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 Bt the UNITED STATES
in CONGRESS assembled :

September iztb, xtft.

H £ Committee to •o-bom was referred a Memo?' u of Robert Ait*

T itcn, Fri-iter,
dated %lft January , I73l, refpcBing an n of edit I

the Holy Script*rei,

report, ** That Mr. Aitkcn has, at a great ex~

pence, now finifoed an American edition of the Holy Scriptures in Eng*

that the Committee have from time to time attended to his pro-
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grefi in the
work ; that they alfo recommended it to the two Chaplaius
to examine and give their opinion of the execution, -who have
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filhws:
" Philadelphia, ijl September , 1782.
" Reverend Gentlemen,
M OUR knowledge of your piety and public fpirit leads us without
apology to recommend to your particular attention the edition cfthe Holy

Scriptures pubUjbing by Mr. Aitkcn. He undertook this expenfive

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Gentlemen, toexamine the execution of the -work, and if approved, t$
give it the fandion of sour judgment, and the weight of your recommen-

dation. We are, with very great nfpcB t

Year moft obedient humble fervants.

(Slgnd) JAMES DUANE, Chairman in behalf

$f a Committee of Congrefs on Mr. Aitkcn '5 Memorial*

Reverend Doll. White and Revd. Mr. Duffu-ld,

Chaplains of the United States in Congrefs ajjembled. '

Report.
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AGREEABLY to your deftre we have paid attention to Mr. Ro-
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of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New
Tejlamcnt. Having feleded and examined a variety pajfages through- of
out the work, we areof opinion that it is executed with great accuracy
as to and with
thejenfe, as few grammatical end typographical errors
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\njtn undertaking of fuch magnitude. Being cur-
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trefent profptf of a fupply
{ fapirg that it will prove *i advantageous
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as it is honorable to the Gentleman, who has exerted bimfijf to fu f The Firft Book of
it, at the evident rifque cf private fortune. We are, Qcutlemen % Moses, called GENESIS.
Tour very refpedful and humble fervantl,
(Sign* JJ WILLIAM WHITE,
CHAP. I. his kind, and the tree yielding

GEORGE DUFFIELD. N the beginning God created fruit, whofe feed was in itfelf,
after his kind: and God faw that
the heaven and the earth,
Philadelphia, September lot 178a. % And the earth was with- -was good,
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out form, and void; and 13 And

the evening and the
Htnbte James Duane, Efj. Chairman, and the other morning were the third day.
darknefs was upon the face of the
Honble Gentlemen of the Committee of Ccngrefs on
deep; and
the Spirit of God mo- 14 1 And God faid. Let there
Mr. Aitkcn\j Memorial." face of the waters, be lights in the firmament of the
red upon the
Whereupon, * And God faid, Let there be heaven, to divide the day from
ljchr: and there was
light. the night: and let them be for
RESOLVED, and for feafons, and for
THAT 4 And God faw the light, that fisns,
the United Slates in C&ngrefs ajjembled highly approve
it was
good : and God divided the days, and years.
ptius and laudable undertaking of Mr. Aitken, as fuhfervient to tl light from the darknefs. ; I J And let them be for lights
intereftof rehgion, as veil as an btftance of the progrejs of arts in ii 5 And God called the light in the firmament of the heaven,

country, and bcin% fatisfied from the above report of Lis care and at Pay, and the darknefc he called to give light upon the earth: and
Night; and the evening and the it was fo.
racy in the execution of the -work, they recommend this edition of the
morning were the firft day. 16 And God made two great
hie to the inhabitants of the United States, and hereby authorife him \
6 t And God faid, Let there lights: the greater light to rale
fublijh this Recommendation in the manner he Jhall think proper. be a firmament in the midft of the day, and the leflcr Kght to
the waters, and let it divide the rale the night : he made the ftars
CHA. THOMSON, Scc'ry.
waters from the waters. alfo.
7 And God made the firma- 17 And God fet them in the
^ The Names and Order of all the Books of the Old and Ni ment, and divided the waters, firmament of the heaven, to give
Testament, with the Number of their Chapters. which were under the firmament, light Upon the earth,
from the waters which were above 18 And to rule over the day
QEnefis hath Chap- Chronicles
II. hath Daniel hath Chi and over the night, and to divide
the firmament : and it was fo.
ters 50 Chapters 36 tcrs
8 And God called the firma- the light from the darknefs: and
Exodus 42 Ezra 10 Hofea ment Heaven : and the evening G^d law that it was good.
Leviticus %1 Nehemiah 13 Joel and the morning were the fecond 19 And the evening and the
Numbers Efthcr 10 Amos day. morning were the fourth day.
Deuteronomy 34 Job 42 Obadiah
9 1 And God faid, Let the ao 1 And God faid, Let the
Jofoua *4 Pfalms ionah waters under the heaven be ga- waters bring forth abundantly
Judges 21 Proverbs 3i licah thcred together unto one place, the moving creature that bath
.Ruth 4 Ecclcfiaftes 12 Nahum and let the dry land appear: and life, and fowl that may Ay above
3. Samuel 31 The fong of Solomon 8 Habakkuk it was fo. the earth in the open firmament of
11. Samuel 24 Ifauh 66 Zcphaniah
10 And God called the dry heaven.
I. Kings 22 Jeremiah 5i Haggai land Earth, and the gathering to-
II. Kings Lamentations c 7 ai And God created great
gether of the waters called he whales, and every living
1. Chronicles 29 Ezekiel creature
•id id 1

4 freas; and God faw

that it was that moveth, which the waters
J^jAtthew hathChap- ters 6 To the Hebrews sood " brought forth abundantly after
Ephefians 6 Chapters XX And God faid, Let the their kind, and
every winged
Mark 16 Plulippians 4 Epiflle of James earth bring forth grafs, the herb fowl
after his kind: and God few
Luke 24 Coloflians 4 I. Peter Ti ding feed, and the fruit-tree thztitwas good.
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John 21
The Arts %%
I.

II.
TheiTaloninns
TheflHlonians
5 II. Peter
3 John
I. £k r? aftcr hk kind »
wnofc feed is in itfelf, upon
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And God blefTed them, fay-
the ing, Be fruitful, and multiply,
The Epirtle to the Timothy
I. 6 II. John a d U was fo
? a ? L - and fiU thc watcrs inthefeasl
Romans 16 II. Timothy 4 III. John
I. Corinthians iStTitus Jude rraf!
br00« ht foIth
S*fs, and herb yielding
"
d ,Ct fo* 1 *"Mpty the »
feed after earth.
II. Corinthians 13 Philemon 1 ^Revelation
Galuianshath Chap- At t$ And
 GEN S I E S. CHAP. nr.
33 And the evening and the and the r rning were the fix The name of the Pi-
firft is Lord God had taken from man,
11
rooming were the fifth day. day. which com pa Act h made he a woman, and brought
44 % And God faid, Let the CHAP. II.
foil" that is it

the whole land of

Havilah, where her unto the man.
earth bring forth the living crea-
ture after his kind, cattle, and
THUSthe heavens and the
earth were finiihed, and all
there is %o\d. t
*3 <* n d Adam faid, This is
12 And the gold of that land is now bone of my bones, and flcih
creeping thing, and beaft of the the hoft of them.
good; there is bdellium, and the of roy flefhj file (ball be called
earth after his kind; and it was % And on the feventh day God onyx-flone. Woman, becaufe fhc was taken
lb. ended his work which he name of the out of man.
*3 And the fecond
25 And God made the head of made; and he rcfted on the river /jGihon; the fame is it that 24 Therefore fhail a man leave
the earth after his kind, and cat- venth day from all his wor'
compafleth the whole land of his father and his mother, and
tle after their kind, and every which he had made. "'all cleave unto his wife; and
Ethiopia.
thing that creepeth upon the 3 And God blefTed thefcvcntl 14 Ami' the name of the third they fhall be one flelh.
eaath after his kind; and God day, and fanflified it: b that * it which
a Middckel; 25 And they were both naked,
river
faw that it was good. that in it he had rerted from a> the man and his wife, and were
yocth toward the eaft of Afi'yria.
%6 1 And God faid, Let us his work, which God created And the fourth river is Euphrates, not afhamcd.
make man in our image, after made. 15 And the Loup God took CHAP. III.
our likenels: and let them have 4 \ Thefc are the generations
dominion over the filh of the fea, of the heavens and of the earth,
the man, and put him into the \TOW the ferpent was more
garden of Eden, to drefs it, and i.M fnbtil than any beaft of the
and over the fowl of the air, and when they were created ; in the to keep it. field which the Lord God had
over the cattle, and over all the day that the Lord God made the 16 And the Lord God com- made; and he faid unto the wo-
earth, and over every creeping earth and the heavens, manded the man, faying, Of every man, Yea, hath God did, Ye
thing that creepeth upon the 5 And everyplant of the field, tree of the garden thou mayeft fiiall not cat of every tree of the
earth. before it was in the earth, and freely cat: garden ?
%1 So God created man in his every herb of the field, before it 17 But of the tree of the know- % And the woman faid unto
own image, in the image of God grew : for the Lord God had not ledge of good and evil, thou flialt the ferpent, We
may eat of the
created he him ; male and female caufed it to rain upon the earth, not cat of it; for in the day that fruit of thj trees of the garden;
created he them. and there was not a man to till thou catcft thereof, thou lhalt 3 But of the fruit of the tree
28 And God blefled them, and the ground. finely die. which, ii in the miilt btthtgK*
God faid unto them, Be fruitful, 6 But there went up a mift from r8 «! And the Lord God faid, den, God hath faid, Ye (ball not
and multiply, and replenilh the the earth, and watered the whole
It is not good that the man fliould eat of it, neither fhall ye touch
earth, and fuhdue it; and have face of the ground.
be alone; 1 will make him an it, left ye die.
dominion over the filh of the fea, 7 And the Lord God formed help meet for him. 4 And the ferpent faid unto
and over the fowl of the air, and man of the dull of the ground, 19 And out of the ground the thc woman, Ye fhall not furely die.
over every living thing that mo- and breathed into his noftrils the Lord God formed every beaft of 5 For God doth know, that in
vtth npon the earth breath of life; and man became the field, and every fowl of the the day ye cat thereof, then your
ao \ And God laid, Behold, I a living foul. air, and brought them unto Adam, eyes lhall he opened ; and yc
fhall
have given you every herb bearing 8 J And the Lord God plant- to fee what he would call them; he as gods, knowing good and
feed, which is upon the face of all ed a garden eaft-ward in Eden; and whatsoever Adam called eve- evil.
the earth, and every tree, in the and there he put the man whom ry living creature, that was the 6 And when the woman faw
which is the fruit of a tree yield- he had formed. name thereof. that the tree was good for food,
ing feed; to you it thall be for 9 And out of the ground m ao And Adam gave names to and that it was pleafant to the
meat. the Lord God to grow every all cattle, and to the fow! of the eyes,
and a tree to he dc- fired to
30 And to every bead of the that is plcafaot to the fight, an Sir, and to every beaft of the field; make one wife; fne
took of the
earth, and to every fowl of the good for food : the tree of life al )ut for Adam there wasnot found fruit
thereof, arid did cat, and
air, and to every thing that creep - in the midfl of the garden, and an help meet for him. gave aifo unto her hulband with
eth upon the earth, wherein there the tree of knowledge of good 21 And the Lord God caufed hef; and he did eat.
is life, I have given every green and evil. a ecp t0 fal1 upon Adam;
herb for meat: and it was ib. 10 And a river went out of m 5 7 * nd thc
and he flcpt; and he took one of were opened, and 9*
of thcm both
they knew that
31 And God {aw every thing Eden to water the garden; and HI ribs, and clofed pp thc flefh in they were naked and they fewed
5
that he had made, and beholdi it from thence it was parted, an- Head thereof. fig-leaves together, and made
u>« very good. And the evening became into four heads. a* And thc rib, which thc themfclves aprons.
II Th AM
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GENESIS. CHAP. V.
t And they heard the voice of not eat of it: curfed is the ground eBut unto Cai«, and to his the prefence of the Lord, and
the Lord God walking in the for thy fake; in forrow fhalt thou offering, he had
not refpedt. And dwelt in the land of Nod, on the
Cain was very wroth, and caft of Eden,
garden in the cool of the day; eat of it all the days of thy life, his
and Adam and his wife hid them- 18 Thornsalfoand thiftlesfhall countenance fell. m
17 Aud Cain knew his wife,
felvcs, from the prcfence of the it bring forth to thee: and thou 6 And theLoRofaid unto Cain, and fl>econeivcd,andbareEnocJi
Lord God, amongft the trees of /halt eat the herb of the field, "vVhy art thou wroth ?
and why is and he builded a city, and called
the garden. 19 In the fweat of thy face (halt thy countenance fallen ? the name of the city, after the
9 And the Lord God called thou eat bread, till thou return 7 If thou doft
well, (halt thou name of his fon, Enoch,
unto Adam, and faid unto him, unto the ground; for out of it not be accepted? and if thou doft 18 And unto Enoch
was horn
Where art thou ? wart thou taken : for dud thou not well, (in licth at the door. Irad: and Irad begat Mehujacl
10 And he faid, I heard thy and unto duft fhalt thou return, And unto thee Jhallbe his defire, and Mehujacl begat McthufacI:
1
voice in the garden; and I wis 20 And Adam called his wife and thou (halt rule over hint and Methufael begat Lamcch.
afraid, becaufe 1 ivss naked; and name Eve, hecaufe (he was t 8 And Cain talked with Abel 19 f And Lamech took unto
I hid myfelf. mother of all living. his brother: and it came to pafs, him two wives; the name of the
It And he faid, Who told at Unto Adam aHo and to his when they were in the field, that one was Adah, and the name of
thee that thou vtafl naked? Haft wife did the Lord God make coats Cain rofcupagainft Abel his bro- the other Zillah.
thou eaten of the tree, whereof of fkins, and cloathed them. ther, and flew him. ao And Adah bare Jabal he :

I commanded thee, that thou 22 r And the Lord God faid,

} 9 And theLoRofaid unto Cain, was the father of fuch as dwell in
fhouldeft not eat ? Behold, the man is become as ond Where if Abel thy hrother? and tents, and offuch as have cattle,
12 And the man faid, The of us, to know good and evil, he faid, I know not. Am my 1 21 And his brother's name was
woman, whom thou gaveft to be And now left he put forth his hand, brother's keeper ? Jubal: he was the father of all
with me, (he gave me of the tree, and take alfo of the tree of life, 10 Andhe faid, What haft thou fuch ashandle the harp and organ,
and did eat.
I and eat, and live for ever; done ? the voice of thy brother's %% And Zillah (he alfo bare Tu-
t

13 And the Lord God faid 23 Therefore the Lord God blood crieth unto me from the bal-Cain, an inftrufter of every
unto the woman, What is this fent him forth from the garden ground. artificer in brafs and iron: and
that thou haft done? And the wo- of Eden, to till the ground from 11 And now art thou curfed the fifter of Tubal-cain -was Naa-
man faid, The ferpent beguiled whence he was taken. from the earth, which hath open- mah.
ine, and I did eat. 514 So he drove out the man : ed her mouth to receive thy bro- 23 And Lamcch faid unto his
theirs blood from thy hand.
•
14 And the Lord God faid un- and he placed at the cart of the wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear
to the ferpent, Becaufe thou haft garden of Eden, Chcvuhimr, and ^
la When thoutilleft theground, my voice, ye wives of Lamcch,
done this, thou art curfed above a flaming fword, which turned it (hall not henceforth yield unto hearken unto
my fpeech : fori
all cattle, and above every bcaft every way, to keep the way of the thee her ftrength. A fugitive and have flain a man to my
wounding
of the field : upon thy belly (halt tree of life, a vagabond (halt thou be in the and a young man to my
hurt.
thou go, and duft (halt thou cat C H A P. IV. eaith 24 lf Cain fhaU bc avenged
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all the days of thy life. A ND Adam knew Eve his - . •
13 And Cain faid uftto the feven-fold, truly Lamcch feventy
.

15 And I will put enmity be- £\. wife and (lie conceived, and
:
Lord, My punilhment is greater and fcvcn-fold.
tween thee and the woman, and bare Cain, and faid, 1 have got- than can bear.
I
aj f And Adam knew his wife
let ween thy feed and her feed: it ten a man from the Lord. 14 Behold, thou haft driven again, and (he bare a fon, and
cat*
(hall hruifc thy head, and thou a And (he again bare his bro% me out this day from the face of led his name Seth for
God, faid :

ilia It bruifc his heel. thtr Abel. And Abel was a keep- the earth: and from thy face (hall /v. hath
appointed me another
J he hid and lhall be a fugitive feed in (lead of Abel, whom
16 Unto the woman he faid, I ei of (beep, but Cain was a tiller : I
Cam
and a vagabond in the earth and flew.
will greatly multiply thy forrow of the ground. ;

it (hall come to pafs, that

and thy conception: in forrow 3 And in procefs of time it every 26 And to Seth, to him alfo-
thou (halt bring forth children; came to pafs, that Cain broiight onetnatundcthme, ftiallftaymc. there was born a fon; and he
cal-
and thy defire mall be to thy huf- of the fruit of the ground an oiler- ls And the Lord faid unto led his nameEnos:
then began
band, and he (hall rule over thee, ing unto the Lord.
Mm. I herefore whomever flay- men to call upon the name of
eth Lain, vengeance lhall be the
17 And unto Adam he faid, Be- 4 And Abel, he alfo brought ta- Lord.
ken 0* him feven fold. And the
caufc thou haft hearkened unto of the firftlings of his flock, and
Loan fct a mark upon Cain, left HHHIS is the
C H P V A
the voice of thy wife, and haft of the fat thereof. And the Lord book of the gene-
eaten of the tree of which I com- had refpefl unto Abel, and to his
manded thee, faying, Thou lhalt offering.
,
V«^5? A0dd ^ iU ^ 1
*0 1 And Cain went out from day that God
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of Adam, if the
created man, iu the
5 -A 4 likenefs
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GEN ES T S«
likenefs of God made he him; and five years; and he died. CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VI.
for all flefh bad corrupted lib war
18 J And Jared lived an hun-
7, Male and female created he

them; and blcflcdthem, and cal- dred fixty and two years, and he
AND
men
it came to
began to multiply on
pals, when upon the
13
earth,
And God faid unto Noah,
led their name Adam, in the day begat Enoch. the face of the earth, and daugh- The cud of all flcfl. is come before
when they were created. 19 And Jared lived after he be- KlS weic born unto the m. me: for the earth is filled with
$ And Adam lived an hundred gat Enoch eight hundred
years,
a That the fons of God faw the violence through them : and he-
and thirty years, and .begat a fin and begat fons and daughters. daughters of men, that they were hold, I will deflroy them with
in his own likenefs, after his ao And all the days of jared fair; and they took them wives the earth.
image; and called his name Scth. were nine hundred fixty and twe of all which they chofc. 14 1 Make thee an ark of go-
4 And the days of Adam after years; and he died. 3
AndtheLoRD faid, My fpi- phcr-wood: rooms (halt thou -

lie had hegotten Seth were eight n

1 And Enoch lived fixty and rit lhall not always drive with make in the ark, and fhall pitch
hundred years: and he begat fons five years, and begat Methufclah. man, for that he alfo /j flefh : yet it within and without with
pitch
and daughters. %% And Enoch walked with his days (hall be an hundred and 15 And this is the fajhion which
5 And the days that Adam God after he begat Methufclah
all twenty years. thou (halt make it of the length :

lived were nine hundred and thir- three hundred years, and begat 4 There wcregiants in the earth of the ark Jball be three hundred
ty years: and he died. fons and daughters. inthofedays, and alfo after that, cubits, the" breadth of it fifty cu-
6 J And Seth lived an hundred %i And all the days of En when the fons of God came in un- bits, and the height of it thirty
and five years, and begat linos. were three hundred fixty and to the daujhters of men, and cubits.
7 And Seth lived after he begat years. they bare children to them: 'the 16 A window (halt thou make
Enos eight hundred and feven 24 And Enoch walked with fame became mighty men, which to the ark, and in a cubit (halt
years, and begat fons and daugh- God, and he was not: for God were of old, men of renown. thou finilh it above; and the door
ters, took him. 5 And God faw that the wick- of the ark (halt thou fct in the
8 And all the days of Seth were 7,5 ^ And Methufclah lived an ednefsof man was great in the fide thereof : -with lower frond
nine hundred and twelve years: hundred eighty and feven years, earth, and thai every imagination and Mrdftoriei (halt
thou'makc it!
and he died. and begat Lantech of the thoughts of his heart was 17 And behold, I, even I do
9 1 And Enos lived ninety 36 And Methufclah lived aft only evij continually. bring a flood of waters upon the
years, and begat Cainan. he begat Lamcch feven hund 6 And it repented the Lord earth, to deflroy all flefh where-
10 And Enos lived after he be- eighty and two years, and begat thathe had made man on the in is the breath of life, from
un-
earth, and it grieved him at his der heaven :
gat Cainan eight hundred and fif- fons and daughters. and every thing that
Mcthu- heart -
teen years, and begat fons and 27 And all the days of is in the earth (hall die.
felah were ninehundred fixty and 7 And Lord
the faid, I will 18 But with thee will eftablifh
•laughters. I
deflroy man, whom have crea- my covenant : and thou (halt
It And all the days of Enos nine years; and he died.
I

ted, from the face of the earth, come into

were nine hundred and five years a8 J And Lantech lived an hun-
and he died. dred eighty and two years, and
l% 1 And Cainan lived feventy begat a fon.
name
years, and begat Mahalaleel. 29 And he called his
fame (hall
13 And Cainan lived after he Noah, faying, This
the ark ; thou, and thy
both man and bcaft, and the fons, and
thy wife, and thy fons
creeping thing, and the fowls of wives with
thee.
the air: for it rcpentcth me that 10 And of every living thine
c h em of afl flc,h two of
-

fit i»it
8 «
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our work But Noah foundJ grace in the

,
thou bring into the ark, to keen
begat Mahalaleel eight hundred comfort us concerning eyes of the Lord
of them alive with thee; they (hall
and forty years, and begat fons and toil of our hands, becaufc
.and daughters. the ground which the Lord MV 7 arC 1 B enfratlont bc m ale and female,
of Noah ; Noah was a juft man,
20 Of fowls after their kind,
14 And all the days of Cainan curfed. ma perfett in his generations, and an.', of cattle after their
30 A nd Lamcch lived after hi
•were ninchundrcd and ten years;
and he died. begat Noah five hundred ninety
15^ And Mahalaleel lived fixty and five years, and
begat fons and
wa
m W
God
10 And Noah begirt three fons, after his kind:
A
fcnem H am, and fapheth.
: . *
kind, of
cvcry crec P in thin of thc carth
«
two ot every fort
fhall come unto thee, to keep them
and five years, and begat Jarcd. daughters. 11 1 he carth alfo was corrupt alive.
16 And Mahalaleel lived after 31 And all the days of Lamech
before God and thc earth was
and ai And take thou unto thee of
he begat Jared eight hundred and were feven hundred feventy ;
nlled w,th violence.
food that is eaten, and thou
all
thirty years, and begat fovs and feven years; and he died.
lookc d upon the (halt gather it to thee; and it
daughters. 3% And Noah was five hundred .1
<artn, and behold, it was corrupt : (hall
begat Shcm,
17 And all the days of Mahala- vears old; and Noah
be for food for tliee, and for
leel were eight hundred ninety Ham, and J.phcth. ]
them. iX Thus
hap A 5
 GENESIS. CHAP.
ground, both man,
VIA.
the whole earth. Then he put
1% Thus did Noah; according And
12 the rain was upon face of the
and the creeping forth his hand, and took her, and
to all that God commanded him, earth forty days and forty nig am l cattle,
things, and the fowl of the hca- pulled her in uuto him into the
fo did he, *3 In the fclf-fame day cut
CHAP. VII. Noah, and Shcm, and Ham, ven; th&f were deftroyed ark.
10 And he flayed yet other fc-
from the earth: and Noah only
AND the Lord faid unto No- Japheth, the fons of Noah, and
ah, Come thou, and all thy Noah's wife, and the three wives rem ained alive, and they that ven days, and again he fent forth
mirt with him in the ark. the dove out of the ark.
houfe into the ark for thee have of his fons with them, into the
:

me in this ark, 34 And the waters prevailed II And the dove came in to
I fcen righteous before
generation. M
They, and every bead after upon the earth an hundred and him in the evening, and lo, in her
fifty days. mouth was an olive-leaf pluckt
a Of every clean bead thou his kind; and all the cattle after
lhalt take to thee by fevens, the their kind, and every creeping
CHAP. VIII. ofll So Noah knew that the wa-
male and his female: and of thing that crccpeth upon the AND God remembered Noah, ters were abated from off the
and every living thing, and earth,
beads that art not clean by two, earth after his kind, and eveiy
the male and his female. fowl after his kind, every bird of all the cattle that tva$ with him 12 And he flayed yet other fe»
3 Of fowls alfo of the air by fc- every fort, in the ark : and God made a wind ven days, and fent forth the dove;
vens, the male and the female; 15 And they went in unto to pafs over the earth, and the which returned not again unto
to keep feed alive upon the face of Noah into the ark, two and t waters allwaged. him any more.
all the earth. of all flcfti, wherein is the brea % The fountains alfo of the 13 ^ And it came to pafs in
feven days, and I of deep, and the windows of heaven the fix hundredth and firlt year,
4 For yet life,

will caufe it to rain upon the 16 And

they that went in, were flopped, and the rain from in the firft month, the firft day of
earth forty days and forty nights: went in male and female of all heaven was reflrained. the month, the waters were dried
and every living fubflance that I flelh, as God had commanded 3 And the waters returned up from off the earth and Noah
:

him and the Lord him from off the earth continually; removed the covering of the ark*
have made, will I deftroy from off : (but in*
the face of the earth. XJ And the flood was forty and after the end of the hundredand looked, and behold, the face
days upon the earth, and the wa- and fifty days the waters were of the ground was dry
5 And Noah did according un-
to all that the Lord commanded tcrs increafed, and bare up abated. 14 And in the fecond month,
kim. ark, and it was lift up above t 4 ^ And th« ark reftcd in the on the feven and twentieth day of
feventh month, on the feven- tUC month, was the earth dried,
6 And Noah v*J fix hundred earth,
years old, when the flood of wa- 18 And the waters prevailed, (tenth day of the month, upon 15 ^ And God fpakc unto
the earth. and were increafed greatly upon the mountains of Ararat. Noah, faying,
tcrs was upon
And Noah w#nt in, and the earth and the ark went upon 5 And the waters decreafed 16 Go iorth of the ark, thon,
7 1 :

continiiallyuntilthetenth.month; and thy wife, and thy fons, and

hbs fons, and his wite, and his
fons wives with him, into the ark,
becaufe of the waters of the flood,
8 Of clean hearts, and of beads
that arc not dean, and of fowls,
and of every thing that creepcth
upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two
nnto Noah into the ark, the male
and the female, as God had com-
juanded Noah.
10 And it came to pafs after
feven days, that the waters of the
flood were upon the earth.
U5 In the fix hundreth year
of Noah's life, in the fecond
month, the feventeenth day of
the month, the fame day were all
the fountains of the great deep
broken up, and the windows of
heaven were opened.
the face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed
exceedingly upon the earth; and
all the high hills, that -were un-
der the whole heaven, were co-
vered.
ao Fifteen cubits upward did
the waters prevail; aiulthcmoun-
tains were covered.
21 And all flcfti died that mo-
ved upon the earth, both of fowl,
and of cattle, and of bcaft, and
of every creeping thing thai
creepeth upon the earth,
every man.
%% All in whofe noftrils
the breath of life, of all that
in the dry land, died,
23 And every living fubflance
was deftrovej which was upon th
in the tenth month, on the firft day thy fons wives with thee.
of the month, were the tops of 17 Bring forth with thee every
the mountains feen. living thing that is with thee, of
6 1 And it came to pafs at the all flelh, both of. fowl, and of cat-
end of forty days, that Noah tie, and of every creeping thing
ji
opened the window of the ark that creepeth ujipn the earth;
which he had made, that they may breed abundantly
I 7 And he fent forth a raven, in the earth, and befsuitful, and
which went forth to and fro, un- multiply upon the earth.
til the waters were dried Tip from
18 And Noah went forth, and
off the earth..
his fons, and his wife, and his
8 Alfo he fent forth a dove fon& wives with him:
from him, to fee if the waters
j$ Every beaft, every creeping
were abated from off the face of thing, and every fowl,
the ground.
and what-
focver creepcth upon the earth,
9 But the dove found no reft after their kinds, went forth out
tor the folc of her
foot, and (he of the ark.
returned unto him into the ark:
ao 1 And Noah builded an aU
*oi the water* -were on the faec
of tar unto the Load* and took of
f A6 every
 :

GENESIS, CHAP. X.
every <lcan beaft, and of every covenant with you, and with
jiufbandman, and he planted a 5 By thefe were the of the
clean fowl, and offered burnt-of- your feed after you; ifles
Gentiles divided in
fcrings on the altar. 10 And with every living crca- vineyard. ^ their lands;

ai And the Lord fmelled a ture that is with yon, of the fowl, al And he drank of the wine, every one after his tongue, after

fwect favour; and the Lord faid of the cattle, and of every beaft-
in his heart, I will not again curfc of the earth with you, from all
the ground any more for man's that go out of the ark, to every
fake; for the imagination of man's beaft of the earth,
II And I will cftablifh my co-
heart is evil from his youth ; nei-
iher will I again fmite any more venant with you; neither (hall all
every thing living, as I have done. flelh be cut off any more by the
%% While the earth remaineth, waters of a flood; neither fhall
and was drunken, and hewasun- their families, in their nations,
covered within his tent. 6^ And the fons of Ham;
And Ham the father of Ca- Curb and Mizraim, and Phut,
naan faw the nakednefs of his and Canaan,
father, and told his two brethren 7 And the fons of Cufh; Seba,
without. and Havilah, and Sabta, and Ra-
l$ And Shem and Japheth amah, and Sabtecha: and the
took a garment, and laid it upon fons of Raamah Sheba, and De- ;

feed-time and harvelt, and cold there any more be a flood to de- both their (houlders, and went dan.
backward, and covered the nak- 8 And Culh begat Nimrod:
and heat, and fummer and win- ftroy the earth,
ter, and day and night, (hall not 12 And God faid, This is the- ednefsof their father; and their he began to be a mighty one in
token of the covenant which I faces -were backward, and they the earth.
ceafe.
CHAP. IX, make between me and you, and faw not their father's nakednefs. 9 He was a mighty hunter be-
24 And Noah awoke from his fore the Lord: wherefore it is
AND God blcfl'ed Noah and every living creature that is with
his fons, and faid unto you, for perpetual generations:
wine, and knew what his young- faid, Even as.Nimrod the mighty
crfon had done unto him. hunter before the Lord.
them, Befruithil, and multiply, 13 I do fet my how in the cloud
and replenifh the earth. and it (hall be for a token of a co- %S And he faid, Cutfed ieCa- 10 And the beginning of his
between me and the earth, naan; a fervant of fervants (hall kingdom was Babel, aud Erech»
lt And the fear of you, and the venan'.
he be unto his brethren. and Accad, and Calnch, in the
dread of you (ball be upon every 14 And it (hall come to pafs,
26 And he land of Shinar.
faid, Blcffcd if the
beaft of the earth, and upon every when I bring a cloud over the
Lord God of Shem j and Canaan Jl Out of that land went forth
fowl of the air, upon all that earth, that the bow lhall be fcen
Jhali be his fervant. A(hur, and builded Nineveh, and
moveth upon the earth, and upon in the cloud
15 And I will remember roy ^^ God (hall enlarge Japheth, the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
all the fiihes of the fea; into your
covenant which is between me and and he (hall dwell in the tents of 1% And Refen between Nine-
hand are they delivered.
and every living creature of Shem; and Canaan (hall be his veh and Calah: the fame is a
3 Every moving thins that you, fervant. great city,
(hall no
livcth (hall be meat for you; even all flelh: and the waters
a8 And Noah lived after the 13 And Mizraim Ludim,
begat
as the green herb have 1 gitfen you more become a flood
to deftroy
flood three hundred and fifty and Anamim, and Lehabim, and
all things: all flefh.
#
be in the years. Naphtuhim.
4 But flefh with the life there- 16 And the bo* (hall
will look upon it,
ao And all the days of Noah 14 And
Pathrufim, and Ca-
of, which is the blood thereof, cloud; and I werc nine hundred and
that I may remember the ever- fifty years: fluhim, (out of whom came Phi-
Jhall you not eat.
between God and and lie died. Jirtim,) and Caphtorim.
5 And furcly your blood of lading covenant
your lives will I require: at the every living creature of all
hand of every beaft will I require that is upon the earth.
hand of man, at 17 And God faid unto Noah,
flefh
NC
OW
H A P. X.
thefe are the generations
of the fons of Noah ; Shem,
15 5 And Canaan begat Sidon
hisfirft born, and Heth,
16 And the Jebufite, and the
it; and at the Ham, and Japheth
covenant, and unto Emorite, and the Girgafite,
the hand of every man's brother, This is the token of the
:

them were fons born after the 17 And the Hivite, and the
will I require the life of man. which I have eftabliJhed between
fiood Arkite, and the Sinite.
upon the
6 Whofo (heddeth man's blood, me and all flefh that is
-

2 Thefonsof Japheth; Gomer, 18 And the Arvadite, and the

by man (hall his blood be fhed; earth. and Magog, and Madai, and Ja-
for i» theimaseof God made he 18 1 And the fons of Noan Zcmarite, and the Hamathite:
van, and Tubal, and Melhecfi,
Inan, tBat went forth of the ark, were and afterward were the families
and Tiras. of the Canaanites fpread abroad.
7 And yon, be ye fruitful, and Shem, ^nd
Ham, and Japheth :
Ham is the father of Canaan. 3 And the fons of Gomer; A(h- 19 And the border of the Ca-
roultiply, bring forth abundantly and kenaz, and Riphath, and Togar- naanites
jntheearth,andmultiply therein. 19 Thefe are the three fons
ot was from Sidon, as thou
81 And God fpakc unto Noah, Noah: and of them was the whole corned to Gerar, unto Gaza; as
4 And the fons of Javan; Eli- thou gocft unto Sodom and Go-
and to
o And
his fons
J,
with him, faying, earth overfpread.
behold, I eftablMh mv y> And Noah fcegan to be an ^ and Tarlhilh, Kittim, and morrah, and Admah, and Zc-

W Theft
 GENESIS.
10 Thefc are the fons of Ham,
after their families,, after their
tongues, in their countries and in burn them throughly.
their nations.
ai Unto Shem alfo the father had they for mortar,
of all the children of Eber, the
brother of Japheth the elder, even build us a city and a tower, whofi
to him were children born.
%% The children of Shem;
Elam and Afhur, and Arphaxad,
and Lud, and Aram.
23.And the children of Aram;
Uz and Hull, and Gethcr, and
Malh.
24 And Arphaxad begat Sa-
lab; and Salah begat Eber.
25 And unto Eber were born
two fons: the name of one was
Peleg; for in his days was the
earth divided; and his brother's
name was Joktan.
26 And joktan begat Almo-
dad, and Shcleph, and Hazarma-
veth, and Jerah,
27 And Hadoram, and Uzal,
and Diklah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael,
andShcba,
29 And Ophir, and Havilah,
and Jobab, all thefc were the
fons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was
from Mefha, as thou goeft unto
Sephar, a mount of the eaft.
31 Thefe are the fons of Shem,
after their families, after their
tongues, in their lands,
their nations.
32 Thefe are the families of
the fons of Noah, after their gc-
and
ncrations, in their nations : gat Arphaxad five hundred years,
by thefe were the nations divided
in the earth after the Mood.
CHAP. XI.
AND the whole earth was of
one language, and of one he begat Salah four hundred and
fpecch.
2 And it came to pafs, as they daughters,
journeyed from the cart, that they
found a plain in the land of Shi- and begat Eber.
>ar ; and they dwxlt there,
And they fain* one to another,
3 begat Eber four hundred
Go to, let us make brick,
Andt
had brick for (lone, and flii
4 And they fa id, Go to, let
top may reach unto heaven, and
let us make us a name, led we
fcattcrcd abroad upon the face
the whole earth.
5 And the Lord came down
to fee the city and the tower
which the children of men
bnilded.
6 And the Lord faid, Behold,
the people is one, and they have
all one language; and this they
begin to do: and now nothing
will be reftrained from them,
which they have imagined to do-.
7 Go to, let us go down, and
there confound their language,
that they may not underftand one
anothers Ipeech.
8 So the Lord fcattered th
abroad from thence upon the fi
of all the earth: and they
ofT to build the city,
9 Therefore the name of it
is
called Babel, hecaufe the Lord'
did there confound the languago
of all the earth : andfrom thence
did the Lord fcatter them abroad
upon the face of all the earth,
10 Thefe are the gencratio
after of Shem; Shem -was an hundr
years old, and begat Arphax
two years after the flood,
11 AndShem lived after hebe-
and begat fons and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and
thirty years, and begat Salah.
13 And Arphaxad lived after
three years, and begat fons and
14 And Salah lived thirty years,
jj And Salah lived
CHAP. XII.
and fbn, and Lot the fon of Ha ran
three yeari, and begat fons and his fon's fon, and Sarai his da ugh-
janghtcrs. daughter in law, his fon Abram's
16 And Eber lived four and wife; and fhey went forth with
thirty years, and begat Peleg. them from Ur of the Chaldees,
17 And Eber lived after he be- to go into the land of Canaan :
gat Peleg four hundred and thir- and they came unto Haran, and
ty years, and begat fons and dwelt there.
daughters. 32 And the days of Tcrah were
18 And Peleg Iwed thirty two hundred and five years; and
years, and begat Reu. Tcrah died in Har*n.
19 And Peleg lived after he be- CHAP. XII.
gat Reu two hundred and nine XTOW the Lord had faid unto
years, and begat fons and daugh- 1M Abram, Get thee out o£
ters.
a
thy country, and from thy kind-
20 And Reu lived two and thir- red, and from thy father's heufe,
ty years, and begat Scrug. unto a land that 1 will fhew thee.
21 And Reu lived after he be- 2 And I will make of thee a
gat Serug two hundred andfeven great nation, and 1 will blefs thee
years, and begat fons and daugh- and make thy name great; and
ters. thou (halt be a blefling.
22 And Scrug lived thirty years, 3 And I will hlcfs them that
and begat Nahor. blefs thee, and curfe him that
23 And Scrug lived after he curfeth thee: and in thee (hall all
begat Nahor two hundred years, families of earth beblefled.
and he^at fons and daughters. 4 So Abram departed, as the
24 And Nahor lived nine and Lord had fpoken unto him; and
twenty years, and begat Terah. Lot went with him: and Abram
25 And Nahor lived after he was feventy and five years old
begat Terah an hundred and nine- when he departed out of
Haran.
teen years, and begat fons and 5 And Abram took Sarai his
daughters wife, and Lot his brother's fon,
26 And Terah lived fevtnty and all their fubfrancc that they
years, and begat Abram, Nahor, had gathered,
and the fouls that
iodl.arao. they had gotten in Haran: and
27 } Now thefe areihe genera- they went forth to go into the
U001 of Terah: Terah begat land of Canaan, and into
theland
Abra-n, Nahor, and Haran; and of Canaan
they came.
LOt 6 .* Abram paffed through
An? -A- ,uc
And Haran died before his theland unto the place of Sichcm,
\\ L
father j era, in thclard ofhis unto
the plain of Moreh. And the
nativuy , n Ur of the Chaldees. Canaanite was then in the land.
29 And Abramand Nahortook 7 And the Lord appeared unto
them wives, the name of Abram's Abram,
and faid, Unto thy feed
vvife was Sarai; and
the name of will I give this land: and there
Nahor s wjfe, Milcah, the daugh- builded he
an altar unto the
r C fat h< ofMil - LoRD w "0 appeared unto
Uh
car, / £Vu
and the father Ifcah., ? '
8 And he removed from thence
him.
5° * u l .ffrai was barren; Ihe unto a mountain on the cafl of
UAnAT K Lai M"* and P ItC" Cd hi **ent
And * « rah t°<* Abrtm his bavm Beth el on the weft, and
*
g
 GEN E S I S.
CHAP. XIV.
before the Lord de- 3 All thefe were joined toge-
Hal oil the eaft: and there he hold thy wife, take btr, and g© ry where,
ftroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, ther in the vale of Siddim, which
huildcd an altar unto the Lord, thy way.
20 And Pharaoh commanded even as the garden of the Lord, is the falt-fea.
and called upon the name of the
bis men concerning him: and like the land of Egypt, as thou 4 Twelve years they fenred
Lord. Chedorlaomer, and in the ihir-
they feuthim away, and his wife, comeft unto Zoar. ^
9 And Ahram journeyed, going
and all that he had. II Then Lot chofe him all the teenth year they rebelled,
on (till toward the fouth.
C H A P. XIII. plain of Jordan, and Lot jour- 5 And in the fourteenth year
10 J And there was a famine in
the land and Abram went down
:

into Egypt to fojourn there; for

AND
Abram went up out of
Egypt, he, and his wife,
neyed eaft: and they feparated cameChedorlaomcr,andthekings
thcmfclvcstheonefromtheother. that -were with him, and fmotc
l» Abram dwelled in the land the Rephaims in Afhteroth Kar-
the famine wasgi icvous in the land. and all that he had, and Lot
of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in naim, and the Zuzims in Ham,
11 And it came to pafs, when with him, into the fouth.
% And Ahram was very rich in the cities of the plain, and pitch- and the Emims in Shavch Kiria-
he was come near to enter into
ed his tent toward Sodom. thaim,
Egypt, that hefaid untoSarai his cattle, in fiber, and in gold-
know that 3 And he went on his journeys 13 But the men of Sodom -were 6 And the Horites in their
wife, Behold now, 1
wicked, and finners before the mount Seir, unto El-paran, which
thou art a fair woman to look from the fouth, even to Beth-el y
unto the place where his tent had Lord, exceedingly. is by the wildernefs.
upon.
14 f And the Lord faid unto 7 Ahd they returned, and came
X% Therefore it (hall come to been at the beginning, between
Abram, after that Lot was fcpa- to Enmifhpat, which fj Kadcfli,
pafs, when the Egyptians (hall Beth-el and Hai;
rated from him, Lift up now and fmote all the country of the
fee thee, thatthey fhallfay, This 4 Unto the place of the altar,
made there at the thine eyes, and look from the Amalckites, and alfo the Amor-
is his wife: and they will kill me, which he had
place where thou art, north-ward, ites, that dwelt in Hazczon-tamar.
but they will favc thee alive. firit: and there Ahram called. 011
art the name of the Lord. and fouth-ward, and eaft. ward, 8 And there went out the king
13 Say, F pray thee, thou
And Lot which went and weft-ward: of Sodom, and the king of Go-
my fitter; that it may be well 5 ^ alfo
Abram, had and 15 For all the land which thou morrah, and the king of Admah,
with me for thy fake; and my with flocks,
fecft, to thee will I give it, and and the king of Zcboiim, and the
foul (hall live becanfeof thee. herds, and tents.
to thy feed for ever. king of Bcla, (the fame is Zoar,)
14 ^ And it came to pafs, that 6 And the land was not able to
hear them, that they might dwell 16 And I will make thy feed and they joined battle with them
when Abram was come into
as the duft of the earth
together : for their fubftance was fo that in the vale of Siddim
:
Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the ;
if a man can number the duft of
woman, that (he was very fair. great, fo that they could not 9 With Chedorlaomer the king
the earth, then fhall thy feed alfo of Elam, and with Tidal king of
Ij The princes alfo of Pha- dwell together.
be numbered.
7 And there was a ftrife be- nations, and Amraphel king of
raoh law her, and commended
tween the herdmcn of Abram's 17 Arife, walk through the Shinar, and Arioch king of El-
her before Pharaoh : and the wo-
cattle, and the herdmew of Lot's
land, in the length of it, and in lafar: four kings with five.
man was taken into Pharaoh's the breadth of it: fori will give
lioufe. cattle. And the Canaanite and 10 And the vale of Siddim w*s
f*n °f
U
x6 And he entreated Ahram the Pcrizzitc dwelled then in the " t
5 ~?
,,cc
-. Bisne-pitli ™* * h « ki »S*
18 Then Abram removed his of Sodom and Gomorrah and
well for her fake: and he had land. fled,

8 And- Abram faid unto Lot,

tent, and came and dwelt in the fell there:
and they that remain-
(heep, and oxen, and he-afles,
plain of Mamrc, which is in He- ed fled to the mountain,
and men-fervants, and maidser- Let there be no ftrife, 1 pray thee, bron, and built there an altar II And they took all the goods
vants, and Jhe-aflcs, and camels. between me and thee, and be-
unto the Lord. of Sodom and Ooroorrah, and all
17 And the Lord plagued tween my hcrdmen and thy herd-
Pharaoh and hishoufe with great men : for we be brethren.
plagues, becaufe of Sarai Abram's
wife.
9 Jjnot the whole land before
thee? Separate thyftlf, I pray
A ND C H A P. XIV.
it came to pafs in the
their victuals, and went their way.
12 And they took Let, Abram's
days of Amraphel king of brother's fon (who dwelt in So-
Shmar, Arioch king of Ellafar, dom)andhisgoods,and departed.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, thee, from me: if thou ivt/t take
CnedoHaomcrkingof Elam, and 13 And there came one that
and faid, What is this that thou the left hand, tln-n will I go to I idal king of nations;
the had cfcaped, and told Abram the
haft done unto me ? why didft the right ; or if thou depart to
% That thefe made war with Be- Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain
thou not tell me that fhe was thy right hand, then I will go to the ra king of Sodom, and with Bir- of Jvlamrc
wife? left. the Amoritc, brother
Jna king of Gomorrah, Shinab
10 And Lot lifted up his ofEfhcol, and brother of Ancr:
19 Why faidft thou, She is my king of Admah, and Shemcber and thefe
fifter? fo I might have taken her and beheld all the plain of Jor-
were confederate with
of Zebonm, and the king of Abram.
10 me to wife; aow therefore, be- dan, that it was well watered ev**
*7
wich is Zoar.
u A nd
 GENESIS.
heard portion of the men which went
CHAP, XVI.
And when Abram her: and Abram hearkened to
14 down upon thecarcafes, Abram
that his brother was taken cap- with me, Aner, Elhcol.andMam- drove them away. the voice of Sarai.
tive, he armed his trained fcr- re; let them take their portion, 12 And when the fun was go- 3 And Sarai Abram's wife took
varitot born in his own houfe, CHAP- XV.
ing down, a deep
deep fell upon Hagar, her maid, the Egyptian-,
three hundred and eighteen, and A FTER thefe things the word Abram; and lo, an horror of after Abram had dwelt ten years
purfued them unto Dan. £\ of the Lord came unto> cat darknefs fell upon him- in the laud of Canaau, and gave
15 And he divided himfelf a- Abram in » vifion, faying, Fear jj And he faid unto Abram,
her to her hufband Abram to be
gainft them, he and his fervants not, Abram; I am thy (hield, and Know of a furety, that thy feed his wife.
by night, and fmote them, and thy exceeding great reward Ihall be a ftrangcr
in a land that 4 1 And he went in unto Ha-
purfued them unto Hoba, which % And Abram faid, Lord Gon t theirs, and (hall ferve them, gar, and (he conceived. And when
is not
ij on the left hand of Damafcus. what wilt thou
give me, feeing \
and they (hall afflict them four (he faw that (lie had conceived, hec
16 And he brought back all go childlefs, and the (reward of hundred years. miftrefs was defpifed in her eyes.
the gpods, and 3lfo brought again my houfe is this Eliezer of Da- 14 And alfo that nation .whom J And Sarai faid unto Abram,
his brother Lot, and his goods, mafcus ? they fhall ferve, will 1 judge; and My wrong be upon thee : I have
and the women alfo, and the 3 And Abram faid, Behold, afterward (hall they come out given my maid into thy bofom;
people. me thou haft given no feed; an with great fubftance*. and when (he (aw that (he had
17 J And the king of Sodom lo, one born in my houfe is mine 15 And thou (halt go to thy conceived, 1 was defpifed in her
went out to meet him (after his heir. fathers in peace; thou (halt be eyes: the Lord judge between
return from the (laughter of Che- 4 And behold, the word of the buried in a good old age. me and thee.
16 But in the fourth generation 6 But Abram faid unto Sarai*
they Ihall come hither again : for Behold, thy maid is in thy handi
which is the king's dale,
laveh, he that man come lorm oiu ot the iniquity of the Amoritcs is do to heras itpleafeth thee. And
X8 And Mclchizcdek king of thine own bowels ihall he thine not yet full. when Sarai dealt hardly with her,
Salem brought forth bread and heir. 17 And it came to pafs, that (he fled from her face.
wihe; and he -was the prieft of 5 And he brought him forth when the fun went down, and it 7 ^ And the angel of the Lord
themoft high God. abroad, and faid. Look now to- was dark, behold a fmokingfur- found her by a fountain of water
19 And he blcfTed him, and ward heaven, and tell the ftars, race, and a burning lamp that in the wildernefs, by the foun*
faid, BlefTed be Abram of the moft if thou be able to number them, pa fled between thofe pieces. tain in the way to Shur.
high God, pofleflbr of heaven and And he faid unto him, So (hall xS In that fame day the Lord 8 And he faid, Hagar, Sarai's
earth ; thy feed be. made a covenant with Abram, maid, whence earned thQO? and
ao And bleflediethe moft high 6 And he believed in the Lord; faying, Unto thy (bed have 1 whither wilt thou go? and ftte
God, which hath delivered thine and he counted it to him fop given this land, from the river of faid, I flee from the face of my
enemies into thy hand. And he vighteoufnefs. Egypt unto the great river, the miftrefs Sarai.
gave him tithes of all. 7 And he faid unto him, I am river Euphrates; 9 And the angel of the Lord
Zl And the king of Sodom faid the Lord that brought thee out 19 The Kenites, and the Kcne- faid unto her, Return to thy mif-
unto Abram, Give me the per- of Ur of the Chaldces to give thee 2ites, and the Kadmonites, trefs, and fubmit thyfclf under
fons, and take the goods to thy- this land to inherit it. 20 And the Hittites, and the her hands.
fcjf. 8 And he faid, Lord God, Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 10 And the angel of the Lord
« And Ahram faid to the whereby (hall I know that Khali ai And the Amorites, and the faid unto her, I will multiply thy
king of Sodom, I have lift up inherit it? Canaanitcs, and the Girgalhitcs, frcd exceedingly, that it (hall not
mine hand unto the Lord, the 9 And he faid unto him, Take and the Jebufites. be numbered for multitude.
moft high God, the poflellor of me an heifer of three years old, C I] A XVI.
P. ir And the angel of the Lord
OW Sarai Abram's wife bare faid unto her, Behold, thou pt
heaven and earth,
23 That I will not take from
a thread even to a (hoe-latchet,
and a (he-goat of three years old,
and a ram of three years old, and
a turtle-dove, andayoung pigeon,
N him no children! and (he with child, and (halt bear a (on,
had an handmaid, an Egyptian, and (halt call his name Ifhmael;
and that 1 will not take any 10 And Ik took unto him all whofe name was Hagar. becanfethe Lord hath heard thy
thing that is thine, left thou thefe, and divided them in the a And Sarai faid unto Abram, affliction.
ftouldeftfay, I have made A6ram midft, and laid each piece one Behold now, the Lord hath re- 12 And he will be a wild man;
rich: againft another: but the birds ftrained me from bearing; I pray bis hand tvili be againft every

34 Save only that which the divided he not. jhec go in unto my maid: it may man, and every man's hand a-
young men have eaten, and the II And when the fowls came bc that1 may obtain children by gainft him: and he ftall dwell irt
the
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O I N E S I S. chap* xniu
the prcfence of all his brethren", keep my cove-
ham, Thou /halt I will eftablifh my
covenant 3 And faid, My Lord, if now
and
13 And fhe called the name or nant therefore, thou andthyftrd with him for an cverlafting cove- I have found favour in thy fight,
the*LoRD that fpake unt.o her, after thee, in their generations. feed after him. pafs not away, I pray thee, from
nant, and with his
Thou God feeft me: for fhc faid, 10 Thisn my covenant, which %q And as for llhmacl, I have thy icrvant.
Have I alfo here looked after him yc fhall keep hetween me, and beard thee: Behold, I have blef- 4 Let a little water,
pray you
I
tbatfeethme? you, and thy feed after thee; will make him fruit* be fetched, and wafti your feet,
fed him, and
14 Wherefore the well was Every man-child among you (hall ful, and will
multiply him exceed- and reft yourfelves under the tree,
called Bccrla-hai-roi; behold, it be circumcifed. ingly: twelve princes fhall he bcr J And I will fetch a morfel of
isbetween Kadcfh and Bered. II And ye (hall circumcifc the get, and 1 will make him
a great bread, andcomfort yeyour hearts;
15 1 And Hagar hare Abram flefh of your forelkin, and it (hall after that you (hall pafs on; for
nation. %
a fon: and Abram called his fon's be a token of the covenant be- ai Bat my covenant will I efta- therefore are you come to your
came, which Hagar bare, llhmacl. twixt me and you. biilh with Ifaac, whom Sarah fhall fcrvant. And they faid, So do
16 t And Abram was fourfcorc 12 And he that is eight days bear unto thee at this fet time in as thou haft faid.
and years old, when Hagar
fix old fhall be circumcifcd among the next year. 6 And Abraham hafteaed into
bare llhmacl to Abram. you, every man-child in yourgc- %% And he left off talking with the tent unto Sarah, and faid,
C H A XVU.
P. Derations, he that is born in the him, and God went up from Make ready quickly three mea-
AND when Abram was
ty years old and
nine-
nine, the
houfe, or bo»ght with money of
any ftrangcr, which is not of thy
Abraham. furcsof fine meal, knead it, and
&3 J And Abraham took lib- make cakes upon the hearth,
Lord appeared to Abram, and feed. macl his fon, and all that were 7 And Abraham ran unto the
faidunto htm, 1 <?;«thc Almighty 13 He that is born in thy houfe, born in his houfe, and all that herd, and fetcht a calf tender and
God; walk before me, and be and he that is bought with thy were bought with his money, good, and gave it unto a young
thou perfect. money, mu ft needs be drcumci- every male among the men of man; and he hafted to drefsit.
a And I will make my cove' fed: and my covenant fhall he in Abraham'* houfe, and circum- 8 And he took butter, and
nant between me and thee, and your flclbfor an cverlafting covc- cifedthc flelh of their forefkin, milk, and the calf which he had
will multiply thee exceedingly, nant. in thefelf fameday, as God had drelfed, and fet// before them;
3 And
Abram fell on. his face: 14 theuncircumcifcd man
And faid unto him. and he flood by them under the
and God talked with him, faying, child whofe fiefh of his forefkin is 34 And Abraham VMS ninety tree, and they did eat.
4 As for me, Behold, my co not circumcifed, that foul (hall' years old and nine, when he was of And they faid unto him,
venant is with thee, and thou he cut qff from hi* people* he- circumcifed in the flefh of his fore- Where is Sarah thy wife? and he
ft alt be a father of many nations, hath broken my covenant.
fkin. faid, Behold, in the tent.
5 Neither fhall thy name any 1.5 ^ And God faid unto Abra- %S And Ifiimael 10 And he faid, T will certain-
his fon -was
thirteen years old, when he was ly return unto thee according to
rnorc be called Abram ; but thy ham, as for Sarai thy wife* thou
circumcifcd in the flcih of his the time of life; and lo, Sarah
name (hall be Abraham for a fnalt not call her name Sarai,, but
;

forefkin. thy wife fhall have a fon. And

father of many nations have I Sarah jhelt her name be.
made thee. 16 And I will blefs her, and 26 In the fclf-famc day was Sarah heard it in the tent door,
6 And I will make ihcc ex- give thee a fon alfo of her; yea, I
Abraham circumcifed, and lfh- which was behind him.
ceeding fruitful, and 1 will make wy) bid's her, and (lie fhall be a
macl his fon. n
Now Abraham and Sarah
nations of thee; and kings (hall mother of nations ; kings of pco- 27 And all the men of his -were old, and well ftricken in age:
houfe, born in the houfe, and and it ceafed to he with
eomc out of thee. pie fhall be of htr. Saiah af-
bought with money of the ftran- ter the manner of women,
7 And I will cftablith my co- 17 Then Abraham fell upon ger, were circumcifed with him.
venant between me and thee, and his face, and laughed, and faid iz Therefore Sarah laughed
thy feed after thee, in their ge- j n his heart, Shall a chili be born C
?C L<>rd
A
P ' XV,U ' within hcrfclf fa V in
^ Aftcr 1
ncrations, for an cverlafting co- ttn ^ him that is an hundred Aa vrrx
, *V.
'
appeared unto am waxed old, fhall I have plca-
ntm in the plains of Mamrc; Aire, my lord being old alfo?
venant; to be a God unto thee, years old: and fhall Sarah, that
and he 6t in the tent-door in the 13 And the Lord faid unto
and to thy fee J after thee. is ninety yean old, bear?
heat of the day. Abiaham, Wherefore did Sarah
8 And I will give unto thee, 18 And Abraham faid unto
2 And he lift up his eyes and laugh, faying, Shall lofafurcty
and to thy feed after thee, the God, O that llhmacl might liv looKed, and lo, three men flood bear a child, which am old?
land wherein thou art a ftranger, before thee
»y him; and when he faw thtm 9 14 Is any thing too hard for
all the land of Canaan, for an 19 And God faid, Sarah thy nc ra n to meet them from
cverlafting pofTeflion : and I will wife (hall bear thee a fon indeed the the Lord? at the time appointed
tent-door, and bowed himfelf to- will I return
be their God. an d thou fhalt call hisname Ifaac unto thee, according
and **rd the ground.
9 \ And God faid unto Abra- i0
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GEN E S I S.
and Sarah Shall not the judge of all the earth
CHAP. XIX.
to the time of life,
my lords, turn pray you,
in, I great: fo that they wearied them-
fhall have a fon.
denied,
...
faying,
t
do right ?
$6 And the Load faid If I find into your
fervant's houfe, and tar- felves to find the door,
15 Then
I ,
Sarah wafh your feet, \%\ And
righteous withm nr all night, and the men faid unto
laughed not; for Ihe was afraid. in Sodom fifty andyefhall rife up early, and go Lot, haft thou here any beGdes?
And he faid, nay, but thou dtdft the city, then I will fpare all the on your ways. And they faid, fon-in-law, and thy fons, and
place for theirfakes.
laugh.
ay And Abraham anfwered
up Kay, but we will abide in the thy daughters, and whatfoever
16 1 And the men rofe thou haft in the city, bring them
have tak- ftreet ail night.
from thence, and looked toward and faid, Behold now, 1 3 And he prefled upon them out of this place;
Sodom and Abraham went with en upon me to fpeak unto
the
;
durt and afhesi greatly; and they turned in unto 13 For we will deftroy tins
them, to bring them on the way. Lord, which am but him and entered into his houfe; place: becaufe the cry of them is
17 And the Lord faid, Shall %% Pcradventure there (hall
and he made them a feaft, and waxen great before the face of
thing lake five of the fifty righteous:
I bide from Abraham that did bake unleavened bread, and the Lord, and the Loan bath
which 1 do; wilt thou deftroy all the city for
they did eat. fent us to deftroy it.
18 Seeing that Abraham (hall take */five?
and he faid, If 1 find
41 But before they lay down, 14 And Lot went out, and
furely become a great aud mighty there forty
and five, I will not
the men of the city, even the men fpake unto his fons-in-law, which
deftroy i/.
nation, and all the nations of the of Sodom, compafled the houfe married his daughters, and laid,
earth (hall be blefled in him ? 29 And he fpake unto him yet round, both old and young, all Up,
get you out of this place; for
he again, and faid, Pcradventure
19 For I know him, that the people from every quarter. the Lord will deftroy this city:
there (hall forty be found there.
will command his children, and 5 And they called unto Lot, but he feeroed as one that mocked
will not do i/. for
hishoufehold after him, and they And he faid, I and faid unto him, Where are unto his fons-in-law.
(hall keep the way of the
Loan, forties fake. the men which came in to thee 15 J And when the morning
todo juflice and judgment; that 30 And he faid unto him, Oh this night? bring them out unto arofe, then the angels haftened
the Lord may bring upon Abra- let not the
Lord be angry, and I us, that we may know them. Lot, faying, Arife, take thy wife,
there
ham that which he hath fpoken will fpeak: Peradventurc And 6 And Lot went out at the and thy two daughters which are
(hall thirty be found there.
of him. door unto them, and (but the here; left thou be confumed in
... n r he will not doit, if I find
ao And the Lord faid, Becaufe faid, I
door after him. the iniquity of the city.
the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah thirty there,
7 And faid, I pray you, breth- 16 And while he lingered, the
and becaufe their fin is he faid, Behold now,
31 And rcn, do not fo wickedly.
is great, men laid hold upon his hand, and
1 have taken upon me to fpeak 8 Behold now, I have two upon the hand of his wife, and
very grievous
the Lord ; Pcradventure
11 J will go down now, and unto daughters which have not known upon the hand of his two daugh-
fee whether they have
done alto- there (hall twenty be found there. man; let me, I pray you, bring ters; the Lord being merciful
gether according to the cry of it,
And he faid, 1 will not deftroy it them out unto you, and do ye to unto him ; and they brought him
fake.
which is come unto me; and if for twenties them as*j good in your eyes; on- forth, and fet him without the city
not, I will know. 3» And he laid, Oh let not the ly unto thefc men do nothing;
17 f And it came to pafs,
And the men turned their Lord be angry, and I will fpeak for therefore came they under the when they had brought them
%%
yet but this once; Pcradventure Jhadow of my roof.
faces from thence, and went to- forth abroad, that he faid, Efcapc
found there. And he
ward Sodom ; but Abraham ttood ten (hall be 9 nd h C ra, , d ba k,' look not behind the^
yet before the Lord. faid, I will not deftroy it for tens An ^ ^^l •
7 K?
And they laid again, This one/*/-
^ •
5
neither ftay thou in all the plain:
drew near, fake. lo-w came in to fojourn,
*3 1 And Abraham and he efcape to the mountain, left thou
thou alfo deftroy 33 And the Lord went his way, will needs be a judge. Now will
and faid, Wilt be confumed.
aflbon as he had left communing worfc "i* 11 thcc ^an
the righteous with the wicked. 3fc* 18 And Lot faid unto them,
be fifty with Abraham; and Abraham with them. And they f >

24 Pcradventure there prefled Oh not fo, my Lord,

righteous within the city; wilt returned
unto his place. jore upon the man
even Lot, and 10 Behold now, thy fervant
thou alfo deftroy, and not fpare
CHAP.
XIX. came near to break the door.
hatfi found grace in thy Eh"
the place for the fifty righteous AND
there came two angels
to Sodom at even : and Lot haJd »«a u'a
PU rf r
m
P Ut forth *£* and thou h * ft »*«ifi«» thy mtr!
that are
%$ That
therein
be
?

far from thee to do fat in the gate of Sodom ; and

Lot We tni
Joufe to
,nt ° l C
£
which thou haft ftcwcd unto
them: and <hut to the me in laving my life;
and I can.
feeing them, rofe up tomeetthem;
after this manner, to flay the not cfcl P c to the mountain, left
righteous with the wicked; and and
he bowed himfelf with his
toward the ground;
fM
11 AnA
^i^A^A ^\
s .
m€n fome evil take me, and I die
thatthe righteous (hould be as the face now,
vicked. that be far from thee. % And he faid, Behold hUndneft, both fmall and near to
and
ii ^r
lite unto, it h a little
one;
 GENESIS. come in unto us
CHAP.
a man's wife, my father's houfe, that T laid
XXI.
one: Oh let me efcape thither, earth to after tbe haft uken: for (he is

(it it not a little one?) and my manner of ail the earth, 4 But Abimelech had not come unto her, This is thy kindnefs
foul flull lire. 31 Come, let us make our fa* ncarhir; and he faid. Lord, wilt which thou (halt (hew unto me;
%X And he faid unto him, See, ther drink wine, and we will He thou (lay alfo a righteous nation? At every place whither wc frail
I- hare accepted thee concerning with him, that we may prefers 5 Said he not unto me, She is come, fay of me, He is my bro-
this thing alfo, that I will not feed of our father,, oiy fifter? and (he, even (lie her- ther.
overthrow this city, for the which 33 And they made their father fcif faid, my brother; in the
He if 14 And Abimelech took ftiecp,
thou haft fpuken. drink wine that night: and the integrity of my heart, and inno- and oxen, and men-f«rvants, and
%% Haftc thee, efcape thither; firft-born went in, and lay with cency of my hands have done 1 women-fervants, and gave them
for 1 cannot do any thing till thou her father; and he perceived not this ^»to Abraham, and rcftorcd him
'
~ , «...
be come thither; therefore the when (he lay down, nor when (he 6 And God faid unto him in a Sarah his wife.
name of the city was called Zoar. arofc. dream, Yea, I know that thou 15 And Abimelech faid, Be-
34 And it came to pafs on the didft this in the integrity of thy hold, my land is before thee-
%l \ The fun was rifen upon *

the earth, when Lot entered into morrow, that the firft-horn fau! heart; for I alfo with-held thee dwell where it plcafeth thee.
Zoar. unto the younger, Behold, I lay from finning againft me; there- 16 And unto Sarah he faid.
thee not to touch Behold,
44 Then the Lord rained upon yefternight with my father: let fore fuffercd have given thy brother
I I

Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, us make him drink wine thia her. a thoufand pieces of filver; be-
7 Now therefore reftore the hold, he is to thee a covering of
f

brimflone and fire from the Lord night alfo; and go thou in, and
out of heaven. lie with him, that we may pre- man his wife; for he is a prophet, the eyes, unto all that are with
and he fhall pray for thee, and thee, and with all other: thus (he
aj And he overthrew thofe ci- ferve feed of our father,
35 And they made their fatter thou (halt live: and if thou re- was reproved.
ties, and all the plain, and all the
ftore her not, know thou, that 17 J So Abraham prayed unto
inhabitants of the cities, and that drink wine that night alfo: and
the younger arofe, and lay with thou fhalt furely die, thou, and God, and God healed Abimelech
which grew upon the ground.
when all that are thine. and his wife, and
a6 1 But his wife looked back him; and he perceived not ^

vants; and they bare children.

his maid-fcr-

from behind him, and fhe-becamc Ihe lay down, nor when Ihe arofc. early in the morning, and called
A

36 Thus were both the daugh- 18 For the Lord had fall clofed
a pillar of fait. all his fervants, and told all thefe up all the wombs
child by their of the honfe of
27 1 And Abraham gat up ear- ters of Lot with things in their ears; and the men Abimelech, becaufe of
ly in the morning, to the place father. Sarah A-
were fore afraid. braham's wife.
where he flood before the Lord. 37 And the firft-born bare a
a8 And he looked toward So- fon, and called his
name Moab; 9 Then Abimelech called A- XXI CHAP.
dom and Gomorrah, and toward the fame is the father of the Mo-
braham, and faid unto him.What A Lord vifited Sarah asND
haft thou done unto us? and what ** he had faid, and the Lord
all the land of the plain, and be- abites unto this
day.
have I offended thee, that thou did unto Sarah as
held, and lo, the fmoke of the 38 And the younger, (he alfo hail brought on me and on my
he had fpoken.
his name % For Sarah conceived, and
country went up as the fmoke of bare a fon, and called k.ngdo/n a great fin ? thou haft bare Abraham
Bcn-ammi : the famei; the father a fon in his old
a furnace. done deeds unto me that ought age, at the
a9l And it came to pafs, when of the children of
Ammon unto not to be done.
fet time of which God
had fpoken to him.
God deftroyed the cities of the this day. 10 And Abimelech faid unto
plain, that God remembered A- CHAP.
XX. 3 And Abraham called the
th u ' namc of h " fc" that was born
braham, and fent Lot out of the x AND
Abraham journeyed from f£*£">L J}*
? un-
midft of the overthrow, when he thence toward the fouth- ir And Abraham faid, Becaufe Ifaac.
between
overthrew the cities in the which country, and dwelled
Lot dwelt. Kadefli and Shur, and fojourned l™^]?^
not
i*
*''?'^^ in this place;
and they
17
L .*
Ani Abraham
will his fon
circumcifcd
Ifaac, heing cieht davs
30 1 And Lot went up out of in Gcrar. flay me for my wife's fake. old, asGod had commanded him!
Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, % And Abraham faid of Sarah
She is my filler: and '"j1 " "/' « m r
4
5 And Abraham was an hun-
and his two daughters with him; his wife, fificr-
"Jit
the d au S n t« of my dred years old, u h*n his
forheffared to dwell in Zoar; and Abimelech king of Gcrar len ffi u
father, but not the
.
daughter of was born unto him.
fon Ifaac

he dwelt in a cave, he and his two and took Sarah, rny mother;
and fhe became my
Abimelech 6 1 And Sarah faid, God hath
daughters. 3 But God came to
laid to
"
njadcnetolaugh.ro/ia/allthat
1 And the firft-born faid in a dream hy night, and 3 AA °A lt ame to P afs,
, ... ,
31
but a deaa rL «
when hcar 'aug» with me.
unto the younger, Our father is him, Behold, thou art God caufed me to wander from
woman which thou 7 A nd Ihe faid, Who would
old, and there is not a man in the man, for the
have
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GENESIS. CHAP.
xxir.
have faidunto Abraham, that Hagar? fear not; for God hath 30 And he faid. For thefe feven laid it upon ifaac his fon I
Sarah lliould have given children heard the voice of the lad where eV-lamhs (halt thou take of my and he took the fire in his hand,
fuck? for have born him a fon he is.
I hand, that they may be a wit- and a knife; and they went both
in his old age. 18 Arifc, lift up the lad, and nefs unto me, that 1 have digged of them together.
8 And the child grew, and was hold him in thine hand; for I this well. 7 And Ifaac fpake unto Abra*
weaned: and Abraham made a will make him a great nation, 31 Wherefore he called that ham his father, and faid, Mr
great feaft, the fame day that Ifaac 19 And God opened her eye$, place Beer-fheba; becaufe there father: And he faid, Here am I
was weaned. and (he faw a well of water; and tbey fware both of them. my fon. And he faid, Behold
9 5 And Sarah faw the fon of Ihe went, and
filled the bottle 32 Thus they made a covenant the fire and the wood : but where
HagartheEgyptian, which fhehad with water, and gave the lad drink, at Beer-fheba; then Abimelech is the Iamb for a burnt-offering?
born unto Abraham, mocking. ao And God was with the lad, rofe up, and Phichol the chief 8 And Abraham faid, fon, My
ro Wherefore Ihe faid unto A- and he grew, and dwelt in the captain of his hoft, and they re- God will provide himfelf a lamb
braham, Caft out this bond-wo- wildernefs, and became an archer, turned into the land of the Phi- for a burnt offering: fo they
man, and her fon for the fon of
: 21 And he dwelt in the wildcr- Mines, went both of them together.
this bond-woman (hall not be heir nefs of Paran: and his mother 33 5 A nd Abraham planted a 9 And they came to the place
with my fon, even with Ifaac. took him a wife out of the land grove in Beer-fheba, and called which God had told him of, and
XI And the thing was very of Egypt, thereon the name of the Lord, Abraham built an altar there,
grievous in Abraham's fight, be- 22 1 And it came to pafs at the everlafting God. and laid the wood in order; and
caufe of his fon. that time, that Abimelech, and 34 And Abraham fojourned in bound Ifaac his low, and laid him
ia ^ And God faid unto Abra- Phichol the chief captain of his the Philiftines land many days. on the altar upon the wood.
liam, Let it not be grievous in thy hoft, fpakc unto Abraham, fay- CHAP. XXII. 10 And Abraham rtretched
fight, becaufe of the lad, and he- ing, God is with thee, in all t" AND it came to pafs after thefe forth his hand, and took the
caufe of thy bond-woman; in all thou don.
** things, that God
tempt knife to (lay his fon.
did
that Sarah hath fakl unto thee, 23 Now therefore fwear unl Abraham, and faid unto him, II And the angel of the Lori>
hearken unto her voice: for in me here by God, that thou wilt Abraham. And he faid, Behold, called unto him out of heaven,
liaac fhall thv feed be called. not deal falfly with me, nor with here \ am. and faid, Abraham, Abraham.
13 And alio of the fon of the my fon, nor with my fon's fon; 2 And he faid, Take now thy And he faid, Mere am I.
bond-woman will a na- but according to the kindnefs that
I make fon, thine only/o« Ifaac, whom ia And
he faid, Lay not thine
I have done unto thee, thou fhalt thou loveft, and get thee into the hand upon the lad, neither do
tion, becaufe he is thy feed.
land of Moriah, and offer him thou any tiling unto him: for
14 And Abraham rofc up early do unto me, and to the land
there for a burnt offering upon now I know that thou feareft
in the morning, and took bread, wherein thou baft fojourned.
24 And Abraham faid, I will one of the mountains which I will God, feeing thou haft not with-
and a bottle of water, and gave it
tcil thee of. held thy Ion, thine only
unto Hagar, (putting it on her fwear. fin from
(boulder,) and the child, and fent 25 And Abraham reproved A- 3 5 And Abraham rofe up ear- me.
her away and fhe departed, and bimeiech becaufe of a well of wa-
:
ly in the morning, and faddltd 13 And Abraham lifted up his
his afs, and took two of his
wandcrcd in the wildernefs of ter, which Abimclech's fcrvants eyes, and looked, and behold
had violently taken away. young men with him, and Ifaac behind him a ram caught in a
Beer-ftieba.
his fon; and clave the wood for
X$ And the water was fpent in 26 And Abimelech faid, I wot thicket by his horns. And Abta-
the burnt offering, and rofe up, ham went and took the ram, and
the bottle, and (he caft the child not who hath done this thing ;
neither didft thou tell me, nci- and went unto the place of which offered him up for a burnt-offer-
under one of the ftirubs.
fat her ther yet heard I of it but to-day.
God had told him,
16 And Ihe went, and ing, in the /lead of his fon.
down over againft bit*, a good 27 And Abraham took fheep 4 Then on the third day Abra- 14 And Abraham called the
and oxen, and gave them unto ham lift up his eyes, and faw the narneof that place Jehovah irch
way off, as it werea bow-/hot: for
pi»ce afar
-j

ftic faid, Let me not fee the death Abimelech; and both of them off. as it is /aid to this day, in the
«f the child. And (he fat over made a covenant. J And Abraham faid unto his mount of the Lord it fhall be
young men, Abide you here with fcen.
againft him. and lift 2% And Abraham fet feven cw-
up her voice,
the afs; and and the Ld And
an d wept. lambs of the flock by themfclves. I will go 15 1
the angel of the
yonder and worfhip, and come Lord called unto
17 And God heard the voice of 29 And Abimelech faid unto Abraham out
again to you.
the lad; and the angel of God Abraham, What mean thefe c f heaven, the fecond time,
o And Abraham took the 16 And faid, By myfelf have
called to Hagar out of heaven, and ven ew-tambs, which thou
wood 0/ the burnt-offering, atid Jfworn, faith the Lord,
ftid unto her, What ailcth thee, fct by themfclves? for be-
30 And B * caufe
 CHAP.
GENESIS. J4 And Ephron anfwered
XXIV.
4 But thou (halt go unto my
caufe thou hall done this thing, feflion of a burying place with 1 kM m favintr unto him. rnuntrv. anrl fn nw L in,!.-,-, I -,~A
and hail not with-hcld thy fon, you, that I may bury my dead
thine only fon : out of my fight,
17 That in blelfing I will bids 5 Andthe children of He fhck^i
thec, and in multiplying I will anfwered Abraham, faying thec? bury there- will not be willing to follow me
me and
twixt
multiply thy feed as the ftars of him, unto this land; mud I needs
fore thy dead.
the heaven, and as the fand 6 Hear us, my lord; thou 16 And Abraham hearkened bring thy fon again unto the
which is upon the fea-fhorc; and a mighty prince amongft us;
unto Ephron, and Abraham land from whence thou earned;
thy feed (hall poflefs the gate of the choice of our fepulchres bury
weighed to Ephron the filver, 6 And Abraham faid unto hinr,
his enemies; thy dead; none of us (hall with*
which he had named in the audi- Beware thou, that thou bring not
18 And in thy feed (hall all hold from thee his fepulchre, but
ence of the fons of Heth, four my ion thither again .
the nations of the earth be blef- that thou mayeft bury thy dead, hundred Ihekels of filver, current 7 ^ The Lord God of heaven,
fed; becaufe thou haflobeyed my 7 And Abraham flood up, and money with the merchant. which took me from my father's*
bowed himfelf to the people of
voice, 17 1 And the field of Ephron, houft, and from the land of my
19 So Abraham returned unto the land, even to the children of which -was in Machpelah, which kindred, and which fpake unto
hisyoungmcn, and they rofe up, Heth. -was before Mamre, the field, and me, and that fware unto me,
and went together to Ikei-iheba, 8 And he communed with the cave which -was therein, and faying, Unto thy feed will I give
and Abraham dwelt at Beerihcba. them, faying, If it be your mind all the trees that Wirt in the field, this land; he fhall fend his angel
30 And it came to pafs after that mould bury my dead out
1
that were in all the borders before thee, and thou malt take
theft things, that it was told of my fight, hear me, and intreat round about, were made fure a wife unto my fon from thence.
Abraham, faying, Behold, Mil- for me to Ephron the fon of 18 Unto Abraham for a pof- 8 And if the woman will not
cah, (hehathalfo born children Zohar: feflion in the prefence of the chil- be willing to follow thee, then
unto thy brother Nahor.; 9 That he may give me the dren of Heth, before all that thou ihalt be clear from this my
21 Huz his firft-horn, and Buz cave of Machpelah, which hehath, went in at the gate of his city. oath: only bring not my fon
his brother, and Kcmucl the fa- which is in the end of his field; 19 And after this Abraham thither again.
ther of Aram, for as much money as it is worth buried Sarah his wife, in the cave 9 And the fcrvant put his
1% And Chefed,and Hazo, he (hall giveit me, for a pofTeffion of the field of Machpelah, before hand under thcthigh of Abraham
and Pildalh, and Jidlaph, and of a burying-place amongft you. Mamre; the fame is Hebron in his marter, and fware to him
Bcthuel. 10 And Ephron dwelt amongft the land of Canaan. concerning that matter.
13 And Bethuel begat Rcbe- the children of Heth. AndEph- 20 And the field, and the cave 10 ] And the fervant took ten
Itah: theft eight Milcah did bear ron the Hittite anfwered Abra- that is therein, were made fure camels, of the camels
of his ma-
to Nahor, Abraham's brother. ham in the audience of the chil- unto Abraham, for a poflcflion fter, and departed, (for all
the
24 And his concubine, whofe drcn of Heth, even of all that of a burying-place, by the fons goods of his mafler
-were in his
nameictfi Reumah, (he bare alfo went in at the gate$ of his city,
Tehah, and Gaham, and Tha- faying, XXFV to Mcfopotamia, unto the city of
II Nay, my lord, hear me; a vm ft
halh, and Maacha.
CHAP, XXIII. the field give thee, andthecaye
I
A Abraham was
t_

well fliicken in age; and the 11

;
old, and Nahor.
And he made
7

camels tohis
AND Sarah was an hundred and that is therein, I give it thee; in Lord had blcfled Abraham in all kneel down without the city, hr
feven and twenty years old :the prefence of the fons of my awcllof w *tcr at the timcof the
tbefewere the years of the life of people give I it thee; bury thy ?
% fcj
And au u ri*
Abraham faid unto his evening, even the time that wo-
Sarah. dead. eWcft fervant of his houfe. that
men go out to draw -water.
% And Sarah died in Kirjath- X% And Abraham bowed down ruled over al that he had.
Put, iz And he faid, O Lord God
arba; the fame is Hebron in the
land of Canaan : and Abraham
came to mourn for Sarah, and to
*veep for her.
himfelf before the people of th«
land.
13 And he fpake unto Eph
in the audience of the people
'pray thec, thy hand under my of my

hv
TLa
\i
i mi
W1,l makc th
by the Lord, the
1 1
i l .
«
thcc fcnd mc 8° od W
mafter Abraham, I pray
th5s day.
fw <*r and (hew kindnefs unto my mafter
God of heaven Abraham.
3^ And Abraham flood up the land, faying, But if thou -w'ut d ° f < hccart h tha t
' 13 Behold, I ftand i,r, by the
from before his dead, and fpake give if, I pray thec hear me; £ thon )l a u° 01 .

unto the fons of Heth, faying, will givethee money for the field
:°V I
?*** Wlfc unto we!l of *ater, and the
daughters

4 I am a flrangcr, and a fo- take it of me, and I will bury m amongft whom
jourucr with you; give me a pof- dead there. S3 * 1
1 to d «aw water:
3 14 Aiid
14
 GENESIS. I
CHAP. XXIV.
14 And let to pafs, art thou? tell me, I pray thee;
it come
that the damfel to whom I (hall is there room in thy father's houfe 34 And he faid, I am Abra- appointed out for my matter's
fon.
fay, Let down thy pitcher, I for us to lodge in ? ham's fervant.
»ray thee, that I may drink ; and 24 And 111 c laid unto him, I 35 And the
Lord hath blefled 45 And before I had done
fhe fhall fay, Drink, and I will am the daughterof Bethucl, the my mafter greatly, and he is be- fpeaking in mine heart, behold,
give thy camels drink alfo: let the fon of Milcah, which (he bare come great; and he hath given Rebekah came forth with her
fame be fhc that thou haft appoint- unto Nahor. him flocks, and herds, and filver, pitcher on her /houlder; and (lie
ed for thy fervant Ifaac; and 1$ Shefaid moreover unto him, and sold, and men-fervants, and went down unto the well, and
thereby (hall I know that thou We have both ftraw and proven- maid-fcrvants, and camels, and drew water: and I faid unto her,
haft (hewed kindnefs unto my der enough, and room to lodge in. aires. Let me drink, I pray thee.
maitcr. a6 And the man bowed down 36 And Sarah my matter's wife 46 And flic made hafte, and let
15 ^ And came to pafs be-
it his head, and worfhipped the bare a fon to my matter when (he down her pitcher from her 'hould-
fore he had dont fpeaking, that Lord. i was old; and unto him hath he er, and /aid, Diink, and I will
behold, Rchckah came out, who 27 Andhefaid, Blefled be the given all that he hath. give thy camels drink alfo; (o I
was born to Bethucl, fon of Mil- Lord God of my mafter Abra- 37 And my mafter made me drank, and Ihc made the camcis
cah, the wife of Nahor, Abra- ham, who hath not left deftitute fwear, faying, Thou (halt not take drink alio.
ham's brother, with her pitcher my mafter of his mercy and his a wife to my fon of the daughters 47 And I alked her, and faid,
upon her (houlder. truth; I being in the way, the of the Canaanitcs, in whofc land Whofc daughter art thou ? and (he
16 And the damfel vas very Lord led me to the houfe of my I dwell : faid, The daughter of Bethucl,

fair to look upon, a virgin, nei- mafter's brethren, 38 But thou (halt go unto my Nahor's fon, whom Milcah bare
ther had any man known her; a8 And the damfel ran, and father's houfe, and to my kin- unto him; and I put the ear-ring

and fhe went down to the well, told them of her mother's houfe drcd, and take a wife unto my upon her face, and the bracelets
and filled herpitchcr, and came up. thefc things. \ ion. upon her hands.-
17 And the fervant ran to meet ao 1 And Rebekah had a bro- 39 And I faid unto my mafter, 48 And 1 bowed down my head
ther, and his name was Laban; Pcradventure the woman will not and worfhipped the Lord,
her, and faid. Let me, I pray and
thee, drink a little water of thy and Laban ran out unto the man, follow me. blefled the Lord God of my ma-
pitcher. unto the well. 40 And he faid unto me, The fter Abraham, which had led me
18 And fhe faid, Drink, my 30 And it came to pafs when Lord, before whom walk, will in the right way, to take my ma-
I

Jord: and (he hafted, and let he faw the ear-ring and fend his angel with thee, and fter's brother's daughter unto his
bracelets

down her pitcher upon her hand, upon his fitter's hands, and when profper thy way; and thou (halt fon.
and gave him drink. he heard the words of Rebekah take a wife for my fon of my kin- 49 And now, if you will deal
drcd, and of my father's houfe.
19 And when (he had done his fifter, faying, Thus
fpake the kindly and truly with my matter.
giving him drink, (he faid, 1 will man unto me; that he
came unto 41 Then (halt thou be clear tell me; and if not, tell me; that
draw "water for thy camels alfo, the man, and behold, he ftood from tbh my oath, when thou 1 may turn to the right hand
or
by the camels at the well. comcft to my kindred; and if to the left.
until they have done drinking,
ao And (he hafted, and cmp- 31 And he faid, Come in, thou they give not thee <w, thou (halt jo Then Laban and Bethuel
be clear from my oath.
tied herpitchcr into the trough, blefled of the Lord; whcrefoif aufwered, and faid, The thing
and ran again unto the well to ftandeft thou without? for I have 4» And J came this day unto proccedcth from the Lord- we
the well, and faid, O Lord God cannot fpeak
draw water, and drew for all his prepared the houfe, and room
for
unto thee bad or
the camels. cf my mafter Abraham, if now good.
camels.
thou do profper my way which I
ai And the man, wondering 31 5 And the man came in 51 Behold, Rebekah is before
ungirdcd n S° :
at her, held his peace, to wit the houfe; and he thee, take her, and go, and let

whether the Lord had made his camels, and gave ftraw
and p
journey profperous, or not. vender for the camels and wat
the men
%% And it came to pafs as the to waft his feet, and
him.
camels had done drinking, that feet that were with
33 And there was fct meatW
the man took a golden ear-ring,
to eat; but he faid, 1
of half a Ihckel weight, and two fore him
bracelets for her hands, of ten will not
Jbekeh weight of gold,
eat, until I have tola
mine errand. And he faid, bpra
22 And faid, Whofc daughter on. ° A
34
43 Behold, I ftand by the well her be thy matter's fon's wife as
of water; and it (hall come to the Lord
hath fpoken.
pafs that when the virgin comet
52 And it came to pafs, that
h
tortntodraw water, and I fay to when Abraham's
fervant heard
ncr, Gave me, I pray thee,
a lit- their words, he worfhipped the
tie water of thy pitcher
to drink; Lord, bowing him/elf to the earth.
rblnifk"
C
*1 &» Both
dunk thou, and I will alfo draw forth 53 And the fervant brought
jewels of filver, and jewels
or thy camels:
let the fame be of gold, and raiment,
">c woman whom the Lord hath them
and gave
to Rebekah. He gave alfo to
M her
 : :

CHAP. XXV.
GENESIS. there was Abraham buried, and It if it be Co, why am I thds? and
her brother, and to her mother fcrvant, What man is this that Sarah his wife.
^c
wcnt to enquire of the Lord.
precious things. walketh in the field to meet us? 23 And the Lord /aid unto
11 5 And it came to pafs after
fcrvant had faid, It is my
54 And they did eat and drink, and the the death of Abraham,
that God her, Two nations are in thy
he and the men that -were with matter ; therefore (he took a vail blelled his fon Ifaac: and Ifaac
womh, and two manner of people
him, and tarried all night: and and covered herfelf. dwelt by the well Lahairoi. Ihall be fenaratcd from thy bow-
they rofe up in the morning, and 66 And the fervant told Ifaac
12 * Now thefe are the gener- els; and the one people (halJ be
he faid, Send me away unto my all things that he had done. ations of Immael Abraham's fon, ftronger than the other people; and
wader. 67 And Ifaac brought her into
tent, and took
whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sa- the eider foal) fcrvc the younger,
55 And her brother and her his mother Sarah's rah's hand-maid, bare unto A- 24 1 And when her days to he
mother laid. Let the damfel abide Rebckah, and fhc became his braham. delivered were fulfilled, behold)
with us a few days, at the left wife; and he loved her; and Ifaac 1 3 thefe are the namr s of there -were twins in her womb,
And
ten; after that (lie (hall go. was comforted after his mother's 25 And the firft came out red,
the fons of Ilhmael, by their
56 And he faid unto them, death. names, according to their gener- all over like an hairy garment;
Hinder mc not, feeing the Lord CHAP.
XXV.
\

J
ations; The firfl-born of Immael, and they called his nameEfau.
hath profpered my way: fend me THENagain Abraham took a.
wife, and her name was
Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Ad- 26 And
after that came his
away, that I may go to my ma- bed, and Mibfam, brother out, and his hand took
tter. Keturah. t
\
14 And Mifhma, and Dumah, hold on Efau's heel ; and his name
57 And they faid, We will call % And (he bare him Zimran, was called Jacob : and Ifaac was
and Mafia,
the damfel, and enquire at her and Joklhan, and Medan, and. 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jctur, threefcore years old when (he bare
mouth. Midian, and Ifhbak, and Shnah. Naphifh, and Kedemah. them..
58 And they called Rebckah, 3 And Jokfhan begat Sheba, 16 Thefe are the fons of Ifh- 27 And the boys grew and ;

and faid unto her, Wilt thou go and Dedar.. And the fons of macl, and thefe are their names, Efau was a cunning hunter, a man
with this man ? and flie faid, Dcdan were Afhuram, and Lo
I
by their towns, and by their ca- of the field, and Jacob was a plain
tulbim, and Leummim. man dwelling
will go. ftles; twelve princes according to in tents.
59 And they fent away Rebe- 4 And the fons of Midian ; E- their nations. 2% And
Ifaac loved Efau, be-
kah their filter, and her nurfe, phah, and Epher, and Hanoch, 17 And thefe are the years of caufe he did eat of his venifon:
and Abraham's fcrvant, and his and Abidah, and Eldaah. All the of Ifhmael, an hundred but Rebekah loved Jacob.
life
thefe we rrthechildren of Keturah.
men. and thirty and feven years, and 29 1 And Jacob fod pottage;
60 And they blcfled Rebckah, 5 J And Abraham gave all he gave up the ghoft, and died, and Efau came from the ficid, and
and faid unto her, Thou art our that he had unto Ifaac. and was gathered unto his people, he was faiut.
lifter,be thou the mother of thou- 6 But unto the fons of the con* 18 And they dwelt from Havi- 30 And Efau faid to Jacob,
fands of millions, and let thy feed cubines, which Abraham had, lah unto Shur, that is before E- Feed me, I pray thee, with that
polTcfs the gate of thofe which Abraham gave gifts, and fent gypt, as thou goeft towards Ally- fame red pottage; for I «w faint
hate them.
61 1 And Rcbekah a rofe, and
them away from Ifaac his fon
(while he yet lived) eaft-ward,
ria;
all his
W he died in the prefence of therefore was his name called
brethren, Edom.
her damfcls, and they rod upon unto the eaft-country.
19 \ And thefe are the gener- 31 And Jacob faid. Sell me
the camels, and followed the man; 7 And thefe are the days of the ations of Ifaac Abraham's fon; this day thy birth-right.
and the fcrvant took Rebckah, years of Abraham's life which he Abraham begat Ifaac. 3a And Efau faid, Behold, I
and went his way. lived, an hundred tbreefcore and ao And Ifaac was forty years am at the point to die : and what
6i And Ifaac came from the fifteen years. 4 old when he took Rebekah to profit fhall this birth-right do to
Then Abraham gave up the
way of the well Lahai roi; for be 8 wife, the daughter of Bethncl the me ?
ghoft, and died in a good old age,
dwelt in the fouth-country. Syrian of Padan-aram, the fiftcr 33 And
Jacob faid, Swear to
63 And Ifaac went out to me- an old man, and full of years; and of Laban the Syrian. me this day; and he fware unto
his people.
ditate in the field at the even-tide; was gathered to ai And Ifaac intreated the him: and he fold his birth-right
and he lift up his eyes, and faw, 9 And his fons Ifaac and Ilh- Load for Ms wife, becaufe fhc was unto Jacob,
in the cave of
and behold, the camels were macl buried him barren; and the Lord was in- 34 Then Jacob gave Efau bread
coming. Machpelah, in the field of Ephron treated of him, and Rebekah his and pottage of lentils: and he did
the Hittitc,
64 And Rebckah lift up her the fon of Zohar wife conceived. cat and drink, and rofe up, and
is before Mam re;
-
eves, and when the faw Ifaac, (he which 22 And
the children ftruggled went his way; thus Efau defpifed
lighted off the camel. XO The field which Abraham to e cth«r within her; and ft* faid, his birth-righu
fons of Heth
65 For flic had faid unto the purchafed of the
then fi 5 CHAP.
 G E N E s r s. CHAP. XXVI r.
C H A P. XXVI. ly have lien with thy wife, am
thence, and digged another well; and faid unto him, have We
A KD there was a famine in the thou fhouldeft have brought
and for that they flrove not: and found water.
*r land, befides theTirft famine tinefs upon us
he called the name of it Reho- 33 And he called it Sheba:
that wis in thedaysof Abraham. II And Abimelech charged all
both; and he faid, For now the therefore the name of the city b
And JJaac went unto Abimelech bis people, faying, Hcthattouch- I^oru hath made room for us, Becr-fheba unto this day.
king of the Philiftincs, unto Ge- cth Hhis man or his wife, fhall 34 ^ And Efau was forty years
and we Ihuil be fruitful in the land.
furcly he put to death.
1

rar. he wen tup from thence old, when he took to wife Judith
23 -\ n<!
% And the Loud appeared un- 1% Then Ifaac fowed in that
to Bccr-fheSa. the daughter of Beeii the Hittite,
to him, and faid, Go not down land, and received in the fam 24 And the Lord appeared and Balhemath the daughter of
into Egypt: dwell in the land year an hundred-fold, and unto him the fame night, and Elon the Hittite:
which I (hall tell thee of. Lord blefTed him. faid, lam the God of Abraham 35 Which were a grief of mind
3 Sojourn in this land, and I 13 And the man waxed great, thy father; fear not, for I am unto
and to Rihekah.
Ifaac
will be with thee, and will blefs and went forward, and grew, un*
with thee, and will blefs thee, CHAP.
XXVII.
thee: for unto thee, and unto thy til he became very great. and multiply thy feed for my AND
it came to pafs, that when
ieed, I will give all thefe coun- 14 For he had pofleflion of ferrant Abraham's fake. lfaac was old, and his eyes
tries, and I will perform the oath flocks; and poflcflion of herds,
35 And he builded an altar were d m, fo that he could not :

which I fwarc unto Abraham thy and great (tore of feivants. And there, and called upon the name fee, he called Efau his cldefl fon,
father. the Philiftincs envied him. of the Lord, and pitched his and faid unto him, My fon; and
4 And I will make thy feed to 15 For all the wells which his tent there: and there Male's fer- he faid unto him, Behold, here
multiply as the ftars of heaven, father's fervants bad digged, in vants digged a well. am I.
and will give unto thy feed all the days of Abraham his father, a6 % Then Abimelech went to % And he faid, Behold now I
thefe countries: and in thy feed the Philiftincs had {topped them, him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath am old, I know not the day of
fhall all the nations of the earth and filled them with earth. one of Ins friends, and Phichol my death.
be blcflcd : 16 And Abimelech faid unto the chief captain of his army. 3 Now therefore take, I pray
5 Becaufe that Abraham obey- lfaac. Go from us: for thou art 17 And unto them, thee, thy weapons, thy quiver
Ifaac faid
ed my voice, and kept my charge, much mightier than we. Wherefore come yc to mc, feeing and thy bow, and go out to the
my commandments, my flatuses 17 \ And Ifaac departed thence, ye hate me, and have fent me field, and take me /Swrvcnifon;
and my laws. and pitched his tent in the valley away from you ? 4 And make me "favoury meat,
6 \ And Ifaac dwelt in Gerar. of Gerar, and dwelt there. a8 And they faid, We faw cer- fuch as I love, and bring it to me,
7 And the men of the place 18 And Ifaac digged again the tainly that the Lord was with that I may cat; that my foul may
afked irm of his wife; and he faid, wells of water which they had thee: and we faid, Let there be blefs thee before 1 die.
Shcirmy fift«r; for he feared to digged in the days of Abraham us, even be- 5 And Rebekah heard when
fay, She is my wife; left, faid he , his father; for the Philiflincs had twixt ns and thee, and let us Ifaac fpake to Efau his fcn; and
the men of the place Ihould kill flopped them after the death of make a covenant with thee; Efau went to the field to hunt/or
mc for Rebekah, becaufe (he was Abraham: and he called their f 29 That thou wilt do us no vcrtifon, and to bring//.
fair to look upon. after the names by wh
names hurt, as we have not touched 6 1 And Rebekah fpake unto
8 And it to pafs when
came his father had called them, thee, and as we have done unto Jacob her fon,
faying, Behold, I
he had been there a long time, 10 And Ifaac's fervants d : thee nothing but good, and have heard thy father fpeak
unto Efau
that Abimelech king of the Phi- in the valley, and found there fenttheeaway in peace: thou art thy brother, faying,
liflines looked out at a window, well of fpringing water, now the blciled of the Lord.
7 Bring mc venifon, and make
and faw, and behold, Ifaac -was %o And the herdmen of Gerar 30 And he made them a feaft, me favoury meat, that I may eat,
fporting with Rebckah his wife, did flrive with Ifaac's herdmen, and they did eat and drink. and blefs thee before the Lord.
9 And Abimelech called Ifaac, faying, The water is ours: and #
And they rofc up betimes before my death.
3J
and faid, Behold, of a furety (he he called the name of the well an the morning, and
fware one to 8 Now therefore, my fon,
isthy wife: and how faidfl thou, Efek, becaufe they flrove with another: and Ifaac fent them
obey my voice, according to that
Sheii my lifter? and lfaac faid him. away, and they departed from which
I command thee.
unto him, 3ecaufe 1 faid, Left I ai And they digged another *im m peace.
and flrove for that alfo: 9 G o now to the flock, and
die for her. well, 3* And it came to pafs the fetch me from thence two good
to And Abimelech faid, and he called the name of it jame day that Ifaac's fervants
kids of the goats; and I will
What is this thou ha A done unto Sitnah. ame, and told him concerning
make them favoury meat for thy
ns one of the people bright light-
; %% And he removed the well which they
bad digged, father fuch as he lovcth.
thence
B 6 10 And
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GENESIS.
my very fon Efau, or not. Who
CHAP. XXVIII.
thou? and faid in his heart, The days of
10 And thou ftalt bring if to thou be unto him, art

thy father, that he may eat, and %% And Jacob went near unto lie faid, I
am thy fon, thy firft mourning for my father are at
that he may hlefs thee before his Ifaac his father, and
he felt him born, Eiau.
hand, then will I flay my brother
dcat h. and faid, The voice is Jacob's 33 And lfiac trembled very ex- Jacob.
11 And Jacob faid to Rebekah voice, but the
hands arc the ceediogly. and faid, Who, where 42 And thefe words of Efau
hands of Efau. taken venifon, and her elder fon were told to Rcbe-
fail mother, Behold, Efau my bro- u he thathalh
ther is a hairy man, and I am a 23 And he difcerned him not, brought it me, and I have eaten kah. And (he fent and called Ja-
fmooth man. becaufe his hands were hairy, as of a'll before thou earned, and cob her younger fon, and faid un-
hands. So he have blefled him? yea, and he (hall to him, Behold, thy brother Efau,
X% My father peradventure his brother Efau's
will feci me, and I mall feern to blefled him. be bleffed. as touching thee, doth comfort
him as a deceiver; and I (hall 24 And he faid. Art thou my 34 And when Efau heard the himfelf, purposing to kill thee.
bring a curfe upon me, and not a very fon Efau ? and he faid, I am. w ords of his father, he cried with 43 Now therefore, my fon,
blcfGng. And he faid, Bring if near a great and exceeding bitter cry, obey my voice: and arife, flee
of my fon s and faid unto his father, Blefs thou to Laban my brother, to
13 And his mother faid unto tome, and I will eat
him, Upon me be thy curfe, my venifon, that my
foul may blcfs me, even me alfo, O my father. Haran.
fon ; only obey my voice, and go thee. And he brought tt near to 35 And he faid, Thy brother 44 And tarry with him a few
fetch me them. him, and he did eat : and he came with fubtilty, and hath days, until thy brother's fury
X 4 And he went, and fetched, brought
him wine, and he drank, taken away thy blefling. turn away;
and brought them to his mother; %6 And his father Ifaac faid 36 And he faid, Is not he 45 Until thy brother's anger
and his mother made favoury unto him, Come near now, and rightly named Jacob? for he hath turn away from thee, and hefor-
meat, fuch as his father loved. kifs me, my fon. fupplantcd me thefe two times: get that which thou hafl done to
15 And Rebekah took goodly 27 And he came near and ki - hetookaway my birth-right; and him: then I will fend and fetch
raiment of her eldeft fon Efau, fed him; and hefmclled
thefmell behold, now he hath taken away thee from thence. Why Zhou Id I
which were with her in the houfe, of his raiment, and
blefled him, my blcfGng. And he faid, Haft be deprived alfo of you both in
of my
and nut them upon Jacob her and faid. See, the fmell thou not referved a blefling for me. one day ?
younger fon. fon il as the fmell of a field, which 37 And Ifaac anfwered, and 46 And Rebekah faid to Ifaac,
16 And (he put the fkins of the the Lord hath bleffed. laid unto Efeu, Behold, I have I am weary of my life, becaufe of

kids of the goats upon his hands,
and upon the fmooth of his neck,
17 And (he gave the favoury
meat, and the bread which (he
a* Therefore God give thee of
the dew of heaven, and the fat-
nefs of the earth, and plenty of
corn and wine.
.
made him thy lord, and all his the daughters of Heth : if Jacob
brethren have I given to him for take a wife of the daughters of
ferrants; and with corn and wine Heth, fuch as thefe -which are of
have I Curtained him: and what the daughters of the land, what

had prepared, into the hand of 29 Let people ferve thee, and (hall I do now unto thee, my fon ! good (hall my life do me ?

her fon Jacob. nationsbow down to thee: be lord 38 And Efau faid unto his fa- C H A P. XXVIII.
18 1 And he came unto his fa- over thy brethren, and let thy ther, Hart thou but one blefling, AND Ifaac called Jacob, and

ther, and faid. father; and mother's fons bow down to thee
My my father? blefs me, even me "bleffed him, and charged him,
curfeth alfo, O my father. And Efau lift and faid unto him, Thou fhalt
he faid, Here on I; who art thou, curfed be every one that
thee, and blefTcd be he that blef- up his voice, and wept. not take a wife of the daughters
my fon ?
19 And Jacob faid nnto his fcth thee. 39 And Ifaac his father an- of Canaan.
father, I am Efau thy born;
fird 3©1 And itcametopafs,ailoon fwercd, and faid unto him, Be- 3 Arife, go to Padan-aram, to
Ifaac had made an end of blel- hold, thy dwelling (hall be the the houfe of Bcthucl thy mother's
I have done according as thou as
badett me; arifc, 1 pray thee, fmg Jacob, and Jacob
was yet fatnefs of the earth, and of the father, and take thee a wife from
gone out from the prelence dew of heaven from above.
fit and eat of my venifon, that fcarcc
thence of the daughters of Laban
thy foul may blefs me. of Ifaac his father, that Efau 40 And by thy fword (halt thou thy mother's brother.
live, and (halt (erve thy brother :
%0 And Ifaac faid unto his fon, brother came in from his hunting. 3 And God Almighty blefs
and it fliall come to pafs, when thee, and make thee fruitful, and
How is it that thou haft found it 31 And he alfo had madeunto fa-
thou (halt have the dominion, multiply thee, that thou mayeft
fo quickly, my fon? and he faid, voury meat,
and brought it
that thou (halt break his yoke be a multitude of people;
Becaufe the Lord thy God his father, and faid unto his fa-
hrought it to me. ther, Let my father arife, and from off thy neck.
4 And give thee the blefling of
thy 41 5 And Eiau hated Jacob, Abraham, to thee, and to thy
ai And Ifaac faid unto Jacob, eat of his fon's venifon, that
becaufe of the blefling wherewith feed with thee;
Come near, 1 pray thee, that I foul may blefs me. that thou mayeft
my fon, whether 3* And Ifaac bis father faid *« father bleffed him; and Efau inherit the land wherein thou art
may feel thee,
unto a ftran^er
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GEN E S ! S. CHAP. XIX.

a ftranger, which Godgave unto fpread abroad to the weft, and to 1P * "P onW*U*| mouth, 14 And Laban faid to him,
Abraham. the eaft, and to the north, and 3 And thither were all the Surely thou art my hone and my
5 And Ifaac fent away Jacob, to the fouth ; and in thee and in flocks gathered ; and they rolled flclh and he abode with him the
:

and he went to Padan-aram, un- thy feed (hall all the families of the (lone from the well's mouth, fpace of a month.
to I aban, fon of Bethuel the Sy- the earth be blefled. am watered the (beep, and put
l 15 ^ And Laban faid unto Ja-
rian, the brother of Rebekah, 15 And bthold, I am with thee t he
(tone »g»ft «pon the well's cob, Becaufe thou art my brother,
Jacob's and Efau's mother. and will ketp thee in all placet mouth in his place. fhouldeft thou therefore fcrve me
6 1 When Efau faw that Ifaac whither thou goeft, and will bring 4 And Jacob unto them,
faid for nought? tell me, what Jliall
had blefled Jacob, and fent him thec again unto this land; for I My brethren, whence be ye? and thy wages be/
away to Padan-aram, to take him will not leave thec, until I have they fridt 0f Haran are we. 16 And Laban had two daugh-
a wife from thence; and that as done that which I havefpoken 5 And he faid unto them, ters: the name of the elder was
he blefled him he gave him a thee of. Know ye Laban the fon of Na- Leah, and the name of the
charge, faying, Thou fhalt not 16 ^ And Jacob awaked hor? and they faid, We
know him. younger was Rachel.
take a wife of the daughters of of his fleep, and be faid, S 6 And
he faid unto them, Is he 17 Leah was tender-eyed, but
Canaan the Lord is in this place; and well ? and they faid, He is well : Rachel was beautiful and well-
7 And that Jacob obeyed his knew it not. and behold, Rachel his daughter favoured.
father, and his mother, and was 17 And he was afraid, and cometh with the (beep. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel;
gone to Padan-aram faid, How dreadful is this pi And he faid, Lo, it is yet and faid, I will ferve thec feven
8 And Efau feeing that the this is none other but the houfc high day, neither is it time that years for Rachel thy younger
daughters of Canaan pleafcd not God,andthistj thegatcof heav the cattle mould be gathered to- daughter.
Ifaac his father; 18 And Jacob rofe up early gether; water ye the fheep, aud 19 And Laban faid, JJffi bet-
9 Then went Efau unto Ifh- the morning, and took the do go a%& feed them. ter that Igive her to thee, than
mael, and took unto the wives that he had put for his pillo 8 And they faid, cannot, We that I mould give her to another
which he had, Mahalath the and fet it up for a pillar, until all the flocks be gathered to- man : abide with me.
daughter of Ilhmael Abraham's poured oil upon the top of it. gether, and till they roll the flone ao And Jacob ferved feven
fon, thefifter ofNebajoth, to be 19 And he called the ram from the well's mouth; then we years for Rachel: and they feem-
his wife. that place Bcth-el; but the n water the fheep. ed unto him but a few days, for
10 1 And Jacob went out from of that city was called Ltfz at t 9 ^ And while he yet fpake the love he had to her.
Betr-iheba, and went toward firft. with them, Rachel came with her %i ] And Jacob faid unto La-
Harm. ao And Jacob vowed a vow, father's fheep; for fhe kept them, ban, Give me my wife (for my
XI And he lighted upon a cer- faying, If God will be with me, 10 And it came to pais, when days are fulfilled) that I may go
tain place, and tarried there all and will keep me in this way that Jacob faw Rachel the daughter of in unto her.
night, becaufe the fun was fet I go, and will give me bread to Laban hi« mother's brother, and %% And Laban gathered toge-
and he took of the ftones of that eat, and raiment to put on; the fheep of Laban his mother's therall the men of the place, and
[dace, and put them for his pil- ai So that 1 come again to mv brother, that Jacob went near, made a feaft.
ows, and lay down in that place father's houfc in peace; then fhall and rolled the flone from the 23 And
to pafs in the
it came
to fleep. the Lord he my God. 1 well's mouth, and watered the evening, that he took Leah his
11 And he dreamed, and be- %% And this ftone, which I have flock of Laban his mother's bro- daughter, and brought her to
hold, a ladder fet upon the earth, fet for a pillar, (hall be God* tncr - him and he went in unto her.
:

and the top of it reached to hea- houfc: and of all that thou (halt 11 And Jacob kiflcd Rachel, 24 And Laban gave unto his
ven; and behold, the angels of give me, I will furely give the and lifted up hi& voice, and wept, daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid,
God afcending and defcending tenth unto thee. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that for an hand-maid.
on it. CHAP. xxrx. he was her father's brother, and
that he was Rebekah's fon;
25 And it came to pafs, that in
13 And behold, the Lord '"I^HEN Jacob went on his jou and the morning, behold, it wasLezh:
flood above it, and faid, I am the X ney, and came into the land we ran and told her father. and he faid to Laban, What k
Lord God of Abraham thy fa- of the people of the eaft. 13 And it came to when
thou haft done unto me? did
pafs, this
ther, and the God of Ifaac; the a And he looked, and behold, Laban heard the tidings of Jacob not I ferve with ihce for Rachel?
*>s lifter's fon, that
land whereon thou lieft, to thee a well in the field, and lo, the he ran to wherefore then haft thou beguiled
will I give it, and to thy feed, •were three flocks of (beep lying and traced him, me?
a\ 1

and kiflcd him, and brought

14 And thy feed (hall be as the it; for out of that well they him 26 And Laban faid, Ft muft
And hc toW LabaD not bc fo donc in wt country, to
; the earth ;and thou flult tcrcd the flocks and a great ft
;
cm
aU Is ic l ™ n
£S. give
 GEN E
Am
S
1 in
I S.
God's Itcad, who
five the younger before the firft-
with-held fiom thee the fruit
born.
27 Fulfil her week, and wc will the womb?
give thee this alfo, for the fervice 3 And (he faid, Behold,
which thou flialt ferve with me maid Bilhah, go in
unto her,
(he (hall bear upon my knees, th
yet feven other years.
have children by hen
a8 And Jacob did fo, and ful- I may alfo
filled her week ; and he gave him 4 And (he gave him Bilhah h
Rachel his daughter to wife alfo. handmaid to wife: and Ja
29 And Laban gave to Rachel went in unto her,
his daughter, Bilhah his hand- 5 And Bilhah conceived, an
maid, to be her maid. bare Jacob a fon.
6 And Rachel faid, God hath
Vht thy fon's mandrakes.
CHAP. XXX.
28 And
he faid, Appoint me
for
thy wages, and 1 will give it.
16 And Jacob
came out of the
evening, and Leah 29 And he faid unto him*
field in the
and faid,Thouknoweft how Ihaveferved
ucnt out to meet him,
thee, and bow thy cattle was
Thou muft come in unto me, for
furel/ I have
hired thee with my with mc.
fon's mandrakes.
And be lay 30 For it was little which thou
hadft before I came, and it is now
with her that night.
17 And God hearkened
unto encreafed onto a multitude; and
Leah, and flic conceived, and the Lord hath blcfled thee fince
bare Jacob the fifth fon. my coming; and now when mail
j8 And Leah faid, God hath I provide for mine own houfe alfo J
given me mine hire, becaufe I 31 And he faid, What (hall I
'

30 And he went in alfo unto

Rachel, and he loved alfo Rachel judged me, and hath alfo heard have given my maiden to my huf- give thee? and Jacob faid, Thou
more than Leah, and fcrved with my voice, and hath given me a band; and Che called his name flialt not give me any thing; if
fon ; therefore called (he his name Iflachar. thou wilt do this thing for me, I
him yet feven other years.
19 And Leah conceived again, will a3ain feed and keep thy flock:
31 ^ And when the Lord faw
Dan.
7 /nd Bilhah Rachel's maid and bare Jacob the fixth fon. 31 I will pafs through 'all thy
that Leah was hated, he opened
and bare Jacob 20 And Leah faid, God hath flock to-day, removing from
her womb: but Rachel was bar- conceived again,
a fecond fon. endowed me with a good dowry; thence all the fpeckled and fpot-
ren.
3a And Leah conceived, and 8 AndRachel faid, With gr now will my hufband dwell with ted cattle, and all the brown cat-
bare a fon, and (he called his wrcftlings
have 1 wrcftled with m mc, becaufe have born him fix tie among the fheep, and the
I

fons: and fhe called his name fpottcd and fpeckled among the
name Reuben: for flic faid, Sure- filter, and I have prevailed; an
his name Naphtali. Zcbulun. goats : and of fuch fhall be my
ly the Lo R d hath looked upon my (he called
9 When Leah faw that (he h- 21 And afterwards fhe bare a hire.
affliction; now therefore my huf-
left bearing, (he took Zilpah daughter, and called her name 33 So fhall my righteoufnefs
band will love me.
maid, and gave her Jacob to wil Dinah. anfwer for me time to come,
in
33 And (he conceived again, And God remembered
and bare a fon; and faid, Becaufe 10 And Zilpah Leah's m 22 U when it fhall come for my hire be-
Rachel, and God hearkened to fore thy face: every one that is
the Lord hath heard that I was bare Jacob a fon. and opened her womb.
bated, he hath therefore given 11 And Leah faid, A t her, not fpeckled and fpotted amongft
23 And Ihe conceived and hare the goats, and brown amongft
me this fon alio; and (he called his cometh ; and fhe called his na a fon, and faid, God hath taken the (heep, that (hall be accounted
name Simeon. Gad.
la And Zilpah Leah's ro away my reproach. ftolcn with me.
34 And ihe conceived again, And name Jo-
24 (he called his 34 And Laban faid, Behold, I
and bare a fon; and faid, Now bare Jacob a fecond fon. fephj and faid, The Lord fhall
this time will my luifband be 13 And Leah faid, Happy am would it might be according to
will call me
add to me another fon. thy word.
joined unto me, becaufe I have I, for the daughters
his name 25 1 And it came to pafs, when 35 And he removed that day
born him three fons; therefore blcfled; and (he called Rachel had born Jofeph, that Ja-
was his name called Levi. A (her. the he-goats that were ring-ftrak-
cob faid unto Laban, Send, me ed, and fp. ttcd, and all the fhe-
35 And (he conceived again, 14 J And Reuben went in t
away, that I may go unto mine goats that were fpeckled and fpot-
and bare a fon; and (he faid, days of wheat-harveft, and
fou
own place, and to my country, ted, and every one that had fotnc
Now will I praifetheLoRD; there- mandrakes in the field,
his moth,
26 Give we my wives and my *hite in it, and all the brown
fore (he eallrd his name Judah, brought them unto children, for whom 1 haveferved
bearinp. Leah. Then Rachel faid to Leah, among the (heep, and gave them
and left tnee, and let me go; for thou
into the hands of his fons.
CHAP. XXX. Give me, I pray thee, of
Jjnowefl my fervice which I have
36 And hefct three days jour-
AND when Rachtl faw that (he foa's mandrakes. donc t»«.
15 And (he faid unto her, Is ncy hetwixt himfelf and Jacob.*
bare Jacob no children, Ra- 27 And Laban faid unto him, and Jacob fed the rett of Laban'*
chel envied her fitters and faid a fmall matter that thou
haft
pray thee, if I have found favour
Bocks.
unto Jacob, Give me children, or ken my hufband ? and
would \
jn thine eyes, tarty: for I have
elfc I die. thou take away my fon's ma learned by experience, 37 f And Jacob took him rods
: that the of green poplar, and of the hafel,
% And Jacob's anger was kin- drakes alfo? and Rachel fa LoHDhathhlcfTedmeforthyfake. and
lie with thee chefuut-tree and pilled
dled againft Rachel; and he faid, Therefore he Hull
;

nig white
 GENESIS, CHAP. XXXI.
white ftrakcs in them, and made 5 And faid unto them, I
the white appear which was in your father's countenance, tha 16 For all the riches which mirth, and with fongs, with ta-
the rods. it not toward me as before
:.' Jod hath taken from our father, bret, and with harp ?
that Is ours, and our childrcns: 28 And haft not fuffered me
38 Andhefettherodswhichhe but the God of my father hath
now then whatfoever God hath to kifs my fons and my daugh-
had pilled before the flocks in the been with me.
faid unto thee, do. tcrs? thou haft now donefoolifh-
gutters in the watering-troughs, 6 .And ye know; that with a
when the flocks came to drink; my power I have ferved your 17 1 Then Jacob roft up, and ly in fo doing.

that they Ihould conceive when ther. fct his fons and his wives upon 19 It is in the power of my
camels. hand to do you hurt: but the
7 And your father hath dece!.
'

they came to drink.

18 And he carried away all God of your father fpake unto me
39 And the flocks conceived ed me, and changed my wages te and all his goods ycfternight, faying, Take thou
his cattle,
before the rods, and brought times; but God furFcrcd him a
forth cattle ring-ftraked, fpecklcd to hurt me.
which he had gotten, the cattle heed that thou fpeak not to Ja-
and fpotted. 8 If he faid thus, The fpec of his getting, which he had got- cob either good or bad.
40 And Jacob did fcparatethe led lhall be thy wages; then a ten in Padan-aram, for to goto 30 And now though thou
Jfaac his father in the land of wouldeft needs be gone, becaufe
lambs, and fct the faces of the the cattle bare fpeckled: and'
Canaan. thou fore longedft after thy fa-
flocks toward the ring-ftraked, he faid thus, The ring-ftrak.
19 And Laban went to flicar ther's houfe; yet wherefore haft
and all the brown in the flock of fhall be thy hire; then bare all
his Iheep: and Rachel had ftolen thou ftolen my gods?
Laban and he put his own flocks the cattle ring-ftraked.
:

the images that were her father's. 31 And Jacob anfwered and
bythemfclves; and put them not 9 Thus God hath taken awa aa And Jacob ftole away una- faid to Laban, Becaufe I was a-
uuto Laban's cattle. the cattle of your father,
wares to Laban the Syrian, in fraid: for I faid, Peradventurc
41 And it came to pafs, when- given them to me.
that he told him not that he fled; thou wouldeft take by force thy
foever the ftronger cattle did con- IO And it came to pafs at t
21 So he fled with all that he daughters from me.
ceive, that Jacob laid the rods time that the cattle conceiv
had, and he rofe up, and parted 3% With whomfocver thou find-
before the eyes of the cattle in that I lifted up mine eyes, an
over the river, and fct his face eft thy gods, let him not live;
the gutters, that they might con- faw in a dream, and behold, toward the mount Gilead. before our brethren difcern thou
ceive among the rods. rams which leaped upon the ca
%% And it was told Laban on what is thine with me, and take
4% But when the cattle were tie were ring-ftraked, fpeek! the third day, that Jacob was fled, it to thee; for Jacob knew not
feeble, he put them not in fo and grilled,
:
*3 And he took his brethren that Rachel had ftolen them,
the feebler were Laban's, and the II And the angel of God fpak with him, and purfued after him 33 And Laban went into Ja-
ftronger Jacob's. unto me in a dream, faying Ja- feven days journey; and they cob's tent, and Into
Here am Leah's tent,
43 And the man increafed ex- cob: and 1 faid, I.
overtook him in the mount of and into the two
maid-fcrvants
ceedingly, and had much cattle, 1% And lie faid, Lift up nor G,Icad tents; but he found them not.
a „
and maid-fcrvants, and mcn-fer- thine eyes and fee, all the ram« ; ,
34 And God came to Laban Then went he out of Leah's tent,
rants, and camels, and afles. which leap upon the cattle or the Syrian in a dream by night, and entered
into Rachel's tent,
CHAP. XXXL ring ftraked, fpecklcd, and grif- and faid unto him, Take heed 34 Now Rachel had taken the
AND he heard the words of La- ltd; for I have fecn all that L that thou fpeak not to Jacob images, and
put them in theca-
ban's fons, faying, Jacob hath ban doth unto thee, eU 00 0r b d " mcl>s f «™ture, and fat upon
taken away all that was our fa- 13 1 *« the God of Beth I?*£ i \ L .

ther's: and of thit which -was our where thou anointedft the pilla t \
Jacob.
'
J 1
Cn Laban ovcrtook * hc m; and Laban
fearched
Now Jacob had pitched the tent, but found them not. all
where thou vowedft vow un-
father's hath he gotten all this and a
ELSkiii
tl
^
m
m ? unt: } La " 35 And (he faid to her father,
glory. to me ; now arifc, get thee o»- ban with his brethren pitched -

in Let it not difpleale my lord that

a And Jacob beheld the coun- from this land, and- return the mount of Gilead.
| cannot rife up before thee;
for
tcnance of Laban, and behold, the land of thy kindred, n °b ' thc Cuftom of women « u n mc
i 1° JaC
1

it w«f not toward him as before. 14 And Rachel and Leah vvnat f
Wh?r haltft a
thou done, that thou and he fearched, P° =
but found not
3 And the Lord faid unto Ja- fwered, and faid unto him, M« ftolen away unawares to
me, the images.
cob, Return unto the land of thy there yet any portion or inhc 36 1 And Jacob was wroth .
father's, and to thy kindred: tance for us in our father's
houfe. Si3f£* y*y &STt!Si
^^heiword? and chode with Laban; and Ja-
and I will be with thee. 15 Arc we not counted of Swi t"
4 And Jacob fent and called ftrangcrs? for he hath fol
Rachel and Leah to the field mi- and hath quite devoured a d, <" mc th »t that thou haft fo hotly pur-
to his flock. money. Ehfffthave
'nught "V""
fent thee away
«

with fucd after me?

10
37 Whereas
 ; :

CHAP. XXXII,
GENESIS. And Jacob fent meflcngers 13 J And he lodged there that
Efau his brother, fame night; and took of that
37 Whereas thou haft fearched they took (tones, and made .
fore him to
all my fluff, what haft thou found heap: and they did eat
'
to the land of Seir,
the country which came to his hand, a prc-
of all thy boufehold-ftuff? fct it upon the heap, fcnt f<* Efau his brother;
SSdom.
here before my brethren and thy 47 And JLaban called it Teg; And he commanded them, 14 Two hundred (he-goats,
brethren, that they may judge be- fahadutha: but Jacob called fhall yefpeakunto and twenty he-goats, two hu»-
Avingt Thus
twixt us both. Galeed. n,y lord Efau;
Thy fervant Jacob drcd ews, and twenty rams,
38 This twenty yfears have I 48 And Laban faid, This heap. faith thus, I
have fojourned with IJ Thirty milch-camels with
been with thee; thy ews and thy is a witnefs between me and thee Laban, and ftayed there
until their colts, forty kinc, and ten
fte-goats have not caft their thisday. Therefore was the name - bulls, twenty fce-afTcs, ai.d ten
noW . -

young, and the rams of thy flock of it called Galeed, c And I have oxen, anda(Tes, foles.
have I not eaten. 49 And Mizpah for he faid,
:
flocks, and
meir-fervants, and 16 And he delivered them into
39 That which was torn of the Lord watch between me and women-fervants: and I have fent the hand of his fervants, every
when we are abfent one that I may find drove by thcmfelvcs; and faid
beajis, I brought not unto thee, I thee, to tell my lord,
bare the lofsof It; of my hand from another, grace in thy fight. unto his fenrants, Pafs over bc-
didft thou require it, whether 50 If thou (halt afflsft my 6 1 And the meflcngers re- fore me, and put a fpace betwixt
ftolen by day, or ftolen by night, daughters, or if thou lhalt ts turned to Jacob, faying, We came drove and drove.
40 Thus 1 was, in the day the other wives betides my daughn to thy brother Efau, and alfo be 17 And he commanded the
drought confumcd me, and the no man h with us; See, God cometh to meet thee, and four foremoft, faying, When Efau my
froft by night; and my deep witnefs betwixt me and thee, hundred men with him. brother meeteth thee, and aflceth
departed from mine eyes. 51 And Laban faid to Jacol 7 Then Jacob was greatly a- thee, faying, Whofe art thou?
41 Thus bate I been twenty behold this heap, and behold tl fraid, and diftrefled: and he di- and whither goeft thou? and
years in thy houfe; I ferved thee pillar, which I have caft betwi: *ided the people that was with whofe are thefe before thee?
fourteen years for thy two daugh- me and thee him, and the flocks, and herds, 18 Then thou lhalt fay, Thefe
ters, ar.dfixyears for thy cattle; 5a This heap be witnefs ar and the camel* into two bands; be thy fervant Jacob's: it is a pre*
and thou haft changed my wages this pillar be witnefs, that I wi 8 And faid, If Efau come to fent fent unto my lord Efau: and
ten times. not pafs over this heap, to the the one company, and fmite it, behold alfo he is behind us.
42 Except the God of my fa- and that thou (halt not pafs or then the other company which is 19 And fo commanded he the
ther, the God of Abraham, and this heap, and this pillar, 1
left (hall efcape, fecond, and the third, and all
the fear of Ifaac, had been with me, for harm, 9 1 And Jacob faid, O God of that followed the droves, faying,
me, fnrely thou hadft fent me 53 The God of Abraham, my father Abraham, and God of On this manner (hall you fpeak
away now empty; God hath feen the God. of Nahor, the God my father Ifaac, the Lord which unto Efau, when you find him.
mine affirtion, and the labour of their father, judge betwixt faidft unto me, Return unto thy ao And fay ye moreover, Be-
my hands, and rebuked thee yef- And Jacob fware by the fear country, and to thy kindred, and hold, thy fervant Jacob is behind
ternight. his father Ifaac. I will deal well with thee : us : for he faid, I will appeafe him
43 f And Laban anfwered, 54 Then Jacob offered fa< 10 I am not worthy of the leaft with the prefent that gocth before
and faid unto Jacob, Thefe daugh- upon the mount, and called hi of all the mercies, and of all the me, and afterward 1 will fee hit
ters are my daujhtcrs, and theje brethren to eat bread :and t truth, which thou haft /hewed face; peradventure
he will accept
children are my children, and did eat bread, and tarried unto thy fervant; for with my of me.
ftafT I pa fled over this
thefc cattle are my cattle, and all night in the mount, Jordan, %i So went the prefent over
that thou feeft is miue: and what 55 And early in the morninj and now I am become two bands, before him: and
himfelf lodged
can I do this day unto thefe my Laban rofe up, and killed his foni IX Deliver me, I pray thee, that night
in the company,
daughters, or unto their children and his daughters, and blefled
from the hand of my brother,
%% And he rofe up that night,
which they hare born ? them and Laban departed, and
:

44 Now therefore come thou, returned unto his place,

ST i/i £"
™m, left he will
d f Efau for 1 fcar and took his tw
.?. «W
°
come and fmite two womcn-fervants, and his ele-
and his

CHAP. XXXII. me and the mother with the

let us make a covenant, I and ven fons, and pafTcd over the
AND Jacob went on his wn
thou; and let it be for a witnefs
between me and thee.
45 And Jacob took a ftone, him.
" and the angels of God
I,?', lhou
fnSw / L
.
faidft ' m1
fordjabbok.
% 3 And he took them, and fent

and fct it up for a pillar. % And when Jacob faw tht

46 And Jacob faid unto his he faid, This is God's hoft:
brethren, Gather ftoncs j and he called the name of that pj
*ultitu?c?
n0t uumbcrcJ for M t Andjacofcwisicftalpne:
Mahanaim. 3
 -

G S N £ S 1 S. CHAP XXXIV.
and there wreftled a man with them, and bowed himfelf to the t oter before
his fcrvant, and 6 ^ And Hamor the father of
day. ground icvcn
him until the breaking of the:day. feven times, until
h*
he on foftly, according as Shechem went out unto Jacob to
^ 1 wlMl lead
%$ And when he faw that he came near to his brother, gocth before me, commune with him.
atrj e t hat
prerailed not again ft him, he 4 And Efau ran to meet hi the children be »hle to en- 7 And thefons of Jacob came
* nt 1
touched the hollow of his thigh ; and embraced him, and fell unt ii 1 come unto my lord out of the field when they heard
and the hollow of Jacob's thigh his. neck, and kitted him; **» an<* tnc mcn wcrc graved, and
fnScir.
was out of joint, as he wreftled they wept,
with him. 5 And he lift up his eyes, and
26 And he faid, Let me go, faw the women and thechil
for the day breaketb. And he and faid, Who art thofe thing ought
faid, I will not let thee go, ex- thee? and he faid, Thechi
trace" in the fight
of iny lord. 8 And Hamor communed with
ccpt thou blcfs me. which God hath gracioufly 16 5 So Efa» returned that day
them, faying, The foul of my foil
»7 And he raid unto him, What thyfervant. on his way unto Seir.
Shechem longeth for your da ugh
is thy name? and he faid, Jacob. 6 Then the hand-maidens 17 And Jacob journeyed to ter; I pray you give her him to
%9 And he faid, Thy name near, they and their chil S'liccoth, and built him an
houfc, wife.
fhall be called no more Jacob, but and they bowed t hemfelves. and made booths for his cattle; 9 And make ye
marriages with
Ifracl: for as a prince haft thou 7 And Leah alfo with h< therefore the name of the place us, and give your daughters unto
power with God and with men, children came near, and boi is called
Succoth. us, and take our daughters unto
and haft prevailed. themfelves: and after came Jo- 18 1 And Jacob came to Sha- you.
%<) And Jacob aflced him, and feph near, and Rachel, and they Jem, a city of Shcchein, which is IO And ye (hall dwell with us:
faid, Tell me, I pray thee, thy bowed themfelves. in the land of Canaan, when he and the land (hall be before yon;
name. And he faid, Wherefore 8 And he faid, What came from Padan-aram, and dwell and trade you therein, and
jj it, that thou doft afk after my thou by all this drove, whi pitched bis tent before the city, get you poflcfTions therein.
name? and he bleiTed him there, met? and he faid, Theft arc ' 19 And he bought a parcel of 11 And Shechem faid unto her
30 And Jacob called the name find grace in the fight of my a fieM, where he had fpread his father, and unto her brethren,
of the place Peniel for I have
: 9 And Efau faid, 1 have tent, at the hand of the children Let me find grace in your eyes,
fcen God face to face, and my nough; my brother, keep of Hamor, Shechem's father, for and what ye ihal fay unto me, I
1

life is preferved. thou haft unto thyfclf. an hundred pieces of money. will give.

31 And as he patted over Pe- 10 And Jacob faid, Nay, %0 And he creeled there an al- 12 Aflc me never fo much dow-
nuel, the fun rofe upon him, and pray thee, if now T have foi tar, and called it El-elohe Ifrael. ry and gift, and I will give ac-
he halted upon his thigh. grace in thy fight, then reccii C H A P. XXXIV. cording as ye fhall fay unto me:
3% Therefore the children of my prefent at my hand:
Ifrael eat not of the finew which therefore I have fecn thy face,
AN D Dinah the daughter of but give me the damfel to wife.
Leah, -which flic hare unto 13 And the fbnsof Jacob ah-
fhrank, which is upon the hollow though I had fecn the face of Jacob, went out to fee the daugh- fwered Shechem and Hamor his
of the thigh, unto this day: be- and thou waft pleafcd with mi tcrsof the land. father deceitfully, and faid, (be-
caufe he touched the hollow of 11 Take, I pray thee, % And when Shechem the fon caufe he had defiled Dinah their
Jacob's thigh, in the finew that bleffing that is brought to tl of Hamor the Hivitc, prince of fiftcr)
ihrank. becaufe God hath dealt grach thecountiy, faw her, he took her, 14 And they faid unto them,
CHAP. XXXIII. with me, and becaufe 1 have and lay with her, and defiled her. We cannot do this thing, to give

AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, nough; and he urged him,

and looked, and behold, he took it.
3 And his foul clave unto Di- our (Ifterto one that is uncircum-
nah the daughter of Jacob, and cifed for that wcrc a reproach
:

he loved the damfel, and fpake unto us.

Efau came, and with him four 12 And he faid, Let us
hundred men. And ha divided our journey, and let us go, —
6 V > aa< kindly unto the damfel. 15 But in this will we confent
the children unto Leah, and unto I will go before thee. 4 And Shechem fpake unto his unto you : If ye will be as we be 9
13 And he faid unto him, father Hamor, faying, Get me that every male of you
Rachel, and unto the two hand- be circum-
mauls. lord knoweth that the cn hutch tbil damfel to wife. cifed;
a And he put the band-maids are tender, and the flocks
an 5 And Jacobheard that he had 16 Then will we give our
defiled Dinah his daughter,
and their children foremoft, and herds with young are with roc; fnow daughters unto you, and we will
Leah and her children after, and and if men mould overdrive them jj*
™ n * wc re with his cattle in take your daughters to us, and
tnc field and Jacob held his
Rachel and Jofcph hindermoft. one day, all the flock will die. we will dwell with you, and we
3 And he pafled otcr before 14 Let my lord, 1 pray the* peace until they were come. will become one people.
part
17 But
 GENESIS. CHAP. XXXV.
If But if ye will not hearken 27 The fons of Jacob
rC fGod was upon the 17 And it came to pafs when
unto us, to be circumcifed; then upon the (lain, and fpoilcd
will we take our daughter, and city, becaufc they bad
th» thf ^fat-were roundabout them, fhe was in hard labour, that the
de6l2
we will be gone. their fifter.

X% And their words pleafed a8 They took their (beep,

Hamor, and Shechcm Hamor's
ion.
19 And the young man defer-
red not to do the thing, becaufe
he had delight in Jacob's daugh-
tcr: and he was more hononrable
than all the houfe of his father, fpoilcd even
aof And Hamor andShechem
his fon came unto the gate of
their city, and communed with and Levi, Ye have troubled
to make me to (link among
the men of their city, faying,
ax Thefe men are peaceable inhabitants of the land amongft
with us, therefore let them dwell
in the land, and trade therein;
for the land, behold, k is large
enough for them: let us take
their daughters to us for wives,
and let us give them our daugh-
ters.
%% Only herein will the men
and
their oxen, and their aflcs,'
that which was in the city*
and
t_'„h it in tne ianu u» ^»«» m ucjm
tn(i he and all the died) that fhe called
cal his name
Beth-el)
that which was in the field: h3 t is
were with him. Ben-oni but his father called
%g And all their wealth, and
:
le that
there an altar, him Benjamin.
all their little ones, and their ?Y Andfhe built El-beth-el; 10 And Rachel died, and wat
wives took they captive, and a called the place
God appeared unto buried in the way to Ephrath,
all that -was in the he ufc tncrc
from the face which is Beth-lehem:
houfe. him when he fled
20 And Jacob fct a pillar uport
30 And Jacob faid to Simeoa of his
brother.
Rebekah'snurfc her grave: that is the pillar of
8 But Deborah
fhe was buried beneath Rachel's grave unto this day.
died, and
Beth-el, under an oak :
and the 21 And Ifrael journeyed, and
the Canaanites, and the Per namC ofitwascalledAllonbachuth fpread his tent beyond the tower
xites; and being few in num
I o I And God appeared unto of Edar.
Jacob again, when he came out 2% And it came to pafs, when
they (hall gather themfelves
gether againft me, and flay me, of padan-aram;
and blefled him. Ifrael dwelt in that land, that
and I fhall be deftroyed, 1 and 10 And God faid unto him, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah
my houfe. Thy name is Jacob: thy name his father's concubine: and Ifrael
3* And
they faid, Should /hall not be called any more Ja- heard it. Now the fons of Jacob
deal with our filler, as with cob, but Ifrael (hall be thy name; were twelve.

eonfent unto us, for to dwell harlot? and he called his name Ifrael. 23 The fons of Leah Reubeu ;

with us, to be one people, if eve- C H A P.^ XXXY. 11 And God faid unto him, Jacob's firft-born, and Simeon,

ry male among us be circumcifed, A God faid \into Urn God Almighty; be fruitful, and Levi, and Tudah, and Ifla-
J
XJL Arife, go tip to Beth- and multiply: a nation, and a char, and Zebulun.
as they are circumcifed.
company of nations fhall be of 24 The fons of Rachel; Jo-
%3 Shall not their cattle, and and dwell there; and make
thec; and kings fhall come out of feph, and Benjamin,
their fubftance, and every beaft an altar unto God thatap
of theirs be oors ? only let us con- unto thee when thou fleddeft I
thy loins. 25 And the fons of Bilhah,
iz And the land which I gave Rachel's hand-maid; Dan and
fent unto them, and they will the face of Efau thy brother,
a Then Jacob faid unto Abraham and Ifaac, to thee will Naphtali.
dwell with us.
I give it, and to thy feed after 26 And the fons of Zilpah,
24 And unto Hamor, andun- honlhold, and to all that thee will give the land. Leah's hand maid; Gad and
to Shcchem his fon, hearkened with him, Put away the"
I

and 13 And God wentupfrom him, Afher. Thefe are the fons of Ja-
all that went out of the gate of gods that are among you,
in the place where he talked with cob, which were born
his city and every male was cir- andchangeyour garmen
clean, 1
to him in
:
n m Padan-aram.
3 And let us arife, and go
" -

cumcifed, all that went out of the

14 And Jacob fct up a pillar in 27 5 And Jacob came unto
gate of his city. to Beth-el; and I will make'
the place where he talked with Ifaac his father
And it came to pafsonthe an altar unto God, who arm unto Mamre, un-
bim, even a pillar of (tone: an* to the city of Arbah (which
third day, when they were fore, me in the day of my diftrefi, be poured a drink-offering there- Hebron) where
is

that two of the fons of Jacob, was with me in the way

whic Abraham and
on, and he poured oil
thereon. Ifaac fojourned.
Simeon and Levi, Dinah's breth- went. J nd J acoh callcd tl)C namc
4 And they gave unto J ^ 28 And thc da >' s of Ifaac VCtY
ren took each man his fword, f u "
01 the place where God
vftre fpakc with an hundred and fourfcore vcars.
and came upon the city boldly, all the ftrangegods which
and flew all the males. their hand, and all their ear-rin €a j l *9 And ,faac & avc "P tbc 8 ,,oft
and ,thc yj° u meyed from and died, and was gathered unto
%6 And they flew Hamor and which were in their ears;
Shechem his fon with the edge cob hid them under the oak
of the fword, and took Dinah was by Shechem.
out ofShechem's houfe, and went
oat.
3 And they journeyed:
2
IUfc
netn-cl: and there
i

f
was but a lit- his people, being old and full of
t0CO,n toE lhrath: and da
I V*' andhis Efau and Ja-

C CHAP.
 CHAP.
GENESIS.
XXXVI.
CHAP. XXXVII.
math, and Mizzah; theft j^in the wildcrncis, as he was Pan; and his wife's
city

NOW theft tfr* the generations

of Efau, who Edom.
thefons of Bafhcmath E fan's
14 J And thefc were the
itheaflcs of Zibeon
his father, name was Mehetabel, the daugh-
the children of Anah tcr of Matred, the daughter of
c And
is

a Efau took his wives of the of Aholihamah the daugh thefc; Difhon,
and Aholi- Mczahab.
daughters of Canaan; Adah the Anah, the daughter of Z. of Anah. 40 And thefe arc the names of
? mah thedaughtcr
daughter of Elon the Hittitc,and Efau's wife: and (he bare to E And thefe are the children the dukes that came of Efau, ac-
a6
Aholibamah the daughter of and Eflihan, cording to their families, after
Jeuih, and Jaalam, and Kor fDifoon; Hemdan,
Anah the daughter of Zibeon the 15 ^ Thefc were dukes of 1ithran and Chcran. their places, by their names; duke
10 are Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Je-
Hivitc: ions of Efau: thefons of Eli .
T he children of Ezer and
3 And Bafhemath Ifhmael's the nrft-born fon of Efau; d
thefe; Bilhan,
and Zaavan, theth,
daughter, of Nebajoth.
filler Teman, duke Omar, duke A nan 41 Duke Aholibamah, duke
4 And Abah bare t<> Efau, pho, duke Kcnaz, 18 The children
of Difhan are Elah, duke Pinon,
Eliphaz: and Bafhemath bare 16 Duke Korah, duke Ga thefe; U*.
and Aran. 4* Duke Kcnaz, duke Teman,
Reucl. tfwtfduke Amalck; thefe art joThefc are the dukes that duke Mibzar,
5 And Aholibamah bare Jcufh, dukes that came of Eliphaz, i came of the
Horites; duke Lotan, 43 Duke Magdicl, dake Iram;
and Jaalam, and Korah: thefc land of Edom; thefe -were doke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke thefc be the dukes of Edom, ac-
are the fons of Efau, which were fonsof Adah, ^nah, cording to their habitations, in
horn unto him in the land of Ca- 17 ^ And thefe are the fon to Duke Dilhon, duke Ezer, the land of their pofftfTion; he ts
man. Rcuel Efau'sfon; duke Na duke Diihan; thefe are the dukes Efau the father of the Edomites.
6 And Efau took his wives, duke Zerah , duke Sham that came of Hori, among their CHAP.
XXXVII.
and his ions, and his daughters, duke Mizzah; thefe arc the dukes in the land of Seir. A ND
Jacob dwelt in the land
and all the perfons of his houfe, that came of Rcuel, in the lan 31 5 And thefe are
the kings £\
wherein his father was a
and his cattle, and all his hearts, Edom; thefe arc the fonsof that reigned in the land of Edom, (hanger, in the land of Canaan,
and all his fubftance, which he rhemath F.fau*swife. before there reigned any king o- % Thefe are the generations of
had got in the land of Canaan : 18 5 And thefe arc the fons vcr the children of Ifracl. Jacob; Jofcph, Mnr feventeert
and went into the country, from AhoWhamah E fan's wife; duke 31 And Bcla the fon of Bcor years old, was feeding the flock
the face of his brother Jacob. Jcufh, duke Jaalam, duke Korah; reigned in Edom ; and the name with his brethren, and the lad
7 Tor their riches were more thefc were the dukes that came of of his city was Dinhabah. was with the fons of Bilhah, and
than that they might dwell to- Aholibamah the daughter of A- 33 And Bcla died, and Jobab with thefons of Zilpah, his fa-
gcthcr : and the land wherein nah Efau's wife. the fon of Zcrah of Bozrah reign- thcr's wives; and Jofeph brought
they were ftrangersc^uld not bear 19 Thefc ate the fons of Efau, ed in his (lead. unto his father their evil report.
them, becaufe of their cattle. (who is Edom,) and thefc 34 And Jobab died, and Hu- 3 Now Ifrael loved Jofcph more
8 Thus dwelt Efau in mount their dukes. fham of the land of Temani than all his children, becaufe he
Seir : Efau is Edom. zo ^ Thefe are the fons of reigned in his ftead. was the fon of his old age and :

9 f And thefe are the genera- the Horite, who inhabited 35 And Hufham died, and Ha- he made him a coat of mam co-
tions of Efau the father of the land; Lotan, and Shobal, dad the fon of Bedad (who finote lours.
Eaomitet, in mount Seir. Zibeon, and Anah, Midian in the fnld'of Moab) 4 And when his brethren fa w
10 Thefe are the names of 21 And Dilhon, and Ezer, and reigned m his (lead; and the name that their father loved him
more
Efau's fons: Eliphaz tbe fon of Diihan; thclc are the dukes of of his city was Avith. than all his brethren, they hated
Adah the wife of Efau, Reuel thethe Horitcs, the children of Scif 30 And Hadad and Sam- him, and could not fpeak peace-
died,
lah of Mazrckah reigned in his
in tbe land of Edom.
fon of Bafhemath the wife of Efau. ably unto him.
H And the fons of Eliphaz az And the children of * 1 5 % And Jofeph dreamed a
,

37 And Samluh died, and Saul dream, and he told U his breth-
1

were, Teman, Omar, Zcpho, were, Hori, and Heman;

of Rehoboth by the river
Rod Gat am, and Kcnaz. Lotan's fitter was Timna. reigned ren and they hated him vet the
:

IZ And Timnah wasconenbine 23 And the children of S

m h 's
J«d- more.
to EHphaz Efau's fon and (he were thefe; Alvan, and A" d $ a »> did. and Baal- 6 And he faid unto them, Hear.
:
|j£ n f° nof AcIl ^r reigned
bare to Eliphaz Amalek: thcie hath, and Ebal, Shepho, an I pray you, this dream which I
in K- n ,

•were the fons of Adah Efau's Onam.

wife. 24 And thefe arc the children
!«*a h®aaUhanan the fon of have dreamed.
7 For behold, we were binding
Arhk j-
13 And thefe are the fons of of Zibeon both Ajah, and Anabj
;
in lV;
and Hadar rci S ncd
ft ,
1 n cavcs in the held, and lo, my
'

Rcuel; Nahath, and Zcrah, 3ha- this was that Anah, that foun* *<"sftead; and the name of his fheaf arofe, and alfo flood, up-
tuc
C% right;
 GEN E S I
hence: fori
S. CHAP. XXXVIII.
and our flefli; and daughter of a certain Canaanite,
right; and behold, your (heaves are departed °" T
brother
whofc name -was Shuah: and he
flood round about, and made them fay, Let us go to Doth
content.
h ethren were
obeifance to my (heaf. And Jofeph went after his * 4 RThen
ihcre parted by Midi- took her, and went in unto her.
8 And his brethren faid unto thren.and found them in Doth: men; and they 3 And fhe conceived, and bare
tcs merchant
18 And when they iUw h* *
lift up Jofeph
out of afon, and he called his name Er.
him, Shalt thou indeed reign o- CW and
ver us? or malt thou indeed have far off, even before he came
J
u pit and fold
Jofeph to the 4 And fhe conceived again, and
dominion over us? and they hat- unto them, they confpired aga iflimeelites for twenty pieces of bare a fon; and Ihe called his
ed him yet the more tor his him, to flay him. liver; and they brought Jofeph name Onan.
dreams, and for his words. 19 And they faid one to a into Egypt-
5 And Hie yet again conceived,
ano- ther, Behold, this dreamer € And Reuben returned un* and bare a fon; and called his
9 ^ And he dreamed yet 29
behold, Jofeph name Shclah and he was at Che-
ther dream, and told it his breth eth. to the pit, and
- ;

ren, and faid, Behold, I have ao Come now therefore, Li not in the pit; and he rent zib, when Ihe bare bim.
dreamed a dream more, and be- let us flay him, and caft him i hisclot hcs.
6 And Judah took a wife for
"
hold, the fun, and the moon, fomepit; and we will fay, And he returned unto his Er his firft-born, whofc name
and the eleven ftars made obei- evil beaft hath devoured hi brethren, and faid. The child is was Tamar.
fance to me. and we (hall fee what will be cot? and I, whither
(hall go? I7 And Er, Judah's firft-born,
Jofcph's was wicked in the fight of the
10 And he told it to his father, of his dreams. 31 And they took
%l And Reuben heard it 9 coat, and killed a kid
of the Lord; and the Lord Hew him.
and to his brethren : and his fa-
8 And Judah faid unto Onan,
'

ther rebuked him, and faid unto he delivered him out of goats, and dipped the coat in the
him, What is this dream that hands; and faid, Let us not blood. Go in unto thy brother's wife,
thou haft dreamed? Shall I, and him. 32 And they fent the coat of and marry her, and mile up feed
thy mother, and thy brethren, %% And Reuben faid rj
many colours, and they brought it to thy brother.
indeed come to bow down our- them, Shed no blood, but to their father, and faid, This 9 And Onan knew that the
felves to thee, to the earth ? him into this pit that is in have we found; know now whe- feed mould not be his: and it
11 And his brethren envied wildcrnefs, and lay no hand u ther it be thy fon's coat or no. came to pafs when he went in un-
him but his father obferved the him; that he might rid him
:
?
33 And he knew it, and faid, to his brother's wife, that he
faying. of their hands* to deliver b It h my fon's coat; an evil beaft fpilled it on the ground, Jeft that

IZ 5 Ami his brethren went to his father again. hath devoured him: Jofeph is he mould give feed to his brother,
feed their father's flock in She- 23 ^ it And came to without doubt rent in peices. 10 And the thing which he did
chem. when Jofeph was come unto 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, difpleafcd the Lord: wherefore
Ij And unto Jofeph, brethren, that they ftript J
Tfrael faid and put fackcloth upon hi& loins, he flew him alfo.
Do not thy brethren feed the flock out of his coat, hiscoatof and mourned for his fon many u
Then faid Judah to Tamar
in Shechcm ? come and 1 will fend colours
thatwfli on him days. his daughter-in-law, Remain a
thee unto them. And he faid 24 And they took him, 35 And all his fbns ajwl all his widow at thy father's houfe, till
unto him, Here am I. caft him into a pit; and the daughters rofc up to comfort him; Shclah my fon be grown: (for he
no
14 And he faid to him, Co, I was empty, there was butherefufed to he comforted: faid, Left peradventure he die al-
pray thee, fee whether it be well in it. and he faid, For I will go down fo as his brethren did; J and Ta-
with thy brethren, and well with 15 And they fat down to into the grave unto my fon, mar went and dwelt in
her fa-
the flocks; and bring me word a- bread; and they lift up
their mourning. Thus his father wept ther's houfe.
So he Pent him out of the and looked, and behold, a X% 1 And in procefs of time,
c for lin
'
gain. ;- - . .

vale of Hebron, and he came to pany of

Iflimeelites came f 3* And the Midianites fold the daughter of Shuah Judah's
Gilead, with their camels bea him into Egypt unto Potiphar, wife died: and
jShechem. Judah was com-
balm, and an officer of Pharaoh ks, and cap- forted,
Tj ^ And a certain man found fpicery, and and went up unto his
bim, and behold, be -was wander* going to carry it down to
E tain of the guard.
(heep-fhearers to Timnath, he
26 And Judah faid unto C H A P. XXXVIII.
inj in tnc field: and the man and his friend Hirah the Adulla-
ifkcd him, faying,
thou ?
l6 And he
What feekeft brethren, What
our brother, and conceal
faid, 1 feek my blood ?
flay
profit is it if
A
down
ND it

time,
came to pafs at that mite,
that Judah went 13 And it was told Tamar;
from his brethren, and faying, Behold, thy father-in-law
brethren : tell me, 1 pray thee, 27 Come, and let us fell ms? whofe \" }° a ccrtain A(lulla - tfoeth up to Timnath, to Yhcar
mite, name
where they feed tbeir flocks. to the Ifhmeelitcs, and let -was Hiram. his Iheep.
a An4 Judah faw
ij And the man faid, They our hand be upon him;
for there a 14 And Ihe put her widow'*
C 4 garments
 V : ^

GENESIS. CHAP. XXXIX.

garments off from her, and co- three months after, that it
Tcred her with a vail, and wrap- told Judah, faying, Tamar , And Ills mailer faw that the hand, and fled, and got him out.
Lord was with him, and that 13 And it came to pafs, when
ped and fat in an open daughter-in-law hath played
herfelf,
tnc Lord
made all that he did to Ihe faw that he had left his gar-
place, which is by the way to liar lot; and alfo behold, (b
orofper in his hand. mcnt in her hand, and was fled
Timnath: for fhefaw that Shelah with child by whoredom;
4 And Jofeph found grace in forth,
was grown, and foe was not given Tudah faid, Bring her forth,
his fight,
and hefcrvedhim; and 14 That Ihe called unto the
unto him to wife. let her be burnt.
overfcer over his mtn of her houfe, and fpakc unto
15 When Judah faw her, he %5 When fhe -was bron he made him
thought her to be an harlot; be- forth, fhe fent to her father-" houfe, and all that he had he put them, faying, Sec, he hath
in his hand. brought in an Hebrew unto us to
caufc ihe had covered her face. Jaw, faying, By the man who
16 And he turned unto her by thefc are am I with child and 5 And it came to pafs, from mock us he came in unto me to :

the time that he had made him He with me, and I cried with a
:

the way, and faid, Go to, I pray faid, Difcern, I pray thee,
overfcer in his home, andoverall loud voice.
thee, let me come in unto thee; or* theft;, the fignet, and
that he had, that the Lord hlef- 15 And it came to pafs, when
(for he knew not that (he -was his lets, and flaff.
fed the Egyptian s houfe for Jo- he heard that I lifted up my voice
d..u3htcr-in-law,) and Hie faid, 26 And Tudah acknowled
feph'sfakc: and the blcrting of and cried, that he left his gar-
What wilt thou give me, that tbem and laid, She hath b theLoRD was upon all that he
t
ment with me, and fled and
thou mayeft come in unto me ? more righteous than I; beca
had, in the houfe, and in the field, got him out.
"

17 And he faid, I will fend that I gave her not to Shelah

6 And he left all that he had 16 And Ihe laid up his gar-
thtc a kid from the flock : and foe fon and he knew her again
in Jofcph's hand; and he knew
:

ment by her, until his Lord came

laid, Wilt thou give me a pledge,
till thou fend it ?
18 And he faid, What pledge
fbafl I give thee? and (he faid,
Thy fignet, and thy bracelets,
and thyftaffthatis in thine hand:
and he gave// her, and came in
unto her, and file conceived byhim.
19 And fhe arofc and went a-
way, and laid by her vail from
Iter, and put on the garments of
her widowhood.
20 And judah fent the kid by
the hand of his friend the A-iuI- faid, How haft thou broken
more.
27 ^ And it came to pafs
the time of her travail, that
hold, twins -were in her worn
28 And it came to pafs w
fhtf travailed, that the one put
bis hand; and the midwife
and bound up«K* his hand a
let thread, fiying, This came
firft.
29 And it came to pafs
drew back his hand, that bel
his brother came out; and
not ought he had, <ave the bread home.
which he did eat: and Jofeph was 17 And flie fpake unto himac-
agoodly /•«»>/, and well-favoured, cording 10 theft words, faying
7 « And it came to pafs after The Hebrew fcrvant which thou
thefc tilings, that his mailers halt brought unto us,
came in
wife cart her eyes upon Jofeph: unto me to mock me.
an,! fhe faid, Lie with me. jg And it came to pafs, as I
8 But he refofed, and Aid unto lift up m
y voice and cried, that
bis mafter s wife, Behold, my he left his
garment with me, and
mailer wotteth not what ts with fled out.
me in the houfe, and he hath
x
9 And it came to pafs, when
commuted all that he hath to his mailer heard the
words of his
. J**. *"ich
unto him, (he fpake

fomite, to receive bis pledge fromthis breach be upon thee: t houfe t^

k£fi
"? 0ne
n I, neither hath
than I^[ Aftet this manner did
he thy fe. vanr to me, that his wrath
the woman s hand: tut he found fore his name was called P fcept .uck any thing from
me, was kindled,
licr not. 30 And afterward came but thee, bccaulc thou
art his ao And Jofcph's marter took
2X Then he aflcrd the men of his brother that had the fca wife how then can I do this him, and
put him into the prifon,
that pluce, faying, Where is the thread upon his hand ; and W,Ckt' d " cfs a,,d fi
' " P'ace where * the king's prifone,
Jurlo?, that was opcnlv bv the name was called Zarah. God >
were ljou,ld a »d he was there in
way-fide? and they faid. There C H A P. XXXI 10'
10 A»
And1
it came ; .
to pafs as fhe the prifon.
was no harLt in this place.
A ND J°^ n was
22 And he returned to Judah, X\. down to Egypt: and LXrk££fi ^ 5 nt
Ijy
*
hcr » t0 »« Jofeph, and Ihcwed him
!
21
J
** thc Lord was wiih
and faid, cannot find her;, and phar an officer of Pharaoh, by ner er
'
, ? mercy,
I r Wth hsr>
;»lfo the men of the place faid, tain of the guard, an Kgypt 1 1 An i 1
'

•
an,! *** f *» "°"
in the light
this time iL??££i
P ' XlS ab° Ut ° f tKe kec » ,er of *« P rifo »-
That there was no harlot in this bought him of the hands of the
place. Ifhmeelites, which hud brought the houfe' fh* ?- l r
S5»S
0fC h toto
*V
°<lolns bur,.Kfs : and fon committed
And thc » of the pri- kW
23 And Judah faid, Let her him down thither!
take it to her, left we he lhamed : 2 And the LoRn was with Jo-
Lehold, I fent this kid, and thou feph, and he was a profperouj
KfeXr^whht^
xiAnl flT
i

""^
. . . .
° -r
to Jofcph's hand
f thC al, thf prif° nClS that
pnfon; and whatfoever they did
,,,m b y his th ere, he was thc doer
in the «
haft not found her. man and he was in the houfe of
: garment f of it.
1,6 with mes
M y,'" g ' 2 3 The keeper of the prifon
24 f And it came to pafs about his maftcr the Egyptian.
^ Sic "c left
l" f?
his garment in her
looked not to any thing that -was
C 4 under
 1

GENESIS.
And Pharaoh's cup was d he reftored
C
the chief in
If A P. XI,!.
the captain of the guard's
under his hand; becaufe the
my
II
hand: and took
*
thegrap^ *i
l
ntohis butlerfhip again: houfe, hth me, and the chief
Lord was with him: and that I
'^LvethecupintDPharaoh'i baker
which he did, theLoKD made// and prefled them into Pharaoh^ avctnc I
a ndhc£ M AmX wc drcaltlCl i a dream
cup, and I gave the cup intoPh»%
to profper.
CHAP. XL. raoh's hand.
hand:
%
^ hanged the chief in one night, I and lie : we dream-
lofcph had interpreted t*l each man
according to the in-
AND it came to pafs after thefe i% And
Jofcph faid unto him, Z as
" things, that the butler of the This is the interpretation of it;
10
hm
T% did not the chief butler
terpretation of his dream.
iz And there was there with
king of Egypt and baker had
his the three branches are three days,
Winter Tofcnh.butforgathim. us a young man, an Hebrew,
fer-
•(Tended their lord the King of 13 Yet within three days ftall
Eeypt. Pharaoh lift up thine head, and
rC
C HAP.
XL1. vant to the captain of the guard,
it came to
pafs, at the and we told him, and he inter-
ND
"a And Pharaoh was wroth
againft
the
two of his
chief of the butlers,
officers, againrt
and
reftore thee unto thy place: and
thou ihalt deliver Pharaoh's cup
into his hand, after the former
A end of two full years, that preted to us our dreams; to each
j&uraoh dreamed, and
by the river.
behold, man according to his dream he
did interpret,
againft the chief of the bakers. manner when thou waft his butler. he flood
behold, there came up
And 13 And it came to pafs, as he
3 And he put them in ward in 14 But think on me when it a
feven well- favour- interpreted to us, fo it was; me
the houfe of the captain of the (hall be well with thee, and (hew u * of the river
fat-flefhed; and he reftored unto mine office, and
guard, into the prifon, tbeplacc kindnefs, I pray thee, unto me; ed kine, and
meadow. him he hanged.
where Jofcph was bound. and make mention of me unto they fed in a
4 And the captain of the guard Pharaoh, and bring me out of 7And behold, feven other kine 14 ^ Then Pharaoh fent and
the called Jofeph, and they brought
charged Jofcph with them, and this 1 oufc. 1 came up after them out of
river, ill-favoured
and lcan-flefh- him haftily out of the dungeon;
he ferved them; and they conti- 15 For indeed I was ftolen away
ed' and ftood hy
the ether kine, and he fhaved himfe!f and chang-
out of the land of the Hebrews;
%

nued a fcufon in ward. ed his raiment, aud came in unto

and here alfo have I done nothing upon the brink of the river.
5 J Aud they dreamed a dream the ill-favoured and Pharaoh.
And
both of them, each man his that they Ihould put me into the 4
lean-fkihed kine did eat up the 15 And Pharaoh faid unto Jo-
dream in one night, each man dungeon.
feven well-favoured and fat kine. feph, I have dreamed a dream,
according to the interpretation of 16 When the chief baker faw
So Pharaoh awoke. and there is none that can inter-
his dream; the butler and the that the
interpretation was good,
[^wasin 5 And he flcpt, and dreamed prct it; and I have heard fay of
bakerof the king of Egypt, which he faid unto Jofcph, and behold, thee, that thou canft undcrftand
the fecond time:
were bound in the prifon. my dream, and behold, I bad
my head, feven ears of corn came up upon a dream, to interpret it.
6 And Jofeph came in unto three white balkets on oneftalk, rank and good. 16 And Jofeph anfwered Pha-
them in the morning, and look- 17 And in the upperraoft
6 And behold, feven thin ears, raoh, faying, It is not in me;
tii upon Uicxn. and behoid, they bafket
there was of all manner
and blafted with the eaft-wiad, God (hall give Pharaoh an an*
Wre fa d ' of bake meats for Pharaoh ; and fwer of peace.
fprung up after them,
And he aflced Pharaoh's the birds did eat them out of the 17 And Pharaoh faid unto Jo-
7 7 And the feven thin ears de-
that were with him in the bafket upon my head.
officers vourcd the feven rank and full feph, In my dream, behold, I
18 And Jcrtcph ?nfwrrej and
ward of his lord's houfe, faying ears: and Pharaoh awoke, and ftood upon the bank of the river,
the interpretation
Wherefore look ye/*fadly to day? faid. This rr behold, it was a dream. 18 And behold, there came up
8 And they faid unto him, thereof:
The three baucets are 8 And it came to pafs in the out of the river feven kine, fat-
We have dreamed a dream, and three days. days flnU
morning, that his fpirit was rlefhed, and well-favoured; and
And 19 Yet within three
there no interpreter of
ts

Jofeph faid unto them,

it.

Do not Pharaoh
and (hall h
^'P*^
h«K} « "
troubled;
for all
and he fent and
the magicians of Egypt,
called
19
they fed in a meadow.
And behold, feven other
interpretations belong to God? off thee, and all came up after them, poor
the wife-men thereof : kine
you. tree; and the birds mail eat t&y
tell me them, 1 pray and Pharaoh told them hisdream; and very ill favoured, and lean-
And the chief Butler told his from off thee.
flcfti but there was none that could in- flefhed, fuch as 1 never faw in all
9
dream to Jofeph, and faid unto 20 1 And it came to pais tcrpret them unto Pharaoh. the land of Egypt for badnefs.
third day, which -was * h "*£
him, In my dream, behold, a
Tine, -was before me,
birth-day, that he made a
» ft 9 1 Then fpakc the chief but- 20 And the'lean and the ill fa-
«r unto Pharaoh, faying, 1 do vourcd kine did cat up the firft
ne
10 And in the vine -were three unto all his servants ana :
"member my faults this day. feven fat kine.
ed up the head of the cmei
u
branches : and it was as though o*
*0 Pharaoh was wroth with 21 And when they had eaten
it budded, and her bloflbms Ihot Icr, and of the chiet m « fervants, and put me in ward them up, it could not be known
forth; and the clufters thereof among
his fervants.
» ^ C 5 that
brought forth ripe grapes.
 ;
,

GENESIS
that they had eaten them; but look out a man difcrcet . || t |> c
C H A
land of Egypt
P. XLIL
cried to Pharaoh for bread; and
and
they -were (till ill-favoured, as at
the beginning. So 1 awoke.
and
Egypt.
fet him over the lan
or f
^ n
n iPhai..
called Jofeph-S Pharaoh faid unto ail the B-

%% And I faw in my dream, 34 Let Pharaoh do this

and behold, feven ears came up in let him appoint officers over
one ftalk, full and good. land, and take up the fifth
23 And behold, feven ears, of the land of Egypt in*the
a
c '
withered, thin, and Mailed with plenteous years. - /And Jofeph w«J thirty Ibidunto the Egyptians; and the
the cad-wind, fprung up after 35 And
them gather all
let Id when
he Hood before famine waxed lore in the land of
food of thole good years Egypt.) And Egypt
them. that iSrach king of
24 And the thin ears devour- come, and lay up corn under th >h went
out from the pre- 57 And all countries came into
1 i

ed the feven good cars: and I hand of Pharaoh, and let then *
*c ° f
Pharaoh , and went Egypt buy corn;
to Jofcph for to
told unto the magicians, but
this keep food in the cities. 1 all the
land of Egypt hecaufe that the famine was fo
thtougho"
there -was none that could declare 36 And that food fhall be the feven plenteous fore in all hinds.
\nd in
it unto me. ftoic to the land, againft the
ft
7

J*!s the earth brought

forth by CHAP. Xl.Il.
25 1 And Jofcph fa id unto ven years of famine, which thai Qfnls. OV/ whcn J ucob <* wth;lt
*\T
Pharaoh, the dream of Pharaoh be in the Iandof Egypt: that 48 And he gathered up all :he ±N there was corn in Egypt,
h one God hath (hewed Pba-
: land periih not through the food of the
(even years, which Jacob laid unto his fons, Why do
raoh what he is about to do. mine. were in the land of Egypt, and yc look one upon another?
26 The feven good kinc are 37 J And the thing was _ laid up the
food in the cities; the % And he fuid, Behold, I have
feven years; and the feven good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in food of the field which ivas round heard that there is corn in Egypt;
ears are feven years: the dream eyes of all his fervants. about every city, laid he up in you down thither, and buy
get
is one. 30 And Pharaoh faid unto the fame. us from thence; that we may
27 And the feven thin and ill- fervants, Can we find Jueb a 49 And Jofcph gathered corn live, and not die.
favoured kinc, that came upaf-as this is, a man in whom as the land 01 the fea, very much, 3 And Joilph's ten brethren
ter them, are feven years: and fpirit of God is ? until he left numbering; for // went down to buy corn in Egypt.
the feven empty ears, blafted 39 An Pharaoh faid onto
<l was without number. 4 But Benjamin, Jofeph *s bro-
with thc-eaft wind, fhall be feven feph, Forafmuch as God h 30 And unto Jofcph were born thcr, Jacob fent not with his bre-
years of famine. (hewed thee all this, there is tuo ions, before the years of fa- thren; for he fa d. Left perad-
:

28 This is the thing which I fo difcrcct and wife as thou
have fpoken unto Pharaoh: what 40 Thou (halt be over
God is about to do, he fheweth houfc, and according unto
unto Pharaoh. word (hall all my people he iu
29 Behold, there come feven only in the throne will
years of great plenty, throughout erthan thou,
all the land of Egypt. 4* And Pharaoh faid
30 Andthere (hall arife after feph, See, I have fet thec over
them feven years of famine, and the Iandof Egypt,
And haraoh took off hi
all the plenty (hall he forgotten 4* I
minccamc; which Aicnath, the venture mifchicf befal him.
daughter of Poti-phcrah prieft of 5 And the fons of Ifracl came
On, bare unto him. to buy corn among thofc that
51 And Jofcph called the name came; for the famine was in the
1 be gr of the firlt-born, Manaffeh; for land of Canaan.
God, faid he t
hath made mc for- 6 And Jofeph was the governor
unto get ail my toil, and all my fa- over the land, and he it -was that
ther's houfc. fold to all the people of the land
And the name of the fecond
52 and Jofcph's brethren came, and
called he Ephraim; for God hath bowed down themfelvcs before

in the land of Egypt and the ring from his hand, and f" caufed me to be fruitful in the him, -with their laces to the earth,
amine man
famine confume mc
fhall comume
:

the lanu.
land. ujiou Jcfcph'ss hand,
upon jvicjin nauu, and MM
ami dii-rn*
arr
land of my affliction. 7 And Jofcph faw his brethren,
31 And the plenty fhall not hebe him in vcilurcs
vcfi of fine linen, and 53 1 And
the feven years of and he knew them, hut made
plenteoufnefi, that was in the himfclf fl range unto them, and
known
nown in the land by reafon of put a gold chain about his nccKj
Iandof Egypt, were ended. fpake roughly unto them • and he
that famine fallowing : for it 43 And he made him to ride
Jhail be very grievous. the fecond chariot which hebi 54 And the feven years of faid unto them, Whence come yc?
dearth began to come, according
32 And for that the dream was and they cried before him, and they faid, From the land of
as Jofcph had faid;
doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is the knee; and he made him and the dearth Canaan to buy food.
hecaufc the thing is eftabliflied by over all the land of Egypt.
*« in all lands; but in all the 8 And Jofeph knew his bre-
wnd of Egypt there was bread. thren, but they knew not him.
God, and God will (hortly brin$ 44 And Pharaoh faid unto,
it to pafs. feph, law Pharaoh, and witf 55 And when all the Iandof 9 And Jofcph remembered the
**ypt was familhcd, the people dreams which he dreamed of
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh thec lhall no man liftupbisf
C 6 t hem
 GENESIS, chap. XLnr.
them, and fahl unto them, Ye not hear: therefore is this dii And the man, the lord of thou wilt fend our brother
4 If
fpies; to fee the nakednel's of the come upon us. country, 'aid
unto us, Here- with us, we will go down
and
%% And Reuhen anfwered t
he know that ye are true buy thee
land you are come. [
'

|l I
fl, a
food,
10 And they faid unto him t faying, Spake I not unto leave one of your brethren 5 But thou wilt not fend Mm,
if
men ;

Nay, my lord, but to buy food faying, Donot fin againft wwh* n.e, and take ffdfor we will not go down: for the man
are thy fervants come. child ; and ye would not L of your houfhoU, and faid unto us, Ye mall
not fee my
the famine
11 Wc are all one man's fons: therefore behold alfo, his b
begone; ,
fa «, except your brother
be with
•we are true men, thy fervants are is required.
14 And bring your youngeft you.
jio fpics. 23 And
they knew not brother unto me; then fhall I 6 And Ifrael faid, Wherefore
1% And he faid unto them, Jofeph undcrftood tbem: for know that you are no fries, but dealt yejb ill with me,
«
to tell
Nay, but to fee the nakednefs of fpakeuntothembyaninte that you tre
true men; Jo will I the man whether ye
had yet a
the land you are come. *4 And he turned him deliver you your brother, and yc brother ?
13 And they faid, Thy fer- bout from them, and wept; (hall traffick in the land. 7 And they faid, The man
-rants are twelve brethren, the returned to them again, and 35 J And
it came to pafs, as afked us flraitly
of our ftate and
ions of one man in the land of muned with them, and took they emptied their facks, that of our kindred, faying,
j/your
Canaan; and behold the youngeft them Simeon, and bound behold, every man's bundle of father yet alive ? have yc Jotber
is this day with our father, and before their eyes, money -was in his fack; and when brother? and we told him ac-
one is not. *5 1 Then Jofeph comm= both they and their father faw the cording to the tenor of
thefe
14 And Jofeph faid unto them, to fill their facks with corn, bundles of money, they were words. Could we certainly
know
That is it that I fpake unto yon, to reftore every man's money afraid. that he would fay. Brine
h vour
*
faying, Ye are fpies. his fack, and to give them 36 And Jacob their father faid brother down i
15 Hereby ye (hall be proved: fion for the way; and th unto them, Me have ye bereaved 8 And Judah faid unto Ifrael
"by the life of Pharaoh yclballnot he unto them, ,f my children: Jofeph is not, and his father, Send the lad with me
go forth hence; except your a6 And they laded their Simeon u not, and ye will take and we will arife and go;
that we'
youngeft brother come hither. with the corn, and de Benjamin way: all thefc things may live and not
die, both we
16 Send one of you, and let thence, areaga.nll.nr and thou, and aifo our little ones!
him fetch your brother, and yc 27 And as one of them opened 37 And Reuben fpake unto his 9 I will be furety for him : of
fhall be kept in prifon, that your his fack, to give his afs provende* father, faying, slay my two fons, my hand
fhalt thou require him
!
,f I br.ng him not to thee; de I
words may be proved, whether in the inn, he efpied his moneys If I bring him not unto*
thee, and
or elfe, for behold it -was in his fac ver him into my hand, and I will; fet him
there be any truth in you :
before thee, then let me
bring him to the. again
by the life of Pharaoh, furcly yc mouth. bear the blame forever.
=

AnJ hc faid unto his 38 And he faid, fon fhall My

10 For exce.t we had
are fpies. JiWrM
17 And he put them all toge- thren, My
money isreftored; not go down with you; for his furely
now wehad^turned
returne<l th„
his
thcr into ward, three days. lo, it is even in my fack, brother is dead, and he is left a-
fecond time.
18 And Jofeph faid unto thtm their heart failed /Arm,
and befal him by tf 11 AnA
mS^Sfvi
wh,ch y f S°, then n. Y;
their fath « «>xl hid
the third day, This do, and live: were afraid, faying one to fhall unto them, U
mujl be fo now
«S
it
God ve h inl f WD
for 1 fear God.
in If ve be true men, let one
thcr, What
done unto us?
is this that
SS vf o' h e gTa
y ay ha ' rS
3
t3kC f th
° C«
,n your Tcffds an< h
of your brethren he bound in the 29 1 And they came un C H A P vi lit ? l
i
> l «rry
down the man a prefent, a little
houfc of your prifon: go ye, car- cob thtir father, unto the
Canaan, and told him all
I
AN n ,h t •
r .

ry corn for the famine of your

befel unto them, faying,
] 10U fc$
.

ao But bring your youngeft 30 The man, -who is th

brother unto me; fo (hall your of the land, fpake roughly
words he verified, and ye fhall
wot die. And they did fo.
andtookusforfpiesoftheco
31 And we faid unto him
21 « And they faid one to an- are true men wc are no i\ :
SSSSS**
3
fayinV
And h,Ll
Th
fpa I
r *C
d*
t .
Unto h m * an overfight.
'
!
s?92S* rfS
your hand P«advcnture
vat it '

other, We
are verily guilty con- 32 We
be twelve brethren

cerning our brother, in that we of our father; one is

faw theanguifhof his foul, when youngeft is this day
not,
with
53 u^ „f
not fee
-1^1
t
«W be with you
Amy fac*
?aytt
m
C

?
al1

P y °Ur br°"
S TakC
anfe goa S ain
»
y ° Ur hr° th «> ™*
f° nnto the man.
14 A ?* God Almi
he befought us; and wc would thcr in the land of
Canaan- 1 ^r
* er<7 before the man, fthat you he
T
 *

GENESIS. XI. IV. CHAP.

may fend away your other bro- 24 Andthe man hrou M.cm from before him but fervant; and ye mall bebhmelcfs.
^ :

ther, and Benjamin. If I men into Jofeph's houf

be be- flnin's mcb^^nctimtsib it Then they fpeedily took
reaved of my children, I am be- gave tkcm water, and they any of their*. And they down every man his lack to the
Vas
reaved. their feet and he gave their I'^.k mid were merry with him. ground, aud opened every man
d,a
15 ^ And the men took that provender. Al>. XWV.
CH hisfaek.
2$ And they made read) commanded the 12 And he fearched, end began
prefent, and they took double
money in their hand, and Benja- prefent againft Jofeph cam AND lie
(reward of his houfe, fay- at the cldcft, and left at the
min; and rofe up, and went noon : for they heard that •
till the mens lacks
with youngeft; and the cup was found
down to Egypt, and flood before Jliould cat bread there. food a* muCM
as tllcy can in Btojamin'l fack.
Jofeph. 26 ^ And when Jofeph c and put every
man's money in his 13 I hen they rent their clothes
16 And when Jofeph faw Ben- home, they brought him the jack's mouth.
and laded every man his afs, and
jamin wich them, he (iiid to the fent which was in their hand a And put my
cup, the filvcr returned to the city,
ruler of his houfe, Bring thejc men to the houfe, and bowed cup, in
fack's mouth of the 14 ^ And Judah and his bre-
home, and Hay, and make ready: felves to him to the earth. voungeft, and his corn-money: thren came to Jofeph's houfe (for
for theft men lhall dine with me 27 And he afked them c and he did according to the word he was yet there) and they fell
at noon. welfare, and iaid, Is your that Jofeph had fpoken. before him on the ground.
17 And the man did as Jofeph well, the old man of w was 1 j And Jofeph faid unto them,
3 Ailbon as the morning
bade; and the man brought the fpake? Is ye yet alive? light, the men were fent away, What deed is this that ye have
men into Jofeph's houfe. 28 And they anfwercd, they and their aflcs. done? wot ye not, that fucb a
18 And the men were afraid, fervant our father is in good h 4 And when they were gone out man as can certainly divine? I

becaufc they were brought into he is yet alive: and they of the city, and not yet far off, 1 6 And Judah faid, What fnall
Jofeph's houfe, and they laid, Be- down their heads, and Jofeph faid unto hisftcward, Up, we fay unto my lord? what Jhall
caufc of the money that was re- bcifancc. follow after the men; and when we fpeak ? or how fhall wc clear
turned in our facks, at the firft 29 And he lift up his thou doft overtake them, fay un- ourfelves? God hath found out
time, are we brought in ; that he faw his brother Benja to them, Wherefore have ye re- the iniquity of thy fcrvants: be-
may feek occafion againft us, and mother's fon, and faid, warded evil for good ? hold, wc arc my lord's fervants,
fall upon us, and take us for your younger brother, of wh 5 Js not this it in which my both we, and be alio with whom
bond-men andourafles. fpake unto me ? and he faid, lord drinketh; and whereby in- the cup is found.
19 And they came near to the be gracious unto thee, my fon. deed he diviueth? yc have done 17 And he faid, God forbid
ftcward of Jofeph's houfe, and 30 And Jofeph made hafte; evil in fo doing. that I fhould do fo; but the man
they communed with him at ihc his bowels did ycrr. upon his b 6 1 And he overtook them, in whofe hand the cup is found,
door of the houfe, thcr: and he fought where and he fpake unto them tbcfe he mall be my fcrvant; and as for
20 And faid, O fir, We came weep, *and he entered into H$ fame words. ^ you, get you up in peace unto
indeed down at the firfl time to chamber, and wept there, a 7 And they faid unto him, your father.
buy food. 31 And he warned his face Wherefore faith my lord thefc 18 % Then Judah came near
21 And it to pafs when and went out, and refrained him
came words ? God forbid that thy fer- unto him, and faid, Oh my
lord,
we came to the inn, that wc o- felf, and faid, Set on bread. vants mould do according to this let thy fervant, I pray thee,
fpeak
pened our facks, and behold, eve- 32 And they fet on for him t,, ' n 6- a word in my lord's ears, and let
rj man's money was in the mouth himfelf, and for them by the Behold, the money, which not thine anger burn againft
8 thy
of his lack, our money in full felves, and for the Egyptia we found in our facks mouths, we fervant: for
thou art even as
brought again unto thee out of Pharaoh.
weight; and we have brought it which did eat with him, by the
the land of Canaan; how then
again in our hand* felves : becaufc the Egyptia 19 lord aflced his fcrvants, My
Ihould we Ileal out of thy
22 And other money have we might not eat bread with the lord's faying. Have yc a father, or *
houfe filver or gold?
brought down in our hands to buy brews; for that is an abomina brother?
food : we cannot tell who put our unto the Egyptians. 9 With whom foever of thy fer- 20 And we faid unto my lord,
?nts
money in our facks. 33 And they fat before
it be found, both let him We have a father, an old man.
ie, and wc my
33 And he faid, Peace be to the firft-born according to will alfo be lord's and a child of his old age, a little
Ct
you, fear not; your God, and birth-right, and the youngeft
the God of your father hath given cording to his youth : and
™TAnd he
jo !*u r
faid,
,
Now alfo let it
onc and hi * bother is dead, and
5

he alone is left of his mother, and

according unto your words;
youtreafure in your facks: I had men marvelled one at another. ^ lie his father lovcth him.
your money. And he brought 34 And he took and fent me
«w whom it js found Jhali be my 21 And thou feidlt unto thy
Simeon out unto them, fcrvants,
 1

GENESIS. bond- man to my lord;

CHAP. XLTI.
fervants, Bring
me
him
that 1 may
him down unto the
fet mine eyes up- and
lad, a

brethren.
let the lad go up with hi, m3(le
me
down unu>
u«1
lonT all EKVPt;
of ail*

^
gyp
»
come ai And
the children of Ifrael
^^ gayc %hem wa-^
n the gQn ^ accon)i ng tot i )C command-
-

°\t And we faid unto my lord, 34 For how (hall I go up to my X

? r ?-«i>eii and thou lhalt be ment of
Pharaoh, and gave them
cannot leave his father: father and the lad be not uuh Und ° for the way.
The lad
me ? c« peradventure I fee the £o me thou, and thy provifion
for if he Ihould leave
his father, thy children's chil- a* To all of them he gave each
evil that mail come on my father.
SSJE and

_ M
children,
hh father would die.
^'^ And thou faidft unto thy CH A P. XI V. ^ k$ and thy man cnan ges of raiment: but to
fl

that thou haft. Benjamin he gave three hundred

and oil
fervants, Except your younge.I
T^HEN ^Jofeph could not «j
And there will I nourifh putts of filver, and five change*
brother come down with you, you J. fmin himfclf before all th five years of raiment.
1 - rfor vet there are
. .

that flood by h.m ; and he erf, and thy *3 And. to his father he fent
ftall fee my face no more. famine:) left thou,
Caufe every man to go out from f
manner; ten a Acs laden
»4 And it came to pafs, when h0U linlil and
? all that thou haft, after tins

W c came up unto thyfervant my me: and there flood no man with ?1 novci iv with the good things of Egypt,
of him, while Jofeph made himfclf and ten fbe-afTes laden with corn
father we told him the words *M And behold, your eyes fee,
known unto his brethren. brother Iknja- and bread, and meat for his fa-
io ^ d d the eyes of my
father faid, Go a- » And he wept aloud : and the ther by the way.
\ S And our «ln that it is my mouth that
gain, and buy us a little food.
Egypt.ans-and the houfe of Pha-
Selh unto you. U So he fent his brethren a-
way, and they departed and he
a6 And we faid, We cannot go raoh heard.
unto u icK
his ~_
bre-
tell my father
M Antl you lhaiiEgypt, :

our yonngeft brother be 3 And Jofeph (aid

my and of
glory in faid unto them, See that ye fall
down if
thren, I am Jofeph ; Doth my fa
:
of all
ath us, then will we go down ; all you have fecn ; and ye
that not out by the way.
ther yet live ? and hu. brethren 25 1 And they went up out of
for we may not fee the
man's face, (haUhafte, and bring down my
be could not anjwerh.m : for th- Egypt, and came into the land of
except our youngeft brother father hither. ,

k w crc troubled at his prefence. 14 And upon his bro-

he fell Canaan unto Jacob their father,
Ind thy fervant my father 4 And Jofeph faid unto his bre- ther Benjamin's neck, and wept; a6 And told him, faying, Jo-
Ye know that my thren, Come near to me, 1 pray andUenjamin wept upon his neck, feph is yet alive, and he is gover-
fcid unto us,
W f, l^r, me two font y° u S and tnC y CamC neaF .
'*

ic Moreover he killed all his nor over all {hs land of Egypt,
your brother And
?8tnTthe on^nt out from faid,' I Jofeph brethren, and wept upon them: Jacob's heart fainted, for
me and faid, Surely he is torn whom ye fold into Egypt. and after that his brethren talked he believed them not.
" pieces 'and
1

Yaw him not fince. 5 Now therefore be w ith him. 11 And they told him all the
take this
I
alfo nor angry wi th > our dv "' th. at «^«JJ* 16 f And the fame thereof woids of Jofeph, which he had
io And if ye /
him, ye fold me hither: for God d faid unto them: and when he faw
from me, and mifchief befal
prefcrve
was heard in Pharaoh's houfe,
down my gray hairs fend me before you, to Jofcph's brethren are the wagons which Jofeph had fent
ye SaU bring faying ,
come: and it plcafed Pharaoh to carry him, the fpirit of Jacob
^ttSSSSZ
myfervant father, and
I

the Amine been ,n thestands

come
and
'
6.For thefe two years *j well, and his fervants.
17 And Pharaoh faid unto Jo-
their father revived.
a8 And Ifrael faid, It is enough;
to thy the wh m
lad J
not with US5 (feeing that t^e are foe years, feph, Say unto thy brethren, Jofeph my fon is yet alive: I will
there hall neither be earing
n.
his life is bound up in the lad's This do ye; lade your bcafts, and go and fee him before I die.
..
f \ harvetr. go, get you unto the land of CHAP. XLV1.
"g It (hall come to 7 And God fent me hefor*
pafs, when
>m
Canaan, A ND Ifrael took his journey
he feeth that the lad is not with to preferve
you a pofterity 18 And take your father, and l\ with that he had, and
all

£S£ will die: and thy fer- earth,

„nt mall bring down the gray a great
and to fave your lives
deliverance,
your honfhohK and come unto
me: and will give you the good
I
came to Beer-fheba, and offered
facrifices unto the God of his fa-
father 8 So now ,/ v>a not you of the land of Egypt, and ye lhall
lairs of thy fervant our ther Ifaac
me hither, but God and
3 h forrow to the grave. fent
made me a father. to FJ
•
eat the fat of the land.
19 Now thou art commanded,
a And God fpake unto Ifrael in
£For thy fervant became fure- hath l

this do ye: take you wagons out

the vifions of the night, and faid,
Jacob, Jacob. And he faid, Here
Of the land of Egypt for your lit- am I.
-kones, and for your wives, and 3 he faid, lam God, the
And
bring your father, and come. God of thy father : fear not to go
W^S£^P»ythee t fat\cr and fa, untc>him W Alfo regard not your ftuff: down into Egypt; for I will there
frith thy fon
;
Jofeph, God h for the
good of all the land of E-
thy fervant abide inftead of make of thee a great nation.
let
mt U yours. 4 I will
 :

GENESIS. CHAP. XLVH.

4 I will go down with thee into Ziphion, and Haggai, Shuni, ai And made ready his Pharaoh, for to fojourn in the
Tofeph
9 land arc we come; for thy fer-
Egypt: and I will alfo furely Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi,and Arej •
and went up to meet
luring thee up again: and Jofeph 17 ^ And the fons of Alhei c harj0t, Go(hen; and vants have no paflure for their
^ t jicr ^ to
fhall put his hand upon thine eyes. Jimnah, and Ifhua, and Ifui, an 'J
unto him; and flocks, for the famine is Core in
f red him'c'lf
.

5 Ancj Jacob rofcup f.om Beer- tferiah, and Scrah thtir fifl<
fheba: and the Tons of Ifrael car- and the Tons of Beriah; Hcl
ES on hii Deck, and
nirkasrood while.
wept on the land of Canaan ; now there-
fore, we pray thee, let thy fer-
ried Jacob their father, and their andMalchiel. Gofhen.
oAndlVrael faid unto Jofeph, vants dwell in the land of
little ones, and their wives, in 18 Thtfe are thefons of Zilpa
uL let me die, fince
have feen 5 And Pharaoh fpakc unto Jo-
1

the wagons which Pharaoh had
lent to can y him.
6 An they took their cattle,
1 to Jacob, even fixtecn fouls.
Mid tneir goods which they had
gotten in the land of Canaan,
and came into Egypt, Jacob, and
ail his feed with him.
7 His fons, and his fons fons
with him, his daughters, and his
fons daughters, and all his ietd
brought he with him into Egypt.
8 1 And thefe are the names of
the children of Ifrael which came
into Egypt, Jacob and his fons :
Kcuben Jacob's firrt horn.
9 And the fons of Reuben;
Hanoch, and Phaliu, and Hcz-
ron, and Cafuti.
10 ^ And the ibis of Simeon;
Jcmuel, and Jamin, and OhaJ, Hulhim.
and Jachin, and Zohar, and
Shauf the Cow of a Canaani.ifh li; Jahz.*el, and Guni, and J<
woman.
11 1| And the fons of Levi;
whom Laban gave to Leah bccauic thou art yet feph, faying, Thy fathci and thy
H v face
daughter ami thefc ihe bare un.
:
l, y
\ ' brethren are come unto thee
-1 \nd Jofeph faid
unto his 6 The landof Egypt is before
19 J The fons of Rachel father's thee; in the bed of £he land make
brethren, and unto his
cob's wife; Jofeph and Bcnjaml will go up and Ihew Pha- thy father and
J
brethren to dwell;
h ft
20 And unto Jofeph in th< and ft V unto
*
My in the land of Golhen let them
landof Kgypt were born ManalTcl houfe, dwell: and if thou knoweft any
brethren and my father's
which were in the landof Canaan; man
and Ephraim, which ^fenath, of activity amongft them,
the daughter of Poti-pherah pri« come unto me: then make them rulers over my
are
of On, bare unto him. the men are fhepherds, cattle,
And
ai % And the fons of Benjami hath been to feed 7 And Jofeph brought in Ja-
for their trade
were Bel ah, and Becher, and AI cattle; and they have brought
cob his father, and fet him br-
bel, Gcra, and Naaman, El their flocks, and their herds, and
fore Pharaoh; and Jacob blellcd
and Kofh, Muppim, and Hup all that they have. Pharaoh.
pirn, and Ard. 33 And it (hail come to pafs, 8 And Pharaoh faid unto Ja-
%% 1 hefe are the fons when Pharaoh (hall call you, and cob, How old art thou ?
chel, which were born to [hall fay, What is your occupa- 9 And Jacob faid unto Pha-
all the fouls were fourth
t i on ?
raoh, I he days of the years of
^ And the fons oJ 34 That yc (hall fay, thy fer- my pilgrimage are an hundred
vants trade hath been about cat- tod thirty years: few and evil
24 ^ And the f >n«; of Naphl tl*?, from our youth even until have the days of the years of my
now, both we, and alfo our fa- life been, and have not attained
and Shillim. ther's: that yc may dwell in the" unto the days of the ycai> of.the
25 Thefe err* the fons of Bi land of Golhcn ; for every £»hcp- life of my fathers in the days of

Gerlhon, Kohath and Merari. hah, which Laban gave unto herd nan abomination unto the their pilgrimage;.
11^ \nd t:ie fonsof jndah; Er, chel his d.iughrer, and fne Egyptians. IO And Jacob bleflcd Phnraoh,
and Onan, and Shehih, and Pha- theft un o Jacob: all the CH A P. XLVII. and went out from before Pha-
rez, and Zerah. Bu: Er and w* feven. f"5PMKN Jofeph came and told raoh.
Onan died in the land of Canaan. 26 Ail the fouls that c; X Pharaoh, and laid, fa- My
II ^ And Jofeph placed his
And the fons of Pharcz, were with Jacob into Fgypt, w!.ie therand my brethren, and their father and his brethren, and gave
"
Hczron and Hamul. came out of his loins, hefides flocks, and their herds, and all them a poflcflion in the landof

13^ And the fons of Iflachar; cob's fons wives, all the that they have, are come out of Egypt, in thebeft of the land, in
Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and were thuclcore and fix. the land of Canaan; and behold the land of Ramefcs, as Pharaoh
Shim ron. 27 And the u-.ws of Jofep.n, ftttyare in the land of Golhen. had commanded.
j
14 ^ And the fonsof Zcbulun; which were horn him in Egypt, a And he took fume of his 12 And Jofeph nouriflied his
J
Sere I, and Eton, andjaiilecl. were tw,» fouls; all the fouls of < brethren, even five men, and pre- father, and his brethren, and all

15 Thefc** the fons of Leah, the houfc of Jacob, which came }

Jented them unto Pharaoh. his fathe/s houfchohl with bread,
which Ihe bare unto Jacob in Pa- into Egypt, were thrcefcore** 3 .And Pharaoh faid unto his according to their families,
brethren, What is
cun-aram, with his daughter Di- ten. your occupa- 13 1 And there was no bread
mh ; all the fouls of his ions and a8 1 And he fent Judah befc yon Und they faid unto Pharaoh, in all the land: for the famine
his daughters, were thirty and him unio Jofeph, to direct inyfcrvants arc Shepherds, both was very fore, fo that the land
*e and alio our father's.
three. face unto Golhcn: and they of Egypt, and all the land of Ca-
16% And the fons of Gad ; into the land of Gofhcn. ;< 4 Ihey faid moreover unto naan, fainted by reafon of the
%9 famine. 14 And
 ;

GEN
14 And Jofcph gathered up
E 8 I 8.
thou
C H
had
A P .

faid. thec,
XLV1IT.
unto me, and
%% Only the land of the p do as I will blefs
v will
all the money that was found in bought he not: for the 1 fwear unto me. them.
faid,
p lm T, And he
the land of Egypt, and in the had a portion affignedthem of p . k- fware unto him. And XO (Now the eyes of lfrael
land of Canaan, for the corn raoh, and did eat their poi himielf upon the were dim for age, fo that he could
jfjcl howed
which they bought; and Jofcph which Pharaoh gave them; wl. not fee; and he brought them
brought themoney into Pharaoh's fore they fold not their lands! f^CHA came P- ILflli near unto him; and he kifled
to pafs after them, and embraced them.
houfc. %l Then Jofcph
15 And when money failed in people, Behold, I have h
faid unto
AND it

thefc things, that one told XI And lfrael faid unto Jo-
the land of Egypt, and in the you this day, and your land thy father is fick; feph, I had not thought to fee
tnh. Behold,
land of Canaan, all tbc Egypti- Pharaoh : lo hire is feed for
Ind he took with him his two thy face : and lo, God hath (hew-
ans came unto Jofeph, and faid. and ye fhall fow the land.
fons,- Manafleh
and Ephraim. ed me thy feed.
alfo
Give us bread: for why fhould 24 And it lhall come to pafs Jacob, and faid. 12 And Jofeph brought them
% And one told
we die in thy prefence? for the the increafe, that you fhall Behold, thy fon Jofeph
cometh out from between his knees, and
money faileth. lfrael lengthen- he bowed himfelf with his face to
the fifth part unto Pharaoh, unto thee, and
16 And Jofcph (aid, Give your four parts fhall be your own, ed himfclf* and
fat upon the f»ed. the earth.
cattle; and I will give you for feed of the field, and for 4 And Jacob faid unto Jofeph, 13 And Jofeph took them
your cattle, if money fail. food, and for them of God Almighty appeared unto mc both, Ephraim in his right hand,
17 And they brought their houfholds, and for food for at Lux in the
land of Canaan, towards Ifracl's left hand, and
y
cattle unto Jofcph: and Jofeph little ones- and blefled me, Manafleh in his left hand, to-
gave them bread in exchange for 35 And they faid, thou h 4 And faid unto me, Behold, wards IfraeP$ right hand, and
horfes, and for the flocks, and faved our lives: let us find
g I will
make thec fruitful, and brought them near unto him.
for the cattle of the herds, and in the fight of my lord, and multiply thec, and 1 will make of 14 And lfrael Aretched out
for the a Acs; and he fed them will be Pharaoh's fervants. thee a multitude of people, and his right hand, and laid it upon
with bread, for all their cattle, %6 And Jofcph made it a will give this land to thy feed af- Ephraim's head, who -was the
for that year. over the land of Egypt unto ter thec, for an evcrlafling pof- younger, and his left hand upon
18 When that year was ended day. that Pharaoh fhould h ftffion. Manaflch's head, guiding his
they came unto him the (Second the fifth part ; except the I 5 f And now thy two Ions, hands wittingly; for Manafleh
year, and faid unto him Wc will of the pricfis only, which beca Ephraim and Manaffch, which -was the firft-born.
not hide it from my Lord, how not Pharaoh's. were horn unto thee in the land X5 f And he blefled Jofeph,
that our money is fpent, my lord s&7 1 And lfrael dwelt in of Egypt, before came unto thee and faid, God, before whom my
I

alfo hath our herds of cattle; land of Egypt, in the count
there is not ought left in the fight Gofhen; and they had pofle
of my lord, but our bodies,- and therein, and gitw, and m
our lands. plied exceedingly.
19 Wherefore (hall we die be- a8 And Jacob lived in the la
fore thine eyes, both we and our of Egypt feventeen years; fo
into Egypt, arc mine; as Reuben fathers Abraham and Ifaac did
and Simeon, they fhall be mine. walk, the God which fed me all
6 And thy ifiue which thou my life long unto this day,
begcttcrt after them fhall be thine, 16 The Angel which redeemed
and fhall be called after the name mc from all evil, blefs the lads;
of their brethren in their inherit- and let my name be named on

land? buy us and our land for whole age of Jacob was an h ance. them, andh the name of my fa-
bread, and we and our land will died forty and feven years. 7 And as forme when I came thers Abraham and Ifaac: and
from Padan, Rachel died by me let them grow into a
be fervants unto Pharaoh: and »9 And the time drew n in the land of Canaan, in the the miclft of the
multitude in
give us feed, that we may live that lfrael mutt die; and he earth.
way, when yet there was. but a
and not die, that the land be'not led his fon Jofeph, and faid u 17 And when Jofeph faw that
little way to come unto Ephrath his father laid his right hand up-
defolate. him, If now I have found g
and I buried her there in the way on the head of Ephraim,
ao And Jofeph bought all the in thy' fight, put, I pray th of Ephrath the fame is Beth-lc- pleafed him:
it dif-

land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for thy hand under my thigh, a

;
and lie held up his
hcm. father's hand, to remove it from
the Egyptians fold every man deal kindly and truly with
8 And lfrael beheld Jofeph's Ephraim's head unto Manaflch's
his field, becaufe the famine pre- bury me not, I pray thee,
fons, and faid.
vailed over them : fo the land be- Egypt.
Who are thefc? head.
9 And Jofeph faid unto his fa- And
30 But 1 will lie with my 18
came Pharaoh's.
ai And as for the people, he thcrs, and thou (halt carry n
C Thcy m
my fons » wnom
God^Vhath given me in this
father, Not
Jofeph faid unto his
fo, my father 1 for
removed them to cities from one out of Egypt, and bury me place.
And he faid, Bring them, I pray
this is the firft-born; put thy
end of the borders of Egypt, even their burying place. And he fa right hand upon his head.
to the other end thereof. 19 And
 ;

GEN £ S I S. CHAP,
t.
And his father refufed, and it was cruel; will divide th 31 (There they buried Abra-
« Naphtali it a hind
I let
19
faid, I know ir, my fon, I know in Jacob, and fcatter them in
r he giveth goodly words.
'
ham and Sarah his wife: there
loofcl
it; he a!fo (hall become a people, Ifracl. j fc ph IS a fruitful hough, they buried Ifcac and Rebekah his
j
and he aifo (hall be great :5 Judah, thou art be whom
but 8 fruitful bough by a well wife; and there I buried Leah.)
;

truly his younger brother (hall be thy brethren mall praife; thy ^hwchcsiun over'thc wall. 3* The purchafe of the field,
greater than he, and his feed (hall hand pall be in the neck of thine lyjje archers have forely and of the cave that is therein,
*JJf
become a multitude of nations. enemies;, thy father's children and (hot at him, was from the children of Heth.
ed him,
'

ao And he bleffcd them that (hall bow down before thee. Ewi bated him. ,
33 And when Jacob had made
a
day, faying, In thee (hall Ifracl 9 Judah is a lion's whelp; from But his bow abode in an end of commanding his fons,
blefs, faying, God make thee as the prey, my fon, thou art gone and the arms of his he gathered up his feet into the
ft ertRth
Ephraim, and as Manafleh : and up; he (looped down, he couched hinds were made
ilrong, by the bed, and yielded up the ghoft,
he fet Ephraim before Manafleh. as a lion, and as an old lion; iVndsof the mighty Cod of Ja- and was gathered unto his people.
%i And Ifracl faid unto Jofeph, who (hall rouiehim up? 2
Job from thence
is the (hepherd, L. CHAP.
Behold, I die; but God mall be 10 The fecptre (hall not depart
with you, and bring you again from Judah, nor a law-giver fron*
theftone of Ifracl. AND
J ofcph ft " " pon
15 Even by the God of
thy fa- ther's face, and wept upon
unto the land of your fathers. between his feet, until Shiloh thee, and by him, and kifTcd him.
(het who (hall help
a» Moreover, I have given to come, and unto him Jball the ga- the Almighty,
who (hall blefs % And Jofeph commanded his
thee one portion above thy bre- thering of the people be: thee with bleffings of
heaven a- fcrvants thephyficians to embalm
thren, which I took out of the 11 Binding his folc unto the bovc> bleffings of the deep that his father; and the phyfician*
hand of the Amorite, with my vine, and his aflcs colt unto the lieth under, bleffings of the embalmed Ifrael.
fword and with my bow. choice vine; he warned his gar«* breads, and of the womb. 3 And forty days were fulfilled
CHAP. XL1X. ments in wine, and his clothes in a6 The bleffings of thy father for him, (for fo ore fulfilled the
AND Jacob called unto his the blood of grapes
fons, and faid, Gather your- X% His eyes Jball be red with
have prevailed above the bleffings days of thofe which are embalm-
of my progenitors, unto the ut- cd,) and the Egyptians mourned
felves together, that I may tell wine, and hii teeth
white with
mod bound of the everlafting for him thrcefcore and ten days,
you that which (hall befal you in milk. j, hills; they (hall be on the head of 4 And when the days of his
the laft days. 13 5 Zebulun (hall dwell at the Jofeph, and on the crown of the mourning were part, Jofeph fpake
a Gather yourfclves together, haven of the fca ; and he Jha/l be head of him that was feparate unto the houfe of Pharaoh, fay-
and hear, ye fons of Jacob; and for an haven of fhips; and his from his brethren. ing, If now I have found grace in
hearken unto Ifrael your father. border Jball be unto Zidon. *7 Benjamin (hall raven as a your eyes, fpeak, I pray you, in
3 ^ Reuben, thou art my firfl- 14 Iflachar is a ftrong nfc, wolf: in the morning he (hall dc- the ears of Pharaoh, faying,
born, my might, and the begin- couching down between two burr vour the prey, and at night he 5 My father made me fwcar,
ning of my ilrcngth, the excel- dcn^. J (ball divide the fpoil. faying, Lo, die in my grave I :

lency of dignity, and the excel- 15 And he faw that reft vat 48 ^ All thefc are the twelve which have digged for me in the I

lency of power: good, and the land that U was tribes of Ifracl and this is it that land of Canaan, there (halt thou
;

4 linkable as water, thou (halt pleafant; and bowed his (hculder their father fpake unto them, and bury me: now therefore let me

not excel, 'hecaufe thou wenteft to bear, and became a forvant bleffcd them; every one accord- go up, I pray thee, and bury my

up to thy father's bed; then dc- unto tribute. I ing to his bleffinghehltfled them, father, and will come again. I

filedfl thou it : he went up to my 16 1 Dan

judge his peo-
(hall %<) And he charged them, and 6 And Pharaoh faid. Go up,
couch. ple, as one of the tubes of IfraeL faid unto them, I am to he ga- and bury thy father, according as

5 ^ Simeon and Levi

are bre- 17 Dan (hall he a ferpent by there.! unto my people; bury me he made thee fwear.

thren : infhuments of cruelty are the way; an adder in the path; with my fathers, in the cave that
7 1 And Jofeph went up to
in their habitations. that bitcth the horfe-hccls, fo « m the field of Ephron the Hit- bury his father: and with him
6 O my foul, come not thou that his rider (hail fall backward. tllc - went up all the fervants of Pha-
into their fecret; unto their af- 18 I have waited for thy 6lta- 30 In the cave that is in the raoh, the elders of his houfe, and
icm bly mine honour, be not thou tion, O Lord.
held of Machpelah,
,
which a be- all the ciders of the land of E«ypt.
»rc Mamre, in the land of Ca-
united; for in their anger they 19 1 Gad, a troop (hall ov 8 And all the houfe of Jofeph,
naan, which
flew a man, and in their fclf-will come him ; but he (hall overcome Abraham bought and his brethren, and his father's
jmft the field of Ephron the
they digged down a wall. at the laft. Hit- houfe: only their little ones, and
7 Curfed be their anger, for it ao J Out of Afher his bread r 3
P° ffcflion of a burying- their flocks, and their herds, they
fierce, gtfd their wrath, for Jball be fat, and he
(hall yield roy* ™« left
al daintic*. %i 1 Naph
 EXODUS. 1
Dan, and Naphtaii, Gad, the
CHAP. If.

of a midwife to the He>

the land of Gofhen. fins; for they did unto thee evil;.
office
left in
o And there went up with him and now, we pray thee, forgive fl nd
After. ^ tt \
_
r ™
women, and fee them upon
the fouls that came thcftools; ifit be a fon, then ye
both chariots and horfemen : and the trefpafs of the fervantsof the « And all
God of thy father. And Jofcph loins of Jacob, were mail kill him, but if it be a daugfi-
it was a very great company. nut of the
for Jofeph was in ter, then ffie (hall live.
10 And they came to the wept when they fpake unt feventy fouls:
18 And his brethren alio went Ecvpt already. *7 But the mid wives feared
threfhing-floor of Atad, which is
all his God, and did not as the king
beyond Jordan, and there they and fell down before his face; 6 And Jofeph died, and of
generation. Egypt commanded them, but
mourned with a great and very they faid, Behold, we be thy brethren, and all that
- { And the children of Ifrael faved the men-children alive,
fore lamentation : and he made a vants.
feven days. 19 And Jofeph faid unto
,
th« were fruitful, and
increafed abun- 18 And the king of Egypt cal-
nwurningfor hisfather
for am I in the pi multiplied, and wax- led for the midwives, and faid
11 And when the inhabitants Fear not: dantly, and
cd exceeding
mighty, and the unto them, Why have ye done
of the land, the Canaanites, faw of God ?
the mourning in the floor of A- ao But as for you, ye thought land was filled with them. this thing, and have faved the
again ft me; but God meant Jt g Now there arofe up a new men-children alive?
tad they faid, This is a grievous evil
to pafs, as it king over Egypt, which knew 19 And the midwives faid unto
mourning to the Egyptians : unto good, to bring
Pharaoh, Becaufe the Hebrew
wherefore the name of it was cal- is this day, to favc much people not Jofeph.
p And he
faid unto his people, women are not as the Egyptian
led Abel mixraim, which is be- alive.
yond Jordan. «
Now therefore fear ye not: Behold, the people of the children women: for thqf arc lively, and
you, and your hi of Ifrael are more and mightier are delivered ere the midwives
1% And his fons did unto him I will nounlh
accordingashecommandedthem. ones. And he comforted th« tban we. come in unto them.
unto them, 10 Come on, let us deal wifely ao Therefore God dealt well
11 For his fons carried him and fpakc kindly
%% And Jofcph dwelt in Ep with them: left they multiply, with the midwives : andthepeo-
into the land of Canaan, and
buried him in the cave of the field he, and his
father s ^r* anditcometo pafs, that when pie multiplied, and waxed ver>
hund there falleth out any war, they mighty.
of Machpelah, which Abraham Jofcph lived an join aifo unlo our enemies, and ai And it came to pafs, be-
bought with the field, for a pof- years. fight againft us, and/* get them
feflion of a burying-place, of E- %3 And Jofeph fa w Ephraunt caufe the midwives feared God
children of the third generate up out of the land. that he made them houfes.
phrontheHittitc, before Mamre.
the children alfo of Machir, tl 11 Therefore they did fct over %% And Pharaoh charged
14 * And lofcph returned into them tafk-mafters, to a/Hicl them his people, faying, Every fon that
all
fon of Manafleh, were brought*
Egypt, he and his brethren, and with their burdens. And they is born ye fhall caft into the river,
all that went up with him
to bury upon Jolcph'* knee*,
bout for Pnaraoh Ireafurc-cities, and every daughter ye fhall
his father, after he had buried 24 And Jofeph faid unto fave
Plthom and Raamfes.
hisfather brethren, I die; and God alive.

ic 1 And when Jofcph's bre- furely vifit you, and bring y.

II But the more they afflicted CHAP. If
out of this land, unlo the land
them, the more they multiplied A KD
there went a man of the
thren faw that their father was
dead, tbey faid, Jofeph will per-
which he fware to Abraham, to
and grew And they were grieved
.

becaufe of the children of Ifrael.

£\
houfe of Levi, and look /•

R
adventure hate us, and will ccr-
equite us all the evil
which we did unto him.
Ifaac, and to Jacob.

16 And they fent mefTengers will furely

a 5 And Joseph took an oath of
the children of Ifracl, fay ing, Gr
vifit you and ye flu
tuJrhVA
the

£
U TK*\u
i
J rpt,tM madc

And they made 1 u •

S
children of Ifraeli to fervc
wifi a daughter of Levi.
% And thc conceived
and bare a fon : and when (he faw
,lim tlut he S a Soodly child.
w,an
™
my bones from hence, their lives fte hid him three months,
unto Jofcph, faying, Thy father cany up bitter w Jt hard bondage, in mor-
died, *6 So Jofeph died, being
|,
3 And when
no Ion- (he could
did command before he er and in brick,
and in all man- ger hide him, flic took for him an
g hundred and ten years oU|
M
.

V,C n thc
17 So mail yefay unto Jofeph, they
embalmed him, cir fLS W V ark of bulruflics, and daubed it
,

I erT e *'«wuhrigoiir.madC * ithflimc

l Cy
coffin in Egypt, with pitch, and
Forgive, I pray thee now, the put in a r -

trefpafs of thy br ethren, and their M A

• put the child therein; and (he

% The Second Book of Moses, called EXODU fof Ik- *i?

Hcbrcw
the n mcof one was
****** brink.

CHAP. I. his houfliold came with Ja Shinh 2? ,

? 4 And his Met Good afar off,
d thc namc of thc to wit what would
% Reuben, Simeon, Le«,
NOW thefe<jr*the names of
the children of Ifrael, which Judah,
other P.»K
16 A n
?
r •J
»dhefaid
be doneto him.
3 1 And thc daughter of Pha-
f When ye do raoh camedoun to waUiherfelf at
intoEgypt a every man and 3 Iflachar, Zcbulun,
jamin, 4 D the
 EXODUS. CHAP. lit.
10 Come now
the river,, and .her maidens walk-
1
feared, and faid, Sur UK therefore, and I

cd along by the river * fide; and thing is known,

when fhc'iaw the ark among the 15 Now when Pharaoh hea
flags, (He fent her maid to fetch it. this thing,he fought to flay
6 And when Ihe had opened i/, fes. But Mofes fled from t
(he faw the child: and behold, face of Pharaoh, and dwelt flock
-J C ame to the
mountain Ana
unto CJod,
11 Moles (aid
the babe wept. And (he had the land of Midian : and he
thai even to Horeb.
Who am I, that I ftould go unto
companion on him, and faid, down by a well. the Lord Pharaoh, and that I fhould bring
4 And the angel of
Thistiifieof theHebrewschildren. 16 Now the prieft of Mid -,rrd unto him in a flame of forth the children of Ifrael out of
7 Then faid his Cflex to Pha- had feven daughters: and t
2K£of the midft of a bulb: Egfpt?
raoh's daughter* Shall I go and came aod drew water, and fi
fi
and behold, the 11 And he faid, Certainly I
d he looked,
call tothee a nurfe of the Hebrew the troughs to water their with fire, and the will be with thee; and thhjhallbe
bu(h burned
women, that foe may nurfe the ther's flock,
bu(h -was not confumed,
a token unto thee, that I have
child for thee? 17 And the fhepherds ca . And Mofes faid, I will now fentthee: when thou haft b.rought
8 And Pharaoh's daughter faid and drove them away butM fee this great forth the people out of Egypt, ye
turn afide, and
:

unto her, Go. And the maid flood up and helped them, a
fieht why the bu(h is not burnt, (hall fervc God upon this moun-
went, and called the child's mo- watered their flocks,
4 And when the Loan faw tain.
ther. Io* And when they came that he turned afide to fee, God 13 And Mofes faidunto God,
9 And Pharaoh's daughter faid Rcuel their father, he faid, called unto him out of the midft Behold, -when I come unto the
unto her, Take this child awny, is it that you are come £of of the bum, and faid, Mofes, Mo- children of Ifrael, and (hall fay
and nurfe it for me, and 1 will day? fes. And he faid, Here am I. unto them, The God of your fa-
give thee thy wages. And the 19 And they faid, An 5 And he faid, Draw not nigh thers hath fent me unto you and ;

woman took the child, and nurf- tian delivered us out of the hither: put off* thy (hoes from off they (hall fay to me. What it his
e d it. of the fhepherds, and alfi thy feet, for the place whereon name? What (hall fay untothem? I

10 And the child grew, and -water enough for us, and w thou ftandeft is holy ground. 14 And God faid unto Mofes,
ihe brought him unto Pharaoh's the flock, 6 Moreover he faid, 1 am the I I AM THAT AM:
And he
daughter, and he became her fon, ao And he faid unto his daug Cod of thy father, the God of faid, Thus (halt tliou fay unto the
and flic called his name Mofes: ters, And
where is he? whvii Abraham, the God of Ifaac, and children of AM Ifrael, I hath
and (he faid, that ye have left the man?
Becaufe I drew him the God of Jacob. And fent me unto you.
Mofes
out of the water. him, that he may cat bread. hid his face: for he was afraid to 15 And God faid moreover un-
11 «f And it came to pafs in %\ And Mofes was content look upon God. to Mofes, Thus (halt thou fay un-
thole davs, when Mofes was dwell with the man
and he ga : 7 J And the Lord faid, T have to the children of Ifrael, The
grown, that he went out un'o his Mofes Zipporah his daughter, furelv fcen the affliction of my Loan God of your fathers, the

brethren, and looked on their %% And (he bare him a fon, a people which are in Egypt, and God of Abraham, the God of
burdens: and he fpied an Egyp- he called his name Gerfhom: have heard their cry, by realbn Ifaac, and the God of Jacob, hath
ft ranger
tian Imitin* an Hebrew, one of he faid, 1 have been a
of their taikmafters: for I know fent me unto you: thrs is my

his brethren. a ftrange land. th r r 0WS ' name

forcvcr » and this ii my mc-
« f° j
l% And he looked this way and 13 f And it came to pals 8 And
lam come down tode- morial unto all generations,
procefs of time, that the king liver them out of the hand of the
that way, and when he faw that 16 Go and gather the elders of
children Egyptians, and to bring them up Ifrael together, and
there-was no man, he flew the E- Egypt died, and the fay unto
the out of that land, unto a good them,
gyptfon, and hid him in the fand. Ifrael fighed by reafon of The Lord God of your
and t land and a large, unto a land
13 And when he went out the dage, and they cried: fathers, the God of Abraham, of
fecond day, behold two men of cry came up unto God, by r m
the Hebrews ftrove together: and of their bondage,
33/1 d hl> nc yi I^ac, and of Jacob, appeared un-
J!L o
he faid to him that did the 24 And God heard their g« llt «'. and theAmo-ed you. and feen that which
andEthe Permit*, and
is
mcs
rites
wrong, Wherefore fmitett thou ing, and God remembered
h the done to you in t-gypt.
covenant with Abraham, n And
thy fellow ?
14 And he faid, Who made Ifaac, and with Jacob, crv
Now*
Tk
th ^Sfw
u7 b*oM
f re
*
t7 1 h** faid
thc hrin 6 y<>" UP out of the affliction
>
1

thee a prince and a judge over us? %5 And God looked upon
intended thoUtokill me, as thou children of Ifrael, and
Wlledft the Egyptian ? and Mofes refpeft unto them.
S theinn^y
t0d
J hav
.V ,fo Canaanites,andtheHittites,an4

C H A
 ;

E X O D U S. CHAP. V.
and the Jcbu- put forth hishand, and caught it
14 And the anger of the Lord and if thou refufc to let him go,
and the Hivitcs,
unto a land flowing with and it became a rod in his ham
^as kindled againft Mofes, and behold, I will flay thy fon, even
lites,
mitt and honey. 5 That they may believe that Aaron the Le- thy firft-norn.
he faid, Is »*>t
18 And they hearken to
(hall the Lord God of their father^
vite thy brother?
1 know that he 24? And it came to pafs by
God of Abraham, the God of can fpeak well. And
thy voice : and thou (halt come, the alfo behold, the way in the inn, that the
thou and the elders of Ifrael, un- Ifaac, and the God of Jacob,
be cometh forth to meet thee : Lord met him, and fought to
to the king of Egypt, and you hath appeared unto thee.
and when he feeth thee, he will kill him.
/hall fay unto him, The Lord 6 1 And the Lord faid be glad in his heart. 25 Then Zipporah took a lharp
God of the Hebrews hath met thermore unto him. Put n< 15 And thou (halt. fpeak unto (tone, and cut offthc fore(kin of
with us; and now let us go (we thine hand into thy bofom
him, and put words in his mouth; her Ion, and cart U at his. "I,
befeech thee) three days journey and he put his hand into his and 1 will be with thy mouth, and faid, Surely a bloody h 11 (band
into the wildernefs, that we may fom; and when be took it oui and with his mouth, and will art thou to me.
facrifice to the Lord our God. behold, his hand was leprous teach you what yc (hall do. 26 So be let him go; then (he
19 J And I am Aire that the fnow. 16 And he (hall be thy fpokef- faid. A bloody No (band thou art9
icing of Egypt will not let you go, ^ And he faid, Put.thine han< man unto the people; and he becaufe of the circumcifion.
no, not by a mighty hand. into thy bofom again: and hi (hall be, even he (hall be to thee 27 f And the Lord fa id to
20 And I will ftrctch out my put his hand into his bofom again, inftcad of a mouth, and thou Aaron, Go into the wildcrnefs to
hand, and fmite Egypt with all and plucked it out of his bofbi flialt be to him inftead of God. meet Mofes. And he went and
my wonders which will do in 1 and behold, it was turned agait 17 And thou (halt take this met him in the mount of God,
the midft thereof: and after that as his other fle(h. rod in thine hand, wherewith and killed him.
he will let you go. 8 And it (hall come to pafs, thou (halt do figns. 28 And Mofes told Aaron all
21 And I will give this people they will not believe thee, nei 18 f And Mofes went and re- the words of the Lord, whq had
favour in the fight of the Egypti- ther hearken unto the voice turned to Jcthro his father inlaw, fent him, and all the figns wliich
ans : and it (hall come to pafs, thefirft fign, that they will and faid unto him, Let me go, he had commanded him.
that when ye go, yc (hall not go licvf the voice of the latter fign. I pray thee, and return unto my 29 \ And Mofcs and Aaron
empty 9 And
to pafs, i|
it (hall come brethren which are in Egypt, went, and gathered together all
22 Kut every woman fhall bor- they will not believe alfo theft and fee whether they be yet alive, the eldersof the children of Ifrael.
row of her neighbour, and of her two figns, neither hearken unti And Jcthro faid to Mofes, Go iu 30 And Aaron fpake all the
lhat iojourneth in her houfe, jew- thy voice, that thou (halt take oi peace. words which the Loan had fpo-
els of (ilver, and jewels of gold, the water of the river, and pong
19 And tfre Lo»t> fa-kl Brrto ken unto Moves, and
uiJ the?
and raiment: and ye (hall put it upon the dry land and thi :

Mofes in Midian, Go, return figns in the fighr of the people,

them upon your fons, and upon water, which thou takeft out into Egypt: for all the men arc 31 And the people believed:
your daughters; and ye (halllpoil the river, mail become blood upon dead which fought thy life. and when they heard that the
{he Egyptians. the dry land.
ao And Mofes took his wife, Lord had vifited the children of
C H A P. IV. 10 fAnd Mofes faid unto th< and his fons, and fet them upon Ifrael, and that he had looked
AND Mofcs anfwered and faid, Lord, O my Lord, am not eh I
an afs, and he returned to the
** upon their affliclion, then they
But behold, they will not be- qiient, neither heretofore, noi
land of Egypt. And Mofcs took bowed their heads and worfhip-
lieve me, nor hearken unto my fincc thou haft fpoken unto th; the rod of God in his hand. ped.
voice: for they will fay, The fervaut : but I am flow of fpce<
Lord hath not appeared unto and of a flow tongue.
21 And the Lord faid unto CHAP. V.

thee. 11 And the Lord faid uni

Mofes, when thou goefl to re- AND afterward Mofcs and
turn into Egypt, fee that thou do Aaron went in, and
told
And the Lord faid unto him, him, Who hath made man"
2 all thofe wonders hefore Pharaoh
Pharaoh, Thus faith the Lord
What is that in thine hand? and mouth ? or who maketh th< which have put in thine hand:
I
God of Ifrael, Let my people go,
he faid, A rod. dumb, or deaf, or the feeing, oi but I harden his heart, that
will that they may hold a feall unto
3 And he faid, Caft on the it the blind? have not 1 the Lord he (hall not let the people go.
12 Now therefore go, and
me in the wildcmcfs.
ground; and he cart it on the 2Z And thou (halt fay unto
will be with thy mouth, ant
2 And Pharaoh faid, Who is
ground, and it became a ferpent; Pharaoh, Thus faith the Lord, the Lord, that I (hould obelus
and Mofes fled from before it. teach thee what thou (halt fay. Ifrael is my fon, even my firit- voice to let Ifrael go? 1 know not
4. And the Lord faid unto 13 And he faid, O my Lord born - the Lord, neither will I let Ifra-
Mofcs, Put forth thine hand, fend, I pray thee, by the han
13 And fay unto thee,
F Let el go.
and take it by the tail. And he of him whom thou wilt fend. Py fon go, that he may fervc me 3 And they faid, The God of
14 A :

D 3 the
 the Hebrew* hath met with us;
EXODUS, C H A
VI. P.

Jet us go, we pray thee, three

dren of which Pha
Ifrael, CHAP. VI. 11 Go in, fpeak unto Pharaoh
taiVniafters had fct over t the Lord faid unto king of Egypt, that he let the
days journey into the H«-fert, and were beaten, and demand THEN Mofes, Now (halt thou (ec children of Ifrael go out of hi«
Acrihce unto the Loan our Cod; wherefore have ye not fulfil
leH he fall upon us with peflilence, W
.
. I w iH do to Pharaoh: for land.
your talk io making hrick, hand fhall he let x% And Mofcs fpake before the
©r with the fword. th a "rong
yefterday and to day, as he Lojcd, faying, Behold, the chil-
4 And the king of Egypt faid fore? out of hu land. dren of Ifrael have not hearkened
tmto them, Wherefore do ye, (hall he drive them
15 f Then the officers of t a And God
fpake unto Mofes, unto me; how then (hall Pha-
Mores and Aaron, let the people children of Ifrael came and cri him, I am the raoh bear me, who am of uncir-
frem their works? get you unto a0 d faid unto
unto Pharaoh, faying, Wh cumcifed lips?
your burdens. L0 R
for e dealcft thou thus with * appeared unto Abra-
And I 13 And the Lord fpake unto
5 And Pharaoh faid, Behold, fervants? unto Jacob, Mofes, and unto Aaron and gave
the people of the land now are ham, unto Ifaac, and
16 There is no flraw given God Almighty, them a charge unto the chil-
many, and you make them reft by the name of
but by my name JEHOVAH
to thy fervants, and they fay was dren of Ifrael S and unto Pharaoh
from their burdens. Makebrick and behold, them. king of Egypt; to bring the chil-
us, :
t 1 not known to „
6 And Pharaoh commanded fervants are beaten, but the And have alfo eftablifhed dren of Ifrael out of the land of
the fame day the tafk roaftcrs of 4 I

is in thine own people, covenant with them, to give Egypt.

the people, and their officers, my
17 But he faid, Ye are id! them the land of Canaan, the 14 1 Thefe be the heads of
'-yne. , 0te idle: therefore ye fay, land of their pilgrimage, wherein their fathers houfes: the font of
7 Yc fliall no more give the us go, and do facrifice Reuben the firft-born of Ifrael;
they were firanger*.
people draw to make brick, as Lord.
5 And I have alfo heard the Hanoch, and pallu, Hczion, and
heretofore : let them go and ga- 18 Go therefore now and wo groning of the children of Ifrael, Carmi; thefe be the families of
ther ftraw for themfclves. for there (hall no ftraw be gi whom the Egyptians keep io Reuben.
8 And the tale of the bricks, you, yet fhall ye deliver the bondage: and I IJ And the fons of Simeon;
have remembered
which they did make heretofore, of bricks, my covenant. Jcmucl, and Jamin, and Obad,
you (hall lay upon them; you 19 And the officers o the 6 Wherefore fay unto the and Jachin, and Zohar, and
fhall not diminilh w:gbt thereof: drcn of Ifrael, did fee that children of Ifrael, 1 am the Lord, Shanl the fon of a Canaartitilh
for they be idle; therefore they ivere in evil cafe, after it was and F will bring you out from un- woman: thefe are the families or
cry, faying, Let us go and inert- Ye fhall not minifh ought & der the burdens of the Egyptians, Simeon.
fice to our God. your bricks of your daily tafk. and I will rid you out of their 16 And thefe are the names
9 Let there more work be laid %o And they met Mofes bondage; and I will redeem you of the ions of Levi, according
to*
upon the men, that they may la- Aaron, who flood in the way, with- a ftrctched out arm, and their generations;
GerJhon, and
hour therein : and let them not they came forth from Phara^ with great judgements. Kohath, and Mcrari; and the
regard vain words. %j And they faid unto t' 7 And I will take you to me vcars of the life of Levi -were au
iof And the talk matters of The Lord look upon you, for a people, and 1 will be to you hundred
thirty and feven years.
the people went out, and their judge; becaufe you have m »God: and ye fliall know that I 17 The fons of GerJhon; Lib-
officers, and they fpake to the our favour to be abhorred in am the Lord your God, which ni, and Shimi, accoidingto
their
people, faying, Thus faith Pha- eyes of Pharaoh, and in the hringeth you out from under the families.
burdens of the Egyptians.
raoh, I will not give you ftraw. of his fervants, to put a fwo 18 And thefons of Kohath;
11 Goyc, get you ftraw where their hands to flay us. J 8 And I will bring you in unto Amram, and
Izhar, and Hebron,
ou can find it : yet not ought of %% And Mofes returned un the land concerning the which
I and Uzziel: and the years of the
your work did fwear to give it, to Abraham,
fhall he diminilhed. the Lord and faid, Lord, wh life of Kohath -were an
hundred
12 So the people were fcatter- to Ifaac, and to Jacob;
fore haft thou fo evil entrea and I thirty and three years.
ed shroud throughout allthe land wdl give it you for an heritage:
this people: why ij .it lhat
J am the Lord.
19 And the fons of Merari;
of Egypt, to gather ftubble in- haftfentme? Mahii, and MuhSi : thefe are the
9 nd Mofcs fP akc f<> "nto families
flead of ftraw, 33 For fince I came to P •u
the childrenI^ of Levi, accoiding to
13 And thctafk maftcrshafted raoh to Ipcak in thy name, of Ifrael but they their generations.
:

darkened not unto Moles,

them, faying. Fulfil your works, hath done evil to this peo
j-nguifh of fpirit,
for 20 And Amram took him Jo-
your daily taflcs, as when there neither haft thou deliv and for cruel chebed his father's fifterto
bondage. wife;
was flraw. people at all. and (he bare him Aaron and Mo-
14 And the officers of the chil- le?; and the years of the life
of
V 4 Amra «*
 ;

E X O D U S. CHAP. V\th
Ami-am were an hundred and 3 And I will harden Pha to let the people ver: and there was blood through-
a he refufcth
thirty and feven years. heart, and multiply my fignt eA * out the land of Egypt.
all

ai ^ And the fons of Izhar; my wonders in the land of Eg 7
Korah, andNepheg, and Zichri.
22 And the fons of Uzziel
Mi(hael,and Eliaphan.and Zithri.
23 And Aaron took him Eli-
fheba daughter of Amminadab,
lifter of Naalhon, to wife; and
(he bare him Nadab and Abihu,
Eieazar and Ithamar.
Get thee unto Pharaoh in 2% And the magicians of Egypt
4 But Pharaoh (hall not hear h>, he goeth out did with their inchantments:
the morning,
en unto you, that I may lay the water, and
thou (halt and Phaiaqb's heart was harden-
unto
hand upon Egypt, and b by the river's brink,
again ft td, neither did he hearken unto
rtand
forth mine armies, and my j_ which was the 111; as the Lord had faid.
become: and the rod
the children of Ifracl, out of
turned to a
ferpent (halt thou 23 And Pharaoh turned, and
land of Egypt, by great j hand. went into his houfe, neither did
take in thine
ments. 16 And thou ihalt fay
unto he fet his heart to this alfo.
5 And the Egyptians him, The Lord
God of the He- 24 And
the Egyptians dig-
all

24 AndthefonsofKorah; Ami*, know that I am the Lord» brews hath fent

me unto thee, ged round about thc river for wa-
mine hand
andElkanah, and Abiafaph: thefe
are the families of the Korhites.
F

Egypt, and bring out the

25 And Eieazar Aaron's fon dren of Ifrael from among the
took him one of the daughters of
Putiel to wife; and (he bare him
Pninehas: thefe are the heads of
the fathers of the Levites, ac-
ftretch forth u
m faying, Let my
people go, that
they mayferve me in
the wilder-
tcr to drink : for they could not
drink of th» water of the river,
nefs: and behold, hitherto
thou 2$ And feven days were fulfil-
6 And Mofes and Aaron did wouldcft not hear. led, after that the Lord had
the Lord commanded them, fo
17 Thus faith the Lord, In fmitten the river.
did they. this thou (halt know that law the C P. VIII. H A
7 And Mofes -was fourfcore Lord behold, I will fmite with
: A ND
tl,c Lord fpakc unto Mo-

cording to their families. years old, and Aaron fourfco the rod that is in mine hand, up- fes, Go unto Pharaoh, and

26 Thefe are that Aaron and and three years old, whea on the waters which are in the fay unto him, Thus faith the
Mofes, to whom the Lord faid, fpake unto Pharaoh. river, and they (hall be turned to Lord, Let my people go, that
Bring out the children of Ifracl 8 f And the Lord fpake u blood. they may fervc me.
from the land of Egypt, accord- Mofes, and unto Aaron, &y" 18 And the filh that if in the 2 And if thou rcfufe to let them
ing to their armies. 9 When Pharaoh (hall f\
rirer (hull die, and the river (hall go, behold, I will finite all thy
27 Thefe are they which fpakc unto you, faying, Shew a mi ftink; and the Egyptians (hall borders with frogs.
to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to cle for you; then thou Ibalt lothcto drink of the water of the 3 And the river fhall bring
Krtri'* «MM.-*22 of Ifracl unto Aaron, Take thy river. forth frogs abundantly, which
•f>fM V/UV IMV V««»«»*'«
cafta before Pbaraob, 19 1 AndtheLoRD fpakeun- go up and come into thine
fhall
irora Egypt: thefe air that Mo-
become a ferpent. to Mofes, Say unto Aaron, Take houfe, and into thy bed-chamber,
fes and Aaron.
10 % And Mofes and thy rod, and ftretch out thine and upon thy bed, and into the
Pharaoh, and hand upon the waters of Egypt, houfe of thy fcrvants, and upon
the day v/hen the Loan fpake un- went in pnto upon their dreams, upon their thy people, and into thine ovens,
to Mofes in the land of Egypt, did fo as the Lord had
rivers, and upon their ponds, and and into thy
20 That the Lord fpake unto manded: and Aaron
call kneading-troughs.
Pharaoh, upon all their pools of water, that 4 And the frogs (hall come up
Mores, faying, lam the Lord: his rod before they may become blood ; and that both on thee, and upon thy pec-
unto Pharaoh king of fore his fcrvants, and
it
fpeak thou there may be blood throughout all pie,
ferpent.
unto thee. and upon all thy fcrvants.
Egypt all that I &y the land of Egypt, both in vejfels
30 And Mofes faid before the Pharaoh alfo called
11 Then 5 1 And the Lord fpake unto
Ibrccrers o/wood, and in vtfeli 0/ftone. Mofes, Say unto Aaron. Stretch
Lord, Behold, am of unclrcum- the wife-men, and the
I
ao And Mofes and Aaron did forth thine hand
ciftd lips, and how (hall Pharaoh now the
magicians of Egypt with thy rod o-

W
fo, as the Lord
alfo did in like manner with commanded: and ver the Arearns, over the rivers,
hearken unto me? ne lift up the rod, and
CHAP VII. inchantments.
down
fmote the and over the ponds, and caufe
waters that were in the river,
AND Lord
the faid unto
have made
12 For they
and they man
caft in frogs to come up upon the land of
Pharaoh, and in the Egypt.
Mofes, See, 1

thee a god to Pharaoh and Aa- ferpents: but

:

ron thy brother (hall be thy pr j- lowed up their

Aaron's rod
rods.
his rod,

X nna w/
turned to ^
tornlli.
fcmnts: and al1

blood^
6 And Aaron ft retched out his
ntheriwwew handover the waters of Egypt;
,

phet. 13 And he hardened P and the frogs came up, and co^
Thou
a (halt fpeak all that heart, that he hearkened
I
th?
* ljhc fifh that w *s 5n VCIC<1 thc land of *sypt-
command thee : and Aaron thy to them; as the Lord had (tank A l
aml thc rivc *
S
1 And the magiciansdidfo with
14 «[ And the Lord Egyptians could their inchantments, and brought
faid
brother fhall fpeak unto Pharaoh, nor/Mt I t
*«noK of the water of the ri- up frogs upon
heart is ha the laud of Egypt,
that he fend the children of Ifracl Mofes, Pharaoh's
out of bis lend.
JD J g 1 Then
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EXODUS. CHAP. IX.

facrifiee the abomination nothing die of all that is the chil-
8 f Then Pharaoh called for land became lice throughout all tl we
before their dittos of Ifiael.
Mofes and Aaron, and faid, In- the land of Egypt, tl e Egyptians
5 And tire Lord appointed a
1
°^
treat the Lord, that he may take 18 And the magicians did CS
and°wiU they not rtone us?
away the frogs from me, and with their inchantments, to br"
CY '
yr c u-ill go three days jour- fct time faying, To-morrow the
from my people: ami I will let forth lice, but they could not;
*': wildcrnefs, and fa- Lord fhall do this thing in the
n *o the
the people go, that they may do there were lice upon man, a . iSfieeto the
Lord our God, as land.
Sacrifice unto the Lord. upon heart. I (hall command
us. 6 And the Lord did that thing
9 And Mofes faid unto Pharaoh, 19 Then the magicians faid *8
And Pharaoh faid, I will on the morrow, and 1 II the cattle
Glory over me; when (hall I in- to Pharaoh, This is the finger .
voug o, that ye
may facrifiee of Egypt died: but of the cattle
treat for thee, and for thy fer- God: and Pharaoh's heart the Lord
your God, in the of the children of Ifracl died not
fhall not go one.
vants, and for thy people, tode- hardened, and he hearkened Slderncfs: only you
(troy the frogs from thee, and untothem; as theLoRD had ft faraway: intreat forme. 7 And Pharaoh fent, and be-
T
thy houfes, that they may remain 20 f And the Lord faid u %q And Mofes faid, Behold, I go hold, there was not one of the
Mofes, Rife up early in and I will entreat cattle of the Ifraelites dead. And
in the river only? out from thee,
10 And he faid, To-morrow, morning, and ftand before P the fwarms of the heart of Pharaoh was har-
the Lord, that
And he faid, Be it according to raoh, (lo, he cometh forth to. flies
may depart from Pharaoh, dened, and he did not let the
thy word; that thou mayeft know, water,) and fay unto him, Ti from his fervants, and
from his people go.
that there is none like unto the faith the Lord, Let my peo people, to-morrow; but let not 8 *[ And the Lord faid unto
Lord our God. go, that they may ferve me: Pharaoh deal deceitfully any Mofes and unto Aaron, Take to
11 And the frogs mall depart 21 Elfe if thoa wilt not let more, in not letting the people you handfuls of afhes of the fur-
from thee, and from thy houfes, people go, behold, I will go to facrifiee to the Lord. nace, and let Mofes fprinklc it
andfrom thy fervants, and from (warms offlies upon thee, and u 30 And Mofes went out from towards the heaven in the fight
thy people; they (hall remain in thy fervants, and upon thy Pharaoh, and intrcated the Lord, of Pharaoh :
the'river only. pic, and into thy houfes: am 31 And the Lord did accord- 9 And it fhall become fmall
1% And Mofes and Aaron went houfes of the Egyptians (hall ing to the word of Mofes; and he duft in all the land of Egypt, and
out from Pharaoh: and Mofes full of fwarmso/jfo*, and alfo removed the fwarms offlies from fhall be a boil breaking forth -with
cried unto the Lord, becaufe of ground whereon they are. Pharaoh, from his fervants, and blains, upon man,andupon heart,
the frogs which he had brought 2a And 1 will fercrin that from his people: there remained throughout all the land of Egypt,
againlt Pharaoh. the land of Golhen, in which not one. 10 And they took alhes of the
13 And the Lord did according people dwell, that no
fwarms 32 And Pharaoh hardened his furnace, and flood before Pha-
heart at this time alfo, neither raoh, and Mofes fprinkled it up
to the word of Mofes; and the flies (hall be there; tothcendt
frogs died out of the houfes, cut mayeft know that I am the
would he let the people go. toward heaven and it became a
:

ofthevillages.andoutofthcfieMs. in the midft of the earth. CHAP. IX. boil breaking forth -with blains,

14 And they gathered them 23* And I will put a divi THEN the Lord faid unto upon man, and upon bead.
Mofes, Goin unto Pharaoh, n And the magicianc could
together upon heaps: and the between my people and thy
pie; to-morrow fhall thisfign and tell him, Thus faith the not ftand before Mofes, becaufe
land ftank.
And the Lord
did fo: Loan God of the Hebrews, Let of the boil : for the boil was upon
15 But when Pharaoh faw that 24
there was refpite, he hardened there came a grievous fwarm my people go, that they may the magicians, and upon all the
flies into the houfe of Pha
ferve me. Egyptians.
his heart, and hearkened not un-
% For if thou refufe to let tbem i% And the Lord hardened the
to them : as the Lord had faid. and into his fervants houfes,
into all the land of Egypt go, and wilt hold them dill, heart of Pharaoh, and he hear-
16 1 And the Lord faid unto
Mofes, Say onto Aaron, Stretch land was corrupted by reafon 3 Behold, the hand of the keued not unto them; as the
the fwarm of flics.
Lord is upon thy cattle which is Lord hadfpoken unto Mofes.
out thy rod, and finite the dnft
may hecomc 25 ? And Pharaoh called
in the field, upon the horfes, 13 f And the Lord faid unto
of the land, that it
upon the afTes, upon the camels, Mofes, Rift up early in the
lice, throughout the land of Mofes, and for Aaron, and
all
upon the oxen, and upon the morning, and ftand before Pha-
£gyp t . Go ye, facrifiee to your God fheep: thereJball be a very grievous raoh, and fay unto him, Thus
17 And theydirf 10; for Aaron the land, *™rrain.
a6 And Mofes faid, It >» faith the Lord God of the He-
ftretched out his hand with his
4 And the Lord fhall fever be- brews, Let my people go, that
rod, and fmote the duft of the meet fo to do; for we (hall tween the cattle of Ifiael, and the they may ferve me.
earth, and it became lice in man fice the abomination of the cattle of Egypt; and there mail
14 For I will at this time fend
aftd in btitt : all the dufl of the tians to.thc Low) our God:
D 6 all
 . •

E X O D U 3.
CHAP.
with the hail, very X.
all my piague* upon thine heart, mingled
his heart, he and his fervants. brought again onto Pharaoh'
and upon thy fervants, and upon grievous, fuch as there was none
thy people: that thou mayert like it in all the land of Egypt, 5S And the heart of Pharaoh and he faid unto them, Go ferve
know that there is none like me in fincc it became a nation wa s hardened, neither would he the Lord your God but who: are
And
the hail fmote through-
a5 let the children of Ifrael go; as they that fhall go ?
all the earth.
the Lord had fpoken by Mofcs. 9 And Mofcs faid, We will ga
JS For now I will flretch out out all the land of Egypt, all that A P X w j^°ur Young and with our old,
my hand, that I may fmite thee was in the field, both man and
and thy people with peftilcnce-, beaft; and the hail fmote every
J
A nd theu?Lord r-. "

faid unto Mofcs, w with our fons and with ourdausrhl

becut off from the herb of the field, and brake every
Go in unto Pharaoh: for I ters, with our flocks and with
our
and thou fhalt
have hardened his heart, and the herds will wc go: for we
earth. tree of the field. mu/l bold
26 Only in the land of Golhcn, heart of his fervants; that I might a feaftunto the Lord.
16 And in very deed for this
(hew thefe my figns before him: 10 And he faid unto them
eaufe have I raifed thee up, for to where the children of Ifracl were,
% And that thou mayeft tell in Let the Lord he fo with you as
fhew in thee my power; and that was there no hail.
the ears of thy fan, and of thy I will let you go, and
my name may he declared 37 f And Pharaoh fent, and fons fon, what things I have ones: look/o/7, for
your little
throughout all the earth. called for Mofcs and Aaron, and evil is before
have finned wrought in Egypt, and my figns you.
17 As yet exalted thou thy- faid unto them, I

feif againft my people, that thou this time the Lord is righteous,
:
which I have done amongft them ; n
Not fo : go now ye that are
that ye may know how that am men, and
wilt not let them go? and and my people are wicked.
1
I ferve the Lord- for
th ' L
18 Behold, to-morrow ahout 28 lnucat the Lord, (for it is
3
A
And °7^
c and1 Aaron
Mofcs a
that * OU did dcfirc
-
came were driven out from Pharaoh's
And 'they
this time, I will caufe it to rain a enough,) that there be no more
in unto Pharaoh, and faid unto prefence.
very grievous hail, fuch as hath mighty thundcringsandhail; and
not been in Egypt fincc the foun- will let you go, and ye (hall
I
of the Hebrews, How long wilt Mofcs, Stretch
dation thereof, even until now. ftay no longer. out thine hand
thou rcfiife to humble thyfelf |> c - over the land
19 Send therefore now, and 29 And Mofcs faid unto him, foremc? let my people go, that cults, that they
of Egypt for the lo-
gather thy cattle, and all that Aflbon as I am gone out of the ci- may come up
they may icrrc me. opon the land of Egypt, and
thou haft in the field: for upon ty, I will fpread abroad my hands, cat
4 Ehc thoji.rcfufc to let my every herb
every man and beaft which (ball unto the Lord and the thunder :
.

pcoplcgo behold, to-morrow will that thc hail

of the la™ ^Val
be found in the field, and (hall lhali ceafe, neither lhall there be hath left
wto thy coaft. 13 And Mofcs
not be brought home, the hail any more hail; that thou mayeft 7nll *^«f
5 And they ftall cover the face his rod over the land
ftret'ehed forth
/hail come down upon them, and know, how that the earth is the of the earth Eeypt
of
that one cannot be and thc Lord brought an caftl
they (hall die. Lord's.
to He that feared the word of 30 Hut as for thee and thy fer-
the Lord, amoneft th* frrvants vants, I know that yc will not yet is which renwineth unto was
eicapeci
of Phaiaoh, made his fervants fear the Lord God. morning,
you from the hail, and fhall eat brought the eaft-wind
and his cattle flee into the houfes. 31 And the flax, and the bar- the l£uft*
ai And he that regarded not ley was fmittcn: for the barley
the word of the Lord, left his was in the ear, and the flax was
SUE fielf
grOW'th y°U 14 ,OCufts wcnt up
^
fervants and his cattle in the field* boiled;
22 f And the Lord fa id unto 32 But the wheat and the rye
and the houfesof all thy
fervants, very grievous
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toward heaven, that there may not grown up.
be hail in all the land of Egypt; 33 And Mofcs went out of the
upon man, and upon heart, and city from Pharaoh, and fpread a-
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his rod toward heaven, and the the earth. of the trees, which
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long (hall this the hail had left;
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And Pharaoh fniduntohim£
CHAP-, XII.
Mofes and Aaron in haftc; and 18 fcying, Get thee out, -and the unleavened bread, Wwith hitter
all
he faid, have finned again ft the Get thee from me, take heed to
I people that follow thee; and af- herbs they (hall eat it.
Lord your God, and againft you. thyfelf, fee my face no more; tcrthat I will go out: and he 9 Eat not of it raw, norfodd<n
17 Now therefore forgive, 1 for in that day thou feeft my face, went out from Pharaoh in a great at all with water, but roft with
pray thee, my only this once, thou (halt die.
fin, ^
*m anger. fire:. his head With his legs, and

and intrcat the Lord your God,
that be may take away from mefpoken well, 1 will fee thy face
this death only.
18 And he went out from Pha-
raoh, and intreated the Lord.
to And the Lord turned a
au And Mofes faid, Thou haft 9 And the Lord faid Onto with the purtenaoce thereof.
Mofcs, Pharaoh fhall not hear- 10 And ye lhall let nothing of
'1
again no more. ken unto you; that my wonders it remain until the morning; and
CHAP. XI. may be multiplied in the land of that which remaineth. of it until
A ND the Lord faid unto Mofesf E *y pt
'
r a i
hc mor,,jn K» > e A*" b«rn with
Yet will I bring one plague 10 And Moles and Aaron did nrc*
j ,

mighty ftrong weft-wind, which more upon Pharaoh, and upon all thefe wonders before Pharaoh: II f And thus (hall ye eat it:
took away the Iocufts, and caft Egypt ; afterwards he will let you andthcLORDhardcncdPharaoh's vifiyour loins girded, your (hoes
them into the Red fea, there re- go hence: when he (hall let you heart, fo that he would not let on your feet, and your Iraff in
mained not one locuft in all the go, he fhall furely thruft you out the children of Ifrael go out of your hand: and ye fhall eat it in
coafts of Egypt. hence altogether. his land, hade; it is the Lord's paflbver.
%0 But the Lord hardened 2 Speak now in the ears of the CHAP. XII. t% For I will pafs through the
Pharaoh's heart, fo that he would people, and let every man bor* AND the Lord fpakc unto Mo- land of Egypt this nigKt, and
will
J f fes and Aaron in the land of fmite all
not let the children of Ifrael go. row of his neighbour, and every the firft-born in the land
%I 1 And the Lord faid unto woman of her neighbour, jewels Egypt, faying, of Egypt, both man and beaft:
Mofes, Stretch out thine hand to- of filver, and jewels of Gold, a This month flail be unto you and againft all the gods of Egypt
ward heaven, that there may be 3 And the Lord gave the the beginning of months: it flail 1 will execute judgment: I am
darknefs over the land of Egypt, people favour in the fight of the hethe firft month of the year toyou the Lord.
even dark ne(s -which may be felt. Egyptians. Moreover, the man 3 f Speak ye unto all the con* 13 And the blood (hall be to
%% And Mofes ftretched forth Mofes was very great in the land gregation of Ifrael, faying, in the you for a token upon
thehoufes
his hand toward heaven: and of Egypt, in the fight of Pha- tenth day of this month they fhall where you are: and when I fee
the
there was a thick darknefs in all raoh's fervants, and in the fight take to them every man a lamb, blood, I will pafs ovef you,
and
the land of Egypt three days. of the people. I according to the houle of their fa- the plague (hall not be upon
_ ^
you
»3 They faw not one another, 4 And Mofes faid, Thus thcrs, a lamb for an houfe.
faith to deftroy you, when I fmlte the
neither rofe any from his place the Load, About midnight
will 4 And if the houlhold be too land of Egypt.
for three days; but all the chil-l go out into the
midft of Egypt, little for the lamb, let him and
14 And this day (hair be unto
dren of Ifrael bad light in their j And all the firft-born in the his neighbour next unto hit houfe you for a memorial;
and you fhall
dwellings. land of Egypt lhall die, from the take // according to the number keep it a feaft to the Lo*d
unto firft born of Pharaoh, that fitteth of the fouls: every man accord-
7,4 5 And Pharaoh called throughout your generations; you
Mofes, and laid, Go ye, ferveupon his throne, even unto the ing to his eating, (hall make your lhall keep it a fcaft by an ordi-
the Lord; only let your flocks firft-born of the maid-fervant, count for the lamb. nance for ever.
and your herds be hayed: let that is behind the mill; and all 5 Your Iamb (hall be without 15 Seven day* lhall ye eat un-
your little ones alfo go with you. the firft-born of beafts. hurt), a male of the firft year: leavened bread, even the firft
J| day
25 And Mofes laid, Thou muft 6 And there (hall be a great ye ftalltake it out from the ftjeep yc lhall
put away leaven out of
give us alfo facrificcs, and burnt cry throughout all the land
of or from the goats.
y0 ur houfes: for whofoever eateth
offerings, that we may fccrifice Egypt, fuch as there was
none And ye (hall keep it up until leavened bread, from the firft
the fourteenth day of the lame dav
unto the Lord our Gr>d. likeit,nor (hall be like it any more. until the ferenth day, that lbul
7 But againft any of the chil- month: and the whole afTembly (hall be
a6 Qur cattle alfo (hall go with cut off from Ifrael.
us ; there (hall not an hoof be left dren of Ifrael (hall not a dog
move of .the congregation of Ifrael (hall
16 And in the firft day there
behind : for thereof muft wc take his tongue, againft man or bead 1
fi'Ube tnboly convocation, and
to fcrve the Loan our God; and that ye may know
we know not with what we muft Lord doth put a difference be-
how that the
S?™0
An.
uL^: J7aM
nkC m
;^",?'
".
?
u
tok «° f the in th < **
there
thc tw0 »n holy convocation to you;
no
m*
iervetbe Lord, until wc cometween the Egyptians and Ifrael. mannerfofwork (hall be done »
thither. 8 And all thefe thy fcrvant* PoSTf^
go* of the boufes, wherein
they them, fcve which every man
27 J But the Lord hardened (hall come down unto
Pharaoh's heart, and he would bow down thcmfclves unto me,
me, and
aIul
8 And they n. ii , -
muft
m
(hall eat the fefh of you.
37
,hat ODl y ro *y he done
° M
not let them go.
fayingi * J.that n.ght ; roft with fire, and t j And
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E X O D U S.
J CHAP. XIIF.
26 And it f ha 11 come to pais,
17 And ye (Kail obfcrvc thcfeaft gyptians jewels of filver, and jew- en, thou (halt not carry forth
for in thi$ when your children (hall fay unto
of unleavened bread; clsof gold, and raiment. ought of the flcfti abroad out of
fclf-fcmeday have I brought your you, Wbat mean you by this-
,

36 And the Lord gave the thehoufe; neither (hall yc break

armies out of the land of Egypt: icrvice ? people favour in the fight of the a bone thereof.
therefore lhali yeobferve this day %J That ye (ball fay, It is the Egyptians, fo that they lent unto 47 All the congregation of If-
in your generations, by an ordi- facrifice of the
Lor d's paflover, rael (hall keep it.
them fuch ftfogs as they required ;
who patted over the houfes of the
nance for ever. and they fpolicd the Egyptians. 48 And when a ftranger (hall
in Egypt, when
18 1 In the 6rft m$nlb 9 on the children of Ifrael 37 f And the children of If- fojourn with thee, and will keep
Egyptians, and de-
fourteenth' day of the month at he (mote the raeljourneyed from Ramefcs to the paflover to the Lord, let ail
houfes. And the peo-
even, ycihall eat unleavened bread livered our Succoth, about fix hundred thou- his males be circumcifed, and
until the one and twentieth day ple bowed the head
and worlhippcd. then let him come near and keep
fand on foot that -were men, be-
of the month at even. %S And the children of Ifrael it; and he (hall be as one that is
fides children.
did as the Lord
19 Seven days (hall there be no went away, and 38 And a mixed multitude born in the land, for no uncir-
leaven found in your houfes: for had commanded
Mofes and Aa-
went up alfo with them; and cumcifed pcrfon (hall cat thereof,
whofocver cateth that which is ron, fo did they. m flocks, and herds, even very much 49 One law (hall be to him that
ao. f And it came to pafs, that
leavened, even that foul (hall be cattle. is home-born, and unto the
cut off from the congregation of at
midnight the Lord fmotc all Andthey baked unleavened
39 ftranger that fojourneth among
firft-born in the land of Egypt
Ifrael, whether he be a (hanger the cakes of the dough, which they you.
or born in the land.
from the 6rft-born of Pharaoh,, brought forth out of Egypt ; for «0 Thus did all the children of
to Ye (hall eat nothing leaven- that fat on his throne, unto the it was not leavened; becaufe they Ifrael J as the Lord commanded
ed: in all your habitations (ball firflborn of
the captive that -was were thruft out of Egypt, and Mofes and Aaron, fo did they,
ye eat unleavened bread. in the dungeon, and all the firft» could not tarry, neither had they 51 And it came to pafs thefclf
%x If Then Mofes called for all born of cattle. M prepared for thcmfclvesanyvitiual fame day, that the Lord did
the elders of Ifrael, and faid unto 30 And Pharaoh rofeup in the 40 If Now the fojourning of the bring the children of Ifrael out of
fervants.and
them, Draw out, and take you a night, he and all his children of Ifrael, who dwelt in the land of Egypt by their armies.
was
lamb, according to your families, all the Egyptians; and there Egypt, -was four hundred and C H A P. XIII.
a great cry in Egypt: for there
and kill the paflover.
ju And ye (hall take a bunch was not a houfc
where there -was
thirty years.
41 And it came to pafs, at the
A ND the Lord fpakc unto Mo-
fes, faying,
of hyflbp, and dip it in the blood not one dead. chdofUietournunu.^^l!:!::;:; : ^Xiuy unto me all thefirft
thatii in the bafon,and flrikc the 31 % And he called for Mofes
years, even the fclf-fame day it born, whatfoever
and Aaron by night, and faid, openeth the
lintel and the two-fide polls, with came to pafs, that all the horts of womb among the children of 1f-
forth from
the blood that is in the bafon Rife up, and get you the Lord went out from the land rael, both of man and of
and none of you (ball go out at amongft my people, both you and of Egypt.
bead it
mine.
:

Ifrael; and go, is

the door of his houfc until the the children of a night to be much ob-
fcrve the Lord, as ye have faid.
42 It is
3 ? And Mofes faid unto the
morning. ferved unto the Lord, for bring-
32 Alfo take your flocks, and people, Remember this day, in
%$ For the Lord will pals ing them out from the land of E- which ye came out from Egypt;
through to fmite the Egyptians, your herds, as ye have faid, and gypt; this « that night of the out of the houfe of bondage; for
and when he feeth the blood upon be gone: and blefs me alfo* Lor d to be obferved of all the by ftrength of hand the Lord
the lintel, and on the two fide- 33 And the Egyptians were Children of Ifrael, in their gener-
urgent upon the people, that they brought you out from this placet
potts, the Lord will pafsover the at,ons
out of the land there (hall no leavened bread be
door, and will not fuffer the de- might fend them
-
. j -

faid. We be all
ftroyer to come in unto your in hade: for they
dead men. i 4 This day came ye out, in the
houfes to fmitejtffc.
24 And ye flSall obferve this 34 And the people took their
was leavened,their
thing for an ordinance to thee, dough,before it
and to thy forrs for ever. kneading-lroughs being bound up
tn their clothes, upon their (boul-
%$ And it fhell come to pafs,
ders*
when ye be come to the land,
wWch the Lord will give you, 35 And the children of Ifrael
of Mo«
according as he bath promifcd, did according to the word
that yc (hall keep this fcrvkt* and they borrowed of the E-
Hyptlan*
43 1 And the Lord faid unto eaten.
Mofes and Aaron, This is the or-
dmance of the paflover : there month Abib.
8*11 no ftranger eat thereof.
5 f And it (hall be, when the
44 But every man'sfcrvant that Lord (hall bring thee into the
js bought for money,
when thou land of the Canaanitcs, and the
nail circumcifed him, then
(hall Hittites, and the
Amorites, and
3t thc Hivites » and thc Jebufitcs.
7, J J™*'
45 A foreigner, and an hired which he fware unto thy fathers
lervant (hall not cat thereof.
to give thee, a land flowing with
40 In one houfc (hall it be cat- milk aiid honey, that thou (halt
keep
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EXODUS. Pharaoh would hardly

-
CHAP. XIV.
keep this fervice In this month. let as gof . pi-hahiroth, between Mir- fore hart thou dealt thus with vs,
fore
6 Seven days (halt thou eat that the Lord flew all the firft. fea, over againrt Ba- to carry us forth out of Egypt /
Aol and the
unleavened bread, and in the fe- born in the land of Egypt, both ftiall yo en- 13 Is not this the word that we
the firft-born of man, and the
3 zephon; before it
venth day Jball be a feaft to the did tell thee in Egypt, fayfaying,
ing,
camp by the fea.
Emp fca. . .
Lord - firft-born of beaft; therefore I * For Pharaoh
will fay of the Let us a'one, that we may fervc
7 Unleavened bread fhall be crifice to the Lord a4J that o_ children of Ifrael, They
are en- the Egyptians? for it had been
eaten feven days: and there (hall eth the matrix, being: mates;" but tangled in the land, the
wilder- better for us to fcrve the Egyptl-
no leavened bread be feen with all the firft-born of my children nefs hath (hut
them in. ans, than that we (hould die in
thee, neither (hall there be leaven I redeem, harden Pharaoh's the wildernefs.
4 And I will
ften with thee in all thy quarters. 16 And it (hall be for a token heart, that he (hall
follow after 13 f And Mofes faid unto the
8 % And thou fha!t (hew thy upon thine hand, and forfront- them, and I will be honoured people, Fear ye not, ftand ftill,
fon in that day, faying, This is lets between thine eyes: for by upon Pharaoh, and upon all his and fee the falvation of the Lord,
done becaufe of that -which the ftrcngth of hand the Lord hoft; that the Egyptians may which he will fhew to you to-day:
Lord did unto me, when I came brought us forth out of Egypt. know that F am the Lor p. And for the Egyptians whom ye have
forth out of Egypt. 17 T And !t camc t0 paf», they did fo. #
feen to-day, ye (ball fee them a-
9 And it (hall be for a (ign unto when Pharaoh had let the people j «[ And it
was told the king gain no more for ever,
thee upon thine hand, and for a go, that God led them not through of Egypt, that the people fled: 14 The Lord (hall fight for
memorial between thine eyes; the way of the land of the Phili- and the heart of Pharaoh and of you, and ye (hall hold your peace,
that chc Lord's law may be in (lines, although that -wai near: his fervants was turned againft 15 f And the Lord faid Unto
thy mouth : for with a ftrong for God faid, Left peradvent the people, and they faid, Why Mofes, Wherefore crieft thou ua-
hand hath the Lord brought thee the people repent when they bave we done this, that we have to me ? fpeak unto the children
out of Egypt, war, and they return to Egypt. let Ifrael go from fcrving us? of Ifrael, that they go forward.
10 Thou (halt therefore keep 18 But God led the people 6 And he made ready his cha- 16 But li t thou up thy rod,
this ordinance in his fcafon from bout, through the way of the riot, and took his people with him. and itretch out thine handover
year to year. dernefs of the Red-fea: and 7 And he took fix hundred the and the
fea, and divide it;
11 % And it (hall be when the children of Ifrael went up chofen chariots, and all the cha- children of Ifrael fhall go on dry
Lord (hall bring thee into the ncfTcd out of the land of Egy riots of Egypt, and captains over ground through the mids of the
land of the Canaanitcs, as he 19 And Mofes took the £ every one of them. £a.
fware unto thee and to thy fa- of Jofeph with him; for he 8 And the Lord hardened
17 And I, behold, I will har-
the
thers, and (hall give it thee, ftraitiy fworn the children o heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, den the hearts of the Egyptians,
II That thou (halt fct apart racl, faying, God will furcly and he purfued after the children and they (hail follow them : and
unto the Lord all that openeth you; and ye fhall carry up of Ifrael and the children of If- I will get me honour upon Pha-
:

the matrix; and every Grftling bones away hence with you. rael went out with pii high hind, raoh, and upon all his hoft,
upon
that comcth of a hcaft, which 20 ^ And they took their jo 9 Bat the Egyptians purfued his chariots, and upon his horfe-
thou haft, the males Jkatl le the ney from Succoth, and encam after them, (all the horfes and mm.

in Etham, in the edge of t chariots of Pharaoh, and J>is

Lord's. x8 And the Egyptians (hail
And
every firftlingof an afs wildernefs norfemen and his army,) and know that I am
13 the Lord, when
thou (halt redeem with a lamb; %i And the Lord weut b overtook them encamping by the I have
gotten me honour upon
them by day in a pillar of a cl lea hefidc Pi-hahiroth, before
and if thou wilt not redeem it, Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and
&
then thou lhalt break his neck:
and all the firft-born of man a-
niongft thy children lhalt thou
redeem.
to lead them the way; an
night in a pillar of fire, to
them light, to go byday andni{,
22 He took not away the pilli
nd
x p on
i' i i ; bfnP
nigh !k
P
uu
the children
r
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^ ^ ^ .
upon bis horfemen.
.
h
of frael lift
?»? behold the
*9 1 AnA
thc a »8«l of God,
which went heforc the camp of
removed and went behind
Ifrael,

14 t And it (ball be when thy of the cloud by day, nor

the p w
i-gyptians
'

marched after them, them ; and the pillar of the cloud

befc and they were fore afraid;
fon aficeth thee, in time to come, lar of fire by night, from and went from before their face, and
d fn
faying. What fj this? that thou the people, <* 'frucl cried out flood behind them.
CHAP. J
unto him, Byftrengthof
fbalt fay
hand the Lord brought us out AND the Lord
XIV.
(pake unto A £ Si
SJL ?
;
'
r *.
ftld untoMof?.
%0 And * cam < k"ween lh <
cam P <* the Egyptians and the
from Egypt, from the houfe of fes, faying,
% Speak unto the children
bondage.
.
15 And it came to pats, when Ifrael, that they turn and .
WfohFSJ mj^.W**
* *mo the wildernefs? where light by
but
n^othefi: fothauhe
it gave

on*
 E X O D U S. ]
CHAP. xvr.
walked upon dry land in the midft my loft ma ' 1 bc fatisficd women went out after her. with
one came not near, the other all f oil:
my fword, timbrels, and with dances.
of the fea; and the waters were a them 1 will draw
the night. Up ai And Miriam anfwered them,
%l And Mofcs rtretched out
wall uttto them on their right °hand mall deftroy them.
"'roThoudidft blow with thy Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath
his hand oyer the lea, *nd the hand', and on
their left.

