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WELLCOME
COLLECTION
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THE NAMES AND ORDER
OF ALL THE
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BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT,
WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS.
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®:f)e Boofes of tfte 0llt ®êstamcnt.

Chapters. Chapters. Chapters.
Genesis . . . . . . . L. XXXVI. DANIEL
EXODUS .... . XL. EZRA . . X. HOSEA . . XIV.
LEVITICUS . . . XXVII. NEHEMIAH XIII. JOEL
NUMBERS .... XXXVI. ESTHER AMOS . . IX.
DEUTERONOMY . XXXIV. JOB OBADIAH . . I.
JOSHUA .... XXIV. PSALMS . CL. JONAH . . IV.

JUDGES XXI. PROVERBS XXXI. MICAH
RUTH IV. ECCLESIASTES . XII. NAHUM . . III.
I. SAMUEL .... XXXI. THE SONG OF SOLOMON . . VIII. HABAKKUK . . III.
II. SAMUEL . . . XXIV. ISAIAH LXVI. ZEPHANIAH . . III.

I. KINGS .... XXII. JEREMIAH . LII. HAGGAI . . II.
II. KINGS .... XXV. LAMENTATIONS .... ZECHARIAH . . XIV.

I. CHRONICLES . . XXIX. EZEKIEL XL VIII. MALACHI . . IV.
mt BooS:s of tfte iHteb Êeotament.

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MaTT’HEW . . . XXVIII. EPHESIANS . VI. TO THE HEBREWS . . . . . XIII.

MARK PHILIPPIANS . IV. THE EPISTLE OF JAMES . ... V.
LUKE XXIV. COLOSSI ANS ...... . IV. I. PETER ... V.
JOHN I. THESSALONIANS . . . V. II. PETER . . III.
THE ACTS .... XXVIII. II. THESSALONIANS . . . . III. I. JOHN ... V.
EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS . XVI. I. TIMOTHY
CORINTHIANS
I. . . XVI. 11. TIMOTHY .
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IV. III. JOHN
CORINTHIANS
II. . TITUS . III. JUDE
GALATIANS . . . PHILEMON “T". I. REVELATION
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THE FIHST BOOK OF MOSES,
CALLED
GENESIS.
Before
CHRIST CHAPTER I. grass, and herb yielding seed after Before
CHRIST
4004. 1 TIte creation of heaven and earth, 3 of the light, 6 of his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, 4004.
the firmament, 9 of the earth separated from the waters,
whose seed was in itself, after his
11 and made fruitful; 14 of the sun, moon, and stars,
kind and God saw that it was good.
20 of fish and fowl, 24 of beasts and cattle, 26 of man :
13 And the evening and the morn-

in the image of God. 29 Also the appointment of food.
».Tohnl.l,2. N the “beginning ‘’God created the ing were the third day.
i>
Heb.
Ps. 8.3.
&33.6.
1. 10.
I heaven and the earth. 14 IF And God said. Let there be

&89. 11.12. 2 And the earth was without form, and “lights in the firmament of the hea- "Deut.4. 19.
& 102 2 3 Ps. 74. 16.
void and darkness was upon the face ven to divide ^the day from the night; & 136. 7.
.
. .
& 186. 5. ;
& 146. 6. Heb.
of the deep. “And the Spirit of God and let them be for signs, and ‘’for beltceen the
2
Isai. 44. 24.
day and
.Ter. 10. 12.
&51.15. moved upon the face of the waters. seasons, and for days, and years between the :
Zech. 12.1.
Acts 14. 15.
3 ‘‘And God said, “Let there be 15 And let them be for lights in the night.
Ps. 74. 17. “
& 17. 24.
light: and there was light. firmament of the heaven to give light & 104. 19.
Col. 1. 16,
17.
Heb. 11. 3.
4 And God saw the light, that it was upon the earth and it was so. :
Rev. 4. 11. good: and God divided ^the light 16 And God ^made two great lights; P Ps. 136.
& 10 . 6 . 7, 8. 9.
c Ps. 33. 6. from the darkness. the greater light ^ to rule the day, and & 148. 3, 5.
Isai. 40. 13, 2 Heb. for
14. 5 And God called the light ^Day, the lesser light to rule the night : he the rtde of
the day.
Ps. S3. 9.
and the darkness he called Night. made the stars also.
<*
’
6 4 Ps. 8. 3.
2 Cor. 4. 6.
2 Heb.
between the
®And the evening and the morning 17 And God set them in the firma- Job 38. 7.
lipht and were the first day. ment of the heaven to give light upon
between the
darhness. 6 H And God said, ^Let there be a tlie earth,
fPs. 74.16.
& 104. 20.
* firmament in the midst of the waters, 18 And to “rule over the day and » Jer. 31. 35.
3 Heb. And
the evenina
and let it divide the waters from the over the night, and to divide the light
ims, and waters. from the darkness and God saw that :
themornino
was. 7 And God made the firmament, it was good.
B .Tob 37. 18.
Ps. 136. 5. ‘’and divided the waters which ivere 19 And the evening and the morn-
.Ter. 10. 12.
&
51. 15. under the firmament from the waters ing were the fourth day.
*Heb.
expansion.
which were above the firmament
‘ 20 And God said. Let the waters
>‘Prov. 8.28. and it was so. bring forth abundantly the ^moving 4 Or.
creeping.
> Ps. 148. 4.
8 And God called the firmament creature that hath ® life, and ® fowl ® Heb. sold.
« Heb.
Heaven. And the evening and the that may fly above the earth in the fowl fly.
lei
t Heb./(jce
morning were the second day. open firmament of heaven. of the fir-
k Job
&38.
26. 10.
8.
9 1 And God said, ‘‘Let the waters 21 And *God created great whales, mament of
heaven.
Ps. 33. 7.
& 95. under the heaven be gathered toge- and every living creature that moveth, ‘ ch. 6. 20.
5. & 7. 14.
& 1C4. 9. ther unto one place, and let the dry which the waters brought forth abun- & 19. 8.
& 136. 6. Ps. 104. 26.
Prov. 8. 29. land appear: and it was so. dantly, after their kind, and every
Jer. 5. 22.
2 Pet. 3. 5. 10 And God called the dry land winged fowl after his kind and God :
Earth; and the gathering together saw that it was good.

of the waters called he Seas and : 22 And God blessed them, saying,
God saw that it was good. " Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the “ cb. 8. 17.
11 And God said, Let the earth waters in the seas, and let fowl mul-
1 Heb. 6. 7.
‘bring forth ® grass, the herb yielding tiply in the earth.
^Heb./endfer
grass. seed, and the fruit tree yielding “fruit 23 And the evening and the morn-
“ Luke 6.
44. after his kind, whose seed is in itself, ing were the fifth day.
upon the earth: and itwas so. 24 II And God said, Let the earth
'
12 And the earth brought forth bring forth the living creature after
A
The creation of man. GENESIS, II. Manner of the creation.
Before his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, he had rested from all his work which Before
CHRIST CHRIST
4004.
and beast of the earth after his kind : God created and made.
^
4004.
and it was so. 4 IF ^ These are the generations of the
Heb. 2
25 And God made the beast of the heavens and of the earth when they created to
make.
earth after his kind, and cattle after were created, in the day that the Lokd ^ ch. 1. 1.
them kind, and every thing that creep- God made the earth and the heavens, Ps. 90. 1,2.
eth upon the earth after his kmd: 5 And every “plant of the field be- ® ch. 1. 12.
Ps. lot. 14.
and God saw that it toas good. fore it was in the earth, and every
" ch. 5. 1.
26 IF And God said, '‘Let us make man herb of the field before it grew : for
&9. 6.
Ps. 100. 3. in our image, after our likeness and : the Loed God had not ^caused it to 'Job 38. 26,
Eccles. 7. 27, 28.
24 y let them have dominion over the fish rain upon the earth, and there loas
Acts
not a man ® to till the ground.
17.
26, 28, 29. of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, 2 ch. 3. 23.
1 Cor. 11. 7.
Eph. 4. 24. and over the cattle, and over all the 6 But ® there went up a mist from 2 Or, a mid
which went
Col. 3. 10.
James 3. 9.
earth, and over every creeping thmg the earth, and watered the whole face up from,
&c.
r ch. 9. 2.
Ps. 8. 6.
that creepeth upon the earth. of the groimd.
27 So God created man in his own 7 And the Loed God formed man ôf * Heb.
dust of the
'1 Cor. 11.7. image, ""in the image of God created the dust of the ground, and breath- * ground.
b ch. 3. 19,
® ch. 5. 2. he him “ male and female created he
;
ed into his ’‘nostrils the Fbreath of life 23.
Mai. Ps. 103. 14.
Matt.
2. 15.
19. 4. them. and man became a living soul.
’
Eccles.12.7.
Mark
28 And God blessed them, and God 8 IF And the Loed God planted “a
10. 6. Isai. 64. 8.
1 Cor. 15.
*>ch. 9. 1,7. said unto them, Be fruitful, and mul- garden "eastward in "Eden and there ; ‘
47.
Job 33. 4.
Lev. 2G. 9.
Ps. 127. 3. tiply, and replenish the earth, and ^he put the man whom he had formed. Acts 17. 25.
b ch. 7. 22.
&
128. 3, 4.
and have dominion over 9 And out of the ground made the
subdue
2 it : Isai. 2. 22.
• 1 Cor. 15.
the fish of the sea, and over the fowl Loed God to grow ‘‘every tree that 45.
“ ch. 13. 10.
of3 the air, and over every living thing is pleasant to the sight, and good for Isai. 51. 3.
2 Heb. that ^ moveth upon the earth. food; ''the tree of life also in the Ezek.
13.
28.
creepeth.
29 IF And God said. Behold, I have midst of the garden, "and the tree of “ Joel 2. 3.
ch. 3. 24.
2 Heb. seed- given you every lierFb '^bearing seed, knowledge of good and evil. ® ch. 4. 16.
2 Kings 19.
ing seed.
which is upon the face of all the earth, 10 And a river went out of Eden to 12 .
Ezek. 27.
and every tree, in the which is the water the garden and from thence
; 23.
V ver. 15.
<= ch. 9. 3. fruit of a tree yielding seed ; ' to you it was parted, and became into four 9 Ezek. 31.
Job 36. 31.
Ps. 104. 14, it shall be for meat. heads. r
8 .
ch. 3. 22.
15. ^
& 136. 25. 30 And every beast of the earth,
to 11 The name of the Pison:
first is Prov.
& 11. 30.
3. 18.
& 146. 7.
Acts 14. 17. and to every ®fowl of the air, and to that is it which compasseth the whole ‘ Rev. 2. 7.
d Ps. 145. & 22. 2, 14.
15, 16.
every thing that creepeth upon the land of Havilah, where there is gold “ ver. 17.
& 147. 9.
earth, wherein there is ^life, I have 12 And the gold of that land is good ‘ch.25. 18.
e Job 38. 41.
< Heb. a liv- given every green herb for meat and :
" there is bdellium and the onyx stone. "Num.11.7.
ing smd.
it was so. 13 And the name of the second river
'P8.104.24. 31 And ‘^God saw every thing that is Gihon the same is it that com-
:
1 Tim. 4. 4.
he had made, and, behold, it teas passeth the whole land of ® Ethiopia. OHeb.OusA.
very good. And the evening and the 14 And the name of the third river
^
moriung were the sixth day. is Hiddekel that is it which goeth
:
* Dan. 10. 4.
CHAPTER II.
® toward the east of Assyria. And the ® Or, east-
ward to
1 The first sdbhath. 4 The mawier of the creation. 8 The fourth river is Euphrates. Assyria.
15 And the Loed God took ’^the

’’
planihig of the garden of Eden, 10 and the river thereof. Or, Adam.
17 The tree of Icnowledge only forbidden. 19, 20 The
naming of the creatures. 21 The making of woman, and man, and ‘‘put him into the garden 7 ver. 8.
institution of marriage. of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
oPs. 33. 6. Thus

of them.
the heavens and the earth
were finished, and “all the host
16 And the Loed God commanded
the man, saying. Of every tree of the
garden ® thou mayest freely eat
8
*
Heb.
eating tlum
shalt eat.
ver. 9.
“ ch. 3. 1, 3,
b Ex. 20. 11. ‘'And on the seventh day God 17 ” But of the tree of the knowledge 11, 17.
& 31. 17. bch.3.3,19.
Dent. 5. 14. ended his work which he had made of good and evil, “thou shalt not eat Rom. 6. 23.
Heb. 4. 4.
and he rested on the seventh day of it for in the day that thou eatest
:
lCor.l5.5G.
James 1.15.
from all his work which he had made. thereof ® thou shalt surely die. 1 Jolm 5.
16.
« Neh. 9. 14. And God "
blessed the seventh day, 18 IF And the Loed God said. It 2 Heb.
Isai. 58. 13. dying thou
and sanctified it : because that in it is not good that the man should dialt die.
The serpent deceivetli Eve, GENESIS, III. MarCs shameful fall.
Before be alone; “I will make him an help teas ^pleasant to the eyes, and a tree Before
CHKIST CHRIST
4004.
^meet for hun. to be desired to make one wise, she 4004.
e ch. 3. 12.
19 Ând out of the ground the Loed took of the fruit thereof, ând did ^ Heb.
1 Cor. 11. 9. God formed every beast of the field, eat, and gave also unto her husband a desire.
1 Tim. 2.13. n Tim. 2. 14.
* Heb. 08 and every fowl of the air and ® brought
;
with her ^ and he did eat.
; 6 ver. 12, 17.
d ch.
before him.
1. 20,
them unto ®Adam to see what he 7 And ''the eyes of them both were ver. 5.
24.
e Ps. 8. 6.
would call them and whatsoever
: opened, 'and they knew that they ivei'e ch. 2. 25. '
See ch.6.20. Adam called every living creature, naked and they sewed fig leaves to-
;
sOr,
the man. that was the name thereof. gether, and made themselves ® aprons. ® Or, things
to gird
<Heb.
called.
20 And Adam ^gave names to all 8 And they heard ''the voice of the about.
k Job
cattle, to the fowl of the air, and
and Loed God walking in the garden in 1. .38.
to every beast of the field; but for the ^ cool of the day and Adam and Heb. tcind.
:
*
Adam there was not found an help his wife hid themselves from the pre- .Job 31. 33.
'
Jer. 23.24.
>
meet for him. sence of the Loed God amongst the Amos 9. 3.
fch.15.12. 21 And the Loed God caused a ^deep trees of the garden.
1 Sam. 26.
12 . sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept 9 And the Loed God called unto
and he took one of his ribs, and closed Adam, and said unto him. Where art
up the flesh instead thereof thou ?
®Heb.
builded. 22 And the rib, which the Loed God 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in
e Prov. 18.
99
had taken from man, made he a wo- the garden, “and I was afraid, be- “Exod. ch. 2.
6.
2.5.
3.
Heb. 13. 4. man, and ® brought her unto the man. cause I teas naked and I hid myself. lJolm3.20.
;
>* ch. 29. 14.
Judg. 9. 2. 23 And Adam said, This is now 11 And he said, Who told thee that
2 Sam. 5. 1.
& 19. 13. •“bone of my bones, and flesh of my thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten
Eph. 5. 30.
* Heb. Ishc. flesh: she shall be called ® Woman, of the tree, whereof I commanded “ ch. 2. 18.
Job 31. a3.
*1 Cor. 11. 8.
T
because she was taken out of ^ Man.
*
thee that thou shouldest not eat ? Prov. 28.13.
Heb. Ish. c ver 4.
k ch. 31. 15. 24 ^ Therefore shall a man leave And the man said, "The woman
12 2 Cor. 11. 3.
Ps. 45. 10.
Matt. 19. 5.
his father and liis mother, and shall whom thou gavest to he with me, she P
1 Tim.2.i4.
Ex. 21. 29,
Mark
1 Cor. 6. 16.
10. 7.
cleave unto his wife: and they shall gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 32.
4 Isai. 65.2.5.
Eph. 5. 31. be one flesh. 13 And the Loed God said unto the Mic. 7. 17.
•ch. 3.7,10,
11 . 25 Ând they were both naked, theman woman. What is this that thou hast ••Matt.
& 13. 38.
3. 7.
“Ex. 32. 25.

and his wife, and were not “ashamed. done? And the woman said, “The & 23. 33.
Isai. 47. 3. John 8. 44.
CHAPTER III. serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Acts

1 John
13. 10.
3. 8.
1 The serpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man’s shameful fall. 9 14 And the Loed God said ûnto the ‘ Ps. 132. 11.
God arraigneth them. 14 The serpent is cursed. 15 The Isai. 7. 14.
promised seed. 16 The punishment of manlcind. 21 Their serpent, Because thou hast done this, Mic. 5. 3.
Matt. 1. 23,
first clothing. 22 Their casting out of paradise. thou art cursed above all cattle, and 25.
OW “the serpent was '’more

• Rev. 12. 9.
•>
& 20
Matt. 10.
16.
.
2 Cor. 11. 3.
2 .
N than any beast of the

the Loed God had made. And he
which field
subtil above every beast of the field; upon thy
belly shalt thou go, and “^dust shalt
thou eat all the days of thy life :
Luke
34,35.
Gal. 4.
‘Eom.16.20.
Col. 2. 15.
Heb. 2. 14.
1. 31,
4.
® Heb. Tea,
because, dc.
said unto the woman, ® Yea, hath God 15 And I will put enmity between 1 John 5. 5.
Rev. 12. 7,
said. Ye shall not eat of every tree of thee and the woman, and between 'thy 17.
“ Ps. 48. 6.
the garden? seed and “her seed *it shall bruise thy
; Isai. 13. 8.
2 And the woman said unto the ser- head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. & 21. 3.
John 16.21.
pent, Wemay eat of the fruit of the 16 Unto the woman he said, I Avill 1 Tim.2.15.
* ch. 4. 7.
trees of the garden greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy ® Or, subject
to thy hus-
0 ch. 2. 17.
3 ' But of the fruit of the tree which conception " in sorrow thou shalt
; band.
is in the midst of the garden, God

ylCor.11.3.
bring forth children and thy desire
; & 14. 34.
hath said. Ye shall not eat of it, nei- shall he ® to thy husband, and he shall Eph.
23,24.
5. 22,
ther shall ye touch it, lest ye die. ^ rule over thee. 1 Tim.
11 12 . .
2.
^ ver. 13.
2 Cor. 11.3.
4 ''And the serpent said unto the 17 And unto Adam he said, * Be- Tit. 2. 5.
1 Pet. 3. 1,
1 Tim. 2.14.
woman, Ye shall not surely die cause thou hast hearkened unto the 5,6.
' 1 Sam. 15.
5 For God doth know that in the voice of thy wife, “and hast eaten of 23.
“ ver. 6.
• ver. 7.
Acts 26. 18.
day ye eat thereof, then “your eyes the tree, of which I commanded
*’
b ch. 2. 17.
shall be opened, and ye shall be as thee, saying. Thou shalt not eat of it: ® Eccles. 1.
2 3.
gods, knowing good and evil. “cursed is the ground for thy sake; Isai.24.5,6.
Rom. 8. 20.
6 And when the woman saw that the ^ in sorrow
shalt thou eat of it all the ^ Job 5. 7.
Eccles. 2.
tree tvas good for food, and that it days of thy life 23.
A2
Bil'tli of Cain and Abel. GENESIS, lY. The murder of Abel.
Before 18 ® Thorns also and thistles shall it thee shcdl be his desire, and thou shalt Before
CHRIST CHRIST
4004.
^bring forth to thee and ^ thou shalt ;
rule over him. cir. 3875.
e Job 31. 40.
eat the herb of the field 8 And Cain talked with Abel his
* Heb. cause 19 ®In the sweat of thy face shalt brother: and it came to pass, when
to bud.
^Ps. 104. 14. thou eat bread, till thou return unto they were m
the field, that Cain rose
e Eccles. 1.
13.
the ground; for out of it wast thou up against Abel his brother, and ^slew 'Matt. 23.
35.
2 These.
10
3. taken: ^for dust thou art, and 'unto him. 1 John 3.
.
12
•> ch. 2. 7. dust shalt thou retui’n. 9 If And Loed said unto Cain,
the Jude
.
11.
« Job
&
21. 26.
34. 15.
20 And Adam called his iiife’s name ® Where is Abel thy brother ? And he e Ps. 9. 12.
Ps. 104. 29.

Eccles. 3.
®Êve; because she was the mother said, '’I know not Am I my brother’s
:
>>
Jolm 8. 44.
20 .
& 12. 7. of all living. keeper ?

Rom.
Heb.
5. 12.
9. 27.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife 10 And he said. What hast thou done?
SHeb. did the Loed God make coats of the voice of thy brother’s ^ blood cri- '
“ Heb.
bloods.
Chatidh.
* That is,
skins, and clothed them. eth unto me from the groimd. * Heb. 12. 24.
Rev. 6. 10.
Living,
^ ver. 5.
22 If And the Loed God said, ''Behold, 11 And now art thou cursed from the
Like Isai. the man is become as one of us, to know earth, which hath opened her mouth
19. 12.
& 47. 12,13.
Jer. 22. 23.
good and evil : and now, lest he put to receive thy brother’s blood from
1 ch. 2. 9. forth his hand, 'and take also of the thy hand;
tree of life, and eat, and live for ever 12 When thou tillest the ground, it
23 Therefore the Loed God sent him shall not henceforth yield unto thee
“ ch.
& 9. 20.
4. 2.
forth from the garden of Eden, ’"to till her strength; a fugitive and a vaga-
the ground from whence he was taken. bond shalt thou be in the earth.
24 So he drove out the man; and he 13 And Cain said unto the Loed, ^ My ® Or, Mine
iniquity is
•> ch. 2. 8. placed " at the east of the garden of punishment is greater than I ean bear. greater
than that
» Ps. 104. 4.
Heb. 1. 7.
Eden “Cherubims, and a flaming sword 14 '’Behold, thou hast di'iven me out It may be
forgiven.
which turned every way, to keep the this day from the face of the earth; k .Tob 1.5.
20,-24.
way of the tree of life. and 'from thy face shall I be hid and ; 1 Ps. 51. 11.
I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond
CHAPTER IV.
in the earth; and it shall come to
1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel. 8 The
murder of Abel. 11 The curse of Cain. 17 Enoch the pass, that every one that findeth me ch. 9. 6.
Num. 35.
first cltg. 19 Lamech and his two wives. 25 Lhe birth shall slay me. 19, 21, 27,
of Seth, 26 and Enos.
15 And the Loed said unto him.
4003. AND Adam knew Eve and
Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,
his wife ;
* That
Gotten, or,
is,
J\. she conceived, and bare ®Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him
Acquired.
and said, I have gotten a man from "sevenfold. And the Loed "set a “ Ps. 79. 12.
0 Ezek. 9.
the Loed. mark upon Cain, lest any finding h im 4,6.
2 And she again bare his brother should kill him.

6 Heb.
HM. ®Abel. And Abel was ’a keejier of 16 If And Cain *’went out from the P 2 Kings
13. 23.
7 Heb. o sheep, but Cain was “a tiller of the presence of the Loed, and dwelt in & 24. 20.
feeder. Jer. 23. 39,
“ ch. 3. 23. ground. the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. & 52. 3.
& 9. 20. 3 And ® in process of time it came to 17 And Cain knew his wife and she cir. 3875.
® Heb. at the ;
end of days. pass, that Cain brought '’of the fruit of conceived, and bare ^ Enoch: and he «Heb.
•> Num. 18. Chanoch.
12 . the ground an offering mito the Loed. builded a city, ‘’and called the name <i Ps. 49. 11.
0 Num. 18.
17.
4 And Abel, he also brought of ® the of the city, after the name of his son,
Prov. 3. 9. firstlings of his ® flock and of the fat Enoch.
® Heb. sheep,
or, goats. thereof. And the Loed had ^respect 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad
dHeb. 11.4.
unto Abel and to his offermg and Irad begat Mehujael: and Me-
5 But unto Cain and to his offermg hujael begat Methusael and Methu- :
sHeb.
he had not respect. And Cain was sael begat ® Lamech. Lemech,
e ch. 31. 2, very wroth, ® and his countenance fell. 19 If And Lamech took imto liim two
6 And the Loed said imto Cam, Why wives the name of the one ims Adah, :
art thou wroth ? and why is thy coun- and the name of the other Zillah.
® Or, have tenance fallen? 20 And Adah bare Jabal he was :
the e.rcet-
kiicy? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not the father of such as dwell in tents,
Heb. 11. 4.
* Or, subject ^be accepted? and if thou doest not and of such as have cattle.
unto thee,
ch. 3. 16. well, sin lieth at the door. And ^ unto 21 And his brother’s name ivas Ju-
l_
The genealogy GENESIS, Y. of the 'patriarchs.
Before
CHRIST
Before
bal was tlie " father of all such as
: lie Cainan hundred and fifteen CHRIST
eight
cir. 3875. handle the harp and organ. years, and begat sons and daughters 3679.
r Rom. 4. 11, 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal- 1 1 And all the days of Enos were nine
12
*Heb.
.
cain,an înstructer of every artificer hmidred and five years and he died.
:
whetler. in brass and iron: and the sister of 12 H And

Cainan lived seventy years, 3609.
Tiibal-cain was Naamah. and begat ^ Mahalaleel 2 Gr.

Maided.
23And Lamech said unto his wives, 13 And Cainan lived after he begat
* Or, T wnM Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice ye
;
Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty
flay
ill my
a man
wives of Lamech, hearken unto my years, and begat sons and daughters
tcouiiil, <te.
speech for ® I have slain a man to
: 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine
‘ Or, in my
hurt. my wounding, and a young man ^to hundred and ten years and he died.
:
• ver. 15.
3874.
my hurt. 15 11 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and 3514.
‘ 24 “ If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,

ch. 5. 3. five years, and begat ^ Jared ^lleh.Jered.
SHeb.SW. 1 6 And Mahalaleel lived after he be-

® That
truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
is.
Appointed, 25 II And Adam knew his wife again gat Jared eight hundred and thirty
or, Put.
3769. and she bare a son, and ‘called his years, and begat sons and daughters
» ch. 5. 6. name Seth For God, said she, hath : 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel
’Heb.
EiioA. appointed me another seed instead were eight hundred ninety and five
• Or, to call
.
themselves
of Abel, whom Cain sleiv. years and he died.
:
by die
name of
26 And to Seth, "to him also there 18 H And Jared lived an hundred sixty 3382.
the Loud. was born a son; and he called his and two years, and he begat Enoch * •Iiide II,
15.
* 1 Kings
18. 24. name 'Ênos: then began men ^''to 19 And Jared lived after he begat
Ps. 116. 17.
.loel 2. 32. call upon the name of the Lord. Enoch eight hundred years, and be-
Zeph. 3. 9.
gat sons and daughters
1 Cor. 1. 2.
CHAPTER V.
20 And all the days of Jared were
1 The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchf from
Adam unto Noah. 24 The godlinees and translation of nine hundred sixty and two years:
Enoch.
and he died.
his
the “book of the genera- 21 H And Enoch and
* 1 Cliron.
1. 1.
Luke
4004.
3. 38.
T is
tions of Adam. In the day that
God created man, in the likeness of *'
years,
22
lived sixty
and begat * Methuselah
And Enoch '‘walked uith God after
five
'Gr.
3317.
3Ialhusata.
cli. 6. 9.
*>
ch. 1. 26.
& 17. 1.
Epli. 4. 24.
Col. 3. 10.
God made he hun; he begat Methuselah three hmidred & 24. 40.
2 Kill. 20. 3.
« ch. 1. 27, 2 Male and female created he them
® years, and begat sons and daughters : Ps. 16. 8.
and blessed them, and called their 23 And all the days of Enoch were & 116. 9.
& 128. 1.
name Adam, in the day when they three hundred sixty and five years JIic. (). 8.
Mai. 2. 6.
were created. 24 And Enoch walked with God

'
2 Kings 2.
11 .
3874. 3 'll And Adam hundred lived an and he teas not for God took hun.
;
Heb. 11. 5.
and thirty years, and begat a son in 25 And Methuselah lived an hun- 3130.
his own likeness, after his image dred eighty and seven years, and be-
d ch. 4. 25.
and ^ called his name Seth gat ® Lamech 5 Heb.
Leiiiech.
' 1
1.
Chron.
1, &c.
4 ®And the days of Adam after he 26 And Methuselah lived after he
had begotten Seth were eight hun- begat Lamech seven hundred eighty
'ch. 1. 28.
dred years ^ and he begat sons and
: and two years, and begat sons and
daughters daughters
5 And aU the days that Adam lived 27 And all the days of Methuselah
were nine hmidred and thirty years were nine hundred sixty and nine
8 ch. 3. 19.
Heb. 9. 27.
^ and he died. years and he died.
:
3769. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and 28 H And Lamech lived an hundred 2918.
^
>> ch. 4. 26.
five years, and begat Enos : eighty and two years, and begat a son:
7 And Seth lived after he begat 29 And he called his name ”Noah, ® Gr. Noe,
Luke 3. 36.
Enos eight hundred and seven years, saying. This same shall comfort us Heb. 11. 7.
IPet. 3.20.
and begat sons and daughters concerning our work and toil of our 7 That is,
Best, or.
8 And all the days of Seth were nine hands, because of the ground “ which Comfort,
m ch.
hundred and twelve years: and he died. the Lord hath cursed. 3. 17.
& 4. 11.
3679. 9 II And Enos lived ninety years, and 30 And Lamech lived after he begat
9 Heb.
Kenan.
begat ® Cainan Noah five hundred ninety and five
10 And Enos lived after he begat years, and begat sons and daughters
Wickedness of tJie world. GENESIS, VI. The form of the ark.
Before
CHKIST 31 And all the days of Lamech were 13 And God
said unto Noah, ^’The Before
CHBIST
2353. seAên hundred seAênty and seven end of all flesh is come before me; 2448.
years and he died.
: for the earth is filled Avith violence P .Ter. 51. 13,
2448. 32 And Noah Avas five hundred years through them; ând, behold, I will Ezek.
3,6.
7. 2,
“ ch. 6. 10. old: and Noah begat “Shem, Ham, destroy them ^ Avith the earth. Amos 8. 2.
2 1 Pet. 4. 7.
0 ch. 10. 21. ° and Japheth. 14 II Make thee an ark of gopher 0 ver. 17.
^ Or, /row
3 CHAPTER VI.
wood; ® rooms shalt thou make in tile earth.
® Heb.
1 The loichedness of the world, lehich provohed God'’s wrath,
the ark, and shalt pitch it AAitliin and nests.
and caused the flood. 8 Noah flndeth grace. 14 The

4
without with pitch.
order, form, and end of the ark,
15 And this is the fashion which thou
»ch. 1.28,
And it came to pass, “when men

began to multiply on the face of
-
the earth, and daughters Avere born

shalt make it of: The length of the
ark shall he three hundred cubits,
the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the
unto them, height of it thirty cubits.
6
That the sons of God saw the 16 A
AvindoAv shalt thou make to the
daughters
7 of men that they were fair ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish
«> Deut. 7. and they took them Avives of aU
’’
it above; and the door of the ark
3,4.
AAdiich they chose. shalt thou set m
the side thereof;
0 Gal.
17.
5. 16, 8 And the Lord said, ' My spirit shall ivith lower, second, and tliird stories
H’et.3.19, 9 always strive Avith man, ‘‘for that
not shalt thou make it.
20 .
r ver. 13.
d Ps. 78. 39, he also is fiesh yet his days shall be
:
17 "Ând, behold, I, even I, do bring ch. 7. 4, 21,
an hundred and tAventy years. a flood of waters upon the earth, to 22, 23.
2 Pet. 2. 5.
24fi9. There were giants in the earth in destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath
* Or, the
ichole, ima- those days and also after that, when
;
of life, from under heaven and every ;
gination
the sons of God came in unto the
:
The He- thing that is in the earth shall die.

18 But Avith thee AviU I establish my
brew word
significth daughters of men, and they bare chil-
not only
the imagi-
dren to them, the same became mighty covenant and " thou shalt come into
;
•ch.7.1,7,
13.
nation, hut
also(/i«pur-
men which were of old, men of renown. the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy 1 Pet. 3. 20.
2 Pet. 2. 5.
pose.s
desires.
and 5 H And God saw that the wickedness Avife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
» ch. 8. 21. of man was great in the earth, and that 19 And of every living thmg of all
Deut.29.19. ^ 10
Prov. 6. 18. every “imagination of the thoughts of flesh, ‘two of every sort shalt thou bring ‘ ch. 7. 8, 9,
15, 16.
Matt.15.19.
8Heb. 11 heart was only evil ^continually.
his into the ark, to keep them ahve Avith
every day.
2448.
And ‘ît repented the Lord that thee they shall be male and female.
;
t See Nmn. he12 had made man on the earth, and 20 Of foAvls after their kind, and of
23. 19.
1 Sam. 1.5. it ® grieved him at his heart. cattle after then’ kind, of every creep-
11, 29.
2 Sam. 24. And the Lord said, I Avill destroy ing thing of the earth after his kind,
16.
Mai. 3. 6. man whom I have created from the two of every sort "shall come unto "ch.Lg.W,
See ch. 2.
.Tames 1.17.
Klsai.63. 10.
face of the earth; ^both man, and thee, to keep them alive. 19.
<Heb.
Eph. 4. 30. beast, and the creeping thing, and 21 And take thou unto thee of all
from man the foAvls of the air for it repenteth ; food that and thou shalt ga-
is eaten,
unto heast.
•> ch.l9. 19. me that I have made them. ther it to thee; and it shall be for
Ex. 33. 12,
13, 16, 17. But Noah ''found grace in the food for thee, and for them.
Luke 1. 30.
Acts 7. 46. eyes of the Lord. 22 *Thus did Noah; âccordmgto all *Heb. 11.7.
See Exod.
« ch. 7. 1.
Ezek. 14.
H These are the generations of that God commanded him, so did he. 40. 16.
y ch. 7. 5,
14, 20.
Bom. 1. 17,
Noah: ‘Noah was a just man and CHAPTER VII.
16.
9,
Heb. 11.7. ® perfect in his generations, mif^Noah 1 Noah, with his family, and the living creatures, enter into
2 Pet. 2. 5. ^
® Or.uprigld. Avalked aaRIi God. the ark. 17 The beginning, increase, and continuance 2349.
>' ch. 5. 22.
ch. 5. 32.
And Noah begat three sons, of the flood. • ver. 7, 13.
Matt.24.38.
And
1
“ ch. 7. 1. ‘Shem, Ham, and Japheth. the Lord said unto Noah, Liikel7.26.
& 10. 9. Heb. 11. 7.
& 13. 13. The
earth also Avas corrupt ""be- . “Come thou and all thy house 1 Pet. 3. 20.
2 Pet. 2. 5,
2Chr.31.27.
I.uke 1. 6. fore God, and the earth was "filled into the ark; for ‘’thee have I seen >> ch. 6. 9.
Bom.
righteous before me in this generation.
2. 13. P8.33.18,19.
& 3. 19. AA'ith violence. Prov. 10. 9.
2Pet. 2. 9.
“Ezek. 8. 17.
& 28. 16. And God "looked upon the earth, 2 Of every "clean beast thou shalt ® ver. 8.
Hab.2.8,17.
0 ch. 18. 21.
and, behold, it Avas corrupt; for all take to thee by * sevens, the male and ®
Lev. ch. 11.
Heb. seven
Ps. 14. 2. fiesh had corrupted his Avay upon the his female : ând of beasts that are not seven.
& 33. 13, 14. ^Lev. 10.10.
& 53. 2, 3. earth. clean by tAVO, the male and liis female. Ezek. 44. 2a
Noah entereth into the arh. GENESIS, VIII. The waters asswage.
CHRIST
Before
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, 18 And
the waters prevailed, and Before
CHRIST
2448. the male and the female ; to keep seed were increased greatly upon the earth; 2349.
alive upon the face of all the earth. ând the ark went upon the face of ‘irB.104.26.
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause the waters.
ever. 12, 17. it to rain upon the earth ® forty days 19 And the waters prevailed exceed-
and forty nights ; and every living sub- ingly upon the earth; 'ând all the r Ps. 104. 6.
Cl 0* il .
* Heb. hlol stance that I have made will I ^de- high hills, that luere under the whole
out.
stroy from off the face of the earth. heaven, were covered.
fch.6.22.
5 Ând Noah did according unto all 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the
that the Lokd commanded him. waters prevail and the mountains
;
2349. 6 And Noah tvas six hundred years were covered.

old when the flood of waters wus up- 21 “And all flesh died that moved Ter. 4. 8
ch.6. 13,17.
on the earth. upon the earth, both of fowl, and of .Tob 22. 16.
Matt. 24.
s ver. 1.
7 IF Ând Noah went in, and his sons, cattle, and of beast, and of every 39.
Luke 17.
and his "wife, and his sons’ wives with creeping thing that creepeth upon 27.
2Pet. 3. 6.
him, into the ark, because of the the earth, and every man
waters of the flood. 22 All in ‘whose nostrils ims ^the ch. 2. 7. ‘
* Heb. the
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that breath of life, of all that ii'as in the breath of
the spirit
are not clean, and of fowls, and of every dry land, died. (if life.
thing that creepeth upon the earth, 23 And every living substance was
9 There went in two and two unto destroyed which was upon the face
Noah into the ark, the male and the of the ground, both man, and cattle,
female, as God had commanded Noah. and the creeping things, and the fowl
® Or, rni the 10 And it came to pass ® after seven of the heaven and they were de-
;
seventh
day. days, that the waters of the flood were stroy ed from the earth: and "Noah “12 Pet. Pet. 3. 20.
2. 5.
upon the earth. only remained alive, and they that &3.e.
11 H In the six hundredth year of icere with him in the ark.
Noah’s life, in the second month, the 24 *And the waters prevailed upon * oh. 8. 3.
seventeenth day of the month, the the earth an hundred and fifty days. compared
^ ch. 8. 2.
Pr^TT Q 0«
same day were all **the fountains of CHAPTER VIII. 11. of this
chapter.
Ezek. 26. the great deep broken up, and the 1 Tlie waters asswaqe. 4 The ark resteth on Ararat. 7
19. ^
* Ol, flood-
*
windows of heaven were opened. The raven and the dove. 15 Noah, being commanded.
18 goeth forth of the ark. 20 lie buildeth an altar, and
1
gates.
ch. 1. 7.
12 And the rain was upon the earth ofereth sacrifice, 21 which God accepteth, and promiseth
&8. 2. forty days and forty nights. to curse the earth no more.
k ver. 4, 17. 13 In the selfsame day 'entered Noah, AND

God "remembered Noah, and • ch. 19. 29.
1 ver. 1, 7.
ch. 6. 18.
and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, jLA- every living thing, and all the 1 Sam. 1.
Heb. 11. 7.
1 Ppt 9 9^
the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife. cattle that was with him in the ark
2 Pet. 2. 5.‘
and the three wives of his sons mth ''and God made a wind to pass over i-Ex. 14.21.
them, into the ark the earth, and the waters asswaged
"> ver. 2, 3, 14 “ They, and every beast after his 2 'The fountains also of the deep 0 ch. 7. 11.
8, 9.
kind, and all the cattle after their and the windows of heaven were
kind, and every creeping tiling that stopped, and ‘'the rain from heaven 1 Job 38. 37.
creepeth upon the earth after his was restrained;
kind, and every fowl after his kind. 3 And the waters returned from off
® Heb. tcing. every bird of every ® sort. the earth ® continually and after the » Heb. in
:
going and
n ch. 6. 20. 15 And they "went in unto Noah end 'of the hundred and fifty days returning.
0 ch. 7. 24.
into the ark, two and two of all flesh, the waters were abated.
wherein is the breath of life. 4 And the ark rested in the seventh
16 And they that went in, went in month, on the seventeenth day of the
® ver. 2, 3. male and female of all flesh, “ as God month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
had commanded him and the Lord: 5 And the waters ^decreased conti- * Heb. wei-e
in goingand
shut him in. nually until the tenth month in the aecreasing.
:
P ver. 4, 12.
17 Ând the flood was forty days tenth month, on the first day of the
upon the earth; and the waters in- month, were the tops of the moun-
creased, and bare up the ark, and it tains seen.
was lift up above the earth. 6 H And it came to pass at the end of
The raven and dove sent out. GENESIS, IX. God hlesseth Noah.
Before
CHRIST Noah opened ^the win-
forty days, that the Lord ; and took of every clean CHRIST
Before
2349 . dow of the ark which he had made beast, and of every clean fowl, and 2348 .
'ch. 6. 16.
7 And he sent forth a raven, which offered burnt offerings on the altar. ^Lev.ch. 11.
2 Heb. in went forth ^to and fro, until the wa- 21 And the Lord smelled *â sweet 1 Lev. 1. 9.
going fmill Ezek. 20.

and re-
turning.
ters were dried up from off the earth. savour; and the Lord said his 41.
2 Cor. 2. 15.
m
8 Also he sent forth a dove from heart, I will not again “ curse the Eplies. 5. 2.
3 Heb. a sa-
him, to see if the waters were abated ground any more for man’s sake vour of rest,
from off the face of the ground ^for the “imagination of man’s heart “ ch. 3. 17.
& 6. 17.
9 But the dove found no rest for the is evil from his youth; “neither will 3 Or, though,
” ch. 6. 5.
sole of her foot, and she returned un- I again smite any more every thing Job 14. 4.
to him into the ark, for the waters were living, as I have done. & 15. 14.
Ps. 51. 5.
on the face of the whole earth: then he 22 While the earth remaineth, Jer. 17. 9.
Mat. 15.19.
put forth his hand, and took her, and seedtime and harvest, and cold and Rom. 1. 21.
& 3. 23.
3 Heb. ® pulled her in unto him into the ark.
caused Ikt heat, and summer and winter, and ®ch.9. 11,15.
to come.
10 And he stayed yet other seven ’ day and night shall not cease. P Isai. 54. 9.
* Heb. .48 vet
days ;and again he sent forth the all the days
dove out of the ark; CHAPTER IX.

of the earth.
4 Jer. 33. 20,
11 And the dove came in to him in God hlesseth Noah. 4 Blood and murder are forbidden. 25.
1
8 God’s covenant, 13 signified hy the rainhoto. 18 Noah
the evening; and, lo, in her mouth replenisheth the world, 20 planteth a vineyard, 21 is
ivas an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah drunken, and mocked of his son, 25 curseth Canaan, 26
hlesseth Shem, 21 prayeth for Japheth, 29 and dieth.
knew that the waters were abated
from
12
off the earth.
And he stayed yet other seven
days and sent forth the dove wliich
; ;
And God -
fruitful,
sons,
blessed Noah and his
and said unto them, “Be
and multiply, and replenish
0 ver. 7, 19.
ch. 1. 28.
& 10. 32.
returned not again unto him any the earth.

more. 2 •’And the fear of you and the dread b ch. 1. 28.
Hos. 2. 18.
2348 .
13 IT And it came to pass in the six of you shall be upon every beast of
hundredth and first year, in the first the earth, and upon every fowl of the
month, the first day of the month, am, upon all that moveth upon the
the waters were dried up from off the earth, and upon all the fishes of the
earth and Noah removed the cover-
: sea into your hand are they delivered.
;
* Deut.
ing of the ark, and looked, and, be- 3 “Every moving thing that liveth 15. & 14.
12.
hold, the face of the ground was dry. shall be meat for you; even as the 3, 9, 11.
Acts 10. 12,
^
14 And in the second month, on green herb have I given you ® all 13.
3 ch. 1. 29.
the seven and twentieth day of the things. ® Rom. 14.
14, 20.
month, wâs the earth dried. 4 ^But flesh with the life thereof, 1 Cor. 10.
15 H And God spake unto Noah, which is the blood thereof, shall ye 23, 26.
Col. 2. 16.
1 Tim. 4.
saying, not eat. 3, 4.
« ch. 7. 13.
IG Go forth of the ark, ®thou, and 5 And
surely your blood of your lives 'Lev. 17.10,
11. 14.
thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ will Irequire ^ at the hand of every
;
& 19. 26.
Deut. 12.
wives with thee. beast will I require it, and ^ at the hand 23.
1 Sam. 14.
“ ch. 7. 15. 17 Bring forth with thee every liv-
**
of man at the hand of every man’s
;
*
33.
Acts 15. 20,
ing thing that is with thee, of all flesh, brother will I require the life of man. 29.
hoth of fowl, and of cattle, and of every 6 ‘'Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by * Ex. 21. 28.
bch. 4. 9,10.
creepmg thing that creepeth upon the man blood be shed
shall his for in :
‘ Ps. 9. 12.
‘Acts
earth ; that they may breed abun- the image of God made he man. k Exod.
17. 26,
21.
i ch. 1. 22. dantly in the earth, and *be fruitful, 7 And you, “ be ye fruitful, and mul- 12. 14.
Lev. 24. 17.
and multiply upon the earth. tiply; bring forth abundantly in the Matt. 26.
52.
18 And Noah went forth, and his earth, and multiply therein. Rev. 13. 10.
ch. 1. 27.
8 H And God spake unto Noah,
‘
sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives and “ ver. 1, 19.
w ith him to his sons with him, saying, ch. 1. 28.
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, 9 And I, "behold, I establish “my > ch. 6. 18.
0 Isai. 54. 9.
and every fowi, and whatsoever creep- covenant Avith you, and with your seed
eth upon the earth, after their ^ kinds, after you
families.
wênt forth out of the ark. 10 *’And with every living creature P Ps. 145. 9.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto that is with you, of the fowl, of the
The covenant of the rainhow. GENESIS, X. The generations of Noah.
Beforo
Before
CUEIST and of every beast of tlie earth
cattle, and kneAv what liis younger son had CHEIST
2348. with you from all that go out of the
;
done unto him. 2347.
ark, to every beast of the earth. 25 And he said, ^ Ciu’sed he Canaan d Deut. 27.
1 Isai. 54. 9. 11 And will estabhsh my cove- ®
a seiwant of servants shall he be un- .Josh. 23. ®
16.
9.
nant with you; neither shall all flesh to his brethren. 1

20 21
Kings
.
9.
,
be cut off any more by the waters of 26 And he said, ^Blessed he the t Ps. 144. 15.
Heb. 11.
a flood.; neither shall there any more Lord God of Shem and Canaan shall
; 16.
be a flood to destroy the earth. be ^his servant. * Or, servant

to them.
r ck 17. 11. 12 And God said, "^Tliis is the token 27 God enlarge Japheth, ® and
shall ^ ® Or,
of the covenant which I make be- 2 shall dwell in the tents of Shem
persuade,
he s Eph. 2. 13,
tween me and you and every living and Canaan shall be

servant.
liis 14. & 3. 6.
3
creature that is with you, for perpe- 28 IF And Noah lived after the flood
4
tual generations three hmidred and fifty years.
• Eev. 4. 3. 13 I do set ®my bow mthe cloud,
5
29 And all the days of Noah Avere nine 1998.
and it shall be for a token of a cove- hundred and fifty years and he died.:
6
nant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when
7 CHAPTER X.
1 The generations of Noah. 2 The sons of Japheth. 6 The
I bring a cloud over the earth, that sons of Ham. 8 Nimrod the first monarch. 21 The sons
8of Shem.
the bow shall be seen in the cloud
OW these
‘ Ex.
Lev.
45.
Ezek.
60.
28. 12.
20. 42,
16.
15 And ‘I will remember my cove-
nant, which is between me and you
and every livmg creature of all flesh
N9
are the generations of
the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham,
and Japheth “ and unto them Avere
:
2347.
® ch. 9. 1,
7,19.
and the waters shall no more become sons born after the flood.
a flood to destroy all flesh. '’The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and •> 1 Chron.
1. 5, &c.
16 And the boAV shall be in the Magog, and Madai, and JaAan, and
cloud; and I will look upon it, that Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
" ch. 17. 13,
19.
I may remember " the everlasting co- And the sons of Gomer; Ashke-
venant between God and every living naz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
creature of all flesh that is upon the 10
And the sons of Javan; EHshah,
earth. and Tarshish, Kittim, and ^ Dodanim. ^ Or, os some
read it,
17 And God said unto Noah, This 11
By these were 'the isles of the Itodanim.
' Ps. 72. 10.
is the token of the covenant, which I Gentiles divided in their lands every ; .Ter. 2. 10.
have established between me and all one after his tongue, after their fami- & 25. 22.
12 Zeph.2. 11.
flesh that is upon the earth. lies, in their nations.

18 H And the sons of Noah, that 13 ^F ''And the sons of Cush, Ham; ^ 1 Chron.
2347. 1. 8, &c.
went forth of tlie ark, were Shem, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
* ch. 10. 6.
and Ham, and Japheth *and Ham: And the sons of Cush; Seba, and
“Heb.
Clienaan.
is the father of ^ Canaan. Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamali,
y ch. 5. 32. 19 y These are the three sons of and Sabtechah: and the sons of Ra-
* ch. 10. 32.
1 Chron. 1.
Noah: ’’and of them was the whole amah Sheba, and Dedan.;
4, &c. earth overspread. And Cush begat Nimrod he be- : cir. 2218.
" ch. 3. 19,
23. & 4. 2. 20 And Noah began to he “an hus- gan to be a mighty one in the earth.
I’rov. 12.
11 .
bandman, and he planted a vineyard He AAâs a mighty 'hunter before the ® .Ter. 16. 16.
Mic. 7. 2.
'>Prov.20. 1. 21 And he drank of the wine, '’and Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nim- fch.6. 11.
1 Cor. 10.
12 . Avas drunken; and he was uncovered rod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
Avithin his tent. ®And the beginning of his king- e Mic. 5. 6.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, dom was ® Babel, and Erech, and Ac- «Gr.
Babylon.
saAv the nakedness of his father, and cad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
told his two brethren AAithout. Out of that land “went forth As- ® Or, he went
out into
'Ex. 20. 12.
Cal. 6. 1.
23 'And Shem and Japheth took a shur, and builded Nineveh, and ''the Assyria,
t Or, the
garment, and laid it upon both their city Rehoboth, and Calah, streetsof
shoulders, and went backward, and And Resen betAveen Nineveh and the city.
coA'ered the nakedness of their father; Calah the same is a great city.
:
and their faces ivere backAvard, and And Mizraim begat Ludim, and
they saAv not their father’s nakedness. Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naph-
24 And Noah awoke from his AAine, tuhim.
The sons of Shein. GENESIS, XI. The hidlding of Babel.
Before
CHRIST 14 And Pathriisim, and Casluliim, CHAPTEK XI. Before
CHRIST
cir. 2218. C'oiit of whom came Pliilistim,) and 1 One language in the world. 3 The huilding of Bahel. 5
2247.
The confusion of tongues, 10 The generations of Shem.
1 Chron. 1.
Caphtorim. 27 The generations of Terah the father of Abram. 31
12
2Heb.
.
15 H And Canaan begat ^ Sidon liis Terah goeth from Ur to JIaran,
Tzidon. firstborn, and Hetli, AND the whole earth was of one
16 Andthe Jebusite, and the Amo- xA. language, and of one “ speech.
^ * Heb. lip.
rite, and the Girgasite, 2 And it came to pass, as they jour- ^Heb.icojrf*.
cir. 2247.
17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, neyed ^ from the they found
east, that * Or, east-
ward, as
and the Smite, a plain in the land of Shinar; and ch. 13. 11.
18 And the Arvadite, and the Zema- they dwelt there. 2 Sam. 6. 2.
with 1 Chr.
rite, and the Hamatliite and after-
: 3 And ^ they said one to another. Go 13.6.
® Heb. amaa
ward were the families of the Canaan- to, let us make brick, and ® burn them said to his
neighbour.
ites spread abroad. throughly. And they had brick for ® Heb. burn
themto a
' oil. 13. 12, 19 ‘And the border of the Canaan- stone, and slime had they for morter. burning.
14, 15, 17.
& 15. 18— ites was from Sidon, as thou comest 4 And they said. Go to, let us build
21 .
Niim. 34. to Gerar, imto ^Gaza; as thou goest, us a city and a tower, “ whose top may ''D8ut.l.28.
2 —12
reach unto heaven; and let us make
.
.Tosli. 12. unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Ad-

7, 8.
SHeb. mail,and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. us a name, lest we be scattered abroad
Azzah.
20 These are the sons of Ham, after upon the face of the whole earth.
their families, after their tongues, in 5 ‘‘And the Lokd came down to see •>
ch. 18. 21.
their countries, and in their nations. the city and the tower, which the
21 II Unto Shem also, the father of children of men builded.
allthe children of Eber, the brother 6 And the Lord said, Behold, Uhe <=
ch. 9. 19.
Acts 17.26.
of Japheth the elder, even to him people is one, and they have all ^ one ver. 1.
were children born. language they begm to do

;
and this
^ 1 Chron. 1. 22 The ‘‘children of Shem; Elam, and now nothing wiU be restrained
17, &c.
<Heb. and Asshur, and Ârphaxad, and Lud, from them, which they have ® imagin- ' Ps. 2. 1.
Arpaclishad.
and Aram. ed to do.
23 And the children of Aram; Uz, 7 Go Get us go down, and there
to,
‘ ch. 1. 26.
Ps. 2. 4.
and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. confound their language, that they Acts
5,6.
2. 4,
6 ITeb.
SJielah.
24 And Arphaxad begat ° Salah and ‘
;
may ®not understand one another’s s ch. 42. 23.
Deut.28.49.
1 ch. 11. 12. Salah begat Eber. speech. Jer. 5. 15.
8 So ‘‘the Lord scattered them

1 Cor. 14. 2,
“1 Chron. 1.
19.
25 “And unto Eber were born two 11 .
2247. sons: the name of one ims ®Peleg; abroad from thence ‘upon the face Luke 1.51.
' ch. 10. 25,
® That is, for in his days was the earth divided of all the earth and they left off to
: 32.
JJicuion.
and his brother’s name loas Joktan. build the city.
26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and 9 Therefore is the name of it called
Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and J erah, ’Babel; ‘‘because the Lord did there That is.
Confusion.
27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and confound the language of all the k 1 Cor. 14.
23.
Diklah, earth and from thence did the Lord
:
28 And Obal, and Abimael, and scatter them abroad upon the face of
Sheba, all the earth.
29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and 10 ‘These are the generations of
II
1
1
ch. 10. 22.
Chron. 1.
Jobab all these luere the sons of

: Shem: Shem ^vas an hundred years 17.
J oktan. old, and begat Arphaxad two years

30 And their dwelling was from Me- after the flood
sha, as thou goest unto Sephar a 11 And Shem lived after he begat 2346.
mount of the east. Arphaxad five hundred years, and

31 These are the sons of Shem, after begat sons and daughters.
their families, after their tongues, in 12 And Arphaxad lived five and 2311.
their lands, after their nations. thirty years, “

and begat Salah “ See Luke
3.36.
vcr. 1. 32 “These are the families of the 13 And Arphaxad lived after he be-
sons of Noah, after their generations, gat Salah four hundred and three
® ch. 9. 19. in their nations “ and by these were
: years, and begat sons and daughters.
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and
I
the nations divided in the earth after

the flood. begat Eber
The generations of Sliein. GENESIS, XIL God calleth Ahram.
Before
CHRIST 15 And Salali lived after he begat CHAPTER XIL CHRIST
Before
Eber four hundred and three years, 1 God calleth Abram, and him with a promise of
hlessefh
2281. 1921.
Christ. 4 He departeth with Lot from Haran. 6 He
and begat sons and daughters. journeyeth through Canaan, 7 which is promised him
2247. 16 “And Eber lived four and thirty 2in a vision. 10 He is driven by a famine into Egypt.
“ 1 Chron. 1. 11 Fear malceth him feign his wife to he his sister. 14
19. years, and begat ° Peleg Pharaoh, haring talcen her from him, by plagues is com-
17 And Eber lived after he begat
0 Called,
Luke 3. 35,
3pelled to restore her.
OW
Fhalee.
2217.
Peleg four hundred and thirty years,
and begat sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and
N
try,
4
the “Lord had
Abram, Get thee out of thy coun-
and from thy kindred, and from
said unto » cli. 15. 7.
Nell. 9. 7.
Isai. 41. 2.
Acts 7. 3.
Heb. 11.8.
begat Reu thy father’s house, unto a land that

5
19 And Peleg lived after he begat I will shew thee :
Reu two hundred and nine years, and ’’And I will make of thee a great 1 ch. 17. 6.
& 18.18.
begat sons and daughters. nation, “and I will bless thee, and Lent. 26. 5.
1 Kin. 3. 8.
2185. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty make
6 thy name great ;
^ and thou shalt « ch. 24. 35.
d ch. 28. 4.
P Luke 3.35, years, and begat ^ Serug be a blessing Gal. 3. 14.
Sarmli.
21 And Reu lived after he begat 7 “And I will bless them that bless o ch. 27.
29.
Ex. 23. 22.
Serug two hundred and seven years, thee, and curse him that curseth thee: Num.24.9.
and begat sons and daughters. ând in thee shall all families of the f ch. 18. 18.
& 22. 18.
8
2155. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and earth be blessed. & 26. 4.
Ps. 72. 17.
begat Nahor So Abram departed, as the Lord Acts 3. 25.
Gal. 3. 8.
23 And Serug lived after he begat had spoken unto him and Lot went ;
Nahor two hundred years, and begat with

9 him and Abram ivas seventy
:
sons and daughters. and five years old when he departed

2126. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty out of Haran.
1 Luke 3. 34,
Thara.
years, and begat ’ Terah : And Abram took Sarai his wife, and 1921.
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Lot his brother’s son, and all their
Terah an hundred and nineteen years, substance that they had gathered, and
and begat sons and daughters. ®the souls that they had gotten ’’in e ch. 14. 14.
*> ch. 11. 31.
2056. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, Haran; and they went forth to go
.Tosh. 24. 2. and 'begat Abram, Nahor, and Ha- into the land of Canaan and into the ;
1 Chron. 1.
26. ran. land of Canaan they came.
1996. 27 IF Now these are the generations 10IF And Abram passed through the ’ >Heb. 11.9.
‘ Dent.
of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, land unto the place of Sichem. ^ unto 30.
11.
and Haran and Haran begat Lot.

;
the plain of Moreh. ’And the Ca- I
Judg.
ch. 10. 18.
7. 1.
11
28 And Haran died before his father naanite teas then in the land. 19. & 13. 7.
n ch.
Terah in the land of his nativity, in "And the Lord appeared unto 17. 1.
> ch. 13. 15.

Ur of the Chaldees. Abram, and said, “Unto thy seed will & 17. 8.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them I give this land and there builded :
Ps. 105. 9,
11 .
wives the name of Abram’s wife was he an “altar unto the Lord, who ap-
:
0 ch. 13. 4.
• ch. 17. 15.

& 20 . 12 .
'Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, peared unto him.
‘ ch. 22. 20. ‘Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the And he removed from thence unto
father of Milcah, and the father of a mountain on the east of Beth-el,
Iscah. and pitched his tent, having Beth-el
"ch.lG.l,
& 18.11,12.
2.
30 But "Sarai was barren; she had on the west, and Hai on the east
no child. and there he builded an altar unto
* ch. 12. 1. 31 And Terah * took Abram his the Lord, and ^ called upon the name P ch. 13. 4.
son, and Lot the son of Haran his of the Lord.

son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in And Abram journeyed, ^ ’ going on 2 Heb. in
going and
law, his son Abram’s wife and they still toward the south.
;
journeying.
1 ch. 13. 3.
y Neh. 9. 7. went forth with them from Ûr of IF And there was 'a famine in the r ch. 26. 1.
Acts 7. 4.
* ch. 10. 19. the Chaldees, to go into '‘the land of land: and Abram “went down into E- »Ps. 105.13.
cir. 1923. Canaan; and they came unto Haran, gypt to sojourn there for the famine ;
and dwelt there. ivas ‘grievous in the land. ‘ch.43.1.
32 And the days of Terah were two And it came to pass, when he was
hundred and five years and Terah come near to enter into Egypt, that he
:
1921. died in Haran. said unto Sarai his wife. Behold now.
Abram goeth into Egy2A GENESIS, XIII. Abram and Lot part asunder.
CHRIST
Before
I know that thou art ”a fair woman 5 IF And Lot also, which went with CHRIST
Before
1921. to look upon Abram, had flocks, and herds, and cir. 1918.
" ver. 14. 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, tents.
6 And ‘^the land was not able to bear
ch. 26. 7.
when the Egyptians shall see thee, f ch. 36. 7.
that they shall say. This is his wife them, that they might dwell together:
^ ch. 20. 11.
& 26. 7.
and they ^ will kill me, but they w ill for their substance was great, so that
save thee alive. they could not dwell together.
y cb. 20. 5,
13. See
13 ^Say, I pray thee, thou art my 7 And there was ®a strife between E ch. 26. 20.
ch. 26. 7. sister: that it may be well with me the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and
for thy sake and my soul shall live
;
the herdmen of Lot’s cattle and the :
’’ >>
ch. 12. 6.
because of thee. Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled

cir. 1920. 14 IF And it came to pass, that, when then in the land.
Abram ivas come into Egypt, the 8 And Abram said unto Lot, ‘Let there ‘lCor.6. 7.
» ch. 39. 7. Egyptians '‘beheld the woman that be no pray thee, between me
strife, I
Mat. 5. 28.
she ivas very fair. and thee, and between my herdmen
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw and thy herdmen for w e be ^ brethren.
;
* Heb. men
lyrelhren
her, and commended her before Pha- 9 Îs not the whole land before thee ? See ch. 11.
27, 31.
® ch. 20. 2. raoh: and the woman was ^ taken into separate thyself, I pray thee, from Ex. 13. 2.
R8.133.
Pharaoh’s house. me if thou ivilt talze the left hand, Acts 7.
:
‘
2ii.
1.
bch. 20.14. 16 And he entreated Abram well

*’
then I will go to the right or if thou •'ch. 20.15.
& 34. 10.
;
for her sake and he had sheep, and

: depart to the right hand, then I will 18. Rom. 12. •
2
oxen, and he asses, and menservants, go to the left. Heb. 12.14.
.Tames 3.
3
and maidservants, and she asses, and 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and 17.
camels. beheld all “the plain of Jordan, that ™Deut.34.3.
ch. 19. 17.
4
' ch. 20. 18. 17 And the Lord ‘'plagued Pharaoh it teas well wâtered every where, be- Ps. 107. 34.
1 Chron. 16.
21 . and his house with great plagues before the Lord destroyed Sodom and
" “ ch. 19. 24,
1^8. 10.5. 14. 25.
Heb. 13. 4. cause of Sarai Abram’s wife. Gomorrah, °even as the garden of the ch. 2. 10.
“
Isai. 51. k
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou
ch. 20. 9. said, ‘‘What is this that thou hast cornest unto ^’Zoar. Pell. 14. 2,8.
&
& 26. 10. 19. 22.
done unto me ? \vhy didst thou not 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain
tell me that she was thy wife ? of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east:
19 Why saidst thou. She is my sister? and they separated themselves the
so I might have taken her to me to one from the other. ch. 19. 29. <1
wife now therefore behold thy wife,

: 12 Abram dwelled in the land of cir. 1917.
r ch. 14. 12.
take her., and go thy way. Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the & 19. 1.
2 Pet. 2. 7,
^’rov. 21.1. 20 ®And Pharaoh commanded his cities of the plain, and "pitched his 8 .
men concerning him and they sent : tent toward Sodom. » ch. 18. 20.
Ezek.16.49.
him away, and his wife, and all that 13 But the men of Sodom ^loere 2 1’et. 2. 7,
8.
he had. wicked and ‘sinners before the Lord ‘ ch. 6. 11.
" ver. 11.
CHAPTER
XIII. exceedingly. *ch.28.14.
1 Abram and Lot return out of Egypt. 7 By disagreement 14 IF And the Lord said unto Abram, J ch. 12. 7.
they part asunder. 10 Lot goeth to wicked Sodom. 14

&
15. 18.
after that Lot "was separated from & 17. 8.

God reneweth the promise to Abram. 18 He removeth to & 24. 7.
Hebron, and there buildeth an altar, him. Lift up now thine eyes, and look & 26. 4.
Numb. 34.
nd Abram went up out of Egypt, from the place where thou art ’‘north- 12 .
cir.
» ch. 12.
1918.
9.
A - he, and his wife, and all that he
had, and Lot with him, “into the south.
ward, and southward, and eastward,
and westw'ard:
Deut. 34. 4.
Acts 7. 5.
* 2 Chron.
20.7.
l^s. 37. 22.
>> ch. 24. 3.5. ‘’And Abram was very rich in cat- 15 For all the land w hich thou seest, 20 .& 112 2 . .
P.S.112. 3. “ ch.
Pro. 10. 22. tle, and in gold.
in silver, ^to thee will I give it, and “to thy & 22 17
1.5.
.
5.
.
<>ch.l2. 8.9. And he went on his journeys ‘'from seed for ever. & 26. 4.
& 28. 14.
the south even to Beth-el, unto the 16 And “I will make thy seed as the & 32. 12.
Ex. 32. 13.
place where his tent had been at the dust of the earth so that if a man
:
Numb. 23.
10 .
beginning, between Beth-el and Hai can number the dust of the earth, Dent. 1.10.
1 Kin. 4. 20.
<>ch.l2.7,8. Unto the ^ place of the altar, which then shall thy seed also be numbered. 1 Cliron.
27. 23.
he had made there at the first and : 17 Arise, walk through the land in Isai. 48. 19.
.Ter.33. 22.
®Ps,116.17. there Abram “called on the name of the length of it and in the breadth of Rom. 4. 16,
I
17. 18.
the Lord. it ; for I will give it unto thee. Heb. 11.12.
The battle of the Icings. GENESIS, XIV. Melchizedek hlesseth Abram.
Before
CHRIST Then Abram removed his tent,
18 12 And they took Lot, Abram’s ’ bro- CHRIST
Before
dr. 1917. and came and “ dwelt in the ^ plain of ther’s son, ''who dwelt in Sodom, and cir. 1913.
“ ch. 14. 13. Mamre, ‘’which is in Hebron, and built his goods, and departed. 9 ch. 12. 5.
2Heb.
plains.
there an altar unto the Lord. 13 IF And there came one that had ch. 13. 12.
b ch. 35. 27.

CHAPTER XIV. escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew
& 37. 14. 1 The battle of four kings against Jive. 12 Lot is taken for ®
he dwelt in tlie jilain of Mamre • ch. 13. 18.
prisoner. 14 Abram rescueth him. 18 Melchizedek bless-

the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and
eth Abram. 20 Abram giveth him tithe. 22 The rest of
the spoil, his partners having had their portions, he re- brother of Aner and these were con-
:
‘ ‘ ver. 24.
storeth to the king of Sodom. federate with Abram.

AND came to pass in the days of
it 14 And when Abram heard that "his “ ch. 13. 8.
» ch. 10. 10. Amraphel king “ of Shinar, Arioch brother was taken captive, he ^ armed * Or, led
& fmih,
11 2 . .
king of EUasar, Chedorlaomer king of

^
his ^ trained servants, " born his oum m ^ Or, in-
structed.
blsai.11.11. Elam, and Tidal king of nations house, three hundred and eighteen, * ch. 15. 3.
2 That these made war with Bera and pursued them ûnto Dan. &17. 12,27.
Kccles.2. 7.
king of Sodom, and with Birsha king 15 And he divided himself against y Deut. 34. 1.
Judg. 18.
0 Deut. 29.
23.
of Gomorrah, Shinab king of ^ Admah, them, he and his servants, by night, 29.
and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and and ’‘smote them, and pursued them * Isai. 41.
^ 2,3.
d ch. 19. 22. the king of Bela, which is Zoar. unto Hobah, which is on the left hand
3 All these were joined together in the of Damascus.
® Niunb. 34. vale of Siddim, ® which is the salt sea. 16 And he brought back "all the “ ver. 11, 12.
12 .
Deut. 3. 17. 4 Twelve years ‘^they served Chedor- goods, and also b^rought again his
.Tosh. 3. 16.
Ps. 107. 34. laomer, and in the thirteenth year brother Lot, and his goods, and the
fch. 9.26.
they rebelled. women also, and the people.
dr. 1913. 5 And in the fourteenth year came 17 IF And the king of Sodom '’went Judg.
.34.
11.
Chedorlaomer, and the kings that out to meet him after his return
" 1 Sam. 18.
6 .
e ch. 15. 20. were with him, and smote ®the Re- from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, « Heb. 7. 1.
Deut. 3.11.
bJosh. 12.4. phaims ‘’in Ashteroth Karnaim, and and of the kings that were with him,
& 13. 12. ‘
the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims at the valley of Shaveh, which is the
‘Deut. 2. 20.
2 Sam. 18.
b Deut. 2. in ®Shaveh Kiriathaim, '‘king’s dale.
<*
18.
10 11
‘And the Horites 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem
mount
, .
^ Or, The 6 in their ® ® Heb. 7. 1.
plain of
Kiriam. Seir, unto Êl-paran, which brought forth bread and wine and he
is by the :
‘
aim.
Deut.
wilderness. was the priest of ^ the most high God.
‘ ‘Ps. 110.4.
Heb. 5. 6.
2.
12 22 ,
.
7 And they returned, and came to 19 And he blessed him, and said, e Mic. 6. 6.
* Or, The Acts 16. 17.
plain of En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and ‘‘Blessed be Abram of the most high •Ruth.S.lO.
Paran, 2 Sam. 2. 5.
ch. 21. 21. smote aU the country of the Amalek- God, possessor of heaven and earth ‘ :
‘ ver. 22.
Numb.
16. & 13. 3.
12.
ites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt 20 And ‘‘blessed be the most high Matt. 11.
2.5.
I" 2. Chron.
20 2 .
.
“in Hazezon-tamar. God, which hath delivered thine ene- ch. 24. 27.
8 And there went out the king of mies into thy hand. And he gave hun
Heb.
Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, tithes ‘of all. 1
7. 4.
and the king of Admah, and the kmg 21 And the king of Sodom said un-
of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the to Abram, Give me the ^persons, and ^ Heb. souls.
same is Zoar ;) and they joined battle take the goods to thyself.
with them in the vale of Siddim 22 And Abram said to the king of
9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Sodom, I “ have lift up mine hand un- “Exod.0. 8.
Dan. 12. 7.
Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, to the Lord, the most high God, " the Rev. 10. 5,
6 .
and Amraphel king of Shinar, and possessor of heaven and earth, " ver. 19.
ch. 21. 33.
Arioch king of EUasar; four kings 23 That ‘’I wUl not take from a ° So Esther
with five. thread even to a shoelatchet, and that 9. 15, 16.
10 And the vale of Siddim ivas full I will not take any thing that is thine,
“ ch. 11. 3. of “ slimepits and the kings of Sodom lest thou shouldest say, I have made
;
and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; Abram rich

“ ch. 19. 17, and they that remained fled °to the 24 Save only that which the young
30.
mountain. men have eaten, and the portion of
P ver. 16,21.
11 And they took âll the goods of the men ^ which went with me, Aner, P ver. la
Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take
victuals, and went their way. their portion.
Abram is justified by faith. GENESIS, XV, XVI. Sarai giveth Hagar to Abram.
Before
CHRIST CHAPTER XV. 14 And also that nation, whom they Before
CHRIST
1 God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram complaineih for want
cir. 1913. shall serve, ^ will I judge : and after- cir. 1913.
of an heir. 4 God promiseth him a son, and a multiplying
of his seed. G Abram is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is ward * shall they come out Avith great rExod.6.6.
promised again, and confirmed by a sign, 12 and a vision.
substance. Deut. 6. 22.
AFTER these things the word of 15 And “thou shalt go ‘’to thy fa-
» Ex. 12. 36.
Ps. la5. 37.
» Dan. 10. 1. Xa. the Lord came unto Abram “in thers in peace " thou shalt be buried
• Job 5. 26.
Acts 10.10, ; bActs 13.36.
11 . a vision, saying, ‘’Fear not, Abram: in a good old age. ® ch. 25. 8.
b cli. 26. 24.
Dan. 10. 12, I am thy “ shield, aiid thy exceeding 16 But ^ in the fomth generation they d Ex. 12. 40.
Luke 1. 13,
30. great reward. shall come hither again: for the ini-
0 Ps. 2 And Abram said. Lord God, what
3. 3.
quity “of the Amorites Hs not yet full. ®1 Kings 21.
& 5. 12. 26.
& 84. 11. wilt thou give me, ® seeing I go child- 17 And it came to pass, that, when ' Dan.
& 91. 4. 8. 23.
& 119. 114. less, and the steward of my house is the sun went down, and it was dark,
Matt. 23.
32.
d Ps. 16. 5.
& S8. 11. this Eliezer of Damascus ? behold a smoking furnace, and ^ a 1 Thess. 2.
16.
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me

Prov. 11.
18. burning lamp that ® passed between * Ileb
lami) qf
.
® Acts 7. 5.
thou hast given no seed and, lo, ^ one : those pieces. .fire.
tch. 14.14. e Jer. 34.18,
born in my house is mine heir. 18 In the same day the Lord made ‘’
19.
4 And, behold, the word of the Lord a covenant with Abram, saying, ‘Un- ch. 24. 7.
* ch. 12. 7.
ca77ie unto him, saying, This shall not to thy seed have I given this land, & 13. 15.
& 26. 4.
e2.Sam.7.12. be thine heir but he that ® shall come
; from the river of Egypt imto the Ex. 23.31.
& 16. 11. Kum.34. 3.
2 Chron. forth out of thine own bowels shall be great river, the river Euphrates Deut. 1. 7.
32. 21. & 11. 24.
thine heir. 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, &31.4.
Josh. 1. 4.
5 And he
brought him forth abroad, and the Kadmonites, 1 Kin.4.21.
2 Chron.
and said. Look now toward heaven, 20 And the Hittites, and the Periz- 26.
9.
Neh.
h Ps. 147. 4. and ‘‘tell the ‘stars, if thou be able zites, and the Rephaims, Ps. 10.5. 11.
9. 8.
‘ Jer. 33. 22.

to number them: and he said unto 21 And the Amorites, and the Ca- Isai. 27.12.
k ch. 22. 17.

him, ^ So shall thy seed be. naanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Ex. 32. 13.
Deut. 1. 10. 6 And he ‘believed in the Lord; Jebusites.
& 10 . 22 .
1 Cliron. and he “ counted it to him for right- CHAPTER XVI.

27. 23.
Bom. 4. 18. eousness. 1 Sarai, being barren, giveth Hagar to Abram. 4 Hagar,
Heb.11.12.
See ch. 13. 7 said unto him, I am the
And he being afilicted for despising her mistress, runneth away.
7 An angel sendeth her bach to submit herself, 11 and
16.
Eom. Lord that "brought thee out of °Ur telk'th her of her child. 15 Ishmael is born.
O W Sarai
* 4. 3,
9,22.
Gal. 3. 6.
of the Chaldees, ^to give thee this Abram’s ivife “ bare him ®ch.l5.2.3.
James
23.
2. land to inherit it. Xl no children: and she had an hand-
“Ps. 106.31. 8 And he said. Lord God, ^whereby maid, ‘’an Egyptian, whose name ivas k ch. 21. 9.
" ch. 12. 1.

» ch. 11. 28,
shall I know that I shall inherit it? “
Hagar. ® Gal. 4. 24.
31. 9 And he Take me

said unto him. 2 ‘‘And Sarai said unto Abram, Be- d ch. 30. 3.
P Ps. 105. 42,
44. an heifer of three years old, and a hold now, the Lord “hath restrained ® ch. 20. 18.
& 30. 2.
Eom. 4. 13.
1 See ch. 24.
she goat of three years old, and a me from bearing: I pray thee, ^go in 1 Sam. 1.
5,6.
13, 14.
Judg. 6. 17,
ram of three years old, and a turtle- unto my maid; it may be that I may <
So ch. 30.
3,9.
37.
1 Sam. 14.
dove, and a young pigeon. ôbtain children by her. And Abram 3 Heb. be
9, 10.
2 Kin. 20. 8.
10 And he took mito him all these, ® hearkened to the voice of Sarai. huilded by
her.
Luke 1. 18. and ’'divided them in the midst, and 3 And Sarai Abram’s wife took e ch. 3. 17.
r Jer. 34.
18, 1911.
19. laid each piece one against another: Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after
• Lev. 1. 17. but “the birds divided he not. Abram ’’had dwelt ten years in the
k ch. 12. 5.
11 And when the fowls came down land of Canaan, and gave her to her
upon the carcases, Abram drove them husband Abram to be his wife.
away. 4 IT And he went in unto Hagar, and
12 And when the sun was going she conceived and when she saw that
:
‘ ch. 2. 21.
Job 4. 13.
down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram
‘
she had conceived, her mistress was
and, lo, an horror of great darkness ‘
despised in her eyes. >2Sam.0.16.
Prov. 30.
fell upon him. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My 21, 23.
13 And he said unto Abram, Know uTong be upon thee I have given my :
” Ex. 12. 40.

Ps. 105. 23.
of a surety " that thy seed shall be a maid into thy bosom; and when she
Acts 7. 6. stranger in a land that is not theirs, saw that she had conceived, I was de-
* Ex. 1. 11.
Ps. 105. 25.
and shall servethem and ^ they
;
shall spised in her eyes the Lord judge
:
k ch. 31. 53.
1 Sam. 24.
afflict them four hundred years between me and thee. 12
J
.
IsTimael is born. GENESIS, XVII. Abram's name is changed.
Before 6 ‘But Abram said unto Sarai, “Be- 3 And Abram ‘^fell on his face: and Before
CHEIST CHRIST
1911 . hold, thy maid is in thy hand ; do to God talked with him, saying, 1898 .
• Prov. 15. 1.
her âs it pleaseth thee. And when 4 Asfor me, behold, my
covenant is t ver. 17.
1 Pet. 3. 7. Sarai ^ dealt hardly with her, “ she fled with thee, and thou shalt be ^ a father e Rom. 4. 11,
“ Job 2. 6. 12, 16.
Ps. 106. 41, from her face. of ^ many nations. Gal. 3. 29.
42.
Jer. 38. 5. 7 IF And
the angel of the Lokd found 5 Neither shall thy name any more
2 Ileb.
multitude cf
* Heb. that
which is
her by a fountain of water in the wil- be called Abram, but ^ thy name shall >>
nations.
Keh. 9. 7.
good in
thine eyes.
derness, “by the fountain in the way be ® Abraham; ‘for a father of many 2 That is.
Father of a
»Heb. to ^Shur. nations have I made thee. great multi-
afflicted her.
6 And I will make thee exceeding
tude.
“Ex. 2.15. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, * Rom. 4. 17.
» ch. 25. 18.
P Ex. 15. 22.
whence earnest thou ? and whither fruitful, and I ivill make ^nations of k ch. 35. 11.
wilt thou go? And she said, I flee thee, and ‘kings shall come out of * %-er. 16.
ch. 35. 11.
from the face of my mistress Sarai. thee. Matt. 1. 6,
&c.
9 And the angel of the Lokd said 7 And I will “ establish my
covenant “Gal. 3.17.
unto her, Keturn to thy mistress, and between me and thee and thy seed
Tit. 2. 9.
IPet. 2.18.
’submit thyself under her hands. after thee in their generations for an
10 And the angel of the Lord said everlasting covenant, "to be a God ” ch. 26. 24.
& 28. 13.
r ch. 17. 20.
unto her, *^1 will multiply thy seed unto thee, and to “thy seed after thee. Heb. 11.16.
& 21. 18. “ Rom. 9. 8.
& 25. 12. exceedingly, that it shall not be num- 8 And ^ I will give unto thee, and to P ch. 12. 7.
Avhere- & 13.105.15.9,
* ’
bered for multitude. thy seed after thee, the land I’s.
11 And the angel of the Lord said in thou art a stranger, all the land of * 11 .
H eb. of thy
unto her. Behold, thou art with child, Canaan, for an everlasting possession sojournings.
1 oh. 23. 4.
• ch. 17. 19. and shalt bear a son, “and shalt call and ‘I Avill be their God. & 28. 4.
Matt. 1. 21.
Luke 1. 13, his name ^ Ishmael because the Lord ; 9 IF And God said unto Abraham, r l.ev. Ex. 6. 7.
31. 26. 12.
* That is, hath heard thy affliction. Thou shalt keep my covenant there- lJeut.4.37.
& 14. 2.
God
hear.
shtul
12 And he will be a nild man Ids
*
;
fore, thou, and thy seed after thee in & 26. 18.
& 29. 13.
‘ ch. 21. 20. hand ivill be against every man, and their generations.
o ch. 25. 18.
every man’s hand against him; "and 10 This is my covenant, which ye
he shall dwell in the presence of all shall keep, between me and you and
his brethren. thy seed after thee ; “
Every man child ‘ Acts 7. 8.
13 And she called the name of the among you shall be circumcised.
Lord that spake unto her. Thou God 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh
seest me
for she said. Have I also
: of your foreskin; and it shall be *a ‘ Acts
Rom.
7. 8.
4. 11.
* ch. 31. 42. here looked after him *that seeth me? token of the covenant betAvixt me
14 Wherefore the well was called and you.
y ch. 24. 62.
&
25. 11.
^ ®
Beer-lahai-roi behold, it is ^ be-
;
12 And ®he that is eight days old ® Heb. a son
ofeightdays.
® That is.
The icell of
tAveen Kadesh and Berecl. " shall be circumcised among you, “ Lev. 12. 3.
laiko
15 IF And Hagar bare Abram a son every man child in your generations, 2. 21.
him that John 7. 22.
liveth aud
seeth me. and Abram called his son’s name, he that is born in the house, or bought Pbil. 3. 5.
«Num.l3.26.
which Hagar bare, Ishmael. Avith money of any stranger, Avhich is
“Gal. 4. 22.
•> ver. 11. 16 And Abram was fourscore and not of thy seed.
1910 .
six years old, when Hagar bare Ish- 13 He that is born in thy house, and
mael to Abram. he that is bought Avith thy money,
CHAPTER XVII. must needs be circumcised: and my
1898 .
1 God reneweth the covenard. 5 Abram his name is changed covenant shall be in your flesh for an
in tolcen of a greater blessing. 10 Circumcision is insti-
» ch. 12. 1. everlasting covenant.
ch. 28. 3. tuted. 15 Sarai her name is changed, and she blessed.
14 And the uncircumcised man child
*>
& 35. 11. 17 Isaac is promised. 23 Abraham and Ishmael are

Ex. 6. 3.
Deut.10.17.
circumcised. whose flesh of his foreskin is not cir-
« ch. 5. 22.
& 48. 15. AND when Abram was
ninety years cumcised, that soul shall be cut off" X Ex. 4. 24.
1 Kin. 2. 4.
& 8. 25.
old and nine, the Lord “appear- from his people he hath broken my
;
2 Kin. 20. 3. ed to Abram, and said unto him, '’I covenant.

* Or, upright,
or, sincere. am the Almighty God; “walk before 15 IF And God said unto Abraham,
^ ch. 6. 9.
Deut.18.13.
me, and be thou perfect. As for Sarai thy Avife, thou shalt not
Job
Matt.
1. 1.
5. 48.
And I will make my covenant be-
2 call her name Sarai, but ® Sarah shall ® That
Princess.
is.
* ch. 12. 2. tween me and thee, and “will multi- her name be.
&
13. 16.
&
22. 17. ply thee exceedingly. 16 And I aaIII bless her, ând give y ch. 18. 10.
Isaac 'Is promised. GENESIS, XYIII. Abraham entertameth angels.
Before thee a son also of her: yea, I will 2 And he lift up his eyes and look-
’’
Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1898 .
bless her, and ^she shall be a mother ed, and, lo, three men stood by him 1898 .
® Heb. she
*
of nations Idngs of people shall be
; “and when he saw them, he ran to b Heb. 13. 2.
Aall become
nations.
of her. meet them from the tent door, and ' ch. 19. 1.
IPet. 4.9.
* ch. 35. 11. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, bowed liimself toward the ground,
Gal.
3 And said. My Lord, if now I have
4. 31.
1 Pet. 3. 6. ând laughed, and said in his heart,
a ch. 18. 12.
&
21 . 6 .
Shall a child be born unto him that found favour in thy sight, pass not
is an hundred years old? and shall aivay, I pray thee, from thy servant
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 4 Let “’a little water, I pray you, be ^ ch. 19. 2.
& 43. 24.
18 And Abraham said unto God, O fetched, and wash your feet, and rest
that Ishmael might live before thee yourselves imder the tree
b ch. 18. 10.
19 And God said, ’’Sarah thy wife 5 And “I will fetch a morsel of bread, 6.18.
&
21 . 2 . & 13. 15.
Gal. 4. 28. shall bear thee a son indeed; and and comfort ye your hearts; after * Heb. slay.
thou shalt Isaac: and

call his name that ye shall pass on ® for therefore :
f.Tudn. 19. 5.
Ps. 104. 15.
I will establish my covenant with him âre ye come to your servant. And e ch. 19. 8.
& 33. 10.
for an everlasting covenant, and with they said. So do, as thou hast said. * Heb. ycni
havenassed.
his seed after him. 6 And Abraham hastened into the
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard tent unto Sarah, and said, ^ Make <Heb.
Hasten.
thee : Behold, I have blessed him, and ready quickly three measures of fine
e ch. 16. 10. will make him fruitful, and “will mul- meal, Imead it, and make cakes upon
dch. 25.12, tiply him exceedingly ; “’twelve pruices the hearth.
16.
e ch. 21. 18. shall he beget, “and I will make him 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd,
a great nation. and fetcht a calf tender and good,
21 But my covenant will I establish and gave it unto a young man; and
fch. 21.2. with Isaac, ^ which Sarah shall bear un- he hasted to dress it.
to thee at this set time in the next year. 8 And he took butter, and milk, and ch. 19. 3.
’* •>
22 And he left off talking with him, the calf which he had dressed, and set
and God went up from Abraham. it before them and he stood by them
;
23 M And Abraham took Ishmael his under the tree, and they did eat.
son, and all that were born in Ids house, 9 IT And they said unto him. Where
and all that were bought with his mo- is Sarah thy wife? And he said. Be-
ney, every male among the men of ch. 24. 67.
*
hold, in the tent.
‘
Abraham’s house and circumcised;

10 And he said, I ’“will certainly re- ver. 14.
the flesh of their foreskin in the self- turn unto thee according to the time
’ ' 2.
16.
Kin. 4.
same God had said unto him.

day, as of life and, lo, “ Sarah thy wife shall
;
ch. 17. 19,
21 &
21 2 .
And Abraham ivas ninety years have a son. And Sarah heard it in
. .
1898 . 24 Rom. 9. 9.
old and nine, when he was circum- the tent door, which was behind him,
11 Now "Abraham and Sarah were
“ ch. 17. 17.
cised in the flesh of his foreskin. Rom. 4. 19.
25 And Ishmael his son teas thirteen old and well stricken in age and it ;
Heb.
12, 19.
11. 11,
years old, when he was circumcised ceased to be with Sarah “after the 0 ch. 31. 35.
in the flesh of his foreskm. manner of women.

26 In the selfsame day was Abraham 12 Therefore Sarah ^ laughed within P ch. 17. 17.
circumcised, and Ishmael his son. herself, saying, ’ After I am waxed old 9 Luke 1. 18.
B ch. 18. 19. 27 And ®all the men of his house, shall I have pleasure, my Gord bemg •lPet.3.6.
born in the house, and bought with old also ?

money of the stranger, were circum- 13 And the Lord said unto Abra-
cised with him. ham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, say-
ing, Shall I of a surety bear a child,
CHAPTER XVIII. which am old ?
1 Abraham enlertaineth three angels. 9 Sarah is reproved
14 “Is any thing too hard for the .Ter. 32. 17.
for laughing at the strange promise. 17 The destruction Zech. 8. 6.
of Sodom is revealed to Abraham. 23 Abraham maheth Lord? ‘At the time appointed I will Matt.
& 19. 26.
3. 9.
intercession for the men thereof.

return unto thee, according to the time Luke 1. 37.
1898 .
AND the Loed appeared unto him of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
‘ ver. 10.
ch. 17. 21.
2Kia.4.10.
• ch. 13. 18.
& 14. 13. in the “ plains of Mamre and he : 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I
sat in the tent door in the heat of laughed not for she was afraid. And
;
the day; he said. Nay but thou didst laugh.

;
He intercedetli for Sodom. GENESIS, XIX. Lot entertaineth two angels.
Before 16 H And the men rose up from and said, Peradventure there shall Before
CHEIST CHRIST
1898 .
thence, and looked toward Sodom: be forty found there. And he said, 1898 .
“Rom. 15.24.
and Abraham went with them "to I will not do it for forty’s sake.
3 John 6. bring them on the way. 30 And he said unto him. Oh let not
» Ps. 25. 14.
Amos 3. 7.
17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide ""
the Lord be angry, and I will speak
John 15. 15. from Abraham that thing which I do Peradventure there shall thirty be
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely found there. And he said, I will not
become a great and mighty nation, do it, if I find thirty there.
and all the nations of the earth shall 31 And he said. Behold now, I have
y ch. 12. 3.
&
22 18 . .
be y blessed in him ? taken upon me to speak unto the
Acts
Gal.
3. 25.
3. 8.
19 For I know him, Hhat he will Lord: Peradventure there shall be
» Dent. 4. 9, command his children and his house- twenty found there. And he said, I
10. & 6. 7.
Jo8h.24.15. hold after him, and they shall keep will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
Eph. 6. 4.
the way of the Lord, to do justice 32 And he not the
said, “Oh let 0 Judg.6.39.
and judgment that the Lord may

;
Lord be angry, and I will speak yet
2
bring upon Abraham that which he but this once Peradventure ten shall
:
hath spoken of him. be found there. Ând he said, I will i

P Jam. 5. 16.
20 And the Lord said. Because not destroy it for ten’s sake.
• ch.
&
4. 10.
19. 13.
“the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is 33
3 And the Lord went liis way, as
James 5. 4.
great, and because their sin is very soon as he had left communing with
grievous Abraham and Abraham returned
:
4
•> ch. 11. 5.
Ex.
21 '*1 will go down now, and see imto his place.
3. 8.
whether they have done altogether ac-
cording to the cry of it, which is come 5
CHAPTER XIX.
1 Lot entertaineth two angels, 4 The vicious Sodomites are
® Dent. 8. 2.
& 13. 3.
unto me and if not, I will know.
;
®
stricken with blindness. 12 Lot is sent for safety into
Josh.22.22.
Luke 16. 15.
22 And the men turned their faces the mountains. 18 He ohtaineth leave to go into Zoar.
24 Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed. 26 Lot's wife
2Cor.ll.ll. from thence, "ând went toward So- is a pillar of salt, 30 Lot dwelleth in a cave. 31 2'he
^ ch.
• ver. 1.
19. 1.
dom: but Abraham “stood yet be- incestuous original of Moab and Ammon.
nd
there “came two angels to
A
• ch. 18. 22.
fore the Lord.
fHeb.10.22.
23 And Abraham ^drew near, and
IF _ Sodom at even; and Lot sat in
*17um.l6.22. said, ®Wilt thou also destroy the the gate of Sodom and Lot seemg :
‘‘ '>
ch. 18. 1,
&c.
2 Bam. 24.
17. righteous with the wicked? them rose up to meet them; and he
•* Jer. 5. 1. 24 Peradventure there be fifty righ- bowed Mmself with his face toward
teous within the city: wilt thou also the ground;
destroy and not spare the place for And he
said. Behold now, lords, my
the fifty righteous that are therein ? “turn I pray you, mto your ser-
in, « Heh. 13. 2.
25 That be far from thee to do after vant’s house, and tarry all night, and
d ch. 18.
this manner, to slay the righteous “^wash your feet, and ye shall rise up 4.
• Job 8. 20.
Isai. 3. 10,
with the wicked and that the right-
:
‘
early, and go on your ways. And
11 . eous should be as the wicked, that be they said, “Nay; but we will abide in * See
24. 28.
Luke
k Job 8. 3. far from thee ^ Shall not the Judge
: the street all night.
& 34. 17.
Ps.
&94.
.58. 11.
2.
of all the earth do right ? And he pressed upon them great-
Rom. 3. 6. 26 And the Lord said, If I find in '
ly ; and they turned in imto him, and
• Jer. 5. 1.
Ezek. 22. Sodom fifty righteous within the city, entered into his house ; ‘ând he made fch. 18. 8.
30.
then I will spare all the place for them a feast, and did bake unlea-
their sakes. vened bread, and they did eat.
27 And Abraham answered and said, H But before they lay down, the
“Lukel8.1. “Behold now, I have taken upon me men of the city, even the men of So-
to speak unto the Lord, which am dom, compassed the house round,
» ch.
Job
3. 19.
4. 19.
" but dust and ashes both old and young, all the people
Eccles. 12.
7.
28 Peradventure there shall lack from every quarter
1 Cor. 15. five of the fifty righteous wilt thou :
® And they called unto Lot, and said s Isai. 3. 9.
47,48.
2 Cor. 5. 1. destroy all the city for lack of five ? unto him. Where are the men which Judg. 19.
And he said. If I find there forty and came in to thee tliis night ? brmg **
‘
22 .
ch. 4. 1.
five, I will not destroy if.. them out unto us, that we may know * Rom.
27.
1. 24,
29 And he spake unto him yet again, them. Jude 7.
*
B /
Lot is sent out of Sodom. GENESIS, XIX. Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed.
Before 6 And ^ Lot went out at the door un- in all the plain escape to the moun- Before
CHEIST ;
CHEIST
1898. to them, and shut the door after him, tain, lest thou be consumed. 1898.
7 And said, I pray you, brethren. 18 And Lot said mito them. Oh,
23. do not so wickedly. ^
not so, my Lord d Acts 10.14.
1 See Judg.
19. 24.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters
*
19 Behold now, thy servant hath
which have not known man; let me, found grace in thy sight, and thou hast
I pray you, bring them out unto you, magnified thy mercy, which thou hast
and do ye to them as is good in shewed unto me in saving my life;
your eyes only unto these men do
: and I cannot escape to the mountain.
™ See chap. nothing “ for therefore came they lest some evil take me, and I die
;
18. 0.
under the shadow of my roof. 20 Behold now, this city is near to
9 And they said. Stand back. And flee unto, and it is a Uttle one Oh, :
“ 2 Pet. 2. they said again, This one fellow “ came let me escape thither, {is it not a
0 Ex. 2. 14. in to sojourn, °and he will needs be little one ?) and my soul shall live.
a judge now will we deal worse mth
: 21 And he said unto him, See,®I have e Job 42. 8,
thee, than with them. And they press- accepted Hhee concerning this thing Ps. 145. 19.
^
Heb.
ed sore upon the man, even Lot, and also, that I will not overtlmow this thy face.
came near to break the door. city, for the which thou hast spoken.
10 But the men put forth their hand. 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for
and pulled Lot into the house to ‘I cannot do any thing till thou be f
See ch. 32.
2b. 2f),
them, and shut to the door. come thither. Therefore ®the name Ex. 32. 10.
Deut. 14. 9.
P See 2 Kings
a IQ 11 And they smote the men ^that of the city was called ® Zoar. Mark 6. 5.
e ch. 13. 10.
Acts 13. 11. were at the door of the house with 23 IF The sun was risen upon the & 14.
^
2.
blindness, both small and great: so earth when Lot entered into Zoar. * That
Link,
is,
that they wearied themselves to find 24 Then Lord rained upon So-
''the
*
ver. 20.
Heb.
the door. dom and upon Gomorrah brimstone gone forth.
12 IF And the men said unto Lot, and fire from the Lord out of heaven Deut. 29.
**
23.
Hast thou here any besides? son in 25 And he overthrew those cities. Isai. 13. 19.
Jer. 20. 16.
law, and thy sons, and thy daughters. and allthe plain, and all the inha- & 50. 40.
Ezek. 16.
and whatsoever thou hast in the city. bitants of the cities, and 'that which 49, 50.
Hos. 11. 8.
Q ch. 7. 1.
2 Pet. 2. 7,
^ bring them out of this place grew upon the ground. Amos 4. 11.
Zeph. 2. 9.
9. 13 For we will destroy this place, be- 26 IF But his wife looked back from Lukel7.29.
2 Pet. 2. 6.
r ch. 18. 20.
cause the cry of them is waxen great behind him, and she became a pillar Jude 7.
ch. 14. 3.
before the face of the Lokd and the
•
“ 1 Chron.
;
®
of salt. Ps. 107. 34.
Lokd hath sent us to destroy it. 27 IF And Abraham gat up early in ^ Luke
32
17.
14 And Lot went out, and spake the morning to the place where 'he 1 ch. 18. 22.
‘Matt. 1.18. unto his sons in law, ‘which married stood before the Lord ;
“ Num. 16. his daughters, and said, "Up, get you 28 And he looked toward Sodom
21, 45.
out of this place; for the Lord will and Gomorrah, and toward all the
* Ex. 9. 21. destroy this city. *But he seemed as land of the plain, and beheld, and.
Luke 17.
28.&24.11. one that mocked unto his sons in law. lo, “the smoke of the country went “Rev. 18. 9.
15 IF And when the morning arose, then up as the smoke of a furnace.

r Num. 16. the angels hastened Lot, saying, ^ Arise, 29 IF And it came to pass, when God
24, 26.
Eev. 18. 4. take thy wife, and thy two daughters. destroyed the cities of the plam, that
*Heb.
are found.
which ^ are here lest thou be con-
;
God " remembered Abraham, and sent ” ch. 8. 1.
3 Or, sumed in the ® iniquity of the city. Lot out of the midst of the overthrow.
puniAmenl.
16 And while he lingered, the men when he overthrew the cities in the
laid hold upon his hand, and upon the which Lot dwelt.
hand of his \Hfe, and upon the hand 30 IF And Lot went up out of Zoar,
'Lukel8.13. of his two daughters * the Lord being
;
and ‘dwelt in the mountain, and his ® ver. 17, 19.
Rom. 9. 15,
16. merciful unto him " and they brought
: two daughters with him; for he fear-
• Ps. 34. 22.
him forth, and set him without the city. ed to dwell in Zoar and he dwelt in
:
l>lKin.l9.3.
® ver. 26.
17 IF And it came to pass, when they a cave, he and his two daughters.
Matt. 24. had brought them forth abroad, that 31 And the firstborn said imto the
16, 17, 18.
Luke 9. he said, ‘'Escape for thy life; ‘look younger. Our father is old, and there p ch. 16. 2, 4.
&
38. 8, 9.
PhU.
14.
3. 13,
not behind thee, neither stay thou is not a man in the earth *'to come Deut. 25.5.
j
Abraham deîieth Ms wife. GENESIS, XX. Ahimelech restoreth her.
Before in unto us after the manner of all 6 And God said unto him in a Before
CHBIST CHRIST
1898. the earth dream, Yea, I know that thou didst cir. 1898.
32 Come, let us make our father drmk this in the integrity of thy heart for ;
wine, and we with him, that we

will lie *
I also withheld thee from sinning 1 ch. 31. 7.
&35. 5.
QMarlcl2.19. ’ may preserve seed of our father. “ against me : therefore suffered I Ex. 34. 24.
1 Sam. 25.
33 And they made their father drink thee not to touch her. 26, 34.
™ ch. 39. 9.
wine that night and the firstborn
: 7 Now therefore restore the man his Lev. 6. 2.
went in, and lay with her father and ;

wife; “for he is a prophet, and he "Ps. 51. 4.
1 Sam. 5. 7.
he perceived not when she lay down, shall pray for thee, and thou shalt 2 Kin. 11.
Job 42. 8.
5.
nor when she arose. live and if thou restore her not, .lamea 5.
:
14,15.
34 And it came to pass on the mor- Imow thou that thou shalt surely lJohn5.16. ,
“
I
® ch. 2. 17.
row, that the firstborn said unto the die, thou, ^ and all that are thine. P Num. 16. I
younger. Behold, I lay yesternight 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early 32,33. I
with my father let us make him

: in the morning, and called all his ser-
drink wine this night also; and go vants, and told all these things in their
thou in, aiul lie with him, that we ears and the men were sore afraid.
:
may preserve seed of our father. 9 Then Abimelech

called Abraham,
35
2 And they made their father and said unto him, What hast thou
drink wine that night also and the : done unto us? and what have I of-
3
younger arose, and lay with him fended thee, ^that thou hast brought ’ ch. 26. 10.
Ex. 32. 21.
and he perceived not when she lay on me and on my kmgdom a great Josh. 7. 25.
down,
4 nor when she arose. sin? thou hast done deeds unto me
36 Thus were both the daughters of "that ought not to be done. V ch. 34. 7.
5 with child by their father.

Lot 10 And Abimelech said unto Abra-
1897. 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and ham, What sawest thou, that thou
» Deut. 2. 9. called his name Moab: The same is the hast done this thmg?
father of the Moabites unto this day. 11 And Abraham said. Because I
38 And the younger, she also bare a thought, Surely “the fear of God is ‘ ch. 42. 18.
Ps. 36. 1.
son, and called his name Ben-ammi: not in tliis place and they will slay
;
‘ Prov. 16. 6.
‘
"Deut.2.19. “the same is the father of the chil- me for my wife’s sake. ch. 12. 12.
& 26. 7.
dren of Ammon unto this day. 12 And yet indeed “ she is my sister “ See ch.
29.
11.
she is the daughter of my father, but

CHAPTER XX. not the daughter of my mother; and
Abraham sojourneth at Gerar, 2 denieth and
1
loseth her.
his
3 Ahimelech is reproved for her in a dream.
wife,
she became my wife.
9 He rehuketh Abraham, 14 restoreth Sarah, 16 and 13 And it came to pass, when * God * ch. 12.
1,
9, 11, &c.
reproveth her. 17 Me is healed by Abraham's prayer.
caused me to wander from my father’s Heb. 11. 8.
cir. 1898.
• ch. 18. 1.
‘'ch.16.7,
And Abraham journeyed from
“thence toward the south coun-
.
try, and dwelled between ‘’Kadesh

house, that I said unto her, This is thy
kindness which thou shalt shew unto
me; at every place whither we shall
14.
« ch. 26. 6. and Shur, and ' sojourned in Gerar. come, ^ say of me, He is my brother. 1 cli. 12. 13.
And Abraham said of Sarah his 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and ^ ch. 12. 16.
d ch. 12. 13.

& 26. 7. wife, She is my sister; and Ahimelech oxen, and menservants, and women-
• ch. 12. 15. king of Gerar sent, and ® took Sarah. servants, and gave them unto Abra-
'Pb. 105.14. But ^God came to Ahimelech ®in ham, and restored him Sarah his
« Job 33. 15.
a dream by night, and said to him, wife.
ver. 7.
^Behold, thou art hut a dead man, 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, “ my “ ch. 13. 9.
for the woman which thou hast taken; land is before thee dwell ^ where it :
2 Heb. as
is good in
* Heb. for she is ^ a man’s wife. pleaseth thee. thine eyes.
married to
an huAand. But Ahimelech had not come near 16 And unto Sarah he said. Behold,
ver. 18.
•
ch. 18. 23.

her: and he said. Lord, Svilt thou I have given thy brother a thousand **
ver. 5.
slay also a righteous nation ? pieces of silver “ behold, he is to thee :

® ch. 26. 11.
Said he not unto me, She is my •â covering of the eyes, unto all that d ch. 24. 65.
sister ? and she, even she herself said. are with thee, and with all other thus
*2Kin.20.3.
2 Cor. 1.12.
He is my brother: în the ® integrity she was reproved.
® Or, eim-
of my heart and innocency of my 17 H So Abraham “prayed unto God ® Job 42. 9.
piicity, or, 10 .
mncerity. hands have I done this. and God healed Abimelech, and his
B 2
Isacm is horn and circumcised. GENESIS, XXI. An angel comfortetJi Hagar.
Before wife, and his maidservants; and they 14 And Abraham rose up early in Before
CHEIST CHRIST
cir. 1898.
bare childi'en. the morning, and took bread, and a cir. 1892.
18 For the Lokd ^had fast closed bottle of water, and gave it unto Ha-
up all the wombs of the house of Abi- gar, putting it on her shoulder, and
melech, because of Sarah Abraham’s the child, and ‘sent her away: and * John 8. 35,
wife. she departed, and wandered in the
CHAPTEE XKI. wilderness of Beer-sheba.
1 Isaac is horn. 4 He is circumcised. 6 Sarah's joy. 9 15 And the water was spent in the
Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth. 15 Hagar in dis-
tress, 17 The angel comforteth her. 22 Ahimelech's co- bottle, and she cast the child under
venant with Abraham at Beer-sheha. one of the shrubs.
* 1 Sam. 2.
21.
AND the Lord “ visited Sarah as he 16 And she went, and sat her down
had said, and the Lord did unto over against him a good way off, as it
*>
ch. 17. 19. Sarah ^ as he had spoken. were a bowshot for she said, Let me
:
& 18. 10, 14.
Gal. 4. 23, 2 For Sarah 'conceived, and bare not see the death of the cliUd. And
28.
® Acts 7. 8.
Abraham a son in his old age, ^ at the she sat over agamst him, and lift up
Gal.
Heb.ll. 11.
4. 22.
set time of which God had spoken her voice, and wept.
d ch. 17. 21.
to him. 17 And "God heard the voice of the “Exod.3.7.
3 And Abraham called the name of lad; and the angel of God called to
his son that was born unto him, whom Hagar out of heaven, and said unto
® ch. 17. 19. Sarah bare to him, ® Isaac. her. What aileth thee, Hagar? fear
t Acts 7. 8. 4 And Abraham circumcised his not for God hath heard the voice of
;
e ch. 17. 10, son Isaac being eight days old, ®as the lad where he is.
God had commanded him. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold
cir. 1897. 5 And •‘Abraham was an hundred him in thine hand for I will make * ver. 13.
;
tch.!!.!,!!.
years old, when his son Isaac was him a great nation.
born unto him. 19 And y God opened her eyes, and y 3LNumb. 22.
‘ Pb. 126. 2. 6 ^ And Sarah said, God hath made she saw a well of water ; and she went.
• See2King8
Isai. 54. 1.
Gal. 4. 27. me to laugh, so that all that hear and filled the bottle with water, and 16, Luke 24
31,
^ Luke 1. 58. ^will laugh with me. gave the lad drink.
7 And she said. Who would have said 20 And God *was with the lad; and * &ch.39.28.2,15.
3.
unto Abraham, that Sarah should he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, 21,
• ch. 18. 11, have given children suck ? for I have “ând became an archer.
• » ch. 16. 12.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness

12.
born him a son in his old age.
8 And the child grew, and was wean- of Paran : and his mother took him ch. 24. 4.
«>
ed and Abraham made a great feast a wife out of the land of Egypt.
:
the same day that Isaac was weaned. 22 IT And it came to pass at that
9 H And Sarah saw the son of Hagar time, that 'Abimelech and Phichol c ch. 20. 2.
™ ch. 16. 1. ” the Egyptian, “ which she had born the chief captain of his host spake
“ ch. 16. 15.
0 Gnl 4 90
unto Abraham, ° mocking. unto Abraham, saying, ^God is with d ch. 26. 28.
cir. 1892. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abra- thee in all that thou doest
P Gal. 4. 30.
ham, ^Cast out this bondwoman and 23 Now therefore "swear unto me ® Josh. 2. 12.
6. & 36. 6.7. her son: for the son of this bond- here by God ^that thou wilt not deal * 21.
Heb. if
woman shall not be heir with my son. falsely with me, nor with my son, nor thou stmt
lie unto
even with Isaac. with my son’s son: hut accorduag to me»
11 And the thing was very grievous in the kindness that I have done unto
4 ch. 17. 18. Abraham’s sight because of Ms son. thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to
12 IT And God said unto Abraham, the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
Let it not be grievous in thy sight 24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
because of the lad, and because of 25 And Abraham reproved Abime-
thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah lech because of a well of water, which
hath said unto thee, hearken unto Ahimelech’s servants ^had violently t See ch. 26.
15, 18, 20.
r Rom. 9. 7,8.
Heb.
her voice for in Isaac shall thy seed taken away.
;
21,22.
11. 18.
be called. 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not
13 And also of the son of the bond- who hath done this thing: neither
ver.l8.
ch. 16. 10.
woman will I make ’ a nation, because didst thou tell me, neither yet heard
& 17. 20. he is thy seed. I of it, but to day.
The trial of GENESIS, XXII. Ahraham's faith.
Before 27 And Abraham took sheep and 6 And Abraham took the wood of Before
CHRIST
!
CHRIST
cir. 1892. oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech the burnt offering, and ‘'laid it upon 1872.
g ch. 26. 31.

and both of them ® made a covenant. Isaac his son and he took the Are in John 19.
;
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs liis hand, and a knife and they went 17.
;
of the flock by themselves. both of them together.

29 And Abimelech said unto Abra- 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his
K ch. 33. 8. ham, **What mean these seven ewe father, and said. My father
and he said,
:
lambs which thou hast set by them- ^Here am I, my son. And he

said. Be- 2 Heb.
Behold me.
selves ? hold the fire and the wood but where
:
30 And he seven ewe

said. For these is the ^ lamb
for a burnt offering ? ’ Or, Icitl.
lambs shalt thou take of my hand, 8 And Abraham said. son, God My
' ch. 31. 48, that they may be a witness unto me,
* will provide himself a lamb for a burnt
52.
that I have digged this well. offering : so they went both of them
k ch. 26. 33.
31 Wherefore he ^called that place together.
* That is,
^Beer-sheba because there they sware
;
9 And they came to the place which
The wdl of
the oath. both of them. God had told him of; and Abraham
cir. 1891. 32 Thus they made a covenant at built an altar there, and laid the wood
Beer-sheba then Abimelech rose up,
: in order, and bound Isaac his son, and
and Phichol the chief captain of his 'laid him on the altar upon the wood. 'Heb. 11. 17.
•Tames 2.
host, and they returned into the land 10 And Abraham stretched forth his 21 .
of the Philistines. hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
k Or, tree.
33 IT And Ahraham planted a ® grove 11 And the angel of the Lokd called
' ch. 4. 26. in Beer-sheba, and 'called there on unto him out of heaven, and said,
“ Deut. 33. the name of the Loed, “the everlast- Abraham, Abraham: and he said.
27.
Isai. 40. 28. ing God. Here I.
Rom. 16.26.
1 Tim. 1. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the 12 And he said, ^Lay not thine hand 1 1
22
Sam.
.
15.
17.
Philistines’ land many days. upon the lad, neither do thou any thing Mic. 6.7,8.
CHAPTER XXII. unto him for ® now I know that thou

:
B ch. 26. 5.
James 2.
1 Ahraham is tempted to offer Isaac. 3 He giveth proof fearestGod, seeing thou hast not with- 22 .
of his faith and obedience. 11 The angel stayelh him. held thy son, thme only son from me.
13 Isaac is exchanged with a ram. 14 The place is
called Jehovah-jireh. 15 Ahraham is blessed again. 20 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes,
The generation of Nahor unto Rehehah. and looked, and behold behind him a
1872.
Jos. Ant.
AND came
to pass after these
it ram caught in a thicket by his horns :
• 1 Cor. 10. that God did tempt

things, and Abraham went and took the ram,
13.
Heb. 11.17. Abraham, and said unto him, Abra- and offered him up for a burnt ofi'er-
Jam. 1. 12.
1 Pet. 1. 7.
ham and he said, ^Behold, here I am.
: ing in the stead of liis son.
*Heb. 2 And he said. Take now thy son, 14 And Abraham called the name
Behold me.
k Heb. 11.
'’thine only son Isaac, whom thou of that place ^Jehovah-jireh as it is :
* That
The Loud
is,
'
17.
2 Chron.
lovest, and get thee 'into the land of said to this day. In the mount of the will see, or,
provide.
3.1. Moriah; and offer him there for a Loed it shall be seen.
burnt offering upon one of the moun- 15 IF And the angel of the Loed call-
tains which I will tell thee of. ed unto Abraham out of heaven the
3 IF And Abraham rose up early in second time,
the morning, and saddled his ass, and 16 And said, '’By myself have I > Ps. 105. 9.
Luke 1. 73.
took two of his young men with him, sworn, saith the Loed, for because Heb. 6. 13,
14.
and Isaac liis son, and clave the wood thou hast done this thing, and hast
for the burnt offering, and rose up, not withheld thy son, thine only son
and went unto the place of which God 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, ch. 15. 5. >
had told him. and in multiplying I uiU multijily thy Jer. 33. 22.
k ch. 13. 16.
4 Then on the third day Abraham seed as the stars of the heaven, ^ and 5 Heb. Up.
'
lifted up his eyes, and saw the place as the sand which is upon the sea ch. 24. GO. 1
“ Mic. 1. 9.
afar off. ® shore and thy seed shall possess “ ch. 12. 3.
;
'
5 And Abraham said unto his young “ the gate of his enemies & 18. 18.
& 26. 4.
men. Abide ye here with the ass ; and 18 “And in thy seed shall all the Gal. 3.8,9,
Acts 3. 25.
I and the lad will go yonder and wor- nations of the earth be blessed; 'be- ° 16, 18.
ver. 3, 10.
ship, and come again to you. cause thou hast obeyed my voice. ch. 26. 5.
The purchase of Machptelah, GENESIS, XXIII. where Sarah was buried.
Before
CHKIST
19 So Abraham returned unto his it me for a possession of a burying- Before
CHEIST
1872. young* men, and they rose up and place amongst you. 1860.
Pch. 21.31. went together to Beer-sheba and **
; 10 And Ephron dwelt among the
Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. children of Heth and : Ephron the
20 IT And it came to pass after these Hittite answered Abraham in the
things, that it was told Abraham, say- âudience of the children of Heth, 2 Heb. ears.
1 ch. 11. 29. ing. Behold, ^Milcah, she hath also born even of all that ^went in at the gate f ch. 34.20,
24.
children unto thy brother Nahor of his city, saying, Kuth 4. 4.
11 ®Nay, my lord, hear me the field

r Job 1. 1.
21 "^Huz his firstborn, and Buz his :
* See 2 Sam.
24. 21,-24.
« Job 32. 2.
brother, and Kemuel the father ®of give I thee, and the cave that is there-
2
Aram, in, I give it thee in the presence of
;
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pil- the sons of my people give I it thee
3
dash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. bury thy dead.
» cb. 24. 15.
“ Called,
23
4 And ‘
Bethuel begat " Rebekah : 12 And Abraham bowed down him-
Bom. 9. 10, these eight Milcah did bear to Na- self before the people of the land.
liebecca.
hor,
5 Abraham’s brother. 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the
24
6 And his concubine, whose name audience of the people of the land,
teas Reumali, she bare also Tebah, and saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray
Gaham, and Th abash, and Maachah. thee, hear me I will give thee money
:
7 CHAPTER XXIIL for the field take it of me, and I will

;
1 TJie age and death of Sarah. 3 The jmrchase of bury my dead there.
8 14 And Ephron answered Abraham,
Machpelah, 19 where Sarah was buried.
nd Sarah was an hundred and

I860.
A9 . seven and twenty years old these

icere tlie years of the life of Sarah.
saying unto him,
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the
:
land is worth four hundred shekels h Ex. 30. 13.

Ezek. 45.
«.Tosb.l4.15.
Judg. 1.10.
And Sarah died in “ Kirjath-arba of silver; what is that betwixt me and 12 .
*> vei'. 19. the same is ''Hebron in the land of thee ? bury therefore thy dead.
ch. 13. 18.
Canaan and Abraham came to mourn
: 16 And Abraham hearkened unto
for Sarah, and to weep for her. Ephron and Abraham weighed to ;
' < Jer. 32. 9,
II And Abraham stood up from Ephron the silver, which he had

before his dead, and spake unto the named in the audience of the sons of
sons of Heth, saying, Heth, four hundred shekels of silver,
‘'I am a stranger and a sojourner current money with the merchant.
e cb. 17. 8.
1 Clu'on.
with you ^ give me a possession of 17 H And the field of Ephron, which i ch 25. 9.
29. 15. :
Be. 105. 12. & 49. 30,
Heb. 11. 9, a buryingplace with you, that I may was in Machpelah, which was before 31, 32.
&50.13.
13.
d Acts 7. 5. bury my dead out of my sight. Mamre, the field, and the cave which Acts 7. 16.
And the children of Heth answer- was therein, and all the trees that
ed Abraham, saying unto him, were in the field, that ivere in all the
2 Heb. a Hear us, my lord thou art :
^ ®
a borders round about, were made sure
ptince qf
God. mighty prince among us in the : 18 Unto Abraham for a possession
e ch. 13. 2.
&
14. 14.
choice of our sepulchres bury thy in the presence of the children of
&
24. 35.
dead ; none of us shall withhold from Heth, before all that went in at the
thee his sepulchre, but that thou gate of his city.
mayest bury thy dead. 19 And after this, Abraham buried
And Abraham stood up, and bow- Sarah his wife in the cave of the field
ed himself to the people of the land, of Machpelah before Mamre: the same
even to the children of Heth. is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
And he communed with them, 20 And the field, and the cave that
saying. If it be your mind that I is therein, were made sure unto ' See Rutli
4.7,8,9.10.
should bury my dead out of my Abraham for a possession of a bury- Jer. 32. 10,
11 .
sight; hear me, and intreat for me ingplace by the sons of Heth.
to Ephron the son of Zohar, CHAPTER XXIV.
That he may give me the cave of 1 Abraham swearefh his servant. 10 The servant's jour-
Machpelah, which he hath, which is ney 12 His prayer; 14 His sign. 15 Rebekah meeteth
him, 18 fulfilleth his sign, 22 receiveth jewels, 23 shew-
«neb. full
money.
in theend of his field; for âs much eth her kindred, 25 and inviteth him home. 26 The
money as it is worth he shall give servant blesseth God. 29 Laban entertaineth him. 34
Abraham sendeth his servant GENESIS, XXIY. to seek a wife for Isaac.
Before The servant sheioeth Ms message. 50 Laban and Be- 13 Behold, * I stand here by the well I
Before
CHRIST thuel approve it. 58 Bebehah consenteth to go. 62 Isaac CHRIST
1857 .
meeteth her. of water; and “the daughters of the men 1857 .
» ch. 18. 11.

AND Abraham “was old, and ^well of the city come out to draw water * ver. 43.
&
21. 5. stricken in age and the Loed : 14 And let it come to pass, that the “ ch. 29. 9.
* Heb. gom Ex. 2. 16.
into days. had blessed Abraham in all things. damsel to whom
I shall say. Let down
ver. 35.
ch. 13. 2. 2 And Abraham said “unto his eld- thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may
Ps. 112. 3.
Prov. 10.
est servant of liis house, that ^ ruled drink; and she shall say. Drink, and
22 .
over all that he had, “Put, I pray I will give thy camels drink also let :
« ch. 15. 2.
^ ver. 10. thee, thy hand under my thigh the same he she that thou hast ap-
ch. 39. 4,
5, 6. 3 And I will make thee swear by pointed for thy servant Isaac; and
• ch. 47. 29.
1 Chron.
the Loed, the God of heaven, and the thereby shall I know that thou hast * See Judg.
6. 17, 37.
29.24.
Lam.
God of the earth, that ®thou shalt shewed kindness unto my master. 1 Sam. 6. 7.
5. 6. & 14. 10.
f ch. 14. 22. not take a wife unto my son of the 15 IF And it came to pass, before he & 20. 7.
Deut. 6. 13.
Josh. 2. 12. daughters of the Canaanites, among had done speaking, that, behold, Re-
f ch. 26. 35.
&
27. 46.
whom I dwell bekah came out, who was born to I
&
28. 2.
4
^
But thou shalt go unto my coun- ‘ Bethuel, son of Milcah, the uife of
^ r ch. 11. 29.
Ex. 34. 16. & 22. 23.
1*
Deut.
ch. 28. 2.
7. 3.
try, and to my kindred, and take a Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her
‘ ch. 12. 1. wife imto my son Isaac. pitcher upon her shoulder.
5 And the servant said unto him, 16 And the damsel “ ivas ^ very fair to ' ch. 26. 7.
2 Heb. good
Peradventure the woman will not be look upon, a virgin, neither had any <lt counte-
willing to follow me unto tliis land: man known her: and she went down nance.
must I needs bring thy son again un- to the well, and filled her pitcher, and
to the land from whence thou earnest ? came up.
6 And Abraham said unto him. Be- 17 And the servant ran to meet her,
ware thou that thou bring not my son and Let me, I pray thee, druili
said.
thither again. a water of thy pitcher.
little
7 IF The Loed God of heaven, which 18 “And she said. Drink, my lord: and » 1 Pet. 3. 8.
&4. 9.
kch. 12.1.
took me frommy father’s house, and she hasted, and let do^vn her pitcher
from the land of my kindred, and upon her hand, and gave him drink.
which spake unto me, and that sware 19 And when she had done giving
» ch. 12. 7. unto me, saying, ‘Unto thy seed will him drink, she said, I will draw water
& 13. 15.
& 15. 18. I give this land; “he shall send his for thy camels also, until they have
& 17. 8.
Ex. 32. 13. angel before thee, and thou shalt take done drinking.
a wife unto my son from thence.
Deut.
20 And she hasted, and emptied
1. 8.
&34.4.
Acts
“Ex. 23. 20,
7. 5.
8 And if the woman will not be wil- her pitcher into the trough, and ran
& 33. 2. ling to follow thee, then “thou shalt
23.
again unto the well to draw water,
Heb.1. 14.
“ Josh. 2. 17, be clear from this my oath: only and drew for all his camels.
20
bring not my son thither again. And
the man wondermg at her
.
21
9 And the servant put his hand under held his peace, to wit whether ’’the I"
vei. 12, 66.
the thigh of Abraham his master, and Loed had made his journey prosper-
sware to liim concerning that matter. ous or not.
10 II And the servant took ten ca- 22 And it came to pass, as the ca-
mels of the camels of his master, and mels had done drinking, that the man
® ver. 2.
» Or, and.
departed; “^for all the goods of liis took a golden “ ^ earring of half a she- oEx.32.2,3.
Isai. 3. 19,
master were in his hand and he : kel weight, and two bracelets for her 20 21 ,
.
Ezek. 16.
arose, and went to Mesopotamia, un- hands of ten shekels weight of gold 11 . 12 .
1 Pet. 3. 3.
P ch. 27. 43. to ^ the city of Nahor. 23 And said. Whose daughter art ’ Or, iewd
<Heb. 11 And he made his camels to kneel thou ? tell me, I pray thee is there
:
for the
forehead.
that women
which draw
down without the city by a well of room in thy father’s house for us to
water go
forth.
water at the time of the evening, lodge in?
4 Ex. 2. 16.
1 Sam. 9.
even the time ^’that women go out 24 And she said unto him, am the d ch. 22. 23.
11 . to draw water. daughter of Bethuel the son of Mil-

ver. 27.
ch. 26. 24. 12 And he said, O Loed God of my cah, which she bare unto Nahor.
& 28. 13.
master Abraham, I pray thee, “send 25 She said moreover unto him.
& 32. 9.
•
Ex. 3. 6, 15.
Neh. 1. 11.
me good speed this day, and shew We have both straw and provender
Ps. 37. 5. kuidness imto my master Abraham. enough, and room to lodge in.
The servant telleth Ms errand^ GENESIS, XXI Y. and asheth for Rehehah.
Before 26 And the man ® bowed down his "before whom I walk, will send his an- Before
CHKIST CHRIST
1857. head, and worshipped the Lord. gel with thee, and prosper thy way; 1857.
® ver. 52.
27 And he said, ^Blessed be the and thou shalt take a wife for my son of “ ch. 17. 1.
Ex. 4. 31. Lord God of my master Abraham, my kindred, and of my father’s house:
'Ex. 18. 10.
Both 4. 14. who hath not left destitute my mas- 41 "'Then shalt thou be clear from * ver. 8.
1 8ara. 25.
32, 39. ter of ® his mercy and his truth I : this my oath, when thou comest to my
2 iSam. 18.
28 being in the way, the Lord ^ led me to kindred; and if they give not thee
Luke 1. 68.
the house of my master’s brethren. one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
‘
e oh. 32. 10.

Pa. 98. 3.
28 And the damsel ran, and told them 42 And
I came tliis day unto the
** ver. 48.
of her mother’s house these things. well, and said, Lord God of my y ver. 12.
29 H And Eebekah had a brother, master Abraham, if now thou do

‘
ch. 29. 5. and his name ivas *
Laban and Laban
: prosper my way which I go
ran out unto the man, unto the well. 43 * Behold, I stand by the well of * ver. 13.
30 And it came to pass, when he saw water and it shall come to pass, that
;
the earring and bracelets upon his when the virgin cometh forth to draw
sister’s hands, and when he heard the water, and I say to her. Give me, I
words of Eebekah his sister, saying. pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher
Thus spake the man unto me; that to drink;
he came unto the man and, behold, ;
44 And she say to me. Both drink
he stood by the camels at the well. thou, and I will also draw for thy
k ch. 26. 29.
Judg. 17. 2.
31 And he said, Come in, '"thou bless- camels let the same be the woman:
Kuth 3. 10.
Ps. 115. 15.
ed of the Lord wherefore standest whom the Lord hath appointed out
;
thou without ? for I have prepared the formy master’s son.

house, and room for the camels. 45 “And before I had done ‘’speak- »ver. 15, &c.
32 IF And the man came into the house: ing in m

in e heart, behold, Eebekah
*> 1 Seun. 1.
13.
> ch. 43. 24.

Judg.
and he ungirded his camels, and gave ^ came forth with her pitcher on her
19.
21 . straw and provender for the camels, shoulder; and she went down unto
and water to wash his feet, and the the well, and drew water: and I said
men’s feet that were with him. unto her. Let me drink, I pray thee.
33 And there was set meat before 46 And she made haste, and let down
“Job 23. 12.
John 4. 34.
him to eat but he said, “ I will not
: her pitcher from her shoidder, and
Ephes. 6. eat, until I have told mine errand. said. Drink, and I will give thy camels
0, C, 7.
And he said. Speak on. drink also so I drank, and she made
:
34 And he said, I am Abraham’s the camels drink also.

servant. 47 And I asked her, and said. Whose
® ver. 1.
ch. 13. 2.
35 And the Lord “hath blessed my daughter art thou? And she said.
master greatly; and he is become The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son,
great and he hath given him flocks,
: whom Milcah bare unto him: and I
and herds, and silver, and gold, and “put the earring upon her face, and « Ezek.
11 , 12 .
16.
menservants, and maidservants, and the bracelets upon her hands.

camels, and asses. 48 Ând I bowed down my head, d ver. 26.
® ch. 21. 2. 36 And Sarah my master’s wife “bare and worshipped the Lord, and bless-
a son to my master when she was old ed the Lord God of my master Abra-
P ch. 21. 10. and p unto him hath he given all that ham, which had led me in the right
& 25. 5.
he hath. way to take ®my master’s brother’s ® ch. 22. 23.
4 ver. 3. 37 And my master ’made me swear, daughter rmto his son.

saying. Thou shalt not take a wife to 49 And now if ye will 'deal kindly fch. 47. 29.
Josh. 2. 14.
my son of the daughters of the Ca- and trifly withmaster, tell me
my
naanites, in whose land I dwell and if not, tell me; that I may turn
* ver. 4.
38 ""But thou shalt go unto my fa- to the right hand, or to the left.
ther’s house, and to my kindred, and 50 Then Laban and Bethuel answer-
sPs. 118.
take a wife irnto my son. ed and said, ® The thing proceedeth 23.
Matt.21.42.
• ver. 5.
39 “And I said unto my master, from the Lord we cannot ^ speak im-
:
Mark
11 .
12.
Peradventure the woman will not fol- to thee bad or good. »> ch. 31. 24.
low me. 51 Behold, Eebekah before thee, ' ch. 20. 15.
‘ ver. 7.
40 ‘And he said unto me. The Lord, take her, and go, and let her be thy
Isaac meeteth Rehekah. GENESIS, XXV. Abraham's death and burial.
Before
CHRIST
master’s son’s wife, as the Lord hath therefore she took a vail, and cover- Before
CHRIST
1857. spoken. ed herself. 1857.
52 And it came to pass, that, when 66 And the servant told Isaac all
Abraham’s servant heard their words, things that he had done.
i Ter. 26.
he ^ worshipped the Lord, bowing him- 67 And Isaac brought her into his
self to the earth. mother Sarah’s tent, and took Kebe-
53 And
the servant brought forth kah,
2 and she became his wife; and
HHeb. ^
and jewels of gold,
^jewels of silver, he loved her: and Isaac “was com- » ch. 38. 12.
vessels.
3
1 Ex. 3. 22. and raiment, and gave them to Ke- forted after Ms mother’s death.
& 11 . 2 .
&12.35. bekah he gave also to her brother 4

">
:
and to her mother “precious things.

CHAPTEK XXV.
2 Chron. 1 The sons of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The division of his
21.3.
Ezra 1. 6.
54 And they did eat and drmk, he 5goods. 7 His age, and death. 9 His burial. 12 The ge-
and the men that were with him, and 6nerations of Ishmael. 17 His age, and death. 19 Isaac
prayeth for RebeJcah, being barren. 22 The children strive
tarried aU night; and they rose up in her womb. 24 'The birth of Esau and Jacob. 27 Their
” ver. 56, in the morning, and he said, “Send difference. 29 Esau selleth his birthright.
7
&59.
me away unto my master. hen again Abraham took a wife,
® Or, a fun
55 And her brother and her mother
said. Let the damsel abide with us ® a
T8
and her name was Keturah.
And “she bare liim Zimran, and
cir. 1853.
» 1 Chron. 1.
year, or, ten 32.
months, few days, at the least ten; after that J okshan, and Medan, and Midian, and
Judg. 14. 9
8.
she shaU go. Ishbak, and Shuah.
56 And he said unto them. Hinder And Jokshan begat Sheba, and De-
me not, seeing the Lord hath pros- dan. And the sons of Dedan were As-
pered my way; send me away that I shurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
may go to my master. And the sons of Midian; Ephah,
57 And they said. We will call the and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah,
damsel, and enquire at her mouth. and Eldaah. All these were the chil-
58 And they called Eebekah, and dren of Keturah.
said unto her. Wilt thou go with this H And Abraham gave all that he *> ch. 24. 36.
man? And she said, I will go. had unto Isaac.

59 And they sent away Kebekah their But unto the sons of the concu-
0 ch. 35. 8.
sister, and ° her nurse, and Abraham’s
10
bines, which Abraham had, Abraham
servant, and his men. gave gifts, and 'sent them away from 0 ch. 21. 14.
60 And they blessed Kebekah, and 11

Isaac his son, while he yet lived, east-
said unto her. Thou art our sister, be ward, unto ^ the east country. d .Tudg. 6. 3.
thou ^the mother of thousands of mil- 12 And these are the days of the
P ch. 17. 16. 1822.
4 ch. 22. 17. lions, and ^let thy seed possess the years of Abraham’s life which he
gate of those which hate them. lived, an hundred threescore and fif-
61 H And Kebekah arose, and her teen years.
damsels, and they rode upon the ca- Then Abraham gave up the ghost,
mels, and followed the man and the : and 'died in a good old age, an old » ch. 15. 15.
& 49. 29.
servant took Kebekah, and went his man, and full of years and ^was ga- 'ch. 35.29.
& 49. 33.
wây. thered to Ms people.
62 And Isaac came from the way of And ®his sons Isaac and Ishmael s ch. 35. 29.
&
50. 13.
f ch. 16. 14. the ’’well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in buried him in the cave of Machpe-
& 25. 11.
the south coimtry. lah, in the field of Ephron the son
* Or, to pray. 63 And Isaac went out ^°to medi- of Zohar the Hittite, which is before
" Josh. 1. 8.
Ps. 1. 2. tate in the field at the eventide: and Mamre
& 77. 12.
& 119. 15. he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, ‘'The field which Abraham pur- h ch. 23. 16.
& 143. 5.
behold, the camels were coming. chased of the sons of Heth: ‘there was ‘ ch. 49. 31.
64 And Kebekah lifted up her eyes, Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
‘Josh. 1.5. 18. and when she saw Isaac, ‘she lighted IT And it came to pass after the
off the camel. death of Abraham, that God blessed

65 For she had said unto the ser- his son Isaac and Isaac dwelt by the
;
vant, What man is this that walketh

k ch. 16. 14.
‘'well Lahai-roi.
& 24. 62.
in the field to meet us? And the 1 Now these are the generations
servant had said. It is my master: of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, ‘whom >ch. 16. 15.
The hirth of Esau and Jacob. GENESIS, XXVI. Esau selleth his birthright.
Before Hagar the Egj^tian, Sarah’s hand- called Jacob: and Isaac was three- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1800. maid, bare unto Abraham score years old when she bare them. 1837.
™1 Chron. I
13 And “ these are the names of 27 And the boys grew: and Esau
1.29. I
the sons of Ishmael, by their names, was ‘â cunning hunter, a man of the 'ch.27. 3,5.
according to their generations the

: field; and Jacob was â plain man, e Job 1.1,8.
&2. 3.
firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth and
;
dwelling in tents. Ps. 37. 37.
Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because ‘‘Heb. 11.9.
14 And Mishina, and Dumah, and ^ he

did eat of his venison ^ but Ke-
‘
:
* Heb. veni-
son was in
Massa, bekah loved Jacob. his mouth.
15 ^Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Na- 29 IF And Jacob sod pottage: and ch. 27. 19,
‘
® Or, Hadad,
1 Ohi'on. 25, 31.
1.
30. phish, and Kedemah: Esau came from the field, and he k ch. 27. 6.
16 These are the sons of Ishmael, teas faint

and these are their names, by their 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed
3 Heb.
“ ch. 17. 2C. toivns, and by their castles; “twelve me, I pray thee, ®with that same red with that
princes according to their nations. pottage for I am faint therefore was :
red, with
that red
1773. 17 And these are the years of the his name called Êdom. pottage.
* That is.
life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty 31 And Jacob said. Sell me this day Bed.
® ver. 8. and seven years and ° he gave up the
: thy birthright. cir. 1805.
ghost and died; and was gathered 32 And Esau said. Behold, I am ®at ® Heb. going
to die.
unto his people. the point to die and what profit shall
:
P 1 Sam. 15.
7.
18 P And they dwelt from Havilah this birthright do to me?
unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as 33 And Jacob said. Swear to me this
thou goest toward Assyria: and he day; and he sware unto him: and
3Heb./ett, ^ died •Heb. 12. 16.
Rs. 78. 64.
**
in the presence of all his bre- ‘he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
t ch. 16. 12.
thren. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and
19 IT And these are the generations pottage of lentiles and “ he did eat ;
“ Eccles.
15.
8.
••Matt. 1. 2. of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham and drink, and rose up, and went his Isai. 22. 13.
1 Cor. 15.32.
begat Isaac: way: thus Esau despised his birth-
1857. 20 And Isaac was forty years old right.
‘
ch. 22. 23. when he took Kebekah to wife, “the CHAPTER XXVI.
daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of 1 Isaac because of famine went to Gerar. 2 God instructeth,
and blesseth him. 7 He is reproved by Abimelech for de-
‘ ch. 24. 29. Padan-aram, ‘the sister to Laban the nying his wife. 12 He groweth rich. l8 He diggeth Eseh,
Syrian. Sitnah, and Eehoboth. 26 Abimelech maketh a covenant
1838. 21 And Isaac intreated the Lokd for with him at Beer-sheba. 34 Esau’s wives.
“ 1
his wife, because she ims barren AND there was a famine in the land, cir. 1804.
Chron.
5. 20.
"and the Lord was intreated of him, beside “ the first famine that was • ch. 12. 10.
2 Chron.
33. 13.
and ^Kebekah his wife conceived. in the days of Abraham. And Isaac
Ezra 8. 23. 22 And the children struggled to- went unto ‘’Abimelech king of the •> ch. 20. 2.
'Rom. 9.10.
gether within her; and she said. If it Philistines unto Gerar.
1 Sam. 9. 9. be so, why am I thus ? ^ And she went 2 And the Lord appeared unto him,
& 10 . 22 .
to enquire of the Lord. and said. Go not down into Egypt;

' ch. 17. 16.
& 24. 60, 23 And the Lord said unto her, *Two dwell in 'the land which I shall tell « ch. 12. 1.
nations are in thy womb, and two man- thee of:

ner of people shall be separated from 3 ‘‘Sojourn in this land, and ®I will 0 ch. 20. 1.
Ps. 39. 12.
»2Sam.8.14.
thy bowels and “ the one people shall
; be with thee, and ‘ uill bless thee ; for Heb. 11.9.
® ch. 28. 15.
be stronger than the other people and ;
unto thee, and unto thy seed, ®I wfil •ch. 12. 2.
ch. 27. 29.
give all these countries, and I will
•’
e ch. 13. 15.
Mai. 1. 3.
•’the elder shall serve the younger. &
15. 18.
Rom. 9. 13.
24 IF And when her days to be deli- perform ‘’the oath which I sware un- •>
ch. 22. 16.
Ps. 105. 9.
vered were fulfilled, behold, there were to Abraham thy father;
twins in her womb. 4 And I will make thy seed to mul- ch. 1.5. 5.
'
‘
&22. 17.
«ch. 27.
16,23.
11,
25 And the first came out red, 'all tiply as the stars of heaven, and will
over like an hairy garment and they
; give unto thy seed all these countries
called his name Esau. ‘‘and in thy seed shall all the nations ch. 12. 3.
& 22. 18.
26 And after that came his bro- of the earth be blessed;
^ Hos. 12. 3. ther out, and '‘his hand took hold 5 Because that Abraham obeyed
‘ •ch.22.16,18.
‘ ch. 27. 36.

on Esau’s heel; and ®liis name was my voice, and kept my charge, my
Isacic denietli his wife. GENESIS, XXVI. The wells which Isaac digged.
Before
CHRIST
commandments, my statutes, and my called their names after the names by Before
CHRIST
cir. 1804. laws. which his father had called them. cir. 1804.
6 IF And Isaac dwelt in Gerar 19 And Isaac’s servants digged in
7 And the men of the place asked the valley, and found there a well of
“ ch. 12. 13. him of his wife ; and “ he said, She is ^springing water. 2 Heb. I
& 20. 2, 13. living.

oProv.29.25. my sister : for “ he feared to say, She 20 And the herdmen of Gerar *did » ch. 21. 25.
j
ismy wife; lest, said he, the men of strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying,
the place should kiU me for Kebekah The water is our’s and he called
:
®ch.24. 16. because she °was fair to look upon. the name of the well ®Esek; because 2 That is,
Conienlion.
8 And it came to pass, when he had they strove with him.
been there a long time, that Abime- 21 And they digged another well, and
lech king of the Philistines looked strove for that also : and he called
out at a window, and saw, and, behold, the name of it ^ Sitnah. * That
Hatred.
is,
Isaac was sporting with Kebekah his 22 And he removed fi’om thence, and
wife. digged another well and for that they
;
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and strove not and he called the name of
:
said. Behold, of a surety she is thy it ^Rehoboth; and he For now said. * That
Room.
is.
Mife : and how

saidst thou. She is my the Lord hath made room for us, and
sister? And Isaac said unto him. Be-
• ch. 17. 6.
we “be fruitful in the land.
shall &28. 3.
cause I said, Lest I die for her. 23 And he went up from thence to & 41. 52.
Ex. 1. 7.
10 And Abimelech said. What is this Beer-sheba.

thou hast done unto us? one of the 24 And the Lord appeared unto him
people might lightly have lien with the same night, and said, '’I am the b ch. 17. 7.
& 24. 12.

Pch.20.9. thy wife, and ^thou shouldest have God of Abraham thy father ' fear not, :
& 28. 13.
Ex. 3. 6.
brought guiltiness upon us. for Î am with thee, and will bless Acts 7. 32.
ch. 15. 1.
thee, and multiply thy seed for my
<=
11 And Abimelech charged all his ver. 3, 4.

IPs. 105. 15. people, saying. He that toucheth servant Abraham’s sake.
this man or his wife shall surely be 25 And he “builded an altar there, e ch. 12. 7.
&
13. 18.
put to death. and called upon the name of the ' Ps. 116. 17.
12 ThenIsaac sowed in that land, Lord, and pitched his tent there and :
^Heb/ourad. and ^received in the same year ‘an there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
Matt. 13. 8.
«•
Mark 4. 8. hundredfold: and the Loed "blessed 26 IF Then Abimelech went to him
• ver. 3.
ch. 24.1,35.
him. from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his
‘
Job 42. 12. 13 And the man * waxed great, and friends, ând Phiehol the chief cap- 6 ch. 21. 22.
ch. 24. 35.
Ps. 112. 3. ®went forward, and grew until he be- tain of his army.
Prov. 10.22.
8Heb. came very great: 27 And Isaac said unto them. Where-
vient going.
14 For he had possession of flocks, fore come ye to me, seeing ‘‘ye hate bJudg.11.7.
and possession of herds, and great me, and have ‘sent me away from you? • ver. 16.
«Or
husbandry.
store of ^servants: and the Philis- 28 And they said, ®We saw certainly 6 Heb. Seeing
we saw.
» ch. 37. 11. tines " envied him. that the Lord ^ was uith thee and we : kch. 21.22,
23.
Eccles. 4.4.
w ch. 15 For all the wells which his fa- said, Let there be now an oath betwixt
21. 30.
ther’s servants had digged in the days us, even betwixt us and thee, and let
of Abraham his father, the Philistines us make a covenant with thee
Heb.
had stopped them, and filled them 29 ^That thou wilt do us no hurt, 2
If thou
with earth. as we have not touched thee, and as diaU, &c.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, we have done unto thee nothing but
* Ex. 1. 9. Go from us for ^ thou art much migh-
;
good, and have sent thee away in
tier than we. peace thou art now the blessed of
:
‘ ich.24. 31.
Ps. 115. 15.
17 IF And Isaac departed thence, the Lord.
“ ch.
and pitehed his tent in the valley of 30 ‘“And he made them a feast, and 19. 3.
Gerar, and dwelt there. they did eat and drink.

18 And Isaac digged again the wells 31 And they rose up betimes in the
> ch. 21. 31.
of water, which they had digged in morning, and “ sware one to another
the days of Abraham his father; for and Isaac sent them away, and they
the Philistines had stopped them departed from him in peace.
J ch. 21. 31.
after the death of Abraham ^ and he : 32 And it came to pass the same
Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. GENESIS, XXYII. Jacob deceiveth his father.
Before
CHKIST
day, that Isaac’s servants came, and 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his Before
CHEIST
cir. 1804. told him concerning the well which mother. Behold, ‘‘Esau my brother is cir. 1760.
they had digged, and said unto him. a hairy man, and I am a smooth man » ch. 25. 25.
We have found water. 12 My father peradventure will feel * * ver. 22.
2 That
An oath.
is,
33 And he called it ^ Shebah ° there- : me, and I shall seem to him as a
« ch. 21. 31.
fore the name of the city is ®Beer- deceiver; and I shall bring â curse k ch. 9. 25.
3 That is, Dcut. 27.
The toell (if sheba unto this day. upon me, and not a blessmg. 18.
the oath.
1796.
34 IF p And Esau was forty years old 13 And his mother said unto him,
P ch. 36. 2. when he took to wife Judith the daugh- *
Upon me he thy curse, my son only :
* ch. 43. 9.
1 Sam. 25.
ter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashe- obey my and go fetch me them.
voice, 24.
2Sam.l4.9.
math the daughter of Elon the Hittite 14 And he went, and fetched, and Matt.27.25.
9 ch. 27. 46. 35 Wliich were ^ a grief of mind un- brought them to his mother: and his
& 28. 1, 8.
*Heb. to Isaac and to Rebekah. mother “ made savoury meat, such as “ ver. 4, 9.
bitterness of
his father loved.
spirit.
CHAPTER XXVII.
15 And Rebekah
took ^“goodly rai- 2 Heb.
1 Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. 6 Behehdh instructeth desiraUe.
Jacob to obtain the blessimj. 15 Jacob under the person ment of her eldest son Esau, which ” ver. 27.
of Esau ohtaineth it. 30 Esau bringeth venison. 33 were with her in the house, and put
Isaac trembleth. 34 Esau complaineth, and by impor-
tunity obtaineth a blessing. 41 lie threateneth J acob. 42
them upon Jacob her younger son
Eebelcah disappointeth it. 16 And she put the skins of the
cir. 1760. AND it came when kids of the goats upon his hands, and
to pass, that
* ch. 48. 10. Isaac was old, and ® his eyes were
upon the smooth of his neck
1 Sam. 3. 2.
dim, so that he could not see, he call-17 And she gave the savoury meat
ed Esau his eldest son, and said unto and the bread, which she had prepar-
liim. My son and he said unto him. ed, into the hand of her son Jacob.
:
Behold, here am I. 18 IF And he came unto his father,

2 And he said. Behold now, I am old, and said. My father: and he said.
Prov. 27. 1. I know not the day of my death
*’
Here am I who art thou, my son ? ;
Jam. 4. 14.
« ch. 25. 27, 3 “Now
therefore take, I pray thee, 19 And Jacob said unto his father,
28.
thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, I am Esau thy firstborn I have done ;
® Heb. hunt. and go out to the field, and ® take me according as thou badest me arise, I :
some venison; pray thee, sit and eat of my venison,

4 And make me savoury meat, such “ that thy soul may bless me. ® ver. 4.
as I love, and bring it to me, that I 20 And Isaac said mito his son. How
** ver. 27.
ch. 48.9,15.
may eat; that my soul “^may bless is it that thou hast found it so quickly,
& 49. 28.
Deut. 33.1.
thee before I die. my son? And he said. Because the
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac Lord thy God brought it ® to me. »Heb.
before me.
spake to Esau his son. And Esau 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come
went to the field to hunt for venison, near, I pray thee, that I ^may feel P ver. 12.
and to bring it. thee, my son, whether thou he my

6 IF And Rebekah spake unto Jacob very son Esau or not.
her son, saying. Behold, I heard thy 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac
father speak unto Esau thy brother, his father and he felt him, and said.
;
saying, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the

7 Bring me venison, and make me sa- hands are the hands of Esau.
voury meat, that I may eat, and bless 23 And he discerned liim not, because
thee before the Lord before my death. ’his hands were hairy, as his brother 9 ver. 16.
« Ter. 13. 8 Now therefore, my son, “obey my Esau’s hands so he blessed him.
:
voice according to that which I com- 24 And he said. Art thou my very
mand thee. son Esau ? And he said, I am.
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me 25 And he said. Bring it near to me,
from thence two good kids of the and I will eat of my son’s venison,
t
ver. 4. goats and I will make them savoury
;
^that my soul may bless thee. And r ver. 4.
meat for thy father, such as he loveth: he brought it near to him, and he did
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy eat: and he brought him wine, and
father, that he may eat, and that he he drank.
* ver. 4. ® may bless thee before his death. 26 And his father Isaac said unto
He ohtaineth the blessing. GENESIS, XXyill. Esau threatemth Jacob.
CHRIST
Before
him, Come near now, and kiss me, tained him : and what shall I do now
CHRIST
Before
cir. 1760. my son. unto thee, my son ? cir. 1760.

27 And he came near, and kissed him: 38 And Esausaid unto his father,
and he smelled the smell of his rai- Hast thou but one blessing, my fa-
ment, and blessed him, and said. See, ther? bless me, even me also, my O
• Hos. 14. 6. ®
the smell of my son is as the smell of father. And Esau lifted up his voice,
a field which the Lord hath blessed ând wept. “Heb. 12.17.
‘Heb. 11.20. 28 Therefore ‘ God give thee of ” the 39 And Isaac his father answered
“ Deut. 33.
13. 28. dew of heaven, and *the fatness of the and said unto him. Behold, 'thy dwell- • ver. 28.
Heb. 11. 20.
2Sam.l.21.
*ch.45.18. earth, and ^ plenty of corn and wine : ing shall be ^ the fatness of the earth, 2 Or, of the
fatness.
yDeut.33.28. 29 *Let people serve thee, and na- and of the dew of heaven from above
» ch. 9. 25.
&25.23. tions bow down to thee be lord over : 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live,
• ch. 49. 8. thy brethren, and “let thy mother’s and “shalt serve thy brother; and “it "> rb. 25. 23.
2Sam.8.14.
*> ch. 12. 3. sons bow down to thee : cursed be shall come to pass when thou shalt Obad. 18,
19, 20.
Num.24.9.
every one that curseth thee, and have the dominion, that thou shalt ” 2 Kin. 8.
20 .
blessed be he that blesseth thee. break his yoke from off thy neck.
30 H And it came to pass, as soon as 41 IF And Esau "hated Jacob be- ®ch.37.4,8.
Isaac had made an end of blessing cause of the blessing wherewith his
Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone father blessed him and Esau said
:
out from the presence of Isaac his in his heart, ^The days of mourning Pch. 50.3,4,
10
for my father are at hand
.
father, that Esau his brother came in then will ;

''
1 Obad. 10.
from his hunting. I slay my brother Jacob.

31 And he also had made savoury 42 And these words of Esau her
meat, and brought it unto his father, elder son were told to Rebekah and :
and said unto his father. Let my she sent and called Jacob her younger
« Ter. 4. father arise, and 'eat of his son’s son, and said unto him. Behold, thy
venison, that thy soul may bless me. brother Esau, as touching thee, doth
32 And Isaac his father said unto comfort himself,^Mrj90Si7i^to kill thee. Ps. 64. 5.
him, Who art thou ? And he said, I 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my
ajn thy son, thy firstborn Esau. voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban
*Heb.
trembled
33 And Isaac ^trembled very ex- my brother “ to Haran ' ch. 11. 31.
with a great ceedingly, and said, Who? where is he 44 And tarry with him a few days,
trernbling
greatly. that hath ® taken venison, and brought until thy brother’s fury turn away
SHeb.
hunted. it me, and I have eaten of all before 45 Until thy brother’s anger turn
thou earnest, and have blessed him? away from thee, and he forget that
'»ch.28.3.4. yea, ^ and he shall be blessed. which thou hast done to him then I :
Rom.11.29.
34 And when Esau heard the words will send, and fetch thee from thence:
•Heb. 12.17. of his father, ®he cried with a great why should I be deprived also of you
and exceeding bitter cry, and said both in one day?
unto his father. Bless me, even me 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, ‘I am ‘ ch. 26. 35.
& 28. 8.
also, O my father. weary of my life because of the daugh-
35 And he said. Thy brother came ters of Heth " if J acob take a wife of
: “ ch. 24. 3.
with subtilty, and hath taken away the daughters of Heth, such as these
thy blessing. which are of the daughters of the land,
f ch. 25. 26. 36 And he said, Îs not he rightly what good shall my life do me ?
• That A named ^ Jacob? for he hath supplant-
is,
mipplanter.
« ch. 25. 33. ed me these two times: ®he took CHAPTER XXVIII.
1 Isaac blesseth Jacob, and sendeth him to Padan-aram.
away my birthright and, behold, now ;
6 Esau marrieth Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael.
he hath taken away my blessing. And 10 The vision of Jacob's ladder. 18 The stone of
he said. Hast thou not reserved a Beth-el.20 J acob's vow.
blessing for me ? ndIsaac called Jacob, and “bless- 1760.
Pulfilled.
37 And Isaac answered
unto Esau, ^
Behold, I
and said
have made
A _ ed him, and charged him, and
said unto him, '’Thou shalt not take

« ch. 27. 33.
b ch. 24. 3.
2 Sam. 8.14.
ver. 29. him thy lord, and his brethren
all a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
‘ ver. 28. have I given to him for servants 2 'Arise, go to ''Padan-aram, to •Hos. 12. 12.
d ch. 25. 20.
•Or,
aipporied. and with corn and wine have I ® sus-
'
the house of 'Bethuel thy mother’s • ch. 22. 23.
Isaac hlessetli Jacob. GENESIS, XXIX. The vision of Jacob's ladder.
Before and take thee a wife from

fatlier; and to the north, and to the south Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1760. thence of the daughters of Laban ^
and in thee and ^ m
thy seed shall all cir. 1760.
'ch. 24.29.
thy mother’s brother. the families of the earth be blessed. y ch. 12. 3.
ech. 17.1,6. 3®And God Almighty bless thee, 15 And, behold, * I am mth thee, &
18. 18.
&
22. 18.
and make thee fruitful, and multiply and will “keep thee in all places &
26. 4.
* See ver. 20,
2Heb. thee, that thou mayest be â multi- whither thou goest, and will '’bring 21 .
an assemhly ch. 26. 24.
of people. tude of people thee again into this land for “ I will ; & 31. 3.
^
b ch. 12. 2. 4 Andgive thee the blessing of not leave thee, ^ until I have done » ch. 48. 16.
Ps. 121. 5,
Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed that which I have spoken to thee of. •>
7,8.
ch. 35. 6.
with thee; that thou mayest inherit 16 IF And Jacob awaked out of his 0 Deut. 31.
6 8
wherein thou art a stran- sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is
.
SHeb. the land ,
Josh. 1. 5.
of thy so- Kin. 8. 57.
ger, which God gave unto Abraham.
1
journings. in ® this place ; and I Imew it not. Heb. 13. 5.
« ch. 17. 8.
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob and he : 17 And he was afraid, and said, How Num.
19.
23.
went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son dreadful is this place this is none !
® Ex. 3. 5.
Josh. 5. 15.
of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of other but the house of God, and this
Kebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother. is the gate of heaven.
6 IF When Esau saw that Isaac had 18 And Jacob rose up early in the
blessed Jacob, and sent him away to morning, and took the stone that he
Padan-aram, to take him a Mufe from had put /or his pillows, and ‘^set it up f
ch. 31. 13,
45.&a5.14.
thence; and that as he blessed him for a pillar, ® and poured oil upon the 8 Lev. 8. 10,
11 , 12
he gave him a charge, saying. Thou top of it. Num.
.
7. 1.
shalt not take a wife of the daugh- 19 And he called the name of ‘’that ** Judg. 1.
23, 26.
ters of Canaan; place ^ Beth-el but the name of that
: Hos. 4. 15.
* That
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father city was called Luz at the first.
is,
Ute house
(f God.
and his mother, and was gone to Pa- 20 'And Jacob vowed a vow, saying. ' ch. 31. 13.
dan-aram ;
If ’'God will be with me, and will Judg.11.30.
2Sam.l5.8.
k ch. 24. 3. 8 And Esau seeing ^that the daugh- keep me in this way that I go, and k ver. 15.
& 26. 3i.
< Heb. were ters of Canaan ^ pleased not Isaac his will give me 'bread to eat, and rai- 11 Tim. 6. 8.
eml in the
eyes, die. father ment to put on,
cir. 1760. 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, 21 So that “I come again to my fa- ™ Judg.
31. 2 Sam.
11.
and took unto the wives which he ther’s house in peace; “then shall 19. 24, 30.
“ Deut. 26.
1 ch. 36. .3, had Mahalath the daughter of Ish- the Lord be my God
*
17.
Bhe is call- 2 Sam.
22 And this stone, which I have set
1.5.
ed Bashe- mael Abraham’s son, “the sister of 8 .
math. 2Kin.5. 17.

>“ ch. 25. 13.
Nebajoth, to be his wife. for a pillar, “ shall be God’s house <>eh.3;5.7,14.
“Hos.12.12. 10 IF And Jacob “went out from Beer- ând of all that thou shalt give me I P Lev. 27. 30.
» CaUed, sheba, and went toward “ Haran. will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Acts 7. 2,
Chanan. 11 And he lighted upon a certain CHAPTER XXIX.
place, and tarried there aU night, be- 1 Jacob comeih to the well of Haran. 9 He takelh ac-
cause the sun was set; and he took quaintance of Rachel. 13 Laban entertainefh him. 18
Jacob covenanteth for Rachel. 23 He deceived with
is
of the stones of that place, and put Leah. 28 He marrieth also Rachel, and serveth for her
them for his pillows, and lay down in seven years more. 32 Leah bearefh Reuben, 33 Simeon,
34: Levi, 35 and Judah.
that^place to sleep.
12 And he ^ dreamed, and behold a hen Jacob ®went on his journey,
T Heb. lift up
®
P ch. 41. 1.
Job 33. 15. his feet.
ladder set up on the earth, and the “and came into the land of the “Num. 23. 7.
Hos. 12. 12.
top of it reached to heaven and be-
: ^people of the east. * Heb.
9 John 1. 51. hold Hhe angels of God ascending 2 And he looked, and behold a well children.
Heb. 1.14.
and descending on it. in the field, and, lo, there were three
r ch. 35. 1. 13 "And, behold, the Lord stood flocks of sheep lying by it; for out
& 48. 3.
> ch. 26. 24. above it, and said, “I am the Lord of that well they watered the flocks
God of Abraham thy father, and the and a great stone was upon the well’s
‘ ch. 13. 15. God of Isaac: ‘the land whereon mouth.
& 35. 12.
thou liest, to thee will I give it, and 3 And thither were all the flocks
" ch. 13. 16. to thy seed; gathered: and they rolled the stone
® Heb. break
14 And " thy seed shall be as the dust from the well’s mouth, and watered
.forth.
» ch. 13. 14. of the earth, and thou shalt ® spread the sheep, and put the stone again
Deut. 12.
20 . abroad ^ to the west, and to the east, upon the well’s mouth in his place.
Jacob cometh to Haran. GENESIS, XXIX. He marrieth Leah and Rachel.
Before 4 And Jacob said unto them, My 19 And Laban said. It is better that I Before
CHKIST CHRIST
cir. 1760.
brethren, whence he ye? And they give her to thee, than that I should give cir. 1760.
said, Of Haran are we. her to another man abide with me. :
5 And lie said unto them, Know ye 20 And Jacob 'served seven years 1 ch. 30. 26.
Hos. 12.12.
Laban the son of Nahor? And they for Rachel and they seemed unto
;
said.We know him. him hut a few days, for the love he
» Heb. Is 6 And he said unto them, Is he had to her.
there peace
to him ? well ? And they said. He is weU and,
: 21 IF And Jacob said unto Laban, 1753.
>>ch.43.27.
behold, Kachel his daughter cometh Give me my wife, for my days are ful-
with the sheep. filled, that I may “ go in unto her. ™Judg.l5.1.
s Heb.
the,
i/et
day is
7 And he said, Lo, ît is yet high 22 And Laban gathered together all
great.
day, neither is it time that the cattle the men of the place, and “made a " .Tudg. 14.
10 .
should be gathered together: water feast. John 2. 1,2.
ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 23 And it came to pass in the even-
8 And they said. We cannot, until ing, thathe took Leah his daughter,
all the flocks be gathered together, and brought her to him and he ;
and till they roll the stone from the went in unto her.
well’s mouth then we water the sheep.
;
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter
9 IF And while he yet spake with Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
0 Ex. 2. 16.
them, “Kachel came with her father’s 25 And it came to pass, that in the
sheep for she kept them.
: morning, behold, it ivas Leah: and
10 And it came to pass, when Jacob he said to Laban, What is this thou
saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his hast done unto me? did not I serve
mother’s brother, and the sheep of with thee for Rachel ? wherefore then
Laban his mother’s brother, that Ja- hast thou beguiled me?
Ex. 2. 17. cob went near, and '^rolled the stone 26 And Laban said. It must not be
from the weU’s mouth, and watered the so done in our ^country, to give the t Heb. place.
flock of Laban his mother’s brother. younger before the firstborn.
® ch. 33. 4.
&
45. 14,
11 And Jacob “ kissed Rachel, and 27 “Fulfil her week, and we will ® 12 Judg. 14.
.
15.
lifted up his voice, and wept. give thee this also for the service
12 And Jacob told Rachel that he which thou shalt serve with me }'et
'ch. 13.8.
& 14. 14, 16.
was ‘^her father’s brother, and that seven other years.
s ch. 24. 28. he was Rebekah’s son: ®and she ran 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled
and told her father. her week and he gave him Rachel
:
13 And it came to pass, when Laban his daughter to wife also.

«Heb.
hearing.
heard the ^tiduigs of Jacob his sister’s 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his
“ ch. 24. 29. son, that '*he ran to meet him, and daughter Billiah his handmaid to be
embraced him, and kissed him, and her maid.
brought him to liis house. And he 30 And he went in also unto Rachel,
told Laban all these things. and he ^ loved also Rachel more than P Deut.
ver. 20.
21.
* ch. 2. 23.
Judg. 9. 2.
14 And Laban said to him, 'Surely Leah, and served with him ’ yet seven 15.
thou art my bone and my flesh. And other years.
4 ch. 30. 26.
2 Sam.
& 19. 12,
5. 1.
& 31. 41.
Hos. 12. 12.
13. he abode with hun ®the space of a 31 IF And when the Lord ‘‘saw that * Ps. 127. 3.
* Heb. a
month of month. Leah was hated, he opened her ch. 30. 1.“ *
15 IF And Laban said unto Jacob, Be- womb but Rachel ivas barren.
days.
:
cause thou art my brother, shouldest 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a cir. 1752.
thou therefore serve me for nought? son, and she called his name ® Reu- ® See That
a sun.
is,
tell me, what shall thy wages he ? ben: for she said. Surely the Lord
16 And Laban had two daughters: hath looked upon my affliction now Ex. 3. 7.
‘
;
‘
& 4. 31.
the name of the elder was Leah, and therefore my husband AviU love me. Deut. 26. 7.
Ps. 25. 18.
the name of the younger was Rachel. 33 And she conceived again, and bare & 106. 44.
17 Leah was tender eyed; but Ra- a son; and said. Because the Lord cir. 1751.
chel was beautiful and well favoured. hath heard that I was hated, he hath
18 And Jacob loved Rachel ;
and therefore given me this son also and :
That <
said, Î Avill serve thee seven years she called his name ^ Simeon.
is.
k ch. 31. 41.
Hearing.
2 Sam. 3.
14. for Rachel thy younger daughter. 34 And she conceived again, and cir. 1750.
Rachel envieth her sister, GENESIS, XXX. Rachel heareth Joseph.
Before bare a son; and said, Noav this time drakes in the field, and brought them Before
CHBfST
cir. 1750.
willmy husband be joined unto me, unto his mother Leah. Then Kachel CHRIST
cir. 1748.
2 Tliat is,
because I have born him three sons said to Leah, “Give me, I pray thee, “
ch. 25. 30.
Joined. therefore was his name called ^ Levi. of thy son’s mandrakes.
See Nura.
18. 2, 4. 35 And she conceived again, and 15 And she said unto her, ° Is it a ® Num. 16.
9,13.
cir.
“ Matt.
1749.
1. 2.
bare a son and she said. Now will I
: small matter that thou hast taken
2 That
Praise.
is, praise the Loed therefore she called
: my husband ? and wouldest thou take
* Heb. stood his name Judah; and ^left bearing. away my son’s mandrakes also? And
from hear-
ing.
CHAPTEE XXX. Kachel Therefore he shall lie
said.
1 Bachel, in grief for her barrenness, giveth Bilhah her with thee to night for thy son’s man-
maid unto Jacob. 5 She beareth Dan and Naphtali. drakes.
9 Leah giveth Zilpah her maid, who beareth Gad and
Asher. 14 Reuben findeth mandrakes, with which Leah 16 And Jacob came out of the field
buyeth her husband of Rachel. 17 Leah beareth Issachar, in the evening, and Leah went out to
Zebulun, and Dinah. 22 Rachel beareth Joseph. 25
Jacob desireth to depart. 27 Laban siayeth him on a meet him, and said. Thou must come
new covenant. 37 J acoVs policy, whereby he became rich. in unto me; for surely I have hired
cir. 1749. AND when Kachel saw that ^she thee with my son’s mandrakes. And
“ ch. 29. 31.
bare Jacob no children, Kachel he lay with her that night.
*> ch. 37. 11. ’’envied her sister; and said unto Ja- 17 And God hearkened unto Leah, cir. 1747.
« Job 5. 2. cob, Give me children, ® or else I die. and she conceived, and bare Jacob
2 And Jacob’s anger was kindled the fifth son.
^ ch. 16. 2. against Kachel: and he said, Âml 18 And Leah said, God hath given
1 Sam. 1. 5.
in God’s stead, who hath withheld me my hire, because I have given
from thee the fruit of the womb? my maiden to my husband and she :
« ch. 16. 2. 3 And she said. Behold ®my maid called his name Îssachar. 2 That is,
An hire.
t ch. 50. 23.
Job 3. 12.
Bilhah, go in unto her; ‘ând she 19 And Leah conceived again, and
ech. 16.2. shall bear upon my knees, ®that I bare Jacob the sixth son.
® Heb. be may also ® have children by her. 20 And Leah said, God hath en- cir. 1746.
huUt hy her.
4 And she gave him Bilhah her dued me ivith a good dowry; now
h ch. 16. 3. handmaid ’’to wife: and Jacob went wlU my husband dwell with me, be-
&35. 22.
in unto her. cause I have born him six sons and :
cir. 1748. 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare she called his name ® Zebulun. **
2 That
Dwelling.
is.
Jacob a son. 21 And afterwards she bare a daugh- P Called,

Matt. 4. 13,
' Ps. 35. 24. 6 And Kachel said, God hath ‘judg- ter, and called her name ^ Dinah. Zabulon.
& 43. 1.
Lam. 3. 59. ed me, and hath also heard my voice, 22 H And God ’remembered Ka- <
cir.1745.
That is,
and hath given me a son therefore : chel, and God hearkened to her, and Judgment.
2 ch. 8. 1.
* That
Judging.
is,
called she his name ® Dan. opened her womb. 1 Sam. 1.19.
cir. 1747. 7 And Bilhah Kachel’s maid conceiv- 23 And she conceived, and bare a >•
ch. 29. 31.
cir. 1745.
ed again, and bare Jacob a second son. son; and said, God hath taken away
2 Heb.
vrrestlingi
8 And Kachel said. With great
’’
“
my reproach •1 Sam.
Isai. 4. 1.
1.6.
God,
ch. 23. 6.
wrestlings have I wrestled with my 24 And she called his name ® Joseph; Luke 1. 25.
2 That is.
sister, and I have prevailed and she : and said, ‘The Lord shall add to me ‘
Adding.
ch. 35. 17.
2 That
My jorest-
is,
called his name ® ^
Naphtali. another son.
ling.
k Called,
9 When Leah saw that she had left 25 H And it came to pass, when Ka-
Matt. 4. 13, bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, chel had born Joseph, that Jacob
Nephthalim.
cir. 1749.
and gave her Jacob to wife.
’ said unto Laban, " Send me away, " ch. 24. 54,
56.
1 ver. 4. 10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare that I may go unto ’‘mine own place, * ch. 18. 33.
& 31. 55.
cir. 1748. Jacob a son. and to my
country.
®
A
That is, 11 And Leah "Said, A
troop cometh 26 Give me my wives and my chil-
dren, ^for whom I have served thee,
troop, or,
company, and she called his name ® Gad. y ch. 29. 20,
30.
12 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare let me go for thou knowest my
Isai. 65. 11.
cir.1747.
and :
2 Heb. Jacob a second son. service which I have done thee.

In my
happiness. 13 And Leah said, ^ Happy am I, 27 And Laban said unto him, I pray
“ Prov. 31. for the daughters “ will call me bless- thee, if I have found favour in thine
28
Luke 1. 48. ed and she called his name ® Asher.
: {
eyes, tarry: for have learned by ^ch. 39. 3,5.
2 That
14 II And Keuben went in the days
is.
Happy. experience that the Lord hath bless- • See ch. 26.
ed me “ for thy sake.
|
cir. 1748. of wheat harvest, and found man- 24.

Lahan stayeth Jacob. GENESIS, XXXI. Jacob becometh rich.
Before 28 And he said, '’Appoint me thy toward the ringstraked, and all the Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
cir. 1745. wages, and I will give it. brown in the flock of Laban and he ; cir. 1745.
»> ch. 29. 15.

29 And he said unto him, ®Thou put his own flocks by themselves, and
« ch. 31. 6, knowest how I have served thee, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.
38, 39, 40.
Matt.24.45. how thy cattle was with me. 41 And it came to pass, whensoever
Titus 2. 10.
30 For it was little which thou hadst the stronger cattle did conceive, that
^
* Heb. 5ro- before I came, and it is 7iow increas- Jacob laid the rods before the eyes
hen forth,
ver. 43. ed unto a multitude; and the Lord of the cattle in the gutters, that they
SHeb. hath blessed thee ^ since my coming: might conceive among the rods.
at my foot.
•*1 Tim. 5. 8. and now when shall I ''provide for 42 But when the cattle were feeble,
mine own house also ? he put them not in so the feebler :
31 And he said. What shall I give were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
thee? And Jacob said. Thou shalt 43 And the man increased exceed- ' ver. 30.
not give me any thing if then wilt ingly, and

. : had much cattle, and
' > ch. 13. 2.
& 24. 35.
do this thing for me, I will again feed maidservants, and menservants, and & 26. 13,
14.
and keep thy flock. camels, and asses.
32 I will pass through all thy flock CHAPTER XXXI.
to day, removing from thence all the 1 Jacob upon displeasure departeth secretly. 19 Eachel
speclded and spotted cattle, and all stealeth her father’s images. 22 Laban pursueth after
him, 26 and complaineth of the wrong. 34 Rachel’s
the brown cattle among the sheep, and policy to hide the images. 36 Jacob’s complaint of La-
the spotted and speckled among the ban. 43 The covenatit of Laban and Jacob at Galeed.
e ch. 31. 8. goats and ® of such shall be my hire.

: AND he heard the words of Laban’s 1739.
• Ps. 37. 6. 33 So shall my '^righteousness an- XA. sons, saying, Jacob hath taken
Heb.
to morrow.
swer for me în time to come, when away aU that was our father’s; and
Ex. 13. 14. it shall come for my hire before thy of that which loas our father’s hath
face: every one that is not speckled he gotten all this “ glory. • Ps. 49. 16.
and spotted among the goats, and 2 And Jacob beheld '’the counte- b ch. 4. 5.
brown among the sheep, that shall nance of Laban, and, behold, it was
be counted stolen with me. not ' toward him ^ as before. c Deut. 28.
54.
34 And Laban said. Behold, I would 3 And the Lord said unto Jacob, 2 Heb.
as yesterday
it might be according to thy word. ^Return unto the land of thy fathers, and the day
35 And he removed that day the and to thy kmdred; and I will be
before,
1 Sam. 19.7.
he goats that were ringstraked and with thee. <» ch. 28. 15,
20 , 21 .
spotted, and all the she goats that 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel &32. 9.
were speckled and spotted, and every and Leah to the field unto his flock,
one that had some white in it, and all 5 And said unto them, ®I see your * ver. 2.
the brown among the sheep, and gave father’s countenance, that it is not
them into the hand of liis sons. toward me as before; but the God
36 And he set three days’ journey of my father 'hath been with me. ' ver. 3.
betwixt himself and Jacob and Jacob

: 6 And ®ye know that with all my e ver. 38, 39,
40, 41.
fed the rest of Laban’s flocks. power I have served your father. ch. 30. 29.
» See ch. 31. 37 H And ® Jacob took him rods 7 And your father hath deceived me,
9,-12.
of green poplar, and of the hazel and '‘changed my wages 'ten times; •> ver. 41.
‘Num.14.22.
and chesnut tree; and pilled white but God ^ suffered him not to hurt me. Neh. 4. 12.
Job 19.
strakes in them, and made the white
3.
8 If he said thus, 'The speckled Zech. 8. 23.
appear which ivas in the rods. shall be thy wages then all the cattle
;
ch. 20. 6.
Ps. 105. 14.
38 And he set the rods which he bare speckled: and if he said thus. > ch. 30. 32.
had pilled before the flocks in the gut- The ringstraked shall be thy hire;
ters in the watering troughs when the then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
flocks came to drink, that they should 9 Thus God hath “taken away the “ ver. 1, 16.
conceive when they came to drink. cattle of your father, and given them
39 And the flocks conceived before to me.
the rods, and brought forth cattle 10 And it came to pass at the time
ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. that the cattle conceived, that I lifted
40 And Jacob did separate the up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, s Or,
lambs, and set the faces of the flocks and, behold, the ®rams which leaped he goats.
c
Jacob leaveth Laban, GENESIS, XXXI. Laban pursiieth after Jacob,
Before upon the cattle tvere ringstraked, the mount and Laban with his bre-
: Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1739. speckled, and grisled. thren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 1739.
“ ch. 48. 16.
11 And “the angel of God spake 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What
unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob hast thou done, that thou hast stolen
And I said, Here am I. away unawares to me, and “carried ® 1 Sam. 30.
2
And he away my daughters, as captives taken
.
12 said. Lift up now thine

eyes, and see, all the rams which with the sword ?
leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away
° Ex. 3. 7. speckled, and grisled: for “I have secretly, and ^ steal away from me; 3 Heb. had
stolen me.
seen aU that Laban doeth unto thee. and didst not tell me, that I might
P ch. 28. 18, 13 I am the God of Beth-el, ^ where have sent thee away with mirth, and
19, 20.
thou anointedst the pillar, and where with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
9 ver. 3. thou vowedst a vow unto me now a- : 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss ver. 55.
Rutb
ch. 32. 9. 1. 9,
rise, get thee out from this land, and my sons and my daughters? “thou 14.
1 Kin. 19.
return unto the land of thy kindred. hast now done foolishly in so doing. 20 .
Acts 20. 37,

14 And Kachel and Leah answered 29 It is in the power of my hand to 0 1 Sam. 13.
13.
r ch. 2. 24. and said unto him, ’’/s there yet any do you hurt: but the “^God of your 2Chron.l6.
portion or inheritance for us in our father spake unto me ® yesternight, 9.
ver. 53.
father’s house? saying. Take thou heed that thou cb. 28. 13.
® ver. 24.
15 Are we not counted of him stran- speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
' ch. 29. 15, gers? for ®he hath sold us, and hath 30 And now, though thou wouldest
27.
quite devoured also our money. needs be gone, because thou sore
16 For all the riches which God hath longedst after thy father’s house, yet
taken from our father, that is our’s, wherefore hast thou ^ stolen my gods ? t ver. 19.
Judg. 18.
and our children’s now then, what-
: 31 And Jacob answered and said to 24.
soever God hath said unto thee, do. Laban, Because I was afraid for I :
1739. 17 H Then Jacob rose up, and set Peradventure thou wouldest take
said,
his sons and his wives upon camels by force thy daughters from me.
18 And he carried away all his cat- 32 With whomsoever thou findest
tle, and all liis goods which he had thy gods, ^let him not live: before * See ch. 44.
9.
gotten, the cattle of his getting, which our brethren discern thou what is
he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to thine with me, and take it to thee.
go to Isaac his father in the land of For Jacob knew not that Rachel had
Canaan. stolen them.
19 And Laban went to shear his 33 And Laban went into Jacob’s
sheep: and Kachel had stolen the tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into
2Heb. ^‘images that were her father’s. the two maidservants’ tents; but he
teraphim,
•Tudp:. 17. 5. 20 And Jacob stole away ® unawares found them not. Then went he out
1 Sam. 19.
13. to Laban the Syrian, in that he told of Leah’s tent, and entered into Ra-
Hos. 3. 4.
‘ ch. 35. 2. him not that he fled. chel’s tent.
3Heb.
the heart of
21 So he fled with all that he had; 34 Now Rachel had taken the im-
Laban. and he rose up, and passed over the ages, and put them in the camel’s
" ch. 46. 28. river, and “set his face toward the furniture, and sat upon them. And
2 Kin. 12.
17.
Luke
mount Gilead. Laban ® searched all the tent, but 3 Heb./eZt.
9. 51,
63. 22 And it was told Laban on the found them not.
third day that Jacob was fled. 35 And she said to her father. Let
» ch. 13. 8. 23 And he took ""his brethren with it not displease my lord that I can-
him, and pursued after him seven not ^ rise up before thee for the cus- ;
Lev.
Ex. 20. 12.
19. 32.
days’ journey; and they overtook tom of women is upon me. And he
him in the mount Gilead. searched, but found not the images.
y ch. 20.
Job
3.
33. 15.
24 And God ^came to Laban the 36 IF And Jacob was wroth, and chode
Matt. 1.20. Syrian in a dream by night, and said with Laban and Jacob answered and
:
» ch. 24. 50. imto him. Take heed that thou speak said to Laban, What is my trespass?
* Heb. from
good to bad.
not to Jacob êither good or bad. what is my sin, that thou hast so
25 IF Then Laban overtook Jacob. hotly pursued after me ?
Now Jacob had pitched his tent in 37 Whereas thou hast ^searched all *B.eh.felt.
Jacob's complaint of Laban. GENESIS, XXXII. The covenant between them.
Before mj stuff, what hast thou found of all 50 If thou shalt afflict my daugh- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1739. thy household stuff? set it here be- ters,or if thou shalt take other wives 1739.
fore my brethren and thy brethren, beside my daughters, no man is with
that they may judge betwixt us both. us; see, God is witness beLvixt me
38 This twenty years have I been and thee.
with thee thy ewes and thy she goats
;
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold
have not cast their young, and the this heap,and behold this pillar, which
rams of thy flock have I not eaten. I have cast betwixt me and thee
I
Ex. 22.10, 39 That which was torn of beasts I
‘
52 This heap be witness, and this
&e.
brought not unto thee; I bare the not pass
pillar be witness, that I will
k Ex. 22. 12. loss of it; of ^my hand didst thou over this heap to thee, and that thou
require it, whether stolen by day, or shalt not pass over tliis heap and this
stolenby night. pillar unto me, for harm.
40 Thus I was in the day the ;
53 The God of Abraham, and the
drought consumed me, and the frost God of Nahor, the God of their fa-
by night and my sleep departed
;
ther, ^judge betwixt us. And Jacob y ch. 16. 5,
from mine eyes. *

sware by “ the fear of his father Isaac. « ch. 21. 23.
“ ver. 42.
41 Thus have I been twenty years 54 Then Jacob ôffered sacrifice up- 2 Or, kiUed
• ch. 29. 27, in thy house
served thee fourteen
;
I *
on the mount, and called his brethren beasts.
28.
years for thy two daughters, and six to eat bread and they did eat bread,
:
“ ver. 7. years for thy cattle and “ thou hast : and tarried all night in the mount.
changed my wages ten times. 55 And early in the morning Laban
» Ps. 121. 1, 42 “Except the God of my father, rose up, and kissed his sons and liis
2
the God of Abraham, and “the fear daughters, and ^ blessed them
.
® ver. 53. and : *>ch. 28.1.
Isai. 8. 13.
of Isaac, had been with me, surely Laban departed, and “returned unto ® ch. 18. 33.
&30.25.
thou hadst sent me away now empty. his place.
P ch. 29. 32.
Ex. 3. 7.
^God hath seen mine affliction and CHAPTER XXXII.
1 1 Chron. the labom' of my hands, and “^rebuk- 1 Jacob's vision at Mahanaim.
3 His message to Esau.
12. 17.
ed thee yesternight. 6 He is 9 He prayeth for
afraid of Esau's coming.
Jude 9.
deliverance. 13 He sendeth a present to Esau. 24 He
43 IF And Laban answered and said wrestleth with an angel at Peniel, where he is called
unto Jacob, These daughters are my Israel. 31 He halteth.
daughters, and these children are my AND Jacob went on his way, and
children, and these cattle are my cat- “ the angels of him. God met • Ps. 91. 11.
Heb. 1. 14.
tle, and all that thou seest is mine 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said,
and what can I do this day unto these This is God’s host and he called
*’
:
*> Josh. 5. 14.
Ps. H;3. 21.
my daughters, or unto their children the name of that place ® Mahanaim. 6
Luke
148. 2.
2. 13.
wliich they have born ? 3 And Jacob sent messengers before * That is,
Tuo hosts,
ch. 26. 28. 44 Now therefore come thou, "^let us him to Esau liis brother “unto the or, camps.
• Josh. 21.
27.
make a covenant, I and thou; “and land of Seir, ^ the * country of Edom. 0 ch. 33.
16.
14.
let it be for a witness between me 4 And he commanded them, saying, ch. 36. 6,
7 8
and thee. “Thus shall ye speak unto my lord feut. 2. 5.
‘ ch. 28. 18. 45 And Jacob ‘took a stone, and Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, *
Josh. 24. 4.
Heb. Jidd.
set it up for a pillar. I have sojommed with Laban, and ®Prov. 15. 1.
46 And Jacob
said unto his brethren. stayed there until now
Gather stones and they took stones,
;
5 And H
have oxen, and asses, flocks, 'ch. 30.43.
and made an heap and they did eat : and menservants, and womenservants
* That is, there upon the heap. and I have sent to tell my lord, that
The heap of
uitness. 47 And Laban called it ^ Jegar-saha- ® I may find grace in thy sight. * ch. 33. 8,
Chald.
6 IF And the messengers returned to
15.
s That is.
dutha but Jacob called it ^ Galeed.
:
The heap of
witness.
48 And Laban said, “This heap is Jacob, saying, We came to thy bro-
Heb. a witness between me and thee this ther Esau, and also ‘‘he cometh to ** ch. 33. 1.
“ Josh. 24.
27. day. Therefore was the name of it meet thee, and four hundred men
* Judg. 11.
29. called Galeed with him.
1 Sam. 7. 5.
49 And * ^ Mizpah for he said, The ;
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and
* That is,
A beacon,
or, toaich-
Lord watch between me and thee, ‘
distressed and he divided the peo-
:
• ch. 35. 3.
lower. when we are absent one from another. ple that was with him, and the flocks.
Jacob's present to Esau. GENESIS, XXXII. JacoV s name is changed.
Before and herds, and the eamels, mto two 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1739. bands thy servant Jacob is behind us. For 1739.
8 And said. If Esau eome to the one he said, I will appease him with the *Prov.21.14.
*
company, and smite it, then the other present that goeth before me, and
company which is left shall escape. afterward I wiU see his face; perad-
k Ps. 50. 15.
9 M ‘‘And Jacob said, ‘O God of my venture he will accept ôf me. »Heb.
my face.
father Abraham, and God of my fa-
• ch. 28. 13.
21 So went the present over before Job 42. 8, 9.
“ ch. 31. 3, ther Isaac, the Lokd “wliich saidst him: and himself lodged that night
13.
unto me, Keturn unto thy comitry, in the company.
and to thy kindred, and I will deal 22 And he rose up that night, and
well with thee took his two wives, and his two wo-
2Heb. 10 ^ I am not worthy of the least of menservants, and liis eleven sons,
I am less
than all, dc. all the "mercies, and of all the truth, "and passed over the ford Jabbok. “Deut.3.16.
” ch. 21. 27.
which thou hast shewed unto thy ser- 23 And he took them, and ®sent Heb. caus- 3
ed to pass.
" Job 8. 7. vant for with ° my staff I passed over them over the brook, and sent over
;
this Jordan; and now I am become that he had.

two bands. 24 If And Jacob was left alone; and
PPs.59. 1, 2. 11 p Deliver me, I pray thee, from there "‘wrestled a man with him until »Ho8.12.3,4.
Eph. 6. 12.
the hand of my brother, from the the ^breaking of the day. <Heb.
ascending
hand of Esau for I fear him, lest he
: 25 And when he saw that he pre- of the
morning.
QHos. 10.14. will come and smite me, and “^the vailed not against him, he touched
s Heb. upon. mother ^ with the children. the hollow of liis thigh ;
and ^ the y26.
See Matt.
41.
r ch. 28. 13, 12 And Hhou saidst, I will surely hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of 2 Cor. 12. 7.
14, 15.
do thee good, and make thy seed as jomt, as he wrestled with liim.
the sand of the sea, which cannot be 26 And ^he said. Let me go, for the See Luke ®
24. 28.
numbered for multitude. day breaketh. And he said, "I will • Hos. 12. 4.
13 H And he lodged there that same not let thee go, except thou bless me.
night; and took of that which came 27 And he said unto him. What is
» ch. 43. 11. to his hand “a present for Esau his thy name? And he said, Jacob.
Prov. 18.16.
brother 28 And he said, Thy name shall be ch. 35. 10.
’’ •>
2 Kin. 17.
14 Two hundred she goats, and twen- called no more Jacob, but ® Israel; 34.
3 That is,
ty he goats, two hundred ewes, and for as a prince hast thou " power with A prince of
God.
twenty rams, God and ^with men, and hast pre- «Hos.l2.3,4.
15 Thirty milch camels with their vailed. d ch. 25. 31.
8c 27. 33.
colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty 29 And Jacob asked him, and said.
she asses, and ten foals. Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And
16 And he delivered them into the he said, ® Wherefore is it that thou ®Judg. 13.18.
hand of his servants, every drove by dost ask after my name? And he
themselves and said unto his ser- blessed him there.
;
vants, Pass over before me, and put 30 And Jacob called the name of
a space betwixt drove and drove. the place ®Peniel: for *^1 have seen « The That is.
face qf
17 And he commanded the foremost, God face to face, and my hfe is pre- God.
fch. 16. 13.
saying. When Esau my brother meet- served. Ex. 24. 11.
& 33. 20.
eth thee, and asketh thee, saying. 31 And as he passed over Penuel Deut. 24. 5.
.Tudg.
Whose art thou? and whither goest the sun rose upon him, and he halted & 13. 22.22. 6.
thou? and whose are these before upon his thigh. Isai. 5.
6.
thee ? 32 Therefore the children of Israel

18 Then thou shalt say. They be thy eat not of the sinew which shrank,
servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent which is upon the hollow of the thigh,
unto my lord Esau and, behold, also unto this day: because he touched
:
he is behind us. the hollow of Jacob’s tliigh in the

19 And so commanded he the se- sinew that shrank.
cond, and the third, and all that fol-
lowed the droves, saying. On this man-
CHAPTER XSXIII.
1 The kindness of Jacob and Esau at their meeting. 17
ner shall ye speak unto Esau, when Jacob cometh to Succoth. 18 At Shalem he buyeth a
ye find him. field, and buildeth an altar called Elrelohe-Israel.
Esau's kindness to Jacob. GENESIS, XXXIIL Dinah is ravished.
Before
CHRIST
1739. And
2
and
Jacob lifted up his eyes,
looked, and, behold, * Esau came,
.
with him four hundred men. And

and over before his servant and I will CHRIST
lead on softly, âccording as the cat-
:
Before
1739.
tle that goeth before me and the chil- 2 Heb.
» ch. 32. 6. 3
he divided the children unto Leah, dren be able to endure, until I come according
to the foci
and
4
unto Rachel, and unto the two unto my lord ‘unto Seir. of the trork,
ic. and
handmaids. 15 And Esau said. Let me now ® leave according
to the foot
5 And he put the handmaids and with thee some of the folk that are cf the
children.
their children foremost, and Leah with me. And he said, ^ What needeth ch. 32. 3. 1
it? “let me find grace in the sight or,

* Heb.
and her children after, and Rachel set.
6 place.
and Joseph hindermost. of my lord. <Heb.

Wherefore
7 And he passed over before them, 16 So Esau returned that day on is thisy
” ch. 34. 11.
» eh. 18. 2. and ‘’bowed himself to the ground his way unto Seir. & 47. 25.
& 42. 6. Ruth 13.
17 And Jacob journeyed to “Succoth, “ Josh.l3 27.
2.
& 43. 26. 8
seven times, until he came near to
his brother. and built him an house, and made Ps. 60. 6.
Judfr. 8. 5.
e ch. 32. 28. 9 “And Esau ran to meet him, and booths for his cattle: therefore the
ch. 45. 14,
15.
embraced him, ^ and fell on his neck, name of the place is called ® Succoth. 5 Broths.
That is,
and kissed him and they wept.

: 18 H And Jacob came to ‘’Shalem, ® John 3. 23.
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw a city of ® ^ Shechem, which is in the 6 Acts
Called,
7. 16,
tlie women and the children and ; land of Canaan, when he came from Sgchem.
P Josh. 24. 1.
2Heb.
to theef
said. Who
are those ^ with thee ? And Padan-aram and pitched his tent Judg. 9. 1.
;
® ch. 48. 9.
Ps. 127. 3.
he said. The children ® which God before the city.
19 And ‘‘he bought a parcel of a John 4.
Qjosh.24.32.
Isai. 8. 18. hath graciously given thy servant. 5.
10Then the handmaidens came near, field, where he had spread his tent,
’ Called,
they and their children, and they at the hand of the children of Ha- Acts 7. 16,
Emmor.
bowed themselves. mor, Shechem’s father, for an hun-
And Leah also with her children dred ® pieces of money. ® Or, lambs.
came
11 near, and bowed themselves 20 And he erected there an altar,
r ch. 35. 7.
and after came Joseph near and Ra- and called it ® El-elohe-Israel. ® That is,
chel, and they bowed themselves. CHAPTER XXXIV. God the
God of Is-
SHeb.
What w all
And he said, ®What meanest thou 1 Dinah is ravished hy Shechem. 4 He sutfh to marry
rael.
12
this band by âll this drove which I met? And her. 13 The sons of Jacob offer the condition of cir-
to theef
cumcision to the Shechemites. 20 Hamor and Shechem
f ch. 32. 16. he said. These are ®to find grace in persuade them to accept it. 25 The sons of J acob upon
13
s ch. 32. 5.
the sight of my lord. that advantage slay them, 27 and spoil their city. 30
And Esau said, I have enough, my Jacob reproveth Simeon and Levi.
<Heb.
he that to
brother; ^keep that thou hast unto ND ® Dinah the daughter of Leah, cir.
» ch. 30. 21.
1732.
thee that is
thine.
thyself. which she bare unto Jacob, ‘‘went b Tit. 2. 5.
And Jacob Nay, I pray thee,

said. out to see the daughters of the land.
if now I have found grace in thy sight, 2 And when Shechem tlie son of
then receive my present at my hand Hamor the Hivite, prince of the coun-
h ch. 43. 3.
for therefore I ‘‘have seen thy face, try, 'saw her, he ^took her, and lay Q ch. 6. 2.
2Sam. 3.13. Judg. 14.1.

&
14. 24, 28, as though I had seen the face of God, with her, and ^ defiled her. d ch. 20. 2.
32. 2 Heb.
Matt. 18. and thou wast pleased with me. 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the humbled her,
10 Deut. 22.
Take, I pray thee, ‘my blessing daughter of Jacob, and he loved the
.
‘ Judg. 1.15. 29.

Sam. 25.
1
that is brought to thee; because God Heb.
®
27.&30 26. damsel, and spake ® kindly unto the to the
heart of the
2 Kin. 5. 15.
hath dealt graciously with me, and damsel. damsel:
See Isai.
»Heb. because I have ® enough. Ând he 4 And Shechem ® spake unto his 40. 2.
Hob. 2. 14.
all things,
Phil. 4. 18.
k 2 Kin. 5.
urged him, and he took it. father Hamor, saying. Get me this ® Judg. 14. 2.
23. And he said. Let us take our damsel to wife.

journey, and let us go, and I will go 5 And Jacob heard that he had de-
before thee. filed Dinah his daughter now his :
said unto him. My lord

And he sons were with his cattle in the field
knoweth that the children are tender, and Jacob ‘held his peace until they 1 1
27.
Sam. 10.
and the flocks and herds with young were come. 2 Sam.
22 .
13.
are with me and if men should over-

: 6 11 And Hamor the father of She-
drive them one day, all the flock v\ ill die. chem went out unto Jacob to com-
14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass mune with him.
The Shechemites circumcised GENESIS, XXXiy. and put to the sword.
Before 7 And the sons of Jacob came out therefore let them dwell in the land, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1732. of the field when they heard it: and and trade therein; for the land, be- cir. 1732.
e ch. 49. 7.
the men were grieved, and they ^ were hold, it is large enough for them; let us
2 Sam. 13. very wroth, because he ^had wrought take their daughters to us for wives,
21 .
•>30611.7.15. folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s and let us give them our daughters.
Judg. 20. 6.
• Deut. 23.
daughter; ‘which thing ought not to 22 Only herein will the men consent
17.
2 Sam. 13.
be done. unto us for to dwell with us, to be one
12 .
8 And Hamor communed with them, people, if every male among us be cir-
saying. The soul of my son Shechem cumcised, as they are circumcised.
longeth for your daughter: I pray 23 Shall not their cattle and their
you give her him to ulfe. substance and every beast of their’s
9 And make ye marriages with us, he our’s? only let us consent unto
and give your daughters unto us, and them, and they A\ill dwell with us.
take om- daughters unto you. 24 And Hamor and unto She-
unto
10 And ye shall dwell with us and : chem hearkened all that went
his son r ch. 23.
10.
•>
ch. 13. 9.
& 20. 15.
^the land shall be before you; dwell out of the gate of his city and every ;
1 ch. 42. 34. and 'trade ye therein, and “get you male was circumcised, all that went
“ ch. 47. 27.
possessions therein. out of the gate of his city.
11 And Shechem said unto her fa- 25 IT And it came to pass on the third
ther and unto her brethren. Let me day, when they were sore, that two of
find grace in your eyes, and what ye the sons of Jacob, “Simeon and LeH, “ ch. 49. 5,
6,7.
shall say unto me I will give. Dinah’s brethren, took each man his
“ Exod. 22. 12 Ask me never so much " dowry sword, and came upon the city boldly,
16, 17.
Deut. 22. and gift, and I will give according as and slew all the males.
29.
1 Sam. 18. ye shall say unto me but give me
: 26 And they slew Hamor and She-
25.
the damsel to wife. chem his son with the êdge of the 2Heb.
mouth.
13 And the sons of Jacob answered sword, and took Dinah out of She-
0 See 2 Sam.
13. 24, &c.
Shechem and Hamor his father “de- chem’s house, and went out.
ceitfully, and said, because he had 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the
defiled Dinah their sister: slain, and spoiled the city, because
14 And they said unto them. We they had defiled their sister.
cannot do this thing, to give our sis- 28 They took their sheep, and their
ter to one that is uncircumcised; for oxen, and their asses, and that which
P Josh. 5. 9. p that were a reproach unto us was in the city, and that which was
15 But in this will we consent unto in the field,
you : If ye will be as we he, that every 29 And all their wealth, and all their
male of you be circumcised; little ones, and their wives took they
16 Then will we give our daughters captive, and spoiled even all that was
imto you, and we will take your daugh- in the house.
ters to us, and we will dwell with you, 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and
and we will become one people. Levi, ‘ Ye have " troubled me * to make ‘ ch. 49. 6.
”308^7.25.
17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, me to stink among the inhabitants of » Ex. 5. 21.
1 Sam. 13.
to be circumcised; then will we take the land, among the Canaanites and 4.
^ and I being few in Dent. 4.27.

our daughter, and we wiU be gone. the Perizzites :
y
Ps. 105. 12.
18 And their words pleased Hamor, number, they shall gather themselves
and Shechem Hamor’s son. together against me, and slay me;
19 And the young man deferred not and I shall be destroyed, I and my
to do the thing, because he had de- house.
light in Jacob’s daughter : and he was 31 And they said. Should he deal
1
4. 9.
Chron. ^more honourable than all the house with our sister as with an harlot?
of his father. CHAPTER XXXV.
20 H And Hamor and Shechem liis 1 God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el. 2 He purgeth his house
of idols. 6 He buildeth an altar at Beth-el. 8 Deborah
son came unto the gate of their city, dieth at AUon-bachuth. 9 God blesseth Jacob at Beth-el.
and communed with the men of their 16 Rachel travaileth of Benjamin, and dieth in the way
to Edar. 22 Reuben lieth with Bilhah. 23 The sons of
city, saying,
Jacob. 27 Jacob cometh to Isaac at Hebron. 28 The
21 These men are peaceable with us; age, death, and burial of Isaac.
God hlesseth Jacob. GENESIS, XXXV. Rachel dieth in travail.
Before
CHRIST
AND God said unto Jacob, Arise,
^
14 And Jacob '’set up a pillar in the Before
CHRIST
cir. 1732.
XA. go up to Beth-el, and dwell place where he talked with him, even cir. 1732.
»ch. 28. 19.
there and make there an altar unto
: a pillar of stone and he poured a ' ch. 28. 18.
:
*> ch. 2S. 13. God, that appeared unto thee ° when drink ofiermg thereon, and he poured
«ch. 27.43.
thou fleddest from the face of Esau oil thereon.
thy brother. 15 And Jacob called the name of
d ch. 18. 19.
JoEh.24.15.
2 Then Jacob said unto his ^house- the place where God spake with him,
hold, and to all that were with him. “ Beth-el. » ch. 28. 19.
e ch. 31.
34.
19, Put away ®the strange gods that are 16 IF And they journeyed
from Beth-
Josh. 24. 2,
23.
among you, and ^be clean, and change el and there was but ^ a little way to
;
aHeb.
o little piece
Sam. 7. 3.
1 your garments come to Ephrath: and Eachel tra- of grountl.
»Ex. 19. 10. 2 Kill. 5. 19.
3 And let usand go up to
arise, vailed, and she had hard labour.
Beth-el; and I will make there an 17 And it came to pass, when she
e ch. 32. 7, altar unto God, ®who answered me was in hard labour, that the miduife
24.
Ps. 107. 6. in the day of my distress, ’'and was said unto her. Fear not; ’'thou shalt '> ch. 30. 24.
ch. 28. 20. 1 Sam. 4.20.
with me in the way wliich I went.
»>
& 31. 3, 42. have this son also.

4 And they gave imto Jacob all the 18 And it came to pass, as her soul cir. 1729.
strange gods which ivere in their hand, was in departing, (for she died) that
' Hos. 2. 13. and all their ’earrings which were in she called his name ^Ben-oni: but ® That is,
The eon if
their ears and Jacob hid them under
;
his father called liim * Benjamin. my sorrotc.
19 And “Eachel died, and was buried That
^Josh. 24.26. *
Judg. 9. 6.
^the oak which was by Shechem. llie son
is,
<f
1 Ex. 15. 16. 5 And they jom-neyed and the ter- :
’
in the way to ^ Ephrath, which is Beth- the right
hand.
&23. 27.
& 34. 24. ror of God was upon the cities that lehem. e ch. 48. 7.
Deut.11.25. d Ruth
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her
1. 2.
Josh. 2. 9. were round about them, and they did &4. 11.
&5.1. Mic. 5. 2.
1 Sam. 14. not pursue after the sons of Jacob. grave that is the pillar of Eachel’s
: Matt. 2. 6.
15.
2 Chron. 6 H So Jacob came to “ Luz, which is grave “unto this day. ® 1
2 .
Sam. 10.
21 IF And Israel journeyed, and spread

14. 14.
“ ch. 28. 19,
in the land of Canaan, that is. Beth- 2 Sam.
18.
18.
22 .
el, he and aU the people that were his tent beyond ’^the tower of Edar. f Mic. 4. 8.
with hi m . 22 And it came to pass, when Israel

“Eccles.5.4.
7 And he “built there an altar, and dwelt in that land, that Eeuben went
2 That is,
Goa of
Tlie
called the place ^ El-beth-el because : and ®lay with Bilhah his father’s con- e ch. 49. 4.
1 Chron.
BeOi-el. “there God appeared unto him, when cubine and Israel heard it. Now the
:
5.1.
See 2 Sam.
® ch. 28. 13.
he fled from the face of his brother. sons of Jacob were twelve 16. 22.
& 20. 3.
P ch. 24. 59.
8 But P Deborah Eebekah’s nurse 23 The sons of Leah Eeuben, ;
1 Cor. 5. 1.
b ch. 46. 8.
died, and she was buried beneath Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Ex. 1. 2.
Beth-el under an oak and the name : Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and
3 That
The oak of
is,
of it was called ® Allon-bachuth. Zebulun
keeping. 9 IF And '^God appeared unto Jacob 24 The sons of Eachel Joseph, and
;
1 Hos. 12. 4.
again, when he came out of Padan- Benjamin
aram, and blessed him. 25 And
the sons of Bilhah, Eachel’s
10 And God said unto him. Thy handmaid Dan, and Naphtali
;
' ch. 17. 5. name is Jacob: Hhy name shall not 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s
» ch. 32. 28.
be called any more Jacob, but Israel “
handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these
shall be thy name and he called his
: are the sons of Jacob, which were
name Israel. born to him in Padan-aram.
* ch. 17. 1.
&48.3,4.
11 And God said unto him, *I am
27 IF And Jacob came unto Isaac liis
Ex. 6. i. God Almighty: be fruitful and mul- father unto Mamre, unto the ^ city of &ch.23.13. 18.19.
’ <
2,
"ch.^. 5,6, tiply; "a nation and a company of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abra- k Josh. 14.15.
16. & 28. 3. & 15. 13.
& 48. 4. nations shall be of thee, and kings ham and Isaac sojourned.
shall come out of thy loins 28 And the days of Isaac were an
*ch.l2.7.
& 13. 15. 12 And the land '‘which I gave Abra- hundred and fourscore years.
& 26. 3, 4.
& 28. 13. ham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, 1716.
and to thy seed after thee will I give and died, and was gathered unto his &25.
ch. 15. 15.’ 1
8.
the land. people, being old and full of days:
» ch. 17. 22.
13 And God ^went up from liim in and “ his sons Esau and Jacob buried “9.So& ch.
49. 31.
2.5.
the place where he talked with him. him.

Esau’s family in Canaan. GENESIS, XXXYI. The sons and duTces of Seir.
Before
CHRIST 2
CHAPTEK XXXVI. 15 IF These were dukes of the sons Before
cir. 1796.
1 Esau’s three wives.6 Sis removing to mount Seir. 9 His of Esau the sons of Eliphaz the first- CHRIST
:
sons, 15 The duhes which descended of his sons. 20 The cir. 1715.
sons and dukes of Seir. 24 Anah findeth mules. 31 The born son of Esau duke Teman, duke
;
3kings of Edom. 40 The dukes that descended of Esau. Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
a ch. 2.5.
b ch. 26. 34.

30.
NOW
4
5
^
these are the generations of
Esau, ^who is Edom.
Esau took his wives of the daugh-
16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and
duke Amalek these are the dukes
:
that came of Eliphaz in the land of

ters
6 of Canaan; Adah the daughter !
Edom these were the sons of Adah.
;
« ver. 25. of Elon the Hittite, and ' Aholibamah 17 IF And these are the sons of Keuel
the daughter of Anah the daughter Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Ze-
of Zibeon the Hivite rah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah:
7
cir. 1760. And ‘‘Basheinath Ishmael’s daugh- these are the dukes that came of Keuel
ch. 28. 9.
ter, sister of Nebajoth. in the land of Edom; these are the
® 1 Chron. 8 And ®Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
1.35.
and
9 Bashemath bare Beuel; 18 1 And these are the sons of A-
And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and holibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush,
Jaalam, and Korah: these are the duke Jaalam, duke Korah these were :
sons of Esau, which were born unto the dukes that came of Aholibamah
liim in the land of Canaan. the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
cir. 1740. And Esau took his wives, and his 19 These are the sons of Esau, who
sons, and his daughters, and all the is Edom, and these are their dukes.
* Heb. souls. ^ persons of his house, and his cattle, 20 IF “ These are the sons of Seir "the cir. 1840.
“ 1 Chron.
and
10 all his beasts, and all his sub- Horite, who mhabited the land; Lo- 38. 1.
o ch. 14. 6.
stance, which he had got in the land tan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, Dent. 2. 12,
of Canaan and went into the country

; 21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Di- 22 .
from
11 the face of his brother Jacob. shan : these are the dukes of the
fch.13.6,11. ^For their riches were more than Horites, the children of Seir in the
12 they might dwell together; and
that land of Edom.
s ch. 17. 8.
& 28. 4.
® the land wherein they were strangers 22 And the children of Lotan were
could not bear them because of their Hori and ^Hemam; and Lotan’s sis- 2 Hmnam, Or,
13
cattle. ter was Timna. 1
39.
Chron. 1.
> ch. 32. 3. Thus dwelt Esau in ‘“mount Seir: 23 And the children of Shobal were
Dent. 2. 5.
Josh. 24. 4. ‘Esau is Edom. these ® Alvan, and Manahath, and * Or, Alien,
14 ;
1 Chron. 1.
* ver. 1.
H And
these are the generations Ebal, ^Shepho, and Onam.
*
40.
Or, Shephi,
®Heb.E(fojn. of Esau the father of ® the Edomites 24 And these are the children of 1 chron. 1.
40.
in mount Seir Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this
These are the names of Esau’s was that Anah that found ° the mules ® See Lev,
19. 19.
^ 1 Chron. 1. sons; 'Eliphaz the son of Adah the in the wilderness, as he fed the asses
35, &c.
wife of Esau, Keuel the son of Bashe- of Zibeon his father.
math the wife of Esau. 25 And the children of Anah were
And the sons of Eliphaz were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the
* Or, Zephi,
1 Chron. 1.
Teman, Omar, ^Zepho, and Gatam, daughter of Anah.
36. and Kenaz. 26 And these are the children of
And Timna was
concubine to Eli- Dishon; ®Hemdan, and Eshban, and * Or,
Ammm,
phaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Ithran, and Cheran. 1 Chron. 1 .
41.
> Exod.
8, 14.
17. Eliphaz ‘Amalek these were the sons
: 27 The children of Ezer are these;
Niun.
20 .
24. of Adah Esau’s wife. Bilhan, and Zaavan, and ®Akan.
® Or, Jalcan,
1 Chron. 1.
1 Sam.
2, 3, &c.
15. And these are the sons of Keuel 28 The children of Dishan are these; 42.
Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Uz, and Aran.

Mizzah these were the sons of Ba-
: 29 These are the dukes that came of cir. 1780.
shemath Esau’s wife. the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Sho-

IF And these were the sons of bal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah 30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke
the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife Dishan: these are the dukes that
and she bare to Esau Jeush, and came of Hori, among their dukes in
Jaalam, and Korah. the land of Seir.
The kings of Edom. GENESIS, XXXYII. Joseph's two dreams.
Before 31 IF And p these are the kmgs that father’s wives : and Joseph brought Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1780.
reigned in the land of Edom, before unto his father ^ their evil report. 1729.
there reigned any king over the cliil- 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more
P 1 Chron. 1, 1 Sam. 2.
43. dren of Israel. than all his children, because he ims 22, 23, 24.
32 And Bela the son of Beor reign- ' the son of his old age and he made ® ch. 44. 20.
:
ed in Edom: and the name of his him a coat of many ^ colours. 2 Or, pieces,
Judg. 5. 30.
city was Dinhabah. 4 And when his brethren saw that 2 Sam. 13.
18.
33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son their father loved him more than all
of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. his brethren, they hated him, and d&49.ch. 27. 41.
23.
34 And Jobab died, and Husham could not speak peaceably unto him.
of the land of Temani reigned in his 5 II And Joseph dreamed a dream,
stead. and he told it his brethren and they
:
35 And Husham died, and Hadad the hated him yet the more.
son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the 6 And he said unto them. Hear, I pray
field of Moab, reigned in his stead you, this dream wliich I have dreamed:
and the name of his city was Avith. 7 For, ® behold, we were binduig «ch.42. 6.9.
& 43. 26.
36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf &44. 14.
Masrekah reigned in his stead. arose, and also stood upright and, be-
;
37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Reho- hold, your sheaves stood round about,-
both hy the river reigned in his stead. and made obeisance to my sheaf.
38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan 8 And his brethren said to him,
the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or
39 And Baal-hanan the son of Ach- shalt thou indeed have dominion over
1 1 Chron. 1. 2 died, and ’Hadar reigned in his us ? And they hated him yet the more
bor
60,
EadadPai. stead and the name of his city was for his dreams, and for his words.
:
After his
death was Pau ; and his wife’s name was Mehe- 9 IF And he dreamed yet another
an Aristo-
cracy, tabel, the daughter of Hatred, the dream, and told it liis brethren, and
Ex.
said. Behold, I have dreamed a dream
15. 15.
daughter of Mezahab.
cir. 1496. 40 And these are the names of the more; and, behold, Hhe sun and the fch.46.2S.
r 1 Chron. 1.
51. dukes that came of Esau, accordhig moon and the eleven stars made obei-
to their families, after their places, sance to me.
by their names ; duke Timnah, duke 10 And he told it to his father, and
* Or, Aliah.
“Âlvah, duke Jetheth, to his brethren: and his father re-
41 Duke AhoKbamah, duke Elah, buked him, and said unto him. What
duke Pinon, is tliis dream that thou hast dream-
42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke ed ? Shall I and thy mother and ® thy 8 ch. 27. 29.
Mibzar, brethren mdeed come to bow down
43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram these ourselves to thee to the earth?
:
he the dukes of Edom, according to 11 And '“his brethren envied him; Acts 7. 9. *>
their habitations in the land of their but his father observed the saving.
* Dan. 7. 28.
‘
Luke 2. 19,
possession he is Esau the father of
: 12 IF And liis bretliren went to feed 51.
SHeb. ^the Edomites. their father’s flock in Shechem.
Edom.
13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do cir. 1729.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
not thy brethren feed the flock in She-
2 Joseph is hated of his hrethren. 6 Sis two dreams. 13
Jacob seiideth him to visit his brethren. 18 Sis brethren chem ? come, and I wfil send thee unto
conspire his death. 21 Eeuben saveth him. 26 They sell
him to the IshmeeUtes. 31 Sis father, deceived by the
them. And he said to him. Here am I.
bloody coat, mourneth for him. 36 Se is sold to Potiphar 14 And he said to him. Go, I pray
in Egypt.
thee, ® see whether it be weU with thy ® Heb. see
And
the peace
Jacob dwelt in the land brethren, and well with the flocks; of thy bre-
^ Heb. of his thren, dc.
fathers so- ^
^ ^
wherein his father was a stran- and bring me word again. So he ch. 29. 6.
joumings.
• ch. 17. 8.
ger, in the land of Canaan. sent him out of the vale of ^ Hebron, ch. 35. 27.
k
&23.4.
&28. 4.
These are the generations of Jacob. and he came to Shechem.
&36. 7.
Heb.
J oseph, being seventeen years old, was 15 IF And a certain man found him,
11. 9.
1729. feeding the fiock with his brethren; and, behold, he was wandering in the
and the lad was with the sons of Bil- field: and the man asked him, say-
hah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his ing, What seekest thou ?
Joseph sold to the Ishmeelites. GENESIS, XXXVIII. They sell him to Potiphar.
Before
CHRIST
16 And he said, I seek my brethren 29 And Reuben
IF retiu-ned rmto the Before
CHRIST
cir. 1729.
*
tell me, I pray thee, where they feed pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in cir. 1729.
« Cant. 1. 7.
their floclts. the pit and he “ rent his clothes.
; 0 Job 1. 20.
17 And the man said. They are de- 30 And he returned unto his bre-
parted hence for I ;
heard them say. thren, and said. The child îs not; ^ ch. 42.
13,
36.
Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph and I, wliither shall I go ? Jer. 31. 15.
went after his brethren, and found 31 And they took “Joseph’s coat, ® ver. 23.
“ 2 Kings 6. them in “ Dothan. and killed a kid of the goats, and

13.
18 And when they saw him afar off, dipped the coat in the blood;
even before he came near unto them, 32 And they sent the coat of many
“ISam.W.l.
Ps. 31. 13.
“they conspired against him to slay him. colours, and they brought it to their
&37.12,32.
& 94. 21. 19 And they said one to another. father ; and said. This have we found
Matt. 27.
Mark 14. 1.
1. Behold, this ^ dreamer cometh. know now whether it he thy son’s coat
John 11. .53. 20 ° Come now therefore, and let us or no.
Acts 23. 12.
^Heb. master slay him, and cast him into some pit, 33 And he knew it, and said. It is
®
dreams.
Prov. 1. 11,
and we will say. Some evil beast hath my son’s coat; an êvil beast hath ‘ ver. 20.
ch. 44. 28.
16. & 6. 17. devoured him and we shall see what
: devoured him; Joseph is without
&27. 4. * ver. 29.
Avill become of his dreams. doubt rent in pieces. 2 Sam. 3. 31.
**
2 Sam. 12.
P ch. 42. 22. 21 And Êeuben heard it, and he 34 And Jacob ®rent his clothes, and 17.
delivered him out of their hands put sackcloth upon his loins, and ‘ ch. 42. 38.
& 44. 29,31.
and said, Let us not kill him. mourned for his son many days. ch. 39. 1.
* Heb. eu-
22 And Reubensaid unto them, 35 And sons and all his
all liis nuch : But
the word
Shed no blood, hut cast him into this daughters ‘'rose up to comfort him; doth sig-
nify not
pit that is in the wilderness, and lay but he refused to be comforted; and only eu-
no hand upon him that he might ; he said. For ‘I will go down into the nuchs. but
also cham-
rid him out of their hands, to deliver grave unto my son mourning. Thus berlains,
courtiers,
him to his father again. his father wept for him. and officers,
Esth. 1. 10.
23 H And it came to pass, when Jo- 36 And ^ the Midianites sold him in- * Heb. chi/f
of the
seph was come unto his brethren, to Egypt imto Potiphar, an ^ officer of dauffiler-
men, or,
that they stript Joseph out of liis Pharaoh’s, and ^ ^captain of the guard. executiorir
coat, his coat of many ® colours that

ers.
® Or, pieces.
was on him CHAPTER XXXVIII.

* Or, chief
mardud.
1 Judah iegetteth Er, Onan, and 6 Er marrieth
Shelah.
24 And they took him, and cast him Tamar. 8 The trespass of Onan. 11 Tamar stayeth for
into a pit and the pit was empty,
: Shelah. 13 She deceiveth Judah. 27 She heareth twins,
Pharez and Zarah.
there icas no water in it.
<1 Pro. 30. 20.
Amos 6. 6.
25 ’ And they sat down to eat bread AND
came to pass at that time, it
and they lifted up their eyes and J\. that Judah went down from his
• ch. 19.
looked, and, behold, a company of brethren, and “turned in to a certain 2 Kin.
3.
4. 8.
See ver. 28,

36.
Ishmeelites came from Gilead with Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 And Judah saw there a daughter ch. 34. 2.
I
•>
their camels bearing spicery and

’’
• Jer. 8. 22. ‘balm and myrrh, going to carry it of a certain Canaanite, whose name
down to Egypt. was “Shuah; and he took her, and ® 1 Cliron.
2.3.
26 And Judah said unto his bre- went in unto her.

thren, What profit is it if we slay our 3 And she conceived, and bare a
son and he called his name ^ Er.
•J
ch. 46. 12.
* ver. 20.
ch. 4. 10.
brother, and conceal his blood ?
‘
; Num. 26.
4 And she conceived again, and bare

19.
Job 16. 18. 27 Come, and let us sell him to the cir. 1727.
Ishmeelites, and "let not our hand a son and she called his name Onan.
” 1 Sam. 18. ®
;
« ch. 46. 12.
17.
and Num.
5 And she yet again
26.
* ch. 42. 21.
be upon him for he is * our brother conceived, 19.
;
y ch. 29. 14.

and ôur fiesh. And his brethren bare a son and called his name ;
^Shelah: and he was at Chezdb, when

fch. 46.12.
*Heb. *were content. Num. 26.
hearlxned.
20
28 Then there passed by *Midian- she bare him.
.
*Judg. 6. 3.
6 And Judah took a wife for Er his

» ch. 21. 21.
ites merchantmen and they drew ;
and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, firstborn, whose name was Tamar. h ch. 46. 12.
•ch.45.4,5. “and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites 7 And Judah’s firstborn, was
‘'Er, Num. 26.
Ps. 105. 17.
Acts 7. 9. for twenty pieces of silver and they : wicked in the sight of the Lord ;
•
19.
1 Chron.
I*
See Matt.
27,9. brought Joseph into Egypt. ‘
and the Lord slew him. 2.3.
Tamar deceiveth Judah. GENESIS, XXXYIII. She heareth Pharez and Zarah.
Before
CHRIST
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in 20 And Judah sent the kid by the CHRIST
Before
cir. 1727. unto ‘‘thy brother’s wife, and marry hand of his friend the AduUamite, to cir. 1727.
*Deut.25.5.
her, and raise up seed to thy brother. receive his pledge from the woman’s
Matt. 22.
24.
9 And Onan knew that the seed hand : but he found her not.
iDeut.25.6. should not be *his; and it came to 21 Then he asked the men of that
pass, when he went in unto his bro- place, saying, Where is the harlot,
ther’s wife, that he spilled it on the that was ôpenly by the way side? * Or, in
Enajim.
ground, lest that he should give seed And they said. There was no harlot
to his brother. in tliis place.
* Heb. vxu
evil in the
10 And the thing which he did ^ dis- 22 And he returned to Judah, and
eyes of the
Lord.
pleased the Lord wherefore he slew
: said, I cannot find her; and also the
“ ch. 46. 12.
Num. 26.
“him also. men of the place said, that there was
19. 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his no harlot in this place.
» Ruth 1.13.
daughter in law, “Kemain a widow 23 And Judah said, Let her take it
at thy father’s house, till Shelah my to her, lest we ^be shamed; behold, 3 Heb.
becotne a
son be grown for he said. Lest per-
: I sent this kid, and thou hast not contempt.
adventure he die also, as his bre- found her.

thren did. And Tamar went and 24 IF And it came to pass about
"Lev. 22.13. dwelt ° in her father’s house. tlu’ee months was told
after, that it
® Heb.
daps were
the
12 IT And ®in process of time the Judah, saymg, Tamar thy daughter
mihtiplied. daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died in law hath ’'played the harlot; and V Judg. 19.2.
P2 Sam. 13. and Judah ^was comforted, and went also, behold, she is with child by
39.
up unto his sheepshearers to Tim- whoredom. And Judah said, Brmg
nath, he and his friend Hirah the her forth, * and let her be burnt. * Lev. 21.
Deut.
9.
Adullamite. 25 When she teas brought forth, she 21 .
13 And it was told Tamar, saying. sent to her father in law, saying. By
Behold thy father in law goeth up the man, whose these are, am I uith
<1 Josh. 15. ’to Timnath to shear his sheep. child: and she said, 'Discern, I pray • ch. 37. 32.
10, 57.
Judg. 14. 1. 14 And she put her widow’s gar- thee, whose are these, *’the signet, b ver. 18.
ments from her, and covered her

off and bracelets, and staff.
with a and wrapped herself, and
vail, 26 And Judah 'acknowledged them, " ch. 37. 33.
••Prov.7.12. "^sat in *an open place, which is by and said, ^ She hath been more righ- d 1 Sam. 24.
* Heb. the 17.
door of the way to Timnath for she saw
;
teous than I; because that ®I gave ® ver. 14.
of
her not to Shelah my son. And he
eyes, or,
Enajim. 'that Shelah was grown, and she was
» ver. 11, 26.
not given unto him to wife. knew her again ^ no more. Mob 34. 31,
32.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought 27 IF And it came to pass in the
her to he an harlot because she had
;
time of her travail, that, behold, t^vins
covered her face. were in her womb.
16 And he turned unto her by the 28 And it came to pass, when she tra-
way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let vailed, that the one put out his hand
me come in unto thee (for he knew;
and the midwife took and bound up-
not that she was his daughter in law.) on his hand a scarlet thread, saying.
And she said, What wilt thou give me, This came out first.
that thou mayest come in unto me ? 29 And it came to pass, as he drew
* Ezek.
33.
16. 17 And he said, *I will send thee ® a kid back his hand, that, behold, his bro-
* Heb. o kid from the flock. And she said, " Wilt ther came out: and she said, ^How *fore Or, Where-
hast
'
of the goats.
” ver. 20. thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? hast thou broken forth? this breach this breach
thou made
18 And he said, What pledge shall he upon thee therefore his name was against
:
thee?
* ver. 25. I give thee ? And she said, " Thy sig- called ® ® Pharez. 3 That is,
A breach,
net, and thy bracelets, and thy staff 30 And afterward came out his bro- t ch. 46. 12.
that is in thine hand. And he gave ther, that had the scarlet thread up- Num. 20
26.
.
it her, and came in unto her, and she on his hand : and his name was called 1 Chr. 2. 4.
Matt. 1. 3.
conceived by him. Zarah.
19 And she arose, and went away, and CHAPTER XXXIX.
* ver. 14. ^ laid by her vail from her, and put on 1 Joseph advanced in Poliphar's house. 7 He resisteth his
mistress's temptation. 13 He is falsely accused. 20 He
the garments of her widowhood. is cast in prison. 21 God is loith him there.
Joseph resisteth his mistress. GENESIS, XXXIX. He is cast into prison.
CHRIST
Before
1729. And
2
Joseph was brought down to
Egypt; and “Potiphar, an officer
L.
of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an

13 And it came to pass,
saw that he had left his garment in
her hand, and was fled forth,
when she
CHRIST
Before
1729.
• ch. 37. 36. 3
Ps. 105. 17. Egyptian, ‘’bought him of the hands 14 That she called mito the men of
» ch. 37. 28.
of the Ishmeelites, wliich had brought her house, and spake unto them, say-
4
him down thither. ing, See, he hath brought in an He-
c ver. 21.
ch. 21. 22. 5
And Lokd was with Joseph,
'the brew unto us to mock us; he came
&26. 21,23. and he was a prosperous man; and in unto me to lie with me, and I cried
&
he was m the house of his master
28. 15.
1 Sam. 16. with a ^ loud voice * Heb. oreai.
18.
& 18. 14,28. the Egyptian. 15 And it came to pass, when he
Acts 7. 9.
6 And his master saw that the Lord heard that I lifted up my voice and
was with liim, and that the Lord cried, that he left his garment with
<* Pb. 1. 3. ^made
7
all that he did to prosper in me, and fled, and got him out.
his hand. 16 And she laid up his garment by
e ver. 21.
ch. 18. 3. 8
And Joseph 'found grace in his her, until his lord came home.
& 19. 19.
sight, and he served him and he made
: 17 And she “spake unto him accord- “ Ex. 23. 1.
I s. 120. 3.
fch. 21.2. him ôverseer over his house, and all ing to these words, saying. The He-
9
that he had he put into his hand. brew servant, which thou hast brought
And it came to pass from the unto us, came in unto me to mock me
time that he had made him overseer 18 And
it came to pass, as I lifted
in liis house, and over all that he had, up my
voice and cried, that he left
8 ch. 30. 27.
that ^ the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s his garment with me, and fled out.
house for Joseph’s sake and the;
19 And it came to pass, when his
blessing of the Lord was upon all that master heard the words of his wife,
he had in the house, and in the field. which she spake unto liim, saying.
And he left all that he had in Jo- After this manner did thy servant to
seph’s hand; and he knew not ought me that his ° wrath was kindled.
;
® Prov. 6. 34,
35.
he had, save the bread which he did 20 And Joseph’s master took him,
10
•> 1 Sam. 16. eat. And Joseph ‘‘was a goodly and p put him mto the prison, a place PPs.105.18.
12 1 Pet. 2. 19.
son, and well favoured.
.
where the king’s prisoners were bound: 4 See ch. 40.

3,15.
11if And it came to pass after these and he was there in the prison. &41. 14,
things, that his master’s wife cast her 21 IF But the Lord was with Joseph,
'
2 Sam.
11 .
13. eyes upon Joseph; and she said, ‘Lie and ® shewed him mercy, and ‘‘gave 3 Heb.
extended
12 me.
with him favour in the sight of the keeper kindytess
unto him.
But he refused, and said unto his of the prison. r Ex. 3. 21.
& 11. 3.
master’s wife. Behold, my master wot- 22 And the keeper of the prison & 12. 36.
teth not what is with me in the house,
Ps. 106. 46.
“committed to Joseph’s hand all the Prov. 16. 7.
Dan.
and he hath committed aU that he prisoners that were in the prison Acts
1. 9.
7. 9,
hath to my hand and whatsoever they did there, he 10 .
•ch.40.3.4.
There is none greater in this house was the doer of it.
than I neither hath he kept back any
;
23 The keeper of the prison looked
thing from me but thee, because thou not to any thing that was under his
k Prov.
2.1, 32.
6. art his wife how then can I do this
: hand; because ‘the Lord was with ‘ ver. 2, 3.
1 ch. 20. 6. great wickedness, and ‘sin against God? him, and that which he did, the Lord
Lev. 6.
2 Sam.
2.
12. And it came to pass, as she spake made it to prosper.
13.
Ps. 51. 4. to Joseph day by day, that he heark-
ened not unto her, to lie by her, or CHAPTER XL.
to be with her. 1 The butler and baker of Pharaoh in prison. 4 Joseph
hath charge of them. 5 He interpreteth their dreams.
And it came to pass about this 20 They come to pass according to his interpretation.
time, that Joseph went into the house 23 The ingratitude of the butler.
to do his business and there was none

And it came to pass after these cir. 1720.
;
of the men of the house there within. things, that the “butler of the
..
• Neb. 1. 11.
“ Prov. 7. And “ she caught him by his gar- king of Egypt and his baker had of-
13, &c.
ment, saying. Lie ivith me and he : fended their lord the king of Egypt.
left his garment in her hand, and 2 And Pharaoh was ‘‘wroth against •> Prov. 16.
14.
fled, and got him out. two of liis officers, against the chief
Pharaoh's hiitler and hdker. GENESIS, XLI. Pharaoh's two dreams.
Before of the butlers, and against the chief here also have I done nothing that they Before
CHBIST CHRIST
cir. 1720. of the bakers. should put me into the dungeon. cir. 1718.
e ch. 39. 20,

3 “And he put them in ward in the 16 When the chief baker saw that
23. house of the captain of the guard, in- the interpretation was good, he said
to the prison, the place where Joseph unto Joseph, I also was in my dream,
was bound. and, behold, I had three ^ white bas- * holes.
Or, full of
4 And the captain of the guard kets on my head

charged Joseph with them, and he 17 And in the uppermost basket
served them: and they continued a there ims of all manner of ^ bakemeats ® of
Heb. meat
Pha-
season in ward. for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat work the
raoh,
qf a
cir. 1718. 5 IF And they dreamed a dream both them out of the basket upon my head. baker,
cook.
or,
of them, each man his dream in one 18 And Joseph answered and said,
night, each man according to the in- “This the interpretation thereof “ ver. 12.
is
terpretation of his dream, the butler The three baskets are three days
and the baker of the king of Egypt, 19 “ Yet within three days shall Pha- ” ver. 13.
which were bound in the prison. raoh ^lift up thy head from off thee, ^ thee,
Or, reckon
and
6 And Joseph came in unto them in and shall hang thee on a tree and the oHice/rom
take
;
thy
the morning, and looked upon them, birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. thee.
2
and, behold, they were sad. 20 IF And it came to pass the third
7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers 3
day, which was Pharaoh’s “birthday, •Matt. 14. 6.
that were with him in the ward of his that he ^ made a feast unto all his ser- P Mark 6. 21.
* Heb. are
your faces
lord’s house, saying. Wherefore ^look vants
4
and he ® lifted up the head 4 Matt.
:
ver. 13, 19.
25.
ertif ye so sadly to day? of the chief butler and of the chief BOr. 19.
Neh. 2. 2.
d ch. 41. 15. 8 And they said unto him, “^We have baker among his servants. reckoned.
5
dreamed a dream, and there is no in- 21 And he restored the chief butler !
r ver. 13.
terpreter of it. And J oseph said unto unto his butlership again and ‘ he ;
• Neh. 2. 1.
* See chap.
41. 16.
them, ^Do not interpretations belong gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand
Dan. 2. 11, to God ? tell me them, I pray you. 22 But he hanged the chief baker
‘ ‘ ver. 19.
28,47.
9 And the cliief butler told his dream as Joseph had interpreted to them.
to Joseph, and said to him, In my 23 Yet did not the chief butler re-
dream, behold, a vine was before me
" Job 19. 14.
member Joseph, but " forgat him. Ps. 31. 12.
10 And in the vine were three Eccles. 9.
branches :and it was as though it CHAPTER XLI.

1.5,
Amos 6.
16.
6.
1 Pharaoh's two dreams. 25 Joseph interpreteth them. 33

budded, and her blossoms shot forth He giveth Pharaoh counsel. 38 Joseph is advanced. 50
and the clusters thereof brought forth He begetteth Manasseh and Ephraim. 54 The famine
beginneth.
ripe grapes
11 And Pharaoh’s cup was in my
hand: and I took the grapes, and
pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and
And it came to pass at the end
of two full years, that Pharaoh
.
dreamed: and, behold, he stood by

1715.
I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand. the river.

' ver. 18.
ch. 41. 12,
12 And Joseph said unto him, ^This And, behold, there came up out of
25.
Judg. 7. 14.
is the interpretation of it The three
: the river seven well favoured kine and
Dan. 2. 36. branches ® are three days fatfleshed and they fed in a meadow.
;
& 4. 19.
* ch. 41. 26. 13 Yet within three days shall Pha- And, behold, seven other kine came
•* 2 Kings
25. 27.
raoh **®lift up thine head, and restore up after them out of the river, ill
Ps. 3. 3. thee rmto thy place and thou shalt
: favoured and leanfleshed; and stood
Jer. 52. 31.
* Or, reckon. deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, by the other kine upon the brink of
after the former manner when thou the river.
wast his butler. And the ill favoured and lean-
«Heb.
renumber 14 But * th in k on me when it shall
*
fleshed kine did eat up the seven
me mth
thee.
be well with thee, and shew kindness, well favouredand fat kine. So Pha-
*Luke23.42. I pray thee, unto me, and make men- raoh awoke.
Josh. 2. 12.
1 Sam. 20. tion of me unto Pharaoh, and bring And he slept and dreamed the
14, 1.5.
2 Sam. 9. 1. me out of this house second time and, behold, seven ears
:
1 Kin. 2. 7.
15 For indeed I was stolen away out of corn came up upon one stalk,
> ch. 39. 20.
of the land of the Hebrews and
:
’
®rank and good. • Heb. /at.
Pharaoh's two dreams. GENESIS, XLI. Joseph interpreteth them.
Before 6 And, behold, seven thin ears and And, behold, seven other kine
19 Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1715. blasted with the east wind sprung up came up after them, poor and very 1716.
after them. ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as
7 And the seven thin ears devoured I never saw in all the land of Egypt
the seven rank and full ears. And for badness
Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was 20 And the lean and the iU favoured
a dream. kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
8 And it came to pass in the morn- 21 And when they had ^ eaten them ® Heb. come
to the in-
• Dan. 2. 1. ing that his spirit was troubled and
“ up, it could not be known that they tcard parts
& 4. 5, 19. ;
qf them.
*>Ex.7.11,22. he sent and called for all ‘’the magi- had eaten them; but they were still
cians of Egypt, and aU the ' wise men
Isai. 29. 14.
Dan. 1. 20. iU favoured, as at the beginning. So
&2 . 2 .
thereof: and Pharaoh told them his I awoke.
&4. 7.
0 Matt. 2, 1. dream but there was none that could
;
22 And I saw in my dream, and, be-
interpret them unto Pharaoh. hold, seven ears came up in one stalk,
9 IF Then spake the chief butler un- full and good
to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember 23 And, behold, seven ears, ® wither- ® Or, gmall.
my day
faults this ed, thin, and blasted with the east
^ch.40. 2,3. 10 Pharaoh was ‘‘wroth with his ser- wind, sprung up after them
* eh. 39. 20. vants, ®and put me in ward in the 24 And the thin ears devoured the
captain of the guard’s house, both me seven good ears and I told this un-
:
” ver. 8.
Dan. 4. 7.
and the chief baker to the magicians but there was none
;
'ch.40.5. 11 And ^we dreamed a dream in one that could declare it to me.
night, I and he; we dreamed each 25 IF And Joseph said unto Pha-
man according to the interpretation raoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one
of his dream. “God hath shewed Pharaoh what he '
Dan.
29,45.
2. 28,
12 And there was there with us a isabout to do. Rev. 4. 1.
K ch. 37. 36. young man, an Hebrew, ® servant to 26 The seven good kine are seven
the captain of the guard and we told
;
years; and the seven good ears are
&c.
ch. 40. 12,
him, and he ‘‘interpreted to us our seven years the dream is one.
:
dreams; to each man according to 27 And the seven thin and ill fa-
his dream he did interpret. voured kine that came up after them
‘ch.40.22. 13 And it came to pass, ‘as he in- are seven years and the seven empty
;
terpreted to us, so it was me he re-

;
ears blasted with the east wind shall
stored unto mine office, and him he be ‘ seven years of famine. ‘2 Kin. 8. 1.
hanged. 28 "This is the thing which I have " ver. 25.
^Pb.105.20. 14 IF ^Then Pharaoh sent and call- spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is
•
*
Dan. 2. 25.
Heb. made
ed Joseph, and they ‘^brought him about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
him run. hastily “out of the dungeon: and 29 Behold, there come seven years * ver. 47.
“ISam. 2.8.
Ps. 113. 7,
he shaved himself, and changed his of great plenty throughout all the
8.
raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. land of Egypt
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,’ 30 And there shall ^ arise after them y ver. 54.
I have dreamed a dream, and there seven years of famine; and aU the
“ Ter. 12.
is none that can interpret it “ and I
: plenty shall be forgotten in the land
Ps. 25. 14.
Dan. 5. 16. have heard say of thee, that ®thou of Egypt and the famine * shaU con-
;
* ch. 47. 13.
* Or, when
them hearest canst understand a dream to inter- sume the land;
a dream
thou const pret it. 31 And the plenty shall not be
inlerprel it.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, known in the land by reason of that
“Dan.
Acts 3. 12.
2. 30.
saying, ° It is not in me:
^ God shall famine foUowing for it shall he very ;
2 Cor. 3. 5. give Pharaoh an answer of peace. ^ grievous. *E.eh.heav]/.

P ch. 40. 8.
Dan. 2. 22, 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 32 And for that the dream was dou-
28,47.
&4. 2. ’In my dream, behold, I stood upon bled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because
•Num. 23.
<» ver. 1.
the bank of the river the "thing is ®estabUshed by God, 19.
18 And, behold, there came up out and God wiU shortly bring it to pass. Isai. 46. 10,
11 .
of the river seven kine, fatfleshed 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look ® Or, prepar-
ed 0
God.
and well favoured; and they fed in a out a man discreet and wise, and set
meadow him over the land of Egypt.
Joseph IS advanced. GENESIS, XLII. The famine heginneth.
Before 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him 47 And in the seven plenteous years Before
CHEIST CHRIST
1715. appoint ôfficers over the land, and the earth brought forth by handfuls. cir. 1715.
2 Or,
^
take up the fifth part of the land of 48 And he gathered up all the food
overseers.
Egypt in the seven plenteous years. of the seven years, which were in the
*> Prov. 6. 6,
7, 8. 35 And ' let them gather all the food land of Egypt, and laid up the food
« ver. 48.
of those good years that come, and in the cities the food of the field,
:
lay up corn under the hand of Pha- which was round about every city,
raoh, and let them keep food in the laid he up in the same.
cities. 49 And Joseph gathered corn âs P ch. 22. 17.
Judg. 7. 12.
36 And that food shall be for store the sand of the sea, very much, until 1 Sam. 13.
5.
to the land against the seven years he left numbering for it was without
;
Ps. 78. 27.
of famine, which shall be in the land number.

* Heb.
cut 0^.
5e not of Egypt that the land ® ^ perish not
; 50 ’’And unto Joseph were born two 2 ch. 46. 20.
&
48. 5.
<>
ch. 47. 15, through the famine. sons before the years of famine came,
19.
ePs. 105.19. 37 IF And ® the thing was good in the which Asenath the daughter of Poti-
Acts 7. 10.
eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of pherah ^ priest of On bare unto him. ’ Or, prince,
ver. 45.
all his servants. 51 And Joseph called the name of 2 Sam.

18.
8.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his ser- the firstborn ^Manasseh: For God, 1712.
cir.
vants, Can we find such a one as this is, said he, hath made me forget all my ® That is,
Forgetting.
'Num. 27.18. a man în whom the Spirit of God is? toil, and all my father’s house.
Job 32. 8. i
Prov. 2. 6. 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 52 And the name of the second called cir. 1711. I
Dan. 4. 8,
18. & 5. 11, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee he Êphraim: For God hath caused 1 * That is,
14. & 6. 3. Fruitful.

me to be fruitful in the land of my
I
all this, there is none so discreet and > ch. 49. 22.
wise as thou art: affliction.

bPs.105.21,
22 .
40 ®Thou shalt be over my house, 53 IF And the seven years of plen- 1708.
Acts 7. 10. and accordmg unto thy word shall teousness, that was in the land of
* Heb.
armed, or,
be aU my people ^ be ruled only in the
: Egypt, were ended.
kiss. throne wiU I be greater than thou. 54 “And the seven years of dearth «Ps. 105. 16.
Acts 7. 11.
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, began to come, ‘according as Joseph * ver. 30.
>>
Dan. 6. 3. See, I have set thee over all the land
**
had said and the dearth was in all
:
of Egypt. lands; but in all the land of Egypt

‘Esth. 3.10.
&
8 2 8. .
,
42 And Pharaoh ‘took off his ring there was bread.
from his hand, and put it upon Jo- 55 And when all the land of Egypt
^
* Esth. 8. 15. seph’s hand, and arrayed him in ves- was famished, the people cried to
® Or, silk.
tures of ®fine linen, ‘and put a gold Pharaoh for bread and Pharaoh said
:
1 Dan. 5. 7,
29. chain about his neck; unto aU the Egj^tians, Go unto Jo-
43 And he made him to ride in the seph what he saith to you, do.
;
“Esth. 6. 9. second chariot wliich he had; “and 56 And the famine was over aU the
* Or, Tender
father,
they cried before him, ® Bow the face of the earth And J oseph open-
:
ch. 45. 8. knee and he made him ruler " over

: ed ®all storehouses, and "sold
the » Heb. all
’Heb. wherein
Atrech. all the land of Egypt. unto the Egyptians; and the famine was.
V ch. 42.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
” ch. 42. 6.
&
45. 8, 26.
waxed sore in the land of Egypt. 6.
& 47. 14, 24.
Acts 7. 10.
I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall 57 ""And aU countries came into *Deut. 9.28.
no man lift up his hand or foot in all Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn;
the land of Egypt. because that the famine was so sore
* Which in
the Coptic
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s in aU lands.
signifies, A name Zaphnath-paaneah
®
;
and he
CHAPTER XLII.
revecder of
secrets, or. gave him to wife Asenath the daugh- 1 Jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt. 16
The man
to whom ter of Poti-pherah ® priest of On. And They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies. 18 TEey are
secrds are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin. 21 They
revealed.
Joseph went out over all the land of have remorse for Joseph. 24 Simeon is kept for a pledge.
2 Or, prince.
Ex. 2. 16.
Egypt. 25 They return with corn, and their money. 29 Their
2 Sam. 8. 46 IF And Joseph was thirty years relation to Jacob. 36 Jacob refuseth to send Benjamin.
& 20. 26.
NOW
18.
cir. 1715. old when he “stood before Pharaoh when "Jacob saw that there 1707.
® 1
21
Sam. 16. king of Egypt. And Joseph went out was corn in Egypt, Jacob said » Acts 7. 12.
unto his sons. Why do ye look one

.
1 Kin. 12.
6 8.
from the presence of Pharaoh, and
,
Dan. 1. 19. went throughout all the land of Egypt. upon another?
Jacob sendeth his ten sons GENESIS, XLII. to buy corn in Egypt.
Before 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard be proved, whether there be any truth Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1707. that there is corn in Egypt get you in you or else by the life of Pharaoh
:
:
1707.
down thither, and buy for us from sm’ely ye are spies.
>>ch. 43. 8.
Ps. 118. 17.
thence; that we may '’live, and not 17 And he ^put them all together 2Heb.
gathered.
Isai. 33. 1. die. into ward three days.
3 II And Joseph’s ten brethren went 18 And Joseph said unto them the
down to buy corn in Egypt. tliird day. This do, and live ; '"for I k Lev. 25 43.
Neh. 5. 15.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, fear God:
Jacob sent not with his bretlu*en; for 19 If ye be true men, let one of your
0 ver. 38. he said, 'Lest peradventure mischief brethren be bound in the house of
befall him. your prison go ye, carry corn for
:
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy the famine of your houses
corn among those that came for the
: 20 But 'bring your youngest bro- 1 ver. 34.
ch. 43. 5.
Acts 7. 11. famine was ^ in the land of Canaan. ther unto me; so shall your words &44. 23.
® ch. 41. 41. 6 And Joseph was the governor 'over be verified, and ye shall not die. And
the land, and he it was that sold to all they did so.
the people of the land and J oseph’s
: 21 II And they said one to another,
' ch. 37. 7. brethren came, and ^ bowed down “We are verily guilty concerning our “ .lob 36.
8 9 .
themselves before him with theu* faces

,
brother, in that we saw the anguish Hob. 5. 1.5.
to the earth. of liis soul, when he besought us, and

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and we would not hear; “therefore is this “ Prov. 21.
13.
he knew them, but made himself come upon us.
distress Malt. 7. 2.
2Heb. strange unto them, and spake ^ rough- 22 And Reuben answered them, say-
hard things
tcith them. ly imto them ;
and he said unto them. ing, 'Spake I not unto you, saying. ® ch. 37. 21.
Whence come ye? And they said. Do not sin against the child; and ye
From the land of Canaan to buy food. would not hear? therefore, behold,
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, also his blood is ^ required. P ch. 9. 5.
lKiii.2.
but they knew not liim. 23 And they knew not that Joseph 32
2 Chron.
*ch.37.6,9. 9 And J oseph ® remembered the understood them; for ®he spake unto 24. 22.
Pb. 9. 12.
dreams which he dreamed of them, them by an interpreter. Luke
50,51.
11.
and said unto them. Ye are spies; 24 And he turned himself about SHeb.
an inter-
to see the nakedness of the land ye from them, and wept; and returned preter WEB
to them again, and communed with
beJioeen
are come. them.
10 And they said unto him. Nay, them, and took from them Simeon,
my lord, but to buy food are thy and bound him before their eyes.
servants come. 25 1 Then Joseph commanded to fill
11 Weare all one man’s sons we are ; their sacks with corn, and to restore
true mm, thy servants are no spies. every man’s money into his sack, and
12 And he said unto them. Nay, to give them provision for the way:
but to see the nakedness of the land and ’ thus did he imto them. 0 Matt. 5. 44.
Rom. 12.
ye are come. 26 And they laded their asses with 17. 20, 21.
13 And they said. Thy servants are the corn, and departed thence.
twelve brethren, the sons of one man 27 And as 'one of them opened his f
See chap.
43. 21.
in the land of Canaan; and, behold, sack to give his ass provender in the
the youngest is this day with our fa- inn, he espied his money for, behold, ;
> ch. 37. 30. ther,and one îs not. it in his sack’s mouth.
was
I.atn. 5. 7.
See chap. 14 And Joseph said unto them. That 28 And he said unto his brethren.
44.20.
is it that I spake unto you, saying. My money is restored; and, lo, it is
Ye are spies even in my sack : and their heart
«Heb.
* See 1 Sam. 15 Hereby ye shall be proved: 'By ^failed them, and they were afraid, wetd forth.
1.26.
& 17. 55. the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go saying one to another. What is this
forth hence, except your yoimgest that God hath done unto us ?
brother come hither. 29 H And they came unto Jacob their
16 Send one of you, and let him father unto the land of Canaan, and
fetch your brother, and ye shall be told him all that befell unto them;
9Heb.
bound. ®kept in prison, that your words may saying.
Jacob hardly ’persuaded GENESIS, XLIII. to send Benja'niin.
Before 30 The man, 'who is the lord of the unto Ye shall not see my
us, saying. Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1707 .
land, spake‘ ^ roughly to us, and took face, except your ‘’brother be with 1707 .
us for spies of the country. you. b ch. 42. 20.

ver. 7.
»
*Heb.
mthushard
31 And we said unto him. are We 4 If thou wilt send our brother &44.23.
tilings. true men ; we are no spies with us, we will go down and buy
32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our thee food:
father; one is not, and the youngest 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we
is this day with our father in the land will not go down: for the man said
of Canaan. unto us. Ye shall not see my face,
33 And the man, the lord of the except your brother be with you.
* ver. 15, 19, country, said unto us, ‘Hereby shall 6 And Israel said. Wherefore dealt
20.
I know that ye are true men; leave ye so ill ivith me, as to tell the man
one of your brethren her'e with me, whether ye had yet a brother ?
and take food for the famine of your 7 And they said. The man ^ asked 2 astcing
Heb.
households, and be gone us straitly of our state, and of our asiced us.
34 And brmg your yomigest bro- kindred, saying. Is your father yet
ther unto me then shall I Imow
: alive? have ye another brother? and
that ye are no spies, but that ye are we told him according to the ^ tenor 2 mouth.
Heb.
true men: so will I deliver you your of these wôrds * could we certainly Heb.
:
knotcing
»ch. 34.10. brother, and ye shall "tratlick in the know that he would say. Bring your could tee
land. brother down? know.
35 t And it came to pass as they 8 And Judah said unto Israel his
emptied their sacks, that, behold, father, Send the lad mth me, and wê
* See ch. 43. * every man’s bundle of money was Avill arise and go; that we may live,
21.
in his sack and when both they and
: and not die, both we, and thou, and
their father saw the bundles of money, also our little ones.
they were afraid. 9 I will be surety for him; of my
36 And Jacob their father said imto hand shalt thou require him: “if I 0 Pliilem.lS,
ch. 44. 32.
7ch.43.14. them. Me have ye ^ bereaved of my bring him not unto thee, and set him 19.
children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is before thee, then let me bear the
not, and ye will take Benjamin away : blame for ever:
all these things are against me. 10 For except we had lingered, sure-
37 And Eeuben spake unto his fa- ly now we had returned ®this second ® Ot, twice
hg this.
ther, saying. Slay my two sons, if I time.
bring him not to thee: deliver him 11 And their father Israel said unto
into my hand, and I wiQ bring him them. If it must be so now, do this;
to thee agam. take of the best fruits in the land in
38 And he said. My son shall not your vessels, and ^ carry do^vn the d ch. 32. 20.
Prov. 18.16.
» ver. 13. go down with you for his brother is;
man a present, a little “balm, and a » ch. 37. 25.
ch. 37. 33. Jer. 8. 22.
&44.23. dead, and he is left alone if mis- : little honey, spices, and mjTrh, nuts,
* ver.
cli.
4.
44. 29. chief befall him by the way in the and almonds:
>> ch. 37. 35. which ye go, then shall ye ‘’bring 12 And take double money in your
& 44. 31. money ^ that was
down my gray hams with sorrow to hand and the t ch. 42. 25,
; 35,
the grave. brought again in the mouth of your

sacks, carry it again in your hand;
CHAPTER XLIII.
peradventure itwas an oversight
1 Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin. 15 Joseph
entertaineth his brethren. 31 He malceth them a feast. 13 Take also your brother, and arise,
nd the famine was “sore in the go again imto the man
AAnd
• ch. 41. 54,
57.
^ land. 14 And God Almighty give you
2 it came to pass, when they mercy before the man, that he may
had eaten up the corn which they had send away your other brother, and
brought out of Egypt, their fkther Benjamin. ^®If I be bereaved of my eE6th.4.16.
6 Or,
said unto them. Go again, buy us a children, I am bereaved. And I, as
I hare been,
littlefood. 15 And the men took that present, IF d'C.
* Heb.
protesting
3 And Judah spake unto liim, say- and they took double money in their
protested. ing, The man ®did solemnly protest hand, and Benjamin; and rose up.
D
:
Joseph's hrethren are brought GENESIS, XLIV. into his house, and feasted.
Before and went down to Egypt, and stood 28 And they answered. Thy servant Before
CHRIST
1707. before Joseph. our father is in good health, he is CHRIST 1707.
16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin yet alive. “And they bowed down their
“ch.37.7,
h ch. 24. 2. with them, he said to the ruler of heads, and made obeisance.
**
10 .
&39.4.
&44.1. his house. Bring’ these men home, and 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and
SHeb.M ^slay, and make ready; for these men saw his brother Benjamin, ^his mo- P ch. 35. 17,
a Mtling, 18.
1 Sam. 25.
11 .
shaU ® dine with me at noon. ther’s son, and said. Is this your
3 Heb. eal. 17 And the man did as Joseph younger brother, ^ of whom ye spake 9 ch. 42. 13.
bade; and the man brought the men unto me ? And he said, God be gra-
into Joseph’s house. cious unto thee, my son.
18 And the men were afraid, be- 30 And Joseph made haste; for '^his ••llun.3.
26 .
cause they were brought into Joseph’s bowels did yearn upon his brother:
house; and they said. Because of the and he sought where to weep; and
money that was returned in our sacks he entered into his chamber, and
at the first time are we brought in; ®wept there. ch. 42. 24.
‘
<Heb. that he may ^seek occasion against 31 And he washed his face, and went
himsdf
roll
upon us, us, and fall upon us, and take us for out, and refrained liimself, and said.
Job 30. 14. * ver. 25.
bondmen, and our asses. Set on ‘bread.
19 And they came near to the stew- 32 And they set on for him by him-
ard of Joseph’s house, and they com- self, and for them by themselves,
muned with him at the door of the and for the Egyptians, which did eat
house, with him, by themselves because the :
‘ ch. 42. 3,
10 .
20 And said, O sir, ® we came indeed Egyptians might not eat bread with
‘
6 Heb.
coming
down at the first time to buy food the Hebrews for that is " an abomi- " ch. 46. 34.
;
Ex. 8. 26.
down we 21 And ‘‘it came to pass, when we nation unto the Egyptians.
came doton.
k ch. 42. 27, came to the inn, that we opened our 33 And they sat before him, the
35.
sacks, and, behold, every man’s money firstborn according to his birthright,
was in the mouth of his sack, our and the youngest according to his
money in fuU weight: and we have youth: and the men marvelled one
brought it again in our hand. at another.
22 And other money have we brought 34 And he took and sent messes
down in our hands to buy food: we unto them from before him but Ben- :
cannot tell who put our money in jamin’s mess was '‘five times so much * ch. 45. 22.
our sacks. as any of their’s. And they drank,
23 And he said. Peace he to you, fear and ^ were merry with him. 2Heb. drank
largely: See
not yom.' God, and the God of your

: CHAPTER XLIV. Hag. 1. 6.
Jolm 2. 10.
father, hath given you treasure 1 m
Joseph’s policy to stay his brethren. 14 Judah’s humble
6 Heb. your sacks : ® I had your money. And supplication to Joseph.
your money
1
came to me.
ch. 18. 4.
he brought Simeon out unto them.
24 And the man brought the men And
he commanded ®the steward sHeh.
of his house, saying. Fill the was over
..
into Joseph’s house, and ‘gave them men’s sacks ivith food, as much as
him that
his house.
&24.32.
water, and they washed their feet; they can carry, and put every man’s
and he gave their asses provender. money in his sack’s mouth.
25 And they made ready the pre- 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in
sent against Joseph came at noon: the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and
for they heard that they should eat his corn money. And he did according
bread there. to the word that Joseph had spoken.
26 IF And when Joseph came home, 3 As soon as the morning was light,
they brought him the present which the men were sent away, they and
was in their hand into the house, their asses.
“ ch. 37. 7, and “bowed themselves to him to 4 And when they were gone out of
10 .
’Heb. peace, the earth. the city, and not yet far off, Joseph
ch. 37. 14.
8 Heb. 27 And he asked them of their ’ wel- said unto his steward. Up, follow after
Is there
peace to
fare, and said, your father well, the men; and when thou dost over-
yourfather.
“ ch. 42. 11,
the old man “of whom ye spake? Is take them, say unto them. Wherefore
13, he yet alive? have ye rewarded evil for good ?
: : ; :
,
Joseph's 2ioliey to GENESIS, XLIV. stay his brethren.
Before 5 Is not this it in which my lord 19 My lord asked liis servants, say- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1707. drinketh, and whereby indeed he ^ di- ing. Have ye a father, or a brother ? 1707.
2 Or
vineth ? ye have done evil in so doing. 20 And we said unto my lord. We
nuJceth
6 ^ And he
overtook them, and he have a father, an old man, and ‘'a “ ch. 37. 3.
spake unto them these same words. child of his old age, a little one and ;
7 And they said unto him, Where- his brother is dead, and he alone is
fore saith my lord these words? God left of his mother, and his father
forbid that thy servants should do loveth him.
according to this thing 21 And thou saidst unto thy ser-
•ch.43.21. 8 Behold, “ the money, which we vants, Bring him down unto me, that
' • ch. 42. 15,
found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought I may set mine eyes upon him.
again unto thee out of the land of 22 And we said unto my lord, The
Canaan: how then should we steal out lad caimot leave his father for if :
of thy lord’s house silver or gold? he should leave his father, his father
9 With whomsoever of thy servants would die.
bch.31.32. itbe fomid, ’’both let him die, and 23 And thou saidst unto thy ser-
we also will be my lord’s bondmen. vants, Except your youngest brother kch. 43. 3,5.
10 And he said. Now also let it be come doum mth you, ye shall see
according unto your words he with : my face no more.
whom it is found shall be my servant; 24 And it came
to pass when we
and ye shall be blameless. came up unto thy servant my father.
11 Then they speedily took down we told him the words of my lord.
every man his sack to the ground. 25 And ‘our father said. Go again, »ch.43.2.
and opened every man his sack. and buy us a little food.
12 And he searched, and began at the 26 And we said. We cannot go douii:
eldest, and left at the youngest: and if our yomigest brother be with us.
the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack. then will we go doum: for we may
« ch. 37. 29, 13 Then they rent their clothes. not see the man’s face, except our
Num. 14. 6. and laded every man liis ass, and youngest brother be with us.
2 Sam.
27 And thy servant my father said
1.
11. returned to the city.
14 H And Judah and his bretluen unto us. Ye Imow that “my wife bare ® ch. 46. 19.
came to Joseph’s house; for he ivas me two sons

^
'
<» ch. 37. 7. yet there and they fell before liim
: 28 And the one went out from me.
on the ground. and I said, “Surely he is torn in ” ch. 37. 33.
15 And Joseph said unto them. pieces and I saw him not since
;
What deed is this that ye have done ? 29 And if ye “take this also from “ ch. 42. 36,
oo.
wot ye not that such a man as I can me, and mischief beMl liim, ye shall
“O'-, certainly ® divine ? bring down my gray hairs with sor-
inafce trial 7
ver. 5. 16 And Judah said. What shall we row to the grave.
say unto my lord ? what shall we 30 Now therefore when I come to
speak? or how shall we clear our- thy servant my father, and the lad
selves? God hath found out the ini- be not uith us; seeing that ^liis life p 1
1
Sam, 18.
® ver. 9.
quity of thy servants behold, ® we
: is boimd up in the lad’s life
are my lord’s servants, both we, and 31 It shall come to pass, when he
he also with whom the cup is found. seeth that the lad is not ivith us, that
'Prov. 17. 17 And he said, ^God forbid that I he Avill die and thy servants shall
:
should do so but the man in whose

: bring down the gray hairs of thy
hand the cup is found, he shall be servant our father with sorrow to the
my servant; and as for you, get you grave.
up in peace unto your father. 32 For thy servant became surety
18 H Then Judah came near unto for the lad unto my father, saying.
him, and said. Oh my lord, let thy •Îf Ibring him not unto thee, then J ch. 43. 9.
servant, I pray thee, speak a word I shall bear the blame to my father
e ch. 18. 30.
32.
in my lord’s ears, and ®let not thine for ever.
Ex. 32. 22. anger burn against thy servant: for 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, ''let r Ex. 32. 32.
thou art even as Pharaoh. thy servant abide instead of the lad
: : ;
Joseph maheth himself GENESIS, XLV. hioion to his brethren.
Before a bondman to my lord; and let the thy children’s children, and thy flocks, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1707. lad go np with his brethren. and thy herds, and all that thou hast 1706.
34 For how shall I go up to my 11 And there will I nourish thee
father, and the lad he not with me? for yet there are five years of famine
lest peradventure I see the evil that lest thou, and thy household, and all
* Heb. find
my father.
shall ^ come on my father. that thou hast, come to poverty.
Ex. 18. 8.
CHAPTER XLV. 12 And, behold, your eyes see, and
Job 31. 29.
Pb. 116. 3.
& 119. 143.
1 Joseph maheth himself hnown to his brethren, 5 He com/- the eyes of my brother Benjamin,
forteth them in God’s providence. 9 He sendeth for his
father. 16 Pharaoh conjirmeth it. 21 Joseph furnisheth
that it is ^my mouth that speaketh e ch. 42. 23.
them for their journey, and exhorteth them to concord. unto you.
25 Jacob is revived with the news.13 And ye shall tell my father of all
hen could not refrain my glory in Egypt, and of all that
T Joseph
himself before all them that ye have seen and ye shall haste and
stood by liim; and he cried, Cause bring down my father hither.
;
Acts 7. 14.
every man to go out from me. And 14 And he fell upon his brother
there stood no man with him, while Benjamin’s neck, and wept and Ben- ;
Joseph made himself known unto his jamin wept upon his neck.
brethren. 15 Moreover he kissed all his bre-
8 Heb.
Oave forth
2 And he ®wept aloud: and the thren, and wept upon them and after :
his voice in
meiniifj,
Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh that his brethren talked ivith him.
Num. 14.1. heard. 16 H And the fame thereof was heard
3 And Joseph said unto his breth- in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s
• Acts 7. 13. ren, am Joseph; doth my father brethren are come
and it ^ pleased :
2 Heb.
was good in
yet live ? And his brethren could not Pharaoh
and his servants. well, the eyes qf
Pharaoh,
<Or, answer him for they were * troubled
;
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, ch. 41. 37.
terrified,
.Tob 4. 5. at his presence. Say unto thy bretliren. This do ye;
& 23. 15.
Matt.14.26. 4 And Joseph said unto his breth- lade your beasts, and go, get you
Mark 6. 50.
ren, Come near to me, I pray you. unto the land of Canaan;
And they came near. And he said, 18 And take your father and your
>> ch. 37. 28.
I am Joseph your brother, ‘’whom ye households, and come unto me and :
sold into Egypt. I will give you the good of the land
5 Now therefore ®be not grieved, of Egypt, and ye shall eat ‘the fat of
® Isai. 40. 2. « ch. 27. 28.
2 Cor. 2. 7. Num. 18.
“Heb. ®nor angry with yourselves, that ye the land. 12,29.
neither let
there he sold me liither: ‘‘for God did send 19 Now thou art commanded, this
anyer in
your eyes. me before you to preserve life. do ye; take you ivagons out of the
1706. 6 For these two years hath the fa- land of Egypt for your little ones,
ch. 50. 20.
Pb. 105. 16, mine been in the land and yet there
: and for your wives, and bring your
17.
See 2 Sam. are five years, in the wluch there father, and come.
16. 10, 11. Heb.
Acts 4. 27,
shall neither be earing nor harvest. 20 Also ^regard not your stuff; for 3
let not your
7 And God sent me before you ®to the good of all the land of Egypt is
28. eye spare,
5 Heb. etc.
toput for
you a rem-
preserve you a posterity in the earth, yours.
nant. and to save your lives by a great de- 21 And the children of Israel did
hverance. so: and J oseph gave them wagons,
8 So now it was not you that sent me according to the ^commandment of * Heb.
mouth,
hither, but God: and he hath made Pharaoli, and gave them provision Num. 3. 16.
>ch. 41.43.
.Tudg. 17.
me ®a father to Pharaoh, and lord of for the way.
10 . all his house, and a rider tlu*oughout 22 To all of them he gave eaeh man
Job 29. 16,
all the land of Egypt. changes of raiment but to Benjamin
;
9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, he gave three hundred of silver,

and say unto him. Thus saith thy and five changes of raiment. » ch. 43. 34.
son Joseph, God hath made me lord 23 And to liis father he sent after
of all Egypt: come down unto me, tliis manner; ten asses ® laden with Heb.
5
catrying.
tarry not the good things of Egypt, and ten
ch. 47. 1. 10 And Hhou shalt dwell in the land she asses laden ivith corn and bread
of Goshen, and thou shalt be near and meat for his father by the way.
unto me, thou, and thy children, and 24 So he sent his brethren away, and
: : :: ; ;
Jacob goetli into Egy^Jt. GENESIS, XL VI. The number of his family.
Before they departed and he said unto them,
: 10 IF And "the sons of Simeon; ^ Je- Before
CHEIST CHKIST
1706. See that ye fall not out by the way. muel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Ja- ^
1706.
25 IF And they went up out of Egypt, chin, and ^Zohar, and Shaul the son ® Ex-. 6. 15.
and came into the land of Canaan of a Canaanitish woman. 1 Chron. 4.
24.
unto Jacob their father, 11 IF And the sons of ^Levi; ®Ger- 2 Or,
Nemud.
26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet shon, Kohath, and Merari. S Or, Jarib.
alive, and he is governor over all the 12 IF And the sons of ’Judah; Er, Or, Zerah, *
1 Chron. 4.
> Job 29. 24.
Pb. 126. 1.
land of Egypt. *And ^Jacob’s heart and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, 24.
Luke 24.
11,41.
fainted, for he believed them not. and Zarah: but "Êr and Onan died P1,1 Chron. 16.
6.
* Heb. his. 27 And they told him all the words of m the land of Canaan. And the sons ‘ 5 Or,
Gershmn.
Joseph, which he had said unto them of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 1 1 Cliron. 2.
and when he saw the wagons which 13 IF ‘And the sons of Issachar Tola, 3. &38.
;
4. 21.
3,
> cli.
Joseph had sent to carry him, the and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
® 7, 10.
rh. 38. 29. '
spirit of Jacob their father revived: 14 IF And the sons of Zebulun Se- 1 Clir. 2. 5.
;
Chr. 7. 1.
28 And Israel said. It is enough; red, and Elon, and Jahleel.
‘ 1
6 Or,
Joseph my son is yet alive I will go :

I'voh, mid
15 These he the sons of Leah, which Jashub.
and see him before I die. she bare imto Jacob in Padan-aram,
CHAPTER XLVI. with his daughter Dinah all the
:
1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sJieba 5 Thence he with

: souls of his sons and his daughters
his company goeth into Egypt. 8 The number of his family
that went into Egypt. 29 Joseph meeteth Jacob. SliZe
were thirty and tliree.
instnicteth his brethren how to answer to Pharaoh. 16 H And the sons of Gad " Ziphion, “15,
;
Niim. 26.
&o.
1706.
• ch. 21. 31,
AND Israel took liis journey with all and Haggi, Shuni, and ’Ezbbn, Eri, Zephtm.
2 Or, Oziii.
33. & 23. 10. that he had, and came to ^Beer- and * Arodi, and Areli. Or, Aroil. *
»> cb. 26. 24, sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the ’’
17 IF And the sons of Asher Jim- B 30.Chron. 7.
;
1
25. & 23. 13.

