:
of the king. 18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons,
3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; and his brethren, were twelve:
Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, 19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons,
Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the and his brethren, were twelve:
hands of their father Jeduthun, who 20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons,
prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and and his brethren, were twelve:
to praise the LORD. 21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his
4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, 22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons,
Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and and his brethren, were twelve:
Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, 23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his
Hothir, and Mahazioth: sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
5 All these were the sons of Heman the 24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he,
king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
the horn. And God gave to Heman 25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons,
fourteen sons and three daughters. and his brethren, were twelve:
6 All these were under the hands of their 26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his
father for song in the house of the LORD, sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the 27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons,
service of the house of God, according to and his brethren, were twelve:
the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and 28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he,
Heman. his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
7 So the number of them, with their 29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he,
brethren that were instructed in the songs his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
of the LORD, even all that were cunning, 30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth,
was two hundred fourscore and eight. he, his sons, and his brethren, were
8 ¶ And they cast lots, ward against ward, twelve:
as well the small as the great, the teacher 31 The four and twentieth to Romamti-
as the scholar. ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to twelve.
Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with
his brethren and sons were twelve: CHAPTER 26
10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and CONCERNING the divisions of the
his brethren, were twelve: porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah
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the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth,
2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, by the causeway of the going up, ward
Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the against ward.
second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the 17 Eastward were six Levites, northward
fourth, four a day, southward four a day, and
3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, toward Asuppim two and two.
Elioenai the seventh. 18 At Parbar westward, four at the
4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, causeway, and two at Parbar.
Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the 19 These are the divisions of the porters
second, Joah the third, and Sacar the among the sons of Kore, and among the
fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, sons of Merari.
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, 20 ¶ And of the Levites, Ahijah was over
Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. the treasures of the house of God, and
6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons over the treasures of the dedicated things.
born, that ruled throughout the house of 21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the
their father: for they were mighty men of sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief
valour. fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite,
7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and were Jehieli.
Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose 22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel
brethren were strong men, Elihu, and his brother, which were over the treasures
Semachiah. of the house of the LORD.
8 All these of the sons of Obed-edom: 23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites,
they and their sons and their brethren, able the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
men for strength for the service, were 24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the
threescore and two of Obed-edom. son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.
9 And Meshelemiah had sons and 25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah
brethren, strong men, eighteen. his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram
10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith
had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he his son.
was not the firstborn, yet his father made 26 Which Shelomith and his brethren
him the chief;) were over all the treasures of the dedicated
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, things, which David the king, and the
Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and chief fathers, the captains over thousands
brethren of Hosah were thirteen. and hundreds, and the captains of the host,
12 Among these were the divisions of the had dedicated.
porters, even among the chief men, having 27 Out of the spoils won in battles did
wards one against another, to minister in they dedicate to maintain the house of the
the house of the LORD. LORD.
13 ¶ And they cast lots, as well the small 28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul
as the great, according to the house of the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner,
their fathers, for every gate. and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had
14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated
Then for Zechariah his son, a wise any thing, it was under the hand of
counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came Shelomith, and of his brethren.
out northward. 29 ¶ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his
15 To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons were for the outward business over
sons the house of Asuppim. Israel, for officers and judges.
16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came 30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and
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his brethren, men of valour, a thousand Zebadiah his son after him: and in his
and seven hundred, were officers among course were twenty and four thousand.
them of Israel on this side Jordan 8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was
westward in all the business of the LORD, Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course
and in the service of the king. were twenty and four thousand.
31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the 9 The sixth captain for the sixth month
chief, even among the Hebronites, was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and
according to the generations of his fathers. in his course were twenty and four
In the fortieth year of the reign of David thousand.
they were sought for, and there were 10 The seventh captain for the seventh
found among them mighty men of valour month was Helez the Pelonite, of the
at Jazer of Gilead. children of Ephraim: and in his course
32 And his brethren, men of valour, were were twenty and four thousand.
two thousand and seven hundred chief 11 The eighth captain for the eighth
fathers, whom king David made rulers month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the
over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty
half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter and four thousand.
pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. 12 The ninth captain for the ninth month
was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the
CHAPTER 27 Benjamites: and in his course were twenty
NOW the children of Israel after their and four thousand.
number, to wit, the chief fathers and 13 The tenth captain for the tenth month
captains of thousands and hundreds, and was Maharai the Netophathite, of the
their officers that served the king in any Zarhites: and in his course were twenty
matter of the courses, which came in and and four thousand.
went out month by month throughout all 14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh
the months of the year, of every course month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the
were twenty and four thousand. children of Ephraim: and in his course
2 Over the first course for the first month were twenty and four thousand.
was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in 15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth
his course were twenty and four thousand. month was Heldai the Netophathite, of
3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and
all the captains of the host for the first four thousand.
month. 16 ¶ Furthermore over the tribes of Israel:
4 And over the course of the second the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the
month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his son of Zichri: of the Simeonites,
course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his Shephatiah the son of Maachah:
course likewise were twenty and four 17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of
thousand. Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
5 The third captain of the host for the third 18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of
month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a David: of Issachar, Omri the son of
chief priest: and in his course were twenty Michael:
and four thousand. 19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of
6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of
among the thirty, and above the thirty: and Azriel:
in his course was Ammizabad his son. 20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the
7 The fourth captain for the fourth month son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of
was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
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audience of our God, keep and seek for all 17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and
the commandments of the LORD your the bowls, and the cups: and for the
God: that ye may possess this good land, golden basons he gave gold by weight for
and leave it for an inheritance for your every bason; and likewise silver by weight
children after you for ever. for every bason of silver:
9 ¶ And thou, Solomon my son, know 18 And for the altar of incense refined
thou the God of thy father, and serve him gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of
with a perfect heart and with a willing the chariot of the cherubims, that spread
mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, out their wings, and covered the ark of the
and understandeth all the imaginations of covenant of the LORD.
the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be 19 All this, said David, the LORD made
found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he me understand in writing by his hand upon
will cast thee off for ever. me, even all the works of this pattern.
10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath 20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be
chosen thee to build an house for the strong and of good courage, and do it: fear
sanctuary: be strong, and do it. not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God,
11 ¶ Then David gave to Solomon his son even my God, will be with thee; he will
the pattern of the porch, and of the houses not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou
thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and hast finished all the work for the service
of the upper chambers thereof, and of the of the house of the LORD.
inner parlours thereof, and of the place of 21 And, behold, the courses of the priests
the mercy seat, and the Levites, even they shall be with
12 And the pattern of all that he had by thee for all the service of the house of
the spirit, of the courts of the house of the God: and there shall be with thee for all
LORD, and of all the chambers round manner of workmanship every willing
about, of the treasuries of the house of skilful man, for any manner of service:
God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated also the princes and all the people will be
things: wholly at thy commandment.
13 Also for the courses of the priests and
the Levites, and for all the work of the CHAPTER 29
service of the house of the LORD, and for FURTHERMORE David the king said
all the vessels of service in the house of unto all the congregation, Solomon my
the LORD. son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet
14 He gave of gold by weight for things of young and tender, and the work is great:
gold, for all instruments of all manner of for the palace is not for man, but for the
service; silver also for all instruments of LORD God.
silver by weight, for all instruments of 2 Now I have prepared with all my might
every kind of service: for the house of my God the gold for
15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of things to be made of gold, and the silver
gold, and for their lamps of gold, by for things of silver, and the brass for
weight for every candlestick, and for the things of brass, the iron for things of iron,
lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of and wood for things of wood; onyx stones,
silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and
and also for the lamps thereof, according of divers colours, and all manner of
to the use of every candlestick. precious stones, and marble stones in
16 And by weight he gave gold for the abundance.
tables of shewbread, for every table; and 3 Moreover, because I have set my
likewise silver for the tables of silver: affection to the house of my God, I have
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cedars to build him an house to dwell for the LORD, and an house for his
therein, even so deal with me. kingdom.
4 Behold, I build an house to the name of 13 And now I have sent a cunning man,
the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, endued with understanding, of Huram my
and to burn before him sweet incense, and father’s,
for the continual shewbread, and for the 14 The son of a woman of the daughters
burnt offerings morning and evening, on of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre,
the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in
on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in
This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in
5 And the house which I build is great: for crimson; also to grave any manner of
great is our God above all gods. graving, and to find out every device
6 But who is able to build him an house, which shall be put to him, with thy
seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cunning men, and with the cunning men
cannot contain him? who am I then, that I of my lord David thy father.
should build him an house, save only to 15 Now therefore the wheat, and the
burn sacrifice before him? barley, the oil, and the wine, which my
7 Send me now therefore a man cunning lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his
to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, servants:
and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, 16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon,
and blue, and that can skill to grave with as much as thou shalt need: and we will
the cunning men that are with me in Judah bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa;
and in Jerusalem, whom David my father and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
did provide. 17 ¶ And Solomon numbered all the
8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and strangers that were in the land of Israel,
algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know after the numbering wherewith David his
that thy servants can skill to cut timber in father had numbered them; and they were
Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall found an hundred and fifty thousand and
be with thy servants, three thousand and six hundred.
9 Even to prepare me timber in 18 And he set threescore and ten thousand
abundance: for the house which I am of them to be bearers of burdens, and
about to build shall be wonderful great. fourscore thousand to be hewers in the
10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, mountain, and three thousand and six
the hewers that cut timber, twenty hundred overseers to set the people a
thousand measures of beaten wheat, and work.
twenty thousand measures of barley, and
twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty CHAPTER 3
thousand baths of oil. THEN Solomon began to build the house
11 ¶ Then Huram the king of Tyre of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount
answered in writing, which he sent to Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto
Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved David his father, in the place that David
his people, he hath made thee king over had prepared in the threshingfloor of
them. Ornan the Jebusite.
12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the 2 And he began to build in the second day
LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and of the second month, in the fourth year of
earth, who hath given to David the king a his reign.
wise son, endued with prudence and 3 ¶ Now these are the things wherein
understanding, that might build an house Solomon was instructed for the building
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of the house of God. The length by cubits 15 Also he made before the house two
after the first measure was threescore pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and
cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. the chapiter that was on the top of each of
4 And the porch that was in the front of them was five cubits.
the house, the length of it was according to 16 And he made chains, as in the oracle,
the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and put them on the heads of the pillars;
and the height was an hundred and twenty: and made an hundred pomegranates, and
and he overlaid it within with pure gold. put them on the chains.
5 And the greater house he cieled with fir 17 And he reared up the pillars before the
tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and temple, one on the right hand, and the
set thereon palm trees and chains. other on the left; and called the name of
6 And he garnished the house with that on the right hand Jachin, and the
precious stones for beauty: and the gold name of that on the left Boaz.
was gold of Parvaim.
7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, CHAPTER 4
the posts, and the walls thereof, and the MOREOVER he made an altar of brass,
doors thereof, with gold; and graved twenty cubits the length thereof, and
cherubims on the walls. twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten
8 And he made the most holy house, the cubits the height thereof.
length whereof was according to the 2 ¶ Also he made a molten sea of ten
breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and cubits from brim to brim, round in
the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he compass, and five cubits the height
overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did
six hundred talents. compass it round about.
9 And the weight of the nails was fifty 3 And under it was the similitude of oxen,
shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper which did compass it round about: ten in a
chambers with gold. cubit, compassing the sea round about.
10 And in the most holy house he made Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was
two cherubims of image work, and cast.
overlaid them with gold. 4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking
11 ¶ And the wings of the cherubims were toward the north, and three looking toward
twenty cubits long: one wing of the one the west, and three looking toward the
cherub was five cubits, reaching to the south, and three looking toward the east:
wall of the house: and the other wing was and the sea was set above upon them, and
likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing all their hinder parts were inward.
of the other cherub. 5 And the thickness of it was an
12 And one wing of the other cherub was handbreadth, and the brim of it like the
five cubits, reaching to the wall of the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of
house: and the other wing was five cubits lilies; and it received and held three
also, joining to the wing of the other thousand baths.
cherub. 6 ¶ He made also ten lavers, and put five
13 The wings of these cherubims spread on the right hand, and five on the left, to
themselves forth twenty cubits: and they wash in them: such things as they offered
stood on their feet, and their faces were for the burnt offering they washed in
inward. them; but the sea was for the priests to
14 ¶ And he made the vail of blue, and wash in.
purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and 7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold
wrought cherubims thereon. according to their form, and set them in
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the temple, five on the right hand, and five the tongs, made he of gold, and that
on the left. perfect gold;
8 He made also ten tables, and placed 22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and
them in the temple, five on the right side, the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold:
and five on the left. And he made an and the entry of the house, the inner doors
hundred basons of gold. thereof for the most holy place, and the
9 ¶ Furthermore he made the court of the doors of the house of the temple, were of
priests, and the great court, and doors for gold.
the court, and overlaid the doors of them
with brass. CHAPTER 5
10 And he set the sea on the right side of THUS all the work that Solomon made for
the east end, over against the south. the house of the LORD was finished: and
11 And Huram made the pots, and the Solomon brought in all the things that
shovels, and the basons. And Huram David his father had dedicated; and the
finished the work that he was to make for silver, and the gold, and all the
king Solomon for the house of God; instruments, put he among the treasures of
12 To wit, the two pillars, and the the house of God.
pommels, and the chapiters which were on 2 ¶ Then Solomon assembled the elders of
the top of the two pillars, and the two Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the
wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chief of the fathers of the children of
chapiters which were on the top of the Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark
pillars; of the covenant of the LORD out of the city
13 And four hundred pomegranates on the of David, which is Zion.
two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel
on each wreath, to cover the two pommels assembled themselves unto the king in the
of the chapiters which were upon the feast which was in the seventh month.
pillars. 4 And all the elders of Israel came; and
14 He made also bases, and lavers made the Levites took up the ark.
he upon the bases; 5 And they brought up the ark, and the
15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it. tabernacle of the congregation, and all the
16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle,
fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did these did the priests and the Levites bring
Huram his father make to king Solomon up.
for the house of the LORD of bright brass. 6 Also king Solomon, and all the
17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast congregation of Israel that were assembled
them, in the clay ground between Succoth unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep
and Zeredathah. and oxen, which could not be told nor
18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels numbered for multitude.
in great abundance: for the weight of the 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the
brass could not be found out. covenant of the LORD unto his place, to
19 ¶ And Solomon made all the vessels the oracle of the house, into the most holy
that were for the house of God, the golden place, even under the wings of the
altar also, and the tables whereon the cherubims:
shewbread was set; 8 For the cherubims spread forth their
20 Moreover the candlesticks with their wings over the place of the ark, and the
lamps, that they should burn after the cherubims covered the ark and the staves
manner before the oracle, of pure gold; thereof above.
21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and 9 And they drew out the staves of the ark,
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that the ends of the staves were seen from that which he spake with his mouth to my
the ark before the oracle; but they were father David, saying,
not seen without. And there it is unto this 5 Since the day that I brought forth my
day. people out of the land of Egypt I chose no
10 There was nothing in the ark save the city among all the tribes of Israel to build
two tables which Moses put therein at an house in, that my name might be there;
Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant neither chose I any man to be a ruler over
with the children of Israel, when they my people Israel:
came out of Egypt. 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my
11 ¶ And it came to pass, when the priests name might be there; and have chosen
were come out of the holy place: (for all David to be over my people Israel.
the priests that were present were 7 Now it was in the heart of David my
sanctified, and did not then wait by father to build an house for the name of
course: the LORD God of Israel.
12 Also the Levites which were the 8 But the LORD said to David my father,
singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build
of Jeduthun, with their sons and their an house for my name, thou didst well in
brethren, being arrayed in white linen, that it was in thine heart:
having cymbals and psalteries and harps, 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the
stood at the east end of the altar, and with house; but thy son which shall come forth
them an hundred and twenty priests out of thy loins, he shall build the house
sounding with trumpets:) for my name.
13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters 10 The LORD therefore hath performed his
and singers were as one, to make one word that he hath spoken: for I am risen
sound to be heard in praising and thanking up in the room of David my father, and
the LORD; and when they lifted up their am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD
voice with the trumpets and cymbals and promised, and have built the house for the
instruments of musick, and praised the name of the LORD God of Israel.
LORD, saying, For he is good; for his 11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is
mercy endureth for ever: that then the the covenant of the LORD, that he made
house was filled with a cloud, even the with the children of Israel.
house of the LORD; 12 ¶ And he stood before the altar of the
14 So that the priests could not stand to LORD in the presence of all the
minister by reason of the cloud: for the congregation of Israel, and spread forth
glory of the LORD had filled the house of his hands:
God. 13 For Solomon had made a brasen
scaffold, of five cubits long, and five
CHAPTER 6 cubits broad, and three cubits high, and
THEN said Solomon, The LORD hath said had set it in the midst of the court: and
that he would dwell in the thick darkness. upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon
2 But I have built an house of habitation his knees before all the congregation of
for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for Israel, and spread forth his hands toward
ever. heaven,
3 And the king turned his face, and 14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there
blessed the whole congregation of Israel: is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in
and all the congregation of Israel stood. the earth; which keepest covenant, and
4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk
of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled before thee with all their hearts:
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15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant worse before the enemy, because they
David my father that which thou hast have sinned against thee; and shall return
promised him; and spakest with thy and confess thy name, and pray and make
mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine supplication before thee in this house;
hand, as it is this day. 25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and
16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and
keep with thy servant David my father that bring them again unto the land which thou
which thou hast promised him, saying, gavest to them and to their fathers.
There shall not fail thee a man in my sight 26 ¶ When the heaven is shut up, and
to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that there is no rain, because they have sinned
thy children take heed to their way to walk against thee; yet if they pray toward this
in my law, as thou hast walked before me. place, and confess thy name, and turn
17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let from their sin, when thou dost afflict
thy word be verified, which thou hast them;
spoken unto thy servant David. 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and
18 But will God in very deed dwell with forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy
men on the earth? behold, heaven and the people Israel, when thou hast taught them
heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; the good way, wherein they should walk;
how much less this house which I have and send rain upon thy land, which thou
built! hast given unto thy people for an
19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of inheritance.
thy servant, and to his supplication, O 28 ¶ If there be dearth in the land, if there
LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry be pestilence, if there be blasting, or
and the prayer which thy servant prayeth mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their
before thee: enemies besiege them in the cities of their
20 That thine eyes may be open upon this land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever
house day and night, upon the place sickness there be:
whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest 29 Then what prayer or what supplication
put thy name there; to hearken unto the soever shall be made of any man, or of all
prayer which thy servant prayeth toward thy people Israel, when every one shall
this place. know his own sore and his own grief, and
21 Hearken therefore unto the shall spread forth his hands in this house:
supplications of thy servant, and of thy 30 Then hear thou from heaven thy
people Israel, which they shall make dwelling place, and forgive, and render
toward this place: hear thou from thy unto every man according unto all his
dwelling place, even from heaven; and ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou
when thou hearest, forgive. only knowest the hearts of the children of
22 ¶ If a man sin against his neighbour, men:)
and an oath be laid upon him to make him 31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy
swear, and the oath come before thine ways, so long as they live in the land
altar in this house; which thou gavest unto our fathers.
23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, 32 ¶ Moreover concerning the stranger,
and judge thy servants, by requiting the which is not of thy people Israel, but is
wicked, by recompensing his way upon come from a far country for thy great
his own head; and by justifying the name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy
righteous, by giving him according to his stretched out arm; if they come and pray
righteousness. in this house;
24 ¶ And if thy people Israel be put to the 33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even
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feast seven days. and this house, which I have sanctified for
10 And on the three and twentieth day of my name, will I cast out of my sight, and
the seventh month he sent the people away will make it to be a proverb and a byword
into their tents, glad and merry in heart for among all nations.
the goodness that the LORD had shewed 21 And this house, which is high, shall be
unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel an astonishment to every one that passeth
his people. by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the
11 Thus Solomon finished the house of LORD done thus unto this land, and unto
the LORD, and the king’s house: and all this house?
that came into Solomon’s heart to make in 22 And it shall be answered, Because they
the house of the LORD, and in his own forsook the LORD God of their fathers,
house, he prosperously effected. which brought them forth out of the land
12 ¶ And the LORD appeared to Solomon of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and
by night, and said unto him, I have heard worshipped them, and served them:
thy prayer, and have chosen this place to therefore hath he brought all this evil upon
myself for an house of sacrifice. them.
13 If I shut up heaven that there be no
rain, or if I command the locusts to devour CHAPTER 8
the land, or if I send pestilence among my AND it came to pass at the end of twenty
people; years, wherein Solomon had built the
14 If my people, which are called by my house of the LORD, and his own house,
name, shall humble themselves, and pray, 2 That the cities which Huram had
and seek my face, and turn from their restored to Solomon, Solomon built them,
wicked ways; then will I hear from and caused the children of Israel to dwell
heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will there.
heal their land. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah,
15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and and prevailed against it.
mine ears attent unto the prayer that is 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness,
made in this place. and all the store cities, which he built in
16 For now have I chosen and sanctified Hamath.
this house, that my name may be there for 5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and
ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with
be there perpetually. walls, gates, and bars;
17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk 6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that
before me, as David thy father walked, Solomon had, and all the chariot cities,
and do according to all that I have and the cities of the horsemen, and all that
commanded thee, and shalt observe my Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem,
statutes and my judgments; and in Lebanon, and throughout all the
18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy land of his dominion.
kingdom, according as I have covenanted 7 ¶ As for all the people that were left of
with David thy father, saying, There shall the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
statutes and my commandments, which I 8 But of their children, who were left after
have set before you, and shall go and them in the land, whom the children of
serve other gods, and worship them; Israel consumed not, them did Solomon
20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots make to pay tribute until this day.
out of my land which I have given them; 9 But of the children of Israel did
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Solomon make no servants for his work; the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and
but they were men of war, and chief of his took thence four hundred and fifty talents
captains, and captains of his chariots and of gold, and brought them to king
horsemen. Solomon.
10 And these were the chief of king
Solomon’s officers, even two hundred and CHAPTER 9
fifty, that bare rule over the people. AND when the queen of Sheba heard of
11 ¶ And Solomon brought up the the fame of Solomon, she came to prove
daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of Solomon with hard questions at
David unto the house that he had built for Jerusalem, with a very great company, and
her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in camels that bare spices, and gold in
the house of David king of Israel, because abundance, and precious stones: and when
the places are holy, whereunto the ark of she was come to Solomon, she communed
the LORD hath come. with him of all that was in her heart.
12 ¶ Then Solomon offered burnt 2 And Solomon told her all her questions:
offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the and there was nothing hid from Solomon
LORD, which he had built before the which he told her not.
porch, 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen
13 Even after a certain rate every day, the wisdom of Solomon, and the house
offering according to the commandment that he had built,
of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new 4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting
moons, and on the solemn feasts, three of his servants, and the attendance of his
times in the year, even in the feast of ministers, and their apparel; his
unleavened bread, and in the feast of cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his
weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. ascent by which he went up into the house
14 ¶ And he appointed, according to the of the LORD; there was no more spirit in
order of David his father, the courses of her.
the priests to their service, and the Levites 5 And she said to the king, It was a true
to their charges, to praise and minister report which I heard in mine own land of
before the priests, as the duty of every day thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
required: the porters also by their courses 6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until
at every gate: for so had David the man of I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and,
God commanded. behold, the one half of the greatness of thy
15 And they departed not from the wisdom was not told me: for thou
commandment of the king unto the priests exceedest the fame that I heard.
and Levites concerning any matter, or 7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these
concerning the treasures. thy servants, which stand continually
16 Now all the work of Solomon was before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
prepared unto the day of the foundation of 8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which
the house of the LORD, and until it was delighted in thee to set thee on his throne,
finished. So the house of the LORD was to be king for the LORD thy God: because
perfected. thy God loved Israel, to establish them for
17 ¶ Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, ever, therefore made he thee king over
and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of them, to do judgment and justice.
Edom. 9 And she gave the king an hundred and
18 And Huram sent him by the hands of twenty talents of gold, and of spices great
his servants ships, and servants that had abundance, and precious stones: neither
knowledge of the sea; and they went with was there any such spice as the queen of
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Sheba gave king Solomon. 21 For the king’s ships went to Tarshish
10 And the servants also of Huram, and with the servants of Huram: every three
the servants of Solomon, which brought years once came the ships of Tarshish
gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes,
precious stones. and peacocks.
11 And the king made of the algum trees 22 And king Solomon passed all the kings
terraces to the house of the LORD, and to of the earth in riches and wisdom.
the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries 23 ¶ And all the kings of the earth sought
for singers: and there were none such seen the presence of Solomon, to hear his
before in the land of Judah. wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
12 And king Solomon gave to the queen 24 And they brought every man his
of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she present, vessels of silver, and vessels of
asked, beside that which she had brought gold, and raiment, harness, and spices,
unto the king. So she turned, and went horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
away to her own land, she and her 25 ¶ And Solomon had four thousand
servants. stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve
13 ¶ Now the weight of gold that came to thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in
Solomon in one year was six hundred and the chariot cities, and with the king at
threescore and six talents of gold; Jerusalem.
14 Beside that which chapmen and 26 ¶ And he reigned over all the kings
merchants brought. And all the kings of from the river even unto the land of the
Arabia and governors of the country Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
brought gold and silver to Solomon. 27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem
15 ¶ And king Solomon made two as stones, and cedar trees made he as the
hundred targets of beaten gold: six sycomore trees that are in the low plains
hundred shekels of beaten gold went to in abundance.
one target. 28 And they brought unto Solomon horses
16 And three hundred shields made he of out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold 29 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Solomon,
went to one shield. And the king put them first and last, are they not written in the
in the house of the forest of Lebanon. book of Nathan the prophet, and in the
17 Moreover the king made a great throne prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in
of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. the visions of Iddo the seer against
18 And there were six steps to the throne, Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
with a footstool of gold, which were 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem
fastened to the throne, and stays on each over all Israel forty years.
side of the sitting place, and two lions 31 And Solomon slept with his fathers,
standing by the stays: and he was buried in the city of David his
19 And twelve lions stood there on the father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in
one side and on the other upon the six his stead.
steps. There was not the like made in any
kingdom. CHAPTER 10
20 ¶ And all the drinking vessels of king AND Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to
Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels Shechem were all Israel come to make
of the house of the forest of Lebanon were him king.
of pure gold: none were of silver; it was 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the
not any thing accounted of in the days of son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither
Solomon. he had fled from the presence of Solomon
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the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel
out of Egypt. of the old men,
3 And they sent and called him. So 14 And answered them after the advice of
Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to the young men, saying, My father made
Rehoboam, saying, your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto:
4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now my father chastised you with whips, but I
therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous will chastise you with scorpions.
servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke 15 So the king hearkened not unto the
that he put upon us, and we will serve people: for the cause was of God, that the
thee. LORD might perform his word, which he
5 And he said unto them, Come again unto spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite
me after three days. And the people to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
departed. 16 ¶ And when all Israel saw that the king
6 ¶ And king Rehoboam took counsel with would not hearken unto them, the people
the old men that had stood before answered the king, saying, What portion
Solomon his father while he yet lived, have we in David? and we have none
saying, What counsel give ye me to return inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man
answer to this people? to your tents, O Israel: and now, David,
7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou see to thine own house. So all Israel went
be kind to this people, and please them, to their tents.
and speak good words to them, they will 17 But as for the children of Israel that
be thy servants for ever. dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam
8 But he forsook the counsel which the reigned over them.
old men gave him, and took counsel with 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram
the young men that were brought up with that was over the tribute; and the children
him, that stood before him. of Israel stoned him with stones, that he
9 And he said unto them, What advice died. But king Rehoboam made speed to
give ye that we may return answer to this get him up to his chariot, to flee to
people, which have spoken to me, saying, Jerusalem.
Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father 19 And Israel rebelled against the house of
did put upon us? David unto this day.
10 And the young men that were brought
up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus CHAPTER 11
shalt thou answer the people that spake AND when Rehoboam was come to
unto thee, saying, Thy father made our Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of
yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat Judah and Benjamin an hundred and
lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto fourscore thousand chosen men, which
them, My little finger shall be thicker than were warriors, to fight against Israel, that
my father’s loins. he might bring the kingdom again to
11 For whereas my father put a heavy Rehoboam.
yoke upon you, I will put more to your 2 But the word of the LORD came to
yoke: my father chastised you with whips, Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
but I will chastise you with scorpions. 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel
to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
bade, saying, Come again to me on the 4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up,
third day. nor fight against your brethren: return
13 And the king answered them roughly; every man to his house: for this thing is
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done of me. And they obeyed the words of daughter of Absalom; which bare him
the LORD, and returned from going against Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and
Jeroboam. Shelomith.
5 ¶ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, 21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the
and built cities for defence in Judah. daughter of Absalom above all his wives
6 He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and his concubines: (for he took eighteen
and Tekoa, wives, and threescore concubines; and
7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, begat twenty and eight sons, and
8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, threescore daughters.)
9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of
10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his
which are in Judah and in Benjamin brethren: for he thought to make him king.
fenced cities. 23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of
11 And he fortified the strong holds, and all his children throughout all the
put captains in them, and store of victual, countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto
and of oil and wine. every fenced city: and he gave them
12 And in every several city he put shields victual in abundance. And he desired
and spears, and made them exceeding many wives.
strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his
side. CHAPTER 12
13 ¶ And the priests and the Levites that AND it came to pass, when Rehoboam
were in all Israel resorted to him out of all had established the kingdom, and had
their coasts. strengthened himself, he forsook the law
14 For the Levites left their suburbs and of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
their possession, and came to Judah and 2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year
Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt
cast them off from executing the priest’s came up against Jerusalem, because they
office unto the LORD: had transgressed against the LORD,
15 And he ordained him priests for the 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and
high places, and for the devils, and for the threescore thousand horsemen: and the
calves which he had made. people were without number that came
16 And after them out of all the tribes of with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the
Israel such as set their hearts to seek the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to 4 And he took the fenced cities which
sacrifice unto the LORD God of their pertained to Judah, and came to
fathers. Jerusalem.
17 So they strengthened the kingdom of 5 ¶ Then came Shemaiah the prophet to
Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah,
Solomon strong, three years: for three that were gathered together to Jerusalem
years they walked in the way of David and because of Shishak, and said unto them,
Solomon. Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken
18 ¶ And Rehoboam took him Mahalath me, and therefore have I also left you in
the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David the hand of Shishak.
to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab 6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the
the son of Jesse; king humbled themselves; and they said,
19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and The LORD is righteous.
Shamariah, and Zaham. 7 And when the LORD saw that they
20 And after her he took Maachah the humbled themselves, the word of the
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which minister unto the LORD, are the 21 ¶ But Abijah waxed mighty, and
sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon married fourteen wives, and begat twenty
their business: and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
11 And they burn unto the LORD every 22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and
morning and every evening burnt his ways, and his sayings, are written in
sacrifices and sweet incense: the the story of the prophet Iddo.
shewbread also set they in order upon the
pure table; and the candlestick of gold CHAPTER 14
with the lamps thereof, to burn every SO Abijah slept with his fathers, and they
evening: for we keep the charge of the buried him in the city of David: and Asa
LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him. his son reigned in his stead. In his days the
12 And, behold, God himself is with us land was quiet ten years.
for our captain, and his priests with 2 And Asa did that which was good and
sounding trumpets to cry alarm against right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
you. O children of Israel, fight ye not 3 For he took away the altars of the
against the LORD God of your fathers; for strange gods, and the high places, and
ye shall not prosper. brake down the images, and cut down the
13 ¶ But Jeroboam caused an ambushment groves:
to come about behind them: so they were 4 And commanded Judah to seek the
before Judah, and the ambushment was LORD God of their fathers, and to do the
behind them. law and the commandment.
14 And when Judah looked back, behold, 5 Also he took away out of all the cities of
the battle was before and behind: and they Judah the high places and the images: and
cried unto the LORD, and the priests the kingdom was quiet before him.
sounded with the trumpets. 6 ¶ And he built fenced cities in Judah: for
15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: the land had rest, and he had no war in
and as the men of Judah shouted, it came those years; because the LORD had given
to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all him rest.
Israel before Abijah and Judah. 7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us
16 And the children of Israel fled before build these cities, and make about them
Judah: and God delivered them into their walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while
hand. the land is yet before us; because we have
17 And Abijah and his people slew them sought the LORD our God, we have sought
with a great slaughter: so there fell down him, and he hath given us rest on every
slain of Israel five hundred thousand side. So they built and prospered.
chosen men. 8 And Asa had an army of men that bare
18 Thus the children of Israel were targets and spears, out of Judah three
brought under at that time, and the hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin,
children of Judah prevailed, because they that bare shields and drew bows, two
relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. hundred and fourscore thousand: all these
19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, were mighty men of valour.
and took cities from him, Beth-el with the 9 ¶ And there came out against them
towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a
towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thousand thousand, and three hundred
thereof. chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength 10 Then Asa went out against him, and
again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD they set the battle in array in the valley of
struck him, and he died. Zephathah at Mareshah.
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had riches and honour in abundance. of valour, and with him armed men with
6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways bow and shield two hundred thousand.
of the LORD: moreover he took away the 18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with
high places and groves out of Judah. him an hundred and fourscore thousand
7 ¶ Also in the third year of his reign he ready prepared for the war.
sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and 19 These waited on the king, beside those
to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to whom the king put in the fenced cities
Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in throughout all Judah.
the cities of Judah.
8 And with them he sent Levites, even CHAPTER 18
Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, NOW Jehoshaphat had riches and honour
and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and in abundance, and joined affinity with
Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, Ahab.
and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them 2 And after certain years he went down to
Elishama and Jehoram, priests. Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep
9 And they taught in Judah, and had the and oxen for him in abundance, and for
book of the law of the LORD with them, the people that he had with him, and
and went about throughout all the cities of persuaded him to go up with him to
Judah, and taught the people. Ramoth-gilead.
10 ¶ And the fear of the LORD fell upon 3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto
all the kingdoms of the lands that were Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go
round about Judah, so that they made no with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he
war against Jehoshaphat. answered him, I am as thou art, and my
11 Also some of the Philistines brought people as thy people; and we will be with
Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; thee in the war.
and the Arabians brought him flocks, 4 ¶ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of
seven thousand and seven hundred rams, Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of
and seven thousand and seven hundred he the LORD to day.
goats. 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered
12 ¶ And Jehoshaphat waxed great together of prophets four hundred men,
exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and said unto them, Shall we go to
and cities of store. Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
13 And he had much business in the cities And they said, Go up; for God will deliver
of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men it into the king’s hand.
of valour, were in Jerusalem. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a
14 And these are the numbers of them prophet of the LORD besides, that we
according to the house of their fathers: Of might inquire of him?
Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah 7 And the king of Israel said unto
the chief, and with him mighty men of Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by
valour three hundred thousand. whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I
15 And next to him was Jehohanan the hate him; for he never prophesied good
captain, and with him two hundred and unto me, but always evil: the same is
fourscore thousand. Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat
16 And next him was Amasiah the son of said, Let not the king say so.
Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto 8 And the king of Israel called for one of
the LORD; and with him two hundred his officers, and said, Fetch quickly
thousand mighty men of valour. Micaiah the son of Imla.
17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man 9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat
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king of Judah sat either of them on his saying after that manner.
throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat 20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood
in a void place at the entering in of the before the LORD, and said, I will entice
gate of Samaria; and all the prophets him. And the LORD said unto him,
prophesied before them. Wherewith?
10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah 21 And he said, I will go out, and be a
had made him horns of iron, and said, lying spirit in the mouth of all his
Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt
push Syria until they be consumed. entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go
11 And all the prophets prophesied so, out, and do even so.
saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and 22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath
prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy
the hand of the king. prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil
12 And the messenger that went to call against thee.
Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah
words of the prophets declare good to the came near, and smote Micaiah upon the
king with one assent; let thy word cheek, and said, Which way went the
therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto
and speak thou good. thee?
13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt
even what my God saith, that will I speak. see on that day when thou shalt go into an
14 And when he was come to the king, the inner chamber to hide thyself.
king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go 25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye
to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the
forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and governor of the city, and to Joash the
prosper, and they shall be delivered into king’s son;
your hand. 26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this
15 And the king said to him, How many fellow in the prison, and feed him with
times shall I adjure thee that thou say bread of affliction and with water of
nothing but the truth to me in the name of affliction, until I return in peace.
the LORD? 27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly
16 Then he said, I did see all Israel return in peace, then hath not the LORD
scattered upon the mountains, as sheep spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all
that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, ye people.
These have no master; let them return 28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat
therefore every man to his house in peace. the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-
17 And the king of Israel said to gilead.
Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he 29 And the king of Israel said unto
would not prophesy good unto me, but Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and
evil? will go to the battle; but put thou on thy
18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word robes. So the king of Israel disguised
of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon himself; and they went to the battle.
his throne, and all the host of heaven 30 Now the king of Syria had commanded
standing on his right hand and on his left. the captains of the chariots that were with
19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice him, saying, Fight ye not with small or
Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and great, save only with the king of Israel.
fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake 31 And it came to pass, when the captains
saying after this manner, and another of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they
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said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor
compassed about him to fight: but respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD 8 ¶ Moreover in Jerusalem did
helped him; and God moved them to Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the
depart from him. priests, and of the chief of the fathers of
32 For it came to pass, that, when the Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and
captains of the chariots perceived that it for controversies, when they returned to
was not the king of Israel, they turned Jerusalem.
back again from pursuing him. 9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall
33 And a certain man drew a bow at a ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully,
venture, and smote the king of Israel and with a perfect heart.
between the joints of the harness: 10 And what cause soever shall come to
therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn you of your brethren that dwell in their
thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out cities, between blood and blood, between
of the host; for I am wounded. law and commandment, statutes and
34 And the battle increased that day: judgments, ye shall even warn them that
howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself they trespass not against the LORD, and so
up in his chariot against the Syrians until wrath come upon you, and upon your
the even: and about the time of the sun brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
going down he died. 11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest
is over you in all matters of the LORD; and
CHAPTER 19 Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of
AND Jehoshaphat the king of Judah the house of Judah, for all the king’s
returned to his house in peace to matters: also the Levites shall be officers
Jerusalem. before you. Deal courageously, and the
2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer LORD shall be with the good.
went out to meet him, and said to king
Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the CHAPTER 20
ungodly, and love them that hate the IT came to pass after this also, that the
LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from children of Moab, and the children of
before the LORD. Ammon, and with them other beside the
3 Nevertheless there are good things Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to
found in thee, in that thou hast taken away battle.
the groves out of the land, and hast 2 Then there came some that told
prepared thine heart to seek God. Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great
4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: multitude against thee from beyond the
and he went out again through the people sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be
from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.
brought them back unto the LORD God of 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself
their fathers. to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast
5 ¶ And he set judges in the land throughout all Judah.
throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, 4 And Judah gathered themselves
city by city, together, to ask help of the LORD: even
6 And said to the judges, Take heed what out of all the cities of Judah they came to
ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the seek the LORD.
LORD, who is with you in the judgment. 5 ¶ And Jehoshaphat stood in the
7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in
be upon you; take heed and do it: for there the house of the LORD, before the new
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25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people 36 And he joined himself with him to
came to take away the spoil of them, they make ships to go to Tarshish: and they
found among them in abundance both made the ships in Ezion-geber.
riches with the dead bodies, and precious 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of
jewels, which they stripped off for Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat,
themselves, more than they could carry saying, Because thou hast joined thyself
away: and they were three days in with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy
gathering of the spoil, it was so much. works. And the ships were broken, that
26 ¶ And on the fourth day they they were not able to go to Tarshish.
assembled themselves in the valley of
Berachah; for there they blessed the CHAPTER 21
LORD: therefore the name of the same NOW Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers,
place was called, The valley of Berachah, and was buried with his fathers in the city
unto this day. of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in
27 Then they returned, every man of his stead.
Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in 2 And he had brethren the sons of
the forefront of them, to go again to Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and
Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and
made them to rejoice over their enemies. Shephatiah: all these were the sons of
28 And they came to Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the 3 And their father gave them great gifts of
house of the LORD. silver, and of gold, and of precious things,
29 And the fear of God was on all the with fenced cities in Judah: but the
kingdoms of those countries, when they kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he
had heard that the LORD fought against the was the firstborn.
enemies of Israel. 4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the
30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: kingdom of his father, he strengthened
for his God gave him rest round about. himself, and slew all his brethren with the
31 ¶ And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: sword, and divers also of the princes of
he was thirty and five years old when he Israel.
began to reign, and he reigned twenty and 5 ¶ Jehoram was thirty and two years old
five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s when he began to reign, and he reigned
name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. eight years in Jerusalem.
32 And he walked in the way of Asa his 6 And he walked in the way of the kings
father, and departed not from it, doing that of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab:
which was right in the sight of the LORD. for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife:
33 Howbeit the high places were not taken and he wrought that which was evil in the
away: for as yet the people had not eyes of the LORD.
prepared their hearts unto the God of their 7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy
fathers. the house of David, because of the
34 Now the rest of the acts of covenant that he had made with David,
Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they and as he promised to give a light to him
are written in the book of Jehu the son of and to his sons for ever.
Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of 8 ¶ In his days the Edomites revolted from
the kings of Israel. under the dominion of Judah, and made
35 ¶ And after this did Jehoshaphat king themselves a king.
of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king 9 Then Jehoram went forth with his
of Israel, who did very wickedly: princes, and all his chariots with him: and
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he rose up by night, and smote the made no burning for him, like the burning
Edomites which compassed him in, and of his fathers.
the captains of the chariots. 20 Thirty and two years old was he when
10 So the Edomites revolted from under he began to reign, and he reigned in
the hand of Judah unto this day. The same Jerusalem eight years, and departed
time also did Libnah revolt from under his without being desired. Howbeit they
hand; because he had forsaken the LORD buried him in the city of David, but not in
God of his fathers. the sepulchres of the kings.
11 Moreover he made high places in the
mountains of Judah, and caused the CHAPTER 22
inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit AND the inhabitants of Jerusalem made
fornication, and compelled Judah thereto. Ahaziah his youngest son king in his
12 ¶ And there came a writing to him from stead: for the band of men that came with
Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the the Arabians to the camp had slain all the
LORD God of David thy father, Because eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram
thou hast not walked in the ways of king of Judah reigned.
Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of 2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah
Asa king of Judah, when he began to reign, and he reigned
13 But hast walked in the way of the kings one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name
of Israel, and hast made Judah and the also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, 3 He also walked in the ways of the house
like to the whoredoms of the house of of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller
Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of to do wickedly.
thy father’s house, which were better than 4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the
thyself: LORD like the house of Ahab: for they
14 Behold, with a great plague will the were his counsellers after the death of his
LORD smite thy people, and thy children, father to his destruction.
and thy wives, and all thy goods: 5 ¶ He walked also after their counsel, and
15 And thou shalt have great sickness by went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king
disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall of Israel to war against Hazael king of
out by reason of the sickness day by day. Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians
16 ¶ Moreover the LORD stirred up against smote Joram.
Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and 6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel
of the Arabians, that were near the because of the wounds which were given
Ethiopians: him at Ramah, when he fought with
17 And they came up into Judah, and Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son
brake into it, and carried away all the of Jehoram king of Judah went down to
substance that was found in the king’s see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel,
house, and his sons also, and his wives; so because he was sick.
that there was never a son left him, save 7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of
Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. God by coming to Joram: for when he was
18 ¶ And after all this the LORD smote come, he went out with Jehoram against
him in his bowels with an incurable Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD
disease. had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
19 And it came to pass, that in process of 8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu
time, after the end of two years, his was executing judgment upon the house of
bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and
so he died of sore diseases. And his people the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that
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ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. 5 And a third part shall be at the king’s
9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught house; and a third part at the gate of the
him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and foundation: and all the people shall be in
brought him to Jehu: and when they had the courts of the house of the LORD.
slain him, they buried him: Because, said 6 But let none come into the house of the
they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who LORD, save the priests, and they that
sought the LORD with all his heart. So the minister of the Levites; they shall go in,
house of Ahaziah had no power to keep for they are holy: but all the people shall
still the kingdom. keep the watch of the LORD.
10 ¶ But when Athaliah the mother of 7 And the Levites shall compass the king
Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she round about, every man with his weapons
arose and destroyed all the seed royal of in his hand; and whosoever else cometh
the house of Judah. into the house, he shall be put to death:
11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the but be ye with the king when he cometh
king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and in, and when he goeth out.
stole him from among the king’s sons that 8 So the Levites and all Judah did
were slain, and put him and his nurse in a according to all things that Jehoiada the
bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the priest had commanded, and took every
daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of man his men that were to come in on the
Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister sabbath, with them that were to go out on
of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest
that she slew him not. dismissed not the courses.
12 And he was with them hid in the house 9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered
of God six years: and Athaliah reigned to the captains of hundreds spears, and
over the land. bucklers, and shields, that had been king
David’s, which were in the house of God.
CHAPTER 23 10 And he set all the people, every man
AND in the seventh year Jehoiada having his weapon in his hand, from the
strengthened himself, and took the right side of the temple to the left side of
captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of the temple, along by the altar and the
Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of temple, by the king round about.
Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, 11 Then they brought out the king’s son,
and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and and put upon him the crown, and gave him
Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant the testimony, and made him king. And
with him. Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and
2 And they went about in Judah, and said, God save the king.
gathered the Levites out of all the cities of 12 ¶ Now when Athaliah heard the noise
Judah, and the chief of the fathers of of the people running and praising the
Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. king, she came to the people into the
3 And all the congregation made a house of the LORD:
covenant with the king in the house of 13 And she looked, and, behold, the king
God. And he said unto them, Behold, the stood at his pillar at the entering in, and
king’s son shall reign, as the LORD hath the princes and the trumpets by the king:
said of the sons of David. and all the people of the land rejoiced, and
4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third sounded with trumpets, also the singers
part of you entering on the sabbath, of the with instruments of musick, and such as
priests and of the Levites, shall be porters taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent
of the doors; her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
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house of the LORD, and hired masons and 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not
carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, the kindness which Jehoiada his father had
and also such as wrought iron and brass to done to him, but slew his son. And when
mend the house of the LORD. he died, he said, The LORD look upon it,
13 So the workmen wrought, and the work and require it.
was perfected by them, and they set the 23 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of the
house of God in his state, and year, that the host of Syria came up
strengthened it. against him: and they came to Judah and
14 And when they had finished it, they Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of
brought the rest of the money before the the people from among the people, and
king and Jehoiada, whereof were made sent all the spoil of them unto the king of
vessels for the house of the LORD, even Damascus.
vessels to minister, and to offer withal, 24 For the army of the Syrians came with
and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. a small company of men, and the LORD
And they offered burnt offerings in the delivered a very great host into their hand,
house of the LORD continually all the days because they had forsaken the LORD God
of Jehoiada. of their fathers. So they executed
15 ¶ But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full judgment against Joash.
of days when he died; an hundred and 25 And when they were departed from
thirty years old was he when he died. him, (for they left him in great diseases,)
16 And they buried him in the city of his own servants conspired against him for
David among the kings, because he had the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the
done good in Israel, both toward God, and priest, and slew him on his bed, and he
toward his house. died: and they buried him in the city of
17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came David, but they buried him not in the
the princes of Judah, and made obeisance sepulchres of the kings.
to the king. Then the king hearkened unto 26 And these are they that conspired
them. against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an
18 And they left the house of the LORD Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of
God of their fathers, and served groves Shimrith a Moabitess.
and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and 27 ¶ Now concerning his sons, and the
Jerusalem for this their trespass. greatness of the burdens laid upon him,
19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring and the repairing of the house of God,
them again unto the LORD; and they behold, they are written in the story of the
testified against them: but they would not book of the kings. And Amaziah his son
give ear. reigned in his stead.
20 And the Spirit of God came upon
Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, CHAPTER 25
which stood above the people, and said AMAZIAH was twenty and five years old
unto them, Thus saith God, Why when he began to reign, and he reigned
transgress ye the commandments of the twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And
LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of
have forsaken the LORD, he hath also Jerusalem.
forsaken you. 2 And he did that which was right in the
21 And they conspired against him, and sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect
stoned him with stones at the heart.
commandment of the king in the court of 3 ¶ Now it came to pass, when the
the house of the LORD. kingdom was established to him, that he
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slew his servants that had killed the king and brought them unto the top of the rock,
his father. and cast them down from the top of the
4 But he slew not their children, but did as rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
it is written in the law in the book of 13 ¶ But the soldiers of the army which
Moses, where the LORD commanded, Amaziah sent back, that they should not
saying, The fathers shall not die for the go with him to battle, fell upon the cities
children, neither shall the children die for of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-
the fathers, but every man shall die for his horon, and smote three thousand of them,
own sin. and took much spoil.
5 ¶ Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah 14 ¶ Now it came to pass, after that
together, and made them captains over Amaziah was come from the slaughter of
thousands, and captains over hundreds, the Edomites, that he brought the gods of
according to the houses of their fathers, the children of Seir, and set them up to be
throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and his gods, and bowed down himself before
he numbered them from twenty years old them, and burned incense unto them.
and above, and found them three hundred 15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was
thousand choice men, able to go forth to kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto
war, that could handle spear and shield. him a prophet, which said unto him, Why
6 He hired also an hundred thousand hast thou sought after the gods of the
mighty men of valour out of Israel for an people, which could not deliver their own
hundred talents of silver. people out of thine hand?
7 But there came a man of God to him, 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with
saying, O king, let not the army of Israel him, that the king said unto him, Art thou
go with thee; for the LORD is not with made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why
Israel, to wit, with all the children of shouldest thou be smitten? Then the
Ephraim. prophet forbare, and said, I know that God
8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for hath determined to destroy thee, because
the battle: God shall make thee fall before thou hast done this, and hast not
the enemy: for God hath power to help, hearkened unto my counsel.
and to cast down. 17 ¶ Then Amaziah king of Judah took
9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, advice, and sent to Joash, the son of
But what shall we do for the hundred Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel,
talents which I have given to the army of saying, Come, let us see one another in the
Israel? And the man of God answered, face.
The LORD is able to give thee much more 18 And Joash king of Israel sent to
than this. Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The
10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the
the army that was come to him out of cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give
Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore thy daughter to my son to wife: and there
their anger was greatly kindled against passed by a wild beast that was in
Judah, and they returned home in great Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
anger. 19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the
11 ¶ And Amaziah strengthened himself, Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to
and led forth his people, and went to the boast: abide now at home; why shouldest
valley of salt, and smote of the children of thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou
Seir ten thousand. shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with
12 And other ten thousand left alive did thee?
the children of Judah carry away captive, 20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it
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came of God, that he might deliver them name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
into the hand of their enemies, because 4 And he did that which was right in the
they sought after the gods of Edom. sight of the LORD, according to all that his
21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; father Amaziah did.
and they saw one another in the face, both 5 And he sought God in the days of
he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth- Zechariah, who had understanding in the
shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. visions of God: and as long as he sought
22 And Judah was put to the worse before the LORD, God made him to prosper.
Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. 6 And he went forth and warred against
23 And Joash the king of Israel took the Philistines, and brake down the wall of
Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall
the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod,
brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down and among the Philistines.
the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of 7 And God helped him against the
Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred Philistines, and against the Arabians that
cubits. dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims.
24 And he took all the gold and the silver, 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to
and all the vessels that were found in the Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even
house of God with Obed-edom, and the to the entering in of Egypt; for he
treasures of the king’s house, the hostages strengthened himself exceedingly.
also, and returned to Samaria. 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in
25 ¶ And Amaziah the son of Joash king Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the
of Judah lived after the death of Joash son valley gate, and at the turning of the wall,
of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. and fortified them.
26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, 10 Also he built towers in the desert, and
first and last, behold, are they not written digged many wells: for he had much
in the book of the kings of Judah and cattle, both in the low country, and in the
Israel? plains: husbandmen also, and vine
27 ¶ Now after the time that Amaziah did dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel:
turn away from following the LORD they for he loved husbandry.
made a conspiracy against him in 11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of
Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but fighting men, that went out to war by
they sent to Lachish after him, and slew bands, according to the number of their
him there. account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and
28 And they brought him upon horses, and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of
buried him with his fathers in the city of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
Judah. 12 The whole number of the chief of the
fathers of the mighty men of valour were
CHAPTER 26 two thousand and six hundred.
THEN all the people of Judah took 13 And under their hand was an army,
Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and three hundred thousand and seven
made him king in the room of his father thousand and five hundred, that made war
Amaziah. with mighty power, to help the king
2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, against the enemy.
after that the king slept with his fathers. 14 And Uzziah prepared for them
3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he throughout all the host shields, and spears,
began to reign, and he reigned fifty and and helmets, and habergeons, and bows,
two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s and slings to cast stones.
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helped him not. your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness
22 ¶ And in the time of his distress did he out of the holy place.
trespass yet more against the LORD: this is 6 For our fathers have trespassed, and
that king Ahaz. done that which was evil in the eyes of the
23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of LORD our God, and have forsaken him,
Damascus, which smote him: and he said, and have turned away their faces from the
Because the gods of the kings of Syria habitation of the LORD, and turned their
help them, therefore will I sacrifice to backs.
them, that they may help me. But they 7 Also they have shut up the doors of the
were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. porch, and put out the lamps, and have not
24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels burned incense nor offered burnt offerings
of the house of God, and cut in pieces the in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
vessels of the house of God, and shut up 8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was
the doors of the house of the LORD, and he upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath
made him altars in every corner of delivered them to trouble, to astonishment,
Jerusalem. and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
25 And in every several city of Judah he 9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the
made high places to burn incense unto sword, and our sons and our daughters and
other gods, and provoked to anger the our wives are in captivity for this.
LORD God of his fathers. 10 Now it is in mine heart to make a
26 ¶ Now the rest of his acts and of all his covenant with the LORD God of Israel,
ways, first and last, behold, they are that his fierce wrath may turn away from
written in the book of the kings of Judah us.
and Israel. 11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the
27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and LORD hath chosen you to stand before
they buried him in the city, even in him, to serve him, and that ye should
Jerusalem: but they brought him not into minister unto him, and burn incense.
the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and 12 ¶ Then the Levites arose, Mahath the
Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. son of Amasai, and Joel the son of
Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and
CHAPTER 29 of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of
HEZEKIAH began to reign when he was Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel:
five and twenty years old, and he reigned and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of
nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
his mother’s name was Abijah, the 13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri,
daughter of Zechariah. and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph;
2 And he did that which was right in the Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
sight of the LORD, according to all that 14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and
David his father had done. Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun;
3 ¶ He in the first year of his reign, in the Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
first month, opened the doors of the house 15 And they gathered their brethren, and
of the LORD, and repaired them. sanctified themselves, and came,
4 And he brought in the priests and the according to the commandment of the
Levites, and gathered them together into king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse
the east street, the house of the LORD.
5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye 16 And the priests went into the inner part
Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it,
sanctify the house of the LORD God of and brought out all the uncleanness that
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they found in the temple of the LORD into be made for all Israel.
the court of the house of the LORD. And 25 And he set the Levites in the house of
the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries,
into the brook Kidron. and with harps, according to the
17 Now they began on the first day of the commandment of David, and of Gad the
first month to sanctify, and on the eighth king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so
day of the month came they to the porch was the commandment of the LORD by his
of the LORD: so they sanctified the house prophets.
of the LORD in eight days; and in the 26 And the Levites stood with the
sixteenth day of the first month they made instruments of David, and the priests with
an end. the trumpets.
18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the 27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the
king, and said, We have cleansed all the burnt offering upon the altar. And when
house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt the burnt offering began, the song of the
offering, with all the vessels thereof, and LORD began also with the trumpets, and
the shewbread table, with all the vessels with the instruments ordained by David
thereof. king of Israel.
19 Moreover all the vessels, which king 28 And all the congregation worshipped,
Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his and the singers sang, and the trumpeters
transgression, have we prepared and sounded: and all this continued until the
sanctified, and, behold, they are before the burnt offering was finished.
altar of the LORD. 29 And when they had made an end of
20 ¶ Then Hezekiah the king rose early, offering, the king and all that were present
and gathered the rulers of the city, and with him bowed themselves, and
went up to the house of the LORD. worshipped.
21 And they brought seven bullocks, and 30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the
seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven princes commanded the Levites to sing
he goats, for a sin offering for the praise unto the LORD with the words of
kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for David, and of Asaph the seer. And they
Judah. And he commanded the priests the sang praises with gladness, and they
sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of bowed their heads and worshipped.
the LORD. 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said,
22 So they killed the bullocks, and the Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto
priests received the blood, and sprinkled it the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices
on the altar: likewise, when they had and thank offerings into the house of the
killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood LORD. And the congregation brought in
upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, sacrifices and thank offerings; and as
and they sprinkled the blood upon the many as were of a free heart burnt
altar. offerings.
23 And they brought forth the he goats for 32 And the number of the burnt offerings,
the sin offering before the king and the which the congregation brought, was
congregation; and they laid their hands threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred
upon them: rams, and two hundred lambs: all these
24 And the priests killed them, and they were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
made reconciliation with their blood upon 33 And the consecrated things were six
the altar, to make an atonement for all hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
Israel: for the king commanded that the 34 But the priests were too few, so that
burnt offering and the sin offering should they could not flay all the burnt offerings:
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blood, which they received of the hand of 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for
the Levites. since the time of Solomon the son of
17 For there were many in the David king of Israel there was not the like
congregation that were not sanctified: in Jerusalem.
therefore the Levites had the charge of the 27 ¶ Then the priests the Levites arose and
killing of the passovers for every one that blessed the people: and their voice was
was not clean, to sanctify them unto the heard, and their prayer came up to his holy
LORD. dwelling place, even unto heaven.
18 For a multitude of the people, even
many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, CHAPTER 31
Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed NOW when all this was finished, all Israel
themselves, yet did they eat the passover that were present went out to the cities of
otherwise than it was written. But Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and
Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The cut down the groves, and threw down the
good LORD pardon every one high places and the altars out of all Judah
19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and
the LORD God of his fathers, though he be Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed
not cleansed according to the purification them all. Then all the children of Israel
of the sanctuary. returned, every man to his possession, into
20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, their own cities.
and healed the people. 2 ¶ And Hezekiah appointed the courses
21 And the children of Israel that were of the priests and the Levites after their
present at Jerusalem kept the feast of courses, every man according to his
unleavened bread seven days with great service, the priests and Levites for burnt
gladness: and the Levites and the priests offerings and for peace offerings, to
praised the LORD day by day, singing with minister, and to give thanks, and to praise
loud instruments unto the LORD. in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto 3 He appointed also the king’s portion of
all the Levites that taught the good his substance for the burnt offerings, to
knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat wit, for the morning and evening burnt
throughout the feast seven days, offering offerings, and the burnt offerings for the
peace offerings, and making confession to sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for
the LORD God of their fathers. the set feasts, as it is written in the law of
23 And the whole assembly took counsel the LORD.
to keep other seven days: and they kept 4 Moreover he commanded the people
other seven days with gladness. that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion
24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to of the priests and the Levites, that they
the congregation a thousand bullocks and might be encouraged in the law of the
seven thousand sheep; and the princes LORD.
gave to the congregation a thousand 5 ¶ And as soon as the commandment
bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a came abroad, the children of Israel
great number of priests sanctified brought in abundance the firstfruits of
themselves. corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all
25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the increase of the field; and the tithe of
the priests and the Levites, and all the all things brought they in abundantly.
congregation that came out of Israel, and 6 And concerning the children of Israel
the strangers that came out of the land of and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of
Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. Judah, they also brought in the tithe of
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oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy the LORD, his daily portion for their
things which were consecrated unto the service in their charges according to their
LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. courses;
7 In the third month they began to lay the 17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by
foundation of the heaps, and finished them the house of their fathers, and the Levites
in the seventh month. from twenty years old and upward, in their
8 And when Hezekiah and the princes charges by their courses;
came and saw the heaps, they blessed the 18 And to the genealogy of all their little
LORD, and his people Israel. ones, their wives, and their sons, and their
9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the daughters, through all the congregation:
priests and the Levites concerning the for in their set office they sanctified
heaps. themselves in holiness:
10 And Azariah the chief priest of the 19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests,
house of Zadok answered him, and said, which were in the fields of the suburbs of
Since the people began to bring the their cities, in every several city, the men
offerings into the house of the LORD, we that were expressed by name, to give
have had enough to eat, and have left portions to all the males among the
plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his priests, and to all that were reckoned by
people; and that which is left is this great genealogies among the Levites.
store. 20 ¶ And thus did Hezekiah throughout all
11 ¶ Then Hezekiah commanded to Judah, and wrought that which was good
prepare chambers in the house of the and right and truth before the LORD his
LORD; and they prepared them, God.
12 And brought in the offerings and the 21 And in every work that he began in the
tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: service of the house of God, and in the
over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, law, and in the commandments, to seek
and Shimei his brother was the next. his God, he did it with all his heart, and
13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, prospered.
and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad,
and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and CHAPTER 32
Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of AFTER these things, and the
Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of
commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and
Azariah the ruler of the house of God. encamped against the fenced cities, and
14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, thought to win them for himself.
the porter toward the east, was over the 2 And when Hezekiah saw that
freewill offerings of God, to distribute the Sennacherib was come, and that he was
oblations of the LORD, and the most holy purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
things. 3 He took counsel with his princes and his
15 And next him were Eden, and mighty men to stop the waters of the
Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, fountains which were without the city: and
Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of they did help him.
the priests, in their set office, to give to 4 So there was gathered much people
their brethren by courses, as well to the together, who stopped all the fountains,
great as to the small: and the brook that ran through the midst
16 Beside their genealogy of males, from of the land, saying, Why should the kings
three years old and upward, even unto of Assyria come, and find much water?
every one that entereth into the house of 5 Also he strengthened himself, and built
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up all the wall that was broken, and raised deceive you, nor persuade you on this
it up to the towers, and another wall manner, neither yet believe him: for no
without, and repaired Millo in the city of god of any nation or kingdom was able to
David, and made darts and shields in deliver his people out of mine hand, and
abundance. out of the hand of my fathers: how much
6 And he set captains of war over the less shall your God deliver you out of
people, and gathered them together to him mine hand?
in the street of the gate of the city, and 16 And his servants spake yet more
spake comfortably to them, saying, against the LORD God, and against his
7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid servant Hezekiah.
nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor 17 He wrote also letters to rail on the
for all the multitude that is with him: for LORD God of Israel, and to speak against
there be more with us than with him: him, saying, As the gods of the nations of
8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us other lands have not delivered their people
is the LORD our God to help us, and to out of mine hand, so shall not the God of
fight our battles. And the people rested Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine
themselves upon the words of Hezekiah hand.
king of Judah. 18 Then they cried with a loud voice in
9 ¶ After this did Sennacherib king of the Jews’ speech unto the people of
Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, Jerusalem that were on the wall, to
(but he himself laid siege against Lachish, affright them, and to trouble them; that
and all his power with him,) unto they might take the city.
Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all 19 And they spake against the God of
Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, Jerusalem, as against the gods of the
10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of people of the earth, which were the work
Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye of the hands of man.
abide in the siege in Jerusalem? 20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king,
11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz,
give over yourselves to die by famine and prayed and cried to heaven.
by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall 21 ¶ And the LORD sent an angel, which
deliver us out of the hand of the king of cut off all the mighty men of valour, and
Assyria? the leaders and captains in the camp of the
12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken king of Assyria. So he returned with
away his high places and his altars, and shame of face to his own land. And when
commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, he was come into the house of his god,
Ye shall worship before one altar, and they that came forth of his own bowels
burn incense upon it? slew him there with the sword.
13 Know ye not what I and my fathers 22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the
have done unto all the people of other inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of
lands? were the gods of the nations of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from
those lands any ways able to deliver their the hand of all other, and guided them on
lands out of mine hand? every side.
14 Who was there among all the gods of 23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD
those nations that my fathers utterly to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah
destroyed, that could deliver his people king of Judah: so that he was magnified in
out of mine hand, that your God should be the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
able to deliver you out of mine hand? 24 ¶ In those days Hezekiah was sick to
15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and
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them the captains of the host of the king of Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Assyria, which took Manasseh among the 21 ¶ Amon was two and twenty years old
thorns, and bound him with fetters, and when he began to reign, and reigned two
carried him to Babylon. years in Jerusalem.
12 And when he was in affliction, he 22 But he did that which was evil in the
besought the LORD his God, and humbled sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his
himself greatly before the God of his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the
fathers, carved images which Manasseh his father
13 And prayed unto him: and he was had made, and served them;
intreated of him, and heard his 23 And humbled not himself before the
supplication, and brought him again to LORD, as Manasseh his father had
Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then humbled himself; but Amon trespassed
Manasseh knew that the LORD he was more and more.
God. 24 And his servants conspired against
14 Now after this he built a wall without him, and slew him in his own house.
the city of David, on the west side of 25 ¶ But the people of the land slew all
Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering them that had conspired against king
in at the fish gate, and compassed about Amon; and the people of the land made
Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, Josiah his son king in his stead.
and put captains of war in all the fenced
cities of Judah. CHAPTER 34
15 And he took away the strange gods, JOSIAH was eight years old when he
and the idol out of the house of the LORD, began to reign, and he reigned in
and all the altars that he had built in the Jerusalem one and thirty years.
mount of the house of the LORD, and in 2 And he did that which was right in the
Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways
16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, of David his father, and declined neither
and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and to the right hand, nor to the left.
thank offerings, and commanded Judah to 3 ¶ For in the eighth year of his reign,
serve the LORD God of Israel. while he was yet young, he began to seek
17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice after the God of David his father: and in
still in the high places, yet unto the LORD the twelfth year he began to purge Judah
their God only. and Jerusalem from the high places, and
18 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, the groves, and the carved images, and the
and his prayer unto his God, and the molten images.
words of the seers that spake to him in the 4 And they brake down the altars of
name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, Baalim in his presence; and the images,
they are written in the book of the kings that were on high above them, he cut
of Israel. down; and the groves, and the carved
19 His prayer also, and how God was images, and the molten images, he brake
intreated of him, and all his sin, and his in pieces, and made dust of them, and
trespass, and the places wherein he built strowed it upon the graves of them that
high places, and set up groves and graven had sacrificed unto them.
images, before he was humbled: behold, 5 And he burnt the bones of the priests
they are written among the sayings of the upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and
seers. Jerusalem.
20 ¶ So Manasseh slept with his fathers, 6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh,
and they buried him in his own house: and and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto
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Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. of the law in the house of the LORD. And
7 And when he had broken down the Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
altars and the groves, and had beaten the 16 And Shaphan carried the book to the
graven images into powder, and cut down king, and brought the king word back
all the idols throughout all the land of again, saying, All that was committed to
Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. thy servants, they do it.
8 ¶ Now in the eighteenth year of his 17 And they have gathered together the
reign, when he had purged the land, and money that was found in the house of the
the house, he sent Shaphan the son of LORD, and have delivered it into the hand
Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the of the overseers, and to the hand of the
city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the workmen.
recorder, to repair the house of the LORD 18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king,
his God. saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a
9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high book. And Shaphan read it before the
priest, they delivered the money that was king.
brought into the house of God, which the 19 And it came to pass, when the king had
Levites that kept the doors had gathered of heard the words of the law, that he rent his
the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and clothes.
of all the remnant of Israel, and of all 20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and
Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon
Jerusalem. the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe,
10 And they put it in the hand of the and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
workmen that had the oversight of the 21 Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and
house of the LORD, and they gave it to the for them that are left in Israel and in
workmen that wrought in the house of the Judah, concerning the words of the book
LORD, to repair and amend the house: that is found: for great is the wrath of the
11 Even to the artificers and builders gave LORD that is poured out upon us, because
they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for our fathers have not kept the word of the
couplings, and to floor the houses which LORD, to do after all that is written in this
the kings of Judah had destroyed. book.
12 And the men did the work faithfully: 22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had
and the overseers of them were Jahath and appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess,
Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath,
Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe;
the sons of the Kohathites, to set it (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the
forward; and other of the Levites, all that college:) and they spake to her to that
could skill of instruments of musick. effect.
13 Also they were over the bearers of 23 ¶ And she answered them, Thus saith
burdens, and were overseers of all that the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man
wrought the work in any manner of that sent you to me,
service: and of the Levites there were 24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will
scribes, and officers, and porters. bring evil upon this place, and upon the
14 ¶ And when they brought out the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that
money that was brought into the house of are written in the book which they have
the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book read before the king of Judah:
of the law of the LORD given by Moses. 25 Because they have forsaken me, and
15 And Hilkiah answered and said to have burned incense unto other gods, that
Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book they might provoke me to anger with all
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the works of their hands; therefore my made all that were present in Israel to
wrath shall be poured out upon this place, serve, even to serve the LORD their God.
and shall not be quenched. And all his days they departed not from
26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent following the LORD, the God of their
you to inquire of the LORD, so shall ye say fathers.
unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel concerning the words which thou CHAPTER 35
hast heard; MOREOVER Josiah kept a passover unto
27 Because thine heart was tender, and the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the
thou didst humble thyself before God, passover on the fourteenth day of the first
when thou heardest his words against this month.
place, and against the inhabitants thereof, 2 And he set the priests in their charges,
and humbledst thyself before me, and and encouraged them to the service of the
didst rend thy clothes, and weep before house of the LORD,
me; I have even heard thee also, saith the 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all
LORD. Israel, which were holy unto the LORD,
28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy Put the holy ark in the house which
fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy Solomon the son of David king of Israel
grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see did build; it shall not be a burden upon
all the evil that I will bring upon this your shoulders: serve now the LORD your
place, and upon the inhabitants of the God, and his people Israel,
same. So they brought the king word 4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of
again. your fathers, after your courses, according
29 ¶ Then the king sent and gathered to the writing of David king of Israel, and
together all the elders of Judah and according to the writing of Solomon his
Jerusalem. son.
30 And the king went up into the house of 5 And stand in the holy place according to
the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the divisions of the families of the fathers
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the of your brethren the people, and after the
priests, and the Levites, and all the people, division of the families of the Levites.
great and small: and he read in their ears 6 So kill the passover, and sanctify
all the words of the book of the covenant yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that
that was found in the house of the LORD. they may do according to the word of the
31 And the king stood in his place, and LORD by the hand of Moses.
made a covenant before the LORD, to walk 7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the
after the LORD, and to keep his flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover
commandments, and his testimonies, and offerings, for all that were present, to the
his statutes, with all his heart, and with all number of thirty thousand, and three
his soul, to perform the words of the thousand bullocks: these were of the
covenant which are written in this book. king’s substance.
32 And he caused all that were present in 8 And his princes gave willingly unto the
Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. people, to the priests, and to the Levites:
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of
according to the covenant of God, the God the house of God, gave unto the priests for
of their fathers. the passover offerings two thousand and
33 And Josiah took away all the six hundred small cattle, and three
abominations out of all the countries that hundred oxen.
pertained to the children of Israel, and 9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and
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Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel
and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and
Levites, gave unto the Levites for the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah
passover offerings five thousand small and Israel that were present, and the
cattle, and five hundred oxen. inhabitants of Jerusalem.
10 So the service was prepared, and the 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of
priests stood in their place, and the Levites Josiah was this passover kept.
in their courses, according to the king’s 20 ¶ After all this, when Josiah had
commandment. prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt
11 And they killed the passover, and the came up to fight against Carchemish by
priests sprinkled the blood from their Euphrates: and Josiah went out against
hands, and the Levites flayed them. him.
12 And they removed the burnt offerings, 21 But he sent ambassadors to him,
that they might give according to the saying, What have I to do with thee, thou
divisions of the families of the people, to king of Judah? I come not against thee this
offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the day, but against the house wherewith I
book of Moses. And so did they with the have war: for God commanded me to
oxen. make haste: forbear thee from meddling
13 And they roasted the passover with fire with God, who is with me, that he destroy
according to the ordinance: but the other thee not.
holy offerings sod they in pots, and in 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his
caldrons, and in pans, and divided them face from him, but disguised himself, that
speedily among all the people. he might fight with him, and hearkened
14 And afterward they made ready for not unto the words of Necho from the
themselves, and for the priests: because mouth of God, and came to fight in the
the priests the sons of Aaron were busied valley of Megiddo.
in offering of burnt offerings and the fat 23 And the archers shot at king Josiah;
until night; therefore the Levites prepared and the king said to his servants, Have me
for themselves, and for the priests the sons away; for I am sore wounded.
of Aaron. 24 His servants therefore took him out of
15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were that chariot, and put him in the second
in their place, according to the chariot that he had; and they brought him
commandment of David, and Asaph, and to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried
Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And
the porters waited at every gate; they all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for
might not depart from their service; for Josiah.
their brethren the Levites prepared for 25 ¶ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah:
them. and all the singing men and the singing
16 So all the service of the LORD was women spake of Josiah in their
prepared the same day, to keep the lamentations to this day, and made them
passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they
the altar of the LORD, according to the are written in the lamentations.
commandment of king Josiah. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and
17 And the children of Israel that were his goodness, according to that which was
present kept the passover at that time, and written in the law of the LORD,
the feast of unleavened bread seven days. 27 And his deeds, first and last, behold,
18 And there was no passover like to that they are written in the book of the kings
kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the of Israel and Judah.
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the house of the LORD. ourselves together will build unto the
9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the
brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons king of Persia hath commanded us.
of Judah, together, to set forward the 4 Then the people of the land weakened
workmen in the house of God: the sons of the hands of the people of Judah, and
Henadad, with their sons and their troubled them in building,
brethren the Levites. 5 And hired counsellers against them, to
10 And when the builders laid the frustrate their purpose, all the days of
foundation of the temple of the LORD, Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign
they set the priests in their apparel with of Darius king of Persia.
trumpets, and the Levites the sons of 6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the
Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, beginning of his reign, wrote they unto
after the ordinance of David king of Israel. him an accusation against the inhabitants
11 And they sang together by course in of Judah and Jerusalem.
praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; 7 ¶ And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote
because he is good, for his mercy Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest
endureth for ever toward Israel. And all of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king
the people shouted with a great shout, of Persia; and the writing of the letter was
when they praised the LORD, because the written in the Syrian tongue, and
foundation of the house of the LORD was interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
laid. 8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the
12 But many of the priests and Levites scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to
and chief of the fathers, who were ancient Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
men, that had seen the first house, when 9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and
the foundation of this house was laid Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their
before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; companions; the Dinaites, the
and many shouted aloud for joy: Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the
13 So that the people could not discern the Apharsites, the Archevites, the
noise of the shout of joy from the noise of Babylonians, the Susanchites, the
the weeping of the people: for the people Dehavites, and the Elamites,
shouted with a loud shout, and the noise 10 And the rest of the nations whom the
was heard afar off. great and noble Asnappar brought over,
and set in the cities of Samaria, and the
CHAPTER 4 rest that are on this side the river, and at
NOW when the adversaries of Judah and such a time.
Benjamin heard that the children of the 11 ¶ This is the copy of the letter that they
captivity builded the temple unto the sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the
LORD God of Israel; king; Thy servants the men on this side
2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the river, and at such a time.
the chief of the fathers, and said unto 12 Be it known unto the king, that the
them, Let us build with you: for we seek Jews which came up from thee to us are
your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice come unto Jerusalem, building the
unto him since the days of Esar-haddon rebellious and the bad city, and have set
king of Assur, which brought us up hither. up the walls thereof, and joined the
3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest foundations.
of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said 13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if
unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us this city be builded, and the walls set up
to build an house unto our God; but we again, then will they not pay toll, tribute,
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and custom, and so thou shalt endamage to cease by force and power.
the revenue of the kings. 24 Then ceased the work of the house of
14 Now because we have maintenance God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased
from the king’s palace, and it was not unto the second year of the reign of Darius
meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, king of Persia.
therefore have we sent and certified the
king; CHAPTER 5
15 That search may be made in the book THEN the prophets, Haggai the prophet,
of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied
find in the book of the records, and know unto the Jews that were in Judah and
that this city is a rebellious city, and Jerusalem in the name of the God of
hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that Israel, even unto them.
they have moved sedition within the same 2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of
of old time: for which cause was this city Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak,
destroyed. and began to build the house of God
16 We certify the king that, if this city be which is at Jerusalem: and with them were
builded again, and the walls thereof set the prophets of God helping them.
up, by this means thou shalt have no 3 ¶ At the same time came to them Tatnai,
portion on this side the river. governor on this side the river, and
17 ¶ Then sent the king an answer unto Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and
Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai said thus unto them, Who hath
the scribe, and to the rest of their commanded you to build this house, and
companions that dwell in Samaria, and to make up this wall?
unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and 4 Then said we unto them after this
at such a time. manner, What are the names of the men
18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath that make this building?
been plainly read before me. 5 But the eye of their God was upon the
19 And I commanded, and search hath elders of the Jews, that they could not
been made, and it is found that this city of cause them to cease, till the matter came
old time hath made insurrection against to Darius: and then they returned answer
kings, and that rebellion and sedition have by letter concerning this matter.
been made therein. 6 ¶ The copy of the letter that Tatnai,
20 There have been mighty kings also governor on this side the river, and
over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all Shethar-boznai, and his companions the
countries beyond the river; and toll, Apharsachites, which were on this side the
tribute, and custom, was paid unto them. river, sent unto Darius the king:
21 Give ye now commandment to cause 7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was
these men to cease, and that this city be written thus; Unto Darius the king, all
not builded, until another commandment peace.
shall be given from me. 8 Be it known unto the king, that we went
22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do into the province of Judea, to the house of
this: why should damage grow to the hurt the great God, which is builded with great
of the kings? stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and
23 ¶ Now when the copy of king this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in
Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, their hands.
and Shimshai the scribe, and their 9 Then asked we those elders, and said
companions, they went up in haste to unto them thus, Who commanded you to
Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them build this house, and to make up these
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for the life of the king, and of his sons. purified together, all of them were pure,
11 Also I have made a decree, that and killed the passover for all the children
whosoever shall alter this word, let timber of the captivity, and for their brethren the
be pulled down from his house, and being priests, and for themselves.
set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let 21 And the children of Israel, which were
his house be made a dunghill for this. come again out of captivity, and all such
12 And the God that hath caused his name as had separated themselves unto them
to dwell there destroy all kings and from the filthiness of the heathen of the
people, that shall put to their hand to alter land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did
and to destroy this house of God which is eat,
at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; 22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread
let it be done with speed. seven days with joy: for the LORD had
13 ¶ Then Tatnai, governor on this side made them joyful, and turned the heart of
the river, Shethar-boznai, and their the king of Assyria unto them, to
companions, according to that which strengthen their hands in the work of the
Darius the king had sent, so they did house of God, the God of Israel.
speedily.
14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and CHAPTER 7
they prospered through the prophesying of NOW after these things, in the reign of
Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of
of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of
according to the commandment of the Hilkiah,
God of Israel, and according to the 2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok,
commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and the son of Ahitub,
Artaxerxes king of Persia. 3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah,
15 And this house was finished on the the son of Meraioth,
third day of the month Adar, which was in 4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the
the sixth year of the reign of Darius the son of Bukki,
king. 5 The son of Abishua, the son of
16 ¶ And the children of Israel, the priests, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of
and the Levites, and the rest of the Aaron the chief priest:
children of the captivity, kept the 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he
dedication of this house of God with joy, was a ready scribe in the law of Moses,
17 And offered at the dedication of this which the LORD God of Israel had given:
house of God an hundred bullocks, two and the king granted him all his request,
hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and according to the hand of the LORD his God
for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he upon him.
goats, according to the number of the 7 And there went up some of the children
tribes of Israel. of Israel, and of the priests, and the
18 And they set the priests in their Levites, and the singers, and the porters,
divisions, and the Levites in their courses, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the
for the service of God, which is at seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth
Moses. month, which was in the seventh year of
19 And the children of the captivity kept the king.
the passover upon the fourteenth day of 9 For upon the first day of the first month
the first month. began he to go up from Babylon, and on
20 For the priests and the Levites were the first day of the fifth month came he to
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Jerusalem, according to the good hand of have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of
his God upon him. the king’s treasure house.
10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek 21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do
the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to make a decree to all the treasurers which
teach in Israel statutes and judgments. are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra
11 ¶ Now this is the copy of the letter that the priest, the scribe of the law of the God
the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the of heaven, shall require of you, it be done
priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the speedily,
words of the commandments of the LORD, 22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and
and of his statutes to Israel. to an hundred measures of wheat, and to
12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra an hundred baths of wine, and to an
the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of hundred baths of oil, and salt without
heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. prescribing how much.
13 I make a decree, that all they of the 23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God
people of Israel, and of his priests and of heaven, let it be diligently done for the
Levites, in my realm, which are minded of house of the God of heaven: for why
their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, should there be wrath against the realm of
go with thee. the king and his sons?
14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, 24 Also we certify you, that touching any
and of his seven counsellers, to inquire of the priests and Levites, singers, porters,
concerning Judah and Jerusalem, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of
according to the law of thy God which is God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll,
in thine hand; tribute, or custom, upon them.
15 And to carry the silver and gold, which 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of
the king and his counsellers have freely thy God, that is in thine hand, set
offered unto the God of Israel, whose magistrates and judges, which may judge
habitation is in Jerusalem, all the people that are beyond the river, all
16 And all the silver and gold that thou such as know the laws of thy God; and
canst find in all the province of Babylon, teach ye them that know them not.
with the freewill offering of the people, 26 And whosoever will not do the law of
and of the priests, offering willingly for thy God, and the law of the king, let
the house of their God which is in judgment be executed speedily upon him,
Jerusalem: whether it be unto death, or to banishment,
17 That thou mayest buy speedily with or to confiscation of goods, or to
this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with imprisonment.
their meat offerings and their drink 27 ¶ Blessed be the LORD God of our
offerings, and offer them upon the altar of fathers, which hath put such a thing as this
the house of your God which is in in the king’s heart, to beautify the house
Jerusalem. of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
18 And whatsoever shall seem good to 28 And hath extended mercy unto me
thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the before the king, and his counsellers, and
rest of the silver and the gold, that do after before all the king’s mighty princes. And I
the will of your God. was strengthened as the hand of the LORD
19 The vessels also that are given thee for my God was upon me, and I gathered
the service of the house of thy God, those together out of Israel chief men to go up
deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. with me.
20 And whatsoever more shall be needful
for the house of thy God, which thou shalt CHAPTER 8
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THESE are now the chief of their fathers, 16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for
and this is the genealogy of them that Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib,
went up with me from Babylon, in the and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for
reign of Artaxerxes the king. Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men;
2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of
the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of understanding.
David; Hattush. 17 And I sent them with commandment
3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia,
of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were and I told them what they should say unto
reckoned by genealogy of the males an Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at
hundred and fifty. the place Casiphia, that they should bring
4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai unto us ministers for the house of our
the son of Zerahiah, and with him two God.
hundred males. 18 And by the good hand of our God upon
5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of us they brought us a man of
Jahaziel, and with him three hundred understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the
males. son of Levi, the son of Israel; and
6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren,
of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. eighteen;
7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the 19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah
son of Athaliah, and with him seventy of the sons of Merari, his brethren and
males. their sons, twenty;
8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah 20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David
the son of Michael, and with him and the princes had appointed for the
fourscore males. service of the Levites, two hundred and
9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of twenty Nethinims: all of them were
Jehiel, and with him two hundred and expressed by name.
eighteen males. 21 ¶ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the
10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son river of Ahava, that we might afflict
of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and ourselves before our God, to seek of him a
threescore males. right way for us, and for our little ones,
11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah and for all our substance.
the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and 22 For I was ashamed to require of the
eight males. king a band of soldiers and horsemen to
12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the help us against the enemy in the way:
son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred because we had spoken unto the king,
and ten males. saying, The hand of our God is upon all
13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, them for good that seek him; but his
whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, power and his wrath is against all them
and Shemaiah, and with them threescore that forsake him.
males. 23 So we fasted and besought our God for
14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and this: and he was intreated of us.
Zabbud, and with them seventy males. 24 ¶ Then I separated twelve of the chief
15 ¶ And I gathered them together to the of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and
river that runneth to Ahava; and there ten of their brethren with them,
abode we in tents three days: and I viewed 25 And weighed unto them the silver, and
the people, and the priests, and found the gold, and the vessels, even the offering
there none of the sons of Levi. of the house of our God, which the king,
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and his counsellers, and his lords, and all offering: all this was a burnt offering unto
Israel there present, had offered: the LORD.
26 I even weighed unto their hand six 36 ¶ And they delivered the king’s
hundred and fifty talents of silver, and commissions unto the king’s lieutenants,
silver vessels an hundred talents, and of and to the governors on this side the river:
gold an hundred talents; and they furthered the people, and the
27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a house of God.
thousand drams; and two vessels of fine
copper, precious as gold. CHAPTER 9
28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto NOW when these things were done, the
the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and princes came to me, saying, The people of
the silver and the gold are a freewill Israel, and the priests, and the Levites,
offering unto the LORD God of your have not separated themselves from the
fathers. people of the lands, doing according to
29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye their abominations, even of the
weigh them before the chief of the priests Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the
and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites,
Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
house of the LORD. 2 For they have taken of their daughters
30 So took the priests and the Levites the for themselves, and for their sons: so that
weight of the silver, and the gold, and the the holy seed have mingled themselves
vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto with the people of those lands: yea, the
the house of our God. hand of the princes and rulers hath been
31 ¶ Then we departed from the river of chief in this trespass.
Ahava on the twelfth day of the first 3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my
month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand garment and my mantle, and plucked off
of our God was upon us, and he delivered the hair of my head and of my beard, and
us from the hand of the enemy, and of sat down astonied.
such as lay in wait by the way. 4 Then were assembled unto me every one
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode that trembled at the words of the God of
there three days. Israel, because of the transgression of
33 ¶ Now on the fourth day was the silver those that had been carried away; and I sat
and the gold and the vessels weighed in astonied until the evening sacrifice.
the house of our God by the hand of 5 ¶ And at the evening sacrifice I arose up
Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and from my heaviness; and having rent my
with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; garment and my mantle, I fell upon my
and with them was Jozabad the son of knees, and spread out my hands unto the
Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, LORD my God,
Levites; 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and
34 By number and by weight of every blush to lift up my face to thee, my God:
one: and all the weight was written at that for our iniquities are increased over our
time. head, and our trespass is grown up unto
35 Also the children of those that had been the heavens.
carried away, which were come out of the 7 Since the days of our fathers have we
captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the been in a great trespass unto this day; and
God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all for our iniquities have we, our kings, and
Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and our priests, been delivered into the hand of
seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin the kings of the lands, to the sword, to
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30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of come and to fight against Jerusalem, and
Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of to hinder it.
Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto
Meshullam the son of Berechiah over our God, and set a watch against them day
against his chamber. and night, because of them.
31 After him repaired Malchiah the 10 And Judah said, The strength of the
goldsmith’s son unto the place of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is
Nethinims, and of the merchants, over much rubbish; so that we are not able to
against the gate Miphkad, and to the going build the wall.
up of the corner. 11 And our adversaries said, They shall
32 And between the going up of the not know, neither see, till we come in the
corner unto the sheep gate repaired the midst among them, and slay them, and
goldsmiths and the merchants. cause the work to cease.
12 And it came to pass, that when the
CHAPTER 4 Jews which dwelt by them came, they said
BUT it came to pass, that when Sanballat unto us ten times, From all places whence
heard that we builded the wall, he was ye shall return unto us they will be upon
wroth, and took great indignation, and you.
mocked the Jews. 13 ¶ Therefore set I in the lower places
2 And he spake before his brethren and behind the wall, and on the higher places,
the army of Samaria, and said, What do I even set the people after their families
these feeble Jews? will they fortify with their swords, their spears, and their
themselves? will they sacrifice? will they bows.
make an end in a day? will they revive the 14 And I looked, and rose up, and said
stones out of the heaps of the rubbish unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to
which are burned? the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, them: remember the Lord, which is great
and he said, Even that which they build, if and terrible, and fight for your brethren,
a fox go up, he shall even break down your sons, and your daughters, your
their stone wall. wives, and your houses.
4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies
and turn their reproach upon their own heard that it was known unto us, and God
head, and give them for a prey in the land had brought their counsel to nought, that
of captivity: we returned all of us to the wall, every one
5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not unto his work.
their sin be blotted out from before thee: 16 And it came to pass from that time
for they have provoked thee to anger forth, that the half of my servants wrought
before the builders. in the work, and the other half of them
6 So built we the wall; and all the wall held both the spears, the shields, and the
was joined together unto the half thereof: bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers
for the people had a mind to work. were behind all the house of Judah.
7 ¶ But it came to pass, that when 17 They which builded on the wall, and
Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, they that bare burdens, with those that
and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, laded, every one with one of his hands
heard that the walls of Jerusalem were wrought in the work, and with the other
made up, and that the breaches began to hand held a weapon.
be stopped, then they were very wroth, 18 For the builders, every one had his
8 And conspired all of them together to sword girded by his side, and so builded.
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And he that sounded the trumpet was by their cry and these words.
me. 7 Then I consulted with myself, and I
19 ¶ And I said unto the nobles, and to the rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and
rulers, and to the rest of the people, The said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one
work is great and large, and we are of his brother. And I set a great assembly
separated upon the wall, one far from against them.
another. 8 And I said unto them, We after our
20 In what place therefore ye hear the ability have redeemed our brethren the
sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither Jews, which were sold unto the heathen;
unto us: our God shall fight for us. and will ye even sell your brethren? or
21 So we laboured in the work: and half of shall they be sold unto us? Then held they
them held the spears from the rising of the their peace, and found nothing to answer.
morning till the stars appeared. 9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do:
22 Likewise at the same time said I unto ought ye not to walk in the fear of our
the people, Let every one with his servant God because of the reproach of the
lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night heathen our enemies?
they may be a guard to us, and labour on 10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my
the day. servants, might exact of them money and
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my corn: I pray you, let us leave off this
servants, nor the men of the guard which usury.
followed me, none of us put off our 11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this
clothes, saving that every one put them off day, their lands, their vineyards, their
for washing. oliveyards, and their houses, also the
hundredth part of the money, and of the
CHAPTER 5 corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of
AND there was a great cry of the people them.
and of their wives against their brethren 12 Then said they, We will restore them,
the Jews. and will require nothing of them; so will
2 For there were that said, We, our sons, we do as thou sayest. Then I called the
and our daughters, are many: therefore we priests, and took an oath of them, that they
take up corn for them, that we may eat, should do according to this promise.
and live. 13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God
3 Some also there were that said, We have shake out every man from his house, and
mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and from his labour, that performeth not this
houses, that we might buy corn, because promise, even thus be he shaken out, and
of the dearth. emptied. And all the congregation said,
4 There were also that said, We have Amen, and praised the LORD. And the
borrowed money for the king’s tribute, people did according to this promise.
and that upon our lands and vineyards. 14 ¶ Moreover from the time that I was
5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our appointed to be their governor in the land
brethren, our children as their children: of Judah, from the twentieth year even
and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons unto the two and thirtieth year of
and our daughters to be servants, and Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years,
some of our daughters are brought unto I and my brethren have not eaten the bread
bondage already: neither is it in our power of the governor.
to redeem them; for other men have our 15 But the former governors that had been
lands and vineyards. before me were chargeable unto the
6 ¶ And I was very angry when I heard people, and had taken of them bread and
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wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, which cause thou buildest the wall, that
even their servants bare rule over the thou mayest be their king, according to
people: but so did not I, because of the these words.
fear of God. 7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to
16 Yea, also I continued in the work of preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There
this wall, neither bought we any land: and is a king in Judah: and now shall it be
all my servants were gathered thither unto reported to the king according to these
the work. words. Come now therefore, and let us
17 Moreover there were at my table an take counsel together.
hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, 8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are
beside those that came unto us from no such things done as thou sayest, but
among the heathen that are about us. thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
18 Now that which was prepared for me 9 For they all made us afraid, saying,
daily was one ox and six choice sheep; Their hands shall be weakened from the
also fowls were prepared for me, and once work, that it be not done. Now therefore,
in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet O God, strengthen my hands.
for all this required not I the bread of the 10 Afterward I came unto the house of
governor, because the bondage was heavy Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of
upon this people. Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said,
19 Think upon me, my God, for good, Let us meet together in the house of God,
according to all that I have done for this within the temple, and let us shut the
people. doors of the temple: for they will come to
slay thee; yea, in the night will they come
CHAPTER 6 to slay thee.
NOW it came to pass, when Sanballat, and 11 And I said, Should such a man as I
Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the flee? and who is there, that, being as I am,
rest of our enemies, heard that I had would go into the temple to save his life? I
builded the wall, and that there was no will not go in.
breach left therein; (though at that time I 12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not
had not set up the doors upon the gates;) sent him; but that he pronounced this
2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto prophecy against me: for Tobiah and
me, saying, Come, let us meet together in Sanballat had hired him.
some one of the villages in the plain of 13 Therefore was he hired, that I should
Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they
3 And I sent messengers unto them, might have matter for an evil report, that
saying, I am doing a great work, so that I they might reproach me.
cannot come down: why should the work 14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and
cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to Sanballat according to these their works,
you? and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the
4 Yet they sent unto me four times after rest of the prophets, that would have put
this sort; and I answered them after the me in fear.
same manner. 15 ¶ So the wall was finished in the
5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in
in like manner the fifth time with an open fifty and two days.
letter in his hand; 16 And it came to pass, that when all our
6 Wherein was written, It is reported enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen
among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that were about us saw these things, they
that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for were much cast down in their own eyes:
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for they perceived that this work was Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai,
wrought of our God. Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the
17 ¶ Moreover in those days the nobles of men of the people of Israel was this;
Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and 8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an
the letters of Tobiah came unto them. hundred seventy and two.
18 For there were many in Judah sworn 9 The children of Shephatiah, three
unto him, because he was the son in law hundred seventy and two.
of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his 10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty
son Johanan had taken the daughter of and two.
Meshullam the son of Berechiah. 11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the
19 Also they reported his good deeds children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand
before me, and uttered my words to him. and eight hundred and eighteen.
And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. 12 The children of Elam, a thousand two
hundred fifty and four.
CHAPTER 7 13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred
NOW it came to pass, when the wall was forty and five.
built, and I had set up the doors, and the 14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred
porters and the singers and the Levites and threescore.
were appointed, 15 The children of Binnui, six hundred
2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and forty and eight.
Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge 16 The children of Bebai, six hundred
over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, twenty and eight.
and feared God above many. 17 The children of Azgad, two thousand
3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates three hundred twenty and two.
of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be 18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred
hot; and while they stand by, let them shut threescore and seven.
the doors, and bar them: and appoint 19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand
watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, threescore and seven.
every one in his watch, and every one to 20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty
be over against his house. and five.
4 Now the city was large and great: but 21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah,
the people were few therein, and the ninety and eight.
houses were not builded. 22 The children of Hashum, three hundred
5 ¶ And my God put into mine heart to twenty and eight.
gather together the nobles, and the rulers, 23 The children of Bezai, three hundred
and the people, that they might be twenty and four.
reckoned by genealogy. And I found a 24 The children of Hariph, an hundred and
register of the genealogy of them which twelve.
came up at the first, and found written 25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and
therein, five.
6 These are the children of the province, 26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah,
that went up out of the captivity, of those an hundred fourscore and eight.
that had been carried away, whom 27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had twenty and eight.
carried away, and came again to Jerusalem 28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and
and to Judah, every one unto his city; two.
7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, 29 The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah,
Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and
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12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day and nations, and didst divide them into
by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a corners: so they possessed the land of
pillar of fire, to give them light in the way Sihon, and the land of the king of
wherein they should go. Heshbon, and the land of Og king of
13 Thou camest down also upon mount Bashan.
Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, 23 Their children also multipliedst thou as
and gavest them right judgments, and true the stars of heaven, and broughtest them
laws, good statutes and commandments: into the land, concerning which thou hadst
14 And madest known unto them thy holy promised to their fathers, that they should
sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, go in to possess it.
statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses 24 So the children went in and possessed
thy servant: the land, and thou subduedst before them
15 And gavest them bread from heaven the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,
for their hunger, and broughtest forth and gavest them into their hands, with
water for them out of the rock for their their kings, and the people of the land, that
thirst, and promisedst them that they they might do with them as they would.
should go in to possess the land which 25 And they took strong cities, and a fat
thou hadst sworn to give them. land, and possessed houses full of all
16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, goods, wells digged, vineyards, and
and hardened their necks, and hearkened oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance:
not to thy commandments, so they did eat, and were filled, and
17 And refused to obey, neither were became fat, and delighted themselves in
mindful of thy wonders that thou didst thy great goodness.
among them; but hardened their necks, 26 Nevertheless they were disobedient,
and in their rebellion appointed a captain and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law
to return to their bondage: but thou art a behind their backs, and slew thy prophets
God ready to pardon, gracious and which testified against them to turn them
merciful, slow to anger, and of great to thee, and they wrought great
kindness, and forsookest them not. provocations.
18 Yea, when they had made them a 27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into
molten calf, and said, This is thy God that the hand of their enemies, who vexed
brought thee up out of Egypt, and had them: and in the time of their trouble,
wrought great provocations; when they cried unto thee, thou heardest
19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies them from heaven; and according to thy
forsookest them not in the wilderness: the manifold mercies thou gavest them
pillar of the cloud departed not from them saviours, who saved them out of the hand
by day, to lead them in the way; neither of their enemies.
the pillar of fire by night, to shew them 28 But after they had rest, they did evil
light, and the way wherein they should go. again before thee: therefore leftest thou
20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to them in the hand of their enemies, so that
instruct them, and withheldest not thy they had the dominion over them: yet
manna from their mouth, and gavest them when they returned, and cried unto thee,
water for their thirst. thou heardest them from heaven; and
21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain many times didst thou deliver them
them in the wilderness, so that they lacked according to thy mercies;
nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and 29 And testifiedst against them, that thou
their feet swelled not. mightest bring them again unto thy law:
22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not
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unto thy commandments, but sinned Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
against thy judgments, (which if a man do,
he shall live in them;) and withdrew the CHAPTER 10
shoulder, and hardened their neck, and NOW those that sealed were, Nehemiah,
would not hear. the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and
30 Yet many years didst thou forbear Zidkijah,
them, and testifiedst against them by thy 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not 3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
give ear: therefore gavest thou them into 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
the hand of the people of the lands. 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
sake thou didst not utterly consume them, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were
and merciful God. the priests.
32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the 9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of
mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad,
covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble Kadmiel;
seem little before thee, that hath come 10 And their brethren, Shebaniah,
upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
on our priests, and on our prophets, and on 11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
our fathers, and on all thy people, since 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
the time of the kings of Assyria unto this 13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
day. 14 The chief of the people; Parosh,
33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
brought upon us; for thou hast done right, 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
but we have done wickedly: 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
34 Neither have our kings, our princes, 17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,
our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, 18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
nor hearkened unto thy commandments 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
testify against them. 21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,
35 For they have not served thee in their 22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
kingdom, and in thy great goodness that 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
thou gavest them, and in the large and fat 24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
land which thou gavest before them, 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
neither turned they from their wicked 26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
works. 27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
36 Behold, we are servants this day, and 28 ¶ And the rest of the people, the priests,
for the land that thou gavest unto our the Levites, the porters, the singers, the
fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good Nethinims, and all they that had separated
thereof, behold, we are servants in it: themselves from the people of the lands
37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the unto the law of God, their wives, their
kings whom thou hast set over us because sons, and their daughters, every one
of our sins: also they have dominion over having knowledge, and having
our bodies, and over our cattle, at their understanding;
pleasure, and we are in great distress. 29 They clave to their brethren, their
38 And because of all this we make a sure nobles, and entered into a curse, and into
covenant, and write it; and our princes, an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was
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given by Moses the servant of God, and to Levites might have the tithes in all the
observe and do all the commandments of cities of our tillage.
the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and 38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall
his statutes; be with the Levites, when the Levites take
30 And that we would not give our tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the
daughters unto the people of the land, nor tithe of the tithes unto the house of our
take their daughters for our sons: God, to the chambers, into the treasure
31 And if the people of the land bring house.
ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to 39 For the children of Israel and the
sell, that we would not buy it of them on children of Levi shall bring the offering of
the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that the corn, of the new wine, and the oil,
we would leave the seventh year, and the unto the chambers, where are the vessels
exaction of every debt. of the sanctuary, and the priests that
32 Also we made ordinances for us, to minister, and the porters, and the singers:
charge ourselves yearly with the third part and we will not forsake the house of our
of a shekel for the service of the house of God.
our God;
33 For the shewbread, and for the CHAPTER 11
continual meat offering, and for the AND the rulers of the people dwelt at
continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast
of the new moons, for the set feasts, and lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in
for the holy things, and for the sin Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to
offerings to make an atonement for Israel, dwell in other cities.
and for all the work of the house of our 2 And the people blessed all the men, that
God. willingly offered themselves to dwell at
34 And we cast the lots among the priests, Jerusalem.
the Levites, and the people, for the wood 3 ¶ Now these are the chief of the
offering, to bring it into the house of our province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in
God, after the houses of our fathers, at the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his
times appointed year by year, to burn possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the
upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it priests, and the Levites, and the
is written in the law: Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s
35 And to bring the firstfruits of our servants.
ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all 4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the
trees, year by year, unto the house of the children of Judah, and of the children of
LORD: Benjamin. Of the children of Judah;
36 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of
our cattle, as it is written in the law, and Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of
the firstlings of our herds and of our Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the
flocks, to bring to the house of our God, children of Perez;
unto the priests that minister in the house 5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the
of our God: son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the
37 And that we should bring the firstfruits son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son
of our dough, and our offerings, and the of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.
fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of 6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at
oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the Jerusalem were four hundred threescore
house of our God; and the tithes of our and eight valiant men.
ground unto the Levites, that the same 7 And these are the sons of Benjamin;
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Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of priests, and the Levites, were in all the
Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of cities of Judah, every one in his
Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of inheritance.
Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. 21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and
8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.
hundred twenty and eight. 22 The overseer also of the Levites at
9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the
overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah,
second over the city. the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph,
10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of the singers were over the business of the
Joiarib, Jachin. house of God.
11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of 23 For it was the king’s commandment
Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of concerning them, that a certain portion
Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler should be for the singers, due for every
of the house of God. day.
12 And their brethren that did the work of 24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel,
the house were eight hundred twenty and of the children of Zerah the son of Judah,
two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the was at the king’s hand in all matters
son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son concerning the people.
of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of 25 And for the villages, with their fields,
Malchiah, some of the children of Judah dwelt at
13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof,
two hundred forty and two: and Amashai and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof,
the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages
son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, thereof,
14 And their brethren, mighty men of 26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at
valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and Beth-phelet,
their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one 27 And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba,
of the great men. and in the villages thereof,
15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son 28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in
of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of the villages thereof,
Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 29 And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and
16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the at Jarmuth,
chief of the Levites, had the oversight of 30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages,
the outward business of the house of God. at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at
17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And
son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the
principal to begin the thanksgiving in valley of Hinnom.
prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among 31 The children also of Benjamin from
his brethren, and Abda the son of Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and
Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Beth-el, and in their villages,
Jeduthun. 32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
18 All the Levites in the holy city were 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
two hundred fourscore and four. 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, 35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
and their brethren that kept the gates, were 36 And of the Levites were divisions in
an hundred seventy and two. Judah, and in Benjamin.
20 ¶ And the residue of Israel, of the
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Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of kept the ward of their God, and the ward
Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of of the purification, according to the
Zaccur, the son of Asaph: commandment of David, and of Solomon
36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and his son.
Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, 46 For in the days of David and Asaph of
and Judah, Hanani, with the musical old there were chief of the singers, and
instruments of David the man of God, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto
Ezra the scribe before them. God.
37 And at the fountain gate, which was 47 And all Israel in the days of
over against them, they went up by the Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah,
stairs of the city of David, at the going up gave the portions of the singers and the
of the wall, above the house of David, porters, every day his portion: and they
even unto the water gate eastward. sanctified holy things unto the Levites;
38 And the other company of them that and the Levites sanctified them unto the
gave thanks went over against them, and I children of Aaron.
after them, and the half of the people upon
the wall, from beyond the tower of the CHAPTER 13
furnaces even unto the broad wall; ON that day they read in the book of
39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, Moses in the audience of the people; and
and above the old gate, and above the fish therein was found written, that the
gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the Ammonite and the Moabite should not
tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: come into the congregation of God for
and they stood still in the prison gate. ever;
40 So stood the two companies of them 2 Because they met not the children of
that gave thanks in the house of God, and Israel with bread and with water, but hired
I, and the half of the rulers with me: Balaam against them, that he should curse
41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, them: howbeit our God turned the curse
Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, into a blessing.
and Hananiah, with trumpets; 3 Now it came to pass, when they had
42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and heard the law, that they separated from
Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Israel all the mixed multitude.
Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the 4 ¶ And before this, Eliashib the priest,
singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their having the oversight of the chamber of the
overseer. house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
43 Also that day they offered great 5 And he had prepared for him a great
sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made chamber, where aforetime they laid the
them rejoice with great joy: the wives also meat offerings, the frankincense, and the
and the children rejoiced: so that the joy vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new
of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. wine, and the oil, which was commanded
44 ¶ And at that time were some to be given to the Levites, and the singers,
appointed over the chambers for the and the porters; and the offerings of the
treasures, for the offerings, for the priests.
firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into 6 But in all this time was not I at
them out of the fields of the cities the Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year
portions of the law for the priests and of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I
Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests unto the king, and after certain days
and for the Levites that waited. obtained I leave of the king:
45 And both the singers and the porters 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and
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understood of the evil that Eliashib did for 18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not
Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the our God bring all this evil upon us, and
courts of the house of God. upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath
8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out 19 And it came to pass, that when the
of the chamber. gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before
9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the sabbath, I commanded that the gates
the chambers: and thither brought I again should be shut, and charged that they
the vessels of the house of God, with the should not be opened till after the sabbath:
meat offering and the frankincense. and some of my servants set I at the gates,
10 ¶ And I perceived that the portions of that there should no burden be brought in
the Levites had not been given them: for on the sabbath day.
the Levites and the singers, that did the 20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind
work, were fled every one to his field. of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or
11 Then contended I with the rulers, and twice.
said, Why is the house of God forsaken? 21 Then I testified against them, and said
And I gathered them together, and set unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall?
them in their place. if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you.
12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the From that time forth came they no more
corn and the new wine and the oil unto the on the sabbath.
treasuries. 22 And I commanded the Levites that they
13 And I made treasurers over the should cleanse themselves, and that they
treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and should come and keep the gates, to
Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me,
Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the O my God, concerning this also, and spare
son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for me according to the greatness of thy
they were counted faithful, and their office mercy.
was to distribute unto their brethren. 23 ¶ In those days also saw I Jews that
14 Remember me, O my God, concerning had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon,
this, and wipe not out my good deeds that and of Moab:
I have done for the house of my God, and 24 And their children spake half in the
for the offices thereof. speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in
15 ¶ In those days saw I in Judah some the Jews’ language, but according to the
treading wine presses on the sabbath, and language of each people.
bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as 25 And I contended with them, and cursed
also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner them, and smote certain of them, and
of burdens, which they brought into plucked off their hair, and made them
Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give
testified against them in the day wherein your daughters unto their sons, nor take
they sold victuals. their daughters unto your sons, or for
16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, yourselves.
which brought fish, and all manner of 26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by
ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the these things? yet among many nations was
children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. there no king like him, who was beloved
17 Then I contended with the nobles of of his God, and God made him king over
Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing all Israel: nevertheless even him did
is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath outlandish women cause to sin.
day? 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do
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Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal neither father nor mother, and the maid
estate unto another that is better than she. was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai,
20 And when the king’s decree which he when her father and mother were dead,
shall make shall be published throughout took for his own daughter.
all his empire, (for it is great,) all the 8 ¶ So it came to pass, when the king’s
wives shall give to their husbands honour, commandment and his decree was heard,
both to great and small. and when many maidens were gathered
21 And the saying pleased the king and together unto Shushan the palace, to the
the princes; and the king did according to custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought
the word of Memucan: also unto the king’s house, to the custody
22 For he sent letters into all the king’s of Hegai, keeper of the women.
provinces, into every province according 9 And the maiden pleased him, and she
to the writing thereof, and to every people obtained kindness of him; and he speedily
after their language, that every man should gave her her things for purification, with
bear rule in his own house, and that it such things as belonged to her, and seven
should be published according to the maidens, which were meet to be given her,
language of every people. out of the king’s house: and he preferred
her and her maids unto the best place of
CHAPTER 2 the house of the women.
AFTER these things, when the wrath of 10 Esther had not shewed her people nor
king Ahasuerus was appeased, he her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her
remembered Vashti, and what she had that she should not shew it.
done, and what was decreed against her. 11 And Mordecai walked every day
2 Then said the king’s servants that before the court of the women’s house, to
ministered unto him, Let there be fair know how Esther did, and what should
young virgins sought for the king: become of her.
3 And let the king appoint officers in all 12 ¶ Now when every maid’s turn was
the provinces of his kingdom, that they come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that
may gather together all the fair young she had been twelve months, according to
virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the the manner of the women, (for so were the
house of the women, unto the custody of days of their purifications accomplished,
Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and
the women; and let their things for six months with sweet odours, and with
purification be given them: other things for the purifying of the
4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the women;)
king be queen instead of Vashti. And the 13 Then thus came every maiden unto the
thing pleased the king; and he did so. king; whatsoever she desired was given
5 ¶ Now in Shushan the palace there was a her to go with her out of the house of the
certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, women unto the king’s house.
the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son 14 In the evening she went, and on the
of Kish, a Benjamite; morrow she returned into the second
6 Who had been carried away from house of the women, to the custody of
Jerusalem with the captivity which had Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which
been carried away with Jeconiah king of kept the concubines: she came in unto the
Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of king no more, except the king delighted in
Babylon had carried away. her, and that she were called by name.
7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, 15 ¶ Now when the turn of Esther, the
Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai,
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who had taken her for his daughter, was seat above all the princes that were with
come to go in unto the king, she required him.
nothing but what Hegai the king’s 2 And all the king’s servants, that were in
chamberlain, the keeper of the women, the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced
appointed. And Esther obtained favour in Haman: for the king had so commanded
the sight of all them that looked upon her. concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not,
16 So Esther was taken unto king nor did him reverence.
Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth 3 Then the king’s servants, which were in
month, which is the month Tebeth, in the the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why
seventh year of his reign. transgressest thou the king’s
17 And the king loved Esther above all the commandment?
women, and she obtained grace and favour 4 Now it came to pass, when they spake
in his sight more than all the virgins; so daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto
that he set the royal crown upon her head, them, that they told Haman, to see
and made her queen instead of Vashti. whether Mordecai’s matters would stand:
18 Then the king made a great feast unto for he had told them that he was a Jew.
all his princes and his servants, even 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai
Esther’s feast; and he made a release to bowed not, nor did him reverence, then
the provinces, and gave gifts, according to was Haman full of wrath.
the state of the king. 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on
19 And when the virgins were gathered Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him
together the second time, then Mordecai the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman
sat in the king’s gate. sought to destroy all the Jews that were
20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred throughout the whole kingdom of
nor her people; as Mordecai had charged Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
her: for Esther did the commandment of 7 ¶ In the first month, that is, the month
Mordecai, like as when she was brought Nisan, in the twelfth year of king
up with him. Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot,
21 ¶ In those days, while Mordecai sat in before Haman from day to day, and from
the king’s gate, two of the king’s month to month, to the twelfth month, that
chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of is, the month Adar.
those which kept the door, were wroth, 8 ¶ And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus,
and sought to lay hand on the king There is a certain people scattered abroad
Ahasuerus. and dispersed among the people in all the
22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws
who told it unto Esther the queen; and are diverse from all people; neither keep
Esther certified the king thereof in they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for
Mordecai’s name. the king’s profit to suffer them.
23 And when inquisition was made of the 9 If it please the king, let it be written that
matter, it was found out; therefore they they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten
were both hanged on a tree: and it was thousand talents of silver to the hands of
written in the book of the chronicles those that have the charge of the business,
before the king. to bring it into the king’s treasuries.
10 And the king took his ring from his
CHAPTER 3 hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of
AFTER these things did king Ahasuerus Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’
promote Haman the son of Hammedatha enemy.
the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his 11 And the king said unto Haman, The
ESTHER
silver is given to thee, the people also, to was the queen exceedingly grieved; and
do with them as it seemeth good to thee. she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and
12 Then were the king’s scribes called on to take away his sackcloth from him: but
the thirteenth day of the first month, and he received it not.
there was written according to all that 5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of
Haman had commanded unto the king’s the king’s chamberlains, whom he had
lieutenants, and to the governors that were appointed to attend upon her, and gave
over every province, and to the rulers of him a commandment to Mordecai, to
every people of every province according know what it was, and why it was.
to the writing thereof, and to every people 6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto
after their language; in the name of king the street of the city, which was before the
Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with king’s gate.
the king’s ring. 7 And Mordecai told him of all that had
13 And the letters were sent by posts into happened unto him, and of the sum of the
all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, money that Haman had promised to pay to
and to cause to perish, all Jews, both the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to
young and old, little children and women, destroy them.
in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of 8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing
the twelfth month, which is the month of the decree that was given at Shushan to
Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and
prey. to declare it unto her, and to charge her
14 The copy of the writing for a that she should go in unto the king, to
commandment to be given in every make supplication unto him, and to make
province was published unto all people, request before him for her people.
that they should be ready against that day. 9 And Hatach came and told Esther the
15 The posts went out, being hastened by words of Mordecai.
the king’s commandment, and the decree 10 ¶ Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and
was given in Shushan the palace. And the gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
king and Haman sat down to drink; but the 11 All the king’s servants, and the people
city Shushan was perplexed. of the king’s provinces, do know, that
whosoever, whether man or woman, shall
CHAPTER 4 come unto the king into the inner court,
WHEN Mordecai perceived all that was who is not called, there is one law of his
done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put to put him to death, except such to whom
on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the king shall hold out the golden sceptre,
the midst of the city, and cried with a loud that he may live: but I have not been
and a bitter cry; called to come in unto the king these thirty
2 And came even before the king’s gate: days.
for none might enter into the king’s gate 12 And they told to Mordecai Esther’s
clothed with sackcloth. words.
3 And in every province, whithersoever 13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer
the king’s commandment and his decree Esther, Think not with thyself that thou
came, there was great mourning among shalt escape in the king’s house, more
the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and than all the Jews.
wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and 14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace
ashes. at this time, then shall there enlargement
4 ¶ So Esther’s maids and her and deliverance arise to the Jews from
chamberlains came and told it her. Then another place; but thou and thy father’s
ESTHER
house shall be destroyed: and who 8 If I have found favour in the sight of the
knoweth whether thou art come to the king, and if it please the king to grant my
kingdom for such a time as this? petition, and to perform my request, let the
15 ¶ Then Esther bade them return king and Haman come to the banquet that
Mordecai this answer, I shall prepare for them, and I will do to
16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are morrow as the king hath said.
present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, 9 ¶ Then went Haman forth that day joyful
and neither eat nor drink three days, night and with a glad heart: but when Haman
or day: I also and my maidens will fast saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he
likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, stood not up, nor moved for him, he was
which is not according to the law: and if I full of indignation against Mordecai.
perish, I perish. 10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself:
17 So Mordecai went his way, and did and when he came home, he sent and
according to all that Esther had called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
commanded him. 11 And Haman told them of the glory of
his riches, and the multitude of his
CHAPTER 5 children, and all the things wherein the
NOW it came to pass on the third day, that king had promoted him, and how he had
Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood advanced him above the princes and
in the inner court of the king’s house, over servants of the king.
against the king’s house: and the king sat 12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the
upon his royal throne in the royal house, queen did let no man come in with the
over against the gate of the house. king unto the banquet that she had
2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther prepared but myself; and to morrow am I
the queen standing in the court, that she invited unto her also with the king.
obtained favour in his sight: and the king 13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so
held out to Esther the golden sceptre that long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at
was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and the king’s gate.
touched the top of the sceptre. 14 ¶ Then said Zeresh his wife and all his
3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt friends unto him, Let a gallows be made
thou, queen Esther? and what is thy of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak
request? it shall be even given thee to the thou unto the king that Mordecai may be
half of the kingdom. hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily
4 And Esther answered, If it seem good with the king unto the banquet. And the
unto the king, let the king and Haman thing pleased Haman; and he caused the
come this day unto the banquet that I have gallows to be made.
prepared for him.
5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to CHAPTER 6
make haste, that he may do as Esther hath ON that night could not the king sleep,
said. So the king and Haman came to the and he commanded to bring the book of
banquet that Esther had prepared. records of the chronicles; and they were
6 ¶ And the king said unto Esther at the read before the king.
banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and 2 And it was found written, that Mordecai
it shall be granted thee: and what is thy had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of
request? even to the half of the kingdom it the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the
shall be performed. door, who sought to lay hand on the king
7 Then answered Esther, and said, My Ahasuerus.
petition and my request is; 3 And the king said, What honour and
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dignity hath been done to Mordecai for 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and
this? Then said the king’s servants that all his friends every thing that had befallen
ministered unto him, There is nothing him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh
done for him. his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the
4 ¶ And the king said, Who is in the court? seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast
Now Haman was come into the outward begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against
court of the king’s house, to speak unto him, but shalt surely fall before him.
the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows 14 And while they were yet talking with
that he had prepared for him. him, came the king’s chamberlains, and
5 And the king’s servants said unto him, hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet
Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And that Esther had prepared.
the king said, Let him come in.
6 So Haman came in. And the king said CHAPTER 7
unto him, What shall be done unto the SO the king and Haman came to banquet
man whom the king delighteth to honour? with Esther the queen.
Now Haman thought in his heart, To 2 And the king said again unto Esther on
whom would the king delight to do honour the second day at the banquet of wine,
more than to myself? What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it
7 And Haman answered the king, For the shall be granted thee: and what is thy
man whom the king delighteth to honour, request? and it shall be performed, even to
8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the half of the kingdom.
the king useth to wear, and the horse that 3 Then Esther the queen answered and
the king rideth upon, and the crown royal said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O
which is set upon his head: king, and if it please the king, let my life
9 And let this apparel and horse be be given me at my petition, and my people
delivered to the hand of one of the king’s at my request:
most noble princes, that they may array 4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be
the man withal whom the king delighteth destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if
to honour, and bring him on horseback we had been sold for bondmen and
through the street of the city, and proclaim bondwomen, I had held my tongue,
before him, Thus shall it be done to the although the enemy could not countervail
man whom the king delighteth to honour. the king’s damage.
10 Then the king said to Haman, Make 5 ¶ Then the king Ahasuerus answered
haste, and take the apparel and the horse, and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he,
as thou hast said, and do even so to and where is he, that durst presume in his
Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s heart to do so?
gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast 6 And Esther said, The adversary and
spoken. enemy is this wicked Haman. Then
11 Then took Haman the apparel and the Haman was afraid before the king and the
horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought queen.
him on horseback through the street of the 7 ¶ And the king arising from the banquet
city, and proclaimed before him, Thus of wine in his wrath went into the palace
shall it be done unto the man whom the garden: and Haman stood up to make
king delighteth to honour. request for his life to Esther the queen; for
12 ¶ And Mordecai came again to the he saw that there was evil determined
king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his against him by the king.
house mourning, and having his head 8 Then the king returned out of the palace
covered. garden into the place of the banquet of
ESTHER
wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew,
whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Behold, I have given Esther the house of
Will he force the queen also before me in Haman, and him they have hanged upon
the house? As the word went out of the the gallows, because he laid his hand upon
king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face. the Jews.
9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, 8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh
said before the king, Behold also, the you, in the king’s name, and seal it with
gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman the king’s ring: for the writing which is
had made for Mordecai, who had spoken written in the king’s name, and sealed
good for the king, standeth in the house of with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.
Haman. Then the king said, Hang him 9 Then were the king’s scribes called at
thereon. that time in the third month, that is, the
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows month Sivan, on the three and twentieth
that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then day thereof; and it was written according
was the king’s wrath pacified. to all that Mordecai commanded unto the
Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the
CHAPTER 8 deputies and rulers of the provinces which
ON that day did the king Ahasuerus give are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred
the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto twenty and seven provinces, unto every
Esther the queen. And Mordecai came province according to the writing thereof,
before the king; for Esther had told what and unto every people after their language,
he was unto her. and to the Jews according to their writing,
2 And the king took off his ring, which he and according to their language.
had taken from Haman, and gave it unto 10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’
Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over name, and sealed it with the king’s ring,
the house of Haman. and sent letters by posts on horseback, and
3 ¶ And Esther spake yet again before the riders on mules, camels, and young
king, and fell down at his feet, and dromedaries:
besought him with tears to put away the 11 Wherein the king granted the Jews
mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his which were in every city to gather
device that he had devised against the themselves together, and to stand for their
Jews. life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to
4 Then the king held out the golden perish, all the power of the people and
sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, province that would assault them, both
and stood before the king, little ones and women, and to take the
5 And said, If it please the king, and if I spoil of them for a prey,
have found favour in his sight, and the 12 Upon one day in all the provinces of
thing seem right before the king, and I be king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the
pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which
reverse the letters devised by Haman the is the month Adar.
son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he 13 The copy of the writing for a
wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all commandment to be given in every
the king’s provinces: province was published unto all people,
6 For how can I endure to see the evil that and that the Jews should be ready against
shall come unto my people? or how can I that day to avenge themselves on their
endure to see the destruction of my enemies.
kindred? 14 So the posts that rode upon mules and
7 ¶ Then the king Ahasuerus said unto camels went out, being hastened and
ESTHER
pressed on by the king’s commandment. 6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews
And the decree was given at Shushan the slew and destroyed five hundred men.
palace. 7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and
15 ¶ And Mordecai went out from the Aspatha,
presence of the king in royal apparel of 8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
blue and white, and with a great crown of 9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai,
gold, and with a garment of fine linen and and Vajezatha,
purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced 10 The ten sons of Haman the son of
and was glad. Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew
16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and they; but on the spoil laid they not their
joy, and honour. hand.
17 And in every province, and in every 11 On that day the number of those that
city, whithersoever the king’s were slain in Shushan the palace was
commandment and his decree came, the brought before the king.
Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a 12 ¶ And the king said unto Esther the
good day. And many of the people of the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed
land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews five hundred men in Shushan the palace,
fell upon them. and the ten sons of Haman; what have
they done in the rest of the king’s
CHAPTER 9 provinces? now what is thy petition? and
NOW in the twelfth month, that is, the it shall be granted thee: or what is thy
month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the request further? and it shall be done.
same, when the king’s commandment and 13 Then said Esther, If it please the king,
his decree drew near to be put in let it be granted to the Jews which are in
execution, in the day that the enemies of Shushan to do to morrow also according
the Jews hoped to have power over them, unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s
(though it was turned to the contrary, that ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
the Jews had rule over them that hated 14 And the king commanded it so to be
them;) done: and the decree was given at
2 The Jews gathered themselves together Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten
in their cities throughout all the provinces sons.
of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such 15 For the Jews that were in Shushan
as sought their hurt: and no man could gathered themselves together on the
withstand them; for the fear of them fell fourteenth day also of the month Adar,
upon all people. and slew three hundred men at Shushan;
3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and but on the prey they laid not their hand.
the lieutenants, and the deputies, and 16 But the other Jews that were in the
officers of the king, helped the Jews; king’s provinces gathered themselves
because the fear of Mordecai fell upon together, and stood for their lives, and had
them. rest from their enemies, and slew of their
4 For Mordecai was great in the king’s foes seventy and five thousand, but they
house, and his fame went out throughout laid not their hands on the prey,
all the provinces: for this man Mordecai 17 On the thirteenth day of the month
waxed greater and greater. Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the
5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies same rested they, and made it a day of
with the stroke of the sword, and feasting and gladness.
slaughter, and destruction, and did what 18 But the Jews that were at Shushan
they would unto those that hated them. assembled together on the thirteenth day
ESTHER
thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and these two days according to their writing,
on the fifteenth day of the same they and according to their appointed time
rested, and made it a day of feasting and every year;
gladness. 28 And that these days should be
19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that remembered and kept throughout every
dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the generation, every family, every province,
fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of and every city; and that these days of
gladness and feasting, and a good day, and Purim should not fail from among the
of sending portions one to another. Jews, nor the memorial of them perish
20 ¶ And Mordecai wrote these things, from their seed.
and sent letters unto all the Jews that were 29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of
in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with
both nigh and far, all authority, to confirm this second letter
21 To stablish this among them, that they of Purim.
should keep the fourteenth day of the 30 And he sent the letters unto all the
month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven
same, yearly, provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus,
22 As the days wherein the Jews rested with words of peace and truth,
from their enemies, and the month which 31 To confirm these days of Purim in their
was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, times appointed, according as Mordecai
and from mourning into a good day: that the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined
they should make them days of feasting them, and as they had decreed for
and joy, and of sending portions one to themselves and for their seed, the matters
another, and gifts to the poor. of the fastings and their cry.
23 And the Jews undertook to do as they 32 And the decree of Esther confirmed
had begun, and as Mordecai had written these matters of Purim; and it was written
unto them; in the book.
24 Because Haman the son of
Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of CHAPTER 10
all the Jews, had devised against the Jews AND the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute
to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, upon the land, and upon the isles of the
the lot, to consume them, and to destroy sea.
them; 2 And all the acts of his power and of his
25 But when Esther came before the king, might, and the declaration of the greatness
he commanded by letters that his wicked of Mordecai, whereunto the king
device, which he devised against the Jews, advanced him, are they not written in the
should return upon his own head, and that book of the chronicles of the kings of
he and his sons should be hanged on the Media and Persia?
gallows. 3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto
26 Wherefore they called these days king Ahasuerus, and great among the
Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his
all the words of this letter, and of that brethren, seeking the wealth of his people,
which they had seen concerning this and speaking peace to all his seed.
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
THE BOOK OF JOB.
CHAPTER 1 touch all that he hath, and he will curse
THERE was a man in the land of Uz, thee to thy face.
whose name was Job; and that man was 12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold,
perfect and upright, and one that feared all that he hath is in thy power; only upon
God, and eschewed evil. himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan
2 And there were born unto him seven went forth from the presence of the LORD.
sons and three daughters. 13 ¶ And there was a day when his sons
3 His substance also was seven thousand and his daughters were eating and
sheep, and three thousand camels, and five drinking wine in their eldest brother’s
hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred house:
she asses, and a very great household; so 14 And there came a messenger unto Job,
that this man was the greatest of all the and said, The oxen were plowing, and the
men of the east. asses feeding beside them:
4 And his sons went and feasted in their 15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and
houses, every one his day; and sent and took them away; yea, they have slain the
called for their three sisters to eat and to servants with the edge of the sword; and I
drink with them. only am escaped alone to tell thee.
5 And it was so, when the days of their 16 While he was yet speaking, there came
feasting were gone about, that Job sent also another, and said, The fire of God is
and sanctified them, and rose up early in fallen from heaven, and hath burned up
the morning, and offered burnt offerings the sheep, and the servants, and consumed
according to the number of them all: for them; and I only am escaped alone to tell
Job said, It may be that my sons have thee.
sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. 17 While he was yet speaking, there came
Thus did Job continually. also another, and said, The Chaldeans
6 ¶ Now there was a day when the sons of made out three bands, and fell upon the
God came to present themselves before camels, and have carried them away, yea,
the LORD, and Satan came also among and slain the servants with the edge of the
them. sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell
7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence thee.
comest thou? Then Satan answered the 18 While he was yet speaking, there came
LORD, and said, From going to and fro in also another, and said, Thy sons and thy
the earth, and from walking up and down daughters were eating and drinking wine
in it. in their eldest brother’s house:
8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast 19 And, behold, there came a great wind
thou considered my servant Job, that there from the wilderness, and smote the four
is none like him in the earth, a perfect and corners of the house, and it fell upon the
an upright man, one that feareth God, and young men, and they are dead; and I only
escheweth evil? am escaped alone to tell thee.
9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and 20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle,
said, Doth Job fear God for nought? and shaved his head, and fell down upon
10 Hast not thou made an hedge about the ground, and worshipped,
him, and about his house, and about all 21 And said, Naked came I out of my
that he hath on every side? thou hast mother’s womb, and naked shall I return
blessed the work of his hands, and his thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath
substance is increased in the land. taken away; blessed be the name of the
11 But put forth thine hand now, and LORD.
JOB
22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged they had made an appointment together to
God foolishly. come to mourn with him and to comfort
him.
CHAPTER 2 12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar
AGAIN there was a day when the sons of off, and knew him not, they lifted up their
God came to present themselves before voice, and wept; and they rent every one
the LORD, and Satan came also among his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their
them to present himself before the LORD. heads toward heaven.
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From 13 So they sat down with him upon the
whence comest thou? And Satan answered ground seven days and seven nights, and
the LORD, and said, From going to and fro none spake a word unto him: for they saw
in the earth, and from walking up and that his grief was very great.
down in it.
3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast CHAPTER 3
thou considered my servant Job, that there AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and
is none like him in the earth, a perfect and cursed his day.
an upright man, one that feareth God, and 2 And Job spake, and said,
escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born,
his integrity, although thou movedst me and the night in which it was said, There is
against him, to destroy him without cause. a man child conceived.
4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, 4 Let that day be darkness; let not God
Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will regard it from above, neither let the light
he give for his life. shine upon it.
5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death
his bone and his flesh, and he will curse stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the
thee to thy face. blackness of the day terrify it.
6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, 6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon
he is in thine hand; but save his life. it; let it not be joined unto the days of the
7 ¶ So went Satan forth from the presence year, let it not come into the number of the
of the LORD, and smote Job with sore months.
boils from the sole of his foot unto his 7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no
crown. joyful voice come therein.
8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape 8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who
himself withal; and he sat down among are ready to raise up their mourning.
the ashes. 9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be
9 ¶ Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou dark; let it look for light, but have none;
still retain thine integrity? curse God, and neither let it see the dawning of the day:
die. 10 Because it shut not up the doors of my
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine
one of the foolish women speaketh. What? eyes.
shall we receive good at the hand of God, 11 Why died I not from the womb? why
and shall we not receive evil? In all this did I not give up the ghost when I came
did not Job sin with his lips. out of the belly?
11 ¶ Now when Job’s three friends heard 12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why
of all this evil that was come upon him, the breasts that I should suck?
they came every one from his own place; 13 For now should I have lain still and
Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the been quiet, I should have slept: then had I
Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for been at rest,
JOB
14 With kings and counsellers of the perished, being innocent? or where were
earth, which built desolate places for the righteous cut off?
themselves; 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow
15 Or with princes that had gold, who iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the
filled their houses with silver: same.
16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by
not been; as infants which never saw light. the breath of his nostrils are they
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; consumed.
and there the weary be at rest. 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice
18 There the prisoners rest together; they of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the
hear not the voice of the oppressor. young lions, are broken.
19 The small and great are there; and the 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,
servant is free from his master. and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is abroad.
in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 12 Now a thing was secretly brought to
21 Which long for death, but it cometh me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
not; and dig for it more than for hid 13 In thoughts from the visions of the
treasures; night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling,
glad, when they can find the grave? which made all my bones to shake.
23 Why is light given to a man whose way 15 Then a spirit passed before my face;
is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? the hair of my flesh stood up:
24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the
and my roarings are poured out like the form thereof: an image was before mine
waters. eyes, there was silence, and I heard a
25 For the thing which I greatly feared is voice, saying,
come upon me, and that which I was 17 Shall mortal man be more just than
afraid of is come unto me. God? shall a man be more pure than his
26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, maker?
neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. 18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants;
and his angels he charged with folly:
CHAPTER 4 19 How much less in them that dwell in
THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered houses of clay, whose foundation is in the
and said, dust, which are crushed before the moth?
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt 20 They are destroyed from morning to
thou be grieved? but who can withhold evening: they perish for ever without any
himself from speaking? regarding it.
3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and 21 Doth not their excellency which is in
thou hast strengthened the weak hands. them go away? they die, even without
4 Thy words have upholden him that was wisdom.
falling, and thou hast strengthened the
feeble knees. CHAPTER 5
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou CALL now, if there be any that will
faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art answer thee; and to which of the saints
troubled. wilt thou turn?
6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and
hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? envy slayeth the silly one.
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but
JOB
suddenly I cursed his habitation. the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of
4 His children are far from safety, and destruction when it cometh.
they are crushed in the gate, neither is 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt
there any to deliver them. laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and beasts of the earth.
taketh it even out of the thorns, and the 23 For thou shalt be in league with the
robber swalloweth up their substance. stones of the field: and the beasts of the
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of field shall be at peace with thee.
the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of 24 And thou shalt know that thy
the ground; tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
sparks fly upward. 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God shall be great, and thine offspring as the
would I commit my cause: grass of the earth.
9 Which doeth great things and 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full
unsearchable; marvellous things without age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in
number: his season.
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is;
sendeth waters upon the fields: hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
11 To set up on high those that be low;
that those which mourn may be exalted to CHAPTER 6
safety. BUT Job answered and said,
12 He disappointeth the devices of the 2 Oh that my grief were throughly
crafty, so that their hands cannot perform weighed, and my calamity laid in the
their enterprise. balances together!
13 He taketh the wise in their own 3 For now it would be heavier than the
craftiness: and the counsel of the froward sand of the sea: therefore my words are
is carried headlong. swallowed up.
14 They meet with darkness in the 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are
daytime, and grope in the noonday as in within me, the poison whereof drinketh up
the night. my spirit: the terrors of God do set
15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, themselves in array against me.
from their mouth, and from the hand of 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath
the mighty. grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten
stoppeth her mouth. without salt? or is there any taste in the
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God white of an egg?
correcteth: therefore despise not thou the 7 The things that my soul refused to touch
chastening of the Almighty: are as my sorrowful meat.
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he 8 Oh that I might have my request; and
woundeth, and his hands make whole. that God would grant me the thing that I
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: long for!
yea, in seven there shall no evil touch 9 Even that it would please God to destroy
thee. me; that he would let loose his hand, and
20 In famine he shall redeem thee from cut me off!
death: and in war from the power of the 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I
sword. would harden myself in sorrow: let him
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of not spare; for I have not concealed the
JOB
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch,
he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
12 Behold, he taketh away, who can 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I
hinder him? who will say unto him, What should answer him, and we should come
doest thou? together in judgment.