Lord cattfed the fea to go back by 30 Thus the Lord faved Ifrael W the fea covered
them: they
mighty waters,
triumphed glorioufly: the horfe
and his rider hath be thrown fa-
aftrong eaft-wind all that night, that day out of the
hand of the r «k as lead in the
and made the fca dry land, and, Egyptians and Ifrael faw the E-
: ll Who U like unto thee, O to the fea.
T—c. the gods? who is %% So Mofcs brought Ifrael from
the waters were divided. gyptians dead upon the fea-fhore. Lord amongft the Red fca, and they went out
holinefs,
31 And Ifrael faw that great Uke thee, glorious in
%% And the children of Ifrael wonders? into the wildcrnefs of Shnr: and
in praifes, doing
went jnto the midft of the fea' wovk which the Lord did upon, fearful
ftretchedft out thy they went three days in the wil-
upon the dry ground; and the the Egyptians : and
the people II Thou
earth fwallowcd dcrnefs, and found no water,
waters were a wall unto them on feared the Lord, and
helievcd the right hand, the
hand, and on their Lord, and his ftrvant Moles. jhcrn.
a3 f A
°d when they came.to
their right
C H A P. XV. 1
13 in thy mercy haft led Marah,theycouldnotdrinkofthe
Thou
left. -which thou haft waters of Marah, for they -were
And th< Egyptians pur- THEN' fang Mofe* and the. forth the people
children of Ifrael this fong redeemed: thou haft guided them bitter; therefore the name of it
fued, and went tbcm, to
in after
Lord, and fpake, lay- in thy ftrength
unto thy holy was called Marah.
the midft of the fea, even all Pha- unto the 24 And the people murmured
the Lord, habitation.
raoh's horfes, his chariots, and ing, I will fing unto j
for he hath triumphed glorioufly; 14 The people fhali hear, and againft Mofcs, faying, What fhall
6is horfemcn.
and his rider hath Kc be afraid: forrow mall take hold we drink?
%4 And it came to pafs, that in the horfe 35 And he
morning-watch the Lord thrown into the fea. on the inhabitants of Paleftina. cried unto the
She a The Lord is my ftrength and
1

15 Then the dukes of Edom Lor d, and the Lord (hewed him
ookcd;unto the hoft of the..E-
he is become my falva- ftall he amazed, the mighty men a tree, -which when he had caft in-
gyptians. though the pillar of fong, and
*.

tion: he is my God, and I will of Moab, trembling mall take to the watcr.% the waters were
fii;e„ and of trjo cloud, and trou- them all the inhahi- made fweet: there he made for
hold upon
,

prepare him an habitation; my :

bled the hoft of the Egyptians, tantsof Canaan fhall melt away, them a ftatutc and an ordinance,
chariot- fathers God, and 1 will exalt him.
%S And took off" their 16 Fear and dread (hall fall up- and there he proved them,
wheels, that they drave them 3 The Lord is a man of war:
on them: by the great neft of 26 And faid, If thou wilt d:li-
heavily: fo that the Egyptians the Lord
is his name.
thinearm they (hall be as ftill as
MA i ?* - «
e -
— face of 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his
a ftonc: till thy people pafs over,
gently hearken to the voice of the
Lord thy God, and wilt do that
hoft hath he caft into the lea hi* O Lord, till the people pafs over,
Ifrael; for the Lord fighteth for :
which is right in his fight, and
chofen captains atfb arc drowned which thou haft purchafed.
them, againft the Egyptians. wilt give ear to bis command.
in the Red fea* 17 Fhou (halt bring them in,
a6 H And the Lord faid unto covered
\ mcnts, and keep all his ftatutcs;
Mofcs, Stretch out thine hand 5 The depths have and plant them in the mountain I will put none of thefe difeafes
over the fea, that the waters may them : they fank into the bottom of thine inheritance, in the place, upon thee, which I have brought
come a?ain upon the Egyptians, as a ftono. OLord, -which thou haft made upon the Egyptians: for I 0m the
upon their chariots, and upon 6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is for thee to dwell in; in the fane- Lord that healeth thee.
their horfemen.
become gloriJus Jn power: thy I
uary
\° |;° RD » ^'V* thy hands And
they came to Elim,
27 1
And Moles ftretched forth right hand, O Lord, hath dafhed haireeftabhihed. where
twelve wells of water,
*7
his hand over the fea, and the fea
in pieces the enemy.
grcatnefsof thine
i » ne Lord /hall
1 reign for and threefcoreand ten palm-trees:
returned to his ftrength when the 7 And in the and they encamped there by the
morning appeared, and the Egyp- excellency thou haft overthrown VfjZ' c of
19 for the horfe r Vt t*u
Pharaoh waters.
that role up againft thee:
tians fled againrt it: and the them
thy wrath, 2£k k" ? hr his ch *™t*. and C H A P. XVI
Lord overthrew the Egyptians in thou fenteft forth
the midft of
»8 And the
the fea.
water* returned,
-which conftimed them as ftubble.
8 And with the Ulaft of thy
waters were gathered
iB&^T*
Sen of ?hVr
IMUten! fU
'T°
b rOU8ht
P
T
lh C

tP*
thcm but
.

thC
:
A
A
they took their journey
from Elim, and all the con-
S"*"™
of the children of Ifrael
and covered the chariots, and the noftrils the l»nd in
C l °n dr >' camc ttnto tht
of Sin,
floods rtood upright them- ° rf th
u r
horfemen, -and all the hoft of Pha- together the
1
:
which b bctwccn E,im and
S fca
fT^ ™™^
heap, and the depths
were ao i An/Si*- "

raoh that came into the fea after as an 1

prophet. 01. the fifteenth day of the fecond
heart of theiea.. •6, the
them: there remained not fo congealed in the ^brel month aftcr ^^^cparting out
The enemy laid, 1 will pnf' inh/rhf
«i in If"*!
her hand :
much as one of them. 9 and all the of the land
; of Egypt,
I will
divide
of Ifrael fue, I will overtake,
a? But the children And
I
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E X O D U S. CHAP. XVI
% And the whole congregation gregation of the children of I md flank: and it vas like coriander-feed,
ing, ant
of the children of Ifrael murmured el, that they looked toward **— — v
againft Mdfes and Aaron in the wildernefs, and behold, the*
Mo
and jvioic* v
gathered
,
$very
...
like
' ; , 11 -was
it wafers made with honey.
I And
they
of th e Loa d appeared in thecl man according to
wildernefs-
Burning, every 3* 1 And Mofes faid, This is
children of Ifracl IX *j And the Loan fpake
3 f And the and when the fun the thing which the Loan com-
h£ eating: melted.
faid unto them, Would to God we to Mofes, faying, mandeth, Fill an omer of it to be
-axed hot, it
had died by the hand of the Loan 12 I have heard the murmur* came to pafs that on kept for your generations; that
% %* And it
in the land of Egypt, when we fat ings of the children of Ifrael;
they gathered twice they may fee the bread where-
fpeak unto them, faying, At even the fixth day
by the flefh-pots, and when we did bread, two omers for one with I have fed you in the wllder-
as much
'

cat bread to the full ; for ye hare ye fhall cat flefh, and
brought us forth into this wilder- morning ye fhall be
m n; and all the
rulers of the nefs, when I brought
congregation came and toldMofes. from the land of Egypt.
you forth
fhall know
nefs, to kill this whole affembly bread: and ye faid unto them, 33 And Mofes faid unto Aaron.
am the Lot d your God. %3 And he
with hunger. This is that which the Loa d hath Take a pot, and put an omer full
4 J Then faidthe Lorp unto 13 And itcame to pafs, uthe reft of the of manna therein, and lay it up
faid, To-morrow
Mofcs, Behold, I will rain bread at even the quails came up,
holy fabbath unto the Lord: before the Lord, to be kept for
from heaven for you; and the covered the camp; and in
bake that which ye will bake /a- your generations,
people (ball go out and gather a morning the dew lay round itff.andfeethethatye willfeethe; 34 As the Lord commanded
certain rate every day, that I may the hoft.
and that which remaineth over, Mofes, fo Aaron laid it up before
prove them, whether they will 14 And when the dew that
lay up for you to be kept until the Teftimony, to be kept,
walk in my law, or no. was gone up, behold, upon the morning 35 And the children of Ifrael
pars, face of the wildernefs there
5 And it lhall come to 44 And they laid it up till the did eat manna forty years, until
that on the fixth day, they lhall fmall round
thing, as
morning, as Mofes bade: and it they came to a land inhabited*
prepare that which they bring in; the hoar froft on
the grou
did not (link, neither was there they did cat manna, until
15 And when the childr they
and it (hall be twice as much as any worm therein. came unto the borders of the
Ifracl faw it, they faid one
they gather daily. »5 And Mofes faid, Eat that land of Canaan,
6 And Mofes and Aaron faid other, It is manna:
for they
to day; for to-day is a fabbath 36 Now an omer is the tenth
onto all the children of Ifrael, At not what it vas.
And Mofes unto the Lor d : to-day ye fhall part of an ephah.
the unto them, This is the
even, then ye fhall know that not find it in the field. CHAP
XVII
Lor d hath brought you out from which the Lor d
hath given »6 Six days yc (hall gather it; ^ND
all the congregation of
the
the land of Egypt.
7 And in the morning,
then
to cat.
16 J This is the thing w 5 "
l
fc Venth
-
Yt
the fabbath, 10 it there (hall
h
^ \
C bi$
I chi,dren
,
of journeyed
be from the wildernefs of 6in,
MM
d; the Lord hath commanded, after
ye (hall fee the glory of theLoft D ne
°, '« thcir J ourncys. according to
the
for that he lieareth your
murmur- therof it every man according , a a
47 1 And it came to pafs,
. .
commandment of the Log n and
ing againft the Lor d; and what his eating:
an omer for ev there went out
>w
of the people pitched in
tre we.thatye murmuragainrt
8 And Mofes faid, Tbh frail
us? man, according to the number
be your perfons, take ye every anA
l
and they ffound none.V ayf0r t0 * ather
. ^
drink
no water
Rcphidim: an
for the F«*p>c
Rfc*
people 10
to
which are in his te
when the Lord (hall give you in for them
the evening flefh to eat,
and in 17 And the children of
the morning bread to the
full; didfo, and gathered, fomc fecp my commandments and my us water that we may drink.
your fome lefs. And
for that the Lord heareth **ofe$ ftid unto them Why
murmurings which ye murmur a- 18 And when they did m aQSee f„rthn»»k.i l u chide

gainft him : and what are

wei? with an omer, he that gat
had nothing over, and
your murmurings are not againft much, And the people thhaed
the Lord. that gathered little, had no K^dort^odlyl.t^ 3 there
us, but againft
9 < And Mofcs fpake unto they
gathered every man
eating.
«*ry
ma " go
man io hi, P
m,S P ,laceon
out «f h '
place 1
,Ct
" red T
?°
f
m T" £2?
Mofes, and laid
the pC lc
°P mur "
Aaron, Say unto all the congre- ing to his feventhday
'
the Wherefore is this that thou
gation of the children of
Ifrael, 19 And Mofes faid, haft
1 DS U P ODt of
Come near before the Loa d : for man leave of it till
the , 30 So the P people
P reft«l «» »k. k,n u
Cftc<,onthe , wH* ****** to
he hath heard your murmurings. ao Notwithftanding ft»enthday.
° Ut n,tle with thirft
\
our children? and
unto Mofes: 31 And the hm.fr «t ,r
10 And it came to pafs, as kened not . . .
4 A
of it until
,e
< the name ",d Mofc$ fricd ""to the
Aaron fpake unto the whole con- of them left
•«nc thereof
tuereof Manna; Lord,
r
faying, What lhall I do
unto
 *

EXODUS. whom
CHAP. XFX.
he had de- the people to God-ward, that
unto this people? they bcalmoft put out the remembrance of , eeo Ifrael*
malek from under heaven. the hand of the thou mayeft bring the caufes un-
ready to frone me. r° ed out of
15 And Mofes built an altar _ to God;
5 And the Loan faid unto Frvotiaos.
Mofes, Oo on before the people, and called the name of it JEHfV 10 And Jethro faid,
Bleffed he to And thou (halt teach them
and take with thee of the elders VAH-nilB. the Lo«d* wbo hath **Hf«W* ordinances and laws, and (halt
the Egyp- fbxw them the way wherein they
of Ifrael : and thy rod, where- 16 For he faid, Becaufe the «u oat erf the hind of
with thou fmoteft the river, take Lord hath fworn, that the Lo** Jjans, and
out of the hand of muft walk, and the work that
will have war with Amalek from delivered the they muft do.
who hath
in thine hand, and go. Pharaoh,
6 Behold, ! will ftand before generation to generation. people from under the hand of %i Moreover, thou (halt pro-
thee there, upon the rock in Ho- CHAP. XVIII. 1 the £gn> tians - .
ride OMt of « u tl>*
P*°P'e able,
rcb: and thou malt finite the WHEN Jcthro the prieft f
Midian, Mofes father-m.
.

ji Now I know that the Lord men, fuch as fear God, men of
greater than all gods : for in truth, hating covetoufnefs; and
!t>ck, and there (hall come water is
that God had wherein they dealt place fuch over them to be rulers
out of It, that the people may law, heard of all the thing
drink. And Mofes did fo in the done for Mofes,
and for Ifrael big proudly, be was above them. of thoufands, and rulers of hun-
fight of the elders of Ifrael.
people, and that the Lord had 1% And Jethro, M©fes father- dreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers
7 And he called the name
of brought Ifrael out of Egypt: in law, took a burnt'oflcring and of tens.
the place Maflah, and Meribah, 2 Then Jcthro, Mofes father- facrifices for God: and Aaron %% And let them judge the
becaufe of the chiding of the chil- in-law, took
Zipporah Mofes wife, came, and all the elders of Ifrael, people at all feafons: and it fliall
dren of Ifrael, and becaufe they after he had fent her back, to eat bread with Mofes father- be, that every great matter they
tempted the Lord, faying, Is the 3 And her two fons, of wh in-law before God. ihall bring unto thee, but every

Lord among us, or not? the name of the one wai Gerfhom, 13 J And it came to pafs on fmall matter they (hall judge. So
8 f Then came Amalek, and (for
he faid, 1 have been an alien tbe morrow, that .Mofes fat to mail it be eafier for thyfeif, and
fought with Ifrael in Rcphidim. in a ftrange land.) judge the people: and the people they fhall bear the burden' wiih

9 And Mofes faid unto Jofhua, 4 And the name of the other flood by Mofes from the morning thee.

Choofe us out men, and go out, wai Eiiezcr: (for the God of my uato the evening.. 23 If thou malt do this thing
fight with Amalek : to-morrow I father, /^ he was mine help, 14 And when Mofcs father-in- and God command thee k then
%
hill, and delivered me from the fword law faw all that he. did to the thou fhalt be able to endure,
will (land on the top of the ant!
with the rod of God in mine hand. of Pharcoh.)
people, he faid, What is this all this people lhall alfo go to their
10 So Jofhua did as Mofes had 5 And Jcthro, Mofes fath thing that thou doft to the peo- place in peace.
A- in-law, came with his fons an pie? why fitteft thou thyfeif a- 24 So Mofes hearkened to the
faid to him, and fought with
Mofes into the wil lone, and ail the people (fend by voice of his
malck: and Mofes, Aaron, and his wife unto father-in-law and
hill. dernefs, where he encamped thee from morning unto even ? did all that he had faFd
Hur, went up to the top of the
when the mount of God. 15 And Mofes faid unto his 25 And Mofes chofe able men
11 And it came to pafs,
Mofes held up his hand, that If- 6 And he faid unto Mofes, father id law, Becaufe the people out of all
Ifrael, and made them

rael prevailed : and when he let thy father-in-law Jcthro am come comeunto me to enquire of God. heads over
the people, rulers of
wife, and her When they have a matter, thoufands, rulers of
down his hand, A malek prevailed. unto thee, and thy 16
hundreds, ru-
the, come unto me, and I judge Icrs
la But Mofes hands were heavy two ,
fons with her. of fifties, and rulers of tens.
And Mofes went out to £ n * noth cr and 1
and they took a ftonc and put it
under him, and he fat thereon, meet
and Aaron and Hur flayed up
hands, the one on the one fide, they
7 ^
his father-in-law, and did
his obeifance, and killed him, and
afked each other of their wel-
tt£
U
AnAJ
A^
2

.^
,
W
iiV*^\
«
t
>

. .
*6 And they judged the people

thc
f^her.in.law every fmal?
*
a " f«fons; the hard caufes

7 °™«ht unto Mofes, but

matter they indeed
fide; fare: and they came into
thetent. *£ku$?l
Uid unto him. The k
thing that themfelves.
and the other on the other
8 And Mofes told his father-
and his hands were ftcady until
in-law all that the Lord had ^J^^itftwty wetr.wiy, iu-law depart; and he went
the going down of the fun. hi*
And difcomfited A- done unto Pharaoh, and to thf

edge
13
malekand
of the
Jolhua
his
fword.
people with the Egyptians for Ifracl's take, r,ni
all the travel that had come
upon K^L
SSm^L ^
fo
!
hUA,BJ
a ft 0t
°
*^
>Wc
T
CHAP.
N thc third
XIX.
when the
14 And the I-otn

in a book, and rehcarfc it

faid unto
Mofes, Write this for a memorial Lord
in the
them

9
by

And
the way, and how the
delivered them.
Jethro reioiced for • » ^l^eZ^^?
. M
SSSSL
mT
"* 6'~e thee conn
.
thy<C,fa,onc -

^
n~J
9
1 childwn of
forth
.u. r.
° Ut of
*_j
^e
Ifrielwere gone
land of Egypt,*
.1 .°'
. .

goodnefs which the I-o*i> nJJ

cars ofjofhua: for I will utterly the Be thou for wildernefs of Sinai.
E % For
 :

EXODUS.
And thou (halt fet hounds
C II A P. XX.
4 Tor they were departed from It
let tlie prierts alfo, xo But the feventh day is thi
the people round about, fay. at
Renhidim, and were come to the unto near to the Lord, fabbath of the Lord thy God : in
dclert of Sinai, and had pitched ing,
Take heed to ycurfelvcs, that left the Lord it thou lhalt not do any work,
7 Axfr themfelvcs,
yc go>not up into the mount, o r
in the wildcrnefs, and there If- k k forth
upon them. thou, nor thy (on, nor thy daugh-
camped before the mount, touch the border ot it wholoever faid unto the ter, thy man-fcrvant, nor thy
*l And Mofes
:
rael
3 And Moles went
up unto toucheth the mount, (hall be cannot come maid fervant, nor thy cattle, nor
put to death, rd The pedple
God, and the Lord called unto furely to* mount
Sinai; for thou thy ftrangcr that is within thy
him out of the mountain, faying, 13 1 here fliall not an hand Set bound* fates:
touch it, but he lhall furely be rharKcdft us, faying,
Thus lhalt thou fay to the houfe the mount, and fanftify it. XI For in fix days the Lord
bout
the children of (toned or Ihot through- whether
3 made heaven and earth, the tea,
of Jacob, and tell
14 And the Lord faid unto
it be bead or man, it lhall not live;
/•*•
j .
thee down, and and all that in them ii.and refted
e him Away, get
|

the trumpet foundeth long,

a Ye have feen what 1 did unto when thou flialt come up,
thou, and the feventh day: wherefore the
they lhall come up to the mount, Lord bleftcd the fabbath-day,
the Ecyptians, and bow I bare Aaron with thee: but let not the
vou on eacles wings, and brought 14 <[ And Molos went down people break and hallowed it.
nriefts and the
from the mount unto the people XX % Honour thy father and
you unto myfelf. n l through, to come up unto the
e Now therefore, if yc will obey
and <ancl,fied the people, and thy mother: that thy days may
Lord, left he break forth upon
my voice indeed, and keep my they warned their clothes, be long upon the land which the
tj icm /
I

covenant, then ye lhall he a pe- 15 And he fa,d unto the peo- went down unto Lord thy God gtveth thee,
3,5 So Mofes
aga.nlt the third
tuliartreafurcuntome above all pie, Be ready the people, and fpakc unto them. 1 3 Thou malt not kill.
oeonle: for all the earth is
mine, day : come not at your wives.
i6 And it came to pafson the
CHAP. XX. 14 Thou ftiah not commit a-
6 And yc mall be unto me a AND God fpake all thcfe words, dultery.
day in the morning, that
Linedom of prietts, and an holy third faying, 15 Thou malt not (leal,
nation. Thcfe are the
words there were thunders and light- a I am the Lord thy God, 16 Thou foalt not bear falfc
unto the nings, and a thi.-k. cloud upon
which thou lhalt fpeak which have brought thee out of witnefs againft thy neighbour,
the mount, and the voice of the the land of Egypt, out of the 17 Thou (halt not covet thy
chihlren of llrael.
* And Mofes came, and call- trumpet exceeding loud; lo that houfe of bondage. neighbour's houfe, thou malt not
7 that -was in the
all tne people
ed for the elders of the people, 3 Thou lhalt have no other covet thy neighbour's wife, nor
and laid before their faces all camp, trembled. gods before me. his man-fervant, nor his maid*
AndMo.es brought forth
thefewordswhichtheLoRocom- x 7 4 Thou fhalt not make unto fervant, nor his ox, nor his ofs 9
i-j the people out of the camp to thee any graven image, or any nor any thing that h thy neigh*
™8 An. ft! the people .nfwered meet with God, and they .hod likenefs of any thingt that is in bour's.
at the nether part of the mount. heaven above, or that is in the 18 ? And all the people faw
together'.and faid, All that the
l8 And mount Sina. was alto-
IS d hath fpoken, we will do.
on a .moke, becaufe the
earth beneath, or that is in the the thundeiiogs, and the light-

And Mofcs returned the words of gether 1-ORn descended upon it in tire;
water under the earth. nings, and the noife of the trum-
Zi ..... » the I ord 5 Thou fhalt not how down pet, and the mountain fir. ok ing

^
i

faid muo Mo- and the fmoke thereof ,f«ndjd a. l thyfclf to them, nor ferve them : and when the people Jaw ?/, they
the
9
unto thee in a the imokc ot a furnace, and the for I the Lord thy God am a jca- removed, and ftood afar off.
fes Lo 1 come
people may whole mount
quaked greatly bos God, vifiting the iniquity of
thick doud, that the 19 And they faid unto Mofes,
{ear wren fpeak with thee, and 19 And when the vo«ce of the fathers upon the children, Speak thou with us, and we

ScUeve thee for ever. And

fes told the words of the

°o t^^e Lo*o
PP^a^S
faid
Mo-

1™;^
*> And the
unto
trumpet founded Ion, and waxed

on the top of
unto the third and fourth genera* hear: but let not God
Hon of them that hate me :
6 And (hewing mercy unto

anu keep my commandments.

us, left we die.
10 And Mofes faid unto the
thousands of them that love me, people, Fear noc; for God is
will
fpeak with

come
and upon mount S,na to prove you, and that his fear
Mofes, Go
unto the people,
and ilu Lore ca eo
and to mor- the mount .
7 Thou lhalt not take the name maybe before your faces, that ye
faucWv them to-day :

.to the top ot the

mount, <>f the I- ord thy '
low and let them walh their Mofes *p God in vain for fin not.
:

and Moles went up- notno,d him g«ilt- And

'
,

the tl And the Lord faid unto V

ciscnattakethhisnamehi vain,
21 the people rto>d afar
off, and Mofes drew near unto
I And be ready againft
charge the pco-
Moles, Go down, -' C m r thc fa °l>ath-day, thethick
third dav for the third day the darknefs where God wt.
Kfl they break through wwe
to . .
.Pit holy
i

%% 1 And thc Lord faid unto

lillcome down in theV.ght pie
73 the people, upon mount the Lo^to I™. >" d
™^ «.JJ
and ,1, n u
a> lhalt tho
.
* labour > MofcS « Thu * thou (halt i;«y unto
 : H

E X O D U S. CHAP. XXII.
children of Ifraei, Ye have not go out as the n»cn-ferv»nls3o, ant, or
his maid with a rod, give unto their mafter thirty fhe-
the
have talked with you 8 If (he pleafe not her ma under his hand; he kelsof filver, and the ox (hall be
feen that 1
n& he' die
from heaven.
who hath betrothed her to h furely punifhed. ftoned.
Stall be
make with me felf, then (hall he let her be if he con- if a man (hall open And
13 Ye (hall not -I Notwithftanding, 33 f
deemed. To fell heruntoaft day or two, he (hall not a pit, or if a man lhall dig a pit,
gods of filvcr, neither tall ye tioue a
gods of gold. nation he (hall have no~_„ : for he is
his money, and not cover it, and an ox or an
make unto you bc punifhed
14 J An altar of earth thou feeing he hath dealt dcceitfull a a 1 It
mm
tt»i*e, and hurt a afs fall therein;

fhalt make unto me, and

lhalt with her.
woman with child, fo that her 34 The owner of the pit fhall
Sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offer- 9 And if he have betrothed h,
fruit depart from
her, and yet no make it good,
and give money
thy unto his fon, he (hall deal with mifchuf follow: he (hall be fure- unto the owner of them; and the
ings, and thy peace offerings,
all her after the manner of daughf punilhed, according as the wo- dead beaft fhall be his.
Iheep, and thine oxen: 10 jy

where record my name, 10 If ht take him another v

I
man's hu(band will lay upon him; 35 ^ And if one man's ox hurt
places I

will her food, her raiment, and and he (hall pay as the judges another's that he die, then they
will come unto thee, and 1
thee.
duty of marriage (hall he determine. (hall fell the live ox-, and divide
-blefs t b

%$ And thou wilt make me

if
diminifh. 23 And any mifchief follow,
if the money of it, and the dead ox
not 11 And if hedonotthefeth then thou (halt give life for life, alio they ihaJi divide.
an altar of (lone, thou (halt
build it of hewn (lone; for if
thou unto her, then (hall (he go 14 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, 36 Or if it be known that the ox
iift up thy tool upon it,
thou halt free without money. hand for hand, foot for foot, hath ufed topufhin time paft.and
polluted it.
ia ? He that fmiteth a m »5 Burning for burning, wound his owner hath not kept him in;

Neither fhalt thou go up by fo that he die, (hall be furely for wound, ft ripe for ftripe. he (hall furely pay ox for ox, and
a6
thy na- to death. %6 1 And if a man finite the the dead (hall be his own.
fleps unto mine altar, that
kedneft be notdifcovered
tluicon. 13 And if a man lie not in eye of his fervant, or the eye of XXII. CHAP.
wait, but God deliver bim into h' his maid, that it perilh; he (hall TF a man (hall' ft<al an ox or a
C H A ft XXI.
then 1 will appoint thee let him go free for his eye's fake. 1 fheep, and kill it, or fell
thefc are the judg mcnts hand;
NOW which thou lhalt let before place
whither he lhall flee. Xj And if he fmite out
it:
his he (hail reftore five oxen for an ox.
14 But if a man come prcfump man-fervant's tooth, « r his maid- and four (heep for a (hcep.
them.
fcr- tuouily upon his neighbour, t
mm _ r ferfanfs tooth; he lhall let him
buy an Hebrew % J If a thief be found break-
% If thou
vant, fix years
feventh he
teW^ JJ
(hall go
him with guile;
flay
out fr#e take him from mine
thou (hal
altar, tha
go free for his tooth's fake. ingup, and be (mitten that hedie,
a* \ If an ox gore a man or a there fhall no blood be
fled for him.
in the
he may die. "°Vn ,r € Z d,eS thcn thc 3 lf thc fun bcrifenupon him,
for nothing.
1 If he came in by
.,.
himfelf,
lhallgooutbyhimfelf; if he were
he 15 f And he that fmi
.

father, or his mother,

?A
firth (ball .
e
^ i
lyBonci
not be eaten? but the for he mould make
owner of the ox flail be quit.
'
andbis
full reftitution:
be bloody for him;

married, then his wife uW go furely put to death. if he have nothing, then he (hall
16 \ And he that
ftealcth 9 th c ox wcrc wont to bc fold for his
out with him.
man, and felleth him, or if he
JL Ik u S L
,me
thelt.
hath given him ?n.l Tl
" « If the theft be certainly found
4 If his mafter l
a wife, and (he
daughters;
have born bim
the wife
found in his hand, he (hall fu
and be put to death.
1 l

ThZlT*
k
i
» 'n
13 h been teft:ficd

h t
t \ Sl
n k
to his in
thlm ox > oraf$
his hand whether it he
alive,
orftcepi he (hall re-
fons or £ he hath killedf*
hut that\ u *
>n,
And he that curfetn a mar.
matter 17

^ ftore double.
s, «[
her children (hall be her
fu X
and he lhall go out by Mm«^ father, or his mother, (hall
5 \Thi,
S

° t 5 ' ,f a ma » a
be put to death. a,f
° fta
" bC °r V n ard t0 bc " tf n aDd
5 Andifthefervant(hallp!am-
my wife, 18 ^ And if men drive
pSt o dea h
PUt
l 7
50 MS bcaft and
>
,bal1

lv fay, 1 love my
matter, fhal1 fc "> in
30 If the?; K. •
ther, and one finite another
* '

will m>t go
I ,
°?
1
im a another man's field ; of the heft:
and my children, I ftmof mAnl u l\
fift, an
™X
,

out free
matter (hall bring
a (lone, or with bis
die not, but kcepeth bis
bed; Sthc
t hc " h
f f.!
hall
r c of his own field, and of the heft

6 Then his
him unto the judges;
bring him to
door port: and
the door
his
he
or
(hall
unto
matter
with an
>
alio

(ha
awl;
19

I he that

he
If he rife again,
the abroad upon his ftaff,
and
then
tmote him be quit
(hall pay for the lofs
„ Wh
fon, 07 haveJ
»ccordi„ to tli
« be donVu n
t
P

dBmClU
l"

*tt*fi
ftaI1
a
-
h Im '
.

6 * lf Hrc brcak out and

'
\<M ^
in th ° rnS fo that the flacks of
h

the ftanding-corn, or the

*
mak * reftitution.
^
bore his ear through
time, and lhall caufc him
; d bc confumcd therewith; he
and he (haU ferve him for ever. 3* If the ox fliln a*
if a man fell hisdaugh-
throughly healed.
7* And And a man Jm™
be a maid-lcjvant, (he frail
%o 1 if
tJtL £ 3 7 1
 :

EXODUS. unto to give her nnto him, he

CHAP.
XXIII.
(hall ye eat any thy handmaid, and the rtranger
1 1 If a man fhall deliver fhall tome: neither
money according tothedow torn of beads in the may he refrclhed.
his neighbour money or fluff" to Aft that is
keep, and be flolen out of the
it virgins. T\d 9 ye *hall call
it to the dogs, 13 And in Mtbfogi that I have
man's hoiife; if the thief be 18 1 Thou (halt not fuffer a C U A P. XXIII. did unto you, be circumfpccl:
a falfe and make no mention of the
found, let htm pay double. witch to live. H OU /halt not raife
8 If the thief be not found,
then themafter of the houfe (hall
19 1 Whofoever licth with a
bead, (hall furcly be put to death,
T report: put not thine hand names of other gods, neither let
with the
wicked to be an un- it be heard out of thy mouth,
be brought unto the judges, 10 fee 20 ^ He that faenhceth unto righteous witnefs. 14 ? Three times thou malt
any god.fave unto the Lor d only, not follow a keep a fcaft unto me in the year,
whether he have put his hand BO* \ f Thou (halt
to his neighbour's goods. he (hall be utterly deflroyed. multitude to do evil; neither malt 15 Thou (halt keep the feaft of
21 5 Thou neither vex a
(halt
thou fpeak in a
caufc, to decline unleavened bread thou malt cat
9 For all manner of trefpafs,
:

ivbaherit be for ox, lor afs, tor ftrangcr, nor opprefs him: for ye after many,
to wv<fi judgment, unleavened bread feven davs, as I
fherp, for raiment, or for any wercltrangcrsin the land of F.gypt. Neither (halt thou counte- commanded thee, in the time ap-
} J
manner of loll thing, which ano- 22 1 Ye fhall not afflift auy nance a poor man in his caufe. pointed of the month Ahib: tor
iWr challcngeth to be his; the widow, or fatlicrlefs child, 4 ^ If thou
meet thine enemies in it thou earned out from Egypt:
caufe of both parties fhall come 2.1 If thou arnirt them in any ox or his afs going
aftray, thou and none mall appear before me

before the judges; and whom the wile, and they

cry at all unto me: (halt furcly bring it back to him empty:

judges lhail condemn, he fhall will furcly hear their cry ;

I again. 16 And the feaft of harvefr,
•

pay double unto his neighbour. 24 And my wrath Ihall wax 5lfthoafecthcaff of h:m that the fir/r fruits of thy labours,
kill you with the hateth thee, Iving under his bur- which thou hart fown in the folds
10 If a man deliver unto his hot, and I wul
neighbour an or an ox, or a fword; and your
afs,
w ives fhall be den, and wouldeft forbear to help and the fcaft of in gathering,
Iheep, or any heart to keep; and
widows, and your children fa- bim; thou (hah furcly help with -which is in the end of the year,
it die, or be hurt, or driven a-
therlcfs. him. when thou hart gathered in' thy
wav, no man feeing it : »5 1 " thou lend money to rn 6 Thou not wrcfl the
(halt labours out of the field,
people that is poo, by thee, judgment of thy poor in his caufe.
11 Then fhall an oath of the of my 17 Three times in the year all
him as an n- 7 Keep thee far from a falfe
Luid be between them both, that thou (halt not he to thy males fhall appear before the
he hath not put his hand unto his furer,
neither (halt thou lay
•
matter: and the innocent and Lord God.
righteous (by thou not: for I will 18 1 Thou malt not offer the
neighbour's goods: and he own- him ufury.
1

er of it fhall accept thereof, and 26 If thou at all take not jurtify the wicked. blood of my facrificeu ith leaven-
neighbour's raiment to pli 8 1 And thou fnalt take no ed bread, neither mall the fat
he (hall not make it good. of
ia And if it be llolen from
thou (halt deliver it unto hn gift: for the gift blindcth the my facrificc remain until the
gocth down wife, and pervertetll the words of morning.
him, he fliall make rellitution that the fun
27 For that iJ his coverinf t U
unto the owner thereof.
then ly, it it his raiment for his I
l
^?i
9 1 Alfof? *;
thou fl
.
(halt not
,
opprefs
19 Thefirrtofthefirrt fruits of
thy land thou malt bring into the
, 3 If it be torn in pieces;
he fleep ? and it a rtranger: f rye know the heart
jet him bring it for witnefs, and wherein fhall houfe of the Lord thy God
not make good that which come to pafs, when he cr.eth of a rtranger. feeing ye were Thou (halt not feethea kid in his
|,e fhall
me, that I will hear: for Hrancers in the land of Kgypt. mother's milk.
was torn. A d fiX
v
14 « And if a man borrow gracious.
28 1 Thou (halt not revile *hl°\ A andJT!
by land,
th ° U ,halt
,
(halt gather in the
20 1 i{chold ' 1 /cnd Angel
before thee, to keep thee in
«
cJt of his neighbour, and it be the
owner thereof gods nor curie the ruler of
hurt, or die, the
II But the feventhyor thou place
tew
make
not with it; he (hall furcly people.
good.
it ?-9 1 Thou
l not
,
of thy'ripe fruil
Y ^ -

Sri
ti e poor "/'J'
iC ftiU; U,at
which I have prepared.

of thy people may eat: his voice,

P
21 ****** »< him, and obey
re B„/ if the owner thereof he offer the fi.fl provoke him not for
with it, he fhall not makci/ good; and of thy
«
liquors: the fir ft bo

« ft man "
,n ,,kc
bcafh ^^^nrj;^^
fions: for mv Name him
•"i'fi^&ss.ri nP
Zf^!^ "ft1 ru 1
'

th*™* « **
is in

^ thou malt
indeed o- if
yard
16 « And if a man entice a thine

lie with her; he fhall

oxen, and with
maid that is not betrothed, and &vcn day.it
furcly en- on the eighth day thou
(halt
thy Ihe^i

^ nnd with thy ol.ve-yard.

S X ay$ th U
work a J
,°
?
3lt d ° th >'
bey his voice, and do all that I
» i"« an enemy

dow her to be his wife.

17 If her father utterly refufc
it mc.
3* 1 And ? c flwil bc hoIy
Ihbe ais
afi mTv
ma> r, $ and
rcit,
*
7
h fon of
the M VCff
"? M ^ lhinC
% 3 For mine Angel
E 4.
lhall go bc-
fore
 E X O D U S. CHAP. XXV.
and bring thee in unto
fore thee, CHAP. XXIV.
And upon the nobles of the $ A«d rams fkins died
red, and
the Amorites, and the Hittites, AND
Come
he faid unto
up unto the
ix
liidrtoof iVrucl
le laid not his badgers /kins, and fhirtini-uocd,
and the Perizzites, and the Ca- *;f<> thcy f* w
0od| and 6 Gil ,or thc 'fefcttfpfcM foru.
f*! n <l
naanites, and the Hivites, and the thou and Aaron, Nadab and drit'.k. nointingoil, and ferfueetincenfe,
\\d cat
Jebulites : and 1 will cut them off. bihu, and feventy of the el € And the Lord faid unto 7 Onyx-rtoncs and ftoncs to
J2
24 Thou fhalt not bow down to Ifracl; and worlhip ye afar _ Mofcs Cow€ U P
:o n;c int0 ti,c bc in tllc c P llod
»
and in the
their gods, nor ferve them, nor % And Mofes alone (hall c
mount, and be there, and I will breaft- plate.
do after their works: but thou near the Lord; hut they cive thee
table* of (lone, and a 8 And let them make me a
fbalt utterly overthrow them, and not come nigh, neither (hall commandments which fanAuary; that 1 may dwell a-
law and
quite break down their images. people go up with him.
have written; that thou mayeft moncft them,
3 ^ And Mofcs came and tol
I
%$ And yc (hall ferve the Lord teach them. 9 According to al! that I (hew
your God. and he (hall hlefs thy the people all the words of And Moles rofe up, and his thee, after the pattein of the la-
bread, and thy water: and I will Lord, and all the judgmen
U
minifttr Jolhua; and Moils went herraclc, and the pattern of all
take ficknefs away from the midft and all the people anfwered w into thc mount of God. the inflruments thereof, ever, fo
up
o*f thee. one voice, and faid. All the word And
14 he faid unto the elders, lhall ye make;'/.
zb t There (hall nothing cart which the Lord hath faid, Tany ye here for us, until we io * And they (hall make an
their young, nor be barren in thy we do. come again unto you; and he- ark of fhittim-wood ; two cubits
land; the number of thy days 1 4 And Mofes wrote al hold, Aaron and Hur are with and a hzlfjhalibe thc length thcre-
will fulfil. words of the Lord, and you; if any man have any mat- of, and a cubit and a half the
morning, and b
%f 1 will fend my fear before early in the ters to do, let him come unto breadth thereof, and a cubit and
thee, and will deftroy all the peo- an altar under the hill, and t them. a half thc heighth thereof.
ple to whom thou ihalt come, and pillars, according to the tw
%

15 And Mofes went up into II And thou malt overlay it

t will make thine enemies tribes of Ifracl.
all i the mount, and a cloud covered with pure gold, within and uith-
turn their backs unto thee. 5 And he fent young men ' the mount. out Ihalt thou overlay it; and
a8 And 1 will fend hornets be- the children of Ifracl, whi 16 And the glory of the Lor d fbalt make upon it a crown of
fore thee, which fnall drive out fered burnt-offerings, and abode upon mount Sinai, and the gold roun J about.
the HivitC, the Canaanitc, and ficed peace-offei ingsof o cloud covered it fix days; and the 1Z And thou fhalt caft four
;'ie Hittite from before thee. the Lor p. feventh day he called unto Mofes ring* of gold for it, and put them
ao 1 will not drive them out 6 And Mofes took half of out of the midft of thc cloud. in thc four corner* thereof; and
from before thee in one year; left blood, and put it in bafons; a 17 And thc fight of the glory two lings jbalt be in the one fide of
the land become defolate, and half of the blood he fprinkl of the Lord was like devouring it, and two rings in the other fide
the beaft of the field multiply a- the altar. fire on the top of the mount, in of it.

(jai if\ thee. 7 And he took the book of thc eyes of the children of Ifrael. 13 And thou (halt make flaves
3D By little and little I will covenant, and read in the 18 And Mofes went into the of fhittim-wood, and overlay them
"

drive them out from before thee, enceofthe people; and they midft of the cloud, and gat him with gold.
until thou be increafed, and in- All that the Lord hath faid, up into thc mount; and Mofcs 14 And thou fbalt put the
we do, and he obedient. was in the mount forty days, and ftaves into
herit the iand. the rings, by the fides
31 And 1 will fet thy bounds 8 And Mofcs took the bl forty nights.
f thc ark, that the ark may be
f.om the Red fea even unto the and fprinkled it on the
fta of the Philiftines, and from and faid,
Behold, the bl
the defert unto the river; for 1 the covenant which
the
A CHAP. XXV.
ND the Lord fpake
Moics, faying,
unto
born with them,
15 The iiaves (hall he
the
rings of the ark; they foil not
in

conce a
will deliver the inhabitants of the hath made with yon, k
fl** ""to the children of be taker, ficn. it.
"rael, that they bring
'.and into your hand; and thou all thefc words. mc an of- 16 And thou lUlt put into thc
(halt drive them out before thee. 9 ^ Then went up
Mofes
and Ahihu,
L & °[ cvcrv m that giveth ™ ark the tcftimony which I fball
3* Thou (halt make no covc- Aaron, Nadab
rt willingly
wi,h his heart, ye give thee.
nnat with them, nor with their feventy of the elders of
Ifracl. m offc rin 17 And thou (halt ;nakc a
gods. 10 And they faw the \ A A S
^ .
S-
" tbc offcril, g mercy-feat of pure gold; t*o cu-
dwell in thy Ifrael ; and there v/as under
a n ,

y c/hallt kcoi*them;gold, bits and a half Jlail be thc length

33 They (hall not
anim f
work
lar.d, left they make thee fin a- feet, as it were a paved
r,
1 ,
brafs, thereof, and a cubit and a half
were ,i
gainft me; for if thou ferve their fapphiie-ftone, and as it fcarl? j '
an** P^Pk' aml the breadth thereof.
gods, it will furcly be a fnarc unto body of heaven in bis
clear «, and fine bnen, and goats 18 And thou (halt make two
;hec. E S cherubiow
 E X O D U S# CHAP. xxvr.
chettoUmsc/golct; o/beatcn work of, and covers thereof, and bowls CHAP. XXVI. of the curtain which coupleth the
thai: thou make them, in the two
thereof to cover withal: of pure thou fhalt make fecond.
Moreover,
ends of the mercy-feat. gold (halt thou make them. the tabernacle with ten 11 And thou fhalt make fifty
19 And nuke one cherub on 30 And thou malt fet uponth. curtains
*/fine twined linen, and tachesof brafs, and put the tache*
the one end, and the other cherub table (hew bread before me alway. blue, and
purple, and fear let: into the loops, and couple the
on the other end; even of the 31 And thou Ihalt make a itb chciubims
of cunning work tent together, that it may he one.
gold o/*beat- v
mcrc>--fcut fh»ll f« make the che- candlcflick of pure :

Unit thou
make them. i% And the remnant that re-
the candlcrtick be
rubim* on the two ends thereof. en work lhall it
The length of one curtain maincth of the curtains of the
ao And the chcrubims ihall made: his fhaft, and his branch- ball be eight
and twenty^ubits, tent, the half-curtain that re-
bowls, his knops, andhis
ftrctch forth tbtlr wings on high, es, his *nd the breadth of one curtain maineth.fball hang over the back-
covering the meicy feat with their flowers lhall be of the fame A four cubits:
and every one of the fide of the tabernacle,
wings, and their faces flwll htkone 3a And fix branches (ball come curtains mail have one mcafure. 13 And a cubit on the one fide.
toanother; toward the mcrcy-fcat out of the fides of it: three 3 The five curtains (ball be and a cubit on the other fide of
Jhall thefacesof the chcrubims he. branches of
the candlcflick out of coupled together one toanother; that which remaineth io the
%l And thou (halt put the mer- the one fide,
and three branches and other five curtains Jball be cou- length of the curtains of the tent,
cy-feat above upon the ark, and of the candleitick
out of the pled one toanother. it ffaall hang over. the fides of the

In the ark thou fhalt put the tefti-

other fide. J 4 And thou fhalt make loops tabernacle, on this fide, and on
monv that I (hall give thec. 33 Three howls made like unto of blue upon the edge of the one that fide, to cover it.
%i And there I will meet with almonds, -with a knop and a flow- curtain, from the fclvedge in the 14 And thou a co-
(halt make
thee, and 1 will commune with er in one
branch ; and three bowls coupling: and likewife malt thou reringfor the tenc of rams fkins
thee, from above the mercy-feat, made like almonds in the other make in the uttermoft edge of died red, and a covering above of
-with a knop and a flow-
from between the two cherubim*, branch, another curtain, iu the coupling badgers (kins,
fix branches that
which are upon ;he ark of the te- er io in the : of the fecond.
f
15 1 And thou fhalt make
frimony, of all things which will come out
1
of the candleftick. 5 Fifty loops fhalt th^u make boards for the tabernacle, 0/ Am-
give thee in commandment unto 34 And in the candlcflick Jhall id the one curtain, and fifty loops tim- wood, (landing up.
be lour bowls made like unto al- Ihalt thou make in the edge of the 16 Ten cubits Jball be the length
the children of lfrael.
a monds, -with their knops and curtain that ts in the coupling of
43 % Thou (halt alfo wake of a board, and a cubit and an
their Cowers. the fecond, that the loops may
table o/fhittim-wood; two cubits half Jhall be thebreadth of one
And
there fiill be a knop* take hold one of another.
Jhall be the length thereof,
and a
cubit the breadth thereof, and a
35
under two blanches of the famey
,i«V m}
n h< mak c
board.
*7 Twotenons^///iere«eia
and a knop under two branchesof
SSb^S " T
?!! ,

cubit and a half the height thereof. 1 plc thc oncb ^rd, fet in order oneagainlt
the fame, and a knop under two L
curtains together with the taches;
1

%\ And thou (halt overlay it another: thus fhalt thou make

branches of the fame, according and ic fnall be one tabernacle.
with pure gold, and make thereto foral! the boards of the tabernacle.
gold round about. to the fix branches that proceed UlhaIt ' nakc cw - 18 An <*thou fhalt make the
a crown of 1°
15 And thou fhalt make unto
out of the candleOick. taiLV™?.
tainso/ goats W, .
to he a cover- boards for the tabernacle,
twenty
hand-breadth 36 Their knops and their ClCFCn b0an3S ° n thc ^udi-fide foutK.
it a border of an
branches mail be of the fame: all
round about, and thou malt make
a golden crown U the border it Jhtll U
one beaten work of pure
hM^
lhall
lk f
°. .
° DC " min J9 And thou /halt make forty
thereof round about.
a6 And thou (halt make for it
gold.
thou fhalt
37 And make J
the Mth^iL^i
Md thedev^r
aB
\- hC f^^^^Nunderthetwency
tWO fock <ts oni
the fc\en lamps thereof: and thef ° Curtains
four rin«$ of gold, and put Son^i7„ board for his two tenons, and two
corners that are fhall light the lamps thereof, that fockcts under another board for
rings in the four o A*tX - ,

four feet thereof. they may give light over again A Itj
on the
37 Over againil the border mall
the rings be, for places of the
38 And the tongs thereof, and
the lnun-difhes thticof, Jhall be cf curtail b
XX tS t
*° And for thc feconJ Cd < of
«
tab Daclc »» the north-Hdc,
*M k
pure gold. I the fixth J rtam ,n
fteves to bear the table. fc«.fre „t' -til? t K the tben twent y bowdi .
a8 And thou make the
ihalt Of a talent of pure gold
39
lhall
'0 And ?n™ i*Sf
rDaC ' C -
,
*x And their forty fockcts of
make it, with all thefe
vellc cr ,,
ftaves of
lay them
fhitttm-wood,
with gold, that
and over-
the ta<-
he
40 And look that thou ma
them after their pattern* whic
^
l «n <4« Z
?° M mofti.
the
r
,c" r - kMr'1 . «d
two fockcts under
ble may
%,)
d:fhr; M^
be born
And thou
with
foalt
them.
make the
fjKHWB ihcrc
was fhewed tbec in
t t'
[ l
CHAi
ling,
« ™*
"a fifty
«? the rou P" »w«her board.
loop, in the edge
», And for the fife of th*
E • ubcrraclc
 :

EXODUS, fiimony: and the vail (hall di

XXVIIT.
iahtrnade wefi-ward, thou (halt

make fix board*. unto you between the holy plt

33 And two boards (halt thou and the
mod holy,
make for the corners of the taber- 34 And thou (halt put
naclc in the two fides. mercy-feat upon the ark of th» to hear
it. •-'"«;-'»» »»y every wherc^and
the molt holy plocr . with boards fhal the height five cubits
24 And they (hall be couple 1 uftimony, in g Hollow e/finetwin-
make was (hewed ed linen and thtir fockets o/brafs.
35 Anrl thou (halt let the table it: 1:
a-.
together beneath, and they (hall , h0 u
fo (hall they
be coupled together above the without the
vail, and the candle thee in the mount, 19 All the vefTcIs of the taber-
againfl the table on »K- "»cle. in all the fervicc
head of it unto one ring: thus flick over nwkei/. ,
.. . . . thereof,
the tahernace toward • And tho,. (halt make the and all the pins thereof,
fnall it be for them both ; they fide of 9 and all
fouth : and thou (halt put the court of the
tabernacle for the the p i ns of the court (ball be of
fh-Il be for the two corners. 1
%t And they (hall be eight blc on the north-fide, fouth-fide, fi.uth-ward: there pall brafs.
36 And thou (halt make hangings for the court 0/ fine 20 ^ And thou (halt command
beards, and their fockets o/filver, ie

fixtccn fockcts: twofockets under hanging for the door

of th- ' twioed linen, of an hundred cu- the children of Ifrael, that they
bits long, for one bring thee pure oil-olive
fide.
one hoard, and two fockets under of blue, and purple, and beaten.
and twined linen, wroi
fine IC And the twenty pillars for the light, to caufc the
lamp
another board.
with needle- work. thereof, and their twenty fockcts to burn always
26 V And thou (halt make bars
the 37 And thou (halt make for Mitt */brafs: the hooks of"the 2t I n the tabernacle of the
of fcUtim-wood: five for
hanging five pillars of (hitti pillars, and their fillets flail be of congregation without
hoards of the one fide of the the vail
-wood, and overlay them filTer Wh ' ch " beforc thc teftimony!
tabernacle "
j ,. t -r r .u
II And Itkewife for the north- Aaron and his (ons (hall
. .1.

27 And bars for the boards gold, and their hooks /h//
five order it
and thou (halt cad fide it length there flail be hang- from evening to morning before
of the other fide of the tabernacle, gold:
fv ,

them, ,„gs of an hundred long, and the Lord. Jt

and five bars for the boards of the fockcts of brafs for flail be a flatu'c for
f.de of the tabernacle for the two
CHAP. XXVII. his twenty pillars, and their t wen- ever unto
their generations
«y fockets t/brtfi: the hooks of thebehalfof
fides weft-ward. A ND (hutim-wood,
thou (halt make an al thechildrenof
»8 And the middle bar in the ±\ of (ivea the pillars, and their fillets of CHAP XXVIII
Ifrael.

rr.ids of the boards (hall reach long,

and five cubits broad;
altar (hall be four-fqiiare, and
And/,
the breadth of A^aron^hy" broK JS
from end to end.
29 And thou (halt overlay the height thereof flail
be tbreecubu
the court on the weft-fide,/./,* hi
hangings of fifty cub.ts: their the
ons ^ 3, hYm.'from among
hoards with gold, and make their 2 And thou (halt make tl children of Ifrael, thaTle
upon the four corn
rings of gold for places for the horns of it
his horns (hall be of 1
bars: and thou lhalt overlay the thereof :
bars with gold. fame: and thou (halt overlay
30 Andthou (halt rear up the with brafs.
And thou (halt make e mt 1 Andtho " «™k« holy
tabernacle, according to the fa- 3
ih\Ie )?tVi
fhion thereof, which was (hewed
thee in the mount.
« 1 And thou (halt make a
pans tc receive ana
his alhes,
fhovels, and his balons, and Ini
flefh-hooks, ana his fire-pans: all
ss?
ita
ess ess—*
vail o/blue, and purple, and fear- the veffcls thereof thou (halt matt
let, and fine twined linen of cun- of brafs. Pillars
5
three
three, -nT.?
and -
L
;'
he ' r h "C
5** of wif- fil,ed witl
> thc
make for their locket, dom, that they mnymake Aa-
ning work : with cheiubims (hall 4 And thou (halt
fhree
grate of net-work of brafs r n s .Sa rmentsto < onfecratehiro, ,

it be made. 16 1 And for th* -,f- e .u ?

« upon the net (halt thou make
And thou (halt hang it up-
fo-
on four pillars of (hittim-wW, brafen rings in the
overlaid with gold : their hooks thereof.
5 And thoH (halt put it
ui
{ball be of gold, upon the four
the compafs of the altar beni P atC 3nd a " e P hod
fockets of filver.
33 1 And thou (halt hang
up that the net may be even- to
'""''heir nil
their fockets
flf
A f
' ^ J
'
'

a broidCTcd «™. a mitre,

,

S ' rd,C : and thc fta, make

'
an<1 a r°°<.
and
the vail under the taches, that mid ft of the
altar,
, '7 All the r>ill»r< r„„„j k . ? * » h °-
thou maveft bring m thither, 6 And thou (halt malte
f
flaves e
vithio the vail, the ark of the tc- for the altar,
mintftet
 E X O D U S CHAP. XXIX.
(halt make >
36 •[ And thou
minifter ante me in the prieft's 16 Four-fquarc it (hall he
ur derncath towards the
doubled ; a fpan fltall be the len c phoo\ f,overagainrt the plate o/pure gold, and grave op-
>

ar clCO
take gold, thereof, and a fpan Jhuii be for*-P - thereof, above the on it, like the engravings of a fig-
5 And they fhall
covpW the ephod.
ct bcr HOLINESS TO THE
net,
blue, and purple, and icar- breadth thereof. of
and LORD.
And thou
Jg^5a to
17 ft alt fet in it C0 (hall bind the
Icl. and fine linen.
four
*

ting; of ftones, even rows

6 1 And they lh*U make the
ftones the firjl tow Jfralt be jT
ephod of gold, •/ blue, and of
:

dius, a topaz, and a carbunx

purple, o/fcarlet, and fine twined
cunning work. this fhall be the firft row.
linen, with
18 And the fecond rov/flutf that the brcalt-piatc 38 And it (hall he upon Aaron's
7 It (hall have the two
(bould- "Va'Vnd
ep forehead, that Aaron may hear
er-pieces thereof joined at the
two an emerald, a fapphire, an tloofed from the
ephod.
bC
edges thereof ; and /bit
(hall be diamond. J And Aaron (hall hear the the iniquity of the holy things,
a'
19 And the third row a lig of the children of
Ifrael in which the children of Ifrael (hall
joined together. #
an agate, and an amethyft,3 judgment, up- hallow in all their holy gifts: and
8 And the curious girdle of the ?h? hreaft-platc of
be ao And the fourth row a b when he goeth in it fhall be always upon his forc-
ephod, which is upon it, (hall his heart
of the lame, according to the and an onyx-, and a jafper: uniotheholyV*', for a memo- head, that they may he accepted
work thereof; even of gold, of
(hall be fet in gold in their
ria before the
1 Lord continually, before the Lord.
and purple, and fcarlct,
clofings.
\o 1 And thou
lhalt put in the 39 ^ And thou (halt embroider
blue,
twined linen. ai And the ftones (hall be « brcaft-platcof judgment
thcUrim the coat of fine linen, and thou
and fine
(halt take two the names
of the children of and they (halt make the mitre of fine linen,
9 And thou and the Thummim;
onyx-ftoncs, and grave on them
rael, twelve, according to
(ball be upon
Aaron's heart, when and thou (halt make the girdle of
like the engravings Lord and needle-work.
thenamesof the children oflfrael; names; he goeth in before the :

Six of their names on one fignet, every one with his Aaron fhall bear the judgment of 40 ^ And for Aaron's fons
xo
othtr fix, names of (hall
they be according to the children of Ifrael
upon his thou (halt make coats, and thou
ftone, and the
ac- twelve tribes. J before the Lord conti- (halt make them girdles, and
for
the reft on the other (tone, heart,
to their birth.
%% 1 And thou (halt make nua l|y, bonnets (halt thou makeforthem,
cording at
With the work of an engra- on the brealt-plate chains 31 5 And thou lhalt make the for glory and for beauty,
II
the engravings ends, of wreathen work, of robe of the ephod all o/hlue. 4X And thou (halt put them
ver in ftone, like
the gold. 3% And there fhall be an hole upon Aaron thy brother, and his
of a fignet, (bait thou engrave
(tones, with the names of the 23 And thou (halt make in the top of it, in the midft fons with him: and (halt anoint
two
Ifrael : thou (halt
make the breaft-plate two rings of thereof : it (hall have a binding of them, and confecrate them, and
children of
ouches of gold. and (halt put the two rings on woven work, round about the fanelify them, that they may mi-
ttiem to be fet in
two ends of the breaft-plate. hole of it, as it were the hole nifter unto mc in the pi iefts office,
\% And thou (halt put the two
upon the (houlders of the %\ And thou (halt put the of an habergeon, that it be not 42 And thou (halt make them
ftones
flonesof memorial un- wreathen chains of gold in the rent. linen breeches to cover their na-
ephod, for
of Ifrael, And rings, -which are on the end 33 5 And upon the kednefs: from the loins even un»
beneath,
to the children hem of it, thou (halt make pome- to the thighs they (hall reach,;
the breaft-plate.
Aaron (hall bear their names be- the other two ends
Loan, upon his two 45 And jranatcss/ blue, and*/ purple, 43 And they (hall be upon
fore the wreathen chains, and of fcarlet round about the Aaron, and upon his fons, when
a memorial. the two
Jhoulders, for ouc hem thereof; and bells of gold they come in unto the tabernacle
make (halt faften in the two
13 1 And thou (halt
put them on the (ho between them roundabout. of the congregation, or when
ouches o/gold; •
and
c/pure gold pieces of the ephod before it. 34 1 A golden bell and a they come near unto the altar to
14 And two chains
And thou (halt make pomegranate, a golden bell and a minifter in the holy place; that
wrcathen-work 26 1
at the ends: of gold, and thou lhalt pomegranate, upon the hem of they bear not iniquity, and die.
and fafien rings of
ftialt thou make them, ends ot the robe round about.
ouches. them upon the two It fhall be a ftatute for ever unto
the wreathen chains to the 35 And it ihall be upon Aaron him, and his feed after him.
(haltmake the breaft-plate, in the border
15 ^ And thou
which is in the fide,
of to minifter; and his
found (hall CHAP.
XXIX.
judgment, with of,
breaft-plate of
canning work, after the work, of
ephod inward.
rings
$
of k ? r d> when
.
hc S octh ™to AND
this is the thing that
make it; of %1 And two cthr * lace bcfore thc LoRD > *ls thou (halt do unto them, to
the ephod thou (halt (halt
a u
hc COmcth out
purple, and thou (halt make, and hc ha,low lhcm t0 mini » cr mto me
gold, «/blue, and */
i '
** not '
3 fcaHet, and of fine twmcd iui- them on the two hdes of m
the pricft'f office. Take one
young
fcalt thvu make h.
 :

E X O D U S.
CHAP. XXIX.
young bullock, and two rams and thecaul that is above thelj inwards, ,31 And thou
and the two kidneys, and t K that covcreth the (halt take the ram
without bUmifh, fat
that is upon them, and burn the caul above the liver, and of the confecration, and feethe
a And unlea-ened bread, and 8 A
and the fat that his flefh in the holy place.
cakes unleavened tempered with upon the a tar. hf two kidneys,
them, and the right 3a And Aaron and his fons
oil, and wafers unleavened an- 14 But the (km of thcbul noon
for it is a ram of con- (hall eat the flefh of the ram, and
ointed with oil: of wheaten flour and his (kin, and his dung ftrtuldcr;
the bread that is in the ba/kct,
[" rat ion:
flltlt thou make them. thou burn with fire without! by the door of the tabernacle of
loaf of bread, and
a* And one
3 And ;hou (halt put them in- camp: it is a fin-offering. oiled bread, and one the congregation,
to one bafket, and briug them in 15 ^ Thou (halt alfo take ne cake of
iafereut of the bafket of the 33 And they (hall eat. thofe
the bafket, with the bullock and ram, and Aaron and his things wherewith the atonement
put their hands upon the unleavened bread that ts before
the two rams. was made, to confecrate and to
thel-© R i>'
4 Ar*i Aaron and his foiis thou the ram. fhalt put all in fanclify them: but a ftranger
16 And thou (bait flay the a4 And thou
(bait bring unto the door of the and in the
the hands of Aaron,
fhall not cat thereof, becaufe they
tahernacle of the congregation, and thou (halt take his blood
hands of his fons, and fhalt wave are holy.
and fhalt warn them with water. fprinkie it round about up 34 And if ought of the flefh of
them for a wave-offering before
5 And thou (halt take the gar- altar. the Lord.
the confecrations,or of the bread,
ments, and put upon Aaron the 17 And thou flia't cut the #

%£ And thou fhalt receive them remain unto the morning; then
coat, and the robe of the ephod, in pieces, and warn the
of their hands, and burn them thou fhalt burn the remainder
and the ephod, and the hreaft- of him, and his legs, ir^flf the altar for a
burnt-offering, with fire: it (hall not be eaten,
plate, and gird him with the cu- them unto his pieces, an
for a fwcet favour before the becaufe it is holy.
rious girdle of the ephod. his head.
Lord: it is an offering made Ly 35 And thus fhalt thou do unto
6 And thou fhalt put the mitre 18 And thou fhalt burn
fire unto the Lor d. Aaron, and to his fons, according
upon his head, and put the holy who'e ram upon the altar: a6 And thou lhalt take the to all things which I have corn-
crown upon the mitre. burnt-offering unto the Lor
bread of the ram of Aaron's con- manded thee: feven days (halt
7 Then (halt thou take the is a fwect favour, an offering fecrations, and wave it for a wave- thou confecrate them,
anointing oil, and pour it upon by fire unto the Lord. offering before the Lord : and it 36 And thou (halt offer every
his head, and anoint him. 19 ^ And thou fhalt tak (hall be thy part. day a bullock for a fin-offering,
8 And thou (halthring hisfons, other ram, and Aaron an *7 And thou fhalt fanclify
the for atonement: and thou (halt
and put coats upon them. fons lhall put their hands brcafl of the wave-offering, and cleanfe the altar, when
thou haft
9 And thou (halt gird them the head of the ram. n the fhoulder of the heave-offering, made an atonement
for it, and
with girdles (Aaron and his fons) ao Then (halt thoH W which is waved, and which is thou malt anoint it,
to fanflifyit.
and put the bonnets on them; ram, and take of his hi heaved up of the ram of the con-
37 Seven days thou fhalt make
and the priefh office (hall be theirs put it upon the tip of Aeration, even of that which is an atonement
for the altar anil
for a perpetual rtatote: and thou ear of Aaron, and 1 for Aaron, and of that which is fanclify
it ; and it (hall he an altar
(ha t confecrate Aaron and hisfons of the right car of his fons,
:
f

ro And thou (halt caufe a bu'- upon the thumb of their

°;
a8 tu,i,
And it fhall
«
be Aaron's andJ
,
n 0ft h ° Iy
*

. ;
Whatfoever toucheth
the altar fnall be holy.
lock to be brought before the ta- hand, and upon the great yaftatiiteforfvcr.from 38 t Now this is tUt which
bernacle of the congregation and their right foot, and fprink
: he children of Ifrael: for it
is an thou fhalt offer upon the altar •
Aaron and his fons (hall put their b'ood upon the altar round a heave offering; and it fhall
,
be an two lambs of the firfl year, day
hands upon the head of the bul.'ock 21 And thou (ha't take iicave-o lcnnp from
the children by day continually.
IX And thou (halt kill the bul- blood that is upon the altar, ,hcir ^e
lock before the Lord, by the door of the anointing oil, and wJrTo^ r ,rWthe,rl,cavc -
J9 in theone lamb thou (halt
of the Ubernacle of the congre- it upon Aaron, and upon his 5S£ ! morning; and the
ments, and upon his fori S1 A Vk otherlambthoumalto'fferat even!
gation.
x% And thou (halt take of the upon the garments of hw
L
ofL VrAa I
-
f?
1V°
,y ? armcnts
MS 3fter
40 And with the one lamb a
tcnch -^ of flour mingled with
blood of the bullock, and put it with him : and he (hall be
upon the horns of the altar with ed, and his garments, a Cm cn 0,1 and the fmmh art of an
thy finger, and pour all the blood fons, and his ions garmcn
10 Td Zf f l$
'

r,eftin
.

hin of winc
P
W« P a drink-offering.
betide the bottom of the altar. him. flcad S 11 I"'

13 And thou (halt take all the %% Alfo thou (bait take
fat that covcreth the inwards, ram the fat and the ru
mi niftcr in tlie 1^°"^ pat ' 0n t0 t,,Crtt
° accordin & 10 thc ° f-
 E X O D U S.
CHAP. XXX.
faring of the morning, an 3 ac- 5 And thcu fhalt make t
26 And
thou malt anoint the
not give
and the poor
fhall
cording to the drink otfeiing fiaves of mittim-wood, and ov
when they tabernacle of the congregation
thereof, for a fweet favour, an lay them with gold. ^^itan half a fhekel,
offering made byfireuntotheLoKD And thou offering unto
theLoRD, to therewith, and the ark of the
6 fiialt ptit it befo
' for your fouls, teftimony,
41 j. his continual the vail, that is by the arkofth
Jhall be a fc^an atonement
burnt-offering throughout your teftimony; before the mercy- And tnou ftaIt Ukc thc 27 And thc tab,cani1 3,1 hi$
"a ment-money of the children
generations, at the door of the that is over the teftimony, wh
vcflels, and the candlcOick, and
a his vefTels, and thealtarof incenfe,
tabernacle of the congregation, I will meet with thee. > f°iiVicl and malt appoint it for

before the Lord: where I will of the tabernacle of a8 And thc altar of burnt of-
7 And Aaron (hall burn th °l fervice
meet you, to ipeak there unto on fweet incenfe every mornin hc congregation; that it may be fering with all his vcflels, and
X
cmoiial unto the children of the iaver and his foot.
thee. when he drelleth the lamps
the Lord, to make %o And thou fhalt fanclify
43 And there I will meet with fhall burn incenfe upon it. 'I If Tel before
for your fouls. them, that they may be moft
the children of Ifrael, and the 8 And when Aaron light 3 n atonement
tabernacle fhall be fanclificd by the lamps at eren, he fhall h I7 1 And the
Lord fpake unto holy ; whatfoever touchtth them,
my glory. BuiU Dc holy.
incenfe upon it: a perpetual Mofes, faying,
And 18 Thou fhalt alfo make a
laver 30 And thou fhalt anoint Aaron
44 I will fanclify the ta- cenfc before the Lor d, throu
bernacle of the congregation, and out your generations. 0/brafs, and his foot alfo ofbrafs, and his fons, andconfecrate them,
the altar: I will fantlify alfo to wafti withal:
and thou fhalt that they;miy minifter unto me
9 Ye fhall offer no ftrange
both Aaron and his fens, to mi- cenfc thereon, nor burnt-fac put it between the tabernacle of in the priefts office.
niftcr to me in the priefts office. thc congregation and the altar, 31 And thou (halt fpeak unto
nor meat-offerings; neither
45 ^ And I will dwell amongft ye pour drink-offering thereon; and thou lhalt put water therein, the children of Ifrael, faying,
the children of Ifrael, and will 10 And Aaron (hall make 19 For Aaron and his fons This fhall be an holy anointing
be their God. jhall wafh their hands and their oil unto me, throughout your
atonement upon the horns of
feet thereat. generations.
46 And they fhall
that know once in a year, with the blood f

I am the Lord their God, that the fin-offering of atonemen ao When

brought them forth out of the
land of Egypt, that I may dwell
amongft them: I am the Lord
their God.
once in the year fhall he
atonement upon it, throug
your generations: it is mofl h
unto the Lok d.
they go into the ta-
bcrnaclc of thc congregation, they
fhall wafh with water, that they
die not: or when they come near
to the altar to minifter, to burn
X
31 Upon man s flefh fliall it not
be poured : neither fhall ye make
any other like it, after the compo-
fition of it: it is holy, and it fliall
be holy unto you.

CHAP. offering made byfireuntothcLoRD 33 Whofocver compoundeth

XXX. 11 And the Lord fpake
AND thou flialt make an altar
to burn incenfe upon; of
M^;"cs, faying,
t% When thou takeft th
ai So
hands and their
they fhall wafh their any like it, or whofoever putteth
they any of it upon a ftranger, fliall
feet, that
die not: and it fhall be a ftatutc even be cut offfrom his people,
mittim-wood malt thou make it. of the children of Ifrael, a
a A
cubit Jhall be the length tlieir number, then fliall t
for ever to them, even to him 34 ^ And the Lord laid unto
and to his feed throughout their Mofes, Take unto thee fweet
thereof, and a cubit the brtadih g vc every man a ranfbm for
:

generations. fpiccs, ftafte, and onycha, and

thereof (four fquare mall it be) f>ul unto the Lor u, when th
az 5 Moreover the Lord fpake galbanum; tbefe facet fpiccs 'with
and two cubits {hall he the height numbered them : that thcrrf
unto Mofes, faying, pure frankincenfc : of each fhall
thereof: the horns thereof Jhall no plague amoneft them, w
1*3 Take thou alfo unto thee there be a like weight.
be of the fame. thou numbered them.
3 And thou malt overlay it 13 This they fliall give, ev
principal fpiccs, of pure myrrh 35 And thou malt make it a
five hundred Jltekels, and of fweet perfume, a confection after thc
with pure gold, the top thereof, one that paffeth among them th cinnamon half fo much, even two art of the apothecary, tempered
and the fides thereof, round about, are numbered, half a fhekel a hundred and fifty Jbehels, and of together, pure and holy,
and the horns thereof: and thou the of the fancluary:
flickel
fweet calamus two hundred and 36 And thou fhalt beat feme of
(halt make unto it a crown of gold Ihekcl is twenty gcrahs;) an H fifty flttkeh, it very fmall, and put of it before
round about. Ihekcl Jhall le the offering of t
24 AndofcafHa five hundred the teftimony in thc tabernacle of
4 And two golden rings (halt Lord. PW/i, after the Ihekcl of thc the congregation, where 1 will
thou make to it under the crown 14 Every one that palTcth fancluary, and of oil-olive an bin. meet with thee ; it fhall be unto
of it, by the two corners thereof, mong them that are num
*5 And thou fhalt make it an you moft holy,
upon the two fides of it fhalt thou from twenty years old and ab oil of holy
make it: and they fhall be for fhall give an offering unto theLo ointment, an oint- 37 And as for thc perfume
nunt compound after the art of which thou malt make, you fliall
places for the ftaves to bear it IJ The rich (hall not
with all. PJ apothecary: it fhall be an not make to yourfclvts according
Wy anointing oil. to
 EXODUS, CHAP. XXXII.
are inthe cars of your of Egypt, with great power, and
to the compofition thereof: itcommanded thee, flia!l they tvhich
.
l)t your ions, and
- of your with a mighty hand?
(hall be unto thee holy for the 12 ^ And the Lord fpake unto w
Wl
hters,and bring them unto me.
*!
iz Wherefore (hould the Egyp-
Lord. Mofes, faying, <l8l zg
l And all the people brake off tians fpeak and fay, For mifchief
38 Whofocver fhall make like 13 Speak thou alfo unto the
car-rings which were did he bring them out, to flay
unto that, to fmell thereto, fhall children of Ifrael, faying, Verily the golden
and brought them them in the mountains, and to
my fabbaths ye fhall keep for it n their ears,
•

even be cut off from bis people. :

confumc them from the face of

CHAP. XXXI. is a fign between me and you, unto Aaron.
- And he received them at the earih? Turn from thy fierce
AND the Lord fpake unto throughout your generations; that
Mofes, faying, ^may know that 1 am the Lord their hand and
fafhioned it with wrath, and repent of this evil
tool, after he had made againft thy people,
% Sec, 1 have called by name, that doth iane*iify you. 1 a graving
molten calf: and they (aid, t% Remember Abraham, Ifaac,
Bczalcel the fon of Uri, the fon 14 Ye keep the fabbath
fhall it a

of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : therefore; for it is holy unto you. Thefc he thy gods, O Ifrael, and Ifrael thy fervants, to whom
which brought thee up out of the thou fwarcft by thine own felf,
3 And I have filled him with Every one that defileth it, (hall
and faidfl unto th*m, luillmul-
thefpirit of God, in wifdom, and furely be put to death: for who* land of Egypt.
in undemanding, and in know foevcr doth any work therein, that 5 And when Aaron faw it, he tiply your feed as the (lars of hea-
bwilt an altar before it, and Aa- ven, and all this land that I
have
ledge, and in all manner of work- foul fhall be cut off from amcngft.
manfhip. his people. ] ron made proclamation, and faid, fpoken of, will I give nnto your
15 Six days may woik be done, To-morrow is* fcaflto thcLoRD. feed, and they (hall inherit it for
4 To devife cunning works, to
work in gold, and in filver, and but in the feventh is the fabbath 6 And they rofc up early on ever.
the morrow, and offered burnt- 14 And the Lord repented of
in brafs, of reft, holy to the Lord whofo- :

offerings, and brought peaccof- the evil which he thought to do

5 And in cutting of (tones to ever doth any work in the fabbath
ferine* and the people fat down unto his people,
{tt them, and in carving of tim- day,hefhallfurely beput to death,
:

16 Wherefore the children of to eat ami to drink, and rofc up 15 ^ And Mofes turned, and
bcr, to work in all manner of
to play. went down from the mount, and
workmanfhip. Ifrael fhall keep the fabbath, to
7 % And the
Lord faid unto the two tables of the teftimony
6 And I, behold, I hare given obferve the fabbath throughout
with him Aholiab the fon of A- their generations, for a perpetual Mofes, Go, get thee down: for were in his hand : the tables -were
hiumach of the tribe of Dan; covenant. thy people wbtch thou broughtcft written on both their fides; on
out of the land of Egypt, have the one fide and on the other
and in the hearts of all that are 17 It fj a fign between me and
corrupted tkenfelves. tverc they w ritten.
wife-hearted I have put wifJom 5 the children of Ifrael for ever for ;

that they may make all that I in fix diys the Lord made heavca
8Theyhaveturned::fidequick- 16 And the tables were the
ly out or the way which I com- work of God, and the writing
have commanded thee: and earth, and on the feventh
mantled them z they have made was the writing of God, graven
7 The tabernacle of the con- day he rcfted, and was rcftefhed. upon the tables,
them a molten calf, and have
grcgation, and the ark of the te- 18 J And he gave unto Mofes,
worlhipped it, and have facrificed 17 And when Jofliua heard the
ftimony, and the mercy-feat that when he had made an end of
thereunto, and faid, Thefe A* thy noife of the people as they fhout-
n thereupon, and all the fumi- communing with him upon mount gods.Q Ifrael, which have brought ed, he faid unto Mofes, There is a
tureof the tabernacle, Sinai, two tables of tcftimony,
thee up out of the land of Egypt, noife of war in the camp.
8 And the table and his furni- tables of (tone, written with th
9 And the Lord faid unto 18 And he faid. It is not th&
ture, and the pure candlefHck finger of God.
with all his furniture, and the CHAP. XXXII.
J Mofes, I have feen this people,
and behold, it is a fliff-nccked
voice of them that Ihout for mafte-
ry, neither is it the voice of them
altar of incenfe, A ND when the people faw
that cry for being overcome
9 And the altar of burnt-of- l \ that Mofes delayed to come
people. :

10 Now therefore let me alone, the noife of them that fing, do I

but

feeing with all his furniture, and down out of the mount, the peo-
that my wrath may wax hot a- hear.
the laver and his foot. pie gathered themfelves togcth
10 And the clothe* of fervice, unto Aaron, and find unto hii
gainftthem, and that I may con- 19 J And it came to pafs af-
fumc them: and I will make of foon as he came nigh unto the
and the holy garments for Aaron Up, make us gods which (hall g thee a great nation. camp, that he faw the calf, and
the priert, and the garments of before us: for as for this Mofes
XI And Moles hefought the the dancing; and Mofes anger
his fons, to minifter in the piiefts the man that brought us up ou
LofcB his God, and faid, Lord, waxed hot, and he caft the tables
office, of the land of Egypt, we wot no
why doth thy wrath wax hot a- out of his hands, and brake them
11 And the anointing oil, and what is become of him.
% And Aaron faid unto them,
Nnft thy people, which thou beneath the mount,
fweet incenfe for the holy flace:
haft brought forth out of the laud ao And he took the calf which
according to all that I have Break off the golden car-rin^
which they
 E X O D U S. CHAP. XXXIII.
they had made, and burnt it in he may beftow upon you a .„-,!• and r.o did puc wilt fend with me. Yet thoB haft
man
the fire, and ground U to powder, tag this day. faid, I know thee by name, and
fcS«i his ornaments.
and ft rawed if upon ihe water, 30 And it came to pafs on faid unto t\ ou haft alfo found grace in my
°"c For the Lord had
and made the children of Kfrael morrow, that Mofes faid unto t ./ (r< q 3 v unto the children of fight.
people, Ye have finned a grea J 3 Now therefore. I pray thc<,
drink of it. 1 r\ Ye are a ftiff-necked ?co-
%X And Mofes fa id unto Aa- (in : and now I will go up un If I have found grace in thy Pght,
11 will come up into tfce midft
p ;,.,, !„ a moment, and con- (hew me ow thy way, that I may
t
ron, What did this people unto the Lord; peradventure I fhal 1

thee, that thou haft brought fo make an atonement for your finj
great a fin upon them? 31 And Mofes returned unto
%% And Aaron faid, Let not the Lord, and faid, Oh, th
the anger of my lord wax hot: people have finned a great fin, a
thou knoweft the people that have made them gods of gold.
they are fet on mifchief. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt, for- by the mount Horeb. thte reft.
ments
A3 For they faid unto me, give their fin: and if not, bio took the tahcrna- 15 And he faid unto him, If
7 And Mofes
Make us gods which ihail go be- me, 1 pray thee, out of thy boo it without the thy ;.r<? fence go not vitb me, carry
cle and pitched
fore us : for as for this Mofes, the which thou haft written. us not up hence.
camp, afar off from the camp,
1

man that brought us up out of 33 And the Lord faid un and called it the Tabernacle of
16 For wherein (hall it be
the land of Egypt, we wot not Mofes, Whofoever hath finn the congregation.
And it came known here, that I and thy peo-
what is become of him. againft me, him will 1 blot o
to pafs. that every one
which pie have found grace in thy light?
24 And I faid unto them, of my book. s
fought the Lord, went out unto
h it not in that thou gocft with
Whofoever hath any gold, let 34 Therefore now go, lead th thctabernacle of the congregati- us? fo mail we he feparated, I
them break it off: fo they gave it people unto the place of which on which «0J without the camp,
and thy people, from all the peo-
me; then I cart it into the fire, have fpoken unto thee. Behol 8 And it came to pafs, when
pie that arc upon the face of the
and there came out this calf. mine Angel fhail go before thee Moles went out unto the tabernn- earth.
25 :
r And when Motes fa w that nevcrthelefs, in the day when
cle, that all the people rofe up, 17 And the Lord faid unto
the people were naked, (for Aa- vifit, 1 will vifit their fin upon and flood every man at his tent- Mofes, I will do this thing alfo
ron had made them naked unto them. door, and looked after Mofes, that thou haft fpoken : for thou
their fhamcamongft their enemies) 35 And the Lord plagued th until he was gone into the taber- haft found grace in my fight, and
a6 Then Moles Rood in the people, becaufe they made the uaclc. I know thee by name.
gate of the camp, and faid, Who calf, which Aaron made. 1 9 And it came to pafs, as Mo- 18 And he faid, I befeech
is on the Lord's fide ? let him come CHAP. XXXIII. I fes entered into the tabernacle, thee, fhew me thy glory.
unto me. And all the fons of
AND 1 the Lord faid untoM the cloudy pillar defcended, and 19 And he faid, 1 will make all
Levi gathered themfclvcs together fes, Depart, and go up hen flood at the door of the tahcrna- mygoodnefs pafs before thee and
unto him. thou and the people which tho cle, and the LORD talked with I will proclaim the name of the
27 And he faid unto them, haft brought up out of the Ian Mofes. Lord before thee; and will be
Thus faith the Lord God of Ifia- of Egypt, unto the land which 10 And all the people faw the gracious to whom 1 will be gra-
racl, put every man his fword by fware unto Abraham, to Ifaa cloudy pillar ftand at the taber- ctous, and fhew mercy on
will
his fide, and go in and out from and to Jacob, faying, Unto th nack-door: and all the people whom I will fhew mercy.
gate to gate throughout the camp, feed will I give it. rofe up and worfhipped, every ao And he faid, Thou canft
and flay every man his brother, 2 And 1 will fend an Ang man in' his tent-door. not fee my face: for there (hall
and every man his companion, before thee: and 1 ill drive ou 11 And the Lord fpake unto no man fire me, and live.

and every man his neighbour. the Canaanite, the Amoritc, an: Mofes face to face, as a man
a8 And the children of Levi the Hittite, and the Pciizzite» fpeaketh ujUe his friend. And he
did according to the word of Mo- the Hivite, and the Jcbufitet turned again into the camp, but
fes: and there fell of the people 3 Unto a land flowing with his fervant Jofhua, the fon of
that day about three thoufand milk and honey : for I will not Nun, a young man, departed not
men. up in the mid ft of thee, for tho out of the the tabernacle.
21 And
the Lord faid, Be-
hold, thereis a place by me, and
thou foalt ftand upon a rock,
%% And it (hall come to pafs,
while my glory pafleth by, that I
will put thee in aclift of the rock;

%<f
For Mofes had faid, Confe- art a ftiff-necked people: left \ And
Mofes faid unto the and will cover thee with my hand
crate yourfclvcs to day to the confume thee in the way. Lorb, See, thou fayeft unto me, while I pafs by.
Lord, even every man upon his 4 1 And when the peop Bring up this people: and thou And I will take away mine
ion, and upon his brothc;: that heard thefe evil tidings, haft not let mc know whom thou hand, and thou fhait fee my back-
mow partts
 ,

E X O D U «.
CHAP. X XXV.
Cut tltc firftliog of an afs
when he came down from the
parts; but my face (hall not be and our fin, and take us for * redeem with a lamb: mount) that Mofcs v. ft not that
:

fecn, inheritance. U malt

;f tl.ou redeem him
not, then the (kin of his face (h ne, while
CHAP. XXXIV. IO 1 And
he faid. Behold, a
i.
?

break his neck. All he talked with him.

AND the Lord laid unto Mofcs, make a covenant: before all iron and all
Hew thee two tables, of (lone people \ will do marvels* fnch faw Mofcs,
like unto the firft: and I will have net been done in all - , i (ace Ihone,
uciun.
write upon thefe tables the words earth, nor in any nation : and all P and they were afraid to come
*2X « Six
davs thou (halt work,
that were in the firft tables which the people, amongft which <lay thou lhalt nigh him.
thou breakeft. hut on the seventh
art, (hall fee the work, of \ caring-time and in bar- 31 And Mofcs oaiied unto
eft: in
% And be ready in tfic morn- Lord; for it ii a terrible th
(halt reft. them; and Aaron and all the ru-
reft thou
ing, and come up in the morning that I will do with thee. the congregation returned
^2 1 And thou (halt obferve lers of
unto mount Sinai, and prefeot ix Obferve thou that which I of the firft- unto him: and Mofcs talked
the feaft of weeks,
thyfelf thereto me, in the top of command thee this day i fiehol<{, and the with them.
fruits of uheat-harveft,
the mount. 1 drive out before thee the Amo- And
afterward all the chil-
feaft of in-gathering at the year's 31
3 And no man (hall come op /•itc, and the Canaan ite, and the
^ dien of llYr.el came nhjh : and he
with thee, neither let any man Hittite, and the Perizzite, (hall gave them in commandment a!)
23 1 Thrice in the year
be firentbrwugJwutalJ the mount: the Hivite, and the Jehufite. appear be- that the Lord had fpoken with
all your men-children
neither let the flocks nor herds 2* Take heed to tbyfeJf, le mount Sinai.
1 fore the Lord Gon, the God of him in
feed before that mount. thou make a covenant with t 33 And till Mofes had done
Ifnefc
4 f And he hewed two tables inhabitants of the land whith
24 For I will caft out the na- fpeaking with them, he put a vail
of done, like unto the firft; aud thou goefl, left it be for a fna tions before thee, and enlarge thy on his face.
Moles rofc up early in the motiv- in the it-tdft of thee*
borders: neither (hall any man 34 But when Mofes went in be-
ing, and went up unto mount Si- 13 But ye (hall deftroy the defire thy land, when thou (halt fore the Lord, to fpeak with
jiai, as the Lord had commanded altars, break their images, a
go up to appear before the Lord him, he took the vail off until he
him, *tnl took in his hand the cu* down their groves; thy God, thrice in a year. came out. And he came out and
two tables of (tone 14 For thou (bait worfbip no %$ Thou (halt not offer the fpake unto the children of Ifrael
S* And the Lor o
defcended in other god for the Lord, \*hofe blood of my facrificc with leaven; that which he was commanded,
the cloud, and flood with him name is Jealous, is a jealous God neither fhall the facrificc of the 35 And the children of Iiiael
there, and proclaimed the name 15 Left thou make a covchan feaft of pafTover be left unto the faw the face of Mofes, that the
of the LoR ». with the inhabitants of the land, morning. tkio of Mofes face (hone: end
6 And the Lord parted by be- and they go a whoring after thei 26 The firft of the firft-fruits Mofes put the vail upon his face
fore him, and proclaimed, The gods, and do facrificc unto their; of thy land thou (halt bring unto again, until he went in to fpeak
Lord, The Lord God, merciful gods, and one call thec, and thotf the houfcof the Lord thy God. with him.
and gracious, long-fuffering, and eat -of his facrirroe. Thou (halt not fecthe a kid in his C H
P. A
XXXV.
abundant in goodnefc and truth, 16 And thou take of theit mother's milk. A N
D Mofes gathered all the
7 Keeping mercy for thoufends, daughters unto thy fons*a*id thei 27 And the Lord faid unto jljl congregation of the children
forgiving iniquity, and tranfgref- daughters go a whoriol after the' Moles, Write thou thefe words: of Ifrael together, and faid unto
fion, and flu, and that will by gods, and mane thy Sons go a for after the tenor of thefe words
them, Thefe ait the words which
no means clear the guilty; vifiung whoring arttr their gods. I have made a covenant with thee the Lord hath commanded that
j
the iniquity of the fathers upon 17 Thou (halt make thee no and with Ifrael. ye fhould do them.
the children, and upon the cbii- molten gods. | 28 And he was there with the % Six days (hall work he done.
drens children, untd the .third 28 t The feaft of unleaven Lord forty day sand forty nights;but on the (erenth day there (ball
and to the fourth gfturathn. bread (halt thou keep. 6 he did neither eat bread, nor be to you an holy day, a labbath
8 And Mofcs made hafle, and days (halt thou eat unleave drink water* and he wrote upon of reft to the Lord : whoibever
bowed his head toward the cart h broad, as 1 commanded thee i the tables the words of the cove-doth work therein (ball be put tu
and worihtppod the time of the mouth A bib*, hant, the ten commandments. death.
9 And he (aid, If now I have in the month Abib thou cameft *9 *f And it came to p»6j J Ye fhall krndlerio firethrough-
found graoe in thy fight, O Lord, out from Egypt. *lw» Mofes came down from out your ftabltatron* upon the
let my Lord, I pcary thee, go a- 19 All that openeth the ma mount Sinai (with the two tables fabbath-day.
jvwagft 98, (/or it* aftiff-neeked if mines andevery firft ling i of ttflimany in Mofes hand,
4 ^ And Mofes fpake unto all
people,) and pardon our iniquity thy cattle, vhtther ox or F the
that is n*lu ao Bu
 ;
•

E X O D U S. CHAP. XXXV!.
the congregation of the children and the pins of the court, a and Aholiab, and fiery wife?
and for the anointing
oil,
of Ifnwl, faying, This is the thing their cords, hg M
it
inccntV. hearted man, in u-hofe heart the
r r tbt fwert
which the LoJUl commanded, 19 The clothes of fervice, to children of Ifracl Lord had put vufdom,rvr« every
do Hi vice in the holy place, the 1
29 The
faying, -
a willing offering
unto one whofc l.«art ilnred him up to 1

5 Take ye from amongft you holy garments for Aaron the

an offering unto the LoR n : who- piiert, and the garments of hit
mever is of a willing heart, let fons to miniftcr in the piitft's
biro bring it, an offering of the office.
Lord; gold, and f:lvcr,and brafs, 20 *[ And all the congregation
6 And blue, and purple, and of the children of Ifracl departed
fca.let, and Hue linen, and goats from the prefence of Mofes. (j
A*ir, 21 And they came, every oq
. 7 And rains fkins died red, and whofc heart (rirred him up, a
badgers (kins, and fhittim- *ood, every one whom hisfpiiitma
8 And oil for the light, and willing, ar.d they brought tuury, came every man from Ins
the tribe of Judah:
fi

fpices for anointing oil, a-nd for Lord's offering to the work
-r And he hath filled
him with work which they made;
the fwcet incenfe, the tabernacle of the congregat
of God, in wifdom, in they fpakc unto Mo-
5^ And
the fpi.it
9 Afld onyx-rtones, and flones on, and for all his fervice, undcrflanding.andin knowledge, fes, faying, The people bring
to be fct, for the cphod, and for for the holy gai mcnts. manner of workman- much more than enough for the
and in all
the breafr-plate. 2% And they came, both . fcivice of the work which the
fl
10 And eve.y wifc-hearted a- and women, as many as were wi And to devife curious works, Lord commanded to make,
%%
mong you (ball con.e, and make ling-hearted, and brought brace-, to wo;k in gold, anJ in filver, 6 And Mofes gave command-
ail that the Lord hath com- lets, and ear-rings, and rings, meot, and they caufed it to be
and in brafs,
manded; and tablets, all jewtls of gold: And the cutting of frones
in proclaimed throughout the camp,
3;
11 The tabernncle, his tent, and cveiyiman that offered, offered to let them, and in carving of faying. Let neitl cr man nor wo-
and bis covering, histaches. and an offering of gold unto the I.oxd, wood to make any manner cf man make any more work for the
his boards, his bare, his pillais, And every man with who. cunning work. offering of the fairftuary. So the
;
and his lockets, was found blue, and purple, 34 And he put his people were reft rained from bnng-
iz The ark and the rtaves ion let, and fine iinen, and goats
thereof, with the mercy-ieat, and halr y and redfkins of rams, and
«.
hath
beart that he may teach,
in

and Ahol ab the fon of Ahifa-

he M it g.
7 For the (luff they had was
Uie ail of the covciing, badgers fkins, brought tUw. mach of the tribe of Dan. fufficient for all the work, to
13 The table and his fhves, 24 J{%eiy one thatclid offer a 35 Them make it, and too much,
hath he filled with
ajid all his vcficls, and the ihcw- oflci ingof fiU'erand brafs, brough wifdom of heart, to work ail 8 5 And every wife-hearted
bicad, the Lord's ofteiinr: and every manner of work, of thecngtaver, man, amonj them that wrought
14 The candlcftick alfo for the man with whom was found /hit* and of the cunning workman, the work of the tabernacle, made
light, and his furniture, and his tim-wood for any work of the and of the embroiderer, in blue, ten curtains cf fine Twined linen,
Jumps, with the -oil for the light, fcrvice, b. ought//. 1 and in purple, in fear let, and In and blue, and purple, and fcarlet
15 And the incenfe-aUar, and 2$ And all the women that fine linen, and of the weaver, with cherubims of cunning work
bis Haves, and the anointing oil, were wile-hearted, did ijpin with, even of them that do any work, made he them.
and the fwect incenfe, and the their hands, and bicught that and of thofc that devile cunning 9 The length of one curtain,
lunging for the door at the enter- which they had fpun, both of woik. mas twenty and eight cubits, and
ing in of the tabernacle, blue, and of purple, <.,.d oi i'lai - CHAP. XXXVT.
the breadth of one curtain four
16 TheaLtar of burnt-offsrins let. and of 6ne linen. nPrlKN wrought Bezalcel and cubits: the curtains were all of
with his brafen grate, his flaves, 26 And all the women whole XAholiab, and every wife- one fize.
and all his veflils, the laver and heart flirred them up in wWdom, hearted man, in whom the Lor d 10 And he coupled the five
his foot, fpun goats ^.-r. put wifdom and undcrflanding, to cuitams one unto another: and
17 The hangings cf the court, 27 And the rulers brought know how to work all manner oithe ether five curtains he coupled
and their fockets, and nyx-fiones, and llones to be
his pillars, let work for the fervice of the fanclu- one unto another,
the hanging for the door of the for the cphod, and lor the hi asy, accordirg to all that the 11 And be made loops of bine
court, plate, Lord had commanded. on the edge of one curtain, from
jZ The pmsof the tabernacle, %% And fpice, and oil for the a And Mo.cs called Beulccl the fthicfe in the celling: like
light, V % wife
 EXODUS.
wife lie made in the uttermoft fide Ire made under tlie twenty boards*
1 c Ti a r. xxxvir.

feat-ward were the faces of the

of another curtain, in the coupling two lockets under one board for
J?°° hcm four fockets of lilvcr.
of the fecond. his two tenons, and two fockct m And he made an hanging cherubims.
%2 Fifty loops made he in one under another board for his tw blue, 10 % And he made the table
the tabernacle-door, of
curtain, and fifty loops made he tenons. purple, andfcarlet, and fine of fhitlinvwood 3 two cubits war
an A the length thereof, and a cubit
in the edge of the curtain which 25 And for the other fide *ocd linen, of needle-work.
was in the coupling of the fc- the tabernacle if bhbis toward th five pillars of it the breadth thereof, and a cubit
$8 And the
vond: the loops held one curtain north -corner, 'he made twent; 'th their
hooks: and he over- and a half the height thereof,
lo another. boards, and their II And he oveilaid it with
hid their chapiters,
13 And he made fifty taches 26 And their forty fockets of Jgllgff w\\h
gold: hut their five pure gold, and made thereunto a
of gold, and coupled the envtains diver: two fockcrs under one crown of gold round about.
foikers were «f fcraft.
one unto another w ith the taches. board, and two fockets under C H A P. XXXVI?. 12 Alfo he made thereunto a
60 rt became one tabernacle. another board. Beialeel made the atk border of an hand- breadth, round
t4 ^ And he made curtains of 27 And for the ddes of theta- AN!) of fhittim-w»od :
two en- about; Slid made a crown of gol-l
treats hair t lor the tent over the bcrnaclc weft-ward he made fix hits ami a half
was the length of for the border thereof roun.i
tabernacle: eleven enrtaius he boards. J j. and a cubit and a half the about.
made (Hem. 28 And two boards made breadth of it, and a cubit and a 13 And he cart for it Poor ting*
15 The length of one curtain for the corners of the tabernac" of gold, and put the rings upon
half the height of
it.

ivas thirty cubits, and four cubits in the two fides. 1 And he overbid it with pure the four corners that -were in the
ii'0ithch.cadthofonecurtain:the 29 And they were coupled be- jrMd within and without, and four feet thereof,
eleven curtains -were of one fize. neath, and coupled together at made a CTOWP of gold to it round 14 Over gartlfl the border
16 And he coupled five cur- the head thereof, to one rin about, were tnc lin S s » tnc pl*M*e< forth.?
tains by thcmfclvcs, and fix cur- thus he did to both of them And he cart for it four tings ftaves, to bear thcuhle.
tains by themfelves. both the corners. of cold, to be ht by the four cor- rj And he made the (kvftnif
XJ And he made fifty loops 30 Andthcicwerceightboards, nerl ot it: even two rings upon flmtim-wond, and overlaid them
upon the uttcrmoft edge of the and thiir fockets -were fixteei the one fide of it, and two rings with gold, to bear the table,
curtain in the coupling, and fifty fockets of diver, under evei upon the other fide '6t\tf 16 And he made the vefleff
loops made he upon the edge of board two fockets. 4 And he made (taves «/ (hit- which were upon the table, h »
:

the curtain which coupleth the 31 ^ And he made bars of tim-wood, and overlaid them difhes, and his f|>oons, and hid
iccond. (hittim-wood five for the boards
: with gold. bowls, and his covers to cover
18 And he made fifty taches e»/of the one fide of the tabernacle, 5 And h; put the ftnvesi*to withal, 0/ pure gold.
brafs, to couple the tent togc- 3X And five bars for the boards the rings, by the fides of the ark, 17 5 And he made the rand!?-
of the other fide of the tabcina* to hear the aik. flirk of pure gold; 0/ beaten wor'c
ther, that it Blight be one.
19 And lie made acovciing for cle, and five bars for the boa 6 «f And he made the mercy- made he the candlell-ck, his (hatt,
the tent, of rams (kins died red, of the tabernacle for the fid feat «/* pure gold: two cubits and and his branch, his bow ls, hi*
and a covering of badgers fkins weft-ward. -m an half vi\ the length thereof, knops, and his flowers were of
above that* 33 And he made the middle and one cubit and an half the the lame.
20 ^ And he made boards for bar to Ihoot through the board breadth thereof. 18 And fix branches going ov.t
the tabernacle, '/fhittim-wood, from the one end to the other, 7 And he made two cherubim* of the fides f hereof: three branch-
llanding up. 34 And he overlaid the board e/goM, beaten out of one piece es of the candlcilick om of the
21 The length of a board Was with gold, and made their rings
made he them, on the two ends one fide thereof, and three branch-
c-f the mercy-fest : cs of the candle flick out of the
ten cubits, and the breadth of a of gold to fa places for the bars,
board one cubit and a half. and oveilaid the bars with gold. 8 One cherub on the end on other fide thereof.
22 One hoard had two tenons, 35 1 And he made avail
this fide, and another cherub on 19 Three bowls made after the
the other end on that fide: out of fafhiow of almonds in one branch,
Equally dittant one from another: blue, and purple, and fear let,
the mercy-feat made he the chr- a knop and a flower; and three
thus did he make for all the and fine twined linen : -with che*
nil mm on the two ends thereof: howls made like almonds in ano-
hoards of the tabernacle. rubinis made he it of cunning
9 And the cherubims fpread ther branch, a knop and a flowers
23 And he made boards for work, out their wings on high, and co- fo throughout the fix branches,
the tabernacle: twenty boards for 36 And he made thereunto
vered with their wings over the going out of the candleflick.
the fouth- fide, fouth-ward. four pillars of fliittim-wW, and
mercy. feat, with their faces one 20 And in the eandltftick were
24 And forty fuckcu of film overbid them with gold: t'
boo F 3 four
 j

E X O D U S.
CHAP. XXXIX.
four bowls made like almonds, and he overlaid it with bra
and their fock- cupiod for the w-rk, in a/1 thc
(heirpil'ars three,
his knons and his flowers. 3 And he made
the vc nil
work of the holy place,, even the
ai And a knop under two of the altar, the pots, and e is three,
!5 And for the other fide of gold of the offering, was twenty
branches of the fame, and a knop ihovcls, and the bafons, and
under two branches of the fame, flefh hooks, and the fire-pans; the court-gate, on this hand and ai d nine talents, and feven hun»
that hand, nitre hangings of fif- di ed and thirty fhekels, after the
and a knop under two branches of the vcllcls thereof made he
teen cubits, their piilais three, flickel of the fanetuary.
the fame, according to the lix brafs.
4 And he made for the altar and their fockets three. 45 And the filver of them that
branches going out of it. hangings of the were numbered ot the congrega-
the
16 All
^i Their knop* and their brafm grate of net- work, und fpwt round about -A cre of line tk;n, -was an huodr<d talents, and
branches were of the fames all of the compafs thereof, beneath
twined linen. a thoufand ftven hundred und
it was one beaten work of pure to the midft of it.
17 And the fockcts forthc pil- thiccfcoic and fifteen fhekels, al-
Sold. 5 And he call four rings j
; ia r$ -were tf brafs; the hooks of ter the Jbekel of thc.fancinary.
And he made his feven the four ends of the grateof brJ 26 A bckah for every mao^
the pillars, and their fillets, tf (A-
lamps, and his fnuffcrs, and his to be places forthc itaves.
6 And he mtde the flaves «r; and the overlaying of their Ih.it «>, half a fhtkrl, after the
fnu/f'-dimcs of pure gold.
chapiters of fibre*; and all the flickel of the fancluary, for every
%\ Of a taltnt of pure fold fhittim-wood, and overlaid th pillars of the court vicre filleted one that went to be numbered,
made he it, and all the vcflcls with brafs. with frlver. from twenty years old and up-
thereof. 7 And he put the flares inl
the fides of the a' 18 And the hanging for the ward, for fix hundred thoufand,
4j J And he made the incenfr- the rings on
Jtari
giteof thccon.t v<ti nccdle-work, and three thoufand, and five
altar r/thittim-wood: the length to bear it withal: he made
of blue, and purple, and fcarlet, hundred and fifty mtn.
of it was a cubit, and the breadth altar hollow with boards. j nfid fine twined linen ; and twen-
And he made the lavcr 27 Audof the hundred talents
of U a cubit, (it was fouf-fquare) 8 1
iy cubits wai the length, and the of filver were caft the fockcts of
& two cubits was the height of it; brafs, and the foot of it of b height in the breadth vat five the fanetuary, and the fockcts of
thehornstbercof were of the fame. of the luoking-glaflcs of the cubits, anfwerable to the hang- the vail; an hundred fockcts of
ad And he overlaid it w ith pure men aiTembling, which aflemblt ings of the court. the hundred talents, a talent for
gold, both the top of it, and the ac the door of the tabernacle
congregation. 19 And their pillars -were four, a focket.
fides thereof round about, and the the and their fockcts tf brafs four,
horns of it : alfo he made unto it 9 1 And he made the court"! a8 And of the thotifand feven
their hooks of iiiver, and the o. hundred feventy and five
a crown of gold round about. on the fouth-fide, foutb-war fitkelts
verlaj n.g of tneir chapiters, and he made hooks for the pillars, and
were
17 And he made two rings of the hangings of the court their fillets */ filver.
gold for it under the crown there- fine twined linen, an
hundr . overlaid their chapiters, and fit
ao And all the pins of th* ta- kted them.
of, by the two corners of it, upon cubits.
9 A" d
10 Their pillars were twent th e COUrt Ml,nd
the two fides thereof, to be pLces
and their brafen fockcts twe
ah^r '
"if - ft
.
braft of the ofTcr-
fur the Haves to bear it withal. his is the Aim of the thoufand
21 1
a? And he made the ftaves of the hooks of the pillars, and and four hundred
1
(he-
tabernacle, even of the tabernacle kels.
(hirtim-wooJ, and overbid them fillets were o/filver. of tefhmoiiy, as it was
with gold. 11 And for the north-fide, it counted, 5o And therewith he rhade th.
49 % And he made the holy banging! uae an
hundred cubit
andj of h «"cle of thc congregation,
anointing oil, and the pore in- their piliais were twenty, 235ft 'Twa? TV* «
and
cenfi of fweet fpiCes, according to their iockefs of brafs
twenty; th*
the work of the apothecary.

AND
G II A P. XXXVHI.
he made the aliar of burnt
hooks of the pilltts, and th<T
fillets, tf/filver.
14 And for the weft- fide v'cr
J .u T Bczal «el tliefon of the altar,

" offering of (hUthn-wco.l five hangings of fifty cubits,

their p
fockcts ten
cubits wfts the lcn*ih thereof, iars ten, aud their
and five cubits the breadth thcr> the hooks of the pillars, and U*d
of, (if was four-fqua.e.) and
three cubits the height thereof.
fillets, •/fiber.
13 And for the eaft-fiJe, c»ft
tribeo r D /n
CHAP.
^siotkZT^T^^* A ND
an
aCh ' ° f lic the P » s i
court round about.
XXXIX.
a And h^mac.ethehorns there- ward, fifty cubiis.
T4 The hanging* of the on
j
m^^r£^SA T a
"

^ of the bluc » and purple,

of on the four corners of it : the
jornsthtr** were of the fame, Me
of tlx gau were fifteen c
•»dinfc,VSfc vSS&n2S^ an<1
'
car,et - «"cy made

t.ic gold that was oc- the holy

place, and made the holy
F 4 garments.
 EXODUS,
Lord tiw* inclofed in ouches of
parments for Aaron, as the
commanded Moils. their inc'ofing*.
2 And he made the ephod 14 And the Hones w
r>f

gold, blue, and purple, and fear- cording to the names of the
let, and fine twined linen. drcn of Ifiacl, twelve, according
3 And they did heat the gold to their names,
like the engrav.
an] twined huc.i. 37 The pure candleilick, with
into thin pUtcs, and cut it into ings of a fignct, every one wit" 15 And they made bells of pure the lamps thereof, even with
thc
wires; to work it in the blue, and his name, according to the twe gold* an: * P llt lnc oc " s between lamps to be fet in order, and aU
the pomegranates, upon thc hem thc vcflels thereof,
in the purple, and in the fcarlct, trihts. and the oil,
and In thc fine linen, with cun- 15 And they made upon tb of the robe, roundabout between for light,
ntng work. breafl-platc chains, at the end the pomegranates. 38 And the golden altar, ami
4 They made fhouldcr-pieccs o/wrcathen work of
pure gold, g0 A bell and a pomegranate, thc anointing oil, and the fweet
for it, to couple It together: by 16 And they made two ouch a bell and a pomegranate, round incenfc, and thc hanging for tho
the two edges was it coupled o/gold, and two goldtings a :
about thc hem of the robe to mi- tabernaclc-door,
together. put the two rings in the two fti&eriff/ as thc Lord command- 37 Thc braicn altar, and his
5 And the curious girdle of his of the breaft-platc. ed Mofes. grate of brafs, his (laves, and all
ephod that IMS upon it. was of 17 And they put the %1 ^ And they made coats of his vcfFels, thc laver and his fo t f
the Time, according to the work wrc.it hen chain* of gold in thet fine linen, of woven work, for 4c Thc hangings of thc court*
thereof; 9/ golds blue, and pur- rings on the ends of the brea Aaron and for his ions, his pillars, and his fockets, and
pic, and fcarlet. and fine twined plate. l# And a mitre of fine linen, thc hanging for the coijrt-gato,
linen; a* the Lord commanded 18 And the two ends oft and goodly bonnets of fine linen, his cords, and his pins, and all
TvjoiLs. two wreathen chains they faftc and linen breeches tf fine twined thc vcflels of thc fervicc of the
6 1 Ami they wrought onyx- cd in the two ouches, and pu linen, tabernacle, for thc tent of th#
llonts inclol'.d in ouches of gold, them on the fhouldcr-piccea ag And a girdle of fine twined congregation,
craven as ligncts arc graven, with the ephod, before it. m linen, and blue, and purple, and 41 Thc clothes of U price to Jfl
the mnusof the children ofICmA 19 And they made twon;« fcarlet, tf needle-work; as the fervicc in the holy pLce and thc f

7 And he put them on the of

gold, and put them on the tw Lord commanded Mofes. holy garments for Aaron the
(houldeis of the ephod, that thet ends of the
breart-plate, upon t 30 And they made thc plate prieft, and his ions garments to
-Inch was on t of thc holy crown of pure gold, miniflcr in the priefts office*
fanlibe fronts for a memorial to border of it,
the children of Ifbcl-f as thc fide of the
ephod inward. and wrote upon it a writing, like 42 According to all that the
Lord commanded Mu&f. And they made two otb /? thc engravings of a fignet, HO- Lord commanded Mofts, foihc
8 ^ And he made the breaft- golden ring*,
and put them LINESS TO THE LORD. children of Ifracl made all the
plate of cunning work, like the the two fides
of the ephod und 31 And they tied unto it a lace work.
work of the ephod: e/gold, Hue, neath, toward
the fore part of 1 of blue, to fatten it on high upon 43 And Molls
did lot* upon
and purple, and fcarlct, and fine over
agaiuft the ttber ^ cooplia the mitre; as the Lord com-
all thc work, and behold, they

twined linen. thereof, above the curious g.r<* Banded Mofes. had done it as the Lor d had com-
o it was four-fquare, they of the ephod. 3a ^ Thm was all the work of manded, even fo had they done
made the brcait plate double a : %i And they did bind t thc tabernacle of thc tent of the it : and Mofes bleifcd them,

fpan was the length thereof, and

bread-plate by his rings unto t. congregation finilhed: and the C H A
P. XL,
a Joan the breadth thereof being
rings of the ephod, with a lace children of Ifracl did according to AND
the Lord fpake unto Mo-
blue, that it might be above all that thc Lord commanded ** fes, faying,
doubled.
girdle of the ephod. a Mofes fo did they. % On thc firft day of thc 61 ft
10 And they fet in it four rows curious
of done*: *k M row Vfl5 a far- that thc brcaft . P tC. "V s *
liius, a toraa, and a carbuncle:
be loofed from the ephod; as t
33 1 And they brought thc month (halt thou fct up thc te-
tahernaclc unto Mofes, the tent, bernaclc of thc tent of thc coo>
Lord commanded Mofes. •ud all his furniture, his taches, gregation;
this was the filft row.
1 1 And thc ieeond row,
an e- %% 1 And he made the robe his boards, his bars, and bis pil-
3 And thou (halt put therein
lars, and his foekets,
t
ne.ald,afnpphire,andadiamond. the ephod of woven work, all thc ark of thc tcllimony, and to-
34 And thc covering of rams ver thc ark with thc vail.
II And thc third row, a li- blue. m .

Kins died red, and thc covering

cure, an agate, and an amcthyft. *3 And there was a hole-init 4 And thou ihalt bring in thc
«« badgers (kins, and thc vail of tabic, and fct in order thc
n And the fourth row, a be- midlt of the robe, as the hole U,c series,
thirds
ryl/anonyx, and a j^pcr: they an habergeon, w/* a band row that arc to be fct in oricr upon »v
 :

EXODUS,
Thus 16 did Mofes; according
chap. r.
and rtiajfl (halt bring in the can-
dh iriek, ami light the tempi that the Lord
to-ftll command- 30 And he put tbc altar of 3*^ Then a cloud covered the
LftSfCofa ed him, ib did he. fcurnt-offering by the door of the tent of the congregation, and the

j And tlioti limit fit the altar 17 f And it came to paft, in tabernacle of the tent of the coo- glory of the Lokd filled the ta-
of gold for thclnceilft before the the fi.it month, in the lecon rnation, and offered upon it bernaclc.
ark o| the testimony, and put the yeas, onthetirlt<fajrof themontl the burnt-offering
and the meat- 35 And Moils was not able to
barging 01 the door to the tr.bcr- that the tabernacle vtas reared up, offering «
the Lord commanded enter iiuothe tent of Ihecongrc-
gati.)n, becaufe the cloud abode
nacie. 18 And Mofes reared up the Jjofef.
6 And thou fralt fet the altar tabernacle, and fattened his focU 30? And he fet the laver he- thereon, and the glory of the
of Site burnt offering before the e?<, and let up the boards there* tween the tent of the congregati- Lord filled the tabernacle,
on and the altar, and pu: water 36 And when the cloud was
«b?er cf thc*taten.a\4c of thettiH of, a::d put in the bars thereof,
and reared up his pillars. there, towalhw/Atf/. taken up from over the raberna-
of the coniTecin'on.
19 And lie fprcad abroad the 31 And Mofes, and Aaron, ele, the children of I&ael went
7 And thou {Halt fet the laeer
between the lent of the cemgre- tent over the tabernacle, and put and his fons wHlfccd their hands onward in oil their journeys
ration and the alt^r, and (halt the covering of the tent abot and their feet there* . ^ 37 Hut if the cloud were not
put water thei tin. M|x>n it; as the Lor d command 3* When they went into the tr.Len up, then they journeyed not,
8 thou ira!t let up tV
And cd Mofes. jl tent of the congregation, and till the day that ic was taken up.
ro;:rt round about, and hang up so ^ Andhe took 2nd put the when they came near unto the 38 For the cloud jr" the Lord
the hanging at the orwrt- gate. tettimony ir.to the ark, audi" altar, they wathed ; as the Lord was upon the tabemae'e by day,

9 And thou ihnlt take the a- the (laves on the ark, and pu commanded Mofes. and fire was on it by right, in
Pointing oil, and anoint the ta- the mercy-feat above upon 33 And he reared up the court the fight of ail the houic of l£-
hcmaelc and all that is therein, ark. round about the tabernacle and rael, throughout ll.tir jcu:.*

'.nd (halt h>llo.v it, stud all the ai And he brought the ark the altar, and fet up the hanging
itiTils thereof : and it frail be to the ubernacle, and fet up t of the court-gate : io Mofes fi-

holy, vail of the covciing, and co? nifhed the work.

10 And thou flialt anoint the ed the ark of the tellimony; TTfic T! mTBi>okcf Moses, i caibd 'LEVTT1CUS7
alfa* of the burnt-offering, and the Lord commanded Mofes.
all ills velRls, and fcncr.fy the al- %z And he put the table i CHAP. and ;pr:nkbL blood round c-
tar; and it ihall be an altar mod the tent of the congregation, u JS^p the 1. or n called unto Mo- bout- upon tbc altar, thpX is by
fcf, and (pake unto him out the door of the tabernacle e/ the
holy. on the fide of the tabemac
of the tabernacle of the congie^a- co;jg: egtti >iw
it And thou (halt anoint the north-ward, without the vail,
liver and his foot, and f.inrtify 23 And he fet the bread in
lion, faying, 6 And he fbaij'flay the burnt-
2 Speak unto the children of offering, ant} eu; ii i;.to his
It. dcr upon it, before the Lori
Ifrael, and fay unto them. If a- pieces.
it And thou (halt bring Aa- as the Lord had command
by man of you bring an offering 7 And the fons cf Aaron thj
"inn and unto the door of
his fons Mofes.
unto the Lord, ye Ihall bring priefi fitoU put
the tabernacle of the congregati- 24 «f And he put the cand! torn upon the al-
your offering of the cattle, even jar, zv.d lay the
on, and walh them with water, ftick in the tent of the coogrc wood in order
of the herd, and of the flock. upon the fire.
I j And thou Ibalt put upon tion, over againft the table,
Aaron the holy garments, and the fide of the tabernacle fou 3 If his offering be a burnt-fa- S And the prieftj Aaron's fv )ns
ennce of the herd, let him offer (ball lav the pans,
anoint him, and fanftify him; ward. the head, and
^ j lunalc without blcmifh: he (ball the fat,
that he may minifter unto me in 25 And he lighted the lam fn order upon the word
oWcc it of Ins own voluntary wHf,
the piiefls office. before the Loan, as the Loa that on the fire whLcii h upon
at the door of the
14 And thou (halt bring his
fons, and clothe them with coats:
commanded Moles.
26 And he put the golden m congregation,
tabernacle of the altar.
before the 9 But K:s Inwards and his Urs
15 And thou ibalt anoint them tar in the tent of the congregati , • - ti .
fhall hcwa& in «v.ttr : and the
4 *n ' 1
lc ™«l
PWt l.is hand priefl fhall bum all on the altar,
csthou didft anoint their father, on, before the vail, upoQ the-
11IV
%-] And he burnt fwcet inc
head of the burnt-orfer- tofe a burnt-faenfice.
that they may minifter unto me Mi*, and it (ball
an offering
thcieon, as the Lord comm be accepted for made by fire, of a ftteet fiivc^c
in the prieOs ofnee : for their a- im to make
atonement for him. unto the Lord.
pointing lhull furclybe an ever-
Parting' priefthood, throughout
ed Mofes.
a8 \ And he fet up the han bcL^Z eLo
\
RO
Q fna11 m LuUock
t,,e 10 * An;* » crfKrini h of
r'-ew generations.: ingat tbc door of thctaberna Awf}
^^-nslhallbripj ,
f (
: andtbeprieAs the fiocks, nntrci
theblood, or cf the goc;s,
h af the jh.ro,

¥ 6 Lcej
 LEVITICUS. \
CHAP.
fi'c; he (hall bring it amale with- Ml the frankliicc|j
thereof, with
out Memiih. thereof; and:hepricA fhall bu
II And he fhall kill it on the the memorial of it upon the un
liJeof thcaltar north-want before tar, to h an offering n:a<le not
the I .or d: and the priefts Aaron's fire, of a fwsct favour onto ftftct
favour. N
on the altar upon the burnt-
fons fhall fprinkle hit blood round Lord. ,j
Ana txety oblitton of thy faenhee, which h upon the wood
'ha.t t hou feafon that it on the
about upon the altar. $ At. A the remnant cf tl mt-at offering :
fire ; it is an offer-
m
neither (halt thcu fjf- ing mo.le by Hre
l% And he .hall cut it into his meat-offering jhai! be Aaron's with fait ; of a fweet favour
pieces vttth his head and his fat: his Tons; it is a thing moll fert |itf fait
of the covenant of unto the Lord.
and the piitft lhall lay themiircr- of the offerings of the Lord thy God to
meat-offering :
be lacking
with
thy |Am M
And if his offering,
thine of- facrifice of peacc-offcring
ail
for a
Her on the wood that is on the by fire. untothe
fire which is upou the altar. 4 1 And if thou bring an ftrfngs thou lha t
offer fait. Leap, be cf the flock, male or
#

IJ But he (h.lllwaflithe inwards tion of a meat-orftring baker 14 And if thou offer a meat- female; he lhall
offer it without
and the legs with water: and the the oven, it }>atl ie unleav offering of thy firft- fruits unto blcmilh.
prielt Ibatt bring it all, and burn cakes of fine flour mingled the Lord, thou Ihalt offer f.-r 7 If |, c fo r a | amb fr . ,, {s of_
t/uport the altar: itii a burnt- fa- oil, or unleavened wafers anoi the meat-offering of thy -fiill- feting, then (ball he r er it be-
lice, an offering made by fire, of ed with oil.
fmits, sreen cars of corn dried by forr the Lor i>.
the fire, era eon beaten out of And
a Afreet favour unto the Lord. 5 *[ And if thy oblation 8 he lhall I v his hand
14 * And if the burnt- facrifice meat offering bt ken in a pan,
for his offering to the Lord te of lhall be of fine flour unleavt
f0,,ea
15
*'"j.i
And n. u
thou (halt -t
put oil upon "T
the hca(I of his offering,
and
kill it before the tabernacle
it, and lay frankincenfe thereon: of the congregation
fowls, then he fhall bring his offer- mingled with oil. ; and Aaron's

ing of turtle-doves, or of young 6 Thou (halt part it

m
pi
j
m h'H'f'l f ns ftal1 fPrinkle the blood
?
and poor thereon 16 And the priefl fhall burn thereof round about
p gcons.
:
oil : it it upon the al-
the memorial of it, part of the tar.
15 And the pricil fhall bring it meat-offering. 1
beaten corn thereof, and part of
7 ^ And if thy oblation h
#

unto the altar, and wring off his 9 And he fhall offer of the fa-
the oil thereof, with all the crificc of the
head, and burn it on the altar meat-offering b»kcn in thefryiij
: peace-offering, an.
' frankincenfe thereof : ,/ » an of- offering made
and the blood thereof lhall be pan, it (hall b; made of fine unto the by fire
fer.ng made by unto
the Loud: the fat thereof,
fire
wrong out at the f:de of the al- with oil. and the
8 And thou (halt bring t "hole rump, it (hall he takeoff
tar.
16 And he (hall pluck away meat-offering that is made » Mn 5
C HAP ill hard b >- the backbone ; and the
his crop with his feathers, and thefc things unto the Lor d :
^ND k- ..
,f his oblation
1
i•
,
h
a facri- fat that covereth the inward,!
fice of peace offering ,f he and all the fat that is
caft it befitfe the altar on the eaft when it is prefented unt- offer it of the herd, whether it be
upon the
prieft, he (hall bring it un inwards.
part, by the place of the afhes. a male or female he fhatl offer 10 And the two kidneys, and
17 And he lhall cleave it with altar,
;

t without blemilh before the the fat

the wings thereof, but fhall not 9 And the pried that m upon them, which
ttl> ihe flanks
divide it afunder and the pried from the meat-offering a , T *. ... y » <N the caul a-
:
2 Ami 1 1
be it
fhall by his hand bove the liver,
1

fhall burn it upon the altar, up- rial thereof, and (hall bu upon the head of his offering,
with the kidneys
i, fhall he tiU away.
on the wood that h upon the fire on the altar : it is an
:

it if a burnt-facrifice, an offering made by fire

of a fwcel
made by fire, of a fWeet favour unto the Lord.
unto the Lord. 10 And that which ts
C H A P. If. the meat-offering, fiail
AND
IX
when any will offer a and his fons ; it is * th ing rn(

meat-offering unto the Lord, holy, of the offering s o

f

his offering lhall be of fine flour ; Lord made by fire,

and he (hall pour oil upon it, and ir No meat-offering which
mall bring unto the L rd,
put frankincenfe thereon.
% And he lhall bring it to Aa- he made with leaven :
ron's fons the prieits : and he burn no leaven, nor
fo rye
an r hoi
^ tt
4 An.l t h? .
K' : L
the fatthat

L J
" hefore thetabemacbof the con^
prcgation : and the fons of Aa-

lhall take thereout his handful of in any offering of the I

the flour thereof, and of the oil by
OR© mai
fire.
ft? At thift
-tTJon JiSfeff
them, which T ,t
,ha » D k,e th < hlood there.
<T
of upoa tbc altar round ohoot.
,

**1 J4 And
 LEVITTCU CHAP. IV.

„ at ion aj And the prieft ft all take of

(lulllay their hand? up-
ol&r thereof An(1 the prieft fhall pot>n
14 And he fhall 7
offering of tlu- blood upon the horns ./the head of the hullork be- the blood of the fin -ofte ling with
his offeiin^, eve* an Lord; and the bullock hh.fingtr.and put it upon thcboius
the akar of fwect mcenic b«| fore the
made by flic u.Uo the Lord ; the a pe killed before the Lord, of thcaltarof Lurnt-cflcriiig, and
futthuc covtficih the iivwartis, and the Lov. d, which is in the tab ||

nacle cf the congregation : an s6

And the prieft that is an- lhali pcur out hisalood at the bot-
all the fat that is upon the
in-
inted lhall bring
of the bullock's torn of the altar of burnt offu-
Hull pour all the blood of
vards of the ing.
bullock at the bottom of the blood to the tabernacle
15 And the two kidneys, and congregation. 2< And he tarn all his fat
lhall
the burnt-ori'triog, whic
the fat that is upon them, *hich tar of % #
dip his upon the altar, as the fat of the
17 And the pricft fhall
door of the taberna
h by the Hanks, and the caul a- is at the finger i« f**t of
the blood, and facrifice of peace cffc.ings : and
bove the liver, with the kidneys, of the congregation. 1 1

forlnkle 1/ feren times before the thcpricft<hai!in&keana:or.tmc»t

it lhall he take awav.
8 And he lhali take offfrom
the vail. tor him as concerning his lin, and
the builock for l,o R D f * vc* 1 before
16 And the pried (hall burn all the fat of
that cove iS And he lhall put fame of the it lhall he forgiven him.

them upon the altar: it is the fin-offering ; the fat blood upon the horns of the altar, %J ^ And if anyone of the
inwards, and all the,
fosd of the offering made by fire, eth the common
which is before the Lord, that is people fin through iguo-
for a fwetrt favour. Ail the fat that is upon \bc inwards. congrc- ranee, while he doth fcmeivhnt Q ~
in the tabernacle of the
is the Lord's. 9 A » d the two kidney*, a any of the commandments
ation, and lhall pour out all the
the fat that is upon them, wh g
17 // foil! he* perpetual ftatute blood at the bottom of the altar of the Lord, akctft&& tint.**
for your generations, throughout is by
the Hanks, and tne caul,
of the burnt offering, which is at which ought not to be doiie, and
b..vo the 1;\ u\ with the kidney
ail your dwellings, that ye cat the door of the tabernacle, of the be guilty ;
neither fat nor blood. it lhall he take away,
|
it was tiiken ollfrom t
congregation. which he hath 28 Or if his fio,
C II A1*. IV. 10 Ar,
19 And he fhall take all his tinned, come to his knowledge :
A Nd the Lord fpake unto Mo- bullock of theficrifuj of pcac fat from bim, and burn it upon then he fhall bring his offering, a
offerings: and the pfufl fha
ics, faying, the altar. kid ofthegrats, a female With*
a Speak unto the children of burn then-, upor. the alur of t' ao And he (hall do with the out hicmilh, for hLhn which he
Ifrael faying. If a foul (hall fin burnt-offering, bullock as he did with the hul- hath finned.
through ignorance againd any of 1 1 And the Mn of the bull lock for a fin-offering, fo fhall he 39 And he fhall lay his hand
of the Lord and all h;s fie.1i, with us h
the commandments do uith this : and the pricft fhall upon the head of the f:n-offciir>g,
h;s legs, and his
Utneemint tbinv which ought not and with
i
make an atonement for them, and flay the fin-offering in the
againit wards, and his dung, a
to be dooc) a'.ul fnall do and it lhall be forgiven them. place of the burnt-offering.
auv of them : E" n tliC whole bullock n.all 21 And he lhall carry forth the 30 And the prieft fhall take of
anointed cany forth without the camp,
\ If the pricft that is bullock without the camp, and the blood thereof with his
finger,
place, where the a
do fin according to the fin of the to a clean barn him as he burned the firft and put it upon the horns
of the
poured out, and burn nun
people: then lit him brfofl for are bullock: it 11 a fin-offering for altar of Lurnt-offcrin , and fhall
his fin which he hath finned, a the
wood with fire where t :
the congregation. pour out all
r
the Llcod thcucf at
youn- bullock without blemifh, allies are poured out, lhall he 21 <j When a ruler hath fin- the bottom of the altar,
Lord for a fin-offering, burnt. ned. and done fomnvknt through
unto'the
whohew* j
31 Ard he 11, all takeaway all
bring the ul- 13 1 And if the
4 And he lhall ignorance *g*w9 any of the com-
I

the fat thereof as the fat is taken

taher- gallon of If.acl fin through ign
lock unto the door of the mandmenuoftheLouohisGod, away lrcm off the ftcrific* of
before ranee, and the wing be hid fro
nacle of the congregation, <**ccrm*x things which Ihould not peace offering and the pritft
eyes of tne alUmb.y, and tn.
the Lord; and (hall lay his hand the iS iUy Ih& " lurn kX
%3 Ur T!his f
done jbrrevhnt ago, njt any t?k t** the altar, for
noon the bullock"* head, and kill have
-
5 . .
if lin, wherein he a fwett favcur unto the Lord :
the commandments ot the Lo
the bullock before the Loud. n f hi * kn ow " the piitft fhall make an a-
t And the prielt that is tn-
etnetrmng //«:;? 1 which (hould 1. iSt 1he «lhallif^"^
led^e; bring his offering,
°. . .

lonement for him, and it fhall

einted (hall take of the bulloch's be
done and are guilty : a Udoftbc goats, a(
male with- be forgiven him.
blood, and bring it to the taber- 14 When tne Un which th
nacle of the congregation. have fumed again ft it is know %4 aA.
Ami he Ik
lay his il
Qrall
?

I
hand,
. P ^'"^ bring, lair b for
a fin-orTcring he lhali brine it
6 And the priett lhall dip his then
finger in the blood, and fprinkle a
the congregation lhall o
youn 3 bullo<k for the fin, a
Wn the head of the goat
C thcy
and
U
female without
An<l hc fhaU l
US S a

of the blood feven limes

before bring him before the taberna the b»r„f *°^ rin ft** !?befor« 4*« 1

, *t his hands
the head of the f.n-offering
the Lord, before the vail of the of
the congregation. i LeL . I
lt
-

" a %L
MB**** .

A»W And the cJcrs oHhe^ '

and flay it for a fin-cfTcring, in
the
 I. K V I T T C U S.
C TI A P. VT.
the pafs-ofFcring unto the Lor », for ne of thefe,' and it fhall be for- 3 Or have found that whicfi
the place where they kill
burnt-ottering. his fin w* ich he hath (inntd, ^' piven him : and /A,? remnant (hall was (oft, and lieth concerning it,
34 And the prieft fhall take of female from the flock, a lamb o r bethe prierts, as a meat-offering, and fweareth falfly : in any of all
the blood of the fin-offering with a kid of the goats, for a fin-offer 14 *f And the Lord fpakcun- thefe that a man doth, finning
therein :
his finger, and put it upon the ing : and the prieft (hall makea to Moles, faying, .

horns of the altar of burnt-offer- atonement for him conctrni jc If foul commit a trefpafs,
:i 4 Then it fhall be, becaufe he
ing, and (hall pour out all the his fin. nil fin through ignorance, in the hath finned and is guilty, that he
blood thereof at the bottom of 7 And if he be not able (g holy thing* of the Loro: then fhall reftore that which he took
violently away, or the thing
the altar. bring a lamb, then he fhall brin he ihall brine for his trefpafs un-
to tHe Lord, ram
a withoir.blcm- uhich he hath deceitfully got-
35 And he mall take away all for his trefpafs which hehathco
jih, out of
the flocks, with thy ten, or that which was delivered
the fat thereof, as the fat of the mitted, two turtle-doves, or t
Iamb is taken away from the fa- young pigeons, unto the Lor cifimation hy thekcls of filvcr, af- him to keep, or the loft thing
crificc of the peace-offerings; and one for a fin-offering, and tor the Ihekcl of the fantiuaiy, which he found,

the pried (hall burn them upon other for a burnt-offering. for a trefpafs-oflering. 5 Or all that about which he
the altar, according to the offer- 8 And he fhall bring them u 16 And he fhall make amends hath (worn falfiy: Se Ihall even

fog! made by fire unto the Lord; to the prielt, who (hall offer tho for the harm that he hath done reftore it in the principal, ami
the holy thing, and fhall fhall add the fifth part more
and the prieft fhall make an a- which is for'thc fin-offering firft i:i

tonement for his fin that he hath and wring off his head from hi add the fifth part thereto, and thereto, and give it nnto him
givc.it unto the prieft: and the to whom it appcrtaineth, in the
committed, and it (hall be for- neck, but fhall not divide it afun-
prieft fhnll make an atcnemcrt day of his irefpafs-offirirg.
given him. dcr.
CHAP. V. And he fhall fpriukle of the for him with the ram of the ucU 6 And he fliall bring his trcf-
9
blood of the fin-offci ing upon the paiVoffcitngi and it ihall be for- pnfs offering unto the Lord, a
A Nd and hear the
if a foul fin,
ram without hlemifh out of the
fide of the altar ; and the reft given him.
voice of fwearing, and is a ^ ^

witnefs, whether he hath fcen or the blood fhall be wrung 17 «f And if a font fin, and flock, with thy efiimation, for a
the bottom of the altar ; it commit any of thefe things which trefpafs-offeiing, unto the pi ieft.
known of it ; if he do not utter
bear his iniquity, are forbidden to be done by the 7 And the prieft Ihall make an
then he fhall fin-offering.
iV,
10 And he fhall offer the commandments of the Loan: atenerrent for him before the
a Or if a foul touch any unclean
cond for a burnt-offering, acco though he wift it not, yet is he Loftfi : and it [ball he forgiven
thing, whether it te a careafc of
guilty, and (hall bear his iniquity, him, for any thing of al) that he
an unclean heart, or a carcalc of ing to themanner ; and the pr
(hall make an atonement for hi
15 And he fliall bring a ram hath done, in trefpaffing therein,
unclean cattle, or the carcafe of
unclean creeping things, and if for his fin which he hath finned
without hlemilh out of the flock, 8 ? And the Loud fpake
with thy clJitnation, for a trcf- unto Mofes, faying,
it he hidden from him he alfo , and it Ihall be forgiven him. M
fhall he unclean, and guilty. II But if he be not able t pais offering, unto the prieft : 9 Command Aaron and his
and the prieft ikall mike an a- for.s, faying. This is the law of
3 Or if he touch the unclean- bring two turtle-doves, or two*
tonement for him concerning his the burnt-offering: (it is the
nefs of man, whatfocver unclean- young pigeons : then he that fi
ignorance wherein he erred, and burnt-offering, becaufs of the
nefs it te that a man fhall he defil- ncd (hail bring for hisoffeving t
wift it not ; and it fhall be for- burning upon the altar all night
cd withal, and it be hid from tenth part of an ephah of 6
given him. unto the morning, and the fire
him; when he knowcth of if, flour for a fin-offering : he
1$ It if a trefpafs offering : he of thcaltar (hall be burning on it.)
then he fhall be guilty. put no oil upon it, neither
ibul fwcar, pronounc- he put i#j frankineenfe thereon
hath certainly trefpafi'ed againft 10 And the prieft fhall put on
4 Or if a
the Lor i>. his linen garment, and his linen
ing with bis lips to do
or to for it fJ a fin-offering.
evil, ^

ix Then mall he bring it to th

C IT A P. Vf. breeches Ihall he put upon hts
<bgood, whatfocver it be that a
man Ihall pronounce with an prieft, and the prieft fball tak ANd the Lord fpake unto flcflv and take up the afhes which
M*fes, faying, the fire hath eonfumcd with the
oath, and it be hid from him; his harmful of it, even a memo*
*

% If afoul fin, and commit a burnt-offering on the altar, and

uhen heknowetho/ if, then he rial thereof, and burn it on the al trcfpnft againft the Lord, and lie he fhall put them befides the al-
Ihall be guilty in one of thefe. tar, according to the otfeiing
unto his neighbour in that which tar.
5 And it Ihall be, when he made by fire unto the Lord : it
^'delivered him to keep, or in II And he Ihall put offhis gar-
fhall be guilty in one of thefe is a fin-offering. rellowlhip, r In a thing taken ments, and put on other gar-
things, that he Ihall coufefs that 13 And the prieft (hall mak away by violence, or hath deceit- ments, and carry
an atonement for h'.m, as touch forth the afhes
he hath finned in that thing. Cd bis neighbour without the camp, nnto a clean
6 And he ihall bring his tref- ing his fin that he hath finBed i
;

place. it And
 :

J, EVTTICUS. CHAP. vur.

lags, which ^er/a/jf unto the Lord, ron that offereth the hlood of tabernacle of the con- the horns of the altar round a-
ai the
*f
even that (bill fhall be cut off peace offerings, and the fat, d*>r b(JMt w :
hj .
anJ purifieJ
t!l fi llger>

from his people. have the tight fhouldcr f * faid tinto the the altar and pouted the blood
\nd Mofes
:

%% ^ And the Lord

fpake un- part. 5
real ion.
is the thing at the bottom of the ailar, and
to Moles, faying, 34 For thc wave-bread andt C0 n
Lom> commanded to fanftificd it,, to make rcconcilia-
1$ Speak unto the children of heave-fhoulder have 1 takenof t v vh
\
| the
- tion upon it.
bC n
Ifrael, faying. Ye mall eat no children of Ifrael, from ofTthe
manner fat, of ox, or of fheep, crifices of their r^ce ofTerin
orofgont. and hare given them untoAa; s
/i

ndhis
i
brought Aaron
And Mcfcs
fons, and wafhed
ibem
**** Hver, and the two
M 16 Andhctcok all the fatthat
upon the inwards, and the
with water. , .
_

44 And the fat of the heart the priert, and unto his fens, '

n d he put
^ upon him the kidneys, and their fat, and Mo-
that dieth of itfclf, and the fat a ffatute for ever, from a 7 with the fes burned it upon the altar.
t an d girded him
of that which is torn with beads, the children of Ifrael.
SrdL and clothed him with the 17 But the bullock and his hide,
may he ufed in any other ufc ; 35 ^ This it the portion robe and put the cphod upon his flefli, and his dung, he burnt
but ye toall in no w ife cat of it. anointing of Aaron, and with the with fire without the camp as
him'and he girded him :

X5 For whofhever eateth thc anointing of his fons, out curious girdle of
the cphod, and the Lord commanded Mofc*.
fr.t of the heart, of which men offerings of the Lord m 18 \ And he brought the ram
bound it unto him therewith-
offer an offering made hy fire un- fire, in the day when he p 8 And he put the breart-plate tor the hmnt-offtring : and Aa-
to the Lord, even the foul that them to minifter unto the tipon him : alio he put
in the ron and his fons laid their
hands
eateth it fhall be cut off from his in the pritfls office : breafl-platc the Urim andThum- upon the head of the ram.
people. 36 Which the Lord comm mim. 19 And he killed it, and Mo-
,

26 Moreover ye fhall eat no ed to be given them of the c 9 And he put the mitre upon fes fpiinklcd the blood upon the
manner of hlood, whether it \e of ren of Ifrael, in the day tha his head; alfo upon the mitre, altar round about.
fowl, or of bcafr, in any of your anointed them, hy a flat even upon his fore-front, did he 20 And he cut the ram into
dwellings. ever throng hm.; heir genera
1
put the golden plote, the holy pieces, and Mofes burnt the head,
*7 Whatfoever feu! it h
that 37 This -5 the law of the hu crown ;
as the Lord commanded and the pieces, and the fat.
eateih anv manner of blood, even offering, of the mest-offcri, ftfof
. _ 21 And he wafted the inwards
m , ,
that foul' lhall be cut off from his and of the f:i offering, and of t
,
10 And Mofes took the anoint- and the legs in water; and Mofes
people. trefpafs offering, and of the ingoil, and anointed the tuber- burnt the whole
ram upon the
*3 <[ Ami the Lord fpake tin- fecrations, and of the facrifice naeie and all that -was therein, altar; it -was a
burnt-facrificr for
to Mofes, faying, the peace-offerings and fanned them. a fWct favour, and an offering
the Lord comma
29 Speak unto the children of 38 Which 11 And he fpnnkled thereof made by fire unto the
Lor ; as
Ifrael, faying. He that offereth ed Mofes in
mount Sinai, in upon the altar feven times, and the Lord
commanded Mofes.
the faciiiice of hU peace-offerings, day that he
commanded
SEPI \u h C i*
d al ™ S" 1.' "
And he brou S ht th * o^<x
unto the Loan, bring hi? children of Ifrael to offer I
(hall
heir,
aVtr hiSram ' thc ram ^^ftcration:
oblation unto the Loro, of the lations unto the
Lord, in folt VfinAY y .h
nd Aaron and his fons
facrifice of his peire-offer.ngs. wildernefs of Sinai. 12 An ? ? T' c f
P° U d ° f. tf an ' ***** u P° n «*« tead of the ram.
.
their

A VW. 7
30 His own hands fhall bring
the offerings of the Lord made
C H
A
P.
Nd the Loro fpake unto Z
ointin^5 • -I Aaron s !?
t0 anfli y
hcaJ > *3 And he flew it, and MoJ
took of the bloodof ir.and put £
by fire, the fat with the brcaft, it fes, faying, I^Zl M f f
br° U (ht
lhall he brine, that the bread a Take Aaron and Ms «R ^*
fon" andd pit ?
the tip of Aaron's righ? car,
5°atS "P° n and upon the thumb of hit right
mav be waved for a wave-offering with him, and thegarmen
Hi
them ,
'

lh< wkh n «". -"^Pon the great to *o

before the Lord. the anointing oil, and a bu and^l '- 1
Ut l,0nnClS U ?
n f?
h P° " «ight foot.
31 And the pricft (ball burn for the
fin-offering, and two r
unleavened b
tlnrn
MoJs!
• $lhch0
c?!
" commanded *4 And
he brought Aaron's
the fat upon the altar: but the and a baftet of fons, and Mofes put of the blood
the
bread lhall he Aaron's and his 3 And gather thou ill
Ions, gregation together unto the
of the
31 And the right Ihoulderftiill of tlx: tabernacle upon the h<
ye give unto the priert fcr a heave- gation.
offering, of the facrifices of your 4 And Mofes did as fes fprinkled the blood upon thc
peace-offering,
33 He among the fons of A a-
commanded him, and th
bly was gathered together
tt
wwood,
! w w
!•
and Mofts
andpvi ,//upon
o!,a ' round about.
And he took the fat, and
the
 g

LEVITICUS. and
X, CHAP.
h5m the blor>*U (which he
the rump, and all the fit that at
an end for feven days
-Wand for lnC r co P'*people, unto
8
:
n^,,
he conic **U thr XI offering of the (prink led upon the altar lound
wn upon the inwards, an.i the crate you.
As he hath done thi, about
caul abtve the liver, and the f.vo .",4
^ **f\kc an atonement for them; ;)
19 And the
kidneys and their fat, aod the /« the I.obb hath commanded {*
to mak « a,) atonement
•hi ord commanded.
therefore went unto and of the ram the rump, and
fat of the bullock,

right Ihoulder. (Z Aaron

of you.
26 And out of the bafket
unleavened bread, that vim before .35 1 hercfore Ihr.ll ye abide
the door of the tahernacle
^ flew the calf of the that which covereth the inwards.
, Itar and
C
? which wtfi for him- and the kidney», and the caul
« iftiJiiK

the Lord, he took one unlraven- of tfe.

ed cake, and a cake of oiled bread, congrcg ition, day and night, fc_ nAnd the fons of Aaron ao And they put the fat upon
and one wafer, and put them on ven days, and keep the charge of
the fat, and upon the right the I.011 n, that ye die not; for fc
ihoulder. ' am commanded.
27 he put all upon Aa-
And 36 So Aaron and his fonsdfo
things which the Lord to .
ron's hands, and upon his fons all m
hands, and waved them for a manded by the hand of M fe| and the kidneys, as Mofes commanded,
. 10 Rut the fat
wave-offering before theLord. C II A P. IX. ahve the liver of the aa And Aaron lift up hi
tnd the caul
18 And Mofes took them from A ND it came to pals on the fin-o/Saing he burnt upon the towards the people, and bUi
off their hands, and burnt
them £\. eighth day, t.ut Mofes altar; as the
Lord commanded them; and came down fr

on the altar, upon the burnt-of- ed

Aaron and his Ions, and th« Moles. offering of the tin-offering, a
,
elders of Ilrac.; j! And the flefii and the hide he the burnt-offering, and pea
feriwe: they -were confecrations
for a fwect favour : it i.i an
of- 2 And he laid unto Aaron, burnt with fire, without the camp, offerings.

fcrinr
r
made by fire unto the Take thee a young calf for a fin- iz And he flew the burnt-offer- 23 And Mofes and Aaron went
and a .am lor a burnt-
orfcring, ing; and Aron's fons
presented into the tabernacle ofthe congre-
j 0R D
\q Ami Mofes took the hreaft, offering, without blemllh, and unto him the blood, which he gation, and came out, and blef-
ing oiler imk belore he Lord. t
fprinkled round about upon the led the people : and the glory
and waved it for a wavc-offc, of
before the Lord /or of the
: ram 3 And unto the children of altar. the the Lord appeared unto all
part: Ifracl thou lhalt lpcak, faying, 13 Andthey pre fen ted the people.
of confecration it was Mofes
commanded Mofes. T.ike ye a kid of the goats, for a burnt-offering unto him, with the 24 And there came a fire out
as the L...
offering and a calf, and a pieces thereof, andthehead: and from before the I.or d, and
«AndM..festook nftheanoi.it- fin ;
cou-
bol» of the year, with- he burnt lion upon the altar. fumed upon the altar the bumt-
and of the blood which lamb,
fir ft
inr oil
and fprinK- out blemi.h, for a burnt-offeriog; 14 Andhedid waft t he inward* offering, and the fat: which when
Zs upon the altar, and a ram for and the lees, and burnt them all the people faw,
Mi Zov Aaron, and upon his 4 Alio a bullock before upon the burnt-offering on the and fell on their faces
they ftoutcd '
and upon his fons, r.nd peace-ohuings to facr.fice
„rmcn?s,
KShUfon's garments with him: the Loan and a
meat-offer P|
;
* lur-
X. CHAP.
Z Aaron, Wins fons, mingled with oil
fanftified
and hisWs garments with him. Loan
for to-day the
will appear unto^u
:

*a
13 5 And he brought the pco-
offering, and took the goat
A Nd Nadab and Abihu, the
£\
fonsof Aaron, took either
Aa- « And tncy brought tUt which was the A.woflcring for the
of thtm l.is cenftr, and put fi.e
«
3 «f And
Mofes (aid unto
the
5
which Moles commanded, before W>le, »n flew it, andofferedit therein, and put
,n? to his fons, Iloil inceniethereon,
S
of the
a the ooo of
congregation
the tabernacle
and
:
the tabernacle of the congr^-
there tion and ail the congreiatjm.
:

ftood before the

<
onenng, l^^
ofrfint and ottered
which ^ commanded

^
/to" the drew near, and it according them not.
„ t it with the
bread in
as 1 com- Loud. _, And
hifkct of confecrations,
6 And -o. .v. . .

v ZTur\ u u .
* out fire from
,ying, Aaron and his
SS^J J*.
that ye ihouU do an
which remaineth
bread
ed,
.hall glory o. the Lord
mall app*
:

d£
of'theflelhnndofthe
fa >' in e.

"gift
3
SSi not go out of TJS
Go
M*.
unto the altar
faid untc, AarjJ
and offer
«• Heflew-lfoth.!
theraa, , L
' .
11

?
t
i*>Hbefanaified inthem
*
,
n Ckantl that COinc n h me and
> before
doorof thetaberpacle of the
t he bur ° l
until im-offenng. and '\ , PW ; And Aaron
congregation i« feven days, awaeoen^ fo, P'«= aod AuS t c 'r
" ,,eld hi* P«ce.
your confecration be ,d S# and make an
XI days of
and
 LEVITICUS. CHAP. XL
ind EUanhan.thefonsof Uzzicl, hcave-lhouldcr (hall y* eat U partcth the hoof, 16 And
the owl, and the night*
C eve"'I-
4\Vhfttloc
the uncle of Aaron, and faid un- clean place thou, and thy
;
* ^chc^-ctl, hawk, and the cuck-ow, and the

^^^ ^^
ft-.
*» %
to them. Come near, cany your a:ul thy daughters with th Cc f >** beafts, thai
the hawk after hi, kind,
'"t n»* 5
.
anvon b
brethren from before the fauttua- they he ihy due, and thy fo ns ;he
cud J? Af)d
Vfhul arc given out of the e
jfcallyc * u
ly out of the camp. facri ; c |^ s thefe
fhall ye cormorant, and the great owl,
4 *
of cv '
5 So they went near, and car- ficcs pcacc-cHciines of h»1 'that chew the l8 And the fwan, and the pc-
f t | lcrm

riedthemin their couts out of children of Ifracl. pot eat, lican, and the gier-eag.'e,
^ that divide the
the camp as Mofes hat. faid. 15 The heave- (houldcr and btcaufe he 19 And the flork, the heron af-
;
thc « the cnmel.
6 And Mofes faid unto Aaron, wavc-brcaft fhall they b.ing. * divideth not tcr her kind, and the bwping,
uit ih the cud but
tnd unto Elcazar, and unto ltha- the offerings made by fire of unto you. and the bat.
wave
the tTCttf heii unelca*
mar ttiifons. Uncover not your fat, to it for a wavc-offfN *
r And the
coney, becaufe he ao A1J fowls that creep, 6 oing
iicads, neither rend your clothes; ing before the Lor.n, audit upon all four, ptall be an abomi-
1 weththecud, but divideth not
left you die, and left wrath
come be thine, and thy Tons with unclean unto you. nation unto you,
by a ftatute for e\er ; thehoof- he is
upon all the people ; but let your 6 And the
hare, becaufe he ai Vet thefe m eat of.
brethren, the whole houfe of If- Lord hath commanded,
racl, bewail the burning which 16 % And Mofes dili

the Lord hath kindled. fought the goat of the fin

7 And ye mail not go out from
the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, left you die: for
the anointing oil of the Lord is
upon you. And they did accord-
ing to the word of Mofes.
8 1 And the Lord fpakc un-
to Aaron, faying,
9 Do not drink wine nor ftrong
drink, thou, nor thy fons with to make atonement
thee, when yc go into the taber- fore the
ing, and behold, it was
and he was angry with
and Ithamar, the fons of eat: the locuft after his kind,
d: he is unclean to you.
which tvere left alive, faying,
g Of their flclh fhall ye noteat. and the bald locurt aftci his kind,
1 7 Wherefore have yc not
and their carcafe lhall ye not and the beetle after his kind, and
en the fin-offering in the the grafhoppcr after his kind.
touch : they are unclean to you.
plarc, feeing it « moft holy,
9 t Thefe
lhall ye cat, of all %3 But all other flying creeping
Cod hath given it you to that are in the waters : whatfo- things, which have four fcct,jba!l
the iniquity of the congr
ever hath fins and fcales in the be an abomination unto you.
a4 And for theft yc fhall be
for th
waters, in thefcas, and in the ri-
Lord ? Ters : them fhall ye eat. unclean : whofoever touchcth the
1

naclc of the congregation ; left yc 18 Behold, the b 10 And all that have not fins carcafe of them, lhall be unclean
die : *i/ fiall be a ftatute for e\cr
brought in with nor fcales in the feas, and in the till even.
throughout your generations : ye Ihuuld indeed rivers, of all that move in the 25 And whofoever bearctli
10 And that yc may put dif- holy place, as I waters, and of any living thinjr, ought of the carcafe of them, fball
ference between holy and unholy, 19 And Aaron faid unto which is in the waters, they fhall walh his clothes, and be unclean
they
and between unclean and clean : Behold, this day have bean ahominatio.i unro you. until the even..
11 And that ye may teach the theirlin-otTcring,
and thei XI They (hall he even an abo- a6 The carcafes of every beaft
before the Lor mination unto you : ye lhall not which divideth the
children of Ifrael all the ftatutes offering hoof, and is
befallen nu
which the Lord bath fpoken un- fuch things have
.
you (hall not cloven footed, nor rheweth
to them by the hand of Mofes.
and if 1 had eaten theJin-offer* have their carcafes in abomina- the cud,
arc unclean unto von :
« And Mofes fpakc unto ing to day, (he/id it have been VC ry nc
rz
« \vu ,r . o .. ° tl,at ^"chcth
them
the fight of the 12 Whatfoevcr . 4,
Aaron, and unto Elcazar and un- accepted in hath no fins fhall be unclean.
or n ?
to Ithamar his ions that were left, 1 "•
tH WatC
" that Jbail 47 And ^atfoevcr goeth upon
Take the meat-offering that rc- 20 And wncn Mofes
heard tt*i * »hom.nat,on unto you.
!?.r
an
, ,h -

his pa w », among all manner*

roaincth of the offerings of thciie was content. hefc are bealts, that go on tour, thofc
C H A P. XI. re lhall hlvw f a bo,n ."*},
Lord made by fire, and cat it Son t "h,f w l4"
' nat, on
a "f unclean unto you : vyhofc
fpakeurt
without leav*cn btfide the altar: A NM the Lord
l
> '"'oy fhall not
/°
eaten ^, ,ejr
be toucheth their carcafe, mail be
f«, and to Aaron,
for It m moft holy. 5KiJ! "7 a " abJ?™i'«tion : unclean until the even.
13 And yefliallent U in the to them,
.

holy place, becaufe it U thy due, a Sfccak unto the chiW.

arc the
Md thy fons due, of the facrifices Ifraei, laying. Theft
flidll cat among
al
of the Lord made by fire: for which yc
fo am commanded,
I
bcaft? that ore on the eart>-
And the wavc-bicaft and 3 "u
J4 unto
 :

LEVI T I C U S.
CHAP. xm.
of
may he that touch-
. unto the children of (kin of his Belli Ske the pf :sue
cjDcak
unto you among the creeping ye eat, die; * then he fhall he brought
"faying If a woman have leprofy;
I

things that crccpupon the earth : cth the carcafc thereof, ihall he prieft, or onto
m nceived feed, and born a man- unto Aaron the
the weafel, ami the moufc, and unclean until the even. C the priefts.
40 And he that caretli of the Z \A then (he (ball be unclean one of his fons
•

thctorioife after his kind, 3 And the pried Call look on

30 And the ferret, and the carcafc of it, lhall waih his clothes,
£Z days according to the days
5

her infirmi- the plague in the fkin of the flefh :

the fcparation for
chameleon, and the lizard, and and he unclean until the even: he f
and -uhen the hair in the plague-is
(ball (he be unclean.
the fnail, and the mole. alfo that brareth the carcafc of it,
\ And the eighth day the turned white, and the plague
in
m
31 Theft are unclean to you a- fhall wafh his clothes, and be un- fight be deeper than the fkin of
a n.ih of his fore-fkin ihall be cir-
mong all that creep: whatfocver clean until the even. ,lis flcfll 5 lt " a Pla S«- «f lepro-
41 And every crcepirg thing SIncifed.
d*th touch them when they be C
4 And file fhall then continue fy : and the pried lhall look ca
dead, fhall be unclean until the that creepeth upon theearlh, frail of her purifving him, and pronounce him unclean,
be an abomination : it lhall not In the blood
even.
three and thirty day* : fhe (hall 4 If the blight fpot *r whitein
31 And upon whatfocver any of eaten.
touch no hallowed thing, nor
the fkin of his flefh, and fight m
them, when they arc dead, doth 4% Whatfocver gceth upon the (kin, and
gocth n come into the ian^hiary, until the be not deeper that) the
fall, it (hall be unclean ;\vhetherif belly, and whatfocver thereof be noc turned:
or whatfocver hat days of her purKying be fulfilled, the hair
be any vcfiel of wood, or raiment, on all four, c Hut if flic bear a maid-chi d, white; then the
prieft fhall (h«f
*>r (kin, or fack, whatfocver
vcf- more feet among all creeping
then flie fliall be unclean two up Km that hath the
plftgue, fe*cu
fclr/A«r, wherein any w ork is done, things that
creep upon the earth ;
weeks, as in her fcparation : and days.
it mufl be put into water,
and it them ye (hall not eat, for they are-
fhe ihall continue in the blood of 5 And the prieft (ball loolcbn
jhall be unclean until the even ; an ahomir.ation.
her purifying thrcefcorc and fix him the ftventh day : and
be-
Jo it (hall be clcanfed. 43 Ye (hall not make yourfelves hold, if the plagne in his fight
with any crccpin j aV5 ,

33 And every earthen veflel, abominable 6 And when the days of her be at a flay, and the plague i'prcad
whcttiiHo any of them falleth, thing thatcreepeth, neither thai purifying arc fulfilled, for a fon, not in the fkih ; then the prieft
unclean with
whRttbcver is in it (hall be un- you make yourfelves or for a daughter; fhe (hall bring lhall fliut him up
(even days more,
clean; and ye ihall break it. them, that ye Ihould be defil 6 And the prieft (hall look on
a lamb of the firft year, for a
34 Ofallmeat which
may be thereby.
burnt-offering, and a young pi- him again the feventh day: and
-J

eaten, that on which fucb water 44 For I am the Lord y

therefore fancY geon, or a turtle dove for a lin-* behold, //the plague be fomewhat
comcth, (hall be unclean : and all God: ye lhall Offering, unto the door of the ta- dark, and the plague
Ipread not
fhall he holy :
drink that may bedrunk, in every vourfclves, and ye bernacle of the congregation, un- in the fkin ; the prieft (hall pro-
fucbvtiTc\ t fhall he unclean. for I am holy: neither (hall ye bounce him clean : it is but a fcab
to the prieft :
And whereupon defile youi Jelvcs with any manner
35 every thing
7 Who before the and he (hall walh his clothes: and
lhall offer it
creeping thing tha* crecpeth
'

aitf part of their carcafc falleth, of Lord, and make an atonement be clean.
lhall be unclean; -whether it be o\tn>
upon the earth.
for her, and (he fhall be clcanfed 7 But if the lea b fp read fnuch
or ranges for pots, they fhall be 4j For I am the Lord that from the iflue of her blond- This abroad in the fkin, after that he
out of the land
broken down t for they are un- hunger h you up is the law for her that hath born hath been feen of the prieft for
to be your God : ye
clean, and (hall be unclean unto of Egypt, a male or a female. his cleanfing : he fhall be icon of
(hall therefore be holy, for I am
you. 8 And if fhe be not able to the prieft again.
36 Ncverthelefs, a fountain or holy. bring a lamb, then (he (ball bring 8 And if the prieft fee, that
of 46 This is the law of thebeafl:
pit, -wherein there is plenty twoturtles, ortwoyoung pigeons; behold, the fcab fpreadeth in the
the fowl, and of every In
water, lhall be clean : hut that and of the one for the burnt-oflcring, fkin ; then the prieft lhall pro-
ing creature that movcth in the
which toucheth their carcafc, fhall and the other for a fin-offering : nounce him unclean : \t h z le-
waters, and of every creature that and the prieft fhall make an a- profy.
be unclean.
crcepeth upon the earth : 1
37 And if any fart of their car- tenement for her, and flic fhall 9 «[ When the plagne of le-
To make a difference be-
cafc fall upon any fowing-feed 47 be clean. profy is m
a man, then btfliall
unclean and the clean,
which is to be fown ; it frail be tween the
and between the heart that may
CHAT, ill I. be brought unto the prieft :
clean. ANd the Lord fpake unto 10 And the prieft fhall fee Km :
if any water be put up- be e*aten,
and tbe beart that may
38 But Mofcs and Aaron, faying, and behold, if the rifin* be white
on the feed, and any part of their not be eaten. a When a man (hall the fkin, and it have turned
have in in
carcafc fall thereon: ltyW/ieun-
CHAP. XII.
flefh a rifing, a fcab, the hair white, and there be
the fkin of his quick
the Lord fpakc un
clean unto you. ANd
Mofcs, faying,
or bright fpot, and it be »
the raw flefh in the rifins ;
yy And if any heart of which ^ g | G % IX It
 t

LEVITICUS. chap. xm.

It H is an old leprofy iu the fhut him up feven days,
ikin of his flefh, and the pried %% And if it fpread much •t And
the prieft look on fallen ofT from the part of h:*
if

Ihall pronounce him unclean, and -broad in the (kin, then the p
(hall not (hut him up: for hen fliall pronounce him unclean
unclean. is a plague.
la And if a leprofy break out But the bright fpot
if
abroad in the fkin, and the le- in his place, and fpread not, it
a burning bile j and the p
profy cover all the fkin of htm that
hath the plague, from his head pronounce him dean,
ihall
even to his foot, whercfoever the 24 ^ Or if there be any
pried lookeih ; in the fkin whereof there is a
13 Then the piicft (hall con- burning, and the quick Jlejb
and behold, //the leprofy burncth have a white bright i
fider:
•he plague
of the fcall, and be- head toward his face, he is fore*
hold, it** not in fight
deeper head-bald : yet is he clean,
than the fkin, and that there is no 42 And if there be in the bald
bUck hair in it; then the prieft head, or bald forehead, a white
fhall fhut up him
that hath the reddifli fore, it is a leprofy fprung
plague of the fcall, feven days. up in his bald head, or his bald
31 And in the feventh day the forehead :
prieft mall look on the plague : 43 Then the prieft Ihall look
and behold, //the fcall fpread not, upon it : andbehold, //theriiing
and there he in it no yellow hair, of the fore be white reddilh in his
and the fcall be not in fight deep- bald head, or in his bald forehead,

have covered all his flcfli, he mall
pronounce him clean teat bath the
plague; it is all turned white :
lie is clean.
14 But when raw flefh appear- white, and it be in fight deeper
cth in him, he fhallbe unclean,
fomcwhat reddifh, or white;
25 Then the prieft mall let
upon it : and behold, if the hair
In the bright fpot be turned
than the (kin; it is a leprofy brok-
crthan the tin; as the leprofy appeareth in the fkin
33 He (hall be fhaven, but the of the flelh,
frali (hall he not (have : and the 44 He is a leprous man, he is
prieft (hall Ihut up him that hath unclean: the prieft fhall pro-
the fcall, feven days more. nounce him utterly unclean, his
34 And in the feventh day the plague is in his head.
priclt fhall look on the fcall and 45 And the leper in whom the
:

15 And the prieft Ihall fee the cn out of the burning ; wheref behold, i/thc fcall be not fpread plague fj, his clothes fhallbe rent,
Taw flefh, and pronounce him to the pricfl Ihall pronounce him u in the fkin, nor Af. in light deep- and his head bare, and he
fhall
be unclean : for the raw flefh is clean : it is the plague of lep rrthanthc fkin: then, the prieft put a covering upon his upper lip,
unclean : it m a leprofy, 26 But if the prieft look c
fhall pronounce him clean and and fhall cry, Unclean, une'ean.
:

16 Or if the raw flelh turn a- and behold, there be no white

be fhall walh hrs clothes, and be
46 All the days wherein the
gain, and be changed unto white; on the bright fpot, audit
« lcan - plague fhall he in him, he fhall he
he mall come unto the prieft ; lower than the other fkin,
35 But if the fcall fpread much defiled; he is unclean he fhall
17 And the prieft Ihall fee him: fomcwhat dork; then the prie
;

in the fkin after his clcanfmg: dwell alone; without the camp
and behold, if the plague he turn- Ihall Ihut him up feven days, Then the pricfl (hall look
36 (hall his habitation
ed into white; then the prieft %y And the prieft ihall be.

ihall pronounce him clean that upon him the feventh day ;
47 f Thegarment alfothat ths
fpread in the Ikin, the prieft Ihall plague of leprofy
it in, vibetktr it
hath the plague ; he is clean. it he fpread much abroad
not feck for yellow hair ; he is be a woollen
garment, or a linen,
18 1 The flefh alfo, in which, fkin, then the prieft Ihall unclean. garment,
even in the fkin thereof, was a nounce him unclean : it
37 But if the fcall be in Lis 4 8 Whether// be in the warp,
bile, arid is healed. plague of leprofy. Bght at a ftay, and that there or woof, of linen or
28 And if the bright fpot ftaf of woollen,
19 And in the place of the is black hair grown up therein whetherin a fkin, or in any thin*
:

bile there be a white rifing, or a in his place, and fpread not in .

the fca.I is healed, he is clean : made

of fkin :
bright fpot white, and fomcwhat (kin, but it/vfomewhat dark ; i and the prieft ftiall pronounce
^
49 And if the plague he green -
redciifh, and it be Ihcwcd to the a riling of the burning, and t'
prieft : prieft (hall pronounce him.cl v J^c-
ift » or red ' in *• garment, or
3» 1 If a man alfo or a woman in the fkin, cither in the warp,
m
20 And if when the prieft fceth for it is an inflammation oft *TO in the fkin of their flefh or in the woof, or in any thing of
ic, behold, it be in fight lower burning. bright fpots, even white bright
fkin, it is a plague of leprofy, and
than the fkin, and the hair there- 29 ^ If a man or woman h. ,pot$ '»
Ihall be fhtwed unto the prieft.
of be turned white; the prieft a plague upon the head or 9
,
e rieft ,ook! And the prieft (hall look
Ihall pronounce him unclean : it beard ; „J l ,?
,
.? P
ami behold, 1/ the bright fpots in
,

upon the plague, and ihut up it

a plague of leprofy broken out 50 Then the prieft (hall lee t&elkin of their flefh be darkilh
th,t hath the plague liven davs.
Of the bile. plague : and behold, if it be { kk A,,a
11 But if the piicft look on it, light deeper than the fkin, i
trowetV! the 2-
groweth in",l fkin ;
ihe******
isclean.
.** !,C lfial1 ">ok •*
pl a g U: on the feventh day: if the
and behold, then le no- white there be in it a yellow thin hair
hairs therein, and if it be not then the prieft (hall pronou "fallen off his head, he bald ; either in the warp, orin the woof!
lower than the (kill, but be fome- unclean it N a dry fcall,/;
:
"rinafkin, r in any work that
v '^; {ack i then the priWl leprofy upon the head or li
41 ln \T\u
And he that U Li!
hath t i
Ins hair made
is of fkin; the plague is a.
31 G 3 fretting
fretting leprofy; it is unclean.
LEVI
% This lhall be the law of.
T I C U S.
CHAP. "XIV.

And the prieft, that mak- toncment for him tlat is to he

J,l He (hall therefore bum that leper, in the day of hiscleanh 11
clcanfed from his uncleanntfs
fhall prefent the
garment, whether warp or woof, he (hall bebroucht unto t hep th bim clean,
that is to he made clean,
° and afterward lhall he kill the
i:i woollen or in linen, or any 3 And the pried (hall go fi fll an
thole things before the burnt-offering.
thing of fkin, wherein the plague out of the camp: and the pr
1

look, and behold, if lhall Lord the door of the tabcr- ao And the prieft fnall offer
is: for it is a fretting leprofy
; it
n'aclc'of the
congregation : the burnt-offering and the meat*
lhall be burnt in the fire. plague of leprofy be healed in
12 And the prieft (hall take offering upon the altar : and the
53 And If the prieft (hall look, leptr; prieft (hail make an atom- men t
one he-Iamb, and offer him
for a
and behold, the plague be not 4 Then (hall the prieft
Ifrfpafc-oflerin\g, and the log of (Whim, and he (hail be clean,
Jpread in the garment, either in mand to take tor him that isto
oil and wave
them for a wave- %i And if he hi poor, and can-
the warp, or in the woof, or iu clcanfed, two birds alive, 3
offering before the I-onn. not get fo much, then he fhiil
any thins of (kin ; clean, a nd cedar- wood, and fi
and hyflbp. 13 And he mail flay the Iamb take one lamb/sr a trcfpafi-off.T-
54 Then the prieft (hall com- let,
ing, to be waved, to make an a-
in the place where he (hall
j
kill
mand that they walh the thin* 5 And the prieft fhall comma
that one of the birds be killed^ t'ie fin-offering, and tiie burnt- toncment for Mm, and one tenth*
u?!icreiti the plague/;, and he lhall
an earthen veiTcl, over runni o^ii'ig. inthcholy place : f >r as deal of fine four mingled tt'llli
iiiot it up feven days more.
thefm-offcringil the priclfs,/?u oil; for a meat-offering, and a.
5J And thepricit fliali look on water.
it is moft log of oil 1
6 As for the living bird, the trefpafs-offering :

the plague after that it iswalhcd:

(hall take it, and the cedar-w holy. 2i And two turtle doves, or
and behold , if the plague have not
changed hiscolour, andtheplaguc and the fcarlct, and the hyfli 14 And the prieft fhall take two young pigeons, fuch as lie is
henotfpread; it a unclean, thou and (hall dip them, andthelhn fmc of the blood of the trefpafs- able to get ; and th; one lhall bt
bird, in the blood of the bird/ offering, and the prieft (hall put a fitt -offering, and the other a
(halt burn it in the fire : it is frtt
it upon the tip of the right ear of burnt-offering.
III ward wl>ctler it be bare within or was killed over the running wa
23 And he fhall bring them on
t

without. 7 And he (hall fprinkle uj him that is to be cleanfcd,and up>-

And the prieft look, and him that is to be clcanfed from on the thumb of his right hand, the eighth day, for his clcanfing,
56 if
leprofy, feven times, and
and upon the great toe of his unto tlx? prieft, unto the door of
behold, the plague be fomewhat
pronounce him clean, and right foot. the tabernacle of the congrega-
dark after the walhing of it, then
let the living bird loofe into
15 And the prieft (hall take tion, before the Lord.
he fhalj rend it out of thegarment,
or out of the (kin, or out of the open field.
fitnc of the log of oil, and pour it 24 And the prieft (hall take
into the pahn of his own left the lamb of the trefpafs- offering,
warp, or cut of the woof. 8 And he that isto be clean
hand : and the log of oil, and the prielt
57 And if it appear (till in the (hail wafh his clothes, and (ha ;
16 Aod the prieft fhall dip his (hall wave them for a wavc-offcr-
garment, either in the warp or offall his hair, and waih himfi
tight finger in the oil that is in ing, before the Lord.
*n the woof, or in any thing of in water, that he may be
clean
his left hand, and lhall fprinkle 25 And he lhall kill the lamb
!kin, itis*fpmd\n$pfagvei thou and after that he (hail come
in*
of the oil with his finger, feven of the trefpafs-oflcring, and the
Ihalt burn that wherein the plague the camp, and (hall tarry abro
times before the Lor d. pii t ft fhall take>w* of the blood
is, with fire. out of his tent feven days.
But lhall be on the
jj
leven 17 And of the reft of the oil of the trefpafs-oKering, and put if
58 A:>d the garment, either 9 it
that ».in his hand, fhall the prieft upon the tip of the right ear of
warp, or woof, or whatfoever day, that he lhall (have all put upon the tip of the right car him that is to be clcanied, and
fr, which thou hair off his head, and
his bea
thintj bTiVus /'!
of him that is to he clcanied, and upon the thumhof
even all h his right hand,
ifcalt walh, if the plague be depart- aiid his eye-brows,
and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his
ed from them, then it (hall be hair he lhall (have off; and upon, the great toe of his right foot.
v-alhed thefecond thno, aai (hail lhall walh his clothes, alfohc Ih nght foot upon the blood of the
be clean. walh his ficlhin water, and he fhal 26 And the prieft fhall pour
n *
"S*.
thehwof theplague be clean. of the oil into the palm of his
59 This
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is
10 And on the eighth day I
And the remnant of the own left hand.
.

of leprofy gariacntof woblicii

in. a
PI, that ts in the pricft's hand,
or linen, richer in the warp or lhall take two he-lambs
with 27 And the prieft (hall fprinkle
nc lhall pour upon the head
of with his right fingerW of the
woof, or any thing of ikins, to hlcmilh, and one cw-lamh of t mm that is to be cleanfed : and
pronounce it .clean, or to pro- firft year, without blcmiih, an priell lhall make
oil that it in his left hand, feven

three tenth-deals of fine Hour fit an atone- times before the Lord.
nounce it unclean.
C H A Pi XIV. a meat-offering, mingled with
mm t«r him before the
Lord. a8 And the pruft fhall pst of
C p,idt ftla11 offcr thc oil lhat
A nd thcl.OR ofnukc untv?*Io»cs, undone log of oil.
th f £. •
mcim-oficnug, and make an a- upon
« in h» r; gnt hand,
II thc tip of the right ear of
G 4 hiau
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L E V I t r c u s. H A P. XV.
him that is to be clcanfcd, and of the houfe, to the door of tl then the pried fhall pro- and every thirty whereon lie fit*
tc rcd
:

upon the thumb of his right houfe, and fluit up the houfe f<
pounce the houfe clem, becaufc tcth, lhall he unclean,
hand, and upon the gnat toe of ven days. healed. 5 A -ml uhofocrer toncheth hi*
the pbaue is
his right foot; upon the place of 39 And the prieft mall co lhall take to cleanfc bed, lhall walh his clothes, and
4.; And he
the Mood of the tref^afs-offeriftg. again the feventh day, and (Ha and be un-
the houfe tw o birds, and cedar- bathe bhtifclfm water,
29 And the rtft of the oil that look and behold ij the plague b
w »d, and icarlet, and hyflbp. clean until the even.
;

in the priefl's hand, he

put lhall fpread in the walls of the houfe 6 And he that (itteth on in)
50 And he lhaii kill the one of
is

upon the head of him that is to 40 Then the pried lhall com* 0- thin* whereon he fat that hath
the birds in an earthen vcltel,
be clean fed, to make an atone- mand that they take away the the iifiic, fhall v.afh his clothes,
vc; rU'ining water.
mcnt for him before the I-orp. flones, in which the placue ijjj
51 And he (hall takctheccdar- and bathe himfeff in water, and be
30 And he lhall offer the one and they (hall oA them into an
wood, and the hyflbp, and the unclean until the even.
of the turtle-dove*, or of the unclean place, without the city, 7 And he that touchcth the
toilet, an 1 the living bird, aiid
young pigeons, fueh as he can 41 And he fhall ciuife the houf|
dip then in the blood of the (lain flefhof him that hath the ifluc?,
to be fciaped within round abou
birl, and in the running water, lhall waft his clothes, and bathe
get :
31 Even fucfc as he is able to and ihty (hall pour out the du and fpi inkle the houfe feven hirnfJfxn water, and be uncleaa
get, the one for a I'm -ofltiin*, and that they fcraj.e off, without tp times. until the even.
the other for a burnt-orTtring, city, into an unclean place, ji And he fhall clcanfe the 8 And if he that hath the iflfae
with the meat offering. And the 4% And they lhall lake oth houfe with the blood of the bird, fpit upon liimthat is clean; then
prieil lhall make an atonement Hones, and put //ym in the pla gnd with the running water, and lie lhall waft) his clothes, and
for him that is to be clean fed be- of thofe Hones ; and he lhall tak with thti lifinghird, and with the bathe bimfe"J\i\ water, and be un-
fore the Lor o. other mortcr, and lhall plaiActf cedr.r woo l, and with the hy flop, clean until the even,
31 This is the law of Um in the houfe. M and with the icailct. 9. And what laJdle foever he
whom is the plague of leprofy, 43 And if the plague come a- 53 But he fhall let go the Iff- rideth upori, that hath tHe lflne»
whofc hand is not able to get that gain, and break out in the howfry ing bird out of the city into the fhall be unclean.
which pertaiuclh o his cleaning, after that he hath taken away tre open fields, anl rnxke an atone- 10 And whofoevcf touchcth 3'-
ith fcrapefl
S3 f And the Lord fpakc i;n- Hones, and after
he rm-nt for the houfe; and it fhall ny thingthatwasundcrhim, (hall
to Moles, and unto Aaron, fa\ - the hou *e, and after it is plailtcip be clean. he unclean until the even: and
ing, ' ed ; ] 54 This :s the law for all man- hcthat hearcth/zvyof thofe things,
34 When ye become Into the 44 Then the pnefl frail crifl. ncr plague of leprofy, and fcall. fhall wafh his clothes, and bathe
land of Canaan, which I give to fend look, ar..i behold, if 1* 55 And for the leprofy of a gar- himfeif in water, and be unclean
you for a pofllffion, and I put the plague be fpread in the houfe, i mcnt, and of an houfe. until the even.
plague of kprofy ih a bouft of is a fretting hprofy in the hocft 56 And for a rifing, and for a xi And whomfocver he tonch-
the land of vcur pefllfuon : it is unclean. ftab, and for u bright fpot : eth that hath the ifluc, (andtrath
And he rcak dow 57 To teach when it is unclean, not rinfed his handsin water,) he
35 And he that owneth theloufe 45 fl all 1

fhall come and tell the prfeffc fty- the houfe, the Hones of It. an and when it ;
s clean the lhall wafh his clothes, and bathe
: this is

1115, it ftemcth to me there Unit
were a plague In the houfe.
36 Then the plicfl !lia!l com-
mand that thev empty the houfe,
before the ptfcfl go into it to fee
the plague: that all that is in the
houfe be not made unclean and
afterward the pricA lhall b-oin to
fee the houfc.
37 And he (hall look on the
plague, and behold,:/ the plague
he in the walls of the houfe, with
hollow drakes, grecnilh or red-
tlilh, which in fight arc lower than
tnc W all :
.38 Then the prieH fall so out
the timler thereof, and all the
mortcr of the h ufe n he (hall
carry them forth out of the ciry
into an unclean place.
_ ^
efi Morecv* r, he that :o. th in-
to toe hoilfe all the wlrlcthat \t
1 :s ihut up, lhall be unclean until
the even.
47 And he that lieth in th
houfe fhall walh his clctlus an
he that catcth in the houfe *ha
walh his clothes,
48 And if the pricft lhall coi.
in, and look upon it, and be ho!
the plagne hath not fpread in th
houfe, after the houfe P1"
law of leprofy. himfeif In water, and be uncleaa
: . \
CHAP. XV. until the even,
^nd the Lord fpakc unto Mofes
t ia And the veffel of earth,
and to Aaron, faying, that he touchcth which hath the
% Speak unto the children of ifluc, fhall be broken: and ever/
Ifrael, and fay unto them, when vefTel of wood fliall be rinfed in
any man hath a tunning ifluc out water.
1 of his ftelh, becaufc of his ifliie he 13 And when be that hath an
««nclct«i iflue,i$ clcanfe:! of his ifluc : then
:
3 And thislhallhehisunclcan- he lhall number to himfeif fe\-cn
nefs in his UCie; whethei his fleih days for his
cleahfing, and wafh
nm with his ifl'ue. or his fleih be his clothes, and bathe his flefli in
topped from his ifllte, it is his running water, and fhallbe clean,
uncleanncfs. 14 And on the eighth day he
4 Every bed whereon he lieth fhall take to him t«"0 turtlc-
thathath the ifTue, is unclean; dovcs.or two young pigeons, and
^
G 5 come
 LEVITICUS, CHAP. XVI.
conic before the .Lord unto the on he iicth (hall be unclean,
CHAP. XVI. be pre&nted alive before the
Lord fpakc unto Mo- Lorp, to make an atonement
door ot the tabernacle pf the con- %$ And if a woman have AMd the
after the death of the with him, end f> ht him go fcr
gregition, and give lliooi u.;to ifluc of her blood many days fes

of the time of her reparation, Ions of Aaron, when they a fcapc-goat into the wildernefs.
the pricft 11 And Aaron (hall bring the
tigered before
the Lord, and
I J And the pricft (hall oiler if it run beyond the time of h bullock of the fin-offering, which
them, the out m
a fin-cff.ri:.g. reparation : all the days of t
j- ccj .
1 And the Lord faid unto is for himielf, and Ihall
make an
and the other f.r a burnt-offcr ilfiie of her uncleannci> Ihall be
Moles, fpeak unto Aaron thy atonement for himfclf, and
for
ir.g ; and the pYicil ihall make an the days of her fcparatiou ;
all his houfc, and fhall kill the bul-
atonement for him before the frail be ur.;lcan. brother, that he come not at
lock of the fin-offerir.g, which is
Lo R r> for his ifluc.
,
26 Every bed whereon (he Iicth, times into the holy flau within
mercy-feat, for himfclf.
16 And if any man's feed of all the days of her ifl'ue, ihall be the vail, before the
which is upon the ark ; that he 12 And he (hall take a cenfer
copulation go out from rum, then unto her us the bed of her fepa-
will appear in the full of burning coals of fire from
he Ihall walhali his flclh in water, ration : and whatfocver flic fit- die not : for I
off the altar before the Lord, and
and be unclean un:il the even, tcth upon (hall he unclean, as thai clou. I upon the mercy -feat.
3 Thus (hall Aaron come into
his hands-full of Areet iiwrenfe
17 And every garment, and unclcanncfs of l.cr reparation,
every (kin whereon U the feed of 27 And whomever touchet' the holy place: with a young beaten final), and bring it within
bullock for a fin-offering, and a the vail.
copulation, Ihall be walhed with thofe things ihall he unclean, an
ram for a burnt-offering. 13 And he (hall put the ineenfc
Water, and be unclean until the mall wain his clothes, and bath
even. bzmfitf in water, and be unclea 4 He Ihall put on the holy r.pon the fire before the Lord,
linen coat, and he (hall have the that the cloud of the inevnfemay
18 The woman alfo with whom until the even,
linen breeches upon his flclh, and cover the mercy feat that is upon
man fiiall lie with feed of copula- 28 But if flic be clcanfed of her
fhall he girded with the linen the ttftimony, that he die not.
*:on, they (hall tub bathe them- ifluc, then me (hall number to
pirdJc, and with the linen mitre 14 Atid he (hall take of the
fklmi in water, and be unclean heifelf feven days, and after that
Ihall he be attired ; thefe are ho- blood of the bulbek and fprkikle
untilthceven. Ihe Ihall be clean.
ly garments; therefore Ihall he it with his finger upon the mercy-
19 1 And if a woman have an 20 And on the eighth day ihe
her two turtles, walh his flcih in uater, and /> put feat coil- ward : and. before the
ifluc. a**d her iffiw il» her fldh be ihall take unto
them on. mcrey-fjat Ihall he fprinklc of
Wood, (he ftiall be put apart fe- or two young pigeons, and bnn
j And he (hall take of the the blood., with, his finger feven
ven days : and whofoever touch- them unto the pneft, to the d
congregation of the children of times*
eth her, (hall be unclean until of the tabernacle of the cong
gation. Ifrael, two kids of the goats for 15 % Then ihall he kill ihe
'

the even.
a fin-offering, anJ one ram for a goat of the iin-offering that is for
20 And cveiy thing that flic 30 And the prieft fnall off;
fin. offering, and t
burnt offering. the people, and bring his blood
Jicth upon in her reparation, flu II the one Jar a
burnt-offeung; an 6 And Aaron fhall offer his within the vail,, and do with that
be unclean: every thing alio that other for a bullock of the fin-offering, which blood as he did with the blood of
Jhelittethupon, (hall be unclean, the prieft (hall make
an aton
is for himfclf, and make an atone- the bullock, andfprir.kle it upca
before the Lord,
21 And whofoever touchcth rncnt for her roent for himfclf, and for his the mercy feat, and before the
unclcanncfs.
her bed, (hall walh his clothes, for the ifluc of her hou fe. u crcy r feat.
and bathe bimfelf in water, and Thus (hall ye feparate t
JBL
children of Ifrae for their 7 And he (hall take the two 16 And he (hall make an atone-
be unclean untU the even. goats, and prefent them before nient for the holy place, becautc
clcannefs; that they die not
ax And whofoever touchcth the Loao, at the door of the ta- of thc.uncleannefs of the children
their unclcanncfs, when they
any thing that (he (at upon, (hall bernacle of the congregation. of Ifrael, and becaufe of their
file my tahcrnaclc that is amon
waft his clothes, and bathe ft;**- 8 A;vd Aaron (hall call lots tranfgrefGons in all their fins :
them.
Mf\n water, and be unclean un- tnc ,aw
...
of .J upon the two goats: one lot for and fo (hall he da for the tabcr-
til the even 3- Tins 15 *
theLoRD, awd the other lot for nacle of the congregation tbat
%x And if it he on her bed, or hath an ifluc, and of bun whofe
the J'cape-foat. rcmaineth among tircir>, in the
feed goeth froHi h.m, and is dc-
any thing u-hereon (he fitteth, 9 A -id Aaron fhall bring the midft of their unclcanncfs.
filed therewith :
wl>cn he touchcth it ; he ihall be goat upon which the Lord's lot 17 And there Cwll be nc roan
fick of
33 And of her that is
Ta
her at
W
unclean until the even.
if any man
and her flowers be up-
all,
lie with he. flowers, and of him that hath
an ifluc, of the man, and of the
fell, and offer him /or a fia-ofTer- in tire tabernacle, of the congrc*

,n f* gati«wv, when he goeth in to make

10 Hut the goat on which the an atonement in the holy p/ace
on him, he Ihall be unclean fe-
woman, and of him that hct 9
hi fell to be the fcape goat, (hall until he come out, and bare made
with her which is ""clean.
yen top l Mi *« *« bed where- G 6
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LEV
an atonement for him {elf, and
I % I C U 5.
water, and afterward A XVII.
P.
chap. xvrr.
Lor a, even that man fliall be cut
flefh in C If
for his houfhoK'l, and for all the into the camp. the Lord pake unto off* from among his people.
J

congregation of Iliac. I. 27 And the bullock for tb Moles, faying 10 €J And whatfoever man
i3 And he flaall go out unto fin-offcring, and the goat for
Ajjj .

unto Aaron, and un- thtre foof the houfc of Ifrael, or

a Speak
the altar that is before the Lord, fin-offering, whole blood fon>, and unto all the child- erf the ihar.gers that fojuitrn a-
to his
and make an atonement for it; brought iu to make atone Ifiael, and fay unto them, mong you, that eateth any man-
c n or
ner of blood; I will even fct mv
and (hall take of the blood of the in the holy place, fliall one This i* the thing which tfac Load
bullock, and of the blood of the forth without the camp, and commanded, faying, face agairrft that foul that eatctn
liath
goat, and put // upon the horns lhall burn in the fire their flci - What man focver there be of blood, and will cut him off from
of the altar round about. and their flefli, and their dung. the houfc of
Ifiael, that killcth an among his pcop'c.
%% And he that burnetii th- goat in thecamp, 11 For the life of the flefh is in
19 Andhefhall fprinkle of the ox, or lamb, or
Hood upon wafh his clothes, and of the camp, the hloo:!, and I have given it to
it with his finger fe- fliall
or that killcth it out
ver* times,and clcanfc it, and hal- his flefli in water, and aft 4 And bringeth it not unto you upon the altar, to make an
low it from the unclean nefs of he (hall come into the camp. the door of the tabernacle of
the atonement
your fouls: for it
for
the children of Ifrael. 29 1 And/^ifliallbeafta congregation, to oner an offering is the blood that maketh an a-
20 •[ Ard when he hath made an for ever unto you, that in the unto the Lord, before the ta- ton cm en t for the foul,
end of reconciling the holy place, Tenth month, on the tenth day bernacleof the Lord; blood fliall i% Therefore I faid unto the
and the tabernacle of the congre- the month, ye lhall afflict yo be imputed unto that man, he children of Ifi ael, No foul of you
gation, and the altar, he fliall fouls, and do no work at all, w" bath Ihed blood; and that man fliall eat blood, neither fliall any
bring the live goat ther it be one of your ow n count fliall be cut off" from
among his ftrangcr that fojourneth among
21 And Aarcn lhall lay both or a ftranger that fojourneth- people :
'

you eat blood.

his hands upon the head of the mong you, 5 To the end that the children 13 And whatfoever man there

live goat, and confefsovcr him all 30 For on that day fliall th of Ifrael may
bring their facrifi- be of the children of Ifrael, or
the iniquities of the children of priejl make an atonement for ces, which they offer in the open of the (t rangers that fijourn a-

Ifrael, and ail their tranfgreffions you, to clcanfc you, that ye

may- fielJ, even that they may bring mong you, which hunteth and

in all their fins, putting them be clean f;cm ail your fins before them unto the Lord, unto the catch eth any beaft or fowl that
upon the bead of the go;tt, and the Lon;>. door of thetabernaele of the con- may be eaten, he (hall even pour
(hall (end hart away by the hand 31 It jhall le a fahhath of reft gregation unto the pricfr, and of- out the blood thereof, and cover
fer them for pcace-oflerings unto it with dull.
of a fit man into the wildernefs. unlo you, and ye fliall afflict yo
22 And the goat lh .ll bear up- fouls by a flatutc for ever. the Lord. 14 For it is the life of all fltfh,
on him all their iniquities, unto a 3 1 And the pjicft whom" 6 And the priefl fliall fprinkle the blood of it is forthelifc thcre-
land not inhabited : and he fliall fliall anoint, snd whom the blood upon the altar of the
he of: therefore faid unto the child-
I

Lord, at the door of thetaherna- ren cf Ifrael, Ye (hall eat the

Jetgo the goat in the wildernefs. confccratc to minifter in th
office in his father's ftcad, clc of the congregation, an J burn blood of no manner of flefh : for
23 And Aaron flia'lcomc into prides
the tabernacle of the congrega- lhall make the
atonement, and the fat for a fweet favour unto the the life of all flefh is the blood
lh?Il put on the lir.cn clothes Lord. thereof : whofoever eateth it fliall
tion, and (hail put oft' the linen
7 And they lhall no more of- be cut off".
garments, which he put on when evih the holy garments. I

33 And he lhall mike an a- fer their facrificcs unto devils, af- X5 And every ioul that eateth
he went into the holy p/aee f and
fliall leave them there.
toncment for the holy lar-tluary, tcr whom they have gone a w hor- that which died of itfelfo or that
fliall make an atoncmer ing. This lhall be a flatutc for which was torn with oeajls, (-u>hc~
24 And he fliall waih Vis flclh and he ever unto them throughout their ther it be one of your own country,
ofthecongre
with water in the holy place, and for the tabernacle
for the altar; and he generations. or a flranger,) he ftiail both wafh
put on his garments, and come gat ion, and
an atonement for the 8 «j And thou fhalt fay unto his clothes, and bathe h'rmfelf in
forth, and offer his burnt-offer- lhall make them, Whatfoever mMtfare beoi water, and be unclean until the
piiefls, and for all the people
ing, and the burnt offering of the the houft of Ifrael, or of the even : then lhall he be clean.
people, and make an atonement of the congregation.
1
34 Andthis fliall bean everlaltf
fl rangers which fojourn among 16 But if he wafh them not, nor
for himfclf, and for the people. >ou, thftC offercth a burnt-offer- bathe his flefh; then he lhall bear
flatutc unto you, to mak
25 And the fat of the fin-offer- ing i»g or facrificc, his iniquity,
ing (hall he bum Upon the altar. an
atonement for the children
25 And he that let go the Ifiael, for all
their fins, one 9 And bringeth it not unto CHAP. XVIIT.
goat, for the feapc-goat, lhall year. And he did as the L the door of the tabernacle of the ANd the Lord fpake unto Mo*
commanded Moles. congregation, to offer it unto the fes, faying,
wa!h his clothes, and bathe bis
CH % Speak

LEVITICUS,
a Speak unto the children of
Ifiacl, and fay unto them, I am
the Lor d your God.
3 After 'the doings of the land
of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, fliall
ye not do: and after the doings
of the land of Canaan, whither I
bring you, (lull ye not do: nei-
thcr foall yc walk in their ordi-
nances.
4 Yc foall do my judgements,
andkecpmineoidinances.towalk
therein; 1 am the Lord your
God,
5 Ye foall therefore keep
flatutes and myjudgements,
which if a man do, he foall live in
tJiem ; I am the Lord.
6 5 Noneof you foall approach
to any that is near of kin to him,
to uncover their nakednefs: I am
the Lord.
7 The nakednefs of thy father,
or the nakednefs of thy mother,
foalt thou not uncover: foe is thy
mother, thou foalt not uncover
her nakednefs.
8 The nakcdnef>of thy father's
wife foalt thou not uncover : it is
thy father's nakednefs.
9 The nakednefs of thy fitter,
the daughter of thy father, or
daughter of thy mother, -whether
fie be bom at home, or born a-
broad, even their nakednefs thou
foalt not uncover.
10 The nakednefs of thy fon's
daughter, or of thy daughter's
daughter, even their nakednefs
thou foalt not uncover: for theirs
is thine own nakednefs,
11 The nakednefsof thy fa-
trier's wife's daughter, begotten
of thy father, (foe nthy fifter,)
thou foalt not uncover her naked-
nefs.
12 Thou foalt not uncover the
nakednefs of thy father's filler:
mciithyfather'snearkinfwoman.
13 Thou foalt not uncover the
nakeduefs of thy mother's lifter
thy mother's near ki
for foe is
woman.
M Thou (halt
nakednefsof thy father's brot
thou (halt not approach to
wife; thine aunt,
foe is
xj Thou (halt not uncover „.
the
v .
nakednefsof thy daiwhtcr-in-lawj
foe is thy fon's wife, thou foalt
not uncover her nakednefs.
x6 Thou (halt not uncover th
nakednefsof thy brother's wif
it is thy brother's nakednefs.
17 Thou foalt not uncover
my nakednefs of a woman and
daughter, neither foalt thou,
her foivs daughter, or her da
ter's daughter, to uncover her
kednefs; for they are her 1
kinfwomcn : it is
18 Neither thou t foalt
*ife to her frrter, to vex ber 9
uncover her nakednefs befides
other in her Iifc-///«r.
19 Alfo thou foalt not
proach unto a woman to un
her nakednefs, as long as
put apart for her unclcann
ao Moreov< r, thou
carnally with thy
not
neighbou
wife, to defile thyfelf with h
ai And thou foalt not let
ef thy feed pafs through the fir
Moloch, neither
fane the name of thy God :
the Lord.
22 Thou foalt not he
mankind, as with woman
it is abomination,
%3 Neither Ihalt thou lie
any heart, to defile thyfelf th
with neither foall any wo
: I am the Lord your
(land before a beair to lie dow
thereto : it is confufion.
24 defile not yourfelves hi an
of thefc things ; for in all th
the nations are defiled which
call out before you.
25 And the land is defiled:
therefore I do vifit the iniquity
1 thereof upon it, and the land ig
-
C H A P. XIX.
r.lf rom'tteth out her inhabitants, the third day, rt is abominable;
*6 Yc foall therefore keep my it not be accepted,
foall
not uncover
ftatutes and my judgments, and 8 Therefore every one that cat-
commit 'any of thefe a- eth it foall bear his iniquity, be-
chall not
buminationf ; neither zn? of your cauTe he hath profaned the hai-
JoAcd thing of the Lcau
own nation, nor anyfirangerthat
and:
fyjourncth among you: . that foul foall be cut off from a-
tnc ^ abominations mong his people,
a *'
2 7 (l" or
have the men of the land done, 9 % And uhen ye reap the
which were before you, and the haivclt of your land, thou foalt
land is defiled :) not wholly reap the corners of
1$ That the land fpue not you thy field, neither foalt thou ga-
out alio, when yc defile it, as it thcr the gleanings of thy l.ai veil,
fpuedou: the nations that were to And thou foalt not glean
before you. thy vineyard, neither foalt thou
29 For v. hofoever foall commit gather every grape of thy fine*
anv of thefc abominations, even yard; thou foalt have thtm for
the fouls that commit them, foall the poor and fhanger: I an: tho
be cut off from among their Lord your God.
wicktdnefs. people. it % Ye foall not fleal, neither
30 Therefore foall ye keep mine deal falily, neither, Jfe one to an-
ordinance, that recommit not any other.
cue of thefe abominable curtoms, 12 «[ And yc foall not fwear hy
which were committed before my namefalily, neither foalt thou
a
you, and that ye defile not your- profane the name of thy God : I
fclvcs therein ; I arv the Lqzd mj: the Lord.
your God. 13 «[ Thou foalt not defraud
CHAP. XIX. thy neighbour, neither rob him :
foalt
AND the Lord fpake unto the * ages of him that is hired
Moles, faying, lhall not abide with thee all night
% Speak unto all thecongrcga- until the morning,
tion of thcchildren of Ifiacl, and 14 ^ Thou foalt not curfe the
lay unto them, Ye lhall be holy ; deaf, nor put a flumbiing-block
thou
for I the Lord your God am ho- before the blind, but (halt fear-
foalt
I ly« thy God: I am the Load.
3 ^ Yc foall fear every man his IJ 1 Yc foall do no unrighte-
mother and his father, and keep oufnefs in judgment : thou foalt
niy fabbaths: I am the Lord not refpect the perfon of the
poor,
your God. nor honour the perfon of the
4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor mighty but in righteoufnefs foalt
!
mak:to yourfclvcs molten gods : thou judge thy neighbour.
God. 16 Thou foalt not go up and
5 1 And if yc offer a facrifice down as a talc-bearer among thy
of peace-offerings untc the Lord; people;
neither foalt thou fland
you foall oiler it at your own will, againfl the blood
of thy neigh
It foall be eaten the fame hour; I am
the Lord.
"ay yeolfer it, and on the mor-
Al
row : and if ought f Thou foalt not hate thy
remain until brother in thine heart : Ihou foalt
"ic third day,
it foall be burnt in any wife rebuke thy ncighhour^
^ IS%
7 Aud if it ,be eaten at all 11
on
and not
o &f* «
l]n u pon him -
18 ? Thou foalt not avenge,
,
nor
 LEVITICUS. C H A P. XX.
ttor bear any grudge againft the (halt thou mar t
u- : giveth .e;:ycfhi$ feed unto daughter in law, both of them
children of thy people, hut thou
beard Mokch, he ftiall furely he put to (hall furely he pet to death : they
malt love thy neighbour as thy- l3 \c mall not make any cut- death; the people of the land have wrought cor.fnfion ; their

fclf: I <wtheLo*p. tings in your flclh for the dead, fhall ft on* Him with ftones. ^ blood Jha!l le upon them.
marks upon you: I will fet my face Bgahtft 13 If a man z'fo lie with man-
io % Ye Ihaii keep my rtatutes. nor print any 3 And
will cut him ofl kind, as he licth with a woman,
Thou lhalt not let thy cattle gen- I am thcLo*t>. tivat man, and

dcr with a divers kind. Thou (halt 29

Do not prortitutc thy ilaugh* from among his pco \r ; becaufc both of them have committed an
A

ter, to cauic her to be a whore; given of his (led unto Mo- abomination: they fhall fu:ely
not fow thy field with mingled lit hath

feed neither mall a garment left the land fall to whoredom,

•
|eeh, ta Affile niy fancluary, and he put to death ; their blcod frail
to profane my
Linen and woollen come and the land become full of wick- holy name. be upon them.
mingled of
\ipon thee
cdnefs. 4 And if the people of the land 14 And if a man take a w ife
ao t And whofcevcr licth car- 3° ? Ye (hall keep my fabbaths, do any ways hide their eyes from and her mother, it H wickednefs :
nally with a woman and reverence my fanduary: I
that is a the man, when he givcth of his they fiftfH be burnt with fire, both
bond-maid betrothed to an huf-awthe Lord. feed unto Molech, and kill him he and they : that there be no
band, and not at all redeemed, 3* 1 Regard not them that not : wicked nef< among you.
nor freedom given her; me mall hath familiar fpii
its, neither ieelc 5 Then f will fet my free a- 15 And if a nun lie with %
befcourgcdriheylhsllr.otbeputafter wizards, to be defiled gain ft that man, and again ft his heart, he lhall furely be put to
to death, becaufc (he was not free, them : lam the
Lord your God. family, and will cut him orf*, and death : and ye Iball flay the beafr.
ai And he mall bring his tref- 31 f Thou (halt rife up bet ail that 50 a whoring after hin, 16 And if a woman approach
honour th iij c6mnrit whoredom with Mo- unto any heart, a:*d lie down
pais-offcring unto the Lord, un- the hoary head, and
man, and fear th lech, from among tKir people, thereto, thou (halt kill the uo-
\o the door of the tabernacle of face of the old
the congregation, even a ram for God : I am
the Lord. 6 1 And the* frul that itfrneth man and the heart : they frail
a trefpafs-offcring. 33 1 And if a ftranger fojourn after fiieh as havcfamiliar fpiiits, furtly be put todcath ; then blood
land, ye Ih and after wizards, to go a whor- pall he upo;i them.
%z And the pricft (hall make with thee in your
him. Jnj aft.tr them, I will eVrii fltniy I J And if a man /bail take his
an atonement for him with the not vex
ram of the trefpafs-oflering be- 34 But the rtraneer that dwe face agafnjl that iVul, and will filler; his father"? daughters <>r

fore the Lord, for his fin which loth with

ycu, mall be unto y cut him oiTfrom among hiipeople. His mother's daughter, and fc>5

he hath done; and the fin which as one bcrn

amongft you, an 7 «J Sanfiify \«u-fc!vts there- her nakednefs, and fhcfcchisnc-
love him as thy elf foie, ard heye holy 5 for I am kednefs ; it h- a wicked thing:
he hath done fhall he forgiven thou fhalt
for ye were (hangers in the the Lou
la your God. and they fhall cvt oif in ire
j lim
I am the Lord yo S And ye lhall keep my rta- fifth t at their people : he hath
13 J And when ye (hall come of Egypt :
tutcs, and do them; I a>;i the uncovered his filler's ftafceelnkft,
into the land.and (hall haveplant- God.
unrigh
cd all manner of trees for food, 35 1 Ye (hall do no Lor 11 which fcrctify ycu. he lhall bear his iniquity.
judgment, xn met 9 % 1-Vr everyone that corftth 18 And if a man -'Sail lie with
then ye mall count the fruit there- oufnefs In
weight, or in mcafure. his father or his n.o;her, (hall be a Roman having her fickneTs, and
of as uncircumcifed : three years yard, in
weight!
fhall it be as uncircumcifed unto 36 Juft balances, jult furclj pul to death: he hath corf- Iball uncover her nakednefs; ha

you : it (hall not be eaten of. a juft ephah, and a juft hin Ina fd his father or his mother, his httth difcorercd her fountain, and

34 But in the fourth year all ye have ; 1 am

the Lord yo h
Ibod pall upon him. (he hath uncovered the fountain
brought you out 10 « And the man that com- of her Mood : and both of them
the fruit thereof (hall be holy, to God, which
the land of Egypt. mittfth adultery with arotler lb aH.be cut off from among their
praifcthe LoR n -withal.
37 Therefore ye (hall obh
n aii's wife, even ft* that commit- people.
a J And in the fifth year (hall
and all my jud tcth adultery with I. is neighbor's I) And thou (halt not uncover
ye eat of the fruit thereof, that all my ftatutcs,
am ««w, the adulterer and udulttrefs the hakcdnefi of thy mother's
k may yield unto you the in- ments, and do them :
I

l.»J!hii-ily beput to death.

creafe thereof : 1 am the Lord Lord. 1 lifter, nor of thy father's f.rtcr;

your God. C H A P. XX. 11 And the man that licth for he uncoVereth his near kin;

%6 1 Ye not eat anj thing

(hail
x
A ND
the LoRD fpakc «lth his father's wife, hath un- they lhall bear ihcir iniquity.
C'-vc.cd his fathers nakec!ncfs :
with the blood : neither (hall ye fes, faying, . %0 And if a man ihall lie with
to tn both of them (hall finely he put his
ufe inchantment, nor obferve % Again, thou (halt fay uncle's wife, he hath unco-
to death
limes . children of Ifrael, Wholoever their blood frail be up-
:
wed his uncle's nakednefs : they
of Ifrael, or 00 tnc '»-
lhall bear their fin, they lhall die
%j ] Ye lhall not round the be of the children
Corners of your heads, neither the ftrangcrs that
fojourn in lfra« U And if a man He with his childlcfs.
21 And
 LEVITICUS. A widow,or a divorced
CHAP. XXTT.
children of Ifrael, and that they
ai And if a man
mall take his for his brother. m
j,j
profane not my holy name, m
pOtti£n« or profane, or an harlot,
#

brother's wife, it h an unclean 3 And for his-fiftera virgin

which they hallow
tbefe fhall he not take: but he
thc/e things
thing : he hath uncovered his that is nigh unto him, which hat
fliall take
a virgin of his own peo- unto me: 1 cm the Lor d.
brother's nakednefs, they fliall he had no hufband ; for her may h
be denied, p|c to wife. 3 Say unto them, Whomever
childicfs. # JL
J Neither lhall he profane his he le of all your feed, among your
a* K Ye mall therefore keep all 4 5"/ he mall not defile him-., I
among his people: for the generations, that goeth unto the
my ftatutes, and all my judge- felt, being a chief man among hi
I
feed
holy things which the children
n.cnts, and do them: that the people, to profane himfelf. Jji* p do fanelify him.
5 They lhail not make bal
16 And the Lord fpakeun- of Ifrael hallow unto the Lo«i>,
land, whither I bring you to dwell having his uncleannefs upon him,
nets upon their head, ncith to Moles, faying,
therein, fpuc you not out.
corner 17 Speak unto Aaron, faying, that foul fliall be cut offfiom my
43 And ye lhall not walk in Hull they (have off the Whofocver be he of thy feed in pretence; I am the Lord.
the manners of the nations which their heard, nor make any cu
their ecneiations, that hath any 4 What man foever of the feed
1 cart out before you : for they tings in their flefh.
blcniuh, let him not approach to of Aaron is a leper, or hath a
committed ail theft thing*, and 6 he holy unto the
They lhall
bread 01 his God : '
running ifTue; he (hall not cat of
therefore 1 abhorred them. God, and not profane the nam oiler tfac
offerings 18 For whatfocver man he be the holy things, until he be clean,
14 But I haw fa hi unto you, of their God : tor the
that hath a blcmifh, he lhall not And whofo toucheth any thing
Ye (ball inherit their land, and 1 the Lord made by fire, oudt
do orkr approach: a blind man, or a that is unclean by the dead, or a
will give it unto you to ppflefi it, bread of their God they
lame, or he that hath a flat nofc, man whofe feed goeth from him;
and a land that flowcth with milk therefore they lhall be holy. I
or any thing fuperflueus, J Or whofocver toucheth any
7 They fliall not take
a wi]
and honey : 1 am the Lord your jo Or a man that is broken- creeping thing, whereby he may
God, which have fcparated you that ts a whore, or profane; nc footed, or broken-handed, be made unclean; or a man of
from ctber people. thcr (ball they take a woman pa
ao Or crook-backt, or a dwarf, w hom he may take uncleannefs,
Ye fliall therefore put differ- away from her hufband : for or that hath a blemifh in his eye, whatsoever uncleannefs he hath;
ence between clean hearts and un- is holy unto his God. 6 The foul which hath touched
or be iairvy, or fcabhed, or hath
clean, and between unclean fowls 8 Thou ftalt fanclify h
his ftoncs broken: any inch Jball be ur.clean until
and clean : and yc fliall not make therefore, for he °" crctn 21 No man that hath ablemifh, even, and lhall not eat of the
your fouls abominable by heart, bread of thy God: he
fliall

ttelA* of the feed of Aaron the prieft, holy things, unltfs he wafh his
or by fowl, or by any manner of holy unto thee : for 1 fliall come nigh to offer the offer- flek with water,
living thing that creepeth on the which fanelify you, am
holy,
of a ingi of the Lord made by fire; 7 And when the fun is down,
ground, which 1 have fcparated 9 5 And the daughter he hath a hlemifli, he lhall not he lhall be clean, and lhall after-
from you as unclean. prieft, if Ibe profane htrfclf
come nigh to offer the bread of ward cat of the holy things, bc-
profa
%6 And ye fliall be holy unto playing the whore the hisGod. caufe it « his food.
me: for I the Lord am holy, her father: fee (hall be bu %% He mail eat the bread of his 8 That which dieth of itfclf,
and have fevered you from ether with fire, God, both of the raoft holy, and or is torn -with beafts y he lhall not
people, that ye fliould be mine. 10 And he that a the fif of the holy. cat, to defile him&lf therewith:
his brethren, u
27 S A manalfoor woman that prieft among 23 Only nc "*H "ot go in unto I am the Lord.
liath a familiar fpirit, or that is a whofe head the
anointing oil the vail, nor come nigh unto the
confecrated 9 They fliall therefore keep
wizard, lhall furcly be put to poured, and that is altar, becaufe he hath a blemifh; mine ordinance, leaf! they bear
death: they 111 a 11 ftoue them put on the garments,
fliall t$
that he profane no: my fanclua- fin for it, and die therefore, if
rent
with ftoncs: their blood Jball if uncover his head, nor riCi: for 1 the Lord do farcliiy they profane
it; 1 the Lord do
Upon them. clothes: tl)cm -
m &n£iry them.
C H A P. XXI. 11 Neither lhall he go And Mofcs
defile him
unto Aa-
told it ro There lhall no ftranger eat
the Loan faid untoMofes, any dead body, nor
"A ND
fpeak unto the priefts, the for his father, orforhismotH
r

all
n
?, \
a,ul t0 nis f° ns arui unto of the holy thyig
»
the children of Ifrael
a fejoumer of
the prieft, or an hired fervant
:

fons of Aaron, and f;ty unto ia Neither fliall he go out

them, There lhall none be defiled the fancluary, wor
profane
ch a p. xm
for the dead among his people. fancluary of his God; for
oil ol
a But for his kin, that is near crown of the anointing " w ai 49 vmu ill 11*0
u
unto him, that ii, for his mother, God is upon him : I am the
Lo m Ions, that
•

they lepar-te ihem-

aiiM 4*1111 nv
they fliall cat of his meat.
and for his father, and for his 13 And he fliall take a wi
ion, and for his daughter, and her virginity.
T" 9 fr0m ll,c
Mf
things of the iz If the pricft's daufihtrr S lfo
be
 LEVITICUS.
Lord, unto the nor make an of-
1 CHAP. XXI11.
be mmlel unto a Granger, (be
unto the children of 13 And the meat-offering thcrc-
may not eat of an offering of the fering by fire of them upon the % Speak
fay onto them. Con- of pall le two umh-dcals of fine
altar unto the Lor d. ifrael, and
holy thing* fcarts of the Lord, flour mingled with oil, an offering
aj Either a bullock, or a lamb cenM'g the
13 But if the priciVs daughter
which ye (hall pi o c a m / it holy made by fire unto the Lord, for
1 i

be a widow, or divorced, and have that hath any thing iuperilnous or u»vocatio;;s, oksx thefe are n.y a fnwet favour • and the drink*
no child, and is returned unto her laking in his parts, that miyeft 4
offering thereof fmtllcol wine,
free-willortcun?; c aUs
«
father's houfe, as in her youth, thou offer for a
? Six days (hall work be done, the fourth pari of an bin,
(he fhall eat of her father's meat; hut for a
vow it Hull not be
1 ut the feventh
day is the fabbath 14 And yc (hall cut neither
but there (ball no (hanger eat accepted. convocation; yc bread, nor parched corn, nor
1 \ Ye (hall not ofTcr unto xht of rctt, an holy
thereof. woik therein : it is the green cars, until the fclf fame day
which is bruited, or lhall do no
14 -f And if a man eat of the Loko that iabbath of the Lord in all your that yc have brought an offering
cut; n
holy thing unwittingly, thc:i he cruihed, or broken, or unto your God ; it jhall be a fla-
dwellings.
(bill put the fifth (Mr/ thereof tin- ther (ball you make
any often
4 * Theft are the feaflsof the tote for ever throughout your gc-
to it, and (ball give it unto the thereof in your land,
Lckp, €VCH oly convocations, Derations, in all your duellings,
I

pricft, with the holy thing. 25 Ne!tl;cr from a ftranger 1 15 < And ye /hall count unto
ofTer the bread of
which ye fhall proclaim in their
15 Aad-thcy (hall not profane hand diall ye fcafcns. you from the morrow after the
of the:.-; be-
tbe holy things or the children of your Goi of any
;s in them,
5 Ik the fourteenth day of the fabbath, from the day th?.t yc
Mitel which they offer unto the caufe their corruption f,.a month at even, ii the Lord's brought the (hcaf of the waveof-
Lox ^ ; and blemilbcs It m them: the pafibver. fcring feven fabbaths iliall be
not be accepted for you.
;

l"> Or fuffe.- them to bear the (ball

6 And on the fifteenth day of complete :
iniquity of trefpafs, when they %*> 1 And the Load Ipakc fl

the fame month, is the fealt of 16 Even unto the morrow af-
cat their holv things: for I the to Moles, faying. unlcavcucd bread unto theLoRD: tcr the feventh fabbath, (ball yc
a foeep
Lord do (aneYify them. 27 When a bullock, or feven days yemuft eat unleavened number fifty days, and ye (hall
17 n And the or a coat is brought forth, then
Lord (pake un- bread. offer a new meat-offering unto the
to Mods, ft> int, (hall be feven days under the da
7 In the firfl day ye (hall have Loan.
eighth day
18 Streak unto Aaron, an I to and from the J
-

an holy convocation; yc lhall do 17 Yc [hall bring out of your

it (hall be acccrj
his fom, and unto all the chi!- thenceforth, 110 fervile work therein. habitations two wave-loaves or
droof Ifawlj and fay untothem, for an offering made by tire
8 But yc fhall offer an offering two tenth-deals : they (ball be of
Whatfoever hi be of the houfe of the Lord. made by fire unto the Loan feven fine flour; they lhall be baken
Mael. or of the (hangers in Uriel, 23 And ^''''f '

*f . days: in the feventh day is an with leaven; /bey are the

(ball not kill it and herp firft-
that will offer his oblation for all ew, yc holy convocation; yc lhall eio no fruits unto the Loan.
his vows, an I for all his freewill young
both in one day.
offering which they will offer 29 And when ye
ihankfgiv.ns unto th
*
^\ ™ fervile work therein.
3 g Ahd ye (hall offer with the
9 « And the Lord fpake unto bread feven lambs without blcm-
untotheLoKn^raburnt-offennc: facriScc of Moles, faying, Mb* of Die firfl year, and one
Lo»0, your own w HJ
offer „ at
19 rtfitU #rat yourown will
ftall
10 Speak unto the children of young bullock, and two
rams :
a male without bleWiftl, of the 30 On the lame day 1 1 Ifracl, and fay unto them,
When they (hall be for a btunt-cffcrinR
beeves, of the lbee P) or of the eaten up; yc lhall leave non yc be come into the land which 1 unto the
Lean, with their meat-
. until the morrow : 1 am the givc unto you and lhall *ap the
Roa s offering, and their drink-offerings,
ye *
%oB*l what foever hath a Me- 3« Therefore lhall harveft thereof then ye (ballet an offering
commandments, and do t bring a fheaf of tho f.rft-fruits
made by fire of
xnilh, r**J lhall ye not offer; for of a fweet favour unto the Lor I
ft lhall not be acceptable for you. 1
em your harvel nrao the prieft:
10 Then yc (hall facrifice one
pwfang
nrAflB y
at And whofoever
facrifice of peace
offereth
offerings unto
a

the Lord, to accomplilh Ms vow, ed among

or a free-will-offering in beeres, I am the
3
holy
» Neither (hall ye
name; but I will be hijL

the children f Hi
:Loao which
j
haltoir
brought you out *
,
i

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iabbatli
i

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l
.
thck,doftl ^goatsforafin.offering
ac- and two lambs of the firit
orrow
the pneft (hall
^r a facrifice
yet
of peace offerings,
so And the Jrieft lhall wave
f

or (beep, it (hall be perfect to be 33 That them with the bread of the firft
to be your 11 a«i o ii « ,
accepted; there (hall be noble- land of Egypt,
,

milh therein.
%% Blind, orbioken, ormaim-
'
'^^^"p
C H A I . xxMT
xxiu.
A ND the Loan fpake u
ed, or having a wen. orfcurvy.or
fobbed, yc lhall not offer thefc f\ Mofcs, faying, ^ g? Kim o«
the
 d

LEVITICUS. 32 It flail be unto you afabh

CHAP.
keep it a fraft
XXIV.
9 And it lhall be Aaron's and
the felf-fame day, that it may be AT And ye lhall
unt© you : of reft, and ye lhall atfhcl
- Lord feven days in the his fons, and they lhall eat it in
an holy convocation n to the
day of it flta ^ be a
llatute for ever the holy place : for it is mud holy
ye (hall do no fervile work therein : fouls in the ninth "ear :

it(hall be a flatutc for ever in all month at

even : from even u L yo»r generations : ye lhall unto him, of the offerings of the
ye celebrate your feventh month. Lord made by fire, by a perpe-
your dwellings throughout your even lhall celebrate it in the
geaorations. bath. 41 Ye lhall dwell in booths fe- tual Iratute.
a* ? And when ye reap the 33 ? And the Lord fpake ver. days:
all that are Ifraelitcs 10 f And the fon of an Ifracl-
itilh woman, whofe father was
harveftof vour land, thou fhalt to Mofes, faying, lorn lhall dwell in booths ;
not makeckan riddance of the 34 Speak unto the chil 43 That your generations may an Egyptian, went out among
corners of thy field when thou Ifrael, faying,
The fifteei know that I made the children of the children of Ilrael and this :

reapeft, neither (halt thou gather of this

feventh month jball Ifrael to dwell
in booths, when I fon of the Ifraelititli woman and a

any gleanings of thy harveft : fcaft of

tabcrnaclcs/or feven brought them out of the land of man of Ifrael drove together in
thou malt leave them unto the unto the Lord. £gypt : I am tnc Lor your God. the camp.
poor, and to theftranger: 1 am 35 On the firft day Jball 44 And Mofes declared unto II And the Tfraelitilh woman's
holy convocation : ye lhall the children of Ifrael the fcalls of fon blafphemed the Hamc of the
the Lord your God.
work therein. Lord, and curfed; and they
%% 1 And the Lord fpake un- fervile the Lord.
to Mofes, faying, 3* Seven days iball ye o CHAP. XXIV. brought him unto Mofes, (and
by hrc unto ND the Lord fpake unto his mother's name vrfjShelomith
%± Speak unto the children ofoflcnng made
ifrael faying, In the feventh
mouth, in the firft day of the an holy
Lord on the
:

convocation unto you

^
eighth day lhall

an offering ma<i
A^ Mofes, faying, the daughter of Dibri, of the
% Command the children of If- tribe of Dan,)
month (hall ye have a fabbath.a and ye mail offer Lord ,t racl, that they bring unto thee 1% And they put him in ward,
""to the
memorial of blowing oftrumpets, by fire pure oil-olive, beaten, for the that the mind of the Lord might
1
,

Convocation. folcmn affembly and ye lhall

:
lipht, to caufc the lamps to burn be (hewed them,
an holy
fervile work tberc\n. 13 ^ And the Lord fpake un-
a? Ye lhall do no fervile work no continually.

i
_

therein but ve lhall offer an offer- 37 Thefe are the feafts of 3 Without the vail of the tef- to Mofes, faying,
which ye lhall proclain timony, in the tabernacle of the 14 Bring forth him that hath
ng
un- ^ holy convoca 10ns to offer
U %
mJL
And the
fivine
Lord fpake
offeringS made by fire unto
congregation, lhall Aaron order curfed without the camp, and let
it from the eveningunto the mor- all that heard him lay their hands
t 5
- a burnt-offcring an ning, beforethe Lord continual- upon his head, and let all the
%TAlfo tH c\enth rf7 of,hisLo.o,
feventh month there flell it a
,
day meat-offering, a <acr.fice ly : it flail be a llatute for ever in congregation ftonc him.

"onement it (hall be an ho- drink-offerings, every tlnng, n your generations. 15 And thou fhalt fpeak unto
of :

4 He fhall order the lamps upon the children of Ifrael, faying,

LffiSrlSr.na^ "* the fahbaths of

§R5t; un, the

And ye fhall
^ ^tir.q
do no work in all your
for it is a day of ye
free-will-offerings,
g.ve unto «{* I*"-.
w
the pure candleftick before the Whofocver curfcth his God, fhall
Loto
J 1
flour, and
continually.
And thou take fine
(halt
bear his fin.
16 And he that blafphemeth
twelve cakes the Name of the Lor b, he (hall
bake
thereof, two tenth-deals IhaH be lurely be put to death, and
that fame day : . all
* on afnne* 10 Alfo in the nlteentn aa in one cake. the congregation lhall certainly
6 And thou fhalt fet them in ftonehim : as well the ftranger
9
two rows, fix on a row, upon the as he that is born in the
land,
pure table before the Lord. when he blafphemeth the Name
7 And thou lhalt put pure of the LORD, fhall be put to
frankincenfe upon each-row f that death.
u may be on the bread for a memo- 17 1 And he that killeth any
nal, even an offering made by
6re man, fhall furely be put to death,
unto the Lord.
18 And he that killeth abeafL
* Every fabbath he fhall fet it (hall make it good; beatt
for
from among rm people.
31 Ye lhall do no
work: i/ ft<t//fc a ftatute
an« Dougii> v
manner of *»»
^
forever (hall rejoice before
thronghout your generations in
your God feven days.
tne x-o

^ J
HiY
!# ic
htfor * th * l < **>«>nX\iiu- baft.

»fael by
nant-
.1
an
from th «hildrcn *9 And if a man
caufc a ble-
cvcrlaftinj c*vc- roifh in his neighbour; as he hath
awe, ft fhall it bodancuhto him :

all-your dwelling*. Breach

 LEVITICUS.
And ft*U number
thotf
CHAP. XXV.
ao Breach /or. breach, eye for 8 % - God: for lam the Lord ing-houfe in wa!fcd eilv, then
r t hy
eye, tooth for tooth : as he hath {even fibbaths of years -nto thee, Cod. ne may redeem* it within a uhc-le
•our
caufed a blcftiilh in a man, fo feven times feven years i r.nd the yc (hall do my year alter it is fold : tvithir. a fuH
fpaceof the feven fabbathsof years 18 T Wherefore
Iboll it be done to him fgmn* my judgments, year irmy he redeem it.
fhtutes, 3iid keep
ai AndhcthatkillethabcaQ, IhaU We unto thee forty and nine and ye fhall dwell 30 And if it be not redeemed
3nd do them ;
he (hall rclloreit: and he that years. land in fafety. within the (pace of a full year,
in the
killcth a man, he fhall be put to 9 Then fha!t thou caufe the
trumpet of the jubile to found, 19 And the land fhall yield then the houfe that is in the wall-
death. and ye fhall eat your cd city fhall be crtablifhcd for ever
fier fruit,
%% Ye (hall have one manner on the tenth day of the feventh dwell therein in fafety. tohim that bought it, throughout
fill, and
of law, as well for the flrangcr, month: in the day of atonement %o And if ye fhall fay, What his generations: it Ihall not go
fhall ye make the trumpet found
as for one of your own country :
feventh year !
/hall we eat the out in the jubile.
for I aw the Lord your God. throughout all your land. J
behold, we fhall not fow, norga- .-jr Butthchoufes of the villnjes;

23 1 And Mofes fpake unto 10 And ye Qi ill hallow the fi£- which have no walls round ibfiW
ther in our increafe :
the children of Ifracl, that they tieth year, and proclaim liberty jr Then I will corhmand my them*, ihall be court ted is the
(hould bring forth him that had throughout all the land, unto all upon you in the forth fields of the country: they may
bleffing
eurfedout of the camp, and Gone the inhabitants thereof: it fhall year, audit (halL bring forth fruit bt* redeemed, and (hey fhall go
him with (tones: and the chil- be a jubile unto you, and ye fhall Torthree years. out in the jubile.
drcn of Ifracl did as the Lord return every man unto his poHct- 2% And ycfow the eighth
fhall 32 Notwithstanding (he cities
commanded Mofes fion, and ye fhall return every
year, and cat yet of old fruit on- of the Lcvites, arid tfce bcuJcs ot
CHAP. XXV, man unto his family. j
til the ninth yean until her fruits the cities of their pofleffton, may

AND the Lord fpake unto n A jubile Ihall that fiftieth

come in, ye fhall eat of the old the Levites redeem at any time.
Mofes in mount Sinai, fay- year be unto you ; ye Ihall not Jlore* 33 And if a man purchafc of
low, neither reap that which
it, nor ga-
23 1 The land fhall not be the Levittf, then the houfe that
.
i Speak unto the children of growcth of itftlf in fold for ever: for the land is mine; was fold, and the chy of his pof-
Ifracl, and fay unto them. Who* thor tht grapes in it of thy vine foryctzrf (hangers and fojourners feffion, (hall go out iii the year *f
ye come into the land which I nndreflcd.
with me. jubile: for the houfes of the m*
give you, then fhall the land keep it For it is the jubile it fhall
:

a fabbath unto the Lord.
3 Six years thou (halt-
fow thy
fieid, and fix years thou (halt
prune thy vineyard, and gather
m the fruit thereof :
4 But in the feventh year
fhall
be a fabbath of reft unto the land,
a fabbath foe the
Lord: thou
malt neither fow thy field, nor ctgbt of thy
24 And in all the land of your tics art their pofftffion among
be holy unto yju : yc Hull car,
pofleffion ye (hall grant a redemp- the children of Ifracl.
the increafe thereof out of the lion for the land. 34 But the field of the fuhufbs
fefci. . #
25 1 If thy hrother be waxen of their cities may not he fold,
13 In the year of this jubile
foor, and hath fold away fotne of for it is their perpetual poiTefiiVr.
yc return every man unto
fhall is pofllfflan, and if any of his 35 { And if thy brotlm be
his pofTeffion.
J;in come to redeem it, then fhall waxen poor, and fallen in
decay
14 { And if thou fell ought he redeem that which his brother vxith thee; then thou fhalt
re-
unto thy neighbour, or mjycu » - A
M lievc him: yM% tbiugb If ff%
neighbour's hand, yc
.

a6 And if the man have none (hanger, or a fojourner that Ire

prune thy vincvard. mall not opprefs one another. to redeem it, and hiraftfl be able mav live with
;

thee,
« That which groweth of
its 15 According to the number el to redeem it :
jubile, thou (halt 36 Take thou no ufury of Mm
own accord of thy harrcft, thou years after the 27 Then let him count the or increafe but fear thy Cod
neighbour, and accor"- ;

ibalt not reap, neither gather the buy of thy

:

years of the falc thereof, and re- that

number of years of thy brothtj may live with
erapesof thy vine und refl'ed : ftr ding unto the itore the overplus unto the man
thec.
reft unto the Und. the fiuits he (hall fell unto
thee.
it is a vear of to whom he fold it, that he may
16 According to the multim 37 Thou (halt not give him 1 by
6 And the fabbath of the land return unto his pofleflfon.
money upon ufury, nor lend ftfai
/hall be meat for you: for
thee, of year* thou (halt increcfc t 2S But if he be not able to re-
thy virtual* for increafe.
thy fervant, and for thy prfecthereof, and acordmg rotn
and for
years thou (halt chmin-
.maid and for thy hired fervant, fewnefs of
for according^
and for thy ftranger thatfojourn- i(h the price of it,
eth with thee. the number •/ the yean of the
7 And for thy cattle, and
the bead that art in thy land,
for fruits doth he fell unto ttiec.
17 Ye Ihall not therefore
another ; but thou n»
nm
A
iV;
l?°
° Utl
C
£
'
c Tl0r:
* uJ hc ^* tar » Y 0lU

ft ? And if thy brother, thm

fhall alt tha increafe thtrcofbe prefs one
meat.
in
*v Afl-J If a nan
'

icl! a
.
dwe*f- d+MM f>y thcvfcc mM poor.
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•LEVITICUS, CHAP. XXVI.