& 31. 42. God of his father Isaac. nah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah,
<= ch. 15. 1. 2 And God spake unto Israel ' in the and Serah their sister :and the sons
Job 33. 14,
15. visions of the night, and said, Jacob, of Beriah Heber, and Malchiel.;
Jacob. And he said. Here am I. 18 ^ These are the sons of Zilpah, T ch. 30. 10.
ch. 28. 13.
3 And he said, I am God, ^the God whom Laban gave to Leah his daugh- ch. 29. 24.
<» '
^
of thy father: fear not to go down ter, and these she bare unto Jacob,
® ch. 12. 2. into Egypt for I will there ® make of even sixteen souls.
;
Deut. 26. 5.
thee a great nation 19 The sons of Rachel "Jacob’s wife » ch. 44. 27.
fch. 23. 15.
& 43. 21. 4 Î will go down with thee into Joseph, and Benjamin.
B ch. 15. 16. Egypt and I will also surely ® bring
;
20 IF ’’And unto Joseph in the land ch. 41. 50.
& 50. 13,
24, 25. thee up again: and ’•Joseph shall of Egypt were born 3Ianasseh and
Exod. 3. 8.
> ch. 50. 1. put his hand upon thine eyes. Ephraim, which Asenath the daugh-
‘ Acts 7. 15.
5 And ’Jacob rose up from Beer- ter of Poti-pherah ” priest of On bare Or, 9
prince.
sheba and the sons of Israel carried unto him.
:
Jacob their father, and their little 21 IF "And the sons of Benjamin were ® 61 Cliron.
&8 1
7.
. . .
ones, and their wives, in the wagons Belah, and Becher, and Aslibel, Gera,
^ Nnm. 26.
ch. 45. 19,
21 .
wliich Pharaoh had sent to carry him. and Naaman, '’Ehi, and Rosh, ®Mup- 38, Ahiram.
6 And they took their cattle, and pim, and Huppini, and Ard. ^ ® Num. 26.
39,
them goods, which they had gotten in 22 These are the sons of Rachel, Shiipham.
1 Chron. 7.
the land of Canaan, and came into which were born to Jacob: all the 12 ,
tihuppim.
« Deut. 26. .5.
Josh. 24. 4.
Egypt, ’Jacob, and all his seed with souls were fourteen. 2 Hupltam,
Pb. 105. 23.
Isai. 52. 4.
him 23 IF ‘And the sons of Dan; ®Hushim. 30. Klim. 26.
7 His sons, and his sons’ sons with 24 IF ®And the sons of Naphtali Jah- 1 Chron. 7.
;
f
12 .
him, his daughters, and his sons’ zeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 3 Or.
Shnliam,
daughters, and all his seed brought 25 ’’These are the sons of Bilhah, Num.26.42.
he with him into Egypt. ’which Laban gave unto Rachel his 13. B 1 Chron. 7.
™Exod.l.l.
& 6. 14. 8 IF And “ these are the names of daughter, and she bare these unto >>ch.30.5, 7,
the children of Israel, which came Jacob aU the souls were seven.
:
ch. 20. 20. '
into Eg}^jt, Jacob and his sons 26 Âll the souls that came with Ja- Exod. 1.5. I*
“Nuni.26.5.
1 Chr. 5. 1.
"Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. cob into Egypt, which came out of his
9 And the sons of Reuben Hanoch, ^ loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all ch.
* Heb. thiph,
; 35. 11.
and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. the souls were threescore and six
; ; : ;
:
Joseph 'imeteth his father^ GENESIS, XL VII. mid p resenteth him to Pharaoh.
Before
CHRIST
27 And the sons of Joseph, which servants are shepherds, both we, and Before
CHRIST
1706 .
were born him in Egypt, were two also our fathers. 1706 .
• Deut. 10.
souls all the souls of the house of
:
^
4 They said moreover unto Pha-
22.
See Acts 7.
Jacob, which came mto Egypt, were raoh, ‘Eor to sojourn in the land are 'ch. 15.13.
Deut. 26. 5.
14. threescore and ten. we come; for thy servants have no
28 H And he sent Judah before him pastiu’e for their flocks ; ® for the fa- E ch. 43. 1.
Acts 7. 11.
“ cli. 31. 21. unto J oseph, “ to direct his face unto mine is sore in the land of Canaan
“ ch. 47. 1. Goshen; and they came “into the now therefore, we pray thee, let thy
land of Goshen. servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
** * ch. 46. 34.
29 And Joseph made ready his cha- 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph,
riot, and went up to meet Israel his saying. Thy father and thy brethren
father, to Goshen, and presented him- are come unto thee
0 So ch. 45. self unto him ; and he “ fell on his neck, 6 ‘
The land of Egypt
before thee
is
I
ch. 20. 15.
14.
and wept on his neck a good while. m the best of the land make thy fa-
30 And said unto Joseph,
Israel ther and brethren to dwell; în the k ver. 4.
P So Luke 2.
29,30.
’’Now let me die, since I have seen land of Goshen let them dwell and :
thy face, because thou art yet alive. if thou knowêst any men of activity
31 And Joseph said unto his bre- among them, then make them rulers
4 ch. 47. 1. thren, and unto his father’s house, ’’I over my cattle.
will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and 7 And Joseph
brought in Jacob his
say unto him. My
brethren, and my and set him before Pharaoh:
father,
father’s house, which we?'e in the land and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
of2 Canaan, are come unto me 8 And Pharaoh said mito Jacob,
32 And the men are shepherds, for ^ Howold art thou ? 2Heb.
How many
2Heb. 3
^ theh trade hath been to feed cattle 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, are the days
they are men the years <tf
of catlle. and they have brought their flocks, ‘
The days of the years of my pilgrim- of thy life t
Pb. 39. 12. 1
and their herds, and aU that they have. age a7’e an hundred and tliirty years Heb. 11. 9,
33 And it shall come to pass, when 13.
“few and evil have the days of the ™ Job 14. 1.
Pharaoh shall caU you, and shall say, years of my life been, and "have not “ ch. 25. 7.
&35. 28.
••ch.47.2,3. What is yom’ occupation ? attained unto the days of the years
34 That ye shall say. Thy servants’ of the life of my fathers in the days
® ver. 32. “trade hath been about cattle ‘from of their pilgrimage.
10 And Jacob “blessed Pharaoh, and ® ver. 7.
‘ ch. 30. 35.
&34.5. our youth even until now, both we,
& 37. 12. and also our fathers that ye may : went out from before Pharaoh.
dwell in the land of Goshen; for 11 IT And Joseph placed his father
» oh. 43. 32.
Ex. 8. 2(5.
every shepherd is "an abomination and his brethren, and gave them a
unto the Egyptians. possession in the land of Egypt, in
the best of the land, in the land of ’’Ra- P &Ex.12.1.37.11.
CHAPTER XLVII. meses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 4 ver. 6.
1 Joseph presenteth five of his brethren, 7 and his father,
before Pharaoh. 11 He qiveth them habitation and main-
12 And Joseph nourished his father,
tenance. 13 He getteth all the Egyptians' money, 16 their and his bretlu’en, and all his father’s
cattle, 18 their lands to Pharaoh. 22 The priests' land
was not bought. 23 He letteth the land to them for a fifth
household, with bread, according to 3 Or,
as a UUle
part. 28 Jacob’s age. 29 He sweareth Joseph to bury their families. child is nou-
rished.
him with his fathers. 13 IF And there was no bread in all * Heb.
1706 hen Joseph came and
told Pha- the land; for the famine was very
according
T “
.
to the Utile
» cli. 46. 31,
raoh, and said. My
father and my sore, so that the land of Egypt and
ones,
ch. 50. 21.
r ch. 41. 30.
brethren, and their flocks, and their all the land of Canaan fainted by Acts 7. 11.
herds, and all that they have, are come reason of the famine.
out of the land of Canaan; and, be- 14 “And Joseph gathered up all the « ch. 41. 56.
6 ch. 45. 10.

&46. 28.
hold, they are in the land of Goshen.
’’
money that was found in the land of
And he took some of liis brethren, Egypt, and in the land of Canaan,
c Acts 7. 13.
even flve men, and “presented them for the corn which they bought and :
unto Pharaoh. Joseph brought the money into Pha-

And Pharaoh said unto his bre- raoh’s house.
<5 ch. 46. 33. thren, ‘‘What is your occupation? 15 And Avhen money failed in the 1702 .
f
® ch. 46. 34.
And they said unto Pharaoh, ®Thy land of Egypt, and in the land of K
: ; : ;;
The Egyptians sell their land. GENESIS, XLYIII. Joseph visiteth his sick father.
Before Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto our lives :

^ let us find grace in the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1702 .
Joseph, and said, Give us bread for : sight of my lord, and we wfll be Pha- 1701 .
‘ ver. 19.
*
why should we die in thy presence ? raoh’s servants. * ch. 33. 15.
for the money faileth. 26 And Joseph made it a law over
16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle the land of Egypt unto this day, that
and I will give you for your cattle, if Pharaoh should have the fifth part
money fail. ^ except the land of the ^ priests only, y ver. 22.
2 Or,
17 And they brought their cattle which became not Pharaoh’s. princes,
27 H And Israel dwelt in the land

ver. 22.
unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them ’’
* ver. 11.
bread in exchange for horses, and for of Egypt, in the country of Goshen;
the flocks, and for the cattle of the and they had possessions therein, and
2Heb. herds, and for the asses and he ^ fed : “ grew, and multiplied exceedingly. » ch. 4C. 3.
led them.
them ivith bread for all their cattle 28 And Jacob lived the land of m 1689 .
for that year. Egypt seventeen years so ® the whole : 3Heb.

the days of
18 When that year was ended, they age of Jacob was an lumdred forty the years of
his life.
came unto him the second year, and and seven years. See ver. 9.
said unto him, We

will not liide it 29 And the time ’’drew nigh that So Deut.
31. 14.
from my
lord, how that our money is Israel must die and he called his son
: 1 Kin. 2. 1.
spent; mylord also hath our herds Joseph, and said unto him. If now I
of cattle; there is not ought left in have found grace in thy sight, 'put, I 0 ch. 24. 2.
the sight of my
lord, but our bodies, pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,
and our lands and ^ deal kindly and truly >vith me •• ch. 24. 49.
19 Wherefore shall we die before ® bury me not, I pray thee, in Egjît ® So ch. 50.
25.
thine eyes, both we and our land? 30 But T will lie with my fathers, and f 2 Sam. 19.
buy us and our land for bread, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and 37.
we and our land will be servants unto ®bury me in their burymgplace. And 3 ch. 49. 29.
& 50. 5, 13.
Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we he said, I will do as thou hast said.
may live, and not die, that the land 31 And he said. Swear unto me.
be not desolate. And he sware unto him. And Israel '* •> ch. 48. 2.
IKin. 1.47.
1701 . 20 And Joseph bought all the land bowed himself upon the bed’s head. Heb.11.21.
of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyp-

tians sold every man his fleld, because CHAPTER XLVIII.
1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his sich father. 2 Jacob
the famine prevailed over them: so strengtheneth himself to bless them. 3 He repeateth the
the land became Pharaoh’s. promise. 5 He talceth Ephraim and Manasseh as his
own. 7 He telleth Joseph of his mothers grave. 9 He
21 And as for the people, he re- blesseth Ephraim and Manasseh. 17 He preferreth the
moved them to cities from 07ie end younger before the elder. 21 He prophesieth their return
Canaan.
of the borders of Egj^t even to the to
other end thereof. nd came

to pass after these
”
3 Or,
Ezra 7.
princes,
24. 22 "Only the land of the ® priests
bought he not for the priests had a
A it
_ things, that one told Joseph, Be-
hold, thy father is sick : and he took

1689 .
;
eh. 41. 4.5.
2Sam.8.18. portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and with him his two sons, Manasseh and
did eat their portion which Pharaoh Ephraim.
gave them: wherefore they sold not 2 And one told Jacob, and said.
their lands. Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto
Then Joseph said unto the peo-
23 thee: and Israel strengthened him-
ple,Behold, I have bought you this day self, and sat upon the bed.
and your land for Pharaoh lo, here is : 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God
seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. Almighty appeared unto me at "Luz » ch. 28. 13,
19. &
35. 6,
24 And it shall come to pass in the in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 9, &c.
increase, that ye shall give the flfth 4 And said unto me. Behold, I will
part unto Pharaoh, and four parts make thee fruitful, and multiply thee,
shall be your own, for seed of the and I will make of thee a multitude
fleld, and for your food, and for them of people and will give this land to
;
b ch. 17.
of your households, and for food for thy seed after thee ^for an everlast- ® ch. 41. 50.
8.
your little ones. ing possession. &46.20.

Josh. 13. 7.
25 And they said. Thou hast saved 5 H And now thy ' two sons, Ephraim &14.4.
: ; : ;;
Jacob blesseth Joseph's sons. GENESIS, XLIX. Jacob calletli his sons^
Before and Manasseh, which were born unto father ^laid his right hand upon the Before
CHKIST CHEIST
1689 . thee in the land of Egypt before I head of Ephraim, it ^ displeased liim 1689 .
came unto thee into Egypt, are mine and he held up his father’s hand, to P ver. 14.
as Keuben and Simeon, they shall be remove it from Ephraim’s head unto 2 was evil in
his ejies,
mine. Manasseh’s head. ch. 28. 8.
6 And thy issue, which thou beget- 18 And Josephsaid unto his father.
test after them, shall be thine, a7id Not so, my father
for this is the first-
:
shall be called after the name of their born; put thy right hand upon his head.
brethren in their inheritance. 19 And his father refused, and said,
7 And
as for me, when I came from ’ I know it, my son, I know it : he also 1 ver. 14.
^ ch. 35. 9, Padan, '^Kachel died by me in the shall become a people, and he also
16, 19.
land of Canaan m
the way, when yet shall be great but truly his younger
:
r Num.
33, 35.
1.
there ivas but a little way to come brother shall be greater than he, and & 2. 19, 21.
Jleut. 33.
imto Ephrath and I buried her there
: his seed shall become a ® multitude 17.
ltev.7.6,8.
in the way of Eplirath; the same is of nations. 3 Heb.
20 And he blessed them that day,
fulness.
Beth-lehem. 2
8 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, saying, “ In thee shall Israel bless, say- • So Ruth 4.
11 , 12 .
and said. Who are these ? 3
ing, God make thee as Ephraim and
9 And Joseph said unto his father, as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim
®Soch.33.5. ®They are my sons, whom God hath 4
before Manasseh.
given me in this place. And he said. 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Be-
5 but God shall be ulth
Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, hold, I die :
‘ ‘ ch. 46. 4.
& 50. 24.
• ch. 27. 4. and *^1 will bless them. you,
6 and bring you again unto the
B ch. 27. 1. 10 Now ^the eyes of Israel were ^dim land of your fathers.
Heb. /(««(?/,
for age, so that he eould not see. And
*
Isai. 6. 10.
22 Moreover “I have given to thee “.To8h.24.32.
1 Chr. 5. 2.
& 59. 1.
he brought them near unto him and one portion above thy brethren, which John 4. 5.
;
^ B ch. 15. 16.
>> ch. 27. 27.
he kissed them, and embraeed them. I took out of the hand *of the Amorite &
34. 28.
‘ ch. 45. 26. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, *I with my sword and with my bow. Josh. 17.
14, See.
had not thought to see thy face and,
lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
:
CHAPTER XLIX.
1 Jacob calleth his sons to bless them. 3 Their blessing
12 And Joseph brought them out in particular. 29 He chargefJi them about his burial.
from between his Imees, and he bowed 33 He dieth. “Dent. 33.1.

Amos 3.
ndJacob called unto his sons,
7.
himself with liis face to the earth.

13
raim in
And Joseph took themboth, Eph-
hand toward Israel’s
liis right
A ^ and said. Gather yourselves to-
gether, that I may “ tell you that which
'’Num.24.14.
Dent. 4.
Isai. 2. 2.
& 39. 6.
.Ter. 23. 20.
30.
Dan. 2. 28,
left hand, and Manasseh in his left shall befall you in the last days. 29
Acts 2. 17.
hand toward Israel’s right hand, and Gather yourselves together, and Heb. 1. 2.
brought them near unto him. hear, ye sons of Jacob; and “hearken “ Ps. 34. 11.
<>
ch. 29. 32.
14 And
Israel stretched out his right vmto Israel your father. «'Deut.21.17.
hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s If Reuben, thou aid

^
my firstborn, Ps. 78. 51.
Heb. do not
head, who was the younger, and his my might, “and the beginning of my thou
a Chr. 5.1.
excel.
k ver. 19.
lefthand upon Manasseh’s head, ''guid- strength, the excellency of dignity, e ch. 35. 22.
Dent. 27.
ing his hands wittingly ; for Manasseh and the excellency of power 20 .
1 Chr. 5.
teas the firstborn. Unstable as water, ^'^thou shalt ® Or, mp
1.
iHeb.11.21. 15 H And 'he blessed Joseph, and not excel; because thou ®wentest up couch
gone.
IS
»" ch. 17. 1. said,God, “before whom my fathers to thy father’s bed; then defiledst >>
ch. 29. 33,
& 24. 40. thou it : ® he went up to my couch.
34.
Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God > Prov. 18. 9.
which fed me aU my life long unto H Simeon and Levi are brethren
'' ' 6 Or, their
stmrds are
®
this day, instruments of cruelty are in their
'' weapons qf
violence.
n ch. 28. 15.
& 31. 11, 16 The Angel “which redeemed me habitations. k ch. 34. 25.
1.3,24.
Ps. 34. 22.
from all evil, bless the lads; and let O my soul, 'come not thou into • Prov.
16.
1. 15,
& 121. 7. °my name be named on them, and their secret “ unto their assembly, "> Ps. 26. 9.
;
Amos 9.12. Eph. 5. 11.
the name of my fathers Abraham and "mine honour, be
®
Acts 15. 17.
not thou united: “ Ps. 16. 9.
for "in their anger they slew a man,

& 30. 12.
® Heb. as Isaac; and let them ®grow mto a & 57. 8.
,Muis do
increase. multitude in the midst of the earth. and in their selfwill they digged ''
0 ch. 34. 26.
t Or, houghed
See Niim.
26. 31. 37. 17 And when Joseph saw that his down a wall. oxen.
: : ;: : :
aiid hlessetli them. GEISÊSIS, L. The death of Jacob.

Before 7 Cursed he their anger, for it was God of Jacob; Cfrom thence îs the CHRIST
Before
CHRIST
1689.
fierce; and their wrath, for it was shepherd, ' the stone of Israel :) 1689.
P Josh. 19. 1.
cruel: ^1 will divide them in Jacob, 25 ^ Even by the God of thy father, 1 ch. 45. 11.
& 21. 5, 6,7. and scatter them in Israel. who shall help thee; "and by the &
47. 12.
1 Chron. 4. &
50. 21.
24, 39. 8 1 Judah, thou art he whom thy bre- Almighty, û^ho shall bless thee with c Ts. 80. 1.
1 oh. 29. ' Isai. 28. 16.

Deut.33.7. thren shall praise: "^thy hand shall he in
blessings of heaven above, blessings ‘ ch. 28. 13,
r Ps. 18. 40.
the neck of thine enemies 'thy father’s
;
of the deep that lieth under, blessings 21 .
& a5. 3.
• ch. 27. 29.
1 Chr. 5. 2. children shall bow down before thee. of the breasts, and of the womb & 43. 23.
“ ch. 17. 1.
‘ Hos. .5. 14. 9 Judah is ‘a lion’s Avhelp: from the 26 The blessmgs of thy father have & 35. 11.
Rev. 5. 5.
oNum. 23. prey, myson, thou art gone up prevailed above the blessings of my
" he :
meut.33.13.
24. & 24. 9. stooped down, he couched as a lion, progenitors ûnto the utmost bound yDeut.33.15.
Hab. 3. 6.
and as an old lion; who shall rouse of the everlasting hills * they shall be
: *Deut.33.16.
him up? on the head of Joseph, and on the

Num.
10 '‘The sceptre shall not depart crown of the head of him that was
* 24.
17.
Jer. 30. 21.
Zech. 10.
from Judah, nor â lawgiver ''from separate from his brethren.
11 .
y Ps. 60. 7.
between lus feet, “ until Shiloh come 27 IF Benjamin shall " ravin as a wolf " Judg. 20.
21,2.5.
& 108. 8. or, *’and unto him shall the gathering of in the morning he shall devour the Ezek.
25, 27.
22.
Num.21.18.
*Deut.28.57. the people he. prey, '’and at night he shall divide i-Num. 23.
24.
• Isai. 11. 1.
& 62. 11. 11 'Binding his foal unto the vine, the spoil. Esth. 8. 11.
Ezek.39.10.
Ezek.
27.
21. and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine 28 IF All these are the twelve tribes Zech. 14.
1,7.
Dan. 9.
Matt. 21. 9.
2.5. he washed liis garments in wine, and of Israel and this is it that their
:
Lulce 1. 32, his clothes in the blood of grapes father spake unto them, and blessed
33.
Isai. 2. 2. 12 His ^ eyes shall he red with wine, them every one according to his
;
& 11 10
and his teeth white with milk. blessing he blessed them.
. .
& 42. 1, 4.
& 49. 6, 7, 13 H 'Zebulun shall dwell at the haven 29 And he charged them, and said
22, 23.
& 55. 4, 5. of the sea; and he shall he for an unto them, I ' am to be gathered un- ® ch. 1.5. 15.
& 60. 1, 3, &25. 8.
4,5.
Hag. 2. 7.
haven of ships ; and his border shall to my people ^ bury me with my fa-:
^ ch. 47. 30.
2 Sam. 19.
Luke 2. 30,
he unto Zidon. thers 'in the cave that is in the field 37.
31, 32.
® ch. 50. 13.
«2 Kings 18. 14 H Issachar is a strong ass couch- of Ephron the Hittite,
32.
dProv.23.29. ing down between two burdens 30 In the cave that is in the field of
:
15 And he saw that rest was good, Machpelah, wliich is before Mamre, in
e Deut. 33.
18, 19.
Josh. 19.
10 11, .
and the land that it was pleasant; the land of Canaan, ^ which Abraham fch.23.16.
*1 Sam. 10. 9. and bowed ^his shoulder to bear, and bought with the field of Ephron the
became a servant unto tribute. Hittite for a possession of a burymg-
EDent.33.22. 16 H ®Dan shall judge his people, as place.
Judg. 18.
1, 2 . one of the tribes of Israel. 31 ^ There they buried Abraham and s ch. 23. 19.
&
25. 9.
>>
Judg.
27.
18. 17 ’‘Dan shall be a serpent by the Sarah his wife; '’there they buried *>
ch. 35. 29.
* Heb. an way, ân adder in the path, that bit- Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and
arrowsnalx.
eth the horse heels, so that his rider there I buried Leah.
shall fall backward. 32 The purchase of the field and of
« Ps. 25. 5.
& 119. 166,
18 ’I have waited for thy salvation, the cave that is therein was from the
174.
Isai. 2.5. 9.
O Loed. children of Heth.
^Deut.33.20. 19 ^ '‘Gad, a troop shall overcome 33 And when Jacob had made an
1 Chion. 5.
18. him: but he shall overcome at the last. end of commanding his sons, he ga-
» Deut. 33.24.
Josh.19.24.
20 H Out of Asher his bread shall he thered up his feet into the bed, and
'
fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. yielded up the ghost, and 'was ga- * ver. 29.
m Deut. 33. 21 IF “Naphtali is a hind let loose: thered unto his people.
23.
he giveth goodly words.
CHAPTER L.
22 IF Joseph is a fruitful bough, even 1 The mourning for Jacob. ‘^Joseph getteth leave of Pharaoh
a fruitful bough by a well whose ;
to go to bury him. 7 The funeral. 15 Joseph comforteth
*Heb. his brethren, who craved his pardon. 22 Eis age. 23 Ee

® branches run over the wall
dauglders. seeth the third generation of his sons. 24 Ee prophesieth
n oh. 37.
4, 23 The archers have "sorely grieved unto his brethren of their return. 25 Ee taheth an oath
24, 28.
of them, for his bones. 26 Ee dieth, and is chested.
& 39. 20. him, and shot at him, and hated him
& 42. 21.
Ps. 118. 13. 24 But his 'bow abode in strength, AND
Joseph 'fell upon his father’s “ ch. 46. 4.
"Job 29. 20.

Ps. 37. 15. and the arms of his hands were made 1^. face, and '’wept upon him, and •>2
14.
Kings 13.
pP8.132.2,5. strong by the hands of ^the mighty kissed him.

: :
The mourning for Jacob. GENESIS, L. Joseph's age and death.
Before
CHRIST
2 And Joseph commanded his ser- possession of a buryingplace of Eph- Before
CHRIST
1689.
vants the physicians to ‘embalm his ron the Hittite, before Mamre. 1689.
« ver. 26.
father : and the physicians embalmed 14 IF And Joseph returned into
2 Chron. Israel. Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all
16. 14.
Matt.26.12.
Mark 14. 8.
3 And forty days were fulfilled for that Avent up ivith him to bury his
& 16. 1. him; for so are fulfilled the days of father, after he had buried his father.
Luke 24. 1.
John 12. 7. those which are embalmed: and the 15 IF And when
Joseph’s brethren
& 19. 39,40.
® Heb. wept.
Egyptians mourned for him three- saw that their father was dead, “ they ”>.Tobl5.21,
22 .
d Num. 20. score and ten days. said, Joseph will peradventure hate
29.
Deut. 34. 8. 4 And when the days of his mourn- us, and Avill certainly requite us all
0 Esth. 4. 2.
ing were past, J oseph spake unto ® the the evil which we did unto him.
house of Pharaoh, saying. If now I 16 And they ^ sent a messenger unto 2 Heb.
charged.
have found grace in your eyes, speak, Joseph, saying. Thy father did com-
I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, mand before he died, saying,
saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, For-
'ch.47.29. 5 ^ My father made me swear, saving, give, I pray thee now, the trespass of
s 2 Chron. Lo, I die : in my grave ® which I have thy brethi’en, and their sin “ for they ;
” Prov. 28.
16. 14. 13.
Isai. 22. 16. digged for me in the land of Canaan, did unto thee evil and now, we pray
:
Matt. 27.
60. there shalt thou bury me. Now there- thee, forgive the trespass of the ser-
fore let me go up, I pray thee, and vants of “ the God of thy father. And ° ch.
49. 25.
bury mj^ father, and I >^1 come again. Joseph wept when they spake unto
6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and him.
bury thy father, according as he made 18 And his brethren also went and
thee swear. ' ^fell doAvn before his face; and they P ch. 37. 7,
10.
7 H And Joseph went up to bury said. Behold, ive be thy servants.
his father and with him went up aU
: 19 And Joseph said unto them, ^Fear 9 ch. 45. 5.
the servants of Pharaoh, the elders not ‘ for am I in the place of God ?
: 'Deu.32.3:).
2 Kin. 5. 7.
of his house, and all the elders of 20 “But as for you, ye thought oauI Job 34. 29.
Rom. 12.1 9.
the land of Egypt, against me but ‘ God meant it unto
;
Heb. 10. 30.
• Ps. 56. 5.
8 And all the house of Joseph, and good, to bring to pass, as it is this Isai. 10. 7.
his brethren, and his father’s house day, to save much people aUve. ‘ch.45.5,7.
Acts 3. 13,
only their little ones, and their flocks, 21 Now therefore fear ye not: "I 14, 15.
® ch. 47. 12.
and their herds, they left in the land will nourish you, and your little ones. Matt. 5. 44.
of Goshen. And he comforted them, and spake

9 And there went up with him both ® kindly unto them.
2 Heb. to
their hemis,
chariots and horsemen and it was a : 22 IF And Joseph divelt in Egypt, he, ch. 34. 3.
1635.
very great company. and his father’s house and Joseph :
10 And they came to the threshing- lived an hundred and ten years.
floor of Atad, which is beyond Jor- 23 And Joseph saiv Ephraim’s chil-
* 2 Sam. 1.
dan, and there they ^mourned with dren " of the third generation : ^ the » Job 42. 16.
17. yNnm.32.39.
Acts 8. 2. a great and very sore lamentation: children also of Machir the son of
1 1 Sam. 31.
13.
'and he made a mourning for his fa- Manasseh ’'were ^ brought up upon * ch. 30. 3.
* Heb. borne.
Job 2. 13. ther seven days. Joseph’s knees.
11 And when the inhabitants of the 24 And Joseph said unto his bre-
land, the Canaanites, saw the mourn- thren, I die and ® God will surely
:
• ch. 15. 14.
&46.4.
ing in the floor of Atad, they said. visit you, and bring you out of this & 48. 21.
Ex. 3. 16,
This is a grievous mourning ‘to the land unto the land ’’Avhich he sware 17.
Heb. 11. 22.
Egyptians wherefore the name of it
: to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. >> ch. 15. 18.
& 26. 3.
* That was called ® Abel-mizraim, which is
is, 25 And ‘Joseph took an oath of the & 35. 12.
The, mmm- & 46. 4.
fng of the beyond Jordan. children of Israel, saying, God Avill 0 Ex. 13. 19.
Egyptians.
12 And his sons did unto him ac- surely visit you, and ye shall carry Josh.24.32.
Acts 7. 16.
cording as he commanded them up my bones from hence.

k ch. 49. 29,
13 For ’'his sons carried him uito the 26 So Joseph died, being an hun-
30
Acts 7. 16. land of Canaan, and buried him in the dred and ten years old and they :
d ver.
cave of the field of Machpelah, which embalmed him, and he was put in a 2.
ch. 23. 16. Abraham bought with the field for a

’
coffin in Egypt. 1635.
: : :
THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES,

CALLED
EXODUS.
Before
CHRIST
CHAPTER I. in the field : all their service, wherein Before
CHRIST
1706. 1 The children of Israel, Joseph’s death, do mul-
after they made them serve, was with rigour. 1635.
tiply. 8 The more they are oppressed Iny a new hiny, 15 IF And
the king of Egypt spake
the more they multiply. 15 The godliness of the mid-
wives, in saving the men children alive. 22 Pharaoh to the Hebrew midmves, of which the
commandeth the male children to he cast into the river. name of the one was Shiphrah, and
* Gen.
ch. 6. 14.
46. 8.
lÔW’ these are the names of the the name of the other Puah
Xl ehildren of Israel, which came 16 And he said. When ye do the office
into Egypt every man and his house-
;
of a midwife to the Hebrew women,
hold came with Jacob. and see them upon the stools; if it he
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, a son, then ye shall kill him but if :
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, it he a daughter, then she shall live.

4 Dan, and Naphtah, Gad, and Asher. 17 But the midwives “feared God, cir, 1635.
0 Prov. 16. 6.
5 And aU the souls that came out and did not âs the king of Egypt P Dan. 3. 16,
* Heb. thigh. of the ^ loins of Jacob were ‘’seventy commanded them, but saved the men 18. & 6. 13.
Acts 5. 29.
•> ver. 20.
Gen. 46. souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. children alive.
26,27.
Deut. 10.
6 And “Joseph died, and all his bre- 18 And the king of Egypt called for
22 .
thren, and all that generation. the midwives, and said unto them.
® Gen. 50.26.
Acts 7. 15. 7 IF And the children of Israel were Why have ye done this thing, and
1635.
Gen. 46. 3.
fruitful,and increased abundantly, have saved the men children alive?
Dent.
Pb. 105. 24.
26. r>.
and multiplied, and waxed exceeding 19 And '^the midwives said unto a Seo Josb.
2. 4, &c.
Acts 7. 17.
mighty; and the land was filled with Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew Avomen 2 Sam. 17.
19,20.
them. are not as the Eg^^ptian women; for
® Acts 7. 18. 8 Now there “arose up a new king they are lively, and are delivered ere
over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. the midwives come in mito them.
9 And he said unto his people, Be- 20 '^Therefore God dealt aa^cII with r Prov. 11 .18.
Eccles. 8.
fPs. 105.24. hold, Dhe people of the children of Is- the midAvives and the people multi-
:
12 .
Isai. 3. 10.
rael are more and mightier than we plied, and waxed very mighty. Heb. 6. 10.
B Ps. 10. 2. 10 ® Come on, let us deal wisely 21 And it came to pass, because the
&
83. 3, 4.
>> Job 5. 13. with them lest they multiply, and it
;
inidAvives feared God, 'that he made " Seo 1 Sam.
2.35.
Ps. 10.5. 25.
Prov. 16.25. come to pass, that, when there faUeth them houses. 2 Sam. 7.
& 21 30 . .
out any war, they join also unto our 22 And Pharaoh charged all his peo-
11, 13, 27,
29.
Acts 7. 19.
1 kings 2.
enemies, and fight against us, and so ple, saying, ‘Every son that is born 24.
& 11. 38.
get them up out of the land. ye shall cast into the river, and every Ps. 127. 1.
11 Therefore they did set over them daughter ye shall save alive. cir. 1573.
‘ Acta 7. 19.
Gen. 1.5. 13. taskmasters ‘to afflict them with their CHAPTER II.
ch.3.7.
I
Deut. 26. 6.
^
burdens. And they built for Pharaoh 1 Moses is 3 and in an ark cast into the flags. 5
horn,
‘ ch. 2. 11.
Sc 5. 4, 5.
treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.' lie is found, and brought up hy Pharaoh's daughter.
I
11 He slayethan Egyptian. 13 lie reproveth an Hebrew.
I
P8. 81.6.
12 ^But the more they afflicted 15 He fleeth into Midian, 21 He marrieth Zipporah.
1 Gen. 47. 11.
them, the more they multiplied and
j
* Heb. And 22 Gershom is horn. 23 God respecteth the Israelites’ cry.

d$ then
nd
afflict
them, so
they mulli-
Vlied, &c.
grew. And they were grieved be-
cause of the children of Israel.
13 And the Egyptians made the chil-
A .
there Avent “a man of the
house of Levi, and took to wife
a daughter of Levi.
oh. 6. 20.
Num.26.59.
1 Chron.
23. 14.
“ ch. 2. 23. dren of Israel to serve with rigour 2 And the woman conceived, and 1571.
&6.
Nura.20.15.
9.
14 And they “made their lives bitter bare a son and Avhen she saw liim
:
b Acts 7. 20.
Heb. 11.23.
Acts
34.
7. 19,
with hard bondage, "in morter, and that he teas a goodly child, she hid
» Ps. 81. 6. in brick, and in all manner of service him three months.
Moses slayeth cm Egyptian. EXODUS, III. He fleetli into Midian.
Before 3 And when she could not longer 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1571 . liide him, she took for him an ark of thing, he sought to slay Moses. But 1531 .
bulrushes, and daubed it ivith slime Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh,
'
Acts 7. 29.
and with pitch, and put the child and divelt m
the land of Midian and :
»
Heb. 11. 27.
therein; and she laid it in the flags he sat down by “ a well. ">
11.
Gen. 24.
& 29. 2.
by the river’s brink. 16 “Now the Spriest of Midian had " ch. 3. 1.
4 “And his sister stood afar off, to seven daughters ” and they came and
3 Or, ptince,
«ch. 15.20. :
Nura. 26. as Gen. 41.
59. wit what would be done to him. drew ivater, and fllled the troughs to 45.
®Gen. 24.11.
* Acts 7. 21. 5 ^ And the ^daughter of Pharaoh water their father’s flock. & 29. 10.
lSani.9.11.
came down to wash herself at the 17 And the shepherds came and drove
river; and her maidens walked along them away but Moses stood up and
:
by the river’s side and when she saw helped them, and watered their flock.
;
PGen. 29.10.
the ark among the flags, she sent her 18 And when they came to ^Beuel >iN'um.l0.29.
called also
maid to fetch it. their father, he said. How is it that ye Jethro, or,
Jether,
6 And when she had opened it, she are come so soon to day ? ch. 3. 1.
& 4. 18.
saw the child and, behold, the babe
: 19 And they said. An Egyptian deli- &18.1,&o.
wept. And she had compassion on vered us out of the hand of the shep-
him, and said. This is one of the herds, and also drew water enough
Hebrews’ children. for us, and watered the flock.
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s 20 And he said unto his daughters,
daughter. Shall I go and call to thee And where is he ? why is it that ye
a nurse of the Hebrew women, that have left the man ? call him, that he
••Gen. 31.54.
she may nurse the child for thee ? may eat bread. &43.25.
8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to 21 And Moses was content to dwell
her. Go. And the maid went and with the man: and he gave Moses
called the child’s mother. “Zipporah his daughter. > ch. 4. 25.
& 18. 2.
9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said un- 22 And she bare him a son, and he 3 That is,
^ A stranger
to her. Take this child away, and called his name Gershom for he
‘
: here.
nurse it for me, and I will give thee said, I have been "a stranger in a ‘ch. 18. 3.
° Acts 7. 29.
thy wages. And the woman took the strange land. Heb. 11.13,
14.
child, and nursed it. 23 IF And it came to pass '‘in pro- * ch. 7. 7.
Acts 7. 30.
10 And the child grcAv, and she cess of time, that the king of Egypt y Num. 20.
brought him unto Pharaoh’s daugh- died and the children of Israel ^ sigh-
:
16.
Dent. 26. 7.
e Acts 7. 21. ter, and he became “her son. And she ed by reason of the bondage, and Ps. 12. 5.
'Gen. 18. 20.
* That is.
called his name ^ Moses and she said. they cried, and ^ their cry came up
: ch. 3. 9.
Drawn out. & 22.23,27.
Because I drew him out of the water. unto God by reason of the bondage. Deu.24. 15.
James
11 H And it came to pass in those 24 And God “heard their groaning, 5. 4.
* ch. 6. 5.
f Acts 7. 23, days, ^when Moses was grovu, that and God '’remembered his “covenant ch. 6. 5.
Ps. 105.
24. 8,
Heb. 11. he went out unto his brethren, and with Abraham, with Isaac, and with 42.
24, 25, 26. & 106. 4.5.
K ch. 1. 11. looked on their ^ burdens and he Jacob.

: ® Gen. 15. 14.
&46.4.
spied an Egyptian smiting an He- 25 And God ^looked upon the chil- ^ ch. 4. 31.
brew, one of his brethren. dren of Israel, and God ^“had re- 1 Sam. 1.11.
2 Sam. 16.
1531 . 12 And he looked this way and that spect unto them. 12
Luke
.
1. 25.
way, and when he saw that there ivas

h Acts 7. 24.
CHAPTEK III.
no man, he **slew the Egyptian, and 1 Moês heepeth Jethro’s flock. 2 God appeareth to Mm in
* Heb.
« ch. 3. 7.
kneto.
hid him in the sand. a burning hush. 9 He sendeth him to deliver Israel. 14
The name of God. 15 His message to Israel.
1 Acts 7. 26. 13 And Gvhen he went out the se-
cond day, behold, two men of the OW
Moses kept the flock of 1491 .
Hebrews strove together and he said Xi Jethro his father in law, “the
:
« ch. 2. 16.
to him that did the wi’ong. Where- priest of Midian and he led the
:
fore smitest thou thy fellow ? flock to the backside of the desert,
i Acts 7. 27, 14 And he said, '‘Who made thee ®a and came to '’the mountain of God, «> ch. 18. 5.
1Kin. 19.8.
28.
3 Heb. prince and a judge over us? intend- evpn to Horeb.
a man, a
prince, est thou to kill me, as thou killedst 2 And “the angel of the Lord ap- 'Deu.3.3.16.
I.sai. 63. 9.
Gen. 13. 8.
the Egyptian ? And Moses feared, and peared unto him in a flame of fire out Acts 7. 30.
said, Surely this thing is knouii. of the midst of a bush and he look- :
; ;: : :
God ax^pearetli to Moses, and EXODUS, III. sendeth him to deliver Israel.
Before ed, and, behold, the bush burned with me unto you; and they shall say to Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
1491. fire, and the bush ivas not consumed. me, What is his name? what shall I 1491.
3 And Moses said, I will now turn say unto them ?
d Ps. 111. 2. aside, and see this ‘‘great sight, why 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM
Acts 7. 31.
the bush is not burnt. THAT I AM
and he said. Thus
:
4 And when the Lord saw that he shalt thou say unto the children of
• Deut. 33. turned aside to see, God called ® unto Israel, Î AM
hath sent me unto you. y ch. 6. 3.
.John 58. 8.
15 And God said moreover unto Mo- 2 Cor. 20.
16.
him out of the midst of the bush, 1.
Heb. 13. 8.
and said, Moses, Moses. And he said. ses, Thus shalt thou say unto the chil- Rev. 4. 1.
Here am I. dren of Israel, The Lord God of your

5 And he said. Draw not nigh hither fathers, the God of Abraham, the God
fch. 19. 12. 'put ofi* thy shoes from oft' thy feet, of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath
Josh. 5. 14.
Acts 7. 33. for the place whereon thou standest sent meunto you : this is “ name my « Ps. 135. 13.
Hob. 12. 5.
is holy ground. for ever, and this is my
memorial un-
» ver. 15.
Gen. 28. 13.
6 Moreover he said, am the God to all generations.
ch. 4. 5. of thy father, the God of Abraham, 16 Go, and "gather the elders of Is- •ch. 4. 29.
Matt. 22.32.
Mark 12.26. the God of Isaac, and the God of rael together,and say unto them. The
Luke 20.37.
Acts 7. 32. Jacob. And Moses hid his face ; for Lord God of your fathers, the God of
•“ So
19.30.
1 Kin. he was afraid to look upon God.
**
Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, ap-
Isai. 6. 1, 5.
7 IF And the Lord said, ‘I have surely peared unto me, saying, ’’I have surely >>0611,50.24.
* cli. 2. 23, r)i. 2. 25.
24, 25. seen the affliction of my people which visited you, and seen that which is &4.31.
Neh. 9. 9. Luke 1. 68.
Ps. 106. 44. are in Egypt, and have heard their done to you in Egypt
Acts
17 And I have said, ®I will bring you
7. 34.
k ch. 1. 11.
cry ^ by reason of their taskmasters “ ver. 8.
Gen. 15.14,
»Gen. 18.21. for I know their sorrows
‘
up out of the affliction of Egypt unto 16.
cli. 2. 25.
“‘Gen. 11.5, 8 And “ I am come down to " deliver the land of the Canaanites, and the
7. & 18. 21. them out of the hand of the Egyp- Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
&
50.24.
" ch. 6. 6. 8.
& 12. 51. tians, and to bring them up out of Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
“Deut. 1.25. that land “unto a good land and a Jebusites, unto a land ftowing with
&8.
7,8,9.
P ver. 17. large, unto a land ^ flowing with milk milk and honey.
ch. 13. 5.
&33.3. and honey; unto the place of ‘‘the 18 And ^they shall hearken to thy <>
ch. 4. 31.
Nuni.13.27.
Deut. 20. 9, Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the voice and ®thou shalt come, thou and
;
“ ch. 5. 1, 3.
15.
Jer. 11. 5.
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the the elders of Israel, unto the king of
&32.
Ezek. 20. 6.
22.
Hivites, and the Jebusites. Egypt, and ye shall say unto him. The
«Gen.l5. 18. 9 Now therefore, behold, ’’the cry Lord God of the Hebrews hath 'met ^Num. 23.3,
4, 15, 16.
“ ch. 2. 23.
of the children of Israel is come with us and now let us go, we be-
:
unto me and I have also seen the seech thee, three days’ journey into
:
» ch. 1. 11, “oppression wherewith the Egyptians the wilderness, that we may sacrifice
13, 14, 22.
oppress them. to the Lord our God.
‘ Ps, lai. 26.
Micah 6.
10 ‘Come now therefore, and I will 19 IF And I am sure that the king of
4.
send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou Egypt ®will not let you go, ^no, not s ch. 5. 2.
&7. 4.
mayest bring forth my people the by a mighty hand. * Or, but

by strung
children of Israel out of Egypt. 20 And I ivill ^ stretch out my hand, hand.
11 ^ And Moses said unto God, "Who and smite Egypt with all my wonders ch. 6. 6.
*>
" See chap.
6 12
‘
& 7. .5.
. .
1 Sam. 18. am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, which I will do in the midst thereof & 9. 15.
18.
i
ch. 7. 3.
Isai. 6. 5, 8. and that I should bring forth the and ^ after that he will let you go. & 11. 9.
Jer. 1. 6. Deut. 6. 22.
children of Israel out of Egypt ? 21 And ‘I will give this people favour Neh. 9. 10.
Ps. 105. 27.
* Gen. 31.3. 12 And he said, * Certainly I will be in the sight of the Egyptians and it : & 135. 9.
Deu. 31.23. Jer. 32. 20.
Josh.
Rom.
1. 5. with thee; and this shall he a token shall come to pass, that, when ye go, Acte 7. 36.
8. 31. See ch. 7.
unto thee, that I have sent thee ye shall not go empty: to ch. 13.
k ch. 12. 31.
When thou hast brought forth the 22 “But every woman shall borrow > ch. 11. 3.
people out of Egypt, ye shall serve of her neighbour, and of her that so- & 12. 36.
Ps. 106. 46.
God upon this mountain. journeth in her house, jewels of silver, Prov. 16. 7.
™Gen.l5.14.
13 And Moses said unto God, Be- and jewels of gold, and raiment and : ch. 11. 2.
hold, when I come unto the children ye put them upon your sons, and
shall
& 12. 35,36.
“.Tob27. 17.
of Israel, and shall say unto them. upon your daughters; and "ye shall Prov. 13.22.
Ezek.39.10.
The God of your fathers hath sent spoil ® the Egyptians. s Or, Egypt.
/
: :
God givetli signs to Moses. EXODUS, IV. Aaron is apiminied to assist him. 1
Before
CHAPTER IV. 11 And the Lord said imto him, ‘'Who Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491. 1 Moses's rod is turned into a serpent. 6 His hand is hath made man’s mouth ? or who mak- 1491.
leprous, 10 He is loth to he sent. 14 Aaron is ap- eth the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, >* Ps. 94. 9.
pointed to assist him. 18 Closes departeth from Jethro.
21 God's message to Pharaoh. 24 Zipporah circumciseth
or the blmd ? have not I the Lord ?
her son. 27 .4ai'0)t is sent to meet Moses. 31 The people 12 Now therefore go, and I will be
helieveth them, ‘
with thy mouth, and teach thee what * Isai. 50. 4.
AND Moses answered and said, But, thou shalt say.

.Ter. 1. 9.
Matt.10.19.
Markl3.11.
behold, they will not believe me, 13 And he O my
Lord, ‘‘send,
said, Luke 12.
nor hearken unto my voice for they : I pray thee, by the hand of him ivhom
11, 12.
&21.14,15.
will say. The Lord hath not appeared thou ^ wilt send. See Jonah
1.3.
unto thee. 14 And the anger of the Lord was 2 Or,
shouldest.
2 And the Lord said unto him. What kindled against Moses, and he said.
is that in thine hand ? And he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother ?
‘ ver. 17, 20. “A rod. I know that he can speak well. And
3And he said, Cast it on the ground. also, behold, he cometh forth to meet
‘ I
ver. 27.
Sam.
And he cast it on the ground, and it thee and when he seeth thee, he will
:
1
2, 3, 5.
10.
became a serpent; and Moses fled be glad in his heart.

from before it. 15 And “ thou shalt speak unto him, m ch. 7. 1, 2.
4 And the Lord said unto Moses, and " put words his mouth m
and I :
“
38.
Num. 22.
& 23. 5,
Put forth thine hand, and take it by will be with thy mouth, and with his 12 , 10.
L>eut.l8.18.
the tail. And he put forth his hand, mouth, and "will teach you wiiat ye Isai. 51. 10.
Jer. 1. 9.
and caught it, and it became a rod shall do. ‘’Deut.5.31.
in his hand 16 And he shall be thy spokesman
i>
cR. 19. 9. 5 That they may believe that ® the unto the people : and he shall be,
0 ch. 3. 15.
Lord God of their fathers, the God even he shall be to thee instead of a
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and mouth, and ^’thou shalt be to him r eh. 7. 1.
&
18. 19.
the God of Jacob, hath appeared instead of God.
unto thee. 17 And thou shalt take ‘‘this rod in 4 ver. 2.
6 H And the Lord said furthermore thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do
unto him. Put now thine hand into thy signs.
bosom. And he put his hand into his 18 H And Moses went and returned
bosom and when he took it out, be-
: to ® Jethro his father in law, and said 3 Hob.
Jether,
unto him. Let me go, I pray thee, and
^
^ Num. 12.
10 .
hold, his hand was leprous as snow.
2 Kin. 5. 27. 7 And he said. Put thine hand into return unto my brethren which are
thy bosom again. And he put his hand in Egypt, and see whether they be
into his bosom again and plucked it ; yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses,
« Num.
13, 14.
12. out of his bosom, and, behold, ® it was Go in peace.
Deu.32.39. turned again as his other flesh. 19 And the Lord said unto Moses
2Kin.5.14.
Matt. 8. 3. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they in Midian, Go, return into Egypt for :
will not believe thee, neither hearken âll the men are dead which sought rch. 2.
Matt.
1.5,23.
2. 20.
to the voice of the first sign, that thy life.

they will believe the voice of the lat- 20 And Moses took his wife and his
ter sign. sons, and set them upon an ass, and
9 And it shall come to pass, if they he returned to the land of Egypt:
will not believe also these two signs, and Moses took “the rod of God in » ch. 17. 9.
Num. 20.
neither hearken unto thy voice, that his hand. 8,9.
thou shalt take of the water of the 21 And the Lord said unto Moses,
river, and pour it upon the dry land: When thou goest to return into E- ‘ ch. 3. 20.
fell. 7. 19. and Hhe water which thou takest gypt, see that thou do all those won-
‘ "ch.7.3,13.
& 9. 12, 35.
2 Heb. shall
heand
out of the river ^ shall become blood ders before Pharaoh, which I have & 10 1 .
& 14. 8.
.
shall be. upon the dry land. put in thine hand: but “I will har- De>it. 2. 30.
JoBh.ll.20.
SHeb.onuui
of words. 10 II And Moses said unto the Lord, den his heart, that he shall not let Isai. ra. 17.
.Tohnl2.40.
* Heb. since
yesterday,
O my am
not ® eloquent, nei-
Lord, I the people go. Rom. 9. 18.
Hos.
22 And thou shalt say unto Pha-
* 11. 1.
nor since
the third
ther ^heretofore, nor since thou hast Rom. 9. 4.
day.
e ch. 6. 12.
spoken unto thy servant but ® I am : raoh, Thus saith the Lord, Îsrael is 2 Cor.
y.Ter. 31. 9.
6. 18.
Jer. 1. 6. slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. my son, ^ even my firstborn Jam. 1. 18.
: :
Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron. EXODUS, Y. He increaseth the Israelite^ task.
Before
CHRIST
23 And I say unto thee, Let my son 4 And the king of Egypt said unto Before
CHRIST
1491 . go, that he may serve me : and if them. Wherefore do ye, Moses and 1491 .
» ch. 11. 5.
thou refuse to let him go, behold, I Aaron, let the people from their
I
&12.29. will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. works ? get you unto your ® burdens. * ch. 1. 11.
I
24 H And it came by the
to pass 5 And Pharaoh said. Behold, the peo-
» Num. 22. way in the inn, that the Lokd “met ple of the land now are ^many, and ye fch.1.7,9.
22
make them rest from their burdens.
.
“Gen. 17. 14. him, and sought to kill him.

“Josh. 5. 2, 3. 25 Then Zipporah took “a sharp 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same
* Or, knife. ^ stone, and cut off the foreskin of day the ® taskmasters of the people, 8 ch. 1. 11.
s Heb. made her son, and ^cast it at his feet, and and their officers, saying,
it touch.
said. Surely a bloody husband art 7 Ye shall no more give the people
thou to me. straw to make brick, as heretofore
26 So he let him go then she said,
: let them go and gather straw for
A bloody husband thou art^ because themselves.
of the circumcision. 8 And the tale of the bricks, which
27 H And the Lord said to Aaron, Go they did make heretofore, ye shall
^ ver. 14. into the wilderness ^to meet Moses. lay upon them ye shall not diminish
;
® ch. 3. 1. And he went, and met him in ®the ought thereof for they he idle there-
:
;
mount of God, and kissed him. fore they cry, saying. Let us go and
fyer. 15, IG. 28 And Moses ^told Aaron all the sacrifice to our God.
words
2 of the Lord who had sent him, 9 ^Let there more work be laid ^Beh.Iei
the uork
8 ver. 8, 9. and all the ® signs which he had com- upon the men, that they may labour be heavy
upon the
manded
3 him. therein and let them not regard
;
men.
“ ch. 3. 16. 29 If And Moses and Aaron ‘‘went vain words.
and gathered together all the elders 10 If And the taskmasters of the
of the children of Israel people went out, and their officers,
‘ ver. 16. 30 ‘And Aaron spake aU the words and they spake to the people, saying.
which the Lord had spoken unto Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give
Moses, and did the signs in the sight you straw.
of the people. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye
k ver. 8, 9.
31 And the people '‘believed: and can find it : yet not ought of your
ch. 3. 18.
when they heard that the Lord had work shall be diminished.
1 ch. 3. 16.
'visited the children of Israel, and 12 So the people were scattered
“ ch. 2. 23. that he “ had looked upon their afflic- abroad throughout all the land of
&3. 7.
'»Gen.24.26. tion,then “they bowed them heads Egypt to gather stubble instead of
ch. 12. 27.
1 Chron. and worshipped. straw.
29.20.
13 And the taskmasters hasted them,
I
CHAPTER V. sa;ydng. Fulfilyour works, ^your daily 8 Heb.a mat-
day
ter of a
1 Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron for their messarje.
tasks, as when there was straw. in his day.
5 He increaseth the Israelites’ task, 15 He checketh
their complaints. 20 They cry out upon Moses and Aaron, 14 And the officers of the children
22 Moses complainelh to God. of Israel, wliich Pharaoh’s taskmas-
And went
afterward Moses and Aaron
in, and told Pharaoh, Thus
saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my
ters had set over them, were beaten,
and demanded. Wherefore have ye
not fulfilled your task in making
• ch. 10. 9.
people go, that they may hold “ a feast brick both yesterday and to day, as
unto me in the wilderness. heretofore ?
“2 Kin.
35.
18. And Pharaoh said, '’IVlio is the 15 IF Then the officers of the chil-
Job 21. 15. Lord, that I should obey his voice to dren of Israel came and cried unto
let Israel go? I know not the Lord, Pharaoh, saying. Wherefore dealest
* ch. 3. 19. '
neither will I let Israel go. thou thus with thy servants?
^ ch. 3. 18. And they said, ‘'The God of the 16 There is no straw given unto thy
Hebrews hath met with us let us go, : servants, and they say to us. Make
we pray thee, three days’ journey in- brick: and, behold, thy servants are
to the desert, and sacrifice unto the beaten; but the fault is in thine own
Lord our God; lest he fall upon us people.
with pestilence, or with the sword. 17 But he said. Ye are idle, ye are
: :
God reneweth Ms promise. EXODUS, VI. The genealogij of Reiiben, &c.
Before idle : therefore ye say, Let us go and ’‘redeem you with a stretched out Before
CHKIST CHRIST
1491. do Lord.
sacrifice to the arm, and with great judgments 1491.
18 Go therefore now, and work for 7 And I will ‘take you to me for a
;
^ ch. 15. 13.
there shall no straw be given you, yet people, and “ I will be to you a God Dent. 7. 8.
1 Chron.
shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. and ye shall know that I am the 17. 21.
Neh.
19 And
the officers of the children Lord your God, which bringeth you ’
1. 10.
Dent. 4. 20.
of Israel did see that they were in out "from under the burdens of the &7.6.
& 14. 2.
evil case, after it was said, Ye shall Egjrptians. & 26. 18.
2 Sam. 7.
not minish ought from your bricks 8 And I will bring you in unto the 24.
“ Gen. 17.
of your daily task. land, concerning the which I did 7, 8.
ch. 29.
20 ^ And they met Moses and Aa- ^•^
swear to give it to Abraham, to 46. 45,
Den. 29.13.
ron, who stood in the way, as they Isaac, and to Jacob ; and I will give it Rev. 21. 7.
came forth from Pharaoh : you for an heritage : I am the Lord. “ ch. 5. 4, 5.
Pb. 81. 6.
» ch. 6. 9. 21 **And they said unto them. The 9 II And Moses spake so unto the ^ Heb. Iftup
my hand.
Lord look upon you, and judge be- ;
children of Israel ^ but they heark- See Gen.
:
14. 22.
* Heb. to cause ye have made our savour ^ to ened not unto Moses for ânguish of Deu. 32.40.
stink,
Gen.34.
2 abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh,
be spirit, and for cruel bondage.
"Gen.15.18.
Sam.
30.
& 26. 3.
1
& 27. 12.
13.
3 in the eyes of his servants, to put
and 10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, & 28. 13.
4.
2Sam.l0.6.
& 35. 12.
1 Chron. a sword in their hand to slay us. saying, P ch. 5. 21.
4 »Heb.
19.6.
22 And Moses returned unto the 11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king shortness,
or, strait-
Lord, and said. Lord, wherefore hast of Egypt, that he let the children of ness.
5
thou so evil entreated this people? Israel go out of his land.
Avhy is it that thou hast sent me ? 12 And Moses spake before the Lord,
6 For since I came to Pharaoh to
23 saying. Behold, the children of Israel
speak in thy name, he hath done evil have ^not hearkened unto me; how 4 ver. 9.
» Heb. to this people; ^neither hast thou then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am ver. 30
ch. 4.
delivering
Hum hast delivered thy people at all. of uncircumcised lips? Jer. 1.
not deli-
13 And the Lord spake unto Moses
vered.
CHAPTEK VI.
and unto Aaron, and gave them a
1 God reneweth promise hij his name JEnOVAH. 14
his
Tlie genealoyi! of Reuben, 15 of Simeon, 16 of Levi, of charge unto the children of Israel,
whom came 3Ioses and Aaron. and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to
»ch. 3.19.
Then
Now
do to Pharaoh
the
shalt
Lord said unto Moses,
thou see what I will
for “ with a strong
:
bring the children of Israel out of
the land of Egypt.
14 II These he the heads of their fa-
hand shall he let them go, and ivitli thers’ houses ®
The sons of Eeuben
:
• Gen. 46. 9.
1 Chr. 5. 3.
b ch. 11. 1. a strong hand ‘’shall he drive them the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and
& ]2. 31,
33,39. out of his land. Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these he
And God spake unto Moses, and the families of Eeuben.
« Or, said unto him, I am ^ the Lord : 15 ‘And the sons of Simeon Jemuel, ;
‘Gen. 46. 10.
JEHOVAH. 1 Chr. 4.24.
And I appeared unto Abraham, un- and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin,
to Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a
e Gen.
& 11.3.5.
17. 1.
of God Almighty, but by my name
‘ Canaanitish woman : these are the
& 43. 3.
4 ch. 3. 14.
•‘JEHOVAH was I not known to them. families of Simeon.
Pb. 68. 4. ®And I have also established my 16 H And these are the names of
& 83. 18. covenant with them, Ho give them the "the sons of Levi according to their » Gen. 46.11.
.John 8. 58. Num. 3. 17.
Eev. 1. 4.
•Gen.15.18.
land of Canaan, the land of their pil- generations ;Gershon, and Kohath, 1 Chron.
1 , 16.
6.
& 17. 4, 7. grimage, wherein they were strangers. and Merari and the years of the
:
t Gen. 17. 8.
& 28. 4. And ® I have also heard the groan- life of Levi were an hundred thirty
ing of the children of Israel, whom
s ch. 2. 24.
and seven years. 1619.
* 1 Chron. 6.
the Egyptians keep in bondage and ; 17 *The sons of Gershon; Libni, and 17. &
23. 7.
I have remembered my covenant. Shimi, according to their families.

Wherefore say unto the children 18 And ^the sons of Kohath; Am- y Num.
57.
26.
of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will

b ver.2,8, 29.
* ch. 3. 17.
‘‘ ‘
ram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and 1 Cliron.
2, 18.
6.
&7. 4. bring you out from under the bur- Uzziel: and the years of the life of
Dent. 26. 8.
Pb. 81. 6. dens of the Egyptians, and I will rid Kohath were an hundred thirty and
& 130. 11,
12 . you out of their bondage, and I will three years.
: ;:
Moses is encouraged EXODUS, YII. to go to Pharaoh.

Before
19 And
the sons of Merari Mahali
* 3 And ^ I will harden Pharaoh’s Before
CHRIST ;
CHRIST
1619. and Mushi: these are the families of heart, and ® multiply my 'signs and 1491.
* 1 Chron. 6. Levi according to their generations. my wonders in the land of Egypt. d ch. 4. 21.
19. & 23. 21. 20 And “Amram took him Jochebed 4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken ®ch. 11.9.
“ ch. 2. 1, 2. f ch. 4. 7.
Num. 26. his father’s sister to wife; and she unto you, ®that I may lay my hand e ch. 10. 1.
59.
upon Egypt, and bring forth mine &
11 . 9 .
bare him Aaron and Moses and the :
years of the life of Amram were an armies, and my people the children
hundred and thirty and seven years. of I.srael, out of the land of Egypt
b Num. 16.1.
1 Chron. 6.
21 H And Uhe sons of Izhar; Korah, by great judgments. •>
ch. 6. 6.
37, 38. and Nepheg, and Zichri. 5 And the Egyptians ‘shall know ‘ ver. 17.
ch. 8. 22.
® Lev. 10. 4.
22 And ®the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, that I am the Lord, when I ^stretch & 14.4,18.
Num. 3. 30. Ps. 9. 16.
and Elzaphan, and Zithri. forth mine hand upon Egypt, and * ch. 3. 20.
cir. 1530. 23 took him Elisheba,

And Aaron bring out the children of Israel from
d Ruth 4. 19, daughter of ‘Âmminadab, sister of among them.
20
6 And Moses and Aaron ‘did as the ver.
.
lChr.2.10. Naashon, to wife; and she bare him •

2.
Matt. 1. 4.
® Lev. 10. 1. ®Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Lord commanded them, so did they.
Num.
3. 2.
& 26. 60. Ithamar. 7 And Moses was “fourscore years 1491.
1 Chr. 6. 3.
& 24. 1. 24 And the 'sons of Korah; Assir, old, and Aaron fourscore and three ™ Deut.
& 31.
29.
5. 2. I
f Num. 26. and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these years old, when they spake unto & Acts
34. 7.
7.
I
11 . 23, I
are the families of the Korhites. Pharaoh. 30.
25 And Eleazar Aaron’s son took 8 If And the Lord spake unto Moses
him one of the daughters of Putiel and unto Aaron, saying,
e Num. 25. to wife and ® she bare him Phinehas
;
9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto
7, 11.
Josh. 24. 33. these
2 are the heads of the fathers of you, saying, “ Shew a miracle for you “Isai. 7.11.
John 2. 18.
the Levites according to their families. then thou shalt say unto Aaron, “Take &6. 30.
®ch. 4.2,17.
26 These are that Aaron and Moses, thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh,
•“to whom the Lord said, Bring out and become a
ver. 13.
•'
it shall serpent.
the children of Israel from the land 10 If And Moses and Aaron went
1 ch. 7. 4. of Egypt according to their armies. *
in unto Pharaoh, and they did so ^ as P ver. 9.
& 12.17,51.
Num. 33.1. 27 These are they which ^ spake to the Lord had commanded: and Aaron
1491.
Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out *
cast down his rod before Pharaoh,
»ch.5.1,3.
& 7. 10. the children of Israel from Egypt: and before his servants, and it ^be- "i ch. 4. 3.
> ver. 13.
ch. 32. 7. these are that Moses and Aaron. came a serpent.
& a3. 1.
Ps. 77. 20. 28 If And it came to pass on the 11 Then Pharaoh also 'called the r Gen. 41. 8.
day when the Lord spake unto Moses wise men and “the sorcerers now the :
» 2 Tim. 3.8.
t
in the land of Egypt, magicians of Egypt, they also ‘did in ver. 22.
ch. 8. 7,18.
29 That the Lord spake unto Moses, like manner with their enchantments.
“ ver. 2. saying, “ I am the Lord “ speak thou : 12 For they cast down every man his
" ver. 11.
ch. 7. 2. unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that rod, and they became serpents but :
I say unto thee. Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

30 And Moses said before the Lord, 13 And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart,
® ver. 12.
ch. 4. 10.
Behold, ° I am of uncircumcised lips, that he hearkened not unto them
and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto "as the Lord had said. " ver. 4.
ch. 4. 21.
me? 14 If And the Lord said unto Moses,
CHAPTER VII. Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he re-
"" ^
& 10
ch. 8. 15.
. 1 , 20 ,
1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh. 7 His age. 8 His fuseth to let the people go. 27.
rod is turned into a serpent. 11 The sorcerers do the like.
13 Pharaoh's heart is' hardened. 14 God's message to 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the
Pharaoh. 19 The river is turned into hlood. morning; lo, he goeth out unto the
® ch. 4. 16.
Jer. 1. 10.
And
to
.
the Lord said unto Moses,
See, I have made thee “a god
Pharaoh and Aaron thy brother
:
water; and thou shalt stand by the
river’s brink against he come; and
^the rod which was turned to a ser- y ver. 10.
ch. 4. 2, 3.
ch. 4. 16. shall be thy prophet. pent shalt thou take in thine hand.
® ch. 4. 15. Thou “shalt speak all that I com- 16 And thou shalt say unto him.
mand thee and Aaron thy brother
: The Lord God of the Hebrews hath * ch. 3. 18.
shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send sent me unto thee, saying. Let my
“ ch. 3. 12,
the children of Israel out of his land. people go, “that they may serve me 18.&5.1,3.
E
: :;:
The river is turned into blood. EXODUS, VIII. The plague of frogs.
Before the wilderness
in and, behold, hi-
: him. Thus saith the Loed, Let my CHRIST
Before
CHRIST
1491 .
therto thou wonkiest not hear. people go, “ that they may serve me. 1491 .
17 Thus saith the Loed, In this 2 And if thou '’refuse to let them “ch.3.12.18.
ver. 5.
ch. 5. 2.
thou shalt know that I am the Loed : go, behold, I wiU smite all thy bor- ^ ch. 7. 14.
&9.2.
behold, I will smite with the rod that ders with “
frogs « Rev. 16. 13.
is in mine hand upon the waters which 3 And the river shall bring forth
® ch. 4. 9.
are in the river, and “they shall be frogs abundantly, wMch shall go up
^ Rev. 16. tm’iied ^ to blood. and come into thine house, and into
4,6.
18 And the fish that is in the river thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, dPs.105.30.
^
shall die, and the river shall stink; and into the house of thy servants,
® ver. 24. and the Egyptians shall ® lothe to and upon thy people, and into thine
drink of the water of the river. ovens, and into thy ^kneadingtroughs Or, dough. 2
19 IF And the Loed spake unto Mo- 4 And the frogs shall come up both
ses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, on thee, and upon thy people, and
'ch. 8.5,6, and stretch out thine hand upon the upon aU thy servants.
16.& 9. 22.
& 10 12 21
.
, . waters of Egypt, upon their streams, 5 IF And the Loed spake unto Mo-
&14. 21,26.
upon their rivers, and upon their ses, Say unto Aaron, “Stretch forth ® ch. 19. 7.
2 Heb. ga- jDonds, and ujDon all their Spools of thine hand with thy rod over the
thering of
their waters. water, that they may become blood; streams, over the rivers, and over the
and that there may be blood through- ponds, and cause frogs to come up
out all the land of Egypt, both in upon the land of Egypt.
vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. 6 And Aaron stretched out his hand
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, over the waters of Egypt; and ^the 'Ps. 78. 45.
& 105. 30.
as the Loed commanded and he frogs came up, and covered the land
;
e ch. 17. 5. ^ lifted up the rod, and smote the of Egypt.

waters that were in the river, in the 7 Ând the magicians did so with e ch. 7. 11.
sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight their enchantments, and brought up

*> Ps. 78. 44. of Ms servants; and all the ’'waters frogs upon the land of Egypt.
& 105. 29.
that were in the river were turned 8 IF Then Pharaoh called for Moses
to blood. and Aaron, and said, Intreat the '' •* ch. 9. 28.
& 10. 17.
21 And the fish that was in the river Loed, that he may take away the Num. 21. 7.
1 Ivin. 13. 6.
died; and the river stank, and the frogs from me, and from my people Acts 8.
* ver. 18. Egyptians could not drink of the wa-

’
and I wiU let the people go, that they
ter of the river ; and there was blood may do sacrifice unto the Loed.
throughout all the land of Egypt. 9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh,
** ver. 11. 22 ‘'And the magicians of Egypt ® Glory over me :
^ when shall I in- 2 Or, Have
this ho-
did so with their enchantments and : treat for thee, and for thy servants, nour over
me, &c.
Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, nei- and for thy people, ®to destroy the * Or, against
when.
• ver. 3. ther did he hearken unto them; ‘as frogs from thee and thy houses, that 5 Heb.
the Loed had said. they may remain in the river only ? to cut off.
23 And Pharaoh turned and went 10 And he ®To morrow. And

said, ® Or, Againd
to morrow.
into his house, neither did he set his he said. Be it accordmg to thy word
heart to this also. that thou mayest know that there is ' « ch. 9. 14.
Deu.33.20.
24 And all the Egyptians digged none like unto the Loed our God. 2 Sam. 7.
round about the river for water to 11 And the frogs shall depart from 1 Chron.
17.20.
drink; for they could not drink of thee, and from thy houses, and from Ps. 86. 8.
Isai. 46. 9.
the water of the river. thy servants, and from thy people; Jer. 10. 6, 7.
25 And seven days were fulfilled, after they shall remain in the river only.
that the Loed had smitten the river. 12 And Moses and Aaron went out
CHAPTER VIII. from Pharaoh and Moses ^ cried unto
:
^ ver. 30.
ch. 9. 33.
1 Frogs are sent. 8 Pharaoh sueth to Moses, 12 and the Loed because of the frogs which & 10. 18.
Moses by prayer removeth them away. 16 The dust
& 32. 11.
he had brought against Pharaoh. Jam. 5. 16,
is turned into lice, which the magicians could not do. 17, 18.
20 The swarms of flies. 25 Pharaoh inclineth to let 13 And the Loed did according to
the people go, 32 but yet is hardened. the word of Moses and the frogs;
nd Loed spake unto Moses,

A _
the
Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto
died out of the houses, out of the
villages, and out of the fields.
:;
The plagues of lice and flies. EXODUS, IX. The murrain of heasts.
Before 14 And
they gathered them together and for Aaron, and said. Go ye, sacri- Before
CHRIST
CHEIST
1491.
upon heaps and the land stank.
: fice to your God the land. m 1491.
15 But when Pharaoh saw that there 26 And Moses said. It is not meet
> Ecoles. 8. was ^respite, “he hardened his heart, so to do; for we shall sacrifice ^the y Gen. 43.32.
A: 4B 34
11.
“ ch. 7. 14. and hearkened not unto them; as abomination of the Egyptians to the Deut.
26.
7.
& 12.31.
25,
the Lokd had said. Loed our God: lo, shall we sacrifice
16 If And the Loed said unto Mo- the abomination of the Egyptians be-
ses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy fore their eyes, and will they not
rod, and smite the dust of the land, stone us?
that it may become lice throughout 27 We will go * three days’ journey • ch. 3. 18.
all the land of Egypt. mto the wilderness, and sacrifice to

17 And they did so ; for Aaron the Loed our God, as “he shall com- * ch. 3. 12.
stretched out his hand with his rod, mand us.

and smote the dust of the earth, and 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go.
“Pb.105.31. “ it became hce in man, and in beast that ye may sacrifice to the Loed your
all the dust of the land became lice God in the wilderness; only ye shall
throughout aU the land of Egypt. not go very far away :
''
intreat for me. •> ver. 8.
rb Q 28
» ch. 7. 11. 18 And “the magicians did so with 29 And Moses Behold, I go
said, IKin. 13.6.
their enchantments to bring forth lice. out from thee, and I will intreat the
P Luke 10. but they ^ could not: so there were Loed that the swarms offlies may de-
18.
2 Tim. 3. hce upon man, and upon beast. part from Pharaoh, from his servants.
8, 9.
19 Then the magicians said unto and from his people, to morrow but :
9 1 Sam. 6. Pharaoh, This is ’ the finger of God let not Pharaoh “deal deceitfully any « ver. 15.
3,9.
Ps. 8. 3. and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. more in not letting the people go to
Matt.12.28.
Luke 11.20. and he hearkened not unto them; as sacrifice to the Loed.
30 And Moses went out from Pha-
r ver. 15.
the Loed had said.
20 If And the Loed said unto Moses, raoh, and ^ intreated the Loed. ver. 12.
8 ch. 7. 15. “Kise up early in the morning, and 31 And the Loed did according to
stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh the word of Moses; and he removed
forth to the water and say unto him.
;
the swarms of flies from Pharaoh,
* ver. 1. Thus saith the Loed, ‘Let my people from his servants, and from his peo-
go, that they may serve me. ple there remained not one.
;
21 Else, if thou wilt not let my 32 And Pharaoh ® hardened his heart ® ver. 15.
ch. 4. 21.
* Or, a mix- people go, behold, I will send ^swarms at this time also, neither would he let
ture of
noisome of flies upon thee, and upon thy ser- the people go.
vants, and upon thy people, and into
thy houses: and the houses of the
CHAPTER IX.
1 The murrain of heasts. 8 The plague of boils and hlains.
Egyptians shall be full of swarms 13 His message about the hail. 22 The plague of hail.
of flies., and also the ground whereon 27 Pharaoh sueth to Hoses, 35 but yet is hardened.
they are. riTHEN the Loed said unto Moses,

» ch. 9. 4, 6,
22 And “I will sever in that day JL “Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell “ ch. 8. 1.
2b. oclO. 2o.
&11. 6, 7. the land of Goshen, in which my him. Thus saith the Loed God of the
&c 12. 13.
people dwell, that no swarms of flies Hebrews, Let my
people go, that they
shall be there to the end thou may-
;
may serve me.
est know that I am the Loed in the For if thou refuse to let them go, b ch.
2 ’’ 8. 2.
midst of the earth. and wilt hold them still.

* Heb. a re-
demyition.
23 And I will put division be- 3 Behold, the “hand of the Loed is ® ch. 7. 4.
* Or, by to tween my people and thy people ^ to : upon thy cattle which is in the field.
morrow.
morrow shall this sign be. upon the horses, upon the asses, up-
* Ps. 78. 45.
24 Andthe Loed did so and * there
;
on the camels, upon the oxen, and
lOo. 31.
came a grievous swarm of flies mto upon the sheep ther'e shall he a very
:
the house of Pharaoh, and into his grievous murrain.

4 And the Loed shall sever between
^
servants’ houses, and into aU the land » ch. 8. 22.
BOr, of Egypt: the land was ® corrupted the cattle of Israel and the cattle of
destroyed.
by reason of the swarm of flies. Egypt: and there shall nothing die
25 If And Pharaoh called for Moses of all that is the children’s of Israel.
E2
; :
The plague of hoils and hlains, EXODUS, IX. The plague of hail.
Before
UDKlo i
5 And the Lord appointed a set gainst my people, that thou wilt not Before
CHRIST
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shall do this thing in the land. 18 Behold, to morrow about this
6 And the Lord did that thing on time I will cause it to rain a very
® Ps. 78. 50. the morrow, and ®all the cattle of grievous hail, such as hath not been
Egypt died but of the cattle of the
: in Egypt since the foimdation there-
children of Israel died not one. of even until now.
7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold. 19 Send therefore now, and gather
there was not one of the cattle of the thy cattle, and aU that thou hast in
*ch. 7. 14.
Israelites dead. And Hhe heart of the field; for upon every man and
^
8 32
Pharaoh was hardened, and he did beast which shall be found in the
not let the people go. field, and shall not be brought home,
8 1 And the Lord said unto Moses the hail shall come down upon them.
and unto Aaron, Take to you hand- and they shall die.
fills of ashes of the furnace, and let 20 He that feared the word of the
Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven Lord among the servants of Pharaoh
in the sight of Pharaoh. made his servants and his cattle flee
9 And it shall become small dust in into the houses
8 Rev. 16. 2. all the land of Egypt, and shall be ® a 21 And he that ^regarded not the 2 Heb. set not
his heart
boil breaking forth with blains upon word of the Lord left his servants unto.
ch. 7. 23.
man, and upon beast, throughout aU and his cattle in the field.
the land of Egypt. 22 T And the Lord said unto Moses,
10 And they took ashes of the fur- Stretch forth thine hand toward hea-
nace, and stood before Pharaoh; and ven, that there may be ^ hail in all the P Rev. 16. 21.
Moses sprinlded it up toward heaven land of Egypt, upon man, and upon
'>
Deut. 28. and it became ‘‘a boil breaking forth beast, and upon every herb of the
27.
with blains upon man, and upon beast. field, throughout the land of Egypt.
*ch.8.18,19.
2 Tim 3 9
11 And the 'magicians could not 23 And Moses stretched forth his
stand before Moses because of the rod toward heaven: and ‘^the Lord qJo8h.l0.ll.
boils; for the boil was upon the ma- sent thunder and hail, and the Are ran & 78. 47.
gicians, and upon all the Egyptians. along upon the ground and the Lord
;
& 148. 8.
12 And the Lord hardened the heart rained hail upon the land of Egypt. Ezek. 38.
22.
of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not 24 So there was hail, and fire min- Rev. 8. 7.
‘ ch. 4. 21. unto them ^ as the Lord had spoken gled with the hail, very grievous, such
;
imto Moses. as there was none like it in all the land

13 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, of Egypt since it became a nation.
• ch. 8. 20. ‘Rise up early in the morning, and 25 And the hail smote throughout
stand before Pharaoh, and say unto all the land of Egypt all that was in
him. Thus saith the Lord God of the the field, both man and beast; and
Hebrews, Let my people go, that they the hail ' smote every herb of the field. •P8.105.33,
may serve me. and brake every tree of the field.

14 For I will at tliis time send all 26 “Only in the land of Goshen, » ch. 8. 22.
& 9. 4, 6.
my plagues upon thine heart, and where the children of Israel were, was & 10. 23.
& 11. 7.
upon thy servants, and upon thy peo- there no hail. & 12. 13.
“ ch. 8. 10. pie; “that thou mayest know that 27 IF And Pharaoh sent, and called Isai. 32. 18,
19.
there is none like me in all the earth. for Moses and Aaron, and said unto
o ch. 3. 20. 15 For now I will "stretch out my them, ‘ I have sinned this time " the :
‘ ch. 10. 16.
° 2 Chron.
hand, that I may smite thee and thy Lord is righteous, and I and my 12.6.
Ps. 129. 4.
people with pestilence and thou shalt people are wicked.
; & 145. 17.
Lam.
28 '‘Intreat the Lord (for it is enough)
1. 18.
lie cut off from the earth. Dan. 9. 14.
® See ch. 14. 16 And in very deed for “this cause that there be no more ^mighty thun- *ch.
^ in
8. 8,28.
17
Prov. 16.
Rom.
4. have I ^ raised thee up, for to shew in derings and hail; and I will let you Acts 8. 24.
2 Heb. voices
9. 17,
1 Pet. 2. 9. thee my power; and that my name go, and ye shall stay no longer. of God,
Heb. made Ps. 29. 3, 4.
thee stand. may be declared throughout all the 29 And Moses said unto him. As
earth. soon as I am gone out of the city, I 22,38.
Ps. 143. 6.
17 As yet exaltest thou thyself a- will ^spread abroad my hands unto Isai. 1. 15.
: : : :;;
Pharaoh's heart is hardened. EXODUS, X. The plague of locusts.

Before the Lord; and the thunder shall hail,and shall eat every tree which Before
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cease, neither shall there be any groweth for you out of the field 1491 .
more hah; that thou mayest know 6 And they ®shall fill thy houses, and Ecb.8.
3,21.
» Ps. 24. 1.
1 Cor. 10.
how that the earth is the Lord’s. the houses of all thy servants, and the
20, 28. 30 But as for thee and thy servants, houses of aU the Egyptians; which
»Isai. 26.10.
know that ye will not yet fear the neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’
Lord God. fathers have seen, since the day that
31 And the flax and the barley was they were upon the earth unto this
»> Ruth 1.22.
&2. 23.
smitten: ‘’for the barley was in the day. And he tinned himself, and
ear, and the flax was boiled. went out from Pharaoh.
32 But the wheat and the rie were not 7 And Pharaoh’s servants said unto
2Heb. smitten: for they were ^not grown up. him. How long shall this man be *‘a .Tosh.ch. 23. 33.
>>
23. 13.
hidden,
or, dark. 33 And Moses went out of the city snare unto us? let the men go, that 21 1 Sam. 18.
.
e ver. 29.
ch. 8. 12.
from Pharaoh, and ‘’spread abroad they may
serve the Lord their God Eccles.
26.
7.
his hands unto the Lord: and the knowest thou not yet that Egypt is 1 Cor. 7. 35.
thunders and hail ceased, and the destroyed ?

rain was not poured upon the earth. 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought
34 And when Pharaoh saw that the again unto Pharaoh and he said unto
:
rain and the hail and the thunders them. Go, serve the Lord your God
2 Heb.
were ceased, he sinned yet more, hut ^who are they that shall go? and
icho,
and hardened his heart, he and his 9 And Moses said. We will go with vcho, <£-c.
servants. our young and with our old, with our

d ch. 4. 21. 35 And ‘‘the heart of Pharaoh was sons and with our daughters, with our
hardened, neither would he let the flocks and with our herds will we go
children of Israel go; as the Lord for ‘we must hold a feast mito the • ch. 5. 1.
S Heb. by had spoken ^by Moses. Lord.

the hand
of Moses,
CHAPTER X. 10 And hesaid unto them. Let the
ch. 4. 13.
1 God threateneth to send 7 Pharaoh, moved by
locusts. Lord be so with you, as I will let you
his servants, inclineth to let the Israelites go. 12 The
go, and your httle ones look to it ;
:
playue of the locusts. 16 Pharaoh sueth to Moses. 21
The plague of darkness. 24 Pharaoh sueth unto Moses, for evil is before you.
27 but yet is hardened. 11 Not so go now ye that are men,
:
* ch. 4. 21.
AND the said unto Moses, Go
Lord and serve the Lord; for that ye did
&
7. 14.
in unto Pharaoh: “for I have desire. And they were driven out
hardened his heart, and the heart of from Pharaoh’s presence.
» ch. 7. 4. his servants, that I might shew these 12 1 And the Lord said unto Moses,
my signs before him ^Stretch out thine hand over the land
i ch. 7. 19.
® Deut. 4. 9.
2 And that ‘’thou mayest tell in the of Egypt for the locusts, that they
Ps. 44. 1.
& 71. 18. ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, may come up upon the land of Egypt,
&78.5,&c.
Joel 1. 3. what things I have wrought in Egypt, and 'eat every herb of the land, even 1 ver. 4, 5.
and my signs which I have done a- aU that the hail hath left.
mong them; that ye may know how 13 And Moses stretched forth his
that I am the Lord. rod over the land of Egypt, and the
3 And Moses and Aaron came in Lord brought an east wind upon the
unto Pharaoh, and said unto him. land all that day, and all that night
Thus saith the Lord God of the He- and when it was morning, the east
brews, How long wilt thou refuse to wind brought the locusts.
ÎKin.
2 ).
21. ^humble thyself before me? let my 14 And “the locusts went up over ™ Ps. 78. 46.
& 105. 34.
2Chr.7.14. people go, that they may serve me. all the land of Egypt, and rested in
& 34. 27.
.Tob 42. 6. 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my peo- all the coasts of Egypt very griev-
:
Jer. 13. 18.
Jam. 4. 10. ple go, behold, to morrow will I bring ous were they; “before them there “ Joel 2. 2.
1 Pet. 5. 6.
®Pro. 30.27. the ® locusts into thy coast were no such locusts as they, neither
*
Rev. 9. 3.
Heb.
5 And they shall cover the ^face of after them shall be such.
eye,
ver. 15. the earth, that one cannot be able to 15 For they covered the face of the
‘’ “ ver. 5.
tch.9. 32.
Joel 1. 4.
see the earth and ^ they shall eat
: whole earth, so that the land was dark-
&2. 25. the residue of that which is escaped, ened and they ^ did eat every herb of
;
PPs.105.35.
which remaineth unto you from the the land, and all the fruit of the trees
: : ;
The plague of darkness. EXODUS,29 XI. God’s message to the Israelites.

Before
CHRIST
which the hail had left: and there And Moses said. Thou hast spo- Before
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remained not any green thhig in the ken well, I will see thy face again no 1491 .
trees, or in the herbs of the field, more. dHeb.11.27.

through the land of Eg^qjt.
2 Heb. lia^- 16 1
all
Then Pharaoh ^ called for Moses
CHAPTER XI.
ened to call, 1 God’s message to the Israelites to horrow jewels of their
1 ch. 9. 27. and Aaron in haste; and he said, ’I neighbours. 4 Moses threateneth Pharaoh with the death
have sinned against the Lord your of the firstborn.
God, and against you. AND the Lord said unto Moses, Yet
17 Now therefore forgive, I XA. will I bring one plague more upon
pray thee,
r ch. 9. 28.
1 Kin. 13.6.
my sin only this once, and intreat Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards
the Lord your God, that he may take he will let you go hence “ when he :
» ch. 12. 31,
33, 39.
away from me this death only. shall letyou go, he shall surely thrust
> ch. 8. 30. 18 And he "went out from Pharaoh, you out hence altogether.
and intreated the Lord. 2 Speak now in the ears of the peo-
19 And the Lord turned a mighty ple, and let every man borrow of his
strong west wind, which took away neighbour, and every woman of her
»Heb. the locusts, and ®cast them ‘into the neighbour, ''jewels of silver, and jew- >> ch. 3. 22.
fastened, & 12.
* Joel 2. 20. Red sea there remained not one
;
els of gold.
3.0.
locust in all the coasts of Egypt. 3 “And the Lord gave the people « ch. 3. 21.
&
12. 36.
^ ch. 4. 21.
&
11 10 . .
20 But the Lord “hardened Pha- favour in the sight of the Egj^tians. Ps. 106. 46.
raoh’s heart, so that he would not let Moreover the man ^ Moses was very <12 Sam. 7. 9.
Esther 9. 4.
the children of Israel go. great in the land of Egypt, in the
21 t And the Lord said unto Moses, sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in
* ch. 9. 22.
'‘Stretch out thine hand toward hea- the sight of the people.
ven, that there may be darkness over 4 And Moses said. Thus saith the
* Heb. that the land of Egypt, êven darkness Lord, “About midnight will I go out e ch. 12.
12,
one may 23,29.
feel dark-
ness.
which may be felt. into the midst of Egypt Amos 5. 17.
22 And Moses stretched forth his 5 And âll the firstborn in the land t ch. 12. 12,
29.
hand toward heaven; and there was of Egypt shall die, from the first- Amos 4. 10.
yPB. 105.28. a thick darkness in all the land of
^ born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his
Egypt three days throne, even unto the firstborn of the
23 They saw not one another, nei- maidservant that is behind the mill;
ther rose any from his place for three and all the firstborn of beasts.
* ch. 8. 22. days ^ but all the children of Israel
: 6 ®And there shall be a great cry 8 ch. 12. 30.
Amos 5. 17.
had light in their dwellings. throughout all the land of Egj^t,
24 H And Pharaoh called unto Mo- such as there was none like it, nor
® ver. 8.
ses, and “ said. Go ye, serve the Lord ;
shall be like it any more.
only let your flocks and your herds 7 ''But against any of the children •> ch. 8. 22.
I'
ver. 10. be stayed: let your ’'little ones also of Israel 'shall not a dog move his i
Josh. 10. 21.
go with you. tongue, against man

or beast that :
25 And Moses said. Thou must give ye may know how that the Lord doth
5 Heb.
our hands.
into ®us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, put a difference between the Egyp-
that we may sacrifice unto the Lord tians and Israel.
our God. 8 And ‘‘all these thy servants shall ^ ch. 12. 33.
26 Our cattle also shall go with us; come down unto me, and bow down
there shall not an hoof be left behind; themselves unto me, saying. Get thee
2 Heh. that
for thereof must we take to serve the out, and all the people ^that follow is al thy
feet. So
Lord our God; and we know not thee and after that I wiU go out.
: .ludg. 4. 10.
68.
with what we must serve the Lord, And he went out from Pharaoh in 1 Kin. 20.
5.
10
until we come thither. â great anger. 2 Kin.
.
3. 9.
« ver. 20.
ch. 4. 21.
27 IBut the Lord “hardenedPharaoh’s 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, 5 Heb.
heat
of anger.
&
14. 4, 8.
heart, and he would not let them go. ’
Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you • ch. 3. 19.
&7.
that “ my wonders may be multiplied & 10 1
4.
28 And Pharaoh said unto him. Get . .
“ ch. 7. 3.
thee from me, take heed to thyself, in the land of Egypt. n ch. 10. 20,
see my face no more for in that day ;
10 And Moses and Aaron did all 27.
Rom. 2. 5.
thou seest my face thou shalt die. these wonders before Pharaoh :
“ and 69. 22.
: : :
The passover is instituted. EXODUS, XII. The days of unleavemd bread.

Before the Loed hardened Pharaoh’s heart, 12 For I ’’will pass through the land Before
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so that he would not let the children of Egypt this night, and will smite all 1491 .
of Israel go out of his land. the firstborn in the land of Eg;^^)!, ch. 11. 4, 5.
CHAPTER XII. both man and beast; and ’agamst Amos 5. 17.
‘Num. 33. 4.
1 The beginning of the year is changed. 3 The passover is all the ^ gods of Egypt I will execute 2 Or, princes,
instituted. 11 The rite of the passover. 15 Unleavened
judgment ^ I am the Lord.
:
ch. 21.
& 22. 28.
6.
bread. 29 The firstborn are slain. 31 The Israelites

are driven out of the land. 37 They come to Succoth. 13 And the blood shall be to you Ps. S2.
John
1, 6.
10.
43 The ordinance of the passover. for a token upon the houses where 34,35.
^ ch. 6. 2.
AND Lord spake unto Moses
the ye are: and when I see the blood,
xjL and Aaron in the land of Egypt, I will pass over you, and the plague
saying, shall not be upon you ® to destroy * Heb. for a
destruction.
• ch. 13. 4.
Deut. 16. 1.
2 This month shall be unto you the you, when I smite the land of E-
beginnmg of months it shall be the
: gypt.
first month of the year to you. 14 And this day shall be unto you
3 H Speak ye imto aU the congrega- ’
for a memorial and ye shall keep
;
• ch. 13. 9.
tion of Israel, saying. In the tenth it a “ feast to the Lord throughout “Lev.23.4,5.
2 Kin. 23.
day of this month they shall take to your generations; ye shall keep it a 21 .
* Or. kid. them every man a ^lamb, according feast “by an ordinance for ever. “ ver. 24, 43.
ch. 13. 10.
to the house of their fathers, a lamb 15 “ Seven days shall ye eat un- ® ch. 13. 6, 7.
for an house leavened bread; even the first day &

23. 15.
&
34. 18, 25.
4 And if the household be too little ye shall put away leaven out of your Lev. 23. .5. 6.
Num.28.17.
for the lamb, let him and his neigh- houses for whosoever eateth leaven-
:
Deut. 16.
3,8.
bour next unto his house take it ac- ed bread from the first day until the 1 Cor. 5. 7.
cording to the number of the souls; seventh day, *’that soul shall be cut POen.17.14.
Num. 9. 13.
every man accordmg to his eating off from Israel.
shall make your count for the lamb, 16 And in the first day there shall
Lev. 22. 19, 5 Your lamb shall be ’’without ble- be “ân holy convocation, and in the J Lev. 23.7,8.
20 21
, . Num. 28.
Mal.1.8,14. mish, a male ®of the first year: ye seventh day there shall be an holy 18, 25.
Ileb. 9. 14.
1 Pet. 1.19. shall take it out from the sheep, or convocation to you; no manner of
S Heb. son ctf
a year. from the goats work shall be done in them, save that
Lev. 23. 12.
6 And ye shall keep it up until the which every ^man must eat, that only * Heb. soul.
<= I-ev. 23. ® fourteenth day of the same month may be done of you.
Num. 9. 3.
& 28. 16. and the whole assembly of the con- 17 And ye shall observe the feast of
Deut. 16.
1, 6 . gregation of Israel shall kill it în unleavened bread; for *^10 this self- r ch. 13. 3.
«Heb.
between the the evening. same day have I brought your armies
two even-
ings,
7 And they shall take of the blood, out of the land of Egypt therefore
:
ch. 16. 12.

and strike it on the two side posts shall ye observe this day in your ge-
and on the upper door post of the nerations by an ordinance for ever.
houses, wherein they shall eat it. 18 t “In the first month, on the four- ' Lev. 23. .5.
Num.28.16.
8 And they shall eat the fiesh in teenth day of the month at even, ye
« ch. 34. 25. that night, roast with fire, and '’un- shall eat unleavened bread, until the
Num. 9. 11.
Deut. 16. 3. leavened bread and with bitter herbs
; one and twentieth day of the month
1 Cor. 5. 8.
they shall eat it. at even.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at 19 ‘Seven days shall there be no ‘ ch. 23. 15.
& 34. 18.
•Deut.16.7. all with water, but ® roast with fire; leaven found in your houses for : Deut. 16. 3.
1 Cor. 5.
his head with his legs, and with the whosoever eateth that which is lea- 7,8.
purtenance thereof. vened, "even that soul shall be cut “Num. 9. 13.
fch. 23. 18.
&34.25.
10 ‘Ând ye shall let nothing of it off from the congregation of Israel,
remain until the morning; and that whether he be a stranger, or born in
* ver. 3.
which remaineth of it until the morn- the land. Num. 9. 4.
Josh.
ing ye shall burn with fire. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; 2 Kin.
5. 10.
23.
11 If And thus shall ye eat it; with in all your habitations shall ye eat 21
Ezra
.
6. 20.
your loins girded, your shoes on your unleavened bread. Matt.

18, 19.
26.
feet, and your staff in your hand; 21 H Then Moses called for all the Mark 14.
12,-16.
f Deut. 16.5.
and ye shall eat it in haste * it is : elders of Israel, and said unto them, Liilce 22. 7,
&c.
the Lord’s passover. *Draw out and take you a ®lamb 6 Or, kid.
: ;
;
The firstborn are slain. EXODUS, XII. The Israelites are driven out.
Before according to your families, and kill herds, as ye have said, and be gone Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491. the passover. and ’bless me also. 1491.
yHeb.11.28.
22 Ând ye shall take a bunch of 33 “Ând the Egyptians were urgent iGen. 27.34.
hyssop, and dip it in the blood that upon the people, that they might «•
ch. 11. 8.
Ps. 105. 38.
* ver. 7.
is in the bason, and ^ strike the lintel send them out of the land in haste
and the two side posts with the blood for they said, ®We fte all dead me7i. • Gen. 20. 8.
that is in the bason; and none of 34 And the people took their dough
you shall go out at the door of his before it was leavened, their ^knead- * Or, dough,
ch.8.3.
house until the morning. ingtroughs being bound up in their
“ ver. 12. 13. 23 “Tor the Lord will pass through clothes upon their shoulders.
to smite the Egyptians and when he;
35 And the ehildren of Israel did
seeth the blood upon the lintel, and according to the word of Moses and ;
on the two side posts, the Lord will they borrowed of the Egyptians ‘jew- ‘
& 11
ch. 3. 22.
. 2 .
*> Ezek. 9. 6.
Rev. 7. 3.
pass over the door, and ’’will not els of silver, and jewels of gold, and
&9.4. suffer the destroyer to eome in unto raiment
' 2 Sam. 2i
Ki. your houses to smite you. 36 "And the Lord gave the people “ ch. 3. 21.
& 11. 3.
Cor. 10.10.
24 And ye shall observe this thing
1
Heb.11.28. favour in the sight of the Egyptians,
for an ordinance to thee and to thy so that they lent unto them such
sons for ever. things as they required. And *they * Gen. 1,5.14.
ch. 3. 22.
25 And it shall come to pass, when spoiled the Egyptians. Ps. 105. 37.
ye be come to the land which the 37 IT And ^the ehildren of Israel y Num.
3. 5.
33.
dch.3.8,17. Lord will give you, ^Recording as he journeyed from ” Kameses to Succoth, * Gen. 47. 11.
hath promised, that ye shall keep this about “six hundred thousand on foot »
&46.
Gen. 12. 2.
3.
serviee. that were men, beside children. ch. 38. 26.
Num. 1. 46.
® eh. 13.8,14.
Dent. 32. 7.
26 ®And it shall come to pass, when 38 And ®a mixed multitude went up & 11 . 21 .
3 Heb.
.Tosh. 4. 6. your children shall say mito you. also with them and flocks, and herds,
; a great
Rs. 78. 6.
What mean ye by this service ? even very mueh eattle. mixture,,
N\un. 11. 4.
f ver. 11. 27 That ye shall say, Ît is the saeri- 39 And they baked unleavened cakes
fice of the Lord’s passover, who pass- of the dough whieh they brought
ed over the houses of the children of forth out of Egypt, for it was not
Israel in Egypt, when he smote the leavened because they were thrust
;
’’ •> ver. 33.
ch. 6. 1.
Egyptians, and delivered our houses. out of Egypt, and could not tarry, & 11 . 1 .
e ch. 4. 31.
And the people ® bowed the head and neither had they prepared for them-
worshipped. selves any victual.
28 And the children of Israel went 40 1[ Now the sojourning of the chil-
‘‘lleb.11.28. away, and did as the Lord had com-
’’
dren of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt,
manded Moses and Aaron, so did they. was “four hundred and thirty years. oGen.15.13.
Acts 7. 6.
‘ ch. 11. 4. 29 ir ’
And
came to pass, that at
it 41 And it came to pass at the end Gal. 3. 17.
‘Nura.8.17.
& 33. 4.
midnight “"the Lord smote all the of the four hundred and thirty years,
Ps. 78. 51. firstborn in the land of Egypt, from even the selfsame day it eame to pass,
’
& 105. 36.

& 135. 8. the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on that all ‘‘the hosts of the Lord went ver. 51.
& 136. 10. ch. 7. 4.
* ch. 4. 23. his tlmone unto the firstborn of the out from the land of Egypt.
& 11. 5. captive that was in the ^dungeon; 42 It is ^®a night to be much ob- * Heb. a
2 Heb. hmise night of 6b-
of tlie pit. and all the firstborn of cattle. served unto the Lord for bringing aervalions.
® See Deut.
30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, them out from the land of Egypt: 16.6.
he, and all his servants, and all the this is that night of the Lord to be
“ ch. 11. 6.
Prov. 21.13.
Egyptians; and there was a “great observed of all the cliildren of Israel
Amos 5. 17.
Jam. 2. 13.
cry in Egypt for there was not a m their generations.
;
house where there was not one dead. 43 IF And the Lord said unto Moses
” ch. 11. 1.
Ps. 105. 38.
31 IT And “he called for Moses and and Aaron, This is ‘the ordinance of
Aaron by night, and said, Kise up, the passover There shall no stranger :
and get you forth from among my eat thereof:

0 ch. 10. 9.
people, ® both ye and the children of 44 But every man’s servant that is
Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as bought for money, when thou hast
ye have said. ®circumeised him, then shall he eat
•- ch. 10. 26.
32 *’Also take your flocks and your thereof.
: :
The firstborn sanctified to God. EXODUS, XIII. The firstlings of beasts set apart.
Before
CHRIST
45 A foreigner and an hired servant
vened bread, and in the seventh day Before
CHRIST
1491 .
shall not eat thereof. shall be a feast to the Lord. 1491 .
h Lev. 22. 10. 46 In one house shall it be eaten; 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten
thou shalt not carry forth ought of seven days and there shall ^ no lea- > ch. 12. 19. ;
the flesh abroad out of the house; vened bread be seen with thee, nei-
1 Niim. 9. 12. ‘
neither shall ye break a bone thereof. ther shall there be leaven seen with
John 19. 33,
36. 47 Âll the congregation of Israel thee in aU thy quarters.
8 IF And thou shalt shew thy son in ver.
ver. 6.
Num. 9. 13. shall ^keep it. '
'
14.
ch.
48 And ‘when a stranger shall so- that day, saying. This is done because 26. 12.
2 Heb. do it.
• Num. 9. 14.
journ with thee, and wiU keep the of that which the Lord did unto me
passover to the Lord, let all his when I came forth out of Egypt.
males be circumcised, and then let 9 And it shall be for “a sign unto “See ver. 16.
ch. 14. 12.
him come near and keep it; and he thee upon thine hand, and for a me- Nuni.15.39.
Deut. 6. 8.
shall be as one that is born in the morial between thine eyes, that the & 11. 18.
Prov. 1. 9.
land: for no uncircumcised person Lord’s law may be in thy mouth for leai. 49. 16. :
Jer. 22. 24.
shall eat thereof. with a strong hand hath the Lord Matt. 23. 5.
“Num.9.14. 49 “ One law shall be to him that is brought thee out of Egypt.
& 15. 15,16.
Gal. 3. 28. homeborn, and unto the stranger that 10 “Thou shalt therefore keep this ”24.
ch. 12. 14,
sojourneth among you. ordinance in his season from year

50 Thus did all the children of Is- to year.
rael as the Lord commanded Moses
; 11 IF And it shall be when the Lord
and Aaron, so did they. shall bring thee into the land of the
" ver. 41. 51 “And it came to pass the selfsame Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and
day, that the Lord did bring the to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
® vet.
children of Israel out of the land 12 “That thou shalt ^set apart unto 2.
ch. 22. 29.
o ch. 6. 26.
of Egypt ° by their armies. the Lord all that openeth tlie ma- & 34. 19.
Lev. 27. 26.
trix, and every firstling that cometh Num. k 17.

CHAPTER XIII.
of a beast which thou hast ; the males
& 18.
Deut.15.19.
1.5.
1 The firstborn are sanctified to God. 3 The memorial Ezek.44.30.

of the passover is commanded. 11 The firstlings of shall be the Lord’s. * Heb. came
to pass over.
beasts are set apart. 17 The Israelites go out of Egypt,
and carry Joseph’s bones with them. 20 They come to
13 And P every firstling of an ass P ch. 34. 20.
Num.
Etham. 21 God guideth them by a pillar of a cloud, thou shalt redeem with a ®lamb; 15, 16.
18.
and a pillar of fire. and if thou not redeem it, then

wilt 8 Or, kid.
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, thou shalt break his neck: and all
iA. saying, the firstborn of man among thy chil-
“ ver. 12, 13,
15.
2 “
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, dren ^ shalt thou redeem. <1 Num. 3.46,
47. & 18.
ch. 22. 29,
30. &
34.19.
whatsoever openeth the womb among 14 IF “Ând it shall be when thy son 15, 16.
ch. 12. 26.
Lev. 27. 26. the children of Israel, both of man asketh thee în time to come, saying. Deut. 6. 20.
Num. 3. 13. Josh. 4. 6,
& 8. 16, 17. and of beast it is mine. : What is this? that thou shalt say 21 .
& 18. 15.

Deut.15.19. 3 IF And Moses said unto the peo- unto him, “By strength of hand the < Heb.
motrow.
to
Luke
*> ch. 12. 42.
2. 23.
ple, ’’
Remember this day, in which ye Lord brought us out from Egypt, » ver. 3.
Deut. 16. 3.
came out from Egypt, out of the from the house of bondage
8 Heb. house of ® bondage for ' by strength 15 And it came to pass, when Pha-
;
servants.
« ch. 6. 1. of hand the Lord brought you out raoh would hardly let us go, that the ‘ ‘ ch. 12. 29.
d ch. 12. 8. from this place ^ there shall no lea- Lord slew all the firstborn in the land
vened bread be eaten. of Egypt, both the firstborn of man,
* ch. 23. 15.
& 34. 18. 4 ® This day came ye out in the and the firstborn of beast therefore :
Deut. 16. 1. month Abib. I sacrifice to the Lord all that open-
5 IF And
it shall be when the Lord eth the matrix, being males; but all
'ch.3.8. shall bring thee into the land of the
^ the firstborn of my children I redeem.
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the 16 And it shall be for " a token upon ” ver. 9.
Amorites, and the Hivites, and the thine hand, and for frontlets between
* ch. 6. 8.
Jebusites, which he ^sware unto thy thine eyes for by strength of hand the
:
fathers to give thee, a land flowing Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.
•>
ch. 12. 2.5, with milk and honey, that thou shalt **
17 IF And it came to pass, when Pha-
26 .
keep this service in this month. raoh had let the people go, that God
‘ ch. 12. 15,
16. 6 ‘Seven days thou shalt eat unlea- led them not through the way of the
: ; : : : :
The Israelites go out of Egypt. EXODUS, XIV. Pharaoh pursueth them.

Before
CHRIST land of the
Philistines, although that 7 And he took ’six hundred chosen Before
CHRIST
1491 tvas near; for God said, Lest perad-
.
chariots, and
all the chariots of Egypt, 1491 .
* ch. 14. 11, venture the people ^ repent when they and captains over every one of them. ch. 15. 4.
•
12 .
Num. 14. see war, and ^ they return to Egypt 8 And the Lord ^ hardened the heart ^ ver. 4.
1.-4.
yDeu.17.lG.
18 But God *led the people about, of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he
2 ch. 14. 2. through the way of the wiMerness of pursued after the children of Israel
Num. 33.
6, &c. the Red sea and the children of Is-
: and the children of Israel went out ch. 6. 1.
’ I
& 13. 9.
2 Or, hu five
rael went up ^harnessed out of the with an high hand. Num. 33. 3.
in a rank.
land of Egypt. 9 But the “Egyptians pursued after “ ch. 15. 9.
Josh. 24. 6.
19 And Moses took the bones of Jo- them, all the horses and chariots of
seph with him for he had straitly sworn
; Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his
»Gen. 50.2.5. the children of Israel, saying, “God will army, and overtook them encamping
.To8h.24.32.
Acts 7. 16. surely visit you; and ye shall carry by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before
up my bones away hence with you. Baal-zephon.
»>Num. 33. 6. 20 H And ’’they took their journey
2 10 IF And when Pharaoh drew nigh,
from Succoth, and encamped in E- the children of Israel lifted up their
tham, in the edge of the wilderness. eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians
3
' ch. 14. 19,
24.
21 And 'the Lord went before them marched after them; and they were
& 40. 38. by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead sore afraid and the children of Is-
:
Num. 9. 15. 4
& 10. 34.
& 14. 14. them the way; and by night in a rael “ cried out unto the Lord. ” Josh. 24. 7.
Neh. 9. 9.
Deut. 1.33. pillar of fire, to give them light to 11 'And they said unto Moses, Be- Ps. 34. 17.
Neh. 9. 12,
;
& 107. 6.
19. go by day and night cause there ivere no graves in Egypt, ®Ps.l06.7.8.
Ps. 78. 14. 5
&99. 7. 22 He took not away the pillar of hast thou taken us away to die in
& 105. 39. the wilderness? wherefore hast thou
Isai. 4. 5. the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire
ICor.lO. 1.
by night, before the people. dealt thus with us, to carry us forth
6
out of Egypt?
CHAPTER XIV.
12 ^ Is not this the word that we P ch. 5. 21.
1 God instrucfeth the Israelites in their journey. 5 Pha- &6. 9.
raoh pursueth after them. 10 The Israelites murmur. did tell thee in Egypt, saying. Let us
13 Moses comforteth them. 15 God instructeth Moses, alone, that we may serve the Egyp-
19 The cloud removeth behind the camp. 21 The Is-
raelitespass through the Red sea, 23 which droioneth tians? For it had been better for us
the Egyptians. to serve the Egyptians, than that we
And -
the
saying,
Lord spake nnto Moses,
Speak unto the children of Israel,

should die in the wilderness.
13 IF And Moses said unto the peo-
ple, ^ Fear ye not, stand still, and see 1 2 Chron.
20. 15, 17.
» ch. 13. 18. “ that they turn and encamp before the salvation of the Lord, which he Isai. 41. 10,
13, 14.
^
b Num. 33.7. Pi-hahiroth, between ' Migdol and will shew to you to day: ^for the * Or. for
« Jer. 44. 1. whereas ;/e
the sea, over against Baal-zephon Egyptians whom ye have seen to have seen
Itie Egyp-
before it shall ye encamp by the sea. day, ye shall see them again no more tians to
day,
For Pharaoh will say of the chil- for ever. dee.
d Ps. 71. 11.

dren of Israel, ‘’They are entangled 14 ‘^The Lord shall fight for you, r ver. 25.
Deut. 1.30.
in the land, the wilderness hath shut and ye hold your peace.
shall ® & 3. 22.
&20. 4.
them in. 15 IF And the Lord said unto Mo- Josh. 10.
14, 42.
®ch.4.
&7.
21.
3.
And harden Pharaoh’s heart,
®I will ses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? & 23. 3.
2Chrou.20.
that he them and
shall follow after ;
speak unto the children of Israel, 2'^.
Neh. 4. 20.
' ver. 17, 18.
ch. 9. 16.
I ^will be honoured upon Pharaoh, that they go forward Isai. 31 . 4.
Rom. 9. 17, and upon all his ho.st that the

;
® 16 But ‘lift thou up thy rod, and ®Isai. 30. 15.
• ver. 21. 26.
22, 23.
e ch. 7. 5. Egyptians may know that I am the stretch out thine hand over the sea, ch. 7. 19.
Lord. And they did so. and divide it and the children of Is-
:
IF And it was told the king of Egypt rael si all go on dry ground through
1
t‘rs.10,5.25.
that the people tied and the heart : the midst of the sea.
of Pharaoh and of his servants was 17 And I, behold, I will "harden the “ ver. 8.
ch. 7. 3.
turned against the people, and they hearts of the Egyptians, and they
said. Why have we done this, that we shall follow them and I will * get me
:
‘ ver. 4.
have let Israel go from serving ns ? honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all
And he made ready his chariot, his host, upon his chariots, and upon
and took his people with him his horsemen.
: ;
: .
The Egyptians are drowned. EXODUS, XV. The song of Moses.

Before 18 And the Egyptians ^ shall know remained not so much as one of Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491 .
that I am the Lord, when I have got- them. 1491 .
ten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon 29 But the children of Israel walk-
y ver. 4.
his chariots, and upon his horsemen. ed upon dry land in the midst of the
* ch. 13. 21. 19 1[ And the angel of God, Gvhich sea; and the waters were a wall unto
&23. 20.
& 32. 34. went before the camp of Israel, re- them on their right hand, and on
Num.20.16.
Isai. 63. 9. moved and went behind them; and their left.
the pillar of the cloud went from 30 Thus the Lord saved
**
Israel that P Ps. 106. 8,
10
before their face, and stood behmd
.
day out of the hand of the Egyptians

them and Israel “^saw the Egyptians dead 1 Ps. 58. 10.
& 59. 10.
20 And it came between the camp upon
2 the sea shore.
of the Egyptians and the camp of Is- 31 And Israel saw that great ^work 2 Heb. hand.
* See Isai. rael; and “it was a cloud and dark- which the Lord did upon the Egyp-
8. 14.
2 Cor. 4. 3. ness to them, but it gave light by 3
tians and the people feared the Lord,
:
night to these: so that the one came 4

and believed the Lord, and his ser- v ch. 4. 31.
&
19. 9.
not near the other all the night. vant Moses. Ps. 106. 12.
John 2. 11.
ver. 16. 21 And Moses ‘’stretched out his 5 & 11. 45.
CHAPTER
*>
XV.
hand over the sea; and the Lord 6
1 Moses' song. 22 The people want water. 23 Tice waters
caused the sea to go hack by a strong at Marah are bitter. 25 A tree sweeteneth them. 27
* Ps. 66. 6. east wind aU that night, and 'made 7At Elim are twelve wells, and seventy palm trees,
the sea dry land, and the waters hen sang “Moses and the chil-
T
» .Tnd?. .5. 1
2Sam 22.1.
<1 ch. 15. 8.
Josh. 3. 16.
were ‘‘divided.
8
dren of Israel this song unto the Ps. lUG. 12.
&4.
Neh.
23.
9. 11.
22 And the children of Israel went
®
Lord, and spake, saying, I will ‘’sing b ver. 21.
Ps. 74. 13. into the midst of the sea upon the unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed
& 106. 9. 9
& 114. 3. dry ground: and the waters were ‘â gloriously the horse and his rider
:
Isai. 63. 12.

® ver. 29. wall imto them on their right hand, hath he thrown into the sea.
ch. 15. 19.
Num. 33. 8. and on their left. The Lord is my strength and
Ps. 66. 6.
&
78. 13.
23 ^ And Egyptians pursued,
the ‘’song, and he is become my salva- ®Ilent.10.21.
tion: he is my God, and I will pre-

I's. 18. 2.
Isai. 63. 13.
lOor.10.1.
and went in after them to the midst &22. 3.
Heb.11.29. of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, pare him an habitation my ® father’s
‘‘ & 59. 17.
; & 02 6 . .
»Hab. 3.10.
his chariots, and his horsemen. God, and I ^ will exalt him. & 109. 1.
& 118. 14.
24 And it came to pass, that in the The Lord is a man of ® war the :
& 140. 7.
Isai. 12 2.
ESeePs. 77. morning watch ® the Lord looked mito Lord is his name. ‘’ Hab.
19.
3. 18,
17, &c.
the host of the Egyptians through the ‘Pharaoh’s chariots and his host oOen.28.21,
22 .
pillar of fire and of the cloud, and hath he cast into the sea ^ his chosen : 2 Sam. 7. 5.
Ps. 132. 5.
troubled the host of the Egyptians, captains also are drowned in the Red <011.3.15,16.
25 And took off" their chariot wheels, sea. f 2 Sam. 22.

47.
2 Or
a»a made
^ that they drave them heavily so that
: The depths have covered them
‘ Ps. 99.
& 118. 28.
.5.
Oieni to
heavily.
go the Egyptians said. Let us flee from “they sank into the bottom as a stone. Isai. 2.5. 1.
“Thy right hand, O Lord, is be-

e Ps. 24 8.
ver. 14. the face of Israel; for the Lord ‘‘fight- Rev. 19. 11.
h ch. 6. 3.
eth for them against the Egyptians. come glorious in power: thy right Ps. 83. 18.
26 H And the Lord said imto Moses, hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces i
ch. 14. 28.
s ch. 14. 7.
* ver. 16.
‘Stretch out thine hand over the sea, the enemy. • ch. 14. 28.
that the waters may come again upon And in the greatness of thine ° ex- “Neh. 9.11.
“Ps. 118.15,
the Eg}q3tians, upon their chariots, cellency thou hast overthroum them 16.
and upon their horsemen. that rose up against thee thou sent- :
<>Deu.33.26.
27 And Moses stretched forth his est forth thy wi-ath, which consumed *’ P Ps. 59. 13.
It
Josh. 4. 18. hand over the sea, and the sea ^re- them as stubble. 9 Isai. 5. 24.
&
47. 14.
turned to his strength when the morn- And with the blast of thy nostrils V ch. 14. 21.
2Sam.22.16.
ing appeared and the Egyptians fled
;
the waters were gathered together, Job 4. 9.
2 Thes.2.8.
>ch. 15. 1,7. against it; and the Lord ‘ôverthrew “the floods stood upright as an heap, • Ps. 78. 13.
®Heb.
thhok off, the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. and the depths were congealed in the Hab. 3. 10.
Dent. il.4.
Neh. 9. 11. 28 And “the waters returned, and heart of the sea.
Ps. 78. 53.
Heb. 11.29.
" covered the chariots, and the horse- ‘
The enemy said, I will pursue, I ‘ Jndg.5.30.
Hab.
13.
3. 8,
men, and all the host of Pharaoh that will overtake, I will “ divide the spoil vGen.49.27.
Isai. 53. 12.
“Ps.106.11. came into the sea after them; there my lust shall be satisfied upon them Luke 11 .22.
: :
The song of Moses. EXODUS, XVI. The people want water.

Before I will draw my sword, my hand shall wilderness of 'Shur; and they went Before
CHKI8T CHRIST
1491 .
^ destroy them. three days in the wilderness, and 1491 .
*Or,
10 Thou didst ""blow with thy wind, foimd no water. e Gen. 16. 7.
repossess.
» ch. 14. 21.
^
the sea covered them they sank as
: 23 If And when
they came to ^Ma- & 25. 18.
'»Nuin.33.8.
Ps. 147. 18. lead in the mighty waters. rah, they could not drink of the
y ver. 5.
ch. 14. 28.
11 '‘Who ts like unto thee, O Lord, waters of Marah, for they were bit-
!i2Sam.7.22.
1 Kin. 8.23.
among the ®gods? who is like thee, ter: therefore the name of it was
Ps. 71. 19. ‘"glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, called ^
Marah. 2 That is,
& 83. 8. Bitterness,

& 89. 6, 8. **
doing wonders ? 24 And the people 'murmured a- Ruth
1. 20.
e ch. 16. 2.
Jer. 10. 6.
& 49. 19. 12 Thou
stretchedst out 'thy right gainst Moses, saying. What shall we &
17. 3.
s Or, mighty
ones?
hand, the earth swallowed them. drink ?
* Isai. 6. 3. 13 Thou in thy mercy hast “^led forth 25 And he ’cried unto the Lord; 'ch. 14.10.
& 17. 4.
b Ps. 77. 14.
® ver. 6. the people which thou hast redeemed: and the Lord shewed him a tree, Pb. 50. 15.
<»Ps.77.15,20.
&
78. 52.
thou hast guided them in thy strength ® ichich when he had cast into the s See 2 Kin.
2 21 .
.
&80. 1. imto ® thy holy habitation. waters, the waters ^vere made sweet &4.41.
& 106. 9.
Isai. 63. 12, 14 ‘^The people shall hear, and be there he '"made for them a statute *> See Josh.
24.25.
13.
Jer. 2. 6. afraid ® sorrow shall take hold
: on and an ordinance, and there he ’
> ch. 16. 4.
e Ps. 78. 54. Dent. 8. 2,
*Num. 14.14.
the inhabitants of Palestina. proved them, 16.
Judg. 2.22.
Dent.
Josh.2.9,10.
2. 25.
15 ^ Then the dukes of Edom shall
*
26 And said, ^ If thou wilt diligently & 3. 1, 4.
e Ps. 48. 6. be amazed ^ the mighty men of
;
hearken to the voice of the Lord thy Ps. 66. 10.
& 81. 7.
Gen. 36.40.
Moab, trembling shall take hold upon
•>
*Dent. 2. 4.
God, and do that which is right
wilt kDeut.7.12,
15.
•'Num.22.3.
Hab.
them all the inhabitants of Canaan
;
^
in his sight, and wilt give ear to his
3. 7.
* Josh. 5. 1. shall melt away. commandments, and keep all his sta-
“Dent. 2.25.
& 11. 25. “Fear and dread shall fall upon
16 tutes, I will put none of these ’dis- • Dent. 28.
27,60.
Josh. 2. 9.
them by the greatness of thine arm
;
eases upon thee, which I have brought
“ 1 Sam. 25.
37.
they shall be as still “ as a stone till ;
upon the Egyptians for I am the :
“ ch. 23. 25.
thy people pass over, O Lord, till Lord “ that healeth thee. Ps. 41.3,4.
® ch. 19.
Dent. 32. 9.
.5.
the people pass over, ° which thou 27 If "And they came to Elim, where & 1(8. 3.
& 147. 3.
2Sam.7.23.
Ps. 74.
hast purchased. were twelve wells of water, and three- “Num.33.9.
2.
Isai. 43. 1,3. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and score and ten palm trees : and they
& 51. 10.
Jer. 31. 11. p plant them in the mountain of thine encamped there by the waters.
Tit. 2. 14.
1 Pet. 2. 9. inheritance, in the place, O Lord,
2 Pet. 2. 1.
P Ps. 44. 2.
which thou hast made for thee to CHAPTER XVI.
& 80. 8. dwell in, in the ^Sanctuary, O Lord, 1 The Israelites come to Sin. 2 They murmur for want of
<1 Ps. 78. 54. bread. 4 God promiseth them bread from heaven. 11
which thy hands have established. Quails are sent, 14 and manna. 16 The ordering of
y Ps. 10. 16.
&
29. 10.
18 ^The Lord shall reign for ever manna. 25 It was not to be found on the sabbath. 32
& An omer of it is preserved.
146. 10. and ever.
4 ND they " took
Isai. 57. 15.
» ch. 14. 23. For the 'horse of Pharaoh went
19 their journey from 1491 .
Prov. 21.31.
Elim, and all the congregation “Num. 33.
in with his chariots and with his 10 , 11 .
‘ ch. 14. 28,

horsemen into the sea, and the Lord“ of the children of Israel came unto
29.
brought again the waters of the sea the wilderness of Sm, which is be-
’’ (> Ezek.
15.
30.
upon them; but the children of Is- tween Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth
rael went on dry land in the midst day of the second month after their
of the sea. departing out of the land of Egypt.
® Judg. 4. 4. 20 If And Miriam "the prophetess, 2 And the whole congregation of the
1 Sam. 10.5.
*Num.26.59. the sister of Aaron, ^ took a timbrel children of Israel 'murmured against c ch. 15. 24.
Pb. IOC). 25.
yiSam. 18.6.
in her hand and all the women went
;
Moses and Aaron in the wilderness ICor.lO.lO.
*Judp:.11.34. out after her ' with timbrels and with 3 And the children of Israel said
&
21 21 .
unto them, ^ Would to God we had Lam.
.
<* 4. 9.
2 Sam. 6.16. dances.
Ps.68.11,25.
& 149. 3. 21 And Miriam "answered them, died by the hand of the Lord in the
& Num.
150. 4.
®lSam.l8.7. ’’Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath land of Egypt, 'when we sat by the ®
4,5.
11.
*> ver. 1. triumphed gloriously; the horse and fiesh pots, and when we did eat bread
his rider hath he thro^vn into the to the full; for ye have brought us
sea. forth into this wilderness, to kill this
22 So Moses brought Israel from the whole assembly with limiger.
Red sea, and they went out into the 4 If Then said the Lord unto Moses,
:
Quails and manna are sent. EXODUS, XVL The ordering of manna.
Before Beliold, I will rain bread from hea- saw they said one to another, ^ It
it, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491. ven for you ; and the people shall go is manna: for they wist not what it 1491.
»Ps.78.24,25.
out and gather ^ a certain rate every was. And Moses said unto them, 2 Or Mlial
&
105. 40.
John 6. 31,
day, that I may ® prove them, whether ^This is the bread which the Lord isJt thisi or,
is o por-
32.
ICor. 10.3.
they will walk in
law, or no. my hath given you to eat. tion.
* .Tohn 6. 31,
2 Heb. (he 5 And it come
to pass, that on
shall 16 H This is the thing which the 49,58.
portion qf
a day in the sixth day they shall prepare that Lord hath commanded. Gather of it 1 Cor. 10. 3.
his day,
Prov. 30. 8. which they bring in; and ‘‘it shall be every man according to liis eating,
Matt.
e ch. 15. 25.
6. 11.
twice as much as they gather daily. ân omer ®for every man, according y2 Heb.
ver. 36.
Ini
Dent.
16.
8. 2, 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto to the number of your ^ persons take the poll,
or, head.
;
••See ver.22. all the children of Israel, At even, ‘

ye every man for them which are in < Heb. eouls.
Lev. 25.
then ye shall know that the Lord
21.
* See ver. 12,
his tents.
13.
& ch. 6. 7.
hath brought you out from the land 17 And the children of Israel did so,
Num. 16. of Egypt and gathered, some more, some less.
28, 29. 30.
7 And in the morning, then ye, shall 18 And when they did mete it with
^ See ver. 10.
Isai. 35. 2.
see ^the glory of the Lord; for that an omer, * he that gathered much had » 2 Cor.
15.
8.
&40.
John
5.
11. 4,
he heareth your murmurings against nothing over, and he that gathered
40. the Lord and what are we, that ye
:
‘
little had no lack; they gathered
1 Num.
every man accordmg to his eating.
16.
11 . murmur against us ?
8 And Moses said. This shall he, 19 And Moses said. Let no man
when the Lord shall give you in the leave of it till the morning.
evening flesh to eat, and in the morn- 20 Notwithstanding they hearkened
ing bread to the fuU; for that the not unto Moses; but some of them
Lord heareth your miu'murings which left of it until the morning, and it
ye murmur against him and what are : bred worms, and stank: and Moses
we ? your murmurings are not against was wroth with them.
“SeelSam.
8 7
. .
us, but “ against the Lord. 21 And they gathered it every morn-
Luke 10.16. 9 H And Moses spake unto Aaron, ing, every man according to his eat-
Rom. 13. 2.
Say unto the congregation of the
all ing and when the sun waxed hot, it
:
nNum.16.16. children of Israel, “ Come near before melted.

the Lord for he hath heard your
: 22 II And it came to pass, that on
mm*murings. the sixth day they gathered twice as
10 And it came to pass, as Aaron much bread, two omers for one man ;
spake unto the whole congregation and all the rulers of the congrega-
of the children of Israel, that they tion came and told Moses.
looked toward the wilderness, and, 23 And he said unto them. This is
® ver. 7.
ch. 13. 21.
behold, the glory of the Lord ° ap- that which the Lord hath said. To
Num.16.19.
1 Kin. 8. 10,
peared in the cloud. morrow is “the rest of the holy sab- « Gen. 2. 3.
ch. 20. 8.
11 . 11 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo- bath imto the Lord bake that which : & 31. 15.
&35. 3.
ses, saying, ye will bake to day, and seethe that Lev. 23. 3.
P ver. 8. 12 ^1 have heard the murmurings ye will seethe; and that which re-
of the children of Israel speak unto : maineth over lay up for you to be
2 ver. 6.
them, saying, Ât even ye shall eat kept until the morning.
ver. 7. flesh, and in the morning ye shall be 24 And they laid it up till the morn-
filled with bread; and ye shall know ing, as Moses bade: and it did not
that I am the Lord yom God. stink, neither was there any worm
*’
•> ver. 20.
13 And it came to pass, that at even therein.

•Num.11.31.
Pb. 78.27,28.
®
the quails came up, and covered the 25 And Moses said. Eat that to
& 105. 40. camp and in the morning the dew
:
‘
day ;
for to day is a sabbath unto the
*Nmn. 11.9.
lay roimd about the host. Lord : to day ye shall not find it in
14 And when the dew that lay was the field.
gone up, behold, upon the face of the 26 ‘'Six days ye shall gather it; but "ch. 20.9,10.
"Num. 11. 7. wilderness there lay "a small round on the seventh day, which is the sab-
Deut. 8. 3.
Neh. 9. 15. thing, as small as the hoar frost on bath, in it there shall be none.
Ps. 78. 24.
& 105. 40. the ground. 27 11 And it came to pass, that there
15 And when the cliildren of Israel went out some of the people on the
The people want water. EXODUS, XVII. Amalek is overcome.
Before seventh day for to gather, and they water; and the people ^murmured Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491 .
found none. against Moses, and said. Wherefore is 1491 .
28 And the Lord said unto Moses, this that thou hast brought us up out d ch. 16.
d 2 Kin. 17.
14.
How long ^ refuse ye to keep my com- of Egypt, to kill us and our children
2.
Ps.78.10,22.
& 106. 13.
mandments and my laws? and our cattle with thirst?
29 See, for that the Lord hath given 4 And Moses ® cried imto the Lord, ® ch. 14. 15.
you the sabbath, therefore he giveth saying, What shall I do unto this
you on the sixth day the bread of people ? they be almost ready to
two days abide ye every man in his
;
stone me. nSara.30.6.
John 8. 59.
place, let no man go out of his place 5 And the Lord said mito Moses, & 10. 31.
on the seventh day. ®Go on before the people, and take s Ezek. 2. 6.
30 So the people rested on the se- with thee of the elders of Israel and ;
venth day. thy rod, whereivith thou smotest the ch. 7. 20.
Num. 20. 8.
31 And the house of Israel called river, take in thine hand, and go.
® Num. 11. the name thereof Manna: and ®it 6 'Behold, I will stand before thee ‘Num.20.10,
11
7,8. .
was like coriander seed, white; and there upon the rock in Horeb; and Pb. 78.15,20.
& 105. 41.
the taste of it was like wafers made thou shalt smite the rock, and there & 114. 8.
ICor. 10. 4.
with honey. shall come water out of it, that the
32 IF And Moses said. This is the people may drmk. And Moses did so
thing which the Lord commandeth. in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Fill an omer of it to be kept for your 7 And he called the name of the
generations; that they may see the place ^^Massah, and ^Meribah, be- Wum.20.13.
Ps. 81. 7.
bread
2 wherewith I have fed you in cause of the chiding of the children & 95. 8.
Heb. 3. 8.
the wilderness, when I brought you of Israel, and because they tempted * That is,
forth from the land of Egypt. the Lord, saying. Is the Lord among 3
Tentalion.
That is,
fHeb.9.4.
3 And Moses said imto Aaron, ^Take
33 us, or not? Chiding,
or, Str^'e.
a pot, and put an omer full of manna 8 1 Then came Amalek, and fought
' 1 Gen. 36.12.
Num.24.20.
therein, and lay it up before the Lord, mth Israel in Kephidim. Deu. 25. 17.
1 Sam. 15. 2.
to be kept for your generations. 9 And Moses said unto “Joshua, Called
34 As the Lord commanded Moses, Choose us out men, and go out, fight Jesus,
Acts 7. 45.
Bch.25.16,21. so Aaron laid it up ® before the Tes- with Amalek to morrow I wall stand
: Heb. 4. 8.
&40. 20.
Num.17.10. timony, to be kept. on the top- of the hill with “the rod “ ch. 4. 20.
Deut. 10. 5.
1 Kin. 8. 9. 35 And the children of Israel did of God in mine hand.
'‘Num.33.38. eat manna '“forty years, 'until they 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said
Deu. 8. 2,3.
Neh. 9. 20, came to a land inhabited; they did to him, and fought witli Amalek and :
21 .
John 6. 31, eat manna, until they came unto the Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to
49.
I
.Tosh. 5. 12. borders of the land of Canaan. the top of the hill.
Neh. 9. 15.
36 Now an omer is the tenth part of 11 And it came to pass, when Moses
an ephah. “held up his hand, that Israel pre- ® Jam. 5. 16.
CHAPTEE XVII. vailed and when he let down his

:
1 The people murmur for water at Rephidim. 5 God send- hand, Amalek prevailed.
eth him for water to the roch in Iloreb. 8 Amalek is
overcome by the holding up of Moses' hands. 15 Moses 12 But Moses’ hands were heavy;
buildeth the altar Jehovah-missi. and they took a stone, and put it
nd âU the congregation of the
» ch. 16. 1.
N
um. 33.
12, 14. A _ children of Israel journeyed from
the wilderness of Sin, after their jour-
under him, and he sat thereon; and
Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands,
the one on the one side, and the
neys, accordmg to the commandment other on the other side and his ;
of the Lord, and pitched in Kephi- hands were steady until the going
dim and there was no water for the
: down of the sun.
people to drink. 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek
•* Ntim.
3,4.
20. '“Wherefore the people did chide and his people with the edge of the
with Moses, and said. Give us water sword. P ch. 34. 27.
that we may drink. And Moses said 14 And the Lord

said unto Moses, >iNum.24.20.
Deu. 25. 19.
® Dent. 6. 16. unto them. Why chide ye with me? p Write this for a memorial in a 1Sam. 15.
P8.78.18,41. 3, 7.
Isai. 7. 12. wherefore do ye “ tempt the Lord ? book, and rehearse it in the ears of & 30. 1, 17.
Matt. 4. 7. 28 .™. 8 12
1 Cor. 10. 9. And the people thirsted there for Joshua: for ’I will utterly put out Ezra
.
9. 14.
.
; : : :
Moses entertaineth Jethro. EXODUS, XYIII. Jethro's counsel to Moses.
Before the remembrance of Amalek from delivered the people from under the
CHRIST
Before
CHRIST
1491.
under heaven. hand of the Egj^^tians. 1491.
15 And Moses built an altar, and 11 Now I know that the Lord is
* That is,
The Lobd called the name of it ^ Jehovah-nissi ; ‘ greater than aU gods “ for in the
:
•2Chr.2.5.
Ps. 95. 3.
my banner:
See Judg. 16 For he said, ® Because ^the Lord thmg wherein they dealt “proudly he &97.
& 135. 5.
9.
6.24.
3 Or, Because hath sworn that the Lord will have was above them. “ ch. 1. 10,
hand of
the
Amalek is war
2 with Amalek from generation to 12 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law,
16, 22.
& 5. 2, 7.
against the & 14. 8, 18.
throne gf generation. took a burnt offering and sacrifices “ISam. 2.3.
the Lobd, 3 for God: and Aaron came, and aU Neh. 9. 10,
therefore,
&c.
CHAPTER XVIII. the elders of Israel, to eat bread with
16,29.
Job 40. 11,
Heb. the 1 Jethro hringeth to Moses his wife and two sons. 7 Moses 12
haml upon 4entertaineth him. 13 Jethro's counsel is accepted. 27 Moses’ father in law ° before God. .
Ps. 31. 23.

the throne of & 119. 21.
Jethro departeth.
13 If And it came to pass on the
W
the Lobd. Luke 1. 51.
» ch. 2. 16.
&3. 1.
5 HEN “Jethro, the priest of morrow, that Moses sat to judge the “Deut.
lChr.29.22.
12.7.
1 Cor. 10.18,
Midian, Moses’ father in law, people : and the people stood by 21, 31.
»> Ps. 44. 1.
6
heard of aU that God had done for Moses from the morning unto the
**
& 77. 14,15.

& 78. 4. Moses, and for Israel his people, and evening.
& 105. 5,43. 7
& 106. 2, 8. that the Lord had brought Israel out 14 And when Moses’ father in law saw
of Egypt; all that he did to the people, he said.
8 Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, What is this thing that thou doest to
® ch. 4. 26.
took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, “after he the people? why sittest thou thyself
had sent her back, alone, and all the people stand by
<» Acts 7. 29.
9 And her ^ two sons
; of which the tliee from morning unto even?
® name of the one was ® Gershom
® ch. 2. 22.
s That is.
;
for 15 And Moses said unto his father
A stranger he said, I have been an alien in a in law. Because ^tlie people come P Lev. 24. 12.
Num.15.34.
imto me to enquire of God
there.
strange land:
And the name of the other was 16 When they have â matter, they ch. 23. 7.
& 24. 14.
* That is.
My Goa is ®Eliezer; for the God of my father, come unto me and I judge between ;
Deut. 17.8.
2Sam.l.5.3.
an help. said he., was mine help, and delivered ône and another, and I do '^make Job
Acts
31. 13.
18. 1.5.
me from the sword of Pharaoh them know the statutes of God, and
2
1 Cor. 6.
Heb.
1.
And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, his laws. a man and

his feltinc.
came with his sons and his wife unto 17 And Moses’ father in law said r Lev. 24. 1.5.
Moses into the wilderness, where he unto him. The thing that thou doest Num. 15.
35.
fch. 3.1,12. encamped at ^ the mount of God is not good. &27.6,&c.
& 36. 6,7,
10 And he said unto Moses, I thy 18 ® Thou wilt surely wear away, 8 9
, .
3 Heb.
father in law Jethro am come unto both thou, and this people that is Fading thou
wilt fade.
thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with thee for this thing is too heavy
:
with her. for thee; Hhou art not able to per- ® Num. 11.
14, 17.
6Gen.14.17. IT And Moses ®went out to meet form it thyself alone. Deut. 1. 9,
& 18. 2. 12 .
& 19. 1.
lKin.2.19.
his father in law, and did obeisance, 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I
•>660.29.13. and ‘‘kissed him; and they asked will give thee counsel, and God shall ‘ ‘ ch. 3. 12.
& m. 4.
t Heb. peaee, each other of their ’ welfare ; and be with thee Be thou “ for the peo-
:
” ch. 4. 16.
& 20. 19.
Gen. 43.27.
2Sain.ll.7.
they came into the tent. ple to God-ward, that thou mayest Deut. 5. 5.
And Moses told his father in law “ bring the causes mito God * Nmn.27.5.
all that the Lord had done unto Pha- 20 And thou shalt ^ teach them or- y Deut. 4.
1, 5.
raoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s dinances and laws, and shalt shew &5.1.
&6 1 2 . .
sake, and all the travail that had them Hhe way wherein they must
,
& 7. 11.
* Ps. 143. 8.
6 Heb./ound
them,
®come upon them by the way, and walk, and “the work that they must * Deut.1.18.
Gen. 44.34.
Num .20.14.
how the Lord delivered them.
*
do.
• Ps. 78. 42. And Jethro rejoiced for all the 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out
& 81. 7. goodness which the Lord had done of all the people ‘‘able men, such •> ver. 25.
& 106. 10. Deut. 1.15,
& 107. 2. to Israel, whom he had delivered out as “fear God, ®men of truth, “hating 16. & 16. 18.
2Chron.l9.
of the hand of the Egyptians. covetousness ;
and place such over 5,-10.
Acts 6. 3.
''Gen.14.20.
2 Sam. 18.
And Jethro said, ‘‘Blessed he the them, to he rulers of thousands, and 0 Geii.42.18.
2Sam.23.3.
28.
Luke 1. 68.
Lord, who hath delivered you out of rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, 2Chr.l9.9.
the hand of the Egyptians, and out and rulers of tens :
•Ezek.18.8.
® Deut. 16.
of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath 22 And let them judge the people 19.
I
; : :
God^s message by Moses. EXODUS, XIX. The people are sanctified.
Before at all seasons

^ ^ and it shall be, that
: nation. These are the words which Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491. every great matter they shall bring thou shalt speak unto the children 1491.
* ver. 26.
unto thee, but every small matter of Israel.
« ver. 26. they shall judge so shall it be easier
: 7 U And Moses came and called for
Lev. 24. 11.
Num. 1.5. for thyself, and ‘‘they shall bear the the elders of the people, and laid be-
ai.& 27. 2. burden with thee. fore their faces all these words which
& 36. 1.
Deut.1.17.
& 17. 8. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and the Lord commanded him.
•* Num. 11.
God command thee so, then thou shalt 8 And "all the people answered to- “ch.24.3,7.
17. Deut. 5.27.
* ver. 18. be able to endure, and all this people
‘ gether, and said. All that the Lord & 26. 17.
k Gen.
33.
18. shall also go to ^ their place in peace. hath spoken we will do. And Moses
& 30. 2.5. 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice returned the words of the people
ch. 16. 29.
2 Sam. 19. of his father in law, and did all that unto the Lord.
39.
he had said. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses,
1 Deut.1.15. 25 And Moses chose able men out
‘ Lo, I come unto thee "in a thick ® ver. 16.
ch. 20. 21.
Acts 6. 5.
of aU Israel, and made them heads cloud, ^ that the people may hear & 24.15,16.
Deut. 4. 11.
2
over the people, rulers of thousands, when I speak with thee, and "^believe Ps. 18. 11,
12. & 97. 2.
rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, thee for ever. And Moses told the Matt. 17.5.
P Deut. 4 12,
and rulers of tens. words of the people unto the Lord. 36.
3
™ ver. 22. 26 And they “judged the people at 10 IF And the Lord said unto Mo- John
29,30.
12.
n Job 29. 16. all seasons: the "hard causes they ses, Go imto the people, and sanctify 1 ch. 14. 31
r Lev. 11.
4
brought unto Moses, but every small them to day and to morrow, and let 44 45
Heb.i0.22.
matter they judged themselves. them wash "
their clothes, s ver. 14.
527 IT And Moses let his father in law 11 And be ready against the third Gen. 35. 2.
Lev. 15. 5.
® Num. 10. depart; and °he went liis way into day : for the third day the Lord * will * ver. 16, 18.
29,30. ch. 34. 5.
his
6
own land. come down in the sight of all the Deut. 33. 2.
CHAPTER XIX. people upon moimt Sinai.

1 The, people come to Sinai. 3 God’s message by Moses 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto
unto the people out of the mount. 8 The people’s answer the people round about, saying. Take
returned again. 10 The people are prepared against
1491. the third day. 12 The mountain must not be touched. heed to yourselves, that ye go not up
*Num. 33.
15.
16 The fearful presence of God upon the mount. into the mount, or touch the border
»=ch.l7.1,8.
0 eh. 3.1,12.
N
the third month, when the chil- of it whosoever toucheth the mount
:
" “Heb.12.20,
d ch. 20. 21.

Acts 7. 38.
I dren of Israel were gone forth out shall be surely put to death
® ch. 3. 4. of the land of Egypt, the same day 13 There shall not an hand touch it,
f
s
Deut.29.2.
"came they into the wilderness of but he shall surely be stoned, or shot
Deut. 32.
11 . Sinai. through whether it be beast or man,
;
Isai. 63. 9.
Rev. 12.14. For they were departed from it shall not live when the ^ “ trumpet
:
* Or, comd.
Deut. 5. 2. * ver. 16, 19.
• Deut. 4.
20.
Rephidim, and were come to the
’’
soundeth long, they shall come up
&7.
& 14. 2, 21.
6.
desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the to the mount.
& 26. 18. wilderness and there Israel camped
;
14 IF And Moses went down from the
&32. 8,9.
1 Kin. 8. 53.
Ps. 135. 4.
before the mount.
" mount mito the people, and ^ sanc- y ver. 10,
Cant. 8. 12.
Isai. 41. 8.
And ‘‘Moses went up unto God, tified the people; and they washed
&43. 1. and the Lokd "called unto him out their clothes.
Jer. 10. 16.
Mai. 3. 17. of the mountain, saying. Thus shalt 15 And he said unto the people,
Tit. 2. 14.
k ch. 9. 29. thou say to the house of Jacob, and “
Be ready against the third day ® ver. 11.
“1 Sam.
Deut. 10.
14.
tell the children of Israel "come not at your wives. 4 5
21.
Job 41. 11.

Ps. 24. 1.
‘Ye have seen what I did unto 16 IF And it came to pass on the Zech. 7. 3.
ICor. 7.5.
&50. 12. the Egyptians, and hoiv ®I bare you third day in the morning, that there
1 Cor. 10.
bPs. 77.18.
26,28. on eagles’ wings, and brought you were ‘‘thunders and lightiungs, and a Heb. 12.
* Deut. 33.
2, 3, 4. unto myself. "thick cloud upon the mount, and 18, 19.
Rev. 4. 5.
lPet.2.5,9.
Rev. 1. 6. Now ‘‘therefore, if ye will obey my the ‘‘voice of the trumpet exceeding &8. 5.
& 11. 19.
& 5. 10. voice indeed, and keep my covenant, loud; so that all the people that was ® ver. 9.
& 20 6 . .
ch. 40. 34.
™ Lev. 20.
then ‘ye shall be a peculiar treasure in the camp "trembled. 2 Chron. 5.
24, 26. 14.
Deut. 7. 6. unto me
above all people: for ‘‘all 17 And ‘Moses brought forth the d Rev.
&
26. 19.
&4.
1. 10.
&
28. 9. the earth is mine : people out of the camp to meet with eHeb.12.21.
1.
Isai. 62. 12.

lCor.3. 17.
1 Thess. 5.
And ye shall be unto me a God; and they stood at the nether f Deut. 4. 10.
27. ‘kingdom of priests, and an ‘"holy part of the mount.

; : ; : :
The ten commandments. EXODUS, XX. The ten commandments.

Before 18 And Amount Sinai was altogether upon the children unto the third and Before
CHKIST CHRIST
1491. on a smoke, because the Loed de- fourth generation of them that hate 1491.
B Dent. 4. 11.
scended upon it ‘“m fire: ‘and the me
&33. 2.
smoke thereof ascended as the smoke 6 And ‘shewing mercy unto thou- > eh. 34. 7.
Deut.7.
Judg. 5. 5. 9.
Ps. 68. 7,8.
Isai. 6. 4.
of a furnace, and the whole mount
‘‘
sands of them that love me, and keep Ps. 89. 34.
Rom.ll.28.
Hab. 3. 3. quaked greatly. my commandments.
ch. 3. 2.
^Thoushalt not take the name of ch. 23. 1.
>>
& 24. 17. 19 And Svhen the voice of the trum- 7

Lev. 19. 12.
2 Chrou.
1, 2, 3.
7.
pet sounded long, and waxed louder the Lord
thy God in vain; for the Dent. 5. 11.
Ps.
Lord ‘ vdW not hold him guiltless that Matt. 0 4.33.
1.3.
»Geii.l5.17.
Ps. 144. 5.
and louder, Moses spake, and “ God .
taketh his name in vain. Mic. 6. 11. *

Rev.
k Ps. 68. 8.
15. 8.
answered him by a voice.
“
&
77. 18. 20 And the Lord came down upon 8 ‘“Remember the sabbath day, to 14. ch. 31. 13,
&
114. 7.
Jer. 4. 24. mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: keep it holy. Lev. 19. 3,
30. &26. 2.
Heb. 12.26.
1 ver. 13. and the Lord called Moses up to the 9 “Six days shalt thou labour, and Deut. 5. 12.
“ ch. 23. 12.
“Heb.12.21. top of the mount; and Moses went up. do all thy work & 31. 15.
“ Neh. 9. 13.
10 But the “ seventh day is the sab-
& 34. 21.
Ps. 81. 7. 21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Lev. 23. 3.
2 Heb. Go down, ^ charge the people, lest bath of the Lord thy God in it thou
:
Ezek. 20.
12 .
contest.
Luke 13.14.
they break through unto the Lord shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy “Gen. 2. 2,3.
® Seech. 3. 5. ° to gaze, and many of them perish. son, nor thy daughter, thy manser- ch. 16. 26.
lSam.6.19. & 31. 15.
22 And let the priests also, which vant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy
P Lev. 10. 3. come near to the Lord, ^ sanctify cattle, ^nor thy stranger that is with- PNeh.13.16,
17. 18. 19.
4 2 Sam. 6. themselves, lest the Lord ’ break forth in thy gates 1 Gen. 2. 2.
7.8.
upon them. 11 For "în six days the Lord made f ch. 23. 26.
Lev. 19. 3.
23 And Moses said unto the Lord, heaven and earth, the sea, and all that Deut. 5.
Jer. 35. 7,
16.
The people cannot come up to mount in them is, and rested the seventh 18. 19.
Matt. 15.4.
Sinai for thou chargedst us, saying, day: wherefore the Lord blessed the
:
& 19. 19.
Mark 7. 10.
ver. 12.
Josh.
‘'Set bounds about the mount, and sabbath day, and hallowed it. & 10. 19.
2k 4. Lukel8.20.
sanctify it. 12 H Honour thy father and thy Eph. 6. 2.
•Deut. 5. 17.
24 And the Lord said unto him. mother: that thy days may be long Matt. 5. 21.
Away, get thee down, and thou shalt upon the land which the Lord thy Rom.
‘Deut.5.18.
13. 9.
come up, thou, and Aaron with thee God giveth thee. Matt. 5. 27.
“Lev.W.ll.
but let not the priests and the people 13 Thou shalt not kill.
“
Deut. 5. 19.
Matt.19.18.
•Deut.5.22. break through to come up unto the 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
‘
Rom. 13. 9.
1 Thes. 4. 6.
*'
Lev. 26. 1,
13.
Lord, lest he break forth upon them. 15 " Thou shalt not steal. ch. 23. 1.
Dent.
Ps. 81. 10.
5. 6.
25 So Moses Avent down unto the 16 "Thou shalt not bear false wit- Deut. 5.
& 19. 16.
20.
Hos. 13. 4.
people, and spake unto them. ness against thy neighbour. Mat. 19. 18.
« ch. 13. 3. *Deut.5.21.
3 Heb. 17 ^ Thou shalt not covet thy neigh- Mic. 2. 2.
servants. CHAPTER XX. bomb’s house, ^thou shalt not covet
Hab.
Luke 12.15.
2. 9.
"* Dent. 5. 7. 1 The ten commandments. 18 The people are af raid. 20 Acts
& 6. 14. Moses comforteth them. 22 Idolatry is forbidden. 24 thy neighbour’s wife, nor his man- Rom.
20. 33.
7. 7.
2 Kin. 17.
Of what sort the altar should be. & 13. 9.
35. servant, nor his maidservant, nor his Eph. 5. 3,5.
Jer. 25. 6.
®
& 35. 15.
Lev. 26. 1.
AND God spake “all these words, ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is Heb. 13. 5.
y Job 31. 9.
Dent. 4. 16. saying, thy neighbour’s. Prov.

Jer. 5. 8.
6. 29.
& 5. 8.
& 27. 15. 2 ’’I am the Lord thy God, which 18 H And ‘’all the people “saw the Matt. 5. 28.
Ps. 97. 7. •Heb. 12. 18.

fch. 23.24. have brought thee out of the land thunderings, and the lightnings, and “ Rev. 1. 10,
12
Josh. 23. 7.
2 Kin. 17.
of Egypt, “ out of the house of the noise of the trumpet, and the .
ch. 19. 18.

35. Isai. 44. ^ bondage. mountain '‘smoking: and when the ® Deut. .5. 27.
15, 19. & 18. 16.
e ch. 34. 14. 3 '^Thou shalt have no other gods people saw it, they removed, and Gal. 3. 19.
Dent. 4.24. 20
before me.
.
& 6. 15. stood afar off. Heb.12.19.

Josh.24.19.
Nah. 1. 2. 4 ®Thou shalt not make unto thee 19 And they said unto Moses, “Speak ’^Deut.5.25.
ch. 34. 7.
* 1 Sam. 12.
Lev. 20. 5. any graven image, or any likeness of thou with us, and we Avill hear but : 20 .
Isai. 41. 10,

&23. 39,40.
Num. 14.
any thing that is in heaven above, or ^let not God speak with us, lest we 13.
18,33. fGen. 22. 1.

lKi.21.29.
that is in the earth beneath, or that die. Deut. 13. 3.
Job
& 21. 19.
5. 4.
is in the water under the earth 20 And Moses said unto the people, 6
&
Deut.4.10.
6. 2 .
Ps. 79.8.
& 109. 14. 5 ‘^Thou shalt not bow down thyself ® Fear not ‘ for God is come to prove
:
& 10 12 . .
& 17.1,3,19.
Isai. 14. 20, to them, nor serve them: for I the you, and ® that his fear may be before & 19. 20.
21. &65. & 28. 58.
&7 .
.Ter. 2. 9.
Lord thy God am ®a jealous God, your faces, that ye sin not. Prov. 3. 7.
& 16. 6.
& 32. 18. ‘‘visiting the iniquity of the fathers 21 And the people stood afar off. Isai. 8. 13.
F
: : a:
Divers laws and ordinances. EXODUS, XXI. Divers laws and ordinances.
^
CHRIST
Before and Moses drew near unto the thick hath betrothed her to himself, then Before
CHRIST
1491. darkness where God ivas. shall he let her be redeemed to sell 1491.
:
b ch. 19. 16. 22 H And the Loed

said unto Moses, her unto a strange nation he shall
Deut. 6. 5.
lKiu.8.12.
Thus thou shalt say unto the cliil- have no power, seeing he hath dealt
dren of Israel, Ye have seen that I deceitfully with her.
1 Deut. 4. 36. have talked with you from heaven. *
9 And if he have betrothed her unto
Neh.9.13.
l‘ch.32.1,2,4. 23 Ye shall not make ‘‘with me gods his son, he shall deal with her after
lSam.5.4,5.
2Kin.l7.33. of silver, neither shall ye make unto the manner of daughters.
Ezek.
39.
20.
& 43. 8. you gods of gold. 10 If he take him another wife; her
Dan.
2.3.
5. 4,
24 IT An altar of earth thou shalt food, her raiment, ''and her duty of “1 Cor. 7, 5.
Zeph. 1. 5.
2 Cor. 6.14,
make mito me, and shalt sacrifice marriage, shall he not diminish.
15, 16.
thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy 11 And if he do not these three
* Lev. 1. 2. peace offerings, Hhy sheep, and thine unto her, then shall she go out free
“ Deut. 12. oxen:
2 in all “places where I record without money.
5, 11, 21.
&
&
14. 23.
16. 6, 11.
my name I will come unto thee, and 12 If He that smiteth a man, so that
' > Gen. 9. 6.
Lev. 24. 17.
& 26. 2. I 3uill "bless thee. he die, shall be surely put to death. Num. 35.
1 Kin. 8. 43.
thou 'wilt make me an
30, 31.
&9. 3. 25
4
And "if And ‘‘if a man lie not in wait, but
13 Mat. 26. 52.
2 Chron.
6. & 7. 16.
6.
altar of stone, thou shalt not ^ build God deliver him into his hand then
'
;
'‘Num.35.22.
Deut. 19.
& 12. 13. it of hewn stone for if thou lift up “I will appoint thee a place whither 4, 5.
Ezra 6. 12. :
Neh.
* 1 Sam. 24.
Ps. 74.
1. 9.
7.
5 tool upon it, thou hast jioUuted it.
thy he shall flee. 4, 10. 18.
Num. 35.
.Ter.7.10,12.
“ Gen. 12.
26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps 14 But if a man come “presump- 11 .
2. 6 Deut. 19. 3.
Deut. 7. 13. unto mine altar, that thy nakedness tuously upon his neighbour, to slay Josh. 20. 2.
"Deut. 27..5.
.Tosh. 8. 31. be not discovered thereon. him with guile; "thou shalt take him ”Num.l5.30.
&35. 20.
2 Heb.
tltem with CHAPTER XXL from mine altar, that he may die. Deut. 19.
7 11 , 12
15 If And he that smiteth his father,
.
hewing. Heb. 10. 26.

1 Laws for menservants. 5 For the servant whose ear is
12 For manslaughter. ®1 Kin. 2. 28,
hored.
8 7 For womenservants. or his mother, shall be surely put to 34
16 For stealers of men. 17 For cursers of parents. 18 2Kin.ll.15.
For smiters. 22 For a hurt hij chance. 28 For an ox death.
that goreth. 33 For him that is an occasion of harm. 16 ^f And ^he that stealeth a man, and PDeut.24.7.
W
» oh, 24. 3, 4.
Deut. 4. 14.
&
6 1. .
N
them.
O these the judgments
are
Avhich thou shalt " set before
selleth him, or if he be found in his
hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17 If And "he that ^curseth his fa-
iGen. 37.28.
•
ch. 22. 4.
Lev. 20. 9.
Prov.20.20.
•'Lev.2.';.39, ''If thou buy an Hebrew servant, ther, or liis mother, shall surely be Matt.
Mark
1,5.4.
40, 41. 7. 10.
Deu. 1.5. 12. sLx years he shall serve : and in the put to death. 2 Or, revileth.
Jer. 31. 14.
seventh he shall go out free for no- 18 If And if men strive together, and
thing. one smite ânother with a stone, or 8 Or, his
neighbour.
* Heb. jcift If he came in ^ by himself, he shall with his fist, and he die not, but
Ida hwly.
go out by himself he were married, keepeth his bed
: if
then his wife shallgo out with him. 19 If he rise again, and walk abroad
If his master have given him a ‘upon his staff’, then shall he that ^ 2 Sam. 3.
29.
wife, and she have born him sons or smote him be quit only he shall pay :
daughters the wife and her children for ^the loss of his time, and shall
;
Heb. his
ceasing.
shall be her master’s, and he shall go cause him to be thoroughly healed.
out by himself. 20 If And if a man smite his servant,
® Deut.
16, 17.
15.
"And if the servant * shall plauily or liis maid, with a rod, and he die
< Heb.
aaiiing shall
say, I love my master, my wife, and under his hand; he shall be surely
say. my children not go out free
; I will ®punished. 5 Heb.
arengcd,
Then his master shall brmg liim 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue, Gen.
24.
4. 15,
<* eh. 12. 12.

& 22. 8, 28.
unto the ''judges he shall also bring
; day or two, he shall not be punished : Rom. 13. 4.
him to the door, or unto the door for he is his money.

“ " Lev. 25.45,
46.
* Ps. 40. 6. post; and his master shall "bore his 22 If If men strive, and hurt a woman
ear through with an aul and he shall ;
with child, so that her fruit depart
serve him for ever. from her, and yet no mischief follow
Neh. If And if a man '^sell his daughter he shall be surely punished, accord-
' 5. 5.
K vcr. 2. 3.
to be a maidservant, she shall not go ing as the woman’s husband will lay
I*
Heb.
in the eyes
he. eeil out ® as the menservants do. upon him; and he shall '‘pay as the * ver. 30.
Deut. 22.
of, itc. If she " please not her master, who judges determine. 18, 19.
; : ;
Divers laws and ordinances, EXODUS, XXIT. Divers laws and ordinances.
Before 23 And if any mischief follow, then CHAPTER XXII. Before
CHKIST CUBIST
1491. thou shalt give life for life, 1 Of theft. 5 Of damage. 7 Of trespasses. 14 Of har-
1491.
rowing. 16 Of fornication. 18 Of loitchcraft. 19 Of
y Lev. 24, 20.
24 Êye for eye, tooth for tooth, heastiality. 20 Of 21 Of strangers, widows,
idolatry.
Deu.19.21.
Matt. 5. 38.
hand for hand, foot for foot, and fatherless. 2.5 Of usury. 26 Of pledges. 28 Of
25 Burning for burning, wound for reverence to magistrates. 29 Of the Jirstfridts.
wound, stripe for stripe. Fa man shall steal an ox, or a

26 II And if man
smite the eye of
a I sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he
^ 2 Or, goat.
his servant, or the eye of his maid, shall restore five oxen for an ox, and
that it perish; he shall let him go “ four
sheep for a sheep. »2Sam.I2.6.
See Prov.
free for his eye’s sake. 2 ^ If a thief be fomid breaking up, '' 6.31.
Luke 19. 8.
27 And if he smite out his man- and be smitten that he die, there shall •'lMatt.24.43.
' Num.
servant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s '
no blood he shed for him. 27.
35.
tooth; he shall let him go free for 3 If the sun be risen upon him,
his tooth’s sake. there shall he blood shed for him
28 H If an ox gore a man or a for he should make full restitution;
* Gen. 9. 5. woman, that they die : then the ox if he have nothing, then he shall be
shall be surely stoned, and his flesh ''
sold for his theft. ch. 21. 2.
shall not be eaten; but the owner of 4 If the theft be certainly “found in « ch. 21. 16.
the ox shall he quit. his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass,

29 But if the ox were wont to push or sheep; he shall ^restore double. 'See ver.1,7.
Prov. 6. 31.
with his horn in time past, and it 5 H If a man shall cause a field or
hath been testified to his owner, and vineyard to be eaten, and shall put
he hath not kept him in, but that lie in his beast, and shall feed in another
hath killed a man or a woman; the man’s field; of the best of his ouii
ox shall be stoned, and his owner field, and of the best of his ouii vine-
also shall be put to death. yard, shall he make restitution.
30 If there be laid on him a sum of 6 ^ If fire break out, and catch in
“ ver. 22. money, then he shall give for “the thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or
Nmn.35.31.
ransom of his life whatsoever is laid the standmg corn, or the field, be con-
upon him. sumed thereimth; he that kindled the
31 Whether he have gored a son, or fire shall surely make restitution.
have gored a daughter, according to 7 H If a man shall deliver unto his
this judgment shall it be done unto neighbour money or stuff to keep,
him. and it be stolen out of the man’s
32 If the ox shall push a manser- house; ®if the thief be found, let 6 ver. 4.
vant or a maidservant he shall give ;

him pay double.
See Zech. unto their master ''thirty shekels of 8 If the thief be not found, then the
11. 12, 13.
Mat. 26. 15. silver, and the ‘ ox shall be stoned. master of the house shall be brought
PliU. 2. 7.
« ver, 28. 33 ^ And if a man shall open a pit, unto the '‘judges, to see whether he ver. 28.
ch. 21. 6.
or if a man shall dig a pit, and not have put his hand imto his neigh-
cover it, and an ox or an ass fall bour’s goods.
therein 9 For all manner of trespass, ivh ether
34 The owner of the pit shall make it he for ox, for ass, for sheep, for
it good, and give money unto the raiment, or for any manner of lost
owner of them; and the dead heast thing, which another chaUengeth to be
shall be his. his, the cause of both parties shall
' i
Dent. 25.1.
2Chron.li).
35 ^ Andone man’s ox hurt an-
if come before the judges; and whom 10 .
other’s, that he die; then they shall the judges shall condemn, he shall
sell the live ox, and divide the money pay double imto his neighbour.
of it and the dead ox also they shall
; 10 If a man
deliver unto his neigh-
divide. bour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep,
36 Or if it be known that the ox or any beast, to keep ; and it die, or
hath used to push in time past, and be hurt, or driven away, no man see-
his ouTier hath not kept him in he ;
ing it
shall surely pay ox for ox; and the Then shall an ''oath of the Lord
11 kHeb. 6.16.
dead shall be his own. be between them both, that he hath

F2
:
Divers laws and ordinances, EXODUS, XXIII. Divers laws and ordinances.
Before not put his hand unto his neighbour’s 28 IF ^ Thou shalt not revile the ^ gods, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491 .
goods; and the owner of it shall ac- nor curse the ruler of thy people. 1491 .
cept thereof^ and he shall not make 29 IF Thou shalt not delay to offer Eccles.
10.
it good. ®®the first of thy ripe fruits, and of 20 .
Acts 23. 5.
1 Gen. 31.39. 12 And 'if it be stolen from him, thy ^ liquors ^
the firstborn of thy Jude 8.
:
® Or, judges,
he shall make restitution unto the sons shalt thou give unto me. ver. 9. 8,
Ps. 82. 6.
owner thereof. 30 ^Likewise shalt thou do with thine ® Heb. thy
13 If it be torn in pieces, then let oxen, and with thy sheep: '‘seven ®ch.23.16,19. fuhiess.
him bring it for witness, and he shall days it shall be uith his dam on the Prov. 9. ;
‘ Heb. fear.
3.
not make good that which was torn. eighth day thou shalt give it me. ‘ch. 13.2,12.
& 34. 19.
14 IF And if a man borrow ought of 31 IF And ye shall be 'holy men unto e Deu. 15.19.
his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, me ^ neither shall ye
: eat any flesh PLev. 22.27.
ch. 19. ‘
6.
the owner thereof being not with it, that is torn of beasts in the field ye Deu. 14.
Lev. 19.
;
2.
21.
he shall surely make it good. shall cast it to the dogs. P Lev. 22. 8.
Ezek. 4. 14.
15 But if the owner thereof he with & 44. 31.
it, he shall not make it good if it he
:
CHAPTER XXIII.
an hired thing, it came for his hire. 1 Of slander and false witness. 3 6 Of justiee, 4 Of ,
charitahleness. 10 Of the year of rest. 12 Of the sahhath.

Dent. 22.
28, 29. 16 IF And “if a man entice a maid 13 Of idolatry. 14 Of the three feasts. 18 Of the blood
*Heb.«»e!07i,
Gen. 23.16. that is not betrothed, and lie with arid the fat of the sacrifice. 20 An Angel is promised,
icith a blessing, if they obey him.
“Gen. 34. 12. her, he shall surely endow her to be
Deu. 22.29.
hou "shalt not ''raise a false re- “Lev.
1 Sam. 18.
25.
° Lev. 19. 26,
31. & 20. 27.
his wife.
17 If her father utterly refuse to give T
port put not thine hand with the
her unto him, he shall ^pay money wicked to be an imrighteous witness. Prov.
:
ver. 7.
Ps.
19.16.
15. 3.
& 101. 5.
10.18.
Deu. 18. 10,
See 2 Sam.
11. 1 Sam.
28. 3, 9.
according to the " dowry of virgins. 2 IF "Thou shalt not follow a multi- 19. 27. with
16. 3.
PLev. 18.23. 18 IF ° Thou shalt not suffer a witch tude to do evil; ''neither shalt thou ® Or, receive.
& 20. 15. P ch. 20. 16.
9Num.25.2, to live. "speak in a cause to decline after Deu. 19. 16,
19 IF p Whosoever lieth with a beast many to wrest judgment

7,8. 17, 18.
Deut. 13. 1, See 1 Kin.
2,5,6,9,13,
14, 15.
shall surely be put to death. 3 IF Neither shalt thou countenance 21.10,13. Ps. 35. 11.
.
&17. 2,3,5.
« eh. 23. 9.
20 IF ^He that sacrificeth unto any a poor man in his cause. Prov. 19. 5,
9, 28.
Lev. 19. 33. god, save unto the Lord only, he 4 IF ®
If thou meet thine enemy’s ox & 24. 28.
&
25. 35. Matt. 26.
Deu. 10. 19. shall be utterly destroyed. or his ass going astray, thou shalt 59, (», 61.
Jer. 7. 6. Acts 11, 6.
Zech. 7. 10. 21 IF Thou shalt neither vex a stran- surely bring it back to him again. 13.
Mai. 3. 5. 0 Gen.
ger, nor oppress him
1. 7.
•Deu. 10. 18.
for ye were
: 5 'If thou see the ass of him that & 19. 4, 7.
& 24. 17.

strangers in the land of Egypt. hateth thee lying under his burden, Josh. 24.15. ch. 32. 2. 1,
& 27. 19.
1 Sam. 15.9.
Ps. 94. 6.
Isai. 1. 17,
22 IF “Ye shall not afflict any widow, ’and wouldest forbear to help him, lKin.19.10.
23. &10. 2. or fatherless child. thou shalt surely help with him. .Tob 31. 34.
Prov. 1. 10,
Enek. 22.7.
Zech. 7. 10. 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, 6 ®^Thou shalt not ivrest the judg- 11, 15.
& 4. 14.
Jam. 1. 27.
‘Deut. 1.5.9. and they ‘cry at all unto me, I will ment of thy poor in his cause. Matt.
24, 26.
27.
& 24. 15. ^

Job35. 9. surely "hear their cry; 7 Keep thee far from a false mat- 15. 15. Mark
Luke 18. 7.
“ ver. 27.
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, ter
* and the innocent and righteous Luke23.23,
;
'
Acts 24. 27.

Job 34. 28.
Ps. 18. 6.
and I will kill you with the sword; slay thou not: for '‘I will not justify &25. 9.
ver. 6, 7.
& 145. 19. and ^your wives shall be widows, and the wicked. Lev. 19. 15.'
Jam. 5. 4. Deut. 17.
8 IF And 'thou shalt take no gift for Ps. 72.
1.
‘ Job 31. 23. your children fatherless. : 2.
Ps. 69. 24.
y Ps. 109. 9. 25 IF If thou lend money to any of the gift blindeth "the ivise, and per- CHeb. answer.
•
Lam.
Lev.
5. 3.
25. 35,
my people that is poor by thee, thou verteth the words of the righteous. ® Deut. 22.
.Tob 31. 29.
1.
i1
36,37. shalt not be to him as an usurer, nei- 9 IF Also “ thou shalt not oppress a Prov. 24.17.''
Deut. 23. & 25. 21.
19, 20. ther shalt thou lay upon him usury. stranger for ye know the ® heart of a Matt. 44.
: .5.
Neh. 5. 7. Eom.12.20.
Ps. 15. 5. 26 ^ If thou at all take thy neigh- stranger, seeing ye were strangers in lThes.5.15.
Ezek. 18. 8, 'Deut. 22. 4.
17. bour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt the land of Egypt. Or.willthnu
“Deut. 24.6,
10, 13, 17.
deliver it unto him by that the sun 10 And "six years thou shalt sow cease help
him? oT.and
to
Job 22. 6.
& 24. 3, 9.
goeth down: thy land, and shalt gather in the cease toleace wouldest
Prov.20.16.
&22. 27.
27 For that is his covering only, it fruits thereof: thy busi-
ness fur
Ezek. 18.7, is his raiment for his skin wherein : him ; thou shalt surely leave it to join with him. s ver. 2. Deut. 27. 19. .lob 31. IJ 21.
16. Eccles.5. 8. Isai. 10.1,2. .Ter. 5. 28.& 7. 6. Amos 5. 12. Mai. 3. 5. Pver. 1. Lev.
Amos 2. 8. shall he sleep? and it shall come to 19.11. Luke 3.14. Eph.4.25. iDeut.27.25. Ps.94.21. Prov. 17. 15, 26. Jer. 7.6.
P ver. 23. Matt. 27. 4. kch.34.7. Rom. 1. 18. > Deut. 16. 19. 1 Sam. 8. 3. &
12. 3.
« ch. 34. 6. pass, when he crieth unto me, that I 2 Chr. 19. 7. Ps. 26. 10. Prov. 15. 27.&17. 8, 23. &
29. 4. Isai. 1. 23.& 5. 23. &
.33. 15.
2Chr.30. Ezek.22.12. Amos5.12. Acts24.26. ^Heh. the seeing. ">ch. 22. 21. Deut. 10.19.
for I am " gracious.
9.
Ps. 86. 15. will hear ; & 24. 14, 17.& 27. 19. P6.94.6. Ezek.22.7. Mal.3.5. ^Heb.scaJ. “Lev.25.3,4.
; :
Divers laws and ordinances. EXODUS, XXIV. An Ancjd promised for a guide.
Before 11 But the seventh year thou shalt thee, and
bring thee in unto the
*
CHEIST
Before
CHKIST
1491 .
let it rest and lie still that the poor
;
Amorites, and the Hittites, and the 1491 .
of thy people may eat and what they

: Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the ' .Tosb. 24. 8,
leave the beasts of the field shall eat. Hivites, and the Jebiisites and I:
11 .
In like manner thou shalt deal with will cut them off'.
2 Or, dive thy vineyard, and with thy ^ oliveyard. 24 Thou shalt not ‘‘bow down to ch. 20. 5.
trees.
®ch. 20.8,!). 12 °Six days thou shalt do thy work, their gods, nor serve them, ‘nor do * Lev. 18. 3.
Dent. 5. 13. Deut. 12.
Luke 13.14. and on the seventh day thou shalt after their works: “but thou shalt 30, 31.
>“ ch. 34. 13.
rest that thine ox and thine ass may
: utterly overthrow them, and quite Xum.33.f,2.
Deuk 7.
rest, and the son of thy handmaid, break down their images. 25. & 12. 3.
5,
and the stranger, may be refreshed. 25 And ye shall "serve the Lord your "Dent. 6.13.
&
10 12 20
m
. , .
13 And all things that I have God, and °he shall bless thy bread, & 11. 13,14.
& 13. 4.
P Deut. 4. 9.
Josh. 22. 5.
said unto you ^ be circumspect and : and thy water ; and ^ I will take sick- Josh. 22.
624. 14.15,
5.
Ps. ao. 1.
Eph. 5. 15.
’make no mention of the name of ness away from the midst of thee. 21, 24.
1 f-'am. 7. 3.
lTiin.4.16. other gods, neither let it be heard 26 IF ’ There shall nothing cast their & 12.20,24.
1X0111.32.38. Matt. 4. 10.
Deut. 12.3. out of thy mouth. young, nor be barren, in thy land: oDeut.7.13.
Josh. 23. 7.
the number of thy days I will ’ fulfil. & 28. 5, 8.
Ps. 16. 4. 14 IF Three times thou shalt keep a P ch. 15. 26.
Hos. 2. 17.
Zech. 13. 2. feast unto me in the year. 27 I ’)\ill send “my fear before thee, Deut. 7.1.5.
iDeut. 7.14.
r ch. 34. 23.
Lev. 4.
15 “Thou shalt keep the feast of and will ‘destroy all the people to &28.
Job 21. 10.
4.
Deu.16.16. unleavened bread (thou shalt eat whom thou shalt come, and I will
:
Mai. 3. 10,
ch. 12. 15. 11 .
& 13. 6. unleavened bread seven days, as I make all thine enemies turn their Gen. 2.5. 8.
& 34. 18. &35. 29.
Lev. 23.6. commanded thee, in the time ap- ^ backs unto -thee. lChr.23.1.
Deu. Job
28 And "I will send hornets before
16. 8. 5. 26.
pointed of the month Abib; for in & 42. 17.
Pb. 55. 23.
.‘ ch. 34. 20. it thou earnest out from Egypt: *and thee, which shall di-ive out the Hivite, & 90. 10.
Deu.16.16.
none shall appear before me empty :) the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from * Gen. 35. .5.
ch.15.14.16.
" ch. 34. 22. 16 "And the feast of harvest, the before thee. Deut. 2. 25.
Lev. 23. 10. & 11. 25.
firstfruits of thy labours, which thou 29 ’'I uill not drive them out from Josh. 2. 9,
11. 1 Sam.
*Deu.l6.13. hast sown in the field and :
^ the before thee in one year lest the land ;
14. 15.
2Chr.l4.14.
feast of ingathering, which is in the become desolate, and the beast of the ‘Deut. 7.2:1.
2Heb. neck,
T ch. 34. 23.
Deu.16.16.
end of the year, when thou hast ga- field multiply agamst thee. Ps. 18. 40.
* ch. 12. 8. thered in thy labours out of the field. 30 By little and little I will drive “Deut. 7. 20.
Josh.24.12.
634.25.
Lev. 2. 11. 17 Three times in the year all thy them out from before thee, until thou
^ “'Deut.7.22.
Deu. 16. 4.
* Or, /east. males shall appear before the Lord be increased, and inherit the land.
* ch. 22. 29.
634.26.
God. 31 And *1 will set thy bounds from the ‘Gen. 15.18.
Num. 34. :i.
Lev.
17.
23. 10,
Num.
18 *Thou shalt not offer the blood Red sea even unto the sea of the Phi- Deu. 11. 24.
•Tosh. 1. 4.
18. 12, 13.
Deu. 26. 10.
of my sacrifice with leavened bread listines, and from the desert imto the 1 Kin. 4.
21, 24.
Neh. lO.aS.
b ch. 34. 26.
neither shall the fat of my sacrifice river for I uill ^ deliver the inhabit-
® :
Ps. 72. 8.
yJosh.21.44.
Deu. 14. 21. remain until the morning. ants of the land into your hand and ;
Judg. 1. 4.
« ch. 14. 19. & 11 21 .
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy thou shalt drive them out before thee.
.
"
&
32. 34.
&
33. 2, 14.
land thou shalt bring into the house 32 *Thou shalt make no covenant «ch.34.12,15.
Nuin.20.16. Deut. 7. 2.
Josh. 5. 13.
& 6 2
of the Loed thy God. '’Thou shalt with them, nor with their gods.
m
. .
Ps. 91. 11.

Isai. 63. 9.
not seethe a kid his mother’s milk. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land,
^Xura.14.11. 20 IF "Behold, I send an Angel be- lest they make thee sin against me
Ps.78.40,56.
Eph. 4. 30.
Heb. 3. 10,
fore thee, to keep thee m
the way, for if thou serve their gods, "it will
“ ch. 34. 12.
Deut. 7.
& 12. 30.
16.
16. and to bring thee into the place surely be a snare unto thee. Josh.23.13.
®ch.32. 34. Judg.
Num.14.35. which I have prepared. CHAPTER ,XXIY. 1 Sam. 18.
2. 3.
Deu. 18. 19.

Josh. 24.19. 21 Beware of him, and obey his 1 Moses is called up into the mountain, 3 The people pro- 21 .
Ps. 106. 36.
Jer. 5. 7.
Heb. 3. 11.
voice, ^provoke him not; for he will mise obedience. 4 Moses buildeth an altar, and twelve
1 John 5.16. pillars, 6 He sprinldeth the blood of the covenant. 9 The
* Isai. 9. 6.
® not
pardon your transgressions for :
glory of God appeareth. 14 Aaron and Hur have the
Jer. 23. 6. ‘^my name is in him. charge of the people, 15 Moses goeth into the moun-
John 10.
30,38. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey tain, where he continueth forty days and forty nights.
e Gen.
Deut. 30. 7.
Jer. 30. 20.
12. 3.
his voice, and do all that I speak; AND
he said unto Moses, Come up
* Or, I will then ®I will be an enemy unto thine unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron,
afflict
that afflict
them
enemies, and * an adversary mito thine "Nadab, and Abihu, '’and seventy of » ch. 28. 1.
Lev.10.1,2.
•*
thee.
ver. 20.
adversaries. the elders of Israel ; and worship ye *> ch. 1. 6.
Num.11.16.
ch. 33. 2. 23 '’For mine Angel shall go before afar off.
: :
The people ])romise, ohedience. EXODUS, XXV. Moses goeth up into the mount.
Before 2 And Moses “alone shall come near Hur are with you : if any man have Before
CHRIST
1491.
the Lokd: but they shall not come any matters to do, let him come unto CHRIST
1491.
' ver. 13, 15,

nigh ; neither shall the people go up them.
18. with him. 15 And Moses went up into the
3 IF And Moses came and told the mount, and '‘a cloud covered the vcli.19.9,16.
Matt. 17. 5.
people all the words of the Lord, mount.
and all the judgments: and all the 16 And^the glory of the Lord a- r ch. 16. 10.
Num. 14.
people answered with one voice, and bode upon mount Sinai, and the 10.
^ ver. 7.
said, ‘‘All the words which the Lord cloud covered it six days and the :
rh. 19. 8.
Deut.5.27. hath said will we do. seventh day he called unto Moses
(ial. 3.19,
20 . 4 And Moses “wrote all the words out of the midst of the cloud.
®L)eut. 31. 9.
of the Lord, and rose up early in the 17 And the sight of the glory of the
morning, and builded an altar under Lord ivas like * devouring fire on the " ch. 3. 2.
& 19. 18.
f Gen. 28. 18.
& 31. 45. the hill, and twelve pillars, accord- top of the mount in the eyes of the Deut. 4. 36.
Heb. 12. 18,
ing to the twelve tribes of Israel. children of Israel. 29.
5 And he sent yomig men of the 18 And Moses went into the midst
children of Israel, which offered of the cloud, and gat him up into
burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace the mount: and “Moses was in the “ch.Sl. 28.
Deut. 9. 9.
offerings of oxen unto the Lord. mount forty days and forty nights.
e Heb. 9. 18. 6 And Moses ®took half of the blood, CHAPTER XXV.
and put it in basons and half of the
;
1 WJiat the Israelites must offer for the maliimj of the taber-
nacle. 10 The form of the ark. 17 The mercy seat, leith
blood he sprinkled on the altar. the cherubims. 23 The table, with the furniture thereof.
^
Heb.
7 And he took the book of the
•>
9. 19.
31 The candlestick, with the instruments thereof.
covenant, and read in the audience AND the Lord spake unto Moses,
‘ ver. 3. of the people and they said, All
:
*
saying,
that the Lord hath said will we do, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel,
and be obedient. that they bring me an ® offering “ of
^ :
^ Heb. take
for me.
8 And Moses took the blood, and every man that giveth it willingly with * Or, heave
his heart ye shall take my offering.

offering.
sprinkled it on the people, and said. »ch.35.5,2I.
kJIeb. 9.20.
& 13. 20.
Behold ’‘the blood of the covenant, 3 And tliis is the offering which ye lChr.29.3,
5,9,14.
Ezra
1 Ret. 1. 2.
which the Lord hath made with 3ôu shall take of them; gold, and silver, &3.5.
2. 68.
concerning all these words. and brass, & 7. 16.

Neh. 11. 2.
• ver. 1.
9 IF Then went up Moses, and Aa-
’ 4 And and purple, and scarlet,
blue, 2 Cor. 8. 12.
&9.7.
ron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy and * fine linen, and goats’ hair, ^ Or, silk,
Gen. 41.42.
of the elders of Israel 5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and
“ See
32. 30.
Gen. 10 And they “saw the God of Is- badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
ch. 3. 6.
.Tudg.13.22.
rael and there ivas under his feet as
: 6 ’’Oil for the light, “ spices for an- •>
cli. 27. 20.
^ 0 ch. 30. 23.
Isai. 6. 1, 5. it were a paved work of a “sapphire ointing oil, and for sweet incense, 0 ch. 30. 34.
with chap.
33. 20, 23. stone, and as it were the body of 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in
John 1. 18.
lTira.6.16. heaven in Ms clearness. the “ephod, and in the breastplate. ®ch. 28.4,6.
f
lJohn4.12. ch. 28. 15.
“Ezelc.1.26. 11 And upon
the nobles of the chil- 8 And let them make me a ^ sanctu- Kch.36.1,3,4.
& 10. 1. dren of Israel he laid not his hand ary; that ’’I may dwell among them. Lev. 4. 6.
Rev. 4. 3. & 10. 4.
“Matt. 17. 2. also they saw God, and did eat and 9 ‘According to all that I shew thee, & 21 . 12 .
P ch. 19. 21.

Heb. 9. 1,2.
9 ver. 10. drink. after the pattern of the tabernacle, ’’

ch. 29. 45.
1 Kin. 6. 13.
Gen. 16. 13.
& 32. 30. 12 And the Lord said unto Moses, and the pattern of all the instruments
IF 2 Cor. 6. 16.
Heb. 3. 6.
ch. 33. 20.
Dent. 4. 33.
“
Come up to me into the mount, and thereof, even so shall ye make it. *
Rev.
ver. 40.
21. 3.
>•
Judg.13.22.
Gen. 31. 54.
be there: and I will give thee ‘tables 10 ^ ’‘And they shall make an ark of k ch. 37. 1.
Deut. 10. 3.
cli. 18. 12.
ICor. 10.18.
of stone, and a law, and command- shittim wood: two cubits and a half Heb. 9. 4.
'ver.2, 15,18. ments which I have written that

;
shall he the length thereof, and a cubit
‘ch.31. 18.
& 32. 15, 16. thou mayest teach them. and a half the breadth thereof, and a
Dent. 5. 22.
”011.32. 17. 13 And Moses rose up, and “his cubit and a half the height thereof.
& 33. 11. minister Joshua: and Moses "went 11 And thou shalt overlay it with
* ver. 2.
up into the mount of God. pure gold, within and without shalt
14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry thou overlay it, and shalt make upon
ye here for us, until we come again it a crown of gold round about.
unto you and, behold, Aaron and

: 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of
; :
The furniture EXODUS, XXY. for the tabernacle.
Before gold for it, and put them in the four crown to the border thereof round Before
CHRIST 13 CHRIST
1491. corners thereof; and two rings shall about. 1491.
be in the one side of it, and two rings 26 And thou shalt make for it four
in the other side of it. rings of gold, and put the rings in
And thou shalt make staves of the four corners that are on the four
sliittim wood, and overlay them with feet thereof.
gold. 27 Over against the border shall the
14 And thou shalt put the staves rings be for places of the staves to
into the rings by the sides of the ark, bear the table.
that the ark may be borne with them. 28 And thou shalt make the staves
11 Kin. 8.8. 15 'The staves shall be in the rings of shittim wood, and overlay them
of the ark they shall not be taken with gold, that the table may be
:
from it. borne with them.

16 And thou shalt put into the ark 29 And thou shalt make ” the dishes “ f Ii.
Num.
37. 16.
4. 7.
™ ch. 16. 34. “ the testimony which I shall give thee. thereof, and spoons thereof, and co-
& 31. 18.
Deii.10.2,5. 17 And "thou shalt make a mercy seat vers thereof, and boAvls thereof, ^to 2 Or, to vonr
& 31. 26. i
out tciihai.
1 Kin. 8. 9.
2Km.ll.l2.
of pure gold two cubits and a half cover withal of pure gold shalt thou
: :
Heb. 9. 4. shall be the length thereof, and a cubit make them.

n eh. 37. 6.
Rom. 3. 25. and a half the breadth thereof. 30 And thou shalt set upon the ta-
w Lev.
Heb. 9. 5.
18 And thou shalt make two cheru- ble shewbread before me alway. 5,6.
24.
bims of gold, of beaten work shalt 31 IF ""And thou shalt make a candle- * ch. 37. 17.
1 Kin. 7.49.
thou make them, in the two ends of stick (^pure gold: (^beaten work shall Zech. 4. 2.
Heb. 9. 2.
the mercy seat. the candlestick be made his shaft, : Rev. 1. 12.
&4.5.
19 And make one cherub on the and his branches, his bowls, his knops,
one end, and the other cherub on and his flow ers, shall be of the same.
i
2 Or, of the the other end: even ôf the mercy 32 And six branches shall come out
matter of
I
I
themercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on of the sides of it three branches of
;
seat.
j
!
the two ends thereof. the candlestick out of the one side,
olKin. 8. 7. 20 And "the cherubims shall stretch and three branches of the candlestick
IChr. 28.18.
Heb. 9. 5. forth their wings on high, covering out of the other side
the mercy seat with their wings, and 33 Three bowls made like unto al-
their faces shall look one to another monds, ivith a knop and a flower in
toward the mercy seat shall the faces one branch; and three bowls made
of the cherubims be. like almonds in the other branch, ivith
P ch. 26. 34. 21 *’And thou shalt put the mercy a knop and a flower so in the six :
> ver. 16. seat above upon the ark; and "în branches that come out of the can-
the ark thou shalt put the testimony dlestick.
that I shall give thee. 34 And m the candlestick shall be
rch.29.42,43.
& 30. 6, 3<;.
22 And there I will meet with thee, four bowls made like unto almonds,
Lev.16. 2.
Num. 17. 4.
and I will commune with thee from knops and their flowers.
ivith their
" Num. 7.89. above the mercy seat, from “between 35 And there shall be a knop imder
1 Sam. 4. 4.
2 Sam. 6. 2. the two cherubims wliich are upon two branches of the same, and a knop
2Kin.l9.15.
Ps. 80. 1. the ark of the testimony, of all things under two branches of the same, and
&90.1.
lsai.37.16. which I will give thee in command- a knoj^ mider two branches of the
ment unto the children of Israel. same, according to the six branches
‘ ch. 37. 10.
1 Kin. 7.48.
23 IF * Thou shalt also make a table that proceed out of the candlestick.
2 Chr.
Heb.
4. 8.
9. 2.
of shittim wood two cubits shall be
: 36 Their knops and their branches
the length thereof, and a cubit the shall be of the same all it shall be
:
breadth thereof, and a cubit and a one beaten w ork of pure gold.
half the height thereof. 37 And thou shalt make the seven
24 And thou shalt overlay it with lamps thereof and ^ they shall Might
:
y ch. 27. 21.
&
30. 8.
pure gold, and make thereto a crown the lamps thereof, that they may Lev. 24. 3,4.
2Chron.l3.
of gold round about. give light over against ^ it.
’’
11 .
® Or, cause
25 And thou shalt make unto it a 38 And the tongs thereof, and the to ascend.
border of an hand breadth round snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure * Num. 8. 2.
Heb. the
about, and thou shalt make a golden gold. face oj it.
: : ;
The tabernacle EXODUS, XXVI. and its ap2mrtenance8.
CHRIST
Before S9 Of a, talent of pure gold shall he m loops the edge of the curtain which Before
CHRIST
1491. make it, with all these vessels. coupleth the second. 1491.
a cli. 26. 30.
40 And “look that thou make them 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches
Niini. k
4.
after their pattern, ^ which was shew- of brass, and put the taches into the
1 Chr. 28.
11 19
, .
ed thee in the mount. loops, and couple the ^tent together, *Or,
Acts 7. 44. covering.
Heb. 8. 5. 2 that it may be one.
2 Heb. which
thou tcast
CHAPTER XXVI. 12 And the remnant that remaineth
caused to 1 The ten curtains of the tabernacle. 7 The eleven curtains
see.
3of goats' hair. 14 The covering of ranis' shim. 15 The
of the curtains of the tent, the half
boards of the tabernacle, teith their sockets and bars. 31 curtain that remaineth, shall hang
The vail for the arh. 36 The hanging for the door.
4
over the backside of the tabernacle.
“ ch. 36. 8.
M oreover “ thou shalt make the 13 And a cubit on the one side, and
tabernacle loith ten curtains of a cubit on the other side ôf that ® Heb. the
fine twined linen, and blue, and pur- wliich remaineth in the length of the or, mrplu*’
5 age.
ill
remainder,
8 Heb. the ple, and scarlet: with cherubims ôf curtains of the tent, it shall hang over
work of a
cumiimj cunning work shalt thou make them. the sides of the tabernacle on this
wmkinun,
or, enihroi-
6 The length of one curtam shall side and on that side, to cover it.
derer.
be eight and twenty cubits, and the 14 And “thou shalt make a covering e ch. 36. 19.
breadth of one curtain four cubits for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red,
7
and every one of the curtains shall and a covering above of badgers’ skins.
have
8 one measure. 15 If And thou shalt make boards
The five curtains shall be coupled for the tabernacle of sliittim wôod
together
9 one to another; and other standing up.
five curtains shall be coupled one to 16 Ten cubits shall be the length of
another. a board, and a cubit and a half shall
And thou shalt make loops of blue be the breadth of one board.
upon the edge of the one curtain 17 Two ^tenons shall there be in one •Heb.IianfZ*.
from the selvedge in the coupling; board, set in order one against an-
and likewise shalt thou make in the other: thus shalt thou make for all
uttermost edge of another curtam, in the boards of the tabernacle.
the coupling of the second. 18 And thou shalt make the boards
Fifty loops shalt thou make in the for the tabernacle, twenty boards on
one ciu-tain, and fifty loops shalt thou the south side southward.
make in the edge of the curtain that 19 And thou shalt make forty sock-
is in the coupling of the second ;
that ets of silver under the twenty boards
10
the loops may take hold one of an- two sockets under one board for his
other. two tenons, and two sockets under
And thou shalt make fifty taches another board for his two tenons.
of gold, and couple the curtains to- 20 And for the second side of the
gether with the taches: and it shaU tabernacle on the north side there
be one tabernacle. shall be twenty boards
>> ch. 36. 14. If And '’thou shalt make curtains 21 And their forty sockets (^silver;
of goats’ hair to be a covering upon two sockets under one board, and two
the tabernacle eleven curtains shalt sockets under another board.
:
thou make. 22 And for the sides of the taber-

The length of one curtain shall be nacle westward thou shalt make six
thirty cubits, and the breadth of one boards.
curtain four cubits : and the eleven 23 And two boards shalt thou make
curtains shall be all of one measure. for the corners of the tabernacle in
And thou shalt couple five cur- the two sides.
tains by themselves, and six curtains 24 And they shall be ® coupled toge- SHeb.
twinned.
by themselves, and shalt double the ther beneath, and they shall be cou-
sixth curtain in the forefront of the pled together above the head of it un-
tabernacle. to one ring thus shall it be for them
:
And thou shalt make fifty loops both ; they shall be for the two corners.
on the edge of the one curtain that 25 And they shall be eight boards,
is outmost in the (30uplmg, and fifty and their sockets of silver, sixteen
:
The vail for the arTc. EXODUS, XXYII. The altar of burnt offering.
Before sockets two sockets under one board,

;
and five cubits broad the altar shall
;
Before
CHKIST CHHIST
1491 .
and two sockets under another board. be foursquare and the height there-
:
1491 .
26 H And thou shalt make bars of of shall he three cubits.

shittim wood five for the boards of
;
2 And thou shalt make the horns of
the one side of the tabernacle, itupon the four corners thereof his :
27 And five bars for the boards of the horns shall be of the same and ^ thou:
See
16. 38.
Num.
other side of the tabernacle, and five shalt overlay it uitli brass.
bars for the boards of the side of the 3 And thou shalt make his pans to
tabernacle, for the two sides westward. receive his ashes, and his shovels, and
28 And the middle bar m
the midst his basons, and his fieshhooks, and
of the boards shall reach from end his firepans all the vessels thereof :
to end. thou shalt make of brass.

29 And thou shalt overlay the boards 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate
with gold, and make their rings of of network of brass; and upon the
gold for places for the bars and thou net shalt thou make four brasen rings
:
shalt overlay the bars with gold. in the four corners thereof.
30 And thou shalt rear up the taber- 5 And thou shalt put it under the
<>011.25.9,40. nacle ^ according to the fashion thereof compass of the altar beneath, that
& 27. 8.
Acts
Heb.
7.
8. 5.
44. which was shewed thee the mount. mthe net may be even to the midst of
® ch. 36. 35. 31 H And ® thou shalt make a vail of the altar.
Lev. 16. 2.
2Chr. 3. 14. blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 6 And thou shalt make staves for
Mat. 27. .51.
Heh.JL3.
twined linen of cunning work: with the altar, staves of sliittim wood, and
cherubims shall it be made overlay them ivith brass.
32 And thou shalt hang it upon four 7 And the staves shall be put into
pillars of shittim wood overlaid with the rings, and the staves shall be
gold their hooks shall he of gold.
: upon the two sides of the altar, to
upon the four sockets of silver. bear it. 1
33 ^ And thou shalt hang up the vail 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou 1
under the taches, that thou mayest make it: 'as ît was shewed thee in c ch. 25. 40. 1
fell. 25. 16. bring in thither within the vail the ‘

the mount, so shall they make it. 2 Heb. he
& 40. 21.
,
slunced.
ark of the testimony: and the vail 9 If And ^ thou shalt make the court 0 ch. 38. 9. 1
t Lev. 16. 2. shall divide unto you between *the of the tabernacle for the south side
:
1
Deb. 9. 2,3.
holy^^Zace and the most holy. southward there shall he hangings for
>> ch. 25. 21. 34 And ‘‘thou shalt put the mercy the court of fine twined linen of an
Heb. 9. 5. seat upon the ark of the testimony in hundred long for one side
culDits :
the most holj place. 10 And the twenty pillars thereof

> ch. 40. 22, 35 And thou shalt set the table with-
‘
and their twenty sockets shall he of
Heb. 9. 2.
k ch. 40. 24. out the vail, and ^ the candlestick over brass ; the hooks of the pillars and
against the table on the side of the their fillets shall he of silver.
tabernacle toward the south: and thou 11 And likewise for the north side
shalt put the table on the north side. in length there shall he hangings of an
ich. 36.37. 36 And thou shalt make an hanging
‘ hundred cubits long, and his twenty
for the door of the tent, of blue, and pillars and their twenty sockets of
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined brass; the hooks of the pillars and
linen,wrought with needlework. their fillets of silver.
37 And thou shalt make for the 12 11 And for the breadth of the
“ ch. 36. 38. hanging “ five pillars of shittim wood, court on the west side shall he hang-
and overlay them with gold, and their ings of fifty cubits their pillars ten.
:
hooks shall he of gold and thou shalt

: and their sockets ten.
cast five sockets of brass for them. 13 And the breadth of the court on
the east side eastward shall he fifty
CHAPTER XXVII.
1 The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof. 9 The
14 The hangings of one side of the
court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars.
18 The measure of the court. 20 The oil for the lamp.
gate shall he fifteen cubits their pil- :
•ch. 38.1. AND thou shalt make “an altar of lars three, and their sockets three.
jLjL shittim wood, five cubits long. 15 And on the other side shall he
; : :
The court of the tabernacle. EXODUS, XXVIII. Holy garments for

Before hangings fifteen cnhits: their pillars they shall make; ®a breastplate, and Before
CHKIST CHRIST
1491. three, and theh sockets three. ân ephod, and ®a robe, and ’’a 1491.
16 And for the gate of the court
IF broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle ® ver. 1.5.
shall he an hanging of twenty cu- and they shall make holy garments ver. 6. f
e ver. 31.
bits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, for Aaron thy brother, and his sons,
ver. 39.
and fine tmned linen, wrought with that he may minister unto me in the
needlework : and their pillars shall priest’s office.
he four, and their sockets four. 5 And they shall take gold, and
17 All the pillars round about the blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
court shall he filleted with silver; linen.
their hooks shall he of silver, and 6 H ’ And they shall make the ephod •cb.39.2.
their sockets of brass. of gold, of blue, and of purple, of

18 H The length of the court shall scarlet, and fine twmed linen, with
he an hundred cubits, and the breadth cunning work.
* Heb../i/?j;
huJiJ'lV-
^ every where, and the height five
fifty 7 It shall have the two shoulder-
cubits q/fine t^vuled linen, and their pieces thereof joined at the two edges
sockets of brass. thereof; and so it shall be joined to-
19 All the vessels of the tabernacle gether.
in all the service thereof, and all the 8 And the ^curious girdle of the 2 Or^ em-
broidered.
pins thereof, and all the pins of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of
court, shall he of brass. the same, according to the work there-
» Lev. 24. 2. 20 II And ® thou shalt command the of even of gold, of blue, and purple,
;
children of Israel, that they bring thee and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
pure oil olive beaten for the light, to 9 And thou shalt take two onyx
s Heb. to cause the lamp ® to burn always. stones, and grave on them the names
ascend up.
21 In the tabernacle of the congre- of the children of Israel
fch.26. 31, gation ^without the vail, which is be- 10 Six of their names on one stone,
33.
e cb. 30. 8. fore the testimony, ® Aaron and his and the other six names of the rest
1 Sam. 3. 3.
2 Cliron. sons shall order it from evening to on the other stone, according to their
13. 11.
h oil. 28. 43.
morning before the Lord: ît shall birth.
& 29. 9, 28. he a statute for ever unto their gene- 11 With the work of an engraver in
Lev. 3. 17.
& 16. 34. rations on the behalf of the children stone, like the engravings of a signet,
& 24. 9.
Num.18.23. of Israel. shalt thou engrave the two stones
& 19. 21.
1 Sam. 30.
CHAPTER XXVIII. with the names of the children of Is-
25.
1 Aaron and his sons are set apart for tlte priest's office.
rael : thou shalt make them to be set
2 riohj garments are appointed. 6 The ephod. 15 The in ouches of gold.
breastplate with twelve precious stones. 30 The TJrim and
12 And thou shalt put the two stones
Thummim. 31 The rohe of the ephod, with pomegranates
and hells. 36 The plate of the mitre. 39 The embroidered upon the shoulders of the ephod /nr
coat. 40 The garments for Aaron's sons,
stones of memorial unto the children
aNnra.18.7.
Ueb.5.1,4.
AND take thou unto thee “Aaron of Israel and ^ Aaron shall bear their
:
^ ver. 29.
ch. 39. 7.
XA. thy brother, and his sons with names before the Lord upon his two
him, from among the children of Is- shoulders for a memorial.
’ > See Josh.
4. 7.
rael, that he may minister unto me 13 H And thou shalt make ouches of Zech. G. 14.
in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Na- gold

dab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, 14 And two chains of pure gold at
Aaron’s sons. the ends of wreathen work shalt thou
;
brb.29..5,29. 2 And ’’thou shalt make holy gar- make them, and fasten the wTeathen
& 31. 10. ments for Aaron thy brother for glory chains to the ouches.
& 39. 1, 2.
Lev.k7,30.
Num. 20.
and for beauty. 15 H And "’thou shalt make the ”> ch. 39. 8.
26,28.
® ch. 31. 6.
3 And thou shalt speak unto
® all that breastplate of judgment w ith cunning
& 36. 1. are wise hearted, ^ whom I have filled work; after the work of the ephod
ch. 31. 3.
thou shalt make it of gold, of blue,
<*
& 35. 30,31. u'ith the spirit of wisdom, that they ;
may make Aaron’s garments to con- and of purple, and of scarlet, and of
secrate him, that he may minister fine twmed linen, shalt thou make it.
unto me in the priest’s office. 16 Foursquare it shall be being
4 And these are the garments which doubled; a span shall he the length
: ;
Aaron and his sons. EXODUS, XXVIII. The Urim and Thuminini.
Before thereof, and a span shall he the “for a memorial before the Lord Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491.
breadth thereof. continually. 1491.
17 "And thou shalt ^set in it settings 30 IT And ^tliou shalt put in the ® ver. 12.
»ch.39.10,
&c. of stones, even four rows of stones the : breastplate of judgment the Urim P Lev. 8. 8.
Heb..«« in Num.27.21.
2
it,tilUngs c(f first row shall he a ^sardius, a topaz, and the Thummim and ;
they shall be Deut. 33.8.
stone. 1Sam. 28.6.
2 Or, tvbu.
and a carbuncle this shall he the
: upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth Ezra 2. 63.
Neh. 7. 65.
first row. in before the Lord : and Aaron shall
18 And the second row an shall he bear the judgment of the children of
emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. Israel upon his heart before the Lord
19 And the third row a ligure, an continually.
agate, and an amethyst. 31 *1 And ‘’thou shalt make the robe <1 ch. 39. 22.
20 And the fourth row a beryl, and of the ephod all of blue.
an onyx, and a jasper they shall be
: 32 And there shall be an hole in
< Heb. set in gold in their ^
inclosings. the top of it, in the midst thereof : it
JiUings,
21 And the stones shall be with the shall have a bmding of woven work
I
names of the children of Israel, twelve, round about the hole of it, as it were
according to their names, like the en- the hole of an habergeon, that it be
gravings of a signet; every one mth not rent.
his name shall they be according to 33 IT And beneath upon the ^ hem of 2 Or, ^cirlt.
the twelve tribes. it thou shalt make pomegranates of

22 H And thou shalt make upon blue, and of purple, and of scarlet,
the breastplate chains at the ends round about the hem thereof; and
of wreathen work of pure gold. bells of gold between them round
23 And thou shalt make upon the about
breastplate two rings of gold, and 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate,
shalt put the two rings on the two a golden bell and a pomegranate, up-
ends of the breastplate. on the hem of the robe round about.
24 And thou shalt put the two 35 And it shall be upon Aaron to
wreathen chains of gold in the two minister and his sound shall bo
:
rings ivhich are on the ends of the heard when he goeth unto the m
breastplate. \\o\j p)lace before the Lord, and when
25 And the other two ends of the two ho cometh out, that he die not.
wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in 36 IT And thou shalt make a plate r ch. 39. 30.
Zech.14.20.
the two ouches, and put them on the of pure gold, and grave upon it, like
shoulderpieces of the ephod before it. the engravuigs of a signet, HOLI-
26 H And thou shalt make two rmgs NESS TO THE LOBD.
of gold, and thou shalt put them up- 37 And thou shalt put it on a blue
on the two ends of the breastplate lace, that it may be upon
the mitre
in the border thereof, which is in the upon the forefront of the mitre it
side of the ephod inward. shall be.
27 And two other rings of gold thou 38 And it shall be upon Aaron’s fore-
shalt make, and shalt put them on the head, that Aaron may “bear the ini-
s ver. 43.
Lev. 10. 17.
two sides of the ephod underneath, quity of the holy things, which the & 22. 9.
Num. 18. 1.
toward the forepart thereof, over children of Israel shall hallow in all Isai.5.3. 11.
Ezek. 4. 4,
against the other coupling thereof, their holy gifts and it shall be always
;
6 6 ,
.
John 1. 29.
above the curious girdle of the ephod. upon his forehead, that they may be Heb.
IPet. 2.24.
9. 28.
28 And they shall bind the breast- ‘accepted before the Lord. ‘ Lev. 1. 4.
&22. 27.
plate by the rings thereof unto the 39 H And thou shalt embroider the & 23. 11.
rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make IsaL 56. 7.
that it may be above the curious gir- the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt
dle of the ephod, and that the breast- make the girdle (^needlework.
plate be not loosed from the ephod. 40 ^ "And for Aaron’s sons thou “ ver. 4.
ch. 39. 27,
29 And Aaron shall bear the names shalt make coats, and thou shalt make 28, 29, 41.
Ezek. 44.
of the children of Israel in the breast- for them girdles, and bonnets shalt 17, 18.
plate of judgment upon his heart, thou make for them, for glory and
when he goeth in unto the holy place^ for beauty.
: :
The sacrifice and rites EXODUS, XXIX. of consecrating the priests.

Before
CHBIST 41 And
thou shall put them upon statute:and thou shalt ^‘'consecrate Before
CHRIST
1491 . Aaron thy brother, and his sons with Aaron and his sons. 1491 ,
» ch. 29. 7. him; and shall "'anoint them, and 10 And thou shalt cause a bullock meb.fillthe
&30. to be brought before the tabernacle hand of.
& 40. 15.
30. ^
^consecrate them, and sanctify them, ‘ ch. 28. 41.
Lev. 10. 7.
*Heb.yifl
that they may minister unto me in of the congregation and ‘Aaron and Lev. 8. 22,
:
&c.
their hand, the priest’s office. his sons shall put their hands upon Heb. 7.28.
y ch. 29. 9, Lev. 1. 4.
42 And thou shalt make them * linen
*
&c. the head of the bullock. & 8. 14.

Lev. ch. 8.
Heb. 7. 28. breeches to cover ^their nakedness; 11 And thou shalt kill the bullock
' ch. 39. 28.
Lev. 6. 10.
from the loins even unto the thighs before the Lord, by the door of the
& 16. 4. they shall ^reach tabernacle of the congregation.
Ezek. 44.
®
18.
43 And they shall be upon Aaron, 12 And thou ""shalt take of the “ Lev. 8. 15,
Heb./es7t
of their na~ 2
and upon his sons, when they come blood of the bullock, and put it up-
Icedness.
* Heb. be. in unto the tabernacle of the con- on "the horns of the altar with thy n ch. 27. 2.
&30.2.
gregation, or when they come near finger, and pour all the blood beside
3
» ch. 20. 26. *unto the altar to minister in the holy the bottom of the altar.
»>Lev.5.1,17. 4
place; that they ‘’bear not iniquity, 13 And “thou shalt take all the fat > Lev. 3. 3.
&20. 19,20.
&
22. 9. and die “ it shall he a statute for ever
: that covereth the inwards, and ®the ® It seem-
Num. 9.13. 5 eth by ana-
&
18. 22. unto him and his seed after him. caul that is above the liver, and the tomy, and
He-
V ch. 27. 21.
two kidneys, and the fat that is upon the
brew doc-
Lev. 17. 7.
CHAPTER XXIX. them, and burn them upon the altar. tors, to be
1 6
the midriff.
The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests.
38 The continual burnt offering. 45 God's promise to 14 But ^the flesh of the bullock, P Lev. 4. 11,
12 21 .
7dwell among the children of Israel. and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou ,
Heb. 13. 11.
And
8
9 _
this is the thing that thou
shalt do unto them to hallow
them, to minister unto me in the
burn with fire without the camp: it
is
15 t
a sin offering.
^Thou shalt also take one ram; 1 Lev. 8. 18.
» Lev. 8. 2. priest’s office : ^Take one young bul- and Aaron and his sons shall "^put y Lev. 1.
4,-9.
lock, and two rams without blemish, their hands upon the head of the ram.
&
Lev. 2. 4.
6 20 21
.
, ,
And ‘’unleavened bread, and cakes 16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and
22 .
unleavened tempered with oil, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprin-
wafers unleavened anointed with oil kle it round about upon the altar.
of wheaten flour shalt thou make 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in
them. pieces, and wash the inwards of him,
And thou shalt put them into one and his legs, and put them unto his
basket, and bring them in the basket, pieces, and ûnto his head. * Or, upon.
with the bullock and the two rams. 18 And thou shalt burn the whole
And Aaron and his sons thou ram upon the altar : it is a burnt of-
shalt bring unto the door of the ta- fering unto the Lord: it is a 'sweet > Gen. 8. 21.
' ch. 40. 12.

Lev. 8. 6.
bernacle of the congregation, “and savour, an offering made by fire unto
Heb. 10.22. shalt wash them with water. the Lord.
* ch. 28.
Lev.
2. Ând thou shalt take the garments, 19 H ‘ And thou shalt take the other t ver. 3.
Lev. 8. 22.
8. 7.
and put upon Aaron the coat, and the ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put
robe of the ephod, and the ephod, their hands upon the head of the ram.
and the breastplate, and gird him 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and
* ch. 28. 8. with “the curious girdle of the ephod take of his blood, and put it upon the
* Lev. 8. 9.
Ând thou shalt put the mitre tip of the right ear of Aaron, and up-
upon his head, and put the holy on the tip of the right ear of his sons,
crown upon the mitre. and upon the thumb of their right
Then shalt thou take the anoint- hand, and upon the great toe of their
f ch. 28. 41. ing ôil, and pour it upon his head, right foot, and sprinkle the blood up-
& 30. 25.
Lev. 8. 12. and anoint him. on the altar round about.
& 10. 7.
& 21 10
Num.35.25.
. . And ‘"thou shalt bring his sons, 21 And thou shalt take of the blood
>» Lev. 8. 13. and put coats upon them. that is upon the altar, and of "the n ch. 30. 25,
31.
And thou shalt gird them with anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Lev. 8. 30.
® Heb. hind. girdles, Aaron and his sons, and ®put Aaron, and upon his garments, and
‘Num. 18. 7. the bonnets on them: and ‘the priest’s upon his sons, and upon the garments » ver. 1.
office shall be their’s for a perpetual of his sons with him: and "he shall be Heb. 9. 22.
: : :
The sacrifice and rites EXODUS, XXIX. of consecrating the priests.

Before hallowed, and his garments, and his 33 And “they shall eat those things Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491. sons, and his sons’ garments with him. wherewith the atonement was made, 1491.
22 Also thou shalt take of the ram to consecrate and to sanctify them: “ Lev.
10.
the fat and the rump, and the fat that “but a stranger shall not eat thereof 14, 15, 17. I
“Lev. 22. 10.

covereth the inwards, and the caul because they are holy.
above the liver, and the two kidneys, 34 And if ought of the flesh of the
and the fat that is upon them, and consecrations, or of the bread, remain
the right shoulder for it is a ram of
;
unto the morning, then “thou shalt “ Lev. 8. 32.
consecration burn the remainder with fire it shall :
* Lev. 8. 26. 23 ^ And one loaf of bread, and one not be eaten, because it is holy.
cake of oiled bread, and one wafer 35 And thus shalt thou do unto
out of the basket of the unleavened Aaron, and to his sons, according to
bread that is before the Lokd : all things which I have commanded
24 And thou shalt put all in the thee: seven days shalt thou conse-
**
P ch. 40. 12.
Lev. 8. 33,
hands of Aaron, and in the hands of crate them. 34,35.
* Or, shal:e his sons; and shalt ^^wave them /or 36 And thou shalt offer every day ** 1 Heb. 10.11.
to and fro,
y Lev. 7. 30. a wave offering before the Lord. a bullock for a sin offermg for atone-
» Lev. 8. 28.
25 ““And thou shalt receive them of ment : and thou shalt cleanse the
their hands, and burn them upon the altar, when thou hast made an atone-
altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet ment for it, and thou shalt anoint it, >•
ch. 30. 26,
28, 29.
savour before the Lord it is an offer-
: to sanctify it. & 40. 10.
ing made by fire unto the Lord. 37 Seven days thou shalt make an
» Lev. 8. 29. 26 And thou shalt take “the breast atonement for the altar, and sanctify
of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, it; “and it shall be an altar most • ch. 40. 10.
and wave it for a wave offering before holy: ‘whatsoever toucheth the altar ‘ ch. 30. 29.
Mat. 23. 19.
*> Ps. 99. 6. the Lord and it shall be thy part.
: shall be holy.
« Lev. 7. 31, 27 And thou shalt sanctify 'the 38 If Now this is that which thou
.34.
breast of the wave offering, and the shalt ofler upon the altar " two lambs
;
Kum. 18. "Num.28.3.
11, 18. 1 Chron.
Deut. 18. 3. shoulder of the heave offering, which of the first year " day by day con- 16. 40.
2 Chr. 2. 4.
is waved, and which is heaved up, of tinually. &13.11.
& 31. 3.
the ram of the consecration, even of 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer Ezra 3. 3.
* See Dan.
that which is for Aaron, and of that in the morning ; and the other lamb 9. 27.
which is for his sons thou shalt offer at even & 12 . 11 .

* 2 Kin. 16.
28 And it shall be Aaron’s and his 40 And Avith the one lamb a tenth 15.
Ezek. 46.
d Lev. 10. 15. sons’ ^by a statute for ever from the deal of flour mingled with the fourth 13, 14, 15.
children of Israel for it is an heave

: part of an hin of beaten oil ; and the
® Lev. 7. 34. offering: and ®it shall be an heave fourth part of an hin of wine for a
offering from the children of Israel of drink offering.
the sacrifice of their peace offerings, 41 And the other lamb thou shalt
eveniheiv heave offering unto the Lord. ^ offer at even, and shalt do thereto y 1 Kin. 18.
29,36.
29 If And the holy garments of Aa- according to the meat offering of the 2Kin.l6.1.5.
Ezra 9. 4. .5.
t Nnm. 20. ron ^ shall be his sons’ after him, ®to morning, and according to the drink Pb. 141. 2.
26,28. Dan. 9. 21.
6 Nora. 18.8. be anointed therein, and to be con- offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an
&35.25.
secrated in them. offering made by fire unto the Lord.
® Heb. lie 30 And ^^that son that is priest in 42 This shall be “a continual burnt * ver. 38.
ch. 30. 8.
(if his mis.
Num. 20. his stead shall put them on ‘seven offering thi-oughout your generations Num. 28. 6.
28.
Dan. 8. 11,
I
Lev. 8. 35.
days, when he cometh into the taber- at the door of the tabernacle of the 12, 13.
& 9. 1, 8. nacle of the congregation to minister congregation before the Lord “ where :
» ch. 25. 22.
&30. 6,3().
in the Ydoly place. I will meet you, to speak there unto Num. 17.4.
31 If And thou shalt take the ram thee.
2 Or, Israel.
k Lev. 8. 31. of the consecration, and ‘‘seethe his 43 And there I will meet with the P ch. 40. 34.
IKin. 8.11.
flesh in the holy place. children of Israel, and ^ the tabernacle 2 Chron. 5.
32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat ‘’shall be sanctified by my glory. 14.
& 7. 1, 2, 3.
‘Matt. 12. 4. the flesh of the ram, and the ‘bread 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle Ezek. 43. .5.
Hag. 2. 7,9.
that is in the basket, by the door of of the congregation, and the altar: Mai. 3. 1.
“Lev. 21. 15.
the tabernacle of the congregation. I will 'sanctify also both Aaron and & 22. 9, 16.
: ;
The altar of incense. EXODUS, XXX. The ransom of souls.

Before
CHRIST
his sons, to minister to me in the year with the blood of the sin offer- Before
CHRIST
1491. priest’s offiee. ing of atonements once : m
the year 1491.
ch. 25, 8.
45 IT And will dwell among the shall he make atonement upon it
Lev. 2(5. 12. children of Israel, and will be their throughout your generations it is :
Zecli. 2. 10.
Joliii 14. God. most holy unto the Lord.
17,23.
2Cor.(i.lG.
Rev.
46 And they shall knoAV that ®I am 11 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-
21. 3.
® cb. 20. 2. the Lord their God, that brought ses, saying,
them forth out of the land of Egypt, 12 ‘'I^^Tien thou takest the sum of •>
ch. 38. 25.
Niim.1.2,5.
that I may dwell among them : I am the children of Israel after ^ their & 20 . 2
2 Sam. 24.2.
.
the Lord their God. number, then shall they give every 2 Heb.
them that
man 'a ransom for his soul unto the
CHAPTER XXX. Lord, when thou numberest them;
are to be
nmibered.
1 Tlie altar of incense. 11 The ransom of souh. 17 The • See N um.

brasen laver. 22 The holy anointing oil. 34 The com- that there be no ^ plague among them, 31.50.
Job 3,3. 24.
position of the perfume. when thou numberest them. & 36. 18.
Ps. 49.
» cli. 37. 25.
&40.5.
AND thou shalt make ®an altar *’to 13 'This they shall give, every one Mat. 20. 28.
MarklO.45.
7.
*> See ver. 7, burn incense upon : of sliittim that passeth among them that are 1 Tim. 2. 0.
8 , 10 lPet.l. 18,
.
Lev.4.7,18. wood shalt thou make it. numbered, half a shekel after the 19.
Rev. 8. 3.
2 A cubit shall he the length there- shekel of the sanctuary: (“a shekel 2 Sam. 24.
15.
of, and a cubit the breadth thereof; is twênty gerahs :) “an half shekel 'Mat. 17. 24.
“Lev .27.25.
foursquare shall it be and tw o cubits
: shall he the offering of the Lord. Num. 3.47.
Ezek. 45.
shall he the height thereof the horns : 14 Every one that passeth among 12 .
thereof shall he of the same. them that are numbered, from twenty " ch. 38. 26.
3 And thou shalt overlay it with years old and above, shall give an
2 Heb. roof. pure gold, the ^top thereof, and the offering unto the Lord.
^ Heb. waUs. ^ sides thereof romid about, and the 15 The °rich shall not ®give more, ® Job
Prov. 22.
34. 19.
2.
liorns thereof; and thou shalt make and the poor shall not ^give less Eph. 6. 9.
Col. 3. 25.
unto it a crown of gold round about. than half a shekel, when they give an 3 Heb.
muHiphj.
4 And two golden rings shalt thou offering unto the Lord, to make an 4 Heb.
make to it under the crown of it, by p atonement for your souls. diminish.
f ver. 12.
* Heb. rtbs. the two ^corners thereof, upon the 16 And thou shalt take the atone-
two sides of it shalt thou make it; ment money of the children of Israel,
and they shall be for places for the and ’shalt appoint it for the service « ch. 38. 25.
staves to bear it withal. of the tabernacle of the congregation

5 And thou shalt make the staves that it may be "â memorial mito the r Nmn. 16.
40.
of sliittim wood, and overlay them children of Israel before the Lord,
with gold. to malve an atonement for your souls.
6 And thou shalt put it before the 17 ^ And the Lord spake unto Mo-
vail that is by the ark of the testi- ses, saying,
« oh. 25. 21, mony, before the ® mercy seat that is 18 ®
shalt also make a laver of
Thou 8 ch. 38. 8.
lKiii.7.38.
22 .
over the testimony, where I will meet brass, and liis foot also of brass, to
with thee. wash withal: and thou shalt ‘put it ‘ch.40.7,30.
7 And Aaron burn thereon

shall between the tabernacle of the con-
® ^
5 Heb.
iiiceiiae of
sweet incense every morning when : gregation and the altar, and thou
spicea. ® he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn shalt put water therein.
ver. 34.
1 Sam. 2.28. incense upon it. 19 For Aaron and his sons “shall " ch. 40. 31,
32.
lChr.23.13.
Luke 1. 9. 8 And Avhen Aaron “’^lighteth the wash their hands and their feet Ps. 26. 6.
Isai. b2. 11.
® ch. 27. 21.
6 Or,
lamps * at even, he shall burn incense thereat .John 13. 10.
Heb. 10. 22.
aeUdh up. upon it, a perpetual incense before 20 When they go into the tabernacle
’’
Heb.
cauaelh to the Lord throughout your genera- of the congregation, they shall wash
*
ascend.
Heb. Iie-
tions. with w ater, that they die not or when
;
tineen Oie
lieu erens,
9 Ye no 'strange incense
shall offer they come near to the altar to min-
ch. 12. 6. thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat ister, to burn offering made by fire
‘
Lev. 10. 1.
offering; neither shall ye pour drink unto the Lord :
offering thereon. 21 So they shall wâsh their hands

eLev.16.18.
&23. 27.
10 And ^ Aaron shall make an atone- and their feet, that they die not;
ment upon the horns of it once in a and “'it shall be a statute for ever w ch. 28. 43.
: : : : : : ; :
The holy anointbig oil. EXODUS, XXXI. Bezaleel and Aholiah called.
Before to tliem, even to him and to his seed small, and put of
before the testi-
it Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491 .
tlu’.oughout them generations. mony in the tabernacle of the congre- 1491 .
22 If Moreover tlie Lord spake unto gation, “ where I will meet with thee “ ch. 29. 42.
Moses, saying, “ it be unto you most holy.
shall Lev. 16. 2.
“ ver. 32.
*Cant. 4.14. 23 Take thou also unto thee * prin- 37 And as for the perfume which ch. 2!). 37.
Ezek. 27. Lev.
22 . cipal spices, of pure ^ myrrh five hun- thou shalt make, °ye shall not make ® ver. 32.
2. 3.
y Ps. 45. 8.
Prov.7. 17. dred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon to yourselves according to the com-
half so much, even two hundred and position thereof it shall be imto thee
:
* Cant. 4. 14. fifty shekels, and of sweet ’‘calamus holy for the Lord.
Jer. 6. 20.
two hundred and fifty shekels, 38 P Whosoever shall make like unto P ver. 33.
•Ps.45.8. 24 And of “ cassia five hundred she- that, to smell thereto, shall even be
kels, afterthe shekel of the sanctuary, cut off' from his people.
*> ch. 29. 40. and of an hin
oil olive
25 And thou shalt make it an oil of
CHAPTER XXXI.
1 Bezaleel and Aholiah are called and made meet for the
holy ointment, an ointment compound work of the tabernacle. 12 The observation of the sab-
»Or, after the art of the âpothecary: it bath is aijain commanded, 18 Moses receiveth the two
l)erjmner.
tables.
« ch. 37. 29. shall be 'an holy anointing oil.
Num.35.25.
Ps. 89. 20.
& 133. 2.
26 ‘‘And thou shalt anomt the taber- AND the Lord spake unto Moses,
ch. 40. 9.
nacle of the congregation therewith, saying,
Lev. 8. 10.
and the ark of the testimony, 2 “ See, I have called by name Beza- » ch. 35. 30.
Num.7.1. & :36. 1.
27 And the table and all his vessels, leel the ‘’son of Uri, the son of Hur, 1 Chron. 2.
20
and thQ candlestick and his vessels, of the tribe of Judah
.
and the altar of incense, 3 And I have 'filled him with the ':ch.35.31.
lKiu.7. 14.
28 And the altar of burnt offering spirit of God, in uisdom, and in un-
with all his vessels, and the laver and derstanding, and in knowledge, and
his foot. in all manner of workmanship,
29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that 4 To
devise cunning works, to work
• ch. 29. 37.
they may be most holy ® whatsoever : in gold, and m
silver, and in brass,
toucheth them shall be holy. 5 And in cutting of stones, to set
»ch. 29.7, 30 ‘Ând thou shalt anoint Aaron them, and in carving of timber, to
&c.
Lev. 8. 12, and his sons, and consecrate them, work in all manner of workmanship.
30.
that they may minister unto me in 6 And I, behold, I have given with
the priest’s office. him ‘‘Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, <*ch.35.34
31 And thou shalt speak unto the of the tribe of Dan : and in the hearts
children of Israel, saying. This shall of all that are 'wise hearted I have ® ch. 28. 3.
& 35. 10,35.
be an holy anointing oil unto me put wisdom, that they may make all & 36. 1.
throughout your generations. that I have commanded thee
32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be 7 'The tabernacle of the congrega- fch.3G. 8.
poured, neither shall ye make any tion, and ®the ark of the testimony, s ch. 37. 1.
other like it, after the composition of and ‘‘the mercy seat that is there- h ch. 37. 6.
* ver. 25. 37. it: ®it is holy, and it shall be holy upon, and all the ^fui'nitm'e of the 2Heb.
vessels.
unto you. tabernacle,
^ ver. 38.
33 ^ Wliosoever compoundeth any 8 And the table and his furniture,
‘ ‘ ch. 37. 10.
like it, or whosoever putteth any of and the pure candlestick with all his fcch.37.17.
•Gen. 17. 14. it upon a stranger, shall even be cut

‘
furniture, and the altar of incense,
ch. 12. 15.
Lev. 7. 23, off from his people. 9 And ‘the altar of burnt offering > ch. 38. 1.
21 .
34 H And the Lord said unto Moses, Tvith all his furniture, and “ the laver “ ch. 38. 8.
k ch. 25. 6.
&37. 29.
Take imto thee sweet spices, stacte, and his foot,
and onycha, and galbanum these 10 And “the cloths of service, and
;
"ch.39.1,41.
Niini. 4. 5,
sweet spices with pure frankincense the holy garments for Aaron the 6, &c.
of each shall there be a like iveight priest, and the garments of liis sons,
35 And thou shalt make it a per- to minister in the priest’s office,
* ver. 25. fume, a confection ‘after the art of 11 'And the anointing oil, and ^ sweet « ch. 30. 25,
31.
*Heb. sailed,
Lev. 2. 13.
the apothecary, ^tempered together, incense for the holy place according &37. 29.
P ch. 30. 34.
pure and holy to all that I have commanded thee &
37. 29.
36 And thou shalt beat some of it very shall they do.

:
Aaron maheth a golden calf. EXODUS, XXXII. God is angered thereby.

Before
CHRIST
12 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo- 4 “And he received them at their Before
CHRIST
1491 . ses, saying, hand, and fashioned it with a graving 1491 .
13 Speak thou also unto the children tool, after he had made it a molten
• ch. 20. 23.
« Lev. 19. 3, of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths calf and they said. These be thy gods,
: Deut. 9. 16.
30. 26. 2. & Judg. 17.
Ezek.
12 20
20. ye shall keep for it is a sign between
: O Israel, which brought thee up out 3,4.
lkin.12.28.
,
&44.24.
.
me and you throughout your genera- of the land of Egypt. Neh. 9. 18.
Pb. 106. 19.
tions; that ye may know that I am 5 And when Aaron saw he built
it, Isai. 46. 6.
Acts 7. 41.
the Lord that doth sanctify you. an altar before it; and Aaron made Rom. 1. 23.
rch.20. 8.
Deut. 5. 12.
14 'Ye shall keep the sabbath there- ^proclamation, and said. To morrow * Lev. 23. 2,
4, 21, 37.
Ezek. 20.
12 .
fore for it is holy unto you
;
every : is a feast to the Lord. 2 liings 10.
20
6 And they rose up early on the
.
one that defileth it shall simely be 2 Chron.

30.5.
• ch. a5. 2. put to death: for “whosoever doeth morrow, and offered burnt offerings,
Nuin.15.35.
any work therein, that soul shall be and brought peace offerings ; and the
cut off from among his people. ® people sat down to eat and to drink, 61 Cor. 10. 7.
‘ ch. 20. 9.
15 Six days may work be done but
‘
;
and rose up to play.
“ Gen. 2. 2.
in the " seventh is the sabbath of rest, 7 IF And the Lord said unto Moses,
ch. 16. 23.
& 20 . 10 . ^ holy to the Lord whosoever doeth
:
‘‘
Go, get thee down ; for thy people, *• ver. 1.
«Heb. cli.33. 1.
holiness. any work in the sabbath day, he shall which thou broughtest out of the Deut. 9. 12.
Dan. 9. 24.
surely be put to death. land of Egypt, have corrupted them-
‘
‘ Gen. 6. 11,
12
16 Wherefore the children of Israel
.
selves :
Deut. 4. 16.
shall keep the sabbath, to observe They have turned aside quickly out
8 & 32. 5.
Judg. 2. 19.
the sabbath throughout their gene- of the way which ‘‘I commanded them: Hob. 9. 9.
^ ch. 20.
3,
rations, for a perpetual covenant. they have made them a molten calf, 4, 23.
Deut. 9. 16.
17 It is a sign between me and the
^
* ver. 13. and have worshipped it, and have sa-
Ezek. 20.
12 20
, . children of Israel for ever: for în crificed thereunto, and said, These be ‘ 1 1 Kings 12.
28.
yGen.
&2 . 2.
1.31.
six days the Lord made heaven and thy gods, O Israel, which have brought
earth, and on the seventh day he thee up out of the land of Egypt.
rested, and was refreshed. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses,
1491 . 18 IF And he gave unto Moses, when “I have seen this people, and, be- ™5.ch.& 33. 3,
34. 9.
he had made an end of communing hold, it is a stiffnecked people Deut. 9. 6,
13. & 31.27.
*ch. 24.12. with him upon mount Sinai, two 10 Now therefore “let me alone, that 2 Chron.
&32.1.5,16. 30. 8.
& 34. 28, 29. tables of testimony, tables of stone, “ my wrath may
Dent. 4.13.
wax hot agamst them, iBai. 48.4.
Acts 7. 51.
& 5. 22.
& 9. 10, n.
written with the finger of God. and that may consume them: and
I "Deut. 9. 14,
1 4vill make of thee a great nation. 19.
2 Cor. 3. 3.
CHAPTER XXXII.
11 ’And Moses besought ^the Lord
0 ch. 22. 24.
Aaron to mahe P Num. 14.

1 The people, in the absence of Moses, cause 12
his God, and said. Lord, why doth
.
a calf. 7 God is angered thereby. 11 At the intreaty 8 Deut. 9. 18,

of Moses he is appeased. 15 Moses cometh down with thy wrath wax hot against thy people, 26,27,28,29.
the tables. 19 He breaketh them. 20 He destroyeth the Pb. 74. 1, 2.
calf. 22 Aaron's excuse for himself. 25 Moses causeth which thou hast brought forth out of &
106. 23.
6 Heb. the
the idolaters to be slain. 30 He prayeth for the people. the land of Egypt with great power, face of the
1491 . AND when the people saw that Mo- and with a mighty hand ?
Loud.
“ cli.
Dent.
24. 18.
9. 9.
come down out
ses “delayed to 12 ' Wherefore should the Egyptians r Num. 14.
13.
of the mount, the people gathered speak, and say. For mischief did he Deut. 9. 28.
& 32. 27.
themselves together unto Aaron, and bring them out, to slay them in the
'> Acts 7. 40. said unto him, ‘’Up, make us gods, mountains, and to consume them from
' ch. 13. 21. Avhich shall “go before us; for as for the face of the earth ? Turn from thy • ver. 14.
this Moses, the man that brought us fierce ^vrath, and “repent of this evil ‘Gen. 22. 16.
Heb. 6. 13.
up out of the land of Egypt, we wot against thy people. " Gen. 12. 7.
& 13. 15.
not what is become of him. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and & 15. 7, 18.
&26. 4.
2 And Aaron said unto them. Break Israel,thy servants, to whom thou & 28. 13.
& 35.11,12.
a.Tudg.8.24, off the golden earrings, which are in
‘‘ ‘
swarest Iby thine own self, and saidst Deut. 32.
25, 26, 27.
the ears of your wives, of your sons, unto them, “ I Avill multiply your seed 26.
2 Sam. 24.
and of your daughters, and bring as the stars of heaven, and all this 16.
1 Cliron.
them unto me. land that I have spoken of will I 21. 15.
Pb. 106. 45.
3 And all the people brake off the give unto your seed, and they shall Jer. 18. 8.
&26. 13,19.
golden earrings which ivere in their inherit it for ever. Joel 2. 13.
Jonah 3.10.
ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 14 And the Lord ’'repented of the &4.2.
:
Moses brealceth the tables. EXODUS, XXXIII. The idolaters are slain.
Before evil which he thought to do unto his And all the sons of Levi gathered Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
1491.
people. themselves together unto him. 1491.
15 IF And
* Moses turned, and went 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith
*Deut.9.15.
down from the mount, and the two the Lord God of Israel, Put every
tables of the testimony were in his man his sword by his side, and go in
hand: the tables were written on both and out from gate to gate through-
their sides; on the one side and on out the camp, and ''slay every man ••Niim. 25.5.
Deot.5y.9.
the other were they written. his brother, and every man his com-
iycb.31. 18. 16 And the ^ tables were the work of panion, and every man his neighbour.
God, and the writing was the writing 28 And the children of Levi did ac-
of God, graven upon the tables. cording to the word of Moses and :
17 And when Joshua heard the noise there fell of the people that day about
of the people as they shouted, he three thousand men.
29 '^For Moses had said, ® Conse- Num.
said unto Moses, There is a noise of * 2>.
11, 12, 13.
war in the camp. crate yourselves to day to the Lord, Deut. 13.
6 ,- 11 .
18 And he said, It is not the voice even every man upon his son, and & 33. 9, 10.
1 Sara. 15.
of them that shout for mastery, nei- upon his brother; that he may be- 18, 22.
Prov. 21. 3.
ther is it the voice of them that cry stow upon you a blessing this day. Zecb. 13. 3.
Mat. 10. 37.
2Heb. for ^ being overcome :but the noise 30 IF And it came to pass on the * Or, And
umkness. Moses said.
of them that sing do I hear. morrow, that Moses said unto the Consecrate
19 IF And it came to pass, as soon as people, ’'Ye have sinned a gi’eat sin: yourselres
to day to
he came nigh unto the camp, that and now I will go up unto the Lord ;
the Lobd,
because
*Deu.9. 16, Mie saw the calf, and the dancing: ’peradventure I shall “make an a- every man
Lath been
17.
and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he tonement for your sin. against his
sun, and
cast the tables out of his hands, and 31 And Moses returned unto the
“ against his
brother, Ac.
brake them beneath the mount. Lord, and said. Oh, this people have » Heb. Fill
your haiuis.
» Deu. 9. 21. 20 “ And he took the calf wliich they sinned a great sin, and have “made 6 1 Sara. 12.
had made, and burnt it in the fire, them gods of gold. 20,23.
Lukel5.18.
and ground it to powder, and straw- 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their * 2 Sam. 16.
ed it water, and made the

upon the
children of Israel drmk of it.
sin — and if not, ^blot me, I pray
;
thee, ‘‘out of thy book which thou

12 .
Amos 5. 15.
™ Niira. 25.
13.
21 And Moses said unto Aaron, hast written. “Deut. 9. 18.

® ch. 20. 23.
6 0611 . 20 . 9 .
& 26. 10. What did this people unto thee, 33 And the Lord said unto Moses, P Ps. 69. 28.
Rom. 9. 3.
that thou hast brought so great a '‘Whosoever hath sinned against me, a Ps. 56. 8.
sin upon them ? him will I blot out of my book. & 139. 16.
Dan. 12. 1.
22 And Aaron said, Let not the an- 34 Therefore now go, lead the peo- Phil. 4. 3.
Rev. 3. 5.
e ch. 14. 11. ger of my lord wax hot ' thou know-
: ple unto the place of which I have &
&
13. 8.
&
15. 24. 17. 8.
&16.2, est the people, that they are set on spoken unto thee ® behold,
: mine &20. 12,15.
20, 28. & 21. 27.
& 17. 2. 4. mischief. Angel shall go before thee never- : & 22 19 . .
r
23 For they said unto me, ^ Make us
Lev. 23. 30.
ver. 1. theless *in the day when I visit I Ezek. 18.4.
gods, which shall go before us for as : will visit their sin upon them. » ch. 33. 2,
14,&c.
for this Moses, the man that brought 35 And the Lord plagued the peo- Num.20.16.
‘Deu. 32. 35.
us up out of the land of Egypt, we ple, because " they made the calf, Amos 3. 14.
Rom. 2.
wot not what is become of him. which Aaron made. "2Sam.l2.9.
.5, 6.
24 And I said unto them. Whoso- CHAPTER XXXIII.

Acts 7. 41.
ever hath any gold, let them break 1 The Lord refuseth to go as he had promised with the
it oflE*. So they gave it me then I
:
people. 4 The people murmur thereat. 7 The taber-
nacle is removed out of the camp. 9 The Lord talketh
* ver. 4. cast it into the fire, and there ®came familiarly with Moses. 12 Moses desireth to see the
out this calf. glory of God.
25 IF And when Moses saw that the AND the Lord said unto Moses,
fclL33.4,5. people were ^ naked; (for Aaron ®had Depart, and go up hence, thou
e 2 Chron.
28.19. made them naked unto their shame “ and the people which thou hast “ ch. 32. 7.
s Heb. Owse
that rose
among their enemies :)
^ brought up out of the land of Egypt,
up against 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of unto the land wliich I sware unto
them.
the camp, and said. Who is on the Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, say- 6 Gen. 12. 7.
Lord’s side? let him come imto me. ing, ’'Unto thy seed will I give it ch. 32. 13.
G
: : :
The Lord tallceth EXODUS, XXXIV. familiarly with Moses.

Before 2 ‘'And I will send an angel before Yet thou hast said, ^ I know thee by Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491 .
thee; “ând I will drive out the Ca- name, and thou hast also found grace 1491 .
e ch. 32. 34.

naanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, inmy sight. y ver. 17.
&
34. 11. and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, *if I Gen. 18. 19.
^ Deu. 7. 22. Ps. 1. 6.
Josh. 24. 11. Jebusite have found grace in thy sight, “ shew Jer. 1. 5.
John 10.
e ch. 3. 8. 3 ®Unto a land flowing with milk me now thy way, that I may know 14, 15.
2Tim.2.19.
fver. 15,17. and honey: ‘^for I will not go np in thee, that I may find grace in thy * ch. 34. 9.
the midst of thee ; for thou art a sight :and consider that this nation « Ps. 25. 4.
&
27. 11.
^ ^
B ch. 32. 9. ® stiffnecked people : lest I consume is thy people. &
86 11 . .
&34. 9. &
119. 33.
Deut. 9. 6, thee in the way. 14 And he said, "My presence shall •>
Deu. 9. 26,
13.
4 IF And when the people heard these
29.
ch. 23. 21.
go leith thee, and I will give thee “^rest. Joel 2. 17.
& 32. 10. evil tidings, they mourned ^ and no
*
15 And he said unto him, ®If thy « ch. 13. 21.
Num. 16.
:
& 40. 34,—
21,45.
•Num. 14.1,
man did put on him his ornaments. presence go not leith me, carry us 38.
Isai. 63. 9.
39. 5 For the Lokd had said unto Moses, not up hence. ^ Deu. 3. 20.
Say unto the children of Israel, Ve at'e

^ Lev. 10. 6. Josh. 21.44.
2 Sam. 19. 16 For wherein shall it be kno^vn 622. 4.
623. 1.
24.
lKm.21.27. a stiffnecked people I ^vill come up
: here that I and thy people have found Ps. 95. 11.
2Km.l9.1. “ into the midst of thee in a moment, ® ver. 3.
Ezra 9. 3. grace in thy sight? Hs it not in that ch. 34. 9.
Esther
1 4 .
4.
and consume thee therefore now put
: thou goest with us? so ®shaU we be •Num. 14.14.
,
B ch. 34. 10.
Job
&2 .
1.
12
20.
.
off thy ornaments from thee, that I separated, I and thy people, from all Deut. 4. 7,
34.
Isai.32. 11.
Ezek. 24.
may “ know what to do unto thee. the people that are upon the face of 2Sam.7.23.
lKin.8.53.
17,23. 6 And the children of Israel strip- the earth. Ps. 147. 20.
& 26. 16.
• ver. 3. ped themselves of their ornaments by 17 And the Lord said unto Moses, ^ I >»Gen.l9. 21.
Jam. 5. 16.
“ See Num.
16. 45, 46.
the mount Horeb. will do this thing also that thou hast
“ Deut. 8. 2. 7 And Moses took the tabernacle, spoken for thou hast found grace in
: '
• ver. 12.
Ps. 139. 23.
and pitched it without the camp, afar my sight, and I know thee by name.
o ch. 29. 42,
off from the camp, °and called it the 18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew
43.
Tabernacle of the congregation. And me ^ thy glory. ver. 20.
1 Tim. 6.16.
it came to pass, that every one which 19 And he said, I wiU make all my
’
1 ch. 34. 5,
6 7
p sought the Loed went out unto the goodness pass before thee, and I will , .
P Deut. 4. 29.
Jer. 31. 14.
2Sam.21.1.
tabernacle of the congregation, which proclaim the name of the Lord be-
was without the camp. fore thee; “and will be "gracious to “Rom. 9.15,
16, 18.
8 And it to pass, when Moses
came whom I will be gracious, and will shew “ Rom. 4. 4,
16.
went out unto the tabernacle, that all mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
the people rose up, and stood every 20 And he said. Thou canst not see
9 Num. 16.
27.
man 'ât his tent door, and looked my face for there shall no man see
:
® Gen. 32.30.
Deut. 5. 24.
after Moses, until he was gone into me, and live. Judg. 6. 22.
& 13. 22.
the tabernacle. 21 Andthe Lord said. Behold, there Isai. 6. 5.
Rev. 1. 16,
9 And it to pass, as Moses en-
came is a place by me, and thou shalt 17.
See ch. 24.
tered into the tabernacle, the cloudy stand upon a rock 10 .
pillar descended, and stood at the 22 And it shall come to pass, while
door of the tabernacle, and the Lord my glory passeth by, that I will put
r ch. 25. 22.
talked with Moses. thee în a clift of the rock, and will P Isai. 2. 21.
&
’cover thee with my hand while I
31. 18.
Ps. 99. 7. 10 And the people saw the cloudy
all
IPs. 91. 1,4.
pillar stand at the tabernacle door: pass by

‘ ch. 4. 31. and all the people rose up and ® wor- 23 And I will take away mine hand,
shipped, every man in Iris tent door. and thou shalt see my back parts:
‘r.en.32 30.
Num. 12. 8.
11 And ‘the Lord spake unto Moses but my face shall not be seen. r ver. 20.
John 1. 18.
Deut. face to face, as a man speaketh unto
10 .
34.
liis friend. And he turned again into

CHAPTER XXXIV.
1 The tables are renewed. 5 The name of the Lord
o ch. 24. 13. the camp: but "his servant Joshua, proclaimed. 8 Moses intreateth God to go with them.
the son of Nun, a young man, de- 10 God maheth a covenant with them, repeating certain
duties of the first table. 28 Moses after forty days in
parted not out of the tabernacle. the mount cometh down with the tables. 29 His face
12 IF And Moses said unto the Lord, shineth, and he covereth it with a vail. tt
ch. 32. 16,
thou sayest unto me. Bring up ndthe Lord said unto Moses,
A
19.
* ch. 32. 34.
See, Deut. 10. 1.
this people and thou hast not let me

: . "Hew thee two tables of stone *> ver. 28.
^ Deut. 10.
know whom thou wilt send with me. like unto the first : and I will write 2,4.
: : :
God malceth a covenant EXODUS, XXXIV. with the Israelites,

Before upon these tables the words that were make a covenant with the inhabitants Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491. in the first tables, which thou brakest. of the land whither thou goest, lest it 1491.
2 And be ready in the morning, and be for ^ a snare in the midst of thee y ch. 23. 33.
come up in the morning unto mount 13 But ye shall destroy their altars,’’
* ch. 23. 24.
Deut. i
Sinai, and present thyself there to me
12.
break their îmages, and “cut down Judg. 2. 2.
“ in the top of the mount. 2Heb.

e ch. 19. 20. their groves eUUues.
&
24. 12.
3 And no man shall come up with
^
« rh. 19. 12, 14 For thou shalt worsliip ’’no other ® Deut. 7. 5.
& 12 2 . .
thee, neither let any man be seen

13,21.
god for the Lord, whose “ name is
: Judg. 6.25.
2 Kin. 18.4.
throughout all the mount; neither J ealous, is a ‘’jealous God & 23. 14.
2Chr.31.1.
let the flocks nor herds feed before 15 ® Lest thou make a covenant with & 34. 3, 4.
>>ch. 20.3,5.
that mount. the inhabitants of the land, and they ® So Isai. 9.
4 If And he hewed two tables of stone ’^go a whoring after their gods, and 6. & 57. 15.
^ ch. 20. 5.
like unto the first; and Moses rose do sacrifice unto their gods, and one ® ver. 12.
up early in the morning, and went ^caU thee, and thou '"eat of liis sa- 'Deu. 31.16.
Judg. 2. 17.
np unto mount Sinai, as the Lord crifice ;
Jer. 3. 9.
Ezek. 6. 9.
had commanded him, and took in his 16 And
thou take of ’their daugh- eNum. 2.5.2.
lCor.10.27.
hand the two tables of stone. ters unto thy sons, and their daugh- 'Ps. 106. 28.
5 And the Lord descended in the ters ’‘go a whoring after their gods, 1 Cor. 8. 4,
7, 10.
cloud, and stood with him there, and and make thy sons go a whoring after ‘
1
Deut. 7. 3.
Kin. 11. 2.
• ch. 33. 19. ® proclaimed the name of the Lord. their gods. Ezra 9. 2.
Num.14.17. Neh. 13.25.
6 And the Lord passed by before 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten Num. 25.
’
1 2
him, and proclaimed. The Lord, The gods. 1 Kin. 11.4.
, .
fNmn.14.18. Lord ^God, merciful and gracious, “

18 If The feast of unleavened bread Lev.
cli. 32. 8. *
2 Chron. 19. 4.
30. 9. longsuffering, and abundant in ^ good- shalt thou keep. Seven days thou “ ch. 12. 15.
Neh. 9. 17.
^ & 23. 15.
Ps. 86. 15. ness and truth, shalt eat mileavened bread, as I
& 103. 8.
& 111. 4. 7 Keeping mercy for thousands,
*
commanded thee, in the time of the
& 112. 4.
& 116. 5. forgiving iniquity and transgression month Abib for in the “ month Abib ” ch. 13. 4.
:
& 145. 8.
Joel 2. 13. and sin, and 'that will by no means thou earnest out from Egypt.
e Ps. 31. 19.
Rom. clear the guilty ; visiting the iniquity 19 “All that openeth the matrix is ®ch.l3.2,12.
2. 4. & 22. 29.
•>Ps.57.10. of the fathers upon the children, and mine; and every firstling among thy Ezek. 44.30.
& 108. 4. Luke 2. 23.
‘ ch. 20. 6. upon the children’s cliildren, unto the cattle, ivhether ox or sheep, that is
Deut.5.10.
Ps. 86. 15. third and to the fourth generation. male.
Jer. 32. 18.
Dan. 9. 4.
8 And Moses made haste, and bow- 20 But ^the firstling of an ass thou P oh. 13. 13.
Num.18.15.
Ps. 103. 3. ed his head toward the earth, and shalt redeem with a ® lamb and if : ® Or, kid.
& 130. 4.
Dan.
Eph.4.32.
9. 9. worshipped. thou redeem him not, then shalt thou
1 John 1. 9. 9 And he said. If now
I have found break his neck. All the firstborn of
•ch.23.7,21.
Josh. 24.19.
Job
grace in thy sight, Lord, “let myO thy sons thou shalt redeem. And
Mie.
10. 14.
6. 11.
Lord, I pray thee, go among us ; for none shall appear before me empty. 9 ch. 23. 15. **
Nah. Deu. 16. 16.