13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the 33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt
proud helpers do stoop under him. us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
14 How much less shall I answer him, and 34 Let him take his rod away from me,
choose out my words to reason with him? and let not his fear terrify me:
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet 35 Then would I speak, and not fear him;
would I not answer, but I would make but it is not so with me.
supplication to my judge.
16 If I had called, and he had answered CHAPTER 10
me; yet would I not believe that he had MY soul is weary of my life; I will leave
hearkened unto my voice. my complaint upon myself; I will speak in
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and the bitterness of my soul.
multiplieth my wounds without cause. 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn
18 He will not suffer me to take my me; shew me wherefore thou contendest
breath, but filleth me with bitterness. with me.
19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest
and if of judgment, who shall set me a oppress, that thou shouldest despise the
time to plead? work of thine hands, and shine upon the
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth counsel of the wicked?
shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as
shall also prove me perverse. man seeth?
21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not 5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy
know my soul: I would despise my life. years as man’s days,
22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He 6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity,
destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. and searchest after my sin?
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and
laugh at the trial of the innocent. there is none that can deliver out of thine
24 The earth is given into the hand of the hand.
wicked: he covereth the faces of the 8 Thine hands have made me and
judges thereof; if not, where, and who is fashioned me together round about; yet
he? thou dost destroy me.
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou
they flee away, they see no good. hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou
26 They are passed away as the swift bring me into dust again?
ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk,
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I and curdled me like cheese?
will leave off my heaviness, and comfort 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and
myself: flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know sinews.
that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 12 Thou hast granted me life and favour,
29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
vain? 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and heart: I know that this is with thee.
make my hands never so clean; 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou
JOB
a lamp despised in the thought of him that to wander in a wilderness where there is
is at ease. no way.
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and 25 They grope in the dark without light,
they that provoke God are secure; into and he maketh them to stagger like a
whose hand God bringeth abundantly. drunken man.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall
teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and CHAPTER 13
they shall tell thee: LO, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach hath heard and understood it.
thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare 2 What ye know, the same do I know also:
unto thee. I am not inferior unto you.
9 Who knoweth not in all these that the 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty,
hand of the LORD hath wrought this? and I desire to reason with God.
10 In whose hand is the soul of every 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all
living thing, and the breath of all mankind. physicians of no value.
11 Doth not the ear try words? and the 5 O that ye would altogether hold your
mouth taste his meat? peace! and it should be your wisdom.
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to
length of days understanding. the pleadings of my lips.
13 With him is wisdom and strength, he 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and
hath counsel and understanding. talk deceitfully for him?
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it 8 Will ye accept his person? will ye
cannot be built again: he shutteth up a contend for God?
man, and there can be no opening. 9 Is it good that he should search you out?
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and or as one man mocketh another, do ye so
they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and mock him?
they overturn the earth. 10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do
16 With him is strength and wisdom: the secretly accept persons.
deceived and the deceiver are his. 11 Shall not his excellency make you
17 He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
and maketh the judges fools. 12 Your remembrances are like unto
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
girdeth their loins with a girdle. 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I
19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and may speak, and let come on me what will.
overthroweth the mighty. 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my
20 He removeth away the speech of the teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
trusty, and taketh away the understanding 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in
of the aged. him: but I will maintain mine own ways
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and before him.
weakeneth the strength of the mighty. 16 He also shall be my salvation: for an
22 He discovereth deep things out of hypocrite shall not come before him.
darkness, and bringeth out to light the 17 Hear diligently my speech, and my
shadow of death. declaration with your ears.
23 He increaseth the nations, and 18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I
destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, know that I shall be justified.
and straiteneth them again. 19 Who is he that will plead with me? for
24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up
the people of the earth, and causeth them the ghost.
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20 Only do not two things unto me: then 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea,
will I not hide myself from thee. man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the
let not thy dread make me afraid. flood decayeth and drieth up:
22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till
me speak, and answer thou me. the heavens be no more, they shall not
23 How many are mine iniquities and awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
sins? make me to know my transgression 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the
and my sin. grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret,
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest
holdest me for thine enemy? appoint me a set time, and remember me!
25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and 14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the
fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? days of my appointed time will I wait, till
26 For thou writest bitter things against my change come.
me, and makest me to possess the 15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee:
iniquities of my youth. thou wilt have a desire to the work of
27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, thine hands.
and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost
thou settest a print upon the heels of my thou not watch over my sin?
feet. 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
as a garment that is moth eaten. 18 And surely the mountain falling
cometh to nought, and the rock is removed
CHAPTER 14 out of his place.
MAN that is born of a woman is of few 19 The waters wear the stones: thou
days, and full of trouble. washest away the things which grow out
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut of the dust of the earth; and thou
down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and destroyest the hope of man.
continueth not. 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him,
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon and he passeth: thou changest his
such an one, and bringest me into countenance, and sendest him away.
judgment with thee? 21 His sons come to honour, and he
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an knoweth it not; and they are brought low,
unclean? not one. but he perceiveth it not of them.
5 Seeing his days are determined, the 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain,
number of his months are with thee, thou and his soul within him shall mourn.
hast appointed his bounds that he cannot
pass; CHAPTER 15
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he THEN answered Eliphaz the Temanite,
shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. and said,
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut 2 Should a wise man utter vain
down, that it will sprout again, and that knowledge, and fill his belly with the east
the tender branch thereof will not cease. wind?
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk?
earth, and the stock thereof die in the or with speeches wherewith he can do no
ground; good?
9 Yet through the scent of water it will 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest
bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. prayer before God.
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5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, 24 Trouble and anguish shall make him
and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and king ready to the battle.
not I: yea, thine own lips testify against 25 For he stretcheth out his hand against
thee. God, and strengtheneth himself against the
7 Art thou the first man that was born? or Almighty.
wast thou made before the hills? 26 He runneth upon him, even on his
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and neck, upon the thick bosses of his
dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? bucklers:
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? 27 Because he covereth his face with his
what understandest thou, which is not in fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his
us? flanks.
10 With us are both the grayheaded and 28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and
very aged men, much elder than thy in houses which no man inhabiteth, which
father. are ready to become heaps.
11 Are the consolations of God small with 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his
thee? is there any secret thing with thee? substance continue, neither shall he
12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? prolong the perfection thereof upon the
and what do thy eyes wink at, earth.
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against 30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the
God, and lettest such words go out of thy flame shall dry up his branches, and by the
mouth? breath of his mouth shall he go away.
14 What is man, that he should be clean? 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in
and he which is born of a woman, that he vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
should be righteous? 32 It shall be accomplished before his
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; time, and his branch shall not be green.
yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as
16 How much more abominable and filthy the vine, and shall cast off his flower as
is man, which drinketh iniquity like the olive.
water? 34 For the congregation of hypocrites
17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that shall be desolate, and fire shall consume
which I have seen I will declare; the tabernacles of bribery.
18 Which wise men have told from their 35 They conceive mischief, and bring
fathers, and have not hid it: forth vanity, and their belly prepareth
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, deceit.
and no stranger passed among them.
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain CHAPTER 16
all his days, and the number of years is THEN Job answered and said,
hidden to the oppressor. 2 I have heard many such things:
21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in miserable comforters are ye all.
prosperity the destroyer shall come upon 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what
him. emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
22 He believeth not that he shall return out 4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul
of darkness, and he is waited for of the were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up
sword. words against you, and shake mine head at
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, you.
Where is it? he knoweth that the day of 5 But I would strengthen you with my
darkness is ready at his hand. mouth, and the moving of my lips should
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20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my not be found: yea, he shall be chased away
flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of as a vision of the night.
my teeth. 9 The eye also which saw him shall see
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, him no more; neither shall his place any
O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath more behold him.
touched me. 10 His children shall seek to please the
22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and poor, and his hands shall restore their
are not satisfied with my flesh? goods.
23 Oh that my words were now written! 11 His bones are full of the sin of his
oh that they were printed in a book! youth, which shall lie down with him in
24 That they were graven with an iron pen the dust.
and lead in the rock for ever! 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
and that he shall stand at the latter day 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not;
upon the earth: but keep it still within his mouth:
26 And though after my skin worms 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it
destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I is the gall of asps within him.
see God: 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine he shall vomit them up again: God shall
eyes shall behold, and not another; though cast them out of his belly.
my reins be consumed within me. 16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the
28 But ye should say, Why persecute we viper’s tongue shall slay him.
him, seeing the root of the matter is found 17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods,
in me? the brooks of honey and butter.
29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath 18 That which he laboured for shall he
bringeth the punishments of the sword, restore, and shall not swallow it down:
that ye may know there is a judgment. according to his substance shall the
restitution be, and he shall not rejoice
CHAPTER 20 therein.
THEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, 19 Because he hath oppressed and hath
and said, forsaken the poor; because he hath
2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to violently taken away an house which he
answer, and for this I make haste. builded not;
3 I have heard the check of my reproach, 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his
and the spirit of my understanding causeth belly, he shall not save of that which he
me to answer. desired.
4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man 21 There shall none of his meat be left;
was placed upon earth, therefore shall no man look for his goods.
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he
short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for shall be in straits: every hand of the
a moment? wicked shall come upon him.
6 Though his excellency mount up to the 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God
heavens, and his head reach unto the shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him,
clouds; and shall rain it upon him while he is
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own eating.
dung: they which have seen him shall say, 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon,
Where is he? and the bow of steel shall strike him
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall through.
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25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the serve him? and what profit should we
body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out have, if we pray unto him?
of his gall: terrors are upon him. 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the
26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret counsel of the wicked is far from me.
places: a fire not blown shall consume 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put
him; it shall go ill with him that is left in out! and how oft cometh their destruction
his tabernacle. upon them! God distributeth sorrows in
27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; his anger.
and the earth shall rise up against him. 18 They are as stubble before the wind,
28 The increase of his house shall depart, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
and his goods shall flow away in the day 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his
of his wrath. children: he rewardeth him, and he shall
29 This is the portion of a wicked man know it.
from God, and the heritage appointed unto 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and
him by God. he shall drink of the wrath of the
Almighty.
CHAPTER 21 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house
BUT Job answered and said, after him, when the number of his months
2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this is cut off in the midst?
be your consolations. 22 Shall any teach God knowledge?
3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after seeing he judgeth those that are high.
that I have spoken, mock on. 23 One dieth in his full strength, being
4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and wholly at ease and quiet.
if it were so, why should not my spirit be 24 His breasts are full of milk, and his
troubled? bones are moistened with marrow.
5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay 25 And another dieth in the bitterness of
your hand upon your mouth. his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and 26 They shall lie down alike in the dust,
trembling taketh hold on my flesh. and the worms shall cover them.
7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the
old, yea, are mighty in power? devices which ye wrongfully imagine
8 Their seed is established in their sight against me.
with them, and their offspring before their 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the
eyes. prince? and where are the dwelling places
9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither of the wicked?
is the rod of God upon them. 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the
10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; way? and do ye not know their tokens,
their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day
11 They send forth their little ones like a of destruction? they shall be brought forth
flock, and their children dance. to the day of wrath.
12 They take the timbrel and harp, and 31 Who shall declare his way to his face?
rejoice at the sound of the organ. and who shall repay him what he hath
13 They spend their days in wealth, and in done?
a moment go down to the grave. 32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave,
14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart and shall remain in the tomb.
from us; for we desire not the knowledge 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet
of thy ways. unto him, and every man shall draw after
15 What is the Almighty, that we should him, as there are innumerable before him.
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34 How then comfort ye me in vain, things: but the counsel of the wicked is far
seeing in your answers there remaineth from me.
falsehood? 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and
the innocent laugh them to scorn.
CHAPTER 22 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down,
THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered but the remnant of them the fire
and said, consumeth.
2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be
that is wise may be profitable unto at peace: thereby good shall come unto
himself? thee.
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his
thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
thou makest thy ways perfect? 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou
4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? shalt be built up, thou shalt put away
will he enter with thee into judgment? iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,
iniquities infinite? and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brooks.
brother for nought, and stripped the naked 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence,
of their clothing. and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in
to drink, and thou hast withholden bread the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face
from the hungry. unto God.
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him,
earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay
9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and thy vows.
the arms of the fatherless have been 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it
broken. shall be established unto thee: and the
10 Therefore snares are round about thee, light shall shine upon thy ways.
and sudden fear troubleth thee; 29 When men are cast down, then thou
11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall
and abundance of waters cover thee. save the humble person.
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and 30 He shall deliver the island of the
behold the height of the stars, how high innocent: and it is delivered by the
they are! pureness of thine hands.
13 And thou sayest, How doth God know?
can he judge through the dark cloud? CHAPTER 23
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, THEN Job answered and said,
that he seeth not; and he walketh in the 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my
circuit of heaven. stroke is heavier than my groaning.
15 Hast thou marked the old way which 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him!
wicked men have trodden? that I might come even to his seat!
16 Which were cut down out of time, 4 I would order my cause before him, and
whose foundation was overflown with a fill my mouth with arguments.
flood: 5 I would know the words which he would
17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: answer me, and understand what he would
and what can the Almighty do for them? say unto me.
18 Yet he filled their houses with good 6 Will he plead against me with his great
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power? No; but he would put strength in they forth to their work; rising betimes for
me. a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for
7 There the righteous might dispute with them and for their children.
him; so should I be delivered for ever 6 They reap every one his corn in the
from my judge. field: and they gather the vintage of the
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not wicked.
there; and backward, but I cannot perceive 7 They cause the naked to lodge without
him: clothing, that they have no covering in the
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, cold.
but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself 8 They are wet with the showers of the
on the right hand, that I cannot see him: mountains, and embrace the rock for want
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: of a shelter.
when he hath tried me, I shall come forth 9 They pluck the fatherless from the
as gold. breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way 10 They cause him to go naked without
have I kept, and not declined. clothing, and they take away the sheaf
12 Neither have I gone back from the from the hungry;
commandment of his lips; I have esteemed 11 Which make oil within their walls, and
the words of his mouth more than my tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
necessary food. 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the
13 But he is in one mind, and who can soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God
turn him? and what his soul desireth, even layeth not folly to them.
that he doeth. 13 They are of those that rebel against the
14 For he performeth the thing that is light; they know not the ways thereof, nor
appointed for me: and many such things abide in the paths thereof.
are with him. 14 The murderer rising with the light
15 Therefore am I troubled at his killeth the poor and needy, and in the
presence: when I consider, I am afraid of night is as a thief.
him. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see
Almighty troubleth me: me: and disguiseth his face.
17 Because I was not cut off before the 16 In the dark they dig through houses,
darkness, neither hath he covered the which they had marked for themselves in
darkness from my face. the daytime: they know not the light.
17 For the morning is to them even as the
CHAPTER 24 shadow of death: if one know them, they
WHY, seeing times are not hidden from are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
the Almighty, do they that know him not 18 He is swift as the waters; their portion
see his days? is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the
2 Some remove the landmarks; they way of the vineyards.
violently take away flocks, and feed 19 Drought and heat consume the snow
thereof. waters: so doth the grave those which have
3 They drive away the ass of the sinned.
fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a 20 The womb shall forget him; the worm
pledge. shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no
4 They turn the needy out of the way: the more remembered; and wickedness shall
poor of the earth hide themselves together. be broken as a tree.
5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go 21 He evil entreateth the barren that
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beareth not: and doeth not good to the 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick
widow. clouds; and the cloud is not rent under
22 He draweth also the mighty with his them.
power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne,
life. and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
23 Though it be given him to be in safety, 10 He hath compassed the waters with
whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon bounds, until the day and night come to an
their ways. end.
24 They are exalted for a little while, but 11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are
are gone and brought low; they are taken astonished at his reproof.
out of the way as all other, and cut off as 12 He divideth the sea with his power, and
the tops of the ears of corn. by his understanding he smiteth through
25 And if it be not so now, who will make the proud.
me a liar, and make my speech nothing 13 By his spirit he hath garnished the
worth? heavens; his hand hath formed the
crooked serpent.
CHAPTER 25 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but
THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and how little a portion is heard of him? but
said, the thunder of his power who can
2 Dominion and fear are with him, he understand?
maketh peace in his high places.
3 Is there any number of his armies? and CHAPTER 27
upon whom doth not his light arise? MOREOVER Job continued his parable,
4 How then can man be justified with and said,
God? or how can he be clean that is born 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my
of a woman? judgment; and the Almighty, who hath
5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth vexed my soul;
not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the
6 How much less man, that is a worm? spirit of God is in my nostrils;
and the son of man, which is a worm? 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor
my tongue utter deceit.
CHAPTER 26 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till
BUT Job answered and said, I die I will not remove mine integrity from
2 How hast thou helped him that is me.
without power? how savest thou the arm 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will
that hath no strength? not let it go: my heart shall not reproach
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath me so long as I live.
no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and
declared the thing as it is? he that riseth up against me as the
4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and unrighteous.
whose spirit came from thee? 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite,
5 Dead things are formed from under the though he hath gained, when God taketh
waters, and the inhabitants thereof. away his soul?
6 Hell is naked before him, and 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble
destruction hath no covering. cometh upon him?
7 He stretcheth out the north over the 10 Will he delight himself in the
empty place, and hangeth the earth upon Almighty? will he always call upon God?
nothing. 11 I will teach you by the hand of God:
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that which is with the Almighty will I not sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
conceal. 7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth,
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
why then are ye thus altogether vain? 8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it,
13 This is the portion of a wicked man nor the fierce lion passed by it.
with God, and the heritage of oppressors, 9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock;
which they shall receive of the Almighty. he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
14 If his children be multiplied, it is for 10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks;
the sword: and his offspring shall not be and his eye seeth every precious thing.
satisfied with bread. 11 He bindeth the floods from
15 Those that remain of him shall be overflowing; and the thing that is hid
buried in death: and his widows shall not bringeth he forth to light.
weep. 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, where is the place of understanding?
and prepare raiment as the clay; 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof;
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put neither is it found in the land of the living.
it on, and the innocent shall divide the 14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the
silver. sea saith, It is not with me.
18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither
a booth that the keeper maketh. shall silver be weighed for the price
19 The rich man shall lie down, but he thereof.
shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of
and he is not. Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the
20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a sapphire.
tempest stealeth him away in the night. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and it: and the exchange of it shall not be for
he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him jewels of fine gold.
out of his place. 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or
22 For God shall cast upon him, and not of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above
spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. rubies.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it,
shall hiss him out of his place. neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and
CHAPTER 28 where is the place of understanding?
SURELY there is a vein for the silver, and 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all
a place for gold where they fine it. living, and kept close from the fowls of
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass the air.
is molten out of the stone. 22 Destruction and death say, We have
3 He setteth an end to darkness, and heard the fame thereof with our ears.
searcheth out all perfection: the stones of 23 God understandeth the way thereof,
darkness, and the shadow of death. and he knoweth the place thereof.
4 The flood breaketh out from the 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth,
inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of and seeth under the whole heaven;
the foot: they are dried up, they are gone 25 To make the weight for the winds; and
away from men. he weigheth the waters by measure.
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: 26 When he made a decree for the rain,
and under it is turned up as it were fire. and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
6 The stones of it are the place of 27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he
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prepared it, yea, and searched it out. 19 My root was spread out by the waters,
28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart 20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow
from evil is understanding. was renewed in my hand.
21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and
CHAPTER 29 kept silence at my counsel.
MOREOVER Job continued his parable, 22 After my words they spake not again;
and said, and my speech dropped upon them.
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in 23 And they waited for me as for the rain;
the days when God preserved me; and they opened their mouth wide as for
3 When his candle shined upon my head, the latter rain.
and when by his light I walked through 24 If I laughed on them, they believed it
darkness; not; and the light of my countenance they
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when cast not down.
the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; 25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, dwelt as a king in the army, as one that
when my children were about me; comforteth the mourners.
6 When I washed my steps with butter,
and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; CHAPTER 30
7 When I went out to the gate through the BUT now they that are younger than I
city, when I prepared my seat in the street! have me in derision, whose fathers I
8 The young men saw me, and hid would have disdained to have set with the
themselves: and the aged arose, and stood dogs of my flock.
up. 2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid hands profit me, in whom old age was
their hand on their mouth. perished?
10 The nobles held their peace, and their 3 For want and famine they were solitary;
tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. fleeing into the wilderness in former time
11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed desolate and waste.
me; and when the eye saw me, it gave 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and
witness to me: juniper roots for their meat.
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, 5 They were driven forth from among
and the fatherless, and him that had none men, (they cried after them as after a
to help him. thief;)
13 The blessing of him that was ready to 6 To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in
perish came upon me: and I caused the caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
widow’s heart to sing for joy. 7 Among the bushes they brayed; under
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed the nettles they were gathered together.
me: my judgment was as a robe and a 8 They were children of fools, yea,
diadem. children of base men: they were viler than
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I the earth.
to the lame. 9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their
16 I was a father to the poor: and the byword.
cause which I knew not I searched out. 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me,
17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and spare not to spit in my face.
and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I afflicted me, they have also let loose the
shall multiply my days as the sand. bridle before me.
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12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; bones are burned with heat.
they push away my feet, and they raise up 31 My harp also is turned to mourning,
against me the ways of their destruction. and my organ into the voice of them that
13 They mar my path, they set forward my weep.
calamity, they have no helper.
14 They came upon me as a wide breaking CHAPTER 31
in of waters: in the desolation they rolled I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; why
themselves upon me. then should I think upon a maid?
15 Terrors are turned upon me: they 2 For what portion of God is there from
pursue my soul as the wind: and my above? and what inheritance of the
welfare passeth away as a cloud. Almighty from on high?
16 And now my soul is poured out upon 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a
me; the days of affliction have taken hold strange punishment to the workers of
upon me. iniquity?
17 My bones are pierced in me in the 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all
night season: and my sinews take no rest. my steps?
18 By the great force of my disease is my 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my
garment changed: it bindeth me about as foot hath hasted to deceit;
the collar of my coat. 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance,
19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am that God may know mine integrity.
become like dust and ashes. 7 If my step hath turned out of the way,
20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear and mine heart walked after mine eyes,
me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. and if any blot hath cleaved to mine
21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy hands;
strong hand thou opposest thyself against 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat;
me. yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou 9 If mine heart have been deceived by a
causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest woman, or if I have laid wait at my
my substance. neighbour’s door;
23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to 10 Then let my wife grind unto another,
death, and to the house appointed for all and let others bow down upon her.
living. 11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is
24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
hand to the grave, though they cry in his 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to
destruction. destruction, and would root out all mine
25 Did not I weep for him that was in increase.
trouble? was not my soul grieved for the 13 If I did despise the cause of my
poor? manservant or of my maidservant, when
26 When I looked for good, then evil they contended with me;
came unto me: and when I waited for 14 What then shall I do when God riseth
light, there came darkness. up? and when he visiteth, what shall I
27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the answer him?
days of affliction prevented me. 15 Did not he that made me in the womb
28 I went mourning without the sun: I make him? and did not one fashion us in
stood up, and I cried in the congregation. the womb?
29 I am a brother to dragons, and a 16 If I have withheld the poor from their
companion to owls. desire, or have caused the eyes of the
30 My skin is black upon me, and my widow to fail;
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17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold,
and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; my desire is, that the Almighty would
18 (For from my youth he was brought up answer me, and that mine adversary had
with me, as with a father, and I have written a book.
guided her from my mother’s womb;) 36 Surely I would take it upon my
19 If I have seen any perish for want of shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
clothing, or any poor without covering; 37 I would declare unto him the number
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if of my steps; as a prince would I go near
he were not warmed with the fleece of my unto him.
sheep; 38 If my land cry against me, or that the
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the furrows likewise thereof complain;
fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof
22 Then let mine arm fall from my without money, or have caused the owners
shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken thereof to lose their life:
from the bone. 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and
23 For destruction from God was a terror cockle instead of barley. The words of Job
to me, and by reason of his highness I are ended.
could not endure.
24 If I have made gold my hope, or have CHAPTER 32
said to the fine gold, Thou art my SO these three men ceased to answer Job,
confidence; because he was righteous in his own eyes.
25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was 2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the
great, and because mine hand had gotten son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred
much; of Ram: against Job was his wrath
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or kindled, because he justified himself
the moon walking in brightness; rather than God.
27 And my heart hath been secretly 3 Also against his three friends was his
enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my wrath kindled, because they had found no
hand: answer, and yet had condemned Job.
28 This also were an iniquity to be 4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had
punished by the judge: for I should have spoken, because they were elder than he.
denied the God that is above. 5 When Elihu saw that there was no
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him answer in the mouth of these three men,
that hated me, or lifted up myself when then his wrath was kindled.
evil found him: 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the
30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to Buzite answered and said, I am young,
sin by wishing a curse to his soul. and ye are very old; wherefore I was
31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, afraid, and durst not shew you mine
Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be opinion.
satisfied. 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: of years should teach wisdom.
but I opened my doors to the traveller. 8 But there is a spirit in man: and the
33 If I covered my transgressions as inspiration of the Almighty giveth them
Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my understanding.
bosom: 9 Great men are not always wise: neither
34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the do the aged understand judgment.
contempt of families terrify me, that I kept 10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also
silence, and went not out of the door? will shew mine opinion.
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11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy
ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out upon thee.
what to say. 8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing,
12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, and I have heard the voice of thy words,
there was none of you that convinced Job, saying,
or that answered his words: 9 I am clean without transgression, I am
13 Lest ye should say, We have found out innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against
man. me, he counteth me for his enemy,
14 Now he hath not directed his words 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he
against me: neither will I answer him with marketh all my paths.
your speeches. 12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will
15 They were amazed, they answered no answer thee, that God is greater than man.
more: they left off speaking. 13 Why dost thou strive against him? for
16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, he giveth not account of any of his
but stood still, and answered no more;) matters.
17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also 14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet
will shew mine opinion. man perceiveth it not.
18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,
me constraineth me. when deep sleep falleth upon men, in
19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath slumberings upon the bed;
no vent; it is ready to burst like new 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and
bottles. sealeth their instruction,
20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I 17 That he may withdraw man from his
will open my lips and answer. purpose, and hide pride from man.
21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit,
man’s person, neither let me give and his life from perishing by the sword.
flattering titles unto man. 19 He is chastened also with pain upon his
22 For I know not to give flattering titles; bed, and the multitude of his bones with
in so doing my maker would soon take me strong pain:
away. 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his
soul dainty meat.
CHAPTER 33 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it
WHEREFORE, Job, I pray thee, hear my cannot be seen; and his bones that were
speeches, and hearken to all my words. not seen stick out.
2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the
my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. grave, and his life to the destroyers.
3 My words shall be of the uprightness of 23 If there be a messenger with him, an
my heart: and my lips shall utter interpreter, one among a thousand, to
knowledge clearly. shew unto man his uprightness:
4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and
breath of the Almighty hath given me life. saith, Deliver him from going down to the
5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in pit: I have found a ransom.
order before me, stand up. 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s:
6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in he shall return to the days of his youth:
God’s stead: I also am formed out of the 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be
clay. favourable unto him: and he shall see his
7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee face with joy: for he will render unto man
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12 But if they obey not, they shall perish giveth meat in abundance.
by the sword, and they shall die without 32 With clouds he covereth the light; and
knowledge. commandeth it not to shine by the cloud
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up that cometh betwixt.
wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. 33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning
14 They die in youth, and their life is it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
among the unclean.
15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, CHAPTER 37
and openeth their ears in oppression. AT this also my heart trembleth, and is
16 Even so would he have removed thee moved out of his place.
out of the strait into a broad place, where 2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice,
there is no straitness; and that which and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
should be set on thy table should be full of 3 He directeth it under the whole heaven,
fatness. and his lightning unto the ends of the
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of earth.
the wicked: judgment and justice take 4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth
hold on thee. with the voice of his excellency; and he
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
take thee away with his stroke: then a 5 God thundereth marvellously with his
great ransom cannot deliver thee. voice; great things doeth he, which we
19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not cannot comprehend.
gold, nor all the forces of strength. 6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the
20 Desire not the night, when people are earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the
cut off in their place. great rain of his strength.
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man;
hast thou chosen rather than affliction. that all men may know his work.
22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain
who teacheth like him? in their places.
23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or 9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind:
who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? and cold out of the north.
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, 10 By the breath of God frost is given: and
which men behold. the breadth of the waters is straitened.
25 Every man may see it; man may behold 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick
it afar off. cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
26 Behold, God is great, and we know him 12 And it is turned round about by his
not, neither can the number of his years be counsels: that they may do whatsoever he
searched out. commandeth them upon the face of the
27 For he maketh small the drops of world in the earth.
water: they pour down rain according to 13 He causeth it to come, whether for
the vapour thereof: correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
28 Which the clouds do drop and distil 14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still,
upon man abundantly. and consider the wondrous works of God.
29 Also can any understand the spreadings 15 Dost thou know when God disposed
of the clouds, or the noise of his them, and caused the light of his cloud to
tabernacle? shine?
30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the
and covereth the bottom of the sea. clouds, the wondrous works of him which
31 For by them judgeth he the people; he is perfect in knowledge?
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17 How thy garments are warm, when he and set bars and doors,
quieteth the earth by the south wind? 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but
18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, no further: and here shall thy proud waves
which is strong, and as a molten looking be stayed?
glass? 12 Hast thou commanded the morning
19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; since thy days; and caused the dayspring
for we cannot order our speech by reason to know his place;
of darkness. 13 That it might take hold of the ends of
20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a the earth, that the wicked might be shaken
man speak, surely he shall be swallowed out of it?
up. 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they
21 And now men see not the bright light stand as a garment.
which is in the clouds: but the wind 15 And from the wicked their light is
passeth, and cleanseth them. withholden, and the high arm shall be
22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: broken.
with God is terrible majesty. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of
23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find the sea? or hast thou walked in the search
him out: he is excellent in power, and in of the depth?
judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will 17 Have the gates of death been opened
not afflict. unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of
24 Men do therefore fear him: he the shadow of death?
respecteth not any that are wise of heart. 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the
earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
CHAPTER 38 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth?
THEN the LORD answered Job out of the and as for darkness, where is the place
whirlwind, and said, thereof,
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by 20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound
words without knowledge? thereof, and that thou shouldest know the
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I paths to the house thereof?
will demand of thee, and answer thou me. 21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast
4 Where wast thou when I laid the then born? or because the number of thy
foundations of the earth? declare, if thou days is great?
hast understanding. 22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures
thou knowest? or who hath stretched the of the hail,
line upon it? 23 Which I have reserved against the time
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof of trouble, against the day of battle and
fastened? or who laid the corner stone war?
thereof; 24 By what way is the light parted, which
7 When the morning stars sang together, scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when overflowing of waters, or a way for the
it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the lightning of thunder;
womb? 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where
9 When I made the cloud the garment no man is; on the wilderness, wherein
thereof, and thick darkness a there is no man;
swaddlingband for it, 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, ground; and to cause the bud of the tender
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herb to spring forth? they grow up with corn; they go forth, and
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath return not unto them.
begotten the drops of dew? 5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
the hoary frost of heaven, who hath 6 Whose house I have made the
gendered it? wilderness, and the barren land his
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and dwellings.
the face of the deep is frozen. 7 He scorneth the multitude of the city,
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of neither regardeth he the crying of the
Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? driver.
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his 8 The range of the mountains is his
season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with pasture, and he searcheth after every green
his sons? thing.
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of 9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee,
heaven? canst thou set the dominion or abide by thy crib?
thereof in the earth? 10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the band in the furrow? or will he harrow the
clouds, that abundance of waters may valleys after thee?
cover thee? 11 Wilt thou trust him, because his
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy
may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? labour to him?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward 12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will
parts? or who hath given understanding to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy
the heart? barn?
37 Who can number the clouds in 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the
wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the
heaven, ostrich?
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth,
and the clods cleave fast together? and warmeth them in dust,
39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush
fill the appetite of the young lions, them, or that the wild beast may break
40 When they couch in their dens, and them.
abide in the covert to lie in wait? 16 She is hardened against her young
41 Who provideth for the raven his food? ones, as though they were not hers: her
when his young ones cry unto God, they labour is in vain without fear;
wander for lack of meat. 17 Because God hath deprived her of
wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her
CHAPTER 39 understanding.
KNOWEST thou the time when the wild 18 What time she lifteth up herself on
goats of the rock bring forth? or canst high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
thou mark when the hinds do calve? 19 Hast thou given the horse strength?
2 Canst thou number the months that they hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a
bring forth? grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is
3 They bow themselves, they bring forth terrible.
their young ones, they cast out their 21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth
sorrows. in his strength: he goeth on to meet the
4 Their young ones are in good liking, armed men.
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him? shall they part him among the cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the
merchants? habergeon.
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed 27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass
irons? or his head with fish spears? as rotten wood.
8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the 28 The arrow cannot make him flee:
battle, do no more. slingstones are turned with him into
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall stubble.
not one be cast down even at the sight of 29 Darts are counted as stubble: he
him? laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: 30 Sharp stones are under him: he
who then is able to stand before me? spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the
11 Who hath prevented me, that I should mire.
repay him? whatsoever is under the whole 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot:
heaven is mine. he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his 32 He maketh a path to shine after him;
power, nor his comely proportion. one would think the deep to be hoary.
13 Who can discover the face of his 33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is
garment? or who can come to him with his made without fear.
double bridle? 34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a
14 Who can open the doors of his face? king over all the children of pride.
his teeth are terrible round about.
15 His scales are his pride, shut up CHAPTER 42
together as with a close seal. THEN Job answered the LORD, and said,
16 One is so near to another, that no air 2 I know that thou canst do every thing,
can come between them. and that no thought can be withholden
17 They are joined one to another, they from thee.
stick together, that they cannot be 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without
sundered. knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I
18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and understood not; things too wonderful for
his eyes are like the eyelids of the me, which I knew not.
morning. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I
19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, will demand of thee, and declare thou unto
and sparks of fire leap out. me.
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of
of a seething pot or caldron. the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in
goeth out of his mouth. dust and ashes.
22 In his neck remaineth strength, and 7 ¶ And it was so, that after the LORD had
sorrow is turned into joy before him. spoken these words unto Job, the LORD
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is
together: they are firm in themselves; they kindled against thee, and against thy two
cannot be moved. friends: for ye have not spoken of me the
24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
hard as a piece of the nether millstone. 8 Therefore take unto you now seven
25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty bullocks and seven rams, and go to my
are afraid: by reason of breakings they servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a
purify themselves. burnt offering; and my servant Job shall
26 The sword of him that layeth at him pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I
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love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
3 But know that the LORD hath set apart 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them
him that is godly for himself: the LORD fall by their own counsels; cast them out
will hear when I call unto him. in the multitude of their transgressions; for
4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune they have rebelled against thee.
with your own heart upon your bed, and 11 But let all those that put their trust in
be still. Selah. thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy,
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and because thou defendest them: let them
put your trust in the LORD. also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
6 There be many that say, Who will shew 12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the
us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light righteous; with favour wilt thou compass
of thy countenance upon us. him as with a shield.
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart,
more than in the time that their corn and PSALM 6
their wine increased. To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon
8 I will both lay me down in peace, and Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger,
dwell in safety. neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am
PSALM 5 weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A vexed.
Psalm of David. 3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O
GIVE ear to my words, O LORD, consider LORD, how long?
my meditation. 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh
2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my save me for thy mercies’ sake.
King, and my God: for unto thee will I 5 For in death there is no remembrance of
pray. thee: in the grave who shall give thee
3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, thanks?
O LORD; in the morning will I direct my 6 I am weary with my groaning; all the
prayer unto thee, and will look up. night make I my bed to swim; I water my
4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure couch with my tears.
in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief;
with thee. it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of
thou hatest all workers of iniquity. iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak voice of my weeping.
leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody 9 The LORD hath heard my supplication;
and deceitful man. the LORD will receive my prayer.
7 But as for me, I will come into thy house 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and
in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy sore vexed: let them return and be
fear will I worship toward thy holy ashamed suddenly.
temple.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness PSALM 7
because of mine enemies; make thy way Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto
straight before my face. the LORD, concerning the words of Cush
9 For there is no faithfulness in their the Benjamite.
mouth; their inward part is very O LORD my God, in thee do I put my
wickedness; their throat is an open trust: save me from all them that persecute
PSALMS
7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were because he is at my right hand, I shall not
come out of Zion! when the LORD be moved.
bringeth back the captivity of his people, 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my
Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in
glad. hope.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;
PSALM 15 neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to
A Psalm of David. see corruption.
LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in
who shall dwell in thy holy hill? thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right
2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh hand there are pleasures for evermore.
righteousness, and speaketh the truth in
his heart. PSALM 17
3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, A Prayer of David.
nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh HEAR the right, O LORD, attend unto my
up a reproach against his neighbour. cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth
4 In whose eyes a vile person is not out of feigned lips.
contemned; but he honoureth them that 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy
fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his presence; let thine eyes behold the things
own hurt, and changeth not. that are equal.
5 He that putteth not out his money to 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast
usury, nor taketh reward against the visited me in the night; thou hast tried me,
innocent. He that doeth these things shall and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that
never be moved. my mouth shall not transgress.
4 Concerning the works of men, by the
PSALM 16 word of thy lips I have kept me from the
Michtam of David. paths of the destroyer.
PRESERVE me, O God: for in thee do I 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my
put my trust. footsteps slip not.
2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, 6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt
Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me,
not to thee; and hear my speech.
3 But to the saints that are in the earth, 7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O
and to the excellent, in whom is all my thou that savest by thy right hand them
delight. which put their trust in thee from those
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that that rise up against them.
hasten after another god: their drink 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide
offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take me under the shadow of thy wings,
up their names into my lips. 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from
5 The LORD is the portion of mine my deadly enemies, who compass me
inheritance and of my cup: thou about.
maintainest my lot. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with
6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant their mouth they speak proudly.
places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 11 They have now compassed us in our
7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given steps: they have set their eyes bowing
me counsel: my reins also instruct me in down to the earth;
the night seasons. 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey,
8 I have set the LORD always before me: and as it were a young lion lurking in
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10 More to be desired are they than gold, 2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire,
yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also and hast not withholden the request of his
than honey and the honeycomb. lips. Selah.
11 Moreover by them is thy servant 3 For thou preventest him with the
warned: and in keeping of them there is blessings of goodness: thou settest a
great reward. crown of pure gold on his head.
12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it
thou me from secret faults. him, even length of days for ever and ever.
13 Keep back thy servant also from 5 His glory is great in thy salvation:
presumptuous sins; let them not have honour and majesty hast thou laid upon
dominion over me: then shall I be upright, him.
and I shall be innocent from the great 6 For thou hast made him most blessed for
transgression. ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the with thy countenance.
meditation of my heart, be acceptable in 7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and
thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my through the mercy of the most High he
redeemer. shall not be moved.
8 Thine hand shall find out all thine
PSALM 20 enemies: thy right hand shall find out
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. those that hate thee.
THE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in
the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; the time of thine anger: the LORD shall
2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire
strengthen thee out of Zion; shall devour them.
3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the
thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. earth, and their seed from among the
4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, children of men.
and fulfil all thy counsel. 11 For they intended evil against thee:
5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in they imagined a mischievous device,
the name of our God we will set up our which they are not able to perform.
banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. 12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn
6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his their back, when thou shalt make ready
anointed; he will hear him from his holy thine arrows upon thy strings against the
heaven with the saving strength of his face of them.
right hand. 13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in strength: so will we sing and praise thy
horses: but we will remember the name of power.
the LORD our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen: but PSALM 22
we are risen, and stand upright. To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth
9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when Shahar, A Psalm of David.
we call. MY God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
me? why art thou so far from helping me,
PSALM 21 and from the words of my roaring?
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou
THE king shall joy in thy strength, O hearest not; and in the night season, and
LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly am not silent.
shall he rejoice! 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest
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my head with oil; my cup runneth over. do I wait all the day.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow 6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies
me all the days of my life: and I will dwell and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have
in the house of the LORD for ever. been ever of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor
PSALM 24 my transgressions: according to thy mercy
A Psalm of David. remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake,
THE earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness O LORD.
thereof; the world, and they that dwell 8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore
therein. will he teach sinners in the way.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, 9 The meek will he guide in judgment:
and established it upon the floods. and the meek will he teach his way.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the 10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy
LORD? or who shall stand in his holy and truth unto such as keep his covenant
place? and his testimonies.
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure 11 For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon
heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto mine iniquity; for it is great.
vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 12 What man is he that feareth the LORD?
5 He shall receive the blessing from the him shall he teach in the way that he shall
LORD, and righteousness from the God of choose.
his salvation. 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his
6 This is the generation of them that seek seed shall inherit the earth.
him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. 14 The secret of the LORD is with them
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be that fear him; and he will shew them his
ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the covenant.
King of glory shall come in. 15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD;
8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in 16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy
battle. upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged:
them up, ye everlasting doors; and the O bring thou me out of my distresses.
King of glory shall come in. 18 Look upon mine affliction and my
10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD pain; and forgive all my sins.
of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. 19 Consider mine enemies; for they are
many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
PSALM 25 20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me
A Psalm of David. not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
UNTO thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve
2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be me; for I wait on thee.
ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph 22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his
over me. troubles.
3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be
ashamed: let them be ashamed which PSALM 26
transgress without cause. A Psalm of David.
4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me JUDGE me, O LORD; for I have walked in
thy paths. mine integrity: I have trusted also in the
5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
thou art the God of my salvation; on thee 2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try
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5 Because they regard not the works of the A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the
LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he house of David.
shall destroy them, and not build them up. I WILL extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast
6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to
heard the voice of my supplications. rejoice over me.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; 2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and
my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: thou hast healed me.
therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and 3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul
with my song will I praise him. from the grave: thou hast kept me alive,
8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the that I should not go down to the pit.
saving strength of his anointed. 4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his,
9 Save thy people, and bless thine and give thanks at the remembrance of his
inheritance: feed them also, and lift them holiness.
up for ever. 5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in
his favour is life: weeping may endure for
PSALM 29 a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
A Psalm of David. 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall
GIVE unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give never be moved.
unto the LORD glory and strength. 7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my
2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide
his name; worship the LORD in the beauty thy face, and I was troubled.
of holiness. 8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the LORD I made supplication.
waters: the God of glory thundereth: the 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I
LORD is upon many waters. go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the thee? shall it declare thy truth?
voice of the LORD is full of majesty. 10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon
5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the me: LORD, be thou my helper.
cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning
of Lebanon. into dancing: thou hast put off my
6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. 12 To the end that my glory may sing
7 The voice of the LORD divideth the praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD
flames of fire. my God, I will give thanks unto thee for
8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the ever.
wilderness; the LORD shaketh the
wilderness of Kadesh. PSALM 31
9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
to calve, and discovereth the forests: and IN thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me
in his temple doth every one speak of his never be ashamed: deliver me in thy
glory. righteousness.
10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, 2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me
the LORD sitteth King for ever. speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an
11 The LORD will give strength unto his house of defence to save me.
people; the LORD will bless his people 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress;
with peace. therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and
guide me.
PSALM 30 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid
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privily for me: for thou art my strength. thy presence from the pride of man: thou
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from
hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. the strife of tongues.
6 I have hated them that regard lying 21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath
vanities: but I trust in the LORD. shewed me his marvellous kindness in a
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: strong city.
for thou hast considered my trouble; thou 22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off
hast known my soul in adversities; from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of heardest the voice of my supplications
the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large when I cried unto thee.
room. 23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for
9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am the LORD preserveth the faithful, and
in trouble: mine eye is consumed with plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 24 Be of good courage, and he shall
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in
years with sighing: my strength faileth the LORD.
because of mine iniquity, and my bones
are consumed. PSALM 32
11 I was a reproach among all mine A Psalm of David, Maschil.
enemies, but especially among my BLESSED is he whose transgression is
neighbours, and a fear to mine forgiven, whose sin is covered.
acquaintance: they that did see me without 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD
fled from me. imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of there is no guile.
mind: I am like a broken vessel. 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed
13 For I have heard the slander of many: old through my roaring all the day long.
fear was on every side: while they took 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy
counsel together against me, they devised upon me: my moisture is turned into the
to take away my life. drought of summer. Selah.
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and
Thou art my God. mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me confess my transgressions unto the LORD;
from the hand of mine enemies, and from and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
them that persecute me. Selah.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy 6 For this shall every one that is godly
servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake. pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest
17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I be found: surely in the floods of great
have called upon thee: let the wicked be waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
ashamed, and let them be silent in the 7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt
grave. preserve me from trouble; thou shalt
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; compass me about with songs of
which speak grievous things proudly and deliverance. Selah.
contemptuously against the righteous. 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the
19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee
thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; with mine eye.
which thou hast wrought for them that 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule,
trust in thee before the sons of men! which have no understanding: whose
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of mouth must be held in with bit and bridle,
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lest they come near unto thee. 16 There is no king saved by the multitude
10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: of an host: a mighty man is not delivered
but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy by much strength.
shall compass him about. 17 An horse is a vain thing for safety:
11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye neither shall he deliver any by his great
righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are strength.
upright in heart. 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon
them that fear him, upon them that hope in
PSALM 33 his mercy;
REJOICE in the LORD, O ye righteous: for 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to
praise is comely for the upright. keep them alive in famine.
2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto 20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is
him with the psaltery and an instrument of our help and our shield.
ten strings. 21 For our heart shall rejoice in him,
3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully because we have trusted in his holy name.
with a loud noise. 22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us,
4 For the word of the LORD is right; and according as we hope in thee.
all his works are done in truth.
5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: PSALM 34
the earth is full of the goodness of the A Psalm of David, when he changed his
LORD. behaviour before Abimelech; who drove
6 By the word of the LORD were the him away, and he departed.
heavens made; and all the host of them by I WILL bless the LORD at all times: his
the breath of his mouth. praise shall continually be in my mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of the sea 2 My soul shall make her boast in the
together as an heap: he layeth up the depth LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and
in storehouses. be glad.
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the 3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us
inhabitants of the world stand in awe of exalt his name together.
him. 4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and
9 For he spake, and it was done; he delivered me from all my fears.
commanded, and it stood fast. 5 They looked unto him, and were
10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the lightened: and their faces were not
heathen to nought: he maketh the devices ashamed.
of the people of none effect. 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD
11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for heard him, and saved him out of all his
ever, the thoughts of his heart to all troubles.
generations. 7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the about them that fear him, and delivereth
LORD; and the people whom he hath them.
chosen for his own inheritance. 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good:
13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
beholdeth all the sons of men. 9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there
14 From the place of his habitation he is no want to them that fear him.
looketh upon all the inhabitants of the 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer
earth. hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall
15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he not want any good thing.
considereth all their works. 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I
PSALMS
will teach you the fear of the LORD. 7 For without cause have they hid for me
12 What man is he that desireth life, and their net in a pit, which without cause they
loveth many days, that he may see good? have digged for my soul.
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips 8 Let destruction come upon him at
from speaking guile. unawares; and let his net that he hath hid
14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek catch himself: into that very destruction
peace, and pursue it. let him fall.
15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the 9 And my soul shall be joyful in the
righteous, and his ears are open unto their LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
cry. 10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is
16 The face of the LORD is against them like unto thee, which deliverest the poor
that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of from him that is too strong for him, yea,
them from the earth. the poor and the needy from him that
17 The righteous cry, and the LORD spoileth him?
heareth, and delivereth them out of all 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to
their troubles. my charge things that I knew not.
18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the
a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a spoiling of my soul.
contrite spirit. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my
19 Many are the afflictions of the clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my
righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out soul with fasting; and my prayer returned
of them all. into mine own bosom.
20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of 14 I behaved myself as though he had
them is broken. been my friend or brother: I bowed down
21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they heavily, as one that mourneth for his
that hate the righteous shall be desolate. mother.
22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced,
servants: and none of them that trust in and gathered themselves together: yea, the
him shall be desolate. abjects gathered themselves together
against me, and I knew it not; they did tear
PSALM 35 me, and ceased not:
A Psalm of David. 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts,
PLEAD my cause, O LORD, with them they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
that strive with me: fight against them that 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on?
fight against me. rescue my soul from their destructions, my
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and darling from the lions.
stand up for mine help. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the congregation: I will praise thee among
way against them that persecute me: say much people.
unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 19 Let not them that are mine enemies
4 Let them be confounded and put to wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let
shame that seek after my soul: let them be them wink with the eye that hate me
turned back and brought to confusion that without a cause.
devise my hurt. 20 For they speak not peace: but they
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: devise deceitful matters against them that
and let the angel of the LORD chase them. are quiet in the land.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide
let the angel of the LORD persecute them. against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye
PSALMS
inclined unto me, and heard my cry. their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
2 He brought me up also out of an horrible 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and
pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet be glad in thee: let such as love thy
upon a rock, and established my goings. salvation say continually, The LORD be
3 And he hath put a new song in my magnified.
mouth, even praise unto our God: many 17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord
shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the thinketh upon me: thou art my help and
LORD. my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my
4 Blessed is that man that maketh the God.
LORD his trust, and respecteth not the
proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. PSALM 41
5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
wonderful works which thou hast done, BLESSED is he that considereth the poor:
and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: the LORD will deliver him in time of
they cannot be reckoned up in order unto trouble.
thee: if I would declare and speak of them, 2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep
they are more than can be numbered. him alive; and he shall be blessed upon
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him
desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt unto the will of his enemies.
offering and sin offering hast thou not 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the
required. bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume bed in his sickness.
of the book it is written of me, 4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
thy law is within my heart. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When
9 I have preached righteousness in the shall he die, and his name perish?
great congregation: lo, I have not refrained 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh
my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to
10 I have not hid thy righteousness within itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness 7 All that hate me whisper together
and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy against me: against me do they devise my
lovingkindness and thy truth from the hurt.
great congregation. 8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast
11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies unto him: and now that he lieth he shall
from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness rise up no more.
and thy truth continually preserve me. 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom
12 For innumerable evils have compassed I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath
me about: mine iniquities have taken hold lifted up his heel against me.
upon me, so that I am not able to look up; 10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto
they are more than the hairs of mine head: me, and raise me up, that I may requite
therefore my heart faileth me. them.
13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O 11 By this I know that thou favourest me,
LORD, make haste to help me. because mine enemy doth not triumph
14 Let them be ashamed and confounded over me.
together that seek after my soul to destroy 12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in
it; let them be driven backward and put to mine integrity, and settest me before thy
shame that wish me evil. face for ever.
15 Let them be desolate for a reward of 13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel
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thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
right hand is full of righteousness. 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the death shall feed on them; and the upright
daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy shall have dominion over them in the
judgments. morning; and their beauty shall consume
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about in the grave from their dwelling.
her: tell the towers thereof. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider power of the grave: for he shall receive
her palaces; that ye may tell it to the me. Selah.
generation following. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made
14 For this God is our God for ever and rich, when the glory of his house is
ever: he will be our guide even unto death. increased;
17 For when he dieth he shall carry
PSALM 49 nothing away: his glory shall not descend
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the after him.
sons of Korah. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his
HEAR this, all ye people; give ear, all ye soul: and men will praise thee, when thou
inhabitants of the world: doest well to thyself.
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, 19 He shall go to the generation of his
together. fathers; they shall never see light.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and 20 Man that is in honour, and
the meditation of my heart shall be of understandeth not, is like the beasts that
understanding. perish.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I
will open my dark saying upon the harp. PSALM 50
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of A Psalm of Asaph.
evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall THE mighty God, even the LORD, hath
compass me about? spoken, and called the earth from the
6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast rising of the sun unto the going down
themselves in the multitude of their riches; thereof.
7 None of them can by any means redeem 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
his brother, nor give to God a ransom for God hath shined.
him: 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep
8 (For the redemption of their soul is silence: a fire shall devour before him, and
precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) it shall be very tempestuous round about
9 That he should still live for ever, and not him.
see corruption. 4 He shall call to the heavens from above,
10 For he seeth that wise men die, and to the earth, that he may judge his
likewise the fool and the brutish person people.
perish, and leave their wealth to others. 5 Gather my saints together unto me;
11 Their inward thought is, that their those that have made a covenant with me
houses shall continue for ever, and their by sacrifice.
dwelling places to all generations; they 6 And the heavens shall declare his
call their lands after their own names. righteousness: for God is judge himself.
12 Nevertheless man being in honour Selah.
abideth not: he is like the beasts that 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O
perish. Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am
13 This their way is their folly: yet their God, even thy God.
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8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.
or thy burnt offerings, to have been HAVE mercy upon me, O God, according
continually before me. to thy lovingkindness: according unto the
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, multitude of thy tender mercies blot out
nor he goats out of thy folds. my transgressions.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,
and the cattle upon a thousand hills. and cleanse me from my sin.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions:
and the wild beasts of the field are mine. and my sin is ever before me.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,
for the world is mine, and the fulness and done this evil in thy sight: that thou
thereof. mightest be justified when thou speakest,
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the and be clear when thou judgest.
blood of goats? 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay sin did my mother conceive me.
thy vows unto the most High: 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt
I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify make me to know wisdom.
me. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be
16 But unto the wicked God saith, What clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than
hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or snow.
that thou shouldest take my covenant in 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that
thy mouth? the bones which thou hast broken may
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and rejoice.
castest my words behind thee. 9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou all mine iniquities.
consentedst with him, and hast been 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and
partaker with adulterers. renew a right spirit within me.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy 11 Cast me not away from thy presence;
tongue frameth deceit. and take not thy holy spirit from me.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy
brother; thou slanderest thine own salvation; and uphold me with thy free
mother’s son. spirit.
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy
silence; thou thoughtest that I was ways; and sinners shall be converted unto
altogether such an one as thyself: but I thee.
will reprove thee, and set them in order 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O
before thine eyes. God, thou God of my salvation: and my
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, tongue shall sing aloud of thy
lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none righteousness.
to deliver. 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
and to him that ordereth his conversation 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else
aright will I shew the salvation of God. would I give it: thou delightest not in
burnt offering.
PSALM 51 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O
when Nathan the prophet came unto him, God, thou wilt not despise.
PSALMS
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto that did understand, that did seek God.
Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the altogether become filthy; there is none
sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt that doeth good, no, not one.
offering and whole burnt offering: then 4 Have the workers of iniquity no
shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. knowledge? who eat up my people as they
eat bread: they have not called upon God.
PSALM 52 5 There were they in great fear, where no
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm fear was: for God hath scattered the bones
of David, when Doeg the Edomite came of him that encampeth against thee: thou
and told Saul, and said unto him, David is hast put them to shame, because God hath
come to the house of Ahimelech. despised them.
WHY boastest thou thyself in mischief, O 6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were
mighty man? the goodness of God come out of Zion! When God bringeth
endureth continually. back the captivity of his people, Jacob
2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and PSALM 54
lying rather than to speak righteousness. To the chief Musician on Neginoth,
Selah. Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the
4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not
deceitful tongue. David hide himself with us?
5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, SAVE me, O God, by thy name, and judge
he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out me by thy strength.
of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of 2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the
the land of the living. Selah. words of my mouth.
6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, 3 For strangers are risen up against me,
and shall laugh at him: and oppressors seek after my soul: they
7 Lo, this is the man that made not God have not set God before them. Selah.
his strength; but trusted in the abundance 4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is
of his riches, and strengthened himself in with them that uphold my soul.
his wickedness. 5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies:
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the cut them off in thy truth.
house of God: I trust in the mercy of God 6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will
for ever and ever. praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.
9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou 7 For he hath delivered me out of all
hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire
for it is good before thy saints. upon mine enemies.
PSALM 53 PSALM 55
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, To the chief Musician on Neginoth,
Maschil, A Psalm of David. Maschil, A Psalm of David.
THE fool hath said in his heart, There is GIVE ear to my prayer, O God; and hide
no God. Corrupt are they, and have done not thyself from my supplication.
abominable iniquity: there is none that 2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in
doeth good. my complaint, and make a noise;
2 God looked down from heaven upon the 3 Because of the voice of the enemy,
children of men, to see if there were any because of the oppression of the wicked:
PSALMS
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will DO ye indeed speak righteousness, O
render praises unto thee. congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye
13 For thou hast delivered my soul from sons of men?
death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye
falling, that I may walk before God in the weigh the violence of your hands in the
light of the living? earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the
PSALM 57 womb: they go astray as soon as they be
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, born, speaking lies.
Michtam of David, when he fled from 4 Their poison is like the poison of a
Saul in the cave. serpent: they are like the deaf adder that
BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful stoppeth her ear;
unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of
in the shadow of thy wings will I make my charmers, charming never so wisely.
refuge, until these calamities be overpast. 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth:
2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God break out the great teeth of the young
that performeth all things for me. lions, O LORD.
3 He shall send from heaven, and save me 7 Let them melt away as waters which run
from the reproach of him that would continually: when he bendeth his bow to
swallow me up. Selah. God shall send shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in
forth his mercy and his truth. pieces.
4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even 8 As a snail which melteth, let every one
among them that are set on fire, even the of them pass away: like the untimely birth
sons of men, whose teeth are spears and of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the shall take them away as with a whirlwind,
heavens; let thy glory be above all the both living, and in his wrath.
earth. 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he
6 They have prepared a net for my steps; seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet
my soul is bowed down: they have digged in the blood of the wicked.
a pit before me, into the midst whereof 11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is
they are fallen themselves. Selah. a reward for the righteous: verily he is a
7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is God that judgeth in the earth.
fixed: I will sing and give praise.
8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery PSALM 59
and harp: I myself will awake early. To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,
9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and
people: I will sing unto thee among the they watched the house to kill him.
nations. DELIVER me from mine enemies, O my
10 For thy mercy is great unto the God: defend me from them that rise up
heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. against me.
11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
heavens: let thy glory be above all the and save me from bloody men.
earth. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the
mighty are gathered against me; not for
PSALM 58 my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, 4 They run and prepare themselves
Michtam of David. without my fault: awake to help me, and
PSALMS
behold. thousand.
5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, O GOD, thou hast cast us off, thou hast
the God of Israel, awake to visit all the scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O
heathen: be not merciful to any wicked turn thyself to us again.
transgressors. Selah. 2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble;
6 They return at evening: they make a thou hast broken it: heal the breaches
noise like a dog, and go round about the thereof; for it shaketh.
city. 3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard
7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: things: thou hast made us to drink the
swords are in their lips: for who, say they, wine of astonishment.
doth hear? 4 Thou hast given a banner to them that
8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; fear thee, that it may be displayed because
thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. of the truth. Selah.
9 Because of his strength will I wait upon 5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save
thee: for God is my defence. with thy right hand, and hear me.
10 The God of my mercy shall prevent 6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will
me: God shall let me see my desire upon rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete
mine enemies. out the valley of Succoth.
11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
scatter them by thy power; and bring them Ephraim also is the strength of mine head;
down, O Lord our shield. Judah is my lawgiver;
12 For the sin of their mouth and the 8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I
words of their lips let them even be taken cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou
in their pride: and for cursing and lying because of me.
which they speak. 9 Who will bring me into the strong city?
13 Consume them in wrath, consume who will lead me into Edom?
them, that they may not be: and let them 10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast
know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the us off? and thou, O God, which didst not
ends of the earth. Selah. go out with our armies?
14 And at evening let them return; and let 11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is
them make a noise like a dog, and go the help of man.
round about the city. 12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for
15 Let them wander up and down for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will PSALM 61
sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A
for thou hast been my defence and refuge Psalm of David.
in the day of my trouble. HEAR my cry, O God; attend unto my
17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: prayer.
for God is my defence, and the God of my 2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto
mercy. thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead
me to the rock that is higher than I.
PSALM 60 3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and
To the chief Musician upon Shushan- a strong tower from the enemy.
eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when 4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I
he strove with Aram-naharaim and with will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and 5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows:
smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thou hast given me the heritage of those
PSALMS
privily; they say, Who shall see them? God, which is full of water: thou preparest
6 They search out iniquities; they them corn, when thou hast so provided for
accomplish a diligent search: both the it.
inward thought of every one of them, and 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof
the heart, is deep. abundantly: thou settlest the furrows
7 But God shall shoot at them with an thereof: thou makest it soft with showers:
arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. thou blessest the springing thereof.
8 So they shall make their own tongue to 11 Thou crownest the year with thy
fall upon themselves: all that see them goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
shall flee away. 12 They drop upon the pastures of the
9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on
the work of God; for they shall wisely every side.
consider of his doing. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks;
10 The righteous shall be glad in the the valleys also are covered over with
LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
upright in heart shall glory.
PSALM 66
PSALM 65 To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song MAKE a joyful noise unto God, all ye
of David. lands:
PRAISE waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: 2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make
and unto thee shall the vow be performed. his praise glorious.
2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee 3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in
shall all flesh come. thy works! through the greatness of thy
3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our power shall thine enemies submit
transgressions, thou shalt purge them themselves unto thee.
away. 4 All the earth shall worship thee, and
4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy
and causest to approach unto thee, that he name. Selah.
may dwell in thy courts: we shall be 5 Come and see the works of God: he is
satisfied with the goodness of thy house, terrible in his doing toward the children of
even of thy holy temple. men.
5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt 6 He turned the sea into dry land: they
thou answer us, O God of our salvation; went through the flood on foot: there did
who art the confidence of all the ends of we rejoice in him.
the earth, and of them that are afar off 7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes
upon the sea: behold the nations: let not the rebellious
6 Which by his strength setteth fast the exalt themselves. Selah.
mountains; being girded with power: 8 O bless our God, ye people, and make
7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the the voice of his praise to be heard:
noise of their waves, and the tumult of the 9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and
people. suffereth not our feet to be moved.
8 They also that dwell in the uttermost 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou
parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest hast tried us, as silver is tried.
the outgoings of the morning and evening 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou
to rejoice. laidst affliction upon our loins.
9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our
thou greatly enrichest it with the river of heads; we went through fire and through
PSALMS
water: but thou broughtest us out into a 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them
wealthy place. away: as wax melteth before the fire, so
13 I will go into thy house with burnt let the wicked perish at the presence of
offerings: I will pay thee my vows, God.
14 Which my lips have uttered, and my 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them
mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. rejoice before God: yea, let them
15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of exceedingly rejoice.
fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name:
offer bullocks with goats. Selah. extol him that rideth upon the heavens by
16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
and I will declare what he hath done for 5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of
my soul. the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and 6 God setteth the solitary in families: he
he was extolled with my tongue. bringeth out those which are bound with
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry
Lord will not hear me: land.
19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath 7 O God, when thou wentest forth before
attended to the voice of my prayer. thy people, when thou didst march
20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned through the wilderness; Selah:
away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. 8 The earth shook, the heavens also
dropped at the presence of God: even
PSALM 67 Sinai itself was moved at the presence of
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A God, the God of Israel.
Psalm or Song. 9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain,
GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us; whereby thou didst confirm thine
and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. inheritance, when it was weary.
2 That thy way may be known upon earth, 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein:
thy saving health among all nations. thou, O God, hast prepared of thy
3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all goodness for the poor.
the people praise thee. 11 The Lord gave the word: great was the
4 O let the nations be glad and sing for company of those that published it.
joy: for thou shalt judge the people 12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she
righteously, and govern the nations upon that tarried at home divided the spoil.
earth. Selah. 13 Though ye have lien among the pots,
5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove
the people praise thee. covered with silver, and her feathers with
6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; yellow gold.
and God, even our own God, shall bless 14 When the Almighty scattered kings in
us. it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of 15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan;
the earth shall fear him. an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the
PSALM 68 hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea,
To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
of David. 17 The chariots of God are twenty
LET God arise, let his enemies be thousand, even thousands of angels: the
scattered: let them also that hate him flee Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the
before him. holy place.
PSALMS
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth
led captivity captive: thou hast received send out his voice, and that a mighty
gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, voice.
that the LORD God might dwell among 34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his
them. excellency is over Israel, and his strength
19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth is in the clouds.
us with benefits, even the God of our 35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy
salvation. Selah. places: the God of Israel is he that giveth
20 He that is our God is the God of strength and power unto his people.
salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong Blessed be God.
the issues from death.
21 But God shall wound the head of his PSALM 69
enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim,
one as goeth on still in his trespasses. A Psalm of David.
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from SAVE me, O God; for the waters are
Bashan, I will bring my people again from come in unto my soul.
the depths of the sea: 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the standing: I am come into deep waters,
blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of where the floods overflow me.
thy dogs in the same. 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is
24 They have seen thy goings, O God; dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my
even the goings of my God, my King, in God.
the sanctuary. 4 They that hate me without a cause are
25 The singers went before, the players on more than the hairs of mine head: they
instruments followed after; among them that would destroy me, being mine
were the damsels playing with timbrels. enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I
26 Bless ye God in the congregations, restored that which I took not away.
even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness;
27 There is little Benjamin with their and my sins are not hid from thee.
ruler, the princes of Judah and their 6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord
council, the princes of Zebulun, and the GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let
princes of Naphtali. not those that seek thee be confounded for
28 Thy God hath commanded thy my sake, O God of Israel.
strength: strengthen, O God, that which 7 Because for thy sake I have borne
thou hast wrought for us. reproach; shame hath covered my face.
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem 8 I am become a stranger unto my
shall kings bring presents unto thee. brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s
30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the children.
multitude of the bulls, with the calves of 9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten
the people, till every one submit himself me up; and the reproaches of them that
with pieces of silver: scatter thou the reproached thee are fallen upon me.
people that delight in war. 10 When I wept, and chastened my soul
31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; with fasting, that was to my reproach.
Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands 11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and
unto God. I became a proverb to them.
32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the 12 They that sit in the gate speak against
earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee,
PSALMS
O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in 30 I will praise the name of God with a
the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the song, and will magnify him with
truth of thy salvation. thanksgiving.
14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me 31 This also shall please the LORD better
not sink: let me be delivered from them than an ox or bullock that hath horns and
that hate me, and out of the deep waters. hoofs.
15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, 32 The humble shall see this, and be glad:
neither let the deep swallow me up, and let and your heart shall live that seek God.
not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and
16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy despiseth not his prisoners.
lovingkindness is good: turn unto me 34 Let the heaven and earth praise him,
according to the multitude of thy tender the seas, and every thing that moveth
mercies. therein.
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; 35 For God will save Zion, and will build
for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. the cities of Judah: that they may dwell
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem there, and have it in possession.
it: deliver me because of mine enemies. 36 The seed also of his servants shall
19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my inherit it: and they that love his name shall
shame, and my dishonour: mine dwell therein.
adversaries are all before thee.
20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I PSALM 70
am full of heaviness: and I looked for To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David,
some to take pity, but there was none; and to bring to remembrance.
for comforters, but I found none. MAKE haste, O God, to deliver me; make
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; haste to help me, O LORD.
and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded
drink. that seek after my soul: let them be turned
22 Let their table become a snare before backward, and put to confusion, that
them: and that which should have been for desire my hurt.
their welfare, let it become a trap. 3 Let them be turned back for a reward of
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they their shame that say, Aha, aha.
see not; and make their loins continually 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and
to shake. be glad in thee: and let such as love thy
24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, salvation say continually, Let God be
and let thy wrathful anger take hold of magnified.
them. 5 But I am poor and needy: make haste
25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let unto me, O God: thou art my help and my
none dwell in their tents. deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
26 For they persecute him whom thou hast
smitten; and they talk to the grief of those PSALM 71
whom thou hast wounded. IN thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me
27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let never be put to confusion.
them not come into thy righteousness. 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto
the living, and not be written with the me, and save me.
righteous. 3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto
29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy I may continually resort: thou hast given
salvation, O God, set me up on high. commandment to save me; for thou art my
PSALMS
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly
him: all nations shall serve him. concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
12 For he shall deliver the needy when he 9 They set their mouth against the
crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no heavens, and their tongue walketh through
helper. the earth.
13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and 10 Therefore his people return hither: and
shall save the souls of the needy. waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit 11 And they say, How doth God know?
and violence: and precious shall their and is there knowledge in the most High?
blood be in his sight. 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who
15 And he shall live, and to him shall be prosper in the world; they increase in
given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also riches.
shall be made for him continually; and 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in
daily shall he be praised. vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
16 There shall be an handful of corn in the 14 For all the day long have I been
earth upon the top of the mountains; the plagued, and chastened every morning.
fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I
they of the city shall flourish like grass of should offend against the generation of
the earth. thy children.
17 His name shall endure for ever: his 16 When I thought to know this, it was too
name shall be continued as long as the painful for me;
sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God;
nations shall call him blessed. then understood I their end.
18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery
Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. places: thou castedst them down into
19 And blessed be his glorious name for destruction.
ever: and let the whole earth be filled with 19 How are they brought into desolation,
his glory; Amen, and Amen. as in a moment! they are utterly consumed
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse with terrors.
are ended. 20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O
Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt
PSALM 73 despise their image.
A Psalm of Asaph. 21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was
TRULY God is good to Israel, even to pricked in my reins.
such as are of a clean heart. 22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as
2 But as for me, my feet were almost a beast before thee.
gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. 23 Nevertheless I am continually with
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I thee: thou hast holden me by my right
saw the prosperity of the wicked. hand.
4 For there are no bands in their death: 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel,
but their strength is firm. and afterward receive me to glory.
5 They are not in trouble as other men; 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and
neither are they plagued like other men. there is none upon earth that I desire
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about beside thee.
as a chain; violence covereth them as a 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God
garment. is the strength of my heart, and my portion
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they for ever.
have more than heart could wish. 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall
PSALMS
perish: thou hast destroyed all them that 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the
go a whoring from thee. flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine:
God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
that I may declare all thy works. 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the
earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
PSALM 74 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath
Maschil of Asaph. reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish
O GOD, why hast thou cast us off for people have blasphemed thy name.
ever? why doth thine anger smoke against 19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove
the sheep of thy pasture? unto the multitude of the wicked: forget
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
hast purchased of old; the rod of thine 20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the
inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; dark places of the earth are full of the
this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. habitations of cruelty.
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed:
desolations; even all that the enemy hath let the poor and needy praise thy name.
done wickedly in the sanctuary. 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause:
4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy remember how the foolish man
congregations; they set up their ensigns reproacheth thee daily.
for signs. 23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies:
5 A man was famous according as he had the tumult of those that rise up against
lifted up axes upon the thick trees. thee increaseth continually.
6 But now they break down the carved
work thereof at once with axes and PSALM 75
hammers. To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, Psalm or Song of Asaph.
they have defiled by casting down the UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks,
dwelling place of thy name to the ground. unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
them together: they have burned up all the 2 When I shall receive the congregation I
synagogues of God in the land. will judge uprightly.
9 We see not our signs: there is no more 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof
any prophet: neither is there among us any are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it.
that knoweth how long. Selah.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly:
reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
name for ever? 5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even with a stiff neck.
thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. 6 For promotion cometh neither from the
12 For God is my King of old, working east, nor from the west, nor from the
salvation in the midst of the earth. south.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy 7 But God is the judge: he putteth down
strength: thou brakest the heads of the one, and setteth up another.
dragons in the waters. 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in cup, and the wine is red; it is full of
pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the mixture; and he poureth out of the same:
people inhabiting the wilderness. but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the
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believed not for his wondrous works. life over to the pestilence;
33 Therefore their days did he consume in 51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt;
vanity, and their years in trouble. the chief of their strength in the
34 When he slew them, then they sought tabernacles of Ham:
him: and they returned and inquired early 52 But made his own people to go forth
after God. like sheep, and guided them in the
35 And they remembered that God was wilderness like a flock.
their rock, and the high God their 53 And he led them on safely, so that they
redeemer. feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their
36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with enemies.
their mouth, and they lied unto him with 54 And he brought them to the border of
their tongues. his sanctuary, even to this mountain,
37 For their heart was not right with him, which his right hand had purchased.
neither were they stedfast in his covenant. 55 He cast out the heathen also before
38 But he, being full of compassion, them, and divided them an inheritance by
forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell
not: yea, many a time turned he his anger in their tents.
away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the
39 For he remembered that they were but most high God, and kept not his
flesh; a wind that passeth away, and testimonies:
cometh not again. 57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully
40 How oft did they provoke him in the like their fathers: they were turned aside
wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! like a deceitful bow.
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted 58 For they provoked him to anger with
God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. their high places, and moved him to
42 They remembered not his hand, nor the jealousy with their graven images.
day when he delivered them from the 59 When God heard this, he was wroth,
enemy. and greatly abhorred Israel:
43 How he had wrought his signs in 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of
Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among
Zoan: men;
44 And had turned their rivers into blood; 61 And delivered his strength into
and their floods, that they could not drink. captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s
45 He sent divers sorts of flies among hand.
them, which devoured them; and frogs, 62 He gave his people over also unto the
which destroyed them. sword; and was wroth with his
46 He gave also their increase unto the inheritance.
caterpiller, and their labour unto the 63 The fire consumed their young men;
locust. and their maidens were not given to
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and marriage.
their sycomore trees with frost. 64 Their priests fell by the sword; and
48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, their widows made no lamentation.
and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. 65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth
anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by reason of wine.
by sending evil angels among them. 66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder
50 He made a way to his anger; he spared parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
not their soul from death, but gave their 67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of
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Joseph, and chose not the tribe of among the heathen in our sight by the
Ephraim: revenging of the blood of thy servants
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount which is shed.
Zion which he loved. 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come
69 And he built his sanctuary like high before thee; according to the greatness of
palaces, like the earth which he hath thy power preserve thou those that are
established for ever. appointed to die;
70 He chose David also his servant, and 12 And render unto our neighbours
took him from the sheepfolds: sevenfold into their bosom their reproach,
71 From following the ewes great with wherewith they have reproached thee, O
young he brought him to feed Jacob his Lord.
people, and Israel his inheritance. 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy
72 So he fed them according to the pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we
integrity of his heart; and guided them by will shew forth thy praise to all
the skilfulness of his hands. generations.
PSALM 79 PSALM 80
A Psalm of Asaph. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-
O GOD, the heathen are come into thine Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.
inheritance; thy holy temple have they GIVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that
defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that
heaps. dwellest between the cherubims, shine
2 The dead bodies of thy servants have forth.
they given to be meat unto the fowls of the 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and
heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come
beasts of the earth. and save us.
3 Their blood have they shed like water 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy
round about Jerusalem; and there was face to shine; and we shall be saved.
none to bury them. 4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt
4 We are become a reproach to our thou be angry against the prayer of thy
neighbours, a scorn and derision to them people?
that are round about us. 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of
5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for tears; and givest them tears to drink in
ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? great measure.
6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that 6 Thou makest us a strife unto our
have not known thee, and upon the neighbours: and our enemies laugh among
kingdoms that have not called upon thy themselves.
name. 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and
7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid cause thy face to shine; and we shall be
waste his dwelling place. saved.
8 O remember not against us former 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt:
iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted
prevent us: for we are brought very low. it.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the 9 Thou preparedst room before it, and
glory of thy name: and deliver us, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it
purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake. filled the land.
10 Wherefore should the heathen say, 10 The hills were covered with the
Where is their God? let him be known shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were
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like the goodly cedars. thee; I answered thee in the secret place of
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, thunder: I proved thee at the waters of
and her branches unto the river. Meribah. Selah.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify
hedges, so that all they which pass by the unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken
way do pluck her? unto me;
13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, 9 There shall no strange god be in thee;
and the wild beast of the field doth devour neither shalt thou worship any strange
it. god.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of 10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought
hosts: look down from heaven, and thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy
behold, and visit this vine; mouth wide, and I will fill it.
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand 11 But my people would not hearken to
hath planted, and the branch that thou my voice; and Israel would none of me.
madest strong for thyself. 12 So I gave them up unto their own
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own
they perish at the rebuke of thy counsels.
countenance. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
right hand, upon the son of man whom 14 I should soon have subdued their
thou madest strong for thyself. enemies, and turned my hand against their
18 So will not we go back from thee: adversaries.
quicken us, and we will call upon thy 15 The haters of the LORD should have
name. submitted themselves unto him: but their
19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, time should have endured for ever.
cause thy face to shine; and we shall be 16 He should have fed them also with the
saved. finest of the wheat: and with honey out of
the rock should I have satisfied thee.
PSALM 81
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A PSALM 82
Psalm of Asaph. A Psalm of Asaph.
SING aloud unto God our strength: make GOD standeth in the congregation of the
a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and
timbrel, the pleasant harp with the accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
psaltery. 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, justice to the afflicted and needy.
in the time appointed, on our solemn feast 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out
day. of the hand of the wicked.
4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a 5 They know not, neither will they
law of the God of Jacob. understand; they walk on in darkness: all
5 This he ordained in Joseph for a the foundations of the earth are out of
testimony, when he went out through the course.
land of Egypt: where I heard a language 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you
that I understood not. are children of the most High.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like
his hands were delivered from the pots. one of the princes.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou
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PSALM 83 PSALM 84
A Song or Psalm of Asaph. To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A
KEEP not thou silence, O God: hold not Psalm for the sons of Korah.
thy peace, and be not still, O God. HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: LORD of hosts!
and they that hate thee have lifted up the 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for
head. the courts of the LORD: my heart and my
3 They have taken crafty counsel against flesh crieth out for the living God.
thy people, and consulted against thy 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house,
hidden ones. and the swallow a nest for herself, where
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut she may lay her young, even thine altars,
them off from being a nation; that the O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
name of Israel may be no more in 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:
remembrance. they will be still praising thee. Selah.
5 For they have consulted together with 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in
one consent: they are confederate against thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
thee: 6 Who passing through the valley of Baca
6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the make it a well; the rain also filleth the
Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; pools.
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the 7 They go from strength to strength, every
Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
8 Assur also is joined with them: they 8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer:
have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as 9 Behold, O God our shield, and look
to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of upon the face of thine anointed.
Kison: 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a
10 Which perished at En-dor: they became thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in
as dung for the earth. the house of my God, than to dwell in the
11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like tents of wickedness.
Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield:
as Zalmunna: the LORD will give grace and glory: no
12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the good thing will he withhold from them
houses of God in possession. that walk uprightly.
13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as 12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man
the stubble before the wind. that trusteth in thee.
14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the
flame setteth the mountains on fire; PSALM 85
15 So persecute them with thy tempest, To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the
and make them afraid with thy storm. sons of Korah.
16 Fill their faces with shame; that they LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy
may seek thy name, O LORD. land: thou hast brought back the captivity
17 Let them be confounded and troubled of Jacob.
for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy
and perish: people, thou hast covered all their sin.
18 That men may know that thou, whose Selah.
name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou
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hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thee, O Lord; neither are there any works
thine anger. like unto thy works.
4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall
cause thine anger toward us to cease. come and worship before thee, O Lord;
5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt and shall glorify thy name.
thou draw out thine anger to all 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous
generations? things: thou art God alone.
6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy 11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will
people may rejoice in thee? walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear
7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant thy name.
us thy salvation. 12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with
8 I will hear what God the LORD will all my heart: and I will glorify thy name
speak: for he will speak peace unto his for evermore.
people, and to his saints: but let them not 13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and
turn again to folly. thou hast delivered my soul from the
9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that lowest hell.
fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. 14 O God, the proud are risen against me,
10 Mercy and truth are met together; and the assemblies of violent men have
righteousness and peace have kissed each sought after my soul; and have not set thee
other. before them.
11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and 15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of
righteousness shall look down from compassion, and gracious, longsuffering,
heaven. and plenteous in mercy and truth.
12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is 16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon
good; and our land shall yield her me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and
increase. save the son of thine handmaid.
13 Righteousness shall go before him; and 17 Shew me a token for good; that they
shall set us in the way of his steps. which hate me may see it, and be
ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen
PSALM 86 me, and comforted me.
A Prayer of David.
BOW down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: PSALM 87
for I am poor and needy. A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah.
2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou HIS foundation is in the holy mountains.
my God, save thy servant that trusteth in 2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more
thee. than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O
unto thee daily. city of God. Selah.
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto 4 I will make mention of Rahab and
thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Babylon to them that know me: behold
5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this
forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all man was born there.
them that call upon thee. 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and
6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and that man was born in her: and the highest
attend to the voice of my supplications. himself shall establish her.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon 6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth
thee: for thou wilt answer me. up the people, that this man was born
8 Among the gods there is none like unto there. Selah.
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before thy face. not utterly take from him, nor suffer my
15 Blessed is the people that know the faithfulness to fail.
joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter
the light of thy countenance. the thing that is gone out of my lips.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that
day: and in thy righteousness shall they be I will not lie unto David.
exalted. 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: throne as the sun before me.
and in thy favour our horn shall be 37 It shall be established for ever as the
exalted. moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven.
18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Selah.
Holy One of Israel is our king. 38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred,
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one 39 Thou hast made void the covenant of
that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown
out of the people. by casting it to the ground.
20 I have found David my servant; with 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges;
my holy oil have I anointed him: thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
21 With whom my hand shall be 41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he
established: mine arm also shall is a reproach to his neighbours.
strengthen him. 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; adversaries; thou hast made all his
nor the son of wickedness afflict him. enemies to rejoice.
23 And I will beat down his foes before 43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his
his face, and plague them that hate him. sword, and hast not made him to stand in
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy the battle.
shall be with him: and in my name shall 44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and
his horn be exalted. cast his throne down to the ground.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and 45 The days of his youth hast thou
his right hand in the rivers. shortened: thou hast covered him with
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my shame. Selah.
father, my God, and the rock of my 46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide
salvation. thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, fire?
higher than the kings of the earth. 47 Remember how short my time is:
28 My mercy will I keep for him for wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
evermore, and my covenant shall stand 48 What man is he that liveth, and shall
fast with him. not see death? shall he deliver his soul
29 His seed also will I make to endure for from the hand of the grave? Selah.
ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 49 Lord, where are thy former
30 If his children forsake my law, and lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto
walk not in my judgments; David in thy truth?
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy
my commandments; servants; how I do bear in my bosom the
32 Then will I visit their transgression reproach of all the mighty people;
with the rod, and their iniquity with 51 Wherewith thine enemies have
stripes. reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
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52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. and thy glory unto their children.
Amen, and Amen. 17 And let the beauty of the LORD our
God be upon us: and establish thou the
PSALM 90 work of our hands upon us; yea, the work
A Prayer of Moses the man of God. of our hands establish thou it.
LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place
in all generations. PSALM 91
2 Before the mountains were brought HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the
forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth most High shall abide under the shadow of
and the world, even from everlasting to the Almighty.
everlasting, thou art God. 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge
3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and and my fortress: my God; in him will I
sayest, Return, ye children of men. trust.
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the
as yesterday when it is past, and as a snare of the fowler, and from the noisome
watch in the night. pestilence.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers,
they are as a sleep: in the morning they and under his wings shalt thou trust: his
are like grass which groweth up. truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by
groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
and withereth. 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in
7 For we are consumed by thine anger, darkness; nor for the destruction that
and by thy wrath are we troubled. wasteth at noonday.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten
our secret sins in the light of thy thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not
countenance. come nigh thee.
9 For all our days are passed away in thy 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold
wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is and see the reward of the wicked.
told. 9 Because thou hast made the LORD,
10 The days of our years are threescore which is my refuge, even the most High,
years and ten; and if by reason of strength thy habitation;
they be fourscore years, yet is their 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither
strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
cut off, and we fly away. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over
11 Who knoweth the power of thine thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
anger? even according to thy fear, so is 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands,
thy wrath. lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
12 So teach us to number our days, that 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and
we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt
13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it thou trample under feet.
repent thee concerning thy servants. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me,
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that therefore will I deliver him: I will set him
we may rejoice and be glad all our days. on high, because he hath known my name.
15 Make us glad according to the days 15 He shall call upon me, and I will
wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the answer him: I will be with him in trouble;
years wherein we have seen evil. I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and
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the days of adversity, until the pit be 8 Harden not your heart, as in the
digged for the wicked. provocation, and as in the day of
14 For the LORD will not cast off his temptation in the wilderness:
people, neither will he forsake his 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved
inheritance. me, and saw my work.
15 But judgment shall return unto 10 Forty years long was I grieved with
righteousness: and all the upright in heart this generation, and said, It is a people that
shall follow it. do err in their heart, and they have not
16 Who will rise up for me against the known my ways:
evildoers? or who will stand up for me 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that
against the workers of iniquity? they should not enter into my rest.
17 Unless the LORD had been my help,
my soul had almost dwelt in silence. PSALM 96
18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy O SING unto the LORD a new song: sing
mercy, O LORD, held me up. unto the LORD, all the earth.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within 2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name;
me thy comforts delight my soul. shew forth his salvation from day to day.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have 3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his
fellowship with thee, which frameth wonders among all people.
mischief by a law? 4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be
21 They gather themselves together praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
against the soul of the righteous, and 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols:
condemn the innocent blood. but the LORD made the heavens.
22 But the LORD is my defence; and my 6 Honour and majesty are before him:
God is the rock of my refuge. strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
23 And he shall bring upon them their 7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of
own iniquity, and shall cut them off in the people, give unto the LORD glory and
their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our strength.
God shall cut them off. 8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto
his name: bring an offering, and come into
PSALM 95 his courts.
O COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us 9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of
make a joyful noise to the rock of our holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
salvation. 10 Say among the heathen that the LORD
2 Let us come before his presence with reigneth: the world also shall be
thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise established that it shall not be moved: he
unto him with psalms. shall judge the people righteously.
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the
King above all gods. earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the
4 In his hand are the deep places of the fulness thereof.
earth: the strength of the hills is his also. 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is
5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his therein: then shall all the trees of the wood
hands formed the dry land. rejoice
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: 13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he
let us kneel before the LORD our maker. cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge
7 For he is our God; and we are the the world with righteousness, and the
people of his pasture, and the sheep of his people with his truth.
hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
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7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of small and great beasts.
thy thunder they hasted away. 26 There go the ships: there is that
8 They go up by the mountains; they go leviathan, whom thou hast made to play
down by the valleys unto the place which therein.
thou hast founded for them. 27 These wait all upon thee; that thou
9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not mayest give them their meat in due
pass over; that they turn not again to cover season.
the earth. 28 That thou givest them they gather: thou
10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, openest thine hand, they are filled with
which run among the hills. good.
11 They give drink to every beast of the 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled:
field: the wild asses quench their thirst. thou takest away their breath, they die,
12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven and return to their dust.
have their habitation, which sing among 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are
the branches. created: and thou renewest the face of the
13 He watereth the hills from his earth.
chambers: the earth is satisfied with the 31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for
fruit of thy works. ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
14 He causeth the grass to grow for the 32 He looketh on the earth, and it
cattle, and herb for the service of man: trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they
that he may bring forth food out of the smoke.
earth; 33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I
15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of live: I will sing praise to my God while I
man, and oil to make his face to shine, and have my being.
bread which strengtheneth man’s heart. 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I
16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; will be glad in the LORD.
the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath 35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the
planted; earth, and let the wicked be no more.
17 Where the birds make their nests: as Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye
for the stork, the fir trees are her house. the LORD.
18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild
goats; and the rocks for the conies. PSALM 105
19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; call upon
sun knoweth his going down. his name: make known his deeds among
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: the people.
wherein all the beasts of the forest do 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him:
creep forth. talk ye of all his wondrous works.
21 The young lions roar after their prey, 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart
and seek their meat from God. of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek
together, and lay them down in their dens. his face evermore.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to 5 Remember his marvellous works that he
his labour until the evening. hath done; his wonders, and the judgments
24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! of his mouth;
in wisdom hast thou made them all: the 6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye
earth is full of thy riches. children of Jacob his chosen.
25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein 7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments
are things creeping innumerable, both are in all the earth.
PSALMS
8 He hath remembered his covenant for 30 Their land brought forth frogs in
ever, the word which he commanded to a abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
thousand generations. 31 He spake, and there came divers sorts
9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
and his oath unto Isaac; 32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming
10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for fire in their land.
a law, and to Israel for an everlasting 33 He smote their vines also and their fig
covenant: trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land 34 He spake, and the locusts came, and
of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: caterpillers, and that without number,
12 When they were but a few men in 35 And did eat up all the herbs in their
number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. land, and devoured the fruit of their
13 When they went from one nation to ground.
another, from one kingdom to another 36 He smote also all the firstborn in their
people; land, the chief of all their strength.
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: 37 He brought them forth also with silver
yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; and gold: and there was not one feeble
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and person among their tribes.
do my prophets no harm. 38 Egypt was glad when they departed:
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon for the fear of them fell upon them.
the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. 39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and
17 He sent a man before them, even fire to give light in the night.
Joseph, who was sold for a servant: 40 The people asked, and he brought
18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he quails, and satisfied them with the bread
was laid in iron: of heaven.
19 Until the time that his word came: the 41 He opened the rock, and the waters
word of the LORD tried him. gushed out; they ran in the dry places like
20 The king sent and loosed him; even the a river.
ruler of the people, and let him go free. 42 For he remembered his holy promise,
21 He made him lord of his house, and and Abraham his servant.
ruler of all his substance: 43 And he brought forth his people with
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and joy, and his chosen with gladness:
teach his senators wisdom. 44 And gave them the lands of the
23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob heathen: and they inherited the labour of
sojourned in the land of Ham. the people;
24 And he increased his people greatly; 45 That they might observe his statutes,
and made them stronger than their and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, PSALM 106
to deal subtilly with his servants. PRAISE ye the LORD. O give thanks unto
26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy
whom he had chosen. endureth for ever.
27 They shewed his signs among them, 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the
and wonders in the land of Ham. LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; 3 Blessed are they that keep judgment,
and they rebelled not against his word. and he that doeth righteousness at all
29 He turned their waters into blood, and times.
slew their fish. 4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour
PSALMS
that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit them, had not Moses his chosen stood
me with thy salvation; before him in the breach, to turn away his
5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, wrath, lest he should destroy them.
that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land,
nation, that I may glory with thine they believed not his word:
inheritance. 25 But murmured in their tents, and
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
have committed iniquity, we have done 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against
wickedly. them, to overthrow them in the
7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders wilderness:
in Egypt; they remembered not the 27 To overthrow their seed also among the
multitude of thy mercies; but provoked nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
him at the sea, even at the Red sea. 28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-
8 Nevertheless he saved them for his peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
name’s sake, that he might make his 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with
mighty power to be known. their inventions: and the plague brake in
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was upon them.
dried up: so he led them through the 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed
depths, as through the wilderness. judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
10 And he saved them from the hand of 31 And that was counted unto him for
him that hated them, and redeemed them righteousness unto all generations for
from the hand of the enemy. evermore.
11 And the waters covered their enemies: 32 They angered him also at the waters of
there was not one of them left. strife, so that it went ill with Moses for
12 Then believed they his words; they their sakes:
sang his praise. 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so
13 They soon forgat his works; they that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
waited not for his counsel: 34 They did not destroy the nations,
14 But lusted exceedingly in the concerning whom the LORD commanded
wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. them:
15 And he gave them their request; but 35 But were mingled among the heathen,
sent leanness into their soul. and learned their works.
16 They envied Moses also in the camp, 36 And they served their idols: which
and Aaron the saint of the LORD. were a snare unto them.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their
Dathan, and covered the company of daughters unto devils,
Abiram. 38 And shed innocent blood, even the
18 And a fire was kindled in their blood of their sons and of their daughters,
company; the flame burned up the wicked. whom they sacrificed unto the idols of
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and Canaan: and the land was polluted with
worshipped the molten image. blood.
20 Thus they changed their glory into the 39 Thus were they defiled with their own
similitude of an ox that eateth grass. works, and went a whoring with their own
21 They forgat God their saviour, which inventions.
had done great things in Egypt; 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, kindled against his people, insomuch that
and terrible things by the Red sea. he abhorred his own inheritance.
23 Therefore he said that he would destroy 41 And he gave them into the hand of the
PSALMS
heathen; and they that hated them ruled shadow of death, being bound in affliction
over them. and iron;
42 Their enemies also oppressed them, 11 Because they rebelled against the
and they were brought into subjection words of God, and contemned the counsel
under their hand. of the most High:
43 Many times did he deliver them; but 12 Therefore he brought down their heart
they provoked him with their counsel, and with labour; they fell down, and there was
were brought low for their iniquity. none to help.
44 Nevertheless he regarded their 13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their
affliction, when he heard their cry: trouble, and he saved them out of their
45 And he remembered for them his distresses.
covenant, and repented according to the 14 He brought them out of darkness and
multitude of his mercies. the shadow of death, and brake their bands
46 He made them also to be pitied of all in sunder.
those that carried them captives. 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for
47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather his goodness, and for his wonderful works
us from among the heathen, to give thanks to the children of men!
unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass,
praise. and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel 17 Fools because of their transgression,
from everlasting to everlasting: and let all and because of their iniquities, are
the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of
PSALM 107 meat; and they draw near unto the gates of
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for he is death.
good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, trouble, and he saveth them out of their
whom he hath redeemed from the hand of distresses.
the enemy; 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and
3 And gathered them out of the lands, delivered them from their destructions.
from the east, and from the west, from the 21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for
north, and from the south. his goodness, and for his wonderful works
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a to the children of men!
solitary way; they found no city to dwell 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of
in. thanksgiving, and declare his works with
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in rejoicing.
them. 23 They that go down to the sea in ships,
6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their that do business in great waters;
trouble, and he delivered them out of their 24 These see the works of the LORD, and
distresses. his wonders in the deep.
7 And he led them forth by the right way, 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the
that they might go to a city of habitation. stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves
8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for thereof.
his goodness, and for his wonderful works 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go
to the children of men! down again to the depths: their soul is
9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and melted because of trouble.
filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a
10 Such as sit in darkness and in the drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
PSALMS
28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their give praise, even with my glory.
trouble, and he bringeth them out of their 2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will
distresses. awake early.
29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the 3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the
waves thereof are still. people: and I will sing praises unto thee
30 Then are they glad because they be among the nations.
quiet; so he bringeth them unto their 4 For thy mercy is great above the
desired haven. heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the
31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for clouds.
his goodness, and for his wonderful works 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the
to the children of men! heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
32 Let them exalt him also in the 6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save
congregation of the people, and praise him with thy right hand, and answer me.
in the assembly of the elders. 7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will
33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete
the watersprings into dry ground; out the valley of Succoth.
34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the 8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
wickedness of them that dwell therein. Ephraim also is the strength of mine head;
35 He turneth the wilderness into a Judah is my lawgiver;
standing water, and dry ground into 9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I
watersprings. cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I
36 And there he maketh the hungry to triumph.
dwell, that they may prepare a city for 10 Who will bring me into the strong city?
habitation; who will lead me into Edom?
37 And sow the fields, and plant 11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us
vineyards, which may yield fruits of off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth
increase. with our hosts?
38 He blesseth them also, so that they are 12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is
multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their the help of man.
cattle to decrease. 13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for
39 Again, they are minished and brought he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
low through oppression, affliction, and
sorrow. PSALM 109
40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
causeth them to wander in the wilderness, HOLD not thy peace, O God of my praise;
where there is no way. 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the
41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from mouth of the deceitful are opened against
affliction, and maketh him families like a me: they have spoken against me with a
flock. lying tongue.
42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: 3 They compassed me about also with
and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. words of hatred; and fought against me
43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these without a cause.
things, even they shall understand the 4 For my love they are my adversaries:
lovingkindness of the LORD. but I give myself unto prayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for
PSALM 108 good, and hatred for my love.
A Song or Psalm of David. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let
O GOD, my heart is fixed; I will sing and Satan stand at his right hand.
PSALMS
7 When he shall be judged, let him be 24 My knees are weak through fasting;
condemned: and let his prayer become sin. and my flesh faileth of fatness.
8 Let his days be few; and let another take 25 I became also a reproach unto them:
his office. when they looked upon me they shaked
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his their heads.
wife a widow. 26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me
10 Let his children be continually according to thy mercy:
vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their 27 That they may know that this is thy
bread also out of their desolate places. hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he 28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when
hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto servant rejoice.
him: neither let there be any to favour his 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with
fatherless children. shame, and let them cover themselves
13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the with their own confusion, as with a
generation following let their name be mantle.
blotted out. 30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be mouth; yea, I will praise him among the
remembered with the LORD; and let not multitude.
the sin of his mother be blotted out. 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of
15 Let them be before the LORD the poor, to save him from those that
continually, that he may cut off the condemn his soul.
memory of them from the earth.
16 Because that he remembered not to PSALM 110
shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and A Psalm of David.
needy man, that he might even slay the THE LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at
broken in heart. my right hand, until I make thine enemies
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto thy footstool.
him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy
it be far from him. strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like of thine enemies.
as with his garment, so let it come into his 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of
bowels like water, and like oil into his thy power, in the beauties of holiness from
bones. the womb of the morning: thou hast the
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which dew of thy youth.
covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith 4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not
he is girded continually. repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the
20 Let this be the reward of mine order of Melchizedek.
adversaries from the LORD, and of them 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike
that speak evil against my soul. through kings in the day of his wrath.
21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, 6 He shall judge among the heathen, he
for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is shall fill the places with the dead bodies;
good, deliver thou me. he shall wound the heads over many
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart countries.
is wounded within me. 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way:
23 I am gone like the shadow when it therefore shall he lift up the head.
declineth: I am tossed up and down as the
locust. PSALM 111
PSALMS
PRAISE ye the LORD. I will praise the 8 His heart is established, he shall not be
LORD with my whole heart, in the afraid, until he see his desire upon his
assembly of the upright, and in the enemies.
congregation. 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the
2 The works of the LORD are great, sought poor; his righteousness endureth for ever;
out of all them that have pleasure therein. his horn shall be exalted with honour.
3 His work is honourable and glorious: 10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved;
and his righteousness endureth for ever. he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt
4 He hath made his wonderful works to be away: the desire of the wicked shall
remembered: the LORD is gracious and perish.
full of compassion.
5 He hath given meat unto them that fear PSALM 113
him: he will ever be mindful of his PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise, O ye
covenant. servants of the LORD, praise the name of
6 He hath shewed his people the power of the LORD.
his works, that he may give them the 2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from
heritage of the heathen. this time forth and for evermore.
7 The works of his hands are verity and 3 From the rising of the sun unto the going
judgment; all his commandments are sure. down of the same the LORD’s name is to
8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and be praised.
are done in truth and uprightness. 4 The LORD is high above all nations, and
9 He sent redemption unto his people: he his glory above the heavens.
hath commanded his covenant for ever: 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God,
holy and reverend is his name. who dwelleth on high,
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the
of wisdom: a good understanding have all things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
they that do his commandments: his praise 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,
endureth for ever. and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
8 That he may set him with princes, even
PSALM 112 with the princes of his people.
PRAISE ye the LORD. Blessed is the man 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep
that feareth the LORD, that delighteth house, and to be a joyful mother of
greatly in his commandments. children. Praise ye the LORD.
2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the
generation of the upright shall be blessed. PSALM 114
3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: WHEN Israel went out of Egypt, the
and his righteousness endureth for ever. house of Jacob from a people of strange
4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the language;
darkness: he is gracious, and full of 2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his
compassion, and righteous. dominion.
5 A good man sheweth favour, and 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was
lendeth: he will guide his affairs with driven back.
discretion. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and
6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the little hills like lambs.
the righteous shall be in everlasting 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou
remembrance. fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast
7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his driven back?
heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like
PSALMS
48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy 68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach
commandments, which I have loved; and I me thy statutes.
will meditate in thy statutes. 69 The proud have forged a lie against
ZAIN. me: but I will keep thy precepts with my
49 Remember the word unto thy servant, whole heart.
upon which thou hast caused me to hope. 70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for delight in thy law.
thy word hath quickened me. 71 It is good for me that I have been
51 The proud have had me greatly in afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
derision: yet have I not declined from thy 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me
law. than thousands of gold and silver.
52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O JOD.
LORD; and have comforted myself. 73 Thy hands have made me and
53 Horror hath taken hold upon me fashioned me: give me understanding, that
because of the wicked that forsake thy I may learn thy commandments.
law. 74 They that fear thee will be glad when
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the they see me; because I have hoped in thy
house of my pilgrimage. word.
55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, 75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments
in the night, and have kept thy law. are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast
56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. afflicted me.
CHETH. 76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness
57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have be for my comfort, according to thy word
said that I would keep thy words. unto thy servant.
58 I intreated thy favour with my whole 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me,
heart: be merciful unto me according to that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
thy word. 78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they
59 I thought on my ways, and turned my dealt perversely with me without a cause:
feet unto thy testimonies. but I will meditate in thy precepts.
60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me,
thy commandments. and those that have known thy
61 The bands of the wicked have robbed testimonies.
me: but I have not forgotten thy law. 80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes;
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks that I be not ashamed.
unto thee because of thy righteous CAPH.
judgments. 81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I
63 I am a companion of all them that fear hope in thy word.
thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying,
64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy When wilt thou comfort me?
mercy: teach me thy statutes. 83 For I am become like a bottle in the
TETH. smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, 84 How many are the days of thy servant?
O LORD, according unto thy word. when wilt thou execute judgment on them
66 Teach me good judgment and that persecute me?
knowledge: for I have believed thy 85 The proud have digged pits for me,
commandments. which are not after thy law.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: 86 All thy commandments are faithful:
but now have I kept thy word. they persecute me wrongfully; help thou
PSALMS
the hand of their masters, and as the eyes forth with the workers of iniquity: but
of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; peace shall be upon Israel.
so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God,
until that he have mercy upon us. PSALM 126
3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have A Song of degrees.
mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly WHEN the LORD turned again the
filled with contempt. captivity of Zion, we were like them that
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the dream.
scorning of those that are at ease, and with 2 Then was our mouth filled with
the contempt of the proud. laughter, and our tongue with singing:
then said they among the heathen, The
PSALM 124 LORD hath done great things for them.
A Song of degrees of David. 3 The LORD hath done great things for us;
IF it had not been the LORD who was on whereof we are glad.
our side, now may Israel say; 4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the
2 If it had not been the LORD who was on streams in the south.
our side, when men rose up against us: 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
when their wrath was kindled against us: precious seed, shall doubtless come again
4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with
the stream had gone over our soul: him.
5 Then the proud waters had gone over
our soul. PSALM 127
6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not A Song of degrees for Solomon.
given us as a prey to their teeth. EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the labour in vain that build it: except the
snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh
and we are escaped. but in vain.
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit
who made heaven and earth. up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so
he giveth his beloved sleep.
PSALM 125 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the
A Song of degrees. LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his
THEY that trust in the LORD shall be as reward.
mount Zion, which cannot be removed, 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty
but abideth for ever. man; so are children of the youth.
2 As the mountains are round about 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver
Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his full of them: they shall not be ashamed,
people from henceforth even for ever. but they shall speak with the enemies in
3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest the gate.
upon the lot of the righteous; lest the
righteous put forth their hands unto PSALM 128
iniquity. A Song of degrees.
4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be BLESSED is every one that feareth the
good, and to them that are upright in their LORD; that walketh in his ways.
hearts. 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine
5 As for such as turn aside unto their hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be
crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them well with thee.
PSALMS
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by more than they that watch for the
the sides of thine house: thy children like morning.
olive plants round about thy table. 7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be LORD there is mercy, and with him is
blessed that feareth the LORD. plenteous redemption.
5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his
and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem iniquities.
all the days of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s PSALM 131
children, and peace upon Israel. A Song of degrees of David.
LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine
PSALM 129 eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in
A Song of degrees. great matters, or in things too high for me.
MANY a time have they afflicted me from 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted
my youth, may Israel now say: myself, as a child that is weaned of his
2 Many a time have they afflicted me mother: my soul is even as a weaned
from my youth: yet they have not child.
prevailed against me. 3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from
3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they henceforth and for ever.
made long their furrows.
4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut PSALM 132
asunder the cords of the wicked. A Song of degrees.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned LORD, remember David, and all his
back that hate Zion. afflictions:
6 Let them be as the grass upon the 2 How he sware unto the LORD, and
housetops, which withereth afore it vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
groweth up: 3 Surely I will not come into the
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my
hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bed;
bosom. 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or
8 Neither do they which go by say, The slumber to mine eyelids,
blessing of the LORD be upon you: we 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an
bless you in the name of the LORD. habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found
PSALM 130 it in the fields of the wood.
A Song of degrees. 7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will
OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, worship at his footstool.
O LORD. 8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and
2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be the ark of thy strength.
attentive to the voice of my supplications. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with
3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, righteousness; and let thy saints shout for
O Lord, who shall stand? joy.
4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that 10 For thy servant David’s sake turn not
thou mayest be feared. away the face of thine anointed.
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, 11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto
and in his word do I hope. David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit
6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
they that watch for the morning: I say, 12 If thy children will keep my covenant
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and my testimony that I shall teach them, sing praises unto his name; for it is
their children shall also sit upon thy throne pleasant.
for evermore. 4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto
13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he himself, and Israel for his peculiar
hath desired it for his habitation. treasure.
14 This is my rest for ever: here will I 5 For I know that the LORD is great, and
dwell; for I have desired it. that our Lord is above all gods.
15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I 6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did
will satisfy her poor with bread. he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and
16 I will also clothe her priests with all deep places.
salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from
for joy. the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings
17 There will I make the horn of David to for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of
bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine his treasuries.
anointed. 8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both
18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: of man and beast.
but upon himself shall his crown flourish. 9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the
midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and
PSALM 133 upon all his servants.
A Song of degrees of David. 10 Who smote great nations, and slew
BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it mighty kings;
is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of
head, that ran down upon the beard, even Canaan:
Aaron’s beard: that went down to the 12 And gave their land for an heritage, an
skirts of his garments; heritage unto Israel his people.
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew 13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever;
that descended upon the mountains of and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all
Zion: for there the LORD commanded the generations.
blessing, even life for evermore. 14 For the LORD will judge his people,
and he will repent himself concerning his
PSALM 134 servants.
A Song of degrees. 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and
BEHOLD, bless ye the LORD, all ye gold, the work of men’s hands.
servants of the LORD, which by night 16 They have mouths, but they speak not;
stand in the house of the LORD. eyes have they, but they see not;
2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and 17 They have ears, but they hear not;
bless the LORD. neither is there any breath in their mouths.
3 The LORD that made heaven and earth 18 They that make them are like unto
bless thee out of Zion. them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel:
PSALM 135 bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the name 20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye
of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
the LORD. 21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion,
2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the
in the courts of the house of our God, LORD.
3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good:
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3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee;
me, and strengthenedst me with strength but the night shineth as the day: the
in my soul. darkness and the light are both alike to
4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee.
thee, O LORD, when they hear the words 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou
of thy mouth. hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and
LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. wonderfully made: marvellous are thy
6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he works; and that my soul knoweth right
respect unto the lowly: but the proud he well.
knoweth afar off. 15 My substance was not hid from thee,
7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, when I was made in secret, and curiously
thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
forth thine hand against the wrath of mine 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet
enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. being unperfect; and in thy book all my
8 The LORD will perfect that which members were written, which in
concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, continuance were fashioned, when as yet
endureth for ever: forsake not the works there was none of them.
of thine own hands. 17 How precious also are thy thoughts
unto me, O God! how great is the sum of
PSALM 139 them!
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 18 If I should count them, they are more in
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and number than the sand: when I awake, I am
known me. still with thee.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O
uprising, thou understandest my thought God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody
afar off. men.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying 20 For they speak against thee wickedly,
down, and art acquainted with all my and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
ways. 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, thee? and am not I grieved with those that
but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it rise up against thee?
altogether. 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, them mine enemies.
and laid thine hand upon me. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart:
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for try me, and know my thoughts:
me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 24 And see if there be any wicked way in
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art PSALM 140
there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
thou art there. DELIVER me, O LORD, from the evil
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and man: preserve me from the violent man;
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and continually are they gathered together for
thy right hand shall hold me. war.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a
me; even the night shall be light about me. serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips.
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HEAR my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my knowledge of him! or the son of man, that
supplications: in thy faithfulness answer thou makest account of him!
me, and in thy righteousness. 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a
2 And enter not into judgment with thy shadow that passeth away.
servant: for in thy sight shall no man 5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come
living be justified. down: touch the mountains, and they shall
3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; smoke.
he hath smitten my life down to the 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them:
ground; he hath made me to dwell in shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
darkness, as those that have been long 7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and
dead. deliver me out of great waters, from the
4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed hand of strange children;
within me; my heart within me is desolate. 8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their
5 I remember the days of old; I meditate right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
on all thy works; I muse on the work of 9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God:
thy hands. upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten
6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my strings will I sing praises unto thee.
soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. 10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings:
Selah. who delivereth David his servant from the
7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit hurtful sword.
faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be 11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand
like unto them that go down into the pit. of strange children, whose mouth speaketh
8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in vanity, and their right hand is a right hand
the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause of falsehood:
me to know the way wherein I should 12 That our sons may be as plants grown
walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. up in their youth; that our daughters may
9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine be as corner stones, polished after the
enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. similitude of a palace:
10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art 13 That our garners may be full, affording
my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into all manner of store: that our sheep may
the land of uprightness. bring forth thousands and ten thousands in
11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s our streets:
sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour;
soul out of trouble. that there be no breaking in, nor going
12 And of thy mercy cut off mine out; that there be no complaining in our
enemies, and destroy all them that afflict streets.
my soul: for I am thy servant. 15 Happy is that people, that is in such a
case: yea, happy is that people, whose
PSALM 144 God is the LORD.
A Psalm of David.
BLESSED be the LORD my strength, PSALM 145
which teacheth my hands to war, and my David’s Psalm of praise.
fingers to fight: I WILL extol thee, my God, O king; and I
2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high will bless thy name for ever and ever.
tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he 2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will
in whom I trust; who subdueth my people praise thy name for ever and ever.
under me. 3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be
3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
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4 One generation shall praise thy works to 2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I
another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. will sing praises unto my God while I
5 I will speak of the glorious honour of have any being.
thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the
6 And men shall speak of the might of thy son of man, in whom there is no help.
terrible acts: and I will declare thy 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to
greatness. his earth; in that very day his thoughts
7 They shall abundantly utter the memory perish.
of thy great goodness, and shall sing of 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob
thy righteousness. for his help, whose hope is in the LORD
8 The LORD is gracious, and full of his God:
compassion; slow to anger, and of great 6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea,
mercy. and all that therein is: which keepeth truth
9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender for ever:
mercies are over all his works. 7 Which executeth judgment for the
10 All thy works shall praise thee, O oppressed: which giveth food to the
LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
11 They shall speak of the glory of thy 8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind:
kingdom, and talk of thy power; the LORD raiseth them that are bowed
12 To make known to the sons of men his down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he
his kingdom. relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the
13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting way of the wicked he turneth upside
kingdom, and thy dominion endureth down.
throughout all generations. 10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise
raiseth up all those that be bowed down. ye the LORD.
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and
thou givest them their meat in due season. PSALM 147
16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest PRAISE ye the LORD: for it is good to
the desire of every living thing. sing praises unto our God; for it is
17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, pleasant; and praise is comely.
and holy in all his works. 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he
18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
call upon him, to all that call upon him in 3 He healeth the broken in heart, and
truth. bindeth up their wounds.
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that 4 He telleth the number of the stars; he
fear him: he also will hear their cry, and calleth them all by their names.
will save them. 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power:
20 The LORD preserveth all them that love his understanding is infinite.
him: but all the wicked will he destroy. 6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the the wicked down to the ground.
LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving;
for ever and ever. sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds,
PSALM 146 who prepareth rain for the earth, who
PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
my soul. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to
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searchest for her as for hid treasures; MY son, forget not my law; but let thine
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of heart keep my commandments:
the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 2 For length of days, and long life, and
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his peace, shall they add to thee.
mouth cometh knowledge and 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:
understanding. bind them about thy neck; write them
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upon the table of thine heart:
righteous: he is a buckler to them that 4 So shalt thou find favour and good
walk uprightly. understanding in the sight of God and
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and man.
preserveth the way of his saints. 5 ¶ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
9 Then shalt thou understand and lean not unto thine own
righteousness, and judgment, and equity; understanding.
yea, every good path. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he
10 ¶ When wisdom entereth into thine shall direct thy paths.
heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy 7 ¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the
soul; LORD, and depart from evil.
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and
understanding shall keep thee: marrow to thy bones.
12 To deliver thee from the way of the 9 Honour the LORD with thy substance,
evil man, from the man that speaketh and with the firstfruits of all thine
froward things; increase:
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
walk in the ways of darkness; and thy presses shall burst out with new
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in wine.
the frowardness of the wicked; 11 ¶ My son, despise not the chastening of
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they the LORD; neither be weary of his
froward in their paths: correction:
16 To deliver thee from the strange 12 For whom the LORD loveth he
woman, even from the stranger which correcteth; even as a father the son in
flattereth with her words; whom he delighteth.
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her 13 ¶ Happy is the man that findeth
youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her wisdom, and the man that getteth
God. understanding.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and 14 For the merchandise of it is better than
her paths unto the dead. the merchandise of silver, and the gain
19 None that go unto her return again, thereof than fine gold.
neither take they hold of the paths of life. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of all the things thou canst desire are not to
good men, and keep the paths of the be compared unto her.
righteous. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, in her left hand riches and honour.
and the perfect shall remain in it. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from and all her paths are peace.
the earth, and the transgressors shall be 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay
rooted out of it. hold upon her: and happy is every one that
retaineth her.
CHAPTER 3 19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the
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23 ¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for and rivers of waters in the streets.
out of it are the issues of life. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, strangers’ with thee.
and perverse lips put far from thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let with the wife of thy youth.
thine eyelids look straight before thee. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at
thy ways be established. all times; and be thou ravished always
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the with her love.
left: remove thy foot from evil. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be
ravished with a strange woman, and
CHAPTER 5 embrace the bosom of a stranger?
MY son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow 21 For the ways of man are before the
thine ear to my understanding: eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and goings.
that thy lips may keep knowledge. 22 ¶ His own iniquities shall take the
3 ¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop wicked himself, and he shall be holden
as an honeycomb, and her mouth is with the cords of his sins.
smoother than oil: 23 He shall die without instruction; and in
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, the greatness of his folly he shall go
sharp as a twoedged sword. astray.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take
hold on hell. CHAPTER 6
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of MY son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if
life, her ways are moveable, that thou thou hast stricken thy hand with a
canst not know them. stranger,
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy
and depart not from the words of my mouth, thou art taken with the words of
mouth. thy mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver
not nigh the door of her house: thyself, when thou art come into the hand
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and
and thy years unto the cruel: make sure thy friend.
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber
and thy labours be in the house of a to thine eyelids.
stranger; 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of
flesh and thy body are consumed, the fowler.
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, 6 ¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider
and my heart despised reproof; her ways, and be wise:
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or
teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them ruler,
that instructed me! 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of gathereth her food in the harvest.
the congregation and assembly. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?
15 ¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
and running waters out of thine own well. 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, folding of the hands to sleep:
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11 So shall thy poverty come as one that 31 But if he be found, he shall restore
travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. sevenfold; he shall give all the substance
12 ¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, of his house.
walketh with a froward mouth. 32 But whoso committeth adultery with a
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh woman lacketh understanding: he that
with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth 33 A wound and dishonour shall he get;
mischief continually; he soweth discord. and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
15 Therefore shall his calamity come 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man:
suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken therefore he will not spare in the day of
without remedy. vengeance.
16 ¶ These six things doth the LORD hate: 35 He will not regard any ransom; neither
yea, seven are an abomination unto him: will he rest content, though thou givest
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and many gifts.
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked CHAPTER 7
imaginations, feet that be swift in running MY son, keep my words, and lay up my
to mischief, commandments with thee.
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and
he that soweth discord among brethren. my law as the apple of thine eye.
20 ¶ My son, keep thy father’s 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them
commandment, and forsake not the law of upon the table of thine heart.
thy mother: 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister;
21 Bind them continually upon thine and call understanding thy kinswoman:
heart, and tie them about thy neck. 5 That they may keep thee from the
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; strange woman, from the stranger which
when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and flattereth with her words.
when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 6 ¶ For at the window of my house I
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and looked through my casement,
the law is light; and reproofs of instruction 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I
are the way of life: discerned among the youths, a young man
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, void of understanding,
from the flattery of the tongue of a strange 8 Passing through the street near her
woman. corner; and he went the way to her house,
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the
neither let her take thee with her eyelids. black and dark night:
26 For by means of a whorish woman a 10 And, behold, there met him a woman
man is brought to a piece of bread: and the with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of
adulteress will hunt for the precious life. heart.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet
his clothes not be burned? abide not in her house:
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet 12 Now is she without, now in the streets,
not be burned? and lieth in wait at every corner.)
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and
wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be with an impudent face said unto him,
innocent. 14 I have peace offerings with me; this
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal day have I payed my vows.
to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee,
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nor the fields, nor the highest part of the himself shame: and he that rebuketh a
dust of the world. wicked man getteth himself a blot.
27 When he prepared the heavens, I was 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:
there: when he set a compass upon the rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
face of the depth: 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he
28 When he established the clouds above: will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he
when he strengthened the fountains of the will increase in learning.
deep: 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning
29 When he gave to the sea his decree, of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy
that the waters should not pass his is understanding.
commandment: when he appointed the 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied,
foundations of the earth: and the years of thy life shall be increased.
30 Then I was by him, as one brought up 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for
with him: and I was daily his delight, thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone
rejoicing always before him; shalt bear it.
31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his 13 ¶ A foolish woman is clamorous: she is
earth; and my delights were with the sons simple, and knoweth nothing.
of men. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house,
32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye on a seat in the high places of the city,
children: for blessed are they that keep my 15 To call passengers who go right on
ways. their ways:
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:
refuse it not. and as for him that wanteth understanding,
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, she saith to him,
watching daily at my gates, waiting at the 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread
posts of my doors. eaten in secret is pleasant.
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are
shall obtain favour of the LORD. there; and that her guests are in the depths
36 But he that sinneth against me of hell.
wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate
me love death. CHAPTER 10
THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son
CHAPTER 9 maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is
WISDOM hath builded her house, she the heaviness of his mother.
hath hewn out her seven pillars: 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing:
2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath but righteousness delivereth from death.
mingled her wine; she hath also furnished 3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the
her table. righteous to famish: but he casteth away
3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she the substance of the wicked.
crieth upon the highest places of the city, 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: slack hand: but the hand of the diligent
as for him that wanteth understanding, she maketh rich.
saith to him, 5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son
wine which I have mingled. that causeth shame.
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just:
the way of understanding. but violence covereth the mouth of the
7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to wicked.
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refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth 10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness;
reproof shall be honoured. and a stranger doth not intermeddle with
19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the his joy.
soul: but it is abomination to fools to 11 The house of the wicked shall be
depart from evil. overthrown: but the tabernacle of the
20 He that walketh with wise men shall be upright shall flourish.
wise: but a companion of fools shall be 12 There is a way which seemeth right
destroyed. unto a man, but the end thereof are the
21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the ways of death.
righteous good shall be repayed. 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;
22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
his children’s children: and the wealth of 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled
the sinner is laid up for the just. with his own ways: and a good man shall
23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: be satisfied from himself.
but there is that is destroyed for want of 15 The simple believeth every word: but
judgment. the prudent man looketh well to his going.
24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth
but he that loveth him chasteneth him from evil: but the fool rageth, and is
betimes. confident.
25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of 17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly:
his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall and a man of wicked devices is hated.
want. 18 The simple inherit folly: but the
prudent are crowned with knowledge.
CHAPTER 14 19 The evil bow before the good; and the
EVERY wise woman buildeth her house: wicked at the gates of the righteous.
but the foolish plucketh it down with her 20 The poor is hated even of his own
hands. neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
2 He that walketh in his uprightness 21 He that despiseth his neighbour
feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the
in his ways despiseth him. poor, happy is he.
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of 22 Do they not err that devise evil? but
pride: but the lips of the wise shall mercy and truth shall be to them that
preserve them. devise good.
4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but 23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk
much increase is by the strength of the ox. of the lips tendeth only to penury.
5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false 24 The crown of the wise is their riches:
witness will utter lies. but the foolishness of fools is folly.
6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it 25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a
not: but knowledge is easy unto him that deceitful witness speaketh lies.
understandeth. 26 In the fear of the LORD is strong
7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, confidence: and his children shall have a
when thou perceivest not in him the lips of place of refuge.
knowledge. 27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to life, to depart from the snares of death.
understand his way: but the folly of fools 28 In the multitude of people is the king’s
is deceit. honour: but in the want of people is the
9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among destruction of the prince.
the righteous there is favour. 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great
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30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the death: but a wise man will pacify it.
heart: and a good report maketh the bones 15 In the light of the king’s countenance is
fat. life; and his favour is as a cloud of the
31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life latter rain.
abideth among the wise. 16 How much better is it to get wisdom
32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth than gold! and to get understanding rather
his own soul: but he that heareth reproof to be chosen than silver!
getteth understanding. 17 The highway of the upright is to depart
33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction from evil: he that keepeth his way
of wisdom; and before honour is humility. preserveth his soul.
18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an
CHAPTER 16 haughty spirit before a fall.
THE preparations of the heart in man, and 19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit
the answer of the tongue, is from the with the lowly, than to divide the spoil
LORD. with the proud.
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his 20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall
own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the find good: and whoso trusteth in the
spirits. LORD, happy is he.
3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and 21 The wise in heart shall be called
thy thoughts shall be established. prudent: and the sweetness of the lips
4 The LORD hath made all things for increaseth learning.
himself: yea, even the wicked for the day 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life
of evil. unto him that hath it: but the instruction of
5 Every one that is proud in heart is an fools is folly.
abomination to the LORD: though hand 23 The heart of the wise teacheth his
join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: 24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb,
and by the fear of the LORD men depart sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
from evil. 25 There is a way that seemeth right unto
7 When a man’s ways please the LORD, he a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
maketh even his enemies to be at peace death.
with him. 26 He that laboureth laboureth for
8 Better is a little with righteousness than himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
great revenues without right. 27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and
9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the in his lips there is as a burning fire.
LORD directeth his steps. 28 A froward man soweth strife: and a
10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the whisperer separateth chief friends.
king: his mouth transgresseth not in 29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour,
judgment. and leadeth him into the way that is not
11 A just weight and balance are the good.
LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward
work. things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to
12 It is an abomination to kings to commit pass.
wickedness: for the throne is established 31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it
by righteousness. be found in the way of righteousness.
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; 32 He that is slow to anger is better than
and they love him that speaketh right. the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit
14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of than he that taketh a city.
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33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the brother is born for adversity.
whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. 18 A man void of understanding striketh
hands, and becometh surety in the
CHAPTER 17 presence of his friend.
BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness 19 He loveth transgression that loveth
therewith, than an house full of sacrifices strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh
with strife. destruction.
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son 20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no
that causeth shame, and shall have part of good: and he that hath a perverse tongue
the inheritance among the brethren. falleth into mischief.
3 The fining pot is for silver, and the 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his
furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no
hearts. joy.
4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; 22 A merry heart doeth good like a
and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the
5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth bones.
his Maker: and he that is glad at 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the
calamities shall not be unpunished. bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
6 Children’s children are the crown of old 24 Wisdom is before him that hath
men; and the glory of children are their understanding; but the eyes of a fool are
fathers. in the ends of the earth.
7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father,
much less do lying lips a prince. and bitterness to her that bare him.
8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes 26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor
of him that hath it: whithersoever it to strike princes for equity.
turneth, it prospereth. 27 He that hath knowledge spareth his
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh words: and a man of understanding is of
love; but he that repeateth a matter an excellent spirit.
separateth very friends. 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise peace, is counted wise: and he that
man than an hundred stripes into a fool. shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of
11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: understanding.
therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent
against him. CHAPTER 18
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a THROUGH desire a man, having
man, rather than a fool in his folly. separated himself, seeketh and
13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil intermeddleth with all wisdom.
shall not depart from his house. 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding,
14 The beginning of strife is as when one but that his heart may discover itself.
letteth out water: therefore leave off 3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh
contention, before it be meddled with. also contempt, and with ignominy
15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he reproach.
that condemneth the just, even they both 4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep
are abomination to the LORD. waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a
16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand flowing brook.
of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no 5 It is not good to accept the person of the
heart to it? wicked, to overthrow the righteous in
17 A friend loveth at all times, and a judgment.
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given will he pay him again. water; but a man of understanding will
18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, draw it out.
and let not thy soul spare for his crying. 6 Most men will proclaim every one his
19 A man of great wrath shall suffer own goodness: but a faithful man who can
punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet find?
thou must do it again. 7 The just man walketh in his integrity:
20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, his children are blessed after him.
that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of
21 There are many devices in a man’s judgment scattereth away all evil with his
heart; nevertheless the counsel of the eyes.
LORD, that shall stand. 9 Who can say, I have made my heart
22 The desire of a man is his kindness: clean, I am pure from my sin?
and a poor man is better than a liar. 10 Divers weights, and divers measures,
23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: both of them are alike abomination to the
and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he LORD.
shall not be visited with evil. 11 Even a child is known by his doings,
24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his whether his work be pure, and whether it
bosom, and will not so much as bring it to be right.
his mouth again. 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the
25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will LORD hath made even both of them.
beware: and reprove one that hath 13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to
understanding, and he will understand poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt
knowledge. be satisfied with bread.
26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth 14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the
away his mother, is a son that causeth buyer: but when he is gone his way, then
shame, and bringeth reproach. he boasteth.
27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction 15 There is gold, and a multitude of
that causeth to err from the words of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a
knowledge. precious jewel.
28 An ungodly witness scorneth 16 Take his garment that is surety for a
judgment: and the mouth of the wicked stranger: and take a pledge of him for a
devoureth iniquity. strange woman.
29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, 17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but
and stripes for the back of fools. afterwards his mouth shall be filled with
gravel.
CHAPTER 20 18 Every purpose is established by
WINE is a mocker, strong drink is raging: counsel: and with good advice make war.
and whosoever is deceived thereby is not 19 He that goeth about as a talebearer
wise. revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not
2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a with him that flattereth with his lips.
lion: whoso provoketh him to anger 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
sinneth against his own soul. his lamp shall be put out in obscure
3 It is an honour for a man to cease from darkness.
strife: but every fool will be meddling. 21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the beginning; but the end thereof shall
the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, not be blessed.
and have nothing. 22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil;
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep but wait on the LORD, and he shall save
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thee. eyes.
23 Divers weights are an abomination 11 When the scorner is punished, the
unto the LORD; and a false balance is not simple is made wise: and when the wise is
good. instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
24 Man’s goings are of the LORD; how 12 The righteous man wisely considereth
can a man then understand his own way? the house of the wicked: but God
25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth overthroweth the wicked for their
that which is holy, and after vows to make wickedness.
inquiry. 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and the poor, he also shall cry himself, but
bringeth the wheel over them. shall not be heard.
27 The spirit of man is the candle of the 14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a
LORD, searching all the inward parts of the reward in the bosom strong wrath.
belly. 15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and destruction shall be to the workers of
his throne is upholden by mercy. iniquity.
29 The glory of young men is their 16 The man that wandereth out of the way
strength: and the beauty of old men is the of understanding shall remain in the
gray head. congregation of the dead.
30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth 17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor
away evil: so do stripes the inward parts man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not
of the belly. be rich.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the
CHAPTER 21 righteous, and the transgressor for the
THE king’s heart is in the hand of the upright.
LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it 19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness,
whithersoever he will. than with a contentious and an angry
2 Every way of a man is right in his own woman.
eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. 20 There is treasure to be desired and oil
3 To do justice and judgment is more in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish
acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. man spendeth it up.
4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the 21 He that followeth after righteousness
plowing of the wicked, is sin. and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and
5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to honour.
plenteousness; but of every one that is 22 A wise man scaleth the city of the
hasty only to want. mighty, and casteth down the strength of
6 The getting of treasures by a lying the confidence thereof.
tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his
them that seek death. tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy 24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name,
them; because they refuse to do judgment. who dealeth in proud wrath.
8 The way of man is froward and strange: 25 The desire of the slothful killeth him;
but as for the pure, his work is right. for his hands refuse to labour.
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the 26 He coveteth greedily all the day long:
housetop, than with a brawling woman in but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
a wide house. 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is
10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: abomination: how much more, when he
his neighbour findeth no favour in his bringeth it with a wicked mind?
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28 A false witness shall perish: but the child; but the rod of correction shall drive
man that heareth speaketh constantly. it far from him.
29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase
as for the upright, he directeth his way. his riches, and he that giveth to the rich,
30 There is no wisdom nor understanding shall surely come to want.
nor counsel against the LORD. 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the
31 The horse is prepared against the day words of the wise, and apply thine heart
of battle: but safety is of the LORD. unto my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep
CHAPTER 22 them within thee; they shall withal be
A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than fitted in thy lips.
great riches, and loving favour rather than 19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I
silver and gold. have made known to thee this day, even to
2 The rich and poor meet together: the thee.
LORD is the maker of them all. 20 Have not I written to thee excellent
3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and things in counsels and knowledge,
hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and 21 That I might make thee know the
are punished. certainty of the words of truth; that thou
4 By humility and the fear of the LORD mightest answer the words of truth to
are riches, and honour, and life. them that send unto thee?
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor:
froward: he that doth keep his soul shall neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
be far from them. 23 For the LORD will plead their cause,
6 Train up a child in the way he should and spoil the soul of those that spoiled
go: and when he is old, he will not depart them.
from it. 24 Make no friendship with an angry man;
7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
borrower is servant to the lender. 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a
8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap snare to thy soul.
vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. 26 Be not thou one of them that strike
9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be hands, or of them that are sureties for
blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the debts.
poor. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should
10 Cast out the scorner, and contention he take away thy bed from under thee?
shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall 28 Remove not the ancient landmark,
cease. which thy fathers have set.
11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his
grace of his lips the king shall be his business? he shall stand before kings; he
friend. shall not stand before mean men.
12 The eyes of the LORD preserve
knowledge, and he overthroweth the CHAPTER 23
words of the transgressor. WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler,
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion consider diligently what is before thee:
without, I shall be slain in the streets. 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be
14 The mouth of strange women is a deep a man given to appetite.
pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they
fall therein. are deceitful meat.
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a 4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine
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7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art
openeth not his mouth in the gate. righteous; him shall the people curse,
8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be nations shall abhor him:
called a mischievous person. 25 But to them that rebuke him shall be
9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and delight, and a good blessing shall come
the scorner is an abomination to men. upon them.
10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy 26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth
strength is small. a right answer.
11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are 27 Prepare thy work without, and make it
drawn unto death, and those that are ready fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards
to be slain; build thine house.
12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; 28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour
doth not he that pondereth the heart without cause; and deceive not with thy
consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, lips.
doth not he know it? and shall not he 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath
render to every man according to his done to me: I will render to the man
works? according to his work.
13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and
good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet by the vineyard of the man void of
to thy taste: understanding;
14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with
unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, thorns, and nettles had covered the face
then there shall be a reward, and thy thereof, and the stone wall thereof was
expectation shall not be cut off. broken down.
15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I
the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his looked upon it, and received instruction.
resting place: 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little
16 For a just man falleth seven times, and folding of the hands to sleep:
riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that
into mischief. travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,
and let not thine heart be glad when he CHAPTER 25
stumbleth: THESE are also proverbs of Solomon,
18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah
him, and he turn away his wrath from him. copied out.
19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
neither be thou envious at the wicked; but the honour of kings is to search out a
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil matter.
man; the candle of the wicked shall be put 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for
out. depth, and the heart of kings is
21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the unsearchable.
king: and meddle not with them that are 4 Take away the dross from the silver, and
given to change: there shall come forth a vessel for the
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; finer.
and who knoweth the ruin of them both? 5 Take away the wicked from before the
23 These things also belong to the wise. It king, and his throne shall be established in
is not good to have respect of persons in righteousness.
judgment. 6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of
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the king, and stand not in the place of 22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon
great men: his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, 23 The north wind driveth away rain: so
Come up hither; than that thou shouldest doth an angry countenance a backbiting
be put lower in the presence of the prince tongue.
whom thine eyes have seen. 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the
8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou housetop, than with a brawling woman
know not what to do in the end thereof, and in a wide house.
when thy neighbour hath put thee to 25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is
shame. good news from a far country.
9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour 26 A righteous man falling down before
himself; and discover not a secret to the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a
another: corrupt spring.
10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to 27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for
shame, and thine infamy turn not away. men to search their own glory is not glory.
11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of 28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit
gold in pictures of silver. is like a city that is broken down, and
12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament without walls.
of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an
obedient ear. CHAPTER 26
13 As the cold of snow in the time of AS snow in summer, and as rain in
harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
that send him: for he refresheth the soul of 2 As the bird by wandering, as the
his masters. swallow by flying, so the curse causeless
14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift shall not come.
is like clouds and wind without rain. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the
15 By long forbearing is a prince ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly,
bone. lest thou also be like unto him.
16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest
is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled he be wise in his own conceit.
therewith, and vomit it. 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand
17 Withdraw thy foot from thy of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh
neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of damage.
thee, and so hate thee. 7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is
18 A man that beareth false witness a parable in the mouth of fools.
against his neighbour is a maul, and a 8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so
sword, and a sharp arrow. is he that giveth honour to a fool.
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in 9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a
time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of
a foot out of joint. fools.
20 As he that taketh away a garment in 10 The great God that formed all things
cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth
so is he that singeth songs to an heavy transgressors.
heart. 11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a
21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him fool returneth to his folly.
bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own
water to drink: conceit? there is more hope of a fool than
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the eyes of man are never satisfied. 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself
furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. into his own pit: but the upright shall have
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a good things in possession.
mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will 11 The rich man is wise in his own
not his foolishness depart from him. conceit; but the poor that hath
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of understanding searcheth him out.
thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 12 When righteous men do rejoice, there
24 For riches are not for ever: and doth is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a
the crown endure to every generation? man is hidden.
25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass 13 He that covereth his sins shall not
sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains prosper: but whoso confesseth and
are gathered. forsaketh them shall have mercy.