Eitlwa- his uncle, or hi$ « j io them ; that ye break my covenant
and be fold onto thee thon (halt 49 t

you nm
:
will give do thi» unto you,f
in 16 alfo will
net compel him W fervc as a cle'sfon may redeem l»m or « x Then I I

h »t » "•«" ef k "' unto h,m '

-
feafon, and the land (hail will even appoint over you terror,
bond^rvVnt : .
her incrcafc, and the trees confumption, and the burning a-
family may redeem him
, f
vicld
40 But as an lured fervant, and his ;
L field lhall yield their fruit, guc, that (hall confume the eyes,
as afojourner, he (hall be
with if he be able, he may raleem him t hc

thee, W
lhall fervc thee unto the felf.
vear of iubtle.
......
5° And he ^
rcckon w
'

an to the
And your
vintage, and the vin-
threlliing (hall reach and caufe for row of heart: and ye
(hall fowyourfced in vain; for
unto the lowing- your enemies (hall eat it.
him that bought him, from lace (hall reach
41 And then (hall he depart your bread 17 And I will fct my face a-
year that he was fold to him, time : and ye (hall eat
from thee, bat the and his child-
unto the yea.-of while and the to thc full, and dwell in your gainlt you, and ye (hall be (lain
ren with him, and (ball return
:

land fafely- before your enemies; they that

price of his (ale (hall be accoH-
unto his own family, and unto 6 And I will gi»e peace in the hate you (hall reign over you; and
ing unto the number of years
the pofleffion of his fathers (hall and ye down, and ye (hall
(hall lie flee when none puriuetli
cording to the time of an hi land,
he return make you afraid and you.
fervant (hall it be with him. * none fliall :

A % For' they are mv fervants, beads out of the

evil 18
ye will not yet for And
$X If tbcreny* many years will rid if
I
which I brought forth out of the
bind, according unto them he (h, land, neither lhall thc fword go all this hearken unto me, then I
U nd of Egypt , they (ball not be give again the price of his rede* through your land. will punifh you feven times more
fold as bond-men.
7 And ye (hall chafe your ene- for your fins.
41 Thou not
(halt rule over tion, out of the money that
was bought for. mics, and they fhill fall before 19 And F will break thc pride
fear
him with rigour, but fliaLt
remain b you by the fword. of your power; and I will make
v Cod J» And if there
tl
tew years unto the year of jubi 8 And five-of yau (hall chafe your heaven as iron, and your
44 Both thy bond-men. and
then he (hall count with hnn an hundred, and an hundred of earth as brafs
thy bond-maids, which thou (halt you (hall put ten thoufand to 20 And your ilrength (hall be
according unto his years (hall h
have ball be of the heathen that flight; and your enemies (hall fpent in vain : for your land (hall
girc him aga.a the price of h
Jre round about you; of them fall before you by the fword. not yield her incrcafc, neither
redemption,
buy bond-men and bond-
yeiiuy
fhallve
inaii
1,1
^
^nrf as a yearly hired
be with him : and
9 For J will have refpect unto (hall the trees of thc land yield
you, and make you fruitful, and their fruits.
4V Moreover, of the children vant (hall he multiply you, and eftabliih my 11 «f And if ye walk contrary
do fojonrn tbeotber not rule with r:go,
of the (hangers' that covenant with you. unto me, and will not hearken
you, of them (hall ye over him in thy fight.
among 10 And ye (hall eat old (tore, unto me; I will bring leven times
Kr and of their families that 54 And if he be not redeem
and hi ing forth the old became of more plagues upon you, accord-
thefc.^r, then he (hall go
27 with you, which they begat in he, an the new. to your fins.
thall be in the ye ar of ju ,1 le. to*
?o your
'
land :

^(i-.flion
and they
his children with him.
U
And 1 wiilfet my taberna- a* I will alfo fend wild beads
y° U ele amongft yon; and my foul among you, which (hail rob you
5Jfyi lh.ll take them as 55 For unto me the children (hall not abhor you.
46 of your chldren, and deflroy youc
an inheritance for your children
them for a
Ifrael are fervants they
fervants whom 1 brought forth
m,
^ XI And I will watt: among cattle, and make you few in num-
a?ter 4u, to inherit you, and will be your God, and ber, and your high-ways (hall he
out of the land of Egypt - I am
poflcfllon,

S^^^S YE
they Ihallbeyour
!nen for 'ever: hut over
bond-
your the Loko your God.
C
ml,.
A P
ma k e.
™ nc> id
ye (hall
13 I
be
am
my
the
people.
Loud your God,
defolatc.
zj And if ye will not be re-
which brought yon forth dot of formed by mc by thefc things,
the land of Egypt, that ye (hould but will walk
contrary unto
not be their bondmen; and I
rear you up a (landing image nej mc:
47 ?
And if afoiourner or
and ther (hall ye fct up any
.mag rd
have broken thc band* of your
24 Then will I alfo walk con-
ftrJnJr wax rich bv thee, yoke, and made yon go upright,
trary unto you, and will puuilh.
14 H But if ye will not hearken you yet feven times for your fins-
unto me and wiil not
do all thcie 25 And I will bring a fword
commaudments; npon you, that (hall avenge the
ij And if y
c (hall dcfplfc my quarrel of my covenant: and
atutcs, or if your
foul abhor when ye arc gathered together
'^After that he is fold, he am the Lord. n**««J TO judgments, fo that ye will not within your cities, 1 will fend the
my be redeemed again ; one of 3 1 " Y* «lk in my ftatufg
w my commandments, but peiWence among you: and ye
E\i«h«n »y f^* M» i k «P »r comm.nd-.cj3
JI % QulF
 :

L F. V t T I C U S. CHAP. XXVII.
Hull be delivered into the hand found of a fhaken leaf (hall cl ovenant with them : for I
c
the pricft value him.
of the eilcm** them ; and they fhall flee, as *?the Lo* d
their God. 9 And if it be a head whereof
a6 AnA when 1 have broken ing from a fword : and tl But I will for their fakes men bring an offering unto the
the rtaJfof vour bread, ten wo- fall when none purfueth. remember the covenant of their Lord ; all that any man giveth of
men (hall bake your thread in one 37 And they (hall fall 01 >eeft*»s,
whom ' orou S nt fov\h fuch unto the Lord (hall be holy-
oven, and they fhall deliver you on another, as it were bef< land of Egypt, in the 10 He fhall not alter it, nor
out of the
your bread again by weight: and (word, when none purfueth heathen, that I might change it, a good for a had, or rv
fight of the
yc lhall cat and not be fatisfied. yc fhall have no nower to be their
God : I am the Loud. had for a good : and if he fhall
the ftatutes, and at alt change bead for heart ; then
27 And if ye will not for all before your enemies, 46 Thefe art
this hearken unto me, but walk 38 And ye fhall perifh judgments, and laws, Which the it, and the exchange thereof (hall

contrary unto Me; the heathen, and the land ol Lord made between him and be holy.
28 Then 1 will walk contrary enemies rtiall eat you up. the children of Urael, in mount II And if it he sny unclean
unto you alfo in fury; and I, even 39 And they that urc left of Sinai, by the
hand of Mofes. head, of which they do not offer
1 will chaftife you icven times, for you (hall pine away in their in*, CHAP- XXVII. a facrifice unto the Lord: then
your fins. quity, in your enemies lands;
29 And ye fhall cat the fkfh and alfo in the iniquities of their
AND the Lord fpake unto
Mofes, faying,
he fhall prefent the bead before
the prieit
of your ions, and the fkfh of fathers lhall they pine away wi ii And the pricft (hall value
'
a Speak unto the children of
vour daughters (hall yc eat. them. Jfi-ael, and fay unto them, When it, whether it be good ot bad : as
iball make a lingular vow, thou Valued it, \vho art the prJcft,
30 And 1 will deftroy your 40 If they lhall confefs their a man
high places, and cut down your iniquity, and the iniquity of their the perfons Jhall ie for the Lord, fo fhall it be,
images, and cart your carcafes up- fathers, with their trefpafs which bv thy eftimatien. ij But if he will at all redeem
on the carcafes of your idols, and they trefpafled againtt me, and 3 And thy cfKmation then he (hall add a fifth part
(hall be, it,

3iiv foul (hall abhor you. that alfo they have walked con- of the male from twenty years thereof unfo thy eltimation,
# %

$X And f will make your cities trary unto mc ; old, even unto fixty years old : 14 «j And when a man fhall
waite, and bring your fancluarics 41 And that I alfo have walk) even thy eftimation (hail be fifty fanclify his houfe to be holy ucto
unto dctblation, and I will not contrary unto them, and hav< Ihekels of filver, after the fhekel the Lore n ; then the prieft lhait
•ok 11 the favour of your fwcet o- brought them into the land of'the (ancillary. cflimate it, whether it be grod oi-
ciours. their enemies if then their : 1
4 And if// be a female, then bad: as the prieft mall eftimate
be humbh thy cftimation (ball he thirty it, fo (hall it (rand.
ji And 1 will bring the land circumcifcd hearts
jnto dcfolation : and your enc- and they then accept of the pi Eckels. 15 And if he that ratified !t
mics, which dwell therein, fhall niftiment of their iniquity : 5 And from five years will redeem his houft, then he
ifr/ he

be aftonilhed at it. 4* Then wil1 1 remember old, even unto twenty years old ; mail add the fifth part of the mo-
and alfo then thy cftimation fhall be of ney of thy cftimation unto it, and
33 Audi will fcatter you a- covenant with Jacob,
m one the heathen, and will draw covenant with Ifaac, and alf the male twenty fhtkels, and for it lhall he his.
out a" fword after you : and your covenant with Abraham the female ten Ihekels. 16 And if a (ball fanclify mm
Jand (hall be defolate, and your remember; and I will rem 6 And if tt he from a month unto the Lor n fome part of a field
cities wafte. the land.
u
C en
T n
nt ° PvC yCarS ofhis
then thy cftimation (hall be of mation lhall
; then thy cfli- P^fa;
34 Then the land enjoy
(hall 43 The land alfo fhall be be according to the
of them, and lhall enjoy her fa the male five fhekels of filver, and feed thereof:
licr fabbaths, as long as it lieth an homer of bar-
defolate, and ye be in your ene- bath, w hile (he liveth de
without them: and th
for the female thy eftimation
be three fhekeis
JW/ \yfc«] Jbali be fifty (he- wWat
niies land; even then* lhall the of filver. kefs of filver.
laud reti, and enjoy her fab- accept of the punilhment o 7And if be from fixty
/"/
years 17 If he fandify his field-front
haths. iniquity ; becaufc, even b ©Wand above; if it be a male, the year of jubile, according to
35 As long as it lieth defolate they defpifed
my judgments, t"cn tl./ eftimat.on (hall be (if- thy cftimation it ftall (hud.
it fliall reft ; becaufe it
did not becaufc their foul abhorred tecnlbckels, and for the female
i8.But if he fanclify his fiehl
red in your £*bbattis when yc (Unites. i
pS; after the jubile, then
the priell
44 And yet for all that f< w But
St . .

dwelt upon it. « he he poorer than thy

if
(ball reckon unto him the money
And upon them that arc they he in the land ot their cn Nation, then be (hall prefent according to the veart that re-
36
left alive of you, I will fend amies, I will not caft tlrcrn
awa
taintnefs into'their hearts in the neither will I abhor them, to
S
w
b
i H T thcpridl ' amltht ™in,ev C n unto the year
for

his «L tv f.
,U m :

?*lc
the
ub,lc and k *»ir beabatcd from
i '
lands of their enemies; aad the ihoy them utterly, and t©
br ability that vowed, thy cftimation.
lhalt
H 3 19 An
 ;

19 And
NUMBERS.
he that fanttified cording to thine eflimation, a
if t o
CHAP. I.

war in Tfrael; thou and ben, IfTacPseMe/l fon, by their

forth
the field will in any wife redeem thai add a fifth part of it trteret
(hallnumbcrthem by their generations, after their families,
I
Aaron . by the houfe of their fa* tiers, ac-
it ; then he (hall add the fifth or if it be not redeemed, then arflU
And with you there (hall be cording to the number ftf the
fart of the money of thy eftima- fhall he fold according to thye 4 poll, every male
tion unto it, and it (hall be aflur- mation. jfl of every tribe: every one names, by their
a8 Notwithstanding, no de. of the
i' ,c
"
houfe of hi*; fathers, from twenty \cur> (till and up-
cd to him. head
h ea d 01 ...... the namcj^ar,^
ihcU.ore tnc names t |) lnat * ere able lb g-v
ao And if he will not redeem ed thing that a man ihall dcr, « * And
that fhall (hind with forth to war
the field, or if he hare fold the unto the Lord, of all that 9if the men
held to another man, it (hall not hath, both of man and heal}, a -L. Of/** tribe of Reuben ; E- IT Thoflt that were humhcjed
* Shedeur. of them, eviti of the tr :.!>«r of'
1»r
of the field of hi« poilclTion, the fon of
be redeemed any more.
Shclumic! the Reuben, -were forty and Ax tiicu--
$ Of Simeon
:
21 But the field, when it go- be fold or redeemed : every
Zurilhaddai. fan;l and fite hundred.
eth out in the jubile, (hall he ho- voted thing u mod holy unto ton of
- Qf Judah; Nahfhon the fon %% \ Of the children of S;-
ly unto the Lord, as a field de- Lord.
meon, by their genciations, attcr
voted the pofieffion thereof (ball
: 29 None devoted, which (h of Amminadah.
g Oflflachar;
Nethaneel the their families, by the honfc nf
be the prielVs. be devoted of men, (hall he
fonofZuar, their fathers, thofe that were
2% And if a man faneYify unto deemed ; but (hall furcly be p
the Lord a field which he hath death. o Of Zcbulun ; Eliab the fon numbered of them, according to
number of the names, by
bought, which is not of the fields 30 And all the tithe of ofHelon.
of his pofleffion : land, -xbcther of the feed of 10 Of the children of Jofcph; their polls, every male from
23 Then the pried (hall reckon land, or of the fruit of the t of Ephraim, Elifhama the fon of twenty yeacs old and upward, *K
unto him the wdrth of thy efli- ii the Lord's : it is holy untot Ammihud; ofManafTeh, Gama- that were able to go forth to wtt) :
mation, even unto the year of the Lord. liel the fon of Pedazur. 23 Thofe that wcw iiumbetcd
jubile; and he (hall give thine erti- 31 And if a man will at all IX Of Benjamin; Abidan the of them, even of the tribe of 8i*»
fon of Gideoni. meon, ivere fifty and nine thou*
jnation in that day, a a holy deem ought of his tithes, he
add thereto the fifth part ther XI Of Dan; Ahiezer the fon fund and thr.e hundred,
thing unto the Lor d.
31 And concerning the t of Ammifhaddai. 24 1 Of the children of Gad,
24 In the year ofthe jubile the
ij Of Alhur; Pagicl the fon by their generations, after their
field (hall return unto him of of the herd, or of the flock,
of Ocran. families, by the houfe of their fa-
whom it was bought, even to him of whatfoever pafleth under
14 Of Gad; Eliafaph the fon thers, according to the number
to whom the poflcflion of the land rod ; the tenth (hull be holy
of Deuel. of the names, from twenty years:
did belong. the Lord.
15 OfNaphuli; Ahiratbefon old and upward, all that were
25 And all thy eftimations (hall 33 He (hall not fcarch whe
bad, neither of Enan. able to go forth to war :
fee according to the fhekel of the it be good or
16 Thefe were the renowned 25 Thofe that were numbered-
lanctuary ; twenty gerahs fhall be he change it : and if be cha
of the congregation, princes of oi them, even of the tiibc of Gad,
the fhckcl. it at all, then both it and
the tribes of their fathers, beads were forty and five thoufand fix
26 1 Only the firflling ofthe charge thereof Ihall be holy of diouknds in Ifrael. hundred and fifty.
hearts, which ihould be the I.dRD's (hall not he redeemed.
Hrrtling, no man (hall fantttfy it ; 34 Thefe are the
j|
comma X7 «[ And Mofes and Aaron ' 26 \Of the children- of Judah,
took thefe men, which are ex- by their generations* after their
•whether it be ox, or fhcip : it is ments which the Lord r preffcd by their names. families, by the houfe of their fV
the Lord's. manded Mofes, for the chil
18 A'id they aflembled ail the tbers, according to the number,
And if it be of an u^clecn of Ifracl, in mount Sinai. .

2J congregation together on the firft of the narr.es, from twenty years

heart, then he fhall redeem it *c- day ofthe fecond mentb, and they old and
upward, all that werr
^"Tl^o^th Book of Mo 9 e £ , called NUMBER declared their pedegrees after able to go forth to war;
their families, by the houfe of
T 27 Thofe that were numbered
CHAP. I. 2 ke ye the Aim of all
3
their fathers, according to the
of them, even oi the tribe of Ju-
AND the Lord
Mofes, in the wiidernefs of
fpake unto congregation of the children
Ifrael,after their families,
numberofthenames.tromtwenty dab, -were thrcefcorc and four-
years oldandupward,hy their poll,
teen thoniand mid fix hundred.
Sinai, in the tabernacle ofthe the hoofc of their fathers, v 19 As the Lord commanded a8 1 Of the children of lf~
congregation, on the firrt day of the number of /bar name?, e Moies fo he numbered them in fachar,
male by their poll: by their generations, if-
the fecond month, in the iccond thc wiidernefs of
Sinai. ter their families,
by the houfe
year after they were come out of 3 F rom twenty years old *° And the children of Rcu- of their fathers, according to the
the land of Egypt, laying, upward, all that arc able to
H 4 number
 ; :

NUMBERS. CHAP. ir.

number of the names, from t wen- land and four hundred,
ty years oW and upward, ail that 38 ^ Of llie children of r lbcof their fathers, were not of Juda-h pitch, throughout their

go forth to war; by their generations after O hercd among them. armies; and Nahihon the fon of
were able to P um
the Loan had fpoken Amir.inadah fieriIt be captain of
aoThofe that were numbered of families, by the houfe of their fU For
48
faying, the children of Jcdah.
tliem,ev*jiof the tribeof rifacrar, thcrs, according to the number nn -o MoAs,
were fifty and four thouiand and of the names, from twenty y 40 Only thou not number 4 And his hot*, and thofe that
Ifaalt
Levi, neither take the were numbered of them, mfe
four hundred. old and upward, all that were the tribe of
1 fam of them
among the children threefcore and fourteen thoufand
30 % Of the children of Zebu- to go forth to war ;
and fix huv.drtd.
Inn, by their generations, after 39 Thofe that were numb of ! "ract :
m

their families, by the houfe of of ihem, even of the tribe of I 50 But thou (halt appoint th$ 5 And thofe that donitch next
Invites over the tabernacle of tef- unto him, fiall be the tribe cf If.
their fathers, according to the -were threefcore and two th
uunber of the names, fromtwen- fand and feven hundred, timony, and over all the veileis lachar and Keihsncc! the fon of
:

40 1 Of the children of A thereof, and over all things that Zuar fiall be captain of the child-
ty years old and upward, all that
were ablc ; to go forth to war ; by their geneiations, after t tehnf to it : they lhall bear the ren of Iflachar.
tabernacle, and all the ycflels 6 And hishoft, and thofe that
31 Thofe that were numbered families, by the houfe of thcii
thereof, and they lhall minuter were numbrcd thereof, -were fifty
of them, even of the tribe of Ze- thcrs, according to the nun
encamp round and four thoufand and four hun-
hulun, we fi/ry tnd feven thou- of the names, from twenty
unto it, and lhall
about the tabernacle. died.
fa rid and four hundred, old and upward, all that
Of the children of Jo- able to go forth to wai : 51 And when the tabernacle 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun
3* ^
fetteth forward, the Levitcs lhall and Eliab the fon of Hclon fiall
feph, nnmehy of the children of 4* Thofe that were numbered
take it do\M\ : and when the ta- be captaiu of the children of Zc-
generations; of them, cvvn ot the tribe 6'f A(b-
:

Kphraim, hy their
bcrnacle is to be pitched, the Le- bulun.
tfftcrtheir families, by the houfe er, were forty and one thotfaod up: and the
of their fathers, according to the and five hundred.. J
vites lhall fet it And
hishoft, and thofe that
8
ftranccr that comcth nigh (hall be were numbered thereof, were fifty
numbcrofthc names, from twen* 42 *T Of the children of Nai
pu: to death. and feven thoufand and four hun-
ty years old ami upwaid, all that tali, throughout their
5i And the children of Ifracl dred.
were able to go forth to war; tions, after their families,
fcall pitch their tents every man o Ail that were numbered in
33 Thofe that were numbered rroilft'of their fathers, accord! by his own camp, and every man the camp of Judah, were an hun-
of them, even of the tribe of to the number of the names, froi by bis own ft an da rd, throughout dred thoufand, and fouifcore
Fphraim, -were forty thoufand twenty years old and upwan" their hods. thoufand, and fix thoufand and
and five honUncd. that were able to go forth to
S3 But the Levites fhall pitch four hundred, throughout their
34 ^ Of the dhildren of Ma- 43 Thofe that were numl round about the tabernacle of tcf- armies thefc lhall firtt fet forth,
nafleh, by their^enerations, after of them, even of the tri
:

timony ; that there be no wrath IO f On the fouth fide fiall be

their families, by the houfe of Naphtali, -were fifty and upon the congregation of the the (landard of the campof Rcu-
their fatneis, according to the thoufand and four hundred, children of Ifrael : and the L*-
ben* according to their armies
mimberof the names, from I wen- 44 Theft nre thofe thai w< wtes lhall keep the charge of the and the captain of the children of
ty years old anil upward, all that numbered, which MofesandAi tabernacle of tcftimony.
ron numbered, and the princes;
Reuben fiall he Elizur the fon of
were able to go forth to war : 54 And thechildren of Ifracl did
twelve nun : cad Shedeur.
35 were numbered
rholi: that Ifracl, being
according to all that the I-ord
one was for the houfe of his f* si And his h©ft, and thofe
of Ihem, wen of the tribe of Ma- Commanded Mofes, fo did they, that were numbered thereof, -were
nafleh, were thirty and two thou- thcrs.
C H A U
thofe that w< ?• fortv and fix thotfaod and five
45 So were
'
And and two hundred. all avttn .
^ND'.heLoao .

unto Mo- hundred.

fp:ike
36 <f Of the children of Ben- numbered of rhe children of Ifr foandunto Aaron, faying,
el, by the houfe of their fathei
J2 And thofe which pitch by
iamin, by their generations, after of thc childrcn him fiall
their families, by the houfe of fiom twenty years old and * u-r^i™
ot9 nrael
the tribe of Simeon : be
lhaU pitch by his own and the captain of the children of
:he:r fathers, according to the wards, all that were able to nanrrard with the
enfign of their Simeon fiall he Shclumici the fon
number of the names, from twen- forth to war in Ifracl fathers houfe: fur off about thc
46 Even at! they thac were mil c f Zurimaddai.
ty year* old and upward, all that f cor, ^S=tion
wore able to go forth to war : bered, were fix hundred thou fan T>uT , -
lhr! And
and thofe
13 his hoft,
0*Utheyp,teh. that were numbcicd of them,
37 Thofe thai were numbered
of them, even of the tribe of Ben-
and three thoufand, and fr
hundred and fifty, uarr' rK v°
"«
n ^^WV
to- tvere fifty and nine thouiand and
nS ° f thc fun 0,311 ibvcc ^ndred.
hc Levifes, after
jtfltio, were thirty and live thou- 47 t But ^ the*
"*y f t. ^
the fta^ard cf ike camp
'

, 4 Then thctrthc of Gad and :

« 5 the
 NUMBERS.
the captain of the fons of Gad they go forward
CHAP. IH.
. thai) in the forward, every to Mofes, facing,
Jhallbe £li(aph the fon of Deuel, rank. A fo they fet
after their families, accord- ia And I, behold, I have tak-
15 And his hort, and thofe 515 J The flandard of the ?° C rn the Levites from atoojlg the
that were numbered of them, of Dan pall be on the no m fn the houfc of their fathers,
CHAP- IH. children of Jfrael, irrftead of all
-were forty and five thoufand and by their armies : and the alfo are the generations the fit It-born that oponeth th*
fix hundred and fifty. of the children of Dan THeieAaron and Mofes, in the Matrice among the children of
of
16 All that were numbered in hiezer the fon of Am .
( at the Lord fpake with Ifrael therefore the Levites (ball
/j
the camp of Reuben, -were an dai. be mine.
Mofes in Mount
Sinai.
hundred thoufand, and fifty and 26 And his hoft, and th are the names of 13 Eecaufe all the firft-bdrn art
% And thcfe
one thoufand and four hundred were numbered of them, of Aaroo ; Nadab the mine ; for 00 the day that tinote i
tbe fons
and fifty, throughout their ar- thrcefcore and two thoufand Abihu, Elcazar, all the firft born in the land *>f
firft-born, and
mies; and they lhall ftt forth in feven hundred, Egypt, hallowed unto me> all
an d Ithamar.
I

thefecond rank. 17 And thofe that encamp I Thcfe arc the names of the the btft bom of Ifrael, botn
man
17 % Then the tabernacle of him, pall be the tribe of Am fons of Aaron,
the prieits which and heart ; mine they (hall be : I
the congregation (hall fet forward and the captain of the chilj r
were anointed, whom he confc- am the Lord.
with the camp of the Levites. in of After pall be Pagiel, the fon 14 % And the I-oao fpake un-
crated to minifter in the prieft's
the midft of the camp: as they Ocian. to Motes in the wilderneiiof Si-
ot ccfi
.

encamp, fo lhall theyfetforward, a8 And his hoft, and 4 And Nadab and Ahihu died nai, faying,
every man in his place, by their that were numbered of before the Lord, when they of- ij Number the children of Le-
standards, were forty and one thoufan fcred flrange fireheforethe Lord, vi, after the houfc of their fa-
18 ^ On the weft-fide pull be five hundred, in the wildernefs of Sinai,
and thcrs, by their families: cveryr
the ftandardof the camp of Eph- 29 Then the tribe of N they had no children; and Flea- male from a month old and up*
raim, according to their armies: li: and the captain of the: zar and Ithamar miniftred in the ward, (halt thou number them,
and the captain of the fons of reu of NaphtaliJW/i>< ArT pricft's office, in the fight of Aa- 16 And Mofes numbered them,
KphraimyW/ie EJHhama the fon ion of Enan. ron their father. according to the word of the
of Ammihud. 3° And his hoft, and
$ J And the Loftp fpake un- l.oio, as he was commanded,
19 And his hoft, and thofe that that were numbered of to Mofes, faying, 17 And thefc were the fons of
were numbered of them, -were -were fifty and three th 6 Bring the tribe of I,cvi near, Levi, by their names; Gcrlhon,
forty thoufand and five hundred, and four hundred. and prefent them before Aaron and Kohath, and Mcrari.
20 And by him pall be the 31 All they that were the pried, that they may minif- 18 And thefc an the names of
tribe of ManafTeh : and the cap- bered in the camp of Dan, terunto him. the fons of Gerfhon by their fa
tain of the children of Manaflih an hundred thoufand, an 7 And they mall keep his miliei; Libni> and bhimei.
pull be Gamaliel the fon of Pe- and feven thoufand and fi charge, and the charge of the 19 And the fons of Kohath hy
dalizur. dredi they (ball go bind whole congregation befoie the ta- the-iv families 1 A imam, and Iz.-
21 And his hoft, and thofe their ftandards. beruacle of the congregation, to har, Hebron, and Uzziel.
that were numbered of them, 31 1 Thcfe arc thofe do the fcrvice of the tabernacle. &o And the (bns of Mcrari by
were thirty and two thoufand were numbered of the chi i And they [hall keep ail tbe their families ; Mahli, and Mulbi;
and two hundred. Ifrael, by the houfc of thet laflrnmenu of the tabernacle of thefc ere the families of the Lc-
aa Then the tribe of Benjamin: tbers ; all thofe that were n tbc congregation, and the charge vitcs according to the houfc of
and the captain of the fons of bered of the camps through 1
of the children .of Ifrael, to do their fathers,
Benjamin /W/ieAbidan, the fon their bolls, it-crc fix huo the fcrvice of the tabernacle. %\ Ox Gerlhon w«j the family
of Gideoni. thoufand, apd three thoufan* 9 And thou lhalt give the Lr- of the Lihnitcs, and the family
hundred and fifty, tites unto Aaron and to his
23 And his holt, and thofe five ions: of the Shimites ; thcfe arc the £a-
they arc wholly »iven unto him
that were numbered of them, -ware 33 But the Levites were milies of the Gcrfhonitej :
numbered among the children out of the children
thirty and five thoufand and four of Ifrack %% Thofe that wore numbered
hundred. lfrael ; as the Lord comma 10 And thou fbalt appoint Aa- of them, according to the num-
ronand his fons, and they mall ber ofall thomalc^ from rnontfi
24 All that were numbered of Molts,,
* a,t on l, cir pricft's office : ^nd
a
the camp of Ephraira, -were an 34 And the children of old and upward, even thofe that
hundred thoufand, and eight did according to all
1 e Hunger
^
aa,i bc
that Cometh nigh -were numbered of them Wf fe-
thoufand and .an hundred, Lord commanded P u * to death. ven thoufand and five JutmUrth
they pitched by their II J And the Loan fpake
throughout their armies ; aud un* e>j Jbc families of the Ger*

/honite;
fhonites fiiall
NUMBERS,
behind the ta> families of Merari.
j>ilch
CHAP. IV.
Mt And Mofcs numbered, as a Takrthefom of the fons of
hernaclc weft- ward. 34 Anil thole that were nui
24 And the chief of the houfe bererf of them, according to
* c Loro commanded him, all Kohath from among the fbn-s cf
among the children Levi, after their families, by
of the father of the Gerfhonitts, number of all the males fi the firft-born the
houfe of tbeir fathers;
(halite Eliaftph, the fon of Lacl. month old and upward, of ifrael.
43 And 3 From thirty years old and
all the firft-born males,
25 And the charge of the fons thoufand and two hundred,
the number of names, from a upward, even until fifty years old,
of Gerfhon, in the tabernacle of 35 And the chief of the hi
the congregation, fliallbe xhc ta- of the father of the families
month old and upward, of thofe all that enter u;to thehoft, to do
tfcat
were numbered of them, the work in the tabernacle of tht
Irerriacle, and the tent, the cover- Merari was Zunel the fon of
A- jrtrc twenty
and two thoufand congregation.
ing thereof, and the hanging for hihail : tbefe (hall pitch on
the door of the tabernacle of the fide of the tabernacle north-ward,
the two hundred and threescore and 4 TW\% fhall te the the fervice of
thirteen. the fons of Kohath, in thetaber-
congregation, 36 And under the rudody
26 And the hangings of the charge of the fons of Merari, 44 «f And the Lord fpakeun- naclc of the congregation, about
to Mofes,
faying, the moft holy things.
court, and the curtain for the be the boards of the taben
door of the court, which is by the and the bars thereof, ami the 45 Take the Levites in ftead 5 And when the campfceteth
f
of all the firfr-born among the forward, Aaron fhall come and
tabernacle, andbythealtar round larsthcreof, andthefockctstht
children of Ifrael, and the cattle his fons, and they (hall take down
.tbout, and the cords of it, for all of, and all the vcfTels thereof,
of the Levites in (lead of their the covering vail, and cover the.
the fervice thereof. all that fcrveth thereto,
cattle, and the Levites lhall be ark of teflimony with it:
27 ^ And of Kohath was the 57 And the pillars of the c< mine: I am the Lord. 6 And fhall put thereon the
familyof the Amramites, and the round about, and their fock<
46 And for thofe that are to be covering of badgers fkins, and
family of the Izcharites, and the and their pins, and their cords,
redeemed of the two hundred and fhall fpread over if a cloth wholly
family of the Hcbronitcs, and the 38 ^ But thofe that cncai thrcefcore and thirteen, of the of blue, and lhall put in the
familyof the Uzziclrtcs : thefc before the tabernacle toward tl firft-bornof the children of Ifrael, flavcs thereof.
ttrc the families of the Koha- cart, even before the tabernacle which arc more than the Levites; 7 And upon the table of /hew-
tllUes. the congregation eaftwarrf.jMtf
47 Thou (halt even take five bread they fhall fpread a cloth of
a8 In the number of all thcMofcsand Aaron, and his foi fhckels apiece by the poll, after blue, and put thneon the difhes,
males, from a month old and up- keeping the charge of the fai thefhekel of the fanftuary fhalt and the fpoons, and the bowls,
ward, were eight thoufand and txary, for the charge of the chii thou take them: the ihekel is and covers to cover withal: and the
fix hundred, keeping the charge rcn of ffrael : and the ftrai»| twenty gerahs. continual bread fhall be thereon.
of the fanfluary. that comcih nigh lhall be put 48 And thou fnalt give the mo- 8 And they fhall fpread upon
29 The families of the fons of death. ney, wherewith the odd number them a cloth of fcarlct, and cover
Kohath fhall pitch on the fide of 39 All that were numbered of them i> to he redeemed, unto the fame with a covering of badr-
the tabernacle fouth-ward. the Levites, which Mofcsand Aaronandtohi>fons. crs fkins, and fhall put ur the
30 And the chief of the houfe ron numbered at the com ma 1

49 And Mofcs took the re- (laves thereof.

of the father of the families of the ment of the Lord, througl demption money of them that
9 And they fhall take a cloth
Kohathttcs.Jkitf /* Elfeaphan the their families, all the males fi were over and above them that of blue, and
cover the candleftick
ion of Uzzicl. a month old and upward, were redeemed by the Levites.
of the light, and his lamps, and
31 And their charged/He the twenty and two thoufand. 50 Of the In IL born of the his tongs, ?nd his fnufT- dimes,
ark, andthetab!e,and thecandlc- 40 "J And thcLoRofaid children of Ifrid took he the
and all the oil-vtflell thereof,
flick, and the altars, and the vef- to Mofes, Number all the fir money; athoufand three hundred wherewith they
miniflcr unto it.
fels of the fancluary wherewith born of the males of the childi and inrccfcorc and five
af- 10 And they fhall put it, and
th-y miniflcr, and the hanging, of Ifrael, from a month old f the vcfTels thereof, within a
all
and all the ill vice thereof. upward, and take the number .7m ?
51 And Mofes gave the money, covering
3a \ And Eleazer the fon of their names. m them that were redeemed, unto fhall put itofupon
badgers (kin*, and
a bar.
Aaron the pricft frail h
chief o- 41 And thou fhslt take the 1. Aaron, and to his fons, according
n
And upon the colden altar
ver the chief of the Levitts, and vitcs for me (! the Lor to the word of
the Lord, as the they fhall fpread a cloth of
J-ord commanded Hue,
have the overfight of them that (lead of all the nrft-born amoi Mofes. and cover it with a covering of
keep the charge of the fancluary. the chldren of lfract : and
a vrrV « A P '
WV±
^dgers fkins, and fhall put to the
33 ^ Of Merari was the family cattle of the Levites, inft
of the Mahlites, and the family all the firrtlihgs among the
A Mr
,
Pakc unU
anJ untQ Aaren >
ftavcs lhcrcof -

12 -And they fhall take all the

of the Mufiritcs ; thefc arc Ibcof the children of Ifhaeh ftySnt '
s' xnfUuments of miniflry, where-
4* with
 ; : -

with they minifter

NUMBERS.
in the fan£*u- vercd, left they die. ,,,ou m,mncr
CHAP.
tncn, » cvcrT
IV.
39 From thirty years old and
fnalt
ary, and put them in a cloth of 21 *\ And the Lord fpake thai cntercth
in to the fer- upward, even unto fifty years old,
on c
blue, an<l cover them with a co- to Mofes, laying, \ ^ to do the work of the taber- every one that entercth in to the
vcring of badgers fkins, and (hall %% Take alfo the fum of narie of
:he congregation. fervice, for the work the ta-
in
put item on a bar. fons of Gerthon, throughout And this is the charge of bernaclc of the congregation
13 And they (hall take away houfes of their fathers, by th their
burden, according to all 40 Even thofc that were num-
the alhes from the altar, and fpread families, tbeir
iciviee in the tabei nacle of bered of them, throughout their
213 From thirty years old
congregation; the boards of families, by the houfes of their
a purple cloth thereon : the
tabernacle, and the bars fathers, were two thoufand and
14 And they (hall put upon it upward, until fifty years the
thereof, and
the pillars theicof, fixhundred and thirty,
all the wherewith lhalt thou number them; all
vellels thereof,
they miniftcr about it, even the enter in to perform the fervice. gadthefoekets thereof, 41 Theft are they that were
32 And the pillars of t.Se court numbered of the families of the
cenfers, the flefh-hooks, and the do the work in the tabernacle
/hovels, and the batons, all the the congregation, round about, and their fockcts, fons of Gcrfl;on,of all that might

veflcls of the altar; and they lhall 24 This is the fervice of
fpread upon it a covering of hadg- families of the Gerihonites,
ers fkins, and put to the (laves fcrve, and for burdens,
of ir.
15 And when Aaron and his tains of the tabernacle, and
fons have made an end of cover- tabernacle of the congr
ing the fancluary, and all the
vefTels of the fancluary, as the
camp is to fet forward; after
that, the fons of Kohath (hall
come to bear it: but they (hall
not touch a is holy thing, led
they die. Theft things are the
burden of the fons of Kohath, in
thetabemaclcof thecongrcgaiion.
lf> ^ And to the office of Ele-
az3r the fon of Aaron the prieit
pert amah the oil for the light,
and the fweet incenfe, and the
daily meat-offering, and the an-
ointing oil, and the overfight of
all the tabernacle, and of all that
therein is in the fancluary, and
in the veflels thereof.
17 1 And the Lord fpakeun-
to Mofes, and unto Aaron, fayiug,
\Z Cut ye not off the tribe of
the families of the Kohathites
from among the Levites.
X9 But thus do unto them, that
they may live and not die, when
they approach unto the inert holy
things; Aaron and his fons fhall
%S And they (hall bear the
his covering, and the cov
the badgers fkins that is above
on it, and the banging lor the
door of the tabernacle of the c
gregation.
26 And the hangings of
court, and the hanging for
doorof tbegateof the court
is by the tabernacle, and by:
altar roundabout, and their cor
and all the inftrumcntsof th
Jeriice, and all that is made
them: fo (hall they ferve.
a 7 At the appointment of
ron ajid his ions, (hail be all
fervice of the fons of thcGer
ites, in all their burdens,
and ye (hall
all their fervice ;
point unto them in charge
their burdens. A 37 1 hefc were they that were fes and Aaron, and the chief of
28 This is the fervice of
families of the fons of Ger/hon
the tabernacle of the con
tion ; and their charge /bail
dcr the hand of Ithamar
of Aaron the prieft,
19 1 As for the fons of
and their pins, and their cords, do fervice in the tabernacle of the
with all their inrtrumcots, and congregation, whom Mofes and
with all th<ir fervice: and by Aaron did number, according to
name ye fliall reckon the inrtru* the commandment of the Lord.
the charge of their 4Z ^ And thofc that were
mcnts of
burden. numbcxd
of the families 01 the
33 Thii is the fervice of the fons of Meiaii, throughout their
families of the tons of Mcrari, families, by the houle of their
according to all their fervice in father*;
the tabernacle of the congregati- 43 From thirty years old ard
on, under the hand of Ithamar upward, even DOtD fifty years old,
the ion of Aaron the prieit. every one that entercth in to the
And Mofes and Aaron,
34 ^ ferticc, for the work in the laber-
and the chief of the congregation, nacie o! the congregation :
numbered the fons of the Ko- 44 Even thole that were num-
hathitcs, after their families, and hercd of them after their families,
after the houfe of their fathers; weie three thoufand and two
35 From thirty years old and hundred.
upward, even unto fifty > ears old, 45 Thefc h
thofc that were
every one that cntereth in to the numbered of the families of the
fervice, for the work in the ta- fons of Meraii, whom Mofes
and
bcrnaclr of the congregation. Aaron numbered, according to
36 And thofc that weie r.um- the word of the Loan by the
bercd of them by their families, hand of Mofes.
were two thoufand feven hundred 46 All thofc that were num-
and bercd of the Levitcs, whom Mo-
numbered of the families of the Ifratl numbered, after their
fa-
Kohathites, all that might <!o milks, and after the
houfc of
fervice in the tabernacle of the their
fathers;
con^rcsation ; which Mofes and
47 From thirty years old and
Aaton did number, according to upward, even unto fifty
years old,
tne commandment of the Lord every
one that came to do tht fcr-
l
° f MofcS ' vicc of lhc minift|
y» and the fer-
1

go in, and appoint them every ri, thou (halt number them a
» And
3« thofc that were num- vice of the burden in the taber
one to his fervice, and to this their families, by the h bered of the fons
of Gerfhon, nacle of the congregation
burden. their fathers;
10 But they (hall not go in to 30 From thirty years old
fee when the holy things are.co- upward, even unto fifty years
fand
 N U M B K R S. C H A P. VI.
fand and five hundred and four- rael, which tfcey britig uu oaln » an ^ unto tnc « n tcr into her, and become hitter,
her hy an
pried, mall be his.
oman. If "° rnan ,ave '' cn ano ntr ne "y fr>aH Twcll, and her
*
fcorc. '

49 According to the command

- 10 And every man's hallowed and if thou haft not thigh fhall rot : and the woman
*ith thee,
mcnt of the Lord, they were things (hall be his: whatfoevcr *one a^de to
uncleanncfs -with a- fhall he a curfe among herpecf. Ic.
numbered by the hand of Mofcs, any man grveth the prieft, it lhall *
other inftead of thy
hufband, he 28 And if the woman lie not
every one according to his fervice, be his. thou free from this hitter water defiled, Y be clean : then fhe
and according to his burden : thus 11 1 And the Lord fpake un- the curfe. lhall be fice, and (hall conceive
that eauftth
were they numbered of him, as to Mofcs, faying, ao B-Jt if thou haft gone afide feed.
the LoRft commanded Mofcs. 1% Speak unto the children of inftead of thy hufband, ao This is the law of jcaloirfcs,
to another
CHAP. V. Ifrael, and fay unto them, If a
and if thou be defiled, and fome when a wife gocth afide tc another
AND the Lord fpake unto Mo- man's wife go afide, and com man hal'i lien with tkee bcfidc inftead of her hufband, and is
aguinft him,
a- trefpafs
fcs, faying, thine hufband defiled ;
i
:

2 Command the children of If- 13 And a iran lie with her 11 Then the pi left fhall charge 30 Gr when fhe fpirit of jfa-
rael, that they put out of the rally, and it be hid from the tbe woman with an oath of curl- loufy cometh upon hitn, and i.e
camp every leper, and every one of her hufband, and i>c kept clo ing, and the prieft fhall fay unto be jealous over his wife, ar.d fhall
that hath an iiTue, and whofoever and fhe be defiled, and there the woman, The Lord make fet the woman before the Lo»4>i
is defiled by the dead: no witnefs againft her, n thee a curfe and an oath among and thc prieft fhall execute upon
3 Both male and female (hall fhe be taken with the
manner:
thy people, when the Lord doth her ail this law.
ye put out, without the camp lhall 14 And the fpirit of jea make thy thigh to rot, and thy 31 Then fhall the man he
ye put them ; that they defile not come upon him, and he be je belly to fwell : guiltlefs from iniquity, and this
their camps, in the midft whereof of his wife, and (he be dc 22 And this water that cauf woman (hall bear her iniquity*
1 dwell. or if the ofjealoufyco
fpirit
eth the curfe lhall go into thy VI. CHAP.
4 And the children of Ifrael npoo htm, and he be jealous bowels, tomakc thy belly to fwell AND
the Lord fpake unto Mo-
did fo, and put them out without his wife, and fhe be not defile and thy thigh to rot. And the fes, faying,
the camp; as the Lord fpake 15 Then (hall the man brin woman fliall fay, Amen, amen.
2 Speak unto the children of
unto Mofes, fo did the children his wife unto the prieft, and 23 And the piicft fhall write Ifrael, and fay unto them, When
of Ifrael. (hall bring her offering for h thefe eurfes in a book, and he either man or woman fhall ftpa*
ephah of I
5 «f And the Lord fpake unto the tenth part of an fhall blot them out with the bitter rate themjclves to vow a vow of a
Mofes, faying, ley-meal ; he (hall pour no oil water; Nazaiitc, to fcparate themfilvcs
6 Sneak unto the children of on it, or put frankincenfe th 24 Aud he fhall caufe the wot unto the Lord ;
Ifiael, When a man or woman on, for it is an offering of jea man to drink the bitter water f Hat 3 He fliall fcparate hmfelf from
fhall commit any fin that men loufy, an offering of memorial^ caufeth the curfe; and the water uinc, and ftrong dunk, and <h*II
commit, to do a trefpafs againft bringing iniquity to rexnenv that caufeth the curfc fhall enter drink no vinegar of vine, or vi-
the Lord, and that perfon be brance. into her, and became bitter; ncgar of ftrong drink, nether
guilty; 16 And the prieft (hall brin 2 J Then the prieft lhall take fhall he drink any liquor of grapes,
7 Then they fhall confefs their her near, and fet her before th the jealoufy-orTering out of the nor eat moift
grapes, or dried,
fin which they have done: and he Lord. woman's hand, and fliall wave 4 All the days of his fepaiatN
(lull recompenfe his trefpafs Wkh 17 And
the prieft fhall ta the offering before the Lord, and on fhall
he eat nothing that is
the principal thereof, and add holy water in an earthen veflc pon lhe alur
unto it the fifth part thereof, and ar.d of the duft that is in the 46*V
.
And the
' madc of lhe
take an kernels even to the hulk,
piieft fhall
from thc

give it unto him againft whom he
hath trefpaflcd.
8 But if the man have no kinf-
of the tabernacle the prieft Iha
take, and put it into the water.
18 And the prieft lhall fet
handful of the offering, even the
5 All the days of the vcw of
memorial thereof, and burn it his reparation,
there fhall r,o ra-
ttpon the altar,
and afterward for come upon his head until the :

man to recompenfc the trefpafs woman before the Lord, "all cau/ethe
woman to drink days be fulfilled in the which he
unto, let the trefpafs be rccom- uncover the woman's head, a Ua tC '*; feparateth himfe/f unto the Lor o,
put the offering of memorial \ A
And .
penfed unto the Lord, even to 11 when he hath made he fhall be holy; and fhall let thc
ncr to drink lnc
the pried bcfidc the ram of the her hands, which is thejeal
: walcfj ihtQ it | oc k 5 ol the hair of his head grow.
atonement, whereby an atone- offering; and the prieft fhall mc 10 pafs ihat if ihc bc 6 Al1 lhc « ,avs tl)at kc ff r»-
ment (hall be made for him. in his hand the bitter water drfi ? '
nd havc donc rateth Km/elf unto the Lord, he
a t
graft her hufband; that the fhall come
9. And every offering of all the caufeth the curfc. at no dead body.
kftf) thrr.gs of the children of If- 19 And theprkft (hall Wet that ciufcth thc cmffi lhall 7 He lhall net rrake himfclf
unclcaa
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NUMBER*. CHAP. vrf.

give thee for dedicating of the alfar. in the
)o An.l the piica «.,rc upon thee, and
fhall hring
unclean for his father, or for his *****tC 1
mother, for bis brother, or tor /fcfwbcfoix die I.okd, and fh a || day that it was anointed even
ca
and -"And they fholl put my the princes offered their offering
'*
his fifter, when they die : be- offer his (in-offering, his
caufetheconfecration of his God burnt -offering. me upon the children of liYacl, before the altar.
n* II And the Lord faid unto
is upon his head. 17 And he (hall offer the ra m f will Mefs
them.
g All the day* of his feparati- for a ftcrinVe of jh ;u< -ofTci ingj
a
1

HAP.
<; VH. Mofes, They fell offer their of-
on he is holy unto the Lord. unto the Lord, with the bafket D it cane to pafs on the fering each prince on his day, for
o And if any man die very Aid- of unleavened bread: the piicl)
der.lyby him, and he hath de- (hall otiY.r alio IU meu< offering,
A^
r
'day that Mofes had fully the dedicatingof the allor.
t }>e tabernacle,
and had iz *f And he that offered his
filed the head of his cor.feeration; and his dnnk-ofci
ing.
jlfthitH i*. and laneTificd it, and offci ine the firft day,
was Nab-
then he mall ftavc hi> head in the j£ And the Naza-ue fhall thereof both ihon the fon of Amminadab, of
*2th* i-- :tti»mc-it* ,

day of liis clcanfing, on the Ic- fna-.-c the head of Lis feparation, *hC altar,
and s\l the veflcls there- the tribe of Jtidah.
venth day Oiall he (have it. at the door of the tabernacfe of
Q f and had
anointed them, and 13 And his offering was one
10 And on the eighth day he the congregation and fhall take
:
jUtfified t^ttm : filver charger, the weight thereof

fhall bring two turtles, or two the hair of the

head of his fepa. 2 That the princes of frael, was
I an lmndred and thirty Jbekeh s
filver bowl of feventy Ihekels,
yeung pigeons to the prieft, to ration, and pot it in the fire heads of the houfe of their fa- one
the door of the tabernacle of the which is under thefaenfice of the t'hers, (who
were the princes of after the fbekel of the fanltuary,
congregation. peace-offerings. the tribes, and
were over them both of them were full of fine
,

IX And the prieft .{hall offer the 19 And the pnefl fhall take that were numbered) offered: flour, mingled with oil, for a
one for a fin-offering, and the o- the fodden fhoulder of the ram, 3 And they brought their of- meat-offering .
ther for a burnt-offering, and and one unleavened
cake out of fering before' the Lord, fix eo- 14 One fpodn «f ten Jtekels of
make an atonement for him, for the bafliet, and one unleavened vered wagons, and twelve oxen; gold, full of incenie :
that he finned by the dead, and wafer : and fhall
put them upon a wagon for two of the princes, 15 One young bullock, one
fhall hallow his head thaX fame the hands of
the Nazaruc after and for each one an ox : and they ram, one lamb of the firft year,
d%„ of his reparation is (haven.
tbt hair brought them before the taber- for a burnt-offering :
11 And he fhall confecrate un- to And the pneQ (hall wave nacle. *6 One kid of the goats for a
to the Lord the days of hit fepa- them for a
wave-ofTcnng berore 4 And the Lord ipake unto fin -offering :
ration, and (hall hring a lamb of the Lord; this is
holy for the Mofes, faying, 17 And for a fieri fice of pcace-
brealv, and
the firft year for a trei'pafs- offer- pried, with the wave 5 Take it of them, that they offerings, two oxen, five rams,
ing: but the days that were be- heave-flioulder:
and after that may be to do the fervlce of the five he-goats, five lambs of the
fore fhall be loft, becaufe his ic- the Nazarite may
dnnk wine, tabernacle of the congregation: firft Year. This was the offering
paration was defiled. *I This is the law of the Na- and thou fhalt give them unto the of Nahfhon, the fon of Ammi-
who hath vow^d, andojbi* I.evites, to every man according nadab.
13 1 And this is the law of the zarite
Nazarite: When the days of his offering unto the
Lord for his to hislervice. 18 f On the fecond day Ne*
reparation are fulfilled, he fhall reparation, befides
that that his 6 And Mofes took the wagons thaneel the fon of Zuar, prince of
to the and the oxen, and gave them un- Iffachar, did offer.
be brought unto the door of the hand fhall get according
:

tabernacle of the congregation. vow which he vowed fo he mult to the Levites. 19 He offered far his offering
14 And he fhall offer his offer- do after the law
of his ieparati- 7 Twouagoasand four oxen one filver charger, the weight
he gave unto the fons of Gerlhon, whereof was an hundred and thir-
ing unto the Lord, one he-Iamb on.
of the firft year without blemiih, %% ? And the Lord fpakeun- according to their fervice. ty Jbekels, one filver howl of fe-
8 And four wagons and eight venty fhekcls, after the ftukel of
for a burnt-offering, and one ew- to Mofes raying,
2,3 Speak unto Aaron
and un* oxen he gave unto the fons of the faneluary, both of them full
lamb of the firft year without
blemiih, for a fin-offcrin ? and to his fc*s faying.
, .
On this wiJ« Merari, according unto their fer- of fine flour, mingled with oil,
children of Ifra- vice, under the hand of Ithamar,
one ram without blemiih, for ye fhall blefs the for a meat-offerimg ;
the fon of Aaron the pricft.
«. faying unto them 20 One fpoon of gold of ten
.

peace-offerings. .

Ij And a bafketof unleavened 24 The Lord bleis thee anoj
bread, cakes of fine flour mingled keep thee
with oil, and wafers of unlcaven- 25 The Lord make his im
and be graciow
ed biead anointed with oil, and (hi ne upon thee,
their meat-offerings and their unto thee 1 3
drink-offerings, %6 The Lord lift up
"^JJJj
9 But unto the fons of Kohath Jbekels, full of incenfe :
"5 gave none : becaufe the fcr- %x One young bullock, one
ice of the fancluary belonging ram, one lamb of the firft year,
J»nto them was, that they fhould for a burnt-offering :
bear upon their
moulders. %% One kid of the goats for a
» 1 And the princes offered fin-offering
23 And
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NUMBERS.
43 And for a faciificeof peace-mitl, the fon of Zuriflia,]
CHAP. VlT.

offerings, two oxen, five rams, piinec of the children of Sim the weight whereof was mingled with oil, for a meat-of.
fering
five he-goats, 6?e lambs of \he did offer. hundred and thirty />rie/i,one :

R r bowl of
feventy fbckels, af- 6z One golden fpoon of ten
firft year. This -was the offering 37 His offering was one G fancluary, of incenfe
the fhekel of the
Jbckcls, full :
of Nethaneel the Ion of Zuar. charger, the weight whereof
Ifth of them
full of fine flour 63 One young bulbck, one
24 «f On the third day Eliairan hundred and thkty Jbekels i ram, one lamb of the full year,
ff lr-d with
oil, for a roeat-of-
the fon of Helon, prince of the filver bowl of feventy Ihekcls
•

gSjT. for a burnt-offering :

children of Zehulun, did offer. ter the fhekel of the fan
co One
golden fpoon ©f ten 64 One kid of the goats for a
25 Hi* offering was one both of them foil of fine
fi4ver
cf incenfe. fin offering :
charger, the weight whereof was mingled with oil, for a m ttteh fuil

a 0'ie young bullock, one 65 And for a facrifice of peace-

frft hundred and thirty fkekeis y one fering :
year, offerings, two oxen, five rams,
of the
filver howl of feventy (hotels, af- 38 One golden fpoon of m one lamb firft

offering : five he-goats, five lambs of the

ter the fhekel of the frufmary,y&f£*/5, full of incenfe tor a burnt
cz One kid of
the goats for a. firft year. This was the offering
both of them full of fine flour, 39 One young bullock, of Abidan the fon of Gidconu
mingled with oil, for a meat- ram, one lamb of the firft y fin-offering :
53 And 66 ^ On the tenth day Ahie-
for a facrifice of peace-
offering : for a burnt-offering :
five rams, zer the fon of Ammifhaddai,
a6 One golden fpoon of -ten 40 One kid of the goats offcrin:s, two oxen,
five lambs of the prince of the children of Dan,
Jlekels, full of incenfe : fin-offering :
five he-goats,

firft year.
This was the offering offered.
%7 One young bullock, one 41 And for a facrifice of
tnc f° n of Ammihud.
of ElHhama 67 His offering was one filver
ram, one lamb of I fee firft year, offerings, two oxen, five ra
C4 *[ On the eight day offered charger, the weight whereof was
for a burnt-offering : five he goals, five lambs of
This was the o Gamaliel the fon of Pcdahzur, an hundred and thirty Jbekels, one
a3 One kid of the goats for a firfr year.
prince of the children of Manaf- filver bowl of feventy Ihekels, af-
fin-offering : of Shclumiel the fon of Zuril
cn< ter the fhekel of the fancluary,
29 And for a
}
of peace- dai.
facrifice
55 Fis offering was one filver both of them full of fine flonr
offerings, two oxen, five rams, 42 ^ On the fixth day Eli afap
eharger of an hundred and thirty mingled with oil, for a meat-of-
five he-gOfcts, five Iambs of the the fon of Deuel, prince of
fbckels, one filver bowl of feventy fering :
firft year. This was the offering children of Had offered. 68 One golden fpoon of ten
'fhekels, after the Ihekel of the
of Eliab the fon of Helon. 43 His offering was on
fancluary, both of them full of fl/ckels, of incenfe
hill
30 ^ On the fourth day Eli- charger, of the weight of an hu fine flour mingled with oil, for a 69 One young bullock, one
zur the fon:of SJiedcur, prince of red and thirty jhckeU % a fj meat-offering: ram, one lamb of the firft year,
the children of Reuben, did offer, bowl of feventy fhekels, after
56 One golden fpoon of ten for a burnt-offering :
51 His offering' was one Wv«r fhekel of the fancluary, both, 70 One kid of the goats for a
fiekels, full of incenfe :
charger, of an hundred and tbtr- thorn full cf fine flour mi
57 One young bullock, one fin-offering :
ty Jhekcls,<me filver bowl of feven- with oil, for a mcat-offerin ram, one Iamb of the firft year, 71 And for a facrifice of peace-
ty fhekels, after the fhekel of the 44 One gulden fpoon for a burnt-offering : offerings, two oxen,
rams, five
fancluary, both of them full of frekels, full of incenfe : 58 One kid of the goats for a five he-goats, five Iambs of the
fine Hour mingled with oil, for a 45 One young bullock, fin-offering: firft year. This was the offering
meat-offering : ram, one lamb of the firft y
J9 And for a facrifice of peace- of Ahiczer the fon of Ammifhad-
3a One golden fpoon of ten for a bui nt-offiiing :
oiTering*, two oxen, five rams, dai.
Jhekels, full of incenfe : 4$ <*ae kid of .the goats five he-goats, five lambs of the 7Z ^ On the eleventh day
33 One young buMoek, one fin-offering :
firft year. This was the offering Pagicl the fon of Ocran, prince
ram, one Iamb of the firft year, 47 And for a facrifice of of Gamaliel the fon of Pedahzur. cf the children of Aiher, offered.
fcr a burnt-offering offerings, two oxen, five 60 «[ On the ninth day Abi- 73 His offering was one filver
;

34 One kid of the goats, for a five he-goats, five lambs of dan the fon of Gidconi, prince of charger, the weight whereof was
fin-offering : firft year. This was the the children of Benjamin,
offered, an hundred and thirty ptekcls t ox\n
35 And for a facrifice of peace- of Eliaiaph the fon of 61 His offering was one filver filver bowl of feventy fhekels, af-
offerings, two oxen, rams,
five 4S 1 On the feventh ch arger, the weight whereof was ter
the fhekel of the fancluary,
five he'goats. five lambs of the-fiiama, the fon of jm hundred and thirty jliekels, a both of them full of fine flour
firft year. This wa\ the offering prince of the children of hlvcr bowl of feventy
ihckels* af- mingled with oil, for a meat-of-
of Elizur the fon of Shedeur. im, efftred. w the fhekel of the faofhiary, fering ;
36 1 On the fifth day Shelu- 49 offering one wi °°*b cf them full of fine flour, One 74 golden fpoon of ten
ch Jltckcts
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NUMBERS. CHAP. vin.

, ma ke thcmfelves clean. land of Egypt, ! fcnetified them
Jktkfh, full of incenfe : 87 Ail thc °* cn f<w the bu
one wut
twelv* bullocks, Then let them take a youug for myfclf.
7J One young bullock, offering «
*
_
lnrk w ith his meat-offering, 18 And have taken the Le-
I
ram, one lamb of the firft year, rams twelve, the laolbs of b
fine flour
mingled with oil, vites for ah the faft-born of the
for a burnt offering.. firftyear twelve, witti their m '^ another young hullock ftalt children of Ifrael.
76 One kid of the goats for a offering : and the kids of
take for a fin -offering. *9 And have given the Le-
I
fin-ottering : goats, for fin-offcring, twelve.
And thou malt bring the Le* vites as a gift to Aaron, and to
77 And fora of peace-
iacrifice 88 And all the oxen for the
offerings, two oxen, five rams, erificcof thcpcacc-otferings, ?l'r«
before the tabernacle of the bis (bns, from among the chij-
(halt ga- dren of Ifrael; to do the fervice
five he-goats, five lambs of the twenty and four bullocks, tf rcga tion, and thou
tbertbe
whole aflembly of the of the children of Ifrael in the ta-
firft year. This was the offering rams fixty, the he-goats fixt
together : bernacle of the congregation, and
of Pagicl the fon of Ocran. the lambs of the firft year fi childrcn of Ifrael
(halt bring the to make an atonement for the
78 On the twelfth day Ahira This was the dedication of xo And thou
the fon of Enan, prince of the altar, after that it was anoi Invites before the Lord, and children of Ifrael : that there be
of Ifrael (hall put no plague among the children of
children of Naphtali, offered. 89 And when Mofcs was the children
upon the Levites : Ifrael, when the children of ifra-
was one into the tabernacle of the their bands
79 His offering filver
(hall offer the el come nigh unto the fanttuary.
charger, the weight whereof was gre^adon to fpc-ak with hi XI And Aaron
Levites before the Lord, for an ao And Mofcs and Aaron, and
an hundred and thirty flxkch, one then he heard the voice of children of Ifrael ; all the congregation of the chil-
offering of the
filver bowl of feventy fhckels, af- fpeaking unto him from off
ter the fhekcl of the famfhiary, mercy-feat that w«s upon t
that they may execute the fervice dren of Ifrael did to the Levites
of the Lord. according unto all that the Lor»
both of them full of fine flour ark of tcftimony, from between commanded Mofes concerning the
II Andthe Levites (hall lay
mingled with oil, fora meat-of- the two cherubims; And
fpakc unto him. their hands upon the heads of Levites, fo did the children of
fering :
C H A P. VII I. the bullocks: and thou (halt of- Ifrael unto them,
80 One golden fpoon of ten -offering, and ai And
fer the one for a fin the Levites were pu-
{bekels* fuilof inc«nfe : A ND
the Loan fpake u
the other for a burnt offering un- rifled, and
81 One young bullock, one l\
Mofes, faying,
to the Lord, to make an atone-
they warned their
clothes: and Aaron offered them
ram, one Iamb of the firft year, % Speak unto Aaron, and as an offering before the Lord;
ment for the Levites.
for a burnt-offering : unto him, When thou ligh
13 And thou (hall fet the Le-and Aaron made an atonement
8» One kid of the goats for a the lamps, the feven lamps
•vites before Aaron, and before for them to cleanfe them,
fin offering : give light over again(l the can
his fons, and offer them for an ax And after that went the
83 And for a facrifice of peace- flick, offering unto the Lord. Levites in to do their fervice in
offerings, two oxen, five rams, 3 And Aaron did fo • he ligh
X4 Thus (halt thou feparate the the tabernacle of the eongrcgati-
five he-goats, five Iambs of the ed the lamps thereof, over again!
Levites from among the children on before Aaron, and before his
firft year. This was the offering the candleftick; as the Loai
of Ifrael ; and the Levites (hall fons as the Lord had command-
:
of Ahira the fon of Enan. commanded Mofes.
be mine. ed Mofcs, concerning the Levites,
84 This WQ
the dedication of 4 And this work of the
15 And after that (hall the Le* fo did they unto them.
the altar, (in the day when it flickwas a/beaten 50U, an vites go in, to do the fervice of the
fhaft thereof, unto the f
13 «f And the Lord fpake un-
was anointed,) by the princes of labcrnacle of the congregation: to Mofes, laying,
Ifrael : twelve chargers of filver, thereof, was beaten work :
and thou (halt clcanfc them, and 44 Thisii it that behngcth unto
twelve filver bowls, twelve fpoons cording unto the pattern whfc
offer them for an oflcring. the Levites : from twenty and five
of gold ; the Lord had (hewed Moft
16 For they are wholly given years old and upward, they (hall
8j Each charger of filver weigh- he maJe the candleftick. unto me from among the chil- go in to wait upon the fervice of
ing an hundred and thirty jbekels, 5 ^ And the Lord fpakc uren of Ifrael; inftead of fuch tbetabernacleofthecongrcgation:
each bowl feventy : all the filver Mofes, faying, asopen every womb, even inftcad
6 Take the Levites from %$ And from the age of fifty
veflels weighed two thoufaod and V the firrt-born of all the chil- years they (hall ccafc waiting upon
fonr hundred peielu after the mong the children of Ifrael, dren of Ifrael, have I taken them the fervice thereof, ard fhali ferve
Ihekel of the fan&uary. i cltanfe thero. unto ™. no more
86 The golden fpoons were 7 And thus (halt thou do tf For aU the firfl-born of the *6 But (hall minifter with their
twelve, full of incenfe, weighing ihcm, to clcanfc them : fprin enudrcn of Ifrael are mine both brethren
in the tabernacle of the
ten Jbekels a piece, after the fhckel water of purifying upon th *m and bead on the day
t that congregation, to keep the charge,
of the fanrtsary : all the gold of and let them ihavc all their fl Tmotc every firft-horu 10 t&C
the fpoons was ao hundred and smsl let them waft their cloth
a*d flail do no fervice. Thus
* (halt
twenty jbftrft.
 NUMBERS. IX The fourteenth Jay of tf^
C'H A P. X.
{halt thou do WMto the Lcvites the cloud tarri- unto thee.
touching their charge. fecond month »t even thfey rt\ a || to And when
ft iLeupon
the tabernacle ma- J When ye blow an alarm,
CHAP. IX. keep \t,and cat it with unleaveo>
Tvs then the children of If- then the camps that lie on the
AND the Lord fpake unto Mo- ed bread, and bitter herbs,
jS£t the charge of the Lord, eaft parts (hat) go forward.
it They (hall leave none of
I

fes in the wildcrnefs of S.inai, 6 When you blow an alarm

f*i journeyed not.
in the firft month of the fecond unto the morning, nor break a the fecond time, then the camps
And fi it was when the
year, after they were come out of bone of it : according to all davs upon the that lie on the fouth-fide lhail
j „,,c
rloud was a
few days
the landof £&ypt, faying, ordinances of the paflbver
according to the com- take their journey : they fhall
f bernaclc;
% Let the children of Ifrael fhV.l keep it.
ij But the man that it clea andmcnt of the Lord they a- blow an alarm for their journeys,
alfo keep the paflbver at his ap-
in their tents, and accord- 7 But when the congregation
pointed fcafon. and is not in a journey, and bode
commandment of the is to be gathered together : yoa
nc to the
3 In the fourteenth day of this bearcth to keep the paflover; ev Ihall blow, but you fhall not
month at even, ye fhall keep it in the <ame foul (hall be cnt ofFlro joRD they journeyed.
21 And jo it was when the
found an alarm.
his appointed feafon: according his people, becaufc he brou 8 And the fons of Aaron the
cloui abode from even unto the
to all the rites of it, and accord- not the offering of the Lonb with the trump-
morning, and that the cloud was pried fhall blow
rng to all the ceremonies thereof his appointed fcafon : that m fhall be to you
/hall ye keep it. ihall bear his fin. taken up in the morning, then ets : and they
it -was foran ordinance for ever through-
14 And if a Granger fhall they journeyed; whether
4 And Mofes fpake unto the
children of rftael, that they journ among you, and will k by day or by night that the cloud out your generations,
the paflbver unto the Loan, was taken up, they journeyed. 9 And if ye go to war in
ftiould keep the paflbver.
22 Or -whether it were two days, your land againfl the enemy that
5 And they kept the paflbver cording to the ordinance of
or a month, or a year, that the opprcficth you, then ye Ihall blow
on the fourteenth day of the firft paflbver, and according to
cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, an alarm with the trumpets ; and
month at even, in the wildernefs manner thereof, fo fhall he d
remaining thereon, the children ye fhail be remembered before
of Sinai : according to all that the ye fhall have one ordinance, and the Lord your God, and ye Ihall
of Ifrael abode in their tents,
Lord commanded Mofes, fo did for theftranger, and for him t journeyed not : but when it was be faved from your enemies,
the children of Hrael. was born in the land.
taken np, they journey ed. 10 Alfo in the day of your
6 ^ And there were certain 15 And or. the day that
23 At the commandment of gJadnvis,and in yourfolcmn days,
men who were defiled by the dead tabernacle was reared up, and in the beginnings of your
the Lor n they rcftcd in the tents,
body of a man, that they could cloud covered the tabernac
and at the commandment of the months, ye fhall blow with the
not keep thepaffover on thatday: namely, the tent of the tettim Lord theyjourncyed : they kept trumpets over your burnt-offer-
and thev came before Mofes, and ny : and at even there was np
f he charge of the Lord, at the lug*, and over the faerificcs of
before Aaron on that day. the tabernacle 3S it were the a
until the mo
commandment of the Lord by your peace-offerings ; that they
7 And thofc men faid unto pcarance of fire, the hand of Moles. may be to you for a memorial bc-
him, We are defiled by the dead ing,
body of a man ; wherefore are we 16 So it was alway ; the clo
C H A K X. fore your God : I am the Lord
ND
kept back, that we may not offer covered it by day, and the appea
an offering of the Lord in his ap- ance of fire by night,
17 And when the cloud w
A the l.nub fpake unto
Mofes, faying;
2 Make thee two trumpets of
your God.
n1 And it came to pafs on
the twentieth duy of the fecond
pointed feaibu among the child-
taken up from the tabernac
1 filter; of an whole piece fhalt month, in the fecond year, that
ten of Ifrael? thou make them that thou may- the cloud was taken up from off
8 And Mofes faid unto them, then after that the children of I
:

eft ufc them for the calling of the the tabernacle of the tcftirnony.
Stand frill, and I will hcur what rael journeyed : and in the pi", bflrmbly, and for the journeying 12 And the children of Ifrael
the Lord will command con- where the cloud abode, there
th
Of the camps. took their journeys out of the
ccrnin" you. children of Ifrael pitched the
3 And when they fhall blow wildcrnefs of Sinai; and the
the Lord fpake unto tents.
9 ^*And With them, all the affembly ihall cloud rafted in the wildcrnefs of
Mofes, fayin?, 18 At the commandment o aflc.iiblc thcmfclvcs
m
to thee, at Paran.
10 Speak unto the children of the Loud the children of ffrae* t»c door of the tabernacle
comman of the 13 And they firft took their
Ifrael, laying, If any man of you, journeyed, and at the congregation. journey, according to the com-
or of your pofterity, fhall be un- meat ot the Lord thev
pitched
npo 4 And
if thev blow but with man d men t of the Lord, by the
clean by rcafon of a dead body, or as long as the cloud -owdc one trumpet,
then the princes, hand of MoAs.
be in a journey afar off, yet be (hall the tabernacie. thev reltcd i
WW* are heads of the thcufan-Is 14 % In the firft p/atc went the
keep the Mfnta uaw the L<ud. the tcntt. w -rael, /hall gather thcmfelves
1
* jo An fhmdard of the camp of the chil-
I ureu
 NUMBERS. chap. xr.
drcn of Judah, according to their Pagiel tlic fon of Ocran.
armies: and over his hoft was 27 And over the hod
CHAP. XI. have [ net found favour In thy
when the people com- fight, that thou layeft theburdeu
Nahlhon the fon of Amminadab. tribe of the children of
15 And over the hoft of the was Abira the fon of En
N AMD plained, it difpleafed the of all this people upon me?
the Lord heard 1/ \ 1% Have I conceived all tfvSl
tribe of the children of liTaehar, 28 Thus -were the jot Lord, and
was kindled ; and people? have I begotten them,
was Ncthanecl the fon of Zuar. of the children of Ifrael, and hi* anger
tke fire of
the Lord burnt among that thou moulded fay unto me,
16 And over the heft of the ing to their armies, when tl
confumed them that Carry them in thy bofom, (as a
tribe of the children of Zcbulun, fet forward. them, and
in the uttcrmoft parts of nurfing-fatherbeareth thefucking
was Eliab the fon of Helon. 29 \ And Mofes faid 111 " child,) unto the land which thou
17 And the tabernacle was bab the fon of Raguel the the camp.
taken down; and the fons of nite, Mofes father-in-' % And the people cried unto fwareft unto their fathers?

Gerfhon and the fons of Merari are journeying unto the Mofes : and when Mofes prayed 13 Whence Ihould I have flefli
which the Lord faid,_ I unto the Lo
R o, the fire was to give unto all this people? for
fet forward, bearing the taber-
quenched. they weep unto mc, faying, Give
nacle. >t you ; come thou witl
called the name of us flefh that wc may eat.
18 1 And the ftandard of the wc will do thee good he 3 And he
the place Taberah : becaufc the 14 I am not able to bear all
camp of Reuben fet forward ac- Lord hath fpoken good concet Lord burnt among this people alone, becaufe it tl too
fire of the
cording to their armies: and over ing Ifrael.
3

them. heavy for me.

his hoft was Elizur the fon of 30 And he faid unto
4 And the mixt multitude that 15 And if thou deal thus with
Shedcur. wffl n°t 6° ; but I will d
over the hoft of the mine own land, and to n
was among them fell a lufting; mc, kill me, I pray thee, out of
19 And
and the children of Ifrael alfo hand, if I have found favour irt
tribe of the children of Simeon, red. Who
31 And he faid, Lea
wept again, and faid, lhall thy fight; and let me not fee my
was Shelumiel the fon of Zuri- to eat wrctchednefs.
give us flefli ?
lhaddai. I pray thee ; for as much
5 Weremember the fifti which 16 f And the Lord faid unto
30 And over the hoft of the knoweft how we are to we did eat in Egypt freely: the Mofes, Gather unto me feventy
tribe of the children of Gad, -was in the wildernefs, and thou cucumbers and the melons, and men of the elders of Ifrael, whom
iiiafaph the fon of Deuel. eft be to us inftead of eyes.
the leeks, and the onions, and the thou knoweft to be the elders of
21 And the Kohathitcs fet for- 32 And if it mall be, if
garlick : . the people, and officers over them;
ward, bearing the fantluary ; and go with us, yea, it (hall
.

Lord 6 But now our foul is dried and bring them unto the taber-
the other did fet up the tabernacle what goodnefs the away there is nothing at
~ all, be- nacle of the congregation, that
againft they came. unto us, the fame will
manna, before our eyes,
fides this they may ftand there with thee.
%% «[ And the ftandard of the to thee, 7 And the manna was as co- 17 And f will comedown aoJ
camp of the children of Ephraim 33 1 And they depa riandcrfced,anJ the colour there- talk with thee there; and 1 will
iet forward according to their ar- the mount of the L01 of as bdellium. take of the fpirit which is upon
jnies: and over bis hoft was Eli- days journey: and the ai 8 And tht people went about, thee, and will put it upon them;
ftiama the fon of Ammihud. covenant of the Lord \ and gathered it, and ground it in
day and they ffcall bear the burden ef
23 And over the hoft of the fore them in the three mills, or beat // in a mortar, and the people with thee, that thou
tribe of thechildren of ManaOeh, ney, to fearch out a rcfting-p baked 1/ in pans, and made cakes bean'/ not thyfelf alone.
was Gamaliel the fon of Pedah- for them. of it; and the tafte of it was as 18 And fay thou unto the peo-
2Ur . 34 And the cloud of the thctafteof frefh oil. pie, Sanctify yourfelves againft
24 And over the hoft of trie was upon them by day, 9, And when the dew upon to-morrow, and yc lhall eat flefli,
fell
tribe of thechildren of Benja- they went out of the cam the camp in the night, the man- (for
you have wept in the ears of
min, -was Abidan the fon of 35 And it came to pafi na fell upon it. the Lord, faying, Who fhail give
Gidconi. the ark kt forward, that 10 * Then Mofes heard the us flefh to eat? for it was well with
%S 1 Andthe ftandard of the faid, Rife up, Lord, ai people weep throughout their fa-
us in Egypt,) therefore the Lord>
camp of the children of Dan fet thine enemies be fcatterec J^lics, every man in the door of will give you flefli, and ye ihall eat.
forward, -which was therere-ward let them that hate thee n his tent: and the anger of the
19 Ye ftiall not eat one day,
of all the camps throughout their fore thee. i-oRD was kindled greatly; Mo-
nor two days, nor five days, nei-
Jiofts; and over his hoft -was Ahi- 36 And when it rcfted, Y ics alfo was
difpleafed. ther ten days, nor twenty days ;
czer the fon of Ammiftiaddai. Return, O Lord, unto tl 11 And Mofes faid unto the ao But even a whole month,
26 And over the hoft of the by thoufands of Ifrael. hereforc haft thou af- until it come out at your noftrils,
tribe of the childicn of After was flvT y
awdthyfcmnt? and wherefore and it be lothfom unto you: bc-
i

C xl
I a caufc
 NUMBERS. chap, xnr.
esufe that ye have defpifed the 29 And Mofes faid unto him, 4 And the Lord fpake fudden- (hut out from the camp feven
Lord which is among yoli, and Envied thou for my fake ? would » unto Mofes, and unto Aaron, days, and after that let her be
liave wept heforc him, faying, God that all the Lord's people and unto Miriam, Come out ye received in Bgaiw.
Why came we forth out i>f Egypt? were prophets, and that the Lo*j three unto the
tabernacle of the 15 And Miriam was ftiut out
21 And Mofes faid, The pco- would put his (pii it upon them, co g regation.
- And they three from the camp feven days. An I
pic aniongrt whom I am ere fix 30 And Mofes gat him into tl came out. the people journeyed not, till
hundred thoufand foot-men ; and camp, l.c and the elders of Ifrael, j And the
Lord came down Miriam was brought in again,
31 1j And there went forth a pillar of the cloud, and 16 And afterward the people
thou haft faid, 1 will give them in the
flood im the door of
the taberna- removed from Hazeroth, and.
tied, that they may eat a whole wi m.' from the Loud, and brought
month, quails from the ft a, and let them dc, and called
Aaron and Miri- pitched in the wildcrnefs of Pa-
%% Shall the flocks and the fall by the camp, as it were am'; and they both came forth, ran.
herds be (lain for (hem, to fuffice day's journey on this fide, and 6 And he faid, Hear now my CHAP XIII.
them ? orthe fiih of the
Ihali all it were a day's journey on tl words: If there be a prophet a- A Nd the Lord fpake unto
fwa be gathered together for them other fide, roundabout the cam] mong you, / the Lord will make / j. Mofes, faying,
X > fuffice them ? and as it were two cubits bi*b u\ nyfelf known unto him in a vi- % Send thou men, that they
23 And the Lord faid unto on the face of theeaith. fion, and I will fpeak unto him rray fearch the land of Canaan,

Xfoics, Is the Lord's hand waxed 31 And the people Hood up all in a dream. which I give unto the children of
fbort ? thou (halt fee now whether that day, and all that night/atu 7 My fervant Mofes is not fo, Ifrael : of every tribe of their fa-
my word (hall come to pals unto ail the next day, and they who is frithfulin ail mine houfe. thers (kail ye fend a man, every
thee, or not. thcrtd the quails: he that g; 8 With him will 1 fpeak mouth one a ruler among them.
34 \ And Mofes went out, thcrcd lead gathered ten homcn to mouth, even apparently, and 3. And Mofes, by the corn-
aiid told the people the words of and they fprcad them all abroa not in dark fpceches : and the fi- mandmcnt of the Lord, fent
liie Lord, and gathered the fe- for themfclvcs round about tl militudc of the Lord (hall he them from the wildcrnefs cf Pa-
venty nun of the ciders of the camp. '1 behold: wherefore then were ye ran; all thofc men were heads
people, and fet them round about 33 And while the flefh -was yi not afraid to fpeak again!! my of the children of Ifrael.
the tabernacle. between their teeth, ere ii wai Servant Mofes ? 4 And theft were their names.
25 And the Loan came down chewed ; the wrath of t he Lok&; 9 And the anger of the Lord Of the tribe of Reuben, Sham-
in a cloud, and fpake unto him, was kindled againll the people, was kindled againft them, and mua the fon of Zaccur.
and took of the tpiiit that wns and the Lord mote the people
i
he departed. 5 Of the trine of Simeon, Shap»
upon him, and gave it unto the with a veiy great plague, 10 And the cloud departed hat, the fon of Hori.
leventy elders; and it came to 34 And he called the name from off the tabernacle, and be- 6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb
Kibroth-ha:taavah hold, Miriam became leprous, the fon of Jephunneh.
pals that when the fpirit rtftcd that place,
'white as fnow; and Aaron looked 7 Of the tribe of lllachar, Igal
upon them, they prophcf:td, and becaufc there they buried
did not ceafe. people that lufted. upon Miriam, and behold, fie the fon of Jofcph.
teas leprous. 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, O-
26 But there remained two cf 35 And the people jouriiC
11 And Aaron faid unto Mo- (h:z the fon of Knn.
the men in the camp, the name of fioin Kibroth-hattaaiah, ui .

fcs.^las, my lord, I be fee ch thee,

the one -was Eldad, and the name Hazeroth : and abode at H 9 Of the tiihe of Pcpjamin,
lay not the fin upon us, wherein Pali i the fon of Rapha.
of the other Mcdad : and the fpi- acroth. t
lit relied upon them, (and they C H A 1\ MIL wehare done foolifhly, and where- 10 Of the tribe of Zcbulu;ij
in we have finned.
-were of them that were written, A Kd Mi.iam and Aaron fpake Gaddiel, the fon of Sodi.
but went not out urfto the taber- l\ again Mofes, becaufeof t
ll
I-Z Let her not be as one dead, 11 Of the tribe of Jofcph, name*
of whom the flefh is half contain- /y, of the tribe of Manafleh, Gad-
uaclc) and they propheiied in the Ethiopian woman whom he t
cd, when he cometh out of his di the fon of Sufi,
oamp. married ; for he had marri
%1 And young
there ran a Ethiopian woman,
mother's womb. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Am-
% And they faid, Hath th 13 And Mofes cried unto the miel the fon of Gcmali.
man, and told Mofes, and faid.
Eldad and Mcdad do prophtfy Lord indeed fpoken only by
Lord, faying. Heal her now,
God, 1 befeech thee.
O M 6f the tiihe of Alter, £0-
in the camp. Mofes ? hath he not fpoken al thur the (on of Michae l.
a3 And Jolhua, the fon of by us? And the Lorb heard iii
H *j And the Lor n faid un- r4 Of the tribe cf Napl.ta! 5 ,
to Mofes, If her
Nun, the fervant of Mofes, one
of his young men, anfwercd and
3 (Now the man Mofes
veiy meek, above all the men
v/J
W father had hut Mahhi the fon of Vophfi.
in her face, mould flic not be 1 5 Of the tribe of Gad, Gcud
alnamcdfcvcn days? let her be the fon of Machi.
laid, My lord MoTcs, forbid them, which -were upon the face
I 3 16 Theft
 NUMBERS.
16 Theft are thc names of the to Mofcs, and to Aaron, and to 3 And all
CHAP.
the childrenof If-
XIV.
12 I will fniite them with the
murmured againfl Mofes, and peftilence, and difinherit them,
IT.cn which Mofes fent to fpy out all the congregation of the chil I
Aaron : And the whole and will make of thee a greater
the land. And Mofes called O- dren of Ifrael, unto the wildcr- C air>rt
nefs of Paran, to Kadcfh ; 3n congregation faid unto them, nation, and mightier than they.
/hea the fon of Nun, Jeholhua.
Would God that we had died in 13 ^ And Mofes faid unto the
17 f And Mofcs fent them to brought back word unto th
Egypt* ° r would God Lord, Then the Egyptians (hall
fpy out the land of Canaan, and and unto all the congregat; the land of
wildernefs. hear i/, (for thou broughteft up
Add unto them, Get you up this and fhc wed them the fruit of th we had died in this
4 And wherefore hath the this people in thy might from a-
•way friith ward, and go up into land.
the mountain : %"} And they told him, an Lord brought us unto this land, mong them,)
to fall °y
thc fwor<*» that our ^ 14 And they will tell it to the
18 And fee the land what it if, faid, We came unto the lan
and the people that dwcUeth whither thou fentcft us. and An wives and our children ftiould be inhabitants of this land for they \

a prey ?
were it not better for us have heard that thoo Lord art
therein, whether they be ftrong ly it floweth with milk and h
to return into Egypt ? among this people, that thou
©r weak, few or many : ney ; and this is the fruit of ii
19 And what the land is that 28 Nevertheless, the people 4 And theyfaid one to another, Lord art feen face to face, and
they dwell in, whether it be good ftrong that dwell in the land, a Let us make a captain, and let that thy cloud ftandcth over
us return into Egypt.
them, and that thou goeft before
or had ; and uhat cities they be the cities are walled, and
that they dwdJ in, whether in great: and moreover, we 5 Then Mofes and Aaron fell them, by day-time in a pillar
tents or in ftrongholds; the children of Anak.there. on their faces before all the af- of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire
fembly of the congregation of the by night.
ao And what the land m, whe- 29 The Amalekites dwell in
children of Ifrael. 15 Now
if thou (halt kill oil
ther it be fat or lean, whether the land of the fouth ; and the
6% And Jofhuathe fon of Nun, this people, as one man : then
there he wood therein, or not. Hittites, and the Jebufites, and
and Caleb the fon of Jcphunneh, thc nations, which have heard
And be ye of good courage, and the Ammoritcs dwell in t"
•which vtere of them that fcarched the fame of thee, will fpeak,
hring of the fru't of the land, mountains: and the Canaan!
the land, rent their clothes. faying,
(now the time was the time of dwell by the fta, and by the
7 And they fpakc unto all the 16 Becaufe the Lord was not
the firfi ripe grapes.) of Jordan. «
company of the children of Ifra- able to bring this people into thc
ai ^ So they went up, and 30 And Caleb flilled the pi
el, faying, thc land which wc land which he fware unto them,
6 arched the land, from the wil- pic before Mofcs, and faid, L
paflcd through to fearch it, is an therefore he hath flain them in
dernefs of Zin, unto Rehob, as us go up at once, and poflefs it :
exceeding good land. the wildernefs.
men come to Hamath. for we arc well able to overcome it.
8 If thc Lord delight in us, 17 And now, I hefecch thee
21 And they ascended by the 31 But the men that went
then he will bring us into this let the power of my Lord be.
fouth, and came unto Hebron : with him faid, We he not
land, and give it us ; a land which great, according as thou haft
where Ahiman, Shefhai, and Ta*- to go againft the people, for
floweth with milk and honey. fpoken, faying,
mai, the children of Anak -were, are ftronger than we.
9 Only rebel not ye againft 18 The Lord is long-fuflcring,
(now Hebron was built feven 3% And (hey brought up
thc Lord, neither fear ye -the and of great mercy, forgiving un-
years before Zoan in Egypt.) report of the land, w"
people of the land ; for they are quity and tranfgreflion, and by
%3 And they came unto the they had fcarched, unto the bread for us: their defence is no means clearing the guilty % vi fit-
brook of EmcoJ, and cut down dren of Ifrael, faying, The departed from them, and the ing the iniquity of the fathers
from thence a branch with one through which we have gone Lor d is with us : fear them not. upon the children, unto thc third
clutter of grapes, and they bare fearch it. fj a land that eateth
10 But all the congregation and fourth generation.
it between two upon a flafT, and the inhabitants thereof : and
bade (lone them with ftoncs and 19 Pardon, befcech thee, the
they brought of the pomegranates, the people that we faw in it,
:
I
the glory of thc Lord appeared iniquity of this people, according
and of the figs. men of great ftature. in tne tabernacle of the congre- unto the grcatntfs of thy mercy,
a4 The place was called the 33 And there we faw the gia gation, before all t!>c children of and as thou haft forgiven this
brook Efhcol, becaufe of the the fonsof Anak, which come
clufter of grapes which the chil- the giants: and we were in u
a j the
pcoplc ' f,om E *yp l » cvcn untH
11 1 And Lord
i
faid un- now.
dren of Ifrael cut down from own fight as grafhoppers, and to Mofcs, How long will this
we were in their fight. ao And the Lord faid, I have
thence. people provoke me? and how pardoned,
IS And they returned from CHAP. XIV. long *iU,tbc ere
they believe
according to thy word:
ai But as truly as 1 live, all
Searching of the land after forty ANdalJ the congregation
»e, for all the figoi which I have thc earth
up the !
r voice, and cried ;a (hall be filled with the
<Iays. uwwed among them ? glory of the Lord.
%6 1 And they went and came the people wept that night.
* A 1 4 %% Becaufe
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NUMBERS. 32 But as f:r you, your carcafc*

1
f

r Uten before your enemies.

C HA P. XV.
8 And when thou prepared *
aa Became all thofc men which .

have feen my glory, and my mi- they Ihall fall in this wiidernefs, a* For the Amalekites and bullock fir a burnt-offering, or
are there before for a facrificc in performing a
racles which 1 did in Egypt, and 33 And your children Ihall the Canaanites
fall by the fword: vow, or pcccc-oflcrings unto the
in the wiidernefs, and have wander in the wilderneis forty Vou and ye mall
years, and hear your whoredoms, leca'ufe Y c arc lurne^
away from Lord :
tempted roc now theft ten times,
and have not hearkened to my until your car cafes be wafted i Sic 1-okn ; therefore the Lord Then fhall \ e bring with a
the wiidernefs. not he with you. bullock a mear-oftering of three
voice .
*•iil
mingled witfc
23 Sorely they fhall not fee the 34 After the number of the 44 But they prefumed to go tenth deals of flour
neverthe- half an bin of oil,
land which 1 fwarc unto their fa- days in which ye fearched the up unto the hill-top :
land, even forty days, (each the ark of the covenant of 10 And thou (halt bring for
thers, neither (hall any of them, lei's

for a year,) fhall ye hear your the Lord, and

Mofes, departed a drink-offering half an bin at
that provoked me, fee it :
iniquities, even forty years, and not out of the camp. wine, for an offering made by
24 But my fervant Calvb, be-
the Amalekites came fire of a fwett favour unto the
caufe he had another fpirit with ye thall know my breach of pro*^ 4 j Then
him, and hath followed me ful- mife. down, and the Canaanites which Lor d.
dwe lt in that hill, and (mote 1 1 Thus (ball it be done for
|y; him will I bring into the 35 I the Lord have faid,
land, whereunto he went; and will finely do it unto all this evil them, and difcoir. filed them, even one bullock, or for one ram, or
congregation that are gathered snto Hormah. for a lamb, or a kid.
his feed (hall poflifs it.
%S (Now the Amalekites, and
together againft me ; in this wil CHAP. XV. xi According to the number
the Lord fpake-unto that ye fhall prepare, fo (hall yt
the Canaanites dwelt in the val- dcrntfs they (hall be confume
Icy.) To-morrow turn you, and and there they fhall die.
AND Mofes, faying, do to every one according to their
% Speak unto the childrenof number.
cct yen into the wiidernefs, by 36 And the men which Mofes
fcnt to fcarch the land, uho Ifrael, and fay unto them. When 13 All that are born of the
the way of the Rc<l fca,
yc become into the land of your country fhall do trcfe things after
%6 1And the Lord (pake un- turned, and made all the congre- which give unto this manner, in offering an offer-
habitations, 1

to Mofes, and unto Aaron, fay- gation to murmur apaunr him, of a fwett fa-
you, ing made ty tire
by bringing up a (lander upon
j ng 3 And will make an offering vour unto the Lord.
the land;
27 How long I hear -with
Jball
by fiie unto the Lord, 14 And if a flranger fojourn
a burnt-
this evil congregation which
mur- 37 Even thofe men, that d
offering, or a facrificc in perform- with you, or whomever be among
mur againft roc~? I have heard the bring up the evil report upon tn
in; a vow, or in a free*wilI-of- you in your generations, and will
murmurings of the children 0* If- land, died by the plague before
fcring, or in your folemn feafts, offer an offering made by fire of a
racl, which they murmur againlt the Lord.
to make a fwcet favour unto the fweet favour unto the Lord; as
mc 38 Cut Jofhua the fon of Nun Lord, of the herd or of the ye do, fo he mail do.
28 Sav unto them, A% tru'y as and Caleb the fon of Jephunneh flock: 15 One ordinance y&#// be lot
I hvc, fifth the Loan, as ye have vbkh were-of the men that we 4 Then fhall he that offereth for you of the congregation, and
fpoken in mine ears fo will 1 ^o to fcarch the land, "veJJWl.
bis offering unto the Lord, bring a-fofor the flranger that fojourn*
-39 And Mofes told
theft fay
to you ; . . a meat offering of a tenth-deal of cth vtitbpMt an ordinance for
in ings unto all the children 01 1 flour mingled with the fourth ever in your generations : as ye
29 Your carcifes frail fall

this wiidernefs; and that were

a'.l rach and the people mouroc fart of an hin of oil. are fb Ihall the flranger be before
t

numbered of you, according to greatly.
your whole number, from twenty 40 And they ro e up early m
years old and upward, which have the morning, and gat them into
murmured asainrt me. the top of the mountain faying
30 Douhtlefs ve Ihall not come Lo, ue he here, and uiil-o up
into the land concennnt which I unto the place which the Loan
fware to make you dwell therein, hath ptt>mfS& : for we have
fave Caleb the fon of Je phunneh, finned.
and Jolhua the C»n of Nun. 41 And Mofes fa:d, W
Jl But your little oiks,
which now do you tianfguis the com-
ycfaid mould be a prey, them mandmcnt of the Lord but it
.
will I bring in, and they mail mail not profper. J a * hin
42 Go not up, for the Lord
is
kno.v the land which yc have
not
defnifrd. not among ycu, that ye be
$ And the fourth part of a:i the Lord.
and one manner
hin of wine for a drink-offering 16 One law,
fhalt thou
prepare, with the fhall he for you, and for the
burnt offering or facrifice, for one flranger that fojowrnethwith you.
lamb : 27 ^ Aud the Lord fpakeutv-
6 Or for a ram, thou malt to Moles, faying,
prepare for a meat-offering, two 18 Speak unto the children <>f
tenth-dcals of flour mingled with Ifrael, and fi y unto them, Whew
if retort
the third part of an hin « f oil. ye come into the land whither /
7 And for a drink-offering, bring you,
thou
19 Then it (hall be, that when
fhalt offcr
the third part of
of wine, f$r a fweet fa- ye cat of the bread of the land-
Tour unto the Lord, ye (hall offer up an hcavc-oftr-
9*
irr.iuca- 1 5
Ing unto the Lord.
NUMBERS. n«th by
ignorance before
G H A P. XVI.
fhall be unto you for LoRDto-merrow; and fhall be;
ao Y« (hall offer up a cake of Lord, to make an atoncrr
-0 A" (i it it
^ fringe, that
may
look upon it, that the man whom the Lord
ye
the firft of your dough, for an for him; anil it Shall be forgi vcn remember all the command- doth chufc, he Jball be holy : ye
heave-offering : as ye do the him. and
29 You (hall have one law for mentsof the Lord, and do them: take too much upon you, ye font
heaveoffeiing of the threfhing- fcek not after your of Levi.
floor, fo (hall ye heave it. him that fmncth through i gno . and that ye
ai Of the firft of ycur dough ye ranee, both Jor him that is
wn heart, and your own eyes, 8 And Mofes faid unto Korah,
'

after which
ye ufe to go a whor- Hear. I pray yon,yefons of Levi:
fhallgiveuntotheLoRD.anheavc- amongfl the children of
and for the ftranger U j re :
9 Seemeth it bat a fmall thing
offering in your generations.
40 That ye may remember, unto you, that the God of Ifrael
%% % And if ye have erred, journeth among them,
and not obferved all thefe com- 3° ? But the foul that d and do all my commandments, hath feparated you from the cor.-
and be holy unto your God. gregation of Ifrael, to bring you
roandments which the Lou r> ought prefumptuoufly {-whether be the Lord your God, near to himfelf, to do the fervice
hath fpoken unto Mofes, *f born in the land, or a ft ranger) A i 1 am
which brought you out of the of the tabernacle of the Lord,
%3 Even all that the Lord the fame rcproacheth the Lord;
land of kgypt, to be your God : and to fland before the congrcga-
hath commanded you by the hand and that foul (hall be cut off the Lord your God. tion, to minifter unto them ?
I am
cfMofes, from the day that the from among his people. CHAP. XVI. 10 And he hath brought thee
Lord commanded Mofes, and 31 Bccaufe he hath defpifca VfOW Korah the fon of Izhar, near to him, and all thy hrcthren
hence forward among your gene- the word of the Lord, and hat" the fon of Kohath, the fon the Tons of Levi with thee ; and.
broken his commandment; th J\J
rations *

24 Then it fhall be, if owji/ be foul ihall utterly be cut off;
committed by ignorance, with- iniquity Jball te upon him.
out the knowledge of the congre-
gation, that the congregation
all
ihall offer one young bullock for
a burnt-offering, for a fwcet fa-
vour unto the Lord, with his
meatoffering, and his drink-of-
fering, according to the manner,
and one kid of the goats for a
fin-offering.
25 Andthepriefl fhall make an
atonement for all the eongrcg*-
tion of the children of Ifrael, -and
it mall he forgiven them, for it is
ignorance : and they (hall brin*?
their offering, a facrifice made by
fire unto the Lord, and their
fin-offering before the Lord, for
their ignorance.
26 And it ihall be forgiven all
the congregation of the children
of Ifrael, and the fbanger that
fojourneth among them; feeing
all the people -were in ignorance,
3* 1i And while the childr
of ifrael were in the wildernefi
they found a man that gath
flicks upon the fabbath-day.
33 And they that found
gathering flicks, broug
unto Mofes and Aaron,
to all the congregation,
34 And they put him in
bccaufe it was not declared
fliould be done to him.
35 And the Loro faid u
Mofes, The man Ihall be fu
put to death all the congr
:
tion (hall ftone him with ftones,
without the camp,
36 And all the congregation
brought him without the camp,
and ftoned him with Hones, a
he died ; as the Lord comm
cd Mofes.
37 1 And the Lord fpake
to Mofes, faying,
of Levi; and Dathan and Abi- fcek ye the priefl hood alfo ?
ram the fons of Eliab, and On the n
For which caufe both thou,
fon of Pcleth, fons of Reuben, and all thy company are gather-
took men. ed together againft the Lord :
% And they rofc up before and what is Aaron, that ye mur-
Mofes, with certain of the chil- mur againft him?
drcn of Ifrael, two hundred and And
Mofes lent to call
j% f
fifty princes of the aflembly, fa- Dathan and Abiram, the fons of
roous in the congregation, men Eliab Which faid, Wc will not
:
of renown.
come up.
3 And gathered them-
they 13 h it a fmall thing that thou
felvcs together againft Mofes, and haft brought us up out of a land
againft Aaron, and faid unto that flowcth with milk and ho-
them, Yetaketoo much upon you, ney, to kill us in the wildernefs,
feeing all the congregation are except thou make thyfelf altoge-
holy, every one of them, and the ther a prince over us ?
Lord is among them wherefore :
14 Moreover, thou haft not
then lift you up yourfelvcs above brought us into a land that flow-
the congregation of the Lord ? eth with milk and honey, or giv-
4 And when Mofes heard it, en us inheritance of fields, and
he fell upon his face; vineyards : wilt thou put out the
5 And he fpake unto Korah, eyes of theft men ? we will not
and unto all his company, fay-
come up.
log j Even to-morrow the Lord
15 And Mofes was very wroth,
will Ihew who are
his, and who is and faid unto the Lord, Refpecl
noly and will caufe him to come not thou their offering : I have
;

%1 ^ And if any foul fin 38 Speak unto the childr near unto him: even
Aim whom not taken one afs from them, nei-
through ignorance, then he dial) Ifrael, and bid them that *e nath chofen, will
he caufe to -ther have I hurt one of them.
hring a (he-goat of the firft year make them fringes in the"
for a fin offering. of their garments, throug
1 ar Unt
K TK- i ° him " 16 And M
° feS fald Unt ° °- K
a8 And the prieft (hall make their generations, and that \ Takc Vf>u infers, rah, He thou and all thy compa-
Ko I Z j all,lis
com pany; ny before the Lord, thou, and
an atonement for the foul that put upon the fringe of the bo: ? A a d P ut firc therein, and
nJ- they, and Aaron to morrow:
fiuncth ignorantly, when be fin- crs a ribband of blue. pannccnfc m
them before the 17 And take every man his
39
I 6 cenfer,
 NUMBERS,
And them, 2? Mofes faid, Hereby
CHAP. XVIT.
for they offered midft of the congregation; and
eenfer, and put incenfe in
J(= •stag of the
altar :

and bring ye before the Lord (hail know that the Lord hath hem 1
befort the Loan, therefore behold, the plague was begun a-
every man his cenfer, two hund- fent roc to do
all thefc woi ks: f
or t'hey arc
hallowed : and they mong the people : and he put on
dred and fifty ccnfeis; thou alfo, I hive not Cone them of mine own * II DC a fign unto the children incenfe, and made an atonement
and Aaron, each ofj.u his cen- mind. f Ifrael.
*° r people.
jcr> 29 If thefe men die the com- °
39 And Eleazar
the priefl took 48 And he flood between the
18 And they took every man mon death of ajl men, or if they the brafen cenfers,
wherewith dead and the living, and the
after the viiltation of
his cenftr, and put fire in them, he viiitcd they that were
burnt had offered ; plague was flayed,
and laid incenfe thereon, and all men then the
Lord hath not 49 Now they that died in the
;
and they were made broad pktes
flood in the door of the taber- fent me : for a covering of
the altar : plague were fourteen thoufand
nacle of the congregation with 30 Hut if the Lord make 40 To be a memorial unto the and feven hundred, befide them
nc.v thing, and the earth op« a
Mofes and Aarotn children of Ifrael, that no Aran- that died about the matter of
19 And Korah the her month, and fwallow them up,
gathered all which is not of the feed of Korah.
g er,
congregation ogainft thero, unto with all thatappertain unto them, Aaron, come near to offer incenfe 50 And Aaron returned unto
the door of the tabernacle of the and they go down quick into the before the Lord
that he be not Mofes, unto the door of the ta-
;

congregation: and the glory of pit ; then ye (hall undcrftand, as Korah, and as his
company; bernacle of the congregation;
the Lord appeared unto all the that thefe men have provoked as the Lord faid to htm by
the and the plague was flayed,
congregation. the Lord. hand of Mofes. XVII. CHAP.
20 And the Lord fp3kc unto 31 % And :t came to pafs, asne 41 <f But on the morrow, all ^Nd
the Lord fpake unto Mo-
Mofts, and unto Aaron, faying, had made an end of (peaking all thc congregation of the children fes, faying,
that the ground
ai Separate youifelves from a- thefe words, of ifrael murmured againft Mofes 1 Speak unto the children of
mong this congregation, that I clave afunder that -was under and againft Aaron, faying, Ye Ifrael, and take of every one of
may confume them in a moment, them ; jj have killed the people of the them a tod, according to the
%% And they upon ftheir 32 And the earth opened hec
fell Lord. houfe of their fathers, of all their
faces, and faid, O God, the God mouth, and
fwallowcd them u 42 And it came to pafs when princes, according to the houfc of
of the fpirits of all rk(h, mall one and their faoufes, and all the the congregation was gathered a- their fathers, twelve rods ; write
man fin, and wilt thou be wroth that appertained unto Korah, gainft .Mofes and againft Aaron, thou every man's name upon his
with s!l the congregation ? all their goods. that they looked toward the ta- rod.
and all that upper*
23 % And the Lord fpake 3.5 They, bernacle of the congregation: 3 And thou (halt write Aaron's
nto Mcfes, faying, tatneil to them, went down ah and heboid, the cloud covered it, name upon the iod of Levi : for
i4 Speak unto the congi ega- into the pit, and
the earth cjo and the glory of the Lord ap- one rod pall te for the head of
tion, fayin*, Get yen up from upon them and they peri
:
piarcd. the houfe of their fathers.
about the tabernacle of Korah, from among the congregate 43 And Mofes and Aaron cam£ 4 And thou (halt lay them up
Dathan and Abiram. 34 And all Ifrael that i before the tabernacle of the co:i- in the tabernacle of the congrc*
aj And Mofes rofe up, and round about them (led at th jregation. gation, before the teflimony,
went unto Dathan and Abiram ; ot them for they faid, Left
: And the Lcro fpake Ull« where I will meet with you.
44 «[

and the ciders cf Ifiael followed earth fwallow us up aljc. to Moles, faying, 5 And it (hall come to pafs,
y^i; 35 And there came out afire 45 Get you up from among //;.;/ the man's rod whom I lhall
%6 And he fpake unto the con- from the Lord, and confumea this congregation, that Imay ehulc, (hall bloflbm and I will
:

grc^ation, faying, Depart, I pray the two hundred and fifty

me confume them as in a- moment : make to ccafe from me the mur-
you, from the tents of thefe that offered incenfe. and they fell upon their faces. minings of the children of Ifrael,
wicked men, and touch nothing 36 * And the Lord fpake u 46 «T And Mofes faid unto Aa- whereby they murmur againfk
of theirs, left ye be cenfumcd in to Mofes, facing, ron, l ake a cenfer, and put fire you.
all txeir fins. 37 Speak unto Eleazar the therein from off the altar, and put 6 ^ And Mofes fpake unto the
he
27 So they gat up from ti e ta- of Aaron the pneit, that on incenfe, and go quickly unto children of Ifrael, and every one
bernacle of Korah, Dathan and up the cenfers out of the bun the congregation, and make an of their princes gave him a rod
Abiram, on every fide : And Da- and fcattcr thou the fire yond atonement for them ; for there is a piece, for each prince one, ac-
than and Abiram came out, and for they arc hallowed. .
wrath gone out from the Lord : cording to their fathers houfes,
flood in the door of their tents, 3$ The cenfers of thefe fihn the plague is begun. evert twelve rods ; and the rod 5f
their wives, and their funs, againft their own fouls, let
the 47 And Aaron took as Mofes Aarcn tics among their rods,
and
tod their little children, make them broad plates for a commanded, and ran into the 7 And Mofes laid up the rod*
vc before
 J

NUMBERS, 4 And the* (hall be joined

CHAP. XVIII.
before the Lord, in the taber- flatus for ever: every one that is (halt thou hare any part among
nacle of witnefs. to thee, and keep the charge of clean in thy houfe fhall cat of it. them I am thy part, and thine
:

8 And it came topaftthaton the tabernacle of the congregate 12 All the heft of the oil, and inheritance among the children
fervice of the ta-
the morrow Mofes went into the on, for all the all the heft of the wine, and of of Ifrael.
tabernacle of witnefs; and be- bcrnaclc; and a fl ranger (hall not the wheat, the firrt-fruits of them 21 And behold, I have given
hold, the rod of Aaron for the come nigh unto you. which they (hall offer unto the the children of Levi all the tenth
houfe of Levi was budded, and 5 And ye mall keep the ch_ Lord, them have I given thee, in Ifrael, for an inheritance, for
brought forth buds, and bloomed of the fancluary, and the cha 13 And whatsoever is firft ripe their fcrvice which they ferve,
blofloms, and yielded almonds, of the altar: that there be Jn the land which they fhall bring even the fervice of the tabernacle
9 And Mofes brought out all
wrath any more upon the chi unto the Lord, fhall be thine; of the congregation.
the rods from before the Lord rcn of Ifrael. every one that is clean in thine 22 Neither mud the children
unto all the children of Ifrael : 6 And I, behold, I have houfe fhall cat of it. of lirael henceforth come nigh :he
aud they looked, and took every your brethren the Levites 14 Every thing devoted in If- tabernacle of the congregation,
man his rod. among the children of Ifrael i rael lhall be thine. ] e (r they bear fin, and die.

10 5 And the Lord faid nnto you they are given as a gift f 15 Every thing that openeth 23 But the Levites (hall do the
Mofes, Bring Aaron's rod again, Lord, to do the fcrvice o the matnee in all flefh, which fcrvice of the tabernacle of
the
congregation
before the teftimony, to be kept tabernacle of the r-
they bring unto the Lord, ivbe- congregation, and they (hall bear
for a token againft the rebels; 7 Therefore thou and thy ther it be of men or beafls, fhall their iniquity : it Jballbe
a (tatute
your p*
and thou (halt quite take away with thee mail keep be thine: nevcrthelefs, the firft- for ever throughout your
genera-
their murmurings from me, that office for every
thing of the born of man /halt thou furely re- tions, that among the
children of
they die not. and within the vail, and ye deem, and the Arilling of unclean Ifrael they have
no inheritance,
given your pi
11 And Mofes did fi : as the ferve: I have beaffs flult thou redeem. 24 But the tithes of the child-
Lord commanded him, fodid he. office untojou, as a fervice of 16 And thofc that are to be ren of Ifrael, which they
offer as
cometh
1% And the children of Ifrael and the ftrangcr that redeemed, from a month old lhalt an heave-offering
unto the Lord
fpake unto Mofes, faying, Behold, toall be put to death. thou redeem according to thine I have given
to the Levites to in-
we die, we perilh, we all perilh. 8 ^ And the Lord fpake flation, for the' money of five herit: therefore I have faid
unto
Behold, I alfo have gi
13 Whofoever cometh any Aaron, Jiekels, after the Ihekel of the them, Among
the children of
thing near unto the tabernacle of thee the charge of mine
heave- U WCn gCrahs racl th
*y ftaI1 h *ve no inheritance
the Lord, (hall die; lhall we be ferings, of all the hallowe i? Bml fifi
hc fir 'V m
° f a cow ' 7 -

confumed with dying? things of the children of Ifrae

*l c J , "£
or the firfthng of a ffieep, or the to
% S 1 And the Lord fpake un-
Mofes, faying,
P
CHAP. XVIII. unto thee have 1 given them, firftlmg of a goat, thou fhalt not
%G Thus fpeak unto the Le-
AND the Lord faid unto Aa- reafon of the anointing, and
ron, Thou and thy fons, and thy fons by an ordinance
9 This mail be thine of
for e S&S^^'^
^ l T-
fa r
^£
i
C
l°°
h
2* d
tar and (halt bum their fat /or
1 vites
>
and fay unto them,
yC take of thc chil <*™ of Ifrael
When
thy father's houfe with thee fhall the tithes which I have given
you
an offering made by fire, for a
bear the iniquity of the fanftua- mod
holy things, rejerved fx from them for your inheritance"
with the fire : every oblation of thei
ry : and thou and thy fons
meat-offering of theirs, an
thee (hall bear the iniquity of your every
every fin-offering of theirs, an be th\t iS ^ ° futhC n ftaI 0ffcril,
S of h for thc Lord, even
prieft-hood.
% And thy brethren alfo of the every trefpafs-offenng
of tn JJ« are thine. 27 And
your heavc-offer-
this
(hall render unto 2! All th?°; Ca
tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy fa- which they
ther, bring thou with thee, thatjW/ be moft holy for thee,
they may be joined unto thee, for thy fons.
10 In the moft holy p'^e ftalt
- BWA^^fr.^*^
the hnfv \\ in

tn
hav e CC
K "u l
e ff
L .^
rinS S
f in

Unt ib L RD thrc *i"g-noor, and

°,
t ? '
* W
* fta " °c reckoned unto you, as
thc corn of h
as the fiefs
and minifter unto thee: but thou 7 S th r° ns of thc ™e-prefs.
J
Xit eSf ^
male mall eat and thvy '
'ft thCC '

and thy fons with thee, fiatl mi- thou eat it; every Ly 28 Thus you alf° fta " offer a«
w
^
"

before the tabernacle of it it lhall be holy unto thee. 1 " naDt goffering unto the Lord,
ttifter
:

And the Kkfcf^fc \ ? of

witnefs.
3 And they mail keep
thy
I* this " thine;
heave-offering of their gift, with ™ ZS'Xft*
unto thee and
f
^ a " your tilhcs vhich
to thy feed with the children Y*
of Ifrael : and ye
of ™™<
charge, and the charge of all the all the wave- offerings of the ch
20 % a nA tit* t r *. P
13 ' 1
* ivc th ereof the Lord'*
tabernacle: only they mail not dren of Ifrael : I have given th hcavc -o tfc »"gtoAaronthe rieft*
to a Jo^iVo^
f" P
come nigh the vefleh of the fane-
tuary and the altar that neither
unto thee, and to thy fons,
to thy daughters with thee,
fta
hcriuoceC,n S^iii^ Sf*
in lhCK ,aDd
'
llcJt hcr offer every^
° Ut
°l
a11 your gifts ^ fha11
heave-offering
y
of the
they, nor you alfo die.
 H '.iff M B E R S.
CHAP. XX.
come into the camp, and hone of a man, Mofcs and againft Aaron,
or a grave,
the beft thereof, fhall or 3
Lord, of all
unclean feven days. 3 And the people chode with
prieft (hall be unclean until the frail be
even the hallowed part thereof,
even. jj And for an unclean perfcnMofes, and fpake, faying. Would
out of it. the God that we had died when our
8 And he that burnetii her they lhall take of the afhes of
30 Therefore thou (halt fay burnt heifer of purification for brethren died before the Lord.
(hall wa(h his clothes in water,
unto them, When ye hrvc heaved and running water fhall be 4 And why have ye brought
the beft thereof from it, then it
and bathe his Mem in water, and fin,
rut thereto in a veflel : up the congregation of the Lord
fhall be unclean until the even.
fhall be counted unto the Lcvites
18 And a clean perfon fnall into this wilder Deft, that we and
as the incrcafe of the threfhing- 9 And a man that is clean (hall
gather up the afhes of the heifer, take byfibp, and dip it in the our cattle fhould die there ?
floor, and as the incrcafe of the
and lay them up without the cair.p water, and fpnnkle it upon the 5 And wherefore have ye rr ads
vine-prefs.
tent, and upon all the
vclltls, us to ccmc up out of F gypt, to
And ye every in a clean place, and it (hall be
(hall cat it in
31
congregation of the and upon the perfons that were bring us in unto this e\ii place I
place, ye and your houfliolds lor kept for the
there, and upon him that touch- it is no place of feed, or of fgs,
:

your reward for your fcrvice children of Ifracl, for a water of

it h
a purification eth a bone, or one flain, or one or \incs, or of pomegranates;
the tabernacle of the congre- reparation:
it is
in dead, or a grave : neither is there any water to
gation. for fin.
I<; And the clean perfon (hall drink,
And ye (hall 10 And he that gathercth the
bear no fin, by
3% wafti his fprinklc upon the unclean on the 6 And Mof«« and Aaron went
rcafon of it, when yc have heaved ames of the heifer (hall third day, and on the feventh from the prefer.ee ofthcafTcm-
unclean until the
from the beft of it : neither clothes, and be
it
day and on the feventh day he bly, unto the door of the taber-
even : and it (hall be unto the
:

(hall yc pollute the holy things of
the children of Ifrael, left yc die. children of
CHAP.
fhall purify himfclf, and warn his naclt of the cc ngregr.tion, and
Ifrael, and unto the
clothes, and bathe himfeif i.i un- they fell upon their faces and
ftranger that fojourneth among
:

XIX.
AND the Loup fpake unto Mo- them, for a ftatutc for ever.
He that touchcth the
fes, and unto Aaron, faying, 11 1
any man, lhall be
% This h the ordinance of the dead body of
feven days.
law which the Lord hath com- unclean
manded, faying, Speak unto the iz He (hall purify himfclf with
third day, and on the
children of Ifracl, that they bring it on the
feventh day he (hall be clean but
ter, and (hall be clea:^ at even, the glory of the Lobz> appeared
40 But the man thit faail be
unto them,
wnclcan, and (bill not 7 ^ And the Lord fpake un«
purify
himfclf, that foul lhall te cut oft' to Mofcs, faying
from among the congregation: 8 Take the rod, ard gathe»
becaufe he hath defiled the fane- thou the afTcmbly together, thou
tuary of the Loan, the water of and Aaron thy brother, r.nd (peak
:

thee a red heifer without fpot,
wherein is no blemifli, and upon if he purify not
never came yoke.
which
3 And ye (hall give her
unto fhall not be clean.
Eleazar the prieft, that he may
bring her forth without the camp, dead
and one mall flay her before his dead, and
mall Lord
4 And Eleazar the prieft
take of her blood with his finger, off from
and fpi inkle of her blood directly ter of
before the tabernacle of the con- upou
feparation hath not been fptink- ye unto the rock before their
himfclf the third
led upon him, he is unclean.
day, then the feventh day he eyes, and it lhall give forth his
%i And it fhall be a perpetutl water, and thou (halt brirg forth
ftatute unto them, that he that to them water out of the rock r
13 Whofocver toucheth t
fprinklcth the water of feprati- fo thou (halt give the corgregs-
body of any man that
purifieth not himfe
on, lhall waft his clothes, and he tion and their heads drink,
defilcth the tabernacle of
tn that toucheth the water of ft pa- 9 And Mofcs took the rod
tion, fhall be unclean until even, from before the Lord, as he
and that foul (hall be cu
:
21 And whatfocver the unclean commanded him.
Ifrael : becaufe the
fcparation was not fi
perfon toucheth, (hall he unclean: 10 And Mofcs and Aaron ga-
and the foul that tcucheth i>, thered the congregation together,
him, he fhall be unc
Jnall e unclean until even. before the roclc, and he faid on-
hisuncleanncfs is yet upon hii
!,

gregation fcven times.

And (hall burn the heifer 14 This is the law, when a - _ C HAP. XX. to them, Hear now, yo rebels;
5 #0*
man dieth in a tent; all that
j^HEM can e the children of mud we fetch you water out of
her and her
in his fight; (kin,
with her come into the tent, and ali that
S Ifrael, even the whole ccn- this rock ?
flelh, and her blood,
dung, (hall he burn. is in the tent, fhall be unclean
grejathn into the defert of Zin,
in the firfr month
n
And Mofei lift up his hand,
and the pco- and with his rod he fmotc the>
:

6 And the prieft (hall take ce- feven days. Pie abode in Kadefh : and Mill rock
I j And every open veHel, twice : and the water came
dar-wood, and hyflop, and fcar- am d:cd there, and was buried out abundantly,
and caft it into the midft of which hath no covering bound lI erc
and the congre-
let, gation drank, and their beafls
the burning of the heifer. upon it, is unclean. ;
z And there was no water for alp.
(

Then the prieft (hall warn his 16 And whofocver touch the congregation
7 fword and they ga- iz f And the Lord fpake un-
he mall bathe his one that is flain with a
:

clothes, and u -«cdthtiniclTe$to cthcrasainft

or a dead S to Mofcs and Aaron, Becaufe ve
flelh in water, and afterward he the open fields,
believed
 CHAP.
NUMBERS.
me Ifrael paflagc through his bonier *
3 And the Lord
hearkened to
XXT.
13 From thence they removed,
believed me
not, to fanttify
the voice of Ifrael, and
delivered and pitched on the other fide of
in the eyes of the children of wherefore Ifrael turned away and they ut- Arnon, which is in the wilder-
up the Canaanitcs
:

Ifrael ; therefore ye lhall not bring from him. and their nefs that cometh out of the coafts
terly deftroyed them
this congregation into the land %% ? And the children of If- the name of of the Amorites : for Arnon is
cities : and he called
wbich have given them. rael, eventhe whole congregation, Hormah. the border of Moab, between Mo-
I
the place
13 Thisij the water of Men- journeyed from Kadelh, and came 4 «f
they journeyed from
And ab and the Amorites.
bah, becaufe the children of lfra- unto mount Hor. ir.onnt Hor, by the way of the 14 Wherefore it is faid in the
el ftrove with the Lorb and he : %l And the Lord fpakc unto Red fea, to compafs the land of book of the wars of the Lord,
was fancTiried in them. Mofcs and Aaron in mount Hor, what he did in the Red fea, and
land ofE-
Edom : and the foul of the peo-
14 J AndMofesfent mcflen- by the coaft of the pic was much difcouraged becaufe in the brooks of Arnon.
gersfrom Kadefo, unto the king dom, faying, of the way. 15 And at the dream of the
of Edom, Thus faith thy brother %A Aaron lhall he gathered un- 5 And the people fpake againft brooks that goeth down to the
Ifrael, thou knoweft all thctra- to his people: for he
(hall not
God, and againft Mofes, Where- dwelling of Ar, and Hcth upon
vcl thai hath brfalien us enter into the land which I have the horder of Moab.
fore have ye brought us up out
:

of Ifrael,
15 How our fathers went down given unto the children of Egypt, *° d' c i" lrie wilder- 16 And from thence they tvent
againft my
into Egypt, and wc have dwelt becaufe ye rebelled nefs ? for there no bread, nei-
is to Beer ; that is the well whereof
in Egypt a long time and the word at the water of Meribah.
:
ther is there any water, and our the Lord fpakeunto Mofcs, Ga-
Egyptians vexed us and our fa- 25 Take Aaron and Eieazar foul lotheth this light bread. ther the people together, audi
his fon, and bring them up unto Lord will give them water.
thers. 6 And the fent fiery
16 And when we cried unto mount Hor :
ftrpents among the people; and 17 <f Then ifrael fang this
the Lord, he heard our voice, a6 And ftrip Aaron of his gar- they bit the people, and much fong, Spring up, O well, fing ye
and fent an angel, and hath ments, and put them upon E lea- people of Ifrael died. unto it :
brought us forth out of Egypt zar his fon and Aaron be
18 The princes digged the well,
7 ^ Therefore the people came
: :

and behold, we are in Kadefh, a gathered unto his people, and fhaUr to Mofcs, and faid, Wc
have fin- the nobles of the people digged
city in the uttermo.l of thy bor- die there. ned, for we have fpoken againft it, by thedireflion of the law-giver,

j er> AndMofes did as the Lord

27 the Lord, and againft thee : pray with their ftaves. And from the
17 Let us pafs, I pray thee, commanded ; and they went up unto the Lord, that he take a- wildernefs they -went to Matta-
we will into mount Hor, in the fight of
through thy country :
way the ferpents from us : and nah.
not pafs through the fields, or all the congregation. Mofcs prayed for the people. 19 And from Mattanah to Na-
through the vineyards, neither 28 Moles (hipped Aaron
And 8 And the Lord /aid unto halicl : and from Nahaliel to Ba-
will we drink 0/ the water of the of his garments, and put them Mofcs, make thee a fiery fcrpent, moth;
wcjls ; wc will go by the king's upon Eieazar his fon and Aaron. :
and fct it upon a pole : and it 20 And from
the Bamoth, in
died there theof the.
top
htb-wzy, we will not turn to the in fliall come to pafs. that every one valley that is in the country of
right hand nor mount
to the left, until : and Mofts and Eieazar. that is bitten, when he looketh Moab, to the top of Pifgah,
we have parted thy borders. came down from the mount. upon it, (hall live. which looketh toward Jcfhimon.
18 And Edom faid gnto him, 29 And when all the congrc-. 9 And Mofcs made a fcrpent ai J And Ifrael fent meflcn-
Thou (halt not paGs by me, left gation law that Aaron was dead, of brafs, and put it upon a pole : gcrs unto Sihon, king of the A-
I come out againft thee with the
they mourned for Aaron thntv and it came to pafs, that if a fer- morites, faying,
days, even all the houfe of Ifrael. pent had bitten any man, when 1% Let me pafs through thv
fwor j
19 And the children of Ifrael CHAP. XXI. he beheld the fcrpent of brafs, he land ; we will not turn into the
faid unto him, wc will go by the A Nd -when king Arad the Ca- lived. fields, or into the vineyards, we
the,
high way : and if I and my cattle JLX. naanitc, which dwelt in 10 S And
the children of If- will not drink cf the' waters of
fouth, heard tell that Ifrael came
drink of thy water, then I will pay rael let forward, and pitched in the well ; but we will go along by
by the way of the fpics; then he Oboth.
for it : I will only (without doing the king's A/V*-way, until we be
and took
any thing elfe) go through on my fought againft Ifrael, ir And they journeyed from paft thy borders.
fcct . June of them priibners. Oboth, and pitched at Ijc-abarim, 23 And Sihon would not fuf-
5to And he faid, Thou 2 And Ifrael vowed a vow lin-
malt not in the wildernefs which is before fer Ifrael
to pafs through his bor*
If thou
go throngh. And Edom camcout to the Loro, and faid, Moab, toward Ihe fun rifing. der : but Sihon gathered all his
people
againft him with much people, wilt indeed deliver this ^ From thence they re- people together, and went out a-
and with a ftronc hand. into my hand, then 1 will uttef- woved, and pitched in the valley gainft Ifrael into the wildernefs:
%l Thus Edam refufed to give ly deftroy their cities. m Zarcd. an a
3
 NUMBERS.
And the Lord faid nn
CHAP.
XXII.
and he came to Jahaz, and fought 34 and they came unto go beyond the word of the LorD
cir j iantl
• :

againft Ifrael. Mofes, Fear him not for I h

l fpakc unto him the my God, to do Icfs or more,
24 And Ifrael fmote him with delivered him into thy hand, and
:

V laartii a n<
19 Now therefore, pray you,
words of Balak. 1

the edge of the fword, and pof- all his people, and his land ; and And unto them, tarry ye alfo here this night, that
he faid
8
felled his land from Arnon unto thou lhalt do to him as thou did ft here this night, and I will I may know what the Lord will
I odge
Jabbok, even unto the children unto Sihon, king «f the Amo- again as the Lord fay unto me more,
bring you word
of Ammon ; for the border of rites, which dwelt at Hefhbon. L
fpeak unto me. And the 20 And God came unto Balaam
flrll
the children of Ammon was 35 So they fmote him, and his
prince* of Moab abode with 13a-
at night, and faid unto him, If
ftrong. and all his people, unti
fons, the* men come to call thee, rile
aan1 .
45 And Ifratl took all thefc there was none left him aliv
j
o'And God ccme unto Balaam, up go with them: but yet
cr.d
e*ties :and Ifrael dwelt in all the and they pofliflcd his land, faid, What men are thefe the word which 1 ihall fay unto
3 nd
cities of the Amorites, in Helh- C H A P. XXII. thee, that (halt thou do.
with thee ?

bon, and in all the villages there- AN'1 *« children of Ifr jo And Balaam faid unto Gcd, 21 And Balaam rofeup in the
forward, and pitchc morning, and faddlcd his afs, and
f.
Balak the fon of Zippor, king of
»6 For Hefhbon was the city of the plains of Moab, on this Moab, hath lent unto me, faying* went with the prir.ces of Moab.
Sihon the king of the Amorites, Jordan by Jericho, 22 And God's anger was kin-
II Behold, there is a people
who had fought againft the for- a K And Dalak the fon of died, becaufe he went : and the
come out of Egypt, which cover-
Diet king of Moab, and taken all por few all that Ifrael had c
cth the face of the. earth: come angel of the Lord flood in the
his land out of his hand, even to the Amorites.
now, curfc me them: perauven- way for an adverfary againft him:
unto Arnon. 3 And Moab was fore a tare 1 be able to overcome now he was riding upon his afs,
fliall

*7 Wherefore they that fpeak of the people, becaufe they them and drive them cut. and his two fcrvants -were with
in proverbs, fay, Come into Helh- many : and Moab was diftr H And Cod faid unto Balaam, him.
becaufe of the children of If
bon, let the city ©f Sihon be built Thou (hah not go with them, 23 And the afs faw the angel
and prepared. 4 And Moab faid unto the ei
thou lhalt not curfe the people; of the Lord Handing in the way,
a8 For there gone out ders of Mtdian, Now Shall tni«
a fire ior they arc blcfled. and his fword drawn in his hand;
is

©f Hcflibon, a flame from the company

lick up thai ere round M 13 And Balaam rofc up in the and the afs turned afide out of
city or Sihon it hath com fumed about us, as the
:
ox l>««h u morning, and faid unto the the way, and went into the field:
Ar of Moab, or.d the lords of the grafs of the field. And Bal princes of Balak, Get you into and Balaam fmote the afs to turn
the places of Arnon. the fon of Zippor was k.ng of the >our land : for the Lord rcfufeth her into the way.
49 Wo to thee, Moab ; thou Moalmes at that time, to give me leave to go with you. 24 But the angel of the Lord
artundone, O people of Chcmedh: 5 He &nt mcflengers therefore 14 And the princes of Moab flood in a path of the vineyards,
he hath given his fons that cfcap- unto Balaam the fon of beor, t rofc up, and they went unto Ba- a wall being on this fide, and a
ed, and his daughters, intocapti- Pethor, which ri by the river
. lak, and faid, Balaam refufcth to wall on that lidc.

yity unto Sihon king of the A- the land ot the children

moritei
30 We have (hot at them Helh-
bon is perilhed even unto Dibon,
! come with u;. 25 And when the afs faw the
people, to cail him, faying. 15 *[ And Balak fent y-t again angel of the Lord, (he thrufl her-
:
hold, there is a people come princcs, more, and more honour- fclr* unto the wall, and crufht Ba-
from Egypt : behold, they cover able than ihcy. Iaam's foot againfl the wall and :

and we have laid them wade, the face of the earth, and they 16 And they came to Balaam, he fmote her again.
even unto Nophah, which reach- abide over againft me. and faid to him, Thus faith Ba- 26 And the angel of the Lord
etb unto Medeba.
6 Come now therefore, I pray lak the fon of Zippor, Let no- went further,
and flood in a nar-
thee, curfc me this peop.e, tor thmg, I pray true, hinder thee row place, where was no way
31 S Thus Ifrael dwelt in the to
bod of the A morites. they are too rn.5h.ty for me: peri irom coming unto me; turn, either to the right hand, or
/Ml wj
32 And Mofes fent to fpy out adventure I frail p'.eva. , 17 For will promote thceun- to the left.
I

Unite them and that may

Jaazcr, and they took the villages may
to wry great honour, and 1 will
27 And when the afs faw the
of the land to uo whatioevcr thou fayeft unto angel
thereof, and drove out the Amo- drive them out .
of the Lord, (he fell down
' wot that he whom thou
bhfleft me come therefore, I pray thee, under Balaam
rites that were there. :
: and Balaam's
And they turned and is hit fled ; and he whom tno C h copIc an 6 er w as kindled, and he fmote
33 ^ t« "a * n P
"

went up by the way of Baihan : curfeft, is curfed. 13 And Balaam anfwered and the afs with a fiafT.
an
and Og the king of Balhan went 7 And the elders of Moab, laid unto the
fcrvants of Balak, 28 And the Lord opened the
Midian depart
out againft them, he, and all his the elders of
people, to the battle at Edrci. with the rewards of divination W
rVl offV.
V °U d
B' vc mc his ll0ufe nouth of thc ali » an, l to Taid un-
filter and cold, I cannot
to Balaam, What have I doneun-
to
 NUMBERS.
unto Ba- that blefled thee, and curfed
CHAP. XXV.
ftO And Balaam faid
xg Out of Jacob
mall come he brought unto his brethren a MI-
that curfcth thee,
lak, Build me here feven altars, he that Ihall have dominion, and dianitifh woman, in thc fight of
and prepare mc here feven bul- 10 1 And Balak s anger deflroy him that rcmaineth Moles, and in thc light of all the
fliail
kindled againft Balaam, and ho
locks, and feven rams. of the city. congregation of the children of
together : and
30 And Balak did as Balaam fmote his hands 20 And when he looked on A- Ifrael, who -were weeping before
had faid, and offered a bullock Balak faid unto Balaam, called I
malck, he took up his parable, the door of thc tabernacle of the
thee to curfc mine enemies, and
and a ram on every altar. and faid, Amalek V4J the firft of congregation,
CHAP. XXIV. behold, thou haft altogether blcf-
the nations, but his latter end 7 And when Phineas thc fon

ANd when Balaam faw that fed them thefe three times. frail he that
he pcrifh for ever. of Eleazar, the fon of Aaron the
II Therefore now flee thou to
j

it pleafed the Lord to
as at thy place
blefs Ifrael, he went not
other times, to feck for inchant-
ments, but he fct his face toward the
the wildernefs.
% And Balaam lift aphis eyes,
and he faw Ifrael abiding in his lak,
ttnts according to their tribes
and fengers which thou fentcft unto
the fpiiitof God came upon him. me,
3 And he took up his parable,
and faid, Balaam the ion of Bcor
hath faid, and the man whofe
eves are open hath faid :
a He hath faid, which heard good or
ai And he looked on the Ke- pricft, faw it, he rofe up from a-
thought to promote
nites ; and took up his parable
I
;
mongft the congregation, and
thec unto great honour, but lo,
and faid, ftrong is thy dwelling- took a javelin in his hand :
Lord hath kept thee back place, and thou puttcft thy nell 8 And he went after the man
from honour of Ifrael into thc tent, and thruft
in a rock.
ia And Balaam fa:d unto Ba. 1% Neverthelefs, Kenitc the both ©f them through, thc man
Spake 1 not alfo to thy mcf-
(hall be walled until Afhur mall of Ifrael, and the woman through
carry thee away captive. fcer belly. So thc plague was
faying,
23 And he took up his parable, flayed from thc children of If-
If Balak would g.vc me his
13 and faid, Alas, who fhall live rael.
houfe full of f.lvtr and gold, I
when God doth this !
9 And thofe that died in the
cannot go beyond the command-
%4 And (hips fiall come from plague were twenty and four
mcr.t of the Lord, to do either the coalt of Chittim, and ihall
thonfand.
bad of mine own mind
afflidt AJhur.and Ihal afflict Eber, 10 f And the Lord fpake
:
I

faw the but what the Lord faith, that

the words of God, which and he alfo Ihall pcrilh for ever, unto Mofcs, faying,
vif.on of the Almighty,
falling will fpeak ? 1
%S And Balaam rofe up, and u Phineas the fon of Eleazar,
into a trance, but having his eyes M
And now, bcho d, go un- I
went and returned to his place : the fon of Aaron the priell, hath
'
. to my people come to, rejote, ani ;
and Ba ak alfo went his way. turned my wrath away frcm the
are thy tents, O will advertifc thee, what this XXV \.
e How goodlv I
children of Ifrael, (while he was
Tacob wrfthy Ubcrnaclcs, people thall do lo thy people til
O If- ^Nd .
»
1 .

abode in Shlttlm, zealous for my fake among them)

I/rael
,11' the latter days. and the people began to com- that I con fumed not thc children
15 \ And he took up
fprcad his pa- mit whoredom with thc daughters
6 As the valleys are they f Ifrael in my jealou/y.
river's rable, and laid, La.aam the Ion ofM ° a, \'
forth as cardens by the mJ l ||, . Wherefore fay, Behold, I
of lign-aloes of Beor hath faid, and
the % And they called the people
1

»tb? trees give unto him my covenant of

Sff planted, whole eyes are open hath laid ; unto the facrifices of their gods :
which the Lord hath peace.
33
ana as ccow
cedar-trees bef.de the wa-
thc
16 He hath faid, which heard
^
^ q{ Gq aml kncw lne ^
and the people did eat, and bow-
ed down to their gods.
u And
his feed after
he Ihall have it,
him, even the co-
and
water out knowledge of the moft High, 3 And Ifrael joined himfelf unto
"Jifc (hall pour the venant of an evcrlauMng prieft-
and his feed fiall which faw the v.fion of the Al- Baal-pcor : and the anger of the hood : becaufe he was zealous for
of his buckets, b
his king mighty falling into a trar.ee, Lord was kindled againft Ifrael.
L many waters, and his God. and made an atonement

KZ
in
fh-ill be higher than

8 God brought him

Agag, and having his eyes open :
lh.ll bccxaltcd.

~r u«mr he hath as it were thc there lhail

17 1 Ih.U fee him but not no
forth out I mall behold him, but not nigh
come a liar out of J
4 And the Lord faid unto
Mofcs, 1 ake all the heads of the
pcopie,
™* Lor© againft
and hang them up before
for the children of Ifrael.
i 4 Now the name of the Ifra-
elite that wasflain,
even that was
thc fun, that ilain with the Midianitifh woman,
of «
the fierce anger of theLoRDmay
tl% unUorn : he lha.l coh and a fceptre ft.il rife
his enemies of Ifrael «,nd (ball f™tcthed| ^
wat Zimri thefon of SauL aprince
up
iat the nations
break their bones, and ners of Moab, and dcftioy all VaI^m^'?..
1 1,

5 And Mofes faid unto the onitcs.

.
of a chief houfe among the W-
and mall
pierced through with his ~
MUrenot to**.
^^ on7nU°
one
f l
'
hi men that were H d
Slay .'' C CVCry 15 A
nd the name of the Mi-
joined un- dianitifh woman that was llain,
r S
be a
°o He couched, he lay down as feffion Seir alfo fhall
and lira Ii! nCTL mj WaSCoM thc ^ughter of Zur ;
who :cffion for his enemies, ° nC ° *f the
.

a lion and as a great lion ; hcw ^ h«d over a people,^ of

do valiantly. WUdrcn
Children
of*
ffi ft" bli up I Slcfled H be lh.Il Ifraci came, and a chief houfc in Midian
K 16 r AnJ
 - : ;

CHAP.
NUMBERS. *erc ; of Ilczron, thc family of
xxvr.
33 f And Zelophchad the foil

o
And the Lord
16 «
X Mnf« favine
fpakc un- and againft Aaron in
n y of Korah, when they ftrovc
^
jrompa-
t hc
Hczronitcs : of Hamul, thc
family of the Hamulites.
of Hepher had no Tons, but datigh-
ters and thc names of the daugli-
:

he Midianites, and againft the Lo* o

:
iftS 10 And the earth opened her
2% Theft are thc families of tcrs of Zelophchad were Mahlah,
r*it.th«n- Judah, according to thofc that and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and
their mouth, and fallowed them up were numbered of them, three-
18 For they vex you with Tirzah.
together with Korah when that
w iles, wherewith they have Pe-be-
company died, what time the fate
fcorc and fixteen thoufand and 34 Thefe are thc families of
coiled you, in the matter of fivehundred, Ma na fieri, and thofc that were
devoured two hundred and fifty
5? and in the matter of Cozbi, %3 1 of thc fons of Iflachar numbered of them, fifty and twu»
the daughter of a prince of Midi- men and they became a fign.
:
after their families; of Tolah, thoufand and feven hundred,
II Notwithstanding the chil-
an their fitter, which was llain in the family of the Tolaitcs of ; 35 f Thcfc arc thc Ions of
dren of Korah died not. Ephraim after their families : o£
the day of the plague, for Peor's Po», thc family of thc Punites ;
34 Of Jafliub, thc family of Shuthclah, the family of thc
CHAP XXVI. ter of Nemuel,
their families :
the Tafliubites : of Shimron thc Sbuthalhitcs : of Bccher, the fa-
ANditcame to pafs after the the family of the NemueUtes: of
of the Jami-
famiiy of the Shimronites. mily of the Bachritcs : of Tahan,
plague, that the Loan fpakc Jamm, the family the family of
35 Thcfc are thc families of the family of thc Tahanitcs.
flnto Mofei. and unto Eleazar the nites : of Jach.n, Iflachar, according to thofe that 36 And thefe are the fons of
fon of Aaron the priett, foying,
the Jachinites: were numbered of them, three- Shuthelah : of Eran, thc family
Take the fum of all the con- 13 Of Zerah the family of the fcore and four thoufand and three of the Era nites.
a
Zarhites of Shaul, thc family of
eregation of the children of Ura- :
hundred- 37 Thcfc are thc families of thc
?1 from twenty years old and tfec Shaulitcs. a6 1 Of thc fons of Zebulun fons of Ephraim, according to
£JSlS3US2r 14 Thefe fcther-.
able to go to the S.meon.tes, twenty and tw.
art the fam lies 0*
after their families: of Scrcd, thofcthat were numbered of them,
thirty and two thoufand and fife
SSufe, all that are thc family of thc Sarditcs : of E-
thoufand and two hundred.
l.or
Va r
3 WIfracl
Mofes and Eleazar the
prieft fpake with them
1 5 1 The children of
in the ter their families : of
Gad af-
Zcphon
Ion, the family of the Elonitcs :
of Jahlecl, thc family of the Jah-
leefites.
^
hundred. Thefe are thc fons of
Jofeph after their families,
38 J The fons of Benjamin
the ^pfomte. :
S2» S Moab by Jordan near the family of
Haggi, the family of the Hag-
37 Thefe are thc families of thc
Zebulunites, according
after their families : ofKcla, thc
Tericho raving. to thofe family of thc Bclaites: of Afhhel,
that were numbered of them, thc family of thc Alhbelitcs ; of
twenty years old and upward ; as Shunites : ... the
fam.ly
. .
threefcorc thoufand and five Ahiram, thc family of the Ahi-
ihe Loan commanded Mofes and 16 Of Oam, the f bundred. ramites
Oznites : of En, the family
the children of Ifrael, which went 28 «[ Thc fons of Jofeph after 39 Of Shupham, thc family of
out of the land of Egypt, the Entes : their families, were Manaflch and thc Shuphamitcs ; of Hupham,
forth
4 Reuben thc eldeft fon of 17 Of Arod the fam.ly of th Ephraim. the family of thc Huphamitcs.
5
children of Reuben ; Arod.tcs : of Arch, the family 19 Of the fons of Manafleh : 40 Andthe fons of Bela were
Ifrasi : the
Hanoch, of wham comcth thc fa- of the Arelites. of Machir, thc family of Machi- Ard and Naaman ; of Art, thc
Jnily of the Hanochites : of
Pal- 18 Thefe are the fam,l,es rites : and Machir begat Gilcad : family of the Arditcs : and of
children of Gad, accord*
K the family of the Palluites : the
6 Of Hefron, the family of the to thofe
that were numbered
of Gilead came thc family of thc
Gileadites.
Naaman, thc family of thc Na-
amitcs.
forty thoufand and n
Hefronites : of Carmi, thc fami- them, 30 Thefe are thc fons of Gilc- 41 Thefe are thc ions of Ben*
hundred. ad; ofjeezcr, thc family of the jamin after their families; and
Y of the Carmitcs.
ly .
Judah
.
were
Thefe are the families of the 19 1 Thc fons of Jcezeritcs : ofHelck, the family they that were numbered of them,
7 and Br and
Reubenites: and they that were Er, and Onan : of the Helekites : -were forty and five thoufand and
land ot can 3* And of Afriel, thc family fix hundred,
numbered of them were forty and nan died in the
J of the Afrielitcs : and of She-
three thoufand and feven hundred an. 41 \ Thefe are the fons of Dan
and thirty *° And thc fons of Ju r ck
chem,thc family of thc Shechem- after their families ; of Shuham,
their families were j of Sn Ucs
8 Andthe fons of Pallu ; Eliab. ter >

the family of thc Shuhamitcs.

the fam.ly of the fhelani 32 And ofShemida, tha fa- Thefe are the families of Dan af-
9 And the fons of Eliab ; Ne- lah,
Dathan and Abiram. ofPharez, the family of the Pna mily of the Shemidaites : and of
«nuel. and ter their families,
Zer^h, thc family
This is that Dathan and Abiram zitcs of : gfpber, thc family of the He
43 All the families of the Shu-
•which were famous in thecongre- thc Zarhites: P hcr, tcs. hamitcs, according to thofc that
%i And thc fons of Pha^
gation, who ftrovc againft Mofes K % were
 •NUMBERS, CHAP. XXVH.
Jeb the
fon of Jephunneh, and then ye lhall give his inheritance
were numbered of them, -were 56 According to the lot (hap
the poffeffion thereof he divided, loftua the fon of Nun. unto his father's brethren.
-hreefcore and four thoufand and 1
CHAP. XXVII. II And if his father have no
four hundred. between many and few.
44 * Of the children of After J7 1 And thefc
ore they that THEN came the daughters of brethren, then ye
Zelophehad the fon of He- inheritance unto his
lhall give
kinfman that
his

after their families ; -of Jimna, were numbered of the Levitcs,

of after then- famihes: of Gcrlhon phcr, the fon of Gilead, the fon is next to him of his family, and
the family of the Jimnites :
ofMachir, the fon of Manaffeh, he (hall pofTefs it; and it fhall be
Gerftonites : of
Tcfui, the family of the Jefoites ; the family of the of Manafleh the unto the children of Ifrael a fta-
/ami ir the *o- of the families
of Beriah, the family of the Be- Kohath, the and thefc are the tute of judgment, as the Lord
hathites: of Merari, the family of fon of Jofeph:
, Htes . names of his daughters: Mah- commanded Mofcs.
45 Of thefons of Beriah; of the
Mci antes.
Iah, Noah, and Hoglah, and ia *[ And the Lord faid unto
Heber, the family of the Hebe- j8 Thefc are the families of
Levites the family of the Milcah; andTirzali. Mofcs, Get thee up into this
rites ; of Malchiel ; the family the
a And they flood before Mo- mount Abarim, and fee the land
:

of the Malchielites. Libnitcs, the family of the Heb. :

fes. and
before Eleazar the pricft, which I have given unto the chil-
family of the Mahl-
46 And the name of the daugh- ronitcs, the the piinces, and all dren of Ifrael.
itcs, the famdy of the
Muft.tes, a nd before
te of Aflier was Sarah. the congregation, by the door of 13 And when thou haft fcen
the Korathitcs:
47 Thefc *rc the families of the family of the tabernacle of the congrega- it, thou alfo (halt be gathered
begat Amram.
the ions of After, according to and Kohath tion, faying, unto thy people, as Aaron thy
59 And the name of Amram ^
*
thofc that were numbered of
the daughter 3 Our father died in the wil- brother was gathered.
them wbi were fifty and three wife -was Jochebcd,
:
dernefs, and he was not in the 14 For ye rebelled againft my
thoufand and four hundred. of Levi, whom her mother bare to
Egypt: and foe bare un- company of them that gathered commandment, (in the defert of
48 1 Of thefons of Naphtali Levi in themfelves together againft the Zin, in the ftrifc of the coitgre-
after their families ; of Jahzeel, to Amram, Aaron and Mcles,
Lord in the company of Korah ; gation,) to lanclify me at the
the family of the Jahzeelites ; of and Miriam
their filter.
but died in his own fin, and had water lie fore ihtir eyes : that if
Guni, the familv of the Gunites ; 60 And unto Aaron was the water of Meribah in Kadclb,
no fons.
49 Of Jezer, 'the family of the Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar 4 Why ftould the name of our in the wildernefs of Zin.
Jezcritcs: of Shillem, the family Ithamar. father be done away from among 15 f And Mofcs fpake unto
01 And Nadab and Abihu d
if the Shillcmites. his family, becaufc he hath no the Lord, laying,
50 Thefc are the families of cd,
when they offered Orange b give unto us therefore a pof-
fori .'
16 Let the Lord, the God of
Naphtali, according. to their fami- before the
Lord.
Allien among the brethren of our the fpirits of all Heft, fet a man
lies and they that were number- 62 And thofe that were num father. over the congregation,
ed of them, -were forty and five bercd of
them were twenty and
5 And Mofes brought their 17 Which may go out before
thoufand and four hundred. three thoufand, all males from caufe before the Lord. them, and which may go in Le*
and upward: for
« Thefe were the numbered a month old 6 «f And the Lord fpake unto fore them, and which may lead
were not numbered among
of the children of Ifrael, fix him- they Mofes, faying, them out, and which may bring
of Ifrael, becaufc
dred thoufand, and a thoufand the children 7 The daughters of Zelophehad them in; that the congregation
feven hundred and thirty. there was no inheritance Sjwf fpeak right thou fhalt finely give of theLoRD be not
as ftccp which
I

the children of Ifiael.

el 1 And the Loud Ipake unto them among them a poffeflion of an inherit- have no ftepherd.
were
Mofes favin? °3 1 Thefc ere they that aoce among their fathers breth-
by Mofcs and Eleazar 18 «|* And the Lord faid unto
the land (hall be numbered
53 Unto th'efe ren; and thou (bait caufe the in
Mofcs, 'lake thec Jofiiua the fon
pried, who numbered the
divided for an inheritance, accor- the peritance of their father to pafs of Nun, a
man is whom is the
number names. children of Iirael in the plajw of
.ding to the of
54 To many thou (halt give the Moab,
by Jordan near J""*
thefc there wai
-
Ta 8 And ..'I , ,
thou fhalt fpeak unto him.
frhit, and Say thine hand upon

more inheritance, and to few 64 But among the children of Ifrael, faying.
If 19 And fet him before Eleazar
them whom Mofcl
thou (hall gitethelef* inheritance: not a man of a man die, and have no fon,
then the pricft, and before all thecon-
to everyone (hall his inheritance and
Aaron the pneft niimbeied, ye mall caufe bis
inheritance to grcgat ion : and give him a charge
be given, according to thofc that when they
numbered the children Pals unto his daughter.
in their fight.
swefc numbered of him.
55 Notwithflanding, the land
lhall be divided by lot : according them,
of

They
the wildernefs o Si
Ifrael in
65 For the Lord had {aid
/n*"/"" * d e
1 '
9
the
into
ni
n
ilM
uV
he haV n

,r n
K- ?f
=U ,ter
^
hlS ,nhcntan« ,
'
H
?° thou m fi*< of
thine honour upon him, that all
the congregation of the children
to the names of the tribes of tbeir the wildernefs. And there v ,
An f'S t "
1DAnu ,f hc hare no brethren, of Ifrael may
10 t
left a man of them, fave
Ca be obedient.
not
lathers they ftaU inherit. K3 ai And
 :

NUMBERS. CHAP. XXIX.

IT And he (hall fland before thou offer at even: as the meat-
Eleazar the pricft, who lhall a(k offering of the morning, and as this month the feaft; feven
is 29 feveral tenlh-deal untoA
drink-offering thereof, thou days fhall unleavened bread be one lamb, throughout
tounfel for him, after the judg- the the feven
ment of Urim hefore the Lord : (halt offsr it, a facrificc made by taten. lambs:
at his word lhall they go out, fire of a fweet favour
unto the ,8 In the firft day fhall be an 30 And one kid of the goats,
and at his word they fhall come Lord. t holy convocation; ye lhall do no to make an atonement for you.
in, bolb be, and all the children 9 ^ And on the fabbath-day, manner of femle work /£««». 31 Ye fhall offer them befides
of Ifrael with him, even ail the two lambs of the firft year with- 19 But ye fhall offer a facrifice the continual burnt offering, and
congregation. out fpot, and two tenth-deals of made by fire for a burnt offering his meat-offering,
(they lhall be
Lord; two young
22 And Mofes did as the Lord flour /«r a meat-offering mingled „nto the bul- unto you without blemifh.) and,
commandfd him and he took with oil, and the drink-offering
:
locks, and one ram, and feven their drink-offerings.

Jofhua and fct him before Elcazar thereof. •! lambs of the firft year: they fhall XXIX. CHAP.
the prieft, and before all the
t

10 This is the burnt-offenng of be unto you without blemifh. A ND

in the feventh month,
congregation. every fabbath ; befide the coriti- 20 And their mcat-offeringyW/ £\ 011
mingled with oil : three yc lhall have an holy convocati-
the firft day of the month,
23 And he laid his hands upon nual burnt-offering, and his drink be of flour

fiim, and gave him a charge, as

the Lord commanded by the
offering. ...
II 1 And in the beginnings of
tenth-deals fhall ye offer for a on; ye fhall do no fervile work;
bullock, and two tenth-deals for it is a day of blowing the trump-

hand of Mofes. your months ye fhall offer a burnt a ram : c ts unto you.
CHAP. XXVIII. offering unto the Lord; two 21 A feveral tenth-deal llialt 2 And ye fhall offer a burnt*

AND the Lord fpake nnto young bullocks, and one ram,
Mofes, faying, feven lambs of the firft year with-
thou offer for every lamb.through- offering for a fweet favour unto
out the feyen lambs: theLoRD.or.c young bullock, one
2 Command the children of out fpot. 22 And one goat for a fin-of- ram, Eleven lambs of the firft
12 And three tenth-deals of fenng, to make an atonement year without blcmilh
Ifrael, and fay unto them, My
mingled f0ry
offering, and my bread for my fa- flour for a meat-offeiing °?; „ .. <r , ,
3 And their nicat-offcring/W/
orifices made by fire, f.r a fweet with oil, for one
bullock, and • 23 Ye fhall offer thefe befide be o/flour mingled with oil, three
for a the burnt-offering in the morn- tenth-ueais for a bullock and
favour unto me, fhall ye obferve two tenth-deals of flour two
mingled with oil, ing, which is for a continual tenth-deals for a
to offer unto mc in their due meat-offering lam,
burnt-offering.
feafon. for one ram, 4 And one tenth-deal for one
13 And a feveral tenth-deal of 24 After this manner ye fhall lamb,
3 And thou fhalt fay unto offer daily throughout the feven hmbs:
throughout the feven
them, This is the offering made flour mingled with o\\ for a meat-
days, the meat of the facrifice 5 And one kid of the goats for
hy fire which ye (hall offer unto offering, unto one lamb, for made by fire, of a fweet favour a fin-offering,
the Lord: two h.r,!,; efthc firft burnt-offering of a fweet favour, to make an atone-
nnto the Lord : it fhall be offered ment
without fpot, day by day, a faciificc made by fire unto the for you •
year befide the continual burnt-offer-
Lord. 6 Befide the burnt-offering of
for a continual burnt-offering.
3
... », , ing, and his drink-offering.
the month, and his meat-offering,
14 And their dr. nk-offcnr,g»
4 The one lamb fhalt thou of- a J And on the feventh day ye and the
fhall be half an h.n of wine xm daily burni-offering, and
fer in the morning, and the other HiaMhave an holy convocation his
Jamb fhalt thou offer afeven ; a bullock, and the third part ; meat-offering.andtluirdrink-

5 And a tenth part of an ephah

min-
an
part
hin unto a ram, and a fourtH
of an h.n unto lamb:^ this
,A « fir "I
C rk "
T
ao 1 Alfo inthe day of the manner,
-
offerings, according unto their
for a fweet favour, a
of flour for a meat-offering, firft-f,u,rs, when ye bring
b"'nt-offenng 0, e*ery a new facrificc made by fire unto the
gled with the fourth part of an ,s the meat-offering unto the Lord, af-
beaten month throughout the months ter your weeks 4,
Lord.
hin of oil.
7 f And ye fhall have on die
<,«/,ye (hall have
6 It is a continual burnt-offer- the year, an holy convocation;
ye fhall do tenth dajof this feventh month
15 And one k,d of he
goats
ing, which was ordained in mount no fer.ilework
tl e Lord an holy convocation : and ye fhall
Sinai for a fweet favour, a facri- for a fin-offering,unto
made by unto the Lord,
fire lhallbe offered, bef.dcs the con- otterng for a fweet favour
fice unto any work therein.
there- tinual burnt-offering, and Jin
7 And thedrink offcring D ! tW bu,,ocks -
of (hall be the fourth tart of an drink-offering. I one ram f °. * But ye fhall offer a bumt-of-
16 And in the fourteen h,day * tR {"'WS Unt thc L °*° a fwcct
Jin for the one lamb ; in the holy pallov
yclr '
:
°
favour, one f*
of the firft month ii the 28*An^.k young bullock, one
flaee flialt thon caufe the ftrong
• .

•*inc to be poured unto the Lord of the Lord. . . flour mbe£r

8
™2 t
"°ff
w,th 0|1
fin
f
° fram '
thr « y«r. they fhall be unto you with-
*ven lambs of the firft
J7 And in the fifteenth day tenth 11 S unto one '
for a dri.,k-offering w
8 And the othei lamb fhalt XX*S mo OQe bu,,ock
^nth-deals
raDlj
>
tw ° « ut
K
bie m'fo-
4 9 And
 : : M

NUMBERS. ven bullocks, two rams, fourteen 32 * And on the Seventh day
CHAP. XXX.
3 If a woman al(b vow a vow
And their mcat-offering./&<»//
feven bullocks, two rams, and unto the Lord, and bind her/elf
be of flour mingled wit h oil, three lambs of the firft year without
fourteen lambs of the lirft year by a bond, be'ng in her father's
tenth-deals to a bullock, and two blemilh
without blemilh houfc in her youth;
21 And their meat-offering,
:

tenth-deals to one ram,

for the 33 And their meat-offering, 4 And her father hear her vow,
10 A feveral tenth-deal for one and their drink-offerings, and their drink-offerings, for the and her bond wherewith Ihehath
lamb, throughout the feven bullocks, fortheranis. andforthe
bullocks, for the rams, and for hound her foul, and her father
lambs: lambs, Jball be according to their
manner : the lambs, jball be according to lhall hold his peace at her then :

11 One kid of the goats for a number, after the

.>

fin-offering, befule the fin-offer- 21 Ami one goat for a fin -of-
the continual burnt
ing of atonement, and the conti- ferin ;, bcf.de
his meat-otttnng,
nual burnt-offering, and the offering, anJ
drink-offering,
meat-offering of it, and their and his
2 3 1 *..d on the fourth day
drink-offerings.
bullocks, two rams, «2»rffour-
iz % And on the fifteenth day ten
firft year with-
their number, after the manner: all her vows flnll ftand, and eve-
34 And one goat for a fin-of- ry bond, wherewith (he hath
fering, befide the continual burnt bound her foul, (hall ftand.
offering, his meat-offering, and 5 But if her father difallow her
his drink-offering. in the day that he hcareth; not
35 *t
°ntne eighth day yc any of her vows, or of her bonds,
(hall have a folemn aftcmbly ye wherewith (he hath bound her
:

of the feventhmonth.ye fhall have teen lambs of the (hall do no fervile work therein, foul, (hall (land: and the Lord
an holy convocation; ye mail do out blemilh 36 But ye lhall offer a burnt- (hall forgive her, becaufe her fa-
no fervile work, and ye (hall keep 24 Their meat offering, and a facrificc made by fire,
offering, ther difallowed her.
drink-offerings, tor the bul-
a fcaft unto the Lord feven days, their of a fweet favour unto the Lord, 6 Or if ibc had at all an huf-
rams, and for the
13 And ye fhall offer a burnt- locks, for the one bullock, one ram, feven lambs band when (he vowed, or uttered
be according to their
offering, a facrificc made by fire, lambs, Jball of the firft year without blemilh: ought out of her lips, wherewith
after the manner:
of a fweet favour unto the Lord; number, 37 Their meat-offering, and flic bound her foul;
thirteen young bullocks, two 25 And one kid of the goats
befule the con their drink-offerings, for the bul- 7 Andher hulband heard it,
rams, and fourteen lambs of the for a fin-offering, lock, for the ram, and for the and held his peace at her in the
firft year, they fhall be without
tmual burnt-offering, his mea
lambs, fliall be according to their day that he heard it: then her
b emn
l V offering, and his drink-offering.
26 1 And on the fifth day nine
number, after the manner: vows fhall ftand, and her bonds t
14 And their meat-offering^// 38 And one goat for a fin of- wherewith (he bound her foul,
flour mingled with oil, three bullocks two rams and fourteen
be of fering, befide the continual burnt (hall ftand.
the firft year without
tenth-deals unto every bullock of lambs of offering, and his meat-offering, 8 But if her hufband difallow
the thiiteen bullocks, two tenth- fpot : .
and his drink-offering. her on the day that he heard it;
deals to each ram of the two rams, 27 A"d their meat-ofTenng,
39 Theft things ye lhall do un- then he (hall make her vow which
their dimk-offenngs, for the
ic And a feveral tenth-deal to and to the Lordyour fet feafts,
in (he vowed, and that which (he
-.bullocks for the rams, and for
each lamb of the fourteen lambs befides your vows, and your free- uttered with her lips, wherewith
Jball be according to
16 And one kid of the goats the lambs,
for a fin-offering, befide the con-
their number, after the ™™«» will-offerings, for your burnt-of-
fcrings, and for your meat-offer-
(he bound her foul, of none effect;
and the Lord fliall forgive her.
tinual burnt-offering, his meat- 2% And one goat for a fin-of- iags, and for your drink-offerings,
fering, befule the conunualbu n
- 9 But every vow of a w idow,
otTering, and his drink-offering, and for, your peace-offerings. and of her that is divorced,
17 1 And on the fecond
day offering, and his meat-offering, 40 And Mofes told the chil- wherewith they have bound their
,e Jball ofer twelve young
bul- and his drink-offering. drenoflfrael.accordingto all that fouls, lhall ftand againft her.
locks, two rams, fourteen lambs a 9 1 And on the fixth day the Lord commanded Mofes.
bullocks, two rams ana 10 And
vowed in her
if (he
of the firft year without fpot : eight
lambs of the tirlt year
CHAP. XXX. hufband's houic, or bound her
18 And their meat-offering, fourteen
and their drink-offerings, for the without blemilh: meat-offei.ng,
AND Mofes fpake unto the foul by a bond with an oath;
heads of the tribes, con- 11 And her hufband heard?'/,
bullocks, In the rams, and for 3° And their cerning the children of Ifracl, and held his peace at her, and
be according to and their drink-offering*, for tnc "ying, This is the thing which difallowed her not: then all her
the lambs, Jball
for the rams, and for
their number, after the manner: bullocks the Lord hath commanded. vows (hall ftand, and every bond,
the lambs, Jh.,!l be according
19 And one kid of the goats * If a man vow a vow unto wherewith (he bound her fouJ,
their number, after the manner:
for a'fin-offering, befide the conti- the Lord, or fwear an oath to (hall ftand.
fm-01
nual burnt oHe. ing. and the meat 3* And one goat Jot a bind his foul with
u bond; he xz But if her hufband hath ut-
the continual bu
offering thereof, and their drink- fering, befide inall not break
his word, he (hall terly made them void on the day
offering hjs ineat-offering,
offerings. «j according to all that proceed- he heard them;
* then whatfoever
20 1 And on the third day cle- his dnak-oflcring. cm out ot his mouth. K proceeded
J
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And they warred againft the kill every woman
that hath
CHAP. XXXT.
which went out to battle; one
proceeded out of her lips concern- 7
as the Lord com- Known man by lying with him. foul of five hundred, both of the
ing her vows, or concerning the Midianites,
18 But all the women children perfons, and of the beeves, and
bond of her foul, fhall not ftand : manded Mofcs, and they
flew all
that have not known a man by of the aflls, and of the Iheep.
her hufband hath made them void the males.
8 And they flew the kings of lying with him, keep alive for ao Take it of their half, and
and the Lord (hall forgive her.
Midian, befide the reft of them yoiiifelves. give it unto Eleazar the prieft,
13 Every vow, and every bind-
3ng oath to afflia the foul, her that were flain;
namely, Evi, and 19 And do ye abide without for an heave-orTcring of the Lord.
hufband may eftablifh it, or her Rekcm, and Zur, and Her,
and
.
the camp feven days: whofoever 3° And of the children of !f-
Reba, five kings of Midian Ba- hath killed any perfon, and who- raePs half, thou fhaJt take one
hufband mav make it void. :

fon of Bcor they foever hath touched any flain, portion of fifty, of the perfons,
14 But if'her hufband altoge- laam alfo the
purify both yeurfcrves and your of the beeves, of the afles, and
ther hold his peace at her, from flew with the fword
captives, on the third day, and of the flocks, of all manner of
clay to day; then he eftabliflieth 9 And the children of Ifrael
vows, or all her bonds took all the women of Midian on the feventh day. beads, and give them unto the
all her
whichfl^upon her: heconfirmeth captives, and their little ones, ao And purify all your raiment Lcvites, which keep the charge
them, becaufe he held his peace and took the fpoil of all
their and all that is made of /kins, and of the tabernacle of the Lord.
their flocks, and all work of goats hair, and all 3* And Mofes and Eleazar
at her, in the day that he heard cattle, and all
all their goods. things made of wood. the prieft did as the Lord corn-
them,
io And
they burnt all their 31 1 And Eleazar the prieft manded Mofcs.
15 But if he (hall any ways
faid unto the men of war which 3 2 And the booty, being the
make them void after that he cities wherein they dwelt, and all
with fire, went to the battle, This is the reft of the prey which the men
liath heard them; then he fhall their goodly catties
bear her iniquity. "
And they took all the ordinance of the law which the of war had caught, was fix hund-

. E$ Theft 4tt the ftatutcs which

fpoil, and all the prey, both of Lord commanded Mofes; red thoufand, and feventy thou-
the Lord commanded Moles, men and of beads. A %% Only the gold, and the fil- fand, and five thoufand Iheep.
between a man and his wife, be- II And they brought the cap- Ter, the brafs, the iron, the tin, 33 And threefcore and twelve
and the lead, thoufand beeves,
tween the father and his daugh- tives, and the prey, and the fpoil
ter, being yet in her vouth in her unto Mofes
and Eleazar the pried %2 Every thing that may abide 34 And threefcore and one
' a»d unto the congregation of the the fire, ye (hall make it go thoufand a lies,
father's houfe.
CHAP. XXXI. children of Ifrael, unto the camp through the fire, and it fhall be 35 And thirty and two thou-
which are clean: neverthelefs it fhall be fand perfons in all, of women
A*CD the Lonn fpake unto at the plains of Moab,
purified with the water of fepara- that had not known man by lying
Mofcs, faying, by Jordan near Jericho,
tion: and all that abideth not with him.
a Avenge the children of Ffrael 13 t And Mofes, and Eleazar
princes of the fire, ye fhall make go through 3< And the half -which -was the
of the Midianites: afterward (halt the pried, and all the
the water. portion of them that went out
thou be gathered unto thy people, the congregation, went
forth to
i And Mofcs fpake unto the meet them without
the camp, %4 And ye fhall warn your to war, was in number three
clothes on the feventh day, and hundred thoufand, and feven and
people, faying, Arm fome of 14 And Mofes was wroth with
holt, with the ye fhall be clean, and afterward thirty thoufand and five hundred
yourfclves unto the war, and let the officers of the
ye fhall come into the camp. fcecp
them go againft the Midianites, captains over thoufands, and
cap-
which came aj \ And the Lord fpake 37 And the Lord's tribute of
and avenge the Lord of Midian. tains over hundreds, unto Mofes, faying, the fheep was fix hundred and
4 Of every tribe a thoufand, from the battle, a6 Take the fum of the prey three fcore and fifteen,
throughout all the tribes of Ifra- 15 And Mofes faid unto them,
that was taken, both of man and
Have ye faved all the women 38 And the beeves were thirty
el, (hall ye fend to the war. of beaft, thou, and Eleazar the and fix thoufand, of which
alive ? tfre
5 So there were delivered out .
pneft, and the chief fathers
16 Behold, thefe caufed the of Lord's ti.ibute -was threefcore
of the thoufands of Ifrael, a the congregation
the and twelve.
thoufand of every tribe, twelve children of Ifrael, through ;

counfel of Balaam, to commit 27 And divide the prey into two 39 And the afTes mere thirty
thoufand arm-d for war. I*rts
Lord in the between thcrn that took thoufand and five hundred, of
6 And Moft^ fent them to the trefpafs againft the
;

the war upon them, who

war, a thoufand of wry tribe, matter of Peor;
and there was ft went which the Lord's tribute -was
out to battle, and between
congregation all the threefcore and one.
them and Phinehas the fon of E- plague among the congregation.
leazar the prieft, to the war, with of the Lord.
40 And the perfons -were fix-
d leT ? a tribu te unto teen
the holy inftruments, and the 17 Now therefore kill every •k t
thoufand, of which the
*he Lor d men of war, Lord's tribute wi
trumpets to blow, in bis hand, male among the little ones, and f the thirty and
K 6 two
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NUMBERS. feven hundred and fifty fhekc

CHAP. XXXII.
two performs, difcouraged the them on yonder fide Jordan, or
the land, they
41 And. Mofes gave the tribute 53 fForthemcn of war
heart of the children of Ifracl, forward ; becaufe our inheritance
which -was: the Lord's heave-of- taken fpoil, every man for mould not go into the is fallen to us on this fide Jordan
that they
fering unt»;o Eleazar the pricft, as felf.) Lord had given caft -ward.
Jand which the
the Lord commanded Mofes. 54 And Mofes and Elcazar the 20 ^ And Mofes faid unto
4a Andjl of the children of If- pricft took the gold of the cap-
the*' ,i_f
jo And the Lord s anger was them, If ye will do this thing, if
racl's halff, which Mofes divided tains of thoufands, andofhund-
kindled the fame time, and he ye will go armed before the
from the men that warred. reds, and brought it into the ta-
1
fw;sre, faying, Lord to war,
43 (Noow the half that pertained bcrnaclc of the congregation, for II Surely none of the men that 21 And will go all of you arm-
unto the ccongrcgation, was three a m-morial for the children of
came up out of Egypt, from tw en- ed over Jordan before the Lor d,
hundred thoufand, and thirty Ifracl before the Loud. old and upward, (hall until he hath driven out his ene-
ty years
thoufand,, and feven thoufand and CHAP. XXXII.
{cc the land
which I fwarc unto mies from before him,
five hundi red fhecp,
44 Anod thiity and fix thou-
NOwandthethe
children of Reuben,
children of Gad,
Abraham, unto Ifaac, and unto 22 And the land be fuhducd
Jacob ; becaufe they have not before the Lord: then after-
fand bccv»cs, had a very great multitude
wholly followed me ward ye fliall return, andbeguilt-
45 Amd thirty thoufand alTes cattle and when they faw ;
iz Save Caleb the fon of Je- lefs before the Lord, and before
and five hhundrcd, land of Jazer, and the lan phunnch the Kenezite, and Jo- Ifracl ; and this land fhall be
46 An«,d fixtccn thoufand per- Gilead, that behold, the Ihua the fon of Nun : for they your poiTclTIon before the Lord.
fons,) WM a place for cattle ;
have wholly followed the Load. 23 But if ye will not do fo, be-
47 Evoenof the children of If- a The children of Gad,
13 And the Lord's anger was hold ye have finned again!} the
rael's haljf, Mofes took one por- the children of Reuben came a kindled againft Ifrael, and he Lord and be furo your fin will
:

tion of nifty, both of man and of fpake unto Mofes, and to Elea- made them wander in the wil- find you out.
beaft, anid gave them unto the zar the pi icft, and unto the rJrin* dcrnefs forty years, until all the 24 Build ye cities for your
Levites, whkh kept the charge ccs of the congregation, faying, generation that had done evil in little ones, and folds for your
of the taibeinaclc of the Lord; 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and the fight of the Lord wascon- ihecp; and do that which hath
as the Loord commanded Mofes. Jazer, and Nimrah, and Helh- furocd. proceeded out of your mouth.
48 ^ AAnd the officers which bon, and Elealeh, and Shcban, 14 And behold, ye are rifen up 25 And the children of Gad,
were ovenr thoufands of the hoft, and Ncbo, and Bcon ; in your fathers ftcad, an incrcafc and the children
of Reuben fpake
the capkains of thoufands, and 4 Eve.i the country which the men,
of finful to augment yet unto Mofes, faying, Thy fervants
captains of hundreds, came near LoRDfmote before the congrega- the anger of the Lord
fierce to- will do as my lord commanded).
umo Mo#fes : tion of Ifrael, is a land forcatt ward Ifracl. 26 Our little ones, our wives,
49 Amd they faid unto Mofes, and thy fervants have cattle, 15 For if ye turn away from our flocks, and all our cattle, mail
thy fervajints have taken the fum 5 Wherefore, faid they, if after him, he will yet again leave be there in the
cities of Gilcad.
of the mesn of war which arcundcr have found grace in thy fig them in the wildernefs, and ye 27 But thy fervants will pafs
our change, and there lacketh let this land be given unto t fliall dcilroy all this over, every man armed for war,
people.
not one i man of us. fervantsfora pcflcifion, and bring 16 ^ And they came near un- before the Lord
50 Woe have therefore brought us not over Jordan,
to battle, as my
to him, and faid, We
will build lord finth.
an oblatiiion for the Lord, what 6 \ And
Mofes faid unto X Ihcep-folds here for our cattle,
2% So concerning them Mofes
every maun hath gotten, of jewels, children of Gad, and to the and cities for our little
ones. commanded Eleazar the pricft,
of gold l# chains, and bracelets, dren of Reuben, ihall your br 17 But we ourfelvcs will go and Jofliua the fon
and tablets, ren go to war, and (hall ye fit her<
of Nun^ and
rings, cear-rings, ready armed before the children
the chief fathers of the tribes of
to make an atonement for our 7 And wherefore difcourage oflirael, until we have
brought the children of Ifrael
fouls befe'ore the Lord, ye the heart of the children of tnem unto their place : and our
29 And Mofes iaid unto them,
51 Anud Mofes and Eleazar the Ifracl from going over into the httlc ones (hall dwell
in the If the children of Gad, and the
prieft tcook the gold of them, land which the Lor d hath given fenced cities, becaufe of
the in- children of Reuben will pafs with
even all wrought jewels. them ? habitant!, of the land.
you over Jordan, every man arm-
52 Annd all the gold of the of- 8 Thus did your fathers, whe 18 We will not return unto
ed to battle before the Lord,
fering thflat they offered up to the I fent them from KadeuVbarnea our houfes, until the
children of and the land (hall be fubdued
Lord, cpf the captains of thou- to fee the land. 'irael have be-
inherited every man fore you then
ye fhall give them
9 Fer when they went up un-
;
funds, aand of the captains of "»s inheritance:
the land of Gilead for a pofTef-
hundredis, was futccn thoufand to the valley of Elhcol, and fa* '9 For wc will not inherit with fion
;
 - °

NUMBERS.
And Nobah went and took
CHAP. XXXIII.
thcv will not pafs 4* to And they removed from E- 27 And they departed from
&JS££U V.
R.tt if
fill Kcnath and the villages there-
lim, and
encamped by the Red Tahath, and
pitched at Tarah.
And they removed from
. . .,
U ,

And they removed from the Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.

Red fea, and encamped in the 29 And they went from Mith-
wddernefsof Sin. cah, and pitched in Hafhmonah.
X
ft-
fwcred faying, As the Lord
thy fcrvants ' fo

armed the
children

^w^iei^y
hand of Mofes and Aaron.
ol wruct»
„ And they took their jour- 30 And they departed from
rey out of the w'ldernefs of Sin, Halhmonah, aad encamped at
and encamped in Dophkah.
13 And they departed from
Mofcroth.
,* We will pafs over 31 And they departed from
* And Mofes
beforeThe LoRD^nto the land of
Canaan that the
prhWitanceonfhis
pofleflion
fide Jor-
^^^-d^
of ings out, according to
™"<*™J*>
their jour-
Dophkah, and encamped in A- Mofcroth, and pitched
lu(h.
14 And they removed from
Alufo, and encamped at Rephi- Bcne-jaakan, and
jaakan.
in Bcne-

32 And they removed from

journeys according to thcirgoing, encamped at

Mofts gave unto them, dim, where was no water for the Hor-hagidgad
and out.
even to the children of Gad, Bj.
people to drink. 33 And they went from Hor-
jA»d the)jdIqjrtcd f«o»
SU.. children of Reuben, and 3
mefes in the firft month, on the
15 And they departed from bagidgad, and pitched in Jotba-
unto half the tribe of Manafleh Rephidim, and pitched id the thah.
kingdom fifteenth day of the firfl month :
th fol of Jofeph, the Wild r efS SiDa5,
34 And theT r€mo "d from
of S hon kingof he Amorites,
on the morrow after the paflbver / A ,°[k ac
16 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped
r
Og king of the children of lfrael went out the defert of Sinai, and pitched ronah
at Eb-
an ^ thTkingLm of
m
the fight
cities with an high hand M
Balhan, the land with the al K ib

thereof in the coafts, even the of all the Egyptians. v

17 , n.
And
t

^
i"
h
they 'r
b*
> a 4 r..
departed from Ebronah, and
35 And they de P»rted from
encamped at Ezi-
4 (For the Egyptians
buried
ofthe country round about. Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamp- on-gaber
Jit
34 1 And the
children of Gad all fW firft-born,
ed la C h 36 And th <V remo "d from
and Lord had/mitten among them i ?K "
t
r2 a
18 And they departed from Ezion-gaber, and
f
built Dibon, and Ataroth,
;

j* ^ cr upon their gods alio the Lord Hazeroth, and pitched in Rith- wildernefs
pitched in the

And Atroth,Shophan,and Judgments ) mah. dcfli.

of ^LfSSki
35 the children of lfrael
Jogbebah, J And 19 And they departed from
JTaazer and 8 37 And they removed from
3 6 A;5

37
Beth-

And
the
nimrah,and

children
Beth- removed from
jLn fenced cities : and folds pitched in Su.oth.
Ramcfes,

of Ren- Succoth, and pitched

and

in Etham,
^^ R.thmah, and pitched at Rim- Kadcfh, and

u
ao And they departed from Edom.
a

Par"' a " d Pitched 5

1 ,

"
pitched in mount
Hor « in thc ed « c ^
the land of

38 And Aaro » the P»cft went

Elealeh, whlchfc in the edge of the
w,l- ffc,h
ben built Hefhbon, and n P in "> mount Hor, at the com-
^
'"Wid Nelo, and Baal-meon ^ And they removed from E-
turned again unto P -
I iklk

«A„ltl
\ yj
*
P,,
e 0y d
?
ed,t R i
,

.J
r om man dment of

wIT
h
.
thc Lord, and
died thcre in thc fortieth year!
( their names being
Shibmah : and gave
changed)
other
and
names
tham, and
hahiroth, which u before Baa
>

Rifllh ,1
Riflah, f'lrf^^
'

and pitched in KeheJa- come out of

after ^
children of lfrael were
the land of Egypt,
zephon : and they pitched before
into the cities which they build- »
thenrft A, of the fifth minrh
ed
',9 And the children of Machir

the fon of
lead, and
Manafleh
took it, and
went toGi-
Mlgdol.

fore
8 And they departed from be-
Pi-hahiroth,
difpoflef- through the midft of
and pal ed
the fea in-
T/An^k
tenth .fj ^.."KS
Staphs
2A AnA »k
t>!7
P

7
rC
-

m
.
f
v

,
VCd fr° m
1
,

mouDt an d
u ^
m Kche " 3 9 And Aaron wa> an hundred
When be d ' e<l
and tbree r«» old
mOUnt Hor -
And kin « Arad thc Cana-
M the
40 And
Amorite
Mofes
which
gave Gilead
in it.

un-
to the w.ldcrnefs an d went three
days journey in the w de.neft of
•»ou„t
fcHarJSh
P *
3
^°
encam Pcd amte (which dwelt in the foutb,

t^^^sz a»
the ,and of Ca,,aan hc «d of
to Machir the fon of Manafleh ; Etham,
and pitched in Marah. M And th, a r )
therein. 9 And they removed from Ma ° f the chudren
°f
and he dwelt
Manaf- rah, and came unto Ehm : and
41 And lair the fon of
41 And the y departed from
the fmall in Elim -were twelve fountains of 26 AnA ,u. , «•

fch went tnd took removed from ,nou, "or, and pitched in Zal-
and threefcore and te»
't
Wakheloth »7a
5U; thereof, and called them water
Tahatn
"camped J
at monah.
Jiavotb-jair. '
1° An«| 4» And they departed from
Zatowib.
 NUMBERS. 55 But if you will not drive
Pu-
CHAP. XXXV.
Zalmonah, and pitched in
9 5 And thefcorder fhall go on dren of Simeon, Shemucl the fon
'
out the inhabitants of the land and the goings out of Ammihnd.
to Zipbron,
then >t fcall
"S And they departed from from before you; of it fliaU be at
Hazar-enan; this 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin,
come to pafs, that theft which ye
Puaon, and pitched in Oboth. fliall be your north-border. Elidad the fon of Chiflon.
a a And they departed from let remain of them fiah be pricks 10 An<l ye fhall point out your 22 And the prince of the tribe
>n your eyes and thorns in your
Oboth, and pitched in Ijc-aba- ea ft* border from Hazar-enan to of the children of Dan, Bukki
border of Moab. hdes, and (hall vex you in the Shcpham. the fon of Jogli.
"m, in the
And they departed from land wherein ye dwell 11 And the coaft fhall go down 23 The prince of the children
45
5$ Moreover, > (hall come to from Shcpham to Rib Ian, 00 the of Jofcph, for the tribe of the
Hi? a nd pitched in Dibon-gad. pafs, that I (hall do unto you, as
46 And they removed from eart-fide of Ain ; and the border children of ManaiTeh, Hannicl
Al- thought to do unto^hem. fhall defcend, and fhall reach un- the fon of Eph; d.
Dibon-gad, and encamped in 1

to the fide of the fca of Chinnc- 24 And the prince ofjthe tribe
TA ,
7
'
JJblathaim
from A Nd the
Aoft'heT removedpitched
and iTx Mofes, faying,
a Command the children of.f.
Loan f,»ke unto
reth cart-ward. of the children of Ephraim, Ke-
12 And the border fliall go muel, the fon of Shiphtan.
i^S momuS; of AbarL, be- down to Jordan, and the goings 25 And the prince of the tribe
/ w^hr» rae '> a1 "' a y mito thtm '
' hcn w out of it lhall be at the fait fca ; of the child ren of Zebulun, EJi-
departed from ye come into the land of Canaan this fhall be your land with the zaphan'the fon of Parnach.
Y* And thev y P
thfm^ntins of barim, and (this is the land that (hall fall
A coafls thereof round about. 26 And the prince of the tribe
by unto you for an inheritance eve, 13 And Mofcs commanded the of the children of Illachar, Pal-
Pitched in the plains of Moab,
tne land of Canaan with the childien of Ifrael, faying, TniftfJ tiel the fon of Azzan.
Jordan near Jericho.

* rte«^
f
u to AbCmittim!
-----
<*^X£^&^£%&Z in
the land which ye (hall inherit by 27 And the prince of the tribe^
lot, which the Lord commanded of the children of Afhtr, Ahihud'
to give unto the nine tribes, and the fon of Shelomi.
to the half-ti itc. *8 And the prince of the tribe
«o fpake un- and your fouth-border (1, a 11 be
S"nd thc Lo«d 14 For the tribe of the chil- of the children ot Naphtali, Pc-
plain, of Moab, the outmoft coart of the falt-fta dren of Reuben, according to dahel the fon of Aminihud.
to Moft^ in the
eaft-ward the houfc of their fathers, and 29 Thcfe are tbey whom the
by Tordan near Jericho, faying, _

7 children of 4 And your bo, dn Hull turn the tribe of the children of Gad, Lorp commanded to divide the
it Speak unto the
Ifrael and fay unto them,
When from the Couth to the afcent of according to the houfe of their inheritance unto the children of
paflbd over Jordan, into Akrabbim, and Pals on to Zin : fathers, have received their tube- IfracI in the land of Canaan.
yeTre
tH Kaddh -bar-
r\tance and half the tribe
% of CHAP. XXXV.
a-e be from the Couth to ManaiTih have received their in- A Nd the Lord fpake unto
5 Mt,i
out all
from nea and hall So onto Haar. hcriunce. £\ Mofes in the plains of Mo-
the inhabitants of the land m A
their addar and pafs or, to 15 ihc two trihes and the half ab, by Jordan near Jericho, faying,
before you, and dedroy all
5 And the border thai 1
fetch tribe have received their inheri-
p»u7es. and deftroy all their 2 Command the children of
£n images, and quite pluck
down all their high places.
compafs from Azmon n to the
river of Lgypt and th go mgl
tanccon this fide Jordan, ticsr Ifracl, that they give unto the
Jericho, cart- ward toward the Lcvites of the inheritance of their
out of it (hall be at the lea. lun r,r,r
ci And ye (hall diCpofTeCs the 'S- pofleffion, cities to dwell in : and
and dwell 6 And ,.r the weftern bor-
„ 16 1 And the Lord fpake ye faMgive alb unto the Levitcs
Jaluittof the land,
therein ; for 1 have given you the der, jo^^cn hav e the great U
°!°
-ll / fayi f
? '
fuburbs for thc dties round about
for » bor dcr • this ,haU Inefe
land to polTeCs it.
, ,
/« K
weft-border.
.
17 are the names of the them.
men which (hull divide thc land
ca And ye lhall divide the land yovr 3 And the cities fhall they
among 7 And this (hall be your north- unto you : Eleazar the pricrt,
and have to dwell in, and the fuburbs
byYot for "an inheritance
the more ye border from the great fca, you jouma the fon of Nun.
of them fhall be for their cattle,
vour families, and to ;

more inheritance, (hall po.nt out for you mount is And ye lhall take one
pi ince and for their goods, and for all
Shall gi"e th^ Of every tribe, to
Her divide the land their beads.
and to the fewer ye fhall give tne Hji ><= w* ,
leCs Inheritance :
b1ritanct L\\ be
every
in
man's
the
i»-
place
8 From mount
point out your border u.uo
the id
ar< tu?r
T VT*" 4 And the fuburbs of the ci-
thc mCn ties which >' c ,ba " ivc " nt0 tho
S
of Hamat h: and .the
S cr his lot
tribes of
falleth;
your
according
fathers, ye
entrance
goings forth of the border
BjSS V
20 Air
0f t, e tI bcof J»^h, Lcvites,
:
f
r !

J c P hunn eh.
frail teach from the uall
ef the city and cut- ward, a thou-
to the And L°
of the tribe of thc chil- fand
inherit.
be to Zedad. cubits round about.
fhall
^ ^ 5 And
6
 4 :

NUMBERS. CHAP xxxvi.

congregation (hall reftore him to Gilead, the fon of Machir, the
S And ye ftall meafure from
ties ftall
lhail
fMNJ*'^
be jgj
cU.es the city of his refuge, whitherhc fon of ManalTeh, of the families
wifhout the city on the eaft-f.de Canaan, -winch
was fled and he (hall abide in it
: of the fons of Jofcph, came near,
two thoufand cubits, and on the refuge. unto the death of the high pried, and fpake before Mofes, and before
foulh-f.dc two thoufand cubits, I J Theft ™T
the children of If- which was anointed with the holy the princes the chief fathers of the
and on the wcft-f.de two thou- fuge, both for children of Ifrael:
and for the ftranger and oil.
ftnd cubit,, and on the north- rael .
26 But the flayer (hallatany
if a And they The Lo»D
for the fojourner among them *
faid,
f.de two thoufand cubits, and the
this that every one that killeth any
time come without the border of commanded my lord to give the
city than be in the n.idft :
the city of his refuge, whither land for an inheritance by lot to
-yflej.thnher,
ftaVbe to them the fuburbs of perfonunawares, he was fled; the children of Ifrael: and my
1 C
(fo that he %1 And the revenger of blood lord was commanded by the
6 And among the which an inftrument of iron
cities
murderer the mu find him without the borders of Lo*p to give the inheritance of
give unto the Levites, die) he » a
:
ye (hall the city of his refuge, and the Zelophehad our brother unto his
cities for refuge, dercr (hall furcly be put to,dca
\hercfba 11 be f.x
revenger of blood kill the flayer;
17 And .f he fm.te
him w daughters.
which ye (hall appoint for the
man-flaver, that he may fleethi- throwing
ther : and to them ye (hall add may
a »»" c . (* h
die) and he die, he; a m
'lerer : the murderer (hall f-
c "
^ he (hall not be guilty of blood:
28 Becaufe he (hould have re-
mained in the city of his refuge,
3 And if they be married to
any of the fons of the other tribes
of the children of Ifrael; then
forty and two cities. until the death of the high prieft: fhall their inheritance betaken
7 So all the cities
which ye (hall be put to death. . . .

him with but after the death of the high from the inheritance of our fa-
give to the Levites ball be forty 18 Or ,/he finite
priert,the flayer (hall return into thers, and (hall be put to thein-
Snd eight cities: them Jball ,e hand-mpon
of
with he may die.) and he(J* die, the land of his polTeffion. heritanceof the tribe whereunto
give with their fuburbs.
* murderer : the murderer (ha 29 So theft things fhall be for a they are received : fo (hall it be
8 And the cities which ye (hal! h a ftatute of judgment unto you, taken from the lot of our inhc-'
give, Jball be of the poffeffion
of furcly be put to dcatn - ,
blood h.m- throughout your generations in ritance.
fhe children of Ifrael : from them 19 The revenger of
the murderer : wh
all your dwellings.
4 And when the juhile of the
L/ Wmany, ye (hall give ma- felf ftall ^y
mceteth him he (ha I flay'hi 30 Whofo killcth any perfon, children of Ifrael (haH be, then
ny; {torn them that have few, he
y but But .f he thn.ll:h.m of
the murderer (hall be put to death (hall their inheritance be put un-
ye give few every one ftall ao
'(hall :
him by laying by the mouth of witncfl'es: but to the inheritance of the tribe
or hurl at
give of his cities unto the Levites, tred, one witnefs ftall not teftifyagainft whereunto they are received : fo
inherUancewl,ich

i^h^ any perfon, to caujc him to die. (hall their inheritance be taken

S
tLtfaes!*
h h ^VorVn's.-ftV .

C 31 Moreover, ye ftall take no away from the inheritance of the

7i And ;heLoa D fpaKeun. his\and, J-t furely fatisfadion for the life of a mur- tribe of our fathers.
fmotc mal1 P
tn "°
10 Tvlofes favinis , I derer, which is guilty of death ; < And Mofes commanded the
for he a murderer ttf
the child.cn of death ; is :
but neftaMbefurelyputtodeath. children of Ifrael, according
When revenger ° { to
Ifrael, and fay unto them,

v tss°z
Jordan ' int0
,
c mn
^^^£lL *>\<^^V*Z h f" 3a And ye ftall take no fatis- the word of the Lord, faying,
faftion for him that is fled to the The tribe
city of his refuge, that he (hould
of the fons of Jofcph
hath faid well,
come again to dwell in the land, 6 This is the thing which the
pmu the death of the prieft. Lord doth command concerning
3.1 So ye ftall not pollute the the daughters of Zelophehad fay-
land wherein ye are: for Mood
it ing, Let them marry to whom
81 defileth the land, and
caft it upon him tha the land they think beft : only to the fa-
£
And they (hall be unto you not, and
die, and •«
noa h» enemy,
cannot be clean fed of the
blood mily of the tribe of their fathers
cities for refugefiom the avenger:
that the man-flayer die not,
un- ther ^t^nn. .

Mat u fted therein, but by the ftall they marry

Wood of him that fted it.
congrega- 7 So ftall not the inheritance
tf he ftand before the ,
-*%£;SX£* wl-k L
Cnotthcrcforcthc,and of the children of Ifrael remove
inhaWt » wherein I from tribe to. tribe: for every one
according Y
^SSSSSSm which ye linger of blood, a»ln : t
1$^^^
cities , ,
theLoRD dwell a- ofthechildren'of Ifrael ftall keep
ftall give, fix cities ftall ye have theft SiaI .l L
"»ong the children ,

of Ifrael. himlclf to the inheritance of the

the flayer out of the h
A XXXVI tribe of his fathers.
14YTft.ll give three cities deliver
of blood,
ND
A5n .u
the
?'.
chief fathers of the
-

8 And every daughter that

Jordan, and tiucc ci- of the revenger
oa this fid. fam.hcs of the children of
pofltfleih
 DEUTERONOMY, CHAP. T.

tribes, wife
men, and known, and up into the mountain, and came
poflefleth an inheritance in any Hojdah, andMilcah, andNoab* over you, cap- unto the valley of Elhcol, and
the daughters o/ Zelophehad,
children of Mracl,
made them heads
tribe of the thoufands, and cap- fearched it out.
were married unto their fathers tains over
lhall be wife unto one of the fa- hundreds, and captains 25 And they took of the fruit
brothers fons. tains over
mily of the tribe of her father,
that the children of Ifrael may 12 And they were married into m-cr fifties, and captains over of the land in their hands, and
tens
officers
a nd vii.-----
£Sauu o / © — " "-», ai'u
enjoy every man the inheritance the families of the fons of Manaf-
16 And I charged your judges brought us word again, and faid,
of his fathers. leh the fon of jofeph, and their
time, faying, Hear the Jt is a good land, which the Lord
inheritance remained in the tribe a t that
9 Neither lhall the inheritance canfes between
your brethren, and our God doth give us.
remove from one tribe to anotherof the family of their father,
judge righteoflfly between every 26 Notwithftanding, ye would
tribe; but every one of the tribes 13 Thcfe are the command-
ments and the judgments which man and his brother, and the not go up, but rebelled again (I
of the children of Ifrael lhall keep the commandment of the Lord
ftranger thai is with him*
himfelf to his own inheritance. the Lord commanded by the
X7 Ye fhall not refpeel perfons your God,
10 Even as the Lord com- hand of Moles, unto the cnildren but you ihail hear 27 And ye murmured in your
in judgment,
manded Mofes, fo did the daugh- of Ifrael in the plains of Moab, well as the great you tents, and faid, Becaufe the Lord
tlie fmall as ;

Vers of Zelophehad:
11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and
by Jordan, near Jericho. afraid of the face of hated us, he hath brought us
fha |l not be
man, for the judgment is God's forth out of the land of Egypt, to
:

Deuteronomy. andtheraufcth.it .6 too hard for deliver us into the hand of the
% The Fifth Book of Moses, called
and in the tale, and you, bring it unto me, and 1 will Amorites, to deftrov us.
C H A P. I. >n the hills,
hear it. a8 Whither (hall we go up?
THESE be the words which in the fouth, and by the
lea-lide,

Mofes fpake unto all Ifrael, to the land of the Canaamtes.and

18 And ! commanded you at our brethren have difcouraged
the great t1»at time, ail the things which our heart, faying, The people is
on this fide Jordan, in the wil- unto Lebanon, unto ye fbould do. greater and talier than we; the
Euphrates,
dernefs, in the plain over againtt river the river
19 ^ And when we departed cities or* great, and walled up to
the Red tea, between Paran, and 8 Behold, I have fct the land
and pofltft the from Horeb, wc went through all heaven: and moreover, wc have
Tophel, and Laban, and Haze- before you go in :

roth, and Dizahab. land whid. the I win fware unto
Abraham, liaac,J
a (There are eleven days pur- your fathers,
net from Horeb by the way of
and Jacob, to give unto them,
them.
mount Seir, unto KadeJh-harnea) and to their feed after
3 And it came to pafs in the 9 J And 1 fpake unto you at
time, faying, lam not able
fortieth year, in the eleventh that
month, on the fit rt day of the to bear you my
felf alone:
month, that Mofes fpake unto the 10 The Lor d your God ha
you, and behold, y
children of Ifrael, according unto multiplied
this day as the Itarsof heaven
all that the Lord had given him are
for multitude.
in commandment unto them:
II (The Lord God of your
4 After he had flain Sihon the
thoufand tun
king of the Amorites, which thers make you a
ye are, and bleb
dwelt in Helhbon, and Og the fo many more as
pmmifcd you )
that great and terrible wildernefs, feen the fons of the Anaktms
which you faw by the way of the there.
mountain of the Amorites, as the 29 Then I faid unto you,
Lord our God commanded us; Dread not, neither be afraid of
and wc came to Kadeih-barnca. them.
20 And I faid unto you, Ye are
30 The Lord your God, which
come unto the mountain of the goeth before you, he fhall
fight
Amorites, which the Lord our for you, according to all that he
God doth give unto u*. did for you in Egypt before youir
21 Behold, the Lord thy God eyes;
hath fct the land before thee: go 31 And in the wildernefs,
up Wpoflefsj/,ast!ie Lord God where thou haft fecn how. that
of thy fathers hath faid unto the Lord thy God bare thee as a
thee; fear not, neither be dif- man doth bear his fon, in all the
Cul,ra ed
S way that ye went, until ye came
-

king of Bafha'n, which dwelt at you as he hath 22 ri And ye came near unto into
Aftlroth in Edrei. » How can 1 myfcli alone me every one of you, and faid,
tin's place.
32 Yet in this thing ye did not
On this fide Jordan, in the bear your cumbrance, and your We will fend men before us, and believe the Lord your God,
5
your Hate,
land of Moab, began Mofes to. burden, and they fhall fearch us out the land,
33 Who went in the wav be-
13 Take ye wife men and
un-
declare this law, faying, and bring us word again by what fore
known among you, to fearch you out a place
6 The Loao our God fpake demanding, and way wc muft go up, and into what
to pitch your tents «, in fire by
will make them
unto us in Horeb, faying, Ye have your tribes, and I cities we fhall
come. night to fhew you by what way ye
dwelt long enough in this mount : rulers over you. aJ And the faying pleafed me fhould go, and
ye anfwered me, ana
in a cloud by dav.
Turn you, and take your 14 And well and
7
The thing which thou halt
: ! took twelve men of 34 And the Lord heard the
and go the mount of faid,
journey, to
the Amorites, and unto all /Ar fpoken, ii good for
us to do. ^T^f
And
*4
tribc - voice of
they turned and went wroth, and fware, faying,
y° ur wor <ls > an <* ^as
the plain, J So 1 took the
chiet of V
flues nigh thereunto, in I
3$ Surely
 ;

DEUTERONOMY. CHAP. II.

«? Surely there (hall not one
before the Lord ; but the J
of thefe men of this evil genera-
tion fee that good land, which I
would not hearken t your v.
fware to give unto your fathers ;
\(> Save Caleb the fon of Je-
nhunneh, he Oiall fee it, and to
him I will give the land that he
hath troden upon, and to his chi -
dren, becaufc he hath wholly fol-
lowed the Lord.
?7 Alfo the Lord was angry
with me for your fakes, faying,
X HUM *ii«*«v •— '
38 But Toftiua the fon of Nun,
which ftandeth before thee, he
Encourage
(hall go in thither.
him : for he lhall caufe Ifrael to
inher!t it<
ones,
39 Moreover, your little
which ye faid fhould be a prey,
and your children which in that
day had no knowledge between
good and evil, they (hall go in thi- ren the children of Efau, whi
45 And ye returnerl and
nor give ear unto you.
46 So ye abode in Kadefti
days, according unto the
that ye abode there,
* ,
'T'Hen wc turned, and
A cur journey into. thew
nefs, by the way of the Red
aj the Lord fpake unto me:
-ipafTcd
days,
% And the Lord fpake
me, faying,
3 Ye have comparted this moun-
tain long enough
:
ward,
4 And command
people, faying, Yc are to
through the coaft of your hr
dwell 1.1 Seir, and they (hall
with them in -battle: the children of Lot for a potfc^
contend
for I
not *>'V C thee of their fion.
poffeflion, becaufc I ao (That alfo was accounted
land for a
Ar unto the children a land of giants, giants dwelt
have gi»e"
Lot for a poffeflion. therein in old time, and the Am-
f
10 The Emims
dwelt therein monites call them Zamzummims,
Jo times
part, a people great, and 31 A
people great, and many,
many, and tall as the Anakims : and tali as the Anakims ; but the
Lord
XI Which alfo were accounted deftroyed them before
giants, as the Anakims, but the them, and they fucceeded them,
Moabites call them Emims. and dwelt in their ftead :
Ia The Hoiims alfo dwelt in 22 As he did to the children
Seir before-time, but the children of Efau which dwelt in Seir, when
of Efau fucceeded them, when he deftroyed the Horims from
they had deftroyed them from before them, and they fucceeded
before them, and dwelt in their them, and dwelt in their ftead,
ftead, as Ifrael did unto the land even unto this day :
turn you north.
of his poffeflion, which the Lord 23 And tlx: Avims which dwelt
gave unto them. in Hazerim, even unto Azzah,
thou
13 Now rife up, faid J, and the Caphtorims, which came
get you over the brook Zercd ; forth out of Caphtor, deftroyed
and we went over the brook Ze- them, and dwelt in their ftead.)
red. .
*4 7 Rife yc up, take your
And
.

ther, and unto them will 1 give it,
and they lha'l polTefs it.
ao But as for you, turn ye, and
take your journey intothe wilder-
nefs, by t'.ic way of the Red fea.
41 Then ye anfwered and faid
unto me, We have f.nned againtt becaufc I hire given mou
the Lord, we will go up and fight,
according toall that the Lord our
Godcommanded us. And when ye for money that yc may eat ; and
had girded on every man his wea-
pons of war, ye were ready to go for money that yc may
up into the hill.,
14 we journey, and pafs over the river
the fpace in which
f
fra > d of y° u ' take V\
heed unto yourfclves L ,
therefor
f came from Kadclh-barnca, until Arnon : behold, 1 have given
we were come over the brook Ze- into thy hand Sihon the Amo-
J Meddle not with them red, -was thirty and eight years ; rite king of Hcfhbon, and his
I will not give you of their I
UIU" all
until the generation of the land begin to poflef*
: it, and
no not fo much as a foot-br-
of war were waftcd-out from contend with him in battle,
g the hoft, as the Lord 25 This day begin to put
will I
unto Efau for a polfc.-fl.on.
fware unto them. the dread of thee, and the fear of
6 Ye (lull buy meat of them 15 For indeed the hand of the thee upon the nations that are un-
Lord was againft them, to de- dcr the whole heaven, who (hall
ye (hall alfo buy water of them
ftroythem from among the hoft, hear report of thee, and (hall
drink until they were confumcd. tremble, and be in anguifh be-
7
/or
the Lor d thy God hath 16 1 So came to pafs, when
it caufe of thec.
u ,

bleflcd thee in all the works of

±% And the Lord faid unto me, all the men of war were confum- 26 1 And I fent meffengers
thy hands he knoweth thy
Say unto them, Go not up, nei- : ed and dead from among the out of the wildernefs
of Kedc-
ther fight, for 1 am not among
walking through this great wiH PC P _ , , moth, unto Sion king of He(h-
dcrnefs thefe forty years the ? t-u *

you: left yc be imitten before your : 17 ihat the Lord

fpake un- bon, with words of peace, faying,
enemies. ^rd thy God hath beer,.with '"18
*7 Let me pafs through thy
41 So I fpake unto you, and ye
thee thou haft lacked no thing, IS T'-i-l
5 '
Ihou art to pafs over land: I will go along
by the
would not hear, but rebelled a- 8 And when we pa led by from through Ar, the coaft of Moah,
high -way, I will neither turn un-
our brethren the children ot n
*ainft the commandment of the
fau, which dwelt in Seir, through
*„ £
And ,
^
the right hand, nor to the
Lord and went prefnmptuoudy when thou comeft left.
,
19
the way of the plain from Elath, Wer in thc chUdrcn of
up into the hill. A?m° ?£ a8 Thou fta,t fel1 mc m "t for
and from Ezion-gaber, we turn™ J?
44 And the Amorites, which thcm not ' nor monc >'.that 1 may eat and give
dwelt in that mountain, came out and palTcd by the way of the - medX"'
meddle with -t'f :
them ; for I will me water for money, that 1 may
dcrnefs of Moab.
azainft you, and chafed you as bees C of thc ,and of thc drink : onl
SSdrJn y 1 wiU through
do, and deftroyed you in Seir, 9 And the Lord faid unto nndren f l of Ammon any poffcfli- on my feet :
Hormah Diftrcfs not the Moabites,^ "ecaufc have given it unto
even unto . » 1
29 (As thc children of Efau
which
 D E U T E R O N O M
Y. CHAP. lit.
which dwell in Seir andthcMo- 2 And the Lord faid unto we pof- fion which
1% And this land which I have given you.
abitcs which dwell in Ar, did Fear him not For I will deli :
that time, from Aroer, ai And I commanded Jo-
frfled at *f
unto me,) until I fhall pafs over him, and all his people, a
whieh is by the river Arnon, and fhua at that time, faying, Thine
Jordan, into the land which the his land into thy hand, and t Gilead, and the ci- Eyes have fcen all that the Lor d
fhalt do unto him as thou did half mount
Lord our God giveth us. ties thereof,
gave 1 unto the Reu- your God
bath done unto thefc
30 But Sihon, king of Hefh- unto Sihon king of the AmorU benites, and to the Gadites. two kings fo fnall the Lo?.d do
:

bon would not let us pafs by him: tes which dwelt at Hefhbon. 13 And the reft of Gilead, and unto all the kingdoms whither
for the Lord thy God hardened 3 So the Lord our God d being the kingdom of thou paflefh
a ll Hainan,
his fpirit, and made his hearc vered into our hands Og, alfo th< unto tnc ki&-t*ibe °f 22 Ye fhall not frar them : for
Og, S avc *
obftinate, that he might deliver king of Balhan, and all his ManafTeh : all the region of Ar- the Lord your God he mall fight
him into thy hand, as appearetb pic and we fmote him until
:

was left to him remaining. gob, with all Bafhan, which was for you.
this day. called the land of giants. 23 And I befoUght the Lord
31 And the Lord faid unto 4 And we took all K is cities
at
14 Jair tnc *° n °^ ManafTeh at that time, fay in/,
me, Behold, 1 have begun to give that time, there was not a ci took all the country of Argob, 24 O Lord God, thou haft be-
Sihon and his land before thee : which we took not from the unto thecoafts of Gcfhuri, and gup tofliew thy fervant thy great-
begin to poflefs, that thou mayert threefcore cities, all the re, Jvlaachathi; and called them af- ncis, and thy mighty hand : for
inherit his land. of Argob, the kingdom of Og own name, Bafhan-ha- what God is therein heaven or in
tcr his
3Z Then Sihon came out a- Balhan. voth-jairunto this day. earth, that can do according to
gainft us, he, and all his people, 5 All thefe cities were fen
15 And I gave Gilead unto thy works, and according to thy
to fight at Jahaz. with high walls, gates and bars,
Machir. might ?
33 And the Lord our God de- befide unwalled towns a gre 16 And unto the Reubenites, 25 I pray thee let me go over,
livered him before us, and we many. and unto the Gadites, I gave and fee the good land that is he-
fmote him, and his fons, and all 6 And we utterly deftr yond Jordan, that goodly moun-
from Gilead even unto the river
his people. them, as we did unto Sihon k Arnon, half the valley, and the tain, and Lebanon.
34 And we took all his cities of liefhbon, utterly deftioyi
border, even unto the river Jab- 26 But theLoRD was wroth with
at that time, the men, women, and childr
and utterly deftroy- bok, -which is the border of the me for yourfakes, andwouldnot
ed the men, and the women, and of every city.
children of Ammon ; hear me and the Lord
: faid unto
the little ones of every city, we 7 But all the cattle, and tl 17 The plain alfo, and Jordan, mc, Let it fuffice thee, lpeak no
left none to remain. fpoil of the cities, we took for
and tliecoafl thereof from Chin- more unto me of this matter,
',

prey to ourfelvcs.
35 Only the cattle we took for nereth even unto the fca of the 27 Get thee up into the top of
a prey unto ourfelvcs, and the 8 And we took at that th plain, even the fait -Tea, under Pifgah, and lift up thine eyes
fpoil of the cities which we took.out of the hand of the two kii Alhdoth-pifgah eaft-ward. weft-ward, and north-ward, and
36 From Aroer, which is by of the Amoritcs, the land th; 18 And commanded you at fouth ward, and call-ward, and
I

the brink of the river Arnon, -was on this fide Jordan, from the that time, faying, the Lor d your behold it with thine eyes for thou :

and from the city that is by the river of Arnon unto mount Hei God hath given you this land to fhalt not go over this Jordan,
river, even unto Gilead, there mon : poflefs it ye fhall pafs over arm*
: 28 But charge Jofhua, and en-
was not one city too ftrong for 9 (Which Hermon the Sidoni ed before your brethren the chil- couragehim, and ftrcngthen him :
us : the Lord our God delivered ans call Sirion : and the Ami dren of Ifrael, all that are meet for he lhall go over before this peo-
all unto us, rites call it Shcnir.) forthe war. pie. ana" lie fhall caufc them to in-
37 Only unto the land of the 10 All the cities of the plain/ 19 But your wives, and your herit the land whichthou (halt fee.
children of Ammon thou earned and all Gilead, and all Bafhan, little ones, and your
cattle, (for 29 So we abode in the Valley
I know that
not, nor unto any place of the unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of ye have much cattle,) over againft Beth peor.
river Jabbok, nor unto the cities the kingdom of Og in Bafhan : Jhall abide in your cities which f CHAP.IV.
in the mountains, nor unto what- 11 For only Og king of Bal" navegiven you:
\T 0W therefore hearken, If- O
focverthe Lord our God forbad remained of the remnant of 20 Until the Lor d have given IN
rael, unto the ftatutes, and
us. ants ; behold, hisbedftead wt *elt unto your
brethren, as well unto the judgments which I teach
CHAP. III. beadftead of iron : is it n< as unto you,
and until they alfo you, for to do them, that ye may
THen we turned, and went Rabhath of the children of Pollefs the land
which the Lor d live, and go in and poflefs the land
up the way to Bafhan and mon ? nine cubits was the lenj your God hath
: given them be- which the Lord God of your fa-
and four cubits the yond Jordan
Og the king of Bafhan came out thereof, t and then fhall ye thers giveth you.
againft us, he and all his people, breadth of it, after the cubit of a "turn every man unto
his poflef- 2 Yc mall not add unto the
to battle at Edrei. man. 12 L wor4
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•word which
DEUTERONOMY.
command you, nei* and th;t they may teach
•CHAT. IV.
furnace, even out of him with all thy heart and with
I
iron
f the
thcr Quill you diminifh ought from children, l>c unto him a p cop ^ 3,1 tnv r° ul '
Effvpti to
it, that ye may keep the con;- II And ye came near and fto© inheritance, as ye are this day. 30 When thou art in tribnla-
of
niandments of the Lord your under the mountain, and theLoRn was tion, and all thefe things arc
4 I Furthermore,
God which I command you. mountain burnt with fi
ncry witn me for >*
our ^akcs come u P on tIlcc evai in tIlc lat-
» «

3 Your eyes have feen what the mid ft of heaven, with lud <"w * rc t,,at
1 (noyld not 2° ter <ia >* s ' if thou tl!rn to thc
the Lord did becaufe of Baal- nefs f clouds, and thick dar over Jordan,
and that I Ihould Lord thy God, and fiialt be o-
pcor: for all the men that follow- 12 And the Lord fpake u in unto that good land bedient ur.to his voice
t g
ed Eaalpcor, the Lord thy God you out of the midft of the fire r which thc Lord thy God givcth 31 (For the Lord thy God is
hath deftroyed them from among ye heard the voice cf the words, tnCC fir an
inheritance. a merciful God,) he will not for-
but faw no fimilitude, only
you. 11 But 1 mult die inthis land, fake thee, neither deftroy thee,
4 But ye that did cleave ur.to heard a voice. a
I mu
(t not go
over Jordan; but nor forget the covenant of thy
the Lord yo ir God arc alive every 13 And he declared unto ye (hall go over, and
poftefs that fathers, which he fware unto
one of you this day. his covenant, which he comma LodJand. them.
5 Behold, I have taught you ed you to perform, cit* ten com- % fake heed unto yourfelvcs,
1
For afk now of the days
ftatutes and judgments, even as mandmcnts, and he wrote them tnc covenant of thc that are pad, which were before
left V e ^or o ct
the Lord my God commanded upon two tables of (lone. Lord your God, which he made thee, fince thc day that God cre-
me, that ye mould do fo in the 14 « And the Lord command- u'ith you, and
make yon a graven ated man upon the earth, and ajk
land whither ye go to pofltis it. ed me at that time, to teach you image, or thc likenefs of any thing from the one fide of heaven unto
6 Keep therefore, and do them, ftatutesand judgments, that ye which the Lord thy God hath the other, whether there hath
for this is your wifdom and your might do them in the land whi- forbidden thee. j
been any fitch thing as this great
underftanding in the fight of the thcr ye go over to po.'icfs it. 24 For the Lord thy God is a thing is, o'r hath been heard like
nations, which fhali hear all thefe 15 Take ye therefore confuming fire, even a jealous it ?
ftatutes, and fry, Surely this great heed unto yourfelvcs (for ye God. 53 ever people hear the
nation is a wife and underftanding no manner of fimilitude r
IS i When thou (halt beget voice of God fpeaking out of the
people. day that the Lord fpake childrtn, and childrens children, midft of the fire, as thou haft
7 For what nation is there fo you in Horeb, out of the mi. and ihalt have remained long in heard, and live ?
great, who hath God fo nigh unto the fire,) the land, and (hall corrupt >w- 34 Or hath God aftayed to go
them, as the Lord our God h in 16 Left ye corrupt your/ei fehes % and make a graven image, an 1 take him a nation from a-
all thing} that we call upon him and make you a graven 11 or the likenefs of any things and midft of another nation, by temp-
for? the fimilitude of any figure, fhall do evil in thc (jght of the tations, by figns, and by won-
8 And what nation 11 there fi likenefs of male or female, Lor» thy God, to provoke him ders, and by war, and by a migh-
great, that hatti ftatutes and 17 The likenefs of any b< to anger ; ty hand, and by a ft retched out
Judgments fo righteous, as all this that is on the earth, the likencfr 3t6 I call heaven and earth to arm, and by great terrors, ac-
law which I fct before you this of any winged fowl that flieth witnefs again ft you this day, that cording to all that the Lord your
day? the air, ye foon utterly periih from God did for you in Egypt before
lhall
ii? The likenefs of any thin| off thc land whereunto you go your eyes ?
9 Only take heed to thyfelf,
and keep thy foul diligently, left that crecpeth on the ground, the over Jordan to poflefs it : ye 35 Unto thee it was (hewed,
thou forget the things which thine likenefs of any fifh that is in the (hull not prolong your days upon that thou mighteft know that

eyes have feen, and left they de- waters beneath the earth : it, but lhall utterly be deftroyed the Lord he -s God ; there is none

part from thy heart all the days 19 And left thou lift up thine 27 And the Lord (hall fcattei clfe befides him.
of thy life : but teach them thy eyes unto heaven, and when you umong the nations, and yc 36 Out of heaven he made thee
feeft the fun, and the lhall be left few in number a- to hear his voice, that he might
fons, and thy fons fons,
10 Specially the day that thou the ftars, even all the mong the heathen, whither thc inftrutt thee : and upon earth he
Lord thy God heaven, (houldeft be dri
ftoodeft before the Lord (hall lead you. mewed thee his great fire, and
in Horeb, when the Lord faid worfhip them, and fervc. a8 And there" ye (hall ferve thou hcardcit his words out of thc
unto me, Gather me the people which the Lord thy God gods, thc work of man's hands, midft of the firr.

together, and make them divided unto ail nations a

I will
wood and ftonc, which neither 37 And hecaufe he loved thy
hear my words, that they may the whole heaven, W, nor hear, nor eat, nor fmell. fathers, therefore he chofc their
learn to fear me all
the days that 20 But the Load hath 29 But if from thence thou feed after them, and brought
they (hall live upon the earth, you, and brought you f
Plalt feck the Lord thy God, thee out iu his fight with hi*
thou frail find him, if thou feck L % mightf
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DEUTERONOMY, Am
mighty power out of Egypt fhan, two kings of the
: generation of
CHAP, v;
them that maid-fervant, his ox, or his ift,
fottrth
38 To drive out nations from which were on this fide Jordan hate me, or any thing that is thy neigh-
bctorc thee, greater and mightier toward the fun-rifing ;
}

jo And mewing mercy unto hour's,

than thou art, to bring thee in, 48 From Aroer, which is Dy thoiifands of them that love me, *2 *f Theft words the Loan
to give thee their land /bran in- the bank of the river Arnon, „
c and keep my commandments. fpakcuntoall your pfumhly in
beritance, zsit is this day. ven unto mount Sioii, which
ts
II Thou ftialt not take the the mount out of the mid'.l of the
39 Know therefore this day, Hermon. J name of the Lord thy God in fire, of the cloud, and of the thick
and confider it in thine heart, 40 And all the plain on this vain for the Lord will not hold darknefs, with a great voice and
:

that the Lord he is God in h«av- fide Jordan eaft-ward, even un. ilm guiltlefs that taketh his name he added no more; and he wrote
en above, and upon the earth be- to the fea of the plain, under the in vain.
them in two tables of Hone, anil
neath : there is none elfc. fprings of Pifgah. j% Keep the fabbath-day to delivered them tiiUO me.
40 Thau (halt keep therefore C H A P. V. fanfiify it, as the Lord thy God *3 An <l it came to pafi when
his (latutcs, and his command-
ments which command thee this
I
A\Nd Mofes called all Ifrael
and find unto them, Hear O
day, that it may go well with Ifrael, the fratutes and judgments
hath commanded thee.
13 Six days thou ihalt labour,
and do thy work :
ye heard the voice out of the mid ft
of the darknefs, *'for the moim-
tain did burn with fire,) thai yc
thee, and with thy children after which fpeak in your cars this
I 14 But the feventh day is the came near unto me, even all the
thee; and that thou mayctt pro- day, that ye may learn them, labbathof the Lord thy God in : heads of your tribes, and your
Jong thv days upon the earth, and keep and do them, :/ thon fhalt not do any work, ciders,
which the Lord thy God giveth % The Lord our God made thou, nor thy fbn, nor thy daugh- 24 And ye laid, Behold, the
a
thec for ever. coTenant with usHoreb.in ter, nor thy man-fervant, nor Lord our God hath fncwed DS his
41 ^ Then Mofes fevered three 3 The Lokd made not this thy maid fcrvant, nor thine ox, glory, and his greatneis, and we
citieson this fide Jordan, to-ward covenant with our fathers, but nor thine afs, nor any of thy have heard his voice out of the
the fun-rifing : with us, even 'us, who arc all cattle, nor thy Granger that is midfl of the fire we have feen this
,

42 That the flayer might flee us here alive this day. within thy gates; that thy man- day that God doth talk with man,
thither, which thould kill his 4 The Lord talked with fervant and thy maid-fervant and he livetlr.
neighbour unawares, and hated face to face in the mount, out nay reft as well as thou. aJ How therefore why fbouhl
Iiim not in times part ; and that the mid It of the (ire, 15 And remember that thou we die? for ibis grea; fire will con •
fleeing unto one of thefc cities, he 5 (I (food between the Lord wift a fcrvant in the land of R- fume us. If we hear the voice of
might live : and you at that time, to (hew gypt, and that the Lord thy God the Lord our God any more, then
43 Namely, Bczcr in the wil- you the word of the Lord: fo brought thee out thence, through we fhail die.
dernefs, in the plain country, of ye were afraid by reafon o f a mighty hand, and by a ft retch- 16 For who is there 5/ all flelh
the Rcubenites and Ramoth in fire, an i went not up into
; ed out arm ; therefore the Lord that hath heard the voice of the
Q Head, of the Gadites; and Go- mount,) faying, thy God commanded thec to living God, fpcaking out of the
Jan in Bafhan,of the Manaflites. 6 * I aw the Lord thy God, keep the ftbbath-day. mSHft of the fire, ^as \\c lave,)
44 <5 And this is the law which brought thec out of the 16 «T Honour thy father and and ved?
i
;

thy mother, as the Lord thyGod

which Mofes lit before the chil- land of Egypt, from the houfe of %l Go thou near, and hear all
drcft of Ifrael : bondage. hath commanded thec; that thy that the Loan our God frail fay;
45 Thele are the tcrtimonies, days may be prolonged, and that and fpeak thou unto us all that
7 Thou (halt have none oti
and the ftatutes, and the judg- gods before me. jt may go uell with thee,
in the the Lord our God mall fpeak un-
ments, which Mofes fpake unto 8 Thou (halt not make t told which the Lord thv God to thee, and wc will hear 1/, and
the children of Ifrael, after they any graven image, or any liken B^etli thee. "
do//.
<ame forth out of Egypt : of any thing that ic in heaven 17 Thou ihalt not kill. 28 And the Lord Iieard the
46 On this fide Jordan, in the hove, or that is in the earth IS Neither Ihalt thou commit vcicc of vonr words,
when yc
valley over againfl Beth-peor, in adl,ltcr
neath, or that is in the uatc y- fpake unto me; and the Lord
the land of Sihon king of the A- neath the earth, 19 Neither fhalt thou (leal. faid unto mc, I havC heard the
tnoritcs, who dwelt at Hembon, 9 Thou fhalt not bow down 20 Neither fhalt thou bear falfc voice of the words of this people,
whom Mofes and the children of n 'tnefs againfl
thvlelf unto them,
nor ftrve thy neighbour. whichlhcv have fpoken unto thec:
Jfrael fmote, after they were them : for the Lord thy G
1
" Neither fhalt thon defi re thy they have well laid all that they
come forth out of Egypt : am a jealous God,vifiting their Wboar's wife, neither (halt have fpoken.
47 And they pofllflcd his land, VCt
a 9 O that there were fuch an
And the laud of Og king of Ba-
qtrity of the fathers upon the
children, unto the third ind
In
h field, or his
nci P hhf>«^shonfe,
man-fcrvant or his heart in them, that they would
foo L 3 fear
 DEUTERONOMY. CHAP. VII.

And rtatutes which he hath a And -what the Lord thy Ool
fear me, and keep all my com- 6 theie words, whic n d his
*
mmanded thee. lhall de-iver them before
thee,
jnandme'nts always, that it mght command thec this day, Lhall C
Ihalt do that vrtkb thou malt finite them, and utterly
be well with them, and with their in tbine heart, °i8 And thou
fight of deftroy them; thou (hall make no
children for ever! 7 And thou flialt teach thenj
•
right and good in the
be well covenant with them, nor flicw
30 Go fay to them, Get you diligently uiuo thy chiidien, and Sie Lob *S that it may
(halt talk of them when thou fit, thee, and that thou maycrt mercy unto them:
into your tents again. v ith
1

poilcfs the good land 3 Neither flialt thou make

31 But as for thee, Hand thou tell in thine houfe, and when o in and
with them thy daugh-
here by mc, and I will fpeak unto thou walked by the way, and Klich the Lord fware unto thy marriages ;

ter thou limit not give unto hit

thee ali the commandments, and when thou licit doun, and when fathers;
*
19 To cart cut all thine ene- fon, nor his daughter
lhalt thojt
the itatutcs, and the judgments thou rifcil up.
tales from
before thee, as the take unco thy ion.
which thou lh;:lt teach them, that 8 And thou fhalt bind the
they may do them in the land for a lign upon thine hand, Lord hath ipoken. 4 Pot they will turn away thy
which 1 give them to poflcls it. they lhall be as frontlets bet 20 And when thy fow a&cth fun from following mt,that they
thee in time to
come, faying, may ferve other gods; fo will live
31 Ye fhaJlobfcrvetodotheie- thine ey es,
fore as the Lord your God hath 9 And thou lhait write them What niCM the teftlmonics, a>. 1 anjcr of the I.oat !>c kindled a-
commanded you; you (hall not upon the ports of thy houfe, and the ftatotes,
and the judgments gain ft you, and deftroy thec fud-
turn afide to the right hand or to on thy gitcs. vvhich the Loun our God hath <unly.
the left. XO And it he wh.cn the
(hail commanded >ou? 5 Cut thus (hail yc deal with

33 You mall walk in al! the
ways which the Lord your God
hatb commanded you, that yc
may and that is tr.ay be well
live,
with you, and //*.;/ yc may pro-
Loi< d thy God ii<-!l have brought
thee into the land which he fware
unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to
haac, and to Jacob, to ;;ive thee,
g^cat and goodly cities
31 Then thou malt fay unto them, ye fhuli deftroy their al-
thy fon, Wc were Pharaoh's bond- tars, and bicak down their images,
men in Egypt, an<* tnc I* 0RD a,l( l cuC down their groves, ami
brought us out of Egypt, with a hum their graven images with
mighty hand. fire.

long year days in the land which thou buildeitnot; %% And the Loud (hewed figns 6 For thon art a holy people
ye lhall pofiefs. II And houfes full of all and wonders, great and fore, upon unto the Lord thy God: the
C H A P. VI. things which thou fiiledft not, a Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon Lord thy God hath chofen thee
alt his houfhold, before our eyes: to be a (pedal people unto him-
NOW thefc are the command-
ments, the rta:utes, and the
wells digged which thow digg
not, vineyards and olive-t 23 And he brought us out from fclf, above all people that are
judgments which the Lord your which thou plantedlt not, w thence, that he might bring us upon the face of the earth.
God commanded to teach you, thou (halt have eaten and be fi in, to give us the land which he 7 The Lord did not fct his
XlTben beware left thou fo fware unto our fathers. love upon you, nor choofe you,
that yc might do them in the
land whither ye go to po fiefs it: the Lord which brought 24 And the Lord commanded becaufc yc were more in number
forth out of the land of Egy us to do all thefc ftalutes, to fear than any people, (for yc were the
% That thou mighielt fear the
the Lord our God, for our good fewclt of all people,)
Lord thy God, to keep all his frern the houfe of bondage. 3
always, that he might prefervc us 8 But becaufc the Lord loved
ilatutes, and commandments
his 13 Thou (halt fear the Lo
thy God, and ferve bin), alive, as it is at this day. you, and becaufc he would keep
which I command thec; thou,
and thy fon, and thy fon's Jon, Cha t fwear by his name, 25 And it mail be our righte- the oath which he hadfworu unto
oufnefs, if we obferve to do all your fathers, hath the Lord
alt the'days of thy life, and that 14 tt fKuI not go after
thefc commandments, before the brought you out with a mighty
thy days may he prolonged. goeis, cfthegodsof the
Ifruel, which ate round about you,:
Lord our God, as he hath com- hand, and redeemed you out of
3 5 Hear therefore,
thy G manded us. the houfe of bond-men, from the
and ohferve to do r7, that it may X5 ( For thc%LoR
bs well with thee, an<l that yc jealous God among you,) left
r>

CHAP. VII. hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

may incrcafe mightily, as the anger of the Lord thy G WHEN the Lord thy God' 9 Know therefore that the
(hall bring thec into the Lord thy Gcd, he is God, the
Lord God of thy fathers hath kindled againft thee, and defty
land whither thou goert to pn fiefs faithful God, which krepeth co-
promised thee, in the land that thee from oil" the face of the eai
lt, and hath call out many nations venant and mercy with them that
floweth with milk and honey. 16 % Ye fliu not tempt th
1 1

before thec, the Hittites, and the love him, and keep his command-
4 Hear, O Ifrael, The Lord Lord your God, as ye tempt Girgafhite*, and the Amorites, ments, to a thcufar.d generations;
our God is one Lcjvd- btni in MafJah.
and the Canaanites, and the Pc- 10 And repayeth them that
5 And thou fhalt love theLoRD 17 You mull diligently k
ftnitei, and the Hivites, and the hate him, to their face, to deftroy
thy God with all ihinc heart, and the commandments of the Lord
: " Jehufitei, feven nations greater them : he will not be flack to him
with all thy foul, and with ail your God, and his tcftimc"
and mightier than thou; L 4 that
tbjf might.
 DEUTERONOMY. C H A
thee, and
P.
and
IX
and hsft built good-
tliat hateth him, lie will repay brought thee out: fo rOJertiefs, to
humble art fall*
him Lord thy God do unto al thee, to know what was ly houfes, and dwelt therein
to his face. to prove ;

11 Thou fhalt therefore keep people of whom thou art afraid* \1 thine
heart, whether thou 13 And when thy herds and
the commandments, and the Ha- 20 Moreover, the Lord thy u-ouhlclt keep his commandments thy flocks multiply, andthy fil*

tutcs, and the judgments, which I God will fend the hornet among na ,
ver and thy gold is multiplied,
command thee this day, to do them, until they that are left, 3 And
he humbled thee, and and all that thou haft is multi-
them. and hide themlclves from thee Aifiercd thee to
hunger, and fed plied,
12 J Wherefore it (hall come be deftroyed. thee with
manna, (which thou 14 Then thine heart be lifte<l
to pais, ye hearken to thefe
if 21 Thou malt not be afTrigh kiicwcfl not, neither did thy fa- up, and thou forget the Lord
judgments, and keep and do at them: for the Lord thy God know,) that he might make thy. God, which brought thee-
thers
them; that the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God an thee know that
man doth not forth out of the land of Egypt,
Dull keep unto thee the covenant bread only, but by eve- from the houfe of bondage ;
terrible. Jive by
and the mercy which he fware 2% And the Lord thy God ry-wrJ that proceedcth out of IJ Who led thee through that
unto thy fathers. put out thofe nations before tj the mouth
of the Lord doth man great and teniblc wilclcrnefs,
13 And he #.ill love thee, and by little and little; thou mayeft jj vC>
wherein were fiery ferpents and
hlefs thee, and multiply thee ; he not con-fume them at once, left 4 Thy raiment waxed not old
fcorpions, and drought, where
will alfo blcfs the fruit of thy the hearts of the field inci upon thee, neither did thy foot there was no water who brought ;

womb, and the fruit of ihy land, upon thee, fwell thefe forty years. thee forth water out of the rock
thy corn, and thy wine, and thine 23 But the Lord thy God 5 Thou Ihalt alio confider in of flint ;
oil; the increafe of thy kinc,and deliver them unto thee, and thine heart, that as a man chaf- WS Who fed thee in the wil-
the flocks of thy fheep, in the deftroy them with a mighty teneth his fon, fo the Lord thy Jcrncfs with manna, which thy
land which he fware unto thy ftruclion, until they be deftroyed. God cbafteueth thee. fathers knew not, that he might
fathers to give thee. 2.4 And he (hall deliver their 6 Therefore thou fhalt keep humble thee, and that he might
14 Thou above kings into thine hand, and thou
fhalt he blefTed the commandments of the Lord prove thee, to do thee good at
all people: there ihall not be male lh:ilt deftroy their name from un- thy GoJ, to walk in his ways, thy latter end ;

or female barren among you, or der heaven there (hall no man be : and to fear him, 17 And thou faythine heart,
in

among your cattle. able to ftand before thee, until 7 For the Lord thy God bring-
eth thee into a good land, a land
1 5 And the Lord will take a- thou have dcflroyi-d tlicm.
way from thee all ficknefs, and 25 The graven irriices of their of brooks of water, of fountains,
will put none of the evil diftafes gods fhall ye burn with fire: thou and depths that fpring out of
valleys and hills,
of Egypt (which thou knowcfl) fhalt not defire the filver or
upon thee; but will lay them up- thut is on them, nor take
'
g A land of wheat, and barley,
on all than that hate thee, thee, left thou be fnared l
r
and vines, and fig-trees, and
16 And thou fhalt con fume all for it is an abomination to pomegranates, a land of oil-olive,
the people which the Lord thy Lord thy God. and honey ; IQ
My power and the might of my
hand hath gotten me this wealth,
18 But thou fhalt remember
the Lord thy God: for/'/ is he
that giveth thee power to get
wealth, that he may eftablifh his
covenant which he fware unto
thy fathers, as it is this day;
And
thou do
it fhall be, if

God ihall deliver thee; thine eye /

2 > Neither fhalt thou brin 9 A land wherein thou (halt at all forget the Lord thy God,
Ihall have no pity upon them abomination into thy houfe,
:
eat bread without fcarcenefs, and walk after other gods, and
neither Ihalt thou lave their gods; thou he a cur fed thing Hi thou fhalt not lack any thing in fcrve them, and worfhip them, I
it ; a land whofc ftones are iron, teftify againft you this day, that
for that will i-e ^ (hare unto thee, tut thou fhalt utterly dctc
and out of whofe hills thou may- ye fhall furely perifh.
17 If thou fhalt fay in thine and thou Ihalt utterly abhor
heart, Thefe nations are more for it i< a curfed thing,
eft dig brafs. 20 As the nations which the
than I, how can difpofTefs them ?
I C H A P. Vllf. 10 When thou haft eaten and Lor d deftroycth before your face,
art full, then thou fhalt blefs the fo fhall
18 Thou fhalt not be afraid of A LL the o mmandmenrs whii ye perifh; becaufe ye
them: but fhalt well remember
1
I command thee this day fhalj
Lord thy God, forthegood land would not be obedient unto the
what the Lord thy God did unto ye obferve to do, that ye may which he hath given thee. voice of the Lord yenr God.
Pha aoh, and untoall Egypt; live, and multiply, and go i« 11 Beware that thou forget
not the Lord thy God, in not TJEar, O lfrael; Thou art to
IX. CHAP.
I9Thegreat tcmptationswhich and poflcfs the land, which the
thine eyes law, and the figns, and Lord fware unto your fathers,
keeping his commandments, and fl
pafs over Jordan this day,
his judgments, and his ftatutcs, to go in to pofTcfs nations greater
the wonders, and the mighty 2 And thou fhalt remember
*hich I command thee this day : and mightier than thyfclf, cities
hand, and the ftretched out arm, the way which the Lord thy *

whereby the Lord thy God led thee thefe forty years 12 Left when thou haft eaten great and fenced up to heaven,
v?il L 5
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DEUTERONOMY. CHAP- X.
% A people great and^tall, the mount, to receive the
tab!
.
Kr _ kc
inheritance, which thou haft re-
them before
children of the Anakims, whom (tone, even \hc tables of tuj an deemed through thy greatneis,
fcafli*
thou knowelt, and of whom thou venant which the Lor ° c °*
roar V'*' c 11
j own before
the which thou had b.ought forth
d
had heard fay. Who can (land with you, tr.cn abode \n I 18 AD<M lhc firft,
fortvdays out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
r
aS
before the children of Anak ! ir.ount foity days an(i ,
,;
c .
V . aid neither 27 Remember thy fcrvants,
m*- ts J

3 Underttand therefore this nighu, neither did cat

!
° r<
>,1 »<1
^
I
and forty
brc
•
^ bc- Abraham, Ifaac and Jacob look :

day, that the Lord thy God is no.* diink water:

?% no: unto the ftubhomnefs of this
4 eat
v0ur (ins which ye
he which gocth over before thee, ig And the Lord <] c j:, 9 <* ufi
\ T doing
wickedly in the people, nor to their wickcdncis,
tfi a confumin^ me: he (hal! dc- unto
flroy them, and he fliall bring ten with the tinker of
me two
tables of f(on
e ^H finnc
ht
'/ the
ot
ow,
i-o
thi- l ,
to provoke
r
nor to their
%% L
fin :

whencc tIjcu
God
them down before thy face fo on them was written accoVd*11^
^1 fi

bimt
5
an-
[l

broughteft us out, fay, Becaufc

°,t-TL was afraid of the
^
:

fln.'t thou, drive them out, and to all the words which the 19 where- the Lord was not able to bring
L A hot diipJcafwre
deftvoy then quickly, as the fpake with von in the mount f,
* c u fk?l or d was wroth againft
.
them into the land which he pro-
Lord unto thee.
ha'Ji fai*l of tin- midft of fire, in the w*b But the mifed them, and becaufc he hat-
dafl t0 Irrtrov you.)
4 Speak not thou in thine the afiembly. y0U
unto me at that ed them, he hath brought them
heart, after that the Lord thy it And it came to pafs
God hath call them out from em! of forty days and
Lo * D
time
i«rkened
hearkene
alio.
^^ ^ ^
before thee, faying. For my nights, that the Loan g av<>
lighteoufncis I he Lordhath the two tables of (tone,
brought me in to poiTefs this tables of the covenant,
land ; but for the wickednefs of \% And the Lord .. ^-?Vnd V took your "fin, the ty power.'and by#.h> ftrctched
tbefe nations the Lord doth me. A rife, get thee clow made, and out arm.
«!f which yc had
drive them out before thee. ly from hence; for Uv
burnt it with fire, and
ttarnptd X* CHAP*
5 Not for thy nghtcoufnoft, or which thou hail brouu fmall, even A V that time the Lorp fa:d on-
ir ani pound it very
for the uprightnefscf thine heart, out of LVypt, have corrupted'
ootilit wasa-fmallasdutl:
and tome, Hew true two tabled
doft thou go to poflefs their land ; then:j\Ives they are tjuick'v turn, into the of flonc, like unto the firft, and
Icaft the dint thereof
:

but for the uickedoefs of thefe
nations the Lord thy God doth
drive them out from before thee,
and that he may perform the
word which the Lor» fuarc tin-
to thy fathers, Abraham, Ifaac,
and jaco*>-
6 Underirand therefore, that
cd afide out of the way which
I brook that deicend-d out of the come
commanded thens they have-
made them a molten image,
ij Furthermore, the Lord
fpakc unto me, faying, hao
fcen this people, and behold, it
is a iiilf-necked people.
14 Let me alone, that I may
up unto me into the mount,
; mam,., an*l make thee an ark of wood.
ai An t at Tabcrah, and at % And I will write on the ta-
MalTah, and at Kihroth-hattaa- bles the
words that were in the
I
tab, yc provoked the Lord to firft tables which thou brakeft,
wrath. a»tl thou ifcalt put them in the
23 Likcwife when the Lord ark.
Cent you from Kaddh-banea, fay- 3 An* made ar. ark of fhit
I

the Lord thy God giveth thee deftroy them, and blot out there big, Go up and po fiefs the land tun-woody and hewed two tables
not this good land to pcilefs it, name from under heaven: and I which I have given you; then of fione like unto the fir ft, and
for thy rightcoufnefs ; tor thou will make of thee a nation migh* you rebelled again ft the com* went up into the mount, having
art a ftifF-necked people. tier and greater than they. nundmcnt of the Lor d your God, the two tables in mine hand,
7 ^ Remember, and forget not 15 So turned and came Jowil;
I ,
aud ye believed him not, nor 4 And he wrote on the tat le«j
how thou provokedft the Lor n from the mount, and the mount hearkened to his voice. according to the fir ft writing, the
thy God to wrath in the wilder- burned with fire and the two : %4 You have been rebellious ten commandments, which the
nefs, from the daythatthou didrt tables of the covenant wit in againft the Lord from the day Lord fpake unto you in the
depart out of the land of Egypt, my two l ands. that knew you.
1 mount, cut of the midft of the
-until ye came unto this place, yc ;6 And looked, and behold, 1 25 Thus 1 fell down before the fire, in the day of the alTemhJy :
have been rebellious againft the yc had finned a^ainft the Lor» Lord fortvdays and forty nights, and the Loan gavethem unto me.
a* fell down at ihc
Lord. ^
your God, a,:& had made you a I
firjl ; be- 5 A, id 1 turned myfelf and
caufe the Lord
' 8 Alfo in Iloreh ye provoked mohen calf : ye bad turned afide had laid he would came down from the mount, and
Loud to wrath, fo aclhoy you>
the that the quickly out of the way which the put thc labJcs in the Rrk whidi
Lord was angry with you, to Lor 'had commanded you. I prayed
therefore unto the had made, and there they he,
*
deftroyed you. 17 And took the two table*
^n, and O Lord God,
I

as the Lord commanded me.

;vc
Iwasgoneup into the and call them out of
I
faid,
not thy people, and thine
L
H 6
And the ehildrca of IfraeL
u>o)'
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DEUTERONOMY,
took their journey from Bccroth even you above all
XT. CHAP.
them as they
purfued af- 14 That T will give 7?:/ the rain
of the children of Jaakan,t4 Mo- this day. * ***rj

fera : there Aaron died, and there 16 Circumcifc therefo

°T and how the Lord hath of your land in his due feafon, the
lie was buiic J; and Eleazar his fortfkin of your heart *'
XCT
(J°"ed them unto this day; firft rain and the latter rain, that
an Pl le
fon miniftred in the prieft's of- ir.oie rtiff-nccked. *
fec
*»o
fice in his dead. 17 I or ti c Lord yo Ur
7 From thence they journeyed God of gods, and Lord
of!
unto Gudgodah and from Gud-
; a great God, a mighty
a Abiram thefons of Eli- maycrt rat and be full.
godah tojotbath, a Jand of ri- terrible, which regardcth ^luf
tha how the 16 Take heed to yourfelves,
vers of waters. peifcns, nortaketh reward Vhc fon of Reuben:
*b
8 At that time the Lord
»
pcned her mouth and
. that your heart be not deceived,
«f 18 lie doth execute the'i and their and ye turn alide, and ferve other
feparated the tribe of Levi, to ment ot the fathcrlcfs and Ja g"
a
^|i 0W ed them up,tents, and all gods, and woifhip them:
bear the ark of the covenant of and loveth thcflrangcr in •i^** h (holds, mul their
fubrtancc that
was in their 17 And then the Lord's wrath
the Lord, to (land before the him food and raiment/ * h
the roidft of all Il'rael. he kindled againlt you, and he
Lord, to minifter unto him, and fleflion in
19 Love ye therefore the P° have feen all (hut up the heaven that there he
toblcfsin hisname, untothisday. gci for ye' were Grangers
ftr
But your eyes
arts of the Lop-D, which no rain, and that the land yield
:
in tfc
9 Wherefore Levi hath no part land of Egypt. c *hJ treat
"ot her fruit, and left ye perifo
nor inheritance with his brethren: 20 Thou (halt fear the Lo. jj jjj.
ye keep all quickly from off the good land
8 Therefore ilia 11
the Lord his inheritance, ac- thy God; him fhalt thou
krr? commandments which 1 com- which the Lord giveth you.
cording as the Lord thy God and to him fhalt thou the
cleave an !
mand you this day, that ye may 18 1 Therefore (hall ye lay up
promifed him. fwear by his name.
Z° * n and P°^efs thefe my words in your heart, and
10 And flayed in the mount,
I 21 He is thy praife, and htk be ftrong,
ye go to poflefs in your foul, and bind them for a
according to the flrft time, forty thy God that hath done the land whither
for thee fign upon yowr hand, that they
days and forty nijhts, and the thefe great and terrible j t:
thinn "9 that ye may prolong
And may be as frontlets between your
Lord hearkened unto meat that which thine eyes have fecn.
time alfo, and the Lord would war days in the land which the eyes.
22 Thy fathers went down into
not dertroy thee. Lord fware unto your fathers to 19 And ve (hall teach them
Egypt with threefcorc and ten
give unto them, and to their feed, your childrefff fpeaking of them
11 And the Lord fa id unto pcrfons and now the Lord
;
tby a land that when thou fitteft in thine houfe,
floweth with milk
me, Arifc, take thy journey be- God hath made thee as the
flan and honey. and when thou walked by the
fore the people, that they may of heaven for multitude.
10 5 For the land whither thou way, when thou lycft down, and
go in, and pofTefs the land which CHAP, XI. weft in to poilefs it, is not as the when thou rifeft up.
1 fware unto their fathers to give 'T'Hercforc thou fhalt lore
tfct land of Egypt, from whence ye ao And thou fhalt write them
unto them. ± Lord thy God, and keep came out, where thou fowedfl thy upon the door-polls of thine
12 <f And now Ifracl, what his charge, and his flatutes, and
feed, and wateredfl // with thy houfe, and upon thy gates:
doth the Lord thy God require his judgments, and his command-
of thee, but to fear the Lord ments alway.
foot, as a garden of herbs : ai That your days may be
11 But the land whither ye go multiplied, and the days of your
thy God, to walkrin all his ways, 2 And know vou this day for :
to poflefs it, is a land of hills and
children, in the land which the
and to love him, and to fcrvc the I fpeok not with your children
Lord thy God with all thy heart, which have not known, and Lord fware unto your fathers to
valleys, tfm/drinkcth water of the
rain of heaven: give them, as the days of heaven
and with all thy foul, which have not feen the chaftifc- n
A land vhich the Lord upon the earth,
13 To keep the commandments mcnt of the Lord, your God, thy God careth for: the eyes of az 1 For if ye (hall diligently
of the Lord, and his (tatutes, his greatnefs, his mighty hand, the Lord thy God are always up- keep all
thefe commandments
which I commana thee this day and his rtretched out arm on it, from the beginning of the which I
for thy good?
com rc and you todo them,
3 And his miracles, and his y«r, even unto the end of the to lovo the Lord your God, to
14 Behold, the heaven, and acls w hich he did in the midfto y walk in al1 nis wa7 s and t0 cleave
the heaven of heavens is the Egypt, unto Pharaoh the kinj "
T* « a 1 •

lt fta1 COl71C t0
>

Lord's thy God, the earth alfo Egypt, and unto all his lai '
•f L ll P afS Unt °' f »
» you lhall hearken diligently un-
with all that therein is.
4 And what he did
— ™ ray
a3 Then will the Lord drive
commandments which I out all thefe nations from before
15 Only the Lord had a de- army of Egypt, unto thi ccmrDandyou this day, to love
fight in thy fathers to love them, and
you, and ye (hall pcfTefs greater
to their chariol R
y ° U rGod and to fcrvc nations, and mightier than your-
and he chofc thetrfecdafter them, made the water of I
him ? %u i
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WhtUyourioui;
, 4ETery
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DEUTERONOMY.
Every place whereon the a Ye fhali utterly deft bring
C H A
all
p. m
19 Take heed to thyfelf that
fries of youi feet (hull tread, Hull the places wherein the hither mall ye
thou for fake not the Levite a*
be yours: from the wilderncfs,. which yr. (hail podd's ferved your long as thou liveft on the earth.
laciinces,
aid Lebanon, from the river, the t'o<U, upon the high mount V, ar d Nour
oftrinS hc^e-oircring of 20 f When the Lor » thy God
river Euphrates, even unto the and upon tite hii Is, and and the
i

tithC lhall cn'aige thy border, as he

uttcrmoft /ca, (hall your coaft he. every green tree. hand and all your choice
0U, Lord. hath promifed thee, and thou
whH ve vow unto the before
>'

25 There lhall no man he able 3 And ye ih ill overthrow lhalt will eat flcih, (becauie
lhall .cjotce f;.y,
^rinay,
^«
I

to (rand before yon for the Lord altars, and break their
:
thy (bill longeth to eat Bern) tliou
your God lhall lay the fear of and burn their groves with
pi your Gad.
yf.
>Bd your daughters, and maycil cat rielh, whatfoever thy
you, and the dread of you, upon and you lhall hew down thegr fiSs
all the land that ye (hall tread en images of their gods,
^cn-arvants.and your maid- lbul luftcth after.
an that is 21 It the place which the Lord
upon, as he hath (aid unto you. Itroy the name* of them ££n«. and the Leviteforalmuch as thy God hath chofen, to put his
26 ^ Behold, f fct before you that place, ,hi, vour tales;
inheritance name there, be too far from thee;
this day a hlcfling and a curie : 4 Ye rh«iil not do fo unto Eha^h n" P-t nor then thou lhalt kill of thy herd,
27 A blcfftng, if ye obey the Lop.d your God.
commandments of the Lord yoiu 5 ^ But unto the place wh
^Vl'ake herd to thyfelf that and of thy Mock, which the Lord
burnt- offerings hath given thee, as I have com-
God, which I command you this the l.i.Rn your God fhallc thou orfer not thy
place that, thou fceft manded thee, and thou lhalt eat
day: out of all your tribes, to i„ every
p place which the in thy gates whatfoever thy foul
#

28 And a curie, if ye will not name there, even unto his 14 But in the
thy lufteth after.
obey the commandments of the tion lhall ye fcek, and Lord lhall choofc in one of
tribes, there thou
(halt oflcr thy 22 Even as the roe-buck and
Lord your God, but turn afidc thou (halt come:
burnt-offerings, and there thou the hart is eaten, fo thou (halt cat
out of the way which 1 command 6 And thither ye ma
flialt do all
that I command thee. them : the unclean and the clean
you this day, to go after other your hurnt-otferings, an
gods which ye have not known, Sacrifices, and your tith
15 Notwithltanding,tlum may- lhall cat of th'm alike.
eft kill and cat flefh in aU thy 23 Only be furc that thou eat
29 And it IhJ! come to pais, hcave-offcrings of your ha
gates, whatfoever thy foul luftcth not the blood: for the blood i|
when the Lord thy God hath your vows, and your fn
after, according to the bltfling of the life; and thou mayeft not cat
brought thee in unto the land fcrings, and the firftlings
the Lord thy God which he hath the life with the flclh.
whither thou goert to poficVs it, herds, and of your flocks,
given thee: the unclean and the 24 Thou lhalt not eat it; thou
that thou fhait put the bieffing 7 And there ye lhall
clean may eat thereof, as of the lhalt pour it upon the earth as
upon mount Gcmim, ar.d the the Lori/ your God, and
roc-buck, and as of the hart. water.
curfe upon mount Ebal. rejoice in all that ye put
16 Only ye lhall not eat the 25 Thou (halt not eat it, that
30 Are they not on the other hand unto, ye and your hoi blood; yc lhall pour it upon the it may go well with thee, and
lidc Jordan, by the way where wherein the Lord thy God
earth as water. with thy children after thee,
the fun gocth down, in the laud L lei fed thee,
17 ^ Thou mayeft not eat when thou malt do that -which is
of the Canaanites, which dwell in 8 Ye lhall not do after within thy gates, the tithe of thy right in the fight of the Loan.
the champian over again ft Gilgal, things that we do here corn, or of thy wine, or of thy 26 Only thy holy things which
bclidc the plains of Moreh ? ev: y man whatfoever is
;
oil, or the firft lings of thy herds, thou
haft, and thy vows, thou
31 For ye lhall pafs ovtr Jor- his own eyes, or of thy flock, nor any of thy rhalt
take, and go unto the place
dan, to go in to pofleft the land 9 For ye are not as yet vows which thou voweft, nor thy
which the Lord lhall choofc.
which the Lord your God giveth the reft, and to the in Ik free-will-offerings, 01 hcave-ofler-
27 And thou lhalt orler thy
you, and ye /hall poiTcfs it, and which the Lord your God uig of thine hand :
burnt-offerings, the flefh and the
dwell therein. you. 18 But thou muft eat them be- blood, upon
the altar of the Lord
32 And ye fhall obferve to do 10 But when ye goov fore the Lord thy
God, in the thy God: and the blocd of thy
all the ftatutes and judgments and dwell in the land w Place wh lch the Lord
thy God facrificc (ball he poured out upon
which I fet before you tlm day. Lord your God givcth you to Ct l,,ou a««lthy fon, the altar Of the Lord thy God:
CHAP. XII. hcrit, and ivhen lie givcth you red
*nA.l l
jnd thy daughter,
»

and thy man- and thou lhalt cat the flclh.

THESE are the ftafutcs and from all your enemies
[nd*h
and m
aid.fcrvant f 28 Obferve and hear tbefe
judgments which yc (hail bout, fo thai ye dwell in fa jM4eLCT,tcUia»i, within thy woids
which 1 command thee,
obferve to do in the land which ix Then there lhall be a that it may go
well uith thec,
the Lord God of thy fathers giv- which the Lord your God LoRD lh V God, in all and with thy children after thee
eth thee to polTefsit, all the days choofc to caufe his name to
•Erh n
^ttbou P u Uc ft thinchand for ever, when thou doll that -whiah
that yc live upon the earth.
is
 DEUTERONOMY. CHAP. XIV.
ft good and right in the fight of you out of the land of
£ go and fcrve other ye (hall cat the ox, the fheep.
:
the Lord thy God. and redeemed you out Let us
au % When che Lord thy God houfe of bondage, to thrufl
f
thick ye have not known) and the goat. '

fhall cut oHT the nations from be- out of the way which ihc J Tl en inalt lno " er V"
rc $ 1?nc nart » anti the roe-buck,
4 fearth, and afk diii- and the fallow-deer, and the
fore thee, whither thou gocft to thy God commanded thee
*'
|riak-
•° be truth, wild goat, and the pygarg, and
poflefs them, and thou fucceedert walk in:) fo fhalt thou put I
- and behold, if it
that fuch the wild ox, and the chamois.
them, and dwelled in their land; evil away from themidftof t qe
t
thing certain
•
,ion is wrought among 6 And every heart that part-
30 Take heed to thyfclf that 6 If If thy brother, the f
0n £r
thou be not fnared by following thy mother, or thy f n, or
tf,, y° u :
the cleft into two claws, and cl.ew-
fhalt furcly frr.itc
them, after that they be deftroyed daughter, or the wife of thy ij[ TnoU
Grants of that city with the eth the cud a: amongft the beaOs;
from before thee; and that thou fom, or thy friend, which )$ .

enquire after their gods, faying, thine own foul, entice thee
u I of the fuord,
diilroyingit that ye lh*U <*„
ft.
!v and
all that is therein, 7 Neverthdcfs, thefe ye fell
How did thefe nations fervc their cretly, faying, Let us go U
cattle thereof, with the not eat, of them that chew
the
gods? even fo will I do likewife. fcrve other gods, (wh" I the
(word. cud, or them that divide the
31 Thou fhalt not do fo unto the ha ft not known, thou, "dec of the
fhalt gather all cloven hoof ; as the camel, and
Lord thy God: for every abomi- fathers; 16 And thou
it into the mid ft of the hare, and the coney for ttuy
the fpoil of
.

nation to the Lord which he hat- 7 Namely of the gods

thereof, and fhalt burn chew the cud, but divide not the
eth have they done unto their people which are round the rtrcet
city, and all the hoof ; therefore they are unclean
gods; foreven their fonsandtheir you, nigh unto thee, or with firt the
fpoii thereof
every whit, for the unto you-
daughters they have burnt in the from thee, from the one
loRDthyGod: and it fhall be 8 And the fwinc, becaufche
fire to their gods. the earth even unto the other en
(ball not be divideth the hoof, yet cheweth
an heap for ever, it
31 What thing foevcr 1 com- of the earth.) not the cud, it is unclean unto
built again.
mand you, obferve to do it thou
: 8 Thou lhalt not confent unto
II And there
(hall cleave you : ye (hall not eat their fltfb,
fhalt not add thereto, nor dimi- him, nor hearken unto him; net*
thcr fhall thine eye pity him nought of the cujfed thing to nor touch their dead carcafe,
flifh from it-
thine hand that the Lor d may 9 Thefe ye fhall eat of all that
CHAP. XfH. neither (halt thou fpare, n
:

torn from the tferccnefs cf his are in the waters : all that have
there arife among you a pro- fhalt thou conceal him :

IF phct, or a dreamer of dreams, 9 But thou lhalt furely kill

anger, and (hew tlue mercy, and fins and fcales (hall ye eat :
have companion upon thee, and 10 And whatfoever hath not
and givcth theea fign orawondcr, him ; thine hand Ihall he firft multiply thee, as he hath fworn fins and fcales, >emay not eat:
% And the fign or the wonder upon him to put him to death, unto thy fathers it is unclean unto you,
:

come to pafs, whereof he fpake and afterward the hand of all 18 When thru (halt hearken 11 « O/all dean birds ye Ciall
unto thee, faying, Let us go after the people, to the voice of thi Lord thy God, cat.
other gods, (which thou haft not 10 And thou to keep all his commandments it Put thefe are they of which
known,) and let us fcrve them; with (tones, that which I command thec this day, ye fhall not eat : the eagle, and
3 Thou (halt not hearken un- he hath fought to thruft thee a- to do th.it which is right in the the oififrare, and the ofpray,
to the words of that prophet, or way from the Lord thy God, eyes of the Lord thy God.
13 And the glede, and the kite,
that dreamer of dreams: for the which brought thee out of the C H A |\ XIV.
Lord your God proveth you, to land of Egypt, from the houfc
know whether yon love the Lord of bondage.
Y £ are children of the Lord
your God
and the vulture after his kind,

ye (hall not cut kind,

:
14 And every laven after his
your God with all your heart, II And all Ifrael (hall hear, nor makc an * baM 1 s And thc ow, » 3rul ,hc ni * ht *
and with all your foul. and fear, and fhall do no more E?T
ncisoetwecn your eyes for
'
"
the hawk, and thc cukew, and the
4 Ye (hall walk after the Lord any fuch wickednefs as this is a* hawk after his kind,
your God, and fear him, and keep mong you. the
his commandments, and obey \% \ If thou (halt hear
his voice, and ye (hall ferve him, one of thy cities, which the
and cleave unto him. thy God hath given thee to
5 And that prophet, or that there, faying, " 3tl0ns t!lal Qrt U P' And thc ftork, and the he-
chi ™thc
dreamer of dreams (hall be put 13 Certain men, the earth
ron after her kind, and the lap-
fr TkJn.
X n 1
to death, (becaufe he hath fpok- of Belial, are gone out 3ny a " wi "S' an «' thc ,,at -
en to turn you away from the mong you, and have with
Enable "hit
4 Thefe ."? _ 19 And every creeping thing
Lord your God, which brought the iu habitants of their city 1C iir# .