“
1. 3.
“it is a stiffiiecked people; and par- 21 If “^Six days thou shalt work, but lSam.9 7,8.
ch. 4. 31. 2 Sam. 24.
” ch. 33. 15, don our iniquity and our sin, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: 21 .
16. r ch. 20. 9.

® ch. 33. 3. take ns for ^ thine inheritance. in earing time and in harvest thou & 23. 12.
PDeu. 32.9.
Ps. 28. 9.
10 If And he said, Behold, *^1 make shalt rest. &35.
Deut.
2.
5. 12,
& 33. 12.
& 78. 62.
a covenant: before all thy people I 22 If “And thou shalt observe the 13.
Luke 13.14.
& 94. 14. will '^do marvels, such as have not feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of ch. 23. 16. »
Jer. 10. 16. Deut. 16.
Zech. 2. 12. been done in all the earth, nor in wheat harvest, and the feast of in- 10,13.
9 Dent. 5. 2. Heb. *
& 29. 12, 14. any nation : the people among

and all gathering at the ^year’s end. revolulion
» Dent. 4. 32.
2Sain.7.23.
wliich thou art shall see the work of 23 If ’Thrice m of the year,
the year shall all ‘ch.23.14,17.
Ps. 77. 14.
& 78. 12. the Lord for it is “ a terrible thmg
: your menchildren appear before the Deu. 16. 16.
& 147. 20. that I will do with thee. Lord God, the God of Israel. ® ch. 33. 2.
'Den. 10. 21.
Ps. 145. 6. 11 * Observe thou that which I com- 24 For I will "cast out the nations Lev. 18. M.
Isai. 64. 3. Deut. 7. 1.
‘ Den. 5. 32.
mand thee this day behold, " I drive
: before thee, and '‘enlarge thy bor- Ps. 78. 55.
&80. 8.
& 3, 25.
6.
out before thee the Amorite, and the ders ^ neither shall any man desire »
& 12.28,32. : Deu. 12. 20.
&28.1.
“ ch. 33.
Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the thy land, when thou shalt go up to y &See19.Gen. 8.
2.
Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Je- appear before the Lord thy God 2Clir. 35 5
17.10.
* ch. 23. 32. busite. thrice in the year. Prov. 16. 7.
Dent. Acts 18. 10.
Juds-
7. 2.
2. 2.
12^ Take heed to thyself, lest thou 25 Thou shalt not offer the blood ch. 23. 18. ^
; ;
Moses' face shineth. EXODUS, XXXV. Free gifts for the tabernacle.
Before
CHKIST
of mysacrifice with leaven; “neither “ These are
the words which the Lord Before
1491. shall the sacrifice of the feast of the hath commanded, that ye should do CHBIST 1491.
“ ch. 12. 10. passover be left unto the morning. them. » ch. 34. 32.
»> ci. 23. 19. 26 The first of the firstfruits of thy 2 '’Sis days shall work be done, but ch. 20. 9. i
*>
on the seventh day there shall be to &

Deu. 2, 31. 14,15.
10 . land thou shalt bring unto the house Lev. 23. 3.
Num. 15.
o ch. 23. 19. of the Lord thy God. 'Thou shalt not you ân holy day, a sabbath of rest 32, &c.
Deu. 14. 21.
seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. to the Lord whosoever doeth work Deu.
:
5. 12.
Lukelkl4.
27 And the Lord said unto Moses, therein shall be put to death. 2Heb.
holiness.
d ver. 10.
Deu. 4. 13.
Write thou ^these words: for after the 3 'Ye shall kindle no fire throughout 0 ch. 16. 23.
& 31. 9. tenor of these words I have made a your habitations upon the sabbath day.
covenant with thee and with Israel. 4 If And Moses spake unto all the
e ch. 24. 18.
28 ® And he was there with the Lord congregation of the children of Is-
Deu. 9. 9,
18. forty days and forty nights; he did rael, saymg, ^This is the thing which <*ch. 25.1,2.
neither eat bread, nor drink water. the Lord commanded, saying,
* ver. 1.
ch. 31. 18.
And ^he wrote upon the tables the 5 Take ye from among you an offer-
& 32. 16. words of the covenant, the ten ^coming unto the Lord ®
whosoever is of
:
® ch. 25. 2.
Deu.
4. 13.
& 10 2 4 mandments.
. , . a willing heart, let him bring it, an
^Heb.worcfe.
29 If And it came to pass, when Mo- offering of the Lord; gold, and sil-
ses came down from mount Sinai with ver, andbrass,
6ch.32.15. the ®two tables of testimony in Mo- 6 And blue, and pnrple, and scarlet,
ses’ hand, when he came down from and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
the mount, that Moses wist not that 7 And rams’ skins dyed red, and
>>
Matt. IT. 2. ^ the skin of his face shone while he badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
2 Cor. 3. 7,
13. talked with him. 8 And oil for the light, ând spices fch. 25. 6.
30 And when Aaron and aU the chil- for anointing oil, and for the sweet
dren of Israel saw Moses, behold, the incense,
skin of his face shone and they were ;
9 And onyx stones, and stones to
afraid to come nigh him. be set for the ephod, and for the
31 And Moses called unto them breastplate.
and Aaron and all the rulers of the 10 And every wise hearted among B ch. 31. 6.
congregation returned unto him and : you come, and make

shall all that
Moses talked with them. the Lord hath commanded
32 And afterward all the children of 11 '’The tabernacle, his tent, and his cli. 26. 1,
2,&c.
* ch. 24. 3. Israel came nigh : and he gave them
‘
covering, his taches, and his boards,
in commandment all that the Lord his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 12 'The ark, and the staves thereof, ch. 25. 10,
&c.
33 And till Moses had done speaking with the mercy seat, and the vail of
s 2 Cor. 3. 13. with them, he put ^ a vail on his face. the covering,
12 Cor. 3.16. 34 But Gvhen Moses went in before 13 The ''table, and his staves, and *ch. 25. 23.
the Lord to speak with him, he took all his vessels, ' and the shewbread, 1 ch. 25. 30.
Lev. 24. 5,6. I
the vail off*, until he came out. And 14 “ The candlestickalso for the “ ch. 25. 31, I
&c.
he came out, and spake unto the light, and his furniture, and his lamps,
children of Israel that which he was with the oil for the light,
commanded. 15 "And the incense altar, and his n ch. 30. 1.
35 And the children of Israel saw staves, 'and the anointing oil, and » ch. 30. 23.
the face of Moses, that the skin of ^the sweet incense, and the hanging P ch. 30. 34.'
Moses’ face shone and Moses put : for the door at the entering in of the
the vail upon his face again, until he tabernacle,
went in to speak with him. 16 ’The altar of burnt offering, with Q ch. 27. 1.
his brasen grate, his staves, and all
CHAPTER XXXV. his vessels, the laver and his foot,
1 The sabbath. 4 The free gifts for the tabernacle. 20
The readiness of the people to offer. 30 Bezaleel and 17 “^The hangings of the court, his r ch. 27. 9.
Aholiab are called to the work.
pillars, and their sockets, and the
And Moses gathered all the con-

gregation of the children of Is-
L.
hanging for the door of the court,
18 The pins of the tabernacle, and
rael together, and said unto them. the pins of the court, and their cords,
J
; ; ; ;
The people s readiness U) offer. EXODUS, XXX VI. Bezaleel and AJioUdb called.
Before
CHEIST
19 ®The cloths of service, to do 31 And hehath filled him with the Before
CHRIST
1491. service in the holy place, the holy spirit ofGod, in wisdom, in under- 1491.
" ch. 31. 10.
garments for Aaron the priest, and standing, and in knowledge, and in
& 30. 1,41.
the garments of his sons, to minister all manner of workmanship
Num. 4. 5,
,
6, &C. m the priest’s office. 32 And to devise curious works, to

20 H And all the congregation of work in gold, and msilver, and in brass,
the children of Israel departed from 33 And in the cutting of stones, to
the presence of Moses. set them, and in carving of wood, to
* ver. 5, 22,
26,29.
21 And they came, every one ‘whose make any manner of cunning work.
ch. 25. 2.
&36. 2.
heart stirred him np, and every one And he hath put in his heart that
34
lChr.28.2,
0. & 29. 9.
whom his spirit made willing, and he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, ** b ch. 31. 6.
Ezra 7. 27. they brought the Lord’s offering to the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe
2 Cor. 8. 12.
&9.7. the work of the tabernacle of the of Dan.
congregation, and for all his service, 35 Them hath he " filled with wisdom ® ver. 31.
ch. 31. 3, 6.
and for the holy garments. of2 heart, to work all mamier of work, 1 Kin. 7. 14.
2Chr. 2. 14.
22 And they came, both men and woof the engraver, and of the cunning Isai. 28.
men, as many as were willing hearted, workman, and of the embroiderer, in

and brought bracelets, and earrings, 3
blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in
and rings, and tablets, all jewels of fine linen, and of the weaver, even of
gold: and every man that offered offer- them that do any work, and of those
ed an offering of gold unto the Lord. 4
that devise cunning work.
” 1 Chron. 23 And "every man, with whom was CHAPTER XXXVI.
29.8.
found blue, and purple, and scarlet, 5
1 The offerings are delivered to the workmen. 5 The
and fine linen,and goats’ hair, and liberality of thepeople is restrained. 8 The curtains
of cheruhims. 14 The curtains of goats' hair. 19 The
red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, 6covering of skins. 20 The hoards with their sockets. 31
brought them. The bars. 35 The vail. 37 The hanging for the door.
24 Every one that did

ing of silver and brass brought the
Lord’s offering and every man, with
:
offer an offer-
Thenwhom
man, in
wTOught Bezaleel and Aho-
and every " wise hearted
liab,
the Lord put wisdom
1491.
• ch. 28. 3.
& 31. 6.
& 35. 10,35.
whom was found shittim wood for and understanding to know how to
any work of the service, brought it. work all manner of work for the ser-
25 And all the women that were vice of the ‘'sanctuary, according to bch.25.8.
wch.28.3. wise hearted did spin with their all that the Lord had commanded.
& 31. 6.
&36.
2Kin.23.7.
1. hands, and brought that which they And Moses called Bezaleel and
Prov. 31. had spun, both of blue, and of purple, Aholiab, and every wise hearted man,
19, 22, 24.
and of scarlet, and of fine linen. in whose heart the Lord had put
26 And all the women whose heart wisdom, even every one "whose heart <=
ch. 35. 21,
26.
stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ stuTed him up to come imto the 1 Chrou.
29. 5.
hair. work to do it:
* 1 Chron.
29. 6.
27 And *the rulers brought onyx Andthey received of Moses all the
Ezra 2. 68. stones, and stones to be set, for the offering,which the children of Israel
ephod, and for the breastplate ^had brought for the work of the “ch.SS. 27.
y ch. 30. 23. 28 And y spice, and oil for the light, service of the sanctuary, to make it
and for the anointing oil, and for the withal. And they brought yet unto
sweet incense. him free offerings every morning.
29 The children of Israel brought a And aU the wise men, that wi'ought
* ver. 21.
1 Chron.
willing offering unto the Lord, every all the work of the sanctuary, came
29. 9.
man and woman, whose heart made every man from his work which they
them willing to bring for all manner made
of work, which the Lord had com- IT And they spake unto Moses, say-
manded to be made by the hand of ing, "The people bring much more e 2 Cor. 8.
2,3.
Moses. than enough for the service of the
30 H And Moses said unto the children work, which the Lord commanded to
•ch.31.2,
&c.
of Israel, See, "the Lord hath called make.
by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the And Moses gave commandment,
son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah and they caused it to be proclaimed
:: :
1 .
The curtains and hoards EXODUS, XXXYI. for the tahernacle.
Before tlirongliout tlie camp, saying, Let 20 IT ^ And he made boards for the ta- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491.
neither man nor ivoman make any bernacle o/’shittim wood, standing up. 1491.
more work for the offering of the 21 The length of a board was ten
Cll« fcO*
sanctuary. So the people were re- cubits, and the breadth of a board
strained from bringing. one cubit and a half.
7 For the stuff they had was sufR- 22 One board had two tenons, equal-
cient for all the work to make it, and ly distant one from another thus :
too mueh. did he make for all the boards of

'ch. 23.1. 8 11 Ând every wise hearted man the tabernacle.
among them that wrought the work 23 And he made boards for the ta-
of the tabernacle made ten curtains bernacle; twenty boards for the south
of fine twined linen, and blue, and side southward
purple, and scarlet: with cherubims 24 And forty sockets of silver he
of cunning work made he them. made under the twenty boards two ;
9 The length of one curtain teas sockets under one board for his two
twenty and eight cubits, and the tenons, and two sockets under an-
breadth of one curtain four cubits other board for his two tenons.
the curtains ivere all of one size. 25 And for the other side of the
10 And he coupled the five curtains tabernacle, ivhich is toward the north
one unto another: and the other five corner, lie made twenty boards.
curtains he coupled one unto another. 26 And their forty sockets of silver;
11 And he made loops of blue on the two sockets under one board, and
edge of one curtain from the selvedge two sockets under another board.
in the coupling likewise he made in
: 27 And for the sides of the taber-
the uttermost side of another curtain, nacle westward he made six boards.
in the coupling of the second. 28 And two boards made he for the
8 ch. 26. 5. 12 ^ Fifty loops made he in one cur- corners of the tabernacle in the two
tain, and fifty loops made he in the sides.
edge of the curtain which was in the 29 And they were ^ coupled beneath, yileb.
^
coupling of the second the loops

: and coupled together at the head
held one curtain to another. thereof, to one ring: thus he did to
13 And he made fifty taches of gold, both of them in both the corners.
and coupled the curtains one unto 30 And there were eight boards and ;
another with the taches so it be-

: their sockets icere sixteen sockets of
came one tabernacle. silver, ® under every board two sockets. 3Heb.
two soeJtetn,
•> cl). 26. 7. 14 IF ‘‘And he made curtains of goats’ 31 IF And he made ^bars of shittim two sockets
under one
hair for the tent over the tabernacle wood ;
five for the boards of the one hoard.
eleven curtains he made them. side of the tabernacle. 1 ch. 26. 26.
15 The length of one curtain loas 32 And five bars for the boards of
thirty cubits, and four cubits loas the the other side of the tabernacle, and
breadth of one curtain the eleven
: five bars for the boards of the taber-
curtains ivere of one size. nacle for the sides westward.
16 And he coupled five curtains by 33 And he made the middle bar to
themselves, and six curtains by them- shoot through the boards from the
selves. one end to the other.
17 And he made fifty loops upon the 34 And he overlaid the boards with
uttermost edge of the curtain in the gold, and made their rings of gold to
coupling, and fifty loops made he he places for the bars, and overlaid
upon the edge of the curtain which the bars with gold.
coupleth the second. 35 IF And he made “ a vail of blue. ch. 26. 31.
18 And he made fifty taches o/ brass and purple, and scarlet,and fine
to couple the tent together, that it twined linen ivith
: cherubims made
might be one. he it of cunning work.
>cli. 26.14. 19 'And he made a covering for the 36 And he made thereunto four pil-
tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a lars of shittim and overlaid
ivood,
covering q/" badgers’ skins above that. them with gold: their hooks ivere of
: ; : : : : :
The ark and mercy seat. EXODUS, XXX YII. The table with his vessels.
Before gold; and he cast for them four 11 And he overlaid it with pure Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491 .
sockets of silver. gold, and made thereunto a crouTi of 1491 .
37 H And he made an “hanging for gold round about.

» ch. 26. 36.
the tabernacle door of blue, and pur- 12 Also he made thereunto a border
ple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of an handbreadth round about and ;
* Heb. the
work of a
^ of needlework made a croum of gold for the border
needier
worker, or,
38 And the five pillars of it with thereof round about.
embroiderer. their
2 hooks and he overlaid their
: 13 And he cast for it four rings of
chapiters and their fillets with gold gold, and put the rings upon the
3 their five sockets were of brass.
but four corners that were in the four
feet thereof.
4 CHAPTER XXXVII. 14 Over against the border were
1 5TJie ark. 6 Ttie mercy seat with cherubims. 10 The
table with his vessels.
the rings, the places for the staves to
17 The candlestick with his lamps
6and instruments. bear the table.
25 The altar of incense. 29 The an-
ointing oil and sweet incense.
15 And he made the staves of shit-
« ch. 25. 10.
And
7
half
Bezaleel
shittim wood
..
made “the ark of tim wood, and overlaid them with
two cubits and a gold, to bear the table.
was the length of it, and a cubit
:
16 And he made the vessels which

8
and a half the breadth of it, and a were upon the table, his dishes, and ch. 25. 29.
cubit and a half the height of it his spoons, and his bowls, and his
9 And he overlaid it with pure covers ^ to cover withal, of pure gold. ® Or, to pour
out withal.
gold within and without, and made 17 If And he made the “candlestick ®ch. 25.31.
a crown of gold to it round about. of pure gold of beaten work made :
And he cast for it four rings of gold, he the candlestick; his shaft, and
to be set by the four corners of it even his branch, his bowls, his knops, and
;
two rings upon the one side of it, and his flowers, were of the same
two rings upon the other side of it. 18 And six branches going out of the
And he made staves of shittim sides thereof; three branches of the
wood, and overlaid them with gold. candlestick out of the one side there-
And he put the staves into the of, and three branches of the candle-
rings by the sides of the ark, to bear stick out of the other side thereof
the ark. 19 Three bowls made after the fa-
IT And he made the ’’mercy seat shion of almonds in one branch, a
»>
ch. 25. 17.
10
of pure gold two cubits
: and a half knop and a flower and three bowls ;
was the length thereof, and one cubit made like almonds in another branch,
and a half the breadth thereof. a knop and a flower so throughout :
And he made two cherubims of the six branches going out of the
gold, beaten out of one piece made candlestick.
he them, on the two ends of the 20 And in the candlestick n'ere four
mercy seat; bowls made like almonds, his knops,
s Or, out
d‘C.
(if,
One cherub ® on the end on this and his flowers
* Or, <mt (if, side, and another cherub ^ on the 21 And a knop under two branches
(tc.
other end on that side: out of the of the same, and a knop under two
mercy seat made he the cherubims branches of the same, and a knop
on the two ends thereof. under two branches of the same, ac-
And the cherubims spread out cording to the six branches going
their wings on high, and covered with out of it.
their wings over the mercy seat, with 22 Their knops and their branches
their faces one to another; even to were of the same all of it teas one :
the mercy seatward were the faces of beaten work of jDure gold.
the cherubims. 23 And he made his seven lamps,
• ch. 25. 23. H And he made “ the table of shit- and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes,
tim wood two cubits was the length (^pure gold.
:
thereof, and a cubit the breadth there- 24: Of Sb talent of pure gold made he
of, and a cubit and a half the height it, and all the vessels thereof.
thereof 25 If ‘Ând he made the incense altar fch.30.1.

; :
The altar of burnt offering. EXODUS, XXXVIII. The sum of that

Before
of shittini wood the length of it ivas
: 9 ^ And he made the court
® cn :
Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
1491. a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit the south side southward the hang- 1491.
it was foursquare and two cubits ivas
;
ings of the court ivere of fine twined
the height of it; the horns thereof Imen, an hundred cubits
were of the same. 10 Their pillars ivere twenty, and
26 And he overlaid it with pure their brasen sockets twenty ; the
gold, both the top of it, and the sides hooks of the pillars and their fillets
thereof round about, and the horns ivere of silver.
of it also he made imto it a crmvn
: 11 And for the north side the hang-
of gold round about. ings were an hundred cubits, their
27 And he made two rings of gold pillars ivere twenty, and their sockets
for it under the crown thereof, by of brass twenty; the hooks of the
the two corners of it, upon the two pillars and their fillets of silver.
sides thereof, to be places for the 12 And for the west side were hang-
staves to bear it withal. ings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten.
28 And he made the staves q/shittim and their sockets ten; the hooks of
wood, and overlaid them with gold. the pillars and their fillets of silver.
* ch. 30. 23, 29 H And he made ® the holy anoint- 13 And for the east side eastward
34.
ing oil, and the pure incense of sweet fifty cubits.
spices, according to the work of the 14 The hangings of the one side of
apothecary. the gate were fifteen cubits ; their pil-
CHAPTER XXXVIII. lars three, and their sockets three.
1 Tlie altar of burnt oferinq. 8 The laver of brass. 9 The 15 And for the other side of the court
court. 21 The sum of that the 2êople offered. gate, on this hand and that hand, were
” ch. 27. 1. AND “he made the altar of burnt hangings of fifteen cubits; their pil-
f\. of shittim wood
offering five : lars three, and their sockets three.
cubits was the length thereof, and 16 All the hangings of the court round
five cubits the breadth thereof; it about were of fine twined linen.
was foursquare and three cubits the
; 17 And the sockets for the pillars
height thereof. were of brass the hooks of the pil-
;
2 And he made the horns thereof lars and their fillets of silver; and
on the four corners of it; the horns the overlaying of their chapiters of
thereof were of the same and he : silver ; and
the pillars of the court
all
overlaid it with brass. were with silver.
filleted
3 And he made all the vessels of the 18 And the hanging for the gate of
altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the court was needlework, of blue, and
the basons, and the fleshhooks, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
the firepans all the vessels thereof
: linen and twenty cubits was the
:
made he of brass. length, and the height in the breadth

4 And he made for the altar a brasen was five cubits, answerable to the
grate of network under the compass hangings of the court.
thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 19 And their pillars were four, and
5 And he cast four rings for the their sockets q/brass four ; their hooks
four ends of the grate of brass, to of silver, and the overlaying of their
be places for the staves. chapiters and their fillets of silver.
d
6 And he made the staves of shittim 20 And all the "^pins of the taber- ch. 27. 19.
wood, and overlaid tliem with brass. nacle, and of the court round about.
7 And he put the staves into the were q/brass.
rings on the sides of the altar, to bear 21 This is the sum of the taber- ® Nuiii 1
it ivithal; he made the altar hollow nacle, even of ® the tabernacle of testi- 50,53.
Id. Ott i7»
with boards. mony, as it was counted, according to & 10. 11.

& 17. 7, 8.
b ch. 30. 18. 8 H And he made the laver of brass. the commandment of Moses, for the & 18. 2.
2 Chron.
service of the Levites, ^by the hand 24. 6.
2 Or, Irrasen
and the foot of it of brass, of the
Acts 7. 44.
^ looking-glasses of the women ^
3Heb. assem- of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. Num. 4.
f
hu frofy)}8t bling, which assembled at the door of 22 And ^Bezaleel the son of Uri, 28,33.
as 1 Sam.
2.22. the tabernacle of the congregation. the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
;
the people offered. EXODUS, XXXIX. The breastplate.
Before
made all that the Loed commanded and made the holy garments Aa- for Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491 .
Moses. ron as the Loed commanded Moses.
;
®
1491 .
23 And with him was Aholiab, son 2 ^ And he made the ephod of gold, ® ch. 28. 4.
of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine ^ ch. 28. 6,
an engraver, and a cunning workman, twined linen.

and an embroiderer in blue, and in 3 And they did beat the gold into
purple, and m
scarlet, and fine linen. thin plates, and cut it into wires, to
24 All the gold that was occupied work m
the blue, and in the pur-
it
for the work in all the work of the ple, and in the scarlet, and in the
holy place, even the gold of the of- fine linen, with cunning work.
fering, was twenty and nine talents, 4 They made shouldeipieces for it,
and seven hundred and thirty shekels, to couple it together by the two :
ch. 30. 13, after ’’the shekel of the sanctuary. edges was it coupled together.
24.
Lev. 5. 1.5. 25 And the silver of them that were 5 And the curious girdle of his
& 27. 3, 25.
Niim.3.47. numbered of the congregation was ej)hod, that was upon it, was of the
& 18. 16.
an hundred talents, and a thousand same, according to the work thereof
seven hundred and threescore and of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet,
fifteen shekels, after the shekel of and fine twined linen; as the Loed
the sanctuary: commanded Moses.
> eh. 30. 13, 26 A bekah for ^ every man, that is,
*
6 H ® And they wrought onjTS stones ® ch. 28. 9.
15.
*Heb. aiw?/. half a shekel, after the shekel of the inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as
sanctuary, for every one that went to signets are graven, with the names of
be numbered, from twenty years old the children of Israel.
^Niun.1.46. and upward, for ^six hundred thou- 7 And he put them on the shoulders
sand and three thousand and five of the ephod, that they should he stones
fch. 28. 12.
hundred and fifty men. for a ^memorial to the children of Is-
27 And of the hundred talents of rael as the Loed commanded Moses.
;
• ch. 26. 19, silver were cast Hhe sockets of the 8 IF ^ And he made the breastplate K ch. 28. 15.
21, 25, 32.
sanctuary, and the sockets of the of cunning work, like the work of the
vail an hundred sockets of the hun-
;
ephod ; of gold, blue, and purple, and
dred talents, a talent for a socket. scarlet,and fine twmed linen.
28 And of the thousand seven hun- 9 It was foursquare; they made the
dred seventy and five shekels he made breastplate double: a span ivas the
hooks for the pillars, and overlaid length thereof, and a span the breadth
their chapiters, and filleted them. thereof, hehig doubled.
29 And the brass of the offering was 10 **And they set in it four rows of h ch. 28.
&c.
17.
seventy talents, and two thousand and stones : the first row was a ^ sardius, a * Or, ruby.
four hundred shekels. topaz, and a carbuncle : this was the

30 And therewith he made the first row.
sockets to the door of the tabernacle 11 And the second row, an emerald,
of the congregation, and the brasen a sapphire, and a diamond.
altar, and the brasen grate for it, and 12 And the third row, a figure, an
all the vessels of the altar, agate, and an amethyst.
31 And the sockets of the court 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an
round about, and the sockets of the onjTt, and a jasper : they were inclosed
court gate, and all the pins of the in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
tabernacle, and all the pins of the 14 And the stones were according
court round about. to the names of the children of Is-
rael, twelve, according to their names,
CHAPTER XXXIX.
1 The cloths of service and holy ijarments. 2 The ephod. like the engravings of a signet, every
8 The 22 The robe of the ephod. 27 The
breastplate.
one with his name, according to the
coats, mitre, and girdle of fine linen. 30 The plate of
the holy crown. 32 All is viewed and approved by twelve tribes.
Aloses. 15 And they made upon the breast-
• ch. 35. 23.
>> ch. 31. 10.

AND the blue, and purple, and
of ® plate chains at the ends, of wreathen
& 35. 19. they made cloths of ser-
scarlet, work of pure gold.
vice, to do service in the holy place, 16 And they made two ouches of
;
The holy garments for EXODUS, XXXIX. the service of the tabernacle^
Before gold, and two gold rings; and put 30 IF Ând they made the plate of Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491 . the two rings in the two ends of the the holy crown of pure gold, and 1491 .
breastplate. wrote upon it a writing, like to the P ch. 28.

36,
17 And they put the two wreathen engiwngs of a signet, HOLINESS 37.
chains of gold in the two rings on TO THE LORD.
the ends of the breastplate. 31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue,
18 And the two ends of the two to fasten it on high upon the mitre;
WTeathen chains they fastened in the as the Lord commanded Moses.
two ouches, and put them on the 32 IF Thus was all the wôrk of the
shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it. tabernacle of the tent of the congre-
19 And they made two rings of gold, gation finished: and the children of
and put them on the two ends of the Israel did ’ according to all that the 1 ver. 42, 43.
ch. 25. 4().
breastplate, upon the border of it, Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
which was on the side of the ephod 33 IF And they brought the taber-
inward. nacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his
20 And they made two other golden furniture, his taches, his boards, his
rings, and put them on the two sides bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,
of the ephod underneath, toward the 34 And the covering of rams’ skins
forepart of it, over against the other dyed red, and the covering of badgers’
coupling thereof, above the curious skins, and the vail of the covering,
girdle of the ephod. 35 The ark of the testimony, and the
21 And they did bind the breast- staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
plate by his rings unto the rings of 36 The table, and all the vessels
the ephod with a lace of blue, that it thereof, and the shewbread,
might be above the curious girdle of 37 The pure candlestick, ivith the
the ephod, and that the breastplate lamps thereof, even with the lamps to
might not be loosed from the ephod be set in order, and all the vessels
as the Lord commanded Moses. thereof, and the oil for light,
< ch. 28. 31. 22 II And he made the robe of the
’
38 And the golden altar, and the an-
ephod of woven work, all of blue. ointing oil, and ^ the sweet incense, and 2Heb.
the incense
23 And there teas an hole in the the hanging for the tabernacle door, of sweet
sjnees.
midst of the robe, as the hole of an 39 The brasen altar, and his grate of
habergeon, ivith a band round about brass, his staves, and all his vessels,
the hole, that it should not rend. the laver and his foot,
24 And they made upon the hems of 40 The hangings of the court, his
the robe pomegranates of blue, and pillars, and his sockets, and the hang-
jourple, and scarlet, and twined linen. ing for the court gate, his cords, and
ch. 28. 33. 25 And they made ''bells of pure his pms, and all the vessels of the
gold, and put the bells betwêen the service of the tabernacle, for the tent
pomegranates upon the hem of the of the eongregation,
robe, round about between the pome- 41 The cloths of service to do ser-
granates ;
vice in the holy place, and the holy
26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell garments for Aaron the priest, and
and a pomegranate, round about the his sons’ garments, to minister in the
hem of the robe to minister in; as joriest’s office.
the Lord commanded Moses. 42 According to all that the Lord
oil.
40.
28. 33,
27 H And they made coats of fine commanded Moses, so the children
'
linen of woven work for Aaron, and of Israel made all the work. r ch. 35. 10.
for his sons, 43 And Moses did look upon all the
» eh. 28. 4,
30.
28 “And a mitre of fine linen, and work, and, behold, they had done it as » Lev.
23.
9. 22,
Ezek. 44.
18.
goodly bonnets of fine linen, and the Lord had commanded, even so had Num.6. 23.
.Tosli. 22. 6.
ch. 28. 42. " linen breeches

of fine twined linen, they done it: and Moses “blessed them. 2 Sara. 6.18.
1 Kin. 8. 14.
>
ch. 28. 39. 29 °And a girdle i^fine twined linen, CHAPTER XL. 2 Cliron.
30.27,
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of 1 The tahernacle is commanded to he reared, 9 and anoint-
13 Aaron and his sons to he sanctified. 16 Moses
needlework as the Lord commanded
;
ed.
performeth all things accordingly. 34 A cloud covereth
Moses. the tahernacle.
: : :
The tahernacle is EXODUS, XL. commanded to he reared.
Before
CHRIST
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, all that the Lord commanded him, Before
CHRIST
1491. iA- saying, so did he. 1490.
* ch. 12. 2.
2 On tlie first day of the “ first month 17 IF And it came to pass in the first
&
13. 4.
slialt thou set up ‘'the tabernacle of month in the second year, on the first
*> ver. 17.
& ch. 26. the tent of the congregation. da^ of the month, that the “taberna- ® ver. 1.
Hum.
1,30. 7. 1.
« ver. 21. 3 And 'thou shalt put therein tlie cle was reared up.
ch. 26. 33.
Num. 4. 5. ark of the testimony, and cover the 18 And Moses reared up the taber-
ark uith the vail. nacle, and fastened his sockets, and
4 And thou shalt bring in the table,
^
ver. 22. set up the boards thereof, and put in
ch. 23. 35.
« ver. 23. and ® set in order ^ the things that are the bars thereof, and reared up his
ch. 25. 30. ^
Lev. 24. to be set in order upon it and thou;
pillars.
2Heb.
5, 6.
shalt bring in the candlestick, and 19 And he spread abroad the tent
Ihe order
iltcrenf.
light the lamps thereof. over the tabernacle, and put the co-
f ver. 24, 25. 5 Ând thou shalt set the altar of vering of the tent above upon it; as
s ver. 26.
gold for the incense before the ark of the Lord commanded Moses.
the testimony, and put the hanging 20 IF And he took and put **^10 tes- P ch. 2.5. 16.
of the door to the tabernacle. timony into the ark, and set tlie
6 And thou shalt set the altar of the staves on the ark, and put the mercy
burnt offering before the door of the seat above upon the ark
tabernacle of the tent of the congre- 21 And he brought the ark into the
gation. tabernacle, and ^ set up the vail of the ^ ch. 26. 33.
& :J5. 12.
I ver. 30.
ch. 30. 18.
7 And ‘'thou shalt set the laver covering, and covered the ark of tlie
between the tent of the congrega- testimony; as the Lord commanded
tion and the altar, and shalt put water Moses.
therein. 22 IF ' And he put the table in the r ch. 26. 35.
8 And thou shalt set up the court tent of the congregation, ujion the
round about, and hang up the hang- side of the tabernacle northward,
ing at the court gate. without the vail.
9 And thou shalt take the anointing 23 “And he set the bread in order ' ver. 4.
' ch. 30. 26. oil, and ‘anoint the tabernacle, and upon it before the Lord as the Lord
;
all that is therein, and shalt hallow had commanded Moses.

it, and all the vessels thereof and it : 24 IF ‘And he juit the candlestick in ‘ ch. 26. 35.
shall be holy. the tent of the congregation, over

!! 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar against the table, on the side of the
of the burnt offering, and all his ves- tabernacle southward.
K ch. 29.
36, sels, and sanctify the altar: and ‘'it 25 And "he lighted the lamps be- “ ver. 4.
ch. 25. 37.
37.
SHeb. shall be an altar “most holy. fore the Lord; as the Lord com-
holiness of
holinesses.
11 And thou shalt anoint the laver manded Moses.
and his foot, and sanctify it. 26 1 "And he put the golden altar V ver. 5.
ch. 30. 6.
' Lev. 8. 1, 12 ‘And thou shalt bring Aaron and in the tent of the congregation be-
—13.
his sons unto the door of the taber- fore the vail
nacle of the congregation, and wash 27 Ând he burnt sweet incense there- y ch. 30. 7.
them with water. on as the Lord commanded Moses.

;
13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron 28 IF ^ And he set up the hanging at * ver. 5.
ch. 26. 36.
“ch. 23.41. the holy garments, ""and anoint him, the door of the tabernacle.
and sanctify him that he may minis-
;
29 "And he put the altar of burnt “ ver. 6.
ter unto me in the priest’s office. offering hy the door of the tabernacle
14 And thou shalt bring his sons, of the tent of the congregation, and
and clothe them with coats ‘'offered upon it the burnt offering ch. 29. 38,
&c.
15 And thou shalt anoint them, as and the meat offering; as the Lord
thou didst anoint their father, that commanded Moses.
they may minister unto me in the 30 IF ' And he set the laver between c ver. 7.
cli. 30. 18.
priest’s office for their anointing

: the tent of the congregation and the
Num. 25. shall surely be " an everlasting priest- altar, and put water there, to wash
13.
hood throughout their generations. ivithal
16 Thus did Moses: according to 31 And Moses and Aaron and his
: : : : : :
The burnt offerings of LEVITICUS, I. the herd, and of the flocks.
CHRIST sons washed their hands and their

Before
into the tent of the congregation, be- Before
CHRIST
1490. feet thereat cause the cloud abode thereon, and the 1490.
32 When they went into the tent of glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
the congregation, and when they came 36 •'And when the cloud was taken •'Num. 9.17.
& 10 11 .
near unto the altar, they washed ; ^ as
.
^ ch. 30.
20
19,
.
up from over the tabernacle, the Neh. 9. 19.
the Lokd commanded Moses. children of Israel ^ went onward in all 2 Heb.
journeyed.
® ver. 8.
ch. 27. 9,
33 ®And he reared up the court their journeys
10 . round about the tabernacle and the 37 But if the cloud were not taken
’ *Num. 9. 19,
-22 .
altar, and set up the hanging of the up, then they journeyed not till the
court gate. So Moses finished the day that it was taken up.
work. 38 For ‘'the cloud of the Lord was ch. 13. 21.
Num. 9. 15.
f ch. 29. 43.
Lev. 16. 2.
34 IF ^Then a cloud covered the tent upon the tabernacle by day, and fire
Num. 9. 15. of the congregation, and the glory of was on it by night, in the sight of all
1 Kin. 8.
10 11 . the Lord filled the tabernacle.
. the house of Israel, throughout all
2 Chron. 5.
13. & 7. 2. 35 And Moses ^was not able to enter their journeys.
Isai. 6. 4.
Hag.2.7,9.
Rev. 15. 8.
8 Lev. 16. 2.
1 Kin. 8.11.
2 Chron.
14.
5.
THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES,
CALLED
LEVITICUS.
Before CHAPTER I. shall put fire upon the altar, and ‘
lay Before
CHRIST
CHRIST 1 The 'burnt offerings. 3 Of the herd, 10 of the floclts, the wood in order upon the fire
1490.
1490.
14 of the fowls,
8 And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall > Gen. 22. 9.
» Ex.
nd Lord
A called unto Moses, lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in
19. 3.
the “
- and spake unto him ‘’out of the order upon the wood that is on the
b Ex. 40. 34,
ao.
Num. 12. tabernacle of the congregation, saying, fire which is upon the altar
4, 5.
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 9 But his inwards and his legs shall
c ch. 22. 18,
and say unto them, ®If any man of he wash in water and the priest shall
:
19.
you bring an offering unto the Lord, burn all on the altar, to be a burnt
ye shall bring your offering of the sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of
cattle, even of the herd, and of the “Gen. 8.21.
a “sweet savour unto the Lord. Ezek. 20.
ffock. 10 IF And if his offering be of the 28,41.
2 Cor. 2.15.
3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the Eph. 5. 2.
Phil. 4. 18.
of the herd, let him offer a male goats, for a burnt sacrifice he shall ;
d Ex. ^ without blemish : he shall offer it of ” ver. 3.
ch. 3. 1.
12. 5.
bring it a male “ without blemish.
& 22 20 .
,
21 . his own voluntary will at the door of 11 “And he shall kill it on the side “ ver. 5.
Deu.15.21.
Mai. 1.14. the tabernacle of the congregation of the altar northward before the
Eph. 5. 27.
Heb.
1 Pet. 1.19.
9. 14. before the Lord. Lord and the priests, Aaron’s sons,
:
® Ex. 29. 10. 4 ®And he put his hand upon

shall shall sprinkle his blood round about
15, 19.
ch. 3. 2, 8, the head of the burnt offering; and it upon the altar.
13. & 4. 15.
& 8. 14, 22. shall be âccepted for him ®to make 12 And he shall cut it into his
& 16. 21. atonement for him. pieces, with his head and his fat
fch.22.21.27.
Isai. 56. 7. 5 And he shall kill the ‘’bullock and the priest shall lay them in order
Rom. 12. 1.
Phil. 4.18. before the Lord and the priests,
:
‘
on the wood that is on the fire which
8ch. 4.20,26,
31,a5.&9.7. Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, is upon the altar
& 16. 24.
Num .15.25. ^ and sprinkle the blood round about 13 But he shall wash the inwards
2 Chron. 29.
23, 24. upon the altar that is by the door of and the legs with water and the :
Rom. 5. 11.
•>
Mic. 6. 6.
the tabernacle of the congregation. priest shall bring it all, and burn it
‘2Chr.35.11.
Heb. 10.11.
6 And he shall ffay the burnt offer- upon the altar: it is a burnt sacri-
k ch. 3. 8. ing, and cut it into his pieces. fice, an offering made by fire, of a
Heb. 12. 24.
1 Pet. 1. 2. 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest sweet savour unto the Lord.
: : : ;
The meat offering of jlour. LEVITICUS, II. and of the firstfruits in the ear.
Before
CHRIST
14 H And the burnt sacrifice for
if offering that is made
of these things Before
CHRIST
1490. his offering to the Loed he of fowls, unto the Loed : and when it is pre- 1490.
then he shall bring his offering of sented unto the priest, he shall bring
P ch. 5. 7. p turtledoves, or of young pigeons. it unto the altar.
&
12 8
9 And the priest shall take from the
. .
Luke 2. 24. 15 And the priest shall bring it unto

a Or, the altar, and ^ wring off his head, and meat offering â memorial thereof, f ver. 2.
mnch
head with
off the
burn it on the altar; and the blood and shall burn it upon the altar it is :
the nail.
thereof shall be wrung out at the side an ôffering made by Are, of a sweet 6 Ex. 29. 18.
of the altar savour unto the Loed.

16 And he shall pluck away his crop 10 And ’’that which is left of the '*
ver. 3.
3 Or, the
filth thereof.
with ®his feathers, and cast it ^be- meat offering shall he Aaron’s and his
9 ch. 6. 10. side the altar on the east part, by the sons’ it is a thing most holy of the
:
place of the ashes offerings of the Loed made by Are.

17 And he shall cleave it with the 11 No meat offering, which ye shall
r Gen. 15. wings thereof, hut shall not divide bring unto the Loed, shall be made
10 .
it asunder and the priest shall burn

: with ’leaven: for ye shall burn no 1 ch. 6. 17.
See Matt.
it upon the altar, upon the wood that leaven, nor any honey, in any offering 16. 12.
Mark 8. 15.
» ver. 9, 13. is upon the fire: "it is a burnt sa- of the Loed made by fire. Luke 12. 1.
1 Cor. 5. 8.
crifice, an offering made by fire, of a 12 H Âs for the oblation of the first- Gal. 5. 9.
sweet savour unto the Loed. fruits, ye shall offer them unto the k Ex. 22. 29.
ch. 23.10,11.
CHAPTEK II. Loed but they shall not be burnt

: 2Heb.
ascend.
1 The meat offering of flour with oil and incense, 4 either on the altar for a sweet savour.
baleen in the oven, b or on a plate, 7 or in a fryingpan,
13 The salt of the
13 And every oblation of thy meat
12 or of the firstfruits in the ear.
meat offering. offering shalt thou season with salt
’ I
Mark 9. 49.
Col. 4. 6.
* ch. 6. 14.
&
9. 17.
AND when any will offer “a meat neither shalt thou suffer “ the salt of Num. 18.
Nuin.15.4, offering unto the Loed, his offer- the covenant of thy God to be lack- 19.
ing shall be of fine flour ; and he shall ing from thy meat offering " with aU :
» Ezek. 43.
24.
pour oil upon it, and put frankin- thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
cense thereon: 14 And if thou offer a meat offering
2 And heshall bring it to Aaron’s of thy firstfruits unto the Loed, ° thou 0 ch. 23. 10,
14.
sons the priests : and he shall take shalt offer for the meat offering of
thereout his handful of the flour thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried
thereof, and of the oil thereof, with by the fire, even corn beaten out of
P 2 Kings 4.
IP all the frankincense thereofand the pfull ears. ; 42.
ver. 9. priest shall burn ’’the memorial of 15 And '^thou shalt put oil upon it, 9 ver. 1.
ch. 5. 12.
& 6. 15. it upon the altar, to he an offering and lay frankmcense thereon it is a :
& 24. 7.
meat
Isai. 66. 3. made by fire, of a sweet savour unto offering.
Acts 10. 4.
the Loed : 16 And the priest shall burn "^the me- r ver. 2.
« ch. 7. 9.
3 And the remnant of the meat of-
® morial of it, part of the beaten corn
&
10. 12, 13.
fering shall he Aaron’s and his sons’ thereof, and part of the oil thereof,
<*Ex. 29.37. ît is a thing most holy of the offer- with all the frankincense thereof it is :
Nuni.18.9.
ings of the Loed made by fire. an offering made by fire unto the Loed.
4 H And if thou bring an oblation CHAPTER III.
of a meat offering baken in the oven, 1 The peace offering of the herd, 6 of the floclc, 7 either
it shall he unleavened cakes of fine a lamb, 12 or a goat.
flour mingled with oil, or unleavened nd

e Ex. 29. 2. wafers ® anointed with oil.
5 II And if thy oblation he a meat
A if his oblation he a “sacrifice
of peace offering, if he offer it
^
of the herd; whether it he a male

“ch. 7.11,29.
&
22 21 . .
Or, on a
fiat plate,
offering hahen ^ m
a pan, it shall be of or female, he shall offer it ’’without b ch. 1. 3.
or, iiice.
flne flour unleavened, mingled with oil. blemish before the Loed.
6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and 2 And “he shall lay his hand upon 0 Ex.
ch.
29. 10.
1. 4, 5.
pour oil thereon it is a meat offering.

: the head of his offering, and kill it
7 H And if thy oblation he a meat at the door of the tabernacle of the
offering hahen in the frymgpan, it congregation: and Aaron’s sons the
shall be made of flne flour with oil. priests shall sprinkle the blood upon
8 And thou shalt bring the meat the altar romid about.
: :
The peace offerings. LEVITICUS, lY. The sin offering for the priest,
Before 3 And lie shall offer of the sacrifice Avith the kidneys, it shall he take Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490. of the peace offering an offering made away. 1490.
^ ExoJ. 29.
by fire unto the Loan; "^tlie ^fat that IG And the priest shall burn them
>ch.7.23,25.
13, 22.
ch. 4. 8, 9.
covereth the iimards, and all the fat upon the altar it is the food of the ISam. 2.15.
:
2 Chr. 7. 7.
* Or, met. that is upon the inwards, offering made by fire for a SAveet sa- ^ ch. 6. 18.
4 And the two kidneys, and the fat vour all the fat is the Lord’s.
* & 7. 3G.
:
& 17. 7.
that is on them, which is by the flanks, 17 It shall he a ^perpetual statute & 23. 14.
ver. 16. 1
® Or, midriff and the ^ caul above the liver, with the for your generations throughout all compare
over the "itli Heut.
liver, and kidneys, it shall he take away. your dwellings, that ye eat neither 32. 14.
over the Neh. 8. 10.
kidneys. 5 And Aaron’s sons ® shall burn it *fat nor “blood. “ Gen. 9. 4.
« Ex. ch.7.23,20.
29. 13.
ch. 6. 12. on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, CHAPTER IV. 617. 10.14.
Deu.l2. 16.
which is upon the wood that is on the 1 The sin offering of ignorance, 3 for the priest, 13 for the 1 Sam. 14.
it is an offering made by fire, of congregation, 22 for the ruler, 27 for any of the people. 33. Ezek.
fire :
44. 7, 15.
nd Lord spake unto Moses,
a sweet savour unto the Lord.
6 H And if his offering for a sacrifice
of peace offering unto the Lord he of
A _ saying,
the
2 Speak unto the children of Israel,

f ver. 1, &c. the flock; male or female, ^he shall saying, “If a soul shall sin through »ch.5.15,17.
Num. 15.
offer it without blemish. ignorance against any of the com- 22, &c.
1 Sam. 14.
7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, mandments of the Lord concerning 27.
Ps. 19. 12.
then shall he offer it before the Lord. things which ought not to be done,
8 And he shall lay his hand upon and shall do against any of them
the head of his offering, and kill it 3 *’If the priest that is anointed do b ch. 8. 12.
before the tabernacle of the congre- sin according to the sin of the peo-
gation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprin- ple; then let him bring for his sin,
Me the blood thereof romid about which he hath sinned, ®a young bul- « ch. 9. 2.
upon the altar. lock without blemish unto the Lord

9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice for a sin offering.
of the peace offering an offering made 4 And he shall bring the bullock
by fire unto the Lord ; the fat there- ûnto the door of the tabernacle of >ch.l.3,4.
of, and the whole rump, it shall he the congregation before the Lord;
take off hard by the backbone; and and shall lay his hand upon the bul-
the fat that covereth the inwards, and lock’s head, and kill the bullock be-
aU the fat that is upon the inwards, fore the Lord.
10 And the two kidneys, and the fat 5 And the priest that is anointed
that is upon them, which is by the “shall take of the bullock’s blood, ® ch. 16. 14.
Num. 4. 1',).
flanks, and the caul above the liver, and brmg it to the tabernacle of the
with the kidneys, it shall he take away. congregation
11 And the priest shall burn it upon 6 And the priest shall dip his finger
K See ch. 21. the altar it is ^ the food of the offer-
: in the blood, and sprinkle of the
6. 8,17,21.
22.&22.25. ing made by fire unto the Lord. blood seven times before the Lord,
Ezek. 44. 7.
Mal.1.7,12. 12 IF And if his offering he a goat, before the vail of the sanctuary.
ver. 1, 7, then he shall offer it before the Lord.
**
7 And the priest shall ‘^put some of fch. 8. 15.
&c. & 9. 9.
13 And he shall lay his hand upon the blood upon the horns of the altar & 16. 18.
the head of it, and kill it before the of sweet incense before the Lord,
tabernacle of the congregation: and which is in the tabernacle of the con-
the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the gregation: and shall pour ®all the e ch. 5. 9.
blood thereof upon the altar round blood of the bullock at the bottom
about. of the altar of the burnt offering,
14 And he shall offer thereof his of- which is at the door of the taberna-
fering, evenan offering made by fire cle of the congregation,
unto the Lord; the fat that covereth 8 And he shall take off from it all
the inwards, and all the fat that is the fat of the bullock for the sin
upon the inwards, offering; the fat that covereth the
15 And the two kidneys, and the fat inwards, and all the fat that is upon
that is upon them, which is by the the inwards,
flanks, and the caul above the liver. 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat
; ; :
the congregation^ a ruler, LEVITICUS, lY. or for any of the people.

Before that upon them, which is by the
is 21 And he shall carry forth the bul- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490. flanks, and the caul above the liver, lock without the camp, and burn him 1490.
with the kidneys, it shall he take away. as he burned the first bullock it is :
‘‘ch.3. 3,4,5. 10 Âs it was taken ofi‘ from the a sin offering for the congregation.
bullock of the sacriflce of peace ofl'er- 22 IF When a ruler hath sinned, and
ings and the priest shall burn them
:
®
done somewhat through ignorance ver. 2, 13. ®
upon the altar of the burnt offering. against any of the commandments of
iEx.29. 14. 11 ‘And the skin of the bullock, and the Lord his God concerning things
all his flesh, with his head, and with which should not be done, and is
his legs, and his inwards, and his dung. guilty;
12 Even the whole bullock shall he 23 Or ‘if his sin, wherein he hath ‘ ver. 14.
2Heb.to_ carry forth ^without the camp unto sinned, come to his knowledge; he
(liti
camp. a clean place, ^ where the ashes are shall bring his offering, a kid of the
» ch. 6. 11.
IHeh 13 11
poured out, and ^burn him on the goats, a male without blemish
s Heb. at tJie wood with fire ® where the ashes are
: 24 And "he shall lay his hand upon “ ver. 4, &c.
pouring
out of the poured out shall he be burnt. the head of the goat, and kill it in
asites.
“ Num. 15.
13 IF And “ if the whole congregation the place where they kill the burnt
24.
Josh. 7. 11.
of Israel sin through ignorance, “ and offering before the Lord: it is a sin
“ch.5.2,3. the thing be hid from the eyes of the offering.
4, 17.
assembly, and they have done some- 25 Ând the priest shall take of * ver. 20.
what against any of the command- the blood of the sin offering with his
ments of the Lord concerning things finger, and put it upon the horns of
which should not be done, and are the altar of burnt offering, and shall
guilty pour out his blood at the bottom of
14 When the sin, which they have the altar of burnt offering.
sinned against it, is known, then the 26 And he shall bmm all his fat upon
congregation shall offer a young bul- the altar, as ^the fat of the sacrifice of y ch. 3. 5.
lock for the sin, and bring him before peace offerings * and the priest shall
:
^ ver. 20.
the tabernacle of the congregation. make an atonement for him as con-

15 And the elders of the congrega- cerning Ms sin, and it shall be for-
® ch. 1. 4. tion "shall lay their hands upon the given him.
head of the bullock before the Lord : 27 IF And "if âny one of the ®com- * ver. 2.
and the bullock shall be killed before mon people sin tMough ignorance. 2 Heb. any
soul.
the Lord. while he doeth somewhat against any ^ Heb. people
P ver. 5.
TT^h Q 12 16 Ând the priest that is anointed of the commandments of the Lord (if the land.
1^147 shall bring of the bullock’s blood to concerning things which ought not to
the tabernacle of the congregation: be done, and be guilty
17 And the priest shall dip Ms finger 28 Or ^ if his sin, which he hath sin- •'
ver. 23.
in some of the blood, and sprinkle it ned, come to his knowledge: then he
seven times before the Lord, even be- shall brmg Ms offering, a kid of the
fore the vail. goats, a female without blemish, for
18 And he shall put some of the his sin which he hath sinned.
blood upon the horns of the altar 29 "And he shall lay his hand upon ® ver. 4, 24.
which is before the Lord, that is in the head of the sin offering, and slay
the tabernacle of the congregation. the sin offering in the place of the
and shall pour out all the blood at burnt offering.
the bottom of the altar of the burnt 30 And the priest shall take of the
offering, which is at the door of the blood thereof with his finger, and
tabernacle of the congregation. put it upon the horns of the altar
19 And he shall take all his fat from of burnt offermg, and shall pour out
9 ver. 3. him, and burn it upon the altar. all the blood thereof at the bottom
20 And he shall do with the bullock
* Num.
25
15.
of the altar.
Dan. 9. 24. as he did “^with the bullock for a sin 31 And '‘he shall take away all the ^ ch. 3 ; 14.
Heb. 2. 17. offering, so shall he do with this ‘ and

: fat thereof, "as the fat is taken away ® ch. 3. 3.
llj.12. the priest shall make an atonement for from off the sacrifice of peace offer-
1 John 1.7.
&2. 2. them, and it shall be forgiven them. ings; and the priest shall burn it
: :
Offerings for divers sins. LEVITICUS, V. The treq>ass offering.
Before upon the sweet savour

altar for a ^ shall ‘‘confess that he hath sinned in Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490 .
unto the Lord; ®and the priest shall that thing: 1490 .
fEx. 2D. 18.

make an atonement for him, and it 6 And heshall bring his trespass of- ch. 16. 21.
ch. 1. 9.
shall be forgiven him. fering unto the Lord for his sin which &26. 40.
8 ver. 26. Num. 5. 7.
32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin he hath sinned, a female from the flock, E2xa 10.
11 , 12 .
ver. 28. offering, ‘‘he shall bring it a female a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin
without blemish. ;
offering and the priest shall make an
33 And he shall lay his hand upon atonement for him concerning his sin.
the head of the sin offering, and ‘
7 And if ^ he be not able to bring a » ch. 12. 8.
& 14. 21.
slay it for a sin offering in the place lamb, then he shall bring for his tres- * Heb. his
hand can-
where they kiU the burnt offering. pass, which he hath committed, two not reach
34 And the priest shall take of the ^turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the suf-
Jiciency (f
blood of the sin offering with his unto the Lord one for a sin offering, ;
aland).
ch. 1. 14.
finger, and put it upon the horns of and the other for a burnt offering.
the altar of burnt offering, and shall 8 And he shall bring them unto the
pour out all the blood thereof at the priest, who shall offer that which is
bottom of the altar for the sin offering first, and ‘wring • ch. 1. 15.
35 And he shall take away all the off his head from his neck, but shall
fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is not divide it asunder
taken away from the sacrifice of the 9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood
peace offerings; and the priest shall of the sin offering upon the side of
' ch. 3. 5. burn them upon the altar, ‘according the altar; and ‘"the rest of the blood ™ch.4.7,18,
30,34.
to the offerings made by fire unto the shall be wrung out at the bottom of
k ver. 26, 31.
Lord ^ and the priest shall make an the altar: it is a sin offering.
:
atonement for his sin that he hath com- 10 And he shall offer the second
mitted, and it shall be forgiven him. for a burnt offering, according to the
^
" manner ° and the priest
shall make 3
CHAPTER V. : Or,
ordinance,
1 He that sinneth in concealing his hnoidedge, 2 in tonch- an atonement for him for liis sin > ch. 1. 14.
» ch. 4. 26.
ing an unclean thing, 4 or in makin/j an oath. 6 His which he hath sinned, and it shall
trespass offering, of the flock, 7 of fowls, 11 or of flour.
14 The trespass offering in sacrilege, 17 and in shis of be forgiven him.
ignorance. 11 II But if he be not able to bring
“ 1 Kings
8.31.
AND if a soul sin, “and hear the two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
Mat. 26. 63. J\. voice of swearing, and is a wit- then he that sinned shall bring for his
ness, whether he hath seen or known offering the tenth part of an ephah of
of it; if he do not utter it, then he fine flour for a sin offering; ^he shall PNum.5. 15.
*> ver. 17. shall ‘’bear liis iniquity. put no oil upon it, neither shall he
ch. 7. 18.
& 17. 16. 2 Or “if a soul touch any unclean put any frankincense thereon for it :
& 19. 8.
Sc. 20. 17. thing, whether it he a carcase of an is a sin offering.
Num. 9.13.
e ch. 11. 24, unclean beast, or a carcase of un- 12 Then shall he bring it to the
28, 31, 39.
Num. 19. clean cattle, or the carcase of unclean priest, and the priest shall take his
11, 13, 16. creeping things, and if it be hidden handful of it, ’ even a memorial there- 1 ch. 2. 2.
from him; he also shall be unclean, of, and burn it on the altar, 'âccord- ch. 4. 35.
ver. 17. and ^ guilty. ing to the offerings made by fire unto
® chap. 12,
3 Or if he touch ® the uncleanness of the Lord it is a sin offering.
:
&
13, 15. &
man, whatsoever uncleanness it he that 13 ®And the priest shall make an ® ch. 4. 26.
a man shall be defiled withal, and it atonement for him as touching his
be hid from him; when he knoweth sin that he hath sinned in one of
of it, then he shall be guilty. these, and it shall be forgiven him:
4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing and the remnant shall be the priest’s,
‘ ‘ ch. 2. 3.
f See 1 Sam. >vith his lips Ro do evil, or ®to do good, as a meat offering.
2.5. 22.
AcU 23.12. whatsoever it he that a man shall pro- 14 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo-
» See Mark
6. 23.
nounce with an oath, and it be hid ses, saying,
from him when he knoweth of it, then
; 15 "If a soul commit a trespass, and “ ch. 22. 14,
he shall be guilty in one of these. sin through ignorance, in the holy

5 And it shall be, when he sliall be things of the Lord ;
then “ he shall *Ezra 10.19.
guilty in one of these things, that he bring for his trespass unto the Lord
1
: ;
The trespass offerings. LEVITICUS, VI. Law of the burnt offering.
Before a ram without blemish out of the unto him to whom it appertaineth, Before
CHRIST ^ ^ CHRIST
1490 .
flocks, with thy estimation by shekels in the day of his trespass offering. 1490 .
of silver, after ^ the shekel of the 6 And he shall bring his tresjâss
y Ex. 30. 13. * Or, in the
ch. 27. 25. sanctuary, for a trespass offering: offering unto the Lord, ‘‘a ram with- day of his
being found
16 And he shall make amends for out blemish out of the ffock, with thy guilty.
® Heb. in the
the harm
that he hath done in the estimation, for a trespass offermg, un- day of his
• ch. 6. 5. holy thing, and '’shall add the fifth to the priest: trespass.
> ch. 5. 15.
& 22. 14.
& 27. 13, part thereto, and give it unto the 7 ‘And the priest shall make an ‘ ch. 4. 26.
15, 27, 31.

Num. 5. 7. priest and the priest shall make
: atonement for him before the Lord :
• ch. 4. 26.
an atonement for him with the ram and it shall be forgiven him for any
of the trespass offering, and it shall thing of all that he hath done in
be forgiven him. trespassing therein.
»> ch. 4. 2. 17 H And if a *’soul sin, and commit 8 If And the Lord spake unto Mo-
any of these things which are forbid- ses, saying,
den to be done by the commandments 9 Command Aaron and his sons, say-
® ver. 15.
ch. 4. 2, 13,
of the Lord; ‘’though he wist it not, mg, This the law of the burnt off'er-
is
22, 27.
Ps. 19. 12.
yet is he ‘‘guilty, and shall bear his ing It is the burnt offering, ^ because Or, for the
burning.
Luke 12.48. iniquity. of the burning upon the altar all night
<* ver. 1, 2.
® ver. 15.
18 ®And he shall bring a ram with- unto the morning, and the fire of the
out blemish out of the flock, with thy altar shall be burning in it.
estimation, for a trespass offering, 10 ''And the priest shall put on his » Ex. 28. 39,
40. 41, 43.
f ver. 16. unto the priest: ând the priest shall linen garment, and his linen breeches ch. 16. 4.
Ezek. 44.
make an atonement for him concern- shall he put upon his flesh, and take 17, 18.
ing his ignorance wherein he erred up the ashes which the fire hath con-
and wist it not, and it shall be for- sumed with the burnt offering on the
given him. altar, and he shall put them ‘beside ch. 1. 16 >
8 Ezra 10. 2. 19 It is a trespass offering: ®he hath the altar.

certainly trespassed against the Lord. 11 And “he shall put off his gar- “ Ezek. 44.
19.
ments, and put on other garments,
CHAPTER VI.
and carry forth the ashes without the
1 The trespass offering for sins done wittingly. 8 The
laio of the burnt offering, 14 and of the meat offering.
camp "unto a clean place. “ ch. 4. 12.
19 The offering at the consecration of a priest, 24 The 12 And the fire iTpon the altar shall
law of the sin offering.
be burning m
it; it shall not be put
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, out and the priest shall burn wood
:
jt\. saying, on it every morning, and lay the

* Num. 5. 6. 2 If a soul sin, and ^commit a tres- burnt offering in order upon it; and
1> ch. 19. 11. pass against the Lord, and ‘'lie unto he shall burn thereon ‘'the fat of the ®ch. 3. 3,9,
Acts 5. 4.
Col. 3. 9.
®Ex.22.7,10.
his neighbour
^
m
that ‘’which was de- peace offermgs.
14.
* Or in
livered him to keep, or in ^ fellowship, 13 The fire shall ever be burning
dealing.
or in a thing taken away by violence, upon the altar; it shall never go out
* Heb. pu<-
hand.
(Ae or hath deceived his neighbour
‘‘
14 If P And
this is the law of the meat P ch. 2. 1.
Num. 15. 4.
>Pro.24. 28.
3 Or ® have found that w Inch was lost, offering the sons of Aaron shall offer
:
& 26. 19. and lieth concerning it, and ‘^swear- it before the Lord, before the altar.
*Deut. 22.1,
2,3. eth falsely; in any of all these that a 15 And he shall take of it his hand-
Ex. 22. 11.
»
ch. 19. 12. man doeth, sinning therein ful, of the flour of the meat offering,
.ler. 7. 9.
Zech. 5. 4. 4 Then it shall be, because he hath and of the oil thereof, and all the
sinned, and is guilty, that he shall frankmcense which is upon the meat
restore that which he took violently offering, and shall burn it upon the
away, or the thing which he hath de- altar for a sweet savour, even the
ceitfully gotten, or that which was de- memorial of it, unto the Lord. 1 ch. 2. 2, 9.
livered him to keep, or the lost thing 16 And *^1110 remainder thereof shall > ch. 2. 3.
Ezek.44 29.
which he found, Aaron and his sons eat ® with unlea- : ® ver. 26.
ch. 10. 12,
5 Or that about which he hath
all vened bread shall it be eaten in the 13.
Nuiii.18.10.
* ch. 5. 16.
Num.
sworn he shall even ® restore
falsely; holy place in the court of the taber-
;
5. 7.
2Sam.l2.6. it in the prmcipal, and shall add the nacle of the congregation they shall
Luke 19. 8.
fifth part more' thereto, and give it eat it.
H
The late of the sin offering, LEVITICUS,
30 YII. and of the trespass offering.
Before 17 ‘It shall not be baken with lea- Ând no sin offering, whereof any Before
CHEIST CHRIST
1490. ven. "I have given it unto them for of the blood is brought into the ta- 1490.
‘ ch. 2. 11.
their portion of my offermgs made bernacle of the congregation to re- Pch. 4.7, 11,
“ Num. 18. by fire it is most holy, as is the sin concile withal in the \\o\y place, shall 12, 18, 21.
9,10.
;
& 10. 18.
* ver. 25. offering, and as the trespass offering. be eaten it shall be burnt in the fire.
: & 16. 27.
Heb.13.11.
18 Âll the males among the chil-
Ex. 29.37.
ch. 2. 3.
&7. 3r/ie
CHAPTER VII.
y ver. 29.
1.
dren of Aaron shall eat of it. ^ It 1 law of the trespass offering, 11 and of the peace
offerings, 12 whether it he for a thanksgiving, 16 or a
Kum.18.10. shall he a statute for ever in yonr ge- 4vow, or a freewill offering. 22 The fat, 26 and the
» ch. 3. 17.
nerations concerning the offerings of blood, are forbidden, 28 The priests’ portion in the
« Ex. 29. 37.
ch. 22. 3, 4,
the Loed made by fire: “every one 5
peace offerings.
5, 6, 7. that toucheth them shall be holy.

19 H And the Loed spake unto Mo-
ses, saUng,
Likewise
6
“this is the law of the
trespass offermg it is most holy.
2 “In the place where they kill the
:
‘‘
» ch. 5,
1—7.
"ch.6. 17,25.
®
&
21 .
& 6.
K
ch. 1. 3, 5.
•>Ex. 29. 2. 20 ^ This is the offering of Aaron and 7
burnt offering shall they kill the tres- 11. & 4. 24,
29,33.
of his sons, which they shall offer un- pass offering: and the blood thereof
to the Loed in the day when he is 8
shall he sprinkle round about upon
0 Ex. 16. 36. anointed the tenth part of an ® ephah
;
the altar.
of fine fiour for a meat offering per- 9 And he shall offer of it ^ all the fat ^ Ex. 29. 13.
ch. 3.4,9,
petual, half of it in the morning, and thereof; the rump, and the fat that 10, 14, 15,
16.&4.8,9.
half thereof at night. covereth the inwards,
21 In a pan it shall be made with And the two kidneys, and the fat
oil and when it is baken, thou shalt
;
that is on them, which is by the flanks,
bring it in aud the baken pieces of
: and the caul that is above the liver,
the meat offering shalt thou off er /or with the kidneys, it shall he take away:
a sweet savour unto the Loed. And the priest shall burn them
^ ch. 4. 3. 22 And the priest of his sons ‘‘that upon the altar for an offering made
is anointed in his stead shall offer by fire unto the Loed it is a tres- :
it it is a statute for ever unto the

:
10 offering.
pass
® Ex. 29. 25. Loed; ®it shall be wholly burnt. ® Every male among the priests ® ch. 6. 16,
17, 18.
23 For every meat offering for the 11
shall eat thereof it shall be eaten in
: Num. 18.
9,10.
priest shall be wholly bmmt: it shall the holy place ‘ it is most holy.
: fch.2.3.
not be eaten. 12 As the sin offering is, so is ®the B ch.6. 25,26.

&14. 13.
24 IT And the Loed spake unto Mo- trespass offering there is one law for
:
ses, saying, them the priest that maketh atone-

:
25 Speak unto Aaron and to his ment therewith shall have it.
fch. 4. 2. sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the 13 And the priest that offereth any
ech. 1. 3,.5, sin offering: ®In the place where the man’s burnt offering, even the priest
11. & 4. 24,
29,33. burnt offering is killed shall the sin shall have to himself the skin of the
offering be killed before the Loed : burnt offering which he hath offered.
* ver. 17.
ch. 21. 22.
‘‘it is most holy. And ‘‘all the meat offering that is "0^2.3,10.
Num. 18. 9.
> ch. 10. 17, 26 ‘
The
priest that offereth it for baken in the oven, and all that is dress- Ezek.44.29.
18.
Num. 18. sin shall eat it ^ in the holy place
: ed in the fryingpan, and în the pan, 2Or, on the
^ 10 flat plate,
shall be the priest’s that offereth it.
.
Ezek. 44. shall it be eaten, in the court of the or, dice.

28, 29.
* ver. 16.
tabernacle of the congregation. And every meat offering, mingled
• Ex. 29. 37. 27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh
‘
with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of
&30. 29.
thereof shall be holy and when there : Aaron have, one as much as another.
is sprinkled of the blood thereof up- And
‘this is the law of the sacri- ifh. 3.1.
&22. 18,21.
on any garment, thou shalt wash that fice of peace offerings, which he shall
whereon it was sprinkled in the holy offer unto the Loed.
place. If he offer it for a thanksgiving,
28 But the earthen vessel wherein it then he shall offer with the sacrifice
I
“ ch. 11. 33. is sodden “ shall be broken and if it : of thanksgiving unleavened cakes min-
^
&rl5.12.
be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be gled with oil, and unleavened wafers
both scoured, and rinsed in water. anointed with oil, and cakes mingled k ch. 2. 4.
Num. 6. 15.
•> ver. 18.
Nnm.18.10.
29 " All the males among the priests with oil, of fine flour, fried.
® ver. 25. shall cat thereof: °it is most holy. Besides the cakes, he shall offer
;
The freeivill offering. LEVITICUS, YIL The portion of the priests.
Before for his oifering ’leavened bread with 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490.
the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his the beast, of which men offer an of- 1490
peace offerings. fering made by fire unto the Lord,
14 And of it he shall offer one out even the soul that eateth it shall be
of the whole oblation for an heave cut off from his people.
“ Num. 18. offering unto the Lord, ând it shall 26 * Moreover ye shall eat no man- * Gen. 9. 4.
8, 11, 19. ch. 3. 17.
be the priest’s that sprinkleth the ner of blood, whether it he of fowl or & 17. 10,
—14.
blood of the peace offerings. of beast, in any of your dwellings.
» ch. 22. 30. 15 “And the fiesh of the sacrifice of 27 Whatsoever soul it he that eateth
his peace offerings for thanksgivmg any manner of blood, even that soul
shall be eaten the same day that it shall be cut off from his people.
is offered; he shall not leave any of 28 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo-
it until the morning. ses, saying.
® ch. 19. 6, 16 But “ if the sacrifice of his offer- 29 Speak unto the children of Israel,
7, 8.
ing he a vow, or a voluntary offering. saying, “He that offereth the sacri- * ch. 3. 1.
it shall be eaten the same day that fice of his peace offerings unto the
he offereth his sacrifice and on the
: Lord shall bring liis oblation unto
morrow also the remainder of it shall the Lord of the sacrifice of his peace
be eaten: offerings.
17 But the remainder of the flesh of 30 ’’His own hands shall bring the ch. 3. 3, 4,
9, 14.
the sacrifice on the third day shall offerings of the Lord made by fire.
be burnt with fire. the fat with the breast, it shall he
18 And if any of the flesh of the sa- bring, that “ the breast may be waved ® Exod. 29.
crifice of his peace offerings be eaten for a wave offering before the Lord. ch. 8. 27.
& 9. 21.
at all on the third day, it shall not be 31 Ând the priest shall burn the Num. 6. 20.
ch. 3. 5,
P Num. 18. accepted, neither shall it be ^ imputed fat upon the altar: ®but the breast 11, 16.
unto him that offereth it it shall be : shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. ® ver. 34.
<1 ch. 11. 10. an ’abomination, and the soul that 32 And ‘the right shoulder shall ye f ver. 34.
11. 41. ch. 9. 21.
& 19. 7. eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. give unto the priest for an heave of- Num. 6. 20.
19 And the flesh that touche th any fering of the sacrifices of your peace
unclean thing shall not be eaten; it offerings.
shall be burnt with fire and as for the
: 33 He among the sons of Aaron,
flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. that offereth the blood of the peace
20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh offerings, and the fat, shall have the
of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that right shoulder for his part.
f ch. 15. 3. pertain unto the Lord, having his un- 34 For ®the wave breast and the s Ex. 29. 28.
ch. 10. 14,
cleanness upon him, even that soul heave shoulder have I taken of the 1.5.
Num. 18.
« Gen. 17. ®
shall be cut off from his people. children of Israel from off the sacri- 18, 19.
Deut. 18. 3.
21 Moreover the soul that shall touch fices of their peace offerings, and have
‘ eh. 12, & any unclean thing, as ‘the unclean- given them unto Aaron the priest and
" ck 11. 24, ness of man, or any “unclean beast. unto his sons by a statute for ever
28.
or any '' abominable unclean thing, from among the children of Israel.
14.
and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice 35 IF This is the portion of the anoint-
of peace offerings, which pertain un- ing of Aaron, and of the anointing of
* ver. 20.
to the Lord, even that soul shall be his sons, out of the offerings of the
cut off from his people. Lord made by fire, in the day when
22 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo- he presented them to minister mito
ses, saying. the Lord in the priest’s office
23 Speak unto the children of Is- 36 Which the Lord commanded to
y ch. 3. 17.
rael, saying, ^ Ye shall eat no manner be given them of the children of Is-
of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. rael, ’‘in the day that he anointed ^ Exod. 40.
«Heb. 24 And the fat of the ^ beast that them, hy a statute for ever through- ch. 8. 12,
30.
ch. 17. 15. dieth of itself, and the fat of that out their generations.
Deu. 14.21.
Ezek. 4. 14. which is torn with beasts, may be 37 This is the law of the burnt of- ch. 6. 9.
’ <
& 44. 31. k ch. 6. 14,

used in any other use but ye shall
: fering, ôf the meat offering, ’and of ch. 6. 25.
^
in no mse eat of it. the sin offering, “ and of the trespass “ ver. 1.
; :
I
Moses comecrateth LEYITICUS, VIII. Aaron and his sons.
Before offering, “ and of the eonsecrations, 13 "And Moses brought Aaron’s Before
CHRIST
CHKIST
1490 . and ° of the sacrifice of the peace sons, and put coats upon them, and 1490 .
" Ex. 29.

offerings girded them \iith girdles, and ^put “Ex. 29.8,9.
1.
ch.6.20. 38 Which the Lord commanded Mo- boimets upon them; as the Lord »Heb.
® ver. 11. bound.
ses in mount Sinai, in the day that commanded Moses.
he commanded the children of Is- 14 "And he brought the bullock for ®Ex. 29.10.
Ezek. 43.
p ch. 1. 2. rael ^ to offer their oblations unto the the sin offermg: and Aaron and his 19.
Lord, in tlie wilderness of Sinai. sons p laid their hands upon the head P ch. 4. 4.
of the bullock for the sin offering.

CHAPTER VIII.
15 And he slew it; “ând Moses took 1 Exod. 29.
1 Mnses consecrateth Aaron and Ms sons. 14 Their sin 12, 36.
Goffering. 18 Their burnt ogeriwj. 22 The ram of con- the blood, and put it upon the horns ch. 4. 7.
Ezek. 43.
secrations. 31 The place and time of their consecration. of the altar round about with his 20,26.
Heb. 9. 22.
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, finger, and purified the altar, and
saying, poured the blood at the bottom of
“ Ex. 29. 1, 2 “Take Aaron and his sons with the altar, and sanctified it, to make
2 3
, .
^
K Ex. 28. 2, him, and garments, and ® the reconciliation upon it.
the
4.
'Ex. 30. 24.
anointing oil, and a bullock for the 16 "Ând he took all the fat that was r Ex. 29. 13.
ch. 4. 8.
25.
sin offering, and two rams, and a upon the inwards, and the caul above
basket of unleavened bread; the liver, and the two kidneys, and
3 And gather thou all the congre- their fat, and Moses burned it upon
gation together unto the door of the the altar.
tabernacle of the congregation. 17 But the bullock, and his hide, his
4 And Moses did as the Lord com- flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire
manded him and the assembly was without the camp as the Lord com-
; ;
“ • Ex.
ch.
29. 14.
4. 11,
gathered together unto the door of manded Moses. 12 .
the tabernacle of the congregation. 18 H 'And he brought the ram for ‘ Ex. 29. 15.
5 And Moses said unto the congre- the burnt offering: and Aaron and
<« Ex. 29. 4. gation, "^This is the tiling which the his sons laid their hands upon the
Lord commanded to be done. head of the ram.
6 And Moses brought Aaron and his 19 And he killed it; and Moses
« Ex. 29. 4. sons, ® and washed them with water. sprinkled the blood upon the altar
f Ex. 29. 5.
7 'Ând he put upon him the ®coat, round about.
e Ex. 28. 4.
and girded him with the girdle, and 20 And he cut the ram into pieces;
clothed him with the robe, and put and Moses burnt the head, and the
the ephod upon him, and he girded pieces, and the fat.
him mth the curious girdle of the 21 And he washed the inwards and
ejihod, and bound it unto him there- the legs in water; and Moses burnt
with. the whole ram upon the altar it was
:
8 And he put the breastplate upon a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour,
'• Ex. 2.8. 30. him: also he ‘'put in the breastplate and an offering made by fire unto
tlie Urim and the Thummim. the Lord; "as the Lord commanded « Ex. 29. 18.
Ex. 29. G.
9 ‘And he put the mitre upon his Moses.
>
head also upon the mitre, even upon

; 22 1 And ’'he brought the other w Ex.
31.
29. 19,
his forefront, did he put the golden ram, the ram of consecration: and
plate, tlie holy croim; as the Lord Aaron and his sons laid their hands
K Ex.
&o.
28. 37.
commanded Moses. upon the head of the ram.
1 ICx. 30. 26, 10 'And Moses took the anointing 23 And he slew it; and Moses took
27. 28, 29.
oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all of the blood of it, and put it upon the
that was therein, and sanctified them. tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon
11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the thumb of his right hand, and
the altar seven times, and anointed upon the great toe of his right foot.
the altar and all his vessels, both the 24 And he brought Aaron’s sons,
laver and his foot, to sanctify them. and Moses put of the blood upon the
&
Ex. 29. 7.
30. 30.
12 And he poured of the anointing tip of their right ear, and upon the
!
ch.21. 10,12. oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed thumbs of their right hands, and up-
P8.133. 2. I
him, to sanctify him. on the great toes of their right feet

: ; : ;
Tlie ram of consecration. LEVITICUS, IX. Aaron's first offerings.
Before and Moses sprinkled the blood upon gation day and night seven days, and Before
CHEIST CHRIST
1490. the altar round about. keep the charge of the Lord, that ye 1490.
* Ex. 29. 22.
25 *And he took the fat, and the die not for so I am commanded.
: ''
Num. 3. 7.
rump, and all the fat that ims upon 36 So Aaron and his sons did all & 9. 19.
Heiit.ll.l.
the inwards, and the caul above the things which the Lord commanded 1 Kill. 2. 3.
liver, and the two kidneys, and their by the hand of Moses.
fat, and the right shoulder
tEx.29. 23.
:
26 Ând out of the basket of un-

CHAPTER IX.
1 The first offerings of Aaron, for himself and the people.
leavened bread, that was before the 8 The sin offering, 12 and the burnt offering for him-
self. 15 The offerings for the people. 23 Moses and
Lord, he took one unleavened cake, Aaron bless the people. 24 Fire cometh from the Lord,
and a cake of oiled bread, and one upon the altar.
wafer, and put them on the fat, and AND it came to pass on the eighth
’’
^ • E^k. 43 . i
upon the right shoulder Jl\- day, that Moses called Aaron and ''
i
’ Ex.
&c.
29. 24, 27 And he put all *upon Aaron’s his sons, and the elders of Israel
hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and 2 And he said unto Aaron, '’Take b Ex. 29. 1.
ch. 4. 3.
waved them for a wave offering be- thee a young calf for a sin offering, & 8. 14.
fore the Lord. '

and a ram for a burnt offering, with- c ch. 8. 18.
• Ex. 29. 25. 28 ®And Moses took them from off out blemish, and offer them before
their hands, and burnt them on the the Lord.
altar upon the burnt offermg: they 3 And unto the childi-en of Israel
ivere consecrations for a sweet sa- thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a ''
ch. 4. 23.
Ezia 6. 17.
vour : it is an offering made by fire kid of the goats for a sin offering; & 10. 19.
unto the Lord. and a calf and a lamb, both of the

29 And Moses took the breast, and first year, without blemisli, for a burnt
waved it for a wave offering before offering
the Lord for of the ram of conse-
:
4 Also a bullock and a ram for
»> Ex. 29. 26. cration it was Moses’ ’’part; as the peace to sacrifice before
offerings,
Lord commanded Moses. the Lord and ® a meat offering min-
;
® ch. 2. 4.
<=
Ex.
&
29. 21.
30. 30.
30 And “Moses took of the anoint- gled with oil ^
for to day the Lord : ' ver. 6, 23.
Ex. 29. 43.
Nmn. 3. 3. ing oil, and of the blood which ivas will appear unto you.
upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon 5 H And they brought that which
Aaron, and upon his garments, and Moses commanded before the taber-
upon his sons, and upon his sons’ nacle of the congregation and all :
garments with him; and sanctified the congregation drew near and stood
Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, before the Lord.
and his sons’ garments with him. 6 And Moses said. This is the thing
31 If And Moses said unto Aaron which the Lord commanded that ye
<• Ex. 29. 31, and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the should do and ® the glory of the
:
« ver. 23.
Ex. 24. 16.
32.
door of the tabernacle of the con- Lord shall appear unto you.
gregation :and there eat it with the 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go
bread that is in the basket of con- unto the altar, and ''offer thy sm offer- ch. 4. 3.
1 Sam. 3.
secrations, as I commanded, saying, ing, and thy burnt offering, and make 14.
Heb. 5. 3.
Aaron and his sons shall eat it. an atonement for thyself, and for the & 7. 27.
&9. 7.
•Ex. 29.34. 32 “And that which remaineth of the people and offer the offering of the
:
'
i
ch. 4. 16,
flesh and of the bread shall je burn people, and make an atonement for 20
Heb.
.
5. 1.
with fire. them as the Lord commanded.

;
33 And ye shall not go out of the 8 H Aaron therefore went unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congre- altar, and slew the calf of the sin
gation in seven days, mitil the days of offering, which teas for himself.
your consecration be at an end for : 9 '‘And the sons of Aaron brought k oil. 8. 15.
'Ex. 29.30, ^seven days shall he consecrate you. the blood unto him and he dipped :
3.5.
E7.ek. 43. 34 Âs he hath done this day, so his finger in the blood, and 'put it 1 See ch. 4.7.
Z5,26.
»Heb. 7.16.
the Lord hath commanded to do, to upon the horns of the altar, and
make an atonement for you. poured out the blood at the bottom
35 Therefore shall ye abide at the of the altar
door of the tabernacle of the congre- 10 “But the fat, and the kidneys. ch. 8. 16.
I
: ; ;
:
Aaron's first offerings. LEVITICUS, X. Naddb and Ahihu slain.
Before and tlie caul above the liver of the before the Lord, and consumed upon Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490. sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; the altar the burnt offering and the 1490.
” ch. 4. 8.
“as the Lord commanded Moses. fat which when all the people saw,
:
® ch. 4. 11.
&
8. 17.
11 “And the flesh and the hide he ®
they shouted, and fell on thefr faces. » 1 Kin. 18.
39
burnt with Are without the camp. CHAPTER X.
2 Chr. 7. 3.
Ezra 3. 11.
12 And he slew the burnt offering; 1 Nadah and Ahihu, for offering of strange fire, are burnt
and Aaron’s sons presented unto him by fire. 6 Aaron and his sons are forbidden to mourn for
them. 8 The priests are forbidden wine when they are
P ch. 1. 5.
the blood, ^ which he sprinkled round to go into the tabernacle. 12 The law of eating the holy
&
8. 19.
about upon the altar. things. 16 Aarorfs excuse for transgressing thereof.
4 ch. 8. 20. 13 ‘Ând they presented the burnt AND “Nadab and Abihu, the sons ® ch. 16. 1.
&22. 9.
offering unto him, with the pieces of Aaron, ‘'took either of them Num. 3. 3,
4. & 26. 61.
thereof, and the head and he burnt : his censer, and put fire therein, and 1 Chr. 24. 2.
*> ch. 16. 12.
them upon the altar. put incense thereon, and offered Num. 16.
18.
r ch. 8. 21. 14 "Ând he did wash the inwards “strange fire before the Lord, which « Ex. 30. 9.
and the legs, and burnt them upon he commanded them not.
the burnt offering on the altar. 2 And there w ent out fire from the ch. 9. 24.
Num. 16.
' ver. 3. 15 H “And he brought the people’s Lord, and devoured them, and they 35.
Isai. 53. 10. 2 Sam. 6. 7.
Heb. 2. 17. offering, and took the goat, which died before the Lord.
&5. 3.
ims the sin offering for the people, 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This
and slew it, and offered it for sin, as is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will
the first. be sanctified in them ® that come nigh ® Ex.
& 29. 43.
19. 22.
16 And he brought the burnt offer- me, and before all the people I wiU be ch. 21. 6,
17, 21.
‘ ch. 1. 3, 10. ing, and offered it ‘according to the glorified. ® And Aaron held his peace. Isai. 52. 11.
Ezek. 20.
2 Or, ^ manner. 4 And Moses called Mishael and El- 41. &42.13.
ordinance. ^
“ ver. 4. 17 And he broug-ht "the meat offer- zaphan, the sons of ^ Uzziel the uncle
Isai. 49. 3.
Ezek. 28.
29
ch. 2. 1. 2.
SHeh.
ing,and ^took an handful thereof. of Aaron, and said unto them. Come John 13.
.filled
hand out
his and burnt it upon the altar, '‘beside near, ‘carry your brethren from be- 31, 32.
& 14. 13.
2 Thess.
of it. the burnt sacrifice of the morning. fore the sanctuary out of the camp. 10 .
1.
* Ex. 29. 38.
18 He slew also the bullock and 5 So they went near, and carried « Ps. 39. 9.
Ex. 6. 18,
y ch. 3. 1, the ram for ^ a sacrifice of peace offer- them in their coats out of the camp 22 .
&c. Num. 3.
ings, which ivas for the people and : as Moses had said. 19, 30.
Aaron’s sons presented unto him the 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and •Luke
Acts 5.
7. 12.
6, 9,
blood, Avhich he sprinkled upon the unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his 10 . &8 . 2 .
altar round about, sons, ‘‘Uncover not your heads, neither k Ex.
a3. 5.
ch. 13. 45.
19 And the fat of the bullock and of rend your clothes; lest ye die, and & 21 . 1, 10 .
Num.6.6,7.
the ram, the rump, and that which lest wrath come upon all the people
‘
Deut. 33.9.
Ezek. 24.
covereth the inwards, and the kid- but let your brethren, the whole house 16, 17.
neys, and the caul above the liver of Israel, bewail the burning wliich > Num. 16.
22,46.
20 And they put the fat upon the the Lord hath kindled. Josh. 7.
& 22. 18,20.
1.
‘ch.3.5,16. breasts, *and he burnt the fat upon 7 “ And ye shall not go out from the 2Sam.24.1.
“ ch. 21. 12.
the altar : door of the tabernacle of the congre-
21 And the breasts and the right gation, lest ye die “ for the anointing
:
“ Ex. 28. 41.
ch. 8. 30.
® Exod. 29. shoulder Aaron waved ^for a wave oilof the Lord is upon you. And they
24, 26.
cli.7.;i0,31, offering before the Lord; as Moses did according to the word of Moses.
32, 33, 34.
commanded. 8 II And the Lord spake unto Aaron,
22 And Aaron lifted up his hand to- saying,
''Num.6.23.
Deut. 21 5. .
ward tlie people, and ‘'blessed them, “Do not drink wine nor strong drink,
9 ®
21
Ezek.
.
44.
Luke
00
24. and came down from offering of the thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye Luke 1.15.
. 1 Tim. 3. 3.
sin ofiering, and the burnt offering, go into the tabernacle of the congre- Titus 1. 7.
and peaee offerings. gation, lest ye die it shall be a statute

:
® ver. 6. 23 And Moses and Aaron wênt into for ever throughout your generations: P ch. 11. 47.
Num. 14. & 20. 25.
10. & 16. tlie tabernacle of the congregation, 10 And that ye may ^put difference Jer. 15. 19.
19, 42.
^ Gen. 4. 4.
and came out, and blessed the peo- between holy and unholy, and be- Ezek.
26.
22.
& 44.23.
“ and
Judfr. 6.
1 Ivin. 18.
a. ple : the glory of the Lord ap- tween unclean and clean q Deut. 24.8.
Neh. 8. 2,
38.
2 Chr. 7. 1.
jieared unto all the people. 11 ’And that ye may teach the chil- 8, 9, 13.
Jer. 18. 18.
’
1 8 20. 3.
.
24 And ^ there came a fire out from dren of Israel all the statutes which Mai. 2. 7.
: ;; : ; 4
Law of eating the holy things. LEVITICUS, XI. Of meats clean and uinclean.
Before
CHRIST
the Lord hath spoken unto them by AND the Lord spake unto Moses Before
CHRIST
1490. the hand of Moses. X-L and to Aaron, saying unto them, 1490.
12 IF And Moses
spake unto Aaron, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel,
and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, saying, "These are the beasts which » Deu. 14.
Acts 10. 12.
rEx. 29.2. his sons that were left, Take the ye shall eat among all the beasts that 14.
ch. 6. 16.
Num. 18. meat offering that remaineth of the are on the earth.
9,10.
offerings of the Lord made by fire, 3 Whatsoever partcth the hoof, and
and eat it without leaven beside the is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud,
• ch. 21. 22. altar for ® it is most holy
: among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not
because it is thy due, and thy sons’ due, eat of them that chew the cud, or
of the sacrifices of the Lord made by of them that divide the hoof as the :
‘ ch. 2. 3. fire : for ‘ so I am commanded. camel, because he cheweth the cud,

& 6. 16.
"Ex. 29.24, 14 And "the wave breast and heave but divideth not the hoof; he is un-
26,27.
ch. 7.31,34. shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place clean unto you.
Niim. 18.
11 . thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters 5 And the coney, because he chew-
vith thee for they he thy due, and eth the cud, but divideth not the
:
thy sons’ due, which are given out of hoof; he is unclean unto you.
the sacrifices of peace offerings of 6 And the hare, because he cheweth
the children of Israel. the cud, but divideth not the hoof;
* oh. 7. 29,
30,34.
15 The heave shoulder and the he is unclean unto you.
wave breast shall they bring with the 7 And the swine, though he diHde
oflFerings made by fire of the fat, to the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he
wave it for a wave offering before the cheweth not the cud; ^he is unclean *> Isai. 65. 4.
& 66. 3, 17.
Lord; and it shall be thine, and thy to you.
sons’ \Aith thee, by a statute for ever 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat,
as the Lord hath commanded. and their carcase shall ye not touch;
16 IF And Moses diligently sought " they ai'e unclean to you. "Isai. 52. 11.
See Matt.
T ch. 9. 3, ^ the goat of the sin offering, and, be- 9 IF These shall ye eat of all that are 15. 11, 20.
Mark
15.
hold, it was burnt : and he was angry m the waters
: whatsoever hath fins 15, 18.
7. 2,
Acts 10. 14,

with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of and scales in the waters, in the seas, 15.
& 15. 29.
Aaron which were left alive, saying, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. Rom. 14.
• eh. 6. 26,
29.
17 ’‘Wherefore have ye not eaten 10 And all that have not fins and 14,17.
1 Cor. 8. 8.
Col. 2. 16,
the sin offering in the holy place, see- scales in the seas, and in the rivers, 21 .
ing it is most holy, and God hath of all that move in the waters, and of Heb. 9. 10.
Deu. 14. 9.
given it you to bear the iniquity of any living thing which is in the wa-
the congregation, to make atonement ters, they shall he an "abomination • ch. 7. 18.
Deu. 14. 3.
for them before the Lord ? unto you
• ch. 6. 30.
18 Behold, “ the blood of it was not 11 They shall be even an abomina-
brought in within the holy place : ye tion unto you; ye shall not eat of
should indeed have eaten it in the their flesh, but ye shall have their
*> ch. 6. 26. holy place, as I commanded.
’’
carcases in abomination.
19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Be- 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor
"ch.9. 8,12. hold, ' this day have they offered their scales in the Avaters, that shall he an
sin offering and their burnt offering abomination unto you.
before the Lord ; and such things 13 IF ‘Ând these are they which ye 'Deu. 14. 12.
Have befallen me : and if I had eaten shall have in abomination among the
d Jer. 6. 20.
the sin offering to day, ^should it fowls; they shall not be eaten, they
& 14. 12.
Hos. 9. 4. have been accepted in the sight of are an abomination: the eagle, and
Mai. 1. 10,
13. the Lord? the ossifrage, and the ospray,
20 And when Moses heard that, he 14 And the vulture, and the kite
was content. after his kind;
15 Every raven after his kind
CHAPTER XI. 16 And the owl, and the night hawk,
1 TFât heasts may, 4 and what may not he eaten. 9 What
fishes. 13 What fowls. 29 The creeping things which are and the cuckow, and the hawk after
unclean. his kind.
; ;
The distinction of meats LEVITICUS, XI. clean and unclean.
Before 17 And the little owl, and the cor- it shall be unclean ; whether it he any Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490
inorant, and the great owl, vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or 1490
18 And the swan, and the pelican. sack, Avhatsoever vessel it he, wherein
and the gier eagle. any work is done, ^ it must be put into k ch. 15. 12.
19 And the stork, the heron after her water, and it shall be unclean until
kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. the even ; so it shall be cleansed.
20 All fowls that creep, going upon 33 And every earthen vessel, where-
all four, shall he an abomination unto into any of them falleth, whatsoever
you. is in it sliall be unclean ; and yech. 6. 28.
‘
>
21 Yet these may ye eat of every shall break it.

creeping thing that goeth upon 34 Of all meat which may be eaten.
all four, which have legs above their that on which such water cometh shall
feet, to leap nithal upon the earth be unclean: and all drink that may
22 Even these of them ye may eat be di’unk in every such vessel shall be
e Matt. 3. 4.
®the locust after his kind, and the unclean.
bald locust after his kind, and the 35 And every thing whereupon any
beetle after his kind, and the grass- part of their carcase falleth shall be
hopper after liis kind. unclean whether it he oven, or ranges
;
23 But all other flying creepuig for pots, they shall be broken down:
things, which have four feet, shall he for they are unclean, and shall be un-
an abomination unto you. clean imto you.
24 And for these ye shall be unclean: 36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit,
whosoever toucheth the carcase of ^ wherein there is plenty of water, shall 2 Heb.
a gathenng
them shall be unclean until the even. be clean: but that which toucheth toateis. iooethdf qf
25 And whosoever beareth ought of their carcase shall be unclean.

h eh. 14. 8. the carcase of them ‘‘shall wash his 37 And if any part of their carcase
& Ic).
Nura. 19. clothes, and be unclean until the fall upon any sowing seed which is to
10, 22.
& 31. 24. even. be sown, it shall he clean.
26 The carcases of every beast which 38 But if amy w ater be put upon the
.
divideth the hoof, and is not cloven- seed, and any part of their carcase fall
footed, nor cheweth the cud, are un- thereon, it shall he unclean unto you.
clean imto you every one that touch-
: 39 And if any beast, of which ye
eth them shall be unclean. may eat, die; he that toucheth the
27 And whatsoever goeth upon his carcase thereof shall be miclean until
paws, among all manner of beasts that the even.
go on all four, those are unclean un- 40 And “he that eateth of the car- ™&ch.22 17.8 15.
to you whoso toucheth their carcase case of it shall wash his clothes, and Deu.14.21.
:
shall be unclean until the even. be unclean until the even he also & 44. 31.
:
28 And he that beareth the carcase that beareth the carcase of it shall
of them shall wash his clothes, and be wash his clothes, and be unclean un-
unclean until the even: they are imtil the even.
clean unto you. 41 And every creeping thing that
29 IF These also shall he unclean unto creepeth upon the earth shall he an
you among the creeping things that abomination it shall not be eaten.
;
creep upon the earth; the weasel. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly.
‘Isai.66. 17. and the mouse, and the tortoise and whatsoever goeth upon all four.
‘
after his kind, or whatsoever ^hath more feet amon^ 8 Heb.

doth rmjdti-
30 And the ferret, and the chame- all creeping things that creep upon plyfeel.
leon, and the lizard, and the snail. the earth, them ye shall not eat; for
and the mole. they are an abomination.
31 These are unclean to you among 43 “Ye shall not make your ^selves *" ch. 20. 25.
Heb. souls.
all that creep : whosoever doth touch abominable Avith any creeping thing
them, when they be dead, shall be un- that creepeth, neither shall ye malte
clean until the even. yourselves unclean with them, that
32 And upon whatsoever amj of ye should be defiled thereby.
them, when they are dead, doth fall. 44 For I am the Lord your God ye :
:
The purification of women. LEVITICUS, XII. Of discerning leprosy.
Before shall therefore sanctify yourselves, 8 Ând if ^she be not able to bring Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490. and ° ye shall be holy ; for I holy am a lamb, then she shall bring two tirr- 1490
neither shall ye defile yourselves with ties, or two young pigeons; the one
oEx 1*^ fi
ch. 19. 2. any manner of creeping thing that for the burnt offering, and the other Liike 2. 24.
Heb.
1 Thee. 4. 7. creepeth upon the earth. for a sin offering: ®and the priest her hand
16. 45 PFor I am the Lord that brmg- shall make an atonement for her, and find not 8uf»
P Ex. 6. 7.
eth you up out of the land of Egypt, she shall be clean. B ch. 4. 26.
1 ver. 44. to be your God ’ ye shall therefore

:
CHAPTER XIII.
be holy, for I am holy. 1 The laws and tokens whereby the priest is to be guided
46 This is the law of the beasts, and in discerning the leprosy.
of the fowl, and of every living crea- AND the Lord spake unto Moses
ture that moveth in the waters, and XA. and Aaron, saying.
of every creature that creepeth upon 2 When a man shall have in the
the earth: skin of his flesh a ® rising, “ a scab, or » Or,
swelltng •
r ch. 10. 10. 47 ’'To make a difference between bright spot, and it be in the skin of “ Deut. 28.
27.
the unclean and the clean, and be- his flesh like the plague of leprosy; Isai. 3. 17.
tween the beast that may be eaten ’’

then he shall be brought unto Aaron b Deut. 17.
8, 9.
and the beast that may not be eaten. the priest, or unto one of his sons & 24. 8.
Luke 17.
CHAPTER XII. the priests: 14.
1 The purification of women after childbirth. 6 Her 3 And the priest shall look on the 1
offerings for her purifying. plague in the skin of the flesh and :
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, when the hair in the plague is turned
xjL saying, white, and the plague in sight he
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is
“ch. 15. 19. saying, If a * woman have conceived a plague of leprosy and the priest :
seed, and born a man child: then shall look on him, and pronounce
•'Luke 2. 22. she shall be unclean seven days
’’
;
him unclean.
' ch. 15. 19. “according to the days of the sepa- 4 If the bright spot he white in the
ration for her infirmity shall she be skin of his flesh, and in sight he not
unclean. deeper than the skin, and the hair
10611.17.12. 3 And in the êighth day the flesh thereof be not turned white; then
iiUke 1. 59.
& 2. 21. of his foreskin shall be circumcised. the priest shall shut up him that
.Tohn 7. 22,
23. 4 And she shall then continue in hath the plague seven days :
the blood of her purifying three and 5 And the priest shall look on him 1
thirty days; she shall touch no hal- the seventh day and, behold, if the
:
lowed thing, nor come into the sane- plague in his sight be at a stay, and
tuary, until the days of her purifying the plague spread not in the skin;
be fulfilled. then the priest shall shut him up
5 if she bear a maid child, then
But seven days more :
she shall be unclean two weeks, as 6 And the priest shall look on him
in her separation: and she shall con- again the seventh day and, behold. :
tinue in the blood of her purifying if the plague he somewhat dark, and
threescore and six days. the plague spread not in the skin, the
•Luke 2. 22. 6 And ® when the days of her purify- priest shall pronounce him clean: it
ing are fulfilled, for a son, or for a is hut a scab and he “ shall wash his
: •ch.ll. 25. >
& 14. 8.
2Heb. _ daughter, she shall bring a lamb ôf clothes, and be clean.
0 son of his
,
year. the first year for a burnt offering, and 7 But if the scab spread much a-
a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for broad in the skin, after that he hath
a siu offering, unto the door of the been seen of the priest for his cleans-
tabernacle of the congregation, unto ing, he shall be seen of the priest
the priest: again:
7 VTio shall offer it before the Lord, 8 And ^the priest see that, behold,
and make an atonement for her and the scab spreadeth in the skin, then
;
she shall be cleansed from the issue the priest shall pronounce him un-
of her blood. This is the law for her clean it ^5 a leprosy. :
that hath born a male or a female. 9 IF When the plague of leprosy is in

|
; ; : ; : ; ; ; : ;
The laivs and toJcens LEVITICUS, XIII. whereby to discern leprosy.
Before a man, then he shall be brought unto place, a/nd spread not, it is a burning Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490.
the priest; boil; and the priest shall pronounce 1490.
10 ‘‘And the priest shall see him: and. him clean.
10, 12. behold, if the rising he white in the skin. 24 H Or if there be any flesh, in the
2Kin.5.27.
2 Chron. and it have turned the hair wliite, and skin whereof there is â hot burning. 2 Heb. .
26.20. ^
a burning
*Heb. there he quick raw flesh in the rising and the quick flesh that burneth have (if fire.
the.
inij
quickerin
af liv~
11 It is an old leprosy in the skm a white bright spot, somewhat red-
ing^sh. of his flesh, and the priest shall pro- dish, or white
nounce him imclean, and shall not 25 Then the priest shall look upon
shut him up for he is unclean.
: it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright
12 And if a leprosy break out abroad spot be turned white, and it he in sight
in the skin, and the leprosy cover all deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy
the skin of him that hath the plague broken out of the burning: where-
from his head even to his foot, wherefore the priest shall pronounce liim
soever the priest looketh; unclean it is the plague of leprosy.
:
13 Then the priest shall consider: 26 But if the priest look on it, and.
and, behold, if the leprosy have co- behold, there he no white hair in the
vered all his flesh, he shall pronounce bright spot, and it he no lower than
him clean that hath the plague it is : the other skin, but be somewhat dark
all turned white he is clean.
: then the priest shaU shut him up
14 But when raw flesh appeareth in seven days
him, he shall be unclean. 27 And the priest shall look upon
15 And the priest shall see the raw him the seventh day: and if it be
flesh, and pronounce him to be un- spread much abroad in the skin, then
clean: for the raw flesh is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him un-
it is a leprosy. clean it is the plague of leprosy.
:
16 Or if the raw flesh turn again. 28 And if the bright spot stay in his
and be changed unto white, he shall place, and spread not in the skin, but
come unto the priest it he somewhat dark; it is a rising of
17 And the priest shall see him: the burning, and the priest shall pro-
and, behold, if the plague be turn- nounce him clean for : it is an inflam-
ed into white then the priest shall
;
mation of the burning.
pronounce him clean that hath the 29 H If a man or woman have a plague
plague he is clean.
: upon the head or the beard
18 H The flesh also, in which, even 30 Then the priest shall see the
* Ex. 9. 9. in the skin thereof, was a ®boil, and plague and, behold, if it he in sight
:
is healed, deeper than the skin; and there he

19 And in the place of the boil in it a yellow thin hair; then the
there be a white rising, or a bright priest shall pronounce him unclean:
spot, white, and somewhat reddish. it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon
and it be shewed to the priest the head or beard.
20 And if, when the priest seeth it. 31 And if the priest look on the
behold, it he in sight lower than the plague of the scall, and, behold, it he
skin, and the hair thereof be turned not in sight deeper than the skin, and
white ; the priest shall pronounce him that there is no black hair in it then ;
imclean: it is a plague of leprosy the priest shall shut up him that hath
broken out of the boil. the plague of the scall seven days
21 But if the priest look on it, and. 32 And in the seventh day the priest
behold, there he no white hairs there- shall look on the plague and, behold. :
in, and if it he not lower than the if the scall spread not, and there be
skin, but he somewhat dark then the ;
in it no yellow hair, and the scall he
priest shall shut him up seven days not in sight deeper than the skin
22 And if it spread much abroad in 33 He shall be shaven, but the scall
the skin, then the priest shall pro- shall he not shave; and the priest
nounce him unclean it is a plague.
: shall shut up him that hath the scall
23 But if the bright spot stay in his seven days more :
; : ; : : : : ; ;
The laws and tohens LEVITICUS, XIII, whereby to discern leprosy.
Before
34 And
in the seventh day the priest 48 Whether it be in the warp, or Before
1490. slialllook on the scall and, behold, : woof of linen, or of woollen whether CHEIST
;
1490 ;
^'the scall be not spread the skin. m in a skm, or in any ^tiling made of
nor be m
sight deeper than the skin; skin work </.
then the priest shall pronounce him 49 And if the plague be greenish
clean and he shall wash liis clothes,
: or reddish in the garment, or in the
and be clean. skin, either in the warp, or in the
35 But if the scall spread much in woof, or in any ^tiling of skin; it is ^ Heb. resAelf
the skin after his cleansing; a plague of leprosy, and shall be vietU,
36 Then the priest shall look on him shewed unto the priest
and, behold, if the scall be spread in 50 And the priest shall look upon
the skin, the priest shall not seek for the plague, and shut up it that hath
yellow hair; he is unclean. the plague seven days
37 But if the scall be in his sight at 51 And he shall look on the plague
a stay, and that there is black hair on the seventh day if the plague be :
grown up therein the scall is healed.

;
spread in the garment, either in the
he is clean and the priest shall pro-
: warp, or in the woof, or in a skin.
nounce him clean. or in any work that is made of skm
38 H If a man also or a woman have the plague is *a fretting lej^rosy; it • ch. 14. 44.
in the skin of their flesh bright spots. is unclean.

eve7i white bright spots ;
52 He shall therefore burn that gar-
39 Then the priest shall look and. : ment, whether warp or woof, in wool-
behold, if the bright spots in the skin len or in linen, or any thing of skin.
of their flesh be darkish white; it is wherein the plague is for it is a :
a freckled spot that groweth in the fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in

skin; he is clean. the fire.
* Heb. head 40 And the man whose ^ hair is fallen 53 And if the priest shall look, and.
is pilled.
off his head, he is bald; yetis he clean. behold, the plague be not spread in
41 And he that hath his hair fallen the garment, either in the warp, or
off from the part of his head toward in the woof, or in any thing of skin
his face, he is forehead bald: yet is 54 Then the priest shall command
he clean. that they wash the thing wherein the
42 And if there be in the bald head. plague is, and he shall shut it iq)
or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; seven days more
it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald 55 And the priest shall look on the
head, or his bald forehead. plague, after that it is washed and. :
43 Then the priest shall look upon behold, if the plague have not chang-
it and, behold, if the rising of the
: ed his colour, and the plague be not
sore be white reddish in his bald head. spread unclean thou shalt burn
;
it is ;
or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy it in the fire it is fret inward, * whe-
;
* Heb. who-
appeareth in the skin of the flesh; ther it be bare within or without. hold in the
head there-
44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: 56 And if the priest look, and, be- of, or in the
forehead
the priest shall pronounce him utterly hold, the plague be somewhat dark thereof.
unclean his plague is in his head.

;
after the washmg of it ; then he shall
45 And the leper in whom the plague rend it out of the garment, or out of
is, his clothes shall be rent, and his the skin, or out of the warp, or out of
* Ezek. 24. head bare, and he shall ‘^put a cover- the woof:
17, 22.
Mic. 3. 7. ing upon his upper lip, and shall cry. 57 And if it appear still in the gar-
* Lam. 4. 15. ® Unclean, unclean. ment, either in the warp, or in the
46 All the days wherein the plague woof, or in any thing of skin; it is
shall be in him he shall be defiled; he a spreading plague thou slialt burn
•>
Num. 5. 2. isunclean: he shall dwell alone; **with- that wherein the plague is with fire.
& 12. 14.
2 Kin. 7. 3. out the camp shall his habitation be. 58 And the garment, either warp, or
& 15. 5.
2 Chron. 47 11 The garment also that the plague woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it
26. 21.
Luke 17.12. of leprosy is in, whether it be a wool- be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague
len garment, or a Ihien garment be departed from them, then it sliall
: : : : : : : :
The rites and sacrifices LEVITICUS, XIV. in cleansing the leper.
Before be washed the second time, and shall of fine flour for a meat off'ering, min- ‘ Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
gled with off, and one log of oil.
!
1490. be clean. 1490.

59 This is the law of the plague of 11 And the priest that maketh him > ch. 2. 1.
leprosy in a garment of woollen or .clean shall present the man that is

I
Kum. 15.
4,15.
linen, either in the warp, or woof, or to be made clean, and those things,
any thing of skins, to pronounce it before the Lord, at the door of the
clean, or to pronounce it unclean. tabernacle of the congregation
12 And the priest shall take one he
CHAPTER XIV. !
lamb, and “offer him for a trespass “ch.5.2. 18.

1 The rites and sacrifices in cleansing of the leper. 33 j & 6. 6, 7.
The signs of leprosy in a house. 43 The cleansing of offering, and the log of oil, and “ wave ” Ex. 29. 24.
that house. them for a wave off'ering before the !
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, Lord

^ saying,
:
13 And he shall slay the lamb ®in

2 This shall be the law of the leper the place where he shall kill the sin
® Ex.
ch.
&
29. 11.
1. 5, 11.
4. 4, 24.
•Mat. 8. 2,4. in the day of his cleansmg He “ shall offering and the burnt offering, in the
:
Mark 1. 40,
44. be brought unto the priest holy place for ^ as the sin off’ering is
:
P ch. 7. 7.
I,uke 5 12,
14. & 17.14. 3 And the priest shall go forth out the priest’s, so is the trespass offer-
of the camp; and the priest shall ing it is most holy
: 1 ch. 2. 3.
&7. 6.
look, and, behold, if the plague of 14 And the priest shall take some & 21 . 22 .
leprosy be healed in the leper; of the blood of the trespass offering,

4 Then shall the priest command to and the priest shall put it 'îipon the r Ex.
ch. 8. 23.
29. 20.
I
take for him that is to be cleansed tip of the right ear of him that is to
2 Or,
sparrows.
two ^ birds alive and clean, and cedar be cleansed, and upon the thumb of
•>Num.l9.6. wood, and ' scarlet, and ^ hyssop his right hand, and upon the great
5 And the priest shall command
e Heb. 9. 19.
toe of his right foot
<* Pa. 51. 7.
that one of the bu’ds be killed in an 15 And the priest shall take some of
earthen vessel over running water the log of oil, and pour it into the
6 As for the living bird, he shall palm of his own left hand :
•
take it, and the cedar wood, and the 16 And the priest shall dip his right
scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip finger in the off that is in his left
them and the living bird in the blood hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil
of the bird that was killed over the with his finger seven times before
running water the Lord:
:
• Heb. 9. 13.
7 And he shall ® sprinkle upon him 17 And of the rest of the off that is
that is to be cleansed from the lepro- in his hand shall the priest put upon
f 2 Kings 5. sy seven times, and shall pronounce the tip of the right ear of him that is
'
10,14.
him clean, and shall let the living to be cleansed, and upon the thumb i
'
* Heb. upon
thp faee of
bird loose înto the open field. of his right hand, and upon the great
8 And he that is to be cleansed
I j
the field. toe of his right foot, upon the blood

* ch. 13. 6. ® shall wash his clothes, and shave off of the trespass offering
j
'
“ ch. 11. 25. all his hair, and wash liimself in wa-
'*
18 And the renmant of the oil that
ter, that he may be clean and after
: is in the priest’s hand he shall pour
that he shall come into the camp, upon the head of him that is to be
‘Num.12.1.5. and ‘shall tarry abroad out of his cleansed “ and the priest shall make
:
• ch. 4. 26.
tent seven days. an atonement for him before the Lord.

9 But it shall be on the seventh day, 19 And the priest shall offer the sin ‘ ‘ch.5.1,6.
&
12 7 . .
that he shall shave all his ham off his and make an atonement for
offering,
head and his beard and his eyebrows, him that is to be cleansed from his
even all his hair he shall shave off': uncleamiess; and afterward he shall
and he shall wash his clothes, also I
killthe burnt off'ering:
he shall wash his ffesh in water, and 20 And the priest shall offer the
he shall be clean. burnt off’ering and the meat off’ering
* Matt. 8. 4. 10 And on the eighth day ^he shall upon the altar and the priest shall
:
Mark 1. 44.
Luke 5. 14. take two he lambs without blemish, make an atonement for him, and he ” ch. 5. 7.
& 12 . 8 .
* Heb. the and one ewe lamb *of the first year shallbe clean. 2 Heb. his
daughter of hand reach
her year. without blemish, and three tenth deals 21 And “if he he poor, and ^cannot not.
: ;: ; : : : ; ; ::
The rites and sacrifices LEVITICUS, XIV. in cleansing the leper.
Before get so much; then he shall take one not able to get that which pertaineth Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
1490. lamb for a trespass offering ^to be to his cleansing. 1490.
waved, to make an atonement for 33 11 And the Lord spake unto Mo-
a waving. him, and one tenth deal of fine flour ses and unto Aaron, saying,
mingled with oil for a meat offering, 34 'When ye be come into the land ® Gen. 17. 8.
and a log of oil of Canaan, which I give to you for a Deut. 7. 1.

& 32. 49.
*ch. 12. 8. 22''And two turtledoves, or two possession, and I put the plague of
young pigeons, such as he is able to leprosy in a house of the land of
1
get and the one shall be a sin offer-

;
yom* possession;
ing, and the other a burnt offering. 35 And he that owneth the house
^ ver. 10, 11.
23 ^ And he shall bring them on the shall come and tell the priest, saying.
eighth day for his cleansing unto the seemeth to me there is as it were
It
0 Ps. 91.10.
priest, unto the door of the tabernacle a plague in the house
**
:
Prov. 3. 33.
of the congregation, before the Lord. 36 Then the priest shall command Zech. 5. 4.
T ver. 12. 24 Ând the priest shall take the that they ^ empty the house, before *Or.
lamb of the trespass offering, and the the priest go into it to see the plague.
log of oil, and the priest shall wave that all that is in the house be not
them for a wave oflering before the made unclean and afterward the
:
Lord : priest shall go in to see the house

25 And he shall kill the lamb of the 37 And he shall look on the plague. 1
• ver. 14.
trespass offering, * and the priest shall and, behold, if the plague he in the
take some of the blood of the trespass walls of the house with hollow strakes.
offering, and put it upon the tip of greenish or reddish, which in sight
the right ear of him that is to be are lower than the wall
cleansed, and upon the thumb of his 38 Then the priest shall go out of
right hand, and upon the great toe the house to the door of the house,
of his right foot and shut up the house seven days
26 And the priest shall pour of the 39 And the priest shall come again
oil into the palm of his own left hand the seventh day, and shall look and.
: :
27 And the priest shall sprinkle with behold, if the plague be spread in
his right finger some of the oil that is the walls of the house;
in his left hand seven times before 40 Then the priest shall command
the Lord that they take away the stones in
28 And the priest shall put of the which the plague is, and they shall
oil that is in his hand upon the tip cast them into an unclean place with-
of the right ear of him that is to be out the city
cleansed, and upon the thumb of his 41 And he shall cause the house to
right hand, and upon the great toe be scraped within round about, and
of his right foot, upon the place of they shall pour out the dust that
the blood of the trespass offering they scrape off without the city into
29 And the rest of the oil that is in an imclean place
1
the priest’s hand he shall put upon 42 And they shall take other stones.
the head of hun that is to be cleans- and put them in the place of those
ed, to make an atonement for hun stones; and he shall take other mor-
before the Lord. ter, and shall plaister the house.
'
• ver. 22. 30 And he shall offer the one of the 43 And if the plague come again.
ch. 15. 15.
turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, and break out in the house, after
1
such as he can get that he hath taken away the stones.

31 Even such as he is able to get. and after he hath scraped the house,
the one for a sin offering, and the and after it is plaistered
other for a burnt offering, with the 44 Then the priest shall come and
i
meat offering: and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague be
make an atonement for him that is spread in the house, it ® a fretting "ch.mSl.
to be cleansed before the Lord. leprosy in the house it is unclean. :
1
32 Tliis is the law of him in whom is 45 And he shall break down the
the plague of leprosy, whose hand is house, the stones of it, and the timber
1
: : : :
The uncleanness of men^ LEVITICUS, XV. and their cleansing.
Before thereof, and all the morter of the in his issue : whether his flesh run Before
CHEIST CHRIST
1490 .
house; and he shall carry them forth with his issue, or his flesh be stopped 1490 .
out of the city into an unclean place. from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
46 Moreover he that goeth mto the 4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that
house all the wliile that it is shut up hath the issue, is unclean and every :
shall be unclean until the even. ^tiling, whereon he sitteth, shall be * Heb. vessel.
47 And he that lieth in the house unclean.

shall wash his clothes; and he that eat- 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed
eth in the house shall wash his clothes. shall wash his clothes, ’’and bathe him- >> ch. 11. 25.
& 17. 15.
2 Heb. in
coming in
48 And the priest ^ shall come in,
if self in water, and be unclean until
shall come
in, &c.
and look upon it, and, behold, the the even.
plague hath not spread in the house, 6 And he that sitteth on any thing
after the house was plaistered then : whereon he sat that hath the issue
the priest shall pronounce the house shall wash his clothes, and bathe him-
clean, because the plague is healed. self in water, and be unclean until
f ver. 4. 49 And ‘^he shall take to cleanse the the even.
house two birds, and cedar wood, and 7 And he that toucheth the flesh of
scarlet,and hyssop him that hath the issue shall wash
50 And he shall kill the one of the his clothes,and bathe himself in wa-
birds in an earthen vessel over run- ter,and be unclean until the even.
ning water: 8 And if he that hath the issue spit
51 And he shall take the cedar wood, upon him that is clean then he shall
;
and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in.
2 living bird, and dip them in the
the water, and be unclean until the even.
blood of the slain bird, and in the 9 And what saddle soever he rideth
3
running water, and sprinkle the house upon that hath the issue shall be un-
seven times clean.
52 And he shall cleanse the house 10 And whosoever toucheth any
with the blood of the bird, and with thing that was under him shall be
the running water, and with the living unclean until the even and he that :
bird, and with the cedar wood, and beareth any of those things shall
with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
53 But he shall let go the living water, and be unclean until the even.
bird out of the city into the open 11 And whomsoever he toucheth that
s ver. 20. fields,and ®make an atonement for hath the issue, and hath not rinsed
the house and it shall be clean.
: his hands in water, he shall wash his
54 This is the law for aU manner of clothes, and bathe himself in water,
>'
ch. 13. 30. plague of leprosy, ,and scall, and be unclean until the even.
**
‘ ch. 13. 47. 55 And for the Teprosy of a gar- 12 And the ‘’vessel of earth, that he ch. 28. « 6.
& 32,33. 11.
k ver. 34. ment, ând of a house, toucheth which hath the issue, shall
• ch. 13. 2. 56 And ^for a rising, and for a scab, be broken and every vessel of wood :
and for a bright spot shall be rinsed in water.

™ Deu. 24. 8. 57 To “teach ®when it is unclean, 13 And when he that hath an issue
Ezek.44.23.
3 Heb. in the and when it is clean this is the law is cleansed of his issue then ‘’he shall dch.
:
ver. 28.
14. ;
8.
day of the
unclean, of leprosy. number to himself seven days for his
and in the
CHAPTER cleansing, and wash his clothes, and
day of the XV.
clean.
1 The uncleanness of men in their issues. 13 The cleansing
bathe his flesh in running water, and
of them. 19 The uncleanness of women in their issues. shall be clean.
28 Their cleansing.
14 And on the eighth day he shall
nd the Lord spake unto Moses take to him ®two turtledoves, or two
• ch. 22. 4.
Num. 5. 2.
A and to Aaron, saying,
^

young pigeons, and come before the
Lord unto tlie door of the tabernacle
0 ch. 14. 22,
21
: .
2Sain.3.29.
Matt. 9. 20.
and say imto them, “ When any man of the congregation, and give them
Mark 5. 25.
Luke 8. 43. hath a * running issue out of his flesh, unto the priest
«Or, because of his issue he is unclean. 15 And the priest shall offer them,
n<nnm(7 (f f ch. 14. 30,
the reins. And this shall be his uncleanness '^the one for a sin offering, and the 31.
: : ; ;
The uncleanness of women. LEVITICUS, XYI. and their cleansing.
Before other for a burnt offering; âiid the 28 But “if she be cleansed of her Before
CHKIST CHRIST
1490. priest shall make an atonement for issue, then she shall number to her- 1490.
»ch.l4.19,
him before the Lord for his issue. self seven days, and after that she “ ver. 13.
31.
k ch. 22. 4.
16 And**if any man’s seed of copu- shall be clean.
Deut. 23. lationgo out from him, then he shall 29 And on the eighth day she shall
10 .
wash all his flesh in water, and be take unto her two turtles, or two
unclean until the even. young pigeons, and bring them unto
17 And every garment, and every the priest, to the door of the taber-
skin, whereon is the seed of copula- nacle of the congregation.
tion, shall be washed with water, and 30 And the priest shall offer the one
be unclean until the even. for a sin offering, and the other for
18 The woman also with whom man a burnt offering; and the priest shall
shall lie with seed of copulation, they make an atonement for her before the
shall both bathe themselves in water, Lord for the issue of her uncleanness.
• lSam.21.4. and *be unclean until the even. 31 Thus shall ye “separate the chil- ® ch. 11. 47.
Deut. 24. 8.
kch.12.2. 19 IF And îf a woman have an issue, dren of Israel from their uncleamiess; Ezek.44.23.
and her issue in her flesh be blood, that they die not in their uncleanness,
* Heb. in 'her
teparaiim.
she shall be ^ put apart seven days when they ^ defile my tabernacle that P Num. 5. 3.
& 19. 13,20.
and whosoever toucheth her shall be is among them. Ezek.5. 11.
&23. 38.
imclean mitil the even. 32 '^This is the law of him that hath an I ver. 2.
20 And every thing that she lieth issue, "ând of him whose seed goeth r ver. 16.
upon in her separation shall be un- from him, and is defiled therewith
clean: every thing also that she sit- 33 “And of her that is sick of her • ver. 19.
teth upon shall be unclean. flowers, and of him that hath an is-
21 And whosoever toucheth her bed sue, of the man, ‘and of the woman, * ver. 25.
shall wash his clothes, and bathe him- “ and of him that heth with her that “ ver. 24.
self in water, and be unclean until the is unclean.

even.
22 And whosoever toucheth any thing CHAPTEK XVI.
1 How must enter into the holy place. 11
the high priest
that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, The sin offering for himself. 15 The sin offering for the
and bathe himself in water, and be un- people. 20 The scapegoat. 29 The yearly feast of the
expiations.
clean until the even.
23 And if it he on her bed, or on any AND the Lord spake unto Moses
thing whereon she sitteth, when he xX after “the death of the two sons »ch.l0.1,Z
toucheth it, he shall be unclean until of Aaron, when they offered before
the even. the Lord, and died
* See ch. 20. 24 And Tf any man lie with her at all, 2 And the Lord said unto Moses,
18 .
and her flowers be upon him, he shall Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that
be unclean seven days and all the bed
;
he come not at all times into the
’’ »> Ex. 30. 10.
ch. 23. 27.
whereon he lieth shall be unclean. holy place within the vail before the Heb. 9. 7.
& 10. 19.
“Matt.9.20. 25 And if “ a woman have an issue mercy seat, which is upon the ark;
Mark 5. 25.
Luke 8. 43. of her blood many days out of the that he die not for “ I will appear in
:
e Ex.
&40.
25. 22.
34.
time of her separation, or if it run the cloud upon the mercy seat. 1 Kings 8.
10 11 , 12 .
3 Thus shall Aaron ^come into the

,
beyond the time of her separation; * Heb. 9. 7,
all the days of the issue of her unholy place ® with a young bullock for 12, 24, 25.
® ch. 4. 3.
cleanness shall be as the days of her a sin offering, and a ram for a bmmt
separation: she shall he unclean. offering.
26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the 4 He shall put on ‘^the holy linen fEx. 28. 39.
42, 43.
days of her issue shall be unto her as coat, and he shall have the linen ch. 6. 10.
Ezek. 44.
the bed of her separation and whatso-
: breeches upon his flesh, and shall be 17, 18.
ever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, girded with a linen girdle, and with e Ex. 30. 20.
ch. 8. 6, 7.
as the uncleanness of her separation. the linen mitre shall he be attired: •* See chap.
27 And whosoever toucheth those these are holy garments; therefore 4.14.
Num.29.11.
tilings shall be unclean, and shall wash ® shall he w ash his flesh in water, and 2 Chron.
29. 21.
his elothes, and bathe himself in w ater, so put them on. Ezra 6. 17.
Ezek. 45.
and be unclean until the even. 5 And he shall take of the congre- 22, 23.
: :: : :
:
Aaron's sin offerings. LEVITICUS, XVI. for himself and the people.
Before gation of the children of Israel two for the tabernacle of the congrega- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490. kids of the goats for a sin olfermg, tion, that ^remaineth among them in
1490.
and one ram for a burnt offering. the midst of their imcleanness.
*Heb.
6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock 17 "And there shall be no man in dvxtleth.
" See E.xod.
of the sin offering, which is for him- the tabernacle of the congregation 34 3
Luke
‘ ch. 9. 7.
Heb.
self, and make an atonement for
‘
when he goeth in to make an atone- 1. 10.
5. 2.
& 7. 27, 28. himself, and for his house. ment in the holy place, until he come
&9.7.
7 And he shall take the two goats, out, and have made an atonement for
and present them before the Lord himself, and for his household, and
at the door of the tabernacle of the for all the congregation of Israel.
congregation. 18 And he shall go out unto the altar
8 And Aaron cast lots upon
shall that is before the Lord, and * make an ' Ex.
ch. 4. 7, 18.
30. 10.
the two goats; one lot for the Lord, atonement for it; and shall take of Hob. 9. 22,
23.
2 Heb.
Azazd,
and the other lot for the ^scapegoat. the blood of the bullock, and of the
9 And Aaron shall bring the goat blood of the goat, and put it upon the
I
3 Heb. upon which the Lord’s lot ^fell, and horns of the altar round about.
went up.
offer him /or a sin offering. 19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood
10 But the goat, on which the lot fell upon it with his finger seven times,
to be the scapegoat, shall be present- and cleanse it, and ^ hallow it from the y Ezek. 43.
20 .
‘lJohn2.2. ed alive before the Lord, to make ^ an micleanness of the children of Israel.
atonement with him, and to let him go 20 If And when he hath made an end
for a scapegoat into the wilderness. of ‘ reconciling the holy place, and the * ver. 16.
Ezek. 45.
11 And Aaron shall bring the bul- tabernacle of the congregation, and 20 .
lock of the sin offermg, which is for the altar, he shall bring the live goat
himself, and shall make an atonement 21 And Aaron shall lay both his
for himself, and for his house, and hands upon the head of the live goat,
shall kill the bullock of the sin offer- and confess over him all the iniqui-
ing which is for himself ties of the children of Israel, and aU
1 ch. 10. 1. 12 And he shall take â censer fuU their transgressions in all their sins,
Nuin. 16.
18, 46. of burning coals of fire from off the “putting them upon the head of the “ Isai. 53. 6.
Rev. 8. 5.
altar before the Lord, and his hands goat, and shall send him away by the
“Ex. 30. 34. full of “sweet incense beaten small, hand of â fit man into the wilderness 3 Heb.
a man of
and bring w ithin the vail
it 22 And the goat shall ’’bear upon opportunily.
b Isai. 53. 11
“Ex. 30.
7,8.
1, 13 “And he
shall put the incense liim all their iniquities unto a land 12 .
John 1. 29.
Hum. 16. upon the fire before the Lord, that * not ioliabited and he shall let go
:
Heb. 9. 28.
7, 18, 46.
Rev. 8.3,4. the cloud of the incense may cover the goat in the wilderness. *
1 Pet. 2. 24.
Heb. qf se-
® Ex. 25. 21. the ° mercy seat that is upon the tes- 23 And Aaron shall come into the paration.
timony, that he die not tabernacle of the congregation, “and « Ezek. 42.
14. & 44. 19.
P ch. 4. 5. 14 And ^he shall take of the blood shall put off' the linen garments, which
Heb. 9. 13,
25. & 10. 4. of the bullock, and sprinkle it with
**
he put on when he went into the holy
eh. 4. 6.
his finger upon the mercy seat east- place, and shall leave them there
<1
ward ;
and before the mercy seat 24 And he shall wash his ffesh with
shall he sprinkle of the blood with water in the holy place, and put on
^
his finger seven times. his garments, and come forth, and ver. 3 5, ,
» Heh. 2. 17. 1.5 ^ '^Then shall he kill the goat of offer his burnt off'ering, and the burnt
&5. 2.
& 9. 7, 28. the sin offering, that is for the people, offering of the people, and make an
" ver. 2.
Heb.
and bring his blood "witliin the vail, atonement for himself, and for the
6. 19.
&9 3,7,12. and do with that blood as he did people.
with the blood of the bullock, and 25 And “the fat of the sin offering ®ch.4.io.
sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and shall he burn upon the altar.
before the mercy seat 26 And he that let go the goat for
* See Exod. 16 And he shall ‘make an atonement the scapegoat shall wash his clothes,
2.4. 36.
Ezek. 45. for the \\o\j place, because of the un- ‘ând bathe his ffesh in water, and 'ch. 15. 5.
18.
Heb. 9. 22, cleanness of the children of Israel, afterward come into the camp.
2;i.
and because of their transgressions 27 ®And the bullock for the sin e ch. 4. 12,
21. 6. 30.&
in all their sins and so shall he do
: offering, and the goat for the sin Heb. 13. 11.
: : ; :
The feast of the expiations. LEYITICUS, XYII. Eating of blood forbidden.

Before offering, whose blood was brought in 4 ’’And bringeth it not unto the door I
Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490. to make atonement in the holy place, of the tabernacle of the congregation, *
1490.
shall one carry forth without the camp to offer an offering unto the Lord '>
Deut. 12.
and they shall burn in the fire their before the tabernacle of the Lord; 5, 6, 13, 14.
skins, and their fiesh, and their dung. blood shall be “imputed unto that cRom. 5.13.
28 And he that burneth them shall man; he hath shed blood; and that
wash his clothes, and bathe his fiesh man ^ shall be cut off from among his OGen.17.14.
in water, and afterward he shall come people

into the camp. 5 To the end that the children of Is-
29 IT And this shall be a statute for rael may bring their sacrifices, ® which ®Gen.21.33.
&
22 2 . .
•>
Ex. 30.10. ever unto you: that '*in the seventh they offer in the open field, even that & 31. 54.
ch. 23. 27. Deut. 12. 2.
Num.29.7. month, on the tenth day of the month, they may bring them unto the Lord, 1 Kin. 14.
Is. 58. 3, 5. 23.
Dan. 10. 3, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no unto the door of the tabernacle of 2 Kin. 16. 4.
12 & 17. 10.
.
work at all, whether it be one of your the congregation, unto the priest, and 2 Chron.
28.4.
own country, or a stranger that so- offer them for peace offermgs unto Ezek. 20.
28. & 22. 9.
journeth among you the Lord.
30 For on that day shall the priest 6 And the priest shall sprinkle the 'ch. 3.2.
make an atonement for you, to blood upon the altar of the Lord at
' Ps. 51. 2. *
cleanse you, that ye may be clean the door of the tabernacle of the con-
Jer. 33. 8.
Eph. 5. 26. from aU your sins before the Loed. gregation, and ®burn the fat for a Ex. 29. 18. e
Heb. 9. 13, ch. 5. 11, 3.

14.&101,2. 31 Ît shall be a sabbath of rest im- sweet savour unto the Lord. 16. & 4. 31.
1 John 1. Num.18.17.
7, 9. to2 you, and ye shall afflict your souls, 7 And they shall no more offer their
k ch. 23. 32.
by a statute for ever. sacrifices ’’unto devils, after whom '‘Deu.32.17.
2 Chron.
1 ch. 4. 3, 5,
16.
32
3
Ând the priest, whom he shall they have gone a whoring. This shall
’ 11. 15.
Ps. 106. 37.
«Heb..^Z anoint, and whom he shall ^“conse- be a statute for ever unto them 1 Cor. 10.20.
Mi hand. Rev. 9. 20.
“ Exod. 29. crate to minister in the priest’s office throughout their generations. * Ex. 34.15.
in his father’s stead, shall make the 8 H And thou shaft say unto them.
29, 30. ch. 20. 5.
Num. 20. Deu.31.16.
26,28.
“ ver. 4.
atonement, and " shall put on the linen Whatsoever man there be of the house Ezek. 23. 8.
clothes, even the holy garments of Israel, or of the strangers which

® ver. 6, 16,
17, 18, 24.
33 And °he shall make an atone- sojourn among you, ’'that offereth a kch. 1. 2,3.
ment for the holy sanctuary, and he burnt offering or sacrifice,

shall make an atonement for the 9 And bringeth it not unto the door
’ * ver. 4.
tabernacle of the congregation, and of the tabernacle of the congregation,

for the altar, and he shall make an to offer it unto the Lord; even that
atonement for the priests, and for aU man shall be cut off from among his
the people of the congregation. people.
“ Gen. 9.4.
P ch. 23. 31. 34 p And tliis shall be an everlasting 10 H “ And whatsoever man there be ch. 3. 17.
Num.29.7.
statute imto you, to make an atone- of the house of Israel, or of the stran- & 7. 26, 27.
& 19. 26.
ment for the children of Israel for all gers that sojourn among you, that 16,23. Deut. 12.
4 Ex. 30. 10. their sins ’once a year. And he did eateth any manner of blood “ I will & 15. 23.
;
Heb. 9. 7, 1 Sam. 14.
25. as the Lord commanded Moses. even set my face agamst that soul 33. Ezek. 44. 7.
CHAPTER XVII. that eateth blood, and will cut him “ch.20.3,5,
6. & 26. 17.
1 The hlood of all dain beasts must he offered to the Lord off from among his people. Jer. 44. 11.
at the door of the tabernacle. 7 They must not offer to Ezek. 14.
11 “For the life of the fiesh is in the & 15. 7. 8.
devils. 10 All eating of blood is forbidden, 15 and all
® ver. 14.
that dielh alone, or is torn. blood and I have given it to you up-
:
M ND the
saying.
Lord spake
Speak unto Aaron, and unto his
unto Moses, on the altar ^ to make an atonement PMat.
for your souls for it is the blood that
’ :
maketh an atonement for the soul.

Rom.
& 9.
26.28.
Mark 14.24.
3. 25.
Eph. 1. 7.
Col.1.14,20.
.5.
sons, and unto all the children of Is- 12 Therefore I said unto the chil- Heb. 13.12.
1 Pet. 1. 2.
rael, and say unto them This is the ; dren of Israel, No soul of you shall l.Tohn.1.7.
Rev 1. 5.
thing which the Lord hath command- eat blood, neither shall any stranger 4 Heb. 9.22.
ed, saying, that sojourneth among you eat blood.
What man soever there be of the 13 And whatsoever man there be of
• See Deut. house of Israel, “that killeth an ox, the children of Israel, or of the stran- 2 Heb
12.5,15,21.
or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that gers that sojourn among you, ^ which hunli hunft
killeth it out of the camp. '^hunteth and catcheth any beast or ch.r 7
I
;
Unlawful marriages. LEVITICUS, XYIII. Unlawful lusts.
Before fowl that may be eaten he shall even ;

10 The nakedness of thy son’s daugh- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490 .
“ pour out the blood thereof, and ter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, 1490 .
• Deut. 12.
‘
cover it with dust. even tlieu* nakedness thou shalt not
16, 24.
& 15. 23.
14 “ For it is the life of all flesh the ; uncover : for their’s is thine own na-
‘Ezek.24.7. blood of it is for the life thereof: kedness.
" ver. 11, 12.
Gen. 9. 4. therefore I said unto the children of 11 The nakedness of thy father’s
Deu. 12. ii. Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no wife’s daughter, begotten of thy fa-
manner of flesh for the life of all: ther, she is thy sister, thou shalt not
flesh is the blood thereof whosoever : uncover her nakedness.
eateth
2 it shall be cut off. 12 ‘"Thou shalt not uncover the ch. 20. 19.
* Ex. 22. 31. 15 ^ And every soul that eateth ^that nakedness of thy father’s sister she :
ch. 22. 8.
Deu.14.21.
3
which died of itself, or that which was is thy father’s near kinswoman.
Ezek. 4. 14.
& 44. 31. torn tvith beasts, whether it he one of 13 Thou shalt not uncover the naked-
2Heb. your own country, or a stranger, ^he ness of thy mother’s sister for she is :
a carcase.
y ch. 11. 25. 4
shall both wasli his clothes, and bathe thy mother’s near kinswoman.
^ ch. 15. 5.
himself
5 in water, and be miclean until 14 ‘Thou shalt not uncover the > cli. 20. 20.
the even then shall he be clean.

: nakedness of thy father’s brother,
616 But if he wash them not, nor thou shalt not approach to his wife:
® ch. 5. 1.
&
7. 18.
bathe his flesh; then “he shall bear she is thine aunt.
&
19. 8. his
7 iniquity. 15 “ Thou shalt not uncover the "> Gen. 38.
Num. 19. 18, 26.
29.
CHAPTEK XVIII. nakedness of thy daughter in law: ch. 20. 12.
Ezek. 22.
8 1 Unlawful maniaijes. 19 Unlawful lusts. she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not 11 .
nd Lord spake unto Moses, uncover her nakedness.

A 9 -
the
saying,
16 “Thou shalt not uncover the
nakedness of thy brother’s wife it is :
" ch. 20. 21.
Matt. 14.4.
See Deut.
25.5.
® ver. 4.
Ex.
and say unto them, “I am the Lord thy brother’s nakedness. Mat. 22. 24.
6. 7. Markl2.19.
ch. 11. 44. your God. 17 “Thou shalt not imcover the na- ® ch. 20. 14.
&
19. 4, 10,
34. &
20. 7. ’’After the doings of the land of kedness of a woman and her daugh- * Or, one
wife to
Ezek. 20. 5,
7, 19, 20. Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not ter, neither shalt thou take her son’s another.
Ex. 26. 3.
*>Ezek. 20.7,
8. & 23. 8.
do and “ after the doings of the land
: daughter, or her daughter’s daugh- P 1 Sam. 1.
6 8
of Canaan, whither I brmg you, shall
, .
0 Ex.23. 24.
cli. 20. 23.
ter, uncover her nakedness; for
to 1 ch. 20. 18.
Ezek.
Heut. 12. 4, ye not do neither shaU ye walk in
: they are her near kinswomen: it is & 22 .
18. 6.
10 .
30, 31.
their ordinances. wickedness. ch. 20. 10.
Ex. 20. 14.
2.
Deut.
& 6. 1.
4. 1, Ye shall do my judgments, and 18 Neither shalt thou take â wife Deut.
& 22. 22.
5. 18.
Ezek. 20. keep mine ordinances, to walk there- to her sister, ^to vex her, to micover Prov.
32
6. 29,
19.
in I am the Lord your God.
: her nakedness, beside the other in Mai. 3. 5.
Matt. 5. 27.
Ye shall therefore keep my sta- her life time. Rom. 2. 22.
1 Cor. 6. 9.
® Ezek. 20. tutes, and my judgments: “which if 19 Âlso thou shalt not approacli Heb. 13. 4.
11, 13, 21.
Luke 10.28. a man do, he shall live in them: Î unto a woman to uncover her naked- * ch. 20.
2 Kin. 16.3.
2.
Rom. 10. 5.
Gal. 3. 12. am the Lord. ness, as long as she is put apart for & 21 6 . .
' Exod.
& 23. 10.
6. 29.
6. 2,
H None of you shall approach to her uncleanness. Jer. 19. 5.
Ezek.20.31.
Jlal. 3. 6.
s any that is ^near of kin to him, to 20 Moreover ’’thou shalt not lie car- & 23. 37,39.
Heb. re- * 1 Kin. 11.
mainder of
his flesh.
uncover their nakedness: I am the nally with thy neighbour’s wife, to 7. as.
Called,
Lord. defile thyself with her. Acts 7. 43,
Moloch.
e ch. 20. 11. ® The nakedness
of thy father, or 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy “ ch. 19. 12.
the nakedness of thy mother, shalt seed “ pass through the fire to Mo- ‘ & 20. 3.
& 21 6 . .
thou not uncover she is thy mother : lech, neither shalt thou “ profane the & 22. 2, 32.
Ezek. Sfe.
thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. name of thy God I am the Lord.
: 20, &c.
Mai. 1. 12.
h Gen. 49. 4.
ch. 20. 11.
The nakedness of thy father’s ivife
’’
22 * Thou shalt not lie with mankind, * ch. 20. 13.
Rom. 1. 27.
Deu.22.30. shalt thou not uncover: it is thy fa- as with womankind it is abomination.
: 1 Cor. 6. 9.
&27. 20. 1 Tim. 1.10.
Ezek.22.10. ther’s nakedness. 23 ^Neither shalt thou lie with any r ch. 20.
Amos 2. 7.
1.5,
1 Cor. 5. 1. ’The nakedness of thy sister, the beast to defile thyself therewith nei- :
16.
Ex. 22. 19.
ther shall any woman stand before a

' ch. 20. 17.
2 Sam. 13. daughter of thy father, or daughter * ch. 20. 12.
® ver. 30.
12
Ezek.
.
22. of thy mother, ivhether she he born at beast to lie down thereto it is con- : Matt. 15.
11 . 18, 19, 20.
homo, or born abroad, even their na- fusion. Mark 7. 21,
22,23.
kedness thou shalt not uncover. 24 “ Defile not ye yourselves in any lCor.3. 17.
; ; : :::
A repetition LEVITICUS, XIX. of sundry laws.
Before of these things for in all these the

: the Lord and that soul shall be cut
:
Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
1490. nations are defiled which I cast out offfrom among his people. 1490.
b ch. 20. 23. before yon : 9 If And ® when ye reap the harvest e ch. 23. 22.
Deut. 24.
«
Deu.
Num.
18. 12.
35.
25 And " the land is defiled there- : of your land, thou shalt not wholly 19, 20, 21.
34. fore I do ^ visit the iniquity thereof reap the corners of thy field, neither Rulh16.
15, 2.
.Ter. 2. 7.
& 16 18. upon it, and the land itself ®vomiteth shalt thou gather the gleanings of
Ezek. 36.
17. out her inhabitants. thy harvest. Ex. 20.15. >>
10 And thou shalt not glean thy &

a Ps. 89.32.
Isai. 26.21. 26 ^Ye shall therefore keep my sta- 22. 1, 7,
10 ,- 12 .
Jer.5.9,29.
& 9. 9. tutes and my judgments, and shall not vineyard, neither shalt thou gather Deut. ch.
5. 19.
2. ‘
6.
& 14. 10. commit any of these abominations every grape of thy vineyard thou Eph. 4. 25.
& 23. 2. ;
Col. 3. 9.
Hos. 2. 13.
& 13. 8.
neither any of your own nation, nor shalt leave them for the poor and * Ex. 20. 7.
&9.
* ver. 28.
9.
any stranger that sojourneth among' stranger I am the Lord your God. :
ch. 6. 3.
Deut. 5.11.
* ver. 5, 30. you 11 If Ye shall not steal, neither deal Jam.
’’ Matt. 33.
5. 12.
5.
ch. 20. 22,

23. 27 (For all these abominations have falsely, ’neither lie one to anotlier. ch. 18. 21. 1
2 men of the land done, whi(;h were ” Mark 10.

the 12 if And ye shall not ^ swear by 19.
before you, and the land is defiled ;) my name falsely, ’neither shalt thou “lThe8.4.6.
Deut. 24.
f ch. 20. 22.
3
28 That ® the land spue not you out profane the name of thy God I am 14, :
15.
Mul. 3. 5.
Jer. 9. 19.
Ezek. 36. also,
4 when ye defile it, as it spued out the Lord. James 5. 4.
“Deu. 27. 18.
13, 17.
the nations that were before you. 13 If “Thou shalt not defraud thy Rom. 14.13.
P ver. 32.
5 For whosoever shall commit any neighbour, neither rob him
29 “ the Gen. 42.18.
ch. 25. 17.
of6 these abominations, even the souls wages of him that is hired shall not Eccles. 5. 7.
1 Pet
that commit them shall be cut off abide with thee all night until the 4 Exod. 23. 17. 2.
from
7 among their people. morning. 2.3.
Deut 1.17.
30 Therefore shall ye keep mine 14 ^ Thou shalt not curse the deaf, & 16. 19.
8 & 27 19 . .
b ver. 3, 26. ordinance, ^that ye commit not any “ nor put a stumblingblock before the Ps. 82. 2.
ch. 20. 23. I’rov.24.23.
Deut.18.9. one of these abominable customs, blind, but shalt ^ fear thy God I am James 9. :
r
2.
Ex. 23. 1.
which were committed before you, the Lord. Ps. 15. 3.
&
15 If ^Ye shall do no unrighteous- Prov. 11.13.
50. 2o.
• ver. 24. and that ye defile not yourselves
‘
b ver. 2, 4. therein :
^ I am the Lord your God. ness in judgment :
&
thou shalt not Ezek. 20. 19.
22. 9.
CHAPTER XIX. respect the person of the poor, nor Exod.

1,
23. ‘
7.
A repetition of sundry laws. honour the person of the mighty 1 Kin. 21.
nd the Lord spake unto Moses, hut in righteousness shalt thou judge 13.
A _ saying,
Speak unto all the congregation of

thy neighbour.
16 If ’'Thou shalt not go up and 9, II.
Matt 26.
60, 61.
8c 27. 4.
1 .John 2. •
the children of Israel, and say unto down as a talebearer among thy “Mat & 3. 15.
18.15.
» ch. 11. 44. them, “Ye shall be holy: for I the people : neither shalt thou Luke
stand Gal. 17. 3.
‘
&20. 7, -.6. 6. 1.
1 Pet. 1.16. Lord your God am holy. against the blood of thy neighbour Eph.
1 Tim. 5.20.
11. 5.
b Ex. 20. 12. If *’Ye shall fear every man his I am the Lord. 2 Tim. 2. 4.
Titus 13. 1.
« Ex.
&
20. 8.
31. 13.
mother, and his father, and keep my “
17 If ‘Thou shalt not hate thy bro- & 15. 2.
sabbaths I am the Lord your God.

Or, that 2
: ther in thine heart: "thou shalt in Ihuu hear
sin /or
a Ex. 20. 4.
ch. 26. 1.
If '’Turn ye not unto idols, ®nor any wise rebuke thy neighbour, ^ and not him: see
Rom.
14.
1 Cor. 10. make to yourselves molten gods I not suffer : sin upon him. Cor. 5. 2.
32.
1
1 .
1 John 5.
21 .
am the Lord your God. 18 ^ 1 Tim. 5.22.
’’Thou shalt not avenge, nor 2 John 11.
• Ex. 34. 17. If And ‘îf ye offer a sacrifice of bear any grudge against the children ^ 2 Sam 13.
Deu. 27. 15. 22 .
» ch. 7. 16.
peace offerings unto the Lord, ye of thy people, ^but thou shalt love thy Prov.2().22.
Rom. 12.
shall offer it at your own will. neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord. 17, 19.
Gal. 5. 21.
It shall be eaten the same day ye 19 If Ye shall keep my statutes. E|h. 31. h.
•Tames
offer it, and on the morrow: and if Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender 1 Pet
9. 5.
2. 1.
ought remain until the third day, it with a diverse kind: Hhou shalt not y &Matt. 5.43.
2.39.
shall be burnt in the fire. sow thy field with mingled seed Rom. 13 9.
Gal. 5. 14.
And if it be eaten at all on the “neither shall a garment mingled of *Deu. James 2. 8.
22. 9,
third day, it is abominable ;
it shall linen and woollen come upon thee. li.
not be accepted. 20 If And whosoever lieth carnally ® Or, abused

«Deu. 22.11.
Therefore every one that eateth it with a woman, that is a bondmaid, * by any.
Heh. re-
shall bear his iniquity, because he betrothed to an husband, and not proached
oy, or, /or
hath profaned the hallowed thing of at all redeemed, nor freedom given man.
12
:
A repetition LEVITICUS, XX. of sundry laws.

Before her; *®she shall be scourged; they love him as thyself for ye w ere
;
Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490. shall not be put to death, because strangers in the land of Egypt I am :
1490.
* Or, they.
she was not free. the Lord your God.
* Heb. there 21 And ‘’he shall bring his trespass 35 If 'Ye shall do no unrighteous- ver. 15.
shaU be a
scourging. offering unto the Lokd, unto the door ness in judgment, in meteyard, in
ch. 5. 15.
>>
&6 . 6.
of the tabernacle of the congregation, weight, or in measure.
even a ram for a trespass offering. 36 “Just balances, just ® weights, a • Deut. 25.
13, 15.
22 And the priest shall make an just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye Prov. 11. 1.
& 16. 11.
atonement for him with the ram of have I am the Lord your God, which & 20 10
: . .
*Heb. stones.
the trespass offering before the Lord brought you out of the land of Egypt.
for his sin which he hath done and 37 ‘Therefore shall ye observe all ‘ Deu.
:
ch. 18. 4, 5.
4. 5,6.
the sin which he hath done shall be my statutes, and all my judgments, &5. 1.
&6. 25.
forgiven him. and do them I am the Lord. :
23 If And when ye shall come into

the land, and shall have planted all 1
CHAPTER XX.
Of him that giveth of his seed to Molech, 4 Of him
manner of trees for food, then ye that favoureth such an one. 6 Of goimj to wizards. 7
shall count the fruit thereof as uncir- Of sanctification. 9 Of him that curseth his parents. 10
Of adultery. 11, 14, 17, 19 Of incest. 13 Of sodomy.
cumcised three years shall it be as
:
15 0/ heastiality. 18 Of uncleanness. 22 Obedience is
uncircumcised unto you it shall not:
required with holiness. 27 Wizards must be put to death.
be eaten of. AND
the Lord spake unto Moses,
24 But in the fourth year all the saying,
*
<Heb. fruit thereof shall be holy to praise 2 “Again, thou shalt say to the chil- » ch. 18. 2.
holiness of
Xrraises to the Lord withal. dren of Israel, '’Whosoever he he of bch. 18. 21.
the Lobd. Deu. 12. 31.
« Deut. 12. 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat the children of Israel, or of the stran- & 18. 10.
2 Kin. 17.
17, 18.
Prov. 3. 9.
of the fruit thereof, that it may yield gers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth 17.&23.10.
2Chr.a3.6.
unto you the increase thereof: I am any of his seed imto Molech he shall Jer. ; 7. 31.
the Lord your God. surely be put to death the people of Ezek. :
& 32. 35.
20.
•*
&e
ch. 17. 10, 26 1 ‘‘Ye shall not eat any thing the land shall stone him with stones. 26,31.
Deu. 12.23. with the blood ® neither shall ye use

: 3 And “I will set my face against ® ch. 17. 10.
• Deut. 18.
10, 11, 14. enchantment, nor observe times. that man, and will cut him ofi' from
1 Sam. 15.
23. 27 ^Ye shall not round the corners among his people; because he hath
2 Kin. 17.
17. &
21. 6.
of your heads, neither shalt thou mar given of his seed unto Molech, to
2 Chron.
33.6.
the corners of thy beard. ‘'defile my sanctuary, and “to pro- Ezek. 5.
**
11. & 23.

Mai.
'ch. 21.5.
3. 5.
28 Ye shall not ®make any cuttings fane my holy name. 38,39.
4 And if the people of the land do

• ch. 18. 21.
Isai. 15. 2. in your flesh for the dead, nor print
Jer. 9. 26.
&
48. 37. any marks upon you I am the Lord. any ways hide their eyes from the
:
e ch. 21. 5.
Deu. 14. 1.
29 If ''Do not ® prostitute thy daugh- man, when he giveth of his seed unto
Jer. 16. 6.
& 48. .37.
ter, to cause her to be a whore lest Molech, and ^ kill him not
;
Deu. 17. 2,
'
3,5.
•>
17.
Deut. 23. the land fall to whoredom, and the 5 Then Î will set my face against « ch. 17. 10.
»Heb. land become full of wickedness. that man, and ''against his family, Ex. 20. 5.
*>
profane.
' ver. 3.
30 If 'Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and will cut him off, and all that 'go ch. 17. 7. ‘
ch. 26. 2.
•‘Eccles. 5.1.
and ^reverence my sanctuary: I am a whoring after him, to commit whore-
the Lord. dom with Molech, from among their
» Ex. 22. 18.
ch. 20. 6,27.
31 If 'Regard not them that have people.
Deu. 18. 10. familiar spirits, neither seek after 6 1 And ^ the soul that turneth after k ch. 19. 31.
lSam.28.7.
1 Chron.
10. 13.
wizards, to be defiled by them: I am such as have familiar spirits, and
Isai. 8. 19. the Lord your God. after wizards, to go a Avhoring after
Acts 16. 16.
“ Prov. 20. 32 If “ Thou shalt rise up before the them, I will even set my
face against
29.
1 Tim. 5. 1.
hoary head, and honour the face of that soul, and will cut him off from
“ ver. 14. the old man, and " fear thy God I : among his people.
am the Lord. 7 H '
Sanctify yourselves therefore, • ch. 11. 44.
& 19. 2.
0 Ex.
&23.
22. 21.
9.
33 If And ° if a stranger sojourn with and be ye holy: for I am the Lord lPet.l.lG.
« Or, thee in your land, ye shall not ®vex him. your God.
“ ch.
8 “And ye shall keep my statutes,
oppress.
P Ex. 12. 48,
34 ^ But the stranger that dwcllefh “Ex.
19. 37.
31.13.
49.
1 Deut. 10.
with you shall be unto you as one and do them “ I am the Lord which
: ch. 21.
Ezek.
8.
37.
19. born among you, and ’ thou shalt sanctify you. 28.
:;
: : :
:
A repetition LEVITICUS, XXI. of sundry laves.
Before 9 IF “ For every one tliat eurseth his of thy father’s sister: “for he unco- Before
CHKIST CHRIST
1490. father or liis mother shall be surely
. vereth his near kin they shall bear :
1490.
0 Ex. 21. 17.
put to death he hath cursed his fa-
: their iniquity. « ch. 18. 6.
r)eu.27.16. ther or his mother his blood shall ;
**
20 And if a man shall lie with his d ch. 18. 14.
Prov.20.20.
Matt. 15. 4. be upon him. uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his
> ver. 11, 12,
13, 16, 27. 10 IF And the man that eommitteth uncle’s nakedness they shall bear :
2 Sam. 1.16.
a ch. 18. 21.
adultery with another man’s wife, even their sin; they shall die childless.
Deu.22.22.
John 8. 4,5.
he that eommitteth adultery with his 21 “And if a man shall take liis bro- ® ch. 18. 16.
neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and ther’s wife, it ^ ^ an unclean thing he :

* Heb. a se-
jiaraiion.
the adulteress shall surely be put to hath uncovered his brother’s naked-
death. ness they shall be childless.
;
r ch. 18. 8.
Deut. 27.
11 Ând the man that lieth with his 22 IF Ye shall therefore keep all my
23. father’s wife hath uncovered his fa- ^
statutes, and aU my judgments, and 'ch.l8. 26.
& 19. 37.
ther’s nakedness : both of them shall do them that the land, whither I
:
surely be put to death; their blood bring you to dwell therein, ® spue you e ch. 18. 25,
28.
shall he upon them. not out.
• ch. 18. 15. 12 And if a man lie with his daugh-
® 23 ‘’And ye shall not walk in the > ch. 18. 3,
24, 30.
ter in law, both of them shall surely manners of the nation, which I cast
‘ ch. 18. 23. be put to death they have wrought
:
‘
out before you for they committed :
confusion; their blood shall he upon all these things, and ‘therefore I ab- > ch. 18. 27.
Deut. 9. 5.
them. horred them.
" ch. 18. 22. 13 “If a man also lie with mankind, as 24 But ‘'I have said unto you. Ye &6
Ex.
.
3. 17.
8.
Deu.23.17.
See Gen. he lieth with a woman, both of them shall inherit their land, and I will
19.5.
.Tudg. 19. have committed an abomination they : give it unto you to possess it, a land
22 .
shall surely be put to death their ;
that floweth with milk and honey I :
blood shall he upon them. am the Lord your God, ‘wiiicli have > ver. 26.
Ex. 19. 5.
» ch. 18. 17. 14 *And if a man take a wife and separated you from other people. & 33. 16.
Deut.
Deut. 27. 7. 6.
23. her mother, it is wickedness they : 25 “Ye shall therefore put differ- & 14. 2.
1 Kin. 8.
shall be burnt with fire, both he and ence between clean beasts and un- 53.
ch. 11. 47.
they; that there be no wickedness clean, and between unclean fowls and Deu. 14. 4.
among you. clean: “and ye shall not make your “ ch. 11. 43.
y ch. 18. 23. 15 Ând if a man lie with a beast, souls abominable by beast, or by
Deut. 27.
21 . he shall surely be put to death : and fowl, or by any manner of living
ye shall slay the beast. thing that ^ creepeth on the ground, » Or,
maoetli.
16 And if a woman approach unto which I have separated from you as
any beast, and lie down thereto, thou unclean.
shalt kill the woman, and the beast 26 And ye shall be holy unto me
they shall surely be put to death; "for I the Lord am holy, and ^have ® ver. 7.
ch. 19. 2.
their blood shall he upon them. severed you ft'om other people, that 1 Pet. 1. 16.
P ver. 24.
* ch. 18. 9.
Deu.27.22.
17 And if a man shall take his ye should be mine. Titus 2. 14.
See Gen.
20 12 .
.
sister, his father’s daughter, or his 27 “FF Â man also or woman that 9 Ex. 22. 18.
ch. 19. 31.
mother’s daughter, and see her nahath a familiar spirit, or that is a Deut. 18.
10, 11 .
kedness, and she see his nakedness wizard, shall surely be put to death 1 Sam. 28.
7,8.
it a wicked thing; and they shall they shall stone them with stones
be cut off in the sight of their peo- their blood shall he upon them. r ver. 9.
ple he hath uncovered his sister’s

:
CHAPTEE XXI.
nakedness he shall bear his iniquity.
; 1 Of the priests' mourning. 6 Of their holiness. 8 Of their
• ch. 18. 19. 18 “And if a man shall lie with a estimation. 13 Of their marriages.
7, 17 The priests
See ch. 15.
24. woman having her sickness, and shall that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary.
nd Lord
® Heb. made
naked.
uncover her nakedness he hath ^ dis-
covered her fountain, and she hath
uncovered the fountain of her blood
;
A . Speak
the said unto Moses,
unto the priests the sons
of Aaron, and say unto them, “ There »Ezek. 44.
25.
and both of them shall be cut off shall none be defiled for the dead
from among their people. among his people
•> ch. 18. 12, 19 ‘’And thou shalt not uncover the 2 But
for his kin, that is near unto
13
nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor him, that is, for his mother, and for
; ;
:: ;
Divers laws LEVITICUS, XXII. and ordinances.
Before his father, and for his son, and for 17 saying. Who-
Speak unto Aaron, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490. his daughter, and for his brother, soever he he of thy seed in their 1490.
3 And for his sister a virgin, that generations that hath any blemish,
isnigh unto him, which hath had no let him not approach to offer the <•
cR. 10. 3. >
Num. 16. 5.
husband; for her may he be defiled. ^ bread of his
God. Ps. 65. 4.
2 Or, food,
^ Or, being
an husband
4 Bnt ^he shall not defile himself, 18 For whatsoever man he he that ch. 3. 11.
among his heing a chief man among his people, hath a blemish, he shall not ap-
people, he
shall not
defile him-
to profane himself. proach a blind man, or a lame, or
: ('
self for
wife,&c.
his 5 They shall not make baldness he that hath a flat nose, or any thing
See Ezek. upon their head, neither shall they “
superfluous, • ch. 22. 23.
24. 16, 17.
^ eh. 19. 27, shave off the corner of their beard, 19 Or a man that is brokenfooted,
28.
Deut. 14. 1. nor make any cuttings in their flesh. or brokenhanded,
Ezek. 44.
20 .
6 They shall be holy unto their God, 20 Or crookbackt, or â
dwarf, or s Or,
too slender.
' ch. 18. 21. and “not profane the name of their that hath a blemish in his eye, or be
& 19. 12.
God for the offerings of the Loed
: scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones * ‘ Deu. 23. 1.
^ See ch.
11 .
3. made by fire, and ^ the bread of their broken
God, they do offer: therefore they 21 No man that hath a blemish of
shallbe holy. the seed of Aaron the priest shall
®
22
Ezek. 44.
.
7 ®
They
shall not take a wife that come nigh to "offer the offerings of “ ver. 6.
is a whore, or profane neither shall

;
the Lord made by fire he hath a :
f See Dent.
24. 1, 2.
they take a woman ^put away from blemish; he shall not come nigh to
her husband: for he is holy unto offer the bread of his God.
I
his God. 22 He shall eat the bread of his

8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore God, both of the *most holy, and of »ch. 2.3,10.
& 6. 17, 29.
for he offereth the bread of thy God the ’'holy. &7. 1.
& 24. 9.
e ell. 20. 7, he shall be holy unto thee ® for I the : 23 Only he shall not go in unto the Num. 18. 9.
8 y ch. 22. 10,
am
.
Lord, which sanctify you, holy. vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, 11 , 12 .
h Gen. 38. Num. 18.
9 IF ''And the daughter of any priest, because he hath a blemish that * he ; 19.
24.
if she profane herself by playing the profane not my sanctuaries for I :
* ver. 12.
whore, she profaneth her father she : the Lord do sanctify them.
shall be burnt with fire. 24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, I
Exod.
29, 30.
29.
10 'And he that is the high priest and to his sons, and unto all the chil-
ch.
& 16. 32.
8. 12. among his brethren, upon whose head dren of Israel.
,1
Num.
25.
35. the anointing oil was poured, and CHAPTER XXII.
k Ex. 28. 2. ''that is consecrated to put on the 1 The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the hohj
ch. 16. 32.
garments, shall not uncover his head,
'
things. 6 How
they shall he cleansed. 10 Who of the I
1 ch. 10. 6.
priest's house may eat of the holy things. 17 The sacri- i
nor rend his clothes fices must be without blemish. 26 The age of the sacrifice.
I
^ Num. 19. 11 Neither shall he “go in to any 29 The law of eating the sacrifice of thanhsgiving.
14.
See
1 2 ,
° ch. 10.
.
ver.
7.
dead body, nor defile himself for his
father, or for his mother;
12 "Neither shall he go out of the
And .
the
saying,
Lord spake unto Moses,
2 Speak unto Aaron and to his

sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary sons, that they "separate themselves » Num. 6. 3.
® Ex. 28. 36. of his God; for “the crown of the from the holy things of the children
ch. 8. 9, 12,
30. anointing oil of his God is upon him of Israel, and that they ''profane not b ch. 18. 21.
I am the Lord. my holy name in those things which

P ver.
Ezek.
7.
44.
13 And Phe shall take a wife in her they “hallow unto me I am the Lord. :
c Ex.
Num.
28. 38.
18.
22 . virginity. 3 Say unto them. Whosoever he he 32.
Deut. 15.
14 A
widow, or a divorced woman, of all your seed among your genera- 19.
or profane, or an harlot, these shall tions, that goeth unto the holy things,
he not take but he shall take a vir-
: which the children of Israel hallow
gin of his OUT! people to wife. unto the Lord, ^having his unclean- <» ch. 7. 20.
15 Neitlier shall he profane his seed ness upon him, that soul shall be cut
« ver. 8. among his people for I the Lord
: off' from my presence I am the Lord. :
do sanctify him. 4 Wliat man soever of the seed of e ch. 15. 2.
16 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo- Aaron is a leper, or hath “a * running * Heb.
rnnni^ qf
ses, saying, issue; he shall not eat of the holy Om reins.
; : ;
Divers laws LEVITICUS, XXTI. and ordinances.
Before
CHRIST
tilings, ^ until lie be clean. And say unto them, ^ Whatsoever he he of Before
CHRIST
1490. ® whoso touclietli any thing that is un- the house of Israel, or of the strangers 1490.
t ch. 14. 2.
clean hy the dead, or ‘'a man whose in Israel, that will offer his oblation y ch. 1. 2. 3,
& 15. 13. seed goeth from him for all his vows, and for all his free- 10 .
8 Num. 19. ; Num. 15.

11 22 .
, 5 Or Svhosoever toucheth any creep- will offerings, which they will offer 14.
ch. 15. 16.
I
ch. 11. 24, ing thing, whereby he may be made unto the Lord for a burnt offering
43, 44.
k ch. 15.
unclean, or â man of whom he may 19 shall offer at your own will a * ch. 1. 3.
7,
19. take uncleanness, whatsoever unclean- male without blemish, of the beeves,
ness he hath of the sheep, or of the goats.
6 The soul which hath touched any 20 ^But whatsoever hath a blemish, «Deu.l5.21.
& 17.1.
such shall be unclean until even, and that shall ye not offer for it shall Mal.1.8.14.
:
Eph. 5. 27.
shall not eat of the holy things, un- not be acceptable for you. Heb. 9. 14.
IPet. 1.19.
1 ch. 15. 5. less he ^ wash his flesh with water. 21 And ‘'whosoever offereth a sacri- b ch. 3. 1, 6.
Heb. 10.22.
7 And when the sun is down, he shall fice of peace offerings unto the Lord
be clean, and shall afterward eat of the “to accomplish his vow, or a freewill 'ch. 7. 16.
Num. 15.
m ch. 21. 22.
Num. 18. holy things because “ it is his food.
;
offering in beeves or ^ sheep, it shall hlue.23.
“
11, 13.
8 “ That which dieth of itself, or is be perfect to be accepted there 21.
;
Pe.
23.
Ex. 22. 31. 61. 8.
ch. 17. 15. torn with beasts, he shall not eat to de- shall be no blemish therein. &65. 1.
Ezek. 44. Eccles. 5.
31. file himself therewith I am the Lord. : 22 ‘‘Blind, or broken, or maimed, or 4,5.
* Or, goats.
9 They shall therefore keep mine having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ^ ver. 20.
Mai.
0 Ex. 28. 43. ordinance, °lest they bear sin for it, ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, 1. 8.
Num. 18.
22, 32. and die therefore, if they profane it nor make ® an offering by fire of them *ch.l.9,13.
& 3. 3. 5.
I the Lord do sanctify them. upon the altar unto the Lord.
r See 1 Sam. 10 p There shall no stranger eat of 23 Either a bullock or a ®lamb that ^ Or, kid.
21 . 6 .
the holy thing a sojourner of the
: hath any thing ^superfluous or lack- t ch. 21. 18.
priest, or an hired servant, shall not ing in his parts, that mayest thou
eat o/the holy thing. offer for a freewill offering; but for
11 But if the priest buy any soul a vow it shall not be accepted.
2 Heb. ^with his money, he shall eat of it, 24 Ye shall not offer unto the Lord
with the
purchase of and he that is born in his house : that which is bruised, or crushed, or
his money.
1 Num. 18. they shall eat of his meat. broken, or cut neither shall ye make
;
11, 13.
12 If the priest’s daughter also be any offering thereof in your land.
k Heb. a man married unto ® a stranger, she may not 25 Neither ®from a stranger’s hand 8 Num. 15.
a stranger. 15. 16.
eat of an offering of the holy things. shall ye offer the bread of your God
**
b ch. 21.
6,
17.
13 But if the priest’s daughter be of any of these because their cor-
;
‘
' Mai. 1.14.
a widow, or divorced, and have no ruption is in them, and blemishes he
fGen. 38.11. child, and is ^returned unto her fa- in them: they shall not be accepted
' ch. 10.14. ther’s house, ® as in her youth, she for you.
Num. 18.
11, 19. shall eat of her father’s meat: but 26 If And the Lord spake unto Mo-
there shall no stranger eat thereof. ses, saying,
‘ ch. 5. 15,
16.
14 ir ‘And if a man eat of the holy 27 ^When a bullock, or a sheep, or k Ex. 22.30.
thing unwittingly, then he shall put a goat, is brought forth, then it shall
the fifth thereof unto it, and be seven days under the dam; and
shall give it unto the priest with the from the eighth day and thenceforth
holy thing. it shall be accepted for an offering
" Num.
32.
18. 15 And “ they shall not profane the made by fire unto the Lord.
holy things of the children of Israel, 28 And whether it be cow or ^ ewe, Or,she goal.
which they offer unto the Lord; ye shall not kill it and her young Deu. 22. 6.
‘ 1
< Or, lade 16 Or ^suffer them *to bear the ini- both in one day.
themselves
tcilh the quity of trespass, when they eat their 29 And when ye will “offer a sacri- "> ch.
I '8.
7. 12.
107. 22.
iniquity of
trespass in holy things for I the Lord do sanc-
: fice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, & 116.17.
theirealing. Amos 4. 5.
* ver. 9. tify them. offer it at your own will.

17 If And the Lord spake unto Mo- 30 On the same day it shall be eaten
ses, saying, up ye shall leave “ none of it until
;
“ ch. 7. 15.
® ch. 19. 37.
18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, the morrow I am the Lord.
: Num. 15.
40.
and unto all the children of Israel, and 31 “ Therefore shall ye keep my lie ut. 4.40,
: : :;
The feasts of the Lord. LEVITICUS, XXIII. The feast of Pentecost.

Before commandments, and do them: I am blemish of the first year for a burnt Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490. the Loed. offering unto the Lord. 1490.
Pch. 18.21.
32 P Neither shall ye profane my holy 13 And the meat offering thereof k ch. 2. 14,
1 ch. 10. 3. name ;
but ’ I will be hallowed among shall he two tenth deals of fine flour 15, 16.
Matt. 6. 9.
Luke 11. 2. the children of Israel I am the Loeu : mingled with oil, an offering made by
»•
ch. 20. 8. which haUow you, fireunto the Lord for a sweet savour
« Ex. 6. 7. 33 ® That brought you out of the land and the drink offering thereof shall he
ch. 11. 45.
& 19. 36. of Egypt, to be your God I am the : of wme, the fourth part of an Inn.
& 25. 38.
Num. 15. Lord. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread,
41.
CHAPTER XXIII. nor parched corn, nor green ears, until
1 The feasts of the Lord. 3 The sahhath. 4 The passover. the selfsame day that ye have brought
9 The sheaf of firstfruits. 15 The feast of Pentecost.
22 Gleanings to he left for the poor. 23 The feast of
an offering imto your God: it shall
trumpets. 26 The day of atonement. 33 The feast of he a statute for ever throughout your
tabernacles.
generations in all your dwellings.
And _
the
saying,

2
15 IF And ye shall count mito you
‘
from the morrow after the sabbath,

from the day that ye brought the
1 Ex. 34. 22.
ch. 25. 8.
Deut. 16. 9.
“ ver. 4, 37. and say unto them. Concerning “the sheaf of the wave offering seven ;
feasts of the Lord, which ye shall sabbaths shall be complete

b Ex. 32. 5. proclaim to he holy convocations,
’’
16 Even unto the morrow after the
2 Kin. 10.
20 . even these are my feasts. seventh sabbath shall ye number “fif- “ Acts 2. 1.
Ps. 81. 3.
« Ex. 20. 9. 3 “ Six days shall work be done but : ty days ;
and ye shall offer " a new "26. Num. 28.
& 23. 12. the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, meat offering unto the Lord.
& 31. 15.
& 34. 21. an holy convocation; ye shall do no 17 Ye shall brmg out of your habi-
ch. 19. 3.
Deu. 5. 13.
Lukel3.14.
work therein ; it is the sabbath of the tations two wave loaves of two tenth
Lord in all your dwellmgs. deals : they shall be of fine flour
^
^ ver. 2, 37. 4 If These are the feasts of the Lord, they shall be baken with leaven ; they
Ex. 23. 14.
even holy convocations, wliich ye shall are “ the firstfruits unto the Lord. » Exod. 23.
16, 19.
proclaim m
their seasons. 18 And ye shall offer with the bread &22. 29.
&34. 22,26.
• Ex. 12. 6, 5 ®In the fourteenth day of the first seven lambs without blemish of the Num. 15.
14, 18. 17,-21.
& 13. 3, 10. month at even is the Lord’s passover. first year, and one young buUock, and & 28. 26.
& 23. 15. Deut. 26. 1.
& 34. 18. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the two rams they shall be for a burnt
:
Niira.9.2,3.
&28. 16,17. same month is the feast of unleavened offering unto the Lord, with their
Deut. 16.
1 .— 8 . bread unto the Lord seven days ye : meat offering, and their drink offer-
ings, even an offering made by fire,
Josh. 5. 10.
must eat unleavened bread.
fEx. 12. 16. 7 În the first day ye shall have an of sweet savour unto the Lord.
Num. 28.
18,25. holy convocation ye shall do no ser- :
19 Then ye shall sacrifice *’one kid P ch. 4. 23,
28
vilework therein. of the goats for a sm offering, and Num. 28.
30.
8 But ye shall offer an offering made two lambs of the first year for a sa-
9 ch. 3. 1.
by fire unto the Lord seven days in : crifice of peace offerings.
the seventh day is an holy convocation: 20 And the priest shall wave them
ye shall do no servile work therein. with the bread of the firstfruits for a
9 If And the Lord spake mito Mo- wave offermg before the Lord, with
ses, saying, the two lambs they shall be holy r Num. 18.
:
12 .
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, to the Lord for the priest. Deut. 18. 4.
e Exod. 23. and say unto them, ®When ye be come 21 And ye shall proclaim on the self-
16, 19.
&34. 22, into the land which I give unto you, same day, that it may be an holy con-
26.
Num. 15. and shall reap the harvest thereof, then vocation unto you ye shall do no
:
2, 18.
&28. 26.
ye shall bring a ^ ^ sheaf of the first- **
servile work therein : it shall he a sta-
Deut. 16. 9.
Josh. 3. 15.
fruits of your harvest imto the priest tute for ever in all your dwellings
2 Or, 11 And he shall ‘wave the sheaf be- throughout your generations.
handful.
s Heb. omer. fore the Lord, to be accepted for you: 22 IF And “when ye reap the harvest •ch.19.9.
b
(
Rom.
16.
11.
on the morrow after the sabbath the of your land, thou shalt not make
1 Cor.15.20.
.Tam. 1. 18.
priest shall wave it. clean riddance of the corners of thy
>
Rev
Ex. 29.
14. 4.
24.
12 And
ye shall offer that day when field when thou reapest, neither shalt
‘ ‘Deut.
19.
24.
ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without thou gather any gleaning of thy har-
: :
The day of atonement. LEVITICUS, XXI Y. The feast of tabernacles.

Before
CHRIST vest thou shalt leave them unto the
: 37 These are the feasts of the Lord,
® Before
CHRIST
1490. poor, and to the stranger: I am the which ye shall proclaim to he holy con- 1490.
Lord your God. vocations, to offer an offering made • ver. 2, 4.
23 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo- by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offer-
ses, saying, ing, and a meat offering, a sacrifice,
24 Speak unto the children of Israel, and drink offerings, every thing upon
“Nuin.29.1. saying, In the " seventh month, in the his day:
first day of the month, shall ye have 38 ^Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, Num. 29. ‘
39.
= ch. 25. 9. a sabbath, * a memorial of blowing of and beside your gifts, and beside all
trumpets, an holy convocation. your vows, and beside all your freewill
25 Ye shall do no servile work there- offerings, which ye give unto the Lord.
in : but ye shall offer an offering 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the
made by fire unto the Lord. seventh month, when ye have ® ga- e Ex. 23. 16.
Deut. 16.
26 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo- thered in the fruit of the land, ye 13.
ses, saying, shall keep a feast unto the Lord
y ch. 16. 30. 27 Âlso on the tenth day of this seven days on the first day shall he a
:
NHm.29.7.
seventh month there shall he a day of sabbath, and on the eighth day shall
atonement it shall be an holy con- he a sabbath.
:
vocation unto you and ye shall afflict

; 40 And ’'ye shall take you on the hNeh. 8.15.
your souls, and offer an ofiering made first day the ^ boughs of goodly trees, * Heb./™i<.
by fire unto the Lord. branches of palm trees, and the
28 And ye shall do no work in that boughs of thick trees, and willows of
same day for it is a day of atone- the brook; ’and ye shall rejoice be- Deut. 16.
: •
14, 15.
ment, to make an atonement for you fore the Lord your God seven days.
before the Lord your God. 41 ''And ye shall keep it a feast un- k Num. 23.
12 .
29 For whatsoever soul it he that shall to the Lord seven days in the year. Neh. 8. 18.
*Gen.l7.14. not be afflicted in that same day, he It shall he a statute for ever in your
shall be cut off from among his people. generations: ye shall celebrate it in
30 And whatsoever soul it he that the seventh month.
doeth any work in that same day, 42 ’Ye shall dwell in booths seven Neh. 8. 14, 1
15, 16.
* ch. 20. 3,
“the same soul will I destroy from days all that are Israelites born shall
;
5,6.
among his people. dwell in booths
31 Ye shall do no manner of work it : 43 “That your generations may know ™ Deut. 31.
13.
shall he a statute for ever throughout that I made the children of Israel to P8.7&5,6.
your generations in all your dwellings. dwell in booths, when I brought them
32 It shall he unto you a sabbath of out of the land of Egypt I am the :
rest, and ye shall afflict your souls Lord your God.

in the ninth day of the month at 44 And Moses “ declared unto the “ ver. 2.
even, from even unto even, shall ye children of Israel the feasts of the
* Heb. rest.
^celebrate your sabbath. Lord.
33 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
CHAPTER XXIV.
1 Tlie oil for the lamps. 5 The sheivhread. 10 Shelomith's
34 Speak unto the children of Israel, son blasphemeth. 13 The law of blasphemy. 17 Of mur-
b Ex. der. 18 Of damage. 23 The blasphemer is stoned.
23. 16.
Num. 29. saying, ’’The fifteenth day of this se-
venth month shall he the feast of taber-
AndCommand Lord spake unto Moses,
12.
Deu.16.13.
the
Ezra :i. 4.
Neh. 8.14.
nacles for seven days unto the Lord. - saying,
Zech.14.16.
John
35 On the first day shall he an holy 2 “ the children of Israel, * Exod. 27.
7. 2. 20 21 .
convocation: ye shall do no servile

,
that they bring unto thee pure oil

work therein. olive beaten for the light, ®to cause 3 Heb.
cause to
to
' Num. 29. 36 Seven days ye shall offer an offer- the lamps to burn continually. ascend.
.35.
Neh. 8. 18. ing made by fire unto the Lord ' on
: 3 Without the vail of the testimony,
John 7. 37.
SHeb. the eighth day shall be an holy con- in the tabernacle of the congrega-
day of
restraint.
vocation unto you; and ye shall offer tion, shall Aaron order it from the
^Deu.
2 Chr.
16. 8. an offering made by fire unto the evening unto the morning before the
7. 9.
Neh.
Joel
8. 18. Lord it is a ^ solemn assembly and Lord continually it shall he a statute
: ; :
1. 14.
& 2. 1.5. ye shall do no servile work therein. for ever in your generations.
; ;
The law of blasphemy. LEVITICUS, XXY. The sabbath of the seventh year.
Before 4 He shall order the lamps upon ’’the 18 ^

And he that killeth a beast shall Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490. pure candlestick before the Lokd con- make it good ^ beast for beast.
; 1490.
l> Ex. 31. 8.
tinually. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in
ver. 21.
&39. 37. 5 If And
thou shalt take fine flour, his neighbour; as ®he hath done, so * Heb. life
for
« Ex. 25. 30. and bake twelve ' cakes thereof two : shall it be done to him; • Ex.
life.
21. 24.
tenth deals shall be in one cake. 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, Deu.19.21.
Matt. 5. 38.
6 And thou shalt set them in two tooth for tooth: as he hath caused &7.2.
“ 1 Kin. 7. rows, six on a row, “’upon the pm’e a blemish in a man, so shall it be
48.
2 Chron. 4. table before the Loed. done to him again.
19.
& 13. 11. 7 And thou shalt put pure frankin- 21 ‘And he that killeth a beast, he ‘ ver. 18.
Heb. Ex. 21.33.
cense upon each row, that it may be
9. 2.
shall restore it " and he that killeth
: “ ver. 17.
on the bread for a memorial, even an a man, he shall be put to death.

offering made by fire unto the Loed. 2
22 Ye shall have * one manner of law, * Ex. 12. 49.
ch. 19. 34.
* Num. 4. 7. 8 ® Every sabbath he shall set it in as well for the stranger, as for one of Num. 15.
1 Cbron.
order before the Loed contmually,
16.
9 99
2Chion.
your
3 oum coimtry for I am the Loed :
2.4. being tahen from the children of Is- your God.

4 If
rael by an everlasting covenant. 23 And Moses spake to the chil-
'lSam.21.6. 9 And ît shall be Aaron’s and his dren of Israel, ^that they should bring y ver. 14.
Matt. 12. 4.
and they 5
Mark 2.
Luke 6.
26. sons’ ;
® shall eat it in the forth him that had cursed out of the
4.
* Ex. 29. 33.
holy place for it is most holy unto
: camp, and stone him with stones. And
ch. 8. 31.
& 21 . 22 .
him of the offerings of the Loed made the
6 children of Israel did as the Loed
by fire by a perpetual statute. commanded Moses.
10 If And the son of an Israelitish
7 CHAPTEK XXV.
woman, whose father was an Egyp- 1 The sabbath of the seventh year.
8 The juhile in the fifti-
tian, went out among the children of 8
eth year. 18 A blessing of obedience.
14 Of oppression.
23 The redemption of land. 29 Of houses. 35 Compas-
Israel and this son of the Israelitish
:
sion of the poor. 39 The usage of bondmen. 47 The
woman and a man of Israel strove redemption of servants.
ver. 16.
together in the camp
^
11 And the Israelitish woman’s son
blasphemed the name of the Lord,
And .
the Loed spake unto Moses
mount Sinai, saying,
in
1491.
* Job
11 , 22
1. 5,
. &
and cursed. And they ^ brought him
’
and say unto them. When ye come
2. 5, 9, 10. unto Moses (and his mother’s name
:
into the land which I give you, then
Isai. 8. 21.
k Ex. 18. 22, was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, shall the land ^keep “a sabbath mito 3 Heb. rest.
“ Ex. 23. 10.
26.
of the tribe of Dan :) the Loed. See ch. 26.
> Num.
34.
15. 1 2 And they put him ward,
’ m Six years thou shalt sow thy field, 34,35.
2 Chron.
36.21.
*Heb. ^“that the mind of the Loed might and six years thou shalt prune thy vine-
toexpound
unto them be shewed them. yard, and gather in the fruit thereof
13 And the Loed spake unto Moses,
according
to the But in the seventh year shall be a
mouth of
the Lobd.
saying,^ sabbath of rest unto the land, a sab-
“Ex. 18. 15,
16.
14 Bring forth him that hath cursed bath for the Loed thou shalt neither:
Num. 27. 5. without the camp; and let aU that sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
& 36. 5, 6.
“Deu. 13.9. heard him “lay their hands upon his That which groweth of its own
’’ » 2 Kin. 19.
& 17. 7. head, and let all the congregation

29.
accord of thy harvest thou shalt not
stone him, reap, neither gather the grapes * of <Heb.
of thy se-
15 And thou shalt speak unto the thy vine undressed: for it is a year paration.
0 ch. .5. 1.
children of Israel, saying, Whosoever of rest unto the land.
&
20. 17.
curseth his God “ shall bear his sin. And the sabbath of the land shall
Num. 9.13.
P 1 Kin. 21. 16 And he that blasphenieth the **
be meat for you; for thee, and for
10, 13.
Ps. 74. 10, name of the Loed, he shall surely be thy servant, and for thy maid, and for
18.
Mat. 12.31. put to death, and all the congrega- thy hired servant, and for thy stran-
Mark 3. 28.
James 2. 7. tion shall certainly stone him as well : ger that sojourneth with thee,
1 Ex.
Num.
21. 12.
35.
the stranger, as he that is born in the And for thy cattle, and for the
31.
Deut.
land, when he blasphemeth the name beast that are in thy land, shall all
19.
11 12 .
,
of the Lord, shall be put to death. the increase thereof be meat.
«Heb.
tmxMh 17 If And he that ^ killeth any man
**
If And thou shalt number seven
the life of
a man. shall surely be put to death. sabbaths of years unto thee, seven
: :
;
:
The year of juhile. LEVITICUS, XXV. The redemption of land.

Before times seven years; and the space of 21 Then I will “command my bless- CHRIST
Before
CHRIST
1491. the seven sabbaths of years shall be ing upon you in the sixth year, and it 1491.
unto thee forty and nine years. shall bring forth fruit for three years. > See Exod.
9 Then shalt thou cause the trum- 22 ‘And ye shall sow the eighth 16. 29.
Heut. 28. 8.
2 Heb. loitd pet ôf the jubUe to sound on the tenth year, and eat yet of " old fruit until ‘ 2 Kin. 19.
of sound. 29.
cch. 23.24, day of the seventh month, “ in the day the ninth year; until her fruits come “ Josh. 5. 11,
12
27.
of atonement shall ye make the trum- in ye shall eat of the old stoix.
.
pet sound throughout all your land. 23 HThe land shall not be sold ^®for * Or, h) he
quite cut off.
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth ever for * the land is mine for ye are
:
;
s Heb. for
cutting off.
d Isai. 61. 2. year, and proclaim liberty through-
** ^
strangers and sojourners with me. *Deu.32.43.
&63. 4.
Jer. 34. 8, out all the land unto all the inhabit- 24 And in all the land of your pos- 2 Chron. 7.
20 .
15, 17.
Luke 4. 19. ants thereof it shall be a jubile imto
: session ye shall grant a redemption Ps. 85. 1.
Joel 2. 18.
• ver. 13.
Num.36.4.
you; ®and ye shall return every man for the land. &3.2.
V 1 Chron.
unto his possession, and ye shall re- 25 IT ® If thy brother be waxen poor, 29. 15.
Ps. 39. 12.
turn every man unto his family. and hath sold away some of his pos- &
119. 19.
11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be

1 Pet. 2. 11.
session, and if “any of his kin come * Ruth 2. 20.
< ver. 5. unto you: ^ye shall not sow, neither to redeem it, then shall he redeem & 4. 4, 6.
* See Ruth
reap that which groweth of itself in that which his brother sold. 3. 2, 9. 12.
Jer. 32. 7,8.
it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy 26 And if the man have none to
vine undressed. redeem it, and * himself be able to < Heb. his
hand hath
12 For it is the jubile it shall be
;
redeem it; attained
atul/ound
* ver. 6, 7. holy unto you ® ye shall eat the in-
: 27 Then let him count the years of
’’
sufficiency,
ch. 5. 7.
crease thereof out of the fieldc the sale thereof, and restore the over- ver. 50. 51,
plus unto the man to whom he sold

52.
ver. 10. 13 In the year of this jubile ye
**
ch. 27. 24.

Num. 36. 4. shall return every man unto his pos- it; that he may return unto his pos-
session. session.
14 And thou sell ought mito thy
if 28 But if he be not able to restore
neighbour, or buyest ought of thy to him, then that which is sold shall
it
* ver. 17. neighbour’s hand, *ye shall not op- remain in the hand of him that hath
ch. 19. 13.
1 Sam. 12. press one another: bought it until the year of jubile
^
3, 4.
Mic. 2. 2. 15 According to the number of ® and in the jubile it shall go out, and ” ver. 13.
1 Cor. 6.8.
kch.27.18, years after the jubile thou shalt buy he shall return unto his possession.
23.
of thy neighbour, and according unto 29 And if a man sell a dwelling house
the number of years of the fruits he in a walled city, then he may redeem
shall sell unto thee it ivithin a whole year after it is sold
16 According to the multitude of within a full year may he redeem it.
years thou shalt increase the price 30 And if it be not redeemed within
thereof, and according to the fewness the space of a full year, then the
of years thou shalt diminish the price house that is in the walled city shall
of it for according to the number of be established for ever to him that
:
the years of the fruits doth he sell bought it throughout his generations
unto thee. it shall not go out in the jubile.
I
ver. 14. 17 ’Ye shall not therefore oppress 31 But the houses of the villages
“ ver. 43. one another “ but thou shalt fear thy which have no wall round about them
;
eh. 19. 14.
32. God for I am the Lokd your God,
: shall be counted as the fields of the
“ eh. 19. 37. 18 H “ Wherefore ye shall do my sta- country ®they may be redeemed, and
:
»Heb.
rerlemption
tutes, and keep my judgments, and they shall go out in the jubile. helongeth
unto it.
» ch. 26. 5. do them ® and \q shall dwell in the

;
32 Notwithstanding ^the cities of See Num.
Deu.12.10. 35. 2.
Ps. 4. 8. land in safety. the Levites, and the houses of the Josh. 21. 2,
Prov. &c.
19 And the land shall yield her fruit, cities of their possession, may the
1. 33.
Jer. ffl. 6.
P ch. 26. 5.
Ezek. 34.
and ‘’ye shall eat your fill, and dwell Levites redeem at any time.
25. 27, 28. therein in safety. 33 And if ®a man purchase of the * Or, one of
the Levites
a Matt.
25, 31.
6.
20 And if ye shall say, ’What shall Levites, then the house that was sold, redeem
them.
r ver.
4, 5. we eat the seventh year? behold, Gve and the city of his possession, * shall * ver. 28.
shall not sow, nor gather in our in- go out in the year of jubile for the :
crease : houses of the cities of the Levites are

;:; :
The mage of hondmen. LEVITICUS,47 XXVI. The redemption of servants.

Before their possession among the children IF And if a sojourner or stranger Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
1491 .
of Israel. ^wax rich by thee, and "'thy brother 1491 .
'
34 But 'the field of the suburbs of that dwelleth by him wax poor, and * Heb. his
See Acts
4. 36, 37. their cities may not be sold for it is ; sellhimself unto the stranaer or so- Imnd ob-
tain, <tc.
their perpetual possession. jommer by thee, or to the stock of ver. 26.
* ver. 25, 35.
35 H And if thy brother be waxen the stranger’s family:
2Heb.
his hand
poor, and ^ fallen in decay with thee 48 After that he is sold he may be
Jaileth. then thou shalt relieve him: yea, redeemed again ; one of his brethren
»Heb.
strengthen, though he he a stranger, or a sojourn- may ^ redeem him y Neh. 5. 5.
s Deut. 15.
7,8.
er that he may live with thee.
;
49 Either his uncle, or his uncle’s
Ps. 37. 26.
& 41. 1.
36 Take thou no usury of him, or son, may redeem him, or any that is
& 112. 5, 9. increase but fear thy God that thy
: '
; nigh of kin unto him of his family
Pro. 14. 31.
Luke 35.
6. brother may live with thee. may redeem him or if " he be able,
;
* ver. 26.
Acts 11. 29.
Rom. 12. 10. 37 Thou shalt not give him thy he may redeem himself.
lJohn3.17.
»> Ex. 22. 25. money upon usury, nor lend him thy 50 And he shall reckon with him
Deu. 23.19.
Neh. 5. 7. victuals for increase. that bought him from the year that
Ps. 1.5.
Prov. 28.
5.
8.
38 I am the Lord your God, which
^ he was sold to him unto the year of
Ezek.
13, 17.
18. 8,
brought you forth out of the land of jubile and the price of his sale shall
:
& 22 . 12 .
Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, be accorduig unto the number of
* ver. 17.
Neh. 5. 9. and to be your God. years, "according to the time of an “Job
Isai.
7.1.
14. 16.
k ch. 22.
33.
32,
39 And *
if thy
brother that dwelleth hired servant shall it be Avith him. & 21. 16.
• Ex. 21. 2.
Deu. 15. 12.
by thee be waxen poor, and be sold 51 If there he yet many years behind,
1 Kin. 9.22.
2 Kin. 4. 1.
unto thee thou shalt not ^ compel
;
according unto them he shall give
Neh. 5. 5.
Jer. 34. 14.
him to serve as a bondservant :
'
again the price of his redemption out
«Heb. serve 40 But as an hired servant, and as a of the money that he was bought for.
with
52 And if there remain but few years
thjisetf
him with sojourner, he shall be with thee, and
the service,
d'C. shall serve thee unto the year ofjubile unto the year of jubile, then he shall
ver. 46.
Ex. 1. 14.
41 And then shall he depart from count with him, and according unto
thee, both he and his children “with liis years shall he give him again the
Jer. 25. 14.
& 27. 7.
&30.
“ Ex. 21. 3.
8.
him, and shall return imto his own price of his redemption.
“ ver. 28. family, and "unto the possession of 53 as a yearly liired servant shall
his fathers shall he return. he be with him and the other shall not
:
® ver. 55.
42 For they are ° my servants, which rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
Rom. 6. 22.
1 Cor. 7. 23. I brought forth out of the land of 54 And if he be not redeemed Mn 5 Or, by these
means.
® Heb. with
the sale of
Egypt they shall not be sold ® as
: these years, then ’’he shall go out in '> ver. 41.
Ex. 21.2,3.
a bondman. bondmen. the year of jubile, both he, and his
P Eph. 6. 9.
Col. 4. 1. 43 ^Thou shalt not rule over him children with him.
55 For " unto me the children of Is-
« ver. 42.
9 ver. 46.
Ex. 1. 13.
with rigour but shalt fear thy God.
;
r ver. 17. 44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bond- rael are servants; they are my servants
Ex. 1. 17,
21 . maids, which thou shalt have, shall he whom I brought forth out of the land
Deu. 25. 18.
Mai. 3. 5. of the heathen that are round about of Egypt I am the Lord your God.
:
you of them shall ye buy bondmen

;
CHAPTER XXVI.
and bondmaids. 1 Of idolatry. 2 Religiousness. 3 A blessing to them that
•Isai. 53.3,6.
45 Moreover of the children of the
*
keep the commandments. 14 A curse to those that break
strangers that do sojourn among you, them. 40 God promiseth to remember them that repent.
of them shall ye buy, and of their fa-

milies that are with you, which they
begat in your land and they shall be up a ^standing
:
Y
e shall make you "no idols nor *Ex.20.4,.5.
graven image, neither rear you &
image, neither shall
Deut.
& 16. 22.
Ps.
27. 15.
97.
Or, pillar. *
5. 8.
7.
your possession. ye set up any image of stone in Or, figured ^

stone.
Isai. 14. 2.
46 And ‘ye shall take them as an your land, to bow down unto it for «Heb.o :
inheritance for your children after I am the Lord your God.

stone of
picture.
you, to inherit them for a possession 2 IF Ye shall keep my sabbaths,

’’
and b ch. 19. 30.
s Heb. ye
diidl serve
® they shall be your bondmen for ever: reverence my sanctuary I am the :
yourselves
them,
but over your brethren the children Lord. c
toith Deut. 11.
ver. 39. of Israel, "ye shall not rule one over 3 IF If ye walk in my statutes, and 13, 14, 15.
“ ver. 43. & 1,—
another with rigoiu’. keep my commandments, and do them; 14.28.
: ; : ; :
A blessing and LEVITICUS, XXVI. a curse proposed.
Before 4 ^ Then I will give you rain in due reign over you; and ’’ye shall flee Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491. season, ®and the land shall yield her when none pursueth you. 1491.
“Tsai. 30. 23.

increase, and the trees of the field 18 And
ye will not yet for all this
if ver. 36.
Ezek.34.26. shall yield their fruit. hearken imto me, then I will punish Pb. 53. 5.
Prov. 28. 1.
.Toel 2. 23,
24. 5 And ‘^your threshing shall reach you seven times more for your sins.
’ * 1 Sam. 2. 5.
PB.119.16t.
19 And I wiU ^ break the pride of
* Pb. 67. 6.
&
S5. 12.
unto the vintage, and the vintage Pro. 24. 16.
k Lai. 25. 11.
Ezek.34.27.
&36. 30.
shall reach unto the sowing time your power; and I ’will make your hea- & 26. 5.
Ezek.
Zech. 8. 12.
and ®ye shall eat your bread to the ven as iron, and your earth as brass &30.
7. 24.
6.
Âmos 9.13.
e ch. 25. 19. full, and**
dwell in your land safely. 20 And your “strength shall be ‘Deu. 28.23.
“ Pb. 127. 1.
6 And T will give peace in the land, spent in vain: for "your land shall
Deu.11.15.
.Joel 2. 19, Isai. 45). 4.
26. “Deu. 11. 17,
>>
ch. 25. 18.
and ^ye shall lie down, and none shall not yield her increase, neither shall & 28. 18.
Job 11. 18.
Ezek. 34.
make you afraid and I will ^ rid evil the trees of the land yield their fruits.
:
* Hag. 1. 10.
25, 27, 28. beasts out of the land, neither shall 21 IT And if ye walk ^ contrary unto 2 Or, al all
* 1 Chron. adventures
22. 9. “ the sword go through your land. me, and will not hearken imto me I ;
with me,
Ps. 29.11. and so
& 147. 14. 7 And ye shall chase yoru enemies, and will bring seven times more plagues ver. 24.
Isai. 45. 7.
Hag. 2. 9. they shall fall before you by the sword. upon you according to your sins.
»Jobll.l9.
Ps. 3. 5.
8 And “ five of you shall chase an hun- 22 °I will also send wild beasts among “Deu. 32. 24.
2 Kings 17.
&4.8.
isai. 35. 9.
dred, and an hundred of you shall put you, which shall rob you of your chil- 25.
Ezek. 5. 17.
Jer. 30. 10. ten thousand to flight and your ene- dren, and destroy jmur cattle, and
:
& 14. 15.
Ezek.34.25.
Hob. 2. 18. mies shall fall before you by the sword. make you few in number and ^ your ;
P Judg. 5. 6.
2 Clu'on.
Zeph. 3. 13.
* Heb. cause 9 For I will ° have respect unto you, high ways shall be desolate. 15. 5.
Isai. 33. 8.
to cease.
2 Kin.
and make you fruitful, and multiply 23 And if ye ’will not be reformed Lam. 1. 4.
* 17. Zech. 7. 14.
25.
Ezek.
you, and establish my covenant with by me by these thuigs, but will walk 4 Jer. 2. 30.
5. 17.
& 5. 3.
& 14.
® Ezek.
15. you. contrary unto me Amos 4.
14. 6 ,-12 .
17. 10 And ye shall eat ’old store, and 24 ^Then will I also walk contrary 2 Sam. 22.
“Deu.32.30.
Josh. 23.10. bring forth the old because of the new unto you, and will punish you yet
.
27.
Pb. 18. 26.
® Ex.
2 Kin.
2. 25.
13.
11 "Ând I will set my tabernacle seven times for your sins.
23. among you and my soul shall not
: 25 And “I will brmg a sword upon •Ezek. 5.
&6. 3.
17.
PGen. 17.6,7.
Neh. 9. 23. “abhor you. you, that shall avenge the quarrel & 14. 17.
&29. 8.
12 ‘And I will walk among you, and of my covenant
Ps. 107. 38.
a ch. 2.5. 22.
and when ye are
: &33.2.
» Ex. 25. 8. "will be your God, and ye shall be gathered together within your cities,
& 29. 45. *Num.l4.12.
.Tosh. 22. 19.
Ps. 76. 2.
my people. I will send the pestilence among
‘
Deu.
Jer. 14. 12.
28. 21.
Ezek. 37. 13 ''I am the Lord your God, which you; and ye shall be delivered into & 24. 10.
26, 27, 28. & 29. 17,18.
Rev. 21. 3. brought you forth out of the land of the hand of the enemy. Amos 4. 10.
» ch. 20. 23.
Deu.32.19. Egypt, that ye should not be their 26 '"And when I have broken the " Ps. 105. 16.
Isai. 3. 1.
‘2 Cor. 6. 16. bondmen ;
and I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall Ezek.
& 5. 16.
4. 16.
“ Ex. 6. 7.
•Ter. 7. 23. bands of your yoke, and made you bake your bread in one oven, and & 14. 13.
& 11. 4. • Isai. 9. 20.
& 30. 22. go upright. they shall deliver you your bread Mic. 6. 14.
Ezek.11.20. Hag.
&36. 28. 14 H ^But if ye will not hearken again by weight and * ye shall eat,:
y ver. 21, 24.
1. 6.
* ch. 25. 38,

42.55.
unto me, and will not do all these and not be satisfied. * Isai. 59. 18.
&63. 3.
“ .Ter. 2. 20. commandments 27 And îf ye will not for all this & 66. 15.
Ezek.34.27. Jer. 21. 5.
iDeu.28.1.5. 15 And if ye shall * despise my sta- hearken unto me, but walk contrary Ezek. .5. 13,
&
tutes, or if your soul abhor my judg- unto me;
Lara. 2. 17. 15. 8. 18.
Mai. 2. 2. “Deu. 28. 53.
* ver. 43.
2 Kin. 17.
ments, so that ye will not do all my 28 Then I will walk contrary unto 2Kin.6.29.
Lara. 4. 10.
15. commandments, but that ye break you also in fury and I, even I, will ;
Ezek. 5. 10.
SHeb. ‘>
2 Chron.
upon you. my covenant chastise you seven times for your sins. 34. 3, 4, 7.
Isai. 27. 9.
* Dent. 28.
65, 6(), 67.
16 I also will do this unto you; I 29 "And ye shall eat the flesh of your Ezek. 6. 3,
4, 5, 6, 13.
& 32. 25. will even appoint ®over you "terror, sons, and the flesh of your daughters “ 2 Kings
Jer. 15. 8.
‘'Deu.28.22. ’’consumption, and the burning ague, shall ye eat. 23. 20.
2 Chron.
®lSara.2.a3.
^ Dent. 28.
that shall " consume the eyes, and 30 And ’’I will destroy your high 34. 5.
<> ch. 20. 23.
33,51. cause sorrow of heart and ^ ye shall places, and cut down your images,
: Ps. 78. 59.
Job 31. 8. & 89. 38.
Jer. 5. 17.
& 12. 13.
sow your seed in vain, for your ene- and " cast your carcases upon the car- Jer. 14. 19.
cases of your idols, and my soul shah Neh.

« 2. 3.
Mic. 6. 15. mies shall eat it. Jer. 4. 7.
* ch. 17. 10.
'Deu.2S. 25. 17 And ®I will set my face against ^ abhor you. t
Ezek.
Ps. 74. 7.
6. 6.
Judg. 2. 14.
Jer. 19. 7.
you, and ‘ye shall be slain before your 31 "And I will make your cities Lam. 1. 10.
Ezek. 9. 6.
» Ps. 106. 41. enemies: ®they that hate you shall waste, and ‘bring your sanctuaries & 21 . 2 .
: :; :
Mercy promised the penitent. LEVITICUS, XXVII. The estimation of vows.

Before unto desolation, and I will not smell ment of their iniquity : because, even Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1491 .
the savour of your sweet odours. because they despised my judg- 1491 .
» Jer. 9. 11.
32 ®And I will bring the land into ments, and because their soul ab- * ver. 15.
& 25. 11,18. desolation: and your enemies which horred my statutes.
l>Deu.28.37.
1 Kin. 9. 8.
dwell therein shall be ‘'astonished at it. 44 And yet for all that, when they
Jer. 18. 16. 33 And ‘I will scatter you among the be in the land of their enemies, “I will ®Deut.4. 31.
& 19. 8. 2 Kings
Ezek. 5. 15. heathen, and iviU draw out a sword not cast them away, neither will I 13. 23.
• Dent. 4. 27. Rom. 11. 2.
&28. 64. after you and your land shall be de-
: abhor them, to destroy them utterly,
Ps. 44. 11.
Jer. 9. 16. solate, and your cities waste. and to break my covenant with them
Ezek.12.15.
& fe.2i).
34 ^Then shah, the land enjoy her for I am the Loed then’ God.
& 22. 15. sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, 45 But I mil ‘’for their sakes re- >>
Rom. 11.
Zech. 7. 14.
28.
k 2 Cliron.
36. 21.
and ye he in your enemies’ land even ; member the covenant of their ances-
then shall the land rest, and enjoy tors, 'whom I brought forth out of « ch. 22. 33.
& 25. 38.
her sabbaths. the land of Egypt ^ in the sight of the ^ Ps. 98. 2.
Ezek. 20. 9,
35 As long as it lieth desolate it heathen, that I might be their God: 14,22.
shall rest; because it did not rest in I am the Lord.
1 ch. 25. 2. your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
‘
46 ® These are the statutes and judg- « ch. 27. 34.
Deut. 6. 1.
36 And upon them that are left alive ments and laws, which the Lord made & 12 1 . .
“ Ezek. 21. & 33. 4.

of you “I will send a faintness into between him and the children of Israel Johnl. 17.
7, 12, 15.
their hearts in the lands of their ene- ‘în mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. 'ch. 25. 1.
“ ver. 17.
.Tob 15. 21.
mies and “ the sound of a ^ shaken
;
CHAPTER XXVII.
Prov. 28. 1. leaf shall chase them and they shall
; 1 He maketh a singular vow must be the Lord's. 2
that
2Heb.
driven. flee, as fleeing from a sword; and The estimation of the 'person. 9 Of a beast given by vow.
14 Of a house. 16 Of a field, and the redemption thereof.
they shall fall when none pursueth. 28 No devoted thing may be redeemed. 32 The tithe
® Isai. 10. 4. 37 And " they shall fall one upon an- may not be changed.
See .Tudg.
other, as it were before a sword, when nd Lord spake unto Moses,
7. 22.
1 Sam. 14.
15, 16.
P .Tosh. 7. 12,
13.
none pursueth: and ^ye shall have no
power to stand before your enemies.
A .
the
saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel,
Judg. 2. 14.
38 And ye shall perish among the and say unto them, “When a man shall » Num. 6. 2.
See .ludg.
heathen, and the land of your ene- make a singular vow, the persons shall 11. 30, 31,
39.
mies shall eat you up. he for the Lord by thy estimation. 1 Sam. 1.
39 And they that are left of you

11, 28.
3 And thy estimation shall be of the
9 Dent. 4.27.
& 28. 65.
**
shall pine away in their iniquity in male from twenty years old even unto
Neh.
Jer.
1. 8.
3. 2;5.
your enemies’ lands; and also in the sixty years old, even thy estimation
&29. 12,13. iniquities of their fathers shall they shall be fifty shekels of silver, after ’’ •> Exod. 30.
Ezek. 4. 17. 13.
&6 9. pine away with them. the shekel of the sanctuary.
& 20. 43.
& 24. 23. 40 "Îf they shall confess their ini- 4 And if it he a female, then thy
& 33. 10.
& 36. 31. quity, and the iniquity of their fathers, estimation shall be thirty shekels.
Hos. 5. 1.5.
Zech. 10. 9. with their trespass which they tres- 5 And if it he from five years old even
rNum.
1 Kings
.5.
8.
7.
passed against me, and that also they unto twenty years old, then thy esti-
33, 35, 47.
Neh. 9. 2.
have walked contrary unto me; mation shall be of the male twenty she-
Pro. 28. 13.
Dan. 9. 3,4.
41 And that I also have walked con- kels, and for the female ten shekels.
Lukel5.18. trary unto them, and have brought 6 And if it he from a month old even
1 Jolm 1. 9.
them into the land of their enemies unto five years old, then thy estima-
• See Jer.
6 10. .
if then their “ uncircumcised hearts be tion shall be of the male five shekels
& 9. 25, 26. *
humbled, and they then accept of the of silver, and for the female thy esti-
Ezek. 44. 7.
Acts 7. 51. punishment of their iniquity mation shall he three shekels of silver.
Rom. 2. 29.
Col. 2. 11. 42 Then will I "remember my cove- 7 And if it he from sixty years old
Kings
nant with Jacob, and also my covenant
* 1
21. 29. and above; if it he a male, then thy
2Cliron.l2.
6, 7, 12.
with Isaac, and also my covenant with estimation shall be fifteen shekels,
& 32. 26. Abraham will I remember and I will and for the female ten shekels.
& 33. 12, 13. ;
« Ex.
8c 6. 5.
2. 24. ^remember the land. 8 But if he be poorer than thy esti-
Ps. 106. 45. 43 ^The land also shall be left of mation, then he shall present himself
Ezek.16.60.
»Ps. 136. 23. them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, before the priest, and the priest shall
T ver. 34, 35.
while she lieth desolate without them value him; according to his ability
and they shall accept of the punish- that vowed shall the priest value him.
:
Redemption of a vowed field. LEVITICUS, XXVII. No devoted thing redeemable.
Before 9 And if itbe a beast, whereof men 22 And if a man sanctify unto the Before
CHKIST CHRIST
1491.
bring an offering nnto the Lord, all Lord a field which he hath bought, 1491.
thatamj man giveth of such mito the Avhich is not of the fields of ^ his pos- k
ch. 25. 10,
Lord shall be holy. session ; 25.
10 He shall not alter it, nor change 23 Then the priest shall reckon un- ver. 18.
' *
it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a to liim the worth of thy estimation,
good : and if he shall at all change even unto the year of the jubile and :
beast for beast, then it and the ex- he shall give thine estimation in that
change thereof shall be holy. day, as a holy thing unto the Lord.
11 And if it be any unclean beast, 24 “In the year of the jubile the field “ ch. 25. 28.
of which they do not offer a sacrifice shall return unto him of whom it w as
unto the Lord, then he shall present bought, even to him to whom the pos-
the beast before the priest session of the land did belong.
12 And the priest shall value it, whe- 25 And all thy estimations shall be
sHeb. ther it be good or bad ^ as thou valu-: according to the shekel of the sanc-
according o
est it, ivho art the priest, so shall it be. tuary: "twenty gerahs shall be the Ex. 30. 13.
to thy esti-
Num.3.47.
mation, 0 &
priest, iic. 13 “But if he will at all redeem it, shekel.
Ezek.
18. 16.
45.
® ver. 15, 19.
then he shall add a fifth part thereof 26 1 Only the ^“firstling of the beasts, 12 .
2Heb.
unto thy estimation. which should be the Lord’s firstling, Jirstlom,
14 H And when a man shall sanctify no man shall sanctify it; whether it ®
drc.
Exod. 13.
his house to be holy unto the Lord, be ox, or sheep

the Lord’s.
: it is 2 12
,
& 22. 30.

.
then the priest shall estimate it, whe- 27 And if it be of an unclean beast, Num.
17.
18.
ther it be good or bad as the priest : then he shall redeem it according to Deut. 15.
19.
shall estimate it, so shall it stand. thine estimation, ^ and shall add a P ver. 11,12,
13.
d ver. 13. 15 ‘Ând if he that sanctified it will fifth part of it thereto or if it bo :
redeem his house, then he shall add not redeemed, then it shall be sold
the fifth part of the money of thy esti- according to thy estimation.
mation unto it, and it shall be his. 28 ^Notwitlistanding no devoted <i ver. 21.
.losh. 6. 17,
16 And if a man unto

shall sanctify thing, that a man shall devote unto 18, 19.
the Lord some part of a of his field the Lord of all that he hath, both of
possession, then thy estimation shall man and beast, and of the field of his
* Or, the be according to the seed thereof ® an : possession, shall be sold or redeem-
land of an
homer, dec. homer of barley seed shall be valued ed every devoted thing is most holy
:
at fifty shekels of silver. unto the Lord.

17 If he sanctify his field from the 29 'None devoted, which shall be v Num. 21.
2,3.
year of jubile, accordmg to thy esti- devoted of men, shall be redeemed;
mation it shall stand. but shall surely be put to death.
18 But if he sanctify his field after 30 And “all the tithe of the land, » Gen. 28.22.
Num. 18.
• ch. 25. 15, the jubile, then the priest shall ® reck- whether of the seed of the land, or of 21, 24.
2Chron.31.
16.
on unto him the money according to the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s it : 5, 6, 12.
Neh. 13.12.
the years that remain, even unto the is holy unto the Lord. Mai. 3. 8,
10 .
year of the jubile, and it shall be 31 ‘And if a man will at all redeem * ver. 13.
abated from thy estimation. ought of his tithes, he shall add there-
f
ver. 13. 19 Ând if he that sanctified tlie to the fifth part thereof.
field wiU in any wise redeem it, then 32 And concerning the tithe of the
he shall add the fifth part of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatso-
money of thy estimation mito it, and ever " passeth under the rod, the tenth “ See Jer.
33. 13.
it be assured to him.
shall shall be holy unto the Lord. Ezek. 20.
37.
20 And if he will not redeem the 33 He shall not search whether it be Mic. 7. 14.
field, or if he have sold the field to good or bad, neither shall he change * ver. 10.
another man, it shall not be redeem- it and if he change it at all, then

:
ed any more. both it and the change thereof shall

« ch. 25. 10,
28,31. 21 But the field, ®when it goeth out be holy it shall not be redeemed.
;
''
ver. 28. in the jubile, shall be holy unto the 34 ^ These are the commandments, y ch. 26. 46.
‘ Niim. 18.
14. Lord, as a field ‘‘devoted; ‘the pos- which the Lord commanded Moses for
Ezek.
29.
44.
session thereof shall be the priest’s. the children of Israel in mount Smai.
; : ;
THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES,

CALLED
2
NUMBERS.
CHniST
Before 3 CHAPTER I. 15 Of Naphtah; Ahira Before
the son of CHRIST
1490. 1 God commandeth Moses to number the people. 5 The Enan. 1490.
4princesof the tribes. 17 The number of every tribe. 47 16 ® These were the renowned of the • ch. 7. 2.
The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord.
5
congregation, princes of the tribes of 1 Chron.
nd the Lord spake unto Moses their fathers, heads of thousands in

27.16.
•Ex. 19. 1.
ch. 10. 11,
A6 “in the wilderness of Sinai, *’in
.
of the congregation, on
Israel.
17 IF And Moses and Aaron took
f Exod.
21, 25.
18.
7 tabernacle
the
12 .
b Ex. 25. 22.
8 first day
the of the second month, in these men which are expressed by
9 second
the year after they were come their names
out of the land of Egypt, saying, 18 And they assembled all the con-
« Ex. 30. 12. ® Take ye the sum of all the congregation together on the first day of
& 38.26.
ch. 26. 2, gregation of the children of Israel, the second month, and they declared
64.
after their families, by the house of
6.3,
2 Sam. 24. their pedigrees after their families,
2
their fathers, with the number of their by the house of their fathers, accord-
.
1 Chron.
21 . 2 .
names, every male by their polls ing to the number of the names, from
From twenty years old and up- twenty years old and upward, by their
ward, aU that are able to go forth to polls.
war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall 19 As the Lord commanded Moses,
10
number them by their armies. so he numbered them in the wilder-
And with you there shall be a man ness of Sinai.
of11every tribe every one head of the
; 20 And the children of Reuben, Is-
house of his fathers. rael’s eldest son, by their generations,
12
IF And these are the names of the after their families, by the house of
men
13 that shall stand with you of the : their fathers, according to the num-
14 of Reuben; Elizur the son of
tribe ber of the names, by their polls, every
Shedeur. male from twenty years old and up-
Of Simeon ;
Shelumiel the son of ward, all that were able to go forth
Zurishaddai. to war;
Of Judah; Nahshon the son of 21 Those that were numbered of
Amminadab. them, even of the tribe of Reuben,
Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of were forty and six thousand and five
Zuar. hundred.
Of Zebulun ;
Eliab the son of 22 IF Of the children of Simeon, by
Helon. their generations, after their families,
Of
the children of Joseph: of by the house of their fathers, those
Ephraim; Elishama the son of Am- that were numbered of them, accord-
mihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the ing to the number of the names, by
son of Pedahzur. their polls, every male from twenty
Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of years old and upwurd, all that were
Gideoni. able to go forth to war
Of Dan Ahiezer the son of Am-
;
23 Those that were numbered of
mishaddai. them, even of the tribe of Simeon,
Of Asher; Pagiel the son of were fifty and nine thousand and
Ocran. three hundred.
<«
he
ch. 2. 14,
is call-
Of Gad; Ehasaph the son of 24 IF Of the children of Gad, by their
ed hmiel. ^ Deuel. generations, after their families, by
;;;; ; ; ; ;; ; ;
The numher of men NUMBERS, I. in each tribe.
Before the house of their fathers, according were thirty and two thousand and Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490. to the number of the names, from two hundred.
1490.
twenty years old and upward, all that 36 IF Of the children of Benjamin,
were able to go forth to war by then- generations, after their fami-
25 Those that were numbered of by the house of their fathers, ac-
lies,
them, even of the tribe of Gad, were cording to the number of the names,
forty and five thousand six hundred from twenty years old and upward, all
and fifty. that were able to go forth to war
26 IT Of the children of Judah, by 37 Those that were numbered of
their generations, after their families, them, even of the tribe of Benjamin,
by the house of their fathers, accord- were thirty and five thousand and
ing to the number of the names, from four hundred.
twenty years old and upward, all that 38 IF Of the children of Dan, by their
were able to go forth to war generations, after their families, by
27 Those that were numbered of the house of their fathers, according
them, even of the tribe of Judah, were to the number of the names, from
threescore and fourteen thousand and twenty years old and upward, all that
six hundred. were able to go forth to war
28 IF Of the children of Issachar, by 39 Those that were numbered of
their generations, after their families, them, even of the tribe of Dan, were
by the house of their fathers, accord- threescore and two thousand and
ing to the number of the names, from seven hundred.
twenty years old and upward, aU that 40 IF Of the children of Asher, by
were able to go forth to war their generations, after their families,
29 Those that were numbered of by the house of their fathers, accord-
them, even of the tribe of Issachar, ing to the number of the names, from
and four thousand and four
tuere fifty twenty years old and upward, all that
hundred. were able to go forth to war
30 II Of the children of Zebulun, by 41 Those that were numbered of them,
their generations, after their families, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty
by the house of their fathers, accord- and one thousand and five hundred.
ing to the number of the names, from 42 IF Of the children of Naphtali,
twenty years old and upward, all that througliout their generations, after
were able to go forth to war their families, by the house of their
31 Those that were numbered of fathers, according to the number of
them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, the names, from twenty years old and
were fifty and seven thousand and upward, all that were able to go forth
four hundred. to war
32 IF Of the children of Joseph, name- 43 Those that were numbered of
ly, of the children of E}:>hraim, by them, even of the tribe of Naphtali,
their generations, after their families, were fifty and three thousand and
by the house of their fathers, accord- four hundred.
ing to the number of the names, from 44 ® These are those that were num- B ch. 26. Cl.
twenty years old and upward, all that bered, which Moses and Aaron num-
were able to go forth to war bered, and the princes of Israel, being
33 Those that were numbered of twelve men each one was for the
;
them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, house of his fathers.

were forty thousand and five hundred. 45 So were all those that were num-
34 IF Of the children of Manasseh, bered of the children of Israel, by
by their generations, after their fami- the house of their fathers, from twen-
Ex. 38. 26.
lies, by the house of their fathers, ac- ty years old and upward, all that were See
>>
Ex. 12.
cording to the number of the names, able to go forth to war in Israel 37.
ch. 2. 32.
from twenty years old and upward, 46 Even all they that were numbered & 26. 51. i
ch. 2. 33.
all that were able to go forth to w ar were ’'six hundred thousand and three See ch. 3,
& 4, & 26.
35 Those that were numbered of thousand and five hundred and fifty. 57.
1 Chron. 6.
them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, 47 IF But the Levites after the tribe
’
& 21 . 6 .
K
:
The order of the NUMBERS, II. tribes in their tents.
CHEIST
Before of tlieir fathers were not numbered 6 And his host, and those that were Before
CHEIST
1490. among them. numbered thereof, were fifty and four 1490.
48 For the Lokd had spoken thousand and four hundred.
unto
Moses, saying, 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and
k ch. 2. 33. 49 Only thou shalt not number the Eliab the son of Helon shall be cap-
& 26. 62.
tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of tain of the children of Zebulun.
them among the children of Israel 8 And his host, and those that were
• Ex. 38. 21.
ch. 3. 7, 8.
50 ^But thou shalt appoint the Le- numbered thereof, were fifty and se-
& 4. 15, 25, vites over the tabernacle of testimony, ven thousand and four huncRed.
26, 27, 33.
and over all the vessels thereof, and 9 All that were numbered in the
over all things that belong to it they camp of Judah ivere an hundred thou-
:
shall bear the tabernacle, and all the sand and fourscore thousand and six
vessels thereof and they shall minis- thousand and four hundred, through-
;
“ ch. 3. 23, ter unto it, “ and shall encamp round out their armies. ^ These shall first ^ ch. 10. 14.
29, 35, 38.
about the tabernacle. set forth.
” ch. 10. 17, 51 “ And when the tabernacle set- 10 IT On the south side shall be the
21 .
teth forward, the Levites shall take standard of the camp of Reuben ac-
it dovm and when the tabernacle is
: cording to their armies and the cap-
:
to be pitched, the Levites shall set it tain of the children of Reuben shall
» ch. 3. 10, up ” and the stranger that cometh
: be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
38. & 18.
22 . nigh shall be put to death. 11 And his host, and those that were
52 And the children of Israel shall numbered thereof, were forty and six
P ch. 2. 2, pitch their tents, ^ every man by his thousand and five hundred.
34.
own camp, and every man by his own 12 And those which pitch by him
standard, throughout their hosts. shall be the tribe of Simeon and the :
1 ver. 50. 53 “^But the Levites shall pitch round captain of the children of Simeon shall
about the tabernacle of testimony, be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
r Lev. 10. 6.
ch. 8. 19.
that there be no wrath upon the
''
13 And his host, and those that were
& 16. 46. congregation of the children of Is- numbered of them, were fifty and nine
& 18. 5.
1 Sam. 6. rael: "and the Levites shall keep the thousand and three hundred.
19.
» ch. 3. 7, 8. charge of the tabernacle of testimony. 14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the
& 8. 24, 25, 54 And the children of Israel did
26. & IS. 3, captain of the sons of Gad shall be
4, 5. & 31.
30,47. according to all that the Lokd com- Eliasaph the son of ^ Reuel. ® Deud,
ch. 14. 1.
1 Chron.
manded Moses, so did they. 15 And his host, and those that were &7. 42,47.
23.32. & 10 20 . .
2 Chron.
13. 11. CHAPTER II. numbered of them, were forty and five
The order of the tribes in their tents. thousand and six hundred and fifty.
nd Lord spake unto Moses 16 All that were numbered in the
» ch. 1. 52.
A the
_ and unto Aaron, saying,
2 “ Every man of the children of Is-

camp of Reuben were an hundred
thousand and fifty and one thousand
rael shall pitch by his own standard, and four hundred and fifty, through-
mth the ensign of then’ father’s house: out their armies. ® And they shall set • ch. 10. 18.
2Heb. over
^'’far off about the tabernacle of the forth in the second rank.
Ofjainst.
P .loeh. 3. 4.
congregation shaU they pitch. 17 H ^Then the tabernacle of the 'ch. 10. 17,
21 .
3 And on the east side toward the congregation shall set forward with
rising of the sun shall they of the the camp of the Levites in the midst
standard of the camp of Judah pitch of the camp as they encamp, so shall
:
c ch. 10. 14. throughout their armies and ' Nah- : they set forward, every man in his
Enth 4. 20.
lChr.2.10. shon the son of Amminadab shall be place by their standards.
Matt. 1. 4.
Luke 3. 32,
captain of the children of Judah. 18 If On the west side shall be the
4 And his host, and those that were standard of the camp of Ephraim ac-
33.
numbered of them, were threescore and cording to their armies and the cap-
:
fourteen thousand and six hundred. tain of the sons of Ephraim shall be
5 And tliose that do pitch next unto Elishama the son of Ammihud.
him shall be the tribe of Issachar: 19 And his host, and those that were
and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall numbered of them, were forty thou-
be captain of the children of Issachar. sand and five hundred.
The order of the tribes. NUMBERS, III. The S 071 S of Aaron.
Before 20 And by him shall he the tribe of cording to all that the Lord command- Before
CHRIST
1490.
Manasseh and the captain of the ed Moses: *so they pitched by their CHRIST
:
1490.
children of Manasseh shall he Gama- standards, and so they set forward,
‘ ch. 24. 2,
lielthe son of Pedahziir. every one after their families, accord- 5.6.
21 And his host, and those that were ing to the house of their fathers.
numbered of them, were thirty and
two thousand and two hundred. CHAPTER III.
1 The song of Aaron. 5 The Levites are given to the priests
22 Then the tribe of Benjamin and:
for the service of the tabernacle, 11 instead of the first-
the captain of the sons of Benjamin born. 14 The Levites are numbered by their families.
21 The families, number, and charge of the Gershonites,
shall he Abidan the son of Gideoni.
27 of the Kohathites, 33 of the Merarites. 38 The place
23 And his host, and those that were and charge of Moses and Aaron. 40 The firstborn are
numbered of them, were thirty and freed by the Levites. 44 The overplus are redeemed.
five thousand and four hundred.

24 All that were numbered of the
camp of Ephraim were an hundred
These also are the generations of
Aaron and Moses in the day that
the Lord spake with Moses in mount
1491.
thousand and eight thousand and an Sinai.

hundred, throughout their armies, 2 And these are the names of the
e ch. 10. 22. ®And they shall go forward in the sons of Aaron; Nadab the “firstborn, • Ex. 6. 23.
third rank. and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

25 H The standard of the camp of 3 These are the names of the sons
Dan shall he on the north side by of Aaron, the priests which were «>
Lev.
Ex. 28. 41.
8.
their armies : and the captain of the anointed, ^ whom he consecrated to 2 Heb.
whose hand
children of Dan shall he Ahiezer the minister in the priest’s ofiice. he filled.
son of Ammishaddai. 4 “And Nadab and Abihu died be- 1490.
« Lev. 10. 1.
26 And his host, and those that were fore the Lord, when they offered ch. 26. 61.
1 Chron.
numbered of them, were threescore strange fire before the Lord, in the 24.2.
and two thousand and seven hundred. wilderness of Sinai, and they had no
27 And those that encamp by him children and Eleazar and Ithamar
:
shall he the tribe of Asher and the

: ministered in the priest’s ofiice in the
captain of the children of Asher shall sight of Aaron their father.
he Pagiel the son of Ocran. 5 If And the Lord spake unto Mo-
28 And his host, and those that were ses, saying,
numbered of them, were forty and 6 ^ Bring the tribe of Levi near, and ch. 8. 6.
& 18. 2.
one thousand and hundred.
five present them before Aaron the priest,
29 If Then the tribe of Naphtali and that they may minister unto him.
:
the captain of the children of Naph- 7 And they shall keep his charge,
tali shall he Ahira the son of Enan. and the charge of the whole congre-
30 And his host, and those that were gation before the tabernacle of the
numbered of them, were fifty and congregation, to do “the service of ® 50. See ch. 1.
& 8. 11,
three thousand and four hundred. the tabernacle. 15, 24, 26.
31 All they that were numbered in 8 And they shall keep all the instru-
the camp of Dan were an hundred ments of the tabernacle of the con-
thousand and fifty and seven thou- gregation, and the charge of the chil-
h ch. 10. 25.
sand and six hundred. **They shall dren of Israel, to do the service of
go hindmost with their standards. the tabernacle.
32 IF These are those which were 9 And Ghou shalt give the Levites ch. 8.19. f
& 18. 6.
numbered of the children of Israel unto Aaron and to his sons they :
Ex. 38. 26.

*
ch. 1. 46.
by the house of their fathers all
: are wholly given unto him out of the
*
& 11 . 21 .
those that were numbered of the children of Israel.
camps throughout their hosts were 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron
six hundred thousand and three thou- and his sons, ®and they shall wait on K ch. 18. 7.
sand and five hundred and fifty. their priest’s office ‘'and the stranger ver. 38.
:
•*
ch. 1. 51.
*oh. 1.47.
33 But ^the Levites were not num- that cometh nigh shall be put to death. & 16. 40.
bered among the children of Israel; 11 And the Lord spake unto Mo-
as the Lord commanded Moses. ses, saying, ver. 41.
ch. 8. 16.
34 And the children of Israel did ac- 12 And I, behold, I have taken the & 18. a ‘
K2
The several families^ number^ NUMBERS, III. and charge of the Levites.
Before Levites from among the children of and “the curtain for the door of the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490. Israel instead of all the firstborn that court, which is by the tabernacle, and 1490.
openeth the matrix among the chil- by the altar round about, and the • Ex. 27. 16.
’’
dren of Israel therefore the Levites

: cords of it for all the service thereof. *>
Ex. 35. 18.
shall be mine; 27 ^ ' And of Kohath was the family ® 1 Chron.

26. 23.
k Ex. 13.
Lev. 27. 26.
2.
13 Because âll the firstborn are of the Amramites, and the family of
ch. 8. 16.
Luke 2. 23.
mine; for on the day that I smote the Izeharites, and the family of the
» Ex. 13. 12, all the firstborn in the land of Egypt Hebronites, and the family of the
I hallowed unto me all the firstborn
15.
ck 8. 17. Uzzielites these are the families of
:
in Israel, both man and beast : mine the Kohathites.

shall they be I am the Lokd.
: 28 In the number of all the males,
14 II And the Loed spake unto Mo- from a month old and upward, were
ses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, eight thousand and six hundred,
15 Number the children of Levi after keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
the house of their fathers, by their fa- 29 The families of the sons of Ko-
** d ch. 1. 53.
“ ver. 39. milies “every male from a month old

: hath shall pitch on the side of the
ch. 26. 62.
and upward shalt thou number them. tabernacle southward.
16 And Moses numbered them ac- 30 And the chief of the house of the
«Heb. cording to the ^word of the Loed, as father of the families of the Kohathites
mmih.
he was commanded. shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
»>Gen. 46.11. 17 “And these were the sons of Levi 31 And ® their charge shall be Hhe ® ch. 4. 15.
fEx. 25.10.
Ex. 6. 16. ^
ch. 26. 57. by their names; Gershon, and Ko- ark, and ® the table, and the candle- 6 Ex. 25. 23.
1 Chr. 6. 1, Ex. 25. 31.
hath, and Merari. stick, and ‘the altars, and the vessels
>>
16. & 23. 6. 1 Ex. 27. 1.
18 And these are the names of the of the sanctuary wherewith they mi- &30. 1.
sons of Gershon by their families; nister, and ^the hanging, and all the k Ex. 26. 32.
0 Ex. 6. 17. “Libni, and Shimei. service thereof.

19 And the sons of Kohath by their 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the
P Ex. 6. 18. families; Âmram, and Izehar, He- priest shall be chief over the chief
bron, and Uzziel. of the Levites, and have the over-
4 Ex. 6. 19. 20 ’ And the sons of Merari by their sight of them that keep the charge of
families; Mahli, and Mushi. These the sanctuary.
are the families of the Levites accord- 33 H Of Merari was the family of
ing to the house of their fathers. the Mahlites, and the family of the
21 Of Gershon was the family of Mushites: these are the families of
the Libnites, and the family of the Merari.
Shimites these are the families of
: 34 And those that were numbered
the Gershonites. of them, according to the number of
22 Those that were numbered of all the males, from a month old and
them, according to the number of all upward, were six thousand and two
the males, from a month old and up- hundred.
ward, even those that were numbered 35 And the chief of the house of the
of them were seven thousand and five father of the families of Merari was
hundred. Zuriel the son of Abihail these shall
;
‘ ch. 1. 53.
•
p ch. 1. 53. 23 ^The families of the Gershonites pitch on the side of the tabernacle
shall pitch behmd the tabernacle northward.
westward. 36 And under the custody and *Heb. the opce of
24 And the chief of the house of charge of the sons of Merari shall be the choive.
™ ch. 4. 31,
the father of the Gershonites shall the boards of the tabernacle, and the 32.
he Eliasaph the son of Lael. bars thereof, and the pillars thereof,
• ch. 4. 24, 25 And the charge of the sons and the sockets thereof, and all the
®
25, 26.
of Gershon in the tabernacle of the vessels thereof, and all that serveth
'
‘ Ex. 25. 9. congregation shall be ‘the tabernacle, thereto,
“ Ex. 2;. 1. and " the tent, * the covering thereof, 37 And the pillars of the court round
» Ex. 26. 7,
,
14. I
and ^ the hanging for the door of the about, and their sockets, and their
T Ex.
I
26. 36. *
tabernacle of the congregation, pins, and their cords.

I
* Ex. 27. 9.
j
26 And * the hangings of the court. 38 H “ But those that encamp before “ ch. 53. 1.
: : : : : :
The firstborn are redeemed. NUMBERS, lY. The service of the Levites.
Before the tabernacle toward the east, even above them that were redeemed by Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490 before the tabernacle of the congre- the Levites
.
1490 .
gation eastward, shall be Moses, and 50 Of the firstborn of the children

® ch. 18. 5. Aaron and his sons, ° keeping the of Israel took he the money a •>Ter. 46, 47. ;
P ver. 7, 8. charge of the sanctuary ^ for the thousand three hundred and three-
charge of the children of Israel and ; score and five shekels^ after the shekel
® ver. 10. ^the stranger that cometh nigh shall of the sanctuary
be put to death. 51 And Moses "gave the money of « ver. 48.
r See ch. 26. 39 ‘All that were numbered of the them that were redeemed unto Aaron
62.
Levites, which Moses and Aaron num- and to his sons, according to the
bered at the commandment of the word of the Lord, as the Lord com-
Lokd, throughout their families, aU manded Moses.
the males from a month old and up-
ward, were twenty and two thousand.
CHAPTER IV.
1 The age and time of the Levites’ 4 The carriage
service.
40 IF And the Lord said unto Mo- of the Kohathites, when the priests have taken down the
tabernacle. 16 The charge of Eleazar. 17 The office of
• ver. 15. ses, “Number all the firstborn of the
the priests. 21 The carriage of the Gershonites. 29 The
males of the children of Israel from a carriage of the Merarites. 34 The number of the Kohath-
month old and upward, and take the ites, 38 of the Gershonites, 42 and of the Merarites.
nd Lord spake unto Moses

‘ ver. 12, 45.
number of their names.
41 ‘And thou shalt take the Levites
for me (I am the Lord) instead of all
A2
the
- and unto Aaron, saying,
Take the sum of the sons of Ko-

the firstborn among the children of hath from among the sons of Levi,
Israel; and the cattle of the Levites after their families, by the house of
instead of all the firstlings among the their fathers,
cattle of the children of Israel. 3 “ From thirty years old and upward • See ch. 8.
24.
42 And Moses numbered, as the even until fifty years old, all that en- lChron.23.
3, 24, 27.
Lord commanded him, all the first- ter into the host, to do the work in
born among the children of Israel. the tabernacle of the congregation.
43 And aU the firstborn males by 4 '’ThissâZZ be the service of the sons ver. 15.
the number of names, from a month of Kohath in the tabernacle of the con-
old and upward, of those that were gregation, about "the most holy things ® ver. 19.
numbered of them, were twenty and 5 IF And when the camp setteth for-
two thousand two hundred and three- ward, Aaron shall come, and his sons,
score and thirteen. and they shall take down ’‘the cover- <* Ex. 26. 31.
44 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo- ing vaU, and cover the "ark of testi- ® Ex. 25. 10,
16.
ses, saying, mony with it
“ ver. 12, 41. 45 "Take the Levites instead of aU 6 And shall put thereon the cover-
the firstborn among the children of ing of badgers’ skins, and shall spread
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites over it a cloth wholly of blue, and
instead of their cattle; and the Le- shall put in ‘ the staves thereof. fEx. 25. 13.
vites shall be mine I am the Lord.

: 7 And upon the ® table of shewbread B Ex. 25. 23,
29,30.
46 And for those that are to be they shall spread a cloth of blue, Lev. 24.
6 8
^redeemed of the two hundred and and put thereon the dishes, and the , .
* Ex. 13. 13.

ch. 18. 15.
threescore and thirteen of the first- spoons, and the bowls, and covers
f ver. 39, 43. born of the children of Israel, ^ which to ^ cover withal: and the continual ® Or, pour
out withal.
are more than the Levites; bread shall be thereon
*Lev. 27.6. 47 Thou shalt even take “five shekels 8 And they shall spread upon them
ch. 18. 16.
apiece by the poll, after the shekel of a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same
the sanctuary shalt thou take them: with a covering of badgers’ skins, and
» Ex. 30. 13. (" the shekel is twenty gerahs :) shaU put in the staves thereof.
Lev 27. 25.
ch. 18. 16. 48 And thou shalt give the money, 9 And they shall take a cloth of
Ezek. 45.
12. wherewith the odd number of them blue, and cover the ‘‘candlestick of •> Ex. 25. 31.
is to be redeemed, imto Aaron and the light, ‘and his lamps, and his ‘ Ex. 25. 37,
38.
to his sons. tongs, and
his snuffdishes, and aU
49 And Moses took the redemption the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they
money of them that were over and minister unto it
: : :: : ; :
The Levites' several charges NUMBERS, lY. about the sanctuary.

Before 10 And they shall put it and all the ves- 21 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo- Before
CHEIST CHRIST
1490. sels thereof withm a covering* of bad- ses, saying, 1490.
gers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 22 Take also the sum
of the sons
^
k Ex. 30. 11 And upon the golden altar they of Gershon, throughout the houses of
1, 3.
shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover their fiithers, by their families;
it with a covermg of badgers’ skins, 23 “From thu*ty years old and up- ” ver. 3.
and shall put to the staves thereof ward imtil fifty years old shalt thou
12 And they shall take all the in- number them; all that enter in ^to 2Heb.
to war the
struments of ministry, wherewith they perform the service, to do the w ork in warfare.
minister in the sanctuary, and put the tabernacle of the congregation.

them ma cloth of blue, and cover 24 This is the service of the families
them with a covering of badgers’ of the Gershonites, to serve, and for
s
skins, and shall put them on a bar ® burdens Or,
carriage.
13 And they shall take away the 25 And they shall bear the curtains * ch. 3. 25.
26.
ashes from the altar, and spread a of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle
purple cloth thereon of the congregation, his covering, and
14 And they shall put upon it aU the covering of the badgers’ skins that
the vessels thereof, wherewith they is above upon it, and the hanging for
minister about it, even the censers, the door of the tabernacle of the con-
the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and gregation,
* Or, howh. the ^ basons, all the vessels of the 26 And the hangmgs of the coiu’t,
altar; and they shall spread upon it and the hanging for the door of the
a covering of badgers’ skms, and put gate of the court, which is by the ta-
to the staves of it. bernacle and by the altar round about,
15 And when Aaron and his sons and their cords, and all the instru-
have made an end of covering the ments of their service, and all that is
sanctuary, and all the vessels of the made for them so shall they serve.
:
sanctuary, as the camp is to set for- 27 At the âppointment of Aaron 4Heb.

•mouth.
« ch. 7. 9. wârd after that, the sons of Kohath
;
’
and his sons shall be aU the service
& 10. 2t.
Deut. 31. 9. shall come to bear it “ but they shall
: of the sons of the. Gershonites, in all
2 8am. 6.
13. not touch any holy thing, lest they their burdens, and in all their service
lChron.15.
2, 15. die. “ These things are the burden and ye shall appoint unto them in
™ 2 Sam.
of the sons of Kohath in the taber-
6, 7.
6.
charge all their burdens.
lChron.13.
9, 10.
nacle of the congregation. 28 This is the service of the families
» ch. 3. 31. 16 If And to the office of Eleazar the of the sons of Gershon in the taber-
son of Aaron the priest jyertaineth nacle of the congregation and their :
® Ex. 25. 6. ° the oil for the light,

and the ^ sweet charge shall be under the hand of
Lev. 24. 2.
P Ex. 30. 34. incense, and ’ the daily meat offering, Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
1
«
Ex. 29. 40.
and the anointing oil, and the over- 29 If As for the sons of Merari, thou
Ex. 30. 23.
sight of all the tabernacle, and of all shalt number them after their fami-
that therein is, in the sanctuary, and lies,by the house of their fathers
in the vessels thereof. 30 ^From thirty years old and up- y ver. 3.
17 If And the Lord spake unto Mo- ward even unto fifty years old shalt
ses and unto Aaron, saying, thou number them, every one that
SHeb.
18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the fa- entereth into the ® service, to do the warfare.
milies of the Kohathites from among work of the tabernacle of the con-
the Levites gregation.
19 But thus do unto them, that they 31 And Hhis is the charge of their ^ ch. 3. 36.
37.
may live, and not die, when they ap- burden, according to all their service
• ver. 4. proach unto Hhe most holy things: in the tabernacle of the congregation;
Aaron and his sons shall go in, and the boards of the tabernacle, and the a Ex. 26. 15.
appoint them every one to liis service bars thereof, and the pillars thereof,
and to his burden : and sockets thereof,
* See Ex.
19. 21.
20 ‘But they shall not go in to see , 32 And the pillars of the court
1 Sam. 6.
19.
when the holy things are covered, 1
round about, and their sockets, and
lest they die.
j
their pins,and their cords, with all
: :
The number of the NUMBERS, Y. Kohathites, Gershonites, <S:c»
Before
CHRIST
their instruments, and with all their for the work m the tabernacle of the Before
CHRIST
1490.
service and by name ye shall '’reckon
: congregation. 1490.
the instruments of the charge of their 44 Even those that were numbered
>> Ex. 38. 21.
burden. of them after their families, were
33 This is the service of the families three thousand and two hundred.
of the sons of Merari, according to all 45 These he those that were num-
their service, in the tabernacle of the bered of the families of the sons of
congregation, under the hand of Itha- Merari, whom Moses and Aaron num-
mar the son of Aaron the priest. bered 'according to the word of the * ver. 29.
® ver. 2. 34 IF 'And Moses and Aaron and the Lord by the hand of Moses.
chief of the congregation numbered 46 All those that were numbered of
the sons of the Kohathites after their the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron
families, and after the house of their and the chief of Israel numbered, af-
fathers, ter their families, and after the house
35 From thirty years old and up- of their fathers.
ward even unto fifty years old, every 47 ‘^From thirty years old and up- t ver. 3. 23,
30.
one that entereth into the service. ward even unto fifty years old, every
for the work in the tabernacle of the one that came to do the service of
congregation the ministry, and the service of the
36 And those that were numbered burden in the tabernacle of the con-
of them by their families were two gregation.
thousand seven hundred and fifty. 48 Even those that were numbered
37 These were they that were num- of them, were eight thousand and five
bered of the families of the Kohath- hundred and fourscore.
ites, all that might do service in the 49 According to the commandment
tabernacle of the congregation, which of the Lord they were numbered by
Moses and Aaron did number accord- the hand of Moses, ® every one ac- * ver. 15, 24,
ing to the commandment of the Lord cording to his ser\ice, and according
by the hand of Moses. to his burden thus Avere they num-
:
38 And those that were numbered bered of him, as the Lord command- * ver. 1, 21.
of the sons of Gershon, throughout ed Moses.

their families, and by the house of CHAPTER V.
their fathers, 1 The unclean are removed out of the camp. 5 ReMfution
he made in trespasses. 11 The trial of jealousy.
39 From thirty years old and up- is to
ward even unto fifty years old, every AFND the Lord spake unto Moses,
one that entereth mto the service. saying.
for the work in the tabernacle of the 2 Command the children of Israel,
congregation. that they put out of the camp every
40 Even those that were numbered 'leper, and every one that hath an a Lev. 13. 3,
of them, throughout their families, by '’issue, and whosoever is defiled by ch. 12. 14.
^ Lev. 15. 2.
the house of their fathers, were two the 'dead: ® Lev. 21. 1.
thousand and six hundred and thirty. 3 Both male and female shall ye put ch. 9. 6, 10.
& 19.11,13.
^ ver. 22. 41 ^ These are they that were num- out, without the camp shall ye jiut & 31. 19.
bered of the families of the sons of them that they defile not their
;
Gershon, of all that might do service camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
**
Lev. 26.
in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And

the children of Israel did so. 2 Cor.
16.
6.
whom Moses and Aaron did number and put them out without the camp
according to the commandment of as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did
the Lord. the children of Israel.
42 IF And those that were numbered 5 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo-
of the families of the sons of Me- ses, saying.
rari, throughout their families, by the Speak unto the children of Israel,
6
house of their fathers. ® Whena man or woman shall commit ® Lev.
9 ^
6.
43 From thirty years old and up- any sin that men commit, to do a
ward even unto fifty years old, every trespass against the Lord, and that
one that entereth into the service. person be guilty;
: : : ; : : :
The trial of jealousy. NUMBERS, Y. The trial of jealousy.
CHRIST
Before 7 ^Then they
shall confess their sin is the jealousy offering : and the Before
CHRIST
1490. which they have clone and he shall : priest shall have in his hand the bit- 1490.
f Lev. 5. 5.
recompense his trespass ^ with the ter water that causeth the curse :
& 26. 40.