26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the 14 Happy is the man that feareth alway:
goats are the price of the field. but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall
27 And thou shalt have goats’ milk into mischief.
enough for thy food, for the food of thy 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear;
household, and for the maintenance for so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
thy maidens. 16 The prince that wanteth understanding
is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth
CHAPTER 28 covetousness shall prolong his days.
THE wicked flee when no man pursueth: 17 A man that doeth violence to the blood
but the righteous are bold as a lion. of any person shall flee to the pit; let no
2 For the transgression of a land many are man stay him.
the princes thereof: but by a man of 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be
understanding and knowledge the state saved: but he that is perverse in his ways
thereof shall be prolonged. shall fall at once.
3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is 19 He that tilleth his land shall have
like a sweeping rain which leaveth no plenty of bread: but he that followeth after
food. vain persons shall have poverty enough.
4 They that forsake the law praise the 20 A faithful man shall abound with
wicked: but such as keep the law contend blessings: but he that maketh haste to be
with them. rich shall not be innocent.
5 Evil men understand not judgment: but 21 To have respect of persons is not good:
they that seek the LORD understand all for for a piece of bread that man will
things. transgress.
6 Better is the poor that walketh in his 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil
uprightness, than he that is perverse in his eye, and considereth not that poverty shall
ways, though he be rich. come upon him.
7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: 23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards
but he that is a companion of riotous men shall find more favour than he that
shameth his father. flattereth with the tongue.
8 He that by usury and unjust gain 24 Whoso robbeth his father or his
increaseth his substance, he shall gather it mother, and saith, It is no transgression;
for him that will pity the poor. the same is the companion of a destroyer.
9 He that turneth away his ear from 25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up
hearing the law, even his prayer shall be strife: but he that putteth his trust in the
abomination. LORD shall be made fat.
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26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but
fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall a child left to himself bringeth his mother
be delivered. to shame.
27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not 16 When the wicked are multiplied,
lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have transgression increaseth: but the righteous
many a curse. shall see their fall.
28 When the wicked rise, men hide 17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee
themselves: but when they perish, the rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy
righteous increase. soul.
18 Where there is no vision, the people
CHAPTER 29 perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy
HE, that being often reproved hardeneth is he.
his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and 19 A servant will not be corrected by
that without remedy. words: for though he understand he will
2 When the righteous are in authority, the not answer.
people rejoice: but when the wicked 20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his
beareth rule, the people mourn. words? there is more hope of a fool than
3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his of him.
father: but he that keepeth company with 21 He that delicately bringeth up his
harlots spendeth his substance. servant from a child shall have him
4 The king by judgment establisheth the become his son at the length.
land: but he that receiveth gifts 22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a
overthroweth it. furious man aboundeth in transgression.
5 A man that flattereth his neighbour 23 A man’s pride shall bring him low: but
spreadeth a net for his feet. honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
6 In the transgression of an evil man there 24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his
is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and own soul: he heareth cursing, and
rejoice. bewrayeth it not.
7 The righteous considereth the cause of 25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but
the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall
know it. be safe.
8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: 26 Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every
but wise men turn away wrath. man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.
9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the
man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no just: and he that is upright in the way is
rest. abomination to the wicked.
10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but
the just seek his soul. CHAPTER 30
11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise THE words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even
man keepeth it in till afterwards. the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel,
12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
servants are wicked. 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man,
13 The poor and the deceitful man meet and have not the understanding of a man.
together: the LORD lighteneth both their 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the
eyes. knowledge of the holy.
14 The king that faithfully judgeth the 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or
poor, his throne shall be established for descended? who hath gathered the wind in
ever. his fists? who hath bound the waters in a
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garment? who hath established all the 20 Such is the way of an adulterous
ends of the earth? what is his name, and woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth,
what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell? and saith, I have done no wickedness.
5 Every word of God is pure: he is a 21 For three things the earth is disquieted,
shield unto them that put their trust in him. and for four which it cannot bear:
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a
reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. fool when he is filled with meat;
7 Two things have I required of thee; deny 23 For an odious woman when she is
me them not before I die: married; and an handmaid that is heir to
8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: her mistress.
give me neither poverty nor riches; feed 24 There be four things which are little
me with food convenient for me: upon the earth, but they are exceeding
9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, wise:
Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and 25 The ants are a people not strong, yet
steal, and take the name of my God in they prepare their meat in the summer;
vain. 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet
10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, make they their houses in the rocks;
lest he curse thee, and thou be found 27 The locusts have no king, yet go they
guilty. forth all of them by bands;
11 There is a generation that curseth their 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands,
father, and doth not bless their mother. and is in kings’ palaces.
12 There is a generation that are pure in 29 There be three things which go well,
their own eyes, and yet is not washed from yea, four are comely in going:
their filthiness. 30 A lion which is strongest among beasts,
13 There is a generation, O how lofty are and turneth not away for any;
their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. 31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a
14 There is a generation, whose teeth are king, against whom there is no rising up.
as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up
to devour the poor from off the earth, and thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay
the needy from among men. thine hand upon thy mouth.
15 The horseleach hath two daughters, 33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth
crying, Give, give. There are three things forth butter, and the wringing of the nose
that are never satisfied, yea, four things bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of
say not, It is enough: wrath bringeth forth strife.
16 The grave; and the barren womb; the
earth that is not filled with water; and the CHAPTER 31
fire that saith not, It is enough. THE words of king Lemuel, the prophecy
17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and that his mother taught him.
despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of 2 What, my son? and what, the son of my
the valley shall pick it out, and the young womb? and what, the son of my vows?
eagles shall eat it. 3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor
18 There be three things which are too thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
wonderful for me, yea, four which I know 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for
not: kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong
19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way drink:
of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and
in the midst of the sea; and the way of a pervert the judgment of any of the
man with a maid. afflicted.
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6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready 26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom;
to perish, and wine unto those that be of and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
heavy hearts. 27 She looketh well to the ways of her
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, household, and eateth not the bread of
and remember his misery no more. idleness.
8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the 28 Her children arise up, and call her
cause of all such as are appointed to blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth
destruction. her.
9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and 29 Many daughters have done virtuously,
plead the cause of the poor and needy. but thou excellest them all.
10 ¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain:
her price is far above rubies. but a woman that feareth the LORD, she
11 The heart of her husband doth safely shall be praised.
trust in her, so that he shall have no need 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and
of spoil. let her own works praise her in the gates.
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.
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OR, THE PREACHER.
CHAPTER 1 be numbered.
THE words of the Preacher, the son of 16 I communed with mine own heart,
David, king in Jerusalem. saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, have gotten more wisdom than all they
vanity of vanities; all is vanity. that have been before me in Jerusalem:
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour yea, my heart had great experience of
which he taketh under the sun? wisdom and knowledge.
4 One generation passeth away, and 17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom,
another generation cometh: but the earth and to know madness and folly: I
abideth for ever. perceived that this also is vexation of
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth spirit.
down, and hasteth to his place where he 18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and
arose. he that increaseth knowledge increaseth
6 The wind goeth toward the south, and sorrow.
turneth about unto the north; it whirleth
about continually, and the wind returneth CHAPTER 2
again according to his circuits. I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will
7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy
sea is not full; unto the place from whence pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
the rivers come, thither they return again. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of
8 All things are full of labour; man cannot mirth, What doeth it?
utter it: the eye is not satisfied with 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself
seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I
shall be; and that which is done is that might see what was that good for the sons
which shall be done: and there is no new of men, which they should do under the
thing under the sun. heaven all the days of their life.
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be 4 I made me great works; I builded me
said, See, this is new? it hath been already houses; I planted me vineyards:
of old time, which was before us. 5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I
11 There is no remembrance of former planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
things; neither shall there be any 6 I made me pools of water, to water
remembrance of things that are to come therewith the wood that bringeth forth
with those that shall come after. trees:
12 ¶ I the Preacher was king over Israel in 7 I got me servants and maidens, and had
Jerusalem. servants born in my house; also I had
13 And I gave my heart to seek and search great possessions of great and small cattle
out by wisdom concerning all things that above all that were in Jerusalem before
are done under heaven: this sore travail me:
hath God given to the sons of man to be 8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and
exercised therewith. the peculiar treasure of kings and of the
14 I have seen all the works that are done provinces: I gat me men singers and
under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity women singers, and the delights of the
and vexation of spirit. sons of men, as musical instruments, and
15 That which is crooked cannot be made that of all sorts.
straight: and that which is wanting cannot 9 So I was great, and increased more than
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all that were before me in Jerusalem: also took under the sun.
my wisdom remained with me. 21 For there is a man whose labour is in
10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity;
kept not from them, I withheld not my yet to a man that hath not laboured therein
heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced shall he leave it for his portion. This also
in all my labour: and this was my portion is vanity and a great evil.
of all my labour. 22 For what hath man of all his labour,
11 Then I looked on all the works that my and of the vexation of his heart, wherein
hands had wrought, and on the labour that he hath laboured under the sun?
I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was 23 For all his days are sorrows, and his
vanity and vexation of spirit, and there travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest
was no profit under the sun. in the night. This is also vanity.
12 ¶ And I turned myself to behold 24 ¶ There is nothing better for a man,
wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what than that he should eat and drink, and that
can the man do that cometh after the king? he should make his soul enjoy good in his
even that which hath been already done. labour. This also I saw, that it was from
13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, the hand of God.
as far as light excelleth darkness. 25 For who can eat, or who else can
14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head; hasten hereunto, more than I?
but the fool walketh in darkness: and I 26 For God giveth to a man that is good in
myself perceived also that one event his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy:
happeneth to them all. but to the sinner he giveth travail, to
15 Then said I in my heart, As it gather and to heap up, that he may give to
happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth him that is good before God. This also is
even to me; and why was I then more vanity and vexation of spirit.
wise? Then I said in my heart, that this
also is vanity. CHAPTER 3
16 For there is no remembrance of the TO every thing there is a season, and a
wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing time to every purpose under the heaven:
that which now is in the days to come 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a
shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the time to plant, and a time to pluck up that
wise man? as the fool. which is planted;
17 Therefore I hated life; because the 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time
work that is wrought under the sun is to break down, and a time to build up;
grievous unto me: for all is vanity and 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a
vexation of spirit. time to mourn, and a time to dance;
18 ¶ Yea, I hated all my labour which I 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to
had taken under the sun: because I should gather stones together; a time to embrace,
leave it unto the man that shall be after and a time to refrain from embracing;
me. 6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be to keep, and a time to cast away;
a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have 7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time
rule over all my labour wherein I have to keep silence, and a time to speak;
laboured, and wherein I have shewed 8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time
myself wise under the sun. This is also of war, and a time of peace.
vanity. 9 What profit hath he that worketh in that
20 Therefore I went about to cause my wherein he laboureth?
heart to despair of all the labour which I 10 I have seen the travail, which God hath
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thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of
vanity, and it is an evil disease. mourning; but the heart of fools is in the
3 ¶ If a man beget an hundred children, house of mirth.
and live many years, so that the days of 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
his years be many, and his soul be not than for a man to hear the song of fools.
filled with good, and also that he have no 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a
burial; I say, that an untimely birth is pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also
better than he. is vanity.
4 For he cometh in with vanity, and 7 ¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man
departeth in darkness, and his name shall mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
be covered with darkness. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the
5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit
known any thing: this hath more rest than is better than the proud in spirit.
the other. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for
6 ¶ Yea, though he live a thousand years anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the
not all go to one place? former days were better than these? for
7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, thou dost not inquire wisely concerning
and yet the appetite is not filled. this.
8 For what hath the wise more than the 11 ¶ Wisdom is good with an inheritance:
fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to and by it there is profit to them that see
walk before the living? the sun.
9 ¶ Better is the sight of the eyes than the 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is
wandering of the desire: this is also vanity a defence: but the excellency of
and vexation of spirit. knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to
10 That which hath been is named them that have it.
already, and it is known that it is man: 13 Consider the work of God: for who can
neither may he contend with him that is make that straight, which he hath made
mightier than he. crooked?
11 ¶ Seeing there be many things that 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but
increase vanity, what is man the better? in the day of adversity consider: God also
12 For who knoweth what is good for man hath set the one over against the other, to
in this life, all the days of his vain life the end that man should find nothing after
which he spendeth as a shadow? for who him.
can tell a man what shall be after him 15 All things have I seen in the days of
under the sun? my vanity: there is a just man that
perisheth in his righteousness, and there is
CHAPTER 7 a wicked man that prolongeth his life in
A GOOD name is better than precious his wickedness.
ointment; and the day of death than the 16 Be not righteous over much; neither
day of one’s birth. make thyself over wise: why shouldest
2 ¶ It is better to go to the house of thou destroy thyself?
mourning, than to go to the house of 17 Be not over much wicked, neither be
feasting: for that is the end of all men; and thou foolish: why shouldest thou die
the living will lay it to his heart. before thy time?
3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the 18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold
sadness of the countenance the heart is of this; yea, also from this withdraw not
made better. thine hand: for he that feareth God shall
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man hath no better thing under the sun, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for
than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: God now accepteth thy works.
for that shall abide with him of his labour 8 Let thy garments be always white; and
the days of his life, which God giveth him let thy head lack no ointment.
under the sun. 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou
16 ¶ When I applied mine heart to know lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity,
wisdom, and to see the business that is which he hath given thee under the sun, all
done upon the earth: (for also there is that the days of thy vanity: for that is thy
neither day nor night seeth sleep with his portion in this life, and in thy labour
eyes:) which thou takest under the sun.
17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do
a man cannot find out the work that is it with thy might; for there is no work, nor
done under the sun: because though a man device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the
labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find grave, whither thou goest.
it; yea further; though a wise man think to 11 ¶ I returned, and saw under the sun,
know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. that the race is not to the swift, nor the
battle to the strong, neither yet bread to
CHAPTER 9 the wise, nor yet riches to men of
FOR all this I considered in my heart even understanding, nor yet favour to men of
to declare all this, that the righteous, and skill; but time and chance happeneth to
the wise, and their works, are in the hand them all.
of God: no man knoweth either love or 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as
hatred by all that is before them. the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and
2 All things come alike to all: there is one as the birds that are caught in the snare; so
event to the righteous, and to the wicked; are the sons of men snared in an evil time,
to the good and to the clean, and to the when it falleth suddenly upon them.
unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to 13 ¶ This wisdom have I seen also under
him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he 14 There was a little city, and few men
that feareth an oath. within it; and there came a great king
3 This is an evil among all things that are against it, and besieged it, and built great
done under the sun, that there is one event bulwarks against it:
unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise
men is full of evil, and madness is in their man, and he by his wisdom delivered the
heart while they live, and after that they go city; yet no man remembered that same
to the dead. poor man.
4 ¶ For to him that is joined to all the 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than
living there is hope: for a living dog is strength: nevertheless the poor man’s
better than a dead lion. wisdom is despised, and his words are not
5 For the living know that they shall die: heard.
but the dead know not any thing, neither 17 The words of wise men are heard in
have they any more a reward; for the quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth
memory of them is forgotten. among fools.
6 Also their love, and their hatred, and 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war:
their envy, is now perished; neither have but one sinner destroyeth much good.
they any more a portion for ever in any
thing that is done under the sun. CHAPTER 10
7 ¶ Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, DEAD flies cause the ointment of the
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apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: eat in due season, for strength, and not for
so doth a little folly him that is in drunkenness!
reputation for wisdom and honour. 18 ¶ By much slothfulness the building
2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; decayeth; and through idleness of the
but a fool’s heart at his left. hands the house droppeth through.
3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh 19 ¶ A feast is made for laughter, and
by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth
he saith to every one that he is a fool. all things.
4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against 20 ¶ Curse not the king, no not in thy
thee, leave not thy place; for yielding thought; and curse not the rich in thy
pacifieth great offences. bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall
5 There is an evil which I have seen under carry the voice, and that which hath wings
the sun, as an error which proceedeth from shall tell the matter.
the ruler:
6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich CHAPTER 11
sit in low place. CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou
7 I have seen servants upon horses, and shalt find it after many days.
princes walking as servants upon the 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to
earth. eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall
8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; be upon the earth.
and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty
shall bite him. themselves upon the earth: and if the tree
9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt fall toward the south, or toward the north,
therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall in the place where the tree falleth, there it
be endangered thereby. shall be.
10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet 4 He that observeth the wind shall not
the edge, then must he put to more sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall
strength: but wisdom is profitable to not reap.
direct. 5 As thou knowest not what is the way of
11 Surely the serpent will bite without the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in
enchantment; and a babbler is no better. the womb of her that is with child: even so
12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are thou knowest not the works of God who
gracious; but the lips of a fool will maketh all.
swallow up himself. 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the
13 The beginning of the words of his evening withhold not thine hand: for thou
mouth is foolishness: and the end of his knowest not whether shall prosper, either
talk is mischievous madness. this or that, or whether they both shall be
14 A fool also is full of words: a man alike good.
cannot tell what shall be; and what shall 7 ¶ Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant
be after him, who can tell him? thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
15 The labour of the foolish wearieth 8 But if a man live many years, and
every one of them, because he knoweth rejoice in them all; yet let him remember
not how to go to the city. the days of darkness; for they shall be
16 ¶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is many. All that cometh is vanity.
a child, and thy princes eat in the 9 ¶ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth;
morning! and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of
17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine
king is the son of nobles, and thy princes heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but
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know thou, that for all these things God 11 The words of the wise are as goads,
will bring thee into judgment. and as nails fastened by the masters of
10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy assemblies, which are given from one
heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: shepherd.
for childhood and youth are vanity. 12 And further, by these, my son, be
admonished: of making many books there
CHAPTER 12 is no end; and much study is a weariness
REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of the flesh.
of thy youth, while the evil days come not, 13 ¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the
nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt whole matter: Fear God, and keep his
say, I have no pleasure in them; commandments: for this is the whole duty
2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, of man.
or the stars, be not darkened, nor the 14 For God shall bring every work into
clouds return after the rain: judgment, with every secret thing, whether
3 In the day when the keepers of the house it be good, or whether it be evil.
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 musick shall
be brought low;
5 Also when they shall be afraid of that
which is high, and fears shall be in the
way, and the almond tree shall 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 God
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.
THE
SONG OF SOLOMON.
CHAPTER 1 17 The beams of our house are cedar, and
THE song of songs, which is Solomon’s. our rafters of fir.
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his
mouth: for thy love is better than wine. CHAPTER 2
3 Because of the savour of thy good I AM the rose of Sharon, and the lily of
ointments thy name is as ointment poured the valleys.
forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love
4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the among the daughters.
king hath brought me into his chambers: 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the
we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I
will remember thy love more than wine: sat down under his shadow with great
the upright love thee. delight, and his fruit was sweet to my
5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters taste.
of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the 4 He brought me to the banqueting house,
curtains of Solomon. and his banner over me was love.
6 Look not upon me, because I am black, 5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with
because the sun hath looked upon me: my apples: for I am sick of love.
mother’s children were angry with me; 6 His left hand is under my head, and his
they made me the keeper of the vineyards; right hand doth embrace me.
but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 I charge you, O ye daughters of
7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of
where thou feedest, where thou makest thy the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my
flock to rest at noon: for why should I be love, till he please.
as one that turneth aside by the flocks of 8 ¶ The voice of my beloved! behold, he
thy companions? cometh leaping upon the mountains,
8 ¶ If thou know not, O thou fairest among skipping upon the hills.
women, go thy way forth by the footsteps 9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart:
of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the behold, he standeth behind our wall, he
shepherds’ tents. looketh forth at the windows, shewing
9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a himself through the lattice.
company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots. 10 My beloved spake, and said unto me,
10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come
jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. away.
11 We will make thee borders of gold 11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is
with studs of silver. over and gone;
12 ¶ While the king sitteth at his table, my 12 The flowers appear on the earth; the
spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. time of the singing of birds is come, and
13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my 13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs,
breasts. and the vines with the tender grape give a
14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one,
camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi. and come away.
15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, 14 ¶ O my dove, that art in the clefts of
thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes. the rock, in the secret places of the stairs,
16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, let me see thy countenance, let me hear
pleasant: also our bed is green. thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy
SONG OF SOLOMON
spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that
13 Thy plants are an orchard of I am sick of love.
pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; 9 ¶ What is thy beloved more than another
camphire, with spikenard, beloved, O thou fairest among women?
14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and what is thy beloved more than another
cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the
15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living chiefest among ten thousand.
waters, and streams from Lebanon. 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his
16 ¶ Awake, O north wind; and come, locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
thou south; blow upon my garden, that the 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by
spices thereof may flow out. Let my the rivers of waters, washed with milk,
beloved come into his garden, and eat his and fitly set.
pleasant fruits. 13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as
sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping
CHAPTER 5 sweet smelling myrrh.
I AM come into my garden, my sister, my 14 His hands are as gold rings set with the
spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid
my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with sapphires.
with my honey; I have drunk my wine 15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set
with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance
drink abundantly, O beloved. is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
2 ¶ I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the 16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is
voice of my beloved that knocketh, altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and
saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, this is my friend, O daughters of
my dove, my undefiled: for my head is Jerusalem.
filled with dew, and my locks with the
drops of the night. CHAPTER 6
3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it WHITHER is thy beloved gone, O thou
on? I have washed my feet; how shall I fairest among women? whither is thy
defile them? beloved turned aside? that we may seek
4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole him with thee.
of the door, and my bowels were moved 2 My beloved is gone down into his
for him. garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the
5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my gardens, and to gather lilies.
hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers 3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is
with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
handles of the lock. 4 ¶ Thou art beautiful, O my love, as
6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an
had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my army with banners.
soul failed when he spake: I sought him, 5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they
but I could not find him; I called him, but have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock
he gave me no answer. of goats that appear from Gilead.
7 The watchmen that went about the city 6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which
found me, they smote me, they wounded go up from the washing, whereof every
me; the keepers of the walls took away my one beareth twins, and there is not one
veil from me. barren among them.
8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, 7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy
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temples within thy locks. also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the
8 There are threescore queens, and vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
fourscore concubines, and virgins without 9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best
number. wine for my beloved, that goeth down
9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is sweetly, causing the lips of those that are
the only one of her mother, she is the asleep to speak.
choice one of her that bare her. The 10 ¶ I am my beloved’s, and his desire is
daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, toward me.
the queens and the concubines, and they 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into
praised her. the field; let us lodge in the villages.
10 ¶ Who is she that looketh forth as the 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let
morning, fair as the moon, clear as the us see if the vine flourish, whether the
sun, and terrible as an army with banners? tender grape appear, and the
11 I went down into the garden of nuts to pomegranates bud forth: there will I give
see the fruits of the valley, and to see thee my loves.
whether the vine flourished, and the 13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our
pomegranates budded. gates are all manner of pleasant fruits,
12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me new and old, which I have laid up for thee,
like the chariots of Amminadib. O my beloved.
13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return,
return, that we may look upon thee. What CHAPTER 8
will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were O THAT thou wert as my brother, that
the company of two armies. sucked the breasts of my mother! when I
should find thee without, I would kiss
CHAPTER 7 thee; yea, I should not be despised.
HOW beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O 2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into
prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs my mother’s house, who would instruct
are like jewels, the work of the hands of a me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced
cunning workman. wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which 3 His left hand should be under my head,
wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an and his right hand should embrace me.
heap of wheat set about with lilies. 4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that ye stir not up, nor awake my love,
that are twins. until he please.
4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine 5 Who is this that cometh up from the
eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I
gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the raised thee up under the apple tree: there
tower of Lebanon which looketh toward thy mother brought thee forth: there she
Damascus. brought thee forth that bare thee.
5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, 6 ¶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a
and the hair of thine head like purple; the seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as
king is held in the galleries. death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the
6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath
love, for delights! a most vehement flame.
7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, 7 Many waters cannot quench love,
and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. neither can the floods drown it: if a man
8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I would give all the substance of his house
will take hold of the boughs thereof: now for love, it would utterly be contemned.
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25 ¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee, people the house of Jacob, because they
and purely purge away thy dross, and take be replenished from the east, and are
away all thy tin: soothsayers like the Philistines, and they
26 And I will restore thy judges as at the please themselves in the children of
first, and thy counsellers as at the strangers.
beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold,
The city of righteousness, the faithful city. neither is there any end of their treasures;
27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, their land is also full of horses, neither is
and her converts with righteousness. there any end of their chariots:
28 ¶ And the destruction of the 8 Their land also is full of idols; they
transgressors and of the sinners shall be worship the work of their own hands, that
together, and they that forsake the LORD which their own fingers have made:
shall be consumed. 9 And the mean man boweth down, and
29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks the great man humbleth himself: therefore
which ye have desired, and ye shall be forgive them not.
confounded for the gardens that ye have 10 ¶ Enter into the rock, and hide thee in
chosen. the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the
30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf glory of his majesty.
fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be
31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall
maker of it as a spark, and they shall both be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall
burn together, and none shall quench be exalted in that day.
them. 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall
be upon every one that is proud and lofty,
CHAPTER 2 and upon every one that is lifted up; and
THE word that Isaiah the son of Amoz he shall be brought low:
saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon,
2 And it shall come to pass in the last that are high and lifted up, and upon all
days, that the mountain of the LORD’s the oaks of Bashan,
house shall be established in the top of the 14 And upon all the high mountains, and
mountains, and shall be exalted above the upon all the hills that are lifted up,
hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 15 And upon every high tower, and upon
3 And many people shall go and say, every fenced wall,
Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain 16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and
of the LORD, to the house of the God of upon all pleasant pictures.
Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, 17 And the loftiness of man shall be
and we will walk in his paths: for out of bowed down, and the haughtiness of men
Zion shall go forth the law, and the word shall be made low: and the LORD alone
of the LORD from Jerusalem. shall be exalted in that day.
4 And he shall judge among the nations, 18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
and shall rebuke many people: and they 19 And they shall go into the holes of the
shall beat their swords into plowshares, rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for
and their spears into pruninghooks: nation fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his
shall not lift up sword against nation, majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly
neither shall they learn war any more. the earth.
5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us 20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of
walk in the light of the LORD. silver, and his idols of gold, which they
6 ¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy made each one for himself to worship, to
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the moles and to the bats; 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and with him: for the reward of his hands shall
into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear be given him.
of the LORD, and for the glory of his 12 ¶ As for my people, children are their
majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly oppressors, and women rule over them. O
the earth. my people, they which lead thee cause
22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in thee to err, and destroy the way of thy
his nostrils: for wherein is he to be paths.
accounted of? 13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and
standeth to judge the people.
CHAPTER 3 14 The LORD will enter into judgment
FOR, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, with the ancients of his people, and the
doth take away from Jerusalem and from princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the
Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your
of bread, and the whole stay of water, houses.
2 The mighty man, and the man of war, 15 What mean ye that ye beat my people
the judge, and the prophet, and the to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor?
prudent, and the ancient, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable 16 ¶ Moreover the LORD saith, Because
man, and the counseller, and the cunning the daughters of Zion are haughty, and
artificer, and the eloquent orator. walk with stretched forth necks and
4 And I will give children to be their wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they
princes, and babes shall rule over them. go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
5 And the people shall be oppressed, 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a
every one by another, and every one by scab the crown of the head of the
his neighbour: the child shall behave daughters of Zion, and the LORD will
himself proudly against the ancient, and discover their secret parts.
the base against the honourable. 18 In that day the Lord will take away the
6 When a man shall take hold of his bravery of their tinkling ornaments about
brother of the house of his father, saying, their feet, and their cauls, and their round
Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and tires like the moon,
let this ruin be under thy hand: 19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the
7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will mufflers,
not be an healer; for in my house is neither 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the
bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of legs, and the headbands, and the tablets,
the people. and the earrings,
8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is 21 The rings, and nose jewels,
fallen: because their tongue and their 22 The changeable suits of apparel, and
doings are against the LORD, to provoke the mantles, and the wimples, and the
the eyes of his glory. crisping pins,
9 ¶ The shew of their countenance doth 23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the
witness against them; and they declare hoods, and the vails.
their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead
unto their soul! for they have rewarded of sweet smell there shall be stink; and
evil unto themselves. instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of
10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well set hair baldness; and instead of a
well with him: for they shall eat the fruit stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and
of their doings. burning instead of beauty.
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25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem,
thy mighty in the war. and men of Judah, judge, I pray you,
26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; betwixt me and my vineyard.
and she being desolate shall sit upon the 4 What could have been done more to my
ground. vineyard, that I have not done in it?
wherefore, when I looked that it should
CHAPTER 4 bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild
AND in that day seven women shall take grapes?
hold of one man, saying, We will eat our 5 And now go to; I will tell you what I
own bread, and wear our own apparel: will do to my vineyard: I will take away
only let us be called by thy name, to take the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up;
away our reproach. and break down the wall thereof, and it
2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD shall be trodden down:
be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be
the earth shall be excellent and comely for pruned, nor digged; but there shall come
them that are escaped of Israel. up briers and thorns: I will also command
3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
left in Zion, and he that remaineth in 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is
Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every the house of Israel, and the men of Judah
one that is written among the living in his pleasant plant: and he looked for
Jerusalem: judgment, but behold oppression; for
4 When the Lord shall have washed away righteousness, but behold a cry.
the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall 8 ¶ Woe unto them that join house to
have purged the blood of Jerusalem from house, that lay field to field, till there be
the midst thereof by the spirit of no place, that they may be placed alone in
judgment, and by the spirit of burning. the midst of the earth!
5 And the LORD will create upon every 9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of
dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon a truth many houses shall be desolate,
her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
and the shining of a flaming fire by night: 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield
for upon all the glory shall be a defence. one bath, and the seed of an homer shall
6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a yield an ephah.
shadow in the daytime from the heat, and 11 ¶ Woe unto them that rise up early in
for a place of refuge, and for a covert from the morning, that they may follow strong
storm and from rain. drink; that continue until night, till wine
inflame them!
CHAPTER 5 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret,
NOW will I sing to my wellbeloved a and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but
song of my beloved touching his vineyard. they regard not the work of the LORD,
My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very neither consider the operation of his
fruitful hill: hands.
2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the 13 ¶ Therefore my people are gone into
stones thereof, and planted it with the captivity, because they have no
choicest vine, and built a tower in the knowledge: and their honourable men are
midst of it, and also made a winepress famished, and their multitude dried up
therein: and he looked that it should bring with thirst.
forth grapes, and it brought forth wild 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself,
grapes. and opened her mouth without measure:
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and their glory, and their multitude, and nations from far, and will hiss unto them
their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall from the end of the earth: and, behold,
descend into it. they shall come with speed swiftly:
15 And the mean man shall be brought 27 None shall be weary nor stumble
down, and the mighty man shall be among them; none shall slumber nor
humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins
humbled: be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be
16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted broken:
in judgment, and God that is holy shall be 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their
sanctified in righteousness. bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be
17 Then shall the lambs feed after their counted like flint, and their wheels like a
manner, and the waste places of the fat whirlwind:
ones shall strangers eat. 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they
18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall
cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall
cart rope: carry it away safe, and none shall deliver
19 That say, Let him make speed, and it.
hasten his work, that we may see it: and 30 And in that day they shall roar against
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel them like the roaring of the sea: and if one
draw nigh and come, that we may know it! look unto the land, behold darkness and
20 ¶ Woe unto them that call evil good, sorrow, and the light is darkened in the
and good evil; that put darkness for light, heavens thereof.
and light for darkness; that put bitter for
sweet, and sweet for bitter! CHAPTER 6
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their IN the year that king Uzziah died I saw
own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high
22 Woe unto them that are mighty to and lifted up, and his train filled the
drink wine, and men of strength to mingle temple.
strong drink: 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one
23 Which justify the wicked for reward, had six wings; with twain he covered his
and take away the righteousness of the face, and with twain he covered his feet,
righteous from him! and with twain he did fly.
24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the 3 And one cried unto another, and said,
stubble, and the flame consumeth the Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the
chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, whole earth is full of his glory.
and their blossom shall go up as dust: 4 And the posts of the door moved at the
because they have cast away the law of voice of him that cried, and the house was
the LORD of hosts, and despised the word filled with smoke.
of the Holy One of Israel. 5 ¶ Then said I, Woe is me! for I am
25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD undone; because I am a man of unclean
kindled against his people, and he hath lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people
stretched forth his hand against them, and of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen
hath smitten them: and the hills did the King, the LORD of hosts.
tremble, and their carcases were torn in 6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me,
the midst of the streets. For all this his having a live coal in his hand, which he
anger is not turned away, but his hand is had taken with the tongs from off the
stretched out still. altar:
26 ¶ And he will lift up an ensign to the 7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said,
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Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine and of the son of Remaliah.
iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against
saying, Whom shall I send, and who will thee, saying,
go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send 6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it,
me. and let us make a breach therein for us,
9 ¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, and set a king in the midst of it, even the
Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and son of Tabeal:
see ye indeed, but perceive not. 7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and stand, neither shall it come to pass.
make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; 8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and
lest they see with their eyes, and hear with the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within
their ears, and understand with their heart, threescore and five years shall Ephraim be
and convert, and be healed. broken, that it be not a people.
11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
answered, Until the cities be wasted and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s
without inhabitant, and the houses without son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall
man, and the land be utterly desolate, not be established.
12 And the LORD have removed men far 10 ¶ Moreover the LORD spake again unto
away, and there be a great forsaking in the Ahaz, saying,
midst of the land. 11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God;
13 ¶ But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it ask it either in the depth, or in the height
shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil above.
tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither
them, when they cast their leaves: so the will I tempt the LORD.
holy seed shall be the substance thereof. 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of
David; Is it a small thing for you to weary
CHAPTER 7 men, but will ye weary my God also?
AND it came to pass in the days of Ahaz 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give
the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall
of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his
Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, name Immanuel.
went up toward Jerusalem to war against 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he
it, but could not prevail against it. may know to refuse the evil, and choose
2 And it was told the house of David, the good.
saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. 16 For before the child shall know to
And his heart was moved, and the heart of refuse the evil, and choose the good, the
his people, as the trees of the wood are land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken
moved with the wind. of both her kings.
3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go 17 ¶ The LORD shall bring upon thee, and
forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear- upon thy people, and upon thy father’s
jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of house, days that have not come, from the
the upper pool in the highway of the day that Ephraim departed from Judah;
fuller’s field; even the king of Assyria.
4 And say unto him, Take heed, and be 18 And it shall come to pass in that day,
quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is
the two tails of these smoking firebrands, in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt,
for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and for the bee that is in the land of
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Assyria. saying,
19 And they shall come, and shall rest all 6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the
of them in the desolate valleys, and in the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and
holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
and upon all bushes. 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord
20 In the same day shall the Lord shave bringeth up upon them the waters of the
with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them river, strong and many, even the king of
beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall
the head, and the hair of the feet: and it come up over all his channels, and go over
shall also consume the beard. all his banks:
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he
that a man shall nourish a young cow, and shall overflow and go over, he shall reach
two sheep; even to the neck; and the stretching out of
22 And it shall come to pass, for the his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land,
abundance of milk that they shall give he O Immanuel.
shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall 9 ¶ Associate yourselves, O ye people, and
every one eat that is left in the land. ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear,
23 And it shall come to pass in that day, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves,
that every place shall be, where there were and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird
a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, yourselves, and ye shall be broken in
it shall even be for briers and thorns. pieces.
24 With arrows and with bows shall men 10 Take counsel together, and it shall
come thither; because all the land shall come to nought; speak the word, and it
become briers and thorns. shall not stand: for God is with us.
25 And on all hills that shall be digged 11 ¶ For the LORD spake thus to me with a
with the mattock, there shall not come strong hand, and instructed me that I
thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it should not walk in the way of this people,
shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and saying,
for the treading of lesser cattle. 12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them
to whom this people shall say, A
CHAPTER 8 confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor
MOREOVER the LORD said unto me, be afraid.
Take thee a great roll, and write in it with 13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself;
a man’s pen concerning Maher-shalal- and let him be your fear, and let him be
hash-baz. your dread.
2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for
record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the a stone of stumbling and for a rock of
son of Jeberechiah. offence to both the houses of Israel, for a
3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of
conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Jerusalem.
LORD to me, Call his name Maher-shalal- 15 And many among them shall stumble,
hash-baz. and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and
4 For before the child shall have be taken.
knowledge to cry, My father, and my 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law
mother, the riches of Damascus and the among my disciples.
spoil of Samaria shall be taken away 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that
before the king of Assyria. hideth his face from the house of Jacob,
5 ¶ The LORD spake also unto me again, and I will look for him.
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18 Behold, I and the children whom the upon his shoulder: and his name shall be
LORD hath given me are for signs and for called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty
wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, God, The everlasting Father, The Prince
which dwelleth in mount Zion. of Peace.
19 ¶ And when they shall say unto you, 7 Of the increase of his government and
Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, peace there shall be no end, upon the
and unto wizards that peep, and that throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to
mutter: should not a people seek unto their order it, and to establish it with judgment
God? for the living to the dead? and with justice from henceforth even for
20 To the law and to the testimony: if they ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will
speak not according to this word, it is perform this.
because there is no light in them. 8 ¶ The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it
21 And they shall pass through it, hardly hath lighted upon Israel.
bestead and hungry: and it shall come to 9 And all the people shall know, even
pass, that when they shall be hungry, they Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria,
shall fret themselves, and curse their king that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
and their God, and look upward. 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will
22 And they shall look unto the earth; and build with hewn stones: the sycomores are
behold trouble and darkness, dimness of cut down, but we will change them into
anguish; and they shall be driven to cedars.
darkness. 11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the
adversaries of Rezin against him, and join
CHAPTER 9 his enemies together;
NEVERTHELESS the dimness shall not 12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines
be such as was in her vexation, when at behind; and they shall devour Israel with
the first he lightly afflicted the land of open mouth. For all this his anger is not
Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and turned away, but his hand is stretched out
afterward did more grievously afflict her still.
by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in 13 ¶ For the people turneth not unto him
Galilee of the nations. that smiteth them, neither do they seek the
2 The people that walked in darkness have LORD of hosts.
seen a great light: they that dwell in the 14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from
land of the shadow of death, upon them Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in
hath the light shined. one day.
3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not 15 The ancient and honourable, he is the
increased the joy: they joy before thee head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he
according to the joy in harvest, and as men is the tail.
rejoice when they divide the spoil. 16 For the leaders of this people cause
4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his them to err; and they that are led of them
burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the are destroyed.
rod of his oppressor, as in the day of 17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in
Midian. their young men, neither shall have mercy
5 For every battle of the warrior is with on their fatherless and widows: for every
confused noise, and garments rolled in one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and
blood; but this shall be with burning and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this
fuel of fire. his anger is not turned away, but his hand
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is stretched out still.
is given: and the government shall be 18 ¶ For wickedness burneth as the fire: it
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shall devour the briers and thorns, and 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not
shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as
and they shall mount up like the lifting up Damascus?
of smoke. 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms
19 Through the wrath of the LORD of of the idols, and whose graven images did
hosts is the land darkened, and the people excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto
shall spare his brother. Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem
20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and her idols?
and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that
hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they when the Lord hath performed his whole
shall eat every man the flesh of his own work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem,
arm: I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of
21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, the king of Assyria, and the glory of his
Manasseh: and they together shall be high looks.
against Judah. For all this his anger is not 13 For he saith, By the strength of my
turned away, but his hand is stretched out hand I have done it, and by my wisdom;
still. for I am prudent: and I have removed the
bounds of the people, and have robbed
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WOE unto them that decree unrighteous inhabitants like a valiant man:
decrees, and that write grievousness which 14 And my hand hath found as a nest the
they have prescribed; riches of the people: and as one gathereth
2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, eggs that are left, have I gathered all the
and to take away the right from the poor earth; and there was none that moved the
of my people, that widows may be their wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him
3 And what will ye do in the day of that heweth therewith? or shall the saw
visitation, and in the desolation which magnify itself against him that shaketh it?
shall come from far? to whom will ye flee as if the rod should shake itself against
for help? and where will ye leave your them that lift it up, or as if the staff should
glory? lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
4 Without me they shall bow down under 16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of
the prisoners, and they shall fall under the hosts, send among his fat ones leanness;
slain. For all this his anger is not turned and under his glory he shall kindle a
away, but his hand is stretched out still. burning like the burning of a fire.
5 ¶ O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and 17 And the light of Israel shall be for a
the staff in their hand is mine indignation. fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it
6 I will send him against an hypocritical shall burn and devour his thorns and his
nation, and against the people of my wrath briers in one day;
will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, 18 And shall consume the glory of his
and to take the prey, and to tread them forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul
down like the mire of the streets. and body: and they shall be as when a
7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth standardbearer fainteth.
his heart think so; but it is in his heart to 19 And the rest of the trees of his forest
destroy and cut off nations not a few. shall be few, that a child may write them.
8 For he saith, Are not my princes 20 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day,
altogether kings? that the remnant of Israel, and such as are
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escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no shall lop the bough with terror: and the
more again stay upon him that smote high ones of stature shall be hewn down,
them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the and the haughty shall be humbled.
Holy One of Israel, in truth. 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of
21 The remnant shall return, even the the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall
remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. by a mighty one.
22 For though thy people Israel be as the
sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them CHAPTER 11
shall return: the consumption decreed AND there shall come forth a rod out of
shall overflow with righteousness. the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow
23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a out of his roots:
consumption, even determined, in the 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest
midst of all the land. upon him, the spirit of wisdom and
24 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of understanding, the spirit of counsel and
hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, might, the spirit of knowledge and of the
be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall fear of the LORD;
smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his 3 And shall make him of quick
staff against thee, after the manner of understanding in the fear of the LORD: and
Egypt. he shall not judge after the sight of his
25 For yet a very little while, and the eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of
indignation shall cease, and mine anger in his ears:
their destruction. 4 But with righteousness shall he judge
26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a the poor, and reprove with equity for the
scourge for him according to the slaughter meek of the earth: and he shall smite the
of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his earth with the rod of his mouth, and with
rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up the breath of his lips shall he slay the
after the manner of Egypt. wicked.
27 And it shall come to pass in that day, 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of
that his burden shall be taken away from his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his
off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy reins.
neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
because of the anointing. and the leopard shall lie down with the
28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to kid; and the calf and the young lion and
Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his the fatling together; and a little child shall
carriages: lead them.
29 They are gone over the passage: they 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed;
have taken up their lodging at Geba; their young ones shall lie down together:
Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of 8 And the sucking child shall play on the
Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall
poor Anathoth. put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my
of Gebim gather themselves to flee. holy mountain: for the earth shall be full
32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: of the knowledge of the LORD, as the
he shall shake his hand against the mount waters cover the sea.
of the daughter of Zion, the hill of 10 ¶ And in that day there shall be a root
Jerusalem. of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of
33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek:
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and his rest shall be glorious. 5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, excellent things: this is known in all the
that the Lord shall set his hand again the earth.
second time to recover the remnant of his 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of
people, which shall be left, from Assyria, Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in
and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and the midst of thee.
from Cush, and from Elam, and from
Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the CHAPTER 13
islands of the sea. THE burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the
12 And he shall set up an ensign for the son of Amoz did see.
nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of 2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high
Israel, and gather together the dispersed of mountain, exalt the voice unto them,
Judah from the four corners of the earth. shake the hand, that they may go into the
13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, gates of the nobles.
and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I
off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and have also called my mighty ones for mine
Judah shall not vex Ephraim. anger, even them that rejoice in my
14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of highness.
the Philistines toward the west; they shall 4 The noise of a multitude in the
spoil them of the east together: they shall mountains, like as of a great people; a
lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of
the children of Ammon shall obey them. nations gathered together: the LORD of
15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his 5 They come from a far country, from the
mighty wind shall he shake his hand over end of heaven, even the LORD, and the
the river, and shall smite it in the seven weapons of his indignation, to destroy the
streams, and make men go over dryshod. whole land.
16 And there shall be an highway for the 6 ¶ Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at
remnant of his people, which shall be left, hand; it shall come as a destruction from
from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the the Almighty.
day that he came up out of the land of 7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and
Egypt. every man’s heart shall melt:
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and
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AND in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they
will praise thee: though thou wast angry shall be amazed one at another; their faces
with me, thine anger is turned away, and shall be as flames.
thou comfortedst me. 9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh,
2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to
and not be afraid: for the LORD lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy
JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; the sinners thereof out of it.
he also is become my salvation. 10 For the stars of heaven and the
3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water constellations thereof shall not give their
out of the wells of salvation. light: the sun shall be darkened in his
4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the going forth, and the moon shall not cause
LORD, call upon his name, declare his her light to shine.
doings among the people, make mention 11 And I will punish the world for their
that his name is exalted. evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and
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I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to and will yet choose Israel, and set them in
cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of their own land: and the strangers shall be
the terrible. joined with them, and they shall cleave to
12 I will make a man more precious than the house of Jacob.
fine gold; even a man than the golden 2 And the people shall take them, and
wedge of Ophir. bring them to their place: and the house of
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and Israel shall possess them in the land of the
the earth shall remove out of her place, in LORD for servants and handmaids: and
the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the they shall take them captives, whose
day of his fierce anger. captives they were; and they shall rule
14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and over their oppressors.
as a sheep that no man taketh up: they 3 And it shall come to pass in the day that
shall every man turn to his own people, the LORD shall give thee rest from thy
and flee every one into his own land. sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the
15 Every one that is found shall be thrust hard bondage wherein thou wast made to
through; and every one that is joined unto serve,
them shall fall by the sword. 4 ¶ That thou shalt take up this proverb
16 Their children also shall be dashed to against the king of Babylon, and say, How
pieces before their eyes; their houses shall hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city
be spoiled, and their wives ravished. ceased!
17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against 5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the
them, which shall not regard silver; and as wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
for gold, they shall not delight in it. 6 He who smote the people in wrath with
18 Their bows also shall dash the young a continual stroke, he that ruled the
men to pieces; and they shall have no pity nations in anger, is persecuted, and none
on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall hindereth.
not spare children. 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet:
19 ¶ And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, they break forth into singing.
the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the
shall be as when God overthrew Sodom cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art
and Gomorrah. laid down, no feller is come up against us.
20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to
it be dwelt in from generation to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the
generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch dead for thee, even all the chief ones of
tent there; neither shall the shepherds the earth; it hath raised up from their
make their fold there. thrones all the kings of the nations.
21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie 10 All they shall speak and say unto thee,
there; and their houses shall be full of Art thou also become weak as we? art
doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell thou become like unto us?
there, and satyrs shall dance there. 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the
22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall grave, and the noise of thy viols: the
cry in their desolate houses, and dragons worm is spread under thee, and the worms
in their pleasant palaces: and her time is cover thee.
near to come, and her days shall not be 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O
prolonged. Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou
cut down to the ground, which didst
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FOR the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will
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ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne 26 This is the purpose that is purposed
above the stars of God: I will sit also upon upon the whole earth: and this is the hand
the mount of the congregation, in the sides that is stretched out upon all the nations.
of the north: 27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed,
14 I will ascend above the heights of the and who shall disannul it? and his hand is
clouds; I will be like the most High. stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, 28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this
to the sides of the pit. burden.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look 29 ¶ Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina,
upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is because the rod of him that smote thee is
this the man that made the earth to broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall
tremble, that did shake kingdoms; come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall
17 That made the world as a wilderness, be a fiery flying serpent.
and destroyed the cities thereof; that 30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed,
opened not the house of his prisoners? and the needy shall lie down in safety: and
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of I will kill thy root with famine, and he
them, lie in glory, every one in his own shall slay thy remnant.
house. 31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall
an abominable branch, and as the raiment come from the north a smoke, and none
of those that are slain, thrust through with shall be alone in his appointed times.
a sword, that go down to the stones of the 32 What shall one then answer the
pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. messengers of the nation? That the LORD
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in hath founded Zion, and the poor of his
burial, because thou hast destroyed thy people shall trust in it.
land, and slain thy people: the seed of
evildoers shall never be renowned. CHAPTER 15
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for THE burden of Moab. Because in the
the iniquity of their fathers; that they do night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and
not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the brought to silence; because in the night
face of the world with cities. Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to
22 For I will rise up against them, saith silence;
the LORD of hosts, and cut off from 2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon,
Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl
and nephew, saith the LORD. over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their
23 I will also make it a possession for the heads shall be baldness, and every beard
bittern, and pools of water: and I will cut off.
sweep it with the besom of destruction, 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves
saith the LORD of hosts. with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses,
24 ¶ The LORD of hosts hath sworn, and in their streets, every one shall howl,
saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall weeping abundantly.
it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so 4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh:
shall it stand: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz:
25 That I will break the Assyrian in my therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall
land, and upon my mountains tread him cry out; his life shall be grievous unto
under foot: then shall his yoke depart from him.
off them, and his burden depart from off 5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his
their shoulders. fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of
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4 And in that day it shall come to pass, portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of
that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, them that rob us.
and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
5 And it shall be as when the harvestman CHAPTER 18
gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears WOE to the land shadowing with wings,
with his arm; and it shall be as he that which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. 2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea,
6 ¶ Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the
as the shaking of an olive tree, two or waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers,
three berries in the top of the uppermost to a nation scattered and peeled, to a
bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful people terrible from their beginning
branches thereof, saith the LORD God of hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden
Israel. down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
7 At that day shall a man look to his 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and
Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he
the Holy One of Israel. lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and
8 And he shall not look to the altars, the when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
work of his hands, neither shall respect 4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will
that which his fingers have made, either take my rest, and I will consider in my
the groves, or the images. dwelling place like a clear heat upon
9 ¶ In that day shall his strong cities be as herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat
a forsaken bough, and an uppermost of harvest.
branch, which they left because of the 5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is
children of Israel: and there shall be perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in
desolation. the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs
10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of with pruning hooks, and take away and
thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of cut down the branches.
the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt 6 They shall be left together unto the
thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts
with strange slips: of the earth: and the fowls shall summer
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to upon them, and all the beasts of the earth
grow, and in the morning shalt thou make shall winter upon them.
thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall 7 ¶ In that time shall the present be
be a heap in the day of grief and of brought unto the LORD of hosts of a
desperate sorrow. people scattered and peeled, and from a
12 ¶ Woe to the multitude of many people, people terrible from their beginning
which make a noise like the noise of the hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden
seas; and to the rushing of nations, that under foot, whose land the rivers have
make a rushing like the rushing of mighty spoiled, to the place of the name of the
waters! LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing
of many waters: but God shall rebuke CHAPTER 19
them, and they shall flee far off, and shall THE burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD
be chased as the chaff of the mountains rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come
before the wind, and like a rolling thing into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be
before the whirlwind. moved at his presence, and the heart of
14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
before the morning he is not. This is the 2 And I will set the Egyptians against the
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Egyptians: and they shall fight every one spirit in the midst thereof: and they have
against his brother, and every one against caused Egypt to err in every work thereof,
his neighbour; city against city, and as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
kingdom against kingdom. 15 Neither shall there be any work for
3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or
midst thereof; and I will destroy the rush, may do.
counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the 16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto
idols, and to the charmers, and to them women: and it shall be afraid and fear
that have familiar spirits, and to the because of the shaking of the hand of the
wizards. LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
4 And the Egyptians will I give over into 17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror
the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king unto Egypt, every one that maketh
shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the mention thereof shall be afraid in himself,
LORD of hosts. because of the counsel of the LORD of
5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, hosts, which he hath determined against it.
and the river shall be wasted and dried up. 18 ¶ In that day shall five cities in the land
6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; of Egypt speak the language of Canaan,
and the brooks of defence shall be and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall
emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags be called, The city of destruction.
shall wither. 19 In that day shall there be an altar to the
7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt,
mouth of the brooks, and every thing and a pillar at the border thereof to the
sown by the brooks, shall wither, be LORD.
driven away, and be no more. 20 And it shall be for a sign and for a
8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land
they that cast angle into the brooks shall of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD
lament, and they that spread nets upon the because of the oppressors, and he shall
waters shall languish. send them a saviour, and a great one, and
9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, he shall deliver them.
and they that weave networks, shall be 21 And the LORD shall be known to
confounded. Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the
10 And they shall be broken in the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice
purposes thereof, all that make sluices and and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow
ponds for fish. unto the LORD, and perform it.
11 ¶ Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, 22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he
the counsel of the wise counsellers of shall smite and heal it: and they shall
Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye return even to the LORD, and he shall be
unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the intreated of them, and shall heal them.
son of ancient kings? 23 ¶ In that day shall there be a highway
12 Where are they? where are thy wise out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian
men? and let them tell thee now, and let shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian
them know what the LORD of hosts hath into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve
purposed upon Egypt. with the Assyrians.
13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with
the princes of Noph are deceived; they Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in
have also seduced Egypt, even they that the midst of the land:
are the stay of the tribes thereof. 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless,
14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and
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Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel turned into fear unto me.
mine inheritance. 5 Prepare the table, watch in the
watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes,
CHAPTER 20 and anoint the shield.
IN the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, 6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go,
(when Sargon the king of Assyria sent set a watchman, let him declare what he
him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took seeth.
it; 7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of
2 At the same time spake the LORD by horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot
Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and of camels; and he hearkened diligently
loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and with much heed:
put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did 8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand
so, walking naked and barefoot. continually upon the watchtower in the
3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant daytime, and I am set in my ward whole
Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot nights:
three years for a sign and wonder upon 9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of
Egypt and upon Ethiopia; men, with a couple of horsemen. And he
4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is
the Egyptians prisoners, and the fallen; and all the graven images of her
Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked gods he hath broken unto the ground.
and barefoot, even with their buttocks 10 O my threshing, and the corn of my
uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. floor: that which I have heard of the LORD
5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared
Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt unto you.
their glory. 11 ¶ The burden of Dumah. He calleth to
6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the
in that day, Behold, such is our night? Watchman, what of the night?
expectation, whither we flee for help to be 12 The watchman said, The morning
delivered from the king of Assyria: and cometh, and also the night: if ye will
how shall we escape? inquire, inquire ye: return, come.
13 ¶ The burden upon Arabia. In the forest
CHAPTER 21 in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling
THE burden of the desert of the sea. As companies of Dedanim.
whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it 14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema
cometh from the desert, from a terrible brought water to him that was thirsty, they
land. prevented with their bread him that fled.
2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; 15 For they fled from the swords, from the
the treacherous dealer dealeth drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and
treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go from the grievousness of war.
up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me,
sighing thereof have I made to cease. Within a year, according to the years of an
3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall
pangs have taken hold upon me, as the fail:
pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was 17 And the residue of the number of
bowed down at the hearing of it; I was archers, the mighty men of the children of
dismayed at the seeing of it. Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD
4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted God of Israel hath spoken it.
me: the night of my pleasure hath he
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be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it. it for them that dwell in the wilderness:
they set up the towers thereof, they raised
CHAPTER 23 up the palaces thereof; and he brought it
THE burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of to ruin.
Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there 14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your
is no house, no entering in: from the land strength is laid waste.
of Chittim it is revealed to them. 15 And it shall come to pass in that day,
2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years,
whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass according to the days of one king: after
over the sea, have replenished. the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as
3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, an harlot.
the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and 16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou
she is a mart of nations. harlot that hast been forgotten; make
4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou
hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, mayest be remembered.
saying, I travail not, nor bring forth 17 ¶ And it shall come to pass after the
children, neither do I nourish up young end of seventy years, that the LORD will
men, nor bring up virgins. visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire,
5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so and shall commit fornication with all the
shall they be sorely pained at the report of kingdoms of the world upon the face of
Tyre. the earth.
6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye 18 And her merchandise and her hire shall
inhabitants of the isle. be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be
7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise
is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry shall be for them that dwell before the
her afar off to sojourn. LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable
8 Who hath taken this counsel against clothing.
Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants
are princes, whose traffickers are the CHAPTER 24
honourable of the earth? BEHOLD, the LORD maketh the earth
9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it
stain the pride of all glory, and to bring upside down, and scattereth abroad the
into contempt all the honourable of the inhabitants thereof.
earth. 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so
10 Pass through thy land as a river, O with the priest; as with the servant, so with
daughter of Tarshish: there is no more his master; as with the maid, so with her
strength. mistress; as with the buyer, so with the
11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, seller; as with the lender, so with the
he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath borrower; as with the taker of usury, so
given a commandment against the with the giver of usury to him.
merchant city, to destroy the strong holds 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and
thereof. utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken
12 And he said, Thou shalt no more this word.
rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away,
of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there the world languisheth and fadeth away,
also shalt thou have no rest. the haughty people of the earth do
13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this languish.
people was not, till the Assyrian founded 5 The earth also is defiled under the
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inhabitants thereof; because they have open, and the foundations of the earth do
transgressed the laws, changed the shake.
ordinance, broken the everlasting 19 The earth is utterly broken down, the
covenant. earth is clean dissolved, the earth is
6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the moved exceedingly.
earth, and they that dwell therein are 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a
desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the drunkard, and shall be removed like a
earth are burned, and few men left. cottage; and the transgression thereof shall
7 The new wine mourneth, the vine be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not
languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. rise again.
8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of 21 And it shall come to pass in that day,
them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the that the LORD shall punish the host of the
harp ceaseth. high ones that are on high, and the kings
9 They shall not drink wine with a song; of the earth upon the earth.
strong drink shall be bitter to them that 22 And they shall be gathered together, as
drink it. prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall
10 The city of confusion is broken down: be shut up in the prison, and after many
every house is shut up, that no man may days shall they be visited.
come in. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded,
11 There is a crying for wine in the and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of
streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in
land is gone. Jerusalem, and before his ancients
12 In the city is left desolation, and the gloriously.
gate is smitten with destruction.
13 ¶ When thus it shall be in the midst of CHAPTER 25
the land among the people, there shall be O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt
as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast
gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. done wonderful things; thy counsels of old
14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall are faithfulness and truth.
sing for the majesty of the LORD, they 2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of
shall cry aloud from the sea. a defenced city a ruin: a palace of
15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the strangers to be no city; it shall never be
fires, even the name of the LORD God of built.
Israel in the isles of the sea. 3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify
16 ¶ From the uttermost part of the earth thee, the city of the terrible nations shall
have we heard songs, even glory to the fear thee.
righteous. But I said, My leanness, my 4 For thou hast been a strength to the
leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous poor, a strength to the needy in his
dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the distress, a refuge from the storm, a
treacherous dealers have dealt very shadow from the heat, when the blast of
treacherously. the terrible ones is as a storm against the
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are wall.
upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even
fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the
into the pit; and he that cometh up out of branch of the terrible ones shall be
the midst of the pit shall be taken in the brought low.
snare: for the windows from on high are 6 ¶ And in this mountain shall the LORD
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of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat feet of the poor, and the steps of the
things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat needy.
things full of marrow, of wines on the lees 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou,
well refined. most upright, dost weigh the path of the
7 And he will destroy in this mountain the just.
face of the covering cast over all people, 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O
and the vail that is spread over all nations. LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire
8 He will swallow up death in victory; and of our soul is to thy name, and to the
the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from remembrance of thee.
off all faces; and the rebuke of his people 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the
shall he take away from off all the earth: night; yea, with my spirit within me will I
for the LORD hath spoken it. seek thee early: for when thy judgments
9 ¶ And it shall be said in that day, Lo, are in the earth, the inhabitants of the
this is our God; we have waited for him, world will learn righteousness.
and he will save us: this is the LORD; we 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked,
have waited for him, we will be glad and yet will he not learn righteousness: in the
rejoice in his salvation. land of uprightness will he deal unjustly,
10 For in this mountain shall the hand of and will not behold the majesty of the
the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden LORD.
down under him, even as straw is trodden 11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they
down for the dunghill. will not see: but they shall see, and be
11 And he shall spread forth his hands in ashamed for their envy at the people; yea,
the midst of them, as he that swimmeth the fire of thine enemies shall devour
spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he them.
shall bring down their pride together with 12 ¶ LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us:
the spoils of their hands. for thou also hast wrought all our works in
12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy us.
walls shall he bring down, lay low, and 13 O LORD our God, other lords beside
bring to the ground, even to the dust. thee have had dominion over us: but by
thee only will we make mention of thy
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IN that day shall this song be sung in the 14 They are dead, they shall not live; they
land of Judah; We have a strong city; are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore
salvation will God appoint for walls and hast thou visited and destroyed them, and
bulwarks. made all their memory to perish.
2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O
nation which keepeth the truth may enter LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou
in. art glorified: thou hadst removed it far
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, unto all the ends of the earth.
whose mind is stayed on thee: because he 16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee,
trusteth in thee. they poured out a prayer when thy
4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the chastening was upon them.
LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: 17 Like as a woman with child, that
5 ¶ For he bringeth down them that dwell draweth near the time of her delivery, is in
on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have
layeth it low, even to the ground; he we been in thy sight, O LORD.
bringeth it even to the dust. 18 We have been with child, we have been
6 The foot shall tread it down, even the in pain, we have as it were brought forth
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wind; we have not wrought any take away his sin; when he maketh all the
deliverance in the earth; neither have the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are
inhabitants of the world fallen. beaten in sunder, the groves and images
19 Thy dead men shall live, together with shall not stand up.
my dead body shall they arise. Awake and 10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate,
sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is and the habitation forsaken, and left like a
as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and
cast out the dead. there shall he lie down, and consume the
20 ¶ Come, my people, enter thou into thy branches thereof.
chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: 11 When the boughs thereof are withered,
hide thyself as it were for a little moment, they shall be broken off: the women come,
until the indignation be overpast. and set them on fire: for it is a people of
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of no understanding: therefore he that made
his place to punish the inhabitants of the them will not have mercy on them, and he
earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall that formed them will shew them no
disclose her blood, and shall no more favour.
cover her slain. 12 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day,
that the LORD shall beat off from the
CHAPTER 27 channel of the river unto the stream of
IN that day the LORD with his sore and Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by
great and strong sword shall punish one, O ye children of Israel.
leviathan the piercing serpent, even 13 And it shall come to pass in that day,
leviathan that crooked serpent; and he that the great trumpet shall be blown, and
shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. they shall come which were ready to
2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard perish in the land of Assyria, and the
of red wine. outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall
3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it worship the LORD in the holy mount at
every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep Jerusalem.
it night and day.
4 Fury is not in me: who would set the CHAPTER 28
briers and thorns against me in battle? I WOE to the crown of pride, to the
would go through them, I would burn drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious
them together. beauty is a fading flower, which are on
5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that the head of the fat valleys of them that are
he may make peace with me; and he shall overcome with wine!
make peace with me. 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and
6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob strong one, which as a tempest of hail and
to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty
and fill the face of the world with fruit. waters overflowing, shall cast down to the
7 ¶ Hath he smitten him, as he smote those earth with the hand.
that smote him? or is he slain according to 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of
the slaughter of them that are slain by Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
him? 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the
8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou head of the fat valley, shall be a fading
wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough flower, and as the hasty fruit before the
wind in the day of the east wind. summer; which when he that looketh upon
9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he
Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to eateth it up.
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5 ¶ In that day shall the LORD of hosts be shall not make haste.
for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and
beauty, unto the residue of his people, righteousness to the plummet: and the hail
6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and
sitteth in judgment, and for strength to the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
them that turn the battle to the gate. 18 ¶ And your covenant with death shall
7 ¶ But they also have erred through wine, be disannulled, and your agreement with
and through strong drink are out of the hell shall not stand; when the overflowing
way; the priest and the prophet have erred scourge shall pass through, then ye shall
through strong drink, they are swallowed be trodden down by it.
up of wine, they are out of the way 19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall
through strong drink; they err in vision, take you: for morning by morning shall it
they stumble in judgment. pass over, by day and by night: and it shall
8 For all tables are full of vomit and be a vexation only to understand the
filthiness, so that there is no place clean. report.
9 ¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge? and 20 For the bed is shorter than that a man
whom shall he make to understand can stretch himself on it: and the covering
doctrine? them that are weaned from the narrower than that he can wrap himself in
milk, and drawn from the breasts. it.
10 For precept must be upon precept, 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount
precept upon precept; line upon line, line Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley
upon line; here a little, and there a little: of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his
11 For with stammering lips and another strange work; and bring to pass his act, his
tongue will he speak to this people. strange act.
12 To whom he said, This is the rest 22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest
wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; your bands be made strong: for I have
and this is the refreshing: yet they would heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a
not hear. consumption, even determined upon the
13 But the word of the LORD was unto whole earth.
them precept upon precept, precept upon 23 ¶ Give ye ear, and hear my voice;
precept; line upon line, line upon line; hearken, and hear my speech.
here a little, and there a little; that they 24 Doth the plowman plow all day to
might go, and fall backward, and be sow? doth he open and break the clods of
broken, and snared, and taken. his ground?
14 ¶ Wherefore hear the word of the 25 When he hath made plain the face
LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this thereof, doth he not cast abroad the
people which is in Jerusalem. fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast
15 Because ye have said, We have made a in the principal wheat and the appointed
covenant with death, and with hell are we barley and the rie in their place?
at agreement; when the overflowing 26 For his God doth instruct him to
scourge shall pass through, it shall not discretion, and doth teach him.
come unto us: for we have made lies our 27 For the fitches are not threshed with a
refuge, and under falsehood have we hid threshing instrument, neither is a cart
ourselves: wheel turned about upon the cummin; but
16 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and
Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a the cummin with a rod.
stone, a tried stone, a precious corner 28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will
stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth not ever be threshing it, nor break it with
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the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his 10 For the LORD hath poured out upon
horsemen. you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath
29 This also cometh forth from the LORD closed your eyes: the prophets and your
of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, rulers, the seers hath he covered.
and excellent in working. 11 And the vision of all is become unto
you as the words of a book that is sealed,
CHAPTER 29 which men deliver to one that is learned,
WOE to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he
David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
kill sacrifices. 12 And the book is delivered to him that is
2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee:
be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be and he saith, I am not learned.
unto me as Ariel. 13 ¶ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch
3 And I will camp against thee round as this people draw near me with their
about, and will lay siege against thee with mouth, and with their lips do honour me,
a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. but have removed their heart far from me,
4 And thou shalt be brought down, and and their fear toward me is taught by the
shalt speak out of the ground, and thy precept of men:
speech shall be low out of the dust, and 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do
thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a a marvellous work among this people,
familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy even a marvellous work and a wonder: for
speech shall whisper out of the dust. the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers and the understanding of their prudent
shall be like small dust, and the multitude men shall be hid.
of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that 15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide
passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant their counsel from the LORD, and their
suddenly. works are in the dark, and they say, Who
6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of seeth us? and who knoweth us?
hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, 16 Surely your turning of things upside
and great noise, with storm and tempest, down shall be esteemed as the potter’s
and the flame of devouring fire. clay: for shall the work say of him that
7 ¶ And the multitude of all the nations made it, He made me not? or shall the
that fight against Ariel, even all that fight thing framed say of him that framed it, He
against her and her munition, and that had no understanding?
distress her, shall be as a dream of a night 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and
vision. Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful
8 It shall even be as when an hungry man field, and the fruitful field shall be
dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he esteemed as a forest?
awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when 18 ¶ And in that day shall the deaf hear
a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he the words of the book, and the eyes of the
drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of
is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall darkness.
the multitude of all the nations be, that 19 The meek also shall increase their joy
fight against mount Zion. in the LORD, and the poor among men
9 ¶ Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
out, and cry: they are drunken, but not 20 For the terrible one is brought to
with wine; they stagger, but not with nought, and the scorner is consumed, and
strong drink. all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
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21 That make a man an offender for a for the time to come for ever and ever:
word, and lay a snare for him that 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying
reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the children, children that will not hear the
just for a thing of nought. law of the LORD:
22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to
redeemed Abraham, concerning the house the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right
of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, things, speak unto us smooth things,
neither shall his face now wax pale. prophesy deceits:
23 But when he seeth his children, the 11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out
work of mine hands, in the midst of him, of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel
they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify to cease from before us.
the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of
God of Israel. Israel, Because ye despise this word, and
24 They also that erred in spirit shall come trust in oppression and perverseness, and
to understanding, and they that murmured stay thereon:
shall learn doctrine. 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you
as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a
CHAPTER 30 high wall, whose breaking cometh
WOE to the rebellious children, saith the suddenly at an instant.
LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; 14 And he shall break it as the breaking of
and that cover with a covering, but not of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces;
my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: he shall not spare: so that there shall not
2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and be found in the bursting of it a sherd to
have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen take fire from the hearth, or to take water
themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and withal out of the pit.
to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy
3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh One of Israel; In returning and rest shall
be your shame, and the trust in the shadow ye be saved; in quietness and in
of Egypt your confusion. confidence shall be your strength: and ye
4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his would not.
ambassadors came to Hanes. 16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon
5 They were all ashamed of a people that horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We
could not profit them, nor be an help nor will ride upon the swift; therefore shall
profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. they that pursue you be swift.
6 The burden of the beasts of the south: 17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke
into the land of trouble and anguish, from of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee:
whence come the young and old lion, the till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a
viper and fiery flying serpent, they will mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
carry their riches upon the shoulders of 18 ¶ And therefore will the LORD wait,
young asses, and their treasures upon the that he may be gracious unto you, and
bunches of camels, to a people that shall therefore will he be exalted, that he may
not profit them. have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a
7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and God of judgment: blessed are all they that
to no purpose: therefore have I cried wait for him.
concerning this, Their strength is to sit 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at
still. Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he
8 ¶ Now go, write it before them in a will be very gracious unto thee at the
table, and note it in a book, that it may be voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he
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hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he and by liberal things shall he stand.
will deliver it; and passing over he will 9 ¶ Rise up, ye women that are at ease;
preserve it. hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give
6 ¶ Turn ye unto him from whom the ear unto my speech.
children of Israel have deeply revolted. 10 Many days and years shall ye be
7 For in that day every man shall cast troubled, ye careless women: for the
away his idols of silver, and his idols of vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not
gold, which your own hands have made come.
unto you for a sin. 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be
8 ¶ Then shall the Assyrian fall with the troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and
sword, not of a mighty man; and the make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon
sword, not of a mean man, shall devour your loins.
him: but he shall flee from the sword, and 12 They shall lament for the teats, for the
his young men shall be discomfited. pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold 13 Upon the land of my people shall come
for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the
the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in houses of joy in the joyous city:
Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken;
the multitude of the city shall be left; the
CHAPTER 32 forts and towers shall be for dens for ever,
BEHOLD, a king shall reign in a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
righteousness, and princes shall rule in 15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from
judgment. on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful
2 And a man shall be as an hiding place field, and the fruitful field be counted for a
from the wind, and a covert from the forest.
tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the
as the shadow of a great rock in a weary wilderness, and righteousness remain in
land. the fruitful field.
3 And the eyes of them that see shall not 17 And the work of righteousness shall be
be dim, and the ears of them that hear peace; and the effect of righteousness
shall hearken. quietness and assurance for ever.
4 The heart also of the rash shall 18 And my people shall dwell in a
understand knowledge, and the tongue of peaceable habitation, and in sure
the stammerers shall be ready to speak dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
plainly. 19 When it shall hail, coming down on the
5 The vile person shall be no more called forest; and the city shall be low in a low
liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. place.
6 For the vile person will speak villany, 20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all
and his heart will work iniquity, to waters, that send forth thither the feet of
practise hypocrisy, and to utter error the ox and the ass.
against the LORD, to make empty the soul
of the hungry, and he will cause the drink CHAPTER 33
of the thirsty to fail. WOE to thee that spoilest, and thou wast
7 The instruments also of the churl are not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and
evil: he deviseth wicked devices to they dealt not treacherously with thee!
destroy the poor with lying words, even when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt
when the needy speaketh right. be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an
8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; end to deal treacherously, they shall deal
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8 And an highway shall be there, and a 8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee,
way, and it shall be called The way of to my master the king of Assyria, and I
holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; will give thee two thousand horses, if thou
but it shall be for those: the wayfaring be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
men, though fools, shall not err therein. 9 How then wilt thou turn away the face
9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous of one captain of the least of my master’s
beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for
found there; but the redeemed shall walk chariots and for horsemen?
there: 10 And am I now come up without the
10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall LORD against this land to destroy it? the
return, and come to Zion with songs and LORD said unto me, Go up against this
everlasting joy upon their heads: they land, and destroy it.
shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow 11 ¶ Then said Eliakim and Shebna and
and sighing shall flee away. Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee,
unto thy servants in the Syrian language;
CHAPTER 36 for we understand it: and speak not to us
NOW it came to pass in the fourteenth in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the
year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib people that are on the wall.
king of Assyria came up against all the 12 ¶ But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master
defenced cities of Judah, and took them. sent me to thy master and to thee to speak
2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh these words? hath he not sent me to the
from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king men that sit upon the wall, that they may
Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood eat their own dung, and drink their own
by the conduit of the upper pool in the piss with you?
highway of the fuller’s field. 13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with
3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and
Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, said, Hear ye the words of the great king,
and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s the king of Assyria.
son, the recorder. 14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah
4 ¶ And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye deceive you: for he shall not be able to
now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great deliver you.
king, the king of Assyria, What 15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in
confidence is this wherein thou trustest? the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely
5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain deliver us: this city shall not be delivered
words) I have counsel and strength for into the hand of the king of Assyria.
war: now on whom dost thou trust, that 16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith
thou rebellest against me? the king of Assyria, Make an agreement
6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this with me by a present, and come out to me:
broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man and eat ye every one of his vine, and every
lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one
so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust the waters of his own cistern;
in him. 17 Until I come and take you away to a
7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the land like your own land, a land of corn
LORD our God: is it not he, whose high and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
places and whose altars Hezekiah hath 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you,
taken away, and said to Judah and to saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath
Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this any of the gods of the nations delivered
altar? his land out of the hand of the king of
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19 And have cast their gods into the fire: 29 Because thy rage against me, and thy
for they were no gods, but the work of tumult, is come up into mine ears,
men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore therefore will I put my hook in thy nose,
they have destroyed them. and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn
20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save thee back by the way by which thou
us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of camest.
the earth may know that thou art the 30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye
LORD, even thou only. shall eat this year such as groweth of
21 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent itself; and the second year that which
unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the springeth of the same: and in the third
LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast year sow ye, and reap, and plant
prayed to me against Sennacherib king of vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
Assyria: 31 And the remnant that is escaped of the
22 This is the word which the LORD hath house of Judah shall again take root
spoken concerning him; The virgin, the downward, and bear fruit upward:
daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and 32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a
laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of remnant, and they that escape out of
Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts
23 Whom hast thou reproached and shall do this.
blasphemed? and against whom hast thou 33 Therefore thus saith the LORD
exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
on high? even against the Holy One of not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow
Israel. there, nor come before it with shields, nor
24 By thy servants hast thou reproached cast a bank against it.
the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude 34 By the way that he came, by the same
of my chariots am I come up to the height shall he return, and shall not come into
of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; this city, saith the LORD.
and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, 35 For I will defend this city to save it for
and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will mine own sake, and for my servant
enter into the height of his border, and the David’s sake.
forest of his Carmel. 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth,
25 I have digged, and drunk water; and and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a
with the sole of my feet have I dried up all hundred and fourscore and five thousand:
the rivers of the besieged places. and when they arose early in the morning,
26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I behold, they were all dead corpses.
have done it; and of ancient times, that I 37 ¶ So Sennacherib king of Assyria
have formed it? now have I brought it to departed, and went and returned, and
pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste dwelt at Nineveh.
defenced cities into ruinous heaps. 38 And it came to pass, as he was
27 Therefore their inhabitants were of worshipping in the house of Nisroch his
small power, they were dismayed and god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his
confounded: they were as the grass of the sons smote him with the sword; and they
field, and as the green herb, as the grass escaped into the land of Armenia: and
on the housetops, and as corn blasted Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
before it be grown up.
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out, and thy coming in, and thy rage IN those days was Hezekiah sick unto
against me. death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of
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Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am
Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in oppressed; undertake for me.
order: for thou shalt die, and not live. 15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall
the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, go softly all my years in the bitterness of
3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I my soul.
beseech thee, how I have walked before 16 O Lord, by these things men live, and
thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and in all these things is the life of my spirit:
have done that which is good in thy sight. so wilt thou recover me, and make me to
And Hezekiah wept sore. live.
4 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD to 17 Behold, for peace I had great
Isaiah, saying, bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul
5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the delivered it from the pit of corruption: for
LORD, the God of David thy father, I have thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: 18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death
behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen can not celebrate thee: they that go down
years. into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
6 And I will deliver thee and this city out 19 The living, the living, he shall praise
of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I thee, as I do this day: the father to the
will defend this city. children shall make known thy truth.
7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from 20 The LORD was ready to save me:
the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing therefore we will sing my songs to the
that he hath spoken; stringed instruments all the days of our
8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of life in the house of the LORD.
the degrees, which is gone down in the 21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a
sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon
So the sun returned ten degrees, by which the boil, and he shall recover.
degrees it was gone down. 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the
9 ¶ The writing of Hezekiah king of sign that I shall go up to the house of the
Judah, when he had been sick, and was LORD?
recovered of his sickness:
10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I CHAPTER 39
shall go to the gates of the grave: I am AT that time Merodach-baladan, the son
deprived of the residue of my years. of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters
11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even and a present to Hezekiah: for he had
the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall heard that he had been sick, and was
behold man no more with the inhabitants recovered.
of the world. 2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and
12 Mine age is departed, and is removed shewed them the house of his precious
from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut things, the silver, and the gold, and the
off like a weaver my life: he will cut me spices, and the precious ointment, and all
off with pining sickness: from day even to the house of his armour, and all that was
night wilt thou make an end of me. found in his treasures: there was nothing
13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, in his house, nor in all his dominion, that
so will he break all my bones: from day Hezekiah shewed them not.
even to night wilt thou make an end of me. 3 ¶ Then came Isaiah the prophet unto
14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What
chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes said these men? and from whence came
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they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They because the spirit of the LORD bloweth
are come from a far country unto me, even upon it: surely the people is grass.
from Babylon. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth:
4 Then said he, What have they seen in but the word of our God shall stand for
thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All ever.
that is in mine house have they seen: there 9 ¶ O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get
is nothing among my treasures that I have thee up into the high mountain; O
not shewed them. Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift
5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be
word of the LORD of hosts: not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah,
6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in Behold your God!
thine house, and that which thy fathers 10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with
have laid up in store until this day, shall strong hand, and his arm shall rule for
be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be him: behold, his reward is with him, and
left, saith the LORD. his work before him.
7 And of thy sons that shall issue from 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd:
thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and
take away; and they shall be eunuchs in carry them in his bosom, and shall gently
the palace of the king of Babylon. lead those that are with young.
8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is 12 ¶ Who hath measured the waters in the
the word of the LORD which thou hast hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven
spoken. He said moreover, For there shall with the span, and comprehended the dust
be peace and truth in my days. of the earth in a measure, and weighed the
mountains in scales, and the hills in a
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COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the
saith your God. LORD, or being his counseller hath taught
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and him?
cry unto her, that her warfare is 14 With whom took he counsel, and who
accomplished, that her iniquity is instructed him, and taught him in the path
pardoned: for she hath received of the of judgment, and taught him knowledge,
LORD’s hand double for all her sins. and shewed to him the way of
3 ¶ The voice of him that crieth in the understanding?
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a
LORD, make straight in the desert a bucket, and are counted as the small dust
highway for our God. of the balance: behold, he taketh up the
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every isles as a very little thing.
mountain and hill shall be made low: and 16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
the crooked shall be made straight, and the nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt
rough places plain: offering.
5 And the glory of the LORD shall be 17 All nations before him are as nothing;
revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: and they are counted to him less than
for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. nothing, and vanity.
6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What 18 ¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or
shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the what likeness will ye compare unto him?
goodliness thereof is as the flower of the 19 The workman melteth a graven image,
field: and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with
7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: gold, and casteth silver chains.
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20 He that is so impoverished that he hath not be weary; and they shall walk, and not
no oblation chooseth a tree that will not faint.
rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning
workman to prepare a graven image, that CHAPTER 41
shall not be moved. KEEP silence before me, O islands; and
21 Have ye not known? have ye not let the people renew their strength: let
heard? hath it not been told you from the them come near; then let them speak: let
beginning? have ye not understood from us come near together to judgment.
the foundations of the earth? 2 Who raised up the righteous man from
22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the east, called him to his foot, gave the
the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are nations before him, and made him rule
as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the over kings? he gave them as the dust to his
heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
out as a tent to dwell in: 3 He pursued them, and passed safely;
23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he even by the way that he had not gone with
maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. his feet.
24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, 4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling
they shall not be sown: yea, their stock the generations from the beginning? I the
shall not take root in the earth: and he LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
shall also blow upon them, and they shall 5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of
wither, and the whirlwind shall take them the earth were afraid, drew near, and
away as stubble. came.
25 To whom then will ye liken me, or 6 They helped every one his neighbour;
shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. and every one said to his brother, Be of
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold good courage.
who hath created these things, that 7 So the carpenter encouraged the
bringeth out their host by number: he goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the
calleth them all by names by the greatness hammer him that smote the anvil, saying,
of his might, for that he is strong in It is ready for the sodering: and he
power; not one faileth. fastened it with nails, that it should not be
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and moved.
speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the 8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob
LORD, and my judgment is passed over whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham
from my God? my friend.
28 ¶ Hast thou not known? hast thou not 9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends
heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, of the earth, and called thee from the chief
the Creator of the ends of the earth, men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art
fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no my servant; I have chosen thee, and not
searching of his understanding. cast thee away.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to 10 ¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be
them that have no might he increaseth not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will
strength. strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea,
30 Even the youths shall faint and be I will uphold thee with the right hand of
weary, and the young men shall utterly my righteousness.
fall: 11 Behold, all they that were incensed
31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall against thee shall be ashamed and
renew their strength; they shall mount up confounded: they shall be as nothing; and
with wings as eagles; they shall run, and they that strive with thee shall perish.
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12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not work of nought: an abomination is he that
find them, even them that contended with chooseth you.
thee: they that war against thee shall be as 25 I have raised up one from the north,
nothing, and as a thing of nought. and he shall come: from the rising of the
13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy sun shall he call upon my name: and he
right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I shall come upon princes as upon morter,
will help thee. and as the potter treadeth clay.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men 26 Who hath declared from the beginning,
of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, that we may know? and beforetime, that
and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is
15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp none that sheweth, yea, there is none that
threshing instrument having teeth: thou declareth, yea, there is none that heareth
shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them your words.
small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. 27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold,
16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem
carry them away, and the whirlwind shall one that bringeth good tidings.
scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the 28 For I beheld, and there was no man;
LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of even among them, and there was no
Israel. counseller, that, when I asked of them,
17 When the poor and needy seek water, could answer a word.
and there is none, and their tongue faileth 29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works
for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the are nothing: their molten images are wind
God of Israel will not forsake them. and confusion.
18 I will open rivers in high places, and
fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will CHAPTER 42
make the wilderness a pool of water, and BEHOLD my servant, whom I uphold;
the dry land springs of water. mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I
19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, have put my spirit upon him: he shall
the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause
the pine, and the box tree together: his voice to be heard in the street.
20 That they may see, and know, and 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and
consider, and understand together, that the the smoking flax shall he not quench: he
hand of the LORD hath done this, and the shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Holy One of Israel hath created it. 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till
21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; he have set judgment in the earth: and the
bring forth your strong reasons, saith the isles shall wait for his law.
King of Jacob. 5 ¶ Thus saith God the LORD, he that
22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us created the heavens, and stretched them
what shall happen: let them shew the out; he that spread forth the earth, and that
former things, what they be, that we may which cometh out of it; he that giveth
consider them, and know the latter end of breath unto the people upon it, and spirit
them; or declare us things for to come. to them that walk therein:
23 Shew the things that are to come 6 I the LORD have called thee in
hereafter, that we may know that ye are righteousness, and will hold thine hand,
gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we and will keep thee, and give thee for a
may be dismayed, and behold it together. covenant of the people, for a light of the
24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your Gentiles;
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6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to will even make a way in the wilderness,
the south, Keep not back: bring my sons and rivers in the desert.
from far, and my daughters from the ends 20 The beast of the field shall honour me,
of the earth; the dragons and the owls: because I give
7 Even every one that is called by my waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the
name: for I have created him for my glory, desert, to give drink to my people, my
I have formed him; yea, I have made him. chosen.
8 ¶ Bring forth the blind people that have 21 This people have I formed for myself;
eyes, and the deaf that have ears. they shall shew forth my praise.
9 Let all the nations be gathered together, 22 ¶ But thou hast not called upon me, O
and let the people be assembled: who Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O
among them can declare this, and shew us Israel.
former things? let them bring forth their 23 Thou hast not brought me the small
witnesses, that they may be justified: or let cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast
them hear, and say, It is truth. thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, have not caused thee to serve with an
and my servant whom I have chosen: that offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
ye may know and believe me, and 24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane
understand that I am he: before me there with money, neither hast thou filled me
was no God formed, neither shall there be with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast
after me. made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast
11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me wearied me with thine iniquities.
there is no saviour. 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy
12 I have declared, and have saved, and I transgressions for mine own sake, and will
have shewed, when there was no strange not remember thy sins.
god among you: therefore ye are my 26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead
witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. together: declare thou, that thou mayest be
13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and justified.
there is none that can deliver out of my 27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy
hand: I will work, and who shall let it? teachers have transgressed against me.
14 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, 28 Therefore I have profaned the princes
the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to
have sent to Babylon, and have brought the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans,
whose cry is in the ships. CHAPTER 44
15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the YET now hear, O Jacob my servant; and
creator of Israel, your King. Israel, whom I have chosen:
16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a 2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and
way in the sea, and a path in the mighty formed thee from the womb, which will
waters; help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant;
17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
horse, the army and the power; they shall 3 For I will pour water upon him that is
lie down together, they shall not rise: they thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I
are extinct, they are quenched as tow. will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my
18 ¶ Remember ye not the former things, blessing upon thine offspring:
neither consider the things of old. 4 And they shall spring up as among the
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it grass, as willows by the water courses.
shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I 5 One shall say, I am the LORD’s; and
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another shall call himself by the name of 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for
Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his he will take thereof, and warm himself;
hand unto the LORD, and surname himself yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea,
by the name of Israel. he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he
6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, maketh it a graven image, and falleth
and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am down thereto.
the first, and I am the last; and beside me 16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with
there is no God. part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth
7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth
declare it, and set it in order for me, since himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have
I appointed the ancient people? and the seen the fire:
things that are coming, and shall come, let 17 And the residue thereof he maketh a
them shew unto them. god, even his graven image: he falleth
8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I down unto it, and worshippeth it, and
told thee from that time, and have prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for
declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is thou art my god.
there a God beside me? yea, there is no 18 They have not known nor understood:
God; I know not any. for he hath shut their eyes, that they
9 ¶ They that make a graven image are all cannot see; and their hearts, that they
of them vanity; and their delectable things cannot understand.
shall not profit; and they are their own 19 And none considereth in his heart,
witnesses; they see not, nor know; that neither is there knowledge nor
they may be ashamed. understanding to say, I have burned part
10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked
graven image that is profitable for bread upon the coals thereof; I have
nothing? roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I
11 Behold, all his fellows shall be make the residue thereof an abomination?
ashamed: and the workmen, they are of shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
men: let them all be gathered together, let 20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart
them stand up; yet they shall fear, and hath turned him aside, that he cannot
they shall be ashamed together. deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie
12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in my right hand?
in the coals, and fashioneth it with 21 ¶ Remember these, O Jacob and Israel;
hammers, and worketh it with the strength for thou art my servant: I have formed
of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou
strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and shalt not be forgotten of me.
is faint. 22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy
13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins:
marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
planes, and he marketh it out with the 23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath
compass, and maketh it after the figure of done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth:
a man, according to the beauty of a man; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O
that it may remain in the house. forest, and every tree therein: for the
14 He heweth him down cedars, and LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified
taketh the cypress and the oak, which he himself in Israel.
strengtheneth for himself among the trees 24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and
of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the he that formed thee from the womb, I am
rain doth nourish it. the LORD that maketh all things; that
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stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that make peace, and create evil: I the LORD
spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; do all these things.
25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above,
and maketh diviners mad; that turneth and let the skies pour down righteousness:
wise men backward, and maketh their let the earth open, and let them bring forth
knowledge foolish; salvation, and let righteousness spring up
26 That confirmeth the word of his together; I the LORD have created it.
servant, and performeth the counsel of his 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his
messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the
shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say
Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up to him that fashioneth it, What makest
the decayed places thereof: thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I 10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father,
will dry up thy rivers: What begettest thou? or to the woman,
28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my What hast thou brought forth?
shepherd, and shall perform all my 11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of
pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to
shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy come concerning my sons, and concerning
foundation shall be laid. the work of my hands command ye me.
12 I have made the earth, and created man
CHAPTER 45 upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched
THUS saith the LORD to his anointed, to out the heavens, and all their host have I
Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to commanded.
subdue nations before him; and I will 13 I have raised him up in righteousness,
loose the loins of kings, to open before and I will direct all his ways: he shall
him the two leaved gates; and the gates build my city, and he shall let go my
shall not be shut; captives, not for price nor reward, saith
2 I will go before thee, and make the the LORD of hosts.
crooked places straight: I will break in 14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of
pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of
the bars of iron: the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come
3 And I will give thee the treasures of over unto thee, and they shall be thine:
darkness, and hidden riches of secret they shall come after thee; in chains they
places, that thou mayest know that I, the shall come over, and they shall fall down
LORD, which call thee by thy name, am unto thee, they shall make supplication
the God of Israel. unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee;
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel and there is none else, there is no God.
mine elect, I have even called thee by thy 15 Verily thou art a God that hidest
name: I have surnamed thee, though thou thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
hast not known me. 16 They shall be ashamed, and also
5 ¶ I am the LORD, and there is none else, confounded, all of them: they shall go to
there is no God beside me: I girded thee, confusion together that are makers of
though thou hast not known me: idols.
6 That they may know from the rising of 17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD
the sun, and from the west, that there is with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not
none beside me. I am the LORD, and there be ashamed nor confounded world without
is none else. end.
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I 18 For thus saith the LORD that created the
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heavens; God himself that formed the 4 And even to your old age I am he; and
earth and made it; he hath established it, even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have
he created it not in vain, he formed it to be made, and I will bear; even I will carry,
inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is and will deliver you.
none else. 5 ¶ To whom will ye liken me, and make
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark me equal, and compare me, that we may
place of the earth: I said not unto the seed be like?
of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD 6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and
speak righteousness, I declare things that weigh silver in the balance, and hire a
are right. goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they
20 ¶ Assemble yourselves and come; draw fall down, yea, they worship.
near together, ye that are escaped of the 7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they
nations: they have no knowledge that set carry him, and set him in his place, and he
up the wood of their graven image, and standeth; from his place shall he not
pray unto a god that cannot save. remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet
21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let can he not answer, nor save him out of his
them take counsel together: who hath trouble.
declared this from ancient time? who hath 8 Remember this, and shew yourselves
told it from that time? have not I the men: bring it again to mind, O ye
LORD? and there is no God else beside transgressors.
me; a just God and a Saviour; there is 9 Remember the former things of old: for
none beside me. I am God, and there is none else; I am
22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the God, and there is none like me,
ends of the earth: for I am God, and there 10 Declaring the end from the beginning,
is none else. and from ancient times the things that are
23 I have sworn by myself, the word is not yet done, saying, My counsel shall
gone out of my mouth in righteousness, stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
and shall not return, That unto me every 11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east,
knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. the man that executeth my counsel from a
24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will
I righteousness and strength: even to him also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I
shall men come; and all that are incensed will also do it.
against him shall be ashamed. 12 ¶ Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted,
25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel that are far from righteousness:
be justified, and shall glory. 13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall
not be far off, and my salvation shall not
CHAPTER 46 tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for
BEL boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their Israel my glory.
idols were upon the beasts, and upon the
cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; CHAPTER 47
they are a burden to the weary beast. COME down, and sit in the dust, O virgin
2 They stoop, they bow down together; daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground:
they could not deliver the burden, but there is no throne, O daughter of the
themselves are gone into captivity. Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be
3 ¶ Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, called tender and delicate.
and all the remnant of the house of Israel, 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal:
which are borne by me from the belly, uncover thy locks, make bare the leg,
which are carried from the womb: uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
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3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the
thy shame shall be seen: I will take stargazers, the monthly prognosticators,
vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a stand up, and save thee from these things
man. that shall come upon thee.
4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the
is his name, the Holy One of Israel. fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver
5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into themselves from the power of the flame:
darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor
thou shalt no more be called, The lady of fire to sit before it.
kingdoms. 15 Thus shall they be unto thee with
6 ¶ I was wroth with my people, I have whom thou hast laboured, even thy
polluted mine inheritance, and given them merchants, from thy youth: they shall
into thine hand: thou didst shew them no wander every one to his quarter; none
mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very shall save thee.
heavily laid thy yoke.
7 ¶ And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for CHAPTER 48
ever: so that thou didst not lay these things HEAR ye this, O house of Jacob, which
to thy heart, neither didst remember the are called by the name of Israel, and are
latter end of it. come forth out of the waters of Judah,
8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art which swear by the name of the LORD,
given to pleasures, that dwellest and make mention of the God of Israel,
carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
and none else beside me; I shall not sit as 2 For they call themselves of the holy city,
a widow, neither shall I know the loss of and stay themselves upon the God of
children: Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
9 But these two things shall come to thee 3 I have declared the former things from
in a moment in one day, the loss of the beginning; and they went forth out of
children, and widowhood: they shall come my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them
upon thee in their perfection for the suddenly, and they came to pass.
multitude of thy sorceries, and for the 4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate,
great abundance of thine enchantments. and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy
10 ¶ For thou hast trusted in thy brow brass;
wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth 5 I have even from the beginning declared
me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed
hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol
thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. hath done them, and my graven image,
11 ¶ Therefore shall evil come upon thee; and my molten image, hath commanded
thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: them.
and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou 6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will
shalt not be able to put it off: and not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new
desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, things from this time, even hidden things,
which thou shalt not know. and thou didst not know them.
12 Stand now with thine enchantments, 7 They are created now, and not from the
and with the multitude of thy sorceries, beginning; even before the day when thou
wherein thou hast laboured from thy heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say,
youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, Behold, I knew them.
if so be thou mayest prevail. 8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou
13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of knewest not; yea, from that time that thine
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ear was not opened: for I knew that thou the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing
wouldest deal very treacherously, and declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end
wast called a transgressor from the womb. of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath
9 ¶ For my name’s sake will I defer mine redeemed his servant Jacob.
anger, and for my praise will I refrain for 21 And they thirsted not when he led them
thee, that I cut thee not off. through the deserts: he caused the waters
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not to flow out of the rock for them: he clave
with silver; I have chosen thee in the the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
furnace of affliction. 22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto
11 For mine own sake, even for mine own the wicked.
sake, will I do it: for how should my name
be polluted? and I will not give my glory CHAPTER 49
unto another. LISTEN, O isles, unto me; and hearken,
12 ¶ Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called
my called; I am he; I am the first, I also me from the womb; from the bowels of
am the last. my mother hath he made mention of my
13 Mine hand also hath laid the name.
foundation of the earth, and my right hand 2 And he hath made my mouth like a
hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand
them, they stand up together. hath he hid me, and made me a polished
14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
which among them hath declared these 3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant,
things? The LORD hath loved him: he will O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I
shall be on the Chaldeans. have spent my strength for nought, and in
15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have vain: yet surely my judgment is with the
called him: I have brought him, and he LORD, and my work with my God.
shall make his way prosperous. 5 ¶ And now, saith the LORD that formed
16 ¶ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I me from the womb to be his servant, to
have not spoken in secret from the bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel
beginning; from the time that it was, there be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in
am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be
Spirit, hath sent me. my strength.
17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, 6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou
the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy shouldest be my servant to raise up the
God which teacheth thee to profit, which tribes of Jacob, and to restore the
leadeth thee by the way that thou preserved of Israel: I will also give thee
shouldest go. for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest
18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
commandments! then had thy peace been 7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of
as a river, and thy righteousness as the Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom
waves of the sea: man despiseth, to him whom the nation
19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings
and the offspring of thy bowels like the shall see and arise, princes also shall
gravel thereof; his name should not have worship, because of the LORD that is
been cut off nor destroyed from before faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and
me. he shall choose thee.
20 ¶ Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from 8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable
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time have I heard thee, and in a day of 20 The children which thou shalt have,
salvation have I helped thee: and I will after thou hast lost the other, shall say
preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant again in thine ears, The place is too strait
of the people, to establish the earth, to for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
cause to inherit the desolate heritages; 21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who
9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost
Go forth; to them that are in darkness, my children, and am desolate, a captive,
Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the and removing to and fro? and who hath
ways, and their pastures shall be in all brought up these? Behold, I was left
high places. alone; these, where had they been?
10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; 22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I
neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and
for he that hath mercy on them shall lead set up my standard to the people: and they
them, even by the springs of water shall he shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy
guide them. daughters shall be carried upon their
11 And I will make all my mountains a shoulders.
way, and my highways shall be exalted. 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers,
12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they
lo, these from the north and from the west; shall bow down to thee with their face
and these from the land of Sinim. toward the earth, and lick up the dust of
13 ¶ Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the
earth; and break forth into singing, O LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that
mountains: for the LORD hath comforted wait for me.
his people, and will have mercy upon his 24 ¶ Shall the prey be taken from the
afflicted. mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken 25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the
me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. captives of the mighty shall be taken
15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, away, and the prey of the terrible shall be
that she should not have compassion on delivered: for I will contend with him that
the son of her womb? yea, they may contendeth with thee, and I will save thy
forget, yet will I not forget thee. children.
16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee
palms of my hands; thy walls are with their own flesh; and they shall be
continually before me. drunken with their own blood, as with
17 Thy children shall make haste; thy sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I
destroyers and they that made thee waste the LORD am thy Saviour and thy
shall go forth of thee. Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
18 ¶ Lift up thine eyes round about, and
behold: all these gather themselves CHAPTER 50
together, and come to thee. As I live, saith THUS saith the LORD, Where is the bill of
the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee your mother’s divorcement, whom I have
with them all, as with an ornament, and put away? or which of my creditors is it to
bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. whom I have sold you? Behold, for your
19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for
and the land of thy destruction, shall even your transgressions is your mother put
now be too narrow by reason of the away.
inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no
up shall be far away. man? when I called, was there none to
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answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
cannot redeem? or have I no power to 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and
deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him
sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
fish stinketh, because there is no water, 3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will
and dieth for thirst. comfort all her waste places; and he will
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and make her wilderness like Eden, and her
I make sackcloth their covering. desert like the garden of the LORD; joy
4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue and gladness shall be found therein,
of the learned, that I should know how to thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
speak a word in season to him that is 4 ¶ Hearken unto me, my people; and give
weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall
he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the proceed from me, and I will make my
learned. judgment to rest for a light of the people.
5 ¶ The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation
and I was not rebellious, neither turned is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge
away back. the people; the isles shall wait upon me,
6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my and on mine arm shall they trust.
cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and
hid not my face from shame and spitting. look upon the earth beneath: for the
7 ¶ For the Lord GOD will help me; heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and
therefore shall I not be confounded: the earth shall wax old like a garment, and
therefore have I set my face like a flint, they that dwell therein shall die in like
and I know that I shall not be ashamed. manner: but my salvation shall be for
8 He is near that justifieth me; who will ever, and my righteousness shall not be
contend with me? let us stand together: abolished.
who is mine adversary? let him come near 7 ¶ Hearken unto me, ye that know
to me. righteousness, the people in whose heart is
9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; my law; fear ye not the reproach of men,
who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
all shall wax old as a garment; the moth 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a
shall eat them up. garment, and the worm shall eat them like
10 ¶ Who is among you that feareth the wool: but my righteousness shall be for
LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his ever, and my salvation from generation to
servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath generation.
no light? let him trust in the name of the 9 ¶ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm
LORD, and stay upon his God. of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient
11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that days, in the generations of old. Art thou
compass yourselves about with sparks: not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded
walk in the light of your fire, and in the the dragon?
sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye 10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea,
have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in the waters of the great deep; that hath
sorrow. made the depths of the sea a way for the
ransomed to pass over?
CHAPTER 51 11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD
HEARKEN to me, ye that follow after shall return, and come with singing unto
righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon
unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to their head: they shall obtain gladness and
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joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it
away. again:
12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: 23 But I will put it into the hand of them
who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid that afflict thee; which have said to thy
of a man that shall die, and of the son of soul, Bow down, that we may go over:
man which shall be made as grass; and thou hast laid thy body as the ground,
13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, and as the street, to them that went over.
that hath stretched forth the heavens, and
laid the foundations of the earth; and hast CHAPTER 52
feared continually every day because of AWAKE, awake; put on thy strength, O
the fury of the oppressor, as if he were Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O
ready to destroy? and where is the fury of Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth
the oppressor? there shall no more come into thee the
14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may uncircumcised and the unclean.
be loosed, and that he should not die in the 2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and
pit, nor that his bread should fail. sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from
15 But I am the LORD thy God, that the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter
divided the sea, whose waves roared: The of Zion.
LORD of hosts is his name. 3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold
16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, yourselves for nought; and ye shall be
and I have covered thee in the shadow of redeemed without money.
mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, 4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people
and lay the foundations of the earth, and went down aforetime into Egypt to
say unto Zion, Thou art my people. sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed
17 ¶ Awake, awake, stand up, O them without cause.
Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of 5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith
the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast the LORD, that my people is taken away
drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, for nought? they that rule over them make
and wrung them out. them to howl, saith the LORD; and my
18 There is none to guide her among all name continually every day is
the sons whom she hath brought forth; blasphemed.
neither is there any that taketh her by the 6 Therefore my people shall know my
hand of all the sons that she hath brought name: therefore they shall know in that
up. day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it
19 These two things are come unto thee; is I.
who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, 7 ¶ How beautiful upon the mountains are
and destruction, and the famine, and the the feet of him that bringeth good tidings,
sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? that publisheth peace; that bringeth good
20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the tidings of good, that publisheth salvation;
head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice;
the rebuke of thy God. with the voice together shall they sing: for
21 ¶ Therefore hear now this, thou they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD
afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: shall bring again Zion.
22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy 9 ¶ Break forth into joy, sing together, ye
God that pleadeth the cause of his people, waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD
Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the hath comforted his people, he hath
cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup redeemed Jerusalem.
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10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity
in the eyes of all the nations; and all the of us all.
ends of the earth shall see the salvation of 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
our God. yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought
11 ¶ Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep
thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth
of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear not his mouth.
the vessels of the LORD. 8 He was taken from prison and from
12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor judgment: and who shall declare his
go by flight: for the LORD will go before generation? for he was cut off out of the
you; and the God of Israel will be your land of the living: for the transgression of
rereward. my people was he stricken.
13 ¶ Behold, my servant shall deal 9 And he made his grave with the wicked,
prudently, he shall be exalted and and with the rich in his death; because he
extolled, and be very high. had done no violence, neither was any
14 As many were astonied at thee; his deceit in his mouth.
visage was so marred more than any man, 10 ¶ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise
and his form more than the sons of men: him; he hath put him to grief: when thou
15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he
kings shall shut their mouths at him: for shall see his seed, he shall prolong his
that which had not been told them shall days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall
they see; and that which they had not prosper in his hand.
heard shall they consider. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul,
and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge
CHAPTER 53 shall my righteous servant justify many;
WHO hath believed our report? and to for he shall bear their iniquities.
whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion
2 For he shall grow up before him as a with the great, and he shall divide the
tender plant, and as a root out of a dry spoil with the strong; because he hath
ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; poured out his soul unto death: and he was
and when we shall see him, there is no numbered with the transgressors; and he
beauty that we should desire him. bare the sin of many, and made
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a intercession for the transgressors.
man of sorrows, and acquainted with
grief: and we hid as it were our faces from CHAPTER 54
him; he was despised, and we esteemed SING, O barren, thou that didst not bear;
him not. break forth into singing, and cry aloud,
4 ¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and thou that didst not travail with child: for
carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem more are the children of the desolate than
him stricken, smitten of God, and the children of the married wife, saith the
afflicted. LORD.
5 But he was wounded for our 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let
transgressions, he was bruised for our them stretch forth the curtains of thine
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords,
was upon him; and with his stripes we are and strengthen thy stakes;
healed. 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we hand and on the left; and thy seed shall
have turned every one to his own way; inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate
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earth, so are my ways higher than your themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and
ways, and my thoughts than your to love the name of the LORD, to be his
thoughts. servants, every one that keepeth the
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold
snow from heaven, and returneth not of my covenant;
thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh 7 Even them will I bring to my holy
it bring forth and bud, that it may give mountain, and make them joyful in my
seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: house of prayer: their burnt offerings and
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth their sacrifices shall be accepted upon
out of my mouth: it shall not return unto mine altar; for mine house shall be called
me void, but it shall accomplish that an house of prayer for all people.
which I please, and it shall prosper in the 8 The Lord GOD which gathereth the
thing whereto I sent it. outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led others to him, beside those that are
forth with peace: the mountains and the gathered unto him.
hills shall break forth before you into 9 ¶ All ye beasts of the field, come to
singing, and all the trees of the field shall devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
clap their hands. 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they
fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving
up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the to slumber.
LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can
that shall not be cut off. never have enough, and they are
shepherds that cannot understand: they all
CHAPTER 56 look to their own way, every one for his
THUS saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, gain, from his quarter.
and do justice: for my salvation is near to 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine,
come, and my righteousness to be and we will fill ourselves with strong
revealed. drink; and to morrow shall be as this day,
2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and and much more abundant.
the son of man that layeth hold on it; that
keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and CHAPTER 57
keepeth his hand from doing any evil. THE righteous perisheth, and no man
3 ¶ Neither let the son of the stranger, that layeth it to heart: and merciful men are
hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, taken away, none considering that the
saying, The LORD hath utterly separated righteous is taken away from the evil to
me from his people: neither let the eunuch come.
say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest
4 For thus saith the LORD unto the in their beds, each one walking in his
eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and uprightness.
choose the things that please me, and take 3 ¶ But draw near hither, ye sons of the
hold of my covenant; sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the
5 Even unto them will I give in mine whore.
house and within my walls a place and a 4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves?
name better than of sons and of daughters: against whom make ye a wide mouth, and
I will give them an everlasting name, that draw out the tongue? are ye not children
shall not be cut off. of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join 5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under
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for our transgressions are with us; and as the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
for our iniquities, we know them; 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the
13 In transgressing and lying against the earth, and gross darkness the people: but
LORD, and departing away from our God, the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his
speaking oppression and revolt, glory shall be seen upon thee.
conceiving and uttering from the heart 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light,
words of falsehood. and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
14 And judgment is turned away 4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see:
backward, and justice standeth afar off: all they gather themselves together, they
for truth is fallen in the street, and equity come to thee: thy sons shall come from
cannot enter. far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at
15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth thy side.
from evil maketh himself a prey: and the 5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together,
LORD saw it, and it displeased him that and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged;
there was no judgment. because the abundance of the sea shall be
16 ¶ And he saw that there was no man, converted unto thee, the forces of the
and wondered that there was no Gentiles shall come unto thee.
intercessor: therefore his arm brought 6 The multitude of camels shall cover
salvation unto him; and his righteousness, thee, the dromedaries of Midian and
it sustained him. Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come:
17 For he put on righteousness as a they shall bring gold and incense; and they
breastplate, and an helmet of salvation shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
upon his head; and he put on the garments 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered
of vengeance for clothing, and was clad together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth
with zeal as a cloke. shall minister unto thee: they shall come
18 According to their deeds, accordingly up with acceptance on mine altar, and I
he will repay, fury to his adversaries, will glorify the house of my glory.
recompence to his enemies; to the islands 8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as
he will repay recompence. the doves to their windows?
19 So shall they fear the name of the 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and
LORD from the west, and his glory from the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy
the rising of the sun. When the enemy sons from far, their silver and their gold
shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the with them, unto the name of the LORD thy
LORD shall lift up a standard against him. God, and to the Holy One of Israel,
20 ¶ And the Redeemer shall come to because he hath glorified thee.
Zion, and unto them that turn from 10 And the sons of strangers shall build up
transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. thy walls, and their kings shall minister
21 As for me, this is my covenant with unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee,
them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is but in my favour have I had mercy on
upon thee, and my words which I have put thee.
in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy 11 Therefore thy gates shall be open
mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, continually; they shall not be shut day nor
nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, night; that men may bring unto thee the
saith the LORD, from henceforth and for forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings
ever. may be brought.
12 For the nation and kingdom that will
CHAPTER 60 not serve thee shall perish; yea, those
ARISE, shine; for thy light is come, and nations shall be utterly wasted.
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13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto THE Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me;
thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box because the LORD hath anointed me to
together, to beautify the place of my preach good tidings unto the meek; he
sanctuary; and I will make the place of my hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
feet glorious. to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the
14 The sons also of them that afflicted opening of the prison to them that are
thee shall come bending unto thee; and all bound;
they that despised thee shall bow 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the
themselves down at the soles of thy feet; LORD, and the day of vengeance of our
and they shall call thee, The city of the God; to comfort all that mourn;
LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in
15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes,
hated, so that no man went through thee, I the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of
will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they
of many generations. might be called trees of righteousness, the
16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the planting of the LORD, that he might be
Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of glorified.
kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD 4 ¶ And they shall build the old wastes,
am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the they shall raise up the former desolations,
mighty One of Jacob. and they shall repair the waste cities, the
17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron desolations of many generations.
I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your
for stones iron: I will also make thy flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be
officers peace, and thine exactors your plowmen and your vinedressers.
righteousness. 6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the
18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of
land, wasting nor destruction within thy our God: ye shall eat the riches of the
borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast
Salvation, and thy gates Praise. yourselves.
19 The sun shall be no more thy light by 7 ¶ For your shame ye shall have double;
day; neither for brightness shall the moon and for confusion they shall rejoice in
give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be their portion: therefore in their land they
unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God shall possess the double: everlasting joy
thy glory. shall be unto them.
20 Thy sun shall no more go down; 8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate
neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for robbery for burnt offering; and I will
the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, direct their work in truth, and I will make
and the days of thy mourning shall be an everlasting covenant with them.
ended. 9 And their seed shall be known among
21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: the Gentiles, and their offspring among
they shall inherit the land for ever, the the people: all that see them shall
branch of my planting, the work of my acknowledge them, that they are the seed
hands, that I may be glorified. which the LORD hath blessed.
22 A little one shall become a thousand, 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my
and a small one a strong nation: I the soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath
LORD will hasten it in his time. clothed me with the garments of salvation,
he hath covered me with the robe of
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12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that
things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, prepare a table for that troop, and that
and afflict us very sore? furnish the drink offering unto that
number.
CHAPTER 65 12 Therefore will I number you to the
I AM sought of them that asked not for sword, and ye shall all bow down to the
me; I am found of them that sought me slaughter: because when I called, ye did
not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear;
nation that was not called by my name. but did evil before mine eyes, and did
2 I have spread out my hands all the day choose that wherein I delighted not.
unto a rebellious people, which walketh in 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD,
a way that was not good, after their own Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall
thoughts; be hungry: behold, my servants shall
3 A people that provoketh me to anger drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my
continually to my face; that sacrificeth in servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be
gardens, and burneth incense upon altars ashamed:
of brick; 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy
4 Which remain among the graves, and of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of
lodge in the monuments, which eat heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable 15 And ye shall leave your name for a
things is in their vessels; curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD
5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not shall slay thee, and call his servants by
near to me; for I am holier than thou. another name:
These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that 16 That he who blesseth himself in the
burneth all the day. earth shall bless himself in the God of
6 Behold, it is written before me: I will truth; and he that sweareth in the earth
not keep silence, but will recompense, shall swear by the God of truth; because
even recompense into their bosom, the former troubles are forgotten, and
7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of because they are hid from mine eyes.
your fathers together, saith the LORD, 17 ¶ For, behold, I create new heavens and
which have burned incense upon the a new earth: and the former shall not be
mountains, and blasphemed me upon the remembered, nor come into mind.
hills: therefore will I measure their former 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in
work into their bosom. that which I create: for, behold, I create
8 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a
is found in the cluster, and one saith, joy.
Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy
will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I in my people: and the voice of weeping
may not destroy them all. shall be no more heard in her, nor the
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of voice of crying.
Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my 20 There shall be no more thence an infant
mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, of days, nor an old man that hath not filled
and my servants shall dwell there. his days: for the child shall die an hundred
10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, years old; but the sinner being an hundred
and the valley of Achor a place for the years old shall be accursed.
herds to lie down in, for my people that 21 And they shall build houses, and
have sought me. inhabit them; and they shall plant
11 ¶ But ye are they that forsake the vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
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22 They shall not build, and another 6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice
inhabit; they shall not plant, and another from the temple, a voice of the LORD that
eat: for as the days of a tree are the days rendereth recompence to his enemies.
of my people, and mine elect shall long 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth;
enjoy the work of their hands. before her pain came, she was delivered of
23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring a man child.
forth for trouble; for they are the seed of 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath
the blessed of the LORD, and their seen such things? Shall the earth be made
offspring with them. to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation
24 And it shall come to pass, that before be born at once? for as soon as Zion
they call, I will answer; and while they are travailed, she brought forth her children.
yet speaking, I will hear. 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause
25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I
together, and the lion shall eat straw like cause to bring forth, and shut the womb?
the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s saith thy God.
meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad
my holy mountain, saith the LORD. with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for
joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
CHAPTER 66 11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with
THUS saith the LORD, The heaven is my the breasts of her consolations; that ye
throne, and the earth is my footstool: may milk out, and be delighted with the
where is the house that ye build unto me? abundance of her glory.
and where is the place of my rest? 12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will
2 For all those things hath mine hand extend peace to her like a river, and the
made, and all those things have been, saith glory of the Gentiles like a flowing
the LORD: but to this man will I look, even stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be
to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, borne upon her sides, and be dandled
and trembleth at my word. upon her knees.
3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a 13 As one whom his mother comforteth,
man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he so will I comfort you; and ye shall be
cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an comforted in Jerusalem.
oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he 14 And when ye see this, your heart shall
that burneth incense, as if he blessed an rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like
idol. Yea, they have chosen their own an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be
ways, and their soul delighteth in their known toward his servants, and his
abominations. indignation toward his enemies.
4 I also will choose their delusions, and 15 For, behold, the LORD will come with
will bring their fears upon them; because fire, and with his chariots like a
when I called, none did answer; when I whirlwind, to render his anger with fury,
spake, they did not hear: but they did evil and his rebuke with flames of fire.
before mine eyes, and chose that in which 16 For by fire and by his sword will the
I delighted not. LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of
5 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye that the LORD shall be many.
tremble at his word; Your brethren that 17 They that sanctify themselves, and
hated you, that cast you out for my name’s purify themselves in the gardens behind
sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh,
he shall appear to your joy, and they shall and the abomination, and the mouse, shall
be ashamed. be consumed together, saith the LORD.
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of Israel: head.
5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity 17 Hast thou not procured this unto
have your fathers found in me, that they thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the
are gone far from me, and have walked LORD thy God, when he led thee by the
after vanity, and are become vain? way?
6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD 18 And now what hast thou to do in the
that brought us up out of the land of way of Egypt, to drink the waters of
Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way
through a land of deserts and of pits, of Assyria, to drink the waters of the
through a land of drought, and of the river?
shadow of death, through a land that no 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct
man passed through, and where no man thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove
dwelt? thee: know therefore and see that it is an
7 And I brought you into a plentiful evil thing and bitter, that thou hast
country, to eat the fruit thereof and the forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my
goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of
defiled my land, and made mine heritage hosts.
an abomination. 20 ¶ For of old time I have broken thy
8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst,
and they that handle the law knew me not: I will not transgress; when upon every
the pastors also transgressed against me, high hill and under every green tree thou
and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and wanderest, playing the harlot.
walked after things that do not profit. 21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine,
9 ¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, wholly a right seed: how then art thou
saith the LORD, and with your children’s turned into the degenerate plant of a
children will I plead. strange vine unto me?
10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and 22 For though thou wash thee with nitre,
see; and send unto Kedar, and consider and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity
diligently, and see if there be such a thing. is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
11 Hath a nation changed their gods, 23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted,
which are yet no gods? but my people I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way
have changed their glory for that which in the valley, know what thou hast done:
doth not profit. thou art a swift dromedary traversing her
12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, ways;
and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, 24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that
saith the LORD. snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in
13 For my people have committed two her occasion who can turn her away? all
evils; they have forsaken me the fountain they that seek her will not weary
of living waters, and hewed them out themselves; in her month they shall find
cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no her.
water. 25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod,
14 ¶ Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst,
slave? why is he spoiled? There is no hope: no; for I have loved
15 The young lions roared upon him, and strangers, and after them will I go.
yelled, and they made his land waste: his 26 As the thief is ashamed when he is
cities are burned without inhabitant. found, so is the house of Israel ashamed;
16 Also the children of Noph and they, their kings, their princes, and their
Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy priests, and their prophets,
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27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and she go from him, and become another
and to a stone, Thou hast brought me man’s, shall he return unto her again?
forth: for they have turned their back unto shall not that land be greatly polluted? but
me, and not their face: but in the time of thou hast played the harlot with many
their trouble they will say, Arise, and save lovers; yet return again to me, saith the
us. LORD.
28 But where are thy gods that thou hast 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places,
made thee? let them arise, if they can save and see where thou hast not been lien
thee in the time of thy trouble: for with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as
according to the number of thy cities are the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou
thy gods, O Judah. hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms
29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye and with thy wickedness.
all have transgressed against me, saith the 3 Therefore the showers have been
LORD. withholden, and there hath been no latter
30 In vain have I smitten your children; rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead,
they received no correction: your own thou refusedst to be ashamed.
sword hath devoured your prophets, like a 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto
destroying lion. me, My father, thou art the guide of my
31 ¶ O generation, see ye the word of the youth?
LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto 5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will
Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast
my people, We are lords; we will come no spoken and done evil things as thou
more unto thee? couldest.
32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a 6 ¶ The LORD said also unto me in the
bride her attire? yet my people have days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen
forgotten me days without number. that which backsliding Israel hath done?
33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek she is gone up upon every high mountain
love? therefore hast thou also taught the and under every green tree, and there hath
wicked ones thy ways. played the harlot.
34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of 7 And I said after she had done all these
the souls of the poor innocents: I have not things, Turn thou unto me. But she
found it by secret search, but upon all returned not. And her treacherous sister
these. Judah saw it.
35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am 8 And I saw, when for all the causes
innocent, surely his anger shall turn from whereby backsliding Israel committed
me. Behold, I will plead with thee, adultery I had put her away, and given her
because thou sayest, I have not sinned. a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister
36 Why gaddest thou about so much to Judah feared not, but went and played the
change thy way? thou also shalt be harlot also.
ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed 9 And it came to pass through the
of Assyria. lightness of her whoredom, that she
37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and defiled the land, and committed adultery
thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD with stones and with stocks.
hath rejected thy confidences, and thou 10 And yet for all this her treacherous
shalt not prosper in them. sister Judah hath not turned unto me with
her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the
CHAPTER 3 LORD.
THEY say, If a man put away his wife, 11 And the LORD said unto me, The
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despise thee, they will seek thy life. every one neighed after his neighbour’s
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman wife.
in travail, and the anguish as of her that 9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith
bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the LORD: and shall not my soul be
the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth avenged on such a nation as this?
herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, 10 ¶ Go ye up upon her walls, and
Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied destroy; but make not a full end: take
because of murderers. away her battlements; for they are not the
LORD’s.
CHAPTER 5 11 For the house of Israel and the house of
RUN ye to and fro through the streets of Judah have dealt very treacherously
Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and against me, saith the LORD.
seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can 12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It
find a man, if there be any that executeth is not he; neither shall evil come upon us;
judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will neither shall we see sword nor famine:
pardon it. 13 And the prophets shall become wind,
2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; and the word is not in them: thus shall it
surely they swear falsely. be done unto them.
3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the 14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of
truth? thou hast stricken them, but they hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold,
have not grieved; thou hast consumed I will make my words in thy mouth fire,
them, but they have refused to receive and this people wood, and it shall devour
correction: they have made their faces them.
harder than a rock; they have refused to 15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from
return. far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is
4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a
they are foolish: for they know not the nation whose language thou knowest not,
way of the LORD, nor the judgment of neither understandest what they say.
their God. 16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre,
5 I will get me unto the great men, and they are all mighty men.
will speak unto them; for they have known 17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and
the way of the LORD, and the judgment of thy bread, which thy sons and thy
their God: but these have altogether daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy
broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall
slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou
spoil them, a leopard shall watch over trustedst, with the sword.
their cities: every one that goeth out 18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the
thence shall be torn in pieces: because LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
their transgressions are many, and their 19 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when ye
backslidings are increased. shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our
7 ¶ How shall I pardon thee for this? thy God all these things unto us? then shalt
children have forsaken me, and sworn by thou answer them, Like as ye have
them that are no gods: when I had fed forsaken me, and served strange gods in
them to the full, they then committed your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a
adultery, and assembled themselves by land that is not yours.
troops in the harlots’ houses. 20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and
8 They were as fed horses in the morning: publish it in Judah, saying,
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21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa,
without understanding; which have eyes, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem:
and see not; which have ears, and hear for evil appeareth out of the north, and
not: great destruction.
22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye 2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a
not tremble at my presence, which have comely and delicate woman.
placed the sand for the bound of the sea by 3 The shepherds with their flocks shall
a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: come unto her; they shall pitch their tents
and though the waves thereof toss against her round about; they shall feed
themselves, yet can they not prevail; every one in his place.
though they roar, yet can they not pass 4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let
over it? us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day
23 But this people hath a revolting and a goeth away, for the shadows of the
rebellious heart; they are revolted and evening are stretched out.
gone. 5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us
24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us destroy her palaces.
now fear the LORD our God, that giveth 6 ¶ For thus hath the LORD of hosts said,
rain, both the former and the latter, in his Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount
season: he reserveth unto us the appointed against Jerusalem: this is the city to be
weeks of the harvest. visited; she is wholly oppression in the
25 ¶ Your iniquities have turned away midst of her.
these things, and your sins have 7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so
withholden good things from you. she casteth out her wickedness: violence
26 For among my people are found and spoil is heard in her; before me
wicked men: they lay wait, as he that continually is grief and wounds.
setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch 8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my
men. soul depart from thee; lest I make thee
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their desolate, a land not inhabited.
houses full of deceit: therefore they are 9 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They
become great, and waxen rich. shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, as a vine: turn back thine hand as a
they overpass the deeds of the wicked: grapegatherer into the baskets.
they judge not the cause, the cause of the 10 To whom shall I speak, and give
fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right warning, that they may hear? behold, their
of the needy do they not judge. ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot
29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is
the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged unto them a reproach; they have no delight
on such a nation as this? in it.
30 ¶ A wonderful and horrible thing is 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the
committed in the land; LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the pour it out upon the children abroad, and
priests bear rule by their means; and my upon the assembly of young men together:
people love to have it so: and what will ye for even the husband with the wife shall
do in the end thereof? be taken, the aged with him that is full of
days.
CHAPTER 6 12 And their houses shall be turned unto
O YE children of Benjamin, gather others, with their fields and wives
yourselves to flee out of the midst of together: for I will stretch out my hand
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upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the against thee, O daughter of Zion.
LORD. 24 We have heard the fame thereof: our
13 For from the least of them even unto hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold
the greatest of them every one is given to of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
covetousness; and from the prophet even 25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by
unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. the way; for the sword of the enemy and
14 They have healed also the hurt of the fear is on every side.
daughter of my people slightly, saying, 26 ¶ O daughter of my people, gird thee
Peace, peace; when there is no peace. with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in
15 Were they ashamed when they had ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only
committed abomination? nay, they were son, most bitter lamentation: for the
not at all ashamed, neither could they spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
blush: therefore they shall fall among 27 I have set thee for a tower and a
them that fall: at the time that I visit them fortress among my people, that thou
they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. mayest know and try their way.
16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the 28 They are all grievous revolters,
ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, walking with slanders: they are brass and
where is the good way, and walk therein, iron; they are all corrupters.
and ye shall find rest for your souls. But 29 The bellows are burned, the lead is
they said, We will not walk therein. consumed of the fire; the founder melteth
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, in vain: for the wicked are not plucked
Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But away.
they said, We will not hearken. 30 Reprobate silver shall men call them,
18 ¶ Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, because the LORD hath rejected them.
O congregation, what is among them.
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil CHAPTER 7
upon this people, even the fruit of their THE word that came to Jeremiah from the
thoughts, because they have not hearkened LORD, saying,
unto my words, nor to my law, but 2 Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house,
rejected it. and proclaim there this word, and say,
20 To what purpose cometh there to me Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of
incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane Judah, that enter in at these gates to
from a far country? your burnt offerings worship the LORD.
are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices 3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
sweet unto me. Israel, Amend your ways and your doings,
21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
I will lay stumblingblocks before this 4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The
people, and the fathers and the sons temple of the LORD, The temple of the
together shall fall upon them; the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
neighbour and his friend shall perish. 5 For if ye throughly amend your ways
22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people and your doings; if ye throughly execute
cometh from the north country, and a judgment between a man and his
great nation shall be raised from the sides neighbour;
of the earth. 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the
23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; fatherless, and the widow, and shed not
they are cruel, and have no mercy; their innocent blood in this place, neither walk
voice roareth like the sea; and they ride after other gods to your hurt:
upon horses, set in array as men for war 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this
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place, in the land that I gave to your the confusion of their own faces?
fathers, for ever and ever. 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
8 ¶ Behold, ye trust in lying words, that Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be
cannot profit. poured out upon this place, upon man, and
9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit upon beast, and upon the trees of the field,
adultery, and swear falsely, and burn and upon the fruit of the ground; and it
incense unto Baal, and walk after other shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
gods whom ye know not; 21 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
10 And come and stand before me in this God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings
house, which is called by my name, and unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
say, We are delivered to do all these 22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor
abominations? commanded them in the day that I brought
11 Is this house, which is called by my them out of the land of Egypt, concerning
name, become a den of robbers in your burnt offerings or sacrifices:
eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith 23 But this thing commanded I them,
the LORD. saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your
12 But go ye now unto my place which God, and ye shall be my people: and walk
was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the ye in all the ways that I have commanded
first, and see what I did to it for the you, that it may be well unto you.
wickedness of my people Israel. 24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined
13 And now, because ye have done all their ear, but walked in the counsels and
these works, saith the LORD, and I spake in the imagination of their evil heart, and
unto you, rising up early and speaking, but went backward, and not forward.
ye heard not; and I called you, but ye 25 Since the day that your fathers came
answered not; forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day
14 Therefore will I do unto this house, I have even sent unto you all my servants
which is called by my name, wherein ye the prophets, daily rising up early and
trust, and unto the place which I gave to sending them:
you and to your fathers, as I have done to 26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor
Shiloh. inclined their ear, but hardened their neck:
15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as they did worse than their fathers.
I have cast out all your brethren, even the 27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these
whole seed of Ephraim. words unto them; but they will not
16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto
neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, them; but they will not answer thee.
neither make intercession to me: for I will 28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a
not hear thee. nation that obeyeth not the voice of the
17 ¶ Seest thou not what they do in the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction:
cities of Judah and in the streets of truth is perished, and is cut off from their
Jerusalem? mouth.
18 The children gather wood, and the 29 ¶ Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and
fathers kindle the fire, and the women cast it away, and take up a lamentation on
knead their dough, to make cakes to the high places; for the LORD hath rejected
queen of heaven, and to pour out drink and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
offerings unto other gods, that they may 30 For the children of Judah have done
provoke me to anger. evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have
19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the set their abominations in the house which
LORD: do they not provoke themselves to is called by my name, to pollute it.
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31 And they have built the high places of slidden back by a perpetual backsliding?
Tophet, which is in the valley of the son they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake
daughters in the fire; which I commanded not aright: no man repented him of his
them not, neither came it into my heart. wickedness, saying, What have I done?
32 ¶ Therefore, behold, the days come, every one turned to his course, as the
saith the LORD, that it shall no more be horse rusheth into the battle.
called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her
Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for appointed times; and the turtle and the
they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no crane and the swallow observe the time of
place. their coming; but my people know not the
33 And the carcases of this people shall be judgment of the LORD.
meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the
the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly
them away. in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes
34 Then will I cause to cease from the is in vain.
cities of Judah, and from the streets of 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are
Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected
voice of gladness, the voice of the the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for in them?
the land shall be desolate. 10 Therefore will I give their wives unto
others, and their fields to them that shall
CHAPTER 8 inherit them: for every one from the least
AT that time, saith the LORD, they shall even unto the greatest is given to
bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, covetousness, from the prophet even unto
and the bones of his princes, and the bones the priest every one dealeth falsely.
of the priests, and the bones of the 11 For they have healed the hurt of the
prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants daughter of my people slightly, saying,
of Jerusalem, out of their graves: Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
2 And they shall spread them before the 12 Were they ashamed when they had
sun, and the moon, and all the host of committed abomination? nay, they were
heaven, whom they have loved, and whom not at all ashamed, neither could they
they have served, and after whom they blush: therefore shall they fall among
have walked, and whom they have sought, them that fall: in the time of their
and whom they have worshipped: they visitation they shall be cast down, saith
shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they the LORD.
shall be for dung upon the face of the 13 ¶ I will surely consume them, saith the
earth. LORD: there shall be no grapes on the
3 And death shall be chosen rather than vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf
life by all the residue of them that remain shall fade; and the things that I have given
of this evil family, which remain in all the them shall pass away from them.
places whither I have driven them, saith 14 Why do we sit still? assemble
the LORD of hosts. yourselves, and let us enter into the
4 ¶ Moreover thou shalt say unto them, defenced cities, and let us be silent there:
Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and for the LORD our God hath put us to
not arise? shall he turn away, and not silence, and given us water of gall to
return? drink, because we have sinned against the
5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem LORD.
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15 We looked for peace, but no good every neighbour will walk with slanders.
came; and for a time of health, and behold 5 And they will deceive every one his
trouble! neighbour, and will not speak the truth:
16 The snorting of his horses was heard they have taught their tongue to speak lies,
from Dan: the whole land trembled at the and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
sound of the neighing of his strong ones; 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of
for they are come, and have devoured the deceit; through deceit they refuse to know
land, and all that is in it; the city, and me, saith the LORD.
those that dwell therein. 7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts,
17 For, behold, I will send serpents, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for
cockatrices, among you, which will not be how shall I do for the daughter of my
charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the people?
LORD. 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it
18 ¶ When I would comfort myself against speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to
sorrow, my heart is faint in me. his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart
19 Behold the voice of the cry of the he layeth his wait.
daughter of my people because of them 9 ¶ Shall I not visit them for these things?
that dwell in a far country: Is not the saith the LORD: shall not my soul be
LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why avenged on such a nation as this?
have they provoked me to anger with their 10 For the mountains will I take up a
graven images, and with strange vanities? weeping and wailing, and for the
20 The harvest is past, the summer is habitations of the wilderness a
ended, and we are not saved. lamentation, because they are burned up,
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my so that none can pass through them;
people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment neither can men hear the voice of the
hath taken hold on me. cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and
22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no the beast are fled; they are gone.
physician there? why then is not the health 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and
of the daughter of my people recovered? a den of dragons; and I will make the
cities of Judah desolate, without an
CHAPTER 9 inhabitant.
OH that my head were waters, and mine 12 ¶ Who is the wise man, that may
eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep understand this? and who is he to whom
day and night for the slain of the daughter the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that
of my people! he may declare it, for what the land
2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging perisheth and is burned up like a
place of wayfaring men; that I might leave wilderness, that none passeth through?
my people, and go from them! for they be 13 And the LORD saith, Because they have
all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous forsaken my law which I set before them,
men. and have not obeyed my voice, neither
3 And they bend their tongues like their walked therein;
bow for lies: but they are not valiant for 14 But have walked after the imagination
the truth upon the earth; for they proceed of their own heart, and after Baalim,
from evil to evil, and they know not me, which their fathers taught them:
saith the LORD. 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts,
4 Take ye heed every one of his the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed
neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: them, even this people, with wormwood,
for every brother will utterly supplant, and and give them water of gall to drink.
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16 I will scatter them also among the uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel
heathen, whom neither they nor their are uncircumcised in the heart.
fathers have known: and I will send a
sword after them, till I have consumed CHAPTER 10
them. HEAR ye the word which the LORD
17 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Consider ye, and call for the mourning 2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way
women, that they may come; and send for of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the
cunning women, that they may come: signs of heaven; for the heathen are
18 And let them make haste, and take up a dismayed at them.
wailing for us, that our eyes may run 3 For the customs of the people are vain:
down with tears, and our eyelids gush out for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the
with waters. work of the hands of the workman, with
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of the axe.
Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly 4 They deck it with silver and with gold;
confounded, because we have forsaken the they fasten it with nails and with
land, because our dwellings have cast us hammers, that it move not.
out. 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but
20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye speak not: they must needs be borne,
women, and let your ear receive the word because they cannot go. Be not afraid of
of his mouth, and teach your daughters them; for they cannot do evil, neither also
wailing, and every one her neighbour is it in them to do good.
lamentation. 6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto
21 For death is come up into our windows, thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy
and is entered into our palaces, to cut off name is great in might.
the children from without, and the young 7 Who would not fear thee, O King of
men from the streets. nations? for to thee doth it appertain:
22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the forasmuch as among all the wise men of
carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the nations, and in all their kingdoms,
the open field, and as the handful after the there is none like unto thee.
harvestman, and none shall gather them. 8 But they are altogether brutish and
23 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
man glory in his wisdom, neither let the 9 Silver spread into plates is brought from
mighty man glory in his might, let not the Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work
rich man glory in his riches: of the workman, and of the hands of the
24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, founder: blue and purple is their clothing:
that he understandeth and knoweth me, they are all the work of cunning men.
that I am the LORD which exercise 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the
lovingkindness, judgment, and living God, and an everlasting king: at his
righteousness, in the earth: for in these wrath the earth shall tremble, and the
things I delight, saith the LORD. nations shall not be able to abide his
25 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the indignation.