° Tt tbc »hich that flieth, is unclean unto you :

they
 »

DEUTERONOMY. CHAP. XVT.

they fhallnot he eaten. of thine increafe the famc brother : well with thee,)
f n(>or
tn open thine 17 Then thou lhalt take an
T.O Btt of all clean fowls ye ami (halt lay // up w j
|rt>n» -
.
oU ihalt
may gates. 8 him, and (halt awl, and thruft it through his
wltjc unt0
eat. ;

ai *[ Ye (hall not cat of any 29 And the Levitc (jatid farficient for his car unto the door, and be (hall
thing that dieth of itlclf : thou he hath no part nor ir>h< ft^.lat which hewanttth. be thy fcrvant for ever: and al-
(halt giveit unto the (1 ranger with thee; and the ftran;,. peetti he not afo unto thy maid-fcrvant thou
c that there
that is in thy gates, that he may the fathcrJcfs. and the~« fay- Oialt do likewife.
9 thy wicked heart,
which arc within thy gatci th the year 18 It lhall not feem hard unto
ea: it, or thou mayctt fell it un- rh ftventh veil*,
to an alien : for thou art an ho- come, and lhall cat, < s a t hand;
and thine thee, when thou fended him a-
j
of rc ca
*

jgajnil thy poor bro- way free from thee; for he hath
'
ly people unto the Lord thy tisficd that the Lord th
;
C v j|
**' c bC nought, been worth a double hired lcrvant
God. Thou lhalt not feet he a may Lief-, thee in ail the „„. \ thou civeft him
kid in his mother's milk. o* thine which thou *?L^vvunto"the Lord againlt to tbec, in fcrviiig thee fix years;
doft
22 Thou truly tithe all
Piatt C H A P. XV. * fu unto thee. he and the Lord thy God (ball bleft
thCC nd it

the increafe of thy feed, that t'xe A T the md of every fc TC0 Thou ihalt furcly give him, thee in
' all that thou dufh

field hringcth forth year hy year. 1 \ wars thuu IhaSt make a Jthinc heart
fiiall not bc-gricv- 19 «f All the m illing males
43 And thou ilia! t cat before' release, hen thou giveft
unto him that come of thy herd, and of thy ;
I
*
the Lord thy God, in the place 2 And this is the m; fe that for this thing the flock, thou (halt fa notify unto the
C
which he fhall choofe to place the rcleafe : Every lhall Wcfs thee in Lord thy God thou lhalt do no
«d thy God
:
1

his name there, the tithe of thy lendeth ought unto his II thy
works, and in all that work with the firftlingof thy hul-
puttcft thine hand tuilo. lock, nor (hear the (killing of thy
corn, of thy wine, and of thine (hall reicaie it ; he (ha thou
oil, and the firftlings of thy herds aft it of his neighbour, poor lhall never (beep,
II For the
and #fthy flocks, that thou may- brother, becaufc it is ccafe out of
the land ; therefore 20 Thou (halt cat before the
it

eft learnto fear the Loan thy Lord's rcleafe. command thee, faying. Thou Lord thy God year by year, in
I

God always.
24 And if the way he to© long
for thee, fo that thou art not able
to carry it, or if the place be too
far from thee, which the Lord
thy God (hall choofe to fct his
name there, when the Lord thy
3 Of a foreigner th
exa& it again : but th
thine with thy brc
hand fliall rcleafe
4 Save when there lhall be no
poor among you : for the Lot
lhall greatly bids the
(halt open thine hand wide unto the place which the Lord (hall
thy brother, to thy
poor, and to choofe, thou and thy houfhold.
thy needy, in the land. 21 Aud if there be**; blemilh
:
IX 1 Aud if thy brother, an therein, as if it be fomc, or blind,
Hebrew man, or an Hebrew wo- or have any ill blemifli, thou (halt
nan, he fold unto thee, and ferve not facriticc it unto the LoXd
thee fix years then in the le- thy God. ;

God hath bicfled thee : land which the Lor d venth year thou lhalt let him go 22 Thou (halt eat it within
givcth thee for an inhei free from thee. thy gates: the unclean and the
25 Then (halt thou turn it in-
to money, and bind up the mo- poiTcfs it : 13 And when thou fendeft him clean pcrfn fa all eat it alike, as
Only if thou carefully hearken out free from thee, thou lhalt the roe- buck, and as the hart.
ney in thine hand, and lhalt go 5
n >t let him go away empty ; 2 j Only thou (halt not eat the
unto the place which the Lorb unto the wee of the Loao thy
God, to obferve to do all the* 14 J'hou lhalt furnrlh him li- blood thereof: thou (halt pour it
thy God fliall choofe.
com* ber;diy out of thy (lock, and out upon the grouud asuatcr.
26 And thou (halt bcrtow that commandments, which I
ofthyAoor, and out of thy wine-
money for whalfocver thy foul niand thee this day.
lufteth after.foroxcn or for Iheep, or the Lord thyGodbklM
6 l
prefs: of that wheewith the XVI. CHAP.
in* M>«thy God hath hlcflcd thee, /^Bfervc the month of Abib,
or for wine, or for ftrong drink, thee, as he promifed thee;
or for whatfoever thy foul defir- thou lend unto many ni-
lhalt
borfW.
thou ihalt give unto him.
*5 n
and keep the paflbver unto \J
«th : and thou (halt eat there he- ti.ms, hut thou malt not ^ <lth<;u Ibuit remember the Lord thy God; for in the
Ul ouwa
fore tiie Lord thy God, and and thou malt reign over m*7 hi a hond-man in month of Abih the Lord thy
'-*

n-n-ns, bat they lhall not t*V>

«»nd .

of Egypt, and iheLosiD God brought thee forth out of

thou (halt rejoice, thou and thine ™y OiHi redeemed thee : there- Egypt bv night.
houlhold. over thee. _ .
If there be among mandtluc this tilin Th ® u
ha,t therefore facn-
%
27 And the Levite that h with- 7 to-day * !

poor man o* one of thy or ! « ficc the paflover unto the Lord
in thy gates, thou Ihult not for- _ 1^ A 1.

within any of thy gates, toih«Ti

if 1^' f^yun- thy God, of the fiuck and the
fake him : for he hath no part
n awa > lrom
nor inheritance with thee. land which the Lo«o u U«ce (\L } ?
1
?? hcrtl > in thc P la « which the
28 1 At the end of three years givcth thee, thou flialt 1

houie, becaufe he name

thou (halt bring fonh all the tithe cn thy heart, nor ftwif- is there.
3 Thou
 :

DEUTERONOMY. CHAP. XVIT.

^Thou fhalt eat no leavenedbrcad and thy fon, and thy d
a„ Thou (halt not wreft judg- ncfles, or three witnefles, fliall
1
thou cat and thy man-fervant, *9 not refpedtper- he that is worthy of death be put
with it : feven days fhalt and 1
-

u |], a it
fli« nt to death ; bat at the mouth of
unleavened bread therewith, even matd-fervant, and theLcvite
'
|, er
ta ke a gift ; for a
" e !
one witnefs he (hall not be put
the bread of affliaion : (for thou is within thy gates, and theftL,
fons, .. .
thc cves of the
earned forth out of the land of 5", and the fathcrlefs, a,,.. P^crt the words of to death.

Egypt in hafte) that thou mayeft widow, that are among you ?' vhteous. 7 The hands of the witnefles
remember the day when thou the place which the Lo RD *
*u e
That which
altogether is (hall be fir ft upon him to put him
that thou to death, and afterward the hands
cameft forth out of the land of God hath chofesi to p! ace l7 - l°(h*\t thou follow,
Egypt, all the days of thy life, name there. *
t ft live
and inherit the land of ail the people: fo thou /halt
4 And there (hall be no leav- 12 And thou fhalt remember Lord thy God giveth put the evil away from among
*Th
*" lc the
you.
ened bread feen with thee in all that thou waft a bond-man i n £.
thy coafts feven days; neither gypt and thou (halt obferveaM not plant thee 8 <J If there arife a matter too
ai'* Thou
: fiialt
da thele ftatutcs. trees near unto hard for thee in judgment, be-
fha'll there any thing of the flclh rove of any
which thou facrificedft the fi.ft 13 " Thou fhalt obfervc the the altar of
the Lord thy God, tween blood and blood, between
day at even, remain all night fcaft of tabernacles feven da (halt make thec. plea and plea, and between ftroke
which thou
after that thou had gathered Neither ihalt thou fet thee and ftroke, being matters of con-
until the morning.
thy coin and thy wine,
n which the Lord troverfy within thy gates then
5 Thou mayeft not facrifiec up any image,
:

the paflbvcr within any of thy 14 And thou linlt rejoice thv God hateth. malt thou arife, and get thee up
gates, which the Lord thy God thy teaft, thou, and thy fon,* CHAP. XVII. into the place which the Lord
thy daughter, and thy man-fer- not facrifiec unto
(halt thy God mail choofe;
giveth thec. THou
6 But at the place which the vant, and maid-fervant, and«l> e the Lord thy God any bul- 9 And thou /halt come unto
wherein isblcmifh, the pricfts the Levites,
Lord thy God mail choofe to I.evitc, the (tranger, and the r». lock, or fheep, and unto
for that the judge that ftiall be
place his name in, there thou thcrlds, and the widow, that art ff toy cvil-favouredncfs: in thofc

(halt facrifice the pa Hover at even,

within thy gates. h an abomination unto the Lord days, and enquire ; and they mall
IS Seven .lay? fhalt thou keep thy God. ihew thec the fentence of'judg-
at the going down of the fun, at
the feafon that thou cameft forth a foltnin fcaft unto the Lox-o thy % If there be found among you, mcnt.
God, in the place which the Within any of thy gates which do accord- 10 And thou (halt
out of Egypt.
Lord (hall choofe : becaufc the the Lord thy God giveth thee, ing to the fentence which they of
7 And thou fhalt roaft and eat
which the Lord Lord thy God lhall blefs thee ra manor woman that hath wrought that place (which the Lord (hall
i/ in the place
wickednefs in the fight of the choofe) mail mew thee, and thou
thy God (hall choofe : and thou all thy increafe, and in ail the
Lord thy God, in tranfgrcfling Ihalt obferve to do according to
riialtturn in the morning, and works of
thine hands, therefore
thou fhalt finely rejoice. his covenant, all that they inform thee:
go unto thy tents.
8 Six days thou (halt eat un- 16 «| Three times in a year 3 And hath gone and ferved According to the fentence u
males appear before r.thergods, and wormipped them, of the law which they lhall
leavened bread, and on the fe- fhnll all thy
'
teach
in the pl?ce cither Ihe fun, or the
and according to the judg-moon, or
venth day Iball te a f-h.-mn af- the I. or.) thy God,
thee,
choofe: in the anyofthc hoft of heaven, which ment which they mall tell thec,
fcmbly unto the Lord thy God; which he (hall I have not commanded
feaft «f unleavened bread, ana thou (halt do thou (halt not de-
thou (halt do no work //< -:...
; ;

and .n the 4 And it be told thee, and cline from the fentence which
9 * Seven week, fcilt tl-ou in the feaft of weeks, thou haft heard of is, and en- they
and tWf (hall fhew thee, to the right
numberuntothec: begin to num- fcaft of ribcrnacles :

weeks from fueh Iball not appear before the uno quired diligently, and behold, i/
hand nor to the left.
ber the feven
time as thou beginneft put the empty.
10
„:„. ac.S ^°rntch
l
T abomination
7ithcthiM5
, <J '
the man that will do ccrtain > " And
ff pvt«*
.

Every man is wrought prefumptuoufly, and will not

fickle to the con, 17.

able, according to the blew "tit

1
hearken unto the prieft, (that
10 And Ihou fhalt keep the is n . .

hou bnn S f°rthftandeth to minifter there be-

.

feaft of weeks unto the Lord thy of the

Lord thy God *n tht L
3
.

God with a tribute of a free-will- hath givan thee, have

°r l w m I^hich fore the Lord thy God) orun-
m, t ed that? ,
«
which 18 « Judges and o
wicked to *e judge, even that man fnall
offering of thine hand, thinrtT» . k
j
y gale$ » eV€ * h (lie : and thou n,alt
thou ihalt give uv.tt the LORDthou make thee in all man °3 i P u * >«y ?
thy God, according as the Lord which the
Lord thy G !L2 with
ftone them -Ti?
n » anH n,alt evil from ir' ac >-
,

thy God hath bleilcd thee. thec throughout thy t

ftones, till they 13 And ail the people (hall
the ''ear, and and do no more
It And thou fhalt rejoice be- they (hall judge 6 A fear,
At* th*
the ~ n
mouth r
of two
.

wit- prcfumptuonfly.
the Lord thy God, thou, iuft judgment.
J4 ^ When
 CHAP. XIX.
DEUTERONOMY. a»d becaufc of thefe abo Lord hath not fpoken, but the
X4 ^ When thou art come un- of the Lord made by fire, thy God prophet hath fpoken it prcfump-
nations, the Lord
to the land which the Lord thy his inheritance.
God giveth thec, and (halt pof- % Therefore (haU they hav Tih drive them out from before tucufly thou fhalt not be afraid
:

, of him.
Ms it, and (halt dwell therein, inheritance among their b
t* Thou malt
he perfect with CHAP. XIX.
and malt fay, I will fet a king ren ; the Lord r; their ink God. 4T7HEN the Lord thy God
the Loan thy
over me, like as all the nations ance, as he hath fiid unto the
14 For
thefe nations, which VV hath cut off the nations,
that are about me : 3^ t,li5 fi)a be the
' 1

thou malt
potiefs, hearkened unto whole land the Lord thy God
15 Thou malt in any wife fet prices due from the people, giveth thee, and thou fucccedefl
ohfervcrs of times, and unto di-
htm king over thee, whom the from them that eiicr a facrifice, thee the Lord them, and dwelled in their cities,
vioers: but as for
Lord thy Gcd lhall choofc : one whether it be ox or Iheep and ;
not fuffcrcd thee fo and in their houfes;
•hv God hath
from among thy brethren fhalt they mall give unto the pi ieft t % Thou fhalt fcparate three ci-
Jo
thou fet king over thee :thou (houldcr, and the two cheek Lor d thy God will ties for thee in the midft of thy
15 % The
mayeft not fet a Aranger over and the maw. a Prophet from land which the Lord thy God
raife up unto thee
thec, which is not thy brother. 4 The firft-frnit alfi of th thy breth- giveth thee to poflefs it.
the midft of thee, of
16 1 But he mall not multiply corn, of thy wine, and of thy oi unto mc; unto him yc 3 Thou fhalt prepare thee a
T ca like
horfesto himfelf, nor canfe the and the firft of the Ikece of th way, and divide the ccafb of thy
(hall hearken.
people to return to Egypt, to the fheep llialt thou give him.
16 According to all that thou land (which the Lord thy God
end that he fhould multiply hor- 5 For the Lord thy God h
defiredit of the Loro thy God in giveth thee to inherit) into three
forafmuch as the Lord hath chofen him out of all thy trit
Horeb, in thedayoftheafTcmbly, parts, that every flayer may flee
fes:

faid unto you, Ye mall henceforth to ftand to miniftcr in the na

frying, Let me not hear
again the thither.
return no more that way. of the Lord, him and his ft
voice of the Lor my God ; net- 4 ^ And this is the cafe of the
17 Neither mall he multiply forever,
ther let mc fee this great fire any flayer which mall flee thither,
wives to himfelf, that his heart 6 \ And if a Lcvite come f that he may live ; whofo killeth
more that I die not.
turn not away neither (hall he any of thy gates out of all If
Ij And the Lord faid unto his neighbour ignorantly, whom
:

greatly multiply to himfelf filver where he fojourncd, and c

me, they have well fpoken that he hated not in time part,
and gold. w * tn all the defire of his m'" which they have fpoken. 5 As when a man goeth into
18 And it lhall he when he unto the place which the
x8 I will raife them up a Pro- the wood with his neighbour to
fittcth upon the throne of his (hall choofc;
phet from among their brethren, hew wood, and his hand fetchcth
kingdom, that he (hail write him 7 Then he mall minifter
like unto thee, and will put my a ftroke with the ax to cut down
a copy of this law in a book, out name of the Lord his God, words in his mouth, and he (hall the tice, and the head flippeth
of that -which is before the priefts his brethren the Levites(fo,
fpeak unto them all that I lhall from the helve, and lighteth upon
the Levites : (land there before the Lord.
command him. his neighbour, that he die; he
19 And it mall he with him, 8 They (hall have like portions
19 And it lhall come to pafs, (hall flee unto one of thofe cities,
and he mail read therein all the to eat, beflde that which comet
that whofoever will not hearken and live :
days of his life: that he may of the falc of his patrimony.
( unto my words which he (hall 6 Lefl the avenger of the blood
learn to fear the Lord his God, 9 ^ When thou art come in
fpeak in my name, I will require purfuc the flayer, while his heart
to keep all the words of this law, the land which the Lord th
it of him. is hot, and overtake him, becaufe
and thefe iratutes, to do them ; God giveth thec, thou (halt nf ao But the prophet which fhall the way is long, and flay him,
ao That his heart be not lifted learn to do after theabominatio prefumc to fpeak a word In my whereas he -was not worthy of
up above his brethren, and that of thole nations, name, which I have not com- death, inafmuch as he hated him
he turn not afide from the com- 10 There fliall not he found a- manJcd him to fpeak, orthat fhall not in time part,
mandment, to the right hand or mong you any one that maketh fpeak in the name of other Gods, 7 Wherefore I command thee,
to the left: to the end that he his fon or his daughter to pa even that prophet fhall die. faying, Thou (halt fcparate three
may prolong bis days in his king- through the fire, or thatufeth ?
ai And if thou fay in thine cities for thee,
dom; he, and his children in the vination, er an obfervcr of um heart, Howfhall weknowtheword 8 And if the Lord thy God
midft of Ifrael. or an enchanter, or a witch, which the Lord hath not fpoken? enlarge thy coaft, (as he hath
CHAP. XVIII. II t»r a charmer, or a confult 22 When a prophet fpcaketh fworn unto thy fathers,) and give
r 1" 1 HE priefts the Levites, and with familiar fpirits, or a wizar in the name
of the Lord, if the thee all the land which he pro-
JL all the tribe of Levi, (hall or a necromancer, thing follow not,
nor come to miffed to give unto thy fathers;
have no part nor inheritance with 12 For all that do thefe thin
1*6, that is the thing which the 9 (If thou malt keep all thefe
Ifrael; they lhall cat the offerings are an abomination unto
command-
 DEUTERONOMY. 1 CHAP. XXI.
commandmentsto do them, which as he thought to have done let him go and ftroy them, namih % the HlttlteS,
onto not taken her ?
1 command thee this day, to love his brother : fo fhalt thou put his houfe, left he die and the Ammorites, the Cana*
the return unto
the Lord thy God, and to walk evil away from among you. and another man take anites, and the Perizzitcs, the
in battle,
ever in his ways ; then (halt thou 20 And ihofe which remai Hivites, and the Jcbufitcs, as the
k cr<
add three cities more for thee, mall hear, and fear, and (hal g And the officers fhall fpeak Lord thy God hath commanded
henceforth commit no more a
befide thefc three : further unto the people, and they thee :
10 That innocent blood be not fuch evil among you. (hall fay,
Whatman is there that 18 That they teach you not
Ihed in thy lan J which the Lord %X And thine eye mail not pi is fearful
and faint-hearted ? let to do after all their abominations,
thy God giveth thee for an inhe- ty, */// Wftjhallgo for life, eye fr him go and return unto hishoufe, which they have done unto their
ritance, and /? blood be upon thee, eye, tooth for tooth, hand fi left his
brethren's heart faint as gods, fo fhould ye fin againft
11 But any man hate his hand, foot for foot,
if
w ell as his heart. the Lord your God.
neighbour, and lie in wait for CHAP. XX. 9 And it
(hall be when the of- 19 % When thou fhalt hefiege
\T7
him, and rife up againft him, and
fmite him mortally that he die, lie, bW
Hi'en thou goeft out
V V battle againft. thine e
and flccth into one of thefc cities: mics, and iceft horfes and ch
ficers have
made an end of fpeak- a city a long time, in making
ing unto the people,
that they war againft it to take it, thou
/hall make captains of the armies fhalt not deflroy the trees there-
1% Then the elders of his city ots, and a people more than th to lead the people. Of by forcing an ax apainft them ;
(hall fend and fetch him thence, be not afraid of them : for chc 10 1 When thou comeft nigh for thou mayeft eat of them, and
and deliver him into the hand of Lord thy God is with thee t unto a city to fight againft it, thou fhalt not cut them down,
the avenger of blood, that he which brought thee up oat of then proclaim peace unto it. (for the tree of the field is man's
may die. b
the land of Egypt. 11 And it fhall be, If it make life) to employ tlem in the fiegc.
13 Thine eye fhall not pity a * And it fhall be whea thee anfwer of peace, and open 20 Only the trees which thou
him, but thou fhalt put away the arc come nigh unto the lwt unto thee, then it (ball he, that knoweft that they le not trees for
guilt of innocent blood from If- that the prieft fhall approach an all the people that is found there- meat, thou (halt deflroy and cut
racl,that it may go well with thee, fpeak unto the people, in, (hall be tributaries unto thee, them down and thou (halt build
:

14 ^ Thou (halt not remove 3 And (hall fay unto them and they (ball ferve thee bulwarks againft the city that
thy neighbour's /W-mark, which Hear, O Ifrael, ye approieh tl 12 And if it will make no mnketh war with thee, untill it
they of old time have fet in thine day unto battle againft your e peace with thee, hut will make befubdued.
inheritance which thou fhalt in- mies let not your hearts fain
: war againft thee, then thou fhalt CHAP. XXI.
hcrit, in the land that the Lord fear not, and do not tremb hefiege it. TF cue be found flain in the
thy God giveth thee to pofTefs it. neither be ye terrified becaufc 13 And when the Loftn thy J. land which the Lord thy God
15 1 One witnefs fhall not rife them : God hath delivered it into thine giveth thee to pefleft it, lying irt
4 For the Lord your God hands, thou fhalt fmite every t lie field, and it be not known
up againft a man forany iniquity,
or for any fin, in any fin that he that goeth with you, to fight male thereof w ith the edge of the who hath (lain him ;
he finneth : at the mouth of two for you againft your enemies, fword. % Then thy
ciders and thy
witnefles.or at the mouth of three favc you. ^
14 But the women, find the judges (hall come forth, and they
little ones, and the cattle, and all
witneflcs, (hall the matter be 5 «f And the officers fhalt fhall mcafure unto the cities
that is in the city, even all the *hich are round about him that
eftabJimcd. fpeak unto the people, fayin
fpoil thereof (halt thou take unto
16 J If a falfe witnefs rife up What man is there that hath bu is flain.
thyfclf ; and thou fhalt cat the
againft any man, to teftify a- a new houfe, and hath not d:: 3 And it fhall be f/w/ the city
fpoil of thine enemies, which the
gainft him that ivhich is wrong; catcd it ? let him go and ret tvhkhis next unto the flain man,
Lord thy God hath given thee, even the elders of that city, lhall
17 Then both the men, be- to his houfe, left he die in
*S Thus fhalt thou do unto take an heifer which hath not
twecn whom the controverfy is, battlc*and another man dedicat
fhall ftand before the Lord, be- it. «*r
thc cilics w
»
t
*«* *tt' very far been wrought with, and which
oft from thee, which
fore the piicfts, and the judges 6 And what man is he th are not of hath not drawn in the yoke,
the cities of thefc nations.
which fhall be in thofe days. hath planted a viueyard, an 4 And the ciders of that eity
16 «f Hut of the cities of thefc fhall bring down the heifer unto
18 And the judges fhall make hath not yet
eaten of it ? let hi
People, which the Loan
diligent inquifition : and behold, alfi go and return unto his hou thy God a rouel). valley, which is neither
cioth g, ve thee
left he die in thebattlc, and a for an inheritance, eared nor fow n, and fhall flrike
if the witnefs be a falfe witnefs, i"ou halt fave alive
nothing that offthe heifer's neck there in the
end hath teftificd falfly againft his other man cat of it. th Clh
brother : . 7 And what man is there that ?, R \ valley.
*7 But thou fhalt utterly de- And the pricfls the fons of
19 Then lhall you do unto him, hath betrothed a wife, and hath 5
not M Levi
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M
1 C HAP. xxn.
1) K U T E R O N O Y.
not make met* which the Lord houfc if any man fall from
Levi Thall come near, (for them money, thou (halt not defiled,
thee for an inhe- thence,
the Lord thy God hath chofen chandife of her, becaufe thou haft thv God giveth
b
HJJJJ 9 1 Thou fhalt not fow thy
to minifter unto him, and to blefs humbled her.
H A P. XXII. vineyard with divers feeds: left
in the name of the Lord,) and by 15 ^ If a man have two wives; C
(halt not fee thy bro- the fruit of thy feed, which thou
their word lhall every controvcrfy one beloved and another hated THou
and they have born him children ther's ox or his (beep go a- haft fown, and the fruit of thy
and every ftrokc be tried.
6 And al! the ciders of that both the beloved and the hated n av and hide thyfelf from vineyard be defiled,
fkalt in any cafe IO J Thou plow with
city, that are next unto the llain and if the firft-born fon be them: thou
%, P ne thcm
again unto thy bro- an ox and an *fs together.
man, (hall walh their hands over that was hated : ;

Ii % Thorn (halt not wear a

the heifer that is beheaded in the 16 Then it (hall be, when he JPJJ
makethfons to inherit that
his % And if
thy brother be not garment of divers forts, as of
valley.
nizh unto thee, or if
thou know woolen and linen together,
7 And they thall anfwer and which he hath, that he may not make
Our hands have not fhed make the fon of the beloved firft- him not, then thou (ha't bring 12 ^ Thou thee
lhalt
fay.
blood, neither have our eyes born, before the fon of the hated, it unto
thine own houfe, and it fringes upon the four quarters of
this
which is indeed the firft-born : fliall be with
thee until thy bro- thy vcfture, wherewith thou co-
feen ii*
ther feek after it, and thou
(halt vereft thfclf
8 Be merciful, 0<Lord, unto 17 But he (hall acknowlcd
thy people Ifrael, Whom thou haft the fen of the hated for the 6 reftore it to him again. 13 \ If any man take a wift,
born, by giving him a dou 3 In like manner thou do
(halt and go in unto her, and hate
redeemed, and lay not innocent
blood unto thy people of Ifrael's portion of all that he hath : with hisafs, and fo (halt thou do her,

charge. And the blood (hall be
forgiven them.
9 So (halt thou put away the
guilt of innocent blood from a-
heii the beginning of his ftrenigth with his raiment; and with all 14 And give occafion of fpeech
the right of the firft-born is hw. loft thing of thy
brother's, which againft her, and bring up an evil
iS 5 If a man have a ftubb he hath loft, and thou haft found, name upon her and fay, I took
this woman, and when came
and rebellious fon, which will not (halt thou do likewife : thou may- I

obey the voice of his father, or not hide thyfelf. to her, found her not a maid :
1
jjiong you, when thou (halt do eft

4 J Thou not fee thy

(halt 15 Then fhall the father of the
that -which is right in the fight of the voice of his mother, and that
when they have chaftened him brother's afs or his ox fall down damfel, and her mother, take
the Lord..
When thou goeft forth will not hearken unto them : by the way, and hide thyfelf from and bring forth the tokens of the
10 S
19 Then (hall his father them; thou lhalt furcly help darnel's virginity unto the ciders
to waragainft thineencmies, and
him to lift them up again. of the city in the gate ;
the Lord thy God hath delivered his mother lay hold on him,
5 \ The woman
fhall not wear 16 And the damfcl's father
them into thine hands, and thou bring him out unto the elders
haft taken them captive, his city, and unto the gate of that which pcrtaineth unto a (hall fay unto the elders, 1 gave
11 And feeft among the cap- place ;
man, neither (hall a man put on my daughter unto this man to
woman, and haft ao And unto they fhall fay a woman's garment for all that wife, and he hateth her,
:
tives a beautiful (

17 And lo, he hath given oc-

a defiie unto her, that thou elders of his city, ThU our fon do fo arc abomination unto the
vouldcft have her to thy wife ftubborn and rebellious, he Lord thy God. cafions of fpeech againft her % fay-
6 f If a bird's neft chance to ing, 1 found not thy daughter a
IX Then thou (halt bring her not obey our voice ; i^uagl
be before thee in the way in any maid : and yet thefc are the tokens
home to thine houfc, and (he (hall ton, and a drunkard.
ai And all the men of his ei tree, or on the ground, whether of my daughter's virginity : and
ihave her head, and pare her
(hall ftonc him with ftones, th they he young ones, or eggs, and they (hall fpread the cloth before
nails.
thou put etil the dam fitting upon the young, the elders of the city.
13 And fhe (hall put the rai- he die : fo lhalt
from off way from among you, and a or upon the eggs, thou (halt not 18 And the elders of that city
ment of her captivity
take the dam with the young. (hall take that man and chaftife
her, and lhall remain in thine rael fhall hear, and fear.
%% \ And if a man haveco 7 But thou lhalt in any wife him.
houfc, and bewail her father and
and mitted a fin worthy of death,
let the dam go., and take the 19 And they (hall amerce him
her mother a full month :

death, a young to tuee, that it may he in an hundred foekels of filver,

after that thou fhalt go in unto he be to he put to
well with thee, and that thou and give them unto the father of
her, and be her hufband, and (he thou hang him on a
tree : >j

23 His body (hall not re

niareft prolong thy days. the damfel, becaufe he hath
lhall be thy wife.
but t 8 ^ When thou buildcft a new brought up an evil name upon a
14 And it lhall be if thou have all night upon the tree, houfe, thc» thou fhalt make a virgin of Ifrael: and fhe lhall be
no delight in her, then tho.u (halt (halt in any wife bury him battlement for thy roof, that his wife ; he may uotput her a-
Jet her go whither (he will hut day : (for he that is hanged,
;
tUou bring not blood upon thine way all his days.
thou fhalt not icll her at all for accurlcd of God,) that
M * *0 But
 DEUTERONOMY. CHAP. XXIV.
30 But ifthis thing be H ue, ao Then the man that lay
end the tokens of virginity be not her, (hail give unto the dam f When
the hoft goeth forth ry of any tiling that is lent upon
aeainft thine enemies, then keep ufury.
found for the damfel : father fifty flekcls of illverT
thee from every wicked thing. 20 Unfo a flranger thou may-
21 Then they fhali bring out fhc fhall be his wife, becaufe
10 1 If there be among you eft lend upon ufury but unto
•the dam (el to the door of her fa- hath humbled her; he may nc ;

t Jut's houfe, and the men of her put her away all his days, any man that is not clean, by thy brother thou malt not len.l
reafon of uncleaniiefs that chanc- upon ufury ; that the Lord Ihr
city (hall flone her with ftoncs 30 A man fhall not take h God may
c th him by night, then fhall he blefs thee in all that
that Ihe die: becaufe (lie hath father's wife, nor difcovcr his
go broad out of the ramp, he thou thine hand to,
fetteft in the
wrought folly in hVacl, to play ther's fkirt.
Ball not come within the camp, land whither thou gocft to pof-
the whore in her father's houfe ; CHAP. XXIII.
11 But it fhall lie when even- fefs it.
fo fhalt thou put evil away from TTE that is wounded in
ingcometh on, he lhall wafh him- 21 ^ When thou fhalt vow a
among you. ±± flones, or hath his pri
filf with
water: and when the vow unto the Lord thy God,
2% \ If a man be found lying member cut off, fhall not c
fun is down, he fliall come into thou fhalt not flack to pay it :
with a woman married to an huf- into the congregation of
the camp again. for the Lord thy God will liircly
'band, then they (hall both of Lord.
IX } Thou fhalt have a place require it of thee ; and it would
them die, loth the man that lay % A baftard (hall not enter in
alfo without the camp, whither be fin in thee,
with the woman, and the woman: to the congregation of the Lord}
thou malt go forth abroad. 22 But if ihsu fhalt forbear to
fo (halt thou put away evil from even to his tenth generation (hall
13 And thou (halt have a pad- vow, it fhall be no fin in thee
Ifrael. he not enter into the congrega- die upon thy weapon : and it fhall 23 That which is gone cut of
23 *f If a damfel tb.it is a vir- tion of the Lon.n. be when thou wilt eafe thyfclf a- thy lips, thou fhalt keep and per-
gin be betrothed unto an huf- 3 An Ammonite or Moabit broad, thon fhalt dig therewith, form ; even a free will-offerine
band, and a man find her in the fhall not enter into the congre and (halt turn back, and cover according as thou haft rowed
city, and lie with her ; gation-ofthc Loitw, even to their on-
that which comet h from thee. to- the Lord thy God, which
24 Then ye fhall bring them tenth generation Hull they not 14 For the Lord thy God walk- thou haft promifed with thv
both out unto the gate of that ci- enter into the congregation of eth in the mid ft of thy camp, to mouth.
ty, and ye fhall (tone them with the Lord forever : deliver thee, and to give up thine
24 V When thou comcft into
(tones that they die ; the damfel, 4 Becaufe they met you not enemies before thee : therefore thy neighbour's
becaufe fhe cried not, being in the with bread and with water in the vineyard, then
lhall thy camp bs holy, that he thou mayeft
eat grapes thy fill,
city, and the man, becaufe he way, when ye came forth out of fee no unclean thing in thee, and at thine own
hath humbled his neighbour's Egypt ; and becaufe they hired pleafure; Lut thou
turn .way from thee, (halt not put c,n, in thy wflel.
wife: fo thou fhalt put away evil againft thee Balaam the fon of
15 1 Ihnu fhalt not deliver 25 When thou comeft into the
from among you. Beer, of Pethor of Mcfopotam unto his matter, the fervant which ftanding corn of
thy neighbour,
25 S Eut if* man find a be- to curie thee, is efcaped from his mafter unto then
thou mayeft pluck the earJ
trothed damfel in the field, and 5 Nevcrthclcfs, the L wit,) thine han ''
the man force her, and lie with God would not hearken unto hut thou fhalt
rA
16 He fhall dwell with thee, not move a fickle
11. n. 11 a it t • 5

her; then the man only that laam, but the Lord thy G unto thy nefeh-
«m:among you m that place hour's ftanding-corn.
lay with her Jliall die.

W
turned the curie into a blefTi
26 But unto the damfel thou unto thee, becaufe the Lord
which he lhall choofe, in o*e of
XXIV CHAP.
flult do nothing, itere is in the God loved thee,
tiamfel no fin worthy- of death; 6 Thou (halt not fcek their
lor as when a man rifrth againft peace, nor their profperity all thy
t\
iV
of the
ot
•EL Sft!a
i
Lilh
Th£
Z ot
I
liket

fK
im
ft
n K° n
-
f hK-' m
PPrCf5
whore
?
' W
Hcn 3 man Ilath
•
,l comc to
k
wifc apd
r,afs that ftc
«
her,
fi "<>
« *
and
*
daughters Ifrael. nor a favour in his
his neighbour, and flaycth him, days for ever, eyes, becaufe he
even fo is this matter 7 Thou (halt not abhor an E b "" S
27 For he foend her in the domitc, for he is tLy brother
fiild, and {.he betrothed damfel thou malt not abhor an F.ey
^
hire of a ™l
rt
2?inri»hiT ? i ,
hers then let
8 P nCC0fa bi;l of divorcement, and give
U
him w.ite her a

° f th C L0R
ciied, and there was none to fave an, becaufe thou waft a fhun thy S3 for J
"''
f
° Li hcr hand « E!,d «»* ont of
Y V ° W; for cven his houfc -
her. in his land. both I r
3 And when me is departed
a " abomination
28 f If a man find a damfel 8 The children that are 'SStSr. L
that i$% virgin, which is not be- ten of them, fhall enter in
,cnd U P- be another man's vjxfc.
frothed, and lay hold on her, congregation of the Lokd, on JfiL
1 And
and lie with her, aui they be their third generation.
***** Wh
of money,
monTv ufury
ufi 7 ,
" « *P
the ,attcr
of victuals, ufu- hate her, and write her
a bill of
9 T
3 M
divorcement,
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DEUTERONOMY,
divorcement, and giveth it in her 13 In any cafe thou fhalt de-
CHAP.
bond-man
XXV.
in the off his foot,
that thou waft a and fpit ?n his face,
hand, and fendeth her out of his liver him the pledge again uhen com- and fhall anlwcr and fay, So fhall
land of Egypt therefore
: I

honfe ; or if the latter hufband the fun gocth down, that he

mand thee to do this thing. it be done unto the man that will
die, which took her to be his wife; fleep in his own raiment, C H A A. XXV. not build up his brother's houfc.
4 Her former hufband, which blcfs thee : and it fhall he ri
F there heacontroveriy between 10 And his name lhail he call-
fent her away, may not take her oufnefs unto thee before the men, andtheycomeuntojudg- cd in Ifrael, The houfe of him
thy God. I
meat, that the judges may judge that hath hi - ihoc fcifid*
again to be his wife, after that (he
is defiled; for that is abomination 14 «[ Thou (halt not oppreft 11 \ When men ftrivc together
them, then tltey ihail juility the
before the Lord, and thou lhalt an hired fervant that is poor ami and condemn the one with another anil the wife t f
righteous,
no* caufc the land to fin, which needy, whither he he of thy bre- wicked. the one draweth near fm to deli-
the Lord thy God giveth thee theren, or of thy Grangers t
a And it (hall be, if the wicked ver her hufband out of the hand
for an inheritance. are in thy land within thy g
man he worthy to be beaten, that of him that imitcth Mm, ami
5 ^ When a man hath taken 15 At his day thou (halt the judge fhall caufc him to lie putteth forth her hand, and
a new wife, he fhall not go out him his hire, neither (hall the . down, and to be beaten hefoi c his taketh him by thcJecieu:
to war, neither fhail he be charg- go down upon it ; for he is poorj face, according to his fault, by a i% Then thou lhalt cut off un-
ed with any bufinefs; but he fhall and fctteth his heart upon it: left certain number- hand, thine eye (hail not pity jrr*
be free at home one year, and he cry againft thee unto the Lord
3 Forty ftripes he may give 13 J Thou fhalt not have in
fhall cheer up his wife which he and it be fin unto thee.
hath taken. 16 The fathers fhall not be put
-Jm, and not exceed: left if he thy bag divers weighty a great,
: ftould exceed, and beat him above and a final I,
6 J No man fhall take the ne- to death for the children, neither thefewith many ftripes, then thy 14 Thou lhalt not have in thine
thcr or the upper milftone to fhall the children be put to death broker ihouldfcem vile unto thee, houfe divers mcaiurcs, a grc^C
pledge; for he taketh a man's life for the fathers : every man (hall .4 JThou (bait not muzzle the andafmall.
to pledge. be put to death for his own fin. ox when he trcadcth out the com. ij But thou fhalt have a perfect
7 t If a man be found dealing 17 5 Thou (halt not perv 5 ^ If brethren dwell together, and juft weight, a perfect and jut
any of his brethren of the chil- the judgment of the fhanger, and one of them die and have no mcafurc fhalt thou have: that thy
dren of Ifracl, and maketh mer- of the fatherkfs, nor take a child, the wife of the dead lha!I days may he lengthened in the
chandife of him, or felleth him dow's raiment to pledge.
:
m not many without unto a Aran- laud which the Lord thy Go.l
then that thief fhall die and thou x8 But thou fhalt remember ger; her hufband's brother fhall giveth thee.
fhalt put evil away from among that thou waft a bond-man in E- go in unto her, and take her to him 16 Tor all that do fuch thing*,
you. gypt, and the Lord thy God rc- to wire, and perform the duty of andaU that do unrighteouilv, are
8 f Take heed, in the plague deemed thee thence therefore : an hnfband's brother unto her. an abomination unto the Lonii
of leprofy, that thouohferve dili- command thee to do this thing, 6 And it fhall be, that the firft- thy God.
gently, and according to all that 19 ^ When thou cutteftdo born ixhich file beareth lhail fuc-
17 ? Remember what Amalelc
the priefts the Levites fhall teach thine harveft in thy field, peed in the name of his brother did unto thee by
the way, when
you : as J comrnarded them, jo haft forgot a fbeaf in the fiel -mhxchis dead, that his name be ye were come
forth out of Eeypt
ye fhall obferve to do. thou ibalt not go again to fe not put out of Ifrael. 18 How he met thee by the
9 Remember what the Lord it it fhall be for the ftranger,
:
7 An t
| if the man like not to way, and
fmote the hindmoft of
thy God did unto Miriam by the the fatherlefs, and for the widow take his brother s wife, then let thee,
even all thai wtrc feeble br-
way, after that ye were come that the Lord thy God may bleii im brother s wife go up to the hind thee, when
thou v>qfl faint
forth out of Egypt. thecinalltheworkofthinehamu pte unto the elders and fay, My and weary; and he
10 \ When thou doft lend thy 20 When thou beateft thin
brother any thing, thou fhalt not olive-tree, thou (hail not go
™ I
br«h«r refnfeth to ra.ie
[PMntoh,, brother a name in the I.okd thy
feared not God.
19 Therefore it lhail be. when
God hath given
go into his houfc to fetch his the boughs again it lhail be f
:
,0 P ,f0 thc l '' eC «:«« from all thine enemies
pledge. the ftranger, for the fatherl 1 tv of my hufband
«uty n! S. s t T'
brother. round about, in the lar.d whirl,
11 Thou fhalt ftand abroad, and for the widow, n e c,<Icrs of his cit
• y the r'?« P thy God giveth thee for
and the man to whom thou doft %\ V/htn thou gathered fc.ll ,.i ,
n aJ fpcak u,,to an ihhciftance to pollefs it, thpt
lend fhall bring out the pledge a- grapes of thy vineyard, thou fha
him- , r l'
l '/ hc n
«
'
*»* 'o il, and thou (halt blot out the rcmem-
broad unto thee. not glean it afterward : it lhail »y. 1 .kc not.to take her;
branct of Amalek from under
13 And if the man be poor, for the ftrangcr, for the fatherlefs n 1 brol,,e,, « wifc heaven; thou (halt not forget
comr „n. •
1
it.
thou lhalt not fleep with his and for the widow,
ine men,
pledge. %% And thou fhalt remember and loolc his (hoc from M 4 CHAP.
twr
 DEUTERONOMY. I
CHAP. XXVI7.
CHAP. XXVF. which thou O Lord, haft gi 17 Th^uavouched the offerings thereon unto the Lord
hrjft

AND
c#me
it (hall be when thou
unto the land
in
art mc and thou fhalt fct it be
:

the Lord thy God, and wo

Lord this day to be thy God, thy God.
and to walk in his ways, and to 7 And thou (bait offer peace-
which the Lord thy God giveth before the Load thy God. keep his ftatutes, and his com offerings, and (halt eat there, and
.

thee for an inheritance, and poi-
fefleft it, and dwelled therein
% That thou lhalt take of the
firftof all the fruit of the earth,
which thou lhalt bring of thy
II And thou (halt rejoice in
: every good thing which the Lord
thy God hath given unto thee, and
unto thine honfe, thou, and the
-
Levite, and the llrargcr that ii
pnandmenti, and his judgments, rejoice before the Lor d thy God,
and to hearken unto his voice. 8 And thou fhalt write upon
18 And the Loan hathavoiich- the ftoaes all the words of this
#d thee this day to be his peculiar law very plainly.
people, as he hath promifed thee, 9 1 And Mofcs, and he prieft *
t

land that the Lord thy God giv-
eth thee, and fhalt put it in a
balket, and (halt go unto the
place which the Lord thy God
Jhall choofc, to place his name
there.
3 And thou fhalt go unto the
prieft that (hall be in thofe days,
mong you. and that thou fhouldert keep all the Levites, fpake unto all Ifrael,
II *; When thou haft made his commandments: frying, Take heed, and hearken,
end of tithing all the tithes 19 And to make thee high a- O llraej, this day thou art become
thine incrcafe the third yc bove all nations which he hath the people of the Lord thy God*
which is the year of tithing, an< made, in praife, and in name, 10 Thou lhalt therefore obey
haft given // unto the Levite, th and in honour, and that thou the voice of the Lord thy God.
ftranger, the fatherlcfs, and t' inayeftbe an holy people unto the and do his commandments, and
widow, that they may eat wit L LoRDthyGod,ashehathfpoken. his ftatutes which command I

and unto him, 1 profefs this

Cxy thy gates, and be filled, C H A P. XXVIL
thee this day.
day unto the Lord thy God, that
I am come unto the country
13 Then thou (halt fay before
the Lord thy Go;!, havebrough
I
AND Mofcs, with the elders II 1 And Mofcs charged the
of Ifrael, commanded the people the fame day, faying,
which the Lord fwarc unto our away the hallowed things out people, faying, Keep all the com- iz Thefe fhall ftand upon
fathers for to give u>. mine houfe, and alio have mandments which I commaud mouRt Geiizim to blefs the peo-
4 And the prieft (hall take the them unto the Levite, and un you this day. when ye
come over Jor-
pie, are
bafket out of thine hand, and fct the ftranger, to the fathcrlrfs an; % And it Iball be on the day dan; Simeon, and Levi, and Jtf-
it down before the altar cf the to the widow, according to all t when you (hall pafs over Jordan dah and Iftachar, and Jofeph and
Load thy God. commandments which thou unto the land which the Lord Benjamin.
5 And thou (halt fpeak and fay commanded me : 1 have thy God giveth thee, that thou 13 And thefe ftall ftand upon
before the Lord thy God, A
Sy- tranfgreflcd thy eommandme flialt fet thee up great ftones, and mount Ebal, to curfe Reubew* ;

rfea ready to peiilh was my fa- neither have 1 forgotten them. plainer them with plaifter. Gad, and After, and Zebulun,
tber, and he went down into E- 14 * have n <>t eaten thereof 3 And thou fhalt write upon Dan, and Naphtali.
gypt, and fojourned there with a my mourning, neither have them all the words of this law, 14 ^ And the Levites fhall
few, and became there a nation, taken away ought thereof for <* ^
when thou art parted over, that fpeak, and fay unto all the men
great, mighty, and populous. unclean ufc t nor given ought thv thou mayeft go in unto the land of Ifrael with a loud voice,
6 And the Egyptians evil tn- of for the dead : but I have hear which the Lord thy God giveth 15 Curfed be the man that ma-
treated us, and aftliclcd us, and ened to the voice of the Lo
thee, a land that floweth with keth any graven or molten
image,
laid upon us hard bondage. my God, and have done acc milk and honey : as the Lord an abominaton unto the Lord,
thou haft co God of thy fathers hath promifird the work of the handsof the craftf-
7 And when weciied unto the ing to all that
thcc
Lord God of our fathers, the manded me. - man, and pntteth it in a fecret
Lord heard our voice, and looked I J Look down from thy ho! 4 Therefore It fhall be when place; and all the people (ball
ye be gone over Jordan, that ye anfwer and lay, Amen.
on our affliction, and our labour, habitation, from heaven, a
and our oppreflion. blefs thy P -ople Ifrael, and iball fctup thefe ftones, which 1 16 Curfed be he that fetteth
8 And the Loan brought us land which thou haft given u
command you this day, in mount light by his father, or his mother:
fotifa out of Egypt with a mighty thou f.varcft unto
our fat be Ebal, and thou fhalt plaifter them and all the people fball fay
Amen,
hand, and wi th an out-ftrctched land that flowcth with milk an with plaifter.
XJ Curfed be he that removeth
arm, and with great terriblcr.cfs, honey, J And there fhalt thou build his neighbours land-mark; and
and with figns, and with wonders. 16 *f This day the Lord thy an altar unto the Lor d thy
God, all the people (tell fay, A men.
at an altar of ftones;
9 And he hath brought us into God hath commanded thee to thou fhalt not l8 Curfed be he that maketh
this place, and hath given us this thefe ftatutes and judgment*-,
un up a,ty iron tool upon them.
: the blind to wander out of the
land, even a land that floweth thou (halt therefore keep and 1 hou flialt build the altar of way and all the people iball fay.
;

with milk aod honey. them with all thine heart, fl We Loro thy God of whole Amen.
to And now behold, I have with all thy foul, "ones and thou (bait offer burnt
: 19 Curfed tVhethat pervertcth
brought the firft-fiuits of the land
 DEUTERONOMY, CHAP. xxvm.
the judgment of the (hanger, thou comcft in, and bleflcd Btit ma " come to pafs, before them and (halt he rc-
15 T ;

fathcrlcfs, and widow : and all thou be when thou gocft out. thou wilt not hearken unto the moved into all the kingdoms of
jf
the people lhall fay, Amen. 7 The Lord fhall caufe t
voice of the Lord thy God, to the earth.
zo Curfed be he that lieth with enemies that rife up againft 26 And thy carcafe (hall he
command-
obferve to do all his
his fathers* wife ; becaufc he un- to he fmitten before thy face*
ments, and his flatutes which meat unto all fowls of the air,
I

covereth his father's fkirt : and they {hall come out againft thee
command thtc this day that all and unto the bcafls of the earth,
5

all the people lhall fay, Amen, one way, and flee before theefe-
thefe curfes lhall come upon thee, and no man (hall fray them away,
21 Curled be he that lieth with ven ways, 27 The Lord fhall fmitc thee
and overtake thee.
any manner of heart and all the
: 8 The Lord fhall command lb Curfed fialt thou be in the with the botch of Egypt, and
people mail fay, Amen. the blcffing upon thee inthy city, and curi>d Jbalt thou be in with the cmerods, and with the
21 Curfed be he that lieth with ftorc-hcufes, and in all that thou fcab, and with the itch, whereof
the 6eld.
his lifter, the daughter of his fa- fctteft thine hand unto; and he
17 Curfed flail be thy haflcct thou can ft not he healed.
ther, or the daughter of his mo- lhall blefs thee in the land which 28 The Lord lhall fmite th<c
and thy ftorc.
ther : and all the people lhall the Lord thy God giveth thee, 18 Curfed Jhall be the fruit of with madnefs, and blindnefs, an<l
fay, Amen. 9 The Lord fhall eftablilh thee thy body, and the fruit of thy aftosifhmcnt of heart.
23 Curfed be he that lieth with an holy people unto himfelf, as land, the incrcafe of thy kine, 29 And thou (halt grope at
his mother in law ; and all the he hath fworn unto thee, if th noon day, as the blind gropeth
and the flocks of thy Iheep,
people mall fay y Amen. fhalt keep the commandments
19 Curfed fhalt thou be when in darki^is, and thou lhalt not
24 Curfed be he that fmitcth the Lord thy God, and walk thou comcft in, and curfed fialt profper in thy ways; and then
his neighbour fecretly
the people fhall fay, Ame.i.
and all his ways.
:

io And all people of

J thou it when thou gocft out. malt be only oppreffed, and fpoil*
20 The Lord lhall fend upon ed ever more,, and no man mall
25 Curfed be he that taketh re- earth fhall fee that thou art cal theecurfing, vexation and rebuke, favctbee.
ml to flay an innocent perfon : by the name of the Lord, i in all that thou fctteft thine hand 30 Thou fhalt betroth a wilV,
and all the people fhall fay. Amen, they fhall he afraid of thee. unto for to do; until thou be and another man fhall lie with
%6 Cur fed be he that confirm- II And the Lord lhall ma destroyed, and until thou perilh her thou malt build an hoy e,
:

eth not all the words of this law thee plenteous in goods, in t quick y becaufc of the wicked- and thou malt not dwell therein
; :

to do them : and all the people fruit of thy body, and in the nefs of thy doings whereby thou thou fhalt plant a vineyard, and
fhall fay, Amen. fruit of thy cattle, and in the haft forfaken mc. fhalt not gather the grapes there~
CHAP.. XXVI II. fruit of thy ground, in the land 21 The Lord fhall make
the of.
AND it fhall come to pafs, if which the Lord fwarc unto thy

thou fhalt hearken diligent- fathers to give thee,

ly unto the voice of the Lord 12 The Lord (hall open unt
thy God, to obferve and to do all thee his good treafure, the heave
his commandments which I com- to give the rain unto thy land i
mand thee this day : that the his leafon, and to hlels all
Lord thy God will fct thee on work of thine hand and tho
highaboveallnationsofthcearth. (halt lend unto many nation
2 And all thefe hlcffings lhall and thou (halt not borrow,
come on thee, and overtake thee, 13 And the Lord fhall ma
if thou (halt hearken unto the thee the head, and not the tai
voice of the Lor d thy God. and thou malt be above only,
3 BlcfTcd Jbal: thou be in the thou fhalt not be beneath :
city, and blcflcd fhalt thou be in that thou hearken unto the co
the field. mandments of the Loud thy G
4 Blefltd pall be the fruit of which I command thee this
thy body, and the fruit of thy to obferve and to do them :
ground, and the fruit of thy 14 And thou malt not go afid
pcltilcnce cleave unto thee, until 31 Thine ox fhall be flain he-
he have con fumed thee from off fore thine eyes, and thou fhalt
the land, whither thou goefl to not cat thereof : thine afsyW/ie
poflefs ir. violently taken away from before)
22 The Loan fhall fmite thee thy face, and fhall not he rcftor-
with a confumption, and with a ed to thee : thy fheep fiall be giv-
: fever, and with an inflammation, en unto thine enemies, and thou
and with an extreme burning, and lhalt have none to refcuc them.
with thefword, and with blading,
32 Thy fons and thy daugh-
and with mildew : and they lhall ters fialt be given unto another
purfue thee until thou periih. people, and thine eyes fhall look,
23 And thy heaven that is over and fail -with longing for them all
thy head lhall be brafs, and the the day long, and there
fiall be no
earth that is under thee fiall be might in thine hand.
,ron -
33 The fruit of thy land, and
24 The Lord lhall make the all thy labours, fhall a nation,
ram of thy land powder and dull : which thou knoweft not
eat up ;
iron) heaven lhall
it come down and thou fhalt be only oppreffed

cattle, the hicrcafe of thy kine, from any of the words which "Poiuhee.untilthoubcdcflroytd. and crumedalway :
and the flocks of thy flieep. command thee this day, to 5 llC Lo,D ft>a
" caufctncc 34 So that thou lhalt bemad,
t k 7
*

5 Bleircd frail bt thy baikct right hand or to the left, to (mitten before thine ene- for the fight of thine eyes which
and thy ftore. after other gods to fcrvc them neaj thou lhalt go out one way thou lhalt fee.
1

6 BUffid fialt thou be when 1 U •«»nft them, and flee feven ways
6 M 35 The
 DEUTERONOMY. CHAP. XXIX.
J5 The Lord fmitc thec llatutes, which he
(hall coir.man
among you and very
in the knees tod in the legs, thec. Jer delicate, ftars of heaven for multitude:
his eye (ball be evil toward his becaufc thou wouMcft not obey
with a fore botch that cannot be 4^ And they (hall be u brother, and toward the wife of the voice of the Lord thy God.
healed, from the fo.'c of thy foot thee for a lign and for a won
unto the top of thy head. and upon thy iced for ever. his hoiom, and toward the rem- 63 And it lhall come to pafs,
nant of h's children which he that as the Lord rejoiced over
36 The Lord (hall bring thec, 47 Becaufc thou fervedft
lhall leave : you to do you good, and to mul-
and thy king which thou (halt the Lord thy God with joy
fet ovtr thee, unto a nation nefs, snd with gladnefs of heart,
55 So that he will not give to tiply you fo the Lord will re- :

any of them of the flefh of his jcice over you to deftroy you, and
which neither thou nor thy fa- for the abundance of all things :
children whom he fhall eat: be- to bring you to noueht; and ye
thers have known : and there 48 Therefore (halt thou ferve
taufehe hath nothing left him fliall be plucked from ofTUie land
fhalt thou ferve other gods, wood thine enemies which the Lord
in the liege, and in the ftraitnefs whither thou gocft to poflefs it.
and itone. (ball fend againft thee, in hun-
wherewith thine enemies (hall 64 And the Lord (hall fcatter
37 And thou (halt become an ger, and in third, and in naked* diftrefs thee in ail thy gates. thec among all people, from the
aftonjlhment, a pre verb, and nefs, and in want of all things :
56 The tender and delicate one end of the earth even unto
a byword among all nations and he lhall put a yoke of iron
woman among you, which would the other: and there thou fhalt
whither the Lord lhall lead thee, upon thy neck, until he have
not adventure to fit the fole of ferve other gods, which neither
38 Thou (halt carry much feed deftroyed thee, her foot upon the ground for de- thou nor thy fathers have
out into the field, and fhalt ga* 49 The Lor d fhall bring a na- known,
licatnefs and tendernefs, her eye even wood and
ther but little in : for the locuft tion againft thec from far, from ftone.
(ball be evil towards the hu/band 65 And among thefc nations
fhall confume it. the end of the earth, as fivift as
of her bofom, and towards her (halt thou find no cafe,
39 Thou (halt plant vineyards the eagle flieth ; a nation whofe fon, and towards her daughter, fhall the (oleof thy foot have
neither
and drefs tkem, hut (halt neither tongue thou (halt not underftand; And towards her
r<ft*
57 young one but the Lord fhall give thec there
drink of the wine, nor gather the 50 A nation of fierce counte that cometh out from between a trembling heart,
grafts : for the worms fliall eat nance, which fhall not re and failing of
her feet, and towards her chil- eyes, and forrow
them. the perfon of the old, nor of mind.
drcn wh!ch (he fhall bear: for 66 And thy life fhall hang in
40 Thou fhalt have olive-trees, favour to the young . (he (hall eat them for want of all doubt
before thee, and thou (halt
throughout all thy coafts, but 51 And he lhall eat the fruit thtrp fecrctly in the (lege and fear day and
thou (halt not anoint tfafelf with of thy cattle, and the fruit of nighr,and (halt have
Araitnefs wherewith thine ene- none
affiirance of thy life.
the oil: for thine olive' fliall cad thy land, until thoube deftroyed i
S tW> 67 ln thc
bis fruit. which alfi (hall not leave thee ei SfifS I» ?l^3r^ ,
not observe to fay, Would God it were
thou fhalt
41 1 hou (halt beget fons and thcr corn, wine, or oil, cr the in -1^.11.1
do all the words of this Jaw that
even;
and at even thou (halt fay, Would
daughters, but thou (halt not en- creafe of thy kine, or flocks
th,S book G ° d ^ were morning 'for the
joy them : for they (ball go into thy Ihcep, until
ed thee.
he have de: thL
thou V?
mayeft fear this
l
. -

glorious fear of thine heart wherewhh

;

captivity.
And ho fhall befiege the
1 m C> THE L ° RD th °U ar ' and *!S!ffi
41 All thy trees and of
fruit TH Y GOI)" *
<>^thine eyes which thou fhalt fee.
thy land lhall the locuft confume. in all thy gates, until thy high MTh?n^ t
W,t ;
43 The ftranger that is with- and fenced walls come down, *d
9
Jhc
p
RD Ht make ,
68 And the Lord (hall bring
in thee lhall get up above thee wherein thou trufledft, through-
very high ; and thou fhalt come out all thy land : and he lhall ES „ - 1

Fit*** ^iT/ ^
i
m:?,
fccd ' ev?" great h lhc
y
Thou
> fake unto
down very low. befiege thee in all thy gates,
44 He (hall lend to thee, and throughout all thy land which
thou (halt not lend to him: he the Lord thy God hath given
Jnd
SSthlSf
M lr
60 m
^ ^^
k*c
*
l «
1 thcc
a S ai
» fie it
there ye lhall be fold
unto your enemies for bond-men,
no more

on^i?nn?^ 7
,,lbr,n * u P" ^d bond-women,' and no marl
fhall be the head, and thou (halt thee. thC ^i
,ftafe$ Cf E ^Pt. fhall buy you.
53 And thou (bait eat the fru ihirh !h 2
be the tail.
45 Moreover, all thefc curfes of thine own body, the fltfb.
*Mcr, thou waft afraid of; and
1
CHAP yyiy
{hall corr.e upon thee, and fliall thy fons and of thy daughte
purfue thee, and overtake thee, (which the Lord thy God h ^• ,' C" 1 C ° 7Cnant w hichtheLoaD
becaufe given thee) in the ficge, and KelSofSf2 n c m dcd ™ ™ Mof« to make with
till thou be deftroyed:
thou hearkenedft not unto the the Araitnefs wherewith tbm the Lor u
hrinff If ° n \
8
thou be if*r« ? P
°>
,aw lhcm Wl n thc chJd
thCC
*' in the bad
WUl ° f Moab » btCldc thc covenant
™ «M
voice of the Lord thy-God, to enemies fhall diftrefs thee : *

keep bis coramaudmciiu an4 hff 54 *

i**t the man tbat
is
a 1 bc ,cft fcw jn Horcb -
number
Dcr
' ™«« y« wt« as thc
» 1 An4
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DEUTERONOMY. CHAP, XXX.

he may be unto thec-»
and
t t And Mofcs called unto all that
fay, when the driven thee,
tlicy fee
Ifrael, and faid unto them, Ye
God, as he hath fai.l unto thee, II

!.von> unto thy fa . olapuesof that land, and the fick- % And &ik return unto the
have feen all that the Lord did and as he hath
Abraham, to Ifaac, and Lllcs which the Lord hath laid Lord thy God, and ihalt obey
before your eyes in the land of ihcrs, to his voice according to all that I
on it;
Egypt, unto Pharaoh, and unto to Jacob. t fot the whole land command thee this day, thou and
14 Neither »uh you only do I 2 3 And
all his fervants, and unto ail his and thy children,' with all thine
make thiscovenant and thisoath; thereof is brimftonc fend fait,
jan j
.
is'hot fown, nor heart and with all thy fowl ;
I J But with him that ilandcth horning, that it
3 The great temptations which erafs growcth 3 That then the Lord thy
this day before the beareth, nor any
thine eyes have feen, the figns here with us
Lord our God, and alfo with b m therein, like the overthrow of God will turn thy captivity, and
and thofe great miracles :
Sodom and Gomorrah, Adraah have companion upon thee, and
± Yet the Lord hath not given that is not here with us this day;
16 (For ye know how we have and Zeboira, which the Lord o- wili return and gather thee from
vou an heart to perceive, and eyes
verthrew in his anger and in his all the nations whither the Lord
to fee and ears to hear, unto dwelt in the land of Egypt, and thy God hath fcattered thee.
10W wc cam(i tlirou ? 11 the nat »ons
'
wrath : b
this day.
forty which ye paflal by 24 Even all nations fhall fay, 4 Jf any of thine he driven out
5 And I have led you Wherefore hath the Lord done unto the outmofl parts of heaven,
years in the wildernefs: your 17.And ye have leer, their
:

Dominations, and their idols, w thus unto this land ? what mean- from thence will the Lord thy
clothes are not waxen old upon anger ? God gather thee, and from thence
filver and gold, -were etb the heat of this great
you and thy Ihoe is not waxen and (tone 35 Then men (hall fay, Be- will he fetch thee,
old upon thy foot.
mon g th )
,
bread,
n . 5T;
18 Left there «. i.vbe among
(hould caufc they have forfaken the co- 5 And the Lord thy God will
6 Ye have not eaten
man, or woman, or family, venant of the Lord God of their bring thee into the land which
neither have you drunk wine, or you fathers, which he made with thy fathers pofleflcd, and thou
ftrong drink that ye might
know or tribe, whofc heart turneth a-
them when he brought them (halt polTefs it : and he will do
:

that am the Lord your God. way this day from the Lord our
forth out of the land of Egypt. thee good, and multiply thee
I

And when ye came unto this God, to go and fcrve the gods of
7
theie nations ; left there Ihould
26 For they went and ferved above thy fathers,
place, Sihon the king of Helhbon, other gods, and worihipped them, 6 And the Lord thy God will
of Balhan, came be among you a rool that beareth
and Og the king
gods whom they knew not, and circumcife thine heart, and the
out againft us unto battle, and gall
and wormwood;
-whom he had not given unto heart of thy feed, to love the
19 A"d it come to pa ft, whet
we fmote them. , them. Lord thy God with all thine
heareth the words of this
8 And we took their land, and he
,
:

the curfc that he blefs himfelf n a? And the anger of the Lord heart, and with all thy foul,
gave it for an inheritance unto
faying I (ha 1 have
was kindled againlt this land, to that thou maycfl live,
Reubcnites, and to the Gadites, his heart, Lord
ManafTeh. peace though I walk in the imaj
bring upon it all the curfes that 7 And the thy God
and to the half-tribe of are written in this book.-
mineheait, to a<l<l will put all thefe curfes upon
Keep therefore the words of gination of a8 And the Lord rooted them thine enemies, and on them that
that drunkennefs to third
this covenant and do them,
:

out of their land in anger, and in hate thee, which ptrfecuted thee,
ye may profper in all that ye do. 20 The Lor d will no. fpare
y the anger of the
wrath, and in great indignation, 8 And thou Ihalt return and
10 1 Ye hand this day all of him, but then and cad them into another land, obey the voice of the Lord, and
his J«lou.y
you before the Lord your God; Lord, and Ja.
and as // is this day. do all his commandments which
of your tribes, your fmoke agamft that man, all
your captains
with all the curfes that arc wiitten m
29 The fecret things belong on- i command thee this day.
and your officers, .

Lord our God 9 And the Lord thy God will

elders, to the but thofe
fhall lie upon him, and
:
this book
tie men of Ifrael, tmngi revealed belong
-which arc make thee plenteous in every
Your liule ones, your wives, the Lord lhall blot out his name
XI •into us, and to our children for- work of thine hand, in the fruit
under heaven,
and thy ftranger that is in thy from ever, that we may do all the
camp from the hewer of thy.wood «Andthe Lord maUfepa- words of this law.
of thy body, and in the fruit of

drawer of thy water : rate him unto evil, out of all Mj thy cattle, and in the fruit of
unto the A XXX.
into
11 That thou
covenant with
Ihouldcft
the
oath,
Lord
which
enter
thy
the
tribes of Ifrael, according to aii
the curfes of the covenant tbat*
written in this book ot the aw
1
A ND
when
rv*?
it fhall
all
P.
come to
thefe things are
pafs
thy land, for good : for the Lord
will again rejoice over thee for
good, as he rejoiced over thy fa-
God, and into his come upon thee, the b)c/fing*nd tbers :
God maketh with thee at So that the generat on to
Loai thy
children that inaii
the curfc which have fet before
I
10 If thou malt hearken unto
thn j. v : come of your tnee and thou malt call them to
rife up after you and the ftrajjef
the voice of the Lord thy God,
It That he may cftablilh thee mind among all the nations whi-
Ijod. to keep his commandments a ad
unto himfelf, that lhall con:c from a far
to-day for a people lxlc r tl c Lord thy God hath his Uatutcs, -which ere written in
'> tMs
 DEUTERONOMY. CHAP. XXXT.
this book of the law, and if thou mayeft obey his voice, ami tl, a j a ^ And Mofes wrote this law, 17 Then my anger fhall be
turn unto the Lord thy God thou mayeft cleave unto hi m> and delivered unto the pricftsit kindled againft them in that day,
with ail thine heart, and with all ifo* he « thy life, and the length Levi, which bare the end
them, and f
the fr"S of I will forfake

thy foul. of «jy days,) that thou mayeft ark of the

covenant of the Lord, will hide my face from them, and

xx 1 For this commandment, dwell in the land which the Lo tod unto all the elders of Ifrael. they lhall be devoured, and many
" RJ>
ro And Mofes commanded evils and troubles lhall befal them
which command thee this day, Avare unto thy fathers, to
I

it is not hidden from thee, nei-

ham, to Ifaac, and to Ja. them, faying, At the end of every fo that they will fay in that day,
ther is it far off. give them. feven years, in the folemnity of Are not thefe evils come upon us,
1% His not in heaven, that CHAP. XXXI, the year of relcafe, in the feart of btcaufc our God is not amongft
thou fliouldeft fay, Who (hall go AND Moles went and tabernacles. •
us ?

up for us to heaven, and bring it thefe words unto all Ii II When all Ffrael come to is 18 And I will furtly hide my
we may hear and % And he unto then .
faid appear before the Lord thy God, face in that day, for all the evils
unto us that it,

^ j t
) an hundred and twenty years
this day ; I can no more go
in the place which he (hall choofe;
thou ihalt read this la*v before all
which they fhall have wrought,
in that they are turned unto o-
13 Neither is it beyond the fca,
that thou (houldeft fay, Who thai I
and come in: alfo the Lo Ifracl, in their hearing. ther god?.
"
go over the lea for us, and bring hath faid unto me, Thou II Gather the people together, 19 Now
therefore v rite ye this
it unto us, that we may hear it,
not go over this Jordan, men, and women, and children, fong for you, and teach it the
and do it ? 3 The Lord thy God, he and thy ftrangcr that is within children of Ifrael : put it in their
go over before thee, and he thy gates, that they may hear, mouths, that this fong may be a
14 But th< word is very nigh
unto thee, in thy mouth, aod in deftroy thefe nations from b< and that they may learn, and fear witnefa for me againft the chil-
thee, and thou (halt poftefs the the Lord your God, andobferve drtn of Tfrael.
thy heart, that thou mayeft do it.
go over before
and Jolhua he (hall to do ail the words of this law. ao For when I (hall have
IJ 1 See, I have fct before
thee this day life and good, and thee, as the Lord hath faid. 13 And th.it their children, brought them into the land which
4 A nd the Lord mall do unto which have not known anything, I fware unto their fathers, that
death and evil :
16 In that I command thee them as he did to Sihon, and to
may hear and learn to fear the flowcth with milk and honey;
Aroorites, and Lord your Go 1, as long as ye live and they fhall have eaten and
this day to love the Lord thy Og, kings of the
in the land whither ye go over
God, to walk in his ways, and to unto the land of them whom he
filled thcmfelves, and waxen fat;
Jordan to poflefs it. then will they turn unto other
keep his commandments, and his deftroyed.
14 ^ Am! the Loaa faid w>ie and ferve them, and pre
ftatutes, and his judgments, that 5 And the Lord (hall give gods,
Mofes, Behold thy days approach vcke me, and break my covenant,
thou mayeft live and multiply ; them up before your face, that ye
that thou muft die: call Jofhua, ai And it fhall come to pafs,
and the Lord thy God (hall may do unto them according un- andprcfent yourfelves in theta-
blefs thee in the land whither to all the commandments
which when many evils and troubles arc
bernae'eof thecongregation, that befallen them, that this fong lhall
thou goeft to poflcft it. I have commanded you.
I may him a charge.
give And tcfiify againft them, as a witnefs:
17 But if thine heart turn a- 6 Be ftrong and of a good cou-
Mofes and Jofhua went and pre- for it lhall not be forgotten out
way, fo that thou wilt not hear, rage, fear not, nor be afraid of fen ted thcmfelves in the tabcrna- of the mouths of their feed : for I
but (halt be drawn away, and them : for the Lord thy God, clc of the congregation.
worfhip other gods, and fcrve he it is that doth go with thee, he know their imagination which
15 And the Lord appeared in they go about, even now before I
them : will not fail thee, nor forfake thce»
t ic tabernacle in
a pillar of a have brought them into the land
7 1 And Mofes called
18 I denounce unto you this unto
cloud ; and the pillar of the cloud
which 1 fware.
day, that ye (hall furely pcrifo, Jolhua, and faid unto him in
the
flood over the door of the
tabcr-
and that ye (hall not prolong jowr fight of all Ifrael, Be ftrong and M *' e -
21 J Mofes therefore wrote
days upon the land whither thou of a good courage : for thou mult
pa (left over Jordan to go to pof- go with this people unto the
land at r
7 »
woies Benold,
c
4 ,

theu fhalt
t
I,0R D m unt0
deep
this fong the fame day, and
taH S ht ic *« children of Ifrach
ftj And he gave Jolhua the fon
ftfs it. which the Lord hath fworn unto
and * 1 thy fathers, and this people of Nun a charge, and faid, Be
19 I call heaven and earth to their fathers to give ihcm; inicup, and got whoring after
J
ftrorg and of a good courace: for
record this day againft you, that thou (halt caufc them to inherit
it.
rtran S*rs
tllc of the thou lhalt bring the children of
I have fet before you life and 8 And the Lord, her/fJ-tnat Unfu-i
»oa wnithcr they amongft go
and curling : doth go before thee, he will be
to be Ifrael into the land a hich I fware
death, bleffing cm, and will forfake me, and unto them : and I will be with.
therefore choofe life, that both with thee, he will not fail thee, m r cov
thou and thy feed may Hv« : neither forfake thee: fear n iLS
^de ™™t *W*
I have thee.
with them.
20 That thou mayeft love the neither be difmayed. a4 , And |t camc t0 pafs when
iUao thy God, and that thou 9 t Mofes
 ;

DEUTERONOMY. out iniquity, juft and right is thou art grown

chap, xxxir.
thick, thou art the young man and the virgin,
Mofcs had made an end of writ-
ing the words of this law in a 5 They have corrupted them- covered with fotnefs; then he for- the fuckling affo with the man of
fook God whhh made
felves, their fpot not the ffit of him, and gray hairs.
book, until they were finilhcd; is

lightly eftcemed the rock of his 26 I faid, I would fcatter them

25 That Mofcs commanded the his children: they arc a perverfe
Levites, which hare the ark of and crooked generation, ftlvation. into corners, would make the
I

the covenantor the Lord, faying, 6 Do ye thus requite the 16 They provoked him tojea- remembrance of them to ccaic
Lord, O foolilh people and nn- loufy w < :n ftrange with abo- from among men ;
26 Take this book of the law,
and put it in the fide of the ark not he thy father that
wi.e ? is urinations provoked they him to 27 Were it not that I feared
the wrath of the enemy, left their
of the covenant of the Lord your hath bought thee? hath he n a ngcr.
God, that it may be there for a made thee, and eftablilhed thee 17 They (aerified unto devils, adverfarie* mould behave them-

witnefs againfl thee. 7 S Remember the days of old, not to God; to gods whom they felves rtrangely, and left they

2j For I know thy rebellion, conlider the years of many gencr- knew not, to new gin's that came ihould fay. Our hand is high, and
and thy ftifl' neck behold, while ations
:
aflc thy father, and : newly up, whom
your fathers the Lord hath not done all this,
28 For they are a nation void
I am yet alive with you this day, will mew
thee, thy elders, i feared not.
ychaveheen rebellious againfl the they will tell thee. ^
, 18 Of the Rock thst begat thee of counfel, neither is there any un-
Lord, and how much more after 8 When themoft High div thou art unmindful, and haft fbf- derftanding in them.
my death ? to the nations their inhcrita gotten God that formed thee. 29 O that they were wife, tkt
a8 1 Gather unto me all the when he feparated the funs of A- T9 Ami when the Lord law//, they underftood this, thai they
clders of your tribes, and your of- dam, he let the
bounds of the he abhorred them, hecaufc of the would conlider their latter end!
to the number provoking of his fons, and of his 30 How Ihould one chafe a
ficers, that I may fpeak thefe people according
daughters. thoufand, and two put ten thou-
words in their ears, and call hca- of the children of Ifiacl.
earth to record agair.ft 9 For the Lor o's port-on ts his to And he faid, I will hide my fond to flight, except their Rock
ven and
the lot of his
people: Jacob face from them, \ will fee what had fold them, and the Lord
th cm . is

their end jhailbe: for they area had (hut them up?
%<) For I know, that after my inheritance.
-J
10 He found him in a dciert very froward generation, children 31 For their rock is not as our
death ye will utterly corrupt rear-
in the watte howhn- in whom ;f no faith. Rock, even our enemies them-
felves* and turn, afide from the lan.!, and
21 They have moved me to felves tehg judges,
way which I have commanded wildcrnefs he led him about, :

inftruclcd him, he kept him jealoufy with that which is not 32 For their vine is of the vine
you : and evil will befal you in
the apple of his eye; God, they have provoked me to of Sodom, and of the fields of Go-
the latter days, becaufeye will do
evil in the fight of the Lord, to 11 As an eagle ftirreth up
anger with their vanities : and I momh
: their grapes are grapes
will move them to jealoufy with of gall, their chillers ore bitter.
provoke him to anger through neft, fiuttcrtth over her yo
tbvfc which urc not a people, 1 will 33 Their wine is the poilon of
the work of your hands. fprcaJcth abroad her wings,
provoke them to anger with a dragons, and the cruel venom of
30 And Mofes fpake in the cth them, bcareth them z
foolilh nation. alps.
ears of all the congregation of If- wings
\% So the Lord alone du\ 1 2% For a fire kindled in my
rJ 34 Is not this laid up in ftore
rael the words of this fong, until
anger, and (hall burn unto the with me, and fcaled up among
they were ended. him, and there was no flrangc g
lowcft hell, and lhall confume the my treaftfres ?
CHAP. XXXIL with him.
earth with her increafe, and fct
35 To me belongeth vengeance
13 He made him rule on the
G
^ IVE
I
ear,
will fpeak;
O
earth, the words of my mouth.
ye heavens, and
and O high places of the earth, that ho
h.-ar,
mi S ht eat the
and he made him
incrcafe of
to lucJt
the
on fire the foundations of the and recompense
mountains.
; their foot lhall
Aide in due time: for the day of
73 I will heap mifchiefs upon their calamity ii at hand, and the
2 My doftrine lhall drop as the fields,
them I will fpend mine arrows things that
rain: my fpeech (hall diiVil as the honey out of the rock, and oil mall come upon then*
upon them. ma kc hade.
out of the flinty rock
dew, as the fmall rain upon the ;

of 24 They [ball be burnt with

14 Butter or kiae, a n. mil 36 For the Lord lhall judge
tender herb, and as the (bowers and nwnecr, and devoured with
meep, w th fat of lambs, burn- his people, and repent himfclf for
upon the grafs. «'S heat and with bitter deft rue- his li'tvants; u lien he feeth that
x Bccaufe 1 will pnblifh the rams of the breed 01 Baflian, and
kidney*g ™>n : I alio fend the teeth of their power is gone, and there it
goats, with the ot
name of the Lord: afcribe ye tM "airs upon them,
wheat and thou didft drink with the poilon none tout up or left.
greatnefs unto our God. ;
of the dufti 37 And he (hall fay, When.
4 lie is the Rock, his work ft pure blood of the grape,
, * ord
waxed fa wi,holIt . and are theh- gods, thtir rock in whom
perfect; for all his ways «rt judg- 15 H But Jcfliurun UrJL • .

^ftorwithm, IhaJl deAroy both theytruftcd,

and kicked : thou art waxen
.

inert : a God of truth, and with-

38 Which
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DEUTERONOMY. CHAP. XXXIII.

« nt0 k %ls P C0 P' C bleffmg come upon the head of
38 Which did cat the fat of which is in the land of Moat* Km ' ct hi*
and Jofcph, and upon the top of the
their facrifices, and drank the that is over againft Jericho, and hands be fufficient for him,
thou an help fo him from his head of him that was feparatcd
wine of their drink-offerings? let behold the land of Canaan which },c
froni his brethren.
them life up and help you, and I give unto the children of If., r nemics.
be your protection. racl for a pofleffion : 8
r And of Levi he fcid. Let 17 His glory h the firrtling
like

50 And die in the mount whi tbyThummim and thy Urim be of his bullock, and his horns are
39 See now that T, even I am one, whom thou like the horns of unicorns, with
he, and there is no god with me: ther thou goert up, and be with thy holy
prove at Maflah, and -with them he (hall pufh the people to-
1 kiU, and I make alive: I wourjd, thcred unto thy people : as didft
and I heal: neither is there any ron thy brother died in m whom thou didft drive at the gcther to the ends of the earth :
waters of Merihah : and they are the ten thoufar.ds
that can deliver out of my hand. Hor, and was gathered unto h
Who unto his father
faid of Ephraim, and they are the
40 For I lift up my hand to people: 9
heaven, and fay, 1 live for ever. 51 Becaufe ye trefpafledaga
f
and to his mother, I have not thoufands of Manafleh.
feen him,
neither did he acknow- 18 ^ And of Zcbulun he faid,
41 If I whet my glittering roc among, the children of Ifr;
c<)gc his
brethren, nor knew his Rejoice, Zcbulun, in thy going
fword, and mine hand take holj at the waters of Meribah-kadc ]

on judgment: I will render ven- in the wildernefs of Zin ; own children for they have ob- out, and Iflachar, in thy tents,
:

geancc to mine enemies, and will ye lanftified me not in the ferved thy word, and kept thy 19 They fhall call the people
covenant. unto the mountain, there they
reward them that hate me. of the children of Ifrael.
4% I will make mine arrows $% Yet thou (halt fee the I _
10 They fhall teach Jacob thy fhall offer facrifices of righteouf-
drunk with bjood, (and my fword before thee, but thou (halt not go judgmcnts, and Ifrael thy law nefs
: for they (hall fuck of the
:

(hall devour flefo,) and that with thither unto the land which t they lliall putincenfe before thee, abundance of the feas, and of
the bJood of theflain, and of the give the children of Ifrael. and whole burnt-facrifice upon treafures hid in the fand.
captives, from the beginning of CHAP. XXXIII. thine altar. 20 f And of Gad he faid, Blef-
revenges upon the enemy. AND this is the blefling wh 11 Blefs, Lord, hisfubftancc, fed be he that enlargcth Gad: he
~ and accept the work of his dwelleth as a lion, and caret
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with * with Mofcs the man of 1

hands finite through the loins the arm with the crown of the
his people: for he will avenge the blcfled the children of I
:

blood of his fervants, and will fore his death, of them that rife againft him, head.
and of them that hate him, that ftl And he provided the firfl
render vengeance to his adverfa- a And he faid, The Load
they not again.
rife part for himfclf, becaufe there,
ries, and will be merciful unto his came from Sinai, and rofe up
land, and to his people. from Seir onto them he fbineth
;
X% ^ And of Benjamin he faid, in a portion of the law-giver, was

mount Pa-an and In? the beloved of the Lord fhall he fcated and he came with the
44 1 And Mofcs came and forth fr.om
$

dwell in fafcty by him, and the heads of the people, he executed

fpakeallthewordsofthisfongincame with ten thoufands of
LORD fliall cover him all the thejuflice of the Lord, and his
the ears of the people, he and faints; from his right hand -went
dny long, and he (hall dwell be- judgments with Ifrael.
Hofhea the fon of Nun. a fiery law for them
people; tween his fhouldcrs. %% \ And of Dan he faid, Dan
45 And Mofcs made an end of 3 Yea, he loved the ^

13 And of Jofcph he faid, is a lion's whelp : he fhall leap

fpcaking all thefc words to all all his faints /ire in thy hand: Blcflid of the Lord be his land,
down at thy feet; from Bafhan.
Ifrael. and they fat
receive of thy for the precious things of hea- 23 «[ And of Naphtali he faid,
46 And he faid untotfiem, Set every one lhall
ten, for the dew, and for the O Naphtali, fatisficd with favour,
your hearts unto all the words words,
deep that eouchcth beneath. and full uith the blefling of the
which I teftify among you this 4 Mofcs commanded us a
14 And for the precious fruits Lord, poffefs thou the weft and
day* which ye (hall command even the inheritance of the tnttgbt jorth by the fun, and for the fouth.
your children to obferve, to do gregation of Jacob,
the precious things put forth by « 4 1 And of A (her he faid,
all the won Is
of this law. 5 And he was king in thc moon,
run, when the heads of the
Ld Afher be blefTcd with chiU
47 For it is not a vain thing for 1 J And for the chief things of drcn; let him be acceptable to
you : becaufe it is your life ; andpie and the tribes of Ifrael the ancient mountains, and
gathered together, for his brethren, and let him dip his
through this thing ye fhall pro- prccious lhi »8* of the lading foot in oil.
longjw days in the land whither 6 ^ Let Reuben hye, and K'H
yc go over Jordan to poffefs it. die; and let not his men ""J . %S Thyfhoes fhall be iron and
1 j And for the precious things brafs ; and as thy days,
fo fhall
40* And the Lord fpake unto few. w the earth,
and fill nefs there- thy ftrength be.
7 ? And this is
Mofcs that.fclf-fame day, laying, the MejR?
an
Hear, Lor tL rtl,CF ° od w
***©fMfflf * 6 1 There is none like unto
49 Get thee up into this moun- Judah : and he faid, brin ™t i ?
dwelt in the bulb: let the the God of Jefhurun, ivfo rideUi
tain Abarim, unto mount Ncbo, the voice of Judah, and
W upon
 DEUTERONOMY, C H A P. II.
wpon the heaven in thy help, and eyes, but thou fhalt not go o?e r {

thither.
the river Euphrates, all the (hua, faying,
river,
in his excellency on the ilcy.
Hittitcs, and unto 13 Rcmcmher the word which
[Lid oi the
%1 The eternal God is thy re- J 1 So Mores, the fen-ant of toward the going Mofcs, the fervant of the Lord,
the great fea,
fuge and underneath tfrrthcever- the Lord, died there in the land un> ^ a *' * >c ^' our conimant*ed you, faying, The
<Jow" °f tnc '
lifting arms; and he (hall thruft of Moab,
according to the word
Lord your God hath given you
out the encmv from before thee, of the Lord.
roa ll.
c There fliall not any man be red, end hath given you thisland.
and lhall fay, D eft roy them. 6 ^ And he. buried him n a i
t
able to fland
before thee all the 14 Your wives, your little
of Moab, over
28 Ifracl then (hall dwell in valley in the land I was with ones, and your cattle lhall rc-
but no rnan days of thy life : as
fafcty alone the fountain of J a- againft Beth-peor :

MofcSi fol will be with thee: I main in the land which Moles
:

cob lhall be upon a land of corn knoweth of his

fcpulchrc uuto
will not fail thee, nor forfakc gave you on this fide Jordan : but
and wine, aifo his heavens fhall this <!ay. tnCC ye fhall pafs before your brethren
7 1 And Mofcs was an htm-
.

drop clown dew. 6 Be flrong and of a good cou- armed, all the mighty men of va-
dred and twenty years old when
29 Happy art thou, O Ifracl :

rage : for unto this people (halt lour, and help them :
who is like unto thee, O people he died his eye was not dim,
:

thou divide for an inheritance 1 5 Until the Lord hath given

natural force abated,
raved by the Lord, the fhicld of nor his
the land which I fware unto their your brethren red, as he batbj>iven
thy help, and who is the fword 8 f And the children of if.ad
fathers to give them. you, and they alfo have poflcflcd
of thy excellency! and thine ene- wept for Mofcs
in the plains of
7 Only he
thou ftrong and vc- the land which the Lord your
mics fhall be found liars unto Moab thirty days fo the days :

ry couragious, that thou maycfl God giveth them : then ye (hall

thee, and thou (halt tread upon of weeping
mourning for Mo-
obfc;ve to do according to all the return unto the land of your pof-
fes were ended.
their high places. law which Mofes my fervant com- feflion, and enjoy it, which Mofes
CHAP. XXXIV. 9 1 And J°' hua th * fon
w .
manded thee: turn not from it the Lord's fervant, gave you on
Mofcs went up from the Nun was full of the fpirit of
"AND plains of Moab, unto the dom for Mofcs had laid his
;

and the chil-

to the right hand or to the left, this fide Jordan toward the fun-
that thou maycfl profper whither- rifing.
mountain of Nebo, to the top of hands upon him; foever thou goeft. 16 «f And they anfwercd Jo-
Ifracl hcaikencd unto
Pifcah, that is over againft Jc- drcn of S This book of the law fhall (hua, fcying, All that thou com-
richo and the Lord (hewed him him,
:
and did as the Lord co not depart out of thy mouth, mandcfl us, we will do, and w hi-
all the land of Giicad, unto
Dan, minded Mofcs. but thou (halt meditate therein therfoever thou fendtft us, we
io 1 And there arofe not
a And all Naphtali, and the day and night, that thou may eft will go.
fincc in Ifracl like un
land of Ephraim, and Manafleh, prophet ©bime to do according to all 17 According as we hearkened
and all the land of Judah, unto Mofcs,
whom the Lord k iUi is written therein : for then unto Mofes in all things, fo will
face to face :
thou (hah make thy way profpe- we hearken unto thee
the utmoll fca, only the
II In all the fignsand the ;

3 And the fouth, and

the plain rous, and then thou (halt have Lord thy God be with
thee, at
ders which the Lord fent him
of the valley of Jericho, the city good fuccefs. he was with Mofes.
of palm trees, unto Zoar. do in the land of Egypt, to Ph 9 Ha\c not I commanded thee? 18 Wl.ofocvcr be he that doth
raoh, and to all his fervants,
4 And the Lord faid unto Be llrong and of a good courage, rebel againft thy commandment,
land,
him, This is the land which I to all his he not afraid, neither be thou and will
not hearken unto thy
fware unto Abraham, unto Ifaac, 12 And in all that mig jWmayed for the Lord thy God words in all that thou
and in all the great tcr
:
command-
and unto Jacob, faying, 1 will hand, n uuh thee uhithcrfoever thou eft him, he fhall
be put to death:
give it unto thy feed: I have which
Mofcs (hewed in the fi
on 'y be ftr0D
in«^ xi „ * and of a SO**1
caufed thee to fee it with thine of all
Ifracl. Jncn Jofiiua commanded courage.
t

f The Book of JOSHUA. ™e officers

" Pa
of the people, faving, CHAP II.

unto the land which I do give to f

lh rou « h thf hole, and A ND Jolhua the fon of Nun
C H A P. 1- 1
lh <
P?P kj I\
NOW after the death of Mo- them, eveu to the children of If- IW,
1eparc
frying,
you viAuals; for uiihin men, tofpy fecretly,
fent out of Shittim two
fes, the fervant of the Lord, rael.
it came to pals, that the Lord 3 Every place that the
fole
th
01
,

Jo dan
hnduVh
}
r
paft* ^ "SR*
xhc
faying, Go
tvei jerichc7l and
80 11 10 l ,offcfs lh they went, and came into an fcar-
fpakeunto lothua the fon of Nun, your foot fnJltrcal up Mi, ?
,'
C lnc1!
Mofes minifter, faying, have 1 given unto you, as 1 « veth^
an 1V ^poflcft lt '
> CUr
^^
God lots houfc > «™iccl Rahab, and
lodged there.
I
a Mo fes my fervant is dead; unto Mofcs. thc Re " bcn te
* And " W«l told the ting of
now therefore arife, go over this 4 From the wi'dcrnefs and t to\h; r^> V ?i ,

Jordan, thou, and all this people, Lebanon, even unto the gr *oc 01 Alanaflch,
fpake Jo- came men in hither tonightof the
children
 :

JOSHUA.
Now therefore, T pray you, ftI And foe faid,
CHAP.
According of the covenant, and pa£ over
III.

children of lfrael, to fearch out \%

' wcar unt0 me by the 1,0RD f,D
unto your words, fo be it. And before the people. And they took
the cou itry « fte/ent them away, and they de- up the ark of the covenant, and
And the king of Jericho fcnt I have (hewed you kindnefs, that
3
ye will alfo (hew kind.uls unto parted and foe bound the fcarlet went before the people!
:

unto Rahab, faying, Bring forth line in the window. 7 if And the Lord faid unto
the men that are come to thee,
my fathers houfe ; and give me a
token 1% And they went, and came Jofoua. This day will begin to
which are entered into thine true
1

unto the mountain, and abode magnify thee in the fight of all
1 3 And that ye will ave alive
houfe : for they become to fearch .

there three days, until the pur- lfrael, that they may know that
out all the country.
my father, and my mother, and
the my brethren, and my filters and
fucrs were returned. And the as 1 was with Mofes, fo I will be
A And the woman took
purfuers fought /^throughout with thee.
two men. and hid them, and faid all that they have, and deliver out all the way, but found them not. 8 And thou (halt commanJ
unto me, lives from death.
thus, There came men »3 1 So the two men returned, the pricfts that bear tne ark of
were. I4,And the men anfwered her,
but wift not whence they
1 and defcended from the mountain the covenant, faying, When ye
about the Our life for yours, if ye «tUr n*
5 And it came topafs and pafTed over, and came to arc come to the brink of the wa-
gate, when our bufinefs
this And it (hall be
time of (hutting of the Tolhua the fon of Nun, and told tcr of Jordan, ye (hall Hand ftill
the men went when the Loanhath given us the
it was dark, that him all things that befel them ; in Jordan.
1 wot land, that we will deal ki-
out: whither the men went, 24 And they faid unto Jofoua,
and truly with thee
Q
f And Jofoua faid unto the
nd : pcrfue after them quickly, Truly the Lord hath delivered children of lfrael, Come hither,
them. I J Then flic let them down by
for ye (hall overtake into our hands al the land; for and hear the words of the Lord*
had brought them up a cord through the window fc, :
6 But (he even all the inhabitants of the your God.
to the roof of the houfe,
and hid her houfe w« upon the town- wall country do faint becaufe of us. 10 And Jofoua
flax, which and foe dwcU upon
the wall faid, Hereby ye
them with the ftalksof :

ma,,know
the living God is ^t
foehadlaidinorderupontheroof.
men purfued
16 And foe faid un o them,
after Get you to the mountain left
Awn ND Jofoua
TO, r 1 •
rofe early ,„ the among you, and
morning, and they removed out fail drive
.

that he will wfth-

7 And the out from before you
the way to Jordan, unto the the purfuers meet you and hide ;
from Sh.ttim, and came to Jor- the Canaanites,
them and the Hittites.
they which yourfclrcs there three days unt.l dan he and all the children of and the
foST. and aVoon as
Hivites, ard the 1 eriz-
after them were gone out, the purfuers be returned and a :
SCd thcrc bcforc zit «. a "dthcGirgafoites,andthe
purfued
K. ft,,?* the catc
terward may ye go your way. 1 '
they pafTed over.
Amorites, and the Jehufites
tH y
A»<U,Sre they we,-. bid And th, «.
flOJ
| f three*iL ifiSS ffi
Pafs after Bchold theark of th Co-
*
* ent VCnant ° f the Lord of 3,1 th «" '

thrmwh thV h«ft

on the rootj ,/•„„.
men, 1 fwear. And
i
o
9 And
!l!
X
M
foe faid

aVd
unto the
I o«r> hath eiven

that vour ter- the

i8 Behold, -when we come int
land, thou (halt bind this line
3 they
jeopte, fiymf, When ye fee
ark of the covenant
commanded
the into Jordan.
the i* Now therefore, take ye
of the Lord twelve men out of the
'

Inffi.il of fcarlet thread in the window tribes of

I?
Stgj^
bC
i ftUen

xO For wc
upon

have
u
of the land faint

heard how the

^^^l^A
and thy mother »"d thybgfc
Lcv^h
E£
'
a,U
lt
he

remove from your place, f«

>
,
the V
Pricfts thc Ifrad ' out of «"ry
"
tribe I man
'3 And it /hall come to Tft,
and go aflbon as the foles of the feet of
he P " e(l$ that bcar the
?d dried up the water
all thy father s hcufool
of the ren, and 4 Yet then- flwll K, r 1 \ > ** °*
Lo
m
tween vo
Jbhs
near ?nto fc'SS?
,"5?
i^^* Vm
,

°T
^
be a f

1 C
P»ce be- the Lord, the Lord of all the

1
° 0t
Carth

•l°
'
(ha " the waters of
rdan ' lbai the watc of Jordan
"
m

S f° r that
racdow « from above: and
y= hav ^not naS///,; J ?
" W3y hcre - the y ftaU " a "d "Pon
toforc
P heap. ™
* ^ A,nd itcamc to pafs when
^^£%£
ow
thtklbtol
M wehadk«rd health
hearts did melt, blood/,,//
thee in the
on osr head,
re
houfe,
if «9
^
People
And
SanAif
Tofoua ftM BBfn tk
/• .
J
.

° thc thc peo P Ie amoved from theic

any more hand be upon him. to-morV^^ Kj'ai P afs over Jordan, and
neither did there remain
^dcrsTmo^von!"
<5
Y
And Jnli
dothc P
cove nant
r' u ,
ri
^ b «'in g tltearkofthe
before th « people;

y«og, Take up the ark ark were come unto

Jordan, and
** thc
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JOSHUA,
the feet of the pricfts that bare drcn afk their f'thers in time t
CHAP. V.
which -were on the
ified Jofhua In the fight of all Ii- fide of
Jordau
the ark were dipped in the brim come, faying, What mean yc
'

an* thc y fcarc,i

1 *s nim weft-ward, and all the kings of
racl
of the water, (for Jordan over- thefc Hones? all the days of his the Canaanites, which were by
[eared Mofcs,
floweth all his banks all the time 7 Then yc (hall anfwer them, the fea, heard that the Lord had
jjfC>
ofharveft,) that the waters of Jordan were And the Lord fpake unto dried up the waters ot Jordan
15
16 That the waters which cut offbeforethe ark of the co* Tofhua, faying,
from before the children of lfrae\
came down from above flood and venant of the Lord; when it 16 Command
the priefts that until wc were pafled over, that
rofe up upon an heap, very far parted over Jordan, the waters bearthearkoftheteftimoiiy.tha-t their heart melted; neither was
/rjm the city Adam, that ij, be- of Jordan were cut off: and thefe tlicy come up
out of Jordan. there ipiiit in them any more,
fide Zaretan ; and thofc that (tones lhall be for a memorial un- command- becaufe of the children of lfracl.
17 Jolhua therefore
came down toward the fea of the to the children of lfracl for ever, <d the pricfts, faying, Come ye a % At that time tht Lor»
plain, even the falt-fca, failed, 8 And the children of Ifraei faid unto Jofhua, Make thee
up out of Jordan.
and were cut off, and the people did fo as Jolhua commanded, and 18 And it came to pafs when lharp knives, and circumcife a-
parted over right againft Jericho, took up twelve ftones out of the the pricfts, that bare the ark of gain the children of Ifraei thefc-
17 And the priefts, that bare midft of Jordan, as the Loud the covenant of the Lord, were cond time.
the ark of the covenant of the fpakc unto Jolhua, according come up out of the midft of Jor- 3 And Jofhua made him fharp
I,ord, flood firm on dry ground the number ot the tribes of dan, and the foles of the priefts knives, and circumcifed the cbil-
in the midft of Jordan, and all children of Ifraei, and can feet were lift up unto the dry land, drcn of lfracl at the hill of the
the Ifraclitcs pafled over on dry them over with them unto that the waters of Jordan return- foicfkins.
groHnd, until all the people were place where they lodged, cd unto thtir place, and flowed 4 Aud this is the caufe why
paired clean over Jordan. laid them down there, overallhisbanks,as/%;/i/ibefore. Jofhua did circumcife: all the
CH A F. IV. 9 And Jolhua fet up twelve 19 J And the people came up people that came out of Egypt,
AND it came to pafs, when all (tones in the midft of Jordan, in
" the people were clean pafled the place where the feet of the
out of Jordan on the tenth day of that were males, even all the men
the firft month, and encamped of war died in the wildcrnefs by
over Jordan, that the Lord fpakc pricfts which bare the ark of the in Gilgal, in the caft-border of the way, after they came out
of
unto Jofhua, faying, covenant, flood: and they arc Jericho. Egypt.
% Take you twelve men out there unto this day. ao 1 And thofe twelve ftones, 5 Now all the people that came
of the people, out of every 10 « For the pricfts which bare which they took out of Jordan, out were circumcifed but all the ;

tribe a man. the ark flood in the midft of Jor- did Jolhua pitch in Gilgal. people that were born in the wil-
3 And command ye them, dan, until every thing
was finilh* U And he fpake unto the dcrnefs by the way, as they came
faying. Take you hence out of ed that the Lord commanded Jo- children of Ifraei, faying. When forth out of
Egypt, them they
the midft of Jordan, out of the fliua to fpeak unto the people, ac- your children fhall afk their fa- had not circumcifed.
place where the pricfts feet ftood cording to all that Mofcs thcrs :n time to come, faying, 6 For the children of Ifraei
firm, twelve ftones, and ye fhall mandtd Jolhua : and the What mean thefe ftones ? walked forty yearsin the wilder-
carry them over with you, and hafted and pafled over, 2% Then ye fhall let your chil- nefs, till all the people
thit were
leave them in the lodging-place 11 And it came to pafs, when faying ,f,a cl camc mCH of war
where you (hall lodge this night, all the people were clean pafl ^^r T\ Sj
,

n 0ndry land ^ 1
* h i<* came out of
E gyPt were confumed, becaufe
4 Then Jofhua called the twelve over, that the ark of the
Lo T/u L w
"

0RD your GoJ thc y obc cd not the voice of the

men, whom he had prepared of pafled over, and the priefts, aZa l y
W3tCrS f J ° rdan L °* D : Unl
° whotn thc Lo *°
the children of Ifraei, out of eve- the prcfencc of the people. from hrf M
you unt,lyc werefware that he would not
I* And the children of R Ihew
»

tv tribe a man. Dated S 1C L ORD vour thcm the land which

of Ga God,lJT\£hc n Cd fca thc Lo»n
5 And Jolhua faid unto them, hen, and the children . .

Pafs over before the ark of the and half the tribe of
Manaltebi he dri,J UP
we were
V? , " wl,ich fware unto
befor«w«» «ntil would give us, a land
that he
that flow-
I,crd your God, into the midft pafled over armed
before w2l-gone over :
^ c th with milk and honey.
Mofesfj
of Jordan, and take ye up every children of Ifraei, as People of the 7 And their children, whom
man of you a ftone upon his unto them earth mhrh* v
now tl C hand of hc raifcd U in thcir
nom- 13 About forty thoufand pr* the Loin i ? P them
(houlder, according unto the
.

ft " mi h ty Jolhua circumcifed: for they were

bcr of the tribes of the children pared for war, pafled ever before that vTSi K*
# 6 =

C3r thc Lo*» "nc^cumcifed, becaufe

t

of Ifraei: the Lord unto battle, to t»» your cJ^S they had
not circumcifed them hy the way.
6 That this may be a fign a- plains of Jericho, r u 7*£ „
7* , 8 Ahd U camc to P»<* when
mong you, that when your chil- 14 On that day th< A*'**D \tJ?m
of thc Amontcs, N % t he
 JOS H U
%
A.
the Lord faid unto
And
CHAP. vr.
ibo people, that they abode in neither (hall any word confecrated unto the Lori> : they
Jolhua, See, I have given into TO ur voice,
their places in the camp, till they Loceed out of your mouth, un- fhall come into the treafury of
were whole. thine hand Jericho, and the king
til the
day I bid you (hout, thon the Lord.
9 And the Lord faid unto thereof, and the mighty men of Ihout. ao So the people (houtedwhen
(hall ye
Jolhua, This day have I rolled a- valour. So the ark of the Lord the priefts blew with the trump-
way the reproach of Egypt from 3 And ye (hall compafs the ci-
u
compared the city, going about it ets ; and it came to pafs when
off you : wherefore the name of ty all yc men of war, and go
once: and they came into the the people heard the found of the
,

the place is called Gilgal unto
this day.
10 ^ And the children of If-
racl encamped in Gilgal, and
kept the paflbver, on the four-
teenth day of the month at even,
in the plains of Jericho.
11 And they did eat of the
old corn of the land, on the mor-
row after the paflbvcr, unleaven-
ed cakes, and parched corn in the
felf-fame day.
11 And the manna
«f
round about the city once. Thus
(halt thou do fix days.
4 And fevcu priefts fhall bear
before the ark feven trumpets of
rams horns ; and the feventh day
ye (hall compafs the city feven
times, and the priefts lhallblow
with the trumpets.
5 And it (hall come to pafs,
that when they make a long
Haft with the ram's horn, and
when ye hear the found of the
ccafed trumpet, all the people fhall
camp, and lodged in the camp, trumpet, and the people fhouted
l% % And Jolhua rofc early in with a great (hout, that the wall
the morning, and
the priefts took fell down flat, fo that the
peop'e
up the ark of the Lord. went up into the city, every man
13 And feven priefts bearing ftraight before him, and they
(even trumpets of rams horns be- took the city,
fore the ark of the Lord, went 21 And they utterlv deftroved
n conrinually, and blew with all that was in the citv, both man
the trumpets, and the aimed and woman, young and old, and
men went before them, hut the ox, and fheep, and afs, with the
rerc-ward came after the ark of edge of the fword.
the Lord, the priefts going on* %% Rut Jofhua had faid unto
and blowing with the trumpets, the two men that had fpied out

on the morrow after they had (hout with a great (hout : and 14 And the fecond day they the country, Go into the harlots
the wall of the city (hall fall down
eaten of the old corn of the land, eompaflcdtnc city once, and re- honfe, and bring out thence the
flat, and the people (hall afcend
neither had the children of Ifrael turned into the camp : fo they woman, and all that (be hath,
as
manna any more, but they did up every man ftraight before him, did iix days.
y C fwarc unto her.
cat of the fruit of the landof Ca- 6 ? And Jolhua the fon of 15 And it came to pafs on the 23 And the young men that
uaan that year. Nun called the priefts, and faid feventh day, that they rofe early were fpies went in,
and brought
unto them, Take up the ark of about the dawning of the day, out Rahab, and her
13 1 And it came to pafs father, and
when Jolhua was by Jericho, that the Covenant, and let feven priefts and compared[the city after the her mother, and hci
brethren,
he lift up his eyes and looked, bear feven trumpets of rams fame manner feven times: only and all that (he had
the Lord. : and thev
and behold, there flood a man hornsbeforethearkof on that day they compaiTed the brought out all
her kindred, and
overagainft him, with his fword 7 And he faid unto thcpeople, city-ftfen times. left them without the
the city, camp of
drawn in his hand, and Jolhua Pais on and compafs 16 And Jt came to pafs at the Ifrael.
armed pafs
went unto him, and faid unto and Jet him that is feventh time, when the priefts 24 Andthey burnt the city
or for our ou before the ark of the
Lord. blew with the trumpets, Joihua with
him, Art thou for us, fire, and alithat withere-
8 1 And it came to pafs when Sh
adversaries
14 And
?

he faid. Nay, but as Jolhua had fpoken unto the

peo- SoTn^Pfc' 7> ^; only the fdver and the gold,
?nd thcvcflds of brafs and of
captain of the hoA of the Lord ple, that the feven pricfls, bear- V A AnA^
ing the feven trumpets of rams

^
am 1 now come. And Jolhua fell
and did horns, parted on before the
on his face to the earth,
worfhip,and faid unto him, What Lord, and Mew with the trump-
and the ark of the covenant
faith my Lord unto his fervant ? ets
15 And the captain of the of the
And the
:

Lord followed them.

armed men went
tt
C weriat fait
te
Angers
ho ,ho,d
!i
'
that I*£R
and (he dwelled in Ifrael even
Lord's hoft faid Ojfita Jolhua, 9 \ " nt0 th's day: becaufe foe hid
that blew with iR I j .

Loofe thy (hoe from off thy foot, before the priefts
for the place whereon thou ftand- the trumpets, and the rerc-ward I^UtehSS
;1, ;^ ft**^ which Cfp
thcaccurfed thing, to fpy cut
Jeiicho.
jofhJa Um
ti c arte, the priefts
go- left
came after
cft if holy : and Jolhua
CHAP.
did fo.
VI. ing on, and blowing with
tne S* yoT aVr'ofr
aCC
"'?:J *\* And J^'hua adjured them
that time
thing, Sd make th,C mIf^tf CWftd be
NOW Jericho was flraitly trumpets :
(hut up, becaufe of the chil- 10 And Jofhnahadcommande
(ball not
,

rael a cur
fc an(I K. ?
° f ' f' ll
&
«
™ an beforc the Lord, that
Up a "dbuildeth th scity
dren of Ifrael : none wcac out, the people, faying, Yc '9 B« ,||SaS V £ft
wttmake any noifc
and none came.hu (hoOt, nor oi brafs and iron, are tion thereof in his
yo firft-born and
H 3 'in
 ! —

JOSHUA,
up hand of the Amorites, to Heft
in his youngeft fin fhall he fet
CHAP. VIII.
jr Ami it he that
fhall be, that Zerah, and thclilver, andlhegar-
the gates of it. us would to God we had
:
L taken with the accurfed thing, mem, and the wedge of gold, and
27 So the Lord was with Jo- content, and dwelt on the burnt with fire, he and his fons, and his daughters, and
flu 11 be
(hua, and his fame was mijed fide Jordan, he hath becaufe he hath his oxen, and his aflcs, and his
all that
;

throughout all the country. 8 O Lord, what fhall I fa» tranfgrefled the covenant of the and his tent, and all that
Ihcep,
CHAP. VII. when turneth their backt
IfracI
Lord, and becaufe he hath he had and they brought them;

BUT the children of

committed
liTael
a trefpafs in the
accurfed thing : for Achan the
fon of Carmi, the fon of Zabdi,
the fon of Zerah, of the tribe of
before their enemies
9 For the Canaanitcs, and all
rrti ught
folly in ifrael. unto the valley of Achor.
25 And Jolhua faid, Why haft
16 t So Jofhua role up early
the inhabitants of the land Ihall morning, and brought thou troubled us? the Lord (belt
in the"
hear of i/, and fhall environ n% their tribes: and the trouble thee this day- And all
Ifrael by
round, and cut ofTour name from was taken Ifrael ftoncd him with ftoncs, and
tribe of Judah :
^

Judah, took of the accurfed the earth : and what wilt thou
xj And he brought the family burned them with fire, after they
thing: and the anger of the do unto thy great name ?
of Judah and he took the family had ftoncd them with (tones,
:

Lord was kindled "againft the ro ^ And the Lord faid un- and he brought %6 And they raifed over him
of the Zarhites :

to Jolhua, Get thee up, wherefore

children of Ifrael.
% And Jofhua fent men from
the family of the Zarhites man a great heap of ftones unto thif
licit thou thus upon thy face ?
by man ami Zabdi was taken
; day fo the Lor d turned from
: :

Jericho to Ai, which is befide u Ifrael hathfinned, and

18 And he brought his houf- the ficrcenefsof his anger; where-
JBeth-aven, on the cart-fide of have alfo tranfgrefled c my hold man by man ; and Achan fore the name of that place was
Beth-el, and fpake unto them, nant which I commanded the the fon ofCarmi, the fon of Zabdi, called, The valley of Achor unto
faying, Go up and view the conn- for they have even taken of the fon of Zerah, of the tribe* of this day,
try. And the men went up and accurfed thing, and have Judah, was taken. CHAP. VIII.
viewed Ai.. ftolen, and diflcmhled alfo, 19 And Jofhua faid unto AND the Lord laid unto Jo-
3 And they returned to Jofhua, they have put it even amo Achan, My fon, give, pray thee,
1 fhua, Fear not, neither be
and faid unto him, Let not all their own fluff, glory to the Lord God of Ifrael, thou difmayed : take all the pco-
the people go up; but let about i% Therefore the children aud make con fcflion unto him; pic of war with thee, and arife,
two or three thoufand men go up Ifrael could not ftand before their and tell me now what thou haft go up to Ai; fee, I have given
and fmite Ai, &nJ make not all enemies, but turned their backt done; hide it not from me. into thy hand the king of Ai,
the people to labour thither; for before their enemies, becaufe ao And Achan anfwered Jofhua, and his people, and his city, and
they are but few. they were accurfed : neither will and faid, Indeed I have finned a- his land.
4 So there went up thither of I be with you any more, f gainft the Lord God of Ifrael, % And thou (halt do to Ai and
the people about three thoufand ye deftroy the accurfed fr and thus and thus have I done, her king, as thou didft unto Je-
men, and they fled before the mongft you. st When I faw among the r i c ho and her king: only the
jnen of Ai. 13 Up, fantf ifythe people, fpoils a goodly Babylonifh gar- fpoil thereof, and the cattle
5 And the men of Ai fmote of fay, Sanflify yourfelvcs aga mcnt, and two hundred fhckelsof thereof fhall ye take for a prey
to-morrow thus faith fiiver, and a wedge of gold of fifty
them about thirty and fix men, : for unto yourfelvcs, lay thee an am-
for they chafed them from befo.c Lord God of Ifrael, There it fheklcs weight, thco I coveted bulk foi the city behind it.
the gate, even unto Shebaiim, accurfed thing in the mid them, and took them, and behold,
3 f So Jolhua arofe, and all
and fmote them in the going thee, O Ifrael : thou canft they are hid in the earth, in the the people of war, to go up a-
ftand before thine enemies, midft of my tent, and the fiiver gainft Ai : and Jofhua chofe out
down : wherefore the hearts of
the people melted, and became ye take away the accurfed thirt y th <>u.fand mighty men of
among you.
'^c r n_ r *
%% J .^o Jofhua fcntmefTengers, valour, and fent them away by
as water.
14 In the morning thereto and they ran unto the tent, and night.
6 S And Jofhua rent his
clothes, and fell to the earth up- fh.ili he brought according toy behold, it was hid in his tent, and
4 And he commanded them,
the tribes : and it (hall be, that \ the fiiver under it.
on his face before the ark of faying, Behold, yc fhall lie in
Lord, until the even-tide, he tribe uhich the Lord take 23 And they took them out of wait againfl the city, even behind
he miurto' the tent, and brought
and the elders of Ifrael, and put fhall come according to the faijii- the city : go not very far from the
Iks there f; and the familv
whicli them |n m »n and unto all citv, but be ye ail ready :
duft upon their heads.
O Lord fhall take, (hall cowc the children of
7 And Jofhua faid, Alas, the Ifrael, and laid
S And I, and all the people
^"^Vi mem out uciorc the Lord.
Lord God, wherefore haft thou by houfhohh; and the that are with me, will approach
brought this people over which the Lord fhall take,
">aii
i 4 Ana Jolhua, and all Ifrael unto the city and it fhal come
at all

^ , :
*«h him, took Achao the
Jordan, to deliver us into the come man by man. fon of to pafs, when they come our a
N 4 gainft
 JOS H U A. CHAP. rx.
gainft as as at the firft, that we people, at a time appointed, oiain or efcape. "

burnt-offerings unto the Lord,

will flee before them, fore the plain ; but he wift Andthe king of Ai they and facrificed peace orfcrings.
6 (For they will come out af- that there -were liers in am. took alive, ard
brought him to 3* And he wrote there upon
ter us) till we have drawn them againft him, behind the city. jofhua. lnc ftones a copy of the law of
from the city; for they will fay, 15 And Jofhua and all ITracI 24 And fc came to pafs, when Mofcs, which he wrote in the
They flee before us, as at the made as if they were beaten be* jfrael had
made an end of flaying prefence of the children of Ifrael.
firft: therefore we will flee be- fore them, and Hed by the way all the
inhabitants of Ai, in the 33 And all Jfrael, and their
fore them, of the wildernefs. the wildernefs wherein elders, and officers, and their
field, in
7 Then ye up from
fhall rife 16 And all the people that they chafed them, and when they judges, flood on this fide the
the ambulh, and feize upon the vjere in Ai, were called together wereall fallen on the edge of the ark, and on that fide, before the
city; for the Lord your God will to purfue after them and tkey :
fword, until they were confumed, pricfts the Levitcs, which bar*
deliver it into your hand. purfued after Jolhua, and were
that all the Ifrael it es returned the ark of the covenant of the
8 And it (hall he when ye have drawn away from the city. unto Ai, and fmote it with the Lord, as well theftranger, as he
taken the city, that ye fhall fet 17 And there was not a man gdgc of the fword. that was born among them ; half
the city on 6re according to left in Ai, or Beth-el, that wen
:
aj And/* it was, that all that of them over againft mount Ge-
the commandment of the Lord not out after Ifrael and thei :
fell that day, both of men and rizim, and half of them over a-
fhall ye do. See, I have com- left the city open, and pur__ women, were twelve thoufand, gainft mount Ebal : as Mofes the
manded you. after Ifrael. even all the men of Ai. fervant of the Lord had com-
18 And the Lord faid unto
9 ^ Jofhua therefore lent them %(, For Jolhua drew not his manded before, that they fliould
forth : and they went to lie in Jolhua, Stretch out the fp hand back, wherewith he ftretch- blefs the people of Ifrael.
ambufh, and abode between Beth- that is in thy hand, toward cd out the fpear, until he had 34 And afterward he read all
el and A), on the weft fide of Ai: for I will give it into thine h utterly deltroyed all the inhabi- the words of the law, the blef*
but Jofhua lodged that night a- And Jolhua ft retched out tantsof Ai. m
f gs and curlings, according to
jnong the people. fpcar that he had in his hand
27 Only the cattle, and the all that is written in the book of
10 And Jolhua rofe up early ward the city. fpoil of that city, Ifrael took for the law.
in the morning, and numbered 19 And the ambufh arofe quick* a- prey unto themfehres, according 35 There was-not a word of all
the people, and went up, he and If out of their place, and th unto the word of the Lord, that Mofcs commanded, which
the elders of Jfrael, before the ran afibon as he had ftretch which he commanded Jolhua. Jolhua read not before all the
people to Ai. out his hand; and they enter a3 And Jolhua burnt Ai, and congregation of Ifrael, with the
11 And the people, even
all into the city, and took it, a made it an heap for ever, even a women, and the little ones, and
life people of war that -were hafted, and fet the city on fire deflation unto this day. the ftrangers that were conver-
with him, went up, and drew ao And when the men of se And the king of Ai he fant among them,
riigh, and came before the city, looked behind them, they fa
and behold, the fmokc of the
hangedon a tree until even-tide : CHAP.
IX.
and pitched on the north-fide of and afibon as the fun was down, A ND
it came to paft, when
At ; now there -was a valley be-
tween them and Ai.
ty afcended up to heaven,
they had no power to flee t
Jothua commanded that they
mould take his carcafedown from on this fide
£\
all the kings which v>t*e

Jordan, in the hills,

12 And he took about five way or that way ; and the pco the tree and caft it at the en-
and in the valleys, and in all the
thoufand men, and fet them to that fled to the wildernefs turn tenng of the gate of the city, and coafts of
the great fca over againft
lie in ambufh between Beth-eland back upon the purfuers. raife thereon a great heap of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the
Ai, on the weft fide of the city. 21 And when Jolhua and all "ones, that rematnelb unto this
Amorite, the Canaanite, the Pe-
* 3 And when they had fet the Jfrael faw that the ambulh h
rizzite,tht Hiv '*«' *r»dthe J*bu-
30 1 tl
taken the city, and that c » a
people, even all the hod that was Then Jolhua bwilt an aK
.
fite, heard ibtr&fr
on the north of the city, and their fmokc of the city afcended, th tar unto the Lord
God of Ifrael % That they gathered them-
Jiers in wait on the weft of the they turned again, and flew t
men of Ai. ?r°T 5W' ftlv " together to fight with Jo-
city, Jolhua went that night in- 31 as Mofes the fervant of fhua, and with Ifrael, with one
to the midft of the valley. %% And the other ifTurd out eA '°* D commanded
the chil- accord,
the city againft them, fo th J"
14 And it came to pafs when
3 f And when the inhabitants
*
aS writtcn in
is
XhThZi *
the king of Ai faw it, that they were in the midft of Ifrael, fo
hafted and rofe up eaiLy, and the on this fide, and fome on th
an\w
whirh
c
l
K
L l*
law of Mofcs > of Gibeon heard what Jofhua had
wf olc ft onw ovcr donc
» ™
to Jerichu and to Ai,
men of the citv went out againft fide : and they fmote them,
-
) ,

Jfrael to battle, he and all his that they let none of there re
m and they offered thereon went
mat
>
and made * if they had
N j been
 JOS H U
A- CHAP, X.
fhall none of you he me, that we may finite Gibeon ;
been ambafladors, and took old our garments and our fhocs are and there
facks upon their aflcs, and wine- become old, by reafon of the ve- being bondmen, and for it hath made peace with Jo-
freed from
bottles, old and rent, and bound ry long journey. hewers of wood, and drawers of rtiua, and with the children of
14 And the mer took of their for thehoufc of my God. Ifrael.
w atcr
5 And old (hoes and clouted victuals, and afked not covnfcltt u And they anfwered Jo- j Therefore the five kings of
faid, Becaufe it was cer-
upon their feet, and old garments the mouth of the Lord. ftua, and
the Amorites, the king of Jeru-
upon them ; and all the bread of 15 And Jofliua made peace with tainly told
thy fervants, howthat falcm, the king of Hebron, the
their provision was dry and them, and made a league with Lord thy God commanded king of Jarmuth, the king of
mouldy. them, to let them live and the :
his fei vant
Mots to give you all Lachhll, the king of Eglon, ga-
and to deftroy all the thercd thcmfclvcs together, and
6 And they went to Jofhua un- princes of the congregation fware the land,
to the camp at Gilgal, and laid unto them. inhabitants of the land from be- went up, they and all their hofts,
unto him, and to the men of If- 16 And it trame to pafs at the fore you, therefore wc were fore and encamped before Gibeon,
racl, We be come from a far end of three days,
after ihcy had afraid of our lives becaufe of you, and made war againft it.
country: now therefore make ye made a lea c iic with (hem, that and have done this thing. 6} And the men of Gibeon
a league with us. they heard that they iv ere thei % $ And now behold, we arc in fent unto Jofhua to the camp to
ikul they dwelt thine hand : as it feemeth good Gilgal, faying, Slack not thy
7 And the men of Ifracl faid neighbours, and
uoto the Hivites, Pcradvcnture among them. and right unto thee, to do unto hand from thy fervants: come
ye dwell among us: and how 17 And the children of Ifrael us, do. up to us quirk ly, and fave us,
ihall we make a league with you ? journeyed,
and came unto their 26 And fo did he unto them, and help us : for all the kings of
8 And they faid unto Joihua, cities on the third day :
now their and delivered them out of the the Amorites, that dwell in th«
VI t are thy fervants. Ami Jo- cities -were Gihcon, and Chcphiy hand of the children of Jfracl, mountains, arc gathered together
Bceroth, and Kirjath- that they flew them not.
fhua faid unto them, Who arc rah, and
againft us.
27 And
Jofhua made them 7 So Jplhua afcended from G1I-
ye ? and from whence come yc ? jearim.
18 And the children of Ifracl that day hewtrs of wood, and gal,he and all the people of
9 And they laid unto him, drawers of water for the congre- war with him, and all the migh-
From a very far country thy ier- fmott them not, hecaufe the pn gation, and for the altar of the
congregation hadfworn ty men of valour.
vants arc come, hecaufe of the ccs of the Lord, even unto this day, in the
name of the Lord thy Gcd : for unto them by the Lord God piace which he mould choofc.
8 ^ And the Lord faid unto
have
we have heard the fame of him, Ifrael : and a!l the congregation C A
Jofhua, Fear them not, for 1
murmured againll the princes. ff P. X. delivered them into thine hand:
and all that he did in F.eypt.
10 And all that he did to the 19 But all the princes faid u:.
Wc hav<
NOW
Adonwedek king of
when
11 cimc to pais,
Jcru-
there Ihall not a man of them
ftand before thee,
two kings of the Amorites, that to all the congregation, falem had heard how
Lord Joihua had
lucre beyond Jordan, to Si- fworn unto them hy the Uken Ai, and had utterly dc-
9 Jofhua therefore came unto
Ifracl ; now therefore we them fuddenlv, and went up from
hon, king of Hefhbon, and to Og God of llroyedit, (as he had done to jc-
touch them. Gilgal all night,
king of Bafhan, which was at may not who and her king fohe had done
20 This we will do to them; :
10 And the Low> difcomfited
Afhtaroth. to Ai and her king) and how the
will even let them live, left them before Ifrael, and flew them
11 Wherefore our elders, and we inhabitants of Gibeon had made with a
inhabitants of our coun- wrath he upon us, becaufe of the great flaughter at Gibeon,
all the peace with hracl, and were a-
faying, Take oath which we ("ware unto them. and chafed them along the way
try fpake to us,
m e
the jour- 21 And the princes faid unto ^^otthuptoB.th-horon.and
vifhials with you for
live; (but let
TVha *h y t f ,
fcarcd
8 rcat, y»
1
tim* them to Azckah, aud uoto
ney, and go to meet them, and fay them, Let them %
V 1,
Becaufe Gibeon v«j a great city,
Wc are your fervants: them be hewers of wood, and Makkedah.
uoto them, as one of the royal
therefore now make ye a league
drawers of water unto nil the con- cities, aud be-
W And it came to pafi as
gregation ;) as the ounces had
with us.
premised them.
all the m thereof were mighty, were in the going
down to Beth-
IZ This our bread we too* not
ftr our provition out of our 2-2 1 And Jofluia called for
kin, nn r
W
° re Adoni-iedek | ron, that the
Lord call down
fcnt " n great n °"« from
J.oufcs, on the day we came them, and he fpakc unto thcitti
Wherefore have yc begui-
hz£ kmg
Aam kU ^i. i°
of Hebron, and unto them unto
upon
Azckah. and AZ
forth to go unto you 5 hut now faying,
us, -faying, Wc arc very
far
inhold it isdry, audit is mouldy : led
And theft bottles of wine from you : when yc dwell among
l3
which we filled were new ; and us ,
r

Now therefore ycflrtfcurfi*

Liwld they tc wot s and tficfc
» f Then
 JOSHUA. CHAP. XL /
Makkedah, and all with and ail Ifrael with him, to Deblr,
Ifrael
14 t Then fpake Jofhua to tongue againfl a.y of the *' il>nall » and fought and fought againft it,
the Lord in the day when the dren of Ifrael. him,
rainft Libnah. 39 And he took it, and the
Lord delivered up the Amorites, _ M Then faid J.fhua, Open ai
30 And the Lord delivered it king thereof, and all the cities
before the children of Ifrael, and the mouih of theeavt and bring the king thereof, into thereof, and they fmote them
alio,. and
he faid in the fight of Ifrael, Sun, out thofe five kings un me out
ftand thou flill upon Gibeon ; of the cave.
and thou moon in the valley of »3 A,ltl tne >' diA h .
.Ajalon. brought forth thofe five kir v |, e let none remain out urn remaining: as he had done to
in it :

13 And the fun flood dill, and to him out of the cave, the king
unto the king thereof, as he did Hehron, fo he did to Debir, and
the moon flayed, until the peo- of Jerulalcm, the king of Hebn> n ,
unto the king of Jericho. to the king thereof, as he had
pie had avenged themfelves upon the king of Jarmuth, the king-rf
31 f And Jofhua palled from done alfo to Libnah, and to her
their enemies : is not this written Lachilh, and the king of Eglon.
Libnah, and all Ifrael with him, king.
in the book of Jalher ? fothe fun M And it came to pafs when
flood flill in the midft of hcav- they had brought out thofe five
unto Lachiih, and encamped a- 40 ^ So Jofhua fmote all the
eainft it, and fought againft it. country of the hills, and of the
<n, and hafted not to go down kings unto Jofhua, that Jofhua
31 And the Lord delivered fonth, and of the vale, and of
about a whole day. calledforall the men of Ifrael, an
Lachilh into the hand of Ifrael, the fprings, and all their kings;
14 And there was no day faid unto the captains of the men which took it on the fecond day, he left none remaining, but ut-
like that, before it or after it, of war which went with him, and fmote it with the edge of terly dellroycd all that breathed,
that the Lonn hearkened unto Come near, put your feet upon the the fword, and all the fouls that as the Lord God of Ifrael com-
the voice of man for the Lord necks of thefe kings. And they
:
wert therein, according to all manded.
fought for Ifrael. came near, and put their feet that he had done to Libnah. 41 And Jofhua fmote them
15 % And Jofhua returned, upon the necks of them. 33 f Then Horam king of Ge- from Kadcfh-barnea, even unto
and all Ifrael with him, unto the 25 And Jolhua faid unto them, zercameup to help Lachifb ; and Gaza, and all the country of Go-
camp to Giigal. F «r no * nor bc difmayed, be Joftnia fmote him and his people, fhen, even unto Gibeon.
16 But thefe five kings fled, ftrong and of good courage : until he had left him none re- 41 And all thefe kings, and
and hid themfelves in a cave at thus (ball the L«rd do to all y maining. their land, did Jofhua take at one
Makkcdah. enemies againll whom ye fight.
34l And from Lachifh Jofhua time, becaufe the Lord God of
17 And it was told Jofhua, 26 And afterward Jofhua fm: parted unto Eglon, and all Ifrael Ifrael fought for Ifrael.
fartin, The five kings are found them, and flew them, and han with him, and they encamped 43 And Jofhua returned, and
P!d in a cave at Makkedah. ed them on five trees: and againft it, and fought againft it, all Ifrael with him, unto the
18 And Jofhua faid, Roll great were hanging upon the trees 35 And they took it on that camp to Gilgal.
Pones upon the mouth of the
rare, and fet men by it for to
til the evening.
a7 And it came to pafs at the
day, and fmote it with the edge
of the fword, and all the fouls A
CHAP
ND
XI
it came 'to pafs, when
];- C p them. tme °* tnc E°ing down of the that «m therein he utterly de- J\ Jabin king of Hazor had
19 And flay ye not, but pur- fun, that Jofhua commanded, moved that day, according to all heard theft things, that
he fent to
fee after your enemies, and fmite they took them down off 3 d donc to Lachift} Jobabking of Madon, and to the
trees, and cafl them mto the
-

the hindmoft of them, fuffer V< a

30 And Jofhua went up from king of Shimron, and to the king
,

them not to enter into their ci- wherein they had been hid, Bglon, and all Ifrael with him,
of Achfhaph,
tics for the Lord your God laid great floncs at the c; »nto Hehron, and they fought
:
% And to the kings that wrr
hath delivered them into your mouth, which remain until
*« ry da V-
*2? B . ll i . on the north of the mountains,
hand. , . „ thcy took and and of the plains, fouth of Cin-
»8 t And day that Jofhua fm i
20 And it to pafs when
came TOOtc it with the edge of the
neroth, and in the valley, and in
Jofhua and the children of Ifraeltook Makkedah, and fmote is
* - the kinp thcreof' and t,1c borders of Dor, on the weft
had made an end of flaying them with the edge of the fword, ail tt
CIt,cs thcrcof and aU thc
;

fr J , -
3 ^totheCanaanite on the
the king thereof, he utterly
1

•with a very great (laughter, till jroii that were therein t he left
eaft and on thc weft, and ft the
they were confemcd, that the Aroyed them, and all the lou f
( accordin S t0
?™*' ali Amoiite, and the Hittite, and
*T
1

non ih»\
reft, -which remained of them, that -were therein ; he let at he had
done to Eglon:) hut the Perizzite, and the Jebufittf
remain : and he did to the K
entered into fenced cities.
41 And all the people return- of Makkedah, as he did
unto Z T d ,tottcr >yt and all thc J n the mountains, and
to the Hi-

ed to the camp to Joflma at Mak- king of Jericho.

5 ml"? therein.
1 And Jofhua rttunKd, of Mrzpeh.
vite under Hcrmorr, in the land

icdah in peace ; none moved his V) Then Jolhua

4 And
 JOSHUA. * CHAP. XII. /

4 And they went out, they Mofcs the fervant of the t dah ^^ orti a " the moun- rant of thc Loin gare it

Jofhua deltroyed pofkflion

for a
unto the Reubcoites,
ttinsof Ifracl
:

and all their boils with them, commanded, with their cilics. and Gadites, and the half-tribe
much people, even as the land 13 But as for the citi /Znw utterly
none of the Ana- of Manaflch.
%% 1 here was
that a upon thefca more in mul- flood fl ill in their rtrcngth,
burned none of them, (avc H kirn; l*ft
in tl,c iand ot thc chil " 7 ' And thcfc are thc kings
titude, with horfes and chariots Gaza, of thc country which Joihua and
Jren of Ifracl : only in in
very many. only ; that did Jothua burn. Albdod, there re- the children of Ifracl fmote on
Oath, and in
5 And when all thefc kings 14 And all the fpoil of the iMto ""4c Jordan on the welt,
cities, and the cattle, the child
maincd.
were met together, they came took the whole from Caul-gad in the valley of
of Ifracl took for a prey u a j So Jo.liua
and pitched together at the wa- to all that the Lebanon, even unto thc mount
themfelvcs : but every land according
ten of Mcrom, to fight againft
1,oru laid unto Mofcs and Jo- Halak.thatgoeth uptoScir,wliich
Ifrael. fmote with the edge of
for an inheritance Joihua gave unto rhe tribes of If-
ihui gave it
6 1 And the Lord faid unto until they had destroyed
y„to Ifracl, according to tluir racl for a pofleffion, according
Joihua, Be not afraid becaufc of neither left they any to brc And to their divilions :
diviiions by their trit.es.
them : for to morrow about this 15 \ As the Lord comm from war. 8 In thc mountains, and in
the land relied
time wil! I deliver them up all ed Mofcs hisfcrvant, lb did
flain before llracl thou lhalt fes command Joihua, and f di
CHAR Ml. thc valleys, and in thc plains,
:

hough their horfes, and burn their Joihua; he left nothing undone NOW thefe arc thc kings of and in thc fprings, and in the
the land which the children wildcrncis, and in the Touth-
chariots with fire. of aU that the Lord commanded
f Ifracl fmote, and policed country : the Hittites, thc Amo-
7 So Jofhua came, and all fhs
Mofcs.
their land on thc other fixle Jur- rites, and the Canaankes, the
people of war with him, a^ainlr 16 So Joihua took all that land,
dan, toward the riling of the Pctuzitts, thc Hivites, and the
them by the waters of Merom the hills, and all the foulh-coun- fun; from thc river Arnon unte Jtboiiu*.
fiiddcnly,and they fell upon them, try, ami .11 the land of Goihcn,
:

mount Ikrmon, and all the 9 « 1 he king of Jericho, one:

8 And the Lord delivered and t!u- valley, and the p!ai plain o.t the call. the king of Ai, which is befide
them into the hand of Iftael, who and the mountain of Ifracl, a Sihon king of the Amorites, Bcth-cl one:
fmote them, and chafed them un- the valley of the fame; who dwelt in HclhboD, and rukd IC The king of Jcrufulem, one :
to great Zidon, and unto Mure- 17 Even f.om the mou from Aroer, which is upon the the king of Hebron, one:
photh-maim, and unto the valley !ak, that gocth up to Sci bank of thc river Anion, and II '1 he king of f armuth one:
of Mizpch ealr ward, and they unto Baal-gad, in the valley from the middle of the river, and the ki ig of Lathiln, one:
fmote them, until they left them Lebanon, u'uk r mount Htrmon from half Gilcad even unto the 12 J he king of Eglon, one:
none remaining. a.ul all tiuir kings !>e took, an
river Jabbok, which is thc nor- thc kiag&f Ciezer, one:'
9 And Joihua did unto them fmote them, ana (lew them, der of thc children of Ammon : 13 The king of Debir, one :
as the Lord bade him: he hough- 18 Joihua made war a long
3 And from the plain to the the king of Geder, one :
ed their horfes. and burnt their time with all thole kin$s. fca of Cinneroth on the eaft, and 14 The king of Hoi mah, one :
chariots with fire. 19 A'he.e was not a city that onto the lea of thc plain, even thc king of Arad, one
10 t And Joihua at that time made peace with the children of
:
the fait lea on thc cart, the way IJ The king of Lthnah, one :
turned back, and took Hazor, Ifracl, fave the Hivites the inha- to Beth-jclhim.)th : and from the thc king of
Adullam, one;
aud fmote the king thereof with bitants of Gibcon all other they ;
fouth under Afndoth.pifgah; 16 The king of Makkedah,
the fword for Hazor before-time took in battle.
:
4 And the coart of Og king of one : chc king of Bcth-cl, one :
was the head of all thofe king- 20 For it was of the Lord Balhan nbub was of the rem- 17 Thcking of Tappuah, one :
Joins, to harden their hearts, that they nantof thc giants that dwelt at the king of Hephcr,
one
11 And they fmoteall the fouls fhould come againll Ifracl
in. :
Afliuroth, and at Edrei, 18 The king of Aphck, one :
that wre therein with the edge battle, that he might deftroy 5 And reigned in mount Her- the king ©f Lalharon, one
might
of the fword, utterly destroying them utterly, and that they
:

them: there was not any left to have no favour, but that he
might
j*m, and m Salcab, and in all M
The king of Madon, one :
«toh, unto thc border of thc thc king of Hazor, one
breathe; and he burnt Hazor deftroy them, as the Lord com-
:
S nd C llwb, lile,
with fire. manded Mofes. ^riV A^ ^ ¥ » ^
ao 'J hc kin e ot* o-himron-me-

12 And all the cities of thofe zi S Allf* a* that time

kings, and all the kings, of them Joihua, and cut off the Anal 6 tm
did Joihua take, and fmote them from the mountains, from
fl. did Mofcj lhc fcryant M
Thc kin of Taarjac , Qnc
with the edge of the fword, and bron, from Dcbir, from/ Iir aCi
I J * P * Bnd thc chil « ,r ™
<>* t»»c king of Me*iddo,onc :

Le uUwly Uucroycd them, ai and from all the mountai

fmitc MtJ' the fc-
Woftf « The 1M8 ot KcdeJh, one:
thc
J'
 JOSHUA. ward, even as Mofes the faf^ CHAP. XIV.
the king of Jokncamof Carmel,
olle : of the Lor d pave them ; And Beth peor, and Am- dren of Manafleh, by their fa-
33 Th* king of Dor in the 9 From Aroer that is upon the ,
*h piffiah,
and Beth-jeihimoth, milics.
coartofDor, one: the king of bank of the river Arnon, and th c 21 And all the cities of the 30 And their coafi was from
the nations of Gllgal, one : city that is in thc midft of the and all the kingdom of Si- Mahanaim, all Bafhan, all the
1 io
24 The king of Tirzah, one : and all the plain of Mede* Amoritcs » vvnicn kingdom of Og king of Bafhan,
Eon k in S of tnc
river,
all the kings thirty and one. ba unto Dibon ;
efcned in
Hcihhon, whom Mofes and all the towns of Jair, which
CHAP. XIII. 10 And all the cities of Siho« 5^ote with the princes of Midian, arc in tfalhan, threefcore cities;

NOW Jolhua was old and king of the Amorites, w hi Cn

ft rick en in years: and the
reigned at Heflibon, unto the
Evi and Rckem, and Zur, and
Hur and R«ba,
31 And
wbicb wer* dukes taroth, and Edrei, cities of the
half Gilead, and Afh-

Lord faid unto him, Thou art border of the children
old and ftricken in years, and mon \ .
there remaineth yet very much II And Gilead, and the bor
land to be poflcfled. der of the Gcfhurites, and Maa«
a This is the land that yet re- chathites, and all
maineth: all the borders of the mon, and all Baflian
Philiftines, and all Gefhuri, i% All the kingdom of Og i n
3 From Sihor, which is before Bafhan, which reigned in Aihu*
Egypt, even unto the borders of roth and in Edrci, who remained
Ekron northward, -which is count- of the remnant of the giants ; for
ed to the Canaanite : five lords of thefc did Mofes finite, and caft
the Philiftines : the Gazathites, them out.
and the Afttdothites, the Efhka- the children
13 Neverthclefs
lonites, the Gittites, and the Ek-of Ifrael expelled not the Gcfhu-
ronites ; alfo the Avites ; rites, nor the Maachathitcs ; but
4 From the fouth, all the land the Gefhuritcs, and the
of the Canaanites, and Mearah thites dwell among the
that is befide the Sidonians, or- until this day.
to Aphck, to the borders of the 14 Only unto the tribe of Le-
Amorites: he gave none inheritance ; th
dwelling in the coun- kinrdom of Og in Bafhan, ivere
of Sihon,
%
pertaining unto the children of
alfo, the fon of Machir the fon of Manafleh-, even
%% f Balaam
Beor, the
fi>oth%cr, did the to the one half of the children
mount Her- children of Ifrael flay with the of Machir, by their families,
untoSalcah; fivord, among
them that were 3* Thcfc art the countries which
(lain by them.
Molts did diftrihutc for inheri-
23 And the border of the chil- tance in the plains of Moah, on
dren of Reuben was Jordan and the other fide Jordan by Jericho,
the border thereof: this was the caft-ward.
inheritance of the children of 33 But unto the tribe of Levi
Reuben after their families, the Moles gave not any inheritance :
cities, and the villages thereof. the Loao God of Ifrael was their
a4 And Mofes gave inheritance inheritance, as he faid unto them,
unto the tribe of Gad, rven unto XIV. CHAP.
the children of Gad, according \ ND thefe are the countries
to their families. jLjL which thechildren of Ifrael
%$ And their coaft was Jazer, inherited in the land of Canaan,
and all the cities of Cilcad, and which Eleazar the pricft, and
half the land of the children of Tolbua the fon of Nun, and the

5 And the land of theGiblites, facrifices of the Lord God: Ammon, unto Aroer that is be- heads of the fathers of the tribes
and all Lebanon toward the fun- rael made by fire are their fore Rabbah ; of the children of Ifrael diftribu-
riling, from Baal-gad under mount ritanre, as he faid unto them. %6 And from Heflibon unto ted for inheritance unto thc.T..
Hcrmon, unto the entering into Ij 1 And Mofes gave Ramath mizpth, and Betonim, % By lot -was their inheritance,
llamath. thetribeof the children of R and from Mahanaim unto the as the Lord commanded by the
6 All the inhabitants of the ben inheritance according to border of Dehir ; hand of Mofes, far the nine tribes,
h\W'Couniry from Lebanon unto families : %1 And in the valley, Beth- and for the half-tribe.
Mifrephoth-maim, and all the 16 And their coaft was Warn, and Bcth-nimrah, and Sue-
3 For Mofes had given the in-
coth, and Zaphon, the reft of the heritance
Sidonians, them will I drive out Aroer that is on the bank of two t*ibcs, and an
kingdom of Sihon king of Hem- half-tribe, on-the other fide
from before the children of If- river Anion, and the Jor-
bon, Jordan and his border, even dan
rael; only divide thou it by lot in the midft of the riv : but unto the Levites he
unto the edge of the fca
unto the Ifraclites for an inheri- the plain by Medebah . of Cin- gave none inheritance among
ncieth, on the other
tance, as 1 have commanded thee. 17 Hefhbon and all her cities fide Joiuan them.
Dibon, e
7 Now therefore divide this that are in the plain; •
4 For thc ci,i|drfn ° f T° f<: P h
land for an inheritance unto the and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal- tk i-ii
IS
" thc inn « r <tance of were two tribes, Manafleh and
t*e children
nine tribes, and the half tribe of meon, of Gad after their Ephraim therefore they gave
:

U,C$ ll,c
Manafleh. 18 And Jahaza, and S? » ^tics, and their no part unto the Levitts in thc

8 With whom the Reubenites moth, and Mephaath, '"J"' . land, fave cities to dwell in, with
and the Gmdites have received 19 And Kirjathaim* in*
their inheritance, which Mofes rnah, and Zareth-lhahar, ^
ul unto*

an
Mofes gave inheri- their fuburbs for their cattle, and
thc half-tribe of Ma- tor their fubftance.
* 5 As the Lord commanded
gave them beyond Jordan eaft- mount of the valley,
m
ff3 ii u tt
is was
of the halx-tnbc t°M'
.

of thc chil- Mofes, fo the children of Ifrael

did,
did,
JOSHUA,
and they divided the land, and gave unto Caleb the f
CHAP.
XV.
6 J Then the children of Ju- Jcphunnch Hebron for an
ot
f
y
. _:„crnntoAaummim, which and Ahiman, and Talmai, the
i° thC f the river children of Anak.
he ftuth-fide of
n N i :
dali CJKM unto Jothua in Gilgal ritance.
15 And he went tip thence to
:

Tthe border pafTed toward the

,f
and Caleb the (on of Jcphunnch 14 Hebron therefore becanr
the Kenczitcfaid unto him, Thou c of En-fhemem, and the the inhabitants of Dehir and :
the inheritance of Caleb th C wa t
fil!!
* ° U thereof
. nut
. were at En- the name of Dehir before was
knoweft the thing that the Lor d of Jcphunnch the Keiu-zitc
faid unto Mofes the man of God, thisday
u nt
becau e that he wholk
tP
ia
P Kirjath-fephen
16 J And Caleb faid, Kc that
:

concerning me and thee, in Ka-
deflibarnea.
7 Forty years old was I when
Mofes the fervant of the Lord
followed the Lord God of ffrg-f
15 And the name of Hebron
before was Kirjath-arba,
Arba was a great man among the
^1
??r the fame is
Andthe border went up by
. a llev of the fon of Htnnom, fmiteth Kirjath-fepher, and tak-
1
cth it, to him will I give Ach-
fouth-fide of the Jebu-
to the
Jerufalem : and fah my daughter to wife.

border went up to the top

of 17 And Othniel the fon of Ke-
fent mc from Kadelh-barnea to Anakims. And the land had i!
before naz, the brother of Caleb, Cook
cfpy out the land ; and I brought reft from war. he mountain that tietb it, and he gave him Achiah his
Ii^vallev of Hinnom, weft-ward,
him word again, as it was in C H A P. XV. of the valley daughter to wife.
mine heart. which is at the end
J*tf JS then was the
lot of the
giants north-ward. 18 And it came to pafs, as (he
« Neverthclefs, my brethren * tribe of the children of Tudah If'the
came unto him, that flic moved
that went up with me, made the by their families, even the border was drawn
And
to the
from the top of the hill
unto the him to alk of her father a field t
heart of the people melt ; but I border of Edom
; the wiJdcmdfc
fountain of the water of
Neph- and (he lighted off her afs ; and
wholly followed the Lord my of zin fouth- ward -was the
out to the cities Caleh faid unto her, What would-
toah and went
utter.
oi mod part of the fouth-coaft.
\ .
of mount Ephron,
and the bor- eft thou ?
9 And Mofes fware on that a And their fomh-border which 19 Who anfwered, Ohreme ft
day, Ikying, Surely the land f rom the fhore of the Acr was drawn to Baalah,
fait Kiriath-iearim. bltfling; for thon haft given me
whereon thy feet hare troden, from the bay that lookcth is
10 And the border compafled a fouth- land, give me
alfo fprings
fiiall be thine inheritance, and
war a. Baalah weft-ward unto of water; and he gave her the
thy childrens for ever ; becaufe 3 And it went out to the fc from
thou haft wholly followed the mount Seir, and pafled along un- upper fprings, and the nether
to Maaleh-accrabbim, a..„
fide
Lord my God. to the fide of mount Jearim, fprings.
parted along to Zin, and afcended ao This is the inheritance of
(which ijChefalon,) on the north-
XO And now behold, the Lord upo» the fouth-fidc unto KadtQV
fide, and went down to Beth- the tribe of the children of Judah
hath kept me alive, as he faid, barnea, and parted alone to He*.
Ihemefh, and pafled on to Tim- according to their families.
thefe forty and five years, even roril and went up to Adar, and
na h. ai And tbc uttermoft cities of
fince the Lord fpake this word fetched a compafs to Karkaa.
11 And the border went out the tribe of the children of Ju-
unto Mofes, while (be children *f 4 yrom thence it parted toward unto the fide of Ekron north- dah, toward the coaft of Edom
Ifrael wandered in the wildernefs; Azmon, and went out unto the
ward ; and the border was drawn fouth-ward. were Kabzeel, and
and now lo, I am this day four- r VC r of Egypt and the goings
i ;
toShicron, and pafled along to Eder, and Jagur,
fcore and five years old. out of that coaft were at the fca. mount B-alah, and went out un- az And Kinah, and Dimonah,
II And yet I am as ftrong this This (hall be your fouth-coaft.
to Jabneel ; and the goings out and Adadah,
day, as I was in the day that Mo-
5 And the eart-border was f of the border were at the fea. 23 And Kedelh, and Hazor v
fes fent mc as my ftrength was faU-fea, even unto the end
12 And the weft-border was and Ithnan,
:.

then, even fo is my ftrength now, or dan : and tkir border in

j
for war, both to go out, and to north-quarter was from th<
to the great fca, and the coaft 24 Ziph, and Tclem, and Bea-
tberaf ; this is the coaft of the loth,
come in. of the fca, at the uttermoft children of Judah round about, a 5 And Hazor, Hadattah, and
1% Now therefore give mc this Q f Jordan, according to their families. Kerioth, and Hezron, which is
mountain, whereof the Loan u Alu the border went up to
|
13 1 And unto Caleb the fon Ilazor,
fpake in that day ; (for thou Beth -hog la, and puik-d along by of Jcphunnch he gave a pai: a- %6 Aman, and Shema, and
bear-left in that day how the A- tnc norl 1 f Betii-uiabah ; and
*j

inoiig the children of Judah, ac- Moiadah,

nakims were there, and that the tnc |, order went up to the ftonc
cities were great and fenced :) t£ c f liohan the ion of Reuben,
fo be the Loan will be with me,
7 And the border went up
to-
then 1 fhall be able to drive them ward I>ebir from •vii 'ii y is i-ienron. ineoa,ana mzjotnjan,
out, as the Lord faid. Achor, and fo nort *4 And Caleb drove thence 19 Baalah, and lim, and Azem,
13 And Jolhua blcffcd him, ing toward G *
;) ga ^ three fons of Anak, Shclhai, 30 And Eltolad, and Chcfil.
and
 :

JOS H V A. CHAP. XVIT.

at the fea. children of Shechem, and for the
and Hormah, Jt And Gotten, and t hereof arc
of Jofeph, children of flcpher, and for the
31 And Ziklag, and Madman- and Giloh ; eleven ci j So the children
children of Shcmida : thefe were
nah, and Sanfannah, tneir villages. Manaflch and Ephraim, took
Dumah, the male-children of Manaflch
3% And Lcbaoth, and Shil- Jl Arab, and heir inheritance.
him, and Ain, and Rimmon : all Efhean, M t And the border of the chil- thefon of Jofeph by their families.
the cities are twenty and nine, 53 And Janum, and Beth- iJo of Ephraim, according to 3 ^ But Zclophehad the fon of
puah, and Aphekah, was thus: even Hepher, thefon of Gilead, tht
with their villages. their families,
33 And in the valley, Efhtaol, J4 And Humtah, and Kirj the border of their inheritance Ion of Machir, the fon of Manaf-
and Zoreah, and Aflinah, arba, (which is Hebron,) call-tide, was Ataroth- feh, had no fons, but daughters :
on the
34 And Zanoah, and En-gan- Zior; nine cities with their addar.unto Beth-horon thenpper. and thefe are the names of fall
nim, Tappuah, and Enam, la^cs. 6 And the bonier went out daughters, Mahlah, and Noah,
35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, 55 Maon, Carmel, and Zi toward the lea* to Michmetah on Hoglah, Milcab, and Tirzah.
Socoh, and Azekah, and Juttah, the north-fide,
and the border 4 And they came near betore
36 And Sharatm, snd Aditha- 5^ And Jczreel, and Jokde went about eaft-ward unto Taa- Elcazar the pricft, and before Jo-
im, and Cederah, and Gedero- and Zanoah, nath-fhiloh, and paflcd by it on fhua thefon of Nun, and before
thaim; fourteen cities with their 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Tim- the eaft to Janohah.
the princes, faying, The Lokd
villages. nah; ten cities with their viL 7 And it went
down from Ja- commanded Mofcs to give us an
37 Zenan, and Hadafhah, and lages. nohah, to Ataroth, and to Naa- inheritance among our brethren :
Migdal-gad, 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Ge* rath, and came to Jericho, and therefore^ according to the corn-
38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, dor, went out at Jordan. mandment of the Lord, he gave
andjektheel, 59 And Maarath, and Beth- g The border went out from them an inheritance among the
39 Lachilh, and Bozkath, and anoth, and Eltekon ; fix cit Tappuah weft-ward unto the river brethren of their father.
Eglon,, with their villages. Kanah and the goings out there-
; 5 And there fell ten portions
4oAndCabbon, and Lahmas, 60 Kirjath baal, (which is] of were at the fea. This is the in- to Manaflch, befide thclandof
and Kithlifh, jath-jcarim,) and Rabbah j heritancc of the tribe of the chil- Gilead and Bafhan, which -were
41 And Gederoth,Beth-dagon, cities with their villages, dren of Ephraim by their famlies. on the other fide Jordan;
and Naamah, and Makkedah ; 61 ? In the wildei ncfs, 9 And thefeparate cities for 6 Becaufe the daughters of
fixtccn cities with their villages, arabah, Middin, and Secacal the children of Ephraim -were a- Manaflch had an inheritance a-
4a Libnah, and Ether, and 6z And Nibflian, and the < monj the inheritance of the chil- mong his fons : and the reft of
of Salt, and En-gcdi; fix dren of Manaflch, all the cities Manaflch's fons had the land of
Afhan,
with their villages. Gilead.
43 And Jiphtah,and Alhnah, with their villages.
63 As for the Jchufites, 10 And they drave not out the 7 ^ And the coaft of Manaf-
andNczib,
Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer : feh was from Afher to Mich me*
44 And Keilah, and Achzib, inhabitants of Jerufalem,
nine cities with children of Judab could not, butthe Canaanites dwell among thah, that lieth before Shechem,
and Marcmah :

them out; but the Jebu the Ephraimites unto this day, and the border went along on the
their villages.
and fcrvc under tribute. right hand, unto the inhabitants
45 Ekron with her towns, and dwejl with the children of Ji
her villages. at Jerufalem unto this day. CHAP. XVII. of En-tappuah.
46 From Ekron even unto the C II A 1>. XVI. THcre was alfo a lot for the 8 Now Manaflch had the land
fea, all that lay near Alhdod, A ND the lot of the children tribe of Manaflch, (for he of Tappuah; but Tappuah on the
»« the firft-born of Jofeph^ to border of Manafleh belonged to
with their village*. « f J oe P h fcl1 from J ordan.
unto the water of for Machir the firft-born of the children of Ephraim.
47 Alhdod with her towns and by Jericho, J*.
Manaflch the father of Gilead:
her villages, Gaza with her towns Jericho on the caft, to thc wilder 9 And the coaft defcended tin*
becaofe he was a man of war, to the river Kanali,
and her villages, unto the river nefs that goeth up from Jericho, fouth-ward of
therefore he had Gilead and the river : thefe
of Egypt, and the great fea, and throughout mount Beth-el, cities of Ephraim
the border thereof: % And goeth out from Beth-el au among the cities of Manaflch
paflcth along umo a 1 ha c was alfo a lot for the the coaft of
4$ J And in the mountains, to Luz, and Manaflch alfo -was on
J-eitot the children df Manafleh the north-fide of
Ataroth-
Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, the borders of Archi to the river, and
°Y then-
49 AndDannah.andKirjath- 3 And goeth down wefi-waffl families; for the chil- the out-goings of it were at the

fannah, which is Dcbir, to the coaft of Japhlcti, unto the A,)iczcr * and for the fea.
kin
50 And Anab, and Elhtcmoh, coaft of Beth-horon the
nether,
cVM " ° f Hclck » and for thc *° South -ward */ was Ephra-
"Qrcn of Afriel, and for thc
and Anim. a&d to Gczcr and the goings
: im's, and north-ward it was Ma-
naffififs
 JOSHUA.
iuflcVs,and the border,
fca is his
and they met together in Afh-
er, on the north, and in Iflachar (halt cut it down
on thecal*.
11 And Manafleh had in IfTa- thou (halt drive out the Can
char, and in Alhcr, Beth-fhean
and her towns, and Ihleam and
her towns, and the inhabitants of
Dor and her towns, and the in-
habitants of En-dor and her
towns, and the inhabitants of
Taanach and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Mcgiddo and her
towns, even three countries.
12 Yet the children of Manaf-
feh could not drive out the inhabit
tants of thofe cities, but the Ca-
naanitcs would dwell in that land,
13 Yet it came to pafs when
the children of Ifrael were waxen
(hong, that they put the Cana-
unites to tribute; but did not ut-
tcrly diive thero out.
14 And the children of Jofeph
fpakennto Jofhua, faying, Why
haft thou given me but one lot
18 But the mountain (hall
b»
thine, for it is a wood :
andthou
and the oot-
: through the
goings of it lhall be thine:
though they have iron
ites,
riots, and though they bt ft
CH A P. XVMh
AND the whole cong
£\ of <he childien of Hi
fcmblcd together at Shiloh,
fet up the tabernacle of the
gregation there, and the land
fubdued before them.
% And there remained among
the children of Ifracl liven trihet,
which had not yet received
inheritance.
3 And Jofhua faid unto
children of Ifracl, How long
yc flack to go to poflds the land
w forth between the children of Ju-
which the Lord God of your fa-
thcrs hath given you ?
4 Give out from among you
three men for each tribe: and I
will fend then, and they (hall
chap,
xvirr.
went to defcribe the 16 And the border came down
hem that
Go, and walk to the end of the mountain that
l nd faying,
land, and defcribe lictb before the valley of the ion
mc, that I of Hinnom, and which is in the
;
and come again to
lots for you before valley of the giants on the north,
may here cai*
the Lord in
Shiloh. and defcended to the vallty of
men went and pa(T- Hinnom, to the fide of Tcbufi on
q And the
the land, and defcrib- the fouth, and defcended to fin-
€ d through
ed it by
cities into feven parts, in rogcl,
and came again to Jothna 17 And was drawn from the
a book,
at Shiloh. north, and went forth to En-fhe-
to the holt
I0 t And Jofhua
caft lots for mclh, and went forth toward
Ge-
them in Shiloh, before the Lord: lilolh, which is over again ft the
divided the land going up of Adummim. and
and there Jofhua de-
untothe children of Ifrael ac- fcended to the ftonc of Bohan
the
cording to their divifions. Ion of Rcul.cn,
xl f And the lot of the tribe 18 And parted along toward
of the children of Benjamin came the fide over againft Arabah
up according to their families: north-ward, and went down unto
and the coaft of their lot came Arabah :
19 And the border pafled a-
dah and the children of Jofeph. long to the fide of Beth-hoglah,
12 And their border on the north-ward: and the out-goings
north-fide was from Jordan, and of the border were at the north*
the border went up to the fide of bay of the falt-fca, at the fouth-
Jericho, on the north-fide, and end of Jordan
this was the
:

went up through the mountains lbuth-coaft.

and one porliou \o inherit, feeing
1 am* great people, forafmuch as
the Lord hath blcflcd mc hi-
therto
?
rife, and go through the land,
and defcribe it according to
inheritance of them, and t
'hall come again to me.
weft-ward, and the goings out ao And Jordan was the border
thereof were at the wilderncfi, of of it on the eaft-fide :
thil was
Beth-aven. the inheritance of the children of
13 And the border went over Benjamin, by the coafts thereof

15 And Jofhua anfwercd them, 5 Andthey lhall divide it into

from thence toward Luz, to the round about, according
feveo parts ; Judah fhall abide in to their
If thou be a great people, then gt t fide of Luz (which is Beth-d) families.
thee up to the wood-tw/ry, and their eoaft on the fouth, and the fouth-ward, and the border de- ai Now the cities of the tribe
cut down for thyfclf therein the houfe of Jofeph (ball abide in fcended to Ataroth-adar, near of the children
of Benjamin, ac-
land of the Ptrizzites, and of the their coafts on the north, tne hill that //f/A on the fouth- cording
to their families, were
giants, if mount Ephraim be too 6 Ye fball therefore defcribt fide of the nether Beth-horon.
Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and
narrow for thee. the land into feven parts, and 14 And the border was drawn the valley of Kcziz.
16 And the children of Jofeph bring the defiription hither to (1 com
P afl th co '" cr M
And Beth-arabah, and Ze-
faid, The hill is not enough for that 1 may call lots for
you 7£
if the r"
of f ^ /
fca fouth ward, from the maraim,
and Beth-el,
us: and all the Canaanites that before the Lord our God,
T bC r Bct !>-horon
I°the *3 And Avim, and Parah,
dwell in the land of the valley 7 But the Levites ha fimth
fouth-ward ; and w
goings out and Ophrah,
hate chariots of iron, both they among you, for the pri« W Ki And Ccphar-haammonai,
who are of Bctb-lhcan and her the Lord is their inher whTch u K[r5 £ • -
j3t
f ' V °P hni Gaba: twelve
towns, and they who are of the and Gad, and Reuben, and toll of the clS >

« ° f
J udaK: ^"cities with their villages:
alley of Jez reel the tribe of Manafleh, have r«j
beyond
17 And Jofhua fpake unto the ceived their inheritance thc fouth -q«artcr was Becroth,
houfe of Jofeph, even to Ephraim, Jordan on the eaft, which
Mole* ft»i? uCCr ° f K5rj a 'Hearim, And Mizpeh, and Chcphi-
and to Manafleh, faying, Thou the fervant of the Lord p*« and thJ
t K !f
b rdc wcnt
«?t 0.1 the rah, and Moz.h, !
P
art a great people, and haft great them. ,
5l iL ? r

8 J And the men arofe,

ana
power : thou (halt not have one
lot only, went away : and Jofhua cb
*jJ£ %% And

JOSHUA.
a8 AndZelah, Elcph, and Jc-
bufi, (which is Jerufalem,) Gibe-
ath, and Kirjath : fourteen cities
with their villages : this ij the in-
heritance of the children of Ben-
jarain according to their families,
CHAP. XIX.
AND thefecond lot came
forth to Simeon, even for
the tribe of the children of Sitae-
onaccarding totheir familes ; and
their inheritance was within the Neah.
inheritance of the children of
JuJah. it ou the north-fide to Ha
a And they had in their inhe- thon ; and the out-goings th
ritance, Beer-fticbah, and Sheba, are in the valley of Jiphthal
and Moladah,
3 And Hazar-(hual,and Balah, lei, and Shtmron, and I
and Azem, and Beth-Iehem ; twelve
4 And Elto'ad, and Bethul, with their villages
andHormah,
5 And Ziklag, and Beth-mar- the children of Zebulun according
to their families, thefe cities with
caboth, and Hazar*fufah,
6 And Beth-lebaoth,and Sha- their villages.
rurien thirteen cities
; and
villages;
7 Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, of Iflachar, according to their fa-
and Aftnn ; four cities and
villages;
And the villages
8 all
ivere round about thefe cities, to
Baalath-beer, Ramath of the
fouth ; thisii the inheritance of
the tribe of the children of Si-
mcon according to their families,
9 Out of the portion of the
children of Judah, was the inhe-
ritance of the children of Sime-
on ; for the part of the children
of Judah was too much for them;
thcrefore the children of Simeon
had their inheritance within the
inheritance of them.
10 t And the third lot came
up\ for the children of Zebulun,
according to their families ; and
the border of their inheritance
was unto Sarid.
11 And their border went up
toward thefca.-and Maralah, and
reached to DabbaOietb, and
; :
reached to the river th
forejokneam,
ia And turned from Sarii
cad-ward, toward the fun-rifi
unto the border of Chrfloth-
bor, and then goeth out to
bcrath, and goeth up to Japh
13 And frem thence paffi
on along on the cart to Git
hephcr, to Ittah-kazin, and
_
eth out to Remmon-mcthoar'to
14 And the border compaflcth
15 And Kattath, and
16 This is the inheritance of
17 ? And the fourth lot came
their
out to Iflachar, for the children
their milies.
18 And border was
their
that -u^/rrf Jezreel, andCbefuIIoth,
Shunem,
19 And Hapharaim, and Shi-
hon, and Anaharath,
ao And Rabbith, and
and Abez,
ai And Rcmeth, and En-gan-
nim, and En-haddah, and Beth-
pazze2.
%% And the coaft reacheth t
Tabor, and Shahazimab, a~
Beth-ftiemcfh, and the out-goir
of their border were at Jorda
fixtcen cities with their village
33 Thisii the inheritance
thetribeof thcchUdrcn of IfTach
according to their familie*. th
cities and their villages,
»4 1 And the fifth
out for the tribe of the children
according to their fa*
of Afher,
milies.
; ;
. And
C H A
their border was Hel-
P. XIX.
and Hazor,
kath. and
Hali, and Beten, and 37 And Kedelh, and Edrct,
a rhOiapht and En-hazor,
2 6 And
Alammelcch, and A- 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el,
.j a „d Mifheal; and reacheth Hortm, and Bethanath, and
J cirmci weft-ward, and to Shi- Beth-thcnulh ; nineteen cities
with their villages
i
l0 r-libnath ;
turneth toward the fun-
% n And 39 This is the inheritance of
xifing *o
Beth -dagon, and reach- the tribe of the children of Naph-
and to the valley tali according to their families,
eth to Zobulun,
of Jiphthah-el, toward the north the cities and their villages
fide of Beth-emck, arid Nciel and 40 ^ And the feventh lot came
oeth-out to Cabul on the left out for the tribe of the children
g
hand, of Dan, according to their fami-
28 And Hebron,and Rchob, lies.
and Hammon, and Kanah, even 41 And the coaft of their in-
unto great Zidon : heritance was Zorah, and Efhta-
N 29 And then the coaft turneth ol'i and Ir-fticmcfh,
to Rama, and to the rtrong city 4Z And Shaalabbin, and Aja-
Tyre, an i the coaft: turneth to Ion, and Icthlah,
Hofah : and the outtgoings there-
43 And Kion, and Thimna-
of are at tjie fea from the coaft of thah, and Ekron,
Achzib : 44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbc-
30 Ummah alio, and Aphxk, thon,-and Baalath,
and Rehob : twenty and two ci- 45 And Jehud, and Benc-be-
with their villages :
ties rah, and Gath-rimmon,
31 This is the inheritance of 46 And Me-jarkon t and Rak-
the tribe of the children of A(htr kon, with the border
before Ta-
according to their families, thefe pho. 1
cities with their villages.
47 And the coaft of the chil-
31 ? The fixth lot came out dren of Dan went out too little
of the children of Naph tali : even for them : therefore
the chiKlrei*
for the children of Naphtaii, ac- of Daji
went up to fight a^ainft
cording to their families.
Lefhem, and took- it, and fmote
33 And their coaft was from it with the edge
of the fword,
HeJeph, from AUon to Zaana»-
and polTeiTed it, and dwelt there-
nim, and Adami, Nekeb, and
in, and called Lelhcm, Dan, af-
Jabncel unto Lakum; and the
ter the name of Dan their father:
outgoings thereof were
at Jordan;
48 This is the inheritance of
34 And them the coaft turneth the tribe of the children
of Dan,
weft-ward to Aznoth-tabor,
and according to t*eir families thefe
go?th out from thence
to Huk- cities with their villages*
kok and icachrth
to Zebulun on 49 t When they had made
UUth fldc Ind «ach*h to
ilk ' an end of dividing t!*e land for
1
aiherun the weft-flde,
and to Ju- inheritance by their eoafts. the
P °n J °rdan D>Wg|d
**" children of Iffaei gave an Inh<-
rifing
ritanceto Joftma the fen of NttO.
came «mong ihcm
lot
JX** 2*. and Himmath, jo According to the word *>f
^^^^Cinnereth, the Lo*o, they gave hfm the
^AndAaamah.aiid Raman, d)ff ^vhleh he afted, evto r*-
.
2< Ana O «4th-
 e | ;

nath-ferah, in
JOSHUA. and Sechem in motfnt E
CHAP. XXL
mount Ephraim; tali, and Juttah with her fuburbs; and
and dwelt therein., the half-tribe of Manaftch,
raim, and-Kirjath-arba (wh* •B Beth-lhcmefti with her fuburhs
*j,ies.
51 Thcfc are the inheritances Hebron) in the mountain of tC
children of Gerlhon nine cities out of thofe two tribe*.
which Eicaztr the prieft, fend -daln 6 A"<* the
Wbvlot out of the families of 17 And out of the tribe of Ben-
iulhua the fun of Nun, and the 8 And on the other fide of Iflachar,and out of jamin Gibcon with her fuburbs,
cads of the fathers of the tribes dan by Jericho eafhward, he tribe
Afher, and out of Geba with her fuburbs,
of the children-of divided affigned iiezer in the wilder he tribe of
Ifrael,
tribe cf
Naphtali, and out of 18 Anathoth with her fuburbs,
for an inheiitance by !ot, in Shi- upon the plain, out of the ,he
half-tribe of Manaffch in Ba- and Almon with her fuburbs i
loh before the Lord, at the door of Reuben, and Romoth io he four cities.
Shan thirteen cities.
of the tabernacle of the congrc- ad out r>f the tribe of Gad,
7
children of Merari, by
The 19 All the cities of the chii-
gation : fo they made an end of Golan in Baftvan out of th
had out of the tribe dren of Aaron the pricfts, -were
dividing the country. thcir families,
of Manafibh* and out of the tribe thirteen cities with their fuburbs.
CHAP. of Reuben,
|

XX. 9 Thefe were the cities a out of the tribe of 20 5 And the families of the
npiiE Lord alfo fpake unto ed for all the children of f of Gad, and
children 01 Kohath, the Levites,
Zcbulun, twelve cities.
A Jofhua, faying, and for the ftrangcr that fpji
g And the children of lfracl which remained of the children
a Speak to the children of If- eth among them, that who! the Levites thefe of Kohath, even they had the cities
rael, faying, Appoint out for killcth any peifon at una
rave by lot unto
cities with
their fuhurhs, as the of their lot out of the tribt of
you cities of refuge, whereof I might flee thither, and n
Loan commanded by the hand Ephraim.
Jpake unco you by the hand of by the hand of the aven^ For they gave them She-
of Mofcs.
Moles : -blood, until he (rood before
And
they gave out of the chem with her fuburbs,
\ in mount
3 That the flayer that killcth congregation. tribe of the children of Judah, Ephraim, to be a city of refuse
any pcrfon unawares, and unwit- CHAP. XXL and out of the tribe of the chil- for the flayer; and Gezcr with
tingly, may flee thither : and r I 'Hen came near the he
dren of Simeon, thefe cities her fu burns,
they fhall be your refuge from JL the fathers of the L vi And Kibza:m with herlub*
which are here mentioned by
the avenger of blood. unto Eleazar the pried, and name. urbs, ahd Beth-horon, with hef
4 And when he that doth flee to Jolhua the fon cf Nun, 10 Which the children of Aa- fuburbs; four cities.
unto one of thofe cities, ikall unto the heads of the fath ron, being of the families of the And out of the tribe of Dan,
ftand at the entering of the gate the tribes of thcchildren of 1
Kohathites, icr/w were of the chil- Eltekch, with her fuburbs, Gib-
of the city, and fhall declare his % And they fpake unto dren of Levi, had : (for thcir's bethow with her fuburbs,
caufe in the ears of the elders of at Shiloh in the land of C was the firft lot ) 24 Aijalon with her fubrtrhr,
tbatcity; they (hall take him in- faying. The Lord coirm 11 And they gave them the Galh-rimmon with her fuburbs;
to the city unto them, and give by the hand of Mofes, lo city of Arba the father of Anak, f»>ur cities.
him a place that he may dwell cities to dwell in, withnhe (which cztyh Hebron,) in the hill- 15 And out of the half-tribe
among them. urbs thereof for our cattle. comiiry of Judah, with the fub- of Manafleh, Taanach
with her
5 And if the avenger of blood 3 And the children 4& urbs thereof round about it. fuburbs, and Gath rimmon with
puifue after him, then they (hall ga.ve utito the I-cvites out of 12 But the fields of the city, her fuburbs; two cities.
not deliver the flayer up into his inheritance, at the com and the villages thereof, gave 26 All the cities vere ten wit If
hand: becaufe he fmote his mcnt of the Lord, thefe they to Caleb the fon of Jephun- their fuburbs,
for the fantfEtf* of
neighbour unwittingly, and hated and their fuburbs. 1 nch, for his poiTcflion, the children of Kohath that rc-
him not before-time* 4 An <* the lot came •13 If Thus they gave to the maincd.
6 And he (hall dwell in that the families of the Koh children of Aaron the prieft, He-
%1 y And unto the children of
city, until he ftand before the and the children of
Aaron bron wrth her fuburbs, to be a ci-
Gerlhon, of the families of the.
congregation for judgment, and prieft, -which -ti'cr* of the Le ty of refuge for the flayer,
and Levites. out of the other harf-
until th« death of the high prieft had by lot out of the tribe b i-iDnah with her fuburbs,
tribe of Manafleh, they gave Gc-
that (hall be in thofe days : tfven «hh, and out of the tribe 4 ,attlr with bcr fub " Ian in Ca,han with her
n K
"
fuburbs,
iliall the flayer return and come meojfe and ovt of the
uros, and Elhtcmoa with her fub-
1

of refuge for the flay-

t9 be a citv
into M| own city, and unto his Benjamin, thirteen cities, cr » aB(1 Beefh-terah with her fofc.
own houfc, unto the city from J Aqd the reft. of the ch U
AnA h
*5 And Holon with her fub-
• •
r
1
w 1

urbs; two cities.

whence he Med. of Kohath fad by lot, out JMi and Dcbir with her fub- a8 And out of the tribe of If-
n J And they appointed Kc- familie$*£ the tribe of EpH
"
n
49fe in Galilee ia pount Naph- our <tf the tribe df » A-.d Am with ber foburhs, Dabareb with her fuburbs,
* 29 Jarmuth
 JOSHUA.
*9 Jjumotli with htr fuburbs, ty and eight
T u-b-i'.inun with her fuburbs
four cixics.
JO And out qfthe tribe of A*h-
cr t Alilhal u'tfb her fuburbs* Ab-
dou with Ivtr fuburo*,
2J, Helkath with her fuburbs,
and. Rehub wjth her fuburhs;
four ctties.
5* ^ind out of the tribe of
;NapJitaJi, Kedclh in Galilee with
fcerfuburbs, to be a city of re-
luge fox the flayer; and Ham -
matludor with her fuburbs, and
Wrtan with her fuburbs; three
citiecj.
33 All the of the Gtr-
cities
ihonites, according to their fa-
milks, were thirteen cities with
their iuburbs.
34 * And unto the faou U?s of
:
the children of Morari, the feft
of the Levites, out of the trib«pf
Zebulun, Jokneam with ncriiib-
Urbs, and Kartan with hflr frlb-
Urbs,
35 Dimnah, with her fuburbs,
Nahalal, with her fuburbs; four
cities.
And
out of the tribe of
gj£>
tleuben, Bexcr with her fuburbs,
4J)d Jahazah with her fuburbs,
37 Kedemoth with her fub-
Sbs r and Mephaath with her
burbs : four cities.
38 And out of the tribe of
{Jad* Ramoth.in Gilead with her
Iuburbs, to be a eity of refuge for
the flayer; and Mahanaim with
her fuburbs,
39 HeJhbon with her fuburbs,
Jatrr with her fuburbs ; four ci-
tics in all.
40 .So all the cities for the chil-
dren of Merari, by their families, the commandment and th
which were remaining of the fa- which Mofes the fervant of
Ditties of the Levites, were by Lord charged you, to love^t
their lot twelve cities.
41 All the cities of the all his.ways, and to keep his
levites, within the poffaflicn of matidments, aud to cleave
the children ofifraol, were fof- hi*, and
cities with
Suburbs.
4* Theft were every
cities
with their fuburhs round a'
them thus -were all thefeciti
:
43 % And the Lord gave
to Ifrael all the land which
fw.ar.e to give unto their fath
aud they poflefied it, and dw
therein.
44 And the Lord gave
reft roundabout, according to
that he /ware unto their fathe
and there flood not a man of
their enemies before them; t
Lou d delivered all their
into -their hand,
45 There failed not ought
any good thing which the Lord
had fpoken unto the houfe
Ifrael : all came to pafs.
CHAP. XXII.
T^Hen Joftiqa called the
A benitesand theGadites,
the half-tribe of Manaflch,
st And faid unto them, Ye have
kept all that Mofes thefcrvantof
the Lord commanded you, and
have obeyed my voice in all that
I commanded you.
Ye have not your bre-
loft
3 (*t<
thrcn thtfc many days unto this
day, but have kept the charge of
the commandment of the Lor
your God.
4 And now the Lord
God hath given reft unto your
brethren, as he promifed them :
now return ye, and get
therefore
ye unto your tents, and unto the
land of your poflcfTion, which
fes the fervant of the Lord
you on the other fide Jord.
J But take diligent heed
Lord your God, and to w>
wfewe diim wi
CHAP. XXfl.
U r heart,
aud v#ithaiiyoarfoD4. 13 And the children of Iftatl
*°6 So Jofhua hicfled them, and fent onto the children of Rcubett,
*>ntthem away : and they went and to the children of '6a* and
„nto their tent*. to the half-tribe of Manafith,
7 f
Now to the one half of the into the land of Gilead, Phinchas
tribe of
ManaiTeh Mofes had giv- the fon of Eksraar the pricll,
n on in Baman: but UDto x 4 And w?di h:rn ten princes,
co P jFcffi
other half thereof gave Jofhua of each chief houfe a prince,
among their brethren on this fide throughout all the tribes of Ifmc*,
weft-ward. And when and each ontlvds an head of the
Jordan
D fhua fent
them away alfo unto houfe of their fathers, among iht
then he
their" tents,
blelTcd them, thoufartds of Ilrach
8 And he fpakc unto them, 15 Arid they came unto the
faying, Return
with much richer children of Reuben, and t6th«
encm anfo your terfts, and with very children of Gad, and to the half*
much cattle, with filver, and with tribe of ManaiTeh, tfnro the land
gold, and with brafs, and with of Giledd, and they fpuke with
iron, and with very much rai- them, faying,
ment: divide the fpoil of your 16 Thus faith the wKoU ton-
enemies with your brethren. gregati6ri of the Lord, What
o «[ And the children of Ren- trefpafs is this that ye have com-
R ben, and the children of Gad, ami mittcd againft the God of Ifrael,
the half-tribe of Manaflch re- fo turn away this day from flSfl
tinned, and departed from the low ing the Lord, in that ye have
children of Ifrael out of Shiloh, builded. you an altr.r, that y*
which is ir. the land of Canaan, to
might rebel this day againft thfc
gounto the country of Gilead, Lord?
to the land of their poiTcffion, 17 ft the iniquity of Peor too
whereof they were pofleiled, ac- little for us. from which we arc
cording to the word of the Lord not clean fed until this day,
by the hand of Mofes. though there was a plazire in
the
10 I And when
they came congregation of the Lord,*
unto the borders of Jordan, that
ere in the land of Canaan, the
ig But that ye mtrft turn away
this day from
following the
children of Reuben, and the chil- Lord
? and it will he, Teem yc
f
^» d the half-tribe rebel to-day againft the Loan,
TtV v»JJ<»
or Mananeh, built there an altar
that to-morrow he will he wroth
°7jordan,agreataltartofeeto. with the whole congregation of
11 S And the children of If- Ifrael.
rael heard fay, Behold,
the chil- 19 Notwithftandlng , if the*
Reuben,
Jen of and the children land of your poiTcffion ^
unclean;
L%\ l* 9 d ^hM+Ateptm* then pafs ve over unto the land 6f
Sft rlf/l
C, n T
aUar ° V Cr thc
Vn
f Canaan
-P> m
&<* of the Lord, where*
h? in in thc Lf>KI>t5 tabernacle dweir:
'
the r ? ^ '
^ofthechUdren of Ifrael. us; but rebel not againft tho
n ^children of Lord, nor rebel againft us, iri
If/Jlk Hj 5S
S*u X* f th
$t whok con ' ^^ding you an altar, befide the
9
chUdrcn of ,fracl alt " Lord our God.
JSrSiV 5 ,
Cmfclvcs
h i f
together at ao Did not Achan the fon of
s ° up to war asainft Zcrah commk a ****** in th ^
E?' Os accurfca
 CHAP. XXIII.
altar Fd : (or h/lttii be and ftrcng; but as fir you, nor
JOSHUA, on tunc to come, that we may
< jI11

*.'»
.
d the
(s between
God.
us, that the man hath been
tm >ou wHlo
able to
this day.
Hand be-
accwfcd thing, and wrath
all
fell
the congregation of ifracl ? atain % Behold the pattern of t
^
! 11

C H A R XX,n - 10 ° ne n,an of yen fliall chafe

came to pals, a long a thoufaod ; for the. Lord your
and that man perifhed not alone altar of the Lord, which ourfa .
in his iniquity. thcrs made, not for hurnt-offi
AND it

lime after that the Lord God

he it is that fighteih for you,
M given reft uuto.IiVael, fiom as he hath promiicd you.
f Then the children of ings, nor for facrificcs, but it j£ 1

round about 7 11 Take good heed therefore

Reuben, and the children of Gad, wituefs between us and you. U tUcic *-«emits
a
%*) God forbid that we ftou T "fl iua * axed, old f?»tflirickeu unto you sfclves, that )e love the
and the half-tribe of Manaffch,
anfwered and faid unto the heads rebel again ft the Lord, and tu • *JC .
Lord your God.
1
all if ja Eifc if yc do in any wife
•f the thoufands of Ifracl, this day from following the Lo* 9 And fofoua called for
tor their elders, and for go back, and cleave unto the
ai The Lord God of gods, to build an altar for burnt-one j
the Lord God of gods, he know- ings, for meat-offerings, or f their heads,
ar.d for their judges, remnant of theio nations, OK*
and for their
officers, and laid un thefe that remain among you,
tth, and Ifracl he ihall know, if facrinces, bcfides the altar of t'
aiD °W and ftricken and fhall make marriages with
& be in rebellion, or if in tranf- Lord our God that is before h to them,
1

greilion againft the Lord, (fave tabernacle.

-
a c< .
them, and go in unto them, and
j
And yc have feen all that they to you ;
us not this day,) 3° H And when Phinehas the .

33 That we have built us an prieft, and the princes of the Lord your God hath done 13 Know for a certainty, that
thefe nations, becaufc of the Lord your God will no more
altar to turu from following the congregation, and heads of unto all
our :!<c J' 0R0
M nc drive out *9 of theft nations from
Loan, or if to offer thereon burnt thoufands of Ifiacl, which w yuu ;
)'

©(Terms, or meat-offering* or if tr) wit(l llirn hc:lI<l tl,c wo: "«s that
-
that* bath fought for you. before you; but they Hull be
theieon, let the children of Reuben, and the 4 Behold, have divided unto fnares and traps unto you, and
I
wffcr peace-offerings
the Lord him fell require it : children of Gad, and the children you by lot thefe nations that re* f.ourges in your fides, and thorns
24 And if wc have not rather of Manaffch fpake, it pleafed main, to be an inheritance for in your eyes, until ye pcrifn from
done for fear of tbts thing, fay- them.
it
your tribes, fiom Jordan, with all off this good land which the
the nations that I have cut of!, Load your God hath given you.
3 r And
jag, In. time to come your chil- Phincha* the Ton of ,

laid unto the even unto the great fca weft-ward. 14. And behold, this day I am
cfrcn might fpeak unto our chil- Eleazar the pmft
laying. What have ye to children of Reuben, and to the 5 And the Lord your God he going the way of all the earth :
dren,
Gad, and to the chil- fFiall expel them from before you, and ye know in all your hearts
«lo with the LoR D God of Ifracl children of
:

For the Lord hath made
lordan a border between us and
you : ye children of Reuben, and
children of Gad. ye have no part
in theLord; fo lhallyourcl.il- now ye have
Hratl
dren make our children ecafeftom dren of
fearing the Lord.
dren of Manaflch, This day %e and crive them from out of your and in all your fouls, that not
perceive that the Lord n among fight, and yc fhall poflefs their one thing hath failed of all the
land, as the Lord your God hath good things which the Lord
us, hecaufe ye have not commit-
ted this trclpais againll the Lords
promifed unto you. your God fpake concerning you ;
delivered the chil- 6 Be ye therefore very Courn- all are come to pafs unto you,
out of the hand or gious to keep and to do all that and' not one thing hath failed
written in the book of thv' law thereof.
the Lord. J
Phinehas the ion ot
i .

of Mofes, that ye turn not afidc 15 Therefore it fhall come to

*6 Therefore we Let us
find, 31 1 And
pridl, ami the pnnCJ* therefrom, to the right hand, or pafs, thut as all good things are
now prepare to build us an altar, Elcazarthe " to the left ; come upon* you, which the Lord
,vot for burnt offering, nor for returned from t..c
Reuben, ar.d from the croidrcoef 7 I hat ye come not among your God promifed yeu : fo fball
I^nficc- Uefe lutions, thefe that remain the I ord bring upon
m.7y V a witnefs Gad, out of the land of
Gik you all
z7 But that it
among'* you, neither make men- evil things, until he have
land of Canaan, to deftroy-
between us and you* and our ge- unto the tionofthe name of their gods, cd you from off this <r >od land
llracl, and brou$
aerations after us that wc might children of nor cauie to fweari 7 them, neither
word ftgtigv which the Lord your God hath
do the fcrviceof the Loal) before them pleaicditr Krvc thern, n or j,ow yourfelves given
burnt-oficringv and 33 And the thm E you.
him with our unto them :
aud with our children of Ifrael and the cn l6 whcn yc havc tran fgrc ffci
with our facrificcs, ;

But cleare unto the Lord the covenant of the

bleflid God, ao 5 Lord your
peace-offerings; that your chil- dren of Ifracl your God, as yc have done unto
our children did not intend to go up igam God. which he commanded vou,
dren may not lay to a '
come, Ye have no part them in battle, Jo fleftroy » "*i >'- and have gone and ferried other
in time to
in the Lord. land wherein the children otKfl antfL ^
hcI ORD Mb
driven gods, and bowed yourfclvcs to
'

•uti.ombclorcyougrcat nations them; then lhall the anger of

28 Therefore feid wc, that it ben and
Gad dwelt,
when they ftculd /** fay And the children of *« O 4 the
fhmll be, 34 0*
rous, or to coir generations in ben, and the children of
 JOSHUA. \
CHAP.
the Lord be kindled again ft you, on the other fide Jordan; T.

and ye (hall perifh quickly from they fought with you : and 1 ga fid God forbid %6 J And Jotoua wrote thef-r
that we
off the good land which he hath them into your hand, that *n
11 f >rfake the Lord, to ferve words in the
book of the law of
given unto you. might poflefs their land, aad 1 Go<! and iook a 6 rcat ftonc ailli '
ods «

CHAP. XXIV. deftroyed them from before Ct ^

l7
CT
For the Lord our God, he fet it up there under an
oak that
AND Jofhua gathered all the 9 Then Balak the fon of • -
that brought us up,
and or.r was by the fandluary of the
trihes of Ifrael to Shechem, por, king of Moah, arofc '/ Ihers out of the land
of Egypt, Lor d.
m the houfc of bondage, and %j And Jofhua faid
and called for the eiders of I free 1 1 warred again ft Ilraei, and unto all
\
and for their heads, and for their and called Balaam the fon of great ligns in our the people, Behold, this ftone
u\rh did thofe
all the (hall he a witnefs unto us ; for it
judges, and for their officers, and to curfe you :
font an ( l preserved us in
of the
they prefented thcmfelves before 10 But I would not h -wherein we went, and among hath heard ail the words
God. tin to Salaam ; therefore he people through whom we Lord which he fpakc unto us -
*H the
it (hall be therefore a witnefs un-
1

a And Jofhua fa id unlo all the you ftill : fo I delivered you o

people, Thus faith the Lord his hand. And the Lord drive out to you, ieit yc deny your God.
Cod of Ifrael, Your fathers dwelt n And ye went over Jord from before
usall the people, even 28 So Jofhua let the people de-
on the other fide of the flood and and came unto Jericho; a&<* thc Amoritcs
which dwelt in the part, every man unto his inhe-
inoldtime,fve;iTerahthe father men of Jericho fought 5 will we alio ferve ritance.
land therefore
:

of Abraham, and the father of you, the Amoritcs, and the the Lor r, for
he is our God. 29 f And it came to pals af-
faid unto the ter thefc things, that Jolhua the
Nachor: and they ferved other and the Canaanites,
zites, 19 And Jofhua
the Hittites, and the Gergaihi people, YecannotfcrvethcLoRD: fon of Nun, the
fcrvant of the
gods.
is a jea- Lord died, being an hundred and
3 And I took your father A- the Hivite*, and the Jebo for he is an holy God ; he
braham from the other fideof the and I delivered them into bus God ; h« will not forgiveyour ten years old.
Hood, and led I.im throughout all hand. tanfgrciTions, nor your Tins. 30 And they
buried him in the
the land of Canaan, and multi- 12 And 1 fent the hor ao If yeforfaketheLoRD,and border of his inheritance in Tim-
fcrvefrrangc gods, then he will nath-ferah, which is in mount
piled his iced, and gave him fore you, which dravclhe
from before you, even t torn and do you hurt, and CPH- Ephraim, on the north-fide of*
Haac.
4 And I pave unto Tfaac Jacob kings of the Amorites : feme you, after that he hath done the hill of Gaafh.
and Efau and gave unto Efau with thy fword, nor
! I
you good. 31 And Ifrael ferved the Lord
11 And the people faid unto all the days of Jolhua, and all the
mount Seir, to poftefs it but Ja- bow. ;

K"bua,Nay, but we will fervc the days of the elders that overlived
cob and his children went down 13 And I have _
land for which ye did * D. Jolhua, and which had known,
into Egypt, i

ax And Jofhua faid unto the all the works of the Lord, that
5 I lent Mofc< alfo and Aaron, an <l cities which yc bn-ltnot,
people, Ye ere witneflcs againft he had done for Ifrael.
and I plagued Egypt, according yc dwell in ihcm of the :

yards and olive-yards which

yourfclvcs, thatye have chofen 32 ^ And the bones of Jofeph,
to that which I did amongft them :

you the Lord, to ferve him. And which the children of Ifrael
and afterward 1 brought you out. planted not dove eat.
Now therefore, fear they faid, JVc are witneflcs* brought up out of Egypt, buried
6 Andbrought your father*
I 14 *
23 Now therefore put away they in Shechem, in a parcel of
out of Egypt s and yc came unto Lord, and fervc him in fin
(fiidbej the ft rouge gods which ground which Jacob bought of
the fes ! and the Egyptians pur- and in truth and put away
;
are among you, and incline the fons of Hamor the father of
ined after your fathers with cha- gods which your fathers fery
the other fide of the flood.
your heart unto the Lord God Shechem, for an hundred pieces
riots and horfemeu unto the
of Ifrael. of filvcr ; and it became the in-
Red-Tea. in Egypt ; and fervc yc the
«4 And the people faid unto Jo- heritancc of the children of Jo-
7 And when they cry*'* unto 15 And if it kern evil uflt-
fhua, The Lord our God will we feph.
the Lord, he put darknefs he- to fervc the Loan, choofc y
tween you and the Egyptians, day whom yc wwi ferve, ti
fctve, and his voice will we obey.
33 And Elcazar the fon of Aa-
the goc3s which your faVhe.
}5 So Jolhua made a covenant ron died, and they buried him.ii*
and brought the fea upon them, with the people that day, and a hill that pertained to Phioehas
and covered them ; and your eyes ed, that were on the other
fi
fet them a ftatute and an ordi- his fon, which was given him in.
have fern what ! have done in t be flood, or the pods
of the
nance in Shechem. mount Ephraim.
Egypt, and yc dwelt in the wil- rnoritcs, in whofe land ye
dernefs a long fcafon.
8 And f brought you into the
but as for me and my houfc
will fervc the Lor
f Th* Book of J UD GES.
>W
iandofthcAmorifes, which dwelt ,6 And the pi
N after the death of To- the children of Ifrael afked
fhua, it came to pafs, that Lord, faying,
O 5
ihall go Who
tha
up
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JUDGE?. name CHAP. II.

t«X «s *5 ain ft the Canaanites hrft (and the of Dcbir
the inhabitants of Accho,
to fi^ht againfl litem ? irtfj Kirjathiepher.)
...
not d r i»e out the Je- obi nor
a
i r". , hat h habited
J.rufalcm ; nor the inhabiranU of Z.don
2 And ihc I-oan faid, Judah iz And Calcl) faid, He
fnall go up ; behold, I have dc- fmiteth Jvijiatti-fcprur, and
l^
fcDt the
t
!Su£S
JebuU£«» 'Iwcd with the QfAchUb.norActaih.norofHel-
a
„ (>r Aphik. nor of Rehob :
livrred llic land into Ms band. eth it, to him will I give ^ildrc" of
beij-l J »
Bm1 Uie A(heril es dwelt »-
3 And Judah faid inito Sime- my daughter to wife,
ltnv mong the Canaanites the inhabt-
of Jofeph
I.> And Othnicl the Ton
cn brother, Come up witli "S'adJ the fecufc
his
me into my lot, that we may naz Caleb's younger brother u
and he gave him Achiah hi|
.
.
"
L
11
41
li Cy
W u> ,U
wi-ni
weflt
Lox.»
up
P aa»intt Beth- tants of the land;
again.!
v«i
° d.ivc them
* i*J> tl»cm. not drive
• ' then out.
for they did

fight agi.it.lt the Caiiaaniu-s, and it: ! „",!

the ,.
Naphta!i
I likeuile will go with thee into daughter to wife.
d !! And the hoafcvf JofepU 33 «. Neither
Neii did
Bethel: fnow the drive out the linhahitantsof Beth-
thy lot. So Simeon went with 14 And it came to pafs when , ...outcry
before I.uz Ihemcfh, nor the inhabitants of
flic came to /»;/>/, that ihc rnov )
him. name-rtfil'wciiy
Ol v"" -
„ . -
7 * man Beth-anath ; vbut he dwell among
4 And Judah went up, and him to afk of her father a fj ^AnTtu'&'U" .

out of the city, and the Canaanites the inhabitants

the Lout) delivered the Canaan and (he lighted from off htr i£ forth
ites and the Pcrizzites into their and Caleb faid unto her,
fund ; and thty llcw of them in wilt thou ? -3 ^C"
v
.hi
1 1

the
:o
tnt.ar.ee
him, Sht*.*
into the
we of the land ; ntverthelels, the
inhabitants of Ikth-Hicmefli and
'l>«wth«« mercy, oi Heth-anath became
tributaries
jkzek ten thoufand men. 1 5 And (he faid unto SiM « tf
l\ And when he Ihcwcd tlnm unto them,
5 And they found Ador.i- Give ir.e a b Idling for th :

the city, they 34 And the Anionics forced

b&ck in Hczck : and they fought given me a foutn-land .he entrance into
the city with the edge
of the children of Dan into the
againft him, and they fiew the alfo firings of water. An £Ve
hut they let go the mountain i lor they
would not
Canaanites, and the Pcrizzites. pave her the upper fprin he fword j

6 But Adoni-bczck fled, and the nether finings, man an.i all his family. fuffer them to do* D to the ome
they purfucd a'fltr him, and 16 ^ And the children of the 26 And the man went into vjsiley. .,
^utiles, and thc
,
monies would A
caught Mm, and cut off his Kcnite, Mofes father-in-la the land of H.e
bu.lt 35 »»»
Aijalon,
thumbs and his great toes. went up cue of the city of pa a city and railed thc name dwell in mount llcics 111
thereof Lui : which ii the
name and in Shaaibim; yet the hand of
y And Adoni-bczck faid, Three- trees, with the children of
fcore and ten kings, having their dah into the wildemefs of Jo thc.eof unto U|U day. - the hou.'e of Jolip.h prevailed, fo
27 * Neither did Manafilli that they became tributaries,
thumbs and their great toes cut which luih in the fouth of Arad
Beth- the coaft ol the Amo-
36 And
off, gathered their tncat under my and they went and dwelt am drive o'tt ibe iubdb\t*m*J,
table , as I have done, fo God the people, fhean aad her towns, uor l)aa- ites 1 w(
from thc gomg up to
Bach and ner towns, nor the in- Akrabbim,
lrom thc rock, and
hath rcquued me. And they 17 And Judah went w
brought him to Jcrufalctn, and meon his brother, and they habitants of Dor and her towns, upward
there he died. the Canaanites that inhal nor the ia habitant* Iblcam CHAP.
It.

8 (Now the children of Judah Zcphath, and utterly de and hfr uw.is, nor tlic ijihabi- A ND
an angel of the I.oao
had fought againft Jcrulalem, it: (and the name of th unts ol Megiddo and OcK towns ; £\
came up from Gilgal to Bo-
and had taken it, and fmkteii was called Hormah.) Lut the CanaaniLcl woiiJd dwel} chim, and favd> 1 made yon to go
18 Alfo Judah took in that land. tip out of Egypt, and have brought
it with the edge of the fword,
%'i And it came to r»fs when you unto the land which 1
fware
aridfet the ciry on fire.) with the coart thereof, and
Ifrael was flrong, that they j-ut unto your fathers ; and I laid I
#

9 ^ And afterward the chil- kelon with the

coaft thereof,
dren of Judah went down to Ekron with the coaft thereo the Caiia-r.-.ces to tribute, and will never break h.y ccveuant with
fight againft the Canaanites that 19 And the Lord was did not utie.-lv drive them out. vou.
% And ye fhall mtka no ler.guc
'
dwelt in the mountain, and in Judah, and he drave out 49 *i Neither did Ephraim
bit ants of the mountain, bu drive out th« Ciuiaanit-S that withtbe inhabiumts oi' this land,
the fouth, and in the valiey.
10 And Judah went againft not drive out the inhabits dwelt in C.zcn but the Canaan- ye lb all thro a down tl. aii:-.rs:

ites dwelt ia C*zet amoog them, but y e have net obeyed my voice;
the Canaanites that dwelt in He- the valley, becaufe they had
bron (now the name of Hebron riots of iron, 30 H Nciihcr diJ Zebulun why have ye done this ?
before Kirjath-arha) and they 20 And they gave Hebron drive out Une. inhaSiiants »f Kit- 3 Vvhereforc i alio C-v.i, \ Will
>o.i, nor the mh.biums of Na- not mivc then oi<l from before
ilew Shelhai, and Ahiman, and to Caleb, as Mofes faid :

Talmai. '
he expelled thence the three halol but thc Conwnites dwelt yoo : but they lhail fee *iiivWin
•,

among thein> and became tribu- vour fides, and their goiU uall be
X\ And from thence he went of Anak.
adrift the inhabitants of Debir; n
1 And the childi
tanes.
3< VTeithcr did AJb?r d.'.«
a tnare unto you.
4 And it cumc to pJk, when
6 the
 J " D G E S. CHAP. III.

the ar.gel of the Lordfpake tbefe their enemies round about, m% That through them I may
ferved eufhan-rifliathainr
Ifrael

words unto all tie children of that they could not any longer
nnove lfr*
cl «* ctBCr thcv wil1 ci K nt y cars
»
-

Ifrael, that the people lift up ftand befortr their enemies. E D the way of the Lord, to 9 And when the children of
their voice, and wept. 15 Whitherfoever they went Ik therein,
as th*ir fathers did Ifrael cried unto the Lord, the
5 And they calkd the name of out the hand of the Lord was Vecp 'th 01
not. Lord raifed up 3 deliverer to
that place Bochim : and they fe- them theLoR& the Lord left the children of Ifrael, who dc-
againft for evil, as %% Therefore
crificed there unto the Lord. had and as the Lord had
faid, without driving livered them, even Othniel the
thote nations,
6 1 And when Jofhiu had jet fworn unto them; and they were them out haftily; neither deli- fon of Kcnaz, Caleb's younger
the people go, the children 'of greatly diftrcfled. ed nc t hem into the hand of brother.
Jfracl went every man unto his 16 1 Neverthelefs, the Lord 10 tnc fp "* of the Lord
1
Tolhua.
inheritance to poflefs the land. railedup judges which delivered f CHAP. HT. came upon him, and he judged
7 And the people ferved the them out of the hand of thoj arc the nations Ifrael, and went out to war and
Lord all the days of Jofhua, and that fpoiled them.
NOW
which
thefe
the Lord left to the Lord
:

ail the days of the ciders that 17 And yet they would
outlived Jolhua, who had fecn all hearken unto their judges,
the great works of the Lord that they went a whoring after otl
he did for Iftael. gods, and bowed themfclvcs um
8 And Jofhua the fon of Nun, them : they turned quickly
the fcrvant of the Lord, died be- of the way which their fath'<
ing zn hundred and ten years old. walked in, obeying the com-
9 And they buried him in the mandments of the Lord;
border of his inheritance in Tim- they did not io.
nath-htres, in the mount of Eph- 18 And when the Lord
raim, on the north-fide of the them up judges, then the
hill Gaalh. was with the judge, and del
10 And alfo all that genera- them out of the hand of
tion were gathered unto their fa- enemies all the days of the jui
thers : and there arofc another for it repented the Lord b«
generation after them, which of their groanings, by reaic
knew not the Lord, nor yet the them that opprefled them,
works which he had done for vexed them,)
Ifrael. 10, And it came to pafs,
H 1 And the children of the judge was dead, /ta/thcy
Jf-
racl did evil in the fight of the turned, and corrupted themfii
Lord, and ferved Baalim : more than their fathers, in fol
iz And they forfook the Lord lowing other gods to ferve them,
delivered Cufhan-rifha-
rove Ifrael by them (even as thaim, king of Mefopotamia into
niany Qf jjyaelas had not known his hand; and his hand prevail*
all the
wars of Canaan : ed againft Culhan-rifhathaim.
1 Only that
the gencrati ~.s of 11 And the land had reft forty
Ifrael might know years; and Othniel the fon of
the children of
to teach them
war, at the leaft Kcnaz d^cd.
fuch as before knew nothing iz \ And the children oMf-
thereof :) rac l did evil again in the fight of
3 Namely,
five lordsof thcPhi* the Lord: and the Lord
liflines, and all the Canaanites, ftrengthened Eglon the king of
and the Sidonians, and the Hi- Moab againft Ifrael; becaufe they
vites that dwelt in mount Leba- had done evil in the fight of the
non, from mount Baal-hermon, Lord.
unto the entering in of Hamath. 13 And he gathered unto him
4 And they were to prove If- the children of Ammon, and A-
raelbythem, to know whether inalek, and went and flnote If-
they would hearken unto the racl, and pofTcftcd the city of
commandments of the Lord, palm-trees.
t>l which he commanded their fa- 14 So the children of Ifrael
thers by the hand of Mofes. ferved Eglon the king of Moab
5 ^ And the children of Ifrael eighteen years.
dwelt among the Canaanites, Hit- 15 But when the children of
tites, and Amorites, and Pcriz- Ifrael cried unto the Lord, the

God of their father?, which and to bow down unto them: zitcs, and Hivites, and Jcbu- Lord raifed them up a deliverer,
brought them out of the land of they ceafed not from their fitcs: Ehud the fon of Gera, a Benja-
Egypt, and followed other gods, doings, nor from their ftubl 6 And they took their daugh- mite, a man left-handed : and by
of the gods of the people that way. ters to be their wives, and gave him the children of Ifrael fent a

'Mere round about them, and %o f And the anger of the their daughters to their fons, and prefent unto Eglon the king of

ixnved tbemfclves unto them, Lord wa& hot againft Iftael ; and ferved their gods. Moab.
and provoked the Lord to an- he fiwi, Bccaufe that this people 7 Andthe children of Ifrael 16 But Ehud made him a dag-
hath tranfgrelTed my covenant did evil in the fight of the Lor d, gcr (which had two edges) of a
andforgat the Lord their God,
13 And they forfook the Lord, which 1 coropianded their fa- cubit length: and he did gird it
and ferved Baalim, and thegrdves.
and ferved Baal and Afhtaroth. thers, and have noc hearkened under his raiment, upon his right
14 ^ And the anger of the unto my voice :
° % Therefore the anger of the thigh.
I r>»n was
Lord was hot againft Ifrael, and Zl 1 alfo will not henceforth" hot againft Ifrael, and 17 And
he brought the pre-
he fold them into the hand
he delivered them into the hands drive out any from before the* of fent unto Eglon king of Moab 1
of fpoilers that fpoiled them, and of the nations which Jofhua CuQian-riihathaim king of Mefo- and Eglon was a very fat man.
Potamia ; aod the children of
he fold thrm into the hands of when he die \ : x8 And when he had made an
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C HAP. IV.
JUDGES,
•nd to the prefen», he ient mount. »od he before them,
offer
BM the people that bare the *3 A.d he iwd unto t
' y '
1
Follow alter me ; for the 1.
nl
delivered your enemies
io But he himfelf turned again hath,
from the QUWrfcl that **r* by
Moabius into your band.
C»Il*»J and laid. I have a fccret they went down after h:rn
the lords of Jordan to
e.rand unto ihce, O king : who tooK
And all that Moab, and iuflered not a his multitude ; and Harofceth of the Gcnriles : and
faio. Keep filcncc. chariots, and
to pais. over. deliver him into thine hand ali the hurt of Sifera fell upon the
flood by him went out from him, j

ao And Ehud came unto him, *9 A

1(l the >' fl:w ot M°»b
'
8And Barak faid unto her, If edge of the fword, and there was
he was fitting in a fummer- that lime
about ten thoufau thou wilt Z° w t ^
' mc » tllcn ' not a n an left.
and
men, all hilly, and all men po; hut if thou
wilt not go with 17 Howbeit Sifera fled away rn
parlou., which he had for him-
iUfabne: ard thud fa id, 1 have valour; and there cicaped not me, then f will not go. ^ bit tret tor.,ctent of Jael the wife

a menage from God unto man. thee. And flic faid, 1 will furely of Hcber the Kenitc ; fox there V/at
And he aro'e out of Ki feat. 3° So Moab was fubduedIt
.
go with thec: not* uhftanding peace between Jabin tlie king of
It, And Ehud put forth his
day ur.der the ban., of Ifracl the journey that thou takeft (hall Haz.rand the houfe of Hcbcr the
left hand, and took the
duggcr a«d the land had id: iourfcore not he for thine honour ; for the Kcnue.
y-.s. Lord fluil fell Sifera into the 18 f And Jaci went out to
from hi* right thigh, and thiult
it into his belly. 3* f And after him *« Sha hand of a woman. And Deboiah rrccr Sifera, and laid unto him,
ot Anatb, which arofc, and went with Barak to Tin n in, my lord, turn in to me
aa And the haft alfo went in gar the ion.
after the blade and the fat. of the Pl.il-ftines fix hundred
;
Kcdelh. fear not and when he had turned

tlofed upon the blade, fo that

with an ox-goad : and he 10^ And Barak called Zebulun in unto her into the tent, flic co-
delivered Krael. andNaphtaii to Kedcfh, and he vcrcd hiin with a mantle,
he could not draw the dagget out
of his belly and the diit came
: .,_
C
.,f'
HA went up with ten thoufand men 19 And he faid unto her, Give
out /\ KD the children
, lf .

of Ifracl, at his feet and Deborah went up me, pray thee, a lutle water to
: I

11 Then Ehud went forth. XX

gam did evii in the fight with him. drink, for I am thirily and (he :

the Lor:, when Ehud was dead, 11 Now Heber the Kenitc, opened a bottle of milk, and gave
throvu-h the porch, and fliut the
a And the I.oa o fold then w- which voi of the children of Hobab him drink, and covered him.
doors of the parlour upon him,
t° the hand ot J.«.nn king cf Car the father-in-law of Mofes, had %o Again he laid unto her,
and locked them. .

reigned in Hazor: the fevered himfciffrom the Kcniies, Stand in the door of the tent, and
1± When he was gone out, his naan mat
captain of whole holt Sifera, and pitched his tent unto the it lkailbewl.cn any man doth
fervants came: and when they
which dwell in llarolhwth of the plain of Zaanaim, which is by come and enquire of
lavr that behold the doors of the thee, ard
Gentiles. Kedefli. fay, Is there any man here ? that
parlour -were locked, they faid,
Srely he covertth his feet in his 3 And the children of lfrae n And they (hewed Sifera, thou (halt lay, No.
cried unto the Lor d : for hf had that Barak the fon of Abirtoam 21 Then Jael, Hehei s wife,
fummcr-chambcr. was gone up to mount Tabor.
And they tarried until they nine hundred chariots of iron i took a nail of the tent, and
ac
he mightily 13 And Sifera gathered toge- took an hammer in her hand, and
W e.e afhamcd : and. behold, he and twenty yeais ther all his chariots, even nine went
opprcfied the children of lirael. foftly unto him, and fmote
opened not the doors of the par- hundred chariots of iron, and all the nail into his
lour, therefore they took a key, 4 1 And Deborah a prophe- temples, and
the people that were with him, fattened
opened them: and behold, tefs, the wife of Lop^doth, fhe it into the ground: (for
and from Harolheth of the Gentiles, he was
their lord wifallen dowa dead judged Ifracl at that time. faft a fleep and weary. ) fo
unto the river of Kifhon,
on the earth * And n,c 'lwdt under the he died.
while palm-tree of Deborah, between 14 And Deborah faid unto Ba- %% And behold, as Barak pur-
a6 And Ehud efcaped ran tp; for this is the dAy in Aicd Suera, Jael came out to
tarried; and paltd heyond Ramah aqd Beth-el in mount meet
they which the Lord hath delivered
the quarries, ond cfiaped unto
Ephraim . and the children him, and laid unto him, Come.
Ifracl came up to her lor ju ^ieraintothmchand:isnotthc and I will fhew thee the man
|Scira { b
.
J-oiogone out bctorc thee ? So whom
mcut. thou fcekeft. And when
a 7 And it came to pafS when wraK went down from mount he
h« was come, that he blew a 6 And (he Tent ao<» called Ba '
cfoc into her tent % behold,
the mountain of Eph- rak tbc for. of Ahmoam. out o 100 thcul aud mcn Sifrra h,
y dcarl > 3,,<l thc » ail was
trumpet in
Kedefh-naphtal: and fa.d put
aftei W hu temples,
aim. and Uie children of IfmeV
it)
Godj
down with him from th* him hath not the Lean r n so
1
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1
 JUDGES. CHAP. VI.
river of Kirtion fwept he goeth forth in his might. And
13 So God fubdued on that of drawing water there fhalj ; •t The
day Jabin the king of Canaan be- they rehcarfe the rijhteous a away, that ancient river, the land had reft forty years.
fore the children of Ifracl.. of the Lord, even the rightc lie river
Ki/hon : O my foul, CHAP. VI.

24 And the hand of the chiU arts towards the inhabit ant % of thou hail
trodden down ftrcngth. AND the children of Ifrael did
were the horfe-hoofs evil in the fight of the Lord;
dren of Ifrael profpered, and pre- villages in Ifracl : then fhall %l Then
means of the and the Lord delivered them in-
vailed againft Jabin the king of people of the Lord go dow broken by the
nrancings. the
prancing* of their tothe handof Midian feven years,
Canaan, until they had dcitroycd the gates.
XI Awake, awake, Deborah mighty ones. % And the hand of Midian
Jabin king of Canaan. ffaid the prevailed againft Ifrael; ahdhf
CHAP, V. awake, awake, utter a fong : a 53 Curfeyc Meroz,

T Hen fang Deborah, and Ba-

rak the fon of Abinoam,
on that day, faying,
rife, Barak, and lead thy capti-
vity captive, thou fon of A bin
am.
ancel of the
fcrlv the
caofc they
Loru ) crrfe yc bit- caufeof the Midianites, the chil-
Inhabitants thereof : be- dren of Ifrael made them the
came not to the help dens which are in the mountains,
to the help of the and caves, and ftrong holds.
% Praifeye the Lord for tbe 13 Then he made him t\ of the Loru,
avenging of ifrael, when the peo- remaineth have dominion o Lord againft the mighty. 3 Andjo it was when firael had
34 Blcftcd
above women fhall fown, that the Midianites came
pie willingly offered thcmfelves. the nobles among the peo
aCl the
wife of Heber the Kcnite up, and the Amalekites, and the
3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, the Loud made me have do fhall flic be above wo- children of the eaft, even they
O ye princes ; I, even I will fing nion over the mighty, ie t blefied
14 Out of Ephraim -was ther, nien in the tent. came upagcinft them -
unto the Lord, I will fing praife
to the Lord God of Ifrael. a root of them againft Amalck ; 15 He alked water, and me 4 And they encamped againft
him milk, (he brought forth them, and deftroyed the increafe
4 Lord, when thou wentcft out after thee, Benjamin, among tlv g ave
Machir c butter in a lordly difli. of the earth, till thou came unto
ofS'eir, when thou marchedft out people: out of
tft She put her hand to the Gaza, and left no fuftcnance for
of the field of Edom, the earth down governors, and out of
nail, and her right hand to the Ifrael, neither fhecp, nor ox, nor
trembled, and the heavens drop- bulun they that handle the
workman's hammer: and with a fs .
ped, the clouds alio dropped wa- of the writer,
the hammer fhe (mote Sifcra ; fhe 5 For they came up with their
ter. IJ And the princes ef
firoteoff his head, when flie had cattle, and their tents, and they
5 The mountains melted from char were with Deborah:
pierced and ftricken through his carncas grafhopper6formuItitude,
before the Lord, even that Sinai IfTachar, and alfo Barak, he
from before the Lor d God of If- fent on foot into the valley :
temples. for both they and their camels
the divifions of Reuben there %1 At her feef lie bowed, he were without numbei : and they
rac l.
fell, he lay down : at her fect he entered into the land to deft toy
6 In the days of Shamgar the great thoughts of heart,
bowed, he fell ; where he bowed h.
fon of Anath, in the days of Ja- 16 Why ^bodeft thou a
there he fell down dead. 6 And Ifrael was grratly im-
cl,'the high-ways were unoccu- the (beep-folds, to hear the blca^
pied, and the travellers walked ings of the Hocks ? for the dm- 28 The mother of Sifera look- poverilhed becaufe of the Midl-
ed out at a window, and cried anitts : and the children of Ifrael
through by-ways. fions of Reuben there were great
through the lat ttfs, Why is his cried unto the Lord.
7 The inhabitants of the villages fearchings of heart. chariot fo long in coming? why ^ And came to pafs when
Ceafed, they ccafed in Ifracl, un- 17 Gilead abode beyond 7 it
tarry the wheels of his chariots the children of Ifrael cried unto
Deborah arofc, that I dan and why did Dan
?
til that I :

After contin 19 Her wife ladies anfwered the Lo«p, becaufe of the Midi-
arofe a mother in Ifrael. in (hips?
her, vea, (he returned aniwer to anites;
8 They chofe new gods; then the fea-fhorc, and abode in
war in the gates was there breaches,
herftlf, 8 That the Lord ftnt a pro-
tr>tfj :
30 Have tbey not fped ? have phet unto the children of Ifrael,
a fhield or fpear feen among for- 18 Zebulon and Naphtah
they not divided the prey, to eve- which laid unto them, Thus faith
ty thoufand in Ifrael ? a people that jeoparded their
rymanadamfeUrtwo ? to Sifera the Lord God of Ifrael, I brought
9 My heart is toward the 50- unto the death in the high p a prey of divers colours, a prey of
you up from Egypt* and brought
vernors of Ifrael, that offered of the field, divers colours of nced!c-work,
of you forth out of the houfe of
thcmielvcs willingly among the 19 The kings came andio divers colours of needle-work
then fought the kings of Cs on bondage;
people. Blefs ye the Lord. both fides, meet for the
10 Speark ye that ride on white in Taanach by the waters of
necks of 9 And I delivered yow cut of
item that tnke the fpoil
J the hand of the Egyptians, and
affes, ye that fit in judgment, giddo; they took, no gain of
3} So ct a " thine enemies out of the hand of all that op-
*

and walk by the way. ney. ° f 0R D 5 but Ut them prcfled yon, and drave them out
IT Thiy that are delivered from to They fought from hea t\*
u> « love L
1 f
him ie as the fun when from before you, and gave you
the noifc of archers in the places the ftars in their courfes fo
their land; 10 And
againft Sifcra, *l
 JUDGES. CHAP. VII.
10 And I faid am
cd cakes of an ephafi of fl
unto you, I

the Loan yoar God, frar not the the flefh l.c put. in a l^ket/i^J
that he could not do it
did it by night.
of wool in the floor ; if the dew
be on the fleece only, and it be dry
W
Gods of the Afflo.&s in whofc he put the hr^th in a pot, arV( dav that t"'C
| A 1 ;Vnd when the men of upon all the earth befide y then
land ye dwell ; but ye hate not brought it out u:.to im ucder 1
*
rity arofe
early in the morn- mall I know that tl.ou wilt fave
obeyed my voice. the oak, an.! p cfc.ued .7.
11 ^ And there came an an- 22 And the angcj ot God ( behold, the altar of Baal was Ifrael by mine hand, as thou hall
the grove was cut faid.
1<-A of the Lord, and fat under unto him, Take the fkih and faft'down, and
that vtas by it* and the 38 And it was lo • for he rofe
an oak wbi'ch ii'as in Ophrah, unleavened cakes, and. lay.*" Sown
that pertained unto Joalh the ALi- upon this rock, and pour out t
ezrite, and hi» fon Gideon thrcfh- broth. A r.d he did i'o.
cd wheat by the wineprefs, to 21 Then the angel of tl^
hide it from the Midianites. Lord put forth the end cf hit
Lord And' when they
enquired and afk- g£ And Gideon faid unto God,
12 And the angel of the that nas in his hand, a«d
fit IT
laid, Gideon the fon of Let not thine anger be hot againll
appeared unto him, and fahl un- touched the flclh, and the un- j they
Toafli hath
done this thing. me, and I will fpeak but this
to him,. The Lord is with thee, leavened cakes and there rofe up
10 Then the men of the city
,

once Let mc prove, I pray thee,

:
thou mighty man of valour. fire out of the rock, and confum-
faid unto Joalh,
Bring out thy fon but this once with the fleece : let
13 And Gideon laid unto him, cd the flelh, and the unleavened becaufe ke hath now be dry only upon the
that he may die
: it
Oh my lord, if the Lor d be with cakes : then the angel of the
caft down
the altar of Baal, and fleece, and upon all the ground
us, why then befallen Lord
all this departed out of his fight,
is*

fcecaufc he hath cut

down the let there be dew,
us? and where ^
all his miracles 22 And when Gideon perceiv-
ws
by it. 40 And God
did 10 that night:
grove that
which our fathers told us of, fay- ed that he -was an angel of the unto for it was dry upon the fleece
31 And Joalh faid all
ing,Did not the Lord bring us Lord, Gidcpnfaid, Alas, O Lord only, and there was dew on all
that flood ajrai'ift him. Will ye
up f.om Egypt ? but now the God: for becaufe have fee 1

plead for Baal ? will ye lave him ? the ground,

Lord hath and de- angel of the Lord face to
forfait en us,
he that will plead for him let C H A
1\ VII.
livered.us into the hands of the 23 And the Lord laid I 'Hen Jcrubhaal, (who is Gi-
him, Peace be unto thee him be put to death whilfi it is yet '

Midianites. god, let him

morning : if he ir a J. dcon) and all the people
14 And the Lord looked upon not, thou ftnlt not die. himfclf. kecaufe one hath that were with him, rofe up early,
plead for
him, and faid, Go in this thi- 24 Then Gideon bui!t an
caft down his altar. and pitched btffidc the well of
might, and thou (halt fave Ifrael thereunto the Load, andca Ha rod ; fo that the hort of the
31 Therefore on that day he
from the handof the Midianites ; Jchovah-lhalom: untothlsda called him Jerubbaal, faying. Let Midianites were on the north-fide
have not I lent thee ? yet in Ophrah oF the Abi-czrttet,
Baal plead againll him, becaufc of them, by the hill of Morch, in
15 And he faid unto him, Oh 25 1 And it came to paft the down
he hath thrown his altar, the valley.
my lord, wherewith lhall favc fame night, that the Lord faid
1

33 1 Then all ths Midianites, % And the Lord faid unto

Ifrael? behold, my family is unto him. Take thy fathers
and the Amalekitcs, and the chil- Gideon, Th* penplt that are with
poor in Manafleh, and I am the young bullock, even the fecond dren of the eaft were gathered to- thee art too many for me to give
leaf* in my bollock of feven years old, and
father's houfe.
gether,and went over, and pitch- the Midianites into their hands,
16 the Lord faid unto throw down the ahar of Baal that
And cd in the valley of Jcziecl. left Ifrael vaunt thcmfelves againll
him, fuxely I will be with thee, thy father hath, and cut dowa 34 But the fpirit of the Lord me, faying, Min^own hand hath
and thou Inalt finite the Midi- the grove fhat u by it ; came upon Gideon, and he blew a favtd me.
unites as one man. to And build an altarun trumpet, and Abieier was ga- 3 Now therefore go to, pro-
17 And
he faid unto him, If Lord thy God upon
the t
tarred after them. claim in the ears'of the people,
now 1 have found grace in thy this rock, in the ordered p
35 And he ftnt mefiengers faying, Whofocvcr is fearful and
fight, then fhe.v mc a fign that and take the fecond bulloc throughout all fVLansfleh who al- afiaid, let him return and depart
thou talked with me. offer bumt-facrifice
a
Jo was gathered after him, and he early from mount Gilcad : and
18 Depart not hence, I pray wood of the grove fcnt meflongeis unto Alher, and the people
there returned of
thee until I come unto thee, (halt cut dow.i. unto Zehulun, and unto Naphta- twenty and two thoufand, and
and bring forth my preient, and 27 Then Gideon took ten "»and they cameupto meet then*, there remained ten thoufand.
fct it before thee. And he faid, of his fcrvants, and did as 36 tr a, hj Gideon faid unto 4 And the Lord faid unto
I will tarry until thou come again Loft n had (aid urtto him ' G d, It thou wilt lave Ifiael by Gideon, The people arc yet too
!

. 19 And Gideon went in, and it was, because he feared h wnchand, as thou haft faid> many; biir.g them down unto
made rcaJy a kid, and unlravcn- trier's houQioldf, and the ro 37 Behold, 1 will put a fleece the water, and 1 will try them
for
 . ;

J IT D G E S.
for thee there : and it the Amalekites, and all th* c
fhall be,
^
CHAP. VTIf.
that of whom I fay unto thee, dren of the eaft, lay along j , they had but newly
V(j
called ft us not when thou went eft
n
This fhall go with thee, the fame valley like grafhoppers for m va t -*rrjy aad they blew thr to fight with the Midlaniws I
fhall go with thee : and of whom- tude; and their camels •
(et 1
JT and brake the pitch- and they did chide with him
foever I fay unto thee, Tins fhall without number, as the fa
not go with thee, the fame fhall the fca-fide for multitude.
S2Si^
erS
in thcir hamIs
three companies
-
lharply -
%
.
And he faid unto them,
40 And tbc What have I done now in com-
not go. 13 And when Gideon t c trumpets, and
j.
brake
5 So he brought down the come, Behold, there -was a and held the lamps parifon of you
not the glean-
i Is
h Cpitchers,
people unto the water : and the that told a dream unto his fel •
their left
bands, and the ing of the grapes of Ephrarti bct-
Load faid unto Gideon, Every and faid, Behold, dream thcir right hands, to ter than the vintage of Abiczcr?
U mnetsin
I

one that lappeth of the water
with his tongue, as a dog lappeth,
him (halt thou fet by himfclf
dream, audio, a cake of bar! fi v withal: and
they cried, 3 God hath delivered into yoar
bread tumbled into the hoffof n'L fvord of the Lord, and of hands the princes of Midian, O-
Midian, and came unto a tent o-cb and Zeeb and what was I
:

lik«wile every one that bowcth
down upon his knees to drin k
6 And the number of them
and fmote it that it fell, a
overturned it, that the tent
along.
%i they ftood every man
And nble to do in comparifon of you 2
m place round about the Then their anger was abated to-
" hoft ran, and ward him, when he had faid that.
p a nd all the
.

that lapped, putting their hand to 14 And his fellow anfi cAcd and fled. 4 1 And Gideon came to Jor-
their month, were three hundred and faid, This is nothing-elfc, hundred dan, and palled over, he, and
ai And the three
men : but all the reft of the the fword of Gideon the- ion 4>le\v the trumpets,
and the Lord the three hundred men that were
people bowed down upon their oafh, a man of Ifraei 5 for man's fword acainft his with him, faint, yet purfuing
fet c»ery
knees to drink water. its hand hath God deli* fellow, even
throughout all the them.
7 And the Lord faid urlto Midian and all the hoft. hoft : and the hoft fled to
Beth- 5 Aod he faid unto the men
Gideon, By the three hundred 15 1 And it was/o, when (hitta'h in Zererath, and to
the of Succoth, Give, I pray you,
men that lapped will I faveyou, deon heard the telling of border of Abcl-meholah, unto loaves of bread unto the people
and deliver the Midianites into dream and the interpret Tabbath. that follow me, for they be faintt
*3 And the men of tfracl ga- and I am purfuing after
thijtc hand : and let all the other thereof, that he worfhipped, a: Zcbah
people go every man unto his returned into the hoft of Ifr thered themftlves together out and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
place. and faid, Arife, for the ofNaphtali, and out of After, 6 ^ And the princes of Sue-
8 So the people took victuals ifv hath delivered into your and out of all Mana-fteh, and pur- coth faid, Are the hands of Ze-
their hand, and their trumpets : the hoft of Midian. fucd after the Midianites. bah and Zalmunna now in thine
and he fcrtt all the reft c/lfroel, 16 And he divided the t 44 f And Gideon fent mcf- hand, that we mould give bread
every man unto his tent, and re- hundred nun into three com fengers throughout all mount unto thine army ?
tained tKofe three hundred fneft ; nits, and he put a trumpet Ephraim, faying, Come down 7 And Gideon faid, Therefore
and the lw.lt of Midian was bc- every man's hand, with e igainft the Midianites, and take when l..e Lord hath delivered
rwath him in the valley. pitchers, and lamps withia before the waters unto -Zcbah and Zalmunna into mine
them
p f And it came to pafs the pitchers. Beth-barah and Jordan. Then hand, then 1 will tear your flefli
fame night, that the Lord faid 17 And he faid unto the all the men of Ephraim gathered with the thorns of the wildcrnefs,
unto him, Arifc, get thee down look on me, and do likewife : thcmfclves together, and took and with briers,
unto the hoft, for I have delivered behold, when I come to the the waters unto Beth-barah and 8 And he went up thence to
ft into thine hand. fide of the camp, it fhall be, Jordan. Penuel, and fpake unto them
10 But if thou fear to go down, as I do, fo (hall ye do. %S And they took two princes likewife : and the men of Penuel
go thou with Phurah thy fervant 18 When I blow with a <ru of the Midianites, Oreb and Ze- anfwered him, as the men of Suc-
down to the hoft. ct, I and all that are with eb; and they (lew Orch upon the coth had anfwered him*
11 And thou ftialt hear what then blow yc the trumpets alfb rock Orcb, and Zeeb they flew 9 And be fpake alfo unto.the
they fay, and afterwards mail every fide of all the camp, and 1 at the wine-prefs of Zeeb, and men of Penuel, faying, When I
thine hands be ftretigthened to go The fword of the JLord a purfucd Midian, and hrought the come again in peace, t will break
down unto the hoft. Then went Gideon. heads of Oreb and fceeb to Gi- down this toavr.
I* down with Phurah his fervant <kon o* the other fide Jordan. xo J No<v Zebafh and Zalontn-
19 n So Gideon arid the
unto the outfide of the armed red men that were with him C H A P. VIII. wrc
Karkor, and their
na in
jroen that -were in the hoft. unto the out fide of the cam
1% And the Midianites, and the beginning of the m .
AND the men of Ephraim hofts with them, about fifteen
ftid unto htm, Why baft thoofand all that wew? left
wi thou fcrved us thus, that thou .of ailtfie hofts of tho ohildrca^of
 J IT D G E S. CHAP. IX.
the cart, for an hund- but the youth drew not his C\
there fell
Abimelech : for they faid, He is
j. v sof Gideon.
ted and twenty thoufand men for he feared, becaufc be
that drew the iword.
was 19 1
&
Ant* J ciur*° aa ' tnc n °f our brother,
a youth. 4 And they gave him three-
oath went and dwelt In his o.wn
ri 1 And Gideon went up by 21 Then Zcbah and Zalm fcorcand ten
Un pieces of filvcr, out
the way of thtm that dwelt in na faid, Rife thou, and fall 1oll (c.
np" jo And Gideon had threefcore of the houfe of Baalberith; where-
tents, on the cart of Nobah and on us fsr as the man is y A j s
;
fons of his body begot- with Abimelech hired vain and*
Jogbchah, and fmote the hoft : rtrength. And Gideon arofe a nd ten
ten : f<> r
nc n ?<* m ™y
wives. light perfons.which followed him.
for the hoft was fecure. ll:w Zebah and Zalmunna/
and 31 And his
concubine that 5 And he went unto his fa-
1% And when 2e!>ah and Zal- took away the ointments
mwnna fled, he purfued after were on their camels necks,
that 04$ in Shcchem, Ihe alfo bare ther's houfe at Ophrah, and flew

them, and took the two kings of him a fon, whofe name he called his brethren the fons of Jcrub-
2z « Then the men of ifrac Ahimclecli. baal, being threefcore and ten per-
j
Midian,. Zcbah, and Zalwunna, faid unto Gideon rule thon
32 % And
,

»er Gideon the fon of fons, upon one ftone : notwith-

anddilcomBted all the holt. us, both thou, and thy fon, good old age, and (landing, yet Jothamtheyoungeft
and Joafti Jied in a
13 ? And Gideon the ion of thy Ton's ion alio for thou' haft
was buried in the fepulchrcof Jo- fon of Jerubbaal was left ; for he
:

Joalh returned from battle before delivered us from the ha_ad

the fun was
of a(h his father, in Ophrah of the hid himfclf.
Midian. 6 And all the men of Shechcm
Abi-ezrites.
14 And caught young man a 3 And Gideon faid unto them
of the men of Succoth, .and en- f wiii not rule over you, neither 3^ And it cametopafsas foon gathered toeether, and all the
as Gideon wa» dead, that the houfe of Millo, and went and
quired of him; and he defcribed (hall my fon rule over you :
the children of Ifrael turned again, made Abimelech king, by the
unto him the princes of Succoth, Lord ihall rule over you.
and the ciders thereof, even three- and went a whoring after Baalim, plain of the pillar that was in
24 And Gideon laid 'unto them,
and made Baal-berith their god. Shcchem.
fcore and feventeeji men. I would defire a requeft of you,
34 And the children of Ifrael 7 ^ And when they told it to
15 And he came unto. the men that you would give me every
remembered not the Lord their Jotham, he went and flood in the
of Succoth, and faid, behold, Ze- man the car-rin.s of his prey:
bah and Zalmunna, with whom (for they had golden ear-rin; God, who had delivered them top of mount Gerizim, and lift
out of the hands of all their enc- up his voice and cried, and faitl
ye did upbraid me, faying. Are the becaufe they were lihmaelit
mies on every fide : unto them, Hearken unto me,
hands of Zebah and Zalmunna 25 And they aniwered,
now in thine hand, that we ihould will willingly give them. Ami 35 Neither (hewed they kind- ye men of SbccbeJD, that God
.
nefs to the houfe of Jerubbaal, may hearken unto you.
give bread unto thy men that nre they fprcad a garment, and did
weary?
namely, Gideon, according to all 8 The trees went forth on a
cart therein every man the ear*
thegoodnefs *hich he hadihewed time to anoint a king over them,
16 And he took the elders of rings of his prey,
the city, and thorns of the wil-
ante Ifrael. and they faid unto the olive-tree,
a6 And the weight of the goK
dernefs, and briers, u :.d with den ear-rings that he requeued,
CHAP. IX. Reign thou over us.
them he taught the men of Sue- was a thouiand and ("even hund- AND Abimelech the fon of 9 But the olive-tree faid unto
Jerubbaal went toSechem, them, Should I leave my fatnefs,
coth. red Jbcich of gold, hefide orn„ unto his mother's brethren, and wherewith by me they honour
17 And
he beat down the tow- mcnts, and collars, and purple communed uith them, and with God and man, and go to be pro-
er of PcnucI, and flew the men raiment that was on the kings all the family of the houfe of his
of the city. of Midian, and befidc the chains
moted over the trees?
mother s father, faying, 10 And the trees faid to the
18 ^ Then faid he unto Zebah that were about their camels
a Speak, 1 pray you, in the fig-trc«, Come
thou, and reign
and Zalmunna, What manner of uc*ks.
men
] cars of all themen of Shcchem, over us.
were, they whom
ye flew at 27 And Gideon made an eph
Tabor ? And they anfwered, As thereof, and put it in his
Whether is better for you, either
that all the fons of Jerubbaal
n
But the fig-tree faid unto
thou art y fo were they, each one them, Should 1 forfake my fwcet-
even in Ophrah : and all 1 ( which are threefcore
refemblcd the children of a king, and ten nefs, and my good fruit, and go
went thither a whoring after it perrons) reign over you, or that to
19 And he faid. They were my be promoted over the trees ?
which thing became a fnare un one reign over you ? remember
brethren, even the fons of my Gideon, and to his houfe. ia Then faid the trees unto the
I

mother: as the Lord liveth, if your bonc and >' 0Hr vine » Come thou, and reign over
28 Thus was Midian fubducd flefh
ye had fayed them alive, I would before the children of Head, A •"•d*?** brethren And
not flay you. that they lifted up their h fnA c^,m intheea
is
13 the vine faid unt«
2P And he faid unto Jcther no more, and the country
: ^ r oL
" ofallthe thcm > sho » l * 1 leave my wine,
^"/.Shechcm all thefe words : which chccrcth God and man,
.

hisfira-bcrrsUp^aiiiilaKt^m.; in qvietncfi forty yc*r$ i« •n* their hearts

inclined to follow and go to be promoted over the
trees 14 Then
 CHAP.
JUDGES.
That the cruelty <Wto tfc< tj
And he, that in the out into the field
it fhall
IX.
; and they told
*4 Then unto
faid all the trees 24 orninS aflbon
as the fun is up, Abimelcch.
the bramble, Come thou, and thre«fcore and ten Tons of Jerub. and
u P° n
rife car, y> fct 43 And he took the people,
!hou
reign over us. haal might come, and their blood » n(l hehold, -when he and divided them into three com*
the city*
15 And the bramble faid unto be laid upon Abimelcch their -nd the
people that is with him panies, and laid wait in the field,
the trees, If in truth ye anoint brother, which (lew them; —ne out ag ain ^ tncc » tncn ma V" and !° ok ed, and behold, the peo-
me king over you, then come and upon the men of Shechem which thou do to them as thou (halt
e ft
pie -were come forth out of the
put your trufl in my fhadow and aided him in ihe killing of
'
:
occafion. city and he rofc up againft them
;
find
if not, let fire come out of the brethren,
34 ^
And Abimelech
rofc up, and fmote them.
bramble, and devour the cedars %5 And the men of Shi and all the
people that ivere with 44 And Abimelech, and the
of Lebanon. fct Hers in wait for him in thi
him, by
night, and they laid wait company that -was with him,
16 Now therefore, if ye have of the mountains, and they againft Shechem in four compa- rufhed forward, and flood in the
done truly and fincerely, in that bed all that came along that n i e5 .
entering of the gate of the city ;
ye have made Abimelcch king, by them : and it was told Al 35 And
Gaal the fon of Ebed and the two other companies ran
and if ye have dealt welt with mclech. went out, and flood in the enter- upon a!l the people that -were m
Jerubbaal and his houfe, and have a6 And Gaal the fon of Ebed big of the
gate of the city ; and the fields, and flew them.
done unto him according to the came with his brethren, and -
Abimelcch rofe up, andthepeo- 45 And Abimelech fought a-
deferving of his hands : over to Shechem : and the ple that were with him, from ly- gainfl the city all that day, and
1 7 (For my father fought for of Shechem put their confii ingin wait. he took the city, and flew the
you, and adventured his life far, in him. 36 And when Gaal faw the people that was therein, and beat
and delivered you out of the hand %^ Aii <l they went out into people, he faid to Zebul, Behold, down the city, and fowed it with
of Midian : fields, and gathered their, vine- there come people down from the fait.
18 And ye are rifen up againft yards, and trodc the grapes^ and top of the mountains. And Ze- 46 J And when all the men of
my father's houfe this day, and made merry, and went into the bul faid unto him, Thou fceft the the tower of Shechem heard that,
have flain his fons, threefcore and houfe of their god, and did eat lhadow of the mountains, as if they entered into an hold of the
ten perfons, upon one ftonc, and and drink, and curfed Abimelecl tbey -were men. houfe of the god Berith.
have made Abimelcch, the fon of 28 And Gaal the fon of El 37 And Gaal fpake again, and 47 And it was told Abimclecli
his maid-fervant, king over the faid, Who u Abimelcch, and faid, See, there come people down that all the men of- the tower of

men of Shechem, becaufe he is is Shechem, that we (hould fcrve by the middle of the land, and Shechem were gathered together,
your brother;) him ? is not he the fon of Jenib- another company come along by 4S And Abimelech gat him up
the plain of Mconenim. to mount Zalmon, he and all the
19 If ye then have <!ealt truly baal, and Zehul his officer ? fcrve
and fincerely with Jerubbaal and the men of Hamor the father of 38 Then faid Zebulunto him, people that were with him; and
with his houfe this day, then re- Shechem : for why Jhould we Where is now thy mouth, where- Abimelech took an ax in hh
fervehim? with thou faidft, Who is Abime- hand, and cut down a bough from
joice ye in Abimelech, and let
lech, that we fhould fervc him ? is the trees, and took it, and laid
him alfo rejoice in you : 29 And would to God this it
people were under my hand not this the people that thou haft on his Ihoulder, and faid unto the
ao But if not, let fire come out
defpifed? go out, I pray now, and people that -were with
from Abimelech, and devour the then would I remove Abimelecl him,What
fight with them.
men of Shechem, and the houfe And he faid to Abimelech, y* have feen me do, make hafte,
of Millu :and let fire come out creafc thine army, and come 39 And
Gaal went out before and do as have done.
I
the men of Shechem, and fought
from the men of Shechem, and 3° 1 And when Zehul the rub 49 And all the people likewife
with Abimelech- cut down every man his bough,
from the houfe of Millo, and of the city heard the words of
devour Abimelech. Gaal the fon of Ebed, his anger 40 And Abimelech chafed him, and followed Abimelech, and put
and he fled before him, and many them to the hold, and fet the hold
%l And Jotham ran away and was kindled,
were overthrown and wounded, on fire upon them fothat all the
fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt 31 And he fent mefTengersuni e- :

vriunto the entering of the gate, men of the tower of Shechem

there, for fear of Abimelcch his Abimelech privily, faying,
4X And Abimelech dwelt at died alfo, about a thoufand meu
brother. hold, Gaal the fon of Ebed ai
Arumah; and Zebul thruft out and women.
%% When Abimelech had reign- his brethren be come toShech* £aa and his brethren, that they
cd three years over Ifrael, and behold, they fortify the jo 1 Then went Abimelech to
WOUid not dwell in Shechem. Thebez, and encamped againft
%% Then God fent an evil fpi- againft thee,
4* And it came to pafs on the Thebez, and took it.
rlt between Abimelcch and the 3% Now therefore up by nigh morrow, that the people
men of Shechem; and the men of thou and the people that is Wltl went ji But there was a ftrong tow-
Shechem dealt trcachcroufly with thee, and lie in wait in the
Abimelech ; 33 Al
 .

CHAP. XI.
J U D. Q £ S.
Aid «"to the
Lord, We hare 7 And Jephthah faidanto the
tt within the city,and thither fled ried in Camon. thou unto us whatfo- ciders of Gilead, Did not ye hate
finned, do
nil the men and women, and all 6 And the children of ITracl good unto thee; de- me, and expel mc out of my fa-
fight of the ycr feemcth
they of the city ; and Ihut it to did evil again in the lser us only,
we pray thee, this ther's houfe? and why are yc
them, and gat them up to the top Lord, and ferved Baalim, and y^y t
come unto me now when yc ate
Alhtaroth, and the gods of Syria,
of the tower. lS And they put away the in diftrefs?
gods of Zidon, and the
Si And Abimelech came unto and the ftrange gods from among them, 8 And the elders of Gilead faid
the tower, and fought againft it, gods of Moab, and the
gods of the
and ferved the Lord and his unto Jcphthah, Therefore we turn
:

and went hard unto the door of children of Ammon, and the godi foul was
grieved for the mifery of again to thee now, that thorn
the tower to hum it with fire. of the Philiftincs, and forfook mayert go with us, and fight a-
Ifrael.
53 And a certain woman caft a the Lord,
and ferved not him. children of Am- gainft the children of Ammon,
Then the
.
17
fiiecc of a milftone upon
Abime- 7 % And the aneer of the Lord mon were gathered together, and and be our head overall the inha-
ech's head, and all to break his was hot againft Ifrael,
and he fold
encamped in Gilead: and the bitants of Gilead.
fltull. them into the hands of the Phi- children of Ifrael aflembled them- o And Jcphthah faid unto the
into the hands of the
54 Then he called haftily unto Mines, and fclves together, and encamped in elders of Gilead, If yc bring me
thcyoungmar. his armour-bearer, children of Ammon. Mizpch. home
again to fight againft the
and faid unto him, Draw thy 8 And that year they vexed 18 And the people and princes children of Ammon, and the
fword, and fiay me, that men fay and oppreffed the children of If. of Gilead f.iid one to another, Lord deliver them before me,
not of me, A woman flew him. rael : eighteen years, all thechil- What man is he that will begin fliall I be your head ?
And his young man thrufl him dren of If.ael that were on the to fight againft the children of 10 And the elders of Gilead
through, and he died. other fide Jordan, in the land of Ammon? he fhall be head over faid unto Jcphthah, The Lord be
which ts in Gilead.
55 And when the men of Ifra- the Amorites, all the inhabitants of Gilead. witnefs between us, if we do not
el faw that Abimelech was dead, 9 Moreover, the children of CHAP. XI. fo according to thy words.
they departed every man unto Ammon paflcd over Jordan, to VTOW Jephthah the Gileaditc 11 Then Jephthah went with
his place. fight alfo againft Judah, and a- XN * as a mighty man of valour the elders of Gilead, and the peo-
Benjamin, and againft and he was the fon of an harlot: pie made him head and captain
56 «1 Thus God rendered the gainft
•wickednefs of Abimelech which houfe of Ephraim fo that Ifrael
; and Gilead begat Jephthah. over them : and Jephthah uttered
he did unto his father, in flaying was fore diftreftcd. » And Gilcad's wife bare him all his words before the Lord in
his feventy brethren. 10 J And the children of If- fons, and his wife's fons grew up, Mizpch

57 the evil of the men rael cried unto the Lor d, faying,
And all and they thruft out Jephthah, 12 ] And Icphthah fent mef-
of Shechem, did God render up- We
have finned againft thee, both and faid unto him, Thou (halt not fengers unto the king of the chil-
on their heads : and upon them becaufe we have forfaken our inherit in our father's houfe, for dren of Ammon, faying, What
came the curfe of Jotham the fon God, and alfo ferved Baalim. thou art the fon of a ftrange haft thou to do with me, that
of lerubhaal. "
An<l tne LoRD fald unt0 woman. thou art come againft me to fight
.

C H A
P. X. the children of Ifrael, Did not/ 3 Then Jephthah fled from his in my land ?
Egypti?ns,
after Abimelech there ieTiver you from the
AND
irofe, to defend Ifrael, To- and from the
Amorites, from the
brethren, and dwelt in the land 13 And the king of the chil-
ofTob: and there were gathered dren of Ammon an Ave red unto
ia thj fonofPuah, the
fon of children of Ammon, and from vain men to Jephthah, and went the mcflcngers of Jephthah, Be-

Dodo, a man of IfTachar ; and he the Philiftines ? out with him. caufe Ifrael took away my land
dweltinShamir in mountEphraim n
The Zidonians alfo, and the 4 J And it came to pafs in when they came up out of Egypt
Amalekites.andthcMaonitcsdid procef*. of time, that the children from Arnon even untojabbok,
» And he judged Ifrael twenty
cried to me, of Ammon made war againft and unto Jordan : now therefore
and three years, and died, and opprefs you, and ye
was burled in Shamir. and 1 delivered you out of their Ifrael. ^ reftorc thofe tends again peaceably.