Josh.
prmcipal thereof, and add unto it the 19 And the priest shall charge her
7. 19.
» Lev. 6. 5. fifth pa7't thereof, and give it unto by an oath, and say unto the woman,
him against whom he hath trespassed. If no man have lain with thee, and if
8 But if the man have no kinsman thou hast not gone aside to unclean-
to recompense the trespass unto, let ness ^îvith another instead of thy * Or,
being in
the trespass be recompensed unto husband, be thou free from this bit- thepoimr
qf thy hus-
the Loed, even to the priest; beside ter water that causeth the curse band,
Rom. 7. 2.
•> Lev. 6. 6, •"the ram of the atonement, whereby 20 But if thou hast gone aside to SHeb.
7. & 7. 7.
an atonement shall be made for him. another instead of thy husband, and if under thy
hudiand.
* Or, heave 9 And every ^'offering of all the thou be defiled, and some man have
offering.
' Ex. 29. 28. holy things of the children of Israel, lain with thee beside thine husband
Lev.
21 Then the priest shall "charge the
6. 17,
18, 26. & 7. which they bring unto the priest, shall “Josh. 6.26.
1 Sam. 14.
6,7,9,10,14.
ch. 18. 8, be his. woman with an oath of cursing, and 24.
Neh. 10.
9 19
Deut. 18.
10 And
every man’s hallowed things the priest shall say unto the woman, 29.
3,4.
Ezek. 44.
shall be
his whatsoever any man
:
“ The
Lord make thee a curse and ® Jer. 29. 22.
29, 30.
* Lev. 10,
giveth the priest, it shall be ^ his. an oath among thy people, when the
13. 11 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo- Lord doth make thy thigh to *rot, * Heb./oB.
ses, saying, and thy belly to swell

12 Speak unto the children of Is- 22 And this water that causeth the
rael, and say unto them. If any man’s curse shall go into thy bowels, to
** PP8.109.18.
wife go aside, and commit a trespass make thy beUy to swell, and thy thigh
against him, to rot: “Ând the woman shall say. 9 Deut. 27.
15.
!
> Lev. 18. 20. 13 And a man with her carnally,
^
lie Amen, amen.
and it be hid from the eyes of her 23 And the priest shall write these
husband, and be kept close, and she curses in a book, and he shall blot
be defiled, and there he no witness them out with the bitter water
against her, neither she be taken with 24 And he shall cause the woman to
the manner ; drink the bitter water that causeth
14 And the spirit of jealousy come the curse and the water that caus-
:
upon him, and he be jealous of his eth the curse shall enter into her,
wife, and she be defiled: or if the a7id become bitter.
spirit of jealousy come upon him, 25 Then the priest shall take the
and he be jealous of his wife, and jealousy offeruig out of the woman’s
she be not defiled hand, and shall wave the offering r Lev. 8. 27.
15 Then shall the man bring his wife before the Lord, and offer it upon
unto the priest, and he shall bring the altar
her offering for her, the tenth part 26 “And the priest shall take an » Lev. 2.
2, 9.
of an ephah of barley meal he shall handful of the offering, eveti the me-
;
pour no oil upon it, nor put frankin- morial thereof, and burn it upon the
cense thereon; for it is an offering altar, and afterward shall cause the
of jealousy, an offeruig of memorial, woman to drink the water.
® 1 Kin. 17. “ bringing iniquity to remembrance. 27 And when he hath made her to
18.
Ezek. 29. 16 And the priest shall bring her drink the water, then it shall come to
16.
near, and set her before the Lord : pass, that, if she be defiled, and have
17 And the priest shall take holy done trespass against her husband,
water in an earthen vessel; and of that the water that causeth the curse
the dust that is in the floor of the shall enter into her, and become bit-
tabernacle the priest shall take, and ter, and her belly shall swell, and
put it into the water her thigh shall rot: and the woman
18 And the priest shall set the wo- *
shall be a curse among her people. ‘Deu. 28.37.
Pb. 83. 9,
man before the Lord, and uncover 28 And if the woman be not defiled, 11 .
Jer. 24. 9.
the woman’s head, and put the offer- but be clean; then she shall be free, & 29.18,22.
& 42. 18.
ing of memorial in her hands, which and shall conceive seed. Zech.8. 13.
; : ::
The law of the Nazarites. NUMBEHS, YI. The law of the Nazarites.
Before 29 This the law of jealousies, when

is pigeons, to the priest, to the door of Before
CHKIST
1490.
a wife goeth aside to another " instead the tabernacle of the congregation 1490.
® V6r, 19.
of her husband, and is defiled 11 And the priest shall offer the one
30 Or when the spirit of jealousy for a sin offering, and the other for a
cometh upon him, and he be jealous burnt offering, and make an atone-
over his wife, and shall set the woman ment for him, for that he sinned by
before the Lord, and the priest shall the dead, and shaU hallow his head
execute upon her all this law. that same day.
31 Then shall the man be guiltless 12 And he shall consecrate unto the
* Lev. 20. from iniquity, and this woman ^ shall Lord the days of his separation, and
bear her iniquity. shall bring a lamb of the first year
^
CHAPTER VI. for a trespass offering but the days
:
•' Lev.
SHeb./oa.
5. 6.
1 The law of the Nazarites. 22 The form of blessing that were before shall ^be lost, be-
the people. cause his separation was defiled.
AND the Lord spake imto Moses, 13 t And this is the law of the Na-
A. saying. zarite, when the days of his separa-
' 'Acts 21. 2G.
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, tion are fulfilled he shall be brought
:
and say unto them. When either man unto the door of the tabernacle of
* Or, make or woman shall separate themselves the congregation:
Nazarites. to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to sepa- 14 And he shall offer his offering
* Lev. 27. 2.
Judg. 13. 5. rate themselves imto the Lord : unto the Lord, one he lamb of the
Acts 21. 23.
Rom. 1. 1.
3 '’He shall separate himself from firstyear without blemish for a burnt
1’
Amos 2. wine and strong drink, and shall offering,and one ewe lamb of the first
Luke 1. 15. drink no vinegar of wine, or vuiegar year without blemish ^ for a sin offer- ^ Lev. 4. 2,
27, 32.
of strong drink, neither shall he drink ing, and one ram without blemish for ‘
1 Lev. 3. 6.
any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist peace ofierings.

grapes, or dried. 15 And a basket of unleavened
*pr. 4 AU the days of his ^separation bread, “cakes of fine flour mmgled ™ Lev. 2. 4.
ship. shall he eat nothing that is made of with oil, and wafers of unleavened
«Heb. the ^vine tree, from the kernels even bread “anointed with oil, and their ” Ex. 29. 2.
vine of the
ioine. to the husk. meat offering, and their ° drink of- ® ch. 15. 5,
1, lU.
5 All the days of the vow of his se- ferings.
® Judg. 13. 5. paration there shall no “razor come 16 And the priest shall bring them
& lb. 17,
1 Sam. 1. upon his head until the days be fill-
: before the Lord, and shall offer his
11.
filled, in the which he separateth him- sin offermg, and his burnt offering
self unto the Lord, he shall be holy. 17 And he shall offer the ram for a
and shall let the locks of the hair of sacrifice of peace offerings unto the
his head grow. Lord, with the basket of unleavened
6 All the days that he separateth bread the priest shall offer also his
:
<*
Lev. 21.11. himself unto the Lord ^ he shall come meat offering, and his drink offering.
ch. 19, 11-
16. at no dead body. 18 *’And the Nazarite shall shave the p Acts 21.24.
* Lev. 21. 1. 7 ®He shall not make himself un- head of his separation at the door of
2, 11,
ch. 9. 6. clean for his father, or for his mo- the tabernacle of the congregation.
ther, for his brother, or for his sister. and shall take the hair of the head
®Heb. when they die because the ® conse-
; of his separation, and put it in the
cration of his God is upon his head. fire which is under the sacrifice of
8 All the days of his separation he the peace offerings.
is holy unto the Lord. 19 And the priest shall take the
9 And if any man die very suddenly ^sodden shoulder of the ram, and 4 1 Sam. 2.
by him, and he hath defiled the head one unleavened cake out of the bas-
of his consecration; then he shall ket, and one unleavened wâfer, and
'Acts
^ 21
18. 18.
24.
^ shave his head in the day of his sliall put them upon the hands of the r Ex. 29. 23,
cleansing, on the seventh day shall Nazarite, after the hair of his separa-
he shave it. tion is shaven
& 14. 22. 10 And ®on the eighth day he 20 And the priest shall wave them
& 15. 14,
29. sha,ll bring two turtles, or two young for a wave offering before the Lord :
1
: : ; : : : : : : : : ;
7
The offerings NUMBERS, VII. of the pr inces
Before
CHRIST
'this holy for the priest, with the
is Two wagons and four oxen "he Before
CHRIST
1490 .
wave breast and heave shoulder and : gave unto the sons of Gershon, ac- 1490 .
after that the Nazarite may drink wine. cording to their service
• Ex. 29. 27. 0 ch. 4. 25.
28. 21 This is the law of the Nazarite 8 And four wagons and eight oxen ch. 4. 31.
who hath vowed, and of his offering he gave unto the sons of Merari, ac-
unto the Lord for his separation, corîg imto their service, ® under the * ch. 4. 28,
33.
beside that that his hand shall get hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron
according to the vow which he vowed, the priest.
so he must do after the law of his 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he
separation. gave none: because ‘the service of fch. 4. 15.
22 H And the Lord spake unto Mo- the sanctuary belonging unto them
® was that they should bear upon * ch. 4. 6, 8,
ses, saying, their
10, 12, 14.
23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his shoulders. 2 Sam.
13.
6.
‘ Lev. 9. 22. sons, saying, On this wise ‘ye shall 10 IF And the princes offered for de- ’’
See Deut.
1 Chron. 20.5.
23. 13. bless the cliildren of Israel, saying dicating of the altar in the day that 1 Kin. 8.
63.
unto
2 them, it was anointed, even the princes of- 2 Chron. 7.
»Pb. 121.7.
John 17.
24 The Lord bless thee, and "keep fered their offering before the altar. llzra 6. 16.
11 . thee 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, Neh. 12.27.
Ps. 30,
w Ps. 31. 16. 3
& 67. 1. 25 The Lord
’'make his face slime They shall offer their offering, each title.
& 80. 3, 7,
19. & 119. upon thee, and'^be gracious unto thee: prince on his day, for the dedicating
135.
Dan. 9. 17. 26 ^The Lord lift up his countenance of the altar.
4
*Gen.43.29.
upon thee, and * give thee peace. 12 IF And he that offered liis offering
y Ps. 4. 6. 5
*Johnl4.27.
2The8.3.16.
27 "And they shall put my name the first day was Nahshon the son of
' ‘ ch. 2. 3.
“Deu.28.10. upon the children of Israel; and *’1 Amminadab,

17
of the tribe of Judah
2Chr. 7.14.
Isai. 43. 7.
6
will bless them. 13 And his offering was one silver
Dan. 9. 18, charger, the weight thereof was an
I-
19.
Ps. 115. 12.
CHAPTER VIl.
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
1 The offering of the princes at the dedication of the taber-
nacle. 10 Their several off'erings at the dedication of the bowl of seventy shekels, after ^the k Ex. 30. 13.
altar. 89 God speaJceth to Moses from the mercy seat. shekel of the sanctuary; both of them
» Ex.
II .
40. 18.
I. ev. 8. 10,
And that Moses
^
tabernacle, and
it came
to pass on the day
had fully " set up the
had anointed it, and
were
for a
14
full
’
meat
One spoon
of fine flour
offering
mmgled with
of ten shekels of gold,

oil
1 Lev. 2. 1.
“Ex. 30. 34.

sanctified it, and all the instruments full of “ incense
thereof, both the altar and all the 15 " One young bullock, one ram, “ Lev. 1. 2.
vessels thereof, and had anointed one lamb of the first year, for a
them, and sanctified them burnt offering
eh. 1. 4, That ^ the princes of Israel, heads 16 One kid of the goats for a sm ® Lev. 4. 23.
&c.
of the house of their fathers, who offering
2Heb.
who stood.
were the princes of the tribes, ând And for â sacrifice of peace of- P Lev. 3. 1.
were over them that were numbered, ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he
offered goats, five lambs of the first year
And they brought their offering this was the offering of Nahshon the
before the Lord, six covered wagons, son of Ammhiadab.
and twelve oxen a wagon for two of ;
18 IF On the second day Nethaneel
the princes, and for each one an ox the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar,
and they brought them before the did offer
tabernacle. 19 He offered for his offering one
And the Lord spake imto Moses, silver charger, the weight whereof
saying, icas an hundred and thirty shekels,
Take it of them, that they may be one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
to do the service of the tabernacle of after the shekel of the sanctuary
the congregation and thou shalt give both of them full of fine flour min-
;
them unto the Levites, to every man gled with oil for a meat offering
accordinj? to his service. 20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels,
And Moses took the wagons and the full of incense :
oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. 21 One young bullock, one ram, one
:: :: : : ::: :
at the dedication NUMBERS, VII. of the altar.
Before lamb of the first year, for a burnt and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of Before
CHRIST
1490. offering seventy shekels, after the shekel of 1490.
22 One kid of the goats for a sin the sanctuary; both of them full of
offering fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
23 Andfor a sacrifice of peace of- offering
ferings,two oxen, five rams, five he 38 One golden spoon of ten shekels.
goats, five lambs of the first year full of incense
this was the offering of Nethaneel 39 One young bullock, one ram, one
the son of Zuar. lamb of the first year, for a burnt
24 H On the third day Eliab the son offering
of Helon, prince of the children of 40 One kid of the goats for a sin
Zebulun, did offer: offering
25 His offering was one silver charg- 41 And for a sacrifice of peace of-
er, the weight whereof was an hun- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he
dred and thirty shehels, one silver goats, five lambs of the first year:
bowl of seventy shekels, after the this icas the offering of Shelumiel
shekel of the sanctuary; both of the son of Zurishaddai.
them full of fine flour mingled with 42 If On the sixth day EHasaph the
oil for a meat offering: son of Deuel, prince of the children
26 One golden spoon of ten shekels^ of Gad, offered:
full of incense 43 His offering was one silver charg-
27 One young bullock, one ram, one er of the weight of an hundred and
lamb of the first year, for a burnt thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy
offering : shekels, after the shekel of the sane-
28 One kid of the goats for a sin tuary both of them full of fine flour
;
offering : mingled with oil for a meat offering :
29 And peace offer-

for a sacrifice of 44 One golden spoon of ten shekels.
ings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, full of incense :
five lambs of the first year this was

: 45 One young bullock, one ram, one
the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. lamb of the first year, for a burnt
30 IT On the fourth day Elizur the offering :
son of Shedeur, prince of the chil- 46 One kid of the goats for a sin
K dren of Reuben, did offer : offering
31 His offering was one silver charger 47 And for a sacrifice of peace of-
fi
of the weight of an hundred and thir- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he
p ty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy goats, five lambs of the first year:
9 shekels, after the shekel of the sane- this was the offering of EHasaph the
It tuary ; both of them full of fine flour son of Deuel.
W mingled with oil for a meat offering 48 If On the seventh day Elishama
1 32 One golden spoon of ten shekels. the son of Ammihud, prince of the
children of Ephraim, offered:
w full
33
of incense
One young bullock, one ram, one 49 His offering was one silver charg-
1
lamb of the first year, for a burnt er, the weight whereof was an hundred
; V offering : and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
'
34 One kid of the goats for a sin seventy shekels, after the shekel of
offering : the sanctuary; both of them full of
35 Andfor a sacrifice of peace of- fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he offering :
goats, five lambs of the first year: 50 One golden spoon of ten shekels,
this was the offering of Elizur the full of incense :
son of Shedeur. 51 One young bullock, one ram, one

36 IF On the fifth day Shelumiel the lamb of the first year, for a burnt
son of Zurishaddai, prince of the offering :
children of Simeon, did offer : 52 One kid of the goats for a sin
37 His offering was one silver charg- offering :
er, the weight whereof was an hundred 53 And for a sacrifice of peace offer-
:: :: : : ::: ::: :
The offerings of NUMBERS, VII. the princes at the
Before ings,two oxen, five rams, five he goats, fine flour mingled with oil for a meat Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490.
fivelambs of the first year this was offering :
1490.
_
the offering of Elishama the son of 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels,
Ammihud. full of incense
54 If On
the eighth day offered Ga- 69One young buUock, one ram, one
maliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of lamb of the first year, for a burnt
the children of Manasseh offering
55 His offering was one silver charg- 70 One kid of the goats for a sin
er of the weight of an hundred and offering
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of se- 71 Andfor a sacrifice of peace of-
venty shekels, after the shekel of the ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he
sanctuary; both of them full of fine goats, five lambs of the first year:
flour mingled with oil for a meat of- this was the offering of Ahiezer the
fering : son of Ammishaddai.
1 56 One golden spoon of ten shekels, 72 If On the eleventh day Pagiel the
full of incense son of Ocran, prince of the children
57 One young bullock, one ram, one of Asher, offered:
lamb of the first year, for a burnt 73 His offering was one silver charger,
offering the weight whereof was an hundred
58 One kid of the goats for a sin and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
offering seventy shekels, after the shekel of
'
59 And for a sacrifice of peace of- the sanctuary; both of them full of
ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
goats, five lambs of the first year offering
this was the offering of Gamaliel the 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels,
son of Pedahzur. fullof incense
60 IT On the ninth day Abidan the 75 One young bullock, one ram, one
son of Gideoni, prince of the children lamb of the first year, for a burnt
of Benjamin, offered: offering
er, the weight whereof was an hun- offering
dred and tliirty shekels, one silver bowl 77 Andfor a sacrifice of peace of-
of seventy shekels, after the shekel ferings,two oxen, five rams, five he
of the sanctuary; both of them full goats, five lambs of the first year
of fine flour mingled with oil for a this was the offering of Pagiel the
meat offering: son of Ocran.
62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, 78 If On the twelfth day Ahira the
fuU of incense son of Enan, prince of the children
63 One young bullock, one ram, one of Naphtah, offered:
lamb of the first year, for a burnt 79 His offering was one silver charg-
i
offering er, the weight whereof ims an hun-
64 One kid of the goats for a sin dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
offering of seventy shekels, after the shekel of 1
65 And for a sacrifice of peace of- the sanctuary; both of them full of
ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
goats, five lambs of the first year offering
this was the offering of Abidan the 80 One golden spoon of ten shekels,
son of Gideoni. fall of incense
66 If On the tenth day Ahiezer the 81 One young bullock, one ram, one
son of Ammishaddai, prince of the lamb of the first year, for a burnt
children of Dan, offered: offering
er, the weight whereof ims an hun- offering
dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl 83 And for a sacrifice of peace of-
of seventy shekels, after the shekel ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he
of the sanctuary both of them full of
;
goats, five lambs of the first year:
: : : :
dedication of the altar. NUMBERS, YIII. The consecration of the Levites.
Before
CHRIST
this was the offering of Ahira the son 5 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo- Before
CHRIST
1490. of Enan. ses, saying, 1490.
84 This was the dedication of the 6 Take the Levites from among the
altar, in the day when it was anoint- children of Israel, and cleanse them.
ed, by the princes of Israel: twelve 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them,
chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, to cleanse them: Sprinkle “water of « ch. 19.
9.
17, 18.
twelve spoons of gold purifying upon them, and ^4et them * Heb.
let them
85 Each charger of silver weighing shave their flesh, and let them
all cause a ra-
zor to pass
an hundred and thirty shekels, each wash their clothes, and so make them- over, d-c.
Lev.
bowl seventy: all the silver vessels selves clean. ‘
8,9.
14.
weighed two thousand and four hun- 8 Then let them take a young bul-
dred shekels, after the shekel of the lock with ®his meat offering, even fine * Lev. 2. 1.
sanctuary flour mingled with oil, and another

86 The golden spoons were twelve, young bullock shalt thou take for a
full of incense, weighing ten shekels sin offering.
apiece, after the shekel of the sanc- 9 ’’And thou shalt bring the Levites •>
See
Ex. 29. 4.
tuary all the gold of the spoons was
: before the tabernacle of the congre- & 40. 12.
an hundred and twenty shekels. gation: ’and thou shalt gather the Lev. 8. 3. ‘
87 All the oxen for the burnt offer- whole assembly of the children of
2 were twelve bullocks, the rams
ing Israel together
twelve, the lambs of the first year 10 And thou shalt bring the Levites
3
twelve, with their meat offering: and before the Lord: and the children of
the kids of the goats for sin offering Israel ^ shall put their hands upon the * Lev. 1. 4.
4
twelve. Levites
88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice 11 And Aaron shall ®offer the Levites s Heb. tmve.
of the peace offerings were twenty and before the Lord for an ôffering of * Heb. leave,
offering.
four buUocks, the rams sixty, the he the children of Israel, that ® they may SHeb.
they may
goats sixty, the lambs of the first year execute the service of the Lord. he to ere-
sixty. This was the dedication of the 12 ’And the Levites shall lay their cule, dc.
Ex. 29. 10. >
4 ver. 1. altar, after that it was anointed. hands upon the heads of the bul-
89 And when Moses was gone into locks and thou shalt offer the one
:
the tabernacle of the congregation for a sin offering, and the other for
'Ex. 33. 9, 'to speak with ^him, then he heard a bmnt offering, unto the Lord, to
11.
ch. 12. 8. “the voice of one speaking unto him make an atonement for the Levites.
* That
13 And thou shalt set the Le\ites
is,
God. from off the mercy seat that was
Ex. before Aaron, and before his sons,
• 25. 22.
upon the ark of testimony, from be-
tween the two cherubims : and he and offer them for an offering unto
spake unto him. the Lord.
14 Thus shalt thou separate the
CHAPTER VIII.
Levites from among the children of
1 How lamps are to he lighted. 5 The consecration of
the
the Levites. 23 The age and time of their service. Israel and the Levites shall be
:
nd the Lokd spake unto Moses, “ mine. “ ch. 3. 45.

A . saying,
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto
15 And after that shall the Levites
go in to do the service of the taber-
& 16. 9.
• Ex. 25. 37. him. When thou “lightest the lamps, nacle of the congregation and thou :
&40.25.
the seven lamps shall give light over shalt cleanse them, and “offer them ” ver. 11, 13.
against the candlestick. for an offering.
And Aaron did so he lighted the 16 For they are wholly given unto
;
lamps thereof over against the candle- me from among the children of Israel;
stick, as the Loed commanded Moses. “ instead of such as open every womb, ® ch. 3. 12,
45.
«> Ex. 25. 31. ’’And this work of the candlestick even instead of the firstborn of aU the
was of beaten gold, unto the shaft children of Israel, have I taken them
thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was unto me.
« Ex. 25. 18. ' beaten work ^ according imto the
: 17 ^’For all the firstborn of the chil- P Ex. 13. 2,
12, 13, 15.
<* Ex. 25. 40.
pattern which the Lord had shewed dren of Israel are mine, both man and ch. 3. 13.
Luke 2. 23.
Moses, so he made the candlestick. beast on the day that I smote every
:
: : :
The passover is NUMBERS, IX. commanded again.

Before firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanc- 2 Let the children of Israel also keep Before
CHEIST CHRIST
1490 .
tified them for myself. "the passover at his appointed season. 1490 .
18 And I have taken the Levites for 3 In the fourteenth day of this month, » Ex. 12. 1,
all the firstborn of the children of ât even, ye shall keep it in his ap- &c
Lev. 23. 5.
Israel. pointed season accordmg to all the
:
ch. 28. 16.
Deut. 16.
1 ch. 3. 9.
19 And ’I have given the Levites as rites of it, and according to all the 1 2
, .
^ 2Heb.
2Heb. a gift to Aaron and to his sons from ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. between the
given.
two even-
among the children of Israel, to do 4 And Moses spake unto the chil- ings.
Ex. 12. 6.
the service of the children of Israel dren of Israel, that they should keep
in the tabernacle of the congregation, the passover.
and to make an atonement for the 5 And ‘’they kept the passover on •>Josh. 5. 10.
» ch. 1. 53. children of Israel that there be no

: the fourteenth day of the first month
&
16. 46.
&
18. 5. plague among the children of Israel, at even in the wilderness of Sinai
2 Chron.
26. 16. when the children of Israel come nigh according to aU that the Lord com-
unto the sanctuary. manded Moses, so did the children
20 And Moses, and Aaron, and aU of Israel.
the congregation of the children of 6 IT And there were certain men,
Israel, did to the Le^dtes according who were 'defiled by the dead body « ch. 5. 2. &
19. 11, 16.
unto all that the Lord commanded of a man, that they could not keep See John
18. 28.
Moses concerning the Levites, so did the passover on that day ^ and they
: a Ex. 18. 15,
19, 26.
the children of Israel unto them. came before Moses and before Aaron ch. 27. 2.
‘ ver. 7. 21 'And the Levites were purified, on that day
‘ ver. 11, 12. and they washed their clothes; ‘and 7 And those men said unto him. We
Aaron offered them as an offering are defiled by the dead body of a
before the Lord ; and Aaron made an man: wherefore are we kept back,
atonement for them to cleanse them. that we may not offer an offering of
“ ver. 15. 22 "And after that went the Levites the Lord in his appointed season
in to do their service in the taberna- among the children of Israel ?
cle of the congregation before Aaron, 8 And Moses said unto them. Stand
* ver. 5, &c. and before his sons * as the Lord : still, and ®I will hear what the Lord
® ch. 27. 5.
had commanded Moses concerning will command concernmg you.

the Levites, so did they unto them. 9 H And the Lord spake imto Mo-
23 ^ And the Lord spake unto Mo- ses, saying,
ses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel,
24 This is it that helongetli unto the saying, If any man of you or of your
y See Levites ^ from twenty and five years
: posterity shall be unclean by reason
ch. 4. 3.
1 Chron. 23. old and upward they shall go in ^ to of a dead body, or in a journey
3, 24. 27.
3Heb. wait upon the service of the taber- afar off, yet he shall keep the pass-
to tear the
warfare qf, nacle of the congregation: over unto the Lord.
dc.
1 Tim. 1. 25 And from the age of fifty years 11 ‘The fourteenth day of the second f2Cliron.
30. 2, 15.
18.
<Heb.
they shall ^ cease waiting upon the ser- month at even they shall keep it, and
return from vice thereof, and shall serve no more ®eat it with unleavened bread and K Ex. 12. 8.
the warfare
of the ser- 26 But shall minister with their bre- bitter herbs.
vice.
thren in the tabernacle of the congre- 12 They shall leave none of it unto »> Ex. 12. 10.
* ch. 1. 53. gation, to keep the charge, and shall

’’
the morning, ‘nor break any bone of 1 Ex.12. 46.
John 19.
do no service. Thus shalt thou do un- it according to all the ordinances
:
''
t
36.
Ex. 12. 43.
to the Levites touching their charge. of the passover they shall keep it.
13 But the man that is clean, and
CHAPTER IX.
is not in a journey, and forbeareth
1 TJie pasetrver is commanded again. 6 A second passover
allowed for them that were unclean nr ahsent. 15 The cloiul to keep the passover, even the same
guideth the removings and encampings of the Israelites. soul shall be cut off from among his
* Gen. 17. 14.
Ex. 12. 15.
nd the Lord spake unto Moses people because he brought not the
A _ in the wilderness of Sinai, in
the first month of the second year
:
offering of the Lord in his appointed

season, that man shall " bear his sin.
ver. 7.
n ch. 5. 31.
after they were come out of the land 14 And if a stranger shall sojourn
of Egypt, saying, among you, and will keep the pass-
; :;
A cloud guideth the Israelites. NUMBEKS, X. The use of the silver trumjpets.
Before over unto the Loed according to the Before

CHRIST ;
ordinance of the passover, and ac-

CHAPTEE X. CHRIST
1490 , 1490 .
1 The use of the silver irumpets. 11 The Israelites remove
cording to the manner thereof, so from Sinai to Paran. 14 The order of their march, 29
® Ex. 12. 49, shall he do ° ye shall have one ordi-
: Ilobah is intreated hy Moses not to leave them. 33 The
blessing of Moses at the removing and resting of the ark.
nance, both for the stranger, and for
him that was born in the land. AND the Lord spake unto Moses,
P Ex. 40. 34.
Neh.9.
15 IT And ôn the day that the ta- saying,
12,
19. bernacle was reared up the cloud 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver
Ps. 78. 14.
1490 .
covered the tabernacle, namely, the of a whole piece shalt thou make
Q Ex. 13. 21. tent of the testimony: and "ât even them that thou mayest use them for
:
&40.38.
there was upon the tabernacle as it the “calling of the assembly, and for • Isai. 1. 13.
were the appearance of fire, until the the journeying of the camps.
morning. 3 And when ‘’they shall blow udth Jer. 4. 5. •>
Joel 2. 15.
16 So it was alway the cloud cover-
: them, all the assembly shall assemble
ed it hy day, and the appearance of themselves to thee at the door of the
fire by night. tabernacle of the congregation.
r Ex.
40. 36. 17 And when the cloud ''was taken 4 And if they blow hut with one
ch. 10. 11,
33, 34.
Ps. 80. 1.
up fi:om the tabernacle, then after trumpet, then the princes, which are
that the children of Israel journey- “heads of the thousands of Israel, 0 ch. Ex. 18. 21.
1. 16.
ed and in the place where the cloud

: shall gather themselves unto thee. &7.2.
abode, there the children of Israel 5 Wlien ye blow an alarm, then the ch. 2. 3.
pitched their tents. camps that lie on the east parts shall
18 At the commandment of the Lord go forward.
the children of Israel journeyed, and 6 When ye blow an alarm the second
at the commandment of the Lord time, then the camps that lie “on the ® ch. 2. 10.
•1 Cor. 10.1. they pitched: “as long as the cloud south side shall take their journey
abode upon the tabernacle they rest- they shall blow an alarm for their
ed in their tents. journeys.
* Heb. pro-
hnged.
19 And when the cloud ^ tarried long 7 But when the congregation is to
upon the tabernacle many days, then be gathered together, ‘^ye shall blow, ver. 3. f
* ch. 1. 53. the children of Israel * kept the charge but ye shall not ® sound an alarm. 8 Joel 2. 1.
&3. 8.
of the Lord, and journeyed not. 8 ‘’And the sons of Aaron, the priests, ch. 31. 6. •>
Josh. 6. 4.
20 And so it was, when the cloud shall blow with the trumpets; and 1 Chron.
was a few days upon the tabernacle they shall be to you for an ordinance 215.24. Chron.
according to the commandment of for ever throughout your generations. 13. 12.
the Lord they abode in their tents, 9 And ’if ye go to war in your land >ch. 31.6.
Josh. 6. 5.
and according to the commandment against the enemy that oppresseth 2 Chron.
13. 14.
of the Lord they journeyed. you, then ye shall blow an alarm Judg. 2.
21 And so it was, when the cloud with the trumpets; and ye shall be 18. & 4. 3.
&6. 9.
® Heb. was. ® abode from even unto the morning, &
‘remembered before the Lord your 1 Sam.8 10.12 10 . , .
and that the cloud was taken up in the God, and ye shall be saved from yom Ps.18.
106. 42.
morning, then they journeyed whe- enemies.
: Gen. 8. 1. 1
Ps. 106. 4.
ther it was by day or by night that the 10 Also “in the day of your glad- ™ ch. 29. 1.
cloud was taken up, they journeyed. ness, and in your solemn days, and Lev. 23. 24.
1 Chron.
22 Or whether it were two days, or a m

the beginnings of your months, ye 2 Chron. 5.
15. 24.
month, or a year, that the cloud tar- shall blow with the trumpets over 12. & 7. 6.
& 29, 26.
ried upon the tabernacle, remaining your burnt offerings, and over the sa- Ezra 3. 10.
Neh. 12.35.
" Ex. 40. 36, thereon, the children of Israel " abode crifices of yom- peace offerings that Ps. 81. 3. ;
37.
in their tents, and journeyed not but they may be to you " for a memorial “ ver. 9.
:
when it was taken up, they journeyed. before your God I am the Lord your :
23 At the commandment of the Lord God.

they rested in the tents, and at the 11 IF And it came to pass on the
commandment of the Lord they jour- twentieth day of the second month,
* ver. 19. neyed they kept the charge of the in the second year, that the cloud
:
Lord, at the commandment of the “was taken up from off' the taber- » ch. 9. 17.
Lord by the hand of Moses. nacle of the testimony.
: : ;
The order of the Israelites' NUMBERS, XT. march from Sinai to Paran,
Before
CHEIST
12 And
the children of Israel took 27 And
over the host of the tribe of Before
CHRIST
1490 .
their journeys out of the "^wilder-
** the children of Naphtali was Ahira 1490 .
P Ex. 40. 36.

ness of Sinai; and the cloud rested the son of Enan.
ch. 2. 9, 16, in the ' wilderness of Paran. 28 ^“^Thus were the journeyings of *Heb.
24, 31. These.
1 Ex. 19. L 13 And they first took their journey the children of Israel according to ch. 2. 34.
ch. 1. 1.
&9. 5. “’according to the commandment of their armies, when they set forward.
r Gen. 21.21.
ch. 12. 16. the Loed by the hand of Moses. 29 If And Moses said imto Hobab,
& 13. 3, 26.
14 H *In the first place went the the son of ®Raguel the Midianite, • Ex. 2. 18.
Dent. 1. 1.
• ver. 5, 6.
ch. 2. 34.
standard of the camp of the children Moses’ father in law. We are journey-
‘ ch. 2. 3, 9. of Judah according to their armies ing unto the place of which the Lord
" ch. 1. 7. and over his host was " Nahshon the said, you: come thou
will give it t Gen. 12. 7.
son of Amminadab. with us, and ®we will do thee good: B Judg.1.16.
&4. 11.
15 And over the host of the tribe of for the Lord hath spoken good con- hGen.32.12.
Ex. 3. 8.
the children of Issachar was Netha- cerning Israel. & 6. 7, 8.
neel the son of Zuar. 30 And he said unto him, I will not
16 And over the host of the tribe go but I will depart to mine own
;
of the children of Zebulun was Eliab land, and to my kindred.

the son of Helon. 31 And he said. Leave us not, I pray
* ch. 1. 51. 17 And the tabernacle was taken thee forasmuch as thou knowest how
;
down and the sons of Gershon and

;
we are to encamp in the wilderness,
ych.4.24,31. the sons of Merari set forward, ^ bear- and thou mayest be to us ‘instead of 1 Job 29. 15.
&7.6,7.8.
ing the tabernacle. eyes.
•ch. 2. 10,16. 18 If And * the standard of the camp 32 And it shall be, if thou go with
of Reuben set forward according to us, yea, it shall be, that ''what good- kJudg.1.16.
their armies and over his host was

: ness the Lord shall do unto us, the
Elizur the son of Shedeur. same will we do unto thee.
19 And over the host of the tribe of 33 If And
they departed from ‘the 1 See Exod.
3.1.
the children of Simeon was Shelumiel mount of the Lord three days’ jour-
the son of Zurishaddai. ney and the ark of the covenant of
:
20 And over the host of the tribe of the Lord “went before them in the ”Deu,1.33.
Josh. 3. 3,
the children of Gad was Eliasaph the three days’ journey, to search out a i6.
Pe. 132. 8.
son of Deuel. resting place for them. Jer. 31. 2.
Ezek.20. 6.
21 And the Kohathites set forward, 34 And "the cloud of the Lord was n Ex. 13. 21.
Neh.
“ ch. 4. 4, 15.
&7.9.
bearing the “sanctuary: and ^the upon them by day, when they went 19.
9. 12,
2 That is, the other did set up the tabernacle a- out of the camp.
35 And it came to pass, when the
Gershmitea
and the gainst they came.
Slerarites
See ver. 17. 22 If And the standard of the camp ark set forward, that Moses said,
" Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies
*>
ch. 1. 51.
ch. 2. 18,
of the children of Ephraim set for- oPs. 68. 1,2.
& 132. 8,
24. ward according to their armies and
: be scattered and let them that hate
;
over his host was Elishama the son thee flee before thee.
of Ammihud. 36 And when it rested, he said. Re-
23 And over the host of the tribe of turn, O Lord, unto the ®many thou- * Heb. ten
thousand
the children of Manasseh was Gama- sands of Israel. thousands.
liel the son of Pedahzur. CHAPTER XI.

24 And over the host of the tribe of 1 The hurning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer. 4 The
the children of Benjamin was Abidan people lust for flesh, and loathe manna. 10 Moses com^
plaineth of his charge. 16 God divideth his burden unto
the son of Gideoni. seventy elders. 31 Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth-
0 ch. 2. 25,
31.
25 If And “ the standard of the camp hattaavah.
Josh. 6. 9. of the children of Dan set forward, AND “ when the people ^ complamed, »Deut.9.22.
* Or, were
which was the rereward of all the Jl\. ® it displeased the Lord and the :
as it were
complain-
camps throughout their hosts and: Lord heard it; '’and his anger was
*
ers.
Heb. it was
over his host was Ahiezer the son of kindled; and the 'fire of the Lord evil in the
ears of, &c.
Ammishaddai. burnt among them, and consumed b Ps. 78. 21.
26 And over the host of the tribe of them that were in the uttermost parts 0 Lev. 10. 2.
ch. 16. 35.
the children of Asher was Pagiel the of the camp. 2 Kings 1.
12.
son of Ocran. 2 And the people cried unto Moses Ps. 106. 18.
: : ;
Moses complaineth to God. NUMBERS, XI. Seventy elders are appointed.
and when Moses Sprayed unto the

Before 16 IF And the Lord said unto Moses, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1490.
Lokd, the fire ^ was quenched. Gather unto me ^seventy men of the 1490.
< Jam.
3 And he called the name of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest r See
16. 5. Exod.
2 Heb. mnk. place ^Taberah: because the fire of to be the elders of the people, and 24. 1, 9.
s That A the Loed burnt among them.
is,
“ officers over them; and bring them *Deut. 16.
burning, 18.
e
Deut.9.22.
As Exod.
4 H And mixt multitude that
the ®
unto the tabernacle of the congrega-
12. 38. was among them ^ fell a lusting and : tion, that they may stand there with
* Heb. lusted
a lust. the children of Israel also ® wept thee.
BHeb.
returned
again, and said, ‘^Who shall give us 17 And I will
“come doivn and talk “ Gen.
ver. 25.
11. 5.
and wept. flesh to eat? with thee there and I will take of & :
’’ 18. 21.
fPs. 78. 18. Ex. 19. 20.
& JOG. 14. 5 ^ We remember the fish, which we the spirit which is upon thee, and will 1 Sam. •’
ICor. 10.6. 10 6
did eat in Egypt freely the cucum- put it upon them and they shall bear 2 Kin.
. .
« Ex. 16. 3. ; ; 2. 15.

Neh.
bers, and the melons, and the leeks, the burden of the people ivith thee,
9. 20.
44. Isai. 3.
Joel
and the onions, and the garlick that thou bear it not thyself alone. 2. 28.
ch. 21. 5. 6 But now our soul is dried away 18 And say thou mito the people,
there is nothing at all, beside this “Sanctify yourselves against to mor- « Ex. 19. 10.
manna, before our eyes. row, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye
< Ex. 16. 14, 7 And ‘the manna was as coriander have wept ‘‘in the ears of the Lord, Ex. 16. 7.
31.
® Heb. eye seed, and the ® colour thereof as the saying, Wlio shall give us flesh to eat ?
of it as the
eye of. colour of ^ bdellium. “for it was well with us in Egyjit: ® ver. 5.
Acts 7. 39.
k Gen. 2. 12. ^ And the people went about, and therefore the Lord will give you flesh,
gathered it, and ground it in mills, or and ye shall eat.
beat it in a mortar, and baked it in 19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two
> Ex. 16. 31. pans, and made cakes of it and the :
‘
days, nor five days, neither ten days,
taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. nor twenty days
9 And “ when the dew fell upon the 20 ^ But even a whole month, until f Ps. 78. 29.
“Ex. 16. 13, ^
14. & 106. 15.
camp in the night, the manna fell it come out at your nostrils, and it 2 Heb.
month of
upon it. be loathsome unto you because that : days.
10 H Then Moses heardthe people ye have despised the Lord which is

weep throughout their families, every among you, and have wept before
‘P8.78.21. man in the door of his tent and ” the : him, saying, ^ Why came we forth out e ch. 21. 5.
anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; of Egypt ?

Moses also was displeased. 21 And Moses said, ‘‘The people, ''
Gen. 12. 2.
Ex. 12. 37.
® Deut. 1. 11 °And Moses said unto the Lord, among whom I am, are six hundred & 38. 26.
12 ch. 1. 46.
.
Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy ser- thousand footmen and

thou hast
;
vant ? and wherefore have I not found said, I wfll give them flesh, that they
favour in thy sight, that thou layest may eat a whole month.
the burden of all this people upon me ? 22 ‘Shall the flocks and the herds * See 2 Kin.
7.2.
12 Have I conceived all this peo- be slain for them, to suffice them ? or Mat. 15.33.
Mark 8. 4.
ple ? have I begotten them, that thou shall all the fish of the sea be gather- John 6. 7,9.
Plsai.40.11. shouldest say unto me, ^ Carry them ed together for them, to suffice them ?
'il8ai.49.23. in thy bosom, as a ’nursing father 23 And the Lord said unto Moses,
1 Thess.
2 7 beareth the sucking child, unto the ‘‘Is the Lord’s hand waxed short? > Isai. .50. 2.
. .
&
59. 1.
r Gen.
& 50. 24.
26. 3. land which thou "^swarest unto their thou ^ shalt see now whether my ‘
> ch. 23. 19.
Ezek. 12.
Ex. 13. 5. fathers ? word shall come to pass unto thee 25. & 24. 14.
*Mat. 15.33. 13 “Whence should I have flesh to or not.
Mark 8.
24 IF And Moses went out, and told
4.
give unto all this people? for they
weep unto me, saying. Give us flesh, the people the words of the Lord,
that we may eat. and “ gathered the seventy men of the “ ver. 16
*Ex. 18. 18. 14 ‘I am not able to bear all this elders of the people, and set them
people alone, because it is too heavy round about the tabernacle.
for me. 25 And the Lord “came down in a “ ver. 17.
ch. 12. 5.
15 And
if thou deal thus with me, eloud, and spake unto him, and took
» See 1 Kin.
19. 4.
" me, I pray thee, out of hand, if
kill of the spirit that was upon him, and
Jonah 4. 3. I have found favour in thy sight and ; gave it unto the seventy elders and » See 2 Kin.
:
let me not * see my wretchedness. it came to pass, that,

°
*Zeph.3.15. when the spirit 2. 15.
L
! ; :
Quails are given in wrath. NUMBERS, XII. Miriam and Aaron's sedition.
P
Before
CHRIST
See
1490.
1 Sam.
rested upon them, ^they prophesied,
and did not cease.
26 But there remained two of the
An D
2
3
-
^ Ethiopian
Miriam and Aaron spake
Moses because of the
against
woman whom he had mar- 2 Or,
Before
CHRIST
1490.
10. 5, 6, 10.
& 19. 20,
men in the camp, the name of the ried
4 for “ he had ® married an Etlii- Oushite.
:
» Ex. 21. 2.
21,23.
Joel 2. 28.
one was Eldad, and the name of the opian woman. Heb. taken. 2
Acts 2. 17,
18.
other Medad: and the spirit rested And they said. Hath the Lord in-
1 Cor. 14. upon them; and they icere of them 5
deed spoken only by Moses? ‘’hath Mic. Ex. 15. 20. •>
&c.
1, 6. 4.
9 See 1 Sam. that were written, but went not out he not spoken also by us? And the
20. 26.
Jer. 5.
unto the tabernacle and they pro-
: Lord
6
" heard it. «Gen.29.33.
ch. 11. 1.
phesied in the camp. (Now the man Moses ivas very 2Kin.l9.4.
Isai. 37. 4.
27 And there ran a young man, and meek, above all the men which were Ezek. 35.
12, 13.
told Moses, and said, Eldad and Me- 7
upon the face of the earth.)
dad do prophesy in the camp. 8 ‘‘And the Lord spake suddenly d Ps. 76. 9.
28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and un-
servant of Moses, one of his young to Miriam, Come out ye three unto
men, answered and said. My lord 9
the tabernacle of the congregation.
r See
9. 38.
Mark Moses, 'forbid them. And they three came out.
29 And Moses said unto him, En- ® And the Lord came down in ech.11.25.
liuke
John
9. 49.
3. 26.
the & 16. 19.
s 1 Cor. 14. 5. viest thou for my sake? “would God pillar of the cloud, and stood in the
that all the Lord’s people were pro- door of the tabernacle, and called
jihets, and that the Lord would put Aaron and Miriam: and they both
his spirit upon them came forth.
30 And Moses gat him said. Hear now my words
into the camp, And he
he and the elders of Israel. If there be a prophet among you, I
10
Ex.
Ps. 78. 26,
16. 13.
31 IF And there went forth a ‘wind the Lord will make myself known
27, 28.
& 105. 40.
from the Lord, and brought quails unto him în a vision, and will speak fGen. & 46.
15.1.
2.
from the sea, and let them fall by the unto him ®in a dream. Job 33. 15.
Ezek.
11 My servant Moses is not so, ‘who Dan.
1. 1.
2Heb. camp, ^ as it were a day’s journey on ''
8. 2.
as it were & 10. 16, 8,
tlie way of this side, and as it were a day’s jour- is faithful in all ^mine house. 17.
a day. Luke 11, 1.
ney on the other side, round about With him uill I speak ‘mouth to 22 .
12 Acts 10.
the camp, and as it were two cubits mouth, even '“apparently, and not in 17. & 22.11,
high upon the face of the earth. dark speeches; and “the similitude s 17, 18.
Gen. 31.
13
32 And the people stood up all that of the Lord shall he behold: where- 1 Kin. 10 11 , .
3. 5.
day, and all that night, and all the fore then ® were ye not afraid to Mat. 20. 1.
14 '*Pb. 105.26.
next day, and they gathered the speak against my servant Moses ? Heb. >
3. 2, 5.
quails he that gathered least gather-

: And the anger of the Lord was »lTim.3.15.
Ex. 33. 11. ‘
“ Ex. 16. 36.
Ezek. 45.
ed ten " homers and they spread kindled against them
: and he de- Deu.34. 10. ;
“ 1 Cor. 13.
11 . them all abroad for themselves round parted. 12 .
about the camp. And the cloud departed from off o“ 2Ex.
Pet.
33. 19.
10. 2.
*Ps.78.30,
31.
33 And while the flesh was yet be- the tabernacle and, behold, Miriam Jude
^ ;
**
8.
P Deu. 24.
tween their teeth, ere it was chewed, became leprous, white as snow: and 'J2Kin.5.27. 9.
the wrath of the Lord was kmdled Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, be- 2&Chron. 15. 5.
against the people, and the Lord hold, she was leprous. 26. 19, 20.
smote the people with a very great And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas,
plague. my beseech thee, '^lay not the
lord, I
r 2 Sam. 19.
19. & 24. 10.
34 And he called the name of that sin upon us, wherein we have done Pro. 30. .32.
^ That is, place ® Kibroth-hattaavah because : foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
TIte graves
of lust, there they buried the people that Let her not be “as one dead, of • Ps. 88. 4.
Dent. 9. 22.
lusted. whom the flesh is half consumed when
» ch. 33. 17,
35 Ând the people journeyed from he cometh out of his mother’s womb.
Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth And Moses cried unto the Lord,
Heb.
were
they
in, etc.
and ^ abode at Hazeroth. saying. Heal her now, O
God, I be-
seech thee.
CHAPTER XII. IF And the Lord said unto Moses,
1 God rehulceth the sedition of Miriam and Aaron. 10 Mi-
riam’s leprosy is healed at the prayer of Moses. 14 God ‘If her father had but spit in her face, * See Heb.
12.9.
commandeth her to he shut out o:' the host. should she not be ashamed seven
:
The names of the spies. NUMBERS, XIII. Theh' evil report.
Before days? let her be "shut out from the them. Get you up this ivay ® south- Before
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camp seven days, and after that let ward, and go up into the mountain
’’
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“Lev. 13. 46.

her be received in again. 18 And see the land, what it is; f ver.
21.
ch. 5. 2, 3. 15 ""And Miriam was shut out from and the people that dwelleth therein, *‘Gen.l4.10.
* Deu. 24. 9. Judg.
2 Cliron. the camp seven days and the peo- : whether they he strong or weak, few 19 1. 9, .
26 20 , 21 2
. .
ple journeyed not till Miriam was or many;

brought in again. 19 And what the land is that they
16 And afterward the people re-
3 dwell in, whether it he good or bad;
y ch. 11. 35. moved from ^Hazeroth, and pitched and what cities they he that they dwell
& 33. 18.
in4 the wilderness of Paran. in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
20 And what the land is, whether
5 CHAPTER XlII.
it he ’fat or lean, whether there be Neh. 9. 25.
1 The names of the men who were sent to search the land.
'
6 35.
17 Their instructions. 21 Their acts. 26 Their relation. wood therein, or not. And ^be ye of Ezek. 34.
7
® ch. 32. 8.
And
8
9
-
the
saying,
"Send thou men, that they may

good courage, and bring of the fruit ^ 14.
of the land. Now the time was the 6, 7, 23.
time of the firstripe grapes.
Deut. 31.
Deu. 1.22.
search the land of Canaan, which I give 21 t So they went up, and searched
unto the children of Israel: of every the land ’from the wilderness of Zin ch. 34. 3. •
Josh. 15. 1.
tribe of their fathers shall ye send a unto “Rehob, as men come to Hamatli. Josh. 19.“>
man, every one a ruler among them. 22 And they ascended by the south, 28.
And Moses by the commandment and came unto Hebron; where "Ahi- ” Josh. 11.
21,22. I
bch. 12. 16. of the Lord sent them ’’from the wil- man, Sheshai, and Talmai, “the chil- & 13,14. 1.5.
& 32. 8. Judg. 1.10.

Deu. 1. 19. derness of Paran all those men were
: dren of Anak, were. (Now ^ Hebron ® ver. 33.
&9.23. 10
heads of the children of Israel. was built seven years before ^Zoan P11Josh. 21.
m
.
11 And these were their names: of Egypt.) 4 Ps. 78. 12.

Isai. 19. 11.
the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the 23 “Ând they came unto the brook &30. 4.
^
r Deut.
son
12 of Zaccur. of Eshcol, and cut down from thence 24, 25. 1.
13
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat a branch with one cluster of grapes, * ch. Or, radi’y,
32. 9.
the son of Hori. and they bare it between two upon a Judg. 16.4.
ech.34.19.
14 ' Of the tribe of Judah, ^ Caleb staff; and they hrought of the pome-
1 Chron.
4. 15. 15 son of Jephimneh.
the granates, and of the figs.
16Of the tribe of 24 The place was called the ® brook ® Or, valley.
ver. 30.
ch. 14. 6,30.
Issachar, Igal the
Josh. 14. 6, son of Joseph. Êshcol, because of the cluster of * That is,
7, 13, 14. A cluster
Judg. 1. 12. Of the tribe of Ephraim, ®Oshea grapes which the children of Israel of grapes.
® ver. 16.
17 son of Nun.
the cut down from thence.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti 25 And they returned from search-
the son of Raphu. ing of the land after forty days.
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel 26 IF And they went and came to
the son of Sodi. Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the
Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, congregation of the children of Is-
of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the rael, “unto the wilderness of Paran, ver. 3. ®
son of Susi. to ‘
Kadesh
and brought back word ‘ch. 20.1,16.
;
& 32. 8.
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the unto them, and unto all the congre- & 33. 36.
Deu. 19. 1.
son of Gemalli. gation, and shewed them the fruit of Josh. 14. 6.
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the the land.

son of Michael. 27 And they told him, and said. We
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi came unto the land whither thou sent-
the son of Vophsi. est us, and surely it floweth with "milk “ Ex. 3. 8.
&33. 3.
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the and honey ; and this is the fruit of it. ^ Deu. 1. 25.
son of Machi. 28 Nevertheless ^the people he strong y Deu. 1. 28.

& 9. 1, 2.
These are the names of the men that dwell in the land, and the cities
which Moses sent to spy out the land. are walled, and very great and more-
:
* ver. 8.
Ex. 17. 9.
And Moses called Ôshea the son of over we saw '‘the children of Anak ^ ver. 33.
» Ex. 17. 8.
ch. 14. 6,30. Nun Jehoshua. there. ch. 14. 43.
Judg. 6. 3.
H And Moses sent them to spy 29 "The Amalekites dwell in the 1 Sam. 14.
48. & 15.
out the land of Canaan, and said unto land of the south: and the Hittites, 3, &c.
L2
The people murmur. NUMBEKS, Xiy. Moses prayeth to God.
Before and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, which were of them that searched Before
CHRIST CHRIST
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naanites dwell by the sea, and by the 7 And they spake unto aU the com-
coast of Jordan. pany of the children of Israel, saying,
See ch. 14. 30 And
‘’Caleb stilled the people be- ‘’The land, which we passed tlirough to * ch. 13. 27.
^ 24 Deu. 1. 25.
fore Moses, and said. Let us go up
.
Joslu 14. 7. search it, is an exceeding good land.

at once, and possess it; for we are 8 If the Lord ‘delight in us, then ‘Deu. 10. 15.
2 Sam. 15.
well able to overcome it. he will bring us into this land, and 25, 26.
& 22 20
* ch. 32. 9.
Deu. 1. 28.
31 “But the men
that went up with give it us; ‘‘a land which floweth 1 Kin. 10.9.
. .
Josh. 14. 8. him said. We

be not able to go up with milk and honey.
Ps. 22. 8.
& 147. 10,
11 .
against the people ; for they are 9 Only 'rebel not ye against the Lord, Isai. 62. 4.
k ch. 13.
stronger than we. “neither fear ye the people of the land; 27.
‘ Deu. 9. 7,
d ch. 14. 36, 32 And they '‘brought up an evil for “ they are bread for us their ^ de-
: 23, 24.
37. “Deu. 7. 18.
report of the land which they had fence is departed from them, “and the &20.3.
searched unto the children of Israel, Lord is with us fear them not.
:
2
” ch. 24. 8.
Heb.
2
saying. The
land, through which we 10 ^But all the congregation bade shadow,
Ps. 121.
stone them with stones. And ’ the
5.
have gone to search it, is a land Isai. 30. 2, 3.
Jer. 48. 45.
that eateth up the inhabitants there- glory of the Lord appeared in the “Gen. 48. 21.
Ex. 33. 16.
® Amos 2. 9. 3 ; and “ all the people that we saw
of tabernacle of the congregation be- Deu. 20. 1,
in it are men of a great stature.
^
2 Heb. men fore all the children of Israel. 3,4.
& 31. 6, 8.
(if statures.
33 And there we saw the giants, 11 If And the Lord said imto Moses, Josh.
Judg. 1. 22.
1. 5.
4
fDeu.
&2
1. 28.
10
'the sons of Anak, which come of How long will this people provoke 2 Chron.
13. 12.
me ? and how long will it be ere
. .
&9.2. the
5 giants and we were in our own
: & 15. 2.
& 20. 17.
e Isai. 40. 22. sight âs grasshoppers, and so we they “believe me, for all the signs & 32. 8.
Ps. 46.7, 11.
h 1 Sam. 17. were
6 '"in them sight. which I have shewed among them? Isai. 41. 10.
42. Amos
12 I will smite them with the pesti-
.5. 14.
Zech. 8. 23.
CHAPTER XIV. lence, and dismherit them, and ‘will P Ex. 17. 4.
1 The people murmur 6 Joshua and Caleb

at the news. 1 Ex. 16. 10.
labour to still them. 11 God threateneth them. 13 Moses make of thee a greater nation and & 24. 16, 17.
&40. 34.
persuadeth God, and obtaineth pardon. 26 The mur- mightier than they. Dev. 9. K.
murers are deprived of entering into the land. 36 The ch. 16. 19,
men who raised the evil report die by a plague. 40 The 13 If And "Moses said unto the Lord, 42. & 20. 6-
people that would invade the land against the will of Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for ver. 23.
Deut. 9. 7,
God are smitten.
thou broughtest up this people in thy 8 22
, .
Ps. 95. 8.
nd the congregation lifted up might from among them ;) Heb.
A
3. 8,
all
16.
* ch. 11. 4.
_ their voice, and cried; and '‘the 14 And they will tell it to the inha- “Deut. 1.32.
&9. 23.
people wept that night. bitants of this land: ^for they have Ps. 78. 22,
32, 42.
*>
Ex. 16. 2. And aU the children of Israel heard that thou Lord art among this & 106. 24.
& 17. 3. John 12.37.
ch. 16. 41. murmured against Moses and against people, that thou Lord art seen face Heb. 3. 18.
Ps. 106. 25.
Aaron and the whole congregation
: to face, and that ^thy cloud standetli
‘ Ex. 32. 10.
“ Ex. 32. 12.
said unto them. Would God that we over them, and that thou goest be- Ps. 106. 23.
Deu. 9. 26.
had died in the land of Egypt or ! fore them, by day time in a pillar of a 27, 28.
& 32. 27.
« See ver.
23, 29.
“would God we had died in this wil- cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. Ezek. 20.
9,14.
derness ! 15 If Now ^ thou shalt kill all this * Ex. 15. 14.
And wherefore hath the Loed people as one man, then the nations Josh.
10. & 5.
2. 9,
1.
brought us unto this land, to fall by which have heard the fame of thee y Ex.
&
13. 21.
40. 38.
the sword, that our wives and our will speak, saying, ch. 10. 34.
Neh. 9. 12.
children should be a prey ? were it not 16 Because the Lord was not ’’able Ps. 78. 14.
& 1U5. 39.
better for us to return into Egypt ? to bring this people into the land “ Deu. 9. 28.
And they said one to another, which he sware unto them, therefore Josh. 7. 9.
Neh. 9. 17. '‘Let us make a captain, and “let us he hath slain them in the wilderness.
* See Deut.
17. 16. return into Egypt. 17 And now, I beseech thee, let the
Acts
•ch. 16. 4,22.
7. 39.
Then ‘Moses and Aaron fell on power of my Lord be great, accord-
their faces before all the assembly ing as thou hast spoken, saying,
of the congregation of the children 18 The Lord is “ longsuffering, and •Ex. 34. 6.7.
Ps. 103. 8.
of Israel. of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and & 145. 8.

Jonah 4. 2.
* ver. 24, 30, If ® And Joshua the son of Nun, transgression, and by no means clear-
38. •> Ex. 20. 5.
ch. 13. 6, 8. and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, ing the guilty, ‘’
visitmg the iniquity of &34.7.
: ; :
The murmurers are deprived NUMBERS, XIV. of entering into the land.
Before the fathers upon the children unto 32 But as for you, ^your carcases, Before
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« Ex. 34. 9.
19 'Pardon, I beseech thee, the ini- 33 And your children shall wan- n Cor. 10.5.
<JPS.106.45. quity of this people according unto
**
der in the wilderness “ forty years, and Heb. 3. 17.
3 Or, feed.
*P8.78. 38. the greatness of thy mercy, and ®as ’’
bear your whoredoms, until your car- eh. 32. 13. *
Ps. 107. 40.
thou hast forgiven this people, from cases be wasted in the wilderness. “ See Deut.
2 Or, Egypt even ^ until now. 34 ' After the number of the days 2. 14.
hitherto. Ezek. 23. >>
20 Andthe Loed said, I have par- in which ye searched the land, even 35.
'Ps. 106.23.
Jam. 5. 16.
doned âccording to thy word: ‘‘forty days, each day for a year, ch. 13. 25. '
1490.
1 John 5. 21 But as truly as I live, ®all the shall ye bear your iniquities, even Ps. 95. 10. <*
14, 15, 16.

E Ps. 72. 19. earth shall be filled with the glory forty years, ®and ye shall know my « Ezek. 4. 6.
See 1 Kin.
^ breach of
of the Lord. promise. 8. 56.
Ps. 77. 8.
•Deu. 1.35. 22 ^ Because all those men which 35 ‘I the Lord have said, I will surely & 105. 42.
Ps. 95. 11. Heb. 4. 1.
& 106. 26. have seen my glory, and my mira- do it unto all ^tliis evil congregation, 3 Or,
Heb. 3. 17, altering of
18. cles, which I did in Egypt and in that are gathered together against my purpose.
the wilderness, and have tempted me me in this wilderness they shall be Efch.
:
23. 19.
ver. 27, 29.
‘ Gen. 31. 7. now ‘these ten times, and have not consumed, and there they shall die. ch. 26. 65.
1 Cor. 10. 5.
hearkened to my voice 36 And the men, which Moses sent '•ch. 13.31,
‘‘
k ch. 32. 11.

23 Surely they shall not see the to search the land, who returned, 32,
Ezek. 20.
15. land which I sware unto their fa- and made all the congregation to
3 Heb.
If then see thers, neither shall any of them that murmur against him, by bringing up
the land.
provoked me see it a slander upon the land,
1 Deu. 1. 36. 24 But my servant ’Caleb, because 37 Even those men that did bring
Josh. 14. 6,
8, 9, 14. he had another spirit with him, and up the evil report upon the land,
“ ch. 32. 12. “hath followed me fully, him will I ‘
êd by the plague before the Lord. 101 Cor. 10. >
bring into the land whereinto he 38 ‘‘But Joshua the son of Nun, and Heb. 3. 17.
Jude 5.
went; and his seed shall possess it. Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which k ch. 26. 65.
25 (Now the Amalekites and the were of the men that went to search Josh. 10
14. 6,
.
Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To the land, lived still.

“ Deu. 1. 40. morrow turn you, “and get you into 39 And Moses told these sayings
the wilderness by the way of the unto all the children of Israel and :
’ * Ex. 33. 4.
Red sea. the people mourned greatly.

26 If And the Lord spake unto Mo- 40 If And they rose up early in the
ses and unto Aaron, saying, morning, and gat them up into the
° ver. 11.
Ex. 16. 28.
27 How long shall I hear with this
“
top of the mountain, saying, Lo,
Mat. 17. 17. evil congregation, which murmur a- “we he here, and willgo up unto "> Deu. 1.41.
P Ex. 16. 12. gainst me? *’1 have heard the mur- the place which the Lord hath pro-
murings of the children of Israel, mised : for we have sinned.
which they murmur against me. 41 And Moses
Wherefore now
said.
9 ver. 23.
ch. 26. 65.
28 Say unto them, truly as I live, do ye transgress "the commandment " ver. 25.
2 C'liron.
&32. U.
Deu. 1. 3.5.
saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in of the Lord ? but it shall not prosper. 24. 20.
Heb. 3. 17.
r See ver. 2.
mine ears, so will I do to you 42 "Go not up, for the Lord is not ® Deu. 1. 42.
29 Yom carcases shall fall in this wil- among you; that ye be not smitten
• ch. 1. 45.
&26.64.
derness ; and " all that were numbered before your enemies.
of you, accordmg to your whole num- 43 For the Amalekites and the Ca-
ber, from twenty years old and upward, naanites are there before you, and ye
which have mm^mured against me, shall fall by the sword: ^ because ye p 2 Clnon.
15. 2.
30 Doubtless ye shall not come into are turned away from the Lord, there-
* Heb. the land, concerning which I ^ sware fore the Lord will not be with you.
lifted up
my hand, to make you dwell therein, ‘save Ca- 44 ^But they presumed to go up 9 Deu. 1.43.
Gen. 14.22.
‘ ver. 38. leb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua unto the hill top nevertheless the :
ch. 26. 65.

& 32. 12. the son of Nun. ark of the covenant of the Lord,
Deu.
38.
1. 36,
31 "But your little ones, which ye and Moses, departed not out of the
“Deu. 1.39. said should be a prey, them will I camp.
bring in, and they shall know the 45 ‘Then the Amalekites came down, r ver. 43.
Deu. 1. 44.
*Ps.l06.24. land which ‘‘ye have despised. and the Canaanites which dwelt in that
: ; ;
The law of the meat offering NUMBERS, XV. and of the drink offering.
Before and smote them, and discomfited
hill, 14 And if a stranger sojourn Avith you, Before
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them, even unto Hormah. “ or whosoever he among you in yom* 1490 .
generations, and will offer an offering

« ch. 21. 3.
Judg. 1. 17.
CHAPTER XV.
made by fire, of a sweet savour unto
I The law of the meat offering and the drink offering.
13 29 The stranger is under the same law. 17 The law
,
the Lord as ye do, so he shall do.
;
of the first of the doagh for an heave offering. 22 The 15 "One ordinance shall he both for ® ver. 29.
sacrifice for sin of ignorance. 30 The punishment of Ex. 12.49.
presumption. 32 He that violated the sabbath is stoned. you of the congregation, and also for ch. 9. 14.
37 The law of fringes. the stranger that sojourneth with you.,
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, an ordmance for ever in your genera-
saying, tions as ye are, so shall the stranger
:
“ ver. 18.
Lev. 23. 10.
2 “Speak unto the children of Is- be before the Lord.
Deu. 7. 1. rael, and say unto them. When ye 16 One law and one manner shall
be come into the land of your habi- be^ for you, and for the stranger that
tations, which I give unto you, sojourneth with you.
•“Lev. 1.2,3. 3 And will make an offering by fire 17 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-
unto the Lord, a burnt offering, or a ses, saying,
0 Lev. 7. 16. sacrifice “in ^performing a vow, or in 18 P Speak unto the cliildren of Israel, P ver. 2.
& 22.18,21. Deu. 26.1.
2Heb. a freewiU offering, or ^ in your solemn and say unto them. When ye come
feasts, to make a “sweet savour unto
separoiiruj,
Lev. 27. ‘2. into the land whither I bring you,
a Lev. 23.
8, the Lord, of the herd, or of the flock 19 Then it shall be, that, when ye
12, 36.
ch. 28. 19, 4 Then ^ shall he that offereth his of- eat of the bread of the land, ye shall 1 Josh. 5. 11,
27. & 29. 2, 12 .
8, 13. fering unto the Lord bring ®a meat of- offer up an heave offering unto the
Deu. 16.10.
® Gen. 8. 21. fering of a tenth deal of flour mingled Lord.
Ex. 29. 18.
f Lev. 2. 1.
with the fourth part of an hin of oil. 20 "^Ye shall offer up a cake of the « Deu. 26. 2,
10
& 6. 14. 5 And the fourth part of an hin of
*
firstof your dough for an heave offer-
.
Pro. 3.9,10.
B Ex. 29. 40.
Lev. 23. 13. wine for a drink offering shalt thou ing: as ye do "the heave offering of • Lev. 2. 14.
'‘Lev. 14.10.
& 23. 10, 16.
ch. 28. 5. prepare with the burnt offering or the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
>ch.28.7,14.
sacrifice, for one lamb. 21 Of the first of your dough ye
s ch. 28.
14.
12, 6 '"Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare shall give unto the Lord an heave
for a meat offering two tenth deals offering in your generations.
of flour mingled with the third part 22 If And ‘if ye have erred, and not ‘ Lev. 4. 2.
of an hin of oil. observed aU these commandments,

7 And for a drink offering thou shalt which the Lord hath spoken imto
offer the third part of an hin of wine, Moses,
for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 23 Even that the Lord hath com-
all
8 And when thou preparest a bullock manded you by the hand of Moses,
for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice from the day that the Lord command-
' Lev. 7. 11. in performing a vow, or peace offer- ^ ed Moses, and henceforward among
ings unto the Lord : your generations
™ chap. 28. 9 Then shall he bring “with a bullock 24 Then it shall be, "if ought be ” Lev. ‘
12, 14.
a meat offering of three tenth deals of committed by ignorance ^ without the 2Heb./
the eyes
flour mingled with half an hin of oil. knowledge of the congregation, that
10 And thou shalt brmg for a drink aU the congregation shall offer one
offering half an hin of wine, for an young bullock for a burnt offering, for
offering made by fire, of a sweet sa- a sweet savour unto the Lord, '‘with = ver. 8,9,10.
vour unto the Lord. his meat offering, and his drink offer-
“ cliap. 28.
II "Thus shall it be done for one ing, accordmg to the ® maimer, and 3 Or,
ordinance.
bullock, or for one ram, or for a ône kid of the goats for a sin offering. y See Lev.
4.2.3.
lamb, or a kid. 25 *And the priest shall make an ch. 28. 15.
Ezra 6. 17.
12 According to the number that ye atonement for all the congregation of &8. 35.
shall prepare, so shall ye do to every the children of Israel, and it shall be » Lev. 4. 20.
one according to their number. forgiven them; for it is ignorance;

13 All that are born of the country and they shall bring their offering, a
shall do these things after this man- sacrifice made by fire imto the Lord,
ner, in offering an offering made by and their sin offering before the Lord,
fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. for their ignorance
: : : ; : :
The sdbhathhredker stoned. NUMBERS, XVI. The rehellion of Korah., &g.
Before 26 And it shall be forgiven all the and that they put upon the fringe of Before
CHRIST CHRIST
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rael, and the stranger that sojourneth 39 And it shall be unto you for a
among them; seeing all the people fringe, that ye may look upon it, and
were in ignorance. remember all the commandments of
»
23.
Lev. 4. 27, 27 H And “if any soul sin through the Lord, and do them; and that ye
ignorance, then he shall bring a she “seek not after your own heart and ™29.See19.Deut.
goat of the first year for a sin of- your own eyes, after which ye use Job 31. 7.
.ler. 9. 14.
fering. “ to go a whoring Ezek. 6. 9.
> Ps. 73. 27.
Lev. 4. 35. 28 ‘’And the priest shall make an 40 That ye may remember, and do &
106. 39.
all my commandments, and be “holy

Jam.
atonement for the soul that sinneth “Lev. 11. 44,
4. 4.
ignorantly, when he sinneth by igno- unto your God. 45.

Rom. 12. 1.
rance before the Lord, to make an 41 I am the Lord your God, which Col. 1. 22.
1 Pet. 1.
atonement for him; and it shall be brought you out of the land of Egypt, 15. 16.
forgiven him. to be your God I am the Lord your :
« ver. 15. 29 'Ye shall have one law for him God.
2 Heb. doth. that ^sinneth through ignorance, both CHAPTER XVI.
for him that is born among the chil- 1 The rebellion of Korah, Daihan, and Ahiram. 23 Moses
dren of Israel, and for the stranger separateth the people from the rebels’ tents. 31 The earth
swalloweth up
5 Korah, and a fire consumeth others. 36
that sojourneth among them. The censers are reserved to holy use. 41 Fourteen thou-
dDeu.17.12.
Ps. 19. 13.
30 H But the soul that doeth ought sand and seven hundred are slain by a plague for mur-
muring against Moses and Aaron. 46 Aaron by incense
Heb. 10. 26. '‘presumptuously, whether he he born
2 Pet. 2.10. stayeth the plague.
3 Heb. in the land, or a stranger, the same 6
OW
voilih an
hish hand. reproacheth the Lord; and that soul

shall be cut olf from among his
people.
N 7
“ Korah, the son of Izhar,
the son of Kohath, the son of
Levi, and Datlian and Abiram, the
“
cir.
Ex.
&27.
Jude
1471.
6. 21.
ch. 26. 9.
11.
3.
•2Sam.l2.9.
Pro. 13. 13.
31 Because he hath 'despised the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Pe-
word of the Lord, and hath broken leth, sons of Reuben, took men
his commandment, that soul shall 2 And they rose up before Moses,
' Lev. 5. 1. utterly be cut off*; ‘^his iniquity shall with certain of the childi*en of Israel,
Ezek. 18.
20 . he upon him. two hundred and fifty prmces of the
32 IF And
while the children of Is- assembly, ‘’famous in the congrega- «> ch. 26. 9.
f Exod. 31. rael were in the wilderness, ®they tion, men of renoivn
14, 15.
&35.2.3. found a man that gathered sticks 3 And ' they gathered themselves “Ps. 106. 16.
upon the sabbath day. together against Moses and against

33 And they that foimd him gather- Aaron, and said unto them, ^ Ye tale 2 Heb.
much
It is
ing sticks brought him unto Moses too much upon you, seeing ‘‘all the for you.
d Ex. 19. 6.
and Aaron, and unto all the congre- congregation are holy, every one of
gation. them, ' and the Lord is among them “Ex. 29.45.
ch. 14. 14.
»Lev.24.12. 34 And they put him *’in ward, be- wherefore then lift ye up yourselves & 35. 34.
cause it was not declared what should above the congregation of the Lord 'I
be done to him. 4 And when Moses heard it, ‘^he fell 'ch. 14.5.
&
20 6 . .
35 And the Lord said unto Moses, upon his face

• Exod.
14, 15.
31. ‘
The man shall be surely put to death : And he spake unto Korah and
Lev. 24. 14, all the congregation shall stone him unto company, saying, Even to
all his
IKin. 21.
13. with stones without the camp. morrow the Lord Avill shew who are
Acts 7. 58.
36 And all the congregation brought his, and who is ®holy; and will cause s ver. 3.
Lev. 21. 6,
him without the camp, and stoned him to come near unto him even : 7, 8, 12,15.
him with stones, and he died ; as the him whom he hath ‘’chosen will he h Ex. 28. 1.
ch. 17. 5.
Lord commanded Moses. cause to come near unto him.
‘ 1
28
Sam. 2.
37 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo- This do; Take you censers, Ko- Ps. 105. 26.
1 ch. 3. 10.
ses, saying, rah, and all his company; Lev. 10. 3.
38 Speak unto the children of Isr ael, And put fire therein, and put in- & 21. 17,18.
Ezek. 40.
• Dent. 22.
12 .
and bid ‘them that they make them cense in them before the Lord to 46.
& 44.15,16.
Matt. 23. 5, fringes in the borders of their gar- morrow : and it shall be that the man
ments throughout their generations. whom the Lord doth choose, he shall
: : : : 1
The rebellion of Korah^ NUMBERS, XYI. JDathan^ and Ahiram.
CHRIST
Before he lioly; ye take too much upon you, of the tabernacle of the congrega- Before
CHRIST
cir. 1471. ye sons of Levi. tion: and "the glory of the Lord ap- cir. 1471.
8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, peared unto all the congregation. " ver. 42.
I pray you, ye sons of Levi 20 And the Lord spake unto Moses Ex.
10 .
16. 7,
* 1
23.
Sam. 18. 9 Seeineth it but ‘‘a small thing imto and unto Aaron, saymg, Lev.
23.
9. 6,
leai. 7. 13. you, that the God

of Israel hath se- *
21 Separate yourselves from among ch. 14. 10.
* ver. 45.
>ch.3.41,45.
& 8. 14. parated you from the congregation this congregation, that I may ^con- See Gen.
Deut. 19. 17, 22.
10. 8.
of Israel, to bring you near to him- sume them moment.
in a Jer. 51. 6.
self to do the service of the taber- 22 And they Mell upon their faces, Acts
Rev.
2. 40.
18. 4.
nacle of the Lord, and to stand and said, O God, "the God of the y ver. 45.
Ex. 32. 10.
before the congregation to minister spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, <&33.5.
* ver. 45.
unto them? and wilt thou be wroth with aU the ch. 14. 5.
10 And he hath brought thee near

® ch. 27. 16.
congregation ? Job 12. 10.
to him, and all thy brethren the sons 23 H And the Lord spake unto Mo- Eccles. 12.
7.
of Levi with thee and seek ye the

: ses, saying, Isai. 57. 16
Zech. 12.
priesthood also? 24 Speak unto the congregation, say- Heb. 12. 9.
11 For which cause both thou and ing, Get you up from about the taber-
all thy company are gathered toge- nacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
"> Ex. 16. 8. ther against the Lord “ and what is : 25 And Moses rose up and went unto
1 Cor. 3.5.
Aaron, that ye murmur against him ? Dathan and Abiram; and the elders
12 1iAnd Moses sent to call Dathan of Israel followed him.
and Abmam, the sons of Eliab which : 26 And he spake unto the congre-
said. We ivill not come up gation, saying, '’Depart, I pray you, Gen.
12, 14.
19.
” ver. 9.
13 “/s a small thing that thou hast from the tents of these wicked men, Isai. 52. 11,
2 Cor. 6. 17,
brought us up out of a land that flow- and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye Rev. 18. 4.
eth with milk and honey, to kill us be consumed in all their sins.
” Ex. 2. 14. in the wilderness, except thou “make 27 So they gat up from the taber-
Acts 7. 27,
35. thyself altogether a prince over us ? nacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,
14 Moreover thou hast not brought on every side and Dathan and Abi-
:
P Ex. 3. 8.
Lev. 20. 24.
us into p a land that floweth with milk ram came out, and stood in the door
and honey, or given us inheritance of of their tents, and their wives, and
2 Heb. fields and vineyards wilt thou ^ put
: their sons, and their httle cliildren.
hore out.
out the eyes of these men? we will 28 And Moses said, 'Hereby ye shall « Ex. 3. 12.
Deu. 18.22.
not come up. know that the Lord hath sent me to Zech. 2. 9,
11. & 4. 9.
15 And Moses was very wToth, and do all these works; for I have not John 5. 36.
1 Gen. 4. 4, 5. said unto the Lord, ’Respect not thou done them ^ of mine o^vn mind. ch. 24. 13.
Jer. 23. 16.
PlSam.12.3. their offering I have not taken one
: 29 If these men die ^the common Ezek.13.17.
Acts a). 33. John 5. 30.
2 Cor. 7. 2. ass from them, neither have I hurt death of all men, or if they be “vi- &6.38.
sited after the visitation of all men; Heb.
2
one of them. as every
® ver. 6, 7.
16 And Moses said unto Korah, “Be then the Lord hath not sent me. man dieih.
® Ex. 20. 5.
‘ 1 Sam. 12. thou and all thy company before the 30 But if the Lord ®make 'â new
‘ & 32. 34.
3,7. Job 35. 15.
Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to thing, and the earth open her mouth, Isai. 10. 3.
Jer. 5. 9.
morrow and swallow them up, with all that ® Heb. create
17 And take every man his censer, appertain unto them, and they ®go a creature,
Isai. 45. 7.
and put incense in them, and bring douTi quick into the pit then ye ;
f Job 31. 3.
Isai. 28. 21.
ye before the Lord every man his shall understand that these men have « ver. 33.
Ps. 55. 15.
censer, two hundred and fifty cen- provoked the Lord.
sers ;
thou also, and Aaron, each of 31 If '’And it came to pass, as he had h ch. 26. 10.
&27. 3.
you his censer. made an end of speaking all these Deut. 11. 6.
Ps. 106. 17.
18 And they took every man his words, that the ground clave asmider
censer, and put fire in them, and laid that was under them
incense thereon, and stood in the 32 And the earth opened her mouth,
door of the tabernacle of the con- and swallowed them up, and their
gregation with Moses and Aaron. houses, and 'all the men that apper- • See ver. 17.
&ch.26.11.
19 And Korah gathered all the contained unto Korah, and all their goods. 1 Chron. 6.
22,37.
gregation against them unto the door 33 They, and all that appertained to
: : : '
The earth swalloweth them up. NUMBERS, XVII. Aaron stayeth the plague.
Before them, went down alive into the pit, as in a moment. And “ they fell upon Before
CHEIST CHRIST
cir. 1471. and the earth closed upon them and : their faces. cir. 1471.
they perished from among the con- 46 IF And Moses
said unto Aaron, “ ver. 22.
gregation. Take a censer, and put fire therein ch. 20. 6.
34 And that were round

all Israel from off the altar, and put on incense.
about them fled at the cry of them and go quickly unto the congregation.
for they said. Lest the earth swallow and make an atonement for them
k Lev. 10. 6.
us up also. for there is wrath gone out from the ch 1 .IK
k Lev. 10.
ch. 11. 1.
2. 35 And came out a Are from Lord the plague is begun.
there ^ & 19.
;
CX.
8.
kX. aJO*
Ps. 106. 18. the Lokd, and consumed Hhe two 47 And Aaron took as Moses com- &J8. 5.
1 Chron.
> ver. 17.
hundred and fifty men that offered manded, and ran into the midst of 27.24.
Pb. 106. 29.
incense. the congregation; and, behold, the
36 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo- plague was begun among the people
ses, saying. and he put on iucense, and made an
37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of atonement for the people.
Aaron the priest, that he take up the 48 And he stood between the dead
censers out of the burning, and scat- and the living; and the plague was
“ See Lev. ter thou the fire yonder; for “they stayed.
are hallowed. 49 Now they that died in the plague
“Prov.20.2. 38 The censers of these “sinners a- were fourteen thousand and seven
Hab. 2. 10.
gainst their own souls, let them make hundred, beside them that died about
them broad plates for a covering of the matter of Korah.
the altar: for they offered them be- 50 And Aaron returned unto Moses
fore the Lord, therefore they are hal- unto the door of the tabernacle of
o ch. 17. 10.
lowed ° and they shall be a sign imto
: the congregation and the plague was
:
Ezek. 14. 8. the children of Israel. stayed.

39 And Eleazar the priest took the CHAPTER XVII.
brasen censers, wherewith they that 1 Aaron’s rod amonff all the rods of the tribes only flourish-
eth. 10 It is left for a monument against the rebels.
were burnt had offered and they ;
were made broad plates for a cover- AND the Lord spake unto Moses,
ing of the altar saying.
40 To he a memorial unto the chil- 2 Speak unto the children of Israel,
i>_oh. 3. 10. dren of Israel, ^that no stranger. and take of every one of them a rod
26. 18. which is not of the seed of Aaron, according to the house of their fa-
come near to offer incense before the thers, of all their princes according
Lord that he be not as Korah, and
;
to the house of their fathers twelve
as his company as the Lord said to
: rods write thou every man’s name
:
him by the hand of Moses. upon his rod.

« ch. 14. 2.
Pb. 106. 25.
41 IF But on the morrow ’all the 3 And thou shalt write Aaron’s name
congregation of the children of Israel upon the rod of Levi: for one rod
murmured against Moses and against shall he for the head of the house of
Aaron, saying. Ye have killed the peo- their fathers.
pie of the Lord. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the
42 And it came to pass, when the tabernacle of the congregation be-
congregation was gathered against fore the testimony, “where I will meet » Ex.
& 29.42,43.
25. 22.
Moses and against Aaron, that they with you. &30. 36.
looked toward the tabernacle of the 5 And it shall come to pass, that the
b ch. 16.
'Ex. 40.34. congregation and, behold, ^ the cloud
: man’s rod, '’whom I shall choose, shall 5.
• ver. 19. covered it, and ® the glory of the Lord blossom: and I will make to cease
ch. 20. 6.
appeared. from me the murmurings of the chil-
43 And Moses and Aaron came before dren of Israel, ' whereby they murmur ech. 16.11.
the tabernacle of the congregation. against you.

44 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo- 6 IF And Moses spake unto the chil-
ses, saying. dren of Israel, and every one of their 2Heb.
* ver. 21, 24.
45 ‘Get you up from among this con- princes gave him â rod apiece, for erne prince^
gregation, that I may consume them each prince one, according to their cm pnnee.
: 11
1
Aarons rod floiirishetli. NUMBERS, XVIII. The portion of the priests.

Before fathers’ houses, even twelve rods and : the sanctuary, and the charge of the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1471. the rod of Aaron was among their rods. altar: ‘that there be no wrath any cm 1471.
7 And Moses laid up the rods before more upon the children of Israel. > ch. 16. 46.
Êx. 38.21. the Lord
in "^the tabernacle of witness. 6 And I, behold, I have “ taken yoiu* “ ch. 3. 12,
ch. 18. 2. 45.
Acts 7. 44. 8 And it came to pass, that on the mor- brethren the Levites from among the
row Moses went into the tabernacle of children of Israel " to you they are
:
“ ch. 3. 9.
& 8. 19.
witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron given as a gift for the Lord, to do the
for the house of Levi was budded, service of the tabernacle of the con-
and brought forth buds, and bloomed gregation.
blossoms, and yielded almonds. 7 Therefore ° thou and thy sons with ® ver. 5.
ch. 3. 10.
9 And Moses brought out all the thee shall keep your priest’s office for
rods from before the Lord unto all every thing of the altar, and ^witliin PHeb.9.3,6.
the children of Israel and they look- : the vail ; and ye shall serve I have
:
ed, and took every man his rod. given your priest’s office unto you as a
10 II And the Lord said unto Moses, service of gift and the stranger that
:
®Heb. 9.4. Bring ® Aaron’s rod again before the cometh nigh shall be put to death.
fch.16.38. testimony,
2 to be kept ^for a token 8 II And the Lord spake unto Aaron,
2Heb. against the ^rebels; ®and thou shalt Behold, Î also have given thee the 1 Lev. 6. 16,
18, 26.
children of
rebellion. quite take away their murmurings charge of mine heave offerings of all & 7. 6, 32.
ch. 5. 9.
B ver. 5.
from me, that they die not. the hallowed things of the children of
3
11 And Moses did so: as the Lord Israel; unto thee have I given them
commanded him, so did he. “by reason of the anointing, and to ' Ex. 29. 29.
&40.13,15.
12 And the children of Israel spake
4 thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
unto Moses, saying. Behold, we die, 9 This shall be thine of the most
we perish, we all perish. holy things, reserved from the fire
'ch.l.SRSS.
5 ‘‘Whosoever cometh any thing near
13 every oblation of their’s, every “meat ® Lev. 2. 2, 3.
& 18. 4, 7. & 10. 12, 13.
unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall offering of their’s, and every ‘sin of- * Lev. 4. 22,
27.
die shall we be consumed with dying ?
: fering of their’s, and every "trespass & 6. 25, 26.
“ Lev.
offering of their’s, which they shall 5. 1.
CHAPTER XYIII.
render unto me, shall he most holy
&7.
& 10 12
7.
. .
1 The charge of the priests and Levites. 9 The priests’ & 14. 13.
portion. 21 The Levites’ portion. 25 The heave offer- for thee and for thy sons.
ing to the priests out of the Levites' portion.
10 “In the most holy place shalt » Lev. 6. 16,
nd
A
18, 26, 29.
the Lord said unto Aaron, thou eat it; every male shall eat it: &7.6.
» ch. 17. 13.
“Thou and thy sons and thy it shall be holy unto thee.
Ex. 28. 38. father’s house with thee shall ‘‘bear 11 And this is thine; ^the heave of- yEx.29.
27,28.
the iniquity of the sanctuary: and fering of their gift, with all the wave Lev. 7. 30,
34.
thou and thy sons with thee shall offerings of the children of Israel :I
bear the iniquity of your priesthood. have given them unto Hhee, and to thy * Lev. 10. 14.
Deut. 18. 3.
j
And thy brethren also of the tribe sons and to thy daughters with thee,
of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring by a statute for ever “every one that
:
® Lev.
3,11,12,13.
22. 2, j
thou with thee, that they may be is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
See Gen. “joined unto thee, and minister unto 12 ’’All the ^best of the oil, and all »>Ex. 23.19.
2.1. 34. Deut. 18. 4.
dch.3. 6,7. thee but ® thou and thy sons with
: the best of the wine, and of the wheat, Neh. 10.
35,36.
• ch. 3. 10.
thee shall minister before the taber- “the firstfruits of them which they 2Heb.M
shall offer unto the Lord, them have
ver. 29.
nacle of witness. e Ex. 22. 29.
And they shall keep thy charge, I given thee.
t ch. 3.
25, and ^ the charge of all the tabernacle : 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in
31, 36.
B ch. 16. 40. ®only they shall not come nigh the the land, ^ which they shall bring un- d Ex. 22. 29.
& 23. 19.
vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, to the Lord, shall be thine; “every & 34. 26.
Lev. 2. 14.
t ch. 4. 15. that neither they, nor ye also, die. one that is clean in thine house shall ch. 15. 19.
Deut. 26. 2.
And they shall be joined unto thee, eat of it. ® ver. 11.
and keep the charge of the tabernacle 14 ‘Every thing devoted in Israel 'Lev. 27.28.
of the congregation, for all the service shallbe thine.

« ch. 3. 10. of the tabernacle and a stranger
:
‘
15 Every thing that openeth ^the B Ex. 13. 2.
& 22. 29.
k Ex. 27. 21.
& 30. 7. shall not come nigh mito you. matrix in all flesh, whicli they bring Lev. 27. 26. i
ch. 3. 13.
Lev. 24. 3.
oh. 8. 2. And ye shall keep ^the charge of unto the Lord, whether it be of men
: :
The portion of the Levites. NUMBERS, XIX. The heave offering.
CHKIST
Before
or beasts, shall be thine neverthe-
: 25 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo- Before
CHRIST
cir. 1471. less ‘‘the firstborn of man shalt thou ses, saying, cir. 1471.
t Ex. 13. 13. surely redeem, and the firstling of 26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and
&34.20. unelean beasts shalt thou redeem. say unto them. When ye take of the
16 And those that are to be redeem- children of Israel the tithes which I
ed from a month old shalt thou re- have given you from them for your
«Lev.27.2.6. deem, ‘according to thine estimation, inheritance, then ye shall offer up an
ch. 3. 47.
for the money of five shekels, after heave offering of it for the Lord, even
»Neh.l0.38.
k Ex. 30. 13.
Lev. 27. 25.
the shekel of the sanctuary, ^ which â tenth part of the tithe.
ch. 3. 47. is twenty gerahs. 27 ‘‘And this your heave offering shall ver. 30. •>
Ezek.45.12.
* Deu. 15. 19. 17 ‘But the firstling of a cow, or the be reckoned unto you, as though it
firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of were the corn of the threshmgfloor,
a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they and as the fulness of the winepress.
“ Lev. 3. are holy: “thou shalt sprinkle their 28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave
2,5.
blood upon the altar, and shalt burn offering unto the Lord of all your
their fat for an offering made by fire, tithes, which ye receive of the chil-
for a sweet savour unto the Lokd. dren of Israel and ye shall give
;
18 And the fiesh of them shall be thereof the Lord’s heave offering to
> Ex. 29. 26, thine, as the "wave breast and as the Aaron the priest.
28.
Lev. 7. 31, right shoulder are thine. 2 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer
29
32,34.
® ver. 11. 19 °AU the heave offerings of the holy every heave ofering of the Lord, of
things, which the children of Israel of- all the ^best thereof, even the hallow- 2Heb.M
ver.
fer unto the Lord, have I given thee, ed3 part thereof out of it.
and thy sons and thy daughters with 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto
P Lev. 2. 13. thee, by a statute for ever ît is a co-
:
4
them. When ye have heaved the best
2 Chron.
13.5. venant of salt for ever before the Lord thereof from it, “ then it shall be « ver. 27.
unto thee and to thy seed with thee. counted unto the Levites as the in-
20 1 And the Lord spake unto Aa- crease of the threshingfloor, and as
ron, Thou shalt have no inheritance the increase of the wmepress.
in their land, neither shalt thou have 31 And ye shall eat it in every place,
Deu. 10. 9. any part among them ’ I am thy
: ye and your households for it is :
& 12 12
part and thine inheritance among the
. .
& 14.27,29. '‘your reward for your service in the d Matt. 10.
& 18. 1, 2. 10 .
Josh. 13. children of Israel. tabernacle of the congregation. Luke 10. 7.

14,33. ICor. 9. 13.
&14.3. 21 And, behold, ’'I have given the 32 And ye shaU “bear no sin by rea- 1 Tim. 5.
& 18. 7. children of Levi all the tenth in Israel
18.
son of it, when ye have heaved from ® Lev. 19. 8.
Ps. 16. 5.
Ezek. 44.
28.
for an inheritance, for their service it the best of it neither shall ye ^pol- &
:
22. 16.
Lev. 22. 2, f
* ver. 24, 26.
Lev. 27. 30,
which they serve, even “the service of lute the holy things of the children 15.
32 the tabernacle of the congregation. of Israel, lest ye die.

Neh. 10.37.
& 12. 44. 22 ‘Neither must the children of Is-
Heb.
8,9.
7. 5,
rael henceforth come nigh the taber-
CHAPTER XIX.
1 The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer,
* ch. 3. 7, 8.
‘ ch. 1. 51.
nacle of the congregation, "lest they 11 The law for the use of it in purification of the unclean.
“ Lev. 22. 9.
* Heb. to die.
* ch. 3. 7.
bear siu, ând die.
23 ^But the Levites shall do the
service of the tabernacle of the con-
And L-
the Lord spake unto Moses
and unto Aaron,
This is the ordinance of the law
saving,
gregation, and they shall bear their which the Lord hath commanded,
iniquity it shall he a statute for ever
: saying. Speak unto the children of Is-
throughout your generations, that a- rael, that they brmg thee a red heifer
mong the children of Israel they have without spot, wherein is no blemish,
no inheritance. “ and upon which never came yoke « Deu. 21. 3.
1 Sam. 6. 7.
f ver. 21. 24 ^But the tithes of the children of And ye shall give her unto Elea-
Israel, which they offer as an heave zar the priest, that he may bring her
offering unto the Lord, I have given forth without the camp, and one
’’ b Lev. 4. 12,
21.&16.27.
to the Levites to inherit: therefore shall slay her before his face Heb. 13. 11.
• ver. 20. I have said unto them, * Among the And Eleazar the priest shall take
Deut. 10. 9.
& 14.27,29. children of Israel they shall have no of her blood with his finger, and ® Lev. 4. 6.
& 18. 1. & 16. 14,19.
inheritance. “sprinkle of her blood directly before Heb. 9. 13.
: : : :
;
Th£ water of separation^ NUMBERS, XX. and the law for the use of it.
Before
the tabernacle of the congregation of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1471. seven times : seven days.
cir. 1471,
5 And one shall burn the heifer in his 17 And for an unclean person they
d Ex. 29. 14. sight ^ her skin, and her flesh, and her
;
shall take of the ashes of the bmnt * Heb. dtwt.
Lev. 4. 11,
12 . blood, with her dung, shall he burn heifer of purification for sin, and ver. 9.
® Lev. 14. 4,
6 And the priest shall take ® cedar ® running water shall be put thereto »Heb.
6,49. living
wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and in a vessel waters shall
be given,
cast it into the midst of the burning 18 And a clean person shall take Gen. 26. 19,
of the heifer. hyssop, and dip it in the water, and »Ps. 51.7.
'Lev. 11.25. 7 ^Then the priest shall wash his sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon
& 15. 5.
clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh all the vessels, and upon the persons
in water, and afterward he shall come that were there, and upon him that
into the camp, and the priest shall be touched a bone, or one slain, or one
unclean until the even. dead, or a grave
8 And he that burneth her shall 19 And the clean person shall sprin-
wash his clothes in water, and bathe kle upon the imclean on the third
his flesh in water, and shall be im- day, and on the seventh day: “and • Lev. 14. 9.
clean until the even. on the seventh day he shall purify

9 And a man that is clean shall ga- himself, and wash his clothes, and
8 Heb. 9. 13.
ther up ®the ashes of the heifer, and bathe himself m
water, and shall be
lay them up without the camp in a clean at even.
clean place, and it shall be kept for 20 But the man that shall be un-
the congregation of the children of clean, and shall not purify himself,
ver. 13, 20, Israel **for a water of separation: it that soul shall be cut off from among
21 .
ch. 31. 23. is a purification for sin. the congregation, because he hath
10 And he that gathereth the ashes of ‘defiled the sanctuary of the Lord: ‘ ver. 13.
the heifer shall wash his clothes, and the water of separation hath not been
be unclean until the even: and it shall sprinkled upon him he is unclean. ;
be unto the children of Israel, and un- 21 And it shall be a perpetual sta-
to the stranger that sojourneth among tute unto them, that he that sprm-
them, for a statute for ever. kleth the water of separation shall
• ver. 16.
Lev. 21. 1.
11 H ‘He that toucheth the dead body wash his clothes and he that touch- ;
ch.
& 9. 10.
5. 2.
of any ^ man shall be unclean seven days. eth the water of separation shall be
6,
& 31. 19. 12 ‘'He shall purify liimself with it unclean until even.
Lam. 4. 14.
Hag. 2. 13. on the third day, and on the seventh 22 And "whatsoever the unclean “Hag. 2.13.
* Heb. souZ
uf man. day he shall be clean but if he pu- son toucheth shall be unclean; and
:
“ ch. 31. 19.

rify not himself the third day, then *the soul that toucheth it shall be * Lev. 15. 5.
the seventh day he shall not be clean. unclean until even.

13 Whosoever toucheth the dead CHAPTER XX.
body of any man that is dead, and 1 The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam dieth.
'Lev. 15.31. purifieth not himself, ‘defileth the ta- 2 They murmur for want of water. 7 Moses smiting the
rock bringeth forth water at Meribah. 14 Moses at Ka-
bernacle of the Lord; and that soul desh desireth passage through Edom, which is denied him.
shall be cut off from Israel because
: 22 At mount Hor Aaron resigneth his place to Eleazar,
“ and dieth.
ver. 9.
ch. 8. 7.
“the water of separation was not
hen
® Lev.
&22.3.
7. 20.
sprinkled upon him, he shall be un-
clean; “his uncleanness is yet upon
him.
T “came the children of Israel,
even the whole congregation, into
the desert of Zin in the first month
1453.
» ch. 33. 36.
14 This is the law, when a man and the people abode in Kadesh
dieth in a tent all that come into
: and ‘’Miriam died there, and was b Ex.
ch. 26. 59.
15. 20.
the tent, and all that is in the tent, buried there.

shall be unclean seven days. 2 'And there was no water for the « Ex. 17. 1.
"Lev. 11.
ch. 31. 20.
32.
15 And every “open vessel, which hath congregation ^ and
: they gathered d ch. 16. 19,
42.
no covering bound upon it, is unclean. themselves together against Moses
P ver. 11.
16 And p whosoever toucheth one and against Aaron.
3 And the people 'diode with Mo-
e Ex.
that is slain with a sword in the open ch. 14.
17. 2.
2.
fields, or a dead body, or a bone ses, and spake, saying. Would God
8 : : : : ::
Moses smitetJi the rock. NUMBERS, XX. Aaron dieth upon mount Hor.
Before that we had died ^when our brethren Egypt, '"and we have dwelt in Egypt Before
CHRIST “ and
CHRIST
1453. died before the Lokd! a long time ; the Egyptians 1453.
4 And ® why have ye brought up the vexed us, and our fathers ’'Ex. 12.40.
'ch. 11. 1,
33. 14. & congregation of the Lord into this 16 And ^when we cried unto the * Ex. 11, 1.
37. 16. & &c.
32. 35, 49. wilderness, that we and our cattle Lord, he heard our voice, and “sent Deut. 26. 6.
* Ex. 17. 3.
should die there? an angel, and hath brought us forth y Acts 19.
Ex. 2. 23.
7.
5 And wherefore have ye made us out of Egypt: and, behold, we are &3. 7.
Ex. 3. 2. *
to come up out of Egypt, to bring in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost & 14. 19.
&23. 20.
us in unto this evil place? it no of thy border &33. 2.
place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, 17 “Let us pass, I pray thee, through * See chap.
21 22
thy country we will not pass through Deut. 2. 27.
. .
or of pomegranates; neither is there :
any water to drink. the fields, or through the vineyards,

6 And Moses and Aaron went from neither wiU we drink o/ the water of
the presence of the assembly unto the wells :we will go by the king’s
the door of the tabernacle of the high way, we will not turn to the
» ch. 14. 5. congregation, and **they fell upon right hand nor to the left, until we
& 16.4,22,
45. their faces and the glory of the
:
*
have passed thy borders.
« ch. 14. 10.
Lord appeared unto them. 18 And Edom said unto him. Thou
7 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo- shalt not pass by me, lest I come out
ses, saying, against thee with the sword.
k Ex. 17. 5. 8 ^Take the rod, and gather thou 19 And the children of Israel said
the assembly together, thou, and unto him. We will go by the high
Aaron thy brother, and speak ye un- way: and if I and my cattle drink
to the rock before their eyes and it; of thy water, then I will pay for it Deut. 2. *>
6, 28.
iNeh.9. 15. shall give forth his water, and Hhou I will only, without doing any thing
else, go through on my feet.
Ps. 78. 15,
16. 105. & shalt bring forth to them water out
41. 114. 8.& 20 And he said, 'Thou shalt not ® Judg. 11.
Isai. 43. 20. of the rock: so thou shalt give the
17.
&48. 21.
congregation and their beasts drink. go through. And Edom came out
“ ch. 17. 10. 9 And Moses took the rod “from be- against him with much people, and
fore the Lord, as he commanded him. with a strong hand.
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered 21 Thus Edom ‘‘refused to give Israel ^ See Deut.
2. 27, 29.
the congregation together before the passage through his border: where-
“P8.106.33. rock, and he said unto them, “Hear fore Israel “turned away from him. ® Deut. 2. 4,
3 8.
now, ye rebels; must we fetch you 22 IF And the children of Israel, Judg. 11.
18.
water out of this rock? even the whole congregation, journey-
11 And Moses lifted up his hand, ed from ^Kadesh, ®and came unto fch. 33. 37.
s ch. 21. 4.
and with his rod he smote the rock mount Hor.
® Ex. 17. 6. twice and “the water came out abun-
: 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses
Deut. 8. 15.
1 Cor. 10. 4. dantly, and the congregation drank, and Aaron in mount Hor, by the
and their beasts also. coast of the land of Edom, saying,
12 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses 24 Aaron shall be ‘‘gathered unto “ Gen.
ch. 27. 13.
25. 8.
P ch. 27. 14.
Deut. 1.37, and Aaron, Because ^ye believed me his people for he shall not enter
: & 31. 2.
Deu.32.50.
&3. 26.
& 32. 51. not, to “^sanctify me in the eyes of the into the land which I have given unto
1 Lev. 10. 3.
Ezek.20.41,
children of Israel, therefore ye shalt the children of Israel, because ‘ye ‘ ver. 12.
&36.23.
& 38. 16. not bring this congregation into the rebelled against my ^word at the *Heb.
mouih.
r
lPet.3. 15 land which I have given them. water of Meribah.
Deut. 33.
P8.95.8.& 13 '^This is the water of ^Meribah; 25 ‘‘Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, k ch. 33. 38.
106. 32, &c Deu.32. 50.
* Tliat is,
because the children of Israel strove and bring them up unto mount Hor
Sirife.
Ex.
See
17. 7.
with the Lord, and he was sanctified 26 And strip Aaron of his garments,
* Judg.
16, 17.
11. in them. and put them upon Eleazar his son
* Deut. 2. 4 14 IF “And Moses sent messengers and Aaron shall be gathered unto his
&c.
&23. 7. from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, people, and shall die there.
Obad.
‘Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou 27 And Moses did as the Lord
10,
12 .
8Heb.
fmtrtd us.
knowest all the travel that hath ® be- commanded: and they went up into
Ex. 18. 8.
“Gen. 46. 6.
fallen us mount Hor in the sight of all the
Acts 7. 15. 15 "How our fathers went down into congregation.
: : :
The people are plagued NUMBERS, XXL with fiery serpents.

I
Before 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his

^
brass, and put it upon a pole, and it Before
CHEIST CHEIST
1453. garments, and put them upon Eleazar came to pass, that if a serpent had 1452.
his son; and “Aaron died there in bitten any man, when he beheld the
1 Exod. 29.
29,30. the top of the mount: and Moses and serpent of brass, he lived.
1452.
“ ch. 33. 38.
Eleazar came down from the mount. 10 IF And the children of Israel set
Deut.
&32.50.
10. 6. 29 And when all the congregation forward, and ^ pitched in Oboth. 9ch.33.43.
saw that Aaron was dead, they mourn- 11 And they journeyed from Oboth,
“ So Deut. ed for Aaron “thirty days, even all the and 'pitched at Îje-abarim, in the ch. 33. 44.
34.8. ® Or, Heaps
house of Israel. wilderness which is before Moab, to- of Abarim.
CHAPTER XXI. ward the sunrising.

1 Israel with some loss destroy the Canaanites at Hormah. 12 H “From thence they removed, and " Deu. 2. 13.
4 The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents. pitched in the vaUey of Zared.
7 They repenting are healed by a brasen serpent. 10 Sun-
dry journeys of the Israelites. 21 Sihon is overcome, 13 From thence they removed, and
33 and Og. pitched on the other side of Arnon,
• ch. 33. 40.
See Judg.
AND when “king Arad the Canaan- which is in the wilderness that cometh
1. 16. a\. which dwelt in the south,
ite, out of the coasts of the Amorites for :
» ch. 13. 21. heard teU that Israel came ’’by the ‘Arnon is the border of Moab, be- ‘ ch. 22. 36.
Judg. 11.
way of the spies then he fought
; tween Moab and the Amorites. 18.
against Israel, and took some of them 14 Wherefore it is said in the book
prisoners. of the wars of the Lord, ® What he ® Valid)
«Gen.28.2a
Judg. 11.
2 “And Israel vowed a vow unto the did m the Red sea, and in the brooks
in Suphah.
30. Lord, and said. If thou wilt indeed of Arnon,

deliver this people into my hand, then 15 And at the stream of the brooks
Lev. 27.28. '’I will utterly destroy their cities. that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar,
3 And the Lord hearkened to the “ and ^ lieth upon the border of Moab. ” Deut. 2.
18,29.
voice of Israel, and delivered up the 16 And from thence they went "to <Heb.
leaneth.
Canaanites and they utterly destroy-
; Beer that is the well whereof the Lord
:
* Judg. 9.21.
ed them and their cities and he call-: spake unto Moses, Gather the people
® That
Utter de-
is. ed the name of the place ^Hormah. together, and I wiU give them water.
struction. 4 II And ® they journeyed from mount 17 IF ^Tlien Israel sang this song, y Ex. 1.5. 1.
e ch. 20. 22. Ps. 105. 2.
&
33. 41. Hor by the way of the Red sea, to ® Spring up, O well; ®sing ye unto it: & 106. 12.
fjudg.11.18. ^ compass the land
of Edom and the : 18 The princes digged the well, the 6Heb.
Ascend.
® Or, grieved. soul of the people was much dis- nobles of the people digged it, by the ® Or, answer.
<Heb.
shortened. couraged because of the way. direction of "the lawgiver, with their ' Isai. 33. 22.
Ex. 6. 9.
ePs. 78.19.
5 And the people ^ spake against staves. And from the wilderness they
Ex. 16. 3. God, and against Moses, ’’Wherefore went to Mattanah
& 17. 3.
have ye brought us up out of Egypt to 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel
die in the wilderness? for there is no and from Nahaliel to Bamoth
bread, neither is there any water and ;
20 And from Bamoth in the valley,
‘ ch. 11. 6. *
our soul loatheth this light bread. that is in the ’country of Moab, to 7 Heh. field.
6 And ^the Lord sent ’fiery serpents Or,

kl Cor. 10.9. 8
the top of ®Pisgah, which looketh The hill.
1 Deut. 8. 15.
among the people, and they bit the “toward ® J eshimon. “ ch. 23. 28.
8 Or, The
people; and much people of Israel 21 IF And ’’Israel sent messengers un- wilderness.
Deut.
died. to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
•>
2.
26, 27.
“Ps.78.34. 7 H “Therefore the people came to 22 “ Let me pass through thy land Judg.
19.
11.
Moses, and said, We

have sinned, for we wiU not turn into the fields, or « ch. 20. 17.
“ ver. 5. “we have spoken against the Lord, and into the vineyards; we will not drink
<'Ex.8.8,28.
1 Sam. 12.
against thee; “pray unto the Lord, of the waters of the well hut we will
:
19. that he take away the serpents from go along by the king’s high way, until
1 Kin. 1,3. 6.
Acts 8. 24. us. And Moses prayed for the people. we be past thy borders.
8 And the Lord said imto Moses, 23 And Sihon would not suffer Is- d Deu. 20. 7.
Make thee a fiery serpent, and set rael to pass through his border: but
it upon a pole and it shall come to
: Sihon gathered all his people toge-
pass, that every one that is bitten, ther, and went out against Israel into
P2Kin.l8.4. when he looketh upon it, shall live. the wilderness ® and he came to Ja-
:
e Deu.
Judg.
2. 32.
John 3. 14, 11.
15. 9 And Moses made a serpent of
**
haz, and fought against Israel. 20 .
: : :
Sihon and Og are overcome. NUMBERS,2 XXII. Balah sendetli for Balaam.
24 And Îsrael smote him with the 3 nd the
CHRIST
Before
1452 .
edge of the sword, and possessed his
land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even
A
Moab
4
-
“ children of Israel set for-
ward, and pitched in the plains of
Before
CHRIST
1452
on this side Jordan by Jericho. » ch. 33. 48.
.
fDeu. 2.33.
&29. 7. unto the children of Ammon for the : IF And Balak the son of Zippor Judg. 11.
*’
Josh. 12. 1,
border of the children of Ammon was
25.
2. & 24. 8. saw all that Israel had done to the
Neh.9.22.
Ps. 135. 10, strong. Amorites.
5
11 .
& 136. 19. 25 And

Israel took all these cities And “ Moab was sore afraid of the • Ex. 15. 15.
Amos 2.9.
and Israel dwelt in all the cities of people, because they were many and :
the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all Moab was distressed because of the
iHeb. the ^ villages thereof. children
6 of Israel.
diiughters.
26 For Heshbon was the city of And Moab said unto ^the elders dJosh.13.21.
ch. 31. 8.
Sihon the kmg of the Amorites, who of Midian, Now shall this company
had fought against the former king lick up all that are round about us,
of Moab, and taken all his land out as7 the ox licketh up the grass of the
of his hand, even unto Arnon. field. And Balak the son of Zippor
27 Wherefore they that speak in pro- was king of the Moabites at that time.
verbs say. Come into Heshbon, let the 8 ® He sent messengers therefore •Deut. 23. 4.
Josh. 13. 22.
city of Sihon be built and prepared unto Balaam the son of Beor to ‘^Pe- & 24. 9.
Neh. 13.
! Jer. 48. 45, 28 For there is ®a fire gone out thor,
9 which is by the river of the land 1 2 , .
46. Mic. 6. 5.
of Heshbon, a flame from the city of the children of his people, to call 2 Pet. 2. 15.
^ .Tude 11.
> De«t. 2. of Sihon it hath consumed
: Ar of him, saying. Behold, there is a people Rev. 2. 14.
9,18. I
See chap.
Isai. 15. 1. Moab, and the lords of the high come out from Egypt: behold, they 23. 7.
Deut. 23. 4.
places of Arnon. cover the face of the earth, and they * Heb.
^
eye.
29 Woe to thee, Moab thou art un- ! abide over agamst me
iJudg.11.24. done, O people of Chemosh he hath
*
: Come now therefore, I pray thee,
1 Kin. 11.
7,33. given his sons that escaped, and his ®curse me this people; for they are e ch. 23. 7.
2 Kin. 23.
13. daughters, into captivity unto Sihon too mighty for me peradventure I
:
Jer. 48. 7,
13. king of the Amorites. shall prevail, that we may smite them,
10
30 We have shot at them Heshbon ;
and that I may drive them out of the
>>
36 ^ 48 18 , . is perished even unto Dibon, and we land for I wot that he whom thou
:
22 11
blessest is blessed, and he whom thou
.
have laid them waste even unto No-

> Isai. 15. 2. j)hah, which unto Medeba.
7'eacheth '
cursest is cursed.
31 IF Thus Israel dwelt in the land And the elders of Moab and the
of the Amorites. 12
elders of Midian departed with •‘the *>
1 Sam. 9.
7,8.
“ ch. 32. 1. 32 And Moses sent to spy out ” Jaazer, rewards of divination in their hand;
Jer. 48. 32.
and they took the villages thereof, and and they came unto Balaam, and
drove out the Amorites that were there. spake unto him the words of Balak.
” Deut. 3. 1.
& 29. 7. 33 IF “ And they turned and went up And he said unto them, ‘Lodge * ver. 19.
by the way of Bashan: and Og the here tliis night, and I will bring you
king of Bashan went out against them, word again, as the Loed shall speak
he, and all his people, to the battle unto me and the princes of Moab
:
•Josh. 13.12. ° at Edrei. abode with Balaam.

34 And
the Lokd said unto Moses, ^ And God came unto Balaam, and I'
ver. 20.
Gen. 20. 3.
P Deut. 3. 2. pFear him not for I have delivered
: said. What men are these with thee ?
him into thy hand, and all his people, And Balaam said unto God, Ba-
1 Ter. 24. and his land and ^ thou shalt do to
;
lak the son of Zippor, king of Moab,
Ps. 135. 10,
11 .
him as thou didst unto Sihon king of hath sent unto me, saying,
&
136. 20.
the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. Behold, there is a people come
Deut. 3. 3, 35 So they smote him, and his sons, out of Egypt, which covereth the face
4. &c.
and all his people, until there was of the earth: come now, curse me
none left him alive: and they pos- them; peradventure ®I shall be able 3 Heb.
I shall
sessed his land. to overcome them, and drive them out. prevail
in fighting
CHAPTER XXII. And God said unto Balaam, Thou against

him.
1 Balak’s first message for Balaam is refused. 15 His shalt not go with them; thou shalt
second message obtaineth him. 22 An angel would have
slain him, if his ass had not saved him. 36 Balak enter-
not curse the people for they are
:
• 1 ch. 23. 20.
Rom. 11.
taineth him. blessed. 29.
:
An angd opposetJi Balaam* NUMBEKS, XXII. Balah goeth to meet Balaam*

Before
CHRIST
13 And Balaamrose up in the morn- against the waU; and he smote her Before
CHRIST
1452. ing, and said unto the princes of Ba- again. 1452.
lak, Get you into your land for the
: 26 And the angel of the Loed went
Loed refuseth to give me leave to further, and stood in a narrow place,
go with jnu. where was no way to turn either to
14 And the princes of Moab rose up, the right hand or to the left.
and they went mito Balak, and said, 27 And when the ass saw the angel
Balaam refuseth to come with us. of the Loed, she fell down under Ba-
15 II And Balak sent yet again laam and Balaam’s anger was kin-
:
princes, more, and more honourable dled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
than they. 28 And the Loed " opened the mouth “2 Pet. 2. 16,
16 And they came to Balaam, and of the ass, and she said unto Balaam,
said to him, Thus saith Balak the son What have I done unto thee, that thou
2Heb. of Zippor, ^Let nothing, I pray thee, hast smitten me these three times ?
Re ruA
thou letted hinder thee from coming unto me 29 And Balaam said unto the ass.
from, dc.
17 For I will promote thee unto very Because thou hast mocked me: I
great honour, and I will do whatso- would there were a sword in mine
“ ver. 6. ever thou sayest unto me “ come
: hand, for now would I kill thee. * Prov. 12.
10
therefore, I pray thee, curse me this
.
30 Ând the ass said unto Balaam, y 2 Pet. 2. 16,
people. Am not I thine ass, ^ upon which thou 2Heb.

who hast
18 And Balaam answered and said hast ridden ®ever since I was thine ridden
upon me.
o ch. 24. 13. unto the servants of Balak, “ If Balak unto this day ? was I ever wont to do * Or, ever
would give me his house full of silver so unto thee ? And he said. Nay. since thou
wast, &c.
° 1 Kin. 22. and gold, “I cannot go beyond the 31 Then the Loed * opened the eyes * See Gen.
14. 21. 19.
2 Chron. word of the Loed my God, to do less of Balaam, and he saw the angel of 2 Kin. 6.17.
18. 13. Luke 24.
or more. the Loed standing in the way, and 16. 31.
P ver. 8. 19 Now therefore, I pray you, ^ tarry his sword drawn in his hand and :
ye also here this night, that I may he “bowed down his head, and *fell • Ex. 34. 8.
Or, botced
know what the Loed will say unto me flat on his face. himself.
more. 32 And the angel of the Loed said

<1 ver. 9. 20 ’And God came unto Balaam at unto him, Wlierefore hast thou smit-
night,and said unto him. If the men ten thine ass these three times? be-
come to caU thee, rise up, and go with hold, I went out ®to withstand thee, be- 6Heb.
to be an
’ ver. 35. them but "^yet the word which I shall
;
cause thy way is perverse before me : adversary
ch. 23. 12, unto thee.
26. say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 33 And the ass saw me, and turned •> 2 Pet. 2.
&
21 And Balaam rose up in the morn- fi’om me these three times unless she
24. 13. 14, 15.
:
ing, and saddled his ass, and went had turned from me, surely now also
with the princes of Moab. I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
22 IT And God’s anger was kindled 34 And Balaam said unto the angel
• Ex. 4. 24. because he went: “and the angel of of the Loed, “I have sinned; for I « 1 Sam. 15.
24,30.
the Loed stood in the way for an knew not that thou stoodest in the & 26. 21.
2 Sam. 12.
adversary against him. Now he was way against me : now therefore, if it 13.
Job 34. 31,
riding upon his ass, and his two ser- ®displease thee, I will get me back 32.
SHeb.
vants were with him. again. be evil in
‘ See 2 Kin.
6. 17.
23 And ‘ the ass saw the angel of the 35 And the angel of the Loed said thine eyes.
Dan. 10. 7.
Acts 22. 9.
Loed standing in the way, and his unto Balaam, Go with the men ^ but:
^ ver. 20.
2 Pet. 2. 16. sword drawn in his hand and the ass

: only the word that I shall speak unto
Jude 11.
turned aside out of the way, and went thee, that thou shalt speak. So Ba-
into the field and Balaam smote the
: laam went with the princes of Balak.
ass, to turn her into the way. 36 IT And when Balak heard that
24 But the angel of the Loed stood Balaam was come, “he went out to ®Gen.l4.17.
in a path of the vineyards, a wall being meet him unto a city of Moab, which fch.21. 13.
on this side, and a wall on that side. is in the border of Arnon, which is
25 And when the ass saw the angel in the utmost coast.
of the Loed, she thrust herself unto 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did
the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot I not earnestly send unto thee to call
! ;:
BalaWs sacrifice. NUMBERS, XXIII. Balaam's parables.

Before thee ? wherefore earnest thou not 10 “Wlio can count the dust of Ja- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1452. unto me? am I not able indeed ®to cob, and the number of the fourth 1452.
8 ver. 17.
promote thee to honour? part of Israel ? Let ^ me die “ the death “Gen. 13. 16.
ch. 24. 11. 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, of the righteous, and let my last end & 22. 17.
Heb. my
I am come unto thee have I now any
*
: be like his sout, or,
my life.
h ch. 23. 26.
& 24. 13.
power at all to say any thing? '“the And Balak said
11 unto Balaam, “ Ps. 116. 15.
1 Kin. 22. word that God putteth in my mouth, What hast thou done unto me ? I ** Pch.22. 11,
14. 17. & 24. 10,
2 Chron. that shall I speak. took thee to curse mine enemies, and,
39 And Balaam went with Balak, and
18. 13.
behold, thou hast blessed them alto-
* Or, A city they came unto ^ Kirjath-huzoth. gether.
()f streets.
40 And Balak oftered oxen and 12 And he answered and said, ^ Must 9 ch. 22. 38.
sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to I not take heed to speak that which
the princes that were with him. the Lord hath put in my mouth ?
41 And it came to pass on the mor- 13 And Balak said unto him. Come,
row, that Balak took Balaam, and I pray thee, with me unto another
• Dent. 12. 2. brought him up into the high places '
place, from whence thou mayest see
of Baal, that thence he might see the them: thou shalt see but the utmost
utmost of the people. part of them, and shalt not see them
CHAPTER XXIII. all and curse me them from thence.
:
1, 13, 28 Balah’s sacrifice. 7, 18 Balaam's parable. 14 IT And he brought him into tlie
nd Balaam said unto Balak, “Build field of Zophim, to the top of ® Pisgah,
A
* ver. 29. SQr,
The hill.
me- here seven altars, and prepare “and built seven altars, and offered a
V ver.
1, 2.
me here seven oxen and seven rams. bullock and a ram on every altar.
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spo- 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand
•> ver. 14, 30. ken; and Balak and Balaam '’offered here by thy burnt offering, while I
on every altar a bullock and a ram. meet the Lord yonder.
3 And Balaam said unto Balak, 16 And the Lord met Balaam, and
® ver. 15. “Stand by thy burnt offering, and I “put a word in his mouth, and said. ch. ver.
22. 35.
“ 5.
wiU go peradventure the Lord will Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
:
« ch. 24. 1. come ‘'to meet me: and whatsoever 17 And when he came to him, be-
he sheweth me I wIU tell thee. And hold, he stood by his burnt ofiering,
sOr,
he went
®he went to an high place. and the princes of Moab with him.
solitary. 4 “And God met Balaam: and he And Balak said unto him. What hath
® ver. 16.
said unto him, I have prepared seven the Lord spoken?
altars, and I have offered upon every 18 And he took up his parable,
altar a bullock and a ram. and said, ‘Rise up, Balak, and hear; ‘Judg.3.20. I
* ver. 16.
5 And the Lord '^put a word in Ba- hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor I
ch. 22. 35.

Dell. 18. 18. laam’s mouth, and said. Return unto 19 " God is not a man, that he should “ 1 Sam. 15. ^
29.
Jer. 1. 9.
Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. lie; neither the son of man, that he Mai.
Eom.11.29.
3. 6.
6 And he returned unto him, and, should repent hath he said, and Titus : 1. 2.
Jam. 1. 17.
lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken,
and all the princes of Moab. and shall he not make it good ?
8 ver. 18.
ch. 24. 3,
7 And he ® took up his parable, and 20 Behold, I have received com-
15,23. said, Balak the king of Moab hath mandment to bless and he hath *&Gen. : 12. 2.
Job 27. 1. 22. 17.
& 29. 1.
Ps. 78. 2.
brought me from Aram, out of the blessed and I cannot reverse it. ch. 22.
;
12.
Ezek.17.2. mountains of the east, saying, Come, 21 ^He hath not beheld iniquity in yRom.4.7,8.
Mic. 2. 4.
Hab. 2. 6. curse me Jacob, and come, 'defy Is- J acob, neither hath he seen perverse-
ch. 22. 6,
ness in Israel: Hhe Lord his God is Ex.
•>
r
rael. 13.
11, 17.
& 29.45,
• 1 Sam. 17. 8 ''How shall I curse, whom God hath with him, “and the shout of a king & 33. 14
10 .
“ Ps. 89. 15.
* Isai. 47. not cursed ? or how shall I defy, whom isamong them.
12, 13.
the Lord hath not defied ? 22 God brought them out of Egypt •> ch. 24. 8.
9 For from the top of the rocks I he hath as it were “the strength of eDeu.33.17.
Job 39. 10,
see him, and from the hills I behold an unicorn. 11 .
>Deu.33.28. him lo, the people shall dwell alone,

: ' 23 Surely there is no enchantment
“Ex. 33. 16. and “shall not be reckoned among âgainst Jacob, neither is there any di- * Or, in.
Ezra 9. 2.
Eph. 2. 14. the nations. vination against Israel: according to
M
: ! ! : :
Balaam's prophecy of NUMBERS, XXIY. Israel's happiness, and
CHRIST
Before this time it be said of Jacob and
shall Lord hath planted, and as cedar Before
CHRIST
1452 .
of Israel, ^ What hath God wrought trees beside the waters. 1452 .
J Ps. 31. 19.

24 Behold, the people shall rise np 7 He pour the water out of his
shall
&44.1. ®as a great lion, and lift up himself
Gen. 49. 9.
®
buckets, and his seed shall he '“in » Jer. 51. 13.
•Rev. 17. 1,
'Gen. 49. 27. as a young lion ^
he shall not lie
: many waters, and his king shall be 15.
doivn until he eat of the prey, and higher than *Agag, and his ^kingdom ‘lSam.15.9.
>'2Sam.5.12.
drink the blood of the slain. shall be exalted. 1 Chron.
25 ^ And Balak said unto Balaam, 8 ‘God brought him forth out of 14. ch. 23. 22. '
2.
Neitlier curse them at all, nor bless Egypt he hath as it were the strength
;
them at all. of an unicorn he shall “ eat up the ™ ch. 14.

: 9.
& 23. 24.
26 But Balaam answered and said nations his enemies, and shall “ break “ Ps. 2. 9.
Isai. 38. 13.
unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, tlieir bones, and ® pierce them through Jer. 50. 17.
e ver. 12.
eh. 22. 38.
®A11 that the Lokd speaketh, that I with his arroAVS. ° Ps. 45. 5.
Jer. 50. 9.
1
14.
Kin. 22.
must do? 9 ^He couched, he lay down as a P Gen. 49. 9.
27 H And Balak
said unto Balaam, lion, and as a great lion: who shall
^
ver. 13. Come, pray thee, I will bring thee
I stir him up ? ’ Blessed is he that 4 Gen. 12. 3.
&27. 29.
unto another place; peradventure it blesseth thee, and cursed is he that
2
uill please God that thou mayest curseth thee.
curse me them from thence. 10 H And Balak’s anger was kindled
3
28 And Balak brought Balaam unto against Balaam, and he ^ smote his y Ezek. 21.
14, 17.
< ch. 21. 20. the top of Peor, that looketh toward ‘
hands together: and Balak said unto & 22. 13.
4
J eshimon. Balaam, “ I called thee to curse mine • ch. 23. 11.
Dent. 23.
29 And Balaam said unto Balak, enemies, and, behold, thou hast alto- 4 5.
5 Josh. 24.
* ver. 1. ^ Build
6
me here seven altars, and gether blessed them these three times. 9,10.
Neh. 13. 2.
prepare me here seven bullocks and 11 Therefore now flee thou to thy
seven rams. place ‘
:I thought to promote thee ‘ ch. 22. 17,
37.
30 And Balak did as Balaam had unto great honour but, lo, the Lord
;
said, and offered a bullock and a ram hath kept thee back from honour.
on every altar. 12 And Balaam said unto Balak,
Spake I not also to thy messengers
CHAPTER XXIV. Avhich thou sentest unto me, saying,
1 Balaam, leaving divinations, prophesieth the happiness of
13 "If Balak would gUe me his house “ ch. 22. 18.
Israel. 10 Balak in anger dismisseih him. 15 lie pro-
phesieth of the Star of Jacob, and the destruction of full of silver and gold, I caimot go be-
some nations. yond the commandment of the Lord,
nd when Balaam saw that it to do either good or bad of mine OAvn
“ ch. 23. 3,
A _ pleased the
rael, he went not,
Lord to bless Is-
as at “other times,
mind; hut what the Lord saith, that
AviU I speak?
now, behold, I go unto my
15.
^ Heb. to the ^to seek for enchantments, but he 14 And
meeHtiff qf
enehant- set his face toward the wilderness. people come therefore, and I Avill
:
* Mic. 6. 5.
Rev. 2. 14.
•metUs.
And Balaam eyes,
lifted up his advertise thee what this people shall
'>ch.2.2,&c. and he saw Israel *’abi^ng in his do to thy people ^ in the latter days. y Gen. 49. 1.
Dan. 2. 28.
tents according to their tribes; and 15 IF ‘‘And he took up his parable, & 10. 14.
* ver. 3, 4.
® ch. 11. 25.
1 Sam. 10.
®the Spirit of God came upon him. and said, Balaam the son of Beor
10. 19.& ^
And he took up his parable, and hath said, and the man whose eyes
20, 23.
2 Chron.
15. 1.
said, Balaam the son of Beor hath are open hath said
ch. 23. 7, said, and the man ^ whose eyes are 16 He hath said, which heard the
2
18.
Heb. who open hath said: words of God, and knew the knoAv-
had his
eyes shut,
He hath said, which heard the ledge of the most High, which saAv
but now
opened.
words of God, which saw the vision the vision of the Almighty, falling into
1
® See 1 Sam. of the Almighty, ® falling into a trance, a trance, but having his eyes open ® Rev. 1. 7.
17 “ I shall see liim, but not now I
19. 24.
Ezek. 1.28. but having his eyes open : *> Matt. 2. 2.
Rev. 22. 16.
Dan.
& 10.15,10.
8. 18.
How goodly are thy tents, O Ja- shall behold him, but not nigh there : ® Gen. 49.10.
2 Cor.
2, 3, 4.
12.
cob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel shall come ‘’a Star out of Jacob, and 2
Ps. 110.
Or, mite
2.
Rev. 1. 10,
17. As the valleys are they spread ®a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, through the
princes of
'Pb. 1.3. forth, as gardens by the river’s side, and shall ^ smite the corners of Moab, Moab,
Jer. 17. 8. 2 Sam. 8. 2.
» Ps. 104. 16. ‘âs the trees of lign aloes ® which the and destroy all the children of Sheth. Jer. 48. 45.
; : ; :
of the Star of Jacob. NUMBERS, XXY. Zimri and Cozhi slain.
Before 18 And ^ Edom shall be a possession, door of the tabernacle of the con- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1452.
Seir also shall be a possession for his gregation. 1452.
enemies and Israel shall do valiantly.
;
7 And “when Phinehas, “the son of
^ 2 Sam. 8. “Ps.106.30.
14. Pb.60. 19 ®Out of Jacob shall come he that Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, “ Ex. 6. 25.
8 , 9 , 12 .
•Gen. 49.10. shall have dominion, and shall destroy saw it, he rose up from among the
him that remaineth of the city. congregation, and took a javelin in
20 II And when he looked on Ama- his hand
lek, he took up his parable, and said, 8 And he went after the man of Is-
^
* Or, {he Amalek was the first of the nations rael into the tent, and thrust both of
first of the
nations that but his latter end ^ shall he that he them through, the man of Israel, and
warred
against perish for ever. the woman through her belly. So
Israel,
Ex. 17. 8. 21 And he looked on the Kenites, “ the
plague was stayed from the chil- “ Ps. 106. 30.
* Or, shall
be even to
and took up his parable, and said. dren of Israel.
destruction,
Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou 9 And p those that died in the plague P Deut. 4. 3.
Ex. 17. 14. 1 Cor. 10. 8.
1 Sam. 15.
puttest thy nest in a rock. were twenty and four thousand.
3, 8.
* Heb. Sain, 22 Nevertheless ^the Kenite shall be 10 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-
Gen. 15. 19.
® Or, how wasted, ® until Asshur shall carry thee ses, saying,
long shall
it be ere
away captive. 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the
**
IPs. 106. 3a
Asshur
carry thee
23 And he took up his parable, and son of Aaron the priest, hath turned
away cap-
tivel
said, Alas, who shall live when God my VTath away from the children of
doeth this! Israel, while he was zealous ’’for my 2 Heb. with
my zeal
24 And ships shall come from the sake among them, that I consumed See 2 Cor.
11 . 2 .
• Gen. 10. 4. coast of ^Chittim, and shall afflict not the cliildren of Israel in my jea- r Ex. 20. 5.
Dan. 11.30. Deut.
*Gen.l0.21, Asshur, and shall afflict ®Êber, and lousy. 16, 21.
32.
lOn.
25.
he also shall perish for ever. 12 Wherefore say, “Behold, I give 1
•
22 .
14.
25 And Balaam rose up, and went unto him my covenant of peace :
Ps. 78. ,58.
Ezek.16.38.
* See chap. and returned to his place and Ba- : 13 And he shall have it, and ‘his seed Zeph.
&3.
1. 18.
31.8. 8.
lak also went his way. after him, even the covenant of “an » Mai. 2. 4, 5.
&3. 1.
CHAPTER XXV. everlasting priesthood; because he was ‘ See 1 Clir.

&c.
1 Israel at Shittim commit whoredom and idolatry. 6 ‘‘zealous for his God, and ^made an 6. 4,
“ Ex. 40. 15.
Phinehas killeth Zimri and Cozhi. 10 God therefore
giveth him an everlasting priesthood. 16 The Midianites
atonement for the children of Israel. * Acts 22. 3.
Rom.
14 Now the name of the Israelite
10. 2.
are to he vexed. yHeb.2. 17.
»ch. 33.49.
•Tosh. 2. 1.
AND abode in ^Shittim, and
Israel that was slain, even that was slain with
Mic. 6. 5. ’’the people began to commit the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the
ch. 31. 16.
1 Cor. 10. 8. whoredom with the daughters of Moab. son of Salii, a prince of a ® chief house 3 Heb.
house of
'Josh. 22.17.
Ps. 106. 28.
2 And “they called the people unto among the Simeonites. a father.
Hos. 9. 10. ^ the sacrifices of their gods and the : 15 And the name of the Midianitish
d Ex. 34. 15.
16. people did eat, and ® bowed down to woman that was slain was Cozbi, the
1 Cor. 10.
20 .
their gods. daughter of “Zur; he was head over * ch. 31. 8.
Josh. 13.^.
• Ex. 20. 5.
3 And Israel joined himself unto a people, and of a chief house in
fP8.106.29.
Baal-peor and ^ the anger of the
: Midian.
Lord was kindled against Israel. 16 II And the Lord spake unto Mo-
4 And the Lord said unto Moses, ses, saying,
* Dent.
JoBh.22.17.
4. 3.
®Take all the heads of the people, and 17 “Vex the Midianites, and smite » ch. 31. 2.
hang them up before the Lord against them

ver. 11. the sun, that the fierce anger of the 18 For they vex you with their ’’iviles, b ch. 31. 16.
Dent. 13. Rev. 2. 14.
17. Lord may be turned away from Israel. wherewith they have beguiled you in
‘ Ex.
25.
18. 21,
5 And Moses said unto ’the judges the matter of Peor, and in the matter
* Ex. 32. 27. of Israel, ^ Slay ye every one his men of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of
Dent. 13. 6,
9, 13, 15. that were joined unto Baal-peor. Midian, their sister, which was slain in
6 H And, behold, one of the children the day of the plague for Poor’s sake.
of Israel came and brought unto his CHAPTER XXVI.
brethren a Midianitish woman in the 1 The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moah. 52
sight of Moses, and in the sight of all The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the
land. 57 The families and number of the Levites. 63
the congregation of the children of None were left of them which were numbered at Sinai,
* Joel 2. 17. Israel, ’who tvere weeping before the but Caleb and Joshua.
M2
: : : : ::::
The sum of all NUMBERS, XXYI. Israel is taken in

Before
CHRIST
AND it came to pass after the plague, families: of “Zephon, the family of Before
CHRIST
1452. jlX Lord spake unto Moses the Zephonites of Haggi, the family
that the :
1452.
and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron of the Haggites of Shuni, the family :
“Gen.46.16,
the priest, saying, of the Shunites Ziphion.
a Ex. 30. 12. 2 Take the sum of gJl the congre- 16 Of Ôzni, the family of the Oz- 2 Or, Ezhon,
& 38.2.5,215. Gen. 46. 16.
ch. 1. 2. gation of the children of Israel, from nites of Eri, the family of the Erites
:
f ch. 1. 3.
twenty years old and upward, through- 17 Of ° Arod, the family of the Arod- “Gen. 46.16,
Arodi.
out their fathers’ house, all that are ites of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
:
able to go to war in Israel. 18 These are the families of the chil-

3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest dren of Gad according to those that
« ver. 63. spake ivith them ®in the plains of were numbered of them, forty thou-
ch. 22. 1.
&
31. 12. Moab by Jordan Jericho, saying, sand and five hundred.
&
33. 48.
&35. 1. 4 Take the sum of the people, from 19 The sons of Judah were Er P &c.
IF p Gen. 38. 2,
twenty years old and upward as the; and Onan and Er and Onan died in &
: 46. 12.
d ch. 1. 1. Lord ^ commanded Moses and the the land of Canaan.

children of Israel, which went forth 20 And ^the sons of Judah after 1 1 Chron.
2.3.
out of the land of Egypt. their families were; of Shelah, the
e Gen. 46. i 5 1 ® Reuben, the eldest son of Is- family of the Shelanites of Pharez, :
Ex. 6. 14.
1 Chron. rael: the children of Reuben; Ha- the family of the Pharzites : of Zerah,
5.1.
noch, of whom cometh the family of the family of the Zarhites.
the Hanochites of Pallu, the family
: 21 And the sons of Pharez were of ;
of the Palluites Hezron, the family of the Hezronites

6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hez- of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
ronites of Carmi, the family of the
: 22 These are the families of Judah
Carmites. according to those that were number-
7 These are the families of the Reu- ed of them, threescore and sixteen
benites and they that were number-
: thousand and five hundred.
ed of them were forty and three thou- 23 Of the sons of Issachar after
^ *^
000 .
1 Chron.
46 13 .
.
sand and seven hundred and thirty. their families of Tola, the family of
: 7.1.
8 And the sons of Pallu ; Eliab. the Tolaites of ^ Pua, the family of
: 3 Or,
Phuvak.
9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, the Punites
and Dathan, and Abiram. This is 24 Of ^ Jashub, the family of the Ja- * Or, Job.
that Dathan and Abiram, which were shubites of Shimron, the family of
:
fch. 16. 1,2. famous in the congregation, who the Shimronites.

strove against Moses and against Aa- 25 These are the families of Issa-
ron in the company of Korah, when char according to those that were
they strove against the Lord : numbered of them, threescore and
f ch. 16. 32, 10 ®And the earth opened her mouth, four thousand and three hundred.
35.
and swallowed them up together with 26 ^
Of the sons of Zebulun after « Gen. 46.14.
Korah, when that company died, what their families of Sered, the family of :
time the fire devoured two hundred the Sardites: of Elon, the family of
h ch. 16. 38. and fifty men and they became a sign. the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family
:
See Cor.
11 Notwithstanding Hhe children of of the Jalileelites.
1
10 6. .
2 Pet.
5 Ex. 6. 24.
2. 6.
Korah died not. 27 These are the families of the Ze-
1 Chron. 6.
22 .
12 IF The sons of Simeon after their biilunites according to those that were
kGen.46.10. families: of ‘'Nemuel, the family of numbered of them, threescore thou-
Ex. 6. 15,
Jemuel. tlie Nemuelites of Jamin, the family sand and five hundred.
:
’ 1 Chron. 4. of the Jaminites: of Machin, the fa- 28 IF * The sons of Joseph after their ‘Gen. 46.20.
24, Jarib.
mily of the Jachinites families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
" Josh. 17. 1.
m Gen.46.10, 13 Of “Zerah, the family of the Zar- 29 Of the sons of Manasseh of "Ma- :
1 Cliron. 7.
Zolmr.
hites : of Shaul, the family of the chir, the family of the Machirites 14, 15.
Shaulites. and Machir begat Gilead of Gilead :
14 These are the families of the Si- come the family of the Gileadites.
meonites, twenty and two thousand 30 These are the sons of Gilead of : ' Called,
Atnezer.
and two hundred. *Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: •Tosh. 17. 2.
JiidK.6. 11,
15 IF The children of Gad after their of Helek, the family of the Helekites 24, 34.
: : :
the plains of Modb. NUMBERS, XXVI. The families of the Levites.
Before
CHRIST
31 And of Asriel, the family of the of the Jesuites of Beriah, the family Before :
CHRIST
1452, Asrielites :and of Shechem, the fa- of the Beriites. 1452
mily of the Shechemites 45 Of the sons of Beriah of Heber, :
32 And of Shemida, the family of the family of the Heberites of Mai- :
the Shemidaites and of Hepher, the chiel, the family of the Malchielites.
:
family of the Hepherites. 46 And the name of the daughter of

T ch. 27. 1. 33 t And ^Zelophehad the son of Asher was Sarah.
Hepher had no sons, but daughters 47 These are the families of the sons
and the names of the daughters of of Asher according to those that were
Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, numbered of them who were fifty and ;
Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. three thousand and four hundred.

34 These are the families of Manas- 48 IF ® the sons of Naphtali after eGen.46.24.
1 Chron?.
seh, and those that were numbered their families of Jahzeel, the family 13. :
of them, fifty and two thousand and of the Jahzeelites of Guni, the family :
seven hundred. of the Gunites

35 H These are the sons of Ephraim 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezer-
after their families of Shuthelah, the ites: of '^Shiliem, the family of the
:
1 Chron. **
» 1Chron. 7. family of the Shuthalhites of * Be- Shillemites. : Sludlum,

20, Berea,
cher, the family of the Bachrites of 50 These are the families of Naphtali
:
Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. accordmg to their families and they :
36 And these are the sons of Shu- that were numbered of them were forty
thelah: of Eran, the family of the and five thousand and four hundred.
Eranites. 51 These were the numbered of the See ch. 1.
* >
37 These are the families of the sons children of Israel, six hmidred thou-
of Ephraim according to those that sand and a thousand seven hundred
were numbered of them, thu*ty and and thirty.
two thousand and five hundred. These 52 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo-
are the sons of Joseph after their fa- ses, saying.
milies. 53 ^ Unto these the land shall be di- k .Tosh. 11.
23. & 14. 1.
•Gen. 46.21. 38 IF “The sons of Benjamin after vided for an inheritance according to
1 Cliron.
7.6. their families of Bela, the family of the number of names.
:
the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family 54 *To many thou shalt ^give the ch. 33. 54. '
2 Heb.
Gen. 46. 21,
Ehi of the Ashbelites of Ahiram, the more inheritance, and to few thou multiply Mb
:
**
inheritance.
1 Chron.
9, 1
family of the Ahiramites shalt ^ give the less inheritance
: to 3 Heb. :
Marah. 39 Of 'Shupham, the family of the every one shall his inheritance be dinnnidi his
•Gen. 46.21,
Muppim Shuphamites of Hupham, the family given according to those that were
:
and
Hvppim. of the Huphamites. numbered of him.
^ 1 Chron. 8. 40 And the sons of Bela were ^ Ard 55 Notwithstanding the land shall
and Naaman: of Ard, the family of be “ divided by lot according to the “ ch. 33. 54. :
the Ardites and of Naaman, the fa- names of the tribes of their fathers Josh. 11. 23.
:
& 14. 2.
mily of the Naamites. they shall inherit.
41 These are the sons of Benjamin 56 According to the lot shall the
after their families and they that possession thereof be divided between
:
were numbered of them we7'e forty many and few.

and five thousand and six hundred. 57 IF “And these are they that were “Gen. 46.11,
•Gen. 46.23. 42 “These are the sons of Dan
IF numbered of the Lovites after their 17^ IH, 19.^
1 Chron. 6.
*Or,
after their families of ^ Shuham, the : families of Gershon, the family of
: 1,16.
family of the Shuhamites. These are the Gershonites of Kohath, the fa-
:
the families of Dan after their families. mily of the Kohathites of Merari, :
43 All the families of the Shuhamites, the family of the Merarites.

according to those that were number- 58 These are the families of the Le-
ed of them, were threescore and four vites the family of the Libnites, the
:
thousand and four hundred. family of the Hebronites, the family

'Gen. 46. 17. 44 IF ^ (y the children of Asher after of the Mahlites, the family of the
30. their families of Jimna, the family
: Mushites, the family of the Korath-
of the Jimnites of Jesui, the family
: ites. And Kohath begat Amram.
:
The daughters of Zelophehad NUMBERS, XXYII. sue for an inheritance.
Before 59 And the name of Amram’s wife 4 Why should the name of our father Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1452 .
ims °Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, be ^done away from among his family, 1452 .
0 Ex. 2. 1, 2.
whom mother bare to Levi in
her because he hath no son ? ^ Give unto 2Heb._
&6 . 20 .
Egypt and she bare unto Amram
: us therefore a possession among the diminidied.
Josh. 17. 4.
Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their brethren of our father.
sister. 5 And Moses "brought their cause « Ex. 18. 15,
19.
P ch. 3. 2. 60 Ând unto Aaron was born Nadab, before the Lord.
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 6 IF And the Lord spake imto Mo-
q Lev. 10.1,2. 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, ses, saymg,
cli. 3. 4.
1 Chron.
24. 2.
wlien they offered strange fire before 7 The daughters of Zelophehad
the Lord. speak right ^ thou shalt surely give
:
fch.36.2.
r See ch. 3. 62 "Ând those that were numbered them a possession of an mheritance
39.
of them were twenty and three thou- among their father’s brethren; and
sand, all males from a month old and thou shalt cause the inheritance of
' ch. 1. 49. upward for they were not number-
:
“
their father to pass unto them.
ed among the children of Israel, be- 8 And thou shalt speak unto the
‘ ch. 18. 20, cause there was ‘no inheritance given children of Israel, saying. If a man
23,24.
Deut. 10. 9. them among the children of Israel. die, and have no son, then ye shall
Josh. 13.
14, 3.3. 63 IF These are they that were num- cause his inheritance to pass unto
& 14. 3.
bered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, his daughter.
2
who numbered the children of Israel 9 And if he have no daughter, then
o ver. 3.
"in the plains of Moab by Jordan 3"e shall give his inheritance unto his
near
3 Jericho. brethren.
* cli. 1. 64 *But among these there was not 10 And if he have no brethren, then
Deut. 2. 14,
15. a man of them whom Moses and ye shall give his inheritance unto his
Aaron the priest numbered, when father’s brethren.
they numbered the children of Israel 11 And if his father have no bre-
in the wilderness of Sinai. thren, then ye shall give his inherit-
65 For the Lord had said of them. ance unto his kinsman that is next to
y ch. 14. 28,
29.
They ^ shall surely die in the wilder- him of his family, and he shall possess
1 Cor. 10.
5, G.
ness. And there was not left a man it: and it shall be imto the children
* ch. 14. 30. of them, ’'save Caleb the son of Je- of Israel ®a statute of judgment, as K ch. 35. 29.
phunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. the Lord commanded Moses.
12 IF And the Lord said unto Moses,
CHAPTER XXVII.
Get thee up into this mount Abarim, hch. 33.47.
1 The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance. 6 The Deut. 3. 27.
law of inheritances. 12 Moses, heing told of his death, sueth and see the land which I have given & 32. 49.
&34. 1.
for a, successor. 18 Joshua is appointed to succeed him. unto the children of Israel.
* ch. 26. 33.
hen came the daughters of “ Ze- 13 And when thou hast seen it,
& 36.
Josh.
1, 11.
17. 3.
T lophehad, the son of Hepher, the
son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the
thou also ‘shalt be gathered unto
thy people, as Aaron thy brother was
' ch. 20. 24,
28.
Deut.
& 31. 2.
10. 6.
son of Manasseh, of the families of gathered.

Manasseh the son of J oseph and : 14 For ye ^rebelled against my com- k ch. 20. 12,
24.
these are the names of his daugh- mandment in the desert of Zin, in the Deut. 1.37.
& 32. 51.
ters Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and
;
strife of the congregation, to sanctify Ps. 106. 32.
Milcah, and Tirzah. me at the water before their eyes

And they stood before Moses, and that is the water of Meribah in Ka-
‘ > Ex. 17. 7.
before Eleazar the priest, and before desh in the wilderness of Zin.
the princes and all the congregation, 15 IF And Moses spake unto the
hij the door of the tabernacle of the Lord, saying,
congregation, saying, 16 Let the Lord, “the God of the “ ch.
Heh.
16. 22.
12. 9.
b ch. 14. 35.
Our father died in the wilderness, spiritsof all fiesh, set a man over
& 26.64,65.
and he was not in the company of the congregation,
them that gathered themselves toge- 17 "Which may go out before them, “Deut. 31.2.
1 Sam. 8.
cch.16. 1,2. ther against the Lord "in the com- and which may go in before them, 20.
2 Cliron.
& 18.13.
pany of Korah but died in his own
; and which may lead them out, and 1 10. .
sin, and had no sons. which may bring them in; that the
;
Offerings are to he observed. NUMBERS, XXVIII. The continual burnt offering.
Before congregation of the Loed be not °as which was ordained in mount Sinai Before
CHKIST CHRIST
1452 .
sheep which have no shepherd. for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made 1452 .
0 1 Ban. 22.
18 IF And the Lord said unto Moses, by fire unto the Lord.
17. Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a 7 And the drink offering thereof
Zech. 10. 2.
Matt. 9. 36.
Mark 6. 34.
man în whom is the spirit, and “^lay shall be the fourth part of an hin
PGen.41.38. thine hand upon him; for the one lamb: ®in the \\o\y place e Ex. 29. 42.
Judg. 3. 10.
& 11. 29. 19 And set him before Eleazar the shalt thou cause the strong wine to
Sam.
1
13. 18.
16.
priest, and before all the congrega- be poured unto the Lord for a drink
1 Deu. 34. 9. tion and give him a charge in their
;
offering.
r Deu. 31. 7.
sight. 8 And the other lamb shalt thou
• See ch.
17,28.
11. 20 And “
thou shalt put some of thine offer at even: as the meat offering
1 Sam. 10. honour upon him, that all the con- of the morning, and as the drmk of-
6, 9.
2Iun.2.15. gregation of the children of Israel fering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a
‘ Josh. 1. 16, ‘may be obedient. sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet sa-
17.
" See Josh. 21 "And he shall stand before Elea- vour unto the Lord.
zar the priest, who shall ask counsel 9 IF And on the sabbath day two
9. 14.
Judg. 1. 1.
& 20. 18, for him after the judgment of Urim lambs of the first year without spot,
23,26.
1 Sam. 23.
9. & 30. 7. before the Lord: ât his word shall and two tenth deals of flour for a
* Ex. 28. 30. they go out, and at his word they meat offering, mingled with oil, and
y.Tosh. 9.14
1 Sam. 22. shall come in, both he, and all the the drink offering thereof:
10, 13, 15.
children of Israel with him, even all 10 This is ‘‘the burnt offering of ''Ezek.46.4.
the congregation. every sabbath, beside the continual

22 And Moses did as the Lord burnt offering, and his drink offering.
commanded him: and he took Jo- 11 IF And ‘in the beginnmgs of your 1 rh. 10. 10.
1 Sam. 20.5.
shua, and set him before Eleazar the months ye shall offer a burnt offer- 1 Chron.
23 31.
priest, and before all the congre- ing unto the Lord two young bul-
;
2 Chron.
2. 4.
gation : locks, and one ram, seven lambs of Ezra 3. 5.
Neh. 10.33.
23 And he laid his hands upon him, the first year without spot; Isai. 1. 13,
14.
' Deu. 3. 28. and gave him a charge, as the Lord 12 And ‘‘three tenth deals of flour Ezek.
45.
& 31. 7. 17. &
46. 6.
commanded by the hand of Moses. for a meat offering, mingled with oil, Hos. 2. 11.
Col. 2. 16.
for one bullock; and two tenth deals
CHAPTER XXVIII. of flour for a meat offering, mingled
* chap. 15.
4—12.
1 Offerings are to be observed. 3 The continual burnt of-
fering. 9 The offering on the sabbath, 11 on the new with oil, for one ram;
moons, 16 at the passover, 26 in the day of Jirstfruits. 13 And a several tenth deal of flour
And
2
-
Command
the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
the children of Israel,
mingled with oil for a meat oflering
unto one lamb for a burnt offering
;
of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made

and say unto them. My offering, and by fire unto the Lord.
* Lev. " my bread for my sacrifices made by 14 And their drink offerings shall be
3. 11.
& 21 6, 8 .
fire, for â sweet savour unto me,

.
Mai. 1. 7, half an hin of wine unto a bullock,

12
shall ye observe to offer unto me in and the third part of an hin unto a
.
2Heb.
a savour
mv rest.
of their due season. ram, and a fourth part of an hin
3 And thou shalt say unto them. unto a lamb :this is the burnt of-
» Ex. 29. 38. This is the offering made by fire fering of every month throughout the
which ye shall ofl’er unto the Lord; months of the year.
two lambs of the first year without 15 And ‘one kid of the goats for a 1 ver. 22.
ch. 15.24.
SHeh. spot ® day by day, for a continual sin ofl’ermg unto the Lord shall be
in a day.
burnt offering. offered, beside the continual bmait
4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in offering, and his drink oflering.
«Heb.
belwem the morning, and the other lamb 16 “And in the fourteenth day of ™ I’xod. 12.
* 6,18.
the two
ereninns.
shalt thou offer at even the first month is the passover of Lev. 23. 5.
ch. 9. 3.
Ex. 12. 6. 5 And a tenth part of an ephah of
' the Lord. Deut. 16. 1.
' Ex. 16. 36. Ezek.45.21.
ch. 15. 4. flour for a ^meat oflering, mingled 17 "And in the fifteenth day of this “ Lev. 23. 6.
^ Lev.
•Ex.
2. 1.
29. 40.
with the fourth part of an ®hin of month is the feast seven days shall
:
'Ex. 29. 42. beaten oil. unleavened bread be eaten.

See Amos ® Ex. 12. 16.
5.25. 6 It is continual burnt offering, 18 In the "first day shall be an holy Lev. 23. 7.
:
: ; : : :: : : : :
Offerings at the NUMBERS, XXIX. feast of trumpets^

Before convocation; ye shall do no manner have an holy convocation; ye shall Before
CHRIST
1452. of servile work therein: do no servile work: ®it is a day of CHRIST1452.
19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made blowing the trumpets unto you.
by fire for a burnt offering unto the 2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering “Lev. 23. 24.
Lord; two young bullocks, and one for a sweet savour unto the Lord;
ram, and seven lambs of the first one yoimg bullock, one ram, and
P ver. 31. year: ^they shall be unto you with- seven lambs of the first year without
Lev. 22. 20.
oh. 2). 8. out blemish blemish
Deut. 15.
21 . 20 And their meat offering shall he 3 And their meat offering shall he
of flour mingled with oil three tenth : of flour mingled with oil, three tenth
deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and deals for a bullock, and two tenth
two tenth deals for a ram deals for a ram,
21 A several tenth deal shalt thou 4 And one tenth deal for one lamb,
ofl’er for every lamb, thi’oughout the throughout the seven lambs:
seven lambs 5 And one kid of the goats for a
<1 ver. 15.
22 And “ône goat for a sin offering, sin offering, to make an atonement
to make an atonement for you. for you
23 Ye shall ofter these beside the 6 Beside the burnt offering of the
’’ »> ch. 28. 11.
burnt offering in the morning, wliich month, and his meat offering, and
is for a continual burnt oflermg. "
the daily burnt offering, and his « ch. 28. 3.
24 After this manner ye shall offer meat offermg, and their drink offer-
daily, throughout the seven days, the ings, according unto their manner,
**
“ ch. 15. 11,
12
meat of the sacrifice made by Are, of
.
for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made

a sweet savour unto the Lord it shall : by unto the Lord.
fire
be offered beside the continual burnt 7 1 And® ye shall have on the tenth • Lev. 16. 29.
& 23. 27.
offering, and his drink offering. day of this seventh month an holy
r Ex. 12. 16. 25 And on the seventh day ye shall convocation and ye shall ^ afflict 'Ps.35.13.
& 13. 6. ;
Isai. 58. 5.
Lev. 23. 8. have an holy convocation; ye shall your souls ye shall not do any work
:
do no servile work. therein

« Ex. 23. 16. 26 ^ Also ®m the day of the first- 8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering
&34. 22.
Lev. 23. 10, fruits, when ye bring a new meat offer- unto the Lord for a sweet savour;
1.5.
Deu. 16.10. ing unto the Lord, after your weeks one young bullock, one ram, a7id
Acts 2. 1.
he out, ye shall have an holy convo- seven lambs of the first year ^ they ;
*ch.28.19.
cation ye shall do no servile work

;
shall be unto you without blemish
27 But ye shall offer the burnt of- 9 And their meat offering shall he
fering for a sweet savour unto the of flour mmgled with
oil, three tenth
* See Lev. Lord; *two young bullocks, one ram, deals to a bullock, and two tenth
23. 18, 19.
seven lambs of the first year; deals to one ram,
28 And their meat offering of flour 10 Aseveral tenth deal for one lamb,
mingled with oil, three tenth deals throughout the seven lambs
unto one bullock, two tenth deals 11 One kid of the goats for a sin
unto one ram, oflering; beside '"the sin offering of h Lev. 16.
3,5.
29 A several tenth deal unto one atonement, and the continual burnt
lamb, throughout the seven lambs; offering, and the meat offering of it,
30 And one kid of the goats, to and their drmk offerings.
make an atonement for you. 12 H And on the fifteenth day of
* I Lev. 23. 34.
Deu. 16. 13.
31 Ye shall ofler them beside the con- the seventh month ye shall have an Ezek. 45.
25.
tinual burnt oflering, and his meat of- holy convocation ye shall do no ser-
;
” ver. 19. fering, ("they shall be unto you with- vile work, and ye shall keep a feast
out blemish) and their drink offerings. unto the Lord seven days
13 And ""ye shall ofler a burnt of- “Ezras. 4.
CHAPTER XXIX. fering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a
1 The offering at the feast of trumpets, 7 at the day of
afflicting their souls, 13 and on the eight days of the sweet savour unto the Lord thirteen ;
feast of tahernacles. young bullocks, two rams, and four-

ND
A first
in the seventhmonth, on the
day of the month, ye shall
teen lambs of the first year; they
shall be without blemish
::: : : :; : : :: : :
and on the other feasts NUMBERS, XXIX. and solemn days.

Before
Before 14 And their meat offering shall he 28 And one goat for a sin offering; CHRIST
CHRIST
1452 of flour mingled with oil, three tenth beside the continual burnt offering. 1452.
deals unto every bullock of the thir- and his meat offering, and his druik
teen bullocks, two tenth deals to each offering.
ram of the two rams, 29 ^ And on
the sixth day eight bul-
15 And a several tenth deal to each locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs
lamb of the fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish
16 And one kid of the goats for 30 And their meat offering and their
a sin offering; beside the continual drink offerings for the bullocks, for
burnt offering, his meat offering, and the rams, and for the lambs, shall he
his drmk offering. according to their number, after the
17 IF And on
the second day ye shall manner
offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, 31 And one goat for a sin offering;
fourteen lambs of the first year with- beside the conthiual burnt offering.
out spot his meat offering, and his drink of-
18 And their meat offering and their fering.
drink offerings for the bulloclts, for 32 IF And on
the seventh day seven
the rams, and for the lambs, shall he bullocks, rams, and fourteen
two
• ver. 3, 4, according to their number, after the ^
lambs of the first year without ble-
9, 10.
ch. 15. 12. manner niish
& 28. 7, 14.
19 And one kid of the goats for 33 And their meat offering and their
a sin offering; beside the continual drink offerings for the bullocks, for
burnt offering, and the meat offering the rams, and for the lambs, shall he
thereof, and their drink offerings. according to their number, after the
20 IF And on the third day eleven manner
bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of 34 And one goat for a sin offering;
the first year without blemish beside the continual burnt offermg.
21 And their meat offering and their his meat offering, and his drink of-
drink offerings for the bullocks, for fering.
the rams, and for the lambs, shall he 35 IF On the eighth day ye shall have
“ ver. 18. according to their number, ” after the a “solemn assembly: ye shall do no “Lev. 23.36.
manner servile work therein:

22 And one goat for a sin offering; 36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering.
beside the continual burnt offering. a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet
and his meat offering, and his drink savour mito the Lord one bullock,
:
offering. one ram, seven lambs of the first

23 IF And on
the fourth day ten bul- year without blemish
locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs 37 Their meat offering and their
of the first year without blemish drink offerings for the bullock, for
24 Their meat offering and their the ram, and for the lambs, shall he
drink offerings for the bullocks, for accordmg to their number, after the
the rams, and for the lambs, shall he manner
according to their number, after the 38 And one goat for a sin offering;
manner beside the continual burnt offering.
25 And one kid of the goats for and his meat offermg, and his diink
a sin offering; beside the continual offering.
burnt offering, his meat offering, and 39 These things ye shall ^do unto 2 Or, offer.
his drink offering. the Lord in your “set feasts, beside ® Ley. 23. 2.
26 IF And on the fifth day nine bul- your ^vows, and your freemU offer- 23. 31.
locks, tw'o rams, and fourteen lambs ings, for your burnt and
offerings, 31.3.
Ezra 3. 5.
of the first year without spot for your meat offerings, and for your Neh.10.33.
Isai. 1. 14.
27 And their meat offering and their drink offermgs, and for your peace P Lev. 7. 11,
drink offerings for the bullocks, for offerings.

16. &22.
21, 23.
the rams, and for the lambs, shall he 40 And Moses told the children of
according to their number, after the Israel according to all that the Lord
manner commanded Moses.
: : :
Of vows, and NUMBERS, XXX, XXXI. their exception.
Before 12 But her husband hath utterly

if Before
CHRIST CHAPTER XXX. made them void on the day he heard
CHRIST
1452 .
1 Vows are not to he broken. 3 The exception of a maid’s 1462 .
vow. Q Of a wife’s. 9 Of a widow’s, or her that is them ; then whatsoever proceeded out
divorced. of her lips concerning her vows, or
»ch.l.4,16.
&7. 2.
AND Moses spake unto “the heads concerning the bond of her soul, shall
of the tribes concerning the chil- not stand: her husband hath made
dren of Israel, saying, This is the thing them void; and the Lord shall for-
which the Lord hath commanded. give her.
b Lev. 27. 2.
2 *’If a man vow a vow unto the 13 Every vow, and every binding
Deu.23.21.
Judg. 11. Lord, or “swear an oath to bind his oath to afflict the soul, her husband
30, 35.
Eccles. 5.4. soul with a bond he shall not ^ break
;
may establish it, or her husband may
® Lev. 5. 4.
Matt. 14. 9. his word, he shall do according to make it void.
Acts 23. 14.
SHeb.
all that proceedeth out of his mouth. 14 But
if her husband altogether
Vrofam, 3 If a woman also vow a vow unto hold his peace at her from day to
Ps. 55. 20.
« Job 22. 27. the Lord, and bind herself hj a bond, day; then he establisheth all her vows,
Ps. 22. 25.
& 50. 14. heing in her father’s house in her youth; or all her bonds, which are upon her
& 6fi. 13,
4 And her father hear her vow, and he confirmeth them, because he held
14. & 116.
14, 18.
Nah. 1.15.
her bond wherewith she hath bound his peace at her in the day that he
her soul, and her father shall hold his heard them.
peace at her then all her vows shall
: 15 But if he shall any ways make
stand, and every bond wherewith she them void after that he hath heard
hath bound her soul shall stand. them ; then he shall bear her iniquity.
5 But if her father disallow her in 16 These are the statutes, which the
the day that he heareth; not any of Lord commanded Moses, between a
her vows, or of her bonds wherewith man and his wife, between the father
she hath bound her soul, shall stand and his daughter, heing yet in her
and the Lord shall forgive her, be- youth in her father’s house.
cause her father disallowed her.
6 And if she had at all an husband,
CHAPTER XXXI.
1 The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain. 13 Moses
3 Heb. her
vows were
when ®she vowed, or uttered ought is wroth with the officers, for saving the women alive.
upon her, out of her lips, wherewith she bound 19 How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to
Pb. 56. 12. he purified. 25 The proportion whereby the prey is to he
her soul; divided. 48 The voluntary oblation unto the treasury of
7 And her husband heard it, and the Lord.
held his peace at her in the day AND the Lord spake unto Moses,
that he heard it then her vows shall xX saying,
stand, and her bonds wherewith she 2 “Avenge the children of Israel of “ch.25.17.
bound her soul shall stand. the Midianites afterward shalt thou
:
® Gen. 3. 16. 8 But if her husband “disallowed '’be gathered unto thy people. b ch. 27. 13.
her on the day that he heard it; 3 And Moses spake unto the people,
then he shall make her vow which saying. Arm some of yourselves unto
she vowed, and that which she ut- the war, and let them go against the
tered with her lips, wherewith she Midianites, and avenge the Lord of
bound her soul, of none effect: and Midian.
the Lord shall forgive her. 4 Ôf every tribe a thousand, through- 2 Heb. A
thousand
9 But every vow of a widow, and of out all the tribes of Israel, shall ye of a tribe,
a thousarid
her that is divorced, wherewith they send to the war. gf a tribe.
have bormd their souls, shall stand 5 So there were delivered out of the
against her. thousands of Israel, a thousand of
10 And if she vowed in her hus- every tribe, twelve thousand armed
band’s house, or bound her soul by for war.
a bond with an oath; 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a
11 And her husband heard it, and thousand of every tribe, them and Phi-
held his peace at her, and disallowed nehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
her not then all her vows shall stand,
: to the war, with the holy instruments,
and every bond wherewith she bound and “the trumpets to blow in his hand. o ch. 10. 9.
her soul shall stand. 7 And they warred against the Mi-
:
Moses is wroth with the officers. NUMBERS, XXXI, How the prey is to he divided.
Before dianites, Lokd commanded work of goats’ hair, and aU things

as the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1452. Moses and "^they slew all the ®males. made of wood.
; 1452.
8 And they slew the kings of Midian, 21 And Eleazar the priest said un-
If
Judg.21.11.
1 Sara. 27. 9.
beside the rest of them that were to the men of war which went to the
1 Kin. 11. slain ;
namely, ^
Evi, and Rekem, and battle. This is the ordinance of the law
16, 16.
• See Judg. Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of which the Lord commanded Moses ;
6. 1, 2, 23.
'Josh. 13 21. Midian ^Balaam also the son of Beor
:
22 Only the gold, and the silver, the
* Josh. 13. they slew with the sword. brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead.
22.
9 And the children of Israel took 23 Every thing that may abide the
all the women of Midian captives, fire, ye shall make it go through the
and their little ones, and took the fire, and it shall be clean neverthe- :
spoil of all their cattle, and all their less it shall be purified ^ uith the 4 ch. 19. 9,
17.
flocks, and all their goods. water of separation and all that :
10 And they burnt all their cities abideth not the fire ye shall make
wherein they dwelt, and all their go through the water.
goodly castles, with fire. 24 “Ând ye shall wash your clothes 'Lev. 11. 25.
Deut. 20. 11 And ''they took all the spoil, and on the seventh day, and ye shall be
14.
allthe prey, both of men and of beasts. clean, and afterward ye shall come
12 And they brought the captives, into the camp.
and the prey, and the spoil, unto 25 If And the Lord spake unto Mo-
Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and ses, saying,
unto the congregation of the children 26 Take the sum of the prey - that * Heh.cifthe
captivitii.
of Israel, unto the camp at the plains was taken, both of man and of beast,
of Moab, which are by Jordan near thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the
Jericho. chief fathers of the congregation
13 IT And Moses, and Eleazar the 27 And “divide the prey into two " J(»h. 22. 8.
I ^SttriU. 30*
priest, and all the princes of the con- parts; between them that took the 24.
gregation, went forth to meet them war upon them, who went out to
without the camp. and between all the congre-
battle,
14 And Moses was v^roth with the gation :
officers of the host, with the captains 28 And levy a tribute unto the Lord
over thousands, and captains over hun- of the men of war which went out to
* Heb. hotl
dreds, which came from the ^battle. battle *
:one soul of five hundred. ‘ See ver.
3<), 47.&
15 And Moses said unto them. Have both of the persons, and of the beeves. ch. 18. 26.
‘ See Deut. ye saved all the women alive ?

'
and of the asses, and of the sheep :
20. 14.
1 Sam. 15. 3. 16 Behold, ^ these caused the chil- 29 Take it of their half, and give it
ch. 25. 2.
•eh 94 14
dren of Israel, through the 'counsel unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave
2 Pet. 2.15.
Rev. 2. 14.
of Balaam, to commit trespass against offering of the Lord.
the Lord in the matter of Peor, and 30 And of the children of Israel’s
“ ch. 25. 9. “there was a plague among the con- half, thou shalt take "one portion of “ See ver.
42,-^7.
gregation of the Lord. fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of
“ Judg. 21. 17 Now therefore “kiU every male the asses, and of the ® flocks, of all s Or, goats.
11.
among the little ones, and kill every manner of beasts, and give them unto
woman that hath known man by lying the Levites, '"which keep the charge * ch, 3. 7.
2.5 31
8,
*Heb. Avith ®him. of the tabernacle of the Lord. & 18.3, 4.

a male.
18 But aU the women children, that 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest
have not known a man by lying with did as the Lord commanded Moses.
him, keep alive for yourselves. 32 And the booty, being the rest of
® ch. 5. 2.
19 And “do ye abide without the the prey which the men of war had
camp seven days whosoever hath : caught, was six hundred thousand
P ch. 19. 11, killed any person, and ^ whosoever and seventy thousand and five thou-
&c.
hath touched any slain, purify both sand sheep.
yourselves and your captives on the 33 And threescore and twelve thou-
third day, and on the seventh day. sand beeves.
inimi'iif
or, vessel
20 And purify all your raiment, and 34 And threescore and one thou-
<lf skins. aU ^that is made of skins, and aU sand asses,
: : : ;
The prey divided. NUMBERS, XXXII. Oblation of the officers.
Before
35 And thirty and two thousand per- chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1452. sons in all, of women that had not and tablets, “to make an atonement 1452.
known man by lying with him. for our souls before the Lord. “ Ex. 30. 12,
36 And the half, which was the por- 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest 16.
tion of them that went out to war, took the gold of them, even all wrought
was in number three hundred thou- jewels.
sand and seven and thirty thousand 52 And the gold of the ôffering
all ® Heb. heave
offering.
and five hundred sheep that they offered up to the Lord, of
37 And the Lokd’s tribute of the the captains of thousands, and of the
sheep was six hundred and three- captains of hundreds, was sixteen
score and fifteen. thousand seven hundred and fifty
38 And the beeves were thirty and shekels.
six thousand; of which the Lord’s 53 {For ’’the men of war had taken *>Deu.20.14.
2
tribute was threescore and twelve. spoil, every man for himself.)
39 And the asses were thirty thou- 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest
sand and five hundred; of which the took
3 the gold of the captains of thou-
Lord’s tribute was threescore and sands and of himdreds, and brought
one. 4
it into the tabernacle of the congre-
40 And the persons were sixteen gation, '"for a memorial for the chil- 0 Ex. 30. 16.
thousand; of which the Lord’s tri- 5

dren of Israel before the Lord.
bute was thirty and two persons.
41 And Moses gave the tribute, 6 CHAPTER XXXII.
1 The Beubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance on
which was the Lord’s heave ofiering, that side Jordan. Q Moses reproveth them. IQ They offer
y See ch. 18. unto Eleazar the priest, ’âs the Lord 7him conditions to his content. 33 Moses assigneth them
8,19. the land. 39 They conquer it.
commanded Moses.
42
half,
And
of the children of Israel’s
which Moses divided from the
men that warred,
NOW
8 the children of Reuben and
the children of Gad had a very
great multitude of cattle and when :
43 (Now the half that pertained unto they saw the land of “Jazer, and the “ ch. 21. 32.
Josh. 13. 25.
the congregation was three hundred land of Gilead, that, behold, the place 2 Sam. 24.5.
thousand and thirty thousand and was a place for cattle

seven thousand and five hundred The children of Gad and the chil-
sheep, dren of Reuben came and spake unto
44 And thirty and slk thousand Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and
beeves, unto the princes of the congregation,
45 And thirty thousand asses and saying,
five hundred, Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and
46 And
sixteen thousand persons ;) ’’Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, *>
ver. 36,
Belh-nim-
2 vcr. 30.
47 Even of the cliildren of Israel’s and “Shebam, and Nebo, and ‘’Beon, 0
rah.
ver. 38
half, Moses took one portion of fifty, Even the country “which the Lord tShihmoh,
both of man and of beast, and gave smote before the congregation of ver. 38,
Baal.mecn.
them unto the Levites, which kept the Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy
e ch. 21.
34.
24,
charge of the tabernacle of the Lord ;

servants have cattle
as the Lord commanded Moses. Wherefore, said they, if we have
48 IF And the officers which were over found grace in thy sight, let this land
thousands of the host, the captains of be given unto thy servants for a pos-
thousands, and captains of hundreds, session, and bring us not over J ordan.
came near unto Moses IF And Moses said unto the chil-
49 And they said unto Moses, Thy dren of Gad and to the children of
servants have taken the sum of the Reuben, Shall your brethren go to
men of war which are under our war, and shall ye sit here?
* Heb. hand. ^charge, and there lacketh not one And wherefore ^discourage ye the ® Heb. treat.
man of us. heart of the children of Israel from

50 Wehave therefore brought an going over into the land which the
»Heb.
oblation for the Lord, what every Lord hath given them ?
found. man hath ® gotten, of jewels of gold. Thus did your fathers, ^when I fch.13.3,26.
: : : :
The Reiibenites and Gadites NUMBERS, XXXII. sue for their inheritance.
Before sent them from Kadesh-barnea ® to over Jordan before the Lord, until Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1452. see the land. he hath driven out his enemies from 1452.
sDeut.1.22. 9 For **
when they went up unto the before him,
« ch. 13. 24,
valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, 22 And '‘the land be subdued before *Deut. 3. 20
31. Josh. 11. 23.
Deut.1.24, they discouraged the heart of the the Lord: then afterward ^ye shall re- & 18. 1.
28. TJosh. 22. 4.
children of Israel, that they should turn, and be guiltless before the Lord,
Deut. 3.12,
not go into the land which the Lord
*
and before Israel and * this land shall
; 15, 16, 14.
had given them. be your possession before the Lord. .Tosh. 1. 15.
& 13. 8, 32.
I ch. 14. 11, 10 'And the Lord’s anger was kindled 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, & 22. 4, 9.
21.
Deut 1.34. the same time, and he sware, saying, ye have sinned against the Lord and :
11 Surely none of the men that came be sure “your sin will find you out. • Gen. 4
& 44. 16.
7.
k ch. 14. 28, up out of Egypt, ^ from twenty years 24 ‘’Build you cities for your little Isai. 59. 12.
P ver. 16, 34,
29.
Deut. 1. 35. old and upward, shall see the land ones, and folds for your sheep and ; &c.
which I sware unto Abraham, unto do that which hath proceeded out of
1 ch. 14. 24, Isaac, and unto Jacob; because Hhey your mouth.
30.
SHeb. have not ^ wholly followed me 25 And the children of Gad and the
fulfilled
after me. 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh children of Reuben spake unto Moses,
the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of saying. Thy servants will do as my
® ch. 14. 24.
Nun ” for they have wholly followed
: lord commandeth.
Deut. 1. 36.
Josh. 14. the Lord. 26 ®Our little ones, our wives, our ® Josh. 1. 14.
8,9.
13 And the Lord’s anger was kin- flocks, and all our cattle, shall be
dled against Israel, and he made them there in the cities of Gilead
n ch. 14. 33, ” wander in the wilderness forty years, 27 ‘‘But thy servants will pass over, ^ Josh. 4. 12.
34,35.
® ch. 26. 64, until ° all the generation, that had every man armed for war, before the
65.
done evil in the sight of the Lord, Lord to battle, as my lord saith.
was consumed. 28 So ® concerning them Moses com- ® Josh. 1.13.
14 And, behold, ye are risen up in manded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua
your fathers’ stead, an increase of sin- the son of Nun, and the chief fathers
P Deu. 1. 34. ful men, to augment yet the ^ fierce of the tribes of the children of Israel
anger of the Lord toward Israel. 29 And Moses said unto them', If the
<jDeu. 30.17. 15 For if ye ’turn away from after children of Gad and the children of
Josh. 22.
16J8. him, he will yet again leave them in Reuben will pass with you over Jor-
2 Cliron. 7.
19. & 15. 2. the wilderness; and ye shall destroy dan, every man armed to battle, be-
all this people. fore the Lord, and the land shall be
16 IF And
they came near unto him, subdued before you; then ye shall
and said. We
will build sheepfolds give them the land of Gilead for a
here for our cattle, and cities for our possession
little ones: 30 But if they will not pass over
r ,Tosh. 4. 12, 17 But 'we ourselves will go ready with you armed, they shall have pos-
13.
armed before the children of Israel, sessions among you in the land of
until we have brought them unto Canaan.
their place and our little ones shall
: 31 And the children of Gad and the
dwell in the fenced cities because of children of Reuben answered, saying.
the inhabitants of the land. As the Lord hath said unto thy ser-
• .Tosh. 22. 4.
18 ®We will not return unto our vants, so will we do.
houses, until the children of Israel 32 We will pass over armed before
have inherited every man his inhe- the Lord into the land of Canaan, that
ritance. the possession of our inheritance on
19 For we will not inherit with them this side Jordan may he our’s.
on yonder side Jordan, or forward; 33 And Moses gave unto them, even f Deut.
12,-17.
3.
‘ ver. 33. ‘because our inheritance is fallen to to the children of Gad, and to the & 29. 8.
•Tosh. 12. 1. Josh. 12. 6.
& 13. 8. us on this side Jordan eastward. children of Reuben, and unto half the & 13. 8.
& 22. 4.
"Deut. 3.18.
Josh. 1. 14.
20 t And " Moses said unto them. If tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph,
& 4. 12, 13. ye will do this thing, if ye will go ®the kingdom of Sihon king of the E ch. 21. 24,
33,35.
armed before the Lord to war, Amorites, and the kingdom of Og
21 And will go all of you armed king of Bashan, the land, with the
Two and forty journeys NUMBERS, XXXTII. of the Israelites,
Before cities thereof in the coasts, even the and pitched in Etham, which is in the CHRIST
Before
CHKIST
1452. cities of the country round about. edge of the wilderness. 1491.
34 IF And the children of Gad built 7 And ’’they removed from Etham, »Ex.l4.2,9.
“^.33.45,
46.
‘‘Dibon, and Ataroth, and ‘Aroer, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth,
1 Dent. 2. 36. 35 And Atroth, Shophan, and ''Jaa- which is before Baal-zephon :and
k ver. 1, 3.
Jazer. zer, and Jogbehah, they pitched before Migdol.
1 ver. 3,
Nimrah. 36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-
'
8 And they departed from before
“ ver. 24. haran, “ fenced cities and folds for : Pi-hahiroth, and ’passed through the > Ex. 14. 22.
& 15. 22, 23.
sheep. midst of the sea into the wilderness,
37 And the children of Reuben and went three days’ journej'^ in the
n ch. 21. 27. " built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and wilderness of Etham, and pitched in
Kirjathaim, Marah.
o Isai. 46. 1. 38 And “Nebo, and **
Baal-meon, 9 And they removed from Marah,
P ch. 22. 41.
<1 See ver. 3.
(•* names being changed,) and
their and came unto Elim and in Elim
:
x Ex. 15. 27.
Ex. 23.13.
Josh. 23. 7.
Shibmah and ^ gave other names
: wei'e twelve fountains of water, and
* Heb. they unto the cities which they builded. threescore and ten palm trees; and
called by 2
names the
names of
39 And
the children of Machir the they pitched there.
the cities. son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and 10 And they removed from Elim,
rGen.50.23.
3
took it, and dispossessed the Amorite and encamped by the Red sea.
which was in it. 11 And they removed from the Red
•Dent. 3. 12, 40 And Moses
gave Gilead unto " sea, and encamped in the wilderness
’ 1 Ex. 16.1.
13, 15.
Jo8h.13.31. Machir
4 the son of Manasseh and he ; of Sin.
& 17. 1. 12 And they took their journey out
dwelt therein.
*Deut. 3. 14. 5 And ‘Jair the son of Manasseh
41 of the wilderness of Sin, and encamp-
.Tosh.lS. 30.
1 Chron. 2. went and took the small towns there- ed in Dophkah.
6
21, 22, 23.
“Judg.lO. 4. of, and called them " Havoth-jair. 13 And they departed from Doph-
1 Kin. 4. 13.
42 And Nobah went and took Ke- kah, and encamped in Alush.
nath, and the villages thereof, and 14 And they removed from Alush,
called it Nobah, after his own name. and encamped at “Rephidim, where n> Ex. 17.
& 19. 2.
1.
CHAPTER XXXIII. was no water for the people to drink.

1 Two and forty journeys of the Israelites. 50 The Canaan- 15 And they departed from Re phi- 1490.
ites are to he destroyed.
dim, and pitched in the “wilderness “ Ex. 16. 1.
& 19. 1,
hese
are the journeys of the
2.
T children of Israel, which went

forth out of the land of Egypt with
of Sinai.
16 And they removed from the de-
sert of Sinai, and pitched °at ^Ki-
o ch. 11. 34.
* That i8.
their armies under the hand of Mo- broth-hattaavah. The graves

ofltwt.
ses and Aaron. 17 And they departed from Kibroth-
And Moses wrote their goings hattaavah, and '’encamped at Hazeroth. Pch. 11.35.
out according to their journeys by 18 And they departed from Haze-

the commandment of the Lord and : roth, and pitched in Rithmah. <i ch. 12. 16.
these are their journeys according 19 And they departed from Rithmah,
to their goings out. and pitched at Rimmon-parez.
•Ex. 12.
1491.
37. And they * departed from Rameses 20 And they departed from Rimmon-
P Ex. 12. 2. in ’’the first month, on the fifteenth parez, and pitched in Libnah.
&13.4. day of the first month on the mor- ; 21 And they removed from Libnah,
row after the passover the children and pitched at Rissah.
« Ex. 14. a of Israel went out “ with an high hand 22 And they journeyed from Rissah,
in the sight of all the Egyptians. and pitched in Kehelathah.
For the Egyptians buried all their 23 And thej'^ went from Kehelathah,
d Ex. 12. 29.
firstborn, which the Lord had smit-
**
and pitched in mount Shapher.
• Ex. 12. 12. ten among them ® upon their gods : 24 And they removed from mount
& 18. 11.
Isai. 19. 1. also the Lord executed judgments. Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
Rev. 12. 8.
t Ex. 12. 37. Ând the children of Israel re- 25 And they removed from Haradah,
moved from Rameses, and pitched in and pitched in Makheloth.
Succoth. 26 And they removed from Makhe-
« Ex. 13. 20. And they departed from ® Succoth, loth, and encamped at Tahath.
: ; ;
:
Two and forty journeys NUMBEKS, XXXIV. of the Israelites.
Before
CHRIST
27 And
they departed from Tahath, mountains of Abarim, and ‘‘pitched Before
1490. and pitched at Tarah. Moab by Jordan near CHRIST

in the plains of 1452.
28 And they removed from Tarah, Jericho. »* ch. 22. 1.
and pitched in Mithcah. 49 And they pitched by Jordan,
29 And they went from Mithcah, and from Beth-jesimoth even unto ^ Abel- ‘ * Or, The
plains </
pitched in Hashmonah. shittim in the plains of Moab. Shittim.
30 And they departed from Hash- 50 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo- ch. 25. 1.
‘
Josh. 2. 1.
r Dent. 10. 6. monah, and encamped at Moseroth. ses in the plains of Moab by Jordan
31 And they departed from Mose- 7iear Jericho, saying,
roth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan. 51 Speak unto the children of Israel,
• See Gen. 32 And they removed from ® Bene- and say unto them, ‘'When ye are Dent. 7. 1,
a;. 27. 2. & 9. 1.
jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagid-
:
Dent. 10. 6.
‘
passed over Jordan into the land of Josh. 3. 17.
1 Chron. 1.
42. gad. Canaan
Dent. 10. 7.
33 And they went from Hor-hagid- 52 ‘Then ye shall drive out all the 1 Ex. 23. 24,
33.&34.13.
gad, and pitched in Jotbathah. inhabitants of the land from before Deut. 7. 2,
5. & 12. 3.
34 And they removed from Jotbath- you, and destroy all their pictures, Josh.11.12.
Judg. 2. 2.
ah, and encamped at Ebronah. and destroy all their molten images,
35 And they departed from Ebronah, and quite pluck down all their high
“ Dent.
1 Kings
2. 8.
9.
” and encamped at Ezion-gaber. places
26.&22.48. 36 And they removed from Ezion- 53 And ye shall dispossess the inha-
1453.
» ch. 20. 1.
gaber, and pitched in the ’'wilderness bitants of the land, and dwell therein
& 27. 14. of Zin, which is Kadesh. for I have given you the land to pos-
» ch. 20. 22, 37 And they removed from * Kadesh, sess it.
23. &
21. 4.
and pitched in mount Hor, in the 54 And“ ye shall divide the land by "> ch. 26. 53,
54, 55.
edge of the land of Edom. lot for an inheritance among your
Tch.20.25, 38 And y Aaron the priest went np families and to the more ye shall
:
28.
Dent. 10. 6. into mount Hor at the command- ®give the more inheritance, and to SHeb.
multiply his
&32.50.
ment of the Lord, and died there, in the fewer ye shall ^ give the less in- inheritance.
4 Heb.
the fortieth year after the children heritance every man’s inheritance
: dimini^ his
inheritance.
of Israel were come out of the land shall be in the place where his lot
of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth falleth according to the tribes of
;
month. your fathers ye shall inherit.

1452. 39 And Aaron was an hundred and 55 But if ye will not drive out the in-
twenty and three years old when he habitants of the land from before you
died in mount Hor. then it shall come to pass, that those
• ch. 21. 1, 40 And *king Arad the Canaanite, which ye let remain of them shall be
&c.
which dwelt in the south in the land ” pricks in your eyes, and thorns in “Josh. 23.13.
Judg. 2. 3.
of Canaan, heard of the coming of your sides, and shall vex you in the Ps. 106. 34,
36.
the children of Israel. land wherein ye dwell. See Exod.
23. 33.
41 And they departed from mount 56 Moreover it shall come to pass, Ezek. 28.
24.
•ch. 21. 4. “ Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. that I shall do unto you, as I thought
42 And they departed from Zalmo- to do unto them.
nah, and pitched in Punon. CHAPTER XXXIV.
43 And they departed from Punon, 1 The borders of the land, 16 The names of the men which
^
'>ch. 21.10. and pitched in Oboth. shall divide the land.
And from nd Lord spake unto Moses,

'ch. 21.11.
* Or,
Abarim.
<if
*ch. 21.11.
Heaps
44
and
‘they
pitched
border of Moab.
in
departed
Ije-abarim,
Oboth,
in the _ A the
saying,
2 Command the children of Israel,
45 And they departed from lim, and and say unto them. When ye come
•ch. 32.34. pitched ®in Dibon-gad. into ® the land of Canaan (this is the
;
* Gen.
Deut.
17. 8.
1. 7.
46 Andtheyremoved from Dibon-gad, land that shall fall unto you for an Ps. 78. 55.
& 105. 11.
'Jer.48. 22.
Ezek.6.14.
and encamped in Almon-^ diblathaim. inheritance, even the land of Canaan Ezek. 47.
14.
47 And they removed from Almon- with the coasts thereof:)
' ch. 21. 20. diblathaim, ® and pitched in the moun- 3 Then your south quarter shall be
‘’ Josh. 15.
See Ezek.
1.
Deu. 32.49.
tains of Abarim, before Nebo. from the wilderness of Zin along by &c.
47. 13,
48 And they departed from the the coast of Edom, and your south
: : : : : :: :
The horders of the land. NUMBERS, XXXV. Those which shall divide it.
Before
CHEIST
border shall be the outmost coast of 16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Before
CHEIST
1452.
® the salt
sea eastward saying, 1452.
® Gen. 14. 3.
4 And your border shall turn from 17 These are the names of the men
Josh.
d Josh. 15. 3.
15. 2. the south ^ to the ascent of Akrabbim, which shall divide the land unto you
and pass on to Zin: and the going 'Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the Josh. 14. 1.
& 19. 51.
forth thereof shall be from the south son of Nun.
e ch. 13. 26.
& 32. 8.
® to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to 18 And ye shall take one ® prince of ® ch. 1. 4, 16.
* See Josh. ^ Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon every tribe, to divide the land by in-
15. 3. 4.
5 And the border shall fetch a com- heritance.
eGen.1.5.18. pass from Azmon ®unto the river of 19 And the names of the men are
Josh. 15. 4,
47. Egypt, and the goings out of it shall these Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb
:
1 Kin. 8.65.
Isai 27. 12. be at the sea. the son of Jephunneh.
6 And as for the western border, ye 20 And of the tribe of the children
shall even have the great sea for a bor- of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Am-
der: this shall be your west border. mihud.
7 And this shall be your north bor- 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad
der from the great sea ye shall point
: the son of Chislon.
^
tch. 33.37. out for you mount Hor 22 And the prince of the tribe of
8 From mount Hor ye shall point the children of Dan, Bukki the son
« ch. 13. 21. out your border unto the entrance
*
of Jogli.
2 Kin. 14.
25. of Hamath; and the goings forth of 23 The prince of the children of Jo-
i Ezek. 47. the border shall be to ^ Zedad seph, for the tribe of the children of
15.
9 H And the border shall go on to Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall 24 And the prince of the tribe of
> Ezek. 47. be at Hazar-enan this shall be your
^
: the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the
17.
north border. son of Shiphtan.
10 And ye shall point out your east 25 And the prince of the tribe of
border from Hazar-enan to Shepham the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan
11 And the coast shall go down from the son of Parnach.
“ 2 Kin. 23. Shepham “ to Riblah, on the east side 26 And the prince of the tribe of
33.
Jer. 39. 5, 6. of Ain and the border shall descend,
;
the children of Issachar, Paltiel the
2Heb.
shoulder.
and shall reach unto the ^ side of the son of Azzan.
“Dent. 3.17. sea “ of Chinnereth eastward 27 And the prince of the tribe of the
Josh. 11. 2.
& 19. 35. 12 And the border shall go down to children of Asher, Ahihud the son of
Mat. 14. 34.
Luke 5. 1. Jordan, and the goings out of it shall Shelomi.
° ver. 3.
be at ° the salt sea this shall be your
: 28 And the prince of the tribe of
land with the coasts thereof round the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the
about. son of Ammihud.
13 And Moses commanded the chil- 29 These are they whom the Lord
P ver. 1.
Josh. 14.
dren of Israel, saying, ^’This is the commanded to divide the inheritance
1, 2 .
land which ye shall inherit by lot, unto the children of Israel in the land
which the Lord commanded to give of Canaan.
unto the nine tribes, and to the half CHAPTER XXXV.
tribe
1 ch. 32. 33.
1 Eight and forty cities for the Levites with their suburbs, and’
Josh. 14. 14 “^For the tribe of the children of measure thereof. 6 Six of them are to be cities of refuge.
2 3
, .
Reuben according to the house of 9 The laws of murder. 31 No satisfaction for murder.
their fathers, and the tribe of the AND the Lord spake unto Moses 1451.
children of Gad according to the in the plains of Moab by Jordan

house of their fathers, have received near Jericho, saying,
their inheritance; and half the tribe 2 “ Command the children of Israel, » Josh. 14. 3,
4. & 21. 2.
of Manasseh have received their in- that they give unto the Levites of the See Ezek.
4.5. 1, &c.
heritance : inheritance of their possession cities &48.8,&o.
15 The two tribes and the half tribe to dwell in and ye shall give also un-
;
have received their inheritance on to the Levites suburbs for the cities
this side Jordan near Jericho east- round about them.
ward, toward the sunrising. 3 And the cities shall they have to
:; : : ; :
The laws of murder NUMBERS, XXXY. and manslaughter.

Before dwell in; and the suburbs of them *
for the stranger, and for the sojourn- Before
CHKIST
CHEIST
1451.
shall be for their cattle, and for their er among them : that every one that 1451.
goods, and for all their beasts. killeth any person unawares may flee 1 ch. 15. 16.
4 And the suburbs of the cities, thither.
which ye shall give unto the Levites, 16 “And if he smite him mth an in- ™ Ex. 21.
12, 14.
shall reach from the wall of the city strument of iron, so that he die, he Lev. 24. 17.
Deut. 19.
and outward a thousand cubits round is a murderer: the murderer shall 11 12
, .
about. surely be put to death.

5 And ye shall measure from with- 17 And if he smite him with throw- 2 Heb.
with a stone
out the city on the east side two thou- ing a stone, wherewith he may die, qf the hand.
sand cubits, and on the south side and he die, he is a murderer the :
two thousand cubits, and on the west murderer shaU surely be put to death.
side two thousand cubits, and on the 18 Or i/* he smite him with an hand
north side two thousand cubits; and weapon of wood, wherewith he may
the city shall he in the midst : this die, and he die, he is a murderer:
shall be to them the suburbs of the the murderer shall surely be put to
cities. death.
6 And among the cities which ye 19 “The revenger of blood himself ” ver. 21, 24,
27.
shall give unto the Levites there shall shall slay the murderer when he : Deut.
a 12.
19.
>> ver. 13. he six cities for refuge, which ye shall meeteth him, he shall slay him. Jôsh. 20.
Dent. 4. 41. 3, 5.
Josh. 20. 2, appoint for the manslayer, that he 20 But “if he thrust him of hatred, ® Gen. 4. 8.
7, 8. & 21. may flee thither: and ^to them ye or hurl at liim ^ by laying of wait, that
2Sam.3.27.
3,13,21,27, & 20 10. .
1 Kin. 2.
32, 36, 38.
shall add forty and two cities. he die; 31. 32.
SHeb.
above them 7 So all the cities which ye shall 21 Or in enmity smite liim with his P Ex. 21. 14.
]/e diall give, Deu.19.11.
« Josh. 21.41. give to the Levites shall he ® forty and hand, that he die he that smote him
:
eight cities : them shall ye give with shall surely be put to death; for
their suburbs. he is a murderer: the revenger of
8 And the cities which ye shall give blood shall slay the murderer, when
4 Josh. 21. 3. shall he ^ of the possession of the chil- he meeteth him.
• ch. 26. 54. dren of Israel ® from them that have
: 22 But if he thrust him suddenly
many ye shall give many; but from ’without enmity, or have cast upon « Ex. 21. 13.
them that have few ye shall give few him any thing without laying of wait,
every one shall give of his cities unto 23 Or with any stone, wherewith a
the Levites according to his inherit- man may die, seeing him not, and cast
® Heb. they ance which ® he inheriteth. it upon him, that he die, and ivas not
inherit.
9 H And the Lord spake unto Mo- his enemy, neither sought his harm
ses, saying, 24 Then congregation shall
'^the r ver. 12.
Josh. 20. 6.
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, judge between the slayer and the
'Dent. 19.
Josh. 20.
2. and say unto them, ^ When ye be come revenger of blood according to these
2.
over Jordan into the land of Canaan judgments
» Ex. 21. 13. 11 Then ®ye shall appoint you cities 25 And
the congregation shall de-
to be cities of refuge for you; that liver the slayer out of the hand of
the slayer may flee thither, which kill- the revenger of blood, and the con-
«Heb.
hg error.
eth any person ^ at unawares. gregation shall restore him to the
’’Dent. 19. 6. 12 **And they shall be unto you cities city of his refuge, whither he was
Josh. 20. 3,
5,6. for refuge from the avenger that the
; fled: and “he shall abide in it unto • Josh. 20. 6.
manslayer die not, until ho stand be- the death of the high priest, ‘which t Ex. 29. 7.
Lev. 4. 3.
fore the congregation in judgment. was anointed with the hol}^ oil. & 21 . 10 .
13 And of these cities which ye shall 26 But if the slayer shall at any time
‘ ver. 6. give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
*
come without the border of the city
^Deut. 4.41. 14 ^Ye shall give three cities on this of his refuge, whither he was fled
Josh. 20. 8.
side Jordan, and three cities shall ye 27 And the revenger of blood find
give in the land of Canaan, which him without the borders of the city
shall be cities of refuge. of his refuge, and the revenger of 3 Heb, no
15 These six cities shall be a refuge, blood kill the slayer; ®he shall not hlovd shall
be to him.
hoth for the children of Israel, and be guilty of blood Ex. 22. 2.
N
: : : ;
Of the marriage NUMBERS, XXXYI. of heiresses.

Before 28 Because he should have remain- heritance be taken from the inherit- Before
'
CHKIST CHRIST
1451 . ed in the city of his refuge until the ance of our fathers, and shall be put 1461 .
death of the high priest but after: to the inheritance of the tribe Svhere- * Heb. unto
the death of the high priest the unto they are received so shall it be whom
:
they
shall be.
slayer shall return into the land of taken from the lot of our inheritance.
his possession. 4 And when ^the jubile of the chil- “Lev. 25. 10.
» ch. 27. 11. 29 So these things shall be for " a sta- dren of Israel shall be, then shall
tute of judgment unto you through- their inheritance be put unto the
out your generations in all your inheritance of the tribe whereunto
dwellings. they are received: so shall their in-
30 Whoso killeth any person, the heritance be taken away from the in-
murderer shall be put to death by heritance of the tribe of our fathers.
*Deut.l7.6. the ^ mouth of witnesses : but one 5 And Moses commanded the chil-
& 19. 15.
Mat 18.16. witness shall not testify against any dren of Israel according to the word
2 Cor. 13.1.
Heb.10.28. person to cause him to die. of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the
31 Moreover ye shall take no satis- sons of Joseph “hath said well. ® ch. 27. 7.
faction for the life of a murderer, 6 This is the thing which the Lord
*Heb.
faulty lo
which is ^ guilty of death : but he doth command concerning the daugh-
die. shall be surely put to death. ters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them
32 And ye shall take no satisfaction ® marry to whom they think best s Heb.
be wives.
for him that is fled to the city of his ônly to the family of the tribe of * ver. 12.
refuge, that he should come again to their father shall they marry.
dwell in the land, until the death of 7 So shall not the inheritance of the
the priest. children of Israel remove from tribe to
3
33 So ye shall not pollute the land tribe for every one of the children
:
tPs.106. 38. wherein ye are for blood ^ it defileth of Israel shall ^®keep himself to tlie «Heb.
Mic. 4. 11. cleave to
»Heb. the land : and ® the land cannot be inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. the, &c.
KlEin.21. 3.
there can
be no erpi- cleansed of the blood that is shed 8 And '’every daughter, that pos- 1 Chron.
therein, but "by the blood of him sesseth an inheritance in any tribe of 23.22.
alion for
the land.
* Gen. 9. 6.
that shed it. the children of Israel, shall be wife
•Lev. 18. 25. 34 “ Defile not therefore the land nnto one of the family of the tribe of
Deut. 21.
23. which ye shall inhabit, wherein I her father, that the children of Israel
» Ex. 29. 45, dwell: for ”1 the Lord dwell among may enjoy every man the inheritance
46.
the children of Israel. of his fathers.
9 Neither shall the inheritance re-
CHAPTER XXXVI. move from one tribe to another tribe
1 The inconvenience of the inheritance of daughters 5 is
remedied hy marrying in their own tribes, 7 lest the in-
but every one of the tribes of the
heritance should he removed from the tribe. \0The daugh- children of Israel shall keep himself
ters of Zelopliehad marry their fathers brothers' sons.
to his own inheritance.
• cb. 26. 29. And the chief fathers of the fami-

_ lies of the “children
the son of Machir, the son of Ma- phehad

10 Even as the Lord commanded
of Gilead, Moses, so did the daughters of Zelo-
:
nasseh, of the families of the sons of 11 'For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, ch. 27.i
1.
Joseph, came near, and spake before and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters
Moses, and before the princes, the of Zelophehad, were married unto
chief fathers of the children of Israel their father’s brothers’ sons
•>
ch. 26. 55. 2 And they said, '’The Lord com- 12 And they were married ®into the ® Heb. to
&33. 54. Borae that
Josh. 17. 3. manded my lord to give the land for families of the sons of Manasseh the were of the
families.
an inheritance by lot to the children son of Josepli, and their inheritance
*ch.27.1,7. of Israel : and my lord was com- remained in the tribe of the family
”
.Tosh. 17.
3.4. manded by the Lord to give the in- of their father.
heritance of Zelophehad our brother 13 These are the commandments and
unto his daughters. the judgments, which the Lord com-
And if they be married to any of manded by the hand of Moses unto
the sons of the other tribes of the the children of Israel '‘in the plains k&ch.33.26.50.3.
children of Israel, then shall their in- of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
L
; : : :
THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES,

CALLED
DEUTERONOMY.
Before
CHAPTER I. I
10 The Lord your God hath multipli-
CHRIST
Before
CHBIST 1 Afoses’ speech in the end of the fortieth year, briefly reed you, and, behold, ‘'ye are this day 1451 .
1451 hearsing the story 6 of God’s promise, 13 of giving them j
officers, 19 of sending the spies to search the land, 34 of

I
as the stars of heaven for multitude. ^ Gen. 15. 5.
-God’s anger for their incredulity, 41 and disobedience. 11 (‘The Lord God of your fathers ch. 10. 22.
& 23. 62.
,
hese words which Moses

be the make you a thousand times so many
• Josh. 9. 1,
10
(Sc
.
22. 4, 7.
T spake unto all Israel ® on this side
Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain
more as ye are, and bless you, “ as he
hath promised you !)
»2Sam.24.3.
"“Gen. 15.5.
& 22. 17.
& 26. 4.
I
Ex. 32.13.
over against ^the Red sea, between 12 “How can I myself alone bear
.
I
* Or, Zuph. “ 1 Kin. 3. 1
Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and your cumbrance, and your burden, 8.9. i
Hazeroth, and Dizahab. and your strife ?

2 {There are eleven days’ journey 13 ° ^ Take you wise men, and un- “ See Exo(L
18. 21.
fi’om Horeb by the way of mount derstanding, and knouii among your Num. 11.
16, 17.
•> Num. 13. Seir ’’unto Kadesh-barnea.) tribes, and I will make them rulers * Heb. Give.
26.
ch. 9. 23. 3 And it came to pass 'in the fortieth over you.
« Num.
38.
33.
year, in the eleventh month, on the 14 And ye answered me, and said.
1451 .
first day of the month, that Moses The thing which thou hast spoken
spake unto the children of Israel, ac- is good for us to do.
cording unto all that the Lord had 15 So I took the chief of your tribes,
given him in commandment unto wise men, and known, ând înade P Ex. 18. 25.
Heb. gave.
them them heads over you, captains over ^
d Num. 21. 4 After he had slain Sihon the

^ thousands, and captains over hun-
24,38.
king of the Amorites, which dwelt in dreds, and captains over fifties, and
Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, captains over tens, and officers a-
® Num.
33
21. which dwelt at Astaroth ® in Edrei mong your tribes.
j
Josh.13.12. 5 On this side Jordan, in the land 16 And I charged your judges at
I
of Moab, began Moses to declare this that time, saying. Hear the causes
law, saying, between your brethren, and ’judge !
9 ch. 16. 18.
John 24.
6 The Lord our God spake unto righteously between every man and
7.
1491 .
'Ex. 3.1. us în Horeb, saying. Ye have dwelt liis brother, and the stranger that is "Lev. 24.22.
s See Exod. long ® enough in this mount with him.
19. 1.
Num. 10. 7 Turn you, and take your journey, 17 ®Ye shall not ^respect persons in ‘ Lev. 19. 15.
11 . ch. 16. 19.
and go to the mount of the Amorites, judgment hut ye shall hear the small
; 1 Sam. 16,7.
Pro. 24. 23.
«Heb.
uV his
and unto ®all the places nigh there- as well as the great; ye shall not be James 2. 1.
* Heb. ac-
net^Mours. unto, in the plain, in the hills, and in afraid of the face of man; for ‘the knmdedge
i
the vale, and in the south, and by judgment is God’s and the cause
:
faces.
I
* 2 Cliron.
the sea side, to the land of the Ca- that is too hard for you, “bring it 19. 6. :
“ Ex. 18. 22,

naanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the unto me, and I will hear it. 26.
great river, the river Euphrates. 18 And I commanded you at that time
® Heb. given. 8 Behold, I have ^set the land before all the things which ye should do.
you go in and possess the land which
:
19 H And when we departed from 1490 .
the Lord sware unto your fathers, Horeb, " we went through all that " Num. 10.
12
‘'Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give great and terrible wilderness, which
.
•Gen. 12.7.
ch. 8. 15.
& 15. 18. Jer. 2. 6.
(Sc
&26.
17. 7, 8. unto them and to then- seed after ye saw by the way of the mountain of
4.
& 2S. 13. them. the Amorites, as the Lord our God
I
'Ex. 18.
Num.
18. 9 H And I spake unto you at that
‘
commanded us ;
and ^ we came to y Num. 13.
11.
time, saying, I am not able to bear
I
26.
14. Kadesh-barnea.
you myself alone 20 And I said unto you. Ye are
N2
: ; : ;
The story of DEUTERONOMY, I. what befdl Israel

Before
CHEIST
come unto the mountain of the to shew you by what way ye should Before
Amorites, which the Lord our God go, and in a cloud by day. CHRIST
1490. 1490.
doth îve unto us. 34 And the Lord heard the voice
21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath of your words, and was wroth, “and " ch. 2. 14,
15.
set the land before thee go up and sware, saying,
:
pos.sess it, as the Lord God of thy 35 ° Surely there shall not one of 1491.
» Josh. 1. 9. fathers hath said unto thee; “fear these men of this evil generation see ® Num. 14.
22, 23.
not, neither be discouraged. that good land, which I sware to give Pb. 95. 11.
22 IT And ye came near unto me unto your fathers,

every one of you, and said, We will 36 ^Save Caleb the son of Jephun- P Num. 14.
30.
send men before us, and they shall neh he shall see it, and to him will 24,
; Josh. 14. 9.
search us out the land, and bring us I give the land that he hath trodden
word again by what way we must go upon, and to his children, because
up, and into what cities we shall come. ’ he hath ^ wholly followed the Lord. > Num. 14.
24.
1490. 23 And the saying pleased me well: 37 'Âlso the Lord was angry with 2Heb.
‘Num.13.3. and “I took twelve men of you, one me for your sakes, saying. Thou also fiilfilled go after.
to
f Num. 20.
of a tribe shalt not go in thither.
12.&27.14.
>> Num. 13. 24 And ’’they turned and went up 38 ^But Joshua the son of Nun, 3. 26. cli.
22, 23, 24. & 4. 21.

into the mountain, and came unto the * which standeth before thee, he shall & 34. 4.
Ps. 106. 32.
valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. go in thither " encourage him for Num. 14.
: : “
25 And they took of the fruit of the he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 30.
Ex. 24. 13.
*
land in their hands, and brought it 39 Moreover your little ones, which &33.
“ 11.
See 1 Sam.
down unto us, and brought us word ^ye said should be a prey, and your “ Num. 16.22.
27.
« Num. 13. again, and said, ’'It is a good land children, which in that day “had no 18, 19.
ch. 31. 7,
27.
which the Lord our God doth give us. knowledge between good and evil, 23.
* Num. 14.
^ Num. 14. 26 ^Notwithstanding ye would not they shall go in thither, and unto 31.
1,2. 3, 4.
Pe. 106. 24, go up, but rebelled against the com- them will I give it, and they shall y Num. 14. 3.
*
25.
mandment of the Lord your God possess it.
Isai. 7. 15,
16.
Rom.
27 And ye murmured in your tents, 40 “ But as for you, turn you, and * Num. 14.11, 9.
• ch. 9. 28. and said. Because the Lord hated us, take your journey into the wilderness 25.
®
he hath brought us forth out of the by the way of the Red sea.
land of Egypt, to deliver us into the 41 Then ye answered and said unto
hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. me, '’We have sinned against the Lord, p40.Num. 14.
28 Whither shall we go up ? our bre- we will go up and fight, according to

2Heb. thren have ^ discouraged our heart, all that the Lord our God command-
melted.
Josh. 2. 11. saying, ^The people is greater and ed us. And when ye had girded on
Num. 13.
tailer than we; the cities are great every man his weapons of war, ye
t
28, 31, 32,

33.
ch. 9. 1, 2.
and walled up to heaven and more- were ready to go up into the hill.
;
over we have seen the sons of the 42 And the Lord said unto me. Say
e Num. 13. Ânakims there. unto them, ® Go not up, neither fight ® Num. 14.
28.
29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, for I am not among you lest ye be 42.
;
neither be afraid of them. smitten before your enemies.

» Ex. 14. 14, 30 The Lord your God which goeth 43 So I spake unto you and ye
;
25.
Neh. 4. 20. before you, he shall fight for you, ac- would not hear, but rebelled against
cording to all that he did for you in the commandment of the Lord, and
Egypt before your eyes ®‘'went presumptuously up into the SHeb.
ye were
31 And in the wilderness, where thou hill. presump-
tuous, and
' Ex. 19. 4.

hast seen how that the Lord thy God 44 And the Amorites, which dwelt went up.
Num. 14.
bare thee, as a man doth bear his in that mountain, came out against 44,
<*
eh. 34 11, '
45.
12 .
Isai. 46.3, son, in all the way that ye went, un- you, and chased you, ®as bees do, ®P8.118.12.
4. & 63. 9.
Hos. 11. 3. til ye came into this place. and destroyed you in Seir, even unto
See on Acts
13. 18. 32 Yet in this thing ^ ye did not Hormah.
‘Ps. 106.21.
Jude 5. believe the Lord your God, 45 And ye returned and wept before
1 Ex. 13.
Ps. 78. 14.
21.
33 Who went in the way before the Lord; but the Lord would not
*
™ Num. 10. you, “ to search you out a place to hearlcen to your voice, nor give ear
33.
Ezek. 20. 6. pitch your tents in, in fire by night, unto you.
; : : ; : : :;:
on their way DEUTERONOMY, II. toward Canaan.

Before
46 ye abode in Kadesh many 12 “The Horims also dwelt in Seir Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451. days, according unto the days that beforetime but the children of Esau
; 1451.
fNum.1355. ye abode there. ^succeeded them, when they had de- ” ver. 22.
&
20. 1 22 ,
.
stroyed them from before them, and Gen. 14. 6.
Judg. 11.
17.
3
CHAPTER II. & 36. 20.
dwelt in their ® stead as Israel did 2 Heb. ;
1 The story continued, that they were not to meddle with
is inherited
4theEdomites, 9 nor with the Moabites, 17 nor with the Am- unto the land of his possession, which them.
® Or, room.
monites, 24 but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them.
the Lord gave unto them.
» Num. 14.
T hen
5
the way of the
we turned, and took our
journey into the wilderness by
Red Lord
sea, “as the
13 Now rise up, said /, and get you
over “ the ^ brook Zered.
went over the brook Zered.
And we ” 12Num. 21.
* Or, valley,
.
25. Num. 13.

ch. 1. 40. spake unto
6
me : and we compassed 14 And the space in which we came 23.
mount Seir many days. “from Kadesh-barnea, until we were 26. o Num. 13.
2 And the Lord spake unto me, come over the brook Zered, was thirty
7
saying, and eight years ^ until all the gene- P33.
;
Num. 14.
& 26. 64.
Ye have compassed this mountain ration of the men of war were wasted
*> See ver. long enough turn you northward.
: out from among the host, ^ as the 1 Num. 14.
7,14. 8 35.
And command thou the people, Lord sware unto them. ch.1.34,35.
Ezek. 2U.
« Num. 20. saying, 'Ye are to pass through the 15 For indeed the 'hand of the 15.
14. *
coast of yonr brethren the children Lord was against them, to destroy &Ps.106.78. 26.33.
9
of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they them from among the host, until they
shall be afraid of you take ye good : were consumed.
heed unto yourselves therefore 16 IF So it came to pass, when all
Meddle not with them for I will ; the men
of war were consumed and
»Heb. not give you of their land, ^no, not dead from among the people,
even lo the
trewHng (if so much as a foot breadth ; ^ because 17 That the Lord spake unto me,
the sole cf
the fool. I have given mount Seir unto Esau saying,
d Gen.
36. 8.
Josh. 24. 4. ôr a possession. 18 Thou art to pass over through
Ye shall buy meat of them for Ar, the coast of Moab, this day
money, that ye may eat; and ye shall 19 And when thou comest nigh over
also buy water of them for money, against the cliildren of Ammon, dis-
that ye may drink. tress them not, nor meddle with them
For the Lord thy God hath blessed
10 for I will not give thee of the land of
thee in all the works of thy hand : the children of any posses- Ammon
he11knoweth thy walking through this sion because I have given it unto
;
® rh. 8. 2, great wilderness ® these forty years :

“
the children of Lot for a possession. »
38.
Gen. 19.
3,4.
the Lord thy God hath been with 20 (That also was accounted a land
thee ; thou hast lacked nothing. of giants giants dwelt therein in old
:
< Judg. 11. ‘Ând when we passed by from our time ;

and the Ammonites call them
18.
brethren the children of Esau, which ‘
Zamzummims ‘ Gen.
Zuzims.
14. 5,
dwelt in Seir, through the way of the “A people great, and many, and
21 “ See ver.
10 .
* 1 Kin. 9. plain from ®Elath, and from Ezion- as the Anakims; but the Lord
tall,
26.
gaber, we turned and passed by the destroyed them before them and ;
way of the wilderness of Moab. they succeeded them, and dwelt in

®
no
Or, Use
hoslUitj/
And the Lord said unto me, ® Dis- their stead
against tress not the Moabites, neither con- 22 As he did to the children of Esau,
Moab.
tend with them in battle for I will :
^which dwelt in Seir, when he destroy- * Gen. 36. 8.
not give thee of their land for a ed ^ the Horims from before them yGen.14.6.
& 36.20,—
possession because I have given
;
and they succeeded them, and dwelt 30. ver. 12.
Num. 21,
28.
‘*Ar unto Rhe children of Taot for a in their stead even unto this day
* Gen. 19. possession. 23 And "the Avims which dwelt in Josh. 13.3. *
36,37.
^ Gen. 14. 5, ^The Emims dwelt therein in Hazerim, even unto “ Azzah, the » Gen.
Jer. 25. 20.
10. 14.
**
>>
times past, a people great, and many, Caphtorims, which came forth out of Amos 9. 7.
* Num. 13. and tall, as the Anakims*

Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt
22,33.
ch. 9. 2. Which also were accounted giants, in their stead.)
« Num. 21.
as the Anakims; but the Moabites 24 IF Rise ye up, take your jour- 13, 14.
Judg. 11.
call them Emims. ney, and ' pass over the river Arnon 18, 21.
: : :
Sihon the Amorite siihcluecl. DEUTERONOMY, III. The conquest of Og.

Before
CHRIST
behold, I have given into thine hand 37 Only unto the land of the chil- Before
1451 .
Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, dren of Ammon thou earnest not, nor CHRIST1451 .
* Heb. hegin,
and his land ^ begin to possess it,
: unto any place of the river Jabbok, *
‘Gen. 32.22,
poiissss.
and ccntend ivitli him in battle. nor unto the cities in the mountains, Num. 21.
24.
^ Exod. 15.
14, 15.
25 This day wall I begin to put the
**
nor unto "whatsoever the Lord our ch. 3. 16.
” ver. 5, 9,
ch. 11.
Josh.
2.5.
2. 9,
dread of thee and the fear of thee God forbad us. 19.
10 . npon the nations that are under the
whole heaven, who shall hear report CHAPTER HI.
1 The story of the conquest of Og king of Bashan. 11
of thee, and shall tremble, and be in The bigness of his bed. 12 The distribution of those lands
anguish because of thee. to the two tribes and half. 23 Biases' •prayer to enter
26 II And I sent messengers out of into the land. 26 He is permitted to see it.
* ch. 20. 10.

the Mlderness of Kedemoth unto Si-
hon king of Heshbon ® with wôrds of
peace, saying,
Then we turned, and went up the
way to Bashan and “ Og the king
of Bashan came out against us, he and
:
•
33,
Num.
&c.
ch. 29. 7.
21.
f Num.
21 22 .
21. 27 ^ Let me pass through thy land all hispeople, to battle at Edrei. ch. 1. 4.
And
,
Judg. 11. I will go along by the high way, I Avill 2 the Lord said unto me, Fear
19.
neither turn unto the right hand nor him not for I wall deliver him, and
:
to the left. all his people, and his land, into thy
28 Thou shalt sell me meat for I hand and thou shalt do unto him as
;
money, that I may eat; and give me i

thou didst unto 'Sihon king of the ®
34.
Num. 21.
water for money, that I may drink: I

Amorites, wdiich dwêlt at Heshbon.
* Num. 20. ® only I w ill pass through on my feet 3 So the Lord our God delivered
; !
19.
See Num. 29 (‘‘As the children of Esau which |
into our hands Og also, the king of
20. 18.
ch. 23. 3, 4. dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which Bashan, and all his people ^ and w e :
4
35.
Num. 21.
Judg.
17, 18.
11.
dwell in Ar, did unto me ;) until I smote him mitil none was left to him
shall pass over Jordan into the land remaining.
which the Lord our God giveth us. 4 And we took all his cities at that
' Num. 21. 30 ‘But Sihon king of Heshbon time, there was not a city wdiich we
23.
would not let us pass by him for : took not from them, threescore cities,
•'.Tosh. 11.20. the Lord thy God hardened his
’
®all the region of Argob, the king- • 1 Kin. 4.
Ex. 13.
• 4. 21.
spirit, and made his heart obstinate, dom of Og in Bashan.
that he might deliver him into thy 5 All these cities wet'e fenced with
hand, as appeareth this day. high walls, gates, and bars; beside
31 And the Lord said unto me. Be- unwalled towns a great many.
“ ch. 1. 8. hold, I have begun to “ give Sihon and 6 And we utterly destroyed them,
his land before thee begin to pos-
: as we did unto Sihon king ôf Hesh- ‘ ch. 2. 24.
Ps. 135. 10,
sess, that thou mayest inherit his land. bon, utterly destroying the men, w'o- 11 , 12 .
& 136. 19,

” Num. 21. 32 "Then Sihon came out against men, and children, of every city. 20, 21 ,
23.
us, he and all his people, to fight at 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of
Jahaz. the cities, we took for a prey to our-
® ch. 7. 2.
& 20 . 16 .
33 And ® the Lord our God delivered selves.
P Num.
24.
21. him before us; and ^we smote him, 8 And we took at that time out of
ch. 29. 7. and his sons, and all liis people. the hand of the two kings of the
34 And we took all his cities at that Amorites the land that was on this
« Lev. 27.28. time, and utterly destroyed ^ the men, side Jordan, from the river of Arnon
ch. 7. 2, 26. j
3 Heb. and the women, and the little ones, unto mount Hermon ;
!
every city
of mm, and of every city, we left none to remain 9 {Which ® Hermon the Sidonians i«ch.4 48.
tcomm, and
little ones.
35 Only the cattle we took for a call Sirion and the Amorites call it
;
prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of Shenir ;) j
the cities which we took. 10 ‘All the cities of the plain, and 'ck. 4 49 . .
«•
ch. 3. 12.
& 4. 48.
36 From Aroer, wLich is by the all Gilead, and ‘‘all Bashan, unto Sal-
Josh. 13. 9. brink of the river of Arnon, and /rom chah and Edrei, cities of the king-
the city that is by the river, even un- dom of Og in Bashan. |
to Gilead, there was not one city too 11 For only Og king of Bashan re- Amos 2. 9.
‘ •
« Ps. 44. 3. strong for us: Hire Lord our God mained of the remnant of “giants; “ Gen. 14. 5.
delivered all unto us behold, his bedstead was a bedstead
; ;
Tlie (listrihution of the land. DEUTERONOMY, IV. Moses' prayer to see the land.
CHRIST
Before of iron is it not in “ Eabbath of the
;
22 Ye shall not fear them for ® the:
Before
CHRIST
1451. children of Ammon? nine cubits was Lord your God he shall fight for you. 1451.
n 2 Sam. 12.
the length thereof, and four cubits the 23 And besought the Lord at that ® Ex. 14. 14.
26.
Jer. 49. 2.
breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. time, saying, ch.
&20.
1. 30.
4.
£zek. 21.
20 .
12 And this land, which we possessed 24 O
Lord God, thou hast begun to t See 2 Cor.
12 8 9
0 ch. 2. 36. at that time, "from Aroer, which is shew thy servant ®thy greatness, and .
* ch. 11. 2.
. .
Josh. 12. 2,
by the river Arnon, and half mount thy mighty hand for ^ what God is :
•>
Ex. 1.5. 11.
2 Sam. 7.
P Num.
33.
32. Gilead, and ^the cities thereof, gave there in heaven or in earth, that can 22 .
Pb. n. 19.
Josh. 12.
& 13. 8, &c.
6. I unto the Reubenites and to the do accordmg to thy works, and ac- & 86 8 . .
& 89. 6. 8.
Gadites. cording to thy might ?
1 Josh. 13.
13 “Ând the rest of Gilead, and all 25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see
29.
Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, •the good land that is beyond Jordan, > Ex. 3. 8.
ch. 4. 22.
gave I unto the half tribe of Manas- that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
seh; all the region of Argob, with all 26 But the Lord was wroth with me Num. 20.
12.&27.14.
Bashan, wliich was called the land of for your sakes, and would not hear ch. 1. 37.
&31.2.
giants. me and the Lord said unto me. Let
: & 32. 51,52.
&34. 4.
r 1
2 22.
Chron.
.
14 Jair the son of Manasseh took it suffice thee speak no more unto
; Pb. 106. 32.
•Josh. 13.13. all the country of Argob ° unto the me of this matter.
2 Sam. 3. 3.
& 10 . 6 .
coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi and ;
27 Get thee up
•
the top of into ' Num. 27,
12 .
* Num. 32. *
called them after liis own name, Ba- •^Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes west- 2 Or.
41.
Them.
shan-havoth-jair, unto this day. ward, and northward, and southward,
" Num. 32. 15 " And I gave Gilead unto Machir. and eastward, and behold it with thine
39.
* 2 Sam. 16 And unto the Reubenites "and eyes for thou shalt not go over this
:
24.5.
unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead Jordan.
even unto the river Arnon half the 28 But “charge Joshua, and encou- “ Num. 27.
18, 23.
valley, and the border even unto the rage him, and strengthen him: for ch. 1. 38.
& 31. 3, 7.
* Num. 21. river Jabbok, ^ which is the border of he shall go over before this people,
24.
Josh. 12. 2. the children of Ammon and he shall cause them to inherit
17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the land which thou shalt see.
P Num. 34. the coast thereof from ^Chinnereth 29 So we abode in "the valley over ” ch. 4. 46.
11 . & 34. 6.
* even unto
* Num. 34. the sea of the plain, “ even against Beth-peor.
12 .
the salt sea, ^ under Ashdoth-pisgah
ch. 4. 49.
Josh. 12. 3.
eastward.
CHAPTER IV.
• Gen. 14. 3. 1 An exhortation to obedience. 41 Moses appointeth the
*Or 18 H And I commanded you at that three cities of refuge on that side Jordan.
under the
springs of
Pisgah, or,
time, saying. The Lord your God hath dÔW therefore hearken, O Israel,
the hUl. given you this land to possess it •’ye : Xi unto "the statutes and unto the •Lev. 19. 37.
&2 8 ). .
*>
Num. 32.
& 22. 31.
20, &c. shall pass over armed before your judgments, which I teach you, for to ch. 5. 1.
brethren the children of Israel, all do them, that jq may live, and go in & 8 1
Ezek.
. .
20.
Heb. sons
•
qf XMcer.
that are ^ meet for the war. and possess the land which the Lord 11 .
Rom. 10. 5.
19 But your wives, and your little God of your fathers giveth you.
ones, and your cattle, {for I know 2 •’Ye shall not add unto the word >> ch. 12. 32.
Josh. 1. 7.
that ye have much cattle,) shall abide which I command you, neither shall ye Prov. 30. 6.
Eccles. 12.
in your cities which I have given you diminish ought from it, that ye may 13.
Rev. 22. 18,
20 Until the Lord have given rest keep the commandments of the Lord 19.
unto your brethren, as well as unto your God which I command you.
you, and until they also jjossess the 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord
land which the Lord your God hath did because of "Baal-peor: for all 0 Num. 25.
4, &c.
given them beyond Jordan and then : the men that followed Baal-peor, the Josh.22.17.
Ps. 106. 28,
«Jo8h. 22.4. shall ye "return every man unto his Lord thy God hath destroyed them 29.
I
possession, which I have given you. from among you.
^ Num. 27. 21 IF And '•I commanded Joshua at 4 But ye that did cleave unto the
18.
that time, saying. Thine eyes have Lord your God are alive every one
seen all that the Lord your God hath of you this day.
done unto these two kings so shall : 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes
the Lord do unto all the kingdoms and judgments, even as the Lord my
whither thou passest. God commanded me, that ye should
; ; : :
An exhortation DEUTERONOMY, IV. to obedience.
Before
CHRIST
do so in the land whither ye go to make you a graven image, the simi- Before
CHRIST
1451. possess it. litude of any figure, Uhe likeness of 1451.
6 Keep therefore and do them; for male or female, ' ver. 23.
^
d Job 28. 28. this is your wisdom and your under- 17 The likeness of any beast that Ex. 20. 4, 5.
Ps. IS). 7. ch. 5. 8.
& 111 . 10 . standing in the sight of the nations, is on the earth, the likeness of any •Rom. 1.23.
Prov. 1. 7.
which shall hear all these statutes, winged fowl that flieth in the air,
and say, Surely this great nation is a 18 The likeness of any thing that
wise and understanding people. creepeth on the ground, the likeness
* 2 Sam. 7. 7 For ®what nation is there so great, of any fish that is in the waters be-
23.
'Ps. 46. 1. wEo hath ^God so nigh unto them, as neath the earth
& 145. 18. the Lord our God is in all things that 19 And lest thou “lift up thine eyes • ch. 17. 3.
& 148. 14. Job 31. 26,
Isai. 55. 6.
we call upon him for? unto heaven, and when thou seest the 27.
8 And what nation is there so great, sun, and the moon, and the stars, even
^
that hath statutes and judgments so the host of heaven, shouldest be
all •>
Gen. 2. 1.
2 Ivin. 17.
righteous as all this law, which I set driven to “worship them, and serve 16. & 21. 3.
® Rom. 1. 25.
before you this day? them, which the Lord thy God hath
9 Only take heed to thyself, and ^divided unto all nations under the 2 Or,
imparted.
* Prov. 4. 23.
^keep thy soul diligently, '“lest thou whole heaven.
Prov. 3. 1,
3. & 4. 21. forget the things which thine eyes 20 But the Lord hath taken you,
a 1 Kin. 8.
have seen, and lest they depart from and ^brought you forth out of the 51.
thy heart all the days of thy life but : iron furnace, even out of Eg}^t, “to Jer. 11. 4.
• Ex. 19. 5.
* Gen. 18. 19.
ch. 6. 7.
‘teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ be unto him a people of inheritance, ch. 9. 29.
&32. 9.
& 11. 19. sons as ye are this day.
Ps. 78. 5, 6.
Epb. 6. 4. 10 Sjêcially ^the day that thou stood- 21 Furthermore ^the Lord was an- 'Num.20.
12
k Ex. 19. 9, .
16. &20.18. est before the Lord thy God in Horeb, gry with me for your sakes, and sware ch. 1. 37.
Heb. &3.26.
12.
18, 19.
when the Lord said unto me. Gather that I should not go over Jordan, and
me the people together, and I ivill that I should not go in unto that good
make them hear my words, that they land, which the Lord thy God giveth
may learn to fear me all the days that thee for an inheritance :
See 2 Pet.
they shall live upon the earth, and 22 But ®I must die in this land, **I *
1.13,14,15.
that they may teach their children. must not go over Jordan: but ye >>
ch. 3. 27.
11 And ye came near and stood shall go over, and possess ‘that good J
ch. 3. 25.
1 Ex. 19. 18.

ch. 5. 23.
under the mountain and the moun-
;
‘
land.
2 Heb. tain burned with fire unto the ^ midst 23 Take heed unto yourselves, ''lest ver. 9.
heart.
of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and ye forget the covenant of the Lord
thick darkness. your God, which he made with you,
“ch. 5. 4,22. 12 “And the Lord spake unto you ‘
and make you a graven image, or the > ver. 16.
Ex. 20. 4, 5.
” ver. 33, 36. out of the midst of the fire “ ye heard
: Idleness of any thing, which the Lord
the voice of the words, but saw no thy God hath forbidden thee.
° Ex. 20. 22. similitude ° ® only ye heard a voice.
;
24 For “ the Lord thy God is a con- “Ex. 24. 17.
ch. 9. 3
1 Kin. 19.
12 . 13 Ând he declared unto you his suming fire, even “a jealous God. Isai. 33. 14.
2 Heb. save Heb. 12.29.
a voice. covenant, which he commanded you 25 IF When thou shalt beget chil- ” Ex. 20. 5.
ch. 6. 15.
Pch. 9. 9,11.
to perform, even ten commandments dren, and children’s children, and ye Isai. 42. 8.
q Ex. 34. 28.
«•
Ex. 24. 12. and '^he wrote them upon two tables shall have remained long in the land,
& 31. 18. of stone. and “ shall corrupt yourselves, and ® ver. 16.
•Ex. 21.1. 14 ^ And “the Lord commanded me make a graven image, or the likeness
& ch. 22.
& ch. 23. at that time to teach you statutes and of any thing, and shall do evil in the P 2 Kin. 17.
17, &c.
judgments, that ye might do them in sight of the Lord thy God, to pro-
the land whither ye go over to pos- voke him to anger
0 ch. 30.
sess it. 26 **1 call heaven and earth to wit- 19.
18,
*Josh.23.11. 15 ‘Take ye therefore good heed ness against you this day, that ye Isai. 1. 2.
Mic. 6. 2.
unto yourselves ; for ye saw no man- shall soon utterly perish from off the
“Isai. 40. 18. ner of “similitude on the day that land whereunto ye go over Jordan to
the Lord spake unto you in Horeb possess it ye shall not prolong your
;
out of the midst of the fire : days upon it, but shall utterly be de-
* Ex. 32. 7. 16 Lest ye * corrupt yourselves, and stroyed.
; ; : : : ;
God's mercy toward Israel. DEUTERONOMY, Y. The cities of refuge.
CHRIST
Before 27 And the Lord shall scatter you thou art, to bring thee in, to give Before
CHRIST
1451 .
among the nations, and ye shaU be thee their land for an inheritance, as 1451 .
r Lev. 26. 33. left few in number among the hea- it is this day.
ch. 28. 62,
64.
then, whither the Lord shall lead you. 39 Know thereforethis day, and con-
Neh. 1. 8. 28 And 'there ye shall serve gods, sider in thine heart, that ° the Lord
it
® ver. 35.
Josh. 2. 11.
• ch. 28. 64.
1 Sam. 26. the work of men’s hands, wood and he is God in heaven above, and upon
19.
Jer. 16. 13. stone, ‘which neither see, nor hear, the earth beneath there is none else.
:
‘Ps. 115. 4, .5.

& 135. 15. nor eat, nor smell. 40 ^Thou shalt keep therefore his PLev.22.31.
16.
Isai. 44. 9.
29 "But if from thence thou shalt statutes, and his commandments,
& 46. 7.
seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt which I command thee this day,
” Lev. 26.
39,40. find him, if thou seek him with all ’that it may go well with thee, and 9 ch. 5. 16.
& 3, 18.
f).
ch. 30. 1,
2,3. thy heart and with all thy soul. with thy children after thee, and that & 12 25,28.
2 Chron.
& 22. 7.
15.4. 30 When thou art in tribulation, and thou mayest prolong thy days upon Eph. 6. 3.
Keh. 1. 9.
Isai. .55.6,7. all these things ^ are come upon thee, the earth, which the Lord thy God
Jer. 29. 12,
13, 14. even in the latter days, if thou ^ turn giveth thee, for ever.
* Heb. have
found thee.
to the Lord thy God, and shalt be 41 IT Then Moses severed three r Num. 35
6, 14.
Ex. 18. 8. obedient unto his voice cities on this side Jordan toward the
ch. 31. 17.
* Gen. 49. 1. 31 (For the Lord thy God is ’’a sun rising;
ch. 31. 29.
Jer. 23. 20. merciful God ;) he will not forsake 42 'That the slayer might fiee thi- • ch. 19. 4.
Ho8. 3. 5.
y Joel 2. 12.
thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget ther, wliicli should kill his neighbour
• 2 Chron. the covenant of thy fathers which he unawares, and hated him not in times
30.9.
Neh. 9. 31. sware unto them. past and that fleeing unto one of
;
Ps. 116. 5.
Jonah 4. 2. 32 For "ask now of the days that these cities he might live
•Job 8. 8.
are past, which were before thee, 43 Namely, ‘Bezer in the wilderness, ‘Josh. 20. 8.
since the day that God created man in the plain country, of the Reuben-
<>Mat.24.31. upon the earth, and ask ‘’from the ites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the
one side of heaven unto the other, Gadites and Golan in Bashan, of the
;
whether there hath been any such Manassites.

thing as this great thing is, or hath 44 IF And this is the law which Moses
been heard like it? set before the children of Israel
' Ex. 24. 11. 33 " Did ever people hear the voice 45 These are the testimonies, and the
& 33. 20.
ch. 5.24,26. of God speaking out of the midst of statutes, and the judgments, which Mo-
the fire, as thou hast heard, and live ? ses spake unto the children of Israel,
34 Or hath God assayed to go and after they came forth out of Egypt,
take him a nation from the midst of 46 On this side Jordan, "in the val- “ ch. 3. 29.
d ch. 7. 19. another nation, ‘‘by temptations, ®by ley over against Beth-peor, in the land
&29. 3.
• Ex. 7. 3. signs, and by wonders, and by war, and of Sihon king of the AmoriFes, who
'Ex. 13. 3.
^
by a mighty hand, and ® by a stretch- dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and
* Ex. 6. 6.
ed out arm, and by great terrors, ac- the children of Israel '‘smote, after
** • Num. 21.
•>
ch. 26. 8. 24.
& 34. 12. cording to all that the Lord your God they were come forth out of Egypt ch. 1. 4.
did for you in Egypt before your eyes ? 47 And they possessed his land, and
35 Unto thee it wns shewed, that thou the land ^ of Og king of Bashan, two y Num.
35.
21.
mightest know that the Lord he is kings of the Amorites, which were on ch. 3. 3, 4.
' ch. 32. 39.

1 Sam.
God there is none else beside him.
;
*
this side Jordan toward the sun rising
2. 2.
Isai. 45. 5, 36 ^ Out of heaven he made thee to 48 “From Aroer, which is by the ^ ch. 2. 36.
& 3. 12.
18 , 22
hear his voice, that he might instruct bank of the river Arnon, even unto
.
Mark 12.
* ch. 3. 9.
29,32.
• Ex. 19. 9, thee and upon earth he shewed thee mount Sion, which is " Hermon,
: Ps. 133. 3.
19.
& 20.18,22. his great fire and thou heardest his
; 49 And all the plain on this side Jor-
& 24. 16. words out of the midst of the fire. dan eastward, even unto the sea of the
Heb. 12.18.
37 And because ‘he loved thy fa- plain, imder the ‘’springs of Pisgah.
«> ch. 3. 17.
* ch. 10. 15.
thers, therefore he chose their seed

“ Ex. 13. 3,
CHAPTER V.
after them, and “brought thee out in 1 The covenant in Horeb. 6 The ten commandments. 22 At
9,14.
his sight with his mighty power out the people's request Moses receiveih the law from God.
» ch. 7. 1.
&9.1, 4,5.
of Egypt
38 "To drive out nations from be- And Moses called all Israel, and
_ said unto them. Hear, O Israel,
fore thee greater and mightier than the statutes and judgments which I
: ; ;::
The covenant in Horeh. DEUTERONOMY, V. The ten commandments.

Before speak in your ears this day, that ye servant in the land of Egypt, and that Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451. may learn them, and ^keep, and do the Lord thy God brought thee out
1451.
* Heb. keep
them. thence ’through a mighty hand and
ch. 4. 34,
to do them.
2 “The Lord onr God made a cove- by a stretched out arm therefore : 37.
1491.
• Ex. 19. 5. nant with us in Horeb. the Lord thy God commanded thee
ch. 4. 23.
•> See Matt.
3 The Lord ’’made not this covenant to keep the sabbath day.
13. 17.
Heb.
with our fathers, but with us, even us, 16 IT 'Honour thy father and thy Ex. 20. 12.
8. 9. Lev. 19. 3.
Avho a7'e all of us here alive this day. mother, as the Lord thy God hath ch. 27. 16.
Eph.6.2,3.
« Ex. 19. 9,
19.&20.22.
4 'The Lord talked with you face commanded thee “ that thy days
;
Col. 3. 20.
ch. 4. 33,36.
& 34. lu.
to face in the mount out of the midst may be prolonged, and that it may • ch. 4. 40.
of the fire. go well with thee, in the land which

^ Ex. 20. 21.
Gal. 3. 19. 5 stood betiveen the Lord and
('’I the Lord thy God giveth thee.
you at that time, to shew you the 17 * Thou shalt not kill. ‘ Ex. 20. 13.
Matt. 5. 21.
• Ex. 19. 16. word of the Lord for 'ye were afraid
: 18 "Neither shalt thou commit adul- " Ex. 20. 14.
& 20. 18. Luke 18.20.
& 24. 2. by reason of the fire, and went not tery. •Tam. 2. 11.
up mto the mount;) saying, 19 ’’Neither shalt thou steal. * Ex.

Rom.
20. 15.
6 II M am the Lord thy God, which

13. 9.
fEx.
&c.
20. 2,
20 ^Neither shalt thou bear false y Ex. 20. 16.
Lev. 26. 1.
ch. 6. 4.
brought thee out of the land of E- witness against thy neighbour.
Ps. 81. 10. gypt, from the house of ® bondage. 21 ” Neither shalt thou desire thy ' Ex.
Mic.
20. 17.
2. 2.
8 Heb.
servants. 7 ®Thou shalt have none other gods neighbour’s Avife, neither shalt thou Hab. 2. 9.
Luke 12.15.
« Ex. 20. 3.
before me. covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, Rom. 7. 7.
& 13. 9.
•> Ex. 20. 4. 8 ’’Thou shalt thee any
not make or his manservant, or his maidservant,
graven image, 07' any likeness of any his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is
thing that is in heaven above, or that thy neighbour’s.
is in the earth beneath, or that is in 22 H These words the Lord spake
the waters beneath the earth: unto all your assembly in the mount
9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself out of the midst of the fire, of the
unto them, nor serve them for I : cloud, and of the thick darkness, Avith
the Lord thy God am a jealous God, a great voice and he added no more.
:
> Ex. 34. 7. ’visiting the iniquity of the fathers And “he Avrote them in tAvo tables of “ Ex. 24. 12.
& 31. 18.
upon the children unto the third and stone, and delivered them unto me. ch. 4. 13.
fourth generatimi of them that hate 23 ’’And it came to pass, Avhen ye >> Ex. 20. 18,
19.
me, heard the voice out of the midst of
» -Ter. 32. 18.
10 ''And shewing mercy unto thou- the darkness, (for the mountain did
Dan. 9. 4.
sands of them that love me and keep burn Avith fire,) that ye came near
my commandments. unto me, even all the heads of your
1 Ex. 20. 7. 11’Thou shalt not take the name tribes, and your elders
Lev. 19.12.
Matt. 5. 33. of theLord thy God in vain for the : 24 And ye said, Behold, the Lord
Lord will not hold him guiltless that our God hath sheAved us his glory and
taketh his name in vain. his greatness, and “AAê have heard his « Ex. 19. 19.
“ Ex. 20. 8. 12 “Keep the sabbath day to sanc- voice out of the midst of the fire
tify it, as the Lord thy God hath we have seen this day that God doth
commanded thee. talk Avith man, and he ^ liveth. ch. 4. 33.
Judg. 13
» Ex. 23. 12.
& 36. 2.
13 "Six days thou shalt labour, and 25 Now therefore Avhy should Ave die ? 22 .
Ezek.20.12. do thy work

all for this great fire consume us
Avill
® Gen. 2. 2. 14 But the seventh day is the “sab- “if we ^hear the voice of the Lord • ch. 18. 16.
Ex. 16. 29, * Heb. add
30. bath of the Lord thy God; in it our God any more, then Ave shall die. to hear.
Heb. 4. 4.
thou shalt not do any w ork, thou, nor 26 ^For Avho is there of all flesh, that fch.4.33.
thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy hath heard the voice of the living God
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor speaking out of the midst of the fire,
thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy as we have, and lived ?
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within 27 Go thou near, and hear all that
thy gates; that thy manservant and the Lord our God shall say and :
thy maidservant may rest as well as ^ speak thou unto us all that the t Ex. 20. 19.
Heb. 12.19.
P ch. 15. 15. thou. Lord our God shall speak unto thee
& 16. 12.
& 24.18,22. 15 Ând remember that thou wast a and w e Avill hear it, and do it.
; : ! : ;
An exhortation DEUTERONOMY, VI. to obedience.
Before 28 And
the Lord heard the voice of 6And these words, which
‘
I com-
CHRIST
Before
CHRIST
1451.
your words, when ye spake unto me; mand thee this day, shall be in thine 1451.
and the Lord said unto me, I have heart ' ch. 11. 18.
heard the voice of the words of this 7 And ^thou
shalt ^ teach them dili- & 32. 46.
Pb. 37. 31.
people, which they have spoken unto gently unto thy children, and shalt &40. 8.
& 119. 11,
i>ch. 18.17. thee they have well said all that
: talk of them when thou sittest in 98.
Prov. 3. 3.
they have spoken. thme house, and when thou walkest Isai. 51. 7.
* ch. 4. 9.
• ch.32. 29. 29 ‘O that there were such an heart by the way, and when thou liest &
11. 19.
I’s. 81. 13. Ps. 78. 4,
Isai. 48. 18. in them, that they would fear me, and down, and when thou risest up. 5,6.
Matt. 23.
37. ^keep all my commandments always, 8 'And thou shalt bind them for a Eph. 6.
*Heb.
4.
Luke
42.
19.
That it might be well with them, and sign upon thme hand, and they shall whet, or,
sharpen.
k ch. 11. 1.
Muth their children for ever be as frontlets between thine eyes. 1 Ex. 13. 9,
* ch. 4. 40.
30 Go say to them, Get you 9 “And thou shalt write them upon
16.
mto ch. 11. 18.
Prov. 3. i
your tents again. the posts of thy house, and on thy &6 21 . .
&7.
31 But as for thee, stand thou here gates. “ ch. 11. 20.
3.
“Gal. 3. 19. by me, “and I will speak unto thee 10 And it shall be, when the Lord Isai. 57. 8.
all the commandments, and the sta- thy God shall have brought thee into
2
tutes, and the judgments, which thou the land which he sware unto thy
shalt teach them, that they may do fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
them in the land which I give them Jacob, to give thee great and goodly
to3 possess it. cities, “which thou buildedst not, “ Josh. 24.
13.
32 Ye shall observe to do therefore 11 And houses full of all good things, Ps. 105. 44.
as the Lord your God hath command- which thou filledst not, and wells dig-
« ch. 17. 20. ed4 you “ ye shall not turn aside to
: ged, which thou diggedst not, vine-
& 28. 14. 5 right hand or to the left.
Josh. 1. 7. the yards and olive trees, which thou
&23. 6.
Prov. 4. 27. 33 Ye shall walk in °all the ways plantedst not; 'when thou shalt have » ch. 8. 10,
&c.
0 ch. 10. 12.
Ps. 119. 6.
which the Lord your God hath com- eaten and be full
Jer. 7. 23.
Luke 1. 6.
manded you, that ye may live, ând 12 Then beware lest thou forget the
P ch. 4. 40. that it may be well with you, and that Lord, which brought thee forth out
ye may prolong your days in the land of the land of Egypt, from the house
which ye shall possess. of ^ bondage. s Heb.
bondmen,
13 Thou shalt ^fear the Lord thy
j
CHAPTER VI.
or, servatiie.
P ch. 10. 12,
1 The end of the law is obedience. 3 An exhortation thereto. God, and serve him, and ’shalt swear 1 20. 13. 4. &
OW
N these are “ the command-
Matt. 4. 10.
'
• ch. 4. 1.
&
5. 31.
by his name. I
Luke 4. 8.
& 12 . 1. ments, the statutes, and the 14 Ye shall not '^go after other gods, Q Ps. 63. 11.
Isai. 45. 23.
judgments, which the Lord your ’of the gods of the people which are & 65. 16.
Jer. 4. 2.
God commanded to teach you, that round about you; &5.
& 12. 16.
7.
ye might do them the land whither m 15 (For the Lord thy God is a jea-
*
» ch. 8. 19.
&
11. 28.
*Heb.
pass over.
ye ^ go to possess it lous God among you) "lest the anger Jer. 25. 6.
^ Ex. 20. 20. That thou mightest fear the Lord
’’
of the Lord thy God be kindled • ch. 13. 7.
ch. 10. 12, ‘ Ex. 20. 5.

13. thy God, to keep statutes and all his against thee, and destroy thee from ch. 4. 24.
Ps. 111. 10. ® ch. 7. 4.
& 128. 1. his commandments, which I command off the face of the earth. &11. 17.
Eccles. 12.
13.
thee, thou, and thy son, and thy sou’s 16 IF ""Ye shall not tempt the Lord * Matt. 4. 7.
Luke 4. 12.
' ch. 4. 40.
Pro. 3. 1,2.
son, all the days of thy life ; 'and that your God, ^ as ye tempted him in y Ex. 17. 2,7.
Num.
thy days may be prolonged. Massah. 3. 4.
20.
IF Hear therefore, O Israel, and 17 Ye * diligently keep the com-

shall
& 21. 4, 5.
1 Cor. 10. 9.
observe to do it that it may be well mandments of the Lord your God, « ch. 11. 13,
22 .
•’Gen. 15.5.
with thee, and that ye may increase and his testimonies, and his statutes, Ps. 119, 4.
& 22. 17. mightily, ^ as the Lord God of thy fa- which he hath commanded thee.
• Ex. 3. 8.
'Isai. 42. 8. thers hath promised thee, in ®the land 18 And thou "shalt do that which is • Ex. 15. 26.
Mark 12. ch. 12. 28.
2J, 32. that floweth with milk and honey. right and good
in the sight of the & 13. 18.
John
1 Cor.
17. 3.
8.
^Hear, O Israel: The Lord our Lord that it may be well with thee,
:
4,6.
«ch. 10.12.
God is one Lord : and that thou mayest go in and pos-
Mat. 22. 37.
Markl2.30.
And ®thou shalt love the Lord thy sess the good land which the Lord
LukelO.27. God ’'with all thine heart, and with sware unto thy fathers,
M um. 33.
•‘2Iun.23. *>
25. all thy soul, and with all thy might. 19 '’To cast out all thine enemies 52,53.
: : ; ; : : ;
All Goinmunion with the DEUTERONOMY, YII. nations is forbidden.
Before from before thee, as the Lokd hath 5 But thus shall ye deal with them Before
CHRIST
1451. spoken. ye shall ‘destroy their altars, and CHRIST
1451.
« Ex. 13. 14.
20 And 'when thy son asketh thee break down their îmages, and cut
Ex.
down their groves, and burn their & 34.23.13.24.
*
s Heb. to în time to come, saying, Wliat mean

morrow. ch. 12. 2,
the testimonies, and the statutes, and graven images with fire. 2 Heb.
3.
the judgments, which the Lord our 6 ^For thou art an holy people unto pillars.
statues, or,
God hath commanded you? the Lord thy God: ‘the Lord thy ^ch. Ex. 19. 6.
14. 2.
21 Then thou shalt say unto thy God hath chosen thee to be a special Ps.
& 26. 19.
son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in
50. 5.
people unto himself, above all people Jer. 2. 3.
Ex. 19. 5. >
Egypt and the Lord brought us out
; I
that are upon the face of the earth, Amos 3. 2.
•JEx. 3.19. of Egypt ‘‘with a mighty hand 7 The Lord did not set his love upon 1 Pet. 2. 9.
& 13.
i
3.
•Ex.7. &8. 22 'And the Lord shewed signs and you, nor choose you, because ye were
& 9. & 10. wonders, great and ®sore, upon Eg}"pt,
I
more in number than any people for

& 11 & 12
. .
I
;
Ps. 135.
* Heb. evil.
9.
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house- ye were “ the fewest of all people “ ch. 10. 22.
hold, before our eyes 8 But “because the Lord loved you, “ ch. 10. 15.
23 And he brought us out from and because he would keep 'the oath “ Ex. 32. 13.
Ps. 105. 8,
thence, that he might bring us in, which he had sworn unto your fathers, 9, 10.
Luke 1. 55,
to give us the land which he sware p hath the Lord brought you
out with 72, 73.
P Ex.
unto our fathers. a mighty hand, and redeemed you out 14.
13. 3^
24 And the Lord commanded us of the house of bondmen, from the

* ver. 2.
to do all these statutes, *^10 fear the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
e ch. 10. 13.
Job 35. 7, 8.
Lord our God, ^'for our good always, 9 Know therefore that the Lord thy
Jer. 32. 39. that **he might preserve us alive, as God, he is God, ^the faithful God, 5 Isai. 49. 7.
1 Cor. 1. 9
ch. 4. 1.
& 8 1.
.
it isat this day. which keepeth covenant and mercy & 10. 13.
2 Cor. 1.18.
Ps. 41.
Luke 10.28.
2.
25 And ‘it shall be our righteous- with them that love him and keep 1 Thess. 5
24.
* Lev. 18. 5. ness, if we observe to do all these his commandments to a thousand 2Thess.3.3.
ch. 21. 13. 2Tim.2.13.
Rom. 10. commandments before the Lord our generations Heb. 11.11.
3,5. John 1. 9.
God, as he hath commanded us. 10 And 'repayeth them that hate him
1
>•
Ex. 20. 6.
to their face, to destroy them he ‘ ch. 5. 10.
CHAPTER VII. :
will not be slack to him that hateth

Neh.
Dan.
1. 5.
9. 4.
1 AU communion with the nationsis forbidden, 4 for fear • Isai. 69. 18.
of idolatry, 6 for the holiness of the people, 9 for the

him, he will repay him to his face. Nah. 1. 2.
‘
nature of God in his mercy and justice, 17 for the as- 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the ch. 32. 35
suredness of victory which God will give over them.

commandments, and the statutes,
» ch. 31. 3.
Ps. 44. 2, 3.
W HEN the 'Lord thy God shall and the judgments, which I com-
bring thee into the land wlii-
ther thou goest to possess it, and
mand thee this day, to do them.
12 H "Wherefore it shall come to “ Lev. 26.
ch. 23. 1.
3.
hath cast out many nations before pass, ®if ye hearken to these judg- »Heb.
because.
•> Gen. 15. thee, ‘’the Hittites, and the Girgash- ments, and keep, and do them, that
10,&c.
Ex. 33. 2. ites, and the Amorites, and the Ca- the Lord thy God shall keep unto
oPs. 10.5. 8,9.
naanites, and the Perizzites, and the thee *the covenant and the mercy Luke 1. 05,
« ch. 4. 38. Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven na- which he sware unto thy fathers 72, 73.
&9.
ver. 23.
1.
tions 'greater and mightier than thou 13 And he will ^love thee, and bless y John 14. 21.
ch. 23. 14. 2 And when the Lord thy God shall thee, and multiply thee * he will also
:
» ch. 28. 4.
® Lev. 27.
2 <,29. ^deliver them before thee thou shalt;
bless the fruit of thy womb, and the
Num. 33.
62. smite them, and 'utterly destroy them; fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy
ch. 20. 16,
17. Hhou shalt make no covenant with wine, and thine oil, the increase of
Josh.
& 8. 24.
6. 17.
them, nor shew mercy unto them: thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep,
&9. 24.
& 10. 28,40. 3 ® Neither shalt thou make mar- in the land which he sware unto thy
& 11. 11,12. riages with them; thy daughter thou fathers to give thee.
'Ex. 23. 32.
& 34. 12, shalt not give unto his son, nor his 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all
15, 16.
Judg. 2. 2. daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. people “there shall not be male or
:
« Ex.
&c.
23. 26,
See ch. 20.
10, &c. 4 For they will turn away thy son female barren among you, or among
Josh. 2. 14.
& 9. 18. from following me, that they may your cattle.
Judg. 1.24.
*Jo6h.23.12. serve other gods: ’’so Avill the anger 15 And the Lord will take away from b Ex. 9. 14.
IKin. 11.2.
Ezra 9. 2.
of the Lord be kindled against you, thee all sickness, and will put none & 15. 26.
ch. 28. 27,
•*ch. 6. 15. and destroy thee suddenly. of the ‘’evil diseases of Egypt, which 60.
; : ;;
The reward of obedience. DEUTEEONOMY, YIII. An exhortation thereto.
Before thou knowest, upon thee but will lay

; CHAPTER VIII. Before
CHKIST CHRIST
1451. them upon all them that hate thee. An exhortation to obedience in regard of God’s dealing 1451.
« ver. 2.
16 And “thou shalt consume all the with them.
people which the Loed thy God shall ALL the commandments which I
^ ch. 13. 8. deliver thee; ^ thine eye shall have jlX command thee this day “shall •ch.4.1.
& 5. 32, 33.
& 19. 13,21.
&25.12. no pity upon them neither shalt
: ye observe to do, that ye may live, &6. 1,2,3.
thou serve their gods; for that will and multiply, and go in and possess
• Ex. 23. 33. be ®a snare unto thee. the land which the Loed sware unto
ch. 12. 30.
Judg. 8. 27. 17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, your fathers.
Ps. 106. 36.
These nations are more than I ; how 2 And thou shalt remember all the
f Num. 33. can I ^dispossess them? way which the Loed thy God '“led •> ch. 1. 3.
&2. 7.
53.
* ch. 31. 6. 18 ®Thou shalt not be afraid of thee these forty years in the wilder- &29.5.
I’s. 136. 16.
» Ps. 105. 5. them but shalt well ‘“remember what
: ness, to humble thee, and “to prove Amos 2. 10.
e Ex.
the Loed thy God did imto Pharaoh, thee, ^to know what was in thine 16. 4.
ch. 13. 3.
and unto aU Egypt heart, whether thou wouldest keep ^ 2 Chron.

32. 31.
1 ch. 4. 34. 19 ‘The great temptations which his commandments, or no. John 2. 25.
&29.3.
thine eyes saw, and the signs, and 3 And he humbled thee, and “suf- •Ex. 16. 2, 3.
the wonders, and the mighty hand, fered thee to himger, and ^fed thee fEx. 16. 12,
14,35.
and the stretched out arm, whereby with manna, which thou knewest not,
the Loed thy God brought thee out neither did thy fathers know ; that
so shall the Loed thy God do unto all he might make thee know that man
the people of whom thou art afraid. doth ®not live by bread only, but by ePs. 104.29.
Matt. 4. 4.
k Ex. 23. 28. 20 ^Moreover the Loed thy God will every word that proceedeth out of Luke 4. 4.
Josh. 24. 12.
send the hornet among them, until the mouth of the Loed doth man live.
they that are left, and hide them- 4 **
Thy raiment waxed not old upon ch. 29. 5.
Heh. 9. 21.
selves from thee, be destroyed. thee, neither did thy foot swell, these
21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at forty years.
1 Ntun. 11.
20. & 14. 9,
them: for the Loed thy God is ‘among 5 ‘Thou shalt also consider in thine ‘2Sain.7.14.
Ps. 89. 32.
14,42. you, “a mighty God and terrible. heart, that, as a man chasteneth his Prov. 3. 12.
& 16. 3. Heb. 12.5,6.
Josh. 3. 10. 22 “And the Loed thy God will ‘^put son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth Rev. 3. 19.
“ ch. 10. 17.
Neh. 1. 5. out those nations before thee by little thee.
& 4. 14. and little thou mayest not consume
& 9. 32. : 6 Therefore thou shalt keep the com-
k ch. 5. 33.
» Ex. 23. 29,
30.
them at once, lest the beasts of the mandments of the Loed thy God, '“to
»Heb. field increase upon thee. walk in his ways, and to fear him.
pluck off.
23 But the Loed thy God shall de- 7 For the Loed thy God bringeth
3Heb. liver them ®imto thee, and shall de- thee mto a good land, ‘a land of brooks > ch. 11. 10,
before (hy 11 , 12 .
face, ver. 2. stroy them with a mighty destruction, of water, of fountains and depths that
until they be destroyed. spring out of valleys and hills
® Josh. 10.
24, 25, 42.
24 And “he shall deliver their kings 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and
&12.1,&c. into thine hand, and thou shalt de- vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates;
P Ex. 17. 14. stroy their name ‘’from under hea- a land ôf oil olive, and honey *Heb.
of olive
9 A land wherein thou shalt eat
ch. 9. 14.
& 25. 19. ven: ‘‘there shall no man be able to tree of oU.
& 29. 20.

« ch. 11. 25.
stand before thee, until thou have bread without scarceness, thou shalt
Josh. 1. 5.
destroyed them. not lack any thing in it a land “whose “ ch. 33. 25.
& 10 . 8 .
;
&23.9. 25 The graven images of their gods stones are iron, and out of whose hills
k ver. 5.
Ex. 32. 20.
'shall ye burn with fire: thou “shalt thou mayest dig brass.
ch. 12. 3.
1 Chron.
not desire the silver or gold that is 10 “When thou hast eaten and art “ ch.
12 .
6. 11,
14. 12. on them, nor take it unto thee, lest full, then thou shalt bless the Loed
• Josh. 7. 1,
21 . thou be ‘ snared therein for it is " an
: thy God for the good land which he
*Judg. 8. 27.
Zeph. 1.3. abomination to the Loed thy God. hath given thee.
•ch.17. 1. 26 Neither shalt thou bring an abo- 11 Beware that thou forget not the
mination into thine house, lest thou Loed thy God, in not keeping his
be a cursed thing like it: but thou commandments, and his judgments,
» Lev. 27. 28.
shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt and his statutes, which I command • ch. 28. 47.
ch. 13. 17. utterly abhor it; *for it is a cm-sed thee this day: &
32. 15.
Josh. 6. 17, Prov. 30. 9.
18. & 7. 1. thing. 12 “Lest when thou hast eaten and Hos. 13. 6.
; ! ; ; ; :
Moses reliearseth the DEUTERONOMY, IX. rehelliom of Israel,

Before full, and hast built goodly houses, “goeth over before thee; as a ‘con-
CHRIST art
Before
CHRIST
1451. and dwelt therein; suming fire ®he shall destroy them, 1451.
13 And when thy herds and thy and he shall bring them down before • ch. 31. 3.
flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy face

: so shalt thou drive them T
Josh.
ch. 4. 24.
3. 11,
thy gold is multiplied, and all that out, and destroy them quickly, as the Heb.12.29,
» ch. 7. 23.
thou hast is multiplied Lord hath said unto thee. '>
Ex. 23. 31,
P 1 Cor. 4. 7. 14 PThen thine heart be lifted up, 4 “Speak not thou in thine heart, >
ch. 7. 24.
ch. 8. 17.
ttPs. 106.21. and thou forget the Lord thy God, after that the Lord thy God hath Rom.
6 20, .
11.
which brought thee forth out of the cast them out from before thee, say- 1
4. 7.
Cor. 4.
land of Egypt, from the hou.«e of ing, For my righteousness the Lord
bondage hath brought me in to possess this
rleai.63.12, 15 Who 'led thee through that great land : but ^ for the wickedness of ‘Gen. 15. 16.
Lev. 18. 24,
13. 14.
Jer. 2. 6. and terrible wilderness, wherein loere these nations the Lord doth drive
* 25.
ch. 18. 12.
sNum. 21.6.
Hos. 13. 5. fiery serpents, and scorpions, and them out from before thee.
drought, where there was no water; 5 'Not for thy righteousness, or for * Titus 3. 5.
‘ Num.
11 .
20. ‘who brought thee forth water out the uprightness of thine heart, dost
Ps. 78. 15. of the rock of flint thou go to possess their land : but
& 114.
16 Who fed thee in the wilderness for the wickedness of these nations
8.
with " manna, which thy fathers knew the Lord thy God doth drive them
• Ter. 3.
Ex. 16. 15.
not, that he might humble thee, and out from before thee, and that he
* Jer. 24. 5, 6.
Heb.12.11. that he might prove thee, * to do thee may perform “ the word which the “Gen. 12. 7.
& 13. 15.
good at thy latter end Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abra- & 15. 7.
2 & 17. 8.
r ch. 9. 4.
17 Ând thou say in thine heart, My ham, Isaac, and Jacob. & 26. 4.
1 Cor. 4. 7.
& 28. 13.
power and the might of mine hand 6 Understand therefore, that the
hath
3 gotten me this wealth. Lord thy God giveth thee not this
18 But thou shalt remember the good land to possess it for thy right-
•Pro. 10. 22.
Hoe. 2. 8.
Lord thy God * for it is he that giv- eousness; for thou art ““a stiffnecked
:
" ver. 13.
Ex. 32. 9.
&33.3.
•ch.7. 8,12. eth thee power to get wealth, “that people. &34.9.
he may establish his covenant which 7 II Remember, and forget not, how
he sware unto thy fathers, as it is thou provokedst the Lord thy God
this day. to wrath in the wilderness ° from the
: "Ex. 14.11.
& 16. 2.
19 And it shall be, if thou do at all day that thou didst depart out of the & 17. 2.
Num. 11.4.
forget the Lord thy God, and walk land of Egypt, until ye came unto & 20 2 . .
& 25. 2.
after other gods, and serve them, and this place, ye have been rebellious ch. 31. 27.
>> rh. 4. 26. worship them, ‘’I testify against you against the Lord.
&30.18.
this day that ye shall surely perish. 8 Also *“111 Horeb ye provoked the P Ex. 32. 4.
Ps. 106. 19.
20 As the nations which the Lord Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was
' Dan. 9. 11, destroyeth before your face, “so shall angry with you to have destroyed you.
12 .
ye perish because ye would not be
;
9 ’When I was gone up into the 1491.
1 Ex. 24.12,
obedient unto the voice of the Lord mount to receive the tables of stone, 15.
your God. even the tables of the covenant which

CHAPTER IX. the Lord made with you, then “"I r Ex.
&34.
24. 18.
28.
Moses dissuadeth them from the opinion of their own right- abode in the mount forty days and
eousness, by rehearsing their several rebellions. forty nights, I neither did eat bread
• ch. 11. 31.