LORD, that I will punish all them which 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods
are circumcised with the uncircumcised; that have not made the heavens and the
26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the earth, even they shall perish from the
children of Ammon, and Moab, and all earth, and from under these heavens.
that are in the utmost corners, that dwell 12 He hath made the earth by his power,
in the wilderness: for all these nations are he hath established the world by his
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wisdom, and hath stretched out the know thee not, and upon the families that
heavens by his discretion. call not on thy name: for they have eaten
13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a up Jacob, and devoured him, and
multitude of waters in the heavens, and he consumed him, and have made his
causeth the vapours to ascend from the habitation desolate.
ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings
with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out CHAPTER 11
of his treasures. THE word that came to Jeremiah from the
14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: LORD, saying,
every founder is confounded by the 2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and
graven image: for his molten image is speak unto the men of Judah, and to the
falsehood, and there is no breath in them. inhabitants of Jerusalem;
15 They are vanity, and the work of 3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the
errors: in the time of their visitation they LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man
shall perish. that obeyeth not the words of this
16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: covenant,
for he is the former of all things; and 4 Which I commanded your fathers in the
Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The day that I brought them forth out of the
LORD of hosts is his name. land of Egypt, from the iron furnace,
17 ¶ Gather up thy wares out of the land, saying, Obey my voice, and do them,
O inhabitant of the fortress. according to all which I command you: so
18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will shall ye be my people, and I will be your
sling out the inhabitants of the land at this God:
once, and will distress them, that they may 5 That I may perform the oath which I
find it so. have sworn unto your fathers, to give
19 ¶ Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is them a land flowing with milk and honey,
grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, as it is this day. Then answered I, and
and I must bear it. said, So be it, O LORD.
20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my 6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim
cords are broken: my children are gone all these words in the cities of Judah, and
forth of me, and they are not: there is in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye
none to stretch forth my tent any more, the words of this covenant, and do them.
and to set up my curtains. 7 For I earnestly protested unto your
21 For the pastors are become brutish, and fathers in the day that I brought them up
have not sought the LORD: therefore they out of the land of Egypt, even unto this
shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall day, rising early and protesting, saying,
be scattered. Obey my voice.
22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their
and a great commotion out of the north ear, but walked every one in the
country, to make the cities of Judah imagination of their evil heart: therefore I
desolate, and a den of dragons. will bring upon them all the words of this
23 ¶ O LORD, I know that the way of man covenant, which I commanded them to do;
is not in himself: it is not in man that but they did them not.
walketh to direct his steps. 9 And the LORD said unto me, A
24 O LORD, correct me, but with conspiracy is found among the men of
judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou Judah, and among the inhabitants of
bring me to nothing. Jerusalem.
25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that 10 They are turned back to the iniquities
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of their forefathers, which refused to hear fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from
my words; and they went after other gods the land of the living, that his name may
to serve them: the house of Israel and the be no more remembered.
house of Judah have broken my covenant 20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest
which I made with their fathers. righteously, that triest the reins and the
11 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD, heart, let me see thy vengeance on them:
Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
they shall not be able to escape; and 21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the
though they shall cry unto me, I will not men of Anathoth, that seek thy life,
hearken unto them. saying, Prophesy not in the name of the
12 Then shall the cities of Judah and LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto 22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts,
the gods unto whom they offer incense: Behold, I will punish them: the young
but they shall not save them at all in the men shall die by the sword; their sons and
time of their trouble. their daughters shall die by famine:
13 For according to the number of thy 23 And there shall be no remnant of them:
cities were thy gods, O Judah; and for I will bring evil upon the men of
according to the number of the streets of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that
shameful thing, even altars to burn incense CHAPTER 12
unto Baal. RIGHTEOUS art thou, O LORD, when I
14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee
neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way
I will not hear them in the time that they of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all
cry unto me for their trouble. they happy that deal very treacherously?
15 What hath my beloved to do in mine 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have
house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness taken root: they grow, yea, they bring
with many, and the holy flesh is passed forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth,
from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou and far from their reins.
rejoicest. 3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou
16 The LORD called thy name, A green hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward
olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with thee: pull them out like sheep for the
the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled slaughter, and prepare them for the day of
fire upon it, and the branches of it are slaughter.
broken. 4 How long shall the land mourn, and the
17 For the LORD of hosts, that planted herbs of every field wither, for the
thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, wickedness of them that dwell therein? the
for the evil of the house of Israel and of beasts are consumed, and the birds;
the house of Judah, which they have done because they said, He shall not see our last
against themselves to provoke me to anger end.
in offering incense unto Baal. 5 ¶ If thou hast run with the footmen, and
18 ¶ And the LORD hath given me they have wearied thee, then how canst
knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou thou contend with horses? and if in the
shewedst me their doings. land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they
19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the
brought to the slaughter; and I knew not swelling of Jordan?
that they had devised devices against me, 6 For even thy brethren, and the house of
saying, Let us destroy the tree with the thy father, even they have dealt
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treacherously with thee; yea, they have then shall they be built in the midst of my
called a multitude after thee: believe them people.
not, though they speak fair words unto 17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly
thee. pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the
7 ¶ I have forsaken mine house, I have left LORD.
mine heritage; I have given the dearly
beloved of my soul into the hand of her CHAPTER 13
enemies. THUS saith the LORD unto me, Go and
8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy
forest; it crieth out against me: therefore loins, and put it not in water.
have I hated it. 2 So I got a girdle according to the word
9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
bird, the birds round about are against her; 3 And the word of the LORD came unto
come ye, assemble all the beasts of the me the second time, saying,
field, come to devour. 4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which
10 Many pastors have destroyed my is upon thy loins, and arise, go to
vineyard, they have trodden my portion Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of
under foot, they have made my pleasant the rock.
portion a desolate wilderness. 5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as
11 They have made it desolate, and being the LORD commanded me.
desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole 6 And it came to pass after many days,
land is made desolate, because no man that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to
layeth it to heart. Euphrates, and take the girdle from
12 The spoilers are come upon all high thence, which I commanded thee to hide
places through the wilderness: for the there.
sword of the LORD shall devour from the 7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged,
one end of the land even to the other end and took the girdle from the place where I
of the land: no flesh shall have peace. had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was
13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap marred, it was profitable for nothing.
thorns: they have put themselves to pain, 8 Then the word of the LORD came unto
but shall not profit: and they shall be me, saying,
ashamed of your revenues because of the 9 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner
fierce anger of the LORD. will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great
14 ¶ Thus saith the LORD against all mine pride of Jerusalem.
evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance 10 This evil people, which refuse to hear
which I have caused my people Israel to my words, which walk in the imagination
inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of of their heart, and walk after other gods, to
their land, and pluck out the house of serve them, and to worship them, shall
Judah from among them. even be as this girdle, which is good for
15 And it shall come to pass, after that I nothing.
have plucked them out I will return, and 11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of
have compassion on them, and will bring a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me
them again, every man to his heritage, and the whole house of Israel and the whole
every man to his land. house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they
16 And it shall come to pass, if they will might be unto me for a people, and for a
diligently learn the ways of my people, to name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but
swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they would not hear.
they taught my people to swear by Baal; 12 ¶ Therefore thou shalt speak unto them
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this word; Thus saith the LORD God of For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy
Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with skirts discovered, and thy heels made
wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we bare.
not certainly know that every bottle shall 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or
be filled with wine? the leopard his spots? then may ye also do
13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus good, that are accustomed to do evil.
saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the 24 Therefore will I scatter them as the
inhabitants of this land, even the kings stubble that passeth away by the wind of
that sit upon David’s throne, and the the wilderness.
priests, and the prophets, and all the 25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy
inhabitants of Jerusalem, with measures from me, saith the LORD;
drunkenness. because thou hast forgotten me, and
14 And I will dash them one against trusted in falsehood.
another, even the fathers and the sons 26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts
together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy 27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy
them. neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom,
15 ¶ Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: and thine abominations on the hills in the
for the LORD hath spoken. fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt
16 Give glory to the LORD your God, thou not be made clean? when shall it
before he cause darkness, and before your once be?
feet stumble upon the dark mountains,
and, while ye look for light, he turn it into CHAPTER 14
the shadow of death, and make it gross THE word of the LORD that came to
darkness. Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof
weep in secret places for your pride; and languish; they are black unto the ground;
mine eye shall weep sore, and run down and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
with tears, because the LORD’s flock is 3 And their nobles have sent their little
carried away captive. ones to the waters: they came to the pits,
18 Say unto the king and to the queen, and found no water; they returned with
Humble yourselves, sit down: for your their vessels empty; they were ashamed
principalities shall come down, even the and confounded, and covered their heads.
crown of your glory. 4 Because the ground is chapt, for there
19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, was no rain in the earth, the plowmen
and none shall open them: Judah shall be were ashamed, they covered their heads.
carried away captive all of it, it shall be 5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field,
wholly carried away captive. and forsook it, because there was no grass.
20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that 6 And the wild asses did stand in the high
come from the north: where is the flock places, they snuffed up the wind like
that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? dragons; their eyes did fail, because there
21 What wilt thou say when he shall was no grass.
punish thee? for thou hast taught them to 7 ¶ O LORD, though our iniquities testify
be captains, and as chief over thee: shall against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake:
not sorrows take thee, as a woman in for our backslidings are many; we have
travail? sinned against thee.
22 ¶ And if thou say in thine heart, 8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof
Wherefore come these things upon me? in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be
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as a stranger in the land, and as a tears night and day, and let them not
wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry cease: for the virgin daughter of my
for a night? people is broken with a great breach, with
9 Why shouldest thou be as a man a very grievous blow.
astonied, as a mighty man that cannot 18 If I go forth into the field, then behold
save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst the slain with the sword! and if I enter into
of us, and we are called by thy name; the city, then behold them that are sick
leave us not. with famine! yea, both the prophet and the
10 ¶ Thus saith the LORD unto this people, priest go about into a land that they know
Thus have they loved to wander, they not.
have not refrained their feet, therefore the 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath
LORD doth not accept them; he will now thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou
remember their iniquity, and visit their smitten us, and there is no healing for us?
sins. we looked for peace, and there is no good;
11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not and for the time of healing, and behold
for this people for their good. trouble!
12 When they fast, I will not hear their 20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our
cry; and when they offer burnt offering wickedness, and the iniquity of our
and an oblation, I will not accept them: fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
but I will consume them by the sword, and 21 Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake,
by the famine, and by the pestilence. do not disgrace the throne of thy glory:
13 ¶ Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, remember, break not thy covenant with us.
the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not 22 Are there any among the vanities of the
see the sword, neither shall ye have Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the
famine; but I will give you assured peace heavens give showers? art not thou he, O
in this place. LORD our God? therefore we will wait
14 Then the LORD said unto me, The upon thee: for thou hast made all these
prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent things.
them not, neither have I commanded
them, neither spake unto them: they CHAPTER 15
prophesy unto you a false vision and THEN said the LORD unto me, Though
divination, and a thing of nought, and the Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet
deceit of their heart. my mind could not be toward this people:
15 Therefore thus saith the LORD cast them out of my sight, and let them go
concerning the prophets that prophesy in forth.
my name, and I sent them not, yet they 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say
say, Sword and famine shall not be in this unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then
land; By sword and famine shall those thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD;
prophets be consumed. Such as are for death, to death; and such
16 And the people to whom they prophesy as are for the sword, to the sword; and
shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem such as are for the famine, to the famine;
because of the famine and the sword; and and such as are for the captivity, to the
they shall have none to bury them, them, captivity.
their wives, nor their sons, nor their 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds,
daughters: for I will pour their wickedness saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the
upon them. dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven,
17 ¶ Therefore thou shalt say this word and the beasts of the earth, to devour and
unto them; Let mine eyes run down with destroy.
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4 And I will cause them to be removed persecutors; take me not away in thy
into all kingdoms of the earth, because of longsuffering: know that for thy sake I
Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of have suffered rebuke.
Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat
5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O them; and thy word was unto me the joy
Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am
who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, 17 I sat not in the assembly of the
thou art gone backward: therefore will I mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because
stretch out my hand against thee, and of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with
destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. indignation.
7 And I will fan them with a fan in the 18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my
gates of the land; I will bereave them of wound incurable, which refuseth to be
children, I will destroy my people, since healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as
they return not from their ways. a liar, and as waters that fail?
8 Their widows are increased to me above 19 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD, If
the sand of the seas: I have brought upon thou return, then will I bring thee again,
them against the mother of the young men and thou shalt stand before me: and if
a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to thou take forth the precious from the vile,
fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return
city. unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: 20 And I will make thee unto this people a
she hath given up the ghost; her sun is fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight
gone down while it was yet day: she hath against thee, but they shall not prevail
been ashamed and confounded: and the against thee: for I am with thee to save
residue of them will I deliver to the sword thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
before their enemies, saith the LORD. 21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand
10 ¶ Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out
borne me a man of strife and a man of of the hand of the terrible.
contention to the whole earth! I have
neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to CHAPTER 16
me on usury; yet every one of them doth THE word of the LORD came also unto
curse me. me, saying,
11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither
with thy remnant; verily I will cause the shalt thou have sons or daughters in this
enemy to entreat thee well in the time of place.
evil and in the time of affliction. 3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the
12 Shall iron break the northern iron and sons and concerning the daughters that are
the steel? born in this place, and concerning their
13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I mothers that bare them, and concerning
give to the spoil without price, and that for their fathers that begat them in this land;
all thy sins, even in all thy borders. 4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they
14 And I will make thee to pass with thine shall not be lamented; neither shall they be
enemies into a land which thou knowest buried; but they shall be as dung upon the
not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, face of the earth: and they shall be
which shall burn upon you. consumed by the sword, and by famine;
15 ¶ O LORD, thou knowest: remember and their carcases shall be meat for the
me, and visit me, and revenge me of my fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the
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4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue I desired the woeful day; thou knowest:
from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I that which came out of my lips was right
will cause thee to serve thine enemies in before thee.
the land which thou knowest not: for ye 17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my
have kindled a fire in mine anger, which hope in the day of evil.
shall burn for ever. 18 Let them be confounded that persecute
5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the me, but let not me be confounded: let
man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh them be dismayed, but let not me be
his arm, and whose heart departeth from dismayed: bring upon them the day of
the LORD. evil, and destroy them with double
6 For he shall be like the heath in the destruction.
desert, and shall not see when good 19 ¶ Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and
cometh; but shall inhabit the parched stand in the gate of the children of the
places in the wilderness, in a salt land and people, whereby the kings of Judah come
not inhabited. in, and by the which they go out, and in all
7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the the gates of Jerusalem;
LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. 20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word
8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all
waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by Judah, and all the inhabitants of
the river, and shall not see when heat Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and 21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to
shall not be careful in the year of drought, yourselves, and bear no burden on the
neither shall cease from yielding fruit. sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of
9 ¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, Jerusalem;
and desperately wicked: who can know it? 22 Neither carry forth a burden out of
10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the your houses on the sabbath day, neither do
reins, even to give every man according to ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath
his ways, and according to the fruit of his day, as I commanded your fathers.
doings. 23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and their ear, but made their neck stiff, that
hatcheth them not; so he that getteth they might not hear, nor receive
riches, and not by right, shall leave them instruction.
in the midst of his days, and at his end 24 And it shall come to pass, if ye
shall be a fool. diligently hearken unto me, saith the
12 ¶ A glorious high throne from the LORD, to bring in no burden through the
beginning is the place of our sanctuary. gates of this city on the sabbath day, but
13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that hallow the sabbath day, to do no work
forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they therein;
that depart from me shall be written in the 25 Then shall there enter into the gates of
earth, because they have forsaken the this city kings and princes sitting upon the
LORD, the fountain of living waters. throne of David, riding in chariots and on
14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be horses, they, and their princes, the men of
healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
thou art my praise. and this city shall remain for ever.
15 ¶ Behold, they say unto me, Where is 26 And they shall come from the cities of
the word of the LORD? let it come now. Judah, and from the places about
16 As for me, I have not hastened from Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin,
being a pastor to follow thee: neither have and from the plain, and from the
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mountains, and from the south, bringing Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD;
burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat Behold, I frame evil against you, and
offerings, and incense, and bringing devise a device against you: return ye now
sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the every one from his evil way, and make
LORD. your ways and your doings good.
27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to 12 And they said, There is no hope: but
hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a we will walk after our own devices, and
burden, even entering in at the gates of we will every one do the imagination of
Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I his evil heart.
kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it 13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye
shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and now among the heathen, who hath heard
it shall not be quenched. such things: the virgin of Israel hath done
a very horrible thing.
CHAPTER 18 14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon
THE word which came to Jeremiah from which cometh from the rock of the field?
the LORD, saying, or shall the cold flowing waters that come
2 Arise, and go down to the potter’s from another place be forsaken?
house, and there I will cause thee to hear 15 Because my people hath forgotten me,
my words. they have burned incense to vanity, and
3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, they have caused them to stumble in their
and, behold, he wrought a work on the ways from the ancient paths, to walk in
wheels. paths, in a way not cast up;
4 And the vessel that he made of clay was 16 To make their land desolate, and a
marred in the hand of the potter: so he perpetual hissing; every one that passeth
made it again another vessel, as seemed thereby shall be astonished, and wag his
good to the potter to make it. head.
5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, 17 I will scatter them as with an east wind
saying, before the enemy; I will shew them the
6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you back, and not the face, in the day of their
as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as calamity.
the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye 18 ¶ Then said they, Come, and let us
in mine hand, O house of Israel. devise devices against Jeremiah; for the
7 At what instant I shall speak concerning law shall not perish from the priest, nor
a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to counsel from the wise, nor the word from
pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy the prophet. Come, and let us smite him
it; with the tongue, and let us not give heed
8 If that nation, against whom I have to any of his words.
pronounced, turn from their evil, I will 19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken
repent of the evil that I thought to do unto to the voice of them that contend with me.
them. 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good?
9 And at what instant I shall speak for they have digged a pit for my soul.
concerning a nation, and concerning a Remember that I stood before thee to
kingdom, to build and to plant it; speak good for them, and to turn away thy
10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not wrath from them.
my voice, then I will repent of the good, 21 Therefore deliver up their children to
wherewith I said I would benefit them. the famine, and pour out their blood by the
11 ¶ Now therefore go to, speak to the force of the sword; and let their wives be
men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of bereaved of their children, and be widows;
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and let their men be put to death; let their will I give to be meat for the fowls of the
young men be slain by the sword in battle. heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, 8 And I will make this city desolate, and
when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly an hissing; every one that passeth thereby
upon them: for they have digged a pit to shall be astonished and hiss because of all
take me, and hid snares for my feet. the plagues thereof.
23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their 9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of
counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their sons and the flesh of their daughters,
their iniquity, neither blot out their sin and they shall eat every one the flesh of
from thy sight, but let them be overthrown his friend in the siege and straitness,
before thee; deal thus with them in the wherewith their enemies, and they that
time of thine anger. seek their lives, shall straiten them.
10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the
CHAPTER 19 sight of the men that go with thee,
THUS saith the LORD, Go and get a 11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the
potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this
ancients of the people, and of the ancients people and this city, as one breaketh a
of the priests; potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole
2 And go forth unto the valley of the son again: and they shall bury them in Tophet,
of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the till there be no place to bury.
east gate, and proclaim there the words 12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the
that I shall tell thee, LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and
3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, even make this city as Tophet:
O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of 13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the
Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, houses of the kings of Judah, shall be
the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil defiled as the place of Tophet, because of
upon this place, the which whosoever all the houses upon whose roofs they have
heareth, his ears shall tingle. burned incense unto all the host of heaven,
4 Because they have forsaken me, and and have poured out drink offerings unto
have estranged this place, and have burned other gods.
incense in it unto other gods, whom 14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet,
neither they nor their fathers have known, whither the LORD had sent him to
nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this prophesy; and he stood in the court of the
place with the blood of innocents; LORD’s house; and said to all the people,
5 They have built also the high places of 15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this
offerings unto Baal, which I commanded city and upon all her towns all the evil that
not, nor spake it, neither came it into my I have pronounced against it, because they
mind: have hardened their necks, that they might
6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith not hear my words.
the LORD, that this place shall no more be
called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of CHAPTER 20
Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. NOW Pashur the son of Immer the priest,
7 And I will make void the counsel of who was also chief governor in the house
Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah
will cause them to fall by the sword before prophesied these things.
their enemies, and by the hands of them 2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the
that seek their lives: and their carcases prophet, and put him in the stocks that
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were in the high gate of Benjamin, which 11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty
was by the house of the LORD. terrible one: therefore my persecutors
3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that shall stumble, and they shall not prevail:
Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the they shall be greatly ashamed; for they
stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The shall not prosper: their everlasting
LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but confusion shall never be forgotten.
Magor-missabib. 12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the
4 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will righteous, and seest the reins and the
make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy heart, let me see thy vengeance on them:
friends: and they shall fall by the sword of for unto thee have I opened my cause.
their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold 13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the
it: and I will give all Judah into the hand LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the
of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry poor from the hand of evildoers.
them captive into Babylon, and shall slay 14 ¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was
them with the sword. born: let not the day wherein my mother
5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength bare me be blessed.
of this city, and all the labours thereof, 15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings
and all the precious things thereof, and all to my father, saying, A man child is born
the treasures of the kings of Judah will I unto thee; making him very glad.
give into the hand of their enemies, which 16 And let that man be as the cities which
shall spoil them, and take them, and carry the LORD overthrew, and repented not:
them to Babylon. and let him hear the cry in the morning,
6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in and the shouting at noontide;
thine house shall go into captivity: and 17 Because he slew me not from the
thou shalt come to Babylon, and there womb; or that my mother might have been
thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, my grave, and her womb to be always
thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou great with me.
hast prophesied lies. 18 Wherefore came I forth out of the
7 ¶ O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I womb to see labour and sorrow, that my
was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and days should be consumed with shame?
hast prevailed: I am in derision daily,
every one mocketh me. CHAPTER 21
8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried THE word which came unto Jeremiah
violence and spoil; because the word of from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent
the LORD was made a reproach unto me, unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and
and a derision, daily. Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest,
9 Then I said, I will not make mention of saying,
him, nor speak any more in his name. But 2 Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us;
his word was in mine heart as a burning for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary maketh war against us; if so be that the
with forbearing, and I could not stay. LORD will deal with us according to all his
10 ¶ For I heard the defaming of many, wondrous works, that he may go up from
fear on every side. Report, say they, and us.
we will report it. All my familiars watched 3 ¶ Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus
for my halting, saying, Peradventure he shall ye say to Zedekiah:
will be enticed, and we shall prevail 4 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel;
against him, and we shall take our revenge Behold, I will turn back the weapons of
on him. war that are in your hands, wherewith ye
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fight against the king of Babylon, and 14 But I will punish you according to the
against the Chaldeans, which besiege you fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I
without the walls, and I will assemble will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and
them into the midst of this city. it shall devour all things round about it.
5 And I myself will fight against you with
an outstretched hand and with a strong CHAPTER 22
arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in THUS saith the LORD; Go down to the
great wrath. house of the king of Judah, and speak
6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this there this word,
city, both man and beast: they shall die of 2 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O
a great pestilence. king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne
7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy
deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his people that enter in by these gates:
servants, and the people, and such as are 3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye
left in this city from the pestilence, from judgment and righteousness, and deliver
the sword, and from the famine, into the the spoiled out of the hand of the
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, oppressor: and do no wrong, do no
and into the hand of their enemies, and violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor
into the hand of those that seek their life: the widow, neither shed innocent blood in
and he shall smite them with the edge of this place.
the sword; he shall not spare them, neither 4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall
have pity, nor have mercy. there enter in by the gates of this house
8 ¶ And unto this people thou shalt say, kings sitting upon the throne of David,
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before riding in chariots and on horses, he, and
you the way of life, and the way of death. his servants, and his people.
9 He that abideth in this city shall die by 5 But if ye will not hear these words, I
the sword, and by the famine, and by the swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this
pestilence: but he that goeth out, and house shall become a desolation.
falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, 6 For thus saith the LORD unto the king’s
he shall live, and his life shall be unto him house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me,
for a prey. and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will
10 For I have set my face against this city make thee a wilderness, and cities which
for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: are not inhabited.
it shall be given into the hand of the king 7 And I will prepare destroyers against
of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. thee, every one with his weapons: and
11 ¶ And touching the house of the king of they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and
Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD; cast them into the fire.
12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; 8 And many nations shall pass by this city,
Execute judgment in the morning, and and they shall say every man to his
deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done
of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like thus unto this great city?
fire, and burn that none can quench it, 9 Then they shall answer, Because they
because of the evil of your doings. have forsaken the covenant of the LORD
13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant their God, and worshipped other gods, and
of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith served them.
the LORD; which say, Who shall come 10 ¶ Weep ye not for the dead, neither
down against us? or who shall enter into bemoan him: but weep sore for him that
our habitations? goeth away: for he shall return no more,
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nor see his native country. confounded for all thy wickedness.
11 For thus saith the LORD touching 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest
Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt
which reigned instead of Josiah his father, thou be when pangs come upon thee, the
which went forth out of this place; He pain as of a woman in travail!
shall not return thither any more: 24 As I live, saith the LORD, though
12 But he shall die in the place whither Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah
they have led him captive, and shall see were the signet upon my right hand, yet
this land no more. would I pluck thee thence;
13 ¶ Woe unto him that buildeth his house 25 And I will give thee into the hand of
by unrighteousness, and his chambers by them that seek thy life, and into the hand
wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service of them whose face thou fearest, even into
without wages, and giveth him not for his the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
work; Babylon, and into the hand of the
14 That saith, I will build me a wide house Chaldeans.
and large chambers, and cutteth him out 26 And I will cast thee out, and thy
windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and mother that bare thee, into another
painted with vermilion. country, where ye were not born; and
15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest there shall ye die.
thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and 27 But to the land whereunto they desire
drink, and do judgment and justice, and to return, thither shall they not return.
then it was well with him? 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken
16 He judged the cause of the poor and idol? is he a vessel wherein is no
needy; then it was well with him: was not pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he
this to know me? saith the LORD. and his seed, and are cast into a land
17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not which they know not?
but for thy covetousness, and for to shed 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of
innocent blood, and for oppression, and the LORD.
for violence, to do it. 30 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man
18 Therefore thus saith the LORD childless, a man that shall not prosper in
concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah his days: for no man of his seed shall
king of Judah; They shall not lament for prosper, sitting upon the throne of David,
him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! and ruling any more in Judah.
they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah
lord! or, Ah his glory! CHAPTER 23
19 He shall be buried with the burial of an WOE be unto the pastors that destroy and
ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the
of Jerusalem. LORD.
20 ¶ Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift 2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of
up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the Israel against the pastors that feed my
passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. people; Ye have scattered my flock, and
21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but driven them away, and have not visited
thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil
thy manner from thy youth, that thou of your doings, saith the LORD.
obeyedst not my voice. 3 And I will gather the remnant of my
22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, flock out of all countries whither I have
and thy lovers shall go into captivity: driven them, and will bring them again to
surely then shalt thou be ashamed and their folds; and they shall be fruitful and
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have dreamed, I have dreamed. 37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet,
26 How long shall this be in the heart of What hath the LORD answered thee? and,
the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they What hath the LORD spoken?
are prophets of the deceit of their own 38 But since ye say, The burden of the
heart; LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD;
27 Which think to cause my people to Because ye say this word, The burden of
forget my name by their dreams which the LORD, and I have sent unto you,
they tell every man to his neighbour, as saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of
their fathers have forgotten my name for the LORD;
Baal. 39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly
28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him forget you, and I will forsake you, and the
tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let city that I gave you and your fathers, and
him speak my word faithfully. What is the cast you out of my presence:
chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. 40 And I will bring an everlasting
29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the reproach upon you, and a perpetual
LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh shame, which shall not be forgotten.
the rock in pieces?
30 Therefore, behold, I am against the CHAPTER 24
prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my THE LORD shewed me, and, behold, two
words every one from his neighbour. baskets of figs were set before the temple
31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar
the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, king of Babylon had carried away captive
He saith. Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of
32 Behold, I am against them that Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the
prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem,
and do tell them, and cause my people to and had brought them to Babylon.
err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet 2 One basket had very good figs, even like
I sent them not, nor commanded them: the figs that are first ripe: and the other
therefore they shall not profit this people basket had very naughty figs, which could
at all, saith the LORD. not be eaten, they were so bad.
33 ¶ And when this people, or the prophet, 3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest
or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good
the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then figs, very good; and the evil, very evil,
say unto them, What burden? I will even that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
forsake you, saith the LORD. 4 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came
34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, unto me, saying,
and the people, that shall say, The burden 5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel;
of the LORD, I will even punish that man Like these good figs, so will I
and his house. acknowledge them that are carried away
35 Thus shall ye say every one to his captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of
neighbour, and every one to his brother, this place into the land of the Chaldeans
What hath the LORD answered? and, What for their good.
hath the LORD spoken? 6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for
36 And the burden of the LORD shall ye good, and I will bring them again to this
mention no more: for every man’s word land: and I will build them, and not pull
shall be his burden; for ye have perverted them down; and I will plant them, and not
the words of the living God, of the LORD pluck them up.
of hosts our God. 7 And I will give them an heart to know
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me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be hands; and I will do you no hurt.
my people, and I will be their God: for 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me,
they shall return unto me with their whole saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me
heart. to anger with the works of your hands to
8 ¶ And as the evil figs, which cannot be your own hurt.
eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith 8 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD of
the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the hosts; Because ye have not heard my
king of Judah, and his princes, and the words,
residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this 9 Behold, I will send and take all the
land, and them that dwell in the land of families of the north, saith the LORD, and
Egypt: Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my
9 And I will deliver them to be removed servant, and will bring them against this
into all the kingdoms of the earth for their land, and against the inhabitants thereof,
hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a and against all these nations round about,
taunt and a curse, in all places whither I and will utterly destroy them, and make
shall drive them. them an astonishment, and an hissing, and
10 And I will send the sword, the famine, perpetual desolations.
and the pestilence, among them, till they 10 Moreover I will take from them the
be consumed from off the land that I gave voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness,
unto them and to their fathers. the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice
of the bride, the sound of the millstones,
CHAPTER 25 and the light of the candle.
THE word that came to Jeremiah 11 And this whole land shall be a
concerning all the people of Judah in the desolation, and an astonishment; and these
fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah nations shall serve the king of Babylon
king of Judah, that was the first year of seventy years.
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; 12 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when
2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake seventy years are accomplished, that I will
unto all the people of Judah, and to all the punish the king of Babylon, and that
inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity,
3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the and the land of the Chaldeans, and will
son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this make it perpetual desolations.
day, that is the three and twentieth year, 13 And I will bring upon that land all my
the word of the LORD hath come unto me, words which I have pronounced against it,
and I have spoken unto you, rising early even all that is written in this book, which
and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the
4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his nations.
servants the prophets, rising early and 14 For many nations and great kings shall
sending them; but ye have not hearkened, serve themselves of them also: and I will
nor inclined your ear to hear. recompense them according to their deeds,
5 They said, Turn ye again now every one and according to the works of their own
from his evil way, and from the evil of hands.
your doings, and dwell in the land that the 15 ¶ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel
LORD hath given unto you and to your unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at
fathers for ever and ever: my hand, and cause all the nations, to
6 And go not after other gods to serve whom I send thee, to drink it.
them, and to worship them, and provoke 16 And they shall drink, and be moved,
me not to anger with the works of your and be mad, because of the sword that I
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will send among them. upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith
17 Then took I the cup at the LORD’s the LORD of hosts.
hand, and made all the nations to drink, 30 Therefore prophesy thou against them
unto whom the LORD had sent me: all these words, and say unto them, The
18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of LORD shall roar from on high, and utter
Judah, and the kings thereof, and the his voice from his holy habitation; he shall
princes thereof, to make them a mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall
desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, give a shout, as they that tread the grapes,
and a curse; as it is this day; against all the inhabitants of the earth.
19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of
servants, and his princes, and all his the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy
people; with the nations, he will plead with all
20 And all the mingled people, and all the flesh; he will give them that are wicked to
kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings the sword, saith the LORD.
of the land of the Philistines, and 32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold,
Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the evil shall go forth from nation to nation,
remnant of Ashdod, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up
21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of from the coasts of the earth.
Ammon, 33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at
22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the that day from one end of the earth even
kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles unto the other end of the earth: they shall
which are beyond the sea, not be lamented, neither gathered, nor
23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that buried; they shall be dung upon the
are in the utmost corners, ground.
24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the 34 ¶ Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and
kings of the mingled people that dwell in wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye
the desert, principal of the flock: for the days of your
25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the slaughter and of your dispersions are
kings of Elam, and all the kings of the accomplished; and ye shall fall like a
Medes, pleasant vessel.
26 And all the kings of the north, far and 35 And the shepherds shall have no way
near, one with another, and all the to flee, nor the principal of the flock to
kingdoms of the world, which are upon escape.
the face of the earth: and the king of 36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds,
Sheshach shall drink after them. and an howling of the principal of the
27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of spoiled their pasture.
Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and 37 And the peaceable habitations are cut
spue, and fall, and rise no more, because down because of the fierce anger of the
of the sword which I will send among you. LORD.
28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take 38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion:
the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt for their land is desolate because of the
thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD fierceness of the oppressor, and because of
of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. his fierce anger.
29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city
which is called by my name, and should CHAPTER 26
ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim
unpunished: for I will call for a sword the son of Josiah king of Judah came this
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word from the LORD, saying, 12 ¶ Then spake Jeremiah unto all the
2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court princes and to all the people, saying, The
of the LORD’s house, and speak unto all LORD sent me to prophesy against this
the cities of Judah, which come to worship house and against this city all the words
in the LORD’s house, all the words that I that ye have heard.
command thee to speak unto them; 13 Therefore now amend your ways and
diminish not a word: your doings, and obey the voice of the
3 If so be they will hearken, and turn LORD your God; and the LORD will repent
every man from his evil way, that I may him of the evil that he hath pronounced
repent me of the evil, which I purpose to against you.
do unto them because of the evil of their 14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand:
doings. do with me as seemeth good and meet
4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith unto you.
the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to 15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put
walk in my law, which I have set before me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent
you, blood upon yourselves, and upon this city,
5 To hearken to the words of my servants and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a
the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to
rising up early, and sending them, but ye speak all these words in your ears.
have not hearkened; 16 ¶ Then said the princes and all the
6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, people unto the priests and to the
and will make this city a curse to all the prophets; This man is not worthy to die:
nations of the earth. for he hath spoken to us in the name of the
7 So the priests and the prophets and all LORD our God.
the people heard Jeremiah speaking these 17 Then rose up certain of the elders of
words in the house of the LORD. the land, and spake to all the assembly of
8 ¶ Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah the people, saying,
had made an end of speaking all that the 18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the
LORD had commanded him to speak unto days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake
all the people, that the priests and the to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus
prophets and all the people took him, saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be
saying, Thou shalt surely die. plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall
9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name become heaps, and the mountain of the
of the LORD, saying, This house shall be house as the high places of a forest.
like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all
without an inhabitant? And all the people Judah put him at all to death? did he not
were gathered against Jeremiah in the fear the LORD, and besought the LORD,
house of the LORD. and the LORD repented him of the evil
10 ¶ When the princes of Judah heard which he had pronounced against them?
these things, then they came up from the Thus might we procure great evil against
king’s house unto the house of the LORD, our souls.
and sat down in the entry of the new gate 20 And there was also a man that
of the LORD’s house. prophesied in the name of the LORD,
11 Then spake the priests and the prophets Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-
unto the princes and to all the people, jearim, who prophesied against this city
saying, This man is worthy to die; for he and against this land according to all the
hath prophesied against this city, as ye words of Jeremiah:
have heard with your ears. 21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all
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his mighty men, and all the princes, heard of his land come: and then many nations
his words, the king sought to put him to and great kings shall serve themselves of
death: but when Urijah heard it, he was him.
afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation
22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into and kingdom which will not serve the
Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of same Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Achbor, and certain men with him into Babylon, and that will not put their neck
Egypt. under the yoke of the king of Babylon,
23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of that nation will I punish, saith the LORD,
Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim with the sword, and with the famine, and
the king; who slew him with the sword, with the pestilence, until I have consumed
and cast his dead body into the graves of them by his hand.
the common people. 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your
24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your
son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to
they should not give him into the hand of your sorcerers, which speak unto you,
the people to put him to death. saying, Ye shall not serve the king of
Babylon:
CHAPTER 27 10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to
IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim remove you far from your land; and that I
the son of Josiah king of Judah came this should drive you out, and ye should
word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, perish.
saying, 11 But the nations that bring their neck
2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee under the yoke of the king of Babylon,
bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy and serve him, those will I let remain still
neck, in their own land, saith the LORD; and
3 And send them to the king of Edom, and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
to the king of Moab, and to the king of the 12 ¶ I spake also to Zedekiah king of
Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and Judah according to all these words,
to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the saying, Bring your necks under the yoke
messengers which come to Jerusalem unto of the king of Babylon, and serve him and
Zedekiah king of Judah; his people, and live.
4 And command them to say unto their 13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people,
masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the by the sword, by the famine, and by the
God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken
masters; against the nation that will not serve the
5 I have made the earth, the man and the king of Babylon?
beast that are upon the ground, by my 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words
great power and by my outstretched arm, of the prophets that speak unto you,
and have given it unto whom it seemed saying, Ye shall not serve the king of
meet unto me. Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
6 And now have I given all these lands 15 For I have not sent them, saith the
into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name;
of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of that I might drive you out, and that ye
the field have I given him also to serve might perish, ye, and the prophets that
him. prophesy unto you.
7 And all nations shall serve him, and his 16 Also I spake to the priests and to all
son, and his son’s son, until the very time this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD;
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Hearken not to the words of your prophets into this place all the vessels of the
that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, LORD’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king
the vessels of the LORD’s house shall now of Babylon took away from this place, and
shortly be brought again from Babylon: carried them to Babylon:
for they prophesy a lie unto you. 4 And I will bring again to this place
17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of
of Babylon, and live: wherefore should Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that
this city be laid waste? went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I
18 But if they be prophets, and if the word will break the yoke of the king of
of the LORD be with them, let them now Babylon.
make intercession to the LORD of hosts, 5 ¶ Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto
that the vessels which are left in the house the prophet Hananiah in the presence of
of the LORD, and in the house of the king the priests, and in the presence of all the
of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to people that stood in the house of the
Babylon. LORD,
19 ¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen:
concerning the pillars, and concerning the the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy
sea, and concerning the bases, and words which thou hast prophesied, to
concerning the residue of the vessels that bring again the vessels of the LORD’s
remain in this city, house, and all that is carried away captive,
20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of from Babylon into this place.
Babylon took not, when he carried away 7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word
captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of
king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, all the people;
and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 8 The prophets that have been before me
21 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the and before thee of old prophesied both
God of Israel, concerning the vessels that against many countries, and against great
remain in the house of the LORD, and in kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of
the house of the king of Judah and of pestilence.
Jerusalem; 9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace,
22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and when the word of the prophet shall come
there shall they be until the day that I visit to pass, then shall the prophet be known,
them, saith the LORD; then will I bring that the LORD hath truly sent him.
them up, and restore them to this place. 10 ¶ Then Hananiah the prophet took the
yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s
CHAPTER 28 neck, and brake it.
AND it came to pass the same year, in the 11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of
beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of all the people, saying, Thus saith the
Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of
month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the
prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto neck of all nations within the space of two
me in the house of the LORD, in the full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went
presence of the priests and of all the his way.
people, saying, 12 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came
2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that
God of Israel, saying, I have broken the Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke
yoke of the king of Babylon. from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah,
3 Within two full years will I bring again saying,
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13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus 6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and
saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the daughters; and take wives for your sons,
yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for and give your daughters to husbands, that
them yokes of iron. they may bear sons and daughters; that ye
14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the may be increased there, and not
God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron diminished.
upon the neck of all these nations, that 7 And seek the peace of the city whither I
they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of have caused you to be carried away
Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I captives, and pray unto the LORD for it:
have given him the beasts of the field also. for in the peace thereof shall ye have
15 ¶ Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto peace.
Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, 8 ¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; God of Israel; Let not your prophets and
but thou makest this people to trust in a your diviners, that be in the midst of you,
lie. deceive you, neither hearken to your
16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
I will cast thee from off the face of the 9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in
earth: this year thou shalt die, because my name: I have not sent them, saith the
thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.
LORD. 10 ¶ For thus saith the LORD, That after
17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same seventy years be accomplished at Babylon
year in the seventh month. I will visit you, and perform my good
word toward you, in causing you to return
CHAPTER 29 to this place.
NOW these are the words of the letter that 11 For I know the thoughts that I think
Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of
unto the residue of the elders which were peace, and not of evil, to give you an
carried away captives, and to the priests, expected end.
and to the prophets, and to all the people 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye
whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away shall go and pray unto me, and I will
captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; hearken unto you.
2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me,
queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of when ye shall search for me with all your
Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, heart.
and the smiths, were departed from 14 And I will be found of you, saith the
Jerusalem;) LORD: and I will turn away your captivity,
3 By the hand of Elasah the son of and I will gather you from all the nations,
Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of and from all the places whither I have
Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah driven you, saith the LORD; and I will
sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar bring you again into the place whence I
king of Babylon) saying, caused you to be carried away captive.
4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of 15 ¶ Because ye have said, The LORD hath
Israel, unto all that are carried away raised us up prophets in Babylon;
captives, whom I have caused to be 16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the
carried away from Jerusalem unto king that sitteth upon the throne of David,
Babylon; and of all the people that dwelleth in this
5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and city, and of your brethren that are not
plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; gone forth with you into captivity;
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17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I be officers in the house of the LORD, for
will send upon them the sword, the every man that is mad, and maketh
famine, and the pestilence, and will make himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put
them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, him in prison, and in the stocks.
they are so evil. 27 Now therefore why hast thou not
18 And I will persecute them with the reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which
sword, with the famine, and with the maketh himself a prophet to you?
pestilence, and will deliver them to be 28 For therefore he sent unto us in
removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, Babylon, saying, This captivity is long:
to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an build ye houses, and dwell in them; and
hissing, and a reproach, among all the plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
nations whither I have driven them: 29 And Zephaniah the priest read this
19 Because they have not hearkened to my letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto 30 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD
them by my servants the prophets, rising unto Jeremiah, saying,
up early and sending them; but ye would 31 Send to all them of the captivity,
not hear, saith the LORD. saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning
20 ¶ Hear ye therefore the word of the Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that
LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I
sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: sent him not, and he caused you to trust in
21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God a lie:
of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold,
of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite,
prophesy a lie unto you in my name; and his seed: he shall not have a man to
Behold, I will deliver them into the hand dwell among this people; neither shall he
of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and behold the good that I will do for my
he shall slay them before your eyes; people, saith the LORD; because he hath
22 And of them shall be taken up a curse taught rebellion against the LORD.
by all the captivity of Judah which are in
Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee CHAPTER 30
like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the THE word that came to Jeremiah from the
king of Babylon roasted in the fire; LORD, saying,
23 Because they have committed villany 2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel,
in Israel, and have committed adultery saying, Write thee all the words that I
with their neighbours’ wives, and have have spoken unto thee in a book.
spoken lying words in my name, which I 3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD,
have not commanded them; even I know, that I will bring again the captivity of my
and am a witness, saith the LORD. people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD:
24 ¶ Thus shalt thou also speak to and I will cause them to return to the land
Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, that I gave to their fathers, and they shall
25 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the possess it.
God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast 4 ¶ And these are the words that the LORD
sent letters in thy name unto all the people spake concerning Israel and concerning
that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah Judah.
the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all 5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard
the priests, saying, a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of
26 The LORD hath made thee priest in the peace.
stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should 6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man
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doth travail with child? wherefore do I see shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee
every man with his hands on his loins, as a will I give for a prey.
woman in travail, and all faces are turned 17 For I will restore health unto thee, and
into paleness? I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none LORD; because they called thee an
is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no
trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. man seeketh after.
8 For it shall come to pass in that day, 18 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will
saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents,
his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst and have mercy on his dwellingplaces;
thy bonds, and strangers shall no more and the city shall be builded upon her own
serve themselves of him: heap, and the palace shall remain after the
9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, manner thereof.
and David their king, whom I will raise up 19 And out of them shall proceed
unto them. thanksgiving and the voice of them that
10 ¶ Therefore fear thou not, O my servant make merry: and I will multiply them, and
Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be they shall not be few; I will also glorify
dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee them, and they shall not be small.
from afar, and thy seed from the land of 20 Their children also shall be as
their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and aforetime, and their congregation shall be
shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none established before me, and I will punish
shall make him afraid. all that oppress them.
11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to 21 And their nobles shall be of
save thee: though I make a full end of all themselves, and their governor shall
nations whither I have scattered thee, yet proceed from the midst of them; and I will
will I not make a full end of thee: but I cause him to draw near, and he shall
will correct thee in measure, and will not approach unto me: for who is this that
leave thee altogether unpunished. engaged his heart to approach unto me?
12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is saith the LORD.
incurable, and thy wound is grievous. 22 And ye shall be my people, and I will
13 There is none to plead thy cause, that be your God.
thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no 23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD
healing medicines. goeth forth with fury, a continuing
14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the
seek thee not; for I have wounded thee head of the wicked.
with the wound of an enemy, with the 24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not
chastisement of a cruel one, for the return, until he have done it, and until he
multitude of thine iniquity; because thy have performed the intents of his heart: in
sins were increased. the latter days ye shall consider it.
15 Why criest thou for thine affliction?
thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude CHAPTER 31
of thine iniquity: because thy sins were AT the same time, saith the LORD, will I
increased, I have done these things unto be the God of all the families of Israel,
thee. and they shall be my people.
16 Therefore all they that devour thee 2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which
shall be devoured; and all thine were left of the sword found grace in the
adversaries, every one of them, shall go wilderness; even Israel, when I went to
into captivity; and they that spoil thee cause him to rest.
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3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the
everlasting love: therefore with dance, both young men and old together:
lovingkindness have I drawn thee. for I will turn their mourning into joy, and
4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be will comfort them, and make them rejoice
built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again from their sorrow.
be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go 14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests
forth in the dances of them that make with fatness, and my people shall be
merry. satisfied with my goodness, saith the
5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the LORD.
mountains of Samaria: the planters shall 15 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; A voice was
plant, and shall eat them as common heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter
things. weeping; Rahel weeping for her children
6 For there shall be a day, that the refused to be comforted for her children,
watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall because they were not.
cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion 16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice
unto the LORD our God. from weeping, and thine eyes from tears:
7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the
gladness for Jacob, and shout among the LORD; and they shall come again from the
chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, land of the enemy.
and say, O LORD, save thy people, the 17 And there is hope in thine end, saith
remnant of Israel. the LORD, that thy children shall come
8 Behold, I will bring them from the north again to their own border.
country, and gather them from the coasts 18 ¶ I have surely heard Ephraim
of the earth, and with them the blind and bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast
the lame, the woman with child and her chastised me, and I was chastised, as a
that travaileth with child together: a great bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn
company shall return thither. thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art
9 They shall come with weeping, and with the LORD my God.
supplications will I lead them: I will cause 19 Surely after that I was turned, I
them to walk by the rivers of waters in a repented; and after that I was instructed, I
straight way, wherein they shall not smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea,
stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and even confounded, because I did bear the
Ephraim is my firstborn. reproach of my youth.
10 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, O ye 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a
nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, pleasant child? for since I spake against
and say, He that scattered Israel will him, I do earnestly remember him still:
gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd therefore my bowels are troubled for him;
doth his flock. I will surely have mercy upon him, saith
11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, the LORD.
and ransomed him from the hand of him 21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high
that was stronger than he. heaps: set thine heart toward the highway,
12 Therefore they shall come and sing in even the way which thou wentest: turn
the height of Zion, and shall flow together again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to
to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, these thy cities.
and for wine, and for oil, and for the 22 ¶ How long wilt thou go about, O thou
young of the flock and of the herd: and backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath
their soul shall be as a watered garden; created a new thing in the earth, A woman
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him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou 13 ¶ And I charged Baruch before them,
prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, saying,
Behold, I will give this city into the hand 14 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
of the king of Babylon, and he shall take of Israel; Take these evidences, this
it; evidence of the purchase, both which is
4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not sealed, and this evidence which is open;
escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, and put them in an earthen vessel, that
but shall surely be delivered into the hand they may continue many days.
of the king of Babylon, and shall speak 15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes God of Israel; Houses and fields and
shall behold his eyes; vineyards shall be possessed again in this
5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, land.
and there shall he be until I visit him, saith 16 ¶ Now when I had delivered the
the LORD: though ye fight with the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the
Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper? son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD,
6 ¶ And Jeremiah said, The word of the saying,
LORD came unto me, saying, 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made
7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum the heaven and the earth by thy great
thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, power and stretched out arm, and there is
Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for nothing too hard for thee:
the right of redemption is thine to buy it. 18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto
8 So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to thousands, and recompensest the iniquity
me in the court of the prison according to of the fathers into the bosom of their
the word of the LORD, and said unto me, children after them: the Great, the Mighty
Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
Anathoth, which is in the country of 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work:
Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is for thine eyes are open upon all the ways
thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it of the sons of men: to give every one
for thyself. Then I knew that this was the according to his ways, and according to
word of the LORD. the fruit of his doings:
9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my 20 Which hast set signs and wonders in
uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and
weighed him the money, even seventeen in Israel, and among other men; and hast
shekels of silver. made thee a name, as at this day;
10 And I subscribed the evidence, and 21 And hast brought forth thy people
sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs,
him the money in the balances. and with wonders, and with a strong hand,
11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, and with a stretched out arm, and with
both that which was sealed according to great terror;
the law and custom, and that which was 22 And hast given them this land, which
open: thou didst swear to their fathers to give
12 And I gave the evidence of the them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, 23 And they came in, and possessed it; but
the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked
Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the in thy law; they have done nothing of all
presence of the witnesses that subscribed that thou commandedst them to do:
the book of the purchase, before all the therefore thou hast caused all this evil to
Jews that sat in the court of the prison. come upon them:
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24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto 34 But they set their abominations in the
the city to take it; and the city is given into house, which is called by my name, to
the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight defile it.
against it, because of the sword, and of the 35 And they built the high places of Baal,
famine, and of the pestilence: and what which are in the valley of the son of
thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, Hinnom, to cause their sons and their
behold, thou seest it. daughters to pass through the fire unto
25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord Molech; which I commanded them not,
GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and neither came it into my mind, that they
take witnesses; for the city is given into should do this abomination, to cause
the hand of the Chaldeans. Judah to sin.
26 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD 36 ¶ And now therefore thus saith the
unto Jeremiah, saying, LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this
27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered
flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? into the hand of the king of Babylon by
28 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, the sword, and by the famine, and by the
I will give this city into the hand of the pestilence;
Chaldeans, and into the hand of 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he countries, whither I have driven them in
shall take it: mine anger, and in my fury, and in great
29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against wrath; and I will bring them again unto
this city, shall come and set fire on this this place, and I will cause them to dwell
city, and burn it with the houses, upon safely:
whose roofs they have offered incense 38 And they shall be my people, and I will
unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings be their God:
unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. 39 And I will give them one heart, and
30 For the children of Israel and the one way, that they may fear me for ever,
children of Judah have only done evil for the good of them, and of their children
before me from their youth: for the after them:
children of Israel have only provoked me 40 And I will make an everlasting
to anger with the work of their hands, covenant with them, that I will not turn
saith the LORD. away from them, to do them good; but I
31 For this city hath been to me as a will put my fear in their hearts, that they
provocation of mine anger and of my fury shall not depart from me.
from the day that they built it even unto 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do
this day; that I should remove it from them good, and I will plant them in this
before my face, land assuredly with my whole heart and
32 Because of all the evil of the children with my whole soul.
of Israel and of the children of Judah, 42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have
which they have done to provoke me to brought all this great evil upon this
anger, they, their kings, their princes, their people, so will I bring upon them all the
priests, and their prophets, and the men of good that I have promised them.
Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 43 And fields shall be bought in this land,
33 And they have turned unto me the whereof ye say, It is desolate without man
back, and not the face: though I taught or beast; it is given into the hand of the
them, rising up early and teaching them, Chaldeans.
yet they have not hearkened to receive 44 Men shall buy fields for money, and
instruction. subscribe evidences, and seal them, and
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take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, be heard in this place, which ye say shall
and in the places about Jerusalem, and in be desolate without man and without
the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in
mountains, and in the cities of the valley, the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate,
and in the cities of the south: for I will without man, and without inhabitant, and
cause their captivity to return, saith the without beast,
LORD. 11 The voice of joy, and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and
CHAPTER 33 the voice of the bride, the voice of them
MOREOVER the word of the LORD came that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts:
unto Jeremiah the second time, while he for the LORD is good; for his mercy
was yet shut up in the court of the prison, endureth for ever: and of them that shall
saying, bring the sacrifice of praise into the house
2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, of the LORD. For I will cause to return the
the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith
LORD is his name; the LORD.
3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, 12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in
and shew thee great and mighty things, this place, which is desolate without man
which thou knowest not. and without beast, and in all the cities
4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of thereof, shall be an habitation of
Israel, concerning the houses of this city, shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
and concerning the houses of the kings of 13 In the cities of the mountains, in the
Judah, which are thrown down by the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the
mounts, and by the sword; south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in
5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, the places about Jerusalem, and in the
but it is to fill them with the dead bodies cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again
of men, whom I have slain in mine anger under the hands of him that telleth them,
and in my fury, and for all whose saith the LORD.
wickedness I have hid my face from this 14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
city. that I will perform that good thing which I
6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, have promised unto the house of Israel
and I will cure them, and will reveal unto and to the house of Judah.
them the abundance of peace and truth. 15 ¶ In those days, and at that time, will I
7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah cause the Branch of righteousness to grow
and the captivity of Israel to return, and up unto David; and he shall execute
will build them, as at the first. judgment and righteousness in the land.
8 And I will cleanse them from all their 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and
iniquity, whereby they have sinned against Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is
me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, the name wherewith she shall be called,
whereby they have sinned, and whereby The LORD our righteousness.
they have transgressed against me. 17 ¶ For thus saith the LORD; David shall
9 ¶ And it shall be to me a name of joy, a never want a man to sit upon the throne of
praise and an honour before all the nations the house of Israel;
of the earth, which shall hear all the good 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites
that I do unto them: and they shall fear want a man before me to offer burnt
and tremble for all the goodness and for offerings, and to kindle meat offerings,
all the prosperity that I procure unto it. and to do sacrifice continually.
10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall 19 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto
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12 ¶ Therefore the word of the LORD heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his
13 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; princes will I give into the hand of their
I made a covenant with your fathers in the enemies, and into the hand of them that
day that I brought them forth out of the seek their life, and into the hand of the
land of Egypt, out of the house of king of Babylon’s army, which are gone
bondmen, saying, up from you.
14 At the end of seven years let ye go 22 Behold, I will command, saith the
every man his brother an Hebrew, which LORD, and cause them to return to this
hath been sold unto thee; and when he city; and they shall fight against it, and
hath served thee six years, thou shalt let take it, and burn it with fire: and I will
him go free from thee: but your fathers make the cities of Judah a desolation
hearkened not unto me, neither inclined without an inhabitant.
their ear.
15 And ye were now turned, and had done CHAPTER 35
right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty THE word which came unto Jeremiah
every man to his neighbour; and ye had from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim
made a covenant before me in the house the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
which is called by my name: 2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites,
16 But ye turned and polluted my name, and speak unto them, and bring them into
and caused every man his servant, and the house of the LORD, into one of the
every man his handmaid, whom ye had set chambers, and give them wine to drink.
at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of
brought them into subjection, to be unto Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his
you for servants and for handmaids. brethren, and all his sons, and the whole
17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have house of the Rechabites;
not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming 4 And I brought them into the house of the
liberty, every one to his brother, and every LORD, into the chamber of the sons of
man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God,
liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the which was by the chamber of the princes,
sword, to the pestilence, and to the which was above the chamber of
famine; and I will make you to be Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper
removed into all the kingdoms of the of the door:
earth. 5 And I set before the sons of the house of
18 And I will give the men that have the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups,
transgressed my covenant, which have not and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
performed the words of the covenant 6 But they said, We will drink no wine:
which they had made before me, when for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father
they cut the calf in twain, and passed commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no
between the parts thereof, wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
19 The princes of Judah, and the princes 7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow
of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but
and all the people of the land, which all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that
passed between the parts of the calf; ye may live many days in the land where
20 I will even give them into the hand of ye be strangers.
their enemies, and into the hand of them 8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of
that seek their life: and their dead bodies Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in
shall be for meat unto the fowls of the all that he hath charged us, to drink no
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wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, heard; and I have called unto them, but
nor our daughters; they have not answered.
9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: 18 ¶ And Jeremiah said unto the house of
neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of
seed: hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have
10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab
obeyed, and done according to all that your father, and kept all his precepts, and
Jonadab our father commanded us. done according unto all that he hath
11 But it came to pass, when commanded you:
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up 19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts,
into the land, that we said, Come, and let the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of
us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of Rechab shall not want a man to stand
the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of before me for ever.
the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
12 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD CHAPTER 36
unto Jeremiah, saying, AND it came to pass in the fourth year of
13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah,
of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and that this word came unto Jeremiah from
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not the LORD, saying,
receive instruction to hearken to my 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write
words? saith the LORD. therein all the words that I have spoken
14 The words of Jonadab the son of unto thee against Israel, and against Judah,
Rechab, that he commanded his sons not and against all the nations, from the day I
to drink wine, are performed; for unto this spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah,
day they drink none, but obey their even unto this day.
father’s commandment: notwithstanding I 3 It may be that the house of Judah will
have spoken unto you, rising early and hear all the evil which I purpose to do
speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. unto them; that they may return every man
15 I have sent also unto you all my from his evil way; that I may forgive their
servants the prophets, rising up early and iniquity and their sin.
sending them, saying, Return ye now 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of
every man from his evil way, and amend Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth
your doings, and go not after other gods to of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD,
serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll
which I have given to you and to your of a book.
fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch,
nor hearkened unto me. saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the
16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of house of the LORD:
Rechab have performed the 6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll,
commandment of their father, which he which thou hast written from my mouth,
commanded them; but this people hath not the words of the LORD in the ears of the
hearkened unto me: people in the LORD’s house upon the
17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of fasting day: and also thou shalt read them
hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will in the ears of all Judah that come out of
bring upon Judah and upon all the their cities.
inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I 7 It may be they will present their
have pronounced against them: because I supplication before the LORD, and will
have spoken unto them, but they have not return every one from his evil way: for
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great is the anger and the fury that the 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us
LORD hath pronounced against this now, How didst thou write all these words
people. at his mouth?
8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did 18 Then Baruch answered them, He
according to all that Jeremiah the prophet pronounced all these words unto me with
commanded him, reading in the book the his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in
words of the LORD in the LORD’s house. the book.
9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of 19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go,
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no
in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a man know where ye be.
fast before the LORD to all the people in 20 ¶ And they went in to the king into the
Jerusalem, and to all the people that came court, but they laid up the roll in the
from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told
10 Then read Baruch in the book the all the words in the ears of the king.
words of Jeremiah in the house of the 21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the
LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son roll: and he took it out of Elishama the
of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in
at the entry of the new gate of the LORD’s the ears of the king, and in the ears of all
house, in the ears of all the people. the princes which stood beside the king.
11 ¶ When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, 22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in
the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the the ninth month: and there was a fire on
book all the words of the LORD, the hearth burning before him.
12 Then he went down into the king’s 23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi
house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, had read three or four leaves, he cut it
all the princes sat there, even Elishama the with the penknife, and cast it into the fire
scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, that was on the hearth, until all the roll
and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and was consumed in the fire that was on the
Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and hearth.
Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their
princes. garments, neither the king, nor any of his
13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all servants that heard all these words.
the words that he had heard, when Baruch 25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and
read the book in the ears of the people. Gemariah had made intercession to the
14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi king that he would not burn the roll: but
the son of Nethaniah, the son of he would not hear them.
Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the
saying, Take in thine hand the roll son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of
wherein thou hast read in the ears of the Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel,
people, and come. So Baruch the son of to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the
Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came prophet: but the LORD hid them.
unto them. 27 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to
15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, Jeremiah, after that the king had burned
and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it the roll, and the words which Baruch
in their ears. wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
16 Now it came to pass, when they had 28 Take thee again another roll, and write
heard all the words, they were afraid both in it all the former words that were in the
one and other, and said unto Baruch, We first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of
will surely tell the king of all these words. Judah hath burned.
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29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast 7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel;
burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that
written therein, saying, The king of sent you unto me to inquire of me;
Babylon shall certainly come and destroy Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come
this land, and shall cause to cease from forth to help you, shall return to Egypt
thence man and beast? into their own land.
30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of 8 And the Chaldeans shall come again,
Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have and fight against this city, and take it, and
none to sit upon the throne of David: and burn it with fire.
his dead body shall be cast out in the day 9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not
to the heat, and in the night to the frost. yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall
31 And I will punish him and his seed and surely depart from us: for they shall not
his servants for their iniquity; and I will depart.
bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants 10 For though ye had smitten the whole
of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, army of the Chaldeans that fight against
all the evil that I have pronounced against you, and there remained but wounded men
them; but they hearkened not. among them, yet should they rise up every
32 ¶ Then took Jeremiah another roll, and man in his tent, and burn this city with
gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of fire.
Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth 11 ¶ And it came to pass, that when the
of Jeremiah all the words of the book army of the Chaldeans was broken up
which Jehoiakim king of Judah had from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s
burned in the fire: and there were added army,
besides unto them many like words. 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of
Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin,
CHAPTER 37 to separate himself thence in the midst of
AND king Zedekiah the son of Josiah the people.
reigned instead of Coniah the son of 13 And when he was in the gate of
Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there,
Babylon made king in the land of Judah. whose name was Irijah, the son of
2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he
people of the land, did hearken unto the took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou
words of the LORD, which he spake by the fallest away to the Chaldeans.
prophet Jeremiah. 14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall
3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the not away to the Chaldeans. But he
son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son hearkened not to him: so Irijah took
of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with
our God for us. Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in
4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe:
among the people: for they had not put for they had made that the prison.
him into prison. 16 ¶ When Jeremiah was entered into the
5 Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth dungeon, and into the cabins, and
out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that Jeremiah had remained there many days;
besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took
they departed from Jerusalem. him out: and the king asked him secretly
6 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto in his house, and said, Is there any word
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from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is in your hand: for the king is not he that
is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into can do any thing against you.
the hand of the king of Babylon. 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him
18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of
Zedekiah, What have I offended against Hammelech, that was in the court of the
thee, or against thy servants, or against prison: and they let down Jeremiah with
this people, that ye have put me in prison? cords. And in the dungeon there was no
19 Where are now your prophets which water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the
prophesied unto you, saying, The king of mire.
Babylon shall not come against you, nor 7 ¶ Now when Ebed-melech the
against this land? Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was
20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my in the king’s house, heard that they had
lord the king: let my supplication, I pray put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then
thee, be accepted before thee; that thou sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
cause me not to return to the house of 8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the
Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. king’s house, and spake to the king,
21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded saying,
that they should commit Jeremiah into the 9 My lord the king, these men have done
court of the prison, and that they should evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah
give him daily a piece of bread out of the the prophet, whom they have cast into the
bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger
were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the in the place where he is: for there is no
court of the prison. more bread in the city.
10 Then the king commanded Ebed-
CHAPTER 38 melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from
THEN Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and hence thirty men with thee, and take up
Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon,
son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of before he die.
Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah 11 So Ebed-melech took the men with
had spoken unto all the people, saying, him, and went into the house of the king
2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth under the treasury, and took thence old
in this city shall die by the sword, by the cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let
famine, and by the pestilence: but he that them down by cords into the dungeon to
goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for Jeremiah.
he shall have his life for a prey, and shall 12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said
live. unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast
3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall clouts and rotten rags under thine
surely be given into the hand of the king armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah
of Babylon’s army, which shall take it. did so.
4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords,
We beseech thee, let this man be put to and took him up out of the dungeon: and
death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of Jeremiah remained in the court of the
the men of war that remain in this city, prison.
and the hands of all the people, in 14 ¶ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and
speaking such words unto them: for this took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into
man seeketh not the welfare of this the third entry that is in the house of the
people, but the hurt. LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I
5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from
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king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of not for good; and they shall be
Hamath, where he gave judgment upon accomplished in that day before thee.
him. 17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith
6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into
of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the hand of the men of whom thou art
the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of afraid.
Judah. 18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou
7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life
and bound him with chains, to carry him shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou
to Babylon. hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.
8 ¶ And the Chaldeans burned the king’s
house, and the houses of the people, with CHAPTER 40
fire, and brake down the walls of THE word that came to Jeremiah from the
Jerusalem. LORD, after that Nebuzar-adan the captain
9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the of the guard had let him go from Ramah,
guard carried away captive into Babylon when he had taken him being bound in
the remnant of the people that remained in chains among all that were carried away
the city, and those that fell away, that fell captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which
to him, with the rest of the people that were carried away captive unto Babylon.
remained. 2 And the captain of the guard took
10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD
guard left of the poor of the people, which thy God hath pronounced this evil upon
had nothing, in the land of Judah, and this place.
gave them vineyards and fields at the 3 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done
same time. according as he hath said: because ye have
11 ¶ Now Nebuchadrezzar king of sinned against the LORD, and have not
Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is
to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, come upon you.
saying, 4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day
12 Take him, and look well to him, and do from the chains which were upon thine
him no harm; but do unto him even as he hand. If it seem good unto thee to come
shall say unto thee. with me into Babylon, come; and I will
13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto
guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, thee to come with me into Babylon,
and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the forbear: behold, all the land is before thee:
king of Babylon’s princes; whither it seemeth good and convenient
14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out for thee to go, thither go.
of the court of the prison, and committed 5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he
him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of
son of Shaphan, that he should carry him Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the
home: so he dwelt among the people. king of Babylon hath made governor over
15 ¶ Now the word of the LORD came the cities of Judah, and dwell with him
unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the among the people: or go wheresoever it
court of the prison, saying, seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So
16 Go and speak to Ebed-melech the the captain of the guard gave him victuals
Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of and a reward, and let him go.
hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will 6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the
bring my words upon this city for evil, and son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with
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him among the people that were left in the Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the
land. son of Ahikam believed them not.
7 ¶ Now when all the captains of the 15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake
forces which were in the fields, even they to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying,
and their men, heard that the king of Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay
Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man
Ahikam governor in the land, and had shall know it: wherefore should he slay
committed unto him men, and women, thee, that all the Jews which are gathered
and children, and of the poor of the land, unto thee should be scattered, and the
of them that were not carried away captive remnant in Judah perish?
to Babylon; 16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said
8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou
even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest
Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, falsely of Ishmael.
and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the
sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and CHAPTER 41
Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they NOW it came to pass in the seventh
and their men. month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and
of Shaphan sware unto them and to their the princes of the king, even ten men with
men, saying, Fear not to serve the him, came unto Gedaliah the son of
Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat
the king of Babylon, and it shall be well bread together in Mizpah.
with you. 2 Then arose Ishmael the son of
10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with
Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will him, and smote Gedaliah the son of
come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the
summer fruits, and oil, and put them in sword, and slew him, whom the king of
your vessels, and dwell in your cities that Babylon had made governor over the land.
ye have taken. 3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were
11 Likewise when all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah,
in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and and the Chaldeans that were found there,
in Edom, and that were in all the and the men of war.
countries, heard that the king of Babylon 4 And it came to pass the second day after
had left a remnant of Judah, and that he he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew
had set over them Gedaliah the son of it,
Ahikam the son of Shaphan; 5 That there came certain from Shechem,
12 Even all the Jews returned out of all from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even
places whither they were driven, and came fourscore men, having their beards
to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto shaven, and their clothes rent, and having
Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer cut themselves, with offerings and incense
fruits very much. in their hand, to bring them to the house of
13 ¶ Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, the LORD.
and all the captains of the forces that were 6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went
in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping
14 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly all along as he went: and it came to pass,
know that Baalis the king of the as he met them, he said unto them, Come
Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
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7 And it was so, when they came into the and all the captains of the forces that were
midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of with him, all the remnant of the people
Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into whom he had recovered from Ishmael the
the midst of the pit, he, and the men that son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that
were with him. he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
8 But ten men were found among them even mighty men of war, and the women,
that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we and the children, and the eunuchs, whom
have treasures in the field, of wheat, and he had brought again from Gibeon:
of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he 17 And they departed, and dwelt in the
forbare, and slew them not among their habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth-
brethren. lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all 18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they
the dead bodies of the men, whom he had were afraid of them, because Ishmael the
slain because of Gedaliah, was it which son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the
Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha son of Ahikam, whom the king of
king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Babylon made governor in the land.
Nethaniah filled it with them that were
slain. CHAPTER 42
10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all THEN all the captains of the forces, and
the residue of the people that were in Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah
Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people
the people that remained in Mizpah, from the least even unto the greatest, came
whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the near,
guard had committed to Gedaliah the son 2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let,
of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of we beseech thee, our supplication be
Nethaniah carried them away captive, and accepted before thee, and pray for us unto
departed to go over to the Ammonites. the LORD thy God, even for all this
11 ¶ But when Johanan the son of Kareah, remnant; (for we are left but a few of
and all the captains of the forces that were many, as thine eyes do behold us:)
with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael 3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the
the son of Nethaniah had done, way wherein we may walk, and the thing
12 Then they took all the men, and went that we may do.
to fight with Ishmael the son of 4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto
Nethaniah, and found him by the great them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray
waters that are in Gibeon. unto the LORD your God according to
13 Now it came to pass, that when all the your words; and it shall come to pass, that
people which were with Ishmael saw whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer
Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep
captains of the forces that were with him, nothing back from you.
then they were glad. 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD
14 So all the people that Ishmael had be a true and faithful witness between us,
carried away captive from Mizpah cast if we do not even according to all things
about and returned, and went unto for the which the LORD thy God shall send
Johanan the son of Kareah. thee to us.
15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah 6 Whether it be good, or whether it be
escaped from Johanan with eight men, and evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD
went to the Ammonites. our God, to whom we send thee; that it
16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, may be well with us, when we obey the
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voice of the LORD our God. 18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
7 ¶ And it came to pass after ten days, that God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury
the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. hath been poured forth upon the
8 Then called he Johanan the son of inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury
Kareah, and all the captains of the forces be poured forth upon you, when ye shall
which were with him, and all the people enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an
from the least even to the greatest, execration, and an astonishment, and a
9 And said unto them, Thus saith the curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this
LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye place no more.
sent me to present your supplication 19 ¶ The LORD hath said concerning you,
before him; O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into
10 If ye will still abide in this land, then Egypt: know certainly that I have
will I build you, and not pull you down, admonished you this day.
and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: 20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when
for I repent me of the evil that I have done ye sent me unto the LORD your God,
unto you. saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our
11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of God; and according unto all that the LORD
whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, our God shall say, so declare unto us, and
saith the LORD: for I am with you to save we will do it.
you, and to deliver you from his hand. 21 And now I have this day declared it to
12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of
he may have mercy upon you, and cause the LORD your God, nor any thing for the
you to return to your own land. which he hath sent me unto you.
13 ¶ But if ye say, We will not dwell in 22 Now therefore know certainly that ye
this land, neither obey the voice of the shall die by the sword, by the famine, and
LORD your God, by the pestilence, in the place whither ye
14 Saying, No; but we will go into the desire to go and to sojourn.
land of Egypt, where we shall see no war,
nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor CHAPTER 43
have hunger of bread; and there will we AND it came to pass, that when Jeremiah
dwell: had made an end of speaking unto all the
15 And now therefore hear the word of the people all the words of the LORD their
LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the God, for which the LORD their God had
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye sent him to them, even all these words,
wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, 2 Then spake Azariah the son of
and go to sojourn there; Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
16 Then it shall come to pass, that the and all the proud men, saying unto
sword, which ye feared, shall overtake Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD
you there in the land of Egypt, and the our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not
famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall into Egypt to sojourn there:
follow close after you there in Egypt; and 3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth
there ye shall die. thee on against us, for to deliver us into
17 So shall it be with all the men that set the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might
their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn put us to death, and carry us away captives
there; they shall die by the sword, by the into Babylon.
famine, and by the pestilence: and none of 4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all
them shall remain or escape from the evil the captains of the forces, and all the
that I will bring upon them. people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD,
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to dwell in the land of Judah. land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and
5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the
the captains of the forces, took all the country of Pathros, saying,
remnant of Judah, that were returned from 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
all nations, whither they had been driven, Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have
to dwell in the land of Judah; brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the
6 Even men, and women, and children, cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they
and the king’s daughters, and every person are a desolation, and no man dwelleth
that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard therein,
had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 3 Because of their wickedness which they
the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the have committed to provoke me to anger,
prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. in that they went to burn incense, and to
7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for serve other gods, whom they knew not,
they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
thus came they even to Tahpanhes. 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants
8 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophets, rising early and sending
Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable
9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide thing that I hate.
them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is 5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined
at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in their ear to turn from their wickedness, to
Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of burn no incense unto other gods.
Judah; 6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was
10 And say unto them, Thus saith the poured forth, and was kindled in the cities
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem;
I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the and they are wasted and desolate, as at
king of Babylon, my servant, and will set this day.
his throne upon these stones that I have 7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the
hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion God of hosts, the God of Israel;
over them. Wherefore commit ye this great evil
11 And when he cometh, he shall smite against your souls, to cut off from you
the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are man and woman, child and suckling, out
for death to death; and such as are for of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
captivity to captivity; and such as are for 8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with
the sword to the sword. the works of your hands, burning incense
12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of unto other gods in the land of Egypt,
the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might
and carry them away captives: and he cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a
shall array himself with the land of Egypt, curse and a reproach among all the nations
as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and of the earth?
he shall go forth from thence in peace. 9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of
13 He shall break also the images of Beth- your fathers, and the wickedness of the
shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and kings of Judah, and the wickedness of
the houses of the gods of the Egyptians their wives, and your own wickedness,
shall he burn with fire. and the wickedness of your wives, which
they have committed in the land of Judah,
CHAPTER 44 and in the streets of Jerusalem?
THE word that came to Jeremiah 10 They are not humbled even unto this
concerning all the Jews which dwell in the day, neither have they feared, nor walked
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in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set things, and have been consumed by the
before you and before your fathers. sword and by the famine.
11 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD of 19 And when we burned incense to the
hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set queen of heaven, and poured out drink
my face against you for evil, and to cut off offerings unto her, did we make her cakes
all Judah. to worship her, and pour out drink
12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, offerings unto her, without our men?
that have set their faces to go into the land 20 ¶ Then Jeremiah said unto all the
of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall people, to the men, and to the women, and
all be consumed, and fall in the land of to all the people which had given him that
Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the answer, saying,
sword and by the famine: they shall die, 21 The incense that ye burned in the cities
from the least even unto the greatest, by of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem,
the sword and by the famine: and they ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your
shall be an execration, and an princes, and the people of the land, did not
astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. the LORD remember them, and came it not
13 For I will punish them that dwell in the into his mind?
land of Egypt, as I have punished 22 So that the LORD could no longer bear,
Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, because of the evil of your doings, and
and by the pestilence: because of the abominations which ye
14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, have committed; therefore is your land a
which are gone into the land of Egypt to desolation, and an astonishment, and a
sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
they should return into the land of Judah, 23 Because ye have burned incense, and
to the which they have a desire to return to because ye have sinned against the LORD,
dwell there: for none shall return but such and have not obeyed the voice of the
as shall escape. LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his
15 ¶ Then all the men which knew that statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore
their wives had burned incense unto other this evil is happened unto you, as at this
gods, and all the women that stood by, a day.
great multitude, even all the people that 24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the
dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, people, and to all the women, Hear the
answered Jeremiah, saying, word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the
16 As for the word that thou hast spoken land of Egypt:
unto us in the name of the LORD, we will 25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
not hearken unto thee. of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have
17 But we will certainly do whatsoever both spoken with your mouths, and
thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will
burn incense unto the queen of heaven, surely perform our vows that we have
and to pour out drink offerings unto her, vowed, to burn incense to the queen of
as we have done, we, and our fathers, our heaven, and to pour out drink offerings
kings, and our princes, in the cities of unto her: ye will surely accomplish your
Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for vows, and surely perform your vows.
then had we plenty of victuals, and were 26 Therefore hear ye the word of the
well, and saw no evil. LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of
18 But since we left off to burn incense to Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great
the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink name, saith the LORD, that my name shall
offerings unto her, we have wanted all no more be named in the mouth of any
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12 The nations have heard of thy shame, grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
and thy cry hath filled the land: for the 24 The daughter of Egypt shall be
mighty man hath stumbled against the confounded; she shall be delivered into
mighty, and they are fallen both together. the hand of the people of the north.
13 ¶ The word that the LORD spake to 25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
Jeremiah the prophet, how saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their
come and smite the land of Egypt. gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and
14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in all them that trust in him:
Migdol, and publish in Noph and in 26 And I will deliver them into the hand
Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare of those that seek their lives, and into the
thee; for the sword shall devour round hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
about thee. and into the hand of his servants: and
15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the
they stood not, because the LORD did days of old, saith the LORD.
drive them. 27 ¶ But fear not thou, O my servant
16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for,
upon another: and they said, Arise, and let behold, I will save thee from afar off, and
us go again to our own people, and to the thy seed from the land of their captivity;
land of our nativity, from the oppressing and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and
sword. at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant,
Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I
time appointed. will make a full end of all the nations
18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is whither I have driven thee: but I will not
the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is make a full end of thee, but correct thee in
among the mountains, and as Carmel by measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly
the sea, so shall he come. unpunished.
19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt,
furnish thyself to go into captivity: for CHAPTER 47
Noph shall be waste and desolate without THE word of the LORD that came to
an inhabitant. Jeremiah the prophet against the
20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote
destruction cometh; it cometh out of the Gaza.
north. 2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise
21 Also her hired men are in the midst of up out of the north, and shall be an
her like fatted bullocks; for they also are overflowing flood, and shall overflow the
turned back, and are fled away together: land, and all that is therein; the city, and
they did not stand, because the day of their them that dwell therein: then the men shall
calamity was come upon them, and the cry, and all the inhabitants of the land
time of their visitation. shall howl.
22 The voice thereof shall go like a 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs
serpent; for they shall march with an of his strong horses, at the rushing of his
army, and come against her with axes, as chariots, and at the rumbling of his
hewers of wood. wheels, the fathers shall not look back to
23 They shall cut down her forest, saith their children for feebleness of hands;
the LORD, though it cannot be searched; 4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil
because they are more than the all the Philistines, and to cut off from
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Tyrus and Zidon every helper that 10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the
remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that
Philistines, the remnant of the country of keepeth back his sword from blood.
Caphtor. 11 ¶ Moab hath been at ease from his
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and
is cut off with the remnant of their valley: hath not been emptied from vessel to
how long wilt thou cut thyself? vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity:
6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long therefore his taste remained in him, and
will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself his scent is not changed.
into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith
7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD the LORD, that I will send unto him
hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, wanderers, that shall cause him to wander,
and against the sea shore? there hath he and shall empty his vessels, and break
appointed it. their bottles.
13 And Moab shall be ashamed of
CHAPTER 48 Chemosh, as the house of Israel was
AGAINST Moab thus saith the LORD of ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.
hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! 14 ¶ How say ye, We are mighty and
for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded strong men for the war?
and taken: Misgab is confounded and 15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her
dismayed. cities, and his chosen young men are gone
2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: down to the slaughter, saith the King,
in Heshbon they have devised evil against whose name is the LORD of hosts.
it; come, and let us cut it off from being a 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come,
nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O and his affliction hasteth fast.
Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. 17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him;
3 A voice of crying shall be from and all ye that know his name, say, How is
Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. the strong staff broken, and the beautiful
4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have rod!
caused a cry to be heard. 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon,
5 For in the going up of Luhith continual come down from thy glory, and sit in
weeping shall go up; for in the going thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come
down of Horonaim the enemies have upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong
heard a cry of destruction. holds.
6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the 19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the
heath in the wilderness. way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her
7 ¶ For because thou hast trusted in thy that escapeth, and say, What is done?
works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also 20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken
be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon,
captivity with his priests and his princes that Moab is spoiled,
together. 21 And judgment is come upon the plain
8 And the spoiler shall come upon every country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah,
city, and no city shall escape: the valley and upon Mephaath,
also shall perish, and the plain shall be 22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and
destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. upon Beth-diblathaim,
9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee 23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-
and get away: for the cities thereof shall gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
be desolate, without any to dwell therein. 24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah,
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and upon all the cities of the land of Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall
Moab, far or near. sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres:
25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his because the riches that he hath gotten are
arm is broken, saith the LORD. perished.
26 ¶ Make ye him drunken: for he 37 For every head shall be bald, and every
magnified himself against the LORD: beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be
Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
he also shall be in derision. 38 There shall be lamentation generally
27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the
was he found among thieves? for since streets thereof: for I have broken Moab
thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith
joy. the LORD.
28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the 39 They shall howl, saying, How is it
cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like broken down! how hath Moab turned the
the dove that maketh her nest in the sides back with shame! so shall Moab be a
of the hole’s mouth. derision and a dismaying to all them about
29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he him.
is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his 40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he
arrogancy, and his pride, and the shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his
haughtiness of his heart. wings over Moab.
30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it 41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds
shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts
it. in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of
31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I a woman in her pangs.
will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from
mourn for the men of Kir-heres. being a people, because he hath magnified
32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee himself against the LORD.
with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall
gone over the sea, they reach even to the be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith
sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy the LORD.
summer fruits and upon thy vintage. 44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall
33 And joy and gladness is taken from the into the pit; and he that getteth up out of
plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I
and I have caused wine to fail from the will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the
winepresses: none shall tread with year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
shouting; their shouting shall be no 45 They that fled stood under the shadow
shouting. of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire
34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a
Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall
uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto devour the corner of Moab, and the crown
Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: of the head of the tumultuous ones.
for the waters also of Nimrim shall be 46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people
desolate. of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are
35 Moreover I will cause to cease in taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in 47 ¶ Yet will I bring again the captivity of
the high places, and him that burneth Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD.
incense to his gods. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for
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surely he shall make their habitations the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I
desolate with them. will scatter into all winds them that are in
21 The earth is moved at the noise of their the utmost corners; and I will bring their
fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard calamity from all sides thereof, saith the
in the Red sea. LORD.
22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the 33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for
eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: dragons, and a desolation for ever: there
and at that day shall the heart of the shall no man abide there, nor any son of
mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a man dwell in it.
woman in her pangs. 34 ¶ The word of the LORD that came to
23 ¶ Concerning Damascus. Hamath is Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the
confounded, and Arpad: for they have beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of
heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; Judah, saying,
there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be 35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I
quiet. will break the bow of Elam, the chief of
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth their might.
herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: 36 And upon Elam will I bring the four
anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a winds from the four quarters of heaven,
woman in travail. and will scatter them toward all those
25 How is the city of praise not left, the winds; and there shall be no nation
city of my joy! whither the outcasts of Elam shall not
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in come.
her streets, and all the men of war shall be 37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed
cut off in that day, saith the LORD of before their enemies, and before them that
hosts. seek their life: and I will bring evil upon
27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of them, even my fierce anger, saith the
Damascus, and it shall consume the LORD; and I will send the sword after
palaces of Ben-hadad. them, till I have consumed them:
28 ¶ Concerning Kedar, and concerning 38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and
the kingdoms of Hazor, which will destroy from thence the king and the
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall princes, saith the LORD.
smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up 39 ¶ But it shall come to pass in the latter
to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. days, that I will bring again the captivity
29 Their tents and their flocks shall they of Elam, saith the LORD.
take away: they shall take to themselves
their curtains, and all their vessels, and CHAPTER 50
their camels; and they shall cry unto them, THE word that the LORD spake against
Fear is on every side. Babylon and against the land of the
30 ¶ Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; 2 Declare ye among the nations, and
for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath publish, and set up a standard; publish,
taken counsel against you, and hath and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken,
conceived a purpose against you. Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in
31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy pieces; her idols are confounded, her
nation, that dwelleth without care, saith images are broken in pieces.
the LORD, which have neither gates nor 3 For out of the north there cometh up a
bars, which dwell alone. nation against her, which shall make her
32 And their camels shall be a booty, and land desolate, and none shall dwell
JEREMIAH
because thou hast striven against the Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon
LORD. her wise men.
25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they
and hath brought forth the weapons of his shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty
indignation: for this is the work of the men; and they shall be dismayed.
Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon
Chaldeans. their chariots, and upon all the mingled
26 Come against her from the utmost people that are in the midst of her; and
border, open her storehouses: cast her up they shall become as women: a sword is
as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let upon her treasures; and they shall be
nothing of her be left. robbed.
27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they
to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their shall be dried up: for it is the land of
day is come, the time of their visitation. graven images, and they are mad upon
28 The voice of them that flee and escape their idols.
out of the land of Babylon, to declare in 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert
Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, with the wild beasts of the islands shall
the vengeance of his temple. dwell there, and the owls shall dwell
29 Call together the archers against therein: and it shall be no more inhabited
Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from
against it round about; let none thereof generation to generation.
escape: recompense her according to her 40 As God overthrew Sodom and
work; according to all that she hath done, Gomorrah and the neighbour cities
do unto her: for she hath been proud thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man
against the LORD, against the Holy One of abide there, neither shall any son of man
Israel. dwell therein.
30 Therefore shall her young men fall in 41 Behold, a people shall come from the
the streets, and all her men of war shall be north, and a great nation, and many kings
cut off in that day, saith the LORD. shall be raised up from the coasts of the
31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most earth.
proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy 42 They shall hold the bow and the lance:
day is come, the time that I will visit thee. they are cruel, and will not shew mercy:
32 And the most proud shall stumble and their voice shall roar like the sea, and they
fall, and none shall raise him up: and I shall ride upon horses, every one put in
will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall array, like a man to the battle, against
devour all round about him. thee, O daughter of Babylon.
33 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the
children of Israel and the children of report of them, and his hands waxed
Judah were oppressed together: and all feeble: anguish took hold of him, and
that took them captives held them fast; pangs as of a woman in travail.
they refused to let them go. 44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion
34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of from the swelling of Jordan unto the
hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead habitation of the strong: but I will make
their cause, that he may give rest to the them suddenly run away from her: and
land, and disquiet the inhabitants of who is a chosen man, that I may appoint
Babylon. over her? for who is like me? and who
35 ¶ A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith will appoint me the time? and who is that
the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of shepherd that will stand before me?
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fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the
the thickness thereof was four fingers: it five and twentieth day of the month, that
was hollow. Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first
22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; year of his reign lifted up the head of
and the height of one chapiter was five Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him
cubits, with network and pomegranates forth out of prison,
upon the chapiters round about, all of 32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his
brass. The second pillar also and the throne above the throne of the kings that
pomegranates were like unto these. were with him in Babylon,
23 And there were ninety and six 33 And changed his prison garments: and
pomegranates on a side; and all the he did continually eat bread before him all
pomegranates upon the network were an the days of his life.
hundred round about. 34 And for his diet, there was a continual
24 ¶ And the captain of the guard took diet given him of the king of Babylon,
Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the every day a portion until the day of his
second priest, and the three keepers of the death, all the days of his life.
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 Nebuzar-adan 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 Nebuzar-adan 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
THE LAMENTATIONS
OF JEREMIAH.
CHAPTER 1 for the enemy hath magnified himself.
HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was 10 The adversary hath spread out his hand
full of people! how is she become as a upon all her pleasant things: for she hath
widow! she that was great among the seen that the heathen entered into her
nations, and princess among the sanctuary, whom thou didst command that
provinces, how is she become tributary! they should not enter into thy
2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her congregation.
tears are on her cheeks: among all her 11 All her people sigh, they seek bread;
lovers she hath none to comfort her: all they have given their pleasant things for
her friends have dealt treacherously with meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and
her, they are become her enemies. consider; for I am become vile.
3 Judah is gone into captivity because of 12 ¶ Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass
affliction, and because of great servitude: by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow
she dwelleth among the heathen, she like unto my sorrow, which is done unto
findeth no rest: all her persecutors me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me
overtook her between the straits. in the day of his fierce anger.
4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because 13 From above hath he sent fire into my
none come to the solemn feasts: all her bones, and it prevaileth against them: he
gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her hath spread a net for my feet, he hath
virgins are afflicted, and she is in turned me back: he hath made me desolate
bitterness. and faint all the day.
5 Her adversaries are the chief, her 14 The yoke of my transgressions is
enemies prosper; for the LORD hath bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and
afflicted her for the multitude of her come up upon my neck: he hath made my
transgressions: her children are gone into strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered
captivity before the enemy. me into their hands, from whom I am not
6 And from the daughter of Zion all her able to rise up.
beauty is departed: her princes are become 15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all
like harts that find no pasture, and they are my mighty men in the midst of me: he
gone without strength before the pursuer. hath called an assembly against me to
7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of crush my young men: the Lord hath
her affliction and of her miseries all her trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah,
pleasant things that she had in the days of as in a winepress.
old, when her people fell into the hand of 16 For these things I weep; mine eye,
the enemy, and none did help her: the mine eye runneth down with water,
adversaries saw her, and did mock at her because the comforter that should relieve
sabbaths. my soul is far from me: my children are
8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
therefore she is removed: all that 17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and
honoured her despise her, because they there is none to comfort her: the LORD
have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, hath commanded concerning Jacob, that
and turneth backward. his adversaries should be round about
9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman
remembereth not her last end; therefore among them.
she came down wonderfully: she had no 18 ¶ The LORD is righteous; for I have
comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: rebelled against his commandment: hear, I
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pray you, all people, and behold my up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his
sorrow: my virgins and my young men are strong holds, and hath increased in the
gone into captivity. daughter of Judah mourning and
19 I called for my lovers, but they lamentation.
deceived me: my priests and mine elders 6 And he hath violently taken away his
gave up the ghost in the city, while they tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he
sought their meat to relieve their souls. hath destroyed his places of the assembly:
20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts
my bowels are troubled; mine heart is and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and
turned within me; for I have grievously hath despised in the indignation of his
rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at anger the king and the priest.
home there is as death. 7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath
21 They have heard that I sigh: there is abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up
none to comfort me: all mine enemies into the hand of the enemy the walls of her
have heard of my trouble; they are glad palaces; they have made a noise in the
that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the house of the LORD, as in the day of a
day that thou hast called, and they shall be solemn feast.
like unto me. 8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the
22 Let all their wickedness come before wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath
thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn
unto me for all my transgressions: for my his hand from destroying: therefore he
sighs are many, and my heart is faint. made the rampart and the wall to lament;
they languished together.
CHAPTER 2 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he
HOW hath the Lord covered the daughter hath destroyed and broken her bars: her
of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast king and her princes are among the
down from heaven unto the earth the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets
beauty of Israel, and remembered not his also find no vision from the LORD.
footstool in the day of his anger! 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit
2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the upon the ground, and keep silence: they
habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: have cast up dust upon their heads; they
he hath thrown down in his wrath the have girded themselves with sackcloth:
strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their
hath brought them down to the ground: he heads to the ground.
hath polluted the kingdom and the princes 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my
thereof. bowels are troubled, my liver is poured
3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the upon the earth, for the destruction of the
horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his daughter of my people; because the
right hand from before the enemy, and he children and the sucklings swoon in the
burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, streets of the city.
which devoureth round about. 12 They say to their mothers, Where is
4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he corn and wine? when they swooned as the
stood with his right hand as an adversary, wounded in the streets of the city, when
and slew all that were pleasant to the eye their soul was poured out into their
in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: mothers’ bosom.
he poured out his fury like fire. 13 What thing shall I take to witness for
5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O
swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal
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to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin the LORD’s anger none escaped nor
daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great remained: those that I have swaddled and
like the sea: who can heal thee? brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
14 Thy prophets have seen vain and
foolish things for thee: and they have not CHAPTER 3
discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy I AM the man that hath seen affliction by
captivity; but have seen for thee false the rod of his wrath.
burdens and causes of banishment. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into
15 All that pass by clap their hands at darkness, but not into light.
thee; they hiss and wag their head at the 3 Surely against me is he turned; he
daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the turneth his hand against me all the day.
city that men call The perfection of 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old;
beauty, The joy of the whole earth? he hath broken my bones.
16 All thine enemies have opened their 5 He hath builded against me, and
mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash compassed me with gall and travail.
the teeth: they say, We have swallowed 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they
her up: certainly this is the day that we that be dead of old.
looked for; we have found, we have seen 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot
it. get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
17 The LORD hath done that which he had 8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth
devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he out my prayer.
had commanded in the days of old: he 9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn
hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait,
over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine and as a lion in secret places.
adversaries. 11 He hath turned aside my ways, and
18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall pulled me in pieces: he hath made me
of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down desolate.
like a river day and night: give thyself no 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a
rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. mark for the arrow.
19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the 13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver
beginning of the watches pour out thine to enter into my reins.
heart like water before the face of the 14 I was a derision to all my people; and
Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the their song all the day.
life of thy young children, that faint for 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he
hunger in the top of every street. hath made me drunken with wormwood.
20 ¶ Behold, O LORD, and consider to 16 He hath also broken my teeth with
whom thou hast done this. Shall the gravel stones, he hath covered me with
women eat their fruit, and children of a ashes.
span long? shall the priest and the prophet 17 And thou hast removed my soul far off
be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? from peace: I forgat prosperity.
21 The young and the old lie on the 18 And I said, My strength and my hope is
ground in the streets: my virgins and my perished from the LORD:
young men are fallen by the sword; thou 19 Remembering mine affliction and my
hast slain them in the day of thine anger; misery, the wormwood and the gall.
thou hast killed, and not pitied. 20 My soul hath them still in
22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my remembrance, and is humbled in me.
terrors round about, so that in the day of 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore
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66 Persecute and destroy them in anger 12 The kings of the earth, and all the
from under the heavens of the LORD. inhabitants of the world, would not have
believed that the adversary and the enemy
CHAPTER 4 should have entered into the gates of
HOW is the gold become dim! how is the Jerusalem.
most fine gold changed! the stones of the 13 ¶ For the sins of her prophets, and the
sanctuary are poured out in the top of iniquities of her priests, that have shed the
every street. blood of the just in the midst of her,
2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable 14 They have wandered as blind men in
to fine gold, how are they esteemed as the streets, they have polluted themselves
earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of with blood, so that men could not touch
the potter! their garments.
3 Even the sea monsters draw out the 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is
breast, they give suck to their young ones: unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when
the daughter of my people is become they fled away and wandered, they said
cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. among the heathen, They shall no more
4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth sojourn there.
to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the 16 The anger of the LORD hath divided
young children ask bread, and no man them; he will no more regard them: they
breaketh it unto them. respected not the persons of the priests,
5 They that did feed delicately are they favoured not the elders.
desolate in the streets: they that were 17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our
brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. vain help: in our watching we have
6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the watched for a nation that could not save
daughter of my people is greater than the us.
punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was 18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go
overthrown as in a moment, and no hands in our streets: our end is near, our days are
stayed on her. fulfilled; for our end is come.
7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, 19 Our persecutors are swifter than the
they were whiter than milk, they were eagles of the heaven: they pursued us
more ruddy in body than rubies, their upon the mountains, they laid wait for us
polishing was of sapphire: in the wilderness.
8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed
are not known in the streets: their skin of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of
cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is whom we said, Under his shadow we shall
become like a stick. live among the heathen.
9 They that be slain with the sword are 21 ¶ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of
better than they that be slain with hunger: Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the
for these pine away, stricken through for cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou
want of the fruits of the field. shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself
10 The hands of the pitiful women have naked.
sodden their own children: they were their 22 ¶ The punishment of thine iniquity is
meat in the destruction of the daughter of accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will
my people. no more carry thee away into captivity: he
11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of
he hath poured out his fierce anger, and Edom; he will discover thy sins.
hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath
devoured the foundations thereof. CHAPTER 5
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wings straight, the one toward the other: thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the
every one had two, which covered on this Lord GOD.
side, and every one had two, which 5 And they, whether they will hear, or
covered on that side, their bodies. whether they will forbear, (for they are a
24 And when they went, I heard the noise rebellious house,) yet shall know that
of their wings, like the noise of great there hath been a prophet among them.
waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the 6 ¶ And thou, son of man, be not afraid of
voice of speech, as the noise of an host: them, neither be afraid of their words,
when they stood, they let down their though briers and thorns be with thee, and
wings. thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not
25 And there was a voice from the afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at
firmament that was over their heads, when their looks, though they be a rebellious
they stood, and had let down their wings. house.
26 ¶ And above the firmament that was 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto
over their heads was the likeness of a them, whether they will hear, or whether
throne, as the appearance of a sapphire they will forbear: for they are most
stone: and upon the likeness of the throne rebellious.
was the likeness as the appearance of a 8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say
man above upon it. unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that
27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat
the appearance of fire round about within that I give thee.
it, from the appearance of his loins even 9 ¶ And when I looked, behold, an hand
upward, and from the appearance of his was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book
loins even downward, I saw as it were the was therein;
appearance of fire, and it had brightness 10 And he spread it before me; and it was
round about. written within and without: and there was
28 As the appearance of the bow that is in written therein lamentations, and
the cloud in the day of rain, so was the mourning, and woe.
appearance of the brightness round about.
This was the appearance of the likeness of CHAPTER 3
the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, MOREOVER he said unto me, Son of
I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and
one that spake. go speak unto the house of Israel.
2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused
CHAPTER 2 me to eat that roll.
AND he said unto me, Son of man, stand 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause
upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with
2 And the spirit entered into me when he this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it;
spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, and it was in my mouth as honey for
that I heard him that spake unto me. sweetness.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send 4 ¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, go,
thee to the children of Israel, to a get thee unto the house of Israel, and
rebellious nation that hath rebelled against speak with my words unto them.
me: they and their fathers have 5 For thou art not sent to a people of a
transgressed against me, even unto this strange speech and of an hard language,
very day. but to the house of Israel;
4 For they are impudent children and 6 Not to many people of a strange speech
stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and and of an hard language, whose words
EZEKIEL
thou canst not understand. Surely, had I 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou
sent thee to them, they would have shalt surely die; and thou givest him not
hearkened unto thee. warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked
7 But the house of Israel will not hearken from his wicked way, to save his life; the
unto thee; for they will not hearken unto same wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
me: for all the house of Israel are but his blood will I require at thine hand.
impudent and hardhearted. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he
8 Behold, I have made thy face strong turn not from his wickedness, nor from his
against their faces, and thy forehead wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity;
strong against their foreheads. but thou hast delivered thy soul.
9 As an adamant harder than flint have I 20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn
made thy forehead: fear them not, neither from his righteousness, and commit
be dismayed at their looks, though they be iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before
a rebellious house. him, he shall die: because thou hast not
10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, given him warning, he shall die in his sin,
all my words that I shall speak unto thee and his righteousness which he hath done
receive in thine heart, and hear with thine shall not be remembered; but his blood
ears. will I require at thine hand.
11 And go, get thee to them of the 21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous
captivity, unto the children of thy people, man, that the righteous sin not, and he
and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus doth not sin, he shall surely live, because
saith the Lord GOD; whether they will he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy
hear, or whether they will forbear. soul.
12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard 22 ¶ And the hand of the LORD was there
behind me a voice of a great rushing, upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go
saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD forth into the plain, and I will there talk
from his place. with thee.
13 I heard also the noise of the wings of 23 Then I arose, and went forth into the
the living creatures that touched one plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD
another, and the noise of the wheels over stood there, as the glory which I saw by
against them, and a noise of a great the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
rushing. 24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set
14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me me upon my feet, and spake with me, and
away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine
of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was house.
strong upon me. 25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they
15 ¶ Then I came to them of the captivity shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind
at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of thee with them, and thou shalt not go out
Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and among them:
remained there astonished among them 26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to
seven days. the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be
16 And it came to pass at the end of seven dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover:
days, that the word of the LORD came unto for they are a rebellious house.
me, saying, 27 But when I speak with thee, I will open
17 Son of man, I have made thee a thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them,
watchman unto the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth,
therefore hear the word at my mouth, and let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let
give them warning from me. him forbear: for they are a rebellious
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5 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is spoken it in my zeal, when I have
Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the accomplished my fury in them.
nations and countries that are round about 14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a
her. reproach among the nations that are round
6 And she hath changed my judgments about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
into wickedness more than the nations, 15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an
and my statutes more than the countries instruction and an astonishment unto the
that are round about her: for they have nations that are round about thee, when I
refused my judgments and my statutes, shall execute judgments in thee in anger
they have not walked in them. and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; LORD have spoken it.
Because ye multiplied more than the 16 When I shall send upon them the evil
nations that are round about you, and arrows of famine, which shall be for their
have not walked in my statutes, neither destruction, and which I will send to
have kept my judgments, neither have destroy you: and I will increase the famine
done according to the judgments of the upon you, and will break your staff of
nations that are round about you; bread:
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; 17 So will I send upon you famine and
Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee;
will execute judgments in the midst of and pestilence and blood shall pass
thee in the sight of the nations. through thee; and I will bring the sword
9 And I will do in thee that which I have upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
not done, and whereunto I will not do any
more the like, because of all thine CHAPTER 6
abominations. AND the word of the LORD came unto
10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons me, saying,
in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat 2 Son of man, set thy face toward the
their fathers; and I will execute judgments mountains of Israel, and prophesy against
in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will them,
I scatter into all the winds. 3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear
11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the
GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the
sanctuary with all thy detestable things, hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys;
and with all thine abominations, therefore Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon
will I also diminish thee; neither shall you, and I will destroy your high places.
mine eye spare, neither will I have any 4 And your altars shall be desolate, and
pity. your images shall be broken: and I will
12 ¶ A third part of thee shall die with the cast down your slain men before your
pestilence, and with famine shall they be idols.
consumed in the midst of thee: and a third 5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the
part shall fall by the sword round about children of Israel before their idols; and I
thee; and I will scatter a third part into all will scatter your bones round about your
the winds, and I will draw out a sword altars.
after them. 6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall
13 Thus shall mine anger be be laid waste, and the high places shall be
accomplished, and I will cause my fury to desolate; that your altars may be laid
rest upon them, and I will be comforted: waste and made desolate, and your idols
and they shall know that I the LORD have may be broken and cease, and your
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images may be cut down, and your works unto me, saying,
may be abolished. 2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the
7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end,
you, and ye shall know that I am the the end is come upon the four corners of
LORD. the land.
8 ¶ Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may 3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I
have some that shall escape the sword will send mine anger upon thee, and will
among the nations, when ye shall be judge thee according to thy ways, and will
scattered through the countries. recompense upon thee all thine
9 And they that escape of you shall abominations.
remember me among the nations whither 4 And mine eye shall not spare thee,
they shall be carried captives, because I neither will I have pity: but I will
am broken with their whorish heart, which recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine
hath departed from me, and with their abominations shall be in the midst of thee:
eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
and they shall lothe themselves for the 5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an
evils which they have committed in all only evil, behold, is come.
their abominations. 6 An end is come, the end is come: it
10 And they shall know that I am the watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
LORD, and that I have not said in vain that 7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou
I would do this evil unto them. that dwellest in the land: the time is come,
11 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with the day of trouble is near, and not the
thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and sounding again of the mountains.
say, Alas for all the evil abominations of 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury
the house of Israel! for they shall fall by upon thee, and accomplish mine anger
the sword, by the famine, and by the upon thee: and I will judge thee according
pestilence. to thy ways, and will recompense thee for
12 He that is far off shall die of the all thine abominations.
pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by 9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither
the sword; and he that remaineth and is will I have pity: I will recompense thee
besieged shall die by the famine: thus will according to thy ways and thine
I accomplish my fury upon them. abominations that are in the midst of thee;
13 Then shall ye know that I am the and ye shall know that I am the LORD that
LORD, when their slain men shall be smiteth.
among their idols round about their altars, 10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the
upon every high hill, in all the tops of the morning is gone forth; the rod hath
mountains, and under every green tree, blossomed, pride hath budded.
and under every thick oak, the place 11 Violence is risen up into a rod of
where they did offer sweet savour to all wickedness: none of them shall remain,
their idols. nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs:
14 So will I stretch out my hand upon neither shall there be wailing for them.
them, and make the land desolate, yea, 12 The time is come, the day draweth
more desolate than the wilderness toward near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the
Diblath, in all their habitations: and they seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the
shall know that I am the LORD. multitude thereof.
13 For the seller shall not return to that
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MOREOVER the word of the LORD came alive: for the vision is touching the whole
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from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet 17 ¶ Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen
again, and thou shalt see greater this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to
abominations. the house of Judah that they commit the
7 ¶ And he brought me to the door of the abominations which they commit here?
court; and when I looked, behold a hole in for they have filled the land with violence,
the wall. and have returned to provoke me to anger:
8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
now in the wall: and when I had digged in 18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine
the wall, behold a door. eye shall not spare, neither will I have
9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold pity: and though they cry in mine ears
the wicked abominations that they do with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
here.
10 So I went in and saw; and behold every CHAPTER 9
form of creeping things, and abominable HE cried also in mine ears with a loud
beasts, and all the idols of the house of voice, saying, Cause them that have
Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round charge over the city to draw near, even
about. every man with his destroying weapon in
11 And there stood before them seventy his hand.
men of the ancients of the house of Israel, 2 And, behold, six men came from the
and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah way of the higher gate, which lieth toward
the son of Shaphan, with every man his the north, and every man a slaughter
censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of weapon in his hand; and one man among
incense went up. them was clothed with linen, with a
12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went
thou seen what the ancients of the house in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
of Israel do in the dark, every man in the 3 And the glory of the God of Israel was
chambers of his imagery? for they say, gone up from the cherub, whereupon he
The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath was, to the threshold of the house. And he
forsaken the earth. called to the man clothed with linen,
13 ¶ He said also unto me, Turn thee yet which had the writer’s inkhorn by his
again, and thou shalt see greater side;
abominations that they do. 4 And the LORD said unto him, Go
14 Then he brought me to the door of the through the midst of the city, through the
gate of the LORD’s house which was midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon
toward the north; and, behold, there sat the foreheads of the men that sigh and that
women weeping for Tammuz. cry for all the abominations that be done
15 ¶ Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen in the midst thereof.
this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, 5 ¶ And to the others he said in mine
and thou shalt see greater abominations hearing, Go ye after him through the city,
than these. and smite: let not your eye spare, neither
16 And he brought me into the inner court have ye pity:
of the LORD’s house, and, behold, at the 6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids,
door of the temple of the LORD, between and little children, and women: but come
the porch and the altar, were about five not near any man upon whom is the mark;
and twenty men, with their backs toward and begin at my sanctuary. Then they
the temple of the LORD, and their faces began at the ancient men which were
toward the east; and they worshipped the before the house.
sun toward the east. 7 And he said unto them, Defile the house,
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and fill the courts with the slain: go ye commanded the man clothed with linen,
forth. And they went forth, and slew in the saying, Take fire from between the
city. wheels, from between the cherubims; then
8 ¶ And it came to pass, while they were he went in, and stood beside the wheels.
slaying them, and I was left, that I fell 7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand
upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah from between the cherubims unto the fire
Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the that was between the cherubims, and took
residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy thereof, and put it into the hands of him
fury upon Jerusalem? that was clothed with linen: who took it,
9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of and went out.
the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding 8 ¶ And there appeared in the cherubims
great, and the land is full of blood, and the the form of a man’s hand under their
city full of perverseness: for they say, The wings.
LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the 9 And when I looked, behold the four
LORD seeth not. wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by
10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not one cherub, and another wheel by another
spare, neither will I have pity, but I will cherub: and the appearance of the wheels
recompense their way upon their head. was as the colour of a beryl stone.
11 And, behold, the man clothed with 10 And as for their appearances, they four
linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in
reported the matter, saying, I have done as the midst of a wheel.
thou hast commanded me. 11 When they went, they went upon their
four sides; they turned not as they went,
CHAPTER 10 but to the place whither the head looked
THEN I looked, and, behold, in the they followed it; they turned not as they
firmament that was above the head of the went.
cherubims there appeared over them as it 12 And their whole body, and their backs,
were a sapphire stone, as the appearance and their hands, and their wings, and the
of the likeness of a throne. wheels, were full of eyes round about,
2 And he spake unto the man clothed with even the wheels that they four had.
linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, 13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto
even under the cherub, and fill thine hand them in my hearing, O wheel.
with coals of fire from between the 14 And every one had four faces: the first
cherubims, and scatter them over the city. face was the face of a cherub, and the
And he went in in my sight. second face was the face of a man, and the
3 Now the cherubims stood on the right third the face of a lion, and the fourth the
side of the house, when the man went in; face of an eagle.
and the cloud filled the inner court. 15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This
4 Then the glory of the LORD went up is the living creature that I saw by the
from the cherub, and stood over the river of Chebar.
threshold of the house; and the house was 16 And when the cherubims went, the
filled with the cloud, and the court was wheels went by them: and when the
full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory. cherubims lifted up their wings to mount
5 And the sound of the cherubims’ wings up from the earth, the same wheels also
was heard even to the outer court, as the turned not from beside them.
voice of the Almighty God when he 17 When they stood, these stood; and
speaketh. when they were lifted up, these lifted up
6 And it came to pass, that when he had themselves also: for the spirit of the living
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creature was in them. slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it,
18 Then the glory of the LORD departed they are the flesh, and this city is the
from off the threshold of the house, and caldron: but I will bring you forth out of
stood over the cherubims. the midst of it.
19 And the cherubims lifted up their 8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will
wings, and mounted up from the earth in bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord
my sight: when they went out, the wheels GOD.
also were beside them, and every one 9 And I will bring you out of the midst
stood at the door of the east gate of the thereof, and deliver you into the hands of
LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of strangers, and will execute judgments
Israel was over them above. among you.
20 This is the living creature that I saw 10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge
under the God of Israel by the river of you in the border of Israel; and ye shall
Chebar; and I knew that they were the know that I am the LORD.
cherubims. 11 This city shall not be your caldron,
21 Every one had four faces apiece, and neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst
every one four wings; and the likeness of thereof; but I will judge you in the border
the hands of a man was under their wings. of Israel:
22 And the likeness of their faces was the 12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD:
same faces which I saw by the river of for ye have not walked in my statutes,
Chebar, their appearances and themselves: neither executed my judgments, but have
they went every one straight forward. done after the manners of the heathen that
are round about you.
CHAPTER 11 13 ¶ And it came to pass, when I
MOREOVER the spirit lifted me up, and prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of
brought me unto the east gate of the Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my
LORD’s house, which looketh eastward: face, and cried with a loud voice, and said,
and behold at the door of the gate five and Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end
twenty men; among whom I saw of the remnant of Israel?
Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah 14 Again the word of the LORD came unto
the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. me, saying,
2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these 15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy
are the men that devise mischief, and give brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all
wicked counsel in this city: the house of Israel wholly, are they unto
3 Which say, It is not near; let us build whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have
houses: this city is the caldron, and we be said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us
the flesh. is this land given in possession.
4 ¶ Therefore prophesy against them, 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord
prophesy, O son of man. GOD; Although I have cast them far off
5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, among the heathen, and although I have
and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the scattered them among the countries, yet
LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the
Israel: for I know the things that come into countries where they shall come.
your mind, every one of them. 17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord
6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this GOD; I will even gather you from the
city, and ye have filled the streets thereof people, and assemble you out of the
with the slain. countries where ye have been scattered,
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your and I will give you the land of Israel.
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18 And they shall come thither, and they 4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by
shall take away all the detestable things day in their sight, as stuff for removing:
thereof and all the abominations thereof and thou shalt go forth at even in their
from thence. sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
19 And I will give them one heart, and I 5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight,
will put a new spirit within you; and I will and carry out thereby.
take the stony heart out of their flesh, and 6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy
will give them an heart of flesh: shoulders, and carry it forth in the
20 That they may walk in my statutes, and twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that
keep mine ordinances, and do them: and thou see not the ground: for I have set thee
they shall be my people, and I will be their for a sign unto the house of Israel.
God. 7 And I did so as I was commanded: I
21 But as for them whose heart walketh brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for
after the heart of their detestable things captivity, and in the even I digged through
and their abominations, I will recompense the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth
their way upon their own heads, saith the in the twilight, and I bare it upon my
Lord GOD. shoulder in their sight.
22 ¶ Then did the cherubims lift up their 8 ¶ And in the morning came the word of
wings, and the wheels beside them; and the LORD unto me, saying,
the glory of the God of Israel was over 9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel,
them above. the rebellious house, said unto thee, What
23 And the glory of the LORD went up doest thou?
from the midst of the city, and stood upon 10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the
the mountain which is on the east side of Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the
the city. prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of
24 ¶ Afterwards the spirit took me up, and Israel that are among them.
brought me in a vision by the Spirit of 11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have
God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. done, so shall it be done unto them: they
So the vision that I had seen went up from shall remove and go into captivity.
me. 12 And the prince that is among them
25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity shall bear upon his shoulder in the
all the things that the LORD had shewed twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig
me. through the wall to carry out thereby: he
shall cover his face, that he see not the
CHAPTER 12 ground with his eyes.
THE word of the LORD also came unto 13 My net also will I spread upon him,
me, saying, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I
2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst will bring him to Babylon to the land of
of a rebellious house, which have eyes to the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it,
see, and see not; they have ears to hear, though he shall die there.
and hear not: for they are a rebellious 14 And I will scatter toward every wind
house. all that are about him to help him, and all
3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee his bands; and I will draw out the sword
stuff for removing, and remove by day in after them.
their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy 15 And they shall know that I am the
place to another place in their sight: it may LORD, when I shall scatter them among
be they will consider, though they be a the nations, and disperse them in the
rebellious house. countries.
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16 But I will leave a few men of them of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is
from the sword, from the famine, and for many days to come, and he
from the pestilence; that they may declare prophesieth of the times that are far off.
all their abominations among the heathen 28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith
whither they come; and they shall know the Lord GOD; There shall none of my
that I am the LORD. words be prolonged any more, but the
17 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD word which I have spoken shall be done,
came to me, saying, saith the Lord GOD.
18 Son of man, eat thy bread with
quaking, and drink thy water with CHAPTER 13
trembling and with carefulness; AND the word of the LORD came unto
19 And say unto the people of the land, me, saying,
Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants 2 Son of man, prophesy against the
of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say
They shall eat their bread with thou unto them that prophesy out of their
carefulness, and drink their water with own hearts, Hear ye the word of the
astonishment, that her land may be LORD;
desolate from all that is therein, because 3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the
of the violence of all them that dwell foolish prophets, that follow their own
therein. spirit, and have seen nothing!
20 And the cities that are inhabited shall 4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes
be laid waste, and the land shall be in the deserts.
desolate; and ye shall know that I am the 5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps,
LORD. neither made up the hedge for the house of
21 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto Israel to stand in the battle in the day of
me, saying, the LORD.
22 Son of man, what is that proverb that 6 They have seen vanity and lying
ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The divination, saying, The LORD saith: and
days are prolonged, and every vision the LORD hath not sent them: and they
faileth? have made others to hope that they would
23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the confirm the word.
Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to 7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have
cease, and they shall no more use it as a ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas
proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not
days are at hand, and the effect of every spoken?
vision. 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
24 For there shall be no more any vain Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen
vision nor flattering divination within the lies, therefore, behold, I am against you,
house of Israel. saith the Lord GOD.
25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and 9 And mine hand shall be upon the
the word that I shall speak shall come to prophets that see vanity, and that divine
pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in lies: they shall not be in the assembly of
your days, O rebellious house, will I say my people, neither shall they be written in
the word, and will perform it, saith the the writing of the house of Israel, neither
Lord GOD. shall they enter into the land of Israel; and
26 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came to ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
me, saying, 10 ¶ Because, even because they have
27 Son of man, behold, they of the house seduced my people, saying, Peace; and
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there was no peace; and one built up a people that hear your lies?
wall, and, lo, others daubed it with 20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
untempered morter: Behold, I am against your pillows,
11 Say unto them which daub it with wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make
untempered morter, that it shall fall: there them fly, and I will tear them from your
shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O arms, and will let the souls go, even the
great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
wind shall rend it. 21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and
12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not deliver my people out of your hand, and
be said unto you, Where is the daubing they shall be no more in your hand to be
wherewith ye have daubed it? hunted; and ye shall know that I am the
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I LORD.
will even rend it with a stormy wind in my 22 Because with lies ye have made the
fury; and there shall be an overflowing heart of the righteous sad, whom I have
shower in mine anger, and great hailstones not made sad; and strengthened the hands
in my fury to consume it. of the wicked, that he should not return
14 So will I break down the wall that ye from his wicked way, by promising him
have daubed with untempered morter, and life:
bring it down to the ground, so that the 23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity,
foundation thereof shall be discovered, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver
and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed my people out of your hand: and ye shall
in the midst thereof: and ye shall know know that I am the LORD.
that I am the LORD.
15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon CHAPTER 14
the wall, and upon them that have daubed THEN came certain of the elders of Israel
it with untempered morter, and will say unto me, and sat before me.
unto you, The wall is no more, neither 2 And the word of the LORD came unto
they that daubed it; me, saying,
16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which 3 Son of man, these men have set up their
prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and idols in their heart, and put the
which see visions of peace for her, and stumblingblock of their iniquity before
there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. their face: should I be inquired of at all by
17 ¶ Likewise, thou son of man, set thy them?
face against the daughters of thy people, 4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto
which prophesy out of their own heart; them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every
and prophesy thou against them, man of the house of Israel that setteth up
18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; his idols in his heart, and putteth the
Woe to the women that sew pillows to all stumblingblock of his iniquity before his
armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the face, and cometh to the prophet; I the
head of every stature to hunt souls! Will LORD will answer him that cometh
ye hunt the souls of my people, and will according to the multitude of his idols;
ye save the souls alive that come unto 5 That I may take the house of Israel in
you? their own heart, because they are all
19 And will ye pollute me among my estranged from me through their idols.
people for handfuls of barley and for 6 ¶ Therefore say unto the house of Israel,
pieces of bread, to slay the souls that Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn
should not die, and to save the souls alive yourselves from your idols; and turn away
that should not live, by your lying to my your faces from all your abominations.
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7 For every one of the house of Israel, or 17 ¶ Or if I bring a sword upon that land,
of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, and say, Sword, go through the land; so
which separateth himself from me, and that I cut off man and beast from it:
setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth 18 Though these three men were in it, as I
the stumblingblock of his iniquity before live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver
his face, and cometh to a prophet to neither sons nor daughters, but they only
inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD shall be delivered themselves.
will answer him by myself: 19 ¶ Or if I send a pestilence into that
8 And I will set my face against that man, land, and pour out my fury upon it in
and will make him a sign and a proverb, blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
and I will cut him off from the midst of 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in
my people; and ye shall know that I am it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall
the LORD. deliver neither son nor daughter; they
9 And if the prophet be deceived when he shall but deliver their own souls by their
hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have righteousness.
deceived that prophet, and I will stretch 21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How
out my hand upon him, and will destroy much more when I send my four sore
him from the midst of my people Israel. judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and
10 And they shall bear the punishment of the famine, and the noisome beast, and the
their iniquity: the punishment of the pestilence, to cut off from it man and
prophet shall be even as the punishment of beast?
him that seeketh unto him; 22 ¶ Yet, behold, therein shall be left a
11 That the house of Israel may go no remnant that shall be brought forth, both
more astray from me, neither be polluted sons and daughters: behold, they shall
any more with all their transgressions; but come forth unto you, and ye shall see their
that they may be my people, and I may be way and their doings: and ye shall be
their God, saith the Lord GOD. comforted concerning the evil that I have
12 ¶ The word of the LORD came again to brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning
me, saying, all that I have brought upon it.
13 Son of man, when the land sinneth 23 And they shall comfort you, when ye
against me by trespassing grievously, then see their ways and their doings: and ye
will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and shall know that I have not done without
will break the staff of the bread thereof, cause all that I have done in it, saith the
and will send famine upon it, and will cut Lord GOD.
off man and beast from it:
14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, CHAPTER 15
and Job, were in it, they should deliver but AND the word of the LORD came unto
their own souls by their righteousness, me, saying,
saith the Lord GOD. 2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more
15 ¶ If I cause noisome beasts to pass than any tree, or than a branch which is
through the land, and they spoil it, so that among the trees of the forest?
it be desolate, that no man may pass 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any
through because of the beasts: work? or will men take a pin of it to hang
16 Though these three men were in it, as I any vessel thereon?
live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel;
neither sons nor daughters; they only shall the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and
be delivered, but the land shall be the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any
desolate. work?
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5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet upon thee, behold, thy time was the time
for no work: how much less shall it be of love; and I spread my skirt over thee,
meet yet for any work, when the fire hath and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware
devoured it, and it is burned? unto thee, and entered into a covenant
6 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou
the vine tree among the trees of the forest, becamest mine.
which I have given to the fire for fuel, so 9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I
will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. throughly washed away thy blood from
7 And I will set my face against them; thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
they shall go out from one fire, and 10 I clothed thee also with broidered
another fire shall devour them; and ye work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin,
shall know that I am the LORD, when I set and I girded thee about with fine linen,
my face against them. and I covered thee with silk.
8 And I will make the land desolate, 11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and
because they have committed a trespass, I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain
saith the Lord GOD. on thy neck.
12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and
CHAPTER 16 earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful
AGAIN the word of the LORD came unto crown upon thine head.
me, saying, 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and
2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen,
her abominations, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou
Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst
the land of Canaan; thy father was an prosper into a kingdom.
Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. 14 And thy renown went forth among the
4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect
wast born thy navel was not cut, neither through my comeliness, which I had put
wast thou washed in water to supple thee; upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.
thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at 15 ¶ But thou didst trust in thine own
all. beauty, and playedst the harlot because of
5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these thy renown, and pouredst out thy
unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; fornications on every one that passed by;
but thou wast cast out in the open field, to his it was.
the lothing of thy person, in the day that 16 And of thy garments thou didst take,
thou wast born. and deckedst thy high places with divers
6 ¶ And when I passed by thee, and saw colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon:
thee polluted in thine own blood, I said the like things shall not come, neither shall
unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, it be so.
Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast 17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of
in thy blood, Live. my gold and of my silver, which I had
7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud given thee, and madest to thyself images
of the field, and thou hast increased and of men, and didst commit whoredom with
waxen great, and thou art come to them,
excellent ornaments: thy breasts are 18 And tookest thy broidered garments,
fashioned, and thine hair is grown, and coveredst them: and thou hast set
whereas thou wast naked and bare. mine oil and mine incense before them.
8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked 19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine
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flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed the work of an imperious whorish woman;
thee, thou hast even set it before them for 31 In that thou buildest thine eminent
a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the place in the head of every way, and
Lord GOD. makest thine high place in every street;
20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou
thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto scornest hire;
me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto 32 But as a wife that committeth adultery,
them to be devoured. Is this of thy which taketh strangers instead of her
whoredoms a small matter, husband!
21 That thou hast slain my children, and 33 They give gifts to all whores: but thou
delivered them to cause them to pass givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest
through the fire for them? them, that they may come unto thee on
22 And in all thine abominations and thy every side for thy whoredom.
whoredoms thou hast not remembered the 34 And the contrary is in thee from other
days of thy youth, when thou wast naked women in thy whoredoms, whereas none
and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and
23 And it came to pass after all thy in that thou givest a reward, and no reward
wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith is given unto thee, therefore thou art
the Lord GOD;) contrary.
24 That thou hast also built unto thee an 35 ¶ Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of
eminent place, and hast made thee an high the LORD:
place in every street. 36 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy
25 Thou hast built thy high place at every filthiness was poured out, and thy
head of the way, and hast made thy beauty nakedness discovered through thy
to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all
every one that passed by, and multiplied the idols of thy abominations, and by the
thy whoredoms. blood of thy children, which thou didst
26 Thou hast also committed fornication give unto them;
with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great 37 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy
of flesh; and hast increased thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken
whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved,
27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out with all them that thou hast hated; I will
my hand over thee, and have diminished even gather them round about against
thine ordinary food, and delivered thee thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto
unto the will of them that hate thee, the them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
daughters of the Philistines, which are 38 And I will judge thee, as women that
ashamed of thy lewd way. break wedlock and shed blood are judged;
28 Thou hast played the whore also with and I will give thee blood in fury and
the Assyrians, because thou wast jealousy.
unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot 39 And I will also give thee into their
with them, and yet couldest not be hand, and they shall throw down thine
satisfied. eminent place, and shall break down thy
29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy high places: they shall strip thee also of
fornication in the land of Canaan unto thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels,
Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied and leave thee naked and bare.
herewith. 40 They shall also bring up a company
30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord against thee, and they shall stone thee with
GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, stones, and thrust thee through with their
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thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: leaves of her spring, even without great
and I will give them unto thee for power or many people to pluck it up by
daughters, but not by thy covenant. the roots thereof.
62 And I will establish my covenant with 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it
thee; and thou shalt know that I am the prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when
LORD: the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in
63 That thou mayest remember, and be the furrows where it grew.
confounded, and never open thy mouth 11 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD
any more because of thy shame, when I came unto me, saying,
am pacified toward thee for all that thou 12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know
hast done, saith the Lord GOD. ye not what these things mean? tell them,
Behold, the king of Babylon is come to
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AND the word of the LORD came unto thereof, and the princes thereof, and led
me, saying, them with him to Babylon;
2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak 13 And hath taken of the king’s seed, and
a parable unto the house of Israel; made a covenant with him, and hath taken
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A an oath of him: he hath also taken the
great eagle with great wings, longwinged, mighty of the land:
full of feathers, which had divers colours, 14 That the kingdom might be base, that it
came unto Lebanon, and took the highest might not lift itself up, but that by keeping
branch of the cedar: of his covenant it might stand.
4 He cropped off the top of his young 15 But he rebelled against him in sending
twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; his ambassadors into Egypt, that they
he set it in a city of merchants. might give him horses and much people.
5 He took also of the seed of the land, and Shall he prosper? shall he escape that
planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by doeth such things? or shall he break the
great waters, and set it as a willow tree. covenant, and be delivered?
6 And it grew, and became a spreading 16 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in
vine of low stature, whose branches turned the place where the king dwelleth that
toward him, and the roots thereof were made him king, whose oath he despised,
under him: so it became a vine, and and whose covenant he brake, even with
brought forth branches, and shot forth him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
sprigs. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty
7 There was also another great eagle with army and great company make for him in
great wings and many feathers: and, the war, by casting up mounts, and
behold, this vine did bend her roots building forts, to cut off many persons:
toward him, and shot forth her branches 18 Seeing he despised the oath by
toward him, that he might water it by the breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had
furrows of her plantation. given his hand, and hath done all these
8 It was planted in a good soil by great things, he shall not escape.
waters, that it might bring forth branches, 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As
and that it might bear fruit, that it might be I live, surely mine oath that he hath
a goodly vine. despised, and my covenant that he hath
9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; broken, even it will I recompense upon his
Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the own head.
roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, 20 And I will spread my net upon him,
that it wither? it shall wither in all the and he shall be taken in my snare, and I
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will bring him to Babylon, and will plead restored to the debtor his pledge, hath
with him there for his trespass that he hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his
trespassed against me. bread to the hungry, and hath covered the
21 And all his fugitives with all his bands naked with a garment;
shall fall by the sword, and they that 8 He that hath not given forth upon usury,
remain shall be scattered toward all winds: neither hath taken any increase, that hath
and ye shall know that I the LORD have withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath
spoken it. executed true judgment between man and
22 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also man,
take of the highest branch of the high 9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath
cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is
the top of his young twigs a tender one, just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord
and will plant it upon an high mountain GOD.
and eminent: 10 ¶ If he beget a son that is a robber, a
23 In the mountain of the height of Israel shedder of blood, and that doeth the like
will I plant it: and it shall bring forth to any one of these things,
boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly 11 And that doeth not any of those duties,
cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of but even hath eaten upon the mountains,
every wing; in the shadow of the branches and defiled his neighbour’s wife,
thereof shall they dwell. 12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy,
24 And all the trees of the field shall know hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored
that I the LORD have brought down the the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to
high tree, have exalted the low tree, have the idols, hath committed abomination,
dried up the green tree, and have made the 13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath
dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have taken increase: shall he then live? he shall
spoken and have done it. not live: he hath done all these
abominations; he shall surely die; his
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THE word of the LORD came unto me 14 ¶ Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth
again, saying, all his father’s sins which he hath done,
2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb and considereth, and doeth not such like,
concerning the land of Israel, saying, The 15 That hath not eaten upon the
fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes
children’s teeth are set on edge? to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not
3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall defiled his neighbour’s wife,
not have occasion any more to use this 16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not
proverb in Israel. withholden the pledge, neither hath
4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of spoiled by violence, but hath given his
the father, so also the soul of the son is bread to the hungry, and hath covered the
mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. naked with a garment,
5 ¶ But if a man be just, and do that which 17 That hath taken off his hand from the
is lawful and right, poor, that hath not received usury nor
6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, increase, hath executed my judgments,
neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols hath walked in my statutes; he shall not
of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled die for the iniquity of his father, he shall
his neighbour’s wife, neither hath come surely live.
near to a menstruous woman, 18 As for his father, because he cruelly
7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence,
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and did that which is not good among his and right, he shall save his soul alive.
people, lo, even he shall die in his 28 Because he considereth, and turneth
iniquity. away from all his transgressions that he
19 ¶ Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son hath committed, he shall surely live, he
bear the iniquity of the father? When the shall not die.
son hath done that which is lawful and 29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way
right, and hath kept all my statutes, and of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel,
hath done them, he shall surely live. are not my ways equal? are not your ways
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The unequal?
son shall not bear the iniquity of the 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of
father, neither shall the father bear the Israel, every one according to his ways,
iniquity of the son: the righteousness of saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn
the righteous shall be upon him, and the yourselves from all your transgressions; so
wickedness of the wicked shall be upon iniquity shall not be your ruin.
him. 31 ¶ Cast away from you all your
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his transgressions, whereby ye have
sins that he hath committed, and keep all transgressed; and make you a new heart
my statutes, and do that which is lawful and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O
and right, he shall surely live, he shall not house of Israel?
die. 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of
22 All his transgressions that he hath him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD:
committed, they shall not be mentioned wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
unto him: in his righteousness that he hath
done he shall live. CHAPTER 19
23 Have I any pleasure at all that the MOREOVER take thou up a lamentation
wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: for the princes of Israel,
and not that he should return from his 2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness:
ways, and live? she lay down among lions, she nourished
24 ¶ But when the righteous turneth away her whelps among young lions.
from his righteousness, and committeth 3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it
iniquity, and doeth according to all the became a young lion, and it learned to
abominations that the wicked man doeth, catch the prey; it devoured men.
shall he live? All his righteousness that he 4 The nations also heard of him; he was
hath done shall not be mentioned: in his taken in their pit, and they brought him
trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his with chains unto the land of Egypt.
sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he 5 Now when she saw that she had waited,
die. and her hope was lost, then she took
25 ¶ Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is another of her whelps, and made him a
not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is young lion.
not my way equal? are not your ways 6 And he went up and down among the
unequal? lions, he became a young lion, and learned
26 When a righteous man turneth away to catch the prey, and devoured men.
from his righteousness, and committeth 7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and
iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity he laid waste their cities; and the land was
that he hath done shall he die. desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the
27 Again, when the wicked man turneth noise of his roaring.
away from his wickedness that he hath 8 Then the nations set against him on
committed, and doeth that which is lawful every side from the provinces, and spread
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their net over him: he was taken in their the house of Jacob, and made myself
pit. known unto them in the land of Egypt,
9 And they put him in ward in chains, and when I lifted up mine hand unto them,
brought him to the king of Babylon: they saying, I am the LORD your God;
brought him into holds, that his voice 6 In the day that I lifted up mine hand
should no more be heard upon the unto them, to bring them forth of the land
mountains of Israel. of Egypt into a land that I had espied for
10 ¶ Thy mother is like a vine in thy them, flowing with milk and honey, which
blood, planted by the waters: she was is the glory of all lands:
fruitful and full of branches by reason of 7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away
many waters. every man the abominations of his eyes,
11 And she had strong rods for the and defile not yourselves with the idols of
sceptres of them that bare rule, and her Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
stature was exalted among the thick 8 But they rebelled against me, and would
branches, and she appeared in her height not hearken unto me: they did not every
with the multitude of her branches. man cast away the abominations of their
12 But she was plucked up in fury, she eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of
was cast down to the ground, and the east Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury
wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods upon them, to accomplish my anger
were broken and withered; the fire against them in the midst of the land of
consumed them. Egypt.
13 And now she is planted in the 9 But I wrought for my name’s sake, that
wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. it should not be polluted before the
14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her heathen, among whom they were, in
branches, which hath devoured her fruit, whose sight I made myself known unto
so that she hath no strong rod to be a them, in bringing them forth out of the
sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and land of Egypt.
shall be for a lamentation. 10 ¶ Wherefore I caused them to go forth
out of the land of Egypt, and brought them
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AND it came to pass in the seventh year, 11 And I gave them my statutes, and
in the fifth month, the tenth day of the shewed them my judgments, which if a
month, that certain of the elders of Israel man do, he shall even live in them.
came to inquire of the LORD, and sat 12 Moreover also I gave them my
before me. sabbaths, to be a sign between me and
2 Then came the word of the LORD unto them, that they might know that I am the
me, saying, LORD that sanctify them.