3 * And after him arofe Jair, hand, 5 And it was fo, thatwhen the 14 And Jephthah fent mcflcn-
a Gileadite, and judged Ifrael 13 Yet ye have forfaken me, children of Ammon made war ger$ again unto the king of the
twenty and two years. and ferved other gods : wherefore againft Ifrael, the elders of Gilead children of Ammon,
no more, went to fetch Jephthah out of the And unto him, Thus
4 And he had thirty fons that I will deliver you godf
15 faid
14 Go and cry unto the landofToh. faith Jcphthah, Ifrael took not
rode on thirty afs-colts, and they
them 6 And they faid unto Jephthah away the land of Moab, nor the
had thirty cities, which are called which ye have chofen let :

your Come and our captain, that land of the children of Ammon;
Havoth-jair unto this day, which deliver you in the time of he
tribulation. we may fight with the chitdrcn 16 But when Ifrael came up
are in the land of Gilead. m ,

And Jair died, and was bu- 15 1 And the children of Ifigj of Ammon. P % from
5 saw
 ;

J U D G
from Egypt, and walked through from before
E S.
us, them will ren °^ Ammon
chap, m
were ther, and went north-ward, and
the wilderncf* unto the Red fea, polYtfst the chiU
and came to Kadffli 25 And now
thou any
art /bdued before the children of faid unto Jephthah, Wherefore
paflcdrt thou over to fight againtt
j 7 Then Ifrael fent meflengcrs better than Balak the fon of Ifrael-
U And Jephthah came to- the children of Ammon, and
unto the king of Edom, faying, por king of Moab ? did he *f

Let me, I pray thec, pals through rive £gainft Ifrael,

Mizpeh unto his houfe, and be- didft not call us to go with thee ?
ft or did daughter came out to we will burn thine houfe upon
thy land; but the king of Edom ever £zht agaittit them, hold, his
would not hearken Anil
thereto. 26 While ifrael dwelt in Hcfli. meet him with timbrels and with thee with fire,
dances: mc lvas Wj only 2 And Jephthah faid unto them.
in like manner they fent unto I on and her towns, and in Aroer he had neither I and my people were at great;
the king of Moab ; but he would and her towns, and in all the ci- Child; bcfulc her
fon nor
daughter. flrife v.ith the children of Am-
not confent : and lliati abode III ties that he along by the coafts of came to pafs, when mon and when I called you, ye
Kadtfli. Arnon, three hundred years? 35 And it :

fa w ner « tnat uc rcnt n s delivered me not out of their

'

18 Then they went along why therefore did ye not recover he

clothes, and faid, Alas, my hands.
through the wildcrnefs, and com- them within that time ?
daughter, thou hart brought me 3 And when I faw that ye de-
pared the hind of Edom, and the 27 Wherefore I have not finned
very low, and thou art one of livered me net, I put my life in
land of Moab, and came by the ageinft thee, but thou dolt me
them that trouble me : for I have my hands, and pa Med over a-
cafl-fidcof the land ofMoab, and wrong- to war againft me the :
opened mv mouth unto the gainrt the children of Ammon,
pitched on the other lide of Ar- Lord the Judge be judge this day and the Lord delivered them in -
LoRn, and I cannot go hack.
jion, but came not within the between the children cf Ifrael
36 And the faid unto him, My
to ray hand : wherefore then arc
border of Moab for Arnon was and the children of Ammon.
father, if thou hart opened thy ye come up unto me this day, to-
;

the border of Moab. 28 Howbeit, the king of the

mouth unto the I-ord, do to me fight a^ainft me ?
19 Ar.J Ifrael fent mcflengers children of Ammon hearkened according to that which hath 4 Then Jephthah gathered to-
unto Sihon king of the Amoritcs, not unto the words of Jephthah
procceded out of thy mouth ; for- g'.ther all the often of Gilead, and
the king of Ilelhbon; and Ifrael which he fent him.
ifmuch as the Lord hath taken fought with Ephrairrj : and the
faid unto him, Let us pafs, we 29 H Then the fpirit of the vengeance for thec of thine ene- rr>en of Gilead fmote Ephraim,
pray thec, through thy land unto Lo n came upon Jephthah, and
mies, <ven of the children of becaufe they fai l, Ye Gilcamtes
my place. he pa (Ted over Gilead, and Ma- Ammon. are fugitives of Ephraim, among
20 Hut Sihon truftcd not Ifrael naflcn, and pafTcd over Mizpeh of
37 And unto her fa-
fhe faid the Ephraimitcs, avd among the
to pafs through his cor. ft; Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gi-
ther Let this thing be done for
I
ManafTites.
Sihon gathered all his people*.o- lead he pa (Ted over unto the chil- me; Let me alone two months, 5 And the G:!eadites took the
gether, and pitched in Jahaz and dren of Ammon. that may go up and down upon
I pafiages of Jordan before the
fought again it Ifrael. 3c And Jephthah vowed a vow the mountains, and bewail my Ephtaimhes and it Watj&, that
:

CI And the Lord God of If- unto the Lord, and faid, If thcu virginity, I and my fellows. when tho re Ephraimitcs whfch
rael delivered Sihon and all his (halt without fail deliver the chil- 33 And he faid, Go. And he were efcaped, faid. Let me go 0-
people into the hand of Ifrael, dren of Ammon into mine hands: fent her away for two months ver : that the men of Gilead faid
:

and they fmote them : fo Ifrael 31 Then it (hall be, that what- and (he went with her compani- unto him, Art thou an Ephra-
podefled all the land of the A- foever cometh forth of the doors ons, and bewailed her virginity Iniite ? if he faid. Nay ;
movites, the inhabitants of that of my houfe to meet me, when I upon the mountains. 6 Then did they unto him,
39 A nd it came to pafs at the
country. return in peace from the children Say now Shibboleth : and he faid
ll And they pofTefTed all the of Ammon, (hall fu rely be the end of two months, that lie re- Sibboleth ; forhc could not frame
coafts of the Amcritcs, from Ar- Lord's, and will offer it up for turned unto her father, who did
I
to pronounce// tight- Then they
non even unto Jahbck, and from a burnt-offering. jWH her acordhg tohisvow Which took him, and flew him at the
the wildernefs even unto Jordan. 32 V So Jephthah paflcd over he had vowed: and (he knew no paflagci of Jordan: and there
23 So now the Lord God of unto the children of Ammon to man. And it Was a curtom in fell at that time of the Ephraim-
Ifrael hath difpofleiTed the Amo- fight againtt them, and the L01 ,Irac,
» ites, forty and two thoufand.
rite* from before his people Ifrael delivered them into hts hands. 40 That the daughters of Ifrael 7 And Jephthah judged Ifrael
and fhouldeft thou poflefs it? 33 And he fmote them fr «*nt \ early to lament the daugh- fix years : then died Jephthah the
%\ Wilt not thou poflefs that Arocr, even till thou come terof Jtphthah the Giieaditc
four Gilcadite, and was buried in one
which Chemofh thy god giveth Miunith, even twenty cities, and days m a year.
rf the cities of Gilead. .

thee to poflefs ? So whoraibever unto the plain of the vineyards,

f h; Lo&J> our God (lull drive out with a very great (laughter, Tho«
th
A ND C HAP. XII. 8 t And after him Ibzan of
th c men of Ephraim Beth-lchem judged Ifrael.
gathered themfclvei toge- P 3 9 And
 And
JUDGES.
he had thirty fons, and deliver Ifrael out of the hand CHAP. XIV.
9
6f
thirty daughters, whom he fent the Philiftines. all thatl command- nor would, as at this time, hare?
thing :
clean
c
abroad, and took in thirty daugh- 6 f Then the woman cam« 1 let her obferve. told us fuch things as thefe.
C ncr
ters from abroad for his fons. and told her huiband, laying a Manoah faid unto 24 ^| And the woman bare a
And he judged feven years,
Ifrael man of God came unto me, a« J IS 1
of the Lord, I pray fon, and called his name Samfon ;
10 Then died Ibzan, and was countenance was like tl- the angel
his detain thee, until we and thechild grew, and the Lo.ro
thee, let us
buried at Bcth-lehem. countenance of an angel of God made ready a kid for blcfTed him.
frail have
11 f And after him, Elon a very terrible; but
I aflced him 25 And thefpirit of the I.ori>
Zebulonite judged Ifrael, and he t uC>
not whence he was, neither told |

16* And the angel of the Lord began to move him at times in
judged Ifrael ten years. he me his name. Manoah, Though thou the camp of Dan, between Zo-
faid unto
1% And Elon the Zebulonite 7 But he faid unto me, Beh eat of thy rah and Elhtaol.
detain me, I. will not
died, and was buried in Aijalou,
in the country of Zebulon.
thou lhalt conceive, and bear
fon and now drink no wine
a bread and if thou wilt offer a
: CHAP.
XIV.
;
nor burnt-ortcring, thou muft orfer it A KD
Samfon went down to
13 f And after him, Abdon ftiong drink, neither eat anv un-
\
unto the Loud: for Manoah ± Timnath, and faw a WO-
the fon of Hillel a Pirathonite clean thing : for the child (hall
be knew not that he was an angel man in Timnath of the daugh*
judged Ifrael. a Nazante to God, from the
of the Lord. ters of the Philiftines.
14 And he had forty fons, and womb to the day of his death, % And he came up and told his*
17 And Manoah faid unto the
thirty nephews, that rode on 8 J Then Manoah intrcated
angel of the Lord, What is thy father and his mother, and faid,
three fcore and ten afs-colts : and the Lord, and faid, O my Lord
name, that when thy fayings I have feen a woman in Timnath
he judged Ifrael eight years. let the man of God which thou
And Abdon
^
come to pafs, we may do thee of the daughtcrsof the Pfcilirtincs;
15 the ion of Hil- didft fend come again unto us
houour ? now therefore get her for me to
lei the Pirathonite died, and was and teach us what we (hall do
18 And the angel of the Lord wife.
buried in Pirathon in the land of unto the child that lhall be born.
faid unto him, Why afkeft thou 3 Then his father and his mo-
Ephrajm in the mount of the A- 9 And God hearkened to thus after my name, feeing it if ther faid unto him, Is there never
malckites. voice of Manoah ; and the
a woman among the daughters of
CHAP. XIII. of God came again unto th
fecret ?
19 So Manoah to-)k a kid, with thy brethren, or among all my
AND tiic children of Ifrael man as (he fat in the field
did evil again in the fight Manoah her huft>and was
; a meat-offering, and offered it people, that thou goeft to take a
upon a rock unto the Lord : and wife of the uncircumcifcd Philip*
of the Lord; and the Lord de- with her.
the angel did wondcroufly, and tines ? and Samfon faid unto his
livcred them into the hand of 10 And the woman made hade,
Manoah and his wife looked on. father, Get her for me, for fhc
the Philiftines forty years. and an and uWcuhcr hufbaod,
1 v
ao For it came to pafs, when pleafeth me well,
a And there was a certain man and faid unto him, Behold, the the Hame went up toward hea- 4 But his father and hi* mo-
©i Zorah, of the family of the man hath appeared unto me, that ven from off the altar, that the ther knew not that it was of the
Danitcs, whofc name was Ma- came unto me the other day.
angel of the Lord afcended in Lord, that he fought an occafiorr
Boah, and his wife was barren, II And Manoah arofc, and the flame of the altars and Ma- againft the Philiftines: for
and bare not. went after his wife, and came to at
naoh and his wife looked on it, that time the Philiftines had
3 And the angel of the Lord the man, and faid unto him, Art
do-
ar.d fell on their faces to the minion over Ifraci.
appeared unto the woman, and thou the man that fpakcfl unto
8 round; 5 Then went Samfon down,
faid unto her, Behold now, thou the woman ? and he faid, I anu
ai But the angel of the Lord and his father and his
*rt barren and beared not; but IZ And Manoah faid, Now let mother to
did no more appear to Manoah Timnath,
thou lhalt conceive and bear a thy words conic to pafs ; how and came to the vine-
ana to h.s wife.) Then Mano- yards of Timnath
fon. mall we order the child rand A#w : and behold,
ah knew that he was an angel a young
1

lion roared againft him.

4 Now therefore beware, I lhall we do unto him I of the Lord
6 And thefpirit of the Lord
pray thee, and drink not wine, 13 And the angel of the Loan And Manoah faid unto came mightily upon him, and he
nor ftrong drink, and eat not any faid unto Manoah, Of all that I K;
nis wife, We (hall furely die, be-
rent him as he would have rent
unclean thing. faid unto the woman, let her be- caufe we have feen God.
a kid, and be had nothing in his
5 For lo, thou malt conceive, ware. %3 But his wife faid unto him hand : but he told not his father
and bear a fon, and no razor (hall 14 She may not eat of any « the Lord were plcafed to kill
come on his head : for the child thin* that comet h of the vine, or his mother what he had done.

lhall be a Nazaritc unto God from neither let her drink win
the womb; and he lhall begin to ftrong drink, nor eat any
h ,',n, *
d n0t havC rece,ved a
WUnt-offenng and a meat-offer- cd with
ing at our
7 And he went down and talk-
the woman, and Ihc
hands, neither would pleafed Samfon well.
*e Dave fhewed us
all thefe things, g And after a time
, he re-
turned
 JUDGES. CHAP. XVI.
turned to take her, and he turn- haft not told it me. And Ke&id hundred fo*cs, and took 13 And they fpake unto him,
three
ed aiide to fee the carcafe of the unto her, Behold, I have not told firebrands, and turned tail
to faying, No: but wc will binrt
Hon : and behold, there was a ;/ my father nor my mother, and tail, and
put a fire-brand in the thee fail, and deliver thee into
lwarm of bees and honey in the (hall I tell it thee ? gpijfi between two tails. their hands ; but furely wc will
carcafe of the lion. 17 And (he wept before him when he had fct the not kill thee. And they bound
5 And
9 And he took thereof in his theftven days, while their fcaft brands on fire, he let them go hirrr with two new cords, and
hands, and went on eating, and laired: and it came to pafs on into the
(landing-corn of the brought him up from, the rock,
came to his father and mother, the fcveiuh day, that he told philiftines, and burnt up both the 14 5 when he came unto
and he gave them, and they did her, becaufc (he lily fore upo Q frocks, and alio the (landing Lehi, the Philiftines fronted a-
cat : but he told not them that him : and (he told the riddle to corn, with the vineyards and gainft him: and the fpiiit of the
he had taken the honey out of the children of her people, |ives. ^
l«oxn came mightily upon him,
18 And the men of the
the carcafe of the hon. 6*
f Then the Philiftines faid, and the cords that -were upon hi*
10 * So his father went down faid unto him on the feventh day, Who hath done this ? And they arms became as flax that was
\into the woman, and Sainton before the fun went down, What anfwered, Samfon the fbn-in-law burnt with fire, and his bands
made there a fcaft for fo uJcd is fleeter than honey ? and w
:
of the Timnite, becaufc he had loofed from off his hands,
the young men to do. " .(hunger than a lion ? a taken his wife, and given her to 15 And he found a new jaw-
rr And it came to pafs when faid unto them, If ye had his companion. And the Phi- bone of an afs, and put forth his
they faw him, that they brought plowed with my heifer, ye liflincs came up, and burnt her hand and took it, and ilcw a
thirtycompair.onstobe with him. not-found out n.y riddle, and her father with fire. thoufand men therewith.
\X % And Samfon faid unto 19 *[ And the fpiiit of th 7 And Samfon faid unto them, 16 And Samfon faid, with tho
them, I will now put forth a Lord came upon him, and he Though ye have done this, yet jaw-bone of an afs, heaps upon
riddle unto you ; if ye can ccr- went <iown to Afhkclon, and willI be avenged of you, and af- heaps, with the jaw-bone of an
tainly declare it "me within the (lew thirty men of them, and ter that I will ccafe. afs have I flain a thoufand men.
feven days ot the fcaft, and find// took tluir fpoil, and gave change g And be fmotc them hip and 17 And it came to pafs, when
out, then I will give you thirty of Raiments unto them which cx- thigh with a great Slaughter and he had made an end of fpeaking,
;

fterts, and thirty change of gar- pounded the liddlc; and his he went down and dwelt in the that he call away the. jaw-bone
ments ; anger was kindled, and he went top of the rock Etam. out of his hand, and called that;
13 But if you cannot declare// up to his father's houfc. 9 \ Then the Philiftines went place Ramath-lehi.
me, then (hall ye give mc thiity 20 But Semlon's wife was^rvM up, and pitched in Judah, and 18 And he was fore athirft,
iheets, and thirty change of gar- to his companion, whom he had fp.-cad thcmfclves in Lehi. and called on the Lord, and faid,
ments. And thev faid unto him, nfed as his friend. 10 And the men of Judah faid, Thou haft given this great .deli-
Put forth thy riddle, that we CHAP. XV. Why are ye come up again ft us? verance into the hand of thy fei>
"R UT h * amc to pafs with,D % and they anfwered, To bind vant : and now (hall I die for
may. hear it.
14 And he faid unto them, D while after, in the time of
Out of the cater came forth meat, wheat-harveft, that Samfon vi-
Samfon are wc come up, to do to thirlt, and fal| into the hand of
him as hath done to js. the uncircumclfed ?
and out of the ttrong came forth fited his wife with a kid ; and he II Then three thoufand men 19 But God clave an hollow
fwectnefs. And they could not faid, I will go in to my wife into of Judah went to the top of the place that v/as in the jaw, and
in three.daysexpoundthe riddle, the chamber: but her father rock Etam, and faid to Samfon, there came water thereout: and
15 And it came to pafs on the would not fuffcr him to go in. Knowcft thou not that the Phi- when he had drunk, his fpirit
ftventh day, that they ifaid unto % And her father faid, Ivcnly liftines are rulers over us: what ij came again, and he revived :
Samfon's wife, Entice thy hnf- thought that thou hadft utterly this that thon haft done unto lis } wherefore be called the name

band, that he may declare urtto hated her, therefore I gave her to and he faiJ unto them, As they thereof En-h3kkore, which is ia
us the riddle, left we burn thee thy companion: is not her yo did unto me, fo have 1 done lin- Lehi unto this day.
and thy father's houfe with- fire : cr fitter fairer than (he? ta to them. 20 And he judged Ifrael.m the
have ye called us to take that her, I pray thee, inftcadefnef* II And they faid unto him, days of the Philiftines twenty
we have ? is it not fo? 3 1 And Samfon
faid con- We arc come down to bind thee, years,
id And Samfon s wife wept ccrning them. Now mall I W that we may deliver thee into CHAP. XVf.
-
before him, and faid, Thou doft more blamelefs than the Phih the hand of the Philiftines. And rT"*Hen went Samfon to Gaza^
hut hate nK, and loveft me not tines, though
: do them a cu>
I Samfon faid unto them, Swear Jl and faw there an harlot,
thou haft put.ferth a riddle unto pleafure. «nto mc, that ye will not fall and went in unto her.
iJic children of my people, acd 4 And Samfon went and
caught upon mc youvfclvcs. % And it mas Uli the Gazites,
thr<«
 :

U D G E S.
CHAP. XVII.
J ig And when Delilah faw that fport and they
: fet him between
faying, Samfon come hither. fo his ftrength was not kno
is
hc had told her all his heart, the pillars.
And they comparted him in, and 10 And Delilah faid unto
/he fent and called for the lords 26 And Samfon unto the faid
laid wait for him all night in the fon, Behold, thou haft mock Come lad that held him by the hand,
of the Philiftines, faying,
gate of the city, and were quiet me, and told me lies ; now t this once he hath (hewed Surfer me that 1 may feel the pil-
for
up ;
night, faying, In the me, I pray thee, wherewith t
me all his heart. Then the lords lars whereupon the houfe ftand-
all the
morning when it is day wc (hall mighteft be hound.
of the Philiftines came up unto eth, that I may lean upon them,
kill him. 11 And he laid unto her,
her, and brought money in their 17 Now the houfe was full of
3 And Samfon lay till mid- they bind me fall with new hand. men and women; and all the
night, and arufe at midnight* that never were occu
19 And flie made him fleep lords of the Phiiiftincs were
and took the doors of the gate ihall I be weak, and upon her knees, and Ihc called there : and there were upon the
of the city, and the two pofts, other man.
for a man, and Jhe caufed him roof about three thouland men
and went away with them, bar II Delilah therefore took new
to /have o?f the feven locks of and women, that beheld while
and all, and put them upon his ropes, and hound him therewith, his head, and (he began to af- Samfon made fport.
(boulders, and carried them up to and faid unto him, The Philif-
flirt him, and his ftrength went 28 And Samfon called onto
the top of an hill that is before tines be upon thee, Samfcn. (And
from him. ^
theLord, and faid, O Lord Goo,
Hebron. there were liers in wait, abiding
%o And flie faid, The Philif- remember me,
pray thee, and
I

4 ^ And it came to pafs after- in the chamber.) And he brake tines be upon thee, Samfon. And ftrengthen mc, pray thee, only-
I

ward, that he loved a woman in them from off his arms like he awoke out of his flcep, and this once, O God, that maybe I
the valley of Sorek, whofc name thread. faid, I will go out as at other at once avenged of the Philiftin -s
--was Delilah. 13 And Delilah faid un
times before, and (hake mylelf. for my two eyes*
J And the lords of the Philif- Samfon, Hitherto thou haft mock- And he wift not that the Lord 39 And Samfon took hold of
tines came up unto her, and faid ed me, and told me lies; tell me was departed from him. the two middle piliars upon
unto her, Entice him, and fee wherewith thou mightel't be 21 ^ Bat the Philiftines took which the houfe flood, and oi*
wherein his great ftrength tieth, bound. And he faid unto her, him, and pat out his eyes, and which it was born up, of the one
and by what means we may pre- If thou wraveft the feven locks brought him down to Gaza, and with his right hand, and of the
vail againlt him, that we may of my head with the web. bound him with feiters of brafs, other with his left,
bind him to afflicl him ; and we 14 And (he faftened it with and hc did grind in the piifon- 30 And Samlbn faid, Let me
will give thee, cveiy one of us, the pin, and faid unto him, The houfe. die with the Philiftines : and he
eleven hundred pieces of filver. Philiftines be upon thee, Samfon. liHowbctt the hair of his head bowed himfctf with ttihis might;
6 And Delilah faid to Samfon, And he awaked out of his 11 began to grow again, after hc and the houfe fell upon the lords,
Tell me, I pray thee, wherein and went away with the p was ihaven. an j upon a j t ic pcapl c that»

thy great ftrength iietb y and the beam, and with the web. 23 Then the lords of the Phi- were therein ; fo the dead which
wherewith thou .mighteft be 15 1 And Ihc faid unto h fiftinesgathered the?.-, together, he flew at his death. were more
bound to an* lift thee. how can ft thou fay, 1 love t for to offer a great fucrifice unto than they which he flew in bis
7 And Samfon faid unto her, when thine heart is not with me Dagon their god, and to rejoice : life.
If they bind me with feven green thou haft mocked me thefe three for they faid, Our god hath de- 3r Then his brethren, and all
withs that were never dried, then times, and haft rot told mc livered Samfon our enemy into houfe of hi* father, came
the
(hall I be weak, and be as an- wherein thy great ftrength lieth. our hand. down, and took him, and brought
other man. 16 And it came to pafs, whe 24 And when the people faw him up, and buried him between
8 Then the lords of the Phi- flic prefled him daily with h him, they praifed- their god: for Zorah and Eftitaol, in the bury-
Mines brought up to her feven words, and urged him, fo tha they laid, Our god hath delivered ing-place of
Mauoah his father ;
green withs, which had not been his foul was vexed unto death ; toto our hands our enemy, and and he
judged Ifrael twenty
dried, and Ihc bound him with 17 That he told her all his the dettroyer of our country,
years,
them. heart, and unto her. There
faid which (lew many of us.
C H A P. XVII;
9 f Now were men lying
there hath not come a rafor upon mine »5 Audit came to pafs when A ND
there was a man of
io wait, abiding with her in the head ; for I have been a Nazaritc tntir hearts were merry,
that JLX mount Ephraim, whefe
chamber.) And Ihc faid unto unto God from my mother's Ujey faid, Call for Samfon, that
name was Micah.
him, The Philiftines be upon womb : if I be (haven, then mf may make us fport. And they
thee, Samfon. And he brake ftrength will go from mc, an
^
caned for Samfon out
% And h e faid unto his mother,
of the prt- The eleven hundred jhdels or iil-
the withs, as a thread of tow is lhall become weak, and be lun-houfc ; and be made them ver,. that
were uken from thce%
brokcii when it toucheth the fire any otter man.
P 6 ahoct
18 A
 : :-

CHAP. XVI H.
J U D G E S.
1 and came to Laifh, and faw 16 And the fix hundred men
went €
about which tfou ctirfcdd, and in,
people that were therein, how appointed with their weapons of
1

J,1
fpakcfl of alfo in mine cars ; be- 11 And the Levite was con* dwelt carclcfs after the man- war, which were of the children
thev
1
hold, the iilvcr is with mc, I tent to dwell with the man, and
^
f the Zidonians,
quiet and of Dan, ftood by the entering of
took it. And his mother laid, the young man was unto him as there was no magi- the gate.
fecure; znd
Bleflcd be tbcu of the Lord, ray one of his fons. the land, that might put 17 And the five men that went
ft rate in
Jon. 12 And Micah confecrated the f
t0 frame in any thing ;
, and to Ipy out the land went up, and
3 And when he had redored Levite : and the young man be-
they we
far from thcZidonians, came in thither, and took the
the eleven hundred Jbekcls of filycr came his pried, and was in the andhffd no bufinefs with
awvman. graven image, and theephod, and
to his mother, his mother faid, houfe cf Micah. 8 And they came unto their the teraphim, and the molten
I had wholly dedicated the filver 13 Then faid Micah, Now brethren to Zorah and Efhtaol ; image; and the pried dood in
unto the Lord from my hand, know I that the Lord will do faid unto the entering of the gate, with the
and their brethren
for my Ton, to make a graven mcgood, feeing I have a Lev fix hundred men that -were ap-
them, What Jnyyti
image, and a molten image to my pried. that pointed with weapons of war.
9 And the)' faid, Arife,
now therefore I will redorc it un- CHAP. XVII!.
we may go up againd them : for 18 And thefe went into Mi-
to thee. thofe days there -was no k wehavefeen the land, and behold, cah's houfe, and fetched the carv-
4 Yet he reflored the money
IN in Ifrael : and jn thofe good ; and are ye dill ? ed image, the ephod, and the te-
it is very
unto his mother, and his mothir the tribe of the Danites be not flothfultogo»tf»rf to enter raphim, and the molten image
took two hundred Jbekels of Giver, them an inheritance to dwell to poflefs the land. then faid the pried unto them,
and gave them to the founder, for. unto that day all their inhe- 10 When yc go, ye (hall come What do ye ?
who made thereof a graven im- ritance had not fallen unto tbem unto a people fecure, and to a 19 And they faid unto him,
age, and a molten image : and among the tribes of Ifrael. large land : for God hath given Hold thy peace, lay thine hand
they were in the houfe of Micah. % And the children of Dan }t into your hands : a place
where upon thy mouth, and go with us,
j And the man Micah had an fentof their family fivemenfrom there is no want of "any thing'that and be to us a father, and a priefl:
houfe of gods, and madeancphod, their roads, men of valour, from is in the earth. w it better for thee to be a pried
and teraphim, and confecrated Zorah, and from Efhtaol, to fpy 11 5 And there went from unto the houfe pf one man, or
one of his ions, who became his out the land, and to fcarchit; thence of the family of the Dan- that thou be a pried unto a tribe
pried. and they faid unto them, Go ites, out of Zorah and out of Elh- and a family in Ifrael ?
6 In thofe days there was no fcarch the land who when they
:
taol, fix hundred men, appointed 20 And the pried's heart was
king in Ifrael, but every man did came to mount Ephraim, to the with weapons of war. glad, and he tock the ephod, and
that v/hich was right in his ov\n houfe of Micah, they lodged there. Il And they went up, and the teraphim, and the graven
eyes. 3 When they werr by the houfe pitched in Kiijath-jearim in Ju- image, and went in the midd of
7 And there was a young man of Micah, they knew the voice of dah wherefore they called that the people.
:

cut of Eerh-lchcnvjudah, of the the young man the Levite : and place Mahaneh-dan, unto this 41 So they turned and depart
family of Judah, who was a Le- they turned in thither, and faid day; behold, it is behind Kirjath- ed, and put the little ones, and
vitc, and he fojourned there. unto him, Who brought thee hi- jearim. thetattle, and the carriage before
t And the man «!*|>aru*l out ther? and what maked thou in 13 And
they parted thence un- them.
of the city from Iteth-Iehem ju- this place ? and what had thou to mount Ephraim, and came 22 ^ And when they were a
dah, to fojouru where he could here? unto the houfe of Micah. good w ay frcsn the houfe of Mi-
find a place ; and he came to 4 And he /aid unto them, 14 5 Then anfwered the five cah, the men that were in the
mount Ephraim to the houfe of Thus and thusdealeth Micah men that went to fpy out the houfes near to Micah's houfe were
Micah, as he journeyed. with me, and hath hired me, and country of Laifh, and faid unto gathered together, and overtook
9 And Micah faid unto him, I am his pried. their brethren, Do ye know that the children of Dan.
Whence corned thou ? and he 5 And they
faiduntohim, Alk there is in thefe houfes an ephod, 23 And they cried unto the
faid uiito him, ! am a Lcvitc of counfel, we pray thee, of God, and teraphim, and a graven image children of Dan: and they turn-
Bcth-lchcm -judah, and I go to that we may know whether our and a molten image ? now there- ed their faces, andTaid unto Mi-
foj'jurn where I may find a place. way which wc go fhall be pro- fore confider what ye have to do. cah, What aileth thee, that thou
10 And Micah laid unto him, fperous. IJ And they turned thither- corned with fuch a company ?
Dwell with me, and be unto rae 6 And the pried faid ward, and came to the houfe of 24 And he faid, Ye have taken
a father and a pried, and I will them, Go in peace : before t the young man the Levitc, even away my gods which I made, and
give thee ten Jbcke/s of filver by Lord is your way wherein ye go* TJnto the houfe of Micah, and the pried, and ye are gone away ;
depart-
the year, and a fuit of apparel, 7 IThen the five inert fluted him. and
*nJ thy vifituls. So the Lcvitc ed
 more
JUDGES,
and what to him a concabine out of Beth*
and what hare I ?

is this that ye fay unto me, What lchem-Judah.

% And concubine played
his
CHAP. XIX.
aiicththee?
I towards evening, I pray you, and whence com eft thou ?
%S And the children of Dan the whore againft him, and went
night ; behold, the day 18 And he faid unto him, We
laid unto him, Let not thy voice away from him unto her father's tarry all
houfe to Beth-Iehem-Judah, and •roweth to an end, lodge hire, are parting from Beth-lchem-Ju-
be heard among us, left angry may be merry ; dah, toward the fide of mount
fellows run upon thee, and thou was there four whole months. fhat thine heart
•ad to-morrow get ye early on Ephraim : from thence am I :
!ofe thy life, with the lives of thy 3 And her hufband arofe, and may eft go and
went to Beth-lehem-Jd-
your way, that thou J
houlhold. went after her to fpeak friendly
L me. dah, but I am new going to the
26 And the children of Dan unto her, and to bring her again,
xo But the man would not houfe of the Lord and there if ;

went their way and when Micah

: having his fervant with him, and
night, but he rofe up no man that rcccivtth me to
a couple of afles and (he brought farry that
jaw that they were too flrong for
and departed, and came over a- houfe.
:

liim, he turned and went back
unto his houfe.
%j And they took the things
which Micah had made, and the
pricft which he had, and came
unto Lailh, unto a people that
were at quiet, and fecure; and
they fmote them with the edge
of the fword, and burnt the city
with fire.
a8 And there was no deliverer,
becaufe it was far from Zidon,
and they had no bufinefs with any
man: and it was in the valley
him into her father's houfe, and
when the father of the damfel
faw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
4 And his father-in-law, the
damfd's father, retained him;
and he abode with him three
days they did eat and drink,
: fo
and lodged there,
5 And it came to pais on the
fourth day, when they
in the morning, that he rofe up
to depart: and the damfel's fa-
ther laid unto his fon-in-law,
Comfort thine heart with a mor-
gainrtjebus, (which /jjerufalem:) 19 Yet there is both fhaw and
and there were with him two afles provender for our afles; and there
fuddled, his concubine alfo was is bread r.O'. wine alfo for me,
and for thy handmaid, and for
with* him.
II And when they were byje- the young man which is with thy
bus, the day was far fpent, and fuvants : there is no want of any
the fervant faid unto his marter, thing.
Come, I pray thee, and Ictus to And the old man faid, Peace
turn in unto this city of the Jcbu- ^
with thee; howfoevcr, let all
arofe early
Jites, and lodge in it. thy wants lie upon me; only
X% And maftcr laid unco
his lodge not in the ftrcet.
him, We will not turn afidc hi- %\ So he brought him into his
ther into the city of a ftranger, houfe, and gave provender unto
that is not of the children of If- the a lies and they wafhtd their
:

that lietb by Beth-rchob and : fel of bread, and afterward go

they built a city, and dwelt
therein.
29 Andthey called the name
of the^ city Dan, after the name
of Dan their father, who was born
unto IfracI: howbeit the name of
the city was Lailh at the firft.
30 *J And the children of Dan
fetup the graven image: and Jo*
nathan the fon of Gcrfnom, the
fon of ManaiTch, he and his ions,
were priefts to the tribe of Dau,
until the day of the captivity of
the land.
31 And they fer them up Mi-
cah's graven image, which he
your way.
6 And they fat down, and did
cat and drink both of them to*
gether : for the damfel's father
had faid unto the man, Be con-
tent, 1 pray thec, and tarry all
night, and let thine heart be
merry.
7 And when th« man rofe up
to depart, his father-in-law urged
him : therefore he lodged there
again.
8 And
he arofe early in the
morning on the fifth day to de-
part : and the damfel's father
faid, Comfort thine heart, I pray
rael; wc will pafs over to Gibeah.
13 And he faid unto his fer-
vant, Come, and let us draw near
to one of thefe places to lodge all
night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
14 And they paflcd on and
went their *ay, and the fun went
down upon them when they were
by Gibeah, which hehngetb to
Benjamin.
IJ And
they turned afidc thi-
ther, to go in and lodge in Gi-
beah :and when he weut in, he
fat him down in a ftreet of the
city : for there was no man that
took them iruo his houfe to
Wgmg.
feet, and did cat a'ld drink.
%% •] Kow as they were mak-
ing their hearts merry, behold,
the men of the city, certain fons
of Belial, beftt the houfe round
about, and beat at the door, and
/pake to the matter of the houfe,
the old man, 'aying, Bring forth
the man that came into thine
houfe, that we may know him.
23 And the roan, the mafter
of the houfe, went out unto them,
and faid unto them, Nay, my
brethren, nay, 1 pray you, do not
A wickedly ; feeing that this man
is come iuto mine houfe, do not
thi$ fol y- |

made, all the time that the houfe thee. And they tarried until 16 T And behold, there came 24 Behold, berets my daugh-
of God was in Shiloh. after noon, and they did eat both an man from his work out of tcra maiden, and his concubine,
CHAP. XIX. of them. ine held at even, which wes alfo
them I will bring out now, and
AND it came to pafs in thofe 9 And when the man rofe up
days, when there was no to depart, he and his concubine,
or mount Ephraim:
journcd in Gibeah, but
and he fo- humble ye them, and do with
the men them what feemeth good unto
king in Ifrael,. that there was a and his fervant, his father-in-law w the^placc were Benjamites. you but unto this man do not
:

certain Levite fojourning on the the damfel's father, faid unto *7 And when he had lift up his fo vile a thinr.
fide of nvunt Ephraim. who took him, Behold, now the day draw*
cth
n

forth
 JUDGES.
forth unto them ; and they knew drew fword.
CHAP.
men, the children of Belial, which Ifrael
XX.
encouraged themfelref,
Gibeah, that we may put and fct their battle again in aray,
her, and abufed her all the night 3 (Now the children of Ben- ar c in
until the morning: and when jamin heard that the children of them to death, and put away evil in theplace where they put them-
the day began to fpring, they let Ifrael were gone up to Mupch.i /rom Iftacl. But the children of felvesin aray the firftday.
her go. Then faid the children of Ifrael' Benjamin would not hearken to 23 (And the children of Ifrael
26 Ti ten came the woman in Tell us y how was this wickednefs? the voice of their brethren the went upand wept beforethcLoRD
the dawning of the tlay ; and fell 4 And thcLcvite, the hufband children of Ifrael. until even, and aficed counfel of the
down at the door of the man's of the woman that was flain, an- 14 But 'the children of Denja- Lord, faying, Shall go up again I

houfc, where her lord was, till fwered and faid, I came into Gx-
it was light. beah that belongeth to Benjamin, [
37 And her lord rofc up in the and my concubine, to lodge ;
morning, and opened the doors 5 And the men of Giheah rofe
of the houfc, and wcat out to go againft me, and befetthe houfe
his way : and behold, the wo- round about upon me by night,
man his concubine was fallen and thought to have flain me : a
down at the door of the houfe, my concubine have they f
and her hands -were upon the that (he is dead,
thrcfhold. 6 And I took my concubi
a 8 And he faid unto her, Up, and ait her in pieces, and fent
mtn gathered themfclyestoecther to battle againft the children of
ontofthc cities untoGibeah, togo Benjamin my brother ? and the
out to battle againft the children Lord laid, go up againft him.)
of Ifrael. 24 And the children of Ifrael
15 And the children of Denja- came near againft the children
min were numbered at that time of Benjamin the fecond day.
out of the cities, twenty and fix 25 And Benjamin went forth
thoufand men that drew fword, againft them out of Gibeah the
fcclide the inhabitants of Gibeah, fecond day, and deftroyed down
which were numbered feven bun - to the ground of the children of
dred chofen men. Ifrael again, eighteen thoufand

and let us be going but none throughout all the country of the 16 Among all this people men ; all thefe drew the fword.
;
there were feven hundred chofen 26 5 Then all the children of
anfwered. Then the man took inheritance of Ifrael : for they
tien left-handed: every one Ifrael, and all the people went
her up upon an afs, and the man have committed lewdnefs and foU
eould fling Clones at an hair- up, and came unto the honfe of
rofe up, and gat him unto his ly in Ifrael.
Jr«rf/i,and not mif*. God, and wept, and fat there
place. 7 Behold, ye arc all children of
17 And the men of Ifrael be- before the Lord, and fafted that
29 <J And when he was come Ifrael; give here your advice and
fide Benjamin, were numbered day until even, and offered hurnt-
into his houfc, he took a knife, counfcl.
fourhnndicd thoufand men that offerings, and pcace-orfcrings bc-
and laid hold on his concubine, 8 f And all the people arofe
drew fword ; all theft u-erc men fore the Lord.
and divided her, together with as one man, faying, Wc will not
of * ar 27 And the children of Ifrael
her hones, into twelve pieces, and any o/«sgo to histcnt, neither will -
—
- -

18 ? And the children of If enquired of the Loan, (for tfit

fent her into all the coafts of If- we any of us turn into his h<*ufe.
j-ad arofe, and went up to the ark of the
rael. 9 But now, this Jhall be the covenant of God -was
Houfc of God and afked cotfrift) therein thofedavs.
30 1 And it was fo, that all thing which we willdoto Gibeah, erf God, and faid, Which of lis
that faw it, faid, There was no ive -will go up by lot againft it; a8 And Phinehas the fon of E-
ftall go-up firft to the battle
fuch deed dpne nor feen, from 10 And we will take ten men a- Icazar, the fon of Aaron, ftood
jainlt (he children of Benjamin ?
the day that the children of If- ofsfn hundred throughout all the before it in thofe days,) fayine,
and the Lord faid, Judah Jhall go Shall I
rael came up out of the land of tribes of Ifrael, and an hundred yet again go out to battle
UP a $ainft the children of Benjamin
Egypt, unto this day confidcr of a thoufand, and a thoufand
: ,1 And
\ 1 , .. .
1

19 the children of Ifrael my brother, or (halllceafe?

of it, take advice, and fpeak of ten thoufand, to fetch viftual and
rotecp in the morning, and en- the
jour minds. for the people, that they may do Loud faid go up; for to-
nmped againft G:b«h. morrow I will deliver them into
CHAP. XX. when they come to Gibeah
T Hen all the children of Ifrael Benjamin, according to all
went out, and the congrega- folly that they have wrought
tion was gathered together, as one Ifrael.
Wt
*Jd
20 And the men of Ifrael went thine hand.
to battfc againft Benjamin,
the men of Ifrael put them-
3,9 And Ifrael fet
roundabout Gibeah.
Hers in wait

a> to fi ht a ainft
man, from Dan even to Beer-flic- II So all the men of Ifrael w SJ" JV/ ; S * 30 And the children of Ifrael
ba, with the land of Gilead, unto gathered againft the city, kn „V 11 wntup
againft the children of
the Lord in Mizpeh. together as one man. min * r f
hB l
*W
of Bcn J a - Benjamin on the third day, and
% And the chief of all the peo- X% «[ And the tribes of I mIST °« of Gibeah, put themfelves in aray againft
°y.<: ddow » to theground Gibeah, as atother times.
r
pie, even of all the tribesof Ifrael, fent men through all the tri* t\i lt
prcfented themfclvcs in the af- Benjamin, faying, What w
Icmbly of the people of God, four nefsiitliisthatisdonea
M I
?
:?' lh lhat da y. twenty 31 And the children of Ben-
two thoufand men.
jamin went out againft the peo-
** And the people the men of pie, and were drawn away from
hundred thoufand footmen that 13 Now therefore
the
 ;

JUDGES, CHAP. XXI.

the city, and they began to finite the firft battle, CHAP. XXI. the edge of the fword, with the
the men of Ifrael had women and the children,
of the people, and kill as at other
times, in the high-ways, of which
40 But when the flame began
to arife up out of the city, with
NOW fworn in Mizpeh, faying, IX And this is the thing that
one goeth up to the houfe of a pillar of fmoke, the Bcnjamites there (hall not
any of us give his ye mail do, Ye (hall utterl
utterly dc-
ftroy every male, and every wo-
God, and the other to Gibeah looked behind them, and behold daughter unto Benjamin to wife,
in the field, about thirty men of 2 And the
people came to the man that hath lien by man.
the flame of the city afcended up
l% And they found among the
Ifrael. to heaven. houfe of God, and abode there
even before God, and lift inhabitants of Jabelh-gilead, four
3% And the children of Benja- 41 And when the men of If. till the
hundred young virgins that had
min faid, They are fmitten down rael turned again, the men un their voices, and wept fore :
before us as at the firft. But the Benjamin were amazed fort :
* And faid. Lord God of known no man by lying with
O
children of Ifrael faid, Let us faw that evil was come upon Ifrael, why is to pafs any male: and they brought
this come
flee, and draw them from in Ifrael,
that there mould be to- them unto the camp to Shiloh,
the them,
davone tribe lacking in Ifrael ? which fj in the land of Canaan.
city, unto the high-ways. 4% Therefore they turned their
4 And it came to pafs on the 13 And
the whole cengrcga-
33 And all the men of Ifrael rofe backs before the men of Ifrael^
up out of their place, and put unto the way of the wildernefsj morrow, that the people rofe ear- tion fent Jomt to fpeak to the
themfelves in aray at Baal-tamar: but the battle overtook them: Jy, and built there and children of Benjamin, that were
an altar,
offered burnt-offerings, and peace- in the rock
Rimmon, and to call
and the liers in wait of Ifrael came and them which came out of th«
offerings. peaceably unto them.
forth out of their places, even cities, they dtftroyed ia the
out of the meadows of Gibeah. 5 And the children of Ifrael 14 And Benjamin came again
midft of them.
faid, Who is there among all the at that time and they gave them
34 And there came againft
:
43 Thus they inclofed the Ben>-
Gibeah ten thoufand chofen men jamites round about, and civafel tribes of Ifrael, that came not up wives which they had fcved alive

out of all Ifrael, and the battle them, and t rode them down witk with the congregation unto the of the women ofjabefh-giltad
was fore, but they knew not eafe, over againft Gibeah toward Lord? for they had made a and yet fo they fufficed tbcm not.
that evil was near them. great oath concerning him that 15 And the people repented
the fun-rifing.
came not up to the Lord to Miz- them for Benjamin, becaufe that
35 And the Lord fmote Ben- 44 And there fell of Benjamin
jamin before Ifrael : andthechil- eighteen thoufand men ; allthcfe peh, faying, He (hall furcly be the Lord had made a breach in
put to death. the tribes of Ifrael.
drcn of Ifrael deftroyed of the -were men of valour.
6 And the children of Ifrael 16 % Then the elders of the
Bcnjamites that day, twenty and 45 Ana they turned and fled
"

repeated them for Benjamin their congregation faid, How Jhall we

five thoufand and an hundred toward the wildcrnefs unto the
brother, and faid, There is one do for wives for them that re-
men ; all thefc drew the fword. rock of Rimmon : and they glean-
tribe cut off from Ifrael this day. main, feeing the women are dc-
36 So the children of Benja- cd of them in the high-ways 6ve
7 How (hall we do for wives ftroyed out of Benjamin ?
min faw that they were fmitten : thoufand men, and purfucd hard
for them that remain, feeing we 17 And they faid, There muftbe
for the men of Ifrael gave place after them unto Gidom, and flew
have fworn by the Lord, that we an inheritance for them that be
to the Bcnjamites, becaufe they two thoufand men of them,
will not give them of ourdaugh- efcaped of Benjamin, that a tribe
trufted unto the tiers in wait 46 So that all which fell that
tcrs to wives ? be not deftroyed out of Ifrael.
which thev had fetbefjde Gibeah. day of Benjamin were twenty
8 •/ Andthey faid, What one 18 Howbeit, we may not give
37 And the licrs in wait haft- and five thoufand men that drew
and were men of
Is there of the tribes of that Ifrael, them wives of our daughters : for
ed, upon Gibeah ; the fword
ruflied ; all thefe
came not up to Mizpeh to the the children of Ifrael have fworn,
and the liers in wait drew them- valour. Lord ? and behold, there came faying, Curfcd be he that giveth a
felves along, and fmote all the 47 But fix hundred men turn*
none to the camp from Jabefh- wife to Benjamin.
city with the edge of the fwo'd. ed and fled to the wildernefs unto gilead to the aflembly.
38 Now there was an appoint- the rock Rimmon, and abode in
19 Then they ffid, Behold,
9 p or the people were num- there Is a feaft of the Lord in Shi-
cd fign between the men of Ifrael the rock Rimmon four months, bcred, and behold, there was
none loh yearly, in a place which is on
and the liers in wait, that they 48 And the men of Ifrael turn- M the inhabitants of Jabelh-gi- the north-lldc of Beth-el, on the
fhould make a great flame with cd again upon the children of lead there.
cart-fide of the high-way that go*
fmoke to ri.'.* p out of the city. Benjamin, and fmote them with to And the congregation ftnt eth up from Beth-el to Shcchem,
39 And when the men of If- the edge of the fword. as wtll the thither twelve
thoufand men of and on the fouth of Lebonah.
rael Benja- men of every city, as the bcaftf
retired in the battle, tne vallianteft,
min began to finite and kill of the and all that came to hand : alio and commanded 20 Thcrcforethey commanded
them
men of Ifrael about thirty per- they fet on fire all the cities that
faying, Go and finite the the children of Benjamin, faying,
habitants of Jabtlh g.lcad with
/bns: for they faid, Surely they they came to. <tejj^ l» *•$
are fmitten down before us, as in CHAR
 R U T H. CHAP.
M And fee, and behold, the
if jamin did and took thm
fo,
TT.

alfoto night, and fhould in-law with her, which returned

daughters of Shiloh come- out to wives according to their number jgalband
frns ; °"t of thecountry of Moab : and
dance in dances, then come ye of them that danced, whom they if bear
ye tarry for them they came to Bcth-lchem in the
out of the vineyards, and catch caught and they went and re* ix Would
:

-ill thev wef*

grown ? would yc beginning of the barley-harvcft.
you every man his wife of the
daughters of Shiloh, and go to
turned
and repaired the
unto their inheritance
them from having huf-
for CHAP. II.

the land of Benjamin. in them.

cities, and dwelt
ands? nay, my daughters: for AND Naomi had a kinfman of
crieveth xnc much for your her hufbsnd's, a mighty m3n
%% And it fhall be when their %4 And the children of lfrae •f
| that the hand of the Lord f wealth, of the family of Eli-
fathers or their brethren come departed thence at that time fakes,
eo'ne out
againft me. melech ; and his name was Boaz.
unto us to complain, that we will every man to his tribe, and
fay unto them. Be favourableun-
to
14 And they
lift up their voice, a And Ruth- the Moabitefs
his family, and they went out
again ; and Orpah kif- faid unto Naomi, Let me now
to them for our fakes : becaufe from thence every man to his and wept
mother-in-law, but Ruth go to the field, and glean ears of
we referved not to each man his inheritance. fed her
wife in the war : for ye did not aj In thofe days there v*j n clave u«to
nfr> corn a ^ter l)im > mwhofe Gght I
give unto them at this time, that king in Ifracl : every man d' 15 And
foe faid, Behold, thy fhall find grace. And lhe faid
fifler-in-law is
ucne back unto unto her, Co, my daughter,
yc fhould he guilty. that •which was right in his ow
23 And the children of Ben- her people,
and unto her gods: 3 And (he went, and came
eyes.
return thou after thy fifter-in- and gleaned in the field after the

f The Book of RUTH. | 2W ,

" t
reapers: and her hap was to
16 And Ruth faid, Intrcat me light on a part of the field I clang-
CHAP. I. ab, for fhc had heard in the conn-
not to leave thee, or to return for unto Boaz, who was of the
NOW it came to pafs in the try of Moab, how that the

days when the judges ruled, had vifited his people in from following after thee: for kindred of Elimelech.
that there was a famine in the them bread.
whither thou goeft, I will go : 4^ And behold, Boaz camcfrom
land : and a certain man of Beth-
$
and where thou lodgefl, I will Beth-lehem, and {aid unto the
7 Wherefore (he went fo thy people fia/l be my reapers, The Lom> be with you :
lehem-judah went to fojourn in out of the place where (he wa lodge :

people, and thy God my God : and they anfwejed him, The
the country of Moab, he and his and her two daughtcrs-in-l
wife, and his two fons. 17 Where thou dieft, will 1 Lord bkfs thee.
with her and they went on:
die, and there will I he buried : 5 Then faid Boaz unto his fer-
% And the name of the man way to return to the land of
tile Lord do fo to me, and more vant that was fct over the rcap-
was Elimelceh, and the name of dah.
alfo, if ought but death part thee ers, Whofe damfel is this ?
his wife Naomi, and the name 8 And Naomi faid to her two and me. 6 And the fervant that was
of his two fons Mahlon and Ohi- daughters-in-law Go, return each
18 When fhc faw that fhc was fet over the reapers an fwcred and
lion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem- to her mother's houfe the Load
fieaJl'afliy minded to go with her, faid, It is the Moabitifh damfel
;

judah : and they came into the deal kindly with you, as ye have
then (he left fpeaking unto her. that came back with Naomi out
country of Moab, and continued dealt with the dead, and with me.
19 5 So the two went until of the country of Moab:
there. g The Lord giant you they came to Beth-lehem. And 7 And fhe faid, I pray you,
3 And Elimelech Naomi's hui- you may find reft, each of yin it came to pafs when they were let me glean, and gather after
band died, and (he was left, and the houfe of her hnfband. Th come to Beth-lehem, that all the the reapers, amongft the (heaves:
her two fons. (he killed them : and they lift city was moved about them, and fo Die came and hath continued
4 And they took them wives their voice and wept, they faid, Is this Naomi ? even from the morning until
of the women of Moab the
: 10 And they faid unto her ap And fhe faid unto them, now, that fhc tarried a little in
name of the one was Orpah, and Surely we will return with t Call me rot Noami, call me Ma- the houfe.
the name of the other Ruth unto thy people,
:
ra; for the Almighty hath dealt
8 Then faid Boaz unto Ruth,
and they dwelled thereabout ten n
An i Naomi faid, Turn a cry bitterly with rne. Hcareft thou not, my daughter?
years. gain, my daughters; why will ai I went out full, and the go not to glean in another field,
5 And Mahlon and Chilion go with me ? arc there yet a Lot hath brought me home again neither go from hence, but abide
died alfp both of them :and the more fons in my womb, that th empty why then call ye me Na- here faft by my maidens,
:

women was leu of her two fons, may be your huibands ? wni, feeing the Lord hath tefU-
and her huiband. 1% Turn ajain, my daughters*
r> \ Then (he arofe with her go your way, for am too old I
w 9 Let thine eyes be on the 6eld
againfl me ? and the Al- that they do reap, and go thou
*ignty hath afflifted me ? after them : have I not charged
daughters-in-law, that fhc might have an hufband: If I fhould fay, S.° Naomi returned, and the young men, that they fhall
return from the country of Mo- I have hope, if\ ihould have a t> 11
Ruth the Moabitefs her daughter
not touch thee? and when thou
hufband
art
 RUTH. CHAP.
IV.
art athirft, go unto the veflels, 18 V And fhe took up,
r7 »
floor: but make not thyfelf
ln . thee, then will I do the part of a
and drink of that which the went into the city : and her
mj. known onto the man, until he kinfman to thee, as the Lord liv-
young men have drawn. ther in-law faw what fhe
had JL II have done eating and drink-
eth ; lie down until the morning.
10 Then flic fell on her face, gleaned and (he brought forth
14 1 And foe lay at his feet
;
j"
and bowed hcrfclf to the ground, and gave to her that fhe had re-
* And it foall be when helieth until the morning : and (he rofe
and faid unto him, Why have I ferved, after (he was fufficed.
foalt mark the up before one could know ano-
found grace in thine eyes, that 19 And her mother-in-law down, that thou
unto her, Where haft thou glean,
faid
place where he foalllic, and thou ther. And he faid, Let it not
thou (houldeft take knowledge of known
am a ftranger? cd to-day? and where wroughtcft {halt go in, and
uncover his feet, he that a woman came
me, feeing I

and lay thee down ; and he will

11 And Boaz anfwered and
faid unto her, It hath fully been
fliewed mc all that thou haft done
unto thy mother-in-law fmce the
death of thine huft>and: and bow
thou haft left thy father and thy
mother, and the land of thy na-
tivity, and art come unto a people
which thou kueweft not hereto-
fore.
12 The Lord recompenfe thy
work, and a full reward he given
thee of the Lord God of Ifrael,
»ndcr whofe wings thou art come
totruft.
13 Then foe faid, Let me find foalt keep fad by my young men,
favour in thy fight, my lord, for until they have ended all 017
into the floor,
thou ? blcfled be he that did take
tell thee
what thou foalt do. 1 5 Alfo he faid, Bring the vail
knowledge of thee. And (he
that thou baji upon thec, and hold
fhewed her mother-in-law with 5 And foe faid unto her, All
whom fhe had wrought, and faid thatthoufayeft unto me I willdo. it. And when foe held it, he
The man's name, with whom I 5 f And foe went down unto maafiired fix meajurcs of barley,
the floor, and did according to all and laid it on her : and foe went
wrought to-day, j Boaz. f
into the city.
%o And Naomi faid unto her that her mother-in-law bade her.
7 And when Boaz had eaten 16 And when foe came to her
daughtcr-in-law, BleiTcd he he of
and drunk, and his heart was mother-in-law* foe faid, Who art
the Loan, who hath not left off
merry, he went to lie down at the thou, my daughter ? and foe told
his kindnefs to the living and to
the dead. And Naomi faid unto end of the heap of corn : and foe her all that the man had done to
her, The man is near of kin unto came foftly, and uncovered his her.
feet, and laid her down. 17 And
Thcfe fix mea- foe faid,
us, one of our next kinfmen.
And Ruth g J And it came to pafs zt fures of barley gave he me; for
ai the Moabitcfi
He unto mc alfo, Thou
faid
mid-night, that the man was a- he faid to me, Go not empty un-
faid,
fraid, and turned himfelf, and to thy mother-in-law.
behold, a woman lay at his feet. 18 Then faid foe, Sit ftill my
f

that thou haft comforted me, and harveft.

9 And he faid, Whoar/ thou? daughter, until thou know how
and anfwered, I am Ruth the matter will fall : for the man
fhe
for that thou haft fpoken friendly %% And Naomi faid unto Ro
thine handmaid, fpread therefore will not be in reft, until he have
unto thine handmaid, though I her daughter-in-law, It is g
thy Ikirt over thine handmaid, for finifted the thing this day.
be not like unto one of thine my daughter, that thou go
handmaidens. with his maidens, that they thou art a near kinfman. IV. CHAP,
14 And Boaz faid unto her, thee not in any other field.
10 And hcfaid,Ble<Tcdi* thou HPHen
went Boaz up to the
At meal-time come thou hither, 23 So foe kept faft by
of the Load, my
daughter: for JL gate, and fat him down
thou haft (hewed more kindnefs there and behold, the kinfman
and cat of the bread, and dip thy maidens of Boaz to glean, ;

And foe the end of barley-harveft, a in the latter end than at the be- of whom Boaz fpake came hy ;
morfel in the vinegar.
ginning, inafmuch asthou follow- unto whom he faid, Ho, fuch a
fat befide the reapers: and he wheat-harveft ; and dwelt
edft not young men, whether poor one, turn afidc,
reached her parched corn, and Ihe her mother-in-law. fit down here,
did eat, and was fufficed, and left. CHAP. HI. 1
orrich
11
-

And now, my daughter fear down.

And he turned afide and fat
15 And when foe was rifen up 'T^HEN Naomi her mothe not, will do to thee all that thou
1 2 And he took ten men of the
to glean, Boaz commanded his J_ law faid unto her, '_
required: for all the city of my elders of the city, and
young men, faying, Let her glean daughter, (hall I not feek n faid, Sit
even among the (heaves, and re- thee, that it may he well
people doth know that thou art ye down here. And they fat
a virtuous woman. down.
proach her not. thee ?
la And now it is true, that I 3 And he faid unto the kinf-
% And now is not Boaz of
16 And let fall alfo fonte of the
handfuls of purpofc for her, and kindred, with whofe maid
m thy near kinfman ; howbeit man, Naomi, that is come again
tncre is a kinfman nearer than
leave tbem that foe may glean thou waft? behold, he winnow I. out of the country of Moah, fel-
fT this ni * ht and U ,cth »P««lof land which was
tbem 9 and rebuke her not. barley to night in the threfo k2Lbc r ?
,n thc morning, that if
>

our brother Elimelcch's.

27 So foe gleaned in the field floor, Si he
until even, and beat out that (he 3 Waft thyfelf therefore, a of a
«i . J!"/
™
UDto th <« thc part
kinfman, well ; let him do
4 And I thought to advertift
had gleaned : and it was about an anoint thee, and put thy raime thee, faying, Buy it before the
cphah of barley. upon thee, and get thee S ^r $ ^ rt:butifhewil1
do the part of a kmfinan to
inhabitants, and before the
dew of my people. If thou wilt
*
 I . SAMUEL, CHAP. ?.

redeem if, redeem it ; but if into thine houfe like Rachel him unto the Lor© all
and
ef
Tohu, the foa of Zuph, an I will give
tbou wilt not redeem it, then tell like Leah, which two did buil<| the days of his life, and there
Ephrathite :

me, that may know : for there the houfc of Ifrael and do thou had two wives, the (hall no rafor come Upon his head,
% And he
:
I

is none to redeem it befides thee,
and I am after thee. And he
laid, I will redeem it.
5 Then faid Boaz, What day
thou buyeft the field of the hand
of Naomi, thou muft buy it alfo
of Ruth the Moabitefs, the wife
of the dead, to raife up the name
of the dead upon his inheritance,
worthily in Ephiatah, and be 1% And it came topafs, as (he
name of the one was Hannah, and
famous Bcth-lehem.
in the other Peninnah, continued praying before the
the name of
U And let thy houfe be like
and Peninnah had
children, but Lord, thatEli marked her mouth.
the houfe of Pharez, (whoniTa.
Hannah had no children. 13 Now Hannah, (he fpake in
mar bare unto Judah,) ofthefced man went up out her heart, only her lips moved,
3 And this
which the Lord (hall give thee of yearly to wor(hip, and but her voice was not heard:
of his city
young woman.
this tofacrificeuntotheLoRD of hofts therefore Eli thought (he had
13 <f So Boaz took Ruth, and in Shiloh;
and the two foils of been drunken.
(he was his wife and when he 14 And Eli faid unto her, How
Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the
:

6 t And the kinfman faid, I went in unto her, the Lord gate priefts of the Lord, were there, long wilt thou be drunken ? put
her conception, and (he barea fon.
cannot redeem it for myfclf, left 4 5 And when the time was away thy wine from thee.
I mar mine own inheritance: re- 14 And the women faid unto that Elkanah offered, he gave to 15 And Hannah anfwercdand
deem thou my right to thyfelf, Naomi, BlefTcd be the Lord, Peninnah his wife, and to all her faid, No, my lord, [ am a wo-
for I cannot redeem it. which hath not left thee this day fons and her daughters, portions, man of a forrowful fpirit I have
:

7 Now this was the manner in without a kinfman, that his name
former time in Ifrael, concerning may be famous in Ifrael.
redeeming, and concerning chang- 15 And he lhall be unto thee a
ing, for to confirm all things; a rcftorcrof thy life, and a nouriih-
man plucked off his (hoe, and C r of thine old age : for thy
5 But unto Hannah he gave a drank neither wine nor rtrong
worthy portion : for he loved drink, but have poured out mr
Hannah, but the Lord had (hut foul before the Lord.
up her womb. 16 Count not thine handmaid
6 And her adverfary alfo pro* for a daughter of Bciial for ouC
:

pave 1/ to his neighbour: and this daughtcr-in-law which loveth voked her fore, for to make her of the abundance of my com-
•was a tefUmony in Ifrael. thee, which is better to thee thaA frct, becaufethc Lord had (hut plaint and grief have I fp*ke»
8 Therefore the kinfman faid feven fons, hath born him. up her womb. hitherto.
unto Boaz, Buy it for thec fo he 16 And Naomi took the child,
: 1 And as he did fo year by 17 Then Eli anfweredaod faid,
drew off his (hoe. and laid it in hcrhofom, andbc- year, when (he went up to the Go in peace : and the God of

9 ^ And Boaz faid unto the came nurfe unto it. houfe of the Lord; fo fhe pro- Ifrael grant thee thy petition that
elders, and unto all the people, Ye 17 And the women her neigh- voked her ; therefore (he wept, thou haft ajked of htm.
are wimcfles this day, that I have hours gave it a name, faying, and did not eat. 18 And (he faid, Let thine
bought all that -wai Elimclcch's, There is a fon born to Naomi, 8 Then Elkanah her huf- handmaid find grace in thy fight,
faid

and all that wa\ Chilion's, and and they called his nameObed; band to her, Hannah, why weep- So the woman went her way and
eft thou ? and why eateit thou did eat,
Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi, he si the father of JelTc, the fa- and her countenance
10 Moreover, Ruth the Moab- ther of David, not ? and why is thy heart griev- was no more
fad.
18 % Now thefc are the ed x am not 1 better to thec than
itefs, the wife of Mahlon, have I 19 f And they rofe up in the
purchafcd to be my wife, to raifc rations of Pharez Pharez :
ten fons. morning early, and worfhipped
up the name of the dead upon his Hezron, 9 1 So Hannah rofe up, after before the Lord, and returned,
they had eaten in Shiloh, and af- and
inheritance, that the name of the 19 And Hezron begat Raffl, came to their houfe to Ra-
ter they had drank : (now
dead be not cut off from among his and Ram begat Aminadab, £li mah : and Elkanah knew Han-
to And Aminadab begat Nan thepneftfat uponafeatby apoft nah his wife,
brethren, and from the gate of his and the Lord r&-
of the temple of the Lord.)
place; ye are witneflcs this day. fhon, and Nahfhon begat Salmofl, membered her.
to And (he was in bittcrnefs
11 And all the people that tx And Salmon begat Boa" 20 Wherefore it came to paft,
mere i:i the gate, and the elders, and Boaz begat Obed,
w loul, and prayed unto the when the time was come about,
faid, We are witnclTcs. The Lord
Mtft, Md wept fore.
%% And Obed begat JefTc, after Hannah had conceived, thrt
make the woman that is come Jefle begat D avid. _ tJa nr
TOwed » FOW » and ft* b arc a fon, and called hi*
of hoft, » if thou namc Samuel, fayirtg, Recaufe i
J The FirftBook of S AMU E T, othcrwifc cal wil/i a
wilt indeed look
on the affliction have aTked him of the Lord,
The Firft Book of the KINGS. « nunc handmaid,
and remem- 31 And the man Elkanah, ami
CHAP. L mount Ephraim, and his na
1
n0t for* ct thinc a,lhU houf
«. went »>P to off"
Ttf
k^
OW there was a certain man was Elkanah, the fon of Jc
E?!™! T,
wine handmaid
wi,t S've unto unto the Lor d the yearly ficri-
of Ramathaim zophim, iff ham, thefoa of Elihu, the a man-child,tben flee, aod his tow.

<L 11 But
 :

t SAMUEL.
The thefdidin Shiloh, unto
CH A
all the
P. IL
25 Ifone man
again* aoo- fin
22 But Hannah went not up; 4 howsof the mighty m.
Hrielite* that
came thither. ther, the judge mail judge him
for Ihe faid unto her hufband Jare*broken, and they that ftoi
before they burnt the but if a roau fin againft the Lord
luili notgo up until the child be bled are girt with ftrcngth. 15 Aifo
thepricft's fcrvant came, and who mail intreat for him ? not-
weaned, and then I will brine 5 They that were full have liire^ f t
to the man
that facriticed, wlthfranding they hearkened not
him, that he may appear before out themfelves for bread ; ai faid
roaft for the pried; unto the voice of their father, be-
the Lord, and there abide for they that v ere hungry ceafed t Uive Acfh to
will not have fodden flclh caufcthe Lord would flay them.'
ever. that the barren hath born fcv< for he
f thee,
but raw. 26 (And the child Samuel
23 And Elkanah her hufband and (he that hath many chili
faid unto her, Do what fecmeth is waxed feeble, x6
And //any man faid unto grew on, and was in favour both
6 The Lord killeth, and hi.n, Let them not fail to burn withtheLoRD,andalfowithmen)
thee good, tarry until thou have
weaned him, only the Load eth alive: he bringeth down the fat prefently,
and
then take as 27 f
came a manAnd there
much of God unto Eli, and faid unto
thy foul defireth: then he
eftablilh his word fo the woman the grave, and bringeth up.
:

7 The Lord maketh poor,

abode, and gave her fon fuck un-
maketh rich: he brinseth 1<
til Ihe weaned him.
24 1 And when (he had wean-
ed him, (he took him up with
her, with three bullocks, and one
ephah of flour, and a bottle of
wine, and brought him unto the
houfe of the Lord in Shiloh
and the child was young.
2$ And they flew a bullock, Lord's, and he hath
world upon them.
and brought the child to Eli.
2,6 And fhe f.iid, O my Lord,
as thy ioul liveth, my lord, 1 am
the woman that flood by thee
here, praying unto the Lord.
27 For this child 1 prayed:
and the Lord hath given me my
petition which I alked of him :
a8 Therefore alfo I have lent
him to the Lord as long as he
liveth; he Thall be lent to the
Lord. And he worfhipped the
Lord there.
CHAP. If.
would anfwer him. Nay; but thou him, Thus faith the Lord, Did f
me now: and if not, plainly appear unto the houfe of
ihalt give it
I will
take it by force. thy father, when they were in
and lifteth up.
8 He raifcth up the poor out 1] Wherefore the fin of the Egypt in Pharaoh's houfe?
young men was very great before 28 And did I choofe him out
the dull, and lifteth up the bej_
from the dunghill, to fet them the Lord: for men abhorred the of all the tribes of Ifrael to be my
offering of the Lord. prieft, to offer upon mine altar, to
mong princes, and to make th<
li ? But Samuel miniftred be- burn iucenfe, to wear an ephod'
; inherit the throne of gloryT
fore the Lord, being a child, before me? and did f givs unto
the pillars of the earth are
girded with a linen ephod. the houfe of thy father all the
fet
J 19 Moreover, his mother made offerings made by fire of the chil-
him a little coat, and brought it dren of Ifrael ?
9 He keep the feet of
will
to him from year to year, when 29 Wherefore kick ye at my
faints, and the wicked lliall be fi-
' (he came up with her hufband, to facrifice, and at mine offering,
lent in darknefs; for by ftren
oifcr the yearly faci ifice. which I have commanded in my
(hall no man prevail.
20 « And Eli bltiTcd Elkanah habitation, and honoured thr
10 The adverfaries of
and his wife, and faid, The Lord fons above me, to make yourfelves
Lord Ihall be broken to pie< give thee feed of this woman, for fat with the chiefeft
of all the
out of heaven fhall he thunc
the loan which is lent to the offerings of Ifrael my people ?
upon them; the Lord ihall judge
Lord. And tbey went unto 30 Wherefore the Lord God
the ends cf the earth, and he (hall
their own home. of Ifrael faith, I faid indeed, that
give (trcngth unto his king, aud
21 Ana the Lord vifited Han* thy houfe, and the houfe of thy
exalt the horn of his anointed.
nah, fo that fhe conceived and fathers, fhouid walk
II And Elkanah went to Ra« before me
bare three fons, and two dau?h- for ever but now the Lord faith,
mah to his houfe; and the child ten: and the child Samuel grew Be it far from
:

me; for them that

^ND Hannah prayed, and faid, did minifter unto the Lord be- before the Lord. honour me, I will honour, and
My heart rejoiceth in the fore Eli the prieft.
:

Lord, mine horn is exalted in 12 ? Now the fons of Eli were

2
,V .
and heard all.. V
uas vcry oM the
y that defP ifc
»
that his fons did lightly eflcemed.
'hall be ™
the Lord ; my mouth is enlarg- fons of Belial, they knew not the unto all Ifrael ; and how they lay
Lord. 31 Behold, the days come tnac
ed over mine enemies : becaufc I
with the women that aflcmbled
I will cut off thine arm, and the
tejoice in thy falvation. 13 And the prielVs enftom at the door of the
tabernacle of arm of thy father's houfe, that
% There none holy as
is the with the people was, that when the c ng rC ga tlon
there (hall not be an old man in
Lord : for there is none befide any man offered faciifice, the
.

*3 And he faid unto them, thine houfe.

thee: neither is there any rock prieft's fcrvant came, while th
like our God. flelh was in feething, with a flcuV of vn.f°
yC
|^
h «* ln
01 your evil dealings by ^
f° 1 1 hcar
'.
3* And thou (halt fee an enc-
all this my in my habitation, the
3 Talk no more fo exceeding hook of three teeth in his hand:
all in

proudly; let not arrogancy come 14 And he (truck it into th* k r ***** which God lha11 S»ve Ifrael-.
my
'
<
1*1 fons: for seis no and there fhall not bean old man
out of your mouth : for the pan, or kettle, or caldron, orpot* good report that
I hear : ye make in thine houfe for ever.
Lord is a God of knowledge, all that the flefh-hoo* brought W Lord s people to tranfgrefs.
.
32 And the man of thine, vfe*
and by him aflious arc weighed, the prieft took for bimfclfi
Qj I Ihall
 CHAP. IV.
SAMUEL.
1 fhall not cnt
T.

from mine al-

tffT 7 Now Samuel did not yet
tar, /hall be to cowfume thine eyes know the Lord, neither was the
^ alfo
me
if thou hide any thing covenant of the Load came
'of all the things that the camp, all Ifrael toouted with
a great fhout, fo that the earth
into

f°Sid unto thee.

ami to grieve thine heart : and all word of the Lord yet revealed 18 And
Samuel told him every rang again.
the increafc of thine hoofe lhall unto him, 6 And when the Phiiiftines
Mr and hid nothing from him.
die in the flower of their age. 8 And the Lord called the Lord; let heard the noife of the Ihout, they
d he faid, It is
34 And this jball be & fign unto el again the third time, him good, faid, What meaneth the noife of
thee that fhall come <ipon thy arofe, and went to Eli, andfai
ta do what feemcth
i

Samuel grew, and this great fhout in the camp of

to *i And
two fons t on Hophni and Phine- Here am \ 9 for thou didft call m h Loud
was with him, and did the Hebrews? and they underftood
has; in one day they lhall die both And Eli perceived that the Lord Umioik of his words fall to the that the ark of the Lord was
of them. had called the child. oun d.
come into th* camp.
35 And I w?Il raife me up a 9 Therefore Eli faid uftto Sa- %o And all Ifrael, frcro Dan 7 And the Phiiiftines were a-
faithfulprieft, fhalldoaccord- muel, Go, lie down ; and it fhall eo t0 Bccr-fheba,
knew that fraid, for they faid, God is come
ing to that which is in mine heart, be, if he call thee, that thou fhalt Samuel VtfJ eftablifticd to be a into the camp. And they faid,
and in my mind : and I will build fay, Speak, Lord, for thy fervant prophet of the Lord. Wo unto us; for there hath not
him afurehoufc, and hefhallwalk heareth. So Samuel went and Jay 11 And the Lord appeared been fuch a thing heretofore.
before mine Anointed for ever. down in his place. a a i„ in Shiloh:
- for the Lord 8 Wo unto us: who lhall deli-
36 And k lhall come to pafs, 10 And the Lord came, and revealed himfelf to Samuel in ver us out of the hand of thefe
that every one that is left in thine flood and called as at other times, Shiloh, by the word of thcLoRD. mighty Gods ? thefe are the Gods
houfe,(hall come and crouch to him Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel CHAP. IV. that fmote the Egyptians with
for a piece of filvcr, and a morfel anfwercd, Speak, for thy ftrvant
AND the word of Samuel came all the plagues in the wilderncis.
of bread, and (hall fay, Put me, I heareth. to all Ifrael. Now Ifrael went 9 Be ftrong, and quit yourfelves
pray thee, into one of the prieft's II f And the Lord laid to out againft the Phiiiftines to bat- like men, Q yt Phiiiftines, that
offices, that I may eat a piece of Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing tie, and pitched hefidc Ebenezcr: ye be not fervants unto the He-
bread. in Ifrael, at which both the cars and the Phiiiftines pitched in brews, as they have been to you;
CHAP. III. of everyone that heareth it lhall Aphck. quit yourfelves like men, and fight.
ND the child Samuel mini- tingle, % And the Phiiiftines put 10 J And the Phiiiftines fought,
fired unto the Lord before iz In that day I will perform themfirlves in arayagainft ifrael : and Ifrael was fmitten, and they
Eli : and the word of the Lord againft Eli, all things which 1 have *nd ivhcn they joined battle, If- fled every man unto his tent, and
was precious inthofed^ys; there fpoken concerning his houfe; when racl was fmitten before the Phili- there was a very great daughter;
"was no open vifion. I begin, l will alfo make an end. ftines: and they flew of the army for there fell of Ifrael thirty
% And it came to pafs at that 13 For 1 have told him, that I in the field about four thoufand thoufand footmen,
time when EH -was laid down in will judge his houfe forever, for men. II And the ark of God was
his place, and his eyes began to the iniquity which he knowcth; 3 J And when the people were taken ; and the two fons of Eli;
wax dim, that be could not fee ; becaufc his fons made themfelve: corne into the camp, the elders of Hophni and Phinehas, were flain.
3 And ere the lamp of God vile, and he reftrained them ncl Ifrael faid, Wherefore hath the 11 ^ And there ran a man of
went out in the temple of the 44 And therefore Fhavcfworn Lord fmitten us to-day before Benjamin out of the army, and
Lord, where the ark of God was % unto the houfe of Eli, that the the Phiiiftines? Let us fetch the came to. Shiloh the fame day with
and Samuel was laid down to fleep; iniquity of Eli's houfe (hall not be ark of the covenant of the Lord his clothes rent, and with earth
4 That the Lord called Samn- purged with facrifice nor offering of Shiloh unto us, that when upon his head,
cl, and he anfwtred, Here am L for ever. cometh among us, it may fuve 1 3 And when he came, lo, Eli

5 And he ran unto Eli, and
laid, Here am I, for thou calledft
me. And he faid, I called not,
Jdedown again. And be went,
and lay down.
6 And the Lord called yet
again, Samuel. And Samuel arofe
and went to Eli, and faid, Here
15 K And Samuel lay until t
morning, and opened the doots o
the houfe of the Lord; and Sa-
muel feared to fhew Eli the vifion.
16 Then Eli called Samuel
and faid, Samuel my fon.
he anfwered, Here am I.
And he What
17 faid, if
us out of the hand of our enemies, fat upon a feat by the way-fide,
4 So the people fent to Shiloh, watching: for his heart trembled
that they might bring from thence for the ark of God. Ami when
the ark of the covenant of the the man came into the city and
Lord of holts, which dwclleth told //, all the city cried out.
between the cherubims: and the 14 And when Eli heard the
two fons of Eli, Hophni and Phi- noife of the crying, he faid, What
athas, were there, with the ark meaneth the noife of /his tumult?

thou didft call me. thirtgthat the LORD hath

of the covenant of God,
am I, for and the man came in haftily,
And he anfwered, I called not, unto thee? I pray thee hide U not 5 And when the ark of the told Eli.
my fon; lie down ag«ia, from me; God do fo to thee, and
 w

i«n. that he could f r od

' - they brought
CHAP. VI.
[„* V,* ?
f/c Therefore they fentthe ark from off you, and from off your
Jl0t .
f

t *r d to
Ekron : and it came gods, and from offyour land,
fs as thc ark of God came 6 Wherefore then do ye hard-
10 cri- en your hearts, as the Egyptian*
rkion that the F.kronitts
And
«ny fen
he
?
faid,
'
wShESSS-
f
** doDC
' '
?I°
g**»
1Ccarl >' on thc
sorrow, be
**j fallen upon his fa j t ravine Thcv have
brought and Phaiaoh hardened their

^AndtbemefTengeranfwered
and faid, lfrac is fle J I I'.n' ^1 ore thc ark
<*t
t0 ° k Da oa
h t the

to us to
a»k of the God of Ifra hearts/ when he had wrought
llav us and our people, wonderfully among them, did
Philirtines,
|

and there
been hah
J An A
the fcthfJ £ ^ce
?t?7 again,
* I

Ii So they
toother a^l the
lent and gathered they not let the people go, and
lords of the Phi- they departed,
alfo a great (laughter
people, and thy
among the on t£
two ftnT «lfi
thc morre
rL
™ m orning
ar° fe
bch l fthes,
and faid, Send away the ^ Now therefore make a new*
,
•It of the
God of Jfracl, and let cart, and take two milch-kine,
it go
again to his own place, that on which there hath come no
it flay
us not, and our people : yoke, and tie the kine to thc
for there was
a deadly deftruc- cart, and bring their calves home
the from them :
Bon throughout all the city ;
hand of God was very heavy there. 8 And lake thc ark of thc
it And the men that died not
Lord, and lay it upon thc cart :
werefmitten with the emerods : and put the jewels of gold,
and the cry of the city went up which ye return him for a trcf-
to heaven.
pafs-orfering, in a cofler by the
CHAP. VI. fide thereof, and fend it away,
AND thca.k of the Loan was that it may go.
** in thc country of thc Phi- 9 And fee. if it goeth up by
liftinesieven months. the way of his own coaft to Beth-
% And the Philiftines called (herncfh, then he hath done us
for the priefts and the diviners, this great evil : but if not, then
faying, What (hall we do to the we (Sail know that it is not his
ark of the Lord ? tell us where- hand that fmotc us : it -was a
with we (hall fend it to his place, chance that happened to us.
3 And they faid, if ye fend 10 ^ And the men did fo :
away thc ark of the God of Jfra- and took two milch-kinc, and
el, fend it not empty ; but in tied them to the cart, and ihut
any wife return him a trefpafs- up their calves at home :
offering: then ye (hall be healed, 11 And they laid the ark of
and it (hall be known to you the Lord upon the cart, and the
why his hand is not removed coffer with thc mice of gold, and
from you. the images of their emerods.
4 Then faid they, What Jbalt i% And the kine took the
iethe trefpafs-orTeriog which we ftraight way to the way of Bcth-
(hall return to him? They an- Ihcmefh, and went along thehigh-
fwered, Five golden crnerods, and way, lowing as they went, and
five golden mite, according to thc turned not afide to the right
Of th
" Andfhcfaid, Theglory '^? J.
of '««-acl about tbUbt number of thc lords of the Phi- hand or to the left; and the
"
4
, is

W^E,!^ '
'

hand
fc of the Lord wa,
the
lilhnes : for one plague was on lords of thc Philiftines went
you all, and on yourlords. tcr them unto thc border of
af-

CHAP. V. the city with a very

great
5 Wherefore ye lhall make Bcth-fhemefh.
jmages of your emerods, and
13 And they of Beth-fbemefh
AND the Phiinrincs took
ark of God, and hroul ;<
the fk
3nd he fmotc ^e
\
f»th fm.ll
images of your mice that mar the were reaping their wheat-barveft
,
fioni Elen-ezer onto Afhdod
*J thejr had cm "od *
|and, and ye foal! give glory un-
in the valley: and they lifted
uoa - to the God of Ifrael
crct parts. : peradven- up their eyes', and faw thc ark,
turc he will lighten his hand and rejoiced to fee if.

Q 4 14 And
 T. SAMUEL. tiltCHAP,
t4 And
the cart came into the jearim, faying, The Phil ! - will fave us out of the made his forejudges
1
over IfraeF.
field of Joftiua a Beth-fhemite, have brought again the
ark tha
Vnf the Philiflines. 0. Now the name of felt firfl-
and flood there, where there -was Lord ; come ye down, and born was Joel, and the name of
And Samuel took a fucking
*
a great ftone : and they clave the it up to you.
'1 and offered for a burnt- his fecoud, Abia!): they -were
it
wood of the cart, and offered the C H A P. VII. wholly unto the Lord; judge* in Beer-fhiba.
,a
kine a burnt offering unto the
L° R o-
AND the men of Ki
J? j'

?Simucl cried unto the Lord 3 And his fons walked not in
XjL jearim came, and fete a -
and the Lord heard his wavs: but turned afide after
IJ And the Levites took down up the ark of the Lord, f<> r
IJrac
' '
lucre, and took bribes, and pcr-
and
the ark of the Lord, and the brought it into the houfe of hl 1
was offer- verted judgment.
Abi 1 A And as Samuel
coffer that -was with it, wherein nadab in the hill, and 4 Then all the elders of Ifrael
fanQtfied .
t hc
burnt-offering, the
the jewels of gold war, and put F.leazar his Ton, to keep to battle gathered themfdves together.and
them on the great ftone : and the of the Lord.
the ark Miliflincs drew near
nft Ifrael: but the Lord came to Samuel unto Ramah,
x»en of Betb-fhcmefh a And it came to pats, trhilc- 2
offered
h mJered with
a great thunder 5 And faid unto him. Behold,
bun.t offerings, and facrificed fa- the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim
that day
upon the Philiflines, thou art old, and thy fons walk
crinecs the fame day unto the that the time was long: and they not in thy ways: now make us a
and difcomfited them,
for it
1-«*d. was twenty years: and all the before IfraeL king tojudgc us like all the nations.
u--re fmitten
16 And when the five lords of houfe of Ifracl lamented after Ifrael went 6 i But the thing difpleafcd
the Philirtirws had feen ;'/, they the Lord. 11 And the men of
out of Mizpeh,
and purfued the Samuel, when they faid, Give ns
returned to likron the fame day.
3 «[ And Samuel fpake unto Philiflines, and fmote
them un- a king to judge us: and Samuel
17 And thefc are the golden all t lie houfe or Ifracl, faying under Beth-car. prayed unto the Lord.
cmerods which the Philiflines re- If ye do return unto the Lord til /if r came
12 Then Samuel took a
ftone 7 And the Lord faid ui>to
turned foi a trefpafs-o Airing un- with all your hearts, they} and Samuel, Hearken unto the voice
to the I^rd for Allidod one, away the ((range gods, and Afh-
put and fet it between Mizpeh
of it of the people in aU that they fay
Shcn, and called the name
:

forGaza one, for Afkelon one, taroth, from amoivr you, andpre- hath unto thee : for they have not rc-
Ebcn'-ezcr, faying, Hitherto
for Oath one, for Ekron one : pare your hearts unto the Lord
the Lor d heiped us. jetted thee, but they have rejefted
18 And the golden mice, ac- and ferve him only and he Philiflines were me, that I Ihould not reign over
13 f So the
:

cording to the number of all the deliver you out of the hand
fabdued, and they came no more them.
cities of the Philiflines belonging the Philiflines.
into the coaft of Ifrael and the 8 According to a41 the works
:

to the five lords, loth of fenced 4 Then the children of handof the Lord was againft the which they have done fincc the
ritie;, and of country-villages, did put away Baalim and Alb the daysof SamuclL day that I brought them up out
Philiflines all
even unto the greater of Abel, roth, and ferved the Lord only,
14 And the cities which the of Egypt, even unto this day,
vvhercon they fet down the ark of 5 And Samuel faid, Gather aH Philiflines had taken from Ifracl, wherewith they have forfaketv me
the Lord: which flcne rcmaincth Ifracl to Mizpch, and I will pray
wercrefiored to Ifrael, from L- and ferved other gods; fo da they
unto this day, in the field of Jo- for you unto the Lord.
kron cfcn unto Gath,. and the alio urrto thee.
Ibua the Beth-ihcroite. 6 And they gathered together Now
therefore hearken anta
coafts thereof did Ifrael deliver 9
19 ^ And he fmote the men to Mizpch, and drew water, and out of the hands of the Plrilif- their voice: howbeit, yet pr«t«ft
rf Beth fhemclh, becaufe they poured it out before the Lord,
tines : and there was peace be- folemnly unto them, and Ihcw
had looked into the ark of the and fafled on that day, and faid them the manner of the Wing
twecn Ifrael and the Amorites.
Lord, even he fmote of the there, We have finned againft the
15 And Samuel judged Ifrael that lhall reign over them.
people fifty thoufand, and three- Lorn. And Samuel judged the
all the days of his life. 10 1 And Samuel told alt th*
icoreand ten men : and the peo- children of Ifracl in Mizpch.
16 And he went from year to words of the Lord unto the peo^
le lamented, becaufe the Lord 7 And when the Philiflines year in circuit to Beth-el, and pic that. afked of him a king.
adfmitten many of the people heard that the children of Ifracl wrll be
Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged jf And he faid, This
with a great daughter. were gathe red together to Miz Ifrael in all thofe places. the manner of the king that mall
ao And the men of Beth -(he- the lords of thY Philiflines <M
to Ra- reign over you : He will take your
17 And his return
mefli faid, Whois able to Hand up againft Ifracl ; and when
niab ; for there -was his houfe : fon $, and appoint them for- him-
before this boh/ Lord God ? children of Ifrael heard it 9 th and there he judged Ifrael ; and fc lf for his chariots, and to be his
and to whom (hall he go up from were afraid of the Philiflines. (

there he built an ahar unto the horfemen, and fime (hall run bf-
• 8 Andthe children of I 1»okd. fore his chariots.
31 ^ And they fent meiTen* faid to Samuel, Ccafe not to CHAP. VIII. he will appoint hint
And
ia
£crs to the inhabitants of Kirjath- unto the Lord our Cod ft>
AND it came Co paft, when captain* o+cr thoH&rvd$,and
Samud was old, that he
oap-
tM»
 V

U SAMUEL, CHAP. IX.

tains bver fifties; and willfit them, fon of Aphiah, a
to car his ground, and to reap his mighty man of pov cr.
Benjamite
* *
tr a Prophet, was bcforetime me, I pray thee, where the feer's
Houfejj.
*!£iaSecr.)
harveft, and to make his inftru- % And he had a Ton 19 And Samuel anfwerea Saul,
menisof war, and inftrumcntsof name
his chariots.
w
Saul, a choice
man, and a goodly;
Un r
vo
8
and /j£
Well
*t
Then faid Saul to his fcr-
Taid; come, let us go;
T^k-v went unto the city where
and faid, 1 am the feer : go up be-
fore me unto the high place, for
13 And he take your was not among the children
will
man was.
of God ye mall cat with me- to* day, and
9 h
daughters to be confccTionanes, Ifracl a goodlier per/on
than h?. AnAzs they went up the to-morrow I will let thee go, and
fl ^
and tote cooks, and to be bakers, from his moulders and city, they found young will tell thec all that is in thine
upward fc'llto the
14 And he will take your fields, was higher than anv of thcpeopU out to draw water, heart,
aidens going
and your vineyards, and your 3 And the a lies of Ki*h s/uV unto them, Is the icer to And as for thine aflcs that
'"afaid
* n
.olive-yards, even the hell of them, father, were loll; and
K?lh faid t > were loft, three days ago, fct not
andgivc^tohisferva.ts, Saul his fori, 'J ake now
one «f 1% And they anfwered them, thy mind on them; for they arc
15 And he will take the tenth the fcrvants wi-h thee, and laid, He behold he is he- found: and on
is; whom is all thc
arifc d
of your feed, and of your vine- go feck the afli-s. 1
make haile now, for he defire of Ifracl? is it not on thec,
J" v0 ./:
yards, and give to his officers, and 4 And he palled through mou
to his fcrvants. Ephratm, and paile through i
t
16 And he will take your men- la id of Slv.lilha, but they
four
fervants, and your maid-fervants, /Am- not: then they pa fled
thronth
and your goodlieli young men, the land of Shalim, and there (ball ilraightway find and my family the leafl of all thc
the, the city, >'c
and your aires, and put tbtm to twnot: and he palled through hioi, before he go up to the high families of thc tribe 01
Benjamin?
hMW0J.k '
the land of the Benjamiies,
but place to eat: for the people will wherefore tbcu fpeakett ihou fo
.
17 He will take the tenth of they found them not. not eat until he come, becaufe he to me ?
your flieep: and yc ihall be his 5 And when thev were come to doth bids the faciificc; and after- %% And Samuel took Saul anJ
icrV 0tS '
o a. 11
thc ,and of Zu P h
»
faid to his wards they eat that be bidden, his fcrvant, and brought them
18 And ye (hall cry out in that fcrvant that was with him, Come Now therefore get yc up; for into the parlour, and made thent
day, becaufe of your king which and let us return ; left my
father about this time yc the chic fell; place among
(hall find lit in
ye (hall have chofen you : and the leave catw% for the ailes, and bim. them that were bidden, which
take
.Lord will not hear you in that thought for us. 14 And they went up into thc were about thirty pcrfons.
dav « 6 And he faid unto him, Be- city: and when they were come 13 And Samuel faid unto the
19 ? Ncverthelefs, the people hold now, there is in the city a into thc city, behold, Samuel cook, Bring theportion which I
refufed to obey the voice of Sa- man of God, and he is an honour- came out again (I them, for to go gave thec, of which I faid unto
muel; and they faid. Nay, but able man ; all that he faith com- up to thc high place. thee, Set it by thec.
we will have a king over us; eth furely u> pais; now let us go 15 «[ Now the Lord had told fei And thc cook took up the
20 That we alfo may
be like thitber; peradventure hecan fbew amuel in his ear a day before (boulder, and that which was upon
all the nations, and that our king us our way that we mould go. —'came, faying, it, and fet it before Saul: and
may judge us, and go out before 7 Then faid Saul 10 his fcrvant, To- morrow about this time Samuel faid, Behold, that which
»

us, and fight pur battles. But behold, we go, what will fend thee a man out of thc is left, fct it before thec, and
if (hall ratj.
21 And Samuel heard all thc we bring the man 3
for the bread
.
land of Benjamin, and thou (hale for unto this time hath it been
m-onls of the people, and he re- is fpent in our veffcls, and there
'
anoint him to be captain over my kept for thee, fince 1 faid, I have
fcearfed them in thc ears of the not a prcfent to bring to people ffracl, that he may fave invited the people: fo
Saul did
I*o*D. of God : what have we ? my people out of thc hand of the eat with Samuel that day*
%% And the Lord faicj to Sa- 8 And the fcrvant anfwered Philijhncs: for I have looked when they %$ J And were:
*nuel, Hearken unto their voice, Saul again, and faid, Behold, I upon my people,
becaufe their try cornc down from the high place
and make them a king. And Sa- have here at hand the fourth part u come unto. me. into the city, Samuel communed
muel faid unto thc men of Ifracl, of a Ihekcl of filvcr that will I :
17 And when Samuel faw with Saul upon thc top of the
Go ye every man unto his city. give to the man of God, to tell us
Saul the Lokd faid
unto him, houfc.
CHAP. IX. our way. Behold the man whom I fpake.to
%6 And they arofe early 1 and
NOW there was a man of Ben-
9 (Bcforetime in Ifracl, when
™eeof: this fame Qull reign over it came to

«R
pafs about thc ipriag
jamin, whofc name was Kiln a man went to enquire of God,
my lc
- of thc day, that Samuef called
T
the foi)£f Ahid, thc fon of Ze- thus he fpake, Come, and let OS hen Saul drew near
I
,
to Saul to thc top of thehauTcv&y*
x*r, the fon of Bcchoratb, the go to thc feer ; for he that is m>* Sppuclm thc gate, Up, that
«4*M4,t«Il ing. I may lend thL
called
 I. SAMUEL, CHAP. XT.
sway. And Saul arofe, and they prophefy with tfiem,
(halt - wer e found: but of the and wrote it, in a feook, and laid
an * 8 kingdom, whereof it up before the Lor d and Sa-
went out both of them, he and (halt be turned into another man tter of the
:

Samuel, abroad. 7 And let it be when theft c*\iucl fpakc,

he told him not. muel fent ail the people away,
%7 And as they were going figns are come unto thee, that thou An<l Samuc ' calleJ tf* every man to his houfe.
17 f
down to the end of the city, Sa- do as occafion (hall ferve thee, for J»Il<- together
unto the Lord to a6 1 And Saul alfo went home
muel faid to Saul, Bid the fervant God is with thee, Pffpcl,/ t0 Gibeah, and there went with
unto the children him a band ©f men, whofc hearts
pafs on before us, (and he parted 8 And thou fhalt go down be- 18 And faid
on,) but (land thou (till a while, fore me to Gilgal, and behold, f lfrael,
Thus faith the Lord God had touched.
|

that I may Ihew thee the word of wHl come down unto thee, to of. brought up Ifia- 27 But the children of Belial
God of lfrael, I
God. fer burnt-offerings, and to facri6ce 1 out
of Egypt, and delivered faid, How fhall this man fave us ?
CHAP. X. facrifices of peace-offerings: fcTerj t u outofthe hand of the Egyp- and they defpifed him, and
of the hand of all brought him no prefents : but he
THen Samuel took of
a vial oil, days thou tarry, till I C om
fhalt
c Sans and out
and poured// upon his head, to thee, and fhew thee what thou kingdoms, and of them that op- held his peace.
and kifTedhim, and faid, Is it not fhalt do. 23wyo». CHAP. XI.
19 And ye
have this day re- rT"*HEN Nahafh the Ammonite
becaufe the Lord hath anointed 9 f And it was fo that when
%

thee to be captain over his inhe- he had turned his back to go from fcfted your
God, who himfelf X came up, and encamped
ritance? Samuel, God gave him another faved you out of all your
adver- again ft Jabefh-gilead, and all the
fities, and your
tribulations : and men of Jabefh faid unto Nahafh,
% \ When thou art departed heart and all thofc figns came to
;

from me to-day, then thou fhalt pafs that day. ye have faid unto him.
Nay, but Make a covenant with us, and
find two men by Rachel's fepul- 10 And when they came thither fet aking over us. Now there- we will ferve thee,

chre, in the border of Benjamin to the hill, behold, a company of foreprcfent yourfelves before the a And Nahafh the Ammonite
at Zelzah, and they will fay unto prophets met him, and the fpirit Lord by your tribes, and by anfwered them, On Ms condition 1

your thoufands. will 1 make a covenant with you,

thee, The afles which thou wenteft of God came upon hint, and he
to feek are found : and lo, thy prophefie.l among them.
father hath left the care of the II And it came to pafs, when
afTcs, and forroweth for you, fay- all that knew him before-time
ihg, What fhall I do for my fon ? faw, that behold, he prophefied
3 Then fhalt thou go on for- among the prophets, then the
ward from thence, and thou fhalt people faid one to another, What
come to the plain of Tabor, and is this that is come unto the fon of
there fhaM meet thee three men, Kifh? Is Saul alio among the
going up to God to Beth-el, one prophets ?
carrying three kids, and another 12 And one of the fame place
carrying three loaves of bread,and anfwered and faid, But who is
another carrying a bottle of wine, their father ? therefore it became
4 And they will felute thee, a proverb, Is Saul alfo among
and give thee two haves of bread, prophets ?
which thou fhalt receive of their 13 And when he had 1
hands. end of prophefyings he
5 After that thou fhalt come to the high place,
the hill of God, where is the ga- 14 ^ And Saul's unci
rifon of the Philirtines: and it unto lum, and to his fc
fhall come to pafs when thou art Whither went ye? and he
come thitlier to the city, that To feck the afTes; and when
thou fhalt meet a company of faw that they iverc no where, we
prophets coming down from the came to Samuel.
high place, with a pfaltery, and a 15 And Saul's uncle faid, Tell
tab ret, and a pipe, and a harp be- me, I pray thee, what Samuel
fore them, and they (ball prophefy. faid unto you.
6 And the fpirit of the Lord 16 And Saul faid unto his
will come upon thee, and tbou elf, He told us plainly that
aoAnd when Samuel had cauf- that I may thruft out all your
ed all the tribes of Ifracl to come right eyes, and lay it for a re-
near, the tribe of Benjamin was proach upon all lfrael.
taken. 3 And the elders of Jabefh faid
%l When he had caufed the unto him, Give us ftven days
tribe of Benjamin to come near refpite, that we may fendmef-
by their families, the family of fengers unto all the coafts of
Matri was taken, and Saul the lfrael : and then, if there be no
fon of Kifh was taken: and man to fave us, we will come out
when they fought him, he could to thee.
cot be found. 4 f Then came the meflengers
%% Therefore they enquired of to Gibeah of Saul, and told the
the Lord further, if the man tidings in the cars of the people 1
fhould yet come thither: and and all the people lift up their
the Lord anfwered, Behold, he voices, and wept,
hath hid himfelf among the ftufF. 5 And behold, Saul came al-
ii 3 And they ran and fetched tcrthc herd out of the field, and
him thence : and when he flood Saul faid, What aileth the people
among tkc people, he was higher that they weep ? and they told
than any of the people,, from his him the tidings of the men of
Ihoulders and upward. Jabefh.
24 And Samuel faid to the 6 And the fpirit of God came
people, See ye him whom the upon Saul, when he heard thofe
_
Lord hath chofen, that there is tidings, and his anger was kind-
none like him among all the peo- led greatly.
pic ? and all the people fhoutcd,
7 And he took a yoke of oxen,
and faid, God fave the king. and hewed them in pieces, and
35 Then Samuel told the peo- fent /^throughout all thecoafFs
P'c the manner of the kingdom, of Ifracl hy the hands rfneflcn-

t *****
 I. SAMUEL, CHAP. XIII.
gers, faying, Whofocvcr cometh peace offerings before tbctLo^ forgat the which ye have don- in the fight
not foith after Saul and after S a- and there Saul and all the men And when they
c 9
tnt: i r God,
he fold them of the Lord, in a (king you a king.
muel, fo lhall it be done unto his I' orD
Ifrael rejoiced greatly,
Sifera, captain 18 So Samuel called unto the
CHAP. c na nd of
.

oxen : and the fear of the Lord XII. ' nt

of Hazor, and into Lord, and the Lor d fent thun-
fell on the people, and they came A ND Samuel faid unto °K holt

out with one cenfent.

8 And when he numbered them
JTX. Ifracl, Behold,
hearkened unto your vo*
]
^
all °!
?
V °
nl
|u j
hnd
the
of the Phiiirtincs,
rand of the king of
fought againft theih.
t j ic y
and der and
Mo- the people
rain that

Lord and Samuel.

day
greatly
: and
feared the
all

in Bczek, the children of Ifrael that ye faid unto me; aD, * IU

Aot [ they cried unto the 19 And all the people faid nn-
were three hundred thoufand, made a king over you. 1
We
have finned, to Samuel, Pray for thy feivants
d* and faid,
and the men of Judah thirty 3 And now, behold, the unto the Lord thy God, that we
walketh before you *°*ufc
8
wc ^ avc f° lla k en lnc
thoufand. and we have added unto
and have ferved Baalim die not
:
I
: for
And they faid untothe mef- old and gray-headed, and behold
9
fengers that came, Thus (hall ye my fons are wi.i. you and I
;
as Afhtaroth: hut now deliver
»« oat of the
hand of our enc-
all
king,
dor fid* this evil, to a Ik us a

fay unto the men of Jabclh-gilc- have walked befo/c you from my %o f And Samuel
and we will ferve thec. faid unto
childhood unto this day. mies
ad. To-morrow, bv th't time the the Lord font Jenib- the people, Fear not : (ye have
am, witnefs il' And
fun be hot, ye lhall have help. 3 Behold, here I

Bedan, and Jcphthah, done all this wickedneis: yet

baal and
And the mefTengers came and ajrciinrt me before the Lord, and and delivered you turn not a fide from following the
(hewed it to the men of Jabclh; before his anointed whole o* and Samuel,
or your enemies Lord, but ferve the Lord with
;

have taken ; or whofe afs have out of the hand

and they were glad. I

and ye dwelled fafe. all your heart ;

on every (Me,
10 Therefore the men of Jabclh I taken ?or whom have I defraud* 21 Awd turn ye not afide : for
ia And when y« faw that Na-
faid, To-morrow we will come e.l ? whom have I opprclfcd ? «r children of then *Jb$u id ye go after vain things,
hath the king of the
©ut unto you, and ye (hall do of whofe hand have received aaj
Ammon came againft you, ye which cannot profit nor deliver,
I

with us all that feemeth good bribe to blind mine eyes there-
laid unto me, Nay, but a king for they are vain.)
unto you, with ? and will reflore it you.
I
when the %% For the Lom> will not for-
(hall reign over us ;
11 And'it was/? on the mor- 4 And they faid, Thou haft
Lord your God was your king, fake his people, for his great
row, that Saul put the people in not dcfiaudcd us, nor oppreffed
13 Now therefore, behold, the names fakes: becaufe it hath
three companies, and they came us, neither haft thou taken oaght
king whom ye have ehofen, and plcafcd the Lord to make you
into the midft of the hod in the of any man's hand,
whom ye have defircd : and be- his people.
morning-watch, and flew the 5 And he faid unto them, The
bold, the Lord hath let a king 23 Moreover, as forme, God
Ammonites until the heat of the Lord is witnefs againft you, and over you. forbid that I fhouldfin againft the
day: and it came to pafs, that his anointed is witnefs this day, 14 If ye will fear the Lord, Lord, in ceafing to pray for you,
they which remained were feat- thar ye have not found ought' and ferve him, and obey his voice, but I will teach you the good and
tercd, fo that two of them were my hand. And they and not rebel againft the com- the right way.
not left together. He is witnefs. mandment of the Lord, then %4 Only fear the Lord, and
1% ^ And the people faid un- 6 «J And Samuel faid untothe (hall both ye, and alio the king ferve him in truth with all your
to Samuel, VVho is he that faid, people, It is the Lord that ad* that reigneth over y«u, continue heart: for confider how great
Shall Saul reign over us ? bring \anccd Mofes and Aaron, and following the Lord your God. things he hath done for you.
the men, that we may put them that brought your fathers upout 15 But if ye will not obey the aj But if ye (hall ftill do wick-
to death. of the land of Egypt. Toice of the Lord, but rebel edly, ye (hall be confumed, both
13 And Saul faid, There (hall 7 Nowtherefore (land dill againft the commandment of the ye and your king.
not a man be put to death this I may reaion with you bcfoi
Lord, then (hall the hand of the XIII. CHAP.
day: for to day the Lord hath
wrought falvation in Ifrael,
Lord, of all the righ
of the Lord, which he
Lord be againft you, as it -was
againft your fathers.
Q
O
AUL
reigned one year : and
when he had reigned two
14 Then faid Samuel to the you and to your fathers Xo ] Now therefore ftand and years over Ifrael,
people, Come, and let us go to 8 When Jacob was con>; fee this great thing "which the % Saul chofe him three thon-
Gilgal, and renew the kingdom Egypt, and your fathers cried Lord will do before your eyes. fand men of Ifrael ; whereof two
there. to the Lord, then the Lord fent 17 /if/ not wheat-harveft to- thoufand were with Saul in Mich-
15 And all the people went to Mofes and Aaron, which day ? I will call unto the Lord, malh and in mount Beth
el, and
Gilgal, and they made Saul king forth your fathers out of £ *n<l he fl all fend thunder and
a thoufand were with Jonathan
before the Lord in Gilgal: and and made them dwell in rain
: that ye may perceive and in Gibeah of Benjamin : andthe
there they facrificed lacrificcs of place. m that your wickednefs is great reft of the people he fent every
1 man to his tent. 3 And
 D

!. SAMUEL. CHAP. XIV.

3 And Jonathan fmotc the were fcattercd from me, and. nut a" the Ifraelites went 6 And Jonathan faid to the
garrifon of the Philiftines that thou cameft not within the d *°
the Philiftines, to fharp- young man that bare his armour,
to
i° * n mare, and
his Come, and let us go over unto the
was in Geba, and the Philiftines appointed, and thai the Philip^ m an his
heard of it : and Saul blew the gathered thcmfelvcs together c?
and his ax, and his garifon of thefe uncircumcifed: :t
u r
coulter
trumpet throughout all the land, Mich ma (h :
"jo
may fac that thc 1 0R w j]j wor |t
,natl< for there no reftraint
faying, Let the Hebrews hear. iz Therefore faid f, The Phi yet they had a file for the for us : is

4 And all Ifrael heard fay, that liftines will come dou n now u and for the coulters, to the Lord, tofave by many
*tt ° cks
Saul had fmitten a garifon of me to Gilgal, and J have and for the or by few.
jjjjjj for \he forks,
the Philiftines, and that Ifrael made Application unto the e and to
lharpen the goads. ^ And his armour-bearer faid
alfo was had in abomination with 1 forced myfclf therefore, *2 So it came
to pafs in the unto him, Do that is in thine
all
* there was nei- heart : tarn thee, behold, 1 am
the Philiftines ; and the people offered a burn t-oflcring. ,
of battle, that
were called together after Saul 13 And Samuel faid to SauL r(1 nor *P
car fouml in thc ***** thce accor " in S to tn V h<" art *
t her f*'°
Thou haft done fooiifhly. t' of the people that 8 Then faid Jonathan, behold,
to Gilgal. h nd of any
and Jonathan: we will pafs over unto thefe men,
5 5 And the Philiftines ga- haft not kept the commandir tre with Saul
thered themfclves together, to of the Lord thy God, which and with Jonathan and we will difcoverourfclves un-
Uut with Saul
fight with Unci, thirty thoufand commanded thee; for now there found. to them.
his fon was
chariots, and fix thoufand horfe- the Lord have eftablifhed 13 And the
garifon of the Phi- 9 If they fay thus unto us,
men, and people as the fand kingdom upon Ifrael for ever, Kftincs went out to the paflage
Tarry until we come to you ;
which is on the fea-more in mul- 14 But now thy kingdom ofMichmafti. then we will ftand Hill in our
titude : and they came up, and not continue : the Lord CHAP. XIV. place, and will not go up unto
pitched in Michmafh, eaft-ward fought him a man after his
from Beth-aven. heart, and the Lord hath
NOW it came to
day, that Jonathan the fon
them,
pafs upon a
10 But if they fay thus, Come
6 When the men of Ifrael faw manded him to be captain or of Saul faid unto the young man up
unto us ; then we will go up :
that they were in a ftrait, (for his people, becaufethou haft not that bare his armour, Comeand for the Lord hath delivered them
the people were diftrefled,) then kept that which the Lord com* let us go over to the
Philiftines into our hand : and xhhfiall be

the people did hide themfclves in manded thee. garifon, that is on the other fide : a fign unto us.
caves, and in thickets, and in 15 And Samuel arofe, and gab but he told not his father. II And both of them difcoyer-
him up from Gilgal unto Gi % And Saul tarried in the ut- ed themfclves unto the garifon,
rocks, and in high places, and
in pits. of Benjamin and Saul numbe
;
tcrmoft part of Gibeah, under a of the Philiftines and the Phi*
:

pomegranate- tree which is in Mi- liftines faid, behold, the Hc-

7 Andfeme of the Hebrews the people that were prefent
gron: and the people that -w ere brews come forth out of the holes
went over Jordan to the land of him, about fix hundred men.
16 And Saul and Jonathan witb him -were about fix hundred where they had hid themfclves.
Gad and Gilead : as for Saul, he
and the fon, and the people that men. la And the men of the gari-
•was yet in Gilgal, all
people followed him trembling, prefent with them, abode in 3 And Ahiah the fon of Ahi- Ibn anfwercd Jonathan and his
tob, Ichabod's brother, the fon armour- hearer, and faid, Come
8 t And he tarried feven days, heah of Benjamin : but the
ofPhinehas, the fon of l:li, the up to us, and we will (hew you a
according to the fet time that Sa liftines encamped in Michir-
muel had appointed ; but Samuel 1 7 1 And the fpoilers
Lord's piicft in Shiloh, wearing, thing. And Jonathan faid unto
anephod: and the people knew his armour-bearer, Come up af-
came not to Gilgal ; and the peo- out of the camp of the P"
in three companies : one
not that Jonathan was gone. ter fcie ; for the Lord hath de-
pie were fcattercd from him.
4 1 And between the paftages livcred them into the hand of
9 And Saul fcid, Bring hither turned unto the way that Wy which Jonathan fought to go Ifrael.
a burn t-oflcring to me, and peace- Ophrah, unto the land i
offerings. And he offered the 18 And another com
over unto the Philiftines garifon, 13 And
Jonathan climbed up
barntrofTering. «<* the way to Beth^ln
there was a lhatp rock on the one upon his hands, and upon his
fide, and a lharp rock on the other feet, and his armour-bearer after
10 And it came to pafs, that another company turn fide: and the name of the one
afloon as he had made an end of way of the border that looketli t9
bim : and they fell before Jona-
i»as Bozcz, and the name of the thao ; and his armour-bearer flew
offering the burnt-offering, be- the valley of Zeboim toward. the
other Sench. after him.
hold, Samuel came, and Saul wilderncfs.
5 The forefront of the one was 14 And that firft (laughter,
went out to meet him, that he 19 H Now there was no ftuib utuate north-ward over againft which Jonathan and his armour-
might falute hknv found throughout all the land of
Michmafh, and the other fouth- bearer made, was about twenty
11 * And Samuel faid, What Ifrael: (for the Philiftines iaid, ward over againft Gibeah. incn, within as it were an half-
haft thou done 7 and Saul faid, Left the Hebrews make them
acre
Jkcaufc 1 faw that the people fwwds or fpcaxs.)
99
 I. SAMUEL, CHAP. XIV.
acre of land, which* yoke of ox* 33 So the Lord faved If^i su* cround : and the people 41 Therefore Saol faid nnt#
the Loan God of Ifrael, Give a
en might plow. that day : and the !>attle
paflS 5 1 rat
them with the blood.
And Saul and Jona-
15 And there was trembling over unto lieth-aven. tt
1 1 Then they told Saul, perfect let.
Behold, the people fin than were taken : but the people
in the hoft, in the field, and 24 ^ And the men of if^.i
among all the people : the gar- were dirtrciled tha' day forSaul; l\nfr the Loan, in that they efcaped.
ifon, and the fpoilcrft, they alfo had adjured the people, the blood. And he faid, 4* And Saul faid, Caft lots,
faying t with
trembled, and the earth quaked ; Curled be the man tl.at eatctk tranfgreflcd ; roll a great between meand Jonathan my ion.
Yc have
fo it was a very great trembling, any food until the evening, none unto me this day. And Jonathan was taken.
th at "
16 And the watchmen of Saul I may be avenged on mine 4 And Saul
faid, Difperfcyour- 43 Then Saul faid to Jonathan,
in Oibeah of Benjamin looked; mies ; fo none of the pcop fives
C
among the people, and fay Tell me what thcu haft done.
and behold, the multitude melt- cd any food, to them. Bring me
hither every And Jonathan told him, and
little honey
cd away, and they went on beat- %S And all they of the nan his ox, and every man his faid, I did but tafle a
ing down one another. came to a wood, and there fheen, and flay them here, and with the end of the rod that was
17 Then faid Saul unto the honey upon the ground, a°d notagainft the Loan, in mine hand and lo, I muft die.
fin
eat ;

people that were with hiro.Num- »6 And when the people wcr« in eating
with the blood. And 44 And Saul anfwered, God
ber now, and fee who is gone come into the wood, behold, all the people
brought every man do fo, and more alfo : for thou
from us. And when they had honey dropped, but no 1 his ox with him
that night, and (halt furely die, Jonathan,
numbered, behold, Jonathan and his hand to his mouth : flew them there. 45 And the people faid unto
built an altar un- Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who
his armour-bearer were not there, people feared the oath. 35 And Saul
18 And Saul faid unto Ahiah, to "the Loud:
the fame was the hath wrought this great falvation
17 But Jonathan heard
Bring hither the ark of God: when his father charged the peo- firft altar that he built unto the in Ifrael ? God forbid. As the
(for the ark of God was at that pie with the oath wherefore he
: L 0RD . Lord livcth, there fhall not one
time with the children of Ifraol.) put forth the end of the rod that 36 f Saul faid. Let us hair of hishead fall to theground :
And
19 f And it came to pafs, was in his hand, and dipt it in go down after the Philifiines by for he hath wrought with God
while Saul talked unto the pried, an honey comb, and put his night, and fpoil them until the this day. So tl : people refcued
that the noife that was in the to his mouth ; and his eyes morning light, and let us n»t Jonathan, that he died not.
hoft of the Philifiines went on, enlightened, leave a man of them. And they 46 Then Saul went up from
and increafed ; and Saul faid un- faid, Do whatfoeverfeemeth good following the Philifiines: and
28 Then anfwered one of
to the priefv, Withdraw thine people, and faid, Thy fa unto thee. Then faid the prieft, the Philifiines went to their own
hand. charged the people
ftraitly j
Let us draw near hither unto place.
ao And Saul and all thepeo- an oath, faying, Curfcd be God. 47 1 So Saul took the king-
pie that were with him, a item- man that eateth any food 37 And Saul afkod counfel of dem over Ifrael, and fought a-
bled tbemfelves, and they came day. And the people were God, Shall ! go down after the gainft all his enemies on every
tu the battle; arid behold every Then faid Jonatha Philifiines? wilt thou deliver fide, againft Moab, and againft
man's fword was again it his fel- father hath troubled the them into the hand of Ifrael ? but the children of Ammon, and a-
low, and there was a very great fee, I pray you, how mine he anfwered him not that d?y. gainft Edom, and againft the
.

difcomfiture. have been enlightened, bee 38 And Saul faid, Draw ye kings of Zobah, and againft the
%\ Moreover, theHebrcws that tafted a little of this honey near hither all the chief of the Philifiines: and whitherfoever
people: and know and fee where- he turned himfelf be vexed them.
were with the Philifiines before 30 How much more, if
that time, which went up with the people had eaten frc in this fin hath been this day. 48. And he gathered an hoft*,
them intothecamp from the coun- day of the fpoilof their « 39 For as the Lord livcth, and fmotc the Amalekites, and
try round about, even they alfo which they found ? for had which fa vet h Ifrael, though it be delivered Ifrael out of i.he hands
in Jonathan my fon, he fhall of them that fpoiled them,
turned to he with the Ifraelites not been now a much greater
that were with Saul and Jona- daughter am jng the Philifiines J furely die. But there was not a 49 Now the fons of Saul were
man among all the people that Jonathan, and Ifhui, and MeU
than. 31 And they imotc the Phi-
a» Likewife all the men of lirtincs that day from Michmalh anfwered him. chi-fhua : and the names of his
Ifrael, which had hid themfclves to Aijalon and the people were
:
40 Then faid he unto all Ifrael, two daughters were thefe ; the
Be ye on one fide, and and Jo- name of the firft-born Mcrab,
in mount Ephraim, when they very faint, I
nathan my fon will be on the and the name of the younger
heard that the Philifiines fled, 32 And the people flew upon
even they alfo followed hard af- the fpoil, and took fteep, and other fide. And the people faid Michal •

goSaul, Dowhatfeemcthgood '

And the name of Saul's wife

tcr them in the battle. oxen, and calves, and flew them 5o
" unto thee. was
 I, SAMUEL. CHAP. XVI.
and the Lord jetted thee from being king over
Ahinoam, the daughter of of the Amalekites alive, anduu
Ahimaaz: and the name of the terly deftroyed all the people
captain of his hoft -was Abner the with the edge of the fword.
and the people
tbC
*"
W !be< of
Ifrael,
thee king over Ifrael?
« And tlie Lord
fent thee on
Ifrael.
17 And as Samuel turned about
and ut- to go away, he laid hold upon the
fon of Ner, Saul's uncle. 9 But Saul • rnev and faid, Go,
51 And Rifh -was the father fpared Agag, and the heft of th
e
*J
? AedroY the finners the fkirt of his mantle, and it rent.
of Saul; and Ner the father of Iheep, and of the oxen, and
of
U Vkircs and fight again ft a8 And Samuel faid unto him,
Abner was the fon of Abicl. the fatlings, and the lambs, a A intil they be confumed.
The Lord hath rent the kingdom
»d
51 And there was fore war a- Wherefore then didft thou of Ifrael from thee this day, and
all thai -was good, and would 1
not I9
gainftthc Philiflincs all the days utterly deftroy them: but every
hev the voice of the
Lord, hath given it to a neighhour of
thing t bat mas vile and rcfufc, that n °! better than thou.
of Saul: and when Saul faw any °a;A rice upon the fpoil, and thine, that is
ftrong man, or any yaliant man,
he took him unto him.
they deftroyed utterly,
10 ^ Then came the word of
r Sin the f.ght of the Lord? *9 And alfo the ftrength of
Ifrael wHl not lie, nor repent:
In And Saul faid unto Samuel,
CHAP. XV. the Lord unto Samuel, faying,
v« I have obeyed the yoice of for he is not a man that he mould
SAmuel alfo faid unto Saul, II It repenteth me that I have .
'lord, and have gone the repent.
The Lord fent me to anoint fet up Saul to he king : for he is which the Lord fent me, 30 Then he faid, I have finned;
thee to be king over his people, turned back from following me, * av Ag3g the king jet honour me now, I pray thee,
j have brought
over Ifrael : now therefore hcark- and hath not performed my com- Amalck, and have utterly de- before the elders of my people,
(
en thou unto the voice of the mandmcnts. And it grieved flroved the
Amalekites. and before Ifrael, and turn again
words of the Lord. Samuel; and he cried unto the people took of the with me, that I may worfhip the
a i But the
a Thus faith thcLoRDof hofts, Lord all night. fpoil, fhecp and
oxen, the chief Lord thy God.
I remember thai which Amalck la And when Samuel r Ihould have 31 So Samuel turned again af-
of the things which
did to Ifrael, how he laid -wait for ly to meet Saul in the morn facri- ter Saul, and Saul worlhipped the
been utterly destroyed, to
him in the way when he came up was told Samuel, faying, fice unto the
Lord thy God in Lord.
from Egypt. came to Carmel, and beh Gi | I. 3« J Then faid Samuel, Bring
ai And Samuel faid, Hath the you hither to me Agag
3 Now go, fmite Amalck, and fet him up a place, and the king
utterly deftroy all that they have, about, and parted on, Lord as great delight in burnt- of the Amalekites: and Agag
and fparethem not; hut flay both down to Gilgal. offerings and obey- came unto him delicately.
facrifices.as in And
man and woman, infant and Eg And Samuel came ing the voice of the Lord? be- Agag
faid, Surely the bitternefs
fackling, ox and iheep, camctand and Saul faid unto him, hold, to ohey is better than facri- of death is paft.
afs. thou of the Lord I
be :
fice: am/ to hearken, than the 33 And Samuel faid, Aa thy
4 And Saul gathered the peo- formed the commandm fat of rams. fword hath made women cnild-
\c together, and numbered them Lord. *3 For rebellion is as the fin of lefs, fo (hall thy mother be child-
Ej
TcLiim, two hundred thoufand 14 And Samuel faid, Whatf witchcraft, and (labhornnefsii as lefs among women. And Samuel
footmen, and ten thoufand men meanetb then this bleating of tho iniquity and idolatry : becaufe hewed Agag in pieces before the
ofjudah. Iheep in mine cars, and the low- thou haft rejected the word of Lord in Gilgal.
$ And Saul came to a city of ing of the oxen which hear. 1 the Lord, he hath alfo rejected 34 t Then Samuel went to Ra-
Amalck, and laid wait in the IJ And Saul faid, They have' thee from being king. mah, and Saul went up to his
valley. brought them from the Amalck- 24 1 And Saul faid unto Sa- houfc to Gibeah of Saul,
6 \ And Saul faid unto the itc* for the people fpared the
: muel, I have finned ; for I have 35 And Samuel came no more
JCenitcs.Go, depart, get you down heft of the fheep and of the oxen, tranfgreiTed the commandment to fee Saul until the day of his
from among the Amalekites, left to facrifice unto the Lord of the Lord, and thy words : be- death : neverthelcfs, Samuel
I defhoy you with them : for ye God, and the reft wc have u eaufe I feared the people, and mourned for Saul and the Lord
:

(hewed kindnefs to all t he children deftroyed. obeyed their voice. repented that he had made Saul
of Ifrael when the)- came up out 16 Then Samuel faid Now therefore, I pray thee,
aj king ov i Ifrael.
of Egypt. So the Kenites depart- Saul; Stay, and will tell I
*
pardon my fin, and turn again CHAP. XVI.
ed from among the Amalekites. what the Loan hath faid *>th me, that may worlhip the
I A ND the Lord
unto Sa- faid
7 And Saul fmote the Ama- this night. And hefaidunto
Jekites from Havilah, until thou Say on.
Lord. £\
muel, How long wilt thou
»6 And Samuel faid unto Saul, mourn for Saul, feeing I have re-
come- to Shur, that is over 17 And Samuel fall. When: 1. will not return -with thee: for jetted him from reigning over
againft Egypt. thou ivafl little in thineown light, Ifrael? fill thine horn with oil,
!

8 Aod he took- Agag the king waft thou not made the head of and go, I will fend tiicc to Jelfe
thtf the
 ;

!. SAMUEL, CHAP. XVII.

the Bcth-lehcmitc: for I have youngeft, and behold, he
provided me a king among his cth the Ihecp. And Samuel ent *^ cm k y
*"
fhekels of iron ; and one bearing
kid, a n(*
ions. unto JcfTe, Send and fetch *\i Ms fon » nto Sau -
' a* icld WCDt before him.

a And Samuel faid, How can for we will not fit down
h*
And David came to Saul, 8 And he flood and cried unto
1
till and he the armies of Ifrael, and faid un-
1 go ? if Saul hear r7, he will kill come hither,
*
ftoorl
before him ;

me. And the Lord faid, Take rcat 'y' an<* became to them, Why are ye come out
x% And he fent and b \HVC d h*B m
an heifer with thce and fay, I him in now he was ruddy {°.
ormo ur- bearer. to fet your battle in aray ? am not
f :
h fent to Jefle, fay- I a Philiftine, and you ftrvftnts
am come to facrifice to the Lord, withal of a beautiful countenan -! And Saul
*
3 And call Jefle to the facrifice, and goodly to look to, And
.
Lct David, I pray thee, to Saul ? choofc ye a man Ibr
and 1 will fhew thee what thou Lou d faid, Arife, anoint hi ft°*nd
before me: for he hath you, and let him come down to
fbalt do: and thou (halt anoint for this u he. found favour in my fight. me.
unto me him whom I name unto 13 Then Samuel took the h
1
. And it came to pafs, when 9 he be able to fight with
If

of oil, and anointed him in from w as upon God me, and to kill me, then wc
thee. the evil fpirit
4 And Samuel did that which midft of his brethren: and tl»c
t
?Li t hat David took an harp, will be your fervants ; but if I
the Lord fpake, and came to fpirit of the Lord came upon Vl^d with his hand : fo prevail againft him and kill him,
Da and
refrcfticd, and was well, then fhal ye be our fervants, and
Beth-lchem; and the elders of vid, from that day forward: *
Saul was
the town trembled at his coming, Samuel rofe up and went to tod the evil fpirit departed from fcrve us.
and faid, Corned thou peaceably ? rr.ah. Ifa 10 And the Philiftine faid, I
5 And he faid. Peaceably: I 14 f But the fpirit of the _ CHAP. XVII. defy the armies of Ifrael this day;
am come to facrifice unto the departed from Saul, and an i^OW the Philiftines gathered give me a roan that we may
Lord: fanffcify yourfelvcs, and fpirit from the Lord trou ^ together their armies to battle, fight together,
come with me to the facrifice. him. and were gathered together at 11 When Saul and all Ifrael
And he fanctified Jefle and his 15 And Saul's fcrvants faid un- Shochoch, which belongetb to Ju- heard thofe words of the Ehilif-
fons, and called them to the fa- to him, Behold now an evil fpirit dah, and pitched between Sho- tine, they were difmayed, and
crifice. ^ from God troublcth thee. choch and Azekab in Ephcs-dam* greatly afraid.
6 1" And it came to pafs when 16 Let our Lord now mini. . 1% \ Now David was the fon
they were come, that he looked mand thy fervants -which % Saul and the men of
And of thatEphrathite of Beth lehem-
on Eliah, and faid. Surely, the Ifracl were gathered together* judah, whofe name was Jefle,
fore thee, to fcek out a man
Lord's anointed is before him. is a cunning player on an harp t and pitched by the valley of Elah, and he had eight fons : and the
7 But the Lord faid unto Sa- and it (hall come to pafs when the and Jet the battle in aray againfl man went among men for an old
muel, Look not on his counte- evil fpirit from God is upon t bee,
the Philiftines. man in the days of Saul.
nance, or on the height of his that he play with his hand,
/hall 3 And the Philiftines flood on 13 And the three eldeft fons
ftaturc; becaufe I have rcfufed and thou (halt be well. a mountain on the one fide, and of Jefle went, and followed Saul
him; for the Lord feetb not as a 17 And Saul faid unto his Ifrael flood on mountain on the
a to the battle : and the names of
man feeth ; for man looketh on vants, provide me now a
other fide: and there was a valley his three fons that went to the
between them. battle, were Eliab the firftborn
the outward appearance, but the that can play well, and bri
Lord looketh on the heart. to me. 4 1 And there went out a and next unto him, Abinadab;
champion out of the camp of the and the third, Shammah.
8 Then JcfTe called Abinadab, 18 Then anfwered one of the
Philiftines, named Goliath, of 14 And David was the young-
and made him pafs before Samuel: fervants, and faid, Behold, I have
Gath, whofe height was fix cubits eft : and the three eldeft follow-
and he faid, Neither hath the fecn a fon of Jefle the Bcth -lehe-
and afpan. c d Saul.
Lord chofen this. mite, that is cunning in pljying,
Then Jefle made Shammah And
bad an helmet of
he 15 But David went, and re-
9 to and a mighty valiant man, and a
: upon his head, and he was turned from Saul, to feed his
pws by: and he faid, Neither man of war, and prudent in mat- :J with a coat of mail: and father's (heep at Beth-lehem.
hath the Lord chofen this. tcrs, and a comely perfon, and
the weight of the
10 Again, Jefle made feven of the Lord is with him. coat was five 16 And the Philiftine drew
tboufand fhekels of brafs.
his fons to pafs before Samuel: near, morning and evening, and
19 f Wherefore Saul fent And be bad greaves of brafs prefen ted him felf forty days.
and Samuel faid unto Jefle, The fengers unto Jefle, and laid, Bpon his legs, and a target
Lord hath not chofen thefe. me David thy fon, which is of brafs 17 And Jefle faid unto David
11 And Samuel faid unto Jefle, the fhcep. ftlouIdcrs 'fon » now f<* thy bre-
his Takc
a!i £
7AndtheftafFofhisfpcarwj thren an cphah of this parched
Are here all thy children ? and he ao And Jefle took an afs laden wc vcr ' $ bc a««» and his c#r», and thefe ten loaves, and
fiid, There, rcmaineth yet the with bread and a bottle of w J£! »\ ?
'l*ars head weighed fix hundred nj* to the camp to thy brethren.
28 And
 I. SAMUEL. CHAP. XVII.
18 And carry theft ten chccfcs 27 Ami the people anfwjer David faidmoreover, The hofts, the God of the armies of
mj
unto the captain of their thou- him after this manner, laying, delivered me out of Ifracl, whom thou haft defied,
IM.D that
|

fand, and look how thy biethren (hall it he done to the man th of the Jioo, and out of 46 This day will the Lord de-
killeth him. •he paw
fare, and take their pledge. 1 ' 1C k car > nc deli- liver thee into mine hand, and I
a8 5 And Eliab his eldcft thep aW °*
19 Now Saul, and they, and
brother heard when he fpake on- •erme out ofthe hand of this will /mite thee, and take thine
all the men
of Ifracl v/ere in the
philiftine And Saul faid unto head from thee; apd I will give
alleyof Elah, fighting with the to the men; and Eliab'sanger was the Lord be the carcafes of the hoft of the
kindled againft David, and he David, Go, and
PhiWftines. Philiftines this day untothc fowls
vith thee.
ao t And David rofc up early faid, Why camelt thou down hi-
38 « And
Saul armed David of the air, and to the wild beafts
in the morning, and left the ther ? and with whom haft the*
— with his armour, and he putan ofthe earth; that all the earth
fheep with a keeper, and took, left thofe few Ihecp in the wilder.
helmet of brafs upon his head, may know that there is a God in
and went, as Jefle had command- nefs? I know thy pride, and the armed him with a coat of Ifrael.
a |fo he
ed him; and he came to the haughtinefs of thine heart; for
trench, a* the hull was going thou art come down that thou
mail. ... 47 And all this aflcmbly Ihall
39 And David girded his fword know that the Lord faveth not
forth to the fight, and fhouted mighteft fee the battle,
upon his armour, and he aflayed with fword and fpear: for the
for the battle. 29 And David faid, Whathave
to go; for he had not proved it. battle is the Lord's, and he will
%X For Ifrael and the Philif- I now done ? Is there not a caufe. And David faid unto Saul, I can- give you into our hands.
tines had put the battle in aray, 30 f And he turned from him not go with thefe: for! have not 48 And it came to pafs wheu
army againft army. towards another, and fpake after proved them. And David put the Philiftine arofe, and came
%% And David left his carnage the fame manner : and the people themofrhim. and drew nigh to meet David,
in the hand of the keeper of the anfwered him again after the for- 40 And he took his fla/Tin his that David hafted, and ran to -
carriage, and ran into the army, mer manner, band, and chofe him five fmooth ward the army to meet the Phi*
and came and lhluted his brc- 31 And when the words were ftones out of the brook, and -put liftine.
thren. heard which David fpake, they them in a thepherd's bag which he 49 And David put his hand 111
Z3 And as he talked with rehearfed them before Saul: and had, even in a fcrip, and his (ling his bag, and took thence a ftone,
them, behold, there came up he fent for him. -was in his hand1, and he drew and dang //, and fmote
the Phi-
the champion (the Philiftine of 3% % And David faid to Saul, near to the Phihftine. lifline in his forehead, that the
Gath, Goliath byname) out of Let no man's heart fail becaufeof 41 And che Philiftine came on ftone funk into his forehead: and
the armies ofthe Philiftines, and him; thy fervant will go and fight and drew near unto David; and he fell upon his face to
the earth,
fpake according to the fame with this Philiftine. the man that bare the ihield went 50 So David prevailed over the
words: and David heard firm. 33 And Saul faid to David, Philiftine with a fting and with a
44 And all the men of Ifrael, Thou art not able to go againft 41 And when the Phihfti«e ftone, and fmote the Philiftine
u *l
when they faw the man, fled this Philiftine, to fight with him; looked about and faw David ho
and (lew
him; but there was no
from him, and were fore afraid, for thou art but a youth, and he difdained him for he was but a fword in the hand
: :
of David,
And the men of Ifrael faid, a man of war from his youth.
%S youth, and ruddy, and of a fcir
51 Therefore David ran and
Have ye feen this man that is 34 And David faid unto Saul,
come up ? furely to defy Ifrael is Thy fervant kepthisfather'sflieep,
he come up and it fhall he, that and there came. a lion and a
bear
:

the man who kifteth him, the and took a lamb out of the fl
king will enrich him with great 35 And went out after
I thePliiliftinecurfedDandbyhU And *hen the Philiftines faw
riches, and will give him his and fmote him, and
delivered 'f

daughter, and make his father's out of his mouth

houfe free in Ifracl.
and when he
arofe againft me,
:

caught
I bmW
44* And the Philiftine faid to £? ***** V
his beard, and fmote him,
ana
16 And
David fpake to the
men that ftood by him, faying, flew. him. « ai rand to the beafts of th. ind purftrd the Philiftine., un^
tnc
What fhall be done to the man 36 Thy fervant Hew both
fi
til thou com. to th« vfllley,
lion and the bear; and this
un- 4? Then fa ;i ^ and
that killeth this Philrftine, and -i . t
circumcifed Philiftine .Ihall b*

^
a*
takcth away the reproach from
Ifrael? for who imcircum- oDcrrf them, feeing he hzlhtfi*
is this do * n b ? the wfl
cifcdPhirtftine^rrathcftrouWde- fled "the armies of the living
Goa. Mdwitn S'^r?.* y to Shaaraio,,
fythearmiesoftheiivmsOod?
^ ^ th «
a
in tne ! IVJ'!
the name
1

! i
of the
C ° mC
Lord
t0 evcn nto Gath and Mnto Ekro
of,
R
" »

s3 And the children of Ifrael

returned
"-
 , -

Tf S AMUE L.
people, and alfo
CHAR XtX.
returned from chafing airer.tKe all. the
Ifo in lne
jjAJJut all Ifracl aod Jndah
be avenged Of the king's esK- to.

^
•
j

and they lpodedlheir fight of Saut s fcrvants. hecaufe he went out roies.
Ph.I.Umes, ana
Philirtines F loved David- Slit Saul thought to make
.

^
i( C3ipc t0 pafsas lhey
.nd came in
an
h*forc them. David fai\ by the hand of the
the head carr.e, whin' David was returned, And Saul feid to David, PhiliAinc*.
*
c 4 And David took
(laughter of the Philif.
„1
of the Philirtine, and brought it trom the BehoU. my cl<ler
daughter Me- a$ And when hisiervants told
ar- tine, that the women came give thee to wife : David thefe words, it
to ferufalem; but he put his rab. her
I will
plcafcd Da-
of all thecities of Ifratl, Gng, n valiant for me, and vid well to lie the king's
mour in his tent. g only be thou fon>in-
to meet king Saul,
cc 1 And when Saul law Da- and dancin?, foht the
Lord's battles: for law; and the days were not ex>
Philiftine, with tahrcts, with joy, and with Saul faid, Let not mine hand he pircd.
vid *o forth againll the
Inrtruments of mufic. upon him, but let the hand of „«y Wherefore David arofe and
he faid unto Abner the captain. of
the hort, Abner, whofe fon
is 7 And the women anfwered (hr Philirtines be upon
him. went, hc and his men, and flew
this youth * and Abner faid,
As one another as they played .and 18 And David feid unto Saul, of the Philtftiije* two hundred
thy' foul Hveth, king, I can- faid, Saul hath flam his thou-
O Who and what « my life, men; and David brought their
lands, and David his ten thou- family in Ifrael, forelkins, aad.they
no t te
ll.
Enquire fends,
or my father,'*
be
ga
fon-in-law to thc toll tale to the king,
thcm.i,t «
56 And the king.feM. that I Ihould that he
thou whofe fon the (tripling is. 8 And
Saul was very wroth, king? m '8 ht bc the king's fon indawc
X
C7 And as David returned and the faying difpleafed lum ; 19 But it came topaf, atthc and Saul gav* him Mfchal hi.
from the (laughter of the Phili- and he faid, They have afcribed time when Merab Saul s- daugh- daughter to wife,
(line Abner took him and unto David ten thoufends, and ter (hould have been given to Da- a8 ? And Saul few. and knew
to me they have afc. .bed J«f thou- vid, that Ihe was given unto A- that the Loao
brought him before Said, with w*, with David
fends : and whr.t can he have driel theMchoIathite to wife. and but MUbal Saul's ^.htw
the head of the Philirtine in his I.
°augntci
v 1 more but the kingdom. jo And Michal Saul's daugb- loved him.
«; And
Sail eyed David from ter loved David : and they told
c8* And Saul feid to him, I a? AndSaul wasyetthe more
forua.d
Who<e fon art thou, ihe young that day and it came to pafs on Saul, and Hie thing pleafed him. 2fraid of David t and Sadl
he-
And at And Saul feid, I will give
man? and David anfwered, I am 10morrow, «f
that the till fat
came David's enemy. continually,
lumber, that (he may be a fnare
he on of thy fervant Jefle the the 3o Then the princes of the
.
m
n „, h i,v. ; tc from Go I came upon Saul, and to him, and that thc hand of, the Philiftincs went forth
Bcih-leheroitc. and it
^ ^
prophtfjcd in thc mid(t;of |ne Philirtines may be againft him. came to pafs after
t

they we nV
when he houft : and David played with
AND it came'to pafs

had made an end of fpeak- his hand, as

.t other tjm«:tjj Thou (halt this day be my fon-m- Iclfmore- wifely than all the fer-
W unto Saul, that the foul of there
JoUhan was knit with the foul IIheAnd
was a javelin in Paul shand-
Sau cart the » *5 And
.." aT/1!.
Saul commanded,
tWaU '-
i
was much ft thy.
that his name

of David, and Jonathan loved for

t°
feid 1 w ill J^teDavu
thc wall with it. And Dai
his femnts, faying. Commune CHAP viv
Kim
h a « his own foul.
outof his prefence tw,
™ded
T ****** W« *7.
»l«U
and would let him go no more T And Saul «a»
i»
fc«ir»« his father's houfe.
David, hecaufe the Loan was
him, aud was departed from
^to*covenant, ]£*l" «>* » a ' id
he Saul.
made a becaufe
^ mo «d
SSS
and Davfd Aid
you a
JSJffST" m
V' *
B^S^H
f«hwfeekrth >'
to kill
«
tfiee;
M.££ V 1 a
' P"y thee,
M " ,il the morn-
Ukc
Poor man
•arments, even to hU fword, and the pe*>P«- . . .
'and
a« A?d tb r
I ft
y cfte
I 1
m ",
«d »"d abide, in a fc(rct place.
ferV ' ntS 5 ;
'
S Sa,» l
f
told him °n
.°.
tbIS man * And JSW 60 out and (land
">yrelf : ?
fef' K I
he f de m fa,h " ™ the field
,
1

r
»d And Sau a; tu
'
>

he behaved h.mlel fW V« 6y to Dav 1

1

A7t- *
n.
fh
;
,.
U Vhcrethou^ and will com^
.

Shim
he was
over the men of war, and that
accepted in thc fight of wifely, he was atraid
of him^
MW* rs;Sias; d and
t h e e.
what 1 fqc> ^ 1
•? ^
R * 4 T And
 :

I. SAMUEL. CHAP. XX.

4 J And Jonathan fpafcegood through a window ; andhe WCnt nafid and one faid, Heboid, is a yearly facrific* tfcere fop all
?

of X>avid uftto Saul his father, and fled,and cfcaped. 7,* e at

j,
Naioth in Ramah the family. :

and faid unto him. Let not the
king Im againft his fervant,
agalnft David: hecaufe he hath
not finned agairiftthee, and be-
caufe his works i^tfe to thee-
ward very good.
c For he did put his life in
his'liand, and flew the PhHiftinc,
awl the LdRO Wrought a great
falvation fw all Ifrael
:
faweftt'r.and didlt rejoice: where-
fore then wilt thoo fin agaihft
innocedt blood, and flay David
without a raufe ?
6 And Saul hcarHeBetl unto
the voice of Jonathan and Saul : 17 And Saul faid unto Michal,
I j And Michal took an itriast. went thither to' 7 If he fay thus, It is will;
43 And he
Waioth in Rama
and laid it in the bed, and put and the fpirit thy Servant (hall have peace :'bwt
:
4
pillow of goats hair for his b
|f« f God
was upon him alfo, and if he be very wroth, them be fW*
ter, and covered it with a cloth on and prophefied, un- that evil is determined by turn;
he went
14 And when Saul ftnt totf. til he
came to Naioth in Ramah : 8 Therefore thou fhalt deal
fingers to take David, foe fa ia
HetsJIck.
^ 24 And he ftript offhis clothes kindly with thy fervant; for
alfo, and
prophefied before Samu* thou hart brought thy fervant in-
ij And Saul fent themcfl€
^ d in.like manner, and lay clown to a covenant of the Lord with
geis again to fee David, faying, naked all that day, and all that thee: notwithstanding; if there
thott Bring him up to me in the bed! Wherefore they fay, Is be irr me iniquity, flay methy-
B ight.
that I may flay Mm. Saul alfo among the prophets ? felf ; for why fhouldeft thod
16 And when the meflengeei CHAP. XX. bring me to thy father.
were come in, behold, there %, a t
an image in the bed, with a pU.
AND David fled from Nat.. 9 And Joriathan faid, Far be
oth in Ramah, and cam© it from thee: for if 1 knew cer-
low of goats hair for his bolfter. gnd 6>d before Jonathan, What tainly, that evil were ejetermrned
have done? what is mine ini- by my father to come upon thee,
I

Iware, As The Loud liveth. he Why haft thou deceived me f , quity ? and what is my fin be- then would not 1 tcFI it thee ?
{halt not be flain. and lent away mine enemy, that fore thy father, that he feekcth 10 Then faid David to Jona-
7 And Jonathan tailed David, he is cfcaped ? and Michal an- my life ? ^ than. Who fhall t<U me ? or
and Jonathan lhewcd him all fwered Saul, He faid unto me, % And he faid unto him, God what if thy father anfwer thee
thofe thtngt Jonathan
: and Let me go whv fhould 1 kill
: forbid : thou fhalt not die : be- roughly ?
brought David to Saul, and he thee ? hold, my
father will do nothing tx 1 And Jonathan laid unto
was in his 18 1 So David fled, and ef.
prefence, as In times either great or fmall, but that David, Gome, and let us go out

pift, caped, and came to Samuel to h: will Ihcw it me ; and why into the field. And they went
told him all that fhould my father hide this thing out both of them into the field,
8 And there was war again: Ramah, and
from me ? it ij not jo. i% And Jonathari faid tmto
and David went out, and fought Saul had done to him and h« :

with the Philiftines, and flew and Samuel went and dwelt in 3 And David fware moreover, David, O Lord God of lfracl,
and faid, Thy father certainly when I have founded my
them with a great (laughter ; and Naioth. father,
19 And 11 was t<,!d Sau, "T" knoweth that I have found grace ahout to-morrow any time, or
they fled from him. «

1a thine eyes: and he faith, Let the third dai

And the evil (hint from the ing, behold, David is at Naiotb % and behold, if
in Ramah. not Jonathan know this, left he there be good toward David,
Loan upon SauU as he fat
was. anA 1

ao And Saul fent meflengeri be grieved : but truly as the I then fend not utoto thee, and
in hishoufe with his javelin in
to take David and when thqr Lord Jrreth, and as thy foul (hew it thee;
his hand : and David played with
:

aw the company of the prophets hveth /^rtfijbutaftephetwben

bis hand.
*~
The Lord do fo, and
prophefying, and Samuel (land- me and death. muc h more
10 And Saul fought to fmlte to Jonathan : but if
ing as appointed over them, tut 4 1 hen
fau | Jonathan unto- it plcafe my father to do thee evil,
David even to the wail with the Dtvid, Whatfoever thy foul de-
fpirit of God was upon the tact-
ravelin : but he dipt away out of then I will fhew it thee, and fend
Saul's prefence, and he fmote fengers of Saul, and they «1W * vcn do u for thce - thce awa
y» that thou ma ycft z°
e a j Ji
the javelin into the wall: and prophefied. a£ faid wnto ona '
wan, Behold, to-morrow J
d 1 . .
P cacc s and thc Lord bc with w
and efcaped that 21 And when it was toldSauI. is the thce, as he hath been with my
David fled,
an<J new-moon, and I fhould not
ni Jj t he fent other meflengers, fail father.
prophefied likewiic
» lit with the king
at meat : but And
11 Saul alfo fent meflengers they r 4 thou fhalt not only,
unto David's houfe, to watch Saul fent meflengers
again
f^ ? /.
Win the
0, at 1 ma v hi,,c m y- whi| « y« 1 ™ the
him, and to flay him in the third time, and
they pro r
«:iMn field unto the third 4»
not;
^ "
kiodnefs«of the Loru, that
kiodnefs. I die
morning : and Michal David's alfo. A thy athcratallmifi
wife told bim, faying, If thou 1% Then went he ako thJnr r! J 5 ButflM thou fhalt not cut
av,d carneft|
{kit not thy life to-night, to-
mah and came to a great lei™ 7* y afked off thy kindnefsfrom my rroufe
morrow thou fhalt be (lain. that is in Sechu and he :
toBihiT'
th at
L
Bvth-lehem his city
^
mi S** run for ever; no not when the Lord
let David down Where are Sam: s for there hath cutvffthe enemies of Da-
R 3 tW;
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1. SAMUEL. CHAP XXI.

ineat the fccorrd
day of -the meeting of David, and laid unto
vid» everyone from the face of a6 Ncverthelefs, Saul fp^ D
A
was grieved for him, VVby art thou alone, and
the earth. not any thing that day ; for nc onth : f'>r he
16 So Jonathan made a cove- thought. Some thing hath bt- h id, becaufe his father had no man with thee f
him Ilia me. 2 And David faid unto Ahi-
mnt with the houfe of David, fallen him, he is not clean; fUns Ajr.c
melech the pricfl, The king hath
And it came to pafs i»
faying^ Let the Lord even le- ly he is 35 1
not clean,
hand of David's %^ And it came topafs on the •be rooming,
that Jonathan commanded me a bufinefs, and
quire it at the
the fichl, at the hath faid unto toe. Let no man
enemies. morrow, -whUh -was the fecond went out into
appointed with David, and know any thing of the bufi-
17 And Jonathan caufed Da- day of the month, that David', t mc
rad with him. lie's whererbuut I fend thee, and
vid to fwear again, becaufe he place was empty ; and Saul faid a little ^

36 And he faid
unto his lad what I ha*c commanded thee 1
Joved hiip c for he loved him as unto Jonathan his fon, Where.
he loved his own foul. fore cometh not the ion of ] t fft Run, find out now the arrows and I have appointed *ij fuvaius
18 Then Jonathan faid to Da- to meat, neither yeftcrday nor to. which ftoot. And as the lad
I tpfwch and fuch a place-
the new- day ? ran, he Ihot
an arrow beyond him. 3 Now therefore what is under
vid, Tomorrow is,
moon ; and thou ihalt be miffed, 28 And Jonathan anfwered 37 And when the lad was come thine hand ? give mc five haves of
Saut, David earntftly afked leave tothe place of the arrow which bread in mine hand, or what
becaufe thy feat will be empty.
Bethlehem : Jonathan had fhot, Jonathan there is prefent.
19 .And w^Mthou hart ftayed of mc, to go to and faid,
three days, then thou (halt go 19 And he faid, Let me go, I cried after the Jad, 4 And the pricft anfwered
1$
not th# ai'ro'w beyond thee ?
David, and faid, Ttereis no com-
down quickly, and come to the pray thee, for our family hath*
38 And Jonathan cried after mon bread under mine hand, btit
place where thou didft hide thy- facrince in the city, and my bro
commanded mc ft the lad, Makcfpeed, hade, flay there is hallowed bread; if the
Self, when the bufinefs was in thcr he hath
uot. And Jonathan's lad gather- young men have kept thcmfclvcs
hand, and flialt remain by the be there ; and now if 1 hart
found favour in thine eyes, let ed up the arrowy and came to at leaft from women,
itoneErel
a* And I will fhoot three mc get away, I piuy thee, and liismaftcr. 5 And David anfwered the
rows: on the fide thercf, as fee my brethren : thuefore ht 39 But the lad knew not any pried, and faid unto him, Of a
thing: only Jonathan and David truth, voir.cn have teen kept
though I (Lot at a mark. cometh not unto the kingsta-
knew the matter. from us about thefc three days,
ai And hehold, 1 will fend a btc.
anger was kind, 40 And Jonathan gave his ar- fincc I came out, and the vcflelt
lad faint. Go, find out the a. - 3 oThcnSaul s
and he laid tiilery unto his lad, and faid unto of the young men are
rows. If I'exnrcfly fay unto the led againlt Jonathan, holy, and
Thou fon of the per- him, Go, carry tbcm to the city, the tread is in a manner com-
Jad, Behold, the arrows are on unto him.
-woman do not 41 1 ^Walloon as the lad was mon, yea, though were fanc-
this fide of trice, take them; vci fc rebellious
it
hail chofen UM f onc, David areft out of a piece tiried this day in the vdlel.
lhen come thou : for there is know that thou toward the fouth, and fell on his
thine own confu- 6 So the pried pave him LaJ-
peace to thee, and no hurt ; as fonof Jefle to facc to. the ground, and bowed
fi»", »»<1 unto the confufion
of lowed bread ; for there was no
te Lord livcth. nakednelsf l.imfclf three times : and they bread there, but the (hew-bread
21 But if 1 fay thus unto the thv mother's Killed one another, and wept
as the fon of that was taken from bt for* the
voung man, Behold, the arrows 3 t For as long one with another, until David
upon the grouud, thou Lord, to put hot bread in the
*r* beyond rhec ; go thy uay, Jelle liveth
not he cftabhihcd, nor thy " da y w hen it was taken away.
for the Loan liatn fcnt thee a- (halt
44.
!
And T ,
Jonathan Da- 7 Now a ccrtain mafl of the
faid to
kingdom: whcicfoie no* ftjj
'
W
-

Andai t*tb:ng the matter and fetch him unto me,

for M SJkS
PC ?C
l ',
fo ' afmucn »' Servants of Saul «n
there that
23 th US
which thou and have fpoken of,
I (hall furcly die .
MiE Pi" fYUi '".vu'C
*
da y« dctaIncd before the Loan
;

*i P
a,ld his name
the: Lord be between And Jonathan TZl ««
»oep an Edo-
3z
J S
'
hehold, h r
nd ,h e 'Cn
ihccind me 6»r ever. Saul hb father and
fiwU he U.-B*»«
fa id
a«d u,'.
between my feed and, thy
J rV mitc - lljc thiefcft of
men that hthf gti t0 Sau]
herd-
24 * So David hidhimfelfin him, Wherefore
.
.

the field: and when the new- what hath

was oome, the king fat
he doi'e
33 And Saui eft
?

*
. d-na
VCr

inK t hc.l
3
he arofeaud
"

J° n «han went
A 8 ^ And David faid unto A-
himeiech, and is there not here
!,roon ury
l.invdown to eat meat. him to (mite him u-nweoy :
* under thine hand fpearor fwurd ?
ae And the king fat upon Jus nathan knew
tven up- mined of his
that lt vas T
lather to ^lay Tu»
jj TCHAP. XXI.
WEN came David Nob, to to
for 1 have neither brought my
fword. nor my weapons with roe,
feat, as at othcr.tunes,
by the wall and Je- 34 So Jonathan aroic roni a
A h 'melech the prieft and becauft the king's bufinefs re-
va a Icat ;
did«
I •

Ahimclcch ,
:

and Abner fit by tabic in fierce an e er, and was afraid the V»"A hafte.
Mthan
M
arofc, at'

Sail', fide,
was empty.
and David'* place
* V ft
9 And
 I. SAMUEL. i
' CHAP. XXIIT.
priefts, fmote he with the edgfc
9 And the pried faid, The weuc with him about four fc
11 -fhen the king fent to call
fwordof Goliath the Philiftine, drcd men. j
fC h the pried, the
fon of of the fword, both men and wo-
whom thou flcweft in the valley And David went father's houfc, men, children a«d fucklings, and
3 ^ th h
nUtub and all his
of Elah, behold, it is here wrapt to Mizpeh of Moab and he
:
A Vj
s t hat wrf
.
in Nob: and oxen, and alTcs, and ftiecp, -with
in a clpth behind the cphod ; if unto the king of Moab, Let my ^J^meallofthcmtothe king, the edgcof the fword.
thou wilt take that, taker/ .-for father and my mother, I p
7 1
And Saul faid, Hear now, so <| And oite of the fons of
a
there is no other fave that here. the«, come forth, and he u Ahitub : and he an-
fon of
Ahimelech the fon of Ahitobi
And David faid, There is none you, till I know u hat God d Here I am my lord, named Ahiathar, efcaped and
f

like that, give it me. for me. t?And Saul faid unto him, fled after David.
10 <J And David arofc, and 4 And he brought them b «r!v have ye confpired
againfl 21 And Ahiathar (hewed Da-
fled that dqy for fear of Saul, apd the king of Moab: and thou and the fon of JelTc, vid,thatSaal had flain theLoRDS
C
went to Achifh the king ofGath. dwelt with him all the while £ \hat thou hart given him priefts.
11 And the fervants of Achifh David was in the hold, nread, and a
fword, and haft en- %z And David faid unto AhU
faid unto him, Is not this David 5 U And the prophet Gad on,ire<i of
God for him, that he athar, I knew U that day, wbeil
the king of the land: did they unto David, Abide not in Oi'ould rife
againfl me, to lie in Doeg the Edomke -was thferc,
<h<
not fing one to another of him in hold, depart, and get thee as at this day ? that he would furely tell Saul: t
wait,
it
anfwered have occafioncd the -death of att
dances, faying, Saul hath flain the land of Judah. Then 14 Then Ahimelech
his thoufands, and David his ten departed, and came into the the king,
andfaid, And who is the perfons of thy father's houfc.
tboufands ? reft of Hareth. r fa ithfiil among all thy fervants 13 Abide thou with me, fear
12 And David laid up thefe 6 f When Saul heard" as David,
which is the king's not : for he tNat fceketb my Hfe,
words in his heart, and was foreDavid was difecvered, and fon-in law,andgocth at
thy bid- feekcth thy life: hut with m*
afraid of Achifh the king of men that -were with, him, ( *!ine and is honourable in
thine thou /halt he in fafeguard.
Gath. Saul abode in Gibeah un houfe ? C H A
P. XX HI.
15 Did I then begin to enquire T^IIEN
13 And he changed his beha- tree in Ramah, having his they told David, fiiy-
viour before them, and feigned in his hand, and all his fervant of God for him r be it far from JL ing, Behold, the PbiliHmes
himfclf mad in their hands, and -were (landing about him,) me Jet not the king impute any fight againfl Keilah, and they rob
:

fcrabbled on the doors of the 7 Then Saul faid unto his. thing unto his fervant, nor to all the threlhing- floors.
gate, and let his fpittlc fall down vantsthat ftcod about him. the houfe of my father : for thy 4 Therefore David enquired of
upon his beard. now, ye Benjamitcs, Wil fervant knew nothing of all this, the Lord, faying, Shall I go
14 Then faid Achifh unto his fon of Jeflc give every one lefsor mere. and finite thefe Philiftines ? and
fervants, Lo, ye fee the man is fields, and vineyards, and 16 And the king faid, Thou the Lord faid unto David, Go*,
mad wherefore then have ye you all captains of thoufi
:
(halt furtly die, Ahimelech, thou and fmite the Philiftincs, and
and captains of hundreds ; and all thy father's houle. fave Keilah*.
brought him to me ?
15 Have I need of mad-men, 8 That all of you have co 17 7 An i the king (aid unto 3 And David's men faid unto
the footmen that flood about bim, Behold, we be afraid here
that ye have brought this fellow fpired againfl mc, and I here it
him. Turn and flay the prierts in Judah ; how much more then
to play the mad-man in my pre- none that fheweth mc that my
come fon hath made a league with th6 of the Lord ; becaufe their hand if we come to Keilah againfl the
fence ? fhall this fellow in-
fon of JefTe, and there is none-of ilfouwith David, and becaufe armies of the Philiftines ?
to my houfe ?
CHAP. XXH. you that is forry for me, or they kflew when he fled, and did 4 Then David enquired of the
not (hew it to me. But the fer- Lord yet again. AndtheLoRTt
DAVID therefore departed (beweth unto mc that my fon
vantsof the king would not put anfwered hi.n and laid, Arife, g;>
thence, and efcaped to the hath flirrcd up my fervant againft
mc, tolieinwait, asatthisday* forth their hand to fall upon the down to Keilah ; for t wilt trail*
cave Adullam : and when his
priefts of th* Lord.
9 1 Then anfwered Doeg
the ver the Philiftines into thine
brethren and all his father's
Edomite, (which was fetover tw 18 And the king faid to Do- hand,
houfe heard i/, they went down
fervants of Haul,) andfaid, I ft *
eg; Turn thon and fall upon the
thither to him. 5 So David and his men went
% And every one that was in the fon of Jtfle coming to Nob, P'wfts. And Doeg the Edomite to Keilah, and fought with the
turned, and he fell upon the Philiftines, and brought away
diflrefs, and every one that was to Ahimelech the fon of Ahitob.
in debt, and every one ffo/ viai 10 And enquired of IM
lie
Priefts, ar.i flew on that day their cattle, and ^mote them with
fonrfcore and five ferfoo* that
difcontentcd, gathered them- Lord for him: and gare rnm a great (laughter : is David fa-
ow wear a linen cphod.
feJvcs urto him, and he became a victuals, and gave him the iword ved the inhabitaats of Kcttah.
*8 And Nob, the city of the 6 Audit came to paft when
captain over them: and there of Goliath the Philiftine.
^ R j Abiaihar
 J

I. S A M U E L. CHAP. XXIV.
A bid t the fon of Ahimelcch David 'was in the wildcra
bar hefefore he
came down into
a him, becaufc he had cut offSauFs
Ikd to David Co Kcilah, thai he Ziph in a wood, and abode in the wildcrnefs fK irt
fame do** with usi cphod in his 16 And Jonathan Saul's fon
CB
to
!° V -.,.1 ...K^n Saul k
. l A MH
hand. and went 10 David iutothe
arofe,

7 ^ And it was told

Saul, that wood, and ftiengthentd his h an<
j
David was cr n cta*. Kcilah : and in God.
.Saul laid, C*od hath delivered 17 And lie faid unto him, Ft»r rf; he
mountain, and David and mine hand againft him, feeing he
him into mine hand: for he is not: for the hand of Saul my his" men on
that fide of the moun- is the anointed of the Lord.
Ihut in, by entering into a town father (hall not find thee, .arid David made hade to get So David flayed his fervants
tain :and 7
lint hath gates and bars. thou (halt be king over IA .way forfearof
Saul; forSauland with thefc woids, and furlcrcd
* And Saul called all the V co ' *»d 1 (hall be next unto thee; his men
comparted David and his them not to rile againft Saul;
pic together to war, to go down that alfo Saul my father knowcth. men round about to. take them. but Saul tofe up out oi "the cave,
to KciUb, to bttlcgc David and 18 And they two* made a Cove* a7 S Kut
tucrc carn « a mef- and went on lis way.
Lis men. nant before the Lord: and feagcrunto Saul, faying, Hafte 8 David alfo arofc afterward,
9 1 And David knew that David abode thec, and come; for the Phiii-
in the wood, and and went out of the cave, and
Saul fecrctly pradifed reifehitf Jonathan went to his houfe. Bines have inveded the land. cried after Saul, faying, lord My
agavnlk him; and he laid to 19 1 Fhcn came up the Ziph- p$
Wherefore Saul returned the king. And when Saul looked
Aoialhar the pi itft, Bring hither itcs to Saul to tJibcah, fayi D' | from purfutng after David, and behind him, David (looped uith
the cphod. Doth not David hide hin went againl! the Phiiiftioe*: his face to the caah, u:*d bowed
jo Then faid David, O
Lord with us in (hoop holds in therefore they called that place himfclf.
God of Urael, thy fcrvant hath wood, in the hiil of Hachi bela-hainmandckoth. 9 y And David faid to Saul,
certainly heard that Saul feeketh which ii on thefouthof Jeihii 29 % And David went up from Wherefore lusiclt diou men's
to comr to Kcilah, to dcflroy ao Now therefore, O thence, and d»Jt in ftrong holds words, laying Behold, David
the city for my fake. come down, according to all ct En-gcdi. icckctb thy hurt ?
11 Will the men of Kcilah dcfne of thy foul to come down, CHAP. XXIV. 10 Behold this day thine eyes.
deliver me up into his hand i and our part pall be to dclii
will Saul comedown as thy fer- him into the king's hand.
AND it came to pafs when have ilcn how that the Lord had-
Saul was returned from fol- delivered thee to-day into mine
\ant hath heard? O Lord God 21 And Saul laid, Blefledi* lowing the I'hiiifiincs, that it was hand in the cave : and
fim bade
of IfracI, 1 htfeech thee, tell thy of the Lord; for ye have com] told him, laying, Bvhold, David ii me kill thee, hut mine eye fpared
aervant. And the Lord on rr.e.
faid, fion to the wildernels of Kn.gcdi. thee; and 1 faid, t will not put
J-Jc will comedown.
%% Go, pray yon. prepare yet,
I
a Then Saul took three thou- forth mine handaeainft my (ord:
12 Then faid David, Will the and know and fee his place where fct&hofco men out of ail Ifr^tl, for he is the Lord's anointed,
men of Ktiiah deliver me and my his haunt is, who hath ffW"
ind went to fcek David and his n
Moreover, my father, fee,
jacn into the hand of Saul? and him there : for it is told mc men upon the rocks of the wild yea, fee the (kjtt of thy robe in
thelx>RDiaid, They will deliver he dealeth very fubtilly. my l;a,ld; ft>r ia that 1 c »< off
ttieevp %i See therefore, I
3 And, , rt
he came to the Iheep- the fkirt. of thy robe,.
at:d killed
13 1 ThenDavidand hismen, knowledge of all the cotes l>y the way where w«j a thec not
j know thou and fee r
tohch -were about fix hundred, places where he hideth hii
arofc and departed out of Kcilah, and come ye again to me with,
and went whitherfocverthey could certainty, and I will go with you;
go and it was told Saul that
;
and it (hall come to pafs, if new
the land, that -will fear*
David- was ekaped from Kcilah, in I

and heforbarc togo forth. him out throughout all thcthw-

14 And David abode in the fands of Judah.
wUderucfs in ftronj holds, and 44 And they arofc, and m\
remained in a mouutain in the to Ziph before Saul 1 hut E»
wUdcrocfs of Ziph : and Saul and his men -were in the
in thcpUiB
tOPfbt nim CTCty day, hut God nefs of Maon,
Mlu/ered him not iato his.hand. ibuth oi Jefhimon.
15, And David faw that as Saul alfo and. his*
Saul
told
wab come out tofrck his life ; and to feck him \ and they
K 6
 r. SAMUEL, CHAP. XXV.
thou purfue ? after a dead dog, and a thoufand goats
fliecp, •

after a flea. wHenceahey hi J %t (Now David had faid, Sure*

he was (hearing his fheep a *t
SoDavtd's young nien turn- ly in vain have I kept all that this
i

If The Lord therefore be mel. ij

judge, and judge between me and way. and went again, fellow hath in the wildernefs, fo
3 Now the name of the
.
t hcir

thee, and fee, and plead my was Nabal, and the name 1d
came and told him all thofe that nothing was mi fled of all
of V L-g, that pertained unto him and he
caufc, and deliver me out of thine wife Abigail: and(hew^
a David faid unto his hath requited me evil for good ,
1

hand. man of good underrtanding, l\ And

on ev^ry man his %% So and more alfo do God
men Gird ye
t
16 *f And it came to pafs of a beautiful countenance c
girded on every unto the enemies of David, if I
when David had made an end of the man was churlift) and ev Jword And they
fpeaking thefe words unto Saul, his doings, and he was of man bis fword, and David alfo leave of all that pertain to him by
girded on his
fword; and there the morning light, any that pif-
that Saul faid, 7j this thy voice houfc of Caleb,
my fon David? and Saul lift up 4 1 And David heard in t ha u-cnt up after
David about four feth againft the wall ?
his voice, and wept. wildcrnefs, that Nabal did ft hunted men, anJ two hundred $3 And when Abigail faw Da-
vid, fhe hafted, and lighted off
1 7 And he faid to David, Thou his fheep. abode by the fluff,
14 «j But
one of the young n\en the aft, and fell before David on
art more righteous than I : for 5 And David ftnt out
told Abigail
Nabal*$ wife, faying, her face, and bowed hcrfclf to the
thou haft rewarded me good, young men, and David faid unto
whereas have rewarded thee evil, the young men, Get ye up
I
Behold, David fent meflengers ground,
18 And thou haft (hewed this Carmel, and go to Nabal, and
to
out of the
wildernefs to falute our 24 And fell at his feet, and
msfter; and he railed on them, faid, Upon me, my lord, upon
day how that thou haft dealt well greet him in my name.
with me forafmuch as when the
: 6 And thus lhall ye fay to him 15 But the men were very good me, let this iniquity be and let
J

Lord had delivered me into that liveth in prCfpcr\iy Pcaceie onto tfs, and we were not hurt, thine handmaid, I pray thee,
neither mi fled we any thing as fpeak in thine audience, and hear
y

thine hand, thdu killcdft me not. both to tlice, and peace be to

long as we were converfant with the words of thine handmaid,
19 For if a man find his enemy, thine houfe, and peace be unto
will he let him go well away ? all that thou hail.
them, when we were in the^.lds. aj Let not my lord, I pray
16 They were a wall unto us thee, regard this man of Belial,
wherefore the Lord reward thee 7 And now have heard that I

both by night and day, all the even Nabal: for as his name is*
good, for that thou haft done un- thou haft (hearers: now thy (hep-
while we were with them keeping fo is he ; Nabal is his name, and
to me this day. herds, which were with us,
the fheep. folly is with him; but I thine
20 And now heboid, I know hurt them not, neither was
17 Now therefore know and hand-maid faw not the young
well that thou malt furely be ought miffing unto them,
coniider what thou wilt do for men of my lord, whom' thou
:
king, and that the kingdom of while they were in Carmel.
evil is determined againft our didft fend.
Ifracl fhallbe cftabllfhed in thine 8 Afk thy young men matter, and againft all his houfe- a6 Now therefore, my lord, as
hand. they will (hew thee whercfi :
hold : for he is fuch a fon of Beli- the Lord liveth, and as tby foul
%1 Swear now therefore unto let the young men find favour in al that a man cannot fpeak to him. liveth, feeing the Lord hath with-
jhe by the Lord, that thou wilt thine eyes: (for we come in a 18 \ Then Abigail made hafte, holden thee from coming to Jbed
not cut ofFmy feed after me, and good day:) give, I pray thee, and took two hundred loaves, blood, and from avehging thyfelf
that thou wilt not deftroy my whatfoever cometh to thine hand, and two bottles of wine, and five with thine own hand: now l€t
name out of my father's houfe. unto thy fervants, and to thy fon Iheep ready drefted, and five mca- thine enemies, and they that feek
%t And DavidfwareuntoSaul : David, furfs of parched corn, and
an evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
and Saul went home; but David 9 And when David's young hundred clufters of raifins, and And now this bh
and his men gat them up unto men came, they fpakc to Nabal two bundled cakes of figs, and which thine handmaid .
the hold. according to all thofe words, laid them cn afles.
brought unto my lord, let it <
CHAP. XXV.* the name of David, and cea *9 And fhe faid unto her fer- be given unto il *
;

AND Samuel died, and

were gathered to-
Ifraclites
all the 10 f And Nabal anfwercd
vid's fervants, and faid, W
Jaoti, Co on before me, heboid, follow my lord,
'.come after you:
but (he told a8 I pray thee, forgivethetref-
gcthcr and lamented him, and bu- David? arid who is the fon »°t he.r hufband
Nabal. pafs of thine handmaid : for the
ried him in his houfe at Ramah. Jefle? ttiere be many f< ac An <l it
? wasTa, as fhe rode Lord will certainly make my
And David arofe, and went down now a days that break away
to the wildernefs of Paran. man from his matter. 2 \V
C afs
-t'»at flic came down lord a Aire houfe; becaufc my lord
VCrtofthch5ll » andbe - fighttth the battles of the Lord,
3 And there was a man in Ma- II Shall I then take m y. br f* hold n°
a» Davjd
and his men came and evil hath not been found ia
on, whofe pofteffions were in and my water, and my flem that ^agaihfthcr, and fhe met thee all thy days.
Carmel, and the man was very I hare killed for my (hearers,
Z9 Yet a man « lifch to put-
great, and he had three thoufand give it unto men whom I
 !. SAMUEL. CHAP. XXVI.
came to pais it*
But the vyildernefsof Ziph, 11 The Loud forbid that I
fuethec, and tofeek thy foul: but 37 it
**° Wn
to
three ihoufahd cholcn Ihould lhetch forth ir-hic hand
fa.
the foul at my lord (ball be bound morning, when the win;
in the bundle af life with the gone out of Nabal, and his *if ^
r>Cn of Ifracl with him, tofeek againft the Loun's
anointed; but

Lord thy God; and the fouls of had told him thefe things,
ft
-
1 in the
w ildernefs of Ziph. I pray thee, take thou now the
that and
And Sau | pitched in the hill fpear, that is at his bolder,
I?*
thine enemies them Hull he fling his heart died within hi m|
an , 3 ^j| a h t whidifr before Jcftii- the crufe of water, and letusgo.
out, as out of the middle of a he became as a (tune,
fling. 38 And it came to pafs about by the way: but David 12 So David took the fpear
Sj2*io the and lie and the crufc of water fromSauTs.
wildernefs,
30 And it (hall come to pafs, ten days after, that the Loao him in- bolder ; and they gat them away,
Saul came after
when the Lota have done fmote Natal, that he died,
Hull A th t and no man fa\v i/, nor knew i/,
to my lord according to all the 39 1 And when David f*i[h c wild-rrnefs.
were
good that he hath fpoken con- that Nabal was, dead, he faj<; David therefore fent out neither awaked: for they
vtrnuig thee, and (hall have ap- BLflcd be the Lord that hath t\ and underftood that Saul ail aflcep, becaufe* a deep fleep
pleaded the caufe of mv ie- '.
in very deed. frcm the 1-okd was fallen upon
pointed trice ruler over Ifracl, s ci;me
**\ *
j.£ That. thi* (hail Ik* no .grief proach from the Land of Nahal
And David arofe^ a*nd ftcm.
uolo true, nor oflLncc of heart a:id harh. kept his fcrvant frool me to the place Where Sau!
had 13 | Then David went over
unto my lord, either that thou evii foi the Loan luth rcturn-
: itcbed :And David beheld the to the other fide, and ftood on
Saul lay, and A brier the top cf an hill afar off; (a
•

l.afHhed blood cau. clefs, or that ed the wickednifs of Nabal 'dace where
[he fon of Ner,
the captain of g cat fj>ace being between them :
my lord hath avenged himfclt upon his o«n head. AndJDavid
:

n d Saul lay in fhe 14 And David cried to the

but when the Lord (hall have f.-nt and communed uith Abigail his hoft": »
pitched people, and to Abncr the fon of
dealt well with my lord, then rc- to take her to him to u ifc. treuch, and the people
round about him. Ner, faying, Anfweitft thou not,
member thine handmaid. 4^ And when the fcrvants of
6 Then anftertd David, and Abncr? then Ahner
anlwertd
3* 5 And David faid to Abi- David were conu to Abigail to
faid to Ahimclcch
the Hittite, and faid, Who ait thev that ai-
gail. BUfied be the Lord God of Carmcl, unto they fp;ikc
Ifrael, which ftnt thee this day faying, David fen: us unto und to Abiihai the fon of Zeiuiah eft to the king ?
me ; to tike thee to him brother to Joab, faying, Who 15 And David laid to Abncr,
to meet to wife.
41 And ihe arofc, and bowed Will go down with me to Saul to Art not then a valiant man r and
33 And blciTcd thy advice,
be
7
and Abifhai faid, 1 who is like to thee in Ifracl?
and blciled be thou, which hafl hcrfclf on her face to the earth the camp.
will go do wn with thec. wherefore then haft thou not kept
kept me this day froin coming to and faid, Behold, let thint hai
*
7 So David and Abiihai
came thy lord the king ? for there-came
jbed blood, and from avenging maid be a fcrvant to walh the
myfelf with mine own hand. of the fcrvants of my lord. to the people by night, and he- one of the people in- to dtftrdy
hold, Saul lay flecping within the king thy Lou i>.
34 For in very deed, as the 42 And Abigail haflc
the trench, and his fpear ftuck 16 This thing i; not good that
Lqbd Cod of Ifracl liveth, uhich arofe, and rode upon 3n afs,
in the ground at his bolfter; but thou" baft done : as the Lord Hv^
hath kept me back from hurting with five damfels of hcr's that
Abncr^nd the people lay ronnd clh, ye are worthy to die, 06-
thec, except thou hadft hailed went after her ; an Ihe went a f- I

about hirm caufe ye have not kept your ma£

and come to mat me, fureljr ter the mcflcngers of David,
-8 Then faid Abifhai to David, ter the Lord's anointed: and
there had not been left unto Na- became his wife.
God hath delivered thine enemy now fee wherethc king's fpear is t
Ml s by the morning light, any 43 David alfo took Ahin into thine hand this day: .now and the crufc of water, that -was
that phTcth againft the wall. of Jexrecl, and they were
therefore, let mx fmitchim, 1 pray at his kol iter,
3J So David received of her both of them his wives, thee, with the fpear, even -to the 17 And Saul knew David*s
hand that which the had "brought 44 ^ But Saul had given Mi-
earth at once, and-I will not/im7r voice, and faid, Is this thy voice,
liim, and faid unto her, Go up chal his daughter, Davii
hira the fecond tinw. my fon David? and David laid,
in- peace tb thine houft : fee, I to Phalti the fon of
19 And David faid to Abiihai, It is my voice, my lord. O king,
have hearkened to thy voice, and "was of Callim. Deftloy htm not for who can 18 And- hc faid, Wherefore
haye accepted thy perfon.. XX' CHAP. :

ftretch forth his hand againft doth my lord thus purfue after
36 f And Abigail came to A the Ziphites ca ND the Logo's anointed, and be hit fervant ? for what have 1 done?
Nabal; and behold, he held I\
Saul to Gib ah, faying,
guiltlefs ? or what evil is in mine hand ?
fcatfli! his houfe, like the fcaft Doth not David hidehimfelfi.il
10 David faid furtherfloore, A\ r<; Now therefore, 1 pray thee,
of a king ; and Nabar$ heart -was the hill of Hachilab, v>bkb U the Lord lijeeth, theLoao ihall Jet j»y. lord the .king: hear ihe
merry within hifti for he was before Jefhimon ? finite him, oc his
d»y ihall curae words of his fen-ant : If the lord
Very drunken : wherefore Ihe lold
him nothing, .lefs or more, until
the mornog Rgiit.
% Then arofe, and went
*°* ft £S?*>* ^ doftCB<, ****** item m***
 I, SAMUEL CHAP, xxvin.
let him accept an offering: but any more in any coaft ofTfrael. Arid David faved neither Behold, there is a woman that hath
11 En*dor.
if they be the children of men, fo (hall I efcapcout of his hand, fnr woman alive, to bring a familiar fpiritat
curfed be they before the Lord; a And David arofe, and h* Ga th, faying, Left they 8 And Saul difgmfed himfclf,
f7' i

for they have driven me out this pafled over with the fix hundred 1 \
tell on us, feying.
So did and put on other raiment, and he
man- went, and two men wkh him,
\

day from abiding in the inheri- men that -were with him
Unto 1 and fo will be his
tanceof the Lord, faving, Go Achifh the fon of Maoch king the while he dwclleth in and they came to the
woman by
of r
all
Gath. right; and he faid, I pray thee,
ierv* other gods. *u Vnuntry of the PhilifHnes.
famihaf
ao Now therefore, let not my 3 And David dwelt with A- And Achifh believed Da- divine unto me by the
He hath made his fpirit, and hting me him up whom
1
blood fall to the earth before the chifh at Gath, he and his men
•f faying.
face of the Lord; for the king of ever}' man
with his houfhold* '
utterly to abhor 1 (hall name unto thee.
|e Ifrael
Ifrael is come out to fcek a flea, even David with his two wives] It?, therefore he thai) be my 9 And the woman faid unto
as when one doth hunt a partridge Ahinoam the Jezreelitefs, and KLnt for ever.
him, Behold, thou knoweft what
ftf
in the mountains. Abigail the Carmelitefs, Nabal't
C H A XXVIII.R Saul hnth done, how he hath cut
ai T Then faid Saul, 1 have wife,
AND it came
to pafs in thofc off thofe that have familiar fpintsj
finned: return, my fon David, 4 And it was told Saul that A days lhat the Phiiiftincs a*d the wittrds out of the land :
for I will no more do thee harm, David was fled to Gath and he :
rathcrcd' their armies
together wherefore then layeft thou a fnarc
becaufe my foul was precious in iought no more again for him.
for warfare,
to fight with Ifrael : for my life-, to caufe me die ?
J f And David faid unto David, IO And Saul fware to her by
thine eyes this day: behold, I ,nd Achifh faid unto
Achifh, If I have now found Know thou afliiredly, that thou the Lord, faying. As the
have played the fool, and have Lrtftti

erred exceedingly. grace in thine eyes, them

let give lhalt
to l>attle, liveth, there lhall no punifhmcnt
go out with me
aa David anfwercd and me a place in
And fomc town in tho\i and thv men. happen to thee for this thing.
faid, Behold the king's fpear, and country, that 1 m*y dwell ther 2 And David faid to Achifh, 11 Thtn feid the woman.
let one of the young men come for why mould thy fcrvant dv Surely thou fhalt know what thy Whom
(hall I bring up unto thee r

over and fetch it. in the royal city with thee I fcrvant can do- And Achifh and he faid, Bring me Up Samuel,
%3 The Lord render to every 6 Then Achifh gave him Zik faid to David, Therefore will
I ia And when the woman fav*
man his rightcoufnefs, and his lag that day: wherefore Ziklag make thee keeper of mine head Samuel, fhe cried with a loud
faithfulnefs : for the Loan deli- pcrtaineth unto the kings of Ju- for ever. voice : and the woman fpake to
vered thee into my hand to-day, dan unto this day. 3 5
Now Samuel was dead, Saul, faying, haft thou de- Why
but I would not ftretch forth 7 And the time that David and all Ifrael had lamented him, ccived me ? for thou art Saul,
mine hand againft the Lord's dwelt in the country of the Phi- and buried him in R3mah, even 13 And the king faid unto her,
in his own city ; and Saul had put Be not afraid: for what
anointed. Mines was a full year and four faweft

a4 And behold, as thy life months, tfway thofe lhat had familiar thou ? and the woman faid unto
was much fet by this day in mine 8 \ And David and his men Spirits, and the wizards, out of Saul, I ftw gods afctnding out of
eyes; fo let my life be much fet went up and invaded the Gctbur- the land. the earth..
by in the eyes of the Lord, and ites, and the Giziitcs, and the 4 f And the Philiftmes ga- 14 And he faid untohcr, What
let him deliver me out of all ti Amalekitcs: for thofc «.
i*- thered themfclvrs together, and form is he of? and (he laid, An
hulation. -were of old the inhabitants came and pitched in Shuncm : old man comethup; and he is
25 Then Saul David, land, as thou gocft to Shur,
faid to and Saul gathered-all Ifrael toge- covered with a mantle. And
BIcfled be thou my fon David! unto the land of Egypt, ther, and they pitched in Cilboa. Saul perceived that it was Samu-
thoufhalt both do great things, 9 And David fmote the 5 And when Saul faw the hoft el, and he ftooped with his face to
and alfo (halt ftill prevail. So and left neither man nor wo of the PhilifHnes, he was afraid, the ground, and bowed himfelf.
David went on his way, and Saul alive, and took away the ft) and his heart greatly trembled. 15 1 And Samuel faid to Saul,
returned to his place. and thfc oxen, and the afles, a 6 And when Saul enquired of Why haft thou difquicted me to
C H A
P. XXVII-. the camels, and the apparel, a the Lord, the Lord anfwered bring me uprand Saul anfwered, 1

AND David
now
I (hall
faid in his heart,
perim one day
came to Achifh.
returned, and
10 And Achifh faid, Whith
him not, neither by dreams, nor am fore diftreflcd ; for the Phili-
by Urim, nor by prophets. ftines make war againft me, and
by the hand of Saul: there w have yc made a rode to 7 T Then faid Saul unto his God is departed from me, and an-
nothing better for me, than that And David faid, Againft fervants, Seek me a woman that fwercth me no more, neither by

fpecdily efrape into the fouth of Jndah, aiid againfl

(hould hath a familiar fpirit, that I may prophets, nor by dreams : there-
1.

to to her, and enquire of her. fore I have called thee, that thou
'
"'ofthePhiliftincs; and Saul fouth of the Jecrahmelitcs,
defpairof me; to ftck me ag^athe fouth of the Ke«i And his fervants faid to hiro, nrayeft make known unto me
what I (hall do. 16 Then
 2

I. S A M
U E 1» ]
CHAP. XXX.
16 Then faid Samuel. Where* *4 And the woman had a r .
in with me
the hoft is
in 4 Thtti David and the people
fore then doft thou arte of ifce, call in the houfe, and me fight ; for 1 have not that wre with him lift up
their
haft V
*
d in toy
feeing the Lord is departed from and killed it, and took flour fmcc the day voice and wept, until they had
then, and is become thine enemy? kneaded it, and did bake
Sa fnd evil in thee, power to weep.
ufi. tthw coming unto me unto this no bore
17 Aad the Load hath done leavened bread thereof. v
i J neverthclefs the lords fa- 5 And David's two wives were
to him, as he fpake by me for
: aj And fo<J brought U before r'thecnot. taken captives, Ahinoam the
the Lord hath rent the kingdom Saul, and before his fervants, Wherefore now return, and JczrecHtefs, and Abigail the wife
and
out of thine hand, and given it they did cat then they roft DD thou difpltajc of Nahal the Carnitine.
in peace, that
:

to thy neighbour, even to Da- and went away that ni^ht. f

the lords of the Philiftines. 6 And David was greatly dif-
°t
™l C H A P. XXIX. ? And David faid unto fretted; for the
people fpake-of
:
A
18 Becaufc thou obeyedft not XJOW the Philirtiocs gathered Achiih, But what
have 1 done ? (toning him, becaufc the foul of
the voice of the Lord, nor t*e- IN together all. their armic*
and what haft thou found in thy all the people was grieved eveiy
Lrvant, fo long as I haVe been man lor his
cutedft his fierce wrath upon A- Aphek: and the Ifiaelitcs pitch* fons, and for his
malck, therefore hath the Lord cd by a fountain which « it fc^ this day, that I daughters r but David enconraged
with thee unto
done this thing unto thee thi& reel.
may not go fight again ft the ene- himiclf m
the Lord his Odd.
day. % And
the lords of the Phili- mics of my lord the king ? 7 And David faid unto Abia-
19 Moreover, the Lord will ftines parted on by hundreds, and o And Achiih anAvered and that the prieft, Ahimclech's fort,
alf> deliver llrael with thee into by thoufands : put David and ids id to David,
I know that thou I pray thee, biing me hither the
the hand of the Philiftines : and men parted on in the rere-ward art good in my1
fight, as an angel eph<:dl and Abiathar brought
to-morrow Jbalt thou and thy with Achiih. of God: notwitnuanuing the
notwithstanding me thither
tnitner me
the cphod
epnoa to David.
u.
fonsir with roc: the Lord alfo 3 Then faid the princes of the princes of the Philiftines have 8 And" David enquin "red at the
fhaJl deliver the hoft of Ifrael Philiftines, What do theft. He- faid, He (hall not go up with us Lord, faying, Shall I purfue af- 1

into the hand of tho Philiftines, brews beref and Achiih faid un- the battle. troop? fliall I overtake
ter this
to
ZO Then Saul fell ftraightway to the princes of the I'iiUiftiiu^ jo Wherefore now rife up early them? and he anfwered him,
all along on the earth, and was Is not this David, the fervantof hi the morning, with thy maftcrs Purfue; tor thou fhalt fnrely o*
fore afraid, becaufc of the words Saul the king of Ifracl, which fervants that are come with thee: vertake them, and without fail
of Samuel, and there was 110 hathJ^cn with me thefe days, or and air>on as ye he up early in recover all.
ilrength in him : for he had eaten theft years, and have found
1 the morning, and have, li^iit, de- 9 So David went, he and the
no bread all the day, nor all the no faul: in him fjnee he fell uuU part. hundred men that -were witli
fix
wight. nn; unto this day ? li So David and his men rofe him, and came to the brook Be-
%t T And the woman came 4 And the princes of the Pin- vpcarly to depart in the morning, for, where thofe that were left
unto Saul, and faw tnat he was liftincs were \vroth with him; to return into the land of the behind ftayed.
fore troubled, and laid unto him, and the princes of the Philiftiuci Philiflioes; and the Philiftines 10 But David purfued, and lie
Behold, thine handmaid hath faid unto him, Make this fellow went up to Jczrcel. four hundred men: (for two
obeyed thy voice, and I have put return, -that he may go again to C H P. A XXX. houdred abode behind, which
my life in my hand, and have his plaee which thou haft *p?
hearkened unto thy words which pointed him, and let him not go
AND came
David and
to pafs, when were fo faint, that they could not
it

his men were go over the brook Befor.)

thou fpakeft Unto me, down with usto battle, left in the come to Ziklug on the third day, 11 % And they found an Egyp-
%% Now therefore, I pray thee, battle he he an adversary tons; that the Amalekitcs had invaded tian in the field, and brought
hearken thou alfo unto the voice for wherewith fhould he reconcile the fouth, Ziklag, and i mitten him ro David, and gave him
of thine handmaid, anJ let nic himfelf uulo his matter ? foQuUU Ziklag, und bu.nt it with fire;
.
bread, and he did eat; and they
ict a moiiel of bread before not he with the heads of thefe 2 And had taken the women made him drink water,
thee; and eat, that thou majeft men ? captives that vtere theieirT: they \% And they gave him a piece
have flrerigth, when thou gocft J Is not this David, of whom
fie* not any, either great ot of a cake of figs, and two cluf-
on thy way. tiicy fang one to another in daoccli fcatll, but carried item away, and ters of raifim : and when he had
%i But he refufed, and faid. I ia>iag, Saul flew his thoufands, went on their way. eaten, his. fpirit came again to
will not eat; but his fervants, and David his ten thoufands? 3 1 So David and his men him 1 for he had eaten no bread,
together with the woman, com- 6 1 Then Achiih called David, came t-> the city, and behold, it , nor drank uny water, three days
pilled him, and he barkened un- andfaid unto him, Surely, tfithe Tfflj burnt with
fire, and their and three nights.
to their voice : lb he arofc frpm Lord livcth, thou haft been up- *»vcs, and their fons, and their
13 And David faid unto him,
thc earth, and fat u »on the bed. right, and thy going out and thy filers were uUft captives, T£m whom
4
whence
 :

L SAMUEL, CHAP. 1.
whence art thou i and he faid, I David, whom they had-.,
And to them watch -were in all his men that fame day toge-
am a young man of Egypt, fcr- fo to abide at the brook to
-were then
rant to an Amalekite, and my and they went forth to m •u rmah and to them which
mailer lcf$ me, becaufe three vid, and to meet the people
ccc „.
P rhor-afban, and to them which 7 1 And when the men of If.
10
th« rael that were on the other fide
days agone I fell fick. J in Athach,
-»ere with him and when David
:

xi And
10 tbem which were in of the valley, and they that were
14 We made an invafion upon came near to the people,' he fa places on the other fide Jordan, faw
the fouth of the Cherethites, and luted them. Wfbron and to all the
*J himfclf and his men that the men of Ifrael fled, and
upon the coafl which belongeth to- zi Then anfwered all the •here David
* that Saul and his fons were dead,
Jodah, and upon the fouth of cd men, and men of Belial
wick. wont to haunt.
of they forfook the cities, and fled*
Caleb, and we burnt Ziklag with thofe that went with David,
and CHAP- XXXI. aml thc philiftines came and
" rc faid, Becaufe they went not
the Philiftines fought dwelt in them,
-

15 And David
#
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faid to him, us, we will not give them

Canft thou bring me down to thit of the fpoil that we have
with
aught NOW againft Ifrael i and the men 8 And it came to pafs on thc
reco- fled from before thc Phi- morrow, when the Philiftines
company ? and he faid, Swear vcrcd, fave to every man his of Ifrael
wife liftines, and
fell down flain in came to ftrip thc flain, that they
unto me by God. that thou wilt and his children, that they
may mountOilboa. found Saul and his three fons
neither kill me, nor deliver me lead them awpy, and depart,
followed fallen in mount Gil boa.
into the hands of my matter, and a And the Philiftines
33 Then faid David, Ye (halt 9 And they cut off his head,
I will bring thee down to this not do fo, my brethren, hard upon Saul, and upon his
company.
with fons; and thc Philiftines flew Jo- and (hipped off his armour, and
that which the Lord hath given Abinadab, and fent into the land of the Phili-
natb'an, and
16 J And when he had brought us, who hath preferved us,
and Malchilhua Sanl's fons. ftines round about, to publifh it
him down, behold, thej -were delivered the company that came
3 And the battle
went fore in the houfe of their idols, anil
fpread abroad upon all the earth, againft us into our hand,
eating and drinking, and danc- againft Saul, and the archers hit among the people.
24 For who will hearken unto 10 And they put his armour
ing, becaufe of all the great fpoil you in this matter? but as him, and he was fore wounded
bj$ of the archers. in the houfe of Afhtaroth: and
that they had taken out of the part is that goeth down to
land of the Philiftines, and out battle, fo frail his part be that
the
4 Then faid Saul unto his ar- they fattened his body to the wall
mour-brarcr, Draw thy fword, of Beth-lhan.
of the land of Judah. tarricth by the (luff; they 0)2*11
and thruft me through therewith; II 1 And when the inhabi-
17 And David fmotc them part alike.
1eft thefe uncircumcifed come and tants of Jabefh-gilead heard of
from the twilight, even unto the aj And it was fo from that thruft me through, and abufe me. that which the Philiftines had
evening of the next day: and day forward, that he made it a
But his armour-bearer would not; done to Saul
there efcaped not a man of them, ftatute and an ordinance for Ifra-
for he was fore afraid: therefore 12 All the valiant men arofe,
fave fouf hundred young men el unto this day.
Saul took a fword and fell up- and went all night, and took the
which rode upon camels, and a6 f And when David carat on it. body of Saul, and the bodies of
to Ziklag, he fent of the fpoil
j And when his armour-bear- his fons from the wall of Beth-
18 And David recovered all unt» the elders of Judah, even er faw that Saul was dead, he fell than, and came to Jabclh, and
that the Amalekites had carried to his friends, (laying, Behold, *
likewife upon his fword, and died burnt them there,
away : and David refcued his two prefent for you, of the fpoil ot
wives,
with him. 13 And they took their boaes,
the enemies of the Lord.) 6 So Saul died, and his three and buried them under a tree at
19 And there was nothing 27 To them which -were in fons, aod his armour bearer, and Jabeih, and failed ftven days.
lacking to them, neither fmall Beth-el, and to them which were
nor great, neither fons nor daugh- in fouth-Ramoth, and to tbem
ters, neither fpoil. nor any thing which -were in fattir. % The Second Book of SAMUEL, otherwlfe
that they had taken to them: 28 And to them which -were in called Thc Second Book of the KINGS.
David recovered all.
ao And
Aroer, and" to them which were in CHAP. I; third day, that behold, a man
David took the Siphmoth, and to them which
all
flocks, and the herds, -which they were in Elhtemoa, NO W came to pafs,
it after came out of the camp from Saul,
the death of Saul, when with his clothes rent, and earth
drave before thofe other cattle, 29 And to thtm which -mere David was returned from the upon his head : and fo it was,
and faid, Thisu David's fpoih Rachal, and to them which -wert\ daughter of the Amalekites, and when he came to David, that he
%l \ And David came to the the cities of the Jerahmeelltei, David had abode two days in fell to the ejirth, and did obei-
two hundred men, which werefo and to them which -were in the Zlk 'ag ; fance.
faint that they could not follow cities of the Kenitcs,
* It came cyen to pafs on the 3 And David faid unto hin> 9
jo And From
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IF. S A M U c 11 A p. n.
From whence comert thou and 13 ^ And David
? faid unto the Ye daughters of IfroeJ, weep 7 Therefoie now let your hands
he faid onto hhn, <}ut of the young man that told hi m Saul, who clothed you
\t\ be rtrengthencd, and be ye vali-

camp of Ifmel am efcipcd. Whence arttheir? and he oelights, who an.t : for your matter Saul is
V*ict witn ctner
I ^ an-
4 And unto him,
Da* rid faid furred, f am the fon cf a Aran-
r on
ornaments of gold upon dead, and alfo the houfe of Ju-
How went the matter? I pray gcr, an Ama!ckite. P
our apparel.
<»ah l*« anointed roe king over
thee, tell me. And he anfwer- 14 And David faid unto him ac How are the
mighty fallen them.
ed, That the people are fled from how waft thou not afraid to ft retch : rt the roidft
of the battle! O Jo- 8 1 But Abner the fon of
thebatt'e, and many of the peo- forth thfne hand to deftroy the .Ln thou wifi flnia in thine Ncr, captain of Saul's hoft, took,
pfc alio are fallen and dead, and Lord's anointed ? ilh-bofheth the fon of Saul, and
h'h places.
Saul and Jonathan his Ion are 15 And David called one of arn dirtrefled for thee, brought him over lo Mahanaim.
a6 I

d«fed alfo; the young men, and faid, go near

mv brother Jonathan.: very me: -o
plea- And he made him king over
5 And David filid unto the Wfall upon him. And hefrnote Ant haft thou been unto Gilead, and over the Aftuiitcs,
young man that told him, How him that he d?cd. me was wonderful, and over Jczreel, and over
thy love to
Knoweftthou that Saul and Jo- 16 And Davul faid unto na/Gng the love cf
women. Ephraim, and over Benjamin,
nathari hn fon be dead ? Thy brood le upon thy head: %1 How are the mjghty
fallen, and over all Ifrael.
6 And the young man that thy mouth hath teftified aga arid the weapons
of war. pcritbed. 10 lfh-bo(heth Saul's fon mat
told him faid, As I happened by thee, faying, I have (lain CHAP. II. forty years old when he began to
chanceupon mount Gilboa, be- Lord's anointed,
held, Saul leaned upon his fpear : 17 And David lamented AND it pais after reign over Ifrael, and reigned
came to
this, that David enquired two years: but the houfe of Ju-
and lo, the chariots and horfe- with this lamentation over Saul, of the Lord, faying,
Shall I go dah followed David,
men followed hard after him: and over Jonathan his fon. up into any of
the cities cf Ju~ n
(And the time that David
7 And when he looked behind lS {Alio he bade them teach dah ? and the Loud faid unto was king in Hebron, ov«- fhe
him, he faw me, and called un- the children of J xtdzh the ufe of the him Go up. And David faid, houfe of Judah, was ftven years
to me: and I anfwered, liercam I. bow, behold, it is written in the Whither ihafl po up ? and he
I and fix months,)
8 And he faid unto me. Who book of Jamer.) I t nto Hebron.
,
T
it f And Ahner the fon of
tfrithbu ? and \ anfwered him, I 19 The beauty of Ifracl is (lain % So David went up thither, tter, and the fervants of Ifo-
am an Amalckite. upon thy high places: how are and his two wives alio, Ahino- bolheth the fon of Saul, went
9 He faid unto me again, the mighty fallen am the Jezreclitefs, and Abigail out from Mahar.aim to Gib con.
Stand, I pray thee, upon me, %o Tell it not in Gath, pob- NabaPs wife the Carmelite. 13 And Joab the fon of Zerui-
and flay me : for anguifh is come lift f/ not in thertrectsof A Ike ion; 3 And his men that wrr* with ah, and the fervants of David
upon me, becaufc toy life nfet left the daughters of the Pbilif- him did David bring up, every went out, and met together by
whole in me. tines rejoicfc, left the daughters man with his houlhold : and they the pool of Gibeon : and they
10 So flood upon him, and of the uncircumcifed triumph,
I dwelt in the cities of Hebron. lat down, the one on the oue
flew him, becanfe was Aire that
I %1 Ye mountains of Gilboa, 4 And the men of Judah came, fide of the pool, and the otber
he could not live after that he let there he no dew, neither let and they anointed David king on the other fide of the poo),
was fallen ; and I took the crown there Jcrain upon you, nor fields over the hcufe of Judah : and 14 And Abner laid to Joab,
that was upon his head, and the of offerings for there the fh
t they told David, faying. That Let the young men now arife,
bracelet that xoas on his arm, of the mighty is vilely caft awa the men of Jabcfh-gilead v ere and play before us, and Joab
and have brought them hither the (hield of Saul, as though they that buiied Saul. faid, Let them arife.
unt§> my lord. had not beep anointed with oil. 5 J And David fent mcflen- 15 Then there aroft and went
11 Then David took hold on %% From the blood of the flaih, gets unto the men of Jabefh-gile- over by number twelve of Benja*
his clothes and rent them, and from the fat of the mighty, the ad, and faid unto tbem, felefTed min, which pertained to Ifli-bo-
likewife all the* men that tutre bow of Jonathan turned not back, le ye of the Lord, that ye have Ihcth the fon of Sapl, and twelve
with him. and the fword of Saul returned (hewed ti ls klndnefsunto your of the fervants of David.
i% A»id they mourned and not empty. lord, even unto Saul, and have 16 And they caught every one
Wept, and farted until even, for 13 Saul and Jonathan buried him. his fellow by the head, and
Saol and for Jonathan his ion, lovely and pleafant in their lives, 6 And now the Lord fbew thruft his fword in his fellow's
and for the people of the Lord, and in their death they were not kindnefs and truth unto you : fide; lb they fell down together;
and for the hoofe of Ifracl; be- divided : they were fwifter than and alfo will I requite you this wherefore that place was called
eaufe they were falloa by the eagles, they were ftrongcf than kindnefs, becaufc ye have done Helkath-hazzurhn, which is in
fword. lions.
 IK S A M U E L. CHAP. III.

ty And there was a very fore for ever ? knoweft thou not . . the fourth, Adoniiah, thou (halt
not fee my face, except
tn»»
battle that day; and Abner was it will be bittcrnefs in the
latt
4 ? HaSith S and the thou firft bring Michal Saul's
J
shephatiah, the fon of daughter, when
hcaten, arid the mcrf of Ifrael, end ? how long (hall it be thC thou comcit u>
then cr# u r
betor© the fervants of David. thou bid the^pcoplc return from fift>;» feemy face.
18 T And there were three following their brethren ? Ab the fixth Ithream, by 14 And David ftnt mcffeligert
r And
fons of £pruiah there, Joab, and %j And Joab faid, As God 11?
Abifhai, and Afahcl; and Afahcl cth, unlefs thou hadft
Ar£
B
to
David's wife: thefe were to Ifhboiheth
David in Hebron.
Saul's fon faying
Deliver me my wife Michal,which
fpokeh b n cfpoufed to jne for an hundred
-was as light of foot as a wild roe. furely then in the morning
th °A r And it came to pafs, while I
Phihftincs.
19 And Afahcl purfued after" people had gone up every on L war between the houfe forefkinsof the
A-as
Abner, and in going he turned from following his brother, SSJand the houfe of David, JJ.And Ifh-bolhcth fent, and
from her hufband, even
not to the right hand nor to the a8 So Joab blew a trumpet °Lt Abner made himfclf Qrong took her
left, from following Abner. and all the people flood ftill, an i of Saul. from Phaltiel the fon of Laifo.
ao Then Abner looked behind pltrfued after Ifracl no more And Saul had a concubine, 16 And her hufl>and went with
V the her along weeping behind her to
him, and faid, Art thou Afahel ? neither fought they any more. hnfc name was Rizpah,
Bahurim : then faid Abner unto
and he anfwercd, I am. ao And Abner 'and his tnen loehter of Aiah: and IJhbojbeth
ll And Abner laid to him, walked all that night through the id
Abner, Wherefore haft him, Go, return. And he re
to
Turn thee afide, to thy right plain, and pafled over Jordan.and i.iou gone in unto my father's turned,
hand 6r to thy left, and lay thee went through all Bithron, and roncubine. *7 T And Abner had commu-
hold on one of the young men, they came to Mahanaim. 8 Then was Abner very
wroth location with the ciders of Ifracl,
and take thee his armour. But 30 And Joab returned from for the words
of Ifh-bofhcth, and faying, Ye fought for David in
Afahel would not turn afide from following Abner: and when he I a dog's head, which a-
Am times part to be king over you.
faid.
following of him. had gathered all the people to- cainft Judah do ihew kindnefs 18 Now then do it; for the
this day unto the houfe of Saul Lord
hath fpoken of David, fay-
%% And Abner faid again to gether,thcre lacked of David'sfer-
thy father, to his hrethrcn, and ing. By
the hand of my fervant
Afahel, Turn thee afide from fol- vanfs nineteen men, and Afa» I.
David I fave my people Ifrael
lowing me: wherefore (hould I 31 But the fervants of Da tn his friends, and have not deli-
vered thee into the hand of Da- out of the hand of the
Philiftines,
finite thee to the ground? how had fmitten of Benjamin an
vid, that thou chargeit me to-day and out of the hand of
all their
then (hould J hold up my faee to Abner's men, fo that three hun-
Joab thy brother ? dred and thrcefcore men died. with a fault concerning this wo- enemies.
man? 19 And Abner alfo fpake in
23 Howbeit he refufed to turn 3a f And they took up Afa-
afide, wherefore Ahncr with the hel, and buried him in thefcpuU So do God to Abner, and
9 the ears of Benjamin; and Abner
hinderendof the fpcar frqotehim chrcofhis father, which -was in more alfo, except as the Lord went alfo to fptak in the cars of
under the fifth rib, that the fpear Beth-lchem and Joab and his hath fworn to David, even fo I do David in Hebron, all that feemcd
:

to him: good to Ifratl, and that feemed

came out behind him; and he fell men went all night, and they
10 To tranflate the kingdom good to the whole houfe of Ben-
down there, and died in the fame came to Hebron at break of day.
from the houfe of Saul, and to fct jamin.
place: and it came to pais, that as CHAP. III.
many as came to the place where
Afahcl fell down and died, flood
MOW
l^
there was long war be-
up the throne of David over If- 20 So Abner came to David to
rael, and over Judah, from Dan Hebron, and twenty men with
tween the houfe of Saul and
even to Bcer-iheba. him: and David made Abner,
ftill. the houfe of David :but Da' 11 And he could not anfwer and the men that were with him,
14 Joab Itft and Abifhai pur- waxed/lrtfnger and flrong Abner a word again, becaufe he a feaft.
filed after Abner: and the fun the houfe of Saul waxed
went down when they \yeve come cr and weaker,
feared him. %\ And Abner faid unto Da-
1% % And Abner
fent mcfTcn- vid, I will arife and go, and will
to the hill of Ammah, that lietb % <f And unto David gcrs to David on his behalf, fay- gather all Ifrael unto my lord ther
before Giah by the way of the fons born in Hebron : and ing, Whofe is the land ? faying king, that they may make a
M'ildcrnefs of Gibeon. firft-born was Amnon of Ahino* clfej Make thy league with me, league with thee, and that thou
aj 1 And the children of Ben- am the Jezreclitefs : andbehold, my jball be with mayeft reign over all that thine
jamirt gathered themfclvcs toge- 3 And his fecond, Chileab, of thee, to bring about all Ifrael
heart defircth. And David fent
ther after Abner, and became one Abigail the wife of Nabal the unto thee. Abner away; and he went in
troop, and ftoocfon the top of an Carmelite : and the third, Ab*
13 If And he faid, Well, I wilf peace,
WMj falom, the fon of Maacah jnake a league with thee: but one
%% \ And behold, the fervants
a6 Then Abner called to Joah, daughter of Talmai king of thm8 , retire of thec, tlut«, of Davkland
Joab
*nd ftid, Shall the fword devour fiiur :
4
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If* SAMUEL. CHAP. V.

a and to all the people that of Benjamin: (for Ziklag, who thought that I would
fobigz troop, and brought in he children
alio was reckoned to have given him a reward for his
treat Ipbil with them : (but Ab- with him, Rend your c'othes, 5C€l oth
tidings:
ner was not with David in Heh- gird you with fackcloth, 3 min
-
I

run, for he had Tent him away, mourn before Abncr. And *^ the Beerothites fled to
And 11 How much more, whei%
and he was gone in peace.) David himfelf followed the bier. ait t aim,
an ^ wcre f°j ou r ncrs wicked men have flain a righteous
32 And they buried Abner ia this day.) per fon in his own houfe upon his
23 When Joab and all the hoft here until
Jonathan Saul's fon had bed? lhail I not therefore now
(bat was with him were come, Hebron : and the king lift up his A And
(onlb.'t was
lame of his feet.W require his blood of your hand,
they told Joab, laying, Abner the voice, and wept at the grate of
yea is old when the tid- and take you away from the earth,
fon of Ner came to the king, and Abner; and all the people wept, Iras five
ws came of Saul and Jonathan 12 And David commanded his
he hath fent him away, and he is 33 And the king lamented oyer
and his nurfc took young men, and they flew them,
gone in peace. Abner, and faid, Died Abner as out of JczreeL
and it came to and cut off their hands and their
him up, and
fled
24 Then Joab came to the king a fool dieth ?
:

nafs a* & c
midc hafte to flee, feet, and hanged them up over the
and faid, What haft thou done? 34 Thy handy were not bound,
that he fell,
and became lame, pool in Hebron: but they took
behold, Abner came unto thee, nor thy feet put into fetters; as*
name was Mephiholheth. the head of Kh-boihcth, and bu-
why is it that thou haft fent him man falleth before wicked men, and his
Aod the fons of Rim- ried it in the fepulchrc of Abner
away, and he is quite gone ? fo felled thou. And all the peo* c

25 Thou knoweft Abner the pie wept again over him. m onthc Becrothite, Rcchah and in Hebron.
fon of Ner, that he came to de- 35 And when all the people
Baanah, went, and came about V. CHAP.
the heat of the
day to the houfe fTPHEN came all the tribes of
ceive thee, and to know thy going came to caufe Da.vid to cat meat
out, and thy coming in, and to while it was yet day, David fwarc
of Jfb-bolheth, who lay on a bed Ifrael to David onto Hcb- A
atnoon. ron, andfpake, faying; Behold,
know all that thou doft. faying* So do God to me, and _

6 And they came thither into we are thy bone and thy flefli.
26 And when Joab was come more alfo, if ! tafte bread, or the midlt of the houfe, at though % Alfo in time paft, when Saul
out from David, he fent meflcn- ought elfe, till the fun be down,
they would have fetched wheat; was king over us, them waft he
ccrs after Abner, which brought 36 And all the people took no-
and they fmolc him under the that leddeft out and broughteft in
hlm again from the Well of.Sirah; ticcc/r'/, and it pleated them: as fifth rib; and Rcchab and Baanah Ifrael and theLoa u faid to thce«
:

buc David knew it not. whatfoever the king did plcafcd

his brother efcaped. ^ Thou
people Ifrad, lhalt feed my
27 And when Abner was re- all the people. 7 For when they came into the and thou Ihalt be a captain over
turned to Hebron, Joab took him 37 F <>r a " thc people, and all houfe, he lay on his bed in his ifrael.
afide in the gate to fpeak with underflood that <!ay, tbttit
Ffiael
bed-chamher, and they fmote him 3 So all the elders of Ifrael
him quietly: andfmote him there was not of the king to flay Abner aod flew him, and beheaded him. came to the king to Hebron, and
underthe fifth rib, that he died, thefonofNer. and took his head, and gat them king David made a league with
for the Wood of Afahel his bro- 38 And the king faid unto his away through the plain all night, them, in Hebron before the
th cr . fcrtants, Know ye not that there 8 Aud they brought the head Lord : and thev anointed Da-
%% ^ And afterward when Da- is a prince, and a great man fall- of llh-boCicth unto David to He- vid king over Ifrael.
vid heard //, he faid, I and my en this day in Ifracl ? bron, and faid to the king, Be-
4 5 David was thirty years
kingdom ore guiltlefs before the 39 Aml 1 am Ja y ww *{ hold the head of Ilh-bolheth the old when he began
to reien, aaJ
Loud for ever, from the blood of though anointed king ; and fon of Saul, thine enemy, which
Jgned forty years.
he reigned y
thefe men the fons of Zeruiah bt
Abner the fon of Ner:
20 Let it reft on the head of too hard forme: thcLojvp Ihallre-
according
{ought thy lite; and the Lord
tiath J —
-l
pain avenged my lord the king 1 — 5 In Hebron he reigned over
•

Judah feven yearsand (ix months;

Joab and on all his father's hoofe, ward the doer of evil this day of S iuI, and of his
-

feed, and in jerufalem h* reigned thir

and let there not fail from the his widcednefs. And David anfwered Re-
honfeof Joab, one that hath an C H A P. IV. ™ 9 1
b a »d Baanah
and three years overall Ifiacl
his brother, the and Judali.
tv

iffue, or that is a leper, or that A ND when Saul's fon heard ions of Rimmonthc
Becrothite, 6 j And the king and his men
Jeanethonaftaff, or that falleth l\ that Abncr was dead * u nto theiD, Atliel^xo
went to Jerufalem, unto the Jc-
liJt
on the fword, or that lackcth Hebron, his hands were feeble, W , .

r C(!ecmed
and all the IfraeTites were troubled.
fcJit r°ii
al1 f
advc r
<°y the inhabitants of the
^rcad.
10 un [%> laod : which fpake unto David,
2 And Saul's fon had two men cn
30 So Joab and AbUhai his
brother flew Abner, becaufe he that were captains of bands; W
ai»
BchoM S a
fcavehmi r
M
BC 1
j
,sdc
^ .
mCf faying ' Excc p* thon tak* awa y
fa y 5ll s-
(Unking-to the blind and the -lame, thou
had flain their brother Afahel at name of the one was Baanah, h old
a
8d nSS
'?
t0< k not come in hither: think-
Gibeon in the battle. the name of the other Ra- of
ot him, andV A
h?« ?
flew him in ing David cannot ccme in hither.
Rimroon a Beetol
3X t And David fard to Joab, the fons of S a 7 Nct«-
 II. SAMUEL
Rcphaim. houfe
C H A p.
of Abinadab that Obed-cdom, into the city of
vr.

7 Neverthelefs, David took Icy of of the

the ftrong hold of Zion : tb« 19 And David enquired of in Gibeah
: and Uzzah and David, with gladnefs.
fame is the city of David; Loan, faying, Shall 1 go u APo the fons of
Abinadab drove 13 And it was fo> that when
8 And David faid on that day, the Philiftines ? wilt tho« cart. they that barcthc ark of theLoRD
h new
Whofoever getteth up to the gut- ver them into mine hand J ! An**
they urou S nt 5t out of nail gone fix paces, he facrificcd
ter, and fmitcth the Tcbufites, the Lord faid unto David, of Abinadab, which oxen and iatlings.
the houfe
and the lame, and the blind, up for I will doubtlefs dc
: at Gibeah accompanying 14 A nd David danced before
aS
that are hated of David's foul, he the Thiliflines into thine hand T rk f God ; and Ahio went the Lord with all his might, and
fhall be chief and captain : where- 20 And David came to before the
ark. David 'was girded with a linen
f And David, and
perazim, and David fmote t all the houfe ephod.
fore they faid, The blind and the
lame fhall not come into the there, and faid, The Lord played l>cforc the Lord 15 So David and all the houfe
of Ifrael,
houfe. broken forth upon mine en on all
manner of wjlruments f of Ifrael brought up the ark of the
before me, as the breach of neicof fir- wood,
even on harps, Lord with ihouting, and with
9 SoDavid dwelt in the fort,

and called it, The city of David : ters. Therefore he called andonpfalteiies, and on timbrels, the found of the trumpet,
and David built round about, name of that place Baal-peraz and on cornets,
and on cymbals. j6 And as the ark of the Loan
from Millo and inward. ai And there they left ( J And when they came to came into the city of David, Mi-
10 And David went on, and images and David and his jjacbon's threfhing-floor, Uz- ehal Saul's daughter looked
grew great, and the Lord God burnt them, 2ah, put forth his
hand to the ark through u window, and faw king
of hotts whs with him. %% 1 And the Philiftines of God, and
took hold of it, for David leaping and dancing be-
XI S And Hiram king of Tyre up yet again, and fpread th theoxen fhook it. fore the Lord , and (he dclpiicd

fent meflengers to David, and
cedar-trees, and carpenters, and
inafons: and they built David
an houfe.
felves in the valley of Rcphaim. 7And the anger of the Lord hjm in her heart.
33 And when David enqui waskindied againft Uzzah, and 17 5 And they brought in the
of the Lord, he faid, Thou God fmote him therefor his cr* ark of the Lord, and fct it in
not go up but fetch a com and there he died by the ark bis piece, in the midft of the ta-
: ror,

XZ And David perceived that behind them, and come u ofGod. bernaclc that David had pitched
the Lord had efrabiilhed him them overagainft the mulberry- 8 And David was and David offered burnt-
difpleafcd, for it :

becaufe the Lord had made a offerings, and peace-offerings bc-

king over Ifracl, and that he trees.
24 And be when thw hrcach upon Uzzah ; and he cal- fore the Lord.
tad exalted his kingdom for his let it

heareft the found of a going in led the name of the place Perez- 18 And affoon as David had
people Ifrael's Take.
the tops of the mulberry-trees, nxxahto this day. made an end of offering burnt-
It i And David took him _

more concubines and wives out that then thou Ihalt beftir thy 9 And David was afraid of the offerings, and peace-offerings,
for then (hall the Lord go LoRnthat day, and faid, How he hleflcd the people in the name
of Jerufalem, after he was come felf :

from Hebron: and there were out before thee, to fmitethc hot fhall the ark of the Lord come to f theLord of hofts.
of the Philiftines. mc 19 And he dealt among all
yet fons and daughters born to -
the
And David 10 So Davia would not remove people, even among the whole
D avid . 25 did fo as the
the ark of the Lord unto him multitude of Ifracl, as well to the
14 And thefe be the names of Lord had commanded him ; and
fmote the Philiftines from Geo*,
into the city of David; but Da- UO men as men, to every one a
thofe that were b*>rn unto him in ndlearned itafidc into the houfe
Jerufalem ; Shammuah, and Sho- until tlvou come to Gazer, cake of bread, and a good piece
bab, and Nathan, and Solomon. C H A VI.P.
of Obed-cdom the Gittitc.
cfftefo* * Micron of -wine : fo
AGAIN, David gathered to- n And the ark of the Lord all the people departed every one
15 Ihhar alfo, and Elilhua, continued in the houfe of Obed-
gether all the chofen f*<* to his houfe.
and Ncpbeg, and Japhia, lh C GU
16 And Elilhama, and EhV of Ifrael, thirty thoufcnd.
* And David arofc, and
I^ i
C hrcc months ;
VI } ao *h«|l I^vid returned to
cdcdom, blefs his houfho d and Michal
1>l)lcf,CtIO,J
?
da, and Eliphalet. «t n In/ni^L ufhold :

with all the peoplcthat the daughter of Saul came out to

l

17 % But when the Phiiirtincs m ?? '

*
« And
him, from Baale of Judah,
w « 1 it was told king D;i-
mC ct David, and faid, How glo-
heard that they had anointed ay np
bring up from thence the arK fhc LoR D hath riouswasthckingoflfraclto-dar,
David king over Ifracl, all the UmV J Li!
'
.
by " hou,c of Obcd-cdom, who uncovered himfclftoday
Philiftines came up to feck Da- God, whofc name is ca led
and all Xh ia
vid : and David heard of it, and namcof the Lord of l,oits
'^ becauf
i°
?\P crtnwcth WW him, the eyes of the handmaids of his
dwelled) between tl^cherubim*\ ° f God<
So ^rvants, as one of the vain fcl-
vent down to the hold. David
3 And they fct the ark
ot£? nl d bro "S ht "P the lows fhamelefsly uncovcrethhim-
18 The Philiftines alfo came ark
k rf^
*Cod fr0Q1 the houfe of fclf?
r" i
broug^
sad fpread thcmfclres in the val- upon a new cart, and
S 3 ai And
 H

R. 8 A M U E L. CHAP. virr.
ix And David faid unto Mi- faith the Load of hofts, and he faid.
Who am I, O Lord »8 And now, O Lord God,
1
chal, It -was before the Lord, thee from the ftieep cote, Oop- * nd
,
" «hou«rr that God. and thy w..rds
which chofe me before thy fa- following the ihecp, to be that thou
haft brought mc hi- be true, and
rhou haft promiicd
this goodnefs
unto thy fcivant.
ther, and before all his houfe, to over my people, over IfraeL thrrw
was
, 9 And
this yet a fmail a 9 Therefore now let it pieafe
appoint me rultr over the people 9 And I was with thee whi.
of the Lord, over Ifrael there-
: thcrfoever thou wentcft.aod have thing »'»y ° Lor<l GoD 5 thee to bids the houfe of thy fer-
but thou hart
fpoken alio of thy rant, that it may
fore will 1 play before the Lord, cut offall thine enemies out continue for
of honie for a great while ever btfore thee: for thou, O Lord
%% And I will yet be more thy fight, and have made thee fervant'*
and u this the manner God, haft fpoken
vile than thus, and will be bafe great name, like unto then t0 come :
it, and with thy
of man, O Goo
Lord blefling let the houfe
in mine own fight : and of the the great men that are in the of thy fcr-
maid-fervauts which thou halt 10 (Moreover, I will appoint a0 And what can David fay vantbc blcflcd for ever,
more unto tliee for thou Lord
.'
c 11 A P VI
fpoken of, of them mall 1 be a place for my people Ifrael, and
had in honour. will plant them, that they m ay
God, knoweft thy fervant. ^ND
"
alter this it came 'to pafs,
23 Therefore Michal the dwell in a place of their own, « For thy word s fake, and that David fmote the ftS
according to thine own heart haft /lines, and fubdued
daughter of Saul had no child un- a nd move no more : neither (hall them: and
thou done all thefc great things, David took
til the day of her death. the-children of wickcdnels afflift Mctheg-ammah out
make fervant know
CHAP. VII. them any more, as before time, to
U
thy
Wherefore thou art great,
ibem. of the band of the Philiftines

AN D it came to pafs, when n And a* fince the time that 1 And he fmote
Lord God : for Ibne u none meafured them with
hS,
and
the king fat in his houfe, 1 commanded judges to be over
and the Lord had given him reft my people Ifrael, and have can-
hketh«, neither » /W» a line, eaft-
ing them down to the ground:
belidethee, according to all that evui with two
round about from all hisenemies ; ft< l thee to reit from all thine lines meafured he
we have heard with our cars. to put to death, and with one full
% That the king faid unto N'a- enemies.) Alfo the Lord tellcth
2 j And whatonenationin thc line to keep
than the prophet, See now, I thee, that he will make thee au alive: and A the
earth m like thy people, «vm like Moabites became David's fer-
dwell in an houfe of cedar, but the houfe.
Ifrael, whom God went to re- rants,
ark of God dwelleth within cur- u J And w hen thy days be deem for a people to himfclf,
and brought gifts,
3 ? David fmote alfo Hadade-
tains. fulfilled, and thou lhalt flecp and to make him a name, and to let the fon
3 And Nathan faid to the king, with thy fathers, I will fet of Rchob, king of
Go, do all that is in thine heart: thy feed after thee, which rible, for thy
and, before thy border at the
for the Lord is with thee. proceed out of thy bowels, a people which thou redeemed!} to
river Euphrates,
a Ami D K 1 •

4 1 And it came to pafs that will eftablim his kingdom,

night, that the word of the Lord 13 He (hall build an houfe
came unto Nathan, faying, my name, and will eftablifh the
I

5 Go and tell my fervant Ha- throne of his kingdom for

cvct.

vid,Thus iaith the Lord, Shalt

thou build mean houfe for
14 1 will be his father, and he
me to (hall be my fon :

uiilchaftcn him with

if he commit
2ri?, & sail t*W§s
dwell in ? iniquity, I
%S And now, O Lcrd God. the c And whim c •

6 Whereas I have not dwelt in the rod of nun, and with the
any houfe fince the time that I ftiipes of the children of men :
brought up the children of Ifrael 15 But nvy mercy iliail not dc-
out of Ewjypt even to this day, part away from him, as I took
but have walked in a tent, and U from Saul, whom I put »* aX
in a tabernacle. before thee.
7 In all the places wherein I 16 And thine houfe, and t
have walked with al I the chil- kingdom fhall be cftab'.ilb
dren of Ifrael, fpakc I a word ever before thee: thy t
with any of the tribes of Ifrael, (hall be eftablilbcd forever
whom I commanded to feed my 17 According to all thefc
people Ifrael, faying, Why build and according to all this v
yc not me an houfe of cedar ? fo did Nathan fpeak unto
Da
8 Now therefore, fo (halt thou 18 1 Then went king
fay unto my fervant David, Thus hi, auJ fct before the "" P-aycr unto ,h«. P"r 10
Jf***
° 4 , . i
8 And
 S A
II. M U E L.
'
CHAP. X.
8 And from Bctah, and from CHAP. IX. a^'M that thy maiTe/«fon may
,
the men *ere greatly afhamed *

AND David
Bcrothai, of Hadadezer,
cities
king David took exceeding much
brals
A of the houfc
a<.y that
of Saul, that I may (hew him
is
faid, Is t
left
I^V-foodfoeatiliutMcpWIiO heth
Jhv mailer's
1

l*ar\y at
fon (hall eat bread
m > tabic. Now Ziba had
r
and the kin- faid,, Tarry at Jen-
cho until your beards be grown,
a-nd then return.
for Jonathan's lake? Lrecn fi>n6 and twenty
fervants. 6 1 A\U\ when the children of
9 «J When Toi king of Hamath kindnci's t

heard that David had fmittcn all a And there -wns of the houfc ll Then
faid Ziba nnto the Ammon faw that JLhcv ftank be-
of Saul a fervant whofe name According to all that my fore David, the chifdien of Am-
the holt of Hadadezer, fcinff.

fent Joram his -mos Ziha and when they had kinj hath commanded mon fent and hired the Syrians of
10 Then Tot :
Iord 'the
him unto David, the king fervant, io (hall thy fervant Bcth-rchoh, and the Syrians of
fon untoking David to falutc him, called his
unto him Art thou Ziba? As for Mephibofheth,/^ the Zoba, twenty thoufand footmen,
and toblefs him, becaufe he had laid do.
fought againft Hadadezer, and and he laid, Thy fervant ,s be. he (ball eat ?.t my table, as and of king Mafecah a thoufan^
And the king faid h there one of the
king's fans, bien, and of Ifli-tob twelve thou-
lmitten bim Cfor Hadadezer had
r

: 3
not yet any of the honfe of Saul, x % And
Mcphibofhcth had a fand men.
wars viith Toi:) and Jtram
that may (hew the ktndnefiof young fon, whofe name -was Mi- ^ And when David heard of //,
brought with him vcflclsof lilver, 1

and vends of cold, and yeliels of God unto him and Z.ba faid unto
>.
cha: and all that dwelt in the he fent Joab, and all the hoft of

brafj . the king, Jonathan hath yet a boufeof Ziba -were fervants unto the mighty men.
'
fon -which n lame on bis feet, Mephibolheth. 8 And the children of Animon
ii Which alfo king David did
4 And the king fa.d unto him, 13 So Mcphibofheth dwelt In came out, and put the battle in
dedicate unto tl.eLo*n, with the
jilver and gold that he had dedi-
Where ii he ? and Ziba faid unto Jerufalem for he did eat conti-
: arayat the entering in of the gate;
the king, Heboid he n in the nually at the king's table; and and the Syrians of Zoba, and of
catc of all nations which he fub-
j uccI . houfe of Machir the Ion of Am- was lame on both his feet. Rehob, and Ito-tob, and Maacah,
zi Of Syria, and of Moah, and mitl, in
l.o-debar. CHAP.X. -were by themfelrcs in the field.

of the children of Ammo.., and 5 1 Then

king David fent and AND it ramc to pafs after this, 9 When Joab faw that the front
of die Philillines, and of Amalek, fetc hed
him out of the houfe of " that the king of the children of the batt'e was againft him be-

and Hadadezer (on Machir the lou of Ammiel, irom

of thefpoil of
of Amnion died, and Hanun his fore and behind, he chofeofall
ion reigned in his (lead. the choice men of Ifrael, and put
'

% Then laid David, 1 will fhew them in aray againft the Syrians,
fon of Jonathan the Ion of Saul kindnel's unto Hanun the fon of 10 And the reft of the people
from Uniting of
when he returned
« as come unto David, he fell on Nahaih, as his father (hewed kind- he delivered into the hand of A-

W23, rians in the valley of fait,

Keen thoufand mem. his face, and did reverence. nefsuuto me. And David feut bilhai I. is brother, that he might
to comfort him, by the hand of put them in aray againft the chiU
his fervants, for his father. And dren of Ammon.
David's fervants came into the 11 And be faid. If the Syrians
land of the children of Ammon. he too ftrong for me, then
thou
MSi'.*-*
f
T; «d
r
reigned over all
whither-
*£^»J^&
S the ,and of Saul thy father
3 And the princes of thechil- fhalt help me: but if the children
dren of Ammon faid unto Hanun of Ammon be too ftrong for thee,
their lord, Thinkeft thou that then 1 will
come and help thee.
am thou (halt cat b.ead at Dwid doth honour thy father, iz Be of good courage, and let
jfrael, and David executed
judg-
that he hath firnt comforters unto
us play the men for our people,
mcntandjultircuntoullhispeoplc table continually.
he bowed h imfe f, ana
thee, hath not David rather fent
16 And Joab the fon of Zeruiah 8 A nd ami for the cities of our God : and
|m fervants unto thee, to fearch the Lord do that which
and Jeholha- faid, What « thy fervant, feemeth
jTorer the holl ;

look upon ft
the city, and to ipy it
out, and to htm good.
pi the fon of Ahrludwi rc- thon fcouUcft
w/' ?
*
u_ .
fon of AM-
dead dog as I r?7W
1 Then the king
«lW
.
^ w?r
x 3 And Joab drew nigh, and
4 therefore Hanun took D.i- the people that were with him,
,7 And 7.adok the
fervant
.9
and f d •^alervants, and fhaved off the onto the battle againft the
<oJ and Ahhndfch the fon of Ziha Saul's one half f lnc i r
beaM*. and cut ans: and they fled before him.
Syri-
AbUar, w.thepriefts; and him,
Sciaiah was theftribej J«
s
^^.^ perU
fon all hat
on their garments
w the middle, m
14 And when the children of
18 And Bcnaiah the fon of Jc-
hoiada wi
over
it,* ana (He
both thcChereth- io Thou
Pelcthitcs ; and amlt hy
Saul,
therefore and
and to

"'"^
all his houfe.

Vi
5 Wk
to their buttocks, and

r
ay-
l
he fent to mctt
I 1
,
ih<,y ,oM U unl
fent Ammon faw that the Syrians
w
*hcn fled they alfo be-
° Da * forc bilhai, and entered into the A
for him, and thou malt them, becaufe city r fo Joafc returned from the
David's ions were chief rulers,
S J chilton
 II. S A M U E L. CHAP. XII.
children of Amnion, and came to not this Bath-lheba the daughter And when David had called vailed again!! os, and came ont
It
o{ £l>am, the wife of Uriah th did eat and drink before unto us into the field, and we
Jcrufalem. e him, he
Hittite? n ' m drunk : were upon them even inflto the
made
15 % And when the Syrians ; al1<* ' ,c
Jiim
faw that they were linitten hefore 4 And David fent mefTengera and at even
he went out to lie on entering of the gate.
Ifrael. they gathered themfelvcs
and took her ; and Ihe came in J,is bed
with the fervants of his 24 And the mooters (hot from
together. unto ,,im and he lav wilh n er, - lord, h"t
went not down to his off the wall upon, thy fcrvanti,
was purified from her and feme ot the king's fervants be
16 And Hadarezer fent, and (for foe houfe.
and Ihe returned I4 f And it
came to pafs in dead, and thy fcrvant Uriah the
brought out the Syrians that were uncleannefs )
.1.. -.nrninc. tiiat David u mrr H-itt if» • J..J - r„
beyond the river, and they caire unto her houie.
1

to Hclam, and Shobach the cap- J And the woman conceived,

fent and told David, and laid,
tain of the hod of liaaarezer and
vent hefore them. I «>* w "'> child.

I? And when it was told Da- 6 J And David fent to Joab, faying,
Send me Uriah the Hittite, font of ho tert battle, and vonreth one as Well as another:
tiie
vid. he gathered all Ifrael toge- fayu.t.
and And Joab fent Uriah to David, retire ye fiom him, that he may make thy battle more flrong a-
ther, and palled over Jordan,
7 And when U nan was come bi fmitten and die. gainfl the city, and ovcrthiow it;
came to Hclam : .and the Syrians
.

againil unto him; David demanded of km 16 And it came to pafs when and encourage thou him.
fet themfclves in aray "* '"
Joab oMervcd the city, that *"
*' he * «f And
»6
"*
bow Joab did, and how the pe.,. when the wif '

wife of "

David, and fought with him. afligned Uriah unto a place Where Uriah her.id that Uriah her huf-
how the warprofpered.
18 And the Syrians fled before pledid.and he knew th .t valiant men were. band was d«ad, (he mourned
Ifrael, and David flew tbc
men of 8 And David faul to Uriah, uiicd for
17 And the men of the city her hufband.
feven hundred chariots of the Sy-
Go down to thy houfe, and waft went out, and fought with Joab
horfe- thy feet. And Uriah departed 47 And when the mourning :

rians, and forty thoufand and there fell ftmeof the people was part, David fait end fetched
of the king s houie andtheit
men, and fmotc Shobach the cap- out of the fc.vants of David, and her to his houfe, and (Ik became
there, followed him a mels of meat from
tain of their hoft, who died l/nah the Hittite died alio. hU wife, and-bare him a font but
10 And when all the kings the king. and thc tm
that were fervants to
Hadarezer 9 But Uriah flept at the door . m 111 i '
told David all the things con- diiplealed f ,hat I>-vidbad done
the Loan.
before of the k.ng s houie, with all
_

fmitten
faw that they were
with If- fervants of his lord, and went
ccnung the war
iu And C h._ « d the mcflen-
XII. CHAP.
Ifrael, they made peace the Lord fent Nathan AND
rael. and ferved them.
Syrians feared to help the chil-
dren of Arnmon any more.
So the down to his houfe.
10 And wnen they
David, Ikying, Uriah
. S2b.lt? l„!f
madean W
end of< telling the mat- „nto him,
taof the war unto the king, There were
and
1
™ ,,aa unto

two men
a "d
faid
he carte
unto him,
CHAP. in «n,e Sty

AND ter the year was

XI.
it came to pafs, I**/
expired, at
down unto his houie, l
af- unto Uriah, Camel! thod not
from tby journey wh> didtt
.
wrath an t
untodree,
«W.if approached yen, nigh
Whereiore '
a „°a h T& ^ *£ f%
The rich
4
rici,
«

mm
^
a!1 ">

had exceeding-
S
manv flocks and herds
forth to thou not go down unto
thioe :

the time when kings go 4"

that David fent Joab and houfe ? KcVye'Kt* .hiV, 3 But the poor had nothing
^:° -
^''V; ,

Sbattle
ervant with him, and all If- II And U.iah faid untoDa. KoT fLn. "he wal '
y W0U,<1
K
li «'--lar.,
, which
had bought and nou.ilhed up:
1
B
iae ; and they deftro^ed the chil- vid, The ark, and Ifrael and 21 Wlnl , ',- , ,
M,T e CCh thC a " d k rew

dren of Ammon, and beGeged Judah abide in tents ; and roy ion of Tub ^ ,C l i
^ U P tocher with hite,

David tarried (till ord joab, and the ft. vantsof my m

but P

^
lfk0
° f h,SOwn mcat - a «« ! ^'inkof
Rabbah :

are encamped 111 the open "P^n^ m from f ° n r

"jf?
rVrnfalem
And it came to pa*
l° r<l
in an fields: (hall I then go mtc
drink, ana
>m~ m I ' he."
»Wh the w;ip'tS' y r
*
WCn yC
,,is own rt
^ P' an ' 1
:
in his »*>«*».
«"«« l«m asadaupl.ter.
^
to eat and to
•.enina-tide. that David arofe houfe,
my wife ? t*j « Thy f rv^n^
,
'
4 " d ,hf Camc a tra A * ^'^
^m ot his bed, and walked up- to lie with
lm-ft, and ,5 thy lool hveth,
om«I alfo
Uriah rh
" h the H,WU
^i*tt '
* 1S »"to the rich man, and he fpared
in roof of ihe king's houfe ;
a » So the m-rt t2keof his own and of
, 1 i°.

S: w. very beautiful to look

Mba3 And the
ft "Ilfir
311 th " way fa,in S
,um
ma "
|,ut ^»hat was
the
come

Z "men ^
m?frln r - poor
JcrufaUm 0* t0D "id,
u, slX B '-mb.anddrefiedit foHhe
Uriah- abo.Ic in ourcly the
"TAnd David fent amlcnquired pie- maj, that wa* come
to him.
one laid, h day and the morrow.
after the woman and s *
:

^ S And
 If. S A MU E I.. CHAP. XIII.
5 And David's anger was great- to blafphcme ; the child alio / »% But now he is dead, where- % And Amhon was Co veaed,
ly kindled againft the man, and is born unto thee lhall furely faft ? can 1 bring him that he fell fwrk for Jrisfitlcr Ta-
fore mould
I

he faid to Nathan, ^MhcLopo 15 ^ And Nathan depa

lircth, the i\vM\ that hath done unto his houfe: ami the Lox
LcK again? I lhall go to him, mar; for fhc was a virgin: and
to
hut he
'hall not return to me. Amnbn thought it hard for him
this thing <h?U furely die. (truck the child that Uriah's wife David comforted to do any thing to her.
24 1 And
6 And he thall reftorc the lamb bare unto Da\ id, and i: was very bis wife, and went in 3 Bnt Arar.on had a frfend
9 gatfi Ibcba
four-fold, becaufe he did this thing fick. lay with her: and whofe name -was Jonadab, the Ton
onto her, and
and becanfc he bad no pity. 16 David therefore befought foil, and he called his of Shimcah David's brother : and
(he bare a
7 ^ And Nathan laid to Da- God for the child, and and the Lord Jonadab nw a very fubtil man,
Davi<l name Solomon;
vid, Thou art the man. Thus farted,and went in, and lay all 4 And he faid unto him, Why
loved him.
the Loan God of Ifrael, night upon the earth,
faith
35 And he leirt by the hand of art thou, being the king's fon,Jean
I

anointed thee king over Ifracl, 17 And

ajid T delivered thee out of the
hand of Saul:
8 And gave thee thy matter'*
I would not, neither did he
houfe, and thy matter's wives into
thy boforn, and gave thee the
houfe of Ifrael and of Tudah; and
the ciders of his houfe
Nathan the prophet, and he called from day to day ? wilt ibou not
arofe, and vent to him, to nufc becaufe of the tell me? And Amnon faid unto
his name Jcdidiab,
him up from the earth: but be i,0RD. him, I love Tamar, my brother
26 1 And Joab fought againft Abfalom's firter,
bread with them, Rabbah of the children of Am- 5 And Jonadab faid unto him,
18 And it came to pafs on mon, and took the royal city. Lay thee down on thy bed, and
feventh day, that the child
*7 And Joab fent meflcngers make thyfelf fick and when thy
:

if that had been too little, I would and the fervants of David to David, and faid/1 have fought father cometh to fee thee, fay
moreover have given uoto thee to tell him that the child againft Rabbah, and have taken unto him, I pray thee, let my
fuch and fuch things. dead : for they faid, Behold, the city of waters. filler Tamar come and give me
child was yet alive, we
9 Wherefore haft thou defpifed w hile the 1% Now therefore gather the meat* and drefs the meat in my
the commandment of the Lord, fpake unto him, and he wouU reft of the people together, and fight, that may fee if, and eat ii
I

to do evil in his fight? thou haft not hearken unto our voice: how encamp againft the city, and take at her hand,
killed Uiuh theJHittitc with the will he then vex himfelf, if we it: leftI take the city, and it be 6 \ So Amnon lay down, and
fwoid, and haft taken his wife to tell him that the child is dead? called after my name. and made himfelf fick and when
:

thy wife, and haft flain him 19 But when David fa w that ao And David gathered all the the king was come to fee him,
with the fword of the children of his fervants whifpered, David people together, and went to Amnon laid unto the king, I pray
Ammon. perceived that the child was dead: Rabbah, and fought againft it, thee, let Tamar my fiftcr come,
10 Now therefore the fword therefore David faid unto his and took it. and make me a couple of cakes in
lhall never depart from thine fervants, Is the child dead? and 30 And he took their king's my fight, that I may cat at her
iioufc ; becaufe thou haft defpifed they faid, He is dead ? crown from off his head, (the hand.
xnc, and baft taken the wife of 20 Then David arof* from the weight whereof was a talent of 7 Then David fent home to
Uriah the Hittite to be thy wi/e. earth, and warned, and anointed gold, with the piccious ftones.) Tamar, faying,
Go now to thy
11 Thus faith the Lord, He- himfelf and changed his apparel,
, and it was fit on David's head t brother Amnon's
houfe,and drefs
hold, I will raifc up evil againft and came into the houfe of the and her brought forth the fpoil of him meat.
thee out of thine own houfe, and Lord, and worfhipped: then he the city in great abundance. 8 So Tamar went to her bro-
I will take thy wives before
thine came to his own houfe, and when 31 And he brought forth the ther Amnon's houfc, (and he was
eyes, and give them unto thy he required, they fet bread before people that therein, and put laid down,) and Ihe took flour,
neighbour, and he mall lie with him, and he did eat. t*tm under faws, and under har- and kneaded it, and made cakes in
thy wives in the fight of this fun. 21 Then faid his rows of iron, and under axes
of his fight, and did bake the cakes,
him, What thing ts this that thou iron and made them
ll For thou didft it fecretly:
a
pafs through 9 And (he took a pan, ami
but I will do this thing before all haft done? thou didft fall thebrick-kUn: and thus did he poured them out before bim, but
weep for the child -while it -was unto all the cities
Ifrael. and before the fun. he refufed to eat. And Amnon
of the children
when the child was d or Ammon.
13 And David faid unto Na- live, but So David and all the
Odd, Have out all men from tM :
and cat bread. ^opie returned unto Jerufalcm.
than, I have finned againft the thou didft rife and they went oat every man
And Nathan faid unto %% And he faid, While thecMW H A P. XH1. from him.
Lord. AK 9
fafted and wepti
David, The Lord alfo hath put was yet alive, I
t0
tlwV???,0 pafs aftcr this 10 And A «"non Mi imto Ta-
awayr hy fin;
m J
.\
thou
.
,
malt not
...
die.
„
for I faid, Who can tell
M
God will be gracious to me,
tiflerfjT
that vid bVi ,. 22
r fiftcr
^whoft mime
'

ft" °f Da- mar* Bring the meal into the

great occa- the child m; w 7

^
»«tJL* an*
oi£*SY %

**md loved her.

' that I may eat of thine
Amnon the/on b* D 4. And Tamar took the cakes
enemies of the Lo*P W hich
 ir. SAMUEL, CHAP. XIV.
peace, my lifters he,',
were in the way, that tidings
t l, ey
a And
Joab fern to Tekoah.
which (he had made, an4 brought now thy
Amnon thy brother, regard not this thW came to David, faying, Abfaiom and fttcht thence a wife woman
tbem into the chamber to the king's- fous, and and faid unto her, I pi ay thee
So Tamar remained defolale U, hath flain aft
her brother. there is not
one of them left. feign thyfelf to be a mourner,
brother Abfaiom s houfc. and
II And when ftie had brought her Then the king arofe, and put on now mourning apparel,
them unto him to eat, he took «
t ht when king Da,*
all thefc things, he w«
3l
tare his
garments and lay on the and anoint not thyfeif with oil'
hold of her, and faid unto ber, heard of earth; and all his fervants flood but be as a woman that had a
Come lie with me. my fifter. very wroth.
their clothes rent. long time mourned for the dead-
aa And Abfaiom fpake nnto by with
ia And toe anfwered him, Nay, And Jonadabthe fon of And come
Amnon neither good 3t 3 to the king, and
my brother, do not force me: for his brother for Abfaiom hated Am.
Shimeah, David's brother, an- fpeak on this manner unto him.
no inch thing ought to be doue in nor bad :
f.«red and faid, Let not my lord So Joab put the words in her
lfrael; do not thou this folly.
non, becaufe he had forced
fuppofe that they have flain all the mouth.
ii And I, whither mall caufe fifter Tamar.
I
young men the king's fons; for 4 «| And when the woman of
n>v lhame to go and as for thee, a 3 1 And it came to pafs aftt
?

years, that Abfaiom ha* Amn .n only is dead; for by the Tekoah fpake to the king, foe fell
thoulbalt be as one of the fools in two full appointment of Ahfalom this on her face to the ground/and did
lfrael: now therefore, pray foeep-focarersin Bar.l-hazor.which
hath been determined, from the
I
and Abfalorii obcifance, and faid, Help O kine
is bef.de Ephraim
thee, fpeak unto the King: for he
:

day tbathc forced his fifter Tamar. And the king faid unto
t
invited all the king s ions. her"
will not with-hold me from thee, 33 Now therefore let not my What aileth thee and Ihe
14 Howbeit, he would not 14 And Abfaiom came to the ? an*
lord the king take the thing to his fwered, am indeed a widow wo-
and faid Behold now, thy 1
hearken unto her voice, but, be- king, htart, to think that all the king's man, and mine hu/band is dead
fervant bath fteep-Ihcareri .let
ing ftrongcr than foe, forced her, fons arc dead, for Amnon only is 6 And thy handmaid had two*
the king, 1 bcicech thee, and hit
and by with her. deac1, fons a »d they two ftrovctoecther
wuh thy kivant. ..
? Then Amnon hated her fervants go „
K aj And the king fa.d to Abft. 34 But Abfaiom „ .
fled
. '

And the in the Held, and there was none to

exceedingly; fo that the hatred young man that kept the watch part them, but the one
wherewith he hated her, was lorn,
Nay my fon let us not all lift up his eyes, and looked, and other, and flew
fmotc the
now go, Left we be chargeable unto him.
greater than the love wherewith behold, there came much people 7 And behold, the whole family
And he preflcd him : how-
ne had loved her; and Amnon
thee
by the way of the hill-fide behind is rifen againft
belt he would not go, hut blefltd thine handmaid
faid unto her, Arifc, be gone. ani1 thc X lai d, Deliver him
16 And foe faid nnto him, him a it a k*«* that
35 And Jonadab faid unto the fmote his brother, that we
. l
» ir ,„ m Umnt
There is no caufe; this evil in l6 Then fa.d Abfaiom, If "ot,
king, Behold
may
the king's fons kill him, for the life
thee let my brother Am- of his bro-
fending me away, is greater than I pray come: as thy fervant faid foil is. ther whom he
the other that thou didft unto non go
with us And the king
U 10
flew, and Se
» ffo n deftroy the heir alfo:
wS
me: but he would not hearken
1 "1 Why mould he go h K 1 P»f
as he had made an end of fpeak-
? and fo they
^l^ ^Abfaiom
'

pre lied him,

foall quench my coal which is
mg that behold, the king's fons and (Sail not leave
to
left
ZrVSS*
"^7 Then he called his fervant But came, and lift op their voice and
neither name nor remainder upon
Sired unto him, and that he let Amnon and all the wept: and the king alfo and all P
that the earth.
faid, Put now this out from king s tons go with him.
me, and bolt the door after her. a8 1 Now Abfaiom had com-
,8 And the bad a garment of manded his fervants, faying, Wbrk
ye now when Amnon s
heart
went
I hud
LrlSr
JTr 0t A
n'
*T™> Go to thine houff »"d «
Wi " givC Ch " ge «"»«™ing thee.
.

divers colours upon her for with

s

fuch robes were the king's daugh-

merry with wine, and when
Amnon
1

twa
513°/ ^ ki
hl
ft ur:
ft
*«*P*-
,
n ««7 d»*
A
„ 9
And
the woman of Tekoah
faidu "t«>the king, My
ters, that were virgins,
apparelled, unto you, bmite .
18 So AhfT \£» lord, O
ha e not:i GeL ^ing, the iniquity be on me, and
Then his fervant brought her out, kill him
commanded you
fear not ;

be contagious,
ta
yean
/h"'
1

V*
Cre thrcc on my fathcr ' s hour
«: a "« the
and bolted the door after her.
?
,

kl "8 and his throne ^goiltlefs.

10 H And Tamar put afoes on and be valiant, lOAnd*** / 1 /§ . ^ .,

her head, and rent her garment 29 And the fervants of

Abfal °-m:
of divers colours that was on her, lorn did u.ito Amnon as
then
for b ^TclZIJTwncernioj unto.hee, bring
him to me, and hefoall not touch
and laid her hand on her head, had commanded: Amno
"onr?cein?n
feeing he was dead. thee any more.
king's fons arofe, and
and went on crying.
ao And Abfaiom her brother gat him up upon his

faid unto her. Hath Amnon thy fled,

brother been with thee I but hold 3° ? And it came

 .