.Tosh. 3. 16.
& 4. 19.
b ch. 4. 38.
H ear, O Israel: Thou art to nor drink water
“pass over Jordan this day, to 10 “And the Lord delivered unto me
go in to possess nations greater and two tables of stone written with tlie
•Ex. 31. 18.
&7.1. mightier than thyself, cities great and finger of God and on them ivas writ-
;
& 11. 23. “ fenced up to heaven,
e ch. 1. 28. ten according to all the words, which
d Num. 13. A people great and tall, ^ the chil- the Lord spake with you in the mount
22, 28, 32,
33. dren of the Anakims, whom thou out of the midst of the fire ‘in the tEx.l9.
& 20 . 1 .
17.
knowest, and of whom thou hast day of the assembly. ch. 4. 10.
& 10. 4.
heard say, Who can stand before the 11 And it came to pass at the end & 18. 16.
children of Anak of forty days and forty nights, that
Understand therefore this day, the Lord gave me the two tables of
that the Lord thy God is he which stone, even the tables of the covenant.
:
Moses reJiearseth the DEUTERONOMY, X. rebellions of Israel.
Before 12 And the Loed said unto me, you from Kadesh-barnea, sajdng. Go Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451.
"Arise, get thee down quickly from up and possess the land which I have 1451.
n Ex. 32.
hence for thy people which thou
;
given you; then ye rebelled against
7.
hast brought forth out of Egypt the commandment of the Loed your
have corrupted themselves; they are God, and ^ye believed him not, nor pP8.106.24,
25.
* eh. 31. 29. ^ quickly turned aside out of the way hearkened to his voice.
Judg. 2.17.
which I commanded them they have
;
24 ’ Ye have been rebellious agamst 1 ch. 31. 27.
made them a molten image. the Loed from the day that I knew
7 Ex. 32. 9. 13 Furthermore ^the Loed spake you.
unto me, saying, I have seen this peo- 25 ^ Thus I fell down before the Loed 7 ver. 18.
I
* ver. 6. ple, and, behold, *it ^ a stifliiecked forty days and forty nights, as I fell
ch. 10. 16.
&31.27. people down at the first; because the Loed
2 Kin.
14 “ Let me alone, that I may destroy
17.
I
14. had said he would destroy you.

Ex.
I
• Ex. 32. 10.
them, and ‘’blot out their name from 26 "I prayed therefore unto the Loed, •
&c.
32. 11,
»>ch.29. 20.
Ps. 9. 5. under heaven ' and I will make of
: and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy
&
109. 13.
e Num. 14. thee a nation mightier and greater people and thine inheritance, which
12 .
than they. thou hast redeemed through thy

d Ex. 32. 15.
15 ^ So I turned and came down from greatness, which thou hast brought
• Ex.
ch. 4.11.
19. 18. the mount, and "the mount burned forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
&5.23. with fire and the two tables of the
: 27 Remember thy servants, Abraham,
covenant were in my two hands. Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the
»Ex. 32.19. 16 And looked, and, behold, ye stubbornness of this people, nor to
had sinned against the Loed your their wickedness, nor to their sm :
God, and had made you a molten 28 Lest the land whence thou
‘ ‘Gen. 41.57.
1 Sam. 14.
calf ye had turned aside quickly out
:
broughtest us out say, "Because the 25.
° Ex. 32. 12.
of the way which the Loed had com- Loed was not able to brmg them into Num. 14.
manded you. the land which he promised them, 16.
17 And I took the two tables, and and because he hated them, he hath
cast them out of my two hands, and brought them out to slay them in the
brake them before your eyes. wilderness.
f Ex. 34. 28. 18 And I ® fell down before the Loed, 29 *Yet they are thy people and 7 ch. 4. 20.
1 Kin. 8.
Pb. 106. 23.
as at the first, forty days and forty thine inheritance, which thou brought- 51.
Neh. 1. 10.
nights I did neither eat bread, nor
: est out by thy mighty power and by Ps. 95. 7.
drink water, because of aU your sins thy stretched out arm.

which ye sinned, in doing wickedly
in the sight of the Loed, to provoke CHAPTER X.
1 God's mercy in restoring the two tables, 6 in continuing
him to anger.
the priesthood, 8 in separating the tribe of Levi, 10 in
hEx. 32.10, 19 ‘‘For I was afraid of the anger hearkening unto Moses' suit for the people. 12 An ex-
11-
I
and hot displeasure, wherewith the hortation unto obedience.
Loed was wroth against you to de- AT Loed said unto

that time the 1491.
‘ Ex.
&
32. 14.
33. 17.
stroy you. ‘But the Loed hearkened me, "Hew
thee two tables of •Ex. 34.1,2.
ch. 10. 10. unto me at that time also. stone like unto the first, and come
Pb. 106. 23.
20 And the Loed was very angry with up unto me into the mount, and
Aaron to have destroyed him and I : •’make thee an ark of wood. b Ex. 25. 10.
prayed for Aaron also the same time. 2 And I will write on the tables the
*Ex.32. 20. 21 And took your sin, the calf words that were in the first tables
Isai. 31. 7.
which ye had made, and burnt it with which thou brakest, and “thou shalt “ Ex.
21 .
2.5. 18,
fire, and stamped it, and ground it put them in the ark.
very small, even until it was as small 3 And I made an ark of ‘‘shittim a Ex.
10.
25. 5,
& 37. 1.
as dust: and I cast the dust thereof wood, and ® hewed two tables of stone • Ex. 34. 4.
into the brook that descended out of like unto the first, and went up into
the mount. the mount, having the two tables in
' Num. 11.
1. 3, 5. 22 And at Taberah, and at “ Mas-
‘
mine hand.
" Ex. 17. 7.
” Num. 11. sah, and at " Kibroth-hattaavah, ye 4 And Hie wrote on the tables, ac- fEx. 34.28.
4, 34.
provoked the Loed to wrath. cording to the first ivritmg, the ten *Heb.
® Num. 13.3. words.
& 14. 1. 23 Likewise “when the Loed sent ^commandments, ® which the Loed e Ex. 20. 1.
; ; : ;
An exhortation DEUTERONOMY, XI. to obedience.
Before spake unto you in the mount out skin of your heart, and be no more Before
CHKIST CHRIST
1451 .
of the midst of the fire ‘'in the day ^ stiffnecked. 1451 .
» Ex. 19. 17. of the assembly and the Lokd gave

: Lord your God is God
17 For the ‘
‘ch.9.6,13.
ch. 9. 10.
& 18. 16. them unto me. of gods, and “ Lord of lords, a great ‘JoBh.22.22.
Ps. 136. 2.
i Ex. 34. 29. 5 And I turned myself and ‘came God, "a mighty, and a terrible, which Dan. 2. 47.
‘Ex. 40.20. doAvn from the mount, and ^put the “regardeth not persons, nor taketh & 11. 36.
“Rev.17.14.
tables in the ark which I had made; reward & 19. 16.
“ ch. 7. 21.
> 1 Kin. 8. 9. ‘
and there they be, as the Loed com- 18 ^He doth execute the judgment <>2Chr.l9.7.
Job
manded me. of the fatherless and widow, and lov- 34. 19.
Acts10. 34.
6 If And the children of Israel took

Rom. 2. 11.
eth the stranger, in giving him food Gal. 2. 6.
“ Num. 33. their journey from Beeroth “of the and raiment. Eph. 6. 9.
31. Col. 3. 25.
” Num. 33. children of Jaakan to “ Mosera ” there : 19 ’Love ye therefore the stranger: 1 Pet. 1. 17.
P Ps. 68.
30. 5.
° Num. 20.
Aaron died, and there he was buried for ye were strangers in the land of & 146. 9.
9 Lev. 19.
28. &33.38. and Eleazar his son ministered in the Egypt. 33,34.
priest’s office in his stead. - 20 "^Thou shalt fear the Lord thy •^ch. 6. 13.
Matt. 4. 10.
P Num.
32, 33.
33. 7 P
From thence they journeyed unto God;
2 him shalt thou serve, and to Luke 4. 8.
Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to him shalt thou “cleave, ‘and swear » ch. 11. 22.
& 13. 4.
Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. by his name. ‘Ps. 63.11.
«
&
Num.
4. 4.
3. 6.
& 8.
8 If At that time ’the Lord separated 21
3 "He
thy praise, and he is thy
is “ Ex.
Ps. 22. 3.
15. 2.
14. &
16. 9. the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of God, ‘'that hath done for thee these Jer. 17. 14.
r Num. 4.15. * 1 Sam. 12.
• ch. 18. 5.
the covenant of the Lord, Ho stand great
4 and terrible things, which thine 24.
2Sam.7.23.
before the Lord to minister unto him, eyes have seen. Ps. 106. 21,
22 .
* Lev.
Num.
9. 22. and ‘to bless in his name, unto this 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt
6. 23.
ch. 21. 5. day. y with threescore and ten persons and yGen.46.27.
5 ;
Ex. 1. 5.
" Num. 18. 9 "Wherefore Levi hath no part nor now the Lord thy God hath made Acts 7. 14.
20,24. 6
ch. 18. 1, 2. inheritance brethren
with his the ; thee as the stars of heaven for mul- * Gen. 15. 5.
ch. 1. 10.
Ezek. 44
28. Lord is his inheritance, according as titude. & 28. 62.
the Lord thy God promised him. CHAPTER XI.
* Ex. 34. 28. 10 And *I stayed in the mount, ac- 1 An exhortation to obedience, 2 by their oum experience
ch. 9. 18,25.
of God's great works, 8 by promise of God’s great bless-
* Or, former cording to the ^ first time, forty days ings, 16 and by threatenings. 18 A careful study is re-
days,
1491 .
and forty nights; and ^the Lord hear- quired in God’s words. 26 The blessing and curse is set
y Ex. 32. 14, kened unto me at that time also, and before them.
33,34.
the Lord would not destroy thee. herefore thou shait “love the “ ch. 10. 12.
*
& 33. 17.
ch. 9. 19.
Ex.
&33.
32. 34.
1.
11 ’'And the Lord said unto me.
Arise, ®take thy journey before the
T Lord thy God, and ‘‘keep his
charge, and his statutes, and his judg-
»>
& 30. 16,20.
Zech. 3. 7.
* Heb. go in
journey. people, that they may go in and pos- ments, and his commandments, alway.
sess the land, which I sware unto their And know ye this day for I speak :
fathers to give unto them. not with your children which have not
“ Mic. 6. 8. 12 If And now, Israel, “what doth the known, and which have not seen “the « ch. 8. 5.
b ch. 6. 13. Lord thy God require of thee, but ’’to chastisement of the Lord your God,
« ch. 5. 33. fear the Lord thy God, Ho walk in '‘his greatness, “his mighty hand, and d ch. 5. 24.
® ch. 7. 19.
<» ch. 6. 5. all his ways, and to love him, and to his stretched out arm,
& 11. 13.
& 30. 16,20. serve the Lord thy God with aU thy Ând his miracles, and his acts, fP8.78. 12.
Mat. & 135. 9.

22. 37.
heart and with all thy soul, which he did in the midst of Egypt
13 To keep the commandments of unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and
the Lord, and his statutes, which I unto all his land;
® ch. 6. 24. command thee this day “for thy good? And what he did unto the army of
yiKin.8.27. 14 Behold, Hhe heaven and the hea- Egypt, unto their horses, and to their
Ps. 115. 16.
& 148. 4. ven of heavens is the Lord’s thy chariots ® how he made the water of
;
s Ex. 14. 27,
» Gen. 14. 19. God, ®the earth also,, with all that the Red sea to overflow them as they I'.s.,,..,
Ps. 106. 11.
Ex. 19. 5.
Pe. 24. 1. therein is. pursued after you, and how the Lord
•> ch. 4. 37. 15 ‘‘Only the Lord had a delight in hath destroyed them unto this day
• See Lev.
26. 41.
thy fathers to love them, and he chose And what he did unto you in the
ch. 3). 6. their seed after them, even you above wilderness, until ye came into this
.Ter. 4. 4.
'"Num.16.1,
Rom. 2. 28, all people, as it is this day. place 31. & 27. 3.
29
Ctol.2. 11. 16 Circumcise therefore ‘the fore- And ‘‘what he did unto Dathan Ps. 106. 17.
: : : ; ;
:
An exhortation DEUTEKONOMY, XI. to obedience.
Before and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the lest ^ye perish quickly from off the I
Before
CHBIST CHRIST
son of Reuben how the earth open- good land which the Lord giveth you. I
:
1451. 1451.
ed her mouth, and swallowed them 18 IF Therefore ® shall ye lay up these d ch. 4. 26.
up, and their households, and their my words in your heart and in your & 8. 19, 20.
& 30. 18.
* Or, living tents, and all the ^ substance that soul, and “^bind them for a sign upon .Tosh. 23.
pihkan4X 13, 15, 16.
ivhich.fol- ® was in their possession, in the midst your hand, that they may be as front- ® ch. 6. 6.
lowed them, &
32. 4<;.
SHeb. of all Israel lets between your eyes. f
ch. 6. 8.
was at
7 But ‘your eyes have seen all the 19 ®And ye shall teach them your « ch. 4. 9, 10.
their fed. &6. 7.
« ch. 5. 3. great acts of the Lokd which he did. children, speaking of them when thou
& 7. 19.
8 Therefore shall ye keep all the sittest in thine house, and when thou
commandments which I command you walkest by the way, when thou liest
^
kJoBh.1.6.7. this day, that ye may be strong, and down, and when thou risest up.
go in and possess the land, whither 20 And thou shalt write them upon h ch. 6. 9.
ye go to possess it; the door posts of thine house, and

lch.4.40. 9 And ‘that ye may prolong your upon thy gates :
& 5. 16.
Prov. 10.27. days in the land, “ which the Lord 21 That ‘your days may be multi- * ch. 4. 40.
&6 2
“ ch. . .
9. 5.
sware unto your fathers to give unto plied, and the days of your children, Prov. 3. 2.
& 4. 10.
“ Ex. 3. 8. them and to their seed, “ a land that in the land which the Lord sware &9. 11.
floweth with milk and honey. unto your fathers to give them, ’‘as “ Ps. 72.
& 89. 29.
5.
10 IF For the land, whither thou goest the days of heaven upon the earth.
in to possess it, is not as the land 22 IF For if ye shall diligently keep
‘ ' ver. 13.
ch. 6. 17.
of Egypt, from whence ye came out, all these commandments which I com-
® Zech. 14.
18.
“where thou sowedst thy seed, and mand you, to do them, to love the
wateredst it with thy foot, as a gar- Lord your God, to walk in all his
den of herbs ways, and “ to cleave unto him “ ch. 10. 20.
&30. 20.
Pch.8.7. 11 PBut the land, whither ye go to 23 Then will the Lord “drive out ” ch. 4. 38.
&9. 5.
possess it, is a land of hills and val- all these nations from before you, and
leys, and drinketh water of the rain ye shall “possess greater nations and 0 ch. 9.
1. j
of heaven mightier than yourselves.

12 A land which the Lord thy God 24 P Every place whereon the soles of P Josh. 1. 3.
&
14. 9.
«Heb. ^careth for: ^the eyes of the Lord your feet shall tread shall be your’s:
eeekeih.
<i 1 Kin. 9. 3. thy God are always upon it, from the ’from the wilderness and Lebanon, 4 Gen. 15. 18.
Ex. 23. 31.
beginning of the year even unto the from the river, the river Euphrates, Kum. 34.3,
&c.
end of the year. even unto the uttermost sea shall
13 ^ And it shall come to pass, if ye your coast be.
r ver. 22.
shall hearken diligently unto my com- 25 “There shall no man be able to «•
ch. 7. 24.
ch. 6. 17.
mandments which I command you this stand before you for the Lord your
:
• ch. 10. 12. day, to love the Lord your God, and
“
God shall “lay the fear of you and » ch. 2. 25.
to serve him \vith all your heart and the dread of you upon all the land
with all your soul, that ye shall tread upon, ‘ as he hath ‘ Ex. 23. 27.
‘ I-ev. 26. 4. 14 That *I will give you the rain of said unto you.
ch. 28. 12.
* Joel 2. 23.
your land in his due season, “ the first 26 IF “Behold, I set before you this “ ch. 30. 1,
15, 19.
James 5. 7.
rain and the latter rain, that thou day a blessing and a curse
mayest gather in thy corn, and thy 27 '‘A blessing, if ye obey the com- * ch. 28. 2.
wine, and thine oil. mandments of the Lord your God,

*Ps.l04.14. 15 And I send grass in thy
will ® which I command you this day
® Heb. give.
fields for thy cattle, that thou may-' 28 And a ^ curse, if ye will not obey y ch. 28. 15.
1 ch. 6. 11.
Joel 2. 19.
est ^ eatand be fuU. the commandments of the Lord your
» ch. 29. 18. 16 Take heed to
yourselves, *that God, but turn aside out of the uuy
Job 31. 27.
your heart be not deceived, and ye which I command you this day, to go
• ch. 8. 19. turn aside, and “serve other gods, after other gods, wliich ye have not
& 30. 17.
and worship them; known.
»> ch. 6. 15. 17 And then ’’the Lord’s wrath be 29 And it shall come to pass, when
<=lKin.8.35. kindled against you, and he “ shut up the Lord thy God hath brought thee
2Chr. 6. 26.
& 7. 13. the heaven, that there be no rain, and in unto the land whither thou goest ch. 27. 12,
13.
that the land yield not her fruit and ;
to possess it, that thou shalt put the Josh. 8. 33.
0
s : : : : ;
The place of God' DEUTEKONOMY, XII. service is to he Tcept.
Before blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the that we do here this day, “ every man Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451. curse upon mount Ebal. whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 1451.
30 Are they not on the other side 9 For ye are not as yet come to the
“Judg. 17.6.
Jordan, by the way where the sun go- rest and to the inheritance, which the &21.25.
eth down, in the land of the Canaan- Lord your God giveth you.
ites, which dwell in the champaign 10 But when “ye go over Jordan, “ ch. 11. 31.
« Gen. 12. 6. over against Gilgal, ^ beside the plains and dwell in the land which the Lord
Judg. 7. 1.
of Moreh ? your God giveth you to inherit, and
ch. 9. 1. 31 ‘’For ye shall pass over Jordan ivhen he giveth you rest from all your
Josh. 1. 11.
to go in to possess the land which enemies round about, so that ye dwell
the Lord your God giveth you, and in safety;
ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. 11 Then there shall be “ a place which ® ver. 5, 14,
18, 21, 26.
' ch. 5. 32. 32 And ye shall observe 'to do all the Lord your God shall choose to &ch.l4.23.
& 12. 32. & 15. 20.
the statutes and judgments which I cause his name to dwell there thither
;
&16.2, &c.
& 17. 8.
set before you this day. shall ye bring all that I command you; & 18. 6.
& 23. 16.
CHAPTER XII. your burnt offerings, and your sacri- & 26. 2.
& 31. 11.
1 3Ionuments of idolatry are to he destroyed. 5 The place fices, your tithes, and the heave offer- Josh. 18. 1.
of God’s service is to he kept. 15, 23 Blood is forbidden. lKin.8.29.
ing of your hand, and all ^ your choice Ps. 78. 68.
17, 20, 26 Holy things mitst he eaten in the holy place.
19 The Levite is not to he forsaken. 29 Idolatry is not to vows which ye vow unto the Lord :
2Heb.
(he choice
he enquired after. 12And *’ye shall rejoice before the of your
vows.
hese
are the statutes and judg- Lord your God, ye, and your sons,
T
• ch. 6. 1. P ver. 7.
ments, which ye shall observe to and your daughters, and your men-
do in the land, which the Lord God servants, and your maidservants, and
of thy fathers giveth thee to possess the Levite that within your gates
is
^ ch. 4. 10. it, all the days that ye live upon the
’’
forasmuch as ‘‘hehath no part nor 9 ch, 10. 9.
1 Kin. 8.40. &
14. 29.
earth. inheritance with you.
® Ex. 34. 13. 2 'Ye shall utterly destroy all the 13 ‘‘Take heed to thyself that thou f Lev. 17. 4.
ch. 7. 6.
places, wherein the nations which ye offer not thy burnt offerings in every
* Or, inhei it. shall ^ possess served their gods, up- ‘‘
place that thou seest
<*2Kin.l6,4.
&17. 10,11. on the high mountains, and upon the 14 "But in the place which the Lord • ver. 11.
Jer. 3. 6.
and under every green tree
hills, shall choose in one of thy tribes, there
• Nvun. 33.
52.
3 And ®ye shall ® overthrow their thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings,
Judg. 2. 2. altars, and break and
their pillars, and there thou shalt do all that I
SHeb.
Ireak dmon. burn their groves with fire; and ye command thee.
shall hew down the graven images of 15 Notwithstanding ‘thou mayest kill * ver. 21.
their gods, and destroy the names of and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatso-
them out of that place. ever thy soul lusteth after, according
f vcr. 31. 4 ^Ye shall not do so unto the Lord to the blessing of the Lord thy God
your God. which he hath given thee :
" the un- “ ver. 22.
5 But unto the place which the Lord clean and the clean may eat thereof,
« ver. 11. your God shall ® choose out of all your * as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. * ch. 14. .5.
ch. 20. 2. & 15. 22.

Josh. 9. 27. tribes to put his name there, even 16 ‘‘Only ye shall not eat the blood; y Gen. 9. 4.
1 Kin. 8.29. Lev. 7. 26.
2Chr.7.12. unto his habitation shall ye seek, and ye shall pour it upon the earth as & 17. 10.
Pb. 78. 08.
thither thou shalt come water. ch. 15. 23.
& ver. 23,
Lev. 17. 6 And ‘‘thither ye shall bring your 17 If Thou mayest not eat within thy 24.
3,4.
burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy
‘ ver. 17. and your ‘tithes, and heave offerings wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of
ch. 14. 22,
23. & 1,5. of your hand, and your vows, and your thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of
19,20.
and the firstlings of
freewill offerings, thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy
your herds and of your flocks : freewill offerings, or heave offering of
* ch. 14. 26. 7 And ^ there ye shall eat before the thine hand
• ver. 12. 18.
Lev. 23. 40.
Lord your God, and ‘ye shall rejoice 18 *But thou must eat them before * ver. 11, 12.
& ch. 14.
ch. 16. 11, in all that ye put your hand unto, the Lord thy God in the place which 23.
14,15. &
26.
11. &27. 7. ye and your households, wherein the the Lord thy God shall choose, thou,
Lord thy God hath blessed thee. and thy son, and thy daughter, and
8 Ye shall not do after all the things thy manservant, and thy maidservant,
: ; :;
: ; ;
Idolatry is not DEUTERONOMY, XIII. to he enquired after.
Before and the Levite that is within thy gates: 30 Take heed to thyself “that thou Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
1451.
and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord be not snared ^by following them, 1451.
thy God in all that thou puttest thine after that they be destroyed from ” ch. 16. 7.
hands unto. before thee and that thou enquire *Heb.them.

;
after
• ch. 14. 27. 19 “Take heed to thyself that thou not after their gods, saying, How did
2 Heb. all forsake not the Levite âs long as these nations serve their gods? even
thy days.
thou livest upon the earth. so Avill 1 do likewise.
20 H Wlien the Lord thy God shall 31 “Thou shalt not do so unto the ® ver. 4.
Lev. 18. 3,
i>Gen.l5.18.
& 28. 14.
enlarge thy border, ’’as he hath pro- Lord thy God: for every âbomina- 26, 30.
2 Kin. 17.
Ex. 34. 24. mised thee, and thou shalt say, I will 2
tion to the Lord, which he hateth, have 15.
ch. 11. 24. SHeb.
& 19. 8. eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to they done unto their gods for ^ even ; abomina-
tion of the.
eat flesh ; thou mayest eat flesh, what- their
3 sons and their daughters they P Lev. 18. 21.
soever thy soul lusteth after. have burnt in the fire to their gods. &
20 2 . .
ch. 18. 10.

21 If the place which the Lord thy 32 What thing soever I command Jer. 32. 35.
Ezek. 23.
God hath chosen to put his name you,
4 observe to do it ’ thou shalt not
: 37.
"1 ch. 4. 2.
there be too far from thee, then thou add thereto, nor diminish from it. & 13. 18.
Josh. 1. 7.
shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock,
which the Lord hath given thee, as
5 CHAPTER XIII. Prov. 30. 6.
Rev. 22. 18.
1 Enticers to idolatry, 6 how near soever unto thee, 9 are

I have commanded thee, and thou to he stoned to death. 12 Idolatrous cities are not to be
shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy spared.
soul lusteth after. F

there arise among you a pro-
0 ver. 15. 22 'Even as the roebuck and the I6 phet, or a “dreamer of dreams, »Zech. 10.2.
hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
'* *>>181. 24.24.
2 Thes. 2.9.
the unclean and the clean shall eat And ' the sign or the wonder come «
22
See ch.
.
18.
(^them alike. to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, Jer. 28. 9.

Matt. 7. 22.
^ ver. 16.
23 ^ Only be sure that thou eat not
® saying. Let us go after other gods,
3 Heb. be
slrony. the blood ® for
:the blood is the life which thou hast not known, and let
• Gen. 9. 4.
Lev. 17. 11,
and thou mayest not eat the life with us serve them
14. the flesh. Thou shalt not hearken unto the
24 Thou shalt not eat it ; thou shalt words of that prophet, or that dreamer
pour it upon the earth as water. of dreams for the Lord your God
:
'ch. 4.40. 25 Thoushalt not eat it ; That it may ^proveth you, to know whether ye ^ ch. 8. 2.
Isai. 3. 10. See Matt.
go well with thee, and with thy children love the Lord your God with aU your 24. 24.
1 Cor. 11.19.
e Ex. 15. 26. after thee, ®when thou shalt do that heart and with all your soul. 2 Thess. 2.
ch. 13. 18. 11 .
1 Kin. 11. which is right in the sight of the Lord. Ye shall ® walk after the Lord your Rev. 13. 14.
38. *2Kin.23.3.
*"
Num.5. 9,
26 Only thy ''holy things which thou God, and fear him, and keep his com- 2 Chron.
10. & 18. 19. hast, and 'thy vows, thou shalt take, mandments, and obey his voice, and ye 34.31.
*lSam.l.21,
^
22. 24. and go unto the place which the Lord shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 'ch. 10. 20.
&30. 20.
shall choose And that prophet, or that dreamer
® e ch. 18. 20.
27 And ^thou shalt offer thy burnt

Jer. 14. 15.
* Lev. 1. 5, of dreams, shall be put to death be- ; Zech. 13.3.
9, 13.
& 17. 11. offerings, the flesh and the blood, cause he hath * spoken to turn you «Heb.
spoken re-
upon the altar of the Lord thy God away from the Lord your God, which volt against
die Lord.
and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be brought you out of the land of Egypt,
poured out upon the altar of the Lord and redeemed you out of the house
thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. of bondage, to thrust thee out of the
28 Observe and hear all these words way which the Lord thy God com-
> ver. 25. which I command thee, 'that it may manded thee to walk in. '“So shalt * ch. 17. 7.
& 22 21 , .
go well with thee, and with thy chil- thou put the evil away from the midst 22,24.
1 Cor. 5. 13.
dren after thee for ever, when thou of thee.
doest that which is good and right in 11 'If thy brother, the son of thy • ch. 17. 2.
the sight of the Lord thy God. mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or
“Ex. 23. 23. 29 IF When “ the Lord thy God shall the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend,
'' k See Gen.
16.5.
ch. 19. 1.
Josh. 23. 4. cut off the nations from before thee, 'which is as thine own soul, entice ch. 28. 54.
Prov. 5. 20.
whither thou goest to possess them, thee secretly, saying, Let us go and Mic. 7. 5.
^ Heb. 1 1 Sam. 18.
inheritest, and thou ^ succeedest them, and dw ell- serve other gods, which thou hast not 1,3.
or, possess-
est in their land knovm, thou, nor thy fathers & 20. 17.
ed ihem.
02
: ; ;; ;: : ;
Of idolatrous cities. DEUTERONOMY, XIY. Of meats clean

Before 7 Namely, of the gods of the people voice of the Lord thy God, ®to keep Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451. which are round about you, nigh unto all his commandments which I com- 1451.
thee, or far off from thee, from the mand thee this day, to do that which
0 ch. 12. 25,
one end of the earth even mito the is right in the eyes of the Lord thy 28,32.
other end of the earth God.

“Prov.1.10.
8 Thou shalt “ not consent unto him, 2
CHAPTER XIV.
nor hearken unto him; neither shall 1 God’s children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning.
thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou 33 IVhat may, and what may not he eaten, 4 of beasts,
9 of fishes, 11 of fowls. 21 That which dieth of itself may
spare, neither shalt thou conceal him 4not be eaten. 22 Tithes of divine service. 23 Tithes and
n ch. 17. 5. 9 But “thou shalt surely kill him; firstlings of rejoicing before the Lord. 28 The third year’s
alms and charity.
“ ch. 17. 7.
“thine hand shall be first upon him tithe of
Y
Acts 7. 58.
to put him to death, and afterwards 6 e are “the children of the Lord “Rom.
&
8. 16,
9. 8, 26.
the hand of all the people. your God: ‘’ye shall not cut Gal. 3. 26.
»> Lev.
10 And thou shalt stone him with

19.28.
yourselves,
7 nor make any baldness & 21. 5.
Jer. 16. 6.
stones, that he die because he hath
;
between your eyes for the dead. &41.5.
sought to thrust thee away from the “ For
thou art an holy people unto & 47. 5.
1 ThesB. 4.
Lokd thy God, which brought thee the Lord thy God, and f;he Lord hath 13.
« Lev. 20. 26.
out of the land of Egypt, from the 8
chosen thee to be a peculiar people ch. 7. 6.
& 26. 18, 19.
2Heb. house of ^ bondage. unto himself, above all the nations
hondmm.
V ch. 17. 13. 11 And Pall Israel shall hear, and that
9 upon the earth.
& 19. 20. fear, and shall do no more any such ^ Thou shalt not eat any abomi- Êzek.4.14.
Acts 10. 13,
wickedness as this is among you. nable thing. 14.
Q Josh. 22. 12 H If thou shalt hear say in one “

These are the beasts which ye shall ® Lev.
&c.
11. 2,
11, &c.
Judg. 21. of thy cities, which the Lokd thy God eat the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
:
1 2
5 The hart, and the roebuck, and
.
,
hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
2 Or, naugh-
ty men 13 Certain men, ^ the children of Be- the fallow deer, and the wild goat,
See .Tudg. lial, “are gone out from among you, and the ^^pygarg, and the wild ox, * Or, bison.
19. 22.
3Heb.
1
12.
Sam.
& 25. 17,
2. and have “withdrawn the inhabitants and the chamois. dishon.
25.
1 Kin. 21.
of their city, saying, ‘Let us go and And every beast that parteth the
10,13. serve other gods, which ye have not hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two
2 Cor. 6. 15. 10
r 1 John 2.
known claws, ayid cheweth the cud among
19.
Jude 19.
14 Then shalt thou enquire, and the beasts, that ye shall eat.
11
s 2 Kin. 17.
21 .
make search, and ask diligently 12 Nevertheless these ye shall not
* ver. 2, 6. and, behold, if it he truth, and the eat of them that chew the cud, or
thing certain, that such abomination of13them that divide the cloven hoof
is wrought among you; as the camel, and the hare, and the
15 Thou shalt surely smite the in- coney for they chew the cud, but
:
habitants of that city with the edge divide not the hoof; therefore they
n Ex. 22. 20. of the sword, "destroying it utterly, are unclean unto you.
Lev. 27. 28.
Josh.
21 .
6. 17, and all that is therein, and the cattle And the swine, because it divideth
thereof, with the edge of the sword. the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it
16 And thou shalt gather all the is unclean unto you ye shall not eat :
spoil of it into the midst of the street of their flesh, ‘nor touch their dead t Lev. 11.
26,27.
*Josh. 6.24. thereof, and shalt burn with fire the carcase.
city, and all the spoil thereof every IF ^ These ye shall eat of all that s Lev. 11. 9.
whit, for the Lord thy God: and it are in the waters : all that have fins
yJosh. 8. 28. shall be ân heap for ever; it shall and scales shall ye eat
Isai. 17. 1.
&25.
Jer. 49. 2.
2. not be built again. And whatsoever hath not fins
* ch. 7. 26. 17 And Hhere shall cleave nouglit and scales ye may not eat; it is un-
Josh.
«Or,
6. 18.
of the ^cursed thing to thine hand: clean unto you.
denoted. that the Lord may “turn from the IF Of aW clean birds ye shall eat.
» Josh. 6. 26.
fierceness of his anger, and shew thee ''But these are they of whicli ye h Lev. 11.13.
mercy, and have compassion upon shall not eat the eagle, and the
:
‘>Gen.22.17. thee, and multiply thee, *’as he hath ossifrage, and the ospray,
& 26. 4, 24.
& 28. 14. sworn unto thy fathers And the glede, and the kite, and
18 When thou shalt hearken to the the vulture after his kind,
: : : : : ;
and unclean. DEUTERONOMY, XY. The year of release.
Before
CHRIST
14 And
every raven after his kind, 28 H * At the end of three years thou Before
CHRIST
1451 .
15 And
the owl, and the night hawk, shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine 1451 .
and the cuckow, and the hawk after increase the same year, and shalt lay » ch. 26. 12.
his kind, it up within thy gates Amos 4. 4.
16 The little owl, and the great owl, 29 Ând the Levite, (because *he y ch. 26. 12.
^ ver. 27.
and the swan, hath no part nor inheritance udth ch. 12. 12.
17 And the pelican, and the gier thee,) and the stranger, and the father-
eagle, and the cormorant, less, and the widow, which are within
18 And the stork, and the heron thy gates, shall come, and shall eat
after her kind, and the lapwing, and and be satisfied that “ the Lord thy
;
“ ch. 15. 10.
Prov. 3. 9,
the bat. God may bless thee in all the work 10 .
See Mai.
* Lev. 11. 20. 19 And ‘every creeping thing that of thine hand which thou doest. 3.10.
flieth is unclean unto you ^ they shall

* See Lev.
11 . 21 .
:
CHAPTER XV.
not be eaten. 1 The seventh year a year of release for the poor. 7 It must
20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat. be no let of lending or giving. 12 An Hebrew servant,
16 except he will not depart, must in the seventh year go
I
Lev. 17. 15. 21 If ‘Ye shall not eat of any thing forth free and well furnished. 19 All firstling males of
& 22 . 8 .
Ezek. 4. 14. that dieth of itself thou shalt give it

: the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord.
unto the stranger that is in thy gates, AT the end of ''every seven years » Ex. 21. 2.
& 23. 10,11.
that he may eat it; or thou mayest thou shalt make a release. Lev. 2a. 2,4.
ch. 31. 10.
“ ver. 2. sell itunto an alien “ for thou art an
: 2 And this is the manner of the re- Jer. 34. 14.
holy people unto the Lord thy God. lease Every ^ creditor that lendeth
: 2Heb.
master of
” Ex. 23. 19.
&34. 26.
“Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his ought unto his neighbour shall re- the letuling
of his haiid.
mother’s milk. lease it; he shall not exact it of his
0 Lev. 27. 30. 22 “Thou shalt truly tithe aU the neighbour, or of his brotlier because ;
ch. 12. 6,17.
Neh.10.37. increase of thy seed, that the field it is called the Lord’s release.
bringeth forth year by year. 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact See chap.
23.20.
Pch.12.5,6, 23 Ând thou shalt eat before the it again but that which is thine with
7, 17, 18.
Lord thy God, in the place which he thy brother thine hand shall release
shall choose to place his name there, 4 ^Save when there shall be no 3 Or, To
theend that
the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and poor among you “ for the Lord shall
;
Oiere be no
poor among
« ch. 15. 19, of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy greatly bless thee in the land which you.
20 0 ch. 28. 8.
the Lord thy God giveth thee for an
.
herds and of thy flocks; that thou

mayest learn to fear the Lord thy inheritance to possess it
God always. 5 Only îf thou carefully hearken d ch. 28. 1.
24 And if the way be too long for unto the voice of the Lord thy God,
thee, so that thou art not able to carry to observe to do all these command-
»ch.l2.21. it ;
or ^
if the place be too far from ments which I command thee this day.
thee, which the Lord thy God shall 6 For the Lord thy God blesseth
choose to set his name there, when thee, as he promised thee and ® thou :
0 ch. 28. 12,
44.
the Lord thy God hath blessed thee shalt lend unto many nations, but
25 Then shalt thou turn it into mo- thou shalt not borrow and ^ thou ;
‘ ch. 28. 13.
Prov. 22. 7.
ney, and bind up the money in thine shalt reign over many nations, but
hand, and shalt go unto the place they shall not reign over thee.
which the Lord thy God shall choose 7 1 If there be among you a poor
26 And thou shalt bestow that money man of one of thy brethren within
for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, any of thy gates m
thy land which
for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, the Lord thy God giveth thee, ®thou s 1
17.
John 3.
or for strong drink, or for whatso- shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut
*Heb. astett ever thy soifi ^ desireth “ and thou : thine hand from thy poor brother
of (hee.
‘ch. 12. 7,18. shalt eat there before the Lord thy 8 ‘'But thou shalt open thine hand •Lev. 25.3-5.
Matt. 5. 42.
& 26. 11. God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, wide unto him, and shalt surely lend Luke 6. 34,
35.
and thine household, him sufficient for his need, in that
‘ ch. 12. 12, 27 And ‘the Levite that is within which he wanteth.
18, 19.
thy gates thou shalt not forsake
; 9 Beware that there be not a ^thought * Heb. word.
'
Num.
20 .
18. him; for “he hath no part nor in- in thy ® wicked heart, saying. The se- 5Heb.
Belial.
ch. 18. 1, 2. heritance with thee. venth year, the year of release, is at
: ; :
Of an Hebrew servant. DEUTERONOMY, XVI. The three solemn
Before hand; and thine ‘eye be evil against 20 ‘‘Thou shalt eat it before the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451 .
thy poor brother, and thou givest him Lord thy God year by year in the 1451 .
ich.28.54,56.
nought; and ^he cry unto the Lord place which the Lord shall choose, » ch. 12. 5,
Prov. 23. 6. against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
*
thou and thy household. 6, 7, 17.
& 28. 22. & 14. 23.
Mat. 20. 15. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and 21 Ând if there be any blemish & 16. 11,14.
k ch. 24. 15. y Lev. 22. 20.
“ thine heart shall not be grieved therein, as if it he lame, or blind, or ch. 17.
‘ Matt. 25. 1.
41, 42.
2 Cor.
when thou givest unto him because have any ill blemish, thou shalt not
:
9.
5,7. that “for this thing the Lord thy God sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God.
» ch. 14. 29.
I
& 24. 19. shall bless thee in all thy works, and in 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy
Ps. 41.
Pi ov. 22. 9.
1.
all that thou puttest thine hand unto. gates *
the unclean and the clean
:
® ch. 12. 15,
22 .
oMat.2B. 11. 11 For “the poor shall never cease person shall eat it alike, as the roe-
Mark 14. 7.
John 12. 8. out of the land: therefore I command buck, and as the hart.
thee, saying. Thou shalt open thine 23 “Only thou shalt not eat the » ch. 12. 16,
23.
hand wide unto thy brother, to thy blood thereof thou shalt pour it ;
poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. upon the ground as water.
P Ex. 21. 2.
12 ^ And if thy brother, an Hebrew
Lev. 25. 39.
Jer. 34. 14.
man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold CHAPTER XVI.
1 The feast of the passover, 9 of weeks, 13 of tabernacles.
unto thee, and serve thee six years; 16 Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three
then in the seventh year thou shalt feasts. Of judges and justice. 2\ Groves and images
let him go free fi’om thee. are forbidden.
13 And when thou sendest him out

free from thee, thou shalt not let him
go away empty
O
BSERVE the “month of Abib, *&c.
and keep the passover unto the
Lord thy God for in the month of b &Ex.
Ex.
:
12. 2,
13. 4.
34. 18.
14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally Abib the Lord thy God brought thee
out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, forth out of Eg}^t ' by night. 0 Ex.
42.
12. 29,
and out of thy winepress of that : 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the
wherewith the Lord thy God hath passover unto the Lord thy God, of
1 Pro. 10. 22.
blessed thee thou shalt give unto the flock and “^the herd, in the “place ^ Num. 28.
19.
him. which the Lord shall choose to place ® ch. 12. 5,
r ch. 5. 15.
15 And Hhou shalt remember that his name there. 26.
& 16. 12.
thou wast a bondman in the land of 3 ^ Thou shalt eat no leavened bread fEx. 12. 15,
19, 39.
Egypt, and the Lord thy God re- Avith it; seven days shalt thou eat & 13. 3, 6,7.
& 34. 18.
deemed thee therefore I
: command unleavened bread therewith, even the
thee tills thing to day. bread of affliction; for thou earnest
•Ex. 21. 5, 6. 16 Andit shall be, “if he say unto forth out of the land of Egypt in haste:
thee, I will not go away from thee; that thou mayest remember the day
because he loveth thee and thine when thou earnest forth out of the
house, because he is well with thee land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and 4 ® And
there shall be no leavened s Ex. 13. 7.
thrust it through his ear unto the bread seen Avith thee in all thy coast
door, and he shall be thy servant seven days ^ neither shall there any
;
>> Ex.
& 34. 25.
12. 10.
for ever. And also unto thy maid- thing of the flesh, which thou sacri-
servant thou shalt do likewise. ficedst the first day at even, remain
18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, all night until the morning.
when thou sendest him away free 5 Thou mayest not ^sacrifice the 2 Or, Mil.
from thee for he hath been worth

;
passover within any of thy gates, which
* See Isai. ‘a double hired servant to thee, in the Lord thy God giveth thee
16. 14.
& 21. 16. serving thee six years and the Lord : 6 But at the place which the Lord
thy God shall bless thee in all that thy God shall choose to place his
thou doest. name in, there thou shalt sacrifice
” Ex. 13. 2.
&C. 34. 19.
19 II “AU
the firstling males that the passover 'at even, at the going ‘ Ex. 12. 6.
Lev. 27. 26.

Num.3. 13.
come of thy herd and of thy flock doAATi of the sun, at the season that
k Ex. 12. 8,9.
thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thou earnest forth out of Egypt. 2 Chron.
thy God thou shalt do no work

: 7 And thou shalt '‘roast and eat it
1
35.13.
2 Kin. 23.
with the firstling of thy bullock, nor 'in the place which the Lord thy 23.
.John 2. 13,
shear the firstling of thy sheep. God shall choose : and thou shalt 23. & 11.55.
: : ; ;
yearly feasts. DEUTERONOMY, XVII. Idolaters to he slain.
Before turn in tlie morning, and go unto the Lord thy God which he hath Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1461 .
thy tents. given thee. 1451 .
8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened 18 IF ^Judges and officers shalt thou » ch. 1. 16.
“Ex. 12. 16. bread and “ on the seventh day shall
: make thee in all thy gates, which the 1 Chron.
& 13. 6. 23. 4.
Lev. 23. 8. be a ^solemn assembly to the Loud thy Lord thy God giveth thee, through- &26. 29.
SHeb. 2 Chron.
reflrainl. God thou
: do no work therein.
shalt out thy tribes and they shall judge
: 19. 5, 8.
Lev.
9 H ” Seven weeks shalt thou number
23. 36.
> Ex.23. 16.
the people with just judgment.
&34. 22.
Lev. 23.15.
unto thee begm to number the seven
: 19 “Thou shalt not wrest judgment •Ex. 23. 2,6.
Lev. 19. 15.
Num. 28.
26.
weeks from such time as thou begin- thou shalt not respect persons, " nei- •>
ch. 1. 17.
Prov. 24.
Acts 2. 1. nest to put the sickle to the corn. ther take a gift for a gift doth blind
: 23.
0 Ex.
10 And thou shalt keep the feast of the eyes of the wise, and pervert the Prov. 17.
23. 8.
8 On weeks unto the Lord thy God with ®a ^ words of

the righteous. 23.
Eccles. 7.7.
sufficiency.
tribute of a freewill offering of thine 20 ^ That which is altogether just 2 Or,
matters.
hand, which thou shalt give unto the shalt thou follow, that thou mayest 3 Heb.
Justice,
® ver. 17.
1 Cor. 16. 2.
Lord thy God, "according as the Lord 2
‘‘live, and inherit the land which the justice.
^ Ezek. 18.
thy God hath blessed thee Lord thy God giveth thee. 5,9.
P ver. 14.
ch. 12. 7,
11 And ^thou shalt rejoice before 21 IF "Thou shalt not plant thee a ® Ex.
1 Kin. 14.
34. 13.
12, 18. the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, 3
grove of any trees near unto the 15. &
16.33.
2 Kin. 17.
and thy daughter, and thy manser- altar of the Lord thy God, which 16. & 21. 3.
2 Chron.
vant, and thy maidservant, and the thou shalt make thee. 33. 3.
4
Levite that is within thy gates, and 22 Neither shalt thou set thee up t Lev. 26. 1.
the stranger, and the fatherless, and any ^ image which the Lord thy God
;
• Or, statue,
or, pillar.
the widow, that are among you, in 5
hateth.
the place which the Lord t% God CHAPTER XVII.
hath chosen to place his name there. 1 The things sacrificed must he sound. 2 Idolaters must
>1 ch. 15. 15. 12 ’And thou shalt remember that 6he slain. 8 Hard controversies are to he determined hy
the priests and judges. 12 The contemner of that deter-
thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and mination must die. 14 The election, 16 and duty of
thou shalt observe and do these sta- a Icing.
hou
f Ex.
Num.
23. 16.
Lev. 23. 34.
29.
tutes.
13 IF Thou shalt observe the feast
of tabernacles seven days, after that
T Lord “shalt not sacrifice
thy God any bullock, or
® sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evil-
unto the • cb. 15. 21.
8
Mai.
13, 14.
Or, goat.
1. 8,
12 .
* Heb.yJoor, thou hast gathered in thy *corn and favouredness for that is an abomi-
:
and thy
winepress.
thy wine nation unto the Lord thy God.
• Neh. 8. 9, 14 And “thou shalt rejoice in thy IF If there be found among jôu, »>
ch. 13. 6.
&c.
feast, thou, and thy son, and thy uithin any of thy gates which the
daughter, and thy manservant, and Lord thy God giveth thee, man or
thy maidservant, and the Levite, the woman, that hath wrought wickedness
stranger, and the fatherless, and the in the sight of the Lord thy God, "in 0 Josh. 7. 11,
15. &
23.16.
widow, that are within thy gates. transgressing his covenant, .Lidg. 2. 20.
2 Kin. 18.
*Lev. 23.39,
40.
15 ‘Seven days shalt thou keep a And hath gone and served other 12
Hos.
.
8. 1.
solemn feast unto the Lord thy God gods, and worshipped them, either
^
in the place which the Lord shall the sun, or moon, or any of the a ch. 4. 19.
Job 31. 26.
choose because the Lord thy God
: host of heaven, "which I have not • Jer. 7. 22,
23, 31.
shall bless thee in all thine increase, commanded & 19. 5.
and in all the works of thine hands, ‘And it be told thee, and thou hast & 32. 3).
fch. 13.12,
therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. heard of it, and enquired diligently, 14.
Ex. 23. 14, 16 IF "Three times in a year shall and, behold, it he true, and the thing
17. & 34.23.
all thy males appear before the Lord certain, that such abomination is
thy God in the place which he shall wrought in Israel:
choose; in the feast of unleavened Then shalt thou bring forth that s Lev. 24.
14, 16.
bread, and in the feast of weeks, man or that woman, which have com- ch. 13. 10.
Josh. 7. 25.
* Ex. 23. 15. and in the feast of tabernacles and : mitted that wicked thing, unto thy •>
Num. 35.
&34.20.
8 Heb. ac-
^they shall not appear before the gates, even that man or that woman, 30.
ch. 19. 15.
cording lo
the gift
Lord empty: and ® shalt stone them with stones, Mat. 18.
John 8. 17.
16.
his hatui,
2 Cor. 8. 12.
17 Every man
shall give ®as he is till they die. 2 Cor. 13.1.
lTun.5.19.
P ver. 10. able, âccording to the blessing of ‘‘At the mouth of two witnesses, Heb. 10. 28.
: : ; : :
The election and DEUTERONOMY, XYIII. duty of a king.

Before or three witnesses, shall he that is to himself, nor cause the people ’'to Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451. worthy of death be put to death return to Egypt, to the end that he 1451.
hut at the mouth of one witness he should multiply horses forasmuch as :
'>
Isai. 31. 1.
shall not be put to death. “the Lord hath said unto you, ^ Ye shall Ezek. 17.
15.
* ch. 13. 9.
Acts 7. 58.
7 ‘The hands of the witnesses shall henceforth return no more that way. « Ex. 13. 17.
Niun.
be first upon him to put him to death, 17 Neither shall lie multiply wives to 3,4.
14.
and afterward the hands of all the himself, that ®his heart turn not away: ch. 28. 68.
See Jer.
^ ver. 12. people. So ^thou shalt put the evil neither shah lie greatly multiply to 42. 15.
ch. 13. 5. Hoe. 11. 5.
& 19. 19. away from among you. himself silver and gold. * See 1 Kin.
11. 3, 4.
* 2 Chron.
19. 10.
8 f ‘If there arise a matter too hard 18Ând it shall be, when he sitteth f 2 Kin. 11.
Hag. 2. 11.
Mai. 2. 7.
for thee in judgment, “between blood upon the throne of his kingdom, that 12 .
“ See Exod. and blood, bet\êen plea and plea, he shall write him a copy of this law
21. 13, 20,
22, 28. and between stroke and stroke, being in a book out of ® that which is before B ch. 31.
26
9,
& 22 . 2 .
matters of controversy within thy the priests the Levites See 2 Kin.
Num. 35.
22 8
. .
11, 16, 19.
ch. 19. 4, gates then shalt thou arise, “ and
: 19 And ‘‘it shall be with him, and .Tosli. 1. 8.
10 11 Pb. 119. 97,

“ ch. 12.
. .
get thee up into the place which the he shall read therein all the days of 98.
5.
& 19. 17.
Ps. 122. 5.
Lord thy God shall choose; his life that he may learn to fear the
:
® See Jer. 9 And °thou shalt come unto the Lord his God, to keep all the words
18. 18.
P ch. 19. 17. priests the Levites, and P anto the of this law and these statutes, to do
judge that shall be in those days, them
9 Ezek. 44. and enquire ’ and they shall shew
;
20 That his heart be not lifted up
24.
thee the sentence of judgment above his brethren, and that he ‘turn ‘ ch, .5. 32.
1 Km.l5..5.
10 And thou shalt do according to not aside from the commandment, to
the sentence, which they of that place the right hand, or to the left : to the
which the Lord shall choose shall shew end that he may prolong his days in
thee and thou shalt observe to do ac-
;
his kingdom, he, and his children, in
cording to all that they inform thee the midst of Israel.
11 According to the sentence of the CHAPTER XYIII.
law which they shall teach thee, and 1 The Lord is the priests’ and Levites’ inheritance, 3 The
according to the judgment which they priest’s due. 6 The Levite’s portion. 9 Ttie abomina-
tions of the nations are to he avoided. 15 Christ the
shall tell thee, thou shalt do thou :
Prophet is to he heard. 20 The presumptuous prophet
shalt not decline from the sentence is to die.
r Num. 15.
which they shall shew thee, to the
right hand, nor to the left.
12 And Ghe man that will do pre-
T he priests the Levites, and aU
the tribe of Levi, “ shall have no
part nor inheritance with Israel they :
• Num.
20.
ch. 10. 9.
18.
& 26. 62.
30.
Ezra 10. 8. sumptuously, “ând wiU not hearken ‘‘shall eat the offerings of the Lord
b Num. 18.
Hos. 4. 4. 8,9.
2 Heb. nd, to imto the priest that standeth to ‘ made by fire, and his inheritance. 1 Cor. 9. 13.
hearlten.
»ch. 18.5,7. minister there before the Lord thy 2 Therefore shall they have no in-
God, or unto the judge, even that heritance among their brethren: the
‘ ch. 13. 5. man shall die and thou shalt put
:
‘ Lord is their inheritance, as he hath
away the evil from Israel. said unto them.
» ch. 13. 11. 13 “And all the people shall hear, and 3 IF And this shall be the priest’s
& 19. 20.
fear, and do no more presumptuously. due fi'om the people, from them that
14 IF Wlien thou art come unto the ofl'er a sacrifice, whether it he ox or
land which the Lord thy God givetli sheep; and 'they shall give unto the ® Lev.
—34.
7. 30,
thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt priest shoulder, and the two
the
* 1 Sam. 8. dwell therein, and shalt say, ""I will cheeks, and the maw.
I
5,19,20.
set a king over me, like as all the 4 ^The firstfruit also of thy corn, d Ex. 22. 29.
Num. 18.
nations that are about me; of thy w ine, and of thine oil, and the 12, 24.
15 Thou shalt in any wise set him first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt
y See 1 Sam.
9. 1.5. king over thee, ^whom the Lord tliy thou give him.
& 10. 24.
God 5 For 'the Lord thy God hath chosen
e Ex.
& 16. 12. choose one * from among
shall :
28. 1.
Num. 3.10.
1 Cliron.
22 10
. .
thy brethren shalt thou set king over him out of all thy tribes, Ho stand ‘ cli. 10. 8.
& 17. 12.
* Jer. 30. 21.
thee thou mayest not set a stranger
: to minister in the name of the Lord,
“ 1 Kin. 4.
26. over thee, which is not thy brother. him and his sons for ever.
& 10. 26, 28.
Pb. 20. 7. 16 But he shall not multiply “horses 6 IF And if a Levite come from any
; ; : ;
Christ the true Prophet. DEUTERONOMY, XTX. The cities of refuge.

Before
CHBIST
of thy gates out of all Israel, where words which he shall speak in my CHRIST Before
1451. he ® sojourned, and come with all the name, I will require it of him. 1451.
« Num. 35. desire of his mind **unto the place 20 But the prophet, which shall ch. 13.
’’
*>
5.
2, 3.
» ch. 12. 5.
which the Lokd shall choose; presume to speak a word in my Jer. 15.
14. 14,
7 Then he shall minister in the name, which I have not commanded Zech.13.3.
• 2 Chron.
31. 2.
name of the Lord his God, as all his ' him to speak, or “ that shall speak 'ch.13.1,2.
Jer. 2. 8.
brethren the Levites do, which stand in the name of other gods, even that
there before the Lord. prophet shall die.
k 2 Chron. 8 They shall have like ^portions to 21 And if thou say in thine heart.
31. 4.
Neh.12.44,
47.
eat, beside ^ that which cometh of the How shall we know the word which
* Heb. his sale of his patrimony. the Lord hath not spoken ?
sales by the
9 IF When thou art come into the 22 ^ When a prophet speaketh in d Jer. 28. 9.
fathers. 2
land which the Lord thy God giveth the name of the Lord, “if the thing 9 See chap.
13.2.
• lev. 18. 26, thee, thou shalt not learn to do after
*
follow not, nor come to pass, that is
27, 30. 3
ch. 12. 29, the abominations of those nations. the thing which the Lord hath not
30,31.
10 There shall not be found among spoken, but the prophet hath spoken
you any one that maketh his son or his it4 ^presumptuously: thou shalt not ver. 20. f
•“Lev .18. 21. daughter “to pass through the fire, “or be afraid of him.
ch. 12. 31.
“ Lev. 19. that useth divination, or an observer
26, 31.
& 20. 27. of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
5 CHAPTER XIX.
Isai. 8. 19. 1 The cities of refurje. 4 The privilege thereof for the
0 Lev. 20.27.
11 “Or a charmer, or a consulter manslayer. 14 The landmark is not to be removed.
with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or 15 Two loitnesses at the least. 16 The punishment of
P
necromancer. a false witness.
W
PlSam.28.7. a
6
12 For that do these things
all are HEN
the Lord thy God “hath • ch. 12. 29.
an abomination unto the Lord : and cut off the nations, whose land
9 Lev. 18. because of these abominations the the Lord thy God giveth thee, and
24, 25.
ch. 9. 4. Lord thy God doth drive them out thou ^succeedest them, and dwellest * Heb. inhe-
ritest, or,
from before thee. in their cities, and in their houses possesses!.
’ Or, upright,
13 Thou shalt be ® perfect with the ‘’Thou shalt separate three cities ‘>Ex. 21.13.
or, sincere, Num. 35.
Gen. 17. 1. Lord thy God. for thee in tliemidst of thy land, 10, 14.
Josh. 20. 2.
14 For these nations, which thou which the Lord thy God giveth thee
* Or, inherit. shalt ^possess, hearkened unto ob- to possess it.
servers of times, and unto diviners: Thou shalt prepare thee a way,
but as for thee, the Lord thy God and divide the coasts of thy land,
hath not sufiered thee so to do. which the Lord thy God giveth thee
v ver. 18.
John 1. 45.
15 IF “^The Lord thy God will raise to inherit, into three parts, that every
Acts 3. 22. up unto thee a Prophet from the slayer may flee thither.
&7. 37.
midst of thee, of thy brethren, like IF And “this is the case of the 0 Num. 35.
15.
unto me unto ;
him ye shall hearken slayer, which shall flee thither, that ch. 4. 42.
16 According to all that thou de- he may live Whoso killeth his neigh-
:
siredst of the Lord thj'^ God in Horeb bour ignorantly, whom he hated not
• ch. 9. 10. “in the day of the assembly, saying, ^ in time past »Heb.
from yes-
‘ Ex. 20. 19.
Heb. 12. 19.
‘Let me not hear again the voice of As when a man goeth into the terday the
third day.
the Lord my God, neither let me wood with his neighbour to hew
see this great fire any more, that I wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke
die not. with the ax to cut down the tree,
17 And the Lord
unto me, said and the * head slippeth from the * Heb. iron.
” ch. 5. 28.
“They have well spoken that which ® helve, and ® lighteth upon his neigh- ® Heb. wood.
6 Heb.
they have spoken. bour, that he die; he shall flee unto findeth.
* ver. 15.
18 ^ I will raise them up a Prophet one of those cities, and live
John 1. 45.
Acts 3. 22. from among their brethren, like unto Lest the avenger of the blood
^ <> Num. 35.
& 7. 37. 12.
J Isai. 51.16. thee, and ^will put my words in his pursue the slayer, while his heart is
John 17.8.
‘John 4. 25. mouth “ and he shall speak unto
; hot, and overtake him, because the 7 Heb. smite
&8.28.
& 12. 49, .50.
them all that I shall command him. way is long, and '‘slay him; whereas 8
him in life.
Heb.
» Acts 3.23. 19 “And it shall come to pass, that he was not worthy of death, inasmuch from yes-
terday the
whosoever will not hearken unto my as he hated him not ® in time past. third day.
: ; : ; :; ;
Of false witness. DEUTERONOMY, XX. Laws to he observed in war.
Before 7 Wlierefore I command thee, say- his brother: so shalt thou put the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451 .
ing, Thou shalt separate three cities evil away from among you. 1451 .
for thee. 20 Ând those which remain shall P ch. 13. 5.

e Gen. 15.18. 8 And if the Lord thy God ® enlarge hear, and fear, and shall henceforth & 17. 7.
ch. 12. 20. & 21 . 21 .
thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fa- commit no more any such evil among &22.21,2t
&24.7.
thers, and give thee all the land which you. 1 ch. 17. 13.
21 'And thine eye shall not pity;

&
21 21 .
he promised to give unto thy fathers ver. 13.
.
9 If thou shalt keep all these com- but " life shall go for life, eye for eye, « Ex. 21. 23,
24.
mandments to do them, which I com- tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot Lev. 24. 20.
Matt. 5. 38.
mand thee this day, to love the Lord 2 foot.
for
thy God, and to walk ever in his ways CHAPTER XX.
• .Tosh. 20. ‘^then shalt thou add three cities more 3
1 The priest's exhortation to encourage the people to battle.
7,8.
for thee, beside these three 5 The officers’ proclamation who are to be dismissed from
the war. 10 Hoio to use the cities that accept or refuse
10 That innocent blood be not shed the proclamation of peace. 16 What cities must be de-
in thy land,which the Lord thy God 4voted. 19 Trees of man's meat must not be destroyed in
the siege.
giveth thee for an inheritance, and
(t Ex.
&c.
Niun.
16, 24.
21. 12,
35.
so blood be upon thee.
11 IF But ®if any man hate his neigh-
bour, and lie in wait for him, and rise
up against him, and smite him ^mor-
W5
“horses,
6
HEN thou goest out
against thine enemies,
and chariots, and
to battle
and seest
a people * See Pb.
20. 7.
ch. 27. 24.
Prov.28.17.
more than thou, be not of afraid Isai. 31. 1.
2Heb. tally that he die, and fleeth into one them for the Lord thy God is with
:
’’ '>Num.23.
21 .
in Ufe.
of these cities 7
thee, which brought thee up out of ch. 31. 6, 8.
2 Chroii.
12 Then the elders of his city shall the land of Egypt. 13. 12.
& 32. 7, 8.
send and fetch him thence, and deli- 8 And it shall be, when ye are come
ver him mto the hand of the avenger nigh unto the battle, that the priest
of blood, that he may die. shall approach and speak unto the
>>
ch. 13. 8.
& 25. 12. 13 **
Thine eye shall not pity him, people,
• Nuin.
23,34.
35. *but thou shalt put away the guilt And shall say unto them. Hear,
ch. 21. 9. o/ innocent blood from Israel, that it O Israel, ye approach this day unto
IKin. 2.31.
may go well with thee. battle against your enemies: let not
k ch. 27. 17.
14 IF ’'Thou shalt not remove thy your hearts ^ faint, fear not, and do 2Heb.
Job 24. 2. he tender.
Prov. 22.28. neighbour’s landmark, which they of not ® tremble, neither be ye terrified SHeb.
Hos. 5. 10. make haste.
old time have set in thine inherit- because of them;
ance, whieh thou shalt inherit in the For the Lord your God is he that
land that the Lord thy God giveth goeth with you, “to fight for you a- 0 ch. 1. 30.
&3. 22.
thee to possess it. gamst your enemies, to save you. Josh. 23. 10.
iNuin.35.30. 15 IF One witness shall not rise up

*
IF And the officers shall speak unto
ch. 17. 6.
Mat. 18. 16. against a man for any iniquity, or for the people, saying, Wliat man is there
Jolm 8. 17.
2 Cor. 13.1. any sin, in any sin that he sinneth that hath built a new house, and hath
1 Tim. 5. 19.
Heb.10.28. at the mouth of two witnesses, or at not ^ dedicated it ? let him go and re- < See Neh.
12. 27.
the mouth of three witnesses, shall turn to his house, lest he die in the Ps. 30,
title.
the matter be established. battle, and another man dedicate it.
” Ps. 27. 12. 16 IF If a false witness “rise up a- And what man is he that hath
& 35. 11.
gainst any man to testify against him planted a vineyard, and hath not yet
^ Or, fall- ® that which is wrong * eaten of it? let him also go and re- < Heb. matle
ing away. common
it
17 Then both the men, between turn unto his house, lest he die in the See Lev.
19. 23, 24.
whom the controversy is, shall stand battle, and another man eat of it. ch. 28. 30.
" ch. 17. 9.

&
21. 5.
before the Lord, “before the priests “And what man is there that hath « ch. 24. 5.
and the judges, which shall be in betrothed a wife, and hath not taken
those days; her? let him go and return unto his
18 And the judges shall make dili- house, lest he die in the battle, and
gent inquisition : and, behold, if the another man take her.
witness be a false witness, and hath And the officers shall speak fur-
testified falsely against his brother ther unto the people, and they shall
“ Prov. 19.
19 “Then shall ye do unto him, as say, ‘^What man is there that is fear- Mudg.7.3.
hail. 6. 24. he had thought to have done unto ful and fainthearted? let him go and
: : : : : : : :;
The expiation of DEUTERONOMY, XXI. an uncertain murder.

Before return unto his house, lest his breth- est that they he not trees for meat, Before
CHEIST CHRIST
1451. ren’s heart ^ faint as well as his heart. thou shalt destroy and cut them 1451.
* Heb. mdl.
9 And it shall be, when the officers doAvn ; and thou shalt build bulwarks
have made an end of speaking unto against the city that maketh war with
the people, that they shall make cap- thee, until ^ it be subdued. * Heb. it
2 come down.
sHeb. tains of the armies ®to lead the people. CHAPTER XXI.
to be in
the head qf 10 H When thou comest nigh unto 1 The expiation of an uncertain murder. 10 The usage of
the people. 3a captive taken to wife. 15 The Jirsthorn is not to be
t 2 Sam. 20. a city to fight against it, ^then pro- disinherited upon private affection. 18 A stubborn son
18,20.
claim peace unto it. is to be stoned to death. 22 The malefactor must not
11 And it shall be, if it make thee 4hang all night on a tree.
answer of peace, and open unto thee, F one be found slain in the land
then it shall be, that all the people I5 which the Lord thy God giveth thee
that is found therein shall be tribu- to possess it, lying in the field, and it
taries unto thee, and they shall serve be not known who hath slain him
thee. Then thy elders and thy judges
6
12 And if it will make no peace with shall come forth, and they shall mea-
thee, but will make war against thee, sure unto the cities which are round
7
then thou shalt besiege it about him that is slain
13 And when the Lokd thy God 8 And it shall be, that the city which
hath delivered it into thine hands, is next unto the slain man, even the
•>Niim.3J.7.
thou shalt smite every male thereof elders of that city shall take an heifer,
9
with the edge of the sword which hath not been wrought with, and
14 But the women, and the little which hath not drawn in the yoke
• Josh. 8. 2. ones, and Hhe cattle, and all that is And the elders of that city shall
in the city, even all the spoil thereof, bring down the heifer unto a rough
* Heb. sjKwZ. shalt thou ^ take unto thyself and valley, which is neither eared nor
;
kJosh. 22.8. ‘‘thou shalt eat the spoil of thine sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s
enemies, which the Lord thy God neck there in the valley
hath given thee. And the priests the sons of Levi
15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the shall come near for “ them the Lord ;
» ch. 10. 8.
1 Chron.
cities which are very far off from thy God hath chosen to minister unto 23. 13.
thee, which are not of the cities of him, and to bless in the name of the
these nations. 10
Lord and by their ’word shall every »>ch. 17. 8,9.
;
s Heb.
* Num. 21. 16 But ôf the cities of these people, controversy and every stroke be tried: mouth.
2, 3, 35.
& 33. .52.
ch. 7. 1, 2.
which the Lord thy God doth give And all the elders of that city, that
Joeh.11.14. thee for an inheritance, thou shalt are 11 next unto the slain man, ' shall ® See Ps. 19.
12. & 26. 6.
save alive nothing that breatheth wash their hands over the heifer that Mat. 27.24.
17 But thou shalt utterly destroy is beheaded in the valley

them; namely,, the Hittites, and the And they shall answer and say.
Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Our hands have not shed this blood,
Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Je- neither have our eyes seen it.
busites; as the Lord thy God hath Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy
commanded thee people Israel, whom thou hast re-
“ ch. 7. 4. 18 That “they teach you not to do deemed, ^ and lay not innocent blood Jonah 1.
& 12. 30,31. 14.
& 18. 9. after all their abominations, which they ûnto thy people of Israel’s charge. « Heb. in
the midst.
have done unto their gods so should And the blood shall be forgiven them.
;
“Ex. 23.33. ye “ sin against the Lord your God. So ® shalt thou put away the guilt ® cb. 19. 13.
19 H When thou shalt besiege a city of innocent blood from among you,
a long time, in making war against it when thou shalt do that ivhich is right
to takê it, thou shalt not destroy the in the sight of the Lord.
trees thereof by forcing an ax against IF When thou goest forth to war
® Or, for,
0 man, the them for thou mayest eat of them, against thine enemies, and the Lord
:
tree of the
field IB to he
and thou shalt not cut them down thy God hath deli\'ered them into
emptied in (®for the tree of the field is man’s thine hands, and thou hast taken
the Mege.
«Heb. life) ® to employ them in the siege them captive,
:
to 00 from
Wore thee. 20 Only the trees which thou know- And seest among the captives a
: ; ;; : : : : ;
A rebellious son to be stoned. DEUTERONOMY, XXII. Of humanity toward brethren.

Before beautiful woman, and hast a desire be put to death, and thou hang him Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451.
unto her, that thou wouldest have on a tree 1451.
her to thy wife 23 ‘‘His body shall not remain all
I Josh. 29. 8.
12 Then thou shalt bring her home night upon the tree, but thou shalt &10. 26,27.
John 19.31.
to thine house; and she shall shave in any wise bury him that day; (for
* Or, suffer
to grow.
her head, and ^ ® pare her nails he that is hanged is ^ accursed of » Gal. 13. 3.
2 Heb.
SHeb. make, 13 And she shall put the raiment of God;) that "thy land be not defiled, the curse
or, dress. God:
her captivity from off her, and shall wliicli the Lord thy God giveth thee of See Num.
t See Pb. 45. remain in thine house, and ^bewail for an inheritance. 25.4.
2 Sam. 21. 6.
10 .
her father and her mother a full Lev. 18. 25.
•
month and after that thou shalt go

:
CHAPTEK XXII. Num. 35.
34.
1 Of humanity toward brethren. 5 The sex is to he distin-
in unto her, and be her husband, and guished hy apparel. 6 The dam is not to he taken with
she shall be thy wife. her young ones. 8 The house must have hattlements. 9
Confusion to he avoided. 12 Fringes upon the ves-
14 And it shall be, if thou have no
is
ture. 13 The punishment of him that slanderelh his wife.
delight in her, then thou shalt let her 20, 22 Of adultery, 25 of rape, 28 and of fornication.
30 Incest.
go whither she will; but thou shalt
not sell her at all for money, thou hou "shalt not see thy brother’s Ex. 23.
K Gen. 3i. 2.
shalt not make merchandise of her,
because thou hast ® humbled her.
T
ox or his sheep go astray, and
hide thyself from them: thou shalt
“ 4.
ch. 22. 29.

Judg.l.I.M. 15 H If a man have two wives, one in any case bring them again unto
“Gen. 29.33. beloved, and another hated, and they thy brother.
have born him children, both the be- 2 And if thy brother be not nigh
loved and the hated; and ^the first- unto thee, or if thou know him not,
born son be her’s that was hated then thou shalt bring it unto thine
• 1 Chron. 5. 16 Then it shall be, ‘when he maketh own house, and it shall be with thee
2. & 26. 10.
2 Chron. his sons to inherit that which he hath, unlil thy brother seek after it, and
11. 19, 22.
that he may not make the son of the thou shalt restore it to him again.
beloved firstborn before the son of the 3 In like manner shalt thou do with
hated, which is indeed the firstborn his ass; and so shalt thou do with
17 But he shall acknowledge the his raiment and with all lost thing of ;
“ See 1 Chr, son of the hated for the firstborn, by thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and
5.1.
giving him a double portion of all thou hast found, shalt thou do like-
* Heb. that ^ that he hath for he is the begin- wise
:
*
thou mayest not hide thyself.
:
is found
with him. ning of his strength; "“the right of 4 IF Thou shalt not see thy brother’s “ Ex. 23. 5.
Geii. 49. 3.
ass or his ox fall down by the way, and
•
™ Gen. 25.
the firstborn is his.
31, 33.
18 IF If a man have a stubborn and hide thyself from them thou shalt
:
rebellious son, which will not obey surely help him to lift them up again.
the voice of his father, or the voice 5 IF The woman shall not wear that
of his mother, and that, when they which pertaineth unto a man, neither
have chastened him, will not hearken shall a man put on a woman’s gar-
1 unto them ment for aU that do so are abomi-
:
19 Then shall his father and his nation unto the Lord thy God.
mother lay hold on liim, and bring 6 IF If a bird’s nest chance to be be-
him out unto the elders of his city, fore thee in the way in any tree, or
and unto the gate of his place on the ground, whether they be young
20 And they shall say unto the elders ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting
of his city. This our son is stubborn upon the young, or upon the eggs,
and rebeilious, he will not obey our 'thou shalt not take the dam with « Lev. 22. 28.
voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. the young:
21 And all the men of his city shall 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the
“ ch. 13. 5.
stone him with stones, that he die dam go, and take the young to thee
&19. 19,20. "so shalt thou put evil away from •^that it may be well with thee, and ch. 40. <* 4.
& 22. 21, 24.
o ch. 13. 11. among you ° and all Israel shall hear, that thou mayest prolong thy days.
;
P ch. 19. 6. and fear. 8 IF When thou buildest a new house,

&22. 26.
Acts 23. 29. 22 IF And if a man have committed then thou shalt make a battlement
& 25. 11,25.
& 26. 31. a sin ‘‘worthy of death, and he be to for thy roof, that thou bring not blood
: : : ; : :
The punishment of him DEUTERONOMY, XXIII. that slandereth his wife.
Before upon thine house, if any man fall from 22 IF “ If a man be found lying with Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
1451 .
thence. a woman married to an husband, then 1451 .
9 H ® Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard they shall both of them die, both the “Lev. 20.10.
•Lev. 19. 19.
*Heb. with divers seeds: lest the ^ fruit of man that lay with the woman, and John 8. 5.
fulnesx of
Ihy seed. thy seed which thou hast sown, and the woman so shalt thou put away
:
the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. evil from Israel.

f See 2 Cor. 10 If ^ Thou shalt not plow with an 23 1[ If a damsel that is a virgin be
6.14,15,16.
ox and an ass together. “betrothed imto an husband, and a “Matt. 1.18,
19.
» Lev. 19. 19. 11 If® Thou shalt not wear a gar- man find her in the city, and lie with
ment of divers sorts, as of woollen her;
and linen together. 24 Then ye shall bring them both
i>Nuin.l5. 12 If Thou shalt make thee fringes **
out unto the gate of that city, and ye
38.
Matt. 23. 5. upon the four ® quarters of thy ves- shall stone them with stones that they
SHeb.
tmngs. ture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. die; the damsel, because she cried
« Gen. 29. 21.
Judg. 15.
13 If If any man take a wife, and go * not, being in the city; and the man,
1.
in unto her, and hate her, because he hath ° humbled his neigh- »ch.21.14.
14 And give occasions of speech a- bour’s wife ^ so thou shalt put away
:
P ver. 21, 22.
gainst her, and bring up an evil name evil from among you.
upon her, and say, I took this woman, 25 H Buta if man find a betrothed
and when I came to her, I found her damsel in the field, and the man
not a maid: ^force her, and lie with her then the :
2 Or,
take strong
15 Then shall the father of the dam- man only that lay with her shall die hold qf her,
2 Sam. 13.
sel, and her mother, take and bring 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt 14.
forth the tokens of the damsel’s vir- do nothing; there is in the damsel
ginity unto the elders of the city in no sin worthy of death for as when a :
the gate man riseth against his neighbour, and

16 And the damsel’s father shall say slayeth him, even so is this matter
unto the elders, I gave my daughter 27 For he found her in the field, and
unto this man to wife, and he hateth the betrothed damsel cried, and there
her; was none to save her.
17 And, lo, he hath given occasions 28 H If a man find a damsel that is 1 Ex.
17.
22. 16,
of speech against her., saying, I found a virgin, which is not betrothed, and
not thy daughter a maid and yet ; lay hold on her, and lie with her, and
these are the tokens of my daughter’s they be found
virginity. And they shall spread the 29 Then the man that lay with her
cloth before the elders of the city. shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty
18 And the elders of that city shall shekels of silver, and she shall be his
take that man and chastise him; wife because he hath humbled her,
;
r ver. 24.
19 And they shall amerce him in an he may not put her away all his days.
hundred shekels of silver, and give 30 H “A man shall not take liis father’s • Lev.
& 20 . 11
18. 8.
.
them unto the father of the damsel, wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
* ch. 27. 20.
1 Cor. 5. 1.
because he hath brought up an evil * See Ruth
name upon a virgin of Israel: and CHAPTER XXIII. 3. 9.
Ezek. 16. 8.
1 Who may or may not congregation.
enter into the 9
she shall be his wife he may not put
; Uncleanness to he avoided in the host. 15 Of the fugitive
her away all his days. servant. 17 Of filthiness. 18 Of ahorninable sacrifices.
19 Of usury. 21 Of vows. 24 Of trespasses.
20 But if this thing be true, and
the tokens of virginity be not found for
the damsel
21 Then they shall bring out the
H e
that is wounded in the stones,
or hath his privy member cut
off, shall not enter into the congre-
damsel to the door of her father’s gation of the Lord.
house, and the men of her city shall 2 A
bastard shall not enter into the
stone her with stones that she die congregation of the Lord; even to
‘Gen. 34.7. because she hath ''wrought folly in his tenth generation shall he not enter
Judg. 20.
6 10
, . Israel, to play the whore in her fa- into the congregation of the Lord.
2 Sam. 13.
12, 13. ther’shouse so shalt thou put
:
'
evil 3 “An Ammonite or Moabite shall » Neh.
1 , 2.
13.
> ch. 13. 5.

away from among you. not enter into the congregation of
: : :: : :;
Laws concerning DEUTERONOMY, XXIY. usury, vows, &c.

Before the Lord; even to their tenth gene- among you, in that place which he Before
CHRIST CHRISTi
1451.
ration shall they not enter into the shall in one of thy gates,
choose 1451.
congregation of the Lord for ever where it ^ liketh him best thou 8 Heb. :
‘
*> See ch. 2. 4 ‘’Because they met you not with shalt not oppress him. is good
29. for him.
bread and with water in the ivay, 17 IF There shall be no ^ whore “of Ex. 22. 21. •
when ye came forth out of Egypt; Or,

the daughters of Israel, nor “a so- 3 sodomites.
0 Num. 22. and 'because they hired against thee domite of the sons of Israel. “Lev.19.29.'
See Prov.
6 6 .
Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of 2. 16.
,
8 Mesopotamia, to curse thee. “Gen. 19. 5."

of a whore, or the price of a dog, into 2 Kin. 23.7.'
5 Nevertheless the Lord thy God the house of the Lord thy God for
would not hearken unto Balaam but ;
any vow for even both these are abo-
:
the Lord thy God turned the curse mination unto the Lord thy God.
into a blessing unto thee, because 19 IF “Thou shalt not lend upon usury o Lev.
Ex. 22. 25.'
25. 36,'
the Lord thy God loved thee. to thy brother; usury of money, usury 37
Neh.5.2,7.'
d Ezra 9. 12. 6 ‘‘Thou shalt not seek their peace of victuals, usury of any thing that is Ps. 15. 5. I
Luke 6. 34,'
s Heb. good. nor their ^ prosperity aU thy .days for lentupon usury 35.
ever. 20 Ûnto a stranger thou mayest f See Lev.

19. 34.
an Edom-
7 IF Thou shalt not abhor lend upon usury; but unto thy bro- & ch. 15. 3.'
* Gen. 25. 24, ite ; 'for he is thy brother

thou shalt: ther thou shalt not lend upon usury
25,26.
Obad. 10, not abhor an Egyptian because Thou
;
‘‘that the Lord thy God may bless 4 ch. 15. 10.
12 .
»Ex. 22. 21. wast a stranger in his land. thee in all that thou settest thine
&23.
Lev. 19. 34.
9.
The children that are besrotten of hand to in the land whither thou
ch. 10. 19.
them shall enter into the congregation goest to possess it.
of the Lord in their third generation. 21 IF "^When thou shalt vow a vow r Num. 30. 2.
Eccles. 5.
9 IF When the host goeth forth a- unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt 4, 5.
gainst thine enemies, then keep thee not slack to pay it for the Lord :
from every wicked thing. thy God will surely require it of thee
t Lev. 15. 16. 10 IF ®If there be among you any and would be sin in thee.
it
man, that is not clean by reason of 22 Butif thou shalt forbear to vow,
uncleanness that chanceth him by it shall be no sin in thee.
•Num. 30. 2.
night, then shall he go abroad out of 23 'That which is gone out of thy Ps. 66. 13,
the camp, he shall not come withm lips thou shalt keep and perform; 14.
the camp even a freewill offering, according as

11 But it shall be, when evening thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy
8 Heb.
eth toward.
turn- ®cometh on, ‘‘he shall wash himself God, which thou hast promised with
»> Lev. 15. 5. with water: and when the sun is down, thy mouth.
he shall come mto the camp again. 24 IF When thou comest into thy
12 IF Thou shalt have a place also neighbour’s vineyard, then thou may-
without the camp, wluther thou shalt est eat grapes thy fill at thine own
go forth abroad: pleasure but thou shalt not put any
;
13 And thou shalt have a paddle in thy vessel.

upon thy weapon; and it shall be, 25 When thou comest into the stand-
^ Heb. sit- when thou *wilt ease thyself abroad, ing corn of thy neighbour, ‘then thou ‘Matt.
Marie
12.
2.
t
'23,
test down.
thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; Luke 6. 1.
turn back and cover that which com- but thou shalt not move a sickle unto
eth from thee thy neighbour’s standing corn.
14 For the Lord thy God ‘walketh
•Lev. 26. 12.
in the midst of thy camp, to deliver

CHAPTER XXIV.
1 Of divorce. 5 A new married man goeth not to war.
thee, and to give up thine enemies (i,10 Of pledges. 7 Of manstealers. 8 Of leprosy. 14
before thee camp ITie hire is to he given. 16 Of justice. 19 0/ charity.
W
;
therefore shall thy
•• Heb.
naleedness
be holy: that he see no ®unclean thing HEN a 'man hath taken a wife, Matt. 5. 31.
& 19. 7.
of any in thee, and turn away from thee. her, and it come
and married Mark 10. 4.
thing.
•“ 1 Sam. 30. 15 IF ‘‘Thou shalt not deliver unto to pass that she find no favour in his
‘Heb.
15.
his master the servant which is es- eyes, because he hath found ^some matter cf
caped from his master unto thee uncleanness in her then let him :
nakedness.
5 Heb.
16 He shall dwell with thee, even wi'ite her a bill of ® divorcement, cutting off.
I
: ;: : : ;
Of pledges, mamtealers, &c. DEUTERONOMY, XXY. Of justice and charity.
Before and give it in her hand, and send 14 1 Thou shalt not "oppress an Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451 .
her out of his house. hired servant that is poor and needy, 1451 .
2 And when she is departed out of whether he be of thy brethren, or of “ Mai. 3. 5.

his house, she may go and be an- thy strangers that are in thy land
other man’s wife. within thy gates
3 And if the latter husband hate her, 15 At his day “thou shalt give him “Lev. 19. 13.
Jer. 22. 13.
and write her a bill of divorcement, his hire, neither shall the sun go down James 5. 4.
and giveth it in her hand, and send- upon it; for poor, and ^setteth
he is 2 Heb. lifteih
his sold
eth her out of his house; or if the his heart upon it ^lest he cry against
: unto it,
Ps. 25. 1.
latter husband die, which took her thee unto the Lord, and it be sin im- & 86. 4.
p James 5. 4.
to be his wife; to thee.
h Jer. 3. 1. 4 ‘’Her former husband, which sent 16 '‘The fathers shall not be put to <i2Kin.l4.6.
2 Chron.
her away, may not take her again to death for the children, neither shall 25. 4.
Jer. 31. 29,
be his wife, after that she is defiled the children be put to death for the 30.
Ezek. 18.
for that is abomination before the fathers every man shall be put to
: 20 .
Lord and thou shalt not cause the

: death for his own sin.
land to sin, which the Lord thy God 17 H '^Thou shalt not pervert the r Ex.
22 .
22. 21,
giveth thee for an inheritance. judgment of the stranger, nor of Pro. 22. 22.
Isai. 1. 23.
« ch. 20. 7. 5 H “ When a man hath taken a new the fatherless; “nor take a widow’s Jer. 5. 28.
&22.3.
2 Heb. not wife, he shall not go out to war, ^nei- raiment to pledge Ezek. ffi.
any thing 2!).
diallpass ther shall he be charged with any 18 But ‘thou shalt remember that Zech. 7. 10.
upon him. Mai. 3. 5.
business :but he shall be free at thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and « Ex. 22. 26.
Prov. 5. 18. home one year, and shall ^ cheer up the Lord thy God redeemed thee * ver. 22.
ch. 16. 12.
his wife which he hath taken. thence : therefore I command thee
6 H No man shall take the nether or to do this thing.
the upper millstone to pledge for he
: 19 H "When thou cuttest down thine « Lev. 19. 9,
10.&23. 22.
taketh a man's life to pledge. harvest in thy field, and hast forgot
« Ex. 21. 16. 7 1 ® If a man be found stealing any a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not
of his brethren of the children of go again to fetch it: it shall be for
Israel, and maketh merchandise of the stranger, for the fatherless, and
him, or selleth him; then that thief for the widow: that the Lord thy
i
; 'ch. 19. 19. shall die; ‘ând thou shalt put evil God may "'bless thee in all the work * ch. 15. 10.
Ps. 41. 1.
away from among you. of thine hands. Pro. 19. 17.
e Lev. 13. 2. 8 II Take heed in ®the plague of 20 When thou beatest thine olive
& 14. 2.
leprosy, that thou observe diligent- tree, ® thou shalt not go over the ® Heb. thou
shall not
ly, and do according to aU that the boughs again it shall be for the : bough it
after thee.
priests the Levites shall teach you stranger, for the fatherless, and for
as I commanded them, so ye shall the widow.
observe to do. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes
See
17. 32.
Luke 9 Remember what the Lord thy God of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean
1 Cor. 10. 6. did ‘unto Miriam by the way, after that it ^ afterward it shall
: be for the <Heb.
Num. after thee.
10 .
12.
ye were come forth out of Egypt. stranger, for the fatherless, and for
1490 .
10 H When thou dost ®lend thy bro- the widow.
® Heb. lend
the loan of ther any thing, thou shalt not go into 22 And ‘’thou shalt remember that y ver. 18.
any thing
to, itc.
his house to fetch his pledge. thou wast a bondman in the land of
11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the Egypt therefore I command thee
:
man to whom thou dost lend shall to do this thing.

bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. CHAPTER XXV.
12 And if the man be poor, thou 1 Stripes mmt not exceed forty. 4 The ox is not to he
muzzled. 5 Of raising seed unto a brother. 11 0/ the
shalt not sleep with his pledge immodest woman. 13 Of unjust weights. 17 The me-
» Ex. 22. 26. 13 ''In any case thou shalt deliver mory of Amaleh is to he blotted out.
* .lob 29. 11, him tlie pledge again when the sun F
there be a “controversy between » ch. 19. 17.
Ezek.
13.&31.20.
2 Cor. 9. 13. goeth down, that he may sleep in his I men, and they come unto judg- 24,
44.
2Tiin.l.l8.
“ ch. 6. 25.
o\m raiment, and bless thee
‘
and : ment, that the judges may judge them
Ps. 106. 31.
&
“it shallbe righteousness unto thee then they shall justify the righteous, See Prov.
17. 15.
112. 9.
Hen. 4. 21. before the Lord thy God. and condemn the wicked.
: ;
Stripes must not exceed forty- DEUTEKONOMY, XXYI. Offering of the firstfruits.
Before
CHRIST
2 And
it shall be, if the wicked man 13 IF ^Thou shalt not have in thy bag Before
be “worthy to be beaten, that the CHRIST

1451 . ^ divers weights, a great and a small. 1451 .
eLukel2.48.
judge shall cause him to lie down, 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house
? Lev. 19.
d Matt. 10.
‘‘and to be beaten before his face, ® divers
measures, a great and a small. 35,36.
17. Prov. 11. 1.
according to his fault, by a certain 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and Ezek. 45.
10
number. just weight, a perfect and just mea- Mic.
.
6. 11.
e 2 Cor. 11.
24.
3 “Forty stripes he may give him, sure shalt thou have that thy days :
®Heb.
a stone and
and not exceed : lest, if he should may be lengthened in the land wMch s
a stone,
Heb. an
exceed, and beat him above these the Lord thy God giveth thee. ephah and
an ephah.
with many stripes, then thy brother 16 For “all that do such things, and « Ex.
20. 12.
'Job 18. 3. should ^seem vile unto thee. aU that do unrighteously, are an abo- “Prov. 11.1.
lThes.4.6.
KProv.12.10. 4 IF ®Thou shalt not muzzle the ox mination unto the Lord thy God.
1 Cor. 9.9.
lTim.5.18. when he ^treadeth out the corn. 17 IF Remember what Amalek did ‘ Ex. 17. 8.
2Heb.
thresheth, 5 II ‘‘If brethren dwell together, and unto thee by the way, when ye were
Hos. 10. 11.
>>Mat.22.24.
one of them die, and have no cliild, the come forth out of Egypt
Mark 12.19.
Luke 20. 28.
wife of the dead shall not marry with- 18 How he met thee by the way, and
® Or, next out unto a stranger her ® husband’s
: smote the hindmost of thee, even all
kinsman,
Gen. 38. 8. brother shall go in imto her, and that were feeble beMnd thee, when
Ruth 1. 12,
13. & 3. 9. take her to him to wife, and per- thou and weary; and he
ivast faint
form the duty of an husband’s bro- "feared not God. “ Pb. 36. 1.
Prov. 16. 6.
ther unto her. 19 Therefore it shall be, *when the Rom. 3. 18.
*lSam.l5.3.
6 And it shall be, that the firstborn Lord thy God hath given thee rest
' Gen. 38. 9. which she beareth ‘shall succeed in from thine enemies round about,
all
the name of his brother which is in the land which the Lord thy God
^Riith4. 10. dead, that ^ Ms name be not put giveth thee for an inheritance to
out of Israel. possess it, that thou shalt ^blot out y Ex. 17. 14.
7 And if the man like not to take the remembrance of Amalek from un-
* Or, next
Icinsman’s
his ^brother’s wife, then let his bro- der heaven thou shalt not forget il.
;
wife. ther’s wife go up to the ‘gate unto

J
Ruth 4. 1,2.
the elders, and say. My husband’s
CHAPTER XXVI.
1 The confession of him that offereth the basket of first-
brother refuseth to raise up unto his fruits, 12 The prayer of him that giveth his third yearns
brother a name in Israel, he will not tithes. 16 The covenant between God and the people.
perform the duty of my husband’s

brother.
8 Then the elders of Ms city shall
And come in unto
^
the Lord thy God

it shall be,
the land which
giveth thee for
when thou art
call him, and speak unto him :and an inheritance, and possessest it, and
w Ruth 4. 6. if he stand to it, and say, “I like not dwellest therein;
to take her; 2 “ That thou shalt take of the first » Ex. 23. 19.
&34. 26.
9 Then shall his brother’s wife come of aU the fruit of the earth, which Num. 18.
13.
unto him in the presence of the eld- thou shalt bring of thy land that the ch. 16. 10.
Prov.
“ Ruth 4. 7. ers, and “ loose his shoe from off his Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt 3. 9.
foot, and spit in his face, and shall put it in a basket, and shalt go unto «>ch.l2.5.
answer and say. So shall it be done the place which the Lord thy God
® Ruth 4. 11. unto that man that wiU not “bmld shall choose to place his name there.
up his brother’s house. 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest
10 And his name shall be called in that shaU be in those days, and say
Israel, The house of him that hath unto him, I profess this day unto the
his shoe loosed. Lord thy God, that I am come imto
11 IF When men strive together one the country which the Lord sware
with another, and the wife of the one unto our fathers for to give us.
draweth near for to deliver her hus- 4 And
the priest shall take the bas-
band out of the hand of him that ket out of thine hand, and set it down
smiteth him, and putteth forth her before the altar of the Lord thy God.
hand, and taketh him by the secrets 5 And thou shalt speak and say 0 Hob. 12. 12.
12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, before the Lord thy God, “A Syrian Gen. 43.
1 2
‘‘ready to perish was my father, and
.
,
P ch. 19. 13. p thine eye shall not pity her. & 45. 7, 11.
:: : : ; ; : : :
The covenant between DEUTERONOMY, XXYII. God and the people.
Before ®he went down into Egypt, and so- tation,from heaven, and bless thy Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451.
journed there with a ^few, and be- people Israel, and the land which 1451.
came there a nation, great, mighty, thou hast given us, as thou swarest
® Gen. 46.
1, 6 .
and populous unto our fathers, a land that floweth
Acts 7. 15.
'Gen. 46. 27. 6 And ® the Egyptians evil entreated with milk and honey.
e
ch. 10. 22.
Ex. 1. 11,
us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us 16 U This day the Lord thy God hath
14. hard bondage commanded thee to do these statutes
k Ex. 2. 23,
7 And '“when we cried unto the Lord and judgments thou shalt therefore
:
24,25.
&3.
& 4. 31.
9. God of our fathers, the Lord heard keep and do them with aU thine
our voice, and looked on our affliction, heart, and with all thy soul.
and our labour, and our oppression 17 Thou hast avouched the Lord
® » Ex. 20. 19.
1 Ex. 12. 37, 8 And Hhe Lord brought us forth this day to be thy God, and to walk
51. & 13.
3, 14, 16. out of Egypt with a mighty hand, in his ways, and to keep his statutes,
ch. 5. 15.
and with an outstretched arm, and and his commandments, and his judg-
» ch. 4. 34. ^ with great terribleness, and with ments,
2 and to hearken unto his voice
signs, and \vith wonders 18 And ‘the Lord hath avouched ‘ Ex. 6. 7.
& 19. 5.
9 And he hath brought us into this thee this day to be his peculiar peo- ch. 7. 6.
& 14. 2.
place, and hath given us this land, ple,
3 as he hath promised thee, and &28. 9.
1 Ex. 3. 8. even ‘a land that floweth with milk that thou shouldest keep all his com-
and honey. mandments ;
10 And now, behold, I have brought 19 And to make thee "high above all “ ch. 4. 7, 8.
&28. 1.
the firstfruits of the land, which thou, 4

nations which he hath made, in praise, Ps. 148. 14.
O Lord, hast given me. And thou and in name, and in honour and that ;
shalt set it before the Lord thy God, thou

5 mayest be *an holy people unto “ Ex. 19. 6.
ch. 7. 6.
and worship before the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken. &28. 9.
1 Pet. 2. 9.
“ ch. 11 And “thou shalt rejoice in every
12. 7,
12, 18.
& 16. 11. good thing which the Lord thy God CHAPTER XXVII.
1 The 'people are commanded law upon stones,
to write the
hath given unto thee, and unto thine 5 and to build an altar of whole stones. 11 The tribes
house, thou, and the Levite, and the divided on Gerizim and Ebal. 14 The curses pronounced
on mount Ebal.
stranger that is among you.
12 H When thou hast made an end nd Moses with the elders of
“Lev. 27.30.
Num.
24.
18.
of tithing all the " tithes of thine in-
crease the third year, which is “the
A
Keep
commanded
»
all the
the people, saying,
commandments which
Israel
I
® ch. 14. 28,
29.
year of tithing, and hast given it unto command you this day.
the Levite, the stranger, the father- And it shall be on the day "when “ Josh. 4. 1.
less, and the widow, that they may ye shall pass over Jordan unto the
eat within thy gates, and be filled land which the Lord thy God giveth
13 Then thou shalt say before the thee, that '’thou shalt set thee up kjosh. 8.32.
Lord God, I have brought away

thy. great stones, and plaister them with
the hallowed things out of mine house, plaister
and also have given them unto the And thou shalt write upon them all
Levite, and unto the stranger, to the the words of this law, when thou art
fatherless, and to the widow, accord- passed over, that thou mayest go in
ing to all thy commandments which unto the land which the Lord thy God
thou hast commanded me :I have giveth thee, a land that floweth with
not transgressed thy commandments, milk and honey; as the Lord God
pPs. 119.141, p neither have I forgotten them of thy fathers hath promised thee.
14 I have not eaten thereof in my
153, 176.
1 Lev. 7. 20.
Therefore it shall be when ye be
& 21 . 1 , 11 .
mourning, neither have I taken away gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up
Hos. 9. 4.
ought thereof for any unclean use, these stones, which I command you
nor given ought thereof for the dead this day, “in mount Ebal, and thou <=
ch. 11. 29.
Josh. 8. 30.
hut I have hearkened to the voice of shalt plaister them with plaister.
the Lord my God, and have done And there shalt thou build an
according to all that thou hast com- altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar
^
''I6ai.63. 15.
manded me. of stones thou shalt not lift up any
:
d Ex. 20. 25.
Josh. 8. 31.
Zech. 2. 13. 15 Look down from thy holy habi- iron' tool upon them.
P
: : :
The curses of the law. DEUTERONOMY, XXVIII. Blessings for obedience.
Before 6Thou shalt build the altar of the 21 Cursed

he he that lieth with any
CHRIST
Before
CHRIST
1451 .
Lokd thy God of whole stones and : manner of beast. And all the people 1451 .
thou shalt ofier burnt offerings there- shall say. Amen. 9 Lev. 18. 23.
on unto the Lord thy God 22 'Cursed he he that lieth with his
r
& 20. 15.
Lev. 18. 9.
7 And thou shalt offer peace offer- sister, the daughter of his father, or & 20. 17.
ings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice the daughter of his mother. And all
before the Lord thy God. the people shall say. Amen.
8 And thou shalt write upon the 23 ® Cursed be he that lieth with his ‘Lev.
& 20. 14.
18. 17.
stones all the words of this law very mother in law. And all the people
plainly. shall say. Amen.
9 H And Moses and the priests the 24 ‘Cursed he he that smiteth his ‘ Ex. 20. 13.
& 21. 12,14.
Levites spake unto all Israel, saying. neighbour secretly. And all the peo- Lev.
Num.
24. 17.
35.
Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; ple shall say. Amen. 31.
ch. 19. 11.
« ch. 26. 18. ®
this day thou art become the people 25 " Cursed he he that taketh reward “Ex. 23.7,8.
to slay an innocent person. And all
ch. 10. 17.
of the Lord thy God. & 16. 19.
Ezek.
10 Thou shalt therefore obey the the people shall say. Amen. 12 .
voice of the Lord thy God, and do 26 * Cm’sed he he that confirmeth not * ch. 28. 15.
Ps. 119. 21.
his commandments and his statutes, all the words of this law to do them. Jer. 11. 3.
Gal. 3. 10.
which I command thee this day. And all the people shall say. Amen.
11 IT And Moses charged
the people
CHAPTER XXVIII.
the same day, saying, 1 The blessings for obedience, 15 The curses for dis-
'ch. 11.29. 12 These shall stand Gipon mount obedience.
.Tosh. 8. 33.
Judg. 9. 7. Gerizim to bless the people, when ye AND it shall come
to pass, ®if thou “ Ex. 15. 26.
Lev. 26. 3.
are come over Jordan; Simeon, and shalt hearken diligently mito the leal. 55. 2.
Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and voice of the Lord thy God, to observe
Joseph, and Benjamin and to do all his commandments
e ch. 11. 29. 13 And ® these shall stand upon which I command thee this day, that
Josh. 8. 33.
* Heb./or moimt Ebal ^ to curse Reuben, Gad,
;
the Lord thy God *’ivill set thee on b ch. 26. 19.
a cursing. high above nations of the earth

and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and all
Naphtali. 2 And all these blessings shall come
h ch. 33. 10. 14 And **the Levites shall speak, on thee, and “overtake thee, if thou ® ver. 15.
Zeoh. 1. 6.
Josh. 8. 33.
Dan. 9. 11. and say unto all the men of Israel shalt hearken unto the voice of the
with a loud voice, Lord thy God.
^
> Ex. 20. 4, 15 ‘Cursed he the man that maketh 3 Blessed shalt thou he in the city, dP8.128.1.4.
23.&34.17.
Lev. 19. 4. any graven or molten image, an abo- and blessed shalt thou he ® in the * Gen. 39. 5.
& 26. 1.
ch.4. 16,23. mination unto the Lord, the work of field.
& a. 8 4 Blessed shall he ^the fruit of thy f ver. 11.
the hands of the craftsman, and put-
.
Isai. 44. 9. Gen. 22. 17.

Hos. 13. 2.
teth it in a secret place.
^
And all the body, and the fruit of thy ground, and & 49. 25.
^ See Num. ch. 7. 13.
5.22.
people shall answer and say. Amen. the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of Pb. 107. 38.
.Ter. 11. 5. & 127. 3.
1 Cor. 14.16.
16 *
Cursed he he that setteth light thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. & 128. 3.
Ex. 20. 12. Pro. 10. 22.
5 Blessed shall he thy basket and
>
&21 17. by his father or his mother. And all 1 Tim. 4. 8.
Lev. 19. 3. 9 Or, dough,

ch. 21. 18. the people shall say. Amen. thy ^ store. or, imead.
6 ® Blessed shalt thou he when thou

ingtrough.
“ ch. 19. 14. 17 Cursed he he that removeth his e Ps. 121. 8.
Prov.22.28.
neighbour’s landmark. And all the comest in, and blessed shalt thou he
people shall say, Amen. when thou goest out.
“Lev. 19. 14. 18 ^ Cursed he he that maketh the 7 The Lord ‘‘shall cause thine ene- ‘>Lev.26.7.8.
2 Sam. 22.
blind to wander out of the way. And mies that rise up against thee to be 38, 39, 41.
Ps. 89. 23.
allthe people shall say. Amen. smitten before thy face they shall
: See ver. 25.
0 Ex. 22. 21, 19 ° Cursed he he that perverteth the come out against thee one way, and
ch. 10. 18. judgment of the stranger, fatherless, flee before thee seven ways.
& 24. 17. 8 The Lord shall ‘command the
Mai. 3. 5. and widow. And all the people shall •Lev. 25. 21.
say, Amen. blessing upon thee in thy ® store- 3 Or, bams,

Prov. 3. 10.
P Lev. 18. 8. 20 P
Cursed he that lieth with his
he houses, and in all that thou ^settest k ch. 15. 10.
&
20 11 .
thine hand unto; and he shall bless
.
ch. 22. 30. father’s wife; because he uncovereth

his father’s skirt. And all the people thee in the land which the Lord thy
shall say. Amen. God giveth thee.
: ; : :
The curses DEUTERONOMY, XXYIII. for disobedience.

Before 9 ^The Lord shall establish thee an cause of the wickedness of thy doings, Before
CHEIST CHRIST
1451. holy people unto himself, as he hath whereby thou hast forsaken me. 1451.
sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep 21 The Lord shall make Hhe pesti- « Lev. 26. 25.
> Ex. 19. 5, 6.
ch. 7. 6. the commandments of the Lord thy lence cleave unto thee, until he have Jer. 24. 10.
& 26. 18, 19.
& 29. 13. God, and walk in his ways. consumed thee from ofi" the land,
10 And all people of the earth shall whither thou goest to possess it.
“N\im.6.27. see that thou art “ called by the name 22 The Lord shall smite thee with ^ Lev. 26. 16.
2 Cbron.
7. 14. of the Lord and they shall be “ afraid
;
a consumption, and with a fever, and
Isai. 63. 19.
Dan. 9. 18, of thee. with an inflammation, and with an ex-
19.
n ch. 11. 25. 11 And °the Lord shall make thee treme burning, and with the ^ sword, 2 Or,
drought.
® ver. 4.
ch. 30. 9.
plenteous în goods, in the fruit of and with ® blasting, and nith mildew; ® Amos 4. 9.
Pro. 10. 22. thy ®body, and in the fruit of thy and they shall pursue thee until thou
sOr,
for good. cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, perish.
* Heb. beUy.
in the land which the Lord sware 23 And ‘^thyheaven that is over thy 'Lev. 26. 19.
unto thy fathers to give thee. head shall be brass, and the earth
12 The Lord shall open unto thee that is under thee shall be iron.
P Lev. 26. 4. his good treasure, the heaven ^ to give 24 The Lord shall make the rain of
ch. 11. 14.
the rain unto thy land in his season, thy land powder and dust from hea- :
1 ch. 14. 29. and ^to bless all the work of thine ven shall it come down upon thee,
rch.15.6. hand and thou shalt lend unto many
: until thou be destroyed.
nations, and thou shalt not borrow. j
25 ® The Lord shall cause thee to be * ver. 7.
Lev. 26. 17,
13 And the Lord shall make thee I smitten before thine enemies thou :
37.
eh. 32. 30.
• Isai. 9. 14, ®
the head, and not the tail and thou ;
shalt go out one way against them, Isai. 30. 17.
15.
shalt be above only, and thou shalt and flee seven ways before them and :
not be beneath if that thou hearken

; shalt be ® removed into all the king- Jer. 15. 4.
& 24. 9.
unto the commandments of the Lord doms of the earth. Ezek. 23.
46.
thy God, which I command thee this 26 And ‘thy carcase shall be meat 2 Heb. for a
removing.
day, to observe and to do them unto all fowls of the air, and unto the ‘ 1 Sam. 17.
‘ ch. 5. 32. 14 ‘And thou shalt not go aside beasts of the earth, and no man shall 44, 46.
& 11. 16. Ps. 79. 2.
from any of the words which I com- fray them away. Jer. 7. 33.
& 16. 4.
mand thee this day, to the right hand, 27 The Lord will smite thee with'^the & 34. 20.
ver. 35.
or to the left, to go after other gods botch of Egypt, and with ‘the emerods, Ex. 9. 9.
to serve them. and with the scab, and with the itch, & 15. 26.
> 1 Sam. 5. 6.
"Lev. 26.14. 15 IF But it shall come

to pass, " if whereof thou canst not be healed. Pb. 78. 66.
Lam. 2. 17.
Dan. 9. 11, thou wilt not hearken unto the voice 28 The Lord shall smite thee with
13.
Mai. 2. 2. of the Lord thy God, to observe to madness, and blindness, and “asto- “ Jer. 4. 9.
do aU his commandments and his sta- nishment of heart

tutes which I command thee this day 29 And thou shalt "grope at noon- v Job 5. 14.
Isai. 59. 10.
that all these curses shall come upon day, as the blind gropeth in daik-
* ver. 2. thee, and overtake thee
""
: ness, and thou shalt not prosper in
y ver. 3, &c. 16 Cursed shalt thou be în the city, thy ways and thou shalt be only op-
:
and cursed shalt thou be the field. m pressed and spoiled evermore, and
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and no man shall save thee.
thy store. 30 “ Thou shalt betroth a wife, and 0 Job 31. 10.
Jer. 8. 10.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy another man shall lie with her ^ thou : P Job 31. 8.
Jer. 12. 13.
body, and the fruit of thy land, the shalt build an house, and thou shalt Amos 5. 11.
Mic. 6. 15.
increase of thy kine, and the flocks not dwell therein: ^thou shalt plant Zepb. 1. li
of thy sheep. a vineyard, and shalt not ^gather the >1 ch. 20. 6.
* Heb. pro-
19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou grapes thereof. fane, or, use
it as com-
comest in, and cursed shalt thou be 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine mon meat
« Mai. 2. 2. as ch. 20.
•1 Sam. 14. when thou goest out. eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof:
6.
20 .
Zech.14.13.
20 The Lord shall send upon thee thine ass shall be violently taken away
b Pb. 80.
16. ^ cursing, “ vexation, and rebuke, in from before thy face, and ®shall not be 5 Heb. shall
Isai. 30. 17. not 'return
&
51. 20. all that thou settest thine hand unto restored to thee thy sheep shall be
: to thee.
&
66. 15.
‘Heb. ^for to do, until thou be destroyed, given unto thine enemies, and thou
which thou,
wouldesl do. and until thou perish quickly; be- shalt have none to rescue them.
P2
:; : : :
The curses DEXJTEHONOMY, XXVIII. Jbr disobedience.
Before 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall 46 And they shall be upon thee for ’’
Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451. he given unto another people, and a sign and for a wonder, and upon 1451.
rPs.119.82.
thine eyes shall look, and ''fail with thy seed for ever. •> Isai. 8. 18.
longing for them all the day long and : 47 ‘Because thou servedst not the Ezek. 14. 8.
* Neh. 9. 35,
there shall he no might in thine hand. Lord thy God with joyfulness, and 36, 37.
• ver. 51. 33 “The fruit of thy land, and all with gladness of heart, ^ for the abun- “ ch. 32. 15.
Lev. v6. 16.
Jer. 5. 17. thy labours, shall a nation which thou dance of all things;
knowest not eat up; and thou shalt 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine
be only oppressed and crushed alway enemies which the Lord shall send
• ver. 67. 34 So that thou shalt be mad ‘for against thee, in hunger, and in thirst,
the sight of thine eyes which thou and in nakedness, and in want of all
shalt see. things and he shall put a yoke of
‘ • Jer. 28. 14.
“ ver. 27. 35 The Lord shall "smite thee in the iron upon thy neck, until he have
knees, and in the legs, with a sore destroyed thee.
botch that cannot be healed, from 49 “ The Lord shall bring a nation “Jer. 5.15.
& 6. 22, 23.
the sole of thy foot unto the top of against thee from far, from the end Luke 19.43.
thy head. of the earth, "as swift as the eagle “ Jer. 48. 40.
&
49. 22.
* 2 Kin. 17. 36 The Lord shall ^ bring thee, and flieth a nation whose tongue thou
;
Lam. 4. 19.
4, 6. Ezek. 17.
& 24.12,14. thy king which thou shalt set over slialt not ûnderstand; 3,12.
& 25. 7, 11. Hos.
50 A nation ®of fierce countenance,
8. 1.
2 Chron. thee, unto a nation which neither 3Heb. hear.
33. 11.
& 36. 6, 20. thou nor thy fathers have known ° which
shall not regard the person of ^Heh. strong
efface,
T ch. 4. 28. and ^ there shalt thou serve other gods, the old, nor shew favour to the young: Prov. 7. 13.
ver. 64. Eccles. 8.1.
Jer. 16. 13. wood and stone. 51 And he shall êat the fruit of thy Dan. 8. 23.
® 2 Chron.
* 1
7.8.
Kin. 9. 37 And thou shalt become an
*
asto- cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until 36. 17.
Isai. 47. 6.
Jer. 24. 9. nishment, a proverb, "and a byword, thou be destroyed which also shall
:
P ver. 33.
& 25. 9.
Zech. 8. 13. among all nations whither the Lord not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, Isai. 1 7.
& 62. 8.
.
» Pb. 44. 14.

shall lead thee. or the increase of thy kine, or flocks
*> Mic. 6. 15. 38 ‘’Thou shalt carry much seed out of thy sheep, until he have destroyed
Hag. 1. 6.
into the field, and shalt -gather hut lit- thee.
<=
Joel 1. 4. tle in for 'the locust shall consume it.
;
52 And he shall ^besiege thee in all 9 2 Kin. 25.
1 2 , 4.
,
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and thy gates, until thy high and fenced
dress them, but shalt neither drink of walls come down, wherein thou trust-
the wine, nor gather the grapes; for edst, throughout all thy land and he :
the worms shall eat them. shall besiege thee in all thy gates
40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy land, which the
throughout all thy coasts, but thou Lord thy God hath given thee.
shalt not anoint thyself with the oil 53 And "^thou shalt eat the fruit of r Lev. 26. 29.
2 Kin. 6.
for thine olive shall cast his fruit. thine own ^body, the flesh of thy sons 28, 29.
Jer. 19. 9.
41 Thou shalt beget sons and daugh- and of thy daughters, which the Lord Lam. 2. 20.
& 4. 10.
2 Heb. they ters, but ^thou shalt not enjoy them; thy God hath given thee, in the siege, * Heb. heUy.
shall not
^
he thine. for they shall go into captivity. and in the straitness, wherewith thine
Lam. 1. 5.
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land enemies shall distress thee
3 Or,
possess.
shall the locust ® consume. So that the man that is tender
43 The stranger that is within thee among you, and very delicate, “ his eye ® cb. 15. 9.
shall get up above thee very high; shallbe evil toward his brother, and
and thou shalt come down very low. toward ‘the wife of his bosom, and ‘ ch. 13. 6.
® ver. 12. 44 'He shall lend to thee, and thou toward the remnant of his children
1 ver. 13. shalt not lend to him: ‘he shall be which he shall leave
Lam. 1. 5.
the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 55 So that he will not give to any of
8 ver. 15.
45 Moreover ®all these curses shall them of the flesh of his children whom
come upon thee, and shall pursue he shall eat because he hath nothing
:
thee, and overtake thee, till thou be left him in the siege, and in the strait-
destroyed; because thou hearkenedst ness, wherewith thine enemies shall
not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, distress thee in all thy gates.
to keep his commandments and his 56 The tender and delicate woman
statutes which he commanded thee : among you, which would not adven-
; : : : :
The curses for disohedieme. DEUTERONOMY, XXIX. Exhortation to obedience.
Before ture to set the sole of her foot upon and night, and shalt have none as- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451 .
the ground for delicateness and ten- surance of thy life 1451 .
“ Ter. 54.
derness, " her eye shall be evil toward 67 ’In the morning thou shalt say. ‘ Job 7. 4.
the husband of her bosom, and toward Would God it were even! and at even
thou shalt say. Would God it were
j
her son, and toward her daughter,

'
SHeb.
dfterbiiih.
57 And toward her ^ young one that morning for the fear of thine heart
1
|
™
» Gen. 49. 10. cometh out ""from between her feet, wherewith thou shalt fear, and “for ver. 34.
and toward her children which she the sight of thine eyes which thou
shall bear for she shall eat them for
: shalt see.
want of all things secretly in the siege 68 And the Lord “shall bring thee » .Ter. 43. 7.
Kos. 8. 13.
and straitness, wherewith thine enemy into Egypt again ivith ships, by the &9. 3.
shall distress thee in thy gates. way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou “ 0 ch. 17. 16.
58 If thou wilt not observe to do all shalt see it no more again and there :
the words of this law that are written ye shall be sold unto your enemies
in this book, that thou mayest fear for bondmen and bondwomen, and no
y Ex. 6. 3. ^ this glorious and fearful name, THE man shall buy you.
LORD THY GOD CHAPTER XXIX.
59 Then the Lord will make thy 1 Moses exhorieth them to obedience, by the memory of the
plagues ^wonderful, and the plagues worJis they have seen. 10 All are presented before the
« Dan. 9. 12.
Lord to enter into his covenant. 18 The great wrath on
of thy seed, even great plagues, and of him that Jlattereih himself in his wickedness. 29 Secret
long continuance, and sore sicknesses, things belong unto God.
«ch.7.15.
and of long continuance.
60 Moreover he will bring upon thee
all ® the diseases of Egypt, which thou
These make
Moses to
are the words of the cove-
nant, which the Lord commanded
with the children of
wast afraid of; and they shall cleave Israel in the land of Moab, beside
unto thee. “the covenant which he made witli »ch. 5. 2.3.
61 Also every sickness, and every them in Horeb.

plague, which is not written in the book 2 H And Moses called unto all Israel,
s Heb. cause of this law, them will the Lord ® bring and said unto them, ’’Ye have seen all *>
Ex. 19. 4.
to ascend.
upon thee, until thou be destroyed. that the Lord did before your eyes in
'>
ch. 4. 27. 62 And ye shall be left few in num- the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and
« ch. 10. 22. ber, whereas ye were ‘as the stars of unto all his servants, and unto all his
Neh. 9. 23.
heaven for multitude; because thou land;
wouldest not obey the voice of the 3 ‘ The great temptations which “ ch. 4. 34.
& 7. 19.
Lord thy God. thine eyes have seen, the signs, and
63 And it shall come to pass, that those great miracles
^
d ch. 30. 9.
as the Lord rejoiced over you to do 4 Yet the Lord hath not given you
’’ •• See Isai.
Jer. 32. 41. 6. 9, 10.
you good, and to multiply you so the ;
an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, & (3. 17.
John 8. 43.
»Prov.l.26.
Isai. 1. 24.
Lord ‘will rejoice over you to destroy and ears to hear, unto this day. Acts 28. 26,
27.
you, and to bring you to nought and ;
5 ® And I have led you forty years in Eph. 4. 18.
2 I'hess. 2.
ye shall be plucked from off the land the wilderness: ^your clothes are not 11 , 12 .
e ch. 1. 3.
whither thou goest to possess it. waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is &8 . 2 .
'Lev. 26. 33. 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee not waxen old upon thy foot. ' ch. 8. 4.
ch. 4. 27,28.
Neh. 1. 8. among all people, from the one end 6 ®Ye have not eaten bread, neither s See Ex.
16. 12.
Jer. 16. 13.
of the earth even unto the other and ;
have ye drunk wine or strong drink ch. 8. 3.
Ps. 78. 24,
s ver. 36. ® there thou shalt serve other gods, that ye might know that I am the 25.
which neither thou nor thy fathers Lord your God.

have known, even wood and stone. 7 And when ye came unto this place,
’’
Amos 9. 4. 65 And ’“among these nations shalt ’’
feihon the king of Heshbon, and Og >» Num. 21.
23, 24, 33.
thon find no ease, neither shall the the king of Bashan, came out against ch. 2. 32.
&3.1.
‘Lev. 26.36. sole of thy foot have rest but the
:
’
us unto battle, and we smote them
Lord shall give thee there a trem- 8 And we took their land, and gave ’ ' Nura. 32.
33.
bling heart, and failing of eyes, and it for an inheritance unto the Reu- ch. 3. 12,13.
‘Lev. 26. 16. ^ sorrow of mind : benites, and to the Gadites, and to
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt the half tribe of Manasseh. k ch. 4. 6.
.Tosh. 1. 7.
before thee; and thou shalt fear day 9 Keep therefore the words of this 1 Kin. 2. 3.
; : : : ; : ; : : : ; : :
God's wrath on the ivicked. DEUTERONOMY, XXX. Mercy to the penitent.
Before covenant, and do tliem, that ye may him unto out of all the tribes of
evil Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451 .
’prosper in all that ye do. Israel, according to all the curses of
1451 .
• Josh.
10 If Ye stand this day all of you the covenant that ^ are written in this 2
Heb.
1. 7.
before the Lord your God; your book of the law is mitten.
captains of your tribes, your elders, 22 So that the generation to come

and your officers, tvith all the men of your children that shall rise up
of Israel, after you, and the stranger that shall
11 Your little ones, your wives, and come from a far land, shall say, when
thy stranger that is in thy camp, they see the plagues of that land,
™ See .Tosh. from “the hewer of thy wood unto and the sicknesses ® which the Lord 3 Heb.
whereuith
9. 21,23,27.
the drawer of thy water hath laid upon it the Lobd
hath made
2 Heb. pass. 12 That thou shouldest ^ enter into 23 And that the whole land thereof sick. it
covenant with the Lord thy God, and is brimstone, “’and salt, and burning, dPB.107.34.
Jer. 17. 6.
3>Neh.l0.29. "into his oath, which the Lord thy that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor Zeph. 2. 9.
God maketh with thee this day any grass groweth therein, ®like the ® Gen. 19.
24, 25.
“ch. 28.9. 13 That he may ° establish thee to overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Jer. 20. 16.
day for a people unto himself, and Admail, and Zeboim, which the Lord
that he may be unto thee a God, overthrew in his anger, and in his
P Ex. 6. 7. Pas he hath said unto thee, and ’as wrath
qQen. 17.7.
he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to 24 Even all nations shall say, ^Where- 1 Kin. 9. 1
8 9
Abraham, and to Jacob.
to Isaac, fore hath the Lord done thus unto Jer.’22.8,9,
r Jer. 31. 31, you only Mo I make
14 Neither with this land? what meaneth the heat of
32,33.
Heb. 8.7,8. this covenant and this oath this great anger?
15 But Avith him that standeth here 25 Then men shall say. Because they
with us this day before the Lord our have forsaken the covenant of the
® See Acts God, “and also with him that is not Lord God of their fathers, which he
2. 39.
1 Cor. 7. 14. here with us this day made with them when he brought
16 (For ye know how we have dwelt them forth out of the land of Egypt
in the land of Egypt; and how we 26 For they went and served other
came through the nations which ye gods, and worshipped them, gods
passed by whom they knew not, and "^whom he * had Or, who
not
17 And ye have seen their abomi- had not ® given unto them given to
them any
3 Heb. nations, and their ® idols, wood and 27 And the anger of the Lord was portion.
dungy gods. 5 Heb.
stone, silver and gold, which 'were kindled against this land, ®to bring divided.
among them:) upon it all the curses that are written s 13,
Dan. 9. 11,
14.
18 Lest there should be among you in this book
man, or woman, or family, or tribe, 28 And the Lord ‘‘rooted them out of k 1 Kin. 14.
15.
‘ch. 11.16. ‘whose heart turneth away this day their land in anger, and in wrath, and 2 Chron.
7.20.
from the Lord our God, to go and in great indignation, and cast them Ps. 52. 5.
Prov. 2. 22.
“ Acts 8. 23. serve the gods of these nations " lest ; into another land, as it is this day.
Heb. 12.15.
there should be among you a root 29 The secret things belong unto the
that beareth ® gall and wormwood
^
* Or,
a poison-
Lord our God: but those things which
ful herh. 19 And it come to pass, when he are revealed belong unto us and to
* Heb. rosh.
heareth the words of this curse, that our children for ever, that we may
* Nmn.
39.
15.
he bless himself in his heart, saying, do all the words of this law.
Eccles. 11.
I shall have peace, though I walk in
®
9.
Or, sbii- the ® imagination of mine heart, * to
CHAPTER XXX.
hornness. 1 Great mercies 'promised unto the repentant. 11 The
Jer. 3. 17. add ’ drunkenness to thirst commandment is manifest. 15 Death and life are set
& 7. 24.
» Isai. 30. 1. 20 ^The Lord not spare him,
will before them.
nd to pass, when
come
Heb. but then * the anger of the Lord and
A
7 the • Lev. 26. 40.
"it shall
dmnken to
the thirsty, " his jealousy shall smoke against that ‘‘all these things
. are come upon b ch. 28.
y Ezek. 14.
7,8. man, and all the curses that are writ- thee, the blessing and the curse, which
^Ps.74. 1.
\
i »Ps. 79.5. ten in this book shall lie upon him, I have set before thee, and ® thou <! ch. 4. 29,
30.
j
Ezek. 23.
25.
and the Lord ‘’shall blot out his shalt call them to mind among all the 1 Kin. 8.
47, 48.
Lord God
I
•>
c
ch. 9. 14. name from under heaven. nations, whither the thy
Matt. 24.
21 And the Lord “’shall separate hath driven thee,
i
51.
: ; ; :
Death and life are DEUTERONOMY, XXXI. set before the people.
Before 2 And shalt ‘‘return unto the Lord the sea for us, and bring it unto us, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451 .
thy God, and shalt obey his voice ac- that we may hear it, and do it ? 1451 .
i Neh. 1. 9.
cording to all that I command thee 14 But the word is very nigh unto
Isai. 65. 7. this day, thou and thy children, with thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart,
Lam. 3. 40.
Joel 2. 12, all thine heart, and with all thy soul that thou mayest do it.
13.
• Ps.106.45. 3 ®That then the Lord thy God will 15 IT See, ”I have set before thee this “ ver. 1, 19.
ch. 11. 26.
&
126. 1.4.
Jer. 29. 14. turn thy captivity, and have compas- day life and good, and death and evil;
Lam.
32.
3. 22,
sion upon thee, and will return and 16 In that I command thee this day
t Ps. 147. 2. ^gather thee from all the nations, to love the Lord thy God, to walk in
Jer. 32. 37.
Ezek. 34. whither the Lord thy God hath scat- his ways, and to keep his command-
13. & 36. 24.
tered thee. ments and his statutes and his judg-
g ch. 28. 64.
4 ® If any of thine be driven out un- ments, that thou mayest live and mul-
Neh. 1. 9.
to the outmost parts of heaven, from tiply: and the Lord thy God shall
thence will the Lord thy God gather bless thee in the land whither thou
thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: goest to possess it.
5 And the Lord thy God will bring 17 But if thine heart turn away, so
thee into the land which thy fathers that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be
possessed, and thou shalt possess it; drawn away, and worship other gods,
and he will do thee good, and mul- and serve them
“
tiply thee above thy fathers. 18 ‘’I denounce unto you this day, &ch.8.4.19.26.
>> ch. 10. 16. 6 And '"the Lord thy God will cir- that ye shall surely perish, and that
Jer. 32. 39.
cumcise thine heart, and the heart of ye shall not prolong your days upon
I
Ezek. 11.
19. & 36. 26.
thy seed, to love the Lord thy God the land, whither thou passest over
with all thine heart, and with all thy Jordan to go to possess it.
soul, that thou mayest live. 19^1 call heaven and earth to record P&ch.31.4. 28.
26.
7 Andthe Lord thy God will put all this day against you, that I have set 1 ver.
**15.
these curses upon thine enemies, and before you life and death, blessing
on them that hate thee, which perse- and cursing therefore choose life,
:
cuted thee. that both thou and thy seed may live
8 And thou shalt return and obey 20 That thou mayest love the Lord
the voice of the Lord, and do all thy God, and that thou mayest obey
his commandments which I command his voice, and that thou mayest cleave
r Ps. 27. 1.
thee this day. unto him for he is thy life, and the &66.
:
9.
i
ch. 28. 11. 9 'And the Lord thy God will make length of thy days that thou mayest John 11.25.
:
thee plenteous in every work of thine dwell in the land which the Lord
hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham,
the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
of thy land, for good for the Lord
:
CHAPTER XXXI.
k ch. 28. 63.
will again ^rejoice over thee for good, 1 Moses encouragefh the people. 7 He encourageth Joshua.
Jer. 32. 41.
as he rejoiced over thy fathers 9 He delivereth the law unto the priests to read it in the
seventh year to the people. 14 God giveth a charge to
10 If thou shalt hearken unto the Joshua, 19 and a song to testify against the people.
voice of the Lord thy God, to keep 24 Moses delivereth the hook of the law to the Levites
his commandments and his statutes to keep. 28 He maketh a protestation to the elders.
which are written in this book of the nd Moses went and spake these
law, and if thou turn unto the Lord
thy God with all thine heart, and with
AAnd
2
words unto all Israel.
-
he said unto them, I âm an “ Ex. 7. 7.

ch. 34. 7.
all thy soul. hundred and twenty years old this
Num.
11 H For this commandment which day; I can no more '’go out and come 27.
!>
17.
I command thee this day, 'it is not

Kin.
* Isai. 45.19. in also the Lord hath said unto me,
:
1 3. 7.
0 Num. 20.
i hidden from thee, neither is it far off. ‘’Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 12. &27.13.
Rom. 10. 12 “It is not in heaven, that thou 3 The Lord thy God, he will go ‘'
d ch.
ch. 3. 27.
6, &c. 9. 3.
shouldest say. Who shall go up for us over before thee, and he will destroy
to heaven, and bring it unto us, that these nations from before thee, and
we may hear it, and do it ? thou shalt possess them and Joshua, :
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that he shall go over before thee, ® as the ® Num. 27.
21 .
thou shouldest say. Who shall go over Lord hath said. ch. 3. 28.
:
Moses encourageth Joshua, DEUTERONOMY, XXXL and giveth him a charge.
CHRIST
Before 4 Ând the Lord shall do unto them charge. And Moses and Joshua
went, Before
CHRIST
1451. ® as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings and presented themselves in the ta- 1451.
t ch. 3. 21. of the Amorites, and unto the land bernacle of the congregation.
8 Num.
24,33.
21.
of them, whom he destroyed. 15 And ^the Lord appeared in the d Ex. S3. 9.
•> ch. 7. 2. 5 And ^ the Lord shall give them up tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud and :
before your face, that ye may do unto the pillar of the cloud stood over the
them according unto all the command- door of the tabernacle.
ments wliich I have commanded you. 16 IF And the Lord said unto Moses,
i.To8h.l0.25.
1 Chron.
6 Be strong and of a good courage,
'
Behold, thou shalt ^ sleep with thy 2 Heb.
lie down,
22. 13. ^ fear not, nor be afraid of them for : fathers; and this people will "rise up, 2Sam.7.12.
k ch. 29.
and ‘go a whoring after the gods •Ex.
1. 32. 6.
& 7. 18. the Lord thy God, he it is that doth *
Ex. 34. 15. »
» ch. 20. 4.
™ Josh. 1. 5.
go with thee “ he will not fail thee,
;
of the strangers of the land, whither Judg. 2. 17.
Heb. 13. 5.
nor forsake thee. they go to he among them, and will
7 IF And Moses called unto Joshua, ®forsake me, and ‘“break my cove- 8ch.32.15.
Judg. 2. 12.
and said unto him in the sight of all nant which I have made with them. & lU. 6, 13.
•Judg. 2. 20.
“ ver. 23. Israel, “ Be strong and of a good 17 Then my anger shall be kindled
ch. 1. 38.
& 3. 28. courage for thou must go with this
: against them in that day, and I will ‘ * 2 Chron.
15. 2.
Josh. 1. 6.
people unto the land which the Lord forsake them, and I will ^hide my k ch. 32. 20.
Ps. 104. 29.
hath sworn unto their fathers to give face from them, and they shall be Isai. 8. 17.
&6i.7.
them and thou shalt cause them to
;
devoured, and many evils and trou- Ezek. 39.
23.
inherit it. bles shall ® befall them so that they
; 3 Heb.
0 Ex.
22.
13. 21,
& 33. 14. 8 And
the Lord, °he it is that doth will say in that day, ‘Are not these find them,
Neh. 9. 32.
ch. 9. 3. go before thee ^ he will be with thee,;
evils come upon us, because our God * Judg. 6.1.3.
P Josh.1.5,9. “ Num. 14.
1 Chron. he will not fail thee, neither forsake is “ not among us ? 42.
28. 20.
thee fear not, neither be dismayed.
: 18 And "I will surely hide mv face in “ ver. 17.
9 ver. 25. 9 IF And Moses wrote this law, ând that day for all the evils which they
ch. 17. 18.
delivered it unto the priests the sons shall have wrought, in that they are
rNnm.4.15.
.Tosh. 3. 3.
of Levi, 'which bare the ark of the turned unto other gods.
1 Chron. covenant of the Lord, and unto all 19 Now therefore write ye this song
15. 12,15.
the elders of Israel. for you, and teach it the children of
10 And Moses commanded them, Israel put it in their mouths, that
:
saying, At the end of every seven this song may be °a witness for me ® ver. 26.
s ch. 15. 1. years, in the solemnity of the “year against the children of Israel.
‘Lev. 23. 34. of release, ‘in the feast of tabernacles, 20 For when I shall have brought
“ ch. 16. 16. 11 When all Israel is come to "ap- them into the land which I sware
pear before the Lord thy God in the unto their fathers, that floweth with
* Josh. 8.34, place which he shall choose, * thou milk and honey and they shall have
;
35.
2 Kin. 23. 2. shalt read this law before all Israel eaten and filled themselves, ^ and P ch. 32. 15.
Neh. 9. 25,
Neh. 8. 1,
2, 3, &c. in their hearing. waxen fat; ’then will they turn unto 26.
Hos. 13. 6.
y ch. 4. 10. ^Gather the people together,
12 other gods, and serve them, and pro- 4 ver. 16.
men, and women, and children, and voke me, and break my covenant.
thy stranger that is within thy gates, And it shall come to pass, when
21 '
r ver. 17.
that they may hear, and that they many evils and troubles are befallen
may learn, and fear the Lord your them, that this song shall testify â- Heb.
bôre.
God, and observe to do all the words gainst them as a witness for it shall
;
of this law not be forgotten out of the mouths of

13 And that their children, * which their seed for " I know their imagina- &Hos.
* 5. 3. •
ch. 11. 2. :
13. 5, 6.
*Pb. 78.6,7. have not known any thing, “ may hear, tion which they ® go about, even now, Amos 5.
‘
25, 26.
•
and learn to fear the Lord your God, before I have brought them into the 6 Heb. do.
as long as ye live in the land whither land which I sware.
ye go over Jordan to possess it. 22 IF Moses therefore wrote this song
14 IF And the Lord said unto Moses, the same day, and taught it the chil-
•’Num.
13.
27. Behold, thy days approach that thou dren of Israel.
ch. 34. 5. must die call Joshua, and present
: 23 "And he gave Joshua the son of ” ver. 14.
0 ver. 23.
Num.
yourselves in the tabernacle of the Nun a charge, and said, “‘Be strong ^ ver. 7.
Josh. 1. 6.
it.
19. congregation, that ®I may give him a and of a good courage : for thou shalt
: : : ; ;:
The song of Moses. DEUTERONOMY, XXXII. The song of Moses. I
^ ^
Before bring the children of Israel into the 5 They have corrupted them- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451 .
land which I sware unto them: and selves, ^ their spot is not the spot of 1451 .
I will be with thee. his children: they are a ’perverse

2 Heb. He
24 If And it came to pass, when and crooked generation. hath cor-
rupted to
y ver. 9. Moses had made an end of ^ writing 6 Do
ye thus “requite the Lord, O himself.
k ch. 31.
29.
the words of this law in a book, until foolish people and unwise? is not he 2 Or, that
they were finished, “thy father that hath “bought thee? they are
not his
25 That Moses eommanded the Le- hath he not ^made thee, and esta- children,
that is
vites, which bare the ark of the cove- blished thee? their blot.
1 Mat. 17. 17.
nant of the Lokd, saying, 7 If Remember the days of old, con- Luke 9. 41.
Phil.
' See 2 Kin. 26 Take this book of the law, ând sider the years of ^ many generations “Ps. 116.12.
2. 15.
22 8
ask thy father, and he will shew thee;
.
put it in the side of the ark of the

.
’ “Isai. 63. 16.
® Ps. 74. 2.
covenant of the Loed your God, that thy elders, and they will tell thee. P ver. 15.
• ver. 19. it may be there ^ for a witness against 8 When the Most High Mivided to Isai. 27. 11.
&44. 2.
thee. the nations their inheritance, when ^ Heb. gene-

ration and
» ch. 9. 24.
&32. 20.
27 •’For I know thy rebellion, and he “separated the sons of Adam, he generation.
Ex.
thy ® stiff neck behold, while I am
1 13. 14.
0 Ex. 32. 9. : set the bounds of the people accord- Ps. 44. 1.
ch. 9. 6.
yet alive with you this day, ye have ing to the number of the children of & 78. 3, 4.
r Zech. 9. 2.
been rebellious against the Lord and ;

Israel. Acts 17. 26.
“ Gen. 11. 8.
how much more after my death ? 9 For ‘the Lord’s portion is his ‘ Ex. 15. 16.
28 If Gather unto me all the elders people Jacob is the ® lot of his in-
& 19. 5.
; 1 Sam. 10.1.
of your tribes, and your offieers, that heritance. ®
Ps. 78. 71.
Heb. cord.
I may speak these words in their ears, 10 He
found him “in a desert land, 1 ch. 8. 15.
dch.30. Jer. 2. 6.
& 32. 1.
19.
"ând call heaven and earth to record and in the waste howling wilderness Hos. 13. 5.
against them. he ®led him about, he înstructed «Or,

compassed
29 For I know that after my death him, he ^kept him as the apple of him about.
* ch. 4. 36.
• ch. 32. 5.
Judg. 2. 19.
ye will utterly ® corrupt yourselves^ and his eye. y Ps. 17. 8.
Hos. 9. 9. turn aside from the way which I have 11 ^ As an eagle stirreth up her nest, Prov.
Zech.
7. 2.
2. 8.
fch. 28.15. commanded you and ;
^ evil will befall fluttereth over her young, spreadeth ' Ex.
ch. 1. 31.
19. 4.
t Gen. 49. 1. you în the latter days; beeause ye abroad her wings, taketh them, bear- Isai 31. 5.
ch. 4. 30. &46. 4.
will do evil in the sight of the Lord, eth them on her wings &63. 9.
Hos. 11. 3.
to provoke him to anger through the 12 So the Lord alone did lead him,
work of your hands. and there was no strange god with
30 And Moses spake in the ears him.
of the congregation of Israel the
all 13 “He made him ride on the high « Isai.ch. 33. 29.
58. 14.
words of this song, until they were places of the earth, that he might Ezek. 36. 2.
b Job 29. 6.
ended. eat the increase of the fields and he Ps. 81. 16.
;
CHAPTER XXXII. made him to suck ’’honey out of the « &Ps.147.

81. 16.
14.
1 Moses’ song, which setteth forth God’s mercy and ven- rock, and oil out of the flinty rock "*Gen.49.11.
geance. 46 Se exhorteth them to set their hearts upon
it. 48 God sendeth him up to mount Neho, to see the 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, ech.33.5,28.
Isai. 44. 2.
• ch. 4. 26.
land, and die. with fat of lambs, and rams of the '1 Sam. 29. 2.
G
e ch.
&
;10. 19.
&31.28.
ive ear, O ye heavens, and I
^ breed of Bashan, and goats, “with Neh.31.9. 20. 25.
speak; and hear, O earth,

Ps. 10.
Ps. 50. 4.
Isai. 1. 2.
will the fat of kidneys of wheat; and Jer. 17. 2. 7.
Jer. 2. 12. the words of my mouth. & 5. 7, 28.

thou didst drink the pure '’blood of Hos.
& 6. 19.
13. 6.
b ch. 31. 16.
Isai. 55. 10, 2 ’’My doctrine shall drop as the the grape. Isai. 4. 1.
rain, my speech shall distil as the
11 .
1 Cor. 3. 6, 15 ^ But
Jeshurun waxed fat, and
“ * ver. 6.
7,8. Isai. 51. 13.
® Ps. 72. 6.
dew, “ as the small rain upon the ^kieked: ®thou art waxen fat, thou b2 Sam. 22.
Mic. 5. 7. tender herb, and as the showers art grown thick, thou art covered 47.
Ps. 89. 26.
1 Chron.
29. 11. upon the grass with fatness; then he ’’forsook God & 95. 1.
e
1 1 Kin. 14.
2 Sam. 22.
3. & 23. 3. 3 Because I will publish the name which made him, and lightly esteem-
’ 29
^ 1 Cor. 10.
Ps. 18. 2,
31,46.
of the Lord ascribe ye greatness
: ed the ^ Rock of his salvation. 22 .
“ Lev. 17. 7.
Hab. 1.12.
unto our God. 16 They provoked him to jealousy
’
Ps. 106. 37.
' 2 Sam. 22.
31. 4 He is ®the Rock, ’^his work is per- with strange gods, with abominations 1 Cor. 10.
20 .
« Dan. 4. 37.
Rev. 15. 3. fect for ® all his ways are judgment
: provoked they him to anger. Ôr,
Rev. 9. 20.
God of truth and ’without 17 “ They sacrificed unto devils, ^not

’’
Jer. 10. 10.
’‘a ini- which were
* Job 34. 10. not God,
Ps. 92. 15. quity, just and right is he. to God; to gods whom they knew ver. 21.
: : : ! ; : :
The song of Moses. DEUTERONOMY, XXXII. The song of Moses.

Before
CHRIST
not, tonew gods that came newly up, them, and the Lord had shut them Before
CHRIST
1451. whom your fathers feared not. up? 1451.
“Isai. 17.10.
18 “Of the Rock that begat thee 31 For “their rock not as our is
"I Sam. 2. 2.
» Jer. 2. 32. thou art unmindful, and hast “for- Rock, “even our enemies themselves “1 Sam. 4.8.
gotten God that formed thee. being judges. Jer. 40. 3.
PJudg. 2.14. 19 ‘’And when the Loed saw it, 32 For “ their vine ^ is of the vine of ® Isai. 1. 10.
* Or, is worse
2 Or,
despised,
he âbhorred them, ‘‘because of the Sodom, and of the fields of Gomor- than the
vim of
Lam. 2. 6. provoking of liis sons, and of his rah their grapes are grapes of gall,
:
Sodom, dc.
1 1sai. 1. 2.
daughters. their clusters are bitter
» ch. 31. 17.
20 And he said, I will hide face my 33 Their wine is ^ the poison of dra- P Pb. 58. 4.
from them, I will see what their end gons, and the cruel venom of asps. 1 Ps. 140. 3.
Rom. 3. 13.
shall he for they are a very fro ward 34 Is not this '^laid up in store with f Job 14. 17.
* Isai. 30. 9. generation, “children in whom is no mG,and sealed up among my treasures? Jer. 2. 22.
Hob. 13. 12.
Matt. 17.
17. faith. 35 “ To me helongeth vengeance, and Rom. 2. 5.
• Ps. 94. 1.
t Ter. 16.
Rs. 78. 58.
21 * They have moved me to jealousy recompence; their foot shall slide in Rom. 12.19.
Heb. 10.30.
with that ivhich is not God they have ;
due time for the day of their cala-
:
*
‘ 2 Pet. 2. 3.
" 1 Sam. 12. provoked me to anger “with their mity is at hand, and the things that
21 .
1 Kin. 16. vanities and ^ I will move them to

: shall come upon them make haste.
13, 26.
Pb. 31. 6. jealousy with those which are not a 36 “For the Lord shall judge his "Ps. 135.14.
Jer. 8. 19.
& 10 8 . .
people I will provoke them to anger
;
people, ând repent himself for his = Judg. 2. 18.
Ps. 106. 45.
& 14. 22. with a foolish nation. servants, when he seeth that their Jer. 31. 20.
Jonah 2. 8.
Acts 14. 15. Joel 2. 14.
^ Hob. 1. 10.
22 For ‘‘a fire is kindled in mine ^ power is gone, and ^ there is none ® Heb. hand,
Rom. 10. 19. anger, and ® shall burn unto the lowest shut up, or left. y 1
10
Kin. 14.
& 21 21
y Jer. 15. 14. . . .
& 17. 4. hell, and ^ shall consume the earth 37 And he shall say, “ Where are their 2 Kin. 9. 8.
& 14. 26.
Lam.
gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
4. 11.
2 Or, hath with her increase, and set on fire the * Judg. 10.
14.
*
burned.
Or, lialh
foundations of the mountains. 38 Which did eat the fat of their sa- Jer. 2. 28.
consumed. 23 I will * heap mischiefs upon them crifices, and drank the wine of their
* Isai. 26. 15.
'‘Ps.7.12,13.
“ spend mine arrows upon them.
I will drink offerings ? let them rise up and
Ezek. 5. 16.
24 They shall he burnt with hunger, help you, and be ^ your protection. <Heb.
an hiding
® Heb. 5uj71- and devoured with ® burning heat, and 39 See now that “I, even I, am he, for you.
ing coals “Pb. 102.
Hab. 3. 5. with bitter destruction: I will also send and there is no god with me “ I kill, :
27.
Isai. 41. 4.
the teeth of beasts upon them, with and make & 48. 12.
K Lev. 26. 22. *’
I alive; I wound, and I •>
ch. 4. 35.
the poison of serpents of the dust. heal: neither is there any that can Isai. 45. 5,
18, 22.
' Lam. 1. 20. 25 “The sword without, and terror deliver out of my hand. 'lSam.2. 6.
Ezek. 7. 15. 2 Kin. 5. 7.
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven,
’’
2 Cor. 7. 5. ® within, shall destroy both the young Job 5. 18.

Heb. Ps. 68. 20.
®
from the man and the virgin, the suckling also and say, I live for ever. Hos. 6. 1.
2
chambers.
Heb.
with the man of gray hairs. 41 “If I whet my
glittering sword,
dGen.14.22.
Ex. 6. 8.
Num.
bereave. 26 I said, I would scatter them into and mine hand take hold on judg- 30.
14.
Ezek. 20.
13, 14, 23. corners, I would make the remem- ment; ‘Î will render vengeance to ® Isai. 27. 1.
&34. 5.
brance of them to cease from among mine enemies, and will reward them & 66. 16.
Ezek. 21. 9,
men that hate me.
t
10. 14, 20.
Were 42 I will make mine arrows ® drunk

Isai. 1. 24.
27 not that I feared the
it Nah. 1. 2.
^vrath of the enemy, lest their ad- with blood, and my sword shall devour « Jer. 46. 10.
* Jer. 19. 4.
f Ps. 140.
versaries “should behave themselves flesh and that with the blood of the
;
8.
* Or, Our strangely, and lest they should ^say, slain and of the captives, from the be-
high hand,
® Our hand is high, and the ginning of revenges upon the enemy.
and not the Lord hath " Job 13. 24.
•Ter. 30. 14.
Lono, hath
done all (his. not done all this. 43 ® Rejoice, O ye nations, with his
' Lam. 2. 5.
B Isai. 27. 11. ® Or, Praise

Jer. 4.
28 For they are a nation void of people for he will ^ avenge the blood
: his people,
ye nations
>>
ch. 5. 29.
Pb. 81. 13.
counsel, ® neither is there any under- of his servants, and will render ven- '
or. Sing ye.
& 107. 43. standing in them. geance to his adversaries, and “will *
B
Rom. 15. 10.
Luke 19.42. Rev. 6. 10.
* Isai. 47. 7. 29 O that they were udse, that they be merciful unto his land, and to his & 19. 2.
Lam. * ver. 41.

1. 9.
k Lev. 26. 8. understood this, that they would con-
’
people. ™ Ps. 85. 1.
Josh. 23. 10.
2 Chron.
sider their latter end 44 If And Moses came and spake all
24. 24.
Isai. 30. 17.
30 How
should ''one chase a thou- the words of this song in the ears of
1 Ps. 44. 12. sand, and two put ten thousand to the people, he, and ® Hoshea the son ® Or, Joshua.
Isai. M. 1.
& 52. 3. flight, except their Rock had sold '
of Nun.
: : ; ; :;
;
:
The blessings of DEUTERONOMY, XXXIII. the twelve tribes.
Before
CHKIST
45 And Moses made an end of speak- 5 And he was ‘king in “Jeshurun, Before
CHRIST
1451 .
ing all these words to all Israel when the heads of the people and 1451 .
” ch. 6. 6.
46 And he said unto them, “ Set your the tribes of Israel were gathered to- * See Gen.
& 11. 18. hearts unto all the words which I gether. 36.31.
Ezek. 40. 4. Judg. 9. 2.
testify among you this day, which ye 6 II Let Reuben live, and not die & 17. 6.
“ ch. 32.
shall command your children to ob- and let not his men be few.
1.5.
serve to do, all the words of this law. 7 II And this is the blessing of Judah
47 For it is not a vain thing for you and he Hear, Loed, the voice of
said.
» ch. 30. 19. ° because your life and through
it is : Judah, and bring him unto his people:
Lev. 18. 5.
Prov. 3. 2, this thing ye shall prolong your days "let hishands be sufficient for him; ” Gen. 49. 8.
22. & 4. 22.
Pom. 10. 5. in the land, whither ye go over Jor- and be thou ° an help to him from his 0 Pb. 146. 5.
dan to possess it. enemies.

P Num.
12, 13.
27. 48 p And the Loed spake unto Moses 8 H And
of Levi he said, ^ Let thy P Ex. 28. 30.
that selfsame day, saying, Thummim and thy Urim be with thy
9 Num. 33. 49 Get thee up into this mountain holy one, “^whom thou didst prove at <1 Ex. 17. 7.
47, 48. Num. 20.
ch. 34. 1. Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is Massah, and with whom thou didst I.3.
ch. 8. 2. 3,
in the land of Moab, that is over strive at the waters of Meribah 16.
Ps. 81. 7.
against Jericho and behold the land;
9 Who
said unto his father and to
of Canaan, which I give unto the his mother, I have not seen him r Gen. 29.32.
1 Chron.
2
children of Israel for a possession “
neither did he acknowledge his bre- 17. 17.
Job 37. 24.
50 And die in the mount whither thren, nor knew his oum children » Ex. 32. 26,
27, 28.
thou goest uj), and be gathered unto for * they have observed thy word, ‘ See .Ter.
r Num. 20. 3 people; as

thy Aaron thy brother and kept thy covenant. 18. 18.
Mai. 2. .5, 6.
25, 28.
& 33. 38. died m
mount Hor, and was gathered 10 2 u siiall teach Jacob thy judg- 2 Or,
Let them
4
unto his people : ments, and Israel thy law: they shall teach, (tc.
"Lev. 10.11.
• Num. 20. 51 Because ®ye trespassed against put mcense ^ before thee, ^ and whole ch.17.9,10,
11, 12, 13.
& 27. 14. me among the children of Israel at burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. II . &A
8.
Ezek. 44.
* Oi\ Strife the waters of ^ Meribah- Kadesh, in 11 Bless, Loed, his substance, and 23,24.
Mai. 2. 7.
(U Kadesh.
the wilderness of Zin because ye ;
*
accept the work of his hands smite :
2 Or, let
them put
See Lev.
‘sanctified me not in the midst of through the loins of them that
‘
10. 3.
rise incense.
* Ex. 30. 7,8.
the children of Israel. against him, and of them that hate Num. 16.
40.
” Num.
12 .
27. 52 "Yet thou shalt see the land be- him, that they rise not again. 1Sam. 2. 28.
ch. 34. 4. fore thee; but thou shalt not go thi- 12 II And of Benjamin he said. The * Heb. at
thy nose.
ther unto the land which I give the beloved of the Loed shall dwell in y Lev. 1. 9,
13. 17.
children of Israel. safety by him; and the Lord shall Ps. 51. 19.
Ezek. 43.
cover him all the day long, and he 27.
CHAPTER XXXIII. shall dwell between his shoulders. ' 2 Sam.
23.
24.
1 The majesty of God. 6 The ilessings of the twelve 13 H And of Joseph he said, “ Blessed Ps. 20. 3.
Ezek. 20.
tribes. 26 The excellency of Israel.
»Gen.49,23.
of the Loed be his land, for the pre- 40,41.
& 43. 27.
'>Ps.90,title.
nd
' Ex.
20
1491
.
.
19. 18,
Judg.5.4,5.
A -
the blessing, where-
this is
with Moses ‘’the man of God
"
blessed the children of Israel before

cious things of heaven, for Hlie dew,
and for the deep that coucheth be-
neath,
“Gen. 49.25.
•>Gen.27.28.
Hag. 3. 3.
^ See Ps. 68. his death. 14 And for the precious fruits brought
17.
Dan. 7. 10. And hesaid, “The Loed came forth by the sun, and for the precious
Acta 7. 53.
Gal. 3. 19. from and rose up from Seir
Sinai, things ® put forth by the ® moon, ® Heb. thmsl
Heb. foith.
Rev.
2. 2.
5. 11.
unto them he shined forth from
; 15 And for the chief things of “the 6 Heb.
& 9. 16.
mount Paran, and he came with ^ ten moons.
’ Heb. afire
ancient mountains, and for the pre- "Gen. 49.26.
of law. thousands of saints from his right cious things ^ of the lastmg hills, <» Hab. 3. 6.
® Ex. 19. 5.
ch. 7. 7, 8. hand went â fiery law for them. 16 And for the precious things of
Ps. 47. 4.
Hos. 11. 1. Yea, “he loved the people; ‘all the earth and fulness thereof, and for
Mai.
his saints are in thy hand and they
1. 2.
'ch. 7. 6.
: the good will of “him that dwelt in «Ex. 3.2,4.
Acts 7.
1 Sam.
Ps. 50. 5.
2. 9. ® sat down at thy feet every one ; the bush: let the blessing ‘come upon 35.
'Gen. 49.25.
5Lukel0.39. shall receive of thy words.
**
the head of Joseph, and upon the
Acte 22. 3.
**
Prov. 2. 1. Moses commanded us a law, êven
‘
top of the head of him that ivas se-
John the inheritance of the congregation parated from his brethren.
'
1. 17.
& 7. 19.
* 1 Chron.
“Ps. 119.111. of Jacob. 17 His glory is like the ® firstling of 5.1.
! ; 1 : i
The excellency of Israel, DEUTERONOMY, XXXIV. Moses' age and death.
CHEIST his bullock, and his horns are like

Before
unto thee and “ thou shalt tread
liars ;
Before
CHRIST
1451 the horns of ^ unicorns with them
.
**
: upon their high places. 1451 .
h Num. 23. *he shall push the people together to " ch.
22 .
Ps. 92. 10. the ends of the earth and ^ they are :
CHAPTER XXXIV. 32. 13.
12
Moses from mount Nebo 5 Se dieth
2 Heb. an
unicorn.
the ten thousands of Ephraim, and there. 6 His burial.
vieioeth the land.
7 JEKs age. 8 Thirty days’
1 Kin. 22.
‘
they are the thousands of Manasseh. 3mourning for him. 9 Joshua succeedeth him. 10 The
11
18 IF And of Zebulun he said, Re-
.
* praise of Moses.
Ps. 44. 5.
And Moab
'‘Gen.48.19. 4 Moses went up from the plains
•Gen. 49. 13, joice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and,
14, 15.
Issachar, in thy tents. of - “unto the mountain of ® Nura. 27.
12. & 33. 47.
™ Isai. 2. 3. 19 They shall “call the people unto Nebo, to the top of ^Pisgah, that is ch. 32. 49.
* Or,
5 against Jericho. And the Lord
” Ps. 4. 5. the mountain there " they shall offer
;
over The hill.
sacrifices of righteousness for they :

6shewed him all the land of Gilead, b ch. 3. 27.
shall suck of the abundance of the “unto Dan, 'Gen.14.14.
seas, and (^treasures hid in the sand. 7 And Naphtali, and the land of
all
20 IF And of Gad he said. Blessed he Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the
® See Josh.
he that “ enlargeth Gad he dwelleth : land
8 of Judah, "ûnto the utmost sea, d ch. 11. 24.
13. 10, &c.
1 Chron.
12. 8, &c,
as a lion, and teareth the arm with And the south, and the plain of
the crown of the head. the
9 valley of J ericho, ® the city of "Judg. 1.16,
& 3. 18.
P Num. 32. 21 And *’he provided the first part palm trees, unto Zoar. 2 Cliron.
16, 17, &c. 28. 15.
for himself, because there, in a por- And the Lord said unto him, ^This f
Gen. 12. 7.
^Mcb.cided. tion of the lawgiver, was he

^
seated is the land which I sware unto Abra- & 13. 15.
& 15. 18.
9 Josh. 4. 12. and ’he came with the heads of the ham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, say- & 26. 3.
& 28. 13.
people, he executed the justice of the ing, I will give it unto thy seed: have g ch. 3. 27.
&
32. 52.
Lord, and his judgments with Israel. caused thee to see it with thine eyes,
22 IF And of Dan he said, Dan is a but thou shalt not go over thither.
•Jo8h.19.47. lion’s whelp: '^he shall leap from Ba- IF ‘'So Moses the servant of the b ch. 32.
50.
Judg. 18. Josh. 1.1,
27. shan. Lord died there in the land of Moab,
23 IF And of Naphtali he said, O according to the word of the Lord.
•Gen.49.21. Naphtali, “ satisfied with favour, and And he buried him in a valley in
full with the blessing of the Lord :
10 land of Moab, over against Beth-
the
See Josh. * possess thou the west and the south. peor: but ‘no man knoweth of his •See Jude 9.
19. 32, &c.
"Gen .49. 20. 24 1 And of Asher he said, '"Let sepulchre unto this day.
Asher he blessed with children let IF ‘‘And Moses was an hundred and k ch. 31.
2.
;
him be acceptable to his brethren, twenty years old when he died

12 his :
‘ • See Gen.
27. 1.
* See Job and let him ^ dip his foot in oil. eye was not dim, nor his ® natural &48.
Josh. 14.
10.
29. 6.
^ Or, Under 25 * Thy shoes shall he ^ iron and force âbated. 10 11, .
IF And the children of Israel wept

thy shoes 1451
shall be brass; and as thy days, so shall thy s
.
Heb.
irm.
y ch. 8. 9.
strength he. for Moses in the plains of Moab moisture.
“ thirty days so the days of weeping * Heb. fled.

* Ex. 15. 11. 26 IF There is * none like unto the :
" See Gen.
Ps. 86. 8.
Jer. 10. 6. God of ^Jeshurun, ^who rideth upon and mourning for Moses were ended. 50. 3, 10.
Nura. 20.
» ch. 32. 15.
»>
Ps. 68. 4,
the heaven in thy help, and in his IF And Joshua
the son of Nun was 29.
33, 34.
excellency on the sky. full of the " spirit of wisdom for “Mo- *> Isai. 11. 2.
& 104. 3. ;
Dan. 6. 3.
Hab. 3. 8.
" Ps. 90. 1.
27 The eternal God is thy “refuge, ses had hands upon him
laid his ° Nura. 27.
18,23.
and underneath are the everlasting- and the children of Israel hearkened
d ch. 9. 3, arms and ^ he shall thrust out the
: unto him, and did as the Lord com-
4, 5.
enemy from before thee and shall ;
manded Moses.
® Num. 23.9. say. Destroy them. IF And there ^ arose not a prophet P See ch. 18.
Jer. 23. 6. 15, 18.
& 33. 16. 28 “Israel then shall dwell in safety since in Israel like unto Moses, ’whom Q Ex. 33. 11.
t ch. 8. 7, 8. Nura. 12.
g Gen. 27. 28. alone ^
the fountain of J acob shall he
: the Lord knew face to face, 6, 8 .
ch. 5. 4.
ch. 11. 11.
h Ps.144.15. upon a land of corn and wine; also 1 In all ^ the signs and the wonders, r ch. 4. 34.
>2Sam.7.23. his ® heavens shall drop down dew. which the Lord sent him to do in the &
7. 19.
k Ps. 115. 9,
10 11, .
29 ^
Happy art thou, O
Israel : who ‘
land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all
' 2 Sara. 22.
45.
islike unto thee, O
people saved by his servants, and to all his land,
Ps. 18. 44.
& 66. 3.
the Lord, the shield of thy help, and
''
And mighty hand, and
in all that
& 81. 15.
who is the sword of thy excellency in all the great terror which Moses
® Ot, shall be
svbdued. and thine enemies ® shall be found
*
shewed in the sight of all Israel.
; : :
THE
BOOK OF JOSHUA.
CHRIST
Before CHAPTER I. cording to all that is written therein Before
CHRIST
1451. 1 The Lord appointeth Joshua to succeed Moses. 3 The for then thou shalt make thy way pro- 1451.
borders of the promised land. 5, 9 God promiseth to sperous, and then thou shalt ^have 2 Or,
assist Joshua. 8 He giveth him instructions. 10 He
prepareth the people to pass over Jordan. 12 Joshua good success. do wisely,
ver. 7.
putteth the two tribes and half in mind of their promise 9 ° Have not I commanded
thee ? ® Deut. 31.7,
8,23.
to Moses. 16 They promise him fealty.
Be strong and of a good courage;
OW
N the death of Moses
after
the servant of the Lord it came
to pass, that the Lord spake unto
^be not afraid, neither be thou dis-
mayed for the Lord thy God is with
:
thee whithersoever thou goest.

P Pb. 27. 1.
Jer. 1. 8.
» Ex. 24. 13. Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ “min- 10 If Then Joshua commanded the
Dent. 1. 38.
ister, saying, officers of the people, saying,
'’Deut.34.5. 2 ’’Moses my servant is dead; now 11 Pass through the host, and com-
therefore arise, go over this Jordan, mand the people, saying, Prepare you
thou, and all this people, unto the victuals; for within three days ye <1 oh. 3. 2.
See Deut.
land which I do give to them, even shall pass over this Jordan, to go in 9. 1.
& 11. 31.
to the children of Israel. to possess the land, which the Lord
® Dent. 11. 3 “Every place that the sole of your your God giveth you to possess it.
24.
ch. 14. 9. foot shall tread upon, that have I 12 If And to the Reubenites, and to
given unto you, as I said unto Moses. the Gadites, and to half the tribe of
^Gen.15.18.
Ex. 23. 31.
4
^
From the wilderness and this Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
Num. 34. Lebanon even unto the great river, 13 Remember ’^the word which Moses r Num.
20,-28.
32.
3,-12.
the river Euphrates, all the land of the servant of the Lord commanded oh. 22. 2,
3,4.
the Hittites, and unto the great sea you, saying, The Lord your God hath
toward the going down pf the sun, given you rest, and hath given you
shall be your coast. this land.
eDeut.7.24. 5 ® man be able
There shall not any 14 Your wives, your little ones, and
to stand before thee all the days of your cattle, shall remain in the land
'Ex. 3. 12. thy life: âs I was with Moses, so which Moses gave you on this side
e Dent. 31.
8.23. will be ivith thee I will not fail
: Jordan; but ye shall pass before your
ver. 9, 17.
ch. 3. 7. thee, nor forsake thee. brethren ® armed, all the mighty men 2 Heb. mar-
&6. shaHed hy
27.
I8ai.43.2,5. 6 Be strong and of a good cou-
’
of valour, and help them five as
Ex.
15 Until the Lord have given your
13. 18.
•>
Dent. 31.
6 8 .
rage for ^ unto this people shalt thou
:
,
Heb. 13. 5. divide for an inheritance the land, brethren rest, as he hath given you,
' Dent. 31.
7. 23. which I sware unto their fathers to and they also have possessed the land
2 Or,
thou shall
give them. which the Lord your God giveth them:
cause this
people to
Only be thou strong and very cou-
7 ® then
ye shall return unto the land of B oh. 22. 4,
&c.
inhei-it the
land, dc.
rageous, that thou mayest observe to your possession, and enjoy it, which
* Num. 27. do according to all the law, ^ which Moses the Lord’s servant gave you
23.
Deut.31.7. Moses my servant commanded thee: oil this side Jordan toward the sun-
ch. 11. 15.
•Deut. 5.32.
’
turn not from it to the right hand or rising.
& 28. 14. to the left, that thou mayest ® prosper 16 If And they answered Joshua,
SQr,
do wisely,
Deut. 29. 9.
whithersoever thou goest. saying, All that thou commandest us
“ Deut. 17. 8 “ This book of the law shall not we will do, and whithersoever thou
18, 19.
" Ps. 1. 2.
depart out of thy mouth but “ thou ;
sendest us, we will go.
shalt meditate therein day and night, 17 According as we hearkened unto
that thou mayest observe to do ac- Moses in all things, so will we hearken
: :; : :
The covenant between JOSHUA, II. Rahah and the spies.

18
Before unto thee only the Loed thy God
: and ‘what ye did unto the two kings Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451 .
‘
be with thee, as he was with Moses. of the Amorites, that were on the 1451 .
‘ ver. 5.
Whosoever he he that doth rebel other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, Num. ‘
21.
1
13.
Sam. 20. against thy commandment, and will whom ye utterly destroyed. 24, 34, 35.
1 Kin. 1.37. not hearken unto thy words in all that 11 And as soon as we had ^ heard ^ Ex. 15. 14,
15.
thou commandest him, he shall be these things, our hearts did melt, nei-
‘ > ch. 5. 1.
&7.5.
put to death: only be strong and of ther ^ did there remain any more cou- Isai. 13. 7.
2
rage in any man, because of you for 2 Heb.
a good courage. :
rose up.
“the Lord your God, he is God in “Deu.4.39.
3 CHAPTER II.
heaven above, and in earth beneath.
1 Bahab receiveth and concealeih the two spies sent from
Shittim. 8 The covenant between her and them. 23 Their 12 Now therefore, I pray you, “swear ” See 1 Sam.
20. 14, 15,
4return and relation. unto me by the Lord, since I have 17.
*Or
had sent.
»Num. 25.1. And
5 .
Joshua the son of Nun ^sent
“ out of Shittim two men to spy
secretly, saying. Go view the land,

shewed you kindness, that ye will
also shew kindness unto “ my father’s
house, and ^ give me a true token
® See 1 Tim.
5.8.
P ver. 18.
even Jericho. And they went, and 13 And that ye will save alive my
»>Heb.ll.31. 6
‘’came into an harlot’s house, named father, and my mother, and my bre-
.lam. 2. 25.
' Matt. 1. 5.
“
Rahab, and ® lodged there. thren, and my sisters, and all that
® Heb. lay.
7 And ‘‘it was told the king of Jeri- they have, and deliver our lives from
<J
Ps. 127. 1.
Prov. 21. cho, saying. Behold, there came men death.
SO.
in hither to night of the children of 14 And the men answered her. Our
8
Israel to search out the country. life ^ for your’s, if ye utter not this our 3 Heb. in-
9 stead of you
And the king of Jericho sent unto business. And it shall be, when the to die.
Rahab, saying. Bring forth the men Lord hath given us the land, that ’ we <) Judg.1.24.
Matt. 5. 7.
that are come to thee, which are en- will deal kindly and truly with thee.
tered into thine house for they be : 15 Then she Het them down by a r Acts 9. 25.
come to search out all the country. cord through the window for her:
® See 2 Sam.
17. 19, 20.
®And the woman took the two house was upon the town wall, and
men, and hid them, and said thus. she dwelt upon the wall.
There came men unto me, but I wist 16 And she said unto them. Get you
not whence they were to the momitain,lest the pursuers meet
And it came to pass about the you and hide yourselves there three
;
time of shutting of the gate, when it days, until the pursuers be returned
was dark, that the men went out and afterward may ye go your way.
10
whither the men went I wot not 17 And the men said unto her. We
pursue after them quickly; for ye will be blameless of this thine oath
® > Ex. 20. 7.
shall overtake them. which thou hast made us swear.

t See Ex. 1. But ^she had brought them up to 18 Behold, when we come into the
‘ ‘ ver. 12.
17.
2 Sam. 17. the roof of tlie house, and hid them land, thou shalt bind this line of scar-
19.
with the stalks of flax, which she had let thread in the window which thou
laid in order upon the roof. didst let us down by: "and thou shalt » ch. 6. 23.
And the men pursued after them ^ bring thy father, and thy mother, <Heb.
gather.
the way to Jordan unto the fords and thy brethren, and all thy father’s
and as soon as they which pursued household, home unto thee.
after them were gone out, they shut 19 And it shall be, that whosoever
the gate. shall go out of the doors of thy house
If And before they were laid down, into the street, his blood shall be up-
she came up unto them upon the roof; on his head, and we will be guiltless
And she said unto the men, I know and whosoever shall be with thee in
that the Lord hath given you the the house, *his blood shall he on our » Matt. 27.
25.
e Gen. 35. 5. land, and that ® your terror is fallen head, if any hand be upon him.
Ex. 23. 27.
Dent. 2. 25. upon us,and that all the inhabitants 20 And if thou utter this our busi-
& 11. 25.
* Heb. melt. of the land ^ faint because of you. ness, then we will be quit of thine oath
Ex. 15. 15.
For we have heard how the Lord which thou hast made us to swear.
Ex.
‘‘dried up the water of the Red sea 21 And she said. According unto
>>
14. 21.
ch. 4. 23.
for you, when ye came out of Egypt your words, so be it. And she sent
; : ;
Joshua cometh to Jordan. JOSHUA, III. The waters of Jordan divided.
Before them away, and they departed: and 8 And thou shalt command ^the Before
CHEIST CHRIST
1451 .
she bound the scarlet line in the priests that bear the ark of the cove- 1451 .
window. nant, saying, When ye are come to ver. 3.

22 And they went, and came unto the brink of the water of Jordan, ’ye 1 ver. 17.
the mountain, and abode there three shall stand still in Jordan.
days, mitil the pursuers were return- 9 H And Joshua said imto the chil-
ed and the pursuers sought them
: dren of Israel, Come hither, and hear
throughout all the way, but found the words of the Lord your God.
them not. 10 And Joshua said. Hereby ye shall
know that “the living God is among ™ Deut. 5.
23 If So the two men returned, and 26.
descended from the mountam, and you, and that he will without fail “drive 1
26.
Sam. 17.
passed over, and came to Joshua the out from before you the Canaanites, 2 Kin. 19.4.
Hos. 1. 10.
son of Nun, and told him all things and the Hittites, and the Hivites, Matt. 16.
16.
that befell them and the Perizzites, and the Girgash- IThes.l.O.
“ Ex. 33.
24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly ites, and the Amorites, and the Je- Deut. 7. 1.
2.
y Ex. 23. 31.

ch. 6. 2.
^the Lokd hath delivered into our busites. Pb. 44. 2.
& 21. 44. hands all the land; for^ even all the 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant
° ver. 13.
* Heb. mdt, inhabitants of the country do ^ faint of “ the Lord of all the earth passeth Mic. 4. 13.
ver. 9. Zech. 4.
because of us. over before you into Jordan. & 6 5. .
14.
CHAPTER III. 12 Now therefore ^take you twelve P ch. 4. 2.
1 Joshua cometh to Jordan. 2 The officers instruct the men out of the tribes of Israel, out
people for the passage. 7 The Lord encourageth Joshua.
of every tribe a man.
9 Joshua encourageth the people. 14 The waters of Jor-
dan are divided. 13 And it shall come to pass, ’as 4 ver. 15, 16.
AND Joshua rose early in the morn- soon as the soles of the feet of the
» ch. 2. 1.
ing; and they removed “from priests that bear the ark of the Lord,
* ver. 11.
Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and •^the Lord of all the earth, shall rest
all the children of Israel, and lodged in the waters of Jordan, that the
there before they passed over. waters of Jordan shall be cut off
i>
ch.
11
1. 10. 2 And it came to pass ’’after three from the waters that come down
from above; and they “shall stand
.
Ps. 78. 13.
days, that the officers went through •
& 114. 3.
the host upon an heap.
3 And they commanded the people, 14 IT And it came to pass, when the
' See Num. saying, “When ye see the ark of the people removed from their tents, to
10.33.
^ Deut. 31. covenant of the Lord your God, ^ and pass over Jordan, and the priests
9,25.
the priests the Levites bearing it, then bearing the ‘ark of the covenant be- ‘ Acts 7. 45.
ye shall remove from your place, and fore the people

go after it. 15 And as they that bare the ark
• Ex. 19. 12. Yet there shall be a space between
4 ® were come unto Jordan, and " the feet “ ver. 13.
you and it, about two thousand cubits of the priests that bare the ark were
by measure come not near unto it,
: dipped in the brim of the water, (for
that ye may know the way by which * Jordan overfloweth all his banks âll * 1 Chron.
12. 15.
ye must go for ye have not passed
: the time of harvest,) Jer. 12. 5.
& 49. 19.
• Heb. since
yesterday,
this way ^heretofore. 16 That the waters which came down y ch. 4. 18.
and
third day.
the
5 And Joshua said unto the people, from above stood and rose up upon & 5. 10, 12.
'Ex. 19. 10.
^Sanctify yourselves for to morrow
: an heap very far from the city Adam,
14, 15.
Lev. 20. 7. the Lord will do wonders among you. that is beside Zaretan and those * 1 Kin. 4.
:
Num. 12. & 7. 46.

6 And J oshua spake unto the priests,
11.
18. that came down “toward the sea of » Deut. 3.17.
ch. 7. 13.
lSam.16.5. saying, ® Take up the ark of the cove- the plain, even ’’the salt sea, failed, Gen. 14. 3. *> i
Hum. 34. 3.
Joel
*Num.4.15.
2. 16.
nant, and pass over before the people. and were cut off: and the people
And they took up the ark of the co- passed over right against Jericho.
venant, and went before the people. 17 And the priests that bare the ark
7 II And the Lord said unto Joshua, of the covenant of the Lord stood
•>
ch. 4. 14.
1 Chron.
This day will I begin to magnify thee ’’
firm on dry ground in the midst of
29. 25.
2 Chron.
m the sight of all Israel, that they Jordan, 'and all the Israelites passed « 29.
See Ex. 14.
1 1.
. may know that, as I was with Moses,
’
over on dry ground, until all the peo-
* ch. 1. 5.
so I ^vill be with thee. ple were passed clean over Jordan.
: : : ;
The Israelites JOSHUA, lY. pass over Jordan.

Before
CHAPTEK IV. Lord commanded Joshua to speak Before
CHRIST
1451 . 1 Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones for a meunto the people, according to all that CHRIST
1451 .
2morial out of Jordan. 9 Twelve other stones are set up
Moses commanded Joshua: and the
3in the midst of Jordan. 10 19 The people
,
pass over.
people hasted and passed over.
14 God magnifieth Joshua. 20 The twelve stones are
pitched in Gilgul. 11 And it came to pass, when all the
nd came when
•Deut.27.2.
cli. 3. 17.
A4 . people
it
were clean
to pass,
passed
Jordan, that the Lord spake unto
the
“over
all people were clean passed over, that
the ark of the Lord passed over,
and the priests, in the presence of
5
Joshua, saying, the people.
«> ch. 3. 12. '’Take you twelve men out of the 12 And '‘the children of Eeuben, Num. 32.
20, 27, 28.
people, out of every tribe a man, and the children of Gad, and half the
6 And command ye them, saying. tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed
Take you hence out of the midst of before the children of Israel, as Mo-
« ch. 3. 13. Jordan,
7 out of the place where Uhe ses spake unto them
priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, 13 About forty thousand ^prepared 2 Or, ready
armed.
and ye shall carry them over with you, for war passed over before the Lord
•• ver. 19, 20. and leave them in ^ the lodging place, unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
8
where ye shall lodge this night. 14 IF On that day the Lord 'magni- * cli. 3. 7.
Then Joshua called the twelve men, fied J oshua in the sight of all Israel
whom he had prepared of the children and they feared him, as they feared
of Israel, out of every tribe a man : Moses, all the days of his life.
9 And Joshua said unto them. Pass 15 And the Lord spake unto Joshua,
over before the ark of the Lord saying,
your God into the midst of Jordan, 16 Command the priests that bear
and take you up every man of you ^the ark of the testimony, that they k Ex. 25. 16,
22
a stone upon his shoulder, according come up out of Jordan. .
unto the number of the tribes of the 17 Joshua therefore commanded the
children of Israel priests,saying. Come ye up out of
That this may be a sign among Jordan.
® ver. 21. you, that “when your children ask 18 And it came to pass, when the
Ex. 12. 26. ^
& 13. 14. their fathers in time to come, saying. priests that bare the ark of the cove-
Deut.6.20.
Ps. 44. 1.
!
What mean ye by these stones ? nant of the Lord were come up out
& 78. 3, 4, Then ye shall answer them. That of the midst of Jordan, and the soles
5,6.
2Heb. ‘^the waters of Jordan were cut off of the priests’ feet were ^lifted up SHeb.
to morrow. 10 pluclced up.
fch.3.13,16. before the ark of the covenant of the unto the dry land, that the waters
Lord; when it passed over Jordan, of Jordan returned unto their place,
the waters of Jordan were cut off: and 'and ^flowed over aU his banks, as cb. 3. » 1,5.
* Heb. went.
e Ex. 12. 14. these stones shall be for ®a memorial they did before.
Num.
19 IF And the people came up out of
16.
40. unto the children of Israel for ever.
And the children of Israel did Jordan on the tenth day of the first
so as Joshua commanded, and took month, and encamped “in Gilgal, in “ ch. 9. 5.
up twelve stones out of the midst the east border of Jericho.

of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto 20 And "those twelve stones, which " ver. ,3.
Joshua, according to the number of they took out of Jordan, did Joshua
the tribes of the children of Israel, pitch in Gilgal.
and carried them over with them un- 21 And he spake unto the children
to the place where they lodged, and of Israel, saying, “ When your children ® ver. 6.
laid them doumthere. shall ask their fathers ® in time to come, SHeb.
morrow.
And Joshua set up twelve stones saying. What meanthese stones ? to
in the midst of Jordan, in the place 22 Then ye shall let your children
where the feet of the priests which know, saying, ^ Israel came over this P ch. 3. 17,
bare the ark of the covenant stood Jordan on dry land.

and they are there unto this day. 23 For the Lord your God dried
IF For the priests which bare the up the waters of Jordan from before
ark stood in the midst of Jordan, you, until ye were passed over, as the
until every thing was finished that the Lord your God did to the Ked sea.
: :
Joshua reneweth circumcision. JOSHUA, y. An Angd appeareth to him.
Before ’which he dried up from before us, that they abode in their places in the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451 .
until we were gone over camp, till they were whole.
^
1451 .
24 That all the people of the earth 9 And the Lord said unto Joshua, ^
« Ex. 14. 21. See Gen.
rl Kin. 8.42, might know the hand of the Lord, This day have I rolled away ’the re- 34.25.
43. 2 Kin. Gen. 34.14. *
W. li). that it is * mighty that ye might fear

:
*
proach of Egypt from off you. Where- 1 Sam. 14. 6.
Ps. 106. 8. See Lev.
• Ex. 15. 16. the Lord your God ^ for ever. fore the name of the place is called 18. 3.
1 Chron. ^ “ ch. 24. 14.
Gilgal unto this day.
29. 12.
Pb. 89. 13.
CHAPTER V. Ezek. 2 7.
10 H And the children of Israel en- * &That23. 3. 8.
».
* Ex. 14. 31. 1 The Canaanites are afraid. 2 Joshua reneweth circum- IB,
Deut. 6. 2.
2cision. 10 The passover is kepi at Giljal. 12 Manna camped in Gilgal, and kept the pass- Rolling.
Ps. 89. 7. “ ch. 4. 19.
ccaseth. 13 An Angel appeareth to J oshua.
Jer. 10. 7. over "on the fourteenth day of the “ Ex. 12. 6.
And
»Heb. 3
alidays. it came to pass, when all the month at even in the plains of Jericho. Nmn. 9. 5.
4 kings
- of the Amorites, which 11 And they did eat of the old corn
were on the side of Jordan westward, of the land on the morrow after
and all the kings of the Canaanites, the passover, unleavened cakes, and
• Num. 13. ‘which
5 were by the sea, ’’heard that parched corn in the selfsame day.
29.
•> Ex. 15. 14,
the Lord had dried up the waters of 12 H And "the manna ceased on the 0 Ex. IG. 35.
15.
ch. 2. 9, 10,
Jordan from before the children of morrow after they had eaten of the
11 .
6
Israel, until we were passed over, that old corn of the land neither had the ;
Pb. 48. 6.
Ezek.21.7. their heart melted, ' neither was there children of Israel manna any more;
«1 Kin. 10.5.
spirit in them any more, because of but they did eat of the fruit of the
the children of Israel. land of Canaan that year.
H At that time the Lord said unto 13 II And it came to pass, when Jo-
• Or, knives 7
Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, shua was by Jericho, that he lifted
qf flints.
'»Ex.4.25. and circumcise again the children of up his eyes and looked, and, behold,
Israel
8 the second time. there stood â man over against him P Gen. 18. 2.
& 32. 24.
And Joshua made him sharp ’ with his sword drawn in his hand Ex. 23. 23.
Zech. 1. 8.
knives, and circumcised the children and Joshua went unto him, and said Acts 1. 10.
Num. 22. >1
‘ Or, Gtbeah- of Israel at ^ the hill of the foreskins. unto him, Art thou for us, or for our 23.
haaraloth.
And this is the cause why Joshua adversaries ?
• Num. 14. did circumcise ® AU the people that
: 14 And he said. Nay; but as ® cap- * See Or, prince.
Ex. 23.
29. &26.
64,65. came out of Egypt, that were males, tain of the host of the Lord am I 20 .
Deut. Dan. 10. 13,

2. 16.
even all the men of war, died in the now come. And Joshua ^fell on his 21 & 12 1
Rev. 12. 7.
. . .
wilderness by the way, after they face to the earth, and did worship, &19. 11,14.
f
came out of Egypt. and said unto him. What saith my Gen. 17. 3.
Now all the people that came out lord unto his servant?
were circumcised but all the people
: 15 And the captain of the Lord’s
that were born in the wilderness by the host said unto Joshua, ‘Loose thy Acts Ex. 3. 5. •
7. 33.
way as they came forth out of Egypt, shoe from off thy foot for the place ;
them they had not circumcised. whereon thou standest is holy. And
For the children of Israel walked Joshua did so.
<Num. 14.
'forty years in the wilderness, till all
33.
Deut. 1. 3. the people that were men of war, which CHAPTER VI.
& 2. 7, 14. 1 Jericho is shut up.2 God instructeth Joshua how to
Pb. 95. 10. came out of Egypt, were consumed, besiege it. 12 The city is compassed. 17 It must he ac-
because they obeyed not the voice of cursed. 20 The loalls fall down. 22 Rahab is saved. 26
the Lord unto whom the Lord sware
:
7'he builder of Jericho is cursed,
*>
Num.
23.
Pb.
Heb.
Ex. 3.
9.5.11.
14.
3. 11.
8.
that ®he would not shew them the
land, which the Lord sware unto their
fathers that he would give us, a land ’’
NOW Jericho ^was straitly shut up
because of the children of Israel
none went out, and none came in.
«Heb.
did Jmt up,
and teas
shut up.
that floweth with milk and honey. 2 And the Lord said unto Joshua,
‘ Num.
31.
14.
And their children, ivhom he rais-
’
See, ‘I have given into thine hand »ch.2.9,24.
&
8 1 . .
Deut. 1.39. ed up in their stead, them Joshua Jericho, and the ’’king thereof, and ''Deut.7.24.
circumcised for they were uncircum-

: the mighty men of valour.
* Heb. cised, because they had not circum- 3 And ye shall compass the city, all
ichen the
people hid
cised them by the way. ye men of war, and go round about
male an
end lobe
And it came to pass, °when they the city once. Thus shalt thou do
draxnunsed. had done circumcising all the people. six days.
Q
Jericho is besieged, JOSHUA, YI. taken, and destroyed.
Before 4 And seven priests shall bear be- 14 And the second day they com- Before
CHRIST
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1451.
e
horns: and the seventh day ye shall into the camp so they did six days.
:
See Judg.
7. 16, 22. compass the city seven times, and “^the 15 And it came to pass on the se-
••Nuni.lO.S.
priests shall blow with the trumpets. venth day, that they rose early about
5 And it shall come to pass, that the dawning of the day, and compass-
when they make a long blast with the ed the city after the same manner
rams’ horn, and when ye hear the seven times: only on that day they
sound of the trumpet, aU the people compassed the city seven times.
shall shout with a great shout; and 16 And it came to pass at the
the wall of the city shall fall down seventh time, when the priests blew
SHeb. ^flat, and the people shall ascend up with the trumpets, Joshua said unto
under
every man straight before him.
it.
the people. Shout for the Lord hath
;
6 H And Joshua the son of Nun call- given you the city.
ed the priests, and said unto them. 17 H And the city shall be âccurs- a Or,
devoted,
Take up the ark of the covenant, and ed, even it, and all that are therein, Lev. 27. 28.
Mic. 4. 13.
let seven priests bear seven trumpets to the Lord only Kahab the harlot
:
of rams’ horns before the ark of the shall live, she and all that are with
Lokd. her in the house, because ®she hid « ch. 2. 4.
7 And he said unto the people. Pass the messengers that we sent.
on, and compass the city, and let him 18 And ye, '"in any wise keep your- •Deut. 7.26.
& 13. 17.
that is armed pass on before the ark selves from the accursed thing, lest ch. 7. 1, 11,
12 .
of the Lord. ye make yourselves accursed, when
8 H And it came to pass, when Jo- ye take of the accursed thing, and
shua had spoken unto the people, make the camp of Israel a curse,
that the seven priests bearing the ‘and trouble it. • ch. 7. 25.
1 Kin. 18.
seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed 19 But all the silver, and gold, and 17, 18.
Jonah 1.12.
on before the Lord, and blew with vessels of brass and iron, are ® con- SHeb.
the trumpets and the ark of the
: secrated imto the Lord they shall :
holiness.
covenant of the Lord followed them. come into the treasury of the Lord.
9 ^ And the armed men went before 20 So the people shouted when the
the priests that blew with the trum- priests blew with the trumpets and :
® Nnm. 10. pets, “and the ® rereward came after it came to pass, when the people
25.
sHeb. the ark, the priests going on, and heard the sound of the trumpet,
gathering
host.
blowing with the trumpets. and the people shouted with a great
10 And Joshua had commanded the shout, that '‘the wall fell down ^flat, * ver. 5.
Heb. 11.30.
people, saying. Ye shall not shout, so that the people went up into the ^ Heb.
under
nor ^ make any noise with your voice, city, every man straight before him
it.
< Heb. ,
make your
voice to be neither shall any word proceed out and they took the city.
heard.
of your mouth, until the day I bid 21 And they 'utterly destroyed all 1 Deut. 7. 2.
you shout then shall ye shout.

;
that was in the city, both man and
11 So the ark of the Lord compass- woman, young and old, and ox, and
ed the city, going about it once and : sheep, and ass, with the edge of the
they came into the camp, and lodged swôrd.
in the camp. 22 But Joshua had said unto the two
12 H And Joshua rose early in the men that had spied out the country,
* Deut. 31. morning, ‘ând the priests took up Go into the harlot’s house, and bring
25.
the ark of the Lord. out thence the woman, and all that
“
13 And seven priests bearing seven
ch. 2. 14.
she hath, ‘"as ye sware unto her. Heb. 11. 31.
trumpets of rams’ horns before the 23 And the young men that were
ark of the Lord went on continually, spies went in, and brought out Kahab,
and blew with the trumpets and the : "and her and her mother, and
father, ” ch. 2. 13.
armed men went before them; but her brethren, and all that she had;
the rereward came after the ark of and they brought out all her ® kin- »Heb.
families.
the Lord, the priests going on, and dred, and left them without the camp
blowing with the trumpets. of Israel.
: ! ! :
The Israelites are JOSHUA, YIT. smitten at Ai.
Before 24 And
they burnt the city with fire, 6 II And J oshua ^
rent his clothes, Before
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and all that was therein ° only the : and fell to the earth upon his face 1451.
ver. 19.
silver, and the gold, and the vessels before the ark of the Lord until the Gen. 37.
of brass and of iron, they put into the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, 29,34.
treasury of the house of the Lord. and ® put dust upon their heads. ®lSani.4.12.
2 Sam. 1.2.
25 And Joshua saved Eahab the har- 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord & 13. 19.
Neh. 9. 1.
lot alive, and her father’s household, God, ^wherefore hast thou at all Job 2. 12.
f Ex.
5. 22.
P See Matt. and all that she had and ^ she dwell-
;
brought this people over Jordan, to 2 Kin. 3.
1.5. 10
eth in Israel even unto this day; be- deliver us into the hand of the .
cause she hid the messengers, which Amorites, to destroy us? would to
Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. God we had been content, and dwelt
26 II And Joshua adjured them at on the other side Jordan
4 1 Kin. 16.
that time, saying, ’ Cursed he the man 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when
34.
before the Lord, that riseth up and Israel turneth their ^ backs before 2Heb.
necks.
buildeth
2 this city Jericho he shall : their enemies
lay the foundation thereof in his first- 9 For the Canaanites and all the
born, and in his youngest son shall inhabitants of the land shall hear of
it, and shall environ us round, and
3 set up the gates of it.
he
rch. 1.5. 27 'So the Lord was with Joshua; ® cut off our name from the earth :
« Pe. 83. 4.
• ch.9.1, 3. and ®his fame was noised throughout and ^ what wilt thou do unto thy *> See Ex.
32. 12.
all
4 the country. great name ? Num. 14.
13.
10 H And the Lord said unto Joshua,
5 CHAPTER VII.
Get thee up ; wherefore ® liest thou SHeb.
1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai. 6 Joshua's complaint, fallest.
10 God instructeth him what to do. 16 Achan is taken thus upon thy face ?
by the lot. 19 His confession. 22 He and all he had 11 ‘Israel hath sinned, and they have ‘ ver. 1.
are destroyed in the valley of Achor.
also transgressed my covenant which
ut
» ch. 22. 20.
B the children of Israel com-
mitted a trespass in the accursed
thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi,
I commanded them: ^for they have
even taken of the accursed thing,
and have also stolen, and dissem- ‘
k ch. 6. 17,
'
18.
See Acta
® 1 Chron.2. 5. 1, 2.
7, Achar. the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah,
® bled also, and they have put it even
* Or, Zimri,
1 Chr. 2. 6.
of the tribe of Judah, took of the among their own stuff.
accursed thing and the anger of the
: 12 “Therefore the children of Israel See
14. 45.
Num.
Lord was kindled against the chil- could not stand before their enemies, Judg. 2. 14.
dren of Israel. hut turned their backs before their

And Joshua sent men from Jeri- enemies, because “they were accurs- “Deut. 7. 26.
ch. 6. 18.
cho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, ed neither will I be with you any
:
on the east side of Beth-el, and spake more, except ye destroy the accursed
unto them, saying, Go up and view from among you.
the country. And the men went up 13 Up, ‘sanctify the people, and say. o Ex. 19. 10.
and viewed Ai. Sanctify yourselves against to mor- p ch. 3. 5.
And
they returned to Joshua, and row: for thus saith the Lord God
said unto him. Let not all the people of Israel, There is an accursed thing
*Heb.
about 2000
go up; but let ^ about two or three in the midst of thee, O Israel thou :
men, or a-
bout 3000
thousand men go up and smite Ai; canst not stand before thine enemies,
men. and make not all the people to labour until ye take away the accursed thing
thither for they are hut few.
; from among you.
So there went up thither of the 1 4 In the morning therefore ye shall
people about three thousand men be brought according to your tribes

>>
Lev. 26.17. and they fled before the men of Ai. and it shall be, that the tribe which
Deut. 28.
25. And the men of Ai smote of them ^the Lord taketh shall come accord- 4 Prov. 16.
33.
about thirty and six men: for they ing to the families thereof; and the
chased them from before the gate family which the Lord shall take shall
even unto Shebarim, and smote them come by households and the house-
;
»Or, ®in the going down: wherefore ‘the hold which the Lord shall take shall
in Morad.
'ch. 2.9,11.
Lev. 26.36.
hearts of the people melted, and become man by man.
' See 1 Sara.
Ps. 22. 14. came as water. 15 'And it shall be, that he that is 14. 38. 311.
: : :
Aclian is taken hy the lot. JOSHUA, YIII. and put to death.
Before
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taken with the accursed thing shall him
26 with stones, and burned them Before
CHRIST
1451 . be burnt with fire, he and all that he with fire, after they had stoned them 1451 .
•
hath: because he hath “transgressed with stones.
ver. 11.
the covenant of the Lord, and bêcause And
they ^raised over him a d ch. 8. 29.
2 Sam. 18.
‘ Gen. 34. 7. he ‘hath wrought ^ folly in Israel. great heap of stones unto this day. 17.
Ju(ig.20.6. Lam.
2 Or. 16 So Joshua rose up early in the
If So “the Lord turned from the fierce- ® Deu.
3. 53.
13.17.
wicfxdness.
morning, and brought Israel by their ness of his anger. Wherefore the 2 Sam.
14.
21.
tribes; and the tribe of Judah was name of that place was called, ‘The ' ver. 24.
2 Isai. 6.5.10.
taken valley of ^ Achor, unto this day. Hos. 2. 15.
17 And he brought the family of That

2 is.
Judah and he took the family of the

;
CHAPTEK VIII.
Trouble.
1 3God encourageth Joshua. 3 The etratagem whereby Ai

Zarhites and he brought the family
:
was 29 The king thereof is hanged. 30 Joshua
taken.
of the Zarhites man by man; and huildeth an altar, 32 writeth the law on stones, 33 pro-
and
Zabdi was taken: 4poundeth blessings cursings.
18 And he brought his household man

by man and Achan, the son of Carmi,
;
the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of

And 5 - “Fear
the Lord
not, neither
mayed: take all the people of war &
said unto Joshua,
be thou dis- “Deut.1.21.
& 7. 18.
31. 8.
cIl 1. 9.
“ 1 Sam. 14. the tribe of Judah, “was taken. with thee, and arise, go up to Ai:
42. 6
19 And Joshua said unto Achan, see, ‘’I have given into thy hand the ch. *>
6. 2.
* See 1 S(un.
6.5.
My son, *give, I pray thee, glory to king of Ai, and his people, and his
Jer. 13. 16. the Lord God of Israel, ând make 7
city,and liis land
John 9. 24.
y Num. 5. confession unto him; and Hell me And
thou shalt do to Ai and her
6, 7.
2 Chron. now what thou hast done; hide it king
8 as thou didst unto “Jericho and 0 ch. 6. 21.
30.22.
Ps. 51. 3. not from me. her king only '‘the spoil thereof, and
:
Deut.
14.
20.
Dan. 9.
* 1 Sam.
4.
20 And Achan answered Joshua, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for
14. 9
43. said. Indeed I have sinned against a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an
the Lord God of Israel, and thus and ambush for the city behind it.
thus have I done : II So Joshua arose, and all the peo-
21 When I saw^ among the spoils a ple of war, to go up against Ai and :
goodly Babylonish garment, and two Joshua chose out thirty thousand
*Heb. hundred shekels of silver, and a ^ wedge mighty men of valour, and sent them
tongue.
of gold of fifty shekels weight, then away by night.
I coveted them, and took them and, ;
And he commanded them, saying.
behold, they are hid in the earth in Behold, ®3’'e shall lie in wait against the ’
.Tudg. 20.
29.
the midst of my tent, and the silver city,even behind the city: go not very
under it. farfrom the city, but be ye all ready:
22 If So Joshua sent messengers, and And I, and all the people that are
they ran unto the tent and, behold, ;
with me, will approach unto the city
it was hid in his tent, and the silver and it shall come to pass, when they
under it. come out against us, as at the first,
23 Andthey took them out of the that ‘we will flee before them, f
32.
Judg. 20.
midst of the tent, and brought them (For they will come out after us)
unto Joshua, and unto all the chil- till we have ® drawn them from the 3 Heb.
pulled.
!
< Heb. dren of Israel, and ^laid them out city; for they will say. They flee be-
poured.
;
before the Lord. fore us, as at the first : therefore we

24 And Joshua, and all Israel with will flee before them.
liim, took Achan the son of Zerah, Then ye shall rise up from the
and the silver, and the garment, and ambush, and seize upon the city for :
the wedge of gold, and his sons, and the Lord your God will deliver it into
his daughters, and his oxen, and his your hand.
asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and And it shall be, when ye have
all that he had : and they brought taken the city, that ye shall set the
• ver. 26.
ch. 15. 7. them unto “the valley of Achor. city on fire according to the com-
:
>> ch. 6. 18.

1 Chron.
25 And Joshua said, ‘’Why hast thou mandment of the Lord shall ye do.
2. 7.
Gal. 5. 12.
troubled us? the Lord shall trouble ®See, I have commanded you. s 2 Sara.
28.
13.
® Deu. 17. 5. thee this day. “And all Israel stoned H Joshua therefore sent them forth:
Ai is taken hy stratagem. JOSHUA, VIIL and made desolate.
Before and they went to lie in ambush, and the smoke of the city ascended up to Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451. abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the heaven, and they had no ^ power to 1451.
west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged flee this way or that way: and the * Heb. hand.
that night among the people. people that fled to the wilderness
10 And Joshua rose up early in the turned back upon the pursuers.
morning, and numbered the people, 21 And when Joshua and all Israel
and went up, he and the elders of saw that the ambush had taken the
Israel, before the people to Ai. city, and that the smoke of the city
•> ver. 5. 11 **And aU the people, even the peo- ascended, then they turned again, and
ple of war that were with him, went slew the men of Ai.
up, and drew nigh, and came before 22 And the other issued out of the
the city, and pitched on the north city against them; so they were in
side of Ai: now there was a valley the midst of Israel, some on this
between them and Ai. side, and some on that side and
:
12 And he took about five thousand they smote them, so that they 'let > Deut. 7. 2.
men, and set them to lie in ambush none of them remain or escape.
between Beth-el and Ai, on the west 23 And the king of Ai they took
tOr.qfAt. side ôf the city. alive, and brought himto Joshua.
13 And when they had set the peo- 24 And it came
to pass, when Israel
ple, even all the host that was on the had made an end of slaying all the
SHeb. .
north of the city, and ® their liers in inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the
their lying
in tcait, wait on the west of the city, Joshua wilderness wherein they chased them,
ver. 4.
went that night into the midst of the and when they were all fallen on the
valley. edge of the sword, until they were
14 And it came to pass, when the consumed, that all the Israelites re-
king of Ai saw it, that they hasted turned unto Ai, and smote it with
and rose up early, and the men of the edge of the sword.
the city went out against Israel to 25 And so it was, that all that fell
battle, he and all his people, at a that day, both of men and women,
time appointed, before the plain but ;
were twelve thousand, even all the
' Jndg. 20.
34.
he *wist not that there were liers in men of Ai.
Eccles. 9.
12 .
ambush against him behind the city. 26 For Joshua drew not his hand
^ Judg. 20. 15 And Joshua and all Israel '"made back, wherewith he stretched out the
36, &c.
as if they were beaten before them, spear, until he had utterly destroyed
and fled by the way of the wilderness. all the inhabitants of Ai.
16 And all the people that were in Ai 27 “Only the cattle and the spoil of ™ Nuin. 31.
22, 26. I
were called together to pursue after that city Israel took for a prey unto
them: and they pursued after Joshua, themselves, according unto the word
and were drawn away from the city. of the Lord which he "commanded ” ver. 2.
17 And there was not a man left in Joshua.

Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after 28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made
Israel and they left the city open,
: it °an heap for ever, even a desolation ® Deut. 13.
16.
i
and pursued after Israel. unto this day.

18 And the Lord said unto Joshua, 29 Ând the king of Ai he hanged P ch. 10. 26.
Ps. 107. 40.
Stretch out the spear that is in thy on a tree until eventide ’ and
: as &
110. 5.
1 Deut. 21.
hand toward Ai for I v/ill give it into
;
soon as the sun was down, Joshua 23.
ch. 10. 27.
thine hand. And Joshua stretched commanded that they should take his
out the spear that he had in his hand carcase do^vn from the tree, and cast
toward the city. it at the entering of the gate of the
19 And the ambush arose quickly out city, and ''raise thereon a great heap of
r ch. 7. 26.
&
10. 27.
of their place, and they ran as soon as stones, that 7'e7naineth unto this day.
he had stretched out his hand and : 30 It Then Joshua built an altar un-
they entered into the city, and took it, to the Lord God of Israel “in mount • Deut. 27.
4,5.
and hasted and set the city on fire. Ebal,
20 And when the men of Ai looked 31 As Moses the servant of the Lord
behind them, they saw, and, behold. commanded the children of Israel, as
The Gibeonites by craft JOSHUA, IX. obtain a league, and are
CHRIST
Before it iswritten in the ‘book of the law their feet, and old garments upon Before
CHRIST
1451. of Moses, an altar of whole stones, them and all the bread of their
; 1451.
‘ Ex. 20. 25.
over which no man hath lift up any provision was dry and mouldy.
Deut. 27.
5,6.
iron and " they offered thereon burnt
: 6 And they went to Joshua ‘ûnto ch. f 5. 10.
n Ex. 20. 24. offerings unto the Lord, and sacri- the camp at Gilgal, and said unto
ficed peace offerings. him, and to the men of Israel, We
* Deut.
2 8.
27.
32 IT And '‘he wrote there upon the be come from a far country now :
,
stones a copy of the law of Moses, therefore make ye a league with us.
which he wrote in the presence of 7 And the men of Israel said unto
the children of Israel. the ^Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell s ch. 11. 19.
33 And all Israel, and their elders, among us; and '’how shall we make Ex. 23.32. •>
Deut. 7. 2.
and officers, and their judges, stood a league with you ? & 20. 16.
Judg. 2. 2.
on this side the ark and on that side 8 And they said unto Joshua, We Deut. 20.‘
'
y Deut.
9,25.
31.
before the priests the Levites, ^ which are thy servants. And Joshua said 211Kin. 10. .
5.
bare the ark of the covenant of the unto them. Who are ye? and from
* Deut. 31.
12 .
Lord, as well ^ the stranger, as he whence come ye?
that was born among them; half of 9 And they said unto him, ^ From a ^ Deut. 20.
15.
tliem over against mount Gerizim, very far country thy servants are come
and half of them over against mount because of the name of the Lord thy
» Deut. 11. 2
Ebal ® as Moses the servant of the God for we have heard the fame of Josh.
:
‘ Ex. 15. 14.
•
;
29. 2. 10.
& 27. 12. Lord
3 had commanded before, that him, and all that he did in Egypt,
they should bless the people of Israel. 10 And “ all that he did to the 24,Num. ">
33.
21.
b Deut. 31. 4
34 And afterward ‘’he read all the two kings of the Amorites, that were
11 .
Neh. 8. 3. words of the law, ‘the blessings and beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of
cDeut. 28.2,
15, 45. & cursings,
5 according to all that is Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan,
29. 20, 21.
& 30. 19. written in the book of the law. which was at Ashtaroth.
35 There was not a word of all that 11 Wherefore our elders and all the
Moses commanded, which Joshua inhabitants of our country spake to
read not before all the congregation us, saying. Take victuals ^ with you * Heb. in
your hand.
Deut. 31. of Israel, '‘with the women, and the for the journey, and go to meet
12
® ver. 33.
.
little ones, and ® the strangers that them, and say unto them. Weare
2Heb.
walked.
^were conversant among them. your servants : therefore now make
ye a league with us.
CHAPTER IX.
12 This our bread we took hot for
1 The kings combine against Israel. 3 The Gibeonites by
craft obtain a league. 16 For which they are con- our provision out of our houses on
demned to perpetual bondage. the day we came forth to go unto
And .
it came to pass, when all the
kings which were on this side it is mouldy:

Jordan, in the hills, and in the val-
you but now, behold, it is dry, and
;
13 And these bottles of wine, which

“Num. 34. 6. leys, and in all the coasts of “the we filled, were new ; and, behold, they
•>
Ex.
&23.
3. 17.
23.
great sea over against Lebanon, ‘’the be rent and these our garments and
:
Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaan- our shoes are become old by reason
ite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the of the very long journey.
Jebusite, heard thereof; 14 And ®the men took of their vic- 3 Or, reeeir-
they
'r8.83.3,5. That they ' gathered themselves tuals, “and asked not counsel at the ed the men
by reason
together, to fight with Joshua and mouth of the Lord. cf their
victuals.
with Israel, with one ® accord. 15 And Joshua “made peace with >Num.27.21.
H And when the inhabitants of them, and made a league with them, See Isai. 30.1,2.
Judg.
ch. 10. 2.
2 Sam. 21.
Gibeon “heard what Joshua had to let them live and the princes of 1 Sam. 22.
:
1 1 . .
10. & 23.

1, 2.
® ch. 6. 27.
done unto Jericho and to Ai, the congregation sware unto them. 10 11 ,
.
They did work wilily, and went 16 If And it came to pass at the end &30.8.
2 Sam. 2.1.
and made as if they had been am- of three days after they had made ®ch.ll.l9. & 5. 19.
bassadors, and took old sacks upon a league with them, that they heard 2Sam.21.2.
their asses, and wine bottles, old, that they were their neighbours, and
and rent, and bound up; that they dwelt among them.
And old shoes and clouted upon 17 And the children of Israel jour-
condemned to perpetual bondage. JOSHUA, X. Five kings war against Gibeon.
Before neyed, and came unto their cities on Before
CHRIST
the tliird day. Now their cities were
CHAPTER X. CHRIST
1451 .
1 Five kings war against Gibeon. 6 Joshua rescueth it. 1451 .
P ch. 18. 25,
Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Bee-
**
10 Godjighteth against them with haihtones. 12 The sun
and moon stand still at the word of Joshua. 16 Tite Jive
2(!,
Ezra
28.
2. 25.
roth, and Kirjath-jearim. kings are mured in a cave. 23 Ihey are brought forth,
18 And
the children of Israel smote 24 scornfully used, 26 and hanged. 28 Seven kings more
2are conquered,
Q Ps. 15. 4. them ^ because the princes of the
not, 43 Joshua returneth to Gilgal.
NOW
Eccle8.5.2.
congregation had sworn unto them it came to pass, when Adoni-
by the Lord God of Israel. And all 3zedec king of Jerusalem had
the congregation murmured against heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and
the princes. had utterly destroyed it; “as he had » ch. 6. 21.
19 But all the princes said unto aU done

4 to Jericho and her king, so he
the congregation. have swornWe had done to ''Ai and her king; and *> ch. 8. 22,
26, 28.
unto them by the Lord God of Is- "how
5 the inhabitants of Gibeon had <=
ch. 9. 15.
rael now therefore we may not

: made peace with Israel, and were
touch them. among them;
20 This we will do to them we will ;
That they ^ feared greatly, because d Ex. 15. 14,
15, 16.
r See 2 Sam. even let them live, lest wrath be Gibeon was a great city, as one of Deut. 11.
21 1 2 6
.
, , .
25.
Ezek.17.13, upon us, because of the oath which the ^ royal cities, and because it icas 2 Heb. aties
15, 18, 19.
Zech.5.3,4. we sware unto them. greater than Ai, and all the men of the king-
dom.
Mai. 3. 5.
21 And the princes said unto them. thereof tvere mighty.
• Deut. 29.
11 .
Let them live but let them be hew-
;
" Wlierefore Adoni-zedec king of
ers of wood and drawers of water Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king
unto all the congregation as the ;
of Hebron, and unto Piram king
‘ ver. 15. princes had ‘promised them. of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king
22 II And Joshua called for them, and of Lachish, and unto Debir king of
he spake unto them, saying, Where- Eglon, saying,
fore have ye beguiled us, saying, Come up unto me, and help me,
” ver. 6, 9.
"We are very far from you; when that we may smite Gibeon ® for it :
• ver. 1.
ch. 9. 15.
* ver. 16.
'‘ye dwell among us? hath made peace with Joshua and
vGen. 9.25. 23 Now therefore ye are ^cursed, and with the children of Israel.
* Heb. not, there shall ^none of you be freed Therefore the five kings of the
be cut off
from you. from being bondmen, and '’hewers of Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the
* ver. 21, 27.
wood and drawers of water for the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth,
house of my God. the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon,
24 And they answered Joshua, and gathered themselves together, and 'ch.9.2.
said. Because it was certainly told thy went up, they and all their hosts, and
servants, how that the Lord thy God encamped before Gibeon, and made
» Ex.
Deu.7.1,2.
23. 32. " commanded his servant Moses to war against it.
give you
the land, and to destroy
all 6 H And
the men of Gibeon sent
all the inhabitants of the land from unto Joshua ^to the camp to Gilgal, K cli. 5. 10.
& 9. 6.
>> Ex. 15. 14. before you, therefore *’we were sore saying. Slack not thy hand from thy
afraid of our lives because of you, servants ; come up to us quickly,
and have done this thing. and save us, and help us for all :
« Gen. 19. 6. 25 And now, behold, we are "in the kings of the Amorites that dwell
thine hand as it seemeth good and
: in the mountams are gathered to-
right unto thee to do unto us, do. gether against us.
26 And so did he unto them, and So Joshua ascended from Gilgal,
7
delivered them out of the hand of and ''all the people of war with
he, h ch. 8. 1.
the children of Israel, that they slewhim, and all the mighty men of valour.
them not. 8 ^ And the Lord said unto Joshua,
* Heb.
or. deliver-
gave,
27 And Joshua ®made them that Fear them not for I have delivered
'
:
I
ch. 11. 6.
Judg. 4. 1 1.
ed to
1 Chr.
he,
9. 2.
day ^hewers of wood and drawers of them into thine hand ^ there shall ; k ch. 1. 5.
Ezra 8. water for the congregation, and for not a man of them stand before thee.
^ ver. 21,23.
the altar of the Lord, even unto this 9 Joshua therefore came unto them
•Deut. 12. 5. day, ®in the place which he should suddenly, and went up from Gilgal
choose. all night.
:
The sun and moon stand still. JOSHUA, X. The five kings are slain.
Before 10 And the Lord discomfited them the camp to Joshua at Makkedah Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1451. before Israel, and slew them with a in peace none moved his tongue
:
1451.
>Jndg. 4.15.
great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased against any of the children of Israel.
,
» Ex. 11. 7.
!
1 Sara. 7.
10 , 12.
them along the way that goeth up 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth
Ps. 18. 14.
Isai. 28. 21.
“to Beth-horon, and smote them to of the cave, and bring out those five
”ch.l6.3,5. "Azekah, and unto Makkedah. kings unto me out of the cave.
ch. 15. 35.
11 And it came to pass, as they fled 23 And they did so, and brought
>-
from before Israel, and were in the forth those five kings imto him out
I
12
! ® Ps. 18. 13.
oing down to Beth-horon, “that the of the cave, the king of Jerusalem,
14. &77.
!
17.
Isai. 30. 30.
flORD cast down great stones from the king of Hebron, the king of Jar-
i
Rev. 16. 21. heaven upon them unto Azekah, and muth, the king of Lachish, and the
they died: they were more wliich died king of Eglon.
13 hailstones than they whom the
with 24 And it came to pass, when they
children of Israel slew with the sword. brought out those kings unto Joshua,
IF Then spake Joshua to the Lord that Joshua called for all the men of
in the day when the Lord delivered Israel, and said unto the captains of
up the Amorites before the cliildren the men of war which went with him.
of14Israel, and he said in the sight of Come near, ^put your feet upon the yPs.107.40.
& 110. 5.
Plsal. 28.21.
Hab. 3. 11.
Israel, ^Sun, ^ stand thou still upon necks of these Idngs. And they came & 149. 8, 9.
Isai. 26. 5,6.
*Heb. Gibeon; and thou. Moon, in the val- near, and put their feet upon the Mai. 4. 3.
he silent. 15
1 .Tudg. 12. ley of ^ Ajalon. necks of them.
12 .
16
And the sun stood still, and the 25 And Joshua said unto them, ^Fear » Dent. 31.
6 8 .
moon stayed, until the people had not, nor be dismayed, be strong and ch.
,
1. 9.
17
avenged themselves upon their ene- of good courage for “ thus shall the »r)eut.3.21.
:
& 19. 7.
i
r 2
18.
Sam. 1. mies. '/s not this written in the book Lord do to all your enemies against
I
'
3 Ot, The of18^ Jasher ? So the sun stood still in whom ye fight.
upright f
the midst of heaven, and hasted not 26 And afterward Joshua smote them,
,
to19go down about a whole day. and slew them, and hanged them on
• See
38.8.
Isai. And there was “no day like that five trees and they were hanging ch. 29.
:
»>
8.
before it or after it, that the Lord upon the trees until the evening.
hearkened unto the voice of a man; 27 And it came to pass at the time
‘Deut.1.30. 20 ‘the Lord fought for Israel.
for of the going down of the sun, that
ver. 42.
IF "And Joshua returned, and all Joshua commanded, and they 'took « Deut. 21.
ch. 23. 3.
23.
» ver. 43.
Israel with him, unto the camp to them down off' the trees, and cast ch. 8. 29.
Gilgal. them into the cave wherein they had

21 But these five kings fled, and hid been hid, and laid great stones in
themselves in a cave at Makkedah. the cave’s mouth, which remain until
And it was told Joshua, saying. this very day.
The five kings are found hid in a 28 IF And that day Joshua took Mak-
cave at Makkedah. kedah, and smote it with the edge of
And Joshua said. Boll great stones the sword, and the king thereof he
upon the mouth of the cave, and set utterly destroyed, them, and all the
men by it for to keep them souls that were therein; he let none
And stay ye not, hut pursue after remain: and he did to the king of
d eh.
* Heb. cut
off the tail.
your enemies, and ^ smite the hind- Makkedah ‘‘as he did unto the king 6. 21.
most of them; suffer them not to of Jericho.

enter into their cities : for the Lord 29 Then Joshua passed from Mak-
your God hath delivered them into kedah, and all Israel with him, unto
your hand. Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
And it came to pass, when Joshua 30 And the Lord delivered it also,
and the children of Israel had made and the king thereof, into the hand
an end of slaying them with a very of Israel and he smote it with the
;
great slaughter, till they were con- edge of the sword, and all the souls
sumed, that the rest which remained that were therein he let none remain
;
of them entered into fenced cities. in it but did unto the king thereof
;
And all the people returned to as he did unto the king of J ericho.
: : : :
Divers other kings JOSHUA, XI. conquered and slain.

Before 31 IF And Joshua passed from Lib- all the country of Goshen, even unto Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1461 nah, and all Israel with him, unto Gibeon. 1451 .
Lachish, and eneamped against it, 42 And aU these kings and their
and fought against it: land did Joshua take at one time.
32 And the Lord delivered Lachish ^because the Lord God of Israel * ver. 14.
into the hand of Israel, w hich took it fought for Israel.
on the second day, and smote it with 43 And Joshua returned, and all Is-
the edge of the sword, and all the rael with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
souls that were therein, accordmg to
all that he had done to Libnah.
CHAPTEK XI.
1 Divers Mngs overcome at the waters of Merom. 10 Hazor
33 IF Then Horam king of Gezer is tahen and burnt. 16 All the country taken by Joshua.
came up to help Lachish; and Jo- 21 The Anakims cut off.
shua smote him and his people, until AND came to pass, w'hen Jabin
it 1450 .
he had left liim none remaining. XjL king of Hazor had heard those
34 IF And from Lachish Joshua pass- things, that he '‘sent to Jobab king • ch. 10. 3.
ed unto Eglon, and all Israel with of Madon, and to the king of Shim- *’ ’’ ch. 19. 15.
him; and they encamped against it. ron, and to the king of Achshaph,
and fought against it 2 And to the kings that were on
35 And they took it on that day, and the north of the mountains, and of
smote it with the edge of the sword. the plains south of ' Chinneroth, and ®Num.34.11.
and all the souls that were therein in the valley, and in the borders ^ of d ch. 17. 11.
Judg. 1.27.
he utterly destroyed that day, ac- Dor on the west. lKin.4.11.
cording to all that he had done to ^ And to the Canaanite on the east
Lachish. and on the west, and to the Amorite,
36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and
• See chap. and all Israel with him, unto ®He- the Jebusite in the mountains, ®and ® Judg. 3. 3.
14. 13.
& 15. 13. bron ; and they fought against it to the Hivite under ‘^Hermon ®in the 'ch.13.11.
Judg. 1. 10. t Gen. 31.
37 And they took it, and smote it land of Mizpeh. 49.
with the edge of the sword, and the 4 And they went out, they and all
king thereof, and all the cities there- their hosts with them, much people.
of, and all the souls that were therein; ‘‘even as the sand that is upon the ’>Gen.22.17.
he left none remaining, according to sea shore in multitude, with horses Judg. 7. 12.
lSam.13.5.
aU that he had done to Eglon; but and chariots very many.
destroyed it utterly, and aU the souls 5 And when all these kings were
that were therein. ^met together, they came and pitch- *Heb.
38 IF And Joshua returned, and all ed together at the waters of Merom, 5l/ appoint-
f See chap. Israel with him, to ^ Debir ; and to fight against Israel.
Ju^. 1. 11. fought against it 6 IF And the Lord said unto Joshua,
39 And he took it, and the king *
Be not afraid because of them for :
’ ch. 10. 8.
thereof, and all the cities thereof; to morrow about this time will I de-
and they smote them with the edge liver them up all slain before Israel
of the sword, and utterly destroyed thou shalt ^ hough their horses, and >‘2 Sam. 8.4.
all the souls that ivere therein; he burn their chariots with fire.
left none remaining : as he had done 7 So Joshua came, and all the peo-
to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and pie of war with him, against them by
to the king thereof; as he had done the waters of Merom suddenly ; and
also to Libnah, and to her king. they fell upon them.
40 ^ So Joshua smote aU the country 8 And
the Lord delivered them into
of the hills, and of the south, and of the hand of Israel, who smote them.
the vale, and of the springs, and all and chased them unto ® great Zidon, * Or, Zidon-
their kings he left none remaining,

: and unto Misrephoth-maim, and
‘
® J ch. 13. 6.
* Or, Salt
but utterly destroyed all that breath- unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; pits.
* Dent. 20. ed, as the Lord God of Israel ® com- and they smote them, until they left 6 Heb._
manded. them none remaining.

’’Gen. 10.19.
41 And Joshua smote them from 9 And Joshua did unto them “ as “ ver. 6.
‘ ch. 11. 16. Kadesh-barnea even unto ‘‘Gaza, ‘and the Lord bade him : he houghed their
: ; : : ; ;
Hazor taken and hurnt. JOSHUA, XII. The AnaMms cut off.
Before
CHRIST
horses, and burnt their chariots with 21 IF And at that time came Joshua, Before
and cut CHRIST

1450 .
fire. off “the Anakims from the 1450 .
10 H And Joshua at that time turned mountains, from Hebron, from Debir,
* Num. 13.
back, and took Hazor, and smote the from Anab, and from all the moun- 22,33.
Deut. 1.28.
king thereof with the sword for tains of Judah, and from all the moun- ch. 15. 13,
:
14.
Hazor beforetime was the head of tains of Israel Joshua destroyed
:
all those kingdoms. them utterly with their cities.

11 And they smote all the souls that 22 There was none of the Anakims
were therein Avith the edge of the left in the land of the children of
sword, utterly destroying them there Israel only in Gaza, in Gath, ' and ''lSam.17.4.
:
*’
« ch. 15. 46.

2Heb.
any breath.
was not ^ any left to breathe and he in Ashdod, there remained.
:
burnt Hazor with fire. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, Num. 34.
2, &c.
12 And all the cities of those kings, according to aU that the Lord said ®Num.26.53.
ch.l4.&15.
and all the kings of them, did Jo- unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for & 16. & 17.
shua take, and smote them with the an inheritance imto Israel ® according &ch.18. & 19. '
14. 15.
edge of the sword, and he utterly de- to their divisions by their tribes. And & 21. 44.
& 22 4 . .
” Num. 33. stroyed them, “as Moses the servant the land rested from war. &23. 1.
52.
Deut. of the Lord commanded. 1445 .
& 20. 16,17.

7. 2.
13 But as for the cities that stood

CHAPTEE
XII. ver. 18.
1 The two Mngs whose countries Moses took and disposed of.
® Heb. m still ®in their strength, Israel burned 7 The one and thirty kings on the other side Jordan
their heap.
none of them, save Hazor only; that which Joshua smote.
did Joshua burn. "VTOW these are the kings of the 1452 .
14 And aU the spoil of these cities, Xl land, which the children of Is-
and the cattle, the children of Israel rael smote, and possessed their land
took for a prey unto themselves but on the other side Jordan toward the
;
every man they smote with the edge rising of the sun, “from the river Ar- “ Num. 21.
24.
of the sword, until they had destroyed non ‘’unto mount Hermon, and aU b Deut. 3.
them, neither left they any to breathe. the plain on the east 8,9.
"
12
Ex.
.
34. 11,
15 H “As the Lord commanded Moses 2 “Sihon king of the Amorites, Avho ® Num. 21.
24.
P Deut. 7. 2. his servant, so ^did Moses command dwelt in Heslibon, and ruled from Deut. 2. 33,
36. & 3. 6,
cb. 1. 7. Joshua, and "^so did Joshua; ^he left Aroer, Avhich is upon the bank of the 16.
<Heb.
he removed nothing undone of all that the Lord river Arnon, and from the middle of
nothing.
commanded Moses. the river, and from half Gilead, even
••
ch. 12. 8. 16 So Joshua took all that land, ^ the unto the river Jabbok, which is the
» ch. 10. 41. hills, and aU the south country, “and border of the children of Ammon
all the land of Goshen, and the valley, 3 And ‘‘from the plain to the sea of ^ Deut. 3.
17.
and the plain, and the mountain of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the
Israel, and the valley of the same sea of the plain, even the salt sea on
‘ ch. 12. 7. 17 ^ Even from ®the mount Halak, the east, ® the way to Beth-jeshimoth ® ch. 13. 20.
sOr,
thesmooth that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal- and from Hhe south, under ®Ash- * Or, Teman.
mountain. 8 Or,
gad in the valley of Lebanon under doth-pisgah The înos
4 IF And ^the coast of Og king of qf
Pisgah.
o Deut. 7.24.
ch. 12. 7.
mount Hermon: and “all their kings he or. The hill.
took, and smote them, and slew them. Bashan, which was of '"the remnant & 4. 49.3. 17. 'Deut.
6 Till 1445.
18 ® Joshua made war a long time of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth * Num. 21.
‘
ver. 23. 35.

with all those kings. and at Edrei, Deut. 3. 4,
10
19 There was not a city that made 5 And reigned in ‘'mount Hermon, •Deut.S.ll.
.
peace with the children of Israel, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, un- Deut. 4.
‘ “ ch. 13. 12.
* 1.
* ch. 9. 3, 7. save "'the Hivites the inhabitants of to the border of the Geshurites and k Deut. 3. 8.
Deut. 3. 10.
Gibeon all other they took in battle. the Maachathites, and half Gilead, ch.
:
I
13. 11.
y Deut. 2. 30.
•Judg. 14. 4.
20 For y it Avas of the Lord to harden the border of Sihon king of Heslibon. ® Deu. 3. 14.
1 Sam. 2. 25. their hearts, that they should come 6 “Them did Moses the servant of ” Num. 21.
lKin.12.15. 24.33.
Rom. 9. 18. against Israel in battle, that he might the Lord and the children of Israel
destroy them utterly, and that they smite and “ Moses the servant of the o Num. 32.
:
29.33.
might have no favour, but that he Lord gave it for a possession unto Deut. 3. 11,
12
might destroy them, *as the Lord the Keubenites, and the Gadites, and ch. 13. 8.
.
‘ Deut. 20.
16, 17.
commanded Moses. the half tribe of Manasseh.
; : ; ; ; ;; ;;
; ;; ;; ; ; ; : : ; ;
Thirty one kings JOSHUA, XIII. smitten hy Joshua.
Before
CHRIST
7 II And these are the kings of the "VT OW Joshua “ was and stricken old
CHRIST
Before
1452. country ^ which Joshua and the chil- X 1 in years and the Lord said unto
; 1445.
Pcli.11.17.
dren of Israel smote on this side him. Thou art old and stricken in * See chap.
Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in years,and there remaineth yet very &23.
14. 10.
1.
the valley of Lebanon even unto the much land ^ to be possessed. 2Heb.
to possess it,
1 Gen. 14. 6. mount Halak, that goeth up to ’ Seir 2 ’’
This
the land that yet remain-
is Deut.31.3.
& S2. 3. Judg. 3. 1.
>>
Deut.2.1,4. which Joshua "^gave unto the tribes eth “ all the borders of the PliiUs-
:
e Joel 3. 4.
r ch. 11. 23.
of Israel for a possession according tines, and all Geshuri, ^ ver. 13.
2 Sam. 3. 3.
to their divisions 3 “From Sihor, which is before Egypt, & 13. 37,
38.
• ch. 10. 40. 8 “ In the mountains, and in the even unto the borders of Ekron north- ® Jer. 2. 18.
& 11. 16.
valleys, and in the plains, and in the ward, which is counted to the Canaan-
springs, and in the wilderness, and ite '^five lords of the Philistines
: the ;
Mudg. 3. 3.
1 Sam. 6. 4,
‘ Ex. 3. 8. in the south country; ‘the Hittites, Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the 16.
&23.23. Zeph. 2. 5.
ch. 9. 1. the Amorites, and the Canaanites, Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the
eDeut.2.23.
the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Ekronites also ® the Avites
;
Jebusites 4 From the south, all the land of the

1451. 9 H " The king of Jericho, one ^ the ;
Canaanites, and ^Mearah that is be- sOr,
The care.
» ch. 6. 2.
king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, side the Sidonians, '‘unto Aphek, to *>
ch. 19. 30.
*ch. 8. 29.
one the borders of the Amorites '
* See Judg.
1. 34.
P ch. 10. 23. 10 The king of Jerusalem, one the
^
;
5 And the land of ^ the Giblites, and ^ 1 liin. 5.
18.
king of Hebron, one all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, Ps. 83. 7.
Ezek. 27.9.
11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the '
from Baal-gad under mount Hermon ‘ ch. 12. 7.
king of Lachish, one unto the entering into Hamath.

* ch. 10. 33. 12 The king of Eglon, one; Hhe 6 AU the inliabitants of the hill coun-
king of Gezer, one try from Lebanon unto “ Misrephoth- “ ch. 11. 8.
• ch. 10. 38. 13 “ The king of Debir, one the ;
maim, and the Sidonians, them
all
“ See chap.
king of Geder, one ;
“ out from before the chil-
will I drive 23. 13.
14 The king of Hormah, one; the dren of Israel only “ divide thou it by
:
Judg. 2.21,
23.
king of Arad, one lot unto the Israelites for an inherit- ®ch.l4. 1,2.
bch. 10.29. 15 '’The king of Libnah, one; the ance, as I have commanded thee.
king of Adullam, one 7 Now therefore divide this land for
« ch. 10. 28.
16 'The king of Mokkedah, one; an inheritance unto the nine tribes,
^ ch.
Judg. 1.
8. 17. ^ the king of Beth-el, one
;
and the half tribe of Manasseh,
®1 Kin. 4. 10. 17 The king of Tappuah, one; “the 8 With whom the Reubenites and
king of Hepher, one the Gadites have reeeived their inhe-
18 The king of Aphek, one the ;
ritance, p which Moses gave them, be- P Num. 32.
SI.
® Or, Sharon,
Isai. 33. 9.
king of ^Lasharon, one; yond Jordan eastward, even as Moses lleut.3. 12,
13.
'ch. 11.10. 19 The king of Madon, one; ‘^the the servant of the Lord gave them ch. 22. 4.
king of Hazor, one 9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank

1450. 20 The king of ® Shimron-meron, of the river Arnon, and the city that
* ch. 11. 1.
&
19. 15.
one the king of Achshaph, one
;
is in the midst of the river, "ând aU 9 ver. 16.
Num. 21.
21 The king of Taanach, one; the the plain of Medeba unto Dibon 30.
king of Megiddo, one 10 And 'all the cities of Sihon king r Num. 21.
24. 25.
ch. 19. 37. 22 '‘The king of Kedesh, one; the of the Amorites, which reigned in
king of J okneam of Carmel, one Heshbon, unto the border of the chil-
‘ ch. 11. 2. 23 The king of Dor in the coast of ' dren of Ammon
Gen. 14. Dor, one; the king of ^the nations 11 “And Gilead, and the border of the » ch. 12. 5.
1, 2 .
Isai. 9. 1. of Gilgal, one Geshurites and Maachathites, and all

24 The king of Tirzah, one all the : mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto
kings thirty and one. Salcah
12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan,
CHAPTER XIII. which reigned in Ashtaroth and in
1 The hounds of the land not yet conquered. 8 The inherit-
ance of the two tribes and half. 14, 33 The Lord and his Edrei, who remained of the remnant ‘ 'Deut.3. 11.
ch. 12. 4.
sacrifices are the inheritance of Levi. 15 The bounds of of the giants :
" for these did Moses ” Num. 21.
the inheritance of Reuben. 22 Balaam slain. 24 The
bounds of the inheritance of Gad, 29 and of the half tribe
smite, and cast them out. 24, 35.
of Manasseh. 13 Nevertheless the children of Is-

; ; ; : :
The inheritance of Reuben^ Gad^ JOSHUA, XI Y. and the half tribe of Maîasseh.
Before rael expelled * not the Geshurites, nor Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1445. the Maachathites but the Geshurites
: Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and 1445.
* ver. 11.
and the Maachathites dwell among his border, eveî unto the edge of the y
Num. 34.
the Israelites until this day. sea of Chmnereth on the other side 11 .
y Num. 18. 14 ’'Only unto the tribe of Levi he Jordan eastward.

20, 23, 21.
ch. 14. 3, 4. gave none inheritance the sacrifices
;
28 This is the inheritance of the
of the Lokd God of Israel made by children of Gad after their famihes,
' ver. 83. fire are their inheritance, * as he said the cities, and their villages.
unto them. 29 1 And Moses gave inheritance
15 IF And Moses gave unto the tribe imto the half tribe of Manasseh and :
of the children of Eeuben inheritance this was the possession of the half tribe
according to their families. of the children of Manasseh by their
• ch. 12. 2. 16 And their coast was “from Aroer, families.
that is on the bank of the river Arnon, 30 And their coast was from Maha-
»>
Num. 21. ’’and the city that is in the midst of the naim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of
28.
« Num. 21. river, “ and all the plain by Medeba Og king of Bashan, and ® all the towns • Niun.
41.
32.
30.
ver. 9. 17 Heshbon, and all her cities that of Jair, which are in Bashan, three- 1 Chron.
2.23.
® Or, The
high places
are in the plain Dibon, and ^ Bamoth-
; score cities
of Boo/, baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 31 And half Gilead, and ‘Ashtaroth, ‘ ch. 12. 4.
artd Jiouse of
Baal-^neon; 18 Ând Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of
See Num.
I
32. 33. Mephaath, Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto
Num. 21.
23. 19 ®And Kirjathaim, and 'Sibmah, the children of Machir the son of
« Num. 32. and Zareth-shahar in the mount of Manasseh, even to the one half of
37.
'Num. 32. the valley, the " children of Machir by their p Num. 32.
38. 39,40.
*Deut.3.17. 20 And Beth-peor, and ^Âshdoth- families.
s
ch. 12. 3.
pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, 32 These are the countries which
Ot, Springs
of Pisgah,
or, Thehill.
21 ’’And all the cities of the plain, Moses did distribute for inheritance
•'Deut.3.10. and all the kingdom of Sihon king of in the plains of Moab, on the other
the Amorites, which reigned in Hesh- side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
• Num. 21. bon, ’whom Moses smote ^with the 33 *But unto the tribe of Levi Mo- * ver. 14.
ch. 18. 7.
24.
k Num. 31.8. princes of Midian, Evi, and Kekem, ses gave not any inheritance the :
and Zur, and Hur, and Keba, which Loed God of Israel icas their inherit-
y Num. 18.
were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the ance, as he said unto them. 20 .
Heut. 10. 9.
coimtry. CHAPTER XIY. & 18. 1, 2.
> Num. 22. 22 II ’Balaam also the son of Beor, 1 The nine tribes and a half are to have their inheritance
.5. & 31. 8.
6 Caleb by obtaineth Hebron.
* Or, the * soothsayer, did the children of by lot. •privilege
diviner.
Israel slay with the sword among them AND these are the countries which cir. 1444.
that were slain by them. jljL the children of Israel inherited

23 And the border of the children in the land of Canaan, “ which Eleazar » Num. 34.
17, 18.
of Reuben was Jordan, and the bor- the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun,
der thereof Tliis was the inheritance and the heads of the fathers of the
of the cliildren of Reuben after their tribes of the children of Israel, distri-
families, the cities and the villages buted for inheritance to them.
thereof. 2 ’’By lot was their inheritance, as •> Num.
55.
26.
&S3.54.
24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the Loed commanded by the hand of & 34. 13.
the tribe of Gad, even unto the children Moses, for the nine tribes, and for
of Gad according to their families. the half tribe.
“ Num. 32. 25 “And their coast was Jazer, and 3 ' For Moses had given the inherit- c ch. 13. 8,
32,33.
35.
“ Compare all the cities of Gilead, " and half the ance of two tribes and an half tribe
Num. 21.
26, 28. 29, land of the children of Ammon, unto on the other side Jordan: but unto
with Heut.
2. 19.
Aroer that is before ” Rabbah the Levites he gave none inheritance
& .ludg. 11.
26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath- among them.
13, 15, &c.
®2Sam. 11. mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Ma- 4 For '’the children of Joseph were <* Gen. 48. 5.
Ghrou. 5.
1. & 12. 26. 1
hanaim unto the border of Debir two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim 1 , 2.
P Num. 32.
36. 27 And in the valley, PBeth-aram, therefore they gave no part unto the
iGen.33.17.
1 Kin. 7.46. and Beth-nimrah, ’and Succoth, and Levites in the land, save cities to
: :: : : : :
Caleb obtaineth Hebron. JOSHUA, XY. The borders of Judah,

Before dwell in, with their suburbs for their was Kirjath-arba which Arba was a Before
CHKIST
;
CHRIST
cir. 1444. cattle and for their substance. great man among the Anakims. ^
And 1444.
• Num. 35.2.
5 ®As the Lord commanded Moses, the land had rest from war. •> ch. 11. 23.
ch. 21. 2. so the children of Israel did, and they CHAPTER XV.
divided the land. 1 The borders of the lot of Judah. 13 Caleb's portion and
6 If Then the children of Judah came conquest, 16 Othniel,for his valour, hath Achâh, Caleb's
daughter, to wife. 18 She obtaineth a blessing of her
unto Joshua in Gilgal and Caleb the
:
father. 21 The cities of Judah, 63 The Jebasites not
» Num. 32. son of Jephunneh the HCenezite said conquered.
chap.
12. Si
15. 17. unto him, Thou knowest ®the thing rjlHIS then was the lot of the tribe
Num.
*
24, 3U.
14.
that the Lord said unto Moses the JL of the children of Judah by their
Deut. 1.36,
38.
man of God concerning me and thee families “ even to the border of Edom
;
‘Num. 34.3.
^
>> Num. 13. Kadesh-barnea
in the wilderness of Zin southward was •>
Num. 33.
26. 36.
7 Forty years old was I when Moses the uttermost part of the south coast.
I Num. 13. 6. the servant of the Lord sent me from
‘
2 And their south border was from
&14. 6.
Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; the shore of the salt sea, from the
and I brought him word again as it ^ bay that looketh southward 2Heb.
tongue.
was in mine heart. 3 And it went out to the south side
» Num. 13. Nevertheless ^my brethren that
8 ® toMaaleh-acrabbim, and passed
^ « Num. 34.4.
31, 32.
went up with me made the heart of Or, The
»
Deut.1.28. along to Zin, and ascended up on the going up to
Acrabbtm.
• Num. 14. the people melt: but I wholly Hol- south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and
24.
Beut. 1.36. lowed the Lord my God. passed along to Hezron, and went up
9 And Moses sware on that day, to Adar, and fetched a compass to
“ Num. 14. saying, “ Surely the land " whereon thy Karkaa
23, 24.
Beut. 1.36. feet have trodden shall be thine in- 4 From passed ^ tow ard ‘*Niun.34.5.
thence it
ch. 1. 3.
“ See Num. heritance, and thy children’s for ever, Azmon, and went out unto the river
13. 22.
because thou hast wholly followed the of Egypt and the goings out of that
;
Lord my God. coast were at the sea: this shall be

10 And now, behold, the Lord hath your south coast.
« Num. 14. kept me alive, ° as he said, these forty 5 And the east border was the salt
30.
and five years, even since the Lord sea, evevi unto the end of Jordan. And
1444. spake this word unto Moses, while their border in the north quarter was
*Heb. the children of Israel ^wandered in from the bay of the sea at the utter-
udked.
the wilderness : and now, lo, I am most part of Jordan
this day fourscore and five years old. 6 And the border w'ent up to ® Beth- • ch. 18. 19.
•".See
34.7.
Beut. 11 Âs yet I am as strong this day hogla, and passed along by the north
as I was in the day that Moses sent of Beth-arabah and the border went ;
me: as my strength was then, even up ‘^to the stone of Bohan the son of 'oh. 18. 17.
so is my strength now, for war, both Reuben
1 Beut. 31.2. “^to go out, and to come in. 7 And the border went up toward
12 Now therefore give me this moun- Debir from ® the valley of Achor, and f ch. 7. 26.
tain, whereof the Lord spake in that so northward, looking toward Gilgal,
day; for thou heardest in that day that is before the going up to Adum-
f Num. 13. how Hhe Anakims were there, and mim, which is on the south side of the
28. 33.
that the cities were great and fenced river and the border passed toward
:
* Ps. 18. 32, ®if so be the Lord will be with me, the wâters of En-shemesh, and the
34.
&’60. 12. then *I shall be able to drive them goings out thereof were at En-rogel 2 Sam. 17.
Eom. 31. 17.
‘ch. 15.14.
8.
out, as the Lord said. 8 And the border went up Hy the ch.Kin.
1 1. 9.
13 And Joshua "blessed him, ""and valley of the son of Hinnom unto 2 Kin. 23.
Ju(ig.l.20. 18. 16. «
® ch. 22. 6.
10
* ch. 10. 37. gave unto Caleb the son of Jephun- the south side of the ''Jebusite; the Jer.19.2,6. .
& 15. 13.

Judg. 1. 20. neh Hebron for an inheritance. same is Jerusalem and the border *Judg. ch. 18. 28.
:
21. 1.
See ch. 21.
11 12
, . 14 ^Hebron therefore became the went up to the top of the mountain & 19. 10.
1 Chron. 6.
5.5, 56. inheritance of Caleb the son of Je- that lieth before the valley of Hin-
» ch. 21. 12.
phunneh the Kenezite unto this day, nom westward, which is at the end of ch. 18. 16. *
»
* ver. 8, 9.
because that he ^ wholly followed the the valley of the giants northward
Lord God of Israel. 9 And the border was drawn from
*Oen.
15 And " the name of Hebron before the top of the hill unto “the fountain “ ch. 18. 15.
23. 2.
ch. 15. 13.
: : : : 1
' ' " " — i
Caleb' s portion and conquest, JOSHUA, XY. The cities of Judah.

Before of the water of Nephtoah, and went the coast of Edom southward were Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1444 ,
out to the cities of mount Ephron; Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 1444
and the border was drawn "to Baa- 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and
13. 6. lah, which is ° Kirjath-jearim Adadah,
® Judg. 18.
12. 10 And the border compassed from 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and
Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and Ithnan,
passed along unto the side of mount 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Keri-
north side, and went down to Beth- oth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
P Gen. 38.
13.
shemesh, and passed on to ^ Timnah 26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
Judg. 14. 1. 11 And the border went out unto 27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Hesh-
1 ch. 19. 43. the side of Êkron northward: and mon, and Beth-palet,
the border was drawn to Shicron, 28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba,
and passed along to mount Baalah, and Bizjothjah,
and went out unto Jabneel; and the 29 Baalah, and lim, and Azem,
goings out of the border were at 30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and
the sea. Hormah,
r ver. 47. 12 And the west border was '’to 31 And ^Ziklag, and Madmannah, aSam.27.6.
Num.
6,7. the great sea, and the coast thereof. and Sansannah,
This is the coast of the cliildren of 32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and
Judah round about according to their Ain, and Eimmon all the cities are
:
families. twenty and nine, with their villages

«ch.l4. 13. 13 H “And unto Caleb the son of 33 And in the valley, Êshtaol, and K Num. 13.
23,
Jephunneh he gave a part among the Zoreah, and Ashnah,
children of Judah, according to the 34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim,
commandment of the Lord to Joshua, Tappuah, and Enam,
‘ ch. 14. 15. even ‘^the city of Arba the father of 35 Jarmuth, and AduUam, Socoh,
® Or, Kir-
jath-arba. Anak, which city is Hebron. and Azekah,
“Judg. 1.10. 14 And Caleb drove thence "the three 36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and
20.
* Num. 13.
sons of Anak, ""Sheshai, and Ahiman, Gederah, ând Gederothaim; fourteen * Or, or.
‘
22.
and Talmai, the children of Anak. cities with their villages
y ch. 10. 38. 15 And ^he went up thence to the 37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Mig-
Judg. 1. 11.
inhabitants of Debir: and the name dal-gad.
of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher. 38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, ’“and I*
2 Kings
16 IF *And Caleb said. He that smit-

14. 7.
* Judg. 1.12. J oktheel.
eth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to 39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
him will I give Achsah my daughter 40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and
to wife. Kithlish,
“Judg. 1.13. 17 And "Othniel the *’son of Kenaz, 41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and
& 3. 9.
>> Num. 32. the brother of Caleb, took it and he
: Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen ci-
12.
ch. 14. 6. gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. ties with their villages :
“Judg. 1.14. 18 "And it came to pass, as she came 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
unto him, that she moved him to ask 43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and
See Gen. of her father a field: and “^she lighted Nezib, ;
24. 64.
1 Sam. 25. off* her ass and Caleb said unto her.
; 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and
23.
What wouldest thou? Mareshah nine cities with their vil-
;
® Gen.
ll.
33. 19 Wlio answered. Give me a "bless- lages :
ing; for thou hast given me a south 45 Ekron, with her towns and her i
land; give me
also springs of water. villages :
And he gave her the upper springs. 46 From Ekron even unto the sea. .*
and the nether springs. all that lay ®near Ashdod, with their * Heb. hji
^
‘
Oie place of. ,
20 This is the inheritance of the villages :
tribe of the children of Judah ac- 47 Ashdod with her towns and her '
i
«
cording to their families. villages, Gaza with her towns and her !
21 And the uttermost cities of the villages, unto ‘the river of Egypt, and ' ver. 4. J> j
tribe of the children of Judah toward ^the great sea, and the border thereof: ^Num.
34.6.J’
: : : : ; ;
Borders of the sons of Joseph. JOSHUA, XVI. The lot of Manasseh.
CHRIST
Before 48 H And in the mountains, Shamir, nasseh and Ephraim, took their in- Before
CHRIST
1444 .
and Jattir, and Socoh, heritance. 1444 .
49 And Hannah, and Kirjath-sannah, 5 IF And the border of the children

which is Debir, of Ephraim according to their fami-
50 And A nab, and Eshtemoh, and lies was thus: even the border of
Anim, their inheritance on the east side was
1 ch. 10. 41. 51 ‘And Goshen, and Holon, and Gi- ®
Ataroth-addar, ^ unto Beth-horon the ® ch. 18. 13.
& 11. 16.

f 2 Chron.
loh eleven cities with their villages
;
upper 8.5.
52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 6 And the border went out toward
* Or, Janvs. 53 And ^Janum, and Beth-tappuah, the sea to ® Michmethah on the north E ch. 17. 7.
and Aphekah, side; and the border went about east-

“ ver. 13.
ch. 14. 15.
54 And Humtah, and “Kirjath-arba, ward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed
which is Hebron, and Zior nine ;
cities by it on the east to Janohah
with their villages 7 And it went down from Janohah
55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and to Ataroth, ''and to Naarath, and came 1 Chron.
7. 28.
Juttah, to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and 8 The border went out from Tap-
Zanoah, puah westward imto the 'river Ka- 1 ch. 17. 9.
57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten nah and the goings out thereof were
;
citieswith their villages : at the sea. This is the inheritance of

58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, the tribe of the children of Ejihraim
2
59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, by their families.
and
3 Eltekon six cities with their
;
9 And ^the separate cities for the i ch. 17. 9.
villages children of Ephraim were among the

»ch.l8.14. 60 “ Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath- inheritance of the children of Manas-
4
jearim, and Kabbah; two cities with seh, all the cities with their l illages.
their villages 10 'And they drave not out the Ca- 1 .Judg. 1.29.
See 1 Kin.
61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, naanites that dwelt in Gezer but the : 9.16.
Middin, and Secacah, Canaanites dwell among the Ephraim-

62 And Nibshan, and the city of ites unto this day, and serve under
Salt, and En-gedi six cities with ;
tribute.
their villages. CHAPTER XVII.
63 IF As for the Jebusites the inha- 1 The lot of Manasseh. 7 IBs coast. 12 The Canaanites not
driven out. 14 The children of Joseph obtain another lot.
® See Judg. bitants of Jerusalem, “the children of
1. 8 21 . ,
Judah could not drive them out: ^but here was

2 Sam. 5.
PJu(is.l.21.
6.
the Jebusites dwell with the children

of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
T also a lot for the tribe
of Manasseh; for he was the “first-
born of Joseph; to wit, for ''Machir the
»
&
Gen. 41.
51.
46. 20.
& 48. 18.
firstborn of Manasseh, the father of
CHAPTER XVI.
Gilead: because he Avas a man of war,
>> Gen.
23.
50.
1 The general borders of the sons of J oseph, 5 The border Num. 26.
of the inheritance of Ephraim. 10 The Canaanites not therefore he had “Gilead and Bashan. 29.
&32. 39,40.
conquered. 1 Chron. 7.
2 There was also a lot for ^the rest 14.
nd of the children of Manasseh by their
® Heb.
toent forth.
A _ Joseph
the lot of the
®fell
Jericho, unto the water of Jericho
children
from Jordan by
of
families; “for the children of Âbi-
ezer, and for the children of Helek,
«
d
® 1
Dent. 3. 15.
Num.
2!),—32.
Chron.
26.
7. 18.
on the east, to the wilderness that ând for the children of Asriel, and 2 Num. 26.
31), Jeezer.
goeth up from Jericho throughout for the children of Shechem, ^ and for t Num. 26.
mount Beth-el, the children of Hepher, and for the e

31.
Num. 26.
Andgoeth out from Beth-el to children of Shemida these were the
:
32.
• ch. 18. 13.

Judg. 1. 26.
® Luz, and passeth along unto the male children of Manasseh the son of
borders of Archi to Ataroth, Joseph by their families.
And goeth down westward to the 3 IF But
Zelophehad, the son of
'*
Num. 26.
as. &
27.1.
'>
ch. 18. 13.
2 Chron.
coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of & 36. 2.
8 5 . .
Beth-horon the nether, and to “Ge- Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no
' 1 Kin. 9.
1.5. zer: and the goings out thereof are sons, but daughters: and these are the
1 Chron. 7.
28. at the sea. names of his daughters, Mahlah, and
<*
ch. 17. 14. ^So the children of Joseph, Ma- Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
; : : ;
The Canaanites not driven out. JOSHUA, XVIII. The tabernacle set up at Shiloh, t
Before 4 And they came near before Elea- ‘

unto Joshua, sajdng. Why hast thou Before
CHRIST
1444. zar the priest, and before Joshua the given me but "one lot and one por- CHRIST
1444.
i
tion to inherit, seeing I am ""a great

I
« ch. 14. 1.
son of Nun, and before the princes, " Gen. 48.
k Num. 27. sa}dng, The Lord commanded Moses people, forasmuch as the Lord hath 22 .
6,7. * Gen. 48. ’
to give us an inheritance among our blessed me hitherto? 19.

Num. 26.
,
brethren. Therefore according to the 15 And Joshua answered them. If 34, 37.
commandment of the Lord he gave thou be a great people, then get thee
them an inheritance among the bre- up to the wood country, and cut down
thren of their father. for thyself there in the land of the
5 And there fell ten portions to Perizzites and of the ^ giants, if mount *Or.
Bephnfms,
Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead Ephraim be too narrow for thee. Gen. 14. 5.
& 15. 20.
and Bashan, which were on the other 16 And the children of Joseph said,
side Jordan; The hiU is not enough for us and all :
6 Because the daughters of Manas- the Canaanites that dwell in the land
seh had an inheritance among his of the valley have ^chariots of iron, r Judg.1.19.
&4. 3.
sons and the rest of Manasseh’s
: both they who are of Beth-shean and
sons had the land of Gilead. her towns, and they who are “of the « ch. 19. 18.
1 Kin. 4. 12.
7 H And the coast of Manasseh was valley of Jezreel.
I
1 ch. 16. 6. from Asher to ‘Michmethah, that lieth 17 And Joshua spake unto the house
before Shechem and the border went
;
of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to
along on the right hand unto the in- Manasseh, saying. Thou art a great
habitants of En-tappuah. people, and hast great power: thou
8 Now Manasseh had the land of shalt not have one lot only
“ ch. 16. 8. Tappuah but “ Tappuah on the
: 18 But the mountain shall be thine
border of Manasseh belonged to the for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it
children of Ephraim down and the outgoings of it shall
:
» ch. 16. 8. 9 And the coast descended “unto be thine for thou shalt drive out the
:
* Or, hrooh
the ^ river Kanah, southward of the Canaanites, “though they have iron
'
•Deut.20.1.
qf reeds,
" ch. 16. 9. river ° these
: cities of Ephraim are chariots, and though they be strong.
among the cities of Manasseh: the
coast of Manasseh also was on the CHAPTEK XVIII.
1 The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh. 2 The remainder
north side of the river, and the out-
of the land is described, and divided into seven parts.
goings of it were at the sea 10 Joshua divideth it by lot. 11 The lot and border of
Benjamin. 21 Their cities.
10 Southward it was Ephraim’s, and
northward it was Manasseh’s, and the
sea is his border; and they met to- And
^ the
the whole congregation of
children of Israel assem-
gether in Asher on the north, and in bled together “ at Shiloh, and set up » ch. 19. 51.
&
21 2 . .
Issachar on the east. the tabernacle of the congregation &22.