3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against
Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the me in the wilderness: they walked not in
Lord GOD; Are ye come to inquire of me? my statutes, and they despised my
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be judgments, which if a man do, he shall
inquired of by you. even live in them; and my sabbaths they
4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour
thou judge them? cause them to know the out my fury upon them in the wilderness,
abominations of their fathers: to consume them.
5 ¶ And say unto them, Thus saith the 14 But I wrought for my name’s sake, that
Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, it should not be polluted before the
and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of heathen, in whose sight I brought them
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35 And I will bring you into the doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the
wilderness of the people, and there will I Lord GOD.
plead with you face to face. 45 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD
36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in came unto me, saying,
the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so 46 Son of man, set thy face toward the
will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. south, and drop thy word toward the south,
37 And I will cause you to pass under the and prophesy against the forest of the
rod, and I will bring you into the bond of south field;
the covenant: 47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear
38 And I will purge out from among you the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord
the rebels, and them that transgress against GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee,
me: I will bring them forth out of the and it shall devour every green tree in
country where they sojourn, and they shall thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame
not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall not be quenched, and all faces from
shall know that I am the LORD. the south to the north shall be burned
39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus therein.
saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every 48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD
one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my 49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of
holy name no more with your gifts, and me, Doth he not speak parables?
with your idols.
40 For in mine holy mountain, in the CHAPTER 21
mountain of the height of Israel, saith the AND the word of the LORD came unto
Lord GOD, there shall all the house of me, saying,
Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: 2 Son of man, set thy face toward
there will I accept them, and there will I Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the
require your offerings, and the firstfruits holy places, and prophesy against the land
of your oblations, with all your holy of Israel,
things. 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith
41 I will accept you with your sweet the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and
savour, when I bring you out from the will draw forth my sword out of his
people, and gather you out of the countries sheath, and will cut off from thee the
wherein ye have been scattered; and I will righteous and the wicked.
be sanctified in you before the heathen. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee
42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, the righteous and the wicked, therefore
when I shall bring you into the land of shall my sword go forth out of his sheath
Israel, into the country for the which I against all flesh from the south to the
lifted up mine hand to give it to your north:
fathers. 5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD
43 And there shall ye remember your have drawn forth my sword out of his
ways, and all your doings, wherein ye sheath: it shall not return any more.
have been defiled; and ye shall lothe 6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with
yourselves in your own sight for all your the breaking of thy loins; and with
evils that ye have committed. bitterness sigh before their eyes.
44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, 7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee,
when I have wrought with you for my Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt
name’s sake, not according to your wicked answer, For the tidings; because it cometh:
ways, nor according to your corrupt and every heart shall melt, and all hands
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shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, place, choose it at the head of the way to
and all knees shall be weak as water: the city.
behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may
pass, saith the Lord GOD. come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and
8 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
unto me, saying, 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the
9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus parting of the way, at the head of the two
saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is ways, to use divination: he made his
sharpened, and also furbished: arrows bright, he consulted with images,
10 It is sharpened to make a sore he looked in the liver.
slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: 22 At his right hand was the divination for
should we then make mirth? it contemneth Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the
the rod of my son, as every tree. mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice
11 And he hath given it to be furbished, with shouting, to appoint battering rams
that it may be handled: this sword is against the gates, to cast a mount, and to
sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it build a fort.
into the hand of the slayer. 23 And it shall be unto them as a false
12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall divination in their sight, to them that have
be upon my people, it shall be upon all the sworn oaths: but he will call to
princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the remembrance the iniquity, that they may
sword shall be upon my people: smite be taken.
therefore upon thy thigh. 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
13 Because it is a trial, and what if the Because ye have made your iniquity to be
sword contemn even the rod? it shall be remembered, in that your transgressions
no more, saith the Lord GOD. are discovered, so that in all your doings
14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye
and smite thine hands together, and let the are come to remembrance, ye shall be
sword be doubled the third time, the taken with the hand.
sword of the slain: it is the sword of the 25 ¶ And thou, profane wicked prince of
great men that are slain, which entereth Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity
into their privy chambers. shall have an end,
15 I have set the point of the sword 26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the
against all their gates, that their heart may diadem, and take off the crown: this shall
faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it not be the same: exalt him that is low, and
is made bright, it is wrapped up for the abase him that is high.
slaughter. 27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it:
16 Go thee one way or other, either on the and it shall be no more, until he come
right hand, or on the left, whithersoever whose right it is; and I will give it him.
thy face is set. 28 ¶ And thou, son of man, prophesy and
17 I will also smite mine hands together, say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning
and I will cause my fury to rest: I the the Ammonites, and concerning their
LORD have said it. reproach; even say thou, The sword, the
18 ¶ The word of the LORD came unto me sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is
again, saying, furbished, to consume because of the
19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee glittering:
two ways, that the sword of the king of 29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee,
Babylon may come: both twain shall come whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring
forth out of one land: and choose thou a thee upon the necks of them that are slain,
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of the wicked, whose day is come, when mountains: in the midst of thee they
their iniquity shall have an end. commit lewdness.
30 Shall I cause it to return into his 10 In thee have they discovered their
sheath? I will judge thee in the place fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they
where thou wast created, in the land of thy humbled her that was set apart for
nativity. pollution.
31 And I will pour out mine indignation 11 And one hath committed abomination
upon thee, I will blow against thee in the with his neighbour’s wife; and another
fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law;
hand of brutish men, and skilful to and another in thee hath humbled his
destroy. sister, his father’s daughter.
32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy 12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed
blood shall be in the midst of the land; blood; thou hast taken usury and increase,
thou shalt be no more remembered: for I and thou hast greedily gained of thy
the LORD have spoken it. neighbours by extortion, and hast
forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
CHAPTER 22 13 ¶ Behold, therefore I have smitten mine
MOREOVER the word of the LORD came hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast
unto me, saying, made, and at thy blood which hath been in
2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, the midst of thee.
wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou 14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine
shalt shew her all her abominations. hands be strong, in the days that I shall
3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it,
The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, and will do it.
that her time may come, and maketh idols 15 And I will scatter thee among the
against herself to defile herself. heathen, and disperse thee in the
4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that countries, and will consume thy filthiness
thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in out of thee.
thine idols which thou hast made; and 16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in
thou hast caused thy days to draw near, thyself in the sight of the heathen, and
and art come even unto thy years: thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
therefore have I made thee a reproach unto 17 And the word of the LORD came unto
the heathen, and a mocking to all me, saying,
countries. 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me
5 Those that be near, and those that be far become dross: all they are brass, and tin,
from thee, shall mock thee, which art and iron, and lead, in the midst of the
infamous and much vexed. furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
were in thee to their power to shed blood. Because ye are all become dross, behold,
7 In thee have they set light by father and therefore I will gather you into the midst
mother: in the midst of thee have they of Jerusalem.
dealt by oppression with the stranger: in 20 As they gather silver, and brass, and
thee have they vexed the fatherless and the iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of
widow. the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to
8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger
and hast profaned my sabbaths. and in my fury, and I will leave you there,
9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed and melt you.
blood: and in thee they eat upon the 21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon
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you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall THE word of the LORD came again unto
be melted in the midst thereof. me, saying,
22 As silver is melted in the midst of the 2 Son of man, there were two women, the
furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst daughters of one mother:
thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD 3 And they committed whoredoms in
have poured out my fury upon you. Egypt; they committed whoredoms in
23 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto their youth: there were their breasts
me, saying, pressed, and there they bruised the teats of
24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the their virginity.
land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon 4 And the names of them were Aholah the
in the day of indignation. elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they
25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in were mine, and they bare sons and
the midst thereof, like a roaring lion daughters. Thus were their names;
ravening the prey; they have devoured Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem
souls; they have taken the treasure and Aholibah.
precious things; they have made her many 5 And Aholah played the harlot when she
widows in the midst thereof. was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on
26 Her priests have violated my law, and the Assyrians her neighbours,
have profaned mine holy things: they have 6 Which were clothed with blue, captains
put no difference between the holy and and rulers, all of them desirable young
profane, neither have they shewed men, horsemen riding upon horses.
difference between the unclean and the 7 Thus she committed her whoredoms
clean, and have hid their eyes from my with them, with all them that were the
sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. chosen men of Assyria, and with all on
27 Her princes in the midst thereof are whom she doted: with all their idols she
like wolves ravening the prey, to shed defiled herself.
blood, and to destroy souls, to get 8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought
dishonest gain. from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with
28 And her prophets have daubed them her, and they bruised the breasts of her
with untempered morter, seeing vanity, virginity, and poured their whoredom
and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus upon her.
saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath 9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the
not spoken. hand of her lovers, into the hand of the
29 The people of the land have used Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
oppression, and exercised robbery, and 10 These discovered her nakedness: they
have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they took her sons and her daughters, and slew
have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. her with the sword: and she became
30 And I sought for a man among them, famous among women; for they had
that should make up the hedge, and stand executed judgment upon her.
in the gap before me for the land, that I 11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this,
should not destroy it: but I found none. she was more corrupt in her inordinate
31 Therefore have I poured out mine love than she, and in her whoredoms more
indignation upon them; I have consumed than her sister in her whoredoms.
them with the fire of my wrath: their own 12 She doted upon the Assyrians her
way have I recompensed upon their heads, neighbours, captains and rulers clothed
saith the Lord GOD. most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon
horses, all of them desirable young men.
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they took both one way, round about: and I will set judgment
14 And that she increased her whoredoms: before them, and they shall judge thee
for when she saw men pourtrayed upon according to their judgments.
the wall, the images of the Chaldeans 25 And I will set my jealousy against thee,
pourtrayed with vermilion, and they shall deal furiously with thee:
15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, they shall take away thy nose and thine
exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the
all of them princes to look to, after the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy
manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the daughters; and thy residue shall be
land of their nativity: devoured by the fire.
16 And as soon as she saw them with her 26 They shall also strip thee out of thy
eyes, she doted upon them, and sent clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
messengers unto them into Chaldea. 27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease
17 And the Babylonians came to her into from thee, and thy whoredom brought
the bed of love, and they defiled her with from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt
their whoredom, and she was polluted not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor
with them, and her mind was alienated remember Egypt any more.
from them. 28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I
18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and will deliver thee into the hand of them
discovered her nakedness: then my mind whom thou hatest, into the hand of them
was alienated from her, like as my mind from whom thy mind is alienated:
was alienated from her sister. 29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully,
19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in and shall take away all thy labour, and
calling to remembrance the days of her shall leave thee naked and bare: and the
youth, wherein she had played the harlot nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be
in the land of Egypt. discovered, both thy lewdness and thy
20 For she doted upon their paramours, whoredoms.
whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and 30 I will do these things unto thee,
whose issue is like the issue of horses. because thou hast gone a whoring after the
21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the heathen, and because thou art polluted
lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy with their idols.
teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy 31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy
youth. sister; therefore will I give her cup into
22 ¶ Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the thine hand.
Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy 32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt
lovers against thee, from whom thy mind drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large:
is alienated, and I will bring them against thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in
thee on every side; derision; it containeth much.
23 The Babylonians, and all the 33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness
Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment
and all the Assyrians with them: all of and desolation, with the cup of thy sister
them desirable young men, captains and Samaria.
rulers, great lords and renowned, all of 34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it
them riding upon horses. out, and thou shalt break the sherds
24 And they shall come against thee with thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts:
chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
assembly of people, which shall set 35 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
against thee buckler and shield and helmet Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast
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me behind thy back, therefore bear thou bring up a company upon them, and will
also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. give them to be removed and spoiled.
36 ¶ The LORD said moreover unto me; 47 And the company shall stone them with
Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and stones, and dispatch them with their
Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their swords; they shall slay their sons and their
abominations; daughters, and burn up their houses with
37 That they have committed adultery, fire.
and blood is in their hands, and with their 48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out
idols have they committed adultery, and of the land, that all women may be taught
have also caused their sons, whom they not to do after your lewdness.
bare unto me, to pass for them through the 49 And they shall recompense your
fire, to devour them. lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the
38 Moreover this they have done unto me: sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I
they have defiled my sanctuary in the am the Lord GOD.
same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
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to their idols, then they came the same day AGAIN in the ninth year, in the tenth
into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, month, in the tenth day of the month, the
thus have they done in the midst of mine word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
house. 2 Son of man, write thee the name of the
40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for day, even of this same day: the king of
men to come from far, unto whom a Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this
messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: same day.
for whom thou didst wash thyself, 3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious
paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself house, and say unto them, Thus saith the
with ornaments, Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also
41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a pour water into it:
table prepared before it, whereupon thou 4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even
hast set mine incense and mine oil. every good piece, the thigh, and the
42 And a voice of a multitude being at shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
ease was with her: and with the men of the 5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn
common sort were brought Sabeans from also the bones under it, and make it boil
the wilderness, which put bracelets upon well, and let them seethe the bones of it
their hands, and beautiful crowns upon therein.
their heads. 6 ¶ Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
43 Then said I unto her that was old in Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose
adulteries, Will they now commit scum is therein, and whose scum is not
whoredoms with her, and she with them? gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece;
44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in let no lot fall upon it.
unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so 7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she
went they in unto Aholah and unto set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it
Aholibah, the lewd women. not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
45 ¶ And the righteous men, they shall 8 That it might cause fury to come up to
judge them after the manner of take vengeance; I have set her blood upon
adulteresses, and after the manner of the top of a rock, that it should not be
women that shed blood; because they are covered.
adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. 9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe
46 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will to the bloody city! I will even make the
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know that I am the LORD. heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;
6 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
thou hast clapped thine hands, and Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon
stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in the Philistines, and I will cut off the
heart with all thy despite against the land Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of
of Israel; the sea coast.
7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine 17 And I will execute great vengeance
hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a upon them with furious rebukes; and they
spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off shall know that I am the LORD, when I
from the people, and I will cause thee to shall lay my vengeance upon them.
perish out of the countries: I will destroy
thee; and thou shalt know that I am the CHAPTER 26
LORD. AND it came to pass in the eleventh year,
8 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that in the first day of the month, that the word
Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of the LORD came unto me, saying,
of Judah is like unto all the heathen; 2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath
9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken
of Moab from the cities, from his cities that was the gates of the people: she is
which are on his frontiers, the glory of the turned unto me: I shall be replenished,
country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and now she is laid waste:
Kiriathaim, 3 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
10 Unto the men of the east with the Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and
Ammonites, and will give them in will cause many nations to come up
possession, that the Ammonites may not against thee, as the sea causeth his waves
be remembered among the nations. to come up.
11 And I will execute judgments upon 4 And they shall destroy the walls of
Moab; and they shall know that I am the Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will
LORD. also scrape her dust from her, and make
12 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because her like the top of a rock.
that Edom hath dealt against the house of 5 It shall be a place for the spreading of
Judah by taking vengeance, and hath nets in the midst of the sea: for I have
greatly offended, and revenged himself spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall
upon them; become a spoil to the nations.
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I 6 And her daughters which are in the field
will also stretch out mine hand upon shall be slain by the sword; and they shall
Edom, and will cut off man and beast know that I am the LORD.
from it; and I will make it desolate from 7 ¶ For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I
Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar
sword. king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the
14 And I will lay my vengeance upon north, with horses, and with chariots, and
Edom by the hand of my people Israel: with horsemen, and companies, and much
and they shall do in Edom according to people.
mine anger and according to my fury; and 8 He shall slay with the sword thy
they shall know my vengeance, saith the daughters in the field: and he shall make a
Lord GOD. fort against thee, and cast a mount against
15 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and 9 And he shall set engines of war against
have taken vengeance with a despiteful thy walls, and with his axes he shall break
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down thy towers. shall make thee a desolate city, like the
10 By reason of the abundance of his cities that are not inhabited; when I shall
horses their dust shall cover thee: thy bring up the deep upon thee, and great
walls shall shake at the noise of the waters shall cover thee;
horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the 20 When I shall bring thee down with
chariots, when he shall enter into thy them that descend into the pit, with the
gates, as men enter into a city wherein is people of old time, and shall set thee in
made a breach. the low parts of the earth, in places
11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he desolate of old, with them that go down to
tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I
people by the sword, and thy strong shall set glory in the land of the living;
garrisons shall go down to the ground. 21 I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt
12 And they shall make a spoil of thy be no more: though thou be sought for, yet
riches, and make a prey of thy shalt thou never be found again, saith the
merchandise: and they shall break down Lord GOD.
thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses:
and they shall lay thy stones and thy CHAPTER 27
timber and thy dust in the midst of the THE word of the LORD came again unto
water. me, saying,
13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs 2 Now, thou son of man, take up a
to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall lamentation for Tyrus;
be no more heard. 3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art
14 And I will make thee like the top of a situate at the entry of the sea, which art a
rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets merchant of the people for many isles,
upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou
LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
15 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; 4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas,
Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the 5 They have made all thy ship boards of
slaughter is made in the midst of thee? fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars
16 Then all the princes of the sea shall from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
come down from their thrones, and lay 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made
away their robes, and put off their thine oars; the company of the Ashurites
broidered garments: they shall clothe have made thy benches of ivory, brought
themselves with trembling; they shall sit out of the isles of Chittim.
upon the ground, and shall tremble at 7 Fine linen with broidered work from
every moment, and be astonished at thee. Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth
17 And they shall take up a lamentation to be thy sail; blue and purple from the
for thee, and say to thee, How art thou isles of Elishah was that which covered
destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring thee.
men, the renowned city, which wast 8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad
strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus,
which cause their terror to be on all that that were in thee, were thy pilots.
haunt it! 9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men
18 Now shall the isles tremble in the day thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the
of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea ships of the sea with their mariners were
shall be troubled at thy departure. in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
19 For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I 10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut
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were in thine army, thy men of war: they 23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the
hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and
set forth thy comeliness. Chilmad, were thy merchants.
11 The men of Arvad with thine army 24 These were thy merchants in all sorts
were upon thy walls round about, and the of things, in blue clothes, and broidered
Gammadims were in thy towers: they work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound
hanged their shields upon thy walls round with cords, and made of cedar, among thy
about; they have made thy beauty perfect. merchandise.
12 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason 25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee
of the multitude of all kind of riches; with in thy market: and thou wast replenished,
silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in and made very glorious in the midst of the
thy fairs. seas.
13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were 26 ¶ Thy rowers have brought thee into
thy merchants: they traded the persons of great waters: the east wind hath broken
men and vessels of brass in thy market. thee in the midst of the seas.
14 They of the house of Togarmah traded 27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy
in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots,
mules. thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy
15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; merchandise, and all thy men of war, that
many isles were the merchandise of thine are in thee, and in all thy company which
hand: they brought thee for a present is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the
horns of ivory and ebony. midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of 28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of
the multitude of the wares of thy making: the cry of thy pilots.
they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, 29 And all that handle the oar, the
purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, mariners, and all the pilots of the sea,
and coral, and agate. shall come down from their ships, they
17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were shall stand upon the land;
thy merchants: they traded in thy market 30 And shall cause their voice to be heard
wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and
and oil, and balm. shall cast up dust upon their heads, they
18 Damascus was thy merchant in the shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
multitude of the wares of thy making, for 31 And they shall make themselves utterly
the multitude of all riches; in the wine of bald for thee, and gird them with
Helbon, and white wool. sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee
19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, 32 And in their wailing they shall take up
and calamus, were in thy market. a lamentation for thee, and lament over
20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like
clothes for chariots. the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, 33 When thy wares went forth out of the
they occupied with thee in lambs, and seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst
rams, and goats: in these were they thy enrich the kings of the earth with the
merchants. multitude of thy riches and of thy
22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, merchandise.
they were thy merchants: they occupied in 34 In the time when thou shalt be broken
thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with by the seas in the depths of the waters thy
all precious stones, and gold. merchandise and all thy company in the
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and prophesy against it, out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the
22 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy
Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I scales.
will be glorified in the midst of thee: and 5 And I will leave thee thrown into the
they shall know that I am the LORD, when wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy
I shall have executed judgments in her, rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields;
and shall be sanctified in her. thou shalt not be brought together, nor
23 For I will send into her pestilence, and gathered: I have given thee for meat to the
blood into her streets; and the wounded beasts of the field and to the fowls of the
shall be judged in the midst of her by the heaven.
sword upon her on every side; and they 6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall
shall know that I am the LORD. know that I am the LORD, because they
24 ¶ And there shall be no more a pricking have been a staff of reed to the house of
brier unto the house of Israel, nor any Israel.
grieving thorn of all that are round about 7 When they took hold of thee by thy
them, that despised them; and they shall hand, thou didst break, and rend all their
know that I am the Lord GOD. shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee,
25 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall thou brakest, and madest all their loins to
have gathered the house of Israel from the be at a stand.
people among whom they are scattered, 8 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
and shall be sanctified in them in the sight Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee,
of the heathen, then shall they dwell in and cut off man and beast out of thee.
their land that I have given to my servant 9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate
Jacob. and waste; and they shall know that I am
26 And they shall dwell safely therein, the LORD: because he hath said, The river
and shall build houses, and plant is mine, and I have made it.
vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with 10 Behold, therefore I am against thee,
confidence, when I have executed and against thy rivers, and I will make the
judgments upon all those that despise land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate,
them round about them; and they shall from the tower of Syene even unto the
know that I am the LORD their God. border of Ethiopia.
11 No foot of man shall pass through it,
CHAPTER 29 nor foot of beast shall pass through it,
IN the tenth year, in the tenth month, in neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
the twelfth day of the month, the word of 12 And I will make the land of Egypt
the LORD came unto me, saying, desolate in the midst of the countries that
2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh are desolate, and her cities among the
king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, cities that are laid waste shall be desolate
and against all Egypt: forty years: and I will scatter the
3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Egyptians among the nations, and will
GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh disperse them through the countries.
king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth 13 ¶ Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the
in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, end of forty years will I gather the
My river is mine own, and I have made it Egyptians from the people whither they
for myself. were scattered:
4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I 14 And I will bring again the captivity of
will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick Egypt, and will cause them to return into
unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up the land of Pathros, into the land of their
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habitation; and they shall be there a base and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when
kingdom. the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall
15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; take away her multitude, and her
neither shall it exalt itself any more above foundations shall be broken down.
the nations: for I will diminish them, that 5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all
they shall no more rule over the nations. the mingled people, and Chub, and the
16 And it shall be no more the confidence men of the land that is in league, shall fall
of the house of Israel, which bringeth their with them by the sword.
iniquity to remembrance, when they shall 6 Thus saith the LORD; They also that
look after them: but they shall know that I uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of
am the Lord GOD. her power shall come down: from the
17 ¶ And it came to pass in the seven and tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the
twentieth year, in the first month, in the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
first day of the month, the word of the 7 And they shall be desolate in the midst
LORD came unto me, saying, of the countries that are desolate, and her
18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of cities shall be in the midst of the cities that
Babylon caused his army to serve a great are wasted.
service against Tyrus: every head was 8 And they shall know that I am the LORD,
made bald, and every shoulder was when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when
peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, all her helpers shall be destroyed.
for Tyrus, for the service that he had 9 In that day shall messengers go forth
served against it: from me in ships to make the careless
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall
Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto come upon them, as in the day of Egypt:
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he for, lo, it cometh.
shall take her multitude, and take her 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also
spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the make the multitude of Egypt to cease by
wages for his army. the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
20 I have given him the land of Egypt for Babylon.
his labour wherewith he served against it, 11 He and his people with him, the terrible
because they wrought for me, saith the of the nations, shall be brought to destroy
Lord GOD. the land: and they shall draw their swords
21 ¶ In that day will I cause the horn of against Egypt, and fill the land with the
the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will slain.
give thee the opening of the mouth in the 12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell
midst of them; and they shall know that I the land into the hand of the wicked: and I
am the LORD. will make the land waste, and all that is
therein, by the hand of strangers: I the
CHAPTER 30 LORD have spoken it.
THE word of the LORD came again unto 13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also
me, saying, destroy the idols, and I will cause their
2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus images to cease out of Noph; and there
saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth shall be no more a prince of the land of
the day! Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of
3 For the day is near, even the day of the Egypt.
LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the 14 And I will make Pathros desolate, and
time of the heathen. will set fire in Zoan, and will execute
4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, judgments in No.
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15 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among
strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the the nations, and disperse them among the
multitude of No. countries; and they shall know that I am
16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall the LORD.
have great pain, and No shall be rent
asunder, and Noph shall have distresses CHAPTER 31
daily. AND it came to pass in the eleventh year,
17 The young men of Aven and of Pi- in the third month, in the first day of the
beseth shall fall by the sword: and these month, that the word of the LORD came
cities shall go into captivity. unto me, saying,
18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be 2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of
darkened, when I shall break there the Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art
yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her thou like in thy greatness?
strength shall cease in her: as for her, a 3 ¶ Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in
cloud shall cover her, and her daughters Lebanon with fair branches, and with a
shall go into captivity. shadowing shroud, and of an high stature;
19 Thus will I execute judgments in and his top was among the thick boughs.
Egypt: and they shall know that I am the 4 The waters made him great, the deep set
LORD. him up on high with her rivers running
20 ¶ And it came to pass in the eleventh round about his plants, and sent out her
year, in the first month, in the seventh day little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
of the month, that the word of the LORD 5 Therefore his height was exalted above
came unto me, saying, all the trees of the field, and his boughs
21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of were multiplied, and his branches became
Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not long because of the multitude of waters,
be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to when he shot forth.
bind it, to make it strong to hold the 6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests
sword. in his boughs, and under his branches did
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; all the beasts of the field bring forth their
Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of young, and under his shadow dwelt all
Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, great nations.
and that which was broken; and I will 7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the
cause the sword to fall out of his hand. length of his branches: for his root was by
23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among great waters.
the nations, and will disperse them 8 The cedars in the garden of God could
through the countries. not hide him: the fir trees were not like his
24 And I will strengthen the arms of the boughs, and the chesnut trees were not
king of Babylon, and put my sword in his like his branches; nor any tree in the
hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and garden of God was like unto him in his
he shall groan before him with the beauty.
groanings of a deadly wounded man. 9 I have made him fair by the multitude of
25 But I will strengthen the arms of the his branches: so that all the trees of Eden,
king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh that were in the garden of God, envied
shall fall down; and they shall know that I him.
am the LORD, when I shall put my sword 10 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
into the hand of the king of Babylon, and Because thou hast lifted up thyself in
he shall stretch it out upon the land of height, and he hath shot up his top among
Egypt. the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up
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sword before them; and they shall tremble 22 Asshur is there and all her company:
at every moment, every man for his own his graves are about him: all of them slain,
life, in the day of thy fall. fallen by the sword:
11 ¶ For thus saith the Lord GOD; The 23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the
sword of the king of Babylon shall come pit, and her company is round about her
upon thee. grave: all of them slain, fallen by the
12 By the swords of the mighty will I sword, which caused terror in the land of
cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the living.
the nations, all of them: and they shall 24 There is Elam and all her multitude
spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the round about her grave, all of them slain,
multitude thereof shall be destroyed. fallen by the sword, which are gone down
13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof uncircumcised into the nether parts of the
from beside the great waters; neither shall earth, which caused their terror in the land
the foot of man trouble them any more, of the living; yet have they borne their
nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. shame with them that go down to the pit.
14 Then will I make their waters deep, and 25 They have set her a bed in the midst of
cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the the slain with all her multitude: her graves
Lord GOD. are round about him: all of them
15 When I shall make the land of Egypt uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though
desolate, and the country shall be destitute their terror was caused in the land of the
of that whereof it was full, when I shall living, yet have they borne their shame
smite all them that dwell therein, then with them that go down to the pit: he is
shall they know that I am the LORD. put in the midst of them that be slain.
16 This is the lamentation wherewith they 26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her
shall lament her: the daughters of the multitude: her graves are round about
nations shall lament her: they shall lament him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by
for her, even for Egypt, and for all her the sword, though they caused their terror
multitude, saith the Lord GOD. in the land of the living.
17 ¶ It came to pass also in the twelfth 27 And they shall not lie with the mighty
year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that are fallen of the uncircumcised,
that the word of the LORD came unto me, which are gone down to hell with their
saying, weapons of war: and they have laid their
18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of swords under their heads, but their
Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and iniquities shall be upon their bones,
the daughters of the famous nations, unto though they were the terror of the mighty
the nether parts of the earth, with them in the land of the living.
that go down into the pit. 28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst
19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with
down, and be thou laid with the them that are slain with the sword.
uncircumcised. 29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her
20 They shall fall in the midst of them that princes, which with their might are laid by
are slain by the sword: she is delivered to them that were slain by the sword: they
the sword: draw her and all her shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with
multitudes. them that go down to the pit.
21 The strong among the mighty shall 30 There be the princes of the north, all of
speak to him out of the midst of hell with them, and all the Zidonians, which are
them that help him: they are gone down, gone down with the slain; with their terror
they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. they are ashamed of their might; and they
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lie uncircumcised with them that be slain his way to turn from it; if he do not turn
by the sword, and bear their shame with from his way, he shall die in his iniquity;
them that go down to the pit. but thou hast delivered thy soul.
31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be 10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak
comforted over all his multitude, even unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak,
Pharaoh and all his army slain by the saying, If our transgressions and our sins
sword, saith the Lord GOD. be upon us, and we pine away in them,
32 For I have caused my terror in the land how should we then live?
of the living: and he shall be laid in the 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord
midst of the uncircumcised with them that GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of
are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh the wicked; but that the wicked turn from
and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD. his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from
your evil ways; for why will ye die, O
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AGAIN the word of the LORD came unto 12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto
me, saying, the children of thy people, The
2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy righteousness of the righteous shall not
people, and say unto them, When I bring deliver him in the day of his transgression:
the sword upon a land, if the people of the as for the wickedness of the wicked, he
land take a man of their coasts, and set shall not fall thereby in the day that he
him for their watchman: turneth from his wickedness; neither shall
3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the righteous be able to live for his
the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
the people; 13 When I shall say to the righteous, that
4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of he shall surely live; if he trust to his own
the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his
sword come, and take him away, his blood righteousnesses shall not be remembered;
shall be upon his own head. but for his iniquity that he hath
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and committed, he shall die for it.
took not warning; his blood shall be upon 14 Again, when I say unto the wicked,
him. But he that taketh warning shall Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his
deliver his soul. sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
6 But if the watchman see the sword 15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give
come, and blow not the trumpet, and the again that he had robbed, walk in the
people be not warned; if the sword come, statutes of life, without committing
and take any person from among them, he iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not
is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood die.
will I require at the watchman’s hand. 16 None of his sins that he hath
7 ¶ So thou, O son of man, I have set thee committed shall be mentioned unto him:
a watchman unto the house of Israel; he hath done that which is lawful and
therefore thou shalt hear the word at my right; he shall surely live.
mouth, and warn them from me. 17 ¶ Yet the children of thy people say,
8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked The way of the Lord is not equal: but as
man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not for them, their way is not equal.
speak to warn the wicked from his way, 18 When the righteous turneth from his
that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he
but his blood will I require at thine hand. shall even die thereby.
9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of 19 But if the wicked turn from his
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wickedness, and do that which is lawful the walls and in the doors of the houses,
and right, he shall live thereby. and speak one to another, every one to his
20 ¶ Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and
not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will hear what is the word that cometh forth
judge you every one after his ways. from the LORD.
21 ¶ And it came to pass in the twelfth 31 And they come unto thee as the people
year of our captivity, in the tenth month, cometh, and they sit before thee as my
in the fifth day of the month, that one that people, and they hear thy words, but they
had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto will not do them: for with their mouth
me, saying, The city is smitten. they shew much love, but their heart goeth
22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon after their covetousness.
me in the evening, afore he that was 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very
escaped came; and had opened my mouth, lovely song of one that hath a pleasant
until he came to me in the morning; and voice, and can play well on an instrument:
my mouth was opened, and I was no more for they hear thy words, but they do them
dumb. not.
23 Then the word of the LORD came unto 33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it
me, saying, will come,) then shall they know that a
24 Son of man, they that inhabit those prophet hath been among them.
wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying,
Abraham was one, and he inherited the CHAPTER 34
land: but we are many; the land is given AND the word of the LORD came unto
us for inheritance. me, saying,
25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith 2 Son of man, prophesy against the
the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say
lift up your eyes toward your idols, and unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto
shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of
26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work Israel that do feed themselves! should not
abomination, and ye defile every one his the shepherds feed the flocks?
neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the 3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with
land? the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye
27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the feed not the flock.
Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are 4 The diseased have ye not strengthened,
in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and neither have ye healed that which was
him that is in the open field will I give to sick, neither have ye bound up that which
the beasts to be devoured, and they that be was broken, neither have ye brought again
in the forts and in the caves shall die of that which was driven away, neither have
the pestilence. ye sought that which was lost; but with
28 For I will lay the land most desolate, force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
and the pomp of her strength shall cease; 5 And they were scattered, because there
and the mountains of Israel shall be is no shepherd: and they became meat to
desolate, that none shall pass through. all the beasts of the field, when they were
29 Then shall they know that I am the scattered.
LORD, when I have laid the land most 6 My sheep wandered through all the
desolate because of all their abominations mountains, and upon every high hill: yea,
which they have committed. my flock was scattered upon all the face
30 ¶ Also, thou son of man, the children of of the earth, and none did search or seek
thy people still are talking against thee by after them.
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7 ¶ Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between
of the LORD; cattle and cattle, between the rams and the
8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely he goats.
because my flock became a prey, and my 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to
flock became meat to every beast of the have eaten up the good pasture, but ye
field, because there was no shepherd, must tread down with your feet the residue
neither did my shepherds search for my of your pastures? and to have drunk of the
flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, deep waters, but ye must foul the residue
and fed not my flock; with your feet?
9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the 19 And as for my flock, they eat that
word of the LORD; which ye have trodden with your feet; and
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am they drink that which ye have fouled with
against the shepherds; and I will require your feet.
my flock at their hand, and cause them to 20 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD
cease from feeding the flock; neither shall unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge
the shepherds feed themselves any more; between the fat cattle and between the
for I will deliver my flock from their lean cattle.
mouth, that they may not be meat for 21 Because ye have thrust with side and
them. with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased
11 ¶ For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, with your horns, till ye have scattered
I, even I, will both search my sheep, and them abroad;
seek them out. 22 Therefore will I save my flock, and
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in they shall no more be a prey; and I will
the day that he is among his sheep that are judge between cattle and cattle.
scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and 23 And I will set up one shepherd over
will deliver them out of all places where them, and he shall feed them, even my
they have been scattered in the cloudy and servant David; he shall feed them, and he
dark day. shall be their shepherd.
13 And I will bring them out from the 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and
people, and gather them from the my servant David a prince among them; I
countries, and will bring them to their own the LORD have spoken it.
land, and feed them upon the mountains of 25 And I will make with them a covenant
Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to
places of the country. cease out of the land: and they shall dwell
14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the
upon the high mountains of Israel shall woods.
their fold be: there shall they lie in a good 26 And I will make them and the places
fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed round about my hill a blessing; and I will
upon the mountains of Israel. cause the shower to come down in his
15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause season; there shall be showers of blessing.
them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. 27 And the tree of the field shall yield her
16 I will seek that which was lost, and fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase,
bring again that which was driven away, and they shall be safe in their land, and
and will bind up that which was broken, shall know that I am the LORD, when I
and will strengthen that which was sick: have broken the bands of their yoke, and
but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I delivered them out of the hand of those
will feed them with judgment. that served themselves of them.
17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith 28 And they shall no more be a prey to the
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heathen, neither shall the beast of the land nations and these two countries shall be
devour them; but they shall dwell safely, mine, and we will possess it; whereas the
and none shall make them afraid. LORD was there:
29 And I will raise up for them a plant of 11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord
renown, and they shall be no more GOD, I will even do according to thine
consumed with hunger in the land, neither anger, and according to thine envy which
bear the shame of the heathen any more. thou hast used out of thy hatred against
30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD them; and I will make myself known
their God am with them, and that they, among them, when I have judged thee.
even the house of Israel, are my people, 12 And thou shalt know that I am the
saith the Lord GOD. LORD, and that I have heard all thy
31 And ye my flock, the flock of my blasphemies which thou hast spoken
pasture, are men, and I am your God, against the mountains of Israel, saying,
saith the Lord GOD. They are laid desolate, they are given us to
consume.
CHAPTER 35 13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted
MOREOVER the word of the LORD came against me, and have multiplied your
unto me, saying, words against me: I have heard them.
2 Son of man, set thy face against mount 14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the
Seir, and prophesy against it, whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee
3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord desolate.
GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against 15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance
thee, and I will stretch out mine hand of the house of Israel, because it was
against thee, and I will make thee most desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt
desolate. be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea,
4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt even all of it: and they shall know that I
be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am am the LORD.
the LORD.
5 Because thou hast had a perpetual CHAPTER 36
hatred, and hast shed the blood of the ALSO, thou son of man, prophesy unto
children of Israel by the force of the sword the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye
in the time of their calamity, in the time mountains of Israel, hear the word of the
that their iniquity had an end: LORD:
6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, 2 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the
I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood enemy hath said against you, Aha, even
shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated the ancient high places are ours in
blood, even blood shall pursue thee. possession:
7 Thus will I make mount Seir most 3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith
desolate, and cut off from it him that the Lord GOD; Because they have made
passeth out and him that returneth. you desolate, and swallowed you up on
8 And I will fill his mountains with his every side, that ye might be a possession
slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are
and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an
slain with the sword. infamy of the people:
9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, 4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear
and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the
know that I am the LORD. Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the
10 Because thou hast said, These two hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to
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the desolate wastes, and to the cities that more, saith the Lord GOD.
are forsaken, which became a prey and 15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee
derision to the residue of the heathen that the shame of the heathen any more,
are round about; neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the
5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; people any more, neither shalt thou cause
Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord
spoken against the residue of the heathen, GOD.
and against all Idumea, which have 16 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD
appointed my land into their possession came unto me, saying,
with the joy of all their heart, with 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel
despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by
6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land their own way and by their doings: their
of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and way was before me as the uncleanness of
to the hills, to the rivers, and to the a removed woman.
valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, 18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them
I have spoken in my jealousy and in my for the blood that they had shed upon the
fury, because ye have borne the shame of land, and for their idols wherewith they
the heathen: had polluted it:
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I 19 And I scattered them among the
have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen, and they were dispersed through
heathen that are about you, they shall bear the countries: according to their way and
their shame. according to their doings I judged them.
8 ¶ But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall 20 And when they entered unto the
shoot forth your branches, and yield your heathen, whither they went, they profaned
fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at my holy name, when they said to them,
hand to come. These are the people of the LORD, and are
9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn gone forth out of his land.
unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: 21 ¶ But I had pity for mine holy name,
10 And I will multiply men upon you, all which the house of Israel had profaned
the house of Israel, even all of it: and the among the heathen, whither they went.
cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel,
shall be builded: Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for
11 And I will multiply upon you man and your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine
beast; and they shall increase and bring holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned
fruit: and I will settle you after your old among the heathen, whither ye went.
estates, and will do better unto you than at 23 And I will sanctify my great name,
your beginnings: and ye shall know that I which was profaned among the heathen,
am the LORD. which ye have profaned in the midst of
12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon them; and the heathen shall know that I
you, even my people Israel; and they shall am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I
possess thee, and thou shalt be their shall be sanctified in you before their
inheritance, and thou shalt no more eyes.
henceforth bereave them of men. 24 For I will take you from among the
13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they heathen, and gather you out of all
say unto you, Thou land devourest up countries, and will bring you into your
men, and hast bereaved thy nations; own land.
14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no 25 ¶ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon
more, neither bereave thy nations any you, and ye shall be clean: from all your
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filthiness, and from all your idols, will I this be inquired of by the house of Israel,
cleanse you. to do it for them; I will increase them with
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a men like a flock.
new spirit will I put within you: and I will 38 As the holy flock, as the flock of
take away the stony heart out of your Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall
flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. the waste cities be filled with flocks of
27 And I will put my spirit within you, men: and they shall know that I am the
and cause you to walk in my statutes, and LORD.
ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I CHAPTER 37
gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my THE hand of the LORD was upon me, and
people, and I will be your God. carried me out in the spirit of the LORD,
29 I will also save you from all your and set me down in the midst of the valley
uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, which was full of bones,
and will increase it, and lay no famine 2 And caused me to pass by them round
upon you. about: and, behold, there were very many
30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, in the open valley; and, lo, they were very
and the increase of the field, that ye shall dry.
receive no more reproach of famine 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can
among the heathen. these bones live? And I answered, O Lord
31 Then shall ye remember your own evil GOD, thou knowest.
ways, and your doings that were not good, 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon
and shall lothe yourselves in your own these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry
sight for your iniquities and for your bones, hear the word of the LORD.
abominations. 5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these
32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter
Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be into you, and ye shall live:
ashamed and confounded for your own 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will
ways, O house of Israel. bring up flesh upon you, and cover you
33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day with skin, and put breath in you, and ye
that I shall have cleansed you from all shall live; and ye shall know that I am the
your iniquities I will also cause you to LORD.
dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded:
builded. and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and
34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, behold a shaking, and the bones came
whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all together, bone to his bone.
that passed by. 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and
35 And they shall say, This land that was the flesh came up upon them, and the skin
desolate is become like the garden of covered them above: but there was no
Eden; and the waste and desolate and breath in them.
ruined cities are become fenced, and are 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the
inhabited. wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the
36 Then the heathen that are left round wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come
about you shall know that I the LORD from the four winds, O breath, and breathe
build the ruined places, and plant that that upon these slain, that they may live.
was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me,
and I will do it. and the breath came into them, and they
37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for lived, and stood up upon their feet, an
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exceeding great army. every side, and bring them into their own
11 ¶ Then he said unto me, Son of man, land:
these bones are the whole house of Israel: 22 And I will make them one nation in the
behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and land upon the mountains of Israel; and one
our hope is lost: we are cut off for our king shall be king to them all: and they
parts. shall be no more two nations, neither shall
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, they be divided into two kingdoms any
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my more at all:
people, I will open your graves, and cause 23 Neither shall they defile themselves
you to come up out of your graves, and any more with their idols, nor with their
bring you into the land of Israel. detestable things, nor with any of their
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, transgressions: but I will save them out of
when I have opened your graves, O my all their dwellingplaces, wherein they
people, and brought you up out of your have sinned, and will cleanse them: so
graves, shall they be my people, and I will be their
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye God.
shall live, and I shall place you in your 24 And David my servant shall be king
own land: then shall ye know that I the over them; and they all shall have one
LORD have spoken it, and performed it, shepherd: they shall also walk in my
saith the LORD. judgments, and observe my statutes, and
15 ¶ The word of the LORD came again do them.
unto me, saying, 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee have given unto Jacob my servant,
one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they
and for the children of Israel his shall dwell therein, even they, and their
companions: then take another stick, and children, and their children’s children for
write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of ever: and my servant David shall be their
Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his prince for ever.
companions: 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of
17 And join them one to another into one peace with them; it shall be an everlasting
stick; and they shall become one in thine covenant with them: and I will place them,
hand. and multiply them, and will set my
18 ¶ And when the children of thy people sanctuary in the midst of them for
shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou evermore.
not shew us what thou meanest by these? 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them:
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord yea, I will be their God, and they shall be
GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of my people.
Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, 28 And the heathen shall know that I the
and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and LORD do sanctify Israel, when my
will put them with him, even with the stick sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for
of Judah, and make them one stick, and evermore.
they shall be one in mine hand.
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shall be in thine hand before their eyes. AND the word of the LORD came unto
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord me, saying,
GOD; Behold, I will take the children of 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,
Israel from among the heathen, whither the land of Magog, the chief prince of
they be gone, and will gather them on Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against
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22 And I will plead against him with 10 So that they shall take no wood out of
pestilence and with blood; and I will rain the field, neither cut down any out of the
upon him, and upon his bands, and upon forests; for they shall burn the weapons
the many people that are with him, an with fire: and they shall spoil those that
overflowing rain, and great hailstones, spoiled them, and rob those that robbed
fire, and brimstone. them, saith the Lord GOD.
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and 11 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day,
sanctify myself; and I will be known in that I will give unto Gog a place there of
the eyes of many nations, and they shall graves in Israel, the valley of the
know that I am the LORD. passengers on the east of the sea: and it
shall stop the noses of the passengers: and
CHAPTER 39 there shall they bury Gog and all his
THEREFORE, thou son of man, prophesy multitude: and they shall call it The valley
against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord of Hamon-gog.
GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, 12 And seven months shall the house of
the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: Israel be burying of them, that they may
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but cleanse the land.
the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee 13 Yea, all the people of the land shall
to come up from the north parts, and will bury them; and it shall be to them a
bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: renown the day that I shall be glorified,
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left saith the Lord GOD.
hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall 14 And they shall sever out men of
out of thy right hand. continual employment, passing through
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of the land to bury with the passengers those
Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the that remain upon the face of the earth, to
people that is with thee: I will give thee cleanse it: after the end of seven months
unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and shall they search.
to the beasts of the field to be devoured. 15 And the passengers that pass through
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I the land, when any seeth a man’s bone,
have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. then shall he set up a sign by it, till the
6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and buriers have buried it in the valley of
among them that dwell carelessly in the Hamon-gog.
isles: and they shall know that I am the 16 And also the name of the city shall be
LORD. Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the
7 So will I make my holy name known in land.
the midst of my people Israel; and I will 17 ¶ And, thou son of man, thus saith the
not let them pollute my holy name any Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered
more: and the heathen shall know that I fowl, and to every beast of the field,
am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. Assemble yourselves, and come; gather
8 ¶ Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith yourselves on every side to my sacrifice
the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I that I do sacrifice for you, even a great
have spoken. sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
shall go forth, and shall set on fire and 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty,
burn the weapons, both the shields and the and drink the blood of the princes of the
bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of
handstaves, and the spears, and they shall bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
burn them with fire seven years: 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and
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drink blood till ye be drunken, of my IN the five and twentieth year of our
sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. captivity, in the beginning of the year, in
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with the tenth day of the month, in the
horses and chariots, with mighty men, and fourteenth year after that the city was
with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of
21 And I will set my glory among the the LORD was upon me, and brought me
heathen, and all the heathen shall see my thither.
judgment that I have executed, and my 2 In the visions of God brought he me into
hand that I have laid upon them. the land of Israel, and set me upon a very
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I high mountain, by which was as the frame
am the LORD their God from that day and of a city on the south.
forward. 3 And he brought me thither, and, behold,
23 ¶ And the heathen shall know that the there was a man, whose appearance was
house of Israel went into captivity for their like the appearance of brass, with a line of
iniquity: because they trespassed against flax in his hand, and a measuring reed;
me, therefore hid I my face from them, and he stood in the gate.
and gave them into the hand of their 4 And the man said unto me, Son of man,
enemies: so fell they all by the sword. behold with thine eyes, and hear with
24 According to their uncleanness and thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that
according to their transgressions have I I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I
done unto them, and hid my face from might shew them unto thee art thou
them. brought hither: declare all that thou seest
25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; to the house of Israel.
Now will I bring again the captivity of 5 And behold a wall on the outside of the
Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house round about, and in the man’s hand
house of Israel, and will be jealous for my a measuring reed of six cubits long by the
holy name; cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured
26 After that they have borne their shame, the breadth of the building, one reed; and
and all their trespasses whereby they have the height, one reed.
trespassed against me, when they dwelt 6 ¶ Then came he unto the gate which
safely in their land, and none made them looketh toward the east, and went up the
afraid. stairs thereof, and measured the threshold
27 When I have brought them again from of the gate, which was one reed broad; and
the people, and gathered them out of their the other threshold of the gate, which was
enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them one reed broad.
in the sight of many nations; 7 And every little chamber was one reed
28 Then shall they know that I am the long, and one reed broad; and between the
LORD their God, which caused them to be little chambers were five cubits; and the
led into captivity among the heathen: but I threshold of the gate by the porch of the
have gathered them unto their own land, gate within was one reed.
and have left none of them any more 8 He measured also the porch of the gate
there. within, one reed.
29 Neither will I hide my face any more 9 Then measured he the porch of the gate,
from them: for I have poured out my spirit eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two
upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord cubits; and the porch of the gate was
GOD. inward.
10 And the little chambers of the gate
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on that side; they three were of one and their palm trees, were after the
measure: and the posts had one measure measure of the gate that looketh toward
on this side and on that side. the east; and they went up unto it by seven
11 And he measured the breadth of the steps; and the arches thereof were before
entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length them.
of the gate, thirteen cubits. 23 And the gate of the inner court was
12 The space also before the little over against the gate toward the north, and
chambers was one cubit on this side, and toward the east; and he measured from
the space was one cubit on that side: and gate to gate an hundred cubits.
the little chambers were six cubits on this 24 ¶ After that he brought me toward the
side, and six cubits on that side. south, and behold a gate toward the south:
13 He measured then the gate from the and he measured the posts thereof and the
roof of one little chamber to the roof of arches thereof according to these
another: the breadth was five and twenty measures.
cubits, door against door. 25 And there were windows in it and in
14 He made also posts of threescore the arches thereof round about, like those
cubits, even unto the post of the court windows: the length was fifty cubits, and
round about the gate. the breadth five and twenty cubits.
15 And from the face of the gate of the 26 And there were seven steps to go up to
entrance unto the face of the porch of the it, and the arches thereof were before
inner gate were fifty cubits. them: and it had palm trees, one on this
16 And there were narrow windows to the side, and another on that side, upon the
little chambers, and to their posts within posts thereof.
the gate round about, and likewise to the 27 And there was a gate in the inner court
arches: and windows were round about toward the south: and he measured from
inward: and upon each post were palm gate to gate toward the south an hundred
trees. cubits.
17 Then brought he me into the outward 28 And he brought me to the inner court
court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a by the south gate: and he measured the
pavement made for the court round about: south gate according to these measures;
thirty chambers were upon the pavement. 29 And the little chambers thereof, and the
18 And the pavement by the side of the posts thereof, and the arches thereof,
gates over against the length of the gates according to these measures: and there
was the lower pavement. were windows in it and in the arches
19 Then he measured the breadth from the thereof round about: it was fifty cubits
forefront of the lower gate unto the long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
forefront of the inner court without, an 30 And the arches round about were five
hundred cubits eastward and northward. and twenty cubits long, and five cubits
20 ¶ And the gate of the outward court broad.
that looked toward the north, he measured 31 And the arches thereof were toward the
the length thereof, and the breadth thereof. utter court; and palm trees were upon the
21 And the little chambers thereof were posts thereof: and the going up to it had
three on this side and three on that side; eight steps.
and the posts thereof and the arches 32 ¶ And he brought me into the inner
thereof were after the measure of the first court toward the east: and he measured the
gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, gate according to these measures.
and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 33 And the little chambers thereof, and the
22 And their windows, and their arches, posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were
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according to these measures: and there which was at the side of the north gate;
were windows therein and in the arches and their prospect was toward the south:
thereof round about: it was fifty cubits one at the side of the east gate having the
long, and five and twenty cubits broad. prospect toward the north.
34 And the arches thereof were toward the 45 And he said unto me, This chamber,
outward court; and palm trees were upon whose prospect is toward the south, is for
the posts thereof, on this side, and on that the priests, the keepers of the charge of the
side: and the going up to it had eight house.
steps. 46 And the chamber whose prospect is
35 ¶ And he brought me to the north gate, toward the north is for the priests, the
and measured it according to these keepers of the charge of the altar: these
measures; are the sons of Zadok among the sons of
36 The little chambers thereof, the posts Levi, which come near to the LORD to
thereof, and the arches thereof, and the minister unto him.
windows to it round about: the length was 47 So he measured the court, an hundred
fifty cubits, and the breadth five and cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad,
twenty cubits. foursquare; and the altar that was before
37 And the posts thereof were toward the the house.
utter court; and palm trees were upon the 48 ¶ And he brought me to the porch of
posts thereof, on this side, and on that the house, and measured each post of the
side: and the going up to it had eight porch, five cubits on this side, and five
steps. cubits on that side: and the breadth of the
38 And the chambers and the entries gate was three cubits on this side, and
thereof were by the posts of the gates, three cubits on that side.
where they washed the burnt offering. 49 The length of the porch was twenty
39 ¶ And in the porch of the gate were two cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and
tables on this side, and two tables on that he brought me by the steps whereby they
side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and went up to it: and there were pillars by the
the sin offering and the trespass offering. posts, one on this side, and another on that
40 And at the side without, as one goeth side.
up to the entry of the north gate, were two
tables; and on the other side, which was at CHAPTER 41
the porch of the gate, were two tables. AFTERWARD he brought me to the
41 Four tables were on this side, and four temple, and measured the posts, six cubits
tables on that side, by the side of the gate; broad on the one side, and six cubits broad
eight tables, whereupon they slew their on the other side, which was the breadth of
sacrifices. the tabernacle.
42 And the four tables were of hewn stone 2 And the breadth of the door was ten
for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an cubits; and the sides of the door were five
half long, and a cubit and an half broad, cubits on the one side, and five cubits on
and one cubit high: whereupon also they the other side: and he measured the length
laid the instruments wherewith they slew thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth,
the burnt offering and the sacrifice. twenty cubits.
43 And within were hooks, an hand broad, 3 Then went he inward, and measured the
fastened round about: and upon the tables post of the door, two cubits; and the door,
was the flesh of the offering. six cubits; and the breadth of the door,
44 ¶ And without the inner gate were the seven cubits.
chambers of the singers in the inner court, 4 So he measured the length thereof,
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twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty house, and of the separate place toward
cubits, before the temple: and he said unto the east, an hundred cubits.
me, This is the most holy place. 15 And he measured the length of the
5 After he measured the wall of the house, building over against the separate place
six cubits; and the breadth of every side which was behind it, and the galleries
chamber, four cubits, round about the thereof on the one side and on the other
house on every side. side, an hundred cubits, with the inner
6 And the side chambers were three, one temple, and the porches of the court;
over another, and thirty in order; and they 16 The door posts, and the narrow
entered into the wall which was of the windows, and the galleries round about on
house for the side chambers round about, their three stories, over against the door,
that they might have hold, but they had cieled with wood round about, and from
not hold in the wall of the house. the ground up to the windows, and the
7 And there was an enlarging, and a windows were covered;
winding about still upward to the side 17 To that above the door, even unto the
chambers: for the winding about of the inner house, and without, and by all the
house went still upward round about the wall round about within and without, by
house: therefore the breadth of the house measure.
was still upward, and so increased from 18 And it was made with cherubims and
the lowest chamber to the highest by the palm trees, so that a palm tree was
midst. between a cherub and a cherub; and every
8 I saw also the height of the house round cherub had two faces;
about: the foundations of the side 19 So that the face of a man was toward
chambers were a full reed of six great the palm tree on the one side, and the face
cubits. of a young lion toward the palm tree on
9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the other side: it was made through all the
the side chamber without, was five cubits: house round about.
and that which was left was the place of 20 From the ground unto above the door
the side chambers that were within. were cherubims and palm trees made, and
10 And between the chambers was the on the wall of the temple.
wideness of twenty cubits round about the 21 The posts of the temple were squared,
house on every side. and the face of the sanctuary; the
11 And the doors of the side chambers appearance of the one as the appearance of
were toward the place that was left, one the other.
door toward the north, and another door 22 The altar of wood was three cubits
toward the south: and the breadth of the high, and the length thereof two cubits;
place that was left was five cubits round and the corners thereof, and the length
about. thereof, and the walls thereof, were of
12 Now the building that was before the wood: and he said unto me, This is the
separate place at the end toward the west table that is before the LORD.
was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of 23 And the temple and the sanctuary had
the building was five cubits thick round two doors.
about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. 24 And the doors had two leaves apiece,
13 So he measured the house, an hundred two turning leaves; two leaves for the one
cubits long; and the separate place, and door, and two leaves for the other door.
the building, with the walls thereof, an 25 And there were made on them, on the
hundred cubits long; doors of the temple, cherubims and palm
14 Also the breadth of the face of the trees, like as were made upon the walls;
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and there were thick planks upon the face 11 And the way before them was like the
of the porch without. appearance of the chambers which were
26 And there were narrow windows and toward the north, as long as they, and as
palm trees on the one side and on the other broad as they: and all their goings out
side, on the sides of the porch, and upon were both according to their fashions, and
the side chambers of the house, and thick according to their doors.
planks. 12 And according to the doors of the
chambers that were toward the south was
CHAPTER 42 a door in the head of the way, even the
THEN he brought me forth into the utter way directly before the wall toward the
court, the way toward the north: and he east, as one entereth into them.
brought me into the chamber that was over 13 ¶ Then said he unto me, The north
against the separate place, and which was chambers and the south chambers, which
before the building toward the north. are before the separate place, they be holy
2 Before the length of an hundred cubits chambers, where the priests that approach
was the north door, and the breadth was unto the LORD shall eat the most holy
fifty cubits. things: there shall they lay the most holy
3 Over against the twenty cubits which things, and the meat offering, and the sin
were for the inner court, and over against offering, and the trespass offering; for the
the pavement which was for the utter place is holy.
court, was gallery against gallery in three 14 When the priests enter therein, then
stories. shall they not go out of the holy place into
4 And before the chambers was a walk of the utter court, but there they shall lay
ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one their garments wherein they minister; for
cubit; and their doors toward the north. they are holy; and shall put on other
5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: garments, and shall approach to those
for the galleries were higher than these, things which are for the people.
than the lower, and than the middlemost 15 Now when he had made an end of
of the building. measuring the inner house, he brought me
6 For they were in three stories, but had forth toward the gate whose prospect is
not pillars as the pillars of the courts: toward the east, and measured it round
therefore the building was straitened more about.
than the lowest and the middlemost from 16 He measured the east side with the
the ground. measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with
7 And the wall that was without over the measuring reed round about.
against the chambers, toward the utter 17 He measured the north side, five
court on the forepart of the chambers, the hundred reeds, with the measuring reed
length thereof was fifty cubits. round about.
8 For the length of the chambers that were 18 He measured the south side, five
in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
before the temple were an hundred cubits. 19 ¶ He turned about to the west side, and
9 And from under these chambers was the measured five hundred reeds with the
entry on the east side, as one goeth into measuring reed.
them from the utter court. 20 He measured it by the four sides: it had
10 The chambers were in the thickness of a wall round about, five hundred reeds
the wall of the court toward the east, over long, and five hundred broad, to make a
against the separate place, and over separation between the sanctuary and the
against the building. profane place.
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and on the four corners of the settle, and north gate before the house: and I looked,
upon the border round about: thus shalt and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled
thou cleanse and purge it. the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my
21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the face.
sin offering, and he shall burn it in the 5 And the LORD said unto me, Son of
appointed place of the house, without the man, mark well, and behold with thine
sanctuary. eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say
22 And on the second day thou shalt offer unto thee concerning all the ordinances of
a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin the house of the LORD, and all the laws
offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, thereof; and mark well the entering in of
as they did cleanse it with the bullock. the house, with every going forth of the
23 When thou hast made an end of sanctuary.
cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young 6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious,
bullock without blemish, and a ram out of even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the
the flock without blemish. Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it
24 And thou shalt offer them before the suffice you of all your abominations,
LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon 7 In that ye have brought into my
them, and they shall offer them up for a sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in
burnt offering unto the LORD. heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in
25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my
day a goat for a sin offering: they shall house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and
also prepare a young bullock, and a ram the blood, and they have broken my
out of the flock, without blemish. covenant because of all your
26 Seven days shall they purge the altar abominations.
and purify it; and they shall consecrate 8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine
themselves. holy things: but ye have set keepers of my
27 And when these days are expired, it charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so 9 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger,
forward, the priests shall make your burnt uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised
offerings upon the altar, and your peace in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of
offerings; and I will accept you, saith the any stranger that is among the children of
Lord GOD. Israel.
10 And the Levites that are gone away far
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THEN he brought me back the way of the went astray away from me after their
gate of the outward sanctuary which idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
looketh toward the east; and it was shut. 11 Yet they shall be ministers in my
2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate sanctuary, having charge at the gates of
shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and the house, and ministering to the house:
no man shall enter in by it; because the they shall slay the burnt offering and the
LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in sacrifice for the people, and they shall
by it, therefore it shall be shut. stand before them to minister unto them.
3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall 12 Because they ministered unto them
sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he before their idols, and caused the house of
shall enter by the way of the porch of that Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I
gate, and shall go out by the way of the lifted up mine hand against them, saith the
same. Lord GOD, and they shall bear their
4 ¶ Then brought he me the way of the iniquity.
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feast of seven days; unleavened bread six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without
shall be eaten. blemish.
22 And upon that day shall the prince 7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an
prepare for himself and for all the people ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a
of the land a bullock for a sin offering. ram, and for the lambs according as his
23 And seven days of the feast he shall hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to
prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, an ephah.
seven bullocks and seven rams without 8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall
blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of go in by the way of the porch of that gate,
the goats daily for a sin offering. and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of 9 ¶ But when the people of the land shall
an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a come before the LORD in the solemn
ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. feasts, he that entereth in by the way of
25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth the north gate to worship shall go out by
day of the month, shall he do the like in the way of the south gate; and he that
the feast of the seven days, according to entereth by the way of the south gate shall
the sin offering, according to the burnt go forth by the way of the north gate: he
offering, and according to the meat shall not return by the way of the gate
offering, and according to the oil. whereby he came in, but shall go forth
over against it.
CHAPTER 46 10 And the prince in the midst of them,
THUS saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the when they go in, shall go in; and when
inner court that looketh toward the east they go forth, shall go forth.
shall be shut the six working days; but on 11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities
the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the the meat offering shall be an ephah to a
day of the new moon it shall be opened. bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the
2 And the prince shall enter by the way of lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of
the porch of that gate without, and shall oil to an ephah.
stand by the post of the gate, and the 12 Now when the prince shall prepare a
priests shall prepare his burnt offering and voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings
his peace offerings, and he shall worship voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then
at the threshold of the gate: then he shall open him the gate that looketh toward the
go forth; but the gate shall not be shut east, and he shall prepare his burnt
until the evening. offering and his peace offerings, as he did
3 Likewise the people of the land shall on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth;
worship at the door of this gate before the and after his going forth one shall shut the
LORD in the sabbaths and in the new gate.
moons. 13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt
4 And the burnt offering that the prince offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the
shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath first year without blemish: thou shalt
day shall be six lambs without blemish, prepare it every morning.
and a ram without blemish. 14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering
5 And the meat offering shall be an ephah for it every morning, the sixth part of an
for a ram, and the meat offering for the ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil,
lambs as he shall be able to give, and an to temper with the fine flour; a meat
hin of oil to an ephah. offering continually by a perpetual
6 And in the day of the new moon it shall ordinance unto the LORD.
be a young bullock without blemish, and 15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and
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the meat offering, and the oil, every the door of the house; and, behold, waters
morning for a continual burnt offering. issued out from under the threshold of the
16 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the house eastward: for the forefront of the
prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the house stood toward the east, and the
inheritance thereof shall be his sons’; it waters came down from under from the
shall be their possession by inheritance. right side of the house, at the south side of
17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance the altar.
to one of his servants, then it shall be his 2 Then brought he me out of the way of
to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the gate northward, and led me about the
the prince: but his inheritance shall be his way without unto the utter gate by the way
sons’ for them. that looketh eastward; and, behold, there
18 Moreover the prince shall not take of ran out waters on the right side.
the people’s inheritance by oppression, to 3 And when the man that had the line in
thrust them out of their possession; but he his hand went forth eastward, he measured
shall give his sons inheritance out of his a thousand cubits, and he brought me
own possession: that my people be not through the waters; the waters were to the
scattered every man from his possession. ancles.
19 ¶ After he brought me through the 4 Again he measured a thousand, and
entry, which was at the side of the gate, brought me through the waters; the waters
into the holy chambers of the priests, were to the knees. Again he measured a
which looked toward the north: and, thousand, and brought me through; the
behold, there was a place on the two sides waters were to the loins.
westward. 5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and
20 Then said he unto me, This is the place it was a river that I could not pass over:
where the priests shall boil the trespass for the waters were risen, waters to swim
offering and the sin offering, where they in, a river that could not be passed over.
shall bake the meat offering; that they bear 6 ¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, hast
them not out into the utter court, to thou seen this? Then he brought me, and
sanctify the people. caused me to return to the brink of the
21 Then he brought me forth into the utter river.
court, and caused me to pass by the four 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the
corners of the court; and, behold, in every bank of the river were very many trees on
corner of the court there was a court. the one side and on the other.
22 In the four corners of the court there 8 Then said he unto me, These waters
were courts joined of forty cubits long and issue out toward the east country, and go
thirty broad: these four corners were of down into the desert, and go into the sea:
one measure. which being brought forth into the sea, the
23 And there was a row of building round waters shall be healed.
about in them, round about them four, and 9 And it shall come to pass, that every
it was made with boiling places under the thing that liveth, which moveth,
rows round about. whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall
24 Then said he unto me, These are the live: and there shall be a very great
places of them that boil, where the multitude of fish, because these waters
ministers of the house shall boil the shall come thither: for they shall be
sacrifice of the people. healed; and every thing shall live whither
the river cometh.
CHAPTER 47 10 And it shall come to pass, that the
AFTERWARD he brought me again unto fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi
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even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place 21 So shall ye divide this land unto you
to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to the tribes of Israel.
according to their kinds, as the fish of the 22 ¶ And it shall come to pass, that ye
great sea, exceeding many. shall divide it by lot for an inheritance
11 But the miry places thereof and the unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn
marishes thereof shall not be healed; they among you, which shall beget children
shall be given to salt. among you: and they shall be unto you as
12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, born in the country among the children of
on this side and on that side, shall grow all Israel; they shall have inheritance with
trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, you among the tribes of Israel.
neither shall the fruit thereof be 23 And it shall come to pass, that in what
consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye
according to his months, because their give him his inheritance, saith the Lord
waters they issued out of the sanctuary: GOD.
and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and
the leaf thereof for medicine. CHAPTER 48
13 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall NOW these are the names of the tribes.
be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the From the north end to the coast of the way
land according to the twelve tribes of of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath,
Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as northward, to the coast of Hamath; for
another: concerning the which I lifted up these are his sides east and west; a portion
mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and for Dan.
this land shall fall unto you for 2 And by the border of Dan, from the east
inheritance. side unto the west side, a portion for
15 And this shall be the border of the land Asher.
toward the north side, from the great sea, 3 And by the border of Asher, from the
the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; east side even unto the west side, a portion
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is for Naphtali.
between the border of Damascus and the 4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the
border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which east side unto the west side, a portion for
is by the coast of Hauran. Manasseh.
17 And the border from the sea shall be 5 And by the border of Manasseh, from
Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the east side unto the west side, a portion
the north northward, and the border of for Ephraim.
Hamath. And this is the north side. 6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the
18 And the east side ye shall measure east side even unto the west side, a portion
from Hauran, and from Damascus, and for Reuben.
from Gilead, and from the land of Israel 7 And by the border of Reuben, from the
by Jordan, from the border unto the east east side unto the west side, a portion for
sea. And this is the east side. Judah.
19 And the south side southward, from 8 ¶ And by the border of Judah, from the
Tamar even to the waters of strife in east side unto the west side, shall be the
Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this offering which ye shall offer of five and
is the south side southward. twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in
20 The west side also shall be the great length as one of the other parts, from the
sea from the border, till a man come over east side unto the west side: and the
against Hamath. This is the west side. sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
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9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand
LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand westward: and it shall be over against the
in length, and of ten thousand in breadth. oblation of the holy portion; and the
10 And for them, even for the priests, shall increase thereof shall be for food unto
be this holy oblation; toward the north five them that serve the city.
and twenty thousand in length, and toward 19 And they that serve the city shall serve
the west ten thousand in breadth, and it out of all the tribes of Israel.
toward the east ten thousand in breadth, 20 All the oblation shall be five and
and toward the south five and twenty twenty thousand by five and twenty
thousand in length: and the sanctuary of thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation
the LORD shall be in the midst thereof. foursquare, with the possession of the city.
11 It shall be for the priests that are 21 ¶ And the residue shall be for the
sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which prince, on the one side and on the other of
have kept my charge, which went not the holy oblation, and of the possession of
astray when the children of Israel went the city, over against the five and twenty
astray, as the Levites went astray. thousand of the oblation toward the east
12 And this oblation of the land that is border, and westward over against the five
offered shall be unto them a thing most and twenty thousand toward the west
holy by the border of the Levites. border, over against the portions for the
13 And over against the border of the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation;
priests the Levites shall have five and and the sanctuary of the house shall be in
twenty thousand in length, and ten the midst thereof.
thousand in breadth: all the length shall be 22 Moreover from the possession of the
five and twenty thousand, and the breadth Levites, and from the possession of the
ten thousand. city, being in the midst of that which is the
14 And they shall not sell of it, neither prince’s, between the border of Judah and
exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the the border of Benjamin, shall be for the
land: for it is holy unto the LORD. prince.
15 ¶ And the five thousand, that are left in 23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the
the breadth over against the five and east side unto the west side, Benjamin
twenty thousand, shall be a profane place shall have a portion.
for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: 24 And by the border of Benjamin, from
and the city shall be in the midst thereof. the east side unto the west side, Simeon
16 And these shall be the measures shall have a portion.
thereof; the north side four thousand and 25 And by the border of Simeon, from the
five hundred, and the south side four east side unto the west side, Issachar a
thousand and five hundred, and on the east portion.
side four thousand and five hundred, and 26 And by the border of Issachar, from the
the west side four thousand and five east side unto the west side, Zebulun a
hundred. portion.
17 And the suburbs of the city shall be 27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the
toward the north two hundred and fifty, east side unto the west side, Gad a
and toward the south two hundred and portion.
fifty, and toward the east two hundred and 28 And by the border of Gad, at the south
fifty, and toward the west two hundred side southward, the border shall be even
and fifty. from Tamar unto the waters of strife in
18 And the residue in length over against Kadesh, and to the river toward the great
the oblation of the holy portion shall be sea.
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dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was 12 For this cause the king was angry and
troubled, and his sleep brake from him. very furious, and commanded to destroy
2 Then the king commanded to call the all the wise men of Babylon.
magicians, and the astrologers, and the 13 And the decree went forth that the wise
sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew men should be slain; and they sought
the king his dreams. So they came and Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
stood before the king. 14 ¶ Then Daniel answered with counsel
3 And the king said unto them, I have and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the
dreamed a dream, and my spirit was king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay
troubled to know the dream. the wise men of Babylon:
4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in 15 He answered and said to Arioch the
Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty
servants the dream, and we will shew the from the king? Then Arioch made the
interpretation. thing known to Daniel.
5 The king answered and said to the 16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the
Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if king that he would give him time, and that
ye will not make known unto me the he would shew the king the interpretation.
dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye 17 Then Daniel went to his house, and
shall be cut in pieces, and your houses made the thing known to Hananiah,
shall be made a dunghill. Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
6 But if ye shew the dream, and the 18 That they would desire mercies of the
interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of God of heaven concerning this secret; that
me gifts and rewards and great honour: Daniel and his fellows should not perish
therefore shew me the dream, and the with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
interpretation thereof. 19 ¶ Then was the secret revealed unto
7 They answered again and said, Let the Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel
king tell his servants the dream, and we blessed the God of heaven.
will shew the interpretation of it. 20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be
8 The king answered and said, I know of the name of God for ever and ever: for
certainty that ye would gain the time, wisdom and might are his:
because ye see the thing is gone from me. 21 And he changeth the times and the
9 But if ye will not make known unto me seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up
the dream, there is but one decree for you: kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise,
for ye have prepared lying and corrupt and knowledge to them that know
words to speak before me, till the time be understanding:
changed: therefore tell me the dream, and 22 He revealeth the deep and secret
I shall know that ye can shew me the things: he knoweth what is in the
interpretation thereof. darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
10 ¶ The Chaldeans answered before the 23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou
king, and said, There is not a man upon God of my fathers, who hast given me
the earth that can shew the king’s matter: wisdom and might, and hast made known
therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, unto me now what we desired of thee: for
that asked such things at any magician, or thou hast now made known unto us the
astrologer, or Chaldean. king’s matter.
11 And it is a rare thing that the king 24 ¶ Therefore Daniel went in unto
requireth, and there is none other that can Arioch, whom the king had ordained to
shew it before the king, except the gods, destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went
whose dwelling is not with flesh. and said thus unto him; Destroy not the
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wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces
the king, and I will shew unto the king the together, and became like the chaff of the
interpretation. summer threshingfloors; and the wind
25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before carried them away, that no place was
the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I found for them: and the stone that smote
have found a man of the captives of Judah, the image became a great mountain, and
that will make known unto the king the filled the whole earth.
interpretation. 36 ¶ This is the dream; and we will tell the
26 The king answered and said to Daniel, interpretation thereof before the king.
whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou 37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for
able to make known unto me the dream the God of heaven hath given thee a
which I have seen, and the interpretation kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
thereof? 38 And wheresoever the children of men
27 Daniel answered in the presence of the dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls
king, and said, The secret which the king of the heaven hath he given into thine
hath demanded cannot the wise men, the hand, and hath made thee ruler over them
astrologers, the magicians, the all. Thou art this head of gold.
soothsayers, shew unto the king; 39 And after thee shall arise another
28 But there is a God in heaven that kingdom inferior to thee, and another third
revealeth secrets, and maketh known to kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule
the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in over all the earth.
the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong
of thy head upon thy bed, are these; as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in
29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron
into thy mind upon thy bed, what should that breaketh all these, shall it break in
come to pass hereafter: and he that pieces and bruise.
revealeth secrets maketh known to thee 41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and
what shall come to pass. toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron,
30 But as for me, this secret is not the kingdom shall be divided; but there
revealed to me for any wisdom that I have shall be in it of the strength of the iron,
more than any living, but for their sakes forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed
that shall make known the interpretation with miry clay.
to the king, and that thou mightest know 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of
the thoughts of thy heart. iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom
31 ¶ Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
great image. This great image, whose 43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed
brightness was excellent, stood before with miry clay, they shall mingle
thee; and the form thereof was terrible. themselves with the seed of men: but they
32 This image’s head was of fine gold, his shall not cleave one to another, even as
breast and his arms of silver, his belly and iron is not mixed with clay.
his thighs of brass, 44 And in the days of these kings shall the
33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron God of heaven set up a kingdom, which
and part of clay. shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut shall not be left to other people, but it
out without hands, which smote the image shall break in pieces and consume all
upon his feet that were of iron and clay, these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
and brake them to pieces. 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, stone was cut out of the mountain without
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hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, commanded, O people, nations, and
the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; languages,
the great God hath made known to the 5 That at what time ye hear the sound of
king what shall come to pass hereafter: the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery,
and the dream is certain, and the dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall
interpretation thereof sure. down and worship the golden image that
46 ¶ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and 6 And whoso falleth not down and
commanded that they should offer an worshippeth shall the same hour be cast
oblation and sweet odours unto him. into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
47 The king answered unto Daniel, and 7 Therefore at that time, when all the
said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a people heard the sound of the cornet, flute,
God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of
revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest musick, all the people, the nations, and the
reveal this secret. languages, fell down and worshipped the
48 Then the king made Daniel a great golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the
man, and gave him many great gifts, and king had set up.
made him ruler over the whole province of 8 ¶ Wherefore at that time certain
Babylon, and chief of the governors over Chaldeans came near, and accused the
all the wise men of Babylon. Jews.
49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and 9 They spake and said to the king
he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
nego, over the affairs of the province of 10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that
Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the every man that shall hear the sound of the
king. cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and
dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall
CHAPTER 3 fall down and worship the golden image:
NEBUCHADNEZZAR the king made an 11 And whoso falleth not down and
image of gold, whose height was worshippeth, that he should be cast into
threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, 12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast
in the province of Babylon. set over the affairs of the province of
2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-
gather together the princes, the governors, nego; these men, O king, have not
and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor
the counsellers, the sheriffs, and all the worship the golden image which thou hast
rulers of the provinces, to come to the set up.
dedication of the image which 13 ¶ Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. fury commanded to bring Shadrach,
3 Then the princes, the governors, and Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they
captains, the judges, the treasurers, the brought these men before the king.
counsellers, the sheriffs, and all the rulers 14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto
of the provinces, were gathered together them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and
unto the dedication of the image that Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and worship the golden image which I have set
they stood before the image that up?
Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye
4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
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everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is roots in the earth, even with a band of iron
from generation to generation. and brass, in the tender grass of the field;
4 ¶ I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine and let it be wet with the dew of heaven,
house, and flourishing in my palace: and let his portion be with the beasts in the
5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, grass of the earth:
and the thoughts upon my bed and the 16 Let his heart be changed from man’s,
visions of my head troubled me. and let a beast’s heart be given unto him;
6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all and let seven times pass over him.
the wise men of Babylon before me, that 17 This matter is by the decree of the
they might make known unto me the watchers, and the demand by the word of
interpretation of the dream. the holy ones: to the intent that the living
7 Then came in the magicians, the may know that the most High ruleth in the
astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the kingdom of men, and giveth it to
soothsayers: and I told the dream before whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it
them; but they did not make known unto the basest of men.
me the interpretation thereof. 18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar
8 ¶ But at the last Daniel came in before have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar,
me, whose name was Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof,
according to the name of my god, and in forasmuch as all the wise men of my
whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and kingdom are not able to make known unto
before him I told the dream, saying, me the interpretation: but thou art able;
9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
because I know that the spirit of the holy 19 ¶ Then Daniel, whose name was
gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour,
thee, tell me the visions of my dream that and his thoughts troubled him. The king
I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the
10 Thus were the visions of mine head in dream, or the interpretation thereof,
my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and
midst of the earth, and the height thereof said, My lord, the dream be to them that
was great. hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to
11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the thine enemies.
height thereof reached unto heaven, and 20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew,
the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: and was strong, whose height reached
12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to
fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all the earth;
all: the beasts of the field had shadow 21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit
under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt thereof much, and in it was meat for all;
in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was under which the beasts of the field dwelt,
fed of it. and upon whose branches the fowls of the
13 I saw in the visions of my head upon heaven had their habitation:
my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an 22 It is thou, O king, that art grown and
holy one came down from heaven; become strong: for thy greatness is grown,
14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew and reacheth unto heaven, and thy
down the tree, and cut off his branches, dominion to the end of the earth.
shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: 23 And whereas the king saw a watcher
let the beasts get away from under it, and and an holy one coming down from
the fowls from his branches: heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down,
15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the
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roots thereof in the earth, even with a band from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and
of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the his body was wet with the dew of heaven,
field; and let it be wet with the dew of till his hairs were grown like eagles’
heaven, and let his portion be with the feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
beasts of the field, till seven times pass 34 And at the end of the days I
over him; Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto
24 This is the interpretation, O king, and heaven, and mine understanding returned
this is the decree of the most High, which unto me, and I blessed the most High, and
is come upon my lord the king: I praised and honoured him that liveth for
25 That they shall drive thee from men, ever, whose dominion is an everlasting
and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts dominion, and his kingdom is from
of the field, and they shall make thee to generation to generation:
eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are
with the dew of heaven, and seven times reputed as nothing: and he doeth
shall pass over thee, till thou know that the according to his will in the army of
most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, heaven, and among the inhabitants of the
and giveth it to whomsoever he will. earth: and none can stay his hand, or say
26 And whereas they commanded to leave unto him, What doest thou?
the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom 36 At the same time my reason returned
shall be sure unto thee, after that thou unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom,
shalt have known that the heavens do rule. mine honour and brightness returned unto
27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be me; and my counsellers and my lords
acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sought unto me; and I was established in
sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities my kingdom, and excellent majesty was
by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be added unto me.
a lengthening of thy tranquillity. 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and
28 ¶ All this came upon the king extol and honour the King of heaven, all
Nebuchadnezzar. whose works are truth, and his ways
29 At the end of twelve months he walked judgment: and those that walk in pride he
in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. is able to abase.
30 The king spake, and said, Is not this
great Babylon, that I have built for the CHAPTER 5
house of the kingdom by the might of my BELSHAZZAR the king made a great
power, and for the honour of my majesty? feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank
31 While the word was in the king’s wine before the thousand.
mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, 2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine,
saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it commanded to bring the golden and silver
is spoken; The kingdom is departed from vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar
thee. had taken out of the temple which was in
32 And they shall drive thee from men, Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes,
and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts his wives, and his concubines, might drink
of the field: they shall make thee to eat therein.
grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass 3 Then they brought the golden vessels
over thee, until thou know that the most that were taken out of the temple of the
High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and house of God which was at Jerusalem; and
giveth it to whomsoever he will. the king, and his princes, his wives, and
33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled his concubines, drank in them.
upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods
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of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel
wood, and of stone. be called, and he will shew the
5 ¶ In the same hour came forth fingers of interpretation.
a man’s hand, and wrote over against the 13 Then was Daniel brought in before the
candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of king. And the king spake and said unto
the king’s palace: and the king saw the Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of
part of the hand that wrote. the children of the captivity of Judah,
6 Then the king’s countenance was whom the king my father brought out of
changed, and his thoughts troubled him, Jewry?
so that the joints of his loins were loosed, 14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit
and his knees smote one against another. of the gods is in thee, and that light and
7 The king cried aloud to bring in the understanding and excellent wisdom is
astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the found in thee.
soothsayers. And the king spake, and said 15 And now the wise men, the astrologers,
to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever have been brought in before me, that they
shall read this writing, and shew me the should read this writing, and make known
interpretation thereof, shall be clothed unto me the interpretation thereof: but
with scarlet, and have a chain of gold they could not shew the interpretation of
about his neck, and shall be the third ruler the thing:
in the kingdom. 16 And I have heard of thee, that thou
8 Then came in all the king’s wise men: canst make interpretations, and dissolve
but they could not read the writing, nor doubts: now if thou canst read the writing,
make known to the king the interpretation and make known to me the interpretation
thereof. thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet,
9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly and have a chain of gold about thy neck,
troubled, and his countenance was and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
changed in him, and his lords were 17 ¶ Then Daniel answered and said
astonied. before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself,
10 ¶ Now the queen, by reason of the and give thy rewards to another; yet I will
words of the king and his lords, came into read the writing unto the king, and make
the banquet house: and the queen spake known to him the interpretation.
and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy 18 O thou king, the most high God gave
thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom,
countenance be changed: and majesty, and glory, and honour:
11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in 19 And for the majesty that he gave him,
whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in all people, nations, and languages,
the days of thy father light and trembled and feared before him: whom he
understanding and wisdom, like the would he slew; and whom he would he
wisdom of the gods, was found in him; kept alive; and whom he would he set up;
whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy and whom he would he put down.
father, the king, I say, thy father, made 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and
master of the magicians, astrologers, his mind hardened in pride, he was
Chaldeans, and soothsayers; deposed from his kingly throne, and they
12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and took his glory from him:
knowledge, and understanding, 21 And he was driven from the sons of
interpreting of dreams, and shewing of men; and his heart was made like the
hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild
were found in the same Daniel, whom the asses: they fed him with grass like oxen,
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and his body was wet with the dew of king should have no damage.
heaven; till he knew that the most high 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above
God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that the presidents and princes, because an
he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. excellent spirit was in him; and the king
22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast thought to set him over the whole realm.
not humbled thine heart, though thou 4 ¶ Then the presidents and princes sought
knewest all this; to find occasion against Daniel concerning
23 But hast lifted up thyself against the the kingdom; but they could find none
Lord of heaven; and they have brought the occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was
vessels of his house before thee, and thou, faithful, neither was there any error or
and thy lords, thy wives, and thy fault found in him.
concubines, have drunk wine in them; and 5 Then said these men, We shall not find
thou hast praised the gods of silver, and any occasion against this Daniel, except
gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, we find it against him concerning the law
which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the of his God.
God in whose hand thy breath is, and 6 Then these presidents and princes
whose are all thy ways, hast thou not assembled together to the king, and said
glorified: thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
24 Then was the part of the hand sent 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the
from him; and this writing was written. governors, and the princes, the
25 ¶ And this is the writing that was counsellers, and the captains, have
written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, consulted together to establish a royal
UPHARSIN. statute, and to make a firm decree, that
26 This is the interpretation of the thing: whosoever shall ask a petition of any God
MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, or man for thirty days, save of thee, O
and finished it. king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the 8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and
balances, and art found wanting. sign the writing, that it be not changed,
28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and according to the law of the Medes and
given to the Medes and Persians. Persians, which altereth not.
29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they 9 Wherefore king Darius signed the
clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a writing and the decree.
chain of gold about his neck, and made a 10 ¶ Now when Daniel knew that the
proclamation concerning him, that he writing was signed, he went into his
should be the third ruler in the kingdom. house; and his windows being open in his
30 ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled
of the Chaldeans slain. upon his knees three times a day, and
31 And Darius the Median took the prayed, and gave thanks before his God,
kingdom, being about threescore and two as he did aforetime.
years old. 11 Then these men assembled, and found
Daniel praying and making supplication
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IT pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 12 Then they came near, and spake before
an hundred and twenty princes, which the king concerning the king’s decree;
should be over the whole kingdom; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every
2 And over these three presidents; of man that shall ask a petition of any God or
whom Daniel was first: that the princes man within thirty days, save of thee, O
might give accounts unto them, and the king, shall be cast into the den of lions?
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The king answered and said, The thing is innocency was found in me; and also
true, according to the law of the Medes before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
and Persians, which altereth not. 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for
13 Then answered they and said before the him, and commanded that they should
king, That Daniel, which is of the children take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel
of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not was taken up out of the den, and no
thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast manner of hurt was found upon him,
signed, but maketh his petition three times because he believed in his God.
a day. 24 ¶ And the king commanded, and they
14 Then the king, when he heard these brought those men which had accused
words, was sore displeased with himself, Daniel, and they cast them into the den of
and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: lions, them, their children, and their
and he laboured till the going down of the wives; and the lions had the mastery of
sun to deliver him. them, and brake all their bones in pieces
15 Then these men assembled unto the or ever they came at the bottom of the
king, and said unto the king, Know, O den.
king, that the law of the Medes and 25 ¶ Then king Darius wrote unto all
Persians is, That no decree nor statute people, nations, and languages, that dwell
which the king establisheth may be in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto
changed. you.
16 Then the king commanded, and they 26 I make a decree, That in every
brought Daniel, and cast him into the den dominion of my kingdom men tremble
of lions. Now the king spake and said unto and fear before the God of Daniel: for he
Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest is the living God, and stedfast for ever,
continually, he will deliver thee. and his kingdom that which shall not be
17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon destroyed, and his dominion shall be even
the mouth of the den; and the king sealed unto the end.
it with his own signet, and with the signet 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he
of his lords; that the purpose might not be worketh signs and wonders in heaven and
changed concerning Daniel. in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from
18 ¶ Then the king went to his palace, and the power of the lions.
passed the night fasting: neither were 28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of
instruments of musick brought before him: Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the
and his sleep went from him. Persian.
19 Then the king arose very early in the
morning, and went in haste unto the den of CHAPTER 7
lions. IN the first year of Belshazzar king of
20 And when he came to the den, he cried Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions
with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and of his head upon his bed: then he wrote
the king spake and said to Daniel, O the dream, and told the sum of the
Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy matters.
God, whom thou servest continually, able 2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my
to deliver thee from the lions? vision by night, and, behold, the four
21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, winds of the heaven strove upon the great
live for ever. sea.
22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath 3 And four great beasts came up from the
shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not sea, diverse one from another.
hurt me: forasmuch as before him 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s
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shall devour the whole earth, and shall 5 And as I was considering, behold, an he
tread it down, and break it in pieces. goat came from the west on the face of the
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom whole earth, and touched not the ground:
are ten kings that shall arise: and another and the goat had a notable horn between
shall rise after them; and he shall be his eyes.
diverse from the first, and he shall subdue 6 And he came to the ram that had two
three kings. horns, which I had seen standing before
25 And he shall speak great words against the river, and ran unto him in the fury of
the most High, and shall wear out the his power.
saints of the most High, and think to 7 And I saw him come close unto the ram,
change times and laws: and they shall be and he was moved with choler against
given into his hand until a time and times him, and smote the ram, and brake his two
and the dividing of time. horns: and there was no power in the ram
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they to stand before him, but he cast him down
shall take away his dominion, to consume to the ground, and stamped upon him: and
and to destroy it unto the end. there was none that could deliver the ram
27 And the kingdom and dominion, and out of his hand.
the greatness of the kingdom under the 8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great:
whole heaven, shall be given to the people and when he was strong, the great horn
of the saints of the most High, whose was broken; and for it came up four
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and notable ones toward the four winds of
all dominions shall serve and obey him. heaven.
28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for 9 And out of one of them came forth a
me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled little horn, which waxed exceeding great,
me, and my countenance changed in me: toward the south, and toward the east, and
but I kept the matter in my heart. toward the pleasant land.
10 And it waxed great, even to the host of
CHAPTER 8 heaven; and it cast down some of the host
IN the third year of the reign of king and of the stars to the ground, and
Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, stamped upon them.
even unto me Daniel, after that which 11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the
appeared unto me at the first. prince of the host, and by him the daily
2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to sacrifice was taken away, and the place of
pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in his sanctuary was cast down.
the palace, which is in the province of 12 And an host was given him against the
Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by daily sacrifice by reason of transgression,
the river of Ulai. and it cast down the truth to the ground;
3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and it practised, and prospered.
and, behold, there stood before the river a 13 ¶ Then I heard one saint speaking, and
ram which had two horns: and the two another saint said unto that certain saint
horns were high; but one was higher than which spake, How long shall be the vision
the other, and the higher came up last. concerning the daily sacrifice, and the
4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and transgression of desolation, to give both
northward, and southward; so that no the sanctuary and the host to be trodden
beasts might stand before him, neither was under foot?
there any that could deliver out of his 14 And he said unto me, Unto two
hand; but he did according to his will, and thousand and three hundred days; then
became great. shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
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many for one week: and in the midst of which set me upon my knees and upon the
the week he shall cause the sacrifice and palms of my hands.
the oblation to cease, and for the 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man
overspreading of abominations he shall greatly beloved, understand the words that
make it desolate, even until the I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for
consummation, and that determined shall unto thee am I now sent. And when he had
be poured upon the desolate. spoken this word unto me, I stood
trembling.
CHAPTER 10 12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel:
IN the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a for from the first day that thou didst set
thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose thine heart to understand, and to chasten
name was called Belteshazzar; and the thyself before thy God, thy words were
thing was true, but the time appointed was heard, and I am come for thy words.
long: and he understood the thing, and had 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia
understanding of the vision. withstood me one and twenty days: but,
2 In those days I Daniel was mourning lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came
three full weeks. to help me; and I remained there with the
3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came kings of Persia.
flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I 14 Now I am come to make thee
anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks understand what shall befall thy people in
were fulfilled. the latter days: for yet the vision is for
4 And in the four and twentieth day of the many days.
first month, as I was by the side of the 15 And when he had spoken such words
great river, which is Hiddekel; unto me, I set my face toward the ground,
5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and I became dumb.
and behold a certain man clothed in linen, 16 And, behold, one like the similitude of
whose loins were girded with fine gold of the sons of men touched my lips: then I
Uphaz: opened my mouth, and spake, and said
6 His body also was like the beryl, and his unto him that stood before me, O my lord,
face as the appearance of lightning, and by the vision my sorrows are turned upon
his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and me, and I have retained no strength.
his feet like in colour to polished brass, 17 For how can the servant of this my lord
and the voice of his words like the voice talk with this my lord? for as for me,
of a multitude. straightway there remained no strength in
7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for me, neither is there breath left in me.
the men that were with me saw not the 18 Then there came again and touched me
vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, one like the appearance of a man, and he
so that they fled to hide themselves. strengthened me,
8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this 19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear
great vision, and there remained no not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be
strength in me: for my comeliness was strong. And when he had spoken unto me,
turned in me into corruption, and I I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord
retained no strength. speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and 20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore
when I heard the voice of his words, then I come unto thee? and now will I return to
was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my fight with the prince of Persia: and when I
face toward the ground. am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia
10 ¶ And, behold, an hand touched me, shall come.
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21 But I will shew thee that which is noted 9 So the king of the south shall come into
in the scripture of truth: and there is none his kingdom, and shall return into his own
that holdeth with me in these things, but land.
Michael your prince. 10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and
shall assemble a multitude of great forces:
CHAPTER 11 and one shall certainly come, and
ALSO I in the first year of Darius the overflow, and pass through: then shall he
Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to return, and be stirred up, even to his
strengthen him. fortress.
2 And now will I shew thee the truth. 11 And the king of the south shall be
Behold, there shall stand up yet three moved with choler, and shall come forth
kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far and fight with him, even with the king of
richer than they all: and by his strength the north: and he shall set forth a great
through his riches he shall stir up all multitude; but the multitude shall be given
against the realm of Grecia. into his hand.
3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that 12 And when he hath taken away the
shall rule with great dominion, and do multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and
according to his will. he shall cast down many ten thousands:
4 And when he shall stand up, his but he shall not be strengthened by it.
kingdom shall be broken, and shall be 13 For the king of the north shall return,
divided toward the four winds of heaven; and shall set forth a multitude greater than
and not to his posterity, nor according to the former, and shall certainly come after
his dominion which he ruled: for his certain years with a great army and with
kingdom shall be plucked up, even for much riches.
others beside those. 14 And in those times there shall many
5 ¶ And the king of the south shall be stand up against the king of the south: also
strong, and one of his princes; and he shall the robbers of thy people shall exalt
be strong above him, and have dominion; themselves to establish the vision; but
his dominion shall be a great dominion. they shall fall.
6 And in the end of years they shall join 15 So the king of the north shall come,
themselves together; for the king’s and cast up a mount, and take the most
daughter of the south shall come to the fenced cities: and the arms of the south
king of the north to make an agreement: shall not withstand, neither his chosen
but she shall not retain the power of the people, neither shall there be any strength
arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: to withstand.
but she shall be given up, and they that 16 But he that cometh against him shall do
brought her, and he that begat her, and he according to his own will, and none shall
that strengthened her in these times. stand before him: and he shall stand in the
7 But out of a branch of her roots shall glorious land, which by his hand shall be
one stand up in his estate, which shall consumed.
come with an army, and shall enter into 17 He shall also set his face to enter with
the fortress of the king of the north, and the strength of his whole kingdom, and
shall deal against them, and shall prevail: upright ones with him; thus shall he do:
8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt and he shall give him the daughter of
their gods, with their princes, and with women, corrupting her: but she shall not
their precious vessels of silver and of stand on his side, neither be for him.
gold; and he shall continue more years 18 After this shall he turn his face unto the
than the king of the north. isles, and shall take many: but a prince for
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his own behalf shall cause the reproach the holy covenant; and he shall do
offered by him to cease; without his own exploits, and return to his own land.
reproach he shall cause it to turn upon 29 At the time appointed he shall return,
him. and come toward the south; but it shall not
19 Then he shall turn his face toward the be as the former, or as the latter.
fort of his own land: but he shall stumble 30 ¶ For the ships of Chittim shall come
and fall, and not be found. against him: therefore he shall be grieved,
20 Then shall stand up in his estate a and return, and have indignation against
raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall
but within few days he shall be destroyed, even return, and have intelligence with
neither in anger, nor in battle. them that forsake the holy covenant.
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile 31 And arms shall stand on his part, and
person, to whom they shall not give the they shall pollute the sanctuary of
honour of the kingdom: but he shall come strength, and shall take away the daily
in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by sacrifice, and they shall place the
flatteries. abomination that maketh desolate.
22 And with the arms of a flood shall they 32 And such as do wickedly against the
be overflown from before him, and shall covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but
be broken; yea, also the prince of the the people that do know their God shall be
covenant. strong, and do exploits.
23 And after the league made with him he 33 And they that understand among the
shall work deceitfully: for he shall come people shall instruct many: yet they shall
up, and shall become strong with a small fall by the sword, and by flame, by
people. captivity, and by spoil, many days.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the 34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be
fattest places of the province; and he shall holpen with a little help: but many shall
do that which his fathers have not done, cleave to them with flatteries.
nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter 35 And some of them of understanding
among them the prey, and spoil, and shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to
riches: yea, and he shall forecast his make them white, even to the time of the
devices against the strong holds, even for end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
a time. 36 And the king shall do according to his
25 And he shall stir up his power and his will; and he shall exalt himself, and
courage against the king of the south with magnify himself above every god, and
a great army; and the king of the south shall speak marvellous things against the
shall be stirred up to battle with a very God of gods, and shall prosper till the
great and mighty army; but he shall not indignation be accomplished: for that that
stand: for they shall forecast devices is determined shall be done.
against him. 37 Neither shall he regard the God of his
26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor
meat shall destroy him, and his army shall regard any god: for he shall magnify
overflow: and many shall fall down slain. himself above all.
27 And both these kings’ hearts shall be to 38 But in his estate shall he honour the
do mischief, and they shall speak lies at God of forces: and a god whom his fathers
one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet knew not shall he honour with gold, and
the end shall be at the time appointed. silver, and with precious stones, and
28 Then shall he return into his land with pleasant things.
great riches; and his heart shall be against 39 Thus shall he do in the most strong
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holds with a strange god, whom he shall turn many to righteousness as the stars for
acknowledge and increase with glory: and ever and ever.
he shall cause them to rule over many, and 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words,
shall divide the land for gain. and seal the book, even to the time of the
40 And at the time of the end shall the end: many shall run to and fro, and
king of the south push at him: and the king knowledge shall be increased.
of the north shall come against him like a 5 ¶ Then I Daniel looked, and, behold,
whirlwind, with chariots, and with there stood other two, the one on this side
horsemen, and with many ships; and he of the bank of the river, and the other on
shall enter into the countries, and shall that side of the bank of the river.
overflow and pass over. 6 And one said to the man clothed in
41 He shall enter also into the glorious linen, which was upon the waters of the
land, and many countries shall be river, How long shall it be to the end of
overthrown: but these shall escape out of these wonders?
his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen,
chief of the children of Ammon. which was upon the waters of the river,
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also when he held up his right hand and his left
upon the countries: and the land of Egypt hand unto heaven, and sware by him that
shall not escape. liveth for ever that it shall be for a time,
43 But he shall have power over the times, and an half; and when he shall have
treasures of gold and of silver, and over all accomplished to scatter the power of the
the precious things of Egypt: and the holy people, all these things shall be
Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his finished.
steps. 8 And I heard, but I understood not: then
44 But tidings out of the east and out of said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end
the north shall trouble him: therefore he of these things?
shall go forth with great fury to destroy, 9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the
and utterly to make away many. words are closed up and sealed till the
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of time of the end.
his palace between the seas in the glorious 10 Many shall be purified, and made
holy mountain; yet he shall come to his white, and tried; but the wicked shall do
end, and none shall help him. wickedly: and none of the wicked shall
understand; but the wise shall understand.
CHAPTER 12 11 And from the time that the daily
AND at that time shall Michael stand up, sacrifice shall be taken away, and the
the great prince which standeth for the abomination that maketh desolate set up,
children of thy people: and there shall be a there shall be a thousand two hundred and
time of trouble, such as never was since ninety days.
there was a nation even to that same time: 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh
and at that time thy people shall be to the thousand three hundred and five and
delivered, every one that shall be found thirty days.
written in the book. 13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the
of the earth shall awake, some to end of the days.
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
HOSEA.
CHAPTER 1 and appoint themselves one head, and they
THE word of the LORD that came unto shall come up out of the land: for great
Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of shall be the day of Jezreel.
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,
kings of Judah, and in the days of CHAPTER 2
Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. SAY ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to
2 The beginning of the word of the LORD your sisters, Ru-hamah.
by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, 2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is
Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms not my wife, neither am I her husband: let
and children of whoredoms: for the land her therefore put away her whoredoms out
hath committed great whoredom, of her sight, and her adulteries from
departing from the LORD. between her breasts;
3 So he went and took Gomer the 3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in
daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, the day that she was born, and make her as
and bare him a son. a wilderness, and set her like a dry land,
4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his and slay her with thirst.
name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I 4 And I will not have mercy upon her
will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the children; for they be the children of
house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the whoredoms.
kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 For their mother hath played the harlot:
5 And it shall come to pass at that day, she that conceived them hath done
that I will break the bow of Israel in the shamefully: for she said, I will go after my
valley of Jezreel. lovers, that give me my bread and my
6 ¶ And she conceived again, and bare a water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and
daughter. And God said unto him, Call her my drink.
name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have 6 ¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy
mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will way with thorns, and make a wall, that she
utterly take them away. shall not find her paths.
7 But I will have mercy upon the house of 7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but
Judah, and will save them by the LORD she shall not overtake them; and she shall
their God, and will not save them by bow, seek them, but shall not find them: then
nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor shall she say, I will go and return to my
by horsemen. first husband; for then was it better with
8 ¶ Now when she had weaned Lo- me than now.
ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. 8 For she did not know that I gave her
9 Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her
for ye are not my people, and I will not be silver and gold, which they prepared for
your God. Baal.
10 ¶ Yet the number of the children of 9 Therefore will I return, and take away
Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, my corn in the time thereof, and my wine
which cannot be measured nor numbered; in the season thereof, and will recover my
and it shall come to pass, that in the place wool and my flax given to cover her
where it was said unto them, Ye are not nakedness.
my people, there it shall be said unto 10 And now will I discover her lewdness
them, Ye are the sons of the living God. in the sight of her lovers, and none shall
11 Then shall the children of Judah and deliver her out of mine hand.
the children of Israel be gathered together, 11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease,
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her feast days, her new moons, and her had not obtained mercy; and I will say to
sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. them which were not my people, Thou art
12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig my people; and they shall say, Thou art
trees, whereof she hath said, These are my my God.
rewards that my lovers have given me:
and I will make them a forest, and the CHAPTER 3
beasts of the field shall eat them. THEN said the LORD unto me, Go yet,
13 And I will visit upon her the days of love a woman beloved of her friend, yet
Baalim, wherein she burned incense to an adulteress, according to the love of the
them, and she decked herself with her LORD toward the children of Israel, who
earrings and her jewels, and she went after look to other gods, and love flagons of
her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD. wine.
14 ¶ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces
and bring her into the wilderness, and of silver, and for an homer of barley, and
speak comfortably unto her. an half homer of barley:
15 And I will give her her vineyards from 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for
thence, and the valley of Achor for a door me many days; thou shalt not play the
of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another
days of her youth, and as in the day when man: so will I also be for thee.
she came up out of the land of Egypt. 4 For the children of Israel shall abide
16 And it shall be at that day, saith the many days without a king, and without a
LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and prince, and without a sacrifice, and
shalt call me no more Baali. without an image, and without an ephod,
17 For I will take away the names of and without teraphim:
Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel
more be remembered by their name. return, and seek the LORD their God, and
18 And in that day will I make a covenant David their king; and shall fear the LORD
for them with the beasts of the field, and and his goodness in the latter days.
with the fowls of heaven, and with the
creeping things of the ground: and I will CHAPTER 4
break the bow and the sword and the HEAR the word of the LORD, ye children
battle out of the earth, and will make them of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy
to lie down safely. with the inhabitants of the land, because
19 And I will betroth thee unto me for there is no truth, nor mercy, nor
ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in knowledge of God in the land.
righteousness, and in judgment, and in 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and
lovingkindness, and in mercies. stealing, and committing adultery, they
20 I will even betroth thee unto me in break out, and blood toucheth blood.
faithfulness: and thou shalt know the 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and
LORD. every one that dwelleth therein shall
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I languish, with the beasts of the field, and
will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes
heavens, and they shall hear the earth; of the sea also shall be taken away.
22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove
the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear another: for thy people are as they that
Jezreel. strive with the priest.
23 And I will sow her unto me in the 5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and
earth; and I will have mercy upon her that the prophet also shall fall with thee in the
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night, and I will destroy thy mother. 18 Their drink is sour: they have
6 ¶ My people are destroyed for lack of committed whoredom continually: her
knowledge: because thou hast rejected rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that 19 The wind hath bound her up in her
thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou wings, and they shall be ashamed because
hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will of their sacrifices.
also forget thy children.
7 As they were increased, so they sinned CHAPTER 5
against me: therefore will I change their HEAR ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye
glory into shame. house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house
8 They eat up the sin of my people, and of the king; for judgment is toward you,
they set their heart on their iniquity. because ye have been a snare on Mizpah,
9 And there shall be, like people, like and a net spread upon Tabor.
priest: and I will punish them for their 2 And the revolters are profound to make
ways, and reward them their doings. slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of
10 For they shall eat, and not have them all.
enough: they shall commit whoredom, and 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid
shall not increase: because they have left from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou
off to take heed to the LORD. committest whoredom, and Israel is
11 Whoredom and wine and new wine defiled.
take away the heart. 4 They will not frame their doings to turn
12 ¶ My people ask counsel at their unto their God: for the spirit of
stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: whoredoms is in the midst of them, and
for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused they have not known the LORD.
them to err, and they have gone a whoring 5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his
from under their God. face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim
13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall
mountains, and burn incense upon the with them.
hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, 6 They shall go with their flocks and with
because the shadow thereof is good: their herds to seek the LORD; but they
therefore your daughters shall commit shall not find him; he hath withdrawn
whoredom, and your spouses shall commit himself from them.
adultery. 7 They have dealt treacherously against
14 I will not punish your daughters when the LORD: for they have begotten strange
they commit whoredom, nor your spouses children: now shall a month devour them
when they commit adultery: for with their portions.
themselves are separated with whores, and 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the
they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven,
people that doth not understand shall fall. after thee, O Benjamin.
15 ¶ Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of
yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I
unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, made known that which shall surely be.
nor swear, The LORD liveth. 10 The princes of Judah were like them
16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding that remove the bound: therefore I will
heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a pour out my wrath upon them like water.
lamb in a large place. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in
17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him judgment, because he willingly walked
alone. after the commandment.
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ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till 10 They shall walk after the LORD: he
he come and rain righteousness upon you. shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar,
13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have then the children shall tremble from the
reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of west.
lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in 11 They shall tremble as a bird out of
the multitude of thy mighty men. Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of
14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among Assyria: and I will place them in their
thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be houses, saith the LORD.
spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in 12 Ephraim compasseth me about with
the day of battle: the mother was dashed lies, and the house of Israel with deceit:
in pieces upon her children. but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is
15 So shall Beth-el do unto you because faithful with the saints.
of your great wickedness: in a morning
shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. CHAPTER 12
EPHRAIM feedeth on wind, and
CHAPTER 11 followeth after the east wind: he daily
WHEN Israel was a child, then I loved increaseth lies and desolation; and they do
him, and called my son out of Egypt. make a covenant with the Assyrians, and
2 As they called them, so they went from oil is carried into Egypt.
them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and 2 The LORD hath also a controversy with
burned incense to graven images. Judah, and will punish Jacob according to
3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them his ways; according to his doings will he
by their arms; but they knew not that I recompense him.
healed them. 3 ¶ He took his brother by the heel in the
4 I drew them with cords of a man, with womb, and by his strength he had power
bands of love: and I was to them as they with God:
that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and
laid meat unto them. prevailed: he wept, and made supplication
5 ¶ He shall not return into the land of unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and
Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, there he spake with us;
because they refused to return. 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD
6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, is his memorial.
and shall consume his branches, and 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep
devour them, because of their own mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God
counsels. continually.
7 And my people are bent to backsliding 7 ¶ He is a merchant, the balances of
from me: though they called them to the deceit are in his hand: he loveth to
most High, none at all would exalt him. oppress.
8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become
shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I rich, I have found me out substance: in all
make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee my labours they shall find none iniquity in
as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me that were sin.
me, my repentings are kindled together. 9 And I that am the LORD thy God from
9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine the land of Egypt will yet make thee to
anger, I will not return to destroy dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the
Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the solemn feast.
Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and
not enter into the city. I have multiplied visions, and used
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and nothing shall escape them. congregation, assemble the elders, gather
4 The appearance of them is as the the children, and those that suck the
appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his
shall they run. chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the
mountains shall they leap, like the noise of LORD, weep between the porch and the
a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, altar, and let them say, Spare thy people,
as a strong people set in battle array. O LORD, and give not thine heritage to
6 Before their face the people shall be reproach, that the heathen should rule over
much pained: all faces shall gather them: wherefore should they say among
blackness. the people, Where is their God?
7 They shall run like mighty men; they 18 ¶ Then will the LORD be jealous for his
shall climb the wall like men of war; and land, and pity his people.
they shall march every one on his ways, 19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say
and they shall not break their ranks: unto his people, Behold, I will send you
8 Neither shall one thrust another; they corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be
shall walk every one in his path: and when satisfied therewith: and I will no more
they fall upon the sword, they shall not be make you a reproach among the heathen:
wounded. 20 But I will remove far off from you the
9 They shall run to and fro in the city; northern army, and will drive him into a
they shall run upon the wall, they shall land barren and desolate, with his face
climb up upon the houses; they shall enter toward the east sea, and his hinder part
in at the windows like a thief. toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall
10 The earth shall quake before them; the come up, and his ill savour shall come up,
heavens shall tremble: the sun and the because he hath done great things.
moon shall be dark, and the stars shall 21 ¶ Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice:
withdraw their shining: for the LORD will do great things.
11 And the LORD shall utter his voice 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for
before his army: for his camp is very the pastures of the wilderness do spring,
great: for he is strong that executeth his for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree
word: for the day of the LORD is great and and the vine do yield their strength.
very terrible; and who can abide it? 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and
12 ¶ Therefore also now, saith the LORD, rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath
turn ye even to me with all your heart, and given you the former rain moderately, and
with fasting, and with weeping, and with he will cause to come down for you the
mourning: rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in
13 And rend your heart, and not your the first month.
garments, and turn unto the LORD your 24 And the floors shall be full of wheat,
God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow and the fats shall overflow with wine and
to anger, and of great kindness, and oil.
repenteth him of the evil. 25 And I will restore to you the years that
14 Who knoweth if he will return and the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and
repent, and leave a blessing behind him; the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my
even a meat offering and a drink offering great army which I sent among you.
unto the LORD your God? 26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be
15 ¶ Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD
fast, call a solemn assembly: your God, that hath dealt wondrously with
16 Gather the people, sanctify the you: and my people shall never be
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5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it spoken against you, O children of Israel,
shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. against the whole family which I brought
6 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three up from the land of Egypt, saying,
transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will 2 You only have I known of all the
not turn away the punishment thereof; families of the earth: therefore I will
because they sold the righteous for silver, punish you for all your iniquities.
and the poor for a pair of shoes; 3 Can two walk together, except they be
7 That pant after the dust of the earth on agreed?
the head of the poor, and turn aside the 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he
way of the meek: and a man and his father hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of
will go in unto the same maid, to profane his den, if he have taken nothing?
my holy name: 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth,
8 And they lay themselves down upon where no gin is for him? shall one take up
clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and a snare from the earth, and have taken
they drink the wine of the condemned in nothing at all?
the house of their god. 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and
9 ¶ Yet destroyed I the Amorite before the people not be afraid? shall there be
them, whose height was like the height of evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done
the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; it?
yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing,
his roots from beneath. but he revealeth his secret unto his
10 Also I brought you up from the land of servants the prophets.
Egypt, and led you forty years through the 8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear?
wilderness, to possess the land of the the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but
Amorite. prophesy?
11 And I raised up of your sons for 9 ¶ Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and
prophets, and of your young men for in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and
Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye say, Assemble yourselves upon the
children of Israel? saith the LORD. mountains of Samaria, and behold the
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to great tumults in the midst thereof, and the
drink; and commanded the prophets, oppressed in the midst thereof.
saying, Prophesy not. 10 For they know not to do right, saith the
13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a LORD, who store up violence and robbery
cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. in their palaces.
14 Therefore the flight shall perish from 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An
the swift, and the strong shall not adversary there shall be even round about
strengthen his force, neither shall the the land; and he shall bring down thy
mighty deliver himself: strength from thee, and thy palaces shall
15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the be spoiled.
bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not 12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd
deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth taketh out of the mouth of the lion two
the horse deliver himself. legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the
16 And he that is courageous among the children of Israel be taken out that dwell
mighty shall flee away naked in that day, in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in
saith the LORD. Damascus in a couch.
13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of
CHAPTER 3 Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of
HEAR this word that the LORD hath hosts,
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14 That in the day that I shall visit the mildew: when your gardens and your
transgressions of Israel upon him I will vineyards and your fig trees and your
also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the olive trees increased, the palmerworm
horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall devoured them: yet have ye not returned
to the ground. unto me, saith the LORD.
15 And I will smite the winter house with 10 I have sent among you the pestilence
the summer house; and the houses of ivory after the manner of Egypt: your young
shall perish, and the great houses shall men have I slain with the sword, and have
have an end, saith the LORD. taken away your horses; and I have made
the stink of your camps to come up unto
CHAPTER 4 your nostrils: yet have ye not returned
HEAR this word, ye kine of Bashan, that unto me, saith the LORD.
are in the mountain of Samaria, which 11 I have overthrown some of you, as God
oppress the poor, which crush the needy, overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye
which say to their masters, Bring, and let were as a firebrand plucked out of the
us drink. burning: yet have ye not returned unto me,
2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his saith the LORD.
holiness, that, lo, the days shall come 12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O
upon you, that he will take you away with Israel: and because I will do this unto
hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, 13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains,
every cow at that which is before her; and and createth the wind, and declareth unto
ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the man what is his thought, that maketh the
LORD. morning darkness, and treadeth upon the
4 ¶ Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at high places of the earth, The LORD, The
Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring God of hosts, is his name.
your sacrifices every morning, and your
tithes after three years: CHAPTER 5
5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving HEAR ye this word which I take up
with leaven, and proclaim and publish the against you, even a lamentation, O house
free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye of Israel.
children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. 2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall
6 ¶ And I also have given you cleanness of no more rise: she is forsaken upon her
teeth in all your cities, and want of bread land; there is none to raise her up.
in all your places: yet have ye not returned 3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city
unto me, saith the LORD. that went out by a thousand shall leave an
7 And also I have withholden the rain hundred, and that which went forth by an
from you, when there were yet three hundred shall leave ten, to the house of
months to the harvest: and I caused it to Israel.
rain upon one city, and caused it not to 4 ¶ For thus saith the LORD unto the house
rain upon another city: one piece was of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
rained upon, and the piece whereupon it 5 But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into
rained not withered. Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for
8 So two or three cities wandered unto Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and
one city, to drink water; but they were not Beth-el shall come to nought.
satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto 6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he
me, saith the LORD. break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
9 I have smitten you with blasting and and devour it, and there be none to quench
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themselves with the chief ointments: but beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise?
they are not grieved for the affliction of for he is small.
Joseph. 3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not
7 ¶ Therefore now shall they go captive be, saith the LORD.
with the first that go captive, and the 4 ¶ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto
banquet of them that stretched themselves me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to
shall be removed. contend by fire, and it devoured the great
8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, deep, and did eat up a part.
saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor 5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I
the excellency of Jacob, and hate his beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise?
palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city for he is small.
with all that is therein. 6 The LORD repented for this: This also
9 And it shall come to pass, if there shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
remain ten men in one house, that they 7 ¶ Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the
shall die. Lord stood upon a wall made by a
10 And a man’s uncle shall take him up, plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
and he that burneth him, to bring out the 8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos,
bones out of the house, and shall say unto what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline.
him that is by the sides of the house, Is Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a
there yet any with thee? and he shall say, plumbline in the midst of my people
No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: Israel: I will not again pass by them any
for we may not make mention of the name more:
of the LORD. 9 And the high places of Isaac shall be
11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall
and he will smite the great house with be laid waste; and I will rise against the
breaches, and the little house with clefts. house of Jeroboam with the sword.
12 ¶ Shall horses run upon the rock? will 10 ¶ Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el
one plow there with oxen? for ye have sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying,
turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of Amos hath conspired against thee in the
righteousness into hemlock: midst of the house of Israel: the land is not
13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, able to bear all his words.
which say, Have we not taken to us horns 11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall
by our own strength? die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be
14 But, behold, I will raise up against you led away captive out of their own land.
a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou
the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you seer, go, flee thee away into the land of
from the entering in of Hemath unto the Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy
river of the wilderness. there:
13 But prophesy not again any more at
CHAPTER 7 Beth-el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is
THUS hath the Lord GOD shewed unto the king’s court.
me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers 14 ¶ Then answered Amos, and said to
in the beginning of the shooting up of the Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I
latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman,
growth after the king’s mowings. and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
2 And it came to pass, that when they had 15 And the LORD took me as I followed
made an end of eating the grass of the the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go,
land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I prophesy unto my people Israel.
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16 ¶ Now therefore hear thou the word of the earth in the clear day:
the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not 10 And I will turn your feasts into
against Israel, and drop not thy word mourning, and all your songs into
against the house of Isaac. lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth
17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy upon all loins, and baldness upon every
wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy head; and I will make it as the mourning
sons and thy daughters shall fall by the of an only son, and the end thereof as a
sword, and thy land shall be divided by bitter day.
line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: 11 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord
and Israel shall surely go into captivity GOD, that I will send a famine in the land,
forth of his land. not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for
water, but of hearing the words of the
CHAPTER 8 LORD:
THUS hath the Lord GOD shewed unto 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea,
me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. and from the north even to the east, they
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? shall run to and fro to seek the word of the
And I said, A basket of summer fruit. LORD, and shall not find it.
Then said the LORD unto me, The end is 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and
come upon my people of Israel; I will not young men faint for thirst.
again pass by them any more. 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria,
3 And the songs of the temple shall be and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The
howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they
there shall be many dead bodies in every shall fall, and never rise up again.
place; they shall cast them forth with
silence. CHAPTER 9
4 ¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the I SAW the Lord standing upon the altar:
needy, even to make the poor of the land and he said, Smite the lintel of the door,
to fail, that the posts may shake: and cut them in
5 Saying, When will the new moon be the head, all of them; and I will slay the
gone, that we may sell corn? and the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth
sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, of them shall not flee away, and he that
making the ephah small, and the shekel escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
great, and falsifying the balances by 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall
deceit? mine hand take them; though they climb
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and up to heaven, thence will I bring them
the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell down:
the refuse of the wheat? 3 And though they hide themselves in the
7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency top of Carmel, I will search and take them
of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of out thence; and though they be hid from
their works. my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence
8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and will I command the serpent, and he shall
every one mourn that dwelleth therein? bite them:
and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and 4 And though they go into captivity before
it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the their enemies, thence will I command the
flood of Egypt. sword, and it shall slay them: and I will
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not
saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the for good.
sun to go down at noon, and I will darken 5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that
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toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all their land which I have given them, saith
that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall the LORD thy God.
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: The LORD is his name.
7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians
unto me, O children of Israel? saith the
LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of
the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from
Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are
upon the sinful 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 the LORD.
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 the LORD that
doeth this.
13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
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
OBADIAH.
CHAPTER 1 one of them.
THE vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the 12 But thou shouldest not have looked on
Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have the day of thy brother in the day that he
heard a rumour from the LORD, and an became a stranger; neither shouldest thou
ambassador is sent among the heathen, have rejoiced over the children of Judah in
Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in the day of their destruction; neither
battle. shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the
2 Behold, I have made thee small among day of distress.
the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 13 Thou shouldest not have entered into
3 ¶ The pride of thine heart hath deceived the gate of my people in the day of their
thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have
rock, whose habitation is high; that saith looked on their affliction in the day of
in his heart, Who shall bring me down to their calamity, nor have laid hands on
the ground? their substance in the day of their
4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, calamity;
and though thou set thy nest among the 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in
stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the crossway, to cut off those of his that
the LORD. did escape; neither shouldest thou have
5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by delivered up those of his that did remain
night, (how art thou cut off!) would they in the day of distress.
not have stolen till they had enough? if the 15 For the day of the LORD is near upon
grapegatherers came to thee, would they all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall
not leave some grapes? be done unto thee: thy reward shall return
6 How are the things of Esau searched upon thine own head.
out! how are his hidden things sought up! 16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy
7 All the men of thy confederacy have mountain, so shall all the heathen drink
brought thee even to the border: the men continually, yea, they shall drink, and they
that were at peace with thee have deceived shall swallow down, and they shall be as
thee, and prevailed against thee; they that though they had not been.
eat thy bread have laid a wound under 17 ¶ But upon mount Zion shall be
thee: there is none understanding in him. deliverance, and there shall be holiness;
8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, and the house of Jacob shall possess their
even destroy the wise men out of Edom, possessions.
and understanding out of the mount of 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire,
Esau? and the house of Joseph a flame, and the
9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be house of Esau for stubble, and they shall
dismayed, to the end that every one of the kindle in them, and devour them; and
mount of Esau may be cut off by there shall not be any remaining of the
slaughter. house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken
10 ¶ For thy violence against thy brother it.
Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou 19 And they of the south shall possess the
shalt be cut off for ever. mount of Esau; and they of the plain the
11 In the day that thou stoodest on the Philistines: and they shall possess the
other side, in the day that the strangers fields of Ephraim, and the fields of
carried away captive his forces, and Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess
foreigners entered into his gates, and cast Gilead.
lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as 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 the LORD’s.
JONAH.
CHAPTER 1 unto us? for the sea wrought, and was
NOW the word of the LORD came unto tempestuous.
Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 12 And he said unto them, Take me up,
2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the
cry against it; for their wickedness is come sea be calm unto you: for I know that for
up before me. my sake this great tempest is upon you.
3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to
from the presence of the LORD, and went bring it to the land; but they could not: for
down to Joppa; and he found a ship going the sea wrought, and was tempestuous
to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, against them.
and went down into it, to go with them 14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD,
unto Tarshish from the presence of the and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we
LORD. beseech thee, let us not perish for this
4 ¶ But the LORD sent out a great wind man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent
into the sea, and there was a mighty blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it
tempest in the sea, so that the ship was pleased thee.
like to be broken. 15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him
5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from
every man unto his god, and cast forth the her raging.
wares that were in the ship into the sea, to 16 Then the men feared the LORD
lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto
down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, the LORD, and made vows.
and was fast asleep. 17 ¶ Now the LORD had prepared a great
6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was
unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? in the belly of the fish three days and three
arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God nights.
will think upon us, that we perish not.
7 And they said every one to his fellow, CHAPTER 2
Come, and let us cast lots, that we may THEN Jonah prayed unto the LORD his
know for whose cause this evil is upon us. God out of the fish’s belly,
So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine
Jonah. affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me;
8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou
pray thee, for whose cause this evil is heardest my voice.
upon us; What is thine occupation? and 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in
whence comest thou? what is thy country? the midst of the seas; and the floods
and of what people art thou? compassed me about: all thy billows and
9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; thy waves passed over me.
and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight;
which hath made the sea and the dry land. yet I will look again toward thy holy
10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, temple.
and said unto him, Why hast thou done 5 The waters compassed me about, even to
this? For the men knew that he fled from the soul: the depth closed me round about,
the presence of the LORD, because he had the weeds were wrapped about my head.
told them. 6 I went down to the bottoms of the
11 ¶ Then said they unto him, What shall mountains; the earth with her bars was
we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm about me for ever: yet hast thou brought
up my life from corruption, O LORD my 9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent,
God. and turn away from his fierce anger, that
7 When my soul fainted within me I we perish not?
remembered the LORD: and my prayer 10 ¶ And God saw their works, that they
came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. turned from their evil way; and God
8 They that observe lying vanities forsake repented of the evil, that he had said that
their own mercy. he would do unto them; and he did it not.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the
voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that CHAPTER 4
I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. BUT it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and
10 ¶ And the LORD spake unto the fish, he was very angry.
and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry 2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said,
land. I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my
saying, when I was yet in my country?
CHAPTER 3 Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I
AND the word of the LORD came unto knew that thou art a gracious God, and
Jonah the second time, saying, merciful, slow to anger, and of great
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
and preach unto it the preaching that I bid 3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech
thee. thee, my life from me; for it is better for
3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, me to die than to live.
according to the word of the LORD. Now 4 ¶ Then said the LORD, Doest thou well
Nineveh was an exceeding great city of to be angry?
three days’ journey. 5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a the east side of the city, and there made
day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet him a booth, and sat under it in the
forty days, and Nineveh shall be shadow, till he might see what would
overthrown. become of the city.
5 ¶ So the people of Nineveh believed 6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd,
God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on and made it to come up over Jonah, that it
sackcloth, from the greatest of them even might be a shadow over his head, to
to the least of them. deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was
6 For word came unto the king of exceeding glad of the gourd.
Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, 7 But God prepared a worm when the
and he laid his robe from him, and morning rose the next day, and it smote
covered him with sackcloth, and sat in the gourd that it withered.
ashes. 8 And it came to pass, when the sun did
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and arise, that God prepared a vehement east
published through Nineveh by the decree wind; and the sun beat upon the head of
of the king and his nobles, saying, Let Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in
neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste himself to die, and said, It is better for me
any thing: let them not feed, nor drink to die than to live.
water: 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well
8 But let man and beast be covered with to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I
sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, do well to be angry, even unto death.
let them turn every one from his evil way, 10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had
and from the violence that is in their pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast
hands. 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?
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CHAPTER 1 you his standing.
THE word of the LORD that came to 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited
Micah the Morasthite in the days of carefully for good: but evil came down
Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria 13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the
and Jerusalem. chariot to the swift beast: she is the
2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, beginning of the sin to the daughter of
and all that therein is: and let the Lord Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were
GOD be witness against you, the Lord found in thee.
from his holy temple. 14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to
3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib
of his place, and will come down, and shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
tread upon the high places of the earth. 15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O
4 And the mountains shall be molten inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come
under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
as wax before the fire, and as the waters 16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy
that are poured down a steep place. delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as
5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, the eagle; for they are gone into captivity
and for the sins of the house of Israel. from thee.
What is the transgression of Jacob? is it
not Samaria? and what are the high places CHAPTER 2
of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? WOE to them that devise iniquity, and
6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an work evil upon their beds! when the
heap of the field, and as plantings of a morning is light, they practise it, because
vineyard: and I will pour down the stones it is in the power of their hand.
thereof into the valley, and I will discover 2 And they covet fields, and take them by
the foundations thereof. violence; and houses, and take them away:
7 And all the graven images thereof shall so they oppress a man and his house, even
be beaten to pieces, and all the hires a man and his heritage.
thereof shall be burned with the fire, and 3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold,
all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for against this family do I devise an evil,
she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and from which ye shall not remove your
they shall return to the hire of an harlot. necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for
8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go this time is evil.
stripped and naked: I will make a wailing 4 ¶ In that day shall one take up a parable
like the dragons, and mourning as the against you, and lament with a doleful
owls. lamentation, and say, We be utterly
9 For her wound is incurable; for it is spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my
come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate people: how hath he removed it from me!
of my people, even to Jerusalem. turning away he hath divided our fields.
10 ¶ Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not 5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall
at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself cast a cord by lot in the congregation of
in the dust. the LORD.
11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of 6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that
Saphir, having thy shame naked: the prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them,
inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the that they shall not take shame.
mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of 7 ¶ O thou that art named the house of
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Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? prophets that make my people err, that
are these his doings? do not my words do bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and
good to him that walketh uprightly? he that putteth not into their mouths, they
8 Even of late my people is risen up as an even prepare war against him.
enemy: ye pull off the robe with the 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that
garment from them that pass by securely ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be
as men averse from war. dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and
9 The women of my people have ye cast the sun shall go down over the prophets,
out from their pleasant houses; from their and the day shall be dark over them.
children have ye taken away my glory for 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the
ever. diviners confounded: yea, they shall all
10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not cover their lips; for there is no answer of
your rest: because it is polluted, it shall God.
destroy you, even with a sore destruction. 8 ¶ But truly I am full of power by the
11 If a man walking in the spirit and spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and
falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy of might, to declare unto Jacob his
unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he transgression, and to Israel his sin.
shall even be the prophet of this people. 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the
12 ¶ I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of house of Jacob, and princes of the house
thee; I will surely gather the remnant of of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert
Israel; I will put them together as the all equity.
sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst 10 They build up Zion with blood, and
of their fold: they shall make great noise Jerusalem with iniquity.
by reason of the multitude of men. 11 The heads thereof judge for reward,
13 The breaker is come up before them: and the priests thereof teach for hire, and
they have broken up, and have passed the prophets thereof divine for money: yet
through the gate, and are gone out by it: will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is
and their king shall pass before them, and not the LORD among us? none evil can
the LORD on the head of them. come upon us.
12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be
CHAPTER 3 plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall
AND I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of become heaps, and the mountain of the
Jacob, and ye princes of the house of house as the high places of the forest.
Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; CHAPTER 4
who pluck off their skin from off them, BUT in the last days it shall come to pass,
and their flesh from off their bones; that the mountain of the house of the
3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and LORD shall be established in the top of the
flay their skin from off them; and they mountains, and it shall be exalted above
break their bones, and chop them in the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within 2 And many nations shall come, and say,
the caldron. Come, and let us go up to the mountain of
4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but the LORD, and to the house of the God of
he will not hear them: he will even hide Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways,
his face from them at that time, as they and we will walk in his paths: for the law
have behaved themselves ill in their shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the
doings. LORD from Jerusalem.
5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD concerning the 3 ¶ And he shall judge among many
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people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat
and they shall beat their swords into in pieces many people: and I will
plowshares, and their spears into consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and
pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a their substance unto the Lord of the whole
sword against nation, neither shall they earth.
learn war any more.
4 But they shall sit every man under his CHAPTER 5
vine and under his fig tree; and none shall NOW gather thyself in troops, O daughter
make them afraid: for the mouth of the of troops: he hath laid siege against us:
LORD of hosts hath spoken it. they shall smite the judge of Israel with a
5 For all people will walk every one in the rod upon the cheek.
name of his god, and we will walk in the 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though
name of the LORD our God for ever and thou be little among the thousands of
ever. Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth
6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose
assemble her that halteth, and I will gather goings forth have been from of old, from
her that is driven out, and her that I have everlasting.
afflicted; 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the
7 And I will make her that halted a time that she which travaileth hath
remnant, and her that was cast far off a brought forth: then the remnant of his
strong nation: and the LORD shall reign brethren shall return unto the children of
over them in mount Zion from henceforth, Israel.
even for ever. 4 ¶ And he shall stand and feed in the
8 ¶ And thou, O tower of the flock, the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the
strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto name of the LORD his God; and they shall
thee shall it come, even the first dominion; abide: for now shall he be great unto the
the kingdom shall come to the daughter of ends of the earth.
Jerusalem. 5 And this man shall be the peace, when
9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is the Assyrian shall come into our land: and
there no king in thee? is thy counseller when he shall tread in our palaces, then
perished? for pangs have taken thee as a shall we raise against him seven
woman in travail. shepherds, and eight principal men.
10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O 6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria
daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in
for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver
and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou us from the Assyrian, when he cometh
shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou into our land, and when he treadeth within
be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem our borders.
thee from the hand of thine enemies. 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the
11 ¶ Now also many nations are gathered midst of many people as a dew from the
against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that
and let our eye look upon Zion. tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the
12 But they know not the thoughts of the sons of men.
LORD, neither understand they his 8 ¶ And the remnant of Jacob shall be
counsel: for he shall gather them as the among the Gentiles in the midst of many
sheaves into the floor. people as a lion among the beasts of the
13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: forest, as a young lion among the flocks of
for I will make thine horn iron, and I will sheep: who, if he go through, both
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treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and God? shall I come before him with burnt
none can deliver. offerings, with calves of a year old?
9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine 7 Will the LORD be pleased with
adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be thousands of rams, or with ten thousands
cut off. of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn
10 And it shall come to pass in that day, for my transgression, the fruit of my body
saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy for the sin of my soul?
horses out of the midst of thee, and I will 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is
destroy thy chariots: good; and what doth the LORD require of
11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy,
and throw down all thy strong holds: and to walk humbly with thy God?
12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of 9 The LORD’s voice crieth unto the city,
thine hand; and thou shalt have no more and the man of wisdom shall see thy
soothsayers: name: hear ye the rod, and who hath
13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, appointed it.
and thy standing images out of the midst 10 ¶ Are there yet the treasures of
of thee; and thou shalt no more worship wickedness in the house of the wicked,
the work of thine hands. and the scant measure that is abominable?
14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of 11 Shall I count them pure with the
the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy wicked balances, and with the bag of
cities. deceitful weights?
15 And I will execute vengeance in anger 12 For the rich men thereof are full of
and fury upon the heathen, such as they violence, and the inhabitants thereof have
have not heard. spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful
in their mouth.
CHAPTER 6 13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in
HEAR ye now what the LORD saith; smiting thee, in making thee desolate
Arise, contend thou before the mountains, because of thy sins.
and let the hills hear thy voice. 14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and
2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s thy casting down shall be in the midst of
controversy, and ye strong foundations of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt
the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy not deliver; and that which thou deliverest
with his people, and he will plead with will I give up to the sword.
Israel. 15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap;
3 O my people, what have I done unto thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt
thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine,
testify against me. but shalt not drink wine.
4 For I brought thee up out of the land of 16 ¶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and
Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye
of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, walk in their counsels; that I should make
Aaron, and Miriam. thee a desolation, and the inhabitants
5 O my people, remember now what thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear
Balak king of Moab consulted, and what the reproach of my people.
Balaam the son of Beor answered him
from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may CHAPTER 7
know the righteousness of the LORD. WOE is me! for I am as when they have
6 ¶ Wherewith shall I come before the gathered the summer fruits, as the
LORD, and bow myself before the high grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no
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I LIFTED up mine eyes again, and looked, standing before the angel of the LORD, and
and behold a man with a measuring line in Satan standing at his right hand to resist
his hand. him.
2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he 2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The
said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the
see what is the breadth thereof, and what LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke
is the length thereof. thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the
3 And, behold, the angel that talked with fire?
me went forth, and another angel went out 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy
to meet him, garments, and stood before the angel.
4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this 4 And he answered and spake unto those
young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be that stood before him, saying, Take away
inhabited as towns without walls for the the filthy garments from him. And unto
multitude of men and cattle therein: him he said, Behold, I have caused thine
5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a iniquity to pass from thee, and I will
wall of fire round about, and will be the clothe thee with change of raiment.
glory in the midst of her. 5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre
6 ¶ Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the upon his head. So they set a fair mitre
land of the north, saith the LORD: for I upon his head, and clothed him with
have spread you abroad as the four winds garments. And the angel of the LORD
of the heaven, saith the LORD. stood by.