IK SAMUEL. CHAP. XV.

revengers of blood to As thy fonl liveth, my . uru the
fiirtlr tlic o 4 So Abfalom dwelt two 4 Abfalom faid moreover, Oh
turn to eho tight and faw that I were made judge in the
ticihoyany more, left they deftroy king, none can \\ v«ars in JciuJalcm,
myii.il. Andhcfaid.^ithcI.oRD kaad
or to the left iiom ought king's face. land, that ever* man which hath
DOt the
Uvcth, there (hall not one hair of that my lord
the king hath fp^.
Q Therefore Abfalom fent for any ftiit or caufe might come unto
3
thy fon fall to the earth. en : for thy fci vant Joab he bade ? to have fent him to the me, and I would do him
juOice.

ia Then Vhe womr.n laid, Let me, and he

put all heft- word 4 i a would not come to 5 And it was fo, that when any
k°nV hut he
i

thine handmaid, 1 pray thee, the mouth

of thine lumd-maid t
'and when he fent again the man came nigh to him to do
him
k'
fpeak one word unto my lord the 20 To fetch about tlm form of he would not come, obeifance, he put forth his hand,
f Q L\ time,
And hclaid, vSayon. fpecch hath tin- fervant Joab done « Therefore he faid unto his and took him and killed him.
king.
thing : and my lord n wile, 6 And on thte-manntr did Ab-
13 And the woman laid. Where- this { rvants,
See, Joab's 'field is near
thou thought fuch according to the uif.lom -* he hath barley there; fa lorn to all Ifrael that came to
fore then haft - ine and
people of God? angel of God, to know on fire: and Abfa the king for judgment : fo Abfa*
a thing againft the o and fct it
are in the earth raen of
for the king doth fpeak this thing that fom's ten ants
fet the field on fire, lorn ftolc the hearts of the

as one which is faulty, in that the

June doth not fetch home again Joab,
ai 1 And tne king faid unto
Behold now, 1 have J — u Then Joab arofe and came
to Abfalom
unio bis houfe, and
Mracl.
7 •[ And it came to pafs after
this thing: go the-eiotr him, Wherefore have
'

hi, banifhed. fce faid unto

forty years, that Abfalom faid
j
the young man Abfalom w
.

thv fervants fet my field on fire ? unto the king, ] pray thee, let me
14 For we muft needs dio, and
are as water fpilt on the
ground, 1% And Joab fell to the gi _
3» And Abfalom anfwered go and pay my vow which I have
arid bowed him-
which cannot be gathered up a- on his face, ah, Behold, 1 fent unto thee, vowed unto the Lord in Hebron,
thanked the king and Joa aying, Come hither, that I may 8 For thy fervant vowed a vow
eain : neither doth God refpefl and :

knoweih
Lr pe.fon: yet doth he devife faid, To-day thy fervant fend flue to the kin$ to fay, while 1 abode at Gelhur in Syria,
have found grace in thy Wherefore am I come from Gc- faying, If the Lord (hall bring
means, that his banifhed be not that I
expelled from him. fight, my lord, O king, th.> m fliur?;/ WJwwgoodforme tobave me again indeed to Jerufalero
?
king hath fulfilled the rcqi
15 Now therefore that I am the heen there ft ill now therefore
: let then 1 will fcrve the Lord.
fervant. 9 And the king faid unto him,
come to fpeak of this thing unto of his mefee the king's face; and if there
23 So Joa!, arofe and went
my lord the king, it is becaufc the Gelhur, htany iniquity in me, let him Go in peace. So he aioie and
people have made me afraid : and
and brought Abfalom to kill me. went to Hebron.
Ihy hand-maid faid, 1 will
now Jerufalcm. 33 So Joab came to the king, 10 J But Abfalom fent fpies
king it may he 24 Ami the king faid, Let him and told him : and when he had throughout all the tribes of Ifrael*
fpeak unto the ;

houfe, and let him

t&atthe king will perform the turn to his own tailed for Abfalom, he came to faying, Aflbon as yc hear -the

rcnucft of his hand-maid.

not fee my face. So Abfalom the king, and bowed himfclf on found of the trumpet, tb*n ye
to his own houfe, ai
16 For the king will hear, to returned his face to the ground before the fhall fay, Abfalom rcigncth in.

deliver his hand-maid out of the faw not the king s face, king: and the king kiflcd Abfalom. Hebron,

hand of the man that would de- lS 1 But in all Ifrael there CHAP. XV. 11 And *ith Abfalom went
Uroy me and my fon together out
none to be fo much praifed ^ND it came to pafs after this, two hundred men out of Jerufft*
Abfalom for his beauty :
of the inheritance of God _ : that Abiklom prepared him lent, that were called; and they
fole of his foot, even to the and horfes, and fifty
17 Then thine hand-maid faid,
chariots, went in their fimplicity, and they
of his head, there was no Men men
The word of my lord the king to run before him. knew not any thing.
lhall now he comfortable:
for as in him. a And Abfalom rofe up early, ia And Abfalom fent for Ahi-
an angel of God fo is my lord the 26 And when he polled and Rood befide the way of the thophel the Gilonite, David's
king, to difctrn good and bad ; head, (for it was at every ye gate: audit was/?, that when
counfellor, from his city, eyta
therefore the Lord thy God will end that he polled «/ heouftT .- any roan that had a controverfy
from Giloh, while he oifcred f*r
hair was heavy on him therew come to the king for judgment,
be with thee. crifices : and the confpiracv was
18 Then the king anfweredand he polled it,) he weighed tt then Abfalom called unto him, ftrong . for the people increafed
Aid unto the woman, Hide not of his head at two hnnxlrw. ana laid, Of what
city art thou ? continually with Abfalom.
pray thee, the thing after the king's weight. And he faid, Thy fervant
from me, I is of 13 f And there csrne a mef-
fhall ark thee.
that 11 ......
inai And the a7 And unto \bfalom one of the tribes
of Ifrael. fenger to David, faying, The
one
woman faid, Let my lord the king were born three fons, ana 3 And Abfalom unto him, faid hearts of the men of Ifrael are
Ta-
now fpeak. daughter, whofe name iwi m, attcrs are & ood an< l after Abfalom.

hand
I« And the king faid. Is net the
of Joab with thee iu ajl this.'
mar : Ihe wts a woman c* a
countenance,
ru7h\
of rh
1

h no map
mcKing tohearthcc.
uied ^ M
And David faid untoall his
fervants that -were with him at
'
audtlx woman anfwered and fai l,
Jerufalcm,
 II. SAMUEL. CHAP. XVI.
Jcrufalem, arifc, and let us flee ; himfelf palled over tlic brook Ki. behold, Hufliai the A.chitc faid, Ttuday (hall the houfe of
roA
for we lhall not elfe cfcape from dron, and all the people pa fl C(J him, with his coat Ifracl reflore me the kingdom of
.me to meet
Abfalom : make fpeed to depart, over, toward the way of thevvil, ut and
earth upon his head : my father.
left he overtake us fuddenly, and dernefs.
* j Unto
whom David faid, Jf 4 Then faid the king to Ziba,
bring evil upon us, and fmite the »4 S And lo, Zadok alfo, and naoartert on with mc, then thou Behold thine are all that pertained
city with the edge of the l'woid. all the Levites with him, unto me. onto Mephibofheth. And Ziba
Ij And the king's fervants faid bearing the ark of the covenant
unto the king, Behold, thy fcr- of God, and they fet down the
vants<*rr ready to do whatsoever ark ol God; and Abiathar went
my lord the king mail appoint. up, until all the people had done
16 And the king went forth, parting out of the city, therto, fe I now alfe be thy came to Bahurim, behold, theence
and all his houfehold after him : z J And the king faid umo fexvant: then
mayeft thou for me came out a man of the family of
and the kine left ten women, Zadok, Carry back the ark of defeat the
counfel of Ahithophel. the houfe of Saul, whofenamewu
which -were concubines, to keep God into the city ? if 1 lhall find 35 And haft
thou not there with Shimei the fen of Gera; he came
the houfe. favour in the eyes of the Lord, he thee Zadok
and Abiathar the forth, and curfed ftill as he came,
17 And the king went forth, will bring mc
again, and Ihew me
prierts? therefore it (hall be, that 6 And he caft ftoncsat David,
and all the people after him, and both it, and his habitation, what thing focver thou (halt hear, and at all the fervants of king
tarried in a place that was far off". *6 But if he thus fay , I have no out of the king's houfe, thou (halt Dnvid : and all the people, and
behold, here an
18 And all his fervants parted delight in thee :
tell f* to Zadok and Abiathar the all the mighty men, -were on his
onbefidchimjaddalltheChere- I, let hi.11 do tome as feemeth priefts. right hand and on his left.
thites, and all the Pelethites, and good unto him. 36 Heboid, they have there with 7 And thus faid Shimei when
all the Gittitcs, fix hundred men *7 The king faid alfo ui.toZa- them their two ions, Ahimaaz be curfed, Come out, come out,
thou a feert
which came after him from Gath, dok the pntft. Art not Zadok'«y&», and Jonathan Abia- thou bloody man, and thou man
parted on before the king. return into the city in peace, and thar's fon: and by them ye lhall of Belial:

19 1 Then faid the king to your

two fens with you, Animaaz. fend unto mc every thing that yc 8 The Lord hath returned up-
fen, and Jonathan the fon of
Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goeft thy can
«' „ n * „ • •
the blood of the houfe 9? th « a11
thou alfo with us ? return to thy Abiathar. 37 So Hufliai David s friend of Saul, in whofe (lead thou baft
place, and abide with the king: *8 See I wdl tarry in the plain came into the city, and Abfalom reigned, and the Lord
hath deli-
wildcrnefs, until therecome came into Jerusalem.
for thou art a ftranger, and alfo of the V ered the kingdom into the hand
n cxi | c word from you to certify me. V1, of Abfalom thy fon: and behold,
V) Zadok therefore and Abu- ND tV
ao Whereas thou earned but Avt£ .. .
.when David was a little thou art taken
.

in thy mifchief,
the ark of God again
yefterday, (hould I this day make thar carried
part the top of the hill, behold,
I becaufe thou art a bloody man.
down with us to Jerufalcm and they tarried Zma the fervant of Mephibolheth
go up and 9 f Then faid Ahifiiai the fon
? ;
thec
W
feeing I go whither I may ; return there. * Uple ° f a/rcs of Zeruiah «°tothe
king, Why
brethren; 30 1 And David wjnt-pfcj Zai I a l°
' hem wo '.,un ftoiild this dead dogcurfe my lord
houfand take back thy
the afcent of mount Oh vet, and it^tV" ; a f U "" thC ki " ?
mercy and truth be with thee.
41 And Ittai anfwered the wept as he went up, and hart nis
S red
d d tai£ fl
,

ra -rfi
ni
7 "
S and an thcc and
?
8 ,et So over, I pray
take off his head.
™
covered, and he went Dans
' -
head „f c mmCr r' •

Lord
king,
ethf and
and
«
faid, As the
my lord the king
liv-
liv foot: and all the people that
hrm covered every man
v>at
M Sof
V nl
wi„e
frU,tS

r .,
*
and I0 And thc What
have I to do with yon, yc fons of
,
.
\ tydm
cth, furely in what place my lord with ,, Unt0 i a Zcruiah ? fo ,ct him curfe, becaufe
whether in head, and they went up, weeping Whaf meanrft^K b
, ? J i
the king lhall be,
death or life, even there alfo will as th<y
went up. AniVS ?.M TU £ WW*-****
hath faid unto him,

And one told David, my "d

thy fervant
\% And David
be.
faid to Ittai,
3*
ing,
1
Ahithophel " a ™
n « «• wdVhc br-^nd
0n.' therefore haft thou done fo?
fi°mn,er 'fru
"
%
And David faid to Abilhai, "
Go. and pals over. And Iftai the confpirators
with Ablalorn- for the
»oun t Zn ? to alj his ftrvants, Behold
the win
Gittite parted over,
men, and all the
and
little
all his David faid,

ones that turn the counfel of

O Loan,
[^\ d
Anitnop
that l

howels, feektth my life: how

3 And rh# Ci r*.
-were with him. into fooiiflinefs.
hat S And much morc now ma 1 th 's Benia-
came And to pais *here is tl v m a < ) '
1

» 3 And all the country wept m **doit?

3* it

with a loud voice, and all the peo- when

David was come to tn 2ib a faid
b «-& Lu ,h
*

6,
a nd
,0ld
.

him CUrfc:
let him alone, and
f0r the Loknhath
let

«orl*>PI*
he ««» itjoufalcm;
remf /' *
the king alfo oftbtmount, where
ai I"
pie parted overs for he bidden him.
IJ It
 m SAMUEL. CHAP. XVII.
It
will look
It maybe
on mine
that theAnd the
Lord 23
and thophel, which he counfcll^ ^
-fflitfion,
connfel of
^ eft
•il
th*t
whofoever heareth
There flaughter
is a
it 17 Now
Jonathan and Ahi-
maaz flayed by En-rogel, (for
people that follow they might not be fcen to come
that the Lord will requite me thofc days, was as if a man ong the
enquired at the oracle of C YLlorn. into thc city.) ind a wench went
good for his curfing this day.
And he alfo that is valiant, and told them and they went
13 And as David and his men fo was all the counfel of Ahii
:
10
heart is as the heart of a and told king David.
went by the way. Shimei went a- phel, both with David and hofc
jL utterly melt: for all 18 Neverthelcfs,aladfawthem>
long on thehillVfide over againft Abfalom. (hall

him, and curfed as he went and XVII. CHAP. tfae'l

knoweth that thy father i« and told Abfalom but they went
s

thrcwlronesathim,andca(t duft. Ti MOREOVER, a oiig ht y

man, and they which be both of them away quickly, and
Abfalom, are valiant men. came to a man's houfc in Bahurim,
14 And the king, and all the 1V1 faid unto <rith hirn
Therefore I counfel, that which had a well in his court,
people that were with him, came now choofe out twelve t TI
generally gathered whither they went down,
weary, and refrclhed themfelves men, and 1 will anfc and Ifrael be
all

after David this night, unto thee,

from Dan even to 19 And the woman took and
tbcrc.
% And I will come upon hi* }j^cr-fh<ba, as the fand that is by fpread a covering over the well's
15 ^ And Abfalom, and all
multitude, and that mouth, and fpread ground corn
the people the men of Ifrael.came while he ts weary and weak-hand, the fta for

to Jerufalem, and Ahithophel cd, and will

make him afnfl tbougo to battle in thine own thereon; and the thing was *Aot
uithhim. and all the people tnat art »hk perfon. known.
Aud came to pafs when him ihall flee, and will finite ia So ftiall we come upon him ao And when Abfalom's fer-
16 it 1

infome place where he fhall be vants came to the woman to thc

Hufhaithe Architc, David's friend the king only,
3 And I will bnng. b found, and we will light upon houfe, they faid, Where is Ahi-
was come unto Abfalom, that
bim as the dew fallcth on the maaz and Jonathan ?
Kulhaifaid unto Abfalom, God the people unto thee: th and the
ground: and of him, and of all woman faid unto them, They be
favethek:ng, God favc the king, whom thou feckeft, is asi
Hu- turned the people thc men that arc with him, there gone over the brook of water,
17 And Abfalom faid to :
fi
all
(hall not be left fo much as one. And when they had fought and
(hai, Is thy kindnefs to thy in peace.
this
13 Moreover if he be gotten could not findtbem, they returned
(

friend? why wentclt thou not 4 And the faying pi

into a city, then (hall all Ifrael to Jerufalem.
with thy friend? falom well, and all th
bring ropes to that riry, and we 21 And it came to pafs after
18 And Hufliai faid unto Ab- Ifrael. will draw it into the river, until they
faid Ahfalo were departed, that they
falom, Nay, but whom the Lord, J Then
there be not one fmall (lone found came up out of the well,
and this people, and all the men now Hulhai the Arcnitealio and went
be, let us hear likcvwk what he faith,
thcr€ - and told king David, and faid un-
of Ifrad choofe, his will I
14 And Abfalom and all thc to David, Arife, and pafs quickly
and with him will abide. I 6 And when Hulhai was con*
men of Ifrael faid. The counfel over the water : for
Abfalom Jpakenfr thus hath A-
19 And again, whom ihonld I to Abfalom, of Hufliai the Archite is better
favtljhould I net fcrvc in theprc- to him. faying,
Ahunophcl t»i» hithophel counfelled againft you.
than the counfel of Ahithophel:
this manner t tj 22 Then David arofe, and all
fence of his fon? as have fcrved fpoken alter
I
for the Lord had appointed to
\us faying, lfaot; the people that were with him,
in thy father's prcfcncc, fo will we do ajtcr defeat the good counfel of Ahi-
fpiak thou. and thev pa fled over Jordan : by
I be in thy prefence. nophcl, to thc intent that the
7 And Hufliai faid unto
Abfr the morning light there lacked
ao? Then faid Abfalom to might bring evil upon not one cf them that was not
Ahithophel, Give counfel among lorn, The counfel tha'
phel hath fiven is no Til gone over Jordan.
you what we (halt do. ,
cn
this time.
Hu(hai unto
faid % $ 1 And wl cn Ahithophel
ai And Ahithophel faid unto
>
?
tD Abiathar thc
-."'»'•"•»' <"t faw that mi
»•» counfel was not 101-
his cnunici
Abfalom, Go in unto thy fa- 8 For (faid Hufhai) t nnert, ti ,
fol-
Thus and thus .lid Ahi- lowed, he faddled/Mjafc, andarofe
thei's concubines, which he hath eft thy father and his

left to keep the houfc; and all they be mighty men, and ddtrs c
elder!
Cl ' ou " lc '
A!) ^'^
and the and gat him home to his houfc,
chafed in their minds, as aml thus and to his cit >'» an(l
P ut ,,is botlOloW
Ifrael lliall hear that thou art ab-
;
thus |J« t

horred of thy father then (hall : robbed of her whelps in m 16

n
ha'
5 V* V""" 1
'
counfelled.
.

c,lca -
>" order, and hanged lumlclf,
in himfclf, and
the hands of all that aw with ihec and thy father if a man If. in UM fcnd 1 aickm dici1 and was ""riedin the fepul-
'

1, fayi °8' Lod c c,1rc of his fa,her

be ftrong. and will not lodge with the "<* tl, is V"?' •
* -

22 So thev fpread Abfalom a 9 Behold, he is hid now

1
,h e»ildw«
r'J"
thc P lainsof 24 Then David came to Mi-
ionic 6//;rr pljCf un b." 1 rP«dily pafs hanaim : and Abfalom parted over
tent upon the top of the houfc; pit, or in orer ,

J° r,ian he ™d all the men of If-

will come to pals,
when " S hc A,al,owcd
and Abfalom went in unto his
father's concubines, in
it

the fight of them be overthrow* m

"P. «nd al V. ,

£L t,Te People that are rael with him.

.

of all Ifrael. »5 1 And

 »

IF. SAMUEL. CHAP. xvur.

Beware that none of Zadok yet again to Joab, But
a 5 J And Abfalom made A- them, What feemeth yon c ft * J, I faying.
young man Abfalom. how foever, let me, 1 pray thee,
mafa captain of the holt inftcad will do. And the king ft^j b
rA the
of Joah : which Amafa was a man's the gate-fide, and all the pc 7 it Otherwiic,
1 fhould have alio run after Cuftat. And Joah
0p againft mine faid, Wherefore wilt thou run,
foil whofe name -was Ithra an If- came out by hundreds and "
by rought fallhood
is no matter my fon, fecint that thou haft no
raclitc, that went in to Abigail thoufands. *wn life for there
:

the daughter of Naham, filter to
Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
%6 So Ifracl and Ahfalom
5 And the kin^ commanded hid from
the king, and thou thy- tidings ready I
Joab, and AhiOiai, and Ittai, fay , {Af wouldeft
have fet thyfelf a- 33 But howfoarer,/nV he, let me
ing, Deal gently for my fake run And hcfa5 J unto him, Run.
with tainft""*
'

pitched in the land ofGilead.
47 f And it came to pafs
when David was come to Maha-
naim, that Shobi the fon of Na-
hafhof Rabbah of the children of
Amnion, andMachir the fon of
Ammiel of Lo debar, and Bar-
zillai the Gilcadite of Rogdim,
a8 Brought beds, and bafons,
and earthen veflcls, and wheat,
and barley, and flour, and parch-
ed corn, and beans, and lentiles,
and parched pulfe,
29 And honey, and butter,
and Ihecp, andcheefc of kmc for
David, and for the people that
-were with him, to eat :for they
faid, The people is hungry, and
weary, and thirfty, in the wil-
the young man, evenWwh Abii.
And all the people heard
lorn.
when the king gave all the cap.
tains charge concerning Ahfalom.
6 «[ 60 the people went out in.
to the field again ft Ifracl; and
the battle was in the wood
Ephraiin :
7 Where the people of
were (lain before the fcrvan
Da\M. and there was th
great daughter that day of twen
thoufand men.
8 For the battle was there
fcattercJ over the face of all the
country and the wood devoured
:
more people that day than the
fword devoured,
9 1 And Abfalom met the
I may not Then Ahimaaz ran by the way
14 Then faid Joab,
with thee. And he of the plain, and overman Culhi.
tarry thus
took three darts
in his hand, and 34 And David fat between the
thruft them
through the heart two gates : and the watchman
while he -was yet a* went up to the roof over the ga>tfi
of Abfalom,
live in the
mid ft of the oak. unto the wall and lift up bis
15 And ten
young men that eyes and looked, and behold, a
hare Joab's armour compafled man running alone.
about, and fmotc Abfalom, and aj And the watchman cried,
flew him. and told the king. And the king
16 And Joab blew l*r trumpet, faid, If he be alone there h tidings
and the people returned from in his mouth. And he came a*
purfuing after Ifracl: for Joab pace, and drew near.
held back the people. a6 And the watchman faw an-
17 And they took Abfalom, other man running, and the
and cart him into a great pit in watchman called unto the porter,
the wood, and laid a very great and laid, Behold, another man run-
heap of (tones upon him: and ning alone. And the king faid, He
all Iftael fied every one to his tent, alfo bringeth tidings.

dcrnefs.
CHAP. XVllf. peo-
AND David numbered the
pic that -were with him, and
fervantsof David ; and Abfalom 18 ? Now Abfalom in his life- %j And the watchman faid,
rode upon a mule, and the mule
went under the thick boughs of a
time had taken and reared up for Me thinketh the running of the
great oak, and his head caught
himfclf a pillar, which is in the forcmoft is like the running of
king's dale: for he faid, have no Ahimaaz the fen of Zadok. And
I

fct captains of thoufands, and hold of the oak, and he was taken fon to keep my name in remem- the king faid, Htiiagood man,
captains of hundreds over them, up between the luaven and the brance : and he called the pillar and cometh with good tidings,
1 And David fent forth a earth, and the mule that was after his own name, and it*8 And Ahimaaz called, and
is call-
away,
third part of the people under under him went eduntothisdav, Abfalom'splact. faid unto the king. All is well.
the hand of Joab, and a third part 10 And a certain man faw r/, 19 J Then faid Ahimaaz the fon And he fell down to the earth up-
under the hand of Abilhai the and told Joab,
and faid, KebolO» of Zadok, Let me now run, and on his face before the king, and
hanged in an oak*
fon of Zeruiah Joab's brother, I faw Abfalom hear the king tidings, how that faid, BIcfledMhe Loud thy God,
and a third part under the hand 11 And Joab faid unto the man the Lord hath avenged him of which hath delivered up
behold, tnou the men
of Ittai the Gittite : and the king that told him, And his enemies. that lift up their hand againft my
faid unto the people, I will furciy fa weft him,
and why didft thott ao And Joah faid unto him, lord the king,
go forth with you myfelf alio. not fmitc him there to the ground.
would have given thee ten
jhoulhatt not bear tidings this 29 And the king faid, Is the
% But the people anfwered, and 1
day, but thou (halt bear tidings
^irdlef young man Abfalom fafc? and
Thou (halt not go forth: for if fickels of iilvcr and a another day: hut this day thou Ahimaaz anfwered, When Joab
we flee away, they will not care iz And the man laid Jnait bearno
tidings, becaufe the fent the king's fervant, and me
for us; neither if half of us die, Joab.
Though I thotildrece *mg s fon is dead. thy fervant, faw a great tumult,
1
of hlvcr in
will they care for us; but now thoufand fiekels ai Then Joab to Cnfhi,
faid l>ut I knew not what it was.
I would not
put
thou art worth ten thoufand of hand, jet £° tell the king what thou haft 3° And the king faid nntehim,
the king
us ; therefore now it is better that mine handagainlt «W. And Cufhl bowed himfclf Turn alide, and ft and here. And
thoufuccourusoutofthecity. for in our hearing the Unto Joab, and
rau. he turned afide, and flood ft ill,
And the king faid unto charged thee, and Abifcai
4 ** Then faid Ahimaaz the fon $l And Behold Cufhi came,
and
 ) S

n. SAMUEL, CHAP. XIX.

and Cufhi Tidings, my lord
faid, 7 Now therefore arife, And Mcphilofheth the
the king: for the Lord hath a- and fpeak comfortably ,So the king returned, and 14 1
fon of Saul cime down to meet
cnged thee this day of all them fervants: for I fwear untn H to [ordan;
and Judah came
the king ard had neither drci-
that rofe up againft thee. Lotn, if thou KO not f
hi
' ^ilcal to go to meet the king, fed his feet, nor trimmed his
OTXh hiet the king over Jordan,
beard, nor walhcd his clothes
7% And shimei the fon of
from the day the king departed,
G \ Beniamite, which was of the day became again 111
T'r \m hafted and came down until
themen of Judah, to meet peace
all that rife againft thee to do thee until now. Uh
* Ua* n 25 And camc t0 pa * 11
hurt, be as that young
33 t And the kiug was much
man is. 8 Then the king rofc and
in the gate: and they told
f
king
11 c
vid
^
w a Guiana he was cometo Jcrufalem to meet
king faid un-
moved, and went up to the all the people, faying,
un. Benjamin with him, and the king, that the
BchoM of to him, Wherefore wentcft not
chamber over the gate, and wept; the king doth (it in the gate- the fcrvant of the houfe
uith me, Mcphiboflicth ?
and as he went, thus he faid, O all the people came before
anrf I and his fifteen fons and his thou
26 And heanfwered, My lord,
\

th ntv fervants
with him, and
my fon Abfalom, my fon,my fon king; for lfracl had fled
™ before the O king, my fcrvant deceived me ;
Abfalom: would to God I had
died forthee,0 Abfalom my fon,
man
o 1
to his tent.
And
the people were
all
cver^
uJ»
they
kl
went
v*cnt over
o Jordan
j
f^ ^ fefnnt j wil

went over a me an afs, that may ride thcre-

I
faddlc
,

my fon- at ftrifc throughout all the i! And there

trib« king's on, and go to the king, becaufc
CHAP. XIX. of ifrael, faying, The king
faJS
ferrvboat to carry over the
and to do what he thy fervant is lame.
AND it was told Joab, Be- us out of the hand of our enemies
hold, the king weepeth and and he delivered us out of
hniilhoia,
eood andShimei the fon
:
a? And he hath Hindered thy
the fervant unto my lord the king;
mourneth for Abfalom. hand of the Philiftines, and now «fGera fell down before the king
Jordan but my lord the king 11 as an an-
% And the victory that day he is fled out of the land for Ab- L he was come over :

unto the king, gel of God do therefore vAat ts

19 And faid
:
was turned into mourning unto falom.
impute iniquity good in thine eyes,
all the people: for the people 10 And Abfalom, whom we Let not my lord
unto me, neither do thou remem-
a8 For all cf my father's houfe
heard fay that day, how the king anointed overus, isdead in battle:
ber that* which
thy fervant did were but dead men before my
was grieved for his fon. now therefore why fpeak ye not
perverfly, the day that my lord
lord the king yet didft thou fet
:
3 And the people gat them by word of bringing the king
the king went out of Jerufalem,
thy fervant among them that did
Health that day into the city, II \ And king David fe
eat at thine own table what
as people being alhamed fteal a- Zadok and to Abiathar the pried that the king Ihould take it to :

hi$ ncart
right therefore have I yet to cry
way when they flee in battle. faying, Sptak unto the eldcrsof .

4 But the king covered his face, lutlah, faying, Why nre ye the ao For thy fervant doth know any more unto the king ?
that have finned: therefore be- 29 And the king faid unto
and the king cried with a loud lafl to bring the king back to hij I

voice, O my fon Abfalom, O Ab- houfe? (feeing the fpecch of all
falom, my fon, my fon.
5 And Joab came into the
houfe to the king, and faiil, Thou
haft lhamcd this day the facts of
hold, I am come the firft this day him, Why fpcakeft thou any
more
of all the houfe of Jofeph, to go of thy
matters? I have faid,Thou
Ifrael is come to the king, eve*
to his houfe. down to meet my lord the king, and Ziba divide the land.
my brethren, ye an %\ But Abilhai the fon of Zc> 30 And Mcphibofhcth faid un-
1% Ye are
my bones and my flefli where-:
ruiah anft vered and faid, Shall to the king, Yea, let him takeall,

all thy fervants, which this day fore then are ye the lail to
back the king ?
have faved thy life, and the lives
of thy fons and of thy daughters IJ And Amafa, Art
fay ye to
arid the lives of thy wives, and thou not of my bone, and of my
the lives of thy concubines ; flelh ? God do io to me, and more
6 In that thou lovefl thine alfo, if thou be not captain of the
enemies, and hateft thy friends; hnft before me continually in the
for thou haft declared this day, room of Joab.
And
he bowed the heart of
that thouregardeft neither princes 14
all the men of Judah, even as the
nor fervants: for this day I per-
ceivethatif Abfalom had lived, he /r/o/one man, fo that they fent
and all we had died this day, this -word unto the king, Return
bring not Shimei be put to death for forafmuch as my lord the king is
this, becaufe he curfed the Lord's come again in peace unto his own
anointed? houfe.
%% And David faid, What 31 \ And Barzillai the Gilead-
have I to do with you, ye fons of ite came down from Rogcliro,
Zeruiah, that ye mould this day and went over Jordan with the
be adverfaries unto me? (hall king, to conduefchimover Jordan,
there any man he put to death 32 Now Barzillai was a very
this day in Ifrael? fordo not 1 aged man, even fourfcore years
know that I am this day king old, and he had provided the
over Ifrael ?
43 Therefore the king faid Mahanaim; for lie
unto Shimei, Thou (halt not die : great man.
m
king of fuftenancc while he lay at
a very

then It bad picafed thee well. tbou aud all thy fervants.
and the king fwarc unto him. 33 And the king faid unto
1

T Barzillai,
 If. S A M U E L. CHAP. XX.
Barzillai, Come thou over with hold, antl all David's men A And David and to Beth-maachah, and all
faid to Abifhai,
with
me, and I will feed true with mc him over Ionian ! , a |I Sheba
(j,
the fon of Bich- the Berites: and they were ga-
And men harm than Ab- thered together, and went alfo
to Jerufalem.
# ^
4% all tlie
of Jodah A do us more
34 And unto the anfwered the men of Ifrael, Jj^
Baiziilai faid
frlofli
take thou thy lord's fer- after him.
:

king, How long have I to live, caufc the king is near of kin ants and
purfuc after him, left 15 And they came and befieged
t
that I mould go up with the king us: wherefore then be ye angry hecet him fenced cities, and ef- him in Abel of Beth-maachah,
unto Jerufalem ? for this matter ? have we eaten c us .
and they
up a bank againftcaft
at
am day fourfcore of king's there went out after the city, and it ftood in the
the ? 7 And
35 I this all coji or hath he
years old : and can 1 difcern he- given us any gift ? hirn Joab's
men, and the Che- trench: and all the people that
twten good and evil? tan thy 43 And the men of Ifrael an. Pclethites,
fcrvant tafte what eat f or what fwercd the men of Judah, and
1

1 drink ? can 1 hear any more the faid, We have ten parts in the
voice of Tinging men and tinging* king, and we have alfo more rhht after Sheba the fon of Bichri. out of the city, Hear, hear: lay,
women? wherefore then Ihould in David than ye why then did :
8 When tney -were at the great pray you, unto Joab, Come
I

thy fcrvant be yet a burden unto ye defpifc us, that our advice in Gibeon, Amafa near hither, that I may fpeak
ftone which is
my lord the king ? mould not he fir ft had in bringing went before them : and Joab's with thee.
36 Thy fervant will go a little back our king ? and the words of garment that he had put on was 17 And when he was come
way over Jordan with the king the men of Judah were fiercer than
: girded unto him, and upon it a near unto her, the woman faid,
and why ihould the king recom- the words of the men of Ifrael girdle -with a fword faftened upon Art thou Joab? and he anfwered,
penfeitmewith fuch a reward? XX. CHAP. his loins in the fheath thereof, I am he. Then me faid unto him,
37 Let thy fervant, I pray thee, AND
there happened tobe there and as he went forth it fell out. Hear the words of thine hand-
turn back again, that I may die a man of Belial, whofe name 9 And Joab faid to Amafa, Art maid. And he anfwered, I do
In mine own city, and bchurkfi hy -was Sheba, the fon of Bichri, * thou in health, my brother ? and hear.
the grave of my father, and of Benjamite, and he blew a trump- J»ab took Amafa by the heard 18 Then ftie fpake, faying,
my mother: but behold thy fcr- ct, and faid, We have no part with the right hand
to kifs him. They were wont to fpeak in old
tint Chlmham ; let him go over in David, neither have we inhc- 10 But Amafa took no heed to time, faying, They ihall furely
with my lord the king, and do litance in the fon of JtiTet every thefword that -twin Joab'shand: a(k counfel at Abel: and fo they
to him what Ihall feem good unto man to his tents, O Ifrael. fohe fmote him therewith in the ended the matter.
thee. % So every man of Ifrael went fifth rib f andfhedout his bowels 19 I am one of them that are
38 And the king anfwered, up from after David, and follow- to the ground, and ftruck him peaceable and faithful in Ifrael:
Chimham Ihall go over with mc, ed Sheba the fon of Bichri but :
not again, and he died. So Joab thou feekeft to deftroy a city and
and I will do to him that which the men of Judah clave unto their and Abifhai his brother purfued a mother in Ifrael: why wilt thou
ihall feem good unto thee and king, from Jordan even to Jeru*
: after Sheba the fon of Bichri. fwallow up the inheritance of the
whatfoever thou malt require of falem. 11 And one of Joab's men JLord ?

me, that will I do for thee. 3 ?

to hisAnd David came (rood by him, and faid, He that ao And Joah anfwered and faid,
39 And all the people went houfe at Jerufalem, and the king favoureth Joab, and he that is Far be it, far be it from me, that
over Jordan: and when the king took the ten women bis concu- for David, let him go after Joab. I mould fwallow up or deftroy.

was come over, the king killed bints, whom he had left to keep la And Amafa wallowed in ai The matter not fo
butis :

Barzillai, and blcfled him; and the houfe, and put them in ward, bloodinthemidsofthchigh-way: a man of mount Ephraim, (She-
and when the man faw that all ba the
he returned unto his own place, and fed them, but went not itt fon of Bichri by name,)
40 Then the king went on they were (hut up
to unto them 10
«e people ftood ftill, he removed hath lift up his hand againft
:
the
Gilga!, and Chimham went on unto the day of their death, liv-
Amafa out of the high-way into king, even
againft David deli- :

n/ith him : and all the people of ing in widowhood. a d Caft a cloth u on Tcr him on,
him l ? P y» and J will depart
wm, when he faw that every one from the city. And the woman
Judah conducted the king, and 4 ^ Then faid the king to that earne by
alfo half the people of Ifrael. mafa, Aflcmblc me the men hum ftood ftill. faid unto Toab, Behold, his head
41 f Aud behold, all the men Judah within three days, and .f i
Whe n he was removed out fiiall be thrown to thee over
the
Chl « h - Wa
of Ifrael came to the king, and thou hereprcfent.
faid unto the king, Why have
m£ y> ail the people wall.
5 So Amafa went to afTcmble ter l!X
r
u l°
ab ' to P urfuc af- 21 Then thc woman w «t un-
our brethren the men of Judah the men of Judah ; but he tarried on of BichrL
1! « \ I t
to a11 the P C °P ,C in h wiflom ;
wcnt throu ? h and they cut ofTthc head of She-
"
ftolen thee away, and have longer than the fet time wh : "
allAet^ r*
* U,DCS °f Ifrael unto Abel, ba thc fon
brought the king and hi* houfe- had appointed him. of Bichri, and caft it
 IT. S A MU E L. CHAP. XXII.
out tojoab; and he blew a trump- Ihould be deftroyed fron thence the
bones of Saul, and the 21 And when he defied Ifrael,
ttt
and they re tired from the ing in any of the coafts <
1 ones
of Jonathan his fon; and Jonathan the fon of Shimca the
city, every man to his tent; and 6 Let feven men of his they
gathered the bones of them brother of David flew him.
Joab returned to Jerufalem unto delivered unto us, and we'Vu hanged. %% Thefe four were born to the
iliat were
the hones of Saul and
14 And
the king. hang them up unto the I-oa D ; giant in Gath, and fell by the
n buried they in
aj K Now Joab ~#as over all Gibeah of Saul, -whom the Lor r> T natba» his fon hand of David, and by the hand
the holt of Ifrael : and Bcnaiah did choofe. And the king fajj She country of Benjamin in Zelah, of his fervants.
the fon of Jehoiada was ov*er theI will give them.
* inthefcpulchreofKilhhisfather; CHAP. XXII.
Chcrcthites, and over the Pe- 7 But the king fpared Mcphi- and they
performed all that the A ND
David fpake unto the
lethites: bolhcth the fon of Jonathan
the king commanded
and after that : £\
Lord the words of this
34 And Adoram was over the fon of Saul, hecaufeof the Lord's Cod was intreated for the land. fi>ng, in the day that the Lord
tribute: and Jehoihaphat the fon oath that was between them IJ 1
Moreover, the Philiftines had delivered him out of the hand
be-
ef Ahilud was recorder: tween David and Jonathan the hail yet
war again with Ifrael, of ali his enemies, and out of the
35 An.d Shcba was fcribc: and fon of Saul. and David went down, and his hand of Saul,
Zadok and Abiathar were the 8 But the king took the two fervants with him, and fought % And he faid, The Lord is
priefts: Ions of Rizpah the daughter of againft the Philiftines; and Da- my rock and my fortrefs, and my
%d And the Jairite was Aiah, whom (he bare unto Saul
Ira alfo vid waxed faint. deliverer.
a chief rultrabout David. Armoni and Mephibolhcth, and 16 And Jfhbi-benob, which 3 The God of my rock, in him
CHAP. XXI. ^
the fiVcfonsof Michal thedgugh- v«of the fons of the giant, (the will I tmft he is my fhicld, : and
rT^HEN there was a famine in terofSaul, whom fhe brought up weight of whofe fpear weighed the horn of my falvation, my
X the days of David three for Adriel the fon of Barzillai the three hundred fackcls of brass in high tower, and my refuse, my
years, year after year : and David Meholathite. weight,) he, being girded with faviour; thou faveft jnc from
enquired of the Lord. And the 9 And he delivered them into nswfword, thought to have flain violence.
Lord anfwered, It is for Saul, the hands of the Gibeooites, and David. 4 ] will call on the Lord, who
and for bis bloody houfe, becaufc they hanged them in the hill be- 17 But Abifnai the fon of Ze- is worthy to be praifed: fo fhall

lie flew the Gibeonitcs. fore the Lord; and they fell all ruiah fuccoured him, and fmote I be faved from mine entmie*.

% And the king called the Gi- feven together, and were put to the Philirtine, and killed him. 5 When the waves of death
beonites, and faid unto them, death in the days of harveft, in Then the men of David fware compaflcd me, the floods of un-
(now the Gibeonites were not of the firft days* in the beginning of untohim, faying, Thou (halt go godly men made me afraid.
the children of Ifrael, but of the barley- harveft. no more out with us to battle, 6 The forrows of hell compaA
remnant of the Amorites, and 10 ^ And Rizpah the daugh- that thou quench not the light of fed mc about; the fnares
of death
the children of Ifrael had fworn ter of Aiah took fackloth, and Ifrael. prevented me.
unto them; and Saul fought to fpread it for her upon the rock, 18 And it came to pa fs after 7 In my diftrefs 1 called upon
Hay them in his 2eal to the chil- from the beginning of harveit, this, that there was again a battle the Lord,
and cried to my God,
dren of Ifrael and Judah,) until water dropped upon them with the Philiftines at Gob; then and he did
hear my voice out of
3 Wherefore David faid unto out of heaven, and fu tiered nci* Sibbechat the Hujhathite flew his temple,
and my cry did enter
the Gibeonitcs, Whai (hall I do ther the birds of the air to reft Sap.i which was of the fons of
into his ears.
for you? and wherewith ftiall 1 on them by day, nor the beads thc carth and 8 Thcn
make the atonement, that ye of the held by night. roAn'Wh
19 And there was
• 1
again a bat- trembled
the foundations of hea- :

may blcfs the inheritance of the 11 And it was toldDavid what He in Gob with the Philiftines,
ven moved and ihook, becaufc be
where Elhanan the Ion of
Lord? Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Jaarc was wroth.
4 And the Gibeonites faid un- the concubine of Saul, had done,
fatZbSJ^ fflcw
9 There went up a fmoke out
to him, We will have no iilver ia % And David went and took
nor gold of Saul, nor of his houfe, the hones of Saul, and the bones
Za ^f b thcGl "he,
r ?°r ^pCar Wllikc ofhisncftri!s, and
n,0 " lh devoured:
fire out of his

neither for us (halt thou kill any of Jonathan his fon, from the
a»J,° ,
m
coils were
7a a u
- kindled by it.
man in Ifrael. And he faid, men of Jabelh-gilead, whichhad
1

in Gafh" '
yet 3 battle 10 He bovved thc ,,cavens aIr<>
What you lhall fay, that will I do ftolen them from the ftreet of .
ma " ° f and Camc down: and darknefs
for you. Beth-fhan, where the Philifli««
great fatZ X Ut?u f
lla d on ftf w
Pni- hand fit
'
«y « undcr feet.
5 And they anfwered the king, had hanged them, when the
fi ,

The man that confumed us*, and liftines had (lain Saul in Gilboa. d f Ur
aj,d did an «l &« was feen %
from ber an, K ?r
thatdctifed again!! us, thai we 13 And he brought 110 d hc alfo *** born upon the wings
e X!J of the wind.
 :

II. SAMUEL. CHAP. XXlIIi

1% And he madedarknefs pa- %1 With the pure thou w i| them that hate me. The God
t
!eht deftroy 3 of Ifrael faid, the
Vi lions round about him, dark (hew thyfclf pure: and with the m looked, but there -^as Rock of Ifrael fpake to mc. He
waters, and thick clouds of the froward thou wilt ihcwthyftlf \% They
Un<i even untothe Lord, that ruleth over men rnnfl be }\itt
Ik ies. favoury. n eto&ve: 9
them not, ruling in the fear of God
a8 And the afflicted pe pl hat heanfwered
13 Through the brightnefs be- c did I beat them as 4 And he fhall teas the light
fore him were coals ef fire thou wilt favc: but thine eyes are 43 Then
the dull of the earth, I of the morning, -when the fun
kindled. upon the haughty, that thou frail as
did ftamp
them as the mireof the riicth, even a morning without
14 The Lord thundered from mayert bring them down, tf«^didfprcadthcm abroad, clouds ; as the tender grafs7j>ri/j^
heaven, and the moftHigh ut- 2<) For thou art my lamp, rtreet,
q 44 Thou alfo
haft delivered mc ing out of the earth by clear
tcred his voice. Lord and the Lord will lighten drivings of my people,
:
Ihining after rain.
from the
15 And he fent out arrows, my darknefs. me to be head of my
thou had kept 5 Although houfo be not
and fcattered them; lightning, 3° F° r by thee I have run people -which I
the heathen: a fo with God; yet he bath made
and difcomfited them. through a troop: by my God
knew not (hail fcrve me. with me an everlafting covenant,
16 And th* channels of the have I leaped over a wall.
31 As for God, his way ti per. 4j Strangers (hall fubmit them- ordered in all things and Aire : for
fea appeared, the foundations of my
felves unto me: afloon as they this is all falvation, and all my
the world wers difcovered, at the feci; the word of the Lo* D f j
they fhall be obedient defire, although he make it not
hear,
rebuking of the Lord, at the tried: he is a buckler to all them to grow.
onto me.
blaft of the breath of his noilrils. that truft in him.
3» For who is God, 46 Strangers fhall fade away, 6 1 But the fins of Celial jhall
17 He fent from above, he favc the
Lord? and who a rock, fave and they fhall be afraid out of be all of them as thorns thruft
took me: he drew me out of is
their clofe places. away, becaufc they cannot he
many waters. our God ?
47 The Lord liveth, and hlef- taken with hands.
18 He delivered me from my 33 God is my ftrcngth and pow-
fed be my rock; and exalted be 7 But the man that fhall touch
flrong enemy, andfroxn them that er: and he maketh my way
the God of the rock of my fal- them muft he fenced with iron,
hated mc : for they were too perfect, ration. and the fta/Tof a fpcar, and they
flrong for me. 34 He maketh my feet
48 his God that avengeth me, fliall be utterly burnt with fire in
19 They prevented me in the binds /re/: and fctteth me
and that bringeth down the peo- the fame place.
day of my calamity; but the my high places.
pie under mc. 8 1 Thcfe be the names of the
Lord was my (Jay. 35 Hcteacheth my han
49 And that bringeth me forth nvghty men whom David had,
ao He brought mc forth alfo war: fo that a bow of
from mine enemies: thou alfo The Tachmonite that fat in the
into a large place: he delivered broken by mine aims.
had lifted me upon high above feat, chief among the captains:
me, becaufc he delighted in me. 3* Thou haft alfo given me them that rofe up again ft me : the fame vas Adino the Eznite
it The Lord rewarded me ac- the mield of thy falvation: and thou haft delivered me from the he lift up his fpear agalnft eight
;

cording to my righteoufnefs: ac- thy gcntlencfs hath made me man.

violent hundred, uhom he Jlew at one
cording to the cleannefs of my great.
50 Therefore thanks tune. I will give
hands hath he recompenfed mc. 37 Thou haft enlarged my Iter.! unto thee, O Lord, among the
nv.dcr mc: lo that my feet did 9 And after him was Eleazar
41 For ! have kept the ways heathen, and I will fiog praifes the fon of Dodo
the Ahohitc.
of the Lord, and have not wick- not Hip. } unto thy name.
_
one of the three mightyir.cn with
cdly departed from my God. 3- have purfucd mine
'
ene-
51 He m the tower of falvation David, when they defied the
mics. and rlcftroycd them: and Mil-
43 For all his judgments were for his king and Iheweth mercy liftinei that were there gathcud
:

before mc: and at for his ftatutes,
1 did not depart from them.
44 I was alfo upright before
turned not again until 1 had to his anointed, unto David, and
together to battle, and the men
fumed them. to his feed f r evermore.
of Ifrad were gone away.
39 And haveconfumca t
I

h\m, and have kept myfelf from and wounded them, that
VTOH thefc be the laft words Philiftincs until his
yea they are hand was
mine iniquity. could not anf. :
V David the f°" wear >'» and his haild c,avt u "lo>
4? Therefore the Lord hath under my feet.
len r n
«f Jelle r . ,
faui, and the man n ho the
me ,
fword: and the Lord
r^ompenfed me according to my 40 For thou haft girded sh thcanoint - wrought a great viclory that day
^ P ?"
righteoufnefs: according to my with
cliannefs in his eve fight.
ftrength to battle
that rote up agamft me Ma
r^
^V^ ^ 1

4
^ 1 1
^
of llVacl *
*

the people returned after

him 0R, y to fpoii.
mc. !
46 With the merciful thou.wiit fubducd under fp r l ° f tht LmD fl>ake n And after him was 8h*m-
41 Thon hart alfogiven Lv ml i i -

fliew thyfelf merciful, and with

t
WOrd v<w my mah *« A e« «rt
the upright man thou wilt mew necks of
thyfelf upright.
mine enemies, iLTnJ
^ 5 in

T4
>te;
fon of
and the Philiftincs
Harar-
were
gathered
 II. SAMUE L. f CHAP. XXIV.
and flew a « j ra
Garcb an the king: and there were in If-
an Ithrite,
gathered together into a troop, lion in
? tc
- rati eight hundred thoufand va-
where was a pi.vc of ground full pit in time of fnow.
Hittite : thirty liant men that drew the fword;
of lenities; and the proplc fled %i And he flew an Egyptian ,0 Uriah the
a goodly man and the Egy pl i ai #1 k veil
in all. and the men of Judah were five
from the Philiftincs. :

12 But he Hood in the midft

#
had a fpear in his hand; hut he
J
L
CHAP. XXIV. hundred thoufand men.
of the ground, and defended it, went down to him with a ftaff ND again the anger of the 10 ^ And David's heart fmote
I,oRr> was kindled againft him after that he had numbered
and flew the Philiftincs: and the
.Lord wrought a great viftory.
and plucked the fpear out of the
Egyptian's hand, and flew him
A" .
I
a nd he moved David the people; and David faid unto
13 And three of the thirty with his own fpear. 'in them, to fay,
ft
Go num- the Lord, I have finned greatly
Hi acl and JuJah. in that I have done : and now, [
chief w^nt down and came to Da- %% Thcfe things did Bcnaiah bcr
king iaid to Joab the befecch thee, O Lord, take away
vid in the harveft time unto the the fon of Jchoiada, and had the a For the
otain of the hoft,
which wa* the iniquity of thy fervant; for
cave of Adullam : and the troop name among three mighty faen.
of the Philiftincs pitched in the 23 He was more honourable vvi:h him,
Go now through all I have done very fooliftily.

t alley of Rephaim. than the thirty, but he attained hetrib.sof lirael, from Dan even n For when David was up ia
and number ye the the morning, the word of the
14 And David was then in an not to the firft three and David : to Bcer-ihcba,
hold, and the garf >n of the Phi- fct him over his guard. people, that I may know the LoaDcameuntotheprophet Gad,
Jiftines was then in Beth-lehcm. %\ Afahcl the brother of Joab number of the people. David's fcer, faying,
3 And Joab
laid unto theking, i% Go and fay unto David,
IJ And David longed, and was one of the thirty; Elhanan
faid, Oh that one would give me the fon of Dodo of Beth-Ichcm, Now the Lord thy God add unto Thus faith the Loan, I offer thee
drink of the water of the well of 25 Shammah the Harodite, the people, how many foever they three things ; choofe thee one of
Jlcth lehem, which is by the gate! Elikah the Haroditc, be an hundred-foJd, and that them, that I naay do it unto thee,
16 And the three mighty men Helez the Paltite, Ira the the eyes of my lord the king may 13 So Gad came to David, and
brake through the hod of the fon of Jkkcfh the Tekoue, fecit: but why doth my lord the told him, and faid unto him,
ling delight in this thing? Shall feven years of famine come
Plutiflines, and drew water out 27 Abiczer the Anethothite,
of the well of Bctb-lchem that Mehnnnai the Hufhathite, 4 Notwithftjnding, the king's unto thee in thy land? or wilt
was by the gate, and took it, and 28 Salmon the Ahohite, Ma- word prevailed again ft Joab, and thou flee three months before
harai the Netophathite, againft the captains of the hoft s thine enemies, while they purfue
li ro+tght ir to David: neverthe-
lefs he would not drink thereof, 29 Held) the fon of Buna and Joab and the captains of the thee? or that there be three days
l.oft went out from the prefence peftilencc in thy land ? now ad-
but poured it out unto the Lord. Netophatlme, Ittai the
cf the king, to number the pco- vife, and fee what anfwer 1 hSall
1 7 And he faid, Be it far from Ribai, out of Gibeah of th
pie of Ifracl. return to him that Cent me.
me, O Lord, that I fhould do drcn of Benjamin,
30 Benaiah the Pirathoni 5 ^ And they parted over Jor- 14 And David faid unto Gad,
this:' is not this the blood of the
dan, and pitched in Aroer, on I am in a great ftrait : Ictus now
men that went in jeopardy of Hiddai of the brooks of Gaafh
the right fide of the city that Gilt fall into the hand of the Lord,
their livestherefore be wou'd
? 31 Abi-albon th; Arba
in the midft of the river of Gad, (for his mercies are great,) and
not drink it. Thefe thing; did Azmaveth the Barhumite,
and toward Jazer. let me not fall into the hand of
thefe three mighty men. 31 Eliahba the Shaalbo
6 Then they came to Gilead, man.
18 And A!)ilhai the brother of the fons of Jafhen, Jona
and to the land of Tahtim-hod- 1 5 So the Lord fent a pefti-
of Joab, the fon of Zeruiah, was 33 Shammah the Hararite,
fni; and they came to Dan-jaan, lence upon Lracl, from the
chief among three; and he lift Ahiam the fon of Sharar the Ha-
and about to Zidon. morning even to the time ap-
uphisfpearaga'nft threehundrcd, rarite,
7 And came to the ftrong hold of pointed: and there died of the
nnd flew them, and had the name 34 Eliphelet the fon of Tyre, and to all the cities of the people, from Dan even to Bcer-
among three. hai, the fon of the Maachat
Hmtes, and of the Canaanites: Iheba, feventy thoufand men.
19 Was he not moft honourable Elia ti the fon of Ahithophel and they went out to the fouth 16 And when the angel ftrctch-
of three? therefore he was their Gilonite, of Judah, even to Beer-fheba.
Pa* ed out his hand upon Jciufalem
captain: howbeit he attained not 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, o So when they had gone to deftroy it, the Lor d repented
unto the firft three. rai the Arbite,
through all the land, they came him of the evil, and faid to the
30 And Bcnaiah the fon of 36 Igal the fon of Nathan or to Jerufalem at
the end of nine angel that deftroyed the people,
Jehoiada, the fon of a valiant Zobah, Bani the Gadite, months and twenty days.
Na- It is enough: Hay now thine hand.
mau of Kabzeel, who had done 37 Zelek the Ammonite,
9 And Joab gave up the fum And the angel of the Lord was
manyafts, he flew two lion-like harai the Beerothite, armour-bear* •* the number of the people unto by the thrcfhing-placc of
men of Moab; he went down alfo cr to Joab the fon of Zcruiah. Arau-
5 T
nah the Jcbftfite.
 1. KINGS. CHAP. I
17 And David fpake unto the that the plague may be flay* And Adonijah /lew fneep, 19 And he hath flainoxen,
Lord, when he law the angel from the people, and fat cattle, by the and fat cattle, and (heep inabun-
and oxen,
%% And Araunah faid rtane of Zoheieth,
which f$ by dance, and hath called all the font
that fmote the people, and faid,
Lo, I have finned, and I have David, let my loid the king tfn-roeel, and called all ImSreth- of the king, and Abiathar the
king's ions, and all the pneft, and Joalj the captain of the
done wickedly : Hut thefe fhecp and offer up what fecnieth rcn the
what have they done ? Let thine unto hirr : behold, here bet men of fudah the king's fervants. hort : but Solomon thy fcrvaot
hand, I pray thee, beagainft me, for bumt-facrificc, and thrcAdr^ 10 But Nathan the prophet, hath he not calied.
and B.naiah,
and the mifhty to And thou, my lord, O king,
and againft my father's houfe. inltrurm nts, and ether in(U u ,

18 And Gad came that day ments of the oxen for wood, men, and Solomon his brother the eyes of all Ifrael </r* upon thee,
"fl
not. that thou Ihouldcft tell them
to David, and faid unto him, Go 23 AH Aw ft thin- s did Araunah, he called
11 f Wherefore
Nathan fpakc who (hall fit on the throne of my
up, rear an altar unto tht Lord as a king, give unto the king; fheba the mother of lord the king after him.
•into Bath
in the threfhing- floor of Araunah and Araunah Lid unto the king,
The Lord tl y God accept thte. Solomon, faying, Half thou not 11 Othrrivifc it lhall come to
the Jcbufite.
heard that Adonijah the fon of pafs, when my lord the king (hall
19 And David, according to 24 And the king faid unto
Hasgith doth reign, and David flecp with his fathers. thaU and
the faying of Gad, went up, as A.aunah, Nay; Im willfurely I
my fon Solomon lhall be counted
our lord knoweth it not ?
the Lord commanded. buy it of thee at a price neither
12 Now therefore come, let me, offenders.
:

20 And Araunah looked, and will I offer burnt-offerings unto thee, give thee counfel, %% « And lo, while (he yet talk*
I pray
faw the king and his fervants the Lor n my God of that which
that thou mayert fave thine own ed with the kir.e, Nathan lh*
coming on toward him; and doth coil mc nothing. So David life, and the life of thy fon So- prophet alio Came in,
Araunah went out, and bowed bought the ti-.rt iltinc-floor and lomon. 23 And
they toid the king*,
Jiimfelf beforethc king on his face the oxen fo. fifty fhckclsof fiiver,
13 Go, and get thee in onto faying, Kth<w{, Nathan the p.o-
upon the ground. 2$ And David i-uilt there an king David an.! fay muo nim, phct. And when he was cvmc in
21 And Araunah faid. Where* altar unto the Loud, and offered
fore is rny lord the king come to hurnt-oiPcrincs, a> d peace-offer*
Didil n,>t thou, my lord, king, O before the |W
he bowed him-
fivear unto thine hand- maid, fay- f<if before the king with li is face
hisfcrvant ? and David faid, To ings : f> the Lord was intn ing, AfTuredly Solomon thy fon to the ground.
hoy the threfhing-floor of thee, for the land, and the plague v /hall reign after me, and he lhall i% And Nathan faid, mv lord,
to build aa altar unto the Lord, flayed from Jfracl. fit upon my throne? why then O king, hr.fhhou laid, Adonijah
doth Adoujjah reign ? (hall reign after me, anJ he fhall
The FirftBook of KINGS, commonly call* 14 Behold, while thou yet fitupon my throne,
The Third Book of the KINGS. talked therewith the king, I will % S For he h -one down thU
alfo cone in alter thee, and con-
CHAP. I. 5 «[ Then Adonijahthe fon< firm thy words.
day. and hath fiain oxen and fat
tm \t% and .'he:- p in abundance,
"MOW king David was old, and Uaggith exalted himfelf, fayi
15 1 And Hath-fhcba went in and hath called all the kingV fon*
ftricken in yeais; and they 1 will he king : and he prcpr unto the kinj into the chamber; and thecaotaini of the hofl.-and
covered him with clothes, but he him chariots and horfemcn, and the king was very old: Abl- Abiathar the pneft; and behold,
gat no heat. fifty men to run hefore him. ma 5 the bl
_
unammite munltc;ed they cat and drink before him,
% Wherefore his fervants faid 6 And his father had not
% aml a >'' G <^vcking Adonijah!
tin to him, Let there be fought
for my lord the king a young vir-
plcafed him at any time, in fay-
ing, Why hail thou done fo? anV
»
16 An*l \\ CU U v
And Bath-ftehabowcd.and 1 i /
%6 But me, «methy.fattnt
gobeiuneeuntot^ king: and and Zadok thepricfl, and licnaiah
gin, and let her (land before the he alfo was a very goodly man,
^ouidert the fon of Jchoiada, and thy fr -
king, and I?t her chcrifh him, and his mother hare him af" thou ?

... van: Solomon hath he not calied.

and let her lie in thy bofom, that Abfalom.
any lord the king may get heat. 7 And he conferred with J(
lora Yi ,
d " nto
M mJ M y V u lh " khing «one by my
3 So they fought for a fair dam- the fon of Zeruiah, and
ft! throughout all the coafls of Abiathar the priert and
wi
tl Si* irftW*?*
rCd, y S0l0rn ° n
***** f/lintoUiy ferva,t, who
S after ^onld fit on tl t'.roneoi my loPd
:

Ifrael, and found Abilhag a Shu- following Adonijnh, helped i

wn
tt;i|
ball rmgn r ft*
me, and he the king after him '
c

?
Mammite, and brought her to the 8 But Zadck the priefl,
ting. Renaiah the fon of Jchoiada, 01Ad n ';^
4 And the damfel was very fair, Nathan the prophet, and Shi Ph mte h *
i*no W my,ord
nd J>
*Mi Call me
l?a|h-ftcba:
•

and chtrifhed the king, and mi- and Rei, and the mighty O kin!
K,
"5, k
thou tknowefl ,
and fcc «
me in, <> the king's pre-
it not. fence, and flood before the kin,-.
xiiftered to him ; but the king which belonged to David,
fchcti her not. Dot with Adonijah.
* » 29 And
9
 ;

I. KINGS. CHAP. IT.

*9 And the king fware, and went down, and caufed So
than thy throne and the 4 That the Loft d may continnt
:

faid, As the Lord liveth, that to ride upon king David's m"
bowed himfclf upon the bed. his word which he fpake concern-
hath redeemed my foul out of all and brought him to Gihon. k'n
| And alfo thus faid theking, ing me, faying,
If thy children
diflrefs, 39 And Zadok thc prieft,
nlflcdfcthc Lord God of Ifracl, take heed to
their way, to walk
30 Even as I fware unto thee an horn of oil out of the tab given one to fit on my before me in truth, with all their
by the LoRDGodof Ifracl, faying, cle, and anointed Solomon* h'ch hath
nr this day, mine eves even heart, and with
all their foul,
l
AflTurcdly Solomon thy fon (hall they blew the trumpet, an
y?* iim
there (hall not fail thee (faid he)
reign after me, and he ihall fit the people, faid, God fave ce
And all the gucfts that a man on the throne of Ifracl.
* '

upon my throne in my (lead; Solomon, Adonijah were afraid, 5 Moreover, thou knoweft alfo
even fo willl certainly do this 40 And all the people carneun W ,rl with and went every man what Joab the Ion of Zcruiah did
<ky. after him, and the people pi 5 d rofe up,
pc j^way. tome" and what he did to the
3t Then Bath-fheba towed with pipes, and rejoiced 1* And Adonijah feared two captains of the hofts of If-
with her face to the tarth.and did great joy, io that the earth co
rem becaufe of Solomon,
and arofe, racl, unto Abncr the fon of Ner,
reverence to the king, and faid, with the fjund of them.
hold cn and unto Amafathe fonof Jfthqr,
Let my lord the king David live 41 «[ And Adonijah, and , and went, and caught
forever. the horns
of the altar. whom he flew, and Ihed the blood
the gucds that were with hii and put the
M ex And it was told Solomon, of war in peace,
31 H And king David faid, heard it, as they had made an enj Adonijah fearctfi blood of war upon his girdle that
Call me Zadok the prieft, and of eating and when Joab fayine, Behold,
heard for lo, he hath -was about his loins, and in his
:

Nathan the prophet, and Bena- the found of the trumpet, he king Solomon !

faid
caught hold on the horns of the fhoes that -were on his feet,
iah the fon of Jehoiadah. And Wherefore is this noiie ofthecit* 6 Do therefore according to thy
they came before the king. altar, faying, Let king Solomon
being in an uproar ? "
ar onto me today, that he wifdonvand let not his hoary head
33 The king alfo faid unto 4a And while he yet fpakc
I not flay his fervant with the go down to the grave in peace.
them, Takcwithyou thefrrvants behold, Jonathan the Ion of "
Abi- {Word. 7 But Ihew kindnefs unto the
of your lord, and caufe Solomon athar the prieft came, and
Ado- 5» And Solomon faid, If he fons of Barzillai the Gilcadite,
my fon to ride upon mine own nijah faid unto him, Come in, for
mule, and bring him down to thou art a valiant man,and will fliew himfclf a worthy man, and let thei.. he of thofe that eat
brine-
b there Ihall not an hair of him at thy table : for fo they came to
Gihon. eft good tidings.
fall to the earth : but if wicked- me when I fted becaufeof Abfalom
34 And let Zadok the prieft, 43 And Jonathan anfwered
nefs fhall be found in him, he thy brother.
and Nathan the prophet, anoint and faid to Adonijah. Verily,
our Ihall die. 8 And behold, thou haft with
him there king over Ifracl : and lord king David hath made Solo-
blow ye with the crumpet, and mon king. 53 So king Solomon fent, and thee Shimei the fon of Gera, a
they brought him down from the fienjamite of Bahurim, which
fay, God fave king Solomon. 44 And the king hath fent with altar; and he came and bowed curfed me with a grievous curfc,
35 Then ye lhallcome up after him Zadok the prieft, and Nathan himfclf to king Solomon ; and in the day when I went to Maha-
him, that he may come and fit the prophet, and Bcnaiah
the Solomon faid unto him, Go to naim : but he came down to
upon my throne; for he mall be fon ofjehoiada, and the Cbe-
kingin my ftead : and I have rcthite?, and the Pclethite*,
thine houfc. meet me at Jordan, and I fware
appointed him to be ruler over they have caufed him to ride
and C H A P. II. to him by the Lord, faying, I
Ifracl, and over Judah. on the king's mule.
np- w
N°. thc ih Y s of David drcw will not pnt thee to death with
nigh that hclhoulddic; and he the fword.
36 And Bcnaiah the fon of 45 And Zadok the prieft, and
Jehoiadah anfwered the king, Nathan the prophet have anoint-
charged Solomon his fon, faying,
9 Now therefore hold.him not
a go the way of all the earth : guiltlefs: for thou art a wife
and faid. Amen ; the Lord God cJ him king in Gihon and they
I

:
he thou ftrong therefore, and man,and knoweft what thou
of my lord the king fay fo too. are come up from thence rejoic- wcw thyftlfa man. oughtcft to do unto him ; but his
37 As the Lord hath been ing, fo that the city rang aeain
with my lord the king, even fo be thisfi the noile that yehaveh * 3 And keep thc charge of the hoary head bring thou down to
Lord thy Cod, to walk in his the grave with blood.
he with Solomon, and make his 46 And alfo Solomon fi
throne greater than the throne of on the throne of the kingdom,
— *ays, to keep his ftatutes, and 10 So David flcpt with hisfa-
myy lord
OT * king
niscommandments.andhis judg- thers, and wasburicdin thc city
in David. 47 And moreover the king's
l ^ R _
38 So Zadok the prieft, and fcrvants came to blefs ourlord
"«nts, aiidhistcflimonies, as it
of David.
Nathan the prophet, and Benai- kinc David, fuying.God make the
1
"written in the law of Mofcs,
n And the days that David
ah the fon ofjehoiada, and the name of Solomon mayc ^ P r ofper in all reigned over Ifracl 'were forty
better than th t'w L
jat thou
dorft, and whithcrfo- years: feven years reigned he in
ChcreMUe*, an<J the JMcthites, naiDC and makc his t h e,
»thouturnenthyfclf; Hebron, and thirty and three
It year*
 *

I. KINGS.
years reigned lie in Jcrufalcm. afk for him the kingdom t!f0l CHAP. 1!.

II ^ Then fat Solomon upon (for he is mine elder brother X

v And Benaiah came to the 38. And SMmcf faid unto the
the throne of David his father, even for him and far AhiathlJ tabernacle of the
Lord, and faid king, The fayin fj good
r : as mr
and his kingdom was cftablilhed the pried, and for Joab the fon Thus faith the king, lord the king hath faid,
unto him, fo will
greatly. of Zeruiah. CoiPtfurtlv And hctt.Ite thy fcrvant do. And Shimti
will die here. And Benaiah dwelt in Jcrufalcm many
but I days,
brought the
king word again, M
And it came to pafsat the
faying,
Thus faid Joab, and thus end of three years, that twoof the
me- of Shimci r an away unto
he anfWcred
jam, x v« j • —v —^ ~ r Andthckingfaidnntohim, Aclnlh fon of Maachah king
3 of
14 He faid moreover, I have 24 Now therefore, « the Lor* poasht hath laid, and fall upon Gath and they told Shimci, fay-
:

fomewhat 10 fay unto thee. And liveth,which hath cfhblifhtd me

him, «»d
bury him, that thou mg, Bchjld, thy ftrvtttU
be in
fliefaid, Say on, _ and fet me on the throne of Da' niayefl take away the innocent Gath.
15 And he faid, Thou knoweft vid my father, and
hath who blood which Joab llicd, from me 40 And S himci arofe and fad-
that the kingdom was mine, and made me an houfc as he promiftd andfrom the houfe of my father, died his afs, and went to Gath to
I
Adonijah fhall be put to dearth
that all frael fet their faces on me, ji And the Lord (hall return Achifh to tek his icrvants and :

that I fhould reign : howbeit the this day.

his blood upon his own head, who Shimci went and brought his
fer-
kingdom is turned about, and is a 5 And king Solomon fent by fell upon two men more righteous vants from Gash,
become my brother's; for it was the hand of Benaiah the fon of and belter than he, and flew them 41 And it was told Solomon
his from the Loan. JehoiaHa, and he fell upon him with the fword, my father David that Shimci had gone from Teru-
i<> And now I afk one petition that he died, not knowing thereof, Ab- falemtoGath and uascomcaeain
of thee, deny me not. And Ihc %(> 1 And unto Ahiathar the ner the ion of Ncr captain of the 4 % And the king fent and call-"
faid unto him, Say on. piicft faid the king, Get thee to ho(l of Ifracl, and Amaia the fon e d for Shimci, and faid un'o
him
17 And he faid, Speak, I pray Anathoth, unto thine own fields, of Jcthcr captain of the holt of DiMnot make thee to
f*eir by
thee, unto Solomon the king, for thon art worthy of death 1 udah the Lord, and protcfled unto thee
J -

(for he will not fay thee nay,) hut I will not at this time pot 33
1
rheir blood1 n
ki 1 it *i r
fliall therefore faying, Know
for a certain, that
that he give me Abilhag the Shu- thec to death, becaufc thou barcft return upon the hcadof Joab, and on the day thon gocft out and
jiammitc to wife. the ark of the Lord Goo before upon thchead ofhisfccd forever: walkcft abroad any whither'
that
18 And Bath (heba faid, Well, David my father, and becaufc but upon David, and upon his thou (halt finely die?
and'thou.
] will fpeak for thee unto the king, thou haft been r.ffliclcd in all feed, and upon houfe and up. fcidft unto me,
lus
The word that
wherein my father was affliflcd. 1
19 \ Bath-fhcba therefore went on his throne, fliall there he peace have heard is good.
tanto king Solomon, to fpeak un- 27 So Solomon thruftout Abi- for ever from the Lord. a > \vu v »h*», k«A .l
to bim for Adonijah; and the athar from being prieft unto the
king rofe up to meet her, and Lord; that be might fu!61 the
34 So Benaiah the fon of Je- ke
and c ,u P° n the commandment
gJSjft ft J" jj
bowed himfclf unto her, and fat *ord of the Lord, whichhefpake Mm, and*aT
1?: flew I?!
h.m : and / he was charged thee with that 'ffl
?
down on his throne, andcaufeda concerning the houfc of Eli io
feat to be fet for the king's mo- Shiloh.
ther; and fhe fat on his right %% % Then tidings came to « " L.i, v „
Shimci ' Thou k "owcft all the

hand. Joab, (for Joab had turned

ao Then (he faid, I defire one Adonijah, though he turned
final! petition of thee, J pray thee, after Abfalom,) and Joab
fl-'d

fay me not nay. And the king to the tabernacle of the Lc

fold unto her, Afk on, my mo- and caught hold on
the horn
ther, for 1 will not fay thee nay. the altar.
ai And fhe faid, Let Abilhag a<; And it was told king

theShunammitebegivcntoAdo- mon that Joab was fled unto

nijah thy brother to wife. tabernacle of the Lord, and
%% And king Solomon anfwer- hold, he is by the altar : then
fon
cd and faid unto his mother, lomon fent Benaiah the
And why thoualk Abifhag Tchoiada, faying, Go
doft fall u"

the Shunammitc for Adonijah Mum.

Caa *
CHAT.
 :

L KINGS.
CHAP. III. twccn good and bad; for CHAP. IV.

AND Solomon made

Pharaoh
with
affinity able to
king of people?
judge this thy fo
g iher; tUrt
u5 in the
-was no ftrangcr with
houfe, fave we two in
for they
God
faw that the wifdom of
was in him, to do judgment.
Egypt,andtook Pharaoh'sdaugh- 10 And the fpeech plcaf< thc houfe. C H A P. IV.
ter, and brought her into theci- Lord, that Salomon had I0 And this woman's child QO king Solomon was kingovcr
ty of David, until he had made this thing, died in the
I
night; became (he Q all Ifrael.

an end of building his own houfe, n

And Cod faid unto him overlaid it. % And thefe writhe princes
and the houfc of the Lord, and Bccaufcthou halt afkedthisthing' 20 And fhearofe at midnight, which he had, Azariah thc fon
and took my fon from be fide me, of Zadok the prieft :
*
the wall of Jcrufalcm rou*id and haft not afked for thyfelfl on
about. life, neither haft alked riches
for while thine handmai flept, and 1
3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the
% Only the people faci ificed in thy iclf , nor halt a Iked the life laid it in herbofom, and laid her fons of Shitoa, feribes: Jchofha-
high places, oceanic there was n) of thine enemies, but haft alked dead child in my bofom. pliat the fon of Ahilud, the re-
houfe built unto the name of the for thyfclf undcrftanding to dif- 2 1 And when I arofe in the corder:
Lord, until thofc days. cern judgment. morning to give my child fuck, 4 And Bcnaiah thc fon of Je-
3 And Solomon loved the iz Behold, I have done ac- behold, it was dead but when I
: hoiada was over the hoft ; and
Lord, walking in thc ftatutes of cording to thy words lo, I have : had conlldcrcd it in the morning, Zadok and Abiathar were the
David his father: only he facri- given thee a wife and an under- behold, it was not my fon, pricfts
ficed and burnt incenfe in high Handing heart, fo that there was which did bear.
I
^ 5 And Azariah thc fon of Na-
places. none like thee before thee, nei- il And the other wjman faid, than was over the officers : and
4 An 1 the king went to Gi- ther after thee ihall any arife like Nay; but the living is my fon, Zabud the fon of Nathan was
beon to facri flee there : for that unto thee. and the de id is thy fon : an. I this principal officer, and the King's
-was the great higbplacc: a thou- 13 And I have alfo given thee faid, No; but the dead is thy friend:
fand burnt-ofTerinss did Solomon that which thou halt not aiked, fon, and the living is my fon. 6 And Ahifhar was over the
offer upon chat altar. both riches an,! honour: fo that Thus they fpake before thc king, houfbold: and Adoniram the fon
5 f In Gibcon the Lord ap- there ihall no; beany among the Then faid the king, Thc of Abda was over thc tribute,
peared t > Solomon in a t!i cam by kings like unto thee all thy days, ono faith, This is my fon that 7 f And Solomon had twelve
night: and God faid, Alk what 14 And if thou wilt walk in Jiveth, and thy fon is the dead : officers over all Ifrael, which pro-
I Ihall give thee. my ways, to keep my ftatutesand ai)d the other faith, Nay ; but vided victuals for the king and bis
6 And Solomon faid, Thou my commandments, as thy fa- thy fon " the dead, and my fon houfhold; each man his month
haft ihewed unto thy fcrvant Da- thcr David did walk, then is thc living. in a year made provifion.
I will
rid my father great mercy, ac- lengthen thy days. *4 An I the king faid, Bring 8 And thefe are thefr names I
cording as he walked before thee 15 And Solomon awoke, and
mcafworJ. And they brought The fon of Hut, in mou&t E-
in truth and in rightcoufnefs, behold, it was a dream and he :
a fwo.'d before the king. phraim.
and in uprightnefs of heart with came to Jcrufalcm, and ftood bc- 45 An I the king laid, Di- 9 The fon of Dekar, in Ma-
thee, and thou haft kept for him vide the living child in two, and kai and in Shtalbim, and Beth-
fore the ark of the covenant of
give half to thc one, and half to
this great kindnefs, that thou the Lord, and offered up burnt- fhemclh, and Elon-beth hanan.
haft given him a fon to fit on hi? offerings, and offered pcace-offer-
the other. IO The fon of Hefed, in Aru-
thronc, as it is this day. ings, and made a feaft to all his locn fpartc the woman both: to him pertained Sochoh,
And now, OLord my God, whole thc living child wai unto and all the land of Hepher.
7 fervants
thou baft made thy fcrvant king tneking, (for her bo.vels yerned Ii Thc fon of Abinadab, la
16 ^ Then came there two wo-
upon her fon
inftcad of David my father: and men that were harlots unto the ) and fhe faid, O all the region of Dor, which had
I am but a little child s 1 know king, and ftood before him. »y lord, give hcr theliriiig child, Taphath thc daughter of Solo-
and m no wife fiay
not how to go out or come in. 17 And the one woman faid, it: but the mon to wife,
other faid Let it be neither
8 And thy fcrvant m in the O my lord, and this woman
1 mine 12 Baana the fon of Ahilud:
nor thine, but divide
mid ft of thy people which thou dwell in one houfe, and was de- I it. to him pertained Tunach and Me-
haft choftn, a great people that liveied of a child with her in the
and fail n-
Gl u*« £ ,?
anf r cd V
in
>.
h rth ?l««ngchHcl iJ by Zartanah
^ ,
Mo
and all Beth-fhean, which
cannot be numbered nor counted houfe. ' beneath jezreel,
Iml J S f

for multitude. 18 And it came to pafs the

mot! er?K C
* er flay * 1 fte U tbc from *****
to Abcl-mchol-
9 Give therefore thy fcrvant an third day after that 1 was dch-
underftanding heart, to judge thy vered, that this woman was de- indWL
7>
jJa a '.Ifrael- heard of the
.
t
ah, even unto ti e plaee that is be-
yond Jokneam.
people, that I may tfifcern be- livercd alio; and we -.car toge- had 13 Thc f° n ° f Gcbcr in Ra -
ther;
J and they feared thc kmg I moth-gilead '

; to him pertained the

t towns
 I. KINGS, vr. CHAP.
And Solomon fent to Hiram, thou fhalt receive them / and thoa
towns of Jairthefon of ManafTeh, even to Beer-fhcba, all the dayj
which are in Gilead to him alfo of Solomon.
- V fhalt accomplifh my defire in giv-
knoweft how that Da- ir.g food for my honfhold.
:

pertained the region of Argoh, a6 ^ And Solomon had forty « Tho«

father could not build an 10 So Hiram gave Solomon
which is in Balhan, threefcore thoufand flails of horfes for his *d|mv

houfe unto the

name of the Lord cedar trees, and fii -trees, accord-
great cities with walls and brafen chariots, and twelve thoufand
wars which were wg to all his defire.
bars. horfemen. IV God, for the every fide, until
11 And Solomon gave Hiram
14 Ahinadab the fon of Iddo 27 And thofe officers provided bout him on
had Mahanaim. virtual for king Solomon, and the LOR P ut thcm unt* cr tnc twc »ty thoufand meafures of
his feet, wheat for food to his houfhold,
15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; for all that came unto king So- foles of
4 But now the
Lord my God and twenty meafures of pure oil :
hcalf>took Bafmath the daugh- lomon's table, every man in his
hath given me
reft on every fide, thus gave Solomon to Hiram year
ter of Solomon to wife. month they lacked nothing.
:

that there is neither adverfary, by year.

16 Baanah the fon of Hufhai %% Barley alfo and ftraw f0r (0

vras in Afher and in Aloth.
17 Jehofhaphat the fon of Par- brought they unto the place
ua-h in Iflachar.
18 Shimeithe fon of Elah in
Benjamin.
10 Geber the fon of Uri was
the horfes and dromedaries Borevil occurrent. x% And the Lord gave Solo-
r behold, I purpofe to mon wifdom, ashepromifedhim;
And
the name of and there was peace between Hi-
where the officers were, every man build an houfe unto
according to his charge. theLoRD my God, as the Lord ram and Solomon, and they two
*9 % And God gave Solomon fpake unto David my father, fay- made a league together.
n g f Thy fon, whom 13 «f And king Solomon raifed
I will fet
wifdom and undemanding, ex- j

in the country of Gilead, in the ceeding much, and largenefs of
country of Sihon king of the A- heart, even as the fand that
moritcs, and of Og king of Ba- the fea-fhore.
And Solomon's wifdom ex-
ihan; and be was the only officer 30
which was in the land. celled the wifdom of the ch
all
dren of the eafl -country,
ao 1 Judah and Ifrael were
many, as the fand which it by the wifdom of Egypt,
the fea in multitude, eating and 31 For he was wifer than all
drinking, and making itierry. men 5 than Ethan the Ezrahitc,
21 And Solomon reigned over and Hcman, and Chalcol, and
all kingdoms, from the river unto Darda, the fon s of Mahol; and
the land of the Philiftines, and his fame was in all nations round
unto the border of Egypt they about.
:
upon thy throne in thy room, he a levy ovt of all ifrael, and the
fball build an
houfe unto my levy was thirty thoufand men.
ii on
name. 14 And he fent them to Lcha-
6 Now therefore command non, ten thoufand a month by
thou, that they hew me cedar- courfes; a month they were in
trees out of Lebanon, and my Lebanon, and two months at
fervants flnll be with thy fer- home: and Adoniram was over
vants; and unto thee will I give the levy.
hire for thy fervants, according 15 And Solomon had three-
toall that thou fhalt appoint: fcore and ten thoufand that bare
for thou knowefl that there is not burdens, and fourfcore thoufand
among us any that can (kill to hewers in the mountains:
hew timber like unto the Sido- 16 Befidcs the chief of Solo-

brought prcfents, and ferved So- 3* And he fpake three thou-

niam. ^ mon 's officers which were over the
fand proverbs and hisfongs were 7 f And it came to pnfs, when work, three thoufand and three
lomon all the days of his life. :
Hiram heard the words of Solo- hundred, which ruled over the
%% \ And Solomon's provifion a thou fand and five, mon, that he rejoiced greatly, and people that wrought in the work,
for one day was thirty meafures 33 And he fpake of trees, from faid, Bicflcdbrthe Lord thisday,
of fine flour, »nd threefcore mca- the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, 17 And the king commanded,
winch hath given unto David a and they
fures of meal. even unto the hyilop that fpring- brought great rtones,
wife fon over this great people.
hefpakealio coflly (tones, and hewed (tones,
%3 Ten fat oxen, and twenty eth out of the wall; 3 And Hiiamfentto Solomon, to lay the foundation of the houfe.
oxen out of the pafturcs, and an of hearts, and of fowl,^and of [aying, I have confidcred
hundred (heep, befide harts, and creeping things, and of nines,
the 18 And Solomon's builders,
Wings which thou fenced Co me and
roe-bucks, and fallow-deer, and 34 And there came of all Hiram\Lu!ldcrs,didhew/kw
tor: and I will do
all thy defire and the ftone-funarcrs: fo they
fatted fowl. pic t© hear the wifdom of
concerning timber of cedar, and
prepared timber and Hones to
24 l-orhetad dominion over mon, from all kings of the coneern,ng timber of
his W1 fir. build the houfe.
all 1 he region on this fide the river, which had heard of
9 My fervants fhall bring/few CHAP.
from Tipfah even to Azzah, over C 11 A P. V. VI.
all the kings on this fide the river, \ NI) Hiram king of Tyre amN u u T 1 ' chanonuntothcfca:
A ND came to pafs, in the
it

£\
'
1
co » v *y Jhcro by
and he had peace on all fides l\ his fervants unto Solo flot
'

ep,acc t!l3t
fea in
thou
four hundred and fourfcore
round about him. (for he had he. rd that they ftalr n • the children of Ifrael
)'«ar after
caufc were come out of the land of
%$ And Ju lah and Ifrael dwelt anointed him king in the
r
» be uncharged there,
and Egypt, in the fourth year of So-
fafeiy, every .mn under his vine, of his father;) for Hiram
and under hi$ fig-trce, from Dan ever a lover of David. lomon 's

>
 F. K I N O S. CHAP. VII.
lemon's reign over lfracl, the high : and they re fled on
in *% And the whole houfe he door of the temple, ports */o!ive-
month 2if, which is the fecond houfe with timber of cedar. gold, until he had tree a fourth part of the wall.
cerlaid with
month, that he began to build 11 J And the word of the L finilhed all
the houfe: alfo the 34 And the two doors were of
the houfe of the Lord. came to Solomon, faying, whole altar that
was by the ora* fir-tree; the two leaves of the one

a And the houfe which king
12 Concerning this houfe w Ac he overlaid with gold.
23 1 AnJ
Solomon built for the Lord, the thou art in bunding, if thou vlit *" n thc orac ' c he
of olive-tree,
length thereof was threefcore cu- walk in my Matures, and cxe made two cherubims
bits, and the breadth thereof my judgments, and keep all taeb ten
cubits high.
44 And five cubits was the one
twenty cubits, and the height commandments to walk in
thereof thirty cubits. then will I perform my word wing of the cherub : and five cu-
3 And the porch before the thee which I fpake unto wing of the cherub ;
bits the other
temple of the houfe, twenty cu- thy father. from the uttermoft part of the one
Mts was the length thereof, ac- 13 And I will dwell among wing unto the uttcrmoll part of
ten cubits.
cording to the breadth of the children of Ifrael, and will the other were
houfe; and ten cubits was the forfake my people lfracl, 25 And the other cherub was
breadth thereof, before the houfe. 14 So Solomon built the ten cubits
both the cherubims
:
4 And for the houfe he made and finifhed it. were of one meafurc, and onefize.
windows of narrow lights. 15 And he built the walls 26 The height of the oneche-
5 1 And againft the walls of the houfe within v.ith hoard rub -was ten cubits, and fo
the houfe he builtchambersround cedar, both the floor of the h of the other cherub.
about, againft the walls of the and the walls of the cieling; 17 And he fet the cherubims
houfe round about, both of the he covered them on the infide within the inner houfe: and they
temple, and of the oracle: and wood, and covered the fl ftretched forth the wings of the
he made chambers round about. the houfe with planks of fir, cherubims; fo that the wing of the
6 The nethcrmoft chamber 16 And he built twenty one touched the one wall, and the
•was five cubits broad, and the on the fides of the houfe, wing of the other cherub touched
middle -was fix cubits broad, and the floor and the walls the other wall : and their wings
the third was feven cubits broad; boards of cedar : he eve touched one another in the midil
for without in the wall of the houfe them for ic within, even for of the houfe. and he finifhed all his houfe.
he made narrowed rcfis round oracle, even fax the mod holy place. a8 And he overlaid the cheru* a 1 He built alfo the houfe of
bims with gold. the foreft of Lebanon the length
about, fiat the beams fliould not 17 And the houfe, that is the
door were folding, and the two
l«* v cs of the other door were
folding.
35 And he carved thereon che-
rubims, and palm-t/ces, and o-
pen flowers, and covered them
with gold, fitted upon the carved
work.
36 f And he built the inncr-
court with three rows of hewed
ftonc, and a row of cedar-beams,
gj f In the fourth year was
the foundation of the houfe of the
Lord laid, in the month Zif.
was it 38 And in the eleventh year,
in the month Bui, (which is the
eighth month,) was the houfe
finifhed throughout all the parts
thereof, and according to all
the fafhion of it. So was he fe-
ven years in building of it.
CHAP. VI f.
"D Solomon was building
-D his own houfe thirteen years,
:

ao And he carved all the walls thereof was a hundred cubits, and
he fattened in the walls of the temple before it, was forty cu-
of the houfe round about with the breadth thereof fifty cubits
houfe. bits long .
carved figures of cherubims, and and the height thereof thirty
7 And the houfe, when it was 18 And the cedar of cu-
paloytrecs, and open flowers, bits, upon four rows of cedar-pil-
in building, was built of (lone, within was carved with
within and without. lars, with cedar-beams upon the
made rtady before it was brought and open flowers all w :

30 And the floor of the houfii pillars.

thither : fo that there was nci:her there was no flone feen.
he overlaid with gold, within
hammer nor ax, nor any tool of 19 And he oracle he prepared
1
3 And it was covered with ce-
and without. dar above upon the beams, that
iron heard in the houfe while it in the houfe within, to let there
3* 7 And for the entering of lay on forty-five pillars, fifteen in
was in building. thcai kof the covenant of theLotD the oracle he made doors
8 The door for the middle ao And the oracle in the fore»
chamber was in the right fide of part was twenty cubits in length,
the houfe : and they went up and twenty cubits in breadth,
V£lu
hc Hnle
a fifth part J 1
of the wall
©/olive- a row.
nd fidc P° fts 4 And W P&* windows in
three rows, and light was againft
31 1 he two doors alfo were of light in three ranks.
with winding flairs into the mid- and twenty cubits in the height oi,ve-tree; and he carved upon
dle chamber, and out of the mid- thereof and he overlaid it w"
:
cm carvings of cherubims, J And all tne doors and pofls
dle into the third. pure gold, and /'o covered the a and wrefquare, with the windows:
nd
9 So he built the houfe and fi- which was of ccdnr. aiidov;T-,?L °P^ n ! ? wcrs >"*HiM*M againft light in three
f (
'
,d thcm Wlth
nilhed it ; and covered the houfe 21 So Solomon overlaid the fori 7 ? 6° ld and ranks '
-

Up 6 * A "J
with beams and boards of cedar. houfe within with pure gold : and audhin£ ?,
!
°? the chfrul,inis » ™<l* * porch of
palrT tr cs - pillars the length thereof was
10 And then he built chambers he made a partition by the chains V he
Bgaiuft all the houfe, five cubits of gold before the oracle, and
be «
3* Se
ao alfo
If
made £
for the fifty
;

cubits.and the breadth thcre-

f

overlaid it with gold. Of

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I. K 1 N G S. CHAP. vir.
of thirty cubits: and the porch of molten brafs, to fet upon toward the weft, And
•nd three looking 34 there were four under-
was before them : and the other tops of the pillars the height r
:
looking toward the fetters to the four corners
the one chapiter was five cubits gn d three of one
pillar* and the thick beam -were three looking toward
fouch, and
bale: and the underfetters were
before them. and the height of the other ch aI thefea was fet above
theeaft and : of the verv bafe itfelf.
porch for piter was five cubits
7 ^ Then he made a
:

upon them, and 35 And in the top of the bafe

all their hinder
the throne where he might judge, 17 And nets of checker- work inward. was there* round compafs of half
of chain-work, f parts were
even the porch of judgment : and and wreaths J
26 And it an hand-breadth a cubit high; and on the top of
from the chapiters which were upon
it was covered with cedar the brim thereof was
thick, and the bafe, the ledges thereof, and
one fide of the- floor to the other. the top of the pillars ; fe wrought like the brim of a cup, the borders thereof, vr^ of the
chapiter, and fev
8 5 And his houfc where he the one with flowers of lilies it contained fame.
dwelt had another court within other chapiter.
18 And he made the pillars, tw0 thoufand baths. 36 For on the plates of the
the porch, -which was of the like
%1 \ And he made ten bafes ledges thereof, and on the borders
work. Solomon made alfo an and two rows round about upon four cubits was the thereof, he graved cherubims,
f brafs:
houfe for Pharaoh's daughter, the net-work, to cover the chapU length of one bafe, andfourcubits lions, and palm-trees, according
(whom he had taken to wife,) ters that nwr upon the top with the breadth thereof, and three to the proportion of every one.
like unto this porch. pomegranates : and fo did he for
cubits the height of it. and additions round about.
6 All thefe wereofcoflly ftones, the other chapiter. And the work of the bafes
%% 37 After this manner he made
19 And the chapiters that wre
according tothemeafures of hew-
ed ftones, fawed with faws, with- upon the top of the pillars were
w son this m.mner: they had theten bafes: all of them had one
borders and the borders were cafting, one meafure, and one fize.
the porch, four
in and without, even fiom the of lily-work in between the ledges 1 38 ? Then made he ten lavcrs
foundation unto the coping, and cubits. 19 And on the borders that of brafs: one laver contained for-
fo on the outfide toward
the great ao And thecha were between thelcdges were h- ty baths: and every laver was four
court. two pillars had po oxen and cherubims: and
ons, cubits : and upon every one of the
K> And the foundation was of above, over again upon the ledges there was a bafe one laver.
ten bafes
coftly ftones, even great ftones; which was by
the net-work : _
above: and beneath the lions and 39 And he pnt five bafes on
were two hun»
irones of ten cwbits, and ftones of the pomegranates oxen were certain additions made the right fide of the houfe, and
eight cubits. dred in rows round about upon
of thin work. five on the left fide of the houfc:
chapiter.
11 And above were coftly ftones the other 30 And every bafe had four and he fet the fea on the right
(after the meafures of hewed 21 And he fet up the pillars in brafen wheels, and plates of fide of the houfe eaft^ard, over
rtoncs,) and cedars. the porch of the temple and he :
brafs: and the four corners there- againft the fouth.
12 And the great court round fet up the right pillar, and
called
of had underfetters: under the 40 And Hiram made the la-
thereof Jachin t and
about was with three rows of the name laver wtrt underfetters molten, at vers, and the ftovels, and the
pillar, and called
hewed ftones, and a row of cedar- he fet up the left the fide of every addition. bafons: fo Hiram made an end of
beams, both for the inner-court the name
thereof Boaz.
31 And the mouth of it within doing all the work that he
ai And upon the top of the made
of the houfe of the Lor n, and for the chapiter and above was a cu-
king Solomon for the houfc of
pillars was lily-work fo was the
:
the porch of the houfe. bit :
but the mouth thereof was the Lord.
13 1 And king Solomon
and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
fent work of the pillars finiftcd.
23 1 And he made a
moltcft
ten cubits from the one brim
T3&?Z
a cubit and ^V*?/*
of 1
i ^^
41 The two pillars, and the
an half : and alfo up- two bowls of the
chapters that
14 He was a widow's Con of the fca, a-
onthemouth of it wer fgravings wrcon
the top of the two pillarsi
father to the other it was round all
Naphtali, and his :
tribe of
was a man of Tyre, a worker in bout, and
his height waifivecu- no J? 7b ° rdCrS four
-*l uarc »"d the two net-works, to cover
' >

the two bowls of the chapiters,

fcrafst and he was filled
with bits and a line of thirty cubits
: tt An a r tu
about.
i
hcbo dcrs wh *h vmupoo the top of the
wifdom and uriderftanding, and did compafs it round foi Jr
jourwbeels, r
and the axle-trees of
. I

pillars.
cunning to work all works in 24 And under the briro of C
brafs ; and he came to king Solo-
mon, and wrought all his work.
15 For he cafl two pillars of
round abont there were^ k
compafling it, ten in a cubit,
parting the fea round about
^ rV^^A
bafe

1
^
a„5 !l

*
bi a n
t
""'J**™*
1 °f 3

d half a cubit.
whccl
to the
^
4z

even two rows of pomegranates

° f h Vh CC,S f° r
And
four hundred pome-
nalcs for the two net-works,

were call in two rows 1 ° nC

brafs,
piecc
of eighteen cubits high a- knops
and a line of twelve cubits it was caft.
:
It ftood upon twelf c
Ke Wf thl 7°
i
\
rk ac u .
D*/ to cover the
two bowls of thc chapiters that

did compafs either of them about. 25

16 And he made two chapiters three looking X* E^t^-"*^ . « And theten bafes, and ten

And
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f. K I N G S. chap. vni.
44 And one fea, % And all the men of
and twelve Then fpake Solomou, prefence of all the congregation
X* t
alTemblcd thcmfclves unto that wou,d of Ifracl, and fpread forth hi"
oxen under the fea : kin* The Lo*°
Solomon, he hands toward heaven.
4j And the pots, and the (ho- at t fcaft in the month
vels, and the bafons : and all Ethanim, which is the ftven
thefe veffcls which Hiram made month.
to king Solomon, for the houfe of 3 And all theeldersof Ifrael for thee
to abide in forever. in heaven above, or on earth be-
the Lord, were of bright brafs. and the priefts took up the 14 And the king turned his ncath, who kecpeft covenant and
46 In the plain of Jordan did 4 And they brought up the face about,
and blefted all the mercy with thy fcrvants, that
the king cart them, in the clay- of the Lord, and the taber congregation of Ifrael : (and all walk before thee with all their
ground, between Succoth and of the congregation, and all Ifrael ftood.) heart
the congregation of
Zarthan. holy vcfTels that were in tbe*- X5
Andhefaid, Bleficd be the 24 Who
haft kept with thy
47 And Solomon left all the nacle, even thofe did the p Lord God of Ifracl, which fpake fervant David my fatherthatthoti
Tends unwe\%hed % becaufe they and the Lcvites bring up. with his mouth unto David my promifedil him : thoufpakeft alfo
were exceeding many : neither 5 And king Solomon, and fether, and
hath with bis hand with thy mouth, and haft fulfilled
was the weight of the brafs found the congregation of Ifrael, t fulfilled it, faying, it with thinehand, as it is this day.

out. were aflembled unto him, u 16 Since the day that I brought 35 Therefore now, Lord God
48 And Solomon made all the with him before the ark, facri forth my people
Ifrael out of E- of Ifracl, keep with thy fervant

veflels that pertained unto the fheep and oxen, that could not gypt, I chofe no city out of all David my father that thou pro-
houfe of the Lord: the altar of told nor numbered for multitu the tribes of Ifrael to build an mifedft him, faying, There Ihall
gold.and the table of gold, where- 6 And the priefts brought in _ houfe, that my name might be not fail thee a man in my fight to
upon the fliew-brcad -was, ark of the covenant of the Loi D therein; hut I chofe David to be fit on the throne of Ifrael : fothat
49 And the candlcfticks of unto his place, into the oracle over my people Hrael. thy children take heed to their
pure gold, five on the right fide, of the houfetothe mod holy 17 And it was in the heart of way, that they walk befor^ mc
and five on the left, before the even under the wings of the David my father to build an as thou haft walked before me.
oracle, with the flowers, and the rubims. houfe for the name of the Lord 26 And now, O God of Ifrael
lamps, and the tongs e/gold, 7 For the cherubims fpreid God of Ifrael. let thy word, I pray thee, be vc-
jo And the bowls, and the forth their two wings over 18 And the Lord faid unto rifled, which thou fpakeft unto
fouffers, and the bafons, and the place of the ark, and thee David my father, Whereas it was thy fervant David my father.
fpoons, and the cenfers of pure hims covered the ark, am in thine heart to build an houfe %J But will God indeed dwell
gold ; and the hinges of gold, both ftaves thereof above. unto my name, thou didft well on the earth ? behold, the heaven,
for the doors of the inner houfe, 8 And they drcwoot the that it was in thine heart : andheavenofheavenscannot con-
the mod holy plaee % and for the that the ends of the (laves 19 Neverthelefs, thou fhalt not tain thee, how much lefs this
doors of the houfe, to -wit, of the fecn out in the holy place bef build the houfe, but thy fon that houfe that I have buildcd?
temple. the oracle, and they were (hall come forth out of thy loins, %Z Yet have thou refpeft unto
51 So was ended all the work feen without : and there they he (hail build the houfe unto my the prayer of thy fervant,
and to
that king Solomon made for the unto this day. namc - Ms fupplication,OLoRD my God,
houfe of the Lord. And Solo- 9 There was nothing in the ark 40 And the Lord hath
per- to hearken unto the cry and to
mon brought in the things which favcthe two tabloscf (tone, which formed his word that he fpake, the prayer which thy fervant
David his father had dedicated ; Mofes put there at Horeb, when and I am nfen up in the room of prayeth before thee to-day
with David my father, and fit oa the
even the Giver, and the gold, and the Lord made a covenant 29 Thatthi neeyes may be open
the veflels did he put among the the children oflfrael, when
they throne of Ifracl, as the Lord toward this houfe night and day,
treafures of the houfe of theLoRD came out of the land of Egypt. promifed, and have built an houfe even toward
the place of which
CHAP. VIII. 10 And itcame to pafs when tor the name of
the Lord God thou hart faid, My name fhall be
were come out of the
THcn Solomon aflcmbled the
elders of Ifracl, and the
the priefts
holy place, that the cloud fille*
.
lr el
i : , , .
there: that thou mayeft hearken
all
f«T »i,
fet tbcrc 3
P ,acc unto thc P ra y cr which th Y fervant
heads of the tribes, the chief of the houfe of the Lor d ;
1 .

wherein U the covc ' 0,811 makc Awards this place.

of 11 So that the priefts could T' 1 * ** he m *dt
the fathers of the children If-
becaufe ot I thnl ^rJ^**"*^*-
5
SO And hearken thou to the
rael, unto king Solomon in Jeru- not ftand to minifter, t r$, whtnhcbro
7 "8 ht fupplication of thy fervant, and
that they might bring up the cloud for the glory of tne wern out of the
. , ,
land of Egypt,
salem, :
of thy people Ifrael, when they
of V*
the ark of the covenant of the Lord had filled the houfe Solomon ftood be- fkallpray towards this place: and
*»c the .u
fore til
Lord out of the city of David, L0RP ' - Thcu
altar of the Low,
in the hear thou in heaven thy dwelling
which is Zioib V place,
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KINGS, CHAP. vrir.

I.
them
captives, fay- all the congregation of
that carried Ifrael with
place, and when thou heareft, 39 Then hear thou in heate* We have finned, and have a loud voice, faying,
forgive. thy dwelling-place, and for*i iM
done perverfly, we
Tc have commit- 56 Blefled be the Lord, that
31 5 Ifanyman trefpafs again ft and do, and give to eyery
ma» tC(j
wickednefs; hath given red unto his people
his neighbour, and an oath be according to his ways, w h return unto thee Ifrael, according to all
4 8 And Jo
of
that he
laid upon him to caufe him to heart thou knoweft; (for thou,
their heart, and with all promifed there hath not failed
evoithou only knoweft the hearts with all :

fwcar, and the oath come before the land of their one word of all his good
their foul, in promifc,
thine altar in this houfe : of all the children of men,) which led them away
enemies which he promifed by the hand
3% Then hear thou in heaven, 40 That they may fear thee all captive, and pray unto thee to- ofMofcs his fcrvant.
and do, and judge thy fervants, the days that they live in the land
wa rd theii land which thou gaveft 57 The Loi d our Ood be with
condemning the wicked, to bring which thou gaveft unto our fa.
unto their fathers, the city which us, as he was with our fathers:
his way upon' his head, and jufti- thers.
thou haft chofen, and the houfe let him not leave us, nor forfake
fying the righteous, to give him 41 Moreover,
concerning a
which I have built for thy name, us :

according to his lighteoufnefs. ftrangcr that is not of thy people

49 Then
hear thou their pray- j8 That he may incline our
Ifrael, but comcth out of a far
33 5 When thy people Ifracl er and their fupplication in hea- hearts unto him, to walk in
all
be fmittcn down before the cne- country for thy name's fake;
yen thy dwelling place, and main- his ways, and to keep his
com-
my, becaufe they have finned a- 4* (For they fhall hear of thy Uin their caufe, mandments, and his ftatutes, and
great name, and of thy ftrong
gainft thee, and (hall turn again to 50 Ant] forgive thy people that his judgments, which he corn-
thee and confefs thy name, and hand, and of thy ftretched-out have finned againft thee, and all manded our fathers.
pray and make fupplication unto arm,) when he fhall come and their tranfgreftlons wherein they 59 And let thefc my words
thee in this houfe: pray towards this houfe: have tianfijrefled againft thee, and wherewith I have made
fnpplica-
34 Then hear thou in heaven, 43 Hear thou in heaven thy girc them compaflion before them tion before the Lord, be
nigh
and forgive the fin of thy people dwelling-place, and do according who carried them captive, that unto the Lord our God day
Ifrael, and bring them again unto to all that the ftrangcr calleth to
and
they may have companion on night, that he maintain
the caufe
the land which thou gaveft unto thee for: that all people of the tbcm his fcrvant and the caufe of
their fathers- earth may know thy name,
-
'r »u 1 1 , ff .
51 For they be thy people and his people Ifrael at all times,
.

fear thee, as do thy people Ifr as

35 ^ When heaven is (hut up, thine inheritance, which thou the matter fhall require •

and there is no rain, becaufe they and that they may knqw that broughteft forth out of Egypt, 60 That all the people of the
have finned againft thee t if they houfe which 1 have builde from the midll of the furnace of earth may know that theLo R D
pray towards this place, and con- called by thy name,
ft
God >*'' rf none
fefs thy name, and turn from 44 1 If thy people go out to «ti
ji That . .m
eyes may be
thine 1

61 Let your heart therefore be

clfc.

thcirfin,whenthouaffliaertthem.
36 Then hear thou in heaven,
andforgivethefinofthyiervants,
and of thy people Ifrael, that thou
teach them the good way where-
battle againft their enemy, whi- open unto the fupplication of thy perfect with
the Lord our God
thcr(oevcr thou lhalt fend them,
and pray unto theLotD,
(hall
toward the city which thou haft
chofen, and toward the houfe that
fervanr, and un to the fupplicat ion to

Sftart ";rL
u
walk in his ftatutes, and

£?%
to
——« «

1 have built for thy name

in they fhould walk, and give rain
upon thy land which thoirhaft 45 Then hear thou in heaven from among the people of the before the Lord.
,||
given to thy people for an in- their prayer and their fupphca-
tion, and maintain their cauie. Lta
thou fpakeft V!
C inher n "'
? "
63 And Solomon offered a fa-
by the hand of crifice of peace-offerings
herjtance.
land fa- 46 If they fin acainft thee, (for Mofes thy fervant. when which
37 i If there be in the thou he offered unto the Lord
tw«
that finneth not)
mine, if there be pcftilence, blall- there is no man
mildew, locuft, or if there be and thou be angry with them,
ing,
caterpillar; if their enemy befiegc and deliver
them to the enemy,
carry them away
them in the land of their cities, fo that
whatfoever plague, whatfoever captives unto the
they
land ot u« p x
SEZS
.S';. •
an cn a ° f ci,i,d,cn
, ,
° f ,r' aei
praycr and fu P- houfc of thc Lor
vSmt 1 c
ficknefs there bet
38 What praVcr and fupplica-
enemy, far or near;
47 <t if they (hall
f
bethink
in the land wnunt
t °e
I
th
ore;ne a;tar of ;h
D ,C ar0fe
T ,
n.

f,
4 **2 *«* ^ did «»*
tion foever be made by any man, themfclvcs,
or by all thy people Ifrael, which they
were carried «pU*ei^ w
and makec iufupplication *

fcall know every man the plague repent,

of his own heart, and fpread forth unto thee in the
... u* the
hi* hands toward* thU houfe «
 *

I. KINGS
caufc the brafcn altar that *U
CHAP.
^ "X.
f.
x.
xs f And this is the reafon of did Solomon offer bumf „*r •
-was from following me,
yeor
before the Lord Was too little
to children, and will not k
e J the levy
which king Solomon and
Pc^-otTcZ^, T" SS'
Ufcd, for to build the houfe of tar JkffhVt T.nZ^ &
held a fcaft and all IfVael with
7 Then will I cut off Jf
rae I n„
the Lord, and his own houfe, and he burnt in^r
;„d Millo, and the wall of Jeru- altar
fal
TGcTcr
HaZ ° r
'
Me8 ' dd °' f he
° tufi^
LoRD
tflc
L °" S
LSW^
^She
him, a great congregation, from of the
land which I ha^ '^Cfharaoh king of Egypt a it]
the entering ,nof Hamath unto
them; and this houfe
Ji;"
whG% had gone up, and taken Gezer, which « beK
T'*
8cb r*
^'^In t?™
the „ver of Egypt, before the have Ft ^ f
Lord our God, feven days and cart out of my for my name wnl
hallowed a „d burnt it with fire, and /lain (hore of the '
° n t,,c
B L
10 the ,
light, and XI 1 the Canaan ites that dwelt in the of Edom ' ,and
city, and given it for a prefent 37 And Hiron, r
66 On the eighth day he fent among all people:
the peopleaway and they blelTed
: 8 And at this houfe,
the king, and went unto their high, every
Y 0t

vhich i.
unto hisdaughter Solomon's wife, Jm
I 7 And Solomon built Gezer, k
fcfvantc
'
v
T
oSS SRS*
. •
10
J
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.
,1C "">'
h *«
one that naffi-th and Beth-horon the Nether, W,t,, the
t-ts joyful and glad of heart, for lha'll be .(Lift* ferv an t s Z,
all the goodnefs that the
had 'lone for David his fervant, Lord done thus
and for Ifrael his people.
an'dftJll \]£
Lord and they mail fay/ Why hath rfi
unto th s l aDd
a „/
l8AndB.alath.and Tadmor
in the wildernefs,
28 A,,/fh
in the land,
I 9 And all the cities of ftore
^
endfetrh^
h^o5S^^^«°W^
f
7 t0 °P ,,ir >

A P
and to this houfe >
9, And
'

thc y n,aI1 anr*er,

that Solomon had, and cities for
his and cities for his
chariots,
b "S °" ght 't,
/
g
I k,n g-
Solomon,
a '**

ND came to
Ami? •?
it
*.
pafs,
,
when caufe thcy forfook the Lord
Be-
\h t r V horfemen, and that which Solo- a Mr, „.u„ V 1IcenX -

Solomon had fi
finiihed the God, who brought forth their fi.
mon defired to build in ferufa- A'fS \ °f Sheba
, , ^
building of the houfe of the Lord thers out of the Jem. and in Lebanon, and in all the fam « of Solo-
land of Eevot
and the king's houfe, and all and have taken hold the land of his dominion.
mon fn !! L
concerning the name of the
pleafcd to do,
upon other
faolomon s defire which he was gods, and have worfhipped
them
and ferved them therefore ha?h :
ao^rfall the people that were
left of the Amorites,
Hitt'tel
with
I i .
to
h'JfWcfoom. P rovc ^
a That the Lor d appeared to the Lord brought upon Perizzites, Hivitcs, and C3mC f^J^leVo
them all

ft^-S^
U Jebufi'tes,' wifh
Solomon the fecond time, as he this evil. a v , rv
had appeared unto him 10 1 And it came to pafs $&<r
oot of the chi,d
-
3 And the Lord
Gibcon
faid unto the end
at
of twenty years, when
him, 1 have heard thy prayer and Solomon had built the
at

twohoufes
•' Their children that were
eft after them in the land,
Tnl Jl %
whom mon fh " C nn
3nd prccious
"1™ to So] <>^
:

thy fupplication that thou haft the houfe of the Lord

and the
the children of Ifrael
alfo were
°!
L> ?" ne<1 wit, > h ™ of
made before me
have hallowed king's houfe,
: I

this houfe which thou haft built,

V

II (Now Hiram the king of

not able utterly
thofe did Solo^n
todcfW upon
all \ t
« A ?W her h ""t-
S ° k>m ° n to,d
^
to put my name there for ever, Ty:e had furnilhed
Solomon with
of bond-fcrvice unto
levy
this
a^rKe
day
hcr^ t
.^'? 5 thc,c
M Jy al!

M tl i^ '

and mine eyes and mine heart

ihall be there perpetually.
cedar-trees, and fir-trees,
with gold, according to all his
and
But of the children
Solomon mak e no
bond-men -
of&ae] '
Zdt™
e
V And U
a a ?°
lhc kin
S>

4 And if thou wilt walk before but they were

«g* when the queen of .
defire,) that then king Solomon mcn Qf 4
She-
me, as David thy father walked, gave Hiram twenty cities in the '\'**rvants. and his
princes and
a 1S olom
„'s wifdom
'

in integrity of heart and in up-

rightnefs, to do according to all
land of Galilee,
iz And Hiram came out from
.
C tainS ana
? ' ™'<r "of his
,

c A
C
f ^ 6 that he ^ huilt?'

that I have commanded thee, and Tyre to fee the cities which Solo-
yn It keep my ftatutes and my mon had given him, and they
judgments : pleafed him not.
5 Then I will eftahlifli the 13 And be faid, What citiestfrf
throne of thy kingdom upon If- thefc which thou haft given mc,
rael for ever, as I promifed to my brother?
And he called them
David thy father, faying, There the land of Cabul unto this day.
ihall not fail thee a man upon the
14 And Hiram fent to the
throne of Ifrael. Wng fixfcore talcnts of goW .

15 T ^
* 7 How-
 I. KINGS, CHAP. XI.
1 Howbcit, I believed not the two hundredtarget* of beaten i
in the cities for chariots, 7 Then did Solomon build _
v»ords, until 1 came, and mine gold : fix hundred Jbckeh of gold at Jerufalem. high place for Chcmofh the abo-
Jwith the king
eyes had fcen it : and behold, the went to one target, • - Andthe king made filver mination of Moab, hi the hill
half was not told me: thy wifdom 17 And be made three hundred y in Jerufalem
as (tones, and that is before Jerufalem; and for
and profpcrityexcecdeth the fame fhiclds of beaten gold; three '
larsmadche to be asthefyco- Molech the abomination of the
which I heard. pound of gold went toone Ihield; that are in the vale, children of Ammon.
re trees,
8 Happy are thv men, happy and the king put them in the abundance. 8 And likewifc did he for all
are thefe thy fervants, which (land houfe of the foreft of Lebanon, a8 1 And
Solomon had horfes his rtrange wives, which burnt
continually before thee, and that 18 | Moreover, the king made krou-ht out of Egypt,
and linen incenfe and facrificcd unto their
hear thy wifdom. a great throne of ivory, and over. the king's merchants re- gods.
-arn :

9 BlefTed be the Lord thy God laid it with the belt gold,
Lived the linen
yarn at a price. 9 «f And the Lord was angry
which delighted in thee, to fet 19 The throne had fix ftepa, %q And a chariot came up and with Solomon, becaufe his heart
and the top of the throne went out of Egypt for hun- was turned from the Lord God
fix
thee on the throne of Ifrael ; be-
caufe the Lord loved Ifrael for round behind: and there were fay t dredjMf/Joffilver, andanhorfe of Ifrael* which had appeared
ever, therefore made he thee king, on either fide on the place of the for an
hundred and fifty: and fo unto him twice,
to do judgment and juftice. feat, and two lions flood befide for all the
kings of the Hittites, 10 And had commanded him
XO And fhe gave the king an the flays, and for the kings of Syria, did concerning this thing, that he
hundred and twenty talents of ao And twelve lion* flood they bring tbcm out
by theirmould not go after other gods 1
gold, and of fpicesvery great ftore, there on the one fide and on th; means. but he kept not that which the
and precious flones : there came other upon the fix flepn there CHAP.
XI. Lord commanded.
no more fuch abundance of fpices, was not the like made in any BUT king Solomon loved ma- 11 Wherefore the Lord faid
as thefe which the queen of Shcba kingdom, ny ftrange women, (together unto Solomon, Forafmuch as this
gave to king Solomon. ai 1 And all king Solomon' with the daughter of Pharaoh,) is done of thee, and thou haft not
II And the navy alfo of Hiram, drinking-vcflels v/ere o/gold, a women of the Moabites, Am- kept my covenant and my fta-
that brought gold from Ophir, all the vefTels of the houfe of jnonites, Edomites, Zidonians, tutcs whichhave commanded
I

brought in from Ophir great plcn- foreft of Lebanon -were of pu «*</Hittites;

#
thee, 1 will furely rend the king-
ty of almug-trecs, and precious gold, none were
culver; it wu % Of the nations concerning dom from thee, and will give it
^oncs. nothing accounttd of in the days which the Lord faid unto the to thy fcrvant.
la And the king made of the of Solomon, children of Ifrael, Ye (hall not go 12 Not with/landing in thy
almug-trecs pillars for the houfe 41 For the lung had at fea a in to them, neither (hall they days I will not do it, for David
with the navy comein unto you: for furely they
of the Lord, and for the king's navy of Thai flufh, thy father's fake but I will rend
:

honfe, harps alfo and pfalteries for of Hiram;

once m three yeari will turn away your heart after it out of the hand of thy
fon.
fingers: therecame no fuch almug- came the
navy of TnarlDiffij theirgods. Solomon clave unto 13 Howbcit, I will not rend
gold and lilver, ivory thefcinloye. away
trees, nor were feen unto this day. bringing
3 And he had feven hundred
.... the kingdom: but will
all

11 And kingSolomon gaveun- and apes, and peacocks, give one trihe to thy fon, for
to the queen of Sheba all her de- 23 So king bolomon excee wives, princcfles, and three hun- David rny fervant's fake and for
the kings 01 the earth, for drcd concubines: and his wives Jerufalem's fake which' 1 have
fire whatfoever fhe afked, befides all
and for w.idom. turned away his heart.
that which Solomon gave her of riches chofi:n.
a 4 ? And all the earth fought W nCa
^
* And lhc LoRD rtir ™l *P
C r 11
his royal bounty : fo (he turned
h"^ *^™' <5nbJ° was old
boiornon u that his wives an 14
1°
and went to her own country, fhe to Solomon to
15 advtrfary unto Solomon, Ha-
and her fervants. which God had put in his hart. turned away his heart after other
dad the Edomite : he v as of the
And they hrought every pods: and his heart was not per-
14 « Now the weight of gold »5 king's feed in Edom.
hisprcfent veflcls of lilver.
that came to Solomon in one year, man
hem of David his father.
W asf.x hundred threefcore and and velTds
fix talents of
15 Befides
gold.
that he had of the
and
and mules,
of gold, and garments,
armour, and fp.ces, horfts,
a rate year by year
z6 t And Solomon
gathered
toreth
the

^ David was in

° m hC ab °* fmittcncv eiy male in Edom:

I,C
Edom, and Joab
the captain of the hoft was gone

merchantmen, and of the traffick

and of all together chariots and horfemen:
mLZt °' ^
!?5,cAm
t
-

16 (For fix months did Joab

ofthefpice-merchants, 6 And "J?""«
the and he had a thoufand and fo* n dld ;i
.

ln rcmain there with all Ifrael,

the kings of Arabia, and of the fiehr J?l°T un-
country. hundred chariots, and tweiv.
of the
7« Anil VinsSolomon made thoufand horfemen, whom he^
governors
S
™ I

»«>d his father. rj

4 J; That
 ;

1. K I N G S. CHAP. xir.
26 <[ And Jeroboam the for David my fer- % And
to pafs when
it came
17 That Hadad fled, he and
Lj;: life,
f
da)* 5 1 chofe, becaufc Jeroboam the fon of Nebat,
certain Edomites of his father's Nebat, an Ephrathite of , ,
kCj whom who
my commandments and was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for
Ta
Servants with him, to go into E- Solomon's fervant(whofemothetT1 hC°k
k
hc was flcd fruQl the prefencc of
gypt; Hadad being yet a little name -was' Zcruah, a widow Wo! Patutes : ,

man,) even he lifted up his m lt p ut J will take the kingdom king Solomon, and Jeroboam,
child. hand
MU fon's hand, and 1 will dwelt in Egypt,)
28 And they arofe out of Ml- againft the king. i nf his
dian, and came to Paran, and 37 And thiswnhecaufe that thee, even ten tribes. 3 That they fent and called
°\c it unto
they took men with them out of he lifted up his hand againft the *6 And
unto his fon will 1 him: and Jeroboam and all the
tribe, that David my fer- congregation of Ifracl came, aud
Paran, and they came to Egypt, king: Solomon built Millo, one
m

tc
have a light alway be- fpake unto Rehoboam, faying,
51
unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, repaired the breaches of the citv nt may
which gave him an houfe, and of David his father.
^
fore me
in Jerufalem, the city 4 Thy father made our yoke
a8 And the man Jeroboam wat chofen me to put grievous: now therefore make
appointed him visuals, and gave which I have
a mighty man of valour
thou the grievous fervice of thy
him land. and : mv name there.
1 will take thee, and father, and his heavy yoke which
19 And Hadad found great tomon feeing the young mau l„« 37 And
according to all he put upon us, lighter, and we
favour in the fight of Pharaoh, fo he was indubious, he made him thou (halt reign
defireth, and fhalt will ferve thee.
that he gave him to wife the firter ruler overall the charge of the that thy foul
of his own wife, the fifler of houfe of Jofeph. be king over
Ifracl.
^ 5 And
he faid unto them, De-
38 Andit fhall be, if thou wilt part yet for three days, then come
Tahpenes the queen. 29 And it came to pafsatthat
ao And the fifler of Tahpenes time when Jeroboam went out of hearken unto all that 1 command again to me. And the people
thee, and wilt walk
in my ways, departed.
bare him Genubath bis fon,whom Jerufalem, that the prophet Ahi-
Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's jab the Shilonite found him inn and do that is right in my fight, 6 ^ And king Rehoboam con-
ftatutcs and my com- fulted with the old men that
houfe: and Genubath was in way and he had clad hi
: to keep my

Pharaoh's houfhold among the with a new garment ; and rmndmcnts, as David my fervant Itood before Solomon his father,
ions of Pharaoh. two were alone inthe field. did; that 1 will be with thee, and while he yet lived, and faid, How
And Ahijah caught build thee a lure houfe, as I built do you advifc, that 1 may anfwer
at And when Hadad heard in 30 the
new gaimentthat was on for David, and will give Ifracl un- this people ?
Egypt that David flept with his
fathers, and that Joab the cap- and rent // in twelve pieces. tothie. 7 And they fpake unto him,
tain of the hofl was dead, Hadad 31 And he faid to Jerob 39 And 1 will for this afflid faying, If thou wilt be 9 fervant
Take the fcedof David, but not forever, unto this people this day, and
faid to Pharaoh, Let me depart, thee ten pieces : for
that I may go to mine own faith the Lou o, the God of 40 Solomon fought therefore- wilt ferve them, and anfwer
Behold, I will rend theki to kill Jeroboam; and Jeroboam them, and fpeak good words to
country.
out of the hand of Solomo arofe and fled into Egypt, unto them, then they will be thy fei-
%% Then Pharaoh faid unto
will give ten tribes to thee. Shifhak king of Egypt, and was vants for ever.
him, But what hart thou lacked
in Egypt until the death of So- 8 But he forfaok the counfel of
with me, that, behold, thou feck- 3Z (But he ihallhaveone tribe
for my fervant David's fake, lomon. the old men, which they had giv-
eft to go to thine own country?
for Jerufalem's fake, the 41 1 And the reft of the ac*h en him, and confulted with the
and he anfwered, Nothing: how- of Solomon, and all that he did, young men that were grownup
beit let me go in any wife. which I have chofen out of a
and his wiidom, are they not with him, and which flood before
23 \ And God ftirred him up tribes of Ifracl :)
written in the book of the atls him:
mother adverfavy, Rczon the fon 33 liccaufc that they haveforfa
of Solomon?
cfEHadah, which fled from his ken me, and have wormipped A
o And he faid unto them,
toreth the goddefsof the Z" 4* And the time that Solomon What counfel give ye, that we
Jord Hadadezer king of Zobah. "igued in Jerufalem, over all may anfwer this people who
24 And he gathered mtn unto ans, Chemofh the god of the" wael, was forty years.
have
lum, and became captain over a ites, and Milcomthegod fpoken to me, faying, Make the
43 And Solomon flept with his yoke which thy father did put
Land, when David flew them of children of Ammon,
and
xatbers, and was
Zobah: and they went toDamafcus, not walked in my ways, to
di buried in the city upon us lighter?
a Tl his father;
and dwelt therein, and reigned in -which is right in mine eyes, and Rehobo- 10 And the young men that
m h jf .

to keep my flatutesand my J
fon signed in his (lead.
,

Damafcus. were grown up with him fpake

%$ And he was an adverfary to ments, as did David his
father. ^ unto him, faying,Thus (halt thou
Ifracl all the days of Solomon, 34 Howbeit, will not
take tne
1
Awn ND Rehoboam went to She- fpeak unto this people that fpake
befide the mifchief that Hadad whole kingdom out of
did: and he abhorred Ifracl, and but 1 will
his hand:

make him —" flllu *

* ,fl
chem: for all Ifrael were unto thee, faying, Thy father
*et $h<chcm to make him made our yoke heavy,
*'
U
but make
reigned over Syria. 5 thou.
 ;

h KINGS.
thou it lighter unto us; thus (halt to get him up to his (faariot chap. xiir.
thou fay unto them, My little flee to Jerufalem.
m e, and go again to Rchoboam
3 And he gave a fign the fame
*

.jl|
finger lhall he thicker than my 19 So Ifrael rebelled ^ a Judah. day, faying, This is the fign which
e
king of
father's loins. the houfc of David unto this * Whereupon the king took the Lord hath fpoken : Behold,
a 3g
IX And now whereas my fa- 20 And it came to pafs, w i?*' eoaofei, and
made two calves of the altar lhall he rent, and the
ther did lade you with a heavy all HVael heard that Jero| ,Ctl
)0 Lid, and /aid unto them, It is alhes that are upon it lhall be
yoke, ! will add to your yoke; was come again, that they much for you to go up to poured out.
fP » too
my father hath chaftifed you with and called him unto the cone?
whips, but I will chaftife you gation, and made him kin*
J[*"
with icorpions. all Ifrael there was none
:

IZ «f So Jeroboam and all the followed the houfe of David

people came to Rchoboam the the tribe of Judah only,
third day, as the king had ap- %i «[ And when Re 30 And became a the altar, faying, Lay hold ou
this thing
pointed, faying, Come to me was come to Jerufalem, he afl the people went to tvor- him. And his hand which he
fin: for
again the third day. bled all the houfc of Judah, Up before the one, rvrxuntoDan. put forth againft him dried up, fo
with
13 And the king anfwered the the tribe of Benjamin., an hundred 31 And he made an houfe of that he could not pull it in again
people roughly, and forfook the and fourfcoic thoufand chofcn high places, and made pricfts of to him.
old mens counfcl that they gave men, which
were warrior the lowcft of the people, which j The altar alfo was rent, and
him; fight againft the houfe of were not of the fonsot Levi. the afhes poured out from the
14 And fpake to them after to bring the kingdom a
3a
And Jeroboam ordained a which altar, according to the fign
the counfcl of the young men, Rthoboam the fun of Solomon, fcaft in the eighth month, on the the man of God had given by
faying, My father made your 2% But the word ofGodcami fifteenth day of the month, like the word of the Lord.
yoke heavy, and will add to unto Shcmaiah themauofGod
I
onto the feall that is in Judah, 6 And the king anfwered and
1
your yoke; my father atfo cha- faying, and he offered upon the altar, {fo faid unto the man of God, In-
flifed you with whips, hut I will 23 Speak unto Rehoboam he in rJcth-cl,.j facrificing un- treat now the face of the
tro diii
Lord
chaftife you with fcorpions. fon of Solomon king of to the calves that he had made: ^hy God, and pray for me,
rf that
15 Wherefore the king heark- and unto all the houfe of and he placed in Beth-el the my band mav be
reftored me
ened not unto the people; for the and Benjamin, and to theorem- pricfts of the high places which again. And the man of God
caufc was from the Lord, that nant of the people faying, he had made. befought the Lord, and the
he might perform his faying, 24 Thus faith the Lord, Ye 33 So he offered upon the altar king's hand was reftored him a-
which the Lord fpake by Ahijah fliall not go up, nor fight againft which he had made in Beth-ei, gain, and became
as it was before,
the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the your brethren the children of the fifteenth day of the eighth
7 And the king faid unto the
fori of Ncbat. Ifrael return every man to hit month, even in the month which man of God, Come
:
home with
16 «f So when all Ifrael faw houfe, for this thing is from me* M had dcyifea of his own heart : me, and refrtfh
thyfelf, and I
that the king hearkened not unto They hearkened therefore to tbl and ordained a fcaft unto the will give
thee a reward,
them, the people anfwered the word of the Lord, and returned children of Ifrael, and he offered
8 And the man of God faid
king, faying, What portion have to depart, according to the word upontlea tar andbunudi icenfe. unto
the king, If thou wilt give
we in David? neither have -we in- of the Lord. UL mc half tllinc houfe « 1 win »<*
heritance in the fon of Jeflc: to 25 % Then Jeroboam built
your tents, O Ifrael: now fee to Shcchem in mount Ephraim,and
Awn
NU I n "
u
behold, there came a go in with
n
1

thee, neither will I

thine own houfc, David. So If- dwelt therein; and went out from l>y
l,v H,,
the T °.
word off u
the
l,t
r
° f Judah
Loud unto
cat brcad «
this place:
n0r drink «*
rael departed unto their tents. thence, and built Penuel. Jcr boam.
ftood °y
the altVr ? 9 For fo was it charged me by
17 But as for the children of 26 And Jeroboam faid. 10 his altar to burn incenfe. the word of the Lord, faying,
Ifrael which dwelt in the cities of heart, Now fhall the kingdom r
Eat »° hread nGr
judah, Rchoboam reigned over return to the houfe of David
in the ttro' ot T'f
U *8* '

them. 37 If this people go up to do

faid O
ahar S | ,

'\" S
?fv
and nor turn a S ain b V thc
faith ,he that tnou cameft.
&™ way*
Lord h t 'm
18 Then king Rchoboam fent facrificc in-the houfe of the Lot*
A doram who -was over the tri- at Jerufalem, then (hail the heart
9

butt: and all Ifrael floned him of this people turn again unto wTn le'tl
Sail he off Z'
°f
nd upon thce
Da i<1
l he came to '
™< UM * not by the way that'
Beth-el.
with nones, that he died: there- their lord, even unto RehobortJ
- - ' '
tde fpecd king of Judah, and they M h *h
Place" Ihl
P
K
,CflS

Wn
f th C
-°
,
11
*
Now thwe dwek an
,nccnfe Prophet in Beth-el, and his fon*
u Pon thee

fS&Ss^f«c
Ja ,
• boucs
^
ca d tod bha aI1 ihc
rr *§
 I. KINGS. CHAP. XIV.
that the man of God had done that not kept the commandment And he laid his carcafe in boam cometh
to afic a thing of
*0
day in Beth-el: the words which which the Lord thy God coml own grave, and they mourned thee for her fon, for he is fickt
he had fpoken unto the king, mandedthee; his
A,as m y brothcr *»»*od thus (halt thou fay unto
o ? crhirn>y^'
' -

them they toldalfo to their father. %% But earned back, and h a fl came to pafs after he her; foritfhall be when fbeeom-
4j And it
1% Ard their father faid unto eaten bread, and drunk water in him, that he fpakc to eth in, that lhe (hall feign herfelf
had buried
them. What way went he? for the place of the which the LORD faying, When I am dead, to be another ivomart.
thee. Eat no bread, his fons,
his fons had feen what way the did fay to me in the fepulchre 6 And it was/*, when Ahijah
then bury
man of God went, which came and drink no water: thy carcafe wherein the man
of God is bu- heard the found of her feet, as foe
from Judah. toall not come unto the fcpulchrt boncs bcfidc his camc in at thc door that be faid,
ried; lay »

13 And he faid unto his fons, of thy fathers. bones.

Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam:
23 1 And it came to pafs after
.
Saddle me theafs. So they fad- r . , , ,

the faymg which he why feigncft thou thyfelf ts be

t

3% For
died him the als, and he rode he had eaten bread, and after he word of thc Lord another? for I am fent to thee
cried by the
had drunk, that he faddlcd for
aeainft the altar in Heth-el, and and with heavy tidings.
thereon,
14 And went after the man of him theafs, to -wit, for the pro- againft all the houfes of the high 7 Go tell Jeroboam, Thus faith
God, and found him fittingunder phet whom he had brought back, places which are in thc cities of the Lord God of Ifrael, Foraf-
an oak; and he faid unto him, 24 And when he was gone, a Samaria, (hail furely come to pafs. much as I exalted thee from a-
Art thou the man of God that lion met him by the way, and this thing Jeroho- mong the people, and made thee
33 J After
earned from Judah ? and he faid, flew him: and his carcafe ti/ajcaft am returned not from his evil prince over my people Ifrael,
in the way, and the afs flood by 8 And rent the kingdom away
I afo.
way, hut made again of the low-
15 Then be faid unto him, it, the lion alfo flood by the eft of the people priefts uf the from the houfe of David, and
Come home with me, and eat carcafe. " places: whofoever would, he gave it thee; and yet thou haft
'

bread. *5 Anc hehold, men parted by

^
•crated him, and he became not been as my fervant David,
16 And he faid, I may not and faw the carcafe cafl in the of the priefts of the high who kept my commandments,
return with thee, nor go in with way, and the lion Handing by the places. and who followed me with all
thee: neither will I eat bread, carcafe; and they came and told 34. And this thing became ftn his heart, to do that only -which
nor drink water with thee in it in the city where the old pro- unto the houfe of Jeroboam, v/as right in mine eyes,
phet dwelt. even to cut it off, and to deftroy
this place. 9 But haft done evil above all
17 For it was faid to me by the 26 And when the prophet i/from off the face of the earth. that were before thee: for thou
word of the Lord, Thou lhalt that brought him back from the CHAP. XIV. haft gone, and made thee other
way heard thereof, he faid, It is
cat no bread, nor drink water
there, nor turn again to go by the man of God, who was difobe- AT that time Abijah thc fon gods, and molten images, to
of Jeroboam fell fick. provoke me to anger, and haft
the way that thou earned. client unto the word of the Lord: % And Jeroboam faid to his caft me behind thy back:
18 He faid unto him, I am a therefore the Lord hath deliter- wife, Arife, I pray thee, and dif- 10 Therefore behold, I will
prophet alfo as thou art, and an ed him unto the lion, which hath guife thyfelf, that thou be not bring evil upon thc houfe
ofje-
angel fpake unto me by the word torn him, and flain him, accord- known to be the wife of Jerobo- roboam, and will cut off frem
Je-
of the Lord, faying, Bring him ing to the word of the Lo»D, am and get thee toShiloh; be- roboam him that pifTeth againft
:

back with thee intothine houfe, which he fpakc unto him ; hold, there fj Ahijah the prophet the wall, and him
that is tout up
that he may tat bread, and drink 27 And he fpake to his foils, vhich told me that I ftould be and left in Ifrael,
and will take
water. But he lied unto him. faying, Saddle mc the afs. And king over this people. away the remnant of thc houfe
10 So he went back with him, they faddled him. 3 And take with thee ten of Jeroboam, as a man taketK
and did eat bread in his houfe, 28 And he went and found hw ioaves, and cracknels,
and a crufe away dung, till it be all gone.
and drink water. carcafe caft in the way, and the him 5 hC Hi m that dicth of J'roboam
30 1 And it came to pafs, as afs and the hon Handing
by tne mKk
£ll ell thct
null ""I *Vn w *f .

what lhall become of in the city, (hall thc dogs eat:

not eaten
they fat at the tabic, that the carcafe: the lion had
lhc c ,}d
' and him that dieth in thc field,
J
An <* Jeroboam's wife did fo, lhall thc fowls of thc air eat: for
word of the Lor d came unto the the carcafe, nor torn the afs. op _ 3

prophet that brought him back : 29 And the prophet too* andwcnt to shi loh, thc Lord hath fpoken it.
'
of W»i an? rriC
%1 And he cried unto the man the carcafe of the man 0th oufcof Ah5 ah:
»
of God that came from Judah, and laid it upon the als, a bu?AK u COuld
}
^ i Arifc thou therefore, get
not fcc > forhis thcc to thinc own houfe; and
faying, Thus faith the Lord, brought it back: and the o eret r
by rcalbn of his a c whcn th f«t enter into the city,
the city V « °? . 8 - Y
Forafmuch as thou haft difobeyed prophet came to thc LoRD faid unto chi,d fo*ll die.
Ahii 1 d
the mouth of tbcLoAP, and haft mourn, and to bury him. 4
Behold, the wife of Jero- J 3 And all Ifrael ftaU mourn
fox
 I. KINGS, CHAP. XV.
for him, and bury him for he tribes of Ifrael, to put Ms 1 mother's name wsNa- X2 And hc took
:
nam* -nd his
an Ammonitefs. And A- domites out of the land, and
only of Jeroboam (hall come to
the grave, becaufe in him there was
there: and
Naamah
his mother's nam!
an Ammonitefs, I
^ 3h
bijamhisibn reigned in his (lead, moved all the
re-
idols that his fa-
is found feme good thing toward %% Andjudahdid evil in C H A
r. XV. ther had made.
the
the Lord God of
houfe of Jeroboam.
Ifrael, in the fight of the Lord, and they pro .
voked him to jealoufy with NOW in the eighteenth year
of king Jeroboam the foi. of thcr.even her, he removed from
i3 And alfo Maachah m
their
the Lord fins which they had Kebat reigned
Abijam over Judah. being queen, becaufe fhe had
14 Moreover, (hall committed made
raife him up a king over Ifracl, above all that their fathers had 2Three years reigned he in an idol in a grove and Afa de- ;

who (hall cut off the houfe of done. Walem: and h.s mother snamc ftroyed her idol, and burnt
it by
Maachah the daughter of A- the 7
Jeroboam that day; but what? 23 For they alfo built i,, brook Kidron.
even now. high places, and images, bilhalom. 14 But the high places were
he walked in all the fins not removed : neverthclefs,
15 For the Lord (hall fmite groves on every high hill, 3 And Afa's
lhaken in the under every green tree, father, uhich he bad done heart was perfect with the
Ifrael, as a reed is of his
water, and he (hall root up Ifrael %\ And there were alfofodo.„- before him: and his heart was Lord all his davs.
out of this good land which he itesin the land, and they did ao» BOt perfeft with the Lord his 15 And he brought in the '

gave to their fathers, and (hall cording to all the abominations God, as the heart of David his things which his father had dedi-
fcatter them beyond the river, of the nations which the Lord father " 1, an<1 te the thin S s whi <* him-
! 1 r *for r, -j. r 1 ?, , !
Dav.d's fake felf had dedicated,
becaufe they have made their caft out before the children of 4 Nevertheless, into the houfe
groves, provoking the Lord to Ifrael. did the Lor n his God give him a of the Lord, fi.vcr and gold,
* aud
anger. *5 T And it came to pafs ia lamp in Jeruialem, to fet up his vefTels.

16 And he (hall give Ifrael up, the fifth year of king Rehoboam Jbn after him, and to efiablirti 16 J And there was war be-
becaufe of the fins of Jeroboam, that Shilhak king of Egyptcaroe Jcrufalem 5 t*een Afa and Baa lha king of Ifracl
who did fin, and who made Ifrael up againft Jcrnfalcm : 5 Becaufe David did that -which all their days.
to fin. 1& And he took away the va5 right In the eyes of the Lord 17 And Baafha king of Ifrael
,nd turned not af.de from any went up againft Judah
17 % And Jeroboam's wife treafuics of the
houfe of the and built
thing that he commanded him all R
arofe and departed, and came to Lord, and the treatt.res of the ama h, that he might not /infer
the days of h.s life faveonly ,n any to go
Tirzah and when (he came to king's houfe he even took away
: : out or come in to Afa
the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
the threlhold of the door, the all; and he took away all the king of Judah
child died. (hields of gold which Solomon 6 And there was war between 18 Then Afa took all the filver
Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the and the gold
18 And they buried him, and had made. that -were left in the
27 And king Rehoboam made daysofh.sl.fe.
all Ifrael mourned for him, ac* treafuresofthe houfeoftheLoRD
cording to the word of the Lord, in their ftcacl brakn fhields, and 7 Now the reft of the acts of
Abijam and all that he did are
and the treafures of the k£S
which he fpake by the hand of committed them unto the hands houfe, and delivered them
imo
of the chief ot the guard, which they not written in the book of
his fervant Ahijah the prophet, the hand of his fervants™
and
10 And the reft of the afts of kept the door of the king's ho»fc ki " 8S f kin Afa
? ^tthemtoBen Ldad
W.ftTi'rhf
th " e
Sin AK"J andJ/«
z8 And it was fo, when the K°
war b «- the fon of Tabrimon,
Jeroboam, how he warred, and the fon of
r0b m
owhe reigned, behold, they are king went into the hou(c of the TA^
And AT-
Abijam ^
n u L.
HezionkingofSvria that dwek

ass- m^i^m
8
written in the book of the chro- Lord, ihat the guard hare them,
flept with his at Damafcus, faying,
nicies of the kings of Ifrael. and brought them back into the
%o And the days which Jero- guard-chamber,
boam reigned were two and twen- 39 \ Now the reft of theafts
his of Rehoboam, and all that he did.
ty years: and he flept with
fathers, andhladab his fon reign- are they not written in
the book
td-in his (lead. of the chronicles of the kings or
21 \ And Rehoboam the fon Judah?
of Solomon reigned in Judah. 30 And there was war between : l d, $ 20 So B«-haded hearkened
Rehoboam was forty and one Rehoboam and Jeroboam all tow other's i '
t l
",
L
n t0
^ughte o f k\Zl™ * HVSS?" fcnt thc
«P- 1

years old when he began to reign, days,

and he reigned feventcen years in 31 And Rehoboam fl<
" And Afa T lh / ft- t
?
ta,,
1
S
?
thc hofts which he had
f

Terufalem, the city which the his fathers, and was b^" ^ David huVX C L0 "' nd D ™> and Abe I"
wtiicr.
" tT C l
n °n
Lord did choofe out of all the his fathers in the city < beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth,
with
 T. KINGS. CHAP. xvr.
tilth all the land of Naphtali. Lord, which he fpak*. by reigned in his year of Afa king of Jndah, did
his A* Elah his fon
ax And it came to pafs when vant Ahijah the Shilonite • *» a '

Zimri
.. . feven days
reign ------ in Tirzah
«»j W .mm m t
•

Baafha heard thereof that he left

',
30 Bccaufe of t!ic fins of' r the hand of the and the people were encamped
offbnilding of Ram ah, and dwelt boam which he finned, andwl?^"
And alfo by
I . i c |,u againft Gibbethon
the fon of Hanani, againfl Gibbethon, which belonged
t
inTirzah. he made liVacI fin, by his p wordoftheLoRDagainft to the Philiftines.
%% Then king Afa made a pro-
pro
cation wherewith he provoked
^Vhe
calP
iK* and a ?a*n ^
houfe,
k. $ 16 And the people that were
|ha
clamation throughout all Judah, Lord God of Ifracl to anger evil that he did encamped heard fay, Zimri hath
for all the
(none was exempted,) and they 31 ^ Now the rcftofthe'afl f>ght of the Lord, in pro- confpired, and hath alfo (lain the
•'The
took away the (tones of Ramah, of Nadab, and all that he ,n .-
anger with the king: wherefore all Ifrael made
to
d'd nr hini
and the timber thereof, herewith are thty not written in the
book hands, in being like Omri, the captain of the hoft,
ork of his
Baafha had builded, and king of the Chronicles of the kinw
of Jeroboam, and be- king over Ifrael that day in the
Jhe houfe
c
* 01
Afa built with them Geba of Ben- Ifracl camp.
he killed him.
?
Jaufe
jamin, and Mizpah 4 31 And there was war between twenty and fixth 1 7 And Omri went up from
8 5 In the
%z The reft of ail the acts of Afa and Baafha king of Ifrael a H car of 4fa
king of Judah, began Gibbethon, and all Ifrael with
Afa, and all his might, and all their days, of Baafha to reign him, and they befieged Tirzah.
Elah the fon
that he did, and the cities which 33 In the third year of Ala Tirzah, two years. 18 And it came to pafs when
over Ifrael in
he built, are they not written in king of Judah, began Baafba the
o And his fervant Zimri (cap- Zimri faw that thecity was taken,
the book of the chronicles of the fon of Ahijah to reign overall
tain of half his chariots) confpired that he went into the palace of
kings of Judah ? Neverthclcfs, in Ifrael in Tirzah twenty and four
againft him as he was in Tirzah, the king's houfc, and burnt the
the time of his old age he was years. drinkingAhimfelf drunk in the king's houfc over him with fire,
difeafed in his feet. 34 And he did evil in the fight houfe of Arzah fteward of his and died;
24 And Afa flept with his fa- of the Lord, and walked in the houfe in Tirzah. 19 For his fins which he finned
thers, and was buried with his fa- way of Jeroboam, and in bis fin Zimri went in and in doing evil in the fight of the
And
jo
thcrs in the city of David his fa- wherewith he made Ifracl to fin. fmote him, and killed him, in Lord, in walking in the way of
ther; and Tehofhaphat his fon C H A P. XVI. the twenty and feven th year of Jeroboam, and in his fin which
reigned in his (lead. HPHEN the word of the Loto
Afa king of Judah, and reigned he did, to make Ifrael fin.
%5 J And Nadab the fon of JL came to Jehu the fon of to his ftead. ao Now the reft of the acts of
Jeroboam began to reign over If- Hanani, againft Baafha, faying, II ^ And it came to pafs when Zimri, and his trcafbn that he
rael in the fecond year of Afa % Forafmuch as I exalted thee he began to reign, aflbon as he fat wrought, are they not written in
king of Judah, and reigned over out of the duft, and made thee on his throne, that he flew alt the the hook of the chronicles of the
Ifrael two years. prince over my people Ifrael, and houfe of Baafha : he left him not kings of Ifrael ?
a6 And he did evil in the fight thou haft walked in the way of one that pifleth againfl the wall, ai f Then were the people of
of the Lom>, and walked in the Jeroboam, and haft made my neither of his kinsfolks, nor of Ifrael divided into two parts:
way of his father, and in his fin people Ifracl to fin, to provoke his friends. half of the people followed Tihni
therewith he made Ifrael to fin. me to anger with their fins: X% Thus did Zimri deftroy all the fon of Ginatb, to make him
if 1 And Baafha the fon of 3 Behold, 1will take away the the houfe of Baafha, according to king; and half followed Omri.
Ahijah, of the houfe of IJlachar, posterity of Baafha, and the pot the word of the Lord, which he %% But the people that follow*
confpiredagainfthim : and Baafha tcrity of his houfc and will make
: fpake againft Baafha by Jehu the ed Omri prevailed againfl the
fmote him at Gibbethon, which thy houfe like the houfe of Jero- Prophet. people that followed Tibni the
Uhnged to the Philiftines, (for boam the fon of Nebat. *3 For all the fins of Baafha, fon of Ginath ; fo Tibni died,
Nadab and all Ifrael laid ficge to 4 Him that dieth of Baafha U and the fins of Elah his fon, by
and Omri icigncd.
Gibbethon,) the city, fhall the dogs eat: and Which they finned, and by which and one
7,3 ^ In the thirty
they made Ifrael to fin,
a8 Even in the third year of him that dieth of his in thefieldSf in pro- year of Afa king of Judah began
poking the Lord God
Afa king of Judah did Baafha flay fhall the fowls of the air cat. of Ifracl Omri to reign over Ifrael twelve
5 Now the reft of the afb of
to anger with their
him, and reigned in his ftead. vanities. years: fix years reigned he in
14 Now the reft of the arts of Tirzah.
%y And it came to pafs when Baa/ha, and what he did, and -*h, and all that he
he reigned, thai he fmote all the his might, are they not written did, are 24 And he bought the hill Sa-
jneynot written in the
houfe of Jeroboam r he left not in the book of the chronicles ol book of maria of Shemer, for two talents
to Jeroboam any that breathed, the kings of Ifrael ? 8
° f thc kingS 0f of filvcr and built 0n thc hil, »
6 So with hi*'» # l£cP '
ontilhc had deftroyed him, ac- Baafha flept '
and called the name of the city
cording unto the toying of the thers, and was buric4inTlrw>
J,
J 1 m
thc twenty and feventh which he built, after thc name of
Shemcc
 I KINO g.
Shcmer owner of the hill, Sa- gates thereof in
hisyounjtert CHAP. xvm.
m r
S c * ub > ccor.lwg to the l ^Hedtoher, andBring widow with whom I fojourn, by
faid,
i%
t%S But n ...
Omri wrought evil in the
: L
Lord which he fpake hi
0i .

M**" morfel of bread flaying her fon.

t hee, a
it
the eyes of the Lord, and did Ihua the Ton of
Nun.
Y mC
V e hand.
«
And he ftretched himfclf
worfe than all that -were before CHAP. XVFI *°
*%
And Ihc faid, As the Lord upon the child three times, and

^ r \ liveth, I have not a cake, cried unto the Lord, and faid,
a6 For he walked in all the was of the inhabitants of
way of Jeroboam the fon ofNe- lead, faid unto Ahab,
M handful of meal in a bar- O Lord my God, I pray thee, let

bat, and in his fin wherewith he JLord God of Ifracl

1 tk
bat
da little oil in acrufe:
and this child's foul come into him

made Ifracl to fin to provoke the fore whom I (land,

liveth k M l am gathering two (licks, again.
therein g° in » and drcfsit
for %% And thc LoRD hcard tIlc
Lord God of Ifracl to anger with not be dew nor rain thefc flmay
v^/H f « 1 mv fon, that we may cat voice of Elijah, and thc foul of
their vanities. but according to my word * tZ thechildcamcintohim again and
27 Now the reft of the afts of
ll£l
% And the word of the Lorn A And unto her, he revived.
Elijah faid
Omw, which he did, and his came unto him, faying, go ttni do 34 tllou ha ^ a 3 And Eli ah toolc thc child,
n ot
j? : . j
mightthathehadfoewed.tfrethey 3 Get thee hence, and tnr» me thereof a little and brought him down out of thc
tut make
,

not written in the book of the thee eaflward, and hide unto me, chamber into the houfe, and de-
chronicles of the kings of Ifrael? by the brook Cherith,
thvfrlr
* £ke firft, and bring it
for thee and for liverd him unto his mother and
that u 7nd after make
:

%% So Omri flcpt with his fa- fore Jordan, *. Elijah faid, See, thy fon liveth.
jon,
thers, and was buried in Sama- 4 And it lhall be, that U F° r thus ftith t,,c LoKX> 24 ' And the woman faid to
ria, and Ahab his fon reigned in (halt drink of the brook barrel of meal Elijah, Now by this I know that
Cod of Ifrael, The
his ftead. have commanded the rat wafte, neither fhall the thou art a man of God, and that
/bill not
*9 f And in the thirty and feed thee there, crufe of oil fail,
until the day that the word of the Lord in thy
dighthyearof Afakingrof Judah, 5 So he went, and didaccord* rain upon the mouth is truth,
the Lord fendeth
began Ahab the fon of Omri to ing unto the word of the Loaot earth. XVIII.CHAP.
reign over Ifrael: and Ahab the for he went and dwelt by
th« ic And fhe went and did ac- \
ND it came to pafs after
fon of Omri reigned over brook Cherith, that is before
Ifrael cording to the faying of Elijah : XX
many days, that the word of
in Samaria twenty and two years. Jordan. andfhe.and he, and her houfe did the Lord came to Elijah in the
30 And Ahab the fon of Om- 6 And the ravens brought him eat many days. third year, faying, Go Ihew thy-
ri did evil in the fight of the bread and flefh in the morning, x6 the barrel of meal waft- fclf unto Ahab } and I
And will fend
Lord, above all that were before and bread and flefh in the evening! ednot, neither did the crufc of ra j n up0 n the earth,
him. and he drank of the brook. oil fail, according to the word of % And Elijah went fhew
to
3t And it came to pafs, as if 7 And it came to pafs after* the Lord, which he fpake by himfelf unto Ahab and there was
:

it had been a light thing for him while, that the brook dried up, Elijah. a fore famine in Samaria.
to walk in the fins of Jeroboam becaufe there had been no rain iu 17 1 And pafs after
it came to 3 And Ahab called Obadiah
the fon of Nebat, that he took the land. tbefe things, that the fon of the which was the governor of his
to wife Jezebel the daughter of 8 f And the word of the Lord woman, the mifrrefs of the houfe, houfe: (now Obadiah feared the
Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, came unto him, faying, fell fick, and his ficknefs was fo Lord greatly:
and went and ferved 9 Arife, get thee to Zarepbath attherc was no brcath
Baal, and
f°£;
t
4 Foritwasy*, when Jezebel
worfhipped him. which belongeth to Zidou, and left in f.
him. cut ff the prophets of the Lord.
3% And he reared up an altar dwell there : behold, I have n And ihe faid unto Elijah, that Obadiah took an hundred
for Baal in the houfe of Baal, manded a widow woman What have to do with thee, O prophets,
I
and hid them by fifty
which he had built in Samai ia. thou man of God ? art thou come
fultain thee. in a cave, and fed them with bread
unto me to call my fin to remem-
33 And Ahab made a grove; 10 So he arofe, and went to and water.)
brancc .and to fhy my ion
and Ahab did more to provoke Zarephath : and when hecameto ? And AhabfaiduntoObadiah,
5
the Loan God of Ifrael to anger, the jate of the city, behold, the i^AndhcJaid unto Give Go into the land, onto all foun-
her,
Andhc ^pkh m out tains of water, and unto all
than all the kings of Ifrael that widow woman was there gather-
were before him. ing of (licks and he called to her,
;
S/kT
.'nernorom and earned him up
I

brooks: peradventure we may

34 •[ In his days did Hiel the and laid, Fetch me, 1 pray thee, a
Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid little water in a vefTel, thatl***
the foundation thereof in Abiram drink.
bis firit-boru, and fet up the II Andaslhe was going to fct<* L0k l> m y God hart 6 So they divided
thou alk
°uaUo ? ,
brought
>
evil upon thc between them to pafs throughout
 1. KINGS, CHAP. XVIII.
it t Ahab went one way by him- unto him Art thou he that
:
x And they took the bullock 35 And
the water ran round
and Obadiah went another bleth Ifrael? given them, and they about the altar, and he filled the
felf, k* h was
18 And he anfwered, I an<1 callcd on thc namC trcnch alr° with water.
way by himfelf,
not troubled Ifrael, bntthou j
^ j
d
ffedif.
morning even until 36 And it came to pafs at the
7 ^ And as Obadiah was in an r Raal from
the way, behold, Elijah met him: thy father's houfe,in thatyehatj
»n faying, O Baal, hear us. time of the offering of the evening
and he knew him, and fell on his forfaken the commandments
there was
no toice, nor any facrifice, that Elijah the prophet
f
face, and faid, Art thou that my the Lord, and thou haft followed And they leapt came near, and faid, Lord God
that anfwered.
lord Elijah ? Baalim. which was made, of Abraham, Ifaac, and of Ifrael,
nun the altar
8 And he anfwered him, I am : 19 Now therefore fend,
ani a? And
it came to pafs at let it be known this day, that
go tell thy lord, behold Elijah is gather to me all Ifrael unto , t hat
Elijah mocked them, thou art God in Ifrael, and thai I
mount Carmel, and the prophet aloud: for he is a am thy fervant, and that I have
here. "nd faid* Cry
9 he faid, What have I of Baal four hundred and fifty
And he is talking, or he is done all thefc things at thy word,
rod cither
finned, that thou wouldcft deli- and the prophets of the gro>^ puriuing, or he is
in a journey, or 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me,
Ter thy fervant into the hand of four hundred, which eatatjeze* pcradventure he ileepcth, and that this people may know that
Ahab, to Hay me ? bePs table. Lft be awaked. thou art the Lord God, and that
10 As the Lord thy God liveth, ac So Ahab fent unto all the % % And they
cried aloud, and thou haft turned their heart
there is no nation or kingdom, children of Ifrael, and gathered cut thcmfelves
after their manner back again.
whither my lord hath not fent the prophets together untomount with knives and lancets, till thc 38 Then the fire of the Lord
to feek thee and when they faid, Carmel.
: blood gufhed out upon them. fell, and con fumed the burnt-fa-

He is not there ; he took an oath 21 And Elijah came unto all 19 And it came to pafs, when crifice, and the wood, and the
of the kingdom and nation, that the people, and faid, How long mid-day was part, and they pro- ftones, and theduft, and licked
they found thee not. halt ye between two opinions? if phcfied until the time of the offer- up the water thafwwin the trench,
11 And now thou fayed, Go the Lord be God, follow him: ingof the evening facrifice, that 39 And when all the people
tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is but if Baal, then follow him. And there -wasneither voice, nor any faw /V, they fell on their faces:
h ere . the people anfwered him not a to anfwer, nor any that regarded, and they faid, The Lord, he is
1% And it (hall come to pafs, word. 30 And Elijah faid untoall the the God; the Lord, he is the
ejjoon as I am gone from thee, a 2 Then faid Elijah unto the people, Come near unto me. And God.

that the fpirit of the LoR d fhall people, I, even only remain 1
I all thc people came near unto 40 And Elijah faid unto them,
carry thee whither I know not; prophet of the Lord; but Baal's him: and he repaired the altar of Take the prophets of Baal, let
and Jo when I come and tell A- prophets are four hundred and the Lord that was broken down, not one of them efcape: and they
hab, and he cannot find thee, he fifty men. 31 And Elijah took twelve took them, and Elijah brought
23 Let them therefore give tu ftones, according to the number them down to the brook Kilhon,
Ihall Hay me: but 1 thy fervant
fear the Lord from my youth. two bullocks, and let them choofe of the tribes of thc fons of Jacob, and flew them there.
for thcmfelves, and unto whom the word of theLoRD 41 f And Elijah faid unto
13 Was it not told my lord, one bullock
what did when Jezebel flew the cut it in pieces, and lay 1/ od
I
came, faying, Ifrael Ihall be thy Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink
under: and namc
prophets of the Lord? how I hid wood, and put no fire * for there is a found of abundance
an hundred men of the Lord's will drefs the other
I
bollock, 3* And with the ftones he of rain,
and putnft built an altar in the name
prophets, by fifty in a cave, and and lay it on wood, of thc 4% So Ahab went up to cat
i-oRD and he made a trench a- and to drink, and Elijah went
fed them with bread Lnd water: fire under: :
up
Go And call ye on the nam
* *>ut the altar, as great as would to the top of Carmel ; and he caft
14 And now thou fayelt, 24 ^

contain two meafures of

Elijah your gods, and will catton the feed. himfclf down upon thc earth, and
tell thy lord. Behold, is I

name of the Lord: and *e WJ And

here: and he ihall flay me.
15 And Elijah (aid, As the that anfwereth
J.ORDY>fWhliveth,beforewhom God. And all the P&g*S
by fire, let MUJ

It is wellipo*
K 33

and
he put thc wood in put his face between his
C
ji a ".V
i !. f
he bullock in
knees,
43 And faid to his fervant, Go
onthc wood » U P now » ,ook toward thc fca.
our barrels with And he went up, and looked, and
I ftand, 1 will finely lhew myfclf fwered and faid unto watJ j
unto him to-day. *5 And Elijah faid facriL P
our !' on thc burnt - fa5d There is nothing. And
* he
Uiooie y hc wood -
16 So Obadiah went to meet prophets of Baal, Z A *?} °? ^ faid ' Go a S ain fc«n times,
ana Do U thc fc* 44 And it came to pafs at the
Ahab, and told him ; and Ahab bullock for yourfclves, anfl nd 2* _ >

for yc are many .

went to meet Elijah.
when
it firrt;

name 01 your gou»,

^ '

t Be
17 J And it came to pafs on the cloud
Ahab faw Elijah, that Ahab faid put no fire under. ,
^ ^ thbdi!
uwc
n,C:
-
amUhc y did » out ofthefea, like a man's hand.
And
 S

CHAP. XX.
I. KINGS. hen thou
comeft, anoint Hazael 3 Thy and thy gold is
filver

he feid, Go up, fay unto 8 And he arofe, and did Skingo^Sy""-- mine; thy wives alfo and thy
And
Ahah, Prepare by
t chariot, and get and drink, and went
eat
n tn
*
\
*5 the fon of Nun- children, even the goodlieft,
And Jehu
anoint
are
thou to be king mine.
thee down, that the rain flop flrength of that meat forty day. (h\ (halt
and forty nights, unto Horeb overWVael:
and E lima the fon of 4 And the king of Ifrael an-
thee not. the
chaphat, of
Abel-mcholah, (halt fwered and faid, My lord
45 And it came to pafs in the mount of God.
prophet jn thy
O king,
9 1 And he came thither unto thou anoint
to be according to thy faying, I am
mean while, that the heaven was
thine,
hlack with clouds and wind, and a cave, and lodged there; and be. room. ,
. . ..
4
. allthat I have.
And A- hold, the word of the Lord came And it (hall come to pafs, j And the mefTengers
there was a great rain. 17 came
to him, and he laid unto him efcapeth the fword again, and faid, Thus
tFfat
hab rode and went to Jezrcel. that him fpeaketh
(hall Jehu flay: and Ben-hadad, faying, Although I
46 And the hand of the Lord What doit thou here, Elijah I
'
of Hazael,
10 And he faid, I hare been efcapeth from the fword have fent unto thee, faying,
was on Elijah ; and he girded up him that Thou
Lord God of fhal Ehfhaflay. (halt deliver me thy filvcr
his loins, and ran before Ahab, very jealous for the of Jehu, and
holts: for the children of |f. 18 y ct I have left me feven thy gold, and thy wives and thy
to the entrance of Jerrecl.
CHAP. XIX. rael have forfaken thy covenant thoufand in Ifrael, all the knees children :
which have not bowed unto Baal,
AND Ahab told
that Elijah had done, and
Jezebel all thrown down thine altars, and
flain thy prophets with the fword;
6 Yet 1 will fend my fervants
and every mouth which hath not unto thee to-morrow about thij
withal, how he had flain all the and 1, even I only, am left t and killed him. time, and they fliall fearch thine
they feck my life, to take it away. 19 f i>o
he departed thence, houfe, and the houfes
prophets with the fword. of thy fer-
1 Then Jezebel fent a mcflen- 11 And he faid, Go forth, and found Elifha the fon of Sha- vants; and it (ball be, that what-
Elijah, faying,So let and (land upon the mount before phat, who -was plowing with foever is pleafant in thine eyes
ger unto
the gods do to me, and more alfo, the Lord. And behold, the twelve yoke of oxen before him, they fhall put it in their hand,

if I make not thy life as the life Lord parted by, and a greatand and he with the twelfth : and and take it away.
ftrong wind rent the mountains, him,
parted by and caft Then the king of
of one of them, by to-morrow Elijah 7 Ifrael cal-
and brake in pieces the rocks be his mantle upon him. the elders of the land, led all
about this time.
he fore the Lord ; but the Lord was ao And he left the oxen, and and faid, Mark, I pray you, and
3 And when he faw that,
and not in the wind: and after the ran after Elijah, and faid, Let fee how this wawfeeketh
arofe, and went for his life, mifchicf:
came to Beer- flieba which be long- wind an earthquake; but tht me, I pray thee, kifs my father for he fent unto me for my wives
Lord was not in the earthquake! and my mother, and then I will and for my children, and
eth to Judah, and left his fervant for my
there. 11 And after the earthquake* follow thee. And he laid unto f.lver, an<f for my gold, and I
him, Go back again; for what denied him not.
4 But he himfelf went a day's
<f
journey into the wildernefs, and
came and fat down under a juni-
per tree: and he requefted for
fire ; but the Lor d -was not in the
fire: and after the fire a flill flnall
voice.
13 And it was>, when Elijah
H V

him
aZ V°
\41 And
r
1
j v
he returned back ^ 8 And all the elders and ali
from the people faid unto him,
and took a yoke of oxen, ken not unto him,
1 <
Hear-
nor confent.
that he wrapped hlsface m nd b0,Ied
himfelf that he might die, and heard //,
>k
l°i with !if 9 Wherefore he faid unto the
! A
flefh the inrtruments
faid, It is enough, now, O Lord, in his mantle, and went out, and of
the mefTengers of Ben-hadad Tell
B and a ve unto ^e people,
take away my life: for 1 aw not flood in the enteung in of tw my lord the king, All that thou
JS tL r5 f k
better than my fathers. cave : and behold, there timet
5 And as he lay and
flept un- voice unto him, and faid,
dofl thou here, Elijah
W&«
SfednnJSlL
J
*
* nd mU>l "
J
he
^aynotdo.
firft
'
1 wiM do:
And
m this thing
der a juniper-tree, behold then,
an angel touched him, and faid And he
.

have been CHAP vv 8*™

the mcflen?

AANDynaVn
14 faid, 1 departed, and brought him
the Lor God «
kt/j
.Ben-hadad the .. . •
king of word
*
unto him, Arife and eat. very jealous for „ again.
ot CrCd 311 h
6 And he looked, and behold, hofts: becaufe the children 8 h0ft t0"
S 10 And Ben-hadad fent unto
core* «ther „ f i -

Ilrael have forfaken thy 8 nd him ' and

there was a cake baken on the ft'ni 1 toX!™ faid T,1C do fo
and h0rf,
'
ana"*
coals, and a crufe of water at his nant. thrown down thine me and more alfo if the
thy prophets wittt w« wd ch£ iot, ,„? •
,
"' K
Ut "5 duft of Samaria (hall fuffice for T£ .

head; and he did eat and drink,

and laid him down again.
and
fword; and I, even
flain
only, JkefS^
8
•gainft
dSamaria ' andwarred handfuls T
«*•» «»• people that
it
they feck my
7 And the angel of the Lord left; and , « .' . follow me.
came again the fecond time, and take it away.
And Lord r iJ unto
iaie »
Ahab ki„ R 5n£?i T
C
5 T"
C to
r " And the king of Hrael an-
touched him, and faid, Arife and 15
eat, becaufe the journey is toi great him, Go,
the
return on thy w 7
w 1
a »< faid
*«-hadad.
lnt
™ ht J
'
^ the
Thu$ V-^
faUh
fwcr
5
dand
not bim
«4. Tell him, Let
« irdcth on bis bar-
w
.
of Daroafcu*
for thee. the wilderncl*
*$
 r

I. KINGS. CHAP. XX.

Ben-hadad king of"Syria valleys therefore will I de-
: 35 ^ And a certain man of
he that put-
mfs boaft himfelf, as
ca P cd on an h ° W the ho •
,
v cr
this great multitude into the ions of the prophets faid unto
teth it off. '
hand, and ye lhall know his neighbour in the word of the
xz And it came to pafs, when men. 'j
1
.

I am
the Lord. Lord, Smite me, I pray thec.
heard this meflage, (as 21 And the in, of frael w '!

pitched one over And the man refufed to finite

,

^
I
Ben-hadad
Wriuking.beandthe kings out, and fmote *e horfes a \q And they
hc other feven days ; and him.
faid chariots, and flew the Syr inll the
in the oavilions.) that he the feventh day 36 Then faid he unto him,
pur/elves with a S «at (langh ter T\ was, that in
unto nisTints; Set
was joined : and the Becaufe thou haft not obeyed the
he battle
of Ifrael flew of the Sy- voice of the Lord, behold, afloon

^T^^
. prophet unto Ahab
faying,
therecame unto him,
king of
ftrengthen thyftlf,
If- and mark and fee whatthoudoeft;

Thus the return of the year

faith the for at
&
the
c
.

f
hildrcn
s an

en in one
xo But the
hundred thoufand foot- as thou art departed from me, a
day. lion (hall flay thee. And aflbon
reft fled to Aphek, as he was departed from him, a
rae! and there a wall lion found him, and flew him.
feen all this king of Syria will come up aga.nft into the city;
Lord, Haft thou twenty and feven thou- 37 Then he found another man,
will thee. fell upon
ereat 'multitude? behold, I
*3 And the feints of the fandofthe men that were left : and faid, Smite me, I pray thee,
de iverTt into thine hand this day, fled, and came in- And the man fmote hi.n, fo that
know that I <» king of Syria faul unto hw,. and Ben-hadad
and thou fhalt into an inner in firming he wounded him.
Their gods are gods of the hills, to the city,
3$* So the prophet departed,
therefore they were ftronger than chamber.
14 And Ahab faid, By whom?
:

31 f And
his fervants faid un- and waited for the king by the
Thus faith the Lord, we but let us fight aga.nft them
:
and he faid.
to him, Behold now, we have way, and difguifed himfelf with
by the young men of the in the plam and furely we fhall
Evcn heard that the kings of the houfe alhes upon his face,
the provinces, Then be ftronger than they
princes of
the 24 And do tins thing, Take of Ifrael are merciful kings : let 39 And as the king pa fled by,
he faid, Who orderfhallbat-
us, I pray thee, put fackclotb on he cried unto the king : and he
he anfwered, Thou. the k,n« away every man out
tic ' and our loins, and ropes upon our faid, Thy fervant went out into
numbered the of his place, and put captains in
X e Then he
y0 ung men of the princes of the their
.
room,
^^ heads, and go out to the king of the midft of the battle, and be-
Ifrael; pcradventure he will fave hold, a man turned afide, and
brought a man unto me f and faid,
CaS «d?hir V twoTand J-
he numbered all the
likethe army that thou haft loft,
horfe for horfc, and chanotfor
thy life.
3Z So they girded fackcloth on Keep this man : if by any means
ter tnem
to the™ nc " 1

.
f c hariot; and we will fight againft their loins, Md
put ropes on their he be amiiTing, then fhall thy
in the plain .rffcrdy- heads, and came to the king of life be for his life, or clfe thou
Jhem
they And Ifrael, and faid, Thy fervant Ben- ihalt pay a talent of filver.
noon fall he ftronger
16 Andfhey went out at
but Ben-hadad
n th
™ s

drinking him- he hearkened unto

their voice, hadad faith, I pray thee, let me
live. And he faid, Is he yet alive? here and
40 And as thy fervant wasbufy
there, he was gone*
fC U
"rfAnd came to pafs at the he is my brother. And the king of Ifrael faid unto
V:, fki e s thrtShw'ana it
33 Now the men did diligently him, So Jhall thy judgment le9
obferve whether any thing -would thou thyfclf haft decided it.

«nt »n to Aphck, to « 5 ht
come from him, and did haftily 41 And he hafted, and iook
priLsof t h«pU«c«
.o.toot catch it : and they faid, Thy bro- the afhes away
from his face t and
ther Ben-hadad. Then he faid,Go the king of Ifrael
difcerncd binx
ye, bring h:m. Then Ben-hadad that he
was of the prophets,
came forth to him; and he caufed
4* And he faid unto him*
nim to come up into the chariot. Thus faith
the Lord, Becaufe
nd Bcn ' hadad faid unto thou haft let go out

SHSSS? =SS£s=rf» u-
34
mm ^j
took from

ftlT'
"wts,
,

rhe cities which my father a man whom I

of thy hand,
appointed to' utter
thy father I will deftru&ioij, therefore thy life fhall
3nd thou
.
fca,t make go for his life, and thy people for
for thcc i„ Damafcus, as his people.
y tatner made , n Samaria. Then 43 And the king of Ifrael went
w» * will fend thee
away tohishoufc, heavy and difplcaf.
is covenant.
So he made ed, and came to Samaria.
'«ant with him,
and fent
away
*
% C « A P.
 «

I. KINGS. C H A P. XXTT.
9 Then the king of Ifracl call- iS And the king of Ifi Lord
all in peace, the 38 And one warned the chariot
cd an officer, and laid, Haften unto Jcholhaphat, Did no irn at
I

h notfpoken
by me. And he in the pool of Samaria; and the
ther Micaiah the fon of Imlah. thec, that he would prophe •

10 And the king of Ifracl and good concerning me, but evil Ed Hearken, O people, every dogs licked up his blood; and
Jchofhaphat the king of Judah fat 19 And he (aid, Hear 00V fyou.
and
}hcy waihed his armour; accord-
ing unto the word of the Lori>
each on his throne, having put on therefore the word of the L so the king of Ifrael

T-holhaphat the
king of Judah which he fpake.
their lobes, in a void place, in the I faw the Lord fitting
entrance of the gate of Samaria, throne, and all the hoft of Merit up to
Ramoth-gilead. 39 Now the reft of the acls of
king of llrael faid Ahah, and all that he did, and
and all the prophets proplufivd (landing by him, on his w Xnd the
will difguife the ivory houfe which he made,
[afore them. hand and on his left. p Jchofh-tphat, I

and ail the cities that he built,

11 And Zcdckiah the fon of
Chenaanah made him horns of
iron : and he faid, Thus faith the
l.o&i>, With thefe fnalt thou pufh
20 And the Lord (aid,
lhall peifuade Ahah, that he
go up and fall at Ramoth-g
and one laid on this mannrr
"yfclf, and enter into the battle,
but put thou on thy robes. And are they not written in the book
Ifrael difguifed him- of the chronicles of the kings of
! the king of
fclf and went into the battle. Ifrael?

31 But the
king of Syria com- 40 So Ahab fiept with his fa-
the Syrian*, until thou have another faid on that manne
Aianded his thirty and
two cap- therf, and Ahaziah his fon reign-
confumcd them. 21 And their came forth a'
rule over his chari- ed in his (lead,
15 And all the prophets pro- lit, and Hood before the Lo
tains that had
ots, faying, Fight neither with 41 ^ And Jehofhaphat the fon
phefied faying, Go up to Ra-
fo, and faid, I will perfuade hir
frail nor great, fave only with of Afa began 'to reign over Judah
moih gilead, and profper: for %% And the Lord faid
the king of Ifrael. in the fourth year of Ahab king
the Lord ihall deliver;'/ into the him, Wherewith and he fa:

31 And it came to pafs, when of ifracl.

king's hand. will 50 forth, and will be at 1

the captains of the chariots faw t % Jehofhaphat ««s thirty and

13 And the meflenger that was
t
fpiiit in the r»outh ol all his
jchofhaphat, that they faid, Sure- five years old when he began to
gone to call Micaiah fpnkc unto phcts. And he faid, Thou And reign, and he rcig::cd twenty and
Jy, it ri the king of Jlrael.
him, faying. Behold now, the perfuade /;•;//, and prevail alio: go
they turned afide to fight againll five years in Jerusalem : and his
words of ihe prophets declare icrth, and do fo.
bim: and Jeholbaphot cried out. mother's name was Azubah the
good unto the king with one 23 Now
therefore behold,
33 And it came to pafs, when daughter of .Shilhi.
mouth let thy word, I pray
: Lord hath put a lying fpi
thec, belike the word of one of the mouth of all thefe th
the captains of the chariots per- 43 And he walked in all the
ccived that it was not the king way of Afa his father, he turned
them, and fpeak that which is good, phets, and the Lord hath fp
of Ifracl, that they turned back net afide from it, doing that
14 And Micaiah faid, As the evilconcerning thee.
from punning him. wh-ih was right in the eyes of the
Lord livcth, what theLoRD faith 24 But Zcdckiah the fon of
34 And a certain man drew a Lonn : neverchrlcfs, the high
unto me, that will 1 fpeak. Chenaanah went near, and fmote bow at a venture, and fmote the places were not taken away ;
1$ f So he came to the king, Micaiah on the cheek, and faid, fir
king of Ifrael between the joints the people offered and burnt in-
and the king faid unto him, Mi- Which way went the fpirit of the of the harnefs: wherefore he faid cenfeyet in the high places,
caiah, mail wegoagainftRamoth- Lord from me to fpeak unto unto the driver of his chariot,
gilead to battle, nr mall we for- thee ?
44 And Jcholhaphat made
Turn thine hand, and carry mc peace with the king of Ifrael*
bear ?'and he anfwered him, Go, 25 And Micaiah faid, Bch putof the hoft, for I am wounded. 45 Now the reft of the arts of
and profper: for the Lord (hall thou (halt fee in that day,
35 And the battle increafed Jehofhaphat, and his might that
deliver it into the hand of the thou (halt go into an inner that day and the king was
: ftay- he (hewed, and how he warred,
ber to hide thyfelf. ed up in his chariot againft the
are they not written in the book
16 And the king faid unto 26 And the king of Ifracl Tynans, and died at even; and
of the chronicles of the kings of
him, How many times (hall I ad Take Micaiah, and carry we blood ran out of the wound Judah ?
jure thee, that thou tell me no- back unto Anion the govern wo the midft of the chariot.
46 And the remnant of the
thing but that which is true in the the city, and to Joaft the k 30 And there went a procla- fodomites, which
remained in the
name of the Lor » ? fon ; r
°^ h °, llt thc bo(l ' a - day* of his father Afr he took out
17 And he faid, I Taw all Ifracl 27 And fay, Thus faith the K°H
oont the going down
of the fun, of the land.
tottered upon the hills, as Ihcep king, Put this fellow in the p"'
that have not a ihepherd : and fon, and feed him with bread
or
5
cverv ;; Vt0 hisci *y> and
47 Hm
«tt then no king in
« ° wn countlT- Edom : a deputy was king,
the Lord kid, Thefe have no affliction, and with water of 2 c L
ki " S dicd and
mailer, let them return every fliclion, until I come in peace, was * > 48 J cn olhaphat made (hips of
™<* thcvhnr^ and TharmiftitogotoOphirforgold:
man to his houfc in peace. 38 And Micaiah faid, If <7 buried the king in Samaria, but they went not ; for the mips
X 3 wcr«
 .

1!. KINGS. CHAP. He

were broken at Ezion-geber. holhaphat king of Judah, the king faid, Come down CHAP. If.

49 Then fau! Ahaziah the fon reigned two years over Ifrael.
jsath
quickly.
q Ana
.
anfwered and
Elijah
. , A
£\
Nl)
th«
it camewhen
to pafs
Lord would take up
©f Ahab unto Jeholhaphat, Let Ji And he did evil in the fi ,j
be a man of
my fen-ants 50 with thy fe. vants of the Lord, and walked in Aid unto them,. If I Elijah into heaven by a whirl-
and in the rire come down from wind, that Elijah went with
in the fhips : but Jeholhaphat way of his father, God, let
of his mother, and in the w heaven, and
confnme thee and Elilha from Gilgal.
would not.
Jeroboam the fon of N An(i thc fire of Cwl * And Elijah laid unto F.lifha,
50 t And Jeholhaphat flept thy fi'')'- ,
heaven, and
with his fathers, and was buried made Ifrael to fin. a „c downhimfrom and his fifty.
Tarry he: c, I pray thee : for the
with his fathers in the city of S3 And he ferved conn-in^ 1 Lo* D hath fent me to Beth-el.
David his father: and Jehoram worlhipped him, and ,
j And he lent again a cap- And Elilha faid n.lo him, As thc
anger the Lord Gc tainol the third
fifty, with Lis Loan livcth. and as thy foul liv-
his fpn reigned in his Head
and the thud captain of cth, not leave thee. So
will
51 5 Ahaziah the fon of Ahab according to all t.iat fifry: I

had done, fifty went

up, and came and fell they went down to Beth el,
began to reign over Ifrael in Sa-
before Elijah, and 3 And the fens of the prophets
maria the feventeenth year of Je- on his k"«s
befought him, and faid unto him, that were at Beth- el came forth
f He Second Book of theKINGS, commonly ro3n of God, I pray thee, let to Elilha, and faid unto him,
The Fourth Book of the KINGS. mv life, and the life of thefe fifty Xnoweft thou not that the Lord
tbyfervants, be precious in thy will takeaway thy martcrfrom thy
C H A I'. I. Lokd,
not becaufe there it
Is it

head to-day ? and he faid, Yea, I

THEN Moab rebelled againft not a God in Ifrael, that thoo fight.

Ifrael, after the death of fendeft to enquire of Baal-zebnb 14 Behold, there came fire know it, hold ve your peace,
the god of LUron therefore thou down from heaven, and burnt up 4 And Elijah faid unto him,
Ahab. :

down from that the two captains of the former Elilha, tarry here, I pray thee 1
% And Ahrziah fell down flialt not come
bed on which thou art gone up, fifties, with their fifties: there- for thc Lord bath lent
through a lattefs upper
in his me to
but (halt furely die. fore let my life now be precious Jericho. And he faid, As tha
chamber that was in Samaria,
7 And he faid unto them, in thy fight. Lord liveth, and as thy foul liv-
and was lick rand he fentmcflen-
What manner of man was hi 15 And the angel of thc Lord cth, I will not leave thee.
rers, and faid unto them, Go, 80
faid unto Elijah, Go down with they came to
enquire of Baal-zehub the god of which came up to meet you, and Jericho.
told you thefe words? him, be not afraid of him. And 5 And the fons of the prophets
Ekron, whether I (hall recover of
And they anfwered him, Hi he arofe, and went down with that were at Jericho
this difcafe. 8 came to Eli-
hairy man, and girt with him unto the king. ,ha, and faid unto him,
1 But the angel of the Lord was an Knoweft
girdle of leather about his loins, h,m th ° U l hal thc Lo * n *H1
faid to Elijah thcTiflihite, Aiife, a vHJZLt'i
Thus faith the Lord. . T°r
Forafmuch d away . take
go up to meet the meflengers of And he faid,
It 11 Elijah th« thy mafler from thy head
as thou hall fent meflengers to to-day
the king of Samaria, and fay unto I iihhite. ... .
enquire of Baal zebub thegod of know*;,,
? and he anfwered
Y ca ' t'
9 Then the king fent unto Jim

K S5?SS,
hold ye
them, Is it not becaufe there is not Ekion, (n it not becaufe there is
of fifty with his Mty. 6 And Elijah fHd unto hi.
a God in Ifrael, thu ie go to en- a captain
quire of Baal-zebnb the god of and he
went up to him, (and be-
no God in Ifrael to enquire of his
__d?) therefore thou lh.lt not Lok J*
Tarry I pra v the
"
he ft*'
'^ S J
_ kron > hold, he fat on the top of an hill) h'
come down off that bed on which
therefore thus faith the and he fpakc
unto him, Thj And he faid. As the Lord live?
4 Now tho. art gone up, but
lhalt furely and as thy foul
Thou malt not come down man of Gcd, the king hath
faid,

^ ^ **
Loan, Ih'eth, 5 will "it

from that bed on which thou art Comedown,

gone up, but (halt furely die. 10 And Elijah ™<^ ™ > T So he died, according to on"
lM
tW °

And Elijah departed. faid to the captain of

man of God, then let fire .come
X had
P f
L
hC ° whi E"-
and Je 0ran
7 And fifty men of thc fonsof
$
5 1 And when the meflengers a
heaven, and consume
ttin htne
n n,s a »K
the.r !
fecond view
P~P"«« .ndftSfS
turned back unto him, he faid down from .J. , l afar off: an ,l th cy two
. »»
fto jJ
them, Why
are ye now thee and thy ht.y. And tn«J
unto I

turned back ? came down fire from ieat«, I

his mantle,
and his Wty.
6 And they faid unto him, confumed him
There came a man up to meet us, 11 Again alfo he lent ungWJ
unto Go, turn again another captain of ntty, w»
and faid us,
anlwered and
unto the king that fent you, and fifty: and he
uuto man of God, »
iay unto him, Thus faith the liana,
X 4 they

Ul KINGS,
they were gone over, that Elijah And he faid, Ye fhall
-
faid unto Eiifha, A(k what I lhall 17 And when they urged
do for thee, before I be taken he was afhamed,he faid,S
away from thee. And Eliiha
till
They therefore fifty
fent
faid, I pray thee, let a double and they fought three days,
portion of thy fpirit be upon me. found him not.
10 And he faid, Thou haft 18 And when they came
afked a hard thing ncverthelefs, to him, (for he tarried at Jc
:
if thou fee me when I am taken he faid unto them, Did I no
from thee, it fhall be fo unto thee; unto you, Oo not ?
but if not, it lhall not be jo. 19 If And the men of the
IT And it came to pafs as they faid unto Klifha, Behold, [
thee, the fituution of thiscity j
ftill went on, and talked, that
behold, there appeared a chariot plofant, as my lordfeeth: hut
the water is naught, and the
of fire, and horfes of fire, and
parted tlum both afunder, and ground barren.
Elijah went up by a whirlwind 20 And he faid, Bring me 1
new crufe, and put fait therein
into heaven.
12 «f And Fiillia faw and he and they brought it to him.
cried, My fatlv.r, my father, the n And he went forth unto
chariot of Ifrael, and the horfe- the fpiing of the waters, and caft
men thereof. And he faw him the fult in there, and faid, Thus
no more: and he took hold of his frith the Loan, I have healed
own clothes, ami rent them in thefc waters; there fhall not be
two pieces. from thtnee any more death or
13 He took up alfo the mantle barren laud.
of Elijah that fell from him, and zz So the waters were healed
went hack, and flood by the unto this day, according to the
bank of Jordan, faying of Eliiha which he fpake.
14 A::cl he took the mantie of 33 ^ And he went up font
Elijah, that fell from him, and thence unto Bcth-el; and as he
fmote the waters, and laid, Where was going up by the way, there
is the Lord God of Elijah ? and came
forth iittlc children out of
vhen he alfo had fmitten the wa- the city, and mocked him, anA
tens, they p*arttd hither and thi- faid unto him, Go up,
thou bald-
ther : and Eliiha went over. head, go up, thou bald-head.
15 And when the fons of the 24 And he turned back, a
prophets, which were to view at looked on them, and curfed
Jericho, faw him, thty faid, The in the name of the
Lord:
fpirit of Elijah doth reft on Eli- there came forth
two lhe-w
fha. And they came to meet him, out of the wood,
and tare fi
and bowed themfelvcs to the and two children of them,
ground before him: a 5 And he went from th«ct
and irom
16 1 And they faid unto him, to mount Carmtl,
Samaria.
Behold now, there be with thy thence he returned to
fcrvantsfiftyftrongmen,letthem CHAP. III.
the fon of A
go, we pray thee, and feck thy VfOW Jchoram
n 0T "
mafter: left peradventure the fpi- IN hab began t0 ^ e, S
him Samaria, theeigm«
rit of the Lord hath takcu racl in in
king ot J
i>p, and caft him upon fomeycarof Jehofhaphat
tf ' ars
mountain, or into fomc valley, dah, and reigned twcl"
:
chap. irr.
- he wrought evil in the faid, Here h Eliiha the Cm of
And
r ht oi the LoR p,
but not like Shaphat, which poured water on
W father, and
like his mother; the hands of Elijah,
^ away the image of Baal iz And Jchofeaphat faid. The
fr he put
father had made. word of the Lord is with him.
that his
Neverthclefs, he cleaved un- So the king of Ifrael, and Jeho-
X
fins of Jeroboam the fon (haphat, and the king of Edom,
to the
fNebat, which made Ifrael to went down to him.
L • he departed not
therefrom. 13 And Elifha faid unto the
1 { And Mefha king of Moab king of Ifrael, What have I to do
and rendered with thee? get thee to the pro-
wa s a rtieep-marter,
of Ifrael an hun- phets of thy father, and to the
unto the king
drcd thoufand
lambs, and an prophets of thy mother. And
hundred thoufand rams, with the the king of Ifrael faid unto him,
Na Y : for the Lord hath called
w0 ol. r ,
e But it came to pafs when A- thefc three kings together, tode-
bab was dead, that the king of liver them into thehandof Moab.
14 And Eiifha faid, As the
Moab rebelled againft the king of
Lord of hofts livtth, before whom
Ifrael.
And king Jehoram went I (land, furely, were it not that I
v Samaiia the fame time, and regard the prefence of Jehofha-
pumbered all Ifrael. phat the king of Judah, I would
7 And he went and fent to Je not look toward thee, nor fee
holhaphat the king of Judah, fay- thee.
ing, The king of Moab hath re- 15 But now bring me a min>
belled againft me : wilt thou go ftrel. And it came to paft when
with me againft Moab to battle ? the minftrel played, that the hand
andhefaid, I will go up; I am as of the Lord came upon him.
thou*rf, my people as thy .peo- 16 And he faid, Thus faith
pie, and my horfes as thy horfes. the Lord, Make this valley full
8 And he faid, Which way of ditches.
lhallwe go up ? and he anfwtred, 17 For thus faith the Lord,
The way through the wildernefs Ye lhall not fee wind, neither
of Edom. fhall ye fee rain ; yet that valley
9 So the king of Ifrael went, lhall be filled with water, that ye
and the king of Judah, and the may drink, both ye, and your
king of Edom
and they fetcht a
: cattle, and your besfls.
compafsof feven days journey: 18 And this is but a light thing
and there was no water for the in the fight of the Lord : he will
holt, and for the cattle that fol- deliver the Moahitcs alfo into
lowed them.
your hand.
10 And the king of Ifrael faid, 19 And ye fhall fmite every
was, that the Lord hath
called fenced city, and every choice city,
in* three kings together,
to and (hall fell every good tree, and
JJl'ver them mto the hand of Hop all wells of water, and mar
„ — every good piece of land with
_
o . .
*{ But Jehofhaphat faid, Is there ftoncs.
h
.
3
prophet of thc LoRD > ao An <* '* «me to pafs in the
that w ay en <l">reof the Lord morning,
bv hi m ? when the meat offeriog
J
;
and one of the king of was ofTered, that behold, there
-
'
lervants anfwered and came water by
the way of Edom,
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IT. K I N OS. CHAP. IV.

nd the country was filled with isdead, and thou k no weft
" hc w 1cn
water. thy fcivantdid fear the -mniMty 1 a,ld !t ftlu '
' ,uft,and i W*j Send me, I
Lotj! £ comeih that he (hall pray thee, one of the young men,
to us,
21 f And when' all the Moab- and the creditor is come t L t a in thither. and one of the afies, that I may
ites heard that the kings wore unto him my two fons »~ turn
1 day that run to the man of God, and come
it fell on a
come up to fight again (I them, bond-men. ,X And
thither, » and hc turned again.
-o™"' -
hCe came
C3 il v "
v
u "

they gathered all that were aide
to put on armour, and upward,
and (loud in the border.
2% And the/ rofe up early in
the morning, and the fun ihone
upon the witer, and the Moau-
% And Elifta fcid unto IW h< chamber, and lay there. And he fai faid, Wherefore
What (hall do for thee? tell *J
I j Dt0 the
he faid to Gehazi his w ilt thou go to himm 11to-day ? it is
what haft thou in the houfc> an j It And
Call this Shunamniite. neither new-moon, n or fabbath.
fhefaid, Thine hand-maid ftrrant'
And when he had called her, (be And (be faid, It fall ibe well.
not any thing in the houfc,
flood
before him. 34 Then (he faddled an afs,
a pot of oil. faid unto him, Say and faid to her fervant, Drive,
(

ites faw the water on the other
fide d$ red as blood :
1J And they faid, This- is
blood: thc kin.rs arcfiiuly flain,
and they huvefmitten one another:
now tinrcton Moab, to the fyoiJ
. thou (h.ilt (hut the door upon
24 And when they came to
the camp of Ifrael, the Ifra^-lites
rofe up and fmote the iVlouoices,
ib that they fled before them:
but they went forward firming
thcMoabites, even in //;«> country.
a.S And they beat down the
Cities, and on every good piece of
land call every man his ftone,
and filled 'it, and they flopped all
the wells of water, and felled all
the good trees: only in Kir-rura-
leth left they the (tones thereof:
howbeit the limbers went about
it and fmote it.
3 Then he faid f Go,
thee vciuls abroad of all
neighbours, even empty
borrow not a few.
4 And when thou art come in
thee, and upon thy
lhait pour out into ail thufe vcf-
feis, and thou (halt fet afidc
which is full.
5 So (he went from him, and
fliut the door upon her, and upon
her fons, who Wrought the vtjjelt
to her, and (he poured out.
6 And it came to pafs when
the vcflelswerc full, that Ihefaid
unto her ion, Bring me yet a
fcl. Andhe faid unto her,
is not a veflel more,
oil (hived.
7 Then (lie came and
,j And be
„„* unto her, Behold, thou haft and go forward ; (lack not thy
for us with all this riding for me, except I bid thee.
been careful
he done for thee?
ai(i what a (o aj So fhc went and came unto
•Wldcft thou be fpoken tor to the msn of God to mount Carmcl;
the captain of the and it came to pafs when the
the king "r to man
holt? and fhc anfweied, 1 dwell of God faw her afar off, that he
fons, and among mine own people. Gehazi his fervant, Be- faid to
J4 And he faid. What then is hold, under is that Shunammite:
to be done lor her: and Gehazi 26 Run now, prav thee, to
I
anfweied, Verily the hath no meet her, and fay unto her, h it
child, and her hulhand is old. well with tint? is H well with thy
Ij And he (aid, Call lief. And hufband ? is it Well with the child,
when be had called her, the (loud and lis anfwired, // is well,
in Ijedoor. » 7 And when Ihe came to the
16 And lie faid, About. this man of God to the hill, Ihe
feafon, according to the time of caught him
by the feet: but Ge-
life, thou (halt embrace a fon. ha:,i came near tothruft her away.
And Ihe fa.d. Nay, my lord, thou And the man
of God faid, Let
man of God do not lie unto her alone, for
her foul is vexed
told the T^T W .
wilMfl h and the Lord hath .
« *

7 ° * n 5°? Ce VC<1 hid ,rom mc a " d h»lb not '

%6 ^ And when the king of man of God: and he faid, Go, «U K r 3 l

31 that ftafoH lhaC lol
' -

«' me-
Moao ihw that the battle was too eil the oil, and pay thy d< crn.
" d faiJ Un hcr aCCord 28 Then - fhe Did def.re
fore for hi<n, he took with him and thou and thy children IJil mC /?
' I
live .

feven hundred men that drew V ?"/ f 6

i not fay,
a fon of my lord ? did
J
'

the rtft. 1 "a i

Wh:n K° ''I , .
*
,
W3S Donot.leceivcmc?
t ,CChll<l
fwords, to break through even 8 *j And it fell on a day, , tn n
ll 0nada jr that € 2 9 Then he faid to Gehazi,
tinto the king of Edom : but Eliiha parted to Shunem, wi KS
JWjot;U ! t«
to k t
h,s ,ath«r to the Gin:
,
'

up thy loins, and take my

they could not. was a great woman; and (becon-
ft-ffm liiinc hand, and to tlr'
27 Then he took his eldert fon drained him to eat bread. M AnA I.- r . l. » •
1 .

that ihotild have reigned in his

ftead, and offered him fur a burnt
offering upon the wall": and there
Jb it was, that as oft as he
by, he turned in thither
bread.
|

RK S
ao And
jvV" , ^.
I''
ndh
?
*f
0t V
i
M| WM«
'
not;
h*«
and
n^
if any
again
falute
: and
9 And (he faid unto her
hrf-
was great indignation againft If-
rael: and they departed iron him bund, Behold now, I perceive tr**
bef 011 ^oAndthemotherofthechild
and returned to their own land. thisn an holy man of God ,r| >
CHAP. IV. pafleth by us continually. M And mm* A% thc LoKO liveth a,ld «
NOW there cried a certain 10 Let us make a little cl ^ on tl e
(he
£ft
wJnf '

T'
* ndhi thy foul liveth, 1
>

will not leave

woman of the wives of the

ions of the prophets unto Klifha,
her, I pray thee, on the wall, (
let us fct for him there •idWnt oui UP °n Wd A
°d Gehazi paffed on be
31
6)'*"€> Thy fcrraut my buiband and a table, and a ftool,
can*
»* And Ihe
^ rill-i
called . . ,
unto her fore them, and laid thc flaffupon
 :

II. KINGS, CHAP. V.

ten chan 8« of thee » bfim great thing, wouldeff
the face of the child, but there
faid, O thou man of God,
there,, *v« of go ,d and »
thou not havc done it f how much
was neither voice nor hearing: death in the pot: and they could nment.
he brought the letter rather then, when he faith to
wherefore he went again to meet not cat thereof. 6 And
4 r But he faid Then bring king of Ifrael, faying, Now thee, Wafh and be clean ?
him, and told him, laying, The t0 the
is come unto thee, 14 Then went he down, and
child is not awaked. meal and he caft ./ into the
: hen this letter
and he laid, Pour out for the p^ navc 'herewith fent dipped himfelf feven times in Jor-
31 And when EH(ha was come hehold, I
into the houfe, behold, the child
pie, that they may eat: and
there
xr«man my fervant to thee, that dan, according to the faying of
harm in the pot. recover him of his the man of God and his flefh
was dead, and laid upon his bed. was no thou mayeft
:

came again like unto the flelh of

33 He went m therefore, and 4* 1 And there came a ,, Dr0 fy. „ ,

from Baallhahlha, and b 7 And it

came to pafs when a little child, and he was clean,
fnut the door upon them twain,
the man of God bread of the 6rft the king
of Ifrael read the letter, 15 ^ And he returned to the man
and prayed unto the Lord. his clothes, and faid, of God, he and all his company,
fruits, twenty loaves of bar' that he rent
34 And he went up, and lay
jlm I
God, to kill and to make and came and flood before him ?
upon the child, and put his mouth and full ears of corn in the this man doth fend un- and he laid, Behold, now I know
he faid, Give
upon his mouth, and his eyes up- thereof and :
alive, that

on his eyes, and his hands upon the people, that they may tome to recover a man of his that there is noGod in all the earth
43 And his femtor faid,
wherefore confider, I but in Ifrael now therefore, I
his hands, and he ftrctched him-
•' :
leprofy
mould I fct this before an pray you, and fee how he fceketh pray thee, take a bleffing of thy
felf upon the child, and the flclh
drcd men He laid again, Give a quarrel
again ft me. fervant.
of the child waxed warm. ?

when
the people, that they may eat 8 f And it wasyo, Elifha 16 But he faid. As the Lord
35 Then he returned, and man of God had heard that livcth, before whom I ftand, I
the Lord They the
walked in the houfe to and fro, for thus faith
the king of Ifrael had rent his will receive none. And he urged
and went up, and flretched him- mall cat, and
(ball leave thereof.
clothes, that he fent to the king, him to take //, but he refiifed.
felf upon him: and the
child 44 So he fet;/ before them, and
they did cat, and kit thereof,** faying, Wherefore haft thou rent 17 And Naaman faid. Shall
fncefed feven times, and the child
cording to the word of the Loan. thy clothes, let him come now to there n. then, I pray thee, be
opened his eyes. me, and he (hall know that there given to ihy fervant two mules
C H A P. V.
36 And he called Gehazi, and
fail Call this Shunammite. So MOW
^
Naaman, captain of the isa prophet in Ifrael. burden of earth ? for thy fervant
hod of the king of s»yna, was 9 So Naaman came with his will henceforth offer neither burnt
recalled her: and when (he was horfes, and with his chariot, and offering, nor facrifice unto other
come in unto him, he faid, Take a great
man with his mailer, and
flood at the door of the houfe of gods, bat unto the Lord.
thy fon. honourable, becaufe by him the
had given deliverance oa. Elilha. 18 InthisthingthcLoRDpardon
17 Then me went in, and fell Lor d 10 And
Elifha fent a meffen- thy fervent, that when my mafter
to Syria: he was alfo a mighty
at his feet, and bowed herfelf to ger unto him, faying. and Go goeth into the houfe of Rimmon
ground, and took up her fon, mar. in valour, but he was a leper,
the waft in Jordan feven times, and to worlhip there, and heleaneth
and went out. * And the Syrians had gone
.

by companies, and 1*4 thy flelh (hall come again unto on my hand, and bow myfelf in
I
*8 1 And Elifha came again out
thee, and thou (halt be clean. the houfe of Rimmon : when I
Gilgal, and /Me was a dearth brought away captive out of the
to 11 But Naaman was wroth, bow down myfelf in the houfe of
and the fons of the land of Ifrael a little maid and
!n the land, and went away, and faid, Behold, Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy
prophets were fitting before him: Ibe waited
on Naaman |*™»
And flie faid unto her nnftr
ft,
I thought, He will furely come fervant in this thing.
Jnd he faid unto his fervant, Set 3 ,

out to me, and ftand,

God my »?/ d and call on 19 And he faid unto him, Go
on the great pot, and fcethe pot- Would the name of the
Lord his God, in peace. So he departed from
the fons of the prophets, the nrophc that ,, n Bamjri^ and ftnkc his hand overthe
tage for
the for he would recover mm 01 place, him a little way.
30 And one went out into and recover the leper.
ao «, But Gehazi the fervant
field to gather herbs, and
found a leprofy. . , I* Are not Abana and
an«n Phar- of Elifha the man of God faid,
wild vine, and gathered thereof 4 And one went in,

faying Thus 5''

"h'l
° f Damafcils be »«
Behold, my mafter hath fpared
wild gourds his lap-full, and his lord,
.
"an an jht waters
is ©I
of Ifrael may Naaman this Syrian, in not re-
came and Ihred them into the pot faid the maid that f not walh in them and
be clean? ceiving at his hands that which
of pottage: for they knew them of Ifrael
a " d WCnt away
the king
And a raee
,iebrou S ht: but ><» Lord liv
not. S
and I wi rim after him, and
eth, I will
40 So they poured out for the Go to, go, A A " dnis fervants came near, take fomewhat
of him.
H
men to eat: and it came to pafs unto the king of ,n
him and faid « aI So Gehazi followed after
as they were eating of the pot-
departed, and tpok WvfnH,
r utner, ,/the
'

prophet had bid Naaman and when Naaman few-

of film, ;

tage, that they cried out, and talent J

Aim
 «

II. KINGS, chap. vr.

And
one faid, Be Therefore fent be thither water before them, that they tpzy
liw running after him, he lighted 3 content
pray thee, and go with thyr
r
and chariot*, a^d a great cat and drink, and go to their
down from the chariot to meet a
*fc '
came by night,
him, and faid. Is all well? vants. And '
he anfwered, Jj J.. an d they
mailer.
a 3 And he piepared great pro-
l "
al)OUt '
aa And he laid, All it well : go. «»
I romP 3fl cd xhc cily
when the fervant of virion for them; and when they
my mailer hath lent me, faying, 4 So he went with them. Ann « And

when they came iran of

God was rikn early had eaten and drunk, he fent
Behold, even now there be come to Jordan, tW» u
to n-.e from mount Ephiaim two
young men of thefonsof the pro-
cut down wood.
5 But as one was felling .
£ Jonc forth,
behold, in boll them

phets: give them, I pray thee, a
talent of Giver, and two changes
of garments.
heam, the ax-head fell into
\ha
water: and he cried, and fc\A
Alas, mafter for it was borrowed'
;

IX And Naaman faid, Be con- 6 And the man of God kid'

tent, take two talents. And he Where fell it ? and he Ihcwed him
urged iiiiii, anu uvkiiu ——— than they that
te with them. went up, and beficged Samaria.
15 And there was a great fa*-
An-i Elilha prayed, and
of filvcr in two bags, with two flick, and cart it in thither, 1 7

changes of garments, and laid the iron did fwim. faid

Lord, piay thee open his mine in Sarr.aria and behold,
1 :

7 Therefore laid he, Take a cyc $ that

he may lee. And the they beficged it, until an alTcs
tkem upon two of his fervants,
and they bare//w» before him. up to thee. And he put out bit Loud opened the eyes of the head was fold for fourfcore pieces
»4 And when he came to the hand, and took it. yonn* nian an<1 hc ** ws ancl hc " oi fi,vcr and the fourth part of a
» »

8 f Then the king of Syria hold, the mountain

was full of cab of doves dung for five pieces
tower, he took ibem from their
hand, and bellowed them in the warred again ft ifrael, and took borfes, and chariots of tire, round of filver.
with his fervants, faying, about Eliflia. a6 And as the king of Ifrael
houfe; and he let the men go, counlel
I" <uch and luch a place JbaUtt 18 And when they came down was palling by upon the wall,
and they departed.
»c But he went in and ftood my camp, to him, Eliflia prayed unto the there cried a woman unto him,

before his mafter; and E.ilha faid 9 And the man of God Loud, and faid, Smite this pco- faying, Help, my lord O king,
pray thee, with blindnefs. 27 And he faid, If the Lord
unto him, Whence tmtft thou, unto the king of Ifiael, f
pic, I

Gehazi ? and he faid, Thy fervant Beware hat thn B pafs not
t And be fmote them with blind- do not help thee, whence (hall I
P'sce for thither the Syrian* neft, according to the word of help thee: out of the bam- floor,
went no whither. :

come do* ,.. Elilha. or out of the winc-prefs.

a6 And he faid unto him,
Went not mine heart with thee, io And the king of Ifrael Tent 195 And Elilha faid unto s8 And the king faid unto her,
them, This is not the way, nei- What aileth thee? And (he an-
when the man turned again from to the plate which the man of
his chariot to meet thee? is it a God
told him, and warned him w is this the city,
ther ... / »

and I will bring you to the man

me,
follow ""-I • -•-» This woman
fwcred, MM unto
'•"•••Pii faid 1UJIIU
me, Give thy foo, that we may
tine to receive money, and to of, and faved hienfelf there, not
whom ye feek. But he led them eat him to day, and we will eat
and olive-yards, once nor twice,
receive garments,
II Therefore the heart of the to Samaria. my fon lo- morrow.
and vineyards, and fheep, and ao And
came to pafs, when
Syria v. as fore troubled it 39 So we boiled my fon, and
oxen, arid men-fervants, and king of they were come into Samaria, did eat him: and 1 faid unto
maid-fervants? fo ' this lhi "g< a,;J he ca,,e hU her
J that Elilha faid, Lord, open the on the next day, Give
17The leprofy therefore of fervants, and faid unto them, thy fon,
eyes of thefc mm that they may that we may eat him:
cleave unto thee, Will ye not Ihcw me which of and ihc
ui
Naaman lhall fee. And
the Lord opened their hath hid her fon.
and unto thy feed for ever.
he went out from hisprefencea
And is for the king of Ifrael
i» And one of h" r
kixg! b«
?

«™ eves, and they faw. and behold,

30 % And it came to pafs,
Ibtjvjcre in the midlt of Samaria, when the king
heard the words
leper as nhite as fnow.
faid, None, my lord,
at And the king of Ifrael faid of the woman, that he
CHAP. VI. Elilha the prophet, thatutojfr
jmtoEhfha, when he faw them, clothes; and he palTcd by
rent his
upon
thefonsof the prophets rati, ttlleth the kinf of
Ifn
AND faid unto Elilha, Behold words that thou
fpcakelt Anti hcr ,lial1 1 froi t€/A«»? the wall, and the people
finite them ?
' looked,
and behold, he had fackcloth
now, the place where we dwell bed-chamber. m »» And he anfwercd, Thou within upon his flelh.
1 J 1 And
he faid, G
with thee is too ftrait for us. nait not fmite them;
he is, that ma wouldcft 31 Then he faid, God do fo and
% Let us go, we pray thee, un- fpy where ,

won fmite thofc whom thou haft more alfo to me.

and take thence every and fetch him. Aad it wai wen if the head of
to Jordan, captive
wan a beam, and let us make us him, laying, Behold, *
» with thy iword, Elilha the fon of Shaphat lhall

aplacethcrewherewemaydwell. Dothan.
**t with thy bow
I fct bread and lW on him this day.
And he anfwercd, Go yc. «
 IT. KINGS. CHAP. VIIT.
%% ButElilhafat in his houfe, camp of Syria, behold, there*.. , rav ing When
they come for the people trodc upon him in
**
(and the elders fat with him) and no man there. 6 wc ihali catch the gate, and he died.
f the city,
the king fent a man from before 6 For the Lord had made
tk> °uM! alive, and get into the city. VIII. CHAP.
him » but ere the meflenger came hoft of the Syrians to hear
a no'f
* t?
Andoneofhisfervantsan- HPHEN
fpake Elifha unto the
to him, he (aid to the elders, See
ye how this fon of a murderer
of chariots, and a noiic of
even the noifc of a
horfe / ed and faid, Let fome take, I A
woman, (whofe fon he had
great hofl! five of the horfes that reftorcd to life, faying, Arife,
v thee,
hath fent to take away mine and they faid one to another, lJ
which are left in the city, and gc thou and thine houfhold,
nain
head? look when the meflenger the king of Ifracl hath hired J T
they are as all the mul- and fojourn wherefocver thou
cometh, (hut the door, and hold gainrt us the kings of the /h hold,
Hittitcs Ifracl that are left in it; can ft fojourn for the Lord hath,
utie of
:

him the door ; is

fall at not the and the kings of the Egyptfe* they are even as all called for a famine, and it fhall
i^hold. J/bj
found of his mailer's feet behind to come upon us.
ju multitude of the lfraeiitcs that alfo come upon the land feven
c
him ? Wherefore they arofc and
7 fled
are c>nfumed,) and let us fend years.
33 And while he yet talked in the twilight, and left their * And the woman arofe, and
anjfce.
with them, behold, the meflenger tents, and their horfes, and their therefore two did after the faying of the man of
came down unto him: and he aflcs, even the camp as it v/at 14 They took
' chariot-horfes and the king fent God : and Ihe went with her
faid, Behold, this evil is of the and fled for their life. houfliold, and fojourned in the
after the hoft
of the Syrians, fay-
Lord, what Ihould I wait for the 8 And when
thefc lepers came
Go and fee. land of the Philiftincs feven years.
Lord any longer? to the uttcrmoft part of the camp inff.
And went after them
tr:ey 3 And it came to pafs at the
CHAP. VII. they went into one tent, and
did
15
unto Jordan, and lo, all the way feven years end, that the woman
THEN
the
Eliffca faid, Hear ye eat and drink, and carried thence
word of the Lord, filvcr, and gold, and raiment, was full °f garments and vcfiels, returned out of the land of the
which the Syrians had cart away Philiftincs : and Ihe went forth
Thus faith the Lord, To-mor- and went and hid it ; and came and the meflengers tocry urfto the king for her houfe,
in their haftc:
row about this time ^//
mca- again, and entered into another
a
returned and told the king. and for her land.
fur e of fine flour be fold for a Ihe- tent, and carried thence alfi and
y 16 And the people went out 4 And the king talked with
kcl, and two meafures of barley went and hid it.
and fpoiled the tents rff the Sy- Gehazi the fcrvant of the man of
forafhekel,inthegateof Samaria. 9 Then they faid one to ano* rians. So a in ca Aire of fine flour God, faying, Tell mc, I pray
a Then a lord, on whofc hand tber, Wc do not well; this day was fold for a Itickcl, and two thee, all the great things that
the king leaned, anfwered the is a day of good tidings, and we meafures of harlcy for a fhekel, Elifha hath done.
man of God and faid, Behold, if hold our peace if we tarry till :
according lo the word of the Lord. 5 And it came to pafs, as he
the Lord would make windows the morning-light fome mifchici
17 1 And the king appointed was teliing the king how he ha4
in heaven, might this thing be ? will come upon us: now therefore
the lord on whofe hand he leaned, rcftored a dead hody to life, that
and he faid, Behold, thou (halt come, that we may go and tell to have the charge of the gate: behold, the woman, whofe fon
lee it with thine eyes, but (halt the king's honfhold.
and the people trode upon him in he had rcftored to life, cried to
not eat thereof. 10 So they came, and called the gate, and he died, as the man the king for her houfe, and for
3 ? And there were four lc- unto the porter of the city; and
of God had faid, who fpake when her land. And Gehazi faid, My
prous men at the entering in of they told them, faying, Wecarae the king came down to him. lord, O king, thUtJ the woman,
the gate : and they faid one to to the camp of the Syrians, and 18 And it came to pafs as the aud this is her fon, whom Eliiha
another, Why fit we here until behold, there was no man there, man of God had fpoken to the rcftored to life.
we die ? neither voice of man, but horfes king, faying, Two meafures of 6 And when the king aflced
4 If we fay, We will enter in- tied, and afles tied, and barley for a Ihckel, and a meafure the woman, ihe told him. So the
to the city, then the famine is in as they ivere. of fine flour for a mckcl, (hall be king appointed unto her a certain
the city, and we (hall die there : If And he called the to-mpnow about this time in the officer, faying, Reftore all that
and if we fit flill here, we die aU and they told it to th< gate of Samaria. -was her's,and all the fruits of the
fo. Now therefore come, and let houfe within, 19 And that lord anfwered the field, fince the day that foe left
us fall unto the hort of the Sy- 12 1J And the king arofc » mail of God, and faid.
Now be- the land, even until now.
rians: if they favc us alive, we the night, and faid unto his its* W. ,/ the Lord fhould make came to Da-
7 ? And Elifha
fhall lire; and if they kill us, we vants, will not (hew you what
I ^ndows in heaven, might fuch a mafcus;andBen-hadadthekingof
ihali hut die. the Syria ns have done to osi Wiog he? and he faid, Behold,
'

Syria was fick, and it was told

And they rofe up in thetwi- know that we be hungry, there- tnou fhalt fee
it with thine eyes, hirn, faying, The man of God is
the
ligh t to go unto the camp of the fore arc they gone out of DUt lhalt not
C
eat thereof. come hither.
Syrians; and when they were camp to hide thcmfelves inLV\ ao Aud fo it fell out unto him ; 8 And the king faid unto Ha-
come to the uttermoft part of the
zad»
I
 II. KINGS. CHAP. IX.
aael, Take prcfent in thine
a fhaphat king of Judah way
have anointed thee kiuff
in the rael,
hand, and go meet the man of bcr*
canto And he walked I

reign. *7 C
oU fe of
Ahab, and did evil over the people of the Lord,
God, and enquire of the Lord 17 Thirty and two year ** 1 *} C 'fLrht of the Lord, as did evenovcr Ifrael.
by him, faying, Shall I recover of was he when he began to?-
thisdifeafe? and he reigned eight years inT
n e*
1

^9 SoHazael went to meet him, rufalcm. J

and tookaprcfent with him.even 13 And he walked in the u,
of every good thing of Damafcus, of the kings of liVacl, T x^ eWT Ramoth- of all the fei vants of the Lord,
as did V? king of Syria in
za
forty camels burden, and came houfcof Ahab: for H.f f and the Syrians
\
wounded at the h.nd of Jezebel.
the daurhi
and flood before him, and faid, of Ahab was his wife- ,lca
and
Thy fon Ben-haded king of Syria evil in the fight of the Lord
a^ C S
0f
£ 8 For the whole houfe of Ahab
^ king Joram went bock
n And fhall pcrifh; and! will cutofffrom
hath fent me tothee, faying, Shall Lord
19 Y*t the would* nr* he healed in Jczrecl of the Ahab him that pifle'h again ft
1 recover of this difcafc ? dcrtroy Judah, for David his t0
Syrians had the wall, and him that is (hut up
IO And Eliiha faid unto him, vant's fake, as he promifed
for! nds which the
him* *V> him at Raman, when he and left in Ifrad*
Go, fay unto him, Thou
mayeft to irive him alway alight andtn
' fu*ht againft
Hazael king of 9 And I will make the houfe
certainly recover; howbeit, the his children.
fivria: and
Ahaziah the fon of of Ahab, like the houfe of Jero-
Lord-hath (hewed me, that he ao ^ In his days Edom revolted went baa m the fon o\ Nebat, and like the
lhallfurely die Tehoram king of Judah
from under the hand of Judah
II Andhefettlcdhiscountenancc and made a king over
down to fee Joram the fon of A- houfe of Daalhathefonof Ahijah.
themfelvesl habinJezreeJ, becaufe he was fick. 10 And the dogs (hall eat Jc-
flcdfartly, until he was afhamed : 21 So Joram went over to Zair C H A P- IX. zehel in the portion of Jczrecl, and
and the man of God wept. and all the chariots with him* Eliiha the prophet called there Jball ke none to bury her.
12 And Hazael faid, Why and he rofe by night and fmote AND one of the children of the And he opened the door and fled,
wecpcthmylord'andheanfwercd, the Edomites which compaffed prophets, and faid unto him, 11 f Then Jehu came forth to
Becaufe I know the evil that thou him about: and the captains
of Gird up thy loins, and take this the fervants of his lord, and or*
wilt do untothechildrcnof Ifrael; the chariots, and the people
fled box of oil in thine hand, and go faid unto him, Is all well? where-
their ftrong holds wilt thou fet on into their tents.
to Ramoth- gilead. fore came this mad fellow to thee?
fire, and their young men wilt 22 Yet Edom revolted from % And when thou corned thi- and he faid unto them, Ye know
thou flay with the fword, and under the hand cf Judah unto
ther, lookout there Jehu the Ion the man and his communication.
wilt dalh their children, and rip this day. Then Libnah recited ofJcholhaphat.thefbnofNimihi, 1% And they faid, Itis falfc,
up their women with child. at the fame time. and go in, and make him arife up tell us now. And he faid, Thus
13 And Hazael faid, But what, 23 And the reft of the aels of from among his brethren, and and thus fpake he to me, faying,
nthyjervantadog, thathclliould Joram, and all that he did, are carry him to an inner chamber. Thus faith the Lord, I have an-
do this great thing? and Eliiha thev not written in the book of % Then take the box of oil, ointed thee king over Ifrael.
anfwered, the Lord hath fbewed the' chronicles of the kings of and pour it on his head, and fay, 13 Then they hailed, and took
mc that thou Jbalt be king over Judah ? Thus faith the Lord, I have an- every man his garment, and put
Syria. 14 And Joram flcpt with hb ointed thee king over Ifracl: then it under him on the top of the
14 So he departed from Elifha, fathers, and was buried with his open the door and flee, and tarry Hairs, and blew with tiumpcts,
and came to his rr.after, who faid fathers in the city of David : and Dot - faying, Jehu if king.
to him, What faid Eliiha to thec i Ahaziah his fon reigned iu his 4 5 So the young man, even J4 So Jehu the fov of Jeholha-
and he anfwered, He told me //;.// Head. tne young man the prophet, phat, the fon of Nirolhi, confpir-
thou (houldeft finely recover. 25 1 In the twelfth year of went toRamoth-gilead. ed againft Joram : (Now joram
15 And it came to pafs on the Joram the fon of Ahab, king of 5 And when became, behold, had kept Ramothgilead, he and
morrow, that he took a thick Ifrael, did Ahaziah the fon of Je- W»c captains of the holt
were fit- all Ifrael, becaufe of Hazael king
cloth, and dipt// in water, and boram king of Judah begin to t^g; and he faid,
I have an er- of Syria :
fpread it on his face, fo that he reign.
r!k r°,
thcc ' ° ca P ra >»- A "<i
*J But king Joram was retnrn-
died: and Hazael reigned in his 26 Two and twenty years old Un, ° which of a11 us? 0(1 to bc hcalcd in
to ffk r ' J czrccl of thc
ftead. %V as Ahaziah when he began Tothcc ( >"Ptain. wounds which the Syrians had
16 1 And in the fifth year of reign, and he reigned one year in 4 A it '

aro,c and wcnt into

ihJl r ' ? ivcn him » * bcn hc f°"fint with
Joram the fon of Ahab of Ifracl, Jerufalcm: and his mother's name and hc P^u^Athe oil Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu
oniJ»°i
Jehofhaphat being then king of was Athaliah, the daughter of
1

and faid unto him • faid ,f !t bc y° ur mind$ then lct

Judah, Jehoram'thc fon of Jeho- Oinri king of Ifrael. iiiittf -I
with the Lord » »
. God of If- none go forth mr cfcape out of
%1 Ana
the
 II. KINGS. CHAP. X.
horam between his and he trode her
under 6 Then he wrote a letter the
the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel. arms, and
th ho" eSt fecond time to them, faying, If ye
l6 So Jehu rode in a chariot, arrow went out at his heart
^1 *°° t *
And when he was come in, be mine, and if ye will hearken
and went to Jezreel, (for Joram he funk down in his chariot.
and laid, unto my voice, take ye the heads
lay there,) and Ahaziah king of %S Then faid Jehu to Bidka
3-j cat an(i drink,
' lC
this curfed woman, of the men your matter's ions,
Judah was comedown to fee Joram his captain, Takeup, anrfcaft f e now
him G for (he is a king's and come to me to Jezreel by to-
17 And there flood a watch- bury her
:
in the portion of the field of °A
Ka a morrow this time: (now the
man on the tower in Jezreel, and both the Jczreelite; for re-nem" I tC r.
to bury her, king's font, bang feventy pcrfons,
he fpied the company of Jehu as ber how that when I and ^"c Anil they went
thou
he came, and faid, Ifeeacompany. rode together after Ahabhisf they found no more of her -were with the great men of the
"lit
flcull, and the feet, and city, which brought them up.)
a.
And Joram faid, Take an horle- ther, the Lord laid this hian her
burden
other bands. 7 And it came to pafs, when
man, and fend to meet them, and upon him. thecal m s
they came again, the letter came to them, that
let him fay, Is it peace? 16 Surely
have feen yctter*
I *6 Wherefore
18 So there went one on horfe- day the blood of Naboth, n d told
him; and he faid, This they took the king's fons, and
back to meet him, and faid, Thus the blood of his ions, faith ? ,w ord of the Lord, which flew feventy pcrfons, and put
his fervant Elijah the their heads in balkcts, and fent
faith the king, Is it peace? And Lord, and 1 will requite thee
in he fpa^c by
In the portion him them to Jezreel.
Jehu faid, What haft thou to do this plat, faith the Lord. Now Tiihbitc, faying,
lhall dogs eat the flclh 8 J And there came a meflcn-
with peace? turn thee behind me. therefore take and caft him into f Jezreel
ger, and told him, faying, They
And the watchman told, faying, the plate/ ground, according to of Jezebel:
The meflcngcr came to them, the word of the Lord. in And the carcafe of Jezebel have brought the heads of the
but he cometh not again. a7 ^ But when Ahaziah the /hall be as
dung upon the face of king's ions. And he faid, Lay
the field, in
the portion of Jez- ye them in two heaps at the cn-
19 Then he fent out a fecond king of Judah faw this, he fled by
on horfeback, which came to the way of the garden houfc: and reel, that they (hall not fay, tering in of the gate flntil the
Jo
Thil Jezebel. morning.
them, and faid, Thus faith the Jehu followed after him and faid, is

king, 75 it peace? and Jehu an- Smite him alfo in the cha
*
CHAP. X. 9 And
came to pafs in the
it

Ahab had feventy fons morning, that he went out, and

fwcred, What haft thou to do and they didJo 9 at the going
with peace? turn thee behind me. Gur which is by Ibleam : a
AND in Samaria: and Jehu wrote ftood, and faid to all the people,
letters, and fent to Samaria, unto Ye be righteous: behold, I con-
%0 And the watchman told, fled to Megiddo, and died
faying, He came even unto them, 28 And his fervants the rulers of Jezreel, to the eld- fpired againft my
matter, and flew
crs, and to them that brought up him; but who flew all thefe?
and cometh not again: and the him in a chariot to Jerufal
Ahah's children, faying, IO Know now, that there (hall
driving is like the driving of Jehu and buried him in his fepulchre
2 Now aflbon as this letter fall unto the earth nothing of the
thefon of Nimfhi; for he driveth with bis fathers in the city of
eoraeth to you, feeing your ma- word of the Lord, which the
furioufly. David.
fter's fons are with you, and there Lor d fpake concerning the houfe
%I And Joram faid, Make rea- 19 Arc! in the eleventh yearof
are with you chariots and horfes, of Ahab; for the Lord hath done
dy. And his chariot was made Joram the fon of Ahab began A-
a fenced city alfo, and armour: that which he fpake by bis fcr-
ready. And Joram king of Ifrael, haziah to reign over Judah
A nd when V 3 Look even out the heft and vant Elijah.
and Ahaziah king of Judah, 30 %
meetcft of your matter's Ions, and II So Jehu flew all that re*
went out, each in his chariot, and come to Jezreel, Jezebel
fct him on his father's throne, maincd of the houfe of Ahab in
they went out againft Jehu, and it, and me painted hf r face and fight for your matter's houfe. Jezreel, and all his great men,
at
met him in the portion of Na- tired her head, and looked out
4 but they were exceedingly and his kinsfolks, and his priefts,
both the Jczreelite. a window.
at
t
afraid, and faid, Behold, two until he left him none remaining,
1% And it came to pafs when 3* And as Jehu entered in kings flood not before him; how
1% ^ And he arofe and de-
tnen (hall we ftand ? parted, and came to Samaria; and
5 And he that was over the as he -was at the fhcaring-houfe
wnat peace, 10 long as incwnorc- ^ *"\.\ 11
"oufe, and he that
doms of thy mother Jezebel, and the window, and faid. Wholooked
« 00 was over the in the way,
the elders alfo, and the
my fide ? who and there
f'tyi
13 Jehu met with the brethren
her witchcrafts are Jo many ? i
Jringers up of the children,
cunuens. fent to of Ahaziah king of Judah, and
a3AndJoramturnedhishand5, out to him two or three
and fled, and faid to Ahaziah, 33 And he faid,
Throw » J C
K fayin
g) We are thy fervants, faid, Who are ye? and they an-
do a Ulat thou lha,t fwcred We are t,lc brethren of
There is treachery, O Ahaziah. down. So they threw her do«, bi US * e Wl." .
»

wa5l P" " I10t ma 'cc anv Ahaziah, and we go down to

24 And Jehu drew a bow with and Jome of her blood h
ki 'a
do thou that -which good falutc the children of the king,
his full ftrcngth, and fraotc Jc- klcd on the wall, and on .
m tlunc eyes. m
jj & an d
 :

IL KINGS, CHAP.
Xf.
and the children of the queen, of Baa). And € Loup God houfe of the Lord, and (hewed
14 And he faid, Take them a- forth veftments. Ik in the law of the
^eart: fGr
a tr, em the king'* fon.
23 And Jehu went, and
'*
live. Anil they took them alive, u' cl
J 'parted not from
the fins of 5 And
he commanded them,
and flew them at the pit of the nadabthe fon of Ri-chab, into
]hcaring-houfe,e7;e/f two and forty houfe of Baal, and faid unto
*
boa m, which made Ifrael to faying, This ii the thing that yc
the cr '
lhall do: a third part of you. that
J *

men; neither left he any of them, worfliippers of Baal, Search, and

* |n thofe days the Lord enter in on the fabbath, lhall even
15 f And when he was de- look that there be here with y ox> il
fliort: and be keepers of the watch of the
parted thence, he lighted on Je- none of the fcrvantsof the Lori> to ci.t Ifrael
t,lcm m thc kin s's houfe
iionadab the fon of Rcchab, com- but the woi Ihippcrs of Baal onl*' H tael fm° tc
ing to meet him, and he faluted 24 And when they went in J-lls of Ifiael; 6 And a third part Jhall be at
him, and faid to him, Is thine offer fatrifices, and burnt-offer,
t\J
From Jordan eaft-ward, all the gate of Sur; and a third part
heart right, as my heart is with ings, Jehu appointed fourfcore t
k^ land of Gilead, thc Gadites, at the gate behind the guard ; fo
Reuhenites, and the mall yc keep the watch of thc
thy heart? and jehonadab an- men without, and faid, If any f and the
Manaifites, from Aroer,
(which houfe, that it be not broken down.
fwered, It is. If it be, give me the men whom I have brought
the river Arnon,) even Gi- 7 And two parts of all you that
thine hand: and he gave him his into your hands cfcape, be that is by
Baflian. go forth on the fabbath, even
hand, and he took him up to him lettetz him go, his life Jhall beht lead and
the reft of theafts of they fhall keep the watch of the
into the chariot. the life of him. -I Now
did, and all houfe of the Lord about the king,
16 And he faid. Come with me, 25 And it came to pafs aflboa Tchu, and all that he
his might,
are they not written 8 And yc (hall compafs the
and foe my zeal for the Lord. So as he had made aw end of offering
in the book
of the chronicles of king round about, every man
they made him ride in his chariot, the burnt-offering, that Jehu laid
the kings of
Ifrael? wich his weapons in his hand:
17 And when he came to Sa- to the guard, and to thecaptains, flept with his fa- and he that cometh within the
maria, he flew all that remained Go in, end flay them, let none 35 And Jehu
thers, and they
buried him in Sa- ranges, Jet him be flain ; and be
unto Ahab in Samaria, till he come forth. And they fm «
haddeftroyed him, according to them with the edge of thefwordj maiia, and Jehoahaz his fon ye with the king as he goeth out,
reigned in his dead. and as he cometh in.
the faying of thc Lord, which he and the guard and the captain*
cart them out, and went to the
36 And the time that Jehu 9 And the captains over the
fpake to Elijah,
reigned over Ifratl in Samaria hundreds did according to all
18 % And Jehu gathered all city of the houfc of Baal.
26 And they brought forth vat twenty and eight years. things that Jehoiada the pritft
the people together, and faid un-
to them, Ahab ferved Baal a little the images out of the houfe of
CHAP. XI. commanded: and they took every
ND when Athaliah the mo- man his men that were to come
but Jehu fhali fervc him much.
19 Now therefore call unto me
Baal, and burnt them.
27 And they brake A ther of Ahaziah faw that in on the fahbath, with them
her fon was dead, fhe arofe, fcnd that mould go out on the fabbath,
ill the prophets of Baal, all his images of Baal and bi
deftroyed all the feed royal. and came to Jehoiada the pricft.
fervants, and all his pricfts, let the houfe of Baal, and
% But Jehofheba, thc daughter 10 And to the captains over
none be wanting : for I have a draught-houfe unto th* ofkingjoiam, fitter of Ahaziah, hundreds did thc pricft give king
!;reat facrifice to do to Baal ; who- a8 Thus Jehu defti tookjoalh the fon of Ahaziah, David's fpears and fhields
bever lhall be wanting, he lhall out of Ifrael.
that
and i\o\c him from among the were in the tcmpJe of the Lord.
not live. But Jehu did it in fob- 29 ^ Howbeit,/rom thefinsof
tilty, to the intent that he might Jeroboam the fon of Nebat,
who
king's Ions which were flain; and nAnd the guard flood, every
they hid him, even hxm and his man with his weaponsin
made Ifrael to fin, Jehu departed his hand,
defrroy the worfliippers of Baal, nurfe, in the bed-chamber from round
about the king, from the
ao And Jehu faid, Proclaim a not from after them, to v)ii % the Athaliah, fo that he was not flain. right corner of thc
temple, to the
folemn aflembly for Baal. And golden calves that -were in Beth- And he was with her hid in left corner of the temple, cknf
3
they proclaimed i/. cl, and that were in Dan. the houfe of the Lord fix years:
30 And the Lord faid unto
by the altar and the temple.
%l And Jehu fent through all
Ifrael, and all the worfliippers of Jehu, Bccaufi thou haft
done well
and Athaliah did reign over the
uAnd he brought forth the
right king's fon, and put the crown
Baal came, fo that there :rc was not in executing that -which is V A . ,
mdnw
.
,

done unto thefeventh yearje- upon him, him the te-

a man left that came not : and mine eyes, and haft !.„;] Y
noiada fent and fetched
according to the rulers ftimony, and they made him king,
they came into the houfe of Baal; the houfe of Ahab ls with lhe ca P tain * ™<1 anointed him, and they clapt
tny
and the houfe of Baal was full all that -was in mine heart,
'
11a .k
guard and brought them to their hands,
children of the fourth generate and faid, God fare
from one end to another.
%% And he faid unto him that (hall fit on the throne of » r
31 But Jehu took no
** L
hrc
3 ?
the houfc of thc LoRD f»e king.
.

-was of cr the veOry, Bring forth

Jalk "« took au oath of them in the heard the noife of the guard,
Vefbnents for all the worfliippers fl
of
 II. KINGS. C HAP. XIII-

and fet it bcfide the al- 18 And Jehoafh king of Judah,

of the people, flie came to the with the fword beftde the
•

people into the temple of the houfe.

V
* ,n
8f
B Jid ot ir »
•
ht fi<ic, as one com- took all the hallowed things that
the Lord : Jehofhaphat, and Jehoram, and
Lord. 21 Seven years old was the houfe of
J c h (l etb
'^oricfts that kept the door Ahaziah his fathers, kings of Ju-
14 And when fhe looked, be- when he began to reign. a0 L^in all the money that was dab, had dedicate, and bis-own
hold, the king flood by a pillar, CHAP. xfl. ut
into the houfe of the
hallowed things, and all the gold
as the manner -was, and the TN the feventh year of
Jehu
P
bf°u $
nt
that -was found in the trcafures of
princes and the trumpeters by the Ahoafh began to reign and*
;
*-°* D
*And j t w zs fi t
when they thchoufe of the Lord, and in
king, and all the people of the ty years reigned he in JerufaU l0 the king's houfe, and lent it to
»h a t there
much money
land rejoiced, and blew with and his mother's name was 7 king's fcribe Hazael king of Syria; and he
cheft, that the
trumpets: and Athaliah rent her ah of Becr-iheba. m came up, and went away from Jerufalem.
i!!!L hiKh prieft
clothcsandcried,Treafon,trcafon. % And Jehoafh did that wk and told thc x * 1 And thtf rcft of thc a£ls
nut UP in ba S s «
X'S But Jehoiada the prieft com- was right in the fight of the
.

manded the captains of the hun- all his Jays, wherein Jehoiada tK°
L01 Zthat ws
found in the houfe ofjoalh, and all that he did, arc
they not written in thc book of
dreds, the officers of the hort, prieft inftriifted him. c The Lord. gave the money, the chronicles of the kings of
and faid unto them, Have her II And they
3 But the high places were not the hands of Judah?
forth without the ranges; and taken away: the people hJnc told, into
the work, that had 20 And his fcrvants arofe, and
them that did
Hill fa!
him that followeth her kill with cririced, and burnt incenfe in madeaconfpiracy.and flew Toalh
the theoverfight of the houfe of the
thefword. For the prielt had faid, high places. in the houfe of Millo, which go-
Lord : and they laid it out to
Let her not be flain in the houfe 4 ^ And Jehoafli faid to the and builders, that cth down toSilla.
the carpenters
of the Lor d. prtcfts, All the money of the 2 1 For Jozachar thc fon of
^ dc* wrought upon the houfe of the
16 And they laid hands on her, dicated things that is brought in- Shimeath, and Jchozabad thc fon
j^ orD(
and <he went by the way by the to the houfe of the Lord, even 1% And to mafons, and hew- of Shomer, his fervants, fmote
which the horfes came into the the money of every one that pac-
ersof ftone, and to buy timber, him, and he died; and they bu-
king's houfe; and there was (he eth the account, the money that
and hewed ftone to repair the ried him with his fathers in the
flain. every man is fct at, aadM the breachesof thc houfe of the Lord, city of David, and Amaziah his
17 J And Jehoiada made a co- money that cometh into any and for all that was laid out tor fon reigned in hi?. Head,
venant between the LoRd, and man's heart to bring into the the houfe to repair it. CHAP. XIII.
the kingand the people, that they houfe pf the Lord, 13 Howbeit, there were not TN the three and twentieth year
Ihould be the Lord's people; be- 5 Let the priefts take it to made for the houfe of the Lord 1 of Joalh the fon of Ahaziah
tween the king alfo and the them, every man of his acquaint- howls of filver, fnnflers, bafons, king of Judah, Jeboahaz the fon
people. ance, and let th trumpets, any vcfTclsof gold, or of Jehu began to reign over Ifrael
18 And all the people of the breachesof the h vcflclsof filver, of the money that in Samaria, and reigned feventeeu
Jand went into the houfe of Baal, any breach fhall be vas brought into the houfe of years.
and brake it down $ his altars 6 But it was fi that, in thetl the Lord : % And he did was
that ivhich
and his images brake they in and twentieth year of king _ 14 But they gave that to the evil in the fight of the Lord,
pieces throughly, and flew Mat- hoafli, thepriefts had not repair- workmen, and repaired therewith ard followed thc fins of Jeroboam
tan the prieft of Baal before the ed the breaches of the houfe. the houfe of the Lord : the fon of Nebat, which made
altars: and the prieft appointed 7 Then king Jehoafh called for 15 Moreover, they reckoned Ifrael to fin; he departed not
officers overthe houfe of the Lord. Jehoiada the prieft, and the other not with the men, into whofe therefrom.
hand they delivered the money
19 And he took the rulers over pricfts, and faid unto them, Why 3 «f And thc angerof thcLoRD
hundreds, and the captains, and repair ye not the breaches of the tobeheftowed on workmen : for was kindled againit Ifrael,
and lie
they dealt faithfully,
the guard, and all the people of houfe ? now therefore receive delivered them into the band of
the land, and they brought down more money of your acq 16 The trefpafs-money, and Hazael king of Syria, and into
iin-moncy, was not brought
the king from the houfe of the but deliver it for the b into the hand of Ben-hadad thc Ion
ti'e houfe
Lord, and came by the way of the houfe. of the Lord it was of Hazael, all their days.
;
™e prices.
thegate of the guard to the king's 8 And the priefts confented
to
4 Am j cno ahaz befought thc
,

houfe, and he fat on the throne receive no more money of the

pco* n Hazacl king of Sy- Loan, and thc Lord hearkened
ria went
breaches * up, and fought againrt unto him for he faw the oppref-
of the kings. pie, neither to repair the :
^atr. and
20 And all the people of the of the houfe. .
took it: and Hazael fion of Ifrael, becaufe thc king of
l
too* « his face to go up to Jerufalem, Syria opprefTed them.
land rejoiced, and the city was in 9 But Jehoiada the prieft the
quiet; *a<l they flew Athaliah a cheft, and bored a bole m Y 5 /Aad
 II. KINGS. CHAP. XIV.
5 (And the Lor t> gave Ifracl a died : and Joafh the king of
if the.ni ana nad rcfP ec"t u »t°
"
7 He flew of Edom in the val-
faviourfo that they went out from came down unto him, ancj
'

becaufe of his covenant ley of fait ten thoufand, and took

under the hand of the Syrians : over his face, and (aid, o °h m
ni v Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, Selah by war,and called the name
and the children M* Ifracl dwelt ther, my father, the chariot - •th
not deftroy them, of it Jokthcel unto this day.
j w0U ld
in their tents, as before-time. racl, and the horfemcn them from hi* 8 ? Then Amaziah fentmef-
6 Neverthelefs, thry departed And Elifha faid unto
thereof *uher call he
15 fengers to Jchoafh the fon of Je-
hin defence as yet.
not from the fins of the houle of Take how and arrows :
and h*° Hazacl king of Syria hoahaz, fon of Jehu king of lf-
took unto him bow and ll So
Jeroboam, who made Ifracl fin, arr<>». Ben-hadad his fon racl, faying, Conic, let us look
Med a nfl
but walked therein and there re-
: 16 And he faid to the king** ftcad. one another in the face.
tiened in his
mained the grove alii) in Samaria) Ifiael, Put thine hand upon th Jchoafh the fon of Je- 9 And Jchoafh the king of If-
a? And
7 Neither did he leave of the bow and- he put his hand up/
:
acain, out of the raci fent to Amaziah king of Ju-
hoahaz took
people to Jehoahaz, hut fifty it : and Elilha put his hands vLl fon of Ha- dah, faying, The thiftle that -was
bandof Bcnhadad the
horfemen, and ten chariots, and the king's hands. cities which he had tak- in Lebanon fent to the cedar that
xael, the
ten thoufand footmen: for the 1 7 And he faid, Open the was
the hand of Jehoahaz in Lebanon, faying. Give thy
C n out of
win-
king of Syria had defhoyed them dow eaft-ward and he opened u war : three times did daughter to my
fon to wife : and
his father by
:

and had made them like the duft Then Elifha faid, Shoot and he and recovered die there palled by a wild beaft that
Joalh beat him,
:

by threfhing.
8 J Now the reft of the acls of the Lor d's deliverance, and the
Jehoahaz, and all that he did,
and his might, are they not writ-
ten in the book of the chronicles
(hot. And he faid, The arrow of of Ifrael. was in Lebanon, and tiodc dowa
cities
CHAP. XIV. the thiftlc.
arrow of deliverance from ;
the fecond year of Joafh fon 10 Thou haft indeed fmitten
"
for thou malt fmite ih< INof Jehoahaz king of Ifrael, Edom, and thine heart hath lifted
in Aphck, till thou hi
reigned Amaziah the fon of Joafh thee up : glory of this and tarry-
,

of the kings of Ifracl ?
9 And Jehoahaz flept with his
fathers, and they buried him in
Samaria, and Joafh his fon reign-
«d in his ftcad.
10 \ In the thirty and feventh
year of Joafh king of Judah, be-
pan Jchoafh the fon of Jehoahaz
lo reign over Ifnul in Samaria,
and reigned hxtccn years.
11 And ho did that -which -was
evil in the fight of the Lord; he
departed not from all the fins of
Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, who
made Ifrael fin: but he walked
therein.
X% And the of the ad"ts of
reft
Joafh, and all that he did and
his might wherewith he fought
again ft Amaziah king of Judah,
ate they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of of Elifha and when the man was
fumed them.
18 And he faid, Take the ar-
rows and he took them. And
:
he faid unto the king of Ifracl,
Smite upon the ground: and he
fmotc thrice, and flayed,
19 And the man of <
wroth with him, and fail
fhouldeft have fmitten fii
times, then hadft thou
Syria till thou hadft conf
whereas now thou flial
Syria but thrice.
zo % And Elifha died,
they buried him and the bands
:
of the Moahites invaded the land
at the coming in of the year.
%i And it came to pais as they
were burying a man, that behold,
they fpicd a band 0/ wen, and they
cart the man into the fepulchrc
:
at home : for why fhouldefl thou
king of Judah.
a He was twenty and five years meddle to thy hurt, that thou
old when he began to reign, and Jhouldeft fall, even thou, and Ju-
dah with thee ?
reigned twenty and nine years in
Jerufalem : and his mother's II But Amaziah would not
jumcwtfijehoaddanof Jerufalem. hear; therefore Jehoafh king of
3 And he did that which -was Ifrael went up, and he and A"ma-
right in the fight of the Lor 0, ziah king of Judah looked one
yet not like David his father : he another in the face at Beth-fhc-
didaccording to all things as Joalh mcfh, which behngetb to Judah.
his father did. 12 And Judah was put to the
4 Howbcit, the high places worfe before Ifrael, and they fled
were not taken away s as yet the every man to their tents,
and people did facrificc and hum 13 And Jehoafh king of Ifrael
Inccnfc on the high places. took Amaziah king of Judah, the
5 1 And it came to pafs, af- fon of Jehoafh, the fon of Ahazi-
foon as the kingdom was con ah, at Bcth-lhemclh, and came to
firmed in Ins hand, that he flew
Jerufalem, and brake down the
his fervants which
had (lain the wall of Jerufalem, from the gate
king h« father of Ephraim unto the corner-gate.
o But the children of the mur-
four hundred cubits.
4 hel cwn °ts according
un- 14 And he took all the gold

bones I??/
let down, and touched the
lfrac l }
revived, and flood
[T at
.
7^
J
h 's written in the and filvcr, and all the vcflcls that
13 And Joafh flept with his of Elifha, he of the law of Mofes,
where- were found in the houfe of the
fathers ; and Jeroboam fat upon upon his feet. . RD on imandcd faying. Lord, and in the trcafurcs
22 ? But Hazacl kingof bjm
#
f«f S flu £ . > of the
his throne ; and Joafh was buried 1 not bc P ui 10 kin S' s houfc » a » d hoftages, and
all the dayioi death ,0 r L
in Samaria with the kings of opprcflcd Ifrael
.
tnecnil ^en, "or the returned to Samaria.
chilrfL r
Jehoahaz. PUt t0 dcath
Ifracl. hc *5 * Now the rcrt of the arts
.

14 1 Now Elifha was fallen 23 And the Lord was gracg* father!" hL *V
fickof hisikknefs, whereof he unto them, and had
company WbiJ?^ man mall be of Jehoafh which he did, and his
death for his own fin.
might, aud how he fought with
* * Amaziah
 ;

It KIN O S. CHAP. XV.

Amaziah king of Judah, are they %6 For the fawLord c„ Azariah flept with his fa- 17 In the nine and thirtieth
him with year of Azariah king of Judah,
not written in the book of the Miction of Ifrael, that it was
v , i/e and thev buried
chronicles of the kings of Ifrael ? bitter for there was not any (j^? city of David; began Mcnahem the fon of Gadi
:
L- fathers in the
16 Andjchoafh flept with his up, nor any left, nor any heln his fon reigned in to reign over Ifrael, and reigned
cr -A Jot ham
fathers, and vias buried in Sa- for Ifrael. ?. /i' a d tcn T cars in Samaria.
mariawith the kings of Ifrael, 27 And the Lord faid Dot € In the thirty and eighth 18 And he did that which was
*
and Jeroboam his fon reigned in that he would blot outthen amc \f Azariah king of Judah, evil in the fight of the Lord: he
his (lead. of Ifrael from under heaven:
but Vtzachariah the fon of Jeroboam departed not all his days from the
And Amaziah the fon of he faved them by in Samaria fix fins cf Jeroboam the fon of Nc-
17 the hand of !rn over Ifrael
Joafh king of Judah lived after Jeroboam the fon of Joafh. Sloths. bat > who ma<lc ,fracl to fin.
the death of Jehoafh, fon of Jeho- %% 1 Now the reft of the zQ 9
he did that which wgs
And 19 And \ ul the king of Aflyria
%
ahaz king of Ifrael, fifteen years, of Jeroboam, and all that he did in the
fight of the Lord, as came againfl the land: and Me-
c vU
j8 And the reft of the acts of and his might, how he warred' lds fathers
had done: he departed nahem gave Pu! a thoufand ta-
Amaziah, are they not written in and how he recovered Damafcus* fins of Jeroboam the lents of filver, that his hand
nor from the
the book of the chronicles of the and Hamath, which belonged to fon of
Nebat, who made Ifrael might be with him, to confirm
ngs of Judah? Judah, for are they not
Ifrael, the kingdom in his hand.
t0 fin.
19 Now they made a confpi- written in the book of the chro- jo And Shallum the fon of ao And Mcnahem exacted the
racy agairrft him in Jerufalcm : nicies of the kings of Ifrael ? Tabcfliconfpired againft him, and money of Ifrael, even of all the
and he fled to Lachilh, but they 29 And Jeroboam flept
with fmote him before the people, and mighty men of wealth, of each
fent after him to Lachifh, and his fathers, even with the kings (lew him, and
reigned in his Head, man fifty fhekelsof filver, to give
flew him there- of Ifrael; and Zachariah his fon II And the reft of the alts of to the king of Aflyria: fo the

30 And they brought him on
horfes; and he was buried at Jc-
rn&lem with his fathers in the
city of David.
%X 5 And all the people of
Judah took Azariah, (whichwaj
fcxtcen years old,) and made him
kinginftcadofhisfatherAmaziah.
%% He built Elath, and reftored
it to Judah,. after that the king and his mother's name was Je-
flcnt with his fathers.
23 1 In the fifteenth year of
Amasiah, the fon of Joalh king
reigned in his ftead. Zachariah, behold, they are writ- king of Aflyria turned back, aud
C P. XV.
II A ten in the book of the chronicles flayed not there in the laird,
TNthe twenty and feventh year of the kings of Ifrael. %i f And the reft of the acts
1 of Jeroboam king of Ifrael, X% This was the word of the of Menahem, and all that he did,
began Azariah fon of Amaziah Lo*0 which he fpake unto Jehu, are they not written iiv the book
king of Judah to reign, faying, Thy fons lhall fit on the of the chronicles of the kings of
% Sixteen years old washewhen throne of Ifrael unto the fourth Ifrael ?
generation. And fo it came to pafs. aa A:>d Menahem llept with
he began to reign, and he reigned
two and fifty years in Jerufalcm, 13 f Shallum the fon of Jabefh his fathers, and Pekahiah his fon
began to reign in the nine and reigned in his ftead.
thirtieth year of tzziah king of z 3 J , n the f ftietfc year of A*
choliah of Jerufalcm.
Judah, and he reigned a full zariah king of
.3 And he did that which was Judah, Pekahiah
moat in Samaria. the fun of Menahem began to
right in the fight of the Lord, 1

of Judah, Jeroboam the fon of according to all that his father

c Ji lenl^rt
Gadi
'
went up from Tirzah, r ?" °
and
re * novcr
reigned two
WW
in Samaria, and

Joafh king of Ifrael began to Amaziah had done years.

came to Samaria, and fmote Shal-
4 Save that the high places %a AnJ k« aid 1*0/ which was
rcien in Samaria, and reigned forty lumthe Ion of Jabelh in Samaria, evil in the fight of the Lord, he
and one years. were not removed; the people and flew him, and reigned in departed not from the
JUU fins of Je-
24 And he did that which was facrificed, and burnt ir.cenfe h, $
roboam the fon of Nebat, who
evil in the light of the Lord ; he on the
high places. X the rcft of thc zQs of made ,fracl to frn-
fmote tne
departed not from all the fins of 5 1 And the Lord ck n
Shaiiuni.andhisconfpiracyxvhich aj But Pckah the fon of Re-
made, behold, they are written maliah, a captain of his* confpired
n the book of
the chronicles of againfl him, and fmote him iu

J c S
U
f ra cL
. .
Samaria, in the palace of the
* Ienahcn > ^ote king's houfe, with Argob, and
unto the fca ofthe plain, accord- judging the people of the lana. TinNfi ,
nd a tliat lvcre thf rc - Alith
6 And the reft of f he
* ?
ll 1 \u with him fifty men of
ir»g to the word of the Lord God
i, 'L .