Jer. 7. 12.
9.
P 1 Chron.
7. 29.
11 Ând Manasseh had in Issachar there. And the land was subdued bJudg. 18.
31.
'
1 1 Sam. 31. and in Asher ‘^Beth-shean and her before them. 1 Sam. 1. 3,
& 4. 3.4.
I
10 24.
towns, and Ibleam and her towns, 2 And there remained among the chil-
.
1 Kings 4.
12.
and the inhabitants of Dor and her dren of Israel seven tribes, which had
towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor not yet received their inheritance.
and her toivns, and the inhabitants of 3 And Joshua said unto the children
Taanach and her towns, and the in- of Israel, “How long are ye slack to go ®Judg.i8.9. l
habitants of Megiddo and her towns, to possess the land, which the Lord i
even three countries. God of your fathers hath given you ? I
;
>-.Tu(lg.l.27, 12 Yet '^the children of Manasseh 4 Give out from among you three i
‘
18.
could not drive out the inhabitants of men for each tribe and I will send :
those cities; but the Canaanites would them, and they shall rise, and go
dwell in that land. through the land, and describe it ac-
13 Yet it came to pass, when the chil- cording to the inheritance of them;
dren of Israel were waxen strong, that and they shall come again to me.
5 And they shall divide it into seven
j
• oil. 16. 10. they put the Canaanites to “tribute; i
but did not utterly drive them out. parts: ^ Judah shall abide in their “ch.is.i.
j
‘ ch. 16. 4. 14 ‘And the children of Joseph spake coast on the south, and “the house of i
•cii.16.1.4.
|
1
’ I
!
: : : :
The remainder of the JOSHUA, XVIII. land divided hy lot

Before Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the children of Judah this was the
: Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1444. the north. west quarter. 1444.
6 Ye shall therefore describe the 15 And the south quarter was from
!
land into seven parts, and brmg the the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the
t Ter. 10.
description hither to me, Uhat I may border went out on the west, and
cast lots for you here before the went out to “the well of waters of “ ch. 15. 9.
Lord our God. Nephtoah
«ch.l3.33. 7 ®But the Levites have no part among 16 And the border came down to the
you; for the priesthood of the Lord is end of the mountain that lieth before
bch.13.8. their inheritance: ând Gad, and Ren- “ the valley
of the son of Hinnom, and ° ch. 15.
8.
ben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, which is in the valley of the giants
have received their inheritance beon the north, and descended to the
yond Jordan on the east, which Moses valley of Hinnom, to the side of
the servant of the Lord gave them. Jebusi on the south, and descended
8 IT And the men arose, and went to p En-rogel, P ch. 15. 7.
away and Joshua charged them that

: 17 And was drawn from the north.
went to describe the land, saying. Go and went forth to En-shemesh, and
and walk through the land, and de- went forth toward Geliloth, which is
scribe it, and come again to me, that over against the going up of Adum-
• I may here cast lots for you before mim, and descended to ’the stone of « ch. 15. 6.
the Lord in Shiloh. Bohan the son of Reuben,

9 And the men went and passed 18 And passed along toward the side
through the land, and described it over against ’’Ârabah northward, and f ch. 15. 6.
® Or,
1
by cities into seven parts in a book. went down unto Arabah The plain.
and came again to Joshua to the 19 And the border passed along to
host at Shiloh. the side of Beth-hoglah northward
10 If And Joshua cast lots for them and the outgoings of the border were
in Shiloh before the Lord and there
: at the north ®bay of the salt sea at SHeb.
Joshua divided the land unto the the south end of Jordan this was :
children of Israel according to their the south coast.

divisions. 20 And Jordan was the border of it
11 If And the lot of the tribe of on the east side. This ivas the inhe-
the children of Benjamin came up ritance of the children of Benjamin,
according to their families and the
: by the coasts thereof round about.
coast of their lot came forth between according to their families.
the children of Judah and the chil- 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the
dren of Joseph. children of Benjamin according to
• See chap. 12 ‘And their border on the north their families were Jericho, and Beth-
side was from Jordan; and the border hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
went up to the side of Jericho on the 22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim,
north side, and went up through the and Beth-el,
mountains westward; and the goings 23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
out thereof were at the wilderness of 24 And Chephar-haammonai, and
Beth-aven. Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with
13 And the border went over from their villages
thence toward Luz, to the side of 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
* Gen.
19.
28.
Luz, ^ which is Beth-el, southward; 26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and
Jndg.1.23. and the border descended to Ataroth- Mozah,
adar, near the hill that lieth on the 27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Ta-
• ch. 16. 3. south side ’of the nether Beth-horon. ralah.
14 And the border was drawn thence. 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and “Jebusi, «ch. 15.8.
and compassed the corner of the sea which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and
southward, from the hUl that lieth be- Kirjath ;
fourteen cities with their
fore Beth-horon southward; and the villages. This is the inheritance of
“ See chap.
15.9.
goings out thereof were at “Kujath- the children of Benjamin according
baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of to thefr families.
I
R
; : : : ; ;; ;
Tlie lots of Simeon, Zehuliin, JOSHUA, XIX. Issacliar, and Asher.
Before
CHAPTER XIX. Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: Before
riTTHT ST’
CHKib 1
1444 ,
The Simeon, 10 of Zebiilun, 17 of Issachar, 24 of
lot of
twelve cities with their villages. 1444 .
1
Asher, 32 of Naphtali, 40 of Dan. 49 The children 16 This is the inheritance of the
of Israel give an inheritance to J oshua. children of Zebulun according to
AND the second lot came forth to their families, these cities with their
Simeon, even for the tribe of the villages.
children of Simeon according to their 17 H And the fourth lot came out to
“ ver. 9. families: “and their inheritance was Issachar, for the children of Issachar
within the inheritance of the children according to their families.
of Judah. 18 And their border was toward Jez-
•> 1 Chron. 2 And ’’they had in their inherit- reel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
ance Beer-sheba, and Sheba, and Mo- 19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and
4.28.
ladah. Anaharath,
3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and 20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and
Azem, Abez,
4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hor- 21 And Remeth, and En-gannim,
mail. and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez
5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor,
and Hazar-susah, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh
6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; and the outgoings of their border •
j
thirteen cities and their villages were at Jordan: sixteen cities with
7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and their villages.
Ashan four cities and their villages
;
23 This is the inheritance of the
8 And all the villages that were round tribe of the children of Issachar ac-
about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ra- cording to their families, the cities
math of the south. This is the inhe- and their villages.
ritance of the tribe of the children of 24 IT And the fifth lot came out for
Simeon according to their families. the tribe of the children of Asher ac-
9 Out of the portion of the children cording to their families.
of Judah ivas the inheritance of the 25 And their border was Helkath,
children of Simeon: for the part of and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
the children of Judah was too much 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and
« ver. 1. for them: “therefore the children of Misheal and reacheth to Carmel
;
Simeon had their inheritance within westward, and to Shihor-libnath

the inheritance of them. 27 And turneth toward the sunrising
10 IT And the third lot came up for to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Ze-
the children of Zebulun according to bulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el
their families and the border of their
: toward the north side of Beth-emek,
inheritance was unto Sarid and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on
d Gen.49.13. 11 '’And their border went up toward the left hand,
the sea, and Maralah, and reached to 28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and
Dabbasheth, and reached to the river Hammon, and Kanah, ^ even unto fch. 11.8.
e ch. 12. 22.

that is “before Jokneam; great Zidon
12 And turned from Sarid eastward 29 And then the coast turneth to
Ramah, and to the strong city ^Tyre; Tm,
toward the sunrising unto the border 2 Heb.
of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out and the coast turneth to Hosah and ;
to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia, the outgoings thereof are at the sea
13 And from thence passeth on from the coast to ®Achzib: t Gen.
Jndg
38. 5,
1.31.
along on the east to Gittah-heiiher, 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Micri. 14.
to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Rem- Rehob twenty and two cities with
:
2 Or, which mon-^methoar to Neah their villages.

is fb awn.
14 And the border compasseth it on 31 This is the inheritance of the
the north side to Hannathon and : tribe of the children of Asher accord-
I
the outgoings thereof are in the val- ing to their families, these cities with
ley of Jiphthah-el : their villages.
1
15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and 32 IF The sixth lot came out to the -
L 1
:; : :
The lots of Naphtali and Dan. JOSHUA, XX. Six cities of refuge appointed.
Before children of Naphtali, even for the chil- 49 IF When they had made an end Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1444 .
dren of Naphtali according to their of dividing the land for inheritance 1444 .
families. by their coasts, the children of Israel

33 And their coast was from Heleph, gave an inheritance to Joshua the
from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, son of Nun among them
Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and 50 According to the word of the
the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: Lord they gave him the city which
•>
Deut. 33.
23.
34 And then ^
the coast turneth west- he asked, even “ Timnath-“ serah in “ ch. 24. 30.
ward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out mount Ephraim; and he built the “7.24. 1 Chron.
from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth city, and dwelt therein. 1444 .
to Zebulun on the south side, and 51 “These are the inheritances, which Hum. 34.
®
17.
reacheth to Asher on the west side, Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the ch. 14. 1.
and to Judah upon Jordan toward son of Nun, and the heads of the
the sunrising. fathers of the tribes of the children
35 And the fenced cities are Zid- of Israel, divided for an inheritance
dim, Zer, and Hammath, Eakkath, by lot în Shiloh before the Lord, at P ch. 18. 1,
10.
and Chinnereth, the door of the tabernacle of the
36 And Adamah, and Kamah, and congregation. So they made an end
Hazor, of dividing the country.
37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-
hazor,
CHAPTER XX.
1 God commandeth, 7 and the children of Israel appoint
38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, the six cities of refuge.
and Eeth-anath, and Jieth-shemesh fl'lHE Lord also spake unto Joshua,
nineteen cities with their villages. i saying.
39 This is the inheritance of the 2 Speak to the children of Israel,
tribe of the children of Naphtali ac- saying, “ Appoint out for you cities of • Ex. 21. 13.
Niim. 35.
cording to their families, the cities refuge, whereof I spake unto you by 6 11,14.
Ileut. 19.
and their villages. the hand of Moses 2,9.
40 And the seventh lot came out 3 That the slayer that killeth am/
for the tribe of the children of Dan person unawares and unwittingly mav
according to their families. flee thither: and they shall be your
41 And the coast of their inherit- refuge from the avenger of blood.
anee was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and 4 And when he that doth flee unto
Ir-shemesh, one of those stand at the
cities shall
• Judg.1.35. 42 And Shaalabbin,
*
and Ajalon, entering of the gate of the citv, and
’’
Ruth 4.
1, 2.
and Jethlah, shall declare his cause in the ears
43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and of the elders of that city, they shall
Ekron, take him into the city unto them.
44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and and give him a place, that he may
Baalath, dwell among them.
45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and 5 “And if the avenger of blood pur- « Num. 35.
12.
Gath-rimmon, sue after him, then they shall not de-
46 And Me-jarkon, and Kakkon, with liver the slayer up into his hand be- ;
* Or, mer the border ^before ® Japho. cause he smote his neighbour umvat-
against.
^ Or, Joppa^ 47 And ^the coast of the children tingly, and hated him not beforetime.
Acts
of Dan went out too little for them 6 And he shall dwell in that city.
9. 36.
18.
therefore the children of Dan went until he stand before the congrega- Num. 35.
12,25.
up to fight against Leshem, and took tion for judgment, and until the death
it, and smote it with the edge of the of the high priest that shall be in
sword, and possessed it, and dwelt those days then shall the slayer re-
:
'Judg.18.29. therein, and called Leshem, ^

Dan, turn, and come imto his own city, and
after the name
of Dan their father. unto his own house, unto the city 2Heb.
48 This is the inheritance of the from whence he fled. sanctified.
tribe of the children of Dan accord- 7 IF And they âppointed “Kedesh 1 Chron. 6.
ing to their families, these cities with in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and 'ch. 21. 21.
^ Shechem
2 Chron.
their villages. in mount Ephraim, and 10.1.
R2
; 1
11
1
)
Eight and forty cities JOSHUA, XXI. are given hy lo^

Before ® Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in ben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and Before
CHRIST CHRIST]
1444. ‘‘the mountain of Judah. out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve 1444.
e ch. 14. 15.
8 And on the other side Jordan by cities.
&
21.11,13. Jericho eastward, they assigned ‘Be- 8 ‘And the children of Israel gave • ver. 3.
Luke 1. 39.
• Deut. 4. 43. zer in the wilderness upon the plain by lot unto the Levites these cities
ch. 21. 36.
1 Chron. out of the tribe of Reuben, and ^ Ra- with their suburbs, ^ as the Lord com- k Num.
35. 2.^
6.78.
k ch. 21. 38.
moth in Gilead out of the tribe of manded by the hand of Moses.
1 Kin. 22.3. Gad, and ‘Golan in Bashan out of 9 IF And they gave out of the tribe
> ch. 21. 27.
the tribe of Manasseh. of the children of Judah, and out of
™ Num. 35. 9 “These were the cities appointed the tribe of the children of Simeon,
15.
for all the children of Israel, and for these cities which are here ^mentioned * Heb.
called.
2
the stranger that sojourneth among by name,
them, that wiiosoever killeth any per- 10 ‘Which the children of Aaron, • ver. 4.
son at unawares might flee thither, being of the families of the Kohath-
3
and not die by the hand of the aven- ites, who were of the children of Levi,
“ ver. 6. ger of blood, “until he stood before had : was the first lot.
for theirs
4
the congregation. 11 “And they gave them ®the city “1 Chron.
6.55.
of Arba the father of “Anak, which
CHAPTER XXI.
city is Hebron, "in the hill country
^ Or, Kir.
jaih<irha,
1 Eight and forty cities given hyout of the other tribes,
lot,
Gen. 23. 2.
5unto the Levites. 43 God gave the land, and rest unto of J udah, w ith the suburbs thereof “ ch. 15.
14.
13,
the Israelites, according to his promise. round about it. ® ch. 20. 7.
hen 12 But ^the flelds of the city, and

came near the heads of the Luke 1. 39.
« ch. 14. 1,
&17. 4.
T 6
fathers of the Levites unto “Ele- the villages thereof, gave they to
azar the priest, and unto Joshua the Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his
P ch. 14.
1 t^hron.
6. 56.
14.
son of Nun, and unto the heads of possession.

7
the fathers of the tribes of the chil- 13 IT Thus they gave to the children ** 1 Chron.
6. 57, &c.
dren of Israel of Aaron the priest Hebron with ch. 15. 54.
& 20. 7.
»> ch. 18. 1. And they spake unto them at Shi- her suburbs, to he a city of refuge
« Num. 35. 2.
loh in the land of Canaan, saying, “The for the slayer ® and Libnah with her ;
• ch. 15. 42 .
Lord commanded by the hand of Mo- suburbs,

ses to give us cities to dwell in, with 14 And ‘Jattir with her suburbs, ‘ ch. 15. 48.
the suburbs thereof for our cattle. " and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, ch. 15. 50.'
And the children of Israel gave 15 And “Holon with her suburbs, * 1 Chron. 6.*
58, mien,
unto the Levites out of their inhe- y and Debir with her suburbs, ch. 15. 51.
T ch. 15. 49.
ritance, at the commandment of the 16 And * Ain with her suburbs, “and * 1 Chron. 6.
Lord, these cities and their suburbs. Juttah with her suburbs, and ‘‘Beth- 59, Ashan,
ch. 15. 42.
And the lot came out for the fa- shemesh with her suburbs nine cities ;
* ch. 15. 55.
*> ch.
15. 10.
^ ver. 8, 19. milies of the Kohathites and the out of those two tribes.
:
children of Aaron the priest, which 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin,
* See ch. 24. were of the Levites, ®had by lot out " Gibeon with her suburbs, ^Geba with « ch. 18. 25. .
33. <* ch. 18. 24,1

of the tribe of Judah, and out of the her suburbs, Gdka.
tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and
® Almon
of Benjamin, thirteen cities. w ith her suburbs four cities. ;
* 1
6.60,
Chron.
‘ ver. 20, &c. And H\\e rest of the children of 19 All the cities of the children of Alemeth.
Kohath had by lot out of the families Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities
of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of with their suburbs.
the tribe of Dan, and out of the half 20 IF Ând the families of the chil- ^ ver. 5.
1 Chron.
tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. dren of Kohath, the Levites which 6 66. .
8 ver. 27, &c. And ® the children of Gershon had remained of the children of Kohath,
by lot out of the families of the tribe even they had the cities of their lot
of Issachar, and out of the tribe of out of the tribe of Ephraim.
Asher, and out of the tribe of Naph- 21 For they gave them ^Shechem s ch. 20. 7.
tali, and out of the half tribe of Ma- mth her suburbs in mount Ephraim,
nasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. to he a city of refuge for the slayer;
k ver.34,&c.
The children of Merari by their and Gezer with her suburbs,
‘‘
families had out of the tribe of Reu- 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs,
; :
unto the Levites. JOSHUA, XXII. The two tribes and half return.
Before
and Beth-horon with her suburbs 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1444. four cities. with her suburbs four cities in all.
; 1444.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, El- 40 So all the cities for the children
tekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon of Merari by their families, which were
with her suburbs, remaining of the families of the Le-
24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath- vites, were hy their lot twelve cities.
rimmon with her suburbs four cities.
;
41 °A11 the cities of the Levites with- °Num.35.7.
25 And out of the half tribe of Ma- in the possession of the children of
nasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Israel ivere forty and eight cities with
Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two their suburbs.
cities. 42 These cities were every one with
26 All the cities ivere ten with their their suburbs round about them :
suburbs for the families of the chil- thus were all these cities.
dren of Kohath that remained. 43 IF And the Lord gave unto Israel
•> ver. 6. 27 IF Ând unto the children of Ger- ‘’all the land which he sware to give PGen.13.15.
1 Chron. & 15. 18.
6.71. shon, of the families of the Levites, unto
2 their fathers and they possess-
; & 26. 3.
& 28. 4, 13.
out of the other half tribe of Manas- ed it, and dwelt therein.
'ch.20.8. seh they gave ‘Golan in Bashan with 3 ’And the Lord gave them rest
44 Qcli. 11.23.
&
22. 4.
her suburlis, to he a city of refuge for round about, according to all that he
the slayer and Beesh-terah with her
;
4
sware unto their fathers and there :
r Deut.7. 24.
suburbs two cities.

;
stood not a man of all their enemies
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, before them the Lord delivered all
;
Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh their enemies into their hand.
5
with her suburbs, 45 “There failed not ought of any • ch. 23. 14.
29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En- good thing which the Lord had
gannim with her suburbs four cities.
;
spoken unto the house of Israel all ;
30 And out of the tribe of Asher, came to pass.

Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with
her suburbs,
CHAPTER XXII.
1 The two tribes and half with a blessing are sent home.
31 Helkath with her suburbs, and 10 They build the altar of testimony in their journey.
Eehob with her suburbs four cities.
;
11 The Israelites are offended thereat, 21 They give
them good satisfaction.
32 Andout of the tribe of Naphtali,
^Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs.
T hen Joshua called the Reuben-
»ch.20.7.
to he a city of refuge for the slayer; ites, and the Gadites, and the
and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, half tribe of Manasseh,
and Kartan with her suburbs; three And said unto them. Ye have kept
cities. “all that Moses the servant of the Lord » Nnra. 32.
20 .
33 All the cities of the Gershonites commanded you, ‘’and have obeyed my >>
Ueut.
ch.
3. 18.
1. 16,
according to their families were thir- voice in all that I commanded you 17.
teen cities with their suburbs. Ye have not left your brethren
J
ver. 7.
See 1 Chr.
34 IF And unto the families of the these many days unto this day, but
6.77. children of Merari, the rest of the have kept the charge of the com-
Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, mandment of the Lord your God.
Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kar- And now the Lord your God hath
tah with her suburbs, given rest unto your bretliren, as he
35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Naha- promised them therefore now re-
:
lal with her suburbs ;

four cities. turn ye, and get you unto your tents,
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, and unto the land of your possession,
“ ch. 20. 8.
“Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah 'which Moses the servant of the Lord ' Num.
33.
32.
with her suburbs, gave you on the other side Jordan. Deut. 29. 8,
ch. 13. 8.
37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and But ^ take diligent heed to do the Dent. 6. 6,
17.&11.22.
Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. commandment and the law, which Mo-
" ch. 20. 8.
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, “Ra- ses the servant of the Lord charged
moth in Gilead with her suburbs, to you, ® to love the Lord your God, and “ Dent. 10.
12 .
he a city of refuge for the slayer and ;
to walk in all his ways, and to keep
Mahanaim with her suburbs, his commandments, and to cleave
The two tribes and half JOSHUA, XXII. build an altar of testimony,
Before unto him, and to serve him with all ^chief house a prince throughout all Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1444. your heart and with all your soul. the tribes of Israel; and “each one 1444.
t Gen. 47. 7.
6 So Joshua ^blessed them, and sent ims an head of the house of their fa- *Heb.
Ex. 39. 43.
ch. 14. 13.
them away and they went unto their
: thers among the thousands of Israel. heme of
the father.
2 Sam. 6. 18.
Luke 24.50.
tents. 15 And they came unto the chil- ® Num. 1. 4.
7 H Now to the one half of the tribe dren of Reuben, and to the children
of Manasseh Moses had given posses- of Gad, and to the half tribe of Ma-
e ch. 17. 5. sion in Bashan ® but unto the other
: nasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and
half thereof gave Joshua among their they spake with them, saying,
brethren on this side Jordan west- 16 Thus saith the whole congregation
ward. And when Joshua sent them of the Lord, What trespass is this that
away also unto their tents, then he ye have committed against the God
blessed them, of Israel, to turn away this day from
8 And he spake unto them, saying, following the Lord, in that ye have
Keturn with much riches unto your builded you an altar, ^ that ye might P See Lev.
17. 8, 9.
tents, and with very much cattle, with rebel this day against the Lord ? Deut. 12.
13, 14.
silver, and with gold, and with brass, 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little 1 Num. 25.
and with iron, and with very much for us, from which we are not cleansed 3Deut.
4.
4. 3.
*> Num. 31. raiment :divide the spoil of your until this day, although there was a
27.
1 Sam. 30. enemies with your brethren. plague in the congregation of the Lord,
24.
9 H And the children of Reuben and 18 But that ye must turn away this
the children of Gad and the half tribe day from following the Lord? and it
of Manasseh returned, and departed will be, seeing ye rebel to day against
from the children of Israel out of Shi- the Lord, that to morrow “^he will be ^ Num. 16.
22 .
loh, which is in the land of Canaan, wroth with the whole congregation of
•Num.32.1. to go unto ‘the country of Gilead, to Israel.
26,29.
the land of their possession, where- 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of
of they were possessed, according to your possession be unclean, then pass
the word of the Lord by the hand ye over unto the land of the posses-
of Moses. sion of the Lord, ® wherein the Lord’s » ch. 18. 1.
10 IF And when they came unto the tabernacle dwelleth, and take pos-
borders of Jordan, that are in the session among us but rebel not a-
:
land of Canaan, the children of Reu- gainst the Lord, nor rebel against us,
ben and the children of Gad and the in building you an altar beside the
half tribe of Manasseh built there altar of the Lord our God.
an altar by Jordan, a great altar to Did not Achan the son of Zerah
20 ‘ ‘ ch. 7. 1, 5.
see to. commit a trespass in the accursed

k Deut. 13.
11 H And the children of Israel ^ heard thmg, and wrath fell on all the con-
12, &c.
Jtidg. 20. say, Behold, the children of Reuben gregation of Israel? and that man
12 .
and the children of Gad and the half perished not alone in his iniquity.
tribe of Manasseh have built an altar 21 Then the children of Reuben and
over against the land of Canaan, in the children of Gad and the half tribe
the borders of Jordan, at the passage of Manasseh answered, and said unto
of the children of Israel. the heads of the thousands of Israel,
12 And when the children of Israel 22 The Lord " God of gods, the Lord ° Deut. 10.
17.
• Judg. 20. 1. heard of it, Hhe whole congregation God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel
""
*1 Kin. 8. 39.
Job 10. 7.
of the children of Israel gathered he shall know if it be in rebellion, or
; & 23. 10.
Ps. 44. 21.
themselves together at Shiloh, to go if in transgression against the Lord, & 139. 1. 2.
Jer. 12. 3.
up to war against them. (save us not this day,) 2 Cor. 11.
" 13 And the children of Israel “sent
14.
Deut. 13.
23 That we have built us an altar 11, 31.
Judg. 20. unto the children of Reuben, and to to turn from following the Lord, or
12 .
the children of Gad, and to the half if to offer thereon burnt offering or
tribe of Manasseh, into the land of meat offering, or if to offer peace
“ Ex.
Num. 25.7.
6. 25. Gilead, “ Phinehas the son of Eleazar offerings thereon, let the Lord him-
y Deut. 18.
the priest, self ^require it; 19.
Sam.
14 And with him ten princes, of each 24 And if we have not rather done it 1
16.
20.
: ; ; : :
and vindicate their conduct. JOSHUA, XXI IT. Joshua's exhortation.

Before for fear of this thing, saying, ^ In time the children of Gad, out of the land Before
CHRIST CHKIST
1444. to come yonr children might speak of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, 1444.
aHeb. unto our children, saying. What have to the children of Israel, and brought
To morrow.
ye to do with the Lord God of Israel ? them word again.
25 For the Lord hath made Jordan 33 And
the thing pleased the chil-
a border between us and you, ye dren of Israel; and the children of
children of Reuben and children of Israel ^blessed God, and did not in- 1 Chron.
29. 20.
Gad ye have no part in the Lord
;
: tend to go up against them in battle, Neh. 8. 6.
Dan. 2. 19.
so shall your children make our chil- to
2 destroy the land wherein the chil- Luke 2. 28.
dren cease from fearing the Lord. dren of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
26 Therefore we said. Let us now 34 And the children of Reuben and
prepare to build us an altar, not for 3 children of Gad called the altar
the
burnt offering, nor for sacrifice Êd: for it shall he a witness between 2 That is,
A witness:
* Gen. 31. 48. 27 But that it may he * a witness be- 4 that the Lord is God.
us So ch. 24.
ver. 34. 27.
ch. 24. 27. tween us, and you, and our genera- CHAPTER XXIII.
•Dent. 12. 5, tions after us, that we might “do the 1 Joshua's exhortation before his death, 3 by former
6,11,12,17,
18, 26, 27. service of the Lord before him with 5
benefits, 5 by promises, 11 and by threatenings.
our burnt offerings, and with our sa-

crifices, and with our peace offerings
that your children may not say to our
And
6
rest
-
it came to pass a long time
after that the Lord “had given
unto Israel from all their enemies
cir.
» ch. 21. 44.

&22.
1427.
4.
children in time to come, Ye have no round about, that Joshua ‘’waxed old >>
ch. 13. 1.
part in the Lord. and

7 stricken in age.
® * Heb. come
into days.
28 Therefore said we, that it shall And Joshua ® called for all Israel, ' Deut. 31.
28.
be, when they should so say to us or and for their elders, and for their ch. 24.1.
1 Chron.
to our generations in time to come, heads,
8 and for their judges, and for 28. 1.
that we may say again. Behold the their officers, and said unto them, I
pattern of the altar of the Lord, am old and stricken in age
which our fathers made, not for burnt And ye have seen all that the
offerings, nor for sacrifices but it is
;
Lord your God hath done unto all
a witness between us and you. these nations because of you ; for
29 God forbid that we should rebel the ^Lord your God is he that hath d Ex. 14. 14.
ch. 10. 14,
against the Lord, and turn this day fought for you. 42.
•> Dent. 12. from following the Lord, *’to build Behold, ®I have divided unto you «ch. 13. 2,6.
13, 14. & 18. 10.
an altar for burnt offerings, for meat by lot these nations that remain, to
offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the be an inheritance for your tribes,
altar of the Lord our God that is be- from Jordan, with all the nations that
fore his tabernacle. I have cut off, even unto the great
30 II And when Phinehas the priest, sea ^westward. 4 Heb. at
the sunset,
and the princes of the congregation And the Lord your God, Hie shall t Ex. 23. 30.
& 33. 2.
and heads of the thousands of Israel expel them from before you, and drive & 34. 11.
Deut. 11.
which were with him, heard the words them from out of your sight; and ye 23.
ch. 13. 6.
that the children of Reuben and the shall possess their land, ® as the Lord « Num. 33.
children of Gad and the children of your God hath promised unto you. 53.
’Heb. Manasseh spake, ® it pleased them. ‘’Be ye therefore very courageous >• ch. 1. 7.
it was good
in their eyes. 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar to keep and to do all that is written
the priest said unto the children of in the book of the law of Moses, that ‘ I
Deut. 5. 32.
& 28. 14.
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, ye turn not aside therefrom to the
Ex. 23. a3.
and to the children of Manasseh, This right hand or to the left Deut.7. 2,3.
Prov. 4. 14.
day we perceive that the Lord is That ye ^come not among these Eph. 5. 11.
' among
1 Ex. 23. 13.
«Lev.26.11, us, because ye have not com- nations, these that remain among Ps. 16. 4.
12 .
2 Chron. mitted this trespass against the Lord : you ; neither make mention of the
‘
Jer. 5. 7.
Zeph. 1. 5.
15. 2. See Num.
* Heb. then. *now ye have delivered the children name of their gods, nor cause to 32. 38.
of Israel out of the hand of the Lord. swear hy them, neither serve them, S Or. For
if ye trill
32 II And Phinehas the son of Eleazar nor bow yourselves unto them cleave, &c.
™ Deut. 10.
the priest, and the princes, returned ®But “cleave unto the Lord your 20 .& 11 22 . .
& 13. 4.
from the children of Reuben, and from God, as ye have done unto this day. ch. 22. 5.
: :
Joshua's exhortation. JOSHUA, XXIV. God's henejits from Terah.

Before
CHRIST
9 ^"For the Lokd hath driven ont AND Joshua gathered all the tribes Before
cir. 1427. from before you great nations and xA of Israel to Shechem, and call-
“
CHRIST
cir. 1427.
* Or, Then
strong but as for you, ” no man hath
: ed for the elders of Israel, and for * Gen. 35. 4.
the Lobd
will drive.
been able to stand before you unto their heads, and for their judges, and *>
ch. 23. 2.
“ Deut. 11. this day. for their officers and they “ presented
;
e 1 Sam.
10.
23. 19.
” ch. 1. 5. 10 Ône man of you shall chase a themselves before God.
P Lev. 26. 8.
thousand: for the Lokd your God, 2 And Joshua said unto all the peo-
Deut. 32.
30.
See Judg.
he it is that fighteth for you, ’as he ple, Thus saith the Lord God of Is-
^
3.31.
& 15. 15.
hath promised you. rael, Yom' fathers dwelt on the other d Gen.
26, 31.
11.
2 Sam. 23.8. 11 "^Take good heed therefore unto side of the flood in old time, even Te-
1 Ex. 14. 14.
&23.27. ® yourselves, that ye love the Lord rah, the father of Abraham, and the
Deut.
r ch. 22. 5.
3. 22.
your God. father of Nachor: and “they served ®Gen.31.53.
SHeb. 12 Else if ye do in any wise ®go back, other gods.
your souls.
'Heb.10.38, and cleave unto the remnant of these 3 And ‘I took your father Abraham Gen. 12. t
1.
Acts 7. 2,3.
39.
2 Pet. 2.
nations, even these that remain among from the other side of the flood, and
20 21
, .
you, and shall ‘make marriages with led him throughout all the land of
‘ Deut. 7. 3.
them, and go in unto them, and they Canaan, and multijilied his seed, and
e Gen. 21.
to you ® gave him Isaac.
2,3.
“ Judg. 2. 3. 13 Know for a certainty that “the 4 And I gave unto Isaac ‘’Jacob and Ps. 127. 3.
Gen. 25. *'
Lord your God will no more drive Esau: and I gave unto ‘Esau mount 24, 25, 26.
Gen. 36. 8. ‘
out any of these nations from before Seir, to possess it; ‘'but Jacob and Deut. 2. 5.
* Ex. 23. 33. you but they shall be snares and
;
""
his children went down into Egypt. ^ Gen. 46.
1 6
Num. 33. , .
55 traps unto you, and scourges in your 5 ‘I sent Moses also and Aaron, and Acts 7. 15.
Deut. 7. 16.
“ I plagued Egypt, according to that “Ex. 3. 10. 1
1 Kin. 11.4. sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye Ex. 7.

perish from off this good land which &
which I did among them and after- & 10 & 12 8. & 9.
:
. .
the Lord your God hath given you. ward I brought you out.
y 1 Kin. 2. 2.
See Heb.
14 And, behold, this day ^1 am go- 6 And I “brought your fathers out “Ex. 12.37,
51.
9.27. ing the way of all the earth and ye : of Egypt: and °ye came unto the ® Ex. 14. 2.
know your hearts and in all your

in all sea ^’and the Egyptians pursued after P Ex. 14. 9.
;
' ch. 21. 45.

Luke 21. K.
souls, that ^not one thing hath failed your fathers with chariots and horse-
of all the good thmgs which the Lord men unto the Red sea.
your God spake concernuig you; all 7 Aid when they ’cried unto the 9 Ex. 14. 10.
are come to pass unto you, and not Lord, he put darkness between you » Ex. 14. 20.
one thing hath failed thereof. and the Egyptians, “and brought the • 28. Ex. 14. 27,
® Deut. 28. 15 “Therefore it shall come to pass, sea upon them, and covered them;
63.
that as all good things are come upon and your eyes have seen what I have &Deut.
‘
t
4. 34.
29. 2.
you, which the Lord your God pro- done in Egypt and ye dwelt in the “
:
ch. 5. 6.
mised you; so shall the Lord bring wilderness “ a long season.
» Lev. 26. 16. upon you ‘’all evil things, until he 8 And I brought you into the land
Deut. 28.
15, 16, &c. have destroyed you from off this good of the Amorites, wiiicli dwelt on the
land wliich the Lord your God hath other side Jordan; ’'and they fought * Num. 21.
21, 33.
given you. with you and I gave them
: mto your Deut.
&3. 1.
2. 32.
16 Wlien ye have transgressed the hand, that ye might possess their

1 covenant of the Lord your God, which land; and I destroyed them from
!
he commanded you, and have gone before you.
and served other gods, and bowed 9 Then ^Balak the son of Zippor, y See .Tudg.
11 2 .
^
yourselves to them; then shall the king of Moab, arose and warred
anger of the Lord be kindled against Num. 22.5.
against Israel, and "sent and called * Deut. 23. 4.
you, and ye shall perish quickly from Balaam the son of Beor to curse you
off the good land which he hath given 10 “But I would not hearken unto “Deut. 2). .5.
unto you. Balaam; ‘’therefore he blessed you 11Num. 20

23.
*>
,
.
CHAPTER XXIV. still: so I delivered you out of his & 24. 10.
1 Josliua assemhleth the tribes at Shechem. 2 A brief history hand. « ch. 3. 14,
of God's benefits from Terah. 14 lie reneweth the cove-
11 And “ye went over Jordan, and 17. & 4. 10,
nant between them and God. 26 A stone the witness of the 11 12 , .
covenant. 29 Joshua's age, death, and burial. 32 Joseph's came unto J ericho and ^ the men of d&ch.106. 11.
:
. .
hones are buried. 33 Eleazar dieth.

Jericho fought against you, the Anior- &11.1.
1
I
: ; ;
Joshua reneweth the covenant. JOSHUA, XXIV. His age^ deaths and burial.
Before
CHRIST
ites,and the Perizzites, and the Ca- 22 And J oshua said unto the people. Before
CHRIST
cir. 1427. naanites, and the Hittites, and the Ye are witnesses against yourselves cir. 1427.
Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Je- that ^ye have chosen you the Lord,
yP8.119.I73.
busites; and I delivered them into to serve liim. And they said. We are
your hand. witnesses.
• Ex. 23. 28. 12 And ®
hornet before you,
I sent the 23 Now therefore *put away, said 7«e, * ver. 14.
Gen. 35. 2.
Dcut. 7. 20.
which drave them out from before the strange gods wliich are among Judg. 10.
16.
you, even the two kings of the Amor- you, and incline your heart unto the 1 Sam. 7. 3.
'Ps. 44.3.6. ites; but ‘^not with thy sword, nor Lord God of Israel.
with thy bow. 24 And the people said unto Joshua,
13 And I have given you a land for The Lord our God will we serve, and
e Deut. 6. 10,
11 .
which ye did not labour, and ® cities we obey.
his voice will
ch. 11. 13. which ye built not, and ye dwell in 25 So Joshua ^made a covenant with * See Exod.
15.25.
them of the vineyards and oliveyards
;
the people that day, and set them a 2 Kin.
17.
11.
which ye planted not do ye eat. statute and an ordinance '’in She- ver. 26.
Deut. 10.
12 .
14 IF ‘‘Now therefore fear the Lord, chem.
1 Sam. 12. and serve him in 'sincerity and in 26 IF And Joshua “wrote these words « Deut.
24.
31.
24.
> Gen. 17. 1. truth and ^ put away the gods which
: in the book of the law of God, and
& 20. 5.
Deut. 18. your fathers served on the other side took ‘‘a great stone, and “set it up See Judg.
9.6.
13.
Ps. 119. 1. of the flood, and in Egypt and serve
‘
;
there ‘under an oak, that teas by the ® See Gen.
28. 18.
2 Cor. 1.12.
Eph. 6. 24.
ye the Lord. sanctuary of the Lord. ch. 4. 3.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to 27 And Joshua said unto all the peo- Gen.
f
I'
ver. 2, 23. 35. 4.
Lev. 17. 7.
Ezek. 20. serve the Lord, “ choose you this day ple, Behold, this stone shall be ® a wit- 8 See Gen.
31. 48, .52.
18.
» Ezek. 20. 7, whom ye will serve; whether “the ness unto us; for '’it hath heard all Deut. 31.
& 23. 3. 19, 21, 26.
the words of the Lord which he spake
8.
“ See Ruth
gods which your fathers served that ch. 22. 27.
28,34.
1 . 1 5. .
1 Kin. 18.
were on the other side of the flood, or unto us it shaU be therefore a witness
: >>
Deut.32.1.
21 .
Ezek. 20.
°the gods of the Amorites, in whose unto you, lest ye deny your God.
39.
Joim
land ye dwell: ^but as for me and 28 So J oshua let the jieople depart,
‘ * Judg. 2. 6.
6. 67.
” ver. 14. my house, we will serve the Lord. every man unto his inheritance.
Ex.
16 And the people answered and 29 ^ ''And it came to pass after these k
«>
23. 24, Judg. 2. 8.
32, 33.
& 34. 1.5.
said, God forbid that we should for- things, that Joshua the son of Nun,
Deut. 13. 7.
& 29. 18. sake the Lord, to serve other gods the servant of the Lord, died, being cir. 1426.
Judg. 6. 10.
P Gen. 18. 17 For the Lord our God, he it is an hundred and ten years old.
19.
that brought us up and our fathers 30 And they buried liim in the bor-
out of the land of Egypt, from the der of his inheritance m
'Timnath- > ch. 19. 50.
Judg. 2. 9.
house of bondage, and which did serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on
those great signs in our sight, and the north side of the hill of Gaash.
preserved us in all the way wherein 31 And “Israel served the Lord all “ Judg. 2. 7.
we went, and among all the people the days of Joshua, and all the days
through whom we passed of the elders that ôverlived Joshua, 2 Heb. pro-
longed their
18 And the Lord drave out from and which had “known all the works days after
Joshua.
before us the people, even the
all of the Lord, that he had done for “ See Deut.
11 2
Amorites which dwelt in the land: Israel.
. .
& 31. 13.

therefore will we also serve the Lord ;
32 And the bones of Joseph, which
IF “ “ Gen.
25.
50.
for he is our God. the children of Israel brought up out Ex. 13. 19.
19 And Joshua said unto the people, of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in
1 Matt. 6. 24.
' ^ Ye cannot serve the Lord for he is a parcel of ground ^ which Jacob p Gen. 33.
Lev. 19. 2.
:
19.
1 Sam. 6. 20.
Ps. 99. 5, 9. an '
God he is a jealous God
holy ;
® bought of the sons of Hamor the
•
Isai. 5. 16.
Ex. 20. 5.
‘he wiQ not forgive your transgres- father of Shechem for an hundred
‘ Ex. 23. 21. sions nor your sins. ^pieces of silver: and it became the 3 Or, lambs.
® Chxon.
1
28. 9.
20 " If ye forsake the Lord, and serve inheritance of the children of Joseph.
2 Chron.
15. 2.
strange gods, *then he will turn and 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron cir. 1420.
Ezra
Isai. 1. 28.
8. 22. do you hurt, and consume you, after died; and they buried him in a hill
& 65. 11,12. that he hath done you good. that pertained to ^Phinehas his son, 1 Ex. 6. 25.
Jer. 17. 13. Judg. 20.
* ch. 23. 15. 21 And the people said unto Joshua, which was given him in mount Eph- 28.
Isai. 63. 10.
Acts 7. 42. Nay ; but we will serve the Lord. raim.
: :
THE
BOOK OF JUDGES.
CHRIST
Before
CHAPTER 1. Canaanites, that dwelt in the moun- Before
CHRIST
1 The acts of Judah and Simeon. 4 Adoni-bezek justly
cir. 1425. requited. 8 Jerusalem taken. 10 Hebron taken. 11
tain,and in the south, and in the cir. 1425.
^ valley.
Othniel hath Achsah to wife for taking of Debir. 16 2 Or, iow
The Kenites dwell in Judah. 17 Hormah, Gaza, Askelon 10 And Judah went against the Ca- country.
and Ekron taken. 21 The acts of Benjamin. 22 Of
the house of Joseph, who take Beth-el. 30 Of Zebulun. naanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now
31 Of Asher. 33 Of Naphtali. 34 Of Han. the name of Hebron before was Kir- Josh. 14.
15. &15.
"VrOW after the death of Joshua it jath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and 13, 14.
A. 1 came to pass, that the children Ahiman, and Talmai.

“ Nura. 27.
21 .
of Israel^ asked the Lord, saying. Who 11 ‘And from thence he went against ‘Josh. 15. 15.
ch. 20. 18. shall go up for us against the Canaan- the inhabitants of Debir: and the
ites first, to fight against them ? name of Debir before was Kirjath-
•> Gen, 49. 8. 2 And the Lord said, '’Judah shall sepher
go up: behold, I have delivered the 12 Ând Caleb said. He that smiteth 1444.
Josh.
land into his hand. Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him 16, 17,
15.
3 And Judah said unto Simeon his will I give Achsah my daughter to
brother, Come up with me into my wife.
lot, that we may fight against the Ca- 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz,
® ver. 17.
naanites ; and ' I likewise will go with '
Caleb’s younger brother, took it 1 ch. 3. 9.
thee into thy lot. So Simeon went and he gave him Achsah his daughter
with him. to wife.
4 And Judah went up and the ; 14 "’And it came to pass,when she “ Josh.
18, 19.
15,
Lord delivered the Canaanites and came to him, that she moved him to
the Perizzites into their hand and ask of her father a field and she
: :
dlSam.11.8. they slew of them in ^Bezek ten thou- lighted from off her ass; and Caleb
sand men. said unto her. What wilt thou ?
5 And they found Adoni-bezek in 15 And she said unto him, "Give me " Gen.
11 .
33.
Bezek and they fought against him,

: a blessing for thou hast given me a :
and they slew the Canaanites and the south land; give me also springs of
Perizzites. water. And Caleb gave her the upper
6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they springs and the nether springs.
pursued after him, and caught him, 16 H “And the children of the Kenite, cir. 1425.
0 ch. 4. 11,
and cut off his thumbs and his great Moses’ father in law, went up out ^ of 17.
1 Sam. 15. 6.
toes. the city of palm trees with the chil- 1 Chron.
7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore dren of Judah into the wilderness of 2. 55.
Jer. 35. 2.
2 Heb. and ten kings, having ^ their thumbs Judah, which lieth in the south of PDeut. 34.3.
tlie thumbs
(if their and their great toes cut off, ® gathered ’ Arad and they went and dwelt
;
'JNum.21.1.
hands and r Num. 10.
of their feet. their meat under my table ® as I have among the people.
: 32.
3 Or,
gleaned. done, so God hath requited me. And 17 “And Judah went with Simeon * ver. 3.
® Lev. 24.19.
1 Sam. 15.
they brought him to Jerusalem, and his brother, and they slew the Ca-
33 there he died. naanites that inhabited Zephath, and
Jam. 2. 13.
t See Josh. 8 Now Ghe children of Judah had utterly destroyed it. And the name
15.63. *N«m.21.3.
fought against Jerusalem, and had of the city was called Hormah. ‘
Josh. 19. 4.
taken it, and smitten it with the edge 18 Also Judah took "Gaza with the “ Josh. 11.
22 .
of the sword, and set the city on fire. coast thereof, and Askelon with the
8 .Tosh. 10. 9 1 ®Ând afterward the children of coast thereof and Ekron with the
36. &
11. 21,
& 15. 13. Judah went down to fight against the coast thereof.
; :
The acts of Benjamin., JUDGES, II. Joseph, Zebulun, &c.
Before 19 And *the Lord was with Judah; inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1425.
and ^he drave out the inhabitants of nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor cir, 1425.
> ver. 2.
the mountain; but could not drive of Aphik, nor of Rehob :
2 Kin. 18. 7. out the inhabitants of the valley, be- 32 But the Asherites ^ dwelt among kPs. 106.34,
* Or, he po»- 35.
tessed (he cause they had ^ chariots of iron. the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the
mounfain.
y Josh. 17.
20 Ând they gave Hebron unto Ca- land for they did not drive them out.
:
16, 18.
leb, as Moses said and he expelled
: 33 IF ‘Neither did Naphtali drive out Josh. 19.38, 1
•Nvun.14.24.
Dent. 1. 36. thence the three sons of Anak. the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor
.Tosh. 14. 9,
13. & 15. 21 “And the children of Benjamin the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but
13, 14.
» See Josh. did not drive out the Jebusites that he “ dwelt among the Canaanites, the ™ ver. 32.
15. 63.
& 18. 28. inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebu- inhabitants of the land nevertheless :
sites dwell with the children of Ben- the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and
jamin in Jerusalem unto this day. of Beth-anath “ became tributaries “ ver. 30.
22 IF And the house of Joseph, they unto them.

•> ver. 19. also went up against Beth-el: '’and 34 And the Amorites forced the
the Lord was with them. children of Dan into the mountain :
« Josh. 2. 1.
&7.
23 And the house of Joseph 'sent for they would not suffer them to
2.
ch. 18. 2. to descry Beth-el. (Now the name come down to the valley:
d Gen. 28.
of the city before was ^ Luz.) 35 But the Amorites would dwell
19. ® .Tosh. 19.
24 And the spies saw a man come in mount Heres “in Aijalon, and in 42.
forth out of the city, and they said Shaalbim yet the hand of the house
:
unto him. Shew us, we pray thee, the of Joseph ^prevailed, so that they 2Heb.
was heavy.
•Josh.
14.
2. 12, entrance into the city, and ®we will became tributaries.
shew thee mercy. 36 And
the coast of the Amorites
PNum.34.4.
25 And when he shewed them the was from ^ the going up to Akrab-
^
Josh. 15. 3.
entrance into the city, they smote bim, from the rock, and upward. »Or,
Maaieh-
the city with the edge of the sword aJcrdbbvn.
but they let go the man and all his CHAPTER II.
1 An angel rebulceth the people at Bochim. 6 The wicked-
family. new generation after Joshua. 14 God's anger
ness of the
26 And the man went into the land and pihj towards them. 20 The Canaanites are left to
prove Israel.
of the Hittites, and built a city, and
called the name thereof Luz which: ND
an ^ angel of the Lord came * Or,
messenger.
is the name thereof unto tliis day. up from Gilgal “to Bochim, and • ver. 5.
* Josh. 17. 27 IF ^Neither did Manasseh drive out said, I made you to go up out of
11, 12, 13.
the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her Egypt, and have brought you unto
towns, nor Taanach and her towns, the land which I sware unto your
nor the inhabitants of Dor and her fathers and ;
I said, I wiU never •> Gen. 17. 7.
towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam break my covenant with you.

and her towns, nor the inhabitants of 2 And “ye shall make no league 0 Dent. 7. 2.
Megiddo and her towns but the Ca-

: with the inhabitants of this land;
naanites would dwell in that land. ^ ye shall throw down their altars Dent. 12.3.
28 And it came to pass, when Israel ® but ye have not obeyed my voice ® ver. 20.
Ps. 106. 34.
was strong, that they put the Canaan- why have ye done this?
ites to tribute, and did not utterly 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not
drive them out. drive them out from before you but ;
f Josh. 16.
10.
29 IF ^Neither did Ephraim drive out they shall be ^ as thorns in your sides, fJosh.23.13.
1 Kin. 9.16. the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer and ^ their gods shall be a snare ** s ch. 3. 6.
Ex. 23. 33.
but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer unto you. & 34. 12.
among them. 4 Andeame to pass, when the
it
Dent. 7. 16.
Pb. 106. 36.
30 IF Neither did Zebulun drive out angel of the Lord spake these words
the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the unto all the children of Israel, that
•*
Josh. 19.
15.
•’inhabitants of Nahalol; but the the people lifted up their voice, and
Canaanites dwelt among them, and wept.
became tributaries. 5 And they called the name of that
* Josh. 19.
24,-30.
31 IF ‘Neither did Asher drive out place ® Bochim and they sacrificed
:
B That is.
Weepers.
the inhabitents of Accho, nor the there unto the Lord.
: ; ; ; :
Go^s anger and JUDGES, III. pity towards Israel.

Before
CHEIST
6 IT And when J oshua had
*
let the mandments of the Lord; hut they
CHRIST
Before
cir. 1425. people go, the children of Israel went did not so. cir. 1406.
‘ Josh. 22. 6.
every man unto his inheritance to 18 And when the Lord raised them
& 24. 28. possess the land. up judges, then ® the Lord was with 0 Josh. 1. 5.
cir. 1444.
7 ^ And the people served the Lord the judge, and delivered them out of
k Josh. 24.
31. all the days of Joshua, and all the the hand of their enemies all the days
^ See Gen.
* Heb. days of the elders that ôutlived Jo- of the judge: ‘‘for it repented the 6 6
.
prolonged .
fhys after shua, who had seen all the great works Lord because of their groanings by Dent.
36.
32.
Joshua.
of the Lord, that he did for Israel. reason of them that oppressed them Ps. 106.
45.
44,
cir. 1426. 8 And ^Joshua the son of Nun, the and vexed them.
•Josh. 24. 29.
servant of the Lord, died, being an 19 And it came to pass, "when the ® ch. 3. 12.
&4. 1.
hundred and ten years old. judge was dead, that they returned, &8.33.
“ Josh. 24. 9 “ And they buried him in the bor- and ^corrupted themselves more than * Or, were
corrupt.
“ Josh. 19. der of his inheritance in “ Timnath- their fathers, in following other gods
&24.30,
.TO.
Timnath- heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on to serve them, and to bow down unto
eerah.
the north side of the hill Gaash. them; ®they ceased not from their ® Heb.
let nothing
they
10 And also all that generation own doings, nor from their stubborn fall <f their.
were gathered unto their fathers and way.

:
there arose another generation after 20 IF ‘Ând the anger of the Lord t ver. 14.
» Ex.
1
5. 2.
Sam. 2.12.
them, which ° knew not the Lord, nor was hot against Israel; and he said.
1 Chron. yet the works which he had done Because that this people hath ® trans- s Josh. 23.
16.
28.9.
Jer. 9. 3. for Israel. gressed my covenant which I com-
& 22. 16.
Gal. 4. 8. 11 IF And the children of Israel did manded their fathers, and have not
2Thes.l.8.
Tit. 1. 16. evil in the sight of the Lord, and hearkened unto my voice
cir. 1406. served Baalim 21 ’’I also will not henceforth drive *>
Josh. 23.
13.
P Deut. 31. 12 And they ^ forsook the Lord God out any from before them of the na-
16.
of their fathers, which brought them tions which Joshua left when he died
out of the land of Egypt, and follow- 22 That through them I may ^ prove
’
«
I'
ch. 3.
Deut.
1, 4.
8. 2,
1 Deut. 6.14. ed other gods, of the gods of the Israel, whether they will keep the way 16. & 13. 3.
people that were round about them, of the Lord to walk therein, as their
» Ex. 20. 5. and ’'bowed themselves unto them, fathers did keep it, or not.
and provoked the Lord to anger. 23 Therefore the Lord ^left those <Or,
• ch. 3. 7. 13 And they forsook the Lord, and nations, without driving them out
®
& 10 6
neither delivered he them
. .
Ps. 106. 36. served Baal and Ashtaroth. hastily ;
‘ ch. 3. 8.
Ps. 106. 40,
14 IF ‘And the anger of the Lord was into the hand of Joshua.
41,42. hot against Israel, and he "delivered
“ 2 Kin. 17.
20 .
them hands of spoilers that
into the
CHAPTER III.
1 The which were left to prove Israel.
nations 6 By
* ch. 3. 8.
spoiled them, and * he sold them into communion with them they commit idolatry. 8 Othniel
&4. 2.
Ps. 44. 12. the hands of their enemies round delivereth them from Chushan-rishathaim. 12Ehudfrom
Isai. 50. 1.
about, so that they ^ could not any Eylrni. 31 Shamgar from the Philistines.
y Lev. 26. 37.
.Tosh. 7. 12,
13.
longer stand before their enemies. OW these are " the nations which » ch. 2. 21,
22 .
15 Whithersoever they went out, the JAI the Lord left, to prove Israel by
hand of the Lord was against them them, even as many of Israel as had
• Lev. 26. for evil, as the Lord had said, and ” as not known aU the wars of Canaan
Deut. 28.
the Lord had sworn unto them and : 2 Only that the generations of the
they were greatly distressed. children of Israel might know, to
» ch.3.9,10, 16 IF Nevertheless "the Lord raised teach them war, at the least such as
15.
1 Sam. 12. up judges, which ® delivered them out before knew nothing thereof
11 . t>
Josh. 13. 3.
Acts 13. 20. of the hand of those that spoiled 3 Namely, ’’five lords of the Philis-
® Heb. saved.
them. tines, and all the Canaanites, and the
17 And yet they would not hearken Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt
«> Ex. 34. 15, imto their judges, but they ’’went a in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-
16.
Lev. 17. 7. whoring after other gods, and bowed hermon unto the entering in of Ha-
themselves unto them they turned
: math.
4 "And they were to prove Israel by
« ch. 2. 22.
quickly out of the way which their
fathers walked in, obeying the com- them, to know whether they would
: : :
Othniel delivereth Israel, JUDGES, III. Blind Mlleth Eglon.

Before hearken unto the commandments of But Ehud made him a dagger
16 Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1406. the Lord, which he commanded their had two edges, of a cubit
which cir. 1336.
fathers by the hand of Moses. length; and he did gird it imder his
0 Pa. 106. 35.
5 H ^ And the children of Israel dwelt raiment upon his right thigh.
among the Canaanites, Hittites, and 17 And he brought the present imto
Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, Eglon king of Moab and Eglon was :
and Jebusites a very fat man.

• Ex. 34. 16. 6 And ® they took their daughters to 18 And when he had made an end
Deut. 7. 3.
be their wives, and gave their daugh- to offer the present, he sent away the
ters to their sons, and served their people that bare the present.
gods. 19 But he himself turned again
cir. 1406. 7 Ând the children of Israel did ’’from the ^quarries that were by * Josh. 4. 20.
* Or. graven
fch. 2. 11.
evil in the sight of the Lord, and for- Gilgal, and said, I have a secret images.
» ch. 2. 13. gat the Lord their God, ®and served errand unto thee, O king: who said.
•• Ex. 34. 13. Baalim and the groves.
**
Keep silence. And all that stood by
Deut. 16.
21 . 8 H Therefore the anger of the Lord him went out from him.
ch. 6.
20 And Ehud came imto him; and
2.5.
1 ch. 2. 14.
was hot against Israel, and he ’sold
k Hab. 3. 7. them into the hand of ^ Chushan-ri- he was sitting in ^ a summer parlour, 3 Heb.
a parlour
cir.1402.
•Heb.jlram-
shathaim kiug of ^ Mesopotamia and which he had for himself alone. And
: of codling;
See Amos
naharaim. the children of Israel served Chu- Ehud said, I have a message from 3.15.
shan-rishathaim eight years. God unto thee, And he arose out

9 And when the children of Israel of his seat.
1 ver. 15.
& ch. 4. 3.
*
cried unto the Lord, the Lord ’“rais- 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand,
&6. 7.
& 10 10 . .
ed up a ® deliverer to the children and took the dagger from his right
1
10
Sam.
.
12. of Israel, who delivered them, even thigh, and thrust it into his belly
Neh. 9. 27. “Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s 22 And the haft also went in after
Ps. 22. 5.
& 106. 44. younger brother. the blade; and the fat closed upon
& 107. 13,
19. 10 And “the Spirit of the Lord *came the blade, so that he could not draw
“ ch. 2. 16.
SHeb.
upon him, and he judged Israel, and the dagger out of his belly and ^the ;
<Or.t«
came out
saviour. went out to war: and the Lord de- dirtcame out. at the fun-
dament.
1394.
23 Then Ehud went
cir.
" ch. 1. 13.
livered Chushan-rishathaim king of forth through
® Mesopotamia
® See Num. into his hand ;
and the porch, and shut the doors of the
27. 18.
ch. 6. 34. his hand prevailed against Chushan- parlour upon him, and locked them.
& 11. 29.
& 13 25 . . rishathaim. 24 When he was gone out, his ser-
& 14. 6, 19.
lSam.11.6. 11 And the land had rest forty years. vants came and when they saw that,
;
2 Chron.
15.1. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. behold, the doors of the parlour were
* Heb. was. 12 If Ând the children of Israel did locked, they said. Surely he ® covereth SQr,
doeth his
®Heb..4ram.
P ch. 2. 19. evil again in the sight of the Lord : his feet in Ms summer chamber. easement.
1 Sam.24.3.
cir. 1354. and the Lord strengthened ’Eglon 25 And they tarried till they were
«lSam.l2.9.
the king of Moab against Israel, be- ashamed and, behold, he opened
:
cause they had done evil in the sight not the doors of the parlour; there-
of the Lord. fore they took a key, and opened
13 And he gathered unto him the them and, behold, their lord was
' ch. 5. 14.
children of Ammon and ’Amalek, and fallen down dead on the earth.
went and smote Israel, and possessed 26 And Ehud escaped wMle they
ch. 1. 16. “
the city of palm trees. tarried, and passed beyond the quar-
‘ Deut. 28.
48.
14 So the children of Israel ‘served ries, and escaped unto Seirath.
Eglon the king of Moab eighteen 27 And it came to pass, when he was
years. come, that ^ he blew a trumpet in the y ch. 5. 14.
&
6. 34.
'
cir. 1336. 15 But when the children of Israel mountain of Ephraim, and the cMl- 1 Sam. 13. 3.
*Jo8h.l7.15.
I ® ver. 9.
Pe. 78.34.
dren of Israel went down with him
“ cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised
ch. 7. 24.
them up a deliverer, Ehud the son & 17. 1.

j
from the mount, and he before them. & 19. 1.

* Or, the son
of Gera, ® a Benjamite, a man left- 28 And he said imto them. Follow
'
I of Jemini.
I
^ Heb. shut handed and by him the children of after me for “the Lord hath deliver-
: :
“ch. 7.9,15.
1 Sam. 17.
of his right
hand, Israel sent a present unto Eglon the ed your enemies the Moabites into 47.
ch. 20. 16.
king of Moab. your hand. And they went down after
;:
Deborah and Barak deliver JUDGES, lY. Israel from Jdbin and Sisera,
Before him, and took ’’the fords of Jordan 9 Andshe said, I will surely go with Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1336. toward Moab, and suffered not a man thee notwithstanding the journey
:
cir. 1296.
b Josh. 2. 7.
to pass over. that thou takest shall not be for thine
ch. 12. 5.
29 And they slew of Moab at that honour; for the Lord shall “sell Sisera » ch. 2. 14.
2 Heb. fat.
0 ver. 11. time about ten thousand men, all into the hand of a woman. And De-
d ch. 5. 6, 8.
1 Sam. 13.
^ lusty, and all men of valour; and borah arose, and went with Barak to
19, 22.
It seems to
there escaped not a man. Kedesh.
concern
only the
30 So Moab was subdued that day 10 IF And Barak called ° Zebulun and 0 ch. 5. 18,
country
next to
under the hand of Israel. And 'the Naphtali to Kedesh and he went up
;
the Phi- land had rest fourscore years. with ten thousand men ^ at his feet P See Exod.
listines. 11 8
31 IF And after him was ^Shamgar
. .
® 1 Sam. 17. and Deborah went up with him. 1 Kin. 20.

47,50. 10
the son of Anath, which slew of the 11 Now Heber “^the Kenite, which
.
f ch. 2. 16. « ch. 1. 16.

B So part Philistines six himdred men ® with was of the children of "^Hobab the «•
Num. 10.
is called 29.
Israel, an ox goad ând he also delivered
: father in law of Moses, had severed
ch. 4. 1, 3,
® Israel. himself from the Kenites, and pitched
& io. 7, 17.
&11.4,&c.
1Sam. 4. 1.
CHAPTER IV. his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim,
1 Deborah and Barak deliver them from Jabin and Sisera, ®
which is by Kedesh. “ ver. 6.
18 Jael killeth Sisera. 12 And they shewed Sisera that

cir.
“ ch. 2. 19.
1316. AND “the children of Israel again Barak the son of Abinoam was gone
did evil in the sight of the Lord, up to mount Tabor.
when Ehud was dead. 13 And Sisera ^gathered together 2 Heb.
gathered hg
ch. 2. 14. 2 And the Lord sold them into the all his chariots, even nine hundred
’’
cry, or, pro-
clamalion.
hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that chariots of iron, and all the people
eJosh. 11.1, reigned in 'Hazor; the captain of that were with him, from Harosheth
10. & 19. 36.
dlSam.12.9. whose host was '’Sisera, which dwelt of the Gentiles unto the river of
Ps. 83. 9.
It seems to in ® Harosheth of the Gentiles. Kishon.
3 And the children of Israel cried
concern
only North 14 And Deborah said unto Barak,
Israel.
® ver. 13, 16.
unto the Lord for he had nine hun- Up for this is the day in which the
:
;
f ch. 1.
19. dred ^chariots of iron; and twenty Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine
B ch. 5. 8. years ^he mightily oppressed the chil- hand: ‘is not the Lord gone out be- ‘Dent. 9. 3.
Ps. 106. 42. 2 Sam. 5.24.
dren of Israel. fore thee ? So Barak went down from Ps. 68. 7.
Isai. 52. 12.
4 IF And Deborah, a prophetess, the mount Tabor, and ten thousand men
wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel after him.
at that time. 15 And “the Lord discomfited Sisera, “ Ps. 83. 9,
10 .
h Gen. 35. 8. 5 ’’And she dwelt imder the palm and all his chariots, and all his host, See Josh.
10 10
tree of Deborah between Ramah and with the edge of the sword before Ba-
. .
Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and the rak; so that Sisera lighted down ofi*
children of Israel came up to her for his chariot, and fied away on his feet.
judgment. 16 But Barak pursued after the cha-
cir. 1296. 6 And she sent and called ’Barak riots, and after the host, unto Haro-
‘Heb. 11. 32.
k Josh. 19. the son of Abinoam out ^ of Kedesh- sheth of the Gentiles and all the host :
37.
naphtali, and said unto him. Hath not of Sisera fell upon the edge of the
the Lord God of Israel commanded, sword and there was not ^ a man left.
;
3 Heb.
unto one.
saying, Go and draw toward mount 17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his
Tabor, and take with tliee ten thou- feet to the tent of Jael the wife of
sand men of the children of Naphtali Heber the Kenite for there was peace
:
and of the children of Zebulun ? between Jabin the king of Hazor and
‘ Ex. 14. 4. 7 And ’I will draw unto thee to the the house of Heber the Kenite.
"• ch. 5. 21. “river Kishon Sisera, the captain of 18 IF And Jael went out to meet
1 Kin. 18.
40. Jabin’s army, with his chariots and Sisera, and said unto him. Turn in, my
lord, turn in to me
Ps. 83.9,10.
his multitude and I will deliver liim
;
fear not. And
;
into thine hand. when he had turned in unto her into

8 And Barak said unto her. If thou the tent, she covered him with a
* Or, nig.
wilt go with me, then I will go but :
^ mantle.
or, blanket.
if thou wilt not go with me, then I 19 And he said unto her. Give me,
wiU not go. I pray thee, a little water to drink
: ?
The song of JUDGES, V. Deborah and Barak.

Before for I am thirsty. And she opened * a that I Deborah arose, that I arose Before
CHRIST “ a mother in Israel. CHRIST
cir. 1296. bottle of milk, and gave him drink, cir. 1296.
* ch. 5. 25.
and covered him. 8 They “chose new gods; then was “ leai. 49.
20 Again he said unto her. Stand in war in the gates :
“ was there a shield 23.
“ Deut. 32.
the door of the tent, and it shall be, or spear seen among forty thousand 16.
when any man doth come and en- in Israel ®

ch. 2. 12,17.
So 1 Sam.
quire of thee, and say. Is there any 9 My heart is toward the governors 13. 19, 22.
ch. 4. 3.
man here? that thou shalt say. No. of Israel, that ^ offered themselves P ver. 2.
Tch.5.26. 21 Then Jael Heber’s wife ^took a willingly among the people. Bless ye
s Heb. pul. nail of the tent, and ^took an ham- the Lord.
mer in her hand, and went softly unto 10 Speak, ye 'that ride on white «Or,
Meditate.
him, and smote the nail into his tem- asses, “ye that sit in judgment, and Ps. 105. 2.
ples, and fastened it into the ground walk by the way. & 145. 5.
p ch. 10. 4.
for he was fast asleep and weary. So 11 They that are delivered from the & 12. 14.
•Pg.107.32.
he died. noise of archers in the places of draw-
2
22 And, behold, as Barak pursued ing water, there shall they rehearse
Sisera,
3 Jael came out to meet him, the ® * righteous acts of the Lord, even ® Heb. righ-
teousnesses
and said unto him. Come, and I will the righteous acts toward the inha- of Oie Loud.
‘1 Sam. 12.7.
shew
4 thee the man whom thou seek- bitants of his villages in Israel then Ps. 145. 7.
:
est. And when he came into her tent., shall the people of the Lord go down
behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail to the gates.
5
was in his temples. 12 " Awake, awake, Deborah awake, “ Ps. SI. 8.
:
*Ps.l8.47. 6 So ’'God subdued on that day

23 awake, utter a song arise, Barak, and
:
Jabin the king of Canaan before the ‘‘lead thy captivity captive, thou son * Ps. 68. 18.
children
7 of Israel. of Abinoam.
24 And the hand of the children 13 Then he made him that remain-
I ® Heb. gmig
Kent and
of Israel ® prospered, and prevailed eth ^have dominion over the nobles T Ps. 49. 14.
was hard. against Jabin the king of Canaan, among the people the Lord made:
until they had destroyed Jabin king me have dominion over the mighty.
of Canaan. 14 * Out of Ephraim was there a root * ch. 3. 27.
CHAPTER V. of them “ against Amalek ; after thee, • ch. 3. 13.
The song of Deborah and Baralc. Benjamin, among thy people out of ;
» See Exod.
hen sang Deborah and Barak ’’Machir came down governors, and Num. 32.
1.5. 1.
Ps. 18, title.
T
saying,
^
the son of Abinoam on that day,

39,40.
out of Zebulun they that ^ handle the • Heb. draw
pen of the writer. with the
pen.
»>
See.
»> Ps. 18. 47. Praise ye the Lokd for the aveng- ’’
15 And the princes of Issachar were
* 2 Chron. ing of Israel, “when the people will- with Deborah ; even Issachar, and
17. 16.
ingly offered themselves. also “Barak: he was sent on ®foot • ch. 4. 14.
»Heb.
^ Deut. 32.
1,3.
^
Hear, O ye kings give ear, O ye
;
into the valley. ®For the divisions of his fed.
Or, In
Ps. 2. 10. princes; I, even I, wiU sing unto the Reuben there were great ’ thoughts * the divi-
Lord I will sing praise to the Lord

; of heart. sions, Sc.
1 Heb. tjn-
•Deut. 33. 2.
God of Israel. 16 Why abodest thou '’among the pressians.
d Num. 32.1.
Ps. 68. 7.
'2Sam.22.8.
Lord, “when thou wentest out of sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of
Ps. 68. 8.
Tsai. 64. 3.
Seir, when thou marchedst out of the the ffocks ? ® For the divisions of ® Or, In.
Hab. 3. 3, field of Edom, ^the earth trembled, Reuben there were great searchings
10 .
e Deut. 4.11. and the heavens dropped, the clouds of heart.

•Heb.
Ps. 97. 5.
also dropped water. 17 “Gilead abode beyond Jordan: • See .Tosh.
13. 25, 31.
flowed.
^ Ex. 19. 18.
® The mountains ^ melted from be- and why did Dan remain in ships?
* ch. 3. 31. fore the Lord, even ’‘that Sinai from Asher continued on the sea ® shore, t 29,31.
Josh. 19.
* ch. 4. 17.
before the Lord God of Israel. and abode in his ^ breaches. * Or, port.
1 Lev. 26. 22.
2 Chron. In the days of ’Shamgar the son 18 ® Zebulun and Naphtali were a 2e Or, creeJes.
15. .5. ch. 4. 10.

Tsai. 33. 8. of Anath, in the days of ^Jael, ’the people that ® jeoparded their lives 3 Heb. ex-
Lam. 1. 4. posed to
& 4. 18. highways were unoccupied, and the unto the death in the high places of reproach.
'Heb. ® travellers walked through ® byways.
uxflhers
the field.
<tf paths.
The inhabitants of the villages 19 The kings came and fought,
* Heb. erooh-
ed ways. ceased, they ceased in Israel, until then fought the kings of Canaan in
; ; ; :
Song of Deborah and Barak, JUDGES, VI. The Midianites oppress Israel.
Before Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; with fire. 25 Gideon destroy eth Baal's altar, and offer- Before
CHRIST eth a upon the altar J ehovah-shalom. 28 Joash
sacrifice CHRIST
cir. 1296.
**they took no gain of money. defendeth his son, and calleth him Jerubbaal. 33 Gideon’s cir. 1256.
20 They fought from heaven ^ the
*
;
army. 36 Gideon’s signs.
ch. 4. 16.
Ps. 44. 12. stars in their ^courses fought against ND the
children of Israel did evil • ch. 2. 19.
See ver. 30.
* See Josh.
10 11
Sisera. 'M in the sight of the Lord and :
. .
Ps. 77. 17, 21 ^The river of Kishon swept them the Lord delivered them into the
Hab.
18.
k ch. 4. 15.
away, that ancient river, the river hand of Midian seven years. >>
3. 7.
paths. Kishon. O my
soul, thou hast trod- 2 And the hand of Midian ^prevail- * Heb.
strong.
teas
1 ch. 4, 7.
den down strength. ed against Israel and because of the :
22 Then were the horsehoofs broken Midianites the children of Israel made
* Or, tramp-
lings, or,
by the means of the ^pransings, the them 'the dens which are in the moun- 01 Sam. 13.6.
Heb. 11.38.
ptungings. pransings of their mighty ones. tains, and caves, and strong holds.
23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of 3 And so it was, when Israel had
the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inha- sown, that the Midianites came up,
“ ch. 21. 9, bitants thereof; “because they came and ^the Amalekites, 'and the chil- d ch. 3. 13.
10 . • Gen. 29. 1.
Neh. 3. 5. not to the help "of the Lord, to the dren of the east, even they came up ch. 7. 12.
" 1 Sam. & 8 10 .
17.
help of the Lord against the mighty. against them
.
47.&18.17. 1 Kin. 4.30.

& 25. 28. 24 Blessed above women shall “ Jael 4 And they encamped against them,
Job 1. 3.
® ch. 4. 17.
the wife of Heber the Kenite be, and ‘^destroyed the increase of the 'Lev. 26. 16.
Dent. 28.
P Luke 1.28. p blessed shall she be above women earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and 30, 33, 51.
Mic. 6. 15.
in the tent. left no sustenance for Israel, neither
Or, goal.
25 "^He asked water, and she gave
®
1 ch. 4. 19. ® sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
him milk; she brought forth butter 5 For they came up with their cattle
in a lordly dish. and their tents, and they came âs e ch, 7. 12.
•ch.4.21. 26 "^She put her hand to the nail, grasshoppers for multitude for both ;
and her right hand to the workmen’s they and their camels were without
* Heb. sAe hammer; and ^with the hammer she number: and they entered into the
hammered.
smote Sisera, she smote off his head, land to destroy it.
when she had pierced and stricken 6 And Israel was greatly impover-
through his temples. ished because of the Midianites; and
SHeb. 27 ®At her feet he bowed, he fell, the children of Israel cried unto the
‘‘ *>
ch.
Hos.
3. 15.
5. 15.
Between.
he lay down: at her feet he bowed, Lord.
he fell: where he bowed, there he 7 H And it came to pass, when the cir. 1249.
«Heb. fell down ®dead. children of Israel cried unto the Lord
destroyed.
28 The mother of Sisera looked out because of the Midianites,
at a window, and cried through the 8 That the Lord sent â prophet «Heb.
a man a
lattice. Why is his chariot so long in unto the children of Israel, which said prophet.
coming ? why tarry the wheels of his unto them. Thus saith the Lord God
chariots ? of Israel, I brought you up from
29 Her wise ladies answered her, Egypt, and brought you forth out of
t Heb. her yea, she returned ’ answer to herself, the house of bondage
ttords.
‘ Ex. 15. 9. 30 “ Have they not sped ? have they 9 And I delivered you out of the
* Heb. to not divided the prey; ®to every man hand of the Egyptians, and out of
the head of
a man. a damsel or two to Sisera a prey of the hand of aU that oppressed you,
;
divers colours, a prey of divers colours and drave them out from before you,
‘ >Pb. 44.2,3.
of needlework, of divers colours of and gave you their land

needlework on both sides, meet for 10 And I said unto you, I am the
the necks of them that take the spoil ? Lord your God ^ fear not the gods of
;
k 2 Kin.
35, 37, 38.
17.
‘ Ps. 83. 9, 31 ‘So let all thine enemies perish, the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell Jer. 10. 2.
10 .
0 Lord but let them that love him but ye have not obeyed my voice.
:
“2.Sam.23.4. he "as the sun "'when he goeth forth 11 ^ And there came an angel of the
in his might. And the land had rest Lord, and sat mider an oak which was
* Ps. 19. 5.
I Josh. 17. 2.
forty years. in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash Heb. 11.
32, called
CHAPTER VI. ‘
the Abi-ezrite and his son “ Gideon
: Gedeon.
1 The Israelites for their sin are oppressed hy Midian. 8 threshed wheat by the winepress, ®to 6 Heb. .to
cause
A prophet rehuketh them. 11 An anyel sendeth Gideon it
for their deliverance. 17 Gideon’s present is consumed hide it from the Midianites. tojiee.
— :
Gideon is sent JUDGES, VI. to deliver Israel,
Before
CHRIST
12 And the "angel of the Loed ap- I have seen an angel of the Lord Before
CHRIST
cir. 1249. peared unto him, and said unto him. face to face. cir. 1249.
> ch. 13. 3.
The Lord is "with thee, thou mighty 23 And the Lord said unto him,
Luke
28.
1. 11 man of valour. ® Peace he unto thee fear not thou ; :
» Dan. 10. 19.
0 Josh. 1. 5. 13 And Gideon said unto him. Oh my shalt not die.
Lord, the Lord be with us, why then
if 24 Then Gideon built an altar there
p So Ps. 89. is all this befallen us ? and ^ where be unto the Lord, and called it ^ Jehovah- 2 That ig,
49. The Lord
leai. 59. 1. all his miracles ‘‘which our fathers told shalom unto this day it is yet in
:
**
send peace:
& t3. 15. See Gen.
<> Ps. 44. 1.
us of, saying. Did not the Lord bring Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 22. 14.
Ex.
us up from Egypt ? but now the Lord 25 If And
came to pass the same
it
17. 15.
Jer. 33. 16.
Ezek. 48.
r 2 Chron. hath forsaken us, and delivered us night, that the Lord said unto him, 35.
15.2.
into the hands of the Midianites. Take thy father’s young bullock, even *
ch. 8. 32.
Or, and.
14 And the Lord looked upon him, the second bullock of seven years old,
• 1 Sam. 12. and said, “Go in this thy might, and and throw down the altar of Baal that
11 .
Heb. 11. thou shalt save Israel from the hand thy father hath, and ‘cut down the ' Ex. 34. 13.
32,34. Dent. 7. 5.
‘Josh. 1.9. of the Midianites: ‘have not I sent grove that is by it
ch. 4. 6.
thee ? 26 And build an altar unto the Lord
15 And he said unto him. Oh my thy God upon the top of this ^rock, • Heb. strong
place.
Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? ®in the ordered place, and take the ® Or, in an
0 See 1 Sam. behold, "^my family is poor in Ma- second bullock, and offer a burnt sa- ord^lli
manner.
9.21.
* Heb. mu nasseh, and I am the least in my criflce with the wood of the gi’ove
thousand
is the father’s house. which thou shalt cut down.
16 And the Lord said unto him,
meanest:
Ex. 18. 21. 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his
25.
Mic. 5. 2.
Surely I will be with thee, and thou servants, and did as the Lord had said
» Ex.
Josh.
3. 12. shalt smite the Midianites as one man. unto him and so it was, because he
:
1. .5.
17 And he said unto him. If now I feared his father’s household, and the
have found grace in thy sight, then men of the city, that he could not do
f
1»
Exod. 4. ‘^shew me a sign that thou talkest it by day, that he did it by night.
'S.
ver. 36, 37. with me. 28 If And when the men of the city
2 Kin. 20.8.
Ps. 86. 17. 18 * Depart not hence, I pray thee, arose early in the morning, behold,
leai. 7. 11.
« Gen. 18. until I come unto thee, and bring the altar of Baal was cast doAMi, and
3,5.
ch. 13. 15. forth my ® present, and set it before the grove was cut down that was by
* Or, meal thee. And he said, I will tarry until it, and the second bullock was offered
offering.
thou come again. upon the altar that teas built.
•Gen.
7,8.
18.6, 19 H *And Gideon went in, and made 29 And they said one to another.
* Heb. a hid
of the goats.
ready *a kid, and unleavened cakes Who hath done this thing ? And when
of an ephah of flour the flesh he put
: they enquired and asked, they said,
in a basket, and he put the broth in Gideon the son of Joash hath done
a pot, and brought it out unto him this thing.
under the oak, and presented it. 30 Then the men of the city said unto
20 And the angel of God said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may
him. Take the flesh and the unlea- die because he hath cast down the
:
•>
ch. 13. 19. vened cakes, and lay them upon this
’’
altar of Baal, and because he hath
« See 1 Kin. rock, and "poLir out the broth. And cut down the grove that 2 vas by it.
18. 33, 34.
he did so. 31 And Joash said unto all that stood
21 ^ Then the angel of the Lord put against him, Will ye plead for Baal?
forth the end of the staff that ims in will ye save him? he that will plead
8 That is,
his hand, and touched the flesh and for him, let him be put to death whilst Let Baal
pilead.
'*
Lev. 9. 24. the unleavened cakes and there
;
‘‘
it is yet morning if he he a god, let
: k 1 Sam. 12.
1 Kin. 18.
38.
2 Chron.
rose up Are out of the rock, and con- him plead for himself, because om 11
2 Sam.
.
11.
7. 1. sumed the flesh and the unleavened hath cast down his altar. 21 ,
Jehibbe-
cakes. Then the angel of the Lord 32 Therefore on that day he called sheth; that
is.Let the
departed out of his sight. him ®^Jerubbaal, saying. Let Baal shamefid
thine
• ch. 13. 21.
'Gen. 16.13.
22 And when Gideon ® perceived that plead against him, because he hath plead.
See .Ter.
&32.
Ex. 33. 20.
30. he ims an angel of the Lord, Gideon thrown down his altar. 11. 13.
Hos. 9. 10.
ch. 13. 22. said, Alas, O Lord God ^for becauseI 33 ^ Then all ‘the Midianites and 1 ver. 3.
; : '
Gideon's army is reduced JUDGES, YII. to three hundred men.

Before the Amalekites and the children of soever is fearful and afraid, let him Before
CHRIST CHRISTi
cir. 1249. the east were gathered together, and return and depart early from mount cir. 1249.
“ Josh. 17. went over, and pitclied in “ the valley Gilead. And there returned of the
16. of Jezreel. people twenty and two thousand ; and
cir. 1249. 34 But “ the Spirit of the Lord ^ came there remained ten thousand.
“ ch. 3. 10.
1 Chron. upon Gideon, and he °blew a trumpet 4 And the Lord said unto Gideon,
12. 18.
2 Chron. and Abi-ezer ^was gathered after him. The people are yet too many; bring
24. 20.
2Heb. 35 And he sent messengers through- them down unto the water, and I will
clotlmd.
oNum.10.3.
out all Manasseh; w^ho also was ga- try them for thee there and it shall :
ch. 3. 27. thered after him and he sent mes- be, that of whom I say unto thee. This
:
8 Heb. was
called Oifter sengers unto Asher, and unto Zebu- shall go with thee, the same shall go
him.
lun, and unto Naphtali and they came with thee; and of whomsoever I say
;
up to meet them. unto thee. This shall not go with thee,

36 H And Gideon said unto God, If the same shall not go.
thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, 5 So he brought down the people
as thou hast said, unto the water: and the Lord said
P See Ex. 4. 37 p Behold, I will put a fleece of wool unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth
3. 4, 6, 7.
in the floor and if the dew be on the of the water with his tongue, as a dog
;
fleece only, and it he dry upon all the lappeth, him shalt thou set by him-
earth beside, then shall I know that self; likcAvise every one that boweth
thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, down upon his knees to drink.
as2 thou hast said. 6 And the number of them that
38 And it was so: for he rose up lapped, putting their hand to their
early on the morrow, and thrust the mouth, were three hundred men but :
3
fleece together, and wringed the dew all the rest of the people bowed down
out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. upon their knees to drink water.
9 Gen. 18. 39 And Gideon said unto God, ’ Let 7 And the Lord said unto Gideon,
32. ^
not thine anger be hot against me, By the three hundred men that lap- ^lSam.14.6.'
and I wiU speak but this once let ped will I save you, and deliver the
:
me prove, I pray thee, but this once Midianites into thine hand: and let
with the fleece; let it now be dry all the other people go every man
only upon the fleece, and upon all unto his place.
the ground let there be dew. 8 So the people took victuals in their
40 And God did so that night for hand, and their trumpets: and he sent
:
it was dry upon the fleece only, and all the rest o/* Israel every man unto his
there was dew on all the ground. tent, and retained those three hun-
dred men: and the host of Midian
CHAPTER VII. was beneath him in the valley.
1 Gideon's army of two and thirty thousand is brought
to three hundred. 9 He is encouraged by the dream and 9 H And it came to pass the same
interpretation of the barley cake. 16 His stratagem of ® night, that the Lord said unto him, ® Gen. 46.
trumpets and lamps in pitchers. 24 The Ephraimites 2 3 , .
take Oreb and Zeeb. Arise, get thee down unto the host;
Then ^ Jembbaal, who is Gideon,

* ch. 6. 32.
for I have delivered it into thine
and all the people that were with hand.
him, rose up early, and pitched beside 10 But if thou fear to go down, go
the well of Harod: so that the host thou with Phurah thy servant down
of the Midianites were on the north to the host
side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in 11 And thou shalt ^hear what they 15. *
ver. 13, 14,4
the valley. say; and afterward shall thine hands See Gen. 1
24. 14. i
And the Lord said unto Gideon, be strengthened to go do^vn unto the 1 Sam. 14.f •*
9, 10.
The people that are with thee are too host. Then went he down with Phu-
many for me to give the Midianites rah his servant unto the outside of the
»>
Dent. 8.17. into their hands, lest Israel ‘’vaunt ^ armed men that were in the host. 2 Or, ranks
hli.rtre.
Isai. 10. 13.
1 Cor. 1.29. themselves against me, saying, Mine 12 And the Midianites and the A- Ex. 13. 18.
2 Cor. 4. 7.
own hand hath saved me. malekites and ®aU the children of s ch. 6.105, 33.
&8 . .
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the east lay along in the valley like
« Dent. 20. 8. the ears of the people, saying, “ Who- grasshoppers for multitude and their ;
The Midianites JUDGES, VIII. are put to Jiight.
Before camels were without number, as the fled to Beth-shittah în Zererath, and Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1249. sand by the sea side for multitude. to the border of Abel-meholah, unto
^
cir. 1249.
13 And when Gideon was come, Tabbath. * Or, toward,
behold, there was a man that told 23 And the men of Israel gathered ® Heb. Up.
a dream unto his fellow, and said. themselves together out of Naphtali,
Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, and out of Asher, and out of all
a cake of barley bread tumbled into Manasseh, and pursued after the Mi-
the host of Midian, and came unto dianites.
a tent, and smote it that it fell, and 24 IF And Gideon sent messengers
overturned it, that the tent lay along, throughout “mount Ephraim, say-
all “ ch. 3. 27.
14 And his fellow answered and said, ing, Come down against the Midian-
This is nothing else save the sword ites, and take before them the waters
of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then
Israel for into his hand hath God
:
all the men of Ephraim gathered
delivered Midian, and all the host. themselves together, and ° took the 0 ch. 3. 28.
15 IT And it was so, when Gideon waters unto ^ Beth-barah and Jordan. P John 1. 28.
heard the telling of the dream, and 25 And they took ^two prmces of 1 ch. 8. 3.
Ps. 83. 11.
* Heb. the ^the interpretation thereof, that he the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and
hreaJiino
thereof. worshipped, and returned into the they slew Oreb upon Hlie rock Oreb, r Isai. 10.
26.
host of Israel, and said, Arise; for and Zeeb they slew at the winepress
the Lord hath delivered into your of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and
hand the host of Midian. brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb
16 And he divided the three hun- to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
‘ • ch. 8. 4.
dred men into three companies, and

* Heb. tnm- he put â trumpet in every man’s hand, CHAPTER VIII.
pets in the
1 Gideon pactjieih the Ephraimiies. 4 Succoih and Penuel
hand of aU with empty pitchers, and * lamps with- refuse to relieve Gideon’s army. 10 Zehah and Zalmunna
<tf them.
* Or, fire- in the pitchers. are tahen. 13 Succoih and Penuel are destroyed. 18
brands, or,
torches. 17 And he said unto them, Look on Gideon revengeth his brethren’s death on Zehah and Zal-
munna. 22 lie refuseth government. 24 His ephod cause
me, and do likewise: and, behold, when of idolatry. 28 Midian subdued. 29 Gideon’s children,
I come to the outside of the camp, it and death. 33 The Israelites’ idolatry and ingratitude.
shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. AND the men of Ephraim said unto
“ • See chap.
12 1
. .
18 When I blow with a trumpet, I Jt\. him, ^Why hast thou served us 2 Sam. 19.
41.
and all that are with me, then blow thus, that thou calledst us not, when < Heb. RJiol
thing is
ye the trumpets also on every side thou wentest to flght with the ]Mi- this thou
dianites? And they did chide with

hast dx/ne
of aU the camp, and say. The sword unto us.
of the Lord, and of Gideon. him sharply.

® 6 Heb.
stronglu.
19 H So Gideon, and the hundred men 2 And he said unto them. What have I
that were with him, came unto the out- done now in comparison of you? Is not
side of the camp in the beginning of the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim
the middle watch; and they had but better than the vintage of Abi-ezer ?
newly set the watch: and they blew 3 God hath delivered into your
’’ > ch. 7. 24,
25.
the trumpets, and brake the pitchers hands the princes of Midian, Oreb Phil. 2. 3.
that were in their hands. and Zeeb and what was I able to
:
20 And the three companies blew do in comparison of you ? Then their

®
the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, “anger was abated toward him, when ® Heb. spirit.
0 Prov. 15.
and held the lamps in their left hands, he had said that. 1.
and the trumpets in their right hands 4 IF And Gideon came to J ordan, and
•>
Ex. 14. 13, to blow withal: and they cried. The passed over, he, and the three hun-
14.
2 Chron. sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. dred men that were with him, faint,
‘
20. 17.
2 Kin. 7. 7.
21 And they stood every man in his yet pursuing them.
Joeh. 6. 4, place round about the camp : and all
’
5 And he said unto the men of ^Suc- d Gen. 33.
16,20. 17.
Seie 2 Cor. the host ran, and cried, and fled. coth. Give, I pray you, loaves of bread Ps. 60. 6.
22 And the three hundred blew the

4. 7.
‘ Pb. 83. 9. unto the people that follow me; for
“
Isai. 9. 4.
1 Sam.
trumpets, and Hhe Lord set “every they he faint, and I am pursuing after
14.
20
2 Chron.
man’s sword against his fellow, even Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
20. 23. throughout all the host: and the host 6 IF And the princes of Succoth said,
82
:
Zeha and Zalmunna are taken. JUDGES, VIII. Gideon's ephod a cause of idolatry.
Before ^ Are the hands of Zebah and Zal- they answered. As thou art, so were Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1249. mnnna now in thine hand, that ^we they each one ^ resembled the chil-
; cir. 1249.
® See 1 Kin.
should give bread unto thine army ? dren of a king. a Heb.
20 . 11 .
7 And Gideon said, Therefore when 19 And he said. They were my bre- according
f See 1 Sam. to the
25. 11. the Loed hath delivered Zebah and thren, even the sons of my mother as : form, (to.
K ver. 16.
Zalmunna into mine hand, ®then I the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them
2Heb. will ^tear your flesh with the thorns alive, I would not slay you.
thresh.
of the wilderness and with briers. 20 And he said unto Jether his first-
1*
Gen. 32. 8 If And he went up thence ‘’to Pe- born, Up, and slay them. But the
30.
1 Kin. 12. nuel, and spake unto them likewise youth drew not his sword: for he
25.
and the men of Penuel answered him feared, because he was yet a youth.
as the men of Succoth had answered 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said,
him. Rise thou, and fall upon us for as the :
9 And he spake also unto the men of man is, so is his strength. And Gideon
' 1 Kin. 22. Penuel, saying. When I come again in
‘
arose,and "slew Zebah and Zalmunna, P8.83.U.
27.
^ ver. 17. peace, Î will break down this tower. and took away the ® ornaments that * Or, oma»
ments lilts
10 If Now Zebah and Zalmunna were were on their camels’ necks. the moon.
in Karkor, and their hosts with them, 22 If Then the men of Israel said
about fifteen thousand men., all that unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both
1 ch. 7. 12. were left of all the hosts of the chil-
’
thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son
* Or, an dren of the east for there fell ® an
: also for thou hast delivered us from
:
hundred
and twenty hundred and twenty thousand men the hand of Midian.
thousand,
every one that drew sword. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I
dratcing a
sword, 11 IF And Gideon went up by the way will not rule over you, neither shall
ch. 20. 2,
15. 17, 25. of them that dwelt in tents on the east my son rule over you: *the Lord *1 Sam. 8. 7.
& 10. 19.
2 Kin. 3.28.
of “Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote shall rule over you. & 12 12. .
“ Nura. 32.
35,42.
“ ch. 18. 27.
the host for the host was " secure.
: 24 If And Gideon
said unto them, I
1 These. 12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna would desire a request of you, that ye
5. 3.
®Ps. 83. 11. fled,he pursued after them, and ° took would give me every man the earrings
the two kings of Midian, Zebah and of his prey. (For they had golden
«Heb.
terrified.
Zalmunna, and ^discomfited all the earrings, ^ because they ivere Ishmael- r Gen.
13. & 37.
25.
host. ites.) 25,28.
13 If And Gideon the son of Joash 25 And they answered. will will- We
returned from battle before the sun ingly them. And they spread a
was up, garment, and did cast therein every
14 caught a young man of the
And man the earrings of his prey.
men of Succoth, and enquired of him: 26 And the weight of the golden
Heb. writ. and he ® described unto him the princes earrings that he requested was a thou-
of Succoth, and the elders thereof, sand and seven hundred shekels of
even threescore and seventeen men. gold beside ornaments, and ^ collars,
;
* Or. sweet
jewels.
15 And he came unto the men of and purple raiment that ivas on the
Succoth, and said. Behold Zebah and kings of Midian, and beside the chains
P ver. 6. Zalmunna, with whom ye did ^ upbraid that ivere about their camels’ necks.
me, saying. Are the hands of Zebah 27 And Gideon "made an ephod • ch. 17. 5.
and Zalmunna now in thine hand, thereof, and put it in his city, even
that we should give bread unto thy " in Ophrah and all Israel went thi-
:
• ch. 6. 24.
*>P8.106.39.
men that are weary ? ther a whoring after it wliich thing :
1 ver. 7.
16 And he took the elders of the became "a snare unto Gideon, and to «Deut. 7. 16.
city, and thorns of the wilderness and his house.

® Heb. made briers, and with them he ® taught the 28 Thus was Midian subdued be-
"If
to know.
men of Succoth. fore the children of Israel, so that
' ver. 9. 17 ’Ând he beat down the tower of they lifted up their heads no more.
• 1 Kin. 12. ’
Penuel, and slew the men of the city. ^
And the country was in quietness dcli.5. 31.
25.
18 IF Then said he unto Zebah and forty years in the days of Gideon.
Zalmunna, What manner of men were 29 IF And Jerubbaal the son of Joash
‘ ch. 4. 6.
Ps. 89. 12. they whom ye slew at ‘Tabor? And went and dwelt in his own house.
; ;
: :
AbimelecJis conspiracy. JUDGES, IX. He is made king.
Before 30 And Gideon had ® threescore and ®at Ophrah, and ’’slew his brethren Before
CHRIST CHRIST
dr. 1249. ten sons ôf his body begotten: for the sons of Jerubbaal, being three- cir. 1209.
•ch.9.2,6.
he had many wives. score and ten persons, upon one 8 ch. 6. 24.
* Heb. going 31 Ând ins concubine that was in stone notwithstanding yet Jotham
: •>
2 Kin. 11.
out of his 1 , 2.
thigh. Shechem, she also bare him a son, the youngest son of Jerubbaal was
fch.9.
* Heb.
1.
set.
whose name he ® called Abimelech. left; for he hid himself.
32 IF And Gideon the son of Joash 6 And all the men of Shechem ga-
* Gen.
Job
2.‘>.
5. 26.
8.
died ®in a good old age, and was thered together, and all the house of
cir. 1209. buried in the sepulchre of Joash his Millo, and went, and made Abimelech
^
•> ver. 27. father, Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
in king, ^by the plain of the pillar that * Or, bu the
oak of tM
ch. 6. 24.
‘ ch. 2. 19. 33 And it came to pass, as soon as *
was in Shechem. pillar
See Josh.
Gideon was dead, that the children 7 IF And
wlien they told it to Jotham, 24. 26.
1209.
‘ ch. 2. 17. of Israel turned again, and ’'went he went and stood in the top of ‘mount cir.
• Deut. 11.
>ch. 9.4,46. a whoring after Baalim, *and made Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and 29. &27.12.
Josh. 8. 33.
Baal-berith their god. cried, and said unto them. Hearken John 4. 20.
"> Ps. 78. 11, 34 And the children of Israel “ re- unto me, ye men of Shechem, that
42. & 106.
13,21. membered not the Lord their God, God may hearken unto you.
who had delivered them out of the 8 The trees went forth on a time to See 2 Kin.
14. 9.
hands of all their enemies on every anoint a king over them; and they
side: said unto the olive tree, Reign thou ’ '
ch. 8. 22.
23.
» ch. 9. 16, 35 “Neither shewed they kmdness to over us.
17, 18.
Ecclee. 9. the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gi- 9 But the olive tree said unto them.
Should I leave my fatness, “ wherewith
14, 15.
deon, according to all the goodness “Ps.KM.lS.
which he had shewed unto Israel. by me they honour God and man, and
® go to be promoted over the trees ? Heb. go up
8
and down
CHAPTEK IX. 10 And the trees said to the flg for other
trees.
1 Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and mur-
der of his brethren, is made king. 7 Jotham by a para-
tree. Come thou, and reign over us.
ble rebuketh them, and foreteUeth their ruin. 22 Gaal 11 But the fig tree said unto them.
conspireth with the Shechemites against him. 30 Zebul Should I forsake my sweetness, and
34 Abimelech overcometh them, and someth
revealeth
the city with
it.
salt. 46 He burneth the hold of the god

my good fruit, and go to be promoted
Berith. 50 At Thebes he is slain by a piece of a millstone. over the trees?
56 Jotham' s curse is fulfilled.
12 Then said the trees unto the vine.
cir.
• ch. 8. 31.
1209. AND Abimelech the son of Jeriib- Come thou, and reign over us.
baal went to Shechem unto “his 13 And the vine said unto them.
mother’s brethren, and communed ivith Should I leave my which cheer-
wine, “ “ Ps. 104. 15.
them, and with all the family of the eth God and man, and go to be pro-
house of his mother’s father, saying, moted over the trees?
2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of 14 Then said all the trees unto the
‘Heb. What all the men of Shechem, ^ Whether is ^ bramble. Come thou, and reign over ‘ Or, thistle.
is goodi
vhelher, <tc. better for you, either that all the sons us.
*>
ch. 8. 30. of Jerubbaal, lohich are ’’threescore 15 And
the bramble said unto the
and ten persons, reign over you, or ye anoint me king
trees. If in truth
that one reign over you? remember over you, then come and put your
® Gen. 29. also that I am “your bone and your trust in my “shadow: and if not, ^let 0 Isai. 30. 2.
14. Dan. 4. 12.

flesh. fire come out of the bramble, and Hos. 14.
P ver. 20.
7.
3 And his mother’s brethren spake devour the ^ cedars of Lebanon. Num. 21.
28.
of him in the ears of all the men of 16 Now therefore, if ye have done Ezek. 19.
14.
Shechem all these words and their truly and sincerely, in that ye have
:
<i2Kin. 14.9.
* Heb. after. hearts inclined ® to follow Abimelech made Abimelech king, and if ye have Ps. 1(H. 16.
Isai. 2. 13.
•’
Gen. 29. for they said. He is our ^ brother. dealt well with Jerubbaal and his & 37. 24.
15. Ezek. 31. 3.
4 And they gave him threescore and house, and have done unto him "âc- * ch. 8. 35.
ten pieces of silver out of the house cording to the deserving of hi.s hands
•ch.8.
17 (For my father fought for you,
33.
' ch. 11. 3.
of ® Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech
2 Chron.
13.7.
hired ^vain and light persons, wliich and ® adventured his life far, and deli- * Heb. cast
his life.
Prov. 12.
11 .
followed him. vered you out of the hand of Midian
Acta 17. 5. 5 And he went unto his father’s house 18 “And ye are risen up against my • ver. 5, 6.
: :; :
The Shechemites conspire JUDGES, IX. against Ahimelecli,

Before
CHRIST
father’s house this day, and have slain were under my hand then would I
!
Before
CHRIST
cir. 1209. his sons, threescore and ten persons, remove Abimelech. And he said to cir. 1206.
upon one stone, and have made Abi- Abimelech, Increase thine army, and
melech, the son of his maidservant, come out.
king over the men of Shechem, be- 30 If And when Zebul the ruler of the
cause he is your brother ;) city heard the words of Gaal the son
19 If ye then have dealt truly and of Ebed, his anger was ^ kindled. * Or, hot.
sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his 31 And he sent messengers unto
* Isai. 8. 6.
house this day, then ‘rejoice ye in Abimelech ® privily, saying, Behold, SHeb.
Pliil. 3. 3. craftily, or,
Abimelech, and let him also rejoice Gaal the son of Ebed and his bre- to Tormah.
in you thren be come to Shechem; and, be-

” ver. 15, 56,
57.
20 But if not, "let fire come out hold, they fortify the city against thee.
from Abimelech, and devour the men 32 Now therefore up by night, thou
of Shechem, and the house of Millo and the people that is with thee, and
and let fire come out from the men lie in wait in the field
of Shechem, and from the house of 33 And it shall be, that in the morn-
Millo, and devour Abimelech. ing, as soon as the sun is up, thou
21 And Jotham ran away, and fied, shalt rise early, and set upon the
* 2 Sam. 20.
14.
and went to ’'Beer, and dwelt there, city: and, behold, when he and the
for fear of Abimelech his brother. people that is with him come out
cir. 1206. 22 If When Abimelech had reigned against thee, then mayest thou do to
three years over Israel, them ^ as thou shalt find occasion. * Heb. as
thinehand
y 1 Sam. 16.
14.
23 Then ^God sent an evil spirit 34 1 And Abimelech rose up, and dmllfind,
lSam.10.7.
& 18. 9, 10.
See 1 Kin.
between Abimelech and the men of all the people that were Avith him, & 25. 8.
Eccles. 9.
12. 15.
& 22 22 .
Shechem; and the men of Shechem by night, and they laid wait against 10 .
.
2 Chron. dealt treacherously with Abimelech Shechem in four companies.

in. 1.5. &
18. 19, &c.
Isai. 19. 2,
24 “That the cruelty done to the 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went
14. threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal out, and stood in the entering of the
* Isai. 33. 1.
• 1 Kin. 2.
might come, and their blood be laid gate of the city and Abimelech rose :
32
Esth. 9.25.
upon Abimelech their brother, which up, and the people that were Avith
Ps. 7. 16. slew them and upon the men of him, from lying in wait.
;
Matt. 23.
35,36. Shechem, which ^ aided liim in the 36 And when Gaal saw the people,
2Heb.
strength-
killing of his brethren. he said to Zebul, Behold, there come
ened his
hands to
25 And the men of Shechem set people doAATQ from the top of the
kill.
liers in wait for him in the top of mountains. And Zebul said unto
the mountains, and they robbed all him. Thou seest the shadow of the
that came along that way by them: mountains as if they wtere men.
and it was told Abimelech. 37 And Gaal spake again and said.
26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came See there come people doAvn by the
with his brethren, and went over to ® middle of the land, and another ® Heb. navd.
Shechem and the men of Shechem company come along by the plain of
:
put their confidence in him. ® Meonenim. ® Or, The

regarders
27 And they went out into the fields, 38 Then said Zebul unto him. Where cf times,
Deut. 18.
and gathered their vineyards, and is now thy mouth, AvhereAvith thou 14.
s Or, songs:
trode the grapes, and made ^ merry, ‘saidst. Who is Abimelech, that we ^ver. 28, 29.
See Isai.
16. 9, 10. and Avent into '’the house of their should serve him? is not this the
Jer. 25. 30.
•> ver. 4. god, and did eat and drink, and people that thou hast despised ? go
cursed Abimelech. out, I pray now, and fight with them.
28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, 39 And Gaal went out before the
' 1
10
Sam. 25.
.
"Who is Abimelech, and who is She- men of Shechem, and fought AAith
1 Kin. 12.
16.
chem, that we should serve him? is Abimelech.
not he the son of Jerubbaal? and 40 And Abimelech chased him, and
Zebul liis officer? serve the men of he fied before him, and many were
<* Gen.
2, 6 .
34. ^
Hamor the father of Shechem for overthroAvn and wounded, even unto
:
why should we serve him? the entering of the gate.

e2Sam.l5.4. 29 And "would to God this people 41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah:
:
Ahimelech is slain JUDGES, X. hy a woman at Thehez.
Before and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his tower, and fought against it, and wênt Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1206.
brethren, that they should not dwell hard imto the door of the tower to cir. 1206.
in Shechem. burn with fire.
it
42 And it came to pass on the mor- 53 And a certain woman ‘cast a piece • 2 Sam. 11.
21 .
row, that the people went out into of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head,
the field and they told Abimelech.
;
and all to brake his scull.
43 And he took the people, and 54 Then “ he called hastily unto the “ So 1
31. 4.
Sam.
divided them into three companies, young man his armourbearer, and
and laid wait in the field, and looked, said unto him. Draw thy sword, and
and, behold, the people were come slay me, that men say not of me, A
forth out of the city; and he rose woman slew him. And his young man
up against them, and smote them. thrust him through, and he died.
44 And Abimelech, and the company 55 And when the men of Israel saw
that was with him, rushed forward, that Abimelech was dead, they de-
and stood in the entering of the gate parted every man unto his place.
of the city: and the two other com- 56 H “Thus God rendered the mck- " ver. 24.
Job 31. 3.
panies ran upon aU the people that edness of Abimelech, which he did Pb. 94. 23.
Prov. 5. 22.
were in the fields, and slew them. unto his father, in slaying his seventy
45 And Abimelech fought against brethren
* ver. 20. the city all that day; and ®he took 57 And all the evil of the men of
the city, and slew the people that Shechem did God render upon their
> Deut. 29.
ivas therein, and ^ beat down the city, heads and upon them came “ the
:
® ver. 20.
23.
1 Kin. 12.
2.5.
and sowed it with salt. curse of Jotham the son of Jerub-
2 Kin. 3.25. 46 II And when all the men of the baal.
tower of Shechem heard that^ they CHAPTER X.
entered into an hold of the house 1 Tola judgeth Israel in Shamir. 3 Jair, whose thirty sons
had thirty cities. 6 The Philistines and Ammonites op-
‘ch. 8.33. *of the god Berith. press Israel. 10 In their misery God sendeth them to their
47 And it was told Abimelech, that /alse gods. 15 Upon their repentance he pitieth them.
all the men of the tower of Shechem
were gathered together.
48 And Abimelech gat him up to
And - to
after Abimelech there “arose
defend Israel Tola the son
of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of
*
5
cir.
» ch. 2. 16.
Or,
Heb.
1206.
deliver.
save.
k Ps. 68. 14.

mount ^ Zalmon, he and aU the peo- Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir m
ple that were with him; and Abime- mount Ephraim.
lech took an ax in his hand, and cut 2 And he judged Israel twenty and cir. 1183.
down a bough from the trees, and three years, and died, and was bmied
took it, and laid it on his shoulder, in Shamir.
and said unto the people that ivere 3 H And after him arose Jair, a
*Heb.I with him. What ye have seen ^ me do, Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty
have done.
make haste, and do as I have done. and two years.
49 And all the people likewise cut 4 And he had thirty sons that rode ’’
ch. 5. 10.
& 12. 14.
down every man his bough, and fol- on thirty ass colts, and they had
Deut. 3. 14.
lowed Abimelech, and put them to thirty cities, “which are called *Ha-
<=
* Or, The
the hold, and set the hold on fire voth-jair unto this day, which are in villages
of Jair,
upon them; so that all the men of the land of Gilead. Num. 32.
41.
the tower of Shechem died also, 5 And Jair died, and was buried in
about a thousand men and women. Camon.
^
50 H Then went Abimelech to The- 6 If And the children of Israel did cir. 1161.
a ch. 2. 11.
bez, and encamped against Thebez, evil again in the sight of the Lord, &3. 7.
64. 1.
and took it. and “served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, 66 1 . .
& 13. 1.
51 But there was a strong tower and Hhe gods of Syria, and the gods e ch. 2. 13.
within the city, and thither fled of ^ Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and f ch. 2. 12.
B 1 Kin
all the men and women, and all they the gods of the children of Ammon,
. 11 .
33
Ps. 106. 36.
of the city, and shut it to them, and the gods of the Philistines, and
and gat them up to the top of the forsook the Lord, and served not
tower. him.
52 And Abimelech came unto the 7 And the anger of the Lord was cir. 1161.
;
:
The Ammonites 02)press Israel. JUDGES, XI. Jephthah is ehosen captain.
Before hot against Israel, and he **

sold them CHAPTER XI. Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1161. mto the hands of the Philistines, 1 The covenant between Jephthah and the Gileadites, that cir. 1161.
» ch.
and into the hands of the cliildren he should be their head. 12 The treaty of peace between
2. 14. him and the Ammonites is in vain. 29 Jephihah's vow.
1 Sam. 12. 9. of Ammon. 32 His conquest of the Ammonites. 34 He performeth his
8 And thatyear they vexed and voiv on his daughter.
» Ilel:
crushed
ôppressed the children of Israel:
eighteen years, all the children of
Israel that were on the other side
NOW ^ J ephthah the Gileadite was
mighty man of valour, and

'’a
he was the son of ân harlot: and
• Heb. 11.
32,caUed
Jephthae.
ch. 6. 12.
2 Kin. 5. 1.
2 Heb.
Jordan in the land of the Amorites, Gilead begat Jephthah. a vxman
wliich is in Gilead. 2 And Gilead’s wife bare him sons an harlot.
9 Moreover the children of Am- and his wife’s sons grew up, and they
mon passed over Jordan to fight also thrust out Jephthah, and said unto
against Judah, and against Benjamm, him. Thou shalt not inherit in our
and against the house of Ephraim; father’s house; for thou art the son
so that Israel was sore distressed. of a strange woman.
• 1
10
Sam. 12.
10 If ‘And the children of Israel cried 3 Then Jephthah fied ®from his bre- s Heb. /rom
the /ace.
We
.
unto the Lokd, saying, have sin- thren, and dwelt in the land of Tob
ned against thee, both because we and there were gathered 'vain men c ch. 9. 4.
1 Sam.22.2.
have forsaken our God, and also serv- to Jephthah, and went out with him.
ed Baalim. 4 If And it came to pass în process <Hob.
after days.
11 Andthe Lord said unto the chil- of time, that the children of Ammon
dren of Israel, Did not I deliver you made war against Israel.
» Ex. 14. 30.
^from the Egyptians, and 4rom the 5 And it was so, that when the chil-
Num. 21.
dren of Ammon made war against Is-
'
21. 24, 25. Amorites, “ from the children of Am-

>“ ch. 3. 12,
13.
mon, “ and from the Philistines ? rael, the elders of Gilead went to fetch
” ch.
® ch. 5. 19.
3. 31. 12 “The Zidonians also, ând the Jephthah out of the land of Tob :
P ch. 6. 3.
Amalekites, and the Maonites, ^ did 6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come,
<3 Ps. 106. 42,
43.
oppress you and ye cried to me,
;
and be our captain, that we may fight
and I delivered you out of their with the children of Ammon.
hand. 7 And Jephthah said unto the elders
^ d
p Deut. 32.
1.5.
13 '^Yet ye have forsaken me, and of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and Gen.
27.
26.
Jer. 2. 13. served other gods wherefore I will

: expel me out of my father’s house ?
deliver you no more. and why are ye come unto me now
' Deut.
37, 38.
32. 14 Go and cry unto the gods which
“
when ye are in distress ?
2 Kin. 3.13. ye have chosen let them deliver you
;
8 ®And the elders of Gilead said un- * ch. 10. 18.
Jer. 2. 28.
in the time of your tribulation. to Jephthah, Therefore we again Hum t Luke 17. 4.
15 If And the children of Israel said to thee now, that thou mayest go with
‘lSam.3.18. unto the Lord, We have sinned do :
*
us, and fight against the children of
2 Sam. 15.
s
26. thou unto us whatsoever ^seemeth Ammon, and be ®our head over all « ch. 10. 18.
Heb.
ispood in good unto thee; deliver us only, we the inhabitants of Gilead.
9 And Jephtliah said unto the elders
thine eyes.
pray thee, this day.
'2Cliron.7.
14. & 15. 8. 16 "And they put away the ^strange of Gilead, If ye bring me home again
Jer. 18. 7,8. gods from among them, and served to fight against the cliildren of Am-
«Heb.
Oods of the Lord and * his soul ® was grieved
: mon, and the Lord deliver them be-
strangers.
»Ps.l06.44, for the misery of Israel. fore me, shall I be your head ?
45.
Isai. 6.3. 9.
17 Then children of Ammon
the 10 And the elders of Gilead said
® Heb. tons were gathered together, and en-
® unto Jephthah, •’The Lord ®be wit- !> Jer. 42. 5.
diortened. ® Heb. he the
• Heb. cried camped in Gilead. And the children ness between us, if we do not so hearer he-
logHher. tween us.
of Israel assembled themselves toge- according to thy words.
1 Gen.
49.
31. ther, and encamped in ^ Mizpeh. 11 Then Jephthah went with the
ch. 11. 11,
20 .
18 And
the people and princes of elders of Gilead, and the people made
Gilead said one to another. What him Hiead and captain over them: • ver. 8.
man is he that will begin to figlit and Jephthah uttered all his words
against the children of Ammon? he
k ch. 10. 17.
^before the Lord in Mizpeh. & 20 . 1.
•ch.
11 .
11. 8, shall Mje head over all the inhabit- 12 If And Jephthah sent messengers 1 Sam. 10.
17.& 11. 15.
ants of Gilead. unto the king of the children of Am- cir. 1143.
; : :
Jephtliah's fruitless embassy JUDGES, XI. to the king of the Ammonites.
Before mon, saying, What hast thou to do unto J abbok, and from the wilderness Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
cir. 1143. udth me, that thou art come against even unto Jordan. cir. 1143.
me land ?
to fight in my 23 So now the Lord God of Israel
13 And the king of the children of hath dispossessed the Amorites from
Ammon answered unto the messen- before his people Israel, and should-
1 Num. 21. gers of Jephthah, 'Because Israel took est thou possess it ?
24, 25, 26.
away my land, when they came up 24 Wilt not thou possess that which
out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto ^ Chemosh thy god giveth thee to Num. 21.
29.
“ Gen.
22
32. “ Jabbok, and unto Jordan now : possess ? So whomsoever ® the Lord IKin.ll.T.
.
Jer. 48. 7.
therefore restore those lands again our God shall drive out from before • Deut. 9. 4,
peaceably. us, them Avill we possess. 6. & 18. 12.

Josh. 3. 10.
14 And Jephthah sent messengers 25 And now art thou any thing bet-
again unto the king of the children ter than ‘Balak the son of Zippor, ‘Num. 22.2.
See Josh.
of Ammon ; king of Moab? did he ever strive 24. 9.
15 And said unto him, Thus saith against Israel, or did he ever fight
" Dent.
19.
2. 9,
Jephthah, "Israel took not away the against them,
land of Moab, nor the land of the 26 While Israel dwelt in ® Heshbon t Num. 21.
25.
children of Ammon and her towns, and in ’’Aroer and her * Deut. 2.36.
16 But when Israel came up from towns, and in all the cities that he
® Num. 14. Egypt, and "walked through the wil- along by the coasts of Arnon, three
25.
Dent. 1.40. derness unto the Red sea, and ^came hundred years ? wliy therefore did ye
Josh. 5. 6.
P Num. 13. to Kadesh not recover them within that time ?
26. & 20. 1. 17 Then Israel sent messengers un- 27 Wherefore I have not sinned a-
Dent. 1.46.
1 Num.
14.
20. to the king of Edom, saying. Let me, gainst thee, but thou doest me wrong
I pray thee, pass through thy land: to war against me: the Lord 'the « Gen. 18. 25.
Num.
16, 21.
20. •^but the king of Edom would not Judge ''
be judgeday between
this »
&
Geu. 16. 5.
31. 5.3.
hearken thereto. And in like man- the children of Israel and the chil- 1 Sam. 24.
12, 15.
ner they sent unto the king of Moab : dren of Ammon.
but he would not consent and Israel 28 Howbeit the king of the children
•Num. 20.1. ®
abode in Kadesh. of Ammon hearkened not unto the
18 Then they went along through words of Jephthah which he sent him.
‘Num. 21. 4.
Deut.
the wilderness, and ‘compassed the 29 Then ’the Spirit of the Lord
IF ' ch. 3. 10.
— 8 .
2. 1,
land of Edom, and the land of Moab, came upon ^ J ephthah, and he passed 2 Jephthah
seems to
” Num.
11 .
21. and "came by the east side of the over Gilead, and Manasseh, and pass- liavebeen
Judge only
• Num. 21. land of Moab, *and pitched on the ed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from east lerad. of North
13. & 22. 36.
other side of Arnon, but came not Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto
within the border of Moab for Ar- the children of Ammon.
:
non was the border of Moab. 30 And Jephthah ^ vowed a vow unto “20.Gen. 28.
yNum. 21. 19 And Îsrael sent messengers unto the Lord, and said. If thou shalt with- lSam.1.11.
21 .
Deut. 2.26. Sihon king of the Amorites, the king out fail deliver the children of Am-
of Heshbon and Israel said unto him,
; mon into mine hands,
* Num.
22
21. *
Let us pass, we pray thee, through 31 Then it shall be, that ® whatsoever ® which
Heb. that
com-
thy land into my place.
.
Deut. 2.27. cometh forth of the doors of my house eth forth,

which mall
•Num.
23.
21. 20 "But Sihon trusted not Israel to to meet me, when I return in peace come forth.
Deut. 2. 32. pass through his coast: but Sihon from the children of Ammon, "shall n27. See Lev.
2, 3, &c.
gathered all his people together, and surely be the Lord’s, and I will oft'er 11,Sam.
1
28.
1.
pitched in Jahaz, and fought against it up for a burnt offering. & 2. 18.
«Or,
Israel. 32 IF So Jephthah passed over unto or 1 wfU
21 And the Lord God of Israel de- the children of Ammon to fight a- « offer &c. it,
Ps. 66. 13.

livered Sihon and all his people into gainst them and the Lord delivered 27. 11, 12.
;
See Lev.
’’
Num. 21. the hand of Israel, and they ’’smote them into his hands.
24, 25.
Deut. 2.33,
34.
them so Israel possessed all the land
: 33 And he smote them from Aroer,
of the Amorites, the inhabitants of even till thou come to ^ Minnith, even P Ezek. 27.
17.
that country. twenty cities, and unto ® the plain of 6 Or, Abel
'Deut. 2. 36. 22 And they possessed "all the coasts the vineyards, with a very great slaugh-
of the Amorites, from Arnon even ter. Thus the children of Ammon
; :
Jephthah performs Ms vow. JUDGES, XII. The Epliraimites are slain.
Before
CHRIST
were subdued before the children of 2 And Jephthah said unto them, I
CHRIST
Before
cir. 1143. Israel. and my people were at great strife cir. 1143.
« ver. 11.
34 IF And Jephthah came to ^Miz- with the children of Ammon; and
ch. 10. 17. peh unto his house, and, behold, “^his when I called you, ye delivered me
«•
Ex. 15. 20.
1Sam. 18. 6. daughter came out to meet him with not out of their hands.
Ps. 68. 25.
Jer. 31. 4. timbrels and with dances and she : 3 And when I saw that ye delivered
* Or, he had
not cf his
ivas Ms only child; beside her he me not, I '’put my life in my hands, •>
1
6.
Sam.
& 28. 21.
19.
mm either had neither son nor daughter. and passed over against the children Job 13. 14.
son or Ps. 119. 109.
daugUer. 35 And it came to pass, when he saw of Ammon, and the Lord delivered
3Heb.
of himself. her, that he “rent his clothes, and them into my hand wherefore then
:
Gen.
said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast are ye come up unto me this day, to
‘ 37.
29, 34.
brought me very low, and thou art fight against me ?
one of them that trouble me : for I 4 Then Jephthah gathered together
‘Eccles. 5.2.
‘have opened my mouth unto the all the men of Gilead, and fought
oNum.30.2. Lord, and " I cannot go back. with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead
Ps. 15. 4.
Eccles. 5. 36 And she said unto him. My fa- smote Ephraim, because they said. Ye
4,5.
ther, if thou hast opened thy mouth GUeadites “are fugitives of Ephraim ® See
25.10.
1 Sam.
‘Num. 30.2. unto the Lord, ""do to me according among the Ephraimites, and among Ps. 78. 9.
to that which hath proceeded out of the Manassites.

5 And the Gileadites took the ^ pas-
d Josh. 22.
y 2 Sam. 18. thy mouth; forasmuch as ^the Lord 11
19, 31. .
hath taken vengeance for thee of sages of Jordan before the Ephraim- ch. 3. 28.
& 7. 24.
thine enemies, even of the children ites and it was so, that when those
:
of Ammon. Ephraimites which were escaped said.

37 And she said unto her father. Let Let me go over; that the men of
this tiling be done for me : let me Gilead said unto him. Art thou an
<Heb.
go and
alone two months, that I may * go up Ephraimite ? If he said. Nay
go down. and down upon the mountains, and 6 Then said they unto him, Say now
bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. ^ Shibboleth and he said Sibboleth
:
2 Which
signifieth
38 And he said. Go. And he sent for he could not frame to pronounce a stream,
or, flood,
her away for two months and she : it right. Then they took him, and Ps. 69. 2,
15.
went with her companions, and be- slew him at the passages of Jordan Isai. 27. 12.
wailed her virginity upon the moun- and there fell at that time of the Eph-.
tains. raimites forty and two thousand.
39 And it came to pass at the end 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six cir. 1137.
of two months, that she returned years. Then died Jephthah the Gi-
* ver. 31. unto her father, who “ did with her leadite, and was buried in one of the
1 Sam. 1.
22,24. according to his vow which he had cities of Gilead.
& 2. 18. He seems
vowed and she knew no man. And
: 8 IF And
after him ® Ibzan of Beth-
s
to have
®Or,
ordinance.
it was a custom in Israel,
® lehem judged Israel. been only
a civil
40 That the daughters of Israel went 9 And he had thirty sons, and tliirty Judge to
do justice
«Heb.
from year
* yearly
’’
to lament the daughter of daughters, whom he sent abroad, and in North

east Israel.
''
to year. Jephthah the Gileadite four days in took in thirty daughters from abroad
for his sons. And he judged Israel
Or, to
talk with, a year.
ch. 5. 11.
CHAPTER XII. seven years.
1 The Ephraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, and dis- 10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried
cerned hy Shibboleth, are slain by the Gileadites. 7 J eph- at Beth-lehem.
thah dieth. 8 Ibzan, who had thirty sons and thirty
daughters, 11 and Elon, 13 and Abdon, who had forty 11 IF And after him Êlon, a Zebu- *
cir.
A civil
1130.
sons and thirty nephews, judged Israel. Ionite, judged

Israel ;
and he judged Judge
North
in
east
®Seech.8.1. AND “the men of Ephraim ® gather- Israel ten years. Israel.
® Heb. were
called. jt\. themselves together, and
ed 12 And Elon
the Zebiilonite died,
went northward, and said unto Jeph- and was buried in Aijalon in the
thah, Wherefore passedst thou over country of Zebulun.
to fight against the children of Am- 13 IF And after him ® Abdon the cir. 1120.
® A civil
mon, and didst not call us to go with son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Judge also
in North
thee ? we ivill burn thine house upon Israel. east Israel.
thee ivith fire. 14 And he had forty sons and thirty

: :: :
An angel appeareth to JUDGES, XIIL ManoaJi and his wife.
Before
^nephews,
15 that ®rode on threescore sat in the field : but Manoah her hus- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1120. and ten ass colts : and he judged Is- band was not with her. cir. 1161.
*Heb. rael eight years. 10 And the woman made and haste,
sons' sons.
• ch. 5. 10.
And Abdon the son of HiUel the ran, and shewed her husband, and
& 10 4 . . Pirathonite died, and was buried in said unto him, Behold, the man hath
1112.
cir.
Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, în appeared unto me, that came unto
'ch. 3.13,
27. & 5. 14. the mount of the Amalekites. me the other day.
11 And Manoah arose, and went
CHAPTER XIII. after his wife, and came to the man,
1 Israel is in the hand of the Philistines. 2 An angel ap-
peareth to Manoah's wife. 8 The angel appeareth to
and said unto him. Art thou the man
Manoah. 15 Manoah's sacrifice, whereby the angel is that spakest unto the woman? And
discovered. 24 Samson is born.
he said, I am.
cir.1161. AND the children of Israel ®*did evil 12 And Manoah said. Now let thy
SHeb.
added to
J:\. again in the sight of the Lord ;
words come to pass. ^How shall we * Heb. Whal
shali be the
commit, &e. *and the Lord delivered them ’’into order the child, and ^^how shall we manner of
the, &c.
• ch. 2. 11.
&3. 7. the hand of the Philistines forty years. do unto him? s Or, what
64.1. dot
66 1 . . 2 If And there was a certain man of 13 Andthe angel of the Lord said * Heb. what
shall he
& 10 6 .
unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto shall be

'Zorah, of the family of the Danites,
.
' This seems his workt

a partial
captivity.
whose name was Manoah; and his the woman let her beware.
M Sam. 12.9. wife was barren, and bare not. 14 She may not eat of any thing that
® .Tosh. 19.
41. 3 And the ^ angel of the Lord ap- cometh of the vine, “neither let her “ ver. 4.
d ch.
Luke 1. 11,
6. 12.
peared unto the woman, and said drink wine or strong drink, nor eat
13, 28, 31. unto her, Behold now, thou art bar- any unclean thing : all that I com-
ren, and bearest not but thou shalt : manded her let her observe.
conceive, and bear a son. 15 ^ And Manoah said unto the an-
4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, gel of the Lord, I pray thee, “let us > Gen. 18.5.
ch. 6. 18.
* ver. 14.
and ® drink not wine nor strong drink, detain thee, until we shall have made
Num. 6.
6 Heb.
2 3
Luke
and eat not any unclean thing ready a kid ® for thee. before thee.
1. 15.
5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and 16 And the angel of the Lord said
' Num. 6. 5. bear a son and no ^ razor shall come
;
unto Manoah, Though thou detaui
1 Sam. 1.
11 .
on his head: for the child shall be me, I will not eat of thy bread and :
* Num. 6. 2. ® a Nazarite unto God from the womb if thou wilt offer a burnt offermg,
See 1 Sam. and he shall '’begin to deliver Israel thou must offer it unto the Lord.
7.13.
2 Sam. 8. 1. out of the hand of the Philistines. For Manoah knew not that he ivas
1 Chron.
18.1. 6 If Then the woman came and told an angel of the Lord.
•Deut. 33.1. her husband, saying, 'A man of God 17 And Manoah said unto the angel
1 Sam. 2.27.
&9. 6. came unto me, and his '’countenance of the Lord, What is thy name, that
1 Kin. 17.
24. was like the countenance of an angel when thy sayings come to pass we
k Matt. 28. 3.
Luke 9. 29.
of God, very terrible but I asked :
'
may do thee honour ?
>
Acts
ver. 17, 18.
6. 15.
him not whence he was, neither told 18 And the angel of the Lord said
he me liis name unto him, “Why askest thou thus 0 29. Gen. 32.
7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou after my name, seeing it is secret ?
® « Or,
vjonderftd,
shalt conceive, and bear a son; and 19 So Manoah took a kid with a Isai. 9. 6.
now drink no wine nor strong drink, meat ând offered it upon
offering, P ch.
20 .
6. 19,
neither eat any unclean thing for the a rock unto the Lord and the angel:
child shall be a Nazarite to God from did wonderously; and Manoah and
the womb to the day of his death. his wife looked on.
8 If Then Manoah intreated the Lord, 20 For it came to pass, when the
and said, O my Lord, let the man flame went up toward heaven from
of God which thou didst send come off the altar, that the angel of the
again unto us, and teach us what we Lord ascended in the flame of the
shall do unto the child that shall be altar. And Manoali and his wife
born. looked on it, and ’fell on their faces 4 Lev. 9. 24.
1 Chron.
9 And God hearkened to the voice to the ground. 21. 16.
Ezek. 1. 28.
of Manoah; and the angel of God 21 But the angel of the Lord did no Matt. 17. 6.
came again unto the woman as she more appear to Manoah and to his
I
; : :
Samson is horn. JUDGES, XIV. His marriage feast.
CHRIST
Before wife. '^Then Manoah knew that he told not his father or his mother Before
CHRIST
cir. 1161. was an angel of the Lord. what he had done. cir, 1141.
«•
22 And Manoah said unto his wife, 7 And he went down, and talked
ch. 6. 22.
•Gen. 32.30. "We shall surely die, because we have with the woman; and she pleased
Ex. 33. 20.
Dent. 5. 26. seen God. Samson well.
ch. 6. 22.
23 But his wife said unto him, If the 8 H And
after a time he returned to
Lord were pleased to kill us, he w ould take her, and he turned aside to see
not have received a burnt olfering the carcase of the lion and, behold, :
and a meat offering at our hands, there teas a swurm of bees and honey
neither w'ould he have shewed us all in the carcase of the lion.
these things, nor would as at this time 9 And he took thereof in his hands,
have told us such things as these. and went on eating, and came to his
2
24 ^ And the wôman bare a son, fatherand mother, and he gave them,
‘Heb.11.32. and called his name ‘Samson: and and they did eat: but he told not
® 1 Sam. 3.
19.
3
"the child grew, and the Lord bless- them that he had taken the honey
Luke 1. 80.
ed him. out of the carcase of the lion.
& 2. 52.
» ch. 3. 10. 25 ^ And the Spirit of the Lord 10 If So his father went down unto
lSam.11.6.
Matt. 4. 1. began to move him at times in Hhe the woman and Samson made there
:
2Heb.
Mdhanehr camp
4 of Dan ^between Zorah and a feast; for so used the young men
<lan,as
ch. 18. 12.
Eshtaol. to do.
y Josh. 15.
CHAPTEK XIV. 11 And it came to pass, when they
33. 5
ch. 18. 11. 1 Samson desireth a wife of the Philistines. 5 In his saw him, that they brought thirty
journey he Mlleth a lion. 8 In a second journey he find- companions to be with him.
eth honey in the carcase. 10 Samson’s marriage feast.
612 His riddle by his wife is made known. 19 He spoileth 12 If And Samson said unto them, I
thirty Philistines. 20 His wife is married to another. will now ‘put forth a riddle unto ‘ 1 Kin. 10.1.
Ezek.17.2.
nd Samson went down Tim- you if ye can certainly declare it me
1141.
cir.
•Gen. 38. 13.

.Tosh. 15.10.
Gen. 34. 2.
A -
Timnath
nath,
of
and
the
‘'saw
daughters
a woman
*‘to
of the
m
:
‘‘within the seven days of the feast,

and find it out, then I will give you
Luke
Gen.
27.
14. 7.
29.
Philistines. thirty ® sheets and thirty change of ‘ * Or, Mrls.

Gen. 45. 22.
And he came and told his fa-
up, garments 2 Kin.
22
5.
ther and his mother, and said, I have 13 But if ye cannot declare it me,
.
seen a woman in Timnath of the then shall ye give me thirty sheets

daughters of the Philistines now : and thirty change of garments. And
c Gen. 21. therefore " get her for me to wife. they said unto him. Put forth thy
21. & 34. 4.
Then his father and his mother riddle, that we may hear it.
said unto him. Is there never a w'oman 14 And he said unto them. Out of
Gen. 24. among the daughters of ^ thy breth- the eater came forth meat, and out
ren, or among all my people, that
3, 4.
of the strong came forth sweetness.
® Gen. 34. 14.
Ex. 34. 16.
thou goest to take a wife of the ® un- And they could not in three days
Deut. 7. 3. circumcised Philistines ? And Samson expound the riddle.
said unto his father, Get her for me 15 And it came to pass on the seventh
® Heb.
is right
she for ^ she pleaseth me well. day, that they said unto Samson’s wife,
in
mine eyes. But his father and his mother “ Entice thy husband, that he may de- ™ ch. 16. 5.
f.To8h.ll.20.
1 Kin. 12.
knew not that it was ‘of the Lord, clare unto us the riddle, " lest we burn “ ch. 15. 6.
1.5.
2 Kin. 6.33.
that he sought an occasion against thee and thy father’s house with fire
2 Chron.
10. 15.
the Philistines for at that time ® the
: have ye called us ^ to take that we s Heb. to
possess us,
&22. 7. Philistines had dominion over Israel. have ? is it not so ? or, toimpo-
&25. 20. vaish ust
B ch. 13. 1. H Then went Samson down, and 16 And Samson’s wife wept before
Deut. 28.
48. his father and his mother, to Tini- him, and said, “Thou dost but hate o ch. 16. 15.
nath, and came to the vineyards of me, and lovest me not thou hast put:
Tinmath and, behold, a young lion

: forth a riddle unto the children of my
* Heb. in roared ^ against him. people, and hast not told it me. And
meeting
him. And ^ the Spirit of the Lord came he said unto her. Behold, I have not
told it my father nor my mother, and
ch. 3. 10.
& 13. 25. mightily upon him, and he rent him
lSam.11.6. ‘Or,
as he would have rent a kid, and shall I tell it thee ? the rest of
the seven
he had nothing in his hand: but he 17 And she wept before him ^the days, (tc.
: :
Samson is denied his wife. JUDGES, XY. He smiteth the Philistines.
Before seven days, while their feast lasted 6 IF Then the Philistines said. Who Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1141. and it came to pass on the seventh hath done this? And they answered, cir. 1140.
day, that he told her, because she Samson, the son in law of the Timnite,
lay sore upon him: and she told the because he had taken his wife, and
riddle to the children of her people. given her to his companion. ''And ch. 14. 15. >>
18 And the men of the city said un- the Philistines came up, and burnt
to him on the seventh day before the her and her father with fire.
sun went down. What is sweeter than 7 IF And Samson said unto them.
honey? and what is stronger than a Though ye have done this, yet will I
lion? And he said unto them, If ye be avenged of you, and after that I
had not plowed with my heifer, ye will cease.
had not found out my riddle. 8 And he smote them hip and thigh
Pch.3. 10. 19 IF And Pthe Spirit of the Lord with a great slaughter and he went :
& 13. 25.
came upon him, and he went down down and dwelt in the top of the
to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of rock Etam.
*Or, them,
2 and took their ® spoil, and gave 9 IF Then the Philistines went up, and
apparel.
change of garments unto them which pitched in Judah, and spread them-
expounded the riddle. And his anger selves ' in Lehi. ® ver. 19.
3 kindled, and he went up to his

was 10 And the men of Judah said. Why
father’s house. are ye come up against us ? And they
< oh. 15. 2. 4 But Samson’s wife was given to
20 answered. To bind Samson are we
**
his companion, whom he had used as come up, to do to him as he hath

» .Tohn 3.29.
^his
5 friend. done to us.
11 Then three thousand men of Ju-
CHAPTER XV. dah ^went to the top of the rock 2Heb.
1 Samson is denied his wife. 3 He hurneih the Philutines’ tcent down.
corn with foxes and firebrands. 6 His wife and her father Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest
are burnt by the Philistines. 7 Samson smiteth them hip thou not that the Philistines are
and thigh. 9 He is bound, by the men of Judah, and de-
livered to the Philistines. 14 He killeth them with a jaw-
^rulers over us? what is this that ch. 14. 4.
bone. 18 God mdketh the fountain En-hdkhore for him thou hast done unto us ? And he said
in Lehi.
unto them. As they did unto me, so
cir. 1140.
But it came
to pass within a while
the time of wheat har-
after, in
vest, that Samson visited his wife with
have I done unto them.
12 And they said unto him. We are
come down to bind thee, that we may
a kid and he said, I will go in to my
; deliver thee into the hand of the Phi-
wife into the chamber. But her father listines. And Samson said unto them.
would not suffer him to go in. Swear unto me, that ye will not fall
And her father said, I verily thought upon me yourselves.
* ch. 14. 20. that thou hadst utterly ‘hated her; 13 And they spake unto him, say-
therefore I gave her to thy compa- ing, No but we will bind thee fast,
;
nion is not her younger sister fairer

: and deliver thee into their hand but :
3Heb. than she? ®take her, I pray thee, in- surely we will not kill thee. And they
lei her be
thine. stead of her. bound him with two new cords, and
^ And Samson said concerning brought him up from the rock.
* Or, Xmo them, ‘‘Now shall I be more blame- 14 ^ And when he came unto Lehi,
I be
blamelees less than the Philistines, though I do the Philistines shouted against him
from the
Phitigtines, them a displeasure. and ®the Spirit of the Lord came • ch. 3. 10.
& 14. 6.
though d-c.
And Samson went and caught three mightily upon him, and the cords
i
• Or, torches. hundred foxes, and took ® firebrands, that were upon his arms became as
and turned tail to tail, and put a fire- flax that was burnt with fire, and his
brand in the midst between two tails. Heb.
bands ® loosed from off his hands. *
melted.
tcerr
And when he had set the brands 15 And he found a ^ new jawbone of <Heb. moist.
on fire, he let them go into the stand- an ass, and put forth his hand, and
ing corn of the Philistines, and burnt took it, and ^slew a thousand men t Lev. 26. 8.
Josh. 23.
up both the shocks, and also the therewith. 10.
ch. 3.31.
standing corn, with the vineyards and 16 And Samson said. With the jaw- ® Heb. ail
heap, ticn
olives. bone of an ass, ® heaps upon heaps. heaps.
Samson escapeth from Gaza, JUDGES, XVI. Delilah's falsehood to him.
Before with the jaw of an ass have I slain a 6 If And Delilah said to Samson, Tell Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1140, thousand men. me, I pray thee, wherein thy great cir. 1120.
17 And it came to pass, when he strength lieth, and wherewith thou
had made an end of speaking, that mightest be bound to afflict thee.
he cast away the jawbone out of his 7 And Samson said unto her. If they
* That is,
The lifting hand, and called that place ^ Kamath- bind me with seven green withs * Or, new
cords.
up qf the
jawbone,
lehi. that were never dried, then shall I be 9 Heb. moist
or, casing
away qf
18 If And he was sore athirst, and weak, and be as another man. *-
* Heb. one.
6
the jawboTte. called on the Lord, and said, ®Thou 8 Then the lords of the Philistines
Ps. 3. 7.
hast given this great deliverance into brought up to her seven green withs
the hand of thy servant: and now which had not been dried, and she
shall I die for thirst, and fall into the bound him with them.
* Or, Lehi,
hand of the imcircumcised ? 9 Now there were men lying in wait,
•’ Gen. 45.
27. 19 But God clave an hollow place abiding with her in the chamber. And
Isai. 40. 29,
* That is,
that was in ® the jaw, and there came she said unto him. The Philistines he
ITie mil
qf him that
water thereout; and when he had upon thee, Samson. And he brake the
calletl, or,
cried,
drunk, ‘‘his spirit came again, and withs, as a thread of tow is broken
®
Ps. 34.
He seems
6.
he revived: wherefore he called the when it ®toucheth the fire. So his 6 Heb.
sinelleth.
have
to
judged
name thereof *En-hakkore, which is strength was not kno^vn.
South west in Lehi unto this day. 10 And Dehlah said unto Samson,
Israel dur-
ing twenty 20 ®And he judged Israel ‘in the Behold, thou hast mocked me, and
told me lies now tell me, I pray thee,
years of
their ser- days of the Philistines twenty years. :
vitude of
wherewith thou mightest be bound.
the Phi-
listines.
CHAPTER XYI.
11 And he said unto her. If they
' ch. 13. 1. 1 Samson at Gaza escapeth, and carrieth away the gates
of the city. 4 Delilah, corrupted by the Philistines, bind me fast with new ropes ®that •Heb.
wherewith
eniiceth Samson. 6 Thrice she is deceived. 15 At last
never were occupied, then shall I be work hath
she over Cometh him. 21 The Philistines take him, and not been
put out his eyes. 22 His strength renewing, he pulleth weak, and be as another man. done.
down the house upon the Philistines, and dieth. 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes,
hen went Samson to Gaza, and and bound him therewith, and said
cir.
«Heb.
a woman
an
1120,
harlot.
T
unto
saw there
her.
® an harlot, and went in unto him. The Philistines he upon
thee, Samson. And there were hers
2 And it was told the Gazites, say- in wait abiding in the chamber. And
ing, Samson is come liither. And they he brake them fi'om off his arms like
• 1
26.
Sam. 23. “ compassed Mm in, and laid wait for a thread.
Ps. 118. 10,
11 , 12 .
him all night in the gate of the city, 13 And Delilah said unto Samson,
Acts 9. 24. and were ’quiet all the night, saying. Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and
7 Heb. silent.
In the morning, when it is day, we told me lies me wherewith thou
: tell
shall kill him. mightest be bound. And he said unto
3 And Samson lay till midnight, and her. Ifthou weavest the seven locks
arose at midnight, and took the doors of my head with the web.
of the gate of the city, and the two 14 And she fastened it with the pin,
* Heb. with
the bar.
posts, and went away with them, ® bar and said unto him. The Philistines
and and put them upon his shoul-
all, he upon thee, Samson. And he
ders, and carried them up to the top awaked out of his sleep, and went
of an hill that is before Hebron. away with the pin of the beam, and
4 And it came to pass afterward,
If with the web.
9 Or, by
the brook.
that he loved a woman ® in the valley 15 If And she said unto him, ' How och. 14.16.
of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. canst thou say, I love thee, when thine
5 And the lords of the Pliilistines heart is not with me ? thou hast
came up unto her, and said unto her, mocked me these three times, and
b ch. 14. 15.
See Prov.
^
Entice him, and see wherein his great hast not told me wherein thy great
2. 16,-19.
&
5. 3,-11.
strength lieth, and by what means we strength lieth,
& 6. 24, 25, may prevail against him, that we may 16 And it came to pass, when she
26. & 7. 21,
22,23. bind him to ^ afflict him and we will : pressed him daily with her words,
* Or, hwtible.
give thee every one of us eleven hun- and urged him, so that his soul was
7 Heb.
dred /Pieces of silver. ’vexed mito death; shortened.
:
The Philistines put out his eyes. JUDGES, XYII. The death of Sanison.
Before 17 That he "^told her all his heart, tliatheld him by the hand, Suffer me Before
CHRIST
cir. 1120, and said unto her, “There hath not that I may feel the pillars whereupon CHRIST
cir. 1120.
d Mic. 7. 5.
come a razor upon mine head for I ;
the house standeth, that I may lean
® Num. 6. 5. have been a Nazarite unto God from upon them.
ch. 13. 5.
my mother’s womb if I be shaven,
: 27 Now the house was full of men
then my strength will go from me, and women; and all the lords of the
and I shall become weak, and be like Philistines were there and there were;
any other man. upon the '"roof about three thousand '‘Deut.22.8.
18 And when Delilah saw that he had men and women, that beheld while
told her all his heart, she sent and Samson made sport.
called for the lords of the Philistines, 28 And Samson called unto the
saying, Come up this once, for he Lord, and said, O Lord God, remem- ^ > .Ter. 15. 15.
hath shewed me all his heart. Then ber me, I pray thee, and strengthen
the lords of the Philistines came up me, I pray thee, only this once, O
unto her, and brought money in their God, that I may be at once avenged
hand. of the Philistines for my two eyes.
f Prov. 7.26, 19 Ând she made him sleep upon 29 And Samson took hold of the
27.
her knees and she called for a man,
;
two middle pillars upon which the
and she caused him to shave off the house stood, and ^ on which it was * Or,
he leaned
seven locks of his head and she ; borne up, of the one with his right on them.
began to afflict him, and his strength hand, and of the other with his left.
went from him. 30 And Samson said. Let ® me die »Heb.
my sold.
20 And she said, The Philistines he with the Philistines. And he bowed
upon thee, Samson. And he awoke himself with all his might and the ;
out of his sleep, and said, I will go house fell upon the lords, and upon
out as at other times before, and all the people that ivere therein. So
shake myself. And he wist not that the dead which he slew at his death
t Num. 14. the Lord ® was departed from him. were more than they which he slew
9, 42, 43.
Josh. 7. 12. 21 t But the Philistines took him, in his life.
1 Sam. 16.
14. & 18.12.
& 28. 15,16.
and “^put out his eyes, and brought 31 Then
his brethren and all the
2 Chron. him down to Gaza, and bound him house of his father came down, and
15. 2.
2Heb. with fetters of brass; and he did took him, and brought him up, and
bored out.
grind in the prison house. “ buried him between Zorah and Esh- ra ch. 13. 25.
22 Howbeit the hair of his head taol in the buryingplace of Manoah

Ôr.aswhen
he was
began to grow again ^ after he was his father. And he judged Israel cir. 1120.
shaven. shaven. twenty years.

23 Then the lords of the Philistines
gathered them together for to offer
CHAPTER XVII.
1 Of money that Micah first stole, then restored, his
the
I
a great sacrifice unto Dagon their mother maketh images, 5 and he ornaments for them.
god, and to rejoice for they said,
:
7 He hireth a Levite to be his priest.
Our god hath delivered Samson our

enemy into our hand.
24 And when the people saw him,
And
And
2
there was a man of mount
Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
.
he said unto his mother.

cir. 1406.
**
Dan. 5. 4. they ^ praised their god for they : The eleven hundred shekels of silver
said. Our god hath delivered into that were taken from thee, about
our hands our enemy, and the de- which thou cursedst, and spakest of
«Heb. stroyer of our country, ^ which slew also in mine ears, behold, the silver
and who
multiplied many of us. is with me I took it. ;
And his mo-
our stain.
25 And it came to pass, when their ther said, “ Blessed he thou of the » Gen. 14.
19.
' ch. 9. 27. hearts were 'merry, that they said, Lord, my son. Ruth 3. 10.
Call for Samson, that he may make 3 And when he had restored the
us sport. And they called for Sam-
I
I
eleven hundred shekels of silver to his
son out of the prison house; and he mother, his mother said, I had wholly
6 Heb.
before them.
made ® them sport and they set him
: dedicated the silver unto the Lord
between the pillars. from my hand for my son, to
^
make '' See Exod.
20. 4, 23.
26 And Samson said unto the lad a graven image and a molten image Lev. 19. 4.
:
MicaKs idolatry. JUDGES, XYITI. Danites seek an inheritance.
CHKIST
Before now therefore I will restore it unto them an inheritance to dwell in; for Before
CHRIST
cir. 1406, thee. unto that day all their inheritance cir. 1406.
4 Yet he restored the money unto had not fallen unto them among the
e Isai. 46. 6. his mother; and his mother ' took two tribes of Israel.
hundred shekels of silver, and gave 2 And the children of Dan sent of
them to the founder, who made there- their family five men from their coasts,
of a graven image and a molten ^men of valour, from 'Zorah, and from * Heb. sons,
« ch. 13. 25.
image : and they were in the house Eshtaol, ^ to spy out the land, and to ^ Num. 13.
of Micah. search it; and they said unto them. 17.
Josh. 2. 1.
5 And the man Micah had an house Go, search the land who when they
:
dch.8.27. of gods, and made an “êphod, and came to mount Ephraim, to the “house ® ch. 17. 1.
• Gen.
19,30.
31. ® teraphim, and ^ consecrated one of of Micah, they lodged there.
Hos. 3. 4. his sons, who became his priest. 3 When they were by the house of
»Heb../i?M
the hand. 6 'In those days there was no king Micah, they knew the voice of the
Ex. 29. 9.
1 Kin. ik in Israel, ^but every man did that young man the Levite and they
:
33.
»ch.l8. 1.
which was right in his own eyes. turned in thither, and said unto him.
& 19. 1.
&21.25.
7 ^ And there was a young man out Who brought thee hither ? and what
Deut. 33. 5. of Beth-lehem-judah of the family
**
makest thou in this place ? and what
* Dent. 12.8.
•* See Josh.
of Judah, who was a Levite, and he hast thou here ?
19. 15.
sojourned there. 4 And he said unto them. Thus and
ch. 19. 1.
Ruth 1.1,2.
Mic. 5. 2.
8 And the man departed out of the thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath
Matt. 2. 1, city from Beth-lehem-iudah to sojourn 'hired me, and I am his priest. fch. 17. 10.
5,6.
where he could find a place and he : 5 And they said unto him, *Ask si Kin 22.5.
Isai. 3u. 1.
came to mount Ephraim to the house counsel, we pray thee, *‘of God, that Hos. 4. 12.
See chap.
* Heb. in of Micah, ® as he journeyed. we may know whether our way which **
17. 5.
•making
hie way. 9 And Micah said unto him. Whence we go shall be prosperous. & ver. 14.
comest thou ? And he said unto him, 6 And the priest said unto them,
am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah,
I 13 ‘Go in peace: before the Lord is >1 Kin. 22.6.
and I go to sojourn where I may find your way wherein ye go.

a place. 7 IF Then the five men departed, and
10 And Micah said unto him. Dwell came to ’'Laish, and saw the people ^ Josh. 19.
47, called,
‘ ch. 18. 19. with me, ‘and be unto mo a father that were therein, ‘how they dwelt Leshem.
» Gen.
45. 8. 1 ver. 27, 28.
.Tob 29. 16. and a priest, and I will give thee ten careless, after the manner of the Zi-
Or, shekels of silver by the year, and ^®a donians, quiet and secure; and there
a double
mit, do. suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So was no ® magistrate in the land, that ® Heb. pos-
sessor, or,
“ Heb. an
order of
the Levite went in. might put them to shame in any heir of re-
straint.
garmenle. 11 And the Levite was content to thing; and they were far from the
dwell with the man and the young ;
Zidonians, and had no business with
man was unto him as one of his sons. any man.
> ver. 5, 12 And Micah consecrated the Le-
’
8 And they came unto their bre-
“ ch. 18. 30. vite; and the young man "“became thren to “ Zorah and Eshtaol and
: ver. 2.
his priest, and was in the house of their brethren said unto them. What
Micah. say ye?
Then said Micah, Now know I 9 And they said, “Arise, that we “ Num. 13.
30.
that the Lord ivill do me good, see- may go up against them for we have
: Josh. 2. 23,
24.
ing I have a Levite to my priest. seen the land, and, behold, it is very
CHAPTER XVIII. good : and are ye “ still ? be not oiKin.22.3.
1 The Danites send five men an inheritance.

to seek nut slothful to go, and to enter to pos-
3 At the house of Micah they consult loith Jonathan, and sess the land.
are encouraged in their way. 7 They search Laish, and
bring hack news of good hope. 11 Si.c hundred men are 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto
sent to surprise it. 14 In the way they rob Micah of his a people ^ secure, and to a large land P ver. 7, 27.
priest and his consecrate things. 27 They win Laish, and
call it Dan. 30 Ttiey set up idolatry, wherein Jonathan for God hath given it into your hands ; |
inherited the priesthood. ’a place where there is no want of 1 Deut. 8. 9.
1406,
• ch.
cir.
N “those days there was no king any thing that is in the earth.
*’
17. 6.
& 21. 25.
Josh. 19.
I in Israel and in those days
: 11 IF And there went from thence
47, the tribe of the Danites sought of the family of the Danites, out
:
The Danites rob Micah JUDGES, XYIII. of his consecrate things.
Before of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hun- that were in the houses near to Mi- Before
CHKIST CHRIST
I
cir. 1406. dred men âppointed with weapons cah’s house were gathered together, cir. 1406.
>Heb.
of war. and overtook the children of Dan.
girded. 12 And they went up, and pitched in 23 And they cried unto the children
r JO8h.15.60.
Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore of Dan. And they turned their faces,
I
• ch. 13. 25. they called that place Mahaneh-dan®
and said unto Micah, What aileth
unto this day behold, it is behind
: thee, ^that thou comest with such a 2 Heb. that
thou art
Kirjath-jearim. company ? gathered
together T
13 And they passed thence unto 24 And he said. Ye have taken away
‘ ver. 2. mount Ephraim, and came unto ‘the my gods which I made, and the priest,
house of Micah. and ye are gone away and what have :
“
28.
1 Sam. 14.
14 IF " Then answered the five men I more? and what is this that ye say
that went to spy out the country of unto me. What aileth thee ?
Laish, and said unto their bretliren. 25 And the children of Dan said
* ch. 17. 5.
Do ye know that * there is in these unto him. Let not thy voice be heard
houses an ephod, and teraphim, and among us, lest ^ angry fellows run up- ® Heb. litter
of soul,
a graven image, and a molten image ? on thee, and thou lose thy life, with 2Sam.l7.8.
now therefore consider what ye have the lives of thy household.
to do. 26 And the children of Dan went
15 And they turned thitherward, and their way and when Micah saw
:
came to the house of the young man that they were too strong for him,
the Levite, even unto the house of he turned and went back unto his
sHeh. Micah, and ^saluted him. house.
adied him
16 And the ^ six hundred men ap- 27 And they took the things which
pointed with their weapons of war, Micah had made, and the priest which
1 Sam. 17.
22 .
which were of the children of Dan, he had, and ^ came unto Laish, unto a ver. 7, 10.
Heut. 33.
y ver. 11.
stood by the entering of the gate. people that were at quiet and secure 22 .
• ver. 2, 14. 17 And Hhe five men that went to “and they smote them with the edge e Josh. 19.
47.
spy out the land went up, and came in of the sword, and burnt the city with
•ch.17.4,5. thither, and took “the graven image, fire.
and the ephod, and the teraphim, and 28 And there was no deliverer, be-
the molten image and the priest cause it was ^far from Zidon, and they ver. 7.
:
f
stood in the entering of the gate had no business with any man and ;
with the six hundred men that were it was in the valley that lieth ® by K 21Niim. 13. .
appointed with weapons of war. Beth-rehob. And they built a city, 2Sam.l0.6.
18 And these went into Micah’s and dwelt therein.
house, and fetched the carved image, 29 And they called the name of 47.
’’ .Tosh. 19. •>
the ephod, and the teraphim, and the the city ‘Dan, after the name of Dan Gen.14.14. <
ch. 20. 1.
molten image. Then said the priest their father, who was born unto Is- Kin. 12. 1
29, 30.
unto them. What do ye ? rael howbeit the name of the city & 15. 20.
:
19 And they said unto him. Hold was Laish at the first.
fc
Job
&29. 9.
21. 5. thy peace, ’’lay thine hand upon thy 30 IF And the children of Dan set up
&40.4.
Prov. M.
mouth, and go with us, “and be to us the graven image: and Jonathan, the
32. a father and a priest is it better for son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh,
:
Mic. 7. 16.
' ch. 17. 10. thee to be a priest unto the house he and his sons were priests to the
of one man, or that thou be a priest tribe of Dan ^ until the day of the » ch. 13. 1.
ISam. 4.2,
unto a tribe and a family in Israel ? captivity of the land. 3, 10, 11.
Ps. 78. 60,
20 And the priest’s heart was glad, 31 And they set them up Micah’s 61.
and he took the ephod, and the te- graven image, which he made, all •Josh. 18.1.
’
ch. 19. 18.

raphim, and the graven image, and the time that the house of God was & 21 12 . .
went in the midst of the people. in Shiloh.

21 So they turned and departed, and
put the little ones and the cattle and CHAPTER XIX.
the carriage before them. 1 A Levite goeth to Beth-lehem to fetch home his wife.
16 An old man entertaineth him at Gibeah. 22 The
22 II And when they were a good way Gibeonites abuse his concubine to death. 29 He divideth
from the house of Micah, the men her into twelve pieces, to send them to the twelve tribes.
T
: ;
A Levite goeth to Beth-lehem JUDGES, XIX. to fetch home his wife.
nd
Before
CHRIST
cir. 1406.
A days,
.
it came to passBut the man would not tarry that Before
in those 10
in Israel, that there was a certain and came ^ over against Jebus, which
CHRIST
there teas no king night, but he rose up and departed, cir. 1406.
“when
• ch. 17. 6. 8 Heb. /ooper
& 18. 1. Levite sojourning on the side of is Jerusalem; and there were with him against.
& 21. 25. ^ Josh. 18,
mount Ephraim, who took to him two asses saddled, his concubine also 28.
* Heb. a
woman a
^ a concubine out of ^ Beth-lehem- was with him.
eonciihine, judah. 11 And when they were by Jebus,
or, a wife a
cmcvhine. 2 And his concubine played the the day was far spent; and the ser-
0 ch. 17. 7.
whore against him, and went away vant said unto his master. Come, I
from him unto her father’s house pray thee, and let us turn in into
to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there this city *of the Jebusites, and lodge ®.Tosh. 15. 8,
63.
* Or, a year
and ./bur
^^four whole months. in it. ch. 1. 21.
2 Sam. 5. 6.
months, 3 And her husband arose, and went 12 And his master said unto him.
«Heb.
days four
months
after her. to speak ® friendly unto her, We
not turn aside hither into the
will
® Heb. to and to bring her again, having his city of a stranger, that is
not of the
her heaii,
Gen. 34. 3.
servant with him, and a couple of children of .Israel; we will pass over
T
asses and she brought him into her ^^to Gibeah.
:
Josh. 18.
28.
father’s house: and when the father 13 And he said unto his servant.
of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced Come, and let us draw near to one
to meet him. of these places to lodge all night, in
4 And his father in law, the damsel’s Gibeah, or in ® Hamah. s .Tosh. 18.
25.
father, retained him and he abode
;
14 And they passed on and went
with him three days so they did eat their way; and the sun went down
:
and drink, and lodged there. upon them when they were by Gibeah,
5 H And it came to pass on the fourth which helongeth to Benjamin.
day, when they arose early in the 15 And they turned aside thither, to
morning, that he rose up to depart: go in and to lodge in Gibeah and :
and the damsel’s father said unto his when he went in, he sat him down in
« Heb. son in law, Comfort thine heart with a street of the city for there was no :
Strengthen.
0 Gen. 18. 5.
a morsel of bread, and afterward go man that ‘‘took them into his house Matt. 25. •>
43.
your way. to lodging. Heb. 13. 2.
6 And they sat down, and did eat 16 H And, behold, there came an old
and drink both of them together for man from his work out of the field Ps. 104. 23.
:
‘
I
the damsel’s father had said unto tire at even, which was also of mount
man. Be content, I pray thee, and Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gi-
tarry all night, and let thine heart beah: but the men of the place ivere
be merry. Benjamites.
7 And when the man rose up to de- 17 And when he had lifted up his
part, his father in law urged him eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the
therefore he lodged there again. street of the city and the old man :
8 And he arose early in the morning said. Whither goest thou? and whence
on the fiftli day to depart and the comest thou ?
:
damsel’s father said, Comfort thine 18 And he said unto him. We are
heart, I pray thee. And they tarried passing from Beth-lehem-judah to-
until afternoon, and they did eat ward the side of mount Ephraim
’’
t Heb. till
day
the
declined. both of them. from thence am I and I went to :
9 And when the man rose up to de- Beth-lehem-judah, but I am noiu go-
part, he, and his concubine, and his ing to ^the house of the Lord; and *ch. Josh. 18.1.
18. 31.
servant, his father in law, the damsel’s there is no man that ®receiveth me & 20. 18.
1 Sam. 1.
father, said unto him. Behold, now the to house. 3, 7.
8 Heb.
8 Heb. day ®draweth toward evening, I pray 19 Yet there is both straw and pro- gathereth,
is weak.
8 Heb. it is you tarry all night behold, ® the day vender for our asses and there is ver. 15.
: ;
the pitch-
ing time of groweth to an end, lodge here, that bread and wine also for me, and for
the day.
tliine heart may be merry; and to thy handmaid, and for the young man
8 Heb. to
morrow get you early on your way, which is with thy servants there is :
thy tent. that thou mayest go ^home. no want of any thing.

: ;
The Levitts concubine abused. JUDGES, XX. He declareth his wrong.
Before 20 And the old man said, Peace be *

pieces, and sent her into all the coasts Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1406. with thee : howsoever let all thy wants of Israel. cir. 1406.
lie upon me “ only lodge not in the
;
30 And it was so, that all that saw it
•Gen. 43.23.
ch. 6. 23. street. said. There was no such deed done
™ Gen. 19. 2.
“Gen.24.32. So he brought him into his house,
21 “ nor seen from the day that the chil-
& 43. 24. and gave provender unto the asses dren of Israel came up out of the
® Gen.
John
18. 4.
13. 5.
°and they washed their feet, and did land of Egypt unto this day consider :
eat and drink. of it, take advice, and speak your

** •>
ch. 20. 7.
I'rov. 13.
22 II Noio as they were making minds. 10 .
P Gen. 19. 4. their hearts merry, behold, ^the men CHAPTER XX.
ch. 20. 5.
Hos. 9. 9. of the city, certain ^sons of Belial, 1 The Levite in a general a^nemhly declareth his wrong.
& 10. 9. 8 The decree of the assemhhj. 12 The Benjamites. being
<1 Dent. 13.
beset the house round about, and cited, make head against the Israelites. 18 The Israel-
13.
beat at the door, and spake to the ites in two battles lose forty thousand. 26 They dest.oy
by a stratagem all the Eeiijamites, except six hundred.
master of the house, the old man,
r Gen.
Rom.
19. 5.
1. 26,
saying, Bring forth the man that
''
rilHEN the children of Israel
“ all “ Deut. 13.
12.
27. came into thine house, that we may JL went out, and the congregation •Tosh. 22.
12 .
know him. was gathered together as one man, ch. 21. 5.

lSara.il. 7.
• Gen. 19. 23 And "the man, the master of the from '’Dan even to Beer-sheba, with •>
ch. 18. 29.
6,7. 1 Sam.
house, went out unto them, and said the land of Gilead, unto the Lord "in 2i.
3.
unto them. Nay, my brethren, nay, I Mizpeh. 2 Sam.

10. &
3.
24. 2.
pray you, do not so wickedly seeing ;

2 And the chief of all the people, ' Juds. 10.
17.&1I.11.
that this man is come into mine house, even of the tribes of Israel, pre-
all 1 Sam. 7. 5.
& 10. 17.
‘ 2 Sam. 13.
12 .
‘
do not this folly. sented themselves in the assembly
« Gen. 19. 8. 24 "Behold, here is my daughter a of the people of God, four hundred
maiden, and his concubine them I ;
thousand footmen ^ that drew sword. ^ ch. 8. 10.
» Gen. 34. 2.
Dent. 21.
will bring out now, and ’'humble ye 3 (Now the children of Benjamin
14. them, and do with them what seem- heard that the children of Israel were
eth good unto you but unto this
: gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the
2 Heb.
irMter of
(hi man do not ^ so vile a thing. children of Israel, Tell us, how was
thisfoUy. 25 But the men would not hearken this wickedness?
to him: so the man took his concu- 4 And ^the Levite, the husband of 2 Heb.
the man
bine, and brought her forth unto the woman that was answered slain, the Levite.
s Gen. 4. 1. them; and they ^knew her, and a- and said, ®I came into Gibeah that ® ch. 19. 15.
bused her all the night until the belongeth to Benjamin, I and my con-
morning; and when the day began cubine, to lodge.
to spring, they let her go. 5 ‘Ând the men of Gibeah rose a- fch.l9. 22.
26 Then came the woman in the gainst me, and beset the house round
dawning of the day, and fell down at about upon me by night, and thought
the door of the man’s house where to have slain me ^ and my concubine
:
8 ch. 19. 25,
26.
her lord was, till it was light. have they ^ forced, that she is dead. 3 Heb.
huvMed.
27 And her lord rose up in the 6 And '’I took my concubine, and cut •> ch. 19. 29.
morning, and opened the doors of the her in pieces, and sent her through-
house, and went out to go his way; out all the country of the inheritance
and, behold, the woman his concu- of Israel for they have committed
:
' • Josh. 7. 15.
bine was fallen down at the door of lewdness and folly in Israel.
the house, and her hands were upon 7 Behold, ye are all children of
k ch. 19. 30.
the threshold. Israel; ‘'give here your advice and
28 And he said unto her. Up, and counsel.
» ch. 20. 5. let us be going. But * none answered. 8 H And all the people arose as one
Then the man took her up upon an man, saying. We
will not any of us go
ass, and the man rose up, and gat to his tent, neither will we any of us
him unto his place. turn into his house.
29 IT And when he was come into his 9 But now this shall be the thing
house, he took a knife, and laid hold which we will do to Gibeah; we will
• ch. 20. 6.
See 1 Sam.
on his concubine, and “divided her, go up by lot against it
11 . 7 . together with her bones, into twelve 10 And we will take ten men of an
T2
: ;
The Israelites JUDGES, XX. go against Ciibedh.
Before hundred throughout all the tribes of came forth out of Gibeah, and de- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
riir. 140fi. Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, stroyed down to the ground of the cir. 1406.
and a thousand out of ten thousand. Israelites that day twenty and two
to fetch victual for the people, that thousand men.
they may do, when they come to Gi- 22 And the people the men of Is-
beah of Benjamin, according to all rael encouraged themselves, and set
the folly that they have wrought in their battle again in array in the place
Israel. where they put themselves in array
11 So all the men of Israel were ga- the first day.
2 Heb. thered against the city, ^ knit together 23 (“And the children of Israel went ver. 26. 27. •
as one man. up and wept before the Lord until

• Deut. 13. 12 IF ‘And the tribes of Israel sent even, and asked counsel of the Lord,
14.
Josh. 22.
13, 16.
men through all the tribe of Ben- saying. Shall I go up again to battle
jamin, saying. What wickedness is this against the children of Benjamin my
that is done among you? brother? And the Lord said, Go up
13 Now therefore deliver us the men. against him.)
“ Deut. 13. “the children of Belial, which are in 24 And the children of Israel came
ch. 19. 22. Gibeah, that we may put them to near against the children of Benjamin
” Deut. 17. death, and " put away evh from Israel. the second day.
12.
But the children of Benjamin would 25 And ‘Benjamin went forth against ver. 21. *
not hearken to the voice of their bre- them out of Gibeah the second day.
thren the children of Israel and destroyed down to the ground of
14 But the children of Benjamin the children of Israel again eighteen
gathered themselves together out thousand men; all these drew the
of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out sword.
to battle against the children of 26 H Then all the children of Israel,
Israel. and all the people, "went up, and “ ver. 18.
15 And the children of Benjamin came unto the house of God, and
were numbered at that time out of wept, and sat there before the Lord,
the cities twenty and six thousand and fasted that day until even, and
men that drew sword, beside the in- offered burnt offerings and peace of-
habitants of Gibeah, which were num- ferings before the Lord.
bered seven hundred chosen men. 27 And the children of Israel en-
16 Among all this people there were quired of the Lord, (for *the ark of * Josh. 18. 1.
1 bum. ‘i.
o ch. 3. 15. seven hundred chosen men ° lefthand- the covenant of God was there in 3,4.
1 Chron.
12. 2. ed every one could sling stones at
;
those days.
an hair hreadth, and not miss. 28 And Phinehas, the son of Elea- y Josh. 24.
17 And the men of Israel, beside zar, the son of Aaron, * stood before * Deut. 10. 8.
Benjamin, were numbered four hun- & 18. 5.
it in those days,) saying. Shall I yet
dred thousand men that drew sword again go out to battle against the
all these were men of war. children of Benjamin my brother, or
18 H And the children of Israel arose. shall I cease? And the Lord said.
P ver. 23, 26. and ‘’went up to the house of God, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver
<i
Num. 27,
21.
and ’ asked counsel of God, and said. them into thine hand.
ch. 1. 1. Which of us shall go up first to the 29 And Israel " set liers in wait round » So Josh.
8 4
battle against the children of Ben- about Gibeah.
jamin ? And the Lord said, Judah 30 And the children of Israel went
shall go up first. up against the children of Benjamin
19 And the children of Israel rose on the third day, and put themselves
up in the morning, and encamped in array against Gibeah, as at other
against Gibeah. times.
20 And the men of Israel went out 31 And the children of Benjamin
to battle against Benjamin; and the went out against the people, and
men of Israel put themselves in array were drawn away from the city; and 2 Heb. to
to fight against them at Gibeah. they began ^to smite of the people. the. people
Gen. 19. vxMnded
27. 21 And Hhe children of Benjamin and kill, as at other times, in the as at ; &C.
;
The Benjamites are JUDGES, XXI. smitten and destroyed.
Before highways, of which one goeth up to were amazed for they saw that evil
:
Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1406. ^the house of God, and the other to ^
was come upon them. cir. 1406.
* Or, Bethrd.
Gibeah in the field, about thirty men 42 Therefore they turned their hacks * Heb. touch-
of Israel. before the men of Israel unto the way ed them.
32 And the children of Benjamin of the wilderness but the battle over-
;
said. They are smitten down before took them and them which came out
;
us, as at the first. But the children of the cities they destroyed in the
of Israel said. Let us flee, and draw midst of them.
them from the city unto the high- 43 Thus they inclosed the Benjam-
ways. ites round about, and chased them,
33 And all the men of Israel rose up and trode them down ^with ease ôver ® Or, from
Menuchah,
out of their place, and put themselves against Gibeah toward the sunrising. &c.
<Heb.
in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers 44 And there fell of Benjamin eigh- unto over
in wait of Israel came forth out of teen thousand men all these were ;
against.
their places, even out of the meadows men of valour.

of Gibeah. 45 And they turned and fled toward
34 And there came against Gibeah the wilderness unto the rock of ^Rim- Mosh.lS.
32.
ten thousand chosen men out of all mon and they gleaned of them in
:
*> Josh. 8.14. Israel, and the battle was sore : but
’’
the highways five thousand men and ;
Isai. 47. 11.
they knew not that evil was near pursued hard after them unto Gi-
them. dom, and slew two thousand men of
35 And the Lokd smote Benjamin them.
before Israel: and the children of 46 So that all which fell that day of
Israel destroyed of the Benjamites Benjamin were twenty and five thou-
that day twenty and five thousand sand men that drew the sword; all
and an hundred men all these drew
: these ivere men of valour.
the sword. 47 ^But six hundred men turned and s ch. 21. 13.
36 So the children of Benjamin saw fled to the wilderness unto the rock
® Josh. 8. 15. that they were smitten ' for the men
: Riminon, and abode in the rock Rim-
of Israel gave place to the Benjam- mon four months.
ites, because they trusted unto the 48 And the men of Israel turned
liers in wait which they had set be- again upon the children of Benjamin,
side Gibeah. and smote them with the edge of the
Josh. 8. 19. 37 'Ând the liers in wait hasted, and sword, as well the men of every city,
rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers as the beast, and all that ® came to ® Heb. was
found.
* Or, made a in wait ®drew the'mselves along, and hand also they set on fire all the
:
Icn^ soiuid ® Heb. were
with the smote all the city with the edge of cities that ® they came to. Jound.
trumpet.
Josh. 6. 5. the sword.
* Or, lime. 38 Now there was an appointed ^sign CHAPTER XXI.
® Heb. wiOi. between the men of Israel ®and the 1 The people bewail the desolation of Benjamin. 8 By the
destruction of J abesh-yilead they provide them four hun-
liers in wait, that they should make dred wives. 16 They advise them to surprise the virgins
«Heb. a great ® flame with smoke rise up that danced at Shiloh.
OW
N
elevation.
out of the city. “ the men
of Israel had sworn » ch. 20. 1.
39 And when the men of Israel re- in Mizpeh, saying, Theie shall
tired in the battle, Benjamin began not any of us give his daughter unto
1 Heb.
gmite the
to ’ to smite and kill of the
men of Is- Benjamin to wife.
2 And the people came to the house
b ch. 20. 18,
usmuukd. rael about thirty persons: for they 213.
said. Surely they are smitten down of God, and abode there till even be-
before us, as in the first battle. fore God, and lifted up their voices,
40 But when the flame began to and wept sore
arise up out of the city with a pillar 3 And said, O Lord God of Israel,
‘Josh. 8. 20. of smoke, the Benjamites ® looked be- why is this come to pass in Israel,
* Heb. the hind them, and, behold, * the flame of that there should be to day one tribe
whole con-
sumption. the city ascended up to heaven. lacking in Israel?
41 And when the men of Israel 4 And it came to pass on the mor-
turned again, the men of Benjamin row, that the people rose early, and
;
Wives are provided for JUDGES, XXI. the Benjamites that escaped.
Before
CHRIST
' built there an altar, and offered for Benjamin, because that the Lord Before
CHRIST
cir. 1406. burnt offerings and peace offerings. had made a breach in the tribes of cir. 1406.
«2 Sam. 24.
5 And
the children of Israel said, Israel.
25.
Who is there among all the tribes of 16 IF Then the elders of the con-
Israel that came not up with the congregation said. How shall we do for
«*ch. 5. 23. gregation unto the Lord? '^For thej wives for them that remain, seeing
had made a great oath concerning the women are destroyed out of Ben-
him that came not up to the Lord jamin ?
to Mizpeh, saying. He shall surely be 17 And they said. There must he an
put to death. inheritance for them that be escaped
6 And the children of Israel repent- of Benjamin, that a tribe be not de-
ed them for Benjamin their brother, stroyed out of Israel.
and said, There is one tribe cut off 18 Howbeit we may not give them
from Israel this day. wives of our daughters for the chil-
:
‘ ver. 1.
ch. 11. 35.
7 How shall we do for wives for dren of Israel have sworn, saying.
them that remain, seeing we have Cursed he he that giveth a wife to
sworn by the Lord that we will not Benjamin.
give them of our daughters to wives ? 19 Then they said, Behold, there is
8 IF And they said. What one is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh ^yearly a Heb.
from year
there of the tribes of Israel that in a place which is on the north side to year.
came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord ? of Beth-el, ®on the east side *of the a Or, toward
the sun-
And, behold, there came none to highway that goeth up from Beth-el rising.
* 1 Sam. 11. the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the to Shechem, and on the south of Le-
®
* Or, on.
1. & 31. 11.

assembly. bonah.
9 For the people were numbered, 20 Therefore they commanded the
and, behold, there were none of the children of Benjamin, saying. Go and
inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. lie in wait in the vineyards
10 And the congregation sent thi- 21 And see, and, behold, if the daugh-
ther twelve thousand men of the ters of Shiloh come out ” to dance in “15.SeeExod. 20.
valiantest, and commanded them, dances, then come ye out of the vine- ch. 11. 34.
1 Sam. 18.6.
* ver. 5.
saymg, ‘^Go and smite the inhabit- yards, and catch you every man his Jer. 31. 13.
&ch.5.23.
lSam.11.7. ants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and
of the sword, with the women and go to the land of Benjamin.
the children. 22 And it shall be, when their fathers
11 And this is the thing that ye shall or their brethren come unto us to
* Num. 31. do, ®Ye shall utterly destroy every complain, that we will say imto them,
17.
2Heb. male, and every woman that ^hath ®Be favourable unto them for our eOr,
Gralify us
hrumeth the
lying with lain by man. sakes because we reserved not to in them.
:
man.
12 And they found among the in- each man his wife in the war for ye :
habitants of Jabesh-gilead four hun- did not give unto them at this time,
* Heb. young
toomen
dred ® young virgins, that had knowm that ye should be guilty.
virgins. no man by lying with any male and 23 And the children of Benjamin
:
they brought them unto the camp did so, and took them wives, accord-
•> Josh. 18.1. to Shiloh, which is in the land of ing to their number, of them that
**
Canaan. danced, whom they caught and they :
13 And the whole congregation sent went and returned unto their inherit-
* Heb. and some ^to speak to the children of ance, and "repaired the cities, and “20. See chap.
48.
spake and
called. Benjamin that were in the rock Eim- dwelt in them.
‘
oh. 20. 47.

mon, and to ® call peaceably unto 24 And the children of Israel de-
'
® Or, pro-
claim jieace,
Deut. W.
them. parted thence at that time, every man
10 . 14 And Benjamin came again at that to his tribe and to his family, and
time and they gave them wives which they went out from thence every man
;
they had saved alive of the women to ffis inheritance.

of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they 25 ° In those days there was no king ® &ch.18.17.1.6.
sufficed them not. in Israel every man did that whudi & 19.
:
1.
j
P Deut. 12.8.
k ver. 6. 15 And the people ''repented them was right in his own eyes. ch. 17. 6.
I
;:
THE
BOOK OF RUTH.
Before
CHRIST CHAPTER I. 9 The Lord grant you that ye may Before
CHRIST
1 Elimelech driven hy famine into Moab, dieth there, 4
cir. 1322. find ^ rest, each of you in the house cir. 1312.
Mahlon and Chilian, having married wives of Moab, die
also. 6 Naomi returning homeward, 8 dissuadeth her two of her husband. Then she kissed > ch. 3. 1.
daughters in law from going with her. 14 Orpah leaveth them; and they lifted up their voice,
her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanieth her. 19
They two come to Beth-lehem, where they are gladly re~
and wept.
ceived. 10 And they said unto her. Surely we
“Judpc. 2.16.
2 Heb.
judged.
NOW
there was
it came to pass in the days
when ^the judges ^ ruled, that
a famine
*’
the land. And m
will return with thee unto thy people.
11 And Naomi
daughters :
said. Turn again,
why
will ye go with me ?
my
See Gen.
12 10
. .
a certainman of ®Beth-lehem-judah are there yet any more sons in my
& 26. 1. went to sojourn in the country of womb, “that they may be your hus- “ Gen. 38.
2 Kin. 8. 1. 11 .
<=Judg.l7. 8.
Moab, he, and his wife, and his two bands ? L)eut.25.5
sons. 12 Turn again, my

daughters, go your
2 And the name of the man was way ; for I am too old to have an hus-
Elimelech, and the name of his wife band. If I should say, I have hope,
Naomi, and the name of his two sons ^
if I should have an husliand also to
2 Or, if
I were wUh
<* See Gen. Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of night, and should also bear sons an husband.
a5. 19.
Beth-lehem-judah. And they came 13 Would ye tarry for them till
® 2 Heb. hope.
Judg. 3. 30. ® into the country of Moab, and ® con- they were grown? would ye stay for
Heb. were.
tinued there. them from liaving husbands ? nay, my
3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband daughters ; for ^ it grieveth me much * Heb. I
hare much
died; and she was left, and her two for your sakes that “ the hand of the biUemess.
“.Tuds. 2.15.
sous. Lord is gone out against me. Job 19. 21.
Ps. 32. 4.
4 And they took them wives of the 14 And they lifted up their voice, &38. 2.
women of Moab;
the name of the and wept again and Orpah kissed
;
& 39. 9, 10.
one was Orpah, and the name of the her mother in law but Ruth “ clave ;
® Prov. 17.
17. 18.24. &
other Ruth and they dwelled there
:
j
unto her.
about ten years. I
15 And she said. Behold, thy sister
5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also i in law is gone back unto her people,
both of them and the woman was left
; |
and unto ^ her gods : return thou P .Tudg. 11.
24.
of her two sons and her husband. i after thy sister in law. <1 See .Tosh.
24 15, 19.
cir. 1312. 6 IF Then she arose with her daugh- 16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not 2 Kin. 2. 2.
|
Luke 24.
ters in law, that she might return to leave thee, or to return from fol- 28.
from the country of Moab for she : i

lowing after thee for whither thou
:
2 Or, Be not
against me.
had heard in the country of Moab goest, I will go ; and where thou lodg- r 2 Ivin. 2.
2 4 6
how that the Lord had ^visited liis , , .
“ thy people shall he

'Kx.4.31. es!, I will lodge ; • ch. 2. 11,
^ Luke 1. 68.
C
ePs.132.15. people in ® giving them bread. my people, and thy God my God 12 .
Matt. 6. 11.
I
'i
7 Wlierefore she went forth out of 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and
the place where she was, and her two there will I be buried ‘ the Lord do :
‘ 1
17.
Sam.
& 25. 22.
3.
daughters in law with her; and they so to me, and more also, if ought but 2 Sam. 19.
13.
went on the way to return unto the death part thee and me. 2 Kin. 6.31.
18 "When she saw that she ®was

a Acts 21.14.
land of Judah.
«Heb.
8 And Naomi her two
said unto stedfastly minded to go with her, strengthen-
ed herself.
See .Tosh.
24. 15.
daughters in law, Go, return each to
**
then she left speaking unto her.
‘ 2 Tim. 1. her mother’s house the Lord deal
:
*
19 IF So they two went until they
16, 17. 18.
k ver. 5.
kindly with you, as ye have dealt with came to Beth-lehem. And it came to
ch. 2. 20. ^the dead, and with me. pass, when they were come to Beth-
: : : : ::
Ruth gleatieth in the fields of Boaz. RUTH, II. Boaz sheweth her great favour.
Before lehem, that âll the city was moved glean in another field, neither go Before
CHEIST CHRIST
cir. 1312. about them, and they said, Îs this from hence, but abide here fast by dr. 1312.
* Matt. 21.
Naomi? my maidens
10 .
20 Andshe said unto them, Call 9 Let thine eyes he on the field that
y See Isai.
23. 7.
me Naomi, call me ® Mara for
not ^ : they do reap, and go thou after them
Lam. 2. 15.
the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly have I not charged the young men
* That is,
Pleasant. with me. that they shall not touch thee? and
* That
Bitter.
is,
21 I went out full, *and the Loed when thou art athirst, go unto the
» Job 1. 21.
hath brought me home again empty vessels, and drink of that which the
why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the yomig men have drawn.
Lord hath testified against me, and 10 Then she ^fell on her face, and 23. 1 Sam. 25.
>
the Almighty hath afflicted me ? bowed herself to the ground, and said
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth unto liim, Why have I found grace in
the Moabitess, her daughter in law, thine eyes, that thou shouldest take
with her, which returned out of the knowledge of me, seeing I am a
country of Moab and they came to
: stranger ?
» Ex. 9. 31, Beth-lehem “ in the beginning of bar- 11 And Boaz answered and said unto
32.
ch. 2. 23. ley harvest. her. It hath fully been shewed me, ® all 8 16,oh.
17.
14, 1.
2Sam.21.9.
that thou hast done unto thy mother
CHAPTER II. in law since the death of tliine hus-
1 Math gleaneth in the fields of Boaz. 4 Boaz talcing hnow-
ledge of her, ^ she uieth her great favour. IS That which band: and how thou hast left thy
she got, she carrieth to Naomi. father and thy mother, and the land
»ch.3.2,12. AND Naomi had a “kinsman of her of thy nativity, and art come unto a
xjL husband’s, a mighty man of people which thou knewest not here-
wealth, of the family of Elimelech; tofore.
ch. 4. 21. and his name was * Boaz. **
12 The Lord recompense thy work, h19. 1 Sam. 24.
*
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto and a full reward be
Called
Bnoz,
given thee of
Matt. 1. 5.
Naomi, Let me now go to the field, the Lord God of Israel, under whose Ps. ’ ch. 1 16.
17. 8.
1.
® Lev. 19. 9. and “glean ears of corn after him in wings thou art come to trust. 636.7.
& 57. 1.
13 Then she said, ^^Let me find 663. 7.
Deut. 24.
19. whose sight I shall find grace. And
favour in thy sight, my lord for that favour.
2 Or, I Jiiul
she said unto her, Go, my daughter. ;
3 And she went, and came, and thou hast comforted me, and for that 15.
^ Gen. 33.
^ friendly unto thine

gleaned in the field after the reapers thou hast spoken 1 Sam. 1.
18.
® Heb. hap and her ®hap was to light on a part handmaid, though I be ^
not like unto s Heb. to
happened. the heart,
of the field helonging unto Boaz, who one of thine handmaidens. Gen. 34. 3.
Judg. 19.3.
was of the kindred of Elimelech. 14 And Boaz said unto her. At meal- 1 Sam. 25. •
4 If And, behold, Boaz came from time come thou hither, and eat of the 41.
Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, bread, and dip thy morsel in the vine-
•J
Ps. 129. “^The Lord he with you. And they gar. And she sat beside the reapers
7, 8.
liuke 1. 28. answered him. The Lord bless thee. and he reached her parched corn, and
2 Thess. 3. “ ver. 18.
16 . 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant she did eat, and “was sufficed, and left.
that was set over the reapers. Whose 15 And when she was risen up to
damsel is this? glean, Boaz commanded his young
6 And the servant that was set over men, saying. Let her glean even among
the reapers answered and said. It the sheaves, and ^ reproach her not * Heb. shame
her not.
•ch.l. 22. is the Moabitish damsel “that came 16 And let fall also some of the hand-
back with Naomi out of the country fuls of purpose for her, and leave them,
of Moab that she may glean them, amk rebuke
7 And she said, I pray you, let me her not.
glean and gather after the reapers 17 So she gleaned in the field until
among the sheaves so she came, and
: even, and beat out that she had
hath continued even from the morn- gleaned: and it was about an ephah
ing until now, that she tarried a little of barley.
in the house. 18 IF And
she took it up, and went
8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest and her mother in law
into the city:
thou not, my daughter? Go not to saw what she had gleaned: and she
: ;
:
By Naomi^s instruction^ RUTH, III. Ruth lieth at Boaz's feet.

Before brought forth, and gave to her “that she went down unto the
6 IF And
Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1312. she had reserved after she was suf- and did according to all that cir. 1312.
fioor,
ficed. her mother in law bade her.
'
ver. 14.
19 And her mother in law said unto 7 And when Boaz had eaten and
her, Where hast thou gleaned to day ? drunk, and “his heart was merry, he *6Judg. 9 22
19.
, , .
and where wroughtest thou? blessed went to lie down at the end of the heap 2 Sam.
28.
13.
o Ter.
Ps. 41.
10.
1.
be he that did “take knowledge of of corn and she came softly, and un- Esth.
: 10. 1.
thee. And she shewed her mother covered his feet, and laid her down.
in law with whom she had wrought, 8 IF And it came to pass at midnight,
and said. The man’s name with whom that the man was afraid, and ^turned! hold Or, took
on.
^
I wrought to day is Boaz. himself and, behold, a woman lay at : i
20 And Naomisaid unto her daugh- his feet. |
P ch. 3. 10.
2 Sam. 2. 5.
ter in law, ^Blessed he he of the Lord, 9 And he said. Who art thou ? And
Job 29. 13. who ’ hath not left off his kindness to she answered, I am Ruth
thine hand-
q Prov. 17.
17. the living and to the dead. And Na- maid: ^spread therefore thy skirt 'Ezek. 16.8.
omi said unto her, The man is near of over thine handmaid; for thou art
r ch. 3. 9. kin unto us, 'ône of our next kinsmen. ®®a near kinsman. 3 Or, one that
hath right
&4. 6.
2 Or, one 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said. 10 And he said, Blessed he thou of to redeem.
* ver. 12.
that hath
rifiht to
He said unto me also. Thou shalt keep the Lord, my daughter for thou hast :
ch. 2. 20.
redeem:
See Lev. fastby my young men, until they have shewed more kindness in the latter •>
ch. 2. 20.
25.25.
ended all my harvest. end than at the beginning, inasmuch
* ‘ ch. 1. 8.
22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her as thou followedst not young men,
daughter in law. It is good, my daugh- whether poor or rich.
ter, that thou go out with his maidens, 11 And now, my daughter, fear not;
s Of, fall
that they ® meet thee not in any other I will do to thee all that thou requir-
upon thee.
field. est for all the ^ city of my people doth
:
* Heb. gate.
23 So she kept fast by the maidens know that thou art ‘‘a virtuous woman. ^ Prov. 12. 4.
of Boaz to glean unto the end of 12 And now it is true that I am thy
barley harvest and of wheat harvest; 'near kinsman: howbeit “there is a • ver. 9.
ch. 4. 1.
and dwelt with her mother in law. kinsman nearer than I.
13 Tarry this night, and it shall be
CHAPTER III.
in the morning, that if he will “ perform “Deut.25.5.
1 By Naomi’s instruction, 5 Euth lieth at Boaz’s feet. 8 ch. 4. 5.
Boaz acknowledgeth the right of a hinsman. 14 He send- unto thee the part of a kinsman, well Matt. “22.
24.
eth her away with six measures of barley.
let him do the kinsman’s part but if :
® 1 Cor. 7.
36.
1 Tim. 5. 8.
T hen Naomi her mother in law
said imto her. My
daughter, “ shaU
I not seek rest for thee, that it may
he will not do the part of a kinsman
to thee, then mil I do the part of a
kinsman to thee, " as the Lord liveth ® Judg.8.19.
Jer. 4. i
lie down mitil the morning.
ch.
*>
1. 9.
be well with thee ?
2 And now is not Boaz of our kin- 14 IF And she lay at his feet until the
«ch. 2.8. dred, “ with whose maidens thou wast ? morning and she rose up before one
:
Behold, he winnoweth barley to night could know another. Ajid he said,

in the threshingfloor. ^Let it not be known that a woman P Rom. 12.
17. &
14. 16.
•*2 Sam. 3 Wash thyself therefore, ând an- came into the floor. 1 Cor. 10.
14. 2. 32
oint thee, and put thy raiment upon 15 Also he said, Bring the ® vail that 2 Cor. 8. 21.
1 Thess. 5.
thee, and get thee down to the fioor thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And 22 .
hut make not thyself known unto the when she held it, he measured six ® Or,
or, apron.
sfteet,
man, imtil he shall have done eating measures of barley, and laid it on
and drinking. her and she went into the city.
:
4 And it shall be, when he lieth 16 And when she came to her mo-
down, that thou shalt mark the place ther in law, she said. Who art thou,
where he shall lie, and thou shalt my daughter? And she told her all
* Or, lift
the clothes
up go in, and ûncover his feet, and lay that the man had done to her.
that are on thee down and he vdll tell thee what
; 17 And she said. These six measures
his feet.
thou shalt do. of barley gave he me for he said to ;
5 And she said unto her. All that me. Go not empty unto thy mother
thou sayest unto me I will do. m law.
: :
The nearest of kin declining it. RUTH, lY. Boaz taketh Ruth to wife.
CHRIST
Before
18 Then said she, ’ Sit still, my nesses this day, that I have bought Before
CHRIST
cir. 1312. daughter, until thou know how the all that was Elimelech’s, and all that
cir. 1312.
flPB.37.3, 5.
matter will fall for the man will not
: was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the
be in rest, until he have finished the hand of Naomi.
thing this day. 10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the
CHAPTER IV. wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to
1 Boaz caUeth into judgment the next kinsman. 6 He re- be my wife, to raise up the name of
fuseth the redemption according to the manner in Israel. the dead upon his inheritance, Hhat 'Deut. 25.6.
9 Boaz buyeth the inheritance. 11 fie marrieth Bath.
13 She heai eth Obed the grandfather of David. 18 The the name of the dead be not cut off
generation of Pharez. from among his brethren, and from
»ch. 3. 12.
T hen and
went Boaz up to the gate,
him down there and,
sat
behold, “the kinsman of whom Boaz
;
the gate of his place
nesses this day.
ye are wit-
11 And all the people that were in

;
spake came by; unto whom he said. the gate, and the elders, said. We are
Ho, such a one turn aside, sit down
! witnesses. ^The Lord make the wo- “ Ps. 127. 3.
here. And he turned aside, and sat man til at is come into thine house & 128. 3.
down. like Rachel and like Leah, which two
Prov. 31.
2 And he took ten men of ’’
the did 'build the house of Israel: and Deut. 25. 9. '
23. elders of the city, and said. Sit ye ^do thou worthily in “Ephratah, and ® Or, get
thee riches,
down here. And they sat down. ®be famous in Beth-lehem or, power.
“ Gen.
12 And let thy house be like the house
35.
3 And he said unto the kinsman, 16, 19.
Naomi, that is come again out of the of Pharez, “ whom Tamar bare unto * Heb. pro-
claim thy
country of Moab, selleth a parcel of Judah, of ° the seed which the Lord "
name.
Gen. 38.
land, which was our brother Elime- shall give thee of thisyoung woman. 29.
1 Chron.
lech’s 13 H So Boaz ^ took Ruth, and she 2.4
Matt. 1. 3.
•'Heb. I 4 And ^ I thought to advertise thee, was his wife and when he went in
: ® 1 Sam. 2.
mid I will
20 .
reveal in saying, “Buy it ^before the inhabitants, unto her, the Lord gave her concep- P oh. 3. 11.
thine ear.
®Jer.32.7,8. and before the elders of my people. tion, and she bare a son. 1 Gen.
31.
29.
& 33. 5.
d Gen. 23.
18.
If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but 14 And "^the women said unto Naomi, r Luke 1.58.
Rom. 12.
if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, Blessed he the Lord, which hath not 15.
® Lev. 25. 25.
that I may know ® for tlm'e is none to
: ^leftthee this day without a ® kins- * Heb.
ed to cease
caus-
redeem it beside thee and I am after ;

man, that his name may be famous unto thee.
® Or,
thee. And he said, I will redeem it. in Israel. redeemer.
5 Then said Boaz, What day thou 15 And he shall be unto thee a re-
buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, storer of thy life, and ® a nourisher of «Heb.
to nourish,
thou must buy it also of Ruth the thine old age for thy daughter in
: Gen. 45. 11.
Ps. 55. 22.
'Gen. 38. 8.
Dent. 25.
Moabitess, the wife of the dead, Uo law, which loveth thee, which is “better t Heb. thy
gray hairs.
5,6.
ch. 3. 13.
raise up the name of the dead upon to thee than seven sons, hath born him. ‘1 Sam. 1.8.
Matt. 22. his inheritance. 16 And Naomi took the child, and
24.
*ch. 3.12, 6 H ®And the kinsman said, I can- laid it in her bosom, and became
13.
not redeem it for myself, lest I mar nurse unto it.
mine own inheritance redeem thou : 17 ‘And the women her neighbours * Luke 1.58,
59.
my right to thyself; for I cannot re- gave it a name, saying. There is a son
deem it. born to Naomi and they called his
;
I*
Deut.
7.9.
25. ’“Now this was the manner in for-
7 name Obed he is the father of Jesse,
:
mer time in Israel concerning re- the father of David.

deeming and concerning changing, 18 Now these are the generations
for to confirm all things a man ;
of Pharez " Pharez begat Hezron,
:
“ 1 Chron.
2. 4, &c.
plucked off' his shoe, and gave it to 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram Matt 1. 3.
his neighbour: and this was a testi- begat Amminadab,

mony in Israel. 20 And Amminadab begat *Nah- * Num. 1. 7.
8 Therefore the kinsman said unto shon, and Nahshon begat ^ ® Salmon, y Matt. 1. 4,
&c.
Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and 8 Or,
Salmah.
his shoe. Boaz begat Obed,
9 H And Boaz said unto the elders, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse * 1 Chron.
2. 15.
and unto all the people. Ye are wit- begat * David. Matt 1. 6
: :
THE
FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL,
OTHERWISE CALLED,
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS.
Before
CHRIST CHAPTER L had eaten in Shiloh, and after they CHRIST
Before
1 Elkanah a Levite, having two wives, worshippeth yearly

cir. 1171.
at Shiloh. 4 He cherishelh Hannah, though barren, and
had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat dr. 1171.
provoked by Peninnah. 9 Hannah in grief prayeth for upon a seat by a post of ^ the temple “ch. 3.3.
a child. 12 Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesseth of the Lord.
her. 19 Hannah having born Samuel, stayeth at heme
tiU he be weaned. 24 She presenteth him, according to 10 ‘And she was în bitterness of Mob 7. U.
& 10 1 . .
her vow, to the LORD. soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and ® Heb. hitter
OW there was a certain man of wept sore.
of soul,
2Sam.l7.8.
“ Geu.
Ramathaim-zophim, of mount 11 And she “vowed a vow, and said, 20 .
28.
*1 Chron.
6. 27, 34.
Ephraim, and his name was “ Elka- O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed Niim. 30.3.
Tudg. 11.
nah, the son of Jeroham, the son of “look on the affliction of thine hand- 30.
“Gen. 29.
Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of maid, and “remember me, and not 32.
Ex. 4. 31.
•'Ruth 1.2. Zuph, an Ephrathite : forget thine handmaid, but wilt give 2 Sam. 16.
12 .
2 And he had two wives the name ;
unto thine handmaid â man child, Ps. 25. 18.
of the one was Hannah, and the name then I will give him unto the Lord “Gen.
&
8. 1.
30. 22.
of the other Peninnah: and Penin- all the days of his life, and ^ there 3 Heb.
seed of men.
nah had cliildren, but Hannah had no shall no razor come upon his head. P Num. 6. 5.
Judg. 13.5.
children. 12 And it came to pass, as she ^con- <Heb.
3 And this man went up out of his tinued praying before the Lord, that multiplied
to pray.
«Ex. 23. 14. city yearly ^ to worship and to sacri-
'
^ Eli marked her mouth.
Deut. 16.
16. fice unto the Lord of hosts in ® Shiloh. 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her
Luke
»Heb.
2. 41.
And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and heart only her lips moved, but her
;
/rom year Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, voice was not heard therefore Eli
:
io year.
d Deut. 12. were there. thought she had been drunken.
5, 6, 7.
•Josh. 18. 1.
4 II And when
the time was that El- 14 And Eli said unto her. How long
»Deut. IZ kanah ôffered, he gave to Peninnah wilt thou be drunken? put away thy
17, 18.
& 16. 11. his wife, and to all her sons and her wine from thee.
daujjhters, portions 15 And Hannah answered and said.
•Or, 5 But unto Hannah he gave ^ a wor- No, my lord, I am a woman ® of a sor- 3 Heb. hard
of spirit.
a aovile
portion. thy portion ; for he loved Hannah rowful spirit I have drunk neither :
»Gen. 30.2. ® but the Lord had shut up her womb. wine nor strong drink, but have ’ pour- 1 Ps. 62. 8.
&142. 2.
‘Heb 6 And her adversary also ^‘'provoked ed out my soul before the Lord.
angered her.
“Job 24.21.
her sore, for to make her fret, because 16 Count not thine handmaid for a
the Lord had shut up her womb. daughter of Belial; for out of the r Deut. 13.
13.
7 And as he did so year by year, abundance of my ® complaint and 6 Or,
niediUxtion.
»Or,
/rom the
®®vvhen she went up to the house of grief have I spoken hitherto.
time that
the. (fee.
the Lord, so she provoked her there- 17 Then Eli answered and said, ’ Go
;
".Tudg. 18.
Mark 5. 34.
6.
"Heb fore she wept, and did not eat. in peace and the God of Israel :
‘ Luke 7. 50.
8c 8. 48.
from her
going up. 8 Then said Elkanah her husband grant thee thy petition that thou hast ‘Ps.20.4,5.
to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? asked of him.

and why eatest thou not? and why is 18 And she said, “ Let thine hand- “Gen. 33.
15.
•Ruth 4. 15. thy heart grieved? am not I ‘better maid find grace in thy sight. So the Ruth 2. 13.
to thee than ten sons ? woman went her way, and did eat, "" " Eccles.9.7.
9 II So Hannah rose up after they and her countenance was no more sad.
; ;
Samuel is born. 1 . SAMUEL, II. Hannah's song.
Before 19 IF And they rose up in the morn- 2 ® There is none holy as the Lord : Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1171. ing early, and worshipped before the for there is '^none beside thee : neither cir. 1165.
Lord, and returned, and came to is there any rock like our God.
® Ex. 15. 11.
their house to Ramah: and Elkanah 3 Talk no more so exceeding proud- Deut. 3. 24.
& 32. 4.
y Gen. 4. 1. ^knew Hannah his wife and the ;
*
ly ; ^ let not ^ arrogancy come out of Ps. 86. 8.
* Gen. 30. & 89. 6. 8.
Lord remembered her. your mouth for the Lord 'is a God
:
'Deut. 4. 35.
2 Sam.
2 Heb.
rerohUion
in
20 Wlierefore it came to pass, ^when of knowledge, and by him actions are 32.
22.
of ilaya. the time was come about after Han- weighed. e Ps. 94. 4.
Mai.
dr. 1171. 3. 13.
^
nah had conceived, that she bare a 4 The bows of the mighty men are Jude 15.
2 Heb. hard.
s That is, son, and called his name ® Samuel, broken, and they that stumbled are »>
Ps. 37. 1.5,
Asiced
(dod.
qf
saying, Because I have asked him of girded with strength. 17. & 76. 3.
the Lord. 5 They that were full have hired out
* ‘ Ps. 34. 10.
Luke
21 And the man Elkanah, and all his themselves for bread
1. 53.
and they that ;
® ver. 3. house, “ went up to offer unto the Lord were hungry ceased so that ^ the bar- : sPs. 113.9.
the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. ren hath born seven and she that ;
' ’ Isai. 54. 1.
Jer. 15. 9.
22 But Hannah went not up; for hath many children is waxed feeble.
she said unto her husband, I will not 6 “The Lord killeth, and maketh ™ Deut. 32.
39.
go up until the child be weaned, and alive he bringeth down to the grave,
: Job 5. 18.
Hos. 6. 1.
«> Luke 2. 22. then I will '’bring him, that he may and bringeth up.
appear before the Lord, and there 7 The Lord “maketh poor, and “ Job 1. 21.
« ver. 11, 28. “

abide ^ for ever. maketh rich “ he bringeth low, and :
» Ps. 75. 7.
cli. 2. 11,
18. &
3. 1. 23 And ® Elkanah her husband said lifteth up.
^ Ex. 21.
eNum.30.7.
6.
unto her. Do what seemeth thee good 8 *’He raiseth up the poor out of pP 6.113.7,8.
Dan. 4. 17.
tarry until thou have weaned him; the dust, and lifteth up the beggar Luke 1. 52.
^ 2 Sam. 7. ônly the Lord establish his word. from the dunghill, to set them among <1 Job 36. 7.
25.
So the woman abode, and gave her princes, and to make them inherit
son suck until she weaned him. the throne of glory for the pillars :
^ r .lob 38.
4,
5,6.
dr. 1165, 24 IF And when she had weaned him, of the earth are the Lord’s, and he Ps. 24. 2.
& 102. 25.
e Deut. 12. she ® took him up with her, with three hath set the world upon them. & 104. 5.
5, 6, 11. Heb. 1. 3.
bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and 9 He will keep the feet of his saints,
®
Ps. 91. 11.
a bottle of wine, and brought him and the wicked shall be silent in dark- & 121. 3.
••Josh. 18.1. unto the house of the Lord in Slii- ness; for by strength shall no man
loh and the child was young.
: prevail.
25 And they slew a bullock, and 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall
* Luke 2. 22. '
brought the child to Eli. be broken to pieces " out of heaven
*
;
••
Ps. 2. 9.
26 And she said. Oh my lord,

“ ch. 7. 10.
•'
Gen. 42. thy shall he thunder upon them: *the Ps. 18. 13.
1.5.
2 Kin. 2. 2, soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman Lord shall judge the ends of the * Ps. 96. 13.
& 98. 9.
4. 6.
1 Matt. 7. 7.
that stood by thee here, praying unto earth; and he shall give strength
” ver. 11, 22. the Lord. unto his king, and ^ exalt the horn of y Ps. 89. 24.
* Or,
returned 27 For this child I prayed
'
and his anointed.
;
him, whom
I have ob- the Lord hath given me my petition 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his
tained by
petition, to which I asked of him ; house. *And the child did minister * ver. 18.
ch. 3. 1.
the Lord.
® Or, he
28 “ Therefore also I have ^ lent him unto the Lord before Eli the priest.
whom I to the Lord as long as he liveth ® he
;
12 IF Now the sons of Eli were “ sons » Deut. 13.
13.
have obtain-
ed by peti- shall be lent to the Lord. And he of Belial they knew not the Lord.
;
•'.Tudg.2.10.
tion Aall be Jer. 22. 16.
relumed. “worshipped the Lord there. 13 And the priest’s custom mtli the Rom. 1. 28.
“ Gen. 24.
26, 52. CHAPTER II. people was, that, when any man offer-
1 Hannah’s song in thankfulness. 12 The sin of Eli’s sons. ed sacriflce, the priest’s servant came,
18 Samuel’s ministry. 20 By Eli’s blessing Hannah is
more fruitful. 22 Eli reproveth his sons. 27 A prophecy
while the flesh was in seething, with a
against Eli’s house. flcshhook of three teeth in his hand
» Phil. 4. 6.
*>
See I.uke
1. 46, &c.
« Ps. 92. 10.
AndMy **
Hannah “prayed, and
heart rejoiceth in the Lord,
“mine horn is exalted in the Lord:
said, 14 And he struck it into the pan, or
kettle, or caldron, or pot ; all that the
fleshhook brought up the priest took
&
112. 9.
d Ps. 9. 14.
my mouth is enlarged over mine for himself. So they did in Shiloh un-
& 13. 5. enemies because I ^ rejoice in thy
; to all the Israelites that came thither.
& 20 5 . .
e Lev. 3. 3,
&35,9, salvation. 15 Also before they “ burnt the fat. 4, 5, 16.
;
Eli reproveth his sons. I. SAMUEL, II. A prophecy against Elis house.
Before the priest’s servant came, and said to the house of thy father, when they Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1165. the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house ? cir. 1165.
roast for the priest; for he will not 28 And ^d I " choose him out of all “Ex. 28.1,4.
have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. the tribes of Israel to he my priest, Num. 16. 5.
& 18. 1, 7.
16 And if any man said unto him. to offer upon mine altar, to burn in-
Let them not fail to burn the fat cense, to wear an ephod before me?
* Heb. as ^presently, and then take as much as and did I give unto the house of thy * Lev.
10.& 6. 16.
2. 3,
on the day.
thy soul desireth; then he would an- father all the offerings made by fire & 7. 7, 8,
34, 35. &
swer him. Nay but thou shalt give of the children of Israel ? 10. 14, 15.
Num. 5. 9,
it me now: and if not, I will take it 29 Wherefore ^kick ye at my sacri- 10. & 18.
8,-19.
by force. fice and at mine offering, which I have y Deut. 32.
17 Wherefore the sin of the young commanded in my * habitation; and *

15.
Deut. 12.
d Gen. 6. 11. men was very great '^before the Lord : honourest thy sons above me, to make 5,6.
• Mai. 2. 8. for men âbhorred the ofiering of the yourselves fat with the chiefest of all
Lord. the offerings of Israel my people ?
t ver. 11. 18 IF ^But Samuel ministered before 30 Wherefore the Lord God of Is-
e Ex. 28. 4. the Lord, being a child, ® girded with rael saith, "I said indeed that thy » Ex. 29. 9.
2 Sam. 6.
14. a linen ephod. house, and the house of thy father,
19 Moreover his mother made him should walk before me for ever: but
a little coat, and brought it to him now the Lord saith, '’Be it far from Ter. 18. 9,
10
me that honour me I will
.
ch. 1. 3. from year to year, when she **came ; for them V Ps. 18. 20.
&
‘'they that despise me
91. 14.
up with her husband to ofler the honour, and “ Mai. 2. 9.
yearly sacrifice. shall be lightly esteemed.

20 IF And Eli blessed Elkanah and
® 1 Kin. 2.
‘ Gen.
19.
14. *
31 Behold, "the days come, that I 27.
his wife, and said. The Lord give thee will cut off' thine arm, and the arm Ezek. 44.
10 .
* OT,pelilion
uhich slie
seed of this woman for the ^loan which of thy father’s house, that there shall See ch. 4.
11, 18, 20.
asked, dec. is '"lent to the Lord. And they went not be an old man in thine house. & 14. 3, &
22. 18, &c.
ch. 1. 28.
imto their own home. 32 And thou shalt see ^ an enemy in * Or, the
a ffliction of
• Gen. 21. 1. 21 And the Lord Visited Hannah, my habitation, in all the wealth which the taberna-
cle, for all
so that she conceived, and bare three God shall give Israel and there shall
: the leeallh
Hod
sons and two daughters. And the not be 'an old man in tliine house which
would have
"* ver. 26. child Samuel “ grew before the Lord. for ever. t
given Terael.
See Zech.
Judg. 13.
21 . 22 IF Now Eli was very old, and heard 33 And
the man of thine, idiom I 8.4.
ch. 3. 19.
Luke 1. 80. all that his sons did unto all Israel; shall not cut off from mine altar, shall
&2. 40.
“ See Exod. and how they lay with "the women be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve
^
38. 8.
Heb.
that âssembled at the door of the thine heart: and all the increase of
assembled tabernacle of the congregation. thine house shall die în the flower s Heb. nten.
by troops.
23 And he said unto them. Why do of their age.
®
evil
Or, I hear
Kords
ye such things? for hear of your 34 And this shall ®a sign unto «lKin. 13.3,
of you. evil dealings by all this people. thee, that shall come upon thy two
24 Nay, my sons for it is no good
; sons, on Hophni and Phinehas ;
in •> ch. 4. 11.
report that I hear ye make the

:
one day they shall die both of
6 Or, Lord’s people ®to transgress. them.
to cry out.
25 If one man sin against another, 35 And me up a faith-
'I will raise • 1 Kin. 2.
35.
the judge shall judge him but if a: do according to
ful priest, that shall 1 Chron.
29. 22.
“ Num.
30.
15. man "sin against the Lord, who shall that which is in mine heart and in Ezek. 44.
15.
intreat for him ? Notwithstanding they my mind and ^ I will build him a
: k 2 Sam. 7.
11,27.
hearkened not unto the voice of their sure house and he shall walk before
; 1 Kin. 11.
P .Toeh. 11.
20.
father, ^ because the Lord would slay 'mine anointed for ever. *
38.
Ps. 2. 2.
Rrov. 15. them. 36 “And it shall come to pass, that & 18. 50.
10 .
”1 Kin. 2.
1 ver. 21. 26 And the child Samuel ‘‘grew on, every one that is left in thine house 27.
r Prov.
Luke
3. 4.
2. 52.
and was ‘in favour both with the shall come and crouch to him for a
Acte 2. 47. Lord, and also with men. piece of silver and a morsel of bread,
Rom. 14.
18. 27 IF “And there came a man of God and shall say, ^Put me, I pray thee, * Heb. Join.
•lKin.13.1. 5 Or,
unto Eli, and said unto him. Thus saith into ®one of the priests’ offices, that somewhat
* Ex. 4. 14, about the
27. the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto
‘
I may eat a piece of bread. priestluMd,
; ;
nGod calletJi Samuel. I. SAMUEL, TIL Samuel telleth Eli the vision.
Before
CHRIST
CHAPTER III. '
his sons made themselves ^ vile, and Before
How word of the Lord was first revealed to Samuel. ® CHRIST
cir. 1165.
1 the
11 God telleth Samuel the destruction of Eli's house. 15
he “ restrained them not. cir. 1141.
Samuel, thouyh loth, telleth Eli the vision. 19 Samuel 14 And therefore I have sworn unto • ch. 2. 12,
groweth in credit. the house of Eli, that the iniquity of 17, 22.
nd 2 Or,
<> See ver. 21.

A “the child Samuel ministered
_ unto the Loed before Eli. And
the word of the Lord was precious in
Eli’s house “ shall not be purged with
sacrifice nor offering for ever.
15 H And Samuel lay until the morn-
accursed.
SHeb.
frowned not
upon them.
Pb. 74. 9. “ ch. 2. 23,
Amos 8. 11. those days there ivas no open vision.
; ing, and opened the doors of the house 25.
cir. 1141. 2 And it came to pass at that time, of the Lord. And Samuel feared to
" Num. 15.
30, 31.
when Eli was laid down in his place, shew Eli the vision. Isai. 22. 14.
« Gen. 27. 1. “and his eyes began to wax dim, that 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said,
& 48. 10.
ch. 2. 22. he could not see Samuel, my son. And he answered.
& 4. 15.
J Ex. 27. 21. 3 And ere ^the lamp of God went Here am I.
Lev. 24. 3.
2 Cliron. out ® in the temple of the Lord, where 17 And he said. What is the thing
13. 11.
® ch. 1. 9.
the ark of God ivas, and Samuel was that the Lord hath said unto thee ? I
laid down to sleep pray thee hide it not from me :
® God "Ruth 1.17.
4 That the Lord called Samuel : and do so to thee, and more also, if thou
^ <Heb.
he answered. Here am I. hide any ® thing from me of aU the s
so add.
Or, word.
5 And he ran unto Eli, and said. things that he said unto thee.
Here am I ;
for thou calledst me. 18 And Samuel told him ® every whit, s Heb. aU
the things,
And he said, I called not; lie down and hid nothing from him. And he or. Words.
again. And he went and lay down. said, Ît is the Lord let him do what
:
P Job 1. 21.
&2 10
6 And the Lord called yet again,
. .
seemeth him good. Ps. 39.

Isai. 39. 8.
9.
Samuel. And Samuel arose and went 19 If And Samuel ^grew, and Hhe Qch. 2.21.
to Eli, and said. Here am I ; for thou Lord was with him, and did let none
®
r Gen. 39.
2,
21, 23.
didst call me. And he answered, I of his words fall to the ground. • ch. 9. 6.
called not, my son lie down again. ; 20 And

Israel ‘from Dan even to
all * Judg. 20. 1.
® Or, ITius
did Samuel
7 ^Now Samuel
^did not yet know Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was
before be
knew the
the Lord, neither was the word of the êstablished to he a prophet of the 7 Or,
Loud, and
before the
Lord yet revealed unto him. Lord.
faithful.
word of the 8 And the Lord called Samuel again 21 And the Lord appeared again in cir. 1141.
loBD was
revealed the third time. And he arose and Shiloh for the Lord revealed him-
:
unto him.
t See Acts went to Eli, and said. Here am I; self to Samuel in Shiloh by " the word “ ver. 1, 4.
19.2.
for thou didst call me. And Eli per- of the Lord.
ceived that the Lord had called the
child.
CHAPTER IV.
1 The Israelites are overcome by the Philistines at El)en-
9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, ezer. 3 They fetch the ark unto the terror of the Philis-
Go, lie down : and

shall be, if he it tines. 10 They are smitten again, the ark taken, ITophni
and Phinehas are slain. 12 Eli at the news, falling back-
call thee, that thou shalt
say. Speak, ward, breaketh his neck. 19 Phinehas’ wife, discouraged
Lord ;
for thy servant hearetli. So Sa- in her travail with I-chabod, dieth.
muel went and lay down in his place. nd the word of Samuel *
came
10 And
the Lord came, and stood,
and called as at other times, Samu-
A ^ all Israel. Now
against the Philistines to battle, and
Israel
®
went out
to s
s
Or, came
to pass.
Heb. was.
el, Samuel. Then Samuel answered. pitched beside “Eben-ezer: and the ® ch. 5. 1.
& 7. 12.
Speak for thy servant heareth.
;
Philistines pitched in Aphek.
11 II And the Lord said to Samuel, 2 And the Philistines put themselves
Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, in array against Israel and when :
f 2 Kin.
12
21. ®at which both the ears of every one ^they joined battle, Israel was smit- 2 Heb.
. the battle
Jer. 19. 3. that heareth it shall tingle. ten before the Philistines and they ; was spread,
‘‘ch.2.*30,
—36.
12 In that day I will perform against slew of ® the army in the field about SHeb.
the array.
SHeb. Eli things which I have spoken
''all four thousand men.
beginning
and ending. concerning his house ® when I begin, : 3 If And when the people were come
* Or, And
I will tell I will also make an end. into the camp, the elders of Israel said,
‘
him, &c.
ch. 2. 29,
13 ^'For I have told him that I Wlierefore liath the Lord smitten us
30, 31, &c. will ’'judge his house for ever for the to day before the Philistines ? Let us
k Ezek. 7. 3. < Heb. take
& 18. 30. iniquity which he knoweth; because ^ fetch the ark of the covenant of the unto us.
!;
The arh is tahen. I. SAMUEL, y. The death of Eli.

Before Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, noise of this tumult? And the man Before
CHKIST CHRIST
cir. 1141.
when cometh among us, it may save
it came in hastily, and told Eli. cir. 1141.
us out of the hand of our enemies. 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight
4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that years old and “ his eyes ^ were dim, “ ch. 3. 2.
;
* Ueb. iluod.
they might bring from thence the ark that he could not see.
of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am
*>2S8in. B.2. ’’which dwelleth hetiveen Hhe cheru- he that came out of the army, and I
Pb. 80. 1.
& 99. 1. bims and the two sons of Eli, Hophni
: fled to day out of the army. And he
« Ex.
said, “ What ^ is there done, my son ?
25. 18,
22 .
and Phinehas, were there with the ark ”2 Sam. 1.4.
3 Heb.
Num. 7. 89.
of the covenant of God. 17 And the messenger answered and ts the thing.
5 And when the ark of the covenant said, Israel is fled before the Philis-
of the Lord came into the camp, all tines, and there hath been also a great
Israel shouted with a great shout, so slaughter among the people, and thy
that the earth rang again. two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas,
6 And when the Philistines heard the are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
noise of the shout, they said. What 18 And it came to pass, when he
meaneth the noise of this great shout made mention of the ark of God, that
in the camp of the Hebrews'? And he fell from off the seat backward by
they understood that the ark of the the side of the gate, and his neck
Lord was come into the camp. brake, and he died for he was an old cir. 1141.
:
7 And the Philistines were afraid, man, and heavy. Ând he had judged * He seems to have
for they said, God is come into the Israel forty years. been a
Judge to
camp. And they said. Woe unto us 19 IF And his daughter in law, Phine- do justice
only, and
for there hath not been such a thing has’ wife, was with child, mar ® to be that in
»Heb. South west
yesterda]),
^ heretofore. delivered: and when she heard the Israel.
or, the ihird

day.
8 Woe
unto us! who shall deliver tidings that the ark of God was taken, 6 Or,
to cry out.
us out of the hand of these mighty and that her father in law and her
Gods ? these are the Gods that smote husband were dead, she bowed her-
the Egyptians with all the plagues in self and travailed for her pains ®came
;
* Heb. were
turned.
the wilderness. upon her.
<« 1 Cor. 16. 9 '’Be strong, and quit yourselves 20 And about the time of her death
13.
like men, O
ye Philistines, that ye be “the women that stood by her said ® Gen.
17.
33.
• Judg. 13.1. not servants unto the Hebrews, ®as unto her. Fear not; for thou hast
SHeb. they have been to you ® quit your- : born a son. But she answered not,
he men.
selves like men, and fight. ’’neither did she regard it. 7 Heb.
set not her
10 IF And the Philistines fought, and 21 And she named the child ® Î-cha- heart.
t ver. 2. Îsrael was smitten, and they fled bod, saying, '^The glory is departed * That
Where
is.
is
Lev. 26.17.
Deut. 28. every man into his tent: and there from Israel because the ark of God
:
the glory f
or. There
21 .
Ps. 78. 9, was a very great slaughter ; for there was taken, and because of her father is no glory,
P ch. 14. 3.
62.
fell of Israel thirty thousand foot- in law and her husband. 0 Ps. 26. 8.
men. 22 And she said. The glory is depart- & 78. 61.
» ch. 2. 32. 11 And ^the ark of God was taken ed from Israel for the ark of God is
:
Ps. 78. 61.
•>
ch. 2. 34. and the two sons of
’’
Eli, Hophni and taken.
4
Ps. 78. 64.
Heb. died.
Phinehas, ^were slain. CHAPTER V.
12 IF And there ran a man of Benja- 1 The Philistines having brought the arlc into Ashdod, set it
« 2 Sam. 1.2. min out of the army, and ‘came to in the house of Dagon. 3 Dagon is smitten down and
and they of Ashdod smitten loith emerods.
Shiloh the same day with his clothes cut in pieces,
8 So God dealeth with them of Gath, when it was brought
» .Tosh. 7. 6. rent, and ^ with earth upon his head. thither: TO and so with them of Ekron, when it was
2 Sam. 13.
19. &
15. 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat brought thither.
32.
Neh. 9. 1. upon ’a seat by the wayside watching: AND
the Philistines took the ark of
Job 2. 12.
> ch. 1. 9.
for his heart trembled for the ark of God, and brought it “ from Eben- » &ch. 4.12. 7.
1.
God. And when the man came into ezer unto Ashdod.
the city, and told all the city cried2 When the Philistines took the ark
out. of God, they brought it into the house
b .Tudg 16
14 And when Eli heard the noise of of '’Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 23.
.
the crying, he said. What meaneth the 3 IF And when they of Ashdod arose
: ::
Dagon smitten before the arTc. I. SAMUEL,

12 YI. The Philistines send hack the ark.
Before
CHEIST
early on the morrow, behold, Dagon And the men that died not were Before
was upon CHBIST

cir. 1141.
° fallen hi.s face to the earth smitten with the emerods and the :
cir. 1141.
« iBai. 19. 1.
before the ark of the Lord. And they cry of the city went up to heaven.
& 46. 1,2.
took Dagon, and ^ set him in his place 2
Isai. 46. 7.
again.
CHAPTEK VI.
1 After seven months the Philistines take counsel how to send
4 And when they arose early on the 3
hack the ark. 10 They bring it on a new cart with an
offering unto Beth-shemesh. 19 The people are smitten
morrow mornmg, behold, Dagon was for looking into the ark. 21 They send to them of Kirjath-
fallen upon his face to the ground jearim to fetch it.
before the ark of the Lord and the 4 nd the ark of the Lord was in the
® Jer. 50. 2.
Ezek.6.4,6.
Mic. 1. 7. head of Dagon and both the palms
;
®
A
- country of the Philistines seven
of his hands were cut off upon the months.

cir. 1140.
2 Or, the
fishy part.
threshold only ^ the stump of Dagon
;
And the Philistines “called for the « Gen. 41. 8.
Ex. 7. 11.
5
was left to him. priests and the diviners, saying. What Dan. 2. 2.
&5. 7.
5 Therefore neither the priests of shall we do to the ark of the Lord? Matt. 2. 4.
Dagon, nor any that come into Da- tell us wherewith we shall send it to
t See Zeph. gon’s house, ^ tread on the threshold his
6 place.
1.9.
of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. And they said. If ye send away the
8 ver. 7, 11 6 But ®the hand of the Lord was ark of the God of Israel, send it not
Ex. 9. 3.
Ps. 32. 4. heavy upon them of Ashdod, and '’empty;
7 but in any wise return him *> Ex. 23. 15.
Acta 13. 11. Deut. 16.
»• ch. 6. 5.
he ^ destroyed them, and smote them "
a trespass offering then ye shall be
: 16.
« Lev.
> Deut. 28. with ‘emerods, even Ashdod and the healed, and it shah. ^ be known to you 16.
5. 15,
27.
8
why his hand is not removed from you. * ver.
Pa. 78. 66, coasts thereof. 9.
7 And when the men of Ashdod saw Then said they. What shall be the
that it was so, they said, The ark of trespass offering which we shall return
9
the God of Israel shall not abide with to him? They answered. Five golden
us for his hand is sore upon us, and
: emerods, and five golden mice, ® ac- ® See ver.
17, 18.
upon Dagon our god. cording to the number of the lords of Josh. 13.
Judg.
3.
3. 3.
8 They sent therefore and gathered the Philistines for one plague was
:
all the lords of the Philistines unto on ^ you all, and on your lords. 2 Heb. them.
them, and said, What shall we do with Wherefore ye shall make images
the ark of the God of Israel? And of your emerods, and images of your
they answered, Let the ark of the mice that ^ mar the land and ye shall ;
'ch.5.6.
God of Israel be carried about unto ® give glory unto the God of Israel 2 Josh. 7. 19.
Isai. 42. 12.
Gath. And they carried the ark of peradventure he will lighten his hand ''
Mai. 2. 2.
John 9. 24.
the God of Israel about thither. from off you, and from off your gods, '
•*
See ch. 5.
6 11
9 And it was so, that, after they had and from off your land. , .
Ps. 39. 10.

k Deut. 2. 15.
ch. 7. 13.
carried it about, ^ the hand of the Lord Wherefore then do ye harden >ch.5.3,4,7.
& 12. 15. was against the city 'with a very great your hearts, ""as the Egyptians and k Ex.
& 8.
7. 13.
1,5.
ver. 11.
destruction and “ he smote the men Pharaoh hardened their hearts ? wlien
•
“ ver. 6. :
& 14. 17.
Pa. 78. 66.
of the city, both small and great, and he had wrought ^wonderfully among *Or,
reproach-
they had emerods in their secret parts. them, 'did they not let ^the people fully.
Ex. 12. 31.
10 If Therefore they sent the ark of go, and they departed ?
1
* Heb. them.
God to Ekron. And it came to pass, Now therefore make “a new cart, "*2 Sara. 6. 3.
as the ark of God came to Ekron, that and take two milch kine, "on which “Num. 19.2.
the Ekronites cried out, saying, They there hath come no yoke, and tie the
liave brought about the ark of the kine to the cart, and bring their calves
8
me,
Heb.
to slay
God of Israel to ®us, to slay us and home from them
me and my. our people. And take the ark of the Lord, and
11 So they sent and gathered toge- lay it upon the cart; and put "the ® ver. 4, 5.
ther all the lords of the Philistines, jewels of gold, which ye return him
and said. Send away the ark of the for a trespass offering, in a coffer by
God of Israel, and let it go again to the side thereof; and send it away,
* Heb. me his own place, that it slay ^ us not, and that it may go.
mil,and
my. our people for there was a deadly de-
: And see, if it goeth up by the way
“ ver. 6, 9. struction throughout all the city "the of his o^vn coast to ^ Beth-shemesh,
;
P .Tosh.
10 .
1.5.
hand of God was very heavy there. then ® he hath done us this great evil ® Or, it.
; ::
The Beth-shemites smitten I. SAMUEL, YII. for looking into the ark.
Before
CHRIST but then ’we shall know that
if not, smote of the people fifty thousand Before
CHRIST
cir. 1140. it is not his hand that smote us it
; and threescore and ten men and cir. 1140. :
9 Ter. 3. was a chance that happened to us. the people lamented, because the
10 H And the men did so and took
; Lord had smitten many of the peo-
two milch kine, and tied them to the ple with a great slaughter.
cart, and shut up their calves at home: 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh
11 And they laid the ark of the said, " Who is able to stand before "2 Sam. 6. 9.
Mai. 3. 2.
Lord upon the cart, and the colfer this holy Lord God? and to whom
with the mice of gold and the images shall he go up from us ?
of their emerods. 21 IF And they sent messengers to
12 And the kine took the straight the inhabitants of * Kirjath-jearim, * Josh. 18.
2 14.
way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and saying. The Philistines have brought Judg. 18.
12 .
went along the highway, lowing as again the ark of the Lord ; come ye 1 Chron.
13. 5, 6.
they went, and turned not aside to down,
3 and fetch it up to you.
the right hand or to the left; and
the lords of the Philistines went
CHAPTEK VII.
1 They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark into the house of
after them unto the border of Beth- Ahinadab, and sanctify Eleazar his son to keep it. 2 After
shemesh. twenty years 3 the Israelites, by Samuels means, solemnly
4Tepent at Mizpeh. 7 While Samuel prayeth and sacri-
13 And they of Beth-shemesh were ficeth, the Lord discomfiteth the Philistines by thuruler at
reaping their wheat harvest in the 5Eben-ezer. 13 The Philistines are subdued. 15 Samuel
peaceably and religiously judgeth Israel.
valley and they lifted up their eyes,
:
And
6
and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. the men of “Kirjath-jearim »ch.
I’s.
6. 21.
132. 6.
14 And the cart came into the field .came, and fetched up the ark
of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood of the Lord, and brought it into the
there, where there was a great stone house
7 of ‘’Abinadab in the hill, and •>2 Sam. 6. 4.
and they clave the wood of the cart, sanctified Eleazar his son to keep
and offered the kine a burnt offering the ark of the Lord.
unto the Lord. And it came to pass, while the ark
15 And the Levites took down the abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time
ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was long; for it was twenty years: cir. 1120.
was with it, wherein the jewels of gold and all the house of Israel lamented
were, and put them on the great stone after the Lord.
and the men of Beth-shemesh offered IF And Samuel spake unto all the
burnt offerings and sacrificed sacri- house of Israel, saying. If ye do 're- e Deut. 30.
2 ,- 10 .
fices the same day unto the Lord. turn unto the Lord with all your 1 Kin. 8.
48.
r Josh. 13. 3.
16 And when '^the five lords of the hearts, then ^put away the strange Isai. 55. 7.
Hos. H. 1.
Philistines had seen they returned gods and ® Ashtaroth from among Joel 2. 12.
d Gen. 35. 2.
to Ekron the same day. you, and ^prepare your hearts unto Josh. 24.
• rer. 4. 17 “And these are the golden eme- the Lord, and ® serve him only: and 14,23.
® Judg. 2. 13.
rods which the Philistines returned he will deliver you out of the hand f 2 Chron.
30. 19.
for a trespass offering unto the Lord ;
of the Philistines. Job 11. 13,
for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Then the children of Israel did 6
14.
Deut. 6.13.
Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron put away ^ Baalim and Ashtaroth, and & 10 20 . .
& 13. 4.
one served the Lord only. Matt.
Luke
4. 10.
4. 8.
18 And the golden mice, according And Samuel ‘Gather all Is-
said, •> Judg. 2.11.
Judg. 20. 1.
to the number of all the cities of the rael to Mizpeh, and I will pray for
*
2 Kin. 25.
Philistines belonging to the five lords, you unto the Lord. 23.
both of fenced cities, and of country And they gathered together to

* Or, great villages, even unto the ^ great stone of Mizpeh, ^ and drew water, and poured I*
2
14.
Sam. 14.
stone.
Abel, whereon they set down the ark it out before the Lord, and fasted on ‘ »Neh. 9.1,2.
Dan. 9. 3,
of the Lord which stone remaineth
: that day, and said there, “We have 4 5.
Joel 2. 12.
unto this day in the field of Joshua, sinned against the Lord. And Sa- ™ Judg. 10.
the Beth-shemite. muel judged the children of Israel 10 .
1 Kin. 8.
* See Exod.
19. 21.
19 IF And * he smote the men of Beth- in Mizpeh. 47.
Ps. 106. 6.
Num.
15, 20.
4. 5, shemesh, because they had looked And when the Philistines heard
2 Sam. 6. 7. into the ark of the Lord, even he that the children of Israel were ga-
u
: :
The Philistines svJbdued. I. SAMUEL, VIII. The Israelites desire a Tdng,
Before
CHRIST
thered together to Mizpeh, the lords AND it came to pass, when Samuel Before
CHRIST
cir. 1120.
of the Philistines went up against Is- Xa_ was old, that he " made his ’’
sons cir. 1112.
rael. And when the children of Israel judges over Israel.
• Deut. 16.
heard it, they were afraid of the Phi- 2 Now the name of his firstborn was 18.
2 Chron.
listines. ® Joel; and the name of his second, 19. 5.
8 And
the children of Israel said to Abiah they : judges in Beer-sheba.
**
See Judg.
10. 4.
*Heb. Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the 3 And his sons ‘walked not in his & 12. 14.
Be not si-
compared
lent from Lord our God for us, that he will save ways, but turned aside after lucre, with
Judg. 5. 10.
us from
crying. us out of the hand of the Philistines. and ® took bribes, and perverted judg- • Fa.s7ini,
1 Chron.
9 H And Samuel took a sucking lamb,
“ Isai. 37. 4.
ment. 6. 28.
and offered it for a burnt offering 4 Then all the elders of Israel ga- « Jer. 22. 15.
16, 17.
0 Ps. 99. 6.
Jer. 15. 1.
wholly unto the Lord and " Samuel : thered themselves together, and came « Ex. 18. 21.
lTim.3. 3.
cried unto the Lord for Israel; and to Samuel unto Ramah, &6 . 10 .
5 And said unto him. Behold, thou

• Deut.
sOr, the Lord ® heard him. 19.
16.
answered.
10 And as Samuel was offering up art old, and thy sons walk not in thy Ps. 15. 5.
1095
ways now 'make us a king to judge
.
the burnt offering, the Philistines : f ver. 19, 20.
drew near to battle against Israel us like all the nations. Deut.
14.
17.
P See Josh. p but the Lord thundered with a great 6 IF But the thing ^ displeased Sa- Hos. 13. 10.
Acts 13. 21.
10 10
. .
Judg. 4. 15. thunder on that day upon the Phi- muel, when they said. Give us a king ® Heb. was
& 5. 20. evil in the
ch. 2. 10. listines, and discomfited them and ;
to judge us. And Samuel prayed eyes of
2 Sam. 22. Samuel.
14, 15. they were smitten before Israel. unto the Lord.
11 And the men of Israel went out 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel,
of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philis- Hearken unto the voice of the people
tines, and smote them, imtil they came in all that they say unto thee for ®they :
s See Ex.
16.8.
under Beth-car. have not rejected thee, but they have **
•>
ch. 10. 19.
&12.
1 Gen. 28.18. 12 Then Samuel ’ took a stone, and rejected me, that I should not reign 17,19.
Hos. 13.10,
& 31, 45. 11 .
& 35. 14. set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and over them.
Josh. 4. 9.
& 24. 26. called the name of it * Eben-ezer, say- 8 According to all the works which
* That
ITie stone
is,
ing, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. they have done since the day that I
of help
ch. 4. 1.
13 H "^So the Philistines were sub- brought them up out of Egypt even
r Judg. 13.1. dued, and they “came no more into unto this day, wherewith they have
s ch. 13. 5.
the coast of Israel and the liand of: forsaken me, and served other gods,
the Lord was against the Philistines so do they also unto thee.
all the days of Samuel. 9 Now therefore ^hearken unto their * Or, obey.
14 And the cities which the Phi- voice ® howbeit yet protest solemnly
: ® Or, noltcith-
standing
listines had taken from Israel were unto them, and shew them the man-
‘
when thou
hast so-
restored to Israel, from Ekron even ner of the king that shall reign over lemnly
protested
unto Gath; and the coasts thereof them. against
did Israel deliver out of the hands of 10 IF And Samuel told all the words them, then
th/m shalt
the Philistines. And there was peace of the Lord unto the people that shew, &c.
• ver. 11.
between Israel and the Amorites. asked of him a king.
t ver. 6. 15 And Samuel ‘judged Israel aU 11 And he said, ^This will be the k See Deut.
ch. 12. 11. 17. 16, &c.
Judg. 2. 16. the days of his life. manner of the king that shall reign ch. 10. 25.
16 And he went from year to year over you: ‘He will take your sons, « ch. 14. 52.
® Heb. and
he circuited.
®in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and and appoint them for himself, for his
Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those chariots, and to he his horsemen and ;
places. some shall run before his chariots.

"ch s i. 17 And "his return was to Kamah; 12 And he will appoint him captains
for there was his house ; and there over thousands, and captains over
».iudg.2i.4. he judged Israel; and there he * built fifties; and will set them to ear his
an altar unto the Lord. ground, and to reap his harvest, and
CHAPTER VIII. to make his instruments of war, and
1 By occasion of the ill government of Samuel’s sons, the instruments of his chariots.
Israelites ash a king. 6 Samuel praying in grief, is com- 13 And he will take your daughters
forted by God: 10 Be telleth the manner of a king. 19
God willeth Samuel to yield unto the importunity of the to he confectionaries, and to he cooks,
people. and to he bakers.
; : ::
Saul is sent to seeh I. SAMUEL, IX. his father's asses.
Before 14 And “he will take your fields, Ephraim, and passed through the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1095, and your vineyards, and your olive- land of “ Shalisha, but they fomid them 1095.
“1
yards, even the best of them, and give not then they passed through the
:
® 2 Kin.
Kings 4.
21. 7. them to his servants. land of Shalim, and there they were 42.
See Ezek.
46.18. 15 And he will take the tenth of not and he passed through the land
:
your seed, and of your vineyards, and of the Benjamites, but they found
2Heb. give to his ôfficers, and to his servants. them not.
^ And when they were come to the
eunuchs,
Gen. 37. 36. 16 And he will take your menser-
vants, and your maidservants, and land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant
your goodliest young men, and your that was with him. Come, and let us
asses, and put them to his work. return lest my father leave caring for
;
17 He will take the tenth of your the asses, and take thought for us.
sheep and ye shall be his servants.
: 6 And he said unto him. Behold now,
18 And ye shall cry out in that day there is in this city '*a man of God, <*
06111 33 1 .
1
.
Kin. 13.1.
.
because of your king which ye shall and he is an honourable man; “all « ch. 3. 19.
“ Prov. 1. 25, have chosen you and the Lokd “ will

;
that he saith cometh surely to pass
26. 27, 28.
Isai. 1. 15. not hear you in that day. now let us go thither peradventure ;
Mic. 3. 4.
« Jer. 44. 16. 19 Nevertheless the people “refus-
IT he can shew us our way that we
ed to obey the voice of Samuel and ;
should go.
2 7 Then said Saul to his servant. But,
they said. Nay; but we will have a
king over us behold, if we go, ‘^what shall we bring ^ See .Tudg.
6. 18.
P ver. 5. 20 That we also may be ^ like all the the man? for the bread îs spent in Sc 13. 17.
1 Kin. 14.3.
nations;
3 and that our king may judge our vessels, and there is not a pre- 2 Kin. 4.
42. & 8. 8.
us, and go out before us, and fight sent to bring to the man of God: * Heb. is
gone out
our battles. what ®have we? of, dc.
4
21 And Samuel heard all the words 8 And the servant answered Saul » Heb. is
with us.
of the people, and he rehearsed them again, and said. Behold, Î have here *Heb.
there is
in the ears of the Lord. at hand the fourth part of a shekel found in
mu
22 And the Lord said to Samuel, of silver that will I give to the man
:
hand.
« ver. 7.
Hos.l3. U.
’Hearken unto their voice, and make of God, to tell us our way.
them a king. And Samuel said unto 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man
the men of Israel, Go ye every man ®went to enquire of God, thus he e Gen. 25.22.
unto his city. spake. Come, and let us go to the

CHAPTER IX. seer for he that is now called a Pro-
:
1 Saul despairing to find his father’s asses, 6 hy the counsel phet was beforetime called a Seer.) *'
2 Sam. 24.
11 .
of his servant, 11 and direction of young maidens, 15 10 Then said Saul to Ms servant, 2 Kin. 17.
according to God’s revelation, 18 cometh to Samuel. 19 13.
Samuel entertaineth Saul at the feast. 25 Samuel, after ®WeU said; come, let us go. So they 1 Chron.
26. 28.
secret communication, bringeth Saul on his way. went unto the city where the man of & 29. 29.
OW
N
2 Chron.
there was a of Benja- man God was. 16. 7, 10.
» ch. 14. 51. min, whose name was “ Kish, the 11 And they went up ® the hill to Isai. 30. 10.
Amos 7. 12.
1 Chron. Heb.
8.33. son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the the city, ‘they found young maidens 6
fhjj word
&9.39.
son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, going out to draw water, and said un- is good.
® Heb. in
* Or, the son ® a Benjamite, a mighty man of * power. to them. Is the seer here? the ascent
of a man
12 And they answered them, and
of the city.
of Jemini. And he had a son, whose name * Gen. 24. 11.
«Or,
substance. was Saul, a choice young man, and said. He is behold, he is before you
;
a goodly: and there was not among make haste now, for he came to day
^
the children of Israel a goodlier per- to the city; for there is a ^sacrifice ^ Gen. 31.
54
»> ch. 10. 23. son than he from his shoulders and
:
’’
of the people to day ‘in the high ch. 16. 2.
’’
Or, feast.
upward he was liigher than any of place ‘
1 Kin. 3. 2.
the people. 13 As soon as ye be come into the

And the asses of Kish Saul’s fa- city, ye shall straightway find him,
ther were lost. And Kish said to before he go up to the high place to
Saul his son. Take now one of the eat: for the people will not eat until
servants with thee, and arise, go seek he come, because he doth bless the
the asses. sacrifice and afterwards they eat
;
And he passed through mount that be bidden. Now therefore get

Said cometh to Samud. I. SAMUEL, X. Samuel anointeth Saul,
Before you up ; for about ^ this time ye shall fore thee, and
for unto this time
eat :
Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
1095.
find him. hath it been kept for thee since I 1095.
2Heb.
14 Andthey went up into the city: said, I have invited the people. So
to day. and when they were come into the Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
city, behold, Samuel came out against 25 IF And when they were come down
them, for to go up to the high place. from the high place into the city,
“ ch. 15. 1. 15 i “Now the Lord had ®told Sa- Samuel commimed with Saul upon
Acts 13. 21.
»Heb. muel in his ear a day before Saul ^the top of the house. y Deut. 22.8.
2Sam.ll.2.
revealed
the ear of came, saying, 26 And they arose early: and it Acta 10. 9.
Samud,
ch. 20. 2. 16 To morrow about this time I will came to pass about the spring of the
send thee a man out of the land of day, that Samuel called Saul to the
n ch. 10. 1. Benjamin, " and thou shalt anoint him top of the house, saying. Up, that I
to be captain over my people Israel, may send thee away. And Saul arose,
that he may save my people out of and
2 they went out both of them, he
the hand of the Philistines: for I and Samuel, abroad.
® Ex. 2. 25. have “looked upon my people, be- 27 And as they were going down to
& 3. 7, 9.
cause their cry is come unto me. the end of the city, Samuel said to
17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Saul, Bid the servant pass on before
P ch. 16. 12. Lord said unto him, ^ Behold the man 3 (and he passed on,) but stand
us,
Hos. 13. 11.
whom I spake to thee of! this same thou still â while, that I may shew 2 Heb.
to day.
« Heb. shall ^ reign over my people. thee the word of God.
restrain in.
18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel
in the gate, and said. Tell me, I pray 4 CHAPTEK X.
1 Samuel anointeth Sard. 2 He confirmeth him hy predic-
thee, where the seer’s house is. 5tion of three signs. 9 SauVs heart is changed, and he pro-
19 And Samuel answered Saul, and phesieth. 14 He eoncealeth the matter of the kingdom from
said, I the seer go up before me

am :
his uncle. 17 Saul is chosen at Mizpeh hy lot. 26 The
different affections of his subjects.
unto the high place for ye shall eat
;
me hen
“Samuel took a vial of oil, * ch. 9. 16.
ivith to day, and to morrow I will
let thee go, and will tell thee all that
is in thine heart.
T and poured it upon his head, and
kissed him, and said. Is it not because *>
& 16. 13.
2 Kin. 9.
3,6.
Ps. 2. 12.
5 ver. 3. 20 And as for ’ thine asses that were “the Lord hath anointed thee to be “Acts 13. 21.
®Heb. today lost ® three days ago, set not thy mind captain over ^ his inheritance ? dDeut.32.9.
Ps. 78. 71.
three days.
on them; for they are found. And When thou art departed from me
rch. 8. .5, 19. on whom is all the desire of Israel ? to day, then thou shalt find two men
& 12. 13. by “Kachel’s sepulchre in the border ® Gen.
Is it not on thee, and on all thy fa- 19,20.
35.
ther’s house? of Benjamin ât Zekah; and they t Josh. 18.
" ch. 15. 17. 21 And Saul answered and said, Am

will say unto thee. The asses which
28.
‘ JudK. 20. not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of thou wentest to seek are found and,
‘ :
the tribes of Israel ? and " my family lo, thy father hath left ®the care of
46, 47, 48. 2 Heb. the
Ps. 68. 27. business.
® See Judg.
6. 1.5.
the least of all the families of the the asses, and sorroweth for you, say-
tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then ing, What shall I do for my son ?
® Heb. ae- speakest thou ® so to me ? Then shalt thou go on forward
22 And Samuel took Saul and his from thence, and thou shalt come to
cordin^j to
this wcndf
servant, and brought them into the the plain of Tabor, and there shall
parlour, and made them sit in the meet thee three men going up ®to
e Gen. 28.
22. &35.
chiefest place among them that were God to Beth-el, one carrying three
1 , 3, 7.
bidden, which were about thirty per- kids, and another carrying three
sons. loaves of bread, and another carrying
23 And Samuel said unto the cook, a bottle of wine :
Bring the portion which I gave thee, And they will ^salute thee, and < Heb.
ode thee
of wMch I said unto thee. Set it by give thee two loaves of bread which ; of peace:
as Judg.
thee. thou shalt receive of their hands. 18. 15.
* Lev. 7. 32, 24 And the cook took up the shoul- After that thou shalt come to the ** •> ver. 10.
33.
Ezek. 24. 4. der, and that which was upon it, and hill of God, where vt the garrison of ‘ « ch. 13. 3.
set it before Saul. And Samuel said. the Philistines : and it shall come to
7 Or,
reserved. Behold that which is
’’
left ! set it be- pass, when thou art come thither to

: : ; :
Said propliesieth. 1. SAMUEL, X. Saul is chosen king.
Before
the city, meet a com-
that thou shalt 17 IF And Samuel called the people Before
CHEIST CHRIST
1095. pany of prophets coming down ^ from together *
unto the Lord to
" Mizpeh 1095.
kch.9.12. the high place with a psaltery, and a 18 And said unto the children of • Judg. 11.
tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before Israel, ‘“Thus saith the Lord God 11 & 20 1 . . .
ch. 11. 15.

> Ex. 15. 20, them and they shall prophesy
;
^ of Israel, I brought up Israel out of “ch. 7.5,6.
21 .
2 Kin. 3.15. 6 And “ the Spirit of the Lord will Egypt, and delivered you out of the 8,9. Judg. 6.
1 Cor. 14.1.
“ Num. IL come upon thee, and “ thou shalt pro- hand of the Egyptians, and out of
25.
ch. 16. 13. phesy with them, and shalt be turned the hand of all kingdoms, and of
“ ver. 10.
ch. 19. 23,
into another man. them that oppressed you
24.
7 And ^let it be, when these "signs 19 "And ye have this day rejected «ch.8. 7,19.
* Heb. it & 12 12 . .
shall come are come unto thee, ^that thou do your God, who himself saved you out
to pass, that
when these as occasion serve thee; for ^God is of all your adversities and your tribu-
signs, dc.
o Ex. 4. 8. with. thee. lations; and ye have said unto him.
Luke 2. 12.
® Heb. do
8 And thou shalt go down before Nay, but set a king over us. Now
/or Oiee as
thine hand
me ^to Gilgal; and, behold, I will therefore present yourselves before
shall find, come down unto thee, to offer burnt the Lord by your tribes, and by your
Judg. 9. 33.
P Judg. 6.12. offermgs, and to sacrifice sacrifices thousands.
« ch. 11. 14,
15. & 13. i
of peace offerings “"seven days shalt
: 20 And when Samuel had ^ caused all Josh. 7. 14, <J
16, 17.
» ch. 13. 8. thou tarry, till I come to thee, and the tribes of Israel to come near, the Acts 1. 24,
26.
shew thee what thou shalt do. tribe of Benjamin was taken.
9 IF And it was so, that when he had 21 When he had caused the tribe of
Heb. turned his ^back to go from Samuel, Benjamin to come near by their fa-
shoulder.
6 Heb. God ® gave him another heart and milies, the family of Matri was taken,
:
tamed.
all those signs came to pass that day. and Saul the son of Kish was taken
• ver. 5.
10 And “when they came thither to and when they sought him, he could
‘ ch. 19. 20. the hill, behold, *a company of pro- not be found.
“ ver. 6. phets met him and " the Spirit of
;
22 Therefore they "enquired of the ®ch.23. 2,4,
10 11 .
God came upon him, and he prophe- Lord further, if the man should yet ,
sied among them. come thither. And the Lord an-

11 And it came to pass, when all swered, Behold, he hath hid himself
that knew him beforetime saw that, among the stuff'.
behold, he prophesied among the pro- 23 And they ran and fetched him
* Heb. a phets, then the people said ®one to thence and when he stood among
:
man to his
neighbour. another. What is tMs that is come the people, ‘^he was higher than any ch. 9. 2. f
* ch. 19. 24. unto the son of Kish ? Îs Saul also of the people from his shoulders and
i^tt. 13.
54, 55. among the prophets ? upward.
John 7. 15.
Acts 4. 13. 12 And one ^ of the same place an- 24 And Samuel said to aU the people.
ye him ® whom the Lord hath e 212 Sam.
^ Heb. from
thence.
swered and said. But ^who is their See 6 . .
yl8ai.54.13. father? Therefore it became a pro- chosen, that there is none like him
John 6. 45.
& 7. 16. verb, Is Saul also among the pro- among aU the people? And all the
phets ? people shouted, and said, ^ God save 1 Kin. 1. •>
39. 2.5,
13 And when he had made an end the king. 2 Kin. IL
12 .
of prophesying, he came to the high 25 Then Samuel told the people the 2 Heb. ‘
place. manner of the kingdom, and wrote it let king

the
live.
14 IF And Saul’s uncle said unto him in a book, and laid it up before the See Dent. *
17. 14, &c.

and to his servant. Whither went ye ? Lord. And Samuel sent all the peo- ch. 8. 11.
And he said. To seek the asses : and ple away, every man to his house. k Judg. 20.
when we saw that they were no where, 26 IF And Saul also went home ^to 14. ch. 11. 4.
we came to Samuel. Gibeah; and there went with him a ™ch. 11. 12. 1
Deut. 13.
15 And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I band of men, whose hearts God had 13.
n 2 Sam. 8. 2.
pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. touched. 1 Kin. 4.21.
16 And Saul said unto his uncle. He 27 But the “ children of Belial said. 2&Chron.
*
10. 25.
told us plainly that the asses were How shall this man save us? And Ps. 72. 10.
17. 5.
found. But of the matter of the they despised him, “ and brought ® Matt. 2. 11.
Or, he was
kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he him no presents. But ®he held his as though
he had
told him not. peace. been deaf.
Saul rescueth Jdbesh-gilead. I. SAMUEL, XI. He smiteth the Ammonites.
Before
CHRIST CHAPTER XI. you, and ye shall do with us all that Before
CHRIST
1 Nahash offereth them of Jabesh-gilead a reproachful seemeth good unto you.
1095. 1095.
condition, 4 They send messengers, and are delivered
hy Saul. 12 Saul thereby is confirmed, and his king- 11 And it was so on the morrow, that
dom renewed. “Saul put the people “in three com- “ See chap.
Then
31. 11.
» ch. 12. 12.
“Nahash the Ammonite came panies and they came into the midst ® Judg. 7. 16.
;
bJudg.21.8.
up, and encamped against '’Ja- of the host in the morning watch, and
besh-gilead and all the men of Jabesh
: slew the Ammonites until the heat of
<= Gen. 26. said unto Nahash, “ Make a covenant the day: and it came to pass, that
28.
Bx. 23. 32. with us, and we will serve thee. they which remained were scattered,
1 Kin. 20.
34. 2 And Nahash the Ammonite an- so that two of them were not left
.lob 41. 4.
Ezek. 17. swered them, On this condition will together.
13.
I make a covenant with you, that I 12 IF And the people said unto Sa-
may thrust out all your right eyes, muel, ^Who is he that said. Shall Saul P ch. 10. 27.
d Gen. 34.
14.
and lay it for ‘'a reproach upon all reign over us ? bring the men, that 1 See Luke
**
19.27.
ch. 17. 26. Israel. we may put them to death.
3 And the elders of Jabesh said un- 13 And Saul said, There shall not r 2 Sam. 19.
22
a man be put to death this day for
.
"
Heb. For- to him, ^ Give us seven days’ respite, :
bear us.
that we may send messengers unto to day “ the Lord hath wrought salva- Ex. 14. 13.
30.
all the coasts of Israel : and then, if tion in Israel. ch. 19. 5.
there he no man to save us, we will 14 Then said Samuel

to the people, 1095.
come out to thee. Come, and let us go ‘to Gilgal, and * ch. 10. 8.
e ch. 10. 26. 4 IF Then came the messengers ®to renew the kingdom there.
&
15. 34.
2 Sam. 21. 6. Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings 15 And all the people went to Gilgal;
f Judg. 2. 4. in the ears of the people: and âll and there they made Saul king “before 0 ch. 10. 17.
& 21 . 2 .
the people lifted up their voices, and the Lord in Gilgal and ^ there they ;
* ch. 10. 8.
wept. sacrificed sacrifices of peace ofierings

5 And, behold, Saul came after the before the Lord and there Saul and ;
herd out of the field and Saul said.

; all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
What aileth the people that they
weep ? And they told him the tidings CHAPTER XII.
1 Samuel testifieth his integrity. 6 He
reproveth the people
of the men of Jabesh. of ingratitude. 16 He terrifieth them with thunder in
harvest time. 20 He comforteth them in God’s mercy.
» .Tndg. 3. 10.
&6. 34.
6 ®And the Spirit of God
came upon
& nd Samuel said unto all Israel,
11. 29.
& 13.25.
& 14. 6.
ch. 10. 10.
& 16. 13.
Saul when he heard those tidings,
and his anger was kindled greatly. - Behold, I have A
hearkened unto
7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and “your voice in all that ye said unto » ch. 8. 5, 19,
h Judg. 19. ^ 20 .
29.
hewed them in pieces, and sent them me, and have made a king over you. •> ch. 10. 24.
&
throughout all the coasts of Israel 2 And now, behold, the king
walk- “
®
11. 14,15.
Num. 27.
by the hands of messengers, saying, eth before you ^ and I am old and
:
17.
ch. 8. 20.
I
Judg. 21.
5, 8, 10.
'Whosoever cometh not forth after grayheaded and, behold, my sons are
;
d ch. 8. 1, 5.
Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be with you and I have walked before
:
done unto his oxen. And the fear you from my childhood unto this day.
of the Lord fell on the people, and 3 Behold, here I am witness against
:
* Heb. as
one man,
they came out ^ with one consent. me before the Lord, and before “ his ® ver. 5.
ch. 10. 1.
Judg. 20. 1. 8 And when he numbered them in anointed ‘
whose ox have I taken ?
: &24.6.
2 Sam.
^
or whose ass have I taken ? or whom
k Judg. 1. 5. 1.
1 2 Sam.
Bezek, the children of Israel were '
14, 16.
24.9. three hundred thousand, and the men have I defrauded? whom have I op- ^
15.
Num. 16.
of Judah thirty thousand. pressed ? or of whose hand have I re- Acta

1 Thesa.
20. 33.
9 And they said unto the messengers ceived any^hrihQ ®to ^'blind mine eyes 2.5.
2 Heb.
that came. Thus shall ye say unto the therewith ? and I will restore it you. ransom.
men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by 4 And they said, Thou hast not de- 3
I
Or, that
should
hide mine
that time the sun be hot, ye shall have frauded us, nor oppressed us, neither eyes at him.
^ Or, de- ^ help. And the messengers came and hast thou taken ought of any man’s a Deut. 16.
lioerance. 19.
shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and hand.
they were glad. 5 And he said unto them. The Lord h John 18.
10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said. iswitness against you, and his anoint- 38.
Acta 23. 9.
“ ver. 3. To morrow “ we will come out unto ed is witness this day, '’that ye have & 24. 16,20.
: : ; ::
Samuel reproveth the people. L SAMUEL, XIII. He comforteth them.

Before not found ought 4n my hand, And this great thing, which the Lord will Before
CHRIST CHEIST
1095.
they answered, He is witness. do before your eyes. 1095.
6 IF And Samuel said unto the people, 17 Is it not “wheat harvest to day?
•Ex. 22.4. ®Prov.26.1.
k Mic. 6. 4. '"It is the Lokd that âdvanced Moses " I will call unto
the Lord, and he shall “ Josh. 10.
2 Or, made.
and Aaron, and that brought your fa- send thunder and rain that ye may ch. 12.
; 10. 7. 9,
thers up out of the land of Egypt. perceive and see that "your wicked- Jam. 17, 18.
16, .5.
7 Now therefore stand still, that I ness is great, which ye have done in »ch. 8.7.
•Isai. 1.18. may reason with you before the Lord
*
the sight of the Lord, in asking you
& 5. 3, 4.
Mic. 6. 2,3. of all the ® righteous acts of the Lord, a king.
s Heb.
eousnesses,
right-
which he did ^to you and to your 18 So Samuel called unto the Lord ;
or, benefits,
Judg. 5. 11.
fathers. and the Lord sent thunder and rain
* Heb. with. 8 “When Jacob was come into Egypt, that day and ^ all the people greatly
: pEx. 14. 31.
See Ezra
“ Gen. 46. and your fathers “ cried unto the Lord, feared the Lord and Samuel. 10.9.
5, 6.
»Ex. 2. 23. then the Lord “ sent Moses and Aaron, 19 And all the people said unto
o Ex. 3. 10.
& 4. 16. which brought forth your fathers out Samuel, ’Pray for thy servants unto 9 Ex. 9. 28.
& 10. 17.
of Egypt, and made them dwell in the Lord thy God, that we die not .Tam. 5. 15.
1 .lohm 5.
this place. for we have added unto all our sins 16.
P Judg. 3. 7.
9 And when they '’forgat the Lord this evil, to ask us a king.
9 Judg. 4. 2.
their God, ’he sold them into the hand 20 IF And Samuel said unto the peo-
of Sisera, captain of the host of Ra- ple, Fear not ye have done all this :
r Judg. 10. 7. zor, and into the hand of ^ the Philis- wickedness yet turn not aside from
:
& 13. 1.
» Judg. 3. 12. tines, and into the hand of the king “of following the Lord, but serve the r Deut. 11.
16.
Moab, and they fought against them. Lord with all your heart ».Ier. 16. 19.
Hab.
21 And 'turn ye not aside 'for then
2. 18.
10 And they cried unto the Lord, and : 1 Cor. 8. 4.
said, ‘We have sinned, because we should ye go after vain things, which Kings
‘ 1 6.
‘Judg. 10.
10 13.
.
o Judg. 2.13. have forsaken the Lord, "and have cannot profit nor deliver for they ;
Ps. 94. 14.
” .losh. 7. 9.
served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but are vain. Ps. 106. 8.
9.
•Ter. 14. 21.
* .Judg. 10. now ^deliver us out of the hand of 22 For ‘the Lord will not forsake Ezek. 20.
15, 16. 9,14.
our enemies, and we will serve thee. his people " for his great name’s sake » Dent. 7. 7,
& 14. 2.
11 And the Lord sent ^Jerubbaal, because ""it hath pleased the Lord
8.
y.Tudg. 6.14,
32.
Mai. 1. 2.
* Judg. 11.1. and Bedan, and Jephthah, and “Sa- to make you his people. “ Heb. from
ceasing,
* ch. 7. 13.
muel, and delivered you out of the 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid r Acts 12. 5.
Bom. 1. 9.
hand of your enemies on every side, that I should sin against the Lord Col. 1. 9.
2 Tim. 1.3.
and ye dwelled safe. ^ in ceasing to pray for you but ' I :
‘Ps. 31. 11.
«>ch.ll. 1. 12 And when ye saw that Nahash will teach you the “ good and the right Prov. 4. 11.
» 1 Kings 8.
the king of the children of Ammon way: 36.