7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest 6 And the angel of the LORD protested
with the daughter of Babylon. unto Joshua, saying,
8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou
the glory hath he sent me unto the nations wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt
which spoiled you: for he that toucheth keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge
you toucheth the apple of his eye. my house, and shalt also keep my courts,
9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand and I will give thee places to walk among
upon them, and they shall be a spoil to these that stand by.
their servants: and ye shall know that the 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest,
LORD of hosts hath sent me. thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee:
10 ¶ Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for they are men wondered at: for, behold,
for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the I will bring forth my servant the
midst of thee, saith the LORD. BRANCH.
11 And many nations shall be joined to 9 For behold the stone that I have laid
the LORD in that day, and shall be my before Joshua; upon one stone shall be
people: and I will dwell in the midst of seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the
thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts,
hosts hath sent me unto thee. and I will remove the iniquity of that land
12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his in one day.
portion in the holy land, and shall choose 10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts,
Jerusalem again. shall ye call every man his neighbour
13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: under the vine and under the fig tree.
for he is raised up out of his holy
habitation. CHAPTER 4
AND the angel that talked with me came
CHAPTER 3 again, and waked me, as a man that is
AND he shewed me Joshua the high priest wakened out of his sleep,
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2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And said, No, my lord.
I said, I have looked, and behold a 14 Then said he, These are the two
candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of
the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, the whole earth.
and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which
are upon the top thereof: CHAPTER 5
3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the THEN I turned, and lifted up mine eyes,
right side of the bowl, and the other upon and looked, and behold a flying roll.
the left side thereof. 2 And he said unto me, What seest thou?
4 So I answered and spake to the angel And I answered, I see a flying roll; the
that talked with me, saying, What are length thereof is twenty cubits, and the
these, my lord? breadth thereof ten cubits.
5 Then the angel that talked with me 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse
answered and said unto me, Knowest thou that goeth forth over the face of the whole
not what these be? And I said, No, my earth: for every one that stealeth shall be
lord. cut off as on this side according to it; and
6 Then he answered and spake unto me, every one that sweareth shall be cut off as
saying, This is the word of the LORD unto on that side according to it.
Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by 4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of
power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of
hosts. the thief, and into the house of him that
7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall
Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and remain in the midst of his house, and shall
he shall bring forth the headstone thereof consume it with the timber thereof and the
with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto stones thereof.
it. 5 ¶ Then the angel that talked with me
8 Moreover the word of the LORD came went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now
unto me, saying, thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth
9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the forth.
foundation of this house; his hands shall 6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This
also finish it; and thou shalt know that the is an ephah that goeth forth. He said
LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. moreover, This is their resemblance
10 For who hath despised the day of small through all the earth.
things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see 7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent
the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in
with those seven; they are the eyes of the the midst of the ephah.
LORD, which run to and fro through the 8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he
whole earth. cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he
11 ¶ Then answered I, and said unto him, cast the weight of lead upon the mouth
What are these two olive trees upon the thereof.
right side of the candlestick and upon the 9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked,
left side thereof? and, behold, there came out two women,
12 And I answered again, and said unto and the wind was in their wings; for they
him, What be these two olive branches had wings like the wings of a stork: and
which through the two golden pipes empty they lifted up the ephah between the earth
the golden oil out of themselves? and the heaven.
13 And he answered me and said, 10 Then said I to the angel that talked with
Knowest thou not what these be? And I me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
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11 And he said unto me, To build it an speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying,
house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be Behold the man whose name is The
established, and set there upon her own BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his
base. place, and he shall build the temple of the
LORD:
CHAPTER 6 13 Even he shall build the temple of the
AND I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and
and looked, and, behold, there came four shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he
chariots out from between two mountains; shall be a priest upon his throne: and the
and the mountains were mountains of counsel of peace shall be between them
brass. both.
2 In the first chariot were red horses; and 14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and
in the second chariot black horses; to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the
3 And in the third chariot white horses; son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the
and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay temple of the LORD.
horses. 15 And they that are far off shall come
4 Then I answered and said unto the angel and build in the temple of the LORD, and
that talked with me, What are these, my ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath
lord? sent me unto you. And this shall come to
5 And the angel answered and said unto pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of
me, These are the four spirits of the the LORD your God.
heavens, which go forth from standing
before the Lord of all the earth. CHAPTER 7
6 The black horses which are therein go AND it came to pass in the fourth year of
forth into the north country; and the white king Darius, that the word of the LORD
go forth after them; and the grisled go came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of
forth toward the south country. the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
7 And the bay went forth, and sought to 2 When they had sent unto the house of
go that they might walk to and fro through God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and
the earth: and he said, Get you hence, their men, to pray before the LORD,
walk to and fro through the earth. So they 3 And to speak unto the priests which
walked to and fro through the earth. were in the house of the LORD of hosts,
8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep
me, saying, Behold, these that go toward in the fifth month, separating myself, as I
the north country have quieted my spirit in have done these so many years?
the north country. 4 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD of
9 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto hosts unto me, saying,
me, saying, 5 Speak unto all the people of the land,
10 Take of them of the captivity, even of and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted
Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which and mourned in the fifth and seventh
are come from Babylon, and come thou month, even those seventy years, did ye at
the same day, and go into the house of all fast unto me, even to me?
Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did
11 Then take silver and gold, and make drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and
crowns, and set them upon the head of drink for yourselves?
Joshua the son of Josedech, the high 7 Should ye not hear the words which the
priest; LORD hath cried by the former prophets,
12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus when Jerusalem was inhabited and in
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prosperity, and the cities thereof round boys and girls playing in the streets
about her, when men inhabited the south thereof.
and the plain? 6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be
8 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of
Zechariah, saying, this people in these days, should it also be
9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD
saying, Execute true judgment, and shew of hosts.
mercy and compassions every man to his 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I
brother: will save my people from the east country,
10 And oppress not the widow, nor the and from the west country;
fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and 8 And I will bring them, and they shall
let none of you imagine evil against his dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they
brother in your heart. shall be my people, and I will be their
11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled God, in truth and in righteousness.
away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, 9 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your
that they should not hear. hands be strong, ye that hear in these days
12 Yea, they made their hearts as an these words by the mouth of the prophets,
adamant stone, lest they should hear the which were in the day that the foundation
law, and the words which the LORD of of the house of the LORD of hosts was
hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former laid, that the temple might be built.
prophets: therefore came a great wrath 10 For before these days there was no hire
from the LORD of hosts. for man, nor any hire for beast; neither
13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he was there any peace to him that went out
cried, and they would not hear; so they or came in because of the affliction: for I
cried, and I would not hear, saith the set all men every one against his
LORD of hosts: neighbour.
14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind 11 But now I will not be unto the residue
among all the nations whom they knew of this people as in the former days, saith
not. Thus the land was desolate after them, the LORD of hosts.
that no man passed through nor returned: 12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the
for they laid the pleasant land desolate. vine shall give her fruit, and the ground
shall give her increase, and the heavens
CHAPTER 8 shall give their dew; and I will cause the
AGAIN the word of the LORD of hosts remnant of this people to possess all these
came to me, saying, things.
2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was 13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye
jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I were a curse among the heathen, O house
was jealous for her with great fury. of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I
3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear
Zion, and will dwell in the midst of not, but let your hands be strong.
Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a 14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I
city of truth; and the mountain of the thought to punish you, when your fathers
LORD of hosts the holy mountain. provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of
4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There hosts, and I repented not:
shall yet old men and old women dwell in 15 So again have I thought in these days
the streets of Jerusalem, and every man to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house
with his staff in his hand for very age. of Judah: fear ye not.
5 And the streets of the city shall be full of 16 ¶ These are the things that ye shall do;
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Speak ye every man the truth to his also shall see it, and be very sorrowful,
neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and Ekron; for her expectation shall be
and peace in your gates: ashamed; and the king shall perish from
17 And let none of you imagine evil in Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be
your hearts against his neighbour; and inhabited.
love no false oath: for all these are things 6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod,
that I hate, saith the LORD. and I will cut off the pride of the
18 ¶ And the word of the LORD of hosts Philistines.
came unto me, saying, 7 And I will take away his blood out of his
19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast mouth, and his abominations from
of the fourth month, and the fast of the between his teeth: but he that remaineth,
fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the even he, shall be for our God, and he shall
fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a
Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful Jebusite.
feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. 8 And I will encamp about mine house
20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall because of the army, because of him that
yet come to pass, that there shall come passeth by, and because of him that
people, and the inhabitants of many cities: returneth: and no oppressor shall pass
21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go through them any more: for now have I
to another, saying, Let us go speedily to seen with mine eyes.
pray before the LORD, and to seek the 9 ¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion;
LORD of hosts: I will go also. shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold,
22 Yea, many people and strong nations thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and
shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in having salvation; lowly, and riding upon
Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those 10 And I will cut off the chariot from
days it shall come to pass, that ten men Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem,
shall take hold out of all languages of the and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he
nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of shall speak peace unto the heathen: and
him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with his dominion shall be from sea even to
you: for we have heard that God is with sea, and from the river even to the ends of
you. the earth.
11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy
CHAPTER 9 covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners
THE burden of the word of the LORD in out of the pit wherein is no water.
the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall 12 ¶ Turn you to the strong hold, ye
be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare
as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be that I will render double unto thee;
toward the LORD. 13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled
2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy
Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece,
3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong and made thee as the sword of a mighty
hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and man.
fine gold as the mire of the streets. 14 And the LORD shall be seen over them,
4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and and his arrow shall go forth as the
he will smite her power in the sea; and she lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow
shall be devoured with fire. the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds
5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza of the south.
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15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice
and they shall devour, and subdue with as through wine: yea, their children shall
sling stones; and they shall drink, and see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice
make a noise as through wine; and they in the LORD.
shall be filled like bowls, and as the 8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for
corners of the altar. I have redeemed them: and they shall
16 And the LORD their God shall save increase as they have increased.
them in that day as the flock of his people: 9 And I will sow them among the people:
for they shall be as the stones of a crown, and they shall remember me in far
lifted up as an ensign upon his land. countries; and they shall live with their
17 For how great is his goodness, and how children, and turn again.
great is his beauty! corn shall make the 10 I will bring them again also out of the
young men cheerful, and new wine the land of Egypt, and gather them out of
maids. Assyria; and I will bring them into the
land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place
CHAPTER 10 shall not be found for them.
ASK ye of the LORD rain in the time of 11 And he shall pass through the sea with
the latter rain; so the LORD shall make affliction, and shall smite the waves in the
bright clouds, and give them showers of sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry
rain, to every one grass in the field. up: and the pride of Assyria shall be
2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt
the diviners have seen a lie, and have told shall depart away.
false dreams; they comfort in vain: 12 And I will strengthen them in the
therefore they went their way as a flock, LORD; and they shall walk up and down in
they were troubled, because there was no his name, saith the LORD.
shepherd.
3 Mine anger was kindled against the CHAPTER 11
shepherds, and I punished the goats: for OPEN thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire
the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock may devour thy cedars.
the house of Judah, and hath made them as 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen;
his goodly horse in the battle. because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O
4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the
him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out vintage is come down.
of him every oppressor together. 3 ¶ There is a voice of the howling of the
5 ¶ And they shall be as mighty men, shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a
which tread down their enemies in the voice of the roaring of young lions; for the
mire of the streets in the battle: and they pride of Jordan is spoiled.
shall fight, because the LORD is with 4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the
them, and the riders on horses shall be flock of the slaughter;
confounded. 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold
6 And I will strengthen the house of themselves not guilty: and they that sell
Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am
and I will bring them again to place them; rich: and their own shepherds pity them
for I have mercy upon them: and they not.
shall be as though I had not cast them off: 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of
for I am the LORD their God, and will hear the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will
them. deliver the men every one into his
7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his
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Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of 6 And one shall say unto him, What are
supplications: and they shall look upon me these wounds in thine hands? Then he
whom they have pierced, and they shall shall answer, Those with which I was
mourn for him, as one mourneth for his wounded in the house of my friends.
only son, and shall be in bitterness for 7 ¶ Awake, O sword, against my
him, as one that is in bitterness for his shepherd, and against the man that is my
firstborn. fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the
11 In that day shall there be a great shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered:
mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning and I will turn mine hand upon the little
of Hadadrimmon in the valley of ones.
Megiddon. 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the
12 And the land shall mourn, every family land, saith the LORD, two parts therein
apart; the family of the house of David shall be cut off and die; but the third shall
apart, and their wives apart; the family of be left therein.
the house of Nathan apart, and their wives 9 And I will bring the third part through
apart; the fire, and will refine them as silver is
13 The family of the house of Levi apart, refined, and will try them as gold is tried:
and their wives apart; the family of Shimei they shall call on my name, and I will hear
apart, and their wives apart; them: I will say, It is my people: and they
14 All the families that remain, every shall say, The LORD is my God.
family apart, and their wives apart.
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 13 BEHOLD, the day of the LORD cometh,
IN that day there shall be a fountain and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst
opened to the house of David and to the of thee.
inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for 2 For I will gather all nations against
uncleanness. Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be
2 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, taken, and the houses rifled, and the
saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off women ravished; and half of the city shall
the names of the idols out of the land, and go forth into captivity, and the residue of
they shall no more be remembered: and the people shall not be cut off from the
also I will cause the prophets and the city.
unclean spirit to pass out of the land. 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight
3 And it shall come to pass, that when any against those nations, as when he fought
shall yet prophesy, then his father and his in the day of battle.
mother that begat him shall say unto him, 4 ¶ And his feet shall stand in that day
Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies upon the mount of Olives, which is before
in the name of the LORD: and his father Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of
and his mother that begat him shall thrust Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof
him through when he prophesieth. toward the east and toward the west, and
4 And it shall come to pass in that day, there shall be a very great valley; and half
that the prophets shall be ashamed every of the mountain shall remove toward the
one of his vision, when he hath north, and half of it toward the south.
prophesied; neither shall they wear a 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the
rough garment to deceive: mountains; for the valley of the mountains
5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee,
an husbandman; for man taught me to like as ye fled from before the earthquake
keep cattle from my youth. in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and
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the LORD my God shall come, and all the tents, as this plague.
saints with thee. 16 ¶ And it shall come to pass, that every
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, one that is left of all the nations which
that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: came against Jerusalem shall even go up
7 But it shall be one day which shall be from year to year to worship the King, the
known to the LORD, not day, nor night: LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of
but it shall come to pass, that at evening tabernacles.
time it shall be light. 17 And it shall be, that whoso will not
8 And it shall be in that day, that living come up of all the families of the earth
waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the
them toward the former sea, and half of LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be
them toward the hinder sea: in summer no rain.
and in winter shall it be. 18 And if the family of Egypt go not up,
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the and come not, that have no rain; there
earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD
and his name one. will smite the heathen that come not up to
10 All the land shall be turned as a plain keep the feast of tabernacles.
from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt,
and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in and the punishment of all nations that
her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the come not up to keep the feast of
place of the first gate, unto the corner tabernacles.
gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto 20 ¶ In that day shall there be upon the
the king’s winepresses. bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO
11 And men shall dwell in it, and there THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’s
shall be no more utter destruction; but house shall be like the bowls before the
Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. altar.
12 ¶ And this shall be the plague 21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in
wherewith the LORD will smite all the Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of
people that have fought against Jerusalem; hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall
Their flesh shall consume away while they come and take of them, and seethe therein:
stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall and in that day there shall be no more the
consume away in their holes, and their Canaanite in the house of the LORD of
tongue shall consume away in their hosts.
mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day,
that a great tumult from the LORD shall be
among them; and they shall lay hold 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
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CHAPTER 1 at your hand.
THE burden of the word of the LORD to 11 For from the rising of the sun even
Israel by Malachi. unto the going down of the same my name
2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye shall be great among the Gentiles; and in
say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not every place incense shall be offered unto
Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet my name, and a pure offering: for my
I loved Jacob, name shall be great among the heathen,
3 And I hated Esau, and laid his saith the LORD of hosts.
mountains and his heritage waste for the 12 ¶ But ye have profaned it, in that ye
dragons of the wilderness. say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and
4 Whereas Edom saith, We are the fruit thereof, even his meat, is
impoverished, but we will return and build contemptible.
the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness
hosts, They shall build, but I will throw is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the
down; and they shall call them, The LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which
border of wickedness, and, The people was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus
against whom the LORD hath indignation ye brought an offering: should I accept
for ever. this of your hand? saith the LORD.
5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall 14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath
say, The LORD will be magnified from the in his flock a male, and voweth, and
border of Israel. sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing:
6 ¶ A son honoureth his father, and a for I am a great King, saith the LORD of
servant his master: if then I be a father, hosts, and my name is dreadful among the
where is mine honour? and if I be a heathen.
master, where is my fear? saith the LORD
of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise CHAPTER 2
my name. And ye say, Wherein have we AND now, O ye priests, this
despised thy name? commandment is for you.
7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay
and ye say, Wherein have we polluted it to heart, to give glory unto my name,
thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a
is contemptible. curse upon you, and I will curse your
8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is blessings: yea, I have cursed them already,
it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and because ye do not lay it to heart.
sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and
governor; will he be pleased with thee, or spread dung upon your faces, even the
accept thy person? saith the LORD of dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall
hosts. take you away with it.
9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this
he will be gracious unto us: this hath been commandment unto you, that my covenant
by your means: will he regard your might be with Levi, saith the LORD of
persons? saith the LORD of hosts. hosts.
10 Who is there even among you that 5 My covenant was with him of life and
would shut the doors for nought? neither peace; and I gave them to him for the fear
do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. wherewith he feared me, and was afraid
I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD before my name.
of hosts, neither will I accept an offering 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and
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iniquity was not found in his lips: he 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith
walked with me in peace and equity, and that he hateth putting away: for one
did turn many away from iniquity. covereth violence with his garment, saith
7 For the priest’s lips should keep the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to
knowledge, and they should seek the law your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
at his mouth: for he is the messenger of 17 ¶ Ye have wearied the LORD with your
the LORD of hosts. words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we
8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye wearied him? When ye say, Every one
have caused many to stumble at the law; that doeth evil is good in the sight of the
ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, LORD, and he delighteth in them; or,
saith the LORD of hosts. Where is the God of judgment?
9 Therefore have I also made you
contemptible and base before all the CHAPTER 3
people, according as ye have not kept my BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and
ways, but have been partial in the law. he shall prepare the way before me: and
10 Have we not all one father? hath not the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly
one God created us? why do we deal come to his temple, even the messenger of
treacherously every man against his the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold,
brother, by profaning the covenant of our he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
fathers? 2 But who may abide the day of his
11 ¶ Judah hath dealt treacherously, and coming? and who shall stand when he
an abomination is committed in Israel and appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire,
in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the and like fullers’ soap:
holiness of the LORD which he loved, and 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier
hath married the daughter of a strange of silver: and he shall purify the sons of
god. Levi, and purge them as gold and silver,
12 The LORD will cut off the man that that they may offer unto the LORD an
doeth this, the master and the scholar, out offering in righteousness.
of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and
offereth an offering unto the LORD of Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in
hosts. the days of old, and as in former years.
13 And this have ye done again, covering 5 And I will come near to you to
the altar of the LORD with tears, with judgment; and I will be a swift witness
weeping, and with crying out, insomuch against the sorcerers, and against the
that he regardeth not the offering any adulterers, and against false swearers, and
more, or receiveth it with good will at against those that oppress the hireling in
your hand. his wages, the widow, and the fatherless,
14 ¶ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the and that turn aside the stranger from his
LORD hath been witness between thee and right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of
the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hosts.
hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy 6 For I am the LORD, I change not;
companion, and the wife of thy covenant. therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
15 And did not he make one? Yet had he consumed.
the residue of the spirit. And wherefore 7 ¶ Even from the days of your fathers ye
one? That he might seek a godly seed. are gone away from mine ordinances, and
Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let have not kept them. Return unto me, and I
none deal treacherously against the wife will return unto you, saith the LORD of
of his youth. hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we
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4 And the same John had his raiment of This is my beloved Son, in whom I am
camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about well pleased.
his loins; and his meat was locusts and
wild honey. CHAPTER 4
5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into
Judæa, and all the region round about the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Jordan, 2 And when he had fasted forty days and
6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
confessing their sins. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he
7 ¶ But when he saw many of the said, If thou be the Son of God, command
Pharisees and Sadducees come to his that these stones be made bread.
baptism, he said unto them, O generation 4 But he answered and said, It is written,
of vipers, who hath warned you to flee Man shall not live by bread alone, but by
from the wrath to come? every word that proceedeth out of the
8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for mouth of God.
repentance: 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the
9 And think not to say within yourselves, holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of
We have Abraham to our father: for I say the temple,
unto you, that God is able of these stones 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son
to raise up children unto Abraham. of God, cast thyself down: for it is written,
10 And now also the axe is laid unto the He shall give his angels charge concerning
root of the trees: therefore every tree thee: and in their hands they shall bear
which bringeth not forth good fruit is thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot
hewn down, and cast into the fire. against a stone.
11 I indeed baptize you with water unto 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again,
repentance: but he that cometh after me is Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
mightier than I, whose shoes I am not 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an
worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with exceeding high mountain, and sheweth
the Holy Ghost, and with fire: him all the kingdoms of the world, and the
12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will glory of them;
throughly purge his floor, and gather his 9 And saith unto him, All these things will
wheat into the garner; but he will burn up I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and
the chaff with unquenchable fire. worship me.
13 ¶ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee
Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt
14 But John forbad him, saying, I have worship the Lord thy God, and him only
need to be baptized of thee, and comest shalt thou serve.
thou to me? 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and,
15 And Jesus answering said unto him, behold, angels came and ministered unto
Suffer it to be so now: for thus it him.
becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. 12 ¶ Now when Jesus had heard that John
Then he suffered him. was cast into prison, he departed into
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went Galilee;
up straightway out of the water: and, lo, 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and
the heavens were opened unto him, and he dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the
saw the Spirit of God descending like a sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and
dove, and lighting upon him: Nephthalim:
17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, 14 That it might be fulfilled which was
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19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it
these least commandments, and shall off, and cast it from thee: for it is
teach men so, he shall be called the least profitable for thee that one of thy
in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever members should perish, and not that thy
shall do and teach them, the same shall be whole body should be cast into hell.
called great in the kingdom of heaven. 31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put
20 For I say unto you, That except your away his wife, let him give her a writing
righteousness shall exceed the of divorcement:
righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever
ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom shall put away his wife, saving for the
of heaven. cause of fornication, causeth her to
21 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said by commit adultery: and whosoever shall
them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and marry her that is divorced committeth
whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of adultery.
the judgment: 33 ¶ Again, ye have heard that it hath been
22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is said by them of old time, Thou shalt not
angry with his brother without a cause forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto
shall be in danger of the judgment: and the Lord thine oaths:
whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all;
shall be in danger of the council: but neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool:
danger of hell fire. neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of
23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the the great King.
altar, and there rememberest that thy 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head,
brother hath ought against thee; because thou canst not make one hair
24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, white or black.
and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy 37 But let your communication be, Yea,
brother, and then come and offer thy gift. yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more
25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, than these cometh of evil.
whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at 38 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said,
any time the adversary deliver thee to the An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
judge, and the judge deliver thee to the 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not
officer, and thou be cast into prison. evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy
26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by right cheek, turn to him the other also.
no means come out thence, till thou hast 40 And if any man will sue thee at the
paid the uttermost farthing. law, and take away thy coat, let him have
27 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said by thy cloke also.
them of old time, Thou shalt not commit 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go
adultery: a mile, go with him twain.
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from
looketh on a woman to lust after her hath him that would borrow of thee turn not
committed adultery with her already in his thou away.
heart. 43 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said,
29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate
it out, and cast it from thee: for it is thine enemy.
profitable for thee that one of thy 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies,
members should perish, and not that thy bless them that curse you, do good to them
whole body should be cast into hell. that hate you, and pray for them which
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despitefully use you, and persecute you; need of, before ye ask him.
45 That ye may be the children of your 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our
Father which is in heaven: for he maketh Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be
his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, thy name.
and sendeth rain on the just and on the 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done
unjust. in earth, as it is in heaven.
46 For if ye love them which love you, 11 Give us this day our daily bread.
what reward have ye? do not even the 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive
publicans the same? our debtors.
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, 13 And lead us not into temptation, but
what do ye more than others? do not even deliver us from evil: For thine is the
the publicans so? kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your for ever. Amen.
Father which is in heaven is perfect. 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also forgive
CHAPTER 6 you:
TAKE heed that ye do not your alms 15 But if ye forgive not men their
before men, to be seen of them: otherwise trespasses, neither will your Father forgive
ye have no reward of your Father which is your trespasses.
in heaven. 16 ¶ Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they
do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the disfigure their faces, that they may appear
hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you,
streets, that they may have glory of men. They have their reward.
Verily I say unto you, They have their 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint
reward. thine head, and wash thy face;
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast,
left hand know what thy right hand doeth: but unto thy Father which is in secret: and
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall
thy Father which seeth in secret himself reward thee openly.
shall reward thee openly. 19 ¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures
5 ¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not upon earth, where moth and rust doth
be as the hypocrites are: for they love to corrupt, and where thieves break through
pray standing in the synagogues and in the and steal:
corners of the streets, that they may be 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in
seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
have their reward. corrupt, and where thieves do not break
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into through nor steal:
thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy 21 For where your treasure is, there will
door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; your heart be also.
and thy Father which seeth in secret shall 22 The light of the body is the eye: if
reward thee openly. therefore thine eye be single, thy whole
7 But when ye pray, use not vain body shall be full of light.
repetitions, as the heathen do: for they 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body
think that they shall be heard for their shall be full of darkness. If therefore the
much speaking. light that is in thee be darkness, how great
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for is that darkness!
your Father knoweth what things ye have 24 ¶ No man can serve two masters: for
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either he will hate the one, and love the in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not
other; or else he will hold to the one, and the beam that is in thine own eye?
despise the other. Ye cannot serve God 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let
and mammon. me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and,
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam
what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou
what ye shall put on. Is not the life more see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy
than meat, and the body than raiment? brother’s eye.
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they 6 ¶ Give not that which is holy unto the
sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before
into barns; yet your heavenly Father swine, lest they trample them under their
feedeth them. Are ye not much better than feet, and turn again and rend you.
they? 7 ¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek,
27 Which of you by taking thought can and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
add one cubit unto his stature? opened unto you:
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and
Consider the lilies of the field, how they he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: knocketh it shall be opened.
29 And yet I say unto you, That even 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed his son ask bread, will he give him a
like one of these. stone?
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a
of the field, which to day is, and to serpent?
morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to
much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? give good gifts unto your children, how
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, much more shall your Father which is in
What shall we eat? or, What shall we heaven give good things to them that ask
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be him?
clothed? 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye
32 (For after all these things do the would that men should do to you, do ye
Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father even so to them: for this is the law and the
knoweth that ye have need of all these prophets.
things. 13 ¶ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, is the gate, and broad is the way, that
and his righteousness; and all these things leadeth to destruction, and many there be
shall be added unto you. which go in thereat:
34 Take therefore no thought for the 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is
morrow: for the morrow shall take thought the way, which leadeth unto life, and few
for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the there be that find it.
day is the evil thereof. 15 ¶ Beware of false prophets, which
come to you in sheep’s clothing, but
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JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of
shall be judged: and with what measure ye thistles?
mete, it shall be measured to you again. 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth
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possessed with devils: and he cast out the 30 And there was a good way off from
spirits with his word, and healed all that them an herd of many swine feeding.
were sick: 31 So the devils besought him, saying, If
17 That it might be fulfilled which was thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into
spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, the herd of swine.
Himself took our infirmities, and bare our 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when
sicknesses. they were come out, they went into the
18 ¶ Now when Jesus saw great herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd
multitudes about him, he gave of swine ran violently down a steep place
commandment to depart unto the other into the sea, and perished in the waters.
side. 33 And they that kept them fled, and went
19 And a certain scribe came, and said their ways into the city, and told every
unto him, Master, I will follow thee thing, and what was befallen to the
whithersoever thou goest. possessed of the devils.
20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes 34 And, behold, the whole city came out
have holes, and the birds of the air have to meet Jesus: and when they saw him,
nests; but the Son of man hath not where they besought him that he would depart
to lay his head. out of their coasts.
21 And another of his disciples said unto
him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury CHAPTER 9
my father. AND he entered into a ship, and passed
22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; over, and came into his own city.
and let the dead bury their dead. 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man
23 ¶ And when he was entered into a ship, sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus
his disciples followed him. seeing their faith said unto the sick of the
24 And, behold, there arose a great palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be
tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship forgiven thee.
was covered with the waves: but he was 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said
asleep. within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
25 And his disciples came to him, and 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said,
awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
perish. 5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be
26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, 6 But that ye may know that the Son of
and rebuked the winds and the sea; and man hath power on earth to forgive sins,
there was a great calm. (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,)
27 But the men marvelled, saying, What Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine
manner of man is this, that even the winds house.
and the sea obey him! 7 And he arose, and departed to his house.
28 ¶ And when he was come to the other 8 But when the multitudes saw it, they
side into the country of the Gergesenes, marvelled, and glorified God, which had
there met him two possessed with devils, given such power unto men.
coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, 9 ¶ And as Jesus passed forth from thence,
so that no man might pass by that way. he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at
29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, the receipt of custom: and he saith unto
What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou him, Follow me. And he arose, and
Son of God? art thou come hither to followed him.
torment us before the time? 10 ¶ And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at
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meat in the house, behold, many publicans And the woman was made whole from
and sinners came and sat down with him that hour.
and his disciples. 23 And when Jesus came into the ruler’s
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they house, and saw the minstrels and the
said unto his disciples, Why eateth your people making a noise,
Master with publicans and sinners? 24 He said unto them, Give place: for the
12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they
them, They that be whole need not a laughed him to scorn.
physician, but they that are sick. 25 But when the people were put forth, he
13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, went in, and took her by the hand, and the
I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I maid arose.
am not come to call the righteous, but 26 And the fame hereof went abroad into
sinners to repentance. all that land.
14 ¶ Then came to him the disciples of 27 ¶ And when Jesus departed thence, two
John, saying, Why do we and the blind men followed him, crying, and
Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on
not? us.
15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the 28 And when he was come into the house,
children of the bridechamber mourn, as the blind men came to him: and Jesus
long as the bridegroom is with them? but saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able
the days will come, when the bridegroom to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
shall be taken from them, and then shall 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying,
they fast. According to your faith be it unto you.
16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus
unto an old garment, for that which is put straitly charged them, saying, See that no
in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and man know it.
the rent is made worse. 31 But they, when they were departed,
17 Neither do men put new wine into old spread abroad his fame in all that country.
bottles: else the bottles break, and the 32 ¶ As they went out, behold, they
wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: brought to him a dumb man possessed
but they put new wine into new bottles, with a devil.
and both are preserved. 33 And when the devil was cast out, the
18 ¶ While he spake these things unto dumb spake: and the multitudes
them, behold, there came a certain ruler, marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in
and worshipped him, saying, My daughter Israel.
is even now dead: but come and lay thy 34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out
hand upon her, and she shall live. devils through the prince of the devils.
19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and
and so did his disciples. villages, teaching in their synagogues, and
20 ¶ And, behold, a woman, which was preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and
diseased with an issue of blood twelve healing every sickness and every disease
years, came behind him, and touched the among the people.
hem of his garment: 36 ¶ But when he saw the multitudes, he
21 For she said within herself, If I may but was moved with compassion on them,
touch his garment, I shall be whole. because they fainted, and were scattered
22 But Jesus turned him about, and when abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The
comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. harvest truly is plenteous, but the
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a council against him, how they might 30 He that is not with me is against me;
destroy him. and he that gathereth not with me
15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew scattereth abroad.
himself from thence: and great multitudes 31 ¶ Wherefore I say unto you, All
followed him, and he healed them all; manner of sin and blasphemy shall be
16 And charged them that they should not forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy
make him known: against the Holy Ghost shall not be
17 That it might be fulfilled which was forgiven unto men.
spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 32 And whosoever speaketh a word
18 Behold my servant, whom I have against the Son of man, it shall be
chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh
well pleased: I will put my spirit upon against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be
him, and he shall shew judgment to the forgiven him, neither in this world, neither
Gentiles. in the world to come.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit
shall any man hear his voice in the streets. good; or else make the tree corrupt, and
20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by
smoking flax shall he not quench, till he his fruit.
send forth judgment unto victory. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye,
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles being evil, speak good things? for out of
trust. the abundance of the heart the mouth
22 ¶ Then was brought unto him one speaketh.
possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: 35 A good man out of the good treasure of
and he healed him, insomuch that the the heart bringeth forth good things: and
blind and dumb both spake and saw. an evil man out of the evil treasure
23 And all the people were amazed, and bringeth forth evil things.
said, Is not this the son of David? 36 But I say unto you, That every idle
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they word that men shall speak, they shall give
said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, account thereof in the day of judgment.
but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and justified, and by thy words thou shalt be
said unto them, Every kingdom divided condemned.
against itself is brought to desolation; and 38 ¶ Then certain of the scribes and of the
every city or house divided against itself Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we
shall not stand: would see a sign from thee.
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is 39 But he answered and said unto them,
divided against himself; how shall then his An evil and adulterous generation seeketh
kingdom stand? after a sign; and there shall no sign be
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, given to it, but the sign of the prophet
by whom do your children cast them out? Jonas:
therefore they shall be your judges. 40 For as Jonas was three days and three
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the
God, then the kingdom of God is come Son of man be three days and three nights
unto you. in the heart of the earth.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in
man’s house, and spoil his goods, except judgment with this generation, and shall
he first bind the strong man? and then he condemn it: because they repented at the
will spoil his house. preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater
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19 When any one heareth the word of the 31 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto
kingdom, and understandeth it not, then them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is
cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away like to a grain of mustard seed, which a
that which was sown in his heart. This is man took, and sowed in his field:
he which received seed by the way side. 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds:
20 But he that received the seed into stony but when it is grown, it is the greatest
places, the same is he that heareth the among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that
word, and anon with joy receiveth it; the birds of the air come and lodge in the
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but branches thereof.
dureth for a while: for when tribulation or 33 ¶ Another parable spake he unto them;
persecution ariseth because of the word, The kingdom of heaven is like unto
by and by he is offended. leaven, which a woman took, and hid in
22 He also that received seed among the three measures of meal, till the whole was
thorns is he that heareth the word; and the leavened.
care of this world, and the deceitfulness of 34 All these things spake Jesus unto the
riches, choke the word, and he becometh multitude in parables; and without a
unfruitful. parable spake he not unto them:
23 But he that received seed into the good 35 That it might be fulfilled which was
ground is he that heareth the word, and spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open
understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, my mouth in parables; I will utter things
and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, which have been kept secret from the
some sixty, some thirty. foundation of the world.
24 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto 36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away,
them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is and went into the house: and his disciples
likened unto a man which sowed good came unto him, saying, Declare unto us
seed in his field: the parable of the tares of the field.
25 But while men slept, his enemy came 37 He answered and said unto them, He
and sowed tares among the wheat, and that soweth the good seed is the Son of
went his way. man;
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and 38 The field is the world; the good seed
brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares are the children of the kingdom; but the
also. tares are the children of the wicked one;
27 So the servants of the householder 39 The enemy that sowed them is the
came and said unto him, Sir, didst not devil; the harvest is the end of the world;
thou sow good seed in thy field? from and the reapers are the angels.
whence then hath it tares? 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end
done this. The servants said unto him, of this world.
Wilt thou then that we go and gather them 41 The Son of man shall send forth his
up? angels, and they shall gather out of his
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather kingdom all things that offend, and them
up the tares, ye root up also the wheat which do iniquity;
with them. 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of
30 Let both grow together until the fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of
harvest: and in the time of harvest I will teeth.
say to the reapers, Gather ye together first 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as
the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
them: but gather the wheat into my barn. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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44 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like without honour, save in his own country,
unto treasure hid in a field; the which and in his own house.
when a man hath found, he hideth, and for 58 And he did not many mighty works
joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he there because of their unbelief.
hath, and buyeth that field.
45 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like CHAPTER 14
unto a merchant man, seeking goodly AT that time Herod the tetrarch heard of
pearls: the fame of Jesus,
46 Who, when he had found one pearl of 2 And said unto his servants, This is John
great price, went and sold all that he had, the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and
and bought it. therefore mighty works do shew forth
47 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like themselves in him.
unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and 3 ¶ For Herod had laid hold on John, and
gathered of every kind: bound him, and put him in prison for
48 Which, when it was full, they drew to Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
shore, and sat down, and gathered the 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful
good into vessels, but cast the bad away. for thee to have her.
49 So shall it be at the end of the world: 5 And when he would have put him to
the angels shall come forth, and sever the death, he feared the multitude, because
wicked from among the just, they counted him as a prophet.
50 And shall cast them into the furnace of 6 But when Herod’s birthday was kept,
fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of the daughter of Herodias danced before
teeth. them, and pleased Herod.
51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to
understood all these things? They say unto give her whatsoever she would ask.
him, Yea, Lord. 8 And she, being before instructed of her
52 Then said he unto them, Therefore mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s
every scribe which is instructed unto the head in a charger.
kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that 9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for
is an householder, which bringeth forth the oath’s sake, and them which sat with
out of his treasure things new and old. him at meat, he commanded it to be given
53 ¶ And it came to pass, that when Jesus her.
had finished these parables, he departed 10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the
thence. prison.
54 And when he was come into his own 11 And his head was brought in a charger,
country, he taught them in their and given to the damsel: and she brought
synagogue, insomuch that they were it to her mother.
astonished, and said, Whence hath this 12 And his disciples came, and took up
man this wisdom, and these mighty the body, and buried it, and went and told
works? Jesus.
55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not 13 ¶ When Jesus heard of it, he departed
his mother called Mary? and his brethren, thence by ship into a desert place apart:
James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? and when the people had heard thereof,
56 And his sisters, are they not all with they followed him on foot out of the cities.
us? Whence then hath this man all these 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great
things? multitude, and was moved with
57 And they were offended in him. But compassion toward them, and he healed
Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not their sick.
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8 This people draweth nigh unto me with 24 But he answered and said, I am not
their mouth, and honoureth me with their sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of
lips; but their heart is far from me. Israel.
9 But in vain they do worship me, 25 Then came she and worshipped him,
teaching for doctrines the commandments saying, Lord, help me.
of men. 26 But he answered and said, It is not
10 ¶ And he called the multitude, and said meet to take the children’s bread, and to
unto them, Hear, and understand: cast it to dogs.
11 Not that which goeth into the mouth 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs
defileth a man; but that which cometh out eat of the crumbs which fall from their
of the mouth, this defileth a man. masters’ table.
12 Then came his disciples, and said unto 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her,
him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto
offended, after they heard this saying? thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter
13 But he answered and said, Every plant, was made whole from that very hour.
which my heavenly Father hath not 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and
planted, shall be rooted up. came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and
14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders went up into a mountain, and sat down
of the blind. And if the blind lead the there.
blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 30 And great multitudes came unto him,
15 Then answered Peter and said unto having with them those that were lame,
him, Declare unto us this parable. blind, dumb, maimed, and many others,
16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he
understanding? healed them:
17 Do not ye yet understand, that 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered,
whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth when they saw the dumb to speak, the
into the belly, and is cast out into the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk,
draught? and the blind to see: and they glorified the
18 But those things which proceed out of God of Israel.
the mouth come forth from the heart; and 32 ¶ Then Jesus called his disciples unto
they defile the man. him, and said, I have compassion on the
19 For out of the heart proceed evil multitude, because they continue with me
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, now three days, and have nothing to eat:
thefts, false witness, blasphemies: and I will not send them away fasting, lest
20 These are the things which defile a they faint in the way.
man: but to eat with unwashen hands 33 And his disciples say unto him,
defileth not a man. Whence should we have so much bread in
21 ¶ Then Jesus went thence, and departed the wilderness, as to fill so great a
into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. multitude?
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came 34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many
out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and
saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou a few little fishes.
Son of David; my daughter is grievously 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit
vexed with a devil. down on the ground.
23 But he answered her not a word. And 36 And he took the seven loaves and the
his disciples came and besought him, fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them,
saying, Send her away; for she crieth after and gave to his disciples, and the disciples
us. to the multitude.
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37 And they did all eat, and were filled: I spake it not to you concerning bread, that
and they took up of the broken meat that ye should beware of the leaven of the
was left seven baskets full. Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
38 And they that did eat were four 12 Then understood they how that he bade
thousand men, beside women and them not beware of the leaven of bread,
children. but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of
39 And he sent away the multitude, and the Sadducees.
took ship, and came into the coasts of 13 ¶ When Jesus came into the coasts of
Magdala. Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,
saying, Whom do men say that I the Son
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THE Pharisees also with the Sadducees 14 And they said, Some say that thou art
came, and tempting desired him that he John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others,
would shew them a sign from heaven. Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
2 He answered and said unto them, When 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye
it is evening, ye say, It will be fair that I am?
weather: for the sky is red. 16 And Simon Peter answered and said,
3 And in the morning, It will be foul Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living
weather to day: for the sky is red and God.
lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him,
the face of the sky; but can ye not discern Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for
the signs of the times? flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto
4 A wicked and adulterous generation thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
seeketh after a sign; and there shall no 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art
sign be given unto it, but the sign of the Peter, and upon this rock I will build my
prophet Jonas. And he left them, and church; and the gates of hell shall not
departed. prevail against it.
5 And when his disciples were come to 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of
the other side, they had forgotten to take the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever
bread. thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in
6 ¶ Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose
and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
and of the Sadducees. 20 Then charged he his disciples that they
7 And they reasoned among themselves, should tell no man that he was Jesus the
saying, It is because we have taken no Christ.
bread. 21 ¶ From that time forth began Jesus to
8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said shew unto his disciples, how that he must
unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things
ye among yourselves, because ye have of the elders and chief priests and scribes,
brought no bread? and be killed, and be raised again the third
9 Do ye not yet understand, neither day.
remember the five loaves of the five 22 Then Peter took him, and began to
thousand, and how many baskets ye took rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee,
up? Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
10 Neither the seven loaves of the four 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get
thousand, and how many baskets ye took thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence
up? unto me: for thou savourest not the things
11 How is it that ye do not understand that that be of God, but those that be of men.
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24 ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If man be risen again from the dead.
any man will come after me, let him deny 10 And his disciples asked him, saying,
himself, and take up his cross, and follow Why then say the scribes that Elias must
me. first come?
25 For whosoever will save his life shall 11 And Jesus answered and said unto
lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for them, Elias truly shall first come, and
my sake shall find it. restore all things.
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall 12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come
gain the whole world, and lose his own already, and they knew him not, but have
soul? or what shall a man give in done unto him whatsoever they listed.
exchange for his soul? Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer
27 For the Son of man shall come in the of them.
glory of his Father with his angels; and 13 Then the disciples understood that he
then he shall reward every man according spake unto them of John the Baptist.
to his works. 14 ¶ And when they were come to the
28 Verily I say unto you, There be some multitude, there came to him a certain
standing here, which shall not taste of man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
death, till they see the Son of man coming 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is
in his kingdom. lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he
falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
CHAPTER 17 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and
AND after six days Jesus taketh Peter, they could not cure him.
James, and John his brother, and bringeth 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O
them up into an high mountain apart, faithless and perverse generation, how
2 And was transfigured before them: and long shall I be with you? how long shall I
his face did shine as the sun, and his suffer you? bring him hither to me.
raiment was white as the light. 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he
3 And, behold, there appeared unto them departed out of him: and the child was
Moses and Elias talking with him. cured from that very hour.
4 Then answered Peter, and said unto 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart,
Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if and said, Why could not we cast him out?
thou wilt, let us make here three 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of
tabernacles; one for thee, and one for your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If
Moses, and one for Elias. ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed,
5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove
cloud overshadowed them: and behold a hence to yonder place; and it shall
voice out of the cloud, which said, This is remove; and nothing shall be impossible
my beloved Son, in whom I am well unto you.
pleased; hear ye him. 21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by
6 And when the disciples heard it, they prayer and fasting.
fell on their face, and were sore afraid. 22 ¶ And while they abode in Galilee,
7 And Jesus came and touched them, and Jesus said unto them, The Son of man
said, Arise, and be not afraid. shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, 23 And they shall kill him, and the third
they saw no man, save Jesus only. day he shall be raised again. And they
9 And as they came down from the were exceeding sorry.
mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, 24 ¶ And when they were come to
Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of Capernaum, they that received tribute
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money came to Peter, and said, Doth not 9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it
your master pay tribute? out, and cast it from thee: it is better for
25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come thee to enter into life with one eye, rather
into the house, Jesus prevented him, than having two eyes to be cast into hell
saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of fire.
whom do the kings of the earth take 10 Take heed that ye despise not one of
custom or tribute? of their own children, these little ones; for I say unto you, That
or of strangers? in heaven their angels do always behold
26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children 11 For the Son of man is come to save that
free. which was lost.
27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend 12 How think ye? if a man have an
them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, hundred sheep, and one of them be gone
and take up the fish that first cometh up; astray, doth he not leave the ninety and
and when thou hast opened his mouth, nine, and goeth into the mountains, and
thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, seeketh that which is gone astray?
and give unto them for me and thee. 13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say
unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep,
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AT the same time came the disciples unto astray.
Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father
kingdom of heaven? which is in heaven, that one of these little
2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, ones should perish.
and set him in the midst of them, 15 ¶ Moreover if thy brother shall trespass
3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except against thee, go and tell him his fault
ye be converted, and become as little between thee and him alone: if he shall
children, ye shall not enter into the hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
kingdom of heaven. 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble with thee one or two more, that in the
himself as this little child, the same is mouth of two or three witnesses every
greatest in the kingdom of heaven. word may be established.
5 And whoso shall receive one such little 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them,
child in my name receiveth me. tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to
6 But whoso shall offend one of these hear the church, let him be unto thee as an
little ones which believe in me, it were heathen man and a publican.
better for him that a millstone were 18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye
hanged about his neck, and that he were shall bind on earth shall be bound in
drowned in the depth of the sea. heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on
7 ¶ Woe unto the world because of earth shall be loosed in heaven.
offences! for it must needs be that 19 Again I say unto you, That if two of
offences come; but woe to that man by you shall agree on earth as touching any
whom the offence cometh! thing that they shall ask, it shall be done
8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend for them of my Father which is in heaven.
thee, cut them off, and cast them from 20 For where two or three are gathered
thee: it is better for thee to enter into life together in my name, there am I in the
halt or maimed, rather than having two midst of them.
hands or two feet to be cast into 21 ¶ Then came Peter to him, and said,
everlasting fire. Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against
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about the eleventh hour, they received indeed of my cup, and be baptized with
every man a penny. the baptism that I am baptized with: but to
10 But when the first came, they supposed sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not
that they should have received more; and mine to give, but it shall be given to them
they likewise received every man a penny. for whom it is prepared of my Father.
11 And when they had received it, they 24 And when the ten heard it, they were
murmured against the goodman of the moved with indignation against the two
house, brethren.
12 Saying, These last have wrought but 25 But Jesus called them unto him, and
one hour, and thou hast made them equal said, Ye know that the princes of the
unto us, which have borne the burden and Gentiles exercise dominion over them,
heat of the day. and they that are great exercise authority
13 But he answered one of them, and said, upon them.
Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou 26 But it shall not be so among you: but
agree with me for a penny? whosoever will be great among you, let
14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I him be your minister;
will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 27 And whosoever will be chief among
15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will you, let him be your servant:
with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be
I am good? ministered unto, but to minister, and to
16 So the last shall be first, and the first give his life a ransom for many.
last: for many be called, but few chosen. 29 And as they departed from Jericho, a
17 ¶ And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took great multitude followed him.
the twelve disciples apart in the way, and 30 ¶ And, behold, two blind men sitting
said unto them, by the way side, when they heard that
18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have
Son of man shall be betrayed unto the mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
chief priests and unto the scribes, and they 31 And the multitude rebuked them,
shall condemn him to death, because they should hold their peace: but
19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to they cried the more, saying, Have mercy
mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
and the third day he shall rise again. 32 And Jesus stood still, and called them,
20 ¶ Then came to him the mother of and said, What will ye that I shall do unto
Zebedee’s children with her sons, you?
worshipping him, and desiring a certain 33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes
thing of him. may be opened.
21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? 34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and
She saith unto him, Grant that these my touched their eyes: and immediately their
two sons may sit, the one on thy right eyes received sight, and they followed
hand, and the other on the left, in thy him.
kingdom.
22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know CHAPTER 21
not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of AND when they drew nigh unto
the cup that I shall drink of, and to be Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage,
baptized with the baptism that I am unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus
baptized with? They say unto him, We are two disciples,
able. 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village
23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink over against you, and straightway ye shall
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find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected
them, and bring them unto me. praise?
3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye 17 ¶ And he left them, and went out of the
shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
straightway he will send them. 18 Now in the morning as he returned into
4 All this was done, that it might be the city, he hungered.
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, 19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way,
saying, he came to it, and found nothing thereon,
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no
King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever.
upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. And presently the fig tree withered away.
6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus 20 And when the disciples saw it, they
commanded them, marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig
7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and tree withered away!
put on them their clothes, and they set him 21 Jesus answered and said unto them,
thereon. Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and
8 And a very great multitude spread their doubt not, ye shall not only do this which
garments in the way; others cut down is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall
branches from the trees, and strawed them say unto this mountain, Be thou removed,
in the way. and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be
9 And the multitudes that went before, and done.
that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask
the Son of David: Blessed is he that in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna 23 ¶ And when he was come into the
in the highest. temple, the chief priests and the elders of
10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, the people came unto him as he was
all the city was moved, saying, Who is teaching, and said, By what authority
this? doest thou these things? and who gave
11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus thee this authority?
the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. 24 And Jesus answered and said unto
12 ¶ And Jesus went into the temple of them, I also will ask you one thing, which
God, and cast out all them that sold and if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by
bought in the temple, and overthrew the what authority I do these things.
tables of the moneychangers, and the seats 25 The baptism of John, whence was it?
of them that sold doves, from heaven, or of men? And they
13 And said unto them, It is written, My reasoned with themselves, saying, If we
house shall be called the house of prayer; shall say, From heaven; he will say unto
but ye have made it a den of thieves. us, Why did ye not then believe him?
14 And the blind and the lame came to 26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear
him in the temple; and he healed them. the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
15 And when the chief priests and scribes 27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We
saw the wonderful things that he did, and cannot tell. And he said unto them,
the children crying in the temple, and Neither tell I you by what authority I do
saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they these things.
were sore displeased, 28 ¶ But what think ye? A certain man
16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what had two sons; and he came to the first, and
these say? And Jesus saith unto them, said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth 29 He answered and said, I will not: but
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afterward he repented, and went. head of the corner: this is the Lord’s
30 And he came to the second, and said doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
likewise. And he answered and said, I go, 43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom
sir: and went not. of God shall be taken from you, and given
31 Whether of them twain did the will of to a nation bringing forth the fruits
his father? They say unto him, The first. thereof.
Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto 44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone
you, That the publicans and the harlots go shall be broken: but on whomsoever it
into the kingdom of God before you. shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
32 For John came unto you in the way of 45 And when the chief priests and
righteousness, and ye believed him not: Pharisees had heard his parables, they
but the publicans and the harlots believed perceived that he spake of them.
him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented 46 But when they sought to lay hands on
not afterward, that ye might believe him. him, they feared the multitude, because
33 ¶ Hear another parable: There was a they took him for a prophet.
certain householder, which planted a
vineyard, and hedged it round about, and CHAPTER 22
digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, AND Jesus answered and spake unto them
and let it out to husbandmen, and went again by parables, and said,
into a far country: 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a
34 And when the time of the fruit drew certain king, which made a marriage for
near, he sent his servants to the his son,
husbandmen, that they might receive the 3 And sent forth his servants to call them
fruits of it. that were bidden to the wedding: and they
35 And the husbandmen took his servants, would not come.
and beat one, and killed another, and 4 Again, he sent forth other servants,
stoned another. saying, Tell them which are bidden,
36 Again, he sent other servants more than Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my
the first: and they did unto them likewise. oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all
37 But last of all he sent unto them his things are ready: come unto the marriage.
son, saying, They will reverence my son. 5 But they made light of it, and went their
38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, ways, one to his farm, another to his
they said among themselves, This is the merchandise:
heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize 6 And the remnant took his servants, and
on his inheritance. entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
39 And they caught him, and cast him out 7 But when the king heard thereof, he was
of the vineyard, and slew him. wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and
40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard destroyed those murderers, and burned up
cometh, what will he do unto those their city.
husbandmen? 8 Then saith he to his servants, The
41 They say unto him, He will miserably wedding is ready, but they which were
destroy those wicked men, and will let out bidden were not worthy.
his vineyard unto other husbandmen, 9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and
which shall render him the fruits in their as many as ye shall find, bid to the
seasons. marriage.
42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never 10 So those servants went out into the
read in the scriptures, The stone which the highways, and gathered together all as
builders rejected, the same is become the many as they found, both bad and good:
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and the wedding was furnished with brethren: and the first, when he had
guests. married a wife, deceased, and, having no
11 ¶ And when the king came in to see the issue, left his wife unto his brother:
guests, he saw there a man which had not 26 Likewise the second also, and the third,
on a wedding garment: unto the seventh.
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how 27 And last of all the woman died also.
camest thou in hither not having a 28 Therefore in the resurrection whose
wedding garment? And he was speechless. wife shall she be of the seven? for they all
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind had her.
him hand and foot, and take him away, 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye
and cast him into outer darkness; there do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. power of God.
14 For many are called, but few are 30 For in the resurrection they neither
chosen. marry, nor are given in marriage, but are
15 ¶ Then went the Pharisees, and took as the angels of God in heaven.
counsel how they might entangle him in 31 But as touching the resurrection of the
his talk. dead, have ye not read that which was
16 And they sent out unto him their spoken unto you by God, saying,
disciples with the Herodians, saying, 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God
Master, we know that thou art true, and of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not
teachest the way of God in truth, neither the God of the dead, but of the living.
carest thou for any man: for thou regardest 33 And when the multitude heard this,
not the person of men. they were astonished at his doctrine.
17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? 34 ¶ But when the Pharisees had heard
Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or that he had put the Sadducees to silence,
not? they were gathered together.
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer,
and said, Why tempt ye me, ye asked him a question, tempting him, and
hypocrites? saying,
19 Shew me the tribute money. And they 36 Master, which is the great
brought unto him a penny. commandment in the law?
20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love
image and superscription? the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
21 They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
he unto them, Render therefore unto 38 This is the first and great
Cæsar the things which are Cæsar’s; and commandment.
unto God the things that are God’s. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou
22 When they had heard these words, they shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
marvelled, and left him, and went their 40 On these two commandments hang all
way. the law and the prophets.
23 ¶ The same day came to him the 41 ¶ While the Pharisees were gathered
Sadducees, which say that there is no together, Jesus asked them,
resurrection, and asked him, 42 Saying, What think ye of Christ?
24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man whose son is he? They say unto him, The
die, having no children, his brother shall Son of David.
marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his 43 He saith unto them, How then doth
brother. David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
25 Now there were with us seven 44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou
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on my right hand, till I make thine hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses,
enemies thy footstool? and for a pretence make long prayer:
45 If David then call him Lord, how is he therefore ye shall receive the greater
his son? damnation.
46 And no man was able to answer him a 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
word, neither durst any man from that day hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to
forth ask him any more questions. make one proselyte, and when he is made,
ye make him twofold more the child of
CHAPTER 23 hell than yourselves.
THEN spake Jesus to the multitude, and to 16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which
his disciples, say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple,
2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by
in Moses’ seat: the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you 17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is
observe, that observe and do; but do not greater, the gold, or the temple that
ye after their works: for they say, and do sanctifieth the gold?
not. 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the
4 For they bind heavy burdens and altar, it is nothing; but whosoever
grievous to be borne, and lay them on sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is
men’s shoulders; but they themselves will guilty.
not move them with one of their fingers. 19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is
5 But all their works they do for to be seen greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth
of men: they make broad their the gift?
phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the
their garments, altar, sweareth by it, and by all things
6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, thereon.
and the chief seats in the synagogues, 21 And whoso shall swear by the temple,
7 And greetings in the markets, and to be sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth
called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. therein.
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is 22 And he that shall swear by heaven,
your Master, even Christ; and all ye are sweareth by the throne of God, and by him
brethren. that sitteth thereon.
9 And call no man your father upon the 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
earth: for one is your Father, which is in hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and
heaven. anise and cummin, and have omitted the
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is weightier matters of the law, judgment,
your Master, even Christ. mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have
11 But he that is greatest among you shall done, and not to leave the other undone.
be your servant. 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat,
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself and swallow a camel.
shall be abased; and he that shall humble 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
himself shall be exalted. hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside
13 ¶ But woe unto you, scribes and of the cup and of the platter, but within
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the they are full of extortion and excess.
kingdom of heaven against men: for ye 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that
neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye which is within the cup and platter, that
them that are entering to go in. the outside of them may be clean also.
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
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hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited AND Jesus went out, and departed from
sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful the temple: and his disciples came to him
outward, but are within full of dead men’s for to shew him the buildings of the
bones, and of all uncleanness. temple.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all
righteous unto men, but within ye are full these things? verily I say unto you, There
of hypocrisy and iniquity. shall not be left here one stone upon
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, another, that shall not be thrown down.
hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of 3 ¶ And as he sat upon the mount of
the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of Olives, the disciples came unto him
the righteous, privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these
30 And say, If we had been in the days of things be? and what shall be the sign of
our fathers, we would not have been thy coming, and of the end of the world?
partakers with them in the blood of the 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them,
prophets. Take heed that no man deceive you.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto 5 For many shall come in my name,
yourselves, that ye are the children of saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive
them which killed the prophets. many.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours
fathers. of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, these things must come to pass, but the
how can ye escape the damnation of hell? end is not yet.
34 ¶ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and
prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall
some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and be famines, and pestilences, and
some of them shall ye scourge in your earthquakes, in divers places.
synagogues, and persecute them from city 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
to city: 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be
35 That upon you may come all the afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall
righteous blood shed upon the earth, from be hated of all nations for my name’s
the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood sake.
of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye 10 And then shall many be offended, and
slew between the temple and the altar. shall betray one another, and shall hate
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things one another.
shall come upon this generation. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that shall deceive many.
killest the prophets, and stonest them 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the
which are sent unto thee, how often would love of many shall wax cold.
I have gathered thy children together, even 13 But he that shall endure unto the end,
as a hen gathereth her chickens under her the same shall be saved.
wings, and ye would not! 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall
38 Behold, your house is left unto you be preached in all the world for a witness
desolate. unto all nations; and then shall the end
39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me come.
henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he 15 When ye therefore shall see the
that cometh in the name of the Lord. abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy
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knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the
gather where I have not strawed: left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and
money to the exchangers, and then at my his angels:
coming I should have received mine own 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me
with usury. no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no
28 Take therefore the talent from him, and drink:
give it unto him which hath ten talents. 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in:
29 For unto every one that hath shall be naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in
given, and he shall have abundance: but prison, and ye visited me not.
from him that hath not shall be taken away 44 Then shall they also answer him,
even that which he hath. saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked,
into outer darkness: there shall be weeping or sick, or in prison, and did not minister
and gnashing of teeth. unto thee?
31 ¶ When the Son of man shall come in 45 Then shall he answer them, saying,
his glory, and all the holy angels with him, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did
then shall he sit upon the throne of his it not to one of the least of these, ye did it
glory: not to me.
32 And before him shall be gathered all 46 And these shall go away into
nations: and he shall separate them one everlasting punishment: but the righteous
from another, as a shepherd divideth his into life eternal.
sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right CHAPTER 26
hand, but the goats on the left. AND it came to pass, when Jesus had
34 Then shall the King say unto them on finished all these sayings, he said unto his
his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my disciples,
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast
you from the foundation of the world: of the passover, and the Son of man is
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me betrayed to be crucified.
meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: 3 Then assembled together the chief
I was a stranger, and ye took me in: priests, and the scribes, and the elders of
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, the people, unto the palace of the high
and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye priest, who was called Caiaphas,
came unto me. 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, by subtilty, and kill him.
saying, Lord, when saw we thee an 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest
hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave there be an uproar among the people.
thee drink? 6 ¶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took the house of Simon the leper,
thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 7 There came unto him a woman having
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, an alabaster box of very precious
and came unto thee? ointment, and poured it on his head, as he
40 And the King shall answer and say sat at meat.
unto them, Verily I say unto you, 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of indignation, saying, To what purpose is
the least of these my brethren, ye have this waste?
done it unto me. 9 For this ointment might have been sold
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for much, and given to the poor. for that man if he had not been born.
10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him,
them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she answered and said, Master, is it I? He said
hath wrought a good work upon me. unto him, Thou hast said.
11 For ye have the poor always with you; 26 ¶ And as they were eating, Jesus took
but me ye have not always. bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and
12 For in that she hath poured this gave it to the disciples, and said, Take,
ointment on my body, she did it for my eat; this is my body.
burial. 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks,
13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of
this gospel shall be preached in the whole it;
world, there shall also this, that this 28 For this is my blood of the new
woman hath done, be told for a memorial testament, which is shed for many for the
of her. remission of sins.
14 ¶ Then one of the twelve, called Judas 29 But I say unto you, I will not drink
Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until
15 And said unto them, What will ye give that day when I drink it new with you in
me, and I will deliver him unto you? And my Father’s kingdom.
they covenanted with him for thirty pieces 30 And when they had sung an hymn, they
of silver. went out into the mount of Olives.
16 And from that time he sought 31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye
opportunity to betray him. shall be offended because of me this night:
17 ¶ Now the first day of the feast of for it is written, I will smite the shepherd,
unleavened bread the disciples came to and the sheep of the flock shall be
Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou scattered abroad.
that we prepare for thee to eat the 32 But after I am risen again, I will go
passover? before you into Galilee.
18 And he said, Go into the city to such a 33 Peter answered and said unto him,
man, and say unto him, The Master saith, Though all men shall be offended because
My time is at hand; I will keep the of thee, yet will I never be offended.
passover at thy house with my disciples. 34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto
19 And the disciples did as Jesus had thee, That this night, before the cock
appointed them; and they made ready the crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
passover. 35 Peter said unto him, Though I should
20 Now when the even was come, he sat die with thee, yet will I not deny thee.
down with the twelve. Likewise also said all the disciples.
21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I 36 ¶ Then cometh Jesus with them unto a
say unto you, that one of you shall betray place called Gethsemane, and saith unto
me. the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and
22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, pray yonder.
and began every one of them to say unto 37 And he took with him Peter and the
him, Lord, is it I? two sons of Zebedee, and began to be
23 And he answered and said, He that sorrowful and very heavy.
dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is
same shall betray me. exceeding sorrowful, even unto death:
24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of tarry ye here, and watch with me.
him: but woe unto that man by whom the 39 And he went a little further, and fell on
Son of man is betrayed! it had been good his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father,
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if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: 54 But how then shall the scriptures be
nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. fulfilled, that thus it must be?
40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and 55 In that same hour said Jesus to the
findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, multitudes, Are ye come out as against a
What, could ye not watch with me one thief with swords and staves for to take
hour? me? I sat daily with you teaching in the
41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but 56 But all this was done, that the
the flesh is weak. scriptures of the prophets might be
42 He went away again the second time, fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this him, and fled.
cup may not pass away from me, except I 57 ¶ And they that had laid hold on Jesus
drink it, thy will be done. led him away to Caiaphas the high priest,
43 And he came and found them asleep where the scribes and the elders were
again: for their eyes were heavy. assembled.
44 And he left them, and went away 58 But Peter followed him afar off unto
again, and prayed the third time, saying the high priest’s palace, and went in, and
the same words. sat with the servants, to see the end.
45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and
saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take all the council, sought false witness
your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and against Jesus, to put him to death;
the Son of man is betrayed into the hands 60 But found none: yea, though many
of sinners. false witnesses came, yet found they none.
46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at At the last came two false witnesses,
hand that doth betray me. 61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to
47 ¶ And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, destroy the temple of God, and to build it
one of the twelve, came, and with him a in three days.
great multitude with swords and staves, 62 And the high priest arose, and said unto
from the chief priests and elders of the him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it
people. which these witness against thee?
48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high
sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that priest answered and said unto him, I
same is he: hold him fast. adjure thee by the living God, that thou
49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son
said, Hail, master; and kissed him. of God.
50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, 64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said:
wherefore art thou come? Then came they, nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter
and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the
51 And, behold, one of them which were right hand of power, and coming in the
with Jesus stretched out his hand, and clouds of heaven.
drew his sword, and struck a servant of the 65 Then the high priest rent his clothes,
high priest’s, and smote off his ear. saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what
52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again further need have we of witnesses?
thy sword into his place: for all they that behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
take the sword shall perish with the sword. 66 What think ye? They answered and
53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to said, He is guilty of death.
my Father, and he shall presently give me 67 Then did they spit in his face, and
more than twelve legions of angels? buffeted him; and others smote him with
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the palms of their hands, 7 And they took counsel, and bought with
68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, them the potter’s field, to bury strangers
Who is he that smote thee? in.
69 ¶ Now Peter sat without in the palace: 8 Wherefore that field was called, The
and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou field of blood, unto this day.
also wast with Jesus of Galilee. 9 Then was fulfilled that which was
70 But he denied before them all, saying, I spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
know not what thou sayest. And they took the thirty pieces of silver,
71 And when he was gone out into the the price of him that was valued, whom
porch, another maid saw him, and said they of the children of Israel did value;
unto them that were there, This fellow was 10 And gave them for the potter’s field, as
also with Jesus of Nazareth. the Lord appointed me.
72 And again he denied with an oath, I do 11 And Jesus stood before the governor:
not know the man. and the governor asked him, saying, Art
73 And after a while came unto him they thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said
that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely unto him, Thou sayest.
thou also art one of them; for thy speech 12 And when he was accused of the chief
bewrayeth thee. priests and elders, he answered nothing.
74 Then began he to curse and to swear, 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou
saying, I know not the man. And not how many things they witness against
immediately the cock crew. thee?
75 And Peter remembered the word of 14 And he answered him to never a word;
Jesus, which said unto him, Before the insomuch that the governor marvelled
cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And greatly.
he went out, and wept bitterly. 15 Now at that feast the governor was
wont to release unto the people a prisoner,
CHAPTER 27 whom they would.
WHEN the morning was come, all the 16 And they had then a notable prisoner,
chief priests and elders of the people took called Barabbas.
counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 17 Therefore when they were gathered
2 And when they had bound him, they led together, Pilate said unto them, Whom
him away, and delivered him to Pontius will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas,
Pilate the governor. or Jesus which is called Christ?
3 ¶ Then Judas, which had betrayed him, 18 For he knew that for envy they had
when he saw that he was condemned, delivered him.
repented himself, and brought again the 19 ¶ When he was set down on the
thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests judgment seat, his wife sent unto him,
and elders, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that
4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have just man: for I have suffered many things
betrayed the innocent blood. And they this day in a dream because of him.
said, What is that to us? see thou to that. 20 But the chief priests and elders
5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in persuaded the multitude that they should
the temple, and departed, and went and ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
hanged himself. 21 The governor answered and said unto
6 And the chief priests took the silver them, Whether of the twain will ye that I
pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
them into the treasury, because it is the 22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do
price of blood. then with Jesus which is called Christ?
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They all say unto him, Let him be 37 And set up over his head his accusation
crucified. written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF
23 And the governor said, Why, what evil THE JEWS.
hath he done? But they cried out the more, 38 Then were there two thieves crucified
saying, Let him be crucified. with him, one on the right hand, and
24 ¶ When Pilate saw that he could prevail another on the left.
nothing, but that rather a tumult was 39 ¶ And they that passed by reviled him,
made, he took water, and washed his wagging their heads,
hands before the multitude, saying, I am 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the
innocent of the blood of this just person: temple, and buildest it in three days, save
see ye to it. thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come
25 Then answered all the people, and said, down from the cross.
His blood be on us, and on our children. 41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking
26 ¶ Then released he Barabbas unto him, with the scribes and elders, said,
them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he 42 He saved others; himself he cannot
delivered him to be crucified. save. If he be the King of Israel, let him
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took now come down from the cross, and we
Jesus into the common hall, and gathered will believe him.
unto him the whole band of soldiers. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him
28 And they stripped him, and put on him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am
a scarlet robe. the Son of God.
29 ¶ And when they had platted a crown 44 The thieves also, which were crucified
of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a with him, cast the same in his teeth.
reed in his right hand: and they bowed the 45 Now from the sixth hour there was
knee before him, and mocked him, saying, darkness over all the land unto the ninth
Hail, King of the Jews! hour.
30 And they spit upon him, and took the 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried
reed, and smote him on the head. with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama
31 And after that they had mocked him, sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my
they took the robe off from him, and put God, why hast thou forsaken me?
his own raiment on him, and led him away 47 Some of them that stood there, when
to crucify him. they heard that, said, This man calleth for
32 And as they came out, they found a Elias.
man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they 48 And straightway one of them ran, and
compelled to bear his cross. took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar,
33 And when they were come unto a place and put it on a reed, and gave him to
called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a drink.
skull, 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether
34 ¶ They gave him vinegar to drink Elias will come to save him.
mingled with gall: and when he had tasted 50 ¶ Jesus, when he had cried again with a
thereof, he would not drink. loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
35 And they crucified him, and parted his 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was
garments, casting lots: that it might be rent in twain from the top to the bottom;
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, and the earth did quake, and the rocks
They parted my garments among them, rent;
and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 52 And the graves were opened; and many
36 And sitting down they watched him bodies of the saints which slept arose,
there; 53 And came out of the graves after his
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resurrection, and went into the holy city, dawn toward the first day of the week,
and appeared unto many. came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
54 Now when the centurion, and they that to see the sepulchre.
were with him, watching Jesus, saw the 2 And, behold, there was a great
earthquake, and those things that were earthquake: for the angel of the Lord
done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly descended from heaven, and came and
this was the Son of God. rolled back the stone from the door, and
55 And many women were there sat upon it.
beholding afar off, which followed Jesus 3 His countenance was like lightning, and
from Galilee, ministering unto him: his raiment white as snow:
56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, 4 And for fear of him the keepers did
and Mary the mother of James and Joses, shake, and became as dead men.
and the mother of Zebedee’s children. 5 And the angel answered and said unto
57 When the even was come, there came a the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye
rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, seek Jesus, which was crucified.
who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.
58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body 7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples
to be delivered. that he is risen from the dead; and, behold,
59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he goeth before you into Galilee; there
he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which 8 And they departed quickly from the
he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did
a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, run to bring his disciples word.
and departed. 9 ¶ And as they went to tell his disciples,
61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail.
the other Mary, sitting over against the And they came and held him by the feet,
sepulchre. and worshipped him.
62 ¶ Now the next day, that followed the 10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not
day of the preparation, the chief priests afraid: go tell my brethren that they go
and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that 11 ¶ Now when they were going, behold,
deceiver said, while he was yet alive, some of the watch came into the city, and
After three days I will rise again. shewed unto the chief priests all the things
64 Command therefore that the sepulchre that were done.
be made sure until the third day, lest his 12 And when they were assembled with
disciples come by night, and steal him the elders, and had taken counsel, they
away, and say unto the people, He is risen gave large money unto the soldiers,
from the dead: so the last error shall be 13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by
worse than the first. night, and stole him away while we slept.
65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: 14 And if this come to the governor’s ears,
go your way, make it as sure as ye can. we will persuade him, and secure you.
66 So they went, and made the sepulchre 15 So they took the money, and did as
sure, sealing the stone, and setting a they were taught: and this saying is
watch. commonly reported among the Jews until
this day.
CHAPTER 28 16 ¶ Then the eleven disciples went away
IN the end of the sabbath, as it began to into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus
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out of the synagogue, they entered into the 45 But he went out, and began to publish
house of Simon and Andrew, with James it much, and to blaze abroad the matter,
and John. insomuch that Jesus could no more openly
30 But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of enter into the city, but was without in
a fever, and anon they tell him of her. desert places: and they came to him from
31 And he came and took her by the hand, every quarter.
and lifted her up; and immediately the
fever left her, and she ministered unto CHAPTER 2
them. AND again he entered into Capernaum,
32 And at even, when the sun did set, they after some days; and it was noised that he
brought unto him all that were diseased, was in the house.
and them that were possessed with devils. 2 And straightway many were gathered
33 And all the city was gathered together together, insomuch that there was no room
at the door. to receive them, no, not so much as about
34 And he healed many that were sick of the door: and he preached the word unto
divers diseases, and cast out many devils; them.
and suffered not the devils to speak, 3 And they come unto him, bringing one
because they knew him. sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
35 And in the morning, rising up a great 4 And when they could not come nigh
while before day, he went out, and unto him for the press, they uncovered the
departed into a solitary place, and there roof where he was: and when they had
prayed. broken it up, they let down the bed
36 And Simon and they that were with wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
him followed after him. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto
37 And when they had found him, they the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be
said unto him, All men seek for thee. forgiven thee.
38 And he said unto them, Let us go into 6 But there were certain of the scribes
the next towns, that I may preach there sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
also: for therefore came I forth. 7 Why doth this man thus speak
39 And he preached in their synagogues blasphemies? who can forgive sins but
throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils. God only?
40 And there came a leper to him, 8 And immediately when Jesus perceived
beseeching him, and kneeling down to in his spirit that they so reasoned within
him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, themselves, he said unto them, Why
thou canst make me clean. reason ye these things in your hearts?
41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, 9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of
put forth his hand, and touched him, and the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to
saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
42 And as soon as he had spoken, 10 But that ye may know that the Son of
immediately the leprosy departed from man hath power on earth to forgive sins,
him, and he was cleansed. (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
43 And he straitly charged him, and 11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy
forthwith sent him away; bed, and go thy way into thine house.
44 And saith unto him, See thou say 12 And immediately he arose, took up the
nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew bed, and went forth before them all;
thyself to the priest, and offer for thy insomuch that they were all amazed, and
cleansing those things which Moses glorified God, saying, We never saw it on
commanded, for a testimony unto them. this fashion.
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13 And he went forth again by the sea pluck the ears of corn.
side; and all the multitude resorted unto 24 And the Pharisees said unto him,
him, and he taught them. Behold, why do they on the sabbath day
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the that which is not lawful?
son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of 25 And he said unto them, Have ye never
custom, and said unto him, Follow me. read what David did, when he had need,
And he arose and followed him. and was an hungred, he, and they that
15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat were with him?
at meat in his house, many publicans and 26 How he went into the house of God in
sinners sat also together with Jesus and his the days of Abiathar the high priest, and
disciples: for there were many, and they did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful
followed him. to eat but for the priests, and gave also to
16 And when the scribes and Pharisees them which were with him?
saw him eat with publicans and sinners, 27 And he said unto them, The sabbath
they said unto his disciples, How is it that was made for man, and not man for the
he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sabbath:
sinners? 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also
17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto of the sabbath.
them, They that are whole have no need of
the physician, but they that are sick: I CHAPTER 3
came not to call the righteous, but sinners AND he entered again into the synagogue;
to repentance. and there was a man there which had a
18 And the disciples of John and of the withered hand.
Pharisees used to fast: and they come and 2 And they watched him, whether he
say unto him, Why do the disciples of would heal him on the sabbath day; that
John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy they might accuse him.
disciples fast not? 3 And he saith unto the man which had the
19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the withered hand, Stand forth.
children of the bridechamber fast, while 4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to
the bridegroom is with them? as long as do good on the sabbath days, or to do
they have the bridegroom with them, they evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held
cannot fast. their peace.
20 But the days will come, when the 5 And when he had looked round about on
bridegroom shall be taken away from them with anger, being grieved for the
them, and then shall they fast in those hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the
days. man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he
21 No man also seweth a piece of new stretched it out: and his hand was restored
cloth on an old garment: else the new whole as the other.
piece that filled it up taketh away from the 6 And the Pharisees went forth, and
old, and the rent is made worse. straightway took counsel with the
22 And no man putteth new wine into old Herodians against him, how they might
bottles: else the new wine doth burst the destroy him.
bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the 7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his
bottles will be marred: but new wine must disciples to the sea: and a great multitude
be put into new bottles. from Galilee followed him, and from
23 And it came to pass, that he went Judæa,
through the corn fields on the sabbath day; 8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumæa,
and his disciples began, as they went, to and from beyond Jordan; and they about
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Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
they had heard what great things he did, 25 And if a house be divided against itself,
came unto him. that house cannot stand.
9 And he spake to his disciples, that a 26 And if Satan rise up against himself,
small ship should wait on him because of and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath
the multitude, lest they should throng him. an end.
10 For he had healed many; insomuch that 27 No man can enter into a strong man’s
they pressed upon him for to touch him, as house, and spoil his goods, except he will
many as had plagues. first bind the strong man; and then he will
11 And unclean spirits, when they saw spoil his house.
him, fell down before him, and cried, 28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be
saying, Thou art the Son of God. forgiven unto the sons of men, and
12 And he straitly charged them that they blasphemies wherewith soever they shall
should not make him known. blaspheme:
13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the
calleth unto him whom he would: and they Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is
came unto him. in danger of eternal damnation:
14 And he ordained twelve, that they 30 Because they said, He hath an unclean
should be with him, and that he might spirit.
send them forth to preach, 31 ¶ There came then his brethren and his
15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, mother, and, standing without, sent unto
and to cast out devils: him, calling him.
16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; 32 And the multitude sat about him, and
17 And James the son of Zebedee, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother
John the brother of James; and he and thy brethren without seek for thee.
surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The 33 And he answered them, saying, Who is
sons of thunder: my mother, or my brethren?
18 And Andrew, and Philip, and 34 And he looked round about on them
Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, which sat about him, and said, Behold my
and James the son of Alphæus, and mother and my brethren!
Thaddæus, and Simon the Canaanite, 35 For whosoever shall do the will of
19 And Judas Iscariot, which also God, the same is my brother, and my
betrayed him: and they went into an sister, and mother.
house.
20 And the multitude cometh together CHAPTER 4
again, so that they could not so much as AND he began again to teach by the sea
eat bread. side: and there was gathered unto him a
21 And when his friends heard of it, they great multitude, so that he entered into a
went out to lay hold on him: for they said, ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole
He is beside himself. multitude was by the sea on the land.
22 ¶ And the scribes which came down 2 And he taught them many things by
from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, parables, and said unto them in his
and by the prince of the devils casteth he doctrine,
out devils. 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower
23 And he called them unto him, and said to sow:
unto them in parables, How can Satan cast 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some
out Satan? fell by the way side, and the fowls of the
24 And if a kingdom be divided against air came and devoured it up.
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5 And some fell on stony ground, where it 19 And the cares of this world, and the
had not much earth; and immediately it deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of
sprang up, because it had no depth of other things entering in, choke the word,
earth: and it becometh unfruitful.
6 But when the sun was up, it was 20 And these are they which are sown on
scorched; and because it had no root, it good ground; such as hear the word, and
withered away. receive it, and bring forth fruit, some
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an
thorns grew up, and choked it, and it hundred.
yielded no fruit. 21 ¶ And he said unto them, Is a candle
8 And other fell on good ground, and did brought to be put under a bushel, or under
yield fruit that sprang up and increased; a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
and brought forth, some thirty, and some 22 For there is nothing hid, which shall
sixty, and some an hundred. not be manifested; neither was any thing
9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears kept secret, but that it should come
to hear, let him hear. abroad.
10 And when he was alone, they that were 23 If any man have ears to hear, let him
about him with the twelve asked of him hear.
the parable. 24 And he said unto them, Take heed what
11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it
given to know the mystery of the kingdom shall be measured to you: and unto you
of God: but unto them that are without, all that hear shall more be given.
these things are done in parables: 25 For he that hath, to him shall be given:
12 That seeing they may see, and not and he that hath not, from him shall be
perceive; and hearing they may hear, and taken even that which he hath.
not understand; lest at any time they 26 ¶ And he said, So is the kingdom of
should be converted, and their sins should God, as if a man should cast seed into the
be forgiven them. ground;
13 And he said unto them, Know ye not 27 And should sleep, and rise night and
this parable? and how then will ye know day, and the seed should spring and grow
all parables? up, he knoweth not how.
14 ¶ The sower soweth the word. 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of
15 And these are they by the way side, herself; first the blade, then the ear, after
where the word is sown; but when they that the full corn in the ear.
have heard, Satan cometh immediately, 29 But when the fruit is brought forth,
and taketh away the word that was sown immediately he putteth in the sickle,
in their hearts. because the harvest is come.
16 And these are they likewise which are 30 ¶ And he said, Whereunto shall we
sown on stony ground; who, when they liken the kingdom of God? or with what
have heard the word, immediately receive comparison shall we compare it?
it with gladness; 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed,
17 And have no root in themselves, and so which, when it is sown in the earth, is less
endure but for a time: afterward, when than all the seeds that be in the earth:
affliction or persecution ariseth for the 32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and
word’s sake, immediately they are becometh greater than all herbs, and
offended. shooteth out great branches; so that the
18 And these are they which are sown fowls of the air may lodge under the
among thorns; such as hear the word, shadow of it.
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33 And with many such parables spake he and cutting himself with stones.
the word unto them, as they were able to 6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran
hear it. and worshipped him,
34 But without a parable spake he not 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said,
unto them: and when they were alone, he What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou
expounded all things to his disciples. Son of the most high God? I adjure thee
35 And the same day, when the even was by God, that thou torment me not.
come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over 8 For he said unto him, Come out of the
unto the other side. man, thou unclean spirit.
36 And when they had sent away the 9 And he asked him, What is thy name?
multitude, they took him even as he was in And he answered, saying, My name is
the ship. And there were also with him Legion: for we are many.
other little ships. 10 And he besought him much that he
37 And there arose a great storm of wind, would not send them away out of the
and the waves beat into the ship, so that it country.
was now full. 11 Now there was there nigh unto the
38 And he was in the hinder part of the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake 12 And all the devils besought him,
him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou saying, Send us into the swine, that we
not that we perish? may enter into them.
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, 13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave.
and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And And the unclean spirits went out, and
the wind ceased, and there was a great entered into the swine: and the herd ran
calm. violently down a steep place into the sea,
40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so (they were about two thousand;) and were
fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? choked in the sea.
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said 14 And they that fed the swine fled, and
one to another, What manner of man is told it in the city, and in the country. And
this, that even the wind and the sea obey they went out to see what it was that was
him? done.
15 And they come to Jesus, and see him
CHAPTER 5 that was possessed with the devil, and had
AND they came over unto the other side the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his
of the sea, into the country of the right mind: and they were afraid.
Gadarenes. 16 And they that saw it told them how it
2 And when he was come out of the ship, befell to him that was possessed with the
immediately there met him out of the devil, and also concerning the swine.
tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 17 And they began to pray him to depart
3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; out of their coasts.
and no man could bind him, no, not with 18 And when he was come into the ship,
chains: he that had been possessed with the devil
4 Because that he had been often bound prayed him that he might be with him.
with fetters and chains, and the chains had 19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but
been plucked asunder by him, and the saith unto him, Go home to thy friends,
fetters broken in pieces: neither could any and tell them how great things the Lord
man tame him. hath done for thee, and hath had
5 And always, night and day, he was in compassion on thee.
the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, 20 And he departed, and began to publish
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in Decapolis how great things Jesus had 36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that
done for him: and all men did marvel. was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the
21 And when Jesus was passed over again synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
by ship unto the other side, much people 37 And he suffered no man to follow him,
gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto save Peter, and James, and John the
the sea. brother of James.
22 And, behold, there cometh one of the 38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler
rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult,
and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
23 And besought him greatly, saying, My 39 And when he was come in, he saith
little daughter lieth at the point of death: I unto them, Why make ye this ado, and
pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, weep? the damsel is not dead, but
that she may be healed; and she shall live. sleepeth.
24 And Jesus went with him; and much 40 And they laughed him to scorn. But
people followed him, and thronged him. when he had put them all out, he taketh
25 And a certain woman, which had an the father and the mother of the damsel,
issue of blood twelve years, and them that were with him, and entereth
26 And had suffered many things of many in where the damsel was lying.
physicians, and had spent all that she had, 41 And he took the damsel by the hand,
and was nothing bettered, but rather grew and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is,
worse, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee,
27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in arise.
the press behind, and touched his garment. 42 And straightway the damsel arose, and
28 For she said, If I may touch but his walked; for she was of the age of twelve
clothes, I shall be whole. years. And they were astonished with a
29 And straightway the fountain of her great astonishment.
blood was dried up; and she felt in her 43 And he charged them straitly that no
body that she was healed of that plague. man should know it; and commanded that
30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in something should be given her to eat.
himself that virtue had gone out of him,
turned him about in the press, and said, CHAPTER 6
Who touched my clothes? AND he went out from thence, and came
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou into his own country; and his disciples
seest the multitude thronging thee, and follow him.
sayest thou, Who touched me? 2 And when the sabbath day was come, he
32 And he looked round about to see her began to teach in the synagogue: and
that had done this thing. many hearing him were astonished,
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, saying, From whence hath this man these
knowing what was done in her, came and things? and what wisdom is this which is
fell down before him, and told him all the given unto him, that even such mighty
truth. works are wrought by his hands?
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of
faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and
and be whole of thy plague. of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters
35 While he yet spake, there came from here with us? And they were offended at
the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain him.
which said, Thy daughter is dead: why 4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is
troublest thou the Master any further? not without honour, but in his own
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country, and among his own kin, and in lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
his own house. 19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel
5 And he could there do no mighty work, against him, and would have killed him;
save that he laid his hands upon a few sick but she could not:
folk, and healed them. 20 For Herod feared John, knowing that
6 And he marvelled because of their he was a just man and an holy, and
unbelief. And he went round about the observed him; and when he heard him, he
villages, teaching. did many things, and heard him gladly.
7 ¶ And he called unto him the twelve, and 21 And when a convenient day was come,
began to send them forth by two and two; that Herod on his birthday made a supper
and gave them power over unclean spirits; to his lords, high captains, and chief
8 And commanded them that they should estates of Galilee;
take nothing for their journey, save a staff 22 And when the daughter of the said
only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their Herodias came in, and danced, and
purse: pleased Herod and them that sat with him,
9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me
two coats. whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it
10 And he said unto them, In what place thee.
soever ye enter into an house, there abide 23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever
till ye depart from that place. thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee,
11 And whosoever shall not receive you, unto the half of my kingdom.
nor hear you, when ye depart thence, 24 And she went forth, and said unto her
shake off the dust under your feet for a mother, What shall I ask? And she said,
testimony against them. Verily I say unto The head of John the Baptist.
you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom 25 And she came in straightway with
and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I
than for that city. will that thou give me by and by in a
12 And they went out, and preached that charger the head of John the Baptist.
men should repent. 26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet
13 And they cast out many devils, and for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes
anointed with oil many that were sick, and which sat with him, he would not reject
healed them. her.
14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his 27 And immediately the king sent an
name was spread abroad:) and he said, executioner, and commanded his head to
That John the Baptist was risen from the be brought: and he went and beheaded
dead, and therefore mighty works do shew him in the prison,
forth themselves in him. 28 And brought his head in a charger, and
15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave
said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the it to her mother.
prophets. 29 And when his disciples heard of it, they
16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, came and took up his corpse, and laid it in
It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen a tomb.
from the dead. 30 And the apostles gathered themselves
17 For Herod himself had sent forth and together unto Jesus, and told him all
laid hold upon John, and bound him in things, both what they had done, and what
prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother they had taught.
Philip’s wife: for he had married her. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye
18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not yourselves apart into a desert place, and
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rest a while: for there were many coming the other side before unto Bethsaida, while
and going, and they had no leisure so he sent away the people.
much as to eat. 46 And when he had sent them away, he
32 And they departed into a desert place departed into a mountain to pray.
by ship privately. 47 And when even was come, the ship
33 And the people saw them departing, was in the midst of the sea, and he alone
and many knew him, and ran afoot thither on the land.
out of all cities, and outwent them, and 48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for
came together unto him. the wind was contrary unto them: and
34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw about the fourth watch of the night he
much people, and was moved with cometh unto them, walking upon the sea,
compassion toward them, because they and would have passed by them.
were as sheep not having a shepherd: and 49 But when they saw him walking upon
he began to teach them many things. the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit,
35 And when the day was now far spent, and cried out:
his disciples came unto him, and said, 50 For they all saw him, and were
This is a desert place, and now the time is troubled. And immediately he talked with
far passed: them, and saith unto them, Be of good
36 Send them away, that they may go into cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
the country round about, and into the 51 And he went up unto them into the
villages, and buy themselves bread: for ship; and the wind ceased: and they were
they have nothing to eat. sore amazed in themselves beyond
37 He answered and said unto them, Give measure, and wondered.
ye them to eat. And they say unto him, 52 For they considered not the miracle of
Shall we go and buy two hundred the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
pennyworth of bread, and give them to 53 And when they had passed over, they
eat? came into the land of Gennesaret, and
38 He saith unto them, How many loaves drew to the shore.
have ye? go and see. And when they 54 And when they were come out of the
knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. ship, straightway they knew him,
39 And he commanded them to make all 55 And ran through that whole region
sit down by companies upon the green round about, and began to carry about in
grass. beds those that were sick, where they
40 And they sat down in ranks, by heard he was.
hundreds, and by fifties. 56 And whithersoever he entered, into
41 And when he had taken the five loaves villages, or cities, or country, they laid the
and the two fishes, he looked up to sick in the streets, and besought him that
heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, they might touch if it were but the border
and gave them to his disciples to set of his garment: and as many as touched
before them; and the two fishes divided he him were made whole.
among them all.
42 And they did all eat, and were filled. CHAPTER 7
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of THEN came together unto him the
the fragments, and of the fishes. Pharisees, and certain of the scribes,
44 And they that did eat of the loaves which came from Jerusalem.
were about five thousand men. 2 And when they saw some of his
45 And straightway he constrained his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to
disciples to get into the ship, and to go to say, with unwashen, hands, they found
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31 ¶ And again, departing from the coasts 7 And they had a few small fishes: and he
of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea blessed, and commanded to set them also
of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts before them.
of Decapolis. 8 So they did eat, and were filled: and
32 And they bring unto him one that was they took up of the broken meat that was
deaf, and had an impediment in his left seven baskets.
speech; and they beseech him to put his 9 And they that had eaten were about four
hand upon him. thousand: and he sent them away.
33 And he took him aside from the 10 ¶ And straightway he entered into a
multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, ship with his disciples, and came into the
and he spit, and touched his tongue; parts of Dalmanutha.
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and
and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be began to question with him, seeking of
opened. him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
35 And straightway his ears were opened, 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and
and the string of his tongue was loosed, saith, Why doth this generation seek after
and he spake plain. a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall
36 And he charged them that they should no sign be given unto this generation.
tell no man: but the more he charged 13 And he left them, and entering into the
them, so much the more a great deal they ship again departed to the other side.
published it; 14 ¶ Now the disciples had forgotten to
37 And were beyond measure astonished, take bread, neither had they in the ship
saying, He hath done all things well: he with them more than one loaf.
maketh both the deaf to hear, and the 15 And he charged them, saying, Take
dumb to speak. heed, beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
CHAPTER 8 16 And they reasoned among themselves,
IN those days the multitude being very saying, It is because we have no bread.
great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto
called his disciples unto him, and saith them, Why reason ye, because ye have no
unto them, bread? perceive ye not yet, neither
2 I have compassion on the multitude, understand? have ye your heart yet
because they have now been with me three hardened?
days, and have nothing to eat: 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having
3 And if I send them away fasting to their ears, hear ye not? and do ye not
own houses, they will faint by the way: for remember?
divers of them came from far. 19 When I brake the five loaves among
4 And his disciples answered him, From five thousand, how many baskets full of
whence can a man satisfy these men with fragments took ye up? They say unto him,
bread here in the wilderness? Twelve.
5 And he asked them, How many loaves 20 And when the seven among four
have ye? And they said, Seven. thousand, how many baskets full of
6 And he commanded the people to sit fragments took ye up? And they said,
down on the ground: and he took the Seven.
seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, 21 And he said unto them, How is it that
and gave to his disciples to set before ye do not understand?
them; and they did set them before the 22 ¶ And he cometh to Bethsaida; and
people. they bring a blind man unto him, and
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11 ¶ And they asked him, saying, Why say 25 When Jesus saw that the people came
the scribes that Elias must first come? running together, he rebuked the foul
12 And he answered and told them, Elias spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and
verily cometh first, and restoreth all deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him,
things; and how it is written of the Son of and enter no more into him.
man, that he must suffer many things, and 26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore,
be set at nought. and came out of him: and he was as one
13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed dead; insomuch that many said, He is
come, and they have done unto him dead.
whatsoever they listed, as it is written of 27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and
him. lifted him up; and he arose.
14 ¶ And when he came to his disciples, 28 And when he was come into the house,
he saw a great multitude about them, and his disciples asked him privately, Why
the scribes questioning with them. could not we cast him out?
15 And straightway all the people, when 29 And he said unto them, This kind can
they beheld him, were greatly amazed, come forth by nothing, but by prayer and
and running to him saluted him. fasting.
16 And he asked the scribes, What 30 ¶ And they departed thence, and passed
question ye with them? through Galilee; and he would not that any
17 And one of the multitude answered and man should know it.
said, Master, I have brought unto thee my 31 For he taught his disciples, and said
son, which hath a dumb spirit; unto them, The Son of man is delivered
18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he into the hands of men, and they shall kill
teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth him; and after that he is killed, he shall
with his teeth, and pineth away: and I rise the third day.
spake to thy disciples that they should cast 32 But they understood not that saying,
him out; and they could not. and were afraid to ask him.
19 He answereth him, and saith, O 33 ¶ And he came to Capernaum: and
faithless generation, how long shall I be being in the house he asked them, What
with you? how long shall I suffer you? was it that ye disputed among yourselves
bring him unto me. by the way?
20 And they brought him unto him: and 34 But they held their peace: for by the
when he saw him, straightway the spirit way they had disputed among themselves,
tare him; and he fell on the ground, and who should be the greatest.
wallowed foaming. 35 And he sat down, and called the
21 And he asked his father, How long is it twelve, and saith unto them, If any man
ago since this came unto him? And he desire to be first, the same shall be last of
said, Of a child. all, and servant of all.
22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the 36 And he took a child, and set him in the
fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: midst of them: and when he had taken him
but if thou canst do any thing, have in his arms, he said unto them,
compassion on us, and help us. 37 Whosoever shall receive one of such
23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst children in my name, receiveth me: and
believe, all things are possible to him that whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not
believeth. me, but him that sent me.
24 And straightway the father of the child 38 ¶ And John answered him, saying,
cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I Master, we saw one casting out devils in
believe; help thou mine unbelief. thy name, and he followeth not us: and we
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not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not 32 ¶ And they were in the way going up to
steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them:
not, Honour thy father and mother. and they were amazed; and as they
20 And he answered and said unto him, followed, they were afraid. And he took
Master, all these have I observed from my again the twelve, and began to tell them
youth. what things should happen unto him,
21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, 33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem;
and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: and the Son of man shall be delivered unto
go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and
give to the poor, and thou shalt have they shall condemn him to death, and shall
treasure in heaven: and come, take up the deliver him to the Gentiles:
cross, and follow me. 34 And they shall mock him, and shall
22 And he was sad at that saying, and scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and
went away grieved: for he had great shall kill him: and the third day he shall
possessions. rise again.
23 ¶ And Jesus looked round about, and 35 ¶ And James and John, the sons of
saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master,
they that have riches enter into the we would that thou shouldest do for us
kingdom of God! whatsoever we shall desire.
24 And the disciples were astonished at 36 And he said unto them, What would ye
his words. But Jesus answereth again, and that I should do for you?
saith unto them, Children, how hard is it 37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that
for them that trust in riches to enter into we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the
the kingdom of God! other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
25 It is easier for a camel to go through 38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not
the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I
enter into the kingdom of God. drink of? and be baptized with the baptism
26 And they were astonished out of that I am baptized with?
measure, saying among themselves, Who 39 And they said unto him, We can. And
then can be saved? Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed
27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, drink of the cup that I drink of; and with
With men it is impossible, but not with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall
God: for with God all things are possible. ye be baptized:
28 ¶ Then Peter began to say unto him, 40 But to sit on my right hand and on my
Lo, we have left all, and have followed left hand is not mine to give; but it shall
thee. be given to them for whom it is prepared.
29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I 41 And when the ten heard it, they began
say unto you, There is no man that hath to be much displeased with James and
left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, John.
or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, 42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith
for my sake, and the gospel’s, unto them, Ye know that they which are
30 But he shall receive an hundredfold accounted to rule over the Gentiles
now in this time, houses, and brethren, exercise lordship over them; and their
and sisters, and mothers, and children, and great ones exercise authority upon them.
lands, with persecutions; and in the world 43 But so shall it not be among you: but
to come eternal life. whosoever will be great among you, shall
31 But many that are first shall be last; be your minister:
and the last first. 44 And whosoever of you will be the
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chiefest, shall be servant of all. where two ways met; and they loose him.
45 For even the Son of man came not to 5 And certain of them that stood there said
be ministered unto, but to minister, and to unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
give his life a ransom for many. 6 And they said unto them even as Jesus
46 ¶ And they came to Jericho: and as he had commanded: and they let them go.
went out of Jericho with his disciples and 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and
a great number of people, blind cast their garments on him; and he sat
Bartimæus, the son of Timæus, sat by the upon him.
highway side begging. 8 And many spread their garments in the
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of way: and others cut down branches off the
Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, trees, and strawed them in the way.
Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on 9 And they that went before, and they that
me. followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed
48 And many charged him that he should is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
hold his peace: but he cried the more a 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father
great deal, Thou Son of David, have David, that cometh in the name of the
mercy on me. Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded 11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and
him to be called. And they call the blind into the temple: and when he had looked
man, saying unto him, Be of good round about upon all things, and now the
comfort, rise; he calleth thee. eventide was come, he went out unto
50 And he, casting away his garment, Bethany with the twelve.
rose, and came to Jesus. 12 ¶ And on the morrow, when they were
51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, come from Bethany, he was hungry:
What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having
The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I leaves, he came, if haply he might find
might receive my sight. any thing thereon: and when he came to it,
52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; he found nothing but leaves; for the time
thy faith hath made thee whole. And of figs was not yet.
immediately he received his sight, and 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it,
followed Jesus in the way. No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.
And his disciples heard it.
CHAPTER 11 15 ¶ And they come to Jerusalem: and
AND when they came nigh to Jerusalem, Jesus went into the temple, and began to
unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount cast out them that sold and bought in the
of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his temple, and overthrew the tables of the
disciples, moneychangers, and the seats of them that
2 And saith unto them, Go your way into sold doves;
the village over against you: and as soon 16 And would not suffer that any man
as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt should carry any vessel through the
tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, temple.
and bring him. 17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it
3 And if any man say unto you, Why do not written, My house shall be called of all
ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of nations the house of prayer? but ye have
him; and straightway he will send him made it a den of thieves.
hither. 18 And the scribes and chief priests heard
4 And they went their way, and found the it, and sought how they might destroy
colt tied by the door without in a place him: for they feared him, because all the
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people was astonished at his doctrine. John, that he was a prophet indeed.
19 And when even was come, he went out 33 And they answered and said unto
of the city. Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus
20 ¶ And in the morning, as they passed answering saith unto them, Neither do I
by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the tell you by what authority I do these
roots. things.
21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith
unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree CHAPTER 12
which thou cursedst is withered away. AND he began to speak unto them by
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, parables. A certain man planted a
Have faith in God. vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and
23 For verily I say unto you, That digged a place for the winefat, and built a
whosoever shall say unto this mountain, tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and
Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the went into a far country.
sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but 2 And at the season he sent to the
shall believe that those things which he husbandmen a servant, that he might
saith shall come to pass; he shall have receive from the husbandmen of the fruit
whatsoever he saith. of the vineyard.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things 3 And they caught him, and beat him, and
soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe sent him away empty.
that ye receive them, and ye shall have 4 And again he sent unto them another
them. servant; and at him they cast stones, and
25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if wounded him in the head, and sent him
ye have ought against any: that your away shamefully handled.
Father also which is in heaven may 5 And again he sent another; and him they
forgive you your trespasses. killed, and many others; beating some,
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will and killing some.
your Father which is in heaven forgive 6 Having yet therefore one son, his
your trespasses. wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto
27 ¶ And they come again to Jerusalem: them, saying, They will reverence my son.
and as he was walking in the temple, there 7 But those husbandmen said among
come to him the chief priests, and the themselves, This is the heir; come, let us
scribes, and the elders, kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
28 And say unto him, By what authority 8 And they took him, and killed him, and
doest thou these things? and who gave cast him out of the vineyard.
thee this authority to do these things? 9 What shall therefore the lord of the
29 And Jesus answered and said unto vineyard do? he will come and destroy the
them, I will also ask of you one question, husbandmen, and will give the vineyard
and answer me, and I will tell you by what unto others.
authority I do these things. 10 And have ye not read this scripture;
30 The baptism of John, was it from The stone which the builders rejected is
heaven, or of men? answer me. become the head of the corner:
31 And they reasoned with themselves, 11 This was the Lord’s doing, and it is
saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he marvellous in our eyes?
will say, Why then did ye not believe 12 And they sought to lay hold on him,
him? but feared the people: for they knew that
32 But if we shall say, Of men; they he had spoken the parable against them:
feared the people: for all men counted and they left him, and went their way.
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13 ¶ And they send unto him certain of the 26 And as touching the dead, that they
Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch rise: have ye not read in the book of
him in his words. Moses, how in the bush God spake unto
14 And when they were come, they say him, saying, I am the God of Abraham,
unto him, Master, we know that thou art and the God of Isaac, and the God of
true, and carest for no man: for thou Jacob?
regardest not the person of men, but 27 He is not the God of the dead, but the
teachest the way of God in truth: Is it God of the living: ye therefore do greatly
lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? err.
15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? 28 ¶ And one of the scribes came, and
But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto having heard them reasoning together, and
them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a perceiving that he had answered them
penny, that I may see it. well, asked him, Which is the first
16 And they brought it. And he saith unto commandment of all?
them, Whose is this image and 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of
superscription? And they said unto him, all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel;
Cæsar’s. The Lord our God is one Lord:
17 And Jesus answering said unto them, 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God
Render to Cæsar the things that are with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are and with all thy mind, and with all thy
God’s. And they marvelled at him. strength: this is the first commandment.
18 ¶ Then come unto him the Sadducees, 31 And the second is like, namely this,
which say there is no resurrection; and Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
they asked him, saying, There is none other commandment greater
19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a than these.
man’s brother die, and leave his wife 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well,
behind him, and leave no children, that his Master, thou hast said the truth: for there
brother should take his wife, and raise up is one God; and there is none other but he:
seed unto his brother. 33 And to love him with all the heart, and
20 Now there were seven brethren: and with all the understanding, and with all the
the first took a wife, and dying left no soul, and with all the strength, and to love
seed. his neighbour as himself, is more than all
21 And the second took her, and died, whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
neither left he any seed: and the third 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered
likewise. discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not
22 And the seven had her, and left no far from the kingdom of God. And no man
seed: last of all the woman died also. after that durst ask him any question.
23 In the resurrection therefore, when they 35 ¶ And Jesus answered and said, while
shall rise, whose wife shall she be of he taught in the temple, How say the
them? for the seven had her to wife. scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
24 And Jesus answering said unto them, 36 For David himself said by the Holy
Do ye not therefore err, because ye know Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit
not the scriptures, neither the power of thou on my right hand, till I make thine
God? enemies thy footstool.
25 For when they shall rise from the dead, 37 David therefore himself calleth him
they neither marry, nor are given in Lord; and whence is he then his son? And
marriage; but are as the angels which are the common people heard him gladly.
in heaven. 38 ¶ And he said unto them in his
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doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which 8 For nation shall rise against nation, and
love to go in long clothing, and love kingdom against kingdom: and there shall
salutations in the marketplaces, be earthquakes in divers places, and there
39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, shall be famines and troubles: these are
and the uppermost rooms at feasts: the beginnings of sorrows.
40 Which devour widows’ houses, and for 9 ¶ But take heed to yourselves: for they
a pretence make long prayers: these shall shall deliver you up to councils; and in the
receive greater damnation. synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye
41 ¶ And Jesus sat over against the shall be brought before rulers and kings
treasury, and beheld how the people cast for my sake, for a testimony against them.
money into the treasury: and many that 10 And the gospel must first be published
were rich cast in much. among all nations.
42 And there came a certain poor widow, 11 But when they shall lead you, and
and she threw in two mites, which make a deliver you up, take no thought
farthing. beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do
43 And he called unto him his disciples, ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be
and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it
That this poor widow hath cast more in, is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
than all they which have cast into the 12 Now the brother shall betray the
treasury: brother to death, and the father the son;
44 For all they did cast in of their and children shall rise up against their
abundance; but she of her want did cast in parents, and shall cause them to be put to
all that she had, even all her living. death.
13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my
CHAPTER 13 name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto
AND as he went out of the temple, one of the end, the same shall be saved.
his disciples saith unto him, Master, see 14 ¶ But when ye shall see the
what manner of stones and what buildings abomination of desolation, spoken of by
are here! Daniel the prophet, standing where it
2 And Jesus answering said unto him, ought not, (let him that readeth
Seest thou these great buildings? there understand,) then let them that be in
shall not be left one stone upon another, Judæa flee to the mountains:
that shall not be thrown down. 15 And let him that is on the housetop not
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives go down into the house, neither enter
over against the temple, Peter and James therein, to take any thing out of his house:
and John and Andrew asked him privately, 16 And let him that is in the field not turn
4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and back again for to take up his garment.
what shall be the sign when all these 17 But woe to them that are with child,
things shall be fulfilled? and to them that give suck in those days!
5 And Jesus answering them began to say, 18 And pray ye that your flight be not in
Take heed lest any man deceive you: the winter.
6 For many shall come in my name, 19 For in those days shall be affliction,
saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive such as was not from the beginning of the
many. creation which God created unto this time,
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and neither shall be.
rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for 20 And except that the Lord had shortened
such things must needs be; but the end those days, no flesh should be saved: but
shall not be yet. for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen,
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12 ¶ And the first day of unleavened 26 ¶ And when they had sung an hymn,
bread, when they killed the passover, his they went out into the mount of Olives.
disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou 27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall
that we go and prepare that thou mayest be offended because of me this night: for
eat the passover? it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and
13 And he sendeth forth two of his the sheep shall be scattered.
disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into 28 But after that I am risen, I will go
the city, and there shall meet you a man before you into Galilee.
bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. 29 But Peter said unto him, Although all
14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye shall be offended, yet will not I.
to the goodman of the house, The Master 30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say
saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I unto thee, That this day, even in this night,
shall eat the passover with my disciples? before the cock crow twice, thou shalt
15 And he will shew you a large upper deny me thrice.
room furnished and prepared: there make 31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I
ready for us. should die with thee, I will not deny thee
16 And his disciples went forth, and came in any wise. Likewise also said they all.
into the city, and found as he had said 32 And they came to a place which was
unto them: and they made ready the named Gethsemane: and he saith to his
passover. disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
17 And in the evening he cometh with the 33 And he taketh with him Peter and
twelve. James and John, and began to be sore
18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, amazed, and to be very heavy;
Verily I say unto you, One of you which 34 And saith unto them, My soul is
eateth with me shall betray me. exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye
19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to here, and watch.
say unto him one by one, Is it I? and 35 And he went forward a little, and fell
another said, Is it I? on the ground, and prayed that, if it were
20 And he answered and said unto them, It possible, the hour might pass from him.
is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things
in the dish. are possible unto thee; take away this cup
21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is from me: nevertheless not what I will, but
written of him: but woe to that man by what thou wilt.
whom the Son of man is betrayed! good 37 And he cometh, and findeth them
were it for that man if he had never been sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon,
born. sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one
22 ¶ And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, hour?
and blessed, and brake it, and gave to 38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into
them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but
23 And he took the cup, and when he had the flesh is weak.
given thanks, he gave it to them: and they 39 And again he went away, and prayed,
all drank of it. and spake the same words.
24 And he said unto them, This is my 40 And when he returned, he found them
blood of the new testament, which is shed asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,)
for many. neither wist they what to answer him.
25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no 41 And he cometh the third time, and saith
more of the fruit of the vine, until that day unto them, Sleep on now, and take your
that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. rest: it is enough, the hour is come;
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behold, the Son of man is betrayed into witness against him, saying,
the hands of sinners. 58 We heard him say, I will destroy this
42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth temple that is made with hands, and
me is at hand. within three days I will build another
43 ¶ And immediately, while he yet spake, made without hands.
cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with 59 But neither so did their witness agree
him a great multitude with swords and together.
staves, from the chief priests and the 60 And the high priest stood up in the
scribes and the elders. midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest
44 And he that betrayed him had given thou nothing? what is it which these
them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall witness against thee?
kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead 61 But he held his peace, and answered
him away safely. nothing. Again the high priest asked him,
45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the
straightway to him, and saith, Master, Son of the Blessed?
master; and kissed him. 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see
46 ¶ And they laid their hands on him, and the Son of man sitting on the right hand of
took him. power, and coming in the clouds of
47 And one of them that stood by drew a heaven.
sword, and smote a servant of the high 63 Then the high priest rent his clothes,
priest, and cut off his ear. and saith, What need we any further
48 And Jesus answered and said unto witnesses?
them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, 64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what
with swords and with staves to take me? think ye? And they all condemned him to
49 I was daily with you in the temple be guilty of death.
teaching, and ye took me not: but the 65 And some began to spit on him, and to
scriptures must be fulfilled. cover his face, and to buffet him, and to
50 And they all forsook him, and fled. say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants
51 And there followed him a certain did strike him with the palms of their
young man, having a linen cloth cast hands.
about his naked body; and the young men 66 ¶ And as Peter was beneath in the
laid hold on him: palace, there cometh one of the maids of
52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled the high priest:
from them naked. 67 And when she saw Peter warming
53 ¶ And they led Jesus away to the high himself, she looked upon him, and said,
priest: and with him were assembled all And thou also wast with Jesus of
the chief priests and the elders and the Nazareth.
scribes. 68 But he denied, saying, I know not,
54 And Peter followed him afar off, even neither understand I what thou sayest. And
into the palace of the high priest: and he he went out into the porch; and the cock
sat with the servants, and warmed himself crew.
at the fire. 69 And a maid saw him again, and began
55 And the chief priests and all the to say to them that stood by, This is one of
council sought for witness against Jesus to them.
put him to death; and found none. 70 And he denied it again. And a little
56 For many bare false witness against after, they that stood by said again to
him, but their witness agreed not together. Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for
57 And there arose certain, and bare false thou art a Galilæan, and thy speech
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that destroyest the temple, and buildest it kingdom of God, came, and went in
in three days, boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of
30 Save thyself, and come down from the Jesus.
cross. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were
31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking already dead: and calling unto him the
said among themselves with the scribes, centurion, he asked him whether he had
He saved others; himself he cannot save. been any while dead.
32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend 45 And when he knew it of the centurion,
now from the cross, that we may see and he gave the body to Joseph.
believe. And they that were crucified with 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him
him reviled him. down, and wrapped him in the linen, and
33 And when the sixth hour was come, laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn
there was darkness over the whole land out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the
until the ninth hour. door of the sepulchre.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the
loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
sabachthani? which is, being interpreted,
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me? AND when the sabbath was past, Mary
35 And some of them that stood by, when Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth James, and Salome, had bought sweet
Elias. spices, thatthey might come and anoint
36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of him.
vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him 2 And very early in the morning the first
to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see day of the week, they came unto the
whether Elias will come to take him sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
down. 3 And they said among themselves, Who
37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and shall roll us away the stone from the door
gave up the ghost. of the sepulchre?
38 And the veil of the temple was rent in 4 And when they looked, they saw that the
twain from the top to the bottom. stone was rolled away: for it was very
39 ¶ And when the centurion, which stood great.
over against him, saw that he so cried out, 5 And entering into the sepulchre, they
and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this saw a young man sitting on the right side,
man was the Son of God. clothed in a long white garment; and they
40 There were also women looking on were affrighted.
afar off: among whom was Mary 6 And he saith unto them, Be not
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth,
the less and of Joses, and Salome; which was crucified: he is risen; he is not
41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, here: behold the place where they laid
followed him, and ministered unto him;) him.
and many other women which came up 7 But go your way, tell his disciples and
with him unto Jerusalem. Peter that he goeth before you into
42 ¶ And now when the even was come, Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said
because it was the preparation, that is, the unto you.
day before the sabbath, 8 And they went out quickly, and fled
43 Joseph of Arimathæa, an honourable from the sepulchre; for they trembled and
counseller, which also waited for the were amazed: neither said they any thing
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Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of 41 And it came to pass, that, when
Galilee, named Nazareth, Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the
27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth
name was Joseph, of the house of David; was filled with the Holy Ghost:
and the virgin’s name was Mary. 42 And she spake out with a loud voice,
28 And the angel came in unto her, and and said, Blessed art thou among women,
said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou 43 And whence is this to me, that the
among women. mother of my Lord should come to me?
29 And when she saw him, she was 44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy
troubled at his saying, and cast in her salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe
mind what manner of salutation this leaped in my womb for joy.
should be. 45 And blessed is she that believed: for
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, there shall be a performance of those
Mary: for thou hast found favour with things which were told her from the Lord.
God. 46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy the Lord,
womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my
his name JESUS. Saviour.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called 48 For he hath regarded the low estate of
the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God his handmaiden: for, behold, from
shall give unto him the throne of his father henceforth all generations shall call me
David: blessed.
33 And he shall reign over the house of 49 For he that is mighty hath done to me
Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there great things; and holy is his name.
shall be no end. 50 And his mercy is on them that fear him
34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How from generation to generation.
shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 51 He hath shewed strength with his arm;
35 And the angel answered and said unto he hath scattered the proud in the
her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon imagination of their hearts.
thee, and the power of the Highest shall 52 He hath put down the mighty from
overshadow thee: therefore also that holy their seats, and exalted them of low
thing which shall be born of thee shall be degree.
called the Son of God. 53 He hath filled the hungry with good
36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she things; and the rich he hath sent empty
hath also conceived a son in her old age: away.
and this is the sixth month with her, who 54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in
was called barren. remembrance of his mercy;
37 For with God nothing shall be 55 As he spake to our fathers, to
impossible. Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid 56 And Mary abode with her about three
of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy months, and returned to her own house.
word. And the angel departed from her. 57 Now Elisabeth’s full time came that
39 And Mary arose in those days, and she should be delivered; and she brought
went into the hill country with haste, into forth a son.
a city of Juda; 58 And her neighbours and her cousins
40 And entered into the house of heard how the Lord had shewed great
Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with
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great joy, which shall be to all people. 25 And, behold, there was a man in
11 For unto you is born this day in the city Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and
of David a Saviour, which is Christ the the same man was just and devout,
Lord. waiting for the consolation of Israel: and
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye the Holy Ghost was upon him.
shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling 26 And it was revealed unto him by the
clothes, lying in a manger. Holy Ghost, that he should not see death,
13 And suddenly there was with the angel before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
a multitude of the heavenly host praising 27 And he came by the Spirit into the
God, and saying, temple: and when the parents brought in
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on the child Jesus, to do for him after the
earth peace, good will toward men. custom of the law,
15 And it came to pass, as the angels were 28 Then took he him up in his arms, and
gone away from them into heaven, the blessed God, and said,
shepherds said one to another, Let us now 29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant
go even unto Bethlehem, and see this depart in peace, according to thy word:
thing which is come to pass, which the 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Lord hath made known unto us. 31 Which thou hast prepared before the
16 And they came with haste, and found face of all people;
Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the
manger. glory of thy people Israel.
17 And when they had seen it, they made 33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled
known abroad the saying which was told at those things which were spoken of him.
them concerning this child. 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said
18 And all they that heard it wondered at unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child
those things which were told them by the is set for the fall and rising again of many
shepherds. in Israel; and for a sign which shall be
19 But Mary kept all these things, and spoken against;
pondered them in her heart. 35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying own soul also,) that the thoughts of many
and praising God for all the things that hearts may be revealed.
they had heard and seen, as it was told 36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess,
unto them. the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of
21 And when eight days were Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived
accomplished for the circumcising of the with an husband seven years from her
child, his name was called JESUS, which virginity;
was so named of the angel before he was 37 And she was a widow of about
conceived in the womb. fourscore and four years, which departed
22 And when the days of her purification not from the temple, but served God with
according to the law of Moses were fastings and prayers night and day.
accomplished, they brought him to 38 And she coming in that instant gave
Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake
23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, of him to all them that looked for
Every male that openeth the womb shall redemption in Jerusalem.
be called holy to the Lord;) 39 And when they had performed all
24 And to offer a sacrifice according to things according to the law of the Lord,
that which is said in the law of the Lord, A they returned into Galilee, to their own
pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. city Nazareth.
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40 And the child grew, and waxed strong Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of
in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace Abilene,
of God was upon him. 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high
41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem priests, the word of God came unto John
every year at the feast of the passover. the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
42 And when he was twelve years old, 3 And he came into all the country about
they went up to Jerusalem after the custom Jordan, preaching the baptism of
of the feast. repentance for the remission of sins;
43 And when they had fulfilled the days, 4 As it is written in the book of the words
as they returned, the child Jesus tarried of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of
behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye
mother knew not of it. the way of the Lord, make his paths
44 But they, supposing him to have been straight.
in the company, went a day’s journey; and 5 Every valley shall be filled, and every
they sought him among their kinsfolk and mountain and hill shall be brought low;
acquaintance. and the crooked shall be made straight,
45 And when they found him not, they and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of
him. God.
46 And it came to pass, that after three 7 Then said he to the multitude that came
days they found him in the temple, sitting forth to be baptized of him, O generation
in the midst of the doctors, both hearing of vipers, who hath warned you to flee
them, and asking them questions. from the wrath to come?
47 And all that heard him were astonished 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of
at his understanding and answers. repentance, and begin not to say within
48 And when they saw him, they were yourselves, We have Abraham to our
amazed: and his mother said unto him, father: for I say unto you, That God is able
Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? of these stones to raise up children unto
behold, thy father and I have sought thee Abraham.
sorrowing. 9 And now also the axe is laid unto the
49 And he said unto them, How is it that root of the trees: every tree therefore
ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be which bringeth not forth good fruit is
about my Father’s business? hewn down, and cast into the fire.
50 And they understood not the saying 10 And the people asked him, saying,
which he spake unto them. What shall we do then?
51 And he went down with them, and 11 He answereth and saith unto them, He
came to Nazareth, and was subject unto that hath two coats, let him impart to him
them: but his mother kept all these sayings that hath none; and he that hath meat, let
in her heart. him do likewise.
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and 12 Then came also publicans to be
stature, and in favour with God and man. baptized, and said unto him, Master, what
shall we do?
CHAPTER 3 13 And he said unto them, Exact no more
NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of than that which is appointed you.
Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being 14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of
governor of Judæa, and Herod being him, saying, And what shall we do? And
tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip he said unto them, Do violence to no man,
tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of neither accuse any falsely; and be content
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with your wages. was the son of Rhesa, which was the son
15 And as the people were in expectation, of Zorobabel, which was the son of
and all men mused in their hearts of John, Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
whether he were the Christ, or not; 28 Which was the son of Melchi, which
16 John answered, saying unto them all, I was the son of Addi, which was the son of
indeed baptize you with water; but one Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam,
mightier than I cometh, the latchet of which was the son of Er,
whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: 29 Which was the son of Jose, which was
he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost the son of Eliezer, which was the son of
and with fire: Jorim, which was the son of Matthat,
17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will which was the son of Levi,
throughly purge his floor, and will gather 30 Which was the son of Simeon, which
the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he was the son of Juda, which was the son of
will burn with fire unquenchable. Joseph, which was the son of Jonan,
18 And many other things in his which was the son of Eliakim,
exhortation preached he unto the people. 31 Which was the son of Melea, which
19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved was the son of Menan, which was the son
by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan,
wife, and for all the evils which Herod had which was the son of David,
done, 32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was
20 Added yet this above all, that he shut the son of Obed, which was the son of
up John in prison. Booz, which was the son of Salmon,
21 Now when all the people were which was the son of Naasson,
baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also 33 Which was the son of Aminadab,
being baptized, and praying, the heaven which was the son of Aram, which was
was opened, the son of Esrom, which was the son of
22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a Phares, which was the son of Juda,
bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a 34 Which was the son of Jacob, which
voice came from heaven, which said, was the son of Isaac, which was the son of
Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am Abraham, which was the son of Thara,
well pleased. which was the son of Nachor,
23 And Jesus himself began to be about 35 Which was the son of Saruch, which
thirty years of age, being (as was was the son of Ragau, which was the son
supposed) the son of Joseph, which was of Phalec, which was the son of Heber,
the son of Heli, which was the son of Sala,
24 Which was the son of Matthat, which 36 Which was the son of Cainan, which
was the son of Levi, which was the son of was the son of Arphaxad, which was the
Melchi, which was the son of Janna, son of Sem, which was the son of Noe,
which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Lamech,
25 Which was the son of Mattathias, 37 Which was the son of Mathusala,
which was the son of Amos, which was which was the son of Enoch, which was
the son of Naum, which was the son of the son of Jared, which was the son of
Esli, which was the son of Nagge, Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
26 Which was the son of Maath, which 38 Which was the son of Enos, which was
was the son of Mattathias, which was the the son of Seth, which was the son of
son of Semei, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
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AND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost 16 ¶ And he came to Nazareth, where he
returned from Jordan, and was led by the had been brought up: and, as his custom
Spirit into the wilderness, was, he went into the synagogue on the
2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
And in those days he did eat nothing: and 17 And there was delivered unto him the
when they were ended, he afterward book of the prophet Esaias. And when he
hungered. had opened the book, he found the place
3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be where it was written,
the Son of God, command this stone that it 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
be made bread. because he hath anointed me to preach the
4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal
written, That man shall not live by bread the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance
alone, but by every word of God. to the captives, and recovering of sight to
5 And the devil, taking him up into an the blind, to set at liberty them that are
high mountain, shewed unto him all the bruised,
kingdoms of the world in a moment of 19 To preach the acceptable year of the
time. Lord.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it
power will I give thee, and the glory of again to the minister, and sat down. And
them: for that is delivered unto me; and to the eyes of all them that were in the
whomsoever I will I give it. synagogue were fastened on him.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all 21 And he began to say unto them, This
shall be thine. day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, 22 And all bare him witness, and
Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is wondered at the gracious words which
written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy proceeded out of his mouth. And they
God, and him only shalt thou serve. said, Is not this Joseph’s son?
9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and 23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely
set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal
said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in
cast thyself down from hence: Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
10 For it is written, He shall give his 24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No
angels charge over thee, to keep thee: prophet is accepted in his own country.
11 And in their hands they shall bear thee 25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows
up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot were in Israel in the days of Elias, when
against a stone. the heaven was shut up three years and six
12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It months, when great famine was
is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy throughout all the land;
God. 26 But unto none of them was Elias sent,
13 And when the devil had ended all the save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a
temptation, he departed from him for a woman that was a widow.
season. 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the
14 ¶ And Jesus returned in the power of time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of
the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out them was cleansed, saving Naaman the
a fame of him through all the region round Syrian.
about. 28 And all they in the synagogue, when
15 And he taught in their synagogues, they heard these things, were filled with
being glorified of all. wrath,
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29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the went into a desert place: and the people
city, and led him unto the brow of the hill sought him, and came unto him, and
whereon their city was built, that they stayed him, that he should not depart from
might cast him down headlong. them.
30 But he passing through the midst of 43 And he said unto them, I must preach
them went his way, the kingdom of God to other cities also:
31 And came down to Capernaum, a city for therefore am I sent.
of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath 44 And he preached in the synagogues of
days. Galilee.
32 And they were astonished at his
doctrine: for his word was with power. CHAPTER 5
33 ¶ And in the synagogue there was a AND it came to pass, that, as the people
man, which had a spirit of an unclean pressed upon him to hear the word of God,
devil, and cried out with a loud voice, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake:
do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art but the fishermen were gone out of them,
thou come to destroy us? I know thee who and were washing their nets.
thou art; the Holy One of God. 3 And he entered into one of the ships,
35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold which was Simon’s, and prayed him that
thy peace, and come out of him. And he would thrust out a little from the land.
when the devil had thrown him in the And he sat down, and taught the people
midst, he came out of him, and hurt him out of the ship.
not. 4 Now when he had left speaking, he said
36 And they were all amazed, and spake unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and
among themselves, saying, What a word is let down your nets for a draught.
this! for with authority and power he 5 And Simon answering said unto him,
commandeth the unclean spirits, and they Master, we have toiled all the night, and
come out. have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy
37 And the fame of him went out into word I will let down the net.
every place of the country round about. 6 And when they had this done, they
38 ¶ And he arose out of the synagogue, inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and
and entered into Simon’s house. And their net brake.
Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a 7 And they beckoned unto their partners,
great fever; and they besought him for her. which were in the other ship, that they
39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the should come and help them. And they
fever; and it left her: and immediately she came, and filled both the ships, so that
arose and ministered unto them. they began to sink.
40 ¶ Now when the sun was setting, all 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down
they that had any sick with divers diseases at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me;
brought them unto him; and he laid his for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
hands on every one of them, and healed 9 For he was astonished, and all that were
them. with him, at the draught of the fishes
41 And devils also came out of many, which they had taken:
crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the 10 And so was also James, and John, the
Son of God. And he rebuking them sons of Zebedee, which were partners with
suffered them not to speak: for they knew Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear
that he was Christ. not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
42 And when it was day, he departed and 11 And when they had brought their ships
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to land, they forsook all, and followed forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
him. 24 But that ye may know that the Son of
12 ¶ And it came to pass, when he was in man hath power upon earth to forgive
a certain city, behold a man full of sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I
leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy
and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou couch, and go into thine house.
wilt, thou canst make me clean. 25 And immediately he rose up before
13 And he put forth his hand, and touched them, and took up that whereon he lay,
him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And and departed to his own house, glorifying
immediately the leprosy departed from God.
him. 26 And they were all amazed, and they
14 And he charged him to tell no man: but glorified God, and were filled with fear,
go, and shew thyself to the priest, and saying, We have seen strange things to
offer for thy cleansing, according as day.
Moses commanded, for a testimony unto 27 ¶ And after these things he went forth,
them. and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at
15 But so much the more went there a the receipt of custom: and he said unto
fame abroad of him: and great multitudes him, Follow me.
came together to hear, and to be healed by 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed
him of their infirmities. him.
16 ¶ And he withdrew himself into the 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his
wilderness, and prayed. own house: and there was a great
17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as company of publicans and of others that
he was teaching, that there were Pharisees sat down with them.
and doctors of the law sitting by, which 30 But their scribes and Pharisees
were come out of every town of Galilee, murmured against his disciples, saying,
and Judæa, and Jerusalem: and the power Why do ye eat and drink with publicans
of the Lord was present to heal them. and sinners?
18 ¶ And, behold, men brought in a bed a 31 And Jesus answering said unto them,
man which was taken with a palsy: and They that are whole need not a physician;
they sought means to bring him in, and to but they that are sick.
lay him before him. 32 I came not to call the righteous, but
19 And when they could not find by what sinners to repentance.
way they might bring him in because of 33 ¶ And they said unto him, Why do the
the multitude, they went upon the disciples of John fast often, and make
housetop, and let him down through the prayers, and likewise the disciples of the
tiling with his couch into the midst before Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
Jesus. 34 And he said unto them, Can ye make
20 And when he saw their faith, he said the children of the bridechamber fast,
unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. while the bridegroom is with them?
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees 35 But the days will come, when the
began to reason, saying, Who is this which bridegroom shall be taken away from
speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive them, and then shall they fast in those
sins, but God alone? days.
22 But when Jesus perceived their 36 ¶ And he spake also a parable unto
thoughts, he answering said unto them, them; No man putteth a piece of a new
What reason ye in your hearts? garment upon an old; if otherwise, then
23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be both the new maketh a rent, and the piece
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that was taken out of the new agreeth not 10 And looking round about upon them
with the old. all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy
37 And no man putteth new wine into old hand. And he did so: and his hand was
bottles; else the new wine will burst the restored whole as the other.
bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles 11 And they were filled with madness;
shall perish. and communed one with another what
38 But new wine must be put into new they might do to Jesus.
bottles; and both are preserved. 12 And it came to pass in those days, that
39 No man also having drunk old wine he went out into a mountain to pray, and
straightway desireth new: for he saith, The continued all night in prayer to God.
old is better. 13 ¶ And when it was day, he called unto
him his disciples: and of them he chose
CHAPTER 6 twelve, whom also he named apostles;
AND it came to pass on the second 14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,)
sabbath after the first, that he went and Andrew his brother, James and John,
through the corn fields; and his disciples Philip and Bartholomew,
plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, 15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of
rubbing them in their hands. Alphæus, and Simon called Zelotes,
2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto 16 And Judas the brother of James, and
them, Why do ye that which is not lawful Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
to do on the sabbath days? 17 ¶ And he came down with them, and
3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye stood in the plain, and the company of his
not read so much as this, what David did, disciples, and a great multitude of people
when himself was an hungred, and they out of all Judæa and Jerusalem, and from
which were with him; the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which
4 How he went into the house of God, and came to hear him, and to be healed of their
did take and eat the shewbread, and gave diseases;
also to them that were with him; which it 18 And they that were vexed with unclean
is not lawful to eat but for the priests spirits: and they were healed.
alone? 19 And the whole multitude sought to
5 And he said unto them, That the Son of touch him: for there went virtue out of
man is Lord also of the sabbath. him, and healed them all.
6 And it came to pass also on another 20 ¶ And he lifted up his eyes on his
sabbath, that he entered into the disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for
synagogue and taught: and there was a yours is the kingdom of God.
man whose right hand was withered. 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye
7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep
him, whether he would heal on the now: for ye shall laugh.
sabbath day; that they might find an 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate
accusation against him. you, and when they shall separate you
8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to from their company, and shall reproach
the man which had the withered hand, you, and cast out your name as evil, for
Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And the Son of man’s sake.
he arose and stood forth. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy:
9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask for, behold, your reward is great in
you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath heaven: for in the like manner did their
days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, fathers unto the prophets.
or to destroy it? 24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye
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have received your consolation. 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can
25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall the blind lead the blind? shall they not
hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for both fall into the ditch?
ye shall mourn and weep. 40 The disciple is not above his master:
26 Woe unto you, when all men shall but every one that is perfect shall be as his
speak well of you! for so did their fathers master.
to the false prophets. 41 And why beholdest thou the mote that
27 ¶ But I say unto you which hear, Love is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not
your enemies, do good to them which hate the beam that is in thine own eye?
you, 42 Either how canst thou say to thy
28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote
them which despitefully use you. that is in thine eye, when thou thyself
29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the beholdest not the beam that is in thine
one cheek offer also the other; and him own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the
that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt
take thy coat also. thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is
30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; in thy brother’s eye.
and of him that taketh away thy goods ask 43 For a good tree bringeth not forth
them not again. corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree
31 And as ye would that men should do to bring forth good fruit.
you, do ye also to them likewise. 44 For every tree is known by his own
32 For if ye love them which love you, fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs,
what thank have ye? for sinners also love nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
those that love them. 45 A good man out of the good treasure of
33 And if ye do good to them which do his heart bringeth forth that which is good;
good to you, what thank have ye? for and an evil man out of the evil treasure of
sinners also do even the same. his heart bringeth forth that which is evil:
34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye for of the abundance of the heart his
hope to receive, what thank have ye? for mouth speaketh.
sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as 46 ¶ And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and
much again. do not the things which I say?
35 But love ye your enemies, and do 47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth
good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew
and your reward shall be great, and ye you to whom he is like:
shall be the children of the Highest: for he 48 He is like a man which built an house,
is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. and digged deep, and laid the foundation
36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your on a rock: and when the flood arose, the
Father also is merciful. stream beat vehemently upon that house,
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and could not shake it: for it was founded
condemn not, and ye shall not be upon a rock.
condemned: forgive, and ye shall be 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is
forgiven: like a man that without a foundation built
38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; an house upon the earth; against which the
good measure, pressed down, and shaken stream did beat vehemently, and
together, and running over, shall men give immediately it fell; and the ruin of that
into your bosom. For with the same house was great.
measure that ye mete withal it shall be
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27 This is he, of whom it is written, prophet, would have known who and what
Behold, I send my messenger before thy manner of woman this is that toucheth
face, which shall prepare thy way before him: for she is a sinner.
thee. 40 And Jesus answering said unto him,
28 For I say unto you, Among those that Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee.
are born of women there is not a greater And he saith, Master, say on.
prophet than John the Baptist: but he that 41 There was a certain creditor which had
is least in the kingdom of God is greater two debtors: the one owed five hundred
than he. pence, and the other fifty.
29 And all the people that heard him, and 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he
the publicans, justified God, being frankly forgave them both. Tell me
baptized with the baptism of John. therefore, which of them will love him
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected most?
the counsel of God against themselves, 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose
being not baptized of him. that he, to whom he forgave most. And he
31 ¶ And the Lord said, Whereunto then said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
shall I liken the men of this generation? 44 And he turned to the woman, and said
and to what are they like? unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I
32 They are like unto children sitting in entered into thine house, thou gavest me
the marketplace, and calling one to no water for my feet: but she hath washed
another, and saying, We have piped unto my feet with tears, and wiped them with
you, and ye have not danced; we have the hairs of her head.
mourned to you, and ye have not wept. 45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this
33 For John the Baptist came neither woman since the time I came in hath not
eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye ceased to kiss my feet.
say, He hath a devil. 46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint:
34 The Son of man is come eating and but this woman hath anointed my feet with
drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous ointment.
man, and a winebibber, a friend of 47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins,
publicans and sinners! which are many, are forgiven; for she
35 But wisdom is justified of all her loved much: but to whom little is
children. forgiven, the same loveth little.