Azariah, and all tha he oW,*f" 5LJh^ ftom the Gileadites, and he killed him,
of Ifrael, which he fpakc by the .
CUufe hc oncncd n <>t and reigned
in his room.
hand ofhis fervant Jonah the fon they not written in the booR //£ \k f y
hc motc '*'> *"*
» rf
r
a6 And the rtft &
of Amittai, the prophet, which the chronicles of the kw 8 all the uf
Cn !i. ( the afts of
Cmn lha **ere Pekahiah, aud all that he did»
withch^T
* child he ript up.
J udah
-

•fr of Gath-hephcr. •
y3 bchoJd ;
 i

I!. K I N G S. CHAP. XVII.

behold, they are written in the higher gate of the houfc and favc me out of ing meat-offering, and the king'*
c mc U p,
book oF the chronicles of the Lord. king of Syria and burnt-facrifice, and Lis mcat-ot-
#>°j nf t of the
kings of Ifrael. 36 ^ Now the reftof the * hand of the king of fering, with the burnt-offering of
f the
%j 1 In the two and fiftieth of Jotham, and all that he rile up againft me. all the people of the land, and
di* °r* I which
year of Azariah king of Judah t are they not written in the Ahaz took the filver their meat-offering, and their
boS ft And
Fekah the ion of Kemaliah began of the chronicles of the kio»T'
j ?o\d that
was found in the drink-offerings; and fpi inkle up-
5,Qf
to reign over Ifrael in Samaria, Judah? and in the on it all the blood of the hurnt-
\ f the Lord,
*
{
and reigned twenty years. 37 (In thofe days the Lo«> iUres of the king's houfc, and offering, and all the blood of the
fC
a8 And he did that -which was began to fend againft a prefent to the
king facrifice: and the brafen altar
f t U for
evil in the fight of the Lord, he Rczin the king of Syria ma " nc *0T mc t0 enquire by.
aiJ rAflvria
departed not from the (ins of Pckah the fon of Remaliab.) 16 Thus did Urijah the pried,
And the king of AfTyria
Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, who 38 And Jotham flcpt with hi, him: for the king according to all that king Ahaz
hearkened unto
made Ifrael to fin. fathers, and was buried with ia went up a 8 ain ^ Da- commanded,
f A(ry»
ao In the days of Pckah king fathers in the city ofDav mafcus, and took it, and carried 17 f And king Ahaz cut off
of Ifrael, came Tiglath-pilefer, father, and Ahaz his fon <*P tivc t0 Kir> tnc borders of the bafes, and re-
!t
the people °f
king of Aflyria, and took Ijon, in his (lead. moved the laver from off them;
au dflcwRezin.
and Abclbeth-maachah, and Ja- CHAP. XVI. 10 \ And king
Ahaz went to and took down the fei from off
noah, and Kedclh, and Hazor, the feventcenth year of
IN Damafcus, to meetTiclath-pile- the brafen oxen that were under
andGilcad, and Galilee, all the kah the fon of Remaliah, A. Ailyria, and faw an it, and put it upon a pavement
fcr king of
land of Naphtali, and carried haz the fon of Jotham king of altar that was at
Damafcus: and of ftones.
them captive to AfTyria. Judah began to reign. king Ahaz fent toUrijah the pricft 18 And the covert for the
30 And Hofhca the fon ofE- % Twenty years old was Ah« the fafliion of the
altar, and the fabbalh that they had huilt
in
lah made a confpiracy againft when he began to reign, and pattern of it, according to all the the houfe, and the king's entry
Pckah the fon of Rcmaliah, and reigned fixteen years in Jerufa* workmanlhip thereof. without, turned he from ihchoule
fmote him, and flew him, (and lem, and did not that which was 11 And Urijah the pricft built of the Lord, for the king of
reigned in his ftead) in the twen- right in the fight of the Lord an altar according to all that Aflyria.
tieth year uf Jotham the fon of his God, like David his father. king Ahaz had fent from Da- 19 J Now the reft of the acts
Uzziah. 3 Hut he walked in the way of ma cus: io Urijah the pricft made of Ahaz, which he did, are they
31 And the reft of the arts of the kings of Ifrael, yea, and made it againft king Ahaz came from not written in the hook of the
Pekah, and all that he did be- his f n to pafs through the 6re,
t
Damafcus. chronicles of the kings of Judah*
hold, they are written in the book according to the abominations of it And when the king was %o And Ahaz ftcpt with his
of the chronicles of the kings of the heathen, whom the Lord caft come from Damafcus, the king fathers, and was buried with
out from before the childreo of fa* the altar: and the king up- fathers in the city ot David, and
Ifrael.
proachtd to Liic altar, and offered Hczckiah his ion reigned in his
31 f In the fecond year of Ifrael.
Pekah, the fon of Rcmaliah, king 4 And he facrificed and bnrnt thereon. (had.
of Ifrael, began Jotjiam the fon incenfe in the high places.andoa 13 And he burnt his burnt- CHAP. XVIF.
of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. the hills, arid under every grew
offering, and meat-offering,
his TN
the twelfth year of Ahaz
and poured his drink-oflcring, I king of
33 Fire and twenty years old tree. fuduh began Hofh<a
and fprinklcd the blood of his the fon of
W3S he when he began to reign, 5 ^ Then Rczin king of
Syria, EUh to reign in Sa-
peace-offenngs, upon the altar.
and he reigned fixtccn years in and Pckah fon of Remaiiah
king maria over Ifrael, nine ye; r<.
14 And he brought alfo the % Aud he <tid that
Jerufalcm : and his mother's of ifrael, came up to Jcrufa oralen altar
wbuh wat
vhich was before the cv il in the fight of the Lord,
name -was Jcrulha, the daughter wa- and they befieged
: but
ofZadok. but could not overcome hi £° '^thefo.cfrontof the not as the kings of Ifrael that
r° m bcUccn
34 And he did that which was 6 At that time Rczin k Ti .! ^ , ° a't^r were before him.

right in the fight of the Lord: Syria recovered Elath

he did according to all that his and drave the Jews
to
from Ell P««
St U on ??
f th
t
the north-fide r^V^ 3 1 Againft him came up Shal-
of the mancfer king of Aflyria, and
EteWi
father Uzziah had done. and the Svrians came to 1 c' An l*,ng ai
Holhca became his fervant, and
^'! az comma "J- gave him prcfents.
1

day.
Howheit, the high places and dwelt 'there unto this ed Urii.h ^
35 f
were not removed: the people fa- 7 So
Ahaz fent mcflcngewto °n the?! *
lay nS UP "
' 4 And thc ki »Sof Aflyriafound
king of A«r
!
° tH C m ° rn " C0 » f
^ KSr
'
:ir bUr
cfificed and burnt incenfe ftill in Tiglath-pilefer -

"nt-orrcring, and the L P™YHoihea: fox he had

even- fent meflcngers to So king of
the high places: he built the faying, am thy
fervaot,
I E-
.ti\ vfl J\j L • Y 4 gypt,
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II. KINGS. CHAP. XVII.

ways, and keep my com drave Ifrael from which the Samaritans had made,
gypt, and brought no prefentto A Teroboam
ments, and my ftatutcs, acc « iinc the Lord,
and made every nation in their cities where-
the king of Aflyria, as he had done following
to all the law which comm
f »gr«tfin. in they dwelt.
year by year: therefore the king I
im
thC
fO £
rin
children of Ifrael 30 And the men of Babylon
of Aflyria fhut him up, and your fathers, and which fCnt 1 Lr
? For
For the
you by my fervartts the prophets the fins of Jeroboam made Succoth-benoth, and the
bound him in prifon. Iked in all
5 f Then the king of
Aflyria 14 Notwithflanding,they would Kkhhcdid, they departed not men of Cuth made Nergal, and
the men of Hamath made Alhima,
came up throughout all the land, not hear, but hardened their 1 m them;
Lord removed 31 And the Avites made Nib-
and went up to Samaria, and be- necks, like to the neck of th %% Until the
fathers, that did not bel !

if ael out
of his fight, as he had haz and Tartak, and the Sephar-
fieged it three years,
fervants the pro- vices burnt their children in fire
6 i In the ninth year of Ho- the Lord their God. I id by all his

15 And they rcje&ed his ft a .
fhea, the king of Aflyria took Sa-
jnaria, and carried Ifrael away tutes, and his covenant that h e
into Aflyria, and placed them in made with their fathers, and his
which he teftified
JIalah, and in Habor by the river tcftimonies a-
©fGozan, and in the cities of the gainit them, and they followed
JVledes. vanity, and became vain,
7 For fo it was, that thechil- went after the heathen that iutrc
iiren of Jfrael had finned againft round about them, concerning
whom the Lor chad charged them
the Lord their God, which had
brought them up out of the land that they fhould not do like them,
of figypt, from under the hand 16 And they left all the com-
of Pharaoh king of I'-gypt, and mandments of the Lord their
bad feared other gods, God, and made them molten
8 And walked in the ftatutcs images, even two calves, and
g.ove,and worfhipped all
of the heathen, (whom the Lord made a
the hoft of heaven, and icned
cafl out from before the children
of Ifrael,) and of the kings of Baal.
So was Ifrael carried a- to Adnimmelcch and Anamme-
Lllcts.
ut of their own land to
this day.
lech the gods of Sepharvaim.
3% So they feared the Lord,
Aflyria, unto ^
and made unto themfelvcs of the
a4 f And
the kin? of Aflyria
brought men from
Babylon, and loweft of them prirfls of the high
and
d
ofSamaria.inftcadof thechildrcn ferved their own gods, after the
of Ifrael; and they poflefled Sa- manner of the nations whom they
maria, and dwelt in the cities carried away from thence,
thereof. _ <
34 Unto this day they do after
45 And Jo it was, at the begin- the former manners : they fear
ning of their dwelling there, that not the Lord, neither do they
they feared not the Lord; there- after their fiatutes, or after their
fore the Lord fent lions among ordinances, or after the law and
them, which flew Come of them, commandment which the Lord
%

17 And
they caufed their font 46 Wherefore they fpake to the commanded the children of Ja-
Ifrael, which they had made.
and their daughters, to pafi ing of Aflyria, faying, The na- cob, whom he named Ifrael
9 And the children of Ifrael
through the fire, and ufed dmn-
fecrctly thtfe thincs that ncre
5 which thou haft removed, 35 With whom the Lord had
not right ag&inlt the Lord tlwrir
at-on and mchantments , and MA placed in the cities of Sama- made a covenant, and charged
evd ni thefight ria, know not the manner of the them, faying, Ye fhall not fear
^VLdthev built them hi,h thcmfclves to do
places in all their cities from of the Lord, to provoke
him to God of the land; therefore he other gods, nor how yourfelves to
hath fent lions among them, and them, nor ferve them, nor facri-
the tower of the watchmen to anger.
the fenced city. 18 Therefore the Lord wis behold, they flay them, becaufe flee to them :
and ri- they know not the manner of the 36 But the Lord, who brought
jo And they fet them up very angry with lfraei,
God of the land. you up out of the land of Egypt,
imatres and groves in every high moved them out
of his "8f?^ '

but the tribe 17 Then the king of Aflyria with great power, and a ftretched
J-ilCand under every green tree: there was none left
commanded, faying, Carry thi- out arm, him fhall ye fear, and
XI And there they burnt in- of Judah only, tM ther one of the pricfts whom ye him
cenfein all Uw high places, as *<* 19 Alio judah kept not (hall yc worfhip, and to him
theLo*D u brought from thence, and letthem fhall
the heathen whom the Lord car- commandments of ye dofacrifice.
Tied awav before them; and God, but walked m
the ftatutes go and dwell there, and let him
37 And the ftatutes, and the
made. teach them the
wrought wicked things to pro- of Ifrael whkh they manner of the ordinances, and the law, and the
>oke "the Lord to anger. ao the Lord rcje^oa
And hcland - commandment which he wrote
9*n\
izFortheyfervedidoIs^here- the feed of llracl, and
nftgj « Then one of the priefts, for you, ye fhall obfervc to do for
them, and delivered them 1
,rt
m they had carried away from evermore; and ye
of the Lord had faid unto them,
ne-i a na, came
fhall not fear
thing. the hand of fpoilers until and dwelt in Beth- other gods.
Ye fhall not do this and taught them
of his "8"* how they 38 And the covenant that I
13 Yet theLoRD tcflificd againfl caft them out
Jiracl, and againfl Judah, by ail 21 For he
the prophets, and by all the feers, houfe of David,
rent Ifrael tro
tn*r
Neoa
tfie

fc ing.
^ tod!
" ? fcar the Lord.
cvcry nation madc
i^of their own, and put them
• '
have made with you ye lhall not
for * ct > neithcr BfcH f«r other
Joying, Turn ye horn your evil Jeroboam the fon of
^ Cft
« houfes of the high places
gods.
Y J 39 But
 II. KINGS. CHAP.
Lor » your god ye 8 He the XVIIF.
39 But the finote Philiftl ne .
and he lhall deliver von ma untoGaza, and the bord * king of Aflyria 1$ Am now come up with-
fhall fear,
outofthchandofallyoiirenemies. thereof, from the tower of
40 Howbeit, they did not watchmen to the fenced city,
> And
ar ian, and
the
Rabfaris, and out the
from Lachilh.to king dettroy
Lord
I
againft this place to
it ? The Loan faid to me,
h fhakch
hearken, but they did after their 9 ^ And it came to pafs i
stack ia"
with a great hoft againft Go up againft this land, and de-
went. up and
Salem; and they
former manner. fourth year of king Heze ftroy it.
i

41 So thefc nations feared the (which was the fevenih year and when 26 Then faid Eliaklm the fon
me to J^uCa\evni they
Lord, and ferved their graven Homca ion of Eluh kingof ITract) f?cv were
come up, came of Hilkiah.and Shebna and Joab,
images, both their children, and that Shalmanefer kin ? of Aflyria -/flood by the conduit of the unto Rabfhakeh, Speak, I pray
their chiidrens children as did came up againit Samaria, and which is in the high- thee, to thy iervantsin theSyrian
:
upper pool,
their fathers, fo do they unto beficged it. fuller's field. language, (for wcunderftand it.)
way of the
this day. io And at the end of three jg And when
fhey had called and talk rot with us in the Jr*s
CHAP. XVIII. years they took it, even in the
t0 the
king, there came out to language, in the ears of the peo-

NOW it came to pafs in the fixih year of Hezekiah (that is the

third year of Hoihea ion of ninth year of Holhca king of If.

them Eliakim
the fon of Hilkiah pie that are on the wall,
which was over the
houlhold, and 27 But Rab-d.akrh (aid unto
Elah king of If.ael, that Hezckiah racl) Samaria was taken, Shchna the fciibc, and Joah the them, Hath my matter tint me to
the ion of Ahaz king of Judah 11 And the king of Aflyria (on of Afaph
the recorder. thy matter, and to thee, to fpeak
began to reign. did cany away Ifracl unto Ally. 10 And Rjh-lhakeh faid unto thefc words; hath he not j'ent
% Twenty and five years old ria, and put them in Halah and them, Spcnk ye now to Hezekiah, we to the men which fit on
was he when be began to reign, in Hahor by the river of Gozan, TbuiTairh the great king, the the wall, that thty may eat their
king of Ally ria, U h at confidence own dung, and drink their own
r
and he reigned twenty and nine and in the cities of the Medes;
years in Jerufalem : his mother's 12 Becaufc they obeyed not the is this
wheuin tl on wiilrcfl ? piis with you ?
name alio was Abi, the daughter voice of the Lord their God, but 3 o Thou fayeft (but they are 28 Then Rab-fhzkch flood and
of Zachariah. t ran fgrt fled his covenant, all iat vain words) I have counfel cried with a loud voice in the

3 And he did that which was that Moles the fcrvant of the and llrcngth for the war; now Jews language, and fpake, faying,
right in the fight of the Lord, Lord commanded, on whom doft thou truft, that Hrai the word of the great king,
according to all that David his not hear them, nor then rebelled againft me? the king of Aiiyiia.
father did. 13 f N<> w > n ai Now behold, thou trufteft a«; Thus faith the king, Let
#

4 ^ He removed the high year of king Hezekiah did upon the ftaff of this bruited not Hezekiah deceive you, for he
places, and brake the images, and cherib king of A fly ria e reed, even upon Egypt, on which ihall not be able to deliver yea

cut down the groves, and brake againft all the fenctd c if a man lean, it will go into his cut of Lis hand 1
hiud and pierce it : fo is Pharaoh
in pieces thebrafen fcrpent that Judah, and took them. 30 Neither let Hezekiah make
14 And Hezekiah kin king of Egypt unto all that truft you tiuft in the Lord, faying,
Moles had made : for unto thofc
days the children of Ifrael did dah lent to the king of A on h,n5 - The Lord will fim-ly deliver Uf,
burn incenfc to it : and he called Lachifti, faying, I have 21 But if ye fay unto me. We
and this citv lhall -rot be deliver*
truft in the Lord ou; God: is not
it Kehufhtan. return from me : that cd into the band of the king of
that he whole high places, and
5 He trufted in the Lord God putteft on me, I will whofealtarsHc*,kiah hath taken
Afipia.
appoin
of Ifraei, fo that after him was the king 01 Allyria 31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah:
three away and hath did to Judah and
none* like him among all the to Hezekiah king ol Judah for thus iaith the king of Aflyi'a,
and jeru alcm \c lhall worlhip be. Make an agreement with mc by a
kingsof Judah, nor aw^ that were hundred talent* of Giver,
lore this altar in
before him. thirty talents of geld. Jerufalem ? prefent, and come out to me, and
6 For he clave to the Lord, 15 And Hezekiah gave
km» 3
7tl,creforc 1
» P ra V lhcc » then eat yc every man of his own
m p\„ nl
and departed not from following the filver that was found ,rt
him, but kept his commandments houfc of the Lord,
and 8aK CS l
\ V
>r d thc ki,,
f
« vine * and CTcr V onc of his own fig-
, ,-

n horfcs » lf
which the Lord commanded treafures of the king s IT able i
be waters of bis own cittern:
16 At that time did l
° f° l 32 «>nsc and take you
Mofcs.
And the Lord was with cut of! 'the gold from the
J

door
.
An them Ul)til
awa >' toaland
your own
1

llk *
7 a4Ho*'ti„ 1
!um,<7m/heprofpercd whitherfo- the temple of the Lo*».
-i
Wllt thou tpr " hind, a land of corn
.
»wav tl° r and wine, a
which °" c ca Pt ain of land of bread and vineyards, a
ever he went forth ; and he rc- from the piilars
h:\lcd againft the king cf Aflyria king of judah had
and ferved him not. gave it to the king of
overlaid,
Ahy™^
Aeleaft nf
and ou. Ik
^iSt« a«
V
ym
S * ?°
,

a nd for horftmcn
r l
^
,fervant ^ land of oil-olive, and ot honey,
E «KP t for lhat live and not dur:
and hearken «ot unto Hezekiah,
W i

* when

II. KING S.
God and
ul.cn he pcrfuadcth you, faying, the living ; will rcp
The Lord will deliver us. the words winch L the 0M) xh l
33 Hath any of the gods of the God
hath luairf: therefore
lift
nations delivered at all his land up thy prayer tor the rcm nant
out of the hand of the king of that are left.
the urvants of king
Aflyria? 5
zekiah came to Ifaiah.
34 Where are the gods of Ha-
6 ? And Ifaiah faid unto them
math, and of Arpad ? where are
the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, Thus (hall yc fay to your mane/
n God, even thou
and ivah? hare they delivered TUus faith the Lord,
afraid of the words w|
Samaria out of mine hand?
haft heard, with which
35 Who are they among all
the gods of the countries, that vants of the king of A fly
have delivered their country out blafphcmed me.
of mine hand, that the Lord
ftiould deliver Jeiufalcm out of
7 Behold, 1 will fend a
upon him, and he (hall hear a
rumour, and (hall return to hii
mine hand?
36 But the people held their, own land, and
I will ca
peace, and anfwered him not a fall by the word in his. i
^ tionsand their lands,
word: for the kind's command- 8 J So Rab-fhakeh returned,
jnent was, faying^ Anfwcr him and found the king of Aflyria
warring againft Libnah for ht
nQtt
had heard that he was departed
37 Then came Eliakim the fon
of Hilkiah, which -was over the from Lacliih.
houfhold. and Shebna the fcribe, 9 And when he heard fcy of
and Joah the fon of Afaph the Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Be
recorder, to Hczekiah with their hold, he is come out to fight a-
fent meflcngoi
clothes rent, and told him the gainft thee: he
words of Rab-(hakch. again unto Hczekiah, faying,
CHAP. XIX. 10 Thus Ihallycfpcak to He-
AND it came to pafs when zckiah king of Judah,
Let not thy God in whom thou
king Hczekiah heard rf,
that he rent his clothes, and co- tiuftcft deceive thee, faying, Je-
vered himftlf with fackloth, and rufalem (halt not he delivered in-
went into the houfe of the Lor d. to the hand of the kingof Alhrna.
2 And he fent Eliakim, which 11 Behold, thou halt heard
ws over the hculhold, and Shcb- what the kings of Aflyria hate
nathe fcribe, and the ciders of done to all lands, by deftroymg
the priefls, covered with fack- them utterly : and (halt thou OC
cloth, to Ifaiah the prophet, the delivered ? Zion hath defpifed thee, and
iods
fon of Amoz. I* Have the god, of thena
3 And they faid unto him, delivered them which my fatM»
have deftroyed-, as Cozen, aw
Thus faith Hezekiah, This day is
Haran, and Rozeph, ana
1
a day of trouble, and of rebuke,
and blafphemy: for the children children of Eden which
yctc
are come to the birth, and there is Thelafar ?
13 Where is the king
01
m
not ftrength to bring forth,
math, and the king of A
4 It may be the Lord thy God
and the king of the city
will hear all the words of Rah-
fhakeh, whom the king of Aflyria pharvaim, of H—
And
"
hk maftci bath ftnt tp /eproach J4 f
' V
CHAP.
XIX.
1.* letter
of the hand of themef- faid, With the multitude of my
rov . read it: and H tie- chariots F am come up
r eers a"d to the
tnc of height of the mountains, to the
,JOurc
f-h *e»t u; 1 nt0 i
and fpread it before fides of Lebanon, and will
cut
the Lord,
d own the tali cedar-trees thereof,
the Lord-
Hezekiah prayed he- and the choice fir-trees thereof:
J5 And
r rC the
Lord, and faid, O Lord and I will enter into the lodgings
»*irh dwelled be- of his borders, and into the forcft
God of Ifrael,
cherubims, thou art the of his Carmel.
tweet the
alone, of all the 24 I have digged and drunk
kingdoms of the earth, thou haft ftrange waters, and with the fole
and earth. of nay feet have I dried up all
juade heaven
16 Lord, bow
down thine ear, the rivers of bcfieged places.
open, Lord, thine 25 Haft thou not heard long
S nd hear:
and hear the words ago, how I have done it, end ot
^ eyes, and fee:
of Sennacherib,
which hath fent ancient times, that I have formed
him to reproach the living God, it? now have I brought it to pafs,
17 Of a truth, Lord, the kings that thou fbouldcfthcto lay wafte
of Aflyria have
deftroyed the na- fenced cities into ruinous heaps,
26 Therefore their inhabitants
have cart their gods
18 And were of fmall power, they were
into the fire: for they were no difmayed and confounded, they
:
gods, but the work of mens hands, were as thegrafs of the field, and
wood and ftone; therefore they as the green heib, as the grafson
have deftroyed them. the houfe-tops, and as corn blaft-
19 Now therefore, O
Lord our cd before it be grown up,
Ood, I hefeeeh thee, fave thou us 27 But I know thy abode, and
out of hishand, that all the king- thy going out, and thy coming
doms of the earth may know in, and thy rage againft me.
that thou art the Lord God, even 2? Becaufe thy rage againft me,
thou only. and thy tumult, is come up into
faying,
W1 Then fon of
Ifaiah the mine ears, therefore I will put
Amoafcnt to Hezekiah, faying, my hook in thy nofe, and my
Thus faith the Lord God of If- bridle in thy lips, and I will turn
rad, Thatwhhh thou haft prayed thee back by the way which
to me againft Sennacherib king thou camcft.
of AfTyria, I have heard. 29 And this Jhall he a fign unto
II This is the word that the thee, Yc ftiall eat this year
fuch
Lord hath fpoken concerning things as grow of themfelvcs, and
him, The vi.gin, the daughter of
in the fecond year that which
fpringeth of the fame; and in the
laughed thee tofcorn, thedaugh-
third year fow ye and reap, and
J c uralcrr» hath (haken her plant vineyards, and cat the fruits
u j r
thcrcof'
7, wl
haft th()U rc roacllc <l
30 And the remnant that is
ma blafphcmed? and P againft efcaped
mnA uxr?
of the houfe of Judah
*hom haft thou exalted thy voice,
J .
" a ll!t
(hall yet again take root down-
u P thine eyes on high ? ward, and bear fruit upward.
.
31
aVn l"/ mcflen
hcho *y0«'° frael. n3 1 For out of Jerufalem (hall
i
ich»L ^ ^rs thou haft go forth a remnant, and they
Poached the Lord, and haft
l
that efcape out of mount Zion :
the
 ir. KINGS. chap. xxr.
the zeal of the Lord of hofls foall 4 And it came to pafs
»nd flieu-ed them all CHAP. XXf.
,l,rm,
do this. Ifaiah was gone out into thd
.U Therefore thus faith the die court, that the wot d of
IuOkd concerning the king of Lord came to him, faying^
Aflyria, He mall not come into J Turn again, and tel™ the nouic ui «umr>ur, nvc years in jeruJaiem; and his
nil
the city, nor Ihoot an arrow ktah the captain ot my nd
was found in his trca- mother's name -was Hephzi-bah.
there, nor come before it with Thus faith the Lord, the d all that
was nothing in his % And he did that which mas
David thy father, have foes: there
lhield, nor carta bank againft it. I
in all his dominion, evil in the fight of the Lo r i>, af-
thy prayer, havefeen thy houfe, nor
33 By the way that he came, I
loat Hezckiah (hewed them not. ter the abominations of the h
by the fame fliaU'he return, and behold, heal thee:',
will
I

14 ^
Then came the Loan caft
Ifaiah the tlun, whom out
fhall not come into this city, faith third day thou lhalt go u
unto king Hezekiah, and before the children of Kracl.
Lord. the houfe of the Lord. D rophct
the
faid unto him, What faid thefc 3 For he built up again the
34 For I will defend this city 6 And
add unto th I will whence came high places, which Ikzekiah hit
and from
men?
to fave it, for mine own fake, and fifteen years, and I will <) unto thee? and Hezckiah father had dertroyed, and he
they
for my fervant David's fake. thee, and this city, out cf^H
laid, They are come from a far reared up altars for Baal, and
jj V Ana it

night, that the angel of

came to pals that hand of the king ot AfVyria^H
Lord I will defend this city for
tl.c

went out, andfmotein the camp own fake, and for my fervant
H country, even
from Babylon.
15 And he faid f What have
in thine houfe / and
made
of
hofl
a grove, as did
Ifrael,
Ahab king
and worshipped all the
of heaven, and icrvedthem.
they (ccn
of the AiTyrians, an hundred David's fake, Hezekiah anfwered, All the thi tg$ 4 And
he built altars in the
fourfcorc and five thoufand : and 7 And fa ah fa:d Take a houic have they
that are in mine
H
I
houfe of the Lord, of which the
when they arofeearly themorn- lump of figs: and they took
in nothing among my Loan faid, in Jerufalcm will I
fecn: there is
ing, behold, they were all dead laid// on the boil, and hereon treasures that I have not (he wed put my name.
vcrcd.
corpfes* them. jAnd he built altars foralJ the
36 So Sennacherib king of Af- 8 <f And Hezckiah faid out a And unto Heze- hoii or heaven, in the two courts
Ifaiah faid
16
fyria departed, and went and re- If-iah, What Jbail he the fen thai
kiali, Hear the word of the Lor o. of the houfe of the Lord.
turned, and dwelt at Nineveh. the Lord will heal me, ai 6 And he made his fon pafs
17 Behold, the days come,
37 And it came to pais as he 1 fhall go up into the that all that is in thine houfe, through the fire, and obferved
was worfhipping in the houfe of the Lord the third day" and that which thy fathers have times, and ufed inchantmcnts,
Nifroch his god, thatAdramme- 9 And Ifaiah faid, laid up in ftore unto this day, and dealt with familiar fpirrts*
lech and Sharezer his fbns fmotc (halt thou have of the ] (hall be carried into Babylon; and wizards: he wrought
much
him with the fword: and they the Lord will do the tl nothing lliall be left, faith the wickednefs in the fight of
the
efcaped into the land of Armenia; he hath fpoken : fhall t' Load. Lord, to provoke him to anger.
and Efarhaddon bis ion reigned go forward ten degn 18 And of thy fons that mall 7 And he fet a graven image
in his flead. hack ten degrees ? iflue from thee, which thou lhalt of the grove that
he had made, i»
CHAT. XX. 10 And Hezekiah a beget, (hall they take away, and the houfe of which
the Lord faid
TNT thofe days was Hezekiah fick It is a light thing for the ftadow they Hull be eunuchs in the pa- to David, and
to Solomon his fon,
uoto death: and the prophet to go down ten degrees : nay, hut laceof the king ot Babylon. in this houfe, and in Jerufalem
Ifaiah the fon of Amoz came to let the lhadow return
backward
19 Then faid Hezekiah unto which I have chofen out of
all
him and faid unto him, T hus ten degrees. faiah, Good is the word of
the tribes of lirael, will I put my
faith the Lord, Set thine houfe 11 And Ifaiah the prophet cried LotD which thou haft fpoken. name for ever.
in order, for thou lhalt die, and unto the Lord, and he brougM And he faid Is it not good, if 8 Neither *ill I make the feet
not Jive. the lhadow ten degrees backward U Ut h '* my days? of IfraeI movc an ™>re out
y of
by which ir had gone down in the a !?
Then he turned
VM
,
a his face to th
.
C f tI,C aa$ lhe laml which 1 avc ^eir
of H„ t-u M .°- - S fa-
the wall, and prayed unto the dial of Ahaz. h
Lord, u
that time Bcrodacn- At « J
?howK madca "J
1 his
,
*WI
on| y if they will obferve
faying, 1
Ml condii? and
P ool » anda to do according to all that I have
3 I O Lord, re- baladan the fon of Baladan
befeech thee, a
* rou « ht water into commanded them, and according
member now how I have walked of Babylon, fent letters and' Scdtv
before thee in truth, and with a prcftnt unto Hizekiah:
pcrfccl heart, and have done that had heard that Hezckiah
-which good in thy fight; and lick.
hadDCca ^ .
SJn? °Vu
AnS H
•
;
C chron,clcsof
)

l* l /1
thc Mofts commanded them.
• 9 But they heaiker.ed not; and
is

Hezekiah wept Me. X3 And Hezckiah heau««

his father. , i
kl ffle
fi
t
i
w,th ManalTch feduced them to do

nis ttead.
«Ao»
 "

It. KINGS. CHAP. XXII.

Go op to Hilkiah the filver 13 Go ye, enquire of the Loitn
the high
whom the Lord deftroyed before
19 f Amon
was twenty
*4 that he may Aim for me, and for the people, and
the children of Ifrael. two years old when he beg
rS'il brought into the houfe for all Judah, concerning the
10 5 And the Lord fpakc by reign, and he reigned two orD whicb tbe kcc P crs words of this book that is found
f the L
y :

his fervants the prophets, faying, in Jerufalem and his mother's i

have gathered of the for great is the wrath of the Lord

:

e Ihe door
IX Becaufe Manaflch king of name was Mefhnllemeth, tl of that kindled againft us, becaufe
is
C
Judah hath done thefe abomina- daughter of Hai uz of Jotbah.
. .
pC
7 And Ut them deliver it into our fathers have not hearkened
tions, and have done wickedly ao And he did that -which Wat work,
doers of the unto the words of this book to do
,
^aiid of the
above all that the Amorites did, evil in the fight of the Lord J the ovcrfight of the according unto all that which is
that have
9
which were before him, and hath his father Manaflch did. and let them written concerning us.
hnu reoftheLo*D
:

made Judah alfo to fin with his 21 And he walked in all the
ive itto
the doers of the work, 14 So Hilkiah the prieft, and
idols: way that his father walked i thchoufeof the Lord, Ahikam, and Achbor and Sha-
which is in
1% Therefore thus faith the and ferved the idols that his i breaches of the houfe. phan, and Afahiah, went unto
rC pairthe
Lord God of Ifrael, Behold, I therfervcd,and worfiiippedthems
Unto carpenters, and build- Huldah the prophetefs, the wife
Awbringing^cA evil upon Jerufa- 2% And he forfook the Lord (,

and mafons, and to buy tim- of Shallum the fon of! ikvah, the
lem and Judah, that whofocver God of his fathers, and walk< er s

heareth of it, both his ears ihall not in the way of the Lord. berand hewn fionc to repair the fon of Herhas, keeper of the
houfe.
wardrobe, (now <hc dwelt in Je-
tingle. 23 ^ And the fervants was no reck- rufalem in the college,) and they
7 Howbeit, there
13 And I will ftretcb over Je- Amon confpircd againft him communed with her.
oning made with them of the
rufalem the line of Samaria, and and flew the king in hisown houfe!
money that vas delivered into 15 And ftc faid unto them,
the plummet of thchoufeof Ahab: 24 And the people of the land Thus
their hand, becaufe they dealt faith the Lord God of
and 1 will wipe Jerufalem, as a flew all them that had confpircd
man wipeth a di(h wiping */, and againft king Amon; and the
faithfully- Ifrael, Tell the man that fent
turning it upfidc down. pie of the land made Jofi; 8f AndHilkiah the high prieft yon tome,
faid unto Shaphan the fcribe, I 16 Thus the Lord, Be-
faith
14 And I will forfake the rem- fon king in his rtead. have found the book of the law hold, I will bring evil upon this
nant of mine inheiitance, andde- 25 Now the reft ofthcafls in the houfe of the Lord: and place, and upon the inhabitants
liver them into the hand of their Amon which lje did, are they
Hilkiah gavethe book toShaphan, thereof, even allthc words of the
enemies, and they fhall become a not written in the book of the and he read it. book which the king of Judah
prey and a fpoil to all their ene- chronicles of the kings of Judah?
9 And Shaphan the fcribe hath read.
mies; 26 And he was buried in hi$ came to the king, and brought 17 Becaufe they have forfaken
15 Becaufe they have done thai fepulchre, in the garden of Una: the king word again, and faid, me, and have burnt incenfc unto
winch was evil in my fight, and and Jofiah his fon reigned in his Thy fervants have gathered the other gods, that they might pro-
have provoked me to anger fince (lead. money that was found in the voke me to anger with all the
the day their fathers came forth C H A P. XXII. houfe, and have delivered it into works of their hands therefore:
out of Egypt, even unto this day. TOSIAH was eight years old the hand of them that do the my wrath (hall be kindled againft
16 Moreover ManafTeh Ihed J when he began to reign, and work, that have the ovcrfight of this place, and (hall not be
innocent blood very much, till he reigned thirty and one years In the houfe of the Lord.
quenched.
he had filled Jerufalem from one Jerufalem : and his mother's 10 And Shaphanthe fcribe 18 But to the king of Judah,
end to another, befide his firf name was Jedidah, the daughter mewed the king, faying, Hilkiah which fent you to enquire of the
wherewith he made Judah to fin, of Adaiah of Bofcath. the prieft hath delivered
me a Lord, thus (hall yefaytohim,
in doing that which if 45 evil in the % And he did 'hat which 000k; and Shaphan read it
before Thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael,
fight of the Lord. right in the fight of thel*
As touching the words which thou
17 % Now the reft of the afts and walked in all the way of
.
ir And ,
it came to pafs when haft heard :
of ManafTeh, and all that he did, vid his father, and turned rdthcwordsof hc
th7^! ofthclaw
f 19 Becaufe thine heart was
and his fin that he finned, are afidetothe right hand or to the r .

that he rent tender, and thou haft humbled

they not written in the book of left, WirUh »

t% An iVk ***** Wore the Lord, when

the chronicles of the kings of 3 % And it came g commandc(1 tliou heardelt what I fpakcagainft
Hilkiah ,k
nC n
•

Judah? eighteenth year of fti and Ahikam tM*P»«*. and againft the inha-
18 And ManafTeh flept with that the king fent Shu r — thefon nf cf
T-
.
a n ' and Achbor bitants tbcrcof tbat
thc V 0">oi4
his fathers, and was buried in the of Azaliah, the for. of MelhoUtn thefon Af J-lc
,a » h fndSha han
. *

ll'efSS
'

P become a dcfolation and a cmfc,

garden of his own houfe, in the the fcribe, to the houfe of tn« f

garden of Uzza : and Amon his Lord, faying,

" {mu" "* "* *f
lou reigned ip his ftead* 1 ^ **&£ti£il?
 If. KINGS, CHAP. XXIII.
wept before me, T alfo have heard the fun, and to the moon, an
thee % faith the Lord. the planets, and to all did the king beat
down, of Ifrael had made to provoke
the hoft
30 Behold therefore, I will ga- of heaven. '*
^°T?L)ietheM down from thence, the LORDto anger, Jofiah took
ther thee unto thy fathers, and 6 And he brought out j fftheduft of them into the away, and did to them according
th C
thoa IhaJt he gathered into thy gruve from the houfe of theLo*i) 3
^Kidron. t° **' the arts that he had done
grave in peace, and thine eyes without Jerufalem, unto the brook 1 And
the high places that in Beth-el.
fhall not fee all the evil which I Kidron, and burnt it at the brook before Jerufalem,
which werr %0 And he flew all the priefts
will bring upon this place. And Kidron, and ftampt j* fmall right hand of the
mount of the high places that were there,
to ^he which Solomon upon the altars, and burnt mens
they brought the king word again, powder, and call the powder Corruption,
CHAP. XXIII. thereof upon the graves of
h
C
king of Israel
had buildcd bones upon them, and returned

A
the
ND the king fent, and they children of the people, tt Albtoreth the abomination of to Jerufalem.
gathered unto him all the 7 And he brake down S and for Chemofh %t \ And the king command-
the e Zidonians,
elders of Judah, andof Jemfalem. boufes of. the fodomites, that abomination of the Moabitcs, ed all the people, faying, Keep
ing
% And the king went up into -were by the houfe of the Lord 1
for
Milcom the abomination thepaffovcr unto the Lord your
the houfe of the Lord, and all where the woman wove hangings children of Ammon, did God, as// is written in the book
of the
the men of Judah, and all the in- for the grove, of this covenant.
the king defile #
habitants of Jerusalem with him, 8 And he brought all the pried} 14 And he
brake in pieces %% Surely there was not holden
and the priefts, and the prophets, out of the cities of Judah, and the images,
and cut down the fuch a pullover from the days of the
and all the people both fmall and defiled the high places where the groves, and filled
their places with judges that judged Ifrael, nor in
all the days of the kings of Ifrael,
great : and he read in their ears priefts had burnt incenfe, from the bones of men.
all the words of the book of the Geba to Reer-lheha, and brake 15 ?
Moreover, the altar that 11 or of the kings of Judah :
covenant -which was found in the down the high places of the gates V(J ,at Beth-el,
Wthehigh place %$ But in the eighteenth year
houfe of the Lor d. that -were in the entcrii which Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, of king Jofiah, wherein this paflo-
3 y And the king flood by a gate of Jofluia thegov< who made Ifrael to fin, had made, ver was holden to the Lord in
pillar, and made a covenant he- city, which -were on a « both that altar and the high place Jerufalem.
fore the Lord, to walk after the. hand at the gate of the he brake down, and burnt the 24 f Moreover, the workers
Lord, and to keep his command- 9 Ncvcrthelefs, the priefts of high place, and ftampt it fmall to with familiar fpirits, and the wi-
mcnts, and his teftimonies, and the high places came not up to powder, and burnt the grove. zards, and the images, and the
his ftatmes, with all their heart, the altar of the Lord in Jcrufa- 16 And as Jofiah turned him- idols, and all the abominations
and all their foul, to perform the lem, but they did eatof the unlea- felt", he fpicd the fepulchres that that were fpied in the land of Ju-

words of this covenant that ivere vened bread among their brethren, tvere there in the mount, and fent, dah, and in Jerufalem, did Jofiah

written in this book: and all the 10 And he defiled Topheth, and took the bones out of the fe- put away, that he might perform
people ftood to the covenant. which is in the valley of thechil- pulchres, and burnt them upon the words of the law, which were
thealtar, and polluted it, accord- written in the hook that Hilkiah
4 And the king commanded dren of Hinnom, that no man
ing to the word of the Lord the prieft found in the houfe of
Hilkiah the high prieft, and the might make his fon or his daugb-
which the man of God proclaimed, the Lor i>.
prierts of the fecond order, and tcr to pais through the fire to
the keepers of the door, to bring Molcch. who proclaimed thefe words. a J And like unto him was
forth out of the temple of the 11 And he took away 17 Then he faid, What titled there no king before him, that
that that I fee ? and the men of turned to the Lord with all his
Lord, all the veflcls that -were that the kings of Judah
the city told him, // is the fepul- heart, and with all his foul, and
made for Baal, and for the grove, to the fun, at the ent<
enre of the man of God, which with all his
and for all the hoft of heaven: the houfe of the might, according to
came from Judah, and proclaimed all the law
and he burnt them without Je- chamber of Nathan-i of Mofes; neither after
thefe things that thou
rufalem in the fields of Kidron, chamberlain, which haft done him arofe there any like him.
agamit the altar of Bcth-el.
and carried the athes of them un- fuhurbs and burnt a6 f Notwithstanding, rise Lor d
13 And he faid, Let him alone, turned not from the fiercenefs of
to Beth-el. ot the fun with fire.
«rr «* no man move his bones: fo his great wrath, wherewith
5 And he put down the idola- 12 And the altars that ft*
|»cjr let his bones
trous priefts, whom the kings of on the top of the upper-chamber ones ot the
alone, with the anger was kindled againft Judah,
of Ahaz, which the kings °*JJJ
prophet that came hecaufe of all the provocations
Judah had ordained to burn in-
cenfe in the high places, in the dah had made, and the a
U that Manaflbh had provoked him
\a ^nd
a
cities of Judah, and in the places which Manaflah had made
in * all the houfes alfo of withal.
th
round about Jerufalem, them alfo two courts of the houfe
ot P * CCS that were in thc *7 And thc *'0*D faid, I will
citUTo
""of Samaria, which the kings
that burnt incenfe unto Baal, to h° 9
remove Judah alfo out of my fight,
 L l

II. KINGS, CHAP. XXV.

as I have removed Ifrael, and will money, according to the . , from the river of Egypt even them the king of Babylon
ta ken
caftoffthis city Jerufaiem, which mandment of Pharaoh; he Euphrates, all that brought captive to Babylon.
the river
UD the king of Egypt. 17 j And the king of Babylon
I have chofen, and the houfe of altcd the filver and the gol rfained to
which I faid,My name ihall be the people of the land, of c Jchoiachin was eighteen made Mattaniah his father's bro-
«1
there. one according to his. taxation -frs old
when he began to reign, ther king in his (lead, and chan*-
a8 Now the reft of the a£ls of give it unto Pharaoh -nechob T
The reigned in Jerulalem three ed his name to Zedekiah.
Jofiah, and all that he did, are 36 1 Jehoiakim was tw<_ onths: and
his mother's name
18 Zedekiah was twenty and
they not written in the book of and five years old whtn he he the daughter of one years old when he began to
Zas Nehufhta,
the chronicles of the kings of to reign, and he reigned eleven reign, and he rcigued eleven years
Flnathan of Jerufaiem.
Judah ? years in Jerufaiem : and his mo- 9 And he
did that wheh was m
Jerufaiem: and his mother's
29 % In his days Pharaoh-ne- ther's name was Zebudah, the fight of the Lord, ac- name was Hamutal, the daughter
cv\\ in the
choh king of Egypt went up a- daughter of Pcdaiah of Rumali. that his father had of Jeremiah of Libnah.
cording to all
gainft the king of Atfyria to the 37 And he did that -which j on e. . *9 And he did that which was
river Euphrates and king Jofiah evil in the fight of the Lord
: 10 1 At that
time the fervants evil in the fight of the Lord, ac-
went againft him, and he flew cording to all that his fathei king of Baby- cording to all that Jehoiakim had
of Nebuchadnezzar
againft Jerufaiem, done.
him at Megiddo, when he had done, Ion came up
feeu him. . CHAP. XXIV. and the city was
befieged. 20 For through the anger of the
30 And his fervants carried tN his days Nebuchad II And Nebuchadnezzar king Lord it came to pafs in Jerufaiem
him in a chariot dead from Me- 1 king of Babylon came u of Babylon came
againft the city, and Judah, until he had caft
giddo, and brought him tojc- Jehoiakim became his fc and his fervants did befiege it. them out from his prefence, that
rufalem, and buried him in his three years; then he turn i% And Jehoiachin the king of Zedekiah rebelled againft the
own fepulchrc: and the people rebelled againft him. Judah went out to the king of king of Babylon.
of the land took Jehoahaz the % And the Lord fent againft Babylon, he, and his mother, and XXV. CHAP.
foil of Jofiah, and anointed him him bands of the Chaldces, and his fervants, and his princes, and A ND
it came to pafs in the

and made him king in his father's bands of the Syrians, and bands his officers; and the king of Baby- j[\ ninth year of his reign, in
ftead. of the Moabites and bands of the Ion took him in the eighth year the tenth month, in the tenth

31 f Jehoahaz was twenty and children of Ammon, and fent of his reign.
#
day of the month, that Nebuchad-
and three years old when he he- them againft Judah to deftroy it» 13 And he earned out thence nezzar king of Babylon came, he
all the trcafures of the houfe of and all his hoft, againft
gan to reign, and he reigned three according to the word of tlie Jcrufa-
months in Jerufahm: and his Lord which he fpakc by his fcr* the Lor d, and the treafurcs of lem, and pitched againft it, and
mother's name was Hamutal, the vants the prophets, the kings houfe, and cut in pieces and they built
forts againft it
all the vefleis of gold which Solo- round
daughter of Jeremiah of Lihnah. 3 Surely at the commandment about,
3% And he did that which -was of the Lor d camera upon Judah,
mon king of Ifrael had made in % And the city was befieged
evil in the fight of the Lo*d, ac- to remove than ovt of his fight,
tnetempleof the Lord, as the unto the eleventh
year of kine 6
cording to all that his fathers for the fins of Ma naiTelr, accord-
Lord had faid. Zedekiah.
had done.
33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put
ing to all that he did :

4 And alfo for the innocent

W
Bm*1
a £ he earned away all
3 And on the ninth day of the
"1 311 thc P ri » c «t >r/Amonth the famine prevailed
him in bands at Riblah, in the Mood that he (bed, (for he filled clil^ in lhc
"V* and there was no
landofHamath.thathemightnot jerufaiem with innocent blood,; MA captives, and bread for the people of the land.
pardon. Txhei ^l
reign in Jerufaiem, and put the which theLoRD would not
Jandtoatributeof anhundredta- 5 1 Now the
reft of the acts 01
tSlS^J^ fmith * = 4 1 And the city was broken

that he dw,
lentsoffilver, andatalentofgold. Jehoiakim, and all
not wrtten in the door cmu * oetwecn two waiis, which
34 And Pharaoh-nechoh made are they
achin t«D , J by s
kings 01 1

EUakim the fon of Jofiah king, in of the

room of Jofiah his father, and Judah?
chronicles of the
^Vaf ft t in
an d k »«'j
,

S * Wlves a d
8-den, (now the Chald
the city roundabout)
Ws olHcir,
S J
, '

Jehoiakim flept with n H h ?

ned his name to Jehoiakim, 6 So
nis w»
la "d, i'f J"'S |>-
**** and 9k ki„g went the way toward
„_J took Jehoahaz away: and fathers: and Jchoiachxn
km
he came to Egypt, and died there, reigned in his ft"d.
35 And Jehoiakim gave the 7 And the king of bgyi«»
out o
me »« And{]\ t u
•cvenYh 5
a

T
10
Cn °f W?m, S ht '
- 5 And the army of the Chal-
dees P» rfucd a ft« thc king, and
filver and the gold to Pharaoh, not again any more •»« a-d and crafts " ovcrtook him in the plains of
but he taxed the land to give the hod : for the king of W»y S 3 t houfa " d
,

*" Jcricn ° : and all his army were

"""acre C,I
»ion S and apt for > ,

war, featured from him. 6

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II. KIN G S. C H A P. I,

16 The two pillars, one rareah, and

6 So they took the king, and
brought him up to the king of
Babylon, to Riblah, and they
gave judgment upon him.
Seraiah the ion of a? 1 AAnd it came to pafs in
and the bales wl.jch Solomon had -Vanhumcth the Nctophathite, the feven and thirtieth year of
made for the houfe of the Lord the fon of a Maachath- the -—ptivity
captivi of Jehoiachin king
t azaniah
*
Taazaniu.. v
their men. of Judah, in the twelfth month,
the brafs of all tlicfe vends * as rtf they and

7 And they dew

the fons of without weight. 44 And Gedahah fware to on tiie feven and twentieth day of
17 The height of the onepiHa r to their men, and faid the month, that E vil-merodach
Zedekiah before his eyes, and put them, and
eighteen cubit?, and the cha- Fear not to be the fcr- king of Babylon, in the year that
out the eyes of Zedekiah, and vat unto them,
Chaldees : dwell in he began to reign, did lift up the
bound him with fetters of brafs, pitcr upon it was brafs: and the •ants of the
height of the chapiter three cu- and ferye the king of head of Jehoiachin king of Judah
and carried him to Babylon. the land ;
« *S And in the fifth month, bits: and the wreathen- work, and Babylon and it (hall be well with out of prifon :
upon the chapiter 28 And he fpake kindly to
on the feventh day of the month, pomegranates yoU . ;

(which is the nineteenth year of round about, all of brafs: and 45 But it came to pafs in the him, and fet his throne above thc
that Ilhmael the throne of the kings that -were
king Nebuchadnezzar king of Ba- like unto
thefe had the feconi ftventh month,
wreathen-wcrk. Nethaniah, the fon of Eli- with him in Babylon;
bylon.) came Nebuzar-adan cap- pillar with fon of
tainoftheguard,afervantofthe 18 1 And the captain of the fhama, of the feed royal, came 29 And changed his prifon-
king of Babylon, unto Jerufalem: guard
took Seraiah the chief and ten men with him, and fmotc garments : and he did eat bread
prieft, and Zephaniah the fecond Gedali3h, that he died, and the continually before him all thc
9 And he burnt the houfe of
the Lord, and the king's houfe, pried,
and the three keepers of Jews and the Chaldees that were days of his life,
and all the houfes of Jerufalem, the door. with him at Mizpah. 30 And his allowance -was a
and every great tnan'i houfe bur;it 19 And out of the city he took a6 And all the people both continual allowance given him
an officer that was fet ovcr th e flnall and great, and thc captains of thc king, a daily rate for every
he with fire.
and five men of them of the armies arofe, and came to day, all the days of his life.
10 And all the army of the men of war,
in the king's prefence, Egypt: for they were afraid of
Chaldees, that -were with the cap- that were
which were found in thccity.and the Chaldees.
tain of the guard, brake down the
principal fenbe of the hoft,
walls of Terufalem round about, the
11 Now the reft of the people
which multcred the people of the
land, and threefcore men of the
f The Firft Book of the CHRONICLES.
that were left in the city, and the
fell away to the people of the
land that -were found CHAP. I. he began to be mighty upon thc
fugitives that
king of Babylon, with the rem- in
nant of the multitude, did Ne-
the city.
20 And Nebuzar-adan captain
guard took thefe and
A
J ered >
DAM,
%
Sheth, Enofh,
Kenan,
,,
Mahalaleel,
.
earth.
And Mizraim begat Ludim, n
and Anamim, and Lehabim.and
buzar-adan the captain of the of the , .
jHenoch.Mathulhelah.Lamech,
,

Naphtuhim,
'

guard carry away. '"ought them to the k.ng of Ba-

bylon to Riblah 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and ia And Pathrufim, and Caflu-
ia But the captain of the guard Ja P betb him, (of whom came the Phili-
left of the poor of the land to be 21 And the king of Babylon -

J \ The fons of Japheth Go- (lines,) and Capthorim.

fmote them a ;
vine-drcflers.andhufbandmen.
Andthcpillarsofbrafsthat
"V7 H ,™,h
Riblah in the land of Hamath.
mcr and Magog, and Madai,
and Javan, and Tubal, and Me-
13 And Canaan begat Zidon
13 his firft-born, and Heth,
in the houfe of the Lor d, So judah was carried away out of
< '/if 7i iras;
•were
their land, 14 The J eb,,fite alfo » and the
aod the bafes, and the brafen fea And the fons of, Corner;
that wms in the houfe of the Lord
m And Alhchenaz, and Riphath, and
Amorite, and the Girgafhite,
15 And the Hivite, and the
Chaldees break in pieces, remained in the land of Judah
did the

Kb
Ba b y?on
icd thc brafs of thcm to

i r°And the pots, and the

wJ?x:™A
fho- he made Gcdaliab the fon of A-
,
?T\,Y
ma,
lha fJn °f
S
r

and larlhifls, Kittim,

5 EH
and
-
Archite, and the Sinite,
16 And thc Arvadite, and the
Zemarite, and thc Hamathite.
Shaph an, row 17 1 The fons of Shem ; Elarn,
,eh, and the fnuffers, and the hikam the fon of
all the capw
8 V Th c r «
ofHam ^
Cuft and Afhur, and Arphaxad, and
fpoons, and all the vefTels, of brafs 23 And when I M
and Ml,
JM,zra.m Z
Put, and
Canaan.
; »

L„d, and Aram, and Ux and

thearmfes t
wherewith they mh.iitered, took of e nSO Cv{h Sc "
h* lduiy
"H J° an JSab ta ' a d
'<
*M. and Gether, and Melhcch.
hS
,
18 And Arphaxad begat She-

X«
Raa n; ah i Artdth<
J ?
S 'K t cha A .
^1
X FS£s
,
fon!of i a a « i ,ah
-
Shelah begat El,cr.
?i "
1 '
h tb ndDe,lan - J 9 And unto Eber were born
stoves 2 thamah, and johanan the^
S3 10 An 1,11 v
;

Cuni begat Nimrodj two fons; the name

of the one
fiWei, the captain of thc
guard

took away.
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was Peleg, (bccaufc in his days 38 And the fons of Siertl
Hadad died alfo. And
f 15 Ozem thefixth, David the
the earth was divided,) and his Lotan, and Shobal, andZibcon were; Duke feven th :
v lukesofEdom
brother's name was Joktan. and Anah, and Diihon, aQ( 16 Whofe fjfters were Zenriah,
J ?mna,duke Aliah,dukejetheth,
%o And Joktan begat Almo- Ezar, and Dirtian, And the fons of
dad, and Shcleph, and Hazar- 39 And the fons of
« Puke Aholibamah, duke and Abigail.
Zcruiah; Abifhai, and Joab, and
rlah dukcPinon,
mavcth, and Jcrah, Hon, and Homam; and Tim
c/Puke Kenaz, duke Tcfnan, Afahel, three.
%1 Hadoram alfo, and Uzal, was Lotan's lifter, 17 And Abigail hare Amafa :
and Diklah, 40 The fons of Shobal ; AliaJ Jake Mibzar,
# Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. and the father of Amafa was
%% And Ebal, and Abimacl, andManahath, and Ebal, Shephi Edom.
and Onam. And the fon$ f Thefe are the dukes of Jcther the llhn-.cclite.
and Sheba, CHAP.
If. 18 f And Caleb the fon of
13 And Ophir, and Havilah, Zibcon; Ajah, and Anah. fons of Ifrael ; Hezron begat children of As-jbalt
and Jobab. All thefe were the 41 The fons of Anah; Diihon, THefe are the
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and his wife, and of Jerioth : her fons
fons of Joktan. And thefonsofDifhon; Amram"* Zcbulun, are thefe; Jclher, and Shobab,
Tudah, Iffachar, and
a4 5Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, and Elhban, and Ithrao, and Jofeph,and Benjamin, and Ardon.
a Dan,
aj Eber, Peleg, Reu f Cheran.
19 And when Azubah was
Naphtali, Gad, and Aiher.
%6 Scrag, Nahor, Tcrah, 4% The fons of Ezer; an. The fons of Judah; Er, dead, Caleb took urto him Eph-
%^ Abram the fame is Abra- and Zavan, and Jakan. The fons 3 J
Shelah : which rath, which hare him Ilur.
of Diftian Uz, and Aran. and Onan, and
ham. 20 And Hur begat Uri, and
three were born unto him of the
;

%% The fonffof Abraham; Ifaac, 43 Now thefe are the kings

daughter of Shua the Canaanitefs. Uri begat Bezaleel'.
and Iihmaei. that reigned in the land of Edoih,
And Er, the firft-born of Judah, %\ f And afterward Jlezron
39 % Thefe are their generati-before any king reigned over the
was evil in the fight of the Lord, went into the daughter of Ma-
ons. The firft born of Ilhmael, children of If "racl; Bela the fon of chir, the father of Gilcad, whom
audheflc v him.
Nebaioth: then Kcdar, Adbeel, Beor: and the name of his citf
was Dinhabah. 4 And Tamar his daughtcr-in- he married when he was three-
and Mibfam,
Jaw, hare him Pharcz, and Zerah. fcore years old, and ihe bare him
30 Milhma, and Duma, Mafia, 44 And when Bela was dead,
All the fons of Judah were five. Scgub.
Hadad, and Tema, Jobab the fon of Zerah of Bozrah
5 The fons of Pharcz; Hezron, 2% And Segub begat Jair, who
31 Jetur, Naphilh, and Kcde- reigned in his ftead. andHamul. hnd three and twenty cities in
ma. Thefe arc the fons of Ilh- 45 Aud when Jobab was dead,
6 And the fons of Zerah ; Zim- the land of Gilead.
mael. Hulham of the land of the Tern-
ri, and Ethan, and Heman, and 33 And he took Gelhur, and
3% f Nowthe fons
of Keturah, anites reigned in his ftead.
Calcol, andDara: five of them Aram, with the towns of Jair,
Abraham's concubine: (he bare 46 And when Hulham was
in all. from them, with Kcnath and the
Zimran, and Joklhan, and Me- dead, Hadad, the fon of Bedad,
7 And the fons of Carmi; A- towns thereof, even thrccfcorc ci-
dan, and Midian, and Iffiback, (which fmotc Midian in the 6eld char, the troubler of Ifrael, who tics: all thefe belonged to the fons
andShuah. And the fons of Jok- of Moab.) reigned in his ft< tranfgrtflcd in the thing accurfed. of Marhir the father of Gilead.
lhan; Sheba, and Dcdan. and th« name of his city
8 And the fons of Ethan 514 And after that Hezron was
33 And the fon* of Midian; Avith.
;

AMriah. dead in Calcb-cphratah, then

Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, 47 And when Hadad
9 The fons alfo of Hezron, Ahiah Hezron *s wife hare him
and Abida, and Eldaah. Ail Samlah of Mafrekah n that were born unto him; Jtrah- A flair the
father of Tekoa.
thefe are the fons of Keturah. his ftead.
heel, and Ram, and Chclubai.
48 And when Samlah was dead, a 5 ? And the fons of Jcrah-
34 And Abraham begat Ifaac. 10 And Ram egat Ammina- mccl the firft-Iorn of Hezron
The fons of Ifaar; Efau and If- Shaul of Rehoboth by the river
I

nab; and AmruinadabhegatNah- were, Ram

reigned in his ftead. the fiift-born, and
ra el. "ion piince of the children of Bur.ah, and Orcn, and Ozcm, and
35 f The fons of Efau; Eli- 40 And u hen Shaul was dea<
J ud - ,; Ahijah.
ph&z, Rcuel, and Jcufli, and Jaa- Bsal-hanan the fon i

tl And Nahfhon begat Salrra, 16 JcrahrriCfl had alio another

lam, and Korah. reigned in his ftead.
-nd Salma begat iioaz,
50 And when Baal-hana wife, xxhek na;v.e was Alarah,
36 The fons of EHphaz; Te- «
Ana Boaz begat Obed, and flic was the mother of Onam.
in, and Omar, Zephi, and Ga-
man, dead, Hadad reigned in his
0..ed begat jclfr.
tarn,Kenaz, and Timna, and and the name of his city 2J And the fons of Ram the
Amalek. and his wife's name was I* ri
f|
•
J^^cbcgat hi& firfl- firfl-liern of Jcra!:r.ied were,
and A,,in a*'a tbc M.ia/., and Jimin, and Kkfir.
|
»
f-rn
wild and Shimma the
I

Zerah, Sbammah th:fd, s3 And the fons of Onam

da ; W
Uc f
t!tu
t ll
i
l,,ccl ll,c
:

'f
Somh >
Ua<1 - wtiC ^
Z
Shammai, tr.d Jada. And
the
 I. CHRONICLES. CHAP. IV*
the fons of Shammai; Nadab, was Maaon and Maaon
:
ttiai king of Gemur: the fourth and Bcrechiah, and Hafadiah.
and Abifluir. father of Bethzur. AJonijah, the fon of Haggith ; Julhab-hcfed, five.
29 And the name of the wife 46 And Ephah Caleb's concft* 3 The
fifth Shcphatiah, of %i And the fons of Hananiah;
Ithrcam, by Pclatiah, and Jefaiah ; the fons
of Abiihur was Abihail, and fhc bine bare Huran and Moza,,
anJ Ab itah the fixtb of
bare him Ahban. and Molid. Cazez: and Haran begat Gaze^ r K Iah his wife. Kephaiah, the fons of Arnan,
were born unto him the fons of OLadiah, the fons of
30 And the Tons of Nadab; 47 And the fon;, of Jahdaj. 4 Thefc fix
and there he reigned Shechaniah.
Sclcd, and Appaim but Seled
: Regcm, and Jotham, and Gc^ in Hebron,
died without children- fhan, and Pclct, and Ephah, feven years
and fix months; and %% And the fons, of Shechani-
and he reigned thirty ah; Shcmaiah
31 And the ions of Appaim; Shaaph. in Jcrufalem and the fons of :

I fhi. And the fens of I (hi; She- 48 Maachah Caleb's concubine and three years. Shcmaiah; Hattulh, and Jeeal,
fhan. And the children of She- bare Sheher, and Tirhanah. c And thcie were born unto and Bariah, and Niariah. and

Jhan; Ahlai. 49 She bare alfo Shaaph the him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shaphat, fix.
31 And the fons of Jada the father of Mudmannah, 6hc?a the Sbobab, and Nathan, and Solo- *3 And the fons of Neariah *
brother of Shammai; Jether, and father of Machhcnah, and the mon, four, of Bath-fhua the Elioenai, and Hczekiah, and Az-
Jonathan; and J ether died with- father of Gibcah : and thedaugh- daughter of Ammiel : rikam, three.
out children. ter of Caleb was Achfa. 6 Ibhar alfo, and Eliihama, a 4 And the fons of Elioenai
33 And the Tons of Jonathan; 50 ^ Thefc were the fons of
andEliphcLt, wrff Hodaiah, and Eliamib,
Pcleth, and Zaza. Thefc were Caleb the fon of Hur, the firft. 7
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Pclaiah, and Akkub, and Jo-
the fons of Jcrahmecl. born of Ephratah; Shohal tic andjaphia, hanan, and Dclaiab, and Ana-
Now Shtftianhad no father of Kirjath-j.
'
g And Elifhama, and Eliada, ni, feven.
34 1i
fons, but daughters: andShcfhan 51 Salma the fa and Eliphclct, nine. IV CHAP.
had a fcrvant,an Egyptian, whole Ichem, Harcph tl 9 Thefc were all the fons of *T-i fons of Judah; 'pharcz. HE
name was Jarha. Beth gadcr. David, befn c the fons of the con- Hezron, and Caimi, and 1
cubines, and Tamar their lifter. Hur, and Shobal.
35 AndShclhangavchisdaugh- 52 And S!io'>al the father of
tcr to Jarha his fervant to wife, Kirjath-jearim had fons; Haioch,
,0 1 And Solomon's fon was % And Reaiah the fon of Sh -
Rehoboam Ab:a his fon, Aia bal bc at Jahath, andjalaihbe-
and Ihe bare him Attai. and half of the Manahethites. £
hisfon Jchoftaphathisfon gat Ahumai and Lahad.
36 And Attai begat Nathan, 53 And the families of Kirjath- Thefc
and Nathan begat Zahad, jcanm; the Ithiitcs, and the Pu-
37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, hitcs, and the Shumathites, and
and Ephlal begat Obed, the Mifhraitcs of them came the
:
II Joram his ion, A.iaziah his are the families of
foa, Joarti his fon,
U Amaziah his fon, Azariah of Etam; Jezrecl,and
the Zorathitcs.

Imraa, and
3 Aml thtfc ^ /thc
, f h

b» fon, Jotham his fon Mbafh ; and the name of heir

38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Zarcathites, and the Elhtaulites.
*3 Ah., hwlim, Hezckiah his Gfter was Hazelclponi.
Jehu begat Azariah, 54 The fons of Salma; Beth- r
fon Manaftlhhisfon
39 And Azariah begat Hclcz, lehem, and the Nctophathittl, 4 Aml p cnuc ,
and Helez begat Eleaiah, Ataioth, the houfe of Joab, ami
^AmonhisfonJ^W,^
d ,nsof J° fia
C f
Hulhah. Theft ^thc fons of
Gc<lor> aud £zcr ^ f ,

fath<=r
40 And Eleafah begat Sifamai, half of the Manahethites, the thlial
thefirft-bornjohanan., thefecond
, f 1 ?^f
Hur, the firCborn of Ephratah.
and Sifamai begat Shallum, Zorites.
1 tlUrd Zcdckiah) the father P
41 And Shallum begat Jeka- And
the families of the
55 ft! ':'.? ?, of Beth.lchem '

miah, and Jckamiah begat Eli- feribes which dwelt at Jabez; the
16 Ami thcfonsofjchoiakim: Tckoah
Jhama. Tirathitcs, the Shimcathites, on* had tuowives HtJah
Jcconiahhislon.Zcdckiahhisfon. and Naarah ' *
4% 1 Now the fons of Caleb Suchathites. Thefe are the Ken- 1 Y h n 0f econiah i 6 Naarah bare him Ah U .
the brother of Jcrahmeel wcrr, itcs that came of Hcmath, the Affir Sa hii
J
M?
his ?
fon,
Mclha his firftborn, which was father of the houfe of Rechab. ill tw [• zam , and Hcpher, and Temc.j
the father of Ziph : and the fons CHAP. III.

ofMarefhah the father of Hebron. XT OW

thefc were the font
were born
ol
EC trAv^T™^' H CtI b,ah
°- ^ns of Naarah.
And
43 And the fons of Hebron; J\ David, which 7 the fons of Helah were,
nrlt-
19 A nil ^ t ?
-
r o • • 1

Korah, and Tappuah, aud Re- unto him in Hebron; the

kem, and Shcma. horn Amnon, of Ahinoam U»« «Ae£.SS fk .
S hj ™?
l
5 8 A»d CO. begat Anub, and
Danici, Zobebah an(1 thc lilies of A-
44 And Shcma begat Raham, Jezreelitefs the fecond : fhuliam^ andl "^'^ie^" -

the father of Jorkoam; and Re- of Abigail the Carmehtefs:'

9 A"<1 Jabez was more honour-
l

Jtem begat Shammai. % The third Abfalom, 20 A«d U hZ u and. ^.

And Haftiubah, ,

daugbf- Ohel, able than his brethren; and hi,

4j And the fon of Shammai of Maachah the
z * mother
 I. CHRONICLES, CHAP. V.
mother called bis name Jabez, Hcn-hanan, andTUon. th
and their genealogy, fons of Jofcph the fon of lfracl:
faying, Becaufe I hare him with Ions of flu were, Zoh«
I
an. habitation?,
i'uirow. Bca-zohcth. MlT 34 And Melhobab, and Jam- and the genealogy :s not to be
and Joihah, the fon of reckoned sfter the birthright.
to And Jabez called on the 21 H The fons of Shelah thd lech,
» Fot Judah prevailed above hi?
God of ifiaei, faying, Oh that fon of Judah -were, Er the fathejfl Amaz ;ah »

and Jehu the fon

thou wouldcftblefs me indeed, and ofLecah, and Laadah the father 35 And Joel, brethren, and at him came the
the fon of Seraiah, chief ruler, but the birthright
enlarge my coaft, and that thine of Ma:e(ha, and the families of f Jofibiah,

hand might be with rne, and that the houfc of them that wrought the fon of ^ A fie!, was Jofcph 's.)
V, And Elioenai, and Jaako- 3 The fons, I/;y, of Reuben
thou vvouldcft keep me from evil, Mac linen, of t he houfc of A(h-
bah, and Jelhohaiab,
and Afaiah, the firft-horn of Ifrael were, Ha-
that it may not giievc me. And uja,
a nd Adiel,
and JefimicI, and noch^ and Pallu, Hezron, ami
God granted him that which he 2Z And Jokim,and the men Carmi.
xequeltcd. Chozcba, and Joafh, and Si Bcnaiah,
11 ^ And Chelub the brother who had the dominion xi 37 And Z:*.i
the fon of Sliiphi, 4 The fons of Joel ; Shemabh
of Shuah begat Mehir, which was and Jafhubi-lehem. Anc
1
the fon oi AMon, the fon of his fon, Gog his fon, Shimei his
the father of E lb ton . ancient things. Jedaiah, the ion of Shimri, the fon,
12 And Lihton begat Beth- 23 Thefe -were the pott' fon of Shemaiah. 5 Micah his fon, Rcaiahis fon,
rapha.and Pafcab, andTchinnah thoie that dwelt amongft plan 38 Thefe mentioned by their Baal his fon,
names were princes in their fami- 6 Berrah Km fon, whnm Til-
the father of Irnahalh. Thcfe are and hedges: there they dv.
with the king for bis work. lies: and the houfc of their fa- gath-pihicfer king of Afly ria car-
the men of Rechah.
thers increafed greatly- ried away arrive: he was prince
13 And the ions of Kcnaz; %\ If Thc Ions of Simeon ttri
39 f And
they went to the of the Reubenites.
Othniel, and Seraiah and the N.muet, and Jamin, jaiib, Ze-
:

fonsof Othnicl; Ilathath. rah, tfWShai.1. entrance of Gcdor, even unto the 7 And his brethren by their
eaft fide of the valley, to feek families, (when the genealogy of
14 And Mconothai begat Oph- 2S thulium his Ton, Mihfa
pa ft u rc for their flocks. their generations was reckoned,)
ra: and Seraiah begat Joab, the his ion, Minima his Ton.
a6 And the Tons of Mifoma 40 And ihey found fat pa ft u re -a ere %b.c chief, Jciel, and Zc-
father of the valley of Charalhim,
Hamucl his fon, Zacchur his fon, and goo.l, and the land was wide, chariah,
for they were crafifmen.
and quiet, and peaceable: for they 8 And Bcla the fon of Azaz,
15 And the fons of Caleb the Shimei his fon.
of Ham had dwelt there of old. the fon of Shcma, the fon of Joel,
Ion of Jcphunnch; Elah,
Iru, 27 And Shimei had fixteen
41 And thcfe written by name who dwelt in A»oer, even unto
andNaums and the fons of Elah, fons, and fix daughters; hut hi came in the days of Hezckiah
brethren had not many chi Ncbo, and Hnal-meon.
£ven Kcnaz.
king of Judah, and fmote their 9 Andeaft-ward he inhabited
16 And the fons of Jehalcleel neither did all their family ir
;

tents, and the habitations that unto the entering in of the wil-
Zipii, and Ziphah, Tina, and tiply like to the children of were found there, and cleft royed dernefs (thm the river Euphrates:
A^reel. duh.
them utterly unto this day, and becaufc thfir cattle were multi-
17 And the fons of Ezra were, 28 And they dwelt at
dwelt in their rooms: becaufc plied in the land of Gilead.
Jethcr, and Mcrcd, and Epher, fhcha, aud Moladah, and
Hazai
there was pafturc there for their 10 And in the days of Saul
and lalon: and (he bare Miriam, fhual,
flocks,
and they made war with the Hagar-
and "Shammai, and Ilhbab the 29 And at Bilhah,
4* And/jw/of them, even of ites, who fell by thv.r hand and
lather of Efhtcmoa. Ezcm. and at Tolad, the fonsof Simeon, five hundred
:

they dwelt in their tents through-

18 And his wife Jchudijah hare 30 And at Bethuel, an men went to mount Seir, having out all the eitt-A.W of Gilead.
Jered the father of Gcdor, and Hormah,andat Ziklag, for their captains Pelatiah, and 11 «[ And the children of Ga*I
Hcberlhe father of Socho, and 31 And at Beth-mar Neamh, and Rephaiah, and Uz- dwelt over a gain ft them, in the
Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. and Hazar-fufim, and at «el, the fons of lfi;i. bnd of Bafhan unto Salcah :
And thefe are the fons of Bitbirh birei, and at Shaarim.
the daughter of Pharaoh, which were their cities, unto the fl
43
tnc i
they fmotc the rcfl of
1
Amalekitcsthat wereefraped the next, and Jaanai, and bha-
n
J ocl thc chicf a,ul Shapham »

Mered took. of David. |

and dwelt there un^othis day.
19 And the fons of Hi wife 32 And their villages wffA phat in Eafhan.
of Naham, the Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, an H P ' V# A *3 And their brethren of the
Kodiah, the hfler
Nn«-°i fo " S ° f Rcuhen tne noufe of tllcir fathers were, Mi-
otiesj
father of Keilah the Garmite, Tochcn, and Aihan, five « a
0Tn of
ti ,frad »
chael.andMcfliulIam.andShcba,
for h «
a:>4 Elhtemoa the Maacsuthite. 33 And all their villages m .1rl
witftcfirft.born;
(

cincs, but forafmuch and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia f

%o And the fons of Shirr.t.n were round about the fame he defiled his
twj father's bed, his and Hcber, feven.
mm* Amnon, and Rinnan, unto Baal. Thefe were wwnght wa^ given uuto thc 14 Thefe are the children
J
habitations, of
2 3 Abih-xil
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!. CHRONICLES. - vr. CHAP,

Epher, and Ifhi, and Eliel, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, naclc of the congregation, with
Abihail ihe fon of Hori, the fon kiah.ani
Aziiel, and Jeremiah, and Hoda- And Azariah begat Seraiah, Zinging, until Solomon had built
of Jaroah, the fon of Gilcad, the 14
viah, and Jahdicl, mighty me begat Jehozadak, the houfe of the Lord in Jerufa-
ion of Michael, the fon of Jefhi- n and Seraiah
Jehozadak went into lem : and then they waited on
lhai, the fon of Jahdo, the fon of of valour, famous men, and heads 15 And
of the houfe of their fathers. when the Lord carried their office, according to their
Buz; tdPiivity*
and Jerufalem by the order.
15 Ahithefonof Abdiel, the %S 1 And they tranfgreffed away Judah
fon of Guni, chief of the houfe againft the God of their fathers, hand of Nebuchadnezzar, 33 And thefc fire they that
of their fathers. and went a whoring after the j(} «f
The fons of Levi ; Ger- waited with their children, of
16 And they dwelt in Gilcad gods of the people of the land,
in Bafhan, and in her towns, and whom God deftroyedbeforethem,
in all the fuburbs of Sharon, 26 And the God of Ifrael IH*
upon their borders. red up the fpirit of Pu) king f
17 All thefe were reckoned by Aflyria, and the ipmt of Tilgath- IV Jj»^Wm«f| VIA iK/ll \il i^Utlj " "
genealogies in the days of jotham pilnefer king of AiTyria, and he were, Amram, and Jzhar, and the fon of To:>h,
King of Judah, and in the days of carried them away, 'even the Hebron, and tziel. i$ The fon of Zcph, the Ton of
Jeroboam king of Ifrael. Reuhcnites, and the Gadites, and 19 The fons ot Merari; Mahli Elkanah, the fon of Mahath, the
l3 ? Tht fons of Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manaffirh,) and and Mufhi. And thefe are the fon of Amafai,
the Gadites, and half the tri')e of brought them unto Hahh, and families of the Levites according 36 The fon of Elkanah, the
Manalleh, of valiant men, men Habor, and Hara, and to the river to their fathers. fon of Joel, the fon of Azariah,
able to bear buckler and fwori, Gozan, unto this day. ao Of Gerfhom; Libni his fon, the fon of Zephaniah,
and to (hoot with bow, and (kilful CHAP. VI. 1 Jahath his fon, Zimmah his fon,
fon of Tahath, the fon 37 The
in war, were four and forty thou- HPHE fons of Levi 21 Joah his fon, Iddo hisfon, of Affir. the fon of Ebiafaph, the
fand feven hundred and three- A Kohath, andMerai Zerah his fon, Jeaterai his fon. fon of Korah,
fcore, that went out to the war. % And the fons of %% The fons of Kohath ; Am- 38 The fon of Jzhar, the fon
minadab his fon, Korah his fon, of Kohath, the fon of Levi
19 And they made war with Amram, Izhar, and H< the
Affir his fon, fon of
the Hagaritcs, with Jetur, and Uzziel. Ifrael.

NephiHi, and Nodab. 3 And the children of. 23 Elkanah his fon, and Ehia- 39 And his brother Aft ph.
faph his fon, and Affir his fon, (who flood on his right han<"
SO And they were helped a- Aaron, and Mofes, and inam.
)
gainft them, and the Hagarites The fons nlfo of Aaaron; Nadab, 24 Tahath his fon, Uriel his even Aiaplj the fon of Bcrachiah,
fon, Uzziah his fon, and Si aul the fon of
were delivered into their hand, an*! Abihu, F.lcr/zar.and Ithamac Shimea,
and all that were with them: for 4 1 Elczz.tr begat Phinchas, K - fol, 40 The fon of Michael, the fon
j. t r r-„
25 And the fons of Elkanah; of Baafciah, the fon of Malehiah,
A*
1. ,

they cried to God in the battle, Phinchas begat Abifhua,

5 And Abifhua begat Bnkki,
Amafai, and Ah.moO,
and he was in t reared of them, 41 The fon of Ethni, the ton
n
becaufe they put thci: trull in him. and Bukki begat Vzz\ t
nf pu "?
r
i
Ik
u ^ ! 5
he f° nS 0f Zeiah
«
t,,e< °" ^f Adaiah,
of Elkanah Zophai
ti And they took away their 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, ; his fon, and 42 The fon of Ethan, the fon
n
cattle; of their camels fifry th u- and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, the :m ot SHiWi,
7 Meraioth begat Amariah,
2, Fiih K- S V°"; teroham
,
fand, and of iheep two hundred
fen
7
Fit u' u
J lus 43 The fon of fahalh, the fon
and fifty thoufand, and i*f a(Tes and Amariah begat Ahitub, f° n GCr,h ° m thc 0f f
8 And Ahitub begat Zadok,
18 A^Tl r
S ° f i>3m " d
'r , . ° '

two thoufmd, and of men an thffi, (V « n" 4 4 And

-
I'rethren the fons
thefi.tl horn Vaftni, and Abiah. fj Merari ,

hu idred thoufand. and Zadok begat Ahimnaz, ^ flood on the left-hand:

1Z For there fell down many 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah,
fhiri, becaufe the warv'/ffof God. and Azariah begat Johanan^ blumC, h,sf0 "' Abdi.thefonofMaluch,
L^Ai'r
And thev- dwelt in their ftcads 10 And Johanan begatAzariah, To Sh m ^K- „ " ah 45 Thc fon of Hafhahiah, the
r00
(he// that executed he pnett s
Haa •
, , •

until the'eapfcivity.
%i ? And the children of the
is

office in
:

the temple that Solpmon mAiStoX *

,US ^^""i^.tbefonofHilkiah,
46 The fon of Amzi, thc fon
U And tir 1 1
m
half-tribe of Manafleh dwelt in built at Jerufaltm,)
the land: they increafed from XI And Azariah begat Ama-
DwMftt oiJrS 7 ri° ° f Bani the '°"ofShamer,
'

Baibau, unto Baal-hermon, and riah.and Amariah begat

Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
Ahitui),

II And Ahitub begat ZadoK,

t^t fh,°iS h/d^
An Xhc
'
af,Cr
fi5g£f °
f
^
14 And thefe were the heads and Zadok begat Shallum, thfddwelli^lng - Y miniftrea before 4 Their
48
of th; houfe of their fathers, even 13 And Shallum begat W p , ace of the
tabcr. Le vites
brethren alfn ltd

I
z 4 manner
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I. CHRONICLES. CHAP, vir.

manner of ffrvice of the taber- given cut of the half-tribe, namA hiah : and the fons of Tzrahiah ;
*l out of the tribe of If-
An I
jiacle of the houfe of God. ly, out of the half-tribe of Mana
with her fuburbs, Michael, ardObadiah, and Joel,
fachar; Kcdefli
49 j But Aaron and his fons ith, by lot, ten cities,
offered ttpon the altar of the 61 And to the fons of Gerflio naberath with her fuburbs, them chief men.
Ilhiah,five: all of

~X And Ramoth
with her fub- 4 And with them, hy their
burnt-offering, and on the altar throughout their families, were.
of iucenfc, and were appointed for given out of the tribe of Iflachar urbs, and Anem with her fub- generations, after the houfe of
th ™' fathers, were bands of Ibl-
all the work of the place mod and out of the tribe of Afher, and ur l,s: .
of the tribe of A-
74 And out
dicrs for war, fix and thirty
holy, and to make an atonement out of the tribe of Naphtali, and
Martial with her faburbs, thoufand men: for they had many
for Ifrael, according to all that out of the tribe of Manaflch i u (her;
with her fuburbs, wives and fons.
Mofesthc fervant of God had fi-fhan, thirteen cities, a nd Abdon
63 Unto the fons of Merari c And Hukok
with her fub- j And their brethren among
commanded. 7~
50 And thefe are the fons of were gira by lor, throughout ur l, s and Rehob with her fub- all the families cf Iflachar, were
valiant men of might, reckoned
Aaron; Eleazar his fon,Phinchas their families, out of the tribe of ur bs: m

his fun, Ahifliua his foil, Reuben, and out of the tribe of 76And out of the tribe of in all by their genealogies, four-

Naphtali; KeJcfh in Galilee with fcorc and f-ven thousand.

51 Bukki his fon, \Jzz\ his fon, Gad, and out of the ttibe of Zc- ukh
Zciahiah his fon, bulun, twelve cities. her fuburbs, and Hammon 6 If Jbefins of Benjamin; Belaj
64 And the children of Ifrael her fuburbs, and Kirjathaim with and Becher, and Jcdiael, three,
52 Meraioth his (oh, Amariah
his fon, Ahitubhis fon, gave to the Levitcs thefe cities her fuburbs. 7 And tlu fons of Bela; Ez-
77 Unto the reft of the children hon, and Utel; and Uzziel, and
53 Zadok his fon, Ahimaaz with their (ubuibs.
his ion. 65 And they gave by lot out of Merari were given out of the Jerimoth, and Iri, five: heads of
of Zebulun, Rimmonwith the houfe of their fathers, mighty
54% Now thefe are their dwcl- of the tribe of the children of tribe

linu places throughout their ca- Jndah, ai d out of the tribe of the her fuburbs, Tabor with her men of valour and were reckoned
by their genealogies, twenty and
iHcb in their coafis of the fons of children of bimeon, and out of fuburbs :

Aaron, of the families of the Ko- the ti.be of the childreu of Ben- 78 And on the other fide Jor- two thoufand and thirty and four,
thefw cities, which arc dan by Jericho, on the eafl-fidc 8 And the fons of Becher;
hatbitcs; for theirs was the lot. jaoiln,
r.amcs. of Jordan were given them out of Zemira, and Joafh, and Eliczer,
55 And they ^ave then: He!;- called hy their
66 And the refnLe of the fami- the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the an Elioenai, and Omri, and
I
xoo in txit !a«:'i of Jud:di, and the
lies of the fens of Kohath had wildernefs with her fuburbs, and Jeiimotli, and Abiah, and Ana-
iubuibs thereof round about it.
coafls, out of the Jahzah with her fuburbs, thoth, and Alamclh. All thtfc
56 But the fields of the city, cities of their ^

79 Kedemoth alfo with her are the fons of Becher.

and the villages thereof, ihcy gave tribe of Ephraim.
67 And they gave unto them fuburbs, and Mcphaath with her 9 And the number of them,
to Caleb the fon of Jephunndi.
the cities of refuge, Shechem fuburbs after their genealogy hy their ge-
<7 And to the fons of Aaron of
:

Ephraim with her fub- 80 And out of the tribe of iterations, heads of the houfe of
they gave the cities of Judah, in mount
%amdj, Hebron the city of refuge, urbs: they gave
Mo Gezer with Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her their fathers, mighty roen of va-
fuburbs, and Mahanaim with her lour, was twenty thoufand and
and Libnah with her fuburbs, and her fuburbs,
68 And Jokmeam with her fuburbs, two hundred.
fattir and Efhtemoa with their
fuburbs, and Beth-horon with 8r And Hefhbon with her fub- 10 The fons alfo of Jediacl;
Jubujbs, urbs, and Jazei with her fuburbs. Bilhan: and the fons ofBiihaa;
& And Hilen with her fub- her fuburbs, #

her fub* CHAP. VII.

mbs,andDebir with her fuburbs, 69 And Aijalon with Jeulh, and Benjamin, and Ehud*

59 And Adian with her fub- urbs, and Gath-nmmon

wilft ^OW the fons of IlTachar were andChenaanah, and Zethan, and
y

Tola, and Puah, Jafhub, and Tharfhifh and Ahifhahar.

urbs, and Beth-fhcmtih with her fuburbs
her fuburbs : 70 And out of the Jtl^g
(
Shimron, four. n
All thefe the fons of Jcdia-
of Manaffeh Aner with h« iutt % And the fons of Tola; Uzzi, el, by the beads of their fathers,
60 And out of the tribe ;
and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and mighty men of valour, were fe-
urbs, and Bilcam with her iuo-
Benjamin ; Geba with her fuburbs,
Jahmai, and Jib ft m, and She- ventcen thoufand and two bun-
Alemeth with her fuburbs, urbs, for the family of therein
and
and Anathotb with her fuburbs. nant of the fons of
All their cities throughout their 71 Unto the fons
given .of
Kohath.
of G r
lh ^
™ f
muel, heads of their fathershoufe, dred foldiers fit to go out for
to *if, of Tola :
the* were valiant and battle,
nvenof might in thcirgenerations: l% Shuppim alfo, and Huppim,
war

families were thirteen cities. were

thchaff-tnbe
out
cfMana&h,
*
^"ia
Ooiaa *nofe number was in the days of the children of Ir, and Hulhim,
61 And unto the fons of Ko-
Balhan with her fubuibs, ana Pavid two and twenty thoufand the fons of Aher.
hath, which were left of the fa- in
with her i^urbs.^
and fix hundred. The fons of Naphtali*
of that tribe, were tints Alhtaroth 13
ntfr 3 And the fons of Uzzi: Izra* Jahziei, and Guni. and Jczcr,
Z J and
 I. CHRONICLE S.
chap, vii r.
wcre a P l fo and
thcm tIia
and Shallum, the fonsof Bilhah. %6 I.aadaw his Ton, Ar alogy o f J° baI>» the fons of EJpaal;
f
and to battle, was twenty 19 And Jakim, and Zichri,
14 ^ The fons of Manaffch; his fon, Elilhama his fon, the war
thou/and men. and Zabdi,
AfhricI, whom fhc hare: (but W\$ %7 Non Ins fon, Jehofhua h and fix
concuhine the Aramitefs bare fori. C H A VIII. P. 20 And Elienai, and Zilthai,
Benjamin begat Bela his and
Machir the father of Gilead. 28 ^ And their pofleffionsand NOW firft-born, Alhbel the fee. nd,
ElicI,
ai And Adaiah, and Beraiah,
15 And Machir took to wife habitations ivcrcy Bcih-cl and the
third, and Shimrath, the funs of Shimhi;
the fiftcr of Huppim, and Shup- towns thereof, and eaft-ward ,nd Aharah tlie
pim, whofe filler's name -was Naaran, and weft-ward Gtzer % Nohah the fourth, and Ra- 22 And Jlhpan, and Hcber.
Maaehuh ; and the
: name of the with the towns thereof, Shechem fifth.
pba the and Eliel,
3 And the
fons of Bela were, 23 And Abdon, and Zichri,
fecond was Zelophehad : and the towns thereof, unto
and alfo
Zclophehad had daughters- Gaza and the towns thereof: Addar, and Gcra, and Ahihud, and Hanan,
Abifhua, and Naaman,
16 And Maachah the wife of 29 And by the borders of the 4 And 24 And Hananiah, and Elam,
Machir bare a fon, and (he called children of Manaffch, Bcth-ihean andAhoah, and Antothijah,
his name Perefh; and the name and her towns, Taanach and her 5 And Ocra, and Shephuphan, 25 And Iphediah, and PenucI,
of his brother was Sherelh; and towns, Megiddo and her towns and Huram. the fons of Shafhak ;

his fons -were Ulam, and Raktm. Dor and her towns. In thefe 6 And thefe are the fons of 26 And Shamlhciai, and She-
17 And the fons of Ulam; dwelt the children of Jofeph th Shwli thefe are the heads of the hariah, and Athaliah,
Bedan. Thefe -were the fons of fon of Ifraei. fathers the inhabitants of
of 27 And Jareiiah, and Eliab,
Gilead, the Ton of Machir, the 30 <J The fons of Afhcr; Geba.and they removed them to and Zichri, the fons of Jeroham.
ion of Manaffch. nah, and Ilhuah, and ifliuai, and
18 And his firterHammoIeketh Beriah, and Serah their filler,
Manahath
7
:

And Naaman, and Ahiah,

3 g Thc(e v crc lu af s Qf
.

ja _
thcrs, by their generations, chief
,
,
^
hare Ifhod, and Abiezer, and 3* A »d the tons of Beriah j and Ge.a. he removed them, and wen. Thefe dwelt in Jcrufalem
Mahalah. Hcber, and Malchicl, who is the begat tin. and Ahihud. 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the
SAnaahaharaimbtgat f/i/WrM
19 And the fens of Shemida father of Birzavith. father of Gibeon. (whole wife's
jn the country or Moah, after he name ami Maachah,)
were Ahian, and Shechem, and 3* And Hcber begat Ja
and Shomer, and Hotham, and had lent them away Hulhim and 30 And
Likhi, and Aniam. ;
fon Ab- his firft-born
ao \ And the fons of Ephraim; Shuah their lifter. Baara ^vr h,s wives <lon, and Zur, and Kill., and Baal,
Shuthclah, and Bered hisfon,and 33 And the fons of Ja 9 And he begat of Hodefh his and Nadab,
wife, Jobab and Zibia, and Me-
Tahath his fon, and Kladah his Pafach,and Bimhal,and A 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and
Iba, and Malcham,
fon, and Tahath his fon, thefe are the children of Japhlet. Zachcr.

fcftWH ^
a " d Sha lia >*nd And Mikloth beeat Shi-
%l \ And Zabad his fon, and 34 And the fons of Shamcr; \ ?!
1
32
Shuthclah his fon, and Ezer, and Ahi, and Roghah, Jehu 5 fonS ' nicah -
And thele alio dwelt with
3*. lead, whom the men
of Gath and Aram. thcir !,retl,,cn in J««^Jem» over
A
A,,d "n!'
l,n m u
he ,bf gat
that -were born in that land flew, 35 And the fons of hisbr. A l- t
°
r Y
again!} them.
becaufe they came down to take Hclem, Zophah, and Imna, and
»Th?fon TSl P " als Eb 17 1
331 And Ner begat Kilh, and
away their cattle. and Amal.
Shelefh,
.
r
and Saul begat
%% And Ephraim their father 36 The fons of Zophah;
MUifem V i5 , l '

and Malchi- ftiua, and

mourned many days, and his ah, and Harnepher, and S l
Gilt Ouo an <l r iTtl *£°
thC ft**"*
***** Mi
brethren came to comfort him. and Ben, and Imrah,
towns U" c°;t0 "
r l

r
23 And when he went in to 37 Bezer, and Hod, and
his wife, (he conceived and bare a ma, and Shilfhah, and ' thc fatl,crs of tnc hegat Micah.
Jnk/i •

fon, and he called his name Be* and Beera.

nab, becaufe it went evil with 38 And the fons of J
his houfe. Jephunnch, and Pifpah, and Ara.
24 (And his daughter ivas 39 And the fons of Ulla; 15 And 36 And Ahaz begat Jehoiadah.
Z. l> a d;,k
Zt,)a<i,ah a j
a Arad,
""d
Sherah, who built Bcth-horon Arah, and Haniel, and Rczxa. and A,,", ' and jehoiadah begat Alemeth,
the nether, and the upper, and 40 All thefe were the children a " a Azmaveth, and Zimri;
J6 And Mirh^l ,.j .r 1
aad
Uzzcn-fherah.) of Afher, heads of their
folia tU r ', ?" d Ifpah ' Zimri bc E« Met*
^7 A%
.

%$ And Rephah -was his fon, houfe, choice and mighty Moza
alfo Rcfheph, and Telah tis fon, valour, chief of the princes. And
,
J7 And Zcba^iah° •
mm^ ,
hegat Binea:

and Tahan his Ion* the number throughout the gene-

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I. CHRONICLES. CHAP. IX.

38 And Azcl had fix Ions, hundred and andfix. All theft
fifty iei'-gover the hoft 31 And Mattitl.iah, one of the of the
thers,
whofe names are tbefe, Azrikam, men were chief of the fathers in Lord, ven keepers
of the entry. Levites, (who Was the firft-born
Hocheru, an<l Ilhmacl, and Shea- the hou!e uf their fathers, And Phinchas the fon of of Shallum the Kcrahite,) had
ao
riah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. _
XO ^ And of the pricQs; reda .
Elenzar was»thc
ruler over them the over the things that
fct office

Ail thefe were the ions of Azcl.
30 And the fons of Efhek his
brother were, Ulam his firlt-born,
Jehufli the fecond, and Eiiphclet
the thi.d.
40 And the fons of Ulam were
mighty men of valour, archers,
and had many fons, and fons
iah, and jcnorarib, and Jachin,
jn lime pafl, end the Lord was were made in the pans,
II And Azariah the fori - with him. 3* And other of their brethren
, .
Hilkiah, the fon of Mefhullam, aI And Zechariah the fon of of the fons of the Kohathites,
the fon of Zadok, the fon of Me- Mclhelemiah was porter of the were over the ihew-bread to prc-
n\oib t the Jon of Ah,tub, the Joor of the
tabernacle of the pare // every fabbatb.
ruler of the houle of Cod 33 A nd thefe ere the fingers,
congregation.
I* And Adaiah the fon of 2% All thefe w/;;t7; were chofen chief of the fathers of theLe-
Jeroham, the fon of Pafhur, the to be porters in
the gates were vites, who remaining in the cham-

fons an hundred and fifty. All fon of Malchijah, and Maafiaithe two hundred and twelve. Thefe bers, -were free: for they were

thefe are the fons of Benjamin. fon of Adiel, the fon of Jahzerah, were reckoned by their genealogy employed in that work, day and
CHAP. IX. the fon of Melhullam, the fon of
Mefhillemith, the fon of Immer,
in their
villages: whom David night.
all lfrael. were reckoned by and Samuel the feer did ordain 34 Thefe chief fathers of the
SO genealogies, and behold, they 13 And their brethren, heads in their fet office. <
Levites were chief throughout
were written in the book of the of the houfc of their fathers, a *3 So they and their children their generations; thefe dwelt at
kings of lfrael and Judah, who thoufand and feven hundred and had the overfight of the gates of Jcrufalcm.
thrcefcore ; very able men for the the houfe of the Lord, namely, 35 if And in Giheon dwelt
were carried away to Babylon for
their tranfgreffion.
work of the fervicc of the houfe the houfe of the tabernacle, by the father of Gibeon, Jchiel,
i Now the fir ft inhabitants of God. wards. whofe wife's name was Maachah:
that dwelt in their 14 And of the Levites: She-
polTefTions in 24 In four quarters were the 36 And his firft-born fon Ab-
their cities, were the Ifrailites,
maiah the ion of Hasfhub, the porters, toward the eaft, weft, don, then and Kifh, and
Ziir,
Azrikam the fon of Ha- north, and fouth.
the priefls, Levites, and the Ne- fon of Baal, and Ncr, and Nadab,
thinims. Ihabiah, of tne fons ot Merar, 35 And their brethren, -which 37 And Gedor, and Ahio
3 And in Jcruklem dwelt of IJ And Bakbakkar, Herefii, were in their villages, were to and Zechariah, andMikloth.
Galal, andMattaimh thefon come after feven days from time 38 And Mikloth begat Shi-
the children of Judah, atod of the and
children of Benjamin, and of the of Micah, the
fon of Zichu, the to time with them. mcam and they alfo dwelt with
:

children of Ephraim, and Ma- fon of Afapl., »6 For thefe Levites, the four their brethren at Jerufalcm
r over
. 16 And Obadiah the fon of chief porters, were in their ftt againft their brethren,
aaflih
Shcmaiah, ti e fon of Galal the office, and were over the cham- And Ner
4 Uthai tbefon of Ammihud, 39 begat Kifh, and
the fon of Omri, the fon of Imri, Ton of
Jcduthun and Bercctoah bers and trealurics of the houle Killi begat Saul, and Saul begat
of Ala, the (on o. Elka- ofGo
the fon of Bani, of the children thefon i- , , ,
Jonathan, and Malchifhua, and
nab, that dwelt in the villages of 27 f And they lodged round Abinadab, and Elh-baal.
of Pharez the fon of Judah.
about the houfe of God, becaufc 40 And the fon of Jonathan
5 And of the Shilonites Afa- the Netophathitcs.
;

iah the firft.born, and his fons. 17 And the porters were Shal- the charge was upon them, and Was Merib-baal : and Merib-baal
Akkub, and ralmon, the opening thereof every
6 And of the fons of Zerah ; lum, and morn- begat Micah.
and their brethren, fix and Ahiman, and their brethren, ing»,r/a,Wtothem. 4X And the fons of Micah
feucl,
hundred and ninety. Shallum was the chief; 45 And certain of them had were Pithon, and Mclech, and
(Who hitherto waited^ the the charge of the miniftring
7 And of the fons of Benjamin; 18 vd- Tahrca, and Ahaz.
eatt ward.) I My els, that they
Sallu the fon of Melhullam, the king's gate :
fhould bring them 41 And Ahaz begat Tarah,
fon of vwe porta s in the companies 01 in and out by tale. and Jarah begat Alemeth, and
fon of
Hafenuah
Hodaviah, the
the children ot Levi.
And Shall urn the fon 01
rJ.LjT I °-f cre a P-
F»'tcWtooverfcetheveflels, and
,
M Azmaveth, and Zimri : and Zimri
8 And'lbneiah the fon of Jc- 19 begat Moza,
themfti umentsofthefanclu-
roham, and Elah the fon of Uzzi, Koi-e, the fon of Ebiafaph. 43 And Moza begat Binea
thr J
and his cfineRour
the fon of Michri, and Melhullam fon of Korah, an d the
l
>£ and Rephaiah his fon, Eleafah
w
*J; Jin- an<lJ
'. '

the fon of Shephatiah, the fon of

Reuel, the fon of Ibnijah,
(of the houfe of his father
Korahites were over t h
»ork ot S, ccs
U
i
e 0,l
lhe
>
an<1 tliC f"nk- his fon, Azel his fon.
44 And Azel had fix fons,
the ferv.ee, keepers of tnc»
4 Lw- m /Pihe ;
f°
9 And their brethren, accord- prieftc « f l °
nS ° f the
•
whofe names '• re lhefe > Azrikam,
ing to their generations, nine of the tabernacle; and
faces
thc olntm «t *b * « bocheru, and Ilhmacl, and Shea!
liah,
 ; ' , M ;

!. CHRONICLES, CHAP. XT.

and Obadiah, and Hanan. faftened his head in the temp| e / And David faid, Whofoever
David longed and faid, 17 And
riah,
of Dagon. Jebufites fii ft, Ihal! be Oh that one would give me d: ink
Thefe vitrt the fonsof Azel. fmiteth the
C-H A P. X. "
? And when all Jal, e n . | chief and
captain. So Joab the of the water of the well of He th-
Zeruiah went fir ft i.p, and lehem, that is at the gate!
NOW the Philiftines fought gilcad neard
and the men
againft Ifrael,
that the Phil},
all
ftines had done to Saul
iol) of
waschKf- 18 Andthcthrcebrakethrough
of Ilrael fled from hefore the li They arofc, all the valiant men, And David dwelt in the ca- the hoft of the Philiftines, and
7
Philiftines, and fell down (lain and took away the body of Saul flic,
therefore ihcy called it, The drew water out of the well of

in mount Giboa. and the bodies of his Tons, and' of David. Beth-lchem, that was by the gate,
c ity
brought them to Jabelh, and 8 And he
and took
built the city round and brought it to Da-
4 And the Philiftines followed
/'/

buried their bones under the oak about, even

from Millo round vid: but David would not drink
hard afterSaui. and after his Tons,
in Jabefli, and faffed feven days, about: and Joab
repaired the reft of it, but poured it out
and the Philiftines flew Jonathan, to the
and Abinadab, and Malchiihua, 13 1 So .Saul died for his tranf. of the c'ty-
Lord,
the fons of Saul. grcflion which he committed a. a So David waxed greater and 19 And faid, My God forbid it
went lore g.unft the Lord, againft the greater; for the Loan of hofts me, that I fliould do this thing
3 And the battle
againft Saul, and the archers hit word of the Lord, which he kept
not, and alfo for alking counfel of
m s with
him. ftiall I drink the
blood of theft
10 1 Theft alfo are the chief men that have put their lives in
•

him, and he was wounded of the

arc hers.
one t,,at ha<l a ^miliar fpirit, to of the mighty men whom David jeopardy ? for with the jeopardy
of
4 Then armour enquire of it;
faid Saul to his had, whoflrengthened themfclves their lives they brought it; there-
bearer, Draw thy fword, and 14 And enquired not of the with him in his kingdom, and fore he would not di ink it. Theft
thruft me through therewith; left
Lord: theicfoie he flew him, with all Ifrael to make him king, things did thefe three mighticft.
thefe uncircumcifcd come and
and turned the kingdom unto according to the word of the 20 % And A bilhai the brother
baft me. But his armour-bearer David the
fon of J, lie. Iajrd, concerning Ifrael. of Joab.he was chief of the three:
would not, for he was fore afraid. C H A XI. P. 11 And this » the number of for lifting up his fpear
aga inft
rT"l Hcn all Ilrael gathered them- mighty men, whom David three hundred, he flew 'hem,
So Saul took a fword, and fell the and
UDO „ it. X fclves to David unto Hcb- tad; Jalhobeam an Hachmonite, had a name among the three
armour-bearer ron, faying. Behold, wc a the chief of the captains: he lift 21 Of the three he was more
5 And when his
bone and thy flefh. up his fpear againft. three hun- honourable than the two for he
faw that Saul was dead, he fell
2 And moreover, in tun dred, flain by bin, at one time. was their captain; howbeit, he
iikewile on the fword, and died.
even when Saul was king, 1% And after him -was Elcazar attained not unto the
6 So Saul died, and his three firfi three
and all his houfe died wfl he that leddeft out the fon of Dodo the Ahohite, 22 Benaiah the fon of Tehoia-
fons
broufhttrt in Ifrael andthcLoao whoimo/jfofthethreemighties. da, the fon of a valiant man
together. :
of
And when the men of thy God faid
all unto thee, Thou 13 He was with David at Paf- Kabzeel, who had done many arts,
7
(halt feed my people Ifrael, and damnum, and there the Phili- he flew two lion like
Ifrael that were in the valley faw men of
that they fled, and that Saul and
thou (halt be niler over my pec ftines were gathered together to Moab
alfo he went down and :

battle, where was a parcel of flew a lion in a pit in a fnowy day.

his fons were dead; then they pie
Ilrael.
ground full of barley, and the
forfook their cities and fled : and 3 Therefore came all the eld- 23 And he flew an Egyptian^
Ifrael to the king of Hcb- people fled from before the Phi- a man
thc Philiftines came and dwelt ers of of great ftati.re, five cubits
in t hcm.
on
ron, and David made a covenant
with them in Hebron before the
is 1 j.i f
fct
l
th mft, *« in
1 . !W and
ha nd *«
in
th e Egyptian's
8 * And it came to pafs
fhlt-A "a f
a fpear like a weaver's
they anointed David P rCC '^!, de,i - ^d he went down to him
the morrow, when the Philiftines Lord, and \
came to ftrip the flain, that they king
found Saul and his fons fallen in word of the
over Ilrael, according
Lord, by
-
S—
«?e
Indlhe I
An'
C
r
f3Ved
1
1 -l
[ ^ Y
lR nCSi With a ftal1 and Pl«ckt
the fpear
by ' outofth ' Egyptian's hand, and
'

mount Gilboa. 4 1 And David and

9 And when they had dripped went to Jerufalem,
w
^eat delivr
7 J Z
"PUiJs we^r r Wn l the
eu Tu-
Ce0fth th,rt y
u rock fo
flc * him ^th his own fpear.

,
a 4 Thefe did Benaiah the
,

him, they took his head, and his where the Jebufites I

t Da Z ?•
° " of Jeho»d., and had
the land, "'to thecaveofAdul- name among
armour, and fent into the land of habitants of laJ the three miehties
the Philiftines round about, to 5 And the i"^
ant « °'
not L
a' I

David, 1 hou lhalt P Valk y ° f am ° ns

'

carry tidings unto their idols, bus faid to

Repha'm thc tnirt >"' but Gained
Ncverthelefs, Da "

notto
and to thc people. come hither.
16 And n,.- 1 . . .
not to tne
the firjl
PrJ? three: and David
three : an
IO And they put hisarmourin
gods, and
rid took the caftle of ^ion,
the city of David.
«od fhe Philfm
T * ^ ft °T hiS * U * T d -
.

men
the houfc of their is *•» then at 11 Valiafl 1 °f
Beth 'ieSm?
h
MIS
 I. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XII.

the armies were Afahcl the bro- 47 Eliel, and Obcd, and Thefe were of the fons of day, there came to David to help
of the holt one of him, until ;/ wasa great hoft, like
ther of Joab, Ellianan the fon of the Mefobaitc. *f captains
:

Dodo of Bcth-lehem, C H
A P. XII. lea ft w.«
over an hundred, the hoft of God.
27 Shammoth the Haronte, VTO W thefe are they thatca
1

created uin
^ c gicaicii
j the
,
thoufand.
over a iiiuumiiu. 23
j, -]| mm
j ^ And intic are
th.cfe ur c inc num
the iiuiii-
3
Helez the Pclonite, IN
to David to Z.klag, while Thefe are they that went bers of the bands that were ready
the month, armed to the war, and came to
28 Ira the fon of Ikkefh the he yet kept himfclf clofe, becaufe - in firft
fordan
of Kifh : and they ovcrflo ^vn a11 n5s David to Hebron, to turn the
Tekoite, Abiezcr the Antothite, of Saul the fon "Ten 't ba<l
among the mighty men, they put to flight ail kingdom of Saul to him, accord-
29 Sibbecai the Hufhathite, -were Banks, and
helpers of the war. both toward ir.g to the word of the Lord.
Ilai the Ahohite, .
,
|0'fthe valleys,
30 Maharai the Netophathite, a tbej -were armed with bows, [he call, and
toward the weft. 34 The children of Judah that
fon of Baanah the and could life both the right hand 16 And there
came of the chil- bare fhieid and fpear, were fix
He led the
and the left, in hurling ftones, and Benjamin and Judah to thou/and and eight hundred, rea-
Netophathite, # Jren of
thehoM unto David. dy armed to the war.
Gi ll And
David went out tomeet 25 Of the children of Simeon,
them, and anfwered and laid
unto mighty men of valour for the war,
Pirathonite, Joafh, the fons of Shemaah the them,' If }' e ne
come peaceably feven thoufand and one hundred,
of Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pe- unto me to help me,
mine heart 26 Of the children of Levi,
32 Hurai of the brooks
Gaafh, Abiel the Arbathite, let, the fons of Azmaveh, *nd (hall be knit unto you
but if ye be four thoufand and fix hundred,
:

33 Azmaveth the Baharumite,

Berachah and JehutheAntothite,
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 4 And Ifmaiah the Gibeonite,
the a mighry man among the thirty,
34 The fons of Halhem
Gizonite, Jonathan the fon of and over the
thirty, and Jcre~
Shage the Hararite, ah, and Jahazicl, and Joha
and Jofabad the Gederathitc,
35 Ahiam the fon of Sacar the
5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and
Hararite, Eliphal the fon of Ur,
Bealiah, and Shemanah, and She-
•?6 Hepher the Mecherathite,
^to betray me to mine enemies, 27 And Jehoiada 'was the Itad-
fceing there is no wrong in mine er of the Aaronites, and with him
hands, the God of our fathers look wrethree thoufand fevm hundred
!
thereon, and rebuke it. 28 And Zadok, a young man
18 Then the fpirit came upon mighty of valour, and of his fa-
Amafij, who was chief of the titer's houfe twenty and two
captains, and he faid, Thine are captains.
ve, David, and on thy fide, thou 29 And of the children of Ben-

Ahiiah the Pclonite, phatU the Haruphite
«7 Hezro the Carmelite, Naa-
6 Elkanah, and Jefiah, and
Azareel, .and Joezer, and Jofha-
rai the fon of Ezbai,
the Korhites,
*8 Toel the brother of Nathan, beam,
7 An(1 J ociah 3,1,1 Zehadiah,
Mibhar the fon of Haggeri, >
fimofJcfTe: piace, peace taun- jamin, the kindred of Saul, three
to thee, and pcaci be to thine thciifand : for hitherto the great-
helpers; for thy Godhelpeth thee, eft part cf them had kept the
Then David received them, and
ward of the houfe of .Saul,
made them captains of the band. 30 And of the children of E-

jo Zelek the Ammonite, Na- the fons

of Jeroham of Gedor. M
And there fell feme of Mr.- phraim, twuity thoufand and
harai the Berothir.e, the armour- 8 And of the Gadites there ft* naffeli to David (when he came eight hundred mighty menofva-
bearer of Joab the fon of Zeruiah,
paratcd themfclves unto David, to the Phiiiflines againft Saul lour, famous throughout the
the Ithrite, Gareb the into the hold to the w.ldernefs, to battle,but they helped them houfe of their fathers,
40 Ira
Ithrite
men of mi S ht and men of ™~
>
not, for the lords of the Phili- 31 And of the half-tribe of
for the battle, that coiildhandle flwes, upon advifement, fent Manaflih, eighteen thoufand,
41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad fit
him away, faying, h'e will fall to
the fon of Ahlai, fhieid and buckler, whofc faces which were exprefTc.l by name, to
1
4 lla the! Von of Shiza the. were like the faces of lions, and hismafler Saul, to the jeopardy
of come and make David king.
our headi
Reubenite, a captain of the Reu- were as fwift as the rocs upon the 33 And of the children of Iffa-
mountains; *° As he went to Zik lag, there char, -which were men that had
benites, and thirty with him, the t
tell.to him

43 Hanan the fon of Maachah, 9 E"r the firfl, Ohadiah and Jozabad, and
of ManafTeh, Adnah, nnderftanding of the times, to
fecond, Ehab the third, Jediael, and know what Jfraelought to do : the
and JTofhaphat the Mithnite, fourth,
Afhterathite, 10 Milhrr.annah the a
J czaba(, » an<1 E,{ - heads of them were two hundred,
44 Uzziah the h» a " d i' "i
z,,tllai captains of the and all their brethren were at
Shama and Jchiel the fons of Jeremiah the fifth th ,
.

Hothan the Aroerite, n

Altai the fixth, Eliel tn tnou.ands.that were of ManafTeh.
A
their commandment.
th
45 Jediael the fon of
Shimn, feventh,
eighth,
_.
*«» toin<»
an,t thehi «yJlel P«<l David 33 Of Zcbulun, fuch as went
.

^d
12 Johanan the cf the rovers : for forth to battle, expert in war,
and Joha his brother, the Tizite, £
allm, S ht y "en ofv*- with all inftruments of war, fifty
46 EliJtheMahavite.and Je- bad the
ninth
tenth, Mach
*»
. lou ZV
r.anclwerecaptainsinthehoft. thoufand which could keep rank:
ribai, and Jofhaviah, the fons of 13 Jeremiah the
•* r «r at that time, day by they were
Elnaam, and Ithmah theMoabite, banai the eleventh. not of double heart.
I
j4 And

I
 I. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XIV. XV.
34 And of Naphtalt a thou- ark of our God to us ! for «% houfe three months. And
|„ his their gods there,
fand captains, and with them, quired not at it in the clays of :> au David care a

*r **
a- d
casts
|

with flrield and fpear, thirty and 4 And all the congregat
feven thoufand. faid, that they would dofo
35 And of theDanites, expert the thing was right in the
in war, twenty and eight thou- all the people, <"" 0a a in
jy fent meiTcngers to
David, the valley
fand and fix hundred- 5 So David gathered all Ifrac j andtimberof cedars with mafoiis
together, from Shihor of Egy pt
, 14 Therefore David enquired
36 And of After, fuch as went
to battle, expert in war, forty even unto the entering of Hcmath' and God faid unto
h,m Go not U after them, turn
thoufand. to bring the ark of God fronl
boU
,
*
And r, m
Dav,d
1
perce.ved that away
-ii P
from them, and com™ upon
»

37 And on the other fide of Kirjath-jearim.

the Lo«d had confirmed him them over
Jordan, of the Reuhenites, and 6 And David went up, ami nil king over Ifrael. for his kingdom tree*
againft the »»uj D ciry SUES
the Gaditcs, and of the half-tribe Ifrael to Baalah, that is,to Kir- n hi8h,
P f
of Manalfeh, with all manner of
inrtruments of war for the battle
an hundred and twenty thoufand.
38 All thefe men of war, that
jath-jearim, which le!on*eth to Ju*
dah, to biing up thence the ark
of God the Lord, that dwclleth
bet-ween the cherubims, whofe
S^o P
^TAnd
ie .fra el

•!?e. .t Jerufalem
David
:
took ^Sfe'^^
and David
ffi thou
°
«, 9 ?t
*"
HbSfflSt?? \ fr
*«> thou

more fons and daughters, for

££ SSH 5 !5S
''

beg at God is
could keep tank, came with a name called en
perfeft heart to Hebron, to make 7
is

And
they carried the
it.
I Now thefe are the names of
his children which he had in Jem-
£2S pfr^"'
'"'^
J? Da.M flS f J?]
David king over all Ifrael: and God in a new cart, out 9^-
all the rcrt alfo of Ifrael were of
one heart to majce David king.
houfe of Abinadab and
and Ahio drave the cart.
:
falem; Shammua, and Shobab,
Nathan, and Solomon,
^SSSii^SSf^
X £ SKpm*
rh? S
S^tS^?? ^
j AndIbhar,a„dElifc„a,and
39 And there they were with
David three days,
drinking :
eating and
for their brethren had
prepared for them.
40 Moreover, they that were nigh
8 And David and all Ifrael
played before God with all their
might, and with finging, and with
harps, and with pfalteries, and
with timbrels, and with cymbals,
J AndNogah,

an3
™ama,andBeeliada,^
and
^^M^K^
-
ft?

of him

them, even unto Iflachar, and Ze- and with trumpets,

bulun, and Naphtali, brought 9 And when they came tin
bread on afles, and on camels, and
on mutes, and on oxen, and meat,
meal, cakes of figs, and bunches
of raittns, and wine, and oil,
to the tbrefhing-floor of Chidon,
Uzza put forth his hand to hold
the ark, for the oxen (tumbled,
10 And the anger of the Loao
king over
nines
all Ifrael, all
went up to feek David -
and David heard ,///, and
botagainftthem/
went
'
the Phili-

'
±± the
EPS*
\ ru*
'
-

Thcn David
"
^
c "y «f Davjd, and
^° kthC tcnt
,

3rk of

None
,

f r
faid.
-

was kindled againlt t zza, and he 9 Andthe Phiiifrinescame^d

th of God
lfor*!
and oxen, and Iheep abundantly ; bTrLV"?
Lfe
for t hire wai ]oy in Ifrael. fmote him, becaufe he put htf /bread themfelves in
the valley of 52 |t
t ^
: theni hath
y f *¥ L ,

CHAP. XIII. hand to the ark: and there he Rephaim. ° «» R » chofen to carry the ark

AND David confulted with

the captains of thoufands,
died before God.
II And David was difplcafed.hc- G
.lo And David enquired of an<l to ™wiflw unto him

and of hundreds, and with every

leader.
caufc the Lord had madeabreacn
upon Uzza wherefore that place
;
&^^SiSZSSt£
W J f^?""
hand "and S ^"t"
them into mine t0 J e ™ft'«m,
all Ff-
to
% And David unto all the
faid
congregation of Ifrael, Uitfeem
good unto you, and that it be of
the Lord our God, let us fend a-
is

God
I
called Pcrcz-uzza
iz And David was
that day, faying.
bring the ark of God
noii
to this day.
afraid
i

How u»
h™*™*
«
*e Lo*n

&i
WlU
GioSSSS?
him! Gfaid unto

them into t°,S SSr? ^

ar k of the
,
he ha <
1^
broad unto our brethren every 13 So David brought
where, that are left in all the land ark home to himfclf to tw
m
aucie
of Ifrael, and with them alfo to David, but carried it
the pricfts and Lcvitcs -which are the houfe of Obcd-cdom
in their cities and fuburbs, that Gittitc.
Pira'n*
they may gather themfclvcs un- 14 Andthe ark of God re ir.
OItna tP'ace, a h the
to us. cd with the family ofObed-ed«J ^' perazim. ch ie f. and his brethren
,a And when dred a " d tWCnt y-
3 And let us bring again the they had left
7 Of
 : :

T. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XVt.

7 Of the Tons of Gerfhom : 18 And with them their .„
Joel
the chief, and his brethren an thren of the fecond degree, Zech^ fncers:
David *\{obed upon him the Lord, into the hand of Afaph
Ben,W and " 5 _i,od of linen. and his brethren.
.UI^Vl and
hundred ^in m
miki thirty.
i riah, —w ^ Jaazicl,
U '
and She.
- - - -
* D
miramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, all Ifrael brought up 8 Give thanks unto the Lord,
8 Of the fons of Elizaphan :
4 8 Thus
the covenant of the call upon his name, make known
Shcnaiah the chief, and his bre- Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maafci. the ark of
Smiting, and with his deeds among the people.
ihren Wo hundred. ah, and Mattithiah, and Eli p h c . Lord with
cornet, and with
fyaad of the 9 Sing unto him, ling pfalms
9 Of the fons of Hebron: F.Iiel leb, and Mekneiah, and Obed. with cymbals, unto him, talk ye of all his won-
the chief, and his brethren four- cdom, and Jeicl, the porters, trumpets, and
noi ^e w,t " pfaltcries drous works,
fcore. 19 So the fin S cl"s. He Jnaking a
ID Glory ye holy name,
10 Of the fons of Uzziel: Am- Afaph, and Ethan, -were affig and harps. in his
#
And it came to pafs as let the heart of them rejoice that
jninadab the chief, and his bre- cd to found with cymbals of braf$j 49 1
thren an hundred and twelve. zo And Zcchariah, and Azieh, he ark of the covenant of the feek the Lord.

11 And David called for Za- and Shcmiramoth, and Jehiel, Lord came to the city of David, 1 1 Seek the Lord and his
tiie daughter of Saul, flrength.feck his face continually,
dok and Abiatharthe priefts, and and Unni, and Eliab, and Maafci. that Michal
looking out at a
window, faw king 12 Remembermarvellous
his
for the Levites, for Uriel, Afaiah, ah, and Benaiah, with pfaltcries
and Joel, Shemaiah, and Elicl, on Alamoth ; David dancing and playing : and works that he hath done, his
flic defpifed
him in her heart. wonders, and the judgments of
and Amminadab. 21 And Mattithiah, and Eli- * 6
12 And he faid unto them, Ye phclch, and Mikneiah, and Obed-
CHAP. XVI. his mouth.
they brought the ark of God, 13 O ye feed of Ifrael his fer-
arc the chief of the fathers of the edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, SO and let it in the midfi of the vant, ye children of Jaeob his
Levites faneWy yourfelves, h.lh with harps, on the Sheminith to
tent that David had pitched for chofen ones,
;

ye and your brethren, that ye excel. offered burnt facri- 14 He is the Lord our God,
it: and they
22 And Chcnaniah cruefof the
may bring up theark of theLoRn
God of Ifrael unto the place that Levites m for fong: he indraft.
ed about the fong, becaufc he wax
fices, and peace-offerings before his judgments are in all the earth.

God. , IJ Be ye mindful always of his

I have prepared for it.
» And when David had made covenant: the word -which he com-
13 For becaufe ye did it not at fki'.ful. an end of offering the burnt-offer- manded to a thoufand genera-
the firft, the Lord our God made 23 And Bcrechiah and "Elka- ings, and the peace-offerings, he tions.
a breach upon us, for that we nah -were door
-keepefsfortheark.
blcffed the people in the name of 16 Even of the covenant which
foughthimnotafttrtheducorder. 2\ And Shebaniah, and JdiOj tbe Lord. he made with Abraham, and of
Nethaneel, and
14 So the priefts and the Le- Ihsphat, and 3 And he dealt to every one of his oath ur.to Ifaac:
vires fanftiried themfch esto bring Amala-, and
Zechanah, and Be-
Ifrael, both man and woman, to 17 And hath confirmed the
up the ark of the Lord God of .laiah, and F.Hczer, the priefts, every one a loaf of bread, and a trie fame to Jacob for
a law, and
]j-rac
| did blow with the trumpets be- good piece of flcm, and a naggon to Ifrael for an evcrlafting
God: and Obed- cove-
15 And the children of the fore the ark of of-uimc. nam.
door-keep-
Levites bare the ark of God upon cdom and Jehiah -were 4 J And he appointed certain 18 Saying, Unto thee will I
thcir fhoulders, with the (laves crs for the ark. of the Levites to miniftcr before give
the land of Canaan, the lot
thereon, as Mofcs commanded, 25 1 So David and thecldcrsof the ark of the Lord, and to
re- of your inheritance.
oyer thou-
according to the word of the Ifrael, and the captains cord, and to thank and praife
19 When ye were but few,
Lord, fands, went to bring up the ark of tnc Lord God of Ifrael : even a few, and Grangers in it
of the Lord, out
x6 And David fpake to the the covenant and Xt 20 And they went from
Obed-fdom wtttt 71
houfe of

S
to him f-' "f
•

chief of the Levites, to appoint of the I

1
,
an<1 She " "ation to nation, and from one
SiSmik '!? t' Jf'f *
their brethren to be the lingers joy. 0th d J ehlc1 and Mat- kingdom to another people:
with inftruments of muficfc, pfal- 26 And it came to 'f"tl,ab and
nd
'

.
Bcnaiab ' 21 He rurtircd "o man to do
teries, and harps, and cymbals, God
helped the Levites and o- J ,
5 m
a d Jei
'

Witb them wro »S;y«. he reproved

founding, by lifting up the voice the ark of the
Lord, that they oft.
covenr- pc3tcri«
finh m a
? WUh
i
u u -
t'
harpS: but " kitt
B*
A
their fakes, ^
with joy.
17 So the Levites appointed bullocks, and (even
rams. 6 ah M "'- d With Cymba,s S
»
' " *m
Touch not mine
And David W «cloth* Ae pS'5 Wlt-5? and > conti-
h id "ointcd, a » d d «
™Y P^phets
Heman the ton of Joel
his brethren, Afaph the
:and
fon
of
of
27
with a robe of fine linen,
an
,
nuallv S f
truni P«s
° f thccovc "
no harm.
-3 Sing unto the Lord the
hare thear^ »ant of Go? all
Berechiah: and of the fons of Me- all the Levites that :

cartn ,hew forth from day to

rari their brethren, Ethan the and
the fingers, and Cnenan 7 S Tl>, 1
that
,
B av5d da >' his Nation.
the mailer of the fong, v, >th
t deliv*
«cd
rc i firVJ
firlt this ?
a
*
fon of Kufhaiah. fjatm to thank t

a 4 Declare his glory among

the
 : .

!. CHRONICLES, xvir. CHAP.

I have walked snd according to all this vifion,
the heathen: his marvellous 38 AndObed-cdom, uithl 5 Wherefocver
frael { kc 1 a word to fo did Nathan fpeak unto
works among all nations. brethren, thrcefcore and <' w itb all judge* P*of
l
r
»

(whom
David.
,„yof the Ifrael, 16 And David the king came,'
15 For K ,eal tnc *-°* D an<l O^cd edom alfo the Ton of ^
commanded to feed my people) ant! fat before the Lob d, and faid,
'

greatly to be praifed : he alfo is thun, and Hofah to be porters; I

39 An <* ^adok the piitQ, and faying,

Why have ye not built Who am f, O Lord God, and
to be feared above all gods. of cedars I
me an houfe what is mine houfe, that thou haft
a6 For all the gods of the pco- his bitthrcn the piults, bcfore Now therefore thus fhalt brought me hitherto?
pic arc idols; but the Lor d ma^e the tabernacle of the Lori>,
^ 7
the high place that was at Q h thou fay u,uo
mv f« v an David, f
ij And yet this was a finall
the heavens. .
faith the Lord of hofts, I thing in thine eytS, O God, for
Thus
27 Glory and honour are in beon. the fieep-cote,
thee from thou haft alfo fpoken of thy fer-
lm prefence, flrength and glad- 40 To offer burnt o... ll(l „ took
following the fheep,
unto the Loro, upon the altar of cviii from vant's houfe for a great while to
nelsare in his place.
that thou fhouldeft be ruler over come, and haft icgardcd me ac-
18 Give unto the Lord, ye the burnt-oflcring continually people Ifrael cording to the cflate of a.man of
kindredsof the people, give unto morning and evening, and*
J my :

According to nil that is % And I have been with thec high degree, O Lord God.
tbel jOR d ^lory Jintl ftrcnglli* whithcrfocver thou haft walked, 18 What can David Arc* more
29 Give unto the Lord the the law of the Lord, whi
and have cut off all thine enemies to thec for the honour of thy fcr-
glory due unto his name: hring commanded Ifrael:
from before thee, and have made vant ? for thou kuoweft thy fer-
anoffcring, and come before him, 41 And with them Hemu
theea name like the name of the vant.
woifhipthe Lord in the beauty Jeduthun, and the reft that
great men that are in the earth. 19 o Lord, for thy fervant's
of holinefs. chofen, who were expreflo
9 Alfo I will ordain a place for fake, and according to thine own
30 Fear before him, all the name togivcthankstotheL my people Ifrael, and will plant heart haft thou done all this great-
earth: the world alfo fhall be becaufc his mercy endiirclbiof them, and they lhall dwell in nefs, in making known all tbtfe
liable, that it be not moved. 4* And with them Hemai
their place, and fhall be moved great things,
31 Let the heavens be glad, Jeduthun, with trumpet*
" no more; neither fhall the chil- 20 O Lord, there is none
like
and let the earth rejoice and let cymbals, for thofe that
:
dren of w.ckeanefs wade them thec, neither is there any
men fay among the nations, The make a found, and with God be-
any more: (as at the beginning, f.des thee, according to all that
Lord reigncth. inftrumcntsof God and :
XO And f.ncc the time that I we have heard with
-were porters, our ears,
32 Letthc fea roar, and the fi.l- of Jeduthun commanded udges to be over my 21 And what one nation in the
43 And all the people departed,
j
nefsthereof: let the fields rejoice, people Ifrac :) moreover, I will earth is like
every man to his houfe and Da- thy people Ifrael,
and all that is therein. :
lubdue ail thine enemies. Fur- whom God went to redeem to be
his he
73 Then lhall the trees of the vid returned to blcfs
wood f.ngout at the prefence of CHAP.XVII.
Lord will bu Id thee an houfe. name of
the Lord, becaufe he cometh to Nl OW
il came t0 pals ' aS
K
greatnefs and terrible-
P f'' nefs ' h * d "« in gout nations from
•

judge the earth. fat in his houfe, that I)a?U •h, 1 \ k """'J
when thy days be expired, that ?
before thy people whom thou haft
give thanks to the Lord, faid to Nathan the prophet, Lo,
1
34 houmufl go tohynh thy fa- redeemed
an lioufe of cedars, but out of Egypt ?
for he is good, for his mercy en- dwell in thers, that I will raife up thy

^ft&tV ^ »*"^n£*£
feed 2a For thy peon e Ifrael didft
dureth forever. the ark of the covenant of the th C
35 And fay ye, Save us, O God Lord rem,v.,:etn under curtains, fen" a nd
©four falvation. and gather us a Then Nathan faid unto Dl- I

togcther, and deliver us from the vid, Do all

that is u. thine heart,
n h °U C me*3 Therefore now, Lord, let
heathen, that we may give thanks for God is with
thec.
mi
•n 1 1 wfll rt'h-n!
will u /
frab.ifh Ins throne for
«

the thing that thou haft fpoken

to thy holy name, and glory in 3 1 And j l camc 10 P*
conrcrn 'ng thy fervant, and con-
tliy praife. fame night, that the word ol It I will Ka w , .l ii
,

36 BlelTcd be the Lord God came to

Nathan, faying, ftall be m i iL
/ni
d he
S" **
1 hii houfc
> ******
of Ifrael for ever and ever; and 4 Go andtell Davidmy t^e my mercy 'awat
from JiS* * 4 Lft ,l
"
a "-d d ° ' hoD haft faid -

all the people faid, Amen, and Thus faith the Lord, i w I took ?frnm hu ' m *u
th3t WaS bc"
.
be «nablifl)ed,
that th r namc ma b « magnified
praifed the Lord. not build me an h«"fc tod*e fore the C y
37 1 So he
left there before 5 For have not dwelt
I
«» i
.
r 4 But
will C,**\. k*,n • •
f
or " er » fa y' n g. The Lord of
I
,nm Be ,

the ark of the covenant of the houfe fince

the day that brogni I ho »fe ani my ^ h ° fl$ " » he God of Ifrael, even*
Ifrael, unto this day,
ban- ^.
n in
n
W? \
m i
0T God of Ifrael: and /e/ the houfcof
Lord, Afaph
to miniftcr
and
before
his
the
brethren,
ark conti-
up
gone from tent

nually.as every day's wo. k rc^uir- at tabernacle lo

ed
to tent, and fro*
another.
an hi.

'JAcco, ding to alithefe

„r

words,
l

^ „ For
 ; :

I. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XIX.

a5 For thou, O my God haft wherewith Solomon made
the d, and his came out,
told thy fervant, that thou wilt brafen
fea, and the pillars, and rtcad
build him an houfe: therefore thy the veflels of b<-afs. J
fervant hath found in his heart to 9 ^ Now when Ton king „f
pray before thee. Hamath heard how David had
26 And now, Lord, (thou art fmitten all the hofl of Hadarez er kindnefs to -— «»« «-i ajaum mm, oerore
God, and haft promifed this good- king of Zobah inefle»S
crs to comfort "im con- and behind, he chofe out of all
nefs unto thy fervant.) 10 He lent Hadoram his fon father fo the fervants the choice of Ifrael, and out
eerning his :
them.
n Now therefore let it pleafe to king David, to enquire of his
thee to blefs the houfe of thy fer- welfare, and to congratulate hi m
f David
came into the land of in aray againft the Syrians,
of Ammon, to Ha- ir And the reft of the people
the children
vant, that it may be before thee becaufe he had fought againft nan, to comfort
him. be delivered unto the hand of
forever: for thou blefi'cft, OLord, Hadaiezer, and fmitten him, (fot 3 But the
princes of the chil- Abilhai his brother, and
they fet
Hadarezer had warred with Tou.)
and it fiiall be bleffed for ever. dren of Ammon faid to Hanun, them/elves in aray againft
the
CHAP. XV I II. and -with him all manner of vcffchj Thinkeft thou that David doth children of Ammon.
, IV after this it came to
pafs, of gold, and filver, and brafs. honour thy father, that he hath 19 And he faid, If the Syrians
that David fmote the Phili- 11 \ Them alfo king David fent comforters
unto thee?, are be too ftrong forme, then
thou
ftines, and fubducd them, and dedicated
unto the Lord, fcrvants come unto thee (halt help me: but if the children
not his
took Gath and her towns out of the filver and the gold that for to fearch, and to overthrow, of Ammon be too ftrong for thee
the hand of the Philiftines. brought from all theft natio and to fpy out the land? then I will help thee.
and from Moab,
a And he fmote Moab ; and from Kdom, 4 Wherefore Hanun took Da- 13 Be of good courage, and let
children of Ammon,
the Moabitcs became David's and from the vid's fervants, and fhaved them, us behave ourfclves valiantly for-
fcrvants, and brought gifts. and from the Philiftines, and from and cut off their garments in the our people, and for the cities of
fmote Hadare- Amalek. midft, hard by their buttocks, our God: and let the Lord
3 f And David do
zcr kine of Zobah unto Hamath, 12 Moreover, Abifliai the fon and fent them away. that which is good in his fight
as he went to ftablifh his domini- of
Zcruiuh flew of the Edomices j;Then there went certain, and 14 So Joab, and the people
io the valley of fait, eighteen told David how the men were that were with him,
on by the river Euphrates. drew nisrh
ferved; and he fent to meet them before the Syrians,
4 And David took from him a thoufand. unto the bat-
thonfand chariots, and feven thou- 13 % And lie put garifons in (for the men were greatly afham- tie; and they
fled before him
fa nd horfemen, and twenty
thou- Edom: and all the Edomitesbe- ed) and the king faid Tarry at 15 And when the children of
David's fervants. Thusthe Jericho until your beards be Ammon faw
fand footmen: David alfohough- came that the Syrians
preferved David whither- grown, and then return
ed all the char \ot-horfcs, but re- Lord werc flcd> they likewifc flcd £ fo
ferved of them an hundred cha- foever he went. 6 f And when the children of Abilhai his brother, and
entered
14 «f So David reigned over Ammon faw that they had made into the city.
,j ots Then Joab
J came
Syrians of all Ifrael, and executed judg- themfelves odious to David, Ha-
5 And when the to Jerufalem.
th Ch WrCn f An mon
DamafcuscamctohclpHadanzer ment and juftice among all his ftS^I r J talents ° V
16 1 And *hen the Syrians
fent a thoufand .
of filver faw that they were
king of Zobah, David Hew of the people. to hire them chariots-
put to the
Syrians two and twenty thoufand 15 And Joab the fon of Zertt- and horfc- worfe before Ifrael thel fent
mef
7
m en iah was over the hoft, and Jrlm-
thefon of Ahilud recorder. ofTrL°^ h Kh
Cf P tamia a" d Ut fen ers
:
Ut
° * >
and the Sy ESh£3 t
6 Then David put writes in fhaphat Zobah" '
° ° f anS that beyo« d ^e river
Syria-Damafcus, and the Syrians ,6 And Zadok the fon of Ahj
<

1 <5« fk- l •. , .
an<l Shophach the captain of the
Abimclech, the ion ot
became David's fcrvants, and tub, and
Lord Ahiathar, were the pnefts, and
brought gifts. Thus the
preferved David whithcrfoevcr he Shavfha was
fenbe. h h0 A » d ^ was told David, and
wcnt>
n And David took the fhields hoiada was
17 And Benaiah the)
over the Che
Pclethites: andi
2^ASll
And
£riV,
the ch J Tcn
thered themfelves
S AmS? **'
l~XTr fwm
u

them
17

a "d
and ^ d
C3mc U P°«
of gold that were on the fervants and the ? 8 and fet
of Hadarezer, and brought them of David
were chief at
their cities and
8 And when D»iV.°
,
' tittle in ar»y
thcm 5 f° whcn Da ™>
S
i™Aefa

^
^»"£- n fent Lh d P"t the battle in aray againft the
to Jerufalem.
C H A P. v
XIX.
« * 1 >

8 LikewifcfromTibhath, and
from Chun, cities of Hada.czer, ]^OW
brought David very much brafs,
it cam e to p afsaf
iN that Nahafn the kin. ^ > « &. Sildren of Ammon

3
 !. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XXT.
nans feven thoufand men, which 6 And yet again there was
fought in chariots, and forty thou- at Gath, where was a
land footmen, and killed S ho- great ftaturc, whofe fingers
phach the captain of the hoft. toes were four and twenty,
10 And when the fervants of each hand, and fix on each foot
man

fu
» °i

aiTi
•
'
^
g AnfI
havC

^< *;*^
havc
David
*^
h
fcrvant,
C
faid

done this thing, butaowi

for I
unto God .t

have done people to be

I
ifracl,
fdCkc, ° lh
x?
commanded the
And
'

I
who were elothed
U P°"
Davi(J fajd
*™
in

lladarczcr faw that they were put he alfo was the fon of the of thy numbered ? even it I
giant fooliioly.
to the worfe before Ifracl, they is that have fianed
7 But when he defied Ifa-i Tcry
the Lord
and done evil
% And fpakeunto indeed; but as
-

made peace with David, and be- Jonathan the fou of y for thefe mecn
came his fervants: neither would David's brother, flew him.
the Syrians help the children of 8 Thefe were born unto
Shirnea!
Ca d, David's feet foymg
l0 Go and tell David faying, hand,
pray thee
what have
I
ififi^®
O Lo Rn ml
Amnion any more. giant in Gath
th
and they fell hi
:
Tbi-s faith the
I Lay
thee God/ be'o./me, offer
an^ on my 71
choofc thee one
C H A I\ XX. the hand of David, and by t£ three things of ther's ho U fe, but not
on thyWo-
hem, that may do u-unto thee pfe. tbat the lhou|(J bc £°
AND it came to pafs, that af- hand of his fervants.
tcr the year was expired, at CHAP. XXF.
'J
AND
the time that kinjs go out to bat-
tie, Joab led forth the power of A Satan flood up againfl
IfracJ, and provoked
the army, nnd wafted the country to number Ifracl.
David

of the children of Ammon, and a And David faid to Joab and

came and beficged Rabbah, (but to the rulers of the people/Go,
David tarried at Jcrufalcm.) and number Ifracl from Bccr-lhcba
Joab fmote Rabbah, and deftroy- even to Dan; and bring thenum-
edit. ber of them tome, that I may
in the land, and tiie angel of the ir>A„i^
a And David took the crown know//,

S^^^^^
.

of their king from off his head, 3 And Joab anfwercd, The
Loto riClroying throughout?!!
thecoafts of IfSeJ: now there!
and faw ft , .
*7&
<

and found it to weigh a talent of Lord make his people an hun- fo.eadvifetl.yMf, what uord I
jrold, and there were precious drcd times fo many more as they J£w X*
Jlones in it, and it was fet upon be : but, my lord the king, are
(hall bring again

fent me.
to him that
„
„ SRTS
*" * nd as D v 'd^ "me to Or-
f
David's head; and he brought they not all my lord's fervants? ,

Da '
13 And David faid unto Gad, S'JSXZl^fi*
alfo exceeding much fpoil out of why then doth my lord require
I am in a grea; (trait : let me Ml V
^\
Pt ° Ut ° f thc threlhinr
7f
the city. this thing? why will he be 1 now nTo tbeTolo
into f he ha i£*£i
3 And he brought out the peo- caufc of trefpafs to Ifrael i
pie that were in it, and cut them 4 Nevertheless, the king's word
with fa ws, and with harrows of prevailed again ft Joab: where-
(ferrery
but let
of man.
greats hismeS)'
mc not na
hand fall
»
Da d f*" d '° 0rnan
into the
" d Gran mc theu .
place of f& thrclh!
n2L
T&S^'i
V
.

iron, and with axes: even fo dealt fore Joab departed, and went
. '41 SotheLoRDfentanefli- |?5^ 0r that ' "^y^'ld an altar '

David with all the cities of the throughout all Ifracl, and Unto tbe
and therS tl li ft u**
Jcnce upon Ifracl: thou .
children of Ammon. And Da- to Jerufalem. ofifracl feventy f° F thc ful1
thouft, !'
3 men J "f
5 U Ami Joab gave the fum
vid and all the people returned k
to Jerufalem. the number of the people unto Jerufalem to
deflrov it • an « ""T" W^i the people.
4 ? And it came to pafs after David. And all they »as deftroy i„g, t |,
aS
*J ^V T
I
^nd Oman faid untoDavid,
Jf e /
this, that there arofe war at Gc-
zer with the Pbiliftines, at which
time Sibbechai the Hutfiathite,
were a thoufand thoufar
hundred thoufand men
fword and Judah was
:
^,,nd
«g. and
d e ft
.
he repf ,ted him

"yed,
.
faid
of the" Ti

It is
t

enough £
the aneel tl,« h!
now
>?
V^'
"f « 8^ «
^ L^/Vtffe oxen
f°
'
^8nd ,Ct my

flew Sippai that was of the chil-

dren of the giant, and they were
drcd threefcorc and ten
men that drew fword.
t

i
h
"and.
h J-ORD
nc
«
ftood
And fhe*
LvH.r.K fk-
^UZ tt t thrcfl TOb H
»ns-inftruments
**W* for
3nd 'he
wood
fubdued. 6 But Levi and Benjirom ^of Orna;'!,^/c ^' h, t
.
' ,g -

5 And there was war again counted he not among them: ft* *6
And David lifr » if-
gf
In? » 1
* lvc f?'
!t all.

with the Philiftines, and Elhanan the king's word was abominable
the fon of Jair flew Lahmi the to Joab.
brother of Goliath the Gittite, 7 AndGod wasdifpUafed
**
whofcfj>car-ftaffwajIikcaweav- this thing, therefore he feoU
cr's beam, Ifracl.
^
 « )

CHRONICLES. CHAP.
I.

IS So David gave to Oman for

the place fix hundred fhckels of
throughout
therefore
all countries!
now make prepay;
\ « '
#Kouftnd talents
1
of filver;
» ntl iron »
rafs
wltllout
XXIII.
and of praifed theLoRD with the inflru-
wc 'g''t, menu which I made (faid David
timber to praifc therewith.
gold by weight. for it. So David prepared a b /fori't»
sin a° U!5aa,,cc
Un .
afi And David built there an dantly before his death, and ftone have I prepared, 6 And David divided them into
alio
6 «f Then he called for Solo, mayeft add thereto. courfes among the font of Levi,
altar unto the Lord, and offered and thou
mon liisfon, and charged him are workmen namely, Gcrfhon, Kohath,
burnt-offerings and peace-offer- t<)
,5 Moreover/**™ and
build an houfe for the Loan abundance, hewers, Merari*
ings, and called upon the Lord,
in
God with thee
of , n d workers
of ftone and timber,
^ Of the Gerfhonitcs -were
and he anfwered him from heaven Ifrael. 7
of cunning men Laadan and Shimei.
by fire upon the altar of burnt- 7 And David faid to Solornoo and all manner
My as for me, it was i manner of work. & The fons of Laadan, the
ion, for every
*
offering. m the gold, the filver, and chief was Jchiel, and Zetham,
37 And the to build an houfe unto
Lord commanded mind the x 6 Of
Lord my God: and the iron, tbirtis-ao and Joel, three,
the anzel, and he put up his (word name of the the brafs,
again into the fheath thereof. 8 But the word of the Lo» D number. Arife therefore, and be 9 The fons of Shimei; Shclo-
1* 1 At that time, when Da- came to me, laying, Thou haft doing.andtbeLoRDbe with thee, mith, and Hasicl, and Haian,
id faw that the Lord had an- ihcd blood abundantly, and haft 17 f David alio commanded three. Theft were the chief of
fweredhim in the threfhing-noor made great wars: thou fhalt not all the princes of Ifrael to help the fathers of Laadan.

of Oman the Jebulite, then he build an houic unto my name, Solomon his fon, faying, 10 And the fons of Shimei
fccrificed there. becaufe thou haft fhed much blood 18 Is not the Lord yonr God were, Jahath, Zina, and Jcufh,
with you? and hath he not given and Beriah.
HQ (For the tabernacle of the upon the earth in my fight. every
Thefc four were the
Lord which Mofes made in the $ Behold, a ion ihall be born ypu reft on fide ? for he fons of Shimei.

wildernefs, and the altar of the to thee, who

(hall be a man of hath give" the inhabitants of the Jahath was the chief n And
landintominehand.and the land and Zizah thefecond:
burnt-offering wr* at.that feafon reft, and I will give him reft from but Jcufh
aU his enemies round about: for i, fui.dued before the Lorb, and and Ceriah had not many fons;
in the high place at Gibcpn.
before his people.
30 But David could not go be- his name (hall be Solomon, andl therefore they were in one rcck-
19 Now fet your heart and oning. according to their father's
fore it to enquire of God ; for he will give peace and quietnefs unto
your foul to feck the Lord your houfe.
was afraid, hecaufe of the fword Ifracl in his days, God: arifc therefore and build
10 He fhal build an houfe for 12 J The foos of Kohath-
of the angelof the Lord.) ye the fwftuary of the Lord Aimam,
CHAP. XXII. my name, and he (hall be my fon;
Cod, to bung the aik of the co- ziel, four
lzhar, Hebron, and Vz-

TX
HTHEN David faid,
this is
This is the end will be his father, and
houfe of the Lord God, and eftablifh the
the altar of the burnt-offer- dom
"
I

throne of his
over Ifracl for ever.
Now my fon the Loud be
1 will

kinj-

S?£i bc
h?h?.!k
1 J* V"
buiU ?tothc nan«of fcparated,
houfc
and Aaron
that he Ihould ftnftif,
w
>ng for Ifracl.
with thee, and profper thou, and hc moft ho, thio
2 And David commanded to
c 5 a p win y **> hc «»w 3 »<»
huild the houfe of the Lord tn T
AA "'- ^
fons f°r ever, to burn ii.ctnfe be-
gather together the ftrangers that wh/n n, • 1 ,

-were in the land of Ifrael, and he

God, as he hath (aid of thee, SOfillS J'" f , a nd
»
d to minifler unto

fet mafons to hew wrought "Only the Lord give tl.ee rL iV'
k I ton
mon Bis ??
de Sol °- hi ™.
king over Ifracl.
n
1
.

to bids in his name,

Hones to build the houfe of God.
X And David prepared iron in
abundance for the nails for the
doors of the gates, and for the
joinings; and brafs in abundance
wifdom and under ftanomg.and forever
give thee charge concerning (rati,
that thou mayeft keep the lawoi
the Lord thy God
13 Then halt tho.u Prolper,
1

lithout weight; thou takert heed to fulfil tb«»

tutes and judgments wh ch
1 ,C ' r
" Umber 16 ° f t,lc fo »* of GtrOiom,
4 Alfo cedar-trees in abun- th c «
by their Dolk „ W"
Lord cha, gul Mofes Sri"nd ehrh Shtbuc! hc < hicf-
dance: for the Zidonians, and 7ttd
T"' *

they of Tyre, brought much cc-

dar wood to David.
ccrning Ifrael: be ftrong,
good courage, dread not,
nor
» rf
4 Of which
thoufa Id
t^h"

to Jet
-A
/7
c
r
1TAnd ,hc f«« of EHczrr
Rc hab!ah th <
L
And *«
And David faid, Solomon difmaycd.
J b!e
Now in my ** f° n$
mv fon is young and tender, and 14 behold, « nd
° f Rchabiah WCre
the houfe that is to be builded for I have prepared for
trse n
rf
.

^ and j„dg
«x tnouf.nl
M
te l Iffil
officers- many.

the Lord mujl be exceeding mag-

fame and of story
the Lord
talents
an hundred
ol gold, and a
u
d
^ S.
*' r<
Moreover
Porter. an(
P«"ers, L ?
tb«,.r,^
four tho L
"fi>nd lonnth the chief.
1
x
lhe,C"ns of Izhar; Sbe-
? .
0f
uifical, Of i four thoil&iul
a 3 ,?
Af
 :

I. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XXV.

19 Of tlie fons of Hebron ; Jc- 31 And to offer all burnt-facrifi
1 1
taken for Eleazar, and
hcinff
aj The
brother of Michah ws
riah the firft, Amariah thefeffond, unto the Lord in tliefabbaths*
ces b
ken for Ithamar.
Islhiah of the fons of Islhiah;
:
l
Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam in the new-moons, and on the ***
fJow the firft lot
came forth Zechariah.
fe J
the fourth. frafts, h y number, according thefecondtojedaiah, a(j The fons of Merari ivere%
to t hoiarib,
t0
ao Of the fons of Uzziel; Mi- the order commanded unto them iThe third to Harim, the Mahli and Mufti: the fons of
can the firft, and Jefiah the fecond. continually before the Lord: / irh to
Seorim, Jaaziah; Beno.
3* And that they (hould keen 27 f The fons of Merari by
1
ai 1 The fons of Merari; The fifth to Malchijah, the
Mahli, and Mufhi the fons of the charge of the tabernacle f to Mijamin, Jaaziah; Bono, and Shoham, and
:
r
the congregation, and the charge to Hakkoz, Zaccur, and Ibri.
Mahli; Eleazar, and Ki/h. to The feventh
%% And Eleazar died, and had of the holy place, and the charge *8 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who
he eighth toAbijah,
no fons, but daughters and their of the fons of Aaron their bre- ninth to Jefhua, the had no fons.
:
II The
brethren the fons of Kirti took thren, in theferviceof the honfe tenth to
Shccaniah, 29 Concerning Ki(h
^ ^
the fon:

them. of the Lord. \% The eleventh

z 3 Thefonsof Mufhi; Mahli, CHAP.
and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. VT ow tntlc are the divifionsof
the fons of
24 «f Thefe -were the fons of 1>I Aaron. The
Levi after the houfe of their fa- fonsof Aaron; Nadab and Abihu,
to Elialhib, of Kilh was Jerahmeel.
XXIV. the twelfth
to Jakim, 30 The fons alfo of Mufti;
The thirteenth to Huppah, Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth.
Thefe were thefonsof the Levites,
the fourteenth
to Jefhcbeab,
14 The fifteenth to
Bilgah, the after the houfe of their fathers,

tbers; even the chief of the fa-
thers, as they were counted by
number of Mamcs by their polls,
that did the work for the fervice
of the houfe of the Lord, from
the age of twenty years and
upwar d.
*< For David faid, The Lor d both Zadok of the fons of Elea-
Eleazar and Ithamar.
2 But Nadab and Abihu died
before their father, and had no
children : therefore Eleazar and
Ithamar executed the prieft's of-
fice.
3 And David diftributedtbem,
fifteenth to
Immcr, 31 Thefe likewife caft lots over
15 The feventeenth to Hezir, againft their brethren the fons of
the eighteenth to
Aphfes, Aaron, in the prcfence of David
16 The nineteenth to Pctha- the king, and Zadok and Alii-
hiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, mclcch, and the chief of the fa-
17 The one and twentieth to thers of the prirfts and Levitcs,
Jachin, the two and twentieth to even the principal fathers over
Gamul, againft their younger brethren,

God of Ifrael hath given reft unto zar, and Ahimelech of the fons 18 The three raid twentieth to P. CHA
XXV.
of Ithamar, according to their Dclaiah, the four and twentieth TV /TOrcover, David and the
his people, that they may dwell
in Terufalem for ever:
offices in their fervice. to Maaziah. 1VJ. captains of the holt fepa-
a6 And alfo unto the Levitcs; 4 And there were 19 Thefe were the orderings of rated to the fervice of the ions of
they (hall no more carry the tabcr- men
nacle, nor any vefTels of it
found of tlv
for the than of the
— them in their fervice, to come in- Afaph, and of Heman, and of
to the houfe of the Lord, accord- Jcduthun, who fhould prophefy
1 ing to their manner, under Aaron with harps, with pfaltcrics, and
fervice thereof. • .

the fons of Eleazar theft vert their father, as the Lord God or with cymbals; and the
47 For, by the Jatt words of number
f.xteen chuf men of the houfe of liracl had commanded him. of the' workmen, according to
David, the Lcvitesi</f« numbered
thir lathers, and eight among ao % And the reft of the fons their fervice, was;
from twenty yearsold and above: of Levi were thefe? Of thefonsof
the fons of Ithamar, according to
% Of the fons of Afaph; Znc-
28 Becaufe their office was to Amram; Shubael of the fons of cur, and Jofeph, and Nethaniah,
the houfe of their fa th<=rs.
wait on the fonsof Aaron, for the
:

Thus were they divided hy bhubael Jchdeiah. and Afartlah, the fons of Afaph
fervice of the houfe of the Loan, .5 ;

one fort with another; for ai ConCCnuns R(* abiah of under the lumds of Afaph, which
[n the courts, and in the
cham- lot,
#k r
:

the fons of Rehabiah, the firft

the 8<» crnors °* prophefied according to the order
hers, and in the purifying of all ho- C** V« Islhiah.
work of the and governors^ of the king.
ly things, and in the 2i Of the Izharites; Shelo-
were of the fons of Eleazar, 3 Of Jcduthun; the fons of [e-
fervice of the houfe of God;
of the fons of Ithamar. of thc fo »s of Shclomoth; dutluin Gcdaliah,
:

and Zeri, and

49 Both for the fhew-brcad, I? . ;

6 And bhemaah the 3*to*m Halhabiah, and Matti-

and for the fine flour for meat- Ti a u 1r f" 7 1 t
Nethancel the fenbe, 0} fons °fH'hr**: t-'^ah, fix under the hands
offering, and for the unleavened
cak s, and for that which is baked
in the pan, and for that which
is
Levites wrote them be
king and the princes, a
Ahm
_
G
fetfih !l

X 1 J'?: t!,C
ttC r* h
A™™
11 the their father Jcduthun, who pro-
***** J<* a - Phefica With a
of

to Sive
fried, and for all manner of
mea- the pricft, and
\f J°T
.
' thanks a » d ^
praife the Lord.
fon of Ahiathar, and f° n Sof Uzzid; Mi "
V' Ind fiz«-
fU
chief of the fathers of
chah- V , ,

^ of
4 OfHeman: thc fons of He-
Michuh 5 man ? Bukkiah, Mattaimh, Uz-
30 And to hand every morning J Shamir
Lord, and Levites: on. pnncij pty> ShcbucI, and Jciimoth, Ha-
to thank and praife the
and likewife at even
Aa 4 naniah,
 :: :: 'c

I. CHRONICLES, c ha p. xxrr.
nankh, Hanani, Eiiathah, Gid- his foils and his brethren Elioenai the feventh. 16 To Shuppim andHofah,/**
and Romamti-ezer, Jofhbe- twelve: Mt fixth,
.daiti,
A
Moreover, the fons of Obed- lot came forth weft-ward,
with the
kafhah, Mallothi, Hothir, and IQ The twelfth to Shemaiah the firft. gate Shalieeheth, by the caufey of
Jamvftre,
he, his fons and his bret
Jvlahazioth :
Knrn
lehozabad the fecond, Joah the going up, ward againft ward,
5 Allthefc were the fons of twelve: third, and Sacar the fourth, 17 Eaft-ward were fix Levites,
20 The thirteenth to Shub l the
Heman the king's fcer in the the fifth, north-ward four a day, fouth-
horn, his fons and his
ac ,nd Nethanccl
words of God, to lift up the he, brethren W J* , Animiel
the fixth, IfTachar ward four a day, and toward
And God gave to Htman four- twelve: Pculthai the eighth: Afuppim two and two.
21 The fourteenth he feventh,
teen fons and three daughters.
thiah,
to M at .j
for God
bleflcd him. 18 At Parbar-weft-ward, four
6 All thei'e were under the he, his (ons and his Shemaiah his fon
bre* 6 Alfo unto at the caufey, and two at Parbar.
hands of their father, for long in thrcn were twelve born, that luled 19 Thefe are the divihons of
were fons
the houfe of the Lord, with 22 Thefifteenth to Jeri
throughout the houlc of their the porters among the fons of
cymbals, pfalteries, and harps, he, his fons aad his brethren" they were mighty Kore, and among the fons of
father: for
for thefervice of the houfe of God, twelve Mcrari,
The fixteenth to Hanan m en of valour.of Shemaiah;
according to the king's order, to 23
?
Thef ns 20 J A H dof theLevites, A-
Oth-
Afaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. he, his fons and his brethren
Wfr , niand RephacJ, and Obed, Elza- hijah was over the trcafures of the
7 So the number of them, with
twelve: brethren were ftrons houfe of God, and over
bad, whofe the trea-
their brethren, that were in- 24 The feventeenth to Joftbe.
m en; Elihu and Scmachiah. fores of the dedicated things.
itruetedin thefongsof the Lord, kalhah, he, his ions and his bre-
8 AH thefe of the fons of O- 31 As concerning the fons of
even all that were cunning, was thren -were twelve:
bed-edom: they and their fons Laadau the fonsof tbeGerfhon- :

two hundred fourfcore and eight. 25 The eighteenth to Hanani, and their brethren, able men for iteLaadan, chief fathers, even of
8 ^ And they caft lots, ward he, his fons and his brethren viert
ftrength for the fervicc, -were l.aadan the Gerfhonite. were
againft ward, as well the fmall as twelve :
threefcoreandtwoofObed-edom. '
Jchicli.
the 26 The nineteenth to Mallo-
the S rcat > the teacher as 9 And Mclhelemiah had fons 22 The fons of Jehreli- Zc-
lcholar. thi, he, his fons and his brethren
and brethren (hong mcn.eightecn tham, and Joel his brother, -which
9 Now the fir ft lot came forth -were twelve :
10 Alfo Hofah, of the children were over the trcafures of the-,
for Afaph the fecond
to Jofeph : 27 The twentieth to Eiiathah, of Meran, had fons; Simri the houfe of the Lord.
to Gedaliah, who with his bre- he, his fons and his brethren vert thief, (for though he was not the 23 Of the Amramites, and the
thren and fons were tw.Ive : twelve firftborn, yet his father made Izharites, the Ikbronitcs,
and the
10 The third to Zaccur, he, his 28 The one and t him the chief.)
fons and his brethren were twelve: Hothir, he, his fons and ms
« l
l
tu
mt ^ ? ? d Te a *
H 24 And Sl,cbucl ,h « fon of
C
'-
Uzzielites:

11 The fourth to Izri, he, his thren were twelve _

: hah the third Zcchariah the Ge.fhom, the fon of ,

Mofcs, was
fonsar.dhis brethren weretwche: 29 The two and twentieth to fourth: all the fons and brethren
ruler of the treafures.
12 The Ncthaniah, he, Gidalti, he, his Tons and his orc-
fifth to of Hofe were thirteen.
1
a < Alld hh brcthrcn b E ,.
his fons and His brethren were thren were twelve S ew '«thedi-
Rehabiah his fon, and lefha- zer;
twe lve: 30 The three and twentieth to JLt7?u P
f
te "' W a m °ng
iah hisf0n
m °ibaw "g ***** one andZichri ' hisand J° ram his fon »
22 «
^irf
his fons and his "
13 The fixth to Bukkiah, he, Mahazioth, he, ,
fon, and Shclo-
his fons and his brethren were brethren were
twelve: againft another, to m.nifter in mith
>
his fon.
we 31 The four and twentieth to L D"
j jve :
26 Whkh Shelomith and his
he, his fons and And
14 The feventh to Ufharelah, Romamti-czer,
I1 1 °n |l0tS
brethren were twelve, th finaU«
rl

7
caft .1
' as
r HS ™<
over all the trca-
be, his fons and his brethren were his
twelve: C II A P. XXVI.
/concerning the divifio
the houfe if
««ry gate
,

*S
f
a
T ?° r
3therS f
rdl {areS 0f thc dtdicated tl»"6S which
.

David the kin *' and «« chief

15 Theeighth to Jclhaiah, be, fat ' lcrs » tnc captains over thou-
he porters:
th the Korh
Of 14 And tU. ^ /» ,
his fons and his brethren were
1 , ..

twelve; wasM efhclemiah the fon of K< to Shelemia •

t h 'n f
th f0 ha -'u
™d
fands a " d hundr * d ». the cap-
h " fon ah c< tai " S
° f thc hoft had dedicated*
16 The ninth to Mattaniah, of the ions of Afaph. . 7a (*
* fcc c o«nfcllor)
wif /,f ;
V
they 27 Out of thc fpoils won in
2 And the fons of Melheiem call l 0ts . .

he, his fons and his brethren were Cam ° ° Ut bat tlcs did thc
twelve: were, Zcchariah the fir"* *?' north-ward . y dedicate to '.

maintain thc houfe of the Lord.

17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his Jcdiael the fecond, Zebadian 15 To ok',, j j ^ .
1 f0l th - wa 'd,
* «o Ids 2* And all that Samuel the
fons and his brethren, iw* twelve: third, Jathniel the f- LI
»« fons the houlc
,", !
of feer, and Saul the fon of Kiln,
28 Thc eleventh to Azarcd,fc, 3 Elam the fifth,
and Abnerthe fon of Ncr, and
a j A
j ()a b
 I. CHRONICLES.
Joab the fon of Zcrwah had dedi- of the hoft for the firft CHAP. XXVIII.
Catcd, and whofocver had dedi- 4 And over the courfc of mont "> was Bens»iah n"»«Iehonathanthefonof Uzziall.
eleventh
the
cated any th'urs, it was under the fecond month -was Dodai of the children 26 And over them that did the
he Firatlionitc,
han'd of Shcloniith, and of his Ahohite, and of his courir 30 IfEpbraim: and in his coinfe work of the field for tillage of the
brethren. Mikloth alfo the ruler:
\n
^V „t twenty and four thoufand. ground, was Ezvi the fon of
39 <f Of tnc Izharhites, Chena- courfe likewife were twenty a^i 15 The
twelfth captain, for the Chcluh.
y D<*
niah and his Cons were for the four thouiand. twelfth
month, was the 27 And over the vineyards
outward bufinefs over Ifrael, for 5 The third captain of thehoft- Netophathite, ofOthniel: and was Shimei the Ramathite; over
officers and judges. for the third month, courfe were twenty and the incrtafc of the vintyards for
-wajBtnaiaK jn his
30 And of the Hebronites, the fon of Jehoiada a chief
prieft. four thoufand.
the wine-cellars, was Zabdi the
Halhabiah and his brethren, rocn and in his courfe -were twenfcv T5
Furthermore, over the Shiphmite.
J
of valour, a thoufand and feven and four thouiand. * Ifrael: the ruler of the 28 And over the olive-trees
tribes of
hundred, were officers among 6 This h that Benaiah, wb$to Reubenitcs was Eliezcr the fon and the fycomore-trces, that were
as
them of Ifrac! on this fide Jordan mighty among the thirty, an j ofZichri: of the Simeonites, in the low plains, was Saal-liaiian
weft-ward, in all bufinefs of the above the thirty: and in h« Shepbatiah the fon of Maachah the Gedeiitc: and over the cellars :

Lord, and in the fervicc of the coutfe was Ammizahad his fon 17 Of the Lcvites, Hafhabiah of oil was Joaih.
king. 7 'Hie fourth captain, for tl'e the fon of Kemucl; of the Aaron- 29 And over the herds that
31 Among
the Hebronites was fourth month, was Afahel tf>e
ites, Zadok : fed in Sharon, was Shitrai
the
erijah the chief, even among the brother of Joab, ano Zehadiah 18 Ofjurlah, Elihu one of the Sharonite: and over the herds
his
JL n .1^
.
jicbionites,
, a^^Ar/Knr> frt rKi» ^Tf-
according to
< *
the ge- n
fon
I f^f
after Kim on/1
him:
-
and in L!. *
in his courfe
. -
brethren of David: of IfTachar, that were in the valleys
' -*,„$.
nerations of his fathers. In thewere twenty and four thouf;m<|, Omn the fon of Michael : Shaphat the fen of Adlai
fortieth year of the reign of Da- 8 The fifth captain, for the 19 Of Zcbuliin, Ifhmaiah the 30 Over the camels alfo, was
vid, they were fought for, and fifth month, was Shamhuth the fon of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Ohil the Jlhmaclite:
and over the
there were found among them Izrahite: and in his courfe -were Jerimoth the fon of Azriel aflesj waS Jchdeiah the
:
Men*
mighty men of valour, at Jazer twenty and four thoufand. ao Of the children ofEphraim, nothitc.
9 The fixth captain, for the Holhta the fon of Azaziah.: of 31 And over the flocks, was
of Gilead.
fixth month, was Ira the fon of the half- tribe of Manafleh, Joel Jaziz the
3X And his brethren, men of Hagcrite. All thefc
two thoufand and Ikkcfh the Tckoite: and in bit the fon of Pedaiah :
weu thc ru ers of the fubflan ,. e
valour, |

ai Of the half-rWJ, of Manaf- which was king

feven hundred chief fathers, whom courfe were twenty and four DavidV
fth in Gilead Iddo the fon of
king David made rulers over the thoufand. , 3* Alfo Jonathan David's un-
Reubenitcs, the Gadites, and the 10 The feventb captain, for the 8en J amin J^ficl cle was a coun/cllor,
half-tribe of ManafTeh, for every feventh month, was Helcz the
St"'!'
Abner:
thefon of
>

and a fcribei and

a wile man,
Tehiel the for,
f D Az " w, the fo " of of «"hn,oni was
matter pertaining to God, and Pelonite, of the children of Eph-
affairs cf the king. raim: and in his courfe vtete Te?oha°m Tl!'
Jeroham. f were thc
1 hefe princes foils. ,
!££ kfift 6

CHAP. XXVIf. twenty and four thoufand.

TOOW the children of Ifrael af- II The eighth captain, for the " 0t th * coanM ^v, and
^ the
#
eighth month, was Cibhecai tkc namber of ?h f
f
Tn tW mJ ? Hufhai the
ter their number, to wit,
chief fathers and captains of Hulhathitc, of the Zarhite
tboufands and hundreds, and in his courfe were t
K
JeaTsodan,!''?
had I k
F 1

-
/
UfC th

° f the
,°
Arcl,5 '^theking-scompanion.
34 AnU aftcr Ahithophel, was

their officers that ferved the king four thoufand. heavens

' AJ'^^r: and thc general of the
in any matter of the courfes,which IZ The ninth captain, 5
came went out month by ninth month, was Abiezcr
in and
trie
.
M Joab the fon of Zeruiah ^HaT J
XXVIII
BcDjamitci:
month throughout the months Anetothite, of the
all

of the; year, of every courfc were and in his courfe wcH

twenty and four thoufand. and four thoufand.
13 The tenth captat>h
t** 111 ?

fijeuw
.
itagaina
""•nber put in rh^
P
l£e| oeiVhir
C
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t0f thC ?
5'
lhe
.
^
of the t,ibcS and
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Pnn

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.
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t,,c
the princes
ca P tai »s of
% Over the firft courfe, for the cb ^icle
of ki
"
t ^ °T 1 ,C (-°
that minifhed to;' ni «
Jirft month, was Jafoobeam the tenth month,
ion of Zabdiel : and in bis courfe Netophathite,
was Maharai
of Zarhite*:
twenty
, *i ? And oJer
fures
IiTa™"^
s

.ST? •
S trea
:
,a » s ov
^the
,
by C ° Urfe and thc ca
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thoufands, and caj-
'

and his cow T r ,M °,ver the h " n d«ds, and the

'were twenty and four thoufand. in
and oZ tb (itl f"
f

3 Of the children of Perez and four thoufai

r° ?
«w the chief of all the captain* J4 The eleven tbe a
d offeffion of the kin
»? rP
the' '"'ages'
S«, and i„ Vh!'
inthecaftles, h.s fons with the m 8- an(1 of
officers, apd
A a 6 with
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I. CHRONICLES. CHAP, XXIX.

with the mighty men, and with hearts, and undei flandeth all by weight for every 3 Moreover, becaufe ! have fet
t rave gold
allthcyaliantmenuntojcrufalem. imaginations of the thought*.
tl,

ifon* and
ilktrwi e tiver h Y f f my
affcflioii to the houfe oi my
\
% Then David the king flood thou leek him, he will be f i \f bafon of filver: God, I have of mine own proper
Sfcht for every
up upon his feet, and laid, Hear of thee; but if thou forfakehi And for the altar of incenfe, good, of gold and filver, which 1
18
me, my brethren, and my gold by weight; and gold have given to the houfe of my
****
people, lie will cart thee or) for ever
cfined
As for me, I had ip mine heart to 10 Take heed new, pattern of the chariot of God, over and abovegll that 1 have
f 0r .1 \ar the
build an houfe of reft for the ark Lord hath chofen thee to
bu* the
cherubims, that fpread out prepared for the holy houfe,
of the covenant of the Lord, and an houfe for the ianftuarvj and covered the ark 4 Even three thoufand talents
their -wings,
for the footftool of our God, and itrong and do it. covenant of the Lord. of gold, of the gold of Ophir,
of the
had made ready for the building: n
«j Then David
gave to So* x g AH
this, faid David, the and feven thoufand talents of
m> inadc mc
3 But God laid unto me, Thou lomon is fon the pattern
J
i
un< *crftand in refined liiver, to overlay the walls
i
of the
ftalt not build an houfe for my porch, and of the houfes thereof his hand upon me, of the houfes withal:
writing hy
name, becaufe thou haft teen a and of the trtafurics thereof, and even all the
works of this pattern. 5 The gold for things of gold,
faid t > Solomon and the filvcr for things of filver,
man of war, and haft Ihed blood, of the upper chambers thereof 20 And David
4 Howbeit, the Lord God of and of the inner parlours thereof fon, Be ftrong
and of good and for all manner of. work to be
bis
Ifrael ehofe me before all the and of the place of the mercy-feat* courage,and do//: fearnot, nor made by the bands of artificers..
houfe of my father, to be king x% And the pattern of all that bedifmayed, for the Lord God, And who then is willing to confe-
-will be with thee, crate his ietvice this day untotlm
over Ifrael for ever; for he hath he had by the fpirit, of the court* even my God,
chofen Judab ta be the ruler; and of the houfe of the Lord, and of fail thee, nor forfake Lord ?
be will not
of the houfe of Judah, the houfe all the chambers round about, of thee, until thou haft finifhed all 6 f Then the chief of the fa*
of my father; and among the the treafurics of the houfe of the work for the
fcrvice of the thers, and princesof the tribes of

ions of my father, he liked me to God, and or the treafurics of the houfe of the Lord. Ifrael, and the captains of thou-

make me king over all Ifrael: dedicated things. %t And behold, the courfes of fands, and of hundreds, with the
5 And of all my fons (for the 13 Alfo for the courfes of the thepriefts and theLcvites, even rulers over the king's work, oh
Lord hath given me many fons) pricfts and the Levitcs, and for thejjballbe -with thee for all the fered willingly,
he hath chofen Solomon my fon, all the work of the ferviceof the ferviceof the houfe of God, and 7 And gave for the ferviceof
to fit upon the throne of thekiog- houfe of the Lord, and for all there pall be with thee, for all" the houfe of God, of gold, five

dom oftheI.*m> over Ifrael. therefiels of fcrvice in the h manner of woikmanlhip, every thoufand talents, and ten tbon-
willing fkilful man, for any man- fand drams; and of filver,
6 And be laid unto me, Solo- of the Lord, ten
mon thy fon he Ihall build my 14 He gave of gold by ncr of fervice: alfo the princes thoufand talents; and of brafs^

houfe and my courts; I have for things of gold, for all in and all the people will be wholly eighteen thoufand talents; and one
at thy eorrmandment. hundred thoufand talents of iron.
chofen him to be my fon, and I ments of all manner of fervice;
will be his father. ftlzer alfo for all inftruments of CHAP. XXIX. 8 And they with whom precious
Urthermore, David the king ftones were found, gave them
7 Moreover, I will eftahlifh his filver, by weight, for all inftrth
kingdom for ever, if he be con- ments of every kind of fervice: F faid unto all ther cohgrega- the treafure of the
Hon, Solomon my fon, whom Lord, by the hand
to
houfe of the
ftant to do my commandments, 15 Even the weight for the of Jehiel the
God alone hath chofen, is id Gerlhonite*
and my judgments, as at this day. candlefticks of gold, and for their
young
8 New therefore in the fight of lamps of gold, by weight for tender, and the work 9 Then the people rejoiced, for
u great* for the palace is not for that they
all Ifrael the congregation of the every candleftick, and for the offered willingly, he-
man, but for the Lord God. caufe with perfect heart they of-
Lord, and in the audience of our lamps thereof and forthccaiv
:

God, keep and feek for all the dlefticks of filver by weight, M % Now havc prepared with all fered willingly to the Lord;
1 S r
I

thc houfis of m >' David the king alio rejoiced with

and
commandments of the Lord your for the candleftick, and ff//&w ciril ?
God: that ye may poflefs this the lamps thereof, according to
S and C 10 1 Wherefore David blefled
good land, and leave // for an the ufe of every candleftick. of S. ?
t
'l
lvcr for iitn&*
fi
.

*i s the LoR p bdorc 3,1 th c congre-

C ,)rafs for tki
inheritance for your children after 16 And by weight he av *&7 of brlf I •

tor n ,or thln&* uf ation : and £>avid faid, Blefled

yon for ever. for the tables of fhew-bread, iron *»a w° .
S be
filter tor df™lh»gs of wood; thou, Lord God
9 J And thou, Solomon my every table, zm\ iikevife onvi Z and /'"'" t0 be fet, father, for ever and ever.
of Ifrael our
fon, know thou the God of thy the tallies of filver; -
the Hew*
k£ I n>
0n and of iws 11 Thine LoRD
17 Alfo pure gold for »»S^ na a i? manner nf/
father, and ferve him with a per- w «rs,
f
*j the
aodtjj and
a 1 r»r*of»*.rr
' >
__ -1
feci heart, and with a willing hooks, and the bowls,
.

JUiad 3 for the Lqrp fearchcth all cups ; and for the
ffia,
-

We -«wcs u glory, and \h«

a
Wwcc vif\ory ;
 I. CHRONICLES. CHAP. I.

for all that is in the hea- to «[ And David faid to all feer, the book of might, and the times
and in
t he that went
;

ven and in the earth is thine; congregation, Now blefsthel^"

,

Nathan tne
prophet, and in the over him, and over HVael, and
thine is the kingdom, Lord, your God. And all th c con* re.
O bookofOad-thcfter, overall the kingdoms of
the coun-
^nd thou art exalted as head gation hlcfled the Lord God f 30 W'tn
all his reign and his tries.

above all. lhcir ,athcrs » anci howed do*'

X% Both riches and honour their heads, and worlhi ppC(i the
come of thee, and thou reigneft Lord and the king,
{ The Second Book of thc CHRONICLES.
over and in thine hand is
all, 11 And they facrificed facr
^
CHAP. I. promife unto Da.id
mv father be
Lord, oofomon the fon of Di- crtablifhcd: for thou hart
power and might, and in thine flees unto the and offered
hand it is to make great, and to burnt-offerings unto the Lox D on
AND vid was (Lengthened in me king over a people,
made
like thc
give ftrcngth unto all. the morrow after that day,
evea
kingdom ami the Lord his dull of the earth in multitude.
thoufand bullocks, with him, ana ma*iii- 10 Give me now wjidmn and
13 Now therefore, our God, a a thouiand
we thank thee, and praifc thy rams, aw/ a thoufand lambs,
glorious uame. their dnnk-offcitngs, and faC ri-
^ Go d
bed him
exceedingly, knowledge, that I may go out and
1 Then Solomon fpakc unto all come in htfore this 'people for •

14 But who am I, and what is ftces in

abundance for all Ifracl; Ifracl, to the captains of thou- who can judge this thy people
my people, that we fhould be able %% And did eat and drink bel fandsandof hundreds, and to the that isfo great I
to offer fo willingly after this fore thc
Lord on that day with judges, and to every governor in „
, „d God faid to
Solomon,
gladncfs, and they unade he chief of the fathers. Becaufe
fort? for all things come of thee, great all Ifracl, this was in thine heart

and of thine own have we given Solomon the fon of David king 3 So Solomon and all the con- and thou hart not alked riches
the iccond time, and anointed gregation with him, went to the wealth, or honour, nor
tnec# the life
15 For we are ftrangers before Mm unto
the Lord to be the chief high place that vim at Gincon, of thine enemies, neither
yet haft
and Zadok to be prieft, forthere was the tabernacle of thc alked long Ji, e
thee, and fojourncrs as were all governor, ; hut hart a (kid
23 Then Solomon fat on the congregacion of God, which Mo- wifdom and knowledpe for thv
our fathers; our days on thc earth
of thc Lord, as king in* fes thefcrvant of the Lord had fclf, that thou rnaycli
are as a fhadow, and there is none throne jud« mv
cf David his father, and made in the wi derneft.
abiding. itcad people, over whom I have made
16 Lord our God, all this prospered, and all Ifracl obeyed
O 4 But the ark of God had Da- thee king:
vid brought up from Kirjath jca-
ftorethat we have prepared, to him. li Wirtlom and knowledge is
24 And all the princes and the rim, to thc place -wh.cb David had granted unto
build thee an houfc for thine holy thee, and I
prepared for he had pitch- give thee riches,
name, cometb of thine hand, and mighty men, and all the fons
isall thine own.
17 I know alfo,
likewife of king David fubnutted
my God, that themfelvcsuntoSolomonthcking
ed a tent for
j Moreover, the
it

«
bra<en
:
for
at jerufalem.
honour, as'none of he king
altar have had, that have
tec, brfoS
&and wealth a.,,1

thou tried the heart, and haft 25 And

thc Lord magnified
fonof Hur, had made, he put be- thee have
pleafure in uprightnefs. As for Solomon exceedingly in the fight the like.
and bellowed upon fore the tabernacle of the Lord:
me, in the uprightnefs of mine of all Ifracl, i» i Tli»n swlu.i._ r

heart, I have willingly offered all him fucb

royal majefty as had not
?£zrrt the consrcsati
-
*&'W$S®8S & J
thefc things: and now have I been on
fcen with joy thy people which Ifracl.
are prefent here, to offer willingly
unto thee.
any king betore hun in

26 «f Thus David the

J cJlc
reigned over all lirael.
W I 1 ° a
S
o
T
".^,
her to the brafen altar before *J"
ther^heh
Lord, which was at thc taberna-
C0 n e S atio
the
1
^
Vai at
N:^rtth.\^ffi52
cong.egation, and reigned
Ifracl.
6W
GibcoD

ovct
°
- to jerufalem

27 And the time that he reign-

18 O LordGod of Abraham,
Ifaac, and of Ifrael our fathers, ed
over Ifracl -was forty years: fered V r
fcred a thoufand
1? ^ ». aJ? d of- 14 And Solomon gathered cha.
.

hurnfoffering. riots and ho, femen -and

h ,d t
reigned he in « c ?""2 a thoaran d and four hundred
keep this for ever in -the imagina- feven years 7 * In th at n!^ y.tn cha-
" j

^
.

tion of the thoughts of the heart and thirty

and three jean >

8 ap ' n ° t$ and twelvc thou

Pearl nt0 51" n 5°? ' <™d horfe-
of thy people, and prepare their he in Jciufalcm. * n
i f d men » ».K< h
And he died in
#
A
m, A(k
to h im t'°7
h
what
'

I ]\
(hall g.re riot-chies,
P'aced in the cha-
heart unto thee. ttee and with thc king It
10 And give unto Solomon my age, full of days, rich- 8 An i o i , .
Jerufalem.
nour and Solomon his fon fa,<1 ,,, t0 God nd thc kin ma '^
fonaperfeclheart, to keep thy Thou h^°'r°" HWc
commandments, thy teftimonies
:

cd in his ftead.
u
"
; V^ ^

and thy ftat«tes, and to do all 29 Now the a^s f

i^J
« J tbcf
tbtfiiigs. and to build the P a-
laci, /./the which 1 have made
king, *' ft d
are written in the book
'»V^*»,
cf
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II. CHRO N I C L E S.
CHAP. HI;
be put to him. with of the houfe, twenty cubits, and
, r^all
t6 And Solomon had horfes cunning to work in gold, and men, and with the the height was an hundred and
brought out of Egypt, and linen filver, and in brafs, and in i ron tinning
thy c _ men of my lord David twenty ; and he overlaid it within
.

yarn : the king's merchants re- and in purple, and crimfon an J ^ "father. with pure gold.
ceived the linen yarn at a price. blue, and that can Ikill to grat
. jiow therefore the wheat, J And the greater honfe he
17 And they fetched up; and with the cunning men that at ]
barley, the oil, and the cieled with fir-tree, which he
brought forth out of Egypt, a with me in Judah and in Jci \ the
*> my lord hath fpoken overlaid with fine gold, and fct
chariot for fix hundred Jhekels of lem, whom David my fath< e which
him fend unto his fervants; thereon palm-trees and chains.
filver, and an horfe for an hun- provide. *f "let

dred and fifty: and fo brought 8 Send inealib cedar-tn. 16 A n<1

v/c wi " cut wood out * ^ nii he £ ar lllcd t!lc !l0l! ^c ™
as much as thou with precious floncs for beauty
they out horfes for all the kings trees, and algum -trees our f Lebanon,

(halt need,
and we will bring it to and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
of theHittites, and for the kings hanon; (for 1 know that thy M .
7 lie oveilaid alfo the houfe,
,

vantscanfkill to cut timber inLc* Ihceinrlotesbyfeatojoppa,and

of Syria, by their means.
«K ti (halt carry it up to Jcrufalem. the beams, the ports, and tht
*

hanon:) and behold, my fcr vai

CHAP. Ifc Jball be with thy fervants, 17 1
And Solomon numbered walls thereof, and the doors
ftrangcrs that -were in the thereof with gold, and graved
AND Solomon
an
build
determined to
houfe for the name in
9 Even to prepare me timber
abundance: for the houfe
all the

land of
Ifrael, after the number- cherubims on the walls.

which 1 am about to build Jhallhe ing wherewith

of the Lord, and an houfe for
bis kingdom.
% And Solomon told out three-
fcore and ten thoufand men to
bear burdens, and fourfcore thou-
iand to hew in the mountain, and
three thoufand and fix hundred
to overfecthem.
% \ And Solomon fent to*Hu-
David his father 8 And he made the moll holy
them; and they houfe, the length whereof nas t
wonderful great. |rad numbered
10 And behold, I will give to w cre found an hundred and fifty according to the breadth of the
thoufand, and three thoufandand houfe, twenty cubits, and the
thy fervants, the hewers that cut
fix bundled.
breadth thereof twenty cubits;
timber, twenty thoufand roea-
18 And he fct thrcefcore and and he overlaid it with fine gold,
Aires of beaten wheat, and twen«
ty thoufand mea Aires of barley, ten thoufand of them to be bear- amounting to fix hundred talents,
and twenty thoufand baths of er* of burdens, and fourfcore 9 And the weight of the nails
' thoufand to be hewers in the was fifty fliekels of gold and he :
wine, and twenty thoufand
'

mountain, and three thoufand overlaid the upper chambers with

ram the kingof Tyre, faying, As of oil.
and fix hundred overfcers tp fct gold.
thou didft deal with David my 11 «f
Then Huram
the king
the people a work. 10 And in the mod holy houfe
father, and didft fend him cedars Tyre anfwercdin writing, which C H A P. III. he made two cherubims of image-
to build him an houfe to dwell he fent to Solomon, Becaufe the Solo;non began to build work, and overlaid them with
therein, even fo deal -with me* Lord hath loved his people, he THcn
the houfe of the Lord at gold.
Behold, I build an houfe to hath made thee king over
4
the name of the Lord my God, 12 Huram (aid moreover
Jcrufalem, in mount Moriah, n ^ And the wings of the
where the LORD
appeared unto cherubims were twenty cubits
to dedicate it to him and to barn ed be the Lord God of Ifr« David his father, in the place long: one wing of the one cherub
before him fweet incenfe, and for made heaven and earth, that David had prepared in the was five cubits, reaching to the
the continual fhew-bread, and for hath given to David the king a threlhing floor of Oman the wall of the houfe
Je- and the other
the burnt-offerings morning and wife ion endued with prudence
:

evening, on the fabbaths, and on and undcrftanding, that

might ^And he
began to build in
wing was likewife five cubits,
reaching to the wing of the other
and
the new moons, and on the fo- build an houfe for the Lord, the fecond day of the fecond
cherub.
lcmn feafls of the Lord our God. an houfe for his kingdom. month, in the fourth year of his
1% And one wing of the other
This is an ordinance for ever to If- 13 And now 1 have fent a m * n
l xt cherub was five cubits, reaching
rael. ning man (endued with w 3 \ Now thefe are the things to the wall of the houfe and the
5 And the houfe which I build funding) of Huram my fat! www Solomon was inftrucled other wing was five cubits alfo
:

is great : for great is our God a- 14 The (on of a woman of lor he building
of the houfe of joining to the wing of the other
%

daughters of Dan, and his father

above all gods.
6 But who is ahleto'build him -was a man of Tyre, ftilful » t h ^ hc «ngth by cubits after cherub.
fi
m cafur « ™**
work gold and in filver, » Sit! .
thrcefcore 13 The wings of thefe chcru-
an houfe, feeing the heaven, and in
breadth twenty bims fpread themfelves forth,
heaven of heavens cannot contain brafs, iron, in ftone, an* f
in euB twenty cubits and they flood on
timber, in purple, in blue, and*?
*
.
him? who am I then that I Ihould A . :

build him an houfe, fave only to fine linen, and in crimfon:

aw fm? V b€PhP rch that »** 5n
the
^*f'
,
thcir fcct > and lhcir faccs W»
tflZ **fi* thclenpth inward.
burn facrifice before him ? to grave any manner of I™ v« according to the
.

every
% breadth 14 1 And he made the vail of
7 Send me now therefore a man and to find out
bke,
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II. CHRONICLES.
blue, and purple, and crimfon, and put five on thc right fc airf CHAP. V.
and fine linen, and wrought die- and five on the left, to waft ' fn the plain of Jordan did they brought up the
5 And
\
rubims thereon. them fuch things as they offe !?
: and the tabernacle of the
call them, in the clay- ark,
r v kirn?
he made the for the hurnt offering, Succoth and Ze- congregation, and all the holy
15 Alfo before they w,a~ and between
houfe two pillars of thirty and ed in them but the fea wq^
; S'Lha'h. veflcls that were in the taberna-
five eubits high, and the chapiter the priefts to wafh in.
r Solomon made all cle, thefe did the priefts and the
x8 Thus
that was on the top of each of 7 And he made ten candle* hlfe veflcls
in great abundance : Levites bring up.
them was five cubits. flicks of gold according to weight of the brafs could 6 Alfo king Solomon and all
thrU for the
16 And he made chains, as in form, and fet them in the temp)/
lot be found
out. the congregation of Ifracl, that
the oracle, and put/Aem on the five cn the right hand, and
6^ 10 t And Solomon maclc 3,1 wcrc aflcmbled unto him before
heads of the pillars, and made an on the left. s tlut W€re f° r t,lchoufc thc arIc frcriticcd ftieepand oxen.
die wfc' »

hundred pomegranates, and put 9 He made alfo ten tables, tod If God,
the golden altar alfo and which could not be told nor num-
ihtm on the chains. placed them in the temple, fj^ whereon thc (hew bread bered for multitude.
(he tables
17 And he reared up the pil- on the right fide, and five on the was fet. t „ „. . .7 And the priefts brought in
Iars before the temple, one on the left and he made an hundred Moreover, the candlefhcks the aik of the covenant of thc
:
%o
right hand, and the other on the bafons of gold. with their lamps,
that they mould Lord unto his place, to theoracle
left; and called the name of that 9 1 Furthermore, he madetbe burn after the manner, before thc of the houfe into the moft holy
on the right hand, Tachin, and court of the priefts, and the great oracle, of pure gold : place, even under thc wings of thc
the name of that on the left, Boaz. court, and doors for t! ai And the flowers, and the cherubims.
CHAP. IV. and overlaid the doors lamps, and the tongs matte he of 8 For the cherubims fpread
Moreover, he made an altar with brafs. gold, and that perft# gold. forth their wings over the place of
of brafs, twenty cubits the 10 And he fet the fea on the %% And the iii:iffcrs, and the the ark, and the cherubims cover-
length thereof, and twenty cubits right fide of the eaft-end, overt- bafons, and the fpoons, and the ed thc ark and the ftaves thereof
the breadth thereof, and ten cu- gainft the fnuth. cenfers, c/pure gold: and thc above.
bits the height thereof. ir And Huram made the pots, entry of the houfe, the inner 9 And they drew out the flaves
% ^ Alfo he made a molten and the fhovels, and the bafons, doors thereof for the moft holy of the ark 9 that the ends of the
place, and the doors of thc houfe
fea of ten cubits, from brim to and Huram finilhedthc work that ftaves were fecn from the ark
be-
brim, round in compafs, and five he was to make for king Solomon of thc temple, wr* 0/ gold, fore the oracle, but they were not
cubits the height thereof, and a for the houfe of God : A P '
V fccn wilhout - And there it is un-
n
line of thirty cubits did compafs iz To -nit. the two pillars, and T„r,F
HUS all i
the work that Solo- to this day.
. ; ,

it round about. the pomrmls, and the chapiters mon made for the houfe of 10 There was nothing in thc
of the two theLoRDwas fimfhed: and So- ark fave thc two tables
3 And under it was the fimili- -which were on the top which
lomon brought in all the things Mofes put therein
tude of oxen, which did compafs pillars and the two wreaths to at Horeb, when
pommels of thechi* that David his father had dedi- t..Lo*D
it round about: ten in a cubit cover the two made a covenant with
a and thc thc
Comparting the fea roundabout, piters winch were on thetopof cr *
tI t, C chi| dren of Ifrael,
ll
u
!
f Z when they
gold, andr „ l
all the inftruments put came out
Two rows ofoxen w/rcaft, when the pillars of Egypt.
it was cad. And four hundred LTnTL^
houie of God.
trCafUr
" ° f thC
u
11
1
A »<i " came topafs when,
4 It Hood upon twelve oxen, granateson thetwowre the priefts were come out of the
* 1 lhcn bolomon aiTembled holy place
three looking toward the north, rows of pomegranates : (for all the priefts
and three looking toward the weft, wreath, to cover the two
the tr
and three looking toward the of the chapiters, which Tt Lt f !
l,cs
\
chlef of *ud did not then wait by courfe.
*h«

fouth, and three looking toward on the pillars, SS^SSTi

child n rf « "'° IaA
thc Levites, which
?f .

the cart : and the fea was fet 14 He made alfo &tSJV\ C an l
° brm « U P WCrc lhc fin * crs of them of
above upon them, and all their lavcrs made he upon t
hinder parts were inward. 15 One fea and twcl
E»! ou! S H °T
•Wehf, 7- 2 '
CUy ° f
*

^ f
DaVld
t
-
he
'
A*!*- ^Heman,ofJeduthun
WIthlhcirfonsandthcir ^etluen
t

5 And the thicknefsof it was under it; 3Whcrrf?^ 11 1

ara Xc<l in white linen, hav.
an handbreadth, and the brim of 16 The pots alfo, and h WOf,f' -ng cymbals, and pfalterie;,
it like the work of the brim of a vels, and the
flefh-hook
his
n and

*nd inftrumcnts, did I Whlcb WaS aIt and wilh thcm a " hundred
cup, with flowers of lilies
: it their
received and held three thoufand father make to kiug So frf * *• f e f •

nd lWcnt tounding
e < And all
P1 with
Lo*o, the eI
elder* of Ifrael
dcrsof If f
trump^s:)
3[

baths. the houfe of the ^me aandthc

«J11 \
I

Lf vites tcok up 13 came even topafs,

1 He made alfo ten lavcrs, brafs. rte a
;k
It as thc
trumpeter*
 II. CHRONICLES. CHAR VI.
trumpeters and fingers -were as 9 Notwithftanding, thou ft a U law * as thou
haft walked be-%s Then hear thou from the
one, to make one found to be not
it build the houfe; but
thv
1 rt? heavens, and forgive the fin of
f e
heard in praifing and thanking which fball conic forth out of
f
Now then, O Lord God of thy people Ifrael, and bring them
°T7
the Lord ; and when they lifted thy loins, he fliall build thehojr
%c A let
thy word be Terified, again unto the land which thou
e
up their voice with the trumpets for my name. EEh thou haft fpoken unto thy gaveft to them, and to their
and cymbals, and inftrumcnts of 10 The Lord therefore hatk 7«ntD»*ia. fathers.
mufic, and praifed the Lord, performed his word that he But will God
very deed
in %6 % When the heaven is lhut
hath ig f
for I am rifen up \ the earth? up, and there is no rain, becaufe
faying t For he is good, for his fpoken :
nt £ -
H \>ith men on
mercy endureth for ever that//*™ room of David my
:
hehold, heaven,
and the heaven they have finned againft thee;
the houfc was filled with a cloud, am let on the throne cannot contain thee: yet if they pray towards this place,
of heavens
even the houfe of the Lord; the Lord
promifed, and
how m»ch lefs this houfc which I and confefc thy name, and turn
fro ™ their fin when thou doft
14 Sothatthcprieftscouldnot built the boufc for the m bavebuilt?)
ftand to minifterby reafon of the the Lord God of Ifrael. 10 Have refpeft
therefore to afflictthem:
cloud : for the glory of the Lord ii And in it have 1 put theark prayer of thy fervant, and to 37 Then hear thou from hea-
the
had filled the houfe of God. wherein is the covenant of hisfuppHcation, OLonnmyGod,
ven, and forgive the fin of thy
CHAP. VI. Lord, that he made with to hearken
unto the cry and the fervants, and of thy people Ifrael,
nPHENfaidSolomonri hcLoRn children of Ifrael. prayer which thy fervantprayelh when thou haft taught them the
hath faid that he would dwell x% <[ And he. flood before the before thee: good way, wherein they ihould
in the thick darknefs. altar of the Lord, in tht prtfence 40 That thine eyes may he walk; and fend rain upon the
% But 1 have built an houfe of of all the congregation of Ifrael, open upon this houfe day and land which thou haft given unto
habitation for thee, and a place and fpread forth his hands; night, upon the place whereof thy people for an inheritance,
'

for thy dwelling for ever.
3 And
the king turned his
face, and bit fled the whole con-
gregation of Ifrael, (and all the
congregation of Ifrael Hood,)
4 And he faid, Bleiled be- the
Lord God of Ifrael, who hath
with hishands fulfilled /Art which
he fpakc with his mouth to my
father David, faying,
5 Since the day that I brought
forth my people out of the laud
of Egypt, Ichofenocity among
all the tribes of Ifrael to build an
houfe in, that my name might be
there, neither chofc I any roan to
be a ruler over my people Ifrael:
6 But I havechofen Jcrufalcm,
that my name might be there,
and have chofen David to be over
my people Ifrael.
7 Now it was in the heart of
David my father to buildan houfe
for the name of the Lom> God
of Ifrael.
David thou haft promifed him, fay»n&
8" But the Lord faid to
my father, Forafrnuch as it was There (hall not tail thee a mao
in thine heart to build an houfe in my fight to fit upon the
for my name, thou didft well in of Ifrael yet fo that thy
that it was in thine heart;
13 (For Solomon had made
brafen fcaftbld, of five cubits lor
and five cubits broad, and
cubits high, and had fct i
mid ft of the court, and up
flood and kneeled downupo
knees before all the congregation
of Ifrael, and fpread forth his
hands towards heaven,)
14 And faid,
Ifrael, there is no
the heaven, nor in the earth;
which kecpeft covenant, andjirw-
eft mercy
unto thy fervants, that
walk before thee with all their
hearts;
15 Thou which haft kept with
thy fervent David my father, tl
which thou haft promifed him
and fpakeft with thy mouth, and
haft fulfilled it with thine hand,
as it is this day.
Now
16 therefore,
God of Ifrael, keep with thy W£
wljicn
vant David my father, that
tnr
:
ct"
a thou haft faid, that thou wouldeft 28 ^ If there be dearth in the
,n
?l put thy name there; to hearken land, if there be peftilence, if
unto the prayer which thy fcrvant there be blafting, or mildew, lo-
praycth towards this place. cufts,or caterpillars; if their cne-
U Hearken therefore unte the mies befiegethem in the cities of
fupplications of thy fervant, and their land; whatfoever fore, or
of thy people Ifrael, which they whatfoever-ficknefs there be:
Jhall make towards this place: 29 Then what prayer, or what
hear thou from thy dwelling- Application foever (hall be made
O Lord God of place, even from heaven; and of any man, or of all thy people
God like thee in when thou heareft, forgive. Ifrael, wlien every one (hall know
%% 1 If a man fin gainft his his own fore, and his own grief,
neighbour, and an oath be laid and fpread forth his hands
(hall
upon him, to make him fwear, in this houfc :
and the oath come before thin.c 30 Then hear thou from hea-
altar 111 this houfe : ven thy dwelling-place, and for*
23 Then hear thou from hea- give, and render unto every man
ven, and do, and judge thy fer- accordinguntoall his ways, whofe
»ants, by requiting the
wicked, heart thou knoweft; (for thou
wyreconipenfing his way upon only knoweft the
hearts of the
j"s own head,
and byjuftifying children of men :)
tne righteous,
by giving him ac- 31 That they may fear thee,
O Lota
^r^/o hisrighteoufnefs. to walk in thy ways fo long as
lf h
? y People Ifrael be they live in the land which thou
m,f*J.i
P»ttothe woricbeforc
v, theenemy,
•.""iicmy, gavcu
gaveft unto our xarners.
fathers.
beeanfl. .l
,
thS:?n.te . 3* % Moreover,<oncerningthe
thy
•e; and
fbali return andconfefs (hanger
which is not of thy peo-
"
\i& a nd
P ra y Mimakc P ,e Ifrael, but is come from a far

take heed to their way to*

.
^Pg'cation befoVe thee in
this country ^^f^^^^k^
and thy mighty hand, and thy
Atrctchcd
 ^ :

II. CHRONICLES, CHAP. Vllf.

ftretched out arm if they come canfe, and forgive thy
;
endureth for ever, when from heaven, and will forgive
and pray in this houfe which have fumed again!* th
:
te rCf by their miniftry: their Un t and will heal their land.
my
33 Then hear thou from ihe 40 Now, God, let,
heavens, even from thy dwelling- fetch thee, thine eyes be op^
r
^ M praifed
P^'l-c biicfts founded trumpets 15 Now mine eyes fhall be
and all Ifrael flood, open, and mine cars attcr.t unto
place, and do according to all and let thine ears h altcut u nt e them,
'
t

that the ftrangcr calleth to thee thcpraycr/zW is viudein thispUc*
for; that all people of the earth
may know thy name, and
thtc, as doth thv people Jfrael,
and may know that this houfe,
which I have built, is called by
Moreover, Solomon hallowed the p payer that is made in thisplace.
I that mn l(> For now have I chofen and
41 Now
therefore arife,
fiddle of the court
q the houfe of
the Lord: for fanctified this houfe, that my
fear Lord God, into thy rcftinn r rc
offered burnt-offerings, name may be there for ever : and
place, thou and the ark of 1c he
th»
itrength let thy prietts, OLoai
:
dthefatof the peace-offerings, mine eyes and mine heart fhall "be
God, be clothed with ftlvation S the brafen altar, which there perpetually,
3ll fe

etymon na d made, was not able 17 And as for thee, if thou

thy name. a "<* ^ints rejoice
* ii y in goo ^ receive the
burnt-offerings, and wilt walk before me, as David thy
34 If thy people go out to war nefs. l
? meat-offerings, and the fat. father walked, and do according
again ft their enemies by the way 42 O Lord God,
turn nou-
the fame time So- to all that I have commanded
that thou ihalt lend rhem, and way the face of thine anointed g « Alfo at
feaft frven days, thee, and fnalt obferve my fta-
they pray unto thee tov-aid this remember the mercies of David lomon kept the
with him, a very tutes and my judgments:
city which th„u huftchofen, and thyfervant. andsll Ifrael
congregation, from the en- 18 Then w ill I cftabliftS the
the houfe which have built; for CHAP. VII. creat*
in of Hamath, unto the throne of thy kingdom, according
0W whcn So,on,on M
1

tcring
thy name: \T
1M mad? an end of praying, river of Egypt. as I have covenanted with David
35 Then hear thou from the eighth day they thy father, faying, There (hall
heavens their prayer and their the came down from heaven,
fire 9 And in t'ic
made a folcmn aflembly for they
: not fail thee a man to be ruler in
Application, and maintain their and confumed the bi rnt-orTering
kept the dedication
of the altar fe- Ifrael.
caufe. and the iaciifices and the glory :

36 they fin againfl
If
(for there is no man which fmneth
not,) and thou be angry with
them, and deliver them over be-
fore their enemies, and they carry
them away captives unto a land
far ofTor near ; of Ifrael faw how the fire came
37 Yet, if they bethink them-
fclves in the land whither they
are carried captive, and turn and
pray unto thee in the land of their
captivity, favin«;,Wchavefinned,
we have done amifs, and havt/yi**, For he is good, for
dealt wickedly;
they return to thee «ith
38 If
all their heart, and with all their
foul, in the landof their captivity, the Lord.
them
whither they have carried
captives, and pray toward
Lord the houfe. ten days, and the feaflfeven days. 19 But if ye turn away, and
thee, of the filled
10 And on the three and twen- forfake my and my com-
flatutes
% And the priefis could not
tieth day of the
feventh month, mandmcnts which I have ftt he-
enter into the houfe of the Lord,
he fent the people away into their fore you, and ihall go and ferve
becanfe the glory of the Loap
tents, glad and merry in heart other gods, and worfhip them :
had filled the Lord's houfe.
for the goodnefs that the Lord ao Then will 1 pluck them up
3 And when all the children by the roots out of my land which
had ihewed unto David, and to
Solomon, and to Ifrael his people. I have given them and this houfe
;
down, and the glory of the Lot©
II Thus Solomon finilhed the which I have fanclified for my
upon the houfe, they bowed
houfe of the Lord and the king's name, will I cafl out of my light y
therofelvcs with their faces to the
houfe; and all that came into So- and will make it to be a proverb,
ground upon the pavement, and
lomon "s heart to make iu the and a by-word among all nations,
worfnipped, and praiied thcLo.o
his
houfe of the Lord, and in his %X And this houfe, which is
own houfe,hcprofperoufly effected, high, (hall bean aftonifhmcnt to
mercy endureth for ever. 12 t And the Lord appeared every one that pallet h by it: fo
4 H Then the king and .li the
to Solomon by night, and faid that he fhall fay, Why hath the
people offered faenfice* oclore unto him, I have heard thy pray- Lord done thus unto this land,
<w-i» «"» and have chofen
this place to and unto this houfe ?
And king Solomon onercoa
5 nyfelf for an houfe of facrifice.
%% And it fhall be anfwered,
twenty and two WW
their faerificcof l

land which thou gavefl unto their fund oxen,

and an hundreo , 3 1
^tout up heaven that
rain » orif I command
Becaufe they forfook the Lord
thouiand fheep : 10»i 7 a God of their which
fathers,
fathers, and frwnrdthc city which twenty nclocufts to devour the land, or
dcaica brought them forth out of the
and toward the king and all the people
thou haft chofen, ' I fend pcrtilcnce among my land of Egypt, and laid hold on
cf God.
houfe which I h^ve built for thy the houfe °p
1 other gods, and worfhipped them,
name; 6 Antl the P riert ? J* ,
my
pco P ,c wn!ch arc
I-efit«»
!r
«> and icrved them: therefore hath
30 Then hear thou from the their offices;

heavens, even from thy dwelling- inflruments of

place, their prayer and their fup- which
the
kof
David the king had
Ration, and maintain their to P r„fc the Lo»,
^ ^V^
beca^
ed
uWri
h my
nam<r » fta " ,n,mblc hebrougi.tallthiseviluponthcm.
^mfclves, and pray, and feek

Wirt *
and lurn from thcir
VIII.
A ND
CHAP.
it came to pafs (at the

XX
1

ways; then I will hear end of twenty years/where-

in
 It. CHRONICLES. CHAP. IX.
in Solomon had built the houfc holy, whercunto the ark .'thhafd queftions at Jcru- the queen of Shcba gave king
oftk
* wl
of the Load, and his own houfe,) Lord hath come. l^on l
a vcr y great company,
. Solomon.
*
a That the cities which Huram 1% J Then Solomon offe j
re J
^ cr0i
arn c ls that
bare fpices, and 10 And the fervants a!fo of
had reftored to Solomon, Solo- burnt-offerings unto the an d c .
bun j a nce, and precious Huram, and the fervants of Solo-
goW mon, which brought gold from
built them, and caufed the on the altar of the Lord, and when fhe was come
'?

children of Ifrael to dwell there, he had built before the p 0; ^'mon, (he communed with Ophir, brought algum-trecs, and
3 And Solomon went to Ha- i.l Even after a certain ra f all
th at was * n ' icr P rtc * ous Ooncs.
te bim ir And the king made of the
raath-zobah, and prevailed a- every day, offering according
to ^ C,r algum-trces terrifes to the houfe
gainft it. the commandment of Mofes
on And Solomon told her all
oucftions: and there was of the Lord, and to the king's
and *
4 And he built Tadmor in the the fabbaths, on the na*
wildernels, and all the l>ore-citics moons, and on the folcmn feafts* hid from Solomon which palace, and harps and pfaltcries
thinK
her not. for fingers: and there were none
which he built in Hamatb. three times in the year, even
in !!? told l

Alfo he built Beth-boron the the tea ft of unleavened And when queenthe of fuch fecn before in the land of
5 bread 1
the wifdom of Judah.
upper, and Beth-horon the ne- and in the ftaft of weeks, andia sheba had fecn
*
lomon, and the
houfe that he II And king Solomon gave to
ther, fenced eitics, with walls the feaft of tabernacles.
t ' ,c ?tt«B of Shcba all her deft re,
gates and bars: 14 1 And he appointed, ac. h°d built,
a And the meat of his table,
whatfocver fhe afked, befide that
6 And Baalath, and all the cording to the order of David his
of his fervants, which fhc had brought unto the
ftore-citiesthat Solomon had, and father, the courfes of the and the fitting
of his mini- king: fo fhc turned, and went
all the chariot-cities, and the to their fcrvicc, aud and the attendance
cities of the horfemen, and all to their charges, to flcrs, and their apparel, his cup- away to her own land, fhe and
bearers alfo, and
their apparel, her fervants.
that Solomon defired to build in miniftcr before the priel
and his afcent by
which he went 13 % Now the weight of gold
Jcrufalem, and in Lebanon, and duty of every day rcqui
houfe of the Lord; that came to Solomon in one
throughout all the land of his do- porters alfo by their com up into the
minion. every gate : for fo had David the there was no more fpirit in her. year, was fix hundred and three-
faid to the king, It fcorc and fix talents of gold;
that man of God commanded, 5 Ami (he
7 «[ As for all tKe people
15 And they departed not •wis a true report which I heard 14 Oefidcs that -which chapmen
wire left of theHittitcs, and the
in mine own land, of thine afls, and merchants brought : and all
Amoritcs, and the Perizzites, from the commandment of the
and of thy wifdom : the kings of Arabia, and govern-
and the Hivites, and the Jebu- Icing unto the pricfts and Levitc*,
concerning any matter, or con* 6 Howbeit, 1 believed not their ors of the country, brought gold
fitcs, which were not of Ifrael;
words, until I came, and mine and Jilvcr to Solomon.
8 But of their children who cerning the treafures.
16 Now all the work of Solo-
eyes had fecn it ; and behold, the 15 f And king Solomon made
were left after them in the land,
one half cf the great nefs of thy two hundred targets of beaten
•whom the children of Ifrael con- mon was prepared unto the day wifdom was not told aie: far ihou gold: fix hundred /btkcls of beaten
fumed not; them did Solomon of the foundation of the honfc of exceeded the fame that I heard, gold went to one target.
make to pay tribiitcuntil this day. the Lord, and until it was finilh- 7 Happy arc thy men, and 16 And three hundred fhields
o But of the children cf Ifrael ed fo the houfe of the Lord was
:
happy ore thefc thy fervants, made he of beaten gold; three
did Solomon make no fervants perfected.
which ftand continually before hundred jhckch of gold went to
for hiswork: hut they were men 17 J Then went Solomon to thee, and hear thy wifdom. one fhicld : and the king put
of war, and chief of his captains, Ezion-gebcr, and toEIoth,
at the
8 Bkfled be the Lord thy God them in the houfe of the forcdof
and captains of his chariots and fta-fidc in the land of Edom. which delighted in thee to fit Lebanon.
horfetnen. i3 And lluram fent hun by thee 011 his throne, tu be king
for 17 f Moreover, the king made
10 And thefc were the chief of the hands of his fervants, OnpSi the Lord thy God: becaufc
thy a great throne of ivory, and over-
knowledge
king Solomon's officers, even two and fervants that had bed loved Ifrael, to cfhblifh them laid it with pure gold.
hundred and fifty, that bare rule of the fca; and they
wentmHi ™r ever, therefore made he thee
18 And there were fix ftepa to
over the people. the fervants of Solomon toOpmr, M.g ovei ,hcm,
to do judgment the throne, with a foot (tool of
h " ndre
11 % And Solomon brought and took thence four
up the daughter of Pharaoh, out ami fifty talents of gow,^ 00J}
BMj0fllcc - gold, whichwm fattened to the
9 And fhe gave the king an throne, and (lays onJ each fide
Solon of
of the city of David, unto the brought them to king narct! and
twenty talents of the fitting-place, and
houfe that he had bniitfor her : CHAP. IX.
i and of fP>ces great abun- (landing by
nd two lion*
the (lays.
for he faid, My wife mall not A NO
when the queen * 3ll
.
a,,d,l),cclousftou
«i nci- 19 And twelve lions flood
fa
dwell in the houfe of David king jfX ba heard of the tterw as
llUTC any fi.ch fpicc« as there on the
*
cue fide and on the
of Ifrael, becaufc the faces arc Solomon, (he came to S 9 other,
 IT. CHRONICLES.
Other, upon the There and in tl.c vilions oMddo
iix Heps, CHAP. XT.
was not the like made in any againrt Jeroboam, the ft . rive ye, that
we may re- thine own houfc. So all Ifrael
kingdom. Nchat ? a people,which have went to their tents.
to this
%o \ And all the drinking- 30 And Solomon reigncc V^n to me,
faying, Eafe fome- 17 But as for the children of
veiicls of king Solomon were of Jciuialcm over ali yoke that thy father did Ifrael that dwelt in the cities of
gold, and all the veiTcls ef the years.
Tract 1
ft the
us? Judah, Rehoboam reigned over
f MD on

Iioufc of the forert of Lebanon 31 Awd Solomon flept P the young men that them.
Jo And
were of pure gold none were if his fathers, and he was bm
:
ere brought up with him fpake 18 Then king Rehoboam fent
*
filvtr; it vas not any thing ac- the city ot David his fat In .laying. Thus (halt thou Hadoram that was over the tri-
to him
counted of in- he days ol Solomon. Rehoboam his fon reigned that fpake uuto bnte, and the children of Ifraci
"nfwerthe people
at For the king's fl.ips *ent to ftcad. thee ftyi»ei
Th y fatner ma <** floned him with (tones, that he
Tar&tlh with the fcrvants ol Hu- CHAP. X. our yoke
heavy, but make thou it died: hut king Rehoboam made
ram: every thicc years once came A ND
Rehoboam went fomcwhat lighter for us; thus fpecd to get him up to his chariot,
the (hips of Tarlhifh bringing ±\chem for to SI unto them, My to flee to Jcrulalem.
:
fait thou lay
than
gold, and lilver, ivory, and apes, all Ifrael come to m; mbf*g* r hal1 bc thickcr
' *9 Aild Iiratl rebelled againft
2 Ana it came to pais the houfc of David unto this day,
and peacocks. my father's loins.
%% And king Solomon pa (Ted Jeroboam the ion of Nebat (who II For whereas my father put a C 11 A P. XI.
all the kings of the earth in was in Egypt, whither he had fled j^piy yoke upon you, 1 will put \ ND when Rehoboam was
riches and wifctom. from the prefencc of Solomon the more to your yoke; my father £\ come to Jcrufalcm, he ga-
23 If And all the kings of the king) heard if, that Jeroboam chaftifed you with uhips, but I thcrcd of the houfc of Judah and
earth fouglit the prefence of So- returned out of Egypt, will chnpfe you with fcorpions. Benjamin, an hundred and four-
lomon, to hear his wifdem that 3 And they fent and called II So Jeroboam and all the fcorc thoufand chofen men which
God had put in his heart. him fo Jeroboam and all liracl
: people came to Rehoboam on the were warriors, to fight again ft
%.\ And they brought every came and fpake to Rehoboam, third day, as the king bade, fay- Ifrael, that he might bring the

man his prefent, veiicls of lilvvr, faying, ing, Come again to me on the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
and veflels of gold, and raiment, 4 Thy father made our yoke tfairdday. % But the woid of the Loin
harnefs, and lpiccs, herfes and now
therefore cafe tboil
grievous, 13 And
the king anfwered came to Shemaiah the man of
fomcwhat the grievous fervitude them roughly : and king Rchobo- God, faying,
mules, a rate year by year.
am forfook the counfel of the old 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the
2 5 ^ And Solomon had four of thy father, and his heavy yoke
men, fon of Solomon kmg of Judah,
thou fund Halls for horfes and that he put upon us, and we will
14 And anfwered them after ar>d to all Ifrael in Judah and
chariots, and twelve thoufand fcrve thee.
the advice of the young men, B*njamin, faying,
horlemen, whom he bellowed in 5 And he faid unto them,
Come again unto me after three faying, My father made your yoke 4 Thus faith the Lord, Ye
the chariot-cities, and with the
days. And the people departed. heavy, but I willadd thereto: mall not go up, nor fight againft
king at Jcrufalcm. my father chaftifed you with your brethren : return every man
26 f And he rctgned over all 6 ^ And king Rehoboam took
whips, but -will chnft.fe you with
counfel with the old men that hid
I
to his houfe, for this thing it
the kings, from the liver, even fcorpions.
flood before Solomon his father done of mc. And they obeyed
unto the land of the Philiflines, Ij So the king hearkened not
while he yet lived, faying, What the words of the Lord, and re-
and to the border of Egypt. unto the people, for the caufe
counfel give ye me, to rctuTfl an- turned from going againft Tero-
27 And the king made filvcr was of God, that theLonD might
this people ? boam.
in Jcrufalcm as Itoncs, and cedar fwer to perform his word, which he fpake
trees made he as the fycomore- 7 And they fpake
unto Mb.
by the hand of Ahijah
c
f And Rehoboam dwelt in

that are in the low plains, faying, If thou be

kind to t» the Shi- Jerufalcm, and built citiea for
trees, lonite,to Jeroboam the fon of
in abundance. pcopie,and plcaiethem, anai^* defence in Judah.

28 And they brought unto good words to them, they wm i?k > , , ,C 3,1 „ , , 6 He built even Beth-lehem,
" ,fracl /* w and Etam,and Tekoa,
Solomon horfes out of Egypt, thy fcrvants for ever. th. .1 .
•

B would not hcarken 7 And Beth zur, and Shoco.

and out of all lands. 8 Hut he forfook un,« A
thC pcop,e anfwcred and Addullam,
20 1 Now the rcrt of the acts which the old men j
m the V *r
f
?y ,n S» What portion 8 And Gath, and Marefhah,
took counfel with t
Solomon, firft and laft,
not written in the book of
are
that wert hrought up
bwITfi DaV,d ?
n"ne7
and
k"ntancc
w Ziph.
the fon of 9 And Adoraim, and Lachilh,
in
ian the prophet, and in the that flood before him. Jefle-
eTy
man to y° ur tcnts > a"" Azckah,
prophecy of Ahijab the Shilonite, 9 And he faid unto lhS. J
»«. andaow David, fee to 10 And Zorah, and A>jalon,
Bb » aud
 II. CHRONICLES, XIIT. CHAP.
and Hebron, which arc in Judah, wives, and threefcore com themfclves, therefore I prophet, and of Iddo the feert
b ] cd
and in" Benjamin fenced cities. and begat twenty and eighth •M not
deftroy them, but I will concerning genealogies? And there
II And he fortified the ftrong and threefcore daughters.) t tn
em fome deliverance, and -were wars between Rehoboam
holds, and put captains in them, 22 And Rchohoam made.^_ ^.unth thall not be poured out and Jeroboam continually.
and (lore of victual, and of oil jah the fon of Maachah the chief"
and wine. to be ruler among his brethren ' his Others, and was buried in the
chilhak.
XX And in every fevers! city he for he thought to make him * they fhall be city of David; and Abijah his
kin* 8 Ntverthelefs,
23 And he dealt wifely, aVi hisfervants; that
they may know fon reigned in his (lead,
fut fhiclds and fpears, and made
them exceeding ftrong, having difper fed of all his child rc T my fcrvice, and
the fcrvice of the CHAP. XIII,
Judah and Benjamin on his iidc. throughout all the countries** kingdoms of the countries. \T ow in thc eighteenth year
13 ^ And the pricfts and the Judah and Benjamin., unto every o So Shilhak king of
Egypt ±> of kin^ Jeroboam began
and Abijah to reign over Judah.
Ixvites, that -were in all Ifrael, fenced city and he gave them
:
came "P acainft Jerufalem,
jeforted to him out of all their victual in abundance: and took away the
treafurcs of the % He reigned three years in
he
coafts. dcfircd many wives. boufe ef the Lord, and the trea- Jerufalem: (his mother's name
14 (For the Levites left their C H A 1\ XII. fores of tiie king's
honfe; he ttick alfo was Michaiah the daughter
fuburbs, and their pofllflion, and A ND came to pafs when Re.
it all: he carried away alfo the of Uriel of Gibeah:) and there
came to Judah and Jcrufalem : hoboam had cftahlithed the IhieUsofgohl which Solomon had \ as war between Abijah and
tor Jeroboam and his fons had caft kingdom, and had ftrcngthened made. Jcroboa-n.
them off from executing the himlelf, he fook the law of
foi
the
10 In (lead of which, king Re- 3 And Abijah fet the battle in
pricfVa office unto the Loan. -Lord, and all llrael with him. hoboam made fhields of brafs, aray, with an army of valiant
15 And he ordained him pricfts 2 And it came to pafs, that in and committed thtm to the hands men of war, even four hundred
for the high places, and for the the fifth year of king Rchoboam of the chief of the guard, that thoufand chofen men : Jeroboam
devils, and for the calves which Shilhak king of Kgypt came up fcept the entrance of the king's alfo fct the battle in aray againlt
lie had made.) againft Jerufalem, (becaufeth horde. _
him with tight bundled thou-
16 And after them out of all hadtianfgrclicdagainftthe 11 And when the king entered land choftn men, being mighty
into the houfe of the Lord, the men of valour.
the tribes of Ifrael, fuch as fct 3 With twelve hundred c
their hearts to ftek the Lord God ots, and threefcore thoufandh guard came and fetched th«m,and 4 ^ And Abijah flood up upon
of Ifrael, came to Jcrufalem, to men; and the people -were with- brought them again into the mount Zemaraim, which is in
Sacrifice unto the Lord God of out number that came with him suard-chamher. mount Ephrai.n, and laid, Hear
their fathers. out of Egypt; the hubims, the it And when he humbled him- me, thou Jeroboam, and all Ifrael,
17 So they ftrengthened the Sukkiims, and the Ethi ftif theyathoftheLoRDturu. 5 Ought you not to know"
kingdom of Judah, and made 4 And he took the ed from him that he would not that the Loud God of Ifrael eave
deflroy km altogether: and alfo
Itchoboam the fon of Solomon lies which pertained to J the kingdom over Ifrael to David
in Judah things went well
ilrong, three years; for three came to Jcrufalem. for ever, even to him and to his
years they walked in the way of H Then came Shtmaiah tlic
5
m
,r 5 R<-hoboam fons by a covenant of fait ?
ArlLi
fteng hened? h.mielf
l^avid and Solomon. prophet to Rchoboam, and to in 6 Yet Jeroboam the fon of
ferula-
,5nC f° r Rch ° b Nd>at ' lhc f" vant of Solomon
18 \ And Rehoboam took him the princes of Judah, that were
5«c i ! ,Jf0r
. r ?;
ly y«rsold the fon of David, is rifen up,
Jvtahalath thc daughter of Jcri-
moth the ion of David to wife,
gathered together to Jcrufalem,
became of Shifhak, and iaid unto
2eX . and

<md Abihail the daughter of

Xliabthe ion of Jefl'e
them, Thus faith the Lord, Ye
have foi faken me, ami thercf
cm tho i
y
u 'Z
r
\m J€r f ^ And there are gathered unto
:

10 Which hare him children; have I alio left you in the hand
j

°^
Erl to m " $M
a,,thc ^« of Belial, and have ftrengthened
JeuJn,andShamariah,and Zaham. ot Shifhak.
S ^^ Naa themfelves againft Rehoboam the
20 And after her he took Maa-
chah the daughter of Abfalom,
6
lfracl,
Whereupon the
nnd the king
princes
h""*™
*
^ nis'^f, V "

14
an S1
n a mC

And hp
„ r
•*
" f° n ° f Solomon, when Rchohoa,*
was yoonj and tender heartcc!,
faid, 1W
lii . ,

whichbarchimAbijah,andAttai, thcmftlvts, and ihey

Ziza, and Shelomith. Lord is righteous. Suao taft l ° ftCk 8 A"* now ye think to with-
7 And when the I- *?. *?
1
ai And Rehoboam loved Maa- '5 Now tliP r« ./v . ,
ftan<l thc k5,, gdom of the Lord.
chah the daughter of Abfalom, that they humbled themfel»«» fir "
° f Rchob am the hand of thc fons of Davidj
and Uli ?

^
.
*f\\ not w rU n a ,d
aboveall his wives and his ton- the word of the Lot; i> came k *C Loc k S r «t multitiule. and
cubincs: (for he took ujhtccw ShunaU).. f^int, Thcy^ ^ of Shcma;ah k ^ 5 ! .

the there arc with you golden ralv«

Bb 3
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IT. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XV.

which Jeroboam made you for delivered them into their
hanj the had no war
in thofe years; fear of the Lord came upon them
m-
fods. 17 And Abijah and his ^(JjT Lord had given him and they fpoiled all the cities,
Scaufc the
9 Have ye not cart out the flow them with a great flaughte * for there was exceeding much
pricfts of the Lordthe fons of fo there fell down (lain *f if^V reft-
he faid unto Ju- fpoil in them,
, Therefore
Aaron, and the Lcvitcs. and have fivehundrcd thoufand choicn mcV l Let us build thefe cities, and
LetusbiKldtne|eciucs,ana 15j They fmote alfo the tents
1
A h.
made you pricfts after the manner 18 Thus the children of |- them walls, and tow- of cattle, and carried away fheep
iake about
of the nations of other lands? fo were brought under at that tc *' and barSt v* ,ll,clhc antl camels in abundance, and
ers S*
that whofoevcr cometh to confe- and the children of Judah before us; becaufe we returned to Jcrufalcm
hii'd if Y et
crate himfclf with a young bul- vailed, becaufe they relied '
have
00 " 1
foug ht thc I- " '
Xv. CHAP.
lock an.! feven rams, the fame may the Lord God of their fath
we have
foujlit bim, and he hath thc fpirit of God AND came
be a pricft of them that are no gods. 19 And Abijah purfued _ jpve n us rrtl
on every iide : io upon Azariah the fon of Oded
10 But as for us, the Lord is Teroboam, and took cities froa built and profpercd. a And he went down to meet
, Jhey
our God, and we have not for- him, Beth-el with the towni g And Aia
had an army tfiim Afa, and faid unto him, H<ai vc
iaken him: and the pi icirs, which thereof, and Jefhanah with the targets and fpears, out me, Aia, and all Judah and Cc'c-
that bare
miniflcr unto the Lord, are the towns thereof, and Ephraim with Judah three hundred thoufand, jamin, The is with you, Lonn
f
fons of Aaron, and the Ltvius the towns thereof. of Benjamin, that bare while ye be with him, and if ye
and out
ivait opon their bufinefs. 20 Neither <iid Jtrohoatn rcco» fhiehls and drew
bows, two hun- fcekhim.he will be found of you;
XX And they burn unto the ver rtrength again in the days f dred and fourfcore thoufand: all hut if ye forfake him, he will
Lord every morning and every Abijah : and the Lord flruck tbefe vert mighty men of valour, forfake yon.
evening, burnt-facrificesandiwcct him, and he died,
9 1 And
thcrc m
f* . e °.ut a E ain ? 3 Now for a lone feafon Ifrael
ti f But Ahijah waxed mighty
,

incenfe: the J&ew-brcad alfo fit them Zerab the Ethiopian, with hath been without the true God,
thej in order upon the pure table, and married fourteen witcs, and anhoftof a thoufand thoufand, and without a teaching prieit,
and the candlcftick of gold with begat twenty and two fons, and and three hundred chariots, and and without law
the lamps thereof, toburnevtry fixtcen daughters, came unto Marefhah. 4 Bu t when they in their trou-
evening; for we keep the chaise %i And the red of the aft* of 10 Then Afa went out agamft ble did turn unto the Loud Goil
of the Lord our God; but ye Abijah, and his ways, and bii them, and they ftt the battle in of Ifrael, and fought him, he was
have forfaken him. Mayings, are written in the ftoiy •ray in thc valley of Zephathah found of them.
t% And behold, God himfclf is oi the prophet KMo. ,t Marefhah
5 And in thofe times there »jy
with us for our captain, and his CHAP. XIV. » And Aft cried unto the no peace to him that went out,
priefts whh
founding trumpets to Q° Abijah llcpt with his fa- Lord Im God and fa.d, Lord, nor to him that came in, but
cry alarm againfl you; O children O thtrs, and they buried himitt rf« nothing with thee to help, great vexations ver* upon all the
oflfracl, fight ye not again ft the the city of David, and Afahisfoo whether with many or with them
inhabitants of the countries.
Lord God of your fathers, for reigned in his Head: in his days
S.
D P
«n, ,- Tf ! P «' ° 6 A »d nation was de/lroyed of
you lhall not profper. the la-.d was quiet len years. Lord our God; for we reft on nation, and city of city : fo God
13 1 B«t Jeroboam caufed an % And AU did that -which -was
ambumment to come about be- good and right in the eyesoftbt aiafnft
iga.nft u'm
his
t'l P.
mult tu, e: O Lord,
S° did v ^ tnem 4h
all adverlity.
7 Bc a therefore, and
hind them: fo they were before Lord his god. ^y"
Judah, and the arr.bulhmcnt -was 3 ^
nc lUi,k awn V thea tars
of the ftrange^rfi, and the high
fciU*Si
nSoH.r?
tte
r
1 DOlman
. tj
,ctn hands be weak: fi£
y° urwc"-kfhallberc«ardcd.
behind them. ,

14 And when Judah looked places, and hrakc down the im-
back, behold, the battle was be- ages, and cut down the
fore and behind: and they oied 4 And commanded Judah
groves:
to
B And
S V!f'
i
•
b
«f°/
flCd
;
PlC
C WOrds Mld the prophecy of Oded
'

lbe pr °P ,,Ct hc took courage, and

pUt 3Way t,,c
'

£*e,eihh him ™ V idol,

unto the Loud, and the priefts feek the Lord God oftne ?"
'r
rfh
founded with the trumpets. thcrs, and to do the law, and the the Ethiopians Benjamin,
commandment. •»«eov^K
•t and out of the cities
15 Then the men of Judah gave overthrown, that they could
which he had taken from m«mf!
and as the men of Judah 5 Alfo he took away out of •«
a (bout
the nigR
(hooted, it came to pafs, that the cities

God fmote Jeroboam and all places and the images:

of Judah,
and w S for?
Z,
ll^oT
l

l n i''r»
1 t hcy
° f th C L °-° that w
P°
.
rch of the Lord.
« Wore the
Ifracl before Abijah and Judah. kingdom was quiet before b«n- orricd u"/ • .

16 And the children of JiracI 6 1 And he built fence dc

before Judah; and God in Judah ; for thc land had
fled
B b 4 Manaffch.
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II. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XVIL

Manaflch,,
UMiiitMvii andout
v—
_>«• of
—- ~
-.Simeon: CHAP.
_____ XVI.
-» Mm
run t0
__. fro throughout
throut
and
-nrl the 5 Therefore the Lord flablifh-
(for they fell to him out of Ifrael TN the fix and thirtieth
y cat
'-v i car th, to (hew himfelf ed the kingdom in his hand, and
in abundance, when they faw that 1 the reign of A fa, Baafha Ktint hcb<haIfof/fe vvhofc all Judah brought to Jehoihaphat
kin " * r f
towards him. prcfents, and he had riches and
perfeft
the Lord his God ma% with him) of Ifrael came up again..
Jud a t*
.
iS

10 So they gathered themiclvcs and built Ramah, to the done foolifthly; honour in abundance,
tbuu hafl
intent « rein
togcther.at Jernfalcm in the third that he might let none go hcrcfore from
henceforth thou 6 And his heart was lift up in
out or
come Afa king of Judah, wars. the ways of the Loud moreover,
month, in the fifteenth year of in to lhalt have
:

the reign of Afa. % And Afa brought out fd 10 Then

Afa was wroth with he took away the high places and
vcr
11 And they offered unto the and gold out of the treafuresof and put him in a piifon groves out of Judah.
the f-er,
Lufe; for he was
the houfc of the Lord, and in,a rage with 7 f Alfo in the third year of
Lord the fame tima*, of the fpoil of #

-which they had brought, feven the king's houfc, and

lent to him becaufe
of this thing. And his reign he fent to his princes,
hundred oxen, and fevtn thou- Bcn-hadad king of Syria, that ^fcoppreflcd /owe of the people even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah
dwelt at Damafcus, faying, thefanu' time. and to Zcchariah, and to Nctha-
fa nd Iheep.
J And
behold, the acts of n.el, and to Michuiah, to teach
1% And they entered into a 3 There is a league between me H and la(t, lo, they are in the cities of Judah.
covenant to feek the Lord God and thee, as there ivas between Al3, firrt
written in the
book of the kings 8 And with them he fent Le*
of their fathers, with all their my father and thy father: b<r.
hold, 1 have lent thee filver and f Judah
and Ifrael. vites, even Shemaiah, and Netha-
heart, and with all their foul;
13 'J hat whofcever would not gold; go, break thy league with xa And Afa, in the thirty and niah, and Zebadiah, and Afahef,
feck the Lord God of Ifrael, liaaiha king cf lirael, that he may ninth year of his reign, was di- and Shemiramoth, and Jehona-

ihould be put to death, whether depart from me. feafed in his feet, until his difeafc than, and Adonijah, and Tobi-

frr.all or great, whether sr.an or 4 And Bcn-hadad heark ws exceeding great: yet in his jah, and Tob-adonijah, Lcvites;
unto king /Ha, and fent the ca, difcafe he fought not to the Lord and with them iiliihama, and
woman,
but to the phyficians. Jehoram, priefls.
14 And they fware unto the tai;.s of his ai mics againfl the ei.
;

Load with a loud voice, and with ties or Ifrael; and they fmote 13 1 And Afa flept with his 9 And they taught in Judah,
fathers, and died in the one and and bad the book of the law of
fronting, and wUJi trumpets, and Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim,
andail th. Jtoi e- cities of Naphull fortieth year of his reign. ^
the Lord with them, *nd went
with cornets.
14 And they buried him in his about throughout all the cities of
15 And all Judah rtjeiced at 5 And it tame to pafs, when
that he left off own fepulchrcs, which he had Judah, and taught the people,
the oath: for they had fworn Baafiia heard made for himfelf in the city of 10 1 And the fear of the Lord
with all their heart, and fought building of Ramah, and let his David, and laid him in the bed fell upon all the kingdoms of
him with their whole defne, and wo.k ccaie. the
which was filled with fweet o- lands that were round
and the 6 Then Afa the king took all about Ju-
he was found of them :
dours, and divers kinds of fpkes dah, fo that they made
Loro gave them reft round about. Judah, and tney carried away the no war
prepared by the apothecaries art; againft Jeholhaphat.
16 <5 And alfo concerning Maa- fto.ues of Ramah,
and the timber
Baalha wait
and they made a very
II Alfofome of the Philiftincs
great
.hah, the mother of Afa the thereof, wheiewith burning for him.
he built therewith brought Jeholhaphat prefents,
king, he removed her from being building, and H A P- XVIL
queen, Ucaufe fhe had made an Otba and Mizpah,
idol in a giovc; and Afa cut down 7 ^
And at that time Hanani
_
ACND andtribute-lilver; and the Ara*
Jeholhaphat his fon bians brought him flocks, feven
reigned in his (read, and thoufand and
and (lamped i;, and the Jeer came to Afa king oi ju- feven hundred rams.
her idol, Itrcngthenedhimfclfagainft Ifrael and feven thoufand and
burnti/at thcbiook Kiaron. dah, and laid unto him, became a And
feven
he placed forces hundred
relied on the King 01 in all he- goats.
17 But the high places were thou haft fenced of Judah, andfet
cities
of ifrael Syria, and not relied on theLoitD 1% 1 And Jehofhaphat waxed
net taken away out :
hottdi paruons m
the land of Judah, great exceedingly , and he built
neverthelefstheheartofAfa wasthyGod, therefor, is the in
efcaped cutol cUic$ of E hr a»m, Judah, catties, and cities of . lore.
pcrfecT all his days. the king of Syria vhtkV f- P
Cr had takcn> 13 And he haJ much t>u fi »efs
18 % And ho Liought into the thine hand. :. n€fln d I a a
C LoRD was
1

EthiopwMjg
houfe of God the things that his
father had dedicated, and that the
he himfelf had dedicated, filver,
8 Were not

very many
the
Lubims a huge ho t,
chariots ana n
leh»iC l

v
,

u Lie
S
at
»
w
i
with in thc citic » of Judah: and the
b «aofe he walked men of war, mighty men of
ys of his fathcr Da - ,our
-
va-
in

men yet, becaufe tng» 1

S X ° ot unt0 Baalim J 4 And theft are the numbers
,nd gold, and veflels. \lt r i
5

no more ;var on the Lord, he

dciivcrcu
Codofh-tf
8 t0 tkc of them according to the houfe of
19 And there was l
!
and walkcd in th<:ir Others: Of Judah, the cap-
hand,
untu the five and thiiticih. year into thine
9
toscomm i

of the reign of Afa. 9 Eoi the cy< tbdS»?^ ofthoufaudsi Adnah the
 :

H. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XIX.

chief, onJ with him mighty men will deliver :/ into the »
* • Co ye
up, and pro- of the Lord from me, to fpeak
of valoHr, three hundred thoufand. hand. j he faid.
15 And next to him -was Je- 6 But Jchofhaphat faid, /,
hohanan the captain, and with not here a prophet of the I. 0r
' ^
.
'

f
per'
v
and tl:cy fhall be delivered

oui hand.
unto thee?
M And Micaiah faid, Behold,
|D, thou
him two hundred and fourfcorc bcfulcs, that we might tnq^. . Ard » nc kin S fa'd to him, lhalt lee on that day, when
t
thoufand. of him? 'j ^ny times fhall 1 adjure thou (halt go into an inner charn-
16 And nexthim was Amafiah 7 And the king of Ifracl fa jj *r jdat tht>u (ay nothing but ber to hide thyfelf.
the fon of Zichti, who willingly unto Jcholhaphat, There s yeto« e i truth to me, in the name of
l!e 35 Then the king of Ifrael
ortcrcd himfelf unto the Lord; man, by whom «c may tnq U rc j ;J e Lo(l
r».' .
f^l 'l ake ye Micatah, and carry
and aith him two hundred thru- of the Lord but hale him, for he faid, did fee all him back to Amon the governor
16 Then
: 1
I

fund mighty men of valour. he never prophcficth good unto fcattcred upon the moun- of the city, and to joaih the king's
Ifracl
17 And of Benjamin; Eliada me, hut always evil the fc me }| :
fjiin as to"? t,,3t havc no mc P" {on »
a mighty man of valour, and with Micaiah the Ion of Inila. And "trd! and
the Lonn laid. Thefe 16 And fay. Thus faith the
him armed men with bow and Jcholhaphat laid, Let not the Ving matter: let them return king. I'm this fellow in the pri-
have m>
ihicld, two hundred thoufand. lay fo. thirefort
every man to his houfc fon. and feed him with bread of
18 And next him was Jehoza- 8 And the kincof Ifracl called in peace.
affliction, and with water of af-
bad, and with him an hundred for one of h > office.?, and faid,
and fourfcorc thoufand, ready Fetch quickly Micaisrt. the fon
prepared for the war. oi Imla.

19 Thcfe waited on the king, 9 And the king of Ifacl, and

king of Judah, fat
befides thofe whom the king put Jtholhaphat . , , Ji
in the fenctd cities throughout either of
them on his throne, hear the word of the Lord, I law ye people*
all Judah.
clothed in their robes, and thiy the Lord lining upon his throne 28 So the king of Ifrael, and
CHAP. XVIIf. fat in a void place at the entcilnt and all the ho(l of heaven (land- Jchulhaphat the king of Judah,

NOW Tchomaphat had riches in of tin* gate of Samaria, andaff

and honour in abuudai.ee, the prophets prophefied before
jng on his right hand, and 0,1 hi* wont up to Ramoth-gilcad.
left- 29 And the king cf Ifracl faid

and joined affinity with Ahab. them. 10 And the Lord

onto Jcholhaphat, will difguife faid, Who I

a And after certain years he
vent down to Ahab to Samaria Chenaanah had made him horns
and Ahab killed (hcep and oxen of iron, and faid, Thus faith the
for him in abundance, and for Lord,
the people that he had with him, Syria,
and periuaded him to go up -with
Aim to Ramoth-gilcad.
Ifracl faid moth-giKad, and
3 And Ahab king of
wnto Tcholhaphat king of Judah, the Lord
"Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth hand of
gilead? and he anfwered him, I
and my people
am as thou art,
thy people, and tve mil be v'nh
10 And Zedekiah the fon of (hall entice Ahab king of Ifracl, myfclf, and will goto the
battle;
: that he may go up and fall at but put thou on thy rohes.
So
Ramoth-gilcad? and one (pake the king of Ifracl difguifed
him-
With thefe thou lhalt pulh faying after this manner, and an- iclf.and
thev went to the battle
until they be contained, otherfaying after that manner. 30 Now tie king of Syria bad
\i And all the prophets pro- a? 1 lien there came out a fpi- commanded
the captains of the
phcficd fo, faying, GouptoRl- nt, and Hood before the Lord, chariots
that wri with him, fay-
proiper: for and faid, I will mtice him. And ing, fight
ye not with final] or
fhall deliver tt into the the I okd faid unto him,
Wl>cre- great, lave only with the king
w " h? 6
the king, or Ifrael.
4
12 And the mciTenger that
as went to call Micaiah (pake to Mm y g p, ,: m t,,e n,ou,h thc «litainj of the chariots faw
nf ,n Y-
faying, Behold, the words of the
LORD f -A
P tS
^L°°U f,a,t
;
nd
!
A ,h ' J cho,na P h at, that they laid, It is
declare good to the Jung
.

thee in the war. prophets

*£thon IT CPtiCC im th€ k, " S ° f ' fracl ther
let thy .r
4* And Jehofhaphat faid unto with one aflcnt thee :

be hkeoM 5? SSdd? VC
" '
prtVaU: 6° about him to fight:
king of Ifracl, Enquire, I therefore, I pray but J«-*olha P hat cried out, and
the j» Nfiw "r
'
c
and fpeak thou g<H r \ .
e beh ° l *\
,

Dray thee, at the word of the of theirs As ti» kX tt [°\ .

the l oa n helped him. and God
Lord to-day. *S And Micaiah faid, P y, ng fp,r m moved thcm
c Therefore the king of Ifrael Lo*d liveth, even what my JJJ
o*» t"emout , r ,i V . ?
° phet 5
deP ar ' from
31 F ° rU camc to Pafs
will I fpeak.
»ndX I orV h ^ t
fpoken
r
- ,' »
tha t
gathered together of prophets faith, that
,
CVl1 captains of the chariots
four hundred men, and faid unto
them, Shall we go to Ramoth- the king, the
I forbear?
14 And

Micaiah,
when he «as come
king faid unto
fhall we go to Rart
W
W
againfi ,!,;"

*3 Then '/^ 6
Ch «aan ^I rame
1

^
. ,

r
thC
,

/?fmotc
and
,
n °f
perceived that it was not the
kin 0/ Ifrael, they turned back
?
•Head to battle, or fhall Micaiah ' a 8 a,n from purfning him.
and they faid, Go up; for Cod gilead to battle, or Ibalinoru^
Which
I,,

way went**l
Wftich 'wn *,
l
C k d " 33 Hnd a "'i™ man « l,fw »
thc spirit bow at a v.ntqre, and fmotc tnc
1! b 6 ting
 II. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XX.
king of Ifrael between the joints controveifies, when they rcti AnJ faid, O Lord God
of Jerufalem, and thou king
Jeho-
6
of the lurnci*: theiefore he faid to Jerusalem, fathers, art
not thou God in lhaphat, Thus faith the Lord
„,,r
And rulert thou over unto you, be not afraid,
to his chariot-man, Turn thine 9 he charged them, Larcn.' and nor dil-
hand, that thou mayeft cany me ing, Thus (hall ye do m the kingdoms of the heathen? mayed by rcaibn of this great
fc- ,11 the
out of the hull, for am wounded of the Lord, faithfully, and thine hand a there not multitude; for the battle
I
witf! l n A in « not
might, fo that none is your's, but God'r.
34 And the battle increaied a peifcft *ieart. power and
that day: howheit the king of 10 And what caufe foevcr able to
withrtand thee. x6 To-morrow go ye down a-
flayed himfclf up in bis come to you, of your brethren not thou our God, who gainft thems behold, they come
Ifratl 1 Art
chariot againtt the Syrians, un- that dwell in their cities, between didft drive
out the inhabitants of up by the cliffof Ziz, and yc fhall
til the even; and about the time blood and blood, between before thy people Ifrael, find them at the end of
this land the
:

lav*
of the i'un going down he died. and commandment, flat ' andgareft ic to the Iced of Abra- brook, before the wildernefs of
CHAP XIX judgments, yc (hall e?< ham thy triend
for ever.
dwelt therein, and
Jerud.
I? y e ftall not need to fight in
AND
Judan
jchofliaphat the king of them that they
returned to his houfc gainrt the Lord,
8 And they
have built thee a
fanftuary there- this battle; fet yourfclves,
ftand
in peace to Jerusalem. come upon you, at in for thy
name faying, yejiilt, and fee the falvation of
9 If when evil
cometh upon us, the Lord with you, O
% And Jehu the fon of Hanani brethren this do,
: Judah and
,,ithefword, judgment, or petti- Jerufalem: fear not, nor be dif-
the fecr went out to nuet him, not treipafs.
and faid to king Jcholhaphat, 11 And behold, Amariah the Jence, or famine, we ftand before mayed ; to-morrow go out againtt
chief pried is over you, i n all this houfe, and in
thy prefence, them, for the Lord
Shouldeft thou help the ungodly, -will be with

and love them that hate the matters of the Lord; and Zcb*. (for thy name is in this houfe,) you.
Lord? therefore if wrath upon diah the fon cf Ifhmael, the ruler and cry unto thee in our affliction 18 And Jehofhaphat bowed his
thee from before the Lord, of the houfc of Judah, for all the then thou wilt hear and help. head, with his face to the ground:
10 AnJ now behold, thechil- and all Judah, and the inhabi-
3 NevcrthtlcO, there are good king's matters: alio the Lcvitcs
things found in thee, in that fia/I he officers before you. Deal dren of Ammon, and Moab, and tants of Jerufalem fell before
the
thou hall taken away the groves courageoufly, and the Lord (hall mount Seir, whom thou wouldeft Lor n, worshipping the Lord
not let Ifrael invade, when they 19 And the Levites of the
out of the land, and hail prepared be with the good.
thine heart to feck God. CHAP.
XX. came out of the land of Egypt, children of the Kohathites
and
TT
came to pafs after this alfo, but they turned from them, and of the children of
4 And Jchofliaphat d\yelt at them not
the Korhites
deftroyed
Jerufalem: and he went out a- X
that the children of Moab, and : flood up to praife the Lord
God
gain through the people, from the children of Ammon, and with
U Behold I fay, Wthcyre- of Ifrael with a loud
voice on hieh
ward us, to come to caft us out of 3 o f And they rot early in.
Bcer-lheba mount Ephraim them6//;?rbefidcstheAmmomte$,
to
thy polTeflion whicn thou haft the morning and went
and brought them back unto the came againft Jeholhaphat to battle forth into
% Then there came fome that 8 the wildernefs of Tekoa : and as
LorD God of their fathers.
the told Jehofoaphat, faying, There
U
' rT o t -T' wilt
O our'rGod, -u .u
thou not they went forth,
5 1 And he fct judges in
judge thern ? for we have no might ftood
Jehofhaphat
land, throughout all the fenced cometh a great multitude againft and faid, Hear me, O fudah,
cities of Judah, city by city, thee from beyond the fea, on thi* S^?h
8 at con?P an y that
AU -
"d
ye inhabitants of Jerufalem,
nCUhCr kn ° W Bc,icvc in the Lord your
6 And faid to the judges, Take fide Syria, and behold, they inn wlT'f
heed what ye do: for ye judge Hazazon-tamar, which « En fdu
3 And Jehofhaphat feared, and
we
Zn hee
V
bul
' ^ *M *»« ye be eftablilhed
g
God,*

h,s P«>phets, fo fhall ye profper.