2 Cliron.
cch. a5,19. came against you, "ye said unto me, 24 ’’Only fear the Lord, and serve 6.27.
Jer. 6. 16.
Nay but a king shall reign over us him in truth with all your heart for
; : •>
Eccles. 12.
13.
dJudg.8.23.
ch. 8. 7.
when '‘the Lord your God was your 'consider ®how ‘‘great things he hath <=
Isai. 5. 12.
Or, what
& 10. 19. king. done for you. 3
a great
«cb. 10. 24. 13 Now therefore "behold the king 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, thing, &c.
•• Deut. 10.
'ch.
&9.20.
8. 5.
^whom ye have chosen, and whom ye ® ye shall be consumed, ‘ both ye and 21 .
Ps.126.2.3.
‘Hos.13.11. have desired and, behold, ®the Lord your king.
! Tosh.24.20.
hath set a king over you. CHAPTER XIII.

• Deut.
36.
28.
•>Josh.24.14.
Pb. 81. 13,
14 If ye will ’’fear the Lord, and serve 1 SauVs selected hand. 3 He Hebrews to Gilgal
calleth the
against the Philistines, whose garrison Jonathan had
14. him, and obey his voice, and not rebel smitten. 5 The Philistines’ great host. 6 The distress of
*Heb. against the ® commandment of the the Israelites. 8 Saul, weary of staying for Samuel,
mouth.
sacrijiceth. 11 Samuel reproveth him. 17 The three
Lord, then shall both ye and also the
spoiling hands of the Philistines. 19 The policy of the
«Heb.
be after.
king that reigneth over you ® continue Philistines, to suffer no smith in Israel.
following the Lord your God AUL *

reigned one year and when ‘Heb. the
‘Lev. 26.14,
15, &c.
Deut. 28.
15 But if ye will not obey the voice
‘
of the Lord, but rebel against the

S
Israel,
he had reigned two years over
;
son of one
year in his
reigning.
15, &c.
Josh. 24.
20 .
commandment of the Lord, then shall chose him three thousand
2 Saul 1093.
the hand of the Lord be against you, men of Israel whereof two thousand
;
^ ver. 9.
^ as it was against your fathêrs. were with Saul in Michmash and in
•Ex. 14. 13,
3L 16 IF Now therefore ‘
stand and see mount Beth-el, and a thousand were
: : :
Saul sacrijiceth. I. SAMUEL, XIIL Samuel reprmeth him.

Before with Jonathan in “Gibeah of Benja- unto the Lord : I forced myself there- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1093.
min: and the rest of the people he fore,and offered a burnt offering. 1093.
sent every man to his tent. 13 And Samuel said to Saul, ®Thou * 2 Chron.
» ch. 10. 26.
•> ch.
10. 5. 3 And Jonathan smote ‘’the garrison hast done foolishly: *thou hast not 16.9.
'ch.l5.1L
*Or, The of the Philistines that was in ^Geba, kept the commandment of the Lord
hiU.
and the P hilis tines heard of it. And thy God, which he commanded thee
Saul blew the trumpet throughout for now would the Lord have establish-
all the land, saying. Let the Hebrews ed thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
hear. 14 ®But now thy kingdom shall not e ch. 15. 28.
4 And all Israel heard say that Saul continue the Lord hath sought him
: Ps. 89. 20.
Acts 13.
had smitten a garrison of the Philis- a man after his own heart, and the
•Heb. tines, and that Israel also ®was had Lord hath commanded him to he cap-
did stink,
Gen. 34.30. in abomination with the Philistines. tain over his people, because thou
Ex. 5. 21.
And the people were called together hast not kept that which the Lord
after Saul to Gilgal. commanded thee.
5 IF And the Philistines gathered 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him
themselves together to fight with Is- up from Gilgal unto Gilbeah of Benja-
rael, thirty thousand chariots, and six min. And Saul numbered the people
thousand horsemen, and people as the that were ‘^present with him, ‘about 2 Heb.
found.
sand which is on the sea shore in mul- six hundred men. • ch. 14. 2.
titude and they came up, and pitched

: 16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son,
in Michmash, eastward fromBeth-aven. and the people that were present with
6 When the men of Israel saw that them, abode in ®Gibeah of Benja- SHeb.Cefto,
ver. 3.
they were in a strait, (for the peo- min: but the Philistines encamped
ple were distressed,) then the people in Michmash.
« Judg. 6. 2. ®did hide themselves in caves, and in 17 IF And the spoilers came out of
thickets, and in rocks, and in high the camp of the Philistines in three
places, and in pits. companies: one company turned unto
^
7 And some of the Hebrews went the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto Josh. 18.
23.
over Jordan to the land of Gad and the land of Shual
Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in 18 And another company turned the
«Heb. Gilgal, and all the people * followed way to Beth-horon: and another com-
‘ » Josh. 16.
& 18. 13,14.
3.
trembled
after him. him trembling. pany turned to the way of the border
“ Neh.
“ch-lO.S. 8 1 Ând he tarried seven days, ac- that looketh to the valley of “ Zeboim 34.
11.
cording to the set time that Samuel toward the wilderness.

had appointed: but Samuel came not 19 IF Now “there was no smith found “ See 2 Kin.
24. 14.
to Gilgal; and the people were scat- throughout all the land of Israel for : Jer. 24. 1.
tered from him. the Philistines said. Lest the Hebrews

9 And Saul said. Bring hither a burnt make them swords or spears
offering to me, and peace offerings. 20 But all the Israelites went down
And he offered the burnt offering. to the Philistines, to sharpen every
10 And it came to pass, that as soon man his share, and his coulter, and
as he had made an end of offering his ax, and his mattock.
Heb.
the burnt behold, Samuel
offering, 21 Yet they had *a file for the mat- <
a /He with
came; and Saul went out to meet tocks, and for the coulters, and for ‘mouths.
»Heb.
hless him.
him, that he might ® salute him. the forks, and for the axes, and ®to s Heb. to set.
11 IF And Samuel said. What hast sharpen the goads.

thou done? And Saul said. Because 22 So it came to pass in the day of
I saw that the people were scattered battle, that "there was neither sword ® So Judg.
5.8.
from me, and that thou earnest not nor spear found in the hand of any
within the days appointed, and that of the people that ivere with Saul and
the Philistines gathered themselves Jonathan but with Saul and with
:
together at Michmash; Jonathan his son was there found.

12 Therefore said I, The Philistines 23 Ând garrison of the Phi-
the ®
Pch.14.1,4.
* Or, dandr
«Heb. will come down now upon me to Gil- listines went out to the passage of inn camp.
intreaied
the/aee.
gal, and I have not ®made supplication Michmash.
: :
Jonathan miraculously mdteth I. SAMUEL, XIV. the Philistines' garrison.
Before
CHAPTER XIV. 10 But they say thus. Come up un-
if Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1087. 1 Jonathan, unwitting to his father, the priest, or the
to us; then we will go up: for the Lord cir. 1087.
people, goeth and miraculously smiteth the Philistines’ hath delivered them into our hand
garrison. 15 A divine terror maketh them heat them-
and ®this shall be a sign unto us. * See Gen.
selves.17 Saul, not staying the priest’s answer, setteth 24.14.
on them. 21 The captivated Hebrews, and the hidden 11 And both of them discovered Judg. 7. 11.
Israelites, join against them. 24 Saul’s unadvised ad- themselves unto the garrison of the
juration hindereth the victory. 32 He restraineth the
people from eating blood. 35 He huildeth an altar. 36 Philistines and the Philistines said,
:
Jonathan, taken by lot, is saved by the people, 47 Saul’s Behold, the Hebrews come forth out
strength and family.
of the holes where they had hid them-
• Or, there ®it came to pass upon a day, selves.
teas a day.
Xl that Jonathan the son of SaM 12 And the men of the garrison
said imto the young man that bare his answered Jonathan and his armour-
armour. Come, and let us go over to bearer, and said. Come up to us, and
the Philistines’ garrison, that is on we will shew you a thing. And Jo-
the other side. But he told not his nathan said imto his armourbearer,
father. Come up after me: for the Lord
2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost hath delivered them into the hand
part of Gibeah under a pomegranate of Israel.
tree which is in Migron and the peo- : 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon
•ch.13.15. ple that were with him were “about his hands and upon his feet, and his
six hundred men; armourbearer after him and they
:
»• ch. 22. 9,
11 , 20 ,
3 And ‘’Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, fell before Jonathan and his armour-
;
called ® I-chabod’s brother, the son of Phine- bearer slew after him.
Ahimekeh.
e ch. 4. 21. has, the son of Eli, the Lord’s priest 14 And that first slaughter, which
d ch. 2. 28. in Shiloh, '‘wearing an ephod. And Jonathan and his armourbêarer made,
the people knew not that Jonathan was about twenty men, within as it
was gone. were ân half acre of land, which a « Or, hdf
a furrow
4 IT And between the passages, by yoke of oxen might plow. of an acre
of land ,
which Jonathan sought to go over 15 And ‘“there was trembling in the Judg. 7. 21.
•>211^. 7.7.
• ch. 13. 23. “unto the Philistines’ garrison, there host, in the field, and among all the Job 18. U.
was a sharp rock on the one side, people: the garrison, and ‘the spoil- ‘ ch. 13. 17.
and a sharp rock on the other side ers, they also trembled, and the earth
and the name of the one was Bozez, quaked: so it was very great s Heb. a
trembling
and the name of the other Seneh. trembling. cf God.
» Gen. 35. 6.
• Heb. tooth. 5 The ® forefront of the one was 16 And the watchmen of Saul in
situate northward over against Mich- Gibeah of Benjamin looked ; and,
mash, and the other southward over behold, the multitude melted away,
against Gibeah. and they ‘went on beating down one I
ver. 20.
6 And Jonathan said to the young another.

man that bare his armour. Come, and 17 Then said Saul unto the people
let us go over imto the garrison of that were with him. Number now, and
these imcircumcised it may be that: see who is gone from us. And when
the Lord will work for us: for there they had numbered, behold, Jona-
* Judg. 7. is no restraint to the Lord Ho save than and his armourbearer were not
4,7.
2 Chron. by many or by few. there.
14. 11,
7 And his armourbearer said unto 18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring
him. Do all that is in thine heart: hither the ark of God. For the ark
turn thee; behold, I am with thee of God was at that time with the chil-
according to thy heart. dren of Israel.
8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we 19 IT And it came to pass, while Saul
will pass over unto these men, and we “ talked unto the priest, that the “ Num. 27.
21 .
will discover ourselves unto them. * noise that was in the host of the * Or, timull.
«Heb. 9 If they say thus unto us, ^ Tarry Philistines went on and increased:
Be still.
until we come to you; then we will and Saul said unto the priest. With-
stand still in our place, and will not draw thine hand.
go up unto them. 20 And Saul and all the people that
;
::
SauVs unadvised adjuration I. SAMUEL, XIV. Mndereth the victory.
Before
CHRIST
were with him âssembled themselves, a much greater slaughter among the Before
CHRIST
cir. 1087. and they came to the battle: and, Philistines ? cir. 1087.
*Heb. behold, “ every man’s sword was a- 31 And they smote the Philistines
were cried
together,
gainst his fellow, and there was a very that day from Michmash to Aijalon
nJudg.7.22. great discomfiture. and the people were very faint.
2 Clion.
20.23. 21 Moreover the Hebrews that were 32 And the people flew upon the
with the Philistines before that time, spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and
which went up with them into the calves, and slew them on the ground
camp from the country round about, and the people did eat them "with » Lev. 3. 17,
& 7. 26.
even they also turned to be with the the blood. & 17. 10.
& 19. 26.
Israelites that were with Saul and 33 1 Then they told Saul, saying. Be- Deut. 12.
16, 23, 24.
Jonathan. hold, the people sin against the Lord,
22 Likewise all the men of Israel in that they eat with the blood. And
® ch. 13. 6. which °had hid themselves in mount he said. Ye have ^ transgressed roll :
* Or, deoil
treacher-
Ephraim, when they heard that the a great stone unto me this day. ously.
Philistines fled, even they also fol- 34 And Saul said. Disperse yourselves
lowed hard after them in the battle. among the people, and say unto them.
P Ex. 14. 30. 23 ^So the Lord saved Israel that Bring me hither every man his ox,
Ps. 44. 6,7.
Hos. 1. 7. day and the battle passed over ’ un-
: and every man his sheep, and slay
1 ch. 13. 5.
to Beth-aven. them here, and eat; and sin not a-
24 IF And the men of Israel were dis- gainst the Lord in eating with the
••Josh. 6. 26. tressed that day: for Saul had ad- blood. And all the people brought
jured the people, saying. Cursed be every man his ox ®witli him that s Heb. in
his hand.
the man that eateth any food until night, and slew them there.
evening, that I may be avenged on 35 And Saul ''built an altar imto * ch. 7. 17.
mine enemies. So none of the peo- the Lord ^ the same was the first
: * Heb. that
altar he
ple tasted any food. altar that he built unto the Lord. began to
build unto
«Deut.9.28. 25 And all they of the land came to
“ 36 IF And Saul said. Let us go down the Lobd.
Matt. 3. 5.
‘ Ex. 3. 8. a wood; and there was ‘honey upon after the Philistines by night, and
Num.
27.
13.
the ground. spoil them until the morning light,
Matt. 3. 4.
26 And when the people were come and let us not leave a man of them.
into the wood, behold, the honey And they said. Do whatsoever seem-
dropped; but no man put his hand eth good. unto thee. Then said the
to his mouth :for the people feared priest, Let us draw near hither imto
the oath. God.
27 But Jonathan heard not when 37 And Saul asked counsel of God,
his father charged the people with Shall I go down after the Philistines ?
the oath wherefore he put forth the
: wilt thou deliver them into the hand
end of the rod that was in his hand, of Israel ? But he answered him not y ch. 28. 6.
and dipped it in an honeycomb, and that day.

put his hand to his mouth; and his 38 And Saul said, Draw ye near * Josh. 7.14.
ch. 10. 19.
eyes were enlightened. hither, all the ® chief of the people 6 Heb.
comers,
28 Then answered one of the people, and know and see wherein this sin Judg. W. 2.
and said, Thy father straitly charged hath been this day.
the people with an oath, saying. Curs- 39 For, "as the Lord liveth, which »2Sam.l2.5,
ed he the man that eateth any food saveth Israel, though it be in Jona-
• Or, wearg.
this day. And the people were ® faint. than my son, he shall surely die. But
29 Then said Jonathan, My father there was not a man among all the
hath troubled the land: see, I pray people that answered him.
you, how mine eyes have been en- 40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be
lightened, because I tasted a little of ye on one side, and I and Jonathan
this honey. my son will be on the other side. And
30 How much more, if haply the the people said unto Saul, Do what 8 Or,
people had eaten freely to day of seemeth good unto thee. Shew the
innocent.
the spoil of their enemies which they 41 Therefore Saul said unto the •> I’rov. 16.
33.
found? for had there not been now Lord God of Israel, ® Give a perfect
*’
Acts 1. 24.
: :
Jonathan taken by lot. I. SAMUEL, XV. Saul sent to destroy Amalek.

Before
CHRIST
'And Saul and Jonathan were
lot. CHAPTER XV. Before
CHRIST
cir. 1087. taken but the people ^ escaped.
:
1 Samuel sendeth Saul to destroy Amalelc. G Saul favoureth cir. 1079.
o Josh.
42 And Saul said, Cast lots between the Kenites. 8 He spareth Agag and the best of the spoil.
7. 16. 10 Samuel denounceth unto Said, commending and excus-
ch. 10. 20,
21 .
me and Jonathan my son. And Jo- 2ing himself, God's rejection of him for his disobedience,
*Heb. nathan was taken. 24 Saul’s humiliation. 32 Samuel kiUeth Agag. 34 Sa-
muel and Saul part,
tDentforth.
Josh.
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, ‘‘TeU 3
7. 19.
me what thou hast done. And Jona- AMUELalso said unto Saul, ‘ The » ch. 9. 16.
® ver. 27. than told him, and said, ®I did but S

Lord sent me to anoint thee to
taste a little honey with the end of be4 king over his people, over Israel:
the rod that was in mine hand, and, now therefore hearken thou unto the
lo, I must die. 5
voice of the words of the Lord.
' Ruth 1. 17. 44 And Saul answered, ^God do so 6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I
f ver. 39.
and more also ^ for thou shalt surely remember that which Amalek did
:
die, Jonathan. to Israel, ‘’how he laid wait for him b Ex. 17. 8,
14.
45 And the people said unto Saul, in the way, when he came up from Num. 24.
7
Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought Egypt.
20 .
Deut. 25.
this great salvation in Israel? God 8 Now go and smite Amalek, and
17, 18, 19.
2 Sam. 14. forbid: the Loed liveth, there 'utterly destroy all that they have, ' Lev. 27.
28, 29.
11.
1 Kin. 1.52. shall not one hair of his head fall to and
9 spare them not; but slay both Josh. 6. 17,
Luke 21. 21
the ground for he hath wrought with man and woman, infant and suckling,
.
1& ;
God this day. So the people rescued ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Jonathan, that he died not. And Saul gathered the people to-
46 Then Saul went up from following gether, and numbered them in Telaim,
the Philistines and the Philistines two hundred thousand footmen, and
:
went to their own place. ten thousand men of Judah.

47 T So Saul took the kingdom over And Saul came to a city of Ama-
Israel, and fought against all his ene- lek, and ^ laid wait in the valley. * Or, fought.
mies on every side, against Moab, ir And Saul said unto the Kenites, <> Num. 24.
21 .
‘ch. 11.11. and against the children of ‘Ammon, *Go, depart, get you down from a- Judg. 1.16.
& 4. 11.
and against Edom, and against the mong the Amalekites, lest I destroy « Gen. 18. 25.
‘=2Sam.l0.6. kings of ^ Zobah, and against the Phi- you with them: for ^^ye shewed kind- & 19. 12,14.
Rev. 18. 4.
listines and whithersoever he turned ness to aU the children of Israel,

:
' Ex. 18. 10,
10 19.
himself, he vexed them. when they came up out of Egypt. So Num. 10.
29,32.
“Or, 48 And he ® gathered an host, and the 11 Kenites departed from among
wrmighl
mtgUUy. ^
smote the Amalekites, and delivered the Amalekites.
‘ch.15.3,7.
Israel out of the hands of them that ®And Saul smote the Amalekites « ch. 14. 48.
spoiled them. from ‘‘Havilah until thou comest to *’

Gen. 2. 11.
& 25. 18.
“ ch. 31. 2. 49 Now ‘“the sons of Saul were Jo- Shur, that is over against Egypt.
‘
‘ Gen. 16. 7.
1 Chron.
8.33. nathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua And ‘‘he took Agag the king of See 1 Kin.
20. 34, 35,
and the names of his two daughters the Amalekites alive, and utterly ‘
&c.
were these; the name of the firstborn destroyed all the people with the See chap.
30.1.
Merab, and the name of the younger edge of the sword.
Michal But Saul and the people “spar- ™ ver. 3, 15.
50 And the name of Saul’s wife was ed Agag, and the best of the sheep,
Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz and of the oxen, and ^ of the fat- * Or, (f the
second sort.
and the name of the captain of his lings, and the lambs, and all that
<Heb. host was * Abner, the son of Ner, ivas good, and would not utterly de-
Ahiner,
Saul’s imcle. stroy them but every thing that was
:
“ ch. 9. L 51 “And Kish was the father of vile and refuse, that they destroyed
Saul and Ner the father of Abner utterly.
;
was the son of Abiel. IT Then came the word of the

" ver. 35.
52 And there was sore war against Lord unto Samuel, saying, Gen. 6. 6,7.
" It repenteth me that I have set 2 Sam. 24.
the Philistines all the days of Saul: 16.
and when Saul saw any strong man, up Saul to be king for he is “ turned :
® Josh. 22.
16.
«ch.8.1L or any valiant man, “ he took him un- back from following me, ând hath 1 Kin. 9. 6.
P ver. 3, 9.
to him. not performed my commandments. ch. 13. 13.
Saul is rejected for disohedmice. I. SAMUEL, XY. His fruitless Jiumiliation.
CHRIST
Before And it ’ grieved Samuel ;
and he cried 23 For rebellion is as the sin of Before
CHRIST
cir. 1079, unto the Lord all night. *witchcraft, and stubbornness is as cir. 1079.
q ver. 35.
12 And when Samuel rose early to iniquity and idolatry. Because thou 8 Heb.
ch. 16. 1. meet Saul in the morning, it was told hast rejected the word of the Lord, divination,
Deut. 18.
» Josh. 15.
55.
Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, ‘‘he hath also rejected thee from being 10 .
*> ch. 13. 14.

and, behold, he set him up a place, kmg.
and is gone about, and passed on, 24 1" ‘
And
Saul said unto Samuel, I ® See 2 Sam.
12. 13.
and gone doivn to Gilgal. have sinned for I have transgressed
:
13 And Samuel came to Saul; and the commandment of the Lord, and
•Gen. 14.19.
Juds. 17.2.
Saul said unto him, "Blessed be thou thy words because I feared the
:
** 0 Ex. 23. 2.
Prov. 29.
Ruth 3. 10. of the Lord: I have performed the people, and obeyed their voice. 25.
Isai. 51. 12,
commandment of the Lord. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, par- 13.
14 And Samuel said. What meaneth don my sin, and turn again with me,
then this bleating of the sheep in that I may worship the Lord.
mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will
®
which I hear ? not return with thee ® for thou hast
:
See chap.
2.30.
15 And Saul said. They have brought rejected the word of the Lord, and
* ver. 9, 21. them from the Amalekites: *for the the Lord hath rejected thee from
Gen. 3. 12.
Prov. 28. people spared the best of the sheep being king over Israel.
13.
and of the oxen, to sacrifice imto the 27 And as Samuel turned about to
Lord thy God and the rest we have
;
go away, ^he laid hold upon the skirt t See 1 Kin.
11.30.
utterly destroyed. of his mantle, and it rent.
16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, 28 And Samuel said unto him, ® The » ch. 28. 17,
18.
and I will tell thee what the Lord Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel IKin. U.
31.
hath said to me this night. And he from thee this day, and hath given it
said imto him. Say on. to a neighbour of thine, that is better
« ch. 9. 21. 17 And Samuel said, “When thou than thou.
wast little in thin e own sight, wast 29 And also the ^ Strength of Israel *Or,
Eternity,
thou not made the head of the tribes will not lie nor repent
**
for he is not
: or, Victory.
“ Num. 23.
of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee a man, that he should repent. 19.
Ezek. 24.
king over Israel ? 30 Then he said, I have sinned: 14.
2Tim.2.13.
18 And the Lord sent thee on a jour- yet 'honour me now, I pray thee, be- Tit. 1. 2.
ney, and said. Go and utterly destroy fore the elders of my people, and • John
& 12. 43.
5. 44.
the sinners the Amalekites, and fight before Israel, and turn again with
* Heb. they
consume
against them until ^they be consumed. me, that I may worship the Lord
them. 19 WTherefore then didst thou not thy God.
obey the voice of the Lord, but didst 31 So Samuel turned again after
fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in Saul and Saul worshipped the Lord.
;
the sight of the Lord? 32 II Then said Samuel, Bring ye

20 And Saul said imto Samuel, Yea, hither to me Agag the king of the
* ver. 13. * I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, Amalekites. And Agag came unto
and have gone the way which the him delicately. And Agag said. Surely
Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the bitterness of death is past.
33 And Samuel said, Âs thy sword
k
the king of Amalek, and have utterly Ex.
Num.
17. 11.
14.
destroyed the Amalekites. hath made women childless, so shall 4.5.

See Judg.
V ver. 15. 21 ^But the people took of the spoil, thy mother be childless among wo- 1.7.
»Ps.50.8,9.
Prov. 21.3.
sheep and oxen, the chief of the things men. And Samuel hewed Agag in
Isai. 1. 11, which should have been utterly de- Lord in Gilgal.
pieces before the
12, 13, 16.
17. stroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord Then Samuel went to Ramah;
34 IT
Jer. 7. 22,
23. thy God in Gilgal. and Saul went up to his house to
Mic.
7 8
6. 6,
22 And Samuel said, *Hath the Lord 'Gibeah of Saul. ' ch. 11. 4.
lieb. 10. 6,
7, 8, 9.
as great delight in burnt offerings and 35 And “Samuel came no more to “See chap.
19.24.
•Eccles.S.l.
Hos. 6. 6.
sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of see Said until the day of his death:
“ ver. 11.
Matt. 5. 24. the Lord ? Behold, " to obey is better nevertheless Samuel " mourned for
& 9. 13. ch. 16. 1.
& 12. 7. than sacrifice, and to hearken than Saul: and the Lord "repented that ® ver. IL
Mark 12.
33. the fat of rams. he had made Saul king over Israel.
: ,
Samuel sent to Beth-leJiem. I. SAMUEL, XVI. Samuel anointeth David,

Before
CHRIST
CHAPTER XVI. and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. Before
CHRIST
1063.
1 Samuel sent by God, under pretence of a sacrifice, cometh And Samuel said unto Jesse, "Send cir. 1063.
cir. to Beth-lehem. 6 His human judgment is reproved. 11
He anointeth David. 15 Saul sendeth for David to quiet and fetch him: for we will not sit “2 Sam. 7. 8.
his evil spirit. ^ down he come hither.
till Ps. 78. 70.
*Heb.
AND the Lord said unto Samuel, 12 And he sent, and brought him in. round.
•oh. 15.35. “ How long wilt thou mourn for Now he was ^ ruddy, and withal ®of a * ch. 17. 42.
Cant. 5. 10.
b ch. 15. 23.
Saul, seeing *’1 have rejected him from beautiful countenance, and goodly to »Heb.
fair of eyes.
« ch. 9. 16.
reigning over Israel? 'fill thine horn look to. Ând the Lord said. Arise, r So cL 9.
2 Kin. 9. 1.
17.
with oil, and go, I will send thee to anoint him for this is he.
:
d Ps. 78. 70. Jesse the Beth-1 ehemite for Î have : 13 Then Samuel took the horn of
&89.n,20.
Acts 13. 22. provided me a king among his sons. oil, and * anointed him in the midst * ch. 10. 1.
Ps. 89. 20.
2 And Samuel said, How can I go? of his brethren and " the Spirit of
: » See Num.
27. 18.
if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord came upon David from that Judg. 11.
29. &
13.25.
2 Heb. Ml
Otiiie hand.
the Lord said, Take an heifer îvith day forward. So Samuel rose up, & 14. 6.
thee, and say, ® I am come to sacrifice and went to Ramah.

ch.10.6,10.
® ch. 9. 12.
&20.29.
to the Lord. 14 IF ’’But the Spirit of the Lord de- cir. 1065.
Judg. 16.
3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and parted from Saul, and 'an evil spirit 20 .
ch. 11. 6.
f Ex. 4. 15.
Î will shew thee what thou shalt do from the Lord ^troubled him. & 18. 12.
* ch. 9. 16. and ®thou shalt anoint unto me him 15 And Saul’s servants said unto him. & 28. 15.
Ps. 51. 11.
whom I name unto thee. Behold now, an evil spfrit from God “Judg. 9. 23.
ch. 18. 10.
4 And Samuel did that which the troubleth thee. & 19. 9.
*Or,
Lord spake, and came to Beth-lehem. 16 Let our lord now command thy terrified.
^
b ch. 21. 1.
And the elders of the town trembled servants, which are ^before thee, to dGen.4t.46.
ver. 21, 22.
»Heb. at his ® coming, and said, Comest *
seek out a man, who is a cunning 1 Kin. 10. 8.
meeting.
‘1 Kin. 2.13. thou peaceably? player on an harp and it shall come:
5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come

2 Kin. 9. 22.
to pass, when the evil spirit fi'om God
b Ex. 19. 10, to sacrifice unto the Lord ^ sanc- : is upon thee, that he shall ® play with ‘ ver. 23.
14. 2 Kin. 3. 15.
tify yourselves, and come with me to his hand, and thou shalt be well.
the sacrifice. And he sanctified J esse 17 And Saul said imto his servants.
and his sons, and called them to the Provide me now a man that can play
sacrifice. well, and bring him to me.
6 IF And it came to pass, when they 18 Then answered one of the ser-
» ch. 17. 13.
called
were come, that he looked on Eliab, *
vants, and said. Behold, I have seen
Elihu, and “ said. Surely the Lord’s anointed a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that
1 Chron.
27.18. is before him. is cunning in playing, and â mighty 'ch. 17.32,
“1 34, 35, 36.
valiant man, and a man of war, and
Kin.
7 But the Lord said unto Samuel,
12.
26.
“P8.147.10,
11 .
Look not on "his countenance, or on prudent in ® matters, and a comely * Or, speech.
the height of his stature; because I person, and ® the Lord is with him. s ch. 3. 19.
&
18. 12,14.
° Isai. 55. 8.
have refused him “ for the Lord seeth
: 19 H Wherefore Saul sent messengers
P 2 Cor. 10.7. not as man seeth for man ^ looketh
; unto Jesse, and said. Send me David
• Heb. eyes. on the ^ outward appearance, but the thy son, which is with the sheep. * ver. 11.
ch. 17. 15,
91 Kin. 8.39.
1 Chron.
Lord looketh on the ’heart. 20 And Jesse Hook an ass laden 34.
See ch.
8 Then Jesse called ’"Abinadab,
10.
with bread, and a bottle of wine, and
•
28. 9.
Ps 7 9 27. & 17. 18.
Jer. il.'20.
& 17. 10.
and made him pass before Samuel. a kid, and sent them by David his son Gen. 43. 11.
Prov. 18.
& 20
Acts
. 12
1. 24.
. And he said. Neither hath the Lord unto Saul. 16.
» ch. 17. 13. chosen this. 21 And David came to Saul, and
• ch. 17. la 9 Then Jesse made ®®Shammah to stood before him and he loved him
:
k Gen. 41.46.
I
® Skimedh, IKin. 10.8.

2Sam.l3.3. pass by. And he said. Neither hath greatly; and he became his armour- Prov. 22.
Shimma, 29.
1 Chron. the Lord chosen this. bearer.
10 Again, Jesse made seven of his 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying.
2. 13.
sons to pass before Samuel. And Let David, I pray thee, stand before
Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord me for he hath found favour in my
;
hath not chosen these. sight.

11 And Samuel said imto Jesse, Are 23 And it when Hhe
came to pass, > ver. 14, 16.
here all thy children? And he said, evil spirit from God was upon Saul,
*ch.l7 12. ‘There remaineth yet the youngest, that David took an harp, and played
;
Goliath defieth Israel. I. SAMUEL, XVII. David sent to visit his brethren,
Before with his hand: so Saul was refreshed,
CHRIST those words of the Philistine, they Before
and was well, and the evil spirit de- were dismayed, and greatly afraid. CHRIST
cir. 1063.
cir. 1063.
parted from him. 12 IT Now David was ‘the son of
ver. 58.
*
CHAPTER XVII. that ‘‘Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-ju- Ruth 4. 22.

ch. 16. 1,18.
1 The armies of the Israelites and Philistines being ready to dah, whose name was Jesse and he k Gen. 35. 19.
;
4 Goliath cometh 'proudly forth to challenge a com-
2battle,
bat. 12 David, sent by his father to visit his brethren,
had eight sons and the man went ch. 16. 10,
‘
:
‘
11. See
taketh the challenge. 28 Eliab chideth him. 30 Ue is among men for an old man in the Chron. 12.
3brought to Saul. 32 He
sheweth the reason of his confi- 13. 14, 15.
dence. 38 Without armour, armed by faith, he slayeth

days of Saul.
the giant. 55 Saul taketh notice of David. 13 And the three eldest sons of
» ch. 13.
b Josh. 15.
5.
N OW
5
and
4 the Philistines “gathered to-
gether their armies to battle,
were gathered together at Sho-
Jesse went and followed Saul to the
battle : and the “ names of his three ™ ch. 16. 6.
8, 9.
sons that went to the battle were E- 1 Chron.
35. 2.13.
2 Chron. choh, which helongeth to Judah, and liab the firstborn, and next unto him
28.18.
pitched
6 between Shochoh and Ane- Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
2 Or, The kah, in ^ Ephes-dammim. 14 And David was the youngest:
coast of
Dammim, And Saul and the men of Israel and the three eldest followed Saul.
called Pas-
dammim, were gathered together, and pitched 15 But David went and returned
1 Chron.
11. 13. by the valley of Elah, and ^set the from Saul “ to feed his father’s sheep “ ch. 16. 19.
3Heb.
ranged the
battle in array against the Philistines. at Beth-lehem.
battle.
And the Philistines stood on a moun- 16 And the Philistine drew near
tain on the one side, and Israel stood morning and evening, and presented
on a mountain on the other side: and himself forty days.
there was a valley between them. 17 And Jesse said unto David his son.
II And there went out a champion Take now for thy brethren an ephah of
out of the camp of the Philistines, this parched corn, and these ten loaves,
® 2 Sam. 21. named ° Goliath, of Gath, whose **
and run to the camp to thy brethren
19.
Josh. 11. height was six cubits and a span. 18 And carry these ten ^cheeses un- 2 Heb.
22 cheeses
.
And he had an helmet of brass to the ® captain of their thousand, and qf milk.
3 Heb. cap-
* Heb. upon his head, and he was ^ armed “look how thy brethren fare, and take tain of a
with a coat of mail; and the weight
clothed. thousand.
their pledge.
<>Gen.37.14.
of the coat was five thousand shekels 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the
of brass. men of Israel, were in the valley of
And he had greaves of brass upon Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
® Or, gorget. his legs, and a ® target of brass be- 20 H And David rose up early in the
tween his shoulders. morning, and left the sheep with a
® 2 Sam. 21. 7 And the ® staff of his spear was keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse
19,
like a weaver’s beam ; and his spear’s had commanded him; and he came
head weighed six hundred shekels of to the ^trench, as the host was going < Or, place of
thecarriage,
iron : and one bearing a shield went forth to the ® fight, and shouted for ch. 26. 5.
3 Or, battle
before him. the battle. array, or,
8 And he
stood and cried unto the 21 For Israel and the Philistines place of
fight.
armies of Israel, and said unto them. had put the battle in array, army
Why are ye come out to set your against army.
battle in array? am not I a Philis- 22 And David left *his carriage in 8 Heb.
the vessels
t ch. 8. 17. tine, and ye ^servants to Saul? choose the hand of the keeper of the carriage, from upon
him.
you a man for you, and let him come and ran into the army, and came and
down to me. ’ saluted his brethren. iHeb.
asked his
9 If he be able to fight with me, and 23 And as he talked with them, be- brethren of
veace, as
to kill me, then will we be your ser- hold, there came up the champion, Judg. 18.
15.
vants: but if I prevail against him, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by
and kill him, then shall ye be our name, out of the armies of the Phi-
s ch. 11. 1. servants, and ® serve us. listines, and spake ‘‘according to the p ver. 8.
b ver. 26.
2 Sam. 21.
10 And the Philistine said, I ‘‘defy same words : and David heard them.
21 .
the armies of Israel this day; give 24 And all the men of Israel, when
me a man, that we may fight together. they saw the man, fled ®from liim, 8 Heb. .from
his face.
11 When Saul and aU Israel heard and were sore afraid.
: ; ;:;
accepteth GoUatlis I. SAMUEL, XVII. proud challenge.
CHRIST
Before 25 And the men of Israel said, Have 36 Thy servant slew both the lion Before
CHR1.«T
cir. 1063. ye seen this man that is come up? and the bear and this uncircumcised
:
cir. 10G3.
surely to defy Israel is he come up : Philistine shall be as one of them,
and it shall be, that the man who seeing he hath defied the armies of
killeth him, the king will enrich him the living God.
<1 Josh. 15. with great riches, and ^will give him 37 David said moreover, ‘’The Lord • Pb. 18. 16,
16. 17. &
68. 7.
his daughter, and make Ms father’s that delivered me out of the paw of &
77. 11.
2 Cor. 1.10.
house free in Israel. the lion, and out of the paw of the 2 Tim. 4.
17. 18.
26 And David spake to the men that bear, he will deliver me out of the
stood by him, saying. What shall be hand of this Philistine. And Saul
done to the man that killeth this Phi- said unto David, Go, and ‘the Lord fch. 20. 13.
1 Chron.
rch.11.2. listine, and taketh away "^the reproach be with thee. 22. 11, 16.
• ch. 14. 6. from Israel? for who is this “uncir- 38 IF And Saul ^ armed David with a Heb.
cloOied
cumcised PMlistine, that he should his armour, and he put an helmet of David icith
hia cloOtea.
* ver. 10. ‘defy the armies of "the liidng God? brass upon his head; also he armed
“ Deut.5.26.
27 And the people answered him him with a coat of mail.
* ver. 25. after this manner, saying, * So shall it 39 And David girded Ms sword up-
be done to the man that killeth him. on his armour, and he assayed to go
28 H And Eliab his eldest brother for he had not proved it. And David
heard when he spake unto the men said unto Saul, I cannot go with these
y
8
Gen.
11
37. 4, and Eliab’s danger was kindled against for I have not proved them. And
David, and he said, Why earnest thou David put them ofi" Mm.
, .
Matt. 10.
36.
doivn hither? and with whom hast 40 And he took his staff in his hand,
thou left those few sheep in the wil- and chose him five smooth stones out
derness? I know thy pride, and the of the ^ brook, and put them in a shep- * Or, vaUey.
naughtiness of thine heart; for thou herd’s ‘bag which he had, even in a * Heb. veaael.
art come down that thou mightest see scrip and his sling was in his hand
;
the battle. and he drew near to the Philistine.

29 And David said. What have I 41 And the Philistine came on and
* ver. 17. now done ? Îs there not a cause ? drew near unto David and the man
;
30 IF And he turned from liim toward that bare the shield went before him.
* ver. 26, 27. another, and "spake after the same 42 And when the Philistine looked
* Heb. tcord. ^manner: and the people answered about, and saw David, he ® disdained gPB.123.3,4.
1 Cor.
him again after the former manner. him: for he was hut a youth, and 27, 28. 1.
31 And when the words were heard ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
’’
ch. 16. 12.
wMch David spake, they rehearsed 43 And the Philistine said unto Da-
* Heb.
took him.
them before Saul and he ® sent for
: vid, Am I a dog, that thou comest ch. 24. 14. •
2 Sam. 3. 8.
Mm. to me with staves ? And the Philistine &9. 8.
32 IF And David said to Saul, ’’Let & 16. 9.
•> Dent. 20.
1,3.
cursed David by his gods. 2 Kin. 8.13.
no man’s heart fail because of him; 44 And the Philistine ^said to David, k 1 Kin. 20.
10 11 .
«'ch.l6.18. '
thy servant will go and fight with Come to me, and I will give thy flesh ,
this Philistine. imto the fowls of the air, and to the

* See Nnm. 33 And Saul said to David, '’Thou beasts of the field.
13. 31.
Dent. 9. 2. art not able to go against this Philis- 45 Then said David to the Philistine,
tine to fight with him : for thou art Thou comest to me with a sword, and
hut a youth, and he a man of war with a spear, and with a shield but 33,
:
2 Sam. 22.
’ >
35.
from his youth. I come to thee in the name of the Pb. 124. 8.
& 12 1 ).
34 And David said unto Saul, Thy

.
Lord of hosts, the God of the armies 2 Cor. 10. 4.

Heb. 11.
servant kept his father’s sheep, and of Israel, whom thou hast “ defied. 33, 34.
“ ver. 10.
there came a lion, and a bear, and 46 This day will the Lord ® deliver ® Heb. shut
* Or, kid. took a ^ lamb out of the flock thee into mine hand and I will smite thee up.
;
35 And I went out after him, and thee, and take thine head from thee “ Deut. 28.
'
smote him, and delivered it out of his and I will give "the carcases of the ® 26..Tosh. 4. 24.
mouth: and when he arose against host of the Philistines this day unto 1 Kin.
& 18. 36.
8.43.
me, I caught him by his beard, and the fowls of the air, and to the wild 2 Kin. 19.
19.
smote him, and slew him. beasts of the earth ; " that aU the Isai. 52. 10.
I
David slayeth the giant. I. SAMUEL, XYIII. Jonathan loveth David.
58
Before
CHRIST
earth may know that there is a God Saul ^with the head of the Philistine Before
in Israel. CHRIST
cir. 1063. in his hand. cir. 1063.
47 And aU this assembly shall know And Saul said to him. Whose son
pPs. 44.6,7. that the Lord ^ saveth not with sword art thou, thou young man? And Da-
Hos. 1. 7.
Zech. 4. 6.
1 2 Chron.
and spear for the battle is the
: vid answered, am the son of thy
20. 15. Lord’s, and he wiU give you into our servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
hands.
48 And it came to pass, when the
CHAPTER XVIII.
1 Jonathan loveth David.
5 Saul envieth his praise, 10 seelc
Philistine arose, and came and drew eth to kill him in his fury, 12 feareth him for his good
nigh to meet David, that David hast- success, 17 offereth him his daughters for a snare. 22
David persuaded to he the king’s son in law, giveth two
ed, and ran toward the army to meet hundred foreskins of the Philistines for MichaVs dowry.
the Philistine. 28 Saul’s hatred, and David’s glory inereaseth.
49 And David put his hand in his AND it came to pass, when he had
bag, and took thence a stone, and a\. made an end of speaking unto
slang it, and smote the Philistine in Saul, that "the soul of Jonathan was «Gen.44.30.
his forehead, that the stone sunk into knit with the soul of David, ‘’and Jo- *>
ch. 19. 2.
& 20. 17.
his forehead; and he fell upon his nathan loved him as his own soul. 2Sain.l.26.
Deut.13.6.
face to the earth. 2 And Saul took him that day, ' and 0 ch. 17. 15.
r ch. 21. 9. 50 So ''David prevailed over the would let him go no more home to
See Judg.
3. 31. Philistine with a sling and ivith a his father’s house.
& 15. 15.
2 Sam. stone, and smote the Philistine, and 3 Then Jonathan and David made a
21 .
slew him but there was no sword in
;
covenant, because he loved him as his
the hand of David. own soul.
51 Therefore David ran, and stood 4 And Jonathan stripped himself
upon the Philistine, and took his of the robe that was upon him, and
sword, and drew it out of the sheath gave it to David, and his garments,
thereof, and slew him, and cut off his even to his sword, and to his bow,
head therewith. And when the Phi- and to his girdle.
listines saw their champion was dead, 5 1 And David went out whitherso-
•Heb. 11.34. “
they fled. ever Saul sent him, a7id ^behaved *Or,
prospered,
52 And the men of Israel and of himself wisely and Saul set him over
: ver. 14, 15,
30.
Judah arose, and shouted, and pur- the men of war, and he was accepted
sued the Philistines, until thou come in the sight of aU the people, and also
to the valley, and to the gates of in the sight of Saul’s servants.
Ekron. And the wounded of the 6 And it came to pass as they came,
Philistines fell down by the way to when David was returned from the
* Josh. 1,5. ‘Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto slaughter of the ® Philistine, that the ** sOr
36. PhUisUnes.
Ekron. women came out of all cities of Is- d Ex. 15.20.
.Tudg. 11.
53 And the children of Israel re- rael, singing and dancing, to meet 34.
turned from chasing after the Philis- king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and
tines, and they spoiled their tents. with înstruments of musick. < Heb. three-
stringed
54 And David took the head of the 7 And the women ® answered one instruments.
0 Ex. 15. 21.
Philistine, and brought it to Jerusa- another as they played, and said,
lem; but he put his armour in his ‘^Saul hath slain his thousands, and fch. 21. 11.
&29. 5.
tent. David liis ten thousands.
55 IF And when Saul saw David go 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the
forth against the Philistine, he said saying displeased him and he said, ;
6 Heb.
was enil in
unto Abner, the captain of the host, They have ascribed unto David ten his eyes.
thousands, and to me they have as-

KEccle8.4.4.
“ See chap.
16. 21, 22.
Abner, "whose son is this youth ? And
Abner said. As thy soul liveth, O king, cribed hut thousands: and what can
I cannot tell. he have more but the kingdom ? *' h ch. 15. 28.
56 And the king said. Enquire thou 9 And Saul eyed David from that
whose son the stripling is. day and forward.
57 And as David returned from the lb IF And it came to pass on the '
k ch.
ch. 16. 14.
19. 24.
slaughter of the Philistine, Abner morrow, that ‘the evil spirit from 1 Kin. 18.
29.
took him, and brought liim before God came upon Saul, ând he pro- 16. 16.
: :
Saul seeketh to MU David. I. SAMUEL, XIX. Michal given to David to wife.
Before phesied in the midst of the house words in the ears of David. And Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1063. and David played with his hand, as David said, Seemeth it to you a light cir. 1063.
ich.19.9.
at other times and there was a thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing
:
’
javelin in Saul’s hand. that I am a poor man, and lightly

“ ch. 19. 10. 11 And Saul “cast the javelin; for esteemed ?
& 20. 33.
Prov. 27. 4. he said, I will smite David even to 24 And the servants of Saul told him,
the wall ivith it. And David avoided saying, Ôn this manner spake David. 2 Heb.
According
out of his presence twice. 25 And Saul said. Thus shall ye say to these
words.
“ ver. 15, 29. 12 If And Saul was “afraid of David, to David, The king desireth not any
» ch. 16. 13,
18.
because “ the Lord was with him, and ^ dowry, but an hundred foreskins of 'Gen. 34. 12.
Ex. 22. 17.
P ch. 16. 14. was departed from Saul.
**
the Philistines, to be ® avenged of the « ch. 14. 24.
& 28. 15.
13 Therefore Saul removed him from king’s enemies. But Saul ^ thought ** ver. 17.
him, and made him his captain over to make David fall by the hand of
9 ver. 16. a thousand; and ’he went out and the Philistmes.
Num. 27.
17. came in before the people. 26 And when his servants told Da-
2 Sam. 5. 2.
» Or, 14 And David ^behaved himself wise- vid these words, it pleased David well
prospered,
ver. 5. ly in all his ways and the Lord was to be the king’s son in law and the
; :
‘ • See ver. 21.
r Gen. 39. with him. days were not ® expired. 8 Heb.
2,3, 23. fulJiUed.
Josh. 6. 27. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he 27 Wherefore David arose and went,
behaved himself very wisely, he was he and his men, and slew of the Phi- ver. 13.
afraid of him. listines two hundred men; and ‘Da- >2Sam.3.14.

• ver. 5. 16 But “all Israel and Judah loved vid brought their foreskins, and they
David, because he went out and came gave them in full tale to the king,
in before them. that he might be the king’s son in
17 II And Saul said to David, Behold law. And Saul gave him Michal his
‘ch. 17. 25. my elder daughter Merab, ‘her will daughter to wife.
I give thee to wife only be thou
: 28 H And Saul saw and knew that
® Heb. a son ^ valiant for me, and fight " the Lord’s the Lord was with David, and that
of valour.
® Num. 32. battles. For Saul said, Let not mine ""
Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.
20, 27, 29.
ch.25.28. hand be upon him, but let the hand 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid
* ver. 21, 25.
2Sam.l2.9.
of the Philistmes be upon him. of David; and Saul became David’s
r See ver. 23. 18 And David said unto Saul, ^ Who enemy contmually.
ch. 9. 21.
2 Sam. 7. am I ? and what is my life, or my fa- 30 Then the princes of the Philis-
18.
ther’s family in Israel, that I should tines “ went forth and it came to :
“ 288111 . 11 . 1 .
be son in law to the king? pass, after they went forth, that Da-
19 But it came to pass at the time vid “ behaved himself more wisely “ ver. 5.
when Merab Saul’s daughter should than all the servants of Saul so that ;
have been given to David, that she his name was much ^ set by. ‘Heb.
precious,
*2Sam.21.8. was given unto ‘‘Adriel the “Meho- ch. 26. 21.
» Judg.7.22.
lathite to wife. CHAPTER XIX. 2 Kin. 1.13.
Ps. 116. 15.
1 Jonathan disdoseth his father's 'purpose to kill David. 4
* ver. 28.
20 And Michal Saul’s daughter lov-
*’
He persuadeth his father to reconciliation. 8 By reason

ed David: and they told Saul, and of David's good success in a new war, Saul's malicious
rage hreaketh out against him. 12 Michal deceiveth her
‘Heb. the thing ^pleased him.
tms right father with an image in David's bed. 18 David cometh
in his eyes, 21 And Saul said, I will give h im to Samuel in Naioth. 20 Said's messengers sent to take
e Ex. 10. 7. her, that she may be “ a snare to him, David, 22 and Saul himself, prophesy.
^ ver. 17. and that ^ the hand of the Philistines AND Saul spake to Jonathan liis
may be against him. Wherefore Saul son, and to all his servants, that
®Seever.26. said to David, Thou shalt ® this day be they should kill David.
my son in law in the one of the twaiu. 2But Jonathan Saul’s son “delighted • ch. 18. 1.
22 II And Saul commanded his ser- much in David and Jonathan told
:
vants, saymg., Commune with David David, saying, Saul my father seeketh
secretly, and say. Behold, the king to kill thee : now therefore, I pray
hath delight in thee, and all his ser- thee, take heed to thyself until the
vants love thee now therefore be the
: morning, and abide in a secret place^
king’s son in law. and hide thyself
23 And Saul’s servants spake those 3 And I will go out and stand be-
X
: :
MichaVs artifice to I. SAMUEL, XX. save Davids life.
CHRIST
Before side my father in the field where thou again to see David, saying. Bring
CHRIST
Before
cir. 1063. art, and I will commune with my fa- him up to me in the bed, that I may cir. 1062.
ther of thee ;
and what I see, that I slay him.
will tell thee. 16 And when the messengers were
Prov. 31.
8 9 , .
4 H And Jonathan '’spake good of come in, behold, there was an image
David unto Saul his father, and said in the bed, with a piUow of goats’
« Gen. 42.22. unto him, Let not the king “sin against hair for his bolster.
Ps. 35. 12.
& 109. 5. his servant, against David; because 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why
Prov. 17.
13. he hath not sinned against thee, and hast thou deceived me so, and sent
Jer. 18. 20.
because his works have been to thee- away mine enemy, that heis escaped ?
ward very good And Michal answered Saul, He said
<*
Judg.9.17.
& 12. 3.
5 For he did put his ''life in his unto me. Let me go; “why should I ” 2 Sam.
22 .
2.
ch. 28. 21. hand, and ®slew the Philistine, and kill thee?
Ps. 119. 109.
® ch. 17. 49. '^the Lord wrought a great salvation 18 IF So David fled, and escaped, and
'
50.
1 Sam. 11.
for all Israel thou sawest it, and : came to Samuel to Ramah, and told
13.
1 Chron.
didst rejoice ® wherefore then wilt
: him all that Saul had done to him.
11. 14. thou '’sin against innocent blood, to And he and Samuel went and dwelt
8 ch. 20. 32.
“Matt. 27.4. slay David without a cause? in Naioth.
6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice 19 And it was told Saul, saying. Be-
of Jonathan and Saul sware. As the
: hold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
Lord liveth, he shall not be slain. 20 And “Saul sent messengers to “See John 7.
32, 45, &c.
7 And Jonathan called David, and take David ^ and when they saw the
: Pch.10.5,6.
1 Cor. 14.
Jonathan shewed him all those things. company of the prophets prophesy- 3 , 24 25 , .
And Jonathan brought David to Saul, ing,and Samuel standing as appoint-

‘ ch. 16. 21. and he was in his presence, 'as în ed over them, the Spirit of God was
& 18. 2, 13.
2Heb. times past. upon the messengers of Saul, and
8 IT And there was war again: and
yesterday
third day. they also prophesied. <i Hum. 11.
25.
cir. 1062. David went out, and fought with the 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent Joel 2. 28.
Philistines, and slew them with a great other messengers, and they prophe-
3Heb. slaughter; and they fled from ®him. sied likewise. And Saul sent mes-
his face.
“ ch. 16. 14. 9 And ^ the evil spirit from the Lord sengers again the third time, and
& 18. 10.11. was upon Saul, as he sat in his house they prophesied also.
with his javelin in his hand and Da- : 22 Then went he also to Ramah, and
vid played with his hand. came to a great well that is in Sechu
10 And Saul sought to smite David and he asked and said. Where are
even to the wall with the javelin but ;
Samuel and David ? And one said. Be-
he slipped away out of Saul’s pre- hold, they he at Naioth in Ramah.
sence, and he smote the javelin into 23 And he went thither to Naioth in
the wall and David fled, and escaped
: Ramah: and '^the Spirit of God was r ch. 10. 10.
that night. upon him also, and he went on, and

1 Ps.59, title. 11 'Saul also sent messengers unto prophesied, until he came to Naioth
David’s house, to watch him, and to in Ramah.
slay him in the morning and Michal : 24 ®
And he
stripped off his clothes • Isai. 20. 2.
David’s wife told him, saying. If thou also, and prophesied before Samuel in
save not thy life to night, to morrow like manner, and ^lay down ‘naked 2Heb./eB,
Num. 24.4.
thou shalt be slain. all that day and all that night. Where- ‘ Mic. 1. 8.
See 2 Sam.
™ So Josh. 12 H So Michal “let David down fore they say, “/s Saul also among 6. 14, 20.
2. 15. n ch.
Acts 9. 24, through a window: and he went, and the prophets? 10. 11.
25.
fled, and escaped. CHAPTER XX.
‘Heb 13 And Michal took an * image, and 1 David Jonathan for his safety. 11 Jo-
consulteth with
ternphim, nathan and David renew their covenant hy oath. 18
Gen. 3b 19. laid it in the bed, and put a pillow
Jonathan's token to David. 24 Saul, missing David,
Judg. 17. 5.
of goats’ hair for his bolster, and seeketh to kill Jonathan. 35 Jonathan lovingly taketh
with a cloth. his leave of David.
covered it
14 And when Saul sent messengers nd

David fled from Naioth in Ra-
to take David, she said. He is sick. A mall, and came and said before
.
Jonathan, What have I done ? what is

1
15 And Saul sent the messengers
- - —
; ; : :
David consulteth with Jonathan. I. SAMUEL, XX. They renew their covenant.
Before mine iniquity? and what is my sin ^sounded my father about to morrow Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1062. before thy father, that he seeketh any time, or the third day,, and, be- cir. 1062.
my life ? hold, if there he good toward David, *Heb.
2 And he said unto him, God forbid; and I then send not unto thee, and searched,
thou shalt not die behold, my father
:
® shew it thee Heb.
uncover
s
will do nothing either great or small, 13 ‘The Lord do so and much more thine
ver.
ear,
2.
*Heb. but that he will ^ shew it me and why : to J onathan but if it please my fa- Ruth 17.
: ‘ 1.
uncover
mine ear, should my father hide this thing from ther to do thee evil, then I will shew
ver. 12.
ch. 9. 15. me ? it is not so. it thee, and send thee away, that thou
3 And David sware moreover, and mayest go in peace and ^ the Lord kcb.
:
Josh. 1. 5.
17. 37.
said. Thy father certainly knoweth be with thee, as he hath been with 1 Chron.
22. 16. 11,
that I have found grace in thine eyes my father.
and he Let not Jonathan know
saith. 14 Andthou shalt not only while yet
this, lesthe be grieved: but truly as I live me the kindness of the
shew
the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, Lord, that I die not
there is but a step between me and 15 But also ‘thou shalt not cut off 2 Sam. * 9.
3, 7. 1,
death. thy kindness from my house for ever & 21. 7.
4 Then said Jonathan unto David, no, not when the Lord hath cut off
» Or. ® Whatsoever thy soul * desireth, I will the enemies of David every one from
Say vihal
is thy mind, even do it for thee. the face of the earth.
and I will
do, &c. 5 And David said unto Jonathan, 16 So Jonathan ^made a covenant * Heb. cut.
«Heb.
gpeakdh, or, Behold, to morrow is the ^ new moon, with the house of David, saying, “ Let "> ch. 25. 22.
See chap.
•
Ounheth.
Nmn. 10.
and I should not fail to sit with the the Lord even require it at the hand 31 9
2Sa^.4. 7.
10. & 28.11. king at meat but let me go, that I
: of David’s enemies. & 21 . 8 .
«> cb. 19. 2. may ‘’hide myself in the field unto 17 And Jonathan caused Da\dd to
the third day at even. swear again, ® because he loved him s Or, Rp
his lore to-
6 If thy father at aU miss me, then “for he loved him as he loved his ward him.
" ch.
say, David earnestly asked leave of own soul. 18. 1.
0 ch. 16. 4. me that he might run ® to Beth-lehem 18 Then Jonathan said to David,
® Or, feast,
ch. 9. 12.
his city: for there is a yearly ® sacri- “To morrow is the new moon: and * ver. 5.
fice there for all the family. thou shalt be missed, because thy
d See Deut.
1. 23.
7 '‘If he say thus. It is well; thy ser- seat will be ® empty. 8 Heb.
missed.
2Sam.l7.4. vant shall have peace but if he be
: 19 And when thou hast stayed three
e ch. 25. 17.
very wroth, then be sure that ®evil is days, then thou shalt go down ^®quic*k- t Or,
Esth. 7. 7. diligently.
determined by him. ly, and come to ^ the place where thou 8 Heb.
'Josh. 2. 14. 8 Therefore thou shalt ^deal kind- didst hide thyself ® when the business greatly.
P ch. 19. 2.
e ver. 16. ly with thy servant for ® thou hast
;
was in hand, and shalt remain by the 9 Heb. in the
ch. 18. 3. day <f the
&
23. 18. brought thy servant into a covenant stone Êzel. business.
of the Lord with thee notwithstand-: 20 And I will shoot three arrows on * Or, that
sheweth
» 2 Sam. 14. ing, ‘*if there be in me iniquity, slay the side thereof, as though I shot at the way.
32.
me thyself; for why shouldest thou a mark.
bring me to thy father? 21 And, behold, I will send a lad,
9 And Jonathan said. Far be it from saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I
thee: for if I knew
certainly that expressly say unto the lad. Behold,
evil were determined by my father the arrows are on this side of thee,
to come upon thee, then woiild not I take them then come thou for there
; :
tell it thee? is peace to thee, and ®no hurt; ’âs 8 Heb. not
any thing.
10 Then said David to Jonathan, the Lord liveth. 9 Jer. 4. 2.
Who shall tell me? or what if thy 22 But if I say thus unto the young
father answer thee roughly? man. Behold, the arrows are beyond
11 IF And Jonathan said unto David, thee go thy way for the Lord hath
;
:
Come, and let us go out into the sent thee away.

field. And they went out both of 23 And as touching ^ the matter which r ver. 14, 1.5
See ver. 42
them into the field. thou and I have spoken of, behold,
12 And Jonathan said unto David, the Lord he between thee and me for
O Lord God of Israel, when I have ever.
X2
: : :
Saul seeketh to hill Jonathan. I. SAMUEL, XXI. Jonathan tdkefh leave of David.
Before 24 IF So David hid himself in the ing, that Jonathan went out into the Before
CHKIST CHRIST
cir. 1062. field : and when the new moon was field at the time appointed with Da- cir. 1062.
come, the king sat him down to eat vid, and a little lad with him.
meat. 36 And he said unto his lad. Run,
25 And the king sat upon his seat, find out now the arrows which I shoot.
as at other times, even upon a seat And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow
*Heb.
by the wall : and J onathan arose, and ^beyond him. to pass
Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s 37 And when the lad was come to the over him.
place was empty. place of the arrow which Jonathan had

26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any shot, J onathan cried after the lad, and
thing that day for he thought, Some-
: said. Is not the arrow beyond thee ?
•Lev. 7. 21. thing hath befallen him, he is “not 38 And Jonathan cried after the lad.
&15.5,&c.
clean surely he is not clean.
;
Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jo-
27 And it came to pass on the mor- nathan’s lad gathered up the arrows,
row, which was the second day of the and came to his master.
month, that David’s place was empty 39 But the lad knew not any thing
and Saul said unto Jonathan his son. only Jonathan and David knew the
Wherefore cometh not the son of matter.
Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor 40 And Jonathan gave his ârtillery ® Heb. in-
struments.
to day? unto * his lad, and said unto him. Go, * Heb. that
‘ ver. 6. 28 And Jonathan ‘answered Saul, carry them to the city. was his.
David earnestly asked leave of me to 41 IF And as soon as the lad was gone,
go to Beth-lehem David arose out of a place toward the
29 And he said. Let me go, I pray south, andfell on his face to the ground,
thee; for our family hath a sacrifice and bowed himself three times: and
in the city and my brother, he hath
; they kissed one another, and wept one
commanded me to he there: and now, with another, until David exceeded.
if I have found favour in thine eyes, 42 And Jonathan said to David, ‘'Go * ch. 1. 17.
let me get away, I pray thee, and see in peace, ® forasmuch as we have sworn ® Or, the
Lobd be
my brethren. Therefore he cometh both of us in the name of the Lord, witness of
that which,
not unto the king’s table. saying. The Lord be between me and &c.
thee, and between my seed and thy

See ver. 23.
30 Then Saul’s anger was kindled
against Jonathan, and he said unto seed for ever. And he arose and de-
* Or, 77iOM
perverse
him, ^^Thou son of the perverse re- parted: and Jonathan went into the
rebel. bellious woman, do not I know that city.
®Ifeb. Son
of perverse
rebellion.
thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to CHAPTER XXL
thine own confusion, and unto the 1 David at Nob obtaineth of Ahimelech hallowed bread.
confusion of thy mother’s nakedness ? 7 Doeg was present. 8 David taketh Goliath' e sword.
10 David at Gath feigneth himself mad.
31 For as long as the son of Jesse
liveth upon the ground, thou shalt hen came David to Nob to “Ahi- a ch. 14. 3,
not be established, nor thy kingdom.

Wherefore now send and fetch him
T melech the priest and Ahimelech
:
was afraid at the meeting of David,

*’
called
Ahiah.
Called also
Abiuthar,
Mark 2. 26.
<Heb. unto me, for he ^ shall surely die. and said unto him. Why art thou •>
ch. 16. 4.
alone, and no man with thee ?

is the son
if death. 32 And Jonathan answered Said his
” cb. 19. 5. father, and said unto him, "Wherefore 2 And David said unto Ahimelech
Matt.
23. shall he be slain? what hath he done? the priest, The king hath commanded
Luke 23.
22 . 33 And Saul "'cast a javelin at him to me a business, and hath said unto me.
* ch. 18. 11.
smite him: ^ whereby Jonathan knew Let no man know any thing of the
y ver. 7.
that it was determined of his father business whereabout I send thee, and
to slay David. what I have commanded thee and I :
34 So Jonathan arose from the table have appointed my servants to such

in fierce anger, and did eat no meat and such a place.
the second day of the month for he : 3 Nowtherefore what is under thine
was grieved for David, because his hand ? give me five loaves of bread in
father had done him shame. mine hand, or what there is ® present. « Ileb.
found.
35 IF And it came to pass in the morn- 4 And the priest answered David,
;
David fleetli to Gath. I. SAMUEL, XXII. Companies resort unto him.

15
Before and said, There is no common bread wherefore then have ye brought him Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1062. under mine hand, but there is ° hal- to me? cir. 1062.
• Ex. 25. 30.

lowed bread ^ if the young men have
;
Have I need of mad men, that ye
Lev. 24. 5.
Matt. 12. 4.
kept themselves at least from women. have brought this fellow to play the
d Ex. 19. 15. 5 And David answered the priest, mad man in my presence? shall this
Zech. 7. 3.
and said unto him. Of a truth women fellow come into my house?
have been kept from us about these 2 CHAPTEE XXII.
three days, since I came out, and the 1 Companies resort unto David at Adullam. 3 At Miz-
®lTheB.4.4. ®
vessels of the young men are holy, peh he commendeth his parents unto the king of Moab.
5 Admonished by Gad, he cometh to Hareth. 6 Said
and the bread ^ in a manner common, going to pursue him, eomplaineth of his servants' un-
3
a Or,
^yea, though it were sanctified this faithfulness. 9 Doeg accuseth Ahimelech. 11 Saul contr
mandeth to kill the priests. 17 The footmen refushuj,
ithm this day în the vessel. Doeg executeth 20 Abiathar escaping, bringeth Da-
it.
day there is
other sanc- 6 So the priest ®gave him hallowed vid the news.
•
tified in
the vessd.
Lev.
8 Matt. 12.
3,4.
8. 26.
Mark 2. 25,
bread: for there was no bread there
but the shewbread, **that was taken
from before the Loed, to put hot lam:
4
5
D
avid therefore departed thence,
and ^ escaped to the cave Adul- » Ps. 57,
’’
and when his brethren and all 142,

& title,
title,
b 2 Sam. 23.
26.
Luke 6.3,4.
bread in the day when it was taken his father’s house heard it, they went 13.
•* Lev. 24. away. down
6 thither to him.
8,9.
7 Nowa certain man of the servants 'And every one that was in dis- ® Judg. 11. 3.
of Saul was there that day, detained tress,and every one that was ^ in debt, * Heb. had,
a creditor.
before the Lord; and his name was and
7 every one that was ® discontented, * Heb. hitter
qf soul.
1 ch. 22. 9.
Ps. 52, title.
*Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of gathered themselves unto him; and
the herdmen that belonged to Saul. he became a captain over them and :
8 IT And David
said unto Ahimelech, there were with him about four hun-
8
And is there not here imder thine dred men.
hand spear or sword ? for I have H And David went thence to Miz-
neither brought my sword nor my peh of Moab and he said mito the
:
weapons with me, because the king’s king of Moab, Let my father and my
business required haste. mother, I pray thee, come forth, and
9 And the priest said, The sword be with you, till I know what God wiU
of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou do for me.
* ch.
50.
17. 2, slowest in ^the valley of Elah, ‘be- And he brought them before the
* See ch. 31. hold, it is here wrapped in a cloth king of Moab and they dwelt with
:
10
behind the ephod if thou wilt take him all the while that David was in
.
that, take it: for there is no other the hold.

save that here. And David said, H And the prophet ^ Gad said unto 2 Sam. 24.
There is none like that give it me.

;
David, Abide not the hold depart, m ;
11 .
1 Chron.
21. 9.
10 II And David arose, and fled that and get thee into the land of Judah. 2 Chron.
29.25.
day for fear of Saul, and went to Then David departed, and came into
»Or,
Abimdech,
®Achish the king of Gath. the forest of Hareth.
Ps. 34, title.
11 And “the servants of Achish said II When Saul heard that David
“ Ps. 56,
title. imto him, Is not this David the king was discovered, and the men that
of the land? did they not sing one ivere with him, (now Saul abode in
to another of liim in dances, saying, Gibeah under a ^tree in Eamah, hav- * Or,
grove in a
“ ch. 18. 7.
&29. 5.
“Saul hath slain his thousands, and ing his spear in his hand, and all his high place.
David his ten thousands? servants were standing about him;)

® Luke 2. 19. 12 And David “laid up these words Then Saul said unto his servants
in his heart, and was sore afraid of that stood about him. Hear now, ye
Achish the king of Gath. Benjamites; wfil the son of Jesse
PP8.34,title. 13 And ^he changed his behaviour 'give every one of you fields and 6 ch. 8. 14.
before them, and feigned himself mad vineyards, and make you all cap-
* Or, made in their hands, and ^ scrabbled on the tains of thousands, and captains of
marks.
doors of the gate, and let his spittle hundreds bHeb.
fall down upon his beard.
uncovei'eth
That aU of you have conspired mine ear,
® Or, 14 Then said Aehish imto his ser- against me, and there is none that ch. 20. 2.
ptayih the fch.18. 3.
mad man. vants, Lo, ye see the man ®is mad: ® sheweth me that ^ my son hath made &20.30.
:
Doeg accuseth AMinelech. 1. SAMUEL, XXIII. The priests of Noh slain.
Before a league with the son of Jesse, and fell upon the priests, and “slew on Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1062. there is none of you that is sorry for that day fourscore and five persons cir. 1062.
me, or sheweth unto me that my son that did wear a linen ephod. “ See chap.
hath stirred up my servant against 19 “And Nob, the city of the priests, 2.31.
® ver. 9, 11.
me, to lie in wait, as at this day ? smote he with the edge of the sword,
« ch. 21.
Ps. 52,
7.
9 IT Then answered ®Doeg the Edom- both men and women, cliildren and
title, & ite, which was set over the servants sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and
ver. 1, 2, 3.
of Saul, and said, I saw the son of sheep, with the edge of the sword.
ch. 21. 1. Jesse coming to Nob, to ‘'Ahimelech 20 t PAnd one of the sons of Ahi- P ch. 23. 6.
i ch. 14. 3. the son of Ahitub. melech the son of Ahitub, named
^ Niim. 27. 10 Ând he enquired of the Lord Abiathar, escaped, and fled after
** 1 ch. 2. 33.
21.
>ch. 21. 6,9. for him, and ^gave him victuals, and David.
gave him the sword of Goliath the 21 And Abiathar shewed David that
Philistine. Saul had slain the Lord’s priests.
11 Then the king sent to call Ahi- 22 And David said unto Abiathar,
melech the priest, the son of Ahitub, I knew it that day, when Doeg the
and all his father’s house, the priests Edomite was there, that he would
that were in Nob and they came all
: surely tell Saul: I have occasioned
of them to the king. the death of all the persons of thy
12 And Saul said. Hear now, thou father’s house.
son of Ahitub. And he answered, 23 Abide thou with me, fear not:
2Heb.
Behold me.
^ Here I am, my lord. “^for he that seeketh my life seeketh rl Kin.2.
26.
13 Saul said unto him, Why
And thy life but with me thou shalt he in
:
have ye conspired against me, thou safeguard.

and the son of Jesse, that thou m CHAPTEK XXIII.
hast given him bread, and a sword, 1 David, enquiring of the Lord hy Abiathar, reseueth Kei-
lah. 7 God shewing him the coming of Saul, and the
and hast enquired of God for him, treachery of the Keilites, he escapeth from Keilah. 14 In
that he should rise against me, to Ziph J onathan cometh and comforteth him. 19 77ie Ziph-
ites discover him to Saul. 25 At Maon he is rescued
as at this day ?
lie in wait,
from Saul hy the invasion of the Philistines. 29 He
14 Then Ahimelech answered the dwelleth at En-gedi.
king, and said. And who is so faith-
ful among all thy servants as David,
which is the king’s son in law, and
Then
“
they told David, saying. Be-
hold, the Philistines fight against
Keilah, and they rob the threshing- » Josh. 15.
44.
goeth at thy bidding, and is honour- floors.
able in thine house? 2 Therefore David enquired of the’’ *> ver. 4, 6.9.
ch. 30. a
15 Did I then begin to enquire of Lord, saying. Shall I go and smite 2 Sam. 5.
19,23.
God for him ? be from me let
it far : these Philistines ? And the Lord said
not the king impute ang thing unto unto David, Go, and smite the Phi-
his servant, Tior to all the house of listines, and save Keilah.
my father for thy servant knew
: 3 And David’s men said unto him.
* Heb. little nothing of all this, ®less or more. Behold, we be afraid here in Judah
or great.
16 And the king said. Thou shalt how much more then if we come
surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all to Keilah agamst the armies of the
thy father’s house. Philistines ?
17 H And the king said unto the 4 Then David enquired of the Lord
^
* Or, guard. ®footmen that stood about him. Turn, yet again. And the Lord answered
6 Heb.
runners. and slay the priests of the Lord be- ;
him and said. Arise, go down to
cause their hand also is with David, Keilah; for I will deliver the Phihs-
and because they knew when he fled, tmes into thine hand.
and did not shew it to me. But the 5 So David and his men went to
“ See Exod. servants of the king “would not put Keilah, and fought with the Philis-
1. 17.
forth their hand to fall upon the tines, and brougkt away their cattle,
priests of the Lord. and smote them with a great slaugh-
18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn ter. So David saved the inhabitants
thou, and fall upon the priests. And of Keilah.
Doeg the Edomite turned, and he 6 And it came to pass, when Abi-
:
Tlie treachery of the Keilites. I. SAMUEL, XXIII. The Ziphites betray David.
Before athar the son of Ahimelech ®fled to 18 And they two ’made a covenant Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1062 .
David to Keilali, that he came down before the Lord and David abode in cir. 1061
:
.
« ch. 22. 20.

with an ephod in his hand. the wood, and Jonathan went to his ch. 18. 3. »
cir. 1061 .
7 H And it was told Saul that Da- house. & 20. 18,42.
2Sam.21.7.
vid was come to Keilah. And Saul 19 If Then “ came up the Ziphites “ See ciiap.
20 1
said, God hath delivered him into to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not Ps. 54, title.
. .
mine hand; for he is shut in, by David hide himself with us in strong
entering into a town that hath gates holds in the wood, in the hill of
and bars. Hachilah, which is ôn the south of 2 right
Heb. on the
haiul.
8 And
Saul called all the people to- ® Jeshimon ? s Or, Tile
wilderness?
gether to war, to go down to Keilah, 20 Now
therefore, O
king, come
to besiege David and his men. down according to all the desire of
9 IT And David knew that Saul thy soul to come down; and “our ” Ps. 54. 3.
secretly practised mischief against part shall he to deliver him into the
Num. 27. him; and ^he said to Abiathar the king’s hand.
21 .
ch. 30. 7. priest, Bring hither the ephod. 21 And Saul said, Blessed he ye of
10 Then said David, O Loed God of the Lord; for ye have compassion
Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard on me.
that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and
• ch. 22. 19. ®
to destroy the city for my sake. know and see his place where his
11 Will the men of Keilah deliver ^ haunt and who hath seen him * Heb. fool
'
is,
shall he.
me up into his hand ? will Saul come there for it is told me that he deal-
:
down, as thy servant hath heard ? O eth very subtilly.

Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, 23 See therefore, and take know-
teU thy servant. And the Lord said, ledge of all the lurking places where
He will come down. he hideth himself, and come ye again
12 Then said David, Will the men to me with the certainty, and I will
2Heb. of Keilah ^deliver me and my men go with you: and it shall come to
ehul up.
into the hand of Saul ? And the Lord pass, if he be in the land, that I will
said, They will deliver thee up. search him out throughout all the
13 If Then David and his men, thousands of Judah.
f ch. 22. 2.
& 25. 13.
^
which were about six hundred, arose 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph
and departed out of Keilah, and went before Saul but David and his men
:
whithersoever they could go. And it were in the wilderness “of Maon, in ° Josh.
5.5
15.
was told Saul that David was escap- the plain on the south of Jeshimon. chap. 25. 2.
ed from Keilah; and he forbare to 25 Saul also and his men went to
go forth. seek him. And they told David
14 And David abode in the wilder- wherefore he came down ® into a rock, ® Oi.frmn
the rock.
ness in strong holds, and remained and abode in the wilderness of Maon.
» Ps. 11. 1. in ®a mountain in the wilderness of And when Saul heard that, he pur-
* Josh. 15.
**Ziph. And Saul 'sought him every sued after David in the wilderness of
55.
'Ps. 54.3,4. day, but God delivered liim not into Maon.
his hand. 26 And Saul went on this side of
15 And David saw that Saul was the mountain, and David and his
come out to seek his life and David : men on that side of the mountain
was in the wilderness of Ziph in a ând David made haste to get away P Ps. 31. 22.
wood. for fear of Saul; for Saul and his

16 If And Jonathan
Saul’s son arose, men ’compassed David and his men Ps. 17. 9.
and went to David into the wood, and round about to take them.
strengthened his hand in God. 27 H But there came a messenger r See 2 Kin.
19. 9.
17 And he said unto him. Fear not: unto Saul, saying. Haste thee, and
for the hand of Saul my father shall come; for the Philistines have ® in- ®Heb. spread
theinselres
not find thee ; and thou shalt be king vaded the land. upon, dc.
over Israel, and I shall be next unto 28 Wherefore Saul returned from
k ch. 24. 20. thee ; and that also Saul my father pursuing after David, and went a-
knoweth. gainst the Philistines : therefore they
:
David cutteth off SauVs skirt. I. SAMUEL, XXIV. David sheweth his innocency.
Before called that place ^ Sela-hammahle- vered thee to day into mine hand in Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1061. koth. the cave and some bade me kill cir. 1061.
:
29 IF And David went up from thence, thee but mine eye spared thee and
:
;
* That is.
The rock qf and dwelt in strong holds at “ En-gedi. I said, I will not put forth mine hand
divisions.
against my lord; for he is the Lord’s
* 2 Chron.
2J.2.
CHAPTER XXIV. anointed.
1 David in a cave at En-gedi, having cut off SauVs skirt,
spareth his life. 8 Se sheweth thereby his innocency.
11 Moreover, my father, see, yea,
16 Saul, acknowledging his fault, taketh an oath of Da- see the skirt of thy robe in my hand
vid, and departeth.
for in that I cut off the skirt of thy
« ch. 23. 28.
AND it came to pass, “when Saul robe, and killed thee not, know thou
s Heb. after. jl\. was returned from ® following the and see that there is ’neither evil nor • Ps. 7. 3.
&35.7.
Philistines, that it was told him, say- transgression in mine hand, and I
ing, Behold, David is in the wilder- have not sinned against thee yet ;
ness of En-gedi. thou “huntest my soul to take it. “ ch. 26. 20.
2 Then Saul took three thousand 12 “The Lord judge between me “Gen. 16.5.
.Tudg. 11.
chosen men out of all Israel, and and thee, and the Lord avenge me 27.
ch. 26. 10.
» Ps. 38. 12. ’’went to seek David and his men of thee but mine hand shall not be
: Job 5. 8.
upon the rocks of the wild goats. upon thee.

3 And he came to the sheepcotes 13 As saith the proverb of the an-
by the way, where was a cave; and cients,Wickedness proceedeth from
^
« Ps. 141. 6. ® Saul went in to cover his feet and : the vdcked but mine hand shall not
:
Judg.3.24.
® Ps. 57,
“David and his men remained in the be upon thee.
title,
& 142, title. sides of the cave. 14 After whom
the king of Israel
is
I ch. 26. 8. 4 Ând the men of David said unto come out ? after whom
dost thou pur-
him. Behold the day of which the sue ? ® after a dead dog, after ^ a flea. ® ch. 17. 43.
2 Sam. 9. 8.
Lord said unto thee. Behold, I will 15 ^The Lord therefore be judge, P ch. 26. 20.
deliver thine enemy into thine hand, and judge between me and thee, and 1 ver. 12.
to him as it shall “^see, and “plead my cause, and ^de-

r
that thou mayest do 2 Chron.
24.22.
seem good unto thee. Then David liver me out of thine hand. • Ps. 35.
& 43. 1.
1.
*
* Heb. the
robe which
arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s 16 IF And it came to pass, when David & 119. 1.54.
IVIic. 7. 9.
was Satd’g. robe privily. had made an end of speaking these ®Heb.juJ(7e.
5 And
it came to pass afterward, words unto Saul, that Saul said, */s ‘ ch. 26. 17.
K 2 Sam. 24. that David’s heart smote him, be-

® this thy voice, my son David? And
lU.
cause he had cut off Saul’s skirt. Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
•> ch. 26. 11. 6 And he said unto his men, '"The 17 “And he said to David, Thou art “ ch. 26. 21.
Lord forbid that I should do this * more righteous than I for ^ thou :
* Gen. 38. 20.
r Matt. 5. 44.
thing unto my master, the Lord’s an- hast rewarded me good, whereas I
ointed, to stretch forth niine hand have rewarded thee evil.
against him, seeing he is the anointed 18 And thou hast shewed this day
of the Lord. how that thou hast dealt well with
® Heb. cut 7 So David stayed his servants with me forasmuch as when “ the Lord
:
« ch. 26. 23.
>
ojff.
Ps. 7. 4.
these words, and suffered them not had ® delivered me into thine hand, s Heb.
shut up,
Matt. 5.
Rom. 12.
44. to rise against Saul. But Saul rose thou killedst me not. ch. 23. 12.
&26. 8.
17, 19. up out of the cave, and went on his 19 For if a man find his enemy, will
way. he let him go well away? wherefore
8 David also arose afterward, and the Lord reward thee good for that
went out of the cave, and cried after thou hast done unto me this day.
Saul, saying. My lord the king. And 20 And now, behold, “I know well • ch. 23. 17.
when Saul looked behind him, David that thou shalt surely be king, and
stooped with his face to the earth, that the kingdom of Israel shall be
and bowed himself. established in tliine hand.
21 ’’Swear now therefore unto me
^
k Ps. 141.
6. 9 IF And David said to Saul, Wliere- ‘>Gen.21.23.
Prov. 16.
28. & 17. 9. fore hearest thou men’s words, saying, by the Lord, “that thou wilt not cut 0 2 Sam.
6, 8 .
21.
Behold, David seeketh thy hurt ? off my seed after me, and that thou
10 Behold, this day thine eyes have wilt not destroy my name out of my
seen how that the Lord had deli- father’s house.
: : ;
David's message to Nabal. I. SAMUEL, XXY. Abigail's present to David.
Before 22 And David sware unto Saul. And 10 ITAnd Nabal answered David’s Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
cir. 1061. Saul went home; but David and his servants, and said, ^Who is David? cir. 1060.
«»ch.23. 29.
men gat them up unto "^the hold. and who the son of Jesse ? there be k Ju<lg.9.28.
is
many servants now a days that break Ps. 73. 7,8.
CHAPTER XXV. away every man from his master.
&123. 3,4.
1 Samud 2 David in Paran sendeth to Nahal. 10

dieth.
Provoked by NahaVs churlishness, he mindeth to destroy 11 'Shall I then take my bread, and Judg. 8. 6. >
him. Abigail understanding thereof IS taketh a present,

, my water, and my ^ flesh that I have 2Heb.
23 and by her wisdom 32 pacifieth David. 36 Nahal slauuIUer.
hearing thereof dieth. 39 David taketh Abigail and Ahi- killed for my shearers, and give it
noam to he his wives. 44 Michal is given to Phalti. unto men, whom I know not whence
cir. 1060.
» ch. 28. 3.
AND
“Samuel died; and all the Is- they he?
raehtes were gathered together, 12 So David’s young men turned
Num. 20. and '’lamented him, and buried him their way, and went again, and came
29.
Deut. 34. 8., in his house at Ramah. And David and told him all those sayings.
oGen. 21.21. arose, and went down ® to the wilder- 13 And David said unto his men,
Ps. 120. 5.
ness of Paran. Gird ye on every man his sword. And
'*ch.23.24. 2 And there was a man ‘'in Maon, they girded on every man his sword
*Or,
business.
whose ^possessions were in “Carmel; and David also girded on his sword :
® Josh. 15. and the man was very great, and he and there went up after David about
55.
had three thousand sheep, and a four hundred men; and two hundred
thousand goats and he was shearing “abode by the stuff. “ ch. 30. 24.
:
his sheep in Carmel. 14 H But one of the young men told

3 Now the name of the man was Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying. Behold,
Nabal; and the name of his wife David sent messengers out of the wil-
Abigail: and she was a woman of derness to salute our master; and he
Heh.flew *
good understanding, and of a beau- ® railed on them. upon them.
tiful countenance but the man was
: 15 But the men were very good unto
churlish and evil in his doings; and us, and "we were not ^hurt, neither ® ver. 7.
<Heb.
he was of the house of Caleb. missed we any thing, as long as we shamed.
4 II And David heard in the wilder- were conversant with them, when we
'Gen. 38. 13. ness that Nabal did shear his sheep. were in the fields
2 Sam. 13.
5 And David sent out ten young
° Ex. 14. 22.
23. 16 They were "a wall unto us both Job 10. 1.
men, and David said unto the young by night and day, all the wliile we
men. Get you up to Carmel, and go were with them keeping the sheep.
»Heb. to Nabal, and ® greet him in my 17 Now therefore know and consider
adc him in
my name name what thou wilt do for ^ evil is deter- P ch. 20. ;
7.
qf peace,
ch. 17. 22. 6 And thus shall ye say to him that mined against our master, and against
f 1 Chron. liveth in prosperity^ ® Peace he both all his household for he is such a son :
12. 18.
Ps. 122. 7. to thee, and peace be to thine house, of ^Belial, that a man cannot speak 9 13. Deut. 13.
Luke 10. 5.
and peace be unto all that thou hast. to him. Judg.
22
19.
.
7 And now I have heard that thou 18 t Then Abigail made haste, and
hast shearers now thy shepherds took two hundred loaves, and two Pro.
:
Gen. 32.13.
18. 16.
r
*Heb. which were with us, we ^hurt them bottles of wine, and five sheep ready & 21. 14.
duimed.
ver. 15, 21. not, neither was there ought miss- dressed, and five measures of parch-
ing unto them, all the while they were ed corn, and an hundred ® clusters ® Or, lumps.
in Carmel. of raisins, and two hundred cakes of
8 Ask thy young men, and they will figs, and laid them on asses.
shew thee. Wherefore let the young 19 And she said unto her servants,
men find favour in thine eyes for “Go on before me; behold, I come 16,20.
:
Gen. 32. ®
' Neh.
Esth.
8. 10. we come in 'a good day: give, I after you. But she told not her hus-
9. 19.
pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine band Nabal.
hand unto thy servants, and to thy 20 And it was so, as she rode on
son David. the ass, that she came down by the
9 And when David’s young men covert of the hill, and, behold, David
came, they spake to Nabal according and his men came down against her;
to all those words in the name of and she met them,
^Heb.
rested. David, and ® ceased. 21 Now David had said. Surely in
• ; ; :
Abigail's discreet conduct. I. SAMUEL, XXY. She pacijieth David.

Before vain have I kept all that this fellow shall have appointed thee ruler over Before
CHKIS 1 CHRIST
cir. 1060. hath in the wilderness, so that nothing Israel cir. lOfift
was missed of all that pertained unto 31 That this shall be “no grief unto
® Heb.
t Ps. 109. 5.
Vrny 17 him: and he hath ‘requited me evil thee, nor offence of heart unto my no stagger.
ing, or,
13. for good. lord, either that thou hast shed blood stuuibling.
"Ruth 1.17. 22 “So and more also do God unto causeless, or that my lord hath aveng-
Cli. X (
& 20. 13,16. the enemies of David, if I ^ leave of ed himself but when the Lord shall
:
* ver. 34.
aU that pertain to him by the morn- have dealt well with my lord, then
y 1 Kin. 14. ing light ^ any that pisseth against the remember tliine handmaid.
10. & 21.21.
2 Kin. 9. 8. wall. 32 IT And David said to Abigail,
23 And when Abigail saw David, she ^ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, •‘Gen.24.27.
Ex. 18. 10.
* Josh. 15. hasted, and ‘lighted off the ass, and which sent thee this day to meet me Pb. 41. 13.
18. & 72. 18.
Judg. 1. 14. fell before David on her face, and 33 And blessed be thy advice, and Luke 68k 1.
bowed herself to the ground, blessed be thou, which hast ‘kept me ver. 26. 1
24 And fell at his feet, and said. this day from coming to shed blood,
Upon me, my lord, upon me let this and from avenging myself with mine
iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, own hand.
2 Heb. ears. I j)ray thee, speak in thine ^ au- 34 For in very deed, as the Lord
dience, and hear the words of thine God of Israel liveth, which hath “ kept “ ver. 26.
handmaid. me back from hurting thee, except
SHeb.
lay it to
25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, ®re- thou hadst hasted and come to meet
his heart. gard this man of Belial, even Nabal: me, surely there had "not been left " ver. 22.
< That is. for as his name is, so is he; * Nabal unto Nabal by the morning light any
Fool.
is his name, and folly is with him: that pisseth against the wall.
but I thine handmaid saw not the 35 So David received of her hand
young men of my lord, whom thou that which she had brought him, and
didst send. said unto her, “Go up in peace to 0 2Sam.l5.9.
ch. 20. 42.
•2 Kin. 2.2. 26 Now therefore, my lord, âs the thine house; see, I have hearkened Luke 2 Kin. 10.
50.
5.
7.
Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth. to thy voice, and have ^ accepted thy P Gen.48.
& 8.
19.
*>
ver. 33. seeing the Lord hath ‘’withholden person. 21.
thee from coming to shed blood, and 36 H And Abigail came to Nabal;
® Heb. sav-
ing thyself.
from avenging thyself with thine and, behold, ^he held a feast in his 2 Sam. 13. <1
« Rom. 12. own hand, now ‘‘let thine enemies. house, like the feast of a king; and
19.
>1
2 Sam. 18. and they that seek evil to my lord. Nabal’s heart was merry within him.
32.
be as Nabal. for he was very drunken wherefore
:
®Gen.33.11.
ch. 30. 26.
27 And now “this “blessing which she told him nothing, less or more.
2 Kin. 5.15. thine handmaid hath brought unto until the morning light.
® Or, present.
my lord, let it even be given unto the 37 But it came to pass in the morn-
t Heb. walk
az tnejeel
young men that ’ follow my lord. ing, when the wine was gone out of
of, dec. 28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of Nabal, and his wife had told him these
ver. 42.
Judg. 4. 10. thine handmaid: for ‘^the Lord will things, that his heart died within him.
certainly make my lord a sure house
'2 Sam.
11.27.
7.
and he became as a stone.
1 fein 9 5
1 niirAn' because my lord ® fighteth the battles 38 And it came to pass about ten
17. 10, 25.
* ch. 18. 17.
of the Lord, and ‘‘evil hath not been days after, that the Lord smote Na-
>> ch. 24. 11. found in thee all thy days. bal, that he died.
29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee. 39 H And when David heard that
and to seek thy soul but the soul of Nabal was dead, he said, ‘Blessed he * ver. 32.
:
my lord shall be bound in the bundle the Lord, that hath “pleaded the 23. Prov. 22.
«
of life with the Lord thy God; and cause of my reproach from the hand
the souls of thine enemies, them shall of Nabal, and hath ‘kept his servant ver. 26, 34.*
‘ Jer. 10. 18.

he ‘sling out, ®as out of the middle from evil: for the Lord hath "re- « 441 Kin. 2.
® Heb. in the
midst of of a sling. turned the wickedness of Nabal upon Ps. 7. 16.
the bought
cf a sling. 30 And it shall come to pass, when his own head. And David sent and
the Lord shall have done to my communed with Abigail, to take her
lord according to all the good that to him to wife.
he hath spoken concerning thee, and 40 And when the servants of David
: ;:
Saul cometh against David. I. SAMUEL, XXYI. David reproveth Abner.

Before were come to Abigail to Carmel, 7 So David and Abishai came to the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1060.
they spake unto her, saying, David people by night and, behold, Saul
:
cir. 1060.
sent us unto thee, to take thee to lay sleeping within the trench, and
him to wife. his spear stuck in the ground at his
41 And
she arose, and bowed her- bolster :but Abner and the people
self on her face to the earth, and said. lay round about him.
» Ruth 2.10, Behold, let * thine handmaid he a ser- 8 Then said Abishai to David, God
13.
Prov. 15. vant to wash the feet of the servants hath ^ delivered thine enemy into 2Heb.
83. drul up,
of my lord. thine hand this day: now therefore let ch. 24. 18.
42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, me smite him, I pray thee, with the
and rode upon an ass, with five dam- spear even to the earth at once, and
»Heb. sels of her’s that went ^ after her; I will not smite him the second time.
al her feet,
ver. 27. and she went after the messengers of 9 And David said to Abishai, De-
David, and became his wife. stroy him not ® for who can stretch
: ®ch.24. 6,7.
2 Sam. 1.
y Josh. 15. 43 David also took Ahinoam ôf forth his hand against the Lord’s 16.
56.
« eh. 27. 3. Jezreel ; and they were also both of anointed, and be guiltless?
& 30. 5. 10 David said furthermore. As the
them his wives.
»2
14.
Sam. 3. 44 H But Saul had given “ Michal his Lord liveth, ^the Lord shall smite f ch. 25. r 8.
Pe. 94. 1, 2,
* Phaltiel, daughter, David’s wife, to ® Phalti the him ; or ® his day shall come to die 23.
2Sam.3.15. Luke 18.7.
'’Isai.10.30.
son of Laish, which was of Gallim. or he shall descend into battle, and
’’
Rom. 12.
19.
perish. e See Gen.
CHAPTER XXVI. 11 ’The Lord forbid that I should 47. 29.
Deut. 31.
1 Saul, by the discovery of the Ziphites, cometh to Hachilah stretch forth mine hand against the 14.
.lob 7. 1.
against David. 5 David coming into the trench stayeth & 14. 5.
Abishai from hilling Saul, but taketh his spear and crme.
Lord’s anointed: but, I pray thee, Ps. 37. 13.
13 David reproveth Abner, 18 and exhorteth Saul. 21 take thou now the spear that is at » ch. 31. 6.
1 ch. 24. 6,
Saul acknowledgeih his sin.
his bolster, and the cruse of water, 12 .
AND the Ziphites came unto Saul to and let us go.

• ch. 23. 19.
Ps. 54, title.
x\_ Gibeah, saying, “Doth not David 12 So David took the spear and the
hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, cruse of water from Saul’s bolster;
which is before Jeshimon ? and they gat them away, and no man
2 Then Saul arose, and went down saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked
k Gen.
to the wilderness of Ziph, having three for they were all asleep because ^ a
; & 15. 12.
2. 21.
thousand chosen men of Israel with deep sleep from the Lord was fallen
him, to seek David in the wilderness upon them.
of Ziph. 13 H Then David went over to the
3 AndSaul pitched in the hill of other side, and stood on the top of
Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, an hill afar off; a great space being
by the way. But David abode in the between them
wilderness, and he saw that Saul came 14 And David cried to the people,
after him into the wilderness. and to Abner the son of Ner, saying,
4 David therefore sent out spies, Answ'erest thou not, Abner? Then
and understood that Saul was come Abner answered and said. Who art
in very deed. thou that criest to the king?
5 II And David arose, and came to 15 And David said to Abner, Art
the place where Saul had pitched: not thou a valiant man? and who is
and David beheld the place where like to thee in Israel? wherefore then
•>ch.l4.50.
& 17. 55. Saul lay, and ’’Abner the son of Ner, hast thou not kept thy lord the king?
the captain of his host and Saul lay : for there came one of the people in
* Or, midst in the * trench, and the people pitch- to destroy the king thy lord.
of his
carriages,
ch. 17. 20.
ed round about him. 16 This thing is not good that thou
6 Then answered David and said to hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are
Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai ® worthy to die, because ye have not SHeb.
the sons
® 1 Chron.
2.16.
®the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, kept your master, the Lord’s anoint- of death,
2Sam.l2.5.
Judg. 7. saying. Who will ^ go down with me to ed. And now see where the king’s
10 , 11 .
Saul to the camp ? And Abishai said, spear is, and the cruse of water that
I will go down with thee. was at his bolster.
: :
Saul achiowledgeth his sin. I. SAMUEL, XXYII. David fleeth to Gath.
CHRIST
Before 17 And Saul knew Da\dd’s voice, and me than that I should speedily escape Before
CHRIST
cir. 1060. said, ‘/s this thy voice, my son David ? into the land of the Philistines; and cir. 1058.
» ch. 24. 16.

And David said. It is my voice, my Saul shall despair of me, to seek me
lord, O king. any more in any coast of Israel: so
“ ch. 24. 9,
11 .
18 And he said, “Wherefore doth shall I escape out of his hand.
my lord thus pursue after his servant ? 2 And David arose, “and he passed »ch. 25. 13.
for what have I done ? or what evil is over with the six hundred men that
in mine hand? were with him “unto Achish, the son bch. 21.10.
19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let of Maoch, king of Gath.

my lord the king hear the words of 3 And David dwelt with Achish at
” 2 Sam. 16. his servant. If the Lord have “ stirred Gath, he and his men, every man with
11. & 24. 1.
* Heb. smell, thee up against me, let him âccept his household, even David “with his ech.25.43.
Gen. 8. 21.
Lev. 26. 31. an offering ; but if they he the children two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
of men, cursed he they before the and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s
“Dent. 4. 28.
Ps. 120. 5.
Lord ; ° for they have driven me out wife.
SHeb. this day from ® abiding in the inherit- 4 And it was told Saul that David
cleaving.
P 2 Sam. 14.
ance of the Lord, saying. Go, serve was fled to Gath and he sought no
:
16. & 20. 19.

other gods. more again for him.
20 Now therefore, let not my blood 5 IF And David said unto Achish, If
faU to the earth before the face of the I have now found grace in thme eyes,
Lord for the king of Israel is come
: let them give me a place in some
<1 ch. 24. 14. out to seek ^ a flea, as when one doth town in the country, that I may dwell
hunt a partridge in the mountains. there : for why should thy servant
r ch. 15. 24.
&24.17.
21 IF Then said Saul, M
have sinned: dwell in the royal city with thee ?
return, my
son David: for I will no 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that
more do thee harm, because my soul day: wherefore '’Ziklag pertameth un- See Josh.
15. 31.
• ch. 18. 30. was ’precious in thine eyes this day: to the kings of Judah imto this day. & 19. 5.
behold, I have played the fool, and 7 And ^the time that David dwelt 2 Heb.
the nwmber
have erred exceedingly. in the country of the Philistines was of days.
SHeb. a year
22 And David answered and said. ® a full year and four months.
of days:
Behold the king’s spear and let ! 8 ^ And David and his men went See ch. 29.
3,tmi056.
one of the young men come over up, and invaded ® the Geshurites, ând * Josh. 13. 2.
'Jo8h.16.10.
and fetch it. the ^ Gezrites, and the ® Amalekites Judg. 1. 29.
to every man
The Lord render <Or,
‘ Ps. 7. 8.
& 18. 20. 23 ‘
for those nations ivere of old the in- Gerzites.
his righteousness and his faithfulness habitants of the land, ‘‘as thou go- e Ex. 17. 16.
See ch. 15.
for the Lord delivered thee into my est to Shur, even unto the land of 7. 8.
» Gen. 25.
hand to day, but I would not stretch Egypt. 18.
forth mine hand against the Lord’s 9 And David smote the land, and
anointed. left neither man nor woman alive, and
24 And, behold, as thy life was much took away the sheep, and the oxen,
set by this day in mine eyes, so let and the asses, and the camels, and
my life be much set by in the eyes the apparel, and returned, and came
of the Lord, and let him deliver me to Achish.
out of all tribulation. 10 And Achish said, ® Whither have ^ Or, Didyou
not make a
25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed ye made a road to day? And David road, Ac.
he thou, my son David: thou shalt said, Against the south ol Judah, and
both do great things, and also shalt against the south of ‘the Jerahmeel- ‘ See
1Chron.
o Gen. 32. still “prevail. So David went on his ites, and against the south of ^the 2. 9, 25.
28. k Judg. 1.16.

way, and Saul returned to his place. Kenites.
CHAPTER 11 And David saved neither man
XXVII.
1 Saul hearing David to he in Gath seeheth no more for him.
nor woman alive, to bring tidings to
6 David beggeth Ziklag of Achish. 8 He, invading other Gath, saying. Lest they should tell on
countries, 'persuadeth Achish he fought against Judah.
us, saying. So did David, and so will
cir. 1058. AND David said in his heart, I shall he his manner all the while he dwell-
* Heb.
consumed.
be now * perish one day by the hand eth in the country of the Philistines.
of Saul: there is nothing better for 12 And Achish believed David, say-
:
Saul seeJceih to I. SAMUEL, XXYIII. a witch at En~dor.
Before
CHRIST
ing, He
hath made his people Israel thou a snare for my life, to cause me CHRIST
Before
cir. 1058. ûtterly to abhor him; therefore he to die? cir. 1056.

shall be my servant for ever. 10 AndSaul sware to her by the
*Heb.
to stink.
CHAPTER XXVIII. Lord, saying. As the Lord liveth,
1 Achish putteth confidence in David. 3 Saul, having de- there shall no punishment happen to
t
2stroyed the witches, 4 and now in his fear forsaken of God, thee for this thing.
7 seeheth to a witch. 9 The witch, encouraged hy Saul,
t
raiseth up Samuel. 15 Saul, hearing his ruin, fainteth. 11 Then said the woman. Whom
321
The woman with his servants refresh him with meat. shall I bring up unto thee? And he
nd
I
came Bring me up Samuel.

• ch. 29.
cir. 1056.
1.
A
their
4
.
“ it to pass in those days,
that the Philistines gathered
armies together for warfare, to
said,
12
slie
And when the woman saw Samuel,
cried with a loud voice and the :
fight with Israel. And Achish said woman spake to Saul, saying, Why
unto David, Know thou assuredly, hast thou deceived me? for thou art
5
that thou shalt go out with me to Saul.
battle,
6 thou and thy men. 13 And the king said unto her, Be
And Davidsaid to Achish, Surely not afraid: for what sawest thou?
thou
7 shalt know what thy servant can And the woman said unto Saul, I saw
do. And Achish said to David, There- “ gods ascending out of the earth. “Ex. 22. 28.
fore will I make thee keeper of mine 14 And he said unto her, ^ What 2 Heb.
M'Aat is
head
8 for ever. form is he of? And she said. An old his form T
b ch. 25. 1. IF Now ’’Samuel was dead, and aU man cometh up ; and he is covered
Israel had lamented him, and buried with “a mantle. And Saul perceived b ch. 15. 27.
2 Kin. 2.8,
him in Ramah, even in his own city. that it was Samuel, and he stooped 13.
0 ver. 9.
9
And Saul had put away “those that with his face to the ground, and
Ex. 22. 18.
Lev. 19.31. had familiar spirits, and the wizards, bowed himself.
& 20. 27.
Deut. 18. out of the land. 15 IF And Samuel said to Saul, Why
10, 11 .
And the Philistines gathered them- hast thou disquieted me, to bring me
selves together, and came and pitch- up? And Saul answered, “I am sore oProv.5. 11,
12, 13.
d Josh. 19.
ed in ^Shunem: and Saul gathered distressed; for the Philistines make & 14. 14.
18.
2 Kin. 4. 8. all Israel together, and they pitched war against me, and ^God is departed P ch. 18. 12.
® ch. 31. 1. in “Gilboa. from me, and ‘‘answereth me no more, "I ver. 6.
And when Saul saw the host of neither ^by prophets, nor by dreams :
3 Heb.
by the hn7id.
f Job 18. 11. the Philistines, he was âfraid, and therefore I have called thee, that (f projihets.
his heart greatly trembled. thou mayest make known unto me
And when Saul enquired of the what I shall do.
* ch. 14. 37.
Prov. 1. 28.
Lord, ®the Lord answered him not, 16 Then said Samuel, Wlierefore then
Lam. 2. 9. neither by ’’dreams, nor ’by Urim, dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord
•>Nnm.12.6.
‘Ex. 28. 30. nor by prophets. is departed from thee, and is become
IF Then said Saul unto his servants.
Num. 27.
thine enemy?
21 .
Deut. 33. 8. Seek me a woman that hath a familiar 17 And the Lord hath done ^to him, * Or, for
himself,
spirit, that I may go to her, and en- as he spake by ®me: for the Lord Prov. 16. 4.
quire of her. And his servants said hath rent the kingdom out of thine fch. 15. 28.
6 Heb.
to him. Behold, there is a woman that hand, and given it to thy neighbour, mine hand.
hath a familiar spirit at En-dor. even to David:

And Saul disguised himself, and 18 “Because thou obeyedst not the > ch. 15. 9.
1 Kin. 20.
put on other raiment, and he went, voice of the Lord, nor executedst his 42.
1 Chron.
and two men with him, and they came fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore 10. 13.
Jer. 48. 10.
b Deut. 18. to the woman by night and he said, : hath the Lord done this thing unto
11
I pray thee, divine unto me by the
.
1 Chron. thee this day.

familiar spirit, and bring me him up,
10. 13.
Isai. 8.19. 19 Moreover the Lord will also de-
whom I shall name unto thee. liver Israel with thee into the hand
And the woman said unto him. Be- of the Philistines and to morrow
:
hold, thou knowest what Saul hath shalt thou and thy sons he with me
' ver. 3. done, how he hath ’ cut off those that the Lord also shall deliver the host
have familiar spirits, and the wizards, of Israel into the hand of the Phi-
out of the land : wherefore then layest listines.
:
The Philistines are I. SAMUEL, XXIX. jealous of David.

Before 20 Then Saul ^fell straightway all were wroth with him and the princes
;
Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1056. along on the earth, and was sore of the Philistines said unto him, cir. 1056.
«Heb.
afraid, because of the words of Sa- ^
Make this fellow return, that he 1 Chron. *
made haste,
and fell
muel: and there was no strength in may go again to his place which 12. 19.
with the
fidness qf
him; for he had eaten no bread all thou hast appointed him, and let
his stature. the day, nor all the night. him not go do^vn with us to battle,
21 H And the woman came unto Saul, lest în the battle he be an adver- * As chap.
14. 21.
and saw that he was sore troubled, sary to us: for wherewith should he
and said unto him, Behold, thine hand- reconcile himself unto his master ?
maid hath obeyed thy voice, and I shoidd it not he with the heads of
‘Judg.12.3. have ‘put my life in my hand, and these men?
ch. 19. 5.
Job 13. 14. have hearkened unto thy words which 5 Is not this David, of whom they
thou spakest unto me. sang one to another in dances, saying,
22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hear- ‘‘Said slew his thousands, and David •> ch. 18. 7.
& 21 . 11 .
ken thou also unto the voice of thine his ten thousands?
handmaid, and let me set a morsel of 6 H Then Achish called David, and
bread before thee and eat, that thou
;
said unto him. Surely, as the Lord
mayest have strength, when thou go- liveth, thou hast been upright, and
est on thy way. ‘
thy going out and thy coming in with ‘2Sam.3.25.
2 Kin. 19.
23 But he refused, and said, I will me in the host is good in my sight 27.
not eat. But his servants, together for Î have not found evil in thee ^ ver. 3.
with the woman, compelled him and ; since the day of thy coming unto me
he hearkened unto their voice. So unto this day nevertheless ^ the lords
:
® Heb. thou
art not
he arose from the earth, and sat upon favour thee not. good in the
eyes cffthe
the bed. Wherefore now return, and go in
7 lords.
24 And the woman had a fat calf peace, that thou ® displease not the * Heb. do
not evU in
in the house; and she hasted, and lords of the Philistines. the eyes of
the lords.
killed it, and took flour, and kneaded 8 IF And David said unto Achish,
it, and did bake unleavened bread But what have I done? and what
thereof; hast thou found in thy servant so
25 And she brought it before Saul, long as I have been *with thee unto *Seh.
before thee.
and before his servants and they did ; this day, that I may not go fight
eat. Then they rose up, and went against the enemies of my lord the
away that night. king?
CHAPTER XXIX. 9 And Achish answered and said to
David, I kn ow that thou art good in
1 David, marching icith the Philistines, 3 is disallowed hy
their 'princes. 6 Achish dismisseth him, with commenda- my sight, 'as an angel of God: not- 17, 2 Sam. 14.
20.
•
tions of his fidelity.

Avithstanding “ the princes of the Phi- & 19. 27.
ch. 28. 1.
OW the Philistines gathered to-
“ listines have said. He shall not go up
“ ver. 4.
ch. 4. 1. Xl gether all their armies '’to Aphek; with us to the battle.
and the Israelites pitched by a foun- 10 Wherefore now rise up early in
tain which is in Jezreel. the morning with thy master’s ser-
2 And the lords of the Pliilistines vants that are come with thee and :
passed on by hundreds, and by thou- as soon as ye be up early in the

sands but David and his men passed
: morning, and have light, depart.
cli. 28. 1, 2. on in the rereward “ with Achish. 11 So David and his men rose up
3 Then said the princes of the Phi- early to depart in the morning, to re-
listines, What do these Hebrews here ? turn into the land of the Philistines.
And Achish said imto the princes of “And the Philistines went up to Jez- •>2 Sam. 4. 4.
the Philistines, Is not this David, the reel.

servant of Saul the king of Israel, CHAPTER XXX.
* See chap.
27. 7.
which hath been with me ^ these days, 1 The Amalehites spoil Zildag. 4 David asking counsel is
>
Dan. 6. 5. or these years, and I have ® found no encouraged hy God to pursue them. 11 By the means of
a revived Egyptian he is brought to the enemies, and re-
fault in him since he fell unto me covereth all the spoil. 22 David's law to divide the spoil
unto this day? equally between them that fight and them that keep the
4 And the princes of the Philistines |

stuff. 20 JTe sendeth presents to his friends.
; ;
David pursueth the AmaleMtes^ I. SAMUEL, XXX. and recovereth the spoil.
nd came when David sins and ^ when he had eaten, his

A to pass,
Before it : Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1056.
and his men were come to Zik-
.. spirit came again to him for he had cir. 1056.
:
lag on the third day, that the “Ama- eaten no bread, nor drunk any water,
So Judg. **
‘ See ch. 15.
7. & 27. 8. lekites had invaded the south, and three days and three nights. 15.19. I
ch. 14.27.
Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burn- 13 And David said unto him. To
ed with fire;
it whom belongest thou ? and whence art
2 And had taken the women cap- thou? And he said, I am a young
tives, that were therein they slew not : man of Egypt, servant to an Amalek-
any, either great or small, but carried ite and my master left me, because
;
them away, and went on their way. three days agone I fell sick.
3 IF So David and his men came to 14 We made an invasion upon the
the city, and, behold, it was burned south of ‘the Cherethites, and upon ver. 16. '
2Sam.8.18.
with fire; and their wives, and their the coast which helongeth to Judah, 1 Kin. 1.
sons, and their daughters, were taken and upon the south of Caleb and 38,44.
^
Ezek. 25.
;
16.
captives. we burned Ziklag with fire. Zeph. 2. 5.
4 Then David and the people that 15 And David said to him, Canst ^ .loBh. 14.
& 13. 13. 1,5.
were with h im lifted up their voice thou bring me down to this company?
and wept, until they had no more And he said. Swear unto me by God,
power to weep. that thou wilt neither kill me, nor de-
•> ch. 25. 42, 5 And David’s two wives were taken
’’
liver me into the hands of my master,
43.
2 Sam. 2. 2. captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and I will bring thee down to this
and Abigail the wife of Nabal the company.
Carmelite. 16 IF And when he had brought him
6 And David was greatly distressed down, behold, they were spread abroad
0 Ex. 17. 4. ®for the people spake of stoning him, upon all the earth, eating and drink-
*
1 Thess.
5.3.
because the soul of all the people ing, and dancing, because of all the
* Heb.
Judg.
bitter,
18.
was ^grieved, every man for his sons great spoil that they had taken out
25.
ch. 1. 10.
and for his daughters ^ but David : of the land of the Philistines, and
2Sam.l7.8. encouraged himself in the Lord his out of the land of Judah.
2 Kin. 4.^.
d Pb. 42. 5.
God. 17 And David smote them from the
& 56. 3, 4, 7 ®And David said to Abiathar the twilight even unto the evening of
11 .
Hab.3.17,
18.
priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, ^ the next day and there escaped
: 2 Heb. their
morrmc.
•ch.23.6,9. bring me hither the ephod. And not a man of them, save four hun-
Abiathar brought thither the ephod dred young men, which rode upon
to David. camels, and fied.
'ch. 23.2, 4. 8 Ând David enquired at the Lord, 18 And David recovered aU that the
saying. Shall I pursue after this troop? Amalekites had carried away: and
shall I overtake them? And he an- David rescued his two wives.
swered him. Pursue for thou shalt : 19 And there was nothing lacking to
surely overtake them, and without fail them, neither small nor great, neither
recover all. sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor
9 So David went, he and the six any thing that they had taken to
hundred men that were with him, and them David recovered all.
: “ ver. 8.
came to the brook Besor, where those 20 And David took all the fiocks and
that were left behind stayed. the herds, which they drave before
10 But David pursued, he and four those other cattle, and said. This is
* ver. 21. hundred men: ®for two hundred a- David’s spoil.
bode behind, which were so faint that 21 IF And David came
to the "two “ ver. 10.
they could not go over the brook hundred men, which were so faint
Besor. that they could not follow David,
11 IF And they found an Egyptian in whom they had made also to abide
the field, and brought him to David, at the brook Besor: and they went
and gave him bread, and he did eat; forth to meet David, and to meet the
and they made him drink water people that were with him : and when 3 Or, aslced
them how
12 And
they gave him a piece of a David came near to the people, he they did,
Judg. 18.
cake of figs, and two clusters of rai- ® saluted them. 15.
)
The overthrow and death I. SAMUEL, XXXI. of Saul and his sons.
Before 22 Then answeredall the wicked 2 Andthe Philistines followed hard Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1056. men and nien °
of Behai, of ^ those that upon Saul and upon his sons; and cir. 1056.
° Deut. 13.
went with David, and said. Because the Philistines slew "Jonathan, and 0 ch. 14. 49.
13. they went not with us, we will not Abinadab, and Melclii-shua, Saul’s 1 Chron.
8.33.
Judg. 19.
22 . give them ought of the spoil that we sons.
Heb. men.
have recovered, save to every man his 3 And ^the battle went sore against
*
^ See 2 Sam.
1. 6, &c.
wife and his children, that they may Saul, and the ârchers ®hit him; and * Heb. shootr
ers,men
lead them away, and depart. he was sore wounded of the archers. with bows.
23 Then said David, Ye shall not do 4 "Then said Saul unto his armour- 3 Heb.
found him.
so, my brethren, with that which the bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust ® So Judg.
9.54.
Lord hath given us, who hath pre- me through therewith; lest these f ch. 14. 6.
served us, and delivered the company uncircumcised come and thrust me & 17. 26.
that came against us into our hand. through, and ^ abuse me. But his ar- «Or,
mock me.
24 For who will hearken unto you in mourbearer would not; ^for he was s2 Sam. 1.
14.
p See Num. this matter? but âs his part is that sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a
31. 27.
Josh. 22. 8. goeth down to the battle, so shall his sword, and ‘‘fell upon it.
•* 2 Sam.
10 .
1.
part he that tarrieth by the stuff they : 5 And when armourbearer saw
his
shall part alike. that Saul was dead, he fell likewise
25 And it was so from that day upon his sword, and died with him.
3 Heb. and ® forward, that he made it a statute 6 So Saul died, and his three sons,
forward.
and an ordinance for Israel unto this and his armourbearer, and all his
day. men, that same day together.
26 1 And when David came to Zik- 7 IT And when the men of Israel that
lag, he sent of the spoil unto the were on the other side of the valley,
elders of Judah, even to his friends, and they that were on the other side
* Heb. saying. Behold a ^present for you of Jordan, saw that the men of Israel
hlemng,
Gen. 33. 11. the spoil of the enemies of the Lord ;
fled, and that Saul and his sons were
ch. 25. 27.
27 To them which were in Beth-el, and dead, they forsook the cities, and
4 Josh. 19. 8. to them which were in ’ south Ramoth, fled; and the Philistines came and
r Josh. 15. and to them which were in Jattir, dwelt in them.
43.
* Josh. 13. 28 And to them which were in Aroer, ®
8 And it came to pass on the mor-
16.
and to them which were in Siphmoth, row, when the Philistines came to
‘ Josh. 15. and to them which were in Eshtemoa, *
strip the slain, that they found Saul
50.
29 And to them which were in Rachal, and his three sons fallen in mount
and to them which were in the cities of Gilboa.
” ch. 27. 10. "the Jerahmeelites, and to them which 9 And they cut off his head, and
».Tudg.l.l6. were in the cities of the * Kenites, stripped off his armour, and sent in-
30 And to them wliich were in to the land of the Philistines round
y Judg. 1. 17.
^Hormah, and to them which were about, to ‘publish it in the house of 2 Sam.
20 .
1.
in Chor-ashan, and to them which their idols, and among the people.
were in Athach, 10 Ând they put his armour in the » ch. 21. 9.
31 And to them which were in house of Ashtaroth and they fast-

‘
:
iJudg.
“
2. 13.
2 Sam. 21.
* Josh. 14.
13.
’'Hebron, and to all the places where ened his body to the wall of "Beth- 12 .
” .losh. 17.
2 Sam. 2. 1, David himself and his men were wont shan. 11 .
Judg.
to haunt. 11 IT "And when the inhabitants of ® ch. 11. 3.
1. 27.
CHAPTER XXXI. Jabesh-gilead heard ® of that which 9, 11.

® Or,_con-
1 Saul having lost his army, and his sons slain, he and the Philistines had done to Saul; ceniing him.
his armourhearer kill themselves. 7 The Philistines pos- 12 Âll the valiant men arose, and P See chap.
11 1 ,- 11
. .
sess theforsaken towns of the Israelites. 8 They triumph
over the dead carcases. 11 They of Jaheslt-gilead, re- went all night, and took the body 2 Sam.
4,-7.
2.
covering the bodies by night, burn them at Jabesh, and of Saul and the bodies of his sons
mournfully bury their bones.
from the wall of Beth-shan, and
OW
* 1 Chron.
10 1 ,-12
. .
N "the Philistines fought a-

gainst Israel and the men of
:
Israel fled from before the Philis-

came to Jabesh, and ’burnt them
there.
13 And they took their bones, and
1 2 Chron.
16. 14.
Jer. 34. 5.
Amos 6. 10.
>2 Sam. 2. 4,
5. &
21. 12,
s Or,
uxiuiided.
tines, and fell down ® slain in mount buried them under a tree at Jabesh, 13. 14.
•Gen. 50. 10.
*•
ch. 28. 4.
**
Gilboa. "and fasted seven days.
: :
THE
SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL,

OTHERWISE CALLED,
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS.
Before
CHAPTER I.
pray thee, upon me, and slay me for Before :
CHRIST
1056 . 1 The Amalekite, who hroxight tidings of the overthrow,
ânguish is come upon me, because CHRIST 1056 .
and accused himself of Saul's death, is slain. 17 David my life is yet whole in me. * Or, my coat
lamenteth Saul and Jonathan with a song.
10 So I stood upon him, and '^slew of mad, or,
OW it came to pass after the my embroi-
him, because I was sure that lie could dei ed coat
death of Saul, when David was himlereth
not live after that he was fallen and me, that:
my,
• 1 Sam. 30. returned from “the slaughter of the I took the crown that was upon his Mudg.
9.54.
'
dec.
17. 20.
Amalekites, and David had abode head, and the bracelet that was on
two days in Ziklag; his arm, and have brought them
2 It came even to pass on the third hither unto my lord.
•> ch. 4. 10. day, that, behold, ’’a man came out of 11 Then David took hold on his
the camp from Saul “with his clothes clothes, and ®rent them
j
<=1 Sam, 4.12. and likewise

;
e ch. 3. 31.
&13. 31.
all the men that ivere with him
|
rent, and earth upon his head and : : !
so it was, when he came to David, 12 And they mourned, and wept, and
that he fell to the earth, and did fasted until even, for Saul, and for
obeisance. Jonathan his son, and for the people
3 And David said unto him. From of the Lord, and for the house of Is-
whence comest thou? And he said rael because they were fallen by the
;
unto him. Out of the camp of Israel sword.

am I escaped. 13 1[ And Da\ id said unto the young ,
I
*Heb. Whal 4 said unto him, ^How
And David man that told him, Wlience art thou ? I
was,
he answered, 1 am the son of a
die.
1 Sam. 4. went the matter? I pray thee, tell And |
16.
me. And he answered. That the stranger, an Amalekite.
14 And David said unto him, ‘‘How
j
people are fled from the battle, and •'Num. 12.8.
many of the people also are fallen wast thou not afraid to ^ stretch forth ‘ ‘lSani.31.4.
k 1 Sam. 24.
and dead; and Saul and Jonathan thine hand to destroy the Lord’s an- 6. & 26.
Ps. 165. 15.
his son are dead also. ointed ?
5 And David said unto the young 15 And 'David called one of the >ch.4.10,12.
man that told him. How knowest thou young men, and said. Go near, and
j
that Saul and Jonathan his son be fall upon him. And he smote him I
dead ? that he died.

6 And the young man that told him 16 And David said unto him, “Thy 1 Sara.
26.9.
said. As I happened by chance upon blood he upon thy head; for “thy 1 Kin. 2.
32, 33, 37.
^
‘‘lSam.31.1. i
mount Gilboa, behold, Sr’.ul leaned mouth hath testified against thee,
® ” ver. 10.
® See 1 Sam. I.uke 19.
31. 2, 3, 4.
upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots saying, I have slain the Lord’s an- 22.
and horsemen followed hard after omted.

him. 17 ^ And David lamented with this
7 And when he looked behind him, lamentation over Saul and over Jo-
he saw me, and called unto me. And nathan his son
»Heb. I answered, ^ Here am I. 18 (“Also he bade them teach the ®lSam.31.3.
JiihM me.
8 And he said unto me. Who art children of Judah the use of the bow
thou ? And I answered him, I am an behold, it is written în the book ®of P Josh. 10.
13.
Amalekite. Jasher.) 3 Or, of the
i
upiiyld.
9 He said unto me again. Stand, I 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon
L
Y
! ! :
David is made II. SAMUEL, 11. kmg over Judah,
Before th j liigh places :

’ how are the mighty his household and they dwelt in the
: Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1056. fallen cities of Hebron. 1056.
20 '^Tell it not in Gath, publish it 4 ® And the men of Judah came,
1 yer. 27. cir. 1055.
••lSam.31.9. not in the streets of Askelon lest ;
and there they anointed David king- ® ver. 11.
Mic. 1. 10.
See Judg. “the daughters of the Philistines re- over the house of Judah. And they ch. 5. 5.
16. 23.
' See Exod. joice, lest the daughters of ‘the un- told David, saying. That ^the men of 11,
1 Sam. 31.
13.
'
15. 20.
•Tudg. 11.
circuincised triumph. Jabesh-gilead wei'e they that buried
34
lSam.18.6.
21 Ye “mountains of Gilboa, Het there Saul.
nSam.31.4. he no dew, neither let there he rain, upon 5 IT And David sent messengers
“1 Sam. 31.1.
* So Judg.
you, nor fields of offerings for there : unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and
6 23
the shield of the mighty is vilely cast said unto them, ® Blessed he ye of tlie E Ruth 2. 20.
Job k 3, 4. & 3. 10.
Jer. 20. 14. away, the shield of Saul, as though he Lord, that ye have shewed this kind- Ps. 115. 15.
ylSam.10.1. had not anointed with oil. ness unto your lord, even unto Saul,
22 From the blood of the slain, from and have buried him.
®1 Sam. 18.4. the fat of the mighty, * the bow of 6 And now ‘’the Lord shew kindness >>
2 Tim. 1.
16, 18.
Jonathan turned not back, and the and truth unto you and I also will
:
sword of Saul returned not empty. requite you this kindness, because ye
23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely have done this thing.
2 Or, sweet. and ^pleasant in their lives, and in 7 Therefore now let your hands be
their death they were not divided strengthened, and ^ be ye valiant for
:
2 Heb. be
ye the sons
they were swifter than eagles, they your master Saul is dead, and also (J valour.
• Judg. 14. were * stronger than lions. the house of Judah have anointed me
18.
24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over king over them.
Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with 8 IF But ‘Abner the son of Ner, cap- • 1 Sam. 14.
50.
other delights, who put on ornaments tain of ^Saul’s host, took Îsh-bosheth 2 Heb. the
of gold upon your apparel. the son of Saul, and brought him over host which
was Saul’s.
25 How are the mighty fallen in the to Mahanaim; Or,
Eshduud,
midst of the battle O Jonathan, thou ! 9 And made him king over' Gilead, 1 Chron. 8.
33. & 9. 39.
least slain in thine high places. and over the Ashurites, and over
26 I am distressed for thee, my bro- Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over
ther Jonathan very pleasant hast
: Benjamin, and over all Israel.
•> 1 Sam. 18. thou been unto me thy love to : 10 Ish-bosheth Saul’s son was forty 1055.
1,.3.
& 19. 2. me was wonderful, passing the love years old when he began to reign over
& 20. 17,41. Israel, and reigned two years. But the
& 23. 16. of women.
' ver. 19. 27 “How are the mighty fallen, and house of Judah followed David.
the weapons of war perished 11 And ^the ®time that David was ^ ch. 5. 5.
1 Kin. 2.11.
king in Hebron over the house of Ju- 5 Heb. num-
CHAPTER II. dah was seven years and six months. ber gf days.
David, by God^s direction, with his company goeth up

1
to Hebron, where he is made king of Judah. 5 He
12 IF And Abner the son of Ner, and
commendeth them of J abesh-gilead for their kindness to the servants of Ish-bosheth the son
8 Abner maketh Ish-bosheth king of Israel. 12
Saul.
A mortal skirmish between twelve of Abner’s and twelve
of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to
'Josh. 18.25.
of Joab’s men. 18 Asahel is slain. 25 At Abner’s motion
‘
Gibeon.
Joab soundeth a retreat. 32 Asahel’s burial. 13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, cir. 1053.
AND it came to pass after this, that and the servants of David, went out,
* .ludg.
1 Sam.
1. 1.
2i.
XjL David “ enquired of the Lord, and met ® together by “the pool of 6 Heb. Qtem
together.
2, 4, 9.
& 30. 7, 8. saying. Shall I go up into any of the Gibeon: and they sat down, the one ™ Jer. 41.12.
cities of Judah? And the Lord said on the one side of the pool, and the
unto him. Go up. And David said. other on the other side of the pool.
Whither shall I go up ? And he said. 14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the
•*
1
31.
Sam. 30. Unto ‘’Hebron. young men now arise, and play before
ver. 11.
ch. 5.
2 So David went up thither, and his us. And Joab said. Let them arise.
1, 3.
1 Kin. 2.11. “two wives also, Ahinoam the Jez- 15 Then there arose and went over
•ÎSam.SO.S.
reelitess, and Abigail Nabal’s wife by number twelve of Benjamin, which
1 Sam. 27. the Carmelite. 'pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of
2,3.
&30.
1 Chron.
1. 3 And ‘‘his men
that were with him Saul, and twelve of the servants of
12 . 1. did David bring up, every man with David.
I
:; ; ; ;
Asdhel slain hy Abner, II. SAMUEL, III. David waxeth stronger.
Before 16 And they caught every one his 27 And Joab said. As God liveth, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1053. fellow by the head, and thrust his unless thou hadst spoken, surely cir. 1053.
sword in his fellow’s side; so they then ^ in the morning the people
rer. 14.
fell down together : wherefore that had ®gone up every one from fol- Prov. 17.
14.
2 That is, place was called ^ Helliath-hazzurim, lowmg his brother. *Heb.
The field qf from the
strong men. which is in Gibeon. 28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all morning.
17 And there was a very sore battle the people stood still, and pursued * Or, gone
away.
that day ; and Abner was beaten, and after Israel no more, neither fought
the men of Israel, before the servants they any more.
of David. 29 And Abner and his men walked
“ 1 Chron. 18 IT And there were “three sons of aU that night through the plain,
2. 16.
Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and and passed over Jordan, and Avent
® 1 Cliron. Asahel and Asahel was “ as light ® of
: through all Bithron, and they came
12 8
. .
» Heb. of foot ^ p as a wild roe. to Mahanaim.

his feet.
<Heb. as one 19 And Asahel pursued after Abner 30 And Joab returned from follow-
of the roes
that is in
and in going he turned not to the ing Abner and when he had gathered
:
the field.
right hand nor to the left ®from fol- all the people together, there lacked
P Ps. 18. 33.
Cant. 2. 17. lowing Abner. of David’s servants nineteen men and
&8. 14.
»Heb. 20 Then Abner looked behind him, Asahel.
from
Abner.
after
and said. Art thou Asahel? And he 31 But the servants of David had
answered, I am. smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s
21 And Abner said to him. Turn men, so that three hundred and three-
thee aside to thy right hand or to score men died.
thy left, and lay thee hold on one 32 II And they took up Asahel, and
of the young men, and take thee his buried him in the sepulchre of his fa-
• Or, spoQ. ® armour. But Asahel would not turn ther, which was in Beth-lehem. And
Judg. 14.
19. aside from following of him. Joab and his men went all night, and
22 And Abner said again to Asahel, they came to Hebron at break of day.
Turn thee aside from following me CHAPTER III.
wherefore should I smite thee to the 1 During the war David still waxeth stronger. 2 Six sons
ground? how then should I hold up were born to him in Hebron. 6 Abner, displeased with
Ish-bosheth, 12 revolteih to David. 13 David requireth
my face to Joab thy brother? a condition to bring him his wife Michal. 17 Abner,
23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: having communed with the Israelites, is feasted by David,
and dismissed. 22 Joab, returning from battle, is dis-
wherefore Abner with the hinder end pleased with the king, and killeth Abner. 28 David curselh
9 cb. 3. 27. of the spear smote him ’under the Joab, 31 and mourneth for Abner.
N OW
&4. 6.
& 20 . 10 . fifth rib, that the spear came out there was long Avar betAveen
behind him; and he fell down there, the house of Saul and the house
and died in the same place and it
: of David but David waxed stronger
:
came to pass, that as many as came and stronger, and the house of Saul
to the place where Asahel fell down waxed weaker and weaker.
and died stood still. 2 H And “ unto David were sons born ® 1 Chron. 3.
1,-4.
24 Joab also and Abishai pursued in Hebron and his firstborn Avas Am-
:
after Abner: and the sun went down non, *’of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess »> 1 Sam. 25.
43.
when they were come to the hill of 3 And his second, ^ Chileab, of Abi- * Or, Daniel,
1 Ch>'on.
Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the gail the Avife of Nabal the Carmelite 3. 1.
way of the wilderness of Gibeon. and the third, Absalom the son of
25 H And the children of Benjamin Maacah the daughter of Talmai king
gathered themselves together after ® of Geshur clSam.27.8.
ch. 13. 37.
4 And the fourth,
^
Abner, and became one troop, and Adonijah the 1 Kin. 1.5.
1
stood on the top of an hill. son of Haggith; and the fifth, She-
I
26 Then Abner called to Joab, and phatiah the son of Abital;
i
said. Shall the sword devour for ever ? 5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah
knowest thou not that it will be bitter- David’s wife. These were born to
ness in the latter end ? how long shall David in Hebron.
it be then, ere thou bid the people re- 6 II And it came to pass, while there
I
turn from following their brethren ? was war between the house of Saul
Y2
:
Ahner revolteth to David. II. SAMUEL, III. Ahner is slain by Joah.
CHRIST
Before 1 and the house of David, that Abner hand of my servant David I will save CHRIST
Before
made liiinself strong for the house my people Israel out of the hand of 1048
of Saul. the Philistines, and out of the hand
7And Saul had a concubine, whose of aU their enemies.
*ch. 21.8,10. name was Eizpah, the daughter of 19 And Abner also spake in the
Aiah and Ish-bosheth said to Abner,
: ears of " Benjamin and Abner went P 1 Chron.
:
12. 29,
»ch. 16.21. Wherefore hast thou ‘^gone in unto also to speak in the ears of David
my father’s concubine ? in Hebron
all that seemed good to
8 Then w'as Abner very wroth for Israel,and that seemed good to the
the words of Ish-bosheth, and said. whole house of Benjamin.
« Deut. 23.
i 8.
Am
I ® a dog’s head, which against 20 So Abner came to David to
1 Sam. 24. Judah do shew kindness this day un- Hebron, and twenty men with him.
14.
ch. 9. 8. to the house of Saul thy father, to his And David made Abner and the men
8c 16. 9.
brethren, and to his friends, and have that were with him a feast.
not delivered thee into the hand of 21 And Abner said unto David, I
David, that thou chargest me to day will arise and go, and “will gather all ' ver. 10, 12.
with a fault concerning this woman ? Israel unto my lord the king, that they
'Ruth 1.17. do God to Abner, and more may make a league with thee, and
9 ‘‘So
1 Kin. 19.2.
i
1 Sam. 15. also, except, as the Lord hath sworn
*
that thou mayest ‘reign over all that ‘ 1 Kin. 11.
thine heart desireth. And David sent

37.
to David, even so I do to him;
28.
& 16. 1, 12.
& 28. 17. 10 To translate the kingdom from Abner away and he went in peace. ;
12. 23.
the house of Saul, and to set up the 22 IF And, behold, the servants of
throne of David over Israel and over David and Joab came from pursuing
^.Tudg. 20.1.
ch. 17. 11.
J udah, ‘'from Dan even to Beer-sheba. a troop, and brought in a great spoil
lKm.4.25. 11 And he could not answer Abner a with them: but Abner was not with
word again, because he feared him. David in Hebron for he had sent ;
1048. 12 IF And Abner sent messengers to him away, and he was gone in peace.
David on his behalf, saying. Whose 23 When Joab and all the host that
is the land ? saying also, Make thy was with him were come, they told
league with me, and, behold, my hand Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner
shall be with thee, to bring about all came to the king, and he hath sent
Israel unto thee. him away, and he is gone in peace.
13 And he said. Well; I will make 24 Then Joab came to the king, and
a league with thee but one thing I said. What hast thou done? behold.
:
2Heb. require of thee, ^that is, 'Thou shalt Abner came unto thee why is it that ;
sfiyinff,
1 So Geu. not see my face, except thou first thou hast sent him away, and he is
43.3.
bring “ Michal Saul’s daughter, when quite gone?
20. thou comest to see my face. 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of
14 And David sent messengers to Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and
Ish-bosheth Saul’s son, saying, De- to know “thy going out and thy coming «1 Sam. 29.6.
liver me my wife Michal, which I in, and to know all that thou doest.
"1 Sam. 18. espoused to me “ for an hundred 26 And when Joab was come out
27* j
foreskins of the Philistines. from David, he sent messengers after

15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took Abner, which brought him again from
1
her from her husband, even from the well of Sirah but David knew it :
® 1 Sam. 2:5. ° Phaltiel the son of Laish. not.

44, rnalti, |
16 And her husband went with her 27 And when Abner was returned to
^ along weeping behind her to ^ Bahu-
Hebron, Joab took him aside in the
'
3 Heb. * * 1 Kin. 2. 5.
going a)id
weeping. rim. Then said Abner unto him. Go, gate to speak with him ^quietly, and 20. 9, 10.
P ch. 19. 16. 2 Or,
return. And he returned. smote him there ^ under the fifth rib, peaceably.
17 IF And Abner had communication that he died, for the blood of “Asahel y ch. 4. 6.
' ch. 2. 23.
with the elders of Israel, saying. Ye his brother.
< Heb. both sought for David în times past to 28 IF And afterward when David heard
yeiterday
oud
third day.
the be king over you it,he and
said, I my kingdom are guilt-
4 ver. 9. 18 Now then do it: ’for the Lord less before the Lord for ever from the j
hath spoken of David, saying. By the ^ blood of Abner the son of Ner bloods.
: ^
: : : :
David mourneth for Abner. II. SAMUEL, IV. Ish-bosheth is slam.

Before 29 “ Let it rest on the head of Joab, 2 And Saul’s son had two men that Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1048. and on all his father’s house ; and ivere captains the name of
of bands :
cir. 1048.
» 1 Kin. 2.
let there not from the house of
^fail the one was Baanah, and the name of
32,33. Joab one ‘’that hath an issue, or that the ^ other Rechab, the sons of Rim- *Heb.
*Heb. second.
be cut off. is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, mon a Beerothite, of the children of
Lev.
•> 15. 2.
or that falleth on the sword, or that Benjamin (for “ Beeroth also was
:
® .Tosh. 18.
25.
lacketh bread. reckoned to Benjamin
30 So Joab and Abishai his brother 3 And the Beerothites fled to ^Git- Nell. 11.
33.
slew Abner, because he had slain taim, and were sojourners there until
ech.2.23. their brother “Asahel at Gibeon in this day.)
the battle. 4 And ® Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a ® cli. 9. 3.
31 H And David said to J oab, and to all son that ivas lame of his feet. He was
^ .Tosh. 7. 6. the people that we7'e with him, ^ Kend five years old when the tidings came
ch. 1. 2,11.
• Gen. 37. your clothes, and ®gird you with sack- of Saul and Jonathan ‘ôut of Jezreel, 1 1 Sam. 29. i
1 , 11 .
cloth, and mourn before Abner. And and his nurse took him up, and fled
34.
s Heb. bed. king David followed the ®bier. and it came to pass, as she made haste
32 And they buried Abner in He- to flee, that he fell, and became lame.
bron and the kmg lifted up his
: And his name ivas ® Mephibosheth. 3 Or,
MeriblxiaJ,
voice, and wept at the grave of Ab- 5 And the Rimmon ,
sons of the 1 Chron. S. I
34. &
9. 40.
ner; and all the people wept. Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went,
33 And the king lamented over Abner, and came about the heat of the day
fch. 13.12,
13.
and said. Died Abner as a Hool dieth ? to the house of Ish-bosheth, ivlio lay
34 Thy hands were not bound, nor on a bed at noon.
thy feet put into fetters as a man
: 6 And they came thither into the
Heb. falleth before ^wicked men, so fellest midst of the house, as though they
chUdren
thou. And all the people wept again
<ff
iniquity. would have fetched Avheat; and they
over him. smote him ® under the fifth rib: and Re- « ch. 2. 23.
e ch. 12. 17.

35 And when all the people came ®to chab and Baanah his brother escaped.
Jer. 16. 7.
cause David to eat meat while it was 7 For when they came into the
•Ruth 1.17. yet day, David sware, saying, ‘’So do house, he lay on his bed in his bed-
God to me, and more also, if I taste chamber, and they smote him, and
« ch. 1. 12. bread, or ought else, ‘till the sun be slew him, and beheaded him, and
down. took his head, and gat them away
36 And all the people took notice of through the plain all night.
® Heb.
good in
teas it, and it ^pleased them: as whatsoever 8 And they brought the head of Ish-
their eyes. the king did pleased all the people. bosheth unto David to Hebron, and
37 For all the people and all Israel said to the king. Behold the head of
understood that day that it was not of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine
the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. enemy, which sought thy life and ;
h 1 Sam. 19.
2 10 11
the Lord hath avenged my lord the
.
38. And the king said unto his ser-

, ,
& 23. 1.5.
& 25. 2.1.

vants, Know ye not that there is a king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
prince and a great man fallen this 9 H And David answered Rechab and
day in Israel? Baanah his brother, the sons of Rim-
«Heb.
tender.
39 And I am this day ®weak, though mon the Beerothite, and said unto
anointed king; and these men the them. As the Lord liveth, Mvho hath ‘ Gen. 48.
16.
‘ ch. 19. 7.
• See ch.
19.
sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me
’’
redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 1 Kin. 1.
29.
13. ‘the Lord shall reward the doer of 10 When ‘'one told me, saying. Be- Ps. 31. 7.
1 Kin. 2. 5, kch. 1.2,4,
6, 33,34. evil according to his Avickedness. hold, Saul is dead, ^thinking to have 15.
Ps. 28. 4.
& 62. 12.
2 Tim.
CHAPTER IV. brought good tidings, I took hold of Heb. he
teas in his
14.
4.
1 The Israelites being troubled at the death of Abner, 2 him, and slew him in Ziklag, ®who own eyes
Baanah and Bechab slay Ish-bosheth, and bring his head as a hring-
to Hebron. 9 David causeth them to be slain, and Ish-

thought that I would have given him er, Ac.
6 Or, which
boshefh's head to be buried. a reward for his tidings was the
• Ezra
AND when Saul’s son heard that 11 How much more, when wicked
reward
gave him
I
4. 4.
Isai. 13. 7.
Abner was dead in Hebron, ’’his men have slain a righteous person in for his
tidings.
hands were feeble, and all the Israel- his own house upon his bed? shall I
•>
Matt. 2. 3, ites were ‘’troubled. not therefore now ‘require his blood 1 Gen. 9. 5,6. i
J
;:
David made king over Israel. II. SAMUEL, V. He smiteth the Philistines.
Before of your hand, and take you away David built round about from Millo CHRIST
Before
CHRIST
cir. 10-18.
from the earth? and uiward. cir. 1048.
“ ch. 12 And David “ commanded his 10 And David ^went on, and grew * Heb. went
1. 15.
young men, and they slew them, and great, and the Lord God of hosts was going and
growing.
cut otf their hands and their feet, with him.
and hanged them up over the pool in 11 IF And P Hiram
king of Tyre sent cir. 1043.
P 1 Kin. 5. 2.
Hebron. But they took the head of messengers to David, and cedar trees, 1 Chron.
” ch. 3. 32. Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the “ se- and carpenters, and ^ masons and :
3
14. 1.
Heb.
pulchre of Abner in Hebron. they built David an house. hewers qf
the stone of
12 And David perceived that the
CHAPTER V.
Lord had established him king over
the wall.
1 The tribes come to Hebron to anoint David over Israel.

4 David’s age. 6 He taking Zion from the Jehmites Israel, and that he had exalted his
dwelle.th in it. 11 Hiram sendeth to David. 13 Eleven
sons are born to him in Jerusalem. 17 David, directed
kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
by God, smiteth the Philistines at Baal-perazim, 22 and 13 IF And ’David
took him more 1 Dent.
17.
17.
again at the mulberry trees.

concubines and wives out of Jerusa- 1 Chron. 3.
&
• 1 Chron.
hen came
the tribes of Israel lem, after he was come from Hebron
9. 14. 3.
11 1 .
& 12. 23.

Gen.
.
29.
T ® all
to David unto Hebron, and spake,
saying. Behold, we are thy bone and
and there were yet sons and daugh-
ters born to David.
14.
thy flesh. 14 And “these he the names of those ' 1 Chron. 3.
5. & 14. 4.
2 Also in time past, when Saul was that were born unto him in Jerusa-
<=
1 Sam. 18.
13.
king over us, “thou wast he that led- lem ^ Shammuah, and Shobab, and
;
* Or, Shimea,
1 Chr. 3. 5.
dest out and broughtest in Israel: Nathan, and Solomon,
1
1, 12.
Sam. 1(3. and tlie Lord said to thee, '^Thou 15 Ibhar also, and ®Elishua, and Ne- 6 Or,
E/tsfeinia,
Ps. 78. 71. shalt feed my people Israel, and thou pheg, and Japhia, . 1 Chron.
Seech. 7.7. 3. 6.
shalt be a captain over Israel. 16 And Elishama, and ® Eliada, and 6 Or,
Beeliada,
® 1
11.3.
Chron.
3 ® So all the elders of Israel came Eliphalet. 1 Chron.
14. 7.
f2Kin.
17.
11. to the king to Hebron; “ând king 17 IF “But when the Philistines heard “ 1 Chron.
David made a league with them in that they had anointed David king 11. 16.
& 14. 8.
B .Tudg. 11.
11 .
Hebron ® before the Lord and they : over Israel, all the Philistines came 1047.
1 Sam. 23.
18.
anointed David king over Israel. up to seek David; and David heard
4 H David teas thirty years old when of it, and went down to the hold.
*
‘ ch. 23. 11.
1 Chron. he began to reign, '"and he reigned 18 The Philistines also came and
26. 31.
&29. 27. forty years. spread themselves in “the valley of “ .losh. 15. 8.
Isai. 17. 5.
5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah Rephaim.
' ch. 2. 11.
1 Chron.
*
seven years and six months and in : 19 And David enquired of the
* » 1
2,4.
Sam. 23.
3. 4. Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three Lord, saying. Shall I go up to the Phi- & 30. 8.
ch. 2. 1.
years over all Israel and Judah. listines? wilt thou deliver them into
6 IF And the king and his men went mine hand ? And the Lord said unto
^
‘‘Judg. 1.21. to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the*
David, Go up for I will doubtless de-
:
'.lo3h.15.63.
Judg. 1. 8. inhabitants of the land which spake : liver the Philistines into thine hand.
&19. 11,12.
unto David, saying. Except thou take 20 And David came to ^ Baal-pera- y Isai. 28. 21.
away the blind and the lame, thou zim, and David smote them there,
* Or, sayino,
David shall
shalt not come in hither ^ thinking,
: and The Lord hath broken forth
said.
iu)t, die. David cannot come in hither. upon mine enemies before me, as the
7 Nevertheless David took the strong breach of waters. Therefore he called
"
1
ver. 9.
Kin. 2.
hold of Zion: “the same is the city the name of that place ’ Baal-perazim. t That
The plain
is.
10 . &
8 1. . of David. 21 And there they left their images, of breaches.
8 And David on that day. Who-

said and David and his men burned them. * Dent.
25.
7. 5,
soever getteth up to the gutter, and 22 IF “And the Philistines came up 1 Chron.
14. 12.
® 1 Chron.
11. 6,-9.
smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame yet again, and spread themselves in 3 Or, took
them away.
s Or, Because and the blind, that are hated of Da- the valley of Repliaim. ® 1 Chron.
they had
said, even vid’s soul, “/ie shall he chief and captain. 23 And when '’David enquired of the 14. 13.
ver. 19.
the blind
and the
^ Wherefore they said. The blind
and Lord, he said. Thou shalt not go up
He
laine.
shall not the lame shall not come mto the house. '
hut fetch a compass behind them,

came inU>
the house.
9 So David dwelt in the fort, and and come upon them over against
® ver. 7. called it “the city of David. And j
the mulberry trees.
:
Uzzah is smitten at Perez-uzzah. II. SAMUEL, YI. David danceth before the ark.
Before 24 And let it be, when thou 'hearest that day, and said. How shall the ark Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1047.
the sound of a going in the tops of of the Lord come to me ? 1042.
the mulberry trees, that then thou 10 So David would not remove the
« So 2 Kin.
7.6. shalt bestir thyself for then ^ shall : ark of the Lord unto him into the
<‘Judg.4.14.
the Lord go out before thee, to smite city of David: but David carried it
the host of the Philistines. aside into the house of Obed-edoin
25 And David did so, as the Lord ’
the Gittite. ‘ 1 Chron.
13. 13.
had commanded him and smote ;
11 Ând the ark of the Lord con- 1 Chron.
13. 14.
• 1 Chron. the Philistines from ® Geba until thou tinued in the house of Obed-edom
14. 16,
Cribeon. come to ^ Gazer. the Gittite three months and the
:
f Josh.
10
16.
Lord blessed Obed-edom, and
’
all his I
Gen. 30. 27.
.
CHAPTEE VI. household.

& 39. 5.
1 David fetcheih the ark from Kiijath-jearim on a new cart.
smitten at Perez-uzzah. 9 God hlesseth Ohed-
12 II And
was told king David,
it
6 Uzzah is
edom for the ark. 12 David bringing the ark into Zion saying. The Lord
hath blessed the
with sacrifices, danceth before it, for which Michal despis-
eth him.
house of Obed-edom, and all that
17 He placeth it in a tabernacle with great joy
and feasting. ‘iQ Michal reproving David for his religious pertaineth unto him, because of the
joy is childless to her death. ark of God. “So David went and “ 1 Cliron.
15. 25.
1042.
A GAIN, David gathered together all brought up the ark of God from the
the chosen men of Israel, thirty house of Obed-edom into the city of
thousand. David with gladness.
* 1 Chron.
13. 5, 6.
2 And “David arose, and went with 13 And it was so, that when "they ”
15.
Num. 4.
all the people that were with liim from that bare the ark of the Lord had .Tosli. 3. 3.
* Or, Bacddh, 1 Chron.

that is, ^Baale of Judah, to bring up from gone six paces, he sacrificed ‘’oxen 15. 2. 15.
° See 1 Kin.
Kidaih-
jeurim, thence the ark of God, ^ whose name and fatlings. 8. 5.
•Tosh. 15.
9,60.
is called by the name of the Lord of 14 And David danced before the
*’
1 Ciiron.
15. 26.
® Or, al
tchich the
hosts ’’that dwelleth between the che- Lord with all his might; and David P See ExixL
15. 20.
name, even rubims. was girded ’ with a linen ephod. Ps. 30. 11.
the name of USam.2.18.
the Loan 3 And they set the ark of God up-
^ 15 ’^So David and all the house of 1 Cliron.
<}f hosts, 15. 27.
teas called on a new cart, and brought it out of Israel brought up the ark of the r 1 Chron.
the house of Abinadab that was in Lord with shouting, and with the
'IIjOH.
15. 28.
•"I Sam. 4. 4.
*
Ps. 80.
Heb. made
1. ® Gibeah and Uzzah and Ahio, the sound of the trumpet.
:
to ride. sons of Abinadab, drave the new 16 And “as the ark of the Lord came * 1
15. 20.
Chron.
® See Num.
7.9. cart. into the city of DaUd, Michal Saul’s
1 Sam.
4 And they brought it out of '’the daughter looked through a window,
6. 7.
ÔT,ThehiU.
^lSam.7. 1.
house of Abmadab which was at Gi- and saw king David leaping and
* Heb. tBiOi.
beah, ® accompanying the ark of God dancing before the Lord; and she
and Ahio went before the ark. despised him in her heart.
5 And David and all the house of 17 H And ‘they brought in the ark ‘ 1
16.1.
Cluon.
Israel played before the Lord on all of the Lord, and set it in "his place, n 1 Chron.
15. 1.
manner of instruments made of fir in the midst of the tabernacle that I’s. 132. 8.
wood, even on harps, and on psalte- David had ^ pitched for it and David :
2 Heb.
stretched.
ries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, offered burnt offerings and peace * 1 Kin. 8.
5, 62, 63.
and on cymbals. offerings before the Lord.
• 1 Chron. 6 II And when they came to “Nachon’s 18 And as soon as David had made
13. 9, he
is called threshing-floor, Uzzah ’put forth his an end of offering burnt offerings and
Chidon.
*
See Num. hand to the ark of God, and took peace offerings, ^ he blessed the peo- y 1
55.
Kin. 8.
TOr,
4. 15.
hold of it for the oxen ^ shook it.
; ple m
the name of the Lord of hosts. 1 Chron.
16. 2.
stumbled.
7 And the anger of the Lord was 19 * And he dealt among all the peo- ' 1 Cliron.
16.3.
s 1 Ram. 6. kindled against Uzzah; and ®God ple, eveyi among the whole multitude
19.
8 Or smote him there for his ® error and of Israel, as well to the women as
;
rashness.
there he died by the ark of God. men, to every one a cake of bread,
»Heb. 8 And David was displeased, because and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon
broken.
^ That is. the Lord liad ®made a breach upon of wine. So all the people departed
The breach
of Uzzah.
Uzzah: and he called the name of every one to his house.
'‘Ps.119.120.
See Luke
the place ^ Perez-uzzah to this day. 20 H “ Then David returned to bless cir. 1042.
“r8.30, title.
5. 8, 9. 9 And David was afraid of the Lord his household. And Michal the daugh-
’’
! ;
David is forbidden to II. SAMUEL, VII. build God an house.
Before ter of Saul came out to meet David, sheepcote, ^from following the sheep, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1042. and said, How
glorious was the king to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
1042.
ver. 14, 16.
of Israel to day, who uncovered him- ’’
9 And “I was with thee whitherso-
2Heb.
1 Sam. 19. self to day in the eyes of the hand- ever thou wentest, "and have cut off from after.
24. ® 1 Sam. 18.
maids of his servants, as one of the all thine enemies ®out of thy sight, 14.
* Judg. 9. 4. ® vain fellows ^ shamelessly uncovereth and have made thee "a great name, ch. 5. 10.
& 8. 6, 14.
* Or, openly.
himself like unto the name of the great men ”lSam.31.6.
Ps. 89. 23.
21 And David said unto Michal, It that are in the earth. ® Heb. frmn
«* 1 Sam. 13. was before the Lord, ^ which chose me thy face.
10 Moreover I Avill appoint a place ® Gen. 12. 2.
14. & 15.28.
before thy father, and before all his for my people Israel, and will ^ plant P Ps. 44. 2.
&80. 8.
house, to appoint me ruler over the them, that they may dwell in a place Jer. 24. 6.
Amos 9. 15.
peoi^le of the Lord, over Israel : thereof their own, and move no more '’nei- 1 Ps. 89. 22. ;
fore will I play before the Lord. ther shall the children of wickedness
22 And I will yet be more vile than afflict them any more, as beforetime.
thus, and vdW be base in mine own 11 And as '^smee the time that I ®Jii(ig.2.14,
15, 16.
* Or. of
the haud-
sight and ^ of the maidservants which
: commanded judges to be over my 1 Sam. 12.
9, 11.
inaiils of thou hast spoken of, of them shall I people Israel, and have “ caused thee Ps. 106. 42.
my ser- *
vants. be had in honour. to rest from all thine enemies. Also ver. 1.
23 Therefore Michal the daughter of the Lord telleth thee ‘that he will * ver. 27.
Ex. 1. 21.
® See
15. 35.
1 Sam. Saul had no child ®unto the day of make tlree an house. 1 Kin. 11.
38.
Isai. 14. her death. 12 H And " when thy days be fulfilled, ” 1 Kin. 2. 1.
Matt. 1. 25.
CHAPTER VII. and thou * shalt sleep with thy fathers, * 16.
Dent. 31.
1 Nathan first ajiprovimj David to htiild

the purpose of ’'I will set up thy seed after thee, 1 Kin. 1.21.
God an house, 4 word of God forhiddeth him.
after by the Acts 13. 36.
12 lie promisefh him benefits and blessings in his seed.
which shall proceed out of tliy bowels, ylKin.8.2).
Ps. 132. 11.
18 David's prayer and thanksgiving. and I will establish his kingdom.
* 1 Chron.
17. 1,
1042.
&c. And it came

king sat in his house, and the
.
Lord had given him rest round about

to pass, “when the 13 *He shall build an house for
name, and I will “stablish the
of his kingdom for ever.
my
throne
* 1 Kin.
& 6 12
& 8. 19.
1
22 10
.
Chron.
. .
5. 5.
.
& 28. 6.
fr om all his enemies 14 ‘’I will be his father, and he shall “ ver. 16.
2 That the king said unto Nathan be my son. ' If he commit iniquity, Ps. 89.4,29,
36, 37.
•>ch. 5. 11. the prophet. See now, I dwell in ''an I wiU chasten him with the rod of 27.
Ps. 89. 26,
® See Acts house of cedar, but the ark of God men, and with the stripes of the chil- Heb. 1. 5.
7.46. « Ps. 89. 30,
<* Ex. 26. 1. dwelleth within ^curtains. dren of men: 31, 32, 33.
&40. 21.
3 And Nathan said to the king. Go, 15 But my mercy shall not depart
® 1 Kin. 8. do all that is ®in thine heart; for the away from him, âs I took it from 1 Sam. 15.
23, 28.
17, 18.
1 Chron. Lord is with thee. ,
Saul, whom I put away before thee. & 16. 14.
22. 7. 1 Kill. 11.
&28. 2. 4 H And it came to pass that night, 16 And “thine house and thy king- 13, 34.
® ver. 13.
that the word of the Lord came unto dom shall be established for ever Ps. 89. 36,
37.
Nathan, saying, before thee thy throne shall be es-
: .Iohnl2.34.
* Hcb.
mu
to
Kervanl,
5 Go and servant David,
tell ^my tablished for ever.
t
to David, Thus saith the Lord, '^Shalt thou build 17 According to all these words, and
See 1 Kin.
3.
.5. &
8. 19.
1 Cliron.
me an house for me to dwell in? according to aU this vision, so did
22.8. &
28.3. 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any Nathan speak unto David.
e 1 Kin. 8.
16.
house ® since the time that I brought 18 Then went king David in, and sat
If
up the children of Israel out of Egypt, before the Lord, and he said, ‘Who am 'Gen. 3,2. 10.
even to this day, but have walked in I, O Lord God ? and what is my house,
> Ex. 40. 18,
19,34. •â tent and in a tabernacle. that thou hast brought me hitherto ?
19 And this was yet a small thing
I
Lev. 26. 11,
12 .
7 In all the places wherein I have
Dent. 23.
14.
‘
walked with all the children of Israel in thy sight, O Lord God ;
® but thou E ver. 12, 13.
• an// of the sjiake I a word with âny of the tribes hast spoken also of thy servant’s
jiid(iis.
1 Cliron. of Israel, whom I commanded ''to house for a great while to come.
17. 6.
» ch. .5. 2. feed my people Israel, saying. Why **
And is this the ^manner of man, O ''
Isai. 55. 8.
< Heb. km.
build ye not me an house of cedar ?
Ps. 78. 71,
72. Lord God?
Matt.
Act* 20.
2. 6.
28.
8 Now therefore so shalt thou say 20 And what can David say more
I I Sam.
11 , 12 .
16. unto my servant David, Thus saith the unto thee ? for thou. Lord God, know- '
I Gen.
I’s. 139. 1.
18. 19.
Ps. 78. 70. Lord of hosts, I took thee from the '
est thy servant.
: : ;
David's thanksgiving. 11. SAMUEL, VIII. He suhdueth his enemies.

Before 21 For thy word’s sake, and accord- theg-ammah out of the hand of the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1042. ing to thine own heart, hast thoii Philistines. cir. 1040.
done all these great things, to make 2 And he ’’
smote Moab, and measur- '>
Num. 24
thy servant know them. ed them with a line, casting them 17.
1 Chron.
16. 25.
22 Wherefore
^
thou art great, O down to the ground; even with two
2 Chron.
2. 5.
Loed God: for there is none like
^
lines measured he to put to death,
Ps. 48. 1. tliee, neither is there any God beside and with one full line to keep alive.
& 86 10 .
& %. 4.
.
thee, according to ail that we have And so the Moabites " became David’s ®ver. 6,&14.
& 135. 5.
servants, and ^ brought gifts. Ps. 72. 1(>.
<*
& 145. 3. heard with our ears. See 1 Sara.

Jer. 10. 6.
iDeut. 3.24. 23 And ’"what one nation in the 3 H David smote also ^Hadadezer,
*Or,
10. 27.
&4. 35.
the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as
& 32. 39.
earth is like thy people, even like ® Ihularezer,
1 Cliron.
1 Sam.
Ps. 86.
2. 2.
8.
Israel, whom God went to redeem for he went to recover Giis border at the 18. 3.
® ch. 10. 6
& 89. 6, 8. a people to himself and to make him river Euphrates. Ps. 60, title,
Isai. 45. 5,
18, 22. a name, and to do for you great things 4 And David took ® from him a thou- f
See lien.
15. 18.
Deut. 4. 7,
32, 34. and terrible, for thy land, before "thy sand ^ chariots, and seven hundred ^ Or, of his.
&33. 29. AsICliroii.
Ps. 147. 20. people, which thou redeemedst to horsemen, and twenty thousand foot- 18. 4.
nDeut.9.26.
Neh. 1. 10.
thee from Egypt, from the nations men : and David ® houghed all the 8 .Tosh. 11.
6,9.
and their gods ? chariot horses, but reserved of them
® Deut. 26. 24 For “ thou hast confirmed to thy- for an hundred chariots.
l.S.
self thy people Israel to he a people 5 **

And when the Syrians of Damas- 1 Kin.25.11. •>
23, 24,
P Ps. 48. 14. unto thee for ever ^ and thou, Lord,
: cus came to succour Hadadezer king
art become their God. of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians
25 And now, O Lord God, the word two and twenty thousand men.
that thou hast spoken concerning thy 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria
servant, and concerning his house, es- of Damascus :and the Syrians be- ver. 2.' •
tablish it for ever, and do as thou came servants to David, and brought
hast said. gifts. Ând the Lord preserved David ^ ver. 14.
ch. 7. 9.
26 And let thy name be magnified whithersoever he went.
for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts 7 And David took The shields of gold See 1 Kin. •
10. 16.
is the God over Israel :and let the that were on the servants of Hadad-
house of thy servant David be esta- ezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
blished before thee. 8 And from ®Betah, and from ®Be- 8 Tibhath.
Or,
27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God rothai, cities of Hadadezer, king Da- 8 Or, Chun,
1 Chron.
2Heb. of Israel, hast ^revealed to thy ser- vid took exceeding much brass. 18. 8.
opened
the ear, vant, saying, I will build thee an 9 H When ’^Toi king of Hamath heard 7 1Ton,
Cliron.
Ruth 4. 4.
1 Sam. 9. house : therefore hath thy servant that David had smitten all the host 18. 9.
15.
found in his heart to pray this prayer of Hadadezer,
unto thee. 10 Then Toi sent “Joram his son ™ 1 Chron.
18. 10,
28 And now, O Lord God, thou art unto king David, to ® salute him, and Hadoram.
1 .Tohn 17. that God, and ’thy words be true, to bless him, because he had fought 8Heb. ask him
17.
and thou hast promised this good- against Hadadezer, and smitten him of peace.
:
ness unto thy servant for Hadadezer ®had wars with Toi. 9 Heb. was
a man of
SHeb.ftetftou
jêaeed and
29 Therefore now ^ let it please thee And Joram ^brought with him ves- wars with.
2 Heb. his ill
olesa. to bless the house of thy servant, that sels of silver, and vessels of gold, and hand were.
it may continue for ever before thee : vessels of brass
for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it :
n 1 Kin. 7.
11 Which also kmg David " did dedi- 51.
and with thy blessing let the house of cate unto the Lord, with the silver 118.Chron. 11.
f ch. 22. 51. thy servant be blessed for ever. ’
and gold that he had dedicated of all & 26. 26.
CHAPTER VIII. nations which he subdued
1 David suhdueth the Philistines and the Moahites. 3 He 12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the
smiteth Iladadezer, ami the Syrians. 9 Toi sendeth Joram
with presents to hless him.
children of Ammon, and of the Phi-
11 The presents and the spoil
David dedicateth to God. 14 He putteth garrisons in listines, and of Amalek, and of the
Edom. 16 David’s officers. spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob,
1040.
cir.
* 1
Chron.
&c.
18. 1,
AND " after
this it came to pass, that king of Zobah.
<Or The
bridle
XjL David smote the Philistines, and 13 And David gat him a name when
3 Heb. his
pf
Ammah. subdued them and David took ^ Me- he returned from ^ smiting of the siuiling.
:
; ! ;
David sendeth for Mephihoslieth. II. SAMUEL, IX. Davids messengers abused.
^ ^
Before !
SjTians in ° the valley of salt, being not ‘^for I will surely shew thee kind-
: Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1040. eighteen thousand men. ness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, cir. 1040.
®2Kin.l4.7.
14 IF And he put garrisons in Edom and will restore thee aU the land of f ver. 1,3.
P See throughout all Edom put he gar- Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat
1 Chron.
18. 12. risons,and ’all they of Edom be- bread at my table continually.
Ps. 61), title.
® Or.slaying. came David’s servants. And the And he bowed liimself, and said,
8
1 Gen. 27.
20, 37, 40.
Lokd preserved David whithersoever What is thy servant, that thou shouldest
Num. 24. he went. look upon such ^ a dead dog as I am ? s 1 Sara. 24.
18. 14.
r ver. 6. 15 And David reigned over all Is- 9 IF Then the king called to Ziba, ch. 16. 9.
rael; and David executed judgment Saul’s servant, and said unto him, I See ch. 16.
4. & 19. 29.
and justice unto all his people. have given unto thy master’s son all
* ch. 19. 13. 16 “And Joab the son of Zeruiah was that pertained to Saul and to all his
&20. 23.
1 Cliron. over the host; and ‘Jehoshaphat the house.
11 6 2
10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and
. .
& 18. 15. son of Ahilud ivas ® recorder

‘ 1
3
Kin. 4. 3.
Or, rememr
17 And "Zadok
the son of Ahitub, thy servants, shall till the land for
hrancer, or, and
3 Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits,
icrUer of
chronicles. were the priests; and Seraiah was that thy master’s son may have food
” 1 Cliron.
24. 3. the ^scribe; to eat but Mephibosheth thy mas-
:
*
Or,
s cretary.
418 *And Benaiah the son of Jehoi- ter’s spn 'shall eat bread alway at * ver. 7, 11,
13.
^ 1 Chron.
18. 17.
ada was over both the ^Cherethites my table. Now Ziba had ^fifteen sons ch. 19. 28.
k ch. 19. 17.
r 1 Sam. 30. and
5 the Pelethites; and David’s sons and twenty servants.
*
14.
Or, princes,
were ® chief rulers. 11 Then said Ziba unto the king,
6
According to all that my lord the
J
ch. 20. 26.
CHAPTEB IX. king hath commanded his servant, so

1 David hy Ziha sendeth for Mephibosheth. 7 For Jona-
thans sake he entertaineth him at his table, and re-
shall thy servant do. As for Mephi-
storeth him all that was Said’s. 9 He maketh Ziba bosheth, said the king, he shall eat at
his farmer. my table, as one of the king’s sons.
Sam. 18.3. t
And may
that I
that
David
is left
“
said. Is there yet
of the house of Saul,
shew him kindness for
any 12 And Mephibosheth had a young
son, 'wliose name was Micha. And
all that dwelt in the house of Ziba
' 1 Cliiou.
8.34.
& 20. 14,15,

16, 17, 42.
:
Jonathan’s sake? were servants unto Mephibosheth.
Prov. 27.
10 . And there was of the house of Saul 13 So Mepliibosheth dwelt in Jeru-
*>
ch. 16.
& 19. 17,29.
1. a servant whose name ivas '’Ziba. And salem “ for he did eat continually at
:
ver. 7, 10.
when they had called him unto Da- the king’s table; and “was lame on ” ver. 3.
vid, theking said unto him, Art thou both his feet.
Ziba ? And he said, Thy servant is he. CHAPTER X.
And the kmg said, Is there not 1 David’s messengers, sent to comfort Hanun
the son of
yet any of the house of Saul, that I Nahash, are villainously entreated. 6 The Ammonites,
strengthened by the Syrians, are overcome by Joah and
® 1 Sam. 20.
14.
i
may shew ' the kindness of God unto Abishai. 15 Shobach, making a new supply of the Syrians
him? And Ziba said unto the kmg, at llelam, is slain by David.
Jonathan hath yet a son, which is nd came

pass after this, 1037.
A to cir.
it
•* ch. 4. 4. lame on his feet. that the “king of the children
..
» 1 Chron.
19. 1, &c.
And the king said unto him, Where of Ammon died, and Hanun his son
is he? And Ziba said unto the king, reigned in his stead.
• ch. 17. 27.
Behold, he is in the house of ®Ma- 2 Then said David, I will shew kind-
chir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar. ness unto Hanun the son of Nahash,
IF Then king David sent, and fetch- as his father shewed kindness unto
ed him out of the house of Machir, me. And David sent to comfort him
the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. by the hand of his servants for his fa-
Now when ® Mephibosheth, the tlier. And David’s servants came into
‘ Called,
^lcri})-bacd,
1
8.34.
Chron. son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, the land of the children of Ammon.
was come unto David, he fell on 3 And the princes of the children
his face, and did reverence. And of Ammon said unto Hanun their
David said, Mephiboshetli. And he lord, ^Thinkest thou that David doth JHeb.
In thim
answered, Behold thy servant honour thy father, that he liath sent eyes doth
David.
i
7 IF And David said unto him, Fear comforters mito thee ? hath not David
:
The Ammonites and II. SAMUEL, XI. Syrians are overcome.

Before rather sent his servants unto thee, to turned from the children of Ammon, Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
cir. 1037.
search the city, and to spy it out, and and came to Jerusalem. cir. 1037.
to overthrow it ? 15 If And when
the Syrians saw that
cir. 1036.
4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s they were smitten before Israel, they
servants, and shaved off the one half gathered themselves together.
of their beards, and cut off their gar- 16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought
*> Isai. 20. 4. ments in the middle, ^ even to their out the Syrians that ivei'e beyond ^ the ® That is,
& 47. 2. Euphrates.
buttocks, and sent them away. river: and they came to Helam; and
5 When they told it unto David, he ®Shobach the captain of the host of s Or,
Shonhof'h,
sent to meet them, because the men Hadarezer went before them. 1 Chron.
19. 16.
were greatly ashamed and the king : 17 And when it was told David, he ga-
said. Tarry at Jericho until your thered all Israel together, and passed
beards be grown, and then return. over Jordan, and came to Helam. And
6 IF And when the children of Am- the Syrians set themselves in array
« Gen.
30.
34. mon saw that they ' stank before Da- against David, and fought with him.
Ex. 5. 21. vid, the children of Ammon sent and 18 And the Syrians fled before Is-
1 Sam. 13. 4.
dch. 8. 3,5. hired ^ the Syrians of Beth-rehob, rael and David slew the men of seven
;
and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thou- hundred chariots of the Syrians, and
2 ^
sand footmen, and of king Maacah forty thousand horsemen, and smote ^ 1 Chroii.
19. 18,
* Or, the a thousand men, and of ^ Ish-tob Shobach the captain of their host, footmen.
men of Tdb.
See Judg. twelve thousand men. who died there.
3
11. 3, 5.
7 And when David heard of it, he 19 And when all the kings that were
• ch. 23. 8. sent Joab, and all the host of ®the servants to Hadarezer saw that they
4
mighty men. were smitten before Israel, they made
8 And the children of came Ammon peace with Israel, and 'served them. '
ch. 8. 6.
out, and put the battle in array at So the Syrians feared to help the
f ver. 6. the entering in of the gate and ^ the : children of Ammon any more.
Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and
Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by them-
CHAPTER XI.
1 TVhileJoab besieged Bahbah, David commiUelh adultery
selves m
the field. with Bath-sheba. 6 Uriah, sent for hj David to cover
9 When Joab saw that the front of the adultery, would not go home neither sober nor
drunken. 14 He carrieth to Joab the letter of his death.
the battle was against him before 18 Joab sendeth the news thereof to David. 26 David
and behind, he chose of all the choice taketh Bath-sheba to wife.
men of Israel, and put them in array nd came

to pass, ^ after the 1035.
A
cir.
it
< Heb. at the
agamst the Syrians _ year was expired, at the time return of
the year,
10 And the rest of the people he de- when kings go forth to hattle, that 1 Kin. 20.
22.26.
livered into the hand of Abishai his * David sent Joab, and his servants 2 Cliron.
brother, that he might put them in with him, and all Israel; and they “ 1
36. 10.
Chron.
array against the children of Ammon. destroyed the children of Ammon, 20 . 1.
11 And he said. If the Syrians be and besieged Rabbah. But David

too strong for me, then thou shalt tarried still at Jerusalem.
help me but if the children of Am-
: IF And it came to pass in an even-
mon be too strong for thee, then I ingtide, that David arose from off his
will come and help thee. bed, and walked upon the roof of the
'' '’Dent. 22.8.
e Dent. 31.6. 12 ®Be of good courage, and let us king’s house and from the roof he 'saw
:
c Gen. 34. 2.
.lob 31. 1.
' 1 Sara. 4. 9.
play the men for our people, and for
**
a woman washing herself; and the wo- Matt. 5. 28.
1 Cor. 16.
13. the cities of our God and the Lord
:
*
man was very beautiful to look upon.
‘lSam.3.18. 5 Or,
do that which seemeth him good. And David sent and enquired after Baih-shuah,
13 And Joab drew nigh, and the the woman. And one said. Is not this 1 Chron.
3. 5.
people that were with him, unto the ® Bath-sheba, the daughter of ® Eliam, 6 Or,
Ammid.
battle against the Syrians and they : the wife of Uriah the Hittite ? d ch. 23. 39.
®Ps.51, title.
fled before him. And David sent messengers, and Jam. 1. 14.
14 And when the children of Ammon took her and she came in unto him,
;
t Or, and
when she
saw that the SjTians were fled, then and ®he lay with her; ’for she was had pwified
herself, ic.
fled they also before Abishai, and ^ purified from her uncleanness and : shereturned.
* Lev. 1.5. 19,
entered into the city. So Joab re- she returned unto her house. 28. & 18.19.
;
David semleth for Uriah. II. SAMUEL, XII. Uriah is slain in battle.
Before 5 And the woman conceived, and some of the people of the servants of Before
CHIUST CHRIST
cir. 1035. sent and told David, and said, I am David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. cir. 1035.
M-itli child. 18 H Then Joab sent and told David
6 H And David sent to Joab, saying. all the things concerning the war
Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab 19 And charged the messenger, say-
sent Uriah to David. ing, When thou hast made an end of
7 And when Uriah was come mito telling the matters of the war unto
* Heb. of him, David demanded of him ^how the king,
the ivace
of, <tc. Joab did, and how the people did, 20 And if so be that the king’s wrath
and how the war prospered. arise, and he say unto thee. Wherefore
8 And David said to Uriah, Go approached ye so nigh unto the city
I Oeii. 18. 4. down to thy house, and ®wash thy when ye did tight? knew ye not that
& 19. 2.
feet. And Uriah departed out of they would shoot from the wall ?
3 Heb. the king’s house, and there ^ followed 21 Who smote “Abimelech the son ojudg.ass.
went out
after him. him a mess of meat from the king. of P Jerubbesheth ? did not a woman P.Tudg.6.32,
Jeruhbnal.
9 But Uriah slept at the door of the cast a piece of a millstone upon him
king’s house with all the servants of from the wall, that he died in Thebez ?
his lord, and went not down to his why went ye nigh the wall? then say
house. thou. Thy servant Uriah the Hittite
10 And when they had told David, isdead also.
saying, Uriah went not down unto his 22If So the messenger went, and
house, David said unto Uriah, Caniest came and shewed David all that Joab
thou not from thy journey ? why then had sent him for.
didst thou not go down unto thuie 23 And the messenger said unto
house ? David, Surely the men prevailed a-
*'
ch. 7. 2,6. 11 And Uriah said unto David, **The gainst us, and came out unto us into
ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in the field, and we were upon them
‘ ch. 20. 6. tents; and buy lord Joab, and the ser- even unto the entering of the gate.
vants of my lord, are encamped in the 24 And the shooters shot from off the
open fields ; shall I then go into mine wall upon thy servants; and some of
house, to eat and to drink, and to lie the king’s servants be dead, and thy
with my wife ? as thou livest, and as servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 25 Then David said unto the messen-
12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry ger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab,
here to day also, and to morrow I will Let not this thing ^ displease thee, for 2 Heb.
be evil in
let thee depart. So Uriah abode in the sword devoureth ône as well as thine eges.
* Heb. so
Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. another make thy battle more strong
: and such.
13 And when David had called him, against the city, and overthrow it:
he did eat and drink before him and ; and encourage thou him.
'< Oen. 19. he made him drunk aiid at even he: 26 If And when the mfe of Uriah
.33, 35.
' ver. 9.
went out to lie on his bed Gvith the heard that Uriah her husband was
servants of his lord, but went not dead, she mourned for her husband.
down to his house. 27 And when the mourning was past,
1 4 If And it came
to pass in the morn- David sent and fetched her to his
See 1 Kin. ing, that David "‘wrote a letter to Joab, house, and she ^became his wife, and « ch. 12. 9.
21. 8, 9.
and sent it by the hand of Uriah. bare him a son. But the thing that
15 And he
wrote in the letter, saying. David had done ^ displeased the Lord. * Heb. was
evil in the
Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the CHAPTEll XII.
eyes of.
< Heb. ^hottest battle, and retire ye ®from lamb causeth David to be
strong. 1 Nathan's parable of the ewe
® Heb. from him, that he may “be smitten, and die. his own judge. 7 David, reproved by Nathan, con-
15 David mourneth
after him.
° ch. 12. 9.
16 And it came to pass, when Joab fesseth his sin, and is pardoned.
and praijeth for the child, while it lived. 24 Solomon
observed the city, that he assigned is born, and named Jedidiah. 26 David talceth Babbah,
cir. 1034.
Uriah unto a place where he knew and tortureth the people thereof.
•Ps. 51, title.
that valiant men ivere.
And the Lord sent Nathan unto See ch. 14.
5, See.
17 And the men of the city went out, David. And “ he came nnto him,
^ 1 Kin. 20.
3.5,-41.
and fought with Joab and there tell : and ‘‘said unto him. There were two Isai. 5. 3.
: : ;
Parable of the m)e lamb. II. SAMUEL, XII. David confesseth his sin.
CHRIST
Before men in one city; the one rich, and 12 For thou didst it secretly :
Before
but CHRIST ''
cir. 1034. the other poor. I will do this thing before all Israel, cir. 1034.
2 The rich man had exceeding many and before the sun. * ch. 16. 22.
flocks and herds 13 'And David said unto Nathan, “I See 1 Sam. *
15.21.
3 But the poor man had nothing, have sinned against the Lord. And ” ch. 24. 10.
save one little ewe lamb, which he Nathan said unto David, The Lord Job 7. 20.
Ps. 32. 5.
had bought and nourished up and : also hath “put away thy sin; thou & 51. 4.
Prov. 28.
it grew up together with him, and shalt not die. 13.
“ ch. 24. 10.
with his children; it did eat of his 14 Howbeit, because by this deed Job 7. 21.
Ps. 32. 1.
2Heb. own * meat, and drank of his own cup, thou hast given great occasion to the Mic. 7. 18.
Zech. 3. 4.
morsel.
and lay in his bosom, and was unto enemies of the Lord “to blaspheme, ® Isai. 52. 5.
him as a daughter. the child also that is born unto thee Ezek.
20, 23.
36.
4 And there came a traveller unto shall surely die. Rom. 2 24.
the rich man, and he spared to take 15 IF And Nathan departed unto his
of his own flock and of his own herd, house. And the Lord struck the child
to dress for the wayfaring man that that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and
was come unto him; but took the it was very sick.
poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for 16 David therefore besought God for
the man that was come to him. the child; and David ^fasted, and went * Heb./as?ed
a fast.
5 And David’s anger was greatly in, and ^ lay all night upon the earth. P ch. 13. 31.
kindled against the man and he said

; 17 And the elders of his house arose,
to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the and went to him, to raise him up from
S Or, is
thy to die,
wor- man that hath done this thing ® shall the earth but he would not, neither
:
or, is a son surely die did he eat bread with them.

of death,
1 Sam. 26. 6 And he shall restore the lamb 18 And it came to pass on the seventh
16.
« Ex. 22. 1. ‘fourfold, because he did this thing, day, that the child died. And the ser-
Luke 19. 8.
and because he had no pity. vants of David feared to tell him that
7 IT And Nathan said to David, Thou the child was dead for they said. Be-
:
art the man. Thus saith the Lord hold, while the child was yet alive, we
^ 1 Sam.
13.
16. God of Israel, I anointed thee king spake unto him, and he would not
over Israel, and I delivered thee out hearken unto our voice how will he
:
of the hand of Saul then ® vex himself, if we tell him that »Heb.
do hurt.
8 And I gave thee thy master’s the child is dead?
house, and thy master’s wives into thy 19 But when Da^dd saw that his ser-
bosom, and gave thee the house of vants whispered, David perceived that
Israel and of Judah and if that had
; the child was dead: therefore David
been too little, I would moreover have said unto his servants. Is the child
given unto thee such and such things. dead ? And they said. He is dead.
* See 1 Sam. 9 ‘Wherefore hast thou ^ despised the 20 Then David arose from the earth,
1.5. 19.
t Num. 15. commandment of the Lord, to do evil and washed, and ’anointed himself 1 Roth 3. 3.
31.
e ch. 11. 15,
in his sight ? ® thou hast killed Uriah and changed his apparel, and came
16, 17, 27. the Hittite with the sword, and hast into the house of the Lord, and ' wor- .lob 1. 20.
taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast shipped: then he came to his own
slain him with the sword of the chil- house; and when he required, they
dren of Ammon. set bread before him, and he did eat.
•>
Amos 7. 9. 10 Now therefore ''the sword shall 21 Then said his servants unto him.
never depart from thine house; be- What thing is this that thou hast
cause thou hast despised me, and done? thou didst fast and weep for
hast taken the wife of Uriah the the child, while it teas alive but ;
Hittite to be thy wife. when the child was dead, thou didst
11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I rise and eat bread.
will raise up evil against thee out of 22 And he said, Wliile the child was
See Isaiah
thine own house, and I will take thy yet alive, I fasted and wept
•
;
’ Deut. 28. '
for I
:
‘
38. 1, 5.
30.
wives before thine eyes, and give them said. Who can tell whether God will Jonah
!
3. 9.
ch. 16. 22,
unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie be gracious to me, that the child
with thy wives in the sight of this sun. may live ?
:
Solomon is horn. 11. SAMUEL, XIII. Amnon forcefh Tamar.

Before 23 But now he is dead, wherefore 3 But Amnon had a friend, whose Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1034. should I fast? can I bring him back name Jonadab, 'the son of Shi-
teas cir. 1032.
‘ Job 7. 8,
again? I shall go to him, but ‘he meah David’s brother: and Jonadab ® See 1 Sam.
9,10. shall not return to me. was a very subtil man. 16.9.
1033. 24 H And David comforted Bath- 4 And he said unto him. Why art
sheba his and went in unto her,
wife, thou, being the king’s son, ^ lean ®from * Heb. thin.
3 Heb. momr
0 Matt. 1. 6. and lay with her: and "she bare a day to day? wilt thou not tell me? ing hy
* 1 Cliron. son, and *he called his name Solo- And Amnon said unto him, I love morning.
Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.

22. 9.
mon and the Lokd loved him.
:
25 And he sent by the hand of Na- 5 And Jonadab said unto him. Lay
than the prophet; and he called his thee down on thy bed, and make thy-
* That
BeU»:ed of
is, name ^Jedidiah, because of the Lord. self sick and when thy father conieth
:
the Lord. 26 H And ^ Joab fought against Kab- to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee,
bah of the cliildren of Ammon, and let my sister Tamar come, and give
y 1 Chron.
2.J. 1.
»Deut. 3.11. took the royal city. me meat, and dress the meat in my
27 And Joab sent messengers to sight, that I may see it, and eat it
Daild, and said, I have fought against at her hand.
Kabbah, and have taken the city of 6 II So Amnon lay down, and made
waters. himself sick : and when the king was
28 Now therefore gather the rest come to see liim, Anmon said unto the
of the people together, and encamp king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister
against the city, and take it: lest I come, and ‘‘make me a couple of cakes dQen. 18.6.
3Heb.
my name
take the city, and ®it be called after in my
sight, that I may eat at her hand.
he called
upon
my name. 7 Then David sent home to Tamar,
it.
29 And David gathered all the peo- saying. Go now to thy brother Am-
ple together, and went to Kabbah, non’s house, and dress him meat.
and fought against it, and took it. 8 So Tamar went to her brother Am-
» 1 Chron. 30 “And he took their king’s crown non’s house; and he was laid down.
20 2 .
from off his head, the weight whereof And she took ^ flour, and kneaded it,
.
* Or, paste.
ivas a talent of gold with the precious and made cakes in his sight, and did
stones and it was set on Daviffs head. bake the cakes.
:
And he brought forth the spoil of the 9 And she took a pan, and poured
4Heb. city ^ in great abundance. them out before him but he refused ;
very great.
31 And he brought forth the people to eat. And Amnon said, 'Have out ® Gen. 45. 1.
that ivere therein, and put them under all men from me. And they went out
saws, and under harrows of iron, and every man from him.
under axes of iron, and made them 10 And Amnon said unto Tamar,
pass through the brickkiln and thus Bring the meat into the chamber, that
:
did he unto all the cities of the chil- I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar
dren of Ammon. So David and all took the cakes which she had made,
the people returned unto Jerusalem. and brought them into the chamber
to Anmon her brother.
CHAPTEK XIII. 11 And when she had brought them,
1 Amnon loving Tamar, hy Jonadab's counsel feigning
himself sick, ravisheth her. 15 He hateth her, and shame-
unto him to eat, he ^ took hold of her, f
12.
Gen. 39.
fully lurneth her away. 19 Absalom entertaineth her, and and said unto her. Come lie ivith me,
concealeth his purpose. 23 At a sheepshearing, among all
the king’s sons, he killeth Amnon. 30 David grieving at
my sister.
the news is comforted by Jonadab. 37 Absalom flieth to 12 And she answered him. Nay, my
Talmai at Geshur. brother, do not ® force me for ® ® no
;
*
hle
Heb. hmn-
me,
dr. 1032.
• ch. 3. 2, 3.
AND came to pass after this, "that
it such thing ought to be done in Israel Gen.
* Lev.
34. 2.
18. 9,
Absalom the son of David had a do not thou this ‘‘folly. 11. & 20. 17.
fair sister, whose name ivas ‘’Tamar; 13 And I, whither shall I cause my Heb.
®
•> 1 Cliron.
it ought
3.9.
and Amnon the son of David loved her. shame to go? and as for thee, thou not so to
he done.
2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he shalt be asone of the fools in Israel. h Gen.
.Tuda. 19.
34. 7.
® Heb. it was fell sick for his sister Tamar ; for she Now therefore,I pray thee, speak unto 23. &
20. 6.
marvellous,
leas a virgin and ° Amnon thought it the king; ‘for he will not withhold
See Lev.
>
or, hidden
; 18. 9, 11.
in the eyes
of Airman. |
hard for him to do any thing to her. me from thee.
:
;
By Absalom's command, II. SAMUEL, XIII. Amnon is slain.
Before 14 Howbeit he would not hearken 26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1032. unto her voice but, being stronger
: thee, letmy brother Amnon go with 1030.
k Dent. 22. than she, ''forced her, and lay with us. the king said unto him. Why
And
25. her. should he go with thee ?
See chap.
12 11
. .
15 If Then Amnon hated her ® exceed- 27 But Absalom pressed him, that
SHeb.
unth (ireat ingly; so that the hatred wherewith he let Amnon and all the king’s sons
haired
gnally. he hated her was greater than the go with him.
love wherewith he had loved her. And 28 If Now Absalom had commanded
Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. his servants, saying, Mark ye now
16 And she said unto him. There is when Amnon’s heart is merry with « Judg. 19.
6, 9, 22.
no cause this evil in sending
: me wine, and when I say unto you. Smite Ruth 3. 7.
1 Sam. 25.
away is greater than the other that Amnon; then Idll him, fear not: ^have 36.
Esth. 1. 10.
thou didst unto me. But he would not I commanded you? be courage- Ps. 104. 15.
and be 2 Or
not hearken unto her. ous, ^valiant. toM yon
17 Then he called his servant that And the servants of Absalom did
29 not, since
I hare
ministered unto him, and said, Put unto Amnon as Absalom had com- ccmmand-
eilyou T
now this woman out from me, and manded. Then all the king’s sons
2
Josh. 1.
Heb.
9.
sons
bolt the door after her. arose, and every man *gat him up of valour.
*
> Gen. 37. 3. 18 And she had a garment of divers
' upon his mule, and fled. Heb. rode.
Judg. 5. 30.
Ps. 45. 14. colours upon her for with such robes
: 30 If And it came to pass, while they
were the king’s daughters that were were in the way, that tidings came to
virgins apparelled. Then his servant David, saying, Absalom hath slain all
brought her out, and bolted the door the king’s sons, and there is not one
after her. of them left.
® Josh. 7. 6.
ch. 1. 2.
19 If put “ ashes on her
And Tamar 31 Then the king arose, and *tare •ch. 1. 11.
Job 2. 12. head, and rent her garment of divers his garments, and ‘ lay on the earth ‘ ch. 12. HI.
» Jer. 2. 37. colours that was on her, and “ laid her and all his servants stood by with
hand on her head, and went on crying. their clothes rent.
20 And Absalom her brother said 32 And "Jonadab, the son of Shi- “ ver. 3
SHeb. unto her. Hath ® Amnon thy brother meah David’s brother, answered and
Aminm.
been with thee? but hold now thy said. Let not my lord suppose that
peace, my sister: he is thy brother; they have slain all the young men the
< Heb. set ^regard not this thing. So Tamar king’s sons for Amnon only is dead
;
:
not thine
heart. remained ® desolate in her brother for by the ® appointment of Absalom SHeb.
mi ruth.
6 Heb. and
desolate.
Absalom’s house. this hath been ® determined from the s Or, settled.
21 If But when king David heard of day that he forced his sister Tamar.
all these things, he was very wroth. 33 Now therefore *let not my lord » ch. 19. 19.
22 And Absalom spake unto his bro- the king take the thing to his heart,
® Gen. 24. ther Amnon " neither good nor bad : to think that all the king’s sons are
50.&31.24.
P Lev. 10. for Absalom ^ hated Amnon, because dead for Amnon only is dead.
:
17, 18.
he had forced his sister Tamar. 34 ^ But Absalom fled. And the y ver. 38.
1030. 23 IF And it came to pass after two young man that kept the watch lifted
See Gen. full years, that Absalom ’had sheep- up his eyes, and looked, and, behold,
38. 12, 13.
1 Sam. 25. shearers in Baal-hazor, which is be- there came much people by the way
4,36.
side Ephraim: and Absalom invited of the hill side behind liim.
all the king’s sons. 35 And Jonadab said unto the king.
24 And Absalom came to the king, Behold, the king’s sons come ’ as thy:
2 Heb.
aecmdirm
and said. Behold now, thy servant servant said, so it is. word
to the
of thy
hath sheepshearers let the king, I
; 36 And it came to pass, as soon as servant.
beseech thee, and his servants go he had made an end of speaking,

with thy servant. that, behold, the king’s sons came,
25 And the king said to Absalom, and lifted up their voice and wept 2 Heb. iciith
a great
Nay, my son, let us not all now go, and the king also and all his ser- weeping
greatly.
lest we be chargeable unto thee. And vants wept ®very sore. 1030.
he pressed him: howbeit he would 37 ^ But Absalom fled, and went to * ch. 3. 3.
« Or,
not go, but blessed him. ^Talmai, the son of ’Ammihud, king Ammihur.
: ;
JoaVs artifice to II. SAMUEL, XIY. bring Absalom home.
Before of Geslinr. And David mourned for 10 And the king said. Whosoever saith Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1030.
his son every day. ought unto thee, bring him to me, and 1027.
“ ch. 14. 23,

38 So Absalom fled, and went to “ Ge- he shall not touch thee any more.
32. & 15. 8. shur, and was there three years. 11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the
® Or, teas 39 And the sold faking Daîd ^long- king remember the Loed thy God,
consumed,
Pb. 84. 2. ed to go forth unto Absalom for he : ^tliat thou Avouldest not sufier the re- 2 Heb.
’
that the
b Gen. 38.
12.
was ’’comforted concerning Amnon, vengers of blood to destroy any more, revenger
lest they destroy my son. And he said, do not
of blood
seeing he was dead.
CHAPTER XIV. “As the Lord liveth, there shall not multiply
to destroy.
one hair of thy son fall to the earth. Num. 35. *

1 Joah, suborning a widow of Tekoah, by a parable to in- 19.
cline the king's heart to fetch home Absalom, bringeth
12 Then the woman said. Let thine “ 1 Sam. 14.
him to Jerusalem. 25 Absalom's beauty, hair, and chil- 45.
dren. 28 After two years, Absalom by Joab is brought handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word Acts 27. 34.
into the king's presence. unto my lord the king. And he said.
1027.
» ch. 13. 39.

NOW
“
J oab the son of Zeriiiah per-
ceived that the king’s heart was
toward Absalom.
Say on.
13 And the woman said. Wherefore
then hast thou thought such a thing
2 Chron.
11 . 6 .
2 And Joab sent to ’’Tekoah, and against “ the people of God ? for the ” Judg.20.2.
fetched thence a wise woman, and said king doth speak this thing as one
unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to which is faulty, in that the king doth
® See Ruth
3.3.
be a mourner, “and put on now mourn- not fetch home again ‘’his banished. ® ch. 13. 37.
38.
ing apparel, and anoint not thyself 14 For we ^must needs die, and are P Job 34. 15.
Heb. 9. 27.
with oil, but be as a woman that had as water spilt on the ground, which
a long time mourned for the dead cannot be gathered up again; ^nei- * Or, because
God hath
3 And come to the king, and speak ther doth God respect any person: not taken
away liis
on this manner unto him. So Joab yet doth he ’devise means, that his he
life,
hath also
ver. 19.
Ex. 4. 15.
‘’put the words in her mouth. lianished be not expelled from him. devised
means, &c.
4 1 And when the woman of Tekoah 15 Now therefore that I am come to 9 Num. 3.5.
e 1 Sam. 20. spake to the king, she ®fell on her speak of this thing unto my lord the 15, 25, 28.
41.
ch. 1. 2. face to the ground, and did obei- king, it is because the people have
s
‘
Heb. Save. sance, and said, ®’Help, king. O made me afraid: and thy handmaid
See 2 Kin.
6. 26, 28. 5 And the king said unto her. What said, I Avill now speak unto the king
B See chap.
12
aileth thee? And she answered, it may be that the king will perform
. 1 .
am indeed a widow woman, and mine the request of his handmaid.

husband is dead. 16 For the king will hear, to deliver
6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and his handmaid out of the hand of the
they two strove together in the field, man that ivould destroy me and my
<Heb. and thei'e was ^none to part them, but son together out of the inheritance
no deliverer
hetioeen the one smote the other, and slew him. of God.
them.
•*
Num. 35. 7 And, behold, the wliole family is
’’
17 Then thine handmaid said. The
19.
Deut. 19.
risen against thine liandmaid, and word of my lord the king shall now
12 .
they said. Deliver him that smote his be * comfortable for * as an angel of
:
«Heb.
for rest.,
brother, that we may kill him, for the God, so is my lord the king ®to dis- r ver. 20.
ch. 19. 27.
life of his brother whom he slew; cern good and bad therefore the
:
8 Heb.
and we will destroy the heir also : Lord thy God will be with thee. to hear.
and so they shall quench my coal 18 Then the king answered and said
which is left, and shall not leave to unto the woman. Hide not from me, |
my husband neither name nor re- I pray thee, the thing that I shall
® Ileb. upon
the fare rtf
mainder ®upon the earth. ask thee. And the Avonian said. Let i
the. earth. 8 And the king said unto the wo- my lord the king now speak. 1
man, Go to thine house, and I will 19 And the king said. Is not the hand
give charge concerning thee. of Joab with thee in all this ? And the
I
Gen. 27. 13. 9 And tile woman of Tekoah said woman answered and said. As thy sold
I
1 Sam. 2.5.
24. unto the king. My lord, O king, ’the liveth, my lord tlie kmg, none can turn
I
I
Matt. 27.
25.
iniquity be on me, and on my father’s to the right hand or to the left from
><11.3.28,29.
1 Kin. 2.
house : and the king and his throne ought that my lord the king hath
spoken for thy servant Joab, he bade
,
be guiltless. :
: :
Absalom is brought II. SAMUEL, XV. into the Mug's presence.
Before me, and “he put these words in

all unto him. Wherefore have thy ser- Before
CHJBIST CHRIST
1027 .
the month of handmaid:
thine vants set my field on fire? 1027 .
•
20 To fetch about this form of speech 32 And Absalom answered Joab, Be-
ver. 3.
hath thy servant Joab done this thing hold, I sent unto thee, saying. Come
‘ ver. 17. and my lord is wise, according to the
* hither, that I may send thee to the
ch. 19. 27.
wisdom of an angel of God, to know king, to say, Wherefore am I come
that are in the earth.
all things from Geshur ? it had been good for me
21 IT And the king said unto Joab, to have been there still now there- :
Behold now, I have done this thing fore let me see the king’s face; and
go therefore, bring the young man if there be any iniquity in me, let
Absalom again. him kill me.
22 And Joab fell to the ground on 33 So Joab came to the king, and
2
his face, and bowed himself, and told him and when he had called
:
*Heb. ^thanked the king: and Joab said, for Absalom, he came to the king, 1025 .
blessed.
To day thy servant knoweth that I and bowed himself on his face to the
have found grace in thy sight, my ground before the king and the king :
3
lord, O king, in that the king hath Absalom. Gen.
•>
33. 4.
‘’kissed & 45. 15.
s Or, thy.
fulfilled the request of his servant.
® Luke 15.
20
“ ch. 13. 37. 23 So Joab arose "and went to Ge-
4 CHAPTER XV.
.
shur, and brought Absalom to Jeru- 1 Absalom, by fair speeches and courtesies, stealeth the hearts
of Israel. 7 Under pretence of a vow he obtaineth leave
salem. to go to Hebron. 10 He mdketh there a great conspiracy.
24 And the king said. Let him turn to 13 David upon the news fleeth from Jerusalem. 19 Ittai
would not leave him. 24 Zadok and Abiathar are sent
* Gen. 43. 3. his own house, and let him ""not see my back with the ark. 30 David and his company go up
ch. 3. 13.
face. So Absalom returned to his own mount Olivet weeping. 31 He curseth AhithopheVs coun-
house, and saw not the king’s face. sel. 32 Hushai is sent back with instructions.
25 IT *But in all Israel there was none nd came to pass after this, 1024
Heb. Anti
as Absalom
there
not
tifvl
was
a heavf
man
to be so much praised as Absalom for
his beauty ^ from the sole of his foot
:
A . that
"it
chariots and horses,

Absalom prepared him
*’
and fifty men to

• ch. 12. 11.
*>1
.
Kin. 1.5.
in cdl Isra-
el to praise even to the crown of his head there run before him.
greatly.
y Isai. 1. 6. was no blemish in him. And Absalom rose up early, and
26 And when he polled his head, stood beside the way of the gate
(for it was at every year’s end that and it was so, that when any man that
he polled it: because the hair was had a controversy ^came to the king a Heb.
to come
heavy on him, therefore he polled for judgment, then Absalom called
it :) he weighed the hair of his head unto him, and said. Of what city art
at two hundred shekels after the thou? And he said. Thy servant is
king’s weight. of one of the tribes of Israel.
* See chap.
18. 18.
27 And “unto Absalom there were And Absalom said unto him. See,
born three sons, and one daughter, thy matters are good and right; but
whose name was Tamar: she was a ^ there is no man deputed of the king s Or, none
win hear
woman of a fair countenance. to hear thee. thee from
the Icing
28 So Absalom dwelt two full years
IT Absalom said moreover, "Oh that downward.
® Judg.9.29.
“ ver. 24. in Jerusalem, "and saw not the king’s I were made judge in the land, that
face. every man which hath any suit or
Absalom sent for Joab,
29 Therefore cause might come unto me, and I
him to the king but he
to have sent ;
would do him justice I
would not come to him and when : 5 And it was so, that when any man
he sent again the second time, he came nigh to him to do him obei-
would not come. sance, he put forth his hand, and
30 Therefore he said unto his ser- took him, and kissed him.
* Heb. near
my place.
vants, See, Joab’s field is ®near mine, 6 And on this manner did Absalom
and he hath barley there; go and to all Israel that came to the king
set it on fire. And Absalom’s ser- for judgment :
^
so Absalom stole the <•
Rom.
18.
16.
vants set the field on fire. hearts of the men of Israel.

31 Then Joab arose, and came to 7 IT And it came to pass "after forty 1023 .
•ISam.lO.l.
Absalom unto his house, and said years, that Absalom said unto the
Z
:
Absalom's conspiracy. II. SAMUEL, XY. The arh is sent hack.
Before
CHRIST
king, I pray thee, let me
go and pay with us? return to thy place, and
CHRIST
Before
1023. my vow, which I have vowed unto the abide with the king: for thou art a 1023.
Lord, in Hebron. stranger, and also an exile.
flSam.16.2.
8 ^For thy servant ® vowed a vow 20 Whereas thou earnest but yester-
t' Gen. 28.
2J, 21. while I abode at Geshur in Syria, day, should I this day ^ make thee go 2 Heb.
make thee
b ch. 13. 38.
saying, If the Lord shall bring me up and down with us? seeing I go wander in
going.
again indeed to Jerusalem, then I “ whither I may, return thou, and take
“ 1 Sam. 23.
will serve the Lord. back thy brethren: mercy and truth 13.
9 And the king said unto him. Go be with thee.

in peace. So he arose, and went to 21 And Ittai answered the king, and
Hebron. said, 'As the Lord liveth, and as my * Ruth 1.16,
17.
10 II But Absalom sent spies through- lord the king liveth, surely in what Prov. 17.
17. & 18.24.
out all the tribes of Israel, saying. place my lord the king shall be, whe-
As soon as ye hear the sound of the ther in death or life, even there also
trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom will thy servant be.
reigneth in Hebron. 22 And David said to Ittai, Go and
11 And with Absalom went two hun- pass over. And Ittai the Gittite pass-
dred men out of Jerusalem, that were ed over, and all his men, and all the
1
il Sam. 9. 13. '
called and they went in their sim-
;
little ones that were with him.
&16.3,5.
,
b Gen. 20. 5. plicity, and they knew not any thing. 23 And all the country wept with a
12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel loud voice, and all the people passed
1 Ps. 41. 9. the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from
' over the king also himself passed
:
& 55. 12,
13, 14. his city, even from “Giloh, while he over the brook ®Kidron, and all the » Called,
“ John 18. 1,
.Tosh. 15.
51.
offered sacrifices. And the conspi- people passed over, toward the way Cedron.
“ Ps. 3. 1. racy was strong; for the people “in- of the ^ wilderness. y ch. 16. 2.
creased continually with Absalom. 24 IF And lo Zadok also, and all the
13 IF And there came a messenger Levites were with him, ^bearing the •Num.4. 15.
® ver. 6. to David, saying, “The hearts of the ark of the covenant of God and they :
.Tudg. 9. 3.
men of Israel are after Absalom. set down the ark of God and Abia-
i
14 And David said unto all his ser- thar went up, until all the people had
vants that were with him at Jerusa- done passing out of the city.
P ch. 19. 9. lem, Arise, and let us ^flee; for we 25 And the king said unto Zadok,
Ps. 3, title.
shall not else escape from Absalom Carry back the ark of God into the
make speed to depart, lest he over- city if I shall find favour in the eyes
:
2 Heb. take
19 us suddenly, and ^ bring evil of the Lord, he “will bring me again, » Ps. 43. 3.
thrnst.
upon us, and smite the city mth the and shew me both it, and his habi-
edge of the sword. tation :
15 And the king’s servants said unto 26 But if he thus say, I have no
the king. Behold, thy servants are ’’delight in thee; behold, here am I, '>Num.l4.8.
ch. 22. 2i).
ready to do whatsoever my lord the “let him do to me as seemeth good 1 Kin. 10.9.
2 Chron.
3 Heb. king shall ® appoint. unto him. 9. 8.
choose. Isai. 62. 4.
Ps. 3, title.
16 And ’the king went forth, and 27 The king said also unto Zadok the ® 1 Sam. 3.
* Heb.
his feet.
at all his household '‘after him. And priest, Art not thou a '’seer? return
18.
‘*lSam.9. 9.
••
ch. 16. 21,
the king left ‘‘ten women, which were into the city in peace, and “your two ® See chap.
17. 17.
22 .
concubines, to keep the house. sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and
17 And the king went forth, and all Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
the people after him, and tarried in 28 See, M
will tarry in the plain of ' ch. 17. 16.
a place that was far off. the wilderness, until there come word
18 And all his servants passed on from you to certify me.
• cli. 8. 18. beside him ‘ and all the Cherethites,
; 29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar
and all the Pelethites, and all the carried the ark of God again to Je-
Gittites, six hundred men which came rusalem and they tarried there.
:
* Heb. going
after him from Gath, passed on be- 30 IF And David went up by the as- up, and
weeping.
fore the king. cent of mount Olivet, ^ and wept as he 6 ch. 19. 4.
Esth. li
* ch. 18. 2. ^ Then said the king to ‘Ittai the went up, and ® had his head covered, *“ Isai.
6.
2ft.
Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also and he went ’’barefoot: and all the 2 4 , .
: : :
Ziba's falsehood. II. SAMUEL, XVI. Sliimei curseth David.
Before people that was with him ‘covered eat; and the wine, 'that such as be Before
CHRIST
!
CHRIST
1023. every man his head, and they went may drink.
faint in the wilderness 1023.
up, weeping as they went up. 3 And the king said. And where is
«Jer.l4.3,4. «ch. 1.5. 23.
k Ps. 126. 6. 31 If And one told David, saying, thy master’s son? Ând Ziba said & 17. 29.
ch. 19. 27.
» Ps. 3. 1, 2. ‘
Ahithophel is among the conspirators unto the king. Behold, he abideth
& 55. 12.
&c. with Absalom. And David said, O at Jerusalem for he said. To day
:
“ ch. 16. 23. Lord, I pray thee, “turn the counsel shall the house of Israel restore me
& 17. 14,23.
of Ahithophel into foolishness. the kingdom of my father.
32 If And
came to pass, that when
it 4 'Then said the king to Ziba, Be- ' ProT. 18.
13.
David was come to the top of the hold, thine are all i\\aX pertained un-
mount, where he worshipped God, to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, Î 2Heb.
obeisance.
“Josh. 16. 2. behold, Hushai the “ Archite came humbly beseech thee that I may find
® ch. 1. 2. to meet him “with his coat rent, and grace thy sight, my
in O lord, king.
earth upon his head 5 If And whenking David came to
33 Unto whom David said. If thou Bahurim, behold, thence came out
passest on with me, then thou shalt a man of the family of the house of
P ch. 19. 35.
be P a burden unto me Saul, whose name was ^Shimei, the fch. 19. 16.
1 Kin. 2. 8,
34 But if thou return to the city, son of Gera: ^he came forth, and 44.
Or, he s
« ch. 16. 19. and say unto Absalom, ^ I will be thy cursed still as he came. came still
furlh and
servant, O king; as I have been thy 6 And he cast stones at David, and cursed.
father’s servant hitherto, so will I at all the servants of king David: and
now also he thy servant: then may- all the people and all the mighty men
est thou for
2
me
defeat the counsel were on his right hand and on his left.
of Ahithophel. 7 And thus said Shimei when he curs-
35 And hast thou not there with ed, Come out, come out, thou ^bloody ^ Heb. man
of hlofsl.
thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests 1 man, and thou ^ man of Belial r Dent. 13.
13.
therefore it shall be, that what thing 8 The Lord hath returned upon k.Tiidg. 9.24,
**
soever thou shalt hear out of the thee all ‘the blood of the house of 1 Kin. 2.
56. 57.
“ch.17. 15, king’s house, ‘‘thou shalt tell it to Saul, in whose stead thou hast reign- 32, .33.
16. See chap. >
Zadok and Abiathar the priests. ed ;

and the Lord hath delivered 16. 1.
I
& 3. 28, 29.

the kingdom into the hand of Absa- & 4. 11, 12.
•
• ver. 27.
36 Behold, they have there with ®
them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok’s lom thy son: and, ® behold, thou art 5 behold
He.b.
thee
son, and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; taken in thy mischief, because thou in thy evil.
and by them ye shall send unto me art a bloody man.

every thing that ye can hear. 9 1 Then said Abishai the son of
‘ ch. 16. 16.
1 Chron.
37 So Hushai ‘David’s friend came Zeruiah unto the king. Why should
27.33. into the city, “ and Absalom came into this ^dead dog ‘curse my lord the k 1 Sam. 24.
• ch. 16. 15. 14.
Jerusalem. king? let me go over, I pray thee, ch. 9. 8.
Ex. 22. 28. ‘
CHAPTER XVI. and take olf his head.

1 Ziba, by and fahe suggestions, obtaineth his mas-
'presents 10 And the king said, “What have ch. 19. 22. ">
1 Pet. 23. 2.
5 At Bahurim Shimei curseth David.
inheritance.
ter’s
I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah ?
9 David with patience abstaineth, and restraineih others,
from revenge. 15 Hushai insinuateth himself into .46sa- so let him curse, because “the Lord ” See 2 Kin.
18. 25.
lom’s counsel. 20 Ahithophel’s counsel. hath said unto him. Curse David. Lam. 3. 38. 1
» ch. 15. 30,

nd “when David was a past 'Who shall then say, W’herefore hast “Rom. 9.20.
32.
b ch. 9. 2. A the top of the hill, behold, *’Ziba
_
the servant of Mephibosheth met

little
thou done so?
11 And David said to Abishai, and
him, with a couple of asses saddled, to all his servants. Behold, ^my son, P ch. 12. 11.
and upon them two hundred loaves which “^came forth of my bowels, a Gen. 15. 4.
of bread, and an hundred bunches of seeketh my life how much more :
raisins, and an hundred of summer now may this Benjamite do it? let
fruits, and a bottle of wine. him alone, and let him curse for ;
And the king said unto Ziba, What the Lord hath bidden him.
Or,
meanest thou by these? And Ziba 12 It may be that the Lord will
6
t Heb. eye.
tears,
said. The asses he for the king’s house- look on mine ® ’ affliction, and that Gen. 29. 32.
1 Sam. 1.
hold to ride on; and the bread and the Lord will 'requite me good for 11 .
Ps. 25. 18.

summer fruit for the Vvoung O men to his cursing this day. j
r Rom. 8. 28.
Z 2
: : ;
AhithopheVs counsel II. SAMUEL, XYIL is overthrown hy Hushat’s.

Before 13 And as David and his men went 2 And I will come upon him while Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1023. by the way, Shimei went along on he is “weary and weak handed, and 1023.
the hill’s side over against him, and will make him afraid : and all the “ See Dent.
cursed as he went, and threw stones people that are with him shall flee 25. 18.
ch. 16. 14.
2 Heb. at him, and ^cast dust. and I will smite the king only ‘'Zech.13.7.
him
3 And I will bring back all the peo-
rfiijifed
uUh dud. 14 And the king, and all the people
that were with him, came weary, and ple unto thee the man whom thou
:
refreshed themselves there. seekest is as if all returned so all :
• oh. 15. 37. 15 IF And “Absalom, and all the peo- the people shall be in peace.
ple the men of Israel, came to Jeru- 4 And the saying ^pleased Absalom * Heb. teas
right in the
salem, and Ahithophel with him. well, and all the elders of Israel. eyes of, do.
1 Sam. 18.
16 And it came to pass, when Hushai 5 Then
said Absalom, Call now 20 .
‘ ch. 15. 37. the Archite, ‘David’s friend, was come Hushai the Archite also, and let us
unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto hear likewise ®what he saith. ® _Heb. what
is in his
2 Heb. Lei Absalom, ®God save the king, God 6 And when Hushai was come to mouth.
the Icing
lice. save the king. Absalom, Absalom spake unto him,
17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after
" ch. 19. 25. this thy kindness to thy friend ? " why this manner shall we do after his
:
Prov. 17.
17. wentest thou not with thy friend ? * saying ? if not speak thou. Heb. foord?
;
18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, 7 And Hushai said unto Absalom,
Nay; but whom the Lord, and this peo- The counsel that Ahithophel hath
ple, and all the men of Israel, choose, ® given is not good at this time. »Heb.
counselled.
his will I be, and with him will I abide. 8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest
» ch. 15. 34. 19 And again, * whom should I serve? thy father and his men, that they be
should Inoi serve in the presence of his mighty men, and they he ® chafed in * Heb. bitter
of soul,
son? as I have served in thy father’s their minds, as ‘a bear robbed of her .Tudg. 18.
25.
presence, so will I be in thy presence. whelps in the field and thy father : « Hos. 13. 8.
20 IF Then said Absalom to Ahitho- is a man of war, and wiU not lodge
phel, Give counsel among you what with the people.
we shall do. 9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit,
21 And Aliithophel said unto Ab- or in some other place and it will :
r ch. 15. 16. salom, Go in unto thy father’s ^ con- come to pass, when some of them be
& 20 . 3 .
cubines, which he hath left to keep ôverthroAvn at the first, that whoso- 2 Heb fallen.
the house; and all Israel shall hear ever heareth it will say. There is a
•Gen. 34. 30. that thou * art abhorred of thy father slaughter among the people that fol-
l.Sain.13.4.
* ch. 2. 7. then shall “the hands of all that are low Absalom.
Zech. 8. 13.
with thee be strong. 10 And he also that is valiant, whose
22 So they spread Absalom a tent heart as the heart of a Hon, shall
is
upon the top of the house; and Ab- utterly ‘‘melt: for all Israel knoweth .losli. 2. 11.
salom went in unto his father’s con- that thy father is a mighty man, and
‘=ch. 12. 11, cubines ’’in the sight of all Israel. they which he with him are valiant men.
12
23 And the counsel of Ahithophel,
.
11 Therefore I counsel that aU Is-

which he counselled in those days, rael be generally gathered unto thee,
was as if a man had enquired at the “from Dan even to Beer-sheba, ‘âs ® Judg.20.1.
'Gen. 22.17.
• Heb. mml. ^ oracle of God so ivas all the coun- the sand that is by the sea for mul-
:
' c)i. 1.5. 12. sel of Ahithophel ‘both with David titude; and ®that thou go to battle ® Heb. that
thu face, or,
and with Absalom. in thine own person. presence
go, dx.
12 So shall we come upon him in
CHAPTEK XVII.
1 Ahithophel' » counsel is overthrown hy Hushai' s, according some place where he shall be found,
to God’s appointment. 15 Secret intelligence is sent unto and we will light upon him as the dew
David. 23 Ahithophel hangeth himself. 25 Amasa is
made captain. 27 David at Mahanaim is furnished with falleth on the ground and of him and :
provision. of all the men that are with him there
M oreover
j
Ahithophel said un- shall not be left so much as one.

to Absalom, Let me now choose
j
13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a

out twelve thousand men, and I will a- city, then shall all Israel bring ropes
rise and pursue after David this night: to that city, and we vdll draw it into
;
:
HiisJmi sendeth to David. II. SAMUEL, XVIII. Ahithophel hangeth himself.
CHRIST
Before the river, until there be not one small dledMs arose, and gat him
ass, and
CHRIST
Before
1023. stone found there. home to his house, to "^his city, and 1023.
14 And Absalom and all the men of ^ put his household in order, and ••
ch. 15. 12.
Israel said, The counsel of Hushai “hanged himself, and died, and was * Heb. gave
charge con-
the Archite is better than the counsel buried in the sepulchre of his father. cerning his
house,
e ch. 15. 31, of Ahithophel. For ^the Lokd had 24 Then David came to ‘Mahanaim. 2 Kin. 20.1.
34.
* Heb. com- âppointed to defeat the good counsel And Absalom passed over Jordan, he •Matt. 27.5.
‘ Gen. 32. 2.
mandaL
of Ahithophel, to the intent that the and all the men of Israel with him. .Tosh. 13.
26.
Lord might bring evil upon Absalom. 25 And Absalom made Amasa cap-
If ch. 2. 8.
0 ch. 15. 35. 15 If Then said Hushai unto Zadok

**
tain of the host instead of Joab which :
and to Abiathar the priests. Thus and Amasa was a man’s son, whose name
thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom was ®Ithra an Israelite, that went in 5 Or, .Telher
an Tsh-
and the elders of Israel; and thus to " Âbigail the daughter of ® Nahash, inaetite.
” 1 Chron.
and thus have I counselled. sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother. 2. 16, 17.
16 Now therefore send quickly, and 26 So Israel and Absalom pitched •Heb.
Abigal.
tell David, saying. Lodge not this in the land of Gilead. ® Or, Jesse.
See
‘ ch. 15. 28. night 4n the plains of the wilderness, 27 If And came to pass, when
it 1 Chron. 2.
13, 16.
but speedily pass over lest the king
;
David was come to Mahanaim, that
be swallowed up, and aU the people '‘Shobi the son of Nahash of Kabbah of • See ch. 10.
1. & 12. 29.
that are \>dth him. the children of Ammon, and ^Machir T ch. 9. 4.
k ch. 15. 27,
36.
17 '‘Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and
1 Josh. 2. 4, 'stayed by “En-rogel; for they might *
Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
» ch. 19. 31,
32.
&c.
“Josh. 15.7. not be seen to come into the city 28 Brought beds, and ® basons, and ®
1 Kin. 2. 7.
Or, cups.
& 18. 16. and a wench went and told them earthen vessels, and wheat, and bar-
and they went and told king David. ley, and flour, and parched corn, and
18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and beans, and lentiles, and parched
told Absalom but they went both of
: 29 And honey, and butter, and
them away quickly, and came to a sheep, and cheese of kine, for Da-
» ch. 16. 5. man’s house “in Bahurim, which had vid, and for the people that were with
a well in his court ;
whither they him, to eat for they said. The peo-
:
went down. ple is hungry, and weary, and thirsty,

® See Josh. 19 And “ the woman took and spread “in the wilderness. • ch. 16. 2.
2 6 . .
a covering over the well’s mouth, and

spread ground corn thereon and the
CHAPTER XVIII.
;
1 David viewing the armies in their march giveth them
thing was not known. charge of Absalom. 6 The Israelites are sore smitten in
20 And when Absalom’s servants came the wood of Ephraim. 9 Absalom, hangitvj in an oak, is
slain by Joab, and cast into a pit. 18 Absalom’s place.
to the woman to the house, they said. 19 Ahimaaz and Cushi bring tidings to David. 33 David
Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And mourneth for Absalom.
the woman said unto them. They be nd David numbered the people
A
P See Exod. ^
1.19.
Josh. 2.4,5. gone over the brook of water. And . that were with him, and set cap-
when they had sought and could not tains of thousands and captains of
find them, they returned to Jerusalem. hundreds over them.
21 And it came to pass, after they 2 And David sent forth a third part
were departed, that they came up out of the people under the hand of Joab,
of the weU, and went and told king and a third part under the hand of
1 ver. 15, 16.
David, and said imto David, ’Arise, Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s
and pass quickly over the water for : brother, “and a third part under the • ch. 15. 19.
thus hath Ahithophel counselled a- hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the
gainst you. king said unto the people, I will
22 Then David arose, and all the surely go forth with you myself also.
people that were with him, and they 3 ''But the people answered. Thou b ch. 21. 17.
passed over Jordan: by the morning shalt not go forth for if we flee
:
light there lacked not one of them away, they will not ’ care for us nei-
’’
Heb. set
;
their heaH
that was not gone over Jordan. ther if half of us die, will they care on us.
23 If And when Ahithophel saw that for us but now thou art ® worth ten
:
® Heb. as
ten thou-
5 Heb. done. his counsel was not ^followed, he sad- thousand of us therefore now it is
: sand of us.
; :
TJie Israelites are smitten. II. SAMUEL, XVIII. Absalom is slain by Joah.
Before
CHRIST
better that thou ^succour us out of darts in his hand, and thrust them Before
CHRIST
1023. the city. through the heart of Absalom, while he 1023.
* Heb. he to
4 And the king said unto them, was yet alive in the ^ midst of the oak.
mccour.
What seemeth you best I will do. 15 And ten young men that bare
And the king stood by the gate side. Joab’s armour compassed about and
and all the people came out by hun- smote Absalom, and slew him.
dreds and by thousands. 16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and
5 And the king commanded Joab the people returned from pursuing
and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal after Israel for Joab held back the
:
gently for my sake with the young man. people.

\
0 ver. 12. even with Absalom. 'And all the peo- 17 And they took Absalom, and cast
pie heard when the king gave all the him into a great pit in the wood, and
captains charge concerning Absalom. Daid a very great heap of stones up- ^ Josh. 7.26.
6 If So the people went out into the on him : and all Israel fled every one
field against Israel : and the battle to his tent.
Josh. 17. was in the ^ wood of Ephraim 18 H Now Absalom in his lifetime
15, 18.
7 Where the people of Israel were had taken and reared up for himself
slain before the servants of David, a which is in ® the king’s dale
pillar, sGen.14.17.
and there was there a great slaughter for he **1 have no son to keep my
said, ** See chap.
14 27
that day of twenty thousand men. name in remembrance and he called :
8 For the battle was there scattered the pillar after his own name and it
: is
over the face of all the country and : called unto this day, Absalom’s place.
s Heb. mul- the wood ® devoured more people that 19 H Then said Ahimaaz the son of
tipliexl to
devour. day than the sword devoured. Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the
1
9 IT And Absalom met the servants king tidings, how that the Lord hath
of David. And Absalom rode upon a ® avenged
him of his enemies. * Heb.. iudff-
mule, and the mule went under the 20 And Joab said unto him. Thou from the
thick boughs of a great oak, and his shalt not ^bear tidings this day, but 4 Heb. he.
a man qf
head caught hold of the oak, and he thou shalt bear tidings another day : tidings.
was taken up between the heaven but this day thou shalt bear no tid-
and the earth ; and the mule that ings, because the king’s son is dead.
ivas under him went away. 21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell
10 And a certain man saw it, and the king what thou hast seen. And
told Joab, and said. Behold, I saw Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and
Absalom hanged in an oak. ran.
11 And Joab said unto the man that 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of
told him. And, behold, thou sawest Zadok yet again to Joab, But ®how- s Heb. be
what may.
him, and why didst thou not smite soever, let me, I pray thee, also run
him there to the ground ? and I after Cushi. And Joab said. Where-
would liave given thee ten shekels of fore wilt thou run, my son, seeing
i
silver, and a girdle. that thou hast no tidings ® ready? * Or, con-
12 And the man said unto Joab, 23 But howsoever, said he, let me
Heb. Though I should ^ receive a thousand run. And he said unto him, Kun.
iiiiiie hand. shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the
I not put forth mine hand against the plain, and overran Cushi.
• ver. 5. king’s son ;
®
for in our hearing the 24 And David sat between the two
king charged thee and Abishai and gates and the Avatchman went up
:
‘ • 2 Kin. 9.
* Heb. Ittai, saying, ® Beware that none touch

lie-
to the roof over the gate unto the
iv)€ver ye the young man Absalom. and lifted up his eyes, and look-
Avail,
13 Otherwise I should have wrought ed, and behold a man running alone.
falsehood against mine own life for : 25 And the Avatchman cried, and told
i
there is no matter hid from the king. the king. And the king said. If he be
and thou thyself wouldest have set alone, there is tidings in his mouth.
thyself against me. And he came apace, and drew near.
14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry 26 And the watchman saAv another
6 Heb
thus ®with thee. And he took three
1
1
btil'oi e thee.
man running and the Avatchman call-
:
;
David mourmth II. SAMUEL, XIX. for Absalom.

Before ed unto the porter, and said. Behold that day “into the city, as people Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1023. another man running alone. And the being ashamed steal away when they 1023.
king said. He also bringeth tidings. flee in battle.
• ver. 32.
iiHeb.
I seethe
27 And the watchman said, ^ Me 4 But the king ‘’covered his face, »>
ch. 15. 30.
ruiiuiii0 . thinketh the running of the foremost and the king cried with a loud voice,
is like the running of Ahimaaz the '
O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my « ch. 18. 33.
son of Zadok. And the king said, son, myson!

He is a good man, and cometh with 5 And Joab came into the house to
good tidings. the king, and said. Thou hast shamed
28 And Ahimaaz and said
called, this day the faces of all thy servants,
8 Or, Peace
be to thee.
unto the king, ®*A11 And heis well. which this day have saved thy life,
< Heb. fell down to the earth upon his face and the lives of thy sons and of thy
Peace.
before the king, and said. Blessed be daughters, and the lives of thy wives,
*Heb. the Lord thy God, which hath ® deli- and the lives of thy concubines
shut up.
vered up the men that lifted up then- 6 ^ In that thou lovest thine enemies, * Heb. By
lacing, dc.
hand against my lord the king. and hatest thy friends. For thou hast
«Heb. 29 And the king said, ® Is the young declared this day, ®that thou regard- 3 Heb. that
Is there princes or
peace? man Absalom safe ? And Ahimaaz an- est neither princes nor servants for : servants
are not
swered. When Joab sent the king’s ser- this day Absalom
I perceive, that if to thee.
vant, and me thy servant, I saw a great had and all we had died this
lived,
tumult, but I knew not what it was. day, then it had pleased thee well.
30 And the king said unto him, Turn 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and
aside, a7id stand here. And he turn- speak * comfortably unto thy servants: * Heb. to
2 the heart of
ed aside, and stood still. for I swear by the Lord, if thou go thy serrants,
Gen. 34. 3.
31 And, behold, Cushi came; and not forth, there will not tarry one with
3
THeb.
Tidings
Cushi said, ^ Tidings, my lord the thee this night and that will be worse
:
is brought. kmg for the Lord hath avenged

: unto thee than all the evil that befell
thee this day of all them that rose thee from thy youth until now.
up against thee. 8 Then the king arose, and sat in
32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the gate. And they told unto all the
the young man Absalom safe? And people, saying. Behold, the king doth
Cushi answered. The enemies of my sit in the gate. And all the people
lord the king, and all that rise against came before the king for Israel had
:
thee to do thee hurt, be as that young fled every man to his tent.
man is. 9 IF And aU the people were at strife
33 And the kmg was much moved,
IF throughout all the tribes of Israel,
and went up to the chamber over the saying. The king saved us out of the
gate, and wept and as he went, thus
: hand of our enemies, and he deliver-
* ch. 19. 4.
he said, ^ O my son Absalom, my son, ed us out of the hand of the Philis-
my son Absalom! would God I had tines ; and now he is ^ fled out of the ^ ch. 15. 14.
died for thee, O Absalom, my son, land for Absalom.

my son! 10 And Absalom, whom we anointed
CHAPTER XIX. over us, is dead in battle. Now there-
1 Joah eauseth the king to cease his mourning. 9 The Is- fore why speak ye not a word of
® 5 Heb. are
raelites are earnest to bring the king hack. 11 David yc silent ?
sendeth to the priests to incite them of Judah. 18 Shirnei bringing the king back?
is pardoned. 24 Mephihosheth excused. 32 Barzillai 11 IF And king David sent to Zadok
dismissed, Chimham his son is taken into the king's
family. 41 The Israelites expostulate with Judah for and to Abiathar the priests, saying.
bringing home the king without them. Speak unto the elders of Judah, say-
Andkmg_
Absalom.
it was told Joab, Behold, the
weepeth and mourneth for
ing, Why are ye the last to bring
the king back to his house? seeing
the speech of all Israel is come to
* Heb. salvor
lion, or, de-
And the ® victory that day was turn- the king, even to his house.
liverance. ed into mourning unto all the people : 12 Ye are my brethren, ye are “my ® ch. 5. 1.
for the people heard say that day how bones and my flesh: wherefore then
the king was grieved for his son. are ye the last to bring back the king ?
And the people gat them by stealth 13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou f ch. 17. 25.
Shimei is pardoned. II. SAMUEL, XIX. Mephihosheth excused.
Before not of my bone, and of my flesh ? ®God Saul came down to meet the kmg, and Before
UM Iti I CHRIST
1023. do so to me, and more also, if thou had neither dressed his feet, nor trim- 1023.
be not captain of the host before me med his beard, nor washed his clothes.
continually in the room of Joab. from the day the king departed until
14 And he bowed the heart of all the day he came again in peace.
Judg. 20.1. the men of Judah, even as the heart
**
25 And it came to pass, when he was
of one man; so that they sent this come to Jerusalem to meet the king,
word unto the king. Return thou, that the king said imto him, * Where- ch. 17. » 16.
and all thy servants. fore wentest not thou with me. Me-
15 So the king returned, and came phibosheth ?
• Josh. 5. 9. to Jordan. And Judah came to Uil- 26 And he answered. My lord, O
gal, to go to meet the king, to con- king, my servant deceived me for thy
:
duct the king over Jordan. servant said, I will saddle me an ass.
ch. It). 5. 16 IF And ‘'Shimei the son of Gera, that I may ride thereon, and go to the
1 Kin. 2. 8.
a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, king because thy servant is lame.
;
hasted and came down with the men 27 And ^he hath slandered thy ser- y ch. 16. 3.
of Judah to meet king David. vant unto my lord the king * but my
;
* ch. 14. 17,
20
17 And there were a thousand men lord the king is as an angel of God: do
1 ch. 9. 2, 10. of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the ‘
therefore what is good in thine eyes.
& 16. 1, 2.
servant of the house of Saul, and his 28 For all of my father’s house were
fifteen sons and his twenty servants but ^dead men before my lord the * Heb. men
uith him and they went over Jordan

;
king “ yet didst thou set thy servant
: 1 Sam. 26.
before the king. among them that did eat at thine own • ch. 9. 7,
10, 13.
18 And there went over a ferry boat table. What right therefore have I
to carry over the king’s household. yet to cry any more unto the king ?
2Heb. and to do ^what he thought good. 29 And the king said unto him. Why
Oie good in
his eyes. And Shimei the son of Gera fell speakest thou any more of thy mat-
down before the king, as he was ters? I have said. Thou and Ziba
come over J ordan ;
divide the land.
•" 1 Sam. 22. 19 And
said unto the king, “Let not 30 And Mephihosheth said unto the
my lord impute iniquity unto me. king. Yea, let him take all, forasmuch
" cK 16. 5, neither do thou remember “ that as my lord the king is come again in
6, &c.
which thy servant did perversely the peace unto his o^vn house.
day that my lord the king went out 31 IF And '’Barzillai the Gileadite blKin. 2.7.
of Jerusalem, that the king should came down from Rogelim, and went
» ch. 13. 33.
°take it to his heart. over Jordan with the king, to con-
20 For thy servant doth know that duct him over Jordan.
I have sinned therefore, behold, I
: 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged
am come the first this day of all man, even fourscore years old and :
P See chap. •’the house of Joseph to go down to ‘'he had provided the king of sus- <=
ch. 17. 27.
meet my lord the king. tenance while he lay at Mahanaim;

21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah for he was a very great man.
answered and said. Shall not Shimei 33 And the king said unto Barzillai,
be put to death for this, because he Come thou over with me, and I ^vill
1 Ex. 22. 28.
cursed the Lord’s anointed?
**
feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
r cl). It;. 10.
22 And David said, What have I to 34 And Barzillai said unto the king.
Heb.
do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ®How long have I to live, that I should 3
Hole nuiny
days are
ye should this day be adversaries go up with the king unto Jerusalem? the years
" 1 Sam. 11. unto me? “shall there any man be 35 I am this day ‘‘fourscore years of my life.
A e, yU« Io»
1
j)ut to death this day in Israel? for old and can I discern between good
:
do not I know that I am this day and evil? can thy servant taste what
king over Israel ? I eat or what I drink? can I hear
M Kin. 2. 8,
23 Therefore the king said unto
‘
any more the voice of singing men
9, .87 4^;
Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the and singing women? wherefore then
king sware unto him. should thy servant be yet a burden
“ ch. 9. 6. 24 IF And " Mephihosheth the son of unto my lord the king?
: :
David’s gratitude to Barzillai. IT. SAMUEL, XX. Amasa is slain by Joab.
Before 36 Thy servant Avill go a little way and he blew a trumpet, and said,* We Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1023 .
over Jordan with the king and why : have no part in David, neither have cir. 1022.
should the king recompense it me we inheritance in the son of J esse » 10 4? ell
ivith such a reward? ’’

every man
to his tents, Israel. 0 *>
1 Kin. 12.
16.
37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn 2 So every man of Israel went up 2 Chron.
back again, that I may die in mine from after David, and followed Sheba 10. 16.
own and be buried by the grave

city, the son of Bichri but the men of
:
of myfather and of my mother. Bnt Judah clave unto their king, from
«1 Kill. 2. 7. behold thy servant ® Chimham let him ;
Jordan even to Jerusalem.
go over with my lord the king and do
Jer. 41. 17.
;
3 M And David came to his house
to him what shall seem good unto thee. at J erusalem and the king took the
;
38 And the king answered, Chimham ten women his ' concubmes, whom he « ch. 15. 16.
& 16.21,22.
shall go over with me, and I will do to had left to keep the house, and put
him that which shall seem good unto them in ^ward, and fed them, but 2 an Heb.
lunjM
2Heb. thee and whatsoever thou shalt ^ re-
: went not in unto them. So they were qf ward.
choose.
quire of me, that will I do for thee. ® shut up unto the day of their death, SHeK
39 And all the people went over Jor- ^living in widowhood. * Heb. in
widowhood
dan. And when the king was come 4 H Then said the kmg to Amasa, of life.
f Gen. 31. .55. over, the king kissed Barzillai, and Assemble me the men of Judah <>
eh. 19. 13.
* Heb. Call.
blessed him; and he returned unto within three days, and be thou here
his own place. present.
40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, 5 So Amasa went to assemble the
SHeb. and ® Chimham went on with him: men of J udah but he tarried longer
:
Vhinihan.
and all the people of Judah con- than the set time which he had ap-
ducted the king, and also half the pointed him.
people of Israel. 6 And David said to Abishai, Now
41 And, behold, of Is-
all the men shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us
rael came to the king, and said un- more harm than did Absalom take :
to the king. Why have our brethren thou ® thy lord’s servants, and pursue ®eh. 11.11.
1 XhXll. L.ObJ*
the men of Judah stolen thee away. after him, lest he get him fenced
s Heb.
* ver. 15.
and ^have brought the king, and his cities, and ® escape us. liver
de-
him-
household, and all David’s men with 7 And there went out after him Joab’s self from
him, over Jordan? men, and the ^ Cherethites, and the fch. 8. 18.
lKin.1.38.
42 And all the men of Judah an- Pelethites, and all the mightv men :
swered the men of Israel, Because and they went out of Jerusalem, to
ver. 12.
the king is near of kin to us where- : pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
fore then be ye angry for this mat- 8 When they were at the great stone
ter ? have we eaten at all of the king’s which is in Gibeon, Amasa went be-
cost ? or hath he given us any gift ? fore them. And Joab’s garment that
43 And the men of Israel answered he had put on was girded unto him,
the men of Judah, and said. We have and upon it a girdle with a sword
ten parts in the king, and we have also fastened upon his loins in the sheath
more right in David than ye why : thereof; and as he went forth it fell
* Heb. set then did ye ^despise us, that our ad- out.
us at light.
vice should not be first had in bring- 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou
* See Jude. mg back our king ? And Hhe words of in health, my
brother ? ®And Joab e Matt. 26.
4<)
&12. 1. the men of Judah were fiercer than took Amasa bythe beard with the Luke 22.
the words of the men of Israel. right hand to kiss him.

CHAPTER XX. 10 But Amasa took no heed to the
1 By occasion of the quarrel, Sheha maheth a party in Israel. sword that was in Joab’s hand: so
3 David’s ten concubines are shut up in perpetual prison. he smote him therewith in the fifth * •>1 Kin. 2. 5.
4 Amasa, made captain over Judah, is slain by Juab. ‘ ch. 2. 23.
14 Joab pursueth Sheba unto Abel. 16 A wise woman rib, and shed out his boAvels to the
saveth the city by Sheba’s head. 23 David’s officers. ground, and ’struck him not again; 2 Heb.
cir. 1022. AND there happened to be there a and he So Joab and Abishai
died.
doubled
not his
stroke.
jt\. man of Belial, whose name was his brother pursued after Sheba the
Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite son of Bichri.
: : : : :
Jocib pursueth Sheba. II. SAMUEL, XXI. The three years' famine.
Before
CHRIST
11 And one of Joab’s men
stood 22 Then the woman went unto aU Before
CHRIST
cir. 1022. by him, and said, He that favoureth the people “ m
her wisdom. And they cir. 1022.
Joab, and he that is for David, let cut otf the head of Sheba the son of “ Eccles. 9.
him go after Joab. Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And 14, 15.
12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in he blew a trumpet, and they ^retired ® Heb. were
scattered.
the midst of the highway. And when from the city, every man to his tent.
the man saw that all the people stood And Joab returned to Jerusalem un-
still, he removed Amasa out of the to the king.
highway into the field, and cast a cloth 23 IF Now °Joab ivas over all the 0 ch. 8. 16,
18.
upon him, when he saw that every host of Israel and Benaiah the son
:
one that came by him stood still. of J ehoiada was over the Cherethites
13 When he was removed out of the and over the Pelethites
highway, all the people went on after 24
2 And Adoram ivas 'ôver the tri- PlKin. 4. 6.
Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son bute: and Jehoshaphat the son of 4 ch. 8. 16.
1 Kin. 4. 3.
of Bichri. Ahilud was ^ recorder s Or, remem-
brancer,
14 H And he went through all the 25 And Sheva was scribe and Za- :
'
r ch. 8. 17.
1 Ivin. 4. 4.
k 2 Kifl. 15.
tribes of Israel unto Âbel, and to dok
3 and Abiathar were the priests
29.
2 Chron. Beth-maachah, and all the Berites 26 “And Ira also the Jairite was *a •
4
ch. 23. 38.
16. 4. Or,
and they were gathered together, and chief ruler about David. a prince,
4 Gen. 41.
went also after him. CHAPTER XXI. 45.
Ex. 2. 16.
15 And they came and besieged him 1 The three years' famine for the Gibeonites ceaseth, by hang- ch. 8. 18.
in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they ing seven of Saul’s sotis. 10 Eizpah’s kindness urdo the
5dead. 12 David burieth the bones of Saul and Jonathan
• 2 Kin. 19.
32.
*
cast up a bank against the city, and in his father's sepulchre. 15 Four battles against the Phi-
* Or, it stood ît stood in the trench: and all the listines, wherein four valiants of David slay four giants.
»
ofiainst the
outmost
waU.
Heb.
marred to
throw down.
people that were mth Joab ® battered
the wall, to throw it down.
16 IF Then cried a wise woman out of
r 6 lENthere was a famine in the
days of David three years, year
after year and David ® enquired of
;
cir.
«Heb.
1021.
sought the
the city. Hear, hear say, I pray you,
; the Lord. And the Lord answered. It face, Ac.
See Num.
unto Joab, Come near hither, that I is for Saul, and for his bloody house, 27. 21.
may speak mth thee. because he slew the Gibeonites.

17 And when he was come near unto And the king called the Gibeon-
her, the woman said. Art thou Joab ? ites, and said unto them; (now the
And he answered, I am he. Then Gibeonites were not of the children
she said unto him. Hear the words of Israel, but “ of the remnant of the • Josh. 9. 3,
1.5, 16. 17.
of thine handmaid. And he answered, Amorites and the children of Israel

;
I do hear. had sworn unto them and Saul :
* Or. They
plainly
18 Then she spake, saying, ^They sought to slay them in his zeal to
spcJce itt were wont to speak in old time, say- the children of Israel and Judah.)
the begin-
ning, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Wherefore David said unto the
ing, Surely
they will Abel and so they ended the matter.
: Gibeonites, What shall I do for you ?
ask of
Abel, and 19 I am one of them that are peace- and wherewith shall I make the atone-
so make
an end able and faithful in Israel thou seek- : ment, that ye may bless the inherit- •>
ch. 20. 19.
See Dent.
20 11. .
est to destroy a city and a mother ance of the Lord ?
in Israel why wilt thou swallow up
: And the Gibeonites said unto him,
1
19.
Sam. 26. “the inheritance of the Lord? ®We will have no silver nor gold of 6 Or, It is
not silver
ch. 21. 3. 20 And Joab answered and said. Far Saul, nor of his house; neither for nor gubl
thatwe have
be it, far be it from me, that I should us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. todo with
Saul or his
swallow up or destroy. And he said. What ye shall say, that house,
ther per-
wi-
21 The matter is not so but a man : will I do for you. tains it

to us to
of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of And they answered the king. The kill, dc.
® Hob. by
his iiiniie.
Bichri ®by name, hath lifted up his man that consumed us, and that de- ’ tOr,
cut US Olff.
hand against the king, even against vised against us that we should be
David : deliver him only, and I will destroyed from remaining in any of
depart from the city. And the woman the coasts of Israel,
said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall Let seven men of his sons be de-
be thrown to thee over the wall. livered unto us, and we will hang them
: : : ;
Seven of SauVs sons hanged. II. SAMUEL, XXII. Four Philistine giants slain.
Before up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, 16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 1021. ^^whom the Lord did choose. And the sons of ^the giant, the weight of cir. 1018.
« 1 Sam. 10.
the king said, I will give them. whose ® spear weighed three hundred * Or, Eapha.
26. &11.4. 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, shekels of brass in weight, he being s Heb. the
1 Sam. 10. or,
24. the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, girded with a new sword, thought to staff,the head.
a Or,
chosm of because of ® the Lord’s oath that was have slain David.
Lord.
• 1
the
Sam. 18.
between them, between David and 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah
3 . & 20 . 8, Jonathan the son of Saul. succoured him, and smote the Philis-
15,42.
& 23. 18. 8 But the king took the two sons of tine, and killed him. Then the men of
'eh. 3.7.
^Bizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom David sware unto him, saying, “ Thou o ch. 18. 3.
she bare unto Saul, Armoni and shalt go no more out with us to bat-
Mephibosheth; and the five sons of tle, that thou quench not the ^ Might P 1 Kin. 11.
36. & 15. 4.
3 Or,
Michal’s
® Michal the
daughter of Saul, whom of Israel. Pb. 132. 17.
«Heb.
sister.
she * brought up for Adriel the son 18 ’And it came to pass after this, candle, or,
* Heb. bare lamp.
to Adriel, of Barzillai the Meholathite : that there was again a battle with the 1 1 Chron.
1 Sam. 18.
19. .9 And he delivered them into the Philistines at Gob 20. 4.
then Sibbechai r 1 Chron.
:
1019.
hands of the Gibeonites, and they the Husliathite slew ® Saph, which ivas 11. 29.
5 Or, Sippai.
* ch. 6. 17.
hanged them in the hill ® before the of the sons of ® the giant. ® Or, Kapha.
Lord and they fell all seven together,

: 19 And there was again a battle in
and were put to death in the days of Gob with the Philistines, where El-
harvest, in the first days, in the be- hanan the son of ^ Jaare-oregim, a t Or, Jair.
ginning of barley harvest. Beth-lehemite, slew Hhe hrotfier of 1See “
Chron.
ver. 8.
ch. 3. 7.
10 And '“Rizpah the daughter of Goliath the Gittite, the staff' of whose 20. 5.
Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it spear was like a weaver’s beam.
• See Deut.
21. 23.
for her upon the rock, ‘from the be- 20 And ‘there was yet a battle in Chron.
‘ 1
20 6 . .
ginning of harvest until water drop- Gath, where was a man of great
ped upon them out of heaven, and stature, that had on every hand six
suifered neither the birds of the air fingers, and on every foot six toes,
to rest on them by day, nor the four and twenty in number; and he
beasts of the field by night. also was born to ® the giant. • Or, Kapha.
11 And it was told David what Biz- 21 And when he ® defied Israel, Jona- • Or, re-
proached,
pah the daughter of Aiah, the con- than the son of “ Shimeah the bro- 1 Sam. 17.
10, 25, 26.
cubine of Saul, had done. ther of David slew him. “ISam.lO.'*,
12 H And David went and took the 22 “These four were born to the •Shammah. 1 Chron.
bones of Saul and the bones of Jona- giant in Gath, and fell by the hand 20 8 . .
' 1 Sam.
31. than his son from the men of '‘Jabesh- of David, and by the hand of his
11, 12, 13.
gilead, which had stolen them from the servants.
* 1 .Sam. 31.
10 .
street of Beth-shan, where the ‘Phi- CHAPTER XXII.
listines had hanged them, when the A psalm, of thanksgiving for God’s potverful deliverance,
Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa and manifold blessings.
13 And he brought up from thence nd David * spake unto the Lord 1018.
the bones of Saul and the bones of A

^ the words of this song in the day
Jonathan his son; and they gathered that the Lord had delivered him out ’’
»
*>
Ex. 15.
Judg.
Ps. 18,
1.
5. 1.
title. &
the bones of them that were hanged. of the hand of all his enemies, and Ps. 34. 19.
14 And the bones of Saul and Jona- out of the hand of Saul
than his son buried they in the coun- 2 And he said, 'The Lord is my rock, 'Dent. 32. 4.
Ps. 18. 2,
“.Tosh. 18. try of Benjamin in ‘“Zelah, in the and my fortress, and my deliverer &c. & 31.
28. 3. & 71. 3.
sepulchre of Kish his father: and 3 The God of my rock; ‘‘in him &91. 2.
& 144. 2.
they performed all that the king will I trust he is my ® shield, and
: d Heb. 2. 13.
® So Josh.
7. 26.
commanded. And after that “ God the ‘^horn of my salvation, my higli ®
f
Gen.
Luke 1. GO.
15. 1.
ch. 24. 25. was intreated for the land. ® tower, and my ‘‘refuge, my saviom'; s Prov. 18.
cir. 1018. 15 Moreover the Philistines had thou savest me from violence. i>
10 .
Ps. 9. 9.
yet war again with Israel and David 4 I will call on the Lord, who is & 14. 6.
; & 59. 16.
went down, and his servants with him, worthy to be praised: so shall I be & 71. 7.
Jer. 16. 19.
and fought against the Philistines saved from mine enemies.
and David waxed faint. 5 When the ^ waves of death com- 2 Or, pangs.
; ; ; :
David's 2)salm of thanksgiving II. SAMUEL, XXII. for Gods powerful deliveraiice
Before passed me, the floods of ûngodly me and : as for his statutes, I did not Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1018. men made me afraid; depart from them. 1018.
nuh.Bem.
6 The sorrows of hell compassed 24 I was also upright ^ before him, ’*
Gen. 6. 9.
S Or, cmds. me about; the snares of death pre- and have kept myself from mine ini- & 17. 1.
Job 1. 1.
' Ps. 116. 3.
vented me quity. 2 Heb.
him.
7 In my distress ''I called upon the
to
k Pb. 116. 4. 25 Therefore the Lord hath recom-
’
& 120 1.
'
ver. 21.
Lord, and cried to my God and he me

according to my righteous-
.
Jonah 2. 2. : pensed
' E.x. 3. 7. did hear my voice out of his temple,
*
ness; according to my cleanness în s Heb. Tir/ore
Ps. 34. Til's eyes.
and my cry did enter into his ears.
6,
1.5. 17. his eye sight.
“ .Tilde. .5.4. 8 Then “ the earth shook and trem- 26 With the merciful thou wilt shew
‘‘ k Matt. 5. 7.
Pb. 77. 18.
& 97. 4. bled; “the foundations of heaven mov- thyself merciful, and with the upright
” .lob 26. 11.
ed and shook, because he was wroth. man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
Heb. hy. 9 There went up a smoke ^ out of his 27 With the pure thou wilt shew thy-
“ Ps. 97. 3. nostrils, and “fire out of his mouth self pure and with the fro ward thou
;
’ 'Lev. 26.23,
Hab. 3. 5. 24, 27, 28.
Heb. 12.29. devoured coals were kindled by it.
: wilt ^ shew thyself unsavoury. Or, wrestle,
P Ps. 144. .5.
10 He p bowed the heavens also, and 28 And the “afflicted people thou Ps. 18. 26.
“Ex. 3. 7, 8.
Isai. 64. 1.
Q Ex. 20.21. came down and darkness ivas under
;
wilt save but thine eyes are upon
:
Ps. 72. 12,
13.
lKin.8.12. " the haughty, that
Ps. 97. 2. his feet. thou mayest bring ” Job 40. 11,
12
11 And he rode upon a cherub, and them down. .
Isai. 2. 11,
P Pb. 104. 3. did fly : and he was seen upon the 29 For thou art my ® lamp, O Lord :
12, 17.
& 5. 1.5.
wings of the wind. and the Lord will lighten my darkness. ®

Dan. 4. 37.
Or, candle,
• ver. 10. 12 And he made ® darkness pavilions 30 For by thee I have ®run through .lob 29. 3.
Ps. 27. 1.
Pb. 97. 2.
SHcb. roimd about him, ® dark waters, and a troop by my God have I leaped
: ® OT,broken
binding a troop.
of wakrs. thick clouds of the skies. over a wall.
13 Through the brightness before 31 As for God, “his way is perfect; oDeut.32.4.
Dan. 4.
* ver. 9.
him were coals of fire kindled.
‘ p the word of the Lord is tried he is : Rev. 15. 3.
I’ Ps. 12.
14 The Lord "thundered from hea-
6.
” .Tilde. .5. 20.
1 Sam. 2.
a buckler to all them that trust in him. & 119. 140.
& 7. 10. Prov. 30. 5.
10.
I’s. 29. 3.
ven, and the most High uttered his 32 For who is God, save the Lord ? 2 Or, refitted.
Isai. 30.30. voice. and who is a rock, save our God ? 1 1 Sam. 2. 2.
Isai. 45.
* Deut. 32. 15 And he sent out * arrows, and 33 God is my strength and power 5, 6.
23. r
Ps. 7. 13. scattered them; lightning, and dis- and he maketh my way perfect.
® ®
*
Ex.
Ps. 27. 1.
15. 2.
& 77. 17. & 28. 7, 8.

& 144. 6. comfited them. 34 He ® maketh my feet "like hinds’ & 31. 4.
Hab. 3. 11.
16 And the channels of the sea ap- feet: and ^setteth me upon my high Isai. 12. 2.
8 Heb.
peared, the foundations of the world places. riddeth, or,
loosetli.
y Ex. 1.5. 8.
Ps. 106. 9.
were discovered, at the ^ rebuking of 35 ^He teacheth my hands ^to war; •Heb. 13.21.
Nah. 1. 4. the Lord, at the blast of the breath so that a bow of steel is broken by ‘Deu.18.13.
Job 22. 3.
Matt. 8. 26.
* Or, anger, of his ® nostrils. mine arms. Ps. 101.
6. & 119. 1.
2,
17 ^ He sent from above, he took me

Ps. 74.
* Ps. 144. 7.
1.
36 Thou hast also given me the 9 Heb.
equalleth.
’’
Or, great. he drew me out of ’ many waters shield of thy salvation and thy gen- : ” ch. 2. 18.
* ver. 1. 18 “ He delivered me from my strong tleness hath ®made me great. Hab.
»Deu.32.13.
3. 19.
enemy, and from them that hated me : 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps un- Isai. 33. 16.
& 58. 14.
for they were too strong for me. der me so that my ^ feet did not slip.
; yPs. 144.1.
19 They prevented me in the day of 38 I have pursued mine enemies, 2 Heb. /or
the war.
my calamity: but the Lord was my and destroyed them and turned not ;
8 Heb.
tiplied me.
mill-
stay. again until I had consumed them. * Prov. 4. 12.