36 ¶ And one of the Pharisees desired him 48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are
that he would eat with him. And he went forgiven.
into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to 49 And they that sat at meat with him
meat. began to say within themselves, Who is
37 And, behold, a woman in the city, this that forgiveth sins also?
which was a sinner, when she knew that 50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith
Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, hath saved thee; go in peace.
brought an alabaster box of ointment,
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weeping, and began to wash his feet with AND it came to pass afterward, that he
tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of went throughout every city and village,
her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed preaching and shewing the glad tidings of
them with the ointment. the kingdom of God: and the twelve were
39 Now when the Pharisee which had with him,
bidden him saw it, he spake within 2 And certain women, which had been
himself, saying, This man, if he were a healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary
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called Magdalene, out of whom went heard the word, keep it, and bring forth
seven devils, fruit with patience.
3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s 16 ¶ No man, when he hath lighted a
steward, and Susanna, and many others, candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth
which ministered unto him of their it under a bed; but setteth it on a
substance. candlestick, that they which enter in may
4 ¶ And when much people were gathered see the light.
together, and were come to him out of 17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be
every city, he spake by a parable: made manifest; neither any thing hid, that
5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and shall not be known and come abroad.
as he sowed, some fell by the way side; 18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for
and it was trodden down, and the fowls of whosoever hath, to him shall be given;
the air devoured it. and whosoever hath not, from him shall be
6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon taken even that which he seemeth to have.
as it was sprung up, it withered away, 19 ¶ Then came to him his mother and his
because it lacked moisture. brethren, and could not come at him for
7 And some fell among thorns; and the the press.
thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 20 And it was told him by certain which
8 And other fell on good ground, and said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand
sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. without, desiring to see thee.
And when he had said these things, he 21 And he answered and said unto them,
cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him My mother and my brethren are these
hear. which hear the word of God, and do it.
9 And his disciples asked him, saying, 22 ¶ Now it came to pass on a certain day,
What might this parable be? that he went into a ship with his disciples:
10 And he said, Unto you it is given to and he said unto them, Let us go over unto
know the mysteries of the kingdom of the other side of the lake. And they
God: but to others in parables; that seeing launched forth.
they might not see, and hearing they might 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and
not understand. there came down a storm of wind on the
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the lake; and they were filled with water, and
word of God. were in jeopardy.
12 Those by the way side are they that 24 And they came to him, and awoke him,
hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh saying, Master, master, we perish. Then
away the word out of their hearts, lest they he arose, and rebuked the wind and the
should believe and be saved. raging of the water: and they ceased, and
13 They on the rock are they, which, there was a calm.
when they hear, receive the word with joy; 25 And he said unto them, Where is your
and these have no root, which for a while faith? And they being afraid wondered,
believe, and in time of temptation fall saying one to another, What manner of
away. man is this! for he commandeth even the
14 And that which fell among thorns are winds and water, and they obey him.
they, which, when they have heard, go 26 ¶ And they arrived at the country of the
forth, and are choked with cares and Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
riches and pleasures of this life, and bring 27 And when he went forth to land, there
no fruit to perfection. met him out of the city a certain man,
15 But that on the good ground are they, which had devils long time, and ware no
which in an honest and good heart, having clothes, neither abode in any house, but in
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suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and 10 ¶ And the apostles, when they were
James, and John, and the father and the returned, told him all that they had done.
mother of the maiden. And he took them, and went aside
52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he privately into a desert place belonging to
said, Weep not; she is not dead, but the city called Bethsaida.
sleepeth. 11 And the people, when they knew it,
53 And they laughed him to scorn, followed him: and he received them, and
knowing that she was dead. spake unto them of the kingdom of God,
54 And he put them all out, and took her and healed them that had need of healing.
by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, 12 And when the day began to wear away,
arise. then came the twelve, and said unto him,
55 And her spirit came again, and she Send the multitude away, that they may go
arose straightway: and he commanded to into the towns and country round about,
give her meat. and lodge, and get victuals: for we are
56 And her parents were astonished: but here in a desert place.
he charged them that they should tell no 13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to
man what was done. eat. And they said, We have no more but
five loaves and two fishes; except we
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THEN he called his twelve disciples 14 For they were about five thousand
together, and gave them power and men. And he said to his disciples, Make
authority over all devils, and to cure them sit down by fifties in a company.
diseases. 15 And they did so, and made them all sit
2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom down.
of God, and to heal the sick. 16 Then he took the five loaves and the
3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he
your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, blessed them, and brake, and gave to the
neither bread, neither money; neither have disciples to set before the multitude.
two coats apiece. 17 And they did eat, and were all filled:
4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, and there was taken up of fragments that
there abide, and thence depart. remained to them twelve baskets.
5 And whosoever will not receive you, 18 ¶ And it came to pass, as he was alone
when ye go out of that city, shake off the praying, his disciples were with him: and
very dust from your feet for a testimony he asked them, saying, Whom say the
against them. people that I am?
6 And they departed, and went through the 19 They answering said, John the Baptist;
towns, preaching the gospel, and healing but some say, Elias; and others say, that
every where. one of the old prophets is risen again.
7 ¶ Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all 20 He said unto them, But whom say ye
that was done by him: and he was that I am? Peter answering said, The
perplexed, because that it was said of Christ of God.
some, that John was risen from the dead; 21 And he straitly charged them, and
8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; commanded them to tell no man that
and of others, that one of the old prophets thing;
was risen again. 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer
9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: many things, and be rejected of the elders
but who is this, of whom I hear such and chief priests and scribes, and be slain,
things? And he desired to see him. and be raised the third day.
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23 ¶ And he said to them all, If any man things which they had seen.
will come after me, let him deny himself, 37 ¶ And it came to pass, that on the next
and take up his cross daily, and follow me. day, when they were come down from the
24 For whosoever will save his life shall hill, much people met him.
lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for 38 And, behold, a man of the company
my sake, the same shall save it. cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee,
25 For what is a man advantaged, if he look upon my son: for he is mine only
gain the whole world, and lose himself, or child.
be cast away? 39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he
26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that
and of my words, of him shall the Son of he foameth again, and bruising him hardly
man be ashamed, when he shall come in departeth from him.
his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of 40 And I besought thy disciples to cast
the holy angels. him out; and they could not.
27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some 41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless
standing here, which shall not taste of and perverse generation, how long shall I
death, till they see the kingdom of God. be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son
28 ¶ And it came to pass about an eight hither.
days after these sayings, he took Peter and 42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil
John and James, and went up into a threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus
mountain to pray. rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the
29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his child, and delivered him again to his
countenance was altered, and his raiment father.
was white and glistering. 43 ¶ And they were all amazed at the
30 And, behold, there talked with him two mighty power of God. But while they
men, which were Moses and Elias: wondered every one at all things which
31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,
his decease which he should accomplish at 44 Let these sayings sink down into your
Jerusalem. ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered
32 But Peter and they that were with him into the hands of men.
were heavy with sleep: and when they 45 But they understood not this saying,
were awake, they saw his glory, and the and it was hid from them, that they
two men that stood with him. perceived it not: and they feared to ask
33 And it came to pass, as they departed him of that saying.
from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it 46 ¶ Then there arose a reasoning among
is good for us to be here: and let us make them, which of them should be greatest.
three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for 47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of
Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing their heart, took a child, and set him by
what he said. him,
34 While he thus spake, there came a 48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall
cloud, and overshadowed them: and they receive this child in my name receiveth
feared as they entered into the cloud. me: and whosoever shall receive me
35 And there came a voice out of the receiveth him that sent me: for he that is
cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: least among you all, the same shall be
hear him. great.
36 And when the voice was past, Jesus 49 ¶ And John answered and said, Master,
was found alone. And they kept it close, we saw one casting out devils in thy
and told no man in those days any of those name; and we forbad him, because he
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followeth not with us. two before his face into every city and
50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him place, whither he himself would come.
not: for he that is not against us is for us. 2 Therefore said he unto them, The
51 ¶ And it came to pass, when the time harvest truly is great, but the labourers are
was come that he should be received up, few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the
he stedfastly set his face to go to harvest, that he would send forth labourers
Jerusalem, into his harvest.
52 And sent messengers before his face: 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth
and they went, and entered into a village as lambs among wolves.
of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. 4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes:
53 And they did not receive him, because and salute no man by the way.
his face was as though he would go to 5 And into whatsoever house ye enter,
Jerusalem. first say, Peace be to this house.
54 And when his disciples James and John 6 And if the son of peace be there, your
saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn
command fire to come down from heaven, to you again.
and consume them, even as Elias did? 7 And in the same house remain, eating
55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and and drinking such things as they give: for
said, Ye know not what manner of spirit the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not
ye are of. from house to house.
56 For the Son of man is not come to 8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and
destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they receive you, eat such things as are set
they went to another village. before you:
57 ¶ And it came to pass, that, as they 9 And heal the sick that are therein, and
went in the way, a certain man said unto say unto them, The kingdom of God is
him, Lord, I will follow thee come nigh unto you.
whithersoever thou goest. 10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and
58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have they receive you not, go your ways out
holes, and birds of the air have nests; but into the streets of the same, and say,
the Son of man hath not where to lay his 11 Even the very dust of your city, which
head. cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against
59 And he said unto another, Follow me. you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this,
But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and that the kingdom of God is come nigh
bury my father. unto you.
60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury 12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more
their dead: but go thou and preach the tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for
kingdom of God. that city.
61 And another also said, Lord, I will 13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto
follow thee; but let me first go bid them thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works
farewell, which are at home at my house. had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which
62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, have been done in you, they had a great
having put his hand to the plough, and while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth
looking back, is fit for the kingdom of and ashes.
God. 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre
and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
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AFTER these things the Lord appointed exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to
other seventy also, and sent them two and hell.
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hath chosen that good part, which shall much more shall your heavenly Father
not be taken away from her. give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
14 ¶ And he was casting out a devil, and it
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AND it came to pass, that, as he was devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and
praying in a certain place, when he ceased, the people wondered.
one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, 15 But some of them said, He casteth out
teach us to pray, as John also taught his devils through Beelzebub the chief of the
disciples. devils.
2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, 16 And others, tempting him, sought of
say, Our Father which art in heaven, him a sign from heaven.
Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said
come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so unto them, Every kingdom divided against
in earth. itself is brought to desolation; and a house
3 Give us day by day our daily bread. divided against a house falleth.
4 And forgive us our sins; for we also 18 If Satan also be divided against
forgive every one that is indebted to us. himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
And lead us not into temptation; but because ye say that I cast out devils
deliver us from evil. through Beelzebub.
5 And he said unto them, Which of you 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils,
shall have a friend, and shall go unto him by whom do your sons cast them out?
at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, therefore shall they be your judges.
lend me three loaves; 20 But if I with the finger of God cast out
6 For a friend of mine in his journey is devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is
come to me, and I have nothing to set come upon you.
before him? 21 When a strong man armed keepeth his
7 And he from within shall answer and palace, his goods are in peace:
say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, 22 But when a stronger than he shall come
and my children are with me in bed; I upon him, and overcome him, he taketh
cannot rise and give thee. from him all his armour wherein he
8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise trusted, and divideth his spoils.
and give him, because he is his friend, yet 23 He that is not with me is against me:
because of his importunity he will rise and and he that gathereth not with me
give him as many as he needeth. scattereth.
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be 24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of
given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, a man, he walketh through dry places,
and it shall be opened unto you. seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; will return unto my house whence I came
and he that seeketh findeth; and to him out.
that knocketh it shall be opened. 25 And when he cometh, he findeth it
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you swept and garnished.
that is a father, will he give him a stone? 26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven
or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give other spirits more wicked than himself;
him a serpent? and they enter in, and dwell there: and the
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer last state of that man is worse than the
him a scorpion? first.
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to 27 ¶ And it came to pass, as he spake
give good gifts unto your children: how these things, a certain woman of the
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company lifted up her voice, and said unto cup and the platter; but your inward part is
him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, full of ravening and wickedness.
and the paps which thou hast sucked. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are which is without make that which is
they that hear the word of God, and keep within also?
it. 41 But rather give alms of such things as
29 ¶ And when the people were gathered ye have; and, behold, all things are clean
thick together, he began to say, This is an unto you.
evil generation: they seek a sign; and there 42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye
shall no sign be given it, but the sign of tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs,
Jonas the prophet. and pass over judgment and the love of
30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the God: these ought ye to have done, and not
Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to leave the other undone.
to this generation. 43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love
31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the uppermost seats in the synagogues,
the judgment with the men of this and greetings in the markets.
generation, and condemn them: for she 44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
came from the utmost parts of the earth to hypocrites! for ye are as graves which
hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, appear not, and the men that walk over
a greater than Solomon is here. them are not aware of them.
32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the 45 ¶ Then answered one of the lawyers,
judgment with this generation, and shall and said unto him, Master, thus saying
condemn it: for they repented at the thou reproachest us also.
preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater 46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye
than Jonas is here. lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens
33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves
putteth it in a secret place, neither under a touch not the burdens with one of your
bushel, but on a candlestick, that they fingers.
which come in may see the light. 47 Woe unto you! for ye build the
34 The light of the body is the eye: sepulchres of the prophets, and your
therefore when thine eye is single, thy fathers killed them.
whole body also is full of light; but when 48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the
thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of deeds of your fathers: for they indeed
darkness. killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
35 Take heed therefore that the light 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God,
which is in thee be not darkness. I will send them prophets and apostles,
36 If thy whole body therefore be full of and some of them they shall slay and
light, having no part dark, the whole shall persecute:
be full of light, as when the bright shining 50 That the blood of all the prophets,
of a candle doth give thee light. which was shed from the foundation of the
37 ¶ And as he spake, a certain Pharisee world, may be required of this generation;
besought him to dine with him: and he 51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood
went in, and sat down to meat. of Zacharias, which perished between the
38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he altar and the temple: verily I say unto you,
marvelled that he had not first washed It shall be required of this generation.
before dinner. 52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have
39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do taken away the key of knowledge: ye
ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the entered not in yourselves, and them that
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can add to his stature one cubit? would come, he would have watched, and
26 If ye then be not able to do that thing not have suffered his house to be broken
which is least, why take ye thought for the through.
rest? 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son
27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they of man cometh at an hour when ye think
toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto not.
you, that Solomon in all his glory was not 41 ¶ Then Peter said unto him, Lord,
arrayed like one of these. speakest thou this parable unto us, or even
28 If then God so clothe the grass, which to all?
is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that
into the oven; how much more will he faithful and wise steward, whom his lord
clothe you, O ye of little faith? shall make ruler over his household, to
29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or give them their portion of meat in due
what ye shall drink, neither be ye of season?
doubtful mind. 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord
30 For all these things do the nations of when he cometh shall find so doing.
the world seek after: and your Father 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will
knoweth that ye have need of these things. make him ruler over all that he hath.
31 ¶ But rather seek ye the kingdom of 45 But and if that servant say in his heart,
God; and all these things shall be added My lord delayeth his coming; and shall
unto you. begin to beat the menservants and
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be
Father’s good pleasure to give you the drunken;
kingdom. 46 The lord of that servant will come in a
33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; day when he looketh not for him, and at an
provide yourselves bags which wax not hour when he is not aware, and will cut
old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth him in sunder, and will appoint him his
not, where no thief approacheth, neither portion with the unbelievers.
moth corrupteth. 47 And that servant, which knew his
34 For where your treasure is, there will lord’s will, and prepared not himself,
your heart be also. neither did according to his will, shall be
35 Let your loins be girded about, and beaten with many stripes.
your lights burning; 48 But he that knew not, and did commit
36 And ye yourselves like unto men that things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten
wait for their lord, when he will return with few stripes. For unto whomsoever
from the wedding; that when he cometh much is given, of him shall be much
and knocketh, they may open unto him required: and to whom men have
immediately. committed much, of him they will ask the
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the more.
lord when he cometh shall find watching: 49 ¶ I am come to send fire on the earth;
verily I say unto you, that he shall gird and what will I, if it be already kindled?
himself, and make them to sit down to 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized
meat, and will come forth and serve them. with; and how am I straitened till it be
38 And if he shall come in the second accomplished!
watch, or come in the third watch, and 51 Suppose ye that I am come to give
find them so, blessed are those servants. peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather
39 And this know, that if the goodman of division:
the house had known what hour the thief 52 For from henceforth there shall be five
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in one house divided, three against two, man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard;
and two against three. and he came and sought fruit thereon, and
53 The father shall be divided against the found none.
son, and the son against the father; the 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his
mother against the daughter, and the vineyard, Behold, these three years I come
daughter against the mother; the mother in seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find
law against her daughter in law, and the none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the
daughter in law against her mother in law. ground?
54 ¶ And he said also to the people, When 8 And he answering said unto him, Lord,
ye see a cloud rise out of the west, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig
straightway ye say, There cometh a about it, and dung it:
shower; and so it is. 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then
55 And when ye see the south wind blow, after that thou shalt cut it down.
ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh 10 And he was teaching in one of the
to pass. synagogues on the sabbath.
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face 11 ¶ And, behold, there was a woman
of the sky and of the earth; but how is it which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen
that ye do not discern this time? years, and was bowed together, and could
57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge in no wise lift up herself.
ye not what is right? 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her
58 ¶ When thou goest with thine adversary to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art
to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, loosed from thine infirmity.
give diligence that thou mayest be 13 And he laid his hands on her: and
delivered from him; lest he hale thee to immediately she was made straight, and
the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the glorified God.
officer, and the officer cast thee into 14 And the ruler of the synagogue
prison. answered with indignation, because that
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and
till thou hast paid the very last mite. said unto the people, There are six days in
which men ought to work: in them
CHAPTER 13 therefore come and be healed, and not on
THERE were present at that season some the sabbath day.
that told him of the Galilæans, whose 15 The Lord then answered him, and said,
blood Pilate had mingled with their Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you
sacrifices. on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from
2 And Jesus answering said unto them, the stall, and lead him away to watering?
Suppose ye that these Galilæans were 16 And ought not this woman, being a
sinners above all the Galilæans, because daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath
they suffered such things? bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed
3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye from this bond on the sabbath day?
shall all likewise perish. 17 And when he had said these things, all
4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower his adversaries were ashamed: and all the
in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye people rejoiced for all the glorious things
that they were sinners above all men that that were done by him.
dwelt in Jerusalem? 18 ¶ Then said he, Unto what is the
5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall
shall all likewise perish. I resemble it?
6 ¶ He spake also this parable; A certain 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which
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a man took, and cast into his garden; and day I shall be perfected.
it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the 33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to
fowls of the air lodged in the branches of morrow, and the day following: for it
it. cannot be that a prophet perish out of
20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I Jerusalem.
liken the kingdom of God? 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest
21 It is like leaven, which a woman took the prophets, and stonest them that are
and hid in three measures of meal, till the sent unto thee; how often would I have
whole was leavened. gathered thy children together, as a hen
22 And he went through the cities and doth gather her brood under her wings,
villages, teaching, and journeying toward and ye would not!
Jerusalem. 35 Behold, your house is left unto you
23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye
few that be saved? And he said unto them, shall not see me, until the time come when
24 ¶ Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in
many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, the name of the Lord.
and shall not be able.
25 When once the master of the house is CHAPTER 14
risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye AND it came to pass, as he went into the
begin to stand without, and to knock at the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat
door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; bread on the sabbath day, that they
and he shall answer and say unto you, I watched him.
know you not whence ye are: 2 And, behold, there was a certain man
26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have before him which had the dropsy.
eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the
hast taught in our streets. lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful
27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you to heal on the sabbath day?
not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye 4 And they held their peace. And he took
workers of iniquity. him, and healed him, and let him go;
28 There shall be weeping and gnashing 5 And answered them, saying, Which of
of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a
Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in pit, and will not straightway pull him out
the kingdom of God, and you yourselves on the sabbath day?
thrust out. 6 And they could not answer him again to
29 And they shall come from the east, and these things.
from the west, and from the north, and 7 ¶ And he put forth a parable to those
from the south, and shall sit down in the which were bidden, when he marked how
kingdom of God. they chose out the chief rooms; saying
30 And, behold, there are last which shall unto them,
be first, and there are first which shall be 8 When thou art bidden of any man to a
last. wedding, sit not down in the highest
31 ¶ The same day there came certain of room; lest a more honourable man than
the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee thou be bidden of him;
out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill 9 And he that bade thee and him come and
thee. say to thee, Give this man place; and thou
32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell begin with shame to take the lowest room.
that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do 10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit
cures to day and to morrow, and the third down in the lowest room; that when he
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that bade thee cometh, he may say unto out into the highways and hedges, and
thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou compel them to come in, that my house
have worship in the presence of them that may be filled.
sit at meat with thee. 24 For I say unto you, That none of those
11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall men which were bidden shall taste of my
be abased; and he that humbleth himself supper.
shall be exalted. 25 ¶ And there went great multitudes with
12 ¶ Then said he also to him that bade him: and he turned, and said unto them,
him, When thou makest a dinner or a 26 If any man come to me, and hate not
supper, call not thy friends, nor thy his father, and mother, and wife, and
brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich children, and brethren, and sisters, yea,
neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and his own life also, he cannot be my
and a recompence be made thee. disciple.
13 But when thou makest a feast, call the 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross,
poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they 28 For which of you, intending to build a
cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth
recompensed at the resurrection of the the cost, whether he have sufficient to
just. finish it?
15 ¶ And when one of them that sat at 29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the
meat with him heard these things, he said foundation, and is not able to finish it, all
unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread that behold it begin to mock him,
in the kingdom of God. 30 Saying, This man began to build, and
16 Then said he unto him, A certain man was not able to finish.
made a great supper, and bade many: 31 Or what king, going to make war
17 And sent his servant at supper time to against another king, sitteth not down
say to them that were bidden, Come; for first, and consulteth whether he be able
all things are now ready. with ten thousand to meet him that cometh
18 And they all with one consent began to against him with twenty thousand?
make excuse. The first said unto him, I 32 Or else, while the other is yet a great
have bought a piece of ground, and I must way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and
needs go and see it: I pray thee have me desireth conditions of peace.
excused. 33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you
19 And another said, I have bought five that forsaketh not all that he hath, he
yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I cannot be my disciple.
pray thee have me excused. 34 ¶ Salt is good: but if the salt have lost
20 And another said, I have married a his savour, wherewith shall it be
wife, and therefore I cannot come. seasoned?
21 So that servant came, and shewed his 35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for
lord these things. Then the master of the the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that
house being angry said to his servant, Go hath ears to hear, let him hear.
out quickly into the streets and lanes of
the city, and bring in hither the poor, and CHAPTER 15
the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. THEN drew near unto him all the
22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as publicans and sinners for to hear him.
thou hast commanded, and yet there is 2 And the Pharisees and scribes
room. murmured, saying, This man receiveth
23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go sinners, and eateth with them.
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3 ¶ And he spake this parable unto them, How many hired servants of my father’s
saying, have bread enough and to spare, and I
4 What man of you, having an hundred perish with hunger!
sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not 18 I will arise and go to my father, and
leave the ninety and nine in the will say unto him, Father, I have sinned
wilderness, and go after that which is lost, against heaven, and before thee,
until he find it? 19 And am no more worthy to be called
5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it thy son: make me as one of thy hired
on his shoulders, rejoicing. servants.
6 And when he cometh home, he calleth 20 And he arose, and came to his father.
together his friends and neighbours, But when he was yet a great way off, his
saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I father saw him, and had compassion, and
have found my sheep which was lost. ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I
in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, have sinned against heaven, and in thy
more than over ninety and nine just sight, and am no more worthy to be called
persons, which need no repentance. thy son.
8 ¶ Either what woman having ten pieces 22 But the father said to his servants,
of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not Bring forth the best robe, and put it on
light a candle, and sweep the house, and him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes
seek diligently till she find it? on his feet:
9 And when she hath found it, she calleth 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and
her friends and her neighbours together, kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive
the piece which I had lost. again; he was lost, and is found. And they
10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in began to be merry.
the presence of the angels of God over one 25 Now his elder son was in the field: and
sinner that repenteth. as he came and drew nigh to the house, he
11 ¶ And he said, A certain man had two heard musick and dancing.
sons: 26 And he called one of the servants, and
12 And the younger of them said to his asked what these things meant.
father, Father, give me the portion of 27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is
goods that falleth to me. And he divided come; and thy father hath killed the fatted
unto them his living. calf, because he hath received him safe
13 And not many days after the younger and sound.
son gathered all together, and took his 28 And he was angry, and would not go
journey into a far country, and there in: therefore came his father out, and
wasted his substance with riotous living. intreated him.
14 And when he had spent all, there arose 29 And he answering said to his father,
a mighty famine in that land; and he began Lo, these many years do I serve thee,
to be in want. neither transgressed I at any time thy
15 And he went and joined himself to a commandment: and yet thou never gavest
citizen of that country; and he sent him me a kid, that I might make merry with
into his fields to feed swine. my friends:
16 And he would fain have filled his belly 30 But as soon as this thy son was come,
with the husks that the swine did eat: and which hath devoured thy living with
no man gave unto him. harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted
17 And when he came to himself, he said, calf.
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31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that
ever with me, and all that I have is thine. which is another man’s, who shall give
32 It was meet that we should make you that which is your own?
merry, and be glad: for this thy brother 13 ¶ No servant can serve two masters: for
was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, either he will hate the one, and love the
and is found. other; or else he will hold to the one, and
despise the other. Ye cannot serve God
CHAPTER 16 and mammon.
AND he said also unto his disciples, There 14 And the Pharisees also, who were
was a certain rich man, which had a covetous, heard all these things: and they
steward; and the same was accused unto derided him.
him that he had wasted his goods. 15 And he said unto them, Ye are they
2 And he called him, and said unto him, which justify yourselves before men; but
How is it that I hear this of thee? give an God knoweth your hearts: for that which
account of thy stewardship; for thou is highly esteemed among men is
mayest be no longer steward. abomination in the sight of God.
3 Then the steward said within himself, 16 The law and the prophets were until
What shall I do? for my lord taketh away John: since that time the kingdom of God
from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to is preached, and every man presseth into
beg I am ashamed. it.
4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I 17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to
am put out of the stewardship, they may pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
receive me into their houses. 18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and
5 So he called every one of his lord’s marrieth another, committeth adultery:
debtors unto him, and said unto the first, and whosoever marrieth her that is put
How much owest thou unto my lord? away from her husband committeth
6 And he said, An hundred measures of adultery.
oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, 19 ¶ There was a certain rich man, which
and sit down quickly, and write fifty. was clothed in purple and fine linen, and
7 Then said he to another, And how much fared sumptuously every day:
owest thou? And he said, An hundred 20 And there was a certain beggar named
measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of
Take thy bill, and write fourscore. sores,
8 And the lord commended the unjust 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs
steward, because he had done wisely: for which fell from the rich man’s table:
the children of this world are in their moreover the dogs came and licked his
generation wiser than the children of light. sores.
9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar
friends of the mammon of died, and was carried by the angels into
unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died,
may receive you into everlasting and was buried;
habitations. 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in
10 He that is faithful in that which is least torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and
is faithful also in much: and he that is Lazarus in his bosom.
unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 24 And he cried and said, Father
11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
the unrighteous mammon, who will Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his
commit to your trust the true riches? finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I
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every one that exalteth himself shall be unto you, There is no man that hath left
abased; and he that humbleth himself shall house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or
be exalted. children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,
15 And they brought unto him also 30 Who shall not receive manifold more
infants, that he would touch them: but in this present time, and in the world to
when his disciples saw it, they rebuked come life everlasting.
them. 31 ¶ Then he took unto him the twelve,
16 But Jesus called them unto him, and and said unto them, Behold, we go up to
said, Suffer little children to come unto Jerusalem, and all things that are written
me, and forbid them not: for of such is the by the prophets concerning the Son of
kingdom of God. man shall be accomplished.
17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall 32 For he shall be delivered unto the
not receive the kingdom of God as a little Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and
child shall in no wise enter therein. spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, 33 And they shall scourge him, and put
Good Master, what shall I do to inherit him to death: and the third day he shall
eternal life? rise again.
19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest 34 And they understood none of these
thou me good? none is good, save one, things: and this saying was hid from them,
that is, God. neither knew they the things which were
20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do spoken.
not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not 35 ¶ And it came to pass, that as he was
steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind
thy father and thy mother. man sat by the way side begging:
21 And he said, All these have I kept from 36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he
my youth up. asked what it meant.
22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he 37 And they told him, that Jesus of
said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: Nazareth passeth by.
sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto 38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son
the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in of David, have mercy on me.
heaven: and come, follow me. 39 And they which went before rebuked
23 And when he heard this, he was very him, that he should hold his peace: but he
sorrowful: for he was very rich. cried so much the more, Thou Son of
24 And when Jesus saw that he was very David, have mercy on me.
sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they 40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him
that have riches enter into the kingdom of to be brought unto him: and when he was
God! come near, he asked him,
25 For it is easier for a camel to go 41 Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do
through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may
to enter into the kingdom of God. receive my sight.
26 And they that heard it said, Who then 42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy
can be saved? sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
27 And he said, The things which are 43 And immediately he received his sight,
impossible with men are possible with and followed him, glorifying God: and all
God. the people, when they saw it, gave praise
28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, unto God.
and followed thee.
29 And he said unto them, Verily I say CHAPTER 19
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AND Jesus entered and passed through called unto him, to whom he had given the
Jericho. money, that he might know how much
2 And, behold, there was a man named every man had gained by trading.
Zacchæus, which was the chief among the 16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy
publicans, and he was rich. pound hath gained ten pounds.
3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; 17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good
and could not for the press, because he servant: because thou hast been faithful in
was little of stature. a very little, have thou authority over ten
4 And he ran before, and climbed up into cities.
a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to 18 And the second came, saying, Lord,
pass that way. thy pound hath gained five pounds.
5 And when Jesus came to the place, he 19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou
looked up, and saw him, and said unto also over five cities.
him, Zacchæus, make haste, and come 20 And another came, saying, Lord,
down; for to day I must abide at thy behold, here is thy pound, which I have
house. kept laid up in a napkin:
6 And he made haste, and came down, and 21 For I feared thee, because thou art an
received him joyfully. austere man: thou takest up that thou
7 And when they saw it, they all layedst not down, and reapest that thou
murmured, saying, That he was gone to be didst not sow.
guest with a man that is a sinner. 22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine
8 And Zacchæus stood, and said unto the own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked
Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods servant. Thou knewest that I was an
I give to the poor; and if I have taken any austere man, taking up that I laid not
thing from any man by false accusation, I down, and reaping that I did not sow:
restore him fourfold. 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my
9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is money into the bank, that at my coming I
salvation come to this house, forsomuch might have required mine own with
as he also is a son of Abraham. usury?
10 For the Son of man is come to seek and 24 And he said unto them that stood by,
to save that which was lost. Take from him the pound, and give it to
11 And as they heard these things, he him that hath ten pounds.
added and spake a parable, because he 25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath
was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they ten pounds.)
thought that the kingdom of God should 26 For I say unto you, That unto every one
immediately appear. which hath shall be given; and from him
12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman that hath not, even that he hath shall be
went into a far country to receive for taken away from him.
himself a kingdom, and to return. 27 But those mine enemies, which would
13 And he called his ten servants, and not that I should reign over them, bring
delivered them ten pounds, and said unto hither, and slay them before me.
them, Occupy till I come. 28 ¶ And when he had thus spoken, he
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.
message after him, saying, We will not 29 And it came to pass, when he was
have this man to reign over us. come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at
15 And it came to pass, that when he was the mount called the mount of Olives, he
returned, having received the kingdom, sent two of his disciples,
then he commanded these servants to be 30 Saying, Go ye into the village over
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against you; in the which at your entering another; because thou knewest not the
ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never time of thy visitation.
man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. 45 And he went into the temple, and
31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye began to cast out them that sold therein,
loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, and them that bought;
Because the Lord hath need of him. 46 Saying unto them, It is written, My
32 And they that were sent went their house is the house of prayer: but ye have
way, and found even as he had said unto made it a den of thieves.
them. 47 And he taught daily in the temple. But
33 And as they were loosing the colt, the the chief priests and the scribes and the
owners thereof said unto them, Why loose chief of the people sought to destroy him,
ye the colt? 48 And could not find what they might do:
34 And they said, The Lord hath need of for all the people were very attentive to
him. hear him.
35 And they brought him to Jesus: and
they cast their garments upon the colt, and CHAPTER 20
they set Jesus thereon. AND it came to pass, that on one of those
36 And as he went, they spread their days, as he taught the people in the
clothes in the way. temple, and preached the gospel, the chief
37 And when he was come nigh, even priests and the scribes came upon him
now at the descent of the mount of Olives, with the elders,
the whole multitude of the disciples began 2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by
to rejoice and praise God with a loud what authority doest thou these things? or
voice for all the mighty works that they who is he that gave thee this authority?
had seen; 3 And he answered and said unto them, I
38 Saying, Blessed be the King that will also ask you one thing; and answer
cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in me:
heaven, and glory in the highest. 4 The baptism of John, was it from
39 And some of the Pharisees from among heaven, or of men?
the multitude said unto him, Master, 5 And they reasoned with themselves,
rebuke thy disciples. saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he
40 And he answered and said unto them, I will say, Why then believed ye him not?
tell you that, if these should hold their 6 But and if we say, Of men; all the
peace, the stones would immediately cry people will stone us: for they be persuaded
out. that John was a prophet.
41 ¶ And when he was come near, he 7 And they answered, that they could not
beheld the city, and wept over it, tell whence it was.
42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even 8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I
thou, at least in this thy day, the things you by what authority I do these things.
which belong unto thy peace! but now 9 Then began he to speak to the people
they are hid from thine eyes. this parable; A certain man planted a
43 For the days shall come upon thee, that vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen,
thine enemies shall cast a trench about and went into a far country for a long
thee, and compass thee round, and keep time.
thee in on every side, 10 And at the season he sent a servant to
44 And shall lay thee even with the the husbandmen, that they should give
ground, and thy children within thee; and him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the
they shall not leave in thee one stone upon husbandmen beat him, and sent him away
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40 And after that they durst not ask him 9 But when ye shall hear of wars and
any question at all. commotions, be not terrified: for these
41 And he said unto them, How say they things must first come to pass; but the end
that Christ is David’s son? is not by and by.
42 And David himself saith in the book of 10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall
Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit rise against nation, and kingdom against
thou on my right hand, kingdom:
43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 11 And great earthquakes shall be in
44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how divers places, and famines, and
is he then his son? pestilences; and fearful sights and great
45 ¶ Then in the audience of all the people signs shall there be from heaven.
he said unto his disciples, 12 But before all these, they shall lay their
46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to hands on you, and persecute you,
walk in long robes, and love greetings in delivering you up to the synagogues, and
the markets, and the highest seats in the into prisons, being brought before kings
synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; and rulers for my name’s sake.
47 Which devour widows’ houses, and for 13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
a shew make long prayers: the same shall 14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to
receive greater damnation. meditate before what ye shall answer:
15 For I will give you a mouth and
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AND he looked up, and saw the rich men not be able to gainsay nor resist.
casting their gifts into the treasury. 16 And ye shall be betrayed both by
2 And he saw also a certain poor widow parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and
casting in thither two mites. friends; and some of you shall they cause
3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, to be put to death.
that this poor widow hath cast in more 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my
than they all: name’s sake.
4 For all these have of their abundance 18 But there shall not an hair of your head
cast in unto the offerings of God: but she perish.
of her penury hath cast in all the living 19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
that she had. 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem
5 ¶ And as some spake of the temple, how compassed with armies, then know that
it was adorned with goodly stones and the desolation thereof is nigh.
gifts, he said, 21 Then let them which are in Judæa flee
6 As for these things which ye behold, the to the mountains; and let them which are
days will come, in the which there shall in the midst of it depart out; and let not
not be left one stone upon another, that them that are in the countries enter
shall not be thrown down. thereinto.
7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but 22 For these be the days of vengeance,
when shall these things be? and what sign that all things which are written may be
will there be when these things shall come fulfilled.
to pass? 23 But woe unto them that are with child,
8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not and to them that give suck, in those days!
deceived: for many shall come in my for there shall be great distress in the land,
name, saying, I am Christ; and the time and wrath upon this people.
draweth near: go ye not therefore after 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the
them. sword, and shall be led away captive into
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drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. him, and smote him.
48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, 64 And when they had blindfolded him,
betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? they struck him on the face, and asked
49 When they which were about him saw him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that
what would follow, they said unto him, smote thee?
Lord, shall we smite with the sword? 65 And many other things blasphemously
50 ¶ And one of them smote the servant of spake they against him.
the high priest, and cut off his right ear. 66 ¶ And as soon as it was day, the elders
51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye of the people and the chief priests and the
thus far. And he touched his ear, and scribes came together, and led him into
healed him. their council, saying,
52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, 67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he
and captains of the temple, and the elders, said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not
which were come to him, Be ye come out, believe:
as against a thief, with swords and staves? 68 And if I also ask you, ye will not
53 When I was daily with you in the answer me, nor let me go.
temple, ye stretched forth no hands against 69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on
me: but this is your hour, and the power of the right hand of the power of God.
darkness. 70 Then said they all, Art thou then the
54 ¶ Then took they him, and led him, and Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye
brought him into the high priest’s house. say that I am.
And Peter followed afar off. 71 And they said, What need we any
55 And when they had kindled a fire in the further witness? for we ourselves have
midst of the hall, and were set down heard of his own mouth.
together, Peter sat down among them.
56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat CHAPTER 23
by the fire, and earnestly looked upon AND the whole multitude of them arose,
him, and said, This man was also with and led him unto Pilate.
him. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying,
57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I We found this fellow perverting the
know him not. nation, and forbidding to give tribute to
58 And after a little while another saw Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a
him, and said, Thou art also of them. And King.
Peter said, Man, I am not. 3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou
59 And about the space of one hour after the King of the Jews? And he answered
another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a him and said, Thou sayest it.
truth this fellow also was with him: for he 4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and
is a Galilæan. to the people, I find no fault in this man.
60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what 5 And they were the more fierce, saying,
thou sayest. And immediately, while he He stirreth up the people, teaching
yet spake, the cock crew. throughout all Jewry, beginning from
61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Galilee to this place.
Peter. And Peter remembered the word of 6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked
the Lord, how he had said unto him, whether the man were a Galilæan.
Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me 7 And as soon as he knew that he
thrice. belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction, he
62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. sent him to Herod, who himself also was
63 ¶ And the men that held Jesus mocked at Jerusalem at that time.
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8 ¶ And when Herod saw Jesus, he was the chief priests prevailed.
exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see 24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should
him of a long season, because he had be as they required.
heard many things of him; and he hoped 25 And he released unto them him that for
to have seen some miracle done by him. sedition and murder was cast into prison,
9 Then he questioned with him in many whom they had desired; but he delivered
words; but he answered him nothing. Jesus to their will.
10 And the chief priests and scribes stood 26 And as they led him away, they laid
and vehemently accused him. hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming
11 And Herod with his men of war set him out of the country, and on him they laid
at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him 27 ¶ And there followed him a great
again to Pilate. company of people, and of women, which
12 ¶ And the same day Pilate and Herod also bewailed and lamented him.
were made friends together: for before 28 But Jesus turning unto them said,
they were at enmity between themselves. Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me,
13 ¶ And Pilate, when he had called but weep for yourselves, and for your
together the chief priests and the rulers children.
and the people, 29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the
14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this which they shall say, Blessed are the
man unto me, as one that perverteth the barren, and the wombs that never bare,
people: and, behold, I, having examined and the paps which never gave suck.
him before you, have found no fault in this 30 Then shall they begin to say to the
man touching those things whereof ye mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills,
accuse him: Cover us.
15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to 31 For if they do these things in a green
him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is tree, what shall be done in the dry?
done unto him. 32 And there were also two other,
16 I will therefore chastise him, and malefactors, led with him to be put to
release him. death.
17 (For of necessity he must release one 33 And when they were come to the place,
unto them at the feast.) which is called Calvary, there they
18 And they cried out all at once, saying, crucified him, and the malefactors, one on
Away with this man, and release unto us the right hand, and the other on the left.
Barabbas: 34 ¶ Then said Jesus, Father, forgive
19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the them; for they know not what they do.
city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
20 Pilate therefore, willing to release 35 And the people stood beholding. And
Jesus, spake again to them. the rulers also with them derided him,
21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, saying, He saved others; let him save
crucify him. himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of
22 And he said unto them the third time, God.
Why, what evil hath he done? I have 36 And the soldiers also mocked him,
found no cause of death in him: I will coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
therefore chastise him, and let him go. 37 And saying, If thou be the king of the
23 And they were instant with loud Jews, save thyself.
voices, requiring that he might be 38 And a superscription also was written
crucified. And the voices of them and of over him in letters of Greek, and Latin,
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which was come to pass. 27 And beginning at Moses and all the
13 ¶ And, behold, two of them went that prophets, he expounded unto them in all
same day to a village called Emmaus, the scriptures the things concerning
which was from Jerusalem about himself.
threescore furlongs. 28 And they drew nigh unto the village,
14 And they talked together of all these whither they went: and he made as though
things which had happened. he would have gone further.
15 And it came to pass, that, while they 29 But they constrained him, saying,
communed together and reasoned, Jesus Abide with us: for it is toward evening,
himself drew near, and went with them. and the day is far spent. And he went in to
16 But their eyes were holden that they tarry with them.
should not know him. 30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat
17 And he said unto them, What manner with them, he took bread, and blessed it,
of communications are these that ye have and brake, and gave to them.
one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? 31 And their eyes were opened, and they
18 And the one of them, whose name was knew him; and he vanished out of their
Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art sight.
thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast 32 And they said one to another, Did not
not known the things which are come to our heart burn within us, while he talked
pass there in these days? with us by the way, and while he opened
19 And he said unto them, What things? to us the scriptures?
And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus 33 And they rose up the same hour, and
of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty returned to Jerusalem, and found the
in deed and word before God and all the eleven gathered together, and them that
people: were with them,
20 And how the chief priests and our 34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and
rulers delivered him to be condemned to hath appeared to Simon.
death, and have crucified him. 35 And they told what things were done in
21 But we trusted that it had been he the way, and how he was known of them
which should have redeemed Israel: and in breaking of bread.
beside all this, to day is the third day since 36 ¶ And as they thus spake, Jesus himself
these things were done. stood in the midst of them, and saith unto
22 Yea, and certain women also of our them, Peace be unto you.
company made us astonished, which were 37 But they were terrified and affrighted,
early at the sepulchre; and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
23 And when they found not his body, 38 And he said unto them, Why are ye
they came, saying, that they had also seen troubled? and why do thoughts arise in
a vision of angels, which said that he was your hearts?
alive. 39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is
24 And certain of them which were with I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit
us went to the sepulchre, and found it even hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me
so as the women had said: but him they have.
saw not. 40 And when he had thus spoken, he
25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and shewed them his hands and his feet.
slow of heart to believe all that the 41 And while they yet believed not for
prophets have spoken: joy, and wondered, he said unto them,
26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these Have ye here any meat?
things, and to enter into his glory? 42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled
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Spirit descending, and remaining on him, 48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence
the same is he which baptizeth with the knowest thou me? Jesus answered and
Holy Ghost. said unto him, Before that Philip called
34 And I saw, and bare record that this is thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I
the Son of God. saw thee.
35 ¶ Again the next day after John stood, 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto
and two of his disciples; him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou
36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, art the King of Israel.
he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! 50 Jesus answered and said unto him,
37 And the two disciples heard him speak, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under
and they followed Jesus. the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see
38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them greater things than these.
following, and saith unto them, What seek 51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I
ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see
to say, being interpreted, Master,) where heaven open, and the angels of God
dwellest thou? ascending and descending upon the Son of
39 He saith unto them, Come and see. man.
They came and saw where he dwelt, and
abode with him that day: for it was about CHAPTER 2
the tenth hour. AND the third day there was a marriage in
40 One of the two which heard John Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus
speak, and followed him, was Andrew, was there:
Simon Peter’s brother. 2 And both Jesus was called, and his
41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, disciples, to the marriage.
and saith unto him, We have found the 3 And when they wanted wine, the mother
Messias, which is, being interpreted, the of Jesus saith unto him, They have no
Christ. wine.
42 And he brought him to Jesus. And 4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have
when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet
Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be come.
called Cephas, which is by interpretation, 5 His mother saith unto the servants,
A stone. Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
43 ¶ The day following Jesus would go 6 And there were set there six waterpots
forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and of stone, after the manner of the purifying
saith unto him, Follow me. of the Jews, containing two or three
44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city firkins apiece.
of Andrew and Peter. 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto with water. And they filled them up to the
him, We have found him, of whom Moses brim.
in the law, and the prophets, did write, 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now,
Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. and bear unto the governor of the feast.
46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can And they bare it.
there any good thing come out of 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted
Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come the water that was made wine, and knew
and see. not whence it was: (but the servants which
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, drew the water knew;) the governor of the
and saith of him, Behold an Israelite feast called the bridegroom,
indeed, in whom is no guile! 10 And saith unto him, Every man at the
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beginning doth set forth good wine; and 25 And needed not that any should testify
when men have well drunk, then that of man: for he knew what was in man.
which is worse: but thou hast kept the
good wine until now. CHAPTER 3
11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in THERE was a man of the Pharisees,
Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
glory; and his disciples believed on him. 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and
12 ¶ After this he went down to said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou
Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his art a teacher come from God: for no man
brethren, and his disciples: and they can do these miracles that thou doest,
continued there not many days. except God be with him.
13 ¶ And the Jews’ passover was at hand, 3 Jesus answered and said unto him,
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a
14 And found in the temple those that sold man be born again, he cannot see the
oxen and sheep and doves, and the kingdom of God.
changers of money sitting: 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a
15 And when he had made a scourge of man be born when he is old? can he enter
small cords, he drove them all out of the the second time into his mother’s womb,
temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and and be born?
poured out the changers’ money, and 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say
overthrew the tables; unto thee, Except a man be born of water
16 And said unto them that sold doves, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
Take these things hence; make not my kingdom of God.
Father’s house an house of merchandise. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
17 And his disciples remembered that it and that which is born of the Spirit is
was written, The zeal of thine house hath spirit.
eaten me up. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye
18 ¶ Then answered the Jews and said must be born again.
unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and
seeing that thou doest these things? thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, not tell whence it cometh, and whither it
Destroy this temple, and in three days I goeth: so is every one that is born of the
will raise it up. Spirit.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him,
was this temple in building, and wilt thou How can these things be?
rear it up in three days? 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art
21 But he spake of the temple of his body. thou a master of Israel, and knowest not
22 When therefore he was risen from the these things?
dead, his disciples remembered that he 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We
had said this unto them; and they believed speak that we do know, and testify that we
the scripture, and the word which Jesus have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
had said. 12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye
23 ¶ Now when he was in Jerusalem at the believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell
passover, in the feast day, many believed you of heavenly things?
in his name, when they saw the miracles 13 And no man hath ascended up to
which he did. heaven, but he that came down from
24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto heaven, even the Son of man which is in
them, because he knew all men, heaven.
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and ye are entered into their labours. the fever left him.
39 ¶ And many of the Samaritans of that 53 So the father knew that it was at the
city believed on him for the saying of the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto
woman, which testified, He told me all him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed,
that ever I did. and his whole house.
40 So when the Samaritans were come 54 This is again the second miracle that
unto him, they besought him that he Jesus did, when he was come out of Judæa
would tarry with them: and he abode there into Galilee.
two days.
41 And many more believed because of CHAPTER 5
his own word; AFTER this there was a feast of the Jews;
42 And said unto the woman, Now we and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
believe, not because of thy saying: for we 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep
have heard him ourselves, and know that market a pool, which is called in the
this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five
world. porches.
43 ¶ Now after two days he departed 3 In these lay a great multitude of
thence, and went into Galilee. impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered,
44 For Jesus himself testified, that a waiting for the moving of the water.
prophet hath no honour in his own 4 For an angel went down at a certain
country. season into the pool, and troubled the
45 Then when he was come into Galilee, water: whosoever then first after the
the Galilæans received him, having seen troubling of the water stepped in was
all the things that he did at Jerusalem at made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
the feast: for they also went unto the feast. 5 And a certain man was there, which had
46 So Jesus came again into Cana of an infirmity thirty and eight years.
Galilee, where he made the water wine. 6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that
And there was a certain nobleman, whose he had been now a long time in that case,
son was sick at Capernaum. he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made
47 When he heard that Jesus was come whole?
out of Judæa into Galilee, he went unto 7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I
him, and besought him that he would have no man, when the water is troubled,
come down, and heal his son: for he was to put me into the pool: but while I am
at the point of death. coming, another steppeth down before me.
48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye 8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy
see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. bed, and walk.
49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, 9 And immediately the man was made
come down ere my child die. whole, and took up his bed, and walked:
50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy and on the same day was the sabbath.
son liveth. And the man believed the word 10 ¶ The Jews therefore said unto him that
that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not
went his way. lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
51 And as he was now going down, his 11 He answered them, He that made me
servants met him, and told him, saying, whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy
Thy son liveth. bed, and walk.
52 Then inquired he of them the hour 12 Then asked they him, What man is that
when he began to amend. And they said which said unto thee, Take up thy bed,
unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour and walk?
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13 And he that was healed wist not who it so hath he given to the Son to have life in
was: for Jesus had conveyed himself himself;
away, a multitude being in that place. 27 And hath given him authority to
14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the execute judgment also, because he is the
temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou Son of man.
art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is
thing come unto thee. coming, in the which all that are in the
15 The man departed, and told the Jews graves shall hear his voice,
that it was Jesus, which had made him 29 And shall come forth; they that have
whole. done good, unto the resurrection of life;
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute and they that have done evil, unto the
Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he resurrection of damnation.
had done these things on the sabbath day. 30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I
17 ¶ But Jesus answered them, My Father hear, I judge: and my judgment is just;
worketh hitherto, and I work. because I seek not mine own will, but the
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to will of the Father which hath sent me.
kill him, because he not only had broken 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness
the sabbath, but said also that God was his is not true.
Father, making himself equal with God. 32 ¶ There is another that beareth witness
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto of me; and I know that the witness which
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The he witnesseth of me is true.
Son can do nothing of himself, but what 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness
he seeth the Father do: for what things unto the truth.
soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son 34 But I receive not testimony from man:
likewise. but these things I say, that ye might be
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and saved.
sheweth him all things that himself doeth: 35 He was a burning and a shining light:
and he will shew him greater works than and ye were willing for a season to rejoice
these, that ye may marvel. in his light.
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, 36 ¶ But I have greater witness than that
and quickeneth them; even so the Son of John: for the works which the Father
quickeneth whom he will. hath given me to finish, the same works
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath that I do, bear witness of me, that the
committed all judgment unto the Son: Father hath sent me.
23 That all men should honour the Son, 37 And the Father himself, which hath
even as they honour the Father. He that sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye
honoureth not the Son honoureth not the have neither heard his voice at any time,
Father which hath sent him. nor seen his shape.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that 38 And ye have not his word abiding in
heareth my word, and believeth on him you: for whom he hath sent, him ye
that sent me, hath everlasting life, and believe not.
shall not come into condemnation; but is 39 ¶ Search the scriptures; for in them ye
passed from death unto life. think ye have eternal life: and they are
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour they which testify of me.
is coming, and now is, when the dead 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye
shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and might have life.
they that hear shall live. 41 I receive not honour from men.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; 42 But I know you, that ye have not the
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love of God in you. were set down; and likewise of the fishes
43 I am come in my Father’s name, and ye as much as they would.
receive me not: if another shall come in 12 When they were filled, he said unto his
his own name, him ye will receive. disciples, Gather up the fragments that
44 How can ye believe, which receive remain, that nothing be lost.
honour one of another, and seek not the 13 Therefore they gathered them together,
honour that cometh from God only? and filled twelve baskets with the
45 Do not think that I will accuse you to fragments of the five barley loaves, which
the Father: there is one that accuseth you, remained over and above unto them that
even Moses, in whom ye trust. had eaten.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would 14 Then those men, when they had seen
have believed me: for he wrote of me. the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how a truth that prophet that should come into
shall ye believe my words? the world.
15 ¶ When Jesus therefore perceived that
CHAPTER 6 they would come and take him by force, to
AFTER these things Jesus went over the make him a king, he departed again into a
sea of Galilee, which is the sea of mountain himself alone.
Tiberias. 16 And when even was now come, his
2 And a great multitude followed him, disciples went down unto the sea,
because they saw his miracles which he 17 And entered into a ship, and went over
did on them that were diseased. the sea toward Capernaum. And it was
3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and now dark, and Jesus was not come to
there he sat with his disciples. them.
4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, 18 And the sea arose by reason of a great
was nigh. wind that blew.
5 ¶ When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, 19 So when they had rowed about five and
and saw a great company come unto him, twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus
he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto
bread, that these may eat? the ship: and they were afraid.
6 And this he said to prove him: for he 20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not
himself knew what he would do. afraid.
7 Philip answered him, Two hundred 21 Then they willingly received him into
pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for the ship: and immediately the ship was at
them, that every one of them may take a the land whither they went.
little. 22 ¶ The day following, when the people
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon which stood on the other side of the sea
Peter’s brother, saith unto him, saw that there was none other boat there,
9 There is a lad here, which hath five save that one whereinto his disciples were
barley loaves, and two small fishes: but entered, and that Jesus went not with his
what are they among so many? disciples into the boat, but that his
10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit disciples were gone away alone;
down. Now there was much grass in the 23 (Howbeit there came other boats from
place. So the men sat down, in number Tiberias nigh unto the place where they
about five thousand. did eat bread, after that the Lord had given
11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when thanks:)
he had given thanks, he distributed to the 24 When the people therefore saw that
disciples, and the disciples to them that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples,
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they also took shipping, and came to sent me, that of all which he hath given
Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. me I should lose nothing, but should raise
25 And when they had found him on the it up again at the last day.
other side of the sea, they said unto him, 40 And this is the will of him that sent me,
Rabbi, when camest thou hither? that every one which seeth the Son, and
26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, believeth on him, may have everlasting
verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
because ye saw the miracles, but because 41 The Jews then murmured at him,
ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. because he said, I am the bread which
27 Labour not for the meat which came down from heaven.
perisheth, but for that meat which 42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son
endureth unto everlasting life, which the of Joseph, whose father and mother we
Son of man shall give unto you: for him know? how is it then that he saith, I came
hath God the Father sealed. down from heaven?
28 Then said they unto him, What shall 43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto
we do, that we might work the works of them, Murmur not among yourselves.
God? 44 No man can come to me, except the
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Father which hath sent me draw him: and
This is the work of God, that ye believe on I will raise him up at the last day.
him whom he hath sent. 45 It is written in the prophets, And they
30 They said therefore unto him, What shall be all taught of God. Every man
sign shewest thou then, that we may see, therefore that hath heard, and hath learned
and believe thee? what dost thou work? of the Father, cometh unto me.
31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father,
as it is written, He gave them bread from save he which is of God, he hath seen the
heaven to eat. Father.
32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not believeth on me hath everlasting life.
that bread from heaven; but my Father 48 I am that bread of life.
giveth you the true bread from heaven. 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the
33 For the bread of God is he which wilderness, and are dead.
cometh down from heaven, and giveth life 50 This is the bread which cometh down
unto the world. from heaven, that a man may eat thereof,
34 Then said they unto him, Lord, and not die.
evermore give us this bread. 51 I am the living bread which came down
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the from heaven: if any man eat of this bread,
bread of life: he that cometh to me shall he shall live for ever: and the bread that I
never hunger; and he that believeth on me will give is my flesh, which I will give for
shall never thirst. the life of the world.
36 But I said unto you, That ye also have 52 The Jews therefore strove among
seen me, and believe not. themselves, saying, How can this man
37 All that the Father giveth me shall give us his flesh to eat?
come to me; and him that cometh to me I 53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily,
will in no wise cast out. verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the
38 For I came down from heaven, not to flesh of the Son of man, and drink his
do mine own will, but the will of him that blood, ye have no life in you.
sent me. 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh
39 And this is the Father’s will which hath my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise
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18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his 33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little
own glory: but he that seeketh his glory while am I with you, and then I go unto
that sent him, the same is true, and no him that sent me.
unrighteousness is in him. 34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find
19 Did not Moses give you the law, and me: and where I am, thither ye cannot
yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go come.
ye about to kill me? 35 Then said the Jews among themselves,
20 The people answered and said, Thou Whither will he go, that we shall not find
hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? him? will he go unto the dispersed among
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
have done one work, and ye all marvel. 36 What manner of saying is this that he
22 Moses therefore gave unto you said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find
circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, me: and where I am, thither ye cannot
but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath come?
day circumcise a man. 37 In the last day, that great day of the
23 If a man on the sabbath day receive feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any
circumcision, that the law of Moses man thirst, let him come unto me, and
should not be broken; are ye angry at me, drink.
because I have made a man every whit 38 He that believeth on me, as the
whole on the sabbath day? scripture hath said, out of his belly shall
24 Judge not according to the appearance, flow rivers of living water.
but judge righteous judgment. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which
25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, they that believe on him should receive:
Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? for the Holy Ghost was not yet given;
26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know 40 ¶ Many of the people therefore, when
indeed that this is the very Christ? they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this
27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is the Prophet.
is: but when Christ cometh, no man 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But
knoweth whence he is. some said, Shall Christ come out of
28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he Galilee?
taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye 42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ
know whence I am: and I am not come of cometh of the seed of David, and out of
myself, but he that sent me is true, whom the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
ye know not. 43 So there was a division among the
29 But I know him: for I am from him, people because of him.
and he hath sent me. 44 And some of them would have taken
30 Then they sought to take him: but no him; but no man laid hands on him.
man laid hands on him, because his hour 45 ¶ Then came the officers to the chief
was not yet come. priests and Pharisees; and they said unto
31 And many of the people believed on them, Why have ye not brought him?
him, and said, When Christ cometh, will 46 The officers answered, Never man
he do more miracles than these which this spake like this man.
man hath done? 47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are
32 ¶ The Pharisees heard that the people ye also deceived?
murmured such things concerning him; 48 Have any of the rulers or of the
and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent Pharisees believed on him?
officers to take him. 49 But this people who knoweth not the
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know him, and keep his saying. 12 Then said they unto him, Where is he?
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see He said, I know not.
my day: and he saw it, and was glad. 13 ¶ They brought to the Pharisees him
57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art that aforetime was blind.
not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen 14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus
Abraham? made the clay, and opened his eyes.
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I 15 Then again the Pharisees also asked
say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. him how he had received his sight. He
59 Then took they up stones to cast at said unto them, He put clay upon mine
him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out eyes, and I washed, and do see.
of the temple, going through the midst of 16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees,
them, and so passed by. This man is not of God, because he
keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said,
CHAPTER 9 How can a man that is a sinner do such
AND as Jesus passed by, he saw a man miracles? And there was a division among
which was blind from his birth. them.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, 17 They say unto the blind man again,
Master, who did sin, this man, or his What sayest thou of him, that he hath
parents, that he was born blind? opened thine eyes? He said, He is a
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man prophet.
sinned, nor his parents: but that the works 18 But the Jews did not believe
of God should be made manifest in him. concerning him, that he had been blind,
4 I must work the works of him that sent and received his sight, until they called the
me, while it is day: the night cometh, parents of him that had received his sight.
when no man can work. 19 And they asked them, saying, Is this
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the your son, who ye say was born blind? how
light of the world. then doth he now see?
6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the 20 His parents answered them and said,
ground, and made clay of the spittle, and We know that this is our son, and that he
he anointed the eyes of the blind man with was born blind:
the clay, 21 But by what means he now seeth, we
7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool know not; or who hath opened his eyes,
of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he
Sent.) He went his way therefore, and shall speak for himself.
washed, and came seeing. 22 These words spake his parents, because
8 ¶ The neighbours therefore, and they they feared the Jews: for the Jews had
which before had seen him that he was agreed already, that if any man did
blind, said, Is not this he that sat and confess that he was Christ, he should be
begged? put out of the synagogue.
9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is 23 Therefore said his parents, He is of
like him: but he said, I am he. age; ask him.
10 Therefore said they unto him, How 24 Then again called they the man that
were thine eyes opened? was blind, and said unto him, Give God
11 He answered and said, A man that is the praise: we know that this man is a
called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine sinner.
eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of 25 He answered and said, Whether he be a
Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, sinner or no, I know not: one thing I
and I received sight. know, that, whereas I was blind, now I
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see.
26 Then said they to him again, What did CHAPTER 10
he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that
27 He answered them, I have told you entereth not by the door into the
already, and ye did not hear: wherefore sheepfold, but climbeth up some other
would ye hear it again? will ye also be his way, the same is a thief and a robber.
disciples? 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the
28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou shepherd of the sheep.
art his disciple; but we are Moses’ 3 To him the porter openeth; and the
disciples. sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his
29 We know that God spake unto Moses: own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
as for this fellow, we know not from 4 And when he putteth forth his own
whence he is. sheep, he goeth before them, and the
30 The man answered and said unto them, sheep follow him: for they know his
Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye voice.
know not from whence he is, and yet he 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but
hath opened mine eyes. will flee from him: for they know not the
31 Now we know that God heareth not voice of strangers.
sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of 6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but
God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. they understood not what things they were
32 Since the world began was it not heard which he spake unto them.
that any man opened the eyes of one that 7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily,
was born blind. verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the
33 If this man were not of God, he could sheep.
do nothing. 8 All that ever came before me are thieves
34 They answered and said unto him, and robbers: but the sheep did not hear
Thou wast altogether born in sins, and them.
dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. 9 I am the door: by me if any man enter
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and
and when he had found him, he said unto out, and find pasture.
him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal,
36 He answered and said, Who is he, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that
Lord, that I might believe on him? they might have life, and that they might
37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast have it more abundantly.
both seen him, and it is he that talketh 11 I am the good shepherd: the good
with thee. shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he 12 But he that is an hireling, and not the
worshipped him. shepherd, whose own the sheep are not,
39 ¶ And Jesus said, For judgment I am seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the
come into this world, that they which see sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth
not might see; and that they which see them, and scattereth the sheep.
might be made blind. 13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an
40 And some of the Pharisees which were hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
with him heard these words, and said unto 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my
him, Are we blind also? sheep, and am known of mine.
41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so
ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We know I the Father: and I lay down my life
see; therefore your sin remaineth. for the sheep.
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16 And other sheep I have, which are not blasphemy; and because that thou, being a
of this fold: them also I must bring, and man, makest thyself God.
they shall hear my voice; and there shall 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written
be one fold, and one shepherd. in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the
because I lay down my life, that I might word of God came, and the scripture
take it again. cannot be broken;
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath
down of myself. I have power to lay it sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou
down, and I have power to take it again. blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son
This commandment have I received of my of God?
Father. 37 If I do not the works of my Father,
19 ¶ There was a division therefore again believe me not.
among the Jews for these sayings. 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me,
20 And many of them said, He hath a believe the works: that ye may know, and
devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? believe, that the Father is in me, and I in
21 Others said, These are not the words of him.
him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the 39 Therefore they sought again to take
eyes of the blind? him: but he escaped out of their hand,
22 ¶ And it was at Jerusalem the feast of 40 And went away again beyond Jordan
the dedication, and it was winter. into the place where John at first baptized;
23 And Jesus walked in the temple in and there he abode.
Solomon’s porch. 41 And many resorted unto him, and said,
24 Then came the Jews round about him, John did no miracle: but all things that
and said unto him, How long dost thou John spake of this man were true.
make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, 42 And many believed on him there.
tell us plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and CHAPTER 11
ye believed not: the works that I do in my NOW a certain man was sick, named
Father’s name, they bear witness of me. Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not and her sister Martha.
of my sheep, as I said unto you. 2 (It was that Mary which anointed the
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet
them, and they follow me: with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and sick.)
they shall never perish, neither shall any 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him,
man pluck them out of my hand. saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest
29 My Father, which gave them me, is is sick.
greater than all; and no man is able to 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This
pluck them out of my Father’s hand. sickness is not unto death, but for the
30 I and my Father are one. glory of God, that the Son of God might
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to be glorified thereby.
stone him. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister,
32 Jesus answered them, Many good and Lazarus.
works have I shewed you from my Father; 6 When he had heard therefore that he was
for which of those works do ye stone me? sick, he abode two days still in the same
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a place where he was.
good work we stone thee not; but for 7 Then after that saith he to his disciples,
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40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto country near to the wilderness, into a city
thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou called Ephraim, and there continued with
shouldest see the glory of God? his disciples.
41 Then they took away the stone from the 55 ¶ And the Jews’ passover was nigh at
place where the dead was laid. And Jesus hand: and many went out of the country
lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank up to Jerusalem before the passover, to
thee that thou hast heard me. purify themselves.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me 56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake
always: but because of the people which among themselves, as they stood in the
stand by I said it, that they may believe temple, What think ye, that he will not
that thou hast sent me. come to the feast?
43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried 57 Now both the chief priests and the
with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. Pharisees had given a commandment, that,
44 And he that was dead came forth, if any man knew where he were, he should
bound hand and foot with graveclothes: shew it, that they might take him.
and his face was bound about with a
napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, CHAPTER 12
and let him go. THEN Jesus six days before the passover
45 Then many of the Jews which came to came to Bethany, where Lazarus was
Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus which had been dead, whom he raised
did, believed on him. from the dead.
46 But some of them went their ways to 2 There they made him a supper; and
the Pharisees, and told them what things Martha served: but Lazarus was one of
Jesus had done. them that sat at the table with him.
47 ¶ Then gathered the chief priests and 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of
the Pharisees a council, and said, What do spikenard, very costly, and anointed the
we? for this man doeth many miracles. feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her
48 If we let him thus alone, all men will hair: and the house was filled with the
believe on him: and the Romans shall odour of the ointment.
come and take away both our place and 4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas
nation. Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray
49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, him,
being the high priest that same year, said 5 Why was not this ointment sold for three
unto them, Ye know nothing at all, hundred pence, and given to the poor?
50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, 6 This he said, not that he cared for the
that one man should die for the people, poor; but because he was a thief, and had
and that the whole nation perish not. the bag, and bare what was put therein.
51 And this spake he not of himself: but 7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against
being high priest that year, he prophesied the day of my burying hath she kept this.
that Jesus should die for that nation; 8 For the poor always ye have with you;
52 And not for that nation only, but that but me ye have not always.
also he should gather together in one the 9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew
children of God that were scattered that he was there: and they came not for
abroad. Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see
53 Then from that day forth they took Lazarus also, whom he had raised from
counsel together for to put him to death. the dead.
54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly 10 ¶ But the chief priests consulted that
among the Jews; but went thence unto a they might put Lazarus also to death;
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11 Because that by reason of him many of me; and where I am, there shall also my
the Jews went away, and believed on servant be: if any man serve me, him will
Jesus. my Father honour.
12 ¶ On the next day much people that 27 Now is my soul troubled; and what
were come to the feast, when they heard shall I say? Father, save me from this
that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, hour: but for this cause came I unto this
13 Took branches of palm trees, and went hour.
forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: 28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came
Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh there a voice from heaven, saying, I have
in the name of the Lord. both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
14 And Jesus, when he had found a young 29 The people therefore, that stood by,
ass, sat thereon; as it is written, and heard it, said that it thundered: others
15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy said, An angel spake to him.
King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt. 30 Jesus answered and said, This voice
16 These things understood not his came not because of me, but for your
disciples at the first: but when Jesus was sakes.
glorified, then remembered they that these 31 Now is the judgment of this world:
things were written of him, and that they now shall the prince of this world be cast
had done these things unto him. out.
17 The people therefore that was with him 32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth,
when he called Lazarus out of his grave, will draw all men unto me.
and raised him from the dead, bare record. 33 This he said, signifying what death he
18 For this cause the people also met him, should die.
for that they heard that he had done this 34 The people answered him, We have
miracle. heard out of the law that Christ abideth for
19 The Pharisees therefore said among ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of
themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail man must be lifted up? who is this Son of
nothing? behold, the world is gone after man?
him. 35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little
20 ¶ And there were certain Greeks among while is the light with you. Walk while ye
them that came up to worship at the feast: have the light, lest darkness come upon
21 The same came therefore to Philip, you: for he that walketh in darkness
which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and knoweth not whither he goeth.
desired him, saying, Sir, we would see 36 While ye have light, believe in the
Jesus. light, that ye may be the children of light.
22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and These things spake Jesus, and departed,
again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. and did hide himself from them.
23 ¶ And Jesus answered them, saying, 37 ¶ But though he had done so many
The hour is come, that the Son of man miracles before them, yet they believed
should be glorified. not on him:
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a 38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet
corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord,
it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth who hath believed our report? and to
forth much fruit. whom hath the arm of the Lord been
25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and revealed?
he that hateth his life in this world shall 39 Therefore they could not believe,
keep it unto life eternal. because that Esaias said again,
26 If any man serve me, let him follow 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and
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hardened their heart; that they should not 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given
see with their eyes, nor understand with all things into his hands, and that he was
their heart, and be converted, and I should come from God, and went to God;
heal them. 4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his
41 These things said Esaias, when he saw garments; and took a towel, and girded
his glory, and spake of him. himself.
42 ¶ Nevertheless among the chief rulers 5 After that he poureth water into a bason,
also many believed on him; but because of and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and
the Pharisees they did not confess him, to wipe them with the towel wherewith he
lest they should be put out of the was girded.
synagogue: 6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and
43 For they loved the praise of men more Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash
than the praise of God. my feet?
44 ¶ Jesus cried and said, He that 7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What
believeth on me, believeth not on me, but I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt
on him that sent me. know hereafter.
45 And he that seeth me seeth him that 8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never
sent me. wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I
46 I am come a light into the world, that wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
whosoever believeth on me should not 9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not
abide in darkness. my feet only, but also my hands and my
47 And if any man hear my words, and head.
believe not, I judge him not: for I came 10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed
not to judge the world, but to save the needeth not save to wash his feet, but is
world. clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not
48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not all.
my words, hath one that judgeth him: the 11 For he knew who should betray him;
word that I have spoken, the same shall therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
judge him in the last day. 12 So after he had washed their feet, and
49 For I have not spoken of myself; but had taken his garments, and was set down
the Father which sent me, he gave me a again, he said unto them, Know ye what I
commandment, what I should say, and have done to you?
what I should speak. 13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye
50 And I know that his commandment is say well; for so I am.
life everlasting: whatsoever I speak 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have
therefore, even as the Father said unto me, washed your feet; ye also ought to wash
so I speak. one another’s feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that
CHAPTER 13 ye should do as I have done to you.
NOW before the feast of the passover, 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The
when Jesus knew that his hour was come servant is not greater than his lord; neither
that he should depart out of this world he that is sent greater than he that sent
unto the Father, having loved his own him.
which were in the world, he loved them 17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if
unto the end. ye do them.
2 And supper being ended, the devil 18 ¶ I speak not of you all: I know whom I
having now put into the heart of Judas have chosen: but that the scripture may be
Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him; fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me
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hath lifted up his heel against me. 34 A new commandment I give unto you,
19 Now I tell you before it come, that, That ye love one another; as I have loved
when it is come to pass, ye may believe you, that ye also love one another.
that I am he. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that my disciples, if ye have love one to
receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth another.
me; and he that receiveth me receiveth 36 ¶ Simon Peter said unto him, Lord,
him that sent me. whither goest thou? Jesus answered him,
21 When Jesus had thus said, he was Whither I go, thou canst not follow me
troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of 37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot
you shall betray me. I follow thee now? I will lay down my life
22 Then the disciples looked one on for thy sake.
another, doubting of whom he spake. 38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay
23 Now there was leaning on Jesus’ down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily,
bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow,
loved. till thou hast denied me thrice.
24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to
him, that he should ask who it should be CHAPTER 14
of whom he spake. LET not your heart be troubled: ye believe
25 He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith in God, believe also in me.
unto him, Lord, who is it? 2 In my Father’s house are many
26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I mansions: if it were not so, I would have
shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And when he had dipped the sop, he gave 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you,
it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. I will come again, and receive you unto
27 And after the sop Satan entered into myself; that where I am, there ye may be
him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou also.
doest, do quickly. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way
28 Now no man at the table knew for what ye know.
intent he spake this unto him. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know
29 For some of them thought, because not whither thou goest; and how can we
Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto know the way?
him, Buy those things that we have need 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the
of against the feast; or, that he should give truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
something to the poor. Father, but by me.
30 He then having received the sop went 7 If ye had known me, ye should have
immediately out: and it was night. known my Father also: and from
31 ¶ Therefore, when he was gone out, henceforth ye know him, and have seen
Jesus said, Now is the Son of man him.
glorified, and God is glorified in him. 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the
32 If God be glorified in him, God shall Father, and it sufficeth us.
also glorify him in himself, and shall 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so
straightway glorify him. long time with you, and yet hast thou not
33 Little children, yet a little while I am known me, Philip? he that hath seen me
with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou
unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot then, Shew us the Father?
come; so now I say to you. 10 Believest thou not that I am in the
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Father, and the Father in me? the words mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
that I speak unto you I speak not of 25 These things have I spoken unto you,
myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, being yet present with you.
he doeth the works. 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
the Father in me: or else believe me for name, he shall teach you all things, and
the very works’ sake. bring all things to your remembrance,
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that whatsoever I have said unto you.
believeth on me, the works that I do shall 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I
he do also; and greater works than these give unto you: not as the world giveth,
shall he do; because I go unto my Father. give I unto you. Let not your heart be
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my troubled, neither let it be afraid.
name, that will I do, that the Father may 28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I
be glorified in the Son. go away, and come again unto you. If ye
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I loved me, ye would rejoice, because I
will do it. said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is
15 ¶ If ye love me, keep my greater than I.
commandments. 29 And now I have told you before it
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall come to pass, that, when it is come to
give you another Comforter, that he may pass, ye might believe.
abide with you for ever; 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the you: for the prince of this world cometh,
world cannot receive, because it seeth him and hath nothing in me.
not, neither knoweth him: but ye know 31 But that the world may know that I
him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall love the Father; and as the Father gave me
be in you. commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will go hence.
come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth CHAPTER 15
me no more; but ye see me: because I live, I AM the true vine, and my Father is the
ye shall live also. husbandman.
20 At that day ye shall know that I am in 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit
my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. he taketh away: and every branch that
21 He that hath my commandments, and beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may
keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and bring forth more fruit.
he that loveth me shall be loved of my 3 Now ye are clean through the word
Father, and I will love him, and will which I have spoken unto you.
manifest myself to him. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide
Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest in the vine; no more can ye, except ye
thyself unto us, and not unto the world? abide in me.
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He
man love me, he will keep my words: and that abideth in me, and I in him, the same
my Father will love him, and we will bringeth forth much fruit: for without me
come unto him, and make our abode with ye can do nothing.
him. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my as a branch, and is withered; and men
sayings: and the word which ye hear is not gather them, and cast them into the fire,
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and they are burned. you for my name’s sake, because they
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in know not him that sent me.
you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall 22 If I had not come and spoken unto
be done unto you. them, they had not had sin: but now they
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye have no cloke for their sin.
bear much fruit; so shall ye be my 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father
disciples. also.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I 24 If I had not done among them the
loved you: continue ye in my love. works which none other man did, they had
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall not had sin: but now have they both seen
abide in my love; even as I have kept my and hated both me and my Father.
Father’s commandments, and abide in his 25 But this cometh to pass, that the word
love. might be fulfilled that is written in their
11 These things have I spoken unto you, law, They hated me without a cause.
that my joy might remain in you, and that 26 But when the Comforter is come,
your joy might be full. whom I will send unto you from the
12 This is my commandment, That ye Father, even the Spirit of truth, which
love one another, as I have loved you. proceedeth from the Father, he shall
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that testify of me:
a man lay down his life for his friends. 27 And ye also shall bear witness, because
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever ye have been with me from the beginning.
I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for CHAPTER 16
the servant knoweth not what his lord THESE things have I spoken unto you,
doeth: but I have called you friends; for all that ye should not be offended.
things that I have heard of my Father I 2 They shall put you out of the
have made known unto you. synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have whosoever killeth you will think that he
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye doeth God service.
should go and bring forth fruit, and that 3 And these things will they do unto you,
your fruit should remain: that whatsoever because they have not known the Father,
ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he nor me.
may give it you. 4 But these things have I told you, that
17 These things I command you, that ye when the time shall come, ye may
love one another. remember that I told you of them. And
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it these things I said not unto you at the
hated me before it hated you. beginning, because I was with you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world 5 But now I go my way to him that sent
would love his own: but because ye are me; and none of you asketh me, Whither
not of the world, but I have chosen you goest thou?
out of the world, therefore the world 6 But because I have said these things
hateth you. unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
20 Remember the word that I said unto 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is
you, The servant is not greater than his expedient for you that I go away: for if I
lord. If they have persecuted me, they will go not away, the Comforter will not come
also persecute you; if they have kept my unto you; but if I depart, I will send him
saying, they will keep yours also. unto you.
21 But all these things will they do unto 8 And when he is come, he will reprove
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the world of sin, and of righteousness, and I will see you again, and your heart shall
of judgment: rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; you.
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my 23 And in that day ye shall ask me
Father, and ye see me no more; nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my
world is judged. name, he will give it you.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my
but ye cannot bear them now. name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is joy may be full.
come, he will guide you into all truth: for 25 These things have I spoken unto you in
he shall not speak of himself; but proverbs: but the time cometh, when I
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he shall no more speak unto you in proverbs,
speak: and he will shew you things to but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
come. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name:
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall and I say not unto you, that I will pray the
receive of mine, and shall shew it unto Father for you:
you. 27 For the Father himself loveth you,
15 All things that the Father hath are because ye have loved me, and have
mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of believed that I came out from God.
mine, and shall shew it unto you. 28 I came forth from the Father, and am
16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: come into the world: again, I leave the
and again, a little while, and ye shall see world, and go to the Father.
me, because I go to the Father. 29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now
17 Then said some of his disciples among speakest thou plainly, and speakest no
themselves, What is this that he saith unto proverb.
us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: 30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all
and again, a little while, and ye shall see things, and needest not that any man
me: and, Because I go to the Father? should ask thee: by this we believe that
18 They said therefore, What is this that thou camest forth from God.
he saith, A little while? we cannot tell 31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now
what he saith. believe?
19 Now Jesus knew that they were 32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now
desirous to ask him, and said unto them, come, that ye shall be scattered, every
Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I man to his own, and shall leave me alone:
said, A little while, and ye shall not see and yet I am not alone, because the Father
me: and again, a little while, and ye shall is with me.
see me? 33 These things I have spoken unto you,
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye that in me ye might have peace. In the
shall weep and lament, but the world shall world ye shall have tribulation: but be of
rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but good cheer; I have overcome the world.
your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21 A woman when she is in travail hath CHAPTER 17
sorrow, because her hour is come: but as THESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up
soon as she is delivered of the child, she his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the
remembereth no more the anguish, for joy hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son
that a man is born into the world. also may glorify thee:
22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but 2 As thou hast given him power over all
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and torches and weapons. 18 And the servants and officers stood
4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that there, who had made a fire of coals; for it
should come upon him, went forth, and was cold: and they warmed themselves:
said unto them, Whom seek ye? and Peter stood with them, and warmed
5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. himself.
Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas 19 ¶ The high priest then asked Jesus of
also, which betrayed him, stood with his disciples, and of his doctrine.
them. 20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to
6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I the world; I ever taught in the synagogue,
am he, they went backward, and fell to the and in the temple, whither the Jews
ground. always resort; and in secret have I said
7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek nothing.
ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 21 Why askest thou me? ask them which
8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I heard me, what I have said unto them:
am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these behold, they know what I said.
go their way: 22 And when he had thus spoken, one of
9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which the officers which stood by struck Jesus
he spake, Of them which thou gavest me with the palm of his hand, saying,
have I lost none. Answerest thou the high priest so?
10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken
it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well,
cut off his right ear. The servant’s name why smitest thou me?
was Malchus. 24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto
11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy Caiaphas the high priest.
sword into the sheath: the cup which my 25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed
Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? himself. They said therefore unto him, Art
12 Then the band and the captain and not thou also one of his disciples? He
officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound denied it, and said, I am not.
him, 26 One of the servants of the high priest,
13 And led him away to Annas first; for being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off,
he was father in law to Caiaphas, which saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with
was the high priest that same year. him?
14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave 27 Peter then denied again: and
counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient immediately the cock crew.
that one man should die for the people. 28 ¶ Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas
15 ¶ And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and unto the hall of judgment: and it was
so did another disciple: that disciple was early; and they themselves went not into
known unto the high priest, and went in the judgment hall, lest they should be
with Jesus into the palace of the high defiled; but that they might eat the
priest. passover.
16 But Peter stood at the door without. 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and
Then went out that other disciple, which said, What accusation bring ye against this
was known unto the high priest, and spake man?
unto her that kept the door, and brought in 30 They answered and said unto him, If he
Peter. were not a malefactor, we would not have
17 Then saith the damsel that kept the delivered him up unto thee.
door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of 31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye
this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not. him, and judge him according to your law.
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The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth
lawful for us to put any man to death: to you, that ye may know that I find no
32 That the saying of Jesus might be fault in him.
fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what 5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the
death he should die. crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And
33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto 6 When the chief priests therefore and
him, Art thou the King of the Jews? officers saw him, they cried out, saying,
34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto
thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I
me? find no fault in him.
35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law,
own nation and the chief priests have and by our law he ought to die, because he
delivered thee unto me: what hast thou made himself the Son of God.
done? 8 ¶ When Pilate therefore heard that
36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of saying, he was the more afraid;
this world: if my kingdom were of this 9 And went again into the judgment hall,
world, then would my servants fight, that I and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou?
should not be delivered to the Jews: but But Jesus gave him no answer.
now is my kingdom not from hence. 10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest
37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I
a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest have power to crucify thee, and have
that I am a king. To this end was I born, power to release thee?
and for this cause came I into the world, 11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no
that I should bear witness unto the truth. power at all against me, except it were
Every one that is of the truth heareth my given thee from above: therefore he that
voice. delivered me unto thee hath the greater
38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? sin.
And when he had said this, he went out 12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to
again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I release him: but the Jews cried out,
find in him no fault at all. saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not
39 But ye have a custom, that I should Cæsar’s friend: whosoever maketh
release unto you one at the passover: will himself a king speaketh against Cæsar.
ye therefore that I release unto you the 13 ¶ When Pilate therefore heard that
King of the Jews? saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat
40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not down in the judgment seat in a place that
this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew,
was a robber. Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation of the
CHAPTER 19 passover, and about the sixth hour: and he
THEN Pilate therefore took Jesus, and saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
scourged him. 15 But they cried out, Away with him,
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith
thorns, and put it on his head, and they put unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The
on him a purple robe, chief priests answered, We have no king
3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and but Cæsar.
they smote him with their hands. 16 Then delivered he him therefore unto
4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and them to be crucified. And they took Jesus,
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and led him away. vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it
17 And he bearing his cross went forth to his mouth.
into a place called the place of a skull, 30 When Jesus therefore had received the
which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he
18 Where they crucified him, and two bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
other with him, on either side one, and 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the
Jesus in the midst. preparation, that the bodies should not
19 ¶ And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on remain upon the cross on the sabbath day,
the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF (for that sabbath day was an high day,)
NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. besought Pilate that their legs might be
20 This title then read many of the Jews: broken, and that they might be taken
for the place where Jesus was crucified away.
was nigh to the city: and it was written in 32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the
Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. legs of the first, and of the other which
21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews was crucified with him.
to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw
but that he said, I am King of the Jews. that he was dead already, they brake not
22 Pilate answered, What I have written I his legs:
have written. 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear
23 ¶ Then the soldiers, when they had pierced his side, and forthwith came there
crucified Jesus, took his garments, and out blood and water.
made four parts, to every soldier a part; 35 And he that saw it bare record, and his
and also his coat: now the coat was record is true: and he knoweth that he
without seam, woven from the top saith true, that ye might believe.
throughout. 36 For these things were done, that the
24 They said therefore among themselves, scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of
Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, him shall not be broken.
whose it shall be: that the scripture might 37 And again another scripture saith, They
be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my shall look on him whom they pierced.
raiment among them, and for my vesture 38 ¶ And after this Joseph of Arimathæa,
they did cast lots. These things therefore being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for
the soldiers did. fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he
25 ¶ Now there stood by the cross of Jesus might take away the body of Jesus: and
his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore,
the wife of Cleophas, and Mary and took the body of Jesus.
Magdalene. 39 And there came also Nicodemus,
26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, which at the first came to Jesus by night,
and the disciple standing by, whom he and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes,
loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, about an hundred pound weight.
behold thy son! 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold wound it in linen clothes with the spices,
thy mother! And from that hour that as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
disciple took her unto his own home. 41 Now in the place where he was
28 ¶ After this, Jesus knowing that all crucified there was a garden; and in the
things were now accomplished, that the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was
scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. never man yet laid.
29 Now there was set a vessel full of 42 There laid they Jesus therefore because
vinegar: and they filled a spunge with of the Jews’ preparation day; for the
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sepulchre was nigh at hand. 15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why
weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She,
CHAPTER 20 supposing him to be the gardener, saith
THE first day of the week cometh Mary unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him
Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, hence, tell me where thou hast laid him,
unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone and I will take him away.
taken away from the sepulchre. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned
2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni;
Peter, and to the other disciple, whom which is to say, Master.
Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They 17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for
have taken away the Lord out of the I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go
sepulchre, and we know not where they to my brethren, and say unto them, I
have laid him. ascend unto my Father, and your Father;
3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other and to my God, and your God.
disciple, and came to the sepulchre. 18 Mary Magdalene came and told the
4 So they ran both together: and the other disciples that she had seen the Lord, and
disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to that he had spoken these things unto her.
the sepulchre. 19 ¶ Then the same day at evening, being
5 And he stooping down, and looking in, the first day of the week, when the doors
saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he were shut where the disciples were
not in. assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus
6 Then cometh Simon Peter following and stood in the midst, and saith unto
him, and went into the sepulchre, and them, Peace be unto you.
seeth the linen clothes lie, 20 And when he had so said, he shewed
7 And the napkin, that was about his head, unto them his hands and his side. Then
not lying with the linen clothes, but were the disciples glad, when they saw the
wrapped together in a place by itself. Lord.
8 Then went in also that other disciple, 21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace
which came first to the sepulchre, and he be unto you: as my Father hath sent me,
saw, and believed. even so send I you.
9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, 22 And when he had said this, he breathed
that he must rise again from the dead. on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye
10 Then the disciples went away again the Holy Ghost:
unto their own home. 23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are
11 ¶ But Mary stood without at the remitted unto them; and whose soever sins
sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she ye retain, they are retained.
stooped down, and looked into the 24 ¶ But Thomas, one of the twelve,
sepulchre, called Didymus, was not with them when
12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, Jesus came.
the one at the head, and the other at the 25 The other disciples therefore said unto
feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. him, We have seen the Lord. But he said
13 And they say unto her, Woman, why unto them, Except I shall see in his hands
weepest thou? She saith unto them, the print of the nails, and put my finger
Because they have taken away my Lord, into the print of the nails, and thrust my
and I know not where they have laid him. hand into his side, I will not believe.
14 And when she had thus said, she turned 26 ¶ And after eight days again his
herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and disciples were within, and Thomas with
knew not that it was Jesus. them: then came Jesus, the doors being
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shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him,
Peace be unto you. (for he was naked,) and did cast himself
27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither into the sea.
thy finger, and behold my hands; and 8 And the other disciples came in a little
reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my ship; (for they were not far from land, but
side: and be not faithless, but believing. as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging
28 And Thomas answered and said unto the net with fishes.
him, My Lord and my God. 9 As soon then as they were come to land,
29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid
thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: thereon, and bread.
blessed are they that have not seen, and 10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish
yet have believed. which ye have now caught.
30 ¶ And many other signs truly did Jesus 11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net
in the presence of his disciples, which are to land full of great fishes, an hundred and
not written in this book: fifty and three: and for all there were so
31 But these are written, that ye might many, yet was not the net broken.
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of 12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine.
God; and that believing ye might have life And none of the disciples durst ask him,
through his name. Who art thou? knowing that it was the
Lord.
CHAPTER 21 13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread,
AFTER these things Jesus shewed himself and giveth them, and fish likewise.
again to the disciples at the sea of 14 This is now the third time that Jesus
Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he shewed himself to his disciples, after that
himself. he was risen from the dead.
2 There were together Simon Peter, and 15 ¶ So when they had dined, Jesus saith
Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas,
Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, lovest thou me more than these? He saith
and two other of his disciples. unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I
3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my
fishing. They say unto him, We also go lambs.
with thee. They went forth, and entered 16 He saith to him again the second time,
into a ship immediately; and that night Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He
they caught nothing. saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest
4 But when the morning was now come, that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed
Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples my sheep.
knew not that it was Jesus. 17 He saith unto him the third time,
5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?
have ye any meat? They answered him, Peter was grieved because he said unto
No. him the third time, Lovest thou me? And
6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all
the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. things; thou knowest that I love thee.
They cast therefore, and now they were Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
not able to draw it for the multitude of 18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When
fishes. thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself,
7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but
loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch
when Simon Peter heard that it was the forth thy hands, and another shall gird
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24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, doubt, saying one to another, What
which knowest the hearts of all men, shew meaneth this?
whether of these two thou hast chosen, 13 Others mocking said, These men are
25 That he may take part of this ministry full of new wine.
and apostleship, from which Judas by 14 ¶ But Peter, standing up with the
transgression fell, that he might go to his eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto
own place. them, Ye men of Judæa, and all ye that
26 And they gave forth their lots; and the dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto
lot fell upon Matthias; and he was you, and hearken to my words:
numbered with the eleven apostles. 15 For these are not drunken, as ye
suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of
CHAPTER 2 the day.
AND when the day of Pentecost was fully 16 But this is that which was spoken by
come, they were all with one accord in the prophet Joel;
one place. 17 And it shall come to pass in the last
2 And suddenly there came a sound from days, saith God, I will pour out of my
heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and
filled all the house where they were your daughters shall prophesy, and your
sitting. young men shall see visions, and your old
3 And there appeared unto them cloven men shall dream dreams:
tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each 18 And on my servants and on my
of them. handmaidens I will pour out in those days
4 And they were all filled with the Holy of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Ghost, and began to speak with other 19 And I will shew wonders in heaven
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. above, and signs in the earth beneath;
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Jews, devout men, out of every nation 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
under heaven. and the moon into blood, before that great
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the and notable day of the Lord come:
multitude came together, and were 21 And it shall come to pass, that
confounded, because that every man heard whosoever shall call on the name of the
them speak in his own language. Lord shall be saved.
7 And they were all amazed and 22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words;
marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God
are not all these which speak Galilæans? among you by miracles and wonders and
8 And how hear we every man in our own signs, which God did by him in the midst
tongue, wherein we were born? of you, as ye yourselves also know:
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and 23 Him, being delivered by the
the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in determinate counsel and foreknowledge of
Judæa, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands
Asia, have crucified and slain:
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and 24 Whom God hath raised up, having
in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and loosed the pains of death: because it was
strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, not possible that he should be holden of it.
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them 25 For David speaketh concerning him, I
speak in our tongues the wonderful works foresaw the Lord always before my face,
of God. for he is on my right hand, that I should
12 And they were all amazed, and were in not be moved:
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26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my your children, and to all that are afar off,
tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh even as many as the Lord our God shall
shall rest in hope: call.
27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in 40 And with many other words did he
hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves
One to see corruption. from this untoward generation.
28 Thou hast made known to me the ways 41 ¶ Then they that gladly received his
of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with word were baptized: and the same day
thy countenance. there were added unto them about three
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak thousand souls.
unto you of the patriarch David, that he is 42 And they continued stedfastly in the
both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in
with us unto this day. breaking of bread, and in prayers.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and 43 And fear came upon every soul: and
knowing that God had sworn with an oath many wonders and signs were done by the
to him, that of the fruit of his loins, apostles.
according to the flesh, he would raise up 44 And all that believed were together,
Christ to sit on his throne; and had all things common;
31 He seeing this before spake of the 45 And sold their possessions and goods,
resurrection of Christ, that his soul was and parted them to all men, as every man
not left in hell, neither his flesh did see had need.
corruption. 46 And they, continuing daily with one
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof accord in the temple, and breaking bread
we all are witnesses. from house to house, did eat their meat
33 Therefore being by the right hand of with gladness and singleness of heart,
God exalted, and having received of the 47 Praising God, and having favour with
Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he all the people. And the Lord added to the
hath shed forth this, which ye now see and church daily such as should be saved.
hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the CHAPTER 3
heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD NOW Peter and John went up together
said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right into the temple at the hour of prayer, being
hand, the ninth hour.
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool. 2 And a certain man lame from his
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel mother’s womb was carried, whom they
know assuredly, that God hath made that laid daily at the gate of the temple which
same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them
Lord and Christ. that entered into the temple;
37 ¶ Now when they heard this, they were 3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go
pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter into the temple asked an alms.
and to the rest of the apostles, Men and 4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him
brethren, what shall we do? with John, said, Look on us.
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and 5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting
be baptized every one of you in the name to receive something of them.
of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, 6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy none; but such as I have give I thee: In the
Ghost. name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up
39 For the promise is unto you, and to and walk.
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7 And he took him by the right hand, and out, when the times of refreshing shall
lifted him up: and immediately his feet come from the presence of the Lord;
and ancle bones received strength. 20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which
8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, before was preached unto you:
and entered with them into the temple, 21 Whom the heaven must receive until
walking, and leaping, and praising God. the times of restitution of all things, which
9 And all the people saw him walking and God hath spoken by the mouth of all his
praising God: holy prophets since the world began.
10 And they knew that it was he which sat 22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers,
for alms at the Beautiful gate of the A prophet shall the Lord your God raise
temple: and they were filled with wonder up unto you of your brethren, like unto
and amazement at that which had me; him shall ye hear in all things
happened unto him. whatsoever he shall say unto you.
11 And as the lame man which was healed 23 And it shall come to pass, that every
held Peter and John, all the people ran soul, which will not hear that prophet,
together unto them in the porch that is shall be destroyed from among the people.
called Solomon’s, greatly wondering. 24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel
12 ¶ And when Peter saw it, he answered and those that follow after, as many as
unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why have spoken, have likewise foretold of
marvel ye at this? or why look ye so these days.
earnestly on us, as though by our own 25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and
power or holiness we had made this man of the covenant which God made with our
to walk? fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy
13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be
of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath blessed.
glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye 26 Unto you first God, having raised up
delivered up, and denied him in the his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in
presence of Pilate, when he was turning away every one of you from his
determined to let him go. iniquities.
14 But ye denied the Holy One and the
Just, and desired a murderer to be granted CHAPTER 4
unto you; AND as they spake unto the people, the
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom priests, and the captain of the temple, and
God hath raised from the dead; whereof the Sadducees, came upon them,
we are witnesses. 2 Being grieved that they taught the
16 And his name through faith in his name people, and preached through Jesus the
hath made this man strong, whom ye see resurrection from the dead.
and know: yea, the faith which is by him 3 And they laid hands on them, and put
hath given him this perfect soundness in them in hold unto the next day: for it was
the presence of you all. now eventide.
17 And now, brethren, I wot that through 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the
ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. word believed; and the number of the men
18 But those things, which God before was about five thousand.
had shewed by the mouth of all his 5 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow,
prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
so fulfilled. 6 And Annas the high priest, and
19 ¶ Repent ye therefore, and be Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as
converted, that your sins may be blotted many as were of the kindred of the high
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priest, were gathered together at unto them, Whether it be right in the sight
Jerusalem. of God to hearken unto you more than
7 And when they had set them in the unto God, judge ye.
midst, they asked, By what power, or by 20 For we cannot but speak the things
what name, have ye done this? which we have seen and heard.
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, 21 So when they had further threatened
said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, them, they let them go, finding nothing
and elders of Israel, how they might punish them, because of
9 If we this day be examined of the good the people: for all men glorified God for
deed done to the impotent man, by what that which was done.
means he is made whole; 22 For the man was above forty years old,
10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the on whom this miracle of healing was
people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus shewed.
Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, 23 ¶ And being let go, they went to their
whom God raised from the dead, even by own company, and reported all that the
him doth this man stand here before you chief priests and elders had said unto
whole. them.
11 This is the stone which was set at 24 And when they heard that, they lifted
nought of you builders, which is become up their voice to God with one accord, and
the head of the corner. said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that
for there is none other name under heaven in them is:
given among men, whereby we must be 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant
saved. David hast said, Why did the heathen
13 ¶ Now when they saw the boldness of rage, and the people imagine vain things?
Peter and John, and perceived that they 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the
were unlearned and ignorant men, they rulers were gathered together against the
marvelled; and they took knowledge of Lord, and against his Christ.
them, that they had been with Jesus. 27 For of a truth against thy holy child
14 And beholding the man which was Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both
healed standing with them, they could say Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the
nothing against it. Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were
15 But when they had commanded them gathered together,
to go aside out of the council, they 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy
conferred among themselves, counsel determined before to be done.
16 Saying, What shall we do to these 29 And now, Lord, behold their
men? for that indeed a notable miracle threatenings: and grant unto thy servants,
hath been done by them is manifest to all that with all boldness they may speak thy
them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we word,
cannot deny it. 30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal;
17 But that it spread no further among the and that signs and wonders may be done
people, let us straitly threaten them, that by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
they speak henceforth to no man in this 31 ¶ And when they had prayed, the place
name. was shaken where they were assembled
18 And they called them, and commanded together; and they were all filled with the
them not to speak at all nor teach in the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of
name of Jesus. God with boldness.
19 But Peter and John answered and said 32 And the multitude of them that
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believed were of one heart and of one And she said, Yea, for so much.
soul: neither said any of them that ought of 9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that
the things which he possessed was his ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit
own; but they had all things common. of the Lord? behold, the feet of them
33 And with great power gave the apostles which have buried thy husband are at the
witness of the resurrection of the Lord door, and shall carry thee out.
Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. 10 Then fell she down straightway at his
34 Neither was there any among them that feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the
lacked: for as many as were possessors of young men came in, and found her dead,
lands or houses sold them, and brought the and, carrying her forth, buried her by her
prices of the things that were sold, husband.
35 And laid them down at the apostles’ 11 And great fear came upon all the
feet: and distribution was made unto every church, and upon as many as heard these
man according as he had need. things.
36 And Joses, who by the apostles was 12 ¶ And by the hands of the apostles
surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being were many signs and wonders wrought
interpreted, The son of consolation,) a among the people; (and they were all with
Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, one accord in Solomon’s porch.
37 Having land, sold it, and brought the 13 And of the rest durst no man join
money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. himself to them: but the people magnified
them.
CHAPTER 5 14 And believers were the more added to
BUT a certain man named Ananias, with the Lord, multitudes both of men and
Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, women.)
2 And kept back part of the price, his wife 15 Insomuch that they brought forth the
also being privy to it, and brought a sick into the streets, and laid them on beds
certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ and couches, that at the least the shadow
feet. of Peter passing by might overshadow
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan some of them.
filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, 16 There came also a multitude out of the
and to keep back part of the price of the cities round about unto Jerusalem,
land? bringing sick folks, and them which were
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine vexed with unclean spirits: and they were
own? and after it was sold, was it not in healed every one.
thine own power? why hast thou 17 ¶ Then the high priest rose up, and all
conceived this thing in thine heart? thou they that were with him, (which is the sect
hast not lied unto men, but unto God. of the Sadducees,) and were filled with
5 And Ananias hearing these words fell indignation,
down, and gave up the ghost: and great 18 And laid their hands on the apostles,
fear came on all them that heard these and put them in the common prison.
things. 19 But the angel of the Lord by night
6 And the young men arose, wound him opened the prison doors, and brought them
up, and carried him out, and buried him. forth, and said,
7 And it was about the space of three 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to
hours after, when his wife, not knowing the people all the words of this life.
what was done, came in. 21 And when they heard that, they entered
8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me into the temple early in the morning, and
whether ye sold the land for so much? taught. But the high priest came, and they
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that were with him, and called the council a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of
together, and all the senate of the children the law, had in reputation among all the
of Israel, and sent to the prison to have people, and commanded to put the
them brought. apostles forth a little space;
22 But when the officers came, and found 35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel,
them not in the prison, they returned, and take heed to yourselves what ye intend to
told, do as touching these men.
23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut 36 For before these days rose up Theudas,
with all safety, and the keepers standing boasting himself to be somebody; to
without before the doors: but when we had whom a number of men, about four
opened, we found no man within. hundred, joined themselves: who was
24 Now when the high priest and the slain; and all, as many as obeyed him,
captain of the temple and the chief priests were scattered, and brought to nought.
heard these things, they doubted of them 37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee
whereunto this would grow. in the days of the taxing, and drew away
25 Then came one and told them, saying, much people after him: he also perished;
Behold, the men whom ye put in prison and all, even as many as obeyed him, were
are standing in the temple, and teaching dispersed.
the people. 38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from
26 Then went the captain with the these men, and let them alone: for if this
officers, and brought them without counsel or this work be of men, it will
violence: for they feared the people, lest come to nought:
they should have been stoned. 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot
27 And when they had brought them, they overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even
set them before the council: and the high to fight against God.
priest asked them, 40 And to him they agreed: and when they
28 Saying, Did not we straitly command had called the apostles, and beaten them,
you that ye should not teach in this name? they commanded that they should not
and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with speak in the name of Jesus, and let them
your doctrine, and intend to bring this go.
man’s blood upon us. 41 ¶ And they departed from the presence
29 ¶ Then Peter and the other apostles of the council, rejoicing that they were
answered and said, We ought to obey God counted worthy to suffer shame for his
rather than men. name.
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, 42 And daily in the temple, and in every
whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. house, they ceased not to teach and preach
31 Him hath God exalted with his right Jesus Christ.
hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to
give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness CHAPTER 6
of sins. AND in those days, when the number of
32 And we are his witnesses of these the disciples was multiplied, there arose a
things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, murmuring of the Grecians against the
whom God hath given to them that obey Hebrews, because their widows were
him. neglected in the daily ministration.
33 ¶ When they heard that, they were cut 2 Then the twelve called the multitude of
to the heart, and took counsel to slay the disciples unto them, and said, It is not
them. reason that we should leave the word of
34 Then stood there up one in the council, God, and serve tables.
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41 And they made a calf in those days, were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on
and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and him with their teeth.
rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost,
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw
worship the host of heaven; as it is written the glory of God, and Jesus standing on
in the book of the prophets, O ye house of the right hand of God,
Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens
and sacrifices by the space of forty years opened, and the Son of man standing on
in the wilderness? the right hand of God.
43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice,
Moloch, and the star of your god and stopped their ears, and ran upon him
Remphan, figures which ye made to with one accord,
worship them: and I will carry you away 58 And cast him out of the city, and
beyond Babylon. stoned him: and the witnesses laid down
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose
witness in the wilderness, as he had name was Saul.
appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon
should make it according to the fashion God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my
that he had seen. spirit.
45 Which also our fathers that came after 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a
brought in with Jesus into the possession loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their
of the Gentiles, whom God drave out charge. And when he had said this, he fell
before the face of our fathers, unto the asleep.
days of David;
46 Who found favour before God, and CHAPTER 8
desired to find a tabernacle for the God of AND Saul was consenting unto his death.
Jacob. And at that time there was a great
47 But Solomon built him an house. persecution against the church which was
48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered
temples made with hands; as saith the abroad throughout the regions of Judæa
prophet, and Samaria, except the apostles.
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his
footstool: what house will ye build me? burial, and made great lamentation over
saith the Lord: or what is the place of my him.
rest? 3 As for Saul, he made havock of the
50 Hath not my hand made all these church, entering into every house, and
things? haling men and women committed them to
51 ¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in prison.
heart and ears, ye do always resist the 4 Therefore they that were scattered
Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. abroad went every where preaching the
52 Which of the prophets have not your word.
fathers persecuted? and they have slain 5 Then Philip went down to the city of
them which shewed before of the coming Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
of the Just One; of whom ye have been 6 And the people with one accord gave
now the betrayers and murderers: heed unto those things which Philip spake,
53 Who have received the law by the hearing and seeing the miracles which he
disposition of angels, and have not kept it. did.
54 ¶ When they heard these things, they 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud
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20 And straightway he preached Christ in named Æneas, which had kept his bed
the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
21 But all that heard him were amazed, 34 And Peter said unto him, Æneas, Jesus
and said; Is not this he that destroyed them Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make
which called on this name in Jerusalem, thy bed. And he arose immediately.
and came hither for that intent, that he 35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron
might bring them bound unto the chief saw him, and turned to the Lord.
priests? 36 ¶ Now there was at Joppa a certain
22 But Saul increased the more in disciple named Tabitha, which by
strength, and confounded the Jews which interpretation is called Dorcas: this
dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is woman was full of good works and
very Christ. almsdeeds which she did.
23 ¶ And after that many days were 37 And it came to pass in those days, that
fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill she was sick, and died: whom when they
him: had washed, they laid her in an upper
24 But their laying await was known of chamber.
Saul. And they watched the gates day and 38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to
night to kill him. Joppa, and the disciples had heard that
25 Then the disciples took him by night, Peter was there, they sent unto him two
and let him down by the wall in a basket. men, desiring him that he would not delay
26 And when Saul was come to to come to them.
Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to 39 Then Peter arose and went with them.
the disciples: but they were all afraid of When he was come, they brought him into
him, and believed not that he was a the upper chamber: and all the widows
disciple. stood by him weeping, and shewing the
27 But Barnabas took him, and brought coats and garments which Dorcas made,
him to the apostles, and declared unto while she was with them.
them how he had seen the Lord in the 40 But Peter put them all forth, and
way, and that he had spoken to him, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning
how he had preached boldly at Damascus him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And
in the name of Jesus. she opened her eyes: and when she saw
28 And he was with them coming in and Peter, she sat up.
going out at Jerusalem. 41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted
29 And he spake boldly in the name of the her up, and when he had called the saints
Lord Jesus, and disputed against the and widows, presented her alive.
Grecians: but they went about to slay him. 42 And it was known throughout all
30 Which when the brethren knew, they Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
brought him down to Cæsarea, and sent 43 And it came to pass, that he tarried
him forth to Tarsus. many days in Joppa with one Simon a
31 Then had the churches rest throughout tanner.
all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria, and
were edified; and walking in the fear of CHAPTER 10
the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy THERE was a certain man in Cæsarea
Ghost, were multiplied. called Cornelius, a centurion of the band
32 ¶ And it came to pass, as Peter passed called the Italian band,
throughout all quarters, he came down 2 A devout man, and one that feared God
also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. with all his house, which gave much alms
33 And there he found a certain man to the people, and prayed to God alway.
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3 He saw in a vision evidently about the Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,
ninth hour of the day an angel of God 18 And called, and asked whether Simon,
coming in to him, and saying unto him, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged
Cornelius. there.
4 And when he looked on him, he was 19 ¶ While Peter thought on the vision, the
afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men
said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms seek thee.
are come up for a memorial before God. 20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and
5 And now send men to Joppa, and call go with them, doubting nothing: for I have
for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: sent them.
6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, 21 Then Peter went down to the men
whose house is by the sea side: he shall which were sent unto him from Cornelius;
tell thee what thou oughtest to do. and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek:
7 And when the angel which spake unto what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
Cornelius was departed, he called two of 22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion,
his household servants, and a devout a just man, and one that feareth God, and
soldier of them that waited on him of good report among all the nation of the
continually; Jews, was warned from God by an holy
8 And when he had declared all these angel to send for thee into his house, and
things unto them, he sent them to Joppa. to hear words of thee.
9 ¶ On the morrow, as they went on their 23 Then called he them in, and lodged
journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter them. And on the morrow Peter went
went up upon the housetop to pray about away with them, and certain brethren from
the sixth hour: Joppa accompanied him.
10 And he became very hungry, and 24 And the morrow after they entered into
would have eaten: but while they made Cæsarea. And Cornelius waited for them,
ready, he fell into a trance, and had called together his kinsmen and
11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain near friends.
vessel descending unto him, as it had been 25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius
a great sheet knit at the four corners, and met him, and fell down at his feet, and
let down to the earth: worshipped him.
12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted 26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand
beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and up; I myself also am a man.
creeping things, and fowls of the air. 27 And as he talked with him, he went in,
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, and found many that were come together.
Peter; kill, and eat. 28 And he said unto them, Ye know how
14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have that it is an unlawful thing for a man that
never eaten any thing that is common or is a Jew to keep company, or come unto
unclean. one of another nation; but God hath
15 And the voice spake unto him again the shewed me that I should not call any man
second time, What God hath cleansed, common or unclean.
that call not thou common. 29 Therefore came I unto you without
16 This was done thrice: and the vessel gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask
was received up again into heaven. therefore for what intent ye have sent for
17 Now while Peter doubted in himself me?
what this vision which he had seen should 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I
mean, behold, the men which were sent was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth
from Cornelius had made inquiry for hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a
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man stood before me in bright clothing, believeth in him shall receive remission of
31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is sins.
heard, and thine alms are had in 44 ¶ While Peter yet spake these words,
remembrance in the sight of God. the Holy Ghost fell on all them which
32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither heard the word.
Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is 45 And they of the circumcision which
lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner believed were astonished, as many as
by the sea side: who, when he cometh, came with Peter, because that on the
shall speak unto thee. Gentiles also was poured out the gift of
33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; the Holy Ghost.
and thou hast well done that thou art 46 For they heard them speak with
come. Now therefore are we all here tongues, and magnify God. Then
present before God, to hear all things that answered Peter,
are commanded thee of God. 47 Can any man forbid water, that these
34 ¶ Then Peter opened his mouth, and should not be baptized, which have
said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
respecter of persons: 48 And he commanded them to be
35 But in every nation he that feareth him, baptized in the name of the Lord. Then
and worketh righteousness, is accepted prayed they him to tarry certain days.
with him.
36 The word which God sent unto the CHAPTER 11
children of Israel, preaching peace by AND the apostles and brethren that were
Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also
37 That word, I say, ye know, which was received the word of God.
published throughout all Judæa, and began 2 And when Peter was come up to
from Galilee, after the baptism which John Jerusalem, they that were of the
preached; circumcision contended with him,
38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men
with the Holy Ghost and with power: who uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
went about doing good, and healing all 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the
that were oppressed of the devil; for God beginning, and expounded it by order unto
was with him. them, saying,
39 And we are witnesses of all things 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in
which he did both in the land of the Jews, a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel
and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and descend, as it had been a great sheet, let
hanged on a tree: down from heaven by four corners; and it
40 Him God raised up the third day, and came even to me:
shewed him openly; 6 Upon the which when I had fastened
41 Not to all the people, but unto mine eyes, I considered, and saw
witnesses chosen before of God, even to fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild
us, who did eat and drink with him after beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of
he rose from the dead. the air.
42 And he commanded us to preach unto 7 And I heard a voice saying unto me,
the people, and to testify that it is he Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
which was ordained of God to be the 8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing
Judge of quick and dead. common or unclean hath at any time
43 To him give all the prophets witness, entered into my mouth.
that through his name whosoever 9 But the voice answered me again from
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heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the
not thou common. grace of God, was glad, and exhorted
10 And this was done three times: and all them all, that with purpose of heart they
were drawn up again into heaven. would cleave unto the Lord.
11 And, behold, immediately there were 24 For he was a good man, and full of the
three men already come unto the house Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people
where I was, sent from Cæsarea unto me. was added unto the Lord.
12 And the spirit bade me go with them, 25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for
nothing doubting. Moreover these six to seek Saul:
brethren accompanied me, and we entered 26 And when he had found him, he
into the man’s house: brought him unto Antioch. And it came to
13 And he shewed us how he had seen an pass, that a whole year they assembled
angel in his house, which stood and said themselves with the church, and taught
unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for much people. And the disciples were
Simon, whose surname is Peter; called Christians first in Antioch.
14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby 27 ¶ And in these days came prophets
thou and all thy house shall be saved. from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
15 And as I began to speak, the Holy 28 And there stood up one of them named
Ghost fell on them, as on us at the Agabus, and signified by the spirit that
beginning. there should be great dearth throughout all
16 Then remembered I the word of the the world: which came to pass in the days
Lord, how that he said, John indeed of Claudius Cæsar.
baptized with water; but ye shall be 29 Then the disciples, every man
baptized with the Holy Ghost. according to his ability, determined to
17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the send relief unto the brethren which dwelt
like gift as he did unto us, who believed in Judæa:
on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that 30 Which also they did, and sent it to the
I could withstand God? elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
18 When they heard these things, they
held their peace, and glorified God, CHAPTER 12
saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles NOW about that time Herod the king
granted repentance unto life. stretched forth his hands to vex certain of
19 ¶ Now they which were scattered the church.
abroad upon the persecution that arose 2 And he killed James the brother of John
about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, with the sword.
and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews,
word to none but unto the Jews only. he proceeded further to take Peter also.
20 And some of them were men of Cyprus (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
and Cyrene, which, when they were come 4 And when he had apprehended him, he
to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, put him in prison, and delivered him to
preaching the Lord Jesus. four quaternions of soldiers to keep him;
21 And the hand of the Lord was with intending after Easter to bring him forth to
them: and a great number believed, and the people.
turned unto the Lord. 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but
22 ¶ Then tidings of these things came prayer was made without ceasing of the
unto the ears of the church which was in church unto God for him.
Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, 6 And when Herod would have brought
that he should go as far as Antioch. him forth, the same night Peter was
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sleeping between two soldiers, bound with things unto James, and to the brethren.
two chains: and the keepers before the And he departed, and went into another
door kept the prison. place.
7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came 18 Now as soon as it was day, there was
upon him, and a light shined in the prison: no small stir among the soldiers, what was
and he smote Peter on the side, and raised become of Peter.
him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his 19 And when Herod had sought for him,
chains fell off from his hands. and found him not, he examined the
8 And the angel said unto him, Gird keepers, and commanded that they should
thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so be put to death. And he went down from
he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode.
garment about thee, and follow me. 20 ¶ And Herod was highly displeased
9 And he went out, and followed him; and with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they
wist not that it was true which was done came with one accord to him, and, having
by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their
10 When they were past the first and the friend, desired peace; because their
second ward, they came unto the iron gate country was nourished by the king’s
that leadeth unto the city; which opened to country.
them of his own accord: and they went 21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in
out, and passed on through one street; and royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and
forthwith the angel departed from him. made an oration unto them.
11 And when Peter was come to himself, 22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It
he said, Now I know of a surety, that the is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
Lord hath sent his angel, and hath 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord
delivered me out of the hand of Herod, smote him, because he gave not God the
and from all the expectation of the people glory: and he was eaten of worms, and
of the Jews. gave up the ghost.
12 And when he had considered the thing, 24 ¶ But the word of God grew and
he came to the house of Mary the mother multiplied.
of John, whose surname was Mark; where 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from
many were gathered together praying. Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their
13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the ministry, and took with them John, whose
gate, a damsel came to hearken, named surname was Mark.
Rhoda.
14 And when she knew Peter’s voice, she CHAPTER 13
opened not the gate for gladness, but ran NOW there were in the church that was at
in, and told how Peter stood before the Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as
gate. Barnabas, and Simeon that was called
15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen,
But she constantly affirmed that it was which had been brought up with Herod the
even so. Then said they, It is his angel. tetrarch, and Saul.
16 But Peter continued knocking: and 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and
when they had opened the door, and saw fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me
him, they were astonished. Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto
17 But he, beckoning unto them with the I have called them.
hand to hold their peace, declared unto 3 And when they had fasted and prayed,
them how the Lord had brought him out of and laid their hands on them, they sent
the prison. And he said, Go shew these them away.
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4 ¶ So they, being sent forth by the Holy exhortation for the people, say on.
Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning
thence they sailed to Cyprus. with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye
5 And when they were at Salamis, they that fear God, give audience.
preached the word of God in the 17 The God of this people of Israel chose
synagogues of the Jews: and they had also our fathers, and exalted the people when
John to their minister. they dwelt as strangers in the land of
6 And when they had gone through the Egypt, and with an high arm brought he
isle unto Paphos, they found a certain them out of it.
sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose 18 And about the time of forty years
name was Bar-jesus: suffered he their manners in the
7 Which was with the deputy of the wilderness.
country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; 19 And when he had destroyed seven
who called for Barnabas and Saul, and nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided
desired to hear the word of God. their land to them by lot.
8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his 20 And after that he gave unto them
name by interpretation) withstood them, judges about the space of four hundred
seeking to turn away the deputy from the and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
faith. 21 And afterward they desired a king: and
9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a
filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space
him, of forty years.
10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all 22 And when he had removed him, he
mischief, thou child of the devil, thou raised up unto them David to be their
enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not king; to whom also he gave testimony,
cease to pervert the right ways of the and said, I have found David the son of
Lord? Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which
11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord shall fulfil all my will.
is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not 23 Of this man’s seed hath God according
seeing the sun for a season. And to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour,
immediately there fell on him a mist and a Jesus:
darkness; and he went about seeking some 24 When John had first preached before
to lead him by the hand. his coming the baptism of repentance to
12 Then the deputy, when he saw what all the people of Israel.
was done, believed, being astonished at 25 And as John fulfilled his course, he
the doctrine of the Lord. said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not
13 Now when Paul and his company he. But, behold, there cometh one after
loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in me, whose shoes of his feet I am not
Pamphylia: and John departing from them worthy to loose.
returned to Jerusalem. 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock
14 ¶ But when they departed from Perga, of Abraham, and whosoever among you
they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went feareth God, to you is the word of this
into the synagogue on the sabbath day, salvation sent.
and sat down. 27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and
15 And after the reading of the law and their rulers, because they knew him not,
the prophets the rulers of the synagogue nor yet the voices of the prophets which
sent unto them, saying, Ye men and are read every sabbath day, they have
brethren, if ye have any word of fulfilled them in condemning him.
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28 And though they found no cause of 43 Now when the congregation was
death in him, yet desired they Pilate that broken up, many of the Jews and religious
he should be slain. proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas:
29 And when they had fulfilled all that who, speaking to them, persuaded them to
was written of him, they took him down continue in the grace of God.
from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. 44 ¶ And the next sabbath day came
30 But God raised him from the dead: almost the whole city together to hear the
31 And he was seen many days of them word of God.
which came up with him from Galilee to 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes,
Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the they were filled with envy, and spake
people. against those things which were spoken by
32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
how that the promise which was made 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold,
unto the fathers, and said, It was necessary that the word of
33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us God should first have been spoken to you:
their children, in that he hath raised up but seeing ye put it from you, and judge
Jesus again; as it is also written in the yourselves unworthy of everlasting life,
second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
have I begotten thee. 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us,
34 And as concerning that he raised him saying, I have set thee to be a light of the
up from the dead, now no more to return Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for
to corruption, he said on this wise, I will salvation unto the ends of the earth.
give you the sure mercies of David. 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they
35 Wherefore he saith also in another were glad, and glorified the word of the
psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy Lord: and as many as were ordained to
One to see corruption. eternal life believed.
36 For David, after he had served his own 49 And the word of the Lord was
generation by the will of God, fell on published throughout all the region.
sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and
saw corruption: honourable women, and the chief men of
37 But he, whom God raised again, saw the city, and raised persecution against
no corruption. Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out
38 ¶ Be it known unto you therefore, men of their coasts.
and brethren, that through this man is 51 But they shook off the dust of their feet
preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: against them, and came unto Iconium.
39 And by him all that believe are 52 And the disciples were filled with joy,
justified from all things, from which ye and with the Holy Ghost.
could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon CHAPTER 14
you, which is spoken of in the prophets; AND it came to pass in Iconium, that they
41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and went both together into the synagogue of
perish: for I work a work in your days, a the Jews, and so spake, that a great
work which ye shall in no wise believe, multitude both of the Jews and also of the
though a man declare it unto you. Greeks believed.
42 And when the Jews were gone out of 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the
the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that Gentiles, and made their minds evil
these words might be preached to them the affected against the brethren.
next sabbath. 3 Long time therefore abode they
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speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave 17 Nevertheless he left not himself
testimony unto the word of his grace, and without witness, in that he did good, and
granted signs and wonders to be done by gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful
their hands. seasons, filling our hearts with food and
4 But the multitude of the city was gladness.
divided: and part held with the Jews, and 18 And with these sayings scarce
part with the apostles. restrained they the people, that they had
5 And when there was an assault made not done sacrifice unto them.
both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews 19 ¶ And there came thither certain Jews
with their rulers, to use them despitefully, from Antioch and Iconium, who
and to stone them, persuaded the people, and, having stoned
6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing
Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and he had been dead.
unto the region that lieth round about: 20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round
7 And there they preached the gospel. about him, he rose up, and came into the
8 ¶ And there sat a certain man at Lystra, city: and the next day he departed with
impotent in his feet, being a cripple from Barnabas to Derbe.
his mother’s womb, who never had 21 And when they had preached the
walked: gospel to that city, and had taught many,
9 The same heard Paul speak: who they returned again to Lystra, and to
stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving Iconium, and Antioch,
that he had faith to be healed, 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples,
10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright and exhorting them to continue in the
on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. faith, and that we must through much
11 And when the people saw what Paul tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
had done, they lifted up their voices, 23 And when they had ordained them
saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The elders in every church, and had prayed
gods are come down to us in the likeness with fasting, they commended them to the
of men. Lord, on whom they believed.
12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and 24 And after they had passed throughout
Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
speaker. 25 And when they had preached the word
13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was in Perga, they went down into Attalia:
before their city, brought oxen and 26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from
garlands unto the gates, and would have whence they had been recommended to
done sacrifice with the people. the grace of God for the work which they
14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and fulfilled.
Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and 27 And when they were come, and had
ran in among the people, crying out, gathered the church together, they
15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these rehearsed all that God had done with
things? We also are men of like passions them, and how he had opened the door of
with you, and preach unto you that ye faith unto the Gentiles.
should turn from these vanities unto the 28 And there they abode long time with
living God, which made heaven, and the disciples.
earth, and the sea, and all things that are
therein: CHAPTER 15
16 Who in times past suffered all nations AND certain men which came down from
to walk in their own ways. Judæa taught the brethren, and said,
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wont to be made; and we sat down, and prayed, and sang praises unto God: and
spake unto the women which resorted the prisoners heard them.
thither. 26 And suddenly there was a great
14 ¶ And a certain woman named Lydia, a earthquake, so that the foundations of the
seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, prison were shaken: and immediately all
which worshipped God, heard us: whose the doors were opened, and every one’s
heart the Lord opened, that she attended bands were loosed.
unto the things which were spoken of 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking
Paul. out of his sleep, and seeing the prison
15 And when she was baptized, and her doors open, he drew out his sword, and
household, she besought us, saying, If ye would have killed himself, supposing that
have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, the prisoners had been fled.
come into my house, and abide there. And 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice,
she constrained us. saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all
16 ¶ And it came to pass, as we went to here.
prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang
spirit of divination met us, which brought in, and came trembling, and fell down
her masters much gain by soothsaying: before Paul and Silas,
17 The same followed Paul and us, and 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs,
cried, saying, These men are the servants what must I do to be saved?
of the most high God, which shew unto us 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord
the way of salvation. Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and
18 And this did she many days. But Paul, thy house.
being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, 32 And they spake unto him the word of
I command thee in the name of Jesus the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
Christ to come out of her. And he came 33 And he took them the same hour of the
out the same hour. night, and washed their stripes; and was
19 ¶ And when her masters saw that the baptized, he and all his, straightway.
hope of their gains was gone, they caught 34 And when he had brought them into his
Paul and Silas, and drew them into the house, he set meat before them, and
marketplace unto the rulers, rejoiced, believing in God with all his
20 And brought them to the magistrates, house.
saying, These men, being Jews, do 35 And when it was day, the magistrates
exceedingly trouble our city, sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men
21 And teach customs, which are not go.
lawful for us to receive, neither to 36 And the keeper of the prison told this
observe, being Romans. saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent
22 And the multitude rose up together to let you go: now therefore depart, and go
against them: and the magistrates rent off in peace.
their clothes, and commanded to beat 37 But Paul said unto them, They have
them. beaten us openly uncondemned, being
23 And when they had laid many stripes Romans, and have cast us into prison; and
upon them, they cast them into prison, now do they thrust us out privily? nay
charging the jailor to keep them safely: verily; but let them come themselves and
24 Who, having received such a charge, fetch us out.
thrust them into the inner prison, and 38 And the serjeants told these words unto
made their feet fast in the stocks. the magistrates: and they feared, when
25 ¶ And at midnight Paul and Silas they heard that they were Romans.
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39 And they came and besought them, and synagogue of the Jews.
brought them out, and desired them to 11 These were more noble than those in
depart out of the city. Thessalonica, in that they received the
40 And they went out of the prison, and word with all readiness of mind, and
entered into the house of Lydia: and when searched the scriptures daily, whether
they had seen the brethren, they comforted those things were so.
them, and departed. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also
of honourable women which were Greeks,
CHAPTER 17 and of men, not a few.
NOW when they had passed through 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had
Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to knowledge that the word of God was
Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of preached of Paul at Berea, they came
the Jews: thither also, and stirred up the people.
2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in 14 And then immediately the brethren sent
unto them, and three sabbath days away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but
reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must 15 And they that conducted Paul brought
needs have suffered, and risen again from him unto Athens: and receiving a
the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I commandment unto Silas and Timotheus
preach unto you, is Christ. for to come to him with all speed, they
4 And some of them believed, and departed.
consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the 16 ¶ Now while Paul waited for them at
devout Greeks a great multitude, and of Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when
the chief women not a few. he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
5 ¶ But the Jews which believed not, 17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue
moved with envy, took unto them certain with the Jews, and with the devout
lewd fellows of the baser sort, and persons, and in the market daily with them
gathered a company, and set all the city on that met with him.
an uproar, and assaulted the house of 18 Then certain philosophers of the
Jason, and sought to bring them out to the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,
people. encountered him. And some said, What
6 And when they found them not, they will this babbler say? other some, He
drew Jason and certain brethren unto the seemeth to be a setter forth of strange
rulers of the city, crying, These that have gods: because he preached unto them
turned the world upside down are come Jesus, and the resurrection.
hither also; 19 And they took him, and brought him
7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all unto Areopagus, saying, May we know
do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, what this new doctrine, whereof thou
saying that there is another king, one speakest, is?
Jesus. 20 For thou bringest certain strange things
8 And they troubled the people and the to our ears: we would know therefore
rulers of the city, when they heard these what these things mean.
things. 21 (For all the Athenians and strangers
9 And when they had taken security of which were there spent their time in
Jason, and of the other, they let them go. nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear
10 ¶ And the brethren immediately sent some new thing.)
away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: 22 ¶ Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’
who coming thither went into the hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I
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perceive that in all things ye are too Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman
superstitious. named Damaris, and others with them.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your
devotions, I found an altar with this CHAPTER 18
inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. AFTER these things Paul departed from
Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, Athens, and came to Corinth;
him declare I unto you. 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila,
24 God that made the world and all things born in Pontus, lately come from Italy,
therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven with his wife Priscilla; (because that
and earth, dwelleth not in temples made Claudius had commanded all Jews to
with hands; depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
25 Neither is worshipped with men’s 3 And because he was of the same craft,
hands, as though he needed any thing, he abode with them, and wrought: for by
seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and their occupation they were tentmakers.
all things; 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every
26 And hath made of one blood all nations sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the
of men for to dwell on all the face of the Greeks.
earth, and hath determined the times 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were
before appointed, and the bounds of their come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed
habitation; in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that
27 That they should seek the Lord, if Jesus was Christ.
haply they might feel after him, and find 6 And when they opposed themselves, and
him, though he be not far from every one blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and
of us: said unto them, Your blood be upon your
28 For in him we live, and move, and have own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I
our being; as certain also of your own will go unto the Gentiles.
poets have said, For we are also his 7 ¶ And he departed thence, and entered
offspring. into a certain man’s house, named Justus,
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring one that worshipped God, whose house
of God, we ought not to think that the joined hard to the synagogue.
Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the
stone, graven by art and man’s device. synagogue, believed on the Lord with all
30 And the times of this ignorance God his house; and many of the Corinthians
winked at; but now commandeth all men hearing believed, and were baptized.
every where to repent: 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and
which he will judge the world in hold not thy peace:
righteousness by that man whom he hath 10 For I am with thee, and no man shall
ordained; whereof he hath given assurance set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much
unto all men, in that he hath raised him people in this city.
from the dead. 11 And he continued there a year and six
32 ¶ And when they heard of the months, teaching the word of God among
resurrection of the dead, some mocked: them.
and others said, We will hear thee again of 12 ¶ And when Gallio was the deputy of
this matter. Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with
33 So Paul departed from among them. one accord against Paul, and brought him
34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, to the judgment seat,
and believed: among the which was 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to
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worship God contrary to the law. Priscilla had heard, they took him unto
14 And when Paul was now about to open them, and expounded unto him the way of
his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it God more perfectly.
were a matter of wrong or wicked 27 And when he was disposed to pass into
lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the
should bear with you: disciples to receive him: who, when he
15 But if it be a question of words and was come, helped them much which had
names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I believed through grace:
will be no judge of such matters. 28 For he mightily convinced the Jews,
16 And he drave them from the judgment and that publickly, shewing by the
seat. scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the
chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him CHAPTER 19
before the judgment seat. And Gallio AND it came to pass, that, while Apollos
cared for none of those things. was at Corinth, Paul having passed
18 ¶ And Paul after this tarried there yet a through the upper coasts came to Ephesus:
good while, and then took his leave of the and finding certain disciples,
brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and 2 He said unto them, Have ye received the
with him Priscilla and Aquila; having Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they
shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a said unto him, We have not so much as
vow. heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then
there: but he himself entered into the were ye baptized? And they said, Unto
synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. John’s baptism.
20 When they desired him to tarry longer 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized
time with them, he consented not; with the baptism of repentance, saying
21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must unto the people, that they should believe
by all means keep this feast that cometh in on him which should come after him, that
Jerusalem: but I will return again unto is, on Christ Jesus.
you, if God will. And he sailed from 5 When they heard this, they were
Ephesus. baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
22 And when he had landed at Cæsarea, 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon
and gone up, and saluted the church, he them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and
went down to Antioch. they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
23 And after he had spent some time 7 And all the men were about twelve.
there, he departed, and went over all the 8 And he went into the synagogue, and
country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, spake boldly for the space of three
strengthening all the disciples. months, disputing and persuading the
24 ¶ And a certain Jew named Apollos, things concerning the kingdom of God.
born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and 9 But when divers were hardened, and
mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. believed not, but spake evil of that way
25 This man was instructed in the way of before the multitude, he departed from
the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, them, and separated the disciples,
he spake and taught diligently the things disputing daily in the school of one
of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of Tyrannus.
John. 10 And this continued by the space of two
26 And he began to speak boldly in the years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia
synagogue: whom when Aquila and heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both
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that the city of the Ephesians is a 7 And upon the first day of the week,
worshipper of the great goddess Diana, when the disciples came together to break
and of the image which fell down from bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to
Jupiter? depart on the morrow; and continued his
36 Seeing then that these things cannot be speech until midnight.
spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and 8 And there were many lights in the upper
to do nothing rashly. chamber, where they were gathered
37 For ye have brought hither these men, together.
which are neither robbers of churches, nor 9 And there sat in a window a certain
yet blasphemers of your goddess. young man named Eutychus, being fallen
38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long
craftsmen which are with him, have a preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and
matter against any man, the law is open, fell down from the third loft, and was
and there are deputies: let them implead taken up dead.
one another. 10 And Paul went down, and fell on him,
39 But if ye inquire any thing concerning and embracing him said, Trouble not
other matters, it shall be determined in a yourselves; for his life is in him.
lawful assembly. 11 When he therefore was come up again,
40 For we are in danger to be called in and had broken bread, and eaten, and
question for this day’s uproar, there being talked a long while, even till break of day,
no cause whereby we may give an account so he departed.
of this concourse. 12 And they brought the young man alive,
41 And when he had thus spoken, he and were not a little comforted.
dismissed the assembly. 13 ¶ And we went before to ship, and
sailed unto Assos, there intending to take
CHAPTER 20 in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding
AND after the uproar was ceased, Paul himself to go afoot.
called unto him the disciples, and 14 And when he met with us at Assos, we
embraced them, and departed for to go took him in, and came to Mitylene.
into Macedonia. 15 And we sailed thence, and came the
2 And when he had gone over those parts, next day over against Chios; and the next
and had given them much exhortation, he day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at
came into Greece, Trogyllium; and the next day we came to
3 And there abode three months. And Miletus.
when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was 16 For Paul had determined to sail by
about to sail into Syria, he purposed to Ephesus, because he would not spend the
return through Macedonia. time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were
4 And there accompanied him into Asia possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the
Sopater of Berea; and of the day of Pentecost.
Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; 17 ¶ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus,
and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and and called the elders of the church.
of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 18 And when they were come to him, he
5 These going before tarried for us at said unto them, Ye know, from the first
Troas. day that I came into Asia, after what
6 And we sailed away from Philippi after manner I have been with you at all
the days of unleavened bread, and came seasons,
unto them to Troas in five days; where we 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of
abode seven days. mind, and with many tears, and
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saluted the brethren, and abode with them there are which believe; and they are all
one day. zealous of the law:
8 And the next day we that were of Paul’s 21 And they are informed of thee, that
company departed, and came unto thou teachest all the Jews which are
Cæsarea: and we entered into the house of among the Gentiles to forsake Moses,
Philip the evangelist, which was one of saying that they ought not to circumcise
the seven; and abode with him. their children, neither to walk after the
9 And the same man had four daughters, customs.
virgins, which did prophesy. 22 What is it therefore? the multitude
10 And as we tarried there many days, must needs come together: for they will
there came down from Judæa a certain hear that thou art come.
prophet, named Agabus. 23 Do therefore this that we say to thee:
11 And when he was come unto us, he We have four men which have a vow on
took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own them;
hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the 24 Them take, and purify thyself with
Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at them, and be at charges with them, that
Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this they may shave their heads: and all may
girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands know that those things, whereof they were
of the Gentiles. informed concerning thee, are nothing; but
12 And when we heard these things, both that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and
we, and they of that place, besought him keepest the law.
not to go up to Jerusalem. 25 As touching the Gentiles which
13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to believe, we have written and concluded
weep and to break mine heart? for I am that they observe no such thing, save only
ready not to be bound only, but also to die that they keep themselves from things
at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord offered to idols, and from blood, and from
Jesus. strangled, and from fornication.
14 And when he would not be persuaded, 26 Then Paul took the men, and the next
we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be day purifying himself with them entered
done. into the temple, to signify the
15 And after those days we took up our accomplishment of the days of
carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. purification, until that an offering should
16 There went with us also certain of the be offered for every one of them.
disciples of Cæsarea, and brought with 27 And when the seven days were almost
them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when
disciple, with whom we should lodge. they saw him in the temple, stirred up all
17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the people, and laid hands on him,
the brethren received us gladly. 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is
18 And the day following Paul went in the man, that teacheth all men every where
with us unto James; and all the elders against the people, and the law, and this
were present. place: and further brought Greeks also
19 And when he had saluted them, he into the temple, and hath polluted this
declared particularly what things God had holy place.
wrought among the Gentiles by his 29 (For they had seen before with him in
ministry. the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom
20 And when they heard it, they glorified they supposed that Paul had brought into
the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, the temple.)
brother, how many thousands of Jews 30 And all the city was moved, and the
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people ran together: and they took Paul, 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born
and drew him out of the temple: and in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up
forthwith the doors were shut. in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and
31 And as they went about to kill him, taught according to the perfect manner of
tidings came unto the chief captain of the the law of the fathers, and was zealous
band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. toward God, as ye all are this day.
32 Who immediately took soldiers and 4 And I persecuted this way unto the
centurions, and ran down unto them: and death, binding and delivering into prisons
when they saw the chief captain and the both men and women.
soldiers, they left beating of Paul. 5 As also the high priest doth bear me
33 Then the chief captain came near, and witness, and all the estate of the elders:
took him, and commanded him to be from whom also I received letters unto the
bound with two chains; and demanded brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring
who he was, and what he had done. them which were there bound unto
34 And some cried one thing, some Jerusalem, for to be punished.
another, among the multitude: and when 6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my
he could not know the certainty for the journey, and was come nigh unto
tumult, he commanded him to be carried Damascus about noon, suddenly there
into the castle. shone from heaven a great light round
35 And when he came upon the stairs, so about me.
it was, that he was borne of the soldiers 7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a
for the violence of the people. voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why
36 For the multitude of the people persecutest thou me?
followed after, crying, Away with him. 8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord?
37 And as Paul was to be led into the And he said unto me, I am Jesus of
castle, he said unto the chief captain, May Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou 9 And they that were with me saw indeed
speak Greek? the light, and were afraid; but they heard
38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which not the voice of him that spake to me.
before these days madest an uproar, and 10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And
leddest out into the wilderness four the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into
thousand men that were murderers? Damascus; and there it shall be told thee
39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a of all things which are appointed for thee
Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of to do.
no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer 11 And when I could not see for the glory
me to speak unto the people. of that light, being led by the hand of them
40 And when he had given him licence, that were with me, I came into Damascus.
Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned 12 And one Ananias, a devout man
with the hand unto the people. And when according to the law, having a good report
there was made a great silence, he spake of all the Jews which dwelt there,
unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, 13 Came unto me, and stood, and said
unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight.
CHAPTER 22 And the same hour I looked up upon him.
MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my 14 And he said, The God of our fathers
defence which I make now unto you. hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest
2 (And when they heard that he spake in know his will, and see that Just One, and
the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
more silence: and he saith,) 15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all
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men of what thou hast seen and heard. he knew that he was a Roman, and
16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and because he had bound him.
be baptized, and wash away thy sins, 30 On the morrow, because he would have
calling on the name of the Lord. known the certainty wherefore he was
17 And it came to pass, that, when I was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from
come again to Jerusalem, even while I his bands, and commanded the chief
prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; priests and all their council to appear, and
18 And saw him saying unto me, Make brought Paul down, and set him before
haste, and get thee quickly out of them.
Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy
testimony concerning me. CHAPTER 23
19 And I said, Lord, they know that I AND Paul, earnestly beholding the
imprisoned and beat in every synagogue council, said, Men and brethren, I have
them that believed on thee: lived in all good conscience before God
20 And when the blood of thy martyr until this day.
Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, 2 And the high priest Ananias commanded
and consenting unto his death, and kept them that stood by him to smite him on
the raiment of them that slew him. the mouth.
21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will 3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall
send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest
22 And they gave him audience unto this thou to judge me after the law, and
word, and then lifted up their voices, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to
said, Away with such a fellow from the the law?
earth: for it is not fit that he should live. 4 And they that stood by said, Revilest
23 And as they cried out, and cast off their thou God’s high priest?
clothes, and threw dust into the air, 5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that
24 The chief captain commanded him to he was the high priest: for it is written,
be brought into the castle, and bade that he Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of
should be examined by scourging; that he thy people.
might know wherefore they cried so 6 But when Paul perceived that the one
against him. part were Sadducees, and the other
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men
Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a
Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of
is a Roman, and uncondemned? the dead I am called in question.
26 When the centurion heard that, he went 7 And when he had so said, there arose a
and told the chief captain, saying, Take dissension between the Pharisees and the
heed what thou doest: for this man is a Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
Roman. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no
27 Then the chief captain came, and said resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but
unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He the Pharisees confess both.
said, Yea. 9 And there arose a great cry: and the
28 And the chief captain answered, With a scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part
great sum obtained I this freedom. And arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil
Paul said, But I was free born. in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath
29 Then straightway they departed from spoken to him, let us not fight against
him which should have examined him: God.
and the chief captain also was afraid, after 10 And when there arose a great
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34 And when the governor had read the went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
letter, he asked of what province he was. 12 And they neither found me in the
And when he understood that he was of temple disputing with any man, neither
Cilicia; raising up the people, neither in the
35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine synagogues, nor in the city:
accusers are also come. And he 13 Neither can they prove the things
commanded him to be kept in Herod’s whereof they now accuse me.
judgment hall. 14 But this I confess unto thee, that after
the way which they call heresy, so
CHAPTER 24 worship I the God of my fathers, believing
AND after five days Ananias the high all things which are written in the law and
priest descended with the elders, and with in the prophets:
a certain orator named Tertullus, who 15 And have hope toward God, which
informed the governor against Paul. they themselves also allow, that there shall
2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus be a resurrection of the dead, both of the
began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that just and unjust.
by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that 16 And herein do I exercise myself, to
very worthy deeds are done unto this have always a conscience void of offence
nation by thy providence, toward God, and toward men.
3 We accept it always, and in all places, 17 Now after many years I came to bring
most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. alms to my nation, and offerings.
4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further 18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia
tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou found me purified in the temple, neither
wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few with multitude, nor with tumult.
words. 19 Who ought to have been here before
5 For we have found this man a pestilent thee, and object, if they had ought against
fellow, and a mover of sedition among all me.
the Jews throughout the world, and a 20 Or else let these same here say, if they
ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: have found any evil doing in me, while I
6 Who also hath gone about to profane the stood before the council,
temple: whom we took, and would have 21 Except it be for this one voice, that I
judged according to our law. cried standing among them, Touching the
7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon resurrection of the dead I am called in
us, and with great violence took him away question by you this day.
out of our hands, 22 And when Felix heard these things,
8 Commanding his accusers to come unto having more perfect knowledge of that
thee: by examining of whom thyself way, he deferred them, and said, When
mayest take knowledge of all these things, Lysias the chief captain shall come down,
whereof we accuse him. I will know the uttermost of your matter.
9 And the Jews also assented, saying that 23 And he commanded a centurion to
these things were so. keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and
10 Then Paul, after that the governor had that he should forbid none of his
beckoned unto him to speak, answered, acquaintance to minister or come unto
Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been him.
of many years a judge unto this nation, I 24 And after certain days, when Felix
do the more cheerfully answer for myself: came with his wife Drusilla, which was a
11 Because that thou mayest understand, Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him
that there are yet but twelve days since I concerning the faith in Christ.
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reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I 5 Which knew me from the beginning, if
commanded him to be kept till I might they would testify, that after the most
send him to Cæsar. straitest sect of our religion I lived a
22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would Pharisee.
also hear the man myself. To morrow, said 6 And now I stand and am judged for the
he, thou shalt hear him. hope of the promise made of God unto our
23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was fathers:
come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and 7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes,
was entered into the place of hearing, with instantly serving God day and night, hope
the chief captains, and principal men of to come. For which hope’s sake, king
the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
was brought forth. 8 Why should it be thought a thing
24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all incredible with you, that God should raise
men which are here present with us, ye see the dead?
this man, about whom all the multitude of 9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought
the Jews have dealt with me, both at to do many things contrary to the name of
Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he Jesus of Nazareth.
ought not to live any longer. 10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem:
25 But when I found that he had and many of the saints did I shut up in
committed nothing worthy of death, and prison, having received authority from the
that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, chief priests; and when they were put to
I have determined to send him. death, I gave my voice against them.
26 Of whom I have no certain thing to 11 And I punished them oft in every
write unto my lord. Wherefore I have synagogue, and compelled them to
brought him forth before you, and blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad
specially before thee, O king Agrippa, against them, I persecuted them even unto
that, after examination had, I might have strange cities.
somewhat to write. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus
27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to with authority and commission from the
send a prisoner, and not withal to signify chief priests,
the crimes laid against him. 13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a
light from heaven, above the brightness of
CHAPTER 26 the sun, shining round about me and them
THEN Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art which journeyed with me.
permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul 14 And when we were all fallen to the
stretched forth the hand, and answered for earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me,
himself: and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul,
2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard
because I shall answer for myself this day for thee to kick against the pricks.
before thee touching all the things 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And
whereof I am accused of the Jews: he said, I am Jesus whom thou
3 Especially because I know thee to be persecutest.
expert in all customs and questions which 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I
are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech have appeared unto thee for this purpose,
thee to hear me patiently. to make thee a minister and a witness both
4 My manner of life from my youth, of these things which thou hast seen, and
which was at the first among mine own of those things in the which I will appear
nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; unto thee;
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17 Delivering thee from the people, and 30 And when he had thus spoken, the king
from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send rose up, and the governor, and Bernice,
thee, and they that sat with them:
18 To open their eyes, and to turn them 31 And when they were gone aside, they
from darkness to light, and from the power talked between themselves, saying, This
of Satan unto God, that they may receive man doeth nothing worthy of death or of
forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among bonds.
them which are sanctified by faith that is 32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This
in me. man might have been set at liberty, if he
19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not had not appealed unto Cæsar.
disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
20 But shewed first unto them of CHAPTER 27
Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and AND when it was determined that we
throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul
then to the Gentiles, that they should and certain other prisoners unto one
repent and turn to God, and do works meet named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’
for repentance. band.
21 For these causes the Jews caught me in 2 And entering into a ship of
the temple, and went about to kill me. Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to
22 Having therefore obtained help of God, sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus,
I continue unto this day, witnessing both a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with
to small and great, saying none other us.
things than those which the prophets and 3 And the next day we touched at Sidon.
Moses did say should come: And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and
23 That Christ should suffer, and that he gave him liberty to go unto his friends to
should be the first that should rise from refresh himself.
the dead, and should shew light unto the 4 And when we had launched from
people, and to the Gentiles. thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because
24 And as he thus spake for himself, the winds were contrary.
Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou 5 And when we had sailed over the sea of
art beside thyself; much learning doth Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra,
make thee mad. a city of Lycia.
25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble 6 And there the centurion found a ship of
Festus; but speak forth the words of truth Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us
and soberness. therein.
26 For the king knoweth of these things, 7 And when we had sailed slowly many
before whom also I speak freely: for I am days, and scarce were come over against
persuaded that none of these things are Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we
hidden from him; for this thing was not sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;
done in a corner. 8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the place which is called The fair havens; nigh
prophets? I know that thou believest. whereunto was the city of Lasea.
28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost 9 Now when much time was spent, and
thou persuadest me to be a Christian. when sailing was now dangerous, because
29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not the fast was now already past, Paul
only thou, but also all that hear me this admonished them,
day, were both almost, and altogether such 10 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive
as I am, except these bonds. that this voyage will be with hurt and
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much damage, not only of the lading and angel of God, whose I am, and whom I
ship, but also of our lives. serve,
11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be
master and the owner of the ship, more brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath
than those things which were spoken by given thee all them that sail with thee.
Paul. 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I
12 And because the haven was not believe God, that it shall be even as it was
commodious to winter in, the more part told me.
advised to depart thence also, if by any 26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a
means they might attain to Phenice, and certain island.
there to winter; which is an haven of 27 But when the fourteenth night was
Crete, and lieth toward the south west and come, as we were driven up and down in
north west. Adria, about midnight the shipmen
13 And when the south wind blew softly, deemed that they drew near to some
supposing that they had obtained their country;
purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close 28 And sounded, and found it twenty
by Crete. fathoms: and when they had gone a little
14 But not long after there arose against it further, they sounded again, and found it
a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. fifteen fathoms.
15 And when the ship was caught, and 29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen
could not bear up into the wind, we let her upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of
drive. the stern, and wished for the day.
16 And running under a certain island 30 And as the shipmen were about to flee
which is called Clauda, we had much out of the ship, when they had let down
work to come by the boat: the boat into the sea, under colour as
17 Which when they had taken up, they though they would have cast anchors out
used helps, undergirding the ship; and, of the foreship,
fearing lest they should fall into the 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the
quicksands, strake sail, and so were soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye
driven. cannot be saved.
18 And we being exceedingly tossed with 32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of
a tempest, the next day they lightened the the boat, and let her fall off.
ship; 33 And while the day was coming on,
19 And the third day we cast out with our Paul besought them all to take meat,
own hands the tackling of the ship. saying, This day is the fourteenth day that
20 And when neither sun nor stars in ye have tarried and continued fasting,
many days appeared, and no small tempest having taken nothing.
lay on us, all hope that we should be saved 34 Wherefore I pray you to take some
was then taken away. meat: for this is for your health: for there
21 But after long abstinence Paul stood shall not an hair fall from the head of any
forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, of you.
ye should have hearkened unto me, and 35 And when he had thus spoken, he took
not have loosed from Crete, and to have bread, and gave thanks to God in presence
gained this harm and loss. of them all: and when he had broken it, he
22 And now I exhort you to be of good began to eat.
cheer: for there shall be no loss of any 36 Then were they all of good cheer, and
man’s life among you, but of the ship. they also took some meat.
23 For there stood by me this night the 37 And we were in all in the ship two
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days Paul called the chief of the Jews their ears, and understand with their heart,
together: and when they were come and should be converted, and I should heal
together, he said unto them, Men and them.
brethren, though I have committed 28 Be it known therefore unto you, that
nothing against the people, or customs of the salvation of God is sent unto the
our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
from Jerusalem into the hands of the 29 And when he had said these words, the
Romans. Jews departed, and had great reasoning
18 Who, when they had examined me, among themselves.
would have let me go, because there was 30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his
no cause of death in me. own hired house, and received all that
19 But when the Jews spake against it, I came in unto him,
was constrained to appeal unto Cæsar; not 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and
that I had ought to accuse my nation of. teaching those things which concern the
20 For this cause therefore have I called Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no
for you, to see you, and to speak with you: man forbidding him.
because that for the hope of Israel I am
bound with this chain.
21 And they said unto him, We neither
received letters out of Judæa concerning
thee, neither any of the brethren that came
shewed or spake any harm of thee.
22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou
thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we
know that every where it is spoken
against.
23 And when they had appointed him a
day, there came many to him into his
lodging; to whom he expounded and
testified the kingdom of God, persuading
them concerning Jesus, both out of the law
of Moses, and out of the prophets, from
morning till evening.
24 And some believed the things which
were spoken, and some believed not.
25 And when they agreed not among
themselves, they departed, after that Paul
had spoken one word, Well spake the
Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our
fathers,
26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say,
Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not
understand; and seeing ye shall see, and
not perceive:
27 For the heart of this people is waxed
gross, and their ears are dull of hearing,
and their eyes have they closed; lest they
should see with their eyes, and hear with
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
ROMANS.
CHAPTER 1 unwise.
PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to 15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to
be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of preach the gospel to you that are at Rome
God, also.
2 (Which he had promised afore by his 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of
prophets in the holy scriptures,) Christ: for it is the power of God unto
3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our salvation to every one that believeth; to
Lord, which was made of the seed of the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
David according to the flesh; 17 For therein is the righteousness of God
4 And declared to be the Son of God with revealed from faith to faith: as it is
power, according to the spirit of holiness, written, The just shall live by faith.
by the resurrection from the dead: 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from
5 By whom we have received grace and heaven against all ungodliness and
apostleship, for obedience to the faith unrighteousness of men, who hold the
among all nations, for his name: truth in unrighteousness;
6 Among whom are ye also the called of 19 Because that which may be known of
Jesus Christ: God is manifest in them; for God hath
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, shewed it unto them.
called to be saints: Grace to you and peace 20 For the invisible things of him from the
from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus creation of the world are clearly seen,
Christ. being understood by the things that are
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus made, even his eternal power and
Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
of throughout the whole world. 21 Because that, when they knew God,
9 For God is my witness, whom I serve they glorified him not as God, neither
with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, were thankful; but became vain in their
that without ceasing I make mention of imaginations, and their foolish heart was
you always in my prayers; darkened.
10 Making request, if by any means now 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they
at length I might have a prosperous became fools,
journey by the will of God to come unto 23 And changed the glory of the
you. uncorruptible God into an image made
11 For I long to see you, that I may impart like to corruptible man, and to birds, and
unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
may be established; 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to
12 That is, that I may be comforted uncleanness through the lusts of their own
together with you by the mutual faith both hearts, to dishonour their own bodies
of you and me. between themselves:
13 Now I would not have you ignorant, 25 Who changed the truth of God into a
brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to lie, and worshipped and served the
come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that creature more than the Creator, who is
I might have some fruit among you also, blessed for ever. Amen.
even as among other Gentiles. 26 For this cause God gave them up unto
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to vile affections: for even their women did
the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the change the natural use into that which is
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teachest thou not thyself? thou that Is God unrighteous who taketh
preachest a man should not steal, dost vengeance? (I speak as a man)
thou steal? 6 God forbid: for then how shall God
22 Thou that sayest a man should not judge the world?
commit adultery, dost thou commit 7 For if the truth of God hath more
adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost abounded through my lie unto his glory;
thou commit sacrilege? why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, 8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously
through breaking the law dishonourest reported, and as some affirm that we say,)
thou God? Let us do evil, that good may come?
24 For the name of God is blasphemed whose damnation is just.
among the Gentiles through you, as it is 9 What then? are we better than they? No,
written. in no wise: for we have before proved
25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all
thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker under sin;
of the law, thy circumcision is made 10 As it is written, There is none
uncircumcision. righteous, no, not one:
26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep 11 There is none that understandeth, there
the righteousness of the law, shall not his is none that seeketh after God.
uncircumcision be counted for 12 They are all gone out of the way, they
circumcision? are together become unprofitable; there is
27 And shall not uncircumcision which is none that doeth good, no, not one.
by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with
who by the letter and circumcision dost their tongues they have used deceit; the
transgress the law? poison of asps is under their lips:
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and
outwardly; neither is that circumcision, bitterness:
which is outward in the flesh: 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; 16 Destruction and misery are in their
and circumcision is that of the heart, in the ways:
spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is 17 And the way of peace have they not
not of men, but of God. known:
18 There is no fear of God before their
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WHAT advantage then hath the Jew? or 19 Now we know that what things soever
what profit is there of circumcision? the law saith, it saith to them who are
2 Much every way: chiefly, because that under the law: that every mouth may be
unto them were committed the oracles of stopped, and all the world may become
God. guilty before God.
3 For what if some did not believe? shall 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there
their unbelief make the faith of God shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for
without effect? by the law is the knowledge of sin.
4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but 21 But now the righteousness of God
every man a liar; as it is written, That thou without the law is manifested, being
mightest be justified in thy sayings, and witnessed by the law and the prophets;
mightest overcome when thou art judged. 22 Even the righteousness of God which is
5 But if our unrighteousness commend the by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon
righteousness of God, what shall we say? all them that believe: for there is no
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18 Who against hope believed in hope, 9 Much more then, being now justified by
that he might become the father of many his blood, we shall be saved from wrath
nations; according to that which was through him.
spoken, So shall thy seed be. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we
19 And being not weak in faith, he were reconciled to God by the death of his
considered not his own body now dead, Son, much more, being reconciled, we
when he was about an hundred years old, shall be saved by his life.
neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: 11 And not only so, but we also joy in
20 He staggered not at the promise of God God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by
through unbelief; but was strong in faith, whom we have now received the
giving glory to God; atonement.
21 And being fully persuaded that, what 12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered
he had promised, he was able also to into the world, and death by sin; and so
perform. death passed upon all men, for that all
22 And therefore it was imputed to him have sinned:
for righteousness. 13 (For until the law sin was in the world:
23 Now it was not written for his sake but sin is not imputed when there is no
alone, that it was imputed to him; law.
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam
imputed, if we believe on him that raised to Moses, even over them that had not
up Jesus our Lord from the dead; sinned after the similitude of Adam’s
25 Who was delivered for our offences, transgression, who is the figure of him
and was raised again for our justification. that was to come.
15 But not as the offence, so also is the
CHAPTER 5 free gift. For if through the offence of one
THEREFORE being justified by faith, we many be dead, much more the grace of
have peace with God through our Lord God, and the gift by grace, which is by
Jesus Christ: one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto
2 By whom also we have access by faith many.
into this grace wherein we stand, and 16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so
rejoice in hope of the glory of God. is the gift: for the judgment was by one to
3 And not only so, but we glory in condemnation, but the free gift is of many
tribulations also: knowing that tribulation offences unto justification.
worketh patience; 17 For if by one man’s offence death
4 And patience, experience; and reigned by one; much more they which
experience, hope: receive abundance of grace and of the gift
5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because of righteousness shall reign in life by one,
the love of God is shed abroad in our Jesus Christ.)
hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given 18 Therefore as by the offence of one
unto us. judgment came upon all men to
6 For when we were yet without strength, condemnation; even so by the
in due time Christ died for the ungodly. righteousness of one the free gift came
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will upon all men unto justification of life.
one die: yet peradventure for a good man 19 For as by one man’s disobedience
some would even dare to die. many were made sinners, so by the
8 But God commendeth his love toward obedience of one shall many be made
us, in that, while we were yet sinners, righteous.
Christ died for us. 20 Moreover the law entered, that the
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offence might abound. But where sin 14 For sin shall not have dominion over
abounded, grace did much more abound: you: for ye are not under the law, but
21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, under grace.
even so might grace reign through 15 What then? shall we sin, because we
righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus are not under the law, but under grace?
Christ our Lord. God forbid.
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield
CHAPTER 6 yourselves servants to obey, his servants
WHAT shall we say then? Shall we ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin
continue in sin, that grace may abound? unto death, or of obedience unto
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead righteousness?
to sin, live any longer therein? 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized the heart that form of doctrine which was
into his death? delivered you.
4 Therefore we are buried with him by 18 Being then made free from sin, ye
baptism into death: that like as Christ was became the servants of righteousness.
raised up from the dead by the glory of the 19 I speak after the manner of men
Father, even so we also should walk in because of the infirmity of your flesh: for
newness of life. as ye have yielded your members servants
5 For if we have been planted together in to uncleanness and to iniquity unto
the likeness of his death, we shall be also iniquity; even so now yield your members
in the likeness of his resurrection: servants to righteousness unto holiness.
6 Knowing this, that our old man is 20 For when ye were the servants of sin,
crucified with him, that the body of sin ye were free from righteousness.
might be destroyed, that henceforth we 21 What fruit had ye then in those things
should not serve sin. whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. of those things is death.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we 22 But now being made free from sin, and
believe that we shall also live with him: become servants to God, ye have your
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting
the dead dieth no more; death hath no life.
more dominion over him. 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin gift of God is eternal life through Jesus
once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto Christ our Lord.
God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to CHAPTER 7
be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto KNOW ye not, brethren, (for I speak to
God through Jesus Christ our Lord. them that know the law,) how that the law
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your hath dominion over a man as long as he
mortal body, that ye should obey it in the liveth?
lusts thereof. 2 For the woman which hath an husband
13 Neither yield ye your members as is bound by the law to her husband so
instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: long as he liveth; but if the husband be
but yield yourselves unto God, as those dead, she is loosed from the law of her
that are alive from the dead, and your husband.
members as instruments of righteousness 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she
unto God. be married to another man, she shall be
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called an adulteress: but if her husband be 16 If then I do that which I would not, I
dead, she is free from that law; so that she consent unto the law that it is good.
is no adulteress, though she be married to 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but
another man. sin that dwelleth in me.
4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my
become dead to the law by the body of flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will
Christ; that ye should be married to is present with me; but how to perform
another, even to him who is raised from that which is good I find not.
the dead, that we should bring forth fruit 19 For the good that I would I do not: but
unto God. the evil which I would not, that I do.
5 For when we were in the flesh, the 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no
motions of sins, which were by the law, more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in
did work in our members to bring forth me.
fruit unto death. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do
6 But now we are delivered from the law, good, evil is present with me.
that being dead wherein we were held; 22 For I delight in the law of God after the
that we should serve in newness of spirit, inward man:
and not in the oldness of the letter. 23 But I see another law in my members,
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? warring against the law of my mind, and
God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but bringing me into captivity to the law of sin
by the law: for I had not known lust, which is in my members.
except the law had said, Thou shalt not 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall
covet. deliver me from the body of this death?
8 But sin, taking occasion by the 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our
commandment, wrought in me all manner Lord. So then with the mind I myself
of concupiscence. For without the law sin serve the law of God; but with the flesh
was dead. the law of sin.
9 For I was alive without the law once: but
when the commandment came, sin CHAPTER 8
revived, and I died. THERE is therefore now no condemnation
10 And the commandment, which was to them which are in Christ Jesus, who
ordained to life, I found to be unto death. walk not after the flesh, but after the
11 For sin, taking occasion by the Spirit.
commandment, deceived me, and by it 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ
slew me. Jesus hath made me free from the law of
12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the sin and death.
commandment holy, and just, and good. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it
13 Was then that which is good made was weak through the flesh, God sending
death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh,
might appear sin, working death in me by and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
that which is good; that sin by the 4 That the righteousness of the law might
commandment might become exceeding be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the
sinful. flesh, but after the Spirit.
14 For we know that the law is spiritual: 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind
but I am carnal, sold under sin. the things of the flesh; but they that are
15 For that which I do I allow not: for after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
what I would, that do I not; but what I 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but
hate, that do I. to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
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7 Because the carnal mind is enmity 22 For we know that the whole creation
against God: for it is not subject to the law groaneth and travaileth in pain together
of God, neither indeed can be. until now.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot 23 And not only they, but ourselves also,
please God. which have the firstfruits of the Spirit,
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell waiting for the adoption, to wit, the
in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit redemption of our body.
of Christ, he is none of his. 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is that is seen is not hope: for what a man
dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
because of righteousness. 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up do we with patience wait for it.
Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
raised up Christ from the dead shall also infirmities: for we know not what we
quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit
that dwelleth in you. itself maketh intercession for us with
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not groanings which cannot be uttered.
to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit,
die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify because he maketh intercession for the
the deeds of the body, ye shall live. saints according to the will of God.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of 28 And we know that all things work
God, they are the sons of God. together for good to them that love God,
15 For ye have not received the spirit of to them who are the called according to
bondage again to fear; but ye have his purpose.
received the Spirit of adoption, whereby 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did
we cry, Abba, Father. predestinate to be conformed to the image
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with of his Son, that he might be the firstborn
our spirit, that we are the children of God: among many brethren.
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate,
God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be them he also called: and whom he called,
that we suffer with him, that we may be them he also justified: and whom he
also glorified together. justified, them he also glorified.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this 31 What shall we then say to these things?
present time are not worthy to be If God be for us, who can be against us?
compared with the glory which shall be 32 He that spared not his own Son, but
revealed in us. delivered him up for us all, how shall he
19 For the earnest expectation of the not with him also freely give us all things?
creature waiteth for the manifestation of 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge
the sons of God. of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
20 For the creature was made subject to 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ
vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that died, yea rather, that is risen again,
who hath subjected the same in hope, who is even at the right hand of God, who
21 Because the creature itself also shall be also maketh intercession for us.
delivered from the bondage of corruption 35 Who shall separate us from the love of
into the glorious liberty of the children of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or
God. persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or
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by a foolish nation I will anger you. the Gentiles, for to provoke them to
20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I jealousy.
was found of them that sought me not; I 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of
was made manifest unto them that asked the world, and the diminishing of them the
not after me. riches of the Gentiles; how much more
21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I their fulness?
have stretched forth my hands unto a 13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch
disobedient and gainsaying people. as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I
magnify mine office:
CHAPTER 11 14 If by any means I may provoke to
I SAY then, Hath God cast away his emulation them which are my flesh, and
people? God forbid. For I also am an might save some of them.
Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the 15 For if the casting away of them be the
tribe of Benjamin. reconciling of the world, what shall the
2 God hath not cast away his people receiving of them be, but life from the
which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the dead?
scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh 16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is
intercession to God against Israel, saying, also holy: and if the root be holy, so are
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and the branches.
digged down thine altars; and I am left 17 And if some of the branches be broken
alone, and they seek my life. off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert
4 But what saith the answer of God unto graffed in among them, and with them
him? I have reserved to myself seven partakest of the root and fatness of the
thousand men, who have not bowed the olive tree;
knee to the image of Baal. 18 Boast not against the branches. But if
5 Even so then at this present time also thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but
there is a remnant according to the the root thee.
election of grace. 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were
6 And if by grace, then is it no more of broken off, that I might be graffed in.
works: otherwise grace is no more grace. 20 Well; because of unbelief they were
But if it be of works, then is it no more broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be
grace: otherwise work is no more work. not highminded, but fear:
7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that 21 For if God spared not the natural
which he seeketh for; but the election hath branches, take heed lest he also spare not
obtained it, and the rest were blinded thee.
8 (According as it is written, God hath 22 Behold therefore the goodness and
given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that severity of God: on them which fell,
they should not see, and ears that they severity; but toward thee, goodness, if
should not hear;) unto this day. thou continue in his goodness: otherwise
9 And David saith, Let their table be made thou also shalt be cut off.
a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, 23 And they also, if they abide not still in
and a recompence unto them: unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they able to graff them in again.
may not see, and bow down their back 24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree
alway. which is wild by nature, and wert graffed
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that contrary to nature into a good olive tree:
they should fall? God forbid: but rather how much more shall these, which be the
through their fall salvation is come unto natural branches, be graffed into their own
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14 And I myself also am persuaded of debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have
you, my brethren, that ye also are full of been made partakers of their spiritual
goodness, filled with all knowledge, able things, their duty is also to minister unto
also to admonish one another. them in carnal things.
15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written 28 When therefore I have performed this,
the more boldly unto you in some sort, as and have sealed to them this fruit, I will
putting you in mind, because of the grace come by you into Spain.
that is given to me of God, 29 And I am sure that, when I come unto
16 That I should be the minister of Jesus you, I shall come in the fulness of the
Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
gospel of God, that the offering up of the 30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the
Gentiles might be acceptable, being Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love
sanctified by the Holy Ghost. of the Spirit, that ye strive together with
17 I have therefore whereof I may glory me in your prayers to God for me;
through Jesus Christ in those things which 31 That I may be delivered from them that
pertain to God. do not believe in Judæa; and that my
18 For I will not dare to speak of any of service which I have for Jerusalem may be
those things which Christ hath not accepted of the saints;
wrought by me, to make the Gentiles 32 That I may come unto you with joy by
obedient, by word and deed, the will of God, and may with you be
19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by refreshed.
the power of the Spirit of God; so that 33 Now the God of peace be with you all.
from Jerusalem, and round about unto Amen.
Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel
of Christ. CHAPTER 16
20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the I COMMEND unto you Phebe our sister,
gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I which is a servant of the church which is
should build upon another man’s at Cenchrea:
foundation: 2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as
21 But as it is written, To whom he was becometh saints, and that ye assist her in
not spoken of, they shall see: and they that whatsoever business she hath need of you:
have not heard shall understand. for she hath been a succourer of many,
22 For which cause also I have been much and of myself also.
hindered from coming to you. 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in
23 But now having no more place in these Christ Jesus:
parts, and having a great desire these 4 Who have for my life laid down their
many years to come unto you; own necks: unto whom not only I give
24 Whensoever I take my journey into thanks, but also all the churches of the
Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see Gentiles.
you in my journey, and to be brought on 5 Likewise greet the church that is in their
my way thitherward by you, if first I be house. Salute my wellbeloved Epænetus,
somewhat filled with your company. who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto
25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to Christ.
minister unto the saints. 6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour
26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia on us.
and Achaia to make a certain contribution 7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my
for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are
27 It hath pleased them verily; and their of note among the apostles, who also were
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made as the filth of the world, and are the may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
offscouring of all things unto this day. 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not
14 I write not these things to shame you, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole
but as my beloved sons I warn you. lump?
15 For though ye have ten thousand 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that
instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many ye may be a new lump, as ye are
fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten unleavened. For even Christ our passover
you through the gospel. is sacrificed for us:
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with
followers of me. old leaven, neither with the leaven of
17 For this cause have I sent unto you malice and wickedness; but with the
Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to
into remembrance of my ways which be in company with fornicators:
Christ, as I teach every where in every 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators
church. of this world, or with the covetous, or
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I extortioners, or with idolaters; for then
would not come to you. must ye needs go out of the world.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the 11 But now I have written unto you not to
Lord will, and will know, not the speech keep company, if any man that is called a
of them which are puffed up, but the brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an
power. idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
but in power. 12 For what have I to do to judge them
21 What will ye? shall I come unto you also that are without? do not ye judge
with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of them that are within?
meekness? 13 But them that are without God judgeth.
Therefore put away from among
CHAPTER 5 yourselves that wicked person.
IT is reported commonly that there is
fornication among you, and such CHAPTER 6
fornication as is not so much as named DARE any of you, having a matter against
among the Gentiles, that one should have another, go to law before the unjust, and
his father’s wife. not before the saints?
2 And ye are puffed up, and have not 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall
rather mourned, that he that hath done this judge the world? and if the world shall be
deed might be taken away from among judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge
you. the smallest matters?
3 For I verily, as absent in body, but 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels?
present in spirit, have judged already, as how much more things that pertain to this
though I were present, concerning him life?
that hath so done this deed, 4 If then ye have judgments of things
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, pertaining to this life, set them to judge
when ye are gathered together, and my who are least esteemed in the church.
spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus 5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there
Christ, is not a wise man among you? no, not one
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for that shall be able to judge between his
the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit brethren?
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6 But brother goeth to law with brother, you, which ye have of God, and ye are not
and that before the unbelievers. your own?
7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault 20 For ye are bought with a price:
among you, because ye go to law one with therefore glorify God in your body, and in
another. Why do ye not rather take your spirit, which are God’s.
wrong? why do ye not rather suffer
yourselves to be defrauded? CHAPTER 7
8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that NOW concerning the things whereof ye
your brethren. wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall touch a woman.
not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let
deceived: neither fornicators, nor every man have his own wife, and let
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, every woman have her own husband.
nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 3 Let the husband render unto the wife
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor due benevolence: and likewise also the
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, wife unto the husband.
shall inherit the kingdom of God. 4 The wife hath not power of her own
11 And such were some of you: but ye are body, but the husband: and likewise also
washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are the husband hath not power of his own
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, body, but the wife.
and by the Spirit of our God. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it
12 All things are lawful unto me, but all be with consent for a time, that ye may
things are not expedient: all things are give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and
lawful for me, but I will not be brought come together again, that Satan tempt you
under the power of any. not for your incontinency.
13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for 6 But I speak this by permission, and not
meats: but God shall destroy both it and of commandment.
them. Now the body is not for fornication, 7 For I would that all men were even as I
but for the Lord; and the Lord for the myself. But every man hath his proper gift
body. of God, one after this manner, and another
14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, after that.
and will also raise up us by his own 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and
power. widows, It is good for them if they abide
15 Know ye not that your bodies are the even as I.
members of Christ? shall I then take the 9 But if they cannot contain, let them
members of Christ, and make them the marry: for it is better to marry than to
members of an harlot? God forbid. burn.
16 What? know ye not that he which is 10 And unto the married I command, yet
joined to an harlot is one body? for two, not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart
saith he, shall be one flesh. from her husband:
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is 11 But and if she depart, let her remain
one spirit. unmarried, or be reconciled to her
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man husband: and let not the husband put away
doeth is without the body; but he that his wife.
committeth fornication sinneth against his 12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If
own body. any brother hath a wife that believeth not,
19 What? know ye not that your body is and she be pleased to dwell with him, let
the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in him not put her away.
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13 And the woman which hath an husband be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife?
that believeth not, and if he be pleased to seek not a wife.
dwell with her, let her not leave him. 28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not
14 For the unbelieving husband is sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not
sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving sinned. Nevertheless such shall have
wife is sanctified by the husband: else trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
were your children unclean; but now are 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is
they holy. short: it remaineth, that both they that
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him have wives be as though they had none;
depart. A brother or a sister is not under 30 And they that weep, as though they
bondage in such cases: but God hath wept not; and they that rejoice, as though
called us to peace. they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as
16 For what knowest thou, O wife, though they possessed not;
whether thou shalt save thy husband? or 31 And they that use this world, as not
how knowest thou, O man, whether thou abusing it: for the fashion of this world
shalt save thy wife? passeth away.
17 But as God hath distributed to every 32 But I would have you without
man, as the Lord hath called every one, so carefulness. He that is unmarried careth
let him walk. And so ordain I in all for the things that belong to the Lord, how
churches. he may please the Lord:
18 Is any man called being circumcised? 33 But he that is married careth for the
let him not become uncircumcised. Is any things that are of the world, how he may
called in uncircumcision? let him not be please his wife.
circumcised. 34 There is difference also between a wife
19 Circumcision is nothing, and and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth
uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping for the things of the Lord, that she may be
of the commandments of God. holy both in body and in spirit: but she
20 Let every man abide in the same that is married careth for the things of the
calling wherein he was called. world, how she may please her husband.
21 Art thou called being a servant? care 35 And this I speak for your own profit;
not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but
use it rather. for that which is comely, and that ye may
22 For he that is called in the Lord, being attend upon the Lord without distraction.
a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise 36 But if any man think that he behaveth
also he that is called, being free, is himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she
Christ’s servant. pass the flower of her age, and need so
23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye require, let him do what he will, he
the servants of men. sinneth not: let them marry.
24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is 37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast
called, therein abide with God. in his heart, having no necessity, but hath
25 Now concerning virgins I have no power over his own will, and hath so
commandment of the Lord: yet I give my decreed in his heart that he will keep his
judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy virgin, doeth well.
of the Lord to be faithful. 38 So then he that giveth her in marriage
26 I suppose therefore that this is good for doeth well; but he that giveth her not in
the present distress, I say, that it is good marriage doeth better.
for a man so to be. 39 The wife is bound by the law as long as
27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to her husband liveth; but if her husband be
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CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9
NOW as touching things offered unto AM I not an apostle? am I not free? have I
idols, we know that we all have not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye
knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but my work in the Lord?
charity edifieth. 2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet
2 And if any man think that he knoweth doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine
any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he apostleship are ye in the Lord.
ought to know. 3 Mine answer to them that do examine
3 But if any man love God, the same is me is this,
known of him. 4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?
4 As concerning therefore the eating of 5 Have we not power to lead about a
those things that are offered in sacrifice sister, a wife, as well as other apostles,
unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing and as the brethren of the Lord, and
in the world, and that there is none other Cephas?
God but one. 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we
5 For though there be that are called gods, power to forbear working?
whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his
gods many, and lords many,) own charges? who planteth a vineyard,
6 But to us there is but one God, the and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who
Father, of whom are all things, and we in feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk
him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom of the flock?
are all things, and we by him. 8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not
7 Howbeit there is not in every man that the law the same also?
knowledge: for some with conscience of 9 For it is written in the law of Moses,
the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox
offered unto an idol; and their conscience that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take
being weak is defiled. care for oxen?
8 But meat commendeth us not to God: 10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes?
for neither, if we eat, are we the better; For our sakes, no doubt, this is written:
neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. that he that ploweth should plow in hope;
9 But take heed lest by any means this and that he that thresheth in hope should
liberty of yours become a stumblingblock be partaker of his hope.
to them that are weak. 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual
10 For if any man see thee which hast things, is it a great thing if we shall reap
knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, your carnal things?
shall not the conscience of him which is 12 If others be partakers of this power
weak be emboldened to eat those things over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless
which are offered to idols; we have not used this power; but suffer all
11 And through thy knowledge shall the things, lest we should hinder the gospel of
weak brother perish, for whom Christ Christ.
died? 13 Do ye not know that they which
12 But when ye sin so against the minister about holy things live of the
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things of the temple? and they which wait 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it
at the altar are partakers with the altar? into subjection: lest that by any means,
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that when I have preached to others, I myself
they which preach the gospel should live should be a castaway.
of the gospel.
15 But I have used none of these things: CHAPTER 10
neither have I written these things, that it MOREOVER, brethren, I would not that
should be so done unto me: for it were ye should be ignorant, how that all our
better for me to die, than that any man fathers were under the cloud, and all
should make my glorying void. passed through the sea;
16 For though I preach the gospel, I have 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the
nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid cloud and in the sea;
upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
not the gospel! 4 And did all drink the same spiritual
17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock
reward: but if against my will, a that followed them: and that Rock was
dispensation of the gospel is committed Christ.
unto me. 5 But with many of them God was not
18 What is my reward then? Verily that, well pleased: for they were overthrown in
when I preach the gospel, I may make the the wilderness.
gospel of Christ without charge, that I 6 Now these things were our examples, to
abuse not my power in the gospel. the intent we should not lust after evil
19 For though I be free from all men, yet things, as they also lusted.
have I made myself servant unto all, that I 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of
might gain the more. them; as it is written, The people sat down
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
that I might gain the Jews; to them that are 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as
under the law, as under the law, that I some of them committed, and fell in one
might gain them that are under the law; day three and twenty thousand.
21 To them that are without law, as 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of
without law, (being not without law to them also tempted, and were destroyed of
God, but under the law to Christ,) that I serpents.
might gain them that are without law. 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I also murmured, and were destroyed of the
might gain the weak: I am made all things destroyer.
to all men, that I might by all means save 11 Now all these things happened unto
some. them for ensamples: and they are written
23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that for our admonition, upon whom the ends
I might be partaker thereof with you. of the world are come.
24 Know ye not that they which run in a 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he
race run all, but one receiveth the prize? standeth take heed lest he fall.
So run, that ye may obtain. 13 There hath no temptation taken you but
25 And every man that striveth for the such as is common to man: but God is
mastery is temperate in all things. Now faithful, who will not suffer you to be
they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; tempted above that ye are able; but will
but we an incorruptible. with the temptation also make a way to
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee
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12 For as the woman is of the man, even drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s
so is the man also by the woman; but all death till he come.
things of God. 27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this
13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a bread, and drink this cup of the Lord,
woman pray unto God uncovered? unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and
14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, blood of the Lord.
that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame 28 But let a man examine himself, and so
unto him? let him eat of that bread, and drink of that
15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a cup.
glory to her: for her hair is given her for a 29 For he that eateth and drinketh
covering. unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation
16 But if any man seem to be contentious, to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
we have no such custom, neither the 30 For this cause many are weak and
churches of God. sickly among you, and many sleep.
17 Now in this that I declare unto you I 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we
praise you not, that ye come together not should not be judged.
for the better, but for the worse. 32 But when we are judged, we are
18 For first of all, when ye come together chastened of the Lord, that we should not
in the church, I hear that there be divisions be condemned with the world.
among you; and I partly believe it. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye
19 For there must be also heresies among come together to eat, tarry one for another.
you, that they which are approved may be 34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at
made manifest among you. home; that ye come not together unto
20 When ye come together therefore into condemnation. And the rest will I set in
one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s order when I come.
supper.
21 For in eating every one taketh before CHAPTER 12
other his own supper: and one is hungry, NOW concerning spiritual gifts, brethren,
and another is drunken. I would not have you ignorant.
22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried
drink in? or despise ye the church of God, away unto these dumb idols, even as ye
and shame them that have not? What shall were led.
I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that
praise you not. no man speaking by the Spirit of God
23 For I have received of the Lord that calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man
which also I delivered unto you, That the can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the
Lord Jesus the same night in which he was Holy Ghost.
betrayed took bread: 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the
24 And when he had given thanks, he same Spirit.
brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my 5 And there are differences of
body, which is broken for you: this do in administrations, but the same Lord.
remembrance of me. 6 And there are diversities of operations,
25 After the same manner also he took the but it is the same God which worketh all
cup, when he had supped, saying, This in all.
cup is the new testament in my blood: this 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is
do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in given to every man to profit withal.
remembrance of me. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and word of wisdom; to another the word of
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7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, 7 And even things without life giving
hopeth all things, endureth all things. sound, whether pipe or harp, except they
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there give a distinction in the sounds, how shall
be prophecies, they shall fail; whether it be known what is piped or harped?
there be tongues, they shall cease; whether 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain
there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. sound, who shall prepare himself to the
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy battle?
in part. 9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the
10 But when that which is perfect is come, tongue words easy to be understood, how
then that which is in part shall be done shall it be known what is spoken? for ye
away. shall speak into the air.
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, 10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of
I understood as a child, I thought as a voices in the world, and none of them is
child: but when I became a man, I put without signification.
away childish things. 11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of
12 For now we see through a glass, the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh
darkly; but then face to face: now I know a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be
in part; but then shall I know even as also a barbarian unto me.
I am known. 12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may
these three; but the greatest of these is excel to the edifying of the church.
charity. 13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an
unknown tongue pray that he may
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FOLLOW after charity, and desire 14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my
spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may spirit prayeth, but my understanding is
prophesy. unfruitful.
2 For he that speaketh in an unknown 15 What is it then? I will pray with the
tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto spirit, and I will pray with the
God: for no man understandeth him; understanding also: I will sing with the
howbeit in the spirit he speaketh spirit, and I will sing with the
mysteries. understanding also.
3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto 16 Else when thou shalt bless with the
men to edification, and exhortation, and spirit, how shall he that occupieth the
comfort. room of the unlearned say Amen at thy
4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth
edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth not what thou sayest?
edifieth the church. 17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but
5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, the other is not edified.
but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is 18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues
he that prophesieth than he that speaketh more than ye all:
with tongues, except he interpret, that the 19 Yet in the church I had rather speak
church may receive edifying. five words with my understanding, that by
6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you my voice I might teach others also, than
speaking with tongues, what shall I profit ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
you, except I shall speak to you either by 20 Brethren, be not children in
revelation, or by knowledge, or by understanding: howbeit in malice be ye
prophesying, or by doctrine? children, but in understanding be men.
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21 In the law it is written, With men of under obedience, as also saith the law.
other tongues and other lips will I speak 35 And if they will learn any thing, let
unto this people; and yet for all that will them ask their husbands at home: for it is
they not hear me, saith the Lord. a shame for women to speak in the church.
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not 36 What? came the word of God out from
to them that believe, but to them that you? or came it unto you only?
believe not: but prophesying serveth not 37 If any man think himself to be a
for them that believe not, but for them prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge
which believe. that the things that I write unto you are the
23 If therefore the whole church be come commandments of the Lord.
together into one place, and all speak with 38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be
tongues, and there come in those that are ignorant.
unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not 39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to
say that ye are mad? prophesy, and forbid not to speak with
24 But if all prophesy, and there come in tongues.
one that believeth not, or one unlearned, 40 Let all things be done decently and in
he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: order.
25 And thus are the secrets of his heart
made manifest; and so falling down on his CHAPTER 15
face he will worship God, and report that MOREOVER, brethren, I declare unto
God is in you of a truth. you the gospel which I preached unto you,
26 How is it then, brethren? when ye which also ye have received, and wherein
come together, every one of you hath a ye stand;
psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in
a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all memory what I preached unto you, unless
things be done unto edifying. ye have believed in vain.
27 If any man speak in an unknown 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that
tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by which I also received, how that Christ
three, and that by course; and let one died for our sins according to the
interpret. scriptures;
28 But if there be no interpreter, let him 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose
keep silence in the church; and let him again the third day according to the
speak to himself, and to God. scriptures:
29 Let the prophets speak two or three, 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of
and let the other judge. the twelve:
30 If any thing be revealed to another that 6 After that, he was seen of above five
sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. hundred brethren at once; of whom the
31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, greater part remain unto this present, but
that all may learn, and all may be some are fallen asleep.
comforted. 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of
32 And the spirits of the prophets are all the apostles.
subject to the prophets. 8 And last of all he was seen of me also,
33 For God is not the author of confusion, as of one born out of due time.
but of peace, as in all churches of the 9 For I am the least of the apostles, that
saints. am not meet to be called an apostle,
34 Let your women keep silence in the because I persecuted the church of God.
churches: for it is not permitted unto them 10 But by the grace of God I am what I
to speak; but they are commanded to be am: and his grace which was bestowed
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upon me was not in vain; but I laboured unto him, then shall the Son also himself
more abundantly than they all: yet not I, be subject unto him that put all things
but the grace of God which was with me. under him, that God may be all in all.
11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so 29 Else what shall they do which are
we preach, and so ye believed. baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not
12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose at all? why are they then baptized for the
from the dead, how say some among you dead?
that there is no resurrection of the dead? 30 And why stand we in jeopardy every
13 But if there be no resurrection of the hour?
dead, then is Christ not risen: 31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have
14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 32 If after the manner of men I have
15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses fought with beasts at Ephesus, what
of God; because we have testified of God advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let
that he raised up Christ: whom he raised us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 33 Be not deceived: evil communications
16 For if the dead rise not, then is not corrupt good manners.
Christ raised: 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not;
17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith for some have not the knowledge of God:
is vain; ye are yet in your sins. I speak this to your shame.
18 Then they also which are fallen asleep 35 But some man will say, How are the
in Christ are perished. dead raised up? and with what body do
19 If in this life only we have hope in they come?
Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, not quickened, except it die:
and become the firstfruits of them that 37 And that which thou sowest, thou
slept. sowest not that body that shall be, but bare
21 For since by man came death, by man grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some
came also the resurrection of the dead. other grain:
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath
Christ shall all be made alive. pleased him, and to every seed his own
23 But every man in his own order: Christ body.
the firstfruits; afterward they that are 39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but
Christ’s at his coming. there is one kind of flesh of men, another
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and
have delivered up the kingdom to God, another of birds.
even the Father; when he shall have put 40 There are also celestial bodies, and
down all rule and all authority and power. bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all celestial is one, and the glory of the
enemies under his feet. terrestrial is another.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed 41 There is one glory of the sun, and
is death. another glory of the moon, and another
27 For he hath put all things under his glory of the stars: for one star differeth
feet. But when he saith, all things are put from another star in glory.
under him, it is manifest that he is 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead.
excepted, which did put all things under It is sown in corruption; it is raised in
him. incorruption:
28 And when all things shall be subdued 43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in
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the glory that excelleth. of the glory of God in the face of Jesus
11 For if that which is done away was Christ.
glorious, much more that which remaineth 7 But we have this treasure in earthen
is glorious. vessels, that the excellency of the power
12 Seeing then that we have such hope, may be of God, and not of us.
we use great plainness of speech: 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not
13 And not as Moses, which put a vail distressed; we are perplexed, but not in
over his face, that the children of Israel despair;
could not stedfastly look to the end of that 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down,
which is abolished: but not destroyed;
14 But their minds were blinded: for until 10 Always bearing about in the body the
this day remaineth the same vail untaken dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also
away in the reading of the old testament; of Jesus might be made manifest in our
which vail is done away in Christ. body.
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is 11 For we which live are alway delivered
read, the vail is upon their heart. unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life
16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the also of Jesus might be made manifest in
Lord, the vail shall be taken away. our mortal flesh.
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in
the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. you.
18 But we all, with open face beholding as 13 We having the same spirit of faith,
in a glass the glory of the Lord, are according as it is written, I believed, and
changed into the same image from glory therefore have I spoken; we also believe,
to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. and therefore speak;
14 Knowing that he which raised up the
CHAPTER 4 Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus,
THEREFORE seeing we have this and shall present us with you.
ministry, as we have received mercy, we 15 For all things are for your sakes, that
faint not; the abundant grace might through the
2 But have renounced the hidden things of thanksgiving of many redound to the glory
dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor of God.
handling the word of God deceitfully; but 16 For which cause we faint not; but
by manifestation of the truth commending though our outward man perish, yet the
ourselves to every man’s conscience in the inward man is renewed day by day.
sight of God. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them a moment, worketh for us a far more
that are lost: exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
4 In whom the god of this world hath 18 While we look not at the things which
blinded the minds of them which believe are seen, but at the things which are not
not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of seen: for the things which are seen are
Christ, who is the image of God, should temporal; but the things which are not
shine unto them. seen are eternal.
5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ
Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your CHAPTER 5
servants for Jesus’ sake. FOR we know that if our earthly house of
6 For God, who commanded the light to this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a
shine out of darkness, hath shined in our building of God, an house not made with
hearts, to give the light of the knowledge hands, eternal in the heavens.
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2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring known Christ after the flesh, yet now
to be clothed upon with our house which henceforth know we him no more.
is from heaven: 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is
3 If so be that being clothed we shall not a new creature: old things are passed
be found naked. away; behold, all things are become new.
4 For we that are in this tabernacle do 18 And all things are of God, who hath
groan, being burdened: not for that we reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ,
would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that and hath given to us the ministry of
mortality might be swallowed up of life. reconciliation;
5 Now he that hath wrought us for the 19 To wit, that God was in Christ,
selfsame thing is God, who also hath reconciling the world unto himself, not
given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. imputing their trespasses unto them; and
6 Therefore we are always confident, hath committed unto us the word of
knowing that, whilst we are at home in the reconciliation.
body, we are absent from the Lord: 20 Now then we are ambassadors for
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) Christ, as though God did beseech you by
8 We are confident, I say, and willing us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye
rather to be absent from the body, and to reconciled to God.
be present with the Lord. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us,
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether who knew no sin; that we might be made
present or absent, we may be accepted of the righteousness of God in him.
him.
10 For we must all appear before the CHAPTER 6
judgment seat of Christ; that every one WE then, as workers together with him,
may receive the things done in his body, beseech you also that ye receive not the
according to that he hath done, whether it grace of God in vain.
be good or bad. 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the accepted, and in the day of salvation have
Lord, we persuade men; but we are made I succoured thee: behold, now is the
manifest unto God; and I trust also are accepted time; behold, now is the day of
made manifest in your consciences. salvation.)
12 For we commend not ourselves again 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the
unto you, but give you occasion to glory ministry be not blamed:
on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat 4 But in all things approving ourselves as
to answer them which glory in the ministers of God, in much patience, in
appearance, and not in heart. afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults,
is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
your cause. 6 By pureness, by knowledge, by
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy
because we thus judge, that if one died for Ghost, by love unfeigned,
all, then were all dead: 7 By the word of truth, by the power of
15 And that he died for all, that they God, by the armour of righteousness on
which live should not henceforth live unto the right hand and on the left,
themselves, but unto him which died for 8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report
them, and rose again. and good report: as deceivers, and yet
16 Wherefore henceforth know we no true;
man after the flesh: yea, though we have 9 As unknown, and yet well known; as
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15 And his inward affection is more 12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is
abundant toward you, whilst he accepted according to that a man hath, and
remembereth the obedience of you all, not according to that he hath not.
how with fear and trembling ye received 13 For I mean not that other men be eased,
him. and ye burdened:
16 I rejoice therefore that I have 14 But by an equality, that now at this
confidence in you in all things. time your abundance may be a supply for
their want, that their abundance also may
CHAPTER 8 be a supply for your want: that there may
MOREOVER, brethren, we do you to wit be equality:
of the grace of God bestowed on the 15 As it is written, He that had gathered
churches of Macedonia; much had nothing over; and he that had
2 How that in a great trial of affliction the gathered little had no lack.
abundance of their joy and their deep 16 But thanks be to God, which put the
poverty abounded unto the riches of their same earnest care into the heart of Titus
liberality. for you.
3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, 17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation;
and beyond their power they were willing but being more forward, of his own accord
of themselves; he went unto you.
4 Praying us with much intreaty that we 18 And we have sent with him the brother,
would receive the gift, and take upon us whose praise is in the gospel throughout
the fellowship of the ministering to the all the churches;
saints. 19 And not that only, but who was also
5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but chosen of the churches to travel with us
first gave their own selves to the Lord, and with this grace, which is administered by
unto us by the will of God. us to the glory of the same Lord, and
6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as declaration of your ready mind:
he had begun, so he would also finish in 20 Avoiding this, that no man should
you the same grace also. blame us in this abundance which is
7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, administered by us:
in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, 21 Providing for honest things, not only in
and in all diligence, and in your love to us, the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight
see that ye abound in this grace also. of men.
8 I speak not by commandment, but by 22 And we have sent with them our
occasion of the forwardness of others, and brother, whom we have oftentimes proved
to prove the sincerity of your love. diligent in many things, but now much
9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus more diligent, upon the great confidence
Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for which I have in you.
your sakes he became poor, that ye 23 Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is
through his poverty might be rich. my partner and fellowhelper concerning
10 And herein I give my advice: for this is you: or our brethren be inquired of, they
expedient for you, who have begun are the messengers of the churches, and
before, not only to do, but also to be the glory of Christ.
forward a year ago. 24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before
11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; the churches, the proof of your love, and
that as there was a readiness to will, so of our boasting on your behalf.
there may be a performance also out of
that which ye have. CHAPTER 9
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11 Let such an one think this, that, such as have not accepted, ye might well bear
we are in word by letters when we are with him.
absent, such will we be also in deed when 5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind
we are present. the very chiefest apostles.
12 For we dare not make ourselves of the 6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not
number, or compare ourselves with some in knowledge; but we have been throughly
that commend themselves: but they made manifest among you in all things.
measuring themselves by themselves, and 7 Have I committed an offence in abasing
comparing themselves among themselves, myself that ye might be exalted, because I
are not wise. have preached to you the gospel of God
13 But we will not boast of things without freely?
our measure, but according to the measure 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of
of the rule which God hath distributed to them, to do you service.
us, a measure to reach even unto you. 9 And when I was present with you, and
14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for
our measure, as though we reached not that which was lacking to me the brethren
unto you: for we are come as far as to you which came from Macedonia supplied:
also in preaching the gospel of Christ: and in all things I have kept myself from
15 Not boasting of things without our being burdensome unto you, and so will I
measure, that is, of other men’s labours; keep myself.
but having hope, when your faith is 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man
increased, that we shall be enlarged by shall stop me of this boasting in the
you according to our rule abundantly, regions of Achaia.
16 To preach the gospel in the regions 11 Wherefore? because I love you not?
beyond you, and not to boast in another God knoweth.
man’s line of things made ready to our 12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may
hand. cut off occasion from them which desire
17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in occasion; that wherein they glory, they
the Lord. may be found even as we.
18 For not he that commendeth himself is 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful
approved, but whom the Lord workers, transforming themselves into the
commendeth. apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is
CHAPTER 11 transformed into an angel of light.
WOULD to God ye could bear with me a 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his
little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. ministers also be transformed as the
2 For I am jealous over you with godly ministers of righteousness; whose end
jealousy: for I have espoused you to one shall be according to their works.
husband, that I may present you as a 16 I say again, Let no man think me a
chaste virgin to Christ. fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me,
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the that I may boast myself a little.
serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, 17 That which I speak, I speak it not after
so your minds should be corrupted from the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this
the simplicity that is in Christ. confidence of boasting.
4 For if he that cometh preacheth another 18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I
Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if will glory also.
ye receive another spirit, which ye have 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye
not received, or another gospel, which ye yourselves are wise.
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20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into IT is not expedient for me doubtless to
bondage, if a man devour you, if a man glory. I will come to visions and
take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a revelations of the Lord.
man smite you on the face. 2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen
21 I speak as concerning reproach, as years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot
though we had been weak. Howbeit tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot
whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up
foolishly,) I am bold also. to the third heaven.
22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they 3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the
Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of body, or out of the body, I cannot tell:
Abraham? so am I. God knoweth;)
23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak 4 How that he was caught up into
as a fool) I am more; in labours more paradise, and heard unspeakable words,
abundant, in stripes above measure, in which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of
24 Of the Jews five times received I forty myself I will not glory, but in mine
stripes save one. infirmities.
25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once 6 For though I would desire to glory, I
was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth:
a night and a day I have been in the deep; but now I forbear, lest any man should
26 In journeyings often, in perils of think of me above that which he seeth me
waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by to be, or that he heareth of me.
mine own countrymen, in perils by the 7 And lest I should be exalted above
heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in measure through the abundance of the
the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in revelations, there was given to me a thorn
perils among false brethren; in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to
27 In weariness and painfulness, in buffet me, lest I should be exalted above
watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in measure.
fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice,
28 Beside those things that are without, that it might depart from me.
that which cometh upon me daily, the care 9 And he said unto me, My grace is
of all the churches. sufficient for thee: for my strength is made
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore
is offended, and I burn not? will I rather glory in my infirmities, that
30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the the power of Christ may rest upon me.
things which concern mine infirmities. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities,
31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus in reproaches, in necessities, in
Christ, which is blessed for evermore, persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s
knoweth that I lie not. sake: for when I am weak, then am I
32 In Damascus the governor under strong.
Aretas the king kept the city of the 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye
Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to have compelled me: for I ought to have
apprehend me: been commended of you: for in nothing
33 And through a window in a basket was am I behind the very chiefest apostles,
I let down by the wall, and escaped his though I be nothing.
hands. 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were
wrought among you in all patience, in
CHAPTER 12 signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
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13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior that, if I come again, I will not spare:
to other churches, except it be that I 3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking
myself was not burdensome to you? in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but
forgive me this wrong. is mighty in you.
14 Behold, the third time I am ready to 4 For though he was crucified through
come to you; and I will not be weakness, yet he liveth by the power of
burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, God. For we also are weak in him, but we
but you: for the children ought not to lay shall live with him by the power of God
up for the parents, but the parents for the toward you.
children. 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in
15 And I will very gladly spend and be the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye
spent for you; though the more abundantly not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ
I love you, the less I be loved. is in you, except ye be reprobates?
16 But be it so, I did not burden you: 6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are
nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you not reprobates.
with guile. 7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil;
17 Did I make a gain of you by any of not that we should appear approved, but
them whom I sent unto you? that ye should do that which is honest,
18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a though we be as reprobates.
brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? 8 For we can do nothing against the truth,
walked we not in the same spirit? walked but for the truth.
we not in the same steps? 9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and
19 Again, think ye that we excuse ye are strong: and this also we wish, even
ourselves unto you? we speak before God your perfection.
in Christ: but we do all things, dearly 10 Therefore I write these things being
beloved, for your edifying. absent, lest being present I should use
20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not sharpness, according to the power which
find you such as I would, and that I shall the Lord hath given me to edification, and
be found unto you such as ye would not: not to destruction.
lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, 11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect,
strifes, backbitings, whisperings, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live
swellings, tumults: in peace; and the God of love and peace
21 And lest, when I come again, my God shall be with you.
will humble me among you, and that I 12 Greet one another with an holy kiss.
shall bewail many which have sinned 13 All the saints salute you.
already, and have not repented of the 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and
uncleanness and fornication and the love of God, and the communion of
lasciviousness which they have the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
committed. ¶ The second epistle to the Corinthians was
written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by
Titus and Lucas.
CHAPTER 13
THIS is the third time I am coming to you.
In the mouth of two or three witnesses
shall every word be established.
2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I
were present, the second time; and being
absent now I write to them which
heretofore have sinned, and to all other,
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
GALATIANS.
CHAPTER 1 the traditions of my fathers.
PAUL, an apostle, (not of men, neither by 15 But when it pleased God, who
man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the separated me from my mother’s womb,
Father, who raised him from the dead;) and called me by his grace,
2 And all the brethren which are with me, 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might
unto the churches of Galatia: preach him among the heathen;
3 Grace be to you and peace from God the immediately I conferred not with flesh and
Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, blood:
4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he 17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them
might deliver us from this present evil which were apostles before me; but I went
world, according to the will of God and into Arabia, and returned again unto
our Father: Damascus.
5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. 18 Then after three years I went up to
Amen. Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed him fifteen days.
from him that called you into the grace of 19 But other of the apostles saw I none,
Christ unto another gospel: save James the Lord’s brother.
7 Which is not another; but there be some 20 Now the things which I write unto you,
that trouble you, and would pervert the behold, before God, I lie not.
gospel of Christ. 21 Afterwards I came into the regions of
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, Syria and Cilicia;
preach any other gospel unto you than that 22 And was unknown by face unto the
which we have preached unto you, let him churches of Judæa which were in Christ:
be accursed. 23 But they had heard only, That he which
9 As we said before, so say I now again, If persecuted us in times past now preacheth
any man preach any other gospel unto you the faith which once he destroyed.
than that ye have received, let him be 24 And they glorified God in me.
accursed.
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or CHAPTER 2
do I seek to please men? for if I yet THEN fourteen years after I went up again
pleased men, I should not be the servant of to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took
Christ. Titus with me also.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the 2 And I went up by revelation, and
gospel which was preached of me is not communicated unto them that gospel
after man. which I preach among the Gentiles, but
12 For I neither received it of man, neither privately to them which were of
was I taught it, but by the revelation of reputation, lest by any means I should run,
Jesus Christ. or had run, in vain.
13 For ye have heard of my conversation 3 But neither Titus, who was with me,
in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that being a Greek, was compelled to be
beyond measure I persecuted the church circumcised:
of God, and wasted it: 4 And that because of false brethren
14 And profited in the Jews’ religion unawares brought in, who came in privily
above many my equals in mine own to spy out our liberty which we have in
nation, being more exceedingly zealous of Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into
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would justify the heathen through faith, law given which could have given life,
preached before the gospel unto Abraham, verily righteousness should have been by
saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. the law.
9 So then they which be of faith are 22 But the scripture hath concluded all
blessed with faithful Abraham. under sin, that the promise by faith of
10 For as many as are of the works of the Jesus Christ might be given to them that
law are under the curse: for it is written, believe.
Cursed is every one that continueth not in 23 But before faith came, we were kept
all things which are written in the book of under the law, shut up unto the faith which
the law to do them. should afterwards be revealed.
11 But that no man is justified by the law 24 Wherefore the law was our
in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that
just shall live by faith. we might be justified by faith.
12 And the law is not of faith: but, The 25 But after that faith is come, we are no
man that doeth them shall live in them. longer under a schoolmaster.
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse 26 For ye are all the children of God by
of the law, being made a curse for us: for faith in Christ Jesus.
it is written, Cursed is every one that 27 For as many of you as have been
hangeth on a tree: baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
14 That the blessing of Abraham might 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
come on the Gentiles through Jesus neither bond nor free, there is neither male
Christ; that we might receive the promise nor female: for ye are all one in Christ
of the Spirit through faith. Jesus.
15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of 29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye
men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to
yet if it be confirmed, no man the promise.
disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the CHAPTER 4
promises made. He saith not, And to NOW I say, That the heir, as long as he is
seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to a child, differeth nothing from a servant,
thy seed, which is Christ. though he be lord of all;
17 And this I say, that the covenant, that 2 But is under tutors and governors until
was confirmed before of God in Christ, the time appointed of the father.
the law, which was four hundred and 3 Even so we, when we were children,
thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it were in bondage under the elements of the
should make the promise of none effect. world:
18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is 4 But when the fulness of the time was
no more of promise: but God gave it to come, God sent forth his Son, made of a
Abraham by promise. woman, made under the law,
19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was 5 To redeem them that were under the
added because of transgressions, till the law, that we might receive the adoption of
seed should come to whom the promise sons.
was made; and it was ordained by angels 6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent
in the hand of a mediator. forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts,
20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of crying, Abba, Father.
one, but God is one. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant,
21 Is the law then against the promises of but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God
God? God forbid: for if there had been a through Christ.
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8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, 24 Which things are an allegory: for these
ye did service unto them which by nature are the two covenants; the one from the
are no gods. mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage,
9 But now, after that ye have known God, which is Agar.
or rather are known of God, how turn ye 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia,
again to the weak and beggarly elements, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is,
whereunto ye desire again to be in and is in bondage with her children.
bondage? 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free,
10 Ye observe days, and months, and which is the mother of us all.
times, and years. 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou
upon you labour in vain. that travailest not: for the desolate hath
12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for many more children than she which hath
I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at an husband.
all. 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the
13 Ye know how through infirmity of the children of promise.
flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the 29 But as then he that was born after the
first. flesh persecuted him that was born after
14 And my temptation which was in my the Spirit, even so it is now.
flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but 30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture?
received me as an angel of God, even as Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for
Christ Jesus. the son of the bondwoman shall not be
15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake heir with the son of the freewoman.
of? for I bear you record, that, if it had 31 So then, brethren, we are not children
been possible, ye would have plucked out of the bondwoman, but of the free.
your own eyes, and have given them to
me. CHAPTER 5
16 Am I therefore become your enemy, STAND fast therefore in the liberty
because I tell you the truth? wherewith Christ hath made us free, and
17 They zealously affect you, but not be not entangled again with the yoke of
well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye bondage.
might affect them. 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be
18 But it is good to be zealously affected circumcised, Christ shall profit you
always in a good thing, and not only when nothing.
I am present with you. 3 For I testify again to every man that is
19 My little children, of whom I travail in circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the
birth again until Christ be formed in you, whole law.
20 I desire to be present with you now, 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you,
and to change my voice; for I stand in whosoever of you are justified by the law;
doubt of you. ye are fallen from grace.
21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the
law, do ye not hear the law? hope of righteousness by faith.
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision
sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision;
a freewoman. but faith which worketh by love.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman 7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that
was born after the flesh; but he of the ye should not obey the truth?
freewoman was by promise. 8 This persuasion cometh not of him that
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conversation in times past in the lusts of which were afar off, and to them that were
our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh nigh.
and of the mind; and were by nature the 18 For through him we both have access
children of wrath, even as others. by one Spirit unto the Father.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers
great love wherewith he loved us, and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath saints, and of the household of God;
quickened us together with Christ, (by 20 And are built upon the foundation of
grace ye are saved;) the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
6 And hath raised us up together, and himself being the chief corner stone;
made us sit together in heavenly places in 21 In whom all the building fitly framed
Christ Jesus: together groweth unto an holy temple in
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the Lord:
the exceeding riches of his grace in his 22 In whom ye also are builded together
kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. for an habitation of God through the
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; Spirit.
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of
God: CHAPTER 3
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. FOR this cause I Paul, the prisoner of
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Christ Jesus unto good works, which God 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of
hath before ordained that we should walk the grace of God which is given me to
in them. you-ward:
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in 3 How that by revelation he made known
time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in
called Uncircumcision by that which is few words,
called the Circumcision in the flesh made 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may
by hands; understand my knowledge in the mystery
12 That at that time ye were without of Christ)
Christ, being aliens from the 5 Which in other ages was not made
commonwealth of Israel, and strangers known unto the sons of men, as it is now
from the covenants of promise, having no revealed unto his holy apostles and
hope, and without God in the world: prophets by the Spirit;
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who 6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs,
sometimes were far off are made nigh by and of the same body, and partakers of his
the blood of Christ. promise in Christ by the gospel:
14 For he is our peace, who hath made 7 Whereof I was made a minister,
both one, and hath broken down the according to the gift of the grace of God
middle wall of partition between us; given unto me by the effectual working of
15 Having abolished in his flesh the his power.
enmity, even the law of commandments 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of
contained in ordinances; for to make in all saints, is this grace given, that I should
himself of twain one new man, so making preach among the Gentiles the
peace; unsearchable riches of Christ;
16 And that he might reconcile both unto 9 And to make all men see what is the
God in one body by the cross, having slain fellowship of the mystery, which from the
the enmity thereby: beginning of the world hath been hid in
17 And came and preached peace to you God, who created all things by Jesus
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work all uncleanness with greediness. 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking,
20 But ye have not so learned Christ; nor jesting, which are not convenient: but
21 If so be that ye have heard him, and rather giving of thanks.
have been taught by him, as the truth is in 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger,
Jesus: nor unclean person, nor covetous man,
22 That ye put off concerning the former who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in
conversation the old man, which is corrupt the kingdom of Christ and of God.
according to the deceitful lusts; 6 Let no man deceive you with vain
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your words: for because of these things cometh
mind; the wrath of God upon the children of
24 And that ye put on the new man, which disobedience.
after God is created in righteousness and 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
true holiness. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak now are ye light in the Lord: walk as
every man truth with his neighbour: for children of light:
we are members one of another. 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun goodness and righteousness and truth;)
go down upon your wrath: 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the
27 Neither give place to the devil. Lord.
28 Let him that stole steal no more: but 11 And have no fellowship with the
rather let him labour, working with his unfruitful works of darkness, but rather
hands the thing which is good, that he may reprove them.
have to give to him that needeth. 12 For it is a shame even to speak of those
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed things which are done of them in secret.
out of your mouth, but that which is good 13 But all things that are reproved are
to the use of edifying, that it may minister made manifest by the light: for
grace unto the hearers. whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that
whereby ye are sealed unto the day of sleepest, and arise from the dead, and
redemption. Christ shall give thee light.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly,
and clamour, and evil speaking, be put not as fools, but as wise,
away from you, with all malice: 16 Redeeming the time, because the days
32 And be ye kind one to another, are evil.
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but
as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven understanding what the will of the Lord is.
you. 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is
excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
CHAPTER 5 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and
BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear hymns and spiritual songs, singing and
children; making melody in your heart to the Lord;
2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath 20 Giving thanks always for all things
loved us, and hath given himself for us an unto God and the Father in the name of
offering and a sacrifice to God for a our Lord Jesus Christ;
sweetsmelling savour. 21 Submitting yourselves one to another
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or in the fear of God.
covetousness, let it not be once named 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your
among you, as becometh saints; own husbands, as unto the Lord.
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23 For the husband is the head of the wife, 6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but
even as Christ is the head of the church: as the servants of Christ, doing the will of
and he is the saviour of the body. God from the heart;
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto 7 With good will doing service, as to the
Christ, so let the wives be to their own Lord, and not to men:
husbands in every thing. 8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as any man doeth, the same shall he receive
Christ also loved the church, and gave of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
himself for it; 9 And, ye masters, do the same things
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it unto them, forbearing threatening:
with the washing of water by the word, knowing that your Master also is in
27 That he might present it to himself a heaven; neither is there respect of persons
glorious church, not having spot, or with him.
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the
should be holy and without blemish. Lord, and in the power of his might.
28 So ought men to love their wives as 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that
their own bodies. He that loveth his wife ye may be able to stand against the wiles
loveth himself. of the devil.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and
flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, blood, but against principalities, against
even as the Lord the church: powers, against the rulers of the darkness
30 For we are members of his body, of his of this world, against spiritual wickedness
flesh, and of his bones. in high places.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole
father and mother, and shall be joined armour of God, that ye may be able to
unto his wife, and they two shall be one withstand in the evil day, and having done
flesh. all, to stand.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt
concerning Christ and the church. about with truth, and having on the
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in breastplate of righteousness;
particular so love his wife even as himself; 15 And your feet shod with the
and the wife see that she reverence her preparation of the gospel of peace;
husband. 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith,
wherewith ye shall be able to quench all
CHAPTER 6 the fiery darts of the wicked.
CHILDREN, obey your parents in the 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and
Lord: for this is right. the sword of the Spirit, which is the word
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is of God:
the first commandment with promise;) 18 Praying always with all prayer and
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou supplication in the Spirit, and watching
mayest live long on the earth. thereunto with all perseverance and
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your supplication for all saints;
children to wrath: but bring them up in the 19 And for me, that utterance may be
nurture and admonition of the Lord. given unto me, that I may open my mouth
5 Servants, be obedient to them that are boldly, to make known the mystery of the
your masters according to the flesh, with gospel,
fear and trembling, in singleness of your 20 For which I am an ambassador in
heart, as unto Christ; bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as
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I ought to speak.
21 But that ye also may know my affairs,
and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother
and faithful minister in the Lord, shall
make known to you all things:
22 Whom I have sent unto you for the
same purpose, that ye might know our
affairs, and that he might comfort your
hearts.
23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with
faith, from God the Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
24 Grace be with all them that love our
Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
¶ Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by
Tychicus.
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
PHILIPPIANS.
CHAPTER 1 envy and strife; and some also of good
PAUL and Timotheus, the servants of will:
Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ 16 The one preach Christ of contention,
Jesus which are at Philippi, with the not sincerely, supposing to add affliction
bishops and deacons: to my bonds:
2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God 17 But the other of love, knowing that I
our Father, and from the Lord Jesus am set for the defence of the gospel.
Christ. 18 What then? notwithstanding, every
3 I thank my God upon every way, whether in pretence, or in truth,
remembrance of you, Christ is preached; and I therein do
4 Always in every prayer of mine for you rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
all making request with joy, 19 For I know that this shall turn to my
5 For your fellowship in the gospel from salvation through your prayer, and the
the first day until now; supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
6 Being confident of this very thing, that 20 According to my earnest expectation
he which hath begun a good work in you and my hope, that in nothing I shall be
will perform it until the day of Jesus ashamed, but that with all boldness, as
Christ: always, so now also Christ shall be
7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of magnified in my body, whether it be by
you all, because I have you in my heart; life, or by death.
inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is
defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye gain.
all are partakers of my grace. 22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit
8 For God is my record, how greatly I of my labour: yet what I shall choose I
long after you all in the bowels of Jesus wot not.
Christ. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having
9 And this I pray, that your love may a desire to depart, and to be with Christ;
abound yet more and more in knowledge which is far better:
and in all judgment; 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is
10 That ye may approve things that are more needful for you.
excellent; that ye may be sincere and 25 And having this confidence, I know
without offence till the day of Christ; that I shall abide and continue with you all
11 Being filled with the fruits of for your furtherance and joy of faith;
righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, 26 That your rejoicing may be more
unto the glory and praise of God. abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my
12 But I would ye should understand, coming to you again.
brethren, that the things which happened 27 Only let your conversation be as it
unto me have fallen out rather unto the becometh the gospel of Christ: that
furtherance of the gospel; whether I come and see you, or else be
13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye
in all the palace, and in all other places; stand fast in one spirit, with one mind
14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, striving together for the faith of the
waxing confident by my bonds, are much gospel;
more bold to speak the word without fear. 28 And in nothing terrified by your
15 Some indeed preach Christ even of adversaries: which is to them an evident
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token of perdition, but to you of salvation, 14 Do all things without murmurings and
and that of God. disputings:
29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of 15 That ye may be blameless and
Christ, not only to believe on him, but also harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke,
to suffer for his sake; in the midst of a crooked and perverse
30 Having the same conflict which ye saw nation, among whom ye shine as lights in
in me, and now hear to be in me. the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life; that I
CHAPTER 2 may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I
IF there be therefore any consolation in have not run in vain, neither laboured in
Christ, if any comfort of love, if any vain.
fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the
mercies, sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy,
2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, and rejoice with you all.
having the same love, being of one accord, 18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and
of one mind. rejoice with me.
3 Let nothing be done through strife or 19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send
vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also
each esteem other better than themselves. may be of good comfort, when I know
4 Look not every man on his own things, your state.
but every man also on the things of others. 20 For I have no man likeminded, who
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also will naturally care for your state.
in Christ Jesus: 21 For all seek their own, not the things
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought which are Jesus Christ’s.
it not robbery to be equal with God: 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as
7 But made himself of no reputation, and a son with the father, he hath served with
took upon him the form of a servant, and me in the gospel.
was made in the likeness of men: 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently,
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he so soon as I shall see how it will go with
humbled himself, and became obedient me.
unto death, even the death of the cross. 24 But I trust in the Lord that I also
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted myself shall come shortly.
him, and given him a name which is above 25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to
every name: you Epaphroditus, my brother, and
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee companion in labour, and fellowsoldier,
should bow, of things in heaven, and but your messenger, and he that
things in earth, and things under the earth; ministered to my wants.
11 And that every tongue should confess 26 For he longed after you all, and was
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of full of heaviness, because that ye had
God the Father. heard that he had been sick.
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have 27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto
always obeyed, not as in my presence death: but God had mercy on him; and not
only, but now much more in my absence, on him only, but on me also, lest I should
work out your own salvation with fear and have sorrow upon sorrow.
trembling. 28 I sent him therefore the more carefully,
13 For it is God which worketh in you that, when ye see him again, ye may
both to will and to do of his good rejoice, and that I may be the less
pleasure. sorrowful.
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29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with either were already perfect: but I follow
all gladness; and hold such in reputation: after, if that I may apprehend that for
30 Because for the work of Christ he was which also I am apprehended of Christ
nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to Jesus.
supply your lack of service toward me. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have
apprehended: but this one thing I do,
CHAPTER 3 forgetting those things which are behind,
FINALLY, my brethren, rejoice in the and reaching forth unto those things which
Lord. To write the same things to you, to are before,
me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of
safe. the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect,
beware of the concision. be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be
3 For we are the circumcision, which otherwise minded, God shall reveal even
worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in this unto you.
Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already
the flesh. attained, let us walk by the same rule, let
4 Though I might also have confidence in us mind the same thing.
the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he 17 Brethren, be followers together of me,
hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I and mark them which walk so as ye have
more: us for an ensample.
5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told
of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an you often, and now tell you even weeping,
Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the that they are the enemies of the cross of
law, a Pharisee; Christ:
6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God
touching the righteousness which is in the is their belly, and whose glory is in their
law, blameless. shame, who mind earthly things.)
7 But what things were gain to me, those I 20 For our conversation is in heaven; from
counted loss for Christ. whence also we look for the Saviour, the
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but Lord Jesus Christ:
loss for the excellency of the knowledge 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it
of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have may be fashioned like unto his glorious
suffered the loss of all things, and do body, according to the working whereby
count them but dung, that I may win he is able even to subdue all things unto
Christ, himself.
9 And be found in him, not having mine
own righteousness, which is of the law, CHAPTER 4
but that which is through the faith of THEREFORE, my brethren dearly
Christ, the righteousness which is of God beloved and longed for, my joy and
by faith: crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly
10 That I may know him, and the power beloved.
of his resurrection, and the fellowship of 2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech
his sufferings, being made conformable Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in
unto his death; the Lord.
11 If by any means I might attain unto the 3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow,
resurrection of the dead. help those women which laboured with
12 Not as though I had already attained, me in the gospel, with Clement also, and
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with other my fellowlabourers, whose 17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire
names are in the book of life. fruit that may abound to your account.
4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I 18 But I have all, and abound: I am full,
say, Rejoice. having received of Epaphroditus the
5 Let your moderation be known unto all things which were sent from you, an odour
men. The Lord is at hand. of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable,
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every wellpleasing to God.
thing by prayer and supplication with 19 But my God shall supply all your need
thanksgiving let your requests be made according to his riches in glory by Christ
known unto God. Jesus.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all 20 Now unto God and our Father be glory
understanding, shall keep your hearts and for ever and ever. Amen.
minds through Christ Jesus. 21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are brethren which are with me greet you.
true, whatsoever things are honest, 22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever that are of Cæsar’s household.
things are pure, whatsoever things are 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
lovely, whatsoever things are of good with you all. Amen.
report; if there be any virtue, and if there ¶ It was written to the Philippians from Rome
be any praise, think on these things. by Epaphroditus.
9 Those things, which ye have both
learned, and received, and heard, and seen
in me, do: and the God of peace shall be
with you.
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that
now at the last your care of me hath
flourished again; wherein ye were also
careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for
I have learned, in whatsoever state I am,
therewith to be content.
12 I know both how to be abased, and I
know how to abound: every where and in
all things I am instructed both to be full
and to be hungry, both to abound and to
suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me.
14 Notwithstanding ye have well done,
that ye did communicate with my
affliction.
15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in
the beginning of the gospel, when I
departed from Macedonia, no church
communicated with me as concerning
giving and receiving, but ye only.
16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once
and again unto my necessity.
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
COLOSSIANS.
CHAPTER 1 15 Who is the image of the invisible God,
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the the firstborn of every creature:
will of God, and Timotheus our brother, 16 For by him were all things created, that
2 To the saints and faithful brethren in are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible
Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto and invisible, whether they be thrones, or
you, and peace, from God our Father and dominions, or principalities, or powers: all
the Lord Jesus Christ. things were created by him, and for him:
3 We give thanks to God and the Father of 17 And he is before all things, and by him
our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for all things consist.
you, 18 And he is the head of the body, the
4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ church: who is the beginning, the firstborn
Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all from the dead; that in all things he might
the saints, have the preeminence.
5 For the hope which is laid up for you in 19 For it pleased the Father that in him
heaven, whereof ye heard before in the should all fulness dwell;
word of the truth of the gospel; 20 And, having made peace through the
6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all
the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it things unto himself; by him, I say,
doth also in you, since the day ye heard of whether they be things in earth, or things
it, and knew the grace of God in truth: in heaven.
7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear 21 And you, that were sometime alienated
fellowservant, who is for you a faithful and enemies in your mind by wicked
minister of Christ; works, yet now hath he reconciled
8 Who also declared unto us your love in 22 In the body of his flesh through death,
the Spirit. to present you holy and unblameable and
9 For this cause we also, since the day we unreproveable in his sight:
heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and
to desire that ye might be filled with the settled, and be not moved away from the
knowledge of his will in all wisdom and hope of the gospel, which ye have heard,
spiritual understanding; and which was preached to every creature
10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am
unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every made a minister;
good work, and increasing in the 24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for
knowledge of God; you, and fill up that which is behind of the
11 Strengthened with all might, according afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his
to his glorious power, unto all patience body’s sake, which is the church:
and longsuffering with joyfulness; 25 Whereof I am made a minister,
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which according to the dispensation of God
hath made us meet to be partakers of the which is given to me for you, to fulfil the
inheritance of the saints in light: word of God;
13 Who hath delivered us from the power 26 Even the mystery which hath been hid
of darkness, and hath translated us into the from ages and from generations, but now
kingdom of his dear Son: is made manifest to his saints:
14 In whom we have redemption through 27 To whom God would make known
his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: what is the riches of the glory of this
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mystery among the Gentiles; which is also ye are risen with him through the
Christ in you, the hope of glory: faith of the operation of God, who hath
28 Whom we preach, warning every man, raised him from the dead.
and teaching every man in all wisdom; 13 And you, being dead in your sins and
that we may present every man perfect in the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he
Christ Jesus: quickened together with him, having
29 Whereunto I also labour, striving forgiven you all trespasses;
according to his working, which worketh 14 Blotting out the handwriting of
in me mightily. ordinances that was against us, which was
contrary to us, and took it out of the way,
CHAPTER 2 nailing it to his cross;
FOR I would that ye knew what great 15 And having spoiled principalities and
conflict I have for you, and for them at powers, he made a shew of them openly,
Laodicea, and for as many as have not triumphing over them in it.
seen my face in the flesh; 16 Let no man therefore judge you in
2 That their hearts might be comforted, meat, or in drink, or in respect of an
being knit together in love, and unto all holyday, or of the new moon, or of the
riches of the full assurance of sabbath days:
understanding, to the acknowledgement of 17 Which are a shadow of things to come;
the mystery of God, and of the Father, and but the body is of Christ.
of Christ; 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward
3 In whom are hid all the treasures of in a voluntary humility and worshipping
wisdom and knowledge. of angels, intruding into those things
4 And this I say, lest any man should which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up
beguile you with enticing words. by his fleshly mind,
5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet 19 And not holding the Head, from which
am I with you in the spirit, joying and all the body by joints and bands having
beholding your order, and the stedfastness nourishment ministered, and knit together,
of your faith in Christ. increaseth with the increase of God.
6 As ye have therefore received Christ 20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ
Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: from the rudiments of the world, why, as
7 Rooted and built up in him, and though living in the world, are ye subject
stablished in the faith, as ye have been to ordinances,
taught, abounding therein with 21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
thanksgiving. 22 Which all are to perish with the using;)
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through after the commandments and doctrines of
philosophy and vain deceit, after the men?
tradition of men, after the rudiments of the 23 Which things have indeed a shew of
world, and not after Christ. wisdom in will worship, and humility, and
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the neglecting of the body; not in any honour
Godhead bodily. to the satisfying of the flesh.
10 And ye are complete in him, which is
the head of all principality and power: CHAPTER 3
11 In whom also ye are circumcised with IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those
the circumcision made without hands, in things which are above, where Christ
putting off the body of the sins of the flesh sitteth on the right hand of God.
by the circumcision of Christ: 2 Set your affection on things above, not
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein on things on the earth.
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3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your
Christ in God. own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not
appear, then shall ye also appear with him bitter against them.
in glory. 20 Children, obey your parents in all
5 Mortify therefore your members which things: for this is well pleasing unto the
are upon the earth; fornication, Lord.
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to
concupiscence, and covetousness, which anger, lest they be discouraged.
is idolatry: 22 Servants, obey in all things your
6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God masters according to the flesh; not with
cometh on the children of disobedience: eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in
7 In the which ye also walked some time, singleness of heart, fearing God:
when ye lived in them. 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily,
8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall
communication out of your mouth. receive the reward of the inheritance: for
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye ye serve the Lord Christ.
have put off the old man with his deeds; 25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive
10 And have put on the new man, which is for the wrong which he hath done: and
renewed in knowledge after the image of there is no respect of persons.
him that created him:
11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, CHAPTER 4
circumcision nor uncircumcision, MASTERS, give unto your servants that
Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but which is just and equal; knowing that ye
Christ is all, and in all. also have a Master in heaven.
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the
holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, same with thanksgiving;
kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, 3 Withal praying also for us, that God
longsuffering; would open unto us a door of utterance, to
13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving speak the mystery of Christ, for which I
one another, if any man have a quarrel am also in bonds:
against any: even as Christ forgave you, 4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought
so also do ye. to speak.
14 And above all these things put on 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are
charity, which is the bond of perfectness. without, redeeming the time.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your 6 Let your speech be alway with grace,
hearts, to the which also ye are called in seasoned with salt, that ye may know how
one body; and be ye thankful. ye ought to answer every man.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you 7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto
richly in all wisdom; teaching and you, who is a beloved brother, and a
admonishing one another in psalms and faithful minister and fellowservant in the
hymns and spiritual songs, singing with Lord:
grace in your hearts to the Lord. 8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, purpose, that he might know your estate,
do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, and comfort your hearts;
giving thanks to God and the Father by 9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved
him. brother, who is one of you. They shall
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men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, 6 But now when Timotheus came from
which effectually worketh also in you that you unto us, and brought us good tidings
believe. of your faith and charity, and that ye have
14 For ye, brethren, became followers of good remembrance of us always, desiring
the churches of God which in Judæa are in greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like 7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted
things of your own countrymen, even as over you in all our affliction and distress
they have of the Jews: by your faith:
15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and 8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the
their own prophets, and have persecuted Lord.
us; and they please not God, and are 9 For what thanks can we render to God
contrary to all men: again for you, for all the joy wherewith we
16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles joy for your sakes before our God;
that they might be saved, to fill up their 10 Night and day praying exceedingly that
sins alway: for the wrath is come upon we might see your face, and might perfect
them to the uttermost. that which is lacking in your faith?
17 But we, brethren, being taken from you 11 Now God himself and our Father, and
for a short time in presence, not in heart, our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto
endeavoured the more abundantly to see you.
your face with great desire. 12 And the Lord make you to increase and
18 Wherefore we would have come unto abound in love one toward another, and
you, even I Paul, once and again; but toward all men, even as we do toward you:
Satan hindered us. 13 To the end he may stablish your hearts
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown unblameable in holiness before God, even
of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the our Father, at the coming of our Lord
presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his Jesus Christ with all his saints.
coming?
20 For ye are our glory and joy. CHAPTER 4
FURTHERMORE then we beseech you,
CHAPTER 3 brethren, and exhort you by the Lord
WHEREFORE when we could no longer Jesus, that as ye have received of us how
forbear, we thought it good to be left at ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye
Athens alone; would abound more and more.
2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and 2 For ye know what commandments we
minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in gave you by the Lord Jesus.
the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and 3 For this is the will of God, even your
to comfort you concerning your faith: sanctification, that ye should abstain from
3 That no man should be moved by these fornication:
afflictions: for yourselves know that we 4 That every one of you should know how
are appointed thereunto. to possess his vessel in sanctification and
4 For verily, when we were with you, we honour;
told you before that we should suffer 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as
tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye the Gentiles which know not God:
know. 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his
5 For this cause, when I could no longer brother in any matter: because that the
forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also
some means the tempter have tempted have forewarned you and testified.
you, and our labour be in vain. 7 For God hath not called us unto
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uncleanness, but unto holiness. upon them, as travail upon a woman with
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth child; and they shall not escape.
not man, but God, who hath also given 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness,
unto us his holy Spirit. that that day should overtake you as a
9 But as touching brotherly love ye need thief.
not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the
are taught of God to love one another. children of the day: we are not of the
10 And indeed ye do it toward all the night, nor of darkness.
brethren which are in all Macedonia: but 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others;
we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase but let us watch and be sober.
more and more; 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night;
11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do and they that be drunken are drunken in
your own business, and to work with your the night.
own hands, as we commanded you; 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober,
12 That ye may walk honestly toward putting on the breastplate of faith and
them that are without, and that ye may love; and for an helmet, the hope of
have lack of nothing. salvation.
13 But I would not have you to be 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath,
ignorant, brethren, concerning them which but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus
are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as Christ,
others which have no hope. 10 Who died for us, that, whether we
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and wake or sleep, we should live together
rose again, even so them also which sleep with him.
in Jesus will God bring with him. 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves
15 For this we say unto you by the word together, and edify one another, even as
of the Lord, that we which are alive and also ye do.
remain unto the coming of the Lord shall 12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know
not prevent them which are asleep. them which labour among you, and are
16 For the Lord himself shall descend over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
from heaven with a shout, with the voice 13 And to esteem them very highly in love
of the archangel, and with the trump of for their work’s sake. And be at peace
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: among yourselves.
17 Then we which are alive and remain 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn
shall be caught up together with them in them that are unruly, comfort the
the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and feebleminded, support the weak, be
so shall we ever be with the Lord. patient toward all men.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with 15 See that none render evil for evil unto
these words. any man; but ever follow that which is
good, both among yourselves, and to all
CHAPTER 5 men.
BUT of the times and the seasons, 16 Rejoice evermore.
brethren, ye have no need that I write unto 17 Pray without ceasing.
you. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning
day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the you.
night. 19 Quench not the Spirit.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and 20 Despise not prophesyings.
safety; then sudden destruction cometh 21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is
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good.
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
23 And the very God of peace sanctify
you wholly; and I pray God your whole
spirit and soul and body be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also
will do it.
25 Brethren, pray for us.
26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
27 I charge you by the Lord that this
epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
with you. Amen.
¶ The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was
written from Athens.
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SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
THESSALONIANS.
CHAPTER 1
PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto CHAPTER 2
the church of the Thessalonians in God NOW we beseech you, brethren, by the
our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by
2 Grace unto you, and peace, from God our gathering together unto him,
our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or
3 We are bound to thank God always for be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word,
you, brethren, as it is meet, because that nor by letter as from us, as that the day of
your faith groweth exceedingly, and the Christ is at hand.
charity of every one of you all toward 3 Let no man deceive you by any means:
each other aboundeth; for that day shall not come, except there
4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the come a falling away first, and that man of
churches of God for your patience and sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
faith in all your persecutions and 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself
tribulations that ye endure: above all that is called God, or that is
5 Which is a manifest token of the worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in
righteous judgment of God, that ye may the temple of God, shewing himself that
be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, he is God.
for which ye also suffer: 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet
6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God with you, I told you these things?
to recompense tribulation to them that 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that
trouble you; he might be revealed in his time.
7 And to you who are troubled rest with 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already
us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed work: only he who now letteth will let,
from heaven with his mighty angels, until he be taken out of the way.
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed,
them that know not God, and that obey not whom the Lord shall consume with the
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting the brightness of his coming:
destruction from the presence of the Lord, 9 Even him, whose coming is after the
and from the glory of his power; working of Satan with all power and signs
10 When he shall come to be glorified in and lying wonders,
his saints, and to be admired in all them 10 And with all deceivableness of
that believe (because our testimony among unrighteousness in them that perish;
you was believed) in that day. because they received not the love of the
11 Wherefore also we pray always for truth, that they might be saved.
you, that our God would count you worthy 11 And for this cause God shall send them
of this calling, and fulfil all the good strong delusion, that they should believe a
pleasure of his goodness, and the work of lie:
faith with power: 12 That they all might be damned who
12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
may be glorified in you, and ye in him, unrighteousness.
according to the grace of our God and the 13 But we are bound to give thanks alway
Lord Jesus Christ. to God for you, brethren beloved of the
Lord, because God hath from the we commanded you, that if any would not
beginning chosen you to salvation through work, neither should he eat.
sanctification of the Spirit and belief of 11 For we hear that there are some which
the truth: walk among you disorderly, working not
14 Whereunto he called you by our at all, but are busybodies.
gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our 12 Now them that are such we command
Lord Jesus Christ. and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that
15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and with quietness they work, and eat their
hold the traditions which ye have been own bread.
taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well
16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, doing.
and God, even our Father, which hath 14 And if any man obey not our word by
loved us, and hath given us everlasting this epistle, note that man, and have no
consolation and good hope through grace, company with him, that he may be
17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you ashamed.
in every good word and work. 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but
admonish him as a brother.
CHAPTER 3 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give
FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the you peace always by all means. The Lord
word of the Lord may have free course, be with you all.
and be glorified, even as it is with you: 17 The salutation of Paul with mine own
2 And that we may be delivered from hand, which is the token in every epistle:
unreasonable and wicked men: for all men so I write.
have not faith. 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall with you all. Amen.
stablish you, and keep you from evil. ¶ The second epistle to the Thessalonians was
4 And we have confidence in the Lord written from Athens.
touching you, that ye both do and will do
the things which we command you.
5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the
love of God, and into the patient waiting
for Christ.
6 Now we command you, brethren, in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye
withdraw yourselves from every brother
that walketh disorderly, and not after the
tradition which he received of us.
7 For yourselves know how ye ought to
follow us: for we behaved not ourselves
disorderly among you;
8 Neither did we eat any man’s bread for
nought; but wrought with labour and
travail night and day, that we might not be
chargeable to any of you:
9 Not because we have not power, but to
make ourselves an ensample unto you to
follow us.
10 For even when we were with you, this
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EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO
TIMOTHY.
CHAPTER 1 unbelief.
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the 14 And the grace of our Lord was
commandment of God our Saviour, and exceeding abundant with faith and love
Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of
Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into
Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. the world to save sinners; of whom I am
3 As I besought thee to abide still at chief.
Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained
that thou mightest charge some that they mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might
teach no other doctrine, shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern
4 Neither give heed to fables and endless to them which should hereafter believe on
genealogies, which minister questions, him to life everlasting.
rather than godly edifying which is in 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal,
faith: so do. invisible, the only wise God, be honour
5 Now the end of the commandment is and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
charity out of a pure heart, and of a good 18 This charge I commit unto thee, son
conscience, and of faith unfeigned: Timothy, according to the prophecies
6 From which some having swerved have which went before on thee, that thou by
turned aside unto vain jangling; them mightest war a good warfare;
7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; 19 Holding faith, and a good conscience;
understanding neither what they say, nor which some having put away concerning
whereof they affirm. faith have made shipwreck:
8 But we know that the law is good, if a 20 Of whom is Hymenæus and Alexander;
man use it lawfully; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made they may learn not to blaspheme.
for a righteous man, but for the lawless
and disobedient, for the ungodly and for CHAPTER 2
sinners, for unholy and profane, for I EXHORT therefore, that, first of all,
murderers of fathers and murderers of supplications, prayers, intercessions, and
mothers, for manslayers, giving of thanks, be made for all men;
10 For whoremongers, for them that defile 2 For kings, and for all that are in
themselves with mankind, for menstealers, authority; that we may lead a quiet and
for liars, for perjured persons, and if there peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
be any other thing that is contrary to 3 For this is good and acceptable in the
sound doctrine; sight of God our Saviour;
11 According to the glorious gospel of the 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and
blessed God, which was committed to my to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
trust. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator
12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who between God and men, the man Christ
hath enabled me, for that he counted me Jesus;
faithful, putting me into the ministry; 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be
13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a testified in due time.
persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained 7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher,
mercy, because I did it ignorantly in and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ,
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and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not
faith and verity. doubletongued, not given to much wine,
8 I will therefore that men pray every not greedy of filthy lucre;
where, lifting up holy hands, without 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a
wrath and doubting. pure conscience.
9 In like manner also, that women adorn 10 And let these also first be proved; then
themselves in modest apparel, with let them use the office of a deacon, being
shamefacedness and sobriety; not with found blameless.
broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not
array; slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
10 But (which becometh women 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one
professing godliness) with good works. wife, ruling their children and their own
11 Let the woman learn in silence with all houses well.
subjection. 13 For they that have used the office of a
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor deacon well purchase to themselves a
to usurp authority over the man, but to be good degree, and great boldness in the
in silence. faith which is in Christ Jesus.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 These things write I unto thee, hoping
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the to come unto thee shortly:
woman being deceived was in the 15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest
transgression. know how thou oughtest to behave thyself
15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in in the house of God, which is the church
childbearing, if they continue in faith and of the living God, the pillar and ground of
charity and holiness with sobriety. the truth.
16 And without controversy great is the
CHAPTER 3 mystery of godliness: God was manifest in
THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of
office of a bishop, he desireth a good angels, preached unto the Gentiles,
work. believed on in the world, received up into
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the glory.
husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of
good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt CHAPTER 4
to teach; NOW the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy the latter times some shall depart from the
of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
not covetous; doctrines of devils;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their
having his children in subjection with all conscience seared with a hot iron;
gravity; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his to abstain from meats, which God hath
own house, how shall he take care of the created to be received with thanksgiving
church of God?) of them which believe and know the truth.
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with 4 For every creature of God is good, and
pride he fall into the condemnation of the nothing to be refused, if it be received
devil. with thanksgiving:
7 Moreover he must have a good report of 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God
them which are without; lest he fall into and prayer.
reproach and the snare of the devil. 6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance
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of these things, thou shalt be a good in supplications and prayers night and day.
minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead
the words of faith and of good doctrine, while she liveth.
whereunto thou hast attained. 7 And these things give in charge, that
7 But refuse profane and old wives’ they may be blameless.
fables, and exercise thyself rather unto 8 But if any provide not for his own, and
godliness. specially for those of his own house, he
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but hath denied the faith, and is worse than an
godliness is profitable unto all things, infidel.
having promise of the life that now is, and 9 Let not a widow be taken into the
of that which is to come. number under threescore years old, having
9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of been the wife of one man,
all acceptation. 10 Well reported of for good works; if she
10 For therefore we both labour and suffer have brought up children, if she have
reproach, because we trust in the living lodged strangers, if she have washed the
God, who is the Saviour of all men, saints’ feet, if she have relieved the
specially of those that believe. afflicted, if she have diligently followed
11 These things command and teach. every good work.
12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be 11 But the younger widows refuse: for
thou an example of the believers, in word, when they have begun to wax wanton
in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in against Christ, they will marry;
faith, in purity. 12 Having damnation, because they have
13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, cast off their first faith.
to exhortation, to doctrine. 13 And withal they learn to be idle,
14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, wandering about from house to house; and
which was given thee by prophecy, with not only idle, but tattlers also and
the laying on of the hands of the busybodies, speaking things which they
presbytery. ought not.
15 Meditate upon these things; give 14 I will therefore that the younger
thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting women marry, bear children, guide the
may appear to all. house, give none occasion to the adversary
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the to speak reproachfully.
doctrine; continue in them: for in doing 15 For some are already turned aside after
this thou shalt both save thyself, and them Satan.
that hear thee. 16 If any man or woman that believeth
have widows, let them relieve them, and
CHAPTER 5 let not the church be charged; that it may
REBUKE not an elder, but intreat him as a relieve them that are widows indeed.
father; and the younger men as brethren; 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted
2 The elder women as mothers; the worthy of double honour, especially they
younger as sisters, with all purity. who labour in the word and doctrine.
3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not
4 But if any widow have children or muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn.
nephews, let them learn first to shew piety And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
at home, and to requite their parents: for 19 Against an elder receive not an
that is good and acceptable before God. accusation, but before two or three
5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and witnesses.
desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that
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others also may fear. 9 But they that will be rich fall into
21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord temptation and a snare, and into many
Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown
thou observe these things without men in destruction and perdition.
preferring one before another, doing 10 For the love of money is the root of all
nothing by partiality. evil: which while some coveted after, they
22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither have erred from the faith, and pierced
be partaker of other men’s sins: keep themselves through with many sorrows.
thyself pure. 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these
23 Drink no longer water, but use a little things; and follow after righteousness,
wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
often infirmities. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold
24 Some men’s sins are open beforehand, on eternal life, whereunto thou art also
going before to judgment; and some men called, and hast professed a good
they follow after. profession before many witnesses.
25 Likewise also the good works of some 13 I give thee charge in the sight of God,
are manifest beforehand; and they that are who quickeneth all things, and before
otherwise cannot be hid. Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate
witnessed a good confession;
CHAPTER 6 14 That thou keep this commandment
LET as many servants as are under the without spot, unrebukeable, until the
yoke count their own masters worthy of appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
all honour, that the name of God and his 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who
doctrine be not blasphemed. is the blessed and only Potentate, the King
2 And they that have believing masters, let of kings, and Lord of lords;
them not despise them, because they are 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling
brethren; but rather do them service, in the light which no man can approach
because they are faithful and beloved, unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can
partakers of the benefit. These things see: to whom be honour and power
teach and exhort. everlasting. Amen.
3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent 17 Charge them that are rich in this world,
not to wholesome words, even the words that they be not highminded, nor trust in
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the uncertain riches, but in the living God,
doctrine which is according to godliness; who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but 18 That they do good, that they be rich in
doting about questions and strifes of good works, ready to distribute, willing to
words, whereof cometh envy, strife, communicate;
railings, evil surmisings, 19 Laying up in store for themselves a
5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt good foundation against the time to come,
minds, and destitute of the truth, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
supposing that gain is godliness: from 20 O Timothy, keep that which is
such withdraw thyself. committed to thy trust, avoiding profane
6 But godliness with contentment is great and vain babblings, and oppositions of
gain. science falsely so called:
7 For we brought nothing into this world, 21 Which some professing have erred
and it is certain we can carry nothing out. concerning the faith. Grace be with thee.
8 And having food and raiment let us be Amen.
therewith content. ¶ The first to Timothy was written from
Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia
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Pacatiana.
THE SECOND
EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO
TIMOTHY.
CHAPTER 1 I know whom I have believed, and am
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the persuaded that he is able to keep that
will of God, according to the promise of which I have committed unto him against
life which is in Christ Jesus, that day.
2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: 13 Hold fast the form of sound words,
Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the which thou hast heard of me, in faith and
Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. love which is in Christ Jesus.
3 I thank God, whom I serve from my 14 That good thing which was committed
forefathers with pure conscience, that unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which
without ceasing I have remembrance of dwelleth in us.
thee in my prayers night and day; 15 This thou knowest, that all they which
4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being are in Asia be turned away from me; of
mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
with joy; 16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of
5 When I call to remembrance the Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and
unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt was not ashamed of my chain:
first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy 17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought
mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in me out very diligently, and found me.
thee also. 18 The Lord grant unto him that he may
6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in
that thou stir up the gift of God, which is how many things he ministered unto me at
in thee by the putting on of my hands. Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of
fear; but of power, and of love, and of a CHAPTER 2
sound mind. THOU therefore, my son, be strong in the
8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
testimony of our Lord, nor of me his 2 And the things that thou hast heard of
prisoner: but be thou partaker of the me among many witnesses, the same
afflictions of the gospel according to the commit thou to faithful men, who shall be
power of God; able to teach others also.
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a
an holy calling, not according to our good soldier of Jesus Christ.
works, but according to his own purpose 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself
and grace, which was given us in Christ with the affairs of this life; that he may
Jesus before the world began, please him who hath chosen him to be a
10 But is now made manifest by the soldier.
appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, 5 And if a man also strive for masteries,
who hath abolished death, and hath yet is he not crowned, except he strive
brought life and immortality to light lawfully.
through the gospel: 6 The husbandman that laboureth must be
11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, first partaker of the fruits.
and an apostle, and a teacher of the 7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give
Gentiles. thee understanding in all things.
12 For the which cause I also suffer these 8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed
things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for of David was raised from the dead
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13 But evil men and seducers shall wax Titus unto Dalmatia.
worse and worse, deceiving, and being 11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and
deceived. bring him with thee: for he is profitable to
14 But continue thou in the things which me for the ministry.
thou hast learned and hast been assured of, 12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 13 The cloke that I left at Troas with
15 And that from a child thou hast known Carpus, when thou comest, bring with
the holy scriptures, which are able to thee, and the books, but especially the
make thee wise unto salvation through parchments.
faith which is in Christ Jesus. 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of much evil: the Lord reward him according
God, and is profitable for doctrine, for to his works:
reproof, for correction, for instruction in 15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he
righteousness: hath greatly withstood our words.
17 That the man of God may be perfect, 16 At my first answer no man stood with
throughly furnished unto all good works. me, but all men forsook me: I pray God
that it may not be laid to their charge.
CHAPTER 4 17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with
I CHARGE thee therefore before God, me, and strengthened me; that by me the
and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge preaching might be fully known, and that
the quick and the dead at his appearing all the Gentiles might hear: and I was
and his kingdom; delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from
out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort every evil work, and will preserve me unto
with all longsuffering and doctrine. his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory
3 For the time will come when they will for ever and ever. Amen.
not endure sound doctrine; but after their 19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the
own lusts shall they heap to themselves household of Onesiphorus.
teachers, having itching ears; 20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but
4 And they shall turn away their ears from Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 21 Do thy diligence to come before
5 But watch thou in all things, endure winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens,
afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the
make full proof of thy ministry. brethren.
6 For I am now ready to be offered, and 22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy
the time of my departure is at hand. spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
7 I have fought a good fight, I have ¶ The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained
finished my course, I have kept the faith: the first bishop of the church of the
Ephesians, was written from Rome, when
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a Paul was brought before Nero the second
crown of righteousness, which the Lord, time.
the righteous judge, shall give me at that
day: and not to me only, but unto all them
also that love his appearing.
9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto
me:
10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having
loved this present world, and is departed
unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia,
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO
TITUS.
CHAPTER 1 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and
PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of commandments of men, that turn from the
Jesus Christ, according to the faith of truth.
God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the 15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but
truth which is after godliness; unto them that are defiled and unbelieving
2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that is nothing pure; but even their mind and
cannot lie, promised before the world conscience is defiled.
began; 16 They profess that they know God; but
3 But hath in due times manifested his in works they deny him, being
word through preaching, which is abominable, and disobedient, and unto
committed unto me according to the every good work reprobate.
commandment of God our Saviour;
4 To Titus, mine own son after the CHAPTER 2
common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, BUT speak thou the things which become
from God the Father and the Lord Jesus sound doctrine:
Christ our Saviour. 2 That the aged men be sober, grave,
5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in
thou shouldest set in order the things that patience.
are wanting, and ordain elders in every 3 The aged women likewise, that they be
city, as I had appointed thee: in behaviour as becometh holiness, not
6 If any be blameless, the husband of one false accusers, not given to much wine,
wife, having faithful children not accused teachers of good things;
of riot or unruly. 4 That they may teach the young women
7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the to be sober, to love their husbands, to love
steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon their children,
angry, not given to wine, no striker, not 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home,
given to filthy lucre; good, obedient to their own husbands, that
8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of the word of God be not blasphemed.
good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober
9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath minded.
been taught, that he may be able by sound 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of
doctrine both to exhort and to convince good works: in doctrine shewing
the gainsayers. uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
10 For there are many unruly and vain 8 Sound speech, that cannot be
talkers and deceivers, specially they of the condemned; that he that is of the contrary
circumcision: part may be ashamed, having no evil thing
11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who to say of you.
subvert whole houses, teaching things 9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their
which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s own masters, and to please them well in
sake. all things; not answering again;
12 One of themselves, even a prophet of 10 Not purloining, but shewing all good
their own, said, The Cretians are alway fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine
liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. of God our Saviour in all things.
13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke 11 For the grace of God that bringeth
them sharply, that they may be sound in salvation hath appeared to all men,
the faith; 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness
and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, 11 Knowing that he that is such is
righteously, and godly, in this present subverted, and sinneth, being condemned
world; of himself.
13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the 12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee,
glorious appearing of the great God and or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me
our Saviour Jesus Christ; to Nicopolis: for I have determined there
14 Who gave himself for us, that he might to winter.
redeem us from all iniquity, and purify 13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on
unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of their journey diligently, that nothing be
good works. wanting unto them.
15 These things speak, and exhort, and 14 And let ours also learn to maintain
rebuke with all authority. Let no man good works for necessary uses, that they
despise thee. be not unfruitful.
15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet
CHAPTER 3 them that love us in the faith. Grace be
PUT them in mind to be subject to with you all. Amen.
principalities and powers, to obey ¶ It was written to Titus, ordained the first
magistrates, to be ready to every good bishop of the church of the Cretians, from
Nicopolis of Macedonia.
work,
2 To speak evil of no man, to be no
brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness
unto all men.
3 For we ourselves also were sometimes
foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving
divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice
and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
4 But after that the kindness and love of
God our Saviour toward man appeared,
5 Not by works of righteousness which we
have done, but according to his mercy he
saved us, by the washing of regeneration,
and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
6 Which he shed on us abundantly through
Jesus Christ our Saviour;
7 That being justified by his grace, we
should be made heirs according to the
hope of eternal life.
8 This is a faithful saying, and these things
I will that thou affirm constantly, that they
which have believed in God might be
careful to maintain good works. These
things are good and profitable unto men.
9 But avoid foolish questions, and
genealogies, and contentions, and
strivings about the law; for they are
unprofitable and vain.
10 A man that is an heretick after the first
and second admonition reject;
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO
PHILEMON.
CHAPTER 1 the flesh, and in the Lord?
PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and 17 If thou count me therefore a partner,
Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our receive him as myself.
dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, 18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee
2 And to our beloved Apphia, and ought, put that on mine account;
Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the 19 I Paul have written it with mine own
church in thy house: hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to
3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our thee how thou owest unto me even thine
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. own self besides.
4 I thank my God, making mention of thee 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in
always in my prayers, the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
5 Hearing of thy love and faith, which 21 Having confidence in thy obedience I
thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt
toward all saints; also do more than I say.
6 That the communication of thy faith 22 But withal prepare me also a lodging:
may become effectual by the for I trust that through your prayers I shall
acknowledging of every good thing which be given unto you.
is in you in Christ Jesus. 23 There salute thee Epaphras, my
7 For we have great joy and consolation in fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
thy love, because the bowels of the saints 24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas,
are refreshed by thee, brother. my fellowlabourers.
8 Wherefore, though I might be much 25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is with your spirit. Amen.
convenient, ¶ Written from Rome to Philemon, by
9 Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, Onesimus a servant.
being such an one as Paul the aged, and
now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus,
whom I have begotten in my bonds:
11 Which in time past was to thee
unprofitable, but now profitable to thee
and to me:
12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore
receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
13 Whom I would have retained with me,
that in thy stead he might have ministered
unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
14 But without thy mind would I do
nothing; that thy benefit should not be as
it were of necessity, but willingly.
15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a
season, that thou shouldest receive him for
ever;
16 Not now as a servant, but above a
servant, a brother beloved, specially to
me, but how much more unto thee, both in
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TO THE
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CHAPTER 1 any time, Sit on my right hand, until I
GOD, who at sundry times and in divers make thine enemies thy footstool?
manners spake in time past unto the 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent
fathers by the prophets, forth to minister for them who shall be
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us heirs of salvation?
by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir
of all things, by whom also he made the CHAPTER 2
worlds; THEREFORE we ought to give the more
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, earnest heed to the things which we have
and the express image of his person, and heard, lest at any time we should let them
upholding all things by the word of his slip.
power, when he had by himself purged 2 For if the word spoken by angels was
our sins, sat down on the right hand of the stedfast, and every transgression and
Majesty on high; disobedience received a just recompence
4 Being made so much better than the of reward;
angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so
a more excellent name than they. great salvation; which at the first began to
5 For unto which of the angels said he at be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed
any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I unto us by them that heard him;
begotten thee? And again, I will be to him 4 God also bearing them witness, both
a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? with signs and wonders, and with divers
6 And again, when he bringeth in the miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost,
firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And according to his own will?
let all the angels of God worship him. 5 For unto the angels hath he not put in
7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh subjection the world to come, whereof we
his angels spirits, and his ministers a speak.
flame of fire. 6 But one in a certain place testified,
8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O saying, What is man, that thou art mindful
God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of of him? or the son of man, that thou
righteousness is the sceptre of thy visitest him?
kingdom. 7 Thou madest him a little lower than the
9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and angels; thou crownedst him with glory and
hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy honour, and didst set him over the works
God, hath anointed thee with the oil of of thy hands:
gladness above thy fellows. 8 Thou hast put all things in subjection
10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast under his feet. For in that he put all in
laid the foundation of the earth; and the subjection under him, he left nothing that
heavens are the works of thine hands: is not put under him. But now we see not
11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; yet all things put under him.
and they all shall wax old as doth a 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little
garment; lower than the angels for the suffering of
12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them death, crowned with glory and honour;
up, and they shall be changed: but thou art that he by the grace of God should taste
the same, and thy years shall not fail. death for every man.
13 But to which of the angels said he at 10 For it became him, for whom are all
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things, and by whom are all things, in man; but he that built all things is God.
bringing many sons unto glory, to make 5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his
the captain of their salvation perfect house, as a servant, for a testimony of
through sufferings. those things which were to be spoken
11 For both he that sanctifieth and they after;
who are sanctified are all of one: for 6 But Christ as a son over his own house;
which cause he is not ashamed to call whose house are we, if we hold fast the
them brethren, confidence and the rejoicing of the hope
12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto firm unto the end.
my brethren, in the midst of the church 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To
will I sing praise unto thee. day if ye will hear his voice,
13 And again, I will put my trust in him. 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the
And again, Behold I and the children provocation, in the day of temptation in
which God hath given me. the wilderness:
14 Forasmuch then as the children are 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved
partakers of flesh and blood, he also me, and saw my works forty years.
himself likewise took part of the same; 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that
that through death he might destroy him generation, and said, They do alway err in
that had the power of death, that is, the their heart; and they have not known my
devil; ways.
15 And deliver them who through fear of 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not
death were all their lifetime subject to enter into my rest.)
bondage. 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in
16 For verily he took not on him the any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in
nature of angels; but he took on him the departing from the living God.
seed of Abraham. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is
17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him called To day; lest any of you be hardened
to be made like unto his brethren, that he through the deceitfulness of sin.
might be a merciful and faithful high 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if
priest in things pertaining to God, to make we hold the beginning of our confidence
reconciliation for the sins of the people. stedfast unto the end;
18 For in that he himself hath suffered 15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear
being tempted, he is able to succour them his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the
that are tempted. provocation.
16 For some, when they had heard, did
CHAPTER 3 provoke: howbeit not all that came out of
WHEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers Egypt by Moses.
of the heavenly calling, consider the 17 But with whom was he grieved forty
Apostle and High Priest of our profession, years? was it not with them that had
Christ Jesus; sinned, whose carcases fell in the
2 Who was faithful to him that appointed wilderness?
him, as also Moses was faithful in all his 18 And to whom sware he that they
house. should not enter into his rest, but to them
3 For this man was counted worthy of that believed not?
more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he 19 So we see that they could not enter in
who hath builded the house hath more because of unbelief.
honour than the house.
4 For every house is builded by some CHAPTER 4
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LET us therefore fear, lest, a promise Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our
being left us of entering into his rest, any profession.
of you should seem to come short of it. 15 For we have not an high priest which
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as cannot be touched with the feeling of our
well as unto them: but the word preached infirmities; but was in all points tempted
did not profit them, not being mixed with like as we are, yet without sin.
faith in them that heard it. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the
3 For we which have believed do enter throne of grace, that we may obtain
into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in mercy, and find grace to help in time of
my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: need.
although the works were finished from the
foundation of the world. CHAPTER 5
4 For he spake in a certain place of the FOR every high priest taken from among
seventh day on this wise, And God did men is ordained for men in things
rest the seventh day from all his works. pertaining to God, that he may offer both
5 And in this place again, If they shall gifts and sacrifices for sins:
enter into my rest. 2 Who can have compassion on the
6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some ignorant, and on them that are out of the
must enter therein, and they to whom it way; for that he himself also is compassed
was first preached entered not in because with infirmity.
of unbelief: 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for
7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying the people, so also for himself, to offer for
in David, To day, after so long a time; as sins.
it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, 4 And no man taketh this honour unto
harden not your hearts. himself, but he that is called of God, as
8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then was Aaron.
would he not afterward have spoken of 5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be
another day. made an high priest; but he that said unto
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the him, Thou art my Son, to day have I
people of God. begotten thee.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he 6 As he saith also in another place, Thou
also hath ceased from his own works, as art a priest for ever after the order of
God did from his. Melchisedec.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he
that rest, lest any man fall after the same had offered up prayers and supplications
example of unbelief. with strong crying and tears unto him that
12 For the word of God is quick, and was able to save him from death, and was
powerful, and sharper than any twoedged heard in that he feared;
sword, piercing even to the dividing 8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints obedience by the things which he
and marrow, and is a discerner of the suffered;
thoughts and intents of the heart. 9 And being made perfect, he became the
13 Neither is there any creature that is not author of eternal salvation unto all them
manifest in his sight: but all things are that obey him;
naked and opened unto the eyes of him 10 Called of God an high priest after the
with whom we have to do. order of Melchisedec.
14 Seeing then that we have a great high 11 Of whom we have many things to say,
priest, that is passed into the heavens, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull
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of hearing. minister.
12 For when for the time ye ought to be 11 And we desire that every one of you do
teachers, ye have need that one teach you shew the same diligence to the full
again which be the first principles of the assurance of hope unto the end:
oracles of God; and are become such as 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers
have need of milk, and not of strong meat. of them who through faith and patience
13 For every one that useth milk is inherit the promises.
unskilful in the word of righteousness: for 13 For when God made promise to
he is a babe. Abraham, because he could swear by no
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that greater, he sware by himself,
are of full age, even those who by reason 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless
of use have their senses exercised to thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
discern both good and evil. 15 And so, after he had patiently endured,
he obtained the promise.
CHAPTER 6 16 For men verily swear by the greater:
THEREFORE leaving the principles of and an oath for confirmation is to them an
the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto end of all strife.
perfection; not laying again the foundation 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly
of repentance from dead works, and of to shew unto the heirs of promise the
faith toward God, immutability of his counsel, confirmed it
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of by an oath:
laying on of hands, and of resurrection of 18 That by two immutable things, in
the dead, and of eternal judgment. which it was impossible for God to lie, we
3 And this will we do, if God permit. might have a strong consolation, who have
4 For it is impossible for those who were fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope
once enlightened, and have tasted of the set before us:
heavenly gift, and were made partakers of 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of
the Holy Ghost, the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which
5 And have tasted the good word of God, entereth into that within the veil;
and the powers of the world to come, 20 Whither the forerunner is for us
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them entered, even Jesus, made an high priest
again unto repentance; seeing they crucify for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
to themselves the Son of God afresh, and
put him to an open shame. CHAPTER 7
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain FOR this Melchisedec, king of Salem,
that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth priest of the most high God, who met
herbs meet for them by whom it is Abraham returning from the slaughter of
dressed, receiveth blessing from God: the kings, and blessed him;
8 But that which beareth thorns and briers 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth
is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; part of all; first being by interpretation
whose end is to be burned. King of righteousness, and after that also
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
things of you, and things that accompany 3 Without father, without mother, without
salvation, though we thus speak. descent, having neither beginning of days,
10 For God is not unrighteous to forget nor end of life; but made like unto the Son
your work and labour of love, which ye of God; abideth a priest continually.
have shewed toward his name, in that ye 4 Now consider how great this man was,
have ministered to the saints, and do unto whom even the patriarch Abraham
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gave the tenth of the spoils. 20 And inasmuch as not without an oath
5 And verily they that are of the sons of he was made priest:
Levi, who receive the office of the 21 (For those priests were made without
priesthood, have a commandment to take an oath; but this with an oath by him that
tithes of the people according to the law, said unto him, The Lord sware and will
that is, of their brethren, though they come not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after
out of the loins of Abraham: the order of Melchisedec:)
6 But he whose descent is not counted 22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of
from them received tithes of Abraham, a better testament.
and blessed him that had the promises. 23 And they truly were many priests,
7 And without all contradiction the less is because they were not suffered to continue
blessed of the better. by reason of death:
8 And here men that die receive tithes; but 24 But this man, because he continueth
there he receiveth them, of whom it is ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
witnessed that he liveth. 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them
9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who to the uttermost that come unto God by
receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. him, seeing he ever liveth to make
10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, intercession for them.
when Melchisedec met him. 26 For such an high priest became us, who
11 If therefore perfection were by the is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from
Levitical priesthood, (for under it the sinners, and made higher than the
people received the law,) what further heavens;
need was there that another priest should 27 Who needeth not daily, as those high
rise after the order of Melchisedec, and priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his
not be called after the order of Aaron? own sins, and then for the people’s: for
12 For the priesthood being changed, there this he did once, when he offered up
is made of necessity a change also of the himself.
law. 28 For the law maketh men high priests
13 For he of whom these things are which have infirmity; but the word of the
spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of oath, which was since the law, maketh the
which no man gave attendance at the altar. Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang
out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake CHAPTER 8
nothing concerning priesthood. NOW of the things which we have spoken
15 And it is yet far more evident: for that this is the sum: We have such an high
after the similitude of Melchisedec there priest, who is set on the right hand of the
ariseth another priest, throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
16 Who is made, not after the law of a 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the
carnal commandment, but after the power true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched,
of an endless life. and not man.
17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer
ever after the order of Melchisedec. gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of
18 For there is verily a disannulling of the necessity that this man have somewhat
commandment going before for the also to offer.
weakness and unprofitableness thereof. 4 For if he were on earth, he should not be
19 For the law made nothing perfect, but a priest, seeing that there are priests that
the bringing in of a better hope did; by the offer gifts according to the law:
which we draw nigh unto God. 5 Who serve unto the example and
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12 But this man, after he had offered one 29 Of how much sorer punishment,
sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy,
right hand of God; who hath trodden under foot the Son of
13 From henceforth expecting till his God, and hath counted the blood of the
enemies be made his footstool. covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an
14 For by one offering he hath perfected unholy thing, and hath done despite unto
for ever them that are sanctified. the Spirit of grace?
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a 30 For we know him that hath said,
witness to us: for after that he had said Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will
before, recompense, saith the Lord. And again,
16 This is the covenant that I will make The Lord shall judge his people.
with them after those days, saith the Lord, 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the
I will put my laws into their hearts, and in hands of the living God.
their minds will I write them; 32 But call to remembrance the former
17 And their sins and iniquities will I days, in which, after ye were illuminated,
remember no more. ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
18 Now where remission of these is, there 33 Partly, whilst ye were made a
is no more offering for sin. gazingstock both by reproaches and
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became
enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, companions of them that were so used.
20 By a new and living way, which he 34 For ye had compassion of me in my
hath consecrated for us, through the veil, bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of
that is to say, his flesh; your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye
21 And having an high priest over the have in heaven a better and an enduring
house of God; substance.
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in 35 Cast not away therefore your
full assurance of faith, having our hearts confidence, which hath great recompence
sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our of reward.
bodies washed with pure water. 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our ye have done the will of God, ye might
faith without wavering; (for he is faithful receive the promise.
that promised;) 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall
24 And let us consider one another to come will come, and will not tarry.
provoke unto love and to good works: 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if
25 Not forsaking the assembling of any man draw back, my soul shall have no
ourselves together, as the manner of some pleasure in him.
is; but exhorting one another: and so 39 But we are not of them who draw back
much the more, as ye see the day unto perdition; but of them that believe to
approaching. the saving of the soul.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have
received the knowledge of the truth, there CHAPTER 11
remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, NOW faith is the substance of things
27 But a certain fearful looking for of hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
judgment and fiery indignation, which 2 For by it the elders obtained a good
shall devour the adversaries. report.
28 He that despised Moses’ law died 3 Through faith we understand that the
without mercy under two or three worlds were framed by the word of God,
witnesses: so that things which are seen were not
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28 Through faith he kept the passover, and WHEREFORE seeing we also are
the sprinkling of blood, lest he that compassed about with so great a cloud of
destroyed the firstborn should touch them. witnesses, let us lay aside every weight,
29 By faith they passed through the Red and the sin which doth so easily beset us,
sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians and let us run with patience the race that is
assaying to do were drowned. set before us,
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and
after they were compassed about seven finisher of our faith; who for the joy that
days. was set before him endured the cross,
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not despising the shame, and is set down at
with them that believed not, when she had the right hand of the throne of God.
received the spies with peace. 3 For consider him that endured such
32 And what shall I more say? for the time contradiction of sinners against himself,
would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
David also, and Samuel, and of the striving against sin.
prophets: 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, which speaketh unto you as unto children,
wrought righteousness, obtained promises, My son, despise not thou the chastening of
stopped the mouths of lions, the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked
34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped of him:
the edge of the sword, out of weakness 6 For whom the Lord loveth he
were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, chasteneth, and scourgeth every son
turned to flight the armies of the aliens. whom he receiveth.
35 Women received their dead raised to 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth
life again: and others were tortured, not with you as with sons; for what son is he
accepting deliverance; that they might whom the father chasteneth not?
obtain a better resurrection: 8 But if ye be without chastisement,
36 And others had trial of cruel mockings whereof all are partakers, then are ye
and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds bastards, and not sons.
and imprisonment: 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our
37 They were stoned, they were sawn flesh which corrected us, and we gave
asunder, were tempted, were slain with the them reverence: shall we not much rather
sword: they wandered about in sheepskins be in subjection unto the Father of spirits,
and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, and live?
tormented; 10 For they verily for a few days
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) chastened us after their own pleasure; but
they wandered in deserts, and in he for our profit, that we might be
mountains, and in dens and caves of the partakers of his holiness.
earth. 11 Now no chastening for the present
39 And these all, having obtained a good seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:
report through faith, received not the nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the
promise: peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them
40 God having provided some better thing which are exercised thereby.
for us, that they without us should not be 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang
made perfect. down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet,
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way; but let it rather be healed. now he hath promised, saying, Yet once
14 Follow peace with all men, and more I shake not the earth only, but also
holiness, without which no man shall see heaven.
the Lord: 27 And this word, Yet once more,
15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of signifieth the removing of those things
the grace of God; lest any root of that are shaken, as of things that are made,
bitterness springing up trouble you, and that those things which cannot be shaken
thereby many be defiled; may remain.
16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane 28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom
person, as Esau, who for one morsel of which cannot be moved, let us have grace,
meat sold his birthright. whereby we may serve God acceptably
17 For ye know how that afterward, when with reverence and godly fear:
he would have inherited the blessing, he 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
was rejected: for he found no place of
repentance, though he sought it carefully CHAPTER 13
with tears. LET brotherly love continue.
18 For ye are not come unto the mount 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers:
that might be touched, and that burned for thereby some have entertained angels
with fire, nor unto blackness, and unawares.
darkness, and tempest, 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as
19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the bound with them; and them which suffer
voice of words; which voice they that adversity, as being yourselves also in the
heard intreated that the word should not be body.
spoken to them any more: 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the
20 (For they could not endure that which bed undefiled: but whoremongers and
was commanded, And if so much as a adulterers God will judge.
beast touch the mountain, it shall be 5 Let your conversation be without
stoned, or thrust through with a dart: covetousness; and be content with such
21 And so terrible was the sight, that things as ye have: for he hath said, I will
Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is
unto the city of the living God, the my helper, and I will not fear what man
heavenly Jerusalem, and to an shall do unto me.
innumerable company of angels, 7 Remember them which have the rule
23 To the general assembly and church of over you, who have spoken unto you the
the firstborn, which are written in heaven, word of God: whose faith follow,
and to God the Judge of all, and to the considering the end of their conversation.
spirits of just men made perfect, 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new day, and for ever.
covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, 9 Be not carried about with divers and
that speaketh better things than that of strange doctrines. For it is a good thing
Abel. that the heart be established with grace;
25 See that ye refuse not him that not with meats, which have not profited
speaketh. For if they escaped not who them that have been occupied therein.
refused him that spake on earth, much 10 We have an altar, whereof they have no
more shall not we escape, if we turn away right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
from him that speaketh from heaven: 11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose
26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but blood is brought into the sanctuary by the
HEBREWS