; believe
not for man, but for the Lord, x? An a u n 11 p
who is with you in the judgment, fethimfeif to feck the Lord, all
7 Wherefore now, let the fear proclaimed a
faft throughout
and
the
the*
Lord
heir vvi
i

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IK
a

wives a n d their
ll

.
r

^1
1
W« ones
bcf° rC 21
>
-
,
with the people, he appointed
J ?' children
And
whcn 1,c had cc-nfulted

fingers untS the Lor n, and that

of the Lord be upon you, take Judah. u P°»J a h«'*l the fhould
heed and do it: for there is no 4 And Judah gathered them fcn ofVi • praife the beauty of holi-
iniquity with the Lord our God, fclvcs together, toafk
n©r refpeft of perfons, nor taking Lord; even out of
JW/oriw
all the cities
S* XcA
of Mittaniah JCh t°
?*
?
nCf5 a ^hey went out before the
f n arm y.andtofay,PraifctheLoRD,
'
'

*
U* r
Of gifts. of Judah they came to feek f°'is of
Afaph '
the
^iV'for his mcrc V ever. «m*fa
8 ^ Moreover, Jerufalem
in Lord.
Itooc
.
*«« LofD
•ia
in thc m,dft
fp, it
,°
f
f
of; tI,e »"8
r 1 "
And whcn the y be 6 a n to
did Jehofhaphat fet of the Levites 5 H And
Jehofhaphat coagt, t
o
". and to praife, the Lor nfent
» 6
and«/thepriefts,andofthcchicf the congregation of Judan - ' ambufhments againft the children
houfc ol JiciiKcn ye, 01
of the fathers of Ifratl, for the Jerufalem, in the Moab, , and mount
judgment of the Load, and f M
Load befgw the jmw whabitwu of Scir, which were
Jndah
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II. CHRONICLES. CHAP. xxir.

five years old when he bega
Tudah, and they were (mitten,
reign, and he reigned twenty
23 For the children of -\mmon an
years Jerusalem-, firft-horn. 13 But had walked in the way
he wtfJ the
in
and Moab (land up againft the
five and hi, a ufc
mother's name was Azobah Wo* wh cn Jchoram was nfen of the kings ofMael, and haft
Inhabitants of mount Scir, utterly Ui e
to (lay and deftroy them:
and daughter of Shilhi.
AO to the kingdom of his father, made Judah and the inhabitants
when they had made an end of 3* And he walked m the way ftrcngthencil nirolelf and (lew of Jerufalem to go a whoring, like
he
Afa his father, and depart^ with the (word, to the whoredoms of the houie of
theinh.hirants of Seit. everyone of his i>rc*hrtn
1

all
not Horn it, doing that which alio cf the princes of Ahab, and
helped to deft roy another. InAdtvcn alfo hart flain thy
right id the light of the Lord-
24 A id when Judah came to- i/racl.
brethren of thy father s hcufe,
ward the watch-tower in the wil- 33 Howbeit, the high p I act ,
,
3 Jchoram
v/as thirty and -which were better than thyfdf.
taken away; ior a when he began
derneis thev looked unto the were not $y n uv o years old to 14 Behold, with a great plague
the people had not prepared their reign, and
he reigned eight years will the Lord fmjtc thy people,
multitude, and behold, they -were
earth, hearts unto the God of their and thy children, and thy wives,
dcad bodies fallen to the in
jertilalem.
fathers. 6 he walked in the way of
And and all thy goods.
and noncefcaped. Now the
and 34 reft of the aftsof
the kings of
Ifracl, like as did the 15 And thou /halt hive great
25 A.iJ when Jeholhaphat
away the Jeholhaphat, fir ft and laft, bthold I houfe of Ahab; for he had the fickiiefs by di/eafc of thy bowels,
his people came to take
(poil of them, they found
among they arc written in the b.ok f daughter of Ahab to wife; and he until thy bowels fall out, by rea-
Jehu the ion of Hanan. who i, wrought that -which was evil in fon of the fickiici's day by day.
them in abundance both riches mentionec in the book of the Lord.
with the dead bodies, and
preci- the eyes of he 1 16 J Moreover, the Lord
ousiewels, (which they itiipt
off k,n SSOl li.ad. 7 Howbcit. the Lord would flirted up aeainfl Jchoram the fpi-
than they 35 1 A nd a ter this did Je|1(, not deftroy the houfe of David, rit of the Phiiiflh.es, and of the
?or hcmfelves.) more
carry away: and they were ftiaphat king of Judah join him- becaufe of the covenant that he Arabians, that were near the
could
felt with Ahaziah king of Ifrac l, J,ad nude wi h David, and as he Ethiopians,
[See days in gathering of the did very wickedly :
was fo much. who promifed to give a light to him, they came up unto To- 17 And
fpoil, it
* And on the fourth day 3* And he joined h.mfclf with and brake into it, and car-
26
in the him to ma<e fli.ps to go to Tar- 8 *[ !n his days the Edomites ried away all the fubflance that
they aftembled themfelves
jL Berachah; for there they (huh: and they made the fh.ps i revolted.fiomunderthcdon.ini- ivas found in the king's
houfe
I
KJ„n\H
of
the Lord
bkflcd thr T ord:, tner ^
therefore the Ezion-gaber.
^ ^^ rf
on of Judah, and made themfelves and his tons alfo, and his
a king. thcre
wives;'
never a fon left c
t,,at *M
Dodavah of Marcihah propheG- Ihcn Jehoram went forth him, lave Jehoahaz the
STed, The va ll cy of Berachah Jeholhaphat,
9
wnh his princes, and all his cha- of his fons.
youngeft
„„ a,nft faying,

T Th^*
c(i a?
'„ his aav
joined ,hv& riots with him : and he rofe up And
returned every Becaufe thou haft 18 1
te^^^f ^^"
they after all thisthe
7
* u,Kon,l Terufalennand vvith

JSJU m "rii of
Ahaziah, the Lord hath
S™« U, y A.H «,U * ^^
which compaflcd
m, him
1

and the with an incurable diftaft

1
feini in his bowels,

that W har i0U

anin t? [erufalem Ihips were broken,
ey tl,

^T
,
»9 Anditcametopaftthatin
Ik.* tn
fey £ .« - able » ..
TJJ**
?o ^rL
U , i
-

eT,° ,ted Procefsof time, after

i handV of; Judah two
-

the end of
r f«f« under
from a the years, his bowels fell out bv
T ame timc
" „ f,?LS IN his fathers, and wasbnnrf TmI?^ !V 3 rC 0,t d
reall>n
of/brc difcai
ofhisfickneft:
« ™*
fohed d
"T, r / r
"
•
*J and lurps, t hanl* k r ,
: his People

° h ' S fathcrS -
f t,,c b«"»ngof his
1
reigned m h'sftead.
if
II m
Moreover, l°
he made high 20 Thirty and two
fathers.
20 And the f«ar of God was on veni sold

I
Si Z
«J com,
t
d, d 7,^ h 5
0f JC ' and he
rn ' Cat,on
-

> >;
W W
Ca "',and dcpartcd
er".c<1 howhcit thc buri,a L
'« jSaSn JgS
wUhout "tin*
theft -«,e the fc« i*T» n d y
Z ,h «.im of T«holbi- ph.tiah i all
him fr l'
ti.

J b
a wr,• ,n 8 •
ro
P P
f
hct
•

the »
city of David, but not in
thc fcpulcbres of the kings.
fayin< r \L

^^^^ A^i^»l^
Ti,,?, f l
CHAP.
-
;
h D
?° d
1
*lSidthv?;„ p °r XXII.
3
„,.
,' »« liter and ud „I P r«.o US *»» .
^
 If. CHRONICLES. r
CHAP. XXIII.
eft fon king in his Head; for the toJehu and when they had
:
. Levites, fiall be porters of 13 And (he looked, and behold,
band of men that came with the him, they buried l.im, beca„ «f
joors: the king flood at his pillar, at the
Arabians to thc camp, had (lain the ion of Jch
(faid thcyj he lnC
(haph«t, who fought the Lot
is
^ n( j
part Jball be at
3 third entering in, and the princes and
all the eldett. So Ahaziah ihelon 1/ t: n g's houfe; and a third part the trumpets by the king: and
of Jehoram kingof Judah reigned, with all his heart. Sothchoufc the foundation, and all thepeopleof the land rejoiced*
the g 3teof
% Forty and two years old -was Ahaziah had no power to k people Jhali bein the courts and founded with trumpets, alfo
H the
Ahaziah when he began to reign, ftill the kingdom, houfe of the Lord. the fingers with inftruments of
io ^ But when Athaliah . f the
and he reigned one year in Jcrufa- 6* But let none eome into the mufick , and fuch as taught to
lem: his mother's name alfo wds mother of Ahaziah law that h Lord, fave thepricfts, fingpraife. Then Athaliah rent
fon was dead, llie atofe, anddc- houfeof the
Athaliah the daughter of Omri. that minifter of the Le- her ckths, and faid, Treafon,
the feed loyal of nd they
3 He alio walked in the ways ftroyed all
rites; they
ihall go in, for they treafon.
of the houfe of Ahab: for his houfe of Judah.
14 Then Jehoiada the prieft
but all the people flia.11
are holy:
mother was his coanfellor to do II Cut Jchomebeath thedatigh of the Lord. brought out the captains of hnn-
keep the watch
wickedly. tcr of the king took [oalh thefc
And the Levites lhall com-dreds that were fet ever the ho(t,
the of Ahaziah, and ttoL him from 7
4 Wherefore he did evil in
pafs the king
round about, everyand faid urtto them, Have her
fight of the Lord, like the houfe among the king's Ions that were his weapons in his hand,
forth of the ranges: and whofo
Joan with
of Ahab; for they were hiscoun- flain, and put him and his nurfc
and whofoev r elfe comcth into foliowcth her, let him be flain
fellors, after the death of his fa- in a bed chamber. So Jchofhebe-
the houfe, he flail be put to death;
with the fworrf. For the prUft
ther, to his deftruction. ath the .laughter of king Jehoram, king when he faid, Slay her not in the houfeof
but be you with the
^ He walked alfo after their the wife of Jehoiada the prieft,
5 comcth in, and whc.; he goeth the Lord.
counfel, and went with Jehoram (for Ihc was the filler of Ahaziah,)
out. 15 So they laid hands on her*;
hid him from Athaliah, fo that
.

the fon of Ahab king of Ifrael, to 8 So the Levites and all Judah and when die was cfime to the en-
war againft Hazael king of Syria he flew him not. did according to all things that tering of the horfe gate, by the
at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syri- iz And he was with them hid
Jehoiada the prieft had command- king's houfe, they flew her there*
in the houfe of God fix years,
ans fmote Joram. cd, and took every man his men 16 % And Jehoiada made a co-
And he returned to be healed and Athaliah reigned over the
6 that were to ceme in on the fab- tenant between him, and between
in fezrecl, becaufe of the wounds land. bath, unth thtm that were to go all the people, and between the
which weregiven him at Ramah, CHAP. XXIII. out 011 the fahbath for Jehoiada king, that they fliould be the
:

when he fought with Hazael king AND in the feventh year Teho- theprieildifmiiled notthecourfes. Lord's people.
of Syria- And Azariah the fon iada ftrengthencd himfeif.aod Moreover, Jehoiada the prieft 17 Then all the people went
of Jehoram, king of Judah, went took the captains of hundreds, dcliveied to the captains of hun- to the houfeof Baal, and brake
down to fee Jehoram the fon of Azariah the fon of Jehoram, and dreds, fpears, and bucklers, and it down, and brake his altars and

Ahab at Jezreel, becaufe he was
fofc,
7 the deftruAion of Aha.
And
ziah .was of God, by coming to
Toram: for wben he was come,
he went out with Jehoram againft
Tchu the fun of Nimfhi, whom
the Lor d had anointed to cut off
the houfe of Ahab.
8 And it came to pafs, that
llhmael the fon of Jehohanan, Oiiclds, that had Marking David's, his im acres in pieces, and flew
and Azariah the ion of Obed, and which were in the houfe of Gcd. Mattan the prieft of Baal befote
Maafeiah the for. of Adaiah, and 10 And he fet all the people, the altars,
Eliftwphat the fon of Zicbn, into (every man having his weapon in
18 Alio Jehoiada appointed the
covenant with him. his hand,) from the right
fide of offices of the houfe of the Lord
% And they went about in Jn- the temple, to the left fide of the by the hand of the priefts the Le-
dah, and gathered the Letitei temple, along by the altar
and vites, whom David had diftri-
out of the cities
all of Judah, ana tne temp.e, by the
king round buled
the houfe of the Lord,
in
Ifrael,
the chief of the fathers of Dout '
to offer the bur.nt offerings of the
and they came to Jerufalem. UI hen they brought
,

out the Lord, as// is written in the law

3 And all the
coo«reg«W£ *m s s Ion and put upon him the of Mofes, with
•when Jehu was executing judg- rejoicing and with
mcnt upon the houfe of Ahab, made a covenant with the kiugw crown and gave hun
the teftimo- tinging, as it was ordained by
and found the princes of Judah, the houfe of God; a"*^ 6 *^ y. and made him king: and
Je- David.
and thefonsof the brethren of to them, Behold, the king*
nam 1* K;? n hi on,anwint
l ^ hf *» ^
x 9 And he fet the porters at
Ahaziah, that miniftred to Aha- (hall reign, as the Lord faVC thc kin
11 m Vr *
t,lc Sates of the houfe of the
ziah, he flew th-.m. of the fens of David.
that
-j|
ycB"g heard tK - Whcn ^
tna " an Loru, that none which -was un-
9 And he fought Ahaziah: 4 This" the thing
nin ?
" 0lte of thc
P««plc ""Oil- clean in any thing fhould enter in.
A* n
,

ao And he took the captains

and they caught him, (for he was do
hid ia Samwia,) and bioughihim »n the
;
jrd,

^$$££1 camrc ? the

.
. ^
praifin the king, (he

Mao,
51

people into thc houfe of hundreds, and thc nobles, and

tfc
 II. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XXV.
the governors of the people, and it without at the gate of
»ufe
all the people of the land, and of the Lord.
donegood in Ifracl, becaufe they had forfaken the
he had
brought down the king from the 9 And
they made a proclaim*,
God, and towards Lord God of their fathers fo they
houfe of the Lord: and they both towards
:
tion through Judah and Jerufalcin"
executed judgment againft Joafh.
came through the high gate into to bring in to the Lor© the col! his houfe.
the king's houfe, and fet the king letftion that Mofcs the fervant 17 Now
after the death of Je- 25 And when they were de-
upon the throne of the kingdom. God laid upon Ifracl in the
%1 And all the people of the dernefs.
land rejoiced: and the city was 10 And the princes, and
all
quiet, after that they had flain the people rejoiced, and bro
Athaliah with thefword. in, and caft into thecheft, u
C H A l>. XXIV. they had made an end.
ASM was feven years old II Now came to pafs,
it
JO when he began to reign, and at what umethcchefl was brought wrath rame upon Judah and Je- they buried him not in the fepul-
rufalem for this their trefpafs. chres of the kings.
he reigned forty years in Jcrufa- into the king's office by the hauj
and when they 19 Yet he fent prophets to 26 And thefe are they that
lem : his mother's name alio was of the Levites ;

Zibeah of Beer-fhcba. faw that there was much money; them, to bring them again unto confpired againfl him : Zebad the
the Lord, and they tcflificd a- fen of Shimeath an Ammonitefs,
% And ]o*tt\d\d that which was the king's fcribe, and the high
gainft them : but they would not and Jehozabad the fon of Shim-
right in the fight of the Lord, all priert's officer came and emptied
give ear. rith a Moabitefs.
the days of Jehoiada the prieft. the chert, and took it, and _ <

30 And thefpiritof God came 27 ^ Now concerning his fons,

3 And Jehoiada took for him ried it to his place again. T upon Zechariah the fon of Jchoi- and the greatnefsof the burdens
two wives, and he begat fons and they did day by day, and gath
ada the priefl, which flood above /«H.f upon him, andtherepairingof
daughters. ed money abundance.
in
the people, and faid unto them, the houfeofGod, behold, they are
4 5 And it came to pafs after 12 And the king and Jehoiada
Thus faith God, Why tranfgrefs written in the ftory of the book
this, that Joafh was minded to re- gave it to fuch as did the work of ye the commandments of the of the kings.
the fervice of the houfe of th And Amaziah his
pair the houfe of the Lord. Lord, that ye cannot profper ? fen reigned in his (lead,
5 And he gathered together the Lord, and hired mafons and
priefts and the Levites, and faid pentcrs to repair the houfe of
becaufe ye have forfaken the
Lord, he hath alfo forfaken you. A Maziah was twenty and five
XXV. CHAP.
to them, Go out unto the cities Lord, and a fo fuch as wrong
A*1 And they confpired againft Zi years old -when he began to
I

of Judah, and gather of all Ifracl iron and br&fs to mend the houfe him, and (toned him with floncs, reign, and
he reigned twenty and
money to repair the houfe of your of the Lord. at tie commandment of the king, nine
years in Jcrufalcm : and his
God from year to year, and fee 13 So the workmen wrought, in the court of the houfe of the
mother's name was Jehoadda of
thatyehaften themattcr: howbeit and the work was pcrfc&cd by
them, and they let the houfe of r n.
Jcufalem.
the Levites battened // not. z% 1 hus Joafh the king re- . .

that -which was % And he did

6 And the king called for Je- God in his ftate, and ttrengthen- m.mbcrcd the k.ndncis which
Je- right in thefight of the Lord, but
hoiada the chief, and faid unto ed it.
him, Why haft thou not required 14 And when they had fi.ulhed W hcn
3 ' Now it came to pafs, when
a ' Ul
of the Levites to bring in, out of it, they brought the reft of
the h died ht
h C
f 1
th Lo * D look the kingdom was efrablifhed
r ,
,
to
Judah and out of Jeruialem, the money before the kmg and Jehoi- 2LS?'
upon ,/, and require ?
.
.

it. him, that he (lew his fcrvantsthat

colleflion, according to the ccrn- ada, whereof were made
vcHdi
em Vt " came to P afs a t had killed the king his father,
mandment of Mofcs the fervant of for the houfe of the Lord, th.L
the end of the year, that
. ,
the hod 4 felt he (lew not their cbtU
theLoRn, and of the congrega- veflils to minifter, and to oiler uP a nft ,,im rfren but did as
f[ :
written in the
tion of Ifrae), for the tabernacle withal, and fpoons, and
vetlelsoi •Id thrv I r
it is

of witneft? gold and filver and they offered

:
dca '"°> cd
in thj-houfeof tne PrinaT'of
a]1 the the Lord commanded, faying,
7 For the for.s of Athaliah, burnt-offerings °f J
that wicked woman, had broken Lmn continually, ail the days" L he „ ,
Pe °P ft *°»» »• The fatl*rs (lull not die for the

up the houfe of God, and alfo all Jehoiada. "'^

waxed ow, Smafcu, " ° thC kin * of ''^ for the fathers, but every
the dedicated things of the houfe 15 1 But Jehoiada l

man
oftheLoRndidtheybeftowupon and was fuller days when"heaiea, At U FnrtK 5 apm ,
y° ftllc Syrians
.
'hall die for his own fin.

an hundred and thirty

old
«»e wTtl
5 t Moreover, A maziah ga-
Baalim. a imall company of tbired Judah together, and made
g And at the king's command- was be when he died. And them
aiCBt they made a chett, and fet
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II. CHRONICLES, CHAP. XXVI.

them captains over thoufands.and 13 1 But the foldicrs of the thee up to boaft CHAP.
. rflifteth : XXVI.
rde now at home, why fhouldcrt T?HEN all the people of Judah
tiu meddle
to thine hurt, that took Uzziah, who voi fiit- A
cTcn unto houlbouldcft fallow thou, and teen years old, and made him
.-- ..
with thee ? king in the room of his father
from twenty ycarsold and above, Beth-horon, and fmote three i idah
would not Amaziah.
and found them thiec hundred thoufand of them, and took much ao But Amaziah
it came of God, that he % He built Eloth, and rcftored
thoufand choice wen, able to go fpoil. bear, for
dtliverthem intothehand it to Judah, after that the king
forth to war, that could handle 14 vx Now it enmc to pafs, after miff lit
enemies, becaufe they fiept with his fathers,
fpearand Ihield. that Amaziah was come fiomthe ef their
the gods of Edom. 3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah
6 He hired alfo an hundred flaughtcr of the F.domites, that fought after
ai So Joafli
the king of Ifrael uhen he began to reign, and he
thoufand mighty men of valour he brought -the gods of the chil. faw one an- reigned fifty and two year* in Je-
out of Ifrael, for an hundred ta- drcn of Stir, and fct them up/o l e vent up, and they
both he and A- rufalem his mother's name alfo
his zod-> and Lowed down him- other in the face, :

lents of filvcr.
maziah king of Judah, at Beth- was Jecoliah of Jerufalem.
}

7 But there came a man of f'df before them, and burned u>
fliemeih, which belongethto Judah. 4 And he did that which was
God to him, faying, O king, let cenic uutothtm.
%% And Judah was put to the right in the fight of the Lord,
not the army of Ifrael go with 15 Wherefore the anger of the
Loud was ki.iJLd againft Arna- worfc before Ifrael, and they fled according to all that his father
thee: for the Lord is not with
e*ery man t0 n ' 5 tc,lt - Amaziah did.
Ifrael, to wit, with all the children ziah.and be lent unto him a pro- >

phcr, which (aid unto him, Why 13 And 5 And he fought God in the
Joafh the king of Ifra-
ofEphraim. Amaziah- king of Judah days of Zechaiiah , who had un-
el took
8 But if thou wilt go, do ?/, be had thou fought after the god* of
thc fon of Joa(h, the fon of Jchoa- demanding in thc vifionsof God
ftrong for the battle : God ihall the people which could not delU haz,atlkth-fhen]cfh, and brought and as long as he fought the
make t bee faJI before the enemy vcr their own people out of thine
:

him to Jerufalem, and brake down Lord, God made him toprofper.
for God hath powjr to help, and hand ?
the wall of Jerufalem, from the 6 And he went forth and war-
to down. 16 And it came to pafs as he
cat it
gate of Ephraim to the corner- red againfl the Philiiiincs, and
him, that the king faid
9 And Amaziah faid to the talked with gate, four hundred cubits. brake down the wall of Gath, and
man of God, But what ihall we unto him, Art thou made of the 34 And betook all the gold and the wall of Jabnth, and the wall
do hundred talents which king's counlll
for the
forbear why
? ;
the filvcr, and all the vcfTcls that of Alhdod, and built cities about
1 have given to the army of Ifrael ? Ihouhlcfl
thou be fmitten ? Then
were found in the houfe of God Aflidod, and among the Phili-
and the man of God anfwered, the prophet forbare, and faid, i with Obed-edom, and the trea- /lines.
The Lord is able to give the* that God hath determined
know fures of the king's houfc, the 7 And God helped him again ft
m«ch more than this. to deftroy tluc, became thou haft hoflages ajfo, and returned to the Philiftincs,
lone this, and haft not hearken- and agaiuft the
10 Then Amaziah fcparated Samaria. Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal,
them, to wit, the army that was ed unto my co'-Mil.
25 1 And Amaziah the fon of and the Mchunims.
come to him out of K phi-aim, to 17 « 'ilun Amaziah king of Joafli king of Judah, lived after
8 And the Ammonites eavc
go home again; wherefore their Judah took advice, a.d lent to he death oMoaJh fon of
Jchoa- gifts to Uzziah, and his name
anger was greatly kindled again:! [oalh the (on of Jehouiuz, the MSJung of frael, fifteen years, fprcad abroad even to the cntring
Judah, and they returned homo ibn of Jehu king ot Ifrael, laying,
26 Now the reft of the arts of in of Egypt, for he
Come, let us ue cue another 10 (lengthened
in great anger. Amaziah, firft and lair, behold,
/^//cxiccdinglv.
11 And Amaziahftrength- the face.
y not * r,tten iu thc book
i3 And Joafli king *f Ifrael Z\l . 9 Moreover I zziah built tow.
ened himfclf, and led forth l,:s 01 me kings of Judah and
«

Ifrael ? crs in Jerufalem, at thc corner-

people, and went to the valley of fent to Amaziah
k;v>g of Juaatl,
w« m * " N °* aftcr th * time that gate, and at thc valley gate, and
fait, and fmote of the children of faying, The
thiltle that A .

Seir ten thoufand. Lebanon fent to the ccc.ar Win^

S C they made
atthc turni »S if *** V>*il% and
IZ And other ten thoufand, was in Lebanon, layin
left alive,
dah
did the children of thy daughter to my fon
Ju-
cany away captive, and and there paflcd by a
confn-
£ P
thSfenf
Shc « cd jo I.achiih but
fr
:
I ach,lh aftcr llim
a f.rtified them.
him in Jciufa -
*

10 A1, ° ,,c towers in thc

defert and digged manv wells,
«"»«had much cattle, both in
brought them unto the top of the that was in Lebanon, andfli^i-
l' m
L
lh
>

rock, andcaft them down from down the thifUc. A ?'

, .
Ihelow-countryandintheplains:
the top of the rock, that they 19 Thou fay eft, Lo onliorA c 2
brou «
and l,unci1 l
,,t ,iim U P» ''"landmen a%
and vinc-diclT-
l,,m cis in thc mountains and in Car-
were broken all in pieces, fmitten the Edormte< Ijisfath/'
«ncrs
•
in
1
the city of Judah. ux\ for lie loved hufoandi y.
:

XI More-
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II. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XXVI If.

XI Moreover Uxiiah had an 19 Then Uzziah was he built caftlcs and him, and carried away a
hoft of fighting-men, that went and had a cenfer in his hand, thc forefts great
tft "">li«lude of thtm captives,
out to war by bands according to bum incenfe : and, while h c
+ u 10 , u. ir . , ,
fought alfo with the brought then to
and
W TOth W
wroth ith the priefts, s f
He Damafcus and
»k»
the nnmhr-r
number of Tc\ r account,
nf their 1 bv
aCOMUl t by . with pHcfts. the lcp
ro. Ammonites and pre- he was alfo delivered into
:

kins of the the

the hand of Tciel the fciibe, and fy even r jfe up in his forehead.
agamlr them. And the hand of the king of Ifrael who
-ailed
Maafciah the ruler, under the before the priefts in the houfcof Amnion gave him the fmote him with a gnat
the Lor d, from befide the incenfe. children of Uauchtcr.
hand of Hananiah one of the ing's 1.
an hundred talents of
altar. frme y«r. 6 1 For Pekah the fon of Re-
captains. ten thoufand mcafurcs maliah flew in
And Azariah filrcr, and Judah an hundred
la The whole number of the 20 the chief and ten thoufand of and twenty thoufand
of wheat, in one day,
chief of the fathers of the mighty prieft, and all the priefts looked much d.d the children
barley. So which -mere all valiant
men of valour we two thouland upon him, and behold, he*,,,
ef Ammon pay unto htm both caufe they had forfaken
the
men:
Lord
be-
and fix hundred. leprous in his forehead, and they
the fccond
year and the third. God of their fathers.
out from thence ,yea,ht
13 And under then- hand was thrtifr him 6 So jot ham became mighty, 7 And Zichri, a mighty
an army, three hundred thouland, himfclf halted alio to go out, be.
man of
becaule he prepared ht, ways bp- Ephraim, flew Maafeiah the
and feven thouland and five hun- caufe the Lord had /mitten him. fore the LoRr,h.s God. fon
king's
and Azrikam the governor of
dred that made war with mighty 21 And Uzziah the king * w .

power, to help the king again!* a leper unto the day of his death, Jotham, and wars, and his next to the
all his
and dwelt ,n a fcvcral houfcfcwj king
the enemy. ways, Jo, they are written in the 8 An<l thc children of Ifrael
hc was cut off from
14 And Uzziah prepared for a leper, for book of the king, of Ifrael and carried away captive
them throughout all the hoft, the l>oufc of the Lord : and Jo- brethren, two hundred
of their
ftiiclds, and fpcars, helmet!,
and tham his Ion was over the king', J o u a a . thoufand
8 He was five and twenty year, women, fons and daughter,,
habergeons, and bows, and flings houle, judging the people of the and
old when he began to reign and took alfo away
land. much VpoU from
to call ftones. reigned fixteen years.,, Jerufalem. them, and
az ^ Now the reft of the aft, brought the fool
,

To
15 And he made in Jcrufalem 9 1 And Jotham llept with Samaria.
P
enrines invented by cunning of Uzziah, full and laft, did liaiah his fathers, and they buried him o Rut a n ^r,i„. ~r »u r
the lo:i of Amoz
men, t'o hc on the towers and the prophet i„,l, city of David; and Aha, Jt!!« ^"a^lto.Ud-
upon the bulwarks, to Ihoot ar- write.
rows and great ftones withal: 13 bo Wzuh
flept with hi,
they buried him with
and his name fpread far abroad, fathers and
h.s fathers in the held of theba-
for he was marvclloufly helped
{illhc was ftrong. ml which keloid to the k.ngj,
faid. He n a leper; and
16 1 But when he was ftrong. for they
his de- Jothamh.sfonre^ned ip
hisftead.
his heart was lifted up to
ftruclion: for he tranlgrefled a-
C H A l». XXVH
Lord his God, and TOtham »•« twenty and fi«
gainft the
he began to
wcntintothetcmpleof thcLoRi), J years old when
of reign, and he reignedJirtM.
to burn
,

17
incenfe
r
And
upon the alur

Azariah the prieft name alfo was

years m Jerufalem : his mothei
Jerulbah, the
3 Moreover, he burnt incenfi. b
i- the valley
om.
of the forlof H?J|* ,
C*
on<1 - wom « n
bond - m <"
'
»" t0 y°u:
and

went in after him, and with him daughter

of Zadok. _
and burnt his chUdren r £ ' !!» tf ^ y°U '
even with
Wcore priefts of the Lord, * And the he did ,tef
.

fight of the Lot*

men right in
that were valiant :

Uzziah according to all thai h.s father

18 And they withftood
unto him. Uzziah did howbeit h< enter^
the king andVaid It : r

nnto thee Uzzi- not ...to the temple of theLo** 4 Hefacrificed alfo, ? „d burnt ,Z
f° rthe fierce wroth
appertained not .
th ' Lo * D "
l
''

unto the And thepeopled.d yet corrupt'T ,nc<nre

in the i.iti '1 u P on you-
an , to burn incenfe ,

hu.lt the high gate

of
Lord, but to the prietts the
confecrated
fons
to
3
houfe
He
of ^e Lor d and on u» £
of Aaron, that are
w,ll of Ophel he hu, It
burn incenfe : go out of the fane- }n
4 Moreover, he bu.lt citHJ
tnary, for thou haft trefpafTcd,
for thine ho- the mountains ot Judah, a*^
neither ><.// U be
nonr from the Lord God.
 a

It. C H R O N1CLES. CHAP. XXIX.

lai, flood up againft them
came from the war,
that Lor and out of the houfcof
d,
the Srft year of his Jehalelel: and of theGerfiionites;
* «r lie, in
king, and of the princes,
firrt month > °Pcned Joah thefon of Zimmah,and Edeu
k

13 And faid unto thcra, Ye gave it unto the king of AfTy \rn i" tlic
fhall not bring in the captives hi- but he helped him not. doors of the houfe of the the fon of Joah ;
repaired them. 13 And ofthefons of Eliza-
ther: for whereas we have of- %% % And in the time of \ RD and
fended againft the Lord already, diftrels did he trefpafs yet a Andhehroughtinthepricfts, phan; Shimri, and Jeiel : and of
Levitcs, and gathered the fons of Afaph : Zechariah,
ye intend to add more to our fins againft the Lord: this « and the
togetherinto the eaft-ftreet. and Mattaniah ;
and to our trefpafs for our trcf- king Ahaz.
: them
pafs is great, and there is fierce 23 For he facrificed unto thfc r .And faid unto them, Hear 14 And of the fons of Heman ;

gods of Damafcus, which fmote yc Levitcs, fanflify now

and Shimei: and of the Jehiel,
wrath againft IfraeL c
and fanftify the houfe fons of Jeduthun ; Shemaiah, and
14 So the armed men left the him: and he faid, Becaufe the vourfelves,

captives and the fpoi!, before the gods of the kings of Syria help of the
Lord God of your fathers, Uzziel.
princes and all the congregation. them, therefore will facrificeto
I and carry
forth the filthinefs out 15 And they gathered their
holy place. brethren, and fanftificd them-
15 And the men which were tljcm, that they may help mtl f the
exprefled by name rofe up, and but they were the ruin of him and 6 For our fathers have trefpaH- fclves, and came, according to the
e d, and
done that -which was evil commandment of the king, by
took the captives, and with the of all Ifrael.
24 And Ahaz gathered t<i in the eyes
of the Lord our God, the words of the Lord, tc cleanfc
fpoil clothed all that were naked
among them, and arayed them, ther the vcfTels of the houf and have forfaken him, and have the houfe of the Lord.
and (hod them, and gave them to God, and cut in pieces the ve.. M , turned away their faces from the 16 And the prielts went into
habitation of the Lord, and the inner part of the houfe of the
cat and to drink, and anointed of the lioufe of God, and Ihut tm
them, and carried all the feeble the doors of the houfe of the turned their backs. Lord, to clcanfe if, and brought
they hare (hut up the out all the uncleannefs that
of them upon aflcs, and brought Lord, and he made him altars in 7 Alfo they
doors of the porch, and put out found in the temple of the Lord,
them to Jericho, the city of palm every corner of Jerufalem.
25 And in every fcveral city of the lamps, and have not burnt in- into the court of the houfe of
trees, to their brethren: then
Judah he made high places, to cenfe, nor offered burnt-offerings the Lord. And the Levitcs took
ihey returned to Samaria.
16 I At that time did king burn incenfc unto other gods, and in the holy place, unto the God //, to carry it out abroad into the

Ahaz fend unto the kings of Ai- provoked to anger the Lord God of Ifrael. brook Kidron.
fyria to help him. of his fathers. 8 Wherefore the wrath of the 1 7 Now they began on the firft
26 \ Now the reft of his alts, Lord was upon Judah and Jcru-
17 For again the Edomites had day of the flrft month to fanftify,
falem, and he hath delivered
come and fmitten Judah, and and of all his ways, flrft and laft, and on the eighth day of the
behold, they are written it the them to trouble, to aftomfiiment, month came they to the porch of
carried away captive*.
had in- hook of the kings of Judah and and to hiiTing, asyefee with your the Lord: fo they fandified the
18 The Philiftines alfo
C) S
vaded the cities of the low coun- Ifrael. i 'v r i_ .
houfe of the Lord in eight days.
27 And Ahaz flept with Ids
1
thCf IUVC fal '
0, llr aml in thc fi ««»th day of the
try, and of the fouth of Judah, u!k r° f ?
and had taken JJeth-fhemelh, and fathers, and they
buried him in

Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Sho- the city, even in Jerufalem:

but ZL a' T?
rd
'
0Ur f ns >
?
and our daughters, and our wives, "1 firft month th <Y made an
18 Then they went in to
end.
He-
chowith the villages theieof,and they brought him not into
Timnah with the villages thereof, pulchrcsof the kings of
the fe-
Ifrael: S
ii
mS^Zin
7/
y for
-

°
t!
m
" s-
'
u
nc heart
.
?
ekiah thc
*tf
>
t0 have clcanfed all the houfe of
and
the
faid to
and the villages there- and Hczckiah his fon reined
in
Gimzo alfo
of: and thfcy dwelt there.
19 Tor the Lord brought Ju-
his ftead.
C H A P. XXIX. my turn a Av? US -
WMh fcrin
< ** * with 3,1 lhe ** there-
the (hew- bread table, with
dah low, becaufeof Ahaz king of HF.ZEKIAH began
to reign IX Mv fon? 1

the
for he made Judah naked, when he vitj five and twenty k nt for tht'l "T TV?' 3,1
.^Moreover,
iy moreover, an
he reigned M*
Ifrael :
yo^toft^r^ h
yoa toftm,! !,„fZ 7 all the vcfTels
vci c s

K
•
againft the vcars old, and W h ftin* Ah " in
and
Lord.
tranfgrcired fore
and twenty years in
J«"Alem.
I

and tl
y ? ,h ,!n'
v
""
'
? -T' C ¥
™* y in hh tra "^ffio„,
reign did

And king and his mother's name -was AW »"toK and burn jilT ?* 1

—
00 Tilgath-pilnefer

M have we prepared and

;

came unto him, and jah the daughter of Zcchanah. 12 5 TIn t ? r

L VU". arofe
f<

of AflVria
And
** »»»»th the Mn
behold, they arc b«
f :
diftrcfled him, bet ihengthened 4 he did that A «f

£S
fai 3 d allar of the LoR
him not. right in the fight of the h
fo «s
the tl of a
l h, i ?
f the
-T
20 T Then HeZckiah
all thatP of the K„K t ff* ° «
ai For Ahaz took away the according tc
1

h and of rofc
Aefen, gathered
ami out of the hwft of the father had done. r

c c ai And
 S :

CHRONICLES. CHAP. XXX.

C II A V. XXX.
II.
the ficrcenefs of Iiis wrath may
tx And they brought fcven 29 And when they had m
N D Hezekiah fent to all turn away from you.
bullocks, and fcven rams, and an
lb-icrs lambs, and fcven
end of offering, Ihc king
he-goats, all that were prefent with him
a ,le
^ A«. Ifrael and Judah, and wrote 9 For if ye turn again unto the
to liphraini and Ma- Lord, your brethren and your
bowedthemlolvesand worfhip pcn letters alio
for a fin-offering for the king- |
Life", that
they (hould come to children flail find rompafiion be-
and 30 Moreover, Heiekiah
dom, and for the fanetuary, the thebouftof the Lord at Jcrufa- fore them that lead them captive,
forjurlah: and lie commanded king, and the princes, command,
lem, to
keep the paflover unto fo that they lhall come again into
ed the Levitcs to fing pvaift unto
the priefts the ions of Aaron to he Lord God of Ifrael. this land: for theLoa* your God
offer them on the altar of the Lord,
the Lord, with the words f t
king had taken is gracious and merciful, and will
and of Afaph the feet: a for the
21 So they killed the bullocks, David, counfel, and his princes, and all not turn away his face from you,
they fang praifes with glad,
and the priefls received the and the
congregation Jerufalem, to111 if ye return unto him.
and they bowed their head*
blood, and fprinkled it on the nefs, keep the
paflover in the fecond 10 So the pofls pafTcd from
altar- likewife when they
had and worlhippcd. city to city, through the country
month.
the rams, they fprinkled 31 Then Hczekiah anfwered
killed 3
For they could not keep it at of Ephraim and Manafleh, even
the blood upon the altar
they and faid.Now yehave confecrated the priefls had
that time, becaufe unto Zcbulun; but they laughed
:

yourfelves unto the Lord, come

killed alfo the lambs, and
they themfelvcs fuffici- them to fcorn, and mocked them,
B ot (ar.ciiticd
near and bring ^.ihces, and
fpriukledtheblooduponthealtar. ently, neither bad the people 11 Neverthclefs divers of Afhcr
thank-offerings, into .he houfeof
2% And they brought forth the gathered themfelvcs together to and Manafleh, and of Zebulun
he-goats for the fin-offcring, be- the Loan. And the congregate Jerufalem. humbled themfelvcs, and came
congrega- brought in faonfices, and thank- And the thing plcafcd the to Jerufalem.
fore the king and the 4
hands offerings, andas were of
as many
tion and they laid their king, and all the congregation. 12 Alfo in Judah, the hand of
*
. a free heart, burnt-offerings. 5 So they cflab.ilhed a decree, God was to give them one heart
WP
killed them » And the number of the to make proclamation throughout to do the commandment of the
z? And the priefts 3
made reconciliation with burnt-offerings which the coiigre- all Ifrael, from Bcer-fheha even to king and of the princes,
and they by the
upon the altar, to gat.on brought was th'eefcore Dan, that they (hould come to word of the Lord.
their blood
make an atonement for all lfrael: and ten
bullocks, hundred ™ keep the paflover unto the Lord 13 ^ And there aflembled at
commanded that the rams, and two hundred lambs; God of llrael at Jerufalem: for Jerufalem much people, to keen
for the king
burnt offering and the fin- offering all theft W r< lor a burnt-pffenng they had not done it of a long the feafl of unleavened
brerd In
time w fuch fort as it was written, the fecond

^iAtoKte
the Lufe of the Loan withcym-
in "j^d'the
were fix hundred oxen, and three
confecrated things
6 So the pofls went with the congregation.
letters from the king and his 14 And
month, a very great

they arofe, and took

pfalteries, and with thoufand Ibccp. Princes throughout all Ifrael and away the altars
with that were in Je-
bats
to
harps, according jj. command- 4 B« t he nridls^ I
^ Judah, and according to the com- rufalem,
and all the altars for
mandment of the king, faying, i„ C cnfe took they
away, and call
r B Sa n tbtm into htook
unto t r r 'AT t '
tIte

d and 10 wlII
' rc - ovcr **
ZnVtuh J ,
of yoo, thrt fecond month: and the
t,,c of the
Serf™ f
^Moutofthebandoftfc.
priefls
and the Levites were alhamcc!
Y and fanaified tbcnifilves, and
TaL k
to offer

^ ^^^ the burnt-offering upon

orZ
Man the pr.eft

Jre t.illnce..ith thefat

^
and^
then
whStr

S*
£^S£ ^
. J
...

your J°u
fa ' br °" 6ht in thc bu
»'-^«ngs in-
brethren, to the houfe of the Lor d.

th rc -
,acc •»* their manner, accord-
'

ngs Si them Up to dcfolat,5 P

«
trump- of the peace-offer r*;, on»
wit* the inftruments
dnnk-offenngs or n r, b
^ as ye £ »>£ to thc law of Mofes thc man
of God tl,c P ricfls fprinkled the
et a d 8 Now k /wo .
" 0t ft n
"you faX * blood -
f
1

^rt of the

worlhippcd, and the fingers fang 36 An He

<I ek,a
h
rtj
^ d
yourfelve, , T y idd hand of thc Le/ites.
the peopic,
trnmnctcrs founded: and all .
1
 II. CHRONICLES. CHAP. XXXI.
the charge of the killing of the land of Ifracl, and that dwelt!,
mandment came abroad, thechil- Hah the ruler of the J.oufe of God.
paflbver,' for every one that was Judah, rejoiced, of HVael brought in abun- 14 And Kore the fon of Imnah
dren
not clean-, to fanftify them unto 26 60 there was great joy { firft-fruits of corn, the Levite, the porter toward
n dance the the
the Lor d. Jerufalem : for lince the time
f
18 For a multitude of the pco- Solomon, the fon of David kin
R
pie, even Ephraim and
many of of Ifracl, there was not the like x\
Manafleh, Iffachar, and Zebulun, Jerufalem.
they
had notclcanfcd thcmfelvcs, yet 27 \ Then the prtefts the Le- 6 And 15 And next him tcere Eden.
concerning the children
did they eat the pafTover, other- vites aro'.e, and blcfled the t0 .
p oflfraeland Judah that dwelt and'Miniamin," and 'jeffiaa/'and
wife than it was written: hut He- pie: and their voice ««« «— cities of Judah, they alio Shemaiah, Amariah,
in the and Sheca-
zckiah prayed for them, faying, and their prayer cai
brought in the tithe of oxen and niah, in the cities
of the priefts,
The good Lor d pardon every one holy dwelling-place, /hcep.and tne tithe of holy things in their fct office, to give to their
10" That prepareth his heart to heaven, •which were confecrated unto the brethren by courfes, as well to the
feek God, the Lord God of his CHAP. XXXI.
Lorp their God, and laid them great as to the final 1.
though he be not clear.fci "MOW when all this was finifli.
fathers,
according to the purification of
^
<d, all Ifracl /fort were prcfent
by heaps.
7 in
16 Betide their genealogy of
the third month they be- males, from three
years old and
the fanttuary. went out to the cities of Judah, ga n to lay the foundation of the upward, even unto every
one that
ao AndtheLoRDhcarkenedto and brake the images in pieces, heaps, and finifhcd them in the entercth into the houfe of the
Hezckiah, and healed the people, and cut down the groves, and ftventh month. Lord, his daily portion for their
XI And the children of Ifracl, threw down
the high places and
8 And when Hezekiah and the fervice in their charces. according
out of all Judah and "
that were prefent at Jerufalem, the altars princes came and faw the heaps, to their courfes •
in Ephraim alfo and
kept the feaft of unleavened bread Benjamin, they bleffed the Lord and his 17 Bo:h to' the genealogy
until they had utterly of
feven days with great gladnefs: Manall'eh,
and the Levitts and the priefts deftroyed them
all. Then ail i' I hen Hezekiah
queft.oncd fathers, and the Levites,
9 from
of Ifrael returned ever
praifed the Lord day by day, children with the priefts and the Levites twenty years
old and upward, in
Cuwni with loud inftruments un- man to his polkffion into the: concerning the heaps. their charges, by their
courfes-
to the Lord. own cities. xoThen Azanah the chief prieft 18 And to the genealogy
o all
H AndHezekiah fpakecom- 2 1 And Hezekiah appointed
of the priefts and the
of the houfe of Zadok, anfwered their little
ones, their wiS, and
fortably unto all the Levites that the courfes him. and faid, Since the people their
fons, and their daughters
their courfes, every
taught the good knowledge of the Levites after '
0ffcri " SS nt ° t,,rou * h 3,1 thc
congre/at on
Lord: and they did eat through- man according to his fervice, the ,hfh"n 7f. f ^
the houfe of the Lord, we have for
r,
in their let office
and Levites for burnt-of- had enough to eat, and have left fied
they fan Oil
out the feaft leven days, offering priefts themfeives in holinS
for peace-offerings,
peace-offerings, and making con- fcrings, and plenty: for the Lord hath blcff-
ic. a ifo of .1,. J'" VA
give thanks,
feffiontotheLoRD God of their to minifter and to
and to praife in the gates of the
fat l, crs .
21 And the whole affembly tents of the Lor p.
3 He appointed alfo the king
I
took counfel to keep other feven
portion of his finance, for
days: and they kept other feven RD;andthcy to Prions
burnt-offer. ngs, to wit,.for red /I;? ° * ive to all the males
days with gladnefs.
24 For Hezekiah king of Judah morning and evening burnt
feiings, and the burnt-one^
brought in the offer-
JSS^gSjSft SenCa, ° 8 a

Sffi £
dt,, e t,th ' ff$
did give to the congregation a «.a«dthededi- mong the Levites
n
for the fahhaths, and fox the
ri.ti.wr , .

thoufand bullocks, and feven

thonfand fhecp; and the princes moons, and for the fct tea lis,
-

ovcrwhich J* And 'thus did Hezekiah

gave to the congregation a thou- j/« written in the lawoftneLOj* Jthe ncxt
n A«,i
fand bullocks, and ten thoufand
fheep: and a great number of
4 Moreover, he
commanje»
the people that dwelt in
lem, to give the portion
jeru
01
^Nahatr^d
i i - .

AL er
A 2iah
i
- that which

^J^t
was good and rieht -inr!

priefts fanflified themfelvcs.

25 And the congregation
ail priefts
be encouraged mine
and the Levites, thai:t

*«Kwc^
en
£
tod Ifmachiah
1 and
Elic1
,'

G°d
the fervice of the houfe
andin and
of Judah, with the priefts and the might
Levites, and all the congregation, of the Lord.
that came out of Iftacl, and the c * And afToon as the
s
H
f

* X„T ^
Mother
rSof Co„
at , 5
1 °l '

'^ the com mandments to feek his

h,mei God ' ,,e di '» «'ith all his
in

heart,

/hangers that came out of tti« tnc kln

11
S, and Aza- C c 3 CHAP
 It. CHRO N I C L E S. CHAP, xxxir.
not dclivcrcd thc5r
CHAP. XXXII. laid fiege *%z\r\St
power with him,) unto
Lachifh, Itnds l» ave
of mine hand,
36 Hezekiah
io fhall humbled himfelf for the pride of
Notwithftanding,

AFTER things, and the

theft
Sen-
his
kiah king of Judah, and u
People out
God of Hezekiah deliver his heart, (both he and the inha-
eftaMifhment thereof, JJt' the
people out of mine hand, hitants of Jerufalem fo that the
nacherib king of Aflyria came, Judah, that -were at Je his J
18 Then
they cried with a wrath of the Lord came not tip«
and entered into Judah, and en- faying,
camped againft the fenced cities, 10 Thus faith Sennacheri loud v° ice
in t,ic J c * s
,
^ch,
on them in the days of Hezekiah.
Aflyria, Whereoadoye people of Jerufalem that 27 1 And Hezckiah had ex-
an-d thought to win them for of uirto the

himfelf. that ye abide in the hege in vcre on the wall to affright ceeding much riches and honour:
to trouble them, that and he made himfelf
% And when Hezckiah faw rnfalem ? them, and trcafiiries
11 Doth not He2ckiah p*N they mis ht
takc tl)C Clt y-. f»r filver, andfor gold, and for
that Sennacherib was come, and
ja And they fpakc againft the precious ftones, znd for fpices,
that he was purpofed to fight a- fuade you
to give over yourfelvet

gain ft Jerufalem; to die by famine and by thirft God of Jerufalem as againft the and for lliiclds, and for all man-
3 He took counfel with his
faying, I he Lord our God fhall ges of the people of the earth ner of plcafhnt jewels;
princes, and his mighty men. to deliver us out
of the hand which were the woi k of the hands 38 Storc-houfcs alio for the in-
king of Aflyria ? ofman. creafe of corn, and wins, and oil:
flop the waters of the fountains,
12 Hath not the fame Hezckiah »o And for this caufe Hezekiah and flails for all manner of hearts,
which were without the city:
the king, and
the prophet Ifaiah, and cotes
and they did help him. taken away his high places, for flocks,
and commanded J the fon of Amoz, prayed and 29 Moreover, he provided
4 So there was gathered much
his altars, hin\
and Jerufalem, fa>ing. Ye cried to heaven. ci ticSt anJ po fle ffions of flock
people together, who flopped all
worlhip before o;:e altar, and 2, J And the Lord fent an and herds in abundance: for God
the fountains, and the brook that
burn incenfe upon it? angel, which cut off all the had given him fuhftancc very
ran through the midft of the mighty men of valour, and the much.
Imci, faying. Why W«l
the 13 Know ye not what land
^ersand captains in the eainp
kings of Afly r'u come, and find my fathers have done unto all 3 o This fame Hezekiah alfo
the people of other lands? were of the king of A . yna: fo here- flopped
much water? the Upper u ater-cdU. ft
him- the gods of the nations of thole turned w th lhame of face to his of Gihon,
5 Alfo he fircngthencd and brought it rtraight
lands any ways able to deliver °m he
felf and built up all the
wall that
L Zt ih/l fK T *5* down tothe "cft-fidc of the city
broken, and railed it up to
r
their Innds out c mine hand ?
ZZ °
ttS S °d ° f David " And Hc ki *h prof- "
nvts i t
^
'
they hat t came forth of his
wall 14 Who -was there among all own pered
the towers, and another in all his
works.
without, and repaired Millo
the city of David, and made darts
in the gods of thofe nations,
my
fathers utterly deft royed,
tbat bowels flew h.m therewith the 3r , Howbcit> £ %
gf
thc »»«»aflidors of the princes of
lhat could deliver his people out
22 Thus the [ ntn r a o
and QiieUs in abundance.
6 And he fet captains of war of mine hand, that your God
mould he able to deliver you out
over the people, and gathered
of mine hand ?
them together to him in th*
and 15 New therefore let not He-
flreet of the gate of the city,
zckiah deceive yon, nor perliwde Now
fpake comfortably to them faying, L t* r
32 * th < rcfl of theafts
you oa this n-.ani.er, neither yet
7 Be flrong and
couragious, be
the believe him: for no god of auy
i.l
8
.!.\ 1 f and W» goodnefs,
not afraid nor difmayed for ahlc to
it ten in the
nation or kingdom
king of Aflyria, nor for all the ophet, the
multitude that is with him : for
there be more with us, than with
deliver his people
hand, and out of the
fathers: how much lc
-3 £SE£ °f a
" the kings of Judah ana
And
h
^° f

him. '
±- of mine H 7 In thofr ,U„* a i - » .. 3? H«tckiah flept with
8 With him is an arm of flelh, God deliver you out
but with us is the Lord our God,
hand ?
ilchres of
to help ttS, and to fight our bat-
16 And I* is fervants
Judah
And the people refted mere againft the JvOrd #
ties.
againtr his fa-van Hezckiali-
themfelves upon the words of
t

17 He wrote alfo letters toljj

He2ekiah king of Judah.
o 1J After this did Sennache- on the Lord God of Ifracl, ^ "p
therefore there was
to fpeak againil him, faying,
"

rib king of AiTyria (end his

fer-
the gocis of the na" Judah Cc 4
vantsto Jerufalem, (buthe hm/elf CHAP.
 II. CHRONICLES. [ CHAP. XXXfV.
CHAP. XXXIII. 9SoManaflchmadcJudah a
r ethat fpake to him in the David his father: and in the
MAnafleK was twelve years the inhabitants of Jeruftlem r
God of Ifrael, twelfth year he began to purge
and to do worfc than theh me of the Lord
old when he began to reign, err, are written in the ludah and Jerufalem from the
then whom theLoRD had deftroy.. heboid, they
and he reigned fifty and five years kings of Ifrael. high places, and the groves, and
ed before the children of lfraci. hook of the
in Jerufalem :
10 His
prayer alfo, and how the carved images, and the ffioK
% But did that which was evil 10 And the Lord
fpake to
<W was intreated of him, and all ten images.
in the fight of the Lord, like un- Manaflch, and to his people: but 4 And they brake down the
his fin,
and his trefpafs, and the
tp the abominations of the hea- they would not hearken, he built high altars of Baalim in his preience;
laces' wherein
then, whom the Lord had caft II *[ Wherefore the L ji D up groves and and the images that were on high
Slaccs, and
fct
exit before the children of Ifrael. brought upon them the captains befoie he was above them he cut dow n, and the
Lraven images
$ % For he built again the of tbehoft of the king of Aflyri a
bumbled; behold, they are wiit- groves, and the carved images,
high places, which Hezekiah his which took Manaflch among the the fayingsof thefeers. and the molten images he brake
ten among
father had broken down, and he thorns, and hound him with ftU 20 If S° Manaflch flcpt with in pieces, and made dull of tbc?n 9
reared up altars for Baalim, and ttrs, and carried him to Babylon, and they buried him and ft rowed it upon the graves of
bis fathers,
made groves, and worftiipped all i% And when he was in afflie* houfe: and Amor his them that had facrificed unto
in his own
the hoft of heaven, and fcrved tion, he beiought the Lord hi$ ion icigncd
in his dead. them*
t l,em. Gcd, and humbled himfelf greatly 21 1[ Anion was two and twen* 5 And he burnt the bones of
4 Alfo he built altars in the before the God of his fathers, when he began to the priefts upon their altars, and
ty years old
houfe of the Loip, whereof the 13 And pi ayed unto him, and
reign, and reigned two years in eleanfed Judah and Jerufalem.
Lor d had faid, In Jerufalem mail he was intreated of him,andheard Jerufalem. 6 And Jb did he in the cities of
my name be for ever. hisfupplication, and brought him
%% But he did that which was Manaflch, and Ephiaim, and Si-
to Jerusalem into his king-
j And he built altars for all the again evil in the fight of the Lord, as meon, even unto Naphtali, with
hoft of heaven in the two courts dom. Then
Manaflch
knew that did Manaflch his father: for A- their mattocks round ab^ut.
<>f the houfe of the Lord.
the Lor d htr was God. mon facriiiccd unto *!! the carved 7 And when he had broken
6 Andhecaufed his children 14 Now after this, he built a images which Manaflch his fa- down the altars and the groves,
to pafs through the fire in the wall without the city cf Davi thcr had made, and ferved them; and had beaten the graven im-
ot Gihon, in t
valley of the Ion of Hinnom: al- on the wefl-fide 13 .And humbled not himfelf ages into powder, and cut down
fb he obferved times, and • ufed valley, even to the entering i 'ore the Lord, as Manaflch his ail the idols throughout all the
_ Ma - 1
t il « I* J — i _ I.

filh gate, and ccmpafled abo

. . J .

IflohantTOCntS, and ufed witch- the liier had humbled himfelf; but land of Ifrael, he returned to
raiicd it up a very
iraft, and dealt with a familiar Ophel, and mon trefpaflcd more and more. Jerufalem.
ipirit, and with wizards: he great height, and put captainscf 34 And his fervants confpircd ? % Now in the eighteenth
wrought much evil in the fight of war in ail the fenced cities of again ft him, and flew him in his year of his reign, when he had

the Lord, to provoke him to Judah. own houfe. purged the land, and the houfe,
J took awa y 1 c
And hc 4 j J But the people of the land he lent Shdphan the fon of Aza*
aug er. 5 .

And he fct a carved image firangc gods, and the idol out of flew all them that had confpired liah, and Maafciah the governor
7
(the dol which he had made) in the houfe of the
;
Lord, and all againlt king Amon; and the of the city, and Joah the fon of
tkehoofeof God, of which God the altars that he had
built 1
people of the land madejofiah Joahaz the recorder, to repair the

had faid to David, and to Solo- the mount of the houfe hisfonkingin his Read. houfe of the Lord his God.
mon his fon, In this houfe, and hi Lor d, and in Jerufalem, A
CH P. XXXIV. 9 And when they came to Hii-
Jerufalem, which I have chofen them out of the city, J Ofiah was eight years old when kiah tho high pried,
they deli-
before all the tribes of Ifrael, 16 And he repaired h; began to reign, and he vcred the money that
was brought
of the Lord, and faenfi "igned in Jerufalem one and into the houfe of God, which
will 1put my name for ever. the
and tbirty years.
8 Neither will I any more re- on peace-offerings, ^ Levitts that kept the doors had
move the foot of Ifrael from out offerings, and command* lira * And he did that which was gathered of the hand of Manaflehr
of the land which have appoint- to fervc the Lor,
I

cd for your fathers fo that they

:

will take heed to do ail that I facrifice ftill in

o God of

17 NevcrthchA the pwp£™

the high
havecommandedthem, according yet unto theLoRDthcirOofl
01 r
M right

to the whole law, and the fta-
tutcs and the ordinances by
hand of Moles.
m
t c
IS ".ther,
.
the fight of the Lord, and Ephraim, and of all the rcm-
walked in the ways of David nant of Ifiael, and of all
Judah,
and declined neither to and Benjamin, and they returned
"Sht hand nor to the left. to Jerufalem.
18 % Now the reft of thejg 10 And thc y P ut 5n ihehand
the of Manaffeh, and his prayer uni his "gn,
.
J !V hc cighth >' car of
while he wa& yet young of the workmen, that had the
CDC
his God, and the SautOfeekaft«rthcGodof oyerflght of the houfe of the
Cv * lift*
 CHRONICLES. CHAP. XXXV.
II.

Lord, and they gave it to the the king had heard the words of
workmen that wrought in the the law. that he rent his clothes,
houle of the Lord, to repair and ao And the king command
Hilkiah, and Ahikam the f,
mend the houfe :

and Ahdon the f<

CHAP. XXXV.
II Even to the artificers and Shaphan, {hereof,and humbled ft thylelf Tl TOreovcr, Jofiah kept a pafT-
builders gave they it, to buy hewn
Micah, and Shaphan the
beforc me, and
didft r.-nd thy J.V1 over unto the Loan
fa J*
couplings, and Afaiah a fcrvant oft' weep before me; I rufaJcm; and they killed the pafT-
ftone, and timber for clothes, and
and to the honfcs. which
floor faying,
havc even
heard thee alio, faith over on t he- fourteenth day of
the
ai Go, enquire of the L URD
the kings of Judah had dertroyed. jJ, c
Lokd. fit ft month.
work me, and lor them that arc
ia And the men did the
for will gather thee
4 g Behold-,
I
a And he fet the prjefts in
of and in Judah, con.
left in lfrael
faithfully: and the overfeers to thy
fathers, and thou (halt be their charges,
and encouraged
ccrning the words of the book
them wre Tahath, and Ol.adiah, gathered to thy grave in peace, them to the fcrvice of the hcWc
theLevites, of thefonsof Mera- that is found: for great jj the Wire
eyes fee ai) the of the Lord.
neither fhall
Melhul- wrath of the Lord that is poured
r- and Zechariah, and evil that I
will bring upon this
3 And laid unto theLevites
out upon us, becaufe our fathers
lam of the fons of the Kohath- place, and upon the inhabitants that taught all Ifiael, which
were
have not kept the word of the
ites'tofeti/ forward; and other of the fame. So they brought holy unto the Loan, Put the holy
o/"the Levitts, all that could
Ikiil Lord, to do after all that is writ. the king word ap.n. ark in the houfe which Solomon
J « this hook.
book.
r_~..f.,.b ten in th'tc
t#-n
.9 % Then the king fent and the fon of David king of lfrael
.
efinftrumentsofmufick,
Alio they -were over the a2 And Hilkiah, and they that gatheied together all the. elders did build if
II
were the king had appointed, went to
; ,a Mt a , £ >Hr(!cri
bearers of burdens, and of Judah and jerofalem. uponj»*>- IM^ru fcrvenou the
ovcrfters of all that
wrought the Huldah the prophctcis, the wife 30 And the King went up into Lord your God, and his people
any manner of fervice: of Shallum the km ot likvath, the houic ot the Lord, and
work in all Kiael,
were the Ton of Hafrah, keeper of the men of Judah ami the inha-
and *f the Levites there the
4 And
prepare your/elves by
porters, wardrobe; (now (he dwelt in Jc imams of Jn -ufalrm, and the
feribes, and officers, and the hm.ics of ^u: Lhe.s, afte?
when they brought rtifalem m the college,) and they wefts, and the Levucs and all
14 1 And yoU r conrfes, .cording to the
that was brought fpakc to her
to that effeB. the people- great and fmall: and
out the money writing of David king of lfrael
Lord,
Hil- a3 And (he anlwercd then,
\ ne read in heir ears all the words
to the houfe of the and according to the writing i f
of Tims faith the Lord God of
f.
found a book of the book ol the covenant that 8
kiahthe pricft Solomon his ion.
the Lord given by lfrael, Tcllycthemanthatfe.it «, found »n the houfe of the
the law of 5 A »d ftan(1 in the , !oJy
ma&c y° u to mc »
I c And
faid to
Hilkiah
Shaphan the
anfwered
fcribe,
and
I have
a 4 Thus faith the Loan, Be*
hold, I will bring evil upon th.
> And
the king ftood in his
place, and made a covenant
be- brethren
^^tSfe^S th,- mmiJZ ,„ 1 r.
'
u
law in the place, and upon the
"habitant!
found the book of the
thereof, even all the cur.es that
houfe of the Lord. And Hilkiah :
r 0RD '
an ° Eo * C *P 'us command- Lcvitcs
book to Shaphan. are written ,n the boo which ;

dSeered the
16 And Shaphan
book to the king, and
carried the they have read before
biought of Judah =
the king

, .
Rtm^'ti^irhS
and
5?
with si his mnl Vn nA '
*-^
fan V/ fli,
»
Plover, and
at,d P'*Pare

thTkinsword
AU That was
back again, fay-
committed to me,
25 Becaufe they
and have burned incenfe
have forfaken
unW
the words of the rov „
»<wri tu„ hi rhis Zfc
M
ST*?"* according
LoK D
^thrcn,
t0 the
that they may do
word of the
other gods, that they m.gh
pro-
n A nJ h 2 .? ' ' ^ tt,e h «« of Mofes.
^i^ftiT
J ?•
hvfefvants! they do it.
,

J* And they have gathered to- voke me to anger with a th &f i .? ?*T« to the peo-
was found works of their hands; therefore
«ther the money that
poured-J U
Lord, and my wrath (hall
E 77
^
the houfe of "the
place, ana .hall not DC In
8 to the
e P re, « h *. to
have delivered it into the
hand of upon this covenant nf n 7 ,
lh " l hon&B *. anJ
dnd t0
'
hanJ
^
,,U Ch G<Moftlu. r !?
fath ers ' ' °/
,bourand bullocks V
£
th S£Tn
S 8 Then Snaphan
the fcribe dah, who
S An- as for the king of
fent vou to enquired
,
33 An.l T«f..K ?"

S
t.

8 Aud
: thefe were of

^»Wer ? 3,1

^
" "is princes rare wil-
H ! lki e L t ha °/
told the king,
given me a hook, him. Tf f
1?1S Sit'i
Thus the Lor
laith the'Lo SiSS
the prieft hath pnefts aud to the Levites:
before the of lfrael concerning the *° *'*^prSin »}!-
And Shaphan read it ^otmiiucltoicm Ceo
which thou haft heard; kiah
king. ' .
"
jo And it came f
to pafs when *7
 It. CHRONICLES,
kiah, and Zccbariah, and Jehiel, might not depart from t xxxvr.
rulers
unto the
of the houfe of God, gave vice; for their brethren th
M
His fervants therefore took chadnczzar
kine nf R*i , 1
paflbver- vitcs prepared for them,
priefts for the
offerings, two tS.oufand and fix 16 So all the fervice of
th
fa?o.t
him
of that chariot, and put
fecund chariot that he to
in the Babylon
bo«0^SS?4^^lS
h,m Carry
hundred fmall cattle, and three Lord was prepared the fame ^d; and they brought him to
dav 7 Nebuchadn M «.. \r .
of^S^JSi'S
\
hundred oxen, to keep the paflovcr, and to Walcm, and he died, and was
offer
9 Conaniah alfo, and Shemaiah burrit-ofleiings upon the altar
and Nethaneel, it is brethren, and the Lord, according to the com.
of Juried in one 0)
his fathers:
fepulchrcs of
and a 1 Judah and
hSl^it^^t °V hc
b^^J^^^
•Hathabiah, and Jciel, and Joza- mandment of king Jofiah. mourned
jerufalem for Jofiah.
JJSfe
8 Now the n
bad, cj;tef of the Levites, gave
unto the Levites for pallbver-of-
ij And the children of Krztl
that were prefent kept the
* %5 V
» and
Jofiah
And Jeremiah lamented Jehobki^
the all finging-
^dWi^^ °f

itu.^
paff.
feringSf five thoufand [mall cattle > over at that time, and the fcaft jnenandthcfinging.womenfpakc found i n him
«

3S f
and five hundred oxen. of unleavened bread feven days. of Jofiah in their lamentations
to written
10 So the fervice was prepared, 18 And there was no paflc and n,.de them an or- of
and the priefts flood in their like to that kept in Ifrael,
this day, /frael
dinance in Ifrad: and behold chin hk fen 7;
J % ]
a u Jfhoia*fiSf
a s \
place, and the Levites in their
courfes, according to the king's
the days of Samuel the prop
neither did all the kings of II
they are written in the lament
tations. oK f Sil
^T^SffiS
Z
6**??**
y ,
CIght ears
commandment.
And
keep fuch a paflbver as J 26 Now the reft of the arts erf
Jofiah, and his guodncfi, accord
}£^JS£*&months
[ S
and
and tcn
t0 ei n>
11 they killed the pa(T- kept, and the priefts, and
d^fJl^P?
over, and the priefts fprinkled the
hlood from their hands, and the
Levites, and all Judah and
that were prefent, and the i;
L S to that
the law of the
which was written
Lord,
in VS^ff^
t
tu!
W*
j
Cnl in
3nd hc did
fight of
And
Levites flayed them.
1% And they removed the
burnt-offerings, that they might
bitantsof Jerufalem.
19 In the eighteenth year of
the reign of Joiiah was thispaff-
laft,
Ins
behold, theytre v,
the book of the kings of
and Judah.
5
deeds,
en "n
1 Ifrad
racl
firft

"
and
V^
to Ani
« LJ
Si 8****^
£*« a d Z"*
brou S ht
i
11' 6

him
y ear was

to Baby-
give according to the divifions of over kept. -?, ,

the families of the people, to 20 ^ After all this, when Jofiah C H A

P. XXXV. hoK. 8 0d, y ve(I ' ,s of
offer unto the Lord, as it is wiit- had prepared the temple, Necho HPHEN the people of th L °£ D ' and madc
r'

ten in the book of Mofes: and fo
did they with the oxen.
13 And they roafted the pafT-
over with fire, according to the
ordinance: but the other holy
offerings fod they in pots, and in
caldrons, and in pans, and di-
ided them fpecdily among all the
people.
14 And afterward they made me to make hafte
e land &dfk£U-\b
king of Egypt came up to fight 1 took Jehoahaz the fon
of Mil Si i ?f
her kin
S *W
againft Carchcmifh by Euphrates;
and Jofiah went out againft him.
Touah, and made him king
in Ms iii ftjW*
%i But he fent ambafladors to
him, faying, What have I to do
with thee, thou king of Judah?
/ come not againft thee this day*
but againft the houfe wherewith I
have war: for God comm8ndcd
forbear thec
:

ready for themfelves, and for the from meddling with God, whoa
priefts; becaufe the priefts the with me, that he deftroy thee not.
ions of Aaron -were bufted in of- %% Nevcrthelefs Jofiah would
fcring of burnt-offerings, and the not turn his face from him, but
fat, until night; therefore the difguifed himfelf that he might
Levites prepared for themfelves, fight with him, and hearkened
and for the priefts the ions of not unto the words of Necho
Aaron. from the mouth of God, and
15 And the fingers the fons of came to fight in the valley of
Afaph -were in theirplace, accord- Megiddo.
ing to the commandment of Da- 23 And the archers fliot M
vid, and Afepb, and Heman, and king Jofiah ; and the king faw
™
Jeduthuntbc king's feer; and the his fervants, Have me away, for
porters waited at every gate; they am fore wounded.
^
 : S«

EZRA.And them CHAP. II.

their fathers Tent to them by his 20 that had

roefTcngcrs, rifingiipl-ftiir.es, and from the fword carried he a *a»
^ f.
And-!' they that were about three hundred feventy and two.
ftreusthened their hands, J The children of Arah, feven
' fhe m
fending; becaufe he had compaf- to Babylon: where they Wc filver, with gold, hundred feventy and five.
him and his lbn$, 3-h re.Tels of
(ion on his people, and on his ftrvanU to „„ Goods, and with hearts and 6 The children of Pahath-mo-
Zitl,
dwelling place: til the reign ot the kin g U on, of things, befides all ab, of the children of
Zith precious Jefhua, and
16 But thev mocked the mcf- Perfia was willingly offered. Joah, two thoufand eight hun-
fencers of God, and defpifed his 21 To the word of
fulfil
t f, e
Ibet
- « Alfo Cyrus
the king dred and twelve,
words, and miiufed his prophets, Lor d, by the mouth of Jeremi«|, the vcflels of the 7 The children of Elam, a
brought forth
Until the wrath of the Lord arofe until the land hand enjoyed Lord, which Nehir- thoufand two hundred fifty and
her houfe of the
fabhavhs jor as long as fhe lay
axainft his people, chai'nczzar had brought forth out four.
till there itxts :

dcf'olate, (lie kept labbath, toluL

no remedy. ^ Jerufalem, and had put them 8 The children of Zattu, nine
fil threefcore and ten year*,
17 Therefore he brought upon jo the
houfe of his gods: hundred forty and five.
them the king of the Chaldccs, 21 f Now in the firrt year
g »en thofe
f did Cyrus king o The children of Zaccai, fe-
who flew their young men with Cyrus king of l\ifin,
(that the bring forth by the hand ten hundred and thrcefcore
f Perfia
the Lord, Jpoicn by t
the fword, in the houl'c of their word of fle
of Mithredath
the trcafurer, and 10 The children of Bani, fix
fanftuary, and had no compaflion
mouth of Jeremiah, might be ac- numbered them unto Shcfhbazzi.r hundred forty and two.
the Lord lUrred up
upon young man or maiden, old compliiiud,) the prince of Judah. XI The children of Bchai, fix
man.orhimthatftoopedforage: theipirit ot Cy us king of Pc,fU) 1
And this is the number of hundred twentv and three
we all into hir hand. that he made a proclama'-"-
be them: th rty chargers of gold, a x^ The children of Azgad, a
all his kingdom,
iR And all the vrflels of the throughout thoufand chargers of hlver, nine thoufand two hundred twenty
trtru* and finall. put it alio in writing, fayinc.
u....r. ,vf n.,>A
and twenty knives, and two.
,0 Thirty bafons of gold, fil- 13 The children of Adonikam,
T er bafons of a fecond fart four fix hundred fixty and fix
earth hath the Lor. b God of hea.
the king and of his princes; ail hundred and ten, and other vef- 14 The children of Big'vai, two
Babylon. ven given me. and he hath charged fels a thoufand.
tbefe he brought to thoufand fifty and fix
iq And they burnt the houfe me to build hwn an houfe in Je- II All the vefTcls of gold and 1 5 The children of Adin,
rulahm, which in Judah who four
of G>d and brake clown the wall
is : offuver were hvc thoufand and hundred fifty and
four
of Icrniale.n; and burnt all the is there among you of all hi* pefr. .

four hundred. Ail theje didShcfh- 16 The children of Atcr of

the Loko Ins God be with
palaces thereof with fire, and de-
pie? hazzar bring up with them of the Hezekiah, ninety
him go u^ and eight
hroyed all the goodly vcfllls him, and let captivity that were brought up
17 The children of Bebai, 'three
fram Babylon unto Jemlalcra. hnndred twenty and three
EZRA N OWthcfc "eLcLren * "
CHAP. T. falem, which is in Judah, and
houfe of the Lord God L P VlnC tl,at
T\thofe
"? ' The chi,d,c " °f Hcftum,'
x
OW in the firft vear of Cy- build the
Ifrael (.he is the God) which is which hi
t h'° ca ptivity,
'
f-
of two hundred twenty and three.
^ rus king of Perfia, (that the of Cd 3Way C Ca
,
Ihli f u ",
whom Nebuchadnezzar the king' ninety
iS
'"
r' 20 Thc chiidrc » S
Gibbar,
word Of the Lord, by the mouth in Jerufalem.
.

of Jeremiah, might be fulfilled,) 4 And whomever rema.neth in

E and
C3rricd aWa> U °"
"
^
five.
Thc cbildrcn of

S?
place where he iojourncth,
'
Betb-Ie-
the Lord ttirred tip the fpirit of any
to .

' 8fcinUnt
° h£m anhun twenty and three
Cyms king of Perfia, that he let the men of his placegold, ana
made. a proclamation throughout with l.lver, and with
kingdom, andJ put It
1 n U'/v with rrr,r\t\
poods, c nnn With
w, * h be
help him

hcallS. I'-'
fiftm^S JUdah
iSSf
um l *
.
'

.
eVCry0 " e
fift y
'

and
m fix.
mcn ^tophah,

M
•
1
it alio 8
all his ».•}.
*-^!
.

fides the fr,e- will-offering for N che m SwaM

in writing, faying, h w4i<4 twenty and eight.
a Thus faith Cwus king of l.ouft- of God that « in Jeruftlej Reelabl v' .
Si Mf
M'-»
?
K
,
B,ifba
tvt *4 The children of A zmaveth,
',
'
-
Perfia, The Lo« n God of heaven 5Then ,ofe up.the chief Rchum »
Reh.' Baanah. | t
«I

the fathers of judah and Ben]* %l J,.,' forty and two.

hath given me all the kingdoms I
t!>C f thC 25 Thc dli, « lrc » of Kirjath-
the pi letts and the j- ^Ple of 'SeT °
of the earth, and he hath charged nun, and ipm »»«». Chephirah, and Keeroth,
him houfe Jem- vitcs, with all torn whofe 3 The children nf n a. .
me to build an at tW °
tW4w*wJ forty and three
raifed to go up, tog ^nd 7°^'
,ho
falem. which is in Judah. God had a h"Un<lrcd
f fevcnt 26 The children of Ramah
houfe of the LorP w»" cn •nd two y
I he
3 Who is there among yon of
all his people? his God be with
in Jerufalem. The children of SUUa *
"
4 SdiSft
bim, and Jtt him go up to Jetu-
 »

EZRA.The children of Lcban.

chap.
— nr. — ^ — —

a7 The men of Michmas, an 45 ofTobiah

hundred twenty and two.
*8 The men of Beth-el and Ai,
.
^ chxldr en
.
children off A tl
A kkub,
K
Ha & abah . the the childr"
Jren of
Nekoda, iix
thechil- the Nethinims, dwelt
hundred fifty tics, and
in their cl-
all lfrael in their cities*

two hundred twenty and three. 46 1 he children of Hagab, the

children of bhalmai, the children
39 The children of Nebo,
and two. of IIa " a ">
fifty .. ..
ot is.oz, tne cniunen of lfrael were
children of Magbilh, 47 The children of Giddcl, t I, [he children in
the cities, the
30 The e
ofBarzillai: (which took a wife people gathered tbcmfelves toge-
and children of Gahar, the children
an hundred fifty fix.
the daughters of BarziIJai the ther, as one man, to Jerufalem.
other of Rea.ah, f
31 The children of the Gileadite, and was called after % Then flood up Jefhua the
Elam, a thoufand two hundred 48 1 hc /h'ldren of Rezih, the
childrenofNekoda.tr name.)
their fon of Jozadak, and his brethren
fifty and four. .
6j Thefe fought their regifter the pricfls, and Zeruhhabel thc
k The of Hanm, ofGazzam,
children
49 ' he children of eamg tho<e that were reckoned ion of Shcaltiel and his hrtthren,
three hundred and twenty. but they were not and builded the altar of the God
Lod, Ha- children ot Palcah, by genealogy,
33 The children of
found: therefore were they, as of lfrael, to offer burnt-offerings
ofLeJai,
did, and Ono, feven hundred polluted, put.from the priefihood. thereon, as it is written in the
twentv and five 5° Tnc
cnildren of Afnah.the
63 And the 1 irfhatha find un- l aw G f Mofes the
man of God.
of Jericho, children of Mchunim, the chiL
•?4

three hundred
The children
forty and five. dren ol Ncphufim, t hem
'
h
£f i %
th° ul
in°i m ,
3 And they fet the altar upon
.

of the moft holy things

,
there
35 The children of Senaah, 51 The ch. drcn of Bakbuk,
Hood up apneft with Unm and
,11 his bafes, (for fear W« upon
children of Hakupha, them, becaufe of the people of
three thoufand and fix hundred wth I hummim
dren of Harhur, thofe countries,) and they offered
» n A »K!rtv
Ji The children of Bazlmh,
64* i he hole congregation burnt-offerings thereon unto the
ftepriefts: the children .

together was forty and two thou-

36 i
of Jedaiah, of the honfe of Jc the children of Mehida, the cW fand three hundred Wthrcefcore.
Lord, even burnt-offerings morn-
dren of llarlha ing and evening-
wis] nine hundred feventy and
65 Befide s their fervants and
fhua,
^ The c) n ij ren f Barkoi, 4 They kept alfo the feaft of
their maids, of whom there were tabernacles,
' the children of Sifera, the as it is written, and
^Thc Cildren of Immer, a
of 1 hamah,
cl,ih
feven thoufand three hundred qfered the daily burnt-offerings
thoufand fifty and two. The children of Neziah, thc thirty and feven: *ih\ there were by number, according to the c?i.
54
38 The children of Padiur, a children of Hatipha.
among them two hundred Zinging flom, as the duty of
thoufand two hundred forty and every
y dav

^
men and finging-womcn. Y
55 % The children
of Solo- required-
kven. „ „
39 The children of Hanm, a
.
mon's fervants: the children of
Sotai, the children of Sophereth,
hutdrlf'thi^tdX m
thoufand and feventeen.
40 t Tnc L ev > tcs: tnc cn
"" thc children of Peruda,
,56 The children
of Jaalah, the
^es, two hundred
Sc|S^?f
dren of Jefhua, and Kadmiel, of

^ ch.hlren of Darkon, hildrcn

the children of Hodaviah, feventy
°
The the children J7 T he childm 1
«f Shephatjh,
fingers

J^-^^l?
:
4
or A(aph, an hundred twenty the faihers, Ch
the honfe of
h" V C an e to
day ° f the
-cntb *?
bcgan the to «** H?* *
The children of thc por- childr en
of A mi. «
theiWwhid,
Jerufalem, offered
,u S?"^
-°? nn 2 '
y
™
S« Onto the Lord :
ters:thechildrenofShallum,the
children of Atcr, the children of children
h
of Solomon s i
Akkub, -were three hunched
ninety
58 All tl
]
c
^ ™T£„M t^ hcufe of God
«ii place :
to
fredv fnr
1 ?n 2 i£ L fo,,ndation °' the temple
" P ,n of thc ^AKfi was not yet laid.
r

Talmon, the children of 60 They gave after y ave more >' alfo ""to
their ahil! rt.J r *

P wheth
P^sgaiments
...7° Sothenric'fls
nd ° UehUndrffd

-,
n ^ tK„ t
^
^ V PP
from
acco
^^'
cbanon
ln S to
to "L fea of
the grant
44 children of Keros, the feed
The of C}rus ki " sof
children of 60 The children 01
children of Siaha, thc
'
0,ld thC
P ° n '"> an J § I Now in the fecond
Padon, year of
I their
 a V

EZRA. V. CHAP.
their companions; anfwer unto Rehum the chancel-
CHAP. .
tne reft of
their coming unto the houfc of IV. the Apharfath- lor, and to Shimfhai the fcribe,
he Dinaites,
JJ OW when advcrfa"e»
the fecond tl,e
God at Jerufalem, in
of theTarpelites,the Aphar- and lo the reft of their compa-
month, began Zerubhabel the fon Judah and Benjamin heard hiteJ
Archevites. the Babylo- nions that dwell in Samaria, and
that the child ren of the captivjtt res, the
ofShealtiei, and Jclhua the fon theSufanchites, the Deha- unto the reft beyond the river,
builded thetemplc untothcLo»i ians
ofjozadak, and the remnant of the Elamites, Peace, and at fuch a time.
God of Ifracl: . tes 'and
their brethren the prieftsand the the reft of the nations 18 The letter which ye fent
a Then they came to Zerubbj. s o And
levites, andall they that were come great and noble Af- unto us, hath been plainly read
out of the captivity unto Jerufa- bel, and to the chief of the f . w b«»m the over, and fet in before me.
a
nappar brought
lom; and appointed the Levites, thers, and fa id unto them, Let
•
he cities
of Samaria, and the 19 And I commanded, and
from twenty years old and up- us build with you: for we fC ck
reft that
"re on this fide the river, fcarch hath been made, and it is
ward, to fet forward the work of your God, as ye do, and we do
and at fuch a time. found, that this cily of old time
the houfc of the Lohd. facrificc unto him, fmce the days
n * This is the copy of the hath made iuiurrcdlion againft
9 Then flood Jelhua, -with his of Lfar-haddon king of Aflur, letter that
they fent unto him, kings, and that rebellion and l'e-
fons and his brethren, Kadmiel which brought us up hither, Artaxcrxcs the king, dition have been made therein.
tvtn unto
and his fons, th; fons of Judah 3 But Zerubbahcl and Jefb.ua,
Thy fervants the men on this fide ao There have been mighty
together, to fet forward the work- and the rcil of the chief of the
men in the houfc of God: the fathers of Ifracl, faidunto* 1 — the river, and at fuch a time. kings alfo over Jerufalem, which
ia Beit known unto the king, have ruled overall countries be-
fbns of Henadad, -with their fons Ye have nothing to d< the Jews which came up
that yond the river; end toll, tribute,
and their brethren theLevites. to build an houfc unto
from thee to us, are come unto and cuftom was paid unto them,
10 And when the builders laid but we ©uvfelves together will jerufalem, building the rebellious ai Give ye now command-
the foundation of the temple of build unto the Lord GodofHrael, ami the bad city, and have let mcnt, to caufe thefe men to ccafe,
the Lord, they fet the priefts in, as king Cyrui t'..c king of Ptrfia up the walls there*/, and joined and that this city be not buildcd,
their apparel with trumpets, and hath commanded us. the foundations. until another commandment lhall
the Levites the fons of Afaph, 4 Then the people of the land 13 He 11 known now unto the be given from me.
with cymbals to praifc the Lori> weakened the hand* of the pto- king, that if this city be builded,
aa Take heed now that ye fail
after the ordinance of David king pie of Juc-ah, and ttoubicd then am the wails fet up again, then nottodo this: why Humid da-
of Ifracl. in building. will they not pay toll, tribute, mage grow
to the hurt of the
JX they fang together by
And 5 And hiredcoun fellow againtt and cuftom, and fo thou malt en- kings?
their purpofe,
conrfe, in praifmg and giving them, to fruft. ate damage the revenue of the kingi. 13 f Now when the copy of
thanks unto the Lord; becaufe all the days of Cyrus king of
Vet- Now
14 becaufe we have main- king Artaxerxes letter vai
until the reign of Darm* Tread
be is good, for his mercy enduretb fia, even tenance from , palace, and bef re Rehum and Shimfhai the
for ever towards Ifrael. And all king of Perfia. f n
ft the and tJ,eir companions,
the people fhouted with a great 6 And in the reign of Aha* kin?! kL™* °L l ?
beginning of bis
Ihout, when they praifed the fuerus, in the Cdth k ng J m u " to
'
and made
r/Tb, f l ', J**h
Lord, becaufe the foundation of reign, wrote they unto ban an
ac- r u f '

inhabitants
the houfc of the Lou o was laid, dilation againfl the
Jerufalem.
la Biltmanv of the priells and of Judah and f t ,OUbnd n lhe ^""ufeofGod,
Levites, and chief of the fathers, 7 1 And in
the days of At> Sk nV.b" ,CCn,dS
'.

d k ') 0W fi,,cm -
which/, at Jcru-
Soitctafed unto thefe-
lohi -were ancient men that had taxcrxei wrote
Bifhlam, Mm»> tStbhX ;
tWmn
?,?
d *.
feen the firft houfc, when the dath, Tahecl,
and the reU
Artaxe
Shnr fu n" ! ^ .
f?»
d of the reign of Darius

foundation of this houTc was laid their companions unto !'««, and that they have moved
CHAP V
before their eyes, wept with a king of Perfia; and
loud voice, and many (bontcd of the Utter -was
aloud for joy:
the wn
written in
Syrian tongue, and mterpr
Se'Vl
*Tiftrov
tl

;
'
i,

V
,l ' C mcof oM
!?
Ca,,fcwasth " TX
1
HEN thc Hacgi
Propbet'a,
theprophc?,andZechariah
*» n of 'ddo, prophefitd unto
"> VVc cc rtifv _ '<
tongue. • , .
13 So that the people could in the Syrian
.

* 1
that
?• J c ws that v in
c "ame
J ,idah and
not difcern the noifc of the (hnut 8 Rehum the chancellor,
of joy, from the noife of the weep Shimfhai the fenbe,
wrott
to Aitax
'
,

the walls
be
thcrr nf
Zl! '
,y
.
£
A UP
Qud of lfnil
l
l
'
of the
u '»o them.
^ ? J*"**"**
l h,S
-
,
S " ^
«*»
ing of the people: for the people again!! Jerufalem 00 «hi* fide "° P ° rt,0n 1 Then to ^ U P Z«ul»babel the
fort 1 •
,
fhouted with aloud (bout, and the king, in this tl,; '
1 of Sh ^"^. and Jefl,,» the
?
i I'"' IT'f'u, 5" f
the aoifc was heard afar on". 9 Then ™»**°"£&S* fent the king an fon
of Jozad-k, and began to
the K«
ccllor, and Shimfliai
 h :

EZRA. CHAP. VI.

build the houfe of God, which is which a great king of Ifrael there was found at according to the appointment of
at Jerufalem : and with them ed, and fet up.
A nrl
cl,metha, in the palace that is the priciis which are at Terufa-
were the prophets of God helping ia But after that our fatl A province of the Mcdes, a lem, let it be given them day by
t h cm . had provoked the God of heat •n the
and therein was a record day without fail
unto wrath, he gave them i Joil,
3 ^ At the fame time came to thus
written : io That they may offer facri-
them Tatnai, governor on this the hand of Nebuchadnezzar In the firft year of Cyrus the flees of fweet favours unto
, the
fide the river,and Shethar-boz- king of Babylon the Chal" the fame Cyrus the king God of heaven, and pray for the
king,
nai, and their companions, and who deitroyed
this houfe,
concetmng the houfe
the people away into Ba. made a decree life of the king, and of his
fons.
laid thus unto them, Who hath carried at Jerufalem Let the n
t f God Alfo I have made a decree,
commanded you to build this bylon. houfe be builded
the place where that whofoever fliall alter
13 But in the firft year of Cy. this
houfe, and to make up this wall? faenfices, and let the word, let timber be pulled down
Babylon, the font they offered
4 Then faid we unto them rus the king of foundations thereof be ftrongly from his houfe, and being fet up.
after this manner, What are the king Cyrus
made a dccrectobuild height thereof threefcorc let him be' hanged
laid, the thereon, and
names of the men that make this this houfe of God. cubits, and the breadth thereof let his houfe be made a dunchill
building ? 14 A »d
th c v efl s a ' fo *>/ gold
threefcore cubits : for this.
b
and filver off the *J
,
houfe of God,
5 But the eye of their God was 4 With
three rows of great 12 And the God that hath
upon the elders of the Jews, that which Nebuchadnezzar took out ftones,anda row of new timber: caufed his name to dwell
temple that wai in JerinV there
they could not caufe them to of the a „d let the expences be given out deftroy all kings and people
ceafe, till the matter came to
lem, and brought them into the V that
of the king s houfe ft*,! put t() thcif ha «
d
temple of Babylon, thofc didCy-
Darius : and then they relumed 5 And alfo let the golden and and to
deftroy this houfe of God
rnsthe king take out of the ten-
anfwer hy letter concerning this filver vefTels of the honfe of God, which
« at Jerufalem I Darius •
plcof Babylon, and they werede- which Nebuchadnezzar
malter took have made .decree, let it be
livered unto one whofe name -mat done
6 1 The copy of the letter that forth out of the temple which is with fpeed.
Shelhbazzar, whom he had made at Jerufalem, and brought unto
Tatnai, governor on thi; fide the x 3 J Then Tatnai,
governor: governor
river, and Shethar-boznai, and his Babylon.be reftored and brought on this
fide the river
companions the Apharfachites, 15 And find unto him, Take again unto the temp * which*,* boznai,
veflels, go, carry them into
and their complin .ajl
which were on this fide the river, thefe Walem every ore to his place, cording to that
.

which Darius the

theking: the temple that n in J<™&ta
fent unto Darius
a letter unto him,
and letthchoufe of God be build*
7 They fent
his place.
wherein was written thus; Unto ed in
Darius the king, all peace.
8 Beit known unto the king,
that we went into the province of
Judca, to the houfe of the great
16 1

Shelhbazzar,
hen
W came the fame
laid the foun-
dat.cn of the houfe of God which
is in Jerufalem. And fmce that
fter^fv'e
'
f'
,iC
? ^^S^S^
f°" °f ,ddo and the
God alone l« tr° °i y
even until now, hath itneen
T
5

God, which is builded with great time e d 3nd finiftlcd '«>

according to
(tones, and timber is laid
walls, and this work goeth fad
on, and profpereth in their hands.
in the in building, and yet it is not
finilhed.
1 7 Now' therefore
ifttftm
K SeJewJ and th ,1 I
bSi
his place.
d h
u
ou fe of God''In' wa
,

U
'

6 C m dment ° f thc God ° f

r^
Imth and according to the com-
ma " dmcn t of Cyrus and Darius,
let there tie
8 Moreover In,.-,, a
good to the king
o Then alked we thofe elders,
made in the king s trt
*hat ye ftall
do £M "S
*"* Artaxcrx king of Perfia. «
and faid unto them thus, Who iearch
, CI
1 And thk hoof« was finift**
at Bah Jews for the h -. r °i i
commanded you to build this houfe which in here decre. •

houfe, and to make up thefe vails,

whether it be fo that a
to Ve alked their names alio, made of Cyrus the
we might this houfe of God _at Jer
utog
to certify thee, that pieai
names of the men that and let the king fend his
write the
the chief of them. to us concerning this
matter.
And IS m thc >ricfts and thc Reviles,
•were
n
anfwer,
And thus they returned us
faying, We are the fer- HPHEN Danus
. ,

the king
•

^
-
D
a
S»

"d
4
*«»«.
that
boS v 0un , h^.
,7 u
I"'
and
!»
f
h
5 ^ »

of the children of the

kcpt thc dedication of
Tantsof the God of heaven and 1 a decree and fearc f and 7amb, tK
'

tnc
and build the houfe that made in the houfe of heav f 17 And off, red at the dedica-
earth,
the trealures wcr
up «', wh«? A« f
Alt, • , M
-'

was buildedthcfc many years ago, where j wine and oil, lion of thishonfeof God, an hun-
in Babylon.
 CHAP. VIII.
EZRA. have freely ofTcred un-
.-fcllors- 14 Alfo we certifv yow that
Ion, and he was a ready-
dred bullocks, two hundred rams, by the God
of Ifrael, whofe habi- touching any of the 'pritfls and
the law of Mofes, whi
four hundred lambs; and for a in ut'uo is fa
Jera&km. Lcvites, fingers, porters, Ne-
fin-offering for all Ifrael,
twelve Lord God of Ifracl had all the filver and the gold thinims, or miniftcrs of this houfc
16 And
he-goats, according to the num- and
the king granted him
.L, thou canfl find in all the of God, it ftiall not he lawful to
requcfl, according to the Babylon, with the impofe toll, tribute, or cuftom
her of the tribes of Ifrael. 1
J'ovince of
18 And they fet their priells in the
Lord his God upon him. of the people, upon them.
L-c.will offering
7 And there went up fi m aj And thou Ezra, after the
their divifions, and the Lcvites
in priells, offering wil-
»nd of the
their courfes, for the fervicc
of the children of Ifracl, and f lhc rlhe houie of their Cod wifdomof thy Cod that is in thine
Jinglyf«
God which is at Jerufalcm; as priells, and tlie Levitts, andt^ which is fa
Jerufalcm : hand, fet magiftrates and judges,
it is written in the book
of Mofes. fnigers, and the porters, and th c That thou mayefl buy fpee- which may judge all thc people
17
Ncthinims, unto Jeruftl.— ,
19 And the children of the jily with
this money, bullocks, that are bey ond the river, all fuch
captivity kept the paflbver,
upon the feventh year of j with their meat- as know the laws of thy God;
rams, lambs,
the king.
the fourteenth day of the firll lfcrings,andtheirdrink offerings, ar, d teach ve them that know
8 And became to upon the altar of them not.
ntn and offer them
the huh month, which »
40 Forthe prieflsand the Le in the houfe of
your god, which is 26 And whofoever will not do
together, all in thc feventh year of the king, the law of thy God, and the law
vitcs were purified in Jerufalcm.
lhe hr " da3 of the
of them VJttt pure, and killed the 9 Fo u P on
'"
j8 And vvhatfoev«r fliall fcem of the king, let judgment beexe-
firll month began he to go „»
paflbver for all the children of good to thee and to thy brethren, cuted fpetdily upon hire, whe-
from Baby lon, and on the firft
the captivity, and for their bn-th- to do with the reft of the Giver ther it be unto death, or to ba-
renthepriefls.andforthemfelves, Ayr of the fifth month camehcto and gold, that do after the will nilhmcnt, or to confiscation of
Jerufalcm, according to thejoed
«And the children of Ifracl,
hand of his God upon him.
of your God. goods, or to imprifonmcnt.
which were come again out of » loThcvcflels alfo that arc given z 7 * Blefled be the Lord God
captivity, and fuch as had fe-
all 10 1 or Ezra had prcpaH thee, for the Icrvicc of the houfe of our fathers, which hath put
heart to feck the law «
parated themfelves unto them of thy God, thofe deliver thou be- fuch a thing as this in the king's
the filthinefs of thc heathen Lou d, and to do ,/ and fore the God of Jerufalcm. heart, to beautify thc houfe of
from flatutes and judgement.
of The land, to leek thc Lokd in Ifracl ao And whatlocver more (hall the Lord which is in Jerufalcm:
A j f ,f
" l JiHeat II 1 Now this is the copy of be needful for the houfe of thy a8 And hath extended mercy
the king Arta,
^tlnd'k'eptlheleafl of un- the letter that God, which thou lhalt have oc- unto me, before the king and
his
erxes gave unto Ezra the pn ft
leavened bread fever, days with cafion to bt flow, bellow //out of counfellors, and before
all the
Lord had made them the fenbe, cv;,i aicr.be of tb the king's treafure-houfe. king's mighty princes: and I was
ov- for thc
turned the heart of words of the -n-andm« u of 31 And I, even I Artaxerxes ftrengthened as the hand of the
oyfutand
Aflyria unto them, the Lord, and of h.s ftatutesto
;
the king, do make a decree to all Lord my God
the king of -was upon me, and
the Ifrael. the treafurcrs which are beyond I gathered
to ftrcnttthen their hands in together out of Ifrael
Artaxerxes, kingo f «*
,

God, the i» the river, that whatfoevcr Ezra chief

men to go up with me.
lo k of he houfcof
God of Ifrael.
q( ^ ^ ^ QoA
q{
and
of bea , tn>
at fuch a U»e
thepneft, the fcribe of the law
of the God of heaven, fhall re-
C H
rpHESE
P. A
VIII.
are now the chief of

N OW after fhefe- things', in the perfe quire of you, it be done

fpetdily ; ±
their fathers, and this is the
»* Unto an hundred talents of genealogy of them that

A
went up
J'lver, and to
E an hundred mca- with mc from Babylon, the
J of Pariah, the fon of ^pneOs. ^X^-Jf a!\. l
««f baths
and toa " hun " rc 'g n °f Artaxerxesihe king.
*

of wine, and to an
in

% Of thc fon* of Phinchas.:

the fon own free will to go up to J« hundred baths of oil, and
.The fon of Shallum, fait Gcrfhom: of the fons of Ithamar;

„f Zadok, the fon of Ahitub,

Amariah, the fon
1cm, go with thee.
14 Forafm uch as thou
^ without preferring /ow
*3 VYhatfocver
much.
is
Daniel; of the Ions of David;
commanded
3 The fon of d* Hattufh.
Meraioth, of the ku,g, a 00 of hcavcn » lct
of Azariah, the fon of
dL-H ? be ^ 3 Of the fons of Shcehaniah,
4 The fon of Zerahiah, the fon counfcllo.s,
tc
^ cn

"
r

faIelB|
s c-
the r I
,ortllc houfe of of the fons of Pharofh; Zecha-
'

° f heavcn: for *hf riah and with him were reckoned

^tt^AbSa ''thefon
which , in thine and
th^./wof *T
,
ftonl-.i

«b
r iU
» of .J* 5
Wrath
• ??
a nft
V
the kuig and his fons ?V'
C
:

y g enealo »y of the male* an

of PhTn^ ?he fon of Eleazar,
chief pr.eft I J And to carry
, !!
hundred and fifty.
the fon of Aaron the :

, tu:. Ezra W cnt up from Ba- gold, which

the wk,,.^
^ M •
-c ,. 4 Of
 ; ; ; 1

w
E Z R A. I CHAP. IX.
4 Of thefonsof Pahath-mdab; 17 And I fent them wit king of every one
mandmcnt unto !ddo r, (oW God, which tlie : and
the weight
z\\
Klihoenai the fon of Zerahiah, the
con»^ ,lcrs ' and his ,ords v ss written at that time.
,

and with him two hundred males. at

it int; wnpma, arm
place Cafiphia,
the piacc and |I j. j his
there prcfent, had
-

all Ifrael
35 A/ft the children of thofc
5 Of the fons of Shechaniah; them what they ihould fay A
a"a «hat had been carried away*
Qnt j
the fon of Jahaziel, and with him Iddo, and to his brethren the
fc£ °" \ even weighed tint their w hich were come out of the cap-
j
three hundicd males. thinims, at the place Cafiphj. and fifty ta-
1 flX hundred
tuity, offered burnt-ofTcrinci un-
6 Of the fonsalfo of Adin that they fhould bring unto?1
er and filvcr vefrds
h> to thc God of Ifrael, twelve bul-
minifters for the houfe of our of '

Ebed the fon of Jonathan, and God

, 'Is
talents, and of gold locks for all Ifrael, ninety and fix
18 And by the good hand "hundred
with him fifty males. n
talents: rams, feventy and ft-ven Iambs,
„ hundred
f
7 And of the fons of Elam; our God upon us, they broogh twelve he-goats for a fin -offering:
t
47 Alfo
twenty bafons of sold,
Jefhaiah the fon of Athaliah, us a man
of undemanding, f
the drams, and two ail this was a burnt offering unto
r a thoufand
and with him feventy males. fons of Mahli, the fon of
«flels of fi" e copper, precious as the Lord.
8 And of the fons of Shepha- the fon of Ifracl, and Shcrebi;
_ |d. they delivered the
.3^ 1 And
tiah ; Zebadiah the fon of Michael, with his fons and his bretl 8
I faid unto them,
,
Ye hing'scomn.iffior.suntotheking's
eighteen a 8 And
and with him fourfcorc males. unto the Lord, the vcf- lieutenants, and to the governors
ere holy
9 Of the fons of foah; Oba- 19 And Haftiabiah, and holy alfo, and the filvcr on this fide the river, and they
him Jefhaiah of the fons of fc!s<w<
diah the fon of Jchiel, and with gold «rr a free-will offer- furthered the people and the
rari, his brethren and their
and the
him two hundred and eighteen ing unto
the Lord God of your houfe of God.
males. twenty;
lathers. CHAP, IX.
10 And of the fons of Shelo- ao Alfo of the Nethinims,
49 Watch ye, and keep them, XTOW when thefe things were
mith; the fon of Jofiphiah, and whom David and the princes had until ye weigh them before the 1»
done, the princes came to
with him an hundred and three- appointed for the fervice of chief of the priefts, and the Le- me, faying, The people of Ifracl,
fcore males, Lcvites, two hundred and
vites. and chief of the fathers of and the priefts, and the I-evites,
ir And of the fons of Bebai; Nethinims : all of them
Ifrael at Jerufalem, in the cham- have not feparatcd themfelves
Zechariah the fon of Bebai, and prefled by name.
bersofthe houfe of the Lord, from the people of the lands,
with him twenty and eight males. 21 Thenproclaimed a fall
f
30 So took the priefts and the dting according to their abomina-
12 And of the fons of Azgad there, ot the river of Ahava, that Levitesthc weight of thefilver tiohs, even of the Canaanites, tile
Johanan the fon of Hakkatan, we might afflict our/elves before "and the gold, and the veflels, to Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jehu-
and with him an hundred and our God, to feek of him aright bring /Afm to Jerufalem unto the the Ammonites, theMoab-
fitcs,
ten males. way for us, and for our little ones, houfe of our God. ites, the Egyptians, and the
our fub fiance.
13 And of the lad fons of A- and for all 31 J 1 hen we departed from Amoritcs.
22 For was albamcd to re-
donikam, whofe names arc thefe, 1
the river of Ahava, on the twelfth a For they have taken of their
Eliphclet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, quire of
the king a band of foldi- fa] of the firfl month, to go unto daughters for themfelves, and for
and with them thrcefcore males. crs and horfemen
to help u$ Jerufalem; and the hand of our their fons: fo that the holy feed
of Bigvai; againfl the enemy in the way: 1* God was upon us, and he deli-
14 Of the fons alio have mingled themfelves with
them we had fpoken unf n
Uthai, and Zabud, and with caufc vcred us from the hand of the
the people of thofc lands: yea,
feventy males. king, faying, The ham enemy, and of fuch as lay in wait the
hand of the princes and rul-
is upon all them
15 % And I gathered them to. God Y, * /'W
2 ers hath becn cbiefin this trefpafs.
gether to the river that runneth that feek him, hut his power C amC t0 Jcn,fa '
that lJ 3 And when I heard this thing
to Ahava; and there abode we in hiswrath is againftall them \ L
iem and ahode . f
there three days. I rent my garment and my man-
tents three days; and I viewed forfakehim. . n the fourth da
y tlc > and Piocict off the hair of my
bel w«tt? n Wer?n ° ,
the people, and the priefts, and 22 So we fa fled, and d h 8 Id and hcad ' a " d of rny beard, and fat
was 1*
found there none of the fons of our God for this, and he the wfi^. J ? i ? i
treated of us.
of o„r r rr
g ,Cd, the houfe down aflonifhed.
yt C '.,a ,d ofMtre -
Levi.
16 Then fent Ehezer, for
I for 24 % Then I fepan
irated moth
a ndw fh
r e J;
n0fUr,ah t,,e P rieft
-
: ,
4 Then were afll-mbled unto
™
every one that trembled at
Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for El- of the chief
of the priel
fcnof Ph!„?
i

]
Ww .
'

i,cazar the ,,,e wo 'dsof the God of Ifracl,

and
nathan, and for Jarib, and for biah, Hafhabiah,
1
a nd with tl,em bccaufe of tIie tranfgreffion
Elnathan, and for Nathan, and brethren with
them. *« loz !u' ^ .
of J cftlua thofc lhat had becn canild away
of
weighed unto ndNoaiiinK .1 r
lor Zechariah, and for Mefhul- 21 And «
f° n of Binnui and 1 fat aflonifhed until the
e-
and the gold, an Invites • '

chief men; alfo for Joiarib, the'fiiver,

34 3v
veiling facrificc.
offering 1
«i miT.ber
.

and for Elnathan, men of un- veffels, tvfn the and by weight 5 | And at the eveninc facri-
dciftanding. f D «• ficc
 E Z R A. CHAP.
v..a rr x « X.
A.
fice T arofe *p frAm my heavi- ther take their daughtei to the law. people of the land, and from the
ncfs, and,havjng rent my gar- your fons, nor feck their I Anne according
b fi
this mattcr belong- Grange wives.
Arif*; for
ment and my mantle,
my knees, and fpread out my
I fell upon or their wealth for ever: tha
may be flron^, and tat thJS
4 thee; we alfo -will be with
,nto tncci«v.
,
iz Theu
- —
- all• the congregation —
-bcofgoodcourage^nddof/. anfwered, and faid with a loud
hands unto the Lord my God, of the land, and leave it r.i u
arofc Ezra, and made voice, As thou haft faid, fo muft
O my am r Then
6 And faid, God, I inheritance to your chil
the Levitcs, and we do.
ftfharrod and hlufh to lift up my ever. hi chief priefts,
fwear, that they 13 But the people are many,
face to thee, my God : for our 13 And after all that iflfraei to
i
ordin S to this worcl ; and lt M a time of much rain, and
n mid d° a<*
'

iniquities are increafed over cur upon us for our evil deeds we are not able to ftand without.
Avare.
head, and our trefpafs is grown for our great trefptfs, iceingji^1 nd they
Thcn Exra roft Up fr0m ncithcr " / *" a work of one day
up unto the heavens. thou our God haft puniflj c j^ 6 t
houfe of God, and or two: for we arc many that
he<ore the
7 Since the days of our fathers lefs than our iniquities deffJH have tranfgrefled in this thing.
went into the chamber of Joha-
have we been in a great trefpafs and halt given ib fub deliver now
B
-nthcfonofEHafliib:andwArjf 14 Let our rulers of all
unto this day, and for our iniqui- as this:
ties have we, our kings, and our 14 Should we again bi he cam
priefts been delivered into the commandments, and joii bread,

hand of the kings of the lands, to nity with the people of tl that had been car- pointed times, and with them tlx;
the fword, to captivity, and to a ruinations? wouldeft not t| ban of them
eiders of every city, and the
fpoil and to confufion of face, as 3ngiy with us till thou hadftcoj lied away.
1 And
they made proclaim- judges thereof, until the fierce
it is this day. fumed us, fo that there fi^uUbes^ and Jeru- wrath of our God, for this mat-
tion throughout Judah
8 And now for a little fpace remnant nor cfcaping? the children of ter, be turned from us.
ijOLorb Godof Ifrael, then fclem, unto all
grace hath been JheweJ from the they fhould
the captivity, that ij J Only Jonathan the fon
Loud our God, to leave us a art lighteous: for we remain y<{
gather thcmfclvcs together unto of Afahel, and Jahaziah the fon
remnant to efcape, and to give us efcaped, as;/ is this day: behold of Tikvah, were employed about
: - ferufalem ;
a nail in his holy place, that our we are before thee whomever would
8 And that this mat ter; and Mcihullam, and
God may lighten our eyes, and pafles: for we cam come within three days, ac- Shabbethai the JLevite helped
not
give us a little reviving in our fore thee beeaufe of
cording to the counfel of the them.
bondage. C H P. A 16 And the children of the
9 For we were bond-men, yet MOW
when Ezra
princes and the elders,
fuhflance fhould be forfeited,
all his
and captivity did fo and Ezra the
our God hath not forfaken us in
:
anil when he haU
himfelf fcparatedfrom the con- prieft, -with certain chief of the
our bondage, but hath extended weeping and ca fling himfelfrfowo
gregationof thofe that had been fathers, after the houfe of their
mercy unto us in the fight of the before the houfe or God. there away.
carried fathers, and all of them by their
kings of FerGa, to give us a re- aflemblcd unto him cut cf Uriel,
1 Then
the men of Ju-
all names were feparated, and fat
viving to fit up the houfe of our a very great con^i egation of mrr,
dab and Benjamin gathered them- down in the firft day of the tenth
God, and to repair the deflati- and women, ar.d children s for felves together unto Jerufalem, month to examine the mattcr.
ons thereof, and to give us a wall the people wept very Jc
1 7 And they made an end with
within three days: it -was the
in Judah and Jerufalcm. a And Shcchanul mnth month, and the twentieth
10 And now, O our God, what Jehiel, one of the foi
all the men that had taken
**) of the month, and all the ftrange wives, by the firft day of
/hall we fay after this? for we anfwered and faid unto
people fat in the ftreet of the the firft
have forfaken thy commandments We have trefpafled againft our
month,
houfe of God, trembling
XI Which thou haft command- God, and have taken ftranje
becaufc 18 1 And among the fons of
or tbis matter,
and for the great the priefts there were found that
ed by thy fervants the prophets, wives of the people of the landj n
faying, The land unto which ye yet now there is hope in I rati . „ had taken taken ftrange wives:
J
T:
^ndEzra the prieft ftood namely of the fons of Jeihua the
go to poflefs it, is an unclean concerning this thing.
land with the filthinefs of the 3 Now therefore let usmakea M
Bn

8
nd f u u »t° ^em, Ye have fon
n? } of Jozadak, and his brethren;
and havc takcn Maafeiah, and Eliezcr, and t£
people of the lands, with their covenant with our Ccd, to put fl«t .»
Z V S to in C rcafc the rib, and Ocdaliah.
abominations, which have filled away all the wives, and Inch as tS r r T
<° acl x 9 An(1 they ^ve their hands,
it from one end to another, with arc horn of them, according
ol
Ii 5 u ', .
tncrefore m ake con- that they would put away
their unclean nefs. the counfel of my lord, and feflion their
10 thc LoRD God of wives;
\% Now therefore give not your thofe that tremhle at the com* your kr and, being guilty, tie, of.
daughters unto their fons, nci- ir,andment of our God, and W« »nd [til '?'
a0<l
2?
his P lcafi,rc: ered a ra,n of the flock fur their
J
»P»rate yourfclvcs from the trefpaft.
1 Dds %o And
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N E H E M I A H. CHAP. If.
mercy for them to the king. Now T had not been
10 And of the Cons of Immcr; moab ;
Adna, and Chelal, g
en * ,% . wnenant and
Maafciah, Mattaniah, him and obferve his before timed! An Jit s presence.
Ilanani, and Zebadiah. al»,
b hat love
^l And of the fons of Harim; led, and Hii-nui, and Manafr,K* «„«niandments: a Wherefore the king faid un-
31 And of the fons of Harim! thinc ear "° W 3ttCn " to me Wh " t!, countenance-
Maafciah, and Elijah, and She- 6 » y y
thine eyes open, that fad, feting thou art not fick ? this
niaiah, and Jchicl, and Uzziah. Eliezcr, Ilhijah, Malehiah, •ive and
^ Sh' hear the prayer of is nothing elje but forrow
1% And of the fons of Pafhur; maiah, Shimeon, thou mayeft of heart,
Elioenai, Maafciah, Ilhmacl, Nc- 32 Benjamin, Malluch, thy fervant,
which I pray before Then I was very fore afraid,
aa3 and night, for the
thancel, Jozahad, and Elafhh. Shemariah. Ucc now, day 3 And faid unto the kine, Let
Hrael thy fcrvants, the king
553 Alfoofthe Levites; Joza- 33 Of the fons of Halhom. children of live for ever; whyflioulrl
bad, and Sbimei, and Kelaiah, Mattcnai, Mattathah, ZsfoA a „d
confer the fins of the chil- not my countenance be fad, when
lfrael, which we have the city, the place of my
(the fame is Kclita,) Pethahiah, Eliphclct, Jciemai, Manafith* drcn of father's
thee: both I, and iepulchres, lictb wafte, and the
end Shimei. '
linned againrt
Judah, and Eliezcr. have unned.
H Of the fingers alfo; Elia- 34 Of the fons of Bani; aa . M my father's houie gates thereof are confumed with

ftib: and of the porters; Shal- dai, Amram, and Ucl, 7 We have dealt very corruptly fire ?

againft thee,
and have not kept 4 Then the king faid unto me,
Jum, and Tclem, and Uri. 35 Bcnaiah, Bedeiah, Chellub
the commandments,
nor the fta- For what doft thou make
a5 Moreover, of lfrael of the: 36 Vaniah, Mcremoth, Elial rcquefP
tutcs, nor
the judgments, which fo I prayed to the God of heavenl
fons of Pa 10 lh; Ramiah, and Je- fhil>,

and Malehiah, and Mia- 37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and thou commandedil thy fervant 5 And I faid unto the king,
ziah,
Mofes. If it pleafe the king, and
nun, and F.leazar.and Malchijah, Jaafan, if thy
Remember, befcech thee,I fervant have found favour in
and Benaiah. 3§ And Bani, and Binnui, 8 thy
the word that thoucommandedft fight, that thou wouldeft
a6 And of the Tons of Elam; Shimei, fend!
thy fervant Mofes, faying, //ye mc unto Judah. unto the
Mattaniah, Zecruriah, and Jc- 39 And Shelemiah, and Na- city of
and Adaiah, tranlgrefs, I will natter you my father's ftpulchres.
hicl, and Abdi, and Jercrooth, than, that I
abroad among the nations may build
4 C Machnadebai, Shafhai.Sha-
: it.
and Eliah.
9 But // ye turn unto me, and 6 And the king faid unto me,
17 And of the for»s of Zattu ;
rai,
keep my commandments, and {the queen alio fitting by him.)
Eliocnai, Mattaniah,
Eliafhib, 41 Azarccl, and Shelemiah,
do them; though there were of For how long (hall thy
and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Shemariah, you caft out unto
journey
the utterrnort be? and when wilt thou return
.Aziza. 4Z Shallum, Amariah, and
part of the heaven, yet will i ga - fo it
28 Of the fons alfo of Bebai; Jofeph. pleated the king to fend me
therthem from thence, and will and I fet him
Tehohaijan, Hananiah, Zabbai, 43 Of the fons of Nebo; Jeil, a time
bring them unto the place that I
Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Ja- 7. Moreover, faid unto
and Arhlai. e
I
Ctmy ,a e,hcrC ki " g ,f il Pleafe the king, the.
ao And of the fons of Bani; dau, and Joel, Bcnaiah. T, N^\?J ^ *
™
- '

hy
i' .

Wcfbullam,Malluch, and Adaiah, 44 All thefe had taken flrange

of them had
«*ZZ I "T i ""Pit
' ettCrS (>c ivcn
£ to the gover-
Jafliub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. wives: and feme
30 And of the fons of Patiath- wives by whom they had
children.

NEHEMIAH.
^
"
lf~The Book of no" Mne nr !«* 8 And 3 ',ettcr linto the
CHAP. !. remnant that arc left of the cap-
m r o Z\
'l '
S l " e lo ,e
,
;' *** king's fore.t, that
THE words of Nchcmiah the tivity there in the province,
ton of Hachaliah.
art

And it in great affliction and reproach;

t i t

alfo » nro-
came to pafs in the month Chi- the wall of Jerufalcm
tnerew
flcu, in the twentieth yenr, as I ken down, and the gates
arc burnt with fire.
a "«lsran»
hi J • ^» aml tor W« wall of th< city, and
was Shulhan the palace,
in
my And it came to pats
«ng 5 t,,C kl,,g S ,nto -
z That Hanani, one of 4 1 "P-bearcr A,,d the ki
. «S ."anted me-,
heard thcie words, that
brctnren, came, he and certain
and them down and
1

wept, and mou CHAP ir

according to the good hand of
Godu P°»rne.
my
men of Judah, I alked
»Dit,L: -

concerning the Jews that had catam days, and »»5j.

efcaped, which were left of the prayed before the
God Of h««,
befecen w
5 And laid,
,

captivity, and concerning Jcru-

^
1

iafem. LofcD God of heaven,

3 And they faid unto me, The and terrible
God, tbat^JJJ^
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N E H B M A
10 WhenSanhallat the Ho-
ronite, and Tohiah the fcrvant
I
19 But
If.
when Sanbalfc
CHAP,
Gtbeonite, and
m
if> After him repaired Nche-
Horonite, and Tobiak the
J? * M 1
*tjah
w
jvfc-onoihite, the men miah the fon of Azbuk, thc ruler
el
the Ammonite, heard cf it, it vant the Ammonite ci
and o fc
grieved them exceeding! the Arabian, heard it i0X of M' z P 3n » unto of inc ,lalf P ait of Beth2ur, unto
y that %
the
)* -h n and
there was come a man to feck the of G the governor on the place over againft the fcpul-
l

ed us to fcorn, and ^ nC of
def* chres of David, and to thc pool
welfare of the children of Ifracl. and Jaid, What is this vcr
fte the r ' "
.
tlV
11So I came to Jerulalena, vc do ? will ve rebel acJ-
ai
^ ijext unto him repaired Uz- that was made, and unto thc
and was there three days. king ? * '
of Harhaiah, of the houfe of the mighty.
*j , fon
I
12 5 And arofe in the night,
I
20 Then anfwered 1 them iths: next
u:ito him alio 17 And after him repaired the
i ll
I and fomc few men with me, faid unto them. Th *° the fon of one Levitcs, Rehnm thc ion of Ban!
c God n/t 'Id 1-ian'jinah
neither told man what my ven he will profp cr ns-
I "5P^ a p 3 tiKcarics, :ind they for? next unto him repaired Hafr.a-
God had put in my heart to do at fore we his fervants will lh r iT.rufaJcm
U unto thc broad biain the ruler of the half rait of
a Y
Jerufalem: neither was there any build; but ye have *"*flv Kcilah, in his part.
no n t
beaft with me, fave the bead that nor right, nor ***** unto them repair- i3 After him repaired their
memorial ai ,n « And nest
1 rode upon. rufalcm. j'ttcphaiah the fon
of Hnr, the brethren, Bavai the fon of Hena-
13 And I went out hy nicht,
by the gate of the valley, even 'T'HEN Eliafhtb the
Hi CHAP JJuLf the half part of Jerufalem. dad, thc ruler of thc half part cf
unto them re- Kcilah.
h' 10 And next
before the dragon-well, and to J. rofe up with his ired Jed
aid' the fon of ilaru- 19 And next to him repaired
the dung port, and viewed the the piielts, and they o\era?ainIt his horfc: Ea-r thc fon of Jeihua, the ruler
built ti" Aaph even
walls of Jerufalem, which were Ihcep-gate, they
fanclified
'
"rJinext
unto him repaired liat- of Rlizpah, another piece over
broken down, and the gates there- fe;up the doors cf if firfli the
fon cf Halhab.vah. againft the going ,itp to the ar-
of were confnmed with fire. the fon of Ha- mouiy the turning ofthewalU
the tower of Meah they
ft il Molchljih
14 Then. I went on to the gate it, wnto the tower of Hana rim, and
Halhub the fen of Pa- 20 A fur him Earuch the fon
of the fountain, and to the kings % And next unto him haih-moah, repaired the other of Zabbai earncftly repaired the
bufl of the fur- other piece, from thc turning «/
pool: but there was no place for the men of Jericho and «i<ce, and the tower
the beaft that -was under me to them builded Zaccur the
:
neH the wall unto the door of the
fon of nac es # #
pafs. Imii. n And next unto him repair- houfc of Elii'lliib the high pricfr.
15 Then went T up in the night 3 But the fifli-gate did the fonj ti Shallum the fon of Kalohtfh, ai After him repaired Merc-
by the brook, and viewed the of Haflenaah build, who iKcfValer of the half part of Jcrtt- moth thc fon of Urijah, the fon
wall, and turned back, and en- the beams thereof, and fet up Ik filcm, he and his daughters. of K»>z, another piece, from tl c
tered by the gate of the valley, doors thereof, the lock* thereof, 13 Thc valley. pate repaired door of ti e houfe of Eliafhih,
and h returned. and the b us thereof. Hantin, and the inhabitants of even to the end of the houfe of
Zanaoh; they tuiit it, and let up Elialhib.
16 And the rnlerc knew not 4 A »<i next unto them rtM^
whither I went, or what I did, ed Mcicmoth thc fon of Urijab, thc doors thereof, the locks there- 22 And after him repaired the
of, and thc bars thereof, and a prieits, the men of the plain.
neither bad I as yet told it to the the fon or Koz : and next urno
Jews, nor to the priefts, nor to them repaired Melruiliam the t 1
23 After him repaired Bcnjs-
ihe dung-gate. ruin, and Hafhub, over againtt
thenoh!es, nor to the rulers, nor of Berechiah, the fon of McOku-
to the reft that did the work. bcel and next unto them rtf-
:
14 But the duns-gate repaired their houfe: after him repaired
Walchiah the fon of Kechab, the Azariah thc fon of Maaiciah,
17 f Then faid I unto them, paired Zadck thc ion of Bsana. the
rultr of part of Iicth-hsccerem
fon of Ananiah, hy his houfe.
Ye fee thc di&rcfs that we are in, 5 And inxt unto them the Te-
:

built it, and fct up the doors

how Jerufalem lath waltc, and koites repaired hut their nol :
24 After him repaired Binniii
jiertof, the locks
thc gates thereof ate burnt with r i:r p ° l 'heir necks to the *Oik thereof, and the fon of Henadad, another
'
e° f
(k\t\ come and let ns build up thc or t'nir Lord, it a
'
V ' p lCCC > fl0m tl,e hoofe of Azar 'a» »
15 But the gate of thc fonn- unto
wall of Jerulalem, that we be no 6 Moreover, thc old gate tftfi turning 5/ the -wall, even

more a reproach. paired Jchoiada thefonofPaft^.

l3 Then I told them of the and Mtlhulk:m thc ion of Be >
hand of my God, which was good daiah ; they laid the heamS
f
sS
»<n repaired Shallum thc fon

it Vt 1
i
h
v
of unto thc corner.
,,!cr 01 part of

:
*s Palai thc f° n ° f Uzai . ° v
11 !t ' andcyver < d againft the turning of the vail,
Uptl,ctloorstl,crcof » and the tower which licth out
«
Vpon me; as alfo the kind's words of, and fet up the doors tl th' e uv .

that he had fpoken unto me. and the lucks thereof, ai thereof I 7^' and tbc b3rs fron> the k w K' s hi i' h houfC that
W ? H of ^CP^ w« by thc court of thc prifon :
'

And they faid, Let us rife up and bars thereof, of Shiln^r. 1

C
,
,
y th e kin 5 st*arden, after him Pedaiah the fon of
build. So they (bcrgthcucd their 7 And uc*c unto them «FJ •nduntn.i t le A
.

funds for this good work.

fta '" that go down Parofh.
"•thccttyofDa/m. Dd 4 8 6 More.
 N E H E M I A II.
C H A V. P.
after their families, faid I unto the people, Let every
1
36 Moreover, the Nethinims go up, he lhall even br<
dwelt in Ophel, unto the place their rone-* all. f
tbeP^. fw0 nls, their fpears, one with his fcrvant lodge within
n
J| •#* 5 bowS Jerufalem, that in the night they
4 Hear, O our God, for
.
over again ft the water-gate to- £
! ,i 1 looked, a/id rofe up, may be a guard to us, and labour
tb
ward the call, and the tower that defpifed and turn their :
14
uilt0 the
nobles and to on the day.
Jicth out. upon their own head, am
»p (l |" a nd
to the reft of the 23 So neither 1, nor my bre-
%1 After them the Tckoites them for a prey in the
afraid of them: thren, nor my fcrvants, nor the
Be not ye
th
repaired another piece, over a- captivity: l

P*° P her tl c Lord which is men of the guard which followed

gainft the great tower that licth 5 And
cover not their
terrible, and right for me, none of us put offour clothes,
out, even unto the waU of Ophel. and let not their fin be ^tand
great fons and fav'wg that cve;y one put them off
38 From above the rorte-gate out from before thee: brethren, your
repaired the priefts, every one have provoked thee to ^daughters, your wives and for walhinj.
over againft his houfe. fore the builders.
anj
y° houfcs.
CHAP.V.
And it came to
pafs when A ND
there was a great cry of
49 After thern repaired Zadok 6 So built we the '°ic
that it was 11
the people, and of their
the fon of Immer, over againft the wall was joined enemies heard
and Go<l hacl wivc *» a g a inft their brethren the
his houfe; after him repaired alfo the half thereof : fo kTovvn u" t0
to nought, Jews.
Shtmaiah the Ton of Shechaniab, had a mind to work, hLcht their counfel
returned all of us to the % For there were that faid, We,
the keeper of the caft-gate. 7 1 But it came that we
when Sanballat, and wail, every
one unto his work.. our fons, and our daughters arc
30 After him repaired Hanani- to pafs from many: therefore wc take up corn
ah the fon of Shelemiah, and the Arabians, and the 16 And it came
forth, that the half of for them, that wc may eat and live,
Hanun the fixth fon of Zalaph, itcs, and the Alhdoditcs, that time
in the work 3 Some alio there were that
another piece: after him repaired that the walls of Jerufalem my fervants wrought
half of them held faid, Wc have mortgaged our
Mefhullam the fon of Bercchiah, made up, and that the breaches ami the other
both the fpears,
the fhields, and lands, vineyards, and houfcs,that
over againft his chamber. began to be [topped, then they
the bows, and the habergeons ; we might buy corn, becaufe of
31 After him repaired Mal- were veiy wroth,
and the rulers were behind all the dearth.
chiah, ihe goldfmith's fon, unto 8 And confpired all
together, to come and the houfe of Judah. 4 There were alfo that faid a
the plqcc of the Nethinims, and
17 They which huilded on the We have borrowed money for the
#

of the merchants, over againft the againft Jerufalem, and

wall, and they that bare burdens, king's tribute, and that upon out
gate Miphkad, and to the going it.
with thofe that laded, every one lands and vineyards,
up of the corner. 9 Neverth clefs, we withoneof his hands wrought in 5 Yet now our flat) is as the
3* And between the going up prayer unto our God, the work, and with die other flefh of our brethren, our children
of the corner unto the ihecp-gate watch againft them Wheld a weapon. as their children: and lo, we
icpaired the gelofmiths and the night, because of them. 18 For the builders, every one bring into bondage our fons, and
merchants. 10 AndJudahfaid,Th< hfi4 his fword girded by his fide, our daughters, to be Icrvants, and
CHAP. IV. of the bearers of burdei and fo bnilded and he that fom< of our daughters are brought
:

cayed, and there is much

BUT it came
heard
San!>a!Iat
to pafs, that when
that we fo that wc arc not
founded the trumpet -was by me. into bondage already, neither
mU
19 J And I faid unto the no- in our power to redeem them; for
buKdcd the wall, be was wroth, the wall. W«, and to the rulers, and to the other men have our
lands and
and took great indignation, and 11 And our a< wftof the people, The work is vineyards:
mocked the Jews. They fhall not kno< jrcat and large, and
we arc fepa- 6 1 And I was very angry
% And he fpake before his till wc come in the **ted upon the wall, one
far from when 1 heard their cry, and thefe
brethren and the aimy of Sama- thtm, and (lay them, 4noth «-.
words.
ria, and faid, Whut do thefc fec- the work to ceafc. 20 In what place therefore yc
7 Then I confulted with my-
Jews? will they fortify them- j% And it came to pais that n d of lhe trumpet, ftlf. and I rebuked the nobles,
ftlvcs? will they facrifice? will when the Jews which
dwelt by Sit ?. L
r Qnt0 us: our and
G«iVfii thc ruIcrs and faid un *°
they make an end in a day ? will them came, they faid unto
. '

°J«Jall fight for us. them, You exacl ufury, every one
they revive the Hones out of the times, From all places laboured in thc work: of his brother. And I let a great
and k if**
heaps of the rubbilh which are ye lhall return unto U5, hcm hcld thc fP ears > a fl «" bl y againft them.
be nponyou.
hom tl °V
burnt ? 8 ° f thc mornin S» 8 And 1 faid unto them, Wc,
in li

3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite 'ltbe S 31 5

13 1 Therefore fet 1 I
"

appeared. after our ability, have redeemed

wall,
-was by him, and he faid, Even lower places behind the
ii I * Cwift «t the fame time our brethren the
even Jews, which were
that which they build, if a fox on the higher places- 1 Dd5 fold
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N E H E M I A H.
fold unto the heathen : and will ver; yea, even their fcr?a
you even fell your brethren ? or rule over the people;
bu c
1-hall the? be fold unto us? then not I, becaufc of the fear
held they their peace, and found 16 Y?a, alfo 1 continued i \vnerci» »»• *"•'-" a "Q oanoauat. according

J Jn . ,

nothing to aufwer. work of this wall, neither among the heathenand to thefe their works, and
fcJfe Jorted on the
9 Alio fail, It is not good we any land: and all myf thai thou and the prophettfs Noadiah, and the reft
I
gSbmu faith tt,
that ye do: ought ye not to walk -were gathered thither 1
think to rebel for which of the prophets
Unto*!* Tc*s
:
that would have
in the fear of our God, becaufc of work, binldeft the wall, that put m: in fear.
i!u 'ethon
the reproach of the heathen our 17 Moreover, th Soil mayefrW
their k.ng.accord- 15 5 So the wall was finiftrd,
enemies? table an hundred a thefe words. in the twenty and fifth
in gto day of the
iq llikewife, and my brethren Jews and rulers, % And thou ha alfo appointed t month FJul, in fifty and t»o
days,
of
and mv fervants, might cxacl of that came unto u ophets to preach thee at Je- 16 And it came to pafs. that
them money and corn; 1 pray the heathen that arezho *5-« favinc. iftcrc ts a kin? in when all ~ l\ _

you let us leave off this ufury. *8 Now thit which wa.
ir Kcftore, 1 pray you, to ed for me
daily, was one »

them, even this day, their lands, fix choice Ihcep ; alfo f0w „ thefe
tneie w«.»-
words. -- --- mum c*u «o*n in tneir own
prepared for me, and once} us take counfel to- eyes: for
their vineyards, their oliveyards, and let they perceived that this
J fore,

and their houfes, a!fo the hun- days (tore of all forts of fthcr
,/fent, unto
work was wrought of our God.
dredth part of the money, and of yet for all this required not
8
g Then
;
I
,
him r
u-
fay. XJ y Muttwet, in tIlofc
I
the (,
biead of the governor, ing, There
are no Inch thing* the nobles of
the corn, the wine, and the
1
oil,
judah fent many
that ye exact of them. the bondage was heavy ^ne as thou fayeft, but thou letters unioTobiah,
and the let-
li Then laid they, We will people, frigneftthem out of thine own ten of Tubiah came'unto them.
reftorc them, and will require no- 19 Think upon me, my God, **** .. , ., .
l8 *or there were many in Tu-
9 For they all made us afraid, dah fwom unto him becaufA^
, ,

thing of them; fo will we do as for good, according to all that I

thou fayeft. Then called the1

priefls, and took an oath of them

have done fortius people,
C H A P. VI.
fiy i„g, Their hands fhall be
weakened iron, he work that
the jbn of Aarah; and his it
^km4g£S^SS^
that they Ihould do according to
\|OW
it came to pafs,
*bcn
k not done Now therefore, fort
j oi » nan had taken the daughter
iN Sanballat, and! Cei, ftrengthen my hands. of Mcftiullam the ion Of
this promife.
and Gtihem the Arabian, and
obiah,aii4
10 Afterward 1 came into the chiah.
Le-
13 Alfo I (hook my lap, the i l;

hoofeof Shcmaiah the fon of Dc-

faid, So God lhakeout every
man of our enemies heard that I had 10 Alfo H.^v nn rt.j 1 • i «
builded the wall, and that
from his houfe, and from his la- tlnrc
vjj /hut up; and he *
was no breach left faid. Let us words hJm il r'r i-t >
bour that performeth not this therein; rn .

promife, even thus be he fhaken (though at that time \ had M God, with n the temple, and let
CHAP
^
out and emptied. And ail the let up the doors upon the gate- Vff
XTOW
N
osOint the doors of the temple:
congregation faid, Amen, and % Hun Sanballat, and Gclha. nm, wT'SSk
it 1

unto me, faying, Coroc.kt will come to flay tKee! tKe 1,11^ £l?25l
praifed the Lord. And
the peo- fent
n n ' Kht W:
pic did according to this
promife. us meet together in fan* cm t|

{X ,„« " thCy CG r e had - ' f« «P doors, 'andihe

the time the villages in the p"
14 ^ Moreover, from "And "l f.id Should fiVh a
,rtert
rc * ,tes '
t,U finscrs
'
'
and tl,e
but they thought t
that 1 was appointed to be their sum a$ I
fler
-
. ? ^ wcre appointed.
governor in the land of Judah, chief,

from the twentieth year,

even 3 And
fentm I n ani R8d Hana " ial1 thornier
of
MfcipfeYofatT
eb,,1,lei '"a '

unto the two and thirtieth year

them, faying, I am nor go iS.
bis 1
'" 1 w,n the palace,
. .

cha^eoverjernfalem:
that is, work, fo that I
" fi)r nc wai a faithful man,
of Artaxerxcs the king, And In 1 • , , » and
twelveyears, I and my brethren down; why (houl j

rtafc, whijft Heave it, and* ** th3t And

have noTeaten the bread of the NCu,"ced th U n' u
3 1
*M '»'*<>thim, Let
tt
8
,./.rnor
jTLl the former governors,
down tO
4 Vet (hey fent unto
)'Ott
«ne I
Pi»ftme
bal|
« had
fori i;
hhedV "
r P
* nd J?an *
the a " not

°P ened » untii the f»" be hot; and

P «
at of Je'«falcm be

that bad been

chargeable unto
before
the
rr.e,

people,
*cre
and
times
fuered
after tins fort; and.
them after tnc
J* therefore u« !, u- j ^
hi C thcy (land
,
161 « h ««n
'

^
manner.
had taken of them bread and Sanballat
.^ft.
'1 hen fer.t WJJ^
Snc, befide forty lhekels of hi- <
 N E H E M I A H. CHAP. VII.
bis watoh, and every one to be 17 The children The children
f rTedaiah.oftbehoufeof Jcflnia, JS of Barko«,
over again ft his houfe.
4 Now
two thoufand three"
the city -was large and ty and two. ^
n
o The
hundred feventy and three,
children ot Immer, a dren of Tamah,
the children of Sifcra, the chil-
great: but the people 'Mere few 18 The children of A dot,; and two j($ The children
.biufand fifty of Neziah, the
therein, and the houfies Wirt not fix hundred threefcore
and*C The children ot Pafhur, a children ofHatipha.
builded. 19 The children of Bi gVa j
i
two hundred forty and 57 H The children of Solomon's
5 1 And my God put into thoufand ihrceicore and " thoufan*1
mine heart to gather together the
fev*
Sen. .„ f"**nt$ the children of Sotai,
20 The children of Adin .
of Harim, a the children of Sophereth ;

nobles, and the rulers, and the

r a% The children the
hundred fitly and five. 1 *
feventeen. children of Perida,
thoufand and
people, that tbty mighc be reck- The
children of
Thc Lcvit "
oned by genealogy: and I found
21
Atcr
Hezekiah, ninety and eieJu of 4? 1
the chl1 "
.
The children of Jaalah, the
:
&
* aren of
Jtlhua, of Kadmie , and children f Darken, the children
a regifterof the gencalogyof them 2% The children of of Hodevah, fe- ot Giddcl,
which came up at the firft, and ofthe children
three hundred twenty
found written therein, vtoty and
four. 59 The children of Shephatiah,
23 The children of B 44'« The fingers: the children thc children of Hattil the chil!
6 Th:fe are the children of the hundred twenty andfo.
of Afaph,
a" hundred forty and dren of Pochercth of Zebaim,
province, that went up out of the the
%4 The children of H children of Amon.
eight.
captivity, of thofe that had been hundred and twelve.
carried away, whem Nebuchad- 25 The children of
4J1 Th,f porters: the chil- 60 All the Nethinims, and the
dren of Shallum,
the children of children* of Solomon's
nezzar the king of Babylon had fervants
ninety and five.
Ater, the children of Talmon, wertthreehundrednim ty andtwo
carried away, and came again to 26 The men of Bet tbechildren of Akkub, the chil- 6i And thefe were they which
Jerufalem, and to Judah, every and Nctophah, an hun dren of Hatita, the children of went up alfo from Tet-melah
one unto his city; fcore and cicht. Sbobai, an hundred thirty and Tel-harema, Cherub, Addon
7 Who came with Zerubbabel: %^ The men of
and'
tisb
}'
,mmer ; but they could not fhew
Jelhua, Nehcmiah, Azariah, Ra- hundred twenty and eight, m ^. vr u- l
46 f The Nethinims: the their father's houfe nor their feed
amiah,Nahamani, Mordecai, Bil- 28 The men of Beth-azmavcth children of Ziha, thc children of whether they -were of
Ifrael
fhan, Mifpercth, Bigvai, Nchum, forty and two. 1

Halhupha, thc children of Tab- 62 Thc children of Delaiah

fiaanah; the number, Ifay, of the z<) The men of Kirjath-jearini. ba0 fie children of Tobiah, the chil-'
men of the people of Ifrael, -was Chephirah, and Beerotr " ?W wiA f v
47 The children of Keros, thc dren of Nekoda, fix hundred for-
this; hundred forty and three. children of Sia, the children of ty and two.
8 The children of Parofh, two 30 The men of Ramah P
thoufand an hundred feventy and ha, fix hundred t l°™ L'u - _ , _
,
6,3 1 And of the priefts : the
tya f Le ban a h chi,drcn ofHabaiah, the children
two. 31 The men ichi *?Ju ft'" ? L ' .

Je children of Hagaba, the chil- of Koz, the children of Barzillai,

,

9 The children of Sbephatiah, hundred and tw nd t< which took « f of the daughters of
three hundred feventy and two. 32 The men eth-el loTh^M' r» u
1116 Barzill hc GiIeaditeto wife, and
10 The children of Arah, fix Ai, an hundred t ty andthrtc. AfflSof
children GMcS °th
of Giddel, ,r after their
the children
K-.'. was called
hundred fifty and two. name.
33 The men of other Nebo,
IX The children of Pahath- fifty and two. .... 64 Thefe fought their reeiftcr
moab, of the children of Jcfhua 34 The children of the other
and Joab, two thoufand and Elam, a thoufand two hundred ' Y genealogy, but it was not
ofKekoda 5 .

Tk-lu'u found: therefore were thev* as

eight hundred and eighteen. fifty and four. <r .

it The children of Elam, a 35 The children of Harim,

thoufand two hundred 6fty and three hundred and twenty
^^SuS* S'™?,' P°' ,utC(1 .P»t from thc pricfth'o'od!

to thcm ' that the y would not eat

four. 36 The children of 51 The Phsu , n n.
13 The children of Zattu, eight three hundred forty and
lhech,ldren d
handred forty and five. 37 The children of L
0{ NephifteS" *
i°° "A 3 P ridl with Urim ^d
14 The children of Zaccai, fe- did, and Ono, feven h
f 3kbU 66 ThC Wh0,e ^ngregatioa
ven hundred and threefcore. twenty and one. r*Sin of 5.fc° ?
Pha f
the ' j
Ctbcr vat fort and tWtho«-
15 The children of Binnui, fix 38 The children of
*Hdren ofVrLr " » ?* y
hundred forty and eight. three thoufand nine hu
16 The children of Bebai, fix thirty.
handred twenty and eight.
39 Thcpriefts:
J
J»*fi>e children
of M^MSi?! «ro r- l L
m
fa " dthreeh «ndredandthreeftore.

-an-fervants,
»aid-fer¥ants, of whom
fcTen thoufand three
hundred*
 N E H E M I A R CHAP. IX.
taoscnto them
for whom nothing and thcrewasvery
liundred thirty and fcven : artd mid-day, before the men great itlrcfncft
a
they had two hundred forty and women', and thofe that con]
five ftngins-men and fnigin'-wo- d-erftand; and the ears
men. people were, >>:tint:ve
of ij
I
n% inoour LoRn:
Erf, «" ?>
th oy °
neither be ye-firft day
f ,hc LoRn ,s
" ad in
unto the Jafl
** hook of the £* of
he &
u»tn *
c

«ur flregth- .... ... Go and they kept the feafl fe- «'
68 Their horfes, feven hundred book of the law. T
7
.

the Levites fti]led:.H the ven and on ihe eighth day-

thirty and fix: their mules, two 4 And Ezra the fcri^ a xi So
hundred forty and five upon pulpit of wood, whi^
a
e
people, raying.
Hold your peace, vm*Mm* aflembly, according
:

69 Tlx'tr camels, tour hundred had made for the purp

?
^
'

%r the day u holy, neither be ye unto the manner. T7??

thirty and five: fix th-ufund Je-
fc grieved. CHAP. IX.
ven hundred and twenty afles.
befide him (rood Mattithiah
Shema, and Ananiah, and
'

1
E
n And ad the people went
and d.mk
^OW in the
twenty and fourth
70 ^ And ibmeof the chief of jah, and Hilkiah, and'
JVl aa r*
r
?*
their way to
and to rend
cat,
Portions, and to
to
^ day of this month, the chil-
dren of Ifiaei were aCimbkd
the fathers gave unto the work : on Ins right hand and on
theTirlhatha gav* to the trcafure hand. Pcdaiah, and MifbatI
,
hit'l
'
-ake great mirth, bcca«!c they
:
fajW and with fackcloti !S , with
and
had unnerrtood
the words that earth upon them
a thoufand drams of gold, fifty Maiehiah, and Haihum, anjw onto them.
bafbns, five hundred and thirty badana, Zcchaiiah, and
were declared » And the feed of Ifrael fepa-
,jfAnd on the lecond day rated thcmiVlves from alJ
prieftsgarments. lam. flfan-
were gathered together the cnief gers, and Hood and
71 And fme of the chief of the 5 And Ezra opened thfiWi conftfled
ofthe, fathers of a the people, their fin,, and the
iniquitie s of
fathers gave to tlie treafure of the i.i the fight of .ill the people
(rl the pnerts and the Levites, unto their father*,
work, .veiny thoufand d»v ms of he was aoove all the people ) LT
t
^ra the fcr.be even to under- 3 And tl)cy ft ocd ,
.

gold, and two thoufand and two when he opened i:, ail tlie | ,

pcoi>U the words of the law. place, and read in the i,

hundred pou.id of filvtr. flood up. '
„k of
14 And they found written in the law of the Loan
72 And ihM which the reft of 6 And Ezra Mcflcd theLo, the law which the Loko had com- cue fourth pa
their Ciod
t of the dav
the people save, was twenty thou- the great God: and all thefl by Mofcs that
,

manded the chil. another

fond drams of gold, and two thou- pie anfWered, Amen, amen, fourSpartthe^eSSiS
fl foen of l/raei ihould dwell in and worfhipped
IZ
fand pound of iiiver, and three- lifting up their hands: am" "
hoo'Jis, in the fcaft of the God.
tl c U eir
iirore and feven prieils garments, bowed their he^ds, and feventh month. . Thru n«« i ,
73 So the priefts, and the Le- ped the Lord with their
rites, and the porters, and the the ground,
fingers, and fome of the people, 7 Alfo Jefhua, and Bani, ao£
andtheNcthuums, and all Ifrael, Rhcrcbiah, Jamin, Akkub,Shab.
dwelt in their cities; and when bethai, Jlodijah,
Maafeiah, Ke-
the feventh month came, the chil- lita, Azariah, vvu.
Jozahad, Hamui, myrtle branches, and na m . ti. l f .

dren of Ifrael were in their cities.

Pelaiah, and the Levites caufed
CHAP. VIII. the people to ciulcrftandthcla*

AND all the people gathered and the people //W in t/ieirplacc*
themfelves together as one 8 So tluy read in the book, in
man, into the ftreet that was be- the law of God diftindly, and
fore the water-gate, and they gave the fenfe, and caufed ttm
fpake unto Ezra the fcribe, to to underftand the reading,
bring the book of the law of Mo- 9 % And Nehcmiab, which II
fes, which the Lord had coin- the 1 Mlhatha, and Ezra the-prW*
manded to Ifrael. the fcribe, and the Lcvitet that
% And Ezra the prieft brought taught the people, faid unto all
unto
the law before the congregation, the people, 1 his day is boly
both of men and women, and all the Lord your God, moumDOt,
hear with underhand nor weep: for the people wc,r
that could -
all
^
lh*
ing, upon the firfl day of. the fe- when they heard the words of
hnc« the or of hcav cn woi h
dav< ppeth thee-
Tenth month.
And he read therein before
law.
10 Then he faid unto S
Nun »'Uo
t

tha/da'v* hlj
*i ,

^
i
7 ^« Kg God
T
'
3 ,

the ftreet that was before the wa- Go your way, eat the fat,
a '

-
^children 1^'?%^!
of ifrael uooe
io:
vJ,
,
° di<!ft ch Abram, and
brotghuft him forth out
^*
ter gate, from the morning until drink the fwtct, and k^-^ oi IW of

*biibr.it\l
^^^^^^^ "
th«
 ' :

N E H E M I A H.
IX. CHAP.
theChaldees, and gavtit him the 16 But they and our fa
dealt proudly, and hardened hefore them
the inhabi- 30 Yet many years didft thou
name of Abraham: jJ land, theCanaanites, forbear them, and teflifiedft a-
8 And founded his heart faith- necks, and
hearkened not f the
tot),!!
la ° into their hands, gainft them by thy fpirit in thy
commandments, 7 eft them
ful before thee, and madeft a co- prophets : yet would they not
17 And rcfufed to obey, •^'heir kings, and the people
tenant with him, to give the hind
ther were mindful of thy
^ land, that they might do give ear; therefore gaveft thou
of the Canaanites, the Hittites, h
of tj1 them into the band of the people
a's they would.
the Amorites, and the Perizzites, ders that thou didft anion
and the Tcbufites, and the Oil- but hardened their necks And they took ftrong ci- of the lands.
land, and poflcfled 31 Neverthelefs, for thy great
gafhites, to give it, I Jay, to his
their rebellion appointed •
*^and a fat
tain to return to their fc*V s full
of a " goods, wells mercies fake, thou didft not ut-
feed, and haft performed thy and olive-yards, terly confume them, nor forfake
words, for thou art righteous : but thou art a God rea, 5°"ed vineyards
dfruit-trees in
abnndancc: fothem; for thou art* a gracious
don, gracious, and me
9 And didft fee the affliction *n
jjjj ea t, and were
filled, and and merciful God.
anger, and of great k
of our fathers in Egypt, and to and delighted them- 3% Now therefore, our God,
heardeft their cry by the Red lea; and forfookeft them not. became fat,
great goodnefs. the great, the mighty, and the
18 Yea, when they h JLlves in thy
10 And fhewedlt figns and Neverthelefs, they weredif- terrible God, who keepeft cove-
wonders upon Pharaoh, and on them a molten calf, an a6
and rebelled againft nant and mercy; let not. all the
all his fervants, and on all the
This is thy god that brong! obedient,
J - and thy law behind trouble fcem little before thee,
caft
peoplcof his land: for thou knew- upout of Egypt, andhr thee,
provocations; thtirbacks.and flew thy prophets that hath come upon us, on our
eft that they dealt proudly again ft great againft them to kings, on our princes, and on our
19 Yet thou, in thy ma. which teftificd
them: fo didft thou get thee a
name, as it is this day. mcrc,
«; {oi{?
11 And thou didft divide the the wildcrnefs
^
them n ...
the pillar of the
:
turn "hern to
thee, and they pricfts, and on our prophets, and
wrought great provocations. on our fathers, and on all thy
thou deliycredft people, fince the time of the kings
cloud departed not from thtm a7 Therefore
fea before them, fo that they went
lead them in the way; them into the hand of their ene- of Aflyria, unto this day.
through the midft of the fea on by day, to mies who vexed them and in the 33 Howbtit, thou art juft in
:
the pillar of fire by night,
the dry land, and their perfecut- neither time of their trouble, when they all that is brought upon us for
(hew them light, and the way ;

ors thouthreweft into the deeps, to cried unto thee, thou heardeft thou haft done light, but we have
wherein they (hould go.
as a ftone into the mighty waters, 1 them horn heaven; and according done wickedly:
Moreover, thou
14 leddeft them 20 Thou gaveft alio
to thy manifold mercies thou ga- 34 Neither have our kings, our
in the day by a cloudy pillar; fpirit to inftruft them, veft them faviours, who faved princes, our priefts, nor our fa-
ard in the night by a pillar of heldeft not thy manna then^ out of the hand of their thers kept thy law, nor hearkened
fire, to give them light in the
way mouth, and gaveft th enemies. unto thy commandments, and
wherein they fhould go. for their thirft.
18 But after they had reft, thy teltimonies wherewith thou
ai Yea, forty years «
1 1 Thou camert down
alfo up- they did evil again before thee: didft teftify againft
them,
them the wild
in
on mount Sinai, and fpakeft with fuftain therefore lefteft thou them in the
35 For they have not fcrved
that they lacked nothin
them from heaven, and gaveft baud of their enemies, fo that thee in their kingdom, and in thy
them right judgments, and true clothes waxed not old, they had the dominion over great goodnefs, that thou gaveft
feet fwelled not.
laws, good ftatutes and command- them: yet when they returned them, and in the large and fat
ments- 1Z Moreover, thou gave and cried unto thee, thou
heardeft land which thou gaveft before
kingdoms and nations, an
14 And madeft known unto t>m from heaven, and
many them, neither tuined they from
them thy holy fabbath, and com- divide theminto corners-, 1
times didft thou
ho deliver them, their wicked works.
mandedft them precepts, ftatutes, pofieffed the land of 6
.
t0 meicies:
of the king of ™» ToaS «.£ y 36 Behold, we are fervants this
and laws, by the hand of Mofes the land
and thelandofOgkmg tha??l,
in e '
1
m,

a Sai»fttbem, day, and for the land that

,
thou
thyfervant- 8 htcft '
bri,5
S thcm Saveft unto our fathers, to tat
15 And gaveft bread
them ,»3 Their children a 3, I? ,k
t' t ,
ljw :yet thtydcalt
l
c fr,,it t,,ercof a » dt,,c s°°d
for their hunger, phedft thou as the ftars of i* a ;y .
£ .
from heaven, " rkenc(lnot l,,Uo thereof
( I

water for ven and brough eft th m hycomVl nd mcnts bc,iold .

fervants . »
and broughteft forth ,
bl 't »nned in it.
n «r tohHk »

them out of the rock for their the land ro m

<A uT>
,

and promifedft them that hadft proofed

.

^f
to h J"S|^
th r
•"•do
(W ICh U -
37 An<l k >' iddeth mUch { «"
'

thirft,
to pofTefs the that they fhould
go in to^poflelj a "d
withdr,
u
,hallhve ln thcm
')
crca,i: unto thc kings whom thou
they fhould go
.

8 in ou,dcr haft fet over us, becaufe of our

******
S3, which thou haft fworn to
give them.
»4 g
folltikd the land, and
^
hj f<lened

notbear.
th? ^ and
'
.

would fins aJfo they have dominion

:

over our bodies, and over our cat-

 ,

N E H E M 1 A IT. CHAP. XT.

to the houfe
of the Lord: 4 And at Jenifalem dwelt
at thdr pleafurc, and wo are rated themfcives from the peo&, un
tic ea
of the lands, unto the law of G /
'
y 0^|(othc foft-born of our tain of the children of Judab, and
in erent diftrcfV.
And
?3 hecaufe of all this, their wivts, their (ons, andt^.;! and of our cattle, (as it is of the children of Benjamin : of
we'makc a fure covenant, and daugr ters.evci y one havingki^ #g* i n t helaw,)andthefirft- the children of Judah; Athaiah
ledge, and having underlUn^ « of our
herds, and of our the fon of TJzziah, the fon of Zc-
write it; and our princes, Levites, •
n£
priefts, Teal unto it. 29 They
clave to their brethren L to brine to the houfe of chnriah, the fon of Am. riah, the
mid J*
unto the priefts that fon of Shephatiah, the fon of Ma-
CHAP.
X. their nobles, and entered int.
,
r God,
houfe of our God; halalecl, of the children of Perez;
ivcre, cm and into an oath, to Snifter in the
TSJOvV thofe that fealcd ft walk}.
, 7 And
that we Ihould bring 5 And Maafoiah the fon of Ba-
A>l
Nchcmiah the Tirfliatha, the God's law, which was giy en ;g
the ierva.it ot God, an(j3» nrfl-fruits of our dough, and ruch, the fon of Ccl-hozch, the
fon of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, Moles ffif
and do all the command- offerings, and the fruit of all fon of Hnzaiah, the Ion of Adai-
% Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, obierve ,,r

Pafliur, AnMriah.Malchijali, ments of

the Lord our Lord,-^ mannerof trees, of wine and of ah, the fon of Joiarih, the fon of
3 the priefts, to thecham- Zechaiiah, the fon of Shiloni.
4Hattufli,Shehaniah,Malloch, his judgments and his ftatutes; oil unto
the houfe of our God, and 6 All the fons of Pertz, that
5 Harim.Mcrcmoth.Obadiah, 30 And that wx would not gire ber'j of

daughters unto the people of of our ground unto the dwelt at Jcrufaicm, were four
the tithes
6 Daniel, Ginnethon, IJaruch, our the fame Levites hundred thredcore and eight va-
Mijamin, the land, nor take their daughters Levites, that
7 Mefhullam, Abijah,
8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah:
for-rrions: m ight have the tithes, in all the liant men.
3* And the people of t|, e
1/ cities of our
tillage. 7 And thefe are the fons of
thefc -were the priefts.
land bring ware, or any victo^ 38 And the prieft, the fon of Benjamin ; Satin the fon of Me-
9 And the Lcvites: both To-
on the fibbatb-day to fell, Aaron, mall be with the Levites, fhullam, the fon of Joed, the foil
ft.ua the fon of Azaniah, Binnui
we would not buy it of them on when the Levites take tithes: of Pedaiah, the fon of Kolaiah,
of thefonsof Henadad, Kadmicl:
the iabbath, or on the holy-day; and the Levites fhall bring up the the fon of Maafeiah. the (on of
10 And their brethren, Sheba-
that we would leave the fe- tithe of the tithes unto the houfe Ithiel, the fon of Jefaiah.
niah, Hodiiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, and
venth year, and the exaction of of our God, to the chambers, in- 8 And after him, Gabbai, Sal-
jj anan tothetreafure houfe.
every debt. Jai, nine hundred twenty and
11 Micha, Rchoh, Hafoabiah,
3* Aifo we made ordinan« 39 Fcr the children of Ifrael, eight.
I* Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shcba-
for us, to charge ourfelves ywljr
,
and the children of Levi, fhall 9 And Joel the fon of Zichrt
nbh bring the offering of the corn, of was their overfeer :
with the third part ot a (hektl, and Judah
13 Hodiiah, Bani, Beninu. the new wine, and the oil, unto the fon of Senuah was fecond over
The chief of the people; for the fci vice ot the houfe ofow
14 the chambers w here are the vef- the city,
• alh
' m0ab Elam Z3t " ftls of the fan<ftuary, and the
the fhew-bread, and for 10 Of the priefts : Jedai
fbT
tb tnf ' '

the' continual
ng jnd Riiefts that miniflcr.and the por- fon
of Joiarib, Jachin.
i^ini, Azgad, Bchai,
Adoniiah. Bigvai, Adin, for the continual burn tjtfam II Seraiah the fon ofHilkiah,
,6 uotforfakc the houfe of our God. the fon
of the labbaths of th e c» of Melhullam, the fon of
,7 Ater.Hizkijah.Azzur, Xl "
moons lor the let eafts m£ Vlie ru, * rs* Zadok, the fon of Meraioth, the
13 Hodiiah, Hafhum, Bezai,
A
1

^^^X^
tkv.p and for he! * thc P« P'f fon of Ahitub, was the ruler of
Hariph. Anathoth, Nebai, the holy , /
.°/
19 dwelt at Jerufalcm : the reft the
houfe of God.
Magpialh, Melhu.lam, He-
h in^r^ tC
a,fo caft
J 1I !
dw el, ln
t«. ^ " And their brethren, that
M^abcel, Zadok, Jad- of the l.oie of our
God
ZTS\ C!t
" t0
,

>>.andn,nc
-
Jeru - did the work of tlic boofe, were

^
P ar ts eight hundred twenty and two :
'
5,//! n 6btr
>

« Pcl.tiah.Hanan.AnaW,, the priefts, the

^"j^J 7 c,tI
f
•
„ ™d
Adaiah the fon of Jeroham,
for the w
pe ?P.Ie all the •WW.
fon of Pelaiah,
Kananiah, Hafltub, people, rte nir»n
I'lC Ml- \-T * CldlBM, the ion
LUC of
fon UI
a3 Holhea, I

tl e^ houte Y °^ ttd Amzi ' thcfon <>f Zechariab. thc

^ Hallohefn, Pilcha, Shohek, bring ,/ into 0^ fr "'emf ves to I l*}
MPHm
^^£Sfa
l
at f°n of Palh,,r t,1c ,on of Malchiah
a Rehum, Halhabnah, Maa- 3 1 Now ?l f
h { °(
-

J 3 And his brethren chief of

bum upon the a
the pUhil7u-
„ce 1 ,
,wo hundr <d forty
26 And Ahijah, Han.n, Anan, year to
Loan our God, as
®<*7Cl ZlJ?*?/!":*^^"**
4^eve t,eS f nds h andtw
°: andAmalhai, the fori
47 Malluch; Harim, Haanah. the i
toL "f.,- Sp ^l on l n
a* * And the reft of the pco- ten in the law
And to bring he D
«
:

ft
. fj
.

*«r ei f? ^ v I
l
|
Aznreel, the fon of Ahafii. the
fo" of Melhillemoth, the fon of
pic, the priefts, thc Levites,
the and !L Lcvites
Tl\ f*
ground and the K«*in5m« - and the Immer,
porters, the
Sims, and all
fingers,
ti.cy that
the Nethi-
l.au leoa-
of
of
our
all I rim of all
trees,
,,
y

^on's fen'!:
a

,
llS
°f 14 And
^
brCtll,Ca m] * bt y
rr.cn
 N E H E M I A H. chap.
xrr.
men of valour, an hundred twenty 25 And
for the viI!ag the Levites
and eight : and their overfcer was their fields, feme of the
Cs
child
*
g Moreover Je- David the man of
:

,Binnui,Kadmicl,Shecebiah, overagainfl ward.

God,' mm
Zabdiel, the fon of one of the great of Judah dwelt at Kirjath
men. andiw the villages thereof
a 3
'

\
*
»
ftu 3
?od*h, '"i™?
1
}^
J VthethaHkfS .ving,heandhis Ohadiah,
v
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah
&ft^am7"3S
IJ Alfoofthc Levites: She- Dibon and in the villages Akkub, were porters keenine
maiah the fon of Hafhub, the fon of, and at Jekabzccl, and
th^ brethren. the
\n t
YT
of Azrikam,thefonofHa(habiah, villages thereof,
the fon of Bunni. 36 And at Jelhua, and at
16 And Shabbethai, and Jo- ladah, and at Beth-phelet
zabad of the chief of the Levites, %7 And at Hazar*ihual[ an
bad theoverfight of the houfe of Beerfheba, and in the vi
the outward bufinefs of the houfe thereof,
of God. 28 And at Ziklag, and than, an* Jon begat faddua. the wall of
17 And Mattaniah the fon of konah, and;**/ the villages t„ jjy
And in the days of Joiakim
Jerufalem they fought
the Levites rm* *f 8
l%
Micha, the fon of Zabdi, the fon 29 And at En-rimmon, an
of Afaph, was the principal to at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
J iep rlfs, the chief
tiers: of
ofW
fa- to
Serauh, Menuah: of keep the
^th^Tj^^^
l

^it^^R±
begin the thankfgiving in pray- 30 Zanoah, Adullam, and ;« Jeremiah, Hananiah : nc fs T<-
er : and Bakbukiah the fecond their villages, at Lachifh, and J both M . .
, a
8
. •

I3 Of Ezra, Melhullam of and with fin£ £i?

among his brethren, and Abda fields thereof, at Azekah, and
the :
LT'
f«
the fon ofShammua, the fon of the villages thereof. And they
Galal, the fon of Jeduthun. dwelt from Beer-fheba, unto th*
18 AH
and four.
the Levites in the holy valley of Hinnom.
city -were two hundred fourfcore

kub, Talmon, and their brethren

that kept the gates, Uteri an hun-
31 The children alfo
min, from Geba, dwelt _
19 Moreover the porters Ak- mad), and Aija, and Beth
in their villages,
32. And at Anatho
ttft
Ginnethon, Mcfhullam
Zerhsriah
:
, * S^S^Klfo f? !i
'
l ,

dred feventy and two. Ananiah,

2c ^ And the refidue of Ifra* 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittam,
el, of the pi lefts and the Levites, 34 Hadid, Zoboim, Nehalla
were in all the cities of Judah, 35 Lod, aiid O110, the
1

every one in his inheritance, of craftfmen.

%l But the Nethinims dwelt 36 And of theLevites
in Ophel: and Ziha and Gifpa vilions in Judah, and in Be
were over the Nethinims. CHAP. XII.
%% The overfter alfo of the Le- NOWthefe are the prie »1 The Levies i„ the da™ an. I V "P° n the «*
vites at Jerufalem was Uizi the Levites that we
the
fon of Bani, the fon of Halhabi- with Zerubbahel the fon of Sh •»«.Mdua, .we reco/ded c hief ZLrlfa ""' K' v' th ' a '"<
ah, the fon of Mattaniah, the
ion of Micha of the fons of A-
nit id,
ninth, Ezra,
and Jo.hua : Seraiah, fathers : alfo the p/X Zf^{ °'"'f,
,,ton
W "S^'nid
iaph, the fingers were over the % Amariah,MalI
bufinefs of the honfe of God. 3 Shecaniah,
%3 For it wis the king's com- moth,
mandmentconccrning them, that 4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
a certain portion ihonlcl be for 5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgabj
the fingers due for every day. 6 Shcjnaiah, and Joiarib,
%4 And Pethahiah the fon of daiah,
Melhtzabeel, of the children of 7 Salln, Amok,
Hilkiah, Je
Zerah, the fon of Judah, was at iah : thefe were the chief of
the king's hand in all matters priefts, and of their brethren
concerning the people. thedaysof Jtlhua.

taniab,
 : ;

N E H E M I A H. CHAP. XIIT.
tafmh.thefonof Michaiah, the fome appointed over the t fc chamber, where afore- and their office was to diftribnte
M t
foil of Zaccur, the ion of
Afaph hers for the treafnres, for , a
gr meat-offerings, unto their brethren.
!hrv laid the
:

the firft-fruits,
36 And his brethren, Shema- offerings, for ,Jt tim
f
ank-incenfe, and the veflcls, 14 Remember me, O my God,
and Azreel, Milalai, Gilalai, for the tithes, to gather intoth *
iah, t rV[he tithes of the corn, the concerning this, and wipe not
Maii, Nathaneel, and Judah, out of the fields of the cities
t£ Line, and
the oil, (which out my good deeds that 1 have
portions of the law for the ptjjaj
Hanani, with thcmufical inftru- "^commanded/* be given to the done for the houfc of my God,
ments of David the man of God, and Levites : for Judah rejoiced tlic ^m £ crs anc* t 1c arul for on^ ccs thereof.
f^itcs, and
'
'

fcribe before them, for the pi lefts and for the Levitt, antl tlie ortil:rin S s of tllc thofe days faw in Ju-
and Ezra the tcrs,)
*5 t !

And at the fountain-gate, that waited, f°! n *

dah fome treading wine prelTes on
37 s
'

which was over againft them, 45 And both the fingers and 1
A But in al! this
time was not I the fabbath, and bringing in
they went up by the flairs of the the porters kept the ward of th«\,

city of David, at the going up of

God, and the ward of the Ur i.
p
houfc of fication according to the
the wall, above the Co m .

David, even unto the water- mandmcnt of

David, and of Solo,
n a
gate ea Award. mon his (on. ? the king fabbath-day : " and I testified
c avc o f
:

38 And the other com pant of 46 tor 111 the days of David And Jerufalem,
I came to tgainfi them in the day wherein
7
tkemthat gave thanks, went over and A aph, of old, there W{ „ of I he evil that they ioM vidua U.
and underftood
againlt them, and I after them, chief of the fingers, and fongsof Elialbibdid for Tobiah, in pre- 16 There dwelt men of Tyre
praife and thanklgivmg unto paring him a chamber in the
and the half of the people upon alfo therein, which brought fifh,
uoa,
God. houfc of God. and all manner of ware, and fold
the wall, from beyond the tower
:r courts of the
of the furnaces, even unto thee 47 And all Ifrr.el
Ilrr.el in the days 8 And it grieved mc fore on the fabbath unto the children
of Zerubbabel, and in the days of
thcrcf >re I cart forth all the bouf- of Judah, and in Jei ufalem.
broad wall
39 And from above
the gatee N'ehcmiah, gave the portionsof
N'ehcmian, portions of'
and the porters,
hold -fluff of Tobiah out of the n Th::n I contended with the
ofKphraim, and above the old the fingers, chamber. nobles of Judah, and /aid unto
pate and above the fifh-gate and
every day his portion, and they 9 Then I commanded, and them, What evil thing is thisthat
ftnftified hoh thi^s unto theLe- chambers and ye do, and profane the fabath-
the tower of Hananeel, and they clcanfcd the
the :

and the Levites ianctificd brought again the veflcls day

tower of Mcah, even unto the
vites, thither I ?

and they ttood Aill in them unto the children of Aaron, of the honfeof God, with the 18 Did not your fathers thus,
fheep-eate :

H A
the prffon -gate.
40 So flood the two companies
vt
C
_
r\$
that day they read in the
P. XIII. mea'-ofTcring
cenfe.
and the
and upon this
frankin- and did not our God bring all
this evil upon us,

if thcm that rave thanks in the Kj

book of Mofes in the and.- 10 f And I perceived that the city? yet ye bring more wrath
the people : and therein portions of the Levites had not upon Ifrael by profaning
houfeof God; and 1, and the half cue of the
rulers with me : was found written that the Am- been given them ; for the Levites fabbath.
of the
Andthepriefts; Eliakim, monite and the Moahite Ihould and the fingers tiiat did the work,
19 And it came to pafs, that
41 were fled every one to his field,
come into the congregation when the
Maafeiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, not ll Then contended 1 with the gan to
gates of Jerufalem be-
Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hana-
of God for ever be dark before the fabbath,
* Bccaule they met not the rulers, and (aid, Why is the I commanded that the gates
niah with trumpets :
and noufe of God for/aken ? and I
Maafeiah, and She- children of If, ul with bread ga- mould b< fbut, and charged that
4 » And lured Balaam hered them together, and
iet they mould not be opened till
™iah and Eleazar, and Uzzi, with water, but them ,„ the,, place.
after the fabbath i and fine of my

BfclSar^
tb
^Je^hiah
Z°M^
faciifices,
day they offered the\ had heard the
and rejoiced ;
the

law.
for (eparated from lnael
^^^^
a.I ^
t!fE of tk
tune

foriC

th t£
* u
Ught a,1
cor,,, an< i the new there

'

1,'a,,,, mtu]c
,

.• •
.
fhould

y^cr
.H
ah thc ftrvants'fet I at the gates, that
no burden be
UlUo thc trCa ' brou Shti»ontliefabbatli-day.
20 So the merchants, and
over lers of all kind of w are, lodged
S
fel-

great
God had made them rejoice with mixed ^uUwucie.
And before
hib P'M and? *! .
Sh d< n b thc wit,,oul
t ! !? once or twice. J^km
great joy the wives alio and the 4 V
;
eovertj
children rejoiced
jerufalem was
:

heard even afar ^

To that the joy the pneft,
having^ h
chamber o. the 1,0,
|
»«xt to ih!m '
KV'"*
h
\
aI,d t,1cm
'
and faid ,int0 them, Why

^
C " 01 Wattaniah: Jo again,]
for thev
f hands on von.
will lay
° ff he had prepared
'J'
*crt iu« nt ed faithful, From that time forth came t'hay
at that time were And >

;4 5 And S
no
 ESTHER.
king like bim, who was bel
CHAP.
the king had appoint- fha!l come abroad m-to all wo«
If.

no more on the fabbath. i.for f"

officers of his houfe, men, Co that ti,ev lhali
22 And commanded the Le- of his God and God made
I SYoaii the defpife
(hould do according to their hufbands in their eyes, when
vites, that they fhould cleanfe king over a-Il Ifrael : ncverth Jhat they
themfclves, and that they fhould even him did outlandifh
pfcafure. it lhall be reported, The kin?
;,!ry man's
come and keep the gates, to fane- caufe to fin. Alfo Valhti t.ie queen made Ahaiucrus commanded Valhti the
tify the fabbath-day. Remember 27 Shall we then hearken unto .toft for the
women, m
the roy- queen to be brought in before
O my concerning this you to do all this great evil,
God, which belonged to king him, but the came not.
me, ^ !j houfe
alfo, and fpare me according to tranlgrcfs againft our God, in Ahafuerus. 18 Mkewtfe lhall the ladies of
the greatnefs of thy mercy. marrying ftrangc wives? jofOnthefeventhday.when Ptrfia and Media lay this day
28 And one of the ions of the king was merry unto all the khig's princes, which
23 J In thofe days alfo faw I of
J a. i the heart
of F.hafhib, the he commanded Me- have heard of the deed of the
Jews that had married wives of da, the fon high ^ith wine,
Harboua, Bigtha, queen. Thus Jhall there arije too
A(hdod,of Ammon, «»</ ofMoab: prieft, -was fon-m-law to Sanbal. human, Biztha,
Horonite: therefore Abagtha,Zelhar,and Carcas, much contempt and wrath,
24 And their children fpakc lat the I and
from me. chamberlains that:ferv-
half in thefpeech of Afhdod, and chafed him the feven 19 If it pleafe the king, let
could not fpeak in the Jews lan- 29 Remember them, my cd in the
prefence of Ahafuerus there go a royal commandment
becaufe they have d«61ed f>om him, and let it be written
guage, but according to the lan- God, the king, _

guage of each people.
them
25 And I contended with
the priefthood, and the covenant 11 To bring Valhti the queen among the laws of the Perlians
before the king, with the crown and the Medes, that it be net
*
of the priefthood, and of
the

and curfed them, and fmote cer- vites. royal, to Ihew the people and the altered, that Valhti come no more
30 Thus eleanfed I them princes her beauty: for the ves before king Ahafuerus, and
tain of them, and pluckt off their let
ftrangers, and appoin" look upon. the
hair, and made them fwear by all king give her royal cftate un-
fair to
t

God, faying, Ye lhall not give wards of the prtefts and 12 But the queen Vaftm re- to another that is better than fhe.
your daughters unto their fons, vites, every one
his bi m fufed to come at the king s com- 20 And when the king's dc-
nor take their daughters unto 31 And for the wood nandment by his chamberlains: cree, which lie (hall make, fhall
at times appointed, an. therefore was the king very wroth be publilhcd
vour fons, or for yourfel ves. throughent ail hi?
and his anger burned m him.
26 Did not Solomon king of firft-fruits. Remember empire, (for it is great,) all the
Ifrael fin by thefe things? yet a- my
God, for good, 13 f Then the king fa.d to the wives lhall give to their hufbands
wife men which knew the times, honour, both
mong many natio ns was there no to great and fmall.
(tor lo was he king s manner 21 And the faying pleafcd the
The Book of ESTHER. towards ail that knew law and king
and the princes, and the
CHAP. I. 5 And when thefe •

'rf^V^n14 And the next> unto

,.
king did according to the word
NOW \t> to pais in the expired, the king
came
.
lm« -was of Memucan •

. days of Ahafuerus, (this is unto all the people ti

Ahafuerus which reigned from fent in Shufhan the
SS? Men?
3

a'n
'
KT
ShClha

\7\
nV
Admatha '
MarfC a ' and the kil, «'« Provinces, into
1
«
Fo heVent 'letters into* all
every
'-

India even unto Ethiopia, over an unto great and ° f P rovi "« according to the writing
final;
P" nCCS
hundred and feven and twenty in the court of the SaTdM hf L C
thcrCOf' 3nd to e very people af!
provinces,) king's palace, «feilTrfr r?J5
Ch f3t thC firft tCr thci
that every
-

bHm*>
6 Where -were white,
in tLSn^n'N '

2 That in thofe days, when the corfc xj Whaft " ,an fhould b r ru,e h« own "
^
fattened with i a ,

king Ahafuerus fat on the throne blue hangings

linen and purple, to M«r
of his kingdom, which -was in of fine ,nR, 0,a h hed *******
palace, rings, and pilars of marble. M Atirn5 not P crfo
f rmed of ^
every people.
^ the language
Shufhan the ,

minm
e/gold, and W ver '°H
the
CHAP
. ,

* In the third yearof his reign, beds -were

mCOt ° f the kin
lit ? * If
.m^^nf^ft unto all his nrinccs a pavement of red, andbiue,*
,
Vaft
And MemuS,
-«
bc 'ore th

ti
kn, Ka nd
the queLHh
ambC, ainS

h
a
"
;-
?tCr tIlefe
'
i
ClCd AA a
Wrath of
^and eafed >
,
**
***** the.
Ahafuerus
remembered

fore him.
and
"5
ver
royal
?
one
<l>

wine in
„
' r
.
om
ttr

10 8,1
°ngtotl,ekTn',„
the princes " (V
T
n1 lhe
T
* f°
Vafl,U
'

What was
* hat fhe
(kcrce,!
had done,
her.
4'Whcn he (hewed the riches
^Ple that ["Tin T,,en fuid the kin >s
S
of his glorious kingdom, and the according
to the flat- III w*
8 And the drin*
Y,nc
«of t lck ni \t V
|
7 Pr0" that in ittr«i unto him, I-_e »
honour of his excellent majefty,
.
17 p w a erUS hCr bc fair >' oun vir 5ns f^ght
l king. £
"
S
many days, even an hundred and cording to the law, deed «f
/fo UU(J of 5i !
the queen for the
.

fourfcore days. £ e 3 An
 •

ESTHER. CHAP. III.

and (he ob- cerning him hut Mordecai bow*

the women,
:

3 And let the king appoint IO Efthcr had not frcucj c *

'1
^ gt)0* aCC a; >d
favour in his cd ndt, nor did bim reverence.
officers in all the provinces of his people, nor her kindred- ,

& ****** the virgins; 3 Then the king's fervants,

kingdom, that they may gather Mordccai had charged her, mote than all
t lJ
together al! the fair young virgins IhcfhouM not fhew it. 5 fij^t'
.he f-t tiie royal crown which were in the king's gate,
it And Mordecai walked ev f°
^**\+r head,
and made her faid unto Mordecai, t ran f- Why
unto Shiilhan the palace, to the
houfc of the women, unto the day before the court of th c
Crt
p 00
•pfteai of Valhti.
grefltft thou the king's command-

cuftody of Hege thc king's cham-
hcrlain, keeper of thc women,
men's houfc, to know how Ett Then the king made a ment ?
1
4 Now it came to pafs, when
,to all his prince, and
ner
did, and what ihould become fc ft ul

and let their things for piuifica- her.

f
Servants, i^Erther's feaft, they fpake daily unto him, and
" ^ tnv vv lcn every a rC ' ca ^c t0 t ' ie pro * ^ e nearkcnc<l not unto them, that
tion be given them: % he
' 1
maid 1

turn was come, to go in i

,
and gave gifts, according they told Haman, tofee whether
4 And let the maiden
-

kiI|g * inC king. Mordecai his matters wouldrtand;

plcafcth thc king be queen in Ahameius, after that (he heVcaiC of the
I la j l° were for he had told them that he -uas
And the tiling been twelve months, according Anil when the virgins
ftead of Valhti.
together, the fecond a Jew.
'

plcafed the king, and he did fo. thc manner ct thc women, (forfo gathered . . __
were the d.iys of their purilicatU then Mordecai fat in the j And when Haman faw that
5 «f Now in Shaflian
•

the pa- c
Mordccai bowed not, nor did him
lace there was a Certain Jew, ons accomplifhed, to -wit, (l% kW* ? atf
'

had notyet (hewed reverence, then was Haman full

whofc name -was Mordccai, the
fon of Jail, the Ton of Shimei, the
ion of Kith, a Benjamitc:
6 Who had been carried away
from Jcruialem, with thecaptivity
which had been carried away with
Teconiah king of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar the kins of Ba-
bylon had carried away.
Hadaf-
7 And he brought up
fah (that is Either) his uncle's
daughter, for flic had neither the fecond
father nor mother, and the maid to
was fair and beautiful, whom kind's
Mordecai (when her father and the
mother were dead) took lor his the king no
own daughter.
months with oillot mynh,aiKffi| «o Either
months with iwcet odours, an nor her people, as- of wrath.
kindred,
j r
6 And he thought fcorn to lay
with oihtr things for the p~- Mordccai had charged her: for
commandment of hands on Mordecai alone; for
ing of thc women,) Either did the
13 Then thus came every Mordecai, like as when (he was they had ftcwed him the people
of Mordccai : wherefore Hainan
en unto the king; whatfoevcr brought up with him.
(while Mor- fought to deftroy all the jc** 9
a i 5 In thofe days
(hedefned was given her, to go
with her ou: ot the houfe of tht iccaifatin thc king's gate) two of that were throughout the whole
chamberlains, Bigthan kingdom of Ahaiucrns, even the
women unto the king s houfc. Ihe king's
14 In thc evening (he wen' and Tercih, of thofc which kept people of Mordecai.
on the morrow flic return the door, were wroth, and fought 7 «f In the firvt month (thatfr
on king Aha- the month Nifi-n) in the twelfth
houfe of thew to lay hand
year of king Ahufuerus, they call
the ct;Uody of bhaalhga fiicrus.
zi And the thing was known Pur, th*o u thc lot, before Ha-
cham.ieilain, which
concubines ; Ihe ca™-« to Mordecai, who told it unto man, from day to day, and from
JEfthcr the qi cen, and Efthcr cer- month to month, to the twelfth
more, excel
tificd the kh>s thereof, in Morde- month, that is the month Adar,
delisted mher and

8 * So it came to pafs, when were

called by name,
cai's name.
...
8 f An J Haman faid unto king
%3 And when inquifition was Ahafucrus, There is a certain peo-
15 1 Now
when the
thek n^sconimandmentandhis
decree was heard; and when Efthcr,
the daughter of M aiadcof thc matter, it was found pie fcattercd abroad, and d;ipcr£-
out: therefore they were both cd among the people in all
were gathered to- the uncle o A ordccai, («b the
many maidens banged on a tree: and it was writ- provinces of thy kingdom,
and
her foi his daujh.e )
gether unto Shuihan thc palace, taken ten in the book of thc chronicles
cuftody of Hcgai, that conic to 50 in muo the king, their laws are divers from all peo-
to the keforc the king.
required nothing, but what p l e , neither keep they thc king's
^
S
Efthcr was brought alfo unto thc
houfe, to the cuftody of gai the
Hegai keeper of the women.
king's chambcrlig
keeper of the women aP£'»^
him and Efthcr obtained
A
C H A P. IH. laws; therefore it h not for the
FTuR thefe things did king kind's profit to futTcr them.
Ahafuerus promote Haman
.

9 If it plcafe thc king, let it b&

9 And the maiden pleafed them that looked upon
e lon
^ Hamedatiia the Aga- written that they may be defirov-
f
of
and (he obtained kindncisof him, fight all ;
* nd »dv anccd
him, and fct ed: and I will pay ten thcvMd
hn> r

S5^«.C JS £l
things as belong to her,and king
»»».
Ahal.crus uno h« I
leat abo Vt

i Tn
all the princes that talents of f*!v*r

'
he king s ^ants, hufuwfi, to bring it into
to thi hands ot*
thofc that have the charge of thc

wtkb were meet royal, in the ui.ii f • the

feven maidens, Ttbu-ih
iMT» K kin S^gate, bow-
which the month king's treaiurics.
o be £en her, out of thc king's ed
lUC:l Haman: for
r
10 And thc king took hisrinr
houfe, and he preferred her and thc ^venth yearo h« «« | I

^ ^ci i*Tr
^ 5 aad commanded con- fo from his hand, and gkrc it unto
beft place of l? And thc king
her maids unto tnc al>ofC
E c * Haman
the houfe of the women.
Hainan the fon of
EST
Hammedatha
HER.
into the kin 5 's gate clothed
I
CHAP. V.
the Agngite, the Jews enemy. fack cloth. -40 not called, there is one law
is
that wa$ in his hand: fo Efther
II And the king faid unto pot him to death, except drew near, and touched the
3 And in every province^ 5 his to top
P
Haitian, The filvcr is given lo therfoever the king's ?, ch to
whom the king fhall hold of the fceptre.
command golden fceptre, that he
thee, the people alfo, to do with mcnt, and his decree came //, Jut
° the 3 Then faid the king unto her.
theru as it fecmeth good to thee. iv a 5 great mourning among 7e live: but I have not been What wilt thou, «uec„ Efther ?
t my come in unto the king, and what is thy rc queft ? it
iz Then were the king's icribes Jews, and falling, and weepfe/ called to fhall
days. be even given thee, to
called on the thirteenth day of and wailing, and many | av thefe thirty the half of
r m they told to Mordecai
the firft month, and there was fackcloih and alhes. l% And the kingdom.
fthcr's words. And
written according to all that Ha-
itianhad commanded unto the
4 if So Efthcr's maids, and
chamberlains came and told
U E
ijThcn^
% 4 Efther anfwered, If it
king, let the
king's lieutenants, and to the her: then was the queen exceed!
t
toanfwerEfther, Think not with king and Haman
come thw day
governors that ingly grieved, and the fent thyfelf, that thou (halt efcapc in unto the banquet that
over every
ifffcri
raU 1 hav*
province, and to the rulers of men! to clothe Mordecai, and the king's houfe, more than all prepared for him.
to
every people of every province, take away his fackcloth fromhiim the Jews. :
5 Then the king faid
Cawfr
According to the writing thereof, but he received // not. u for
peace
thou altogether ho d- Haman to make
if
time
haftc [hat he
and to every people after their 5 Then called Either for eft thy
at this then may do as Efther hath Vaid
So
frail there enlargement and deli- the king and Haman
language; in the name of king lach, one of the king's ch came to the
Ahafucrus was it written, and tains, whom he had appoi: terance anfe to the jews from banquet that Efther had
prepared,
icaled with the king's ring. attend upon her, andgavi another place, but thou and thy 6 And the kin* £\A
13 And the letters were lent commandment to MordecL.
by pofts into all the king's pro- know what it wii, and why it 1005,
fcther's houfe (hail be deftroy^ EftlJ,
md who knoweth, whether thou What is thy petition
SS^fc^ ^
°

? and it £ll
vinces, to deftroy, to kill, and to 6 So Hatach went forth to
caufe to perifh all Jews, both Mordecai unto the ftrect of the
young and and
old, little children city, which ivas before the king's
return Mordecai this aufwcr,
women, in one day, even upon gate. 7 'jh c „ an(w -. p i .

the thirteenth day of the twelfth 7 And Mordecai told him of

16 Go, gather together a!} the
Jt n that are prcfa* in Shufhan, h;
P
'
ASSSSS^iX^
?
A ^ **i rc< * ucft
month, (which is the month all that had happened unto him, snd faft yc for me. and neither 8 if f k_
Adar.) and to take the fpoil of and of the Aim of the money
S qJtS^l?^
o- t

eatoorJink three days,

them for a prey. that Haman had promifed to pay S d ,f 11 *t«
plea ' e
day: I alfo and my maidens- will tit Mh! ? '

14 The copy of the writing, to the king's treafuries for the pe ^'Mn *
for a commandment to be given Jews, to deftroy them.
faft likewife, and fo w ill? « „ ltd to Vf
lg£ rtqUCft
iu every province, was publilhcd 8 Alfo he gave him theeopyof
unto all people^ that they fhould the writing of the decrre, that
be ready againft that day. was given at Shufhan to deftroy
onto the ki,; g , which is
c^thelaw; ™* « ^ he ktfn ^HamTn '
F
Efther, and
15 The polls went out, being them, to (hew it unto
haftened by the king's command- to declare it unto her, and
ment, and the decree was given charge her that (he fhould go
an Shufhan the palace: and the unto the king, to make
to

in

fupphca-
Hfthe- had comma^l hi J S^^S^S
king and Haman fat down to tion unto him, and to make
re-

people
drink, but the city Shulban was queft before him for her
rerplexed. 9 And Hatach came
and W tZ^'tf""'. *><> ItoMto the him h< wLftil ThTt^
CHAP. IV. Efther the words of Mordecai.
fpakc unto
WHen Mordecai perceived all 10 1 Again
that was done, Mordecai Hatach, and gave him
Efther
comnmn*
Mordecai;
rent his clothes, and put on fack- ment unto
,

cloth with alhes, and went out in- 11 All the king's fcrvants, aj»
the and cried the people of the king's proving
to the midft of city,
with a loud and a bitter cry : do know, that whofcev*r»
man or woman, InaH
a And came even before the ther
the inner*
lung's gate: for none might enter unto theking into w
£c 3 advanced
 ESTHER.Haman came in : a
C II A p. VII, VIH.
advanced him above the princes 6 So begun to of the palace-garden, into the
haft
fere whom thou
and llrvants of the king. king fa id unlo him, What I
lhalt not puvjiiUgainft place of the banouet of wine
i ll thou
ia Human faid moreover, Yea, clone unto the man who but (bait
' finely fall before and Haman was fallen upon the
Eft her the queen did let. no man king delighteth to honour'
[f-
? ' bed whereon Efther -u>au Then
come in with the king unto the Haman thought in his he
,
while they W*y«t faid the king, Will he force the.
,

14 And
banquet that (he had prepared, whom would the king de wirh him, came the king's q (!C enrhe houfe? nlfo before me in
talking
hut myfelf; and to-morrow am do honour more than to nip^M
chamberlains, and halted to bring as the word went ok; of theking's
I

invited unto her alfo with the 7 And Haman anhvri^H banquet that mout h. they covered Haman'sfacr.
Haman onto the
king. For the man whom th
ting. c Sfibcr had
prepared. 9 And Harhonah, one of the
13 Yet all tkis availeth me no- king delighteth to honou^^J C H A P. VII. chamberlains, faid before the
flying* fo long as 1 fee. Mordccai 8 Let the royal apj •rei be the king and Haman came king. Behold alfo the fallows fifty
the Jew fitting at the king's gate, brought which the king ft* to SOto banquet with Efther the cubits high, which Haman had
14 S Then faid Zerefh his wife, wear, and the horfe tha" >e kin, fliieen. ,. , .
made for Mordecai who had fno-
and all his friends unto him, Let rideth upon, and the cr royal
1
4
the king
And unto faid ken good for the king, ftan-leth
a gallows be made of fifty cubits which is fet upon his Efther, on the
feeond nay, at the in the houfe of Haman. Then
high, and to-morrow fpeak thou 9 And let this apparel „,j banquet of wine, hat » thype-W the king faid, Hang him thereon,
unto the king, that Mordccai horfe be delivered to tue baud of tition,
queen Efther. and it lhall 10 So they hanged llamcn on
may be hanged therson then go one of the king's moll noble
: begrantedtl.ee: and what ts thy the gallows that hv had prepared
thou in merrily with the king piinees, that they may aray the jrqueft? and it (hall be perform- for Mordecai. Then was the
unto the banquet. And the man -withal whom the king de. ed, even to the
naif of the king- king's wrath pectfied.
thing pica fed Haman, and be lighteth tol,onour,and bring -him
on horfeback thtuugh the ftrett
dom. , VIII. CHAP.
caufed the gallows to be made. 3 Then Efther the queen an- f"\N that day did king
C H A P. VI. of the city, and proclaim before fWered and faid If I have found {J
Ahafuerus give the houfe of
that night could not the hire, Thus (hall it be done to the fitour in thy fight, O king, and Haman the Jews enemy,
O.N I king fbep, and he com- man whom the king delighteth if it pleaie the king, let my life Efthef the queen :
unto
and Mordccai
manded to bring the book of re- to honour.
cords of the chronicles; and they
were read before the king.
10 Then the king faid to Ha-
man, Make hafte, and ti
1
be given

4 For we
my petition, and came before the king: for Efther
me
my people at my reoucft.
are fold,
at

and my
had t0 d hc v as unt0 ,„
» And the king took off his
I
| ^ ,

% And it was found written, apparel, and the

horfe, people, to be deftroyed, to be ring which he had taken
from
that Mordecai had told of Big- haft faid, and do
even flam, and to penlb: but we had Haman, and gave it unto Mcrdt-
if

thana and Terefh, two of the decai the Jew, that fi'
been fold for bond-men and cai. And Efther
bond-women, I had held my over
fet Mordetai
gate: let nothir
king's chamberlains, the keepers king's the hcufe of Haman.
that thou haft fpoken. tongue, although the enemy cowld
of the door, who fought to lay 1 v A n J £fr k« •»«
hand on the king Ahafuerus. n Then took Haman the ap- ooteoumervai.theki^'sdamage. gain
letrc th^k^f^
1 And the king faid,
What parti and the horfe, and aray ed 5 1 Then king Ahafuerus an down at
his feet, and befoulht
and dignity hath been Mordecai, and brought him on
honour
to Mordecai for this .'Then horfeback through the ftrett of
done
king's fervants that mi- the city, and proclaimed getom
laid the
him, There is no- him, Thus (hall it bedonennM
nftred unto
done for him. the man whom the king dehgbt-
5,'re
A \ And the king faid, Who cth 10 honour.
com (now Haman was 14 1 And Mordecai came
it in the t
?

citri into the outward court

of to the king's gate: but
to his houfe, mow
Spins'* honfe, to fpeak unto hailed qUC tofw,ne in his
king, to hang Mordccai on and having his head covered. !»/ i" wrath,
the ,

had prepared IJ And Haman told

I: gallop that he
w,fe 3,1:1 311 llls f,ien
£
for him.) ' -
'

medath, the Agagite, which

h(
c
-
4 wrote
 EST HER. CHAR IX.
wrote tp deAroy the Jews, which men, and o tqie the fpoil f (L
for a prey, throughout all the provinces of to theJews which are in Shulhan,
are in all the king's provinces. Ahafuerus, to lay hand to do to-morrow alfo according
6 For how can 1 endure to fee it Upon one day, n alia* i the king
the evil that rtiall come unto my provinces of king Ah a fUct ^
c ^fuch as fought their hurt; and unto this day's decree, and Ifct
could withftaod them: Hainan's ten fons be hanged up-
people? or how can I endure to namely upon the thii tecnt »o man
the fear of them fell upon all on the gallows.
jee the definition of my kindred? the twelfth month, whi<
for

king Ahafuerus month Adar, people- 14 And the king commanded

7 % Then * And all the ru ers of the
,

to be done; and the decree

it fo
faid unto Either the queen, and 13 The copy of the 3
and the lieutenants, was given at Shijfhan,
commandment to provinces, and they
to Moidecai the Jew, Behold, I for a
and
the deputies, of hanged llaman's ten fons
officers
have given Either the houfe of in every proviiuc, was ; -,„ MI1I _ and
the king helped the Jews: be- 15 For tl.c Jews that were in
Haman, and him they have hang- unto all ptoplf, and
that the
caofethe fear ot Mordccai fell Shulhan gathered themfcives
ed upon the gallows, btcaufc he Jews fhuuhl he icady againfttbai to-
upon them. gcther, on the fourteenth day
laid his hand upon the Jcxs. day, to avenge tbemfclvcs _

Q Mordccai was great in alfo of the month

the Jews, the ir enemies. 4 For 1

8 Write ye alio for
as it liketh you, in the king's
name, and fcal // with the kiug's
ling; for the writing which is
written in the Ung's name, and
ftalcd with the king's ring, may
Adar, and
thekingshou/cand his fame went Hew three hundred men
14 S* the ports that rode np at Shu-
0n out throughout all the provinces: fhan; hut on the prey they laid
mules and camels went out, being
hafiuud and preiled on by the for this man Mordecai waxed not their hand.
greater and greater. j6 Hut the other Jews, that
king's commandment; and the
5 Tims the Jews fmote all were in the king's provinces, ga-
dcciee wis ^iven at Shulhan ihe .

their enemies with the Oroke of thercd themfdves

110 1T.-U VvVwiic. palace. together and
thefword.and /laughter, and de- flood for their lives, and had
9 Thtii were the king's frrifeCS 15 «f And Moidecai went. MV reft
ftniAion, and did what they from their enemies,
called at that time in the thud ftviw the pretence of the king, in and flew of
would un to thofe that hated them, their foes feventy and
month, (that is the month Sivan) ro)al apparel oi" Mue and white, five thou-
6 And -n Shulhan the palace fand; but they laid
on the three and twentieth day and with, a great crown of gold, w not their
the Jews fle and deftroyed five hands on the prey.
thereof, and it was written, (ac- and with a garment of fine linen,
cording to all that Mordccai com- and purple; and the city of Shu*
hundred men
7And Parfl,andatha,andDal- the month Adar, and
„
()n thc thirtcenth d f
manded,) unto the Jews, and to (ban ujoiccd ai d was glad; on the
fourteenth day of the fame, relied
the lieutenants, and the deputies 16 The Jews had light, and
ft/jtS"' 1 , , I .
8 And I oratha, and Adalai, they, and made it a day
and rulcrsof the provinces, which gladnefs, and joy, and honour. andAndatha, ing and gladnefs.
7 of feart-
are from India unto Ethiopia, an 17 Ann in every province, aud
arm a t and Arifa5
hundred twenty and feven pro- in every city, whitherfoever the
coninUndment and hisde*
J A-n f ,5 ?'
Vaj a tha " » 18 But the Jews that were at
S hufhan afTcmbled together on
vinces, unto every province ac- king's Vn?
to T rt^c ten fons of Haman the thc
'
t ,
L
thirteenth A» thereof, and
cording to the writing thereof, cree came, the Jews had joy and J° rf
3 l hC Cnem
°" the ^rteenth thereof and
and unto every people after their gladnefs, a fcafl and a good day: KwT^^i
Sthe '
Vth ; Kb " tonthc on lhe J
language, and to the Jews ac- and many of the people of the lil l/i \k ^
0t th ir hand>
. fifteenth day of the fame
the reftcd and ™de
hnd became Jews; for the fcarof h7 V y * a daTof
cording to their writing, and ac- *?i On that ,
the "umber feafting and gladnefs.
>

cording to their language. the lews fell upon them, Jl ?"

CHAP. L
,
WCrC fla n in Shu " 10 Retire the Jews of the
10 And he wrote in the king
Ahafuerus' name, and f'ealcd ;/ NOW the twelfth
in
(that i the month Adar.
IX.
moi
the
feStne'tf"
' J"
^ ,r0U8htu'
,,C -

vvallcd towns,
dwelt In the un!
made the four-
j, , aJ'-u .. ...
:

with the king's ring, and fent

.

letters hy pott on horieback, end the thirteenth day of the

when the king's commandment
ft"
MhVtheiuecn Tn? r S haVC
Tr S l"
^
° f th e™nth Adar, a
^S^dnefs and feafting, and
riders on mules, camels, and
^ S^
'
flair, and 2ft

and his decree drew near to w a good day, and of fending

por-
young dromedaries: i»
put in execution, in thedaytrw £
the ten r 1,
P a,ace »
an d tions one to another.
11 Wherein the king granted
Jews hop^o 3man h A,ld Mordccai wrote
the Jews which -were in every ci-
together,
the
have
enemies
power
of the
oTer them, (UwN?
ha «they
k i"S'
do ne°fnH " l ,C '
rt ?
;
J? J$
thefe things, and fent letters
nn-
ty, to gather thcmfelves contrary, province, n
was turned to the

«
and to (tand for their life, to de- it
over the* aU bc gr ntcd thc Provinces of the king
had rule
ltroy>to flay, and to caufe tope- that the Jews
rifl. all the power of the
people that hated them,)
% The Jews gathered
theffl'
Idee; or wl"
ther and!
J
?h
Y«l"
ft'.!
•
^
eft fUr
" CrUS
T°
ni « h and far
thi*
Ahafu-
' m «

™™5
and province that would alTauit citiei 3 Then fiji u
them, both little ones, and felves together in
^thekinl
we wng, ler
let Sit h''
If heni that they mould keep the
be granted fourteenth day of the month
l

^ .

2 e ,s Adas,
 JOB. CHAP, h
Adar, and the fifteenthday of out every generation, eve «is fubftance
alfo was feven 1% And the J,o*n faid unto-
tU faroe yearly : niily, every province, and 3 ,
n(i ftiecp,
and three thou- Satan, Behold, all that he hath is
22 As the days wherein the city; and that thcJc days of : W c camels, and
1
five hundred in thy power, only upon himfeic

Jews refted iorn their enemies, rim fhould not fail from amrml X* of oxen, and
five hundred put not forth thine hand. E£»
and the month wnicb was turned the jews, nor the memorial 4 afc.
and a very great honf- Satan went forth from the pix -
Ibe-
unto them from tbrrow to joy, them pcritfc from then f-ed. that this ma * as lhe fcncc ° f lhe LoRO '
hold; - -

and from mourning into a good 29 Then Father the <,uecn tU t

rcateftofallthemenoftheeafK 13 «[ And there was a day,
day; that they fhould make them daughter of Ahihail, and Mo r <j- 6
A»d his Tons went and feaft- when his fons and his daughters
4
days of feafting and joy, and of caithejew, wiotewith allanth^ houfes, every one his wire, eating and drinking wine hi
ed In ibtir
fending portions one to another, rity to confirm this fecond letter j ar and
fent and called for their their cldeft brother's houfe:
and gifts to the poor. of Purim.
three fibers,
to eat and to drink 14 And there came a meflcn-
23 And the Jews undertook to 30 And he fent the letters gcr unto Job, and faid, The oxen
w t h them.
i

do as they had begun, and as to all the Jews, to the hundied was fo, when the were plowing, and the aftcs feed-
5 And it
Mordecai had written unto them, twenty and feven provinces of tbt fcafting were gone ing bclidethcm;
days of tkeir
%4 Because Ham&n the fon of kingdom ofAhafucrus, wi/Z- words about, that Job
Ant and faniiificd 15 Arid the Sabcaos Ml vpen
Hammedatha the Agagite. the of peace and truth: x\> early in the thm and took them away; yea,
tbem, and role t

enemy of all the Jews, had dc- 31 To confirm thefe days of morni»«. and offered burnt-offer- they hhvc flain the fervants with
to the number of the edge of the fwo.d, and I only
vifed againfl the Jews to deftroy Purim in their times appoint^ ings, according
them, andhadcaft Pur (that i> the accord'.:^ as Mordecai the J cw ]
them all: for Job faid, Jt may be am efcaped alone to teil thee,
that my f>ns
have finned, and
lot) to confnmt them, and to and Rfii.cr the queen had en- 16 While he v*j vet fpeaking,
deflroy them : joined them, and as they had d* cnrxc\ God in their beans. Thus tb.rc came aifo another, and laid,

25 But when Efthcr came be- creed for themfcrves, and for did Job continually. The Tire of God is fallen from
fore the king, he commanded by their feed, the matters of their 6 % Now thc;e was a day when heaven, anJ hath burnt up the
l4*e fons of God came to prcfent Iheep, and the fervants, and con-
letters that his wicked device, faflingsand their cry.
And the decree of fcfther th;mfclves be'orc t!;e Lord, and fuined them, and I only am
*hich he d».vifed againft the Jews
Satan came a!fo among them.
fhould return upon his own head, confirmed thefe matters of Purim eicaped alone to tell thee.
and that he and his ions fhould audit was written in the b#ok. 7 And ihe Lord faid unto 3a- 17 While he -was yet fpeaking,
be hantrcd on the gallows. CHAP. X. tan, \Vhencecon:eft thou? Then there came alfo another, and
Lor n, and The C!;a!deans made out three
faid,
26 Wherefi re they called thefe \ ND the king Ahafuerus laid Satan an fwered
From going to and fro in the hands, and fell upon the camels,
days Purim, alter tiie name of JTx. a tribute upon the land,
earth, and from walking up and and have carried them away,
Pur: therefore for all the words and upon the ifles of the fca. down in it.
yea,
% And all the acls of his power and Haiti ti'c fervants with the
of this letter, and of that which ^

8 And the Lord faid unto edge of the fword, and 1 only dm
they had fcen concerning this and of his might, and the
declar-
Saran, Had thou confidcrcd my efcaped alone to tell thee,
matter, and which had come uu- ation of the greatnefs of Word*- fcrvant Job, that there is none
cai, whercunto the king advanced 18 While he was yet fpeaking,
to them-, like him in the earth, a perfeel there
came alfo another, and
n The Jews ordained, and him, Air they not written in the
took upon them, and upon their book of the chronicles of
the
and an upright man, one that Thy fons and thv daughters were
faid,

karctli Cod, and eicheweth evil ? eating and drinking wine in their
feed, and upon all fuch as joined kings of
Media and Perfia? 1

Ir.cn Satao aniVered the eldeft brother's houfe:

3 For Mordecai the Jew wi
9
thcmfelvcs uato them, i'o as it Lokd, and Doth Job fear
Ahafufrus, and
faid, 59. Ami behold, there came 3
Ihould not fail, that they would next unto king CllS wind from the wildcrnefs, gve.it
keep thctc two days, according to great among the Jews,
and ac- rV°w> .

lnoa ma;,c an ^"^fmote the four corners of the

!

multitude of hi*
their writing, and according to ccptcd of the gcdgc about V-
bin:, and about his houfe, and it fell
brethren, feeking the wealths upon the young
their appointed time every year; gufe and about all
that be huh men, and they are dead, and C
'
And that thefe days fiould his people, and Jpcaking peace to
a8
Z AC h ° U haft bkm
onlyam efcaped alonctotellthee.
U remembered, andke ptthrough-
«pThe Book
all his feed,

of JOB.
- «Ll
MsfuLal ,S
ferid.
L 15 L
h n
?
a d
?
,
•
20 Thc,> J° b arofc
Iricrcafcd
^ «nt
u> thc Lis
m*$* ™*
» ^
fhaved his head,
CHAP. I. and upright, and one that feared II* Rut «
*
. r
r th
. . ,
and fell
thine hand and ^rllupped,
down upon the ground.
THERE was a man in the God, and efchewed evil,
uotoW
Dow \rV°. .

land of Uz, whole name -oajs 1 And there were horn »>H curfe thee to thy face,
wan was pcrfctt fcvca fune and three da«8 ht ou^ of my mother's womb, ami
Job, ami that
^^
 JOB. CHAP. IV-
naked return thither, the men
ftfall I ! fpeaketh what ? fliall *
e of the twilight
ftars ly feared come upon me, an4
the hand of God Let the is
Lord gave, and the Lord hath receive good at dark, let it look for that which was afraid
thereof he
' I of, is
taken away ; blcflcd be the name' and (hall we not receive evil ? | n co^e unto me.
r bt but have none, neither let
of the Lord. all this did not Job fin with his Hps.
the dawning of the day : %6 I was not in fafety, neither
%% In all this Job finned not, IX 1 Now when Job's three 't ice
fhut not up the had J
10 Becaufc it
reft, neither was I quiet:
nor charged God foolihhly. friends heard of all this evil
mother's womb, nor
loorsof my
yet trouble came.
CHAP. was come upon him, they ca
CHAP.
A
It.
from mine eyes. IV.
Gain there was a day, when every one from his own pl a hid forrow
11 Why died
I not from the HPHEN Eliphaz the Tcmanite
the fons of God came to Eliphaz the Temanite, and 1
prefent thernfelvcs before the dad the Shuhite, and Zophar thi
womb? v>h did fftfgive up the I X
anfwered and faid,
hoft wh cn 1
came out °^ tn^ * J/ we aflay to commune with
Lord, and Satan came alfo Naamathite; for they had made K
thee, wilt thou be grieved? but
5 C lly?
among them to prefent himfelf an appointment together did the knees prevent who can with-hold himfelf from
to mourn with him, and l% Why
before the Lord.
And the Lord unto Sa- fort him. me? or why the breads that I fpeaking?
% faid
3 Behold, thou haft inftrufted
fliould fuck ?
'

tan, From whence come ft thou ? i% And when they lift

13 For now fhould I have lien many, and thou haft ftrengthened
and Satan anfwered the Lord, eyes afar off, and knew hh ftill and
been quiet, I fhould have the weak hands.
and faid, From going to and fro they lifted up their voice, had been at reft; 4 Thy words have upholder*
flept; then
I

in the earth, and from walking wept, and they rent cve~
14 With kings and counfcilers him tha: was falling, and thou
up and down in it. his mantle, and fpnnkled
heads toward heaven, of the earth, which built defolate haft ftrengtbenedthefeebleknees.
3 And the Lord faid untoSa- upon their places for thcmfclves: 5 But now it is come upon
tan, Haft thou confidercd my fer- 13 So they tat down with him
15 Or with princes that had thee, and thou fainteft; it touch-
vant Job, that there is none like upon the ground icven days and gold, who filled their houfes with eth thee, and thou art troubled,
him in the .earth, a perfefl and feven nights, and none fpake a lilver: 6 Is not this thy fear, thy con-.
an upright man, one that fcareth word unto him for they faw that ;
16 Or as an hidden untimely fidencc, thy hope, and the up-
God, and cfcheweth evil? and his grief was very great. birth I had not been; as infants rightnefsof thy ways?
he holdeth fart his integrity, C H P. III.A which never faw light. 7 Remember, 1 pray thee, who
ft ill

although thoumovedftmeagainft A
FTF.R this opened Job his 17 There the wicked ceafe ever peri(hcd 9 being innocent? or
him,todeftroyhim without caufe. XX
mouth, and curled his day.
from troubling; and there the where were the righteous cut off?
4 And Satan anfwered the a And Job fpake, and faid, weary he at reft. 8 Even as I havefeen, they that
Lord, and faid, Skin for fkin, 3 Let the day perifli wherein I 18 There the prifoners reft to- plow iniquity, and fow wicked-
yea, all that a man hath will he was born, and the night in -which gether; they hear not the voice nefs, reap the fame.
^ive for his life. it was faid, There is a man-child
of the opprciror.
9 By the blaft of God they pe-
5 But put forth thine hand conceived. 19 The fmall and great are rilh, and by the breath of his
now, and touch his bone and his 4 Le t that day he darknefs, let there; and the fervant is free noftrils are they
confumed
flclh, and he will curie thee to not God regard it from above, from bis mafter. 10 The roring of the lion, and
thy face. neither let the light Jhine upon it. ao Wherefore is light given to the voice of the fierce lion,
and
6 And the Lord faid unto Sa- 5 Let dark nefs and the fhadow lum that is in mifery, and life the teeth of
the young lions are
tan, Behold, he is in thine hand, of death (lain it, let a cloud dwell unto the bitter in foul ? broken.
but fave his life. upou it, let the blackncfs of the ax Which long for death, but II The old lion perifheth for
7 So went Satan forth from day terrify it.
*|f
it ww/A not,
and dig for it more lack of prey, and the ftout lion's
the prefenceof the Lord, and 6 As for that night, let dark- d trcafurcs ? whelps are fcattered abroad.
fmote Job with fore boils, from nefs feize upon it, let it not be W w.
Which rejoice exceedingly, x% Now a thing was ftcretly
the fole of his foot unto his crown, joined unto the days of the
year
m are glad when they
can find brought to me, and mine ear re-
8 And he took him a pot (herd let it not come into the num ?
ccived a little thereof.
,f?I5 .

to fcrapc himfelf withal; and he of the months, * %3 Why ts light man

given to a 13 In thoughts from the vifi-
fat down among the alhes. Lo, let that night
7 y and whom God ons of thc »P, when deep fieen
no joyful voi. hiSk*?
9 5 Then faid his wife unto ry,
let *ath hedged in ?
on men, fallcth
him, Doftthou ftill retain thine therein. .
m> S ,lin S c°meth be-
that curie
fi
14 Fear came upon me, and
integrity ? curfe God, and die. 8 Let them curfe it fore I
eat and m
the day, who are ready to ra»e nm.Ji
Pou cd out \ y r°arings arc trembling, which made all my
10 But he faid unto her, Thou like the waters. 7
bones to lhake.
/peakeft as one of the foolifh wo- up their mourning. *5 *or the thing which I great- tj Then a fpirit parted before
 :

JOB. VI.CHAP.
my free, the hair of my tfcfn 10 Who giveth rain - 1 frail ^
great, and thine but he for
forfaksth the fear of the
flood up. earth, and
thy
a s the grafs
of the earth. Almighty.
ltndcth wa'
16 It ftood Rill, but I coufd the fields:
ofl
^
r

Thou lhalt"comc to thy grave 15 My

brethren have dealt de-
not difcern the form thereof: an likc aS a lnock of ccitfwlly as a brook, and as the
II To fet up on high -full a ? c »
image nuas before mine eyes, there that be low; that thole cometh in, in his (Vafon. ftreem of biooks they pais away;
ul' corl
have fcarched 16 Which are blackim by rea
nvoi lilcnce, and I heard a voice, mourn may he exalted L Lo this, we
to faf
12 He difa Pn° intc th hear it, and know fon of the ice, and wherein the
f"jin Ot it is;
*W m t .

17 Shall mortal man he rrorc vices of the crafty, Jo that

the &
1 "
to
lhuU
7 for thy c<iod. fnow is hid
'

juftthan God? Shall a man be hands cannot perform

more pure than his maker ? terprife.
18 Behold, he put no truft in
his fcrvants; and his angels he
charged with folly:
19 How much left In them that
dweil in houfes rf clay, uhofe
foundation is in the duft, which
are cruthed before the moth ?
20 They are dcflroyed from
morning to evening: they perilh
forever without any regarding it.
21 Doth not their excellency,
n/bkb is in them, go away ? they
die, even without wifdom.
CHAP. V.
^JALL now, if there be any
that will anfwer thee; and
to which of the faints wilt thou
turn?
2 For wrath kiMeth the foolilh
mail and envy flaycththefillyone.
3 Ihavefeen the foolifh taking
tl
their
13 He takcth
the wi re in th
own craftinefs: ami the counSi
of the fruward is carried hcadlote
I* They meet with darknefsf*
the day-time, and grope in
noon-day as in the night.
15 But he faveth tin- poor from
the fword, from their nionth.and
fro-m the hand of the mighty,
16 So the poor hath hope
"and
iniquity ftoppcth her mouth!
: Heboid, happy is the mart
whom Cod corrccicth: therefore
defpife not thou the chailcning
of the Almighty :
18 For he niaketh fore, and
bindeth up: he woundeth, and
his hands make whole.
19 He mall deliver thee in fix
troubles: yea, in ftven there
no evil touch thee.
C H A P. VI. t
17 What lime they wax warm,
m* F«>b anfwered an«I faid, they vanilh : when it is hot. they
BtjT my grief were are coniumcd out ot their place.
' % Oh that
'
Iv weighed,
and my cab- 18 The paths of their way are
U
|aid'inthcbalancestogeth^r! turned afuie; they go to nothing,
m ^y
For now it would be heavier and petifh.
than the
land of the fea: there- 19 The troops of Tema look-
C
fore my
vords are (wallowed up. ed, the companies of bhtba wait-
m For the arrows of the Al- cd for them,
mighty ore within me, the
poifon 20 They were confounded, be-
thereof drinkcth up my fpirit : caufe they had hoped; they came
the '.errors
of God <lo fet them- thither, and were alhamed.
fclve? in aray
again me. 21 For now ye are nothing; ye
e Doth the wild afs bray when fee my catting down, andarcafraid
be hath grafs? or Icweth tlie ox 22 Did I i*ay, Bring unto me ?
oter his fodder? ^ ^
or give a reward for me of your
6 tan that which isunfavoury fubftance?
be eaten without fait? or is there 23 Or deliver me from the
auy tafte in the white of an egg ? enemies hand ? or redeem me
7 The th ngs that my foul re- from the hand of the mighty?
fufed to touch, areas my forrow- 24 Teach me, and I will hold
(hall
ful meat. my tongue: and caufe me to un-
8 Othat might have my re-
I de.ftand wherein have erred,
I

root: but fuddenly I curfed his 20 famine he (lull redeem

In queft! and that God would grant 2J How forcible are right
habitation. thee from death; and in war from me the thing that I long for! words! but what doth your argu-
4 His children are far from the power of the fword. 9 Even that it would pleafe ing reprove?
fafety,and they arecrufhed in the 21 Thou (halt he hid from the
God to deftroyme: that he would 26 Do ye imagine to reprove
let loofe his hand, and cut meofT. words, and the fpeeches of one
gate, neither is there any to deli- fcouigc of the tongue: neither
vtr them. thou be afraid of deftrucli
fnalt
10 Then Ifcould I yet have that is defpe/ate, which are as
comfort, yea, 1 would harden wind:
J Whofe harveft the hungry when it cometh. myfelf in forrow; let him not
eateth up, and taketh it even out 2% At dcftrncYion and 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fa-
fpare, for I have not concealed
of the thorns, and the robber thou (halt laugh: ntu therlcfs, and you dig a pit foi
the words of the holy One. your tiiend.
fwalloweth up their fubftance. thou be afraid of the bea
IX What is my ftrengih, that I 28 Now therefore be content,
6 Although affliction cometh earth, would hope? and what is mine look upon me,
not forth of the duft, neitherdoth 23 For thou [hah he in for it is evident
*nd, that Ihouid prolong my unto you, if I lie.
1
trouble fpring out of the ground: with the flones of the field: a
7 Yet man is born unto trou- the beads of the field ihall be at 29 Return, 1 pray you, let it
ble, as the fparks fly upward: peace with thee.
11 It my ftrength the ftrength not be iniquity; yea, return a-
or ltones
8 I would leek unto God, and 24 And thou fhalt know that
r o: is my fiefh of hrafs ? gain, my righteoufnefs is in it.
no ^ m y help in me? and 30 there iniquity in my
unto God would 1 commit my thy tabernacle pall be in peace: •

wiidom
-.-J
Is
driven quite from me? tongue? cannot my tafte difcern
caufe: ^ arul thou fnalt vifit thy hebitati-
9 Which doth great things and on, and (halt not fin. ^^
iMhfinrtA
h
;^ th
from
l
»fP^
isa
hi» friend;
Pcmrft things?

CHAP.
 :

J o
m IX. C II A P.
CHAP. VIT- 16 I lothe it I would not y
(For we are but o/yeflerday, thonfand,
there not an appointed time alway : let me alone, for my nothing, becaufc our
IS to man upon earth ? are not his are vanity. an d know 4 He is wife in heart, and migh-
earth arc a fhadow.) ty in flrength: who hath har-
days alfo like the days of an 17 What r'f.man, that jays upon
fhouldeft magnify him? and jo Shall they not teach thee, dened kimfelf againft him; and
hireling? thee, and utter words hath profpered ?
and tell
Z Asa fcrvant earncftly defir- thou ihouldeit fct thine heart ur> heart ?
0Ut of their 5 Which removeth the moun-
eth the fhadow, and as an hire- him ? grow up with- tains, and they know not: which
j! Can the ruin
ling lookcth for the reward of his 18 And that thou fhouldeft vi„ can the flaggrow with- ovcrtnrneth them in his anger.
him every morning, and try out mire?
work fit
out watC! ... 6 Which fhakcth the earth out
3 So am I made to poffefs him every moment ?
. .

l% Whillt it is yet in his green- of her place, and thepillars there-

months of vanity, and wearifome 19 How long wilt thou not de- down, it with- of tremble.
nefs. and not cut
nights are appointed to me. part from me, nor let me alone any other herb.
crc th before 7 which commandeth the fun,
4 When I He down, I fay* till I fwallow down my fpittle?
13 So are the paths of all that and it rifethnot: and fealeth up
When fhall I arifc, and the night ao I have finned, what fhall I forget God, and the hypocrite's the ftars.
be gone ? and I am full of tolfings do unto thee, O thou preferverof hopeftallpcnfn: g Which alone fpreadeth out
to and fro unto the dawning of men? why had thou fct me as a
the day. mark again (I thee, fo that I M Whofe hope (ball be cut eff the heavens, and treadeth
upon
and whole txwlx fiall be a fpider's the waves of the fea.
5 My flefli is clothed with a burden to myfelf ? 9 Which maketh A.clurus,
worms, and clods of duft, my fkin 21 And why doft th .. . I

is broken, and become loathfome. pardon my tranfgrcflion, and but ^llnot ftaad: he
it chambers of the fonth. (hall
6 My days are fwifter than a away mine iniquity ? for now
t

hoiditiart, but it flull not en- 10 Which doth great things

weaver's (buttle, and are fpent fnall I deep in the duft, and thou dur «'„
. „ Pa" finding out, yea, and won-
(halt fcek me in the morning, but
.
without hope. .
-

16 He is green before the fun, ders without number.

7 O remember that my life is I pall not be. and his branch Ihooteth forth in xi Lo he goeth by me, and I
wind; mine eye fhall no more C H A P. VIII. b, Cn fecfc » not: hepaflelh on alfo,
fee good.
8 The eye of him that hath
THEN
anfwered Bildad the
Shuhite, and faid,
tfu- f
'

17 His roots are wrapped about but I perceive him not.

, ,

the heap, and he feeth the place iZ Behold, he taketh

feen me, fhall fee me no more: % How long wilt thou fpeak
thine eyes are upon me, and I thefe things? and how long fialt vRifh, a I • - , .
uho «n hinder him? who *ili
1

?7l!
! fro "\ h "%™tohim, Wh ? t doft thou?
am not. the words'of thy mouth be liicz nlie
place then
th , itfhall T
deny him,
13 //God will not withdraw
9 As the cloud is con (tuned, ftrong wind ? Jayng haveI not feen thee. his anger, the proud helpers do
ana vanilheth away, fo he that 3 Doth God pervert judg P
goeth down to the grave, fhall or doth the Almighty pe
come up no more. juftice ?
19 Behold, this is the joy of his ftoop under

«Ur?LT ™ "*
him.
Carth M r
14 H°W ch ,cfs T

xo He return no more to
(ball 4 If thy children have finned
his houfe, neither Jhail his place acainft him, and he have call r G„„
B,ho|j
SlVfwttS
m Wh ™would^K** will „„ t
nCUher
cart
15
know him any them away PfflfftSlB righ-

^&
more. for their tranfgreflion:
t«us, 7 r/
II Therefore I will not refrain 5 If thou wouldcft feek unto V mTi h f 1 . 1
°' ake
I not anfwer, but
f" pplicltio " to
my mouth, I will fpeak in God betimes, and make thy fop-
the
anguifbof my fpirit, I will com- plication to the Almighty;
t&»&&}3SP °"
plain in the bitternefs of my foul. 6 If thou -wert pure and up-
l% Am I a fea, or a whale, that right; furely now he woul4
a-

thou fetteft a watch over me ? wake for thee, and make the ha-
13 When 1 fay, My bed fhall bitation of thy righteoufnefsprot* °U8
17 or he bre a k eth mc with a
eotnfort me, my couch fhall eafe
P crous ~*t
c'h A p iv «
tem P eft . anJ multiplieth my
my complaint; 7 Though thy
'

beginning *aj
. .

THEM r«K a " fw V e< and wounds without Y

14 Then thou feared me with fmall, yet thy latter end fcooW 2 I knr> 7 l ci«C
dreams, and terrificftme through greatly incrcafe. 'nouJd man hcjuft with my
vifions: 8 For enquire,
1
Ip™*** f
God?
X If -11
breath, but fillcth
bitternefs.
me with
15 So that my foul choofeth the former sge, and P^P 3!^ ' ,

(Wangling, deatfi rather than theftarch of their WW* aniwer lum o*e of a
M ftron» s and if of judgment,
who
 : _

J o chap, xi, xrr.

who (hall fct mca time to plead? CHAP. X. mc?sa fierce lion; and
long- 9 The meafur* thereof h
20
own mouth
If I juftify myfelf, mine
(hull condemn me: MY I
foul is
will leave
weary cf
my com
m fcnntcft
acaifl
1,011 "

pilous «po»
1CWC
mc -
" «*yfelf mat-* crthan the earth, and broader
than the fca.
tyXJty* perfect, it lhail alio upon myfelf;
I will fpeak recewcit thy Wjt-
I7 Thou to If he cut off, and (hut up,
I
i
prove me perverfc. hitternefs of my foul. 1 nffTc&afcirft me, and incvca&ft or gather together, then who can
a I Though I wrr* perfect, v*/ a I will fay unto God, D indignation upon me; hinder him ?
ouU thine
not know my
f

would defpife my life.

foul:
thou contended with me.
I condemn me; Ihew me whe
changes and
war are againft me. For he knoveih vtfn n rem
,8 Wherefore then haft thou he feeth \rickednefs alfo : Vviil he
%% This is one thing, therefore 3 Is /.'good unto thee, tha
brought mc forlh out of l,ic not thcn conficlcr ;/ *
I faid he deftroyeth the perfect fhouldclt opprefs ?
/*/,
that]
v omb? Oh
that 1 had given up 1% For vain man would be wife
and the wicked. ihouideft defpife the workf gi;oft,sndnoeyehad *«nme! though man be born like a wild
thc
%i f If the fcourge flay fudcknly, hands? and ihine upon the froulu have been as though afTes colt,
j9 I

He will laugh at the trial of the fel of the wicked? »ot been, I Ihould have
innocent. j had 13 If tfcou prepare thine heart,
4 Haft thcu eyes of fle heen carried from the womb to and ftretch out thine hands to-
24 The earth is given into the feeft thou as man feeth ?
the grave, wards him ;
hand of the wicked he covereth 5 Are thy days as the d^ a0 Are not my days few ? ceafe
:
14 If iniquity he in thine hand
the facesof the judges thereof; if man ? arc thy years adman's
not, where, and who is he? thn and let me alone, that I may put it far away, and let not wick-
y
6 That thou enquire; take comfort a little: cdnefs dwell in thy tabernacles.
25 Now my days are fwifter mine iniquity, andfearchei
than a port: they flee away, they my fin ? m U Btfore ) go -whence I mail j 5 For then (halt thou lift up
not return, even to the land of thv face without fpot, yea, thou
fee no good. 7 Thou knoweft that darUefs.and the (hadowof death; fhalt beftedfaft. and fhait net fear;
a6 They are parted away as the not wicked, and there is npl
a a A land of darknefs, as 16 Bccaufc thou fhalt forget
fwift (hips as the eagle thai haft- can deliver out cf thine h;
:
darknefs itfclf and of the fhadow thy mifery, and remember
it a*
eth to the prey. 8 Thine hards have made without any
of death order, and waters thai pafsawav :
%7 If I fay, 1 will forget my and fafhioned me together round -where the light u as darknefs. 17 And thine age (hall be clear-
eomplaint, I will leave off my
yet thou doi\ deflroy mc. about L crthan thc noon-day; thou (halt
heaviwefs, and comfort myfelf:
9 Remember, 1 befeech thec, U cS J l ?
HEN anfwered Zophar the mine forth, thou (halt be as the
1 .

28 I am afraid of all my
for- that thou hn(t made nc as the
rows, I know that thou wilt not clay, and wilt thou bring mc in-
T Naamathite, and faid,
» Should not the multitude of
morning.
18 And thou (halt be fecure,
hold me innocent. to duft again ? ?
29 If I he wicked, why then 10 then tv t poured me
tfart T**, n ^TJ?
-
maa full of talk he juftificd ?
there is hope; yea, thou
(halt dig about thee, and thou (halt
lahour in vain out as milk, and cruddled mc like 3 Should thy lies make men take thy reft in fafety.
1 ?

30 If I wafh myfelf with fnow- cheefe ? hold their peace ? and when thou
make my hands 19 Alfo thou (bait lie down,
water, and ever 11 Thou haft clothed me with mockeft fhall no man make thee and
none (halt make thee afraid;
fo clean: H<in and flefh, and haft fenced m«
31 Yet fhslt thou plunge me in with bones and finews. TrSik unr^A
>' ca
(hall make fuit unto - ^ny
4 For thou baft fatd. doc- thee My
the ditch, and mine own clothes 12 Thou haft granted mt life trine is pure, and I am
-
clean in ao But the eyes of the wicked
fmill ahhor me- and favour, and thy vifitation
3a For he is not a man as I am % hath preferved my fpiril.
that I fhould anfwer him, and we 13 And theft things haft thoo
fhould come together in judgment. hid in thine heart 1 know :
an}!
6 Za
Vt?
Aim that
r
$ a
°^*° uU <M*
^"ft thee
he would (hew thee
and their hope flail be as the giv-
ing up of the ghofh
;

XII
8

CHAP
33 Neither is there any days- this is with thee.
man betwixt us, that might lay 14 If fin, then thou 1

his hand upon us both. me, and thou (halt not acquit
34 Let him take his rod away from mine iniquity. thine iniquity you.
from me, and let not his fear ter- 15 If I he wicked, wo untomeS Hvveth.
3 B "t
have underftanding as
rify mc. and if be lighteous, yet will 1
35 Then would I fpeak, and not lift up my head am fuH of
1

*^£$$J^ m
7 Can ft tK~« 1 r , . -
i?3?
.
1
I

*» "01 infedor
A T
: 1
the "hoknoweth not
not fear him ; but it is not fo with confufion, therefore fee
rac. affliction
A!nii sht
8 It
; ur o ZVr
?a h£l
P
1
m ?
1
'°r
,"

fl,ch llli
>" ea

»S s
!

thefc ?
'

«
16 For it incraJ
ttn «
thou ,ln f \V T' u^* 4 1 am as onc mocked of his
 . .

J B. 1
God, and he anfvvercth him; the ao He removeth away
juft upright man is laughed to fpeech of the trnfty, and tal
lcorn. away the underftanding
5 He that is ready to flip with aged. upon you: coniumeth,
^fl
,a "
his feet, is as a lamp defpifed in ai He poureth contempt U % Ycur remembrances are moth-eaten.
the thought of him that isatcafe. on princes, and wcakeucth
p ...
e un
r aflies, your bodies to C H A P. XIV.
TV yT AN
the
6 The tabernacles of rohhers ftrength of the mighty. day. that is born of a woman,
hod to of
profper, and they that provoke 21 He difcovercth deep thin* j7 Hold
your peace, let mc IVjL is of few days, and full of
s
God are fecure; into whole hand out of darknefs, and bringetboMt that I may fpeak, and let trouble.
3 lone
God bringeth abundantly. to light the fhadow of death, mC on me what will. % He cometh forth like a
C
14 Wherefore
do I take my fiefh flower, and is cut down
7 But afk now the beads, and 23 He incrcafeth the nations hefleeth
:

they fball teach thee ; and the and deftroycth them : he eniarg- in my teeth, and put my life in alfo as a fhadow, and continueth
fowls of the air, and they (hall cth the nations, and ftraitneth minch_a"d? not.
3 And doft thou
(
tell thee: them again. Though he flay me, yet will
|

th open thine
15
8 Or fpeak to the earth, and it 24 lie takcth away the he 1 truft
in ,,im : but 1 wil1 n,ain " c >' cs "P<>n fach an
an one, and bring-
fhall teach thee; and the fifties of of the chief of the peop
.1
mine own ways before him. eft me intojudgir
judgment with thee ?
1IP M
.
tain
the fca fhall declare unto thee. earth, and caufeth the 16 IJcalfo////t//*f myfalvation : 4 can bring a clean thing Who
hypocrite (hall not come out of an unclean ? not one.
9 Who knowcth not in all dcr in a wildcrnefs where there for an
thefe, that the hand of the Lord no way. before him. J Seeing his days are deter-
hath wrought this? 25 They grope in the dark 17 Hear diligently my fpeech, mined, the number of his months
10 In vhofc hand is the foul without light, and he n^aketh indmy declaration with your cars, are with thee, thou haft appoint*
of every living thing, them to ftagger like a drunk
and the 18 Behold now, I have ordered ed his hounds that he cannot pafs.
breath of all mankind. man. jffjcaufe; 1 know that I fhall be 6 Turn from him that he may
11 Doth not theear try words, CHAP.
XIII. juftificd.
Who/5 he
^
plead
_
that will
reft, till he fhall accomplifh, asaa
hireling, hisday.
and the mouth talte his meat ? mine eye hath 19
IZ With theancicntii wifdom;
LO,
th'tSy mine ear hath with if I hold my
me ? for now 7 For there is hope of a tree, if
and in length of days under- and undcrltood it. tongue, 1 fhall give up the ghoft. it be cut down, that it will fprout

ftanding. % What yc knoiv, the fame do I ao Only do not two things un- again, and that the tender branch
13 With him is wifdom and know alfo : \ am not inferior uu* to me : then will I not hide my- thereof will not ceafe.
felf from thee. 8 Though the root thereof wax
ftrength, he hath counfel and to you. r
would fpeak II Withdraw thine hand far old in the earth, and the ftock
underftanding. 3 Surely \ to
Almighty, and defire from me : and let not thy dread thereof die in the ground,
14 Behold, he brcaketh down, I

and it cannot be built again ; he with God. make mc afraid. 9 ]>/ through the fcent of water
%% Then call thou, and 1 will it will hud, and bring forth
(hutteth up a man, and there can 4 Hut yc arc forgers of lies, ye
anfwer: or let me fpeak, and boughs like a plant,
be no opening. are all phyficians of no value.
anfwer thou me. jo Bur man dieth and wafteth
IJ Behold, he with-holdeth 5 () that you would altoget
the waters, and they dry up : alfo hold your peace, and it Ihool" %l How many arc mine ini- away: yea, man giveth up the
he fendeth them out, and they your wifdom !
quitics and fins? make mc
to ghoft, and where is he?
knowmy tranfgrcflionandmyfin. 11 As the waters fail from the
overturn the earth, 6 Hear now myreafoning, and
pleadings of my 24 Wherefore hideft thou thy fea, and the flood decaycth and
26 With him is ftrength and hearken to the face, and holdeft
wifdom : the deceived and the lips. me for thine dricth up;
deceiver are his. 7 Will yon fpeak wickedly
for
aj V dt thou break a leaf
" So man lieth down, and
rifeth not till the heavens be no
17 He lcadeth counfellers away God ? and talk deceitfully for
«"ven to and fro? and wilt thou
fpoilcd, and maketh the judges him ? more, they fhall not awake, nor
, Purfuc the dry ftuhblc
fools. 8 Will ye accept his perfon ? b c raifed out of their fleep.
20 lor thou
18 He the bond of will ye contend for God ?
loofeth
writcft bitter 13 O that thou wouldeft hide
™">gs agamrt me, and makeft
kings, and girdeth their loins 9 Is it good that he
fhould me in the grave, that thou
with a girdle. fcatch you out? or as one Riaa youth
S the inic uitics of
l
" m
Y wouldeft keep me fecret, until thy
10 He leadeth princes away mockcth another, doye/*mb<* \ 1011 P"ttcft my feet alfo in
wrath bc paft, that thou wouldeft
appoint me a fct time, and re-
fpoiled, and ovcrthroweth the him ? I
An css
10 He will fin ely reprove » andlookefl narrowly un- member me!
might y*
14 If
 JOB.
14 If a mar. die, fhall he live
$giin? all the days of my ap-
was born
fore the hills?
? or wail thou made W CHAP. xvr.
the day of darknefs that thou anfwereft ?
pointed time Mill I wai; till my 8 Haft thou heard the fecretef kno«eth that
his hand.
change come. God r and doll thou reft rait) £ ready at and anguilh
4 1 a jf„ cou (l fpcak a$ , |
A
Trouble (hall if your foul were in my foul's
15 Thou (halt c*H, and 1 dom to ti.yKlf' ? a4
they lhall pic- ftc-ad, I could heap up
wiil anftverthec: thou wilt have 9 Wha:
no weft thou that
k make him afiaid ; words a-
adefireto the work of thir.e hands, know not : whit undci ftandeft
vrc
vail aga'"'
1 him » as a ks "S «*%
gainlt you, and fliakc mine head

16 For now thou r.umbereft thou, whi;Ii is not in us? - o the battle.
he ftrctchcth out his
at you.

iS For 5 But I would ftrengthen yoa

my fteps, doft thou not watch 10 Will, us ho:h t\u
againft God and ftrength- with my mouth, and the moving
headed, and very a^d m j,, n d
over my i:n ?
£ again It the Al- of my lips fhouid aflwagc
much elder than thy father. eneth himklf your
My tranfgrcfiion ts fcaled

up
17
in a bag, and thou feweft up n Arc the onf >ia,io;>sof mighty.
1
it;" /' .
runneth upon him, even
...
.

6 Though I fpeak, my grief is

<i
-
v
grief.

ftnrdl with thee: is there

Gofl a 6 He
jpiinc iniquity. a- upon the thick bafl'cs not a.Twagcd : and though
on #j neck;
.

inrely the mountain ilcrct thing with thee ? for-

18 And ofhii bucklers; bear, what am 1 eafed !
I

falling comcth to nought : and u Why doth thine hca he covercth his faee
thee away ? and what %7 Bccaule 7 ^ But now he hath made me
the rock removed out of his ry
w iii, his Jatocfs, and makcth weary: thou haft made dcfolate ail
is

place. thine eyes wink at,

collops of tat on his flanks. company. my
19 The watersweartheftones: 13 That turned thy
thou
And hedwclleth indefolate
a8 8 And thou haft filled me with
thou wafheft away the things fpirxt arai;:ft Go J, and letteft and in houies which no
cities, wrinkles, V'bich is a witrteft
lUch words go out of thy mouth ? agoiifi
which grow out 01 the duft of the msn inhaoiteth, winch are ready me : and my
leannefs rifmg up in
earth, and thou deftroycit the 14 What is man, that helhuttli
to become heaps. me beercth witnefs to my face.
hope of man. he clean and he which is born of
:
so He lhall not Lench, neither
a woman, that he Ihould be right*
9 Pie teareth me in his wrath,
%o Thou prevaircft for ever a- labflance
{hall his continue, who hateth me; he gnafheth up-
gainrt him, and he pafleih : thou cons ?
neither fhall he prolong the per- on me with his teeth; mine ene-
changed his countenance, and 15 UcholJ, he putteth no traft fccltcii thercot upon the earth. n y |},arpcneth his eyes upon me.
,
yea, the heavenf
3oHe fha
fendeft him away. in his taints: not depart out IO They have ga^cd upon m.
21 His ions come to honour, are not clean in his fight, cf darknefs, the flame lhall dry with their moutn
16 How much more abomina- they have
and he knoweth it not and they ;
up his blanches, and by the- fmittcn me upon the cheek re-
arc brought low, but he pcrcciv- b!c and filthy is man, which breath of his mouth fhall he go
proachfully, they have gathered
eth it not of them. drinketh iniquity like water ?
l', .1 . themfclves together againft me.
%% But his flelh up<>n him (hall 17 <\ I will shew thee, hearing '*»'r.f, .
h
• 1 .

have pain, and his foul within and that whL-} 1 l.a\e icen I will J*};?? "" tha
;
,S <lcce ,v "
. " <*d hath delivered me to

Mm (hall mourn. d. Jare,

CHAP. XV. 18 Wlvch wife men have told

THENanfwered Eiiphaz the t>m their fathers, and have not

Temanite, and laid, hid it :

akcn '" ff hy the neck, and Iha-
% Should a wife man utter 19 Unco wh<vr- alone the tarn « He' (hill n--,to«fn,- • ^
ftranger pallid
vain knowledge, and fiil his belly was given, and no
among then.
with the eaft-wincl:
3 Should hercafcfi with un- ao The kicked man travelLW
all his days, and «£
uZ^r'
til r,fr f?
hvpocS^s
01 "'--
C 0n
°f
e
'3 His archers
r ° U,,d a,>0Ut he
compafsmc
cl " v «h my
profitable talk? or with fp.eehes with pain
'
cinsa u "«",a"ddothnotfpare:
''

wherewith he can do no pood i i/uv. ot years is hiddeuto cm

•> > SSS^iSSLtthf!^
tabernacles !:
he ponreth out my gall upon the
of briber?
4 Yea thoacartclt off fear, and oppiciihr. .. . .

?r Tk .
ground.
21 A dreadful ind
rcftraineft prayer before God.
5 For thy mouth uttercth thine cits
hi profpenty the dcftro)<r
;
^ /V?S fbtinXJZ™!*
a n<!
m, ch ie
bring forth »n „ SST?*
'f f>
i, .
4 " e '"-eaketh
'4 V*
,,rcaketh me with
« 'th breach

iniquity, and thou choofclt the (hail come

upon him.
ZU
.

of the crafty : »
He belicveth not tj.tjj
*
T
,

own mouth condemn- lhall return out ot darkneis,

6 Thine on my fkm, and defiled my hoin
for of the i*crd.
eth thee, and not I : yea thine he is wait,,!
own again it thee.
lips teftify 23 He uan,ere:h abrca* ^ nsifewbj
My
16 face is foul with wcrp-
Where u «j
7 ^r/ thou ths fiftt man bread, Jayu:g
^ _

'ng, and on my cye-lids iS the

lhadow of death ;
17 S Not
 JOB. ,1
CHAP. XIX.
17 f Not for any injnftice in pofesarc broken off* even
eer-bitten. and deflrndion fhall but am
not heard.: \ cry aloud,
I
mine hands: alfo my prayer r J pure thoughts of my heart.
18 O earth, cover not thou 1% They change the night
% r„dy at usdcv fide. but ibert h no judgment.

my blood, and let my cry have no to day the light is Ihort, beca
place. of darknefs.
:
13 * ! ha "
o{ bis :
T rtrength 8 He hath ienced up my way
fan even tU (\r(\.lu>v» of that I cannot paft, and
he hat!.
deat h fhall devour hi. ftrength fe, ,] aiWs
19 Alfo now, behold, my wit- 1 3 If I wait, the grave is
nefs/i in heaven, and my record houfe : I have made my bi
is on high.
ao My friends fcorn me: but
the darknefs.
14 I have faid to con
J4 H.£ confidence ma
cd ou t of h.s tabernacle
1 be root-
to'tf^tlMu
o He ha;h ffr,,« mc of my
and it glory, and takc „ thc
ftall bring him to the king of my head.
J
^
mine eye pourcth out tears unto Thou art my father: to the
God. Thou art my mother and my fi|
(hall dwell in his taber- cve'ry
fidV'nnVlIm it
™ °'!

at O that one might plead for 15 And where is now my

a man with God, as a man plead- as for my hope, who fhall fee
eth for hi* neighbour! 16 They fhall go down to
512 When a few years are come, bars of the pit, when our hKm -^. h --^ c/ hisen=mi«.
then I fhall go the way whence I together is in theduft.
CHAP.
S^U^cF™ ft,a ' 1

C ° mC t0 c
fhall not return.
CHAP.
XVIII. remembrance
1 7 His fhall pe - JttSTSS ? ? cr '

MY
XVH.
breath is corrupt, my days
THEN
Shuhitc, and
atjfwcrcd Hilda
faid,
rift from the earth, and he l£Sl
harenonameintheftreet.
£d iSS&fl^^
tabernacle " S*
m/
are extinfr, the graves are % How
long -uMl it be ere ye 18 He /hall be driven from
make an end of words? mark,
i ? He hath n t mi .
r, k *u
ready for me.
% Are there not mockers with and afterwards we will fpeak.
me? and doth not mine eye con- 3 Wherefore are we counted as He neither hare ft. f
tinue in their provocation ? bealls and reputed vile in your
I, lh.ll
nor nephew amon 8 his people, and
T*fil*S?tiS?&
S3 2S££ !
3 Lay down now, put me in a fight? .ManyremaiDloginhUdwdlft., '" iS h '"
furcty with thee; who is he that 4 He tearcth himfelf in his
f„ rg o«« m?
will ftrikc hands with me anger fhall the earth be for-
:

4 For thou haft hid their heart faken for thee? and fhall tbe
from underftanding : therefore rock be removed out of his place?
flialt thou not exalt them. 5 Yea, the light of the wicked
5 He that fpeaketh flattery to fhall be put out, and the fparkof
his friends, even the eyes of his his fire (hall not fliine.
children fhall fail. 6 The light fhall be
pUeee/W^k , t
-
< —ed
6 He hath made me alfo a by- his tabernacle, and his T-HEN Job aniWd and faid J! ^ggfr.,ntle«ed«e '» the
** ftran
word of the people, and aforetime fhall be put out with him.
I was as a tahret. 7 The flops of his ft
1 2
f.»l, and break
How
long will ve 4 „
mWjBEigl
Pieces with
Mti JflB
J** 1 v"
'
,
°f
*,

m
«•#. >'
W»
for

is Yea, youn
7 Mine eye alfo is dim by rea- fiiall he ftraitencd, and
his 01 words! s children de-
foil of forrow, and all my mem- counfel fhall caft him
down,
bers areas a fhadow. 8 For he is rail into a nctbr
walketh
8 Upright men fhail be afto- his own feet, and he
mfhed at this, and the innocent upon a fnare.
fhall ftir up himfelf againft the 9 The gin fliall take bm
hypocrite. the heel, and the robber rtmameth with /kin, and to my
9 The righteous alfo fhall bold prevail againft him. myfelf.
Cf pc"
flefh, and I am
he
vi£h
on his way, and he that hath
1 10 The fnarc is laid for hi 5 If indeed yc will maenifv ^ P** of my teeth.
\
Wfor, Havc P ^ »Pon me, have
clean hands (hail be ftrongcr and the ground, and a tra

E^m^f»«
inS^S 1

K« me VySS^
K
againflTroe
P,Cad
llronger. the way.
10 But as for you all, do ye 11 Terrors fliall make
return, and come bow: for lean- fraid on every fide, and
not find one wife man among you. drive him to his feet.
overtfc
»e wlftbTS
n° W
^th
h8th C ° m -
^^ " ^h- hand
°f
Why do ye perfecute me
G ° d hath

a,
11 My days are part, my pur- T* His ftrcngth (ball 1>
C
8
;
»fj*^d,
» I cry out of wrong,
G
^nemf
"C ^ fati$ficd
^3
JtJ Oil
 JOB. CHAP. xxr.
23 Oh
that nn- words were (hall fo> no more: nj
rtinr/upon
t.im while heisea;ing. ones like a flock, and their chil-
now written! oh that they were fiuli his place any move flea from the ium dren danre.
-4 He
printed in a hook him. **d the bow cf freel Ihall iz They tal<c the timbrel and
wca pon,
!

24 That {hey were graven with 10 His children Ihftll ! him through. harp, and rejoice at the found of
ftrikc
cn iron pen and lead, in the rock pleafe the poor, and his drawn and comcth out the organ.
35 It is
fur ever ! Ihall rcfiore tl-cir
goods. fthe body;
yea, the glittering 13 They fpend their days iff
25 *[ For I know /k/ my re- II Mis hones arc full o/j £vord comcth out of his gall; weaith, and in a moment go
tliemer lifetlt, and //;;?/ he (hail of his youth, which fliait lie jerrnrs are upon him. down to the grave.
Hand at the latter day upon the with him in the dull, Alldarknefs frail be hid in 14 Thcivfjre they fay unto
26
earth. , . u.Tlmujh wickednefslx ]>is lecret
places : a fire not blown God, Depait from us for wc
cit- ;

26 And
though % after my ilin, in his mouth, though he /ha!l confume
him it /hall go ill fire uot the knowledge
;
of thy
Vforms ucilrby this tot'y % vet in under his tongue; w iih him that is left in his ta- ways.
m/ flelh (hail I fee God : 13 Though he fpare it. an ter"*« f ! 15 What is the Almighty,
27 Whom I lhail ite for my- fake it not ; hut keep it ftiil I
a7 I he heaven Ihall reveal his that we (hoald fcrye him: and
fclf, and mine eves Hull behold, in his mouth :
"
m iniquity and the earth Ihall rife what profit ihould wc have if wc
:

and not another though my ; 14 Yet his meat in his hi

reins up ajai '(I him- pray unto him ?
be confumcd within me. is turned, it is the gall of i8 The increafe of his houfc i5 ^ Lo, their good is not in the'r
28 But ) e ihould fay, Why per- within him. Ihall depart, and his pods fliall hand the counl'cl of tlie w icked :

fecutc we him, feeing the root of 15 He hath Aval loved flow away in the day of his wrath, is far from me.
^

the matter is found in me? riches, and he ftiall vomit 2 V This is the portion of a 17 How oft is the candle of the
29 Be ye afraid of the Avord : up again : God frail cal wicked man rom God, and the wicked put out? and
I

bew ujt
for wiath btingcth the punilh- out ot his belly, heritag* appointed unto him by comcth their dcfiiucrij.n
uoou
mints of the fwoid, that ye may 16 lie fha!l fuck the poifcru G °d " he ™ diftriiiae*th throws
^ u
r a p vvt
am. *
know there iyz judgment. afps the vij ei's toi ue ihill
: - n r\ 1 .
f
in his anucr.
C H A P. XX. liny him,
BUTa Hear
Job anfwered and faid, x8 They are as Hubble before
*pHEN anfwered Zophar the 17 He (hall not Ac the river?, diligently my fpeech the wind, and t* chaff that the
Naamathite, and laid, the floods, the hrcoks of honey and be your oonlolarions. ftoim carricth
let this
awav
% Therefore do my thoughts and butter, 3 Suffer me that I may fpeak , 19 God layeth up his iniquity
raufc me to aufWcr, and for this 18 That which he laboured for and after that I have fpoken, for his children
: l.e rewarded,
I make hafte. fnli he re f! ore, 'and (hall not noc on him, and he (hall know//.
3 I have heard the cheek of my Axallow it (!< u n according to-$
\
4 As
-

for me « my complaint
,. .

icproach, anil the fpirit of my fubftancc jlw// the leiiitution U%

wndei (landing caufcth me to an- and he fhjli not rc-joic* therein,
;

teman? an .1 fit vert Jo .why

Ihould not my fp-.nt be troubled ?
ji
zo His eyes lhail fee his dc-
flruclion, and he (hail
the wrath of the Almighty.
k of ^
19 Lc-.-auk- he hath opprelled, a b ° aftoni ' hct, »
i'vver.
Jl™ 7"
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4 Knowcft thou trot this of old, and hath for a ken the pool ; .1 ia his houfe after him, who,
the
fmce man was placed upon earth, cai-j'e lie hath \ ioluitly taken a$
5 That the tiiumphing of the way an Louie which he buildcd
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and trembling i
taketh in the midfl
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vicked h ihort, and the joy cf not:
the hypocrite but for a moment ? 20 Surely he /hall 11,6 W cked lcd t' c: f«'"S he judgeth thole
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6 Though hisexcellcncy mount quietnefs in his belly,

up to the heavens, and his head fave of that which he
reach unto the clouds : 21 There ilia
7 Yet he (hall pci iih for ever, mi at he left
like his own dung : they which man look for his goods.
none
therefore iball no ;
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