P Ps. 31. 8.
&118. 5.
20 ’’He brought me forth also into 39 And I have consumed them, and < Heb.
ankles.
a large place he delivered me, be-
: wounded them, that they could not
« ch. 15. 26. cause he “ delighted in me. arise :
yea, they are fallen “ under my » Mai. 4. 3.
Ps. 22. 8.
•• ver. 25. 21 ‘’The Lord rewarded me accord- feet.
Sam. 26.
1
23. ing to my righteousness according : 40 For thou hast ’’girded me with b Ps. 18. 32,
39.
1
Ps.
Kin. 8.32.
7. 8.
to the “cleanness of my hands hath strength to battle “ them that rose : « Ps. 44. 5.
* Ps. 24. 4.
he recompensed me. up against me hast thou ® subdued 8 Heb.
ed to
caus-
bow.
Gen. 18. 19.
f
Pa. 119. 3.
22 For I have ^kept the ways of the under me.
& 128. 1. Lord, and have not wickedly depart- 41 Thou hast also given me the
Prov. 8. 32. d Gen. 49. 8,
* Pent. 7.12. ed from my God. ^necks of mine enemies, that 1 might Ex. 23. 27.
Ps. 119. 30, .losh. 10.
102 . 23 For all his ® judgments were before destroy them that hate me. 24.
I
: :
and manifold blesshigs. II. SAMUEL, XXIII. David’s mighty men.
Before 42 They looked, but there was none the tender grass springing out of the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1018. to save even ® unto the Lord, but he
;
earth by clear shining after rain. 1018.
e
answered them not. 5 Although my house he not so with
Job 27. 9.
Prov. 1. 28.
Isai. 1. 15.
43 Then did I beat them as small God ; ® yet he hath made with me an * 16.
ch. 7. 15,
Mic. 3. 4. âs the dust of the earth, I did stamp everlasting covenant, ordered in all Ps. 89. 29.
»2 Kin. 13.7. Isai. 55. 3.
Ps. 35. 5. them ® as the mire of the street, afid things^ and sure for this is all my
:
Dan.
salvation, and all my desire, although
2. 35.
t Isai. 10. 6.
did spread them abroad.
Mic. 7. 10.
Zech. 10. 5.
44 ^ Thou also hast delivered me he make it not to grow.
» ch. 3. 1. from the strivings of my people, thou 6 t But the sons of Belial shall he
&5.
hast kept me to he ‘head of the hea-
1.
& 19. 9. 14. all of them as thorns thrust away,
& 20 1 2 . , ,
then: ‘‘a people which I knew not because they cannot be taken with
22 .
«Deu. 28.13.
ch. 8. 1.—
shall serve me. hands
14. 45 ^Strangers shall submit them- 7 But the man that shall touch them
Ps. 2. 8.
Isai. 55. 5. selves unto me as soon:as they hear, must be ^fenced with iron and the 8 Heb. filled.
* Heb. Sons
of the they shall be obedient unto me. staff of a spear and they shall be
;
stranger.
46 Strangers shall fade away, and utterly burned with fire in the same
8 Or, 1/ieM
feigned they shall be afraid out of their close
^
place.
obedience.
* Heb. lie places. names of the mighty
8 H These he the
See Dent.
33. 29. 47 The Lord and blessed he men whom David had ® The Tach-
liveth; :
s Or, Joshih-
bassAet
Ps. 66.
& 81. 15.
3.
my rock; and exalted be the God of monite that sat in the seat, chief the Tach-
mnnite,
> Mic. 7. 17. the “rock of my salvation. among the captains; the same was head of
“ Ps. 89. 26. 2 the three.
eHeb. 48 It is God that âvengeth me, Adino the Eznite he lift up his :
See
3
giveth
avengement and that “bringeth down the people spear against eight hundred, *whom 1
11 11
Chron.
. .
for me,
under me, he slew at one time. &27. 2.
1 Sam. 25. * Heb. dain.
4
39. ch. 18.
19, 31.
49 And that bringeth me forth from 9 And after him was ‘Eleazar the * 1 Chron.
11 12
“ Ps. 144. 2. mine enemies thou also hast lifted son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the
: &27.4.
. .
me up on high above them that rose three mighty men with David, when
up against me thou hast delivered they defied the Philistines that were
:
“ Ps. 140. 1. me from the “ violent man. there gathered together to battle, and
50 Therefore I will give thanks unto the men of Israel were gone away :
P Rom. 15. 9. thee, O Lord, among ^ the heathen, 10 He arose, and smote the Philis-
and I will sing praises unto thy name. tines until his hand was weary, and
<jPs. 144. 10.
51 He is the towêr of salvation for his hand clave unto the sword: and
his king: and sheweth mercy to his the Lord wrought a great victory that
Ps. 89.20. anointed, unto David, and “to his day; and the people returned after
•ch. 7.12,13.
Ps. 89. 29. seed for evermore. him only to spoil.
11 And after him was ^Shammah > 1 Cliron.
CHAPTER XXIII.
the son of Agee the Hararite. ‘And •
11. 27.
See
1 David, in Ms last words, professeth his faith in God’s 1Chron.
promises to he beyond sense or experience. 6 The dif- the Philistines were gathered toge- 11. 13, 14.
ferent state of the wicked. 8 A catalogue of David’s ther ® into a troop, where was a piece 5 Or,/or
foraging.
mighty men.
of ground full of lent lies and the :
• ch. 7. 8, 9.
Ps. 78. 70,
N OW these he the last words of
David. David the son of Jesse
said, ® and the man ivho was raised
people fled from the Philistines.
12 But he stood in the midst of the
ground, and defended it, and slew the
71.&89.27. up on high, the anointed of the God Philistines and the Lord wrouglit a
:
«> 1 Sam. 16.
12. 13. of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of great victory.
13 And “® three of the thirty chief
Ps. 89. 20.
Israel, said, 1 Chron.
11. 15.
«2Pet.l.21.
<>
Dent. 32.
“The Spirit of the Lord spake by went down, and came to David in the 8 Or, the
4,31.
ch. 22.2,32.
me, and his word was in my tongue. harvest time unto “ the cave of Adul-
three cap-
tains over
* Or, Bethon The God of Israel said, **

the Rock 1am and the troop of the Philistines
:
“ 1
the thirty.
Sam.
&c.
ruler,
Ps. 110. 2. of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth
®
pitched in “the valley of Rephaim. 22
0 ch. 5. IS.
. 1.
• Ex. 18. 21.

2 Chron.
over men must he just, ruling * in the 14 And David was then in Pan hold, Pi Sam. 22.
4,5.
19. 7, 9.
fear of God. and the garrison of the Philistines
* JudfT. .5. 31.
Ps. 89. 36.
Prov. 4. 18.
And ^he shall he as the light of was then in Beth-lehem.
Hos. 6. 5. the morning, when the sun riseth, 15 And David longed, and said,
See Psalm
110. 3. even a morning without clouds; as Oh that one would give me drink of
: !
A catalogue of II. SAMUEL, XXIY. David’s mighty men.

Before the water of the well of Beth-lehem, of Gibeah of the children of Ben- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1018 .
which is by the gate jamin, 1018 .
16 And the three mighty men brake 30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai
through the host of the Philistines, and of the brooks of * Gaash, * Or, valleys,
Deut.1.24.
drew water out of the well of Beth- 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azma- » Judg. 9. 2.
lehem, that was by the gate, and took veth the Barhumite,
it, and brought it to David: never- 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the
theless he would not drink thereof, sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
but poured it out unto the Lord. 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam
17 And he said. Be it far from me, the son of Sharar the Hararite,
O Lord, that I should do this is not 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the
:
9 Lev. 17. this ’the blood of the men that went son of the Maachathite, Eliam the
10.
in jeopardy of their lives? therefore son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
he would not drink it. These things 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the
did these three mighty men. Arbite,
r 1
11
Chron.
. 20 .
18 And 'Abishai, the brother of Joab, 36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah,
the son of Zeruiah, was chief among Bani the Gadite,
three. And he lifted up his spear a- 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the
2 Heb. dain. gainst three hundred, ând slew them, Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the
and had the name among three. son of Zeruiah,
19 Was he not most honourable of 38 " Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, • ch. 20. 26.
three ? therefore he was their cap- 39 ‘’Uriah the Hittite: thhty and Xch.ll.S, 6.
tain: howbeit he attained not unto seven in all.

three.
iYte first
CHAPTER XXIV.
20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, 1 David, tempted hij Satan, foreeth Joab to number the
• Josh. 15. the son of a valiant man, of “Kabzeel, people. 5 The captains, in nine months and twenty dnys^
21 .
bring the muster of thirteen hundred thousand fighting
s Heb. great ^who had done many acts, *he slew men. 10 David, having three plagues propounded by
t
of acts.
Ex. 15. 15.
two ^ lionlike men of Moab he went
: Gad, repenteth, and chooseth the three days' pestilence.
1 Chron.
down also and slew a lion in the 15 After the death of threescore and ten thousand, David
11 22 .
.
by repentance preventeth the destruction of Jerusalem. 18
* Heb. lions midst of a pit in time of snow: David, by Gad’s direction, purchaseth Aramiah’s thresh-
of God.
SHeb .aman 21 And he slew an Egyptian, ®a ingfioor ; where having sacrificed, the plague stayeth.
of counte-
nance, or, goodly man: and the Egyptian had AND “again the anger of the Lord 1017
• ch. 21. 1.
.
sight
called,
a spear in his hand but he went
; jt\. was kindled against Israel, and
1 Chron.
11. 23,
down to him with a staff, and plucked ®he moved David against them to ® Satan. St'e
1 Chron.
a man of
greet
the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, say, Go, number Israel and Judah. 21 . 1 .
.Tames 1.
stature. and slew him with his own spear. 2 For the king said to Joab the cap- 13, 14.
'» Chron.
tain of the host, which was with him,
1
22 These things did Benaiah the 27. 23, 24.
son of Jehoiada, and had the name * Go now through all the tribes of Is- * Or,
Compass.
among three mighty men. rael, ®from Dan even to Beer-sheba, ® Judg. 20.1.
« Or,
honmrahle
23 He was ®more honourable than and number ye the people, that ‘‘I Jer. 17. 5.
among
thirty.
the the thirty, but he attained not to the may know the number of the people.
“ ch. 8. 18. first three. And David set him "over 3 And Joab said unto the king. Now
&20.23.
t Or.council. his guard. the Lord thy God add unto the peo-
® Heb, at his
command,
24 ‘Asahel the brother of Joab was ple, how many soever they be, an
1 Sam. 22. one of the thirty; Elhanan the son hundredfold, and that the eyes of
14.
* ch. 2. 18. of Dodo of Beth-lehem, my lord the king may see it: but
r
1
See
Chron.
25 ^Shammah the Harodite, Elika why doth my lord the kmg delight
11.27. the Harodite, in this thing ?
26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of 4 Notwithstanding the king’s word
Ikkesh the Tekoite, prevailed against Joab, and against
27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebun- the captains of the host. And Joab
nai the Hushathite, and the captains of the host went
28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the out from the presence of the king.
Netophathite, to number the people of Israel.
29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Ne- 5 If And they passed over J ordan, and “Dcut. 2.36.
Josh. 13. 9,
tophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out pitched in ®Aroer, on the right side 16.
: : : :
Three days' pestilence. II. SAMUEL, XXIY. The plague is stayed.
Before of the city that lieth in the midst of 16 ‘And when the angel stretched Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1017.
the ^river of Gad, and toward ^Jazer out his hand upon Jerusalem to de- 1018.
* Or, valley,
6 Then they came to Gilead, and stroy it, "the Lord repented him of ‘ Ex. 12. 23.
t Hum. 32. to the ® land of Tahtim-hodshi and ;
the evil, and said to the angel that 1 Chron.
21. 15.
3
1, 3.
Or, nether
they came to *Dan-jaan, and about destroyed the people. It is enough » Gen. 6. 6.
Sam. 15.
land neiely
inhabited.
to ‘‘Zidon, stay now thine hand. And the angel 1
11 .
» Josh. 19. 7 And came to the strong hold of of the Lord was by the threshing- Joel
14.
2. 13,
47.
Judg. 18. Tyre, and to all the cities of the place of Âraunah the Jebusite. * 1 Chron.
29. 21. 1.5,
.Tosh. 19. Hivites, and of the Canaanites and : 17 And David spake unto the Lord Oman
See ver. 18.
9ft
Judg. 18.
they went out to the south of Judah, when he saw the angel that smote the 2 Chron.
3.1.
28.
even to Beer-sheba. people, and said, Lo, Î have sinned, r 1 Chron.
8 So when they had gone through and I have done wickedly but these
:
21. 17.
all the land, they came to Jerusa- sheep, what have they done ? let thine
lem at the end of nine months and hand, I pray thee, be against me, and
twenty days. against my father’s house.
9 And Joab gave up the sum of the 18 And Gad came that day to Da-
If
number of the people unto the king vid, and said unto him, *Go up, rear * 1 Chron.
21. 18, &c.
I
See
1 Chron.
*and there were in Israel eight hun- an altar unto the Lord in the thresh-
21.5. dred thousand valiant men that drew ingffoor of Âraunah the Jebusite. *Heb.
Araniah.
the sword and the men of Judah
;
19 And David,
according to the
were five hundred thousand men. saying of Gad, went up as the Lord
*lSam.24.5. 10 IT And ^David’s heart smote him commanded.
after that he had numbered the peo- 20 And Araunah looked, and saw
ple. And David said unto the Lord, the king and his servants coming on
• ch. 12. 13. *
I have sinned greatly in that I have toward him and Araunah went out,
:
done and now, I beseech thee, O

: and bowed himself before the king
Lord, take away the iniquity of thy on his face upon the ground.
“1 Sam. 13. servant; for I have “done very fool- 21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is
13.
ishly. my lord the king come to his ser-
For when David was up in the
11 vant? “And David said. To buy the * See Gen.
23. 8,-16.
morning, the word of the Lord came threshingffoor of thee, to build an
“lSam.22.5. unto the prophet “Gad, David’s “seer, altar unto the Lord, that *’the plague •’
Num. 16.
•1 Sam. 9. 9. 48,50.
1 Chron. saying, may be stayed from the people.
29.29.
12 Go and say unto David, Thus 22 And Araunah said unto David,
saith the Lord, I offer thee three Let my lord the king take and offer
things ; choose thee one of them, up what seemeth good unto him * be-:
= 1
21 .
Kin. 19.
that I may do it unto thee. hold, hei'e he oxen for burnt sacrifice,
13 So Gad came to David, and told and threshing instruments and other
P See him, and said unto him, Shall Pseven instruments of the oxen for wood.
1 Chron.
21 . 12 . years of famine come unto thee in 23 All these things did Araunah,
thy land ? or wilt thou ffee three as a king, give unto the king. And
months before thine enemies, while Araunah said unto the king. The
they pursue thee? or that there be Lord thy God '‘accept thee. 0 Ezek. 20.
4(),41.
three days’ pestilence in thy land ? 24 And the king said unto Araunah,
now advise, and see what answer I Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee
shall return to him that sent me. at a price : neither I offer burnt
14 And David said unto Gad, I am offerings unto the Lord my God of
in a great strait let us fall now into
: that which doth cost me nothing. So
f Ps. 103. 8, the hand of the Lord; ’for his mer- ® David bought the threshingffoor and e See
13. 14. ^ 1 Chron.
&
119. 156. cies are great and let me not fall
: the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 21. 24, 25.
* Or, many.
See Isai.
into the hand of man. 25 And David built there an altar
47. 6. 15 H So “the Lord sent a pestilence unto the Lord, and offered burnt
Zech.1.15.
• 1 Chron. upon Israel from the morning even offerings and peace offerings. ^ So 'ch. 21. 14.
21. 14.
&27.24. to the time appointed and there
: the Lord was intreated for the land,
died of the people from Dan even to and ^the plague was stayed from Is- E ver. 21.
Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. rael.

: f
THE
FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS,

COMMONLY CALLED,
THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS.
Before
‘‘the mighty men which belonged to CHRIST
Before
CHRIST
CHAPTER I. David, were not with Adonijah. 1015.
9 And Adonijah slew sheep and '>2Sam.23.8.
1015. 1 Ahishag cherisheth David in his extreme age. 5 Adonijah,
David's darling, usurpeth the kingdom. 11 By the courv- oxen and fat cattle by the stone of
sel of Nathan, 15 Bath-sheha moveth the king, 22 and Or The
Zoheleth, which is by ''En-rogel, and well 2
Nathan secondeth her. 28 David reneweth his oath to Bogel,

called all his brethren the king’s 2 Sam. 17.
Bath-sheba. 32 Solomon, by David’s appointment, being 17.
anointed king by Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph. sons, and all the men of Judah the
41 Jonathan bringing these news, Adonijah’ s guests jly.
50 Adonijah, flying to the horns of the altar, upon his king’s servants
good behaviour is dismissed by Solomon. 10 But Nathan the prophet, and
*Heb.
entered
into days.
N OW ^
king David was old and
in years
stricken and they
covered him with clothes, but he
;
Benaiah, and the mighty men, and
Solomon his brother, he called not.
11 If Wherefore Nathan spake unto
gat no heat. Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon,
2 Wherefore his servants said unto saying, Hast thou not heard that
* Heb. Let
them seek.
him, ®Let there be sought for my Adonijah the son of 'Haggith doth ‘2 Sam. 3. 4.
*
Heb. lord the king a young virgin and : reign, and David our lord knoweth it
a damsel,
a virgin. let her stand before the king, and not?
s Heb.
cherisher
be a let her ® cherish him, and let her lie 12 Now therefore come, let me, I
unto Mm. in thy bosom, that my lord the king pray thee, give thee counsel, that
may get heat. thou mayest save thine own life, and
3 So they sought for a fair damsel the life of thy son Solomon.
throughout all the coasts of Israel, 13 Go and get thee in unto king
• Josh. 19.
18.
and found Abishag a “Shunammite, David, and say unto him, Didst not
and brought her to the king. thou, my lord, O king, swear unto
4 And the damsel was very fair, and thine handmaid, saying, ‘‘Assuredly 822. 1 Chron.
9.
cherished the king, and ministered Solomon thy son shall reign after
to him but the king knew her not.
: me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
*>2Sain. 3.4. 5 H Then '’Adonijah the son of Hag- why then doth Adonijah reign ?
Heb.reijm. gith exalted himself, saying, I will ®be 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest
2Sam.l5.1. king and “ he prepared him chariots
: there with the Idng, I also will come
and horsemen, and fifty men to run in after thee, and ^confirm thy words. 3 Heb.
up.Jill
before him. 15 If And Bath-sheba went in unto

6 And his father had not displeas- the king into the chamber: and the
^ Heb. from
Ids days.
ed him ’ at any time in saying. Why king was very old and Abishag the
;
hast thou done so? and he also was Shunammite ministered unto the king.
d 2 Sam. 3. a very goodly man; ''and his mother 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did
3,4.
1 Chron. bare him after Absalom. obeisance unto the king. And the
Heb. mat
7 And ®he conferred with Joab the
3. 2.
8 Hei). Ms king said, *What wouldest thou? to thee
17 And she said unto him. My lord,

words were
with .loab.
son of Zeruiah, and with ®Abiathar
the priest: and Rhey ® following Ado- 'thou swarest by the Lord thy God ver. 13, 30.
I
• 2 Sam. 20.
25.
f ch. 2. 22. nijah helped him. unto thine handmaid, saying. Assur-
28.
»Heb. 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah edly Solomon thy son shall reign
helped ^ter
Adonijah.
the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the after me, and he shall sit upon my
s ch. 4. 18. prophet, and ®Shimei, and Rei, and throne.
: :
By David's appointment. I. KINGS, 1. Solomon is anointed king.
CHEIST
Before 18 And
now, behold, Adonijah reign- after me, and he shall sit upon my CHRIST
Before
1015. eth and now, my lord the king, thou

;
throne in my stead; even so wiU I 1015.
knowest it not certainly do this day.
“ ver. 7, 8, 19 “And he hath slain oxen and fat 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her
9,25.
cattle and sheep in abundance, and face to the earth, and did reverence
hath called all the sons of the king, to the king, and said, “Let my lord ' Neh. 2. 3.
Dau. 2. 4.
and Abiathar the priest, and Joab king David live for ever.
the captain of the host but Solo-
: 32 If And king David said. Call me
mon thy servant hath he not called. Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
20 And thou, my lord, O king, the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Je-
eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that hoiada. And they came before the
thou shouldest tell them who shall sit king.
on the throne of my lord the king 33 The king also said unto them,
after him. ‘Take with you the servants of your ‘2Sain.20.6.
21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, lord, and cause Solomon my son to

»Deut. 31. when my lord the king shall "sleep ride upon ^ mine own mule, and bring 8 Heb. whieh
belongeth
with his fathers, that I and my son
16.
ch. 2. 10. him do^vn to " Gihon tome:
See Estb.
2Heb. Solomon shall be counted ^ offenders. 34 And let Zadok the priest and 6 8..
tinners. “ 2 Chron.
22 H And, lo, while she yet talked Nathan the prophet * anoint him there 32.30.
with the king, Nathan the prophet king over Israel and ^ blow ye with
:
ÎSam.lO.l.
& 16. 3, 12.
also came in. the trumpet, and say, God save king 2 Sam.
&5. 3.
2. 4.
23 And they told the king, saying. Solomon. ch. 19. 16.
2 Kin. 9. 3.
Behold Nathan the prophet. And 35 Then ye shall come up after him, & 11 . 12 .
y 2 Sam. 15.
when he was come in before the that he may come and sit upon my 10 .
2 Kin. 9.
king, he bowed himself before the throne for he shall be king in my
; 13.&11.14.
king with his face to the ground. stead: and I have appointed him to
24 And Nathan said. My lord, O be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
reign after me, and he shall sit upon answered the king, and said. Amen:
my throne ? the Lord God of my lord the king
® ver. 19. 25 “For he is gone dowm this day, say so too.
and hath slain oxen and fat cattle 37 “As the Lord hath been with my * .Tosh. 1. 5,
17.
and sheep in abundance, and hath lord the king, even so be he with So- 1
13.
Sam. 20.
called all the king’s sons, and the lomon, and “make his throne greater » ver. 47.
captains of the host, and Abiathar than the throne of my lord king David.
the priest; and, behold, they eat and 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan
P 1 Sam. 10. drink before him, and say, ^ ® God the prophet, •’and Benaiah the son of ‘>2Sara.8.18.
&
2:3. 20,
24.
8 Heb. Let save king Adonijah. Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and —23.
Inty]
niiah
Ado-
live.
26 But me, even me thy servant, the Pelethites, went down, and caused
and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah Solomon to ride upon king David’s
the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant mule, and brought him to Gihon.
Solomon, hath he not called. 39 And Zadok the priest took an
27 Is this thing done by my lord the horn of “ oil out of the tabernacle, 0 Ex. 30. 23,
25,32.
king, and thou hast not shewed it un- and ‘‘anointed Solomon. And they Ps. 89. 20.
1 Chron.
to thy servant, who should sit on the blew the trumpet ® and all the peo-
; 29.22.
throne of my lord the king after him ? ple said, God save king Solomon. ® 1
24.
Sam. 10.
28 If Then king David answered and 40 And all the people came up after
said. Call me Bath-sheba. And she him, and the people piped with ^pipes, 8 Or, flutes.
< Heb. hefcre

the king.
came înto the king’s presence, and and rejoiced with great joy, so that
stood before the king. the earth rent with the sound of them.
29 And the king sware, and said, 41 If And Adonijah and all the guests
<> 2 Sam. 4.9. ’As the Loed liveth, that hath re- that ivere with him heard it as they
deemed my soul out of all distress, had made an end of eating. And
r ver. 17. 30 Êven as I sware unto thee iby when Joab heard the sound of the
the Lord God of Israel, saying. As- trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this
suredly Solomon thy son shall reign noise of the city being in an uproar?
Aa
: : ; :
Adonijah subniitteth to Solomon. I. KINGS, II. DavuVs charge to Solomon.

Before 42 Andwhile he yet spake, behold, CHAPTEK 11.
Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1015 .
Jonathan the son of Abiathar the 1 David, having given a charge to Solomon, 3 of religious- 1015 .
priest came and Adonijah said unto

:
ne-is, 5 of Joab, 7 of Barzillai, 8 of Shimei, 10 dieth.
12 Solomon succeedeth. 13 Adonijah, moving Bath-sheha
him, Come in for thou art a valiant
^
' 2 Sam. 18.
; to sue unto Solomon for Abishag, is put to death, 26 Alri-
27.
man, and bringest good tidings. athar, having his life given him, is deprived of the priest-
hood. 28 Joab fleeing to the horns of the altar is there
43 And Jonathan answered and said slain. 35 Benaiah is put in Joab's room, and Zadok in
to Adonijah, Verily our lord king Abiathar’s. 36 Shimei, confined to Jerusalem, by occa-
David hath made Solomon king. sion of going thence to Gath, is put to death.
44 And the king hath sent with him "lÔW “the days of David drew » Gen. 47. 29,
Zadok the priest, and Nathan the X1nigh that he should die and he ;
Dent.
14.
31.
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Je- charged Solomon his son, saying,
hoiada, and the Cherethites, and the 2 ‘’I go the way of all the earth 'be :
*> Josh. 23.
14.
Pelethites, and they have caused him thou strong therefore, and shew thy- « Deut. 17.
to ride upon the king’s mule self a man 19, 20.
45 And Zadok the priest and Na- 3 And keep the charge of the Lord
than the prophet have anointed him thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep
king in Gihon: and they are come his statutes, and his commandments,
up from thence rejoicing, so that the and his judgments, and his testimo-
city rang again. This is the noise nies, as it is written in the law of
that ye have heard. Moses, that thou mayest prosper "^Deut. 29.9.
.Tosh. 1. 7.
K 1 Chron.
29. 23.
46 And also Solomon ^ sitteth on the in all that thou doest, and whither- 1 Chron.
22. 12, 13.
throne of the kingdom. soever thou turnest thyself: 2 Or,
47 And moreover the king’s servants 4 That the Lord may 'continue his do windy,
1 Sam. 18.
came to bless our lord king David, word which he spake concerning me, 5, 14, 30.
®2Sam.7.2.5.
ver. 37. saying, ‘‘God make the name of So- saying, ‘Îf thy children take heed to ' Ps. 132. 12.
lomon better than thy name, and their way, to ® walk before me in truth *2Kin.20.3.
make his throne greater than thy with all their heart and with all their
* Gen. 47.31. throne. ‘And the king bowed him- soul, there shall not ® fail thee (said
** •>
2 Sam.
12. 13.
7.
self upon the bed. he) a man on the throne of Israel. ch. 8. 25.
2 Heb. be cut
48 And also thus said the king. Bless- 5 Moreover thou knowest also what off from
thee from
ed he the Lord God of Israel, which J oab the son of Zeruiah did to me, ‘
the throne.
hath ^ given one to sit on my throne and what he did to the two captains 2 Sam.
'
*<
cli, 3. 6.
3.
Ps. 132. 11, 39. &

18. b,
12 .
this day, mine eyes even seeing it. of the hosts of Israel, unto ''Abner the 12. 14.
& 19. 5,6,7.
49 And all the guests that were son of Ner, and unto 'Amasa the son 2 Sam. 3.
27.
with Adonijah were afraid, and rose of J ether, whom he slew, and ^ shed ' 2 Sam. 20.
10 .
up, and went every man his way. the blood of war in peace, and put * Heb. put.
50 IF And Adonijah feared because the blood of war upon his girdle
of Solomon, and arose, and went, and that was about his loins, and in his
> ch. 2. 28. ‘
caught hold on the horns of the altar. shoes that were on his feet.
51 And it was told Solomon, saying. 6 Do therefore “according to thy m ver. 9.
Prov.
Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solo- wisdom, and let not his hoar head 26.
mon for, lo, he hath caught hold

: go down to the grave in peace.
on the horns of the altar, saying. Let 7 But shew kindness unto the sons of
king Solomon swear unto me to day " Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them ” 2 Sara. 19.
31, 38.
that he will not slay his servant with be of those that ' eat at thy table ® 2 Sam. 9. 7,
10. &
they came to me when I fled
19.28.
the sword. for so p
P 2 Sam. 17.
52 And Solomon said. If he will shew because of Absalom thy brother. 27.
1 Sam. 14. himself a worthy man, “there shall 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee
45.
2 Sam. 14. not an hair of him fall to the earth ’Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite «2Sam.l6.5.
11
of Bahui im, which cursed me with a
.
Acts 27. 34. but if wickedness shall be found in

him, he shall die. ® grievous curse in the day when I went 5 Ileb.
strong.
53 So king Solomon sent, and they to Mahanaim but he came down to
: r 2 Sam. 19.
brouglit him down from the altar. meet me at Jordan, and 'I sware to •
18.
2 Sam. 19.
And he came and bowed himself to him by the Lord, saying, I will not 23.
Icing Solomon and Solomon said

: put thee to death with the sword.
Ex. 20. 7.
unto him. Go to thine house. .9 Now therefore ‘hold him not guilt-
‘
Job 9. 28.
:
David's reign and death. I. KINGS, II. Adonijah is put to death.
CHEIST
Before less for thou art a wise man, and
: dom also for he is mine elder bro- Before
;
CHRIST
1015. knowest what thou oughtest to do ther even for him, and for Abiathar
; **
1014.
n Gen. 42.
unto him; but his hoar head "bring the priest, and for Joab the son of
ch. 1. 7.
38. &44.31. thou down to the grave with blood. Zeruiah.
* ch. 1. 21. 10 So David slept with his fathers, 23 Then king Solomon sware by the
Acts 2. 29.
& 13. 36. and was buried in ^the city of David. Lord, saying, God do so to me, and Ruth 1. 17.
’ *
y 2 Sara. 5.7.
*2 Sam. 5. 4. 11 And the days that David * reigned more also, if Adonijah have not spo-
1 Chron.
29. 26. 27.
over Israel were forty years seven : ken this word against his own life.
years reigned he in Hebron, and 24 Now therefore, as the Lord liveth,
thirty and three years reigned he in which hath established me, and set
Jerusalem. me on the throne of David my father,
“ 1 Chron. 12 H ^Then sat Solomon upon the and who hath made me an house, as
29.23.
2 Chron. throne of David his father; and his he ^promised, Adonijah shall be put * 2 Sam. 7.
1 1. 11J13.
kingdom was established greatly.
.
to death this day. 1 Chron.

22 10
13 II And Adonijah the son of Hag- 25 And king Solomon sent by the
. .
1014.
1014.
gith came to Bath-sheba the mother hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;
»> 1 Sam. 16. of Solomon. And she said, '’Comest and he fell upon him that he .died.
4,5.
thou peaceably ? And he said, Peace- 26 II And unto Abiathar the priest
ably. said the king. Get thee to Anathoth, * 'Josh. 21.18.
14 He said moreover, I have some- unto thine own fields; for thou art
w'hat to say unto thee. And she said.
^
worthy of death but I will not at : Ûeb.amnn
of dfalh.
Say on. this time put thee to death, “ because “ 1 Sara.
23.6.
15 And he said. Thou knowest that thou barest the ark of the Lord God 2 Sara. 15.
« ch. 1. 5. the kingdom was 'mine, and that all before David my father, and because 24, 29.
Israel set their faces on me, that I " thou hast been aiflicted in all where- “ 1 .Sara. 22.
2)1, 23.
should reign howbeit the kingdom is in my father was afflicted.

: 2 Sara. 15.
24.
turned about, and is become my bro- 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiatliar
1 Chron.
22. 9. 10.
ther’s for ^ it was his fi om the Lord. from being priest unto the Lord
:
;
& 28. 5,6,7.

Prov. 21.
16 And now I ask one petition of that he might 'fulfil the word of the ® 1 Sara. 2.
31,-35.
30. thee, ^deny me not. And she said Lord, which he spake concerning
Dan. 2. 21.
* Heb. lum unto him. Say on. the house of Eli in Shiloh.
not away
my face, 17 And he said. Speak, I pray thee, 28 H Then tidings came to Joab
Ps. 132. 10.
unto Solomon the king, (for he will for Joab ^liad turned after Adonijah, P ch. 1. 7.
not say thee nay,) that he give me though he turned not after Absalom.
«ch.l.3,4. 'Abishag the Shunammite to wife. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle
18 And Bath-sheba said. Well; I will of the Lord, and caught hold on the 9 ch, 1. .50.
speak for thee unto the king. horns of the altar.

1 9 H Bath-sheba therefore went unto 29 And it was told king Solomon that
king Solomon, to speak unto him for Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of
Adonijah. And the king rose up to the Lord and, behold, he is by the
;
» Ex. 20. 12. meet her, and bowed himself unto altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah
her, and sat doum on his throne, and the son of Jehoiada, saying. Go, fall
caused a seat to be set for the king’s upon him.
eSee
Ps. 45. 9.
mother; ®and she sat on his right hand. 30 And Benaiah came to the taber-
20 Then she said, I desire one small nacle of the Lord, and said unto
petition of thee / pray thee, say
;
him. Thus saith the king. Come forth.
me not nay. And the king said unto And he said. Nay but I will die here.
;
her. Ask on, my mother; for I will And Benaiah brought the king word
I
not say thee nay. again, saying. Thus said Joab, and
21 And she said, Let Abishag the thus he answered me.
Shunammite be given to Adonijah 31 And the king said unto him, "^Do r Ex. 21. 14.
thy brother to wife. as he hath said, and fall upon him,

22 And king Solomon answered and and bury him; ®that thau mayest ®Num.35.
33
said unto his mother. And why dost take away the innocent blood, which Dent. 19.
13.
thou ask Abishag the Shunammite Joab shed, from me, and from the & 21. 8, 9.
for Adonijah ? ask for him the king- house of my father.

Aa2
: ; :
Jooib is slain. I. KINGS, IIL Shimei is put to death.
Before 32 And the Lord ‘shall return his a certain, on the day thou goest out, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1014.
blood upon his own head, who fell and walkest abroad any whither, that 1011 .
‘ Judg.9.24,
upon two men more righteous "and thou shalt surely die ? and thou saidst
51. better than he, and slew them with unto me. The word that I have heard
Ps. 7. 16.
“ 2 Chron. the sw ord, my father David not know- is good.
21. 13.
* 2 Sam. 3.
ing thereof, to wit, * Abner the son of 43 Why then hast thou not kept the
27.
Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and oath of the Lord, and the command-
y 2
lU.
Sam. 20. y Amasa the son of Jether, captain of ment that I have charged thee with ?
the host of Judah. 44 The king said moreover to Shi-
33 Their blood shall therefore re- mei, Thou knowest ‘‘all the wicked- »2Sam.l6.5.
turn upon the head of Joab, and ness which thine heart is privy to,
» 2 Sam. 3.
upon the head of his seed for ever that thou didst to David my father
29.
“Prov. 25.5. " but upon David, and upon his seed, therefore the Lord shall ‘return thy * Pb. 7. 16.
Ezek. 17.
and upon his house, and upon his wickedness upon thine own head 19.
throne, shall there be peace for ever 45 And king Solomon shall he bless-
2
from the Lord. ed, and ^ the throne of David shall be »Prov.25.5.
34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada established before the Lord for ever.
3
went up, and fell upon him, and slew 46 So the king commanded Benaiah
1014. him and he was buried in his own
: the son of J ehoiada which went out,
4 ;
house in the wilderness. and fell upon him, that he died. And
35 IT And the king put Benaiah the the ‘kingdom was established in the * ver. 12.
5 2 Chron.
son of Jehoiada in his room over the hand of Solomon. 1. 1 .
Num. 25. host and Zadok the priest did the 6

11, 12. 13.
1 Sam. 2.
:
king put in the room of "Abiathar.

CHAPTER HI.
35. See 1 Solomon marrieth Pharaoh's daughter. 2 High places
1 Chron. 6. 36 If And the king sent and called being in use, Solomon sacrificeth at Gibeon. 5 Solomon
53. &
24. 3. at Gibeon, hi the choice which God gave him, preferring
® ver. 27. for Shimei, and said unto him. Build
wisdom, obtaineth wisdom, riches, and honour. 16 Solo-
ver. 8.
2Sam.l6.5.
thee an house in Jerusalem, and mon's judgment between the two harlots mdketh him
dwell there, and go not forth thence renowned.
* 2 Sam. 15.
any whither.
37 Forshall be, that on the day
it
thou goest out, and passest over ® the
And "Solomon made affinity with
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took
_
Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her

» ch. 7. 8.
&
9. 24.
1014.
23.
brook Kidron, thou shalt know for cer- into the city of David, until he had ‘>2 Sam. 5. 7.
f Lev. 20. 9.
.Tosh. 2. 19.
tain that thou shalt surely die ^ thy : made an end of building his "outi ' ch. 7. 1.
2 Sam.
16.
1. blood shall be upon thine own head. house, and ‘‘the house of the Lord, and ch. 6.
38 And Shimei said unto the king. ®the wall of Jerusalem round about. * ch. 9. 15,
19.
The saying is good as my lord the
: Only the people sacrificed in high
‘ f Lev. 17. 3,
4, 5.
king hath said, so will thy servant places, because there was no house Deut. 12.
do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem built unto the name of the Lord, 2, 4, 5.
ch. 22. 43.
many days. until those days.

1011 .
39 And it came to pass at the And Solomon
loved the Lord,
® B Deut.
& 30.16,20.
6. 5.
end of three years, that two of the walking in the statutes of David his
‘‘ Ps. 31. 23.
Rom. 8. 28.
servants of Shimei ran away unto father: only he sacrificed and burnt 1 Cor. 8. 3.
•>
ver. 6, 14.
*lSam.27.2. ^ Achish son of Maachah king of incense in high places.
Gath. And they told Shimei, saying. And ‘the king went to Gibeon to * 2 Chron.
1.3.
Behold, thy servants he in Gath. sacrifice there ^ for that was the great
;
•= 1 Chron.
40 And Shimei arose, and saddled

16. 39.
high place a thousand burnt offerings
: 2 Chron.
1.3.
hi.s ass, and went to Gath to Achish to did Solomon offer upon that altar.
seek his servants and Shimei went,
: 1 ‘In Gibeon the Lord appeared to 1 ch. 9. 2.
2 Chron.
and brought his servants from Gath. Solomon “ in a dream by night and : 1.7.
“Num.12.6.
41 And it was told Solomon that God said. Ask what I shall give thee. Matt. 1.20.
&2. 13, 19.
Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to "And Solomon said. Thou hast “ 2 Chron.
Gath, and was come again. shewed unto thy servant David my 1. 8, &c.
42 And the king sent and called for father great mercy, according as he
^ 2 Or, bounty.
Shimei, and said unto him. Did I not " walked before thee in truth, and in 0 ch. 2. 4.
&9. 4.
make thee to swear by the Lord, and righteousness, and in uprightness of 2 Kin. 20.3.
Pb. 15. 2.
protested unto thee, saying. Know for heart with thee; and thou hast kept
; ; ;
Solomon asTceth wisdom of God. I. KINGS, IV. His judgment between two harlots.
Before for him this great kindness, that thou after that I was delivered, that this Belbre
CHRIST CHRIST
1014 .
^hast given him a son to sit on his woman was delivered also and we :
1014 .
P ch. 1. 48.
throne, as it is this day. were together there was no stranger
;
7 And now, O Lord my God, thou with us in the house, save we two in
hast made thy servant king instead the house.
1 1 Chron. of David my father: “ând I am hut 19 And this woman’s child died in
29. 1.
r Num. 27. a little ehild I know not how to go
: the night; because she overlaid it.
17.
out or come in. 20 And she arose at midnight, and
8 And thy servant is in the midst of took my son from beside me, while
" Deut. 7. 6. thy people which thou “hast chosen, thine handmaid slept, and laid it in
‘ Gen. 13. a great people, that cannot be num-
*
her bosom, and laid her dead child
16. & 15. 5.
bered nor counted for multitude. in my bosom.
“ 2 Chron. 9 " Give therefore thy servant an 21 And when I rose in the morning
1 10
to give my child suck, behold, it was
. .
Prov. 2. ûnderstanding heart '‘to judge thy

^— 9
people, that I may ^discern between dead : but when I had considered it
.
jWes 1. 5.
*Heb.
hearinQ.
good and bad: for who is able to in the morning, behold, it was not
*Pb.72.1,2. judge this thy so great a people? my son, which I did bear.
y Heb. 5. 14.
10 And the speech pleased the Lord, 22 And the other woman said, Nay
that Solomon had asked this thing. but the living is my son, and the
11 And God said unto him, Because dead is thy son. And this said, No;
thou hast asked this thing, and hast but the dead is thy son, and the
*James 4. 3.
SHeb.
* not asked for thyself ® long life nei- ;
living is my
son. Thus they spake
many days. ther hast asked riches for thyself, nor before the king.
hast asked the life of thine enemies 23 Then said the king. The one
but hast asked for thyself understand- saith. This is my son that liveth, and
<Heb. ing ^ to discern judgment thy son is the dead: and the other
to hear.
•1 John 5. 12 “Behold, I have done according saith. Nay; but thy son is the dead,
14, 15.
ch. 4. 29,
to thy words lo, I have given thee
:
’’
and my son is the living.
30,31.
& 5. 12. a wise and an understanding heart; 24 And the king said. Bring me a
& 10. 24.
Eccles. 1.
so that there was none like thee be- sword. And they brought a sword
16. fore thee, neither after thee shall any before the king.
arise like unto thee. 25 And the king said, Divide the
« Matt. 6. 33. 13 And I have also “given thee living child in two, and give half to
Ephes. 3.
20 . that which thou hast not asked, both the one, and half to the other.
«* ch. 4. 21, ^ riches, and honour so that there
: 26 Then spake the woman whose
24. 10.& ® shall not be any among the
23, 25, &c. kings the living child was unto the king, for
Prov. 3.16.
® Or, hath like unto thee all thy days. ^her bowels ^yearned upon her son, k Gen. 43.
30.
not been.
14 And if thou ivilt walk in my ways, and she said, O my lord, give her the Isai. 49. 1.5.
Jer. 31. 20.
to keep my statutes and my com- living child, and in no wise slay it. Hos. 11. 8.
2 Heb.
• ch. 15. 5. mandments, ® as thy father David did But the other said, Let it be neither weê hot.
'Ps. 91.16.
Prov. 3. 2.
walk, then I will lengthen thy days. mine nor thine, but divide it.
B So Gen. 15 And Solomon ® awoke; and, be- 27 Then the king answered and said,
41. 7.
hold, it was a dream. And he came Give her the living child, and in no wise
to Jerusalem, and stood before the slay it she is the mother thereof.
:
ark of the covenant of the Lord, and 28 And all Israel heard of the judg-
offered up burnt offerings, and offer- ment which the king had judged;
•"
So Gen. ed peace offerings, and ^ made a feast and they feared the king: for they
40. 20.
saw that the wisdom of God was ® in ver. 9, 11,
1
ch. 8.65. to all his servants. *
12 .
Esth. 1. 3.
Dan. 5. 1. 16 IF Then came there two women, him, to do judgment. 2 Heb.
the midst
in
Mark 6. 21.
that were harlots, unto the king, and of him.
‘Num. 27. 2. '

stood before him. CHAPTER IV.
1 Solomon’s princes. 7 Sis twelve officers for provision.
17 And the one woman said, O my 20 24 The peace and largeness of his kingdom. 22 Sis
,
and
lord, I this woman
dwell in one daily provision. 26 Sis stables. 29 Sis wisdom.
house and I was delivered of a child O king Solomon was king over all
;
with her in the house.

18 And it came to pass the third day
SAnd
2
Israel.
these were the princes which
:: : :: : : : : : ; ;
Solomon's chief officers. I. KINGS, IV. The largeness of his hingdom.

Before he had; Azariah the son of Zadok country of Gilead, in the country of Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1014. ^the priest, Sihon king of the Amorites, and of 1014.
2 Or, the
3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Og king of Bashan; and he was the Deut. 3. 8. I"
chi^f officer, Shisha, ® scribes; Jehoshaphat the only officer which ivas in the land.
3 Or,
secretaries. son of Ahilud, the ^recorder. 20 IF Judah and Israel were many,
2 Sara. 8.
4 And ’’Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
"
Hi.&20.24.
’as the sand which is by the sea in Gen. 22.17. I
ch. 3. 8.
> Or, remem- teas over the host and Zadok and multitude, “ eating and drinking, and
: I’rov. 14.
hrancer. 28.
ch. 2. 35.
' Abiathar ivere the priests making merry. :
“Ps. 72.3,7.
« See ch.
27.
2.
5 And Azariah the son of Nathan 21 And “Solomon reigned over all ” 2
Mic. 4. 4.
Chron.
^ ver. 7. teas over
^
the officers and Zabud kingdoms from “the river unto the
:
9. 26.
Ps. 72. 8.
® 2 Sam. 8. the son of Nathan ivas “principal land of the Philistines, and unto the "Gen. 1.5. 18.
18. &20.26. Josh. 1. 4.
officer, and the king’s friend
^
* 2 Sam. 15. border of Egypt ^ they brought pre- : P Ps. 68. 29.
& 16. 16. &
6 And Ahishar was over the house- sents, and served Solomon all the
37. 72.10,11.
1 Chron.
27. 33.
6 ch. 5. 14.
hold : and ® Adoniram the son of days of his life.
® Or, key. Abda ivas over the ® tribute. 22 II And Solomon’s ^provision for one 2Heb.i)«wJ.
7 If And Solomon had twelve offi- day was thirty ® measures of fine flour, 3 Heb. core.
cers over all Israel, which provided and threescore measures of meal,
victuals for the king and his house- 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen
hold each man his month in a year out of the pastures, and an hundred
:
made provision. sheep, beside harts, and roebucks,

6 Or, 8 And these are their names ® The and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
:
Ben-hur.
son of Hur, in mount Ephraim 24 For he had dominion over all the
’’
Or, 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and region on this side the river, from
Beii-dehar.
in Shaalbim, and Betli-shemesh, and Tiphsah even to Azzah, over ’all the « Ps. 72. 11.
Elon-beth-hanan kings on this side the river and he :

r 1 Chron.
22.9.
6 Or, 10 ® The son of Hesed, in Aruboth had peace on all sides round about
Ben-hesed,
to him pertained Sochoh, and all the him.
land of Hepher 25 And Judah and Israel “dAvelt * See .Ter.
23. 6.
* Or, Beii- 11 ®The son of Abinadab, in all the * safely, every man under his vine and * * Heb. cm-
abinadab. ficknily.
region of Dor; whicli had Taphath under his fig tree, " from Dan even to * Mic. 4. 4.
the daughter of Solomon to wife Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon. Zech. 3.10.
” Judg.20.1.
12 Baana the son of Ahilud to him 26 H And '‘Solomon had forty thou-
;
* ch. 10. 26.
2 Chron. 1.
pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and sand stalls of ^ horses for his chariots, 14. & 9. 2>.
all Beth-sheau, which is by Zartanah and twelve thousand horsemen. y See Deuf,
17. 16.
beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to 27 And those officers provided vic- * ver. 7.
Abel-meholah, even unto the place tual for king Solomon, and for all
that is beyond J okneam that came unto king Solomon’s table,
2 Or,
Ben-geber.
13 ^The son of Geber, in Ramoth- every man in his month they lack- :
•*
Num. 32. gilead to him pertained the towns ed nothing.
;
41.
of Jair the son of Manasseh, which 28 Barley also and straw for the
are in Gilead to him also pertained horses and ® dromedaries brought they
;
3 Or, mutes,
or, sicift
i
Dent. 3. 4. ‘
the region of Argob, which is in unto the place where the officers were, leasts,
Ksth. 8. 14.
Bashan, threescore great cities with every man according to his charge. Mic. 1. 13.
walls and brasen bars 29 ^ And “God gave Solomon wisdom

:
* ch. 3. 12.
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had and understanding exceeding much,

® Mahanaim
* Or, to
Maliamim.
and largeness of heart, even as the
15 Ahimaaz ivas in Naphtali; he sand that is on the sea shore.
also took Basmath the daughter of 30 And Solomon’s wisdom excelled
Solomon to wife the wisdom of all the children ‘’of •> Gen. 25. 6.
16 Baanah the son of Hushai was the east country, and all ' the msdom
e See Acts
7. 22.
in Asher and in Aloth of Egypt.

1 ch. 3. 12.
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, 31 For he was ® wiser than all men « 1 Chron.
in Issachar “than Ethan the Ezrahite, ând He- 15. 19.

Ps.89.title.
18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Ben- man, and Chalcol, and Darda, the t See
1Chron. 2.
jamin : sons of Mahol : and his fame was in 6. & 6. 3a
19 Geber the son of Uri was & 15. 19.
in the all nations round about. I’s. 89, title.
;
Hiram furnislietli Solomon L KINGS, y. with timber for the temple.
Before 32 And ®he spake three thousand unto David a wise son over this great
CHRIST
Before
CHRIST ^
1014 .
proverbs and his : songs were a people. 1014 .
thousand and five. 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, say-

e Prov. 1. 1.
Eccles. 33 And he spake of trees, from the ing, I have ^considered the things t'Heb.
heard.
12.9.
>* Cant. 1. 1. cedar tree that is in Lebanon even which thou sentest to me for and
:
unto the hyssop that springeth out I will do all thy desire concerning
of the wall he spake also of beasts,
: timber of cedar, and concerning tim-
and of fowl, and of creeping things, ber of fir.
and of fishes. 9 My servants shall bring them down
i
ch. 10. 1. 34 And there came of all people to
‘
from Lebanon unto the sea: ‘and I * 2 Chron.
2. l(i.
2 Chron. 9.
1, 23. hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all will convey them by sea in floats
kings of the earth, which had heard unto the place that thou shalt ® ap- 3 Heb. send.
of his wisdom. point me, and will cause them to be

discharged there, and thou shalt re-
CHAPTER V.
ceive them: and thou shalt accom-
1 Hiram, sejidiny to congratulate Solomon, is certified of
his purpose to build the temple, and desired to furnish plish my desire, ‘‘in giving food for * See Ezra
3. 7.
him loith timber thereto. 7 Hiram, blessing God for Solo-
mon, and requesting food for his family, furnisheth him
my household. Ezek.
17.
27.
leith trees. 13 The number of Solomon's workmen and 10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar Acts 12. 20.
labourers. trees and fir trees according to all
® ver. 10, 18.
2 Chron. 2.
AND “Hiram king of Tyre sent his his desire.
3, Huram. a\. servants unto Solomon; for he 11 ‘And Solomon gave Hiram twenty * See
2 Chron.
had heard that they had anointed him thousand * measures of, wheat for 2 10
. .
* Heb.
b 2 Sam.
11 .
5. king in the room of his father for :
’’
food to his household, and twenty cars.
1
14. 1.
Chron. Hiram was ever a lover of David. measures of pure oU thus gave So-
:
Amos 1. 9. 2 And ® Solomon sent to Hiram, lomon to Hiram year by year.

® 2 Chron.
2.3. saying, 12 And the Lord gave Solomon
3 Thou knowest how that David my wisdom, “ as he promised him and
:
“ ch. 3. 12.
father could not build an house unto there was peace between Hiram and
1
22 8 .
Chron.
.
the name of the Lord his God ‘‘for Solomon and they two made a league
;
&28. 3. the wars which were about him on together.

every side, until the Lord put them 13 H And king Solomon raised a
under the soles of his feet. ®levy out of all Israel; and the levy SHeb.
of
4 But now the Lord my God hath
IritnUe
was thirty thousand men. men.
® ch. 4. 24. given me “rest on every side, so that 14 And he sent them to Lebanon,
1 Chron.
22. 9. there is neither adversary nor evil ten thousand a month by courses a :
occurrent. month they were in Lebanon, and

f 2 Chron.
2. 4. 5 Ând, behold, I * purpose to build two months at home and “Adoniram
:
> ch. 4. 6.
* Heb. say. an house unto the name of the Lord was over the levy.
e 2 Sam.
13.
7. my God, ®as the Lord spake unto 15 " And Solomon had threescore ® ch. 9. 21.
2 Chron. 2.
1
17. 12.
Chron. David my father, saying. Thy son, and ten thousand that bare burdens, 17, 18.
& 22 . 10 . whom I will set upon thy throne in and fourscore thousand hewers in the
thy room, he shall build an house mountains
unto my name. 16 Beside the chief of Solomon’s
6 Now therefore command thou that officers which were over the work,
b 2 Chron.
2 8 , 10 .
they hew me cedar trees out of Le-
‘‘
three thousand and three hundred,
banon and my servants shall be with
.
;
which ruled over the people that
thy servants and unto thee will I
: wrought in the work.
give hire for thy servants according 17 And the king commanded, and
* Heb. say. to all that thou shalt ® appoint for : they brought great stones, costly
thou knowest that there is not among stones, and shewed stones, to lay the P 1 Chron.
22 2 . .
us any that can skill to hew timber foundation of the house.

like unto the Sidonians. 18 And Solomon’s builders and Hi-
7 ^ And it came to pass, when Hiram ram’s builders did hew them, and
heard the words of Solomon, that he the ® stonesquarers so they prepar-
:
6 Or, Gih-
lites: as
rejoiced greatly, and said. Blessed be ed timber and stones to build the Ezek. 27.9.
the Lord this day, which hath given house.

: :
: :
Tlie building of the temple. I. KINGS, YI. God^s promise unto it.
Before
CHRIST
CHAPTER YI. 11 IT And the word of the Lord came Before
CHRIST
1 The building of Solomon's temple. 5 The chambers thereof. to Solomon, saying,
1012.
11 God's promise unto it. 15 'The deling and adorning
1005 .
of it. 23 The cherubims. 31 The doors. 36 The court,

12 Concerning this house which thou
37 The time of building it. art in building, 4f thou wilt walk in * ch. 2. 4.
&9. 4.
» 2 Chron.
3. 1, 2.
AND came to pass in the four
“it my statutes, and execute my judg-
hundred and eightieth year after ments, and keep all my command-
the children of Israel were come out ments to walk in them; then will I
of the land of Egypt, in the fourth perform my word with thee, ^ which I k 2
13.
Sam. 7.
year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, spake unto David thy father 1 Chron.
22 10. .
in the month Zif, which is the second 13 And Î will dwell among the 1 Ex. 25. 8.
Lev. 26. 11.
b Acts 7. 47. month, that ’’he ^ began to build the children of Israel, and will not “ for- 2 Cor. 6. 16.
Heb. Rev. 21. 3.
® huUt.
house of the Lord. sake my people Israel. “Deu.31.6.
® See Ezek.
41. 1, &c.
2 And 'the house which king Solo- 14 "So Solomon built the house, ® ver. 38.
mon Lord, the length

built for the and finished it.
thereof ims threescore cubits, and 15 And he built the walls of the house
the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and within with boards of cedar, ^ both the 2 Or, from
if
the floor
the height thereof thirty cubits. floor of the house, and the Avails of the Junise
unto the
3 And the porch before the temple of the cieling and he covered them on
:
walls, lie.
and so
the house, twenty cubits was the length the inside with wood, and covered the ver. 16.
thereof, according to the breadth of floor of the house with planks of fir.
the house and ten cubits was the
; 16 And he built twenty cubits on the
breadth theraof before the house. sides of the house, both the floor and
See Ezek.
4 And for the house he made the Avails with boards of cedar: he even
•*
40. 16.
win-
& 41. 16.
dows of narrow lights. built them for it Avithin, even for the
® Or, win-
dows broail 5 H And âgainst the wall of the oracle, even for the “ most holy place. ®Ex.
Lev.
26.33.
16. 2.
within,
and nar- house he chambers round a-
built 17 And the house, that is, the tem- ch. 8.
2 Chron.
4
row with-
out: or, bout, against the walls of the house ple before it, Avas forty cubits long. 3. 8.
slmced Ezek. 45.3.

and closed. round about, both of the temple ‘ând 18 And the cedar of the house Heb. 9. 3.
* Or,
upon, or,
of the oracle and he made ® cham-
: Avithin ivas carved with ®knops and 2 Or, gourds.
joining to.
® See Ezek.
bers round about ôpen flowers: all was cedar; there * Heb.
openings
41.6. 6 The nethermost chamber ivas five Avas no stone seen. offlowers.
® Heb..^«or«.
f ver. 16, 19,
cubits broad, and the middle was 19 And the oracle he prepared in
20, 21, 31. six cubits broad, and the third was the house Avithin, to set there the
s Heb. libs.
seven cubits broad: for without in ark of the covenant of the Lord.
Heb. nar-
rowings,
the ivall of the house he made ’nar- 20 And the oracle in the forepart
or, rebate-
ments.
rowed rests round about, that the was tAventy cubits in length, and
beams should not be fastened in the tAA enty cubits in breadth, and twenty
walls of the house. cubits in the height thereof: and he
K See Deut.
27. 5, 6.
7 And ®the house, when it was in overlaid it Avith ®pure gold; and so 5 Heb.
shtU up.
ch. 5. 18. building, was built of stone made covered the altar which was of cedar.
ready before it was brought thither: 21 So Solomon overlaid the house
so that there was neither hammer Avithin AA ith pure gold and he made :
nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in a partition by the chains of gold be-
the house, while it was in building. fore the oracle; and he overlaid it
8 The door for the middle chamber with gold.
Heb.
22 And the whole house he over-
«
should r.
leas in the right ® side of the house
and they went up with winding stairs laid Avith gold, until he had finished
P Ex. 30.
into the middle chamber, and out of all the house: also ^tlie Avhole altar 3,6.
1,
the middle into the third. that was by the oracle he overlaid
1005 .
9 So he built the house, and finish- Avith gold.
b ver. 14, 38.
» Or, ed it and covered the house ® with
; 23 M And within the oracle "^he « Ex.
8, 9.
37. 7,
® ’
the vault-
beams and
beams and boards of cedar. made tAvo cherubims olive tree, 2 Chron. 3.
10 , 11 12 .
10 And then he built chambers a- each ten cubits high.

,
the cielings • Or, oily.
with cedar.
1 Heb.
24 And five cubits was the one
trees
gainst all the house, five cubits high of oil.
and they rested on the house with Aving of the cherub, and five cubits
j
timber of cedar. the other Aving of the cherub

i from :
: ;:: ;
:
The ornaments of the temple. I. KINGS, YII. Solomon's other buildings.

Before
the uttermost part of the one wing to all the fashion of it. So was he Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1005. unto the uttermost part of the other " seven years in building it. 1005.
were ten cubits. 2 CHAPTER Vn.
25 And the other cherub was ten 1 The building of Solomon’s house. 2 Of the house of Le- ver.
® Com rare
1.
cubits both the cherubims were of

:
banon. & Of the porch of pillars. 1 Of the porch of judg-
ment. 8 Of the house for Pharaoh’s daughter. 18 Hiram’s
one measure and one size. work of the two pillars. 23 Of the molten sea. 27 Of the
3
26 The height of the one cherub ten bases. 38 Of the ten lavers, 40 and all the vessels.
4 U T Solomon was building his

was ten cubits, and so was it of the
other cherub.
27 And he set the cherubims within he
B
own house * thirteen years, and • till 992.
5 finished all his house.
1005.
ch. 9. 10.
2 Chron.
8 1
6 IF He built also the house of the
. .
r Ex. 25. 20. the inner house and ^ they stretch-

:
& 37. 9.
2 ChroD. ed forth the wings of the cherubims, forest of Lebanon tlie length there- ;
5. 8.
2 Or, the so that the wing of the one touched of was an hundred cubits, and the
cherubims
stretched the one wall, and the wing of the breadth
7 thereof fifty cubits, and the
forth their
tcings.
other cherub touched the other wall height thereof thirty cubits, upon
and their wings touched one another four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar
in the midst of the house. 8
beams upon the pillars.
28 And he overlaid the cherubims And it teas covered with cedar
with gold. above upon the ^ beams, that lay on 2 Heb. ribs.
9
29 And he carved all the walls of forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
the house round about with carved And there were windows in three
figures of cherubims and palm trees rows, and ® light was against light in ® Heb. sigld
against
SHeb. and ® open flowers, within and without. three ranks. sight.
openings
<fflowers. 30 And the floor of the house he over- And all the ^ doors and posts were * Or, spaces
and pillars
laid with gold, within and without. square, with the windows and light
: were
square in
31 IF And for the entering of the loas against light in three ranks. prospect.
oracle he made doors of olive tree IF And he made a porch of pillars
^ Or, five- the lintel and side posts were ^ a fifth the length thereof was fifty cubits,
square.
part of the wall. and the breadth thereof thirty cubits
5 Or, 32 The ® two doors also were of olive and the porch was ® before them: and 5 Or,
leaves of according
the doors. tree ; and he carved upon them carv- the other pillars and the thick beam to them.
ings of cherubims and palm trees and 10 ® before them.

were «Or,
according
6 Heb. ® open flowers, and overlaid them with IF Then he made a porch for the to them.
openings
^flowers. gold, and spread gold upon the che- 11
throne where he might judge, even
rubims, and upon the palm trees. the porch of judgment and it was
:
33 So also made he for the door 12

covered with cedar ^ from one side of THeb.
from floor
t Or, four- of the temple posts of olive tree, ’ a the floor to the other. tofloor.
square.
fourth part of the wall. 1 And his house where he dwelt
34 And the two doors were of fir had another court within the porch,
' Ezek. 41. tree the ® two leaves of the one door
; ivhieh was of the like work. Solomon
23, 24, 25.
vjere folding, and the two leaves of made also an house for Pharaoh’s
the other door we7'e folding. daughter, ’’whom he had taken to b ch. 3. 1.
2 Chron.
35 And he carved thereon cherubims wife, like unto this porch. 8 11 .
.
and palm trees and open flowers All these were of costly stones,
and covered them with gold fitted according to the measures of hewed
upon the carved work. stones, sawed with saws, within and
36 IF And he built the inner court without, even from the foundation
with three rows of hewed stone, and unto the coping, and so on the out-
a row of cedar beams. side toward the great court.
* ver. 1.
37 IF *In the fourth year was the And the foundation was q/* costly
foundation of the house of the Lord stones, even great stones, stones of ten
laid, in the month Zif cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
® Or, with all
the appur-
tenances
38 And in the eleventh year, in the And above were costly stones,
thereof month Bui, which is the eighth month, after the measures of hewed stones,
and mth
all the or- was the house finished ® throughout and cedars.
dinances
,
thereof. all the parts thereof, and according And the great court round about
: ;
:
:
1 '
Hiram's worh for the I. KINGS, YII. decoration of the temple.

Before was with three rows of liewed stones, about there were knops compassing it, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1005. and a row of cedar beams, both for ten in a cubit, “compassing the sea 1005.
the inner court of the house of the round about the knops were cast in
:
”2 Chron.
e John
23.
10. Lord, “ and for the porch of the house. two rows, when it was cast. 4. 3.
Acts 3. 11. 13 IT And king Solomon sent and 25 It stood upon “twelve oxen, three ”2 Chron.
4. 4, 5.
^ 2 Chron.
4. 11,
fetched ^ Hiram out of Tyre. looking toward the north, and three Jer. 52. 20.
Huram :
See ver. 40.
14 *He was â widow’s son of the looking toward the west, and three
* 2 Chron. tribe of Naphtali, and ^his father was looking toward the south, and three
2. 14.
*Heb. a man of Tyre, a worker in brass and : looking toward the east : and the
the son
a willow
(if
®he was filled with wisdom, and un- sea was set above upon them, and all
woman.
1 2 Chron.
derstanding, and cunning to work all their hinder parts were inward.
4. 16.
w orks in brass. And he came to king 26 And it was an hand breadth thick,
e Ex. 31. 3.
&36. 1. Solomon, and wrought all his work. and the brim thereof was wrought like
3 Heb.
.fashioned. 15 For he ^cast ‘'two pillars of brass, the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies
2 Kin. 25.
»>
17.
of eighteen cubits high apiece and : it contained ^ two thousand baths. P See
2 Chron.
2 Chron.
15. & 4. 12.
3.
a line of twelve cubits did compass 27 And he made ten bases of brass 4.5.
Jer. 52. 21. either of them about. four cubits was the length of one base,
16 And he made two chapiters of and four cubits the breadth thereof,
molten brass, to set upon the tops of and three cubits the height of it.
the pillars the height of the one cha-
: 28 And the work of the bases was on
piter was five cubits, and the height of this manner: they had borders, and
the other chapiter was five cubits the borders were between the ledges
11 And nets of checker work, and 29 And on the borders that loere
wreaths of chain work, for the chapi- between the ledges were lions, oxen,
ters which were upon the top of the and cherubims: and upon the ledges
pillars; seven for the one chapiter, there ivas a base above :and beneath
and seven for the other chapiter. the lions and oxen ivere certain addi-
18 And he made the pillars, and two tions made of thin work.
rows round about upon the one net- 30 And every base had four brasen
work, to cover the chapiters that were wheels, and plates of brass and the
:
upon the top, with pomegranates and : four corners thereof had undersetters:
so did he for the other chapiter. under the laver were undersetters
19 And the chapiters that were upon molten, at the side of every addition.
the top of the pillars were of lily w ork 31 And the mouth of it within the
in the porch, four cubits. chapiter and above was a cubit but :
20 And the chapiters upon the tw o the mouth thereof was round after
pillars had pomegranates also above, the work of the base, a cubit and an
over against the belly which was by half and also upon the mouth of it
:
the network and the pomegranates

: were gravings with their borders, four-
i
iSee were two hundred in rows round
‘
square, not round. f
2 Chron. 3.
16. & 4. 13. about upon the other chapiter. 32 And under the borders were four V
Jer. 52. 23.
^2 Cliron. 21 ‘'And he set up the pillars in the ’
wheels; and the axletrees of the
3. 17.
•ch. 6.3.
porch of the temple and he set up the
: wheels were ‘^joined to the base and :
2 Heb. in
the base.
right pillar,and called the name there- the height of a w'heel ivas a cubit
* That
He
is.
shall
of ^Jachin: and he set up the left pil- and half a cubit.
establish. lar, and called the name thereof ®Boaz. 33 And the work of the wheels was
® That is,
In it is 22 And upon the top of the pillars like the work of a chariot wheel
slrenuUi.
was lily work so was the work of the
: their axletrees, and their naves, and
pillars finished. their felloes, and their spokes, were
2 Kin. 25.
13.
23 H And he made “a molten sea, all molten.
2 Chron. ten cubits ®from the one brim to 34 And there were four undersetters
4. 2.
Jer. 52. 17. the other: it was round all about, to the four corners of one base and :
• Heb. /rom
his brim to and his height was five cubits and a : the undersetters ivere of the very
his brim.
line of thirty eubits did compass it base itself.
round about. 35 And in the top of the base was
24 And under the brim of it round there a round compass of half a cubit
; ; ;
Hiram's worJc finished. I. KINGS, VIII. The feast of the dedication.
Before high and on the top of the base the

: “the table of gold, whereupon “the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1005 .
ledges thereof and the borders there- shewbread was, 1005 .
of wet'e of the same. 49 And the candlesticks of pure • Ex. 37. 10,
36 For on the plates of the ledges gold, five on the right side, and five &c.
» Ex. 25. 30.
thereof, and on the borders thereof, on the left, before the oracle, with Lev. 24.
5.-8.
he graved cherubims, lions, and palm the flowers, and the lamps, and the
*Heb. trees, according to the ^ proportion of tongs i^gold,
ndtiedness.
every one, and additions round about. 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers,
37 After this manner he made the and the basons, and the spoons, and
ten bases all of them had one cast-
: the ^ censers of pure gold and the ;
'*
Heb.
ash tmns.
ing, one measure, and one size. hinges of gold, both for the doors of
•1 2 Chron. 38 t Then ‘‘made he ten la vers the inner house, the most holy place,
4. 6.
of brass: one laver contained forty and for the doors of the house, to
baths :and every laver was four wit, of the temple.
cubits and upon every one of the
:
2
51 So was ended all the work that
ten bases one laver. king Solomon made for the house of
39 And he put five bases on the right 3 Lord. And Solomon brought in
the
SHeb. ® side of the house, and five on the left 4
the ® things ’’wliich David his father 3 Heb.
shoulder. holy things
side of the house and he set the sea
: had dedicated; even the silver, and of David.
<> 2 Sam. 8.
on the right side of the house east- the gold, and the vessels, did he put 11 .
2 Chron
ward over against the south. among
5 the treasures of the house of 5.1.
<Heb. 40 IT And ^ Hiram made the lavers, the Lord.
Hirom
See ver. 13. and the shovels, and the basons. So CHAPTER VIII.
1 6
The feast of the dedication of the temple.
Hiram made an end of doing all the mon’s blessing. 22 Solomon’s prayer. 62
12 54 Solo-
,
llis sacrifice
work that he made king Solomon for of peace offerings.
the house of the Lord hen Solomon assembled the
T “ » 2 Chron.
:
&c.
5. 2,
41 The two pillars, and the two bowls elders of Israel, and all the heads
of the chapiters that were on the top of the tribes, the ^ chief of the fa- <Heb.
princes.
» ver. 17, 18. of the two pillars and the two net-
; thers of the children of Israel, unto
works, to cover the two bowls of the king Solomon in Jerusalem, '’that •>
2
17.
Sam. 6.
chapiters which were upon the top of they might bring up the ark of the
the pillars; covenant of the Lord “ out of the city ' 2
7, 9.
Sam. 5.
42 And four hundred pomegranates of David, which is Zion. & 6. 12, 16.
for the two networks, even two rows And all the men of Israel assem-
of pomegranates for one network, to bled themselves unto king Solomon
cover the two bowls of the chapiters at the ''feast in the month Ethanim, <*Lev.23.34.
2 Chron.
® Heb. upon
the face of
that were ® upon the pillars which is the seventh month. 7. 8.
1004
the pitturs.
43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers And aU the elders of Israel came, .
on the bases; ® and the priests took up the ark. ®Num. 4. 15.
Dent. 31. 9.
44 And one sea, and twelve oxen And they brought up the ark of Josh. 3. 3, 6.
1 Chron.
under the sea the Lord, 'ând the tabernacle of the f
15. 14, 15.
Ex. ch. 3. 4.
•
2 Chron.
27. 3.
45 “And the pots, and the shovels, congregation, and all the holy ves- 2 Chron.
1. 3.
4.16.
and the basons and all these vessels,
: sels that were in the tabernacle, even
which Hiram made to king Solomon those did the priests and the Levites
* Heb. made
bright, or,
for the house of the Lord, were of bring up.
‘
scoured.
2 Chron.
® bright
brass. And king Solomon, and aU the
4. 17. 46 *In the plain of Jordan did the congregation of Israel, that were as-
t Heb. in
the thick- king cast them, în the clay ground sembled unto him, loere with him be-
fore the ark, ® sacrificing sheep and
ness of the
ground. between " Succoth and * Zarthan. e 2
13.
Sam. 6.
"
17.
Gen. 33. 47 And Solomon left all the vessels oxen, that could not be told nor
* Josh. 3. 16. unweighed, * because they were ex- numbered for multitude.
® Heb. for the
exceeding ceeduig many neither was the weight
: And the priests '’brought in the ^
17.
2 Sam. 6.
multitude.
9 Heb. of the brass ^ found out. ark of the covenant of the Lord un-
searched,
1 Chron.
48 And Solomon made all the ves- to 'his place, into the oracle of the i
Ex. 26. 33,
34.
22. 14.
sels that pertained unto the house of house, to the most holy place, even ch. 6. 19.
yEx. 37.25,
&c. the Lord: ^the altar of gold, and ^ under the wings of the cherubims. » ch. 6. 27.
: :
Solomons prayer at the I. KINGS, YIII. dedication of the temple.
Before 7 For the cherubims spread forth his word that he spake, and I am Before
CHEIST CHRIST
1004.
their two wings over the place of the risen up in the room of David my fa-
1004.
ark, and the cherubims covered the ther, and sit on the throne of Israel,
ark and the staves thereof above. ®as the Lord promised, and have e 1 CLron.
8 And they ^drew out the staves,

28. 5, 6.
1 Ex. 25. li built an house for the name of the
15.
*Heb. that the ênds of the staves were seen Lord God of Israel.
heads.
3 Or, ark ; out in the ® holy place before the ora- 21 And I have set there a place for
as 2 Chron.
5. 9.
cle, and they were not seen without the ark, wherein is '"the covenant of * ver. 9.
Deut 31.
and there they are unto this day. the Lord, which he made with our 26.
"Ex. 25. 21. 9 There ivas nothing in the ark fathers, when he brought them out
Deut. 10. 2.
° save the two tables of stone, which of the land of Egypt.
“ Deut. 10.5.
Heb. 9.
® Ex. 40
4.
20.
Moses ° put there at Horeb, * ^ when 22 H And Solomon stood before 'the * 2 Chron. 6.
12, &c.
* Or, where. the Lord made a covenant with the altar of the Lord in the presence of
r ver. 21.
Ex. 34. 27, children of Israel, when they came all the congregation of Israel, and
28.
Deut. 4. 13. out of the land of Egypt. spread forth his hands toward heaven: k Ex. 9. 33.
Ezra 9. 5.
10 And it came to pass, when the 23 And he said. Lord God of Israel, leak 1. 15.
priests were come out of the holy ^

there is no God like thee, in heaven > Ex. 15. 11.
2 Sam. 7.
<1 Ex. 40. 34, place, that the cloud filled the house
^ above, or on earth beneath, “who 22 .
35. ® Deut. 7. 9.
2 Chroii. of the Lord, keepest covenant and mercy with thy Neh. 1. 5.
5. 13, 14.
Dan. 9. 4.
&7.2. 11 So that the priests could not servants that “ walk before thee with “ Gen. 17. 1.
stand to minister because of the all their heart ch. 3.

2 Kin. 20.3.
6.
cloud for the glory of the Lord had

: 24 Who hast kept with thy servant
filled the house of the Lord. David my father that thou promis-
r 2 Chron. 12 H '^Then spake Solomon, The edst him thou spakest also with thy
:
6. 1, &c.
* Lev. 16. 2. Lord said that he would dwell “in mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine
I's. 18. 11.
& 97. 2. the thick darkness. hand, as it is this day.
* 2 Sam. 7. 13 ‘I have surely built thee an house 25 Therefore now. Lord God of Is-
13.
>‘F6.132.14. to dwell in, " a settled place for thee rael, keep with thy servant David my
to abide in for ever. father that thou promisedst him, say-
°
14 And the king turned his face ing, ^ There shall not fail thee a man ® 2 Ram. 7.
in my sight to sit on the throne of Is-

12, 16.
^ 2 Sam. 6. about, and "'blessed ail the congre- ch. 2. 4.
18.
®Heb. There
gation of Israel: (and all the con- rael ® so that thy children take heed
; shall not
be cut off
gregation of Israel stood ;) to their way, that they walk before unto thee a
y Luke 1. C8. 15 And he said, ^Blessed he the me as thou hast walked before me. man .from
my sight.
* 2 Sam. 7. Lord God of Israel, which ^spake with 26 *’And now, O God of Israel, let »Heb.
5,25. only if.
hismouth unto David my father, and thy word, I pray thee, be verified, P 2 Sam. 7.
25.
hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, which thou spakest unto thy servant
"2 Sam. 7.
2 Chron.
6. 16 “Since the day that I brought David my father.
6. 5, &c. forth my people Israel out of Egypt, 27 But ’will God indeed dwell on t
2 6
2 Chron.
. .
I chose no city out of all the tribes the earth? behold, the heaven and Isai. 66. 1.
Jer. 23. 24.
•>
ver. 29. of Israel to build an house, that my 'heaven of heavens cannot contain Acts 7. 49.
Deut. 12. & 17. 24.
11 . name might be therein; but I chose thee how much less this house that
;
f2 Cor. 12. 2.
®lSam.l6.1.
2 Sam. 7. 8.
' David
to be over my people Israel. I have builded ?
1
28.4.
Chron. 17 And ît was in the heart of David 28 Yet have thou respect unto the
‘*2
1 Chron.
Sam. 7. 2. my father to build an house for the prayer of thy servant, and to his sup-
17. 1. name of the Lord God of Israel. plication, O Lord my God, to hearken
® 2 Chron. 18 ®And the Lord said unto David unto the cry and to the prayer, which
6 8 9 .
my father. Whereas it was in thine

.
thy servant prayeth before thee to

,
heart to build an house unto my day:

name, thou didst well that it was in 29 That thine eyes may be open to-
thine heart. ward this house night and day, even
1 2 Sam.
5. 12. 13.
7. 19 Nevertheless ^thou shalt not toward the place of which thou hast
said, My name shall be there that Deut. 12.
•
ch. 5. 3. 5. build the house; but thy son that “ :
11 .
shall come forth out of thy loins, he thou mayest hearken unto the prayer
Dan.
which thy servant shall make ‘^to-
* 6. 10.
shall build the house unto my name. < Or, in
20 And the Lord hath performed ward this place. this place.
: ;
: ; : ;
Solomon's prayer at the I. KINGS, VIIL aeaicamon oj
CHRIST
Before 30 "And hearken thou to the sup- (for thou, even thou only, ‘^knowest the Before
CHRIST
1004. plication of thy servant, and of thy hearts of all the children of men ;) 1004.
“ 2 Chron.
people Israel, when they shall pray 40 ® That they may fear thee all the USain.16.7.
20. 9.
Neh. 1. 6.
^ toward this place: and hear thou days that they live in the land which 1 Chron.
28. 9.
* Or, in in heaven thy dwelling place: and thou gavest unto our fathers. Ps. 11. 4.
this place. Jer. 17. 10.
when thou hearest, forgive. 41 Moreover concerning a stranger, Acte 1.24.
sPs. 130.4.
31 If If any man trespass against his that is not of thy people Israel, but
SHeb.
and he re-
neighbour, ^ and * an oath be laid up- cometh out of a far country for thy
quire an on him to cause him to swear, and name’s sake;
oath of him.
Lev. 5. 1. the oath come before thine altar in 42 (For they shall hear of thy great
* Ex. 22. 11.
this house name, and of thy strong hand, and
** 'Deut. 3. 24.
32 Then hear thou in heaven, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he
y Deut. 25.1. do, and judge thy servants, ^ condemn- shall come and pray toward this house
ing the wicked, to bring his way upon 43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwell-
his head; and justifying the right- ing place, and do according to all that
eous, to give him according to his the stranger calleth to thee for :that
* ‘ 1 Sam. 17.
46.
righteousness. all people of the earth may know thy 2 Kin. 19.
19.
'Lev. 26.17. 33 If '‘When thy people Israel be name, to ^ fear thee, as do thy people Ps. 67. 2.
Deut. kPs.102. 15
25. smitten down before the enemy, be- Israel and that they may know that
;
cause they have sinned against thee, ^this house, which I have builded, is «Heb.
thy name
“ Lev. 26. and " shall turn again to thee, and con- called by thy name. ts called
upon
39, 40. this
Neh. 1. 9. fess thy name, and pray, and make 44 If If thy people go out to battle house.
* Or, toward. supplication unto thee *in this house against their enemy, whithersoever
34 Then hear thou in heaven, and thou shalt send them, and shall pray
forgive the sin of thy people Israel, unto the Lord ^ toward the city which SHeb.
the way
and bring them again unto the land thou hast chosen, and toward the of the city.
which thou gavest unto their fathers. house that I have built for thy name :
Lev. 26.
19.
35 If When heaven is shut up, and 45 Then hear thou in heaven their
Deut. 28. there is no rain, because they have prayer and their supplication, and
23. * Or, right.
sinned against thee if they pray to-
;
maintain their ^ cause.
ward this place, and confess thy name, 46 If they sin against thee, (* for • 2 Chron.
6. 36.
and turn from their sin, when thou there isno man that sinneth not,) and Prov. 20.
Eccles. 7.
9.
afflictest them: thou be angry with them, and deliver 20 .
James 3. 2.
36 Then hear thou in heaven, and them to the enemy, so that they carry 1 John 1.
8 10 .
forgive the sin of thy servants, and them away captives “unto the land ,
Lev. 26.
34, 44.
' Ps. 25. 4. of thy people Israel, that thou " teach of the enemy, far or near Deut. 28.
& 27. 11.
& 94. 12. them ^ the good way wherein they 47 " Yet if they shall ® bethink them- 36, 64.
“Lev. 26.40.
& 143. 8.
^ 1 Sam. 12. should walk, and give rain upon thy selves in the land whither they were s Heb. bring
hack to
23.
land, which thou hast given to thy carried captives, and repent, and their heart.
people for an inheritance. make supplication unto thee in the

•Lev. 26.16,
25,26.
37 If ® If there be in the land famine, land of them that carried them cap-
Deut. 28. if there be pestilence, blasting, mil- tives, "saying. We have sinned, and “ Neh. 1. 6.
21, 22, 27, Ps. 106. 6.

38, 42, 52. dew, locust, or if there be caterpil- have done perversely, we have com- Dan. 9. 5.
2 Chron.
20. 9. ler; if their enemy besiege them in mitted wickedness;
® Or, juris-
diction.
the land of their ® cities whatsoever
; 48 And so ^ return unto thee ivith P .Ter. 29. 12,
13, 14.
\ plague, whatsoever sickness there he all their heart, and with all their soul,
38 What prayer and supplication in the land of their enemies, which
soever be made by any man, or by all led them away captive, and pray un- ! 1 Dan. 6. 10.
thy people Israel, which shall know to thee toward their land, which thou
every man the plague of his own gavest unto their fathers, the city
heart, and spread forth his hands which thou hast chosen, and the house
toward this house: which I have built for thy name
39 Then hear thou in heaven thy 49 Then hear thou their prayer and
dwelling place, and forgive, and do, their supplication in heaven thy dwell-
and give to every man according to ing place, and maintain their ® cause,
® Or, right.
his ways, whose heart thou knowest; 50 And forgive thy people that have
i
: : : : .
Solomon hlesseth the people. I. KIN GS, IX. His sacrijice of peace offerings.
Before
sinned against thee, and all their fect with the Lord our God, to walk Before
CHRIST CHRIST
1004. transgressions wherein they have in his statutes, and to keep his com- 1004.
Ezra 7. 6.
transgressed against thee, and ^give mandments, as at this day.
Ps. 106. 46. them compassion before them who 62 If And ®the king, and all Israel * 2 Chron.
7. 4. &c.
carried them captive, that they may with him, offered sacrifice before the
have compassion on them Lord.
s Deut. 9. 29. 51 For “they be thy people, and 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice
Neb. 1. 10.
thine inheritance, which thou brought- of peace oflerings, which he ottered
‘ Deut. 4. 20. est forth out of Egypt, ‘from the unto the Lord, two and twenty thou-
Jer. 11. 4.
midst of the furnace of iron : sand oxen, and an hundred and twen-
52 That thine eyes may be open ty thousand sheep. So the king and
unto the supplication of thy servant, aU the children of Israel dedicated
and unto the supplication of thy peo- the house of the Lord.
ple Israel, to hearken unto them in 64 ^ The same day did the king hal- ^2 Chron.
7. 7.
all that they call for unto thee. low the middle of the court that was
53 For thou didst separate them before the house of the Lord for :
from among all the people of the there he offered burnt offerings, and
" Ex. 19. 5. earth, to be thine inheritance, ” as thou meat offerings, and the fat of the
Dent. 9.
29. & 14. 2. spakest by the hand of Moses thy peace offerings because * the brasen B 4.2 Chron.
:
1.
servant, when thou broughtest our altar that was before the Lord was
fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. too little to receive the burnt offer-
54 And it was so, that when Solo- ings, and meat offerings, and the fat
mon had made an end of praying all of the peace offerings.
this prayer and supplication unto the 65 And at that time Solomon held
Lord, he arose from before the altar ‘‘a feast, and all Israel with him, a ver. 2. *•
Lev. 23. 34.

of the Lord, from kneeling on his great congregation, from ‘the enter- ‘Num.3i.8.
Josh. 13. 5.
knees with his hands spread up to ing in of Hamath unto ^ the river of Judg. 3. 3.
heaven. Egypt, before the Lord our God, 25. 2 Kin. 14.
* 2 Sam. 6. 55 And he stood, “and blessed all '

seven days and seven days, even i Num. Gen. 15. 18.
34.5.
18.
the congregation of Israel with a loud fourteen days. 2 Chron. •
8. 7.
voice, saying, 66 “ On the eighth day he sent the “ 2 Chron.
56 Blessed be the Lord, that hath people away: and they ‘'blessed the « 7.Or,9, lu.
given rest unto his people Israel, ac- king, and went unto their tents joyful thanked.
cording to all that he promised and glad of heart for all the goodness
r Deut. 12. y there hath not ^ failed one word of all that the Lord had done for David his
10
his good promise, which he promised and
.
.los. 21. 45. servant, for Israel his people.

& 23. 14.
^Heh.faUen. by the hand of Moses his servant. CHAPTER IX.
57 The Lord our God be with us, 1 God's covenant in a vision with Solomon. 10 The mutual
*Deut.31.6. as he was with our fathers ' let him : presents of Solomon and Hiram. 15 In Solomon's works
JoBh. 1. 5. the Gentiles ivere his bondmen, the Israelites honourable
not leave us, nor forsake us
servants. 24 Pharaoh's dau/)hter removeth to her house.
»P8.119. 36. 58 That he may “incline our hearts 25 Solomon’s yearly solemn sacrifices. 26 His navy fetch-
unto him, to walk in all his ways, and eth gold from Ophir.
to keep his commandments, and his AND to pass, when Solo-

“it came cir. 992.
statutes, and his judgments, which he 1\. mon had finished the building » 2 Cliron.
7. 11, &c.
commanded our fathers. of the house of the Lord, *’and the bch. 7. 1.
59 And let these my words, where- king’s house, and “all Solomon’s de- 0 2 Chron.
8 6
. .
with I have made supplication before sire which he was pleased to do,
the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our 2 That the Lord appeared to So-
I
s Heb.
the thing
God day and night, that he maintain lomon the second time, ‘‘as he had d ch. 3. 5.
of a day the cause of his servant, and the appeared unto him at Gibeon.
in his day.
Toeh. 4. 24. cause of his people Israel * at all 3 And the Lord said unto him, ®I ®2Km.2(J..5.
Ps. 10. 17.
Sam. 17.
1
46. times, as the matter shall require have heard thy prayer and thy sup-
2 Kin.
19.
19.
60 That all the people of the earth plication, that thou hast made be-
= Deut. 4. 3.5,
39.
may know that ' the Lord is God, and fore me I have hallowed this house,
:
J ch. 11. 4. that there is none else. which thou hast built, Ho put my fch. 8. 21.
& 15. 3. 14. B Deut. 11.

2 Kill. 20.3. 61 Let your heart therefore
‘‘
be per- name there for ever ;
® and mine 12 .
: :
God’s covenant with Solomon. I. KINGS, IX. Solomon huildeth divers cities.
Before eyes and mine heart shall be there 14 And Hiram sent to the king six- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 992. perpetually. score talents of gold. 992.
*>0611.17.1.
4 And if thou wilt walk before me, 15 IF And this is the reason of “ the “ ch. 5. 13.
*ch.ll.4,6, *as David thy father walked, in inte- levy which king Solomon raised; for
38. & 14. 8.
& 15. 5. grity of heart, and in uprightness, to to build the house of the Lord, and
do according to all that I have com- his own house, and ^Millo, and the ^ ver. 24.
2 Sam. 5. 9.
manded thee, and keep
wilt my sta- wall of Jerusalem, and ^Hazor, and y Josh. 19.
36.
tutes and my judgments Megiddo, and “ Gezer. * Josh. 17.
5 Then I will establish the throne 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had 11
» Josh. 16.
.
of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt 10 .
Judg. 1.29.
*<
2 Sam. 7. ’‘as I promised to David thy father, it with fire, and slain the Canaanites cir. 992.
12, 16.
ch. 2. 4. saying. There shall not fail thee a that dwelt in the city, and given it *> .Tosh. 16.
&6 12 10 .
1 Chron.
. .
man upon the throne of Israel. for a present unto his daughter, So-
22 10 .
6 ^But if .ye shall at all turn from lomon’s wife.

.
Ps. 132.12.
• 2 Sam. 7.
14.
following me, ye or your children, 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and cir. 1014.
2 Chron.
7. 19, 20.
and will not keep my commandments 'Beth-horon the nether, ®.Tosh. 16. 3.
&
21 22 . .
Ps. 89. 30,

&c.
and my which I have set
statutes 18 And ^Baalath, and Tadmor in 2 Chron.
8.5.
before you, but go and serve other the wilderness, in the land, >*
.Tosh. 19.
44.
gods, and worship them: 19 And all the cities of store that 2 Chron. 8.
”
7 “ Then will I cut off Israel out of
4, 6, See.
Deut.
26.
4.
Solomon had, and cities for ® his ® ch. 4. 26.
2 Kin. 17. the land which I have given them; chariots, and cities for his horsemen,
23.&25.21.
and this house, which I have hallowed and ^ that which Solomon desired to ^ 2 Heb. the
desire of
“ Jer. 7. 14.
“for my name, will I cast out of my build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, Solomon
which he
® Deut. 28.
37.
sight ° and Israel shall be a proverb
;
and in all the land of his dominion. desired.
Ps. 44. 14. and a byword among all people 20 ^ And

the people that were
all
*
y
ver.
2 Chron.
1.
P 2 Chron.
7. 21.
8 And ^ at this house, which is high, left of the Amorites, Hittites, Periz- 8. 7, &c.
every one that passeth by it shall be zites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which
astonished, and shall hiss; and they ivere not of the children of Israel,
1 Deut. 29. shall say, ’Why hath the Lord done 21 Their children **that were left *>.Tudg.l.21,
24, 25, 26. 27, 29.
Jer. 22. 8,9. thus unto this land, and to this house ? after them in the land, whom the ’ &3.
'.Tosh. 15.63.
1.
9 And they shall answer. Because children of Israel also were not able &
17. 12.
they forsook the Lord their God, who utterly to destroy, ûpon those ditl k Judg. 1.2^.
brought forth their fathers out of the Solomon levy a tribute of ’bond- ' See Gen.
9. 25, 2t;.
land of Egypt, and have taken hold service unto this day. Ezra 2.
.58.
55,
upon other gods, and have worshipped 22 But of the children of Israel did Neh.
& 11. 3.
7. 57.
them, and served them: therefore Solomon “

make no bondmen but : >“ Lev. 25.
hath the Lord brought upon them they were men of war, and his ser-
39.
all this evil. vants, and his princes, and his cap-
« ch. 6.
992
37,
10 If And Gt came to pass at the tains, and rulers of his chariots, and
38. 7. 1.& end of twenty years, when Solomon his horsemen.
2 Chron.
8 1
. . had built the two houses, the house 23 These tvere the chief of the offi-
of the Lord, and the king’s house, cers that were over Solomon’s work,
• 2 Chron.
8 2
. .
11 Now Hiramthe king of Tyre "five hundred and fifty, which bare “ See
2 Cliron.
had furnished Solomon with cedar rule over the people that wrought in 8 10. .
trees and fir trees, and with gold, ac- the work.
cording to all his desire,) that then 24 IF But ° Pharaoh’s daughter came »ch. 3.1.
2 Chron.
kmg Solomon gave Hiram twenty up out of tlie city of David unto ^ her 8 11 . .
P ch. 7. 8.
cities in the land of Galilee. house which Solomon had built for
12 And Hiram came out from Tyre her ’ then did he build Millo.
:
Q 2 Sam. 5.9.
ch. 11.27.
to see the cities which Solomon had 25 IF And three times in a year did 2 Chron.
32. 5.
* Heh. teere given him and they ^ pleased him
; Solomon offer burnt offerings and r 2 Chron. 8.
not 1 -iijht 12, 13, 16.
in his eyes. not. peace offerings upon the altar which
* .Tosh. 19.
13 And he said. What cities are he built unto the Lord, and he burnt
s
27.
That
these which thou hast given me, my incense ® upon the altar that ivas be- 3 Heb.
is, upon it.
rUspleas. brother? ‘And he called tliem the fore the Lord. So he finished the
ino, or.
Dirty. land of ® Cabul unto this day. house.
:
The queen of Sheba I. KINGS, X. admireth Solomon's wisdom.

Before 26 II “king Solomon made a
And on the throne of Israel : because the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 992. navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which
‘
Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore cir. 992.
* 2 Chron.
is beside Eloth, on the ^ shore of the made he thee king, ‘^to do judgment 1 2 Sam. 8.
*
8. 17, 18.
Num. 33.
Red sea, in the land of Edom. and justice. 15.
Ps. 72. 2.
35. 27 "And Hiram sent in the navy 10 And she ®gave the king an hun- Prov. 8 15.
Deut. 2. 8. K Ps. 72. 10,
ch. 22. 48. his servants, shipmen that had know- dred and twenty talents of gold, and 15.
* Heb.
n ch. 10. 11.
lip.
ledge of the sea, with the servants of spices very great store, and pre-
of Solomon. cious stones there came no more
:
* Job 22. 24. 228 And they came to *Ophir, and such abundance of spices as these
fetched fi'om thence gold, four hun- which the queen of Sheba gave to
dred and twenty talents, and brought king Solomon.
it3 to king Solomon. 11 ‘"And the navy also of Hiram, that ^ ch. 9. 27.
brought gold from Ophir, brought in

4
CHAPTER X. from Ophir great plenty of âlmug âlgum trees,
wisdom of Solomon. 2 Chron.
1 The queen of Sheba admireth the
trees, and precious stones.
514 Solomons gold. 16 His targets. 18 The throne of ll..o,n.
ivory. 21 His vessels. 24 His presents. 26 His cha- 12 'And the king made of the almug * 2 Chron.
riots and horse. 28 His tribute. trees pillars for the house of the
9. 11.
® Or, rails.
nD when the
queen of Sheba Lord, and for the king’s house, harps
• 2 Chron.
9. 1, &c.
Matt. 12.
42.
Luke 11.
A6 _ heard of the fame of Solomon
concerning the name of the Lord,
"
also and psalteries for singers there

came no such ^ almug trees, nor were
:
«Heb.
a prop.
2 Chron.
31. 7 9. 10.
See .Tudg. she came to prove him with hard seen unto this day.
14. 12.
Prov. 1. 6.
questions. 13 And king Solomon gave unto the
8 And she came to Jerusalem with queen of Sheba all her desire, what-
a very great train, with camels that soever she asked, beside that which
bare spices, and very much gold, and
9 Solomon gave her ® of his royal bounty. SHeb.
according
precious stones and when she was
: So she turned and went to her own to the
king
hand
come to Solomon, she communed country, she and her servants. Solomon.
with him of all that was in her heart. 14 H Now the weight of gold that came
And Solomon told her all her to Solomon in one year was six hun-
sHeb. ® questions there was not any thing
: dred threescore and six talents of gold,
words.
hid from the king, which he told 15 Beside that he had of the mer-
her not. chantmen, and of the traffick of the
And when the queen of Sheba spice merchants, and ’of all the kings * 2 Chron.
9.24.
had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and of Arabia, and of the ® governors of Ps. 72. 1(».
6 Or,
the house that he had built, the country. caiitaiiis.
And the meat of his table, and 16 H And king Solomon made two
the sitting of his servants, and the hundred targets of beaten gold six :
<Heb.
standing.
âttendance of his ministers, and their hundred sheets of gold went to one
® Or, InUlers. apparel, and his ® cupbearers, " and target.
17 And he made three hundred “ ch. 14. 26.
® 1 Chron.
26.16.
his ascent by which he went up unto
the house of the Lord there was no ;
shields of beaten gold three pound
;
more spirit in her. of gold went to one shield and the :
Andshe said to the king. It was a king put them in the "house of the “ ch. 7. 2.
® Heb. word. true ^report that I heard in mine own forest of Lebanon.
’’
Ot, savings. land of thy ’ acts and of thy wisdom. 18 H "Moreover the king made a ® 9.2 Chron.
17, &c.
Howbeit I believed not the words, great throne of ivory, and overlaid
until I came, and mine eyes had seen it with the best gold.
it and, behold, the half was not told 19 The throne had six steps, and
«Heb.
thou hast
me ® thy wisdom and prosperity ex-
:
t Heb. on
the top of the throne was round ’be- the hinder
added wis- ceedeth the fame which I heard. hind and there were ® stays on either part thereof.
:
SHeb.
dom and
gootlness to
^ Happy are thy men, happy are side on the place of the seat, and hands.
the fame.
** Prov. 8.34. these thy servants, which stand con- two lions stood beside the stays.
tinually before thee, and that hear 20 And twelve lions stood there on
thy wisdom. the one side and on the other upon
• ch. 5. 7.
“Blessed be the Lord thy God, the six steps there was not ® the
:
9 Heb. so.
wliich delighted in thee, to set thee like made in any kingdom.

; :
Solomon's wives and concubines I. KINGS, XL draw him to idolatry.
Before 21 t *’And all king Solomon’s drink- the Lord said unto the children of Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 992. ing vessels were of gold, and all the Israel, "Ye shall not go in to them, cir. 992.
P 2 Chron.
vessels of the house of the forest of neither shall they come in unto you « Ex. 34. 16.
9. 20,
S Or,
&c. Lebanon were of pure gold ^ none for surely they will turn away your 3,4.
;
Deut. 7.
there was were of silver it was nothing ac-

: heart after their gods Solomon clave :
no silver
in them. counted of in the days of Solomon. unto these in love.
22 For the king had at sea a navy 3 And he had seven hundred wives,
9 Gen. 10. 4. of ’Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: princesses, and three hundred con-
2 Chron.
20.36. once in three years came the navy of cubines and his wives turned away :
Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, his heart.

8 Or ^ ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 4 For it came to pass, when Solo- cir. 984.
etepluinis’
teHh. 23 So '^king Solomon exceeded all mon was old, ^that his wives turned Deut. 17.
r ch. 3. 17.
12,
13. &
4. io. the kings of the earth for riches and away his heart after other gods Neb. 13. 26. :
for wisdom. and his "heart was not perfect with ® ch. 8. 61.
«Heb.
sought the
24 IF And all the earth ^sought to the Lord his God, ‘âs was the heart ch. 9. 4. f
face of. Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which of David his father.
God had put in his heart. 5 For Solomon went after Âshto- s ver. 3.3.
Judg. 2. 13.
25 And they brought every man his reth the goddess of the Zidonians, 2 Kin. 23.
13.
present, vessels of silver, and vessels and after ^Milcom the abomination 2 Called,
Molech,
of gold, and garments, and armour, of the Ammonites. ver. 7.
and spices, horses, and mules, a rate 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight
year by year. of the Lord, and ^went not fully after 3 Heb.
fulfilled
• ch. 4. 26. 26 IF ® And Solomon ‘ gathered toge- the Lord, as did David his father. not after,
2 Chron. 1. Num. 14.
14. & 9. 25. ther chariots and horsemen and he : 7 ‘‘Then did Solomon build an high 24.
•>
Num. 33.
‘ Dent.
16.
17.
had a thousand and four hundred place for ‘Chemosh, the abomination 52.
2
chariots, and twelve thousand horse- of Moab, in ^ the hill that is before !
‘Num. 21.
2!).
men, whom he bestowed in the cities Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abo- .ludg. 11.
24.
for chariots, and with the king at mination of the children of Ammon. “2 Kin. 23.
13.
Jerusalem. 8 And likewise did he for all his
"2 Chron. 1.
15,-17.
27 "And the king ®made silver to he strange wives, which burnt incense
5 Heb. gave. in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars and sacrificed unto their gods.
made he to he as the sycomore trees 9 1 And the Lord was angry with So-
that are in the vale, for abundance. lomon, because ‘his heart was turned > ver. 2, 3.
* Dent. 17. 28 IF ""Ând Solomon had horses from the Lord God of Israel, “which "• ch. 3. 5.
& 9. 2.
16.
2 Chron. 1. brought out of Egypt, and ^ linen had appeared unto him twice,
16. & 9. 28.
Heb. And yarn the king’s merchants received
: 10 And "had commanded him con- " ch. 6. 12.
8
the going
& 9. 6.
forth qf the
the linen yarn at a price. cerning this thing, that he should not
horses
which was
29 And a chariot came up and went go after other gods but he kept not
:
Solomon’s.
out of Egypt for six hundred shekels that which the Lord commanded.
TEzek.27.7.
of silver, and an horse for an hun- 11 Wlierefore the Lord said unto
* .Tosh. 1. 4.
2 Kin. 7.6.
dred and fifty * and so for all the
: Solomon, Forasmuch as this îs done Heb.
witli thee.
is
kings of the Hittites, and for the of thee, and thou hast not kept my
kings of Syria, did they bring them covenant and my statutes, which I
^ Heb. lu
their hand.
out ’^by their means. have commanded thee, "I will surely ° ver. 31.
ch. 12. 15,
rend the kingdom from thee, and 16.
CHAPTER XI.
will give it to thy servant.
1 Solomon’s icives and concubines. 4 In his old age they
draw him 9 God threateneth him. 14 So-
to idolatry. 12 Notwithstanding in thy days I
lomon’s adversaries were Hadad, who was entertained
will not do it for David thy father’s
in Egypt, 23 Eezon, who reigned in Damascus, 26 and
Jeroboam, to whom Ahijah prophesied. 41 Solomon’s sake : hut I will rend it out of the
acts, reign, and death : Rehoboam succeedeth him. hand of thy son.
» Keh.
UT
B
13.
26. "king Solomon loved '’many 13 HowFbeit I will not rend away
p P 2 Sam.
15.
7.
Dent.
17.
17.
strange women, ® together with all the kingdom; hut will give ‘‘one Ps. 89. 33.
ch. 12. 20.
the daughter of Pharaoh, women of tribe to thy son for David my ser-
<l
* Or, heeide.
the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, vant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake r Deut. 12.
Zidonians, and Hittites which I have chosen. 11 .
» 1 Chron.
Of the nations concerning which 14 IF And the Lord "stirred up an 5.26.
B b
: : : : : ;
Solomon's adversaries. I. KINGS, XI. Ahijah's prophecy.
Before adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solo- Before
CHRIST CHRIST
Edomite: he was of the king’s seed nion’s servant, whose mother’s name cir. 984.
in Edom. was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he
* 2 Sam.
14.
8. 15 ‘For came to pass, when David
it lifted up his hand against the king. ^ 2
21
Sam. 20.
1 Cliron. was in Edom, and Joab the captain 27 And this was the cause that he
18. 12, 13.
of the host was gone up to bury the lifted up his hand against the king:
” Num. 24. slain, "after he had smitten every "Solomon built Millo, and ^rejiaired ® ch. 9. 24.
19. closed.
Deut. 20. male in Edom; the breaches of the city of David
16 (For six months did Joab re-
13.
his father.
main there with all Israel, until he 28 And the man Jeroboam was a
had cut off every male in Edom:) mighty man of valour and Solomon:
17 That Hadad fled, he and cer- seeing the young man that he ^was SHeb.
tain Edomites of his father’s servants industrious, he made him ruler over
with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad all the ^charge of the house of Joseph. 4Heb.
being yet a little child. 29 Andcame to pass at that time

it cir. 980.
18 And they arose out of Midian, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusa-
and came to Paran and they took
: lem, that the prophet '‘Ahijah the Slii- <» ch. 14. 2.
men with them out of Paran, and Ionite found Mm

in the way; and he
they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh had clad himself with a new garment
king of Egypt; which gave him an and they two were alone in the fleld
house, and appointed him victuals, 30 And Ahijah caught the new gar-
and gave him land. ment that was on him, and "rent it ® See 1 Sam.
19 And Hadad found great favour in in twelve pieces & 24. 5.

the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take
him to wife the sister of his own wife. thee ten pieces for ^ thus saith the
:
fver. 11. 13.
the sister of Tahpenes the queen. Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I
20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare will rend the kingdom out of the
him Genubath his son, whom Tahpe- hand of Solomon, and will give ten
nes weaned in Pharaoh’s house and : tribes to thee
Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household 32 (But he shall have one tribe for
among the sons of Pharaoh. my servant David’s sake, and for Je-
* ch. 2. 10,
21 '‘And Hadad heard in
when rusalem’s sake, the city which I have
Egypt that David slept with his chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
fathers, and that Joab the captain 33 ^Because that they have forsaken 6 ver.5,6,7.
of the host was dead, Hadad said me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth
2 Heb. Send to Pharaoh, ^Let me depart, that I the goddess of the Zidonians, Che-
Vie away.
may go to mine own country. mosh the god of the Moabites, and
22 Then Pharaoh said unto him. But Milcom the god of the children of
what hast thou lacked with me, that. Ammon, and have not walked in my
behold, thou seekest to go to thine ways, to do that which is right in mine
* Heb. Not. own country? And he answered, ^No- eyes, and to keep my statutes and my
thing howbeit let me go in any wise. judgments, as did David his father.
:
23 H And God stirred him up an- 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole
other adversary, Rezon the son of kingdom out of his hand but I will :
Eliadah, which fled from his lord make him prince all the days of his
y 2.Sam. 8. 3. ^ Hadadezer king of Zobah life for David my servant’s sake,
24 And he gathered men unto him, whom I chose, because he kept my
and became captain over a band, commandments and my statutes
*2 Sam. 8. 3. "when David slew them of Zobah: and 35 But ‘*1 will take the kingdom >>
ch. 12. 1C,
17.
they went to Damascus, and dwelt out of his son’s hand, and will give
therein, and reigned in Damascus. it unto thee, even ten tribes.
25 And he was an adversary to Israel 36 And unto his son will I give
all the days of Solomon, beside the one tribe, that ‘David my servant ‘ ch. 1.5. 4.
2 Kin. 8.
mischief that Hadad did: and he ab- may have a ® light alway before me 19.
Ps. 132. 17.
• cb. 12. 2. horred Israel, and reigned over Syria. in Jerusalem, the city which I have ® Heb. lamp.
2 Cliron.
13. li. 26 ^ And * Jeroboam the son of chosen me to put my name there. or, candle.
:
The Israelites assemble I. KINGS, XII. to crown Rehoboam.

Before 37 And I will take thee, and thou 5 And he said unto them. Depart Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 980. shalt reign according to all that thy yet for three days, then come again
975.
soul desireth, and shalt be king over to me. And the people departed.
Israel. 6 H And king Rehoboam consulted
38 And it shall be, if thou wilt with the old men, that stood before
hearken unto all that I command Solomon his father while he yet liv-
thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and ed, and said. How do ye advise that
do that is right in my sight, to keep I may answer this people?
my statutes and my commandments, 7 And they spake unto him, saying,
k Josh. 1. 5. as David my servant did; that ‘‘I ®
If thou wilt be a servant unto tliis
j
* 2 Sam. 7. will be with thee, and ‘build thee a people this day, and wilt serve them, Prov-is.i
11, 27.
sure house, as I built for David, and and answer them, and speak good
will give Israel unto thee. words to them, then they will be
39 And I will for this afflict the seed thy servants for ever.
of David, but not for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the
cir. 980. 40 Solomon sought therefore to kill old men, which they had given him,
Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and and consulted with the young men
fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of that were grown up with him, and
Egypt, and was in Egypt until the which stood before him:
death of Solomon. 9 And he said unto them. What
“ 2 Chron.
9. 29.
41 U And “the rest of the âcts of counsel give ye that we may answer
* Or, words, Solomon, and all that he did, and his this people, who have spoken to me,
or, things.
wisdom, are they not written in the saying. Make the yoke which thy fa-
book of the acts of Solomon ? ther did put upon us lighter?
“ 2 Chron.
9.30.
42 " And the ® time that Solomon 10 And the young men that were
® Heb. days. reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel grown up with liim spake unto him,
was forty years. saying. Thus shalt thou speak unto
cir. 975. 43 ° And Solomon slept with his this people that spake unto thee,
o 2 Chron.
9.31.
fathers,and was buried in the city saying. Thy father made our yoke
P Matt. 1. 7, of David his father and ^ Rehoboam
: heavy, but make thou it lighter unto
called
Boboam. his son reigned in his stead. us thus shalt thou say unto them.
;
My little finger shall be thicker than

CHAPTER XII. my father’s loins.
1 The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam,
by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him. 6 Re-
And now whereas my father did
11
hoboam, refusing the old men's counsel, by the advice of lade you with a heavy yoke, I will
young men, answereth them roughly. 16 Ten tribes re- add to your yoke my father hath:
volting, Adoram, and make Rehoboam to flee. 21

kill
Rehoboam, raising an army, is forbidden by Shemaiah. chastised you with whips, but I will
25 Jeroboam strengtheneth himself by cities, 26 and by chastise you with scorpions.
the idolatry of the two calves.
12 H So Jeroboam and all the peo-
» 2 Cliron.
10. 1, &c. AND “Rehoboam went to Shechem ple came to Rehoboam the third day,
for all Israel were come to She- as the king had appointed, saying.
chem to make him king. Come to me again the third day.
*> ch. 11. 26. 2 And it came to pass, when '’Jero- 13 And the king answered the peo-
boam the son of Nebat, who was yet ple ^roughly, and forsook the old 2 Ilel).
hiirdly.
« ch. 11. 40. in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled
”
men’s counsel that they gave him;
from the presence of king Solomon, 14 And spake to them after tlie
and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) counsel of the young men, saying.
975. 3 That they sent and called him. My father made your yoke heavy,
And Jeroboam and all the congre- and I will add to your yoke : my
gation of Israel came, and spake father also chastised you with whips,
unto Rehoboam, saying, but I will chastise you with scor-
1 Sam. 8. 4 Thy father made our ^ yoke griev- pions.
11,-18.
ch. 4. 7. ous now therefore make thou the
: 15 Wherefore the king hearkened
fver. 24.
grievous service of thy father, and not unto the people; for '^the cause .Tud?. 14. 4.
2 Clirou.
his heavy yoke which he put upon was from the Lord, that he might 10. 15.
us, lighter, and we will serve thee. perform his saying, wliich the Lord & 22. 7.
& 25. 20.
Bb2
: :
Ten tribes revolt. I. KINGS, XIII. Jeroboam!s idolatrous worship.

Before ®spake by Ahijali the Shilonite unto Now shall the kingdom return to Before
CHRIST CHRIST
975. Jeroboam the son of Nebat. the house of David 975.
B ch. 11. 11,

16 IT So when all Israel saw that 27 If this people “go up to do sacri- • Deut. 12.
31. the king hearkened not unto them, fice in the house of the Lord at Je- 5,6.
the people answered the king, say- rusalem, then shall the heart of this
•>2Sam.20.1. ing, ’'What portion have we in David? people turn again unto their lord,
neither have we inheritance in the even unto Rehoboam king of Judah,
son of Jesse to your tents, O Israel
: and they shall kill me, and go again
now see to thine own house, David. to Rehoboam king of Judah.
So Israel departed unto their tents. 28 Whereupon tlie king took coun-
' ch. 11. 13, 17 But âs for the children of Israel sel, and ‘made two calves of gold, ‘ 2 Kin. 10.
36. 29. & 17. 16.
wliich dwelt in the cities of Judah, and said unto them. It is too much
Rehoboam reigned over them. for you to go up to Jerusalem: "be- " Exod.
4,8.
32.
* ch. 4. 6. 18 Then king Rehoboam ^sent Ado- hold thy gods, O Israel, which brought
&
5. 14.
ram, who was over the tribute; and thee up out of the land of Egypt.
all Israel stoned him with stones, 29 And he set the one in ''Beth-el, » Gen. 28.
19.
that he died. Therefore king Reho- and the other put he in ^Dan. Ho8. 4. 15.
r Judg. 18.
2 Heb. boam ^made speed to get him up 30 And this thing became *a sin: 29.
eirenalhened
himself. to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. for the people went to worship be- » ch. 13. 34.
2 Kin. 17.
> 2 Kin. 17. 19 So ’Israel ® rebelled against the fore the one, even unto Dan. 21 .
21 .
3 Or, house of David unto this day. 31 And he made an “house of high • ch. 13. 32.
fellmoay.
20 And it came to pass, when all Is- places, ’’and made priests of the low- •>Num.3.10.
ch. 13. 33.
rael heard that Jeroboam was come est of the people, which were not of 2 Kin. 17.
32.
again, that they sent and called him the sons of Levi. 2 Chron.
11. 14, 1.5.
unto the congregation, and made him 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast Ezek. 44.
7, 8.
king over all Israel: there was none in the eighth month, on the fifteenth
that followed the house of David, but day of the month, like unto “the feast « Lev. 23. 33,
34
"> ch. II. 13, the tribe of Judah “only. that is in Judah, and he ôfiered up- Nil. 29. 12.
32. ch. 8. 2, 5.
" 2 Chron. 21 If And when "Rehoboam was come on the altar. So did he in Beth-el, * Or, tcent
11 . 1 .
to Jerusalem, he assembled all the ® sacrificing unto the calves that he X 'o the
r, <tc.
house of Judah, with the tribe of had made '’and he placed in Beth-el
:
* Or, to
sacrifice.
Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore the priests of the high places which Amos 7.
13.
thousand chosen men, which were he had made.
warriors, to fight against the house 33 So he * offered upon the altar which < Or, went
up to the
of Israel, to bring the kingdom again he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth altar, ic.
to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. day of the eighth month, even in the
“ 2 Cliron. 22 But “the word of God came unto month which he had ® devised of his • Num. 15.
11 2 . 39.
.
Shemaiah the man of God, saying, own heart and ordained a feast unto
;
23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son the children of Israel and he offered:
of Solomon, king of Judah, and un- upon the altar, ® and ‘ burnt incense. »Heb.
to turn
to all the house of Judah and Ben-
CHAPTER XIII. t
irwense.
ch. 13. 1.
jamin, and to the remnant of the 1 Jeroboam's hand, that offered violence to him that pro-
people, saying, phesied against his altar at Beth-el, withereth, 6 and at
the prayer of the prophet is restored. 7 The prophet, re-
24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall fusing the king's entertainment, departeth from Beth-el.
not go up, nor fight against your 11 An old prophet, seducing him, hringeth him back.
20 He reproved by God, 23 slain by a lion, 26 buried
is
brethren the children of Israel re- :
by the old prophet, 31 who conjirmeth his prophecy, 33
P ver. 15. turn every man to his house; ^for Jeroboam’s obstinacy.
this thing is from me. They heark- AND, behold, there “came a man of • 2 Kin. 23.
17.
ened therefore to the word of the jl\.God out of Judah by the word
Lord, and returned to depart, ac- of the Lord unto Beth-el: ’’and Je- bch. 12.32,
33.
cording to the word of the Lord. roboam stood by the altar ®to burn ® Or, to offer.
1 See .ludg.
9. 4.1.
25 If Then J eroboam built She-
**
incense.
chem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt 2 And he cried against the altar in
therein; and went out from thence, the word of the Lord, and said, O
f Judg. 8.17. and built '^Penuel. altar, altar, thus saith the Lord;
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart. Behold, a child shall be born unto
: :: :
Jeroboam's hand withereth. I. KINGS, XIII. The prophet is seduced.
Before the house of David, ' Josiah by seen what way the man of God went, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
975 .
name; and upon thee shall he offer which came from Judah. 975 .
c 2 Ein. 23.
the priests of the high places that 13 And he said unto his sons. Sad-
15. 16. burn incense upon thee, and men’s dle me the ass. So they saddled him
bones shall be burnt upon thee. the ass and he rode thereon,
:
<• Isai. 7. 14. 3 And he gave â sign the same day, 14 And went after the man of God,
John 2. 18.
1 Cor. 1.22. saying. This is the sign which the and found him sitting under an oak:
Lord hath spoken Behold, the altar
;
and he said unto him. Art thou the
shall be rent, and the ashes that are man of God that earnest from Ju-
upon it shall be poured out. dah? And he said, I am.
4 And it came to pass, when king 15 Then he said unto him. Come
Jeroboam heard the saying of the home with me, and eat bread.
man of God, which had cried against 16 And he said, ’I may not return ver. 8, 9.
the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth with thee, nor go in with thee nei-
:
his hand from the altar, saying. Lay ther will I eat bread nor drink water
hold on him. And his hand, which with thee in this place
he put forth against him, dried up, 17 For ît was said to me ‘'by the 2 Heb. a
word was.
so that he could not pull it in again word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat x ch. 20. 35.
1 These. 4.
to him. no bread nor drink water there, nor 15.
5 The altar also was rent, and the turn again to go by the way that
ashes poured out from the altar, ac- thou earnest.
cording to the sign which the man 18 He said unto him, I am a pro-
of God had given by the word of phet also as thou art; and an angel
the Lord. spake imto me by the word of the
6 And the king answered and said Lord, saying. Bring him back with
• Ex. 8. 8. unto the man of God, ® Intreat now thee into tbine house, that he may
&9. 28.
& 10. 17. the face of the Lord thy God, and eat bread and drink water. But he
Num.21.7.
Acts 8. 24. pray for me, that my hand may be lied unto him.
Jam. 5. 16.
restored me again. And the man 19 So he went back with him, and
aHeb. of God besought ^the Lord, and the did eat bread in his house, and
the face of
the Lobd, king’s hand was restored him again, drank water.
and became as it was before. 20 1 And it came to pass, as they
7And the kmg said unto the man of sat at the table, that the word of
God, Come home with me, and refresh the Lord came unto the prophet
n Sam. 9. 7. thyself, and ‘Î will give thee a reward. that brought him back
2Kin.5.15.
8 And the man of God said unto the 21 And he cried unto the man of
* So Num.
king, ®If thou wilt give me half thine God that came from Judah, saying.
22.18.
& 24. 13. house, I will not go in with thee, nei- Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as
ther will I eat bread nor drink water thou hast disobeyed the mouth of
in this place the Lord, and hast not kept the
9 For so was it charged me by the commandment which the Lord thy
•I Cor. 5. 11. word of the Lord, saying, ’'Eat no God commanded thee,
bread, nor drink water, nor turn again 22 But earnest back, and hast eaten
by the same way that thou earnest. bread and drunk water in the ’place, • ver. 9.
10 So he went another way, and re- of the which the Lord did say to
turned not by the way that he came thee, Eat no bread, and drink no
to Beth-el. water ;
thy carcase shall not come
11 IF Now there dwelt an old pro- unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
a Heb. son. phet in Beth-el; and his ®sons came 23 IF And it came to pass, after he
and told him all the works that the had eaten bread, and after he had
man of God had done that day in drunk, that he saddled for him the
Beth-el the words which he had
: ass, to wit, for the prophet whom
spoken unto the king, them they he had brought back.
told also to their father. 24 And when he was gone, “a lion ™ ch. 20. 36.
12 And their father said unto them. met him by the way, and slew him
What way went he? For his sons had and his carcase was cast in the way,
: : ; : ;
Jeroboam's excessive idolatry. I. KINGS, Xiy. Ahija\ forewarned by God,

Before and the ass stood by it, the lion CHAPTER XIV. Before
CHRIST CHRIST
975. also stood by the carcase. 2
1 Abijah being side, Jeroboam sendeth his icife disguised 956.
25 And, behold, men passed by, and with presents to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh. 5 Ahijah,
forewarned by God, denounceth God’s judgment. 17 Ahi-
saw the carcase cast in the way, and jah dieth, and is buried. 19 Nadab succeedeth Jeroboam.
the lion standing by the carcase and 21 Rehoboam’s wicked reign. 25 Shishdk spoileth Jenir-
:
3Salem. 29 Ahijam succeedeth Rehoboam.
they came and told it in the city
t that time Abijah the son of
where the old prophet dwelt.
26 And when the prophet that brought
him back from the way heard thereof,
4
A
- Jeroboam fell sick.
And Jeroboam said to his wife.

he said, It is the man of God, who Arise,
5 I pray thee, and disguise thy-
was disobedient unto the word of the self, that thou be not known to be
Lord therefore the Lord hath de- the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee
:
livered him unto the lion, which hath to Sliiloh behold, there is Ahijah
:
6
*Heb.
broken.
^torn him, and slain him, according the prophet, which told me that » ch. n. 31.
to the word of the Lord, which he should he king over this people.
spake unto him. '’And take ^with thee ten loaves, •>
See 1 Sam.
7 9. 7, 8.
27 And he spake to his sons, say- and ® cracknels, and a ^ cruse of 2 Heb. in
thine hand.
ing, Saddle me the ass. And they honey, and go to him he shall tell : s Or, cakes.
saddled him. tliee
8 what shall become of the child. * Or, bottle.
28 And he went and found his car- And Jeroboam’s mfe did so, and
case cast in the way, and the ass arose, “and went to Shiloh, and came ® ch. 11. 29.
and the lion standing by the car- to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah
9
case : the lion had not eaten the could not see; for his eyes ®were ® Heb. slooii
for his
SHeb. carcase, nor ®torn the ass. set by reason of his age. huanness.
brolcen.
29 And the prophet took up the 1 And the Lord said unto Ahijah,
carcase of the man of God, and Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh
laid it upon the ass, and brought to ask a thing of thee for her son
it back and the old prophet came for he is sick: thus and thus shalt
:
to the city, to mourn and to bury thou say unto her: for it shall be,
him. when she cometh in, that she shall
30 And he laid his carcase in his feign herself to be another woman.
own grave; and they mourned over And it was so, when Ahijah heard
n Jer.22.18.
him, saying, “Alas, my brother! the sound of her feet, as she came
31 And it came to pass, after he in at the door, that he said, Come
had buried him, that he spake to his in,10thou wife of Jeroboam why feign- ;
sons, saying. When I am dead, then est thou thyself to he another? for I
bury me in the sepulchre wherein am sent to thee ivith ® heavy tidings. * Heb. hard.
® 2 Kin. 23. the man of God is buried; “lay my Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the
17, 18.
bones beside his bones Lord God of Israel, ^Forasmuch as See 2 Sam.
12. 7, 8.
P ver. 2.
2 Kin. 23.
32 ^For the saying which he cried I exalted thee from among the peo- ch. 16. 2.
16, 19. by the word of the Lord against the ple, and made thee prince over my
altar ui Beth-el, and against all the people Israel,
houses of the high places which are And “rent the kingdom away from e ch. 11. 31.
<1 See ch. 16. in the cities of Samaria, shall surely the house of David, and gave it thee :
24.
come to pass. and yet thou hast not been as my
i
* ch. 12.
31, 33 II After this thing Jeroboam re- servant David, Gvho kept my com- fch. 11.33,
32. 38. & 15. 5.
2 Chron. turned not from his evil way, but mandments, and who followed me
11.15.
& 13. 9. ^made again of tlie lowest of the with all his heart, to do that only
cir. 974.
<Heb.
people priests of the high places which was right in mine eyes
returned
aiul mwle.
whosoever would, he ® consecrated But hast done evil above all that
® Heb.jUled him, and he became one of the were before thee ®for thou hast gone :
g ch. 12. 28.
his hand, 2 Chron.
Judg. 17. jiriests of the high places. and made thee other gods, and mol- 11. 15.
12
•
.
ch. 12. 30.

34 “And this thing became sin unto ten images, to provoke me to anger, hNeh.9. 26.
Pb. 50. 17.
‘ ch. 14. 10. the house of Jeroboam, even *to cut and '’hast cast me behind thy back Ezek. 23.
a5.
it off, and to destroy it from off the Therefore, behold, 'I will bring cir. 956.
face of the earth. evil upon the house of Jeroboam, i
ch. 15. 29.
: ;
denounceth God's judgment. I. KINGS, xiy. Reliohoam's wicked reign.
Before and cut off from Jeroboam him

'"will seventeen years in Jerusalem, the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 956. that pisseth against the wall, ând liim city which the Lord did choose out
®
975.
k ch. 21. 21.

that is shut up and left in Israel, and of all the tribes of Israel, to put « ch. 11. 36.
2 Kin. 9. 8. will take away the remnant of the his name there. Ând his mother’s ver. 31.
' Dent. 32.
house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
2 kin. 14.
26. away dung, till it be all gone. 22 “And Judah did evil in the sight 972.
11 “ Him that dieth of Jeroboam

® 2 Chron.
“ ch. 16. 4. of the Lord, and they ^provoked 12 1
& 21. 24. . .
in the city shall the dogs eat; and him to jealousy with their sins which f
21
Deut. 32.
.
him that êth in the field shall the they had committed, above all that Ps. 78. 58.
1 Cor. 10.
fowls of the air eat for the Lord
: their fathers had done. 22 .
hath spoken it. 23 For they also built them ®high sDeut.
Ezek.
12.2.
16.
12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to places, and ^ images, and groves, '*
24, 25.
2 Or, stnml-
“ ver. 17. thine own house and “when thy feet
: on every high hill, and ‘under every iitg images,
or, statws.
enter into the city, the child shall die. green tree. 2 Kin. 17.
13 And all Israel shall mourn for 24 ‘'And there were also sodomites '
9, 10.
Isai. 57. 5.
him, and bury him: for he only of in the land and they did according
:
**
Deut. Zi.
17.
Jeroboam shall come to the grave, to all the abominations of the na- ch. 1.5. 12.
& 22. 4ii.
® 2 Chron. because in him “there is found some tions which the Lord cast out before 2Kiu.23.7.
12 12
. .
& 19. 3. good thing toward the Lord God of the children of Israel.
Israel in the house of Jeroboam. 25 IT 'And it came to pass in the 971.
•ch. 11.40.
P eh. 15. 27, 14 p Moreover the Lord shall raise fifth year of king Rehoboam, that 2 Cliron.
28, 29.
him up a king over Israel, who shall Shishak king of Egypt came up a- 12 2 . .
cut off the house of Jeroboam that gainst Jerusalem:

day but what ? even now.
: 26 “ And he took away the trea- "• 2 Chron.
12.9, 10,11.
15 For the Lord shall smite Israel, sures of the house of the Lord, and
as a reed is shaken in the water, and the treasures of the king’s house
9 2 Kin. 17. 6. he shaU ’root up Israel out of this he even took away all and he took :
Ps. 52. 5.
Josh. 23. •^good land, which he gave to their away all the shields of gold " which p ch. 10. 17.
•
15, 16.
2 Kin. 15.
and shall scatter them be-
fathers, ®
Solomon had made.
‘
29.
Ex. 34. 13.
yond the river, ‘because they have 27 And king Rehoboam made in
Dent. 12. made their groves, provoking the and com-
their stead brasen shields,
3, 4.
Lord to anger. mitted them unto the hands of tlie
16 And he shall give Israel up be- chief of the ® guard, which kept the 3Heb.
runners.
“ch. 12.30. cause of the sins of Jeroboam, "who door of the king’s house.
& 13. 34.
& 15.30,34. did sin, and who made Israel to sin. 28 And it was so, when the king went
& 16. 2.
17 II And Jeroboam’s wife arose, into the house of the Lord, that the
*ch. 16.6,8, and departed, and came to ^Tirzali: guard bare them, and brought them
15,23.
Cant. 6. 4. and ^when she came to the thres- back into the guard chamber.
° 2
y ver. 12.
hold of the door, the child died; 29 H “Now
the rest of the acts of 12. 15.
Chron.
18 And they buried him; and all Rehoboam, and all that he did, are
* ver. 13. Israel mourned for him, ’'according they not written in the book of the
to the word of the Lord, which he chronicles of the kings of Judah ?
spake by the hand of his servant 30 And there was ^ war between Re- P ch. 12. 24.
& 15. 6.
Ahijah the prophet. hoboam and Jeroboam all their days. 2 Cliron.
12. 15.
19 And the rest of the acts of Jerobo- 31 ’And Rehoboam slept with his 958.
* 2 Chron.
13. 2, &c.
am, how he “warred, and how he reign- fathers, and was buried uith his fa- 9 2
12. 16.
Chron.
‘ And
ed, behold, they are written in the book thers in the city of David. r ver. 21.
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. his mother’s name was Naamah an
20 And the days which Jeroboam Ammonitess. And “Abijam his son • 2 Chron.
12.16
reigned were two and twenty years reigned in his stead. Ahijah.
Matt. 1 . 7,
2Heb. and he ^ slept with his fathers, and Abia.
lay down.
954. Nadab his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XV.
1 Ahijam's wicked reign. 7 Asa succeedeth Mm. 9 Asa’s
21 H And Rehoboam the son of So- good reign. 16 The war hetween Baasha and him caiis-
P 2 Chron. lomon reigned in Judah. ’’Rehoboam eth him to make a league loith Ben-hadad. 23 Jehosha-
12. 13.
phat succeedeth Asa. 25 Nadah’s wicked reign. 27 Baa-
was forty and one years old when sha conspiring against him executeth Ahijah’s prophecy.
975 . he began to reign, and he reigned 31 Nadab’s acts and death. 33 Baasha’s wicked reign.
:
Ahijam's ivicked reign. I. KINGS, XY. Asa's good reign.
Before
CHRIST
958.
® 2 Chron.
N OW ‘‘in the eighteenth year of
king Jeroboam the son of Ne-
bat reigned Abijam over Judah.
15 And he brought in the ^things
which his father had dedicated, and
the things which himself had dedi- ®
Before
CHRIST
cir.
Heb.
951.
hoXg.
13. 1, 2. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusa- cated, into the house of the Lord,
•>
2 Chron.
11 20 , 21 ,
.
lem. '’And liis mother’s name was 'Ma- silver, and gold, and vessels.
22 .
achah, the daughter of ‘'Abishalom. 16 H And there was war between
® 2 Chron.
13. 2, 3 And he walked in all the sins of Asa and Baasha king of Israel all
Miehaiah
the daughter his father, which he had done be- their days.
of Urid.
d 2 Chron. fore him : and ® his heart was not 17 And “Baasha king of Israel went • 2 Chron.
&c.
16. 1,
11 21 ,
.
Absalom,
perfect with the Lord his God, as up against Judah, and built ‘Kamah, ‘ Josh. 18.
25.
® ch. 11. 4. the heart of David his father. "that he might not suffer any to go “ See iliap.
Ps. 119. 80.
fch. 11.32, 4 Nevertheless ^for David’s sake did out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 12. 27.
36.
2 Chron. the Lord his God give him a ^lamp 18 Then Asa took all the silver and
21. 7.
in Jerusalem, to set up his son after the gold that were left in the trea-
* Or, candle,
ch. 11. 36. him, and to establish Jerusalem sures of the house of the Lord, and
8 ch. 14. 8.
5 Because David ®did that which the treasures of the king’s house, and
ivas right in the eyes of theLord, delivered them into the hand of his
and turned not aside from any thing servants and king Asa sent them
:
that he commanded him all the days to ’'Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, * 2 Chron.
16.2.
*>
2 Sam.
4, 15.
11. of his life, '’save only in the matter the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that
y ch. 11. 23,
& 12. 9. of Uriah the Hittite. dwelt at ^ Damascus, saying, 24.
> ch. 14. 30.
6 'And there was war between Ee- 19 There is a league between me
hoboam and Jeroboam all the days and thee, and between my father and
of his life. thy father behold, I have sent unto
:
•'
2 Chi'on.
13. 2, 3, 22.
7 ’'Now the rest of the acts of thee a present of silver and gold;
Abijam, and all that he did, are come and break thy league with Baa-
they not written in the book of the sha king of Israel, that he may ^ de- ®Heb.(?oui).
chronicles of the kings of Judah ? part from me.

And there was war between Abijam 20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto
and Jeroboam. king Asa, and sent the captains of the
955. 8 'And Abijam slept with his fa- hosts which he had against the cities
' 2 Chron.
14. 1. thers; and they buried him in the of Israel, and smote ” Ijon, and “ Dan, 8 2 Kin. 15.
29.
city of David and Asa his son
: and '’Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cin- » Judg. 18.
29.
reigned in his stead. neroth, with all the land of Naphtali. b 2 Sam. 20.
9 ^ And in the twentieth year of

14.
21 And it came to pass, when Baasha
J eroboam king of Israel reigned Asa heard thereof, that he left off building
over Judah. of Eamah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
10 And forty and one years reigned 22 ‘’Then king Asa made a procla- 0 2 Chron.
16. 6.
^ That
grand-
is,
he in Jerusalem. And his ^mother’s mation throughout all Judah; none
mother's,
ver. 2.
name was Maachah, the daughter of was ^ exempted and they took away
:
* Heb. free.
Abishalom. the stones of Kamah, and the timber

® 2 Chron.
14. 2.
11 “And Asa did that which ivas thereof, wherewith Baasha had build-
right in the eyes of the Lord, as ed and king Asa built with them
;
^ .Tosh. 21.
did David his father. ‘'Geba of Benjamin, and “Mizpah. 17.
cir. 951. 12 “And he took away the sodomites 23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, * Josh. 18.
26.
"ch. 14.24.
& 22. 46. out of the land, and removed all the and all his might, and all that he
idols that his fathers had made. did, and the cities which he built,
° 2 Chron.
15. 16.
13 And also ^ Maachah his mother, are they not written in the book of
even her he removed from being the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Chron.
queen, because she had made an Nevertheless 'în the time of his old
1
16. 12.
‘ Heb.
cut off.
idol in a grove and Asa * destroy-
; age he Avas diseased in his feet.
P So Kxod. ed her idol, and ‘’burnt it by the 24 And Asa slept with his fathers, 914.
32.20.
brook Kidron. and was buried with his fathers in the 8 2 Chron.
17. 1.
city of David his father ând J eho-

1 ch. 22. 43.
2 Chron.
14 ‘‘But the high places were not re- : b Matt. 1. 8,
called
r
15. 17, 18.
See ver. 3.
moved nevertheless Asa’s heart was
: shaphat his son reigned in his stead. Josaphat.
perfect with the Lord all his days. 25 IF And Nadab the son of Jero- 954 ,
; ;
NadaVs wicked reign. I. KINGS, XVI. Jehu's prophecy against Baasha.
Before boam ^ began to reign over Israel in walked in the way of Jeroboam, and
CHRIST
Before
CHRIST
954.
the second year of Asa king of J udah, hast made my people Israel to sin, to cir. 930.
*Heb.
and reigned over Israel two years. provoke me to anger with their sins
reigned. 26 And he did evil in the sight of 3 Behold, I will ''take away the pos- ver. 11.
the Lokd, and walked in the way of terity of Baasha, and the posterity of
* ch. 12. 30. his father, and in 'his sin wherewith his house; and will make thy house
& 14. 16.
he made Israel to sin. like “the house of Jeroboam the son
&
e ch. 14. 10.
15. 29.
» ch. 14. 14. 27 II Ând Baasha the son of Ahijah, of Nebat.
of the house of Issachar, conspired 4 '^Him that dieth of Baasha in the ch. 14. 11.
against him; and Baasha smote him city shall the dogs eat and him
;
Josh. 19.44. at ‘Gibbethon, which belonged to the that dieth of his in the fields shall
& 21. 23.
ch. 16. 15. Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel the fowls of the air eat.
laid siege to Gibbethon. 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baa-
28 Even in the third year of Asa sha, and what he did, and his might,
king of Judah did Baasha slay him, âre they not written in the book of B 2 Chron.
16.1.
and reigned in his stead. the chronicles of the kings of Israel ?
29 And it came to pass, when he 6 So Baasha slept with his fathers,
reigned, that he smote all the house and was buried in '‘Tirzah and Elah “ ch. 14. 17.
:
& 15. 21.
of Jeroboam; he left not to Jero- his son reigned in his stead.
boam any that breathed, until he had 7 And also by the hand of the pro-
”> ch. 14. 10, destroyed him, according unto “the phet ‘Jehu the son of Hanani came ver. 1.
14.
saying of the Lokd, which he spake the word of the Lord against Baa-
by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: sha, and against his house, even for
® oh. 14. 9, 30 “Because of the sins of Jeroboam all the evil that he did in the sight
16. 2
which he sinned, and which he' made of the Lord, in provoking him to
Israel sin, by his provocation where- anger with the work of his hands, in
with he provoked the Lord God of being like the house of Jeroboam
Israel to anger. and because ^he killed him. ch. 15.27,
29.
31 IT Now
the rest of the acts of 8 H In the twenty and sixth year of See Hos.
1 4 . .
Nadab, and all that he did, are they Asa king of Judah began Elah the 930.
not written in the book of the chro- son of Baasha to reign over Israel
nicles of the kings of Israel ? in Tirzah, two years.
® ver. 16. 32 “And there was war between Asa 9 'And his servant Zimri, captain of 2 Kin. 9.
31.
and Baasha king of Israel all their half his chariots, conspired against
days. him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking
953. 33 In the third year of Asa king of himself drunk in the house of Arza
2 Heb. which
Judah began Baasha the son of Ahi- ^steward of his house in Tirzah. was over.
jah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, 10 And Zimri w'ent in and smote 929.
twenty and four years. him, and killed him, in the twenty
34 And he did evil in the sight of and seventh year of Asa king of
P ch. 12. 28, the Lord, and walked in ^the way of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
29.&13.33.
& 14. 16. Jeroboam, and m
his sin wherewith 11 IF And
it came to pass, when he
he made Israel to sin. began to reign, as soon as he sat on
his throne, that he slew all the house
CHAPTEK XVI.
1, 7 Jehus prophecy ayainst Baasha. 6 Elrth succeedeth of Baasha: he left him “not one 22
1
.
Sam. 25.
him. 8 Zimii conspiring against Elah succeedeth him.

that pisseth against a wall, ^neither 3 Or, both
11 Zimri executeth Jehu's prophecy. 15 Omri, made king hiskinsmen
hy the soldiers, forceth Zimri desperately to hum himself. of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. and his
friends.
21 The kingdom being divided, Omri prevaileth against 12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the
Tihni. 23 Omri huildeth Samaria. 25 His wicked reign. “ ver.
27 Ahah succeedeth him. 29 Ahah’s most wicked reign. house of Baasha, “according to the 3.
34 Joshua's curse upon Eiel the builder of Jericho. word of the Lord, which he spake a- * Heb.
hen
the word of the Lord came gainst Baasha *“by Jehu the prophet,
hii
930.
T
cir.
the hand of.
a,
• ° ver. 1.
yer. 7.
2 Chron. to “^Jehu the son of Hanani a- 13 For aU the sins of Baasha, and the P Dent. 32.
19.2.
gainst Baasha, saying, sins of Elah his son, by which they
i
21.
&20.34. 1 Sam. 12.
»> ch. 14. 7. '’Forasmuch as I exalted thee out sinned, and by which they made Israel 21 .
Isai. 41. 29.

of the dust, and made thee prince to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Jonah 2. 8.
1 Cor. 8. 4.
' ch. 15. 34. over my people Israel; and “thou hast Israel to anger ^ with their vanities. & 10. 19.
:
Omri buildeth Samaria. I. KINGS, XYIL Ahab's wicked reign.

Before
CHRIST
14 Nowthe rest of the acts of Elah, his sin wherewith he made Israel to Before
CHRIST
929. and all that he did, are they not sin, to provoke the Lord God of Is- 925.
wTitten in the book of the chronicles rael to anger with their vanities. * ver. 13.
of the kings of Israel ? 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri
929. 15 IF In the twenty and seventh year which he did, and his might that he
of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign shewed, are they not written in the
seven days in Tirzah. And the people book of the chronicles of the kings
q ch. 15. 27. were encamped against Gibbethon,
**
of Israel?
which belonged to the Philistines. 28 So Omri slept with his fathers,
16 And the people that were en- and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab
camped heard say, Zimri hath con- his son reigned in his stead.
spired, and hath also slain the king 29 IF And in the thirty and eighth year 918.
wherefore all Israel made Omri, the of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the
captain of the host, king over Israel son of Omri to reign over Israel and :
that day in the camp. Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Is-
17 And Omri went up from Gibbe- rael in Samaria twenty and two years.
thon, and all Israel with him, and 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did
they besieged Tirzah. evil in the sight of the Lord above
929. 18 And it came to pass, when Zimri all that were before him.
saw that the city was taken, that he 31 And it came to pass, âs if it had * Heb. teas
a lif/ht
it
went into the palace of the king’s been a light thing for him to walk thing, &c.
house, and burnt the king’s house in the sins of Jeroboam the son of
over him with fire, and died, Nebat, ^that he took to wife Jezebel y Deut. 7. 3.
19 For his sins which he sinned in the daughter of Ethbaal king of the
doing evil in the sight of the Lord, “
Zidonians, “ and went and served * Judg.18.7.
» ch. 21. 25,
ch. 12. 28.
& 15. 26,
Mn walking in the way of Jeroboam, Baal, and worshipped him. 26.
2 Kin. 10.
34. and in his sin which he did, to make 32 And he reared up an altar for 18. & 17. 16.
Israel to sin. Baal in the house of Baal, which he b 2 Kin. 10.
21, 26, 27.
20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, had built in Samaria.
e
and his treason that he wrought, are 33 "And Ahab made a grove; and 2 Kin. 13.
6. &17. 10.
they not written in the book of the Ahab ^ did more to provoke the Lord & 21. 3.
Jer. 17. 2.
chronicles of the kings of Israel ? God of Israel to anger than all the ^ ver. 30.
ch. 21. 25.
21 IF Then were the people of Israel kings of Israel that were before him.
divided into two parts half of the
: 34 IF In his days did Kiel the Beth-
people followed Tibni the son of elite build J ericho he laid the foun-
:
Ginath, to make him king; and half dation thereof in Abiram his first-
followed Omri. born, and set up the gates thereof in
22 But the people that followed Omri his youngest son Segub, "according ® Josh. 6. 26.
prevailed against the people that fol- to the word of the Lord, which he
lowed Tibni the son of Ginath: so spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
925. 23 IF In the thirty and first year of
CHAPTEK XVII.
1 Elijah, having prophesied against Ahah, is sent to Cherith,
Asa king of Judah began Omri to where the ravens feed him. 8 He is sent to the widow
reign over Israel, twelve years six
: of Zarephath. 17 He raiseth the widow's son. 24 The
years reigned he in Tirzah. woman helieveth him.
24 And he bought the hill Samaria AND ® Elijah the Tishbite, who was
s
cir.
Ileb.
910.
of Shemer for two talents of silver, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said F.liiahu,
and built on the hill, and called the unto Ahab, Âs the Lord God of Israel Luke 1. 17.
8c 4. 2.5, he
name of the city which he built, after liveth, before whom I stand, " there is failed
Elias.
the name of Shemer, owner of the shall not be dew nor rain ^ these » 2 Kin. 3.
14.
2Heb. hill, ^“Samaria. years, but according to my word. *> Deut. 10. 8.
Shomeron.
25 IF But ‘Omri wrought evil in the 2 And the word of the Lord came Jam.
® 5. 17.
• See chap.
1 Luke 4. 25.
13. 32.
2 Kin. 17. eyes of the Lord, and did worse than unto him, saying,
24.
,Tohn 4. 4. all that were before him. 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee east-
‘ Mic.
“ ver. 19.
6. 16.
26 For he "walked in all the way of ward, and hide thyself by the brook
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in Cherith, that is before Jordan.
: :
Elijah is fed hy ravens. I. KINGS, XVIII. He raiseth the widow’s son.
Before
CHRIST
4 And it shall be, that thou shalt things, that the son of thewoman, the Before
CHRIST
cir. 910. drink of the brook and I have com-
;
mistress of the house, fell sick; and cir. 910.
manded the ravens to feed thee there. his sickness was so sore, that there
5 So he went and did according was no breath left in him.
unto the word of the Lord for he : 18 And she said unto Elijah, ^What f
See Luke
5. 6.
went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, have I to do with thee, O thou man
that is before Jordan. of God ? art thou come unto me to
6 And the ravens brought him bread call my sin to remembrance, and to
and flesh in the morning, and bread slay myson?
and flesh in the evening and he ;
19 And he said unto her, Give me
drank of the brook. thy son. And he took him out of
* Heb. at the
7 And it came to pass ^ after a while, her bosom, and carried him up into
end of days.
that the brook dried up, because a loft, where he abode, and laid him
there had been no rain in the land. upon his own bed.
8 H And the word of the Lord came 20 And hecried unto the Lord, and
unto him, saying, said, O Lord my God, hast thou also
* Obad.
Luke
20.
4. 26,
9 Arise, get thee to ®Zarephath, which brought evil upon the Avidow with
called
Sarepia,
helongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
behold, I have commanded a widow 21 Ând he ^stretched himself upon e 2 Kin. 4.
34,35.
woman there to sustain thee. the child three times, and cried unto 2 Heb.
the Lord, and said, O Lord my God,
measured.
10 So he arose and went to Zare-
phath. And when he came to the I pray thee, let this child’s soul come
gate of the city, behold, the widow ®into him again. 3 Heb.
itUo his in-
woman was there gathering of sticks 22 And the Lord heard the voice of ward parts.
and he called to her, and said. Fetch Elijah and the soul of the child came
;
into him again, and he ^ revived.

h Heb.
me, I pray thee, a little water in a 35.
11.
vessel, that I may drink. 23 And Elijah took the child, and
11And as she was going to fetch brought him down out of the cham-
it,he called to her, and said, Bring ber into the house, and delivered
me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread him unto his mother and Elijah :
in thine hand. said, See, thy son liveth.

12 Andshe said. As the Lord thy 24 H And the woman said to Elijah,
God have not a cake, but an
liveth, I Now by this *I know that thou art a ' John 3. 2.
& 16. 30.
handful of meal in a barrel, and a man of God, and that the word of
little oil in a cruse and, behold, I am
: the Lord in thy mouth is truth.
gathering two sticks, that I may go CHAPTER XVIII.
in and dress it for me and my son, 1 In the extremity of famine Elijah, sent to Ahah, meeteth
that we may eat it, and die. good Obadiah. 9 Ohadiah hrinyeth Ahab to Elijah. 17
Elijah, reproving Ahab, hy fire from heaven convinceth
13 And Elijah said unto her. Fear Baal's prophets. 41 Elijah, hy prayer ohtaining rain,
not; go and do as thou hast said: followefh Ahah to Jezreel.
but make me thereof a little cake AND it came to pass after “many
*
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Luke 4. 2.5.
first,and bring it unto me, and after x\- days, that the word of the Lord James 5.
make for thee and for thy son. came to Elijah in the third year, say- 17.
14 For thus saith the Lord God of ing, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab and ;
Israel, The barrel of meal shall not ^ I will send rain upon the earth. b Deut. 28.
12 .
waste, neither shall the cruse of oil 2 And Elijah went to shew himself
fail, until the day that the Lord unto Ahab. And there was a sore
«Heb.
gioeth.
®sendeth rain upon the earth. famine in Samaria.
15 And she went and did according 3 And Ahab called * Obadiah, which <Heb.
Obadiahu.
to the saying of Elijah and she, and was ® the governor of his house. (Now
: 5 Heb. over
his house.
* Or, a he, and her house, did eat ^rnany days. Obadiah feared the Lord greatly
fvU year.
16 And the barrel of meal wasted 4 For it was so, when ®Jezebel cut «Heb.
Izdjel.
not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, off"the prophets of the Lord, that
according to the word of the Lord, Obadiah took an hundred prophets,
® Heb. hy the
hand qf.
which he spake ®by Elijah. and hid them by fift}" in a cave, and
17 H And it came to pass after these fed them with bread and water.)
Elijah meeteth Ohadiah. I. KINGS, XVIII. Elijah's sign to
Before
CHRIST
5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go 19Now therefore send, and gather Before
CHRIST f
cir. 906.
into the land, unto all fountains of to me all Israel unto mount ^ Carmel, cir. 906.
water, and unto all brooks perad-
:
and the prophets of Baal four hun- * Josh. 19.
venture we may find grass to save dred and fifty, ‘'and the prophets 26.
»ch. 16.33.
s Heb. the horses and mules alive, ^ that of the groves four hundred, which
ilial we
cut not off we lose not all the beasts. eat at Jezebel’s table.
ourselveB
from the 6 So they divided the land between 20 So Ahab sent unto all the chil-
beasts.
them to pass throughout it Ahab : dren of Israel, and gathered the pro-
‘
‘ ch. 22. 6.
went one way by himself, and Oba- phets together unto mount Carmel.
diah went another way by himself. 21 And Elijah came unto all the
7 And as Obadiah was in the way, people, and said, ^How long halt ye k 2 Kin. 17.
41.
behold, Elijah met him and he knew
: between two ‘‘opinions? if the Lord Matt. 6. 24.
2 Or,
him, and fell on his face, and said, he God, follow him : but if Baal, thoughts?
Ai't thou that my lord Elijah? ‘

then follow him. the peopleAnd • See Josh.
24.15.
8 And he answered him, I am : go, answered him not a word.
tell thy lord. Behold, Elijah is here. 22 Then said Elijah unto the people,
9 And he said. What have I sinned, “I, even I only, remain a prophet of " ch. 19. 10,
14.
that thou wouldest deliver thy servant the Lord; “but Baal’s prophets are “ ver. 19.
into the hand of Ahab, to slay me ? four hundred and fifty men.
10 As the Lord thy God liveth, there 23 Let them therefore give us two
is no nation or kingdom, whither my bullocks; and let them choose one
lord hath not sent to seek thee and : bullock for themselves, and cut it in
when they said. He is not there; he pieces, and lay
it on wood, and put
took an oath of the kingdom and no fire and I will dress the
under:
nation, that they found thee not. other bullock, and lay it on wood,
11 And now thou sayest. Go, tell and put no fire under:
thy lord. Behold, Elijah is here. 24 And call ye on the name of yom*
12 And it shall come to pass, as soon gods, and I will call on the name of
e 2 Kin. 2. as I am gone from thee, that “ the the Lord and the God that “ answer-
:
® ver. 38.
1 Chron.
16.
Ezek. 3. Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee eth by fire, let him be God. And all 21.26.
12, 14.
Matt. 4. 1. whither I know not and so when I
;
the people answered and said, ®It is 8 Heb.
The word
Acts 8. 39.
come and tell Ahab, and he cannot well spoken. is good.
find thee, he shall slay me but I thy

: 25 And Elijah said unto the pro-
servant fear the Lord from my
youth. phets of Baal, Choose you one bullock
13 Was it not told my lord what I for yourselves, and dress it first; for
did when Jezebel slew the prophets of ye are many; and call on the name
the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of of your gods, but put no fire under.
the Lord’s prophets by fifty in a cave, 26 And they took the bullock which
and fed them with bread and water ? was given them, and they dressed it,
14 And now thou sayest. Go, tell thy and called on the name of Baal from
lord. Behold, Elijah is here: and he morning even until noon, saying, O
shall slay me. Baal, ^liear us. But there was ^no ^ Or, answer.
pPs. 115.5.
15 And Elijah said. As the Lord of voice, nor any that “answered. And Jer. 10. 5.
1 Cor. 8. 4.
hosts liveth, before wliom I stand, I will they “leaped upon the altar which & 12 . 2 .
* Or, heard.
surely shew myself unto him to day. was made. * Or, leaped
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, 27 And it came to pass at noon, that up and
down at
and told him: and Ahab went to Elijah mocked them, and said. Cry the altar.
meet Elijah. ’ aloud for he is a god

: either “ he ;
tHeh.witha
great voice.
17 H And it came to pass, when Ahab is talking, or he ®is pursuing, or he * Or, he
merlitaieth.
saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, is in a journey, or peradventure he 9 Heb. h(dh
d ch. 21. 20. a pursuit.
* .Tosh. 7. 25.
^ Art thiou he that ® trouble th Israel? sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Acts 16. 20. 18 And he answered, I have not 28 And they cried aloud, and ’cut « Lev. 19. 28.
Dent. 14. 1.
troubled Israel; but thou, and thy themselves after their manner with
1 2 Chron. father’s house, 4n that ye have for- knives and lancets, till ^ the blood *Heb.
poured out
15. 2.
saken the commandments of the gushed out upon them. mood upon
them.
Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim. 29 And it came to pass, when mid-
: ;
:
determine the true God. I. KINGS, XIX. Elijah hy prayer ohtaineth rain.
Before day was past, 'and they prophesied and Elijah brought them down to the Before
CHKIST CHRIST
cir, 906. until the time of the ^ olfering of the brook Kishon, and slew them there. cir. 906.
r 1 Cor. 11.
evening sacrifice, that there was ® nei- 41 If And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get >>1)601.
5. 13.
4, 5. ther voice, nor any to answer, nor thee up, eat and drink; for there is & 20. 18.
SHeb.
aseending. any ®that regarded. â sound of abundance of rain. ^ Or, a sound
of a noise
•
SHeb.
ver. 26.
30 And Elijah said unto all the peo- 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to of rain.
aUention. ple, Come near imto me. And all the drink. And Elijah went up to the
‘ ch. 19. 10. people came near unto him. ‘ And he top of Carmel; 'and he cast himself James •
5.
17, 18.
repaired the altar of the Lord that down upon the earth, and put his
was broken down. face between his knees,
31 And Elijah took twelve stones, 43 And said to his servant. Go up
according to the number of the tribes now, look toward the sea. And he
of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the went up, and looked, and said. There
word of the Lord came, saying, is nothing. And he said. Go again
“ Gen. 32. " Israel shall be thy name :
•
seven times.
28.&35.10.
2 Kin. 17. 32 And with the stones he built an 44 And it came to pass at the se-
34.
* Col. 3. 17. altar * in the name of the Lord and : venth time, that he said, Behold,
he made a trench about the altar, there
2 ariseth a little cloud out of
as great as would contain two mea- the sea, like a man’s hand. And he
sures of seed. said. Go up, say unto Ahab, ^Pre- 3 Heb. Tie.
or, Bind.
r Lev. 1. 6, 33 And he ^put the wood in order, 3
pare thy chariot, and get thee down,
7,8.
and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid that the rain stop thee not.
him on the wood, and said. Fill four 4 And it came to pass in the mean
45
• See Judg. barrels with water, and ’’pour it on while, that the heaven was black
6 20.
.
the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. with clouds and wind, and there was
34 And he said. Do it the second a great rain. And Ahab rode, and
time. And they did it the second went to Jezreel.
time. And he said. Do it the third 46 And the hand of the Lord was
time. And they did it the third time. on Elijah; and he ^girded up his » 2 Kin. 4.
29. & 9. 1.
* Heb. uient. 35 And the water ^ran round about loins, and ran before Ahab ^to the 4 Heb. lai
(hou come
• ver. 32, 38. the altar; and he fiUed “the trench entrance of Jezreel. to .Jezred.
also with water. CHAPTEK XIX.

36 And it came to pass at the time of 1 Elijah, threatened by Jezebel, Jleeth to Beersheba. 4 In
the wilderness, being loeary of his life, he is comforted by
the offering of the evening sacrifice,
an angel. 9 At Horeb God appeareth unto him, sending
that Elijah the prophet came near, and him to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha. 19 Elisha, tak-
»> Ex. 3. 6. said. Lord *’God of Abraham, Isaac, ing leave of his friends, followeth Elijah.
« ch. 8. 4.3.
2 Kin. 19.
19.
Ps. 83. 18.
and of Israel, ' let it be known this day
that thou art God in Israel, and that
I am thy servant, and that Î have
And Ahab
_
he had
Elijah
“
told Jezebel
had done, and withal how
slain all the
all
prophets with
that
» ch. 18. 40.

Num. 16.
28.
done all these things at thy word. the sword.
37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that Then Jezebel sent a messenger
this people may know that thou art unto Elijah, saying, ''So let the gods » Ruth 1. 17.
ch. 20. 10.
the Lord God, and that thou hast do to me, and more also, if I make 2 Kin. 6.
31.
turned their heart back again. not thy life as the life of one of them
• Lev. 9. 24.
Judg. 6. 21.
38 Then “the fire of the Lord fell, by to morrow about this time.
1 Chron.
21.26.
and consumed the burnt sacrifice, And when he saw that, he arose,
2 Chron. and the wood, and the stones, and and went for his life, and came to
7.1.
the dust, and licked up the water Beer-sheba, vAiich belongeth to Judah,
that was in the trench. and left his servant there.
39 And when all the people saw If But he himself went a day’s jour-
they fell on their faces : and they ney into the wilderness, and came
f ver. 24. said, ^The Lord, he is the God; the and sat down imder a juniper tree
Lord, he is the God. and he “ requested ® for himself that 0 Num.
15.
11.
6 Or,
Apprehend.
40 And Elijah said unto them, ®®Take he might die ;
and said. It is enough Jonah 4.
3,8.
* 2 Kin.
25.
10. the prophets of Baal let not one of
; now, O Lord, take away my life; for ® Heb. for
them escape. And they took them I am not better than my fathers. his life.
: : : ::
God ax>peare(h to Elijah. 1 . KINGS, XX. Elisha followeth Elijah.

Before 5 And as he lay and slept imder a return on thy way to the wilderness of Before
CHRIST
cir. 906. juniper tree, behold, then an angel Damascus ^ and when thou comest, CHRIST
:
cir. 906.
touched him, and said unto him. anoint Hazael to he king over Syria
P 2 Kin. 8.
Arise and eat. 16 And ’Jehu the son of Nimshi 12, 13.
4 2 Kin.
6 And he looked, and, behold, there shalt thou anoint to he king over Is- 1,-3. 9.
teas a cake baken on the coals, and rael and Elisha the son of Shaphat Luke 4. 27,
:
called
2Heb. a cruse of water at his ^head. And of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint Eliseus.
hAder.
he did eat and drink, and laid him to he prophet in thy room.
down again. 17 And
®it shall come to pass, that • 2 Kin. 8.
12 &
7 Andthe angel of the Lord came him that escapeth the sword of Ha-
.
9. 14. &c.
&10.6,&c.
again the second time, and touched zael shall Jehu slay: and him that & 13. 3.
him, and said. Arise and eat ; because escapeth from the sword of Jehu
the journey is too great for thee. ‘shall Elisha slay. ‘ See Hosea
6.5.
8 And he arose, and did eat and 18 Yet I have left me seven thou- “Rom. 11.4.
" ^
drink, and went in the strength of sand in Israel, all the knees which «Or I
uiill leave.
So Exod. that meat forty days and forty nights

‘‘
have not bowed unto Baal, ^ and every “ See Hosea
28. 13.2.
unto ® Horeb the mount of God. mouth which hath not kissed him.
?,4.
Deut. 9. 9,
9 IF And he came thither unto a

18.
Matt. 4. 2. 19 IF So he departed thence, and
e Ex. 3. 1.
cave, and lodged there ; and, behold, found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who
the word of the Lord came to him, was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen
and he said unto him. What doest before him, and he with the twelfth
thou here, Elijah ? and Elijah passed by him, and cast
fRom. 11.3. 10 And he said, have been very his mantle upon him.
e Num. 25. ^jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for 20 And he left the oxen, and ran
11, 13.
Ps. 69. 9. the children of Israel have forsaken after Elijah, and said, ^ Let me, I pray r Matt. 8. 21,
22 .
thy covenant, thrown down thine al- thee, kiss my

father and mother, my Luke 9.
62.
61,
h ch. 18. 4. tars, and slain thy prophets with the

**
and then I will follow thee. And he
i
ch. 18. 22. sword and 'I, even I only, am left; and
;
said unto him, ®Go back again: for SHeb.
Rom. 11. 3. Go return.
they seek my life, to take it away. what have I done to thee ?
11 And he said. Go forth, and stand 21 And he returned back from him,
x Ex. 24. 12.
‘'upon the mount before the Lord. and took a yoke of oxen, and slew
And, behold, the Lord passed by, and them, and boiled their flesh with the
^ * 2 Sara. 24.
22 .
• Ezek. 1. 4. ‘a great and strong wind rent the instruments of the oxen, and gave
&37. 7.
mountains, and brake in pieces the unto the people, and they did eat.
rocks before the Lord hut the Lord
; Then he arose, and went after Elijah,
was not in the wind: and after the and ministered unto him.
wind an earthquake; hut the Lord
was not in the earthquake
CHAPTER XX.
1 Ben-hadad, not content with AhaVs homage, hesiegeth Sa-
12 And after the earthquake a fire; maria. 13 By the direction of a prophet, the Syrians are
slain. 22 As the prophet forewarned Ahah, the Syrians,
hut the Lord was not in the fire and :
trusting in the valleys, come against him in Aphelc. 28 By
after the fire a still small voice. the word of the prophet, and, God’s judgment, the Syrians
13 And it was so, when Elijah heard are smitten again. 31 The Syrians submitting themselves,
Ahah sendeth Ben-hadad away with a covenant. 3.5 The
“ So Exod. it, that “he wrapped his face in his prophet, under the parable of a prisoner, making Ahab
3. 6.
Isai. 6. 2. mantle, and went out, and stood in to judge himself, denounceth God's judgment against him.
" ver. 9. the entering in of the cave. “ And, be- AND Ben-hadad the king of Syria 901.
hold, there came a voice unto him, and xY. gathered his host together:
all
said. What doest thou here, Elijah ? and there wef'e thirty and two kings
o ver. 10.
14 °And he said, I have been very with him, and horses, and chariots
jealous for the Lord God of hosts and he went up and besieged Sa-
because the children of Israel have maria, and warred against it.
forsaken thy covenant, thrown down 2 And he sent messengers to Ahab
thine altars, and slain thy prophets king of Israel into the city, and said
witli the sword; and I, even I only, unto him. Thus saith Ben-hadad,
am left; and they seek my life, to 3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine;
take it away. thy wives also and thy children, even
1.5 And the Lord said imto him. Go, the goodliest, are mine.
: : ;
Ben-hadad hesiegeth Samaria. I. KINGS, XX. The Syrians are slain.
Before 4 And the king of Israel answered 14 And Ahab said. By whom? And Before
CHRIST
901 .
and said, My lord, O king, according he said. Thus saith the Lord, Even CHRIST901 .
to thy saying, I am thine, and all by the ^ young men of the princes of Or, 2
that I have. the provinces. Then he said. Who servants.

5 And the messengers came again, shall ^ order the battle? And he an- Heb. hind, 8
or, tie.
and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, swered, Thou.

saying. Although I have sent unto 15 Then he numbered the young
thee, saying. Thou shalt deliver me men of the princes of the provinces,
thy silver, and thy gold, and thy and they were two hundred and thirty
wives, and thy children; two and after them he numbered
:
6 Yet I will send my servants unto all the people, eve7i all the children
thee to morrow about this time, and of Israel, being seven thousand.
they shall search thine house, and the 16 And they went out at noon. But
houses of thy servants; and it shall Ben-hadad was drinking himself
** ^ ver. 12.
ch. 16. 9.
*Heb. be, that whatsoever is * pleasant in drunk in the pavilions, he and the
desirable.
thine eyes, they shall put it in their kings, the thirty and two kings that
hand, and take it away. helped him.
7 Then the king of Israel called 17 And the young men of the princes
all the elders of the land, and said, of the provinces went out first; and
Mark, I pray you, and see how this Ben-hadad sent out, and they told
man seeketh mischief: for he sent him, saying. There are men come
unto me for my wives, and for my out of Samaria.
children,and for my silver, and for 18 And he said. Whether they be
SHeb.
not back
my and ^ I denied him not.
gold ;
come out for peace, take them alive
from him. 8 And aU the elders and all the or whether they be come out for
people said unto him, Hearken not war, take them alive.
unto him, nor consent. 19 So these young men of the princes
9 Wherefore he said unto the mes- of the provinces came out of the city,
sengers of Ben-hadad, TeU my lord and the army which followed them.
the king. All that thou didst send 20 And they slew every one his
for to thy servant at the first I will man: and the Syrians fled; and Is-
do but this thing I may not do.
: rael pursued them : and Ben-hadad
And the messengers departed, and the king of Syria escaped on an horse
brought him word again. with the horsemen.
10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, 21 And the king of Israel went out,
• ch. 19. 2. and said, ‘The gods do so unto me, and smote the horses and chariots, and
and more also, if the dust of Sama- slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
ria shall sufiice for handfuls for all 22 IT And the prophet came to the
< Heb. are
al my feet.
the people that ^follow me. king of Israel, and said unto him.
So Exod. 11 And the king of Israel answered Go, strengthen thyself, and mark,
11 . 8 .
Judg. 4. 10. and said. Tell him, Let not him that and see what thou doest ® for at the :
e2Sam.ll.l
girdeth on his harness boast himself return of the year the king of Syria
as he that putteth it off. wiU come up against thee.
12 And it came to pass, when Ben- 23 And the servants of the king of
* Heb. word. hadad heard this message, as he was Syria said unto him. Their gods
®
*’
ver. 16.
* Or, tents.
drinking, he and the kings in the ® pa- gods of the hills therefore they were
’’
;
vilions, that he said unto his servants, stronger than we; but let us fight
’Or,
Place the
^Set yourselves in array. And they against them in the plain, and surely
engines
Arid they
set themselves in array against the city. we shall be stronger than they.
placed 13 IT And, behold, there *came a 24 And do this thing. Take the kings
engines.
8 Heb. prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, away, every man out of his place, and
approached.
saying. Thus saith the Lord, Hast put captains in their rooms
thou seen all this great multitude? 25 And number thee an army, like
® ver. 28.
behold, “I will deliver it into thine the army ^that thou hast lost, horse * Heb. that
was fallen.
hand this day; and thou shalt know for horse, and chariot for chariot and :
that I am the Lord. we will fight against them in the plain.

The Syrians are again defeated. I. KINGS, XX. AhaVs unseasonable lenity.
Before and surely we shall be stronger than 34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
901 . they. And he hearkened unto their ‘The cities, which my father took 900 .
voice, and did so. from thy father, I will restore; and ‘ cb. 15. 20.
900 . 26 And it came to pass at the return thou shalt make streets for thee in
of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered Damascus, as my father made in
f Josh. 13. 4. the Syrians, and went up to ‘Âphek, Samaria. Then said Ahab,, I will send
* Heb.
tear with
lo the ^ to fight against Israel. thee away with this covenant. So he
Israel.
27 And the children of Israel were made a covenant with him, and sent
* Or, were
victualled.
numbered, and ^ were all present, and him away.
went against them and the children
: 35 IF And a certain man of ^ the sons * 2 Kin. 2.
3. 5, 7, 15.
of Israel pitched before them like of the prophets said unto his neigh-
two little flocks of kids ; but the Sy- bour in the word of the Lord, Smite
‘ > cb. 13. 17,
18.
rians filled the country. me, I pray thee. And the man re-
28 IF And there came a man of God, fused to smite him.
and spake unto the king of Israel, 36 Then said he unto him. Because
and said. Thus saith the Lord, Be- thou hast not obeyed the voice of
cause the Syrians have said. The the Lord, behold, as soon as thou
Lord is God of the hills, but he is art departed from me, a lion shall
e ver. 13. not God of the valleys, therefore ®will slay thee. And as soon as he was
I deliver all this great multitude into departed from him, “a lion found “ cb. 13. 24.
thine hand, and ye shall know that him, and slew him.
I am the Lord. 37 Then he found another man, and
29 And they pitched one over a- said. Smite me, I pray thee. And
gainst the other seven days. And so the man smote him, ^ so that in smit- * Heb. amitr
ingand
it was, that in the seventh day the ing he wounded him. wounding.
battle was joined and the children

: 38 So the prophet departed, and
of Israel slew of the Syrians an hun- waited for the king by the way, and
dred thousand footmen in one day. disguised himself with ashes upon
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into his face.
the city; and there a wall fell upon 39 And "as the king passed by, he “See 2 Sam.
12. 1, &c.
twenty and seven thousand of the cried unto the king: and he said.
men that were left. And Ben-hadad Thy servant went out into the midst
* Or, from
chamber to
fled, and came into the city, ^‘înto of the battle; and, behold, a man
chamber. an inner chamber. turned aside, and brought a man un-
® Heb. into
a chamber 31 IF And his servants said unto to me, and said. Keep this man: if
within a
chamber, him. Behold now, we have heard that by any means he be missing, then
cb. 22. 25.
the kings of the house of Israel are "shall thy life be for his life, or else o 2 Kin. 10.
24.
merciful kings let us, I pray thee,
: thou shalt ^pay a talent of silver. 3 neb.weigh.
Gen.
40 And as thy servant was busy
•'
34.
37.
put sackcloth on our loins, and
**
ropes upon our heads, and go out here and there, ^he was gone. And * Heb. he
was not.
to the king of Israel: peradventure the king of Israel said unto him. So
he will save thy life. shall thy judgment be; thyself hast
32 So they girded sackcloth on their decided it.
loins, and put ropes on their heads, 41 And he hasted, and took the
and came to the king of Israel, and ashes away from his face; and the
said. Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I king of Israel discerned him that
pray thee, let me live. And he said. he was of the prophets.
Is he yet alive? he is my brother. 42 And he said unto him. Thus
33 Now the men did diligently ob- saith the Lord, Because thou hast P cb. 22. 31,
—37.
serve whether any thing icould come let go out of thy hand a man whom
from him, and did hastily catch it: I appointed to utter destruction,
and they said. Thy brother Ben-ha- therefore thy life shall go for his
dad. Then he said. Go ye, bring life, and thy people for his people.
him. Then Ben-hadad came forth 43 And the king of Israel ^ went to qch.21.4.
to him; and he caused him to come his house heavy and displeased, and
up into the chariot. came to Samaria.
: :
Ahdb is denied Ndboih'’s vineyard. I. KINGS, XXI. Jezehel causeth Naboth’s death.
Before
CHRIST CHAPTEE XXL saying, Thou didst 'blaspheme God Before
CHRIST
900. 1 Ahah being denied Naboth’s vineyard is grieved. 5 Jezebel and the king. And then carry him 899.
writing letters against Naboth, he is condemned of blas-
out, and ^ stone him, that he may die. 0
phemy. 15 Ahab taketh possession of the vineyard. 17 Ex. 22. 28.
Elijah denounceth judgments against Ahab and Jezebel. 11 And the men of his city, even Lev. 24. 15,
16.
25 Wicked Ahab repenting, God defen eth the judgment. the elders and the nobles who were Acts 6. 11.
nd came
to pass after these the inhabitants in his city, did as
**
Lev. 24.
A it
^ things, that Naboth the Jezreel-
ite had a vineyard, which was in
Jezebel had sent unto them, and as
it was written in the letters which
14.
Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab she had sent unto them.
king of Samaria. 12 “They proclaimed a fast, and set ® Tsai. .58. 4.
899. 2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, Naboth on high among the people.
• 1 Sam. 8. saying, Give me thy “vineyard, that 13 And there came in two men, chil-
14.
I may have it for a garden of herbs, dren of Belial, and sat before him
because it is near unto my house and the men of Belial witnessed a-
and I will give thee for it a better gainst him, even against Naboth, in
* Heb. be
good »n
vineyard than ^seem good
it; or, if it the presence of the people, saying,
Mne eye». to thee, I will give thee the worth Naboth did blaspheme God and the
of it in money. king. ^Then they carried him forth f See 2 Kin.
9. 26.
3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The out of the city, and stoned him with
b Lev. 25. 23.
Num. 36. 7.
Lord forbid it me, that I should **
stones, that he died.
Ezek. 46. give the inheritance of my fathers 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, 899.
18.
unto thee. Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
4 And Ahab came into his house 15 1 And it came to pass, when Jeze-
heavy and displeased because of the bel heard that Naboth was stoned, and
word which Naboth the Jezreelite was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab,
had spoken to him: for he had said, Arise, take possession of the vineyard
I will not give thee the inheritance of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he
of myfathers. And he laid him refused to give thee for money: for
down upon his bed, and turned away Naboth is not alive, but dead.
his face, and would eat no bread. 16 And it came to pass, when Ahab
5 If But Jezebel his wife came to him, heard that Naboth was dead, that
and said unto him. Why is thy spirit Ahab rose up to go down to the
so sad, that thou eatest no bread ? vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to
6 And he said unto her. Because take possession of it.
I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, 17 If ®And the word of the Lord f Ps. 9. 12.
and said unto him. Give me thy came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
vineyard for money or else, if it
;
18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king
please thee, I will give thee another of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold,
**
•> cli. 13. 32.
2 Chron.
vineyard for it: and he answered, I he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whi- 22. 9.
wiQ not give thee my vineyard. ther he is gone down to possess it.
7 And Jezebel his wife said unto 19 And thou shalt speak unto him,
him. Dost thou now govern the king- saying. Thus saith the Lord, Hast
dom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, thou killed, and also taken posses-
and let thine heart be merry I will : sion ? And thou shalt speak unto
give thee the vineyard of Naboth the him, saying. Thus saith the Lord,
Jezreelite. Hn the place where dogs licked the ch. 22. 38.‘
8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy
name, and sealed them with his seal, blood, ev(î thine.
and sent the letters unto the elders 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, ^Hast k ch. 18. 17.
and to the nobles that were in his thou found me, O mine enemy? And
city, dwelling with Naboth. he answered, I have found thee: be-
9 And she wrote in the letters, say- cause 'thou hast sold thyself to work 17.2 Kin. 17.
1
ing, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth evil in the sight of the Lord. Rom. 7. 14.
s Heb. in ®on high among the people: 21 Behold, “I will bring evil upon ™ ch. 14. 10.
2 Kin. 9. 8.
the top of
the people. 10 And set two men, sons of Belial, be- thee, and will take away thy posterity,
” 1 Sam. 25.
fore him, to bear witness against him. and will cut off from Ahab “ him that 22 .
C c
Ahah humhleth himself. 1. KINGS, XXIL Ahah, seduced hy
Before pissetli against the wall, and °him said to the king of Israel, 'I am as Before
CHRIST CHRIST
899 . that is shut up and left in Israel, thou art, my people as thy people, 897 .
o ch. 14. 10.

22 And wall make thine house like my horses as thy horses. « 2 Kin.
5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the
3. 7.
P ch. 1.5. 29. the house of ^ Jeroboam the son of
4 ch. 16. 3.
Nebat, and like the house of “^Baasha king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee,
11 .
tlie son of Ahijah, for the provoca- at the word of the Lord to day.
tion wherewith thou hast provoked 6 Then the king of Israel ^ gathered <» ch. 18. 19.
me to anger, and made Israel to sin. the prophets together, about four
r 2 Kin. 9. 23 And ‘of Jezebel also spake the hundred men, and said unto them.
36.
Lokd, saying. The dogs shall eat Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to
* Or, dilch.
Jezebel by the ^waU of Jezreel. battle, or shall I forbear? And they
• ch. 14. 11. 24 “Him that dieth of Ahab in the said. Go up; for the Lord shall de-
& 16. 4.
city the dogs shall eat; and him liver it into the hand of the king.
that dieth in the field shall the fowls 7 And “Jehoshaphat said. Is there • 2 Kin. 3.
11 .
of the air eat. not here a prophet of the Lord be-
‘ ch. 16. 30, 25 H But ‘there was none like unto sides, that we might enquire of him ?
&c.
Ahab, which did sell himself to work 8 And the king of Israel said unto
wickedness in the sight of the Lord, Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man,
” ch. 16. 31. "whom Jezebel his wife ^stirred up. Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom
s Or, incited.
26 And he did very abominably in we may enquire of the Lord but I
:
following idols, according to all things hate him for he doth not prophesy
;
* Gen. 15. *as did the Amorites, whom the Lord good concerning me, but evil. And
16.
2 Kin. 21. cast out before the children of Israel. Jehoshaphat said. Let not the king
11 .
27 And it came to pass, when Ahab say so.
heard those words, that he rent his 9 Then the king of Israel called
y Gen. 37. clothes, and ^put sackcloth upon his an ôfficer, and said. Hasten hither * Or.eunuch.
34.
fiesh, and fasted, and lay in sack- Micaiah the son of Imlah.
cloth, and went softly. 10 And the king of Israel and Je-
28 And the word of the Lord came hoshaphat the king of J udah sat each
to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, on his throne, having put on their
29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth robes, in a ®void place in the entrance * Heb. floor.
himself before me ? because he hum- of the gate of Samaria; and all the
bleth himself before me, I will not prophets prophesied before them.
• 2 Kin. 9. bring the evil in his days hut “ in : 11 And Zedekiah the son of Che-
25.
his son’s days will I bring the evil naanah made him horns of iron and :
upon his house. he said. Thus saith the Lord, With

these shalt thou push the Syrians,
CHAPTEK XXII.
until thou have consumed them.
1 Ahab, seduced hy false prophets, according to the word of
Micaiah, is slain at Baiiioth-gilead. 37 The dogs lick up 12 And all the prophets prophesied
his lood, and Ahaziah succeedeth him. 41 Jehoshaphat’s
so, saying. Go up to Ramoth-gilead,
I
good reign. 45 His acts. 50 Jehoram succeedeth him.

51 Ahaziah’s evil reign. and prosper: for the Lord shall de-
897 .
AND they continued three years liver it into the king’s hand.
1\. without war between Syria and 13 And the messenger that was gone
Israel. to call Micaiah spake unto him, say-
2 And it came Behold now, the words of the
to pass in the third ing,
“ 2 Cliron.
18. 2. See.
year, that “Jehoshaphat the king of prophets declare good unto the king
Judah came down to the king of with one mouth let thy word, I pray :
Israel. thee, be like the word of one of

3 And the king of Israel said unto them, and speak that which is good.
*<0601. 4. 43. his servants. Know ye that ‘’Ramoth 14 And Micaiah said. As the Lord
* Heb. in Gilead is our’s, and we he ^ still, liveth, Gvhat the Lord saith unto fNum. 22.
from
silent 38.
taking it. and take it not out of the hand of me, that will I speak.
\
the king of Syria ? 15 IF So he came to the king. And
4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, the king said unto him, Micaiah,
Wilt thou go with me to battle to shall we go against Ramoth-gilead
Ramoth-gilead ? And Jehoshaphat to battle, or shall we forbear? And
false prophets^ is slain I. KINGS, XXII. at Ramoth-gilead.
Before he answered him, Go, and prosper: with water of affliction, until I come Before
CHRIST CHRIST
897.
for the Lord shall deliver it into in peace. 897.
the hand of the king. 28 And Micaiah said. If thou return
16 And the king said unto him. How at all in peace, “the Lord hath not “ Num.
29.
16.
many times shall I adjure thee that spoken by me. And he said. Heark- Deut.
20 21 22
18.
thou tell me
nothing but that which en, Opeople, every one of you.
, , .
is true in the name of the Lord ? 29 So the king of Israel and Jeho-
17 And he said, I saw all Israel shaphat the king of Judah went up
r Matt. 9. 36. ® scattered upon the hills, as sheep to Ramoth-gilead.
that have not a shepherd: and the 30 And the king of Israel said unto
Lord said. These have no master: Jehoshaphat, Î mil disguise myself, * Or, when he
was to dis-
let them return every man to his and enter into the battle; but put guise him-
selj\ and
house in peace. thou on thy robes. And the king of enter into
the halite.
18 And the king of Israel said unto Israel " disguised liimself, and went ® 2 Chroii.
Jehoshaphat, Did I not thee that tell into the battle. 35. 22.
he would prophesy no good concern- 31 But the king of Syria command-

ing me, but evil ? ed his thirty and two captains that
19 And he said. Hear thou therefore had rule over his chariots, saying.
•>
Isai. 6. 1.
Dan. 7. 9.
the word of the Lord ^
I saw the : Fight neither with small nor great,
‘ Job 1. 6. Lord sitting on his throne, ‘and all save only with the king of Israel.
&2 . 1.
the host of heaven standing by him 32 And it came to pass, when the
Pb. 103. 20,
21
Dan.
.
7. 10.
on his right hand and on his left. captains of the chariots saw Jeho-
Zech. 1. 10.
Matt. 18.
20 And the Lord said. Who shall shaphat, that they said. Surely it is
10
Heb.
.
1. 7,
®persuade Ahab, that he may go up the king of Israel. And they turned
*
14.
and fall at Kamoth-gilead ? And one aside to fight against him and Je- :
Or, deceive. P 2 Chron.
said on this manner, and another hoshaphat P cried out. 18. 31.
said on that manner. 33 And it came to pass, when the cap- Prov.
20 .
13.
21 And there came forth a spirit, tains of the chariots perceived that it
and stood before the Lord, and was not the king of Israel, that they
said, I will persuade him. turned back from pursuing him.
22 And the Lord said unto him, 34 And a certain man drew a bow
Wherewith ? And he said, I will go ® at a venture, and smote the king s Heb. in his
simiiticUn,
forth, and I will be a lying spirit in of Israel between the ^joints of the 2 Sam. 15.
11 .
themouth of all his prophets. And harness wherefore he said unto the
:
j
,
* Heb. joinls
and the
k.Tudg.9.23.
.Tobl2. 16.
he said, ^Thou shalt persuade him, driver of his chariot, Tmai thine ,
breastplate.
Ezek.
2 Thess.
14. 9. and prevail also go forth, and do so.
:
hand, and carry me out of the host;
2.
11 . 23 ‘Now therefore, behold, the Lord for I am wounded.
®
6 Heb.
made sick.
‘Ezek. 14.9.
hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of 35 And the battle ® increased that “Heb.
ascended.
all these thy prophets, and the Lord day: and the king was stayed up in
hath spoken evil concerning thee. his chariot against the Syrians, and
24 But Zedekiah the son of Che- died at even and the blood ran
:
naanah went near, and smote Micaiah out of the wound into the ^ midst of 7 Heb.
bosuiii.
“ 2 Chron.
18. 23.
on the cheek, and said, “Which way the chariot.
went the Spirit of the Lord from 36 And there went a proclamation
me to speak unto thee? throughout the host about the going
25 And Micaiah said. Behold, thou down of the sun, saying. Every man
shalt see in that day, when thou to his city, and every man to his own
’ Or, /rom shalt go înto *an inner chamber to country.
chand/er to
chamber. hide thyself. 37 H So the king died, and ®was “ Heb came.
^ Heb. a
chamber in 26 And the king of Israel said. Take brought to Samaria; and they buried
a chamber,
ch. 20. 30. Micaiah, and carry him back unto the king in Samaria.
Amon the governor of the city, and 38 And one washed the chariot in
to Joash the king’s son; the pool of Samaria; and the dogs
27 And
say. Thus saith the king. licked up his blood; and they wash-
Put this fellow in the prison, and ed his armour; according ’unto the o cb. 21. 19.
feed him with bread of affliction and word of the Lord which he spake.
C c2
:
JehoshaphaVs good reign. II. KINGS, 1. Jehoram succeedeth Mm.

Before
CHRIST
39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, 46 Ând the remnant of the sodom- Before
CHRIST
897. and all that he did, and "^the ivory ites,which remained in the days of his 914.
* Amos 3.15. house which he made, and all the father Asa, he took out of the land 1 ch. 14. 24.
cities that he built, are they not 47 There was then no king in & 15. 12.
913.
written in the book of the chroni- Edom a deputy was king.
:
*Gen.25.23.
cles of the kings of Israel ? 48 ^Jehoshaphat ^‘’made ships of 2 Sam. 8.
14.
897. 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold 2 Kin. 3.9.
& 8 . 20 .
and Ahaziah his son reigned in his 'but they went not; for the ships • 2 Chron.
20. 35,&c.
stead. were broken at Ezion-geber. * Or, had
914. 41 IT And
“Jehoshaphat the son of 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of *>
ten ships.
ch. 10. 22.
Began
reign
to
Asa began to reign over Judah in Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my ser- ^ 2 Chron.
20. 37.
alone,
ver. 51. the fourth year of Ahab king of vants go with thy servants in the <» ch. 9. 26.
• 2 Chron.
20. 31.
Israel. ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five 50 H And 'Jehoshaphat slept with ® 2 Chron.
21 . 1 .
years old when he began to reign; his fathers, and was buried with his
and he reigned twenty and five years fathers in the city of David his fa-
in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name ther: and Jehoram his son reigned 889.
Now he
ivas Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. in his stead. begins to
‘ 2 Chron. 43 And ‘he walked in all the ways of 51 H Âhaziah the son of Ahab be-
reign
alone,
17.3
Asa his father he turned not aside
;
gan to reign over Samaria
Israel in f ver. 40.
898.
from doing that which was right in
it, the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat
the eyes of the Lord nevertheless
: king of Judah, and reigned two years
" ch. 14. 23.
“the high places were not taken a- over Israel.
& 15. 14.
2Kin.l2.3. way; for the people offered and burnt 52 And he did evil in the sight of the
incense yet in the high places. Lord, and ® walked in the way of his e ch. 15. 26.
* 2 Chron.
19. 2.
44 And ^Jehoshaphat made peace father, and in the way of his mother,
2 Cor. 6. 14.
with the king of Israel. and in the way of Jeroboam the son
45 Now the rest of the acts of Je- of Nebat, who made Israel to sin :
hoshaphat, and his might that he 53 For '“he served Baal, and wor- h ,Tudg.2.11.
ch. 16. 31.
shewed, and how he warred, are they shipped him, and provoked to anger
not written in the book of the chro- the Lord God of Israel, according
nicles of the kings of Judah? to all that his father had done.
THE
SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS,

COMMONLY CALLED,
THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS.

Before CHAPTER I.
god of 'Ekron whether I shall recover Before
CHRIST CHRIST
Moah reheUeth. 2 Ahaziah, sending to Baal^zehuh, hath of this disease. cir. 896.
3 But the angel of the Lord said
cir. 896.
his judgment hg Elijah. 5 Elijah twice hringeth fire rom
f 0 1 Sam. 5.
heaven upon them lohom Ahaziah sent to apprehend him.
13 He pitieth the third captain, and, encouraged hy an
to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up 10 .
angel, telleth the king of his death. 17 Jehoram succeed- to meet the messengers of the king
eth Ahaziah,
of Samaria, and say unto them. Is
HEN Moab it not because there is not a God in
2 Sam.
» ch. 3. 5.
8. 2.
T And
2
'rebelled against Is-
rael ’’after the death of
Ahaziah down through
fell
Ahab. Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-
zebub the god of Ekron ? 2 Heb. The
a lattice in his upper chamber that 4 Now therefore thus saith the Lord, bed whi-
ther thou
ivas in Samaria, and was sick and : ^Thou shalt not come down from that art gone
up, thou
he sent messengers, and said unto bed on which thou art gone up, but shaU not
come down
them, Go, enquire of Baal-zebub the shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. from it.
Ahaziah's messengers destroyed. II. KINGS, II. Elijah foretelleth his death.
Before 5 t And when the messengers turned their fifties therefore let my life
:
Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 896.
back unto him, he said unto them, now be precious in thy sight. cir. 896.
Why are ye now turned back ? 15 And the angel of the Lord said
6 And they said unto him, There unto Elijah, Go down with him be :
came a man up to meet us, and said not afraid of him. And he arose, and
unto us. Go, turn again unto the king went down with him unto the king.
that sent you, and say unto him. Thus 16 And he said unto him. Thus saith
saith the Lord, Is it not because there the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent
is not a God in Israel, that thou send- messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub
est to enquire of Baal-zebub the god the god of Ekron, is it not because
of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not there is no God in Israel to enquire
come down from that bed on which of his word ? therefore thou shalt not
thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. come down off that bed on which thou
* Heb. Whal 7 And he said unto them, ^What art gone up, but -shalt surely die.
was the
manner of manner of man was he which came 17 II So he died according to the 896.
the tnant
up to meet you, and told you these word of the Lord which Elijah had
words ? spoken. And ^Jehoram reigned in The second
year that
8 And they answered him. He was his stead in the second year of Je- Jehoram
w£i8 Prorex,
See Zech.
13. 4.
ân hairy man, and girt with a girdle horam the son of Jehoshaphat king and the
eighteenth
Matt. 3. 4. of leather about his loins. And he of Judah; because he had no son. of Jeho-
shaphal,
said. It is Elijah the Tishbite. 18 Now the rest of the acts of ch. 3. 1.
9 Then the king sent unto him a Ahaziah which he did, are they not
captain of fifty with his fifty. And written in the book of the chroni-
he went up to him and, behold, he
: cles of the kings of Israel ?
sat on the top of an hill. And he CHAPTER II.
spake unto him. Thou man of God, 1 Elijah, tailing hU leave of ElUha, with his mantle dimd-
the king hath said. Come down. eth Jordan, 9 and, granting Elisha his request, is taken
up hij a fiery chariot into heaven. 12 Elisha, dividing
10 And Elijah answered and said to Jordan with Elijah's mantle, is acknowledged his suc-
the captain of fifty. If I a man of cessor. 16 The young prophets, hardly obtaining leave to
seek Elijah, could not find him. 19 Elisha with salt heal-
® Lrike 9. 54.
God, then ®let fire come down from eth the unwholesome waters. 23 Bears destroy the children
heaven, and consume thee and thy that mocked Elisha.
fifty. And there came down fire from 4ND it came to pass, when the Lord
heaven, and consumed him and his would “ take up Elijah into hea- “ Gen. b. 24.
fifty. ven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went

11 Again also he sent unto him an- with ’’Elisha from Gilgal. 1
21 .
Kin. 19.
other captain of fifty with his fifty. 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, 'Tarry ® See Ruth
1. 15, 16.
And he answered and said unto him, here, I pray thee for the Lord hath
;
O man of God, thus hath the king sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said
ver. 4, 6.
said. Come down quickly. unto him, As the Lord liveth, and ^ as
<*
1 Sam. 1.
12 And Elijah answered and said thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. 26.
ch. 4. 30.
unto them. If I a man of God, So they went down to Beth-el.

let fire come down from heaven, and 3 And ®the sons of the prophets that “ver. 5,7,15.
1 Kin. 20.
consume thee and thy fifty. And the were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, ao.
ch. 4. 1, 38.
fire of God came down from heaven, and said unto him, Knowest thou that &9. 1.
and consumed him and his fifty. the Lord will take away thy master
13 H And he sent again a captain of from thy head to day? And he said.
the third fifty with his fifty. And the Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
third captain of fifty went up, and came 4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha,
»Heb.
hovoed.
and ^feU on his knees before Elijah, tarry here, I pray thee for the Lord ;
and besought him, and said unto him, hath sent me to Jericho. And he
O man of God, I pray thee, let my said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy
life, and the life of these fifty thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So
' 1
21
Sam. 26. servants, ^be precious in thy sight. they came to Jericho.
5 And the sons of the prophets that
.
Pb. 72. 14. 14 Behold, there came fire down

from heaven, and burnt up the two were at Jericho came to Elisha, and
captains of the former fifties with said unto him, Knowest thou that the
;
Elijah taken up into heaven. II. KINGS, III. The waters of Jericho healed.
Before Lord will take away thy master from 16 IT And they said unto him. Behold Before
CHRIST CHRIST
896 .
thy head to day? And he answered, now, there be with thy servants fifty 896 .
Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. ^strong men; let them go, we pray * Heb. sons
6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, thee, and seek thy master lest per- :
‘ of strength.
•Seel Kin.
I pray thee, here for the Lord hath adventure the Spirit of the Lord hath
;
18. 12.
Ezek. 8. 3.
sent me to Jordan. And he said. taken him up, and cast him upon Acts 8. 39.
As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul ^sorne mountain, or into some valley. SHeb.
one of the
liveth, I will not leave thee. And And he said. Ye shall not send. mountains.
they two went on. 17 And when they urged him till he
7 And fifty men of the sons of the was ashamed, he said. Send. They
* Heb. prophets went, and stood ^to view afar sent therefore fifty men and they ;
in sight,
or, owe)' off and they two stood by Jordan.
: sought three days, but found him not.
8 And Elijah took his mantle, and 18 And when they came again to
against.
wrapped it together, and smote the him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he

t ver. 14. waters, and ^they were divided hither said unto them. Did I not say unto
So Exod.
14. 21. and thither, so that they two went you. Go not?
Josh. 3. 10.
over on dry ground. 19 II And the men of the city said
9 H And it came to pass, when they unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee,
were gone over, that Elijah said unto the situation of this city is pleasant,
Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, be- as my lord seeth but the water is
:
fore I be taken away from thee. And naught, and the ground ^barren. * Heb.
causing to
Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double 20 And he said. Bring me a new miscarry.
portion of thy spirit be upon me. cruse, and put salt therein. And
»Heb. 10 And he said, ^Tliou hast asked they brought it to him.
'Himi hast
I
ilone hard a hard thing nevertheless, if thou see
: 21 And he went forth unto the spring
in asking.
“
me when I am taken from thee, it of the waters, and “ cast the salt in See Ex.
15. 25.
shall be so unto thee; but if not, it there, and said. Thus saith the Lord, ch. 4. 41.
& (J. 6.
shall not be so. I have healed these waters; there Jolm 9. 6.
11 And it came to pass, as they shall not be from thence any more
still went on, and talked, that, behold, death or barren laîd.
e ch. 6. 17. there appeared ^ a chariot of fire, and 22 So the waters were healed unto
Ps. 104. 4.
horses of fire, and parted them both tliis day, according to the saying of
asunder; and Elijah went up by a Elisha which he spake.
whirlndnd into heaven. 23 II And he went up from thence
12 H And Elisha saw it, and he cried, unto Beth-el and as he was going
:
•> ch. 13. 14. ^

My father, my father, the chariot of up by the way, there came forth little
Israel, and the horsemen thereof. children out of the city, and mocked
And he saw him no more and he him, and said unto him. Go up, thou
:
took hold of his own clothes, and bald head go up, thou bald head.
;
rent them in two pieces. 24 And he turned back, and looked

13 He took up also the mantle of on them, and cursed them in the name
Elijah that fell from him, and went of the Lord. And there came forth
< Heb. lip. back, and stood by the ^ bank of two she bears out of the wood, and
J ordan tare forty and two children of them.
14 And he took the mantle of Elijah 25 And he went from thence to
that fell from him, and smote the wa- mount Carmel, and from thence he
ters, and said. Where is the Lord God returned to Samaria.
of Elijah ? and when he also had smit-
‘ ver. 8. ten the waters, they parted hither
‘
CHAPTER III.
1 Jehoram's reign. 4 Mesha 6 Jehoram, with
rehelleth.
and thither and Elisha went over.
:
Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom, being distressed for
15 And when the sons of the pro- want of water, by Elisha obtaineth water, and promise of
victory. 21 Ihe Moabites, deceived by the colour of the
I * ver. 7. phets which were ^to view at Jericho water, coming to spoil, are overcome. 26 The king of
saw him, they said. The spirit of Eli- Moab, by sacrificing the king of Edom's son, raiseth the
jah doth rest on Elisha. And they siege.
came to meet him, and bowed them- ‘Jehoram the son of Ahab « ch. 1. 17.
selves to the ground before him. began to reign over Israel m

! : :
Modb rehdleih against Israel. II. KINGS, III. The Moabites are overcome.
Before Samaria the eighteenth year of Jeho- Israel, 'What haveI to do with thee ? Before
CHRIST CHRIST
896 .
shaphat king of Judah, and reigned ^ get thee to the prophets of thy
‘
895 .
twelve years. father, and to the prophets of thy

•Ezek. 14. 3.
2 And he wrought evil in the sight mother. And the king of Israel said So Judges |
10. 14.
of the Lord
but not like his father,
;
unto him. Nay; for the Lord hath Ruth 1. 15.
1 Kin. 18.
for he put away
mother >
and like his : called these three kings together, to 19.
2Heb. the ^ image of Baal that his father deliver them into the hand of Moab.
statue.
1 Kin. 16. had made. 14 And Elisha said, “As the Lord “ 1 Kings
17. 1.
31.32.
of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, ch. 5. 16.
I
e 1 Kin. 12.
3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto 'the I
Jeroboam the son of Nebat,

I
28. 31. 32. sins of surely, were it not that I regard the
which made Israel to sin; he de- presence of Jehoshaphat the king of
parted not therefrom. Judah, I would not look toward thee,
4 II And Mesha king of Moab was nor see thee.
a sheepmaster, and rendered unto 1") But now bring me "a minstrel. “ See 1 Sam.
10.5.
the king of Israel an hundred thou- And it came to pass, when the min-
d See Isai. sand lambs, and an hundred thou- strel played, that “the hand of the “ Ezek. 1. 3.
&3. 14,22.
16. 1.
sand rams, with the wool. Lord came upon him. &8 1 . .
e ch. 1. 1.
5 But it came to pass, when ®Ahab 16 And he said. Thus saith the Lord,
was dead, that the king of Moab re- ^Make this valley full of ditches. V ch. 4. 3.
belled against the king of Israel. 17 For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall
6 H And king Jehoram went out of not see wind, neither shall ye see
Samaria the same time, and num- rain ;
yet that valley shall be filled
bered aU Israel. with water, that ye may drink, both
895 . 7 And he went and sent to Jehosha- ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
phat the king of Judah, saying. The 18 And this is hut a light thing in
king of Moab hath rebelled against the sight of the Lord: he will deliver
me wilt thou go with me against
: the Moabites also into your hand.
Moab to battle? And he said, I will 19 And ye shall smite every fenced
n Kin.22.4. go up ^ I am as thou art, my peo-
: city, and every choice city, and shall
ple as thy people, and my horses as fell every good tree, and stop all
thy horses. weUs of water, and ^mar every good 2 Heb.
grieve.
8 And he said. Which way shall we piece of land with stones.
go up? And he answered. The way 20 And it came to pass in the
through the wilderness of Edom. morning, when ’ the meat offering 4
40.
Ex. 20. 39,
9 So the king of Israel went, and was offered, that, behold, there came
the king of Judah, and the king of water by the way of Edom, and the
Edom: and they fetched a compass country was filled with water.
of seven days’ journey and there 21 II And when all the Moabites
:
was no water for the host, and for heard that the kings were come up
s Heb. at the cattle ^that followed them. to fight against them, they ^gathered 3 Heb.
vxre cried
their feet.
See Exod. 10 And the king of Israel said, Alas all that were able to ^put on armour, together.
11 . 8 . <Heb.
that the Lord hath called these three and upward, and stood in the border. gird him-
kings together, to deliver them into 22 And they rose up early in the self Kith
a girdle.
the hand of Moab ! morning, and the sun shone upon the
6 1 Kill. 22. 7. 11 But ®Jehoshaphat said. Is there water, and the Moabites saw the water
not here a prophet of the Lord, that on the other side as red as blood
we may enquire of the Lord by him ? 23 And they said. This is blood
And one of the king of Israel’s ser- the kings are surely ® slain, and they 5 Heb.
destroyed.
vants answered and said, Here is Eli- have smitten one another now there- :
sha the son of Shaphat, which poured fore, Moab, to the spoil.
water on the hands of Elijah. 24 And when they came to the
12 And Jehoshaphat said. The word camp of Israel, the Israelites rose
of the Lord is with him. So the king up and smote the Moabites, so that
of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the they fled before them: but ®they 3 Or,
they smote
>>
ch. 2. 25. king of Edom went down to him.
**
went forward smiting the Moabites, in it even
smiting.
13 And Elisha said unto the king of even in their country.
;
:
The widow's oil multiplied. II. KINGS, IV. The Shwiammite's son dieth.
Before 25 And they beat down the cities, 7 Then she came and told the man Before
CHRIST CHRIST
895. and on every good piece of land cast of God. And he said. Go, sell the 895.
every man his stone, and filled it oil, and pay thy ^debt, and live thou *
Or
and they stopped all the wells of and thy children of the rest. creditCT,
water, and felled all the good trees 8 1 And ®it fell on a day, that Eli- * Heb. there
* Heb. until
ônly in Kir-haraseth left they the sha passed to ^Shunem, where was Joeh. 19.
18.
stona stones thereof; howbeit the slingers a great woman; and she ^constrain- *Heb.
Kir-nara- went about it, and smote it. ed him to eat bread. And so it was. laid hold
telh.
r Isai. 16. 7, 26 IF And when the king of Moab that as oft as he passed by, he turn-
11.
saw that the battle was too sore for ed in thither to eat bread.
him, he took with him seven hun- 9 And she said unto her husband.
dred men that drew swords, to break Behold now, I perceive that this is
through even unto the king of Edom an holy man of God, which passeth
but they could not. by us continually.
• Amos 2. 1. 27 Then “he took his eldest son 10 Let us make a little chamber, I
that should have reigned in his stead, pray thee, on the wall; and let us
and offered him for a burnt offering set for him there a bed, and a table.
upon the wall. And there was great and a stool, and a candlestick: and
‘ ch. 8. 20. indignation against Israel: ‘and they it shall be, when he cometh to us.
departed from him, and returned to that he shall turn in thither.
their own land. 11 And it fellon a day, that he
came thither, and he turned into the
CHAPTER IV.
chamber, and lay there.
1 Jilisha multiplieth the widow's oil. 8 Me a son to
giveth
12 And he said to Gehazi his servant.
the good Shunammite. 18 He raiseth again her dead son.
Call this Shunammite. And when he
38 At Gilgal he healeth the deadly pottage. 42 He satis-
fieth an hundred men with twenty loaves.
had called her, she stood before him.
OW there cried a certain woman 13 And he said unto him. Say now
« 1 Kin. 20. ±y of the wives of ^the sons of unto her. Behold, thou hast been care-
the prophets unto Elisha, saying. Thy ful for us with all this care; what is
servant my husband is dead and to be done for thee? wouldest thou
;
thou knowest that thy servant did be spoken for to the king, or to the
fear the Lord and the creditor is captain of the host? And she answer-
:
•> See Lev. come to take unto him my two sons ed, I dwell among mine own people.
’’
Matt. 18. to be bondmen. 14 And he said. What then is to be

25.
2 And Elisha said unto her. What done for her? And Gehazi answer-
shall I do for thee ? tell me, what hast ed. Verily she hath no child, and her
thou in the house? And she said. husband is old.
Thine handmaid hath not any thmg 15 And he said. Call her. And when
in the house, save a pot of oil. he had called her, she stood in the
3 Then he said. Go, borrow thee ves- door.
sels abroad of all thy neighbours, even 16 And he said, “About this ® season. • Gen.
10 14
18.
® See chap.
3 10
empty vessels; borrow not a few. according to the time of life, thou SHeb.
4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt embrace a son.
set time.
* Or, And she said.
scant not.
shalt shut the door upon thee and Nay, my lord, thou man of God, ‘do 1 ver. 28.
1
upon thy sons, and shalt pour out not lie unto thine handmaid.
into all those vessels, and thou shalt 17 And the woman conceived, and
set aside that which is full. bare a son at that season that Eli-
5 So she went from him, and shut sha had said unto her, according to
the door upon her and upon her the time of life.
sons, who brought the vessels to her; 18 IF And when the child was grown.
and she poured out. it fell on a day, that he went out to
6 And it came to pass, when the his father to the reapers.
vessels were full, that she said unto 19 And he said unto his father.
her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And My head, my head. And he said to
he said unto her. There is not a ves- a lad. Carry him to his mother.
sel more. And the oil stayed. 20 And when he had taken him, and
: ;
Elisha raiseth again to life II. KINGS, lY. the Shunammite's son.
Before brought him to his mother, he sat on 32 And when Elisha was come into Before
CHRIST CHRIST
895. her knees till noon, and then died. the house, behold, the child was dead, 895.
21 And she went up, and laid him on and laid upon his bed.
the bed of the man of God, and shut 33 He "went in therefore, and shut ® ver. 4.
Matt. 6. 6.
the door upon him, and went out. the door upon them twain, and ** P 1 Kin. 17.
20
22 And she called unto her husband,
.
prayed unto the Lord.

and said. Send me, I pray thee, one 34 And he went up, and lay upon
of the young men, and one of the the child, and put his mouth upon his
asses, that I may run to the man of mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes,
God, and come again. and his hands upon his hands : and
23 And he said. Wherefore wilt ’he stretched himself upon the child 1 1 Kin. 17.
21 .
thou go to him to day? it is nei- and the flesh of the child waxed warm. Acte 20. 10.
ther new moon, nor sabbath. And 35 Then he returned, and walked
SHeb. peace. she said. It shall he ^well. in the house ^ to and fro and went ;
2 Heb.
cnee hither,
24 Then she saddled an ass, and up, 'ând stretched himself upon liim: and once
thither.
said to her servant. Drive, and go and "the child sneezed seven times, r 1 Kin. 17.
21 .
» Heb. forward ® slack
;
not thy riding for and the child opened his eyes. • ch. 8. 1. 5.
restrain
not for me me, except I bid thee. 36 And he called Gehazi, and said.
to ride.
25 So she went and came unto the Call this Shunammite. So he called
* ch. 2. 25. man of God ®to mount Carmel. And her. And when she was come in un-
it came to pass, when the man of to him, he said. Take up thy son.
God saw her afar off, that he said 37 Then she went in, and fell at his
to Gehazi his servant. Behold, yonder feet, and bowed herself to the ground,
is that Shunammite and ‘took up her son, and went out. ‘ 1 Kin. 17.
23.
26 Kun now, I pray thee, to meet 38 If And Elisha came again to “Gil- Heb.11.35.
cir. 891.
her, and say unto her, Is it well with gal and there was a dearth in the
:
“ ch. 2. 1.
thee ? is it well with thy husband ? land; and the sons of the prophets * ch. 8. 1.
is it well with the child ? And she were ^ sitting before him and he said: y ch. 2. 3.
Luke 10.
answered, It is well. unto his servant. Set on the great 39.
Acte 22. 3.
27 And when she came to the man of pot, and seethe pottage for the sons
* Heb.
his feet.
6i/ God to the hill, she caught ^him by the of the prophets.
Matt. 28. 9. feet but Gehazi came near to thrust
: 39 And one went out into the field to
her away. And the man of God said. gather herbs, and found a wild vine,
s
1
Heb. hitter,
Sam. 1.
Let her alone for her soul is ® vexed
;
and gathered thereof wild gourds his
10 .
within her and the Lokd hath hid it
: lap full, and came and shred them in-
from me, and hath not told me. to the pot of pottage: for they knew
28 Then she said. Did I desire a them not.
ver. 16. son of my lord? ‘'did I not say, Do 40 So they poured out for the men
not deceive me? to eat. And it came to pass, as they
‘ 1 Kin. 18. 29 Then he said to Gehazi, ‘Gird up were eating of the pottage, that they
46.
ch. 9. 1. thy loins, and take my staff in thine cried out, and said, O thou man of
hand, and go thy way if thou meet : God, there is * death in the pot. And * Ex. 10. 17.
^ Luke 10. 4. any man, ^salute him not; and if they could not eat thereof.
any salute thee, answer him not a- 41 But he said. Then bring meal.
* See Exod.
7. 19.
gain and lay my staff upon the
:
‘
And “ he cast it into the pot and he ;
» See
15. 25.
Exod.
& 14. 16. face of the child. said. Pour out for the people, that ch. 2. 21.
ch. 2. 8, 14. & 5. 10.
Acts 19. 12. 30 And the mother of the child said, they may eat. And there was no John 9. 6.
3 Heb.
“ ch. 2. 2. “As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul ®harm in the pot. evU thing.
liveth, I will not leave thee. And he 42 If And there came a man from
arose, and followed her. Baal-shalisha, " and brought the man •>1 Sam. 9.4.
olSam. 9.7.
31 And Gehazi passed on before of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty lCor.9. 11.
Gal. 6. 6.
them, and laid the staff upon the loaves of barley, and full ears of corn
face of the cliild; but there was nei- în the husk thereof. And he said. < Or, in his
scrip, or,
«Heb. ther voice, nor ® hearing. Wherefore Give unto the people, that they may garment.
attention.
he went again to meet him, and told eat.
“ John <*Luke9
11 .
11.
him, saying, The child is “not awaked. 43 And his servitor said, ^ What, John 6. 9.
13.
Naaman is sent to Samaria II. KINGS, V. to he cured of his leprosy.
Before should I set this before an hundred hast thou rent thy clothes? let him Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 891. men? He said again, Give the peo- come now to me, and he shall know cir. 894.
ple, that they may eat for thus saith : that there is a prophet in Israel.
® Luke 9. 17. the Lord, ®They shall eat, and shall 9 So Naaman came with his horses
John 6. 11.
leave thereof. and uith his chariot, and stood at
44 So he set it before them, and the door of the house of Elisha.
* Matt. 14. they did eat, ‘ând left thereof, accord- 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto
20 .
& 15. 37. ing to the word of the Lord. him, saying, Go and ® wash in J ordan ® See chap.
John 6. 13. 4. 41.
CHAPTER V. seven times, and thy flesh shall come John 9. 7.
1 Naaman, by the report of a captive maid, is sent to Sa- again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
maria to be cured of his leprosy. 8 Elisha, sending him 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went
to Jordan, cureth him. 15 He refusing Naaman's gifts
grantefh him some of the earth. 20 Gehazi, abusing his away, and said. Behold, ^®I thought. *Heb. Jsar'J.
8 Or, I said
master’s name unto Naaman, is smitten with leprosy. He wiU surely come out to me, and with mys. lf,
OW
\
N
He will
cir. 894. * Naaman,
captain of the stand, and call on the name of the surely come
“Luke 4. 27. out, &c.
host of the king of Syria, was Lord his God, and ^strike his hand «Heb.
Ex. •"a great man ^with his master, and over the place, and recover the leper. more up
»> 11. 3.
2Heb. and dmcn.
® ^
before. honourable, because by him the 12 Are not ®Abana and Pharpar, ÔT,AmaiM.
» Or,
graeious. Lord had given ® deliverance unto rivers of Damascus, better than all
* Heb.
up, or, ac-
lifted
Syria he was also a mighty man in
: the waters of Israel ? may I not wash
cepted in
counte-
valour, hut he was a leper. in them, and be clean? So he turned
nance. 2 And the Syrians had gone out by and went away in a rage.
* Or, victory.
companies, and had brought away 13 And his servants came near, and
captive out of the land of Israel a spake unto him, and said. My father,
6 Heb.
was before.
little maid ;
and she ® waited on Naa- if the prophet had bid thee do some
man’s wife. great thing, wouldest thou not have
3 And she said unto her mistress. done it ? how much rather then,
7 Heb.
before.
Would God my lord were '^with the when he saith to thee. Wash, and
prophet that is in Samaria! for he be clean?
8 Heb. would * recover him of his leprosy. 14 Then went he down, and dipped
gather in.
4 And one went in, and told his lord, himself seven times in Jordan, ac-
saying. Thus and thus said the maid cording to the saying of the man of
that is of the land of Israel. God: and ^his flesh came again like f Job 33. 25.
5 And the king of Syria said. Go to, unto the flesh of a little child, and
B Luke 4. 27.
go, and I will send a letter unto the ®he was clean.
king of Israel. And he departed, and 15 IF And he returned to the man
®1
ch.
Sam. 9. 8.
8. 8, 9.
'took ®with him ten talents of silver, of God, he and all his company, and
8 Heb. in and six thousand pieces of gold, and came, and stood before him and he :
his hand.
ten changes of raiment. said. Behold, now I know that there
6 And he brought the letter to the is •'no God in all the earth, but in “Dan. 2. 47.
& 3. 29.
king of Israel, saying. Now when this Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, & 6. 26, 27.
letter is come unto thee, behold, I take *a blessing of thy servant. 'Gen. 33. 11.
have therewith sent Naaman my ser- 16 But he said, 'Âs the Lord liveth, ! ch. 3. 14.
vant to thee, that thou mayest re- before whom I stand, *I will receive 'Gen. 14. 23.
See Matt.
cover him of his leprosy. none. And he urged him to take it; 10 8
. .
Acts 8. 18,
7 And it came to pass, when the king but he refused. 20.
of Israel had read the letter, that he 17 And Naaman said. Shall there not
<* Gen. 30. 2.
Deut. 32.
rent his clothes, and said, I ^God, Am then, I pray thee, be given to thy ser-
39.
1 Sam. 2. 6.
to kill and to make alive, that this vant two mules’ burden of earth ? for
man doth send unto me to recover a thy servant mil henceforth offer nei-
man of his leprosy? wherefore con- ther burnt offering nor sacrifice unto
sider, I pray you, and see how he other gods, but unto the Lord.
seeketh a quarrel against me. 18 In this thing the Lord pardon
8 IF And it was so, when Elisha the thy servant, that when my master
man of God had heard that the king goeth into the house of Rimmon to
of Israel had rent his clothes, that he worship there, and “he leaneth on my a17.ch. 7. 2,
sent to the king, saying. Wherefore hand, and I bow myself in the house
::
!
Gehazi is smitten with leprosy. II. KINGS, VI. Elisha canseth iron to swim.
Before of Rimmon : when I bow down myself brought into Samaria, they are dismissed in peace. 24
Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 894.
in the house of Rimmon, the Lord 2The famine in Samaria causeth women to eat their own
children. 30 The king sendeth to slay Elisha.
cir. 893.
pardon thy servant in this thing.
19 And he said unto him, Go in
And “the sons of the prophets » ch. 4. 38.
3
2 Heb. a lit- peace. So he departed from him â -said unto Elisha, Behold now,
tle piece of
ffround, a* littleway. 4 place where we dwell with thee
the
Gen. 35. 16.
20 IF But Gehazi, the servant of is too strait for us.
5
Elisha the man of God, said. Behold, Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jor-
my master hath spared Naaman this dan, and take thence every man a
6
Syrian, in not receiving at his hands beam, and let us make us a place
that which he brought: but, as the there, where we may dwell. And he
7
Lord liveth, I will run after him, and answered. Go ye.
take somewhat of him. 8 And one said. Be content, I pray
21 So Gehazi followed after Naa- thee, and go with thy servants. And
man. And when Naaman saw him he9 answered, I will go.
running after him, he lighted down So he went with them. And when
from the chariot to meet him, and they came to Jordan, they cut down
3 Heb. said, all well? wood.
Is there
peace? 22 And he said. All is well. My But as one was felling a beam,
master hath sent me, saying. Behold, the ^ ax head fell into the water 3 Heb. iron.
even now there be come to me from and he cried, and said, Alas, master
mount Ephraim two young men of for it was borrowed.
the sons of the prophets give them, : And the man of God said. Where
I pray thee, a talent of silver, and 10 it? And he shewed him the place.
fell
two changes of garments. And he cut down a stick, and cast it
’’ » ch. 2. 21.
23 And Naaman said. Be content, in thither and the iron did swim.
;
11
take two talents. And he urged him, Therefore said he. Take it up to
and bound two talents of silver in two thee. And he put out his hand, and
bags, with two changes of garments, took it.
and laid them upon two of his ser- 12IF Then the king of SjTia warred
vants and they bare them before him.
;
against Israel, and took counsel with
24 And when he came to the ^ tower,
* Or.
secret place.
his servants, saymg. In such and such
he took them from their hand, and place shall he my ®camp.
a 13 3 Or,
encamping.
bestowed them in the house and he : And the man of God sent unto the
let the men go, and they departed. king of Israel, saying. Beware that
25 But he went in, and stood before 14 pass not such a place; for thi-
thou
his master. And Elisha said unto him. ther the Syrians are come down.
Whence comest thou, Gehazi ? And he And the king of Israel sent to
SHeb. said. Thy servant went ® no whither. the place which the man of God told
not hither
or thither. 26 And he said unto him. Went not him and warned him of, and saved
mine heart with thee, when the man himself there, not once nor twice.
turned again from his chariot to meet Therefore the heart of the king of
thee ? Is it a time to receive money, Syria was sore troubled for this thing
and to receive garments, and olive- and he called his servants, and said
yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and unto them. Will ye not shew me which
oxen, and menservants, and maid- of us is for the king of Israel ?
servants ? And one of his servants said,
27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman *None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, * Heb. No.
“ 1 Tim. 6. " shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy the prophet that is in Israel, telleth
10
seed for ever. And he went out from
.
the king of Israel the words that

o Ex. 4. 6. his presence ° a leper as white as thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
Num. 12.
10 . snow. IF And he said. Go and spy where
ch. 15. 5.
CHAPTER VI. he is, that I may send and fetch him.
1 Elisha, giving leave to the young prophets to enlarge their
dwellings, causeih iron to swim. 8 He discloseth the king
And it was told him, saying. Behold,
of Syria's counsel. 13 The army, which was sent to Dothan he is m
“Dothan. 0 Gen. 37. 17.
to apprehend Elisha, is smitten with blindness. 19 Being Therefore sent he tliither horses.
The Syrian host st7'uck Mind. II. KINGS, YI. A great famine in Samaria.
Before and chariots, and a ^ great host and

: gathered all his host, and went up, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 893. they came by night, and compassed and besieged Samaria. cir. 893.
the city about. 25 And there was a great famine in
*Heb.Aeari/.
8 Or, 15 And when the ® servant of the Samaria and, behold, they besieged
:
minister.
man of God was risen early, and gone it, until an ass’s head was sold for
forth, behold, an host compassed the fourscore pieces of silver, and the
city both with horses and chariots. fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung
And his servant said unto him, Alas, for five pieces of silver.
my master! how shall we do? 26 And as the king of Israel was
16 And he answered. Fear not for : passing by upon the wall, there cried
•*
2 Chron.
32. 7.
^ they that he with us are more than a woman unto him, saying. Help, my
Ps.K. 18.
Rom. 8. 31.
they that he with them. lord, O king.
17 And Elisha prayed, and said. 27 And he said, ^ If the Lord do not * Or, Lei not
the Lord
Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that help thee, whence shall I help thee? save thee.
he may see. And the Lord opened out of the barnfloor, or out of the
the eyes of the young man; and he winepress ?
saw: and, behold, the mountain was 28 And the king said unto her. What
^ ch. 2. 11. full of ® horses and chariots of fire aileth thee? And she answered. This
Ps. 34. 7.
& 68. 17.
Zech. 1. 8.
round about Elisha. woman said unto me. Give thy son,
& 6. 1,-7. 18 And when they came down to that we may eat him to day, and we
him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, will eat my son to morrow.
and said, Smite this people, I pray 29 So ‘we boiled my son, and did •LeT.26. 29.
Deut. 28.
'Gen. 19. 11. thee, with blindness. And ‘^he smote eat him and I said unto her on the
:
5.3, 57.
them with blindness according to the ®next day. Give thy son, that we may 8 Heb. other.
word of Elisha. eat him and she hath hid her son.
:
19 H And Elisha said unto them. 30 II And it came to pass, when the
This is not the way, neither is this king heard the words of the woman,
k 1 Kin. 21.
«Heb. the city ^ follow me, and I will bring
: that he ‘‘rent his clothes; and he 27.
cf»ne ye
you to the man whom ye seek. But
I
after me. passed by upon the wall, and the

he led them to Samaria. people looked, and, behold, he had
20 And it came to pass, when they sackcloth within upon his flesh.
were come into Samaria, that Elisha 31 Then he said, ‘God do so and « Ruth
lKin.19.2.
1. 17.
said. Lord, open the eyes of these more also to me, if the head of E-
men, that they may see. And the lisha the son of Shaphat shall stand
Lord opened their eyes, and they on him this day.
saw; and, behold, they wei'e in the 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and
midst of Samaria. “the elders sat with him; and the “Ezyek.
& 2U. 1.
8.1.
21 And the kmg of Israel said un- king sent a man from before him but :
to Elisha, when he saw them. My ere the messenger came to him, he

° Luke
father, shall I smite them? shall I said to the elders, “See ye how this 32.
13.
smite them? son of ® a murderer hath sent to take <>lKm.l8.4.
22 And he answered. Thou shalt away mine head ? look, when the mes-
not smite them: wouldest thou smite senger cometh, shut the door, and
those whom thou hast taken captive hold him fast at the door is not the :
with thy sword and with thy bow? sound of his master’s feet behind him?
K Rom.
20 .
12. ®set bread and water before them, 33 And while he yet talked with
that they may eat and drink, and go them, behold, the messenger came
to their master. down unto him : and he said, Behold,
23 And he preparedgreat provision this evil is of the Lord ; “ what should
P Job 2. 9.
for them and when they had eaten

: I wait for the Lord any longer?
and drunk, he sent them away, and
•> ver. 8, 9. they went to their master. So ‘‘the
CHAPTER VII.
ch. 5. 2. 1 EHisha pwphesieth incredible plenty in Samaria. 3 Four
bands of Syria came no more into lepers, venturiny on the host of the Syrians, bring tidings
the land of Israel. of their flight. 12 The king, flnding by spies the news to
be true, spoileth the tents of the Syrians. 17 The lord, who
cir. 892. 24 If And it came to pass after would not believe the prophecy of plenty, having the charge
this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria of the gate, is trodden to death in the press.
:: : ;
r 1
Incredible plenty prophesied. II. KINGS, VII. Elisha's prophecy verified.
Before nnHEN Elisha said, Hear ye the 10 So they came and called unto Before
CHRIST
cir 892.
X word of the Lord; Thus saith the porter of the city and they told
:
CHRIST
cir. 892.
the Lord, “ To morrow about this time them, saying. We came to the camp
• Ter. 18, 19.
shall a measure of fine flour he sold for of the Syrians, and, behold, there was
a shekel, and two measures of barley no man there, neither voice of man.
for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. but horses tied, and asses tied, and
^
•> ver. 17, 19,
2 Then ^ a lord on whose hand the the tents as they were.
* Heb. o king leaned answered the man of 11 And he called the porters and;
lord which
belonged God, and said. Behold, ''if the Lord they told it to the king’s house within.
king
12 IF And the king arose in the night,
to the
leaning would make windows in heaven, might
upon
this thing be? And he said. Behold,
hit
hand. and said unto his servants, I will now
ch. 5. 18.
thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shew you what the Syrians have done
shalt not eat thereof. to us. They know that we he hungry
3 IF And there were four leprous therefore are they gone out of the
d Lev. 13.46. men ^ at the entering in of the gate camp to hide themselves in the field.
and they said one to another. Why saying. When they come out of the
sit we here until we die? city, we shall catch them alive, and
4 If we say.We will enter into the city. get into the city.
then the famine is in the city, and we 13 And one of his servants answered
shall die there and if we sit still here.
: and said, Let some take, I pray thee.
we die also. Now therefore come, and the horses that remain, which
five of
let us fall unto the host of the Syrians are left ^ in the city, (behold, they are 2 Heb. in it.
if they save us alive, we shall live; as all the multitude of Israel that
and if they kill us, we shall but die. are left in it behold, I say, they are
:
5 And they rose up in the twilight. even as all the multitude of the Is-
to go unto the camp of the Syrians raelites that are consumed :) and let 1
and when they were come to the us send and see. 1
uttermost part of the camp of Syria, 14 They took therefore two chariot 1
behold, there was no man there. horses; and the king sent after the
6 For the Lord had made the host host of the Syrians, saying. Go and see.
® 2 Sam. 5. of the Syrians ® to hear a noise of 15 And they went after them unto
24.
ch. 19. 7. chariots, and a noise of horses, even Jordan and, lo, all the way was full
:
Job 15. 21.
the noise of a great host : and they of garments and vessels, which the
said one to another, Lo, the king Syrians had cast away in their haste.
n Kin. 10. of Israel hath hired against us Hhe And the messengers returned, and
29.
kings of the Hittites, and the kings told the king.
of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 16 And the people went out, and
« Ps. 48. 4, 7 WTierefore they ® arose and fled in spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So
5, 6.
Prov. 28. 1. the twilight, and left their tents, and a measure of fine flour was sold for a
their horses, and their asses, even the shekel, and two measures of barley
'
camp as it was, and fled for their life. for a shekel, according to the word
** •* ver. 1.
8 And when these lepers came to of the Lord.

the uttermost part of the camp, they 17 IF And the king appointed the
went into one tent, and did eat and lord on whose hand he leaned to
drink, and carried thence silver, and have the charge of the gate and :
gold, and raiment, and went and hid the people trode upon him in the
it; and came again, and entered into gate, and he died, ‘as the man of 1 ver. 2.
cb. 6. 32.
another tent, and carried thence also. God had said, who spake when the
and went and hid it. king came down to him.
9 Then they said one to another. We 18 And it came to pass as the man
do not well : this day is a day of good of God had spoken to the king, say-
tidings, and we hold our peace: if ing, ^Two measures of barley for a k ver. 1.
* Heb. we
shall
we tarry till the morning light, ® some shekel, and a measure of fine flour for
find
punishment. mischief wiU come upon us : now a shekel, shall be to morrow about
therefore come, that we may go and this time in the gate of Samaria
teU the king’s household. 19 And that lord answered the man
;: :
The Shunammite's land restored. II. KINGS, YIII. Eazael killeth his master.
Before of God, and said, Now, behold, if the 8 And

the king said unto ® Hazael, Before
CHRIST
cir. 892 .
LoRD should make windows in heaven, ^Take a present in thine hand, and 885.
might such a thing be ? And he said. go, meet the man of God, and ® en- • 1
Kin. 19.
Behold, thou shalt see it with thine quire of the Lord by him, saying. 15.
1 Sam. 9. 7.
‘
eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. Shall I recover of this disease? 1 Kin. 14. 3.
ch. 5. 5.
20 And so it fell out unto liim for : 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and e ch. 1. 2.
the people trode upon him in the took a present ^with him, even of his * Heb. in
hand.
gate, and he died. every good thing of Damascus, forty
camels’ burden, and came and stood
2 CHAPTER VIII.
before him, and said. Thy son Ben-
1 The Shunammite, having left her country seven years, to
avoid the forewarned famine, for Elisha’s miracle sake hadad king of Syria hath sent me
hath her land restored by the king. 7 Hazael, being sent
3with a 'present by Ben-hadad to Elisha at Damascus, to thee, saying. Shall I recover of
after he had heard the prophecy, killeth his master, and this disease?
S'ucceedeth him. 16 Jehoram’s wicked reign in Judah.
10 And Elisha said unto him. Go,
420 Edom and Libnah revolt. 23 Ahaziah succeedeth
say unto him. Thou mayest certainly
Jehoram. 25 Ahaziah’ s wicked reign. 28 He visiteth
Jehoram wounded, at Jezreel. recover howbeit the Lord hath shew-
:
5
hen spake Elisha unto the wo- ed me that he shall surely die.
T
cir. 891. ver. 15.
• ch. 4. 35.
man, ‘ whose son he had restored 11 And he settled his countenance
to life, saying. Arise, and go thou and ^ stedfastly, until he was ashamed *Heb.
and set it.
thine household, and sojourn whereso- and the man of God ’wept. * Luke 19.
ever
6 thou canst sojourn: for the Lord And Hazael said. Why weepeth
12 41.
*> Ps. 105. 16.

Hag. 1. 11.
’’hath called for a famine; and it shall my lord ? And he answered. Because
also come upon the land seven years. I know ^ the evil that thou wilt do un- k &ch.12.10. 32.
17.
7 And the woman arose, and did to the children of Israel their strong & 13. 3, 7.
:
Amos 1. 3.
after the saying of the man of God holds wilt thou set on fire, and their
and she went with her household, and young men wilt thou slay with the
sojourned in the land of the Philis- sword, and ’wilt dash their children, ch. 15. 16.1
Hos. 13. 16.

tines seven years. and rip up their women with child. Amos 1.13.
cir. 885. And it came to pass at the seven 13 And Hazael said. But what, “ is “43.1 Sam. 17.
years’ end, that the woman returned thy servant a dog, that he should
out of the land of the Philistines do this great thing? And Elisha an-
and she went forth to cry unto the swered, "The Lord hath shewed me “ 1 Kin. 19.
15.
king for her house and for her land. that thou shalt he king over Syria.
c ch. 5. 27.
And the king talked with °Gehazi 14 So he departed from Elisha,
the servant of the man of God, say- and came to his master who said to
;
ing, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great him. What said Elisha to thee ? And
things that Elisha hath done. he answered. He told me that thou
And it came to pass, as he was shouldest surely recover.
ch. 4. 35. telling the king how he had ^ restored 15 And it came to pass on the mor-
a dead body to life, that, behold, the row, that he took a thick cloth, and
woman, whose son he had restored dipped it in water, and spread it on I
to life,cried to the king for her house his face, so that he died and Hazael
:
and for her land. And Gehazi said. reigned in his stead.
My lord, O king, this is the woman, 16 H And in the fifth year of Joram 892.
and this is her son, whom Elisha the son of Ahab king of Israel, Je-
restored to life. hoshaphat being then king of Judah,
And whenthe king asked the "Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat ® 2 Cliron.
21. 3. 4.
woman, she told him. So the king king of Judah * began to reign. * Heb.
retyued.
* Or, eunuch. appointed unto her a certain ^ officer, 17 p Thirty and two years old was Began to
saying. Restore all that was and
her’s, he when he began to reign; and he reign in
consort
allthe fruits of the field since the day reigned eight years in Jerusalem. with his
father.
that she left the land, even until now. 18 And he walked in the way of the P 2 Ohron.
&c.
21. 5,
885 . H And Elisha came to Damascus kings of Israel, as did the house of
and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was Ahab for the daughter of Ahab
:
** ‘1 ver. 26.
sick; and it was told him, saying. was his wife and he did evil in the
:
The man of God is come hither. sight of the Lord.

; : : :
Ahazidh's wicked reign. II. KINGS, IX. Ttie prophet.
Before
CHKIST
19 Yet the Lord would not destroy AND Elisha the prophet called one
CHRIST
Before
892 .
Judah for David his servant’s sake, of " the children of the prophets, 884 .
r
as he promised him to give him and said unto him, Gird up thy • 1 Kin. 20.
2 Sam. 7.
13. alway a ^ light, and to his children. loins, and take this box of oil in thine aj.
1 Kin. 11. •> rh. 4. 29.
36. &
15. 4. 20 IF In his days “Edom revolted hand, ' and go to Ramoth-gilead Jer. 1. 17.
2 Chron.
21. 7. from under the hand of Judah, ‘and 2 And when
thou comest thither,
« ch. 8. 28.
29.
2Heb.
candle, or,
made a king over themselves. look out there Jehu the son of Je-
lamp.
21 So Joram went over to Zair, and hoshaphat the son of Ninishi, and
“Gen. 27. 40.
ch. 3. 27. all the chariots with him : and he rose go in, and make him arise up from
2 Chron.
21 8 , 9 , 10
. . by night, and smote the Edomites among ®his brethren, and carry him <* ver. 5, 11.
‘ 1 Kin. 22.
47. which compassed him about, and the to an ^ inner chamber; 2Heb.
chaml/er in .
captains of the chariots: and the 3 Then 'take the box of oil, and a chamber.
* 1 Kin. 19.
people fled into their tents. pour it on his head, and say, Thus 16.
3 And so
fulfilled,
22 ^Yet Edom revolted from under saith the Lord, I have anointed thee
Gen. 27.40. the hand ofJudah unto this day. "Then king over Israel. Then open the
“ 2 Chron.
21 . 10 . Libnah revolted at the same time. door, and flee, and tarry not.
23 And the rest of the acts of Jo- 4 IF So the young man, even the
ram, and all that he did, are they young man the prophet, went to
not written mthe book of the chro- Ramoth-gilead.
nicles of the kings of Judah ? 5 And when he came, behold, the
24 And Joram slept with his fathers, captains of the host were sitting and ;
and was buried with his fathers in he said, I have an errand to thee, O
* 2 Chron. the city of Da\dd and * ^ Ahaziah his captain. And Jehu said. Unto which
:
22 1
of all us? And he said, To thee, O
. .
885 .
son reigned in his stead.
* CaUed,
Azariah,
25 IF In the twelfth year of Joram captain.
2 Chron. the son of Ahab king of Israel did 6 And he arose, and went into the
22. 6, and
Jehoahaz, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of house and he poured the oil on his ;
2 Chron.
21. 17. Judah begin to reign. head, and said unto him, '^Thus saith 1 1 Kin. 19.
& 25. 23.

16.
r See 26 ^Two and twenty years old was the Lord God of Israel, I have an- 2 Chron.
22. 7.
2 Chron.
22 2. .
Ahaziah when he began to reign and ointed thee king over the people of
;
he reigned one year in Jerusalem. the Lord, even over Israel.

And his mother’s name was Athaliah, 7 And thou shalt smite the house of
5 Or, grand-
daughle)' :
the ® daughter of Omri king of Israel. Ahab thy master, that I may avenge
See ver. 18. 27 *And he walked in the way of the the blood of my servants the prophets,
“ 2 Chron.
22. 3, 4. house of Ahab, and did evil in the and the blood of all the servants of
Kin.
sight of the Lord, as did the house the Lord, ât the hand of Jezebel.
e 1 18.
4. & 21. 15.
of Ahab for he loas the son in law
: 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall
of the house of Ahab. perish and I will cut off from Ahab
:
1 Kin.
10 .& 21 21
14.
. .
884 . 28 IF And he went "with Joram the him that pisseth against the wall, and
' i
1 Sam. 2.'..
22
» 2 Chron.
son of Ahab to the war against Ha- ’‘him that is shut up and left in Israel
.
k Dent. 32.
22. 5.
zael king of Syria in Kamoth-gilead 9 And I will make the house of 36.
and the Syrians wounded Joram. Ahab like the house of ’Jeroboam 1 1 Kin.
10.&1.5.29.
14.
•> ch. 9. 15. 29 And '’king Joram went back to the son of Nebat, and like the house & 21 22 . .
“ 1 Kin.
be healed in Jezreel of the wounds of “ Baasha the son of Ahijah 3,11.
16.
^Heb.wê-
with the Sy-
® which the Syrians had given him at 10 "And the dogs shall eat Jezebel “ ver. a5, 36.
1 Kin. 21.
rians had ’ Ramah, when he fought against Ha- in the portion of Jezreel, and there 23.
wounded.
7 Called, zael king of Syria. 'And Ahaziah the shall he none to bury her. And he
Ramoth,
ver. 28 son of Jehoram king of Judah went opened the door, and fled.
o ch. 9. 16.
2 Chron.
down to see Joram the son of Ahab 11 IF Then Jehu came forth to the
22. 6, 7.
in Jezreel, because he was * sick. servants of his lord and one said un-
:
8Heb.
to him, Is all well? wherefore came
uxflinded.
CHAPTER IX. 'this mad fellow to thee? And he » Jer. 29. 26.
1 Elisha sendeth a young prophet with instructions to anoint John 10.20.
Jehu at Bamoth-gilead. 4 The prophet having done his said unto them. Ye know the man, Acts 26. 24.
1 Cor. 4. 10.
message 11 Jehu, being made king by the soldiers,
fleeth.
killeth Joram in the field of Naboth. 27 Ahaziah is slain
and his communication.
at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem. 30 Proud Jezebel is 12 And they said. It is false ;
tell us
fhrmon down out of a window, and eaten by dogs. now. And he said, Thus and thus
Jehu killeth Joram II. KINGS, IX. in the field of Naboth.
Before
CHRIST
spake he to me, saying, Thus saith 22 And it came to pass, when Joram Before
CHRIST
884. the Lord, I have anointed thee king saw Jehu, that he said. Is it peace, 884.
over Israel. Jehu ? And he answered, Wliat peace,
p Matt. 21.7. 13 Then they hasted, and ^took every so long as the whoredoms of thy
man his garment, and put it under mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts
him on the top of the stairs, and blew are so many?
«Heb. with trumpets, saying, Jehu Ms king. 23 And Joram turned his hands,
reigneOi.
14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There
the son of Nimshi conspired against is treachery, O
Ahaziah.
Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ra- 24 And Jehu ^drewa bow with his * Heb../Jfled
his hand
moth-gilead, he and all Israel, be- full strength, and smote Jehoram be- tmth a hov).
cause of Hazael king of Syria. tween his arms, and the arrow went
ch. 8. 29. 15 But ^king ® Joram was returned out at his heart, and he ®sunk down 8 Heb.
SHeb. bowed.
Jehoram. to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds in his chariot.
* Heb. smote. which the Syrians *had given Mm, 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his
when he fought with Hazael king of captain. Take up, and cast him in the
Syria.) And Jehu said. If it be your portion of the field of Naboth the
* Heb. lei minds, then ®let none go forth nor Jezreelite : for remember how that,
no escaper
go, &e. escape out of the city to go to tell when and thou rode together after
I
it in Jezreel. Ahab his father, ‘the Lord laid this ‘ 1 Kin. 21.
29.
16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and burden upon Mm;
went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. 26 Surely I have seen yesterday the
» ch. 8. 29.
Ând Ahaziah king of Judah was ^ blood of Naboth, and the blood of «Heb.
bloods.
come down to see Joram. . his sons, saith the Lord ; and " I will “ 1 Kin. 21.
17 And there stood a watchman on requite thee in this ®plat, saith the *
19.
Or, portion.
the tower in Jezreel, and he spied Lord. Now therefore take and cast
the company of Jehu as he came, him into the plat of grouml, accord-
and said, I see a company. And ing to the word of the Lord.
Joram said. Take an horseman, and 27 M But when Ahaziah the king of
send to meet them, and let him say. Judah saw this, he fled by the way of
Is it peace? the garden house. And Jehu followed
18 So there went one on horseback after him, and said. Smite him also
to meet him, and said. Thus saith the in the chariot. And they did so at
king, /s peace? And Jehu said. What the going up to Gur, which is by
hast thou to do with peace? turn Ibleam. And he fled to ^Megiddo, * In the
kingdom of
thee behind me. And the watchman and died there. Samaria,
2 Chron.
told, saying. The messenger came to 28 And his servants carried him in 12. 9.
them, but he cometh not again. a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried

19 Then he sent out a second on him in his sepulchre with his fathers
horseback, which came to them, and in the city of David.
said. Thus saith the king. Is it peace ? 29 And in the eleventh year of Jo- cir. 886.
Then he
And Jehu answered. What hast thou ram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah began to
reign as
to do with peace ? turn thee be- to reign over Judah. viceroy to
his father
hind me. 30 IF And when Jehu was come to in his
20 And the watchman told, saying. Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; ând sickness,
2 Chron.
He came even unto them, and cometh she ® painted her face, and tired her 21. 18, 19.
But in
eOr. not again and the drivmg is like
:
® head, and looked out at a window. .Toram’s
12th year
31 And as Jehu entered in at the
marching.
the driving of Jehu the son of Nim- he began
to reign
’Heb. shi ;
for he driveth ^ furiously. gate, she said, ^Had Zimri peace, alone,
in madness. ch. 8. 2.5.
* Heb. Bind. 21 And Joram said, ®Make ready. who slew his master? cir. 884.
And his chariot was made ready. And 32 And he lifted up his face to the y Ezek.
40.
23.
• 2 Cliron.
22, 7.
'Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah window, and said. Who is on my side ? • Ileb.ptrf
her eyes in
king of Judah went out, each in his who? And there looked out to him painting.
» 1 Kin. 16.
chariot, and tliey went out against two or three ^ eunuchs. 9,-20.
» Heb. Jehu, and ®met him in the portion 33 And he said. Throw her down. 1 Or, cham-
berlains.
found.
of Naboth the Jezreelite. So they threw her down: and some
:
Jezehel eaten hy dogs. II. KINGS, X. AhaVs seventy sons beheaded.

Before
of her blood was sprinkled on the time to them, saying. If ye he ^ mine, Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 884. wall, and on the horses and he trode : and if ye will hearken unto my voice, 884.
her under foot. take ye the heads of the men your a Heb.
34 And when he was come in, he master’s sons, and come to me to forme.
did eat and drink, and said. Go, see Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now
now this cursed woman, and bury the king’s sons, being seventy persons,
• 1 Kin. 16.
31.
her : for “ she is a king’s daughter. were with the great men of the city,
35 And they went to bury her but : which brought them up.
they found no more of her than the 7 And it came to pass, when the
skull, and the feet, and the palms letter came to them, that they took
of her hands. the king’s sons, and ^slew seventy » 1 Kin. 21.
21 .
36 Wherefore they came again, and persons, and put their heads in bas-
told him. And he said, This is the kets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
word of the Loed, which he spake 8 H And there came a messenger,
s Heb. hu the
hami qf. *by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, and told him, saying. They have
k 1 Kin. 21. saying, '’In the portion of Jezreel brought the heads of the king’s sons.
23.
shall dogs eat the flesh of J ezebel And he said. Lay ye them in two
37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall heaps at the entering in of the gate
« Pb. 83. 10.
be “ as dung upon the face of the field until the morning.
in the portion of Jezreel; so that 9 And it came to pass in the morn-
they shall not say. This is Jezebel. mg, that he went out, and stood, and
said to all the people. Ye be righ-
CHAPTER X
1 Jehu, hy Ms letters, causeth seventy of AhaVs children to
teous behold, I conspired against
: chap. 9.
14, 24.
be beheaded. 8 He excuseth the fact by the prophecy of

my master, and slew him but who :
Elijah. 12 At the shearing house he slayeth two and forty slew all these ?
of Ahaziah's brethren. 15 He taketh Jehonadah into his 10 Know now that there shall “fall ® 1 Sam. 3.
company. 18 By suhtilty he destroyeth all the worshippers 19.
of Baal. 29 Jehu followeth Jeroboam’s sins. 32 Hazael unto the earth nothing of the word
oppresseth Israel. 34: Jehoahaz succeedeth Jehu. of the Lord, which the Lord spake
884.
And Ahab
ters,
. Samaria.
and sent
had seventy sons in
And Jehu wrote let-
to Samaria, unto the
concerning the house of Ahab
the Lord hath done that which he
spake ''^by his servant Elijah.
for :
0 1 Kin. 21.
19. 21, 2;t.
rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and 11 So Jehu slew all that remained s Heb. hu the
hand qf.
*Heb. to ® them that brought up Ahab’s of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and
nouriihers.
children, saying, all his great men, and his ^kinsfolks, * Or, ac-
quaintance.
2 Now as soon as this letter cometh and his priests, until he left him none
to you, seeing your master’s sons are remaining.
with you, and there are with you cha- 12 ^ And he arose and departed, and
riots and horses, a fenced city also, came to Samaria. And as he was at
® Heb. house
and armour; the shearing house in the way,
®
of shepherds
3 Look even out the best and meet- 13 ®
Jehu ®met with the brethren of bindiiiy
sheep,
est of your master’s sons, and set him Ahaziah king of Judah, and said. Who o ch. 8. 29.
2 Chron.
on his father’s throne, and fight for are ye? And they answered, We are 22 8 . .
6 Heb.
your master’s house. the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go found,
4 But they were exceedingly afraid, down ’to salute the children of the t Heb.
the peace
to
and said. Behold, two kings stood king and the children of the queen. of, dc.
not before him: how then shall we 14 And he said, Take them alive.
stand ? And they took them alive, and slew
5 And he that wOjS over the house, them at the pit of the shearing house,
and he that was over the city, the even two and forty men neither left ;
elders also, and the bringers up of he any of them.

Jehu, saying.
the children, sent to We 15 And when he was departed
11
are thy servants, and will do all that thence, he ® lighted on ®Jehonadab 8 Heb.
found.
thou shalt bid us we will not make
; the son of ®Rechab coming to meet f Jer.35.
6, &c.
any king : do thou that ivhich is good him : and he ® saluted him, and said B 1 Chron.
in thine eyes. to him, Is thine heart right, as my 9
2.55.
Heb.
6 Then he wrote a letter the second heart is with thy heart ? And J ehona- blessed.
Dd
: ; :
By suhtilty Jehu destroy eth 11. KINGS, X. all BaaVs worshippers.

Before
CHRIST
dab answered, It is. If it be, give slay them ;
let none come forth. And Before
CHRIST
884. me thine hand. And he gave hhn his they smote them with ‘‘the edge of 884.
Ezra 10.
hand; and he took him up to him the sword; and the guard and the 2Heb.
19. into the chariot. captains cast them out, and went to the mouth.
16 And he said. Come with me, and the city of the house of Baal.
* 1
10
Kin.
.
19. see my ‘zeal for the Loed. So they 26 And they brought forth the im- »Heb.
statues.
made him ride in his chariot. ages out of the house of Baal, and 1 1 Kin. l-l.
17 And when he came to Samaria,

23.
burned them.
k ch. 9. 8.
^he slew all that remained unto A- 27 And they brake down the image
2 Chron.
22 8 . . hab in Samaria, till he had destroyed of Baal, and brake down the house
I him, according to the saying of the of Baal, ' and made it a draught house r Ezra 6. 11.
Dan. 2. 5.
1 1 Kin. 21. Lord, which he spake to Elijah.
'
unto this day. &3.29.
21
18 if And Jehu gathered all the
.
28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out

people together, and said unto them, of Israel.
1 Kin. 16. “ Ahab served Baal a little but Jehu 29 IF Howbeit from the sins of Jero-
;
31, 32.
shall serve him much. boam the son of Nebat, who made
19 Now therefore call unto me all Israel to sin, Jehu departed not
nlKin.22.6. the “ prophets of Baal, all his servants, from after them, to wit, “the golden • 1 Kin. 12.
28, 29.
and all his priests ; let none be want- calves that were in Beth-el, and that
ing: for I have a great sacrifice to ivere in Dan.
do to Baal ; whosoever shall be want- 30 And the Lord said unto Jehu,
ing, he shall not live. But Jehu Because thou hast done well in ex-
did it in subtilty, to the intent that ecuting that which is right in mine
he might destroy the worshippers eyes, and, hast done unto the house
of Baal. of Ahab according to all that was in
2Heb. 20 And Jehu said, ^Proclaim a so- mine heart, ‘thy children of the fourth ‘Seever.3.5.
ch. 13. 1,10.
Sanclifv-
lemn assembly for Baal. And they generation shall sit on the throne of & 14. 23.
& 15. 8, 12.
proclaimed it. Israel.
21 And Jehu sent through all Israel 31 But Jehu ‘took no heed to walk * Heb. ob-
served not.
and the worshippers of Baal came,
all in the law of the Lord God of Israel
so that there was not a man left that with all his heart for he departed
:
came not. And they came into the not from "the sins of Jeroboam, “ 1 Kin. 14.
16.
®1 Kin. 16. "house of Baal and the house of Baal
;
which made Israel to sin.
32 .
j
® Or, Bo/iiil, was ^ full from one end to another. 32 IF In those days the Lord began ®to cir. 860.
that they «Heb.
stood mmxih 22 And he said unto him that was cut Israel short and ^ Hazael smote
: to cut off
to mouth. the ends.
over the vestry. Bring forth vestments them in all the coasts of Israel * ch. 8. 12.
for all the worshippers of Baal. And 33 From Jordan “eastward, all the •Heb.
toward the
he brought them forth vestments. land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the tising of
the sun.
23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab Reubenites, and the Manassites, from
the son of Rechab, into the house Aroer, which is by the river Arnon,
t Or, even to
of Baal, and said unto the worship- ’even ^Gilead and Bashan. Gilead and
pers of Baal, Search, and look that 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, r
Bashan.
Amos 1. 3.
there be here with you none of the and that he did, and all his might,
all
servants of the Lord, but the wor- are they not written in the book of
shippers of Baal only. the chronicles of the kings of Israel ?
24 And when they went in to offer 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers
sacrificesand burnt offerings, Jehu and they buried him in Samaria. And
appointed fourscore men without, and Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
said, //any of the men whom I have 36 And “the time that Jehu reign- • Heb. the
dags were.
brought into your hands escape, he ed over Israel in Samaria was twenty
P I Kin. 20. '
that letteth him yo, ^ his life shall he and eight years.
39.
for the life of him.
CHAPTER XI.
25 And it came to pass, as soon as 1 Jehoash, being saved by Jehosheba his aunt from Atha-
he had made an end of offering the liah’s massacre of the seed royal, is hid six years in the
j
house of God. 4 Jehoiada, giving order to the captains,
!
burnt offering, that Jehu said to the in the seventh year anoiideih him king. 13 Athaliah is
,
guard and to the captains. Go in, and slain. 17 Jehoiada restoreth the worship of God.
;
:
AthaliaKs massacre. II. KINGS, XI. JelioasJi anointed king.
CHRIST
Before AND when “Athaliah '’the mother ner of the temple to the left corner Before
CHRIST
884. of Ahaziah saw that her son was of the temple, along by the altar and 878.
• 2 Oiron.
dead, she arose and destroyed all the the temple.
22 10 . .
^
seed royal. 12 And he brought forth the king’s
«> ch. 8. 26.
*Heb. 2 But ® Jehosheba, the daughter of son, and put the crown upon him, and
Sfied of the
kiimijUm.
king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took gave him the testimony; and they
3 2 Chron. ^Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole made him king, and anointed him;
22. 11, Je-
hoshaheath. him from among the king’s sons which and they clapped their hands, and
were slain and they hid him, even him said, ^^God save the king.
* Or, *Heb.
Jehoa^. ;
Lei the
and his nurse, in the bedchamber from 13 IT ®And when Athaliah heard the king live.
1 Sara. 10. f
Athaliah, so that he was not slain. noise of the guard and of the peo- 24.
3 And he was with her hid in the ple, she came to the people into the 23. 12, &c.
s 2 Chron.
house of the Lord six years. And temple of the Lord.

Athaliah did reign over the land. 14 And when she looked, behold,
878. 4 H And 'the seventh year Jehoiada the king stood by '’a pillar, as the ch. 23. 3. >•
2 Chron.
2 Chron.
sent and fetched the rulers over hun- manner was, and the princes and 34.31.
«
23. 1. &c.
dreds, with the captains and the guard, the trumpeters by the king, and all
and brought them to him into the the people of the land rejoiced, and
house of the Lord, and made a cove- blew with trumpets and Athaliah
:
nant with them, and took an oath of rent her clothes, and cried. Treason,
them in the house of the Lord, and Treason.
shewed them the king’s son. 15 But Jehoiada the priest com-
5 And he commanded them, saying, manded the captains of the hundreds,
This is the thing that ye shall do A the officers of the host, and said un-
;
1 Chron. third part of you that enter in *'on to them. Have her forth idthout the
9.25.
the sabbath shall even be keepers of ranges and him that followeth her
:
the watch of the king’s house; kill with the sword. For the priest
6 And a third part shall he at the had said. Let her not be slain in the
gate of Sur and a third part at the house of the Lord.
;
gate behind the guard: so shall ye 16 And they laid hands on her and ;
* OT,frcm
breaking up.
keep the watch of the house, ® that it she went by the way by the which the
be not broken down. horses came into the king’s house
7 And two ’ parts of all you that go and there was she slain.
®
6 Or.
companies.
tUeh. forth on the sabbath, even they shall 17 II 'And Jehoiada made a cove- 2 Chron. *
23.16.
hands.
keep the watch of the house of the nant between the Lord and the king
Lord about the king. and the people, that they should be
8 And ye shall compass the king- the Lord’s people between the king '‘2 Sam. 5. 3.
;
''
round about, every man with his also and the people.
weapons in his hand: and he that 18 And all the people of the land
cometh within the ranges, let him be went into the 'house of Baal, and ch. 10. 26. '
slain: and be ye with the king as he brake it down his altars and his im-
;
goeth out and as he cometh in. ages “ brake they in pieces thorough- ">0611.12.3.
2 Chron.
• 2 Chron. 9 'And the captains over the hun- ly, and slew Mattan the priest of 23. 17.
23. 8.
dreds did accor^ng to all things that Baal before the altars. And “ the "23.2 Cliron.
18, &c.
Jehoiada the priest commanded and priest appointed officers over the 3Heb.
:
®
they took every man his men that house of the Lord. offices.
were to come in on the sabbath, with 19 And he took the rulers over
them that should go out on the sab- hundreds, and the captains, and the
bath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. guard, and all the people of the land
10 And to the captains over hun- and they brought down the king from
dreds did the priest give kmg Da- the house of the Lord, and came by
vid’s spears and shields, that were the way of the gate of the guard to
in the temple of the Lord. the king’s house. And he sat on the
11 And the guard stood, every man throne of the kings.
with his weapons in his hand, round 20 And all the people of the land
»Heb.
shoulder. about the king, from the right ® cor- rejoiced, and the city was in quiet:
Dd2
Jelioash givetli order for II. KINGS, XII. the repair of the temple.
Before and they slew Athaliah with the sword the money that ivas brought into the Before
CHRIST CHRIST
878. beside the king’s house. house of the Lord. 856.
® 2 Chron.
21 ° Seven years old was Jelioash 10 And it was so, when they saw that
24.1. when he began to reign. there was much money in the chest,
2 CHAPTER XII. that the king’s ^scribe and the high 2 Or,
secretary.
1 Jehoash reigneth ivell all days of Jehoiada. 4 He
the priest came up, and they ®put up in »Heb.
giveth order for the repair of the temple. 17 Hazael is bound up.
3diverted from Jerusalem hy a present of the hallowed bags, and told the money that was
treasures. 19 Jehoash being slain by his servants, Ama- found in the house of the Lord.
4ziah succeedeth him. 11 And they gave the money, being
* 2 Chron.
N the seventh year of Jehu “Je- told, into the hands of them that did
24. 1.
I hoash began to reign; and forty the work, that had the oversight of the
years reigned he in Jerusalem. And house of the Lord and they * laid it
:
* Heb.
brought t(
his
5 mother’s name was Zibiah of out to the carpenters and builders, forth.
Beer-sheba. that wrought upon the house of the

And Jehoash did that which was Lord,
6
right in the sight of the Lord all 12 And to masons, and hewers of
his days wherein Jehoiada the priest stone, to buy timber and hewed
and
7
instructed him. stone to repair the breaches of the
1 Kin. 15. But ‘’the high places were not taken house of the Lord, and for all that ®was SHeb.
14.&22.43. want forth.
ch. 14. 4. away: the people still sacrificed and laid out for the house to repair it.
burnt
8 incense in the high places. 13 Howbeit ‘there were not made •See
2 Chron.
1! And Jehoash said to the priests, for the house of the Lord bowls of 24.14.
® ch. 22. 4.
'All
9 the money of the dedicated silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any
2 Or,
huly things. things that is brought into the house vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of
3Heb.
holinesses.
of the Lord, even ^ the money of every the money that was brought into the
d Ex. 30. 13. one that passeth the account,, ^the house of the Lord :
«Heb.
the money money that every man is set at, and 14 But they gave that to the work-
® ®
of the souls
of his esti-
all the money that cometh into men, and repaired therewith the house
mation.
Lev. 27. 2.
any man’s heart to bring into the of the Lord.
6Heb. house of the Lord, 15 Moreover ^ they reckoned not with k ch. 22. 7.
ascendeih
upon the Let the priests take it to them, the men, into whose hand they de-
a
heart of
man. every man of his acquaintance and : livered the money to be bestowed on
e Ex. 35. 5.
1 Chron.
let them repair the breaches of the workmen for they dealt faithfully.
:
29. 9.
house, wheresoever any breach shall 16 ‘
The trespass money and sin > Lev.
18.
5. 1.5,
be found. money was not brought into the house

“ Lev.
8 66
. .
But it was so, that ®in the three of the Lord “ it was the priests’.
:
Num. 18. 9.
7. 7.
® Ileb. in the
twentieth and twentieth year of king Jehoash 17 Then “ Hazael king of Syria
IF cir. 840.
year and n ch.
third year. Hhe priests had not repaired the went up, and fought against Gath, 8. 12.
1 2 Chron.
24. .5.
breaches of the house. and took it and ° Hazael set his face :
0 See
2 Chron.
s 2 Chron. ® Then king Jehoash called for to go up to Jerusalem. 24.23.
24. 6.
Jehoiada the priest, and the other 18 And Jehoash king of Judah ^ took P 1 Kin. 15.
18.
priests, and said unto them. Why re- all the hallowed things that Jehosha- ch. 18. 15,
16.
pair ye not the breaches of the house? phat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his
now therefore receive no more money fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicat-
of your acquaintance, but deliver it ed, and his own hallowed things, and
for the breaches of the house. all the gold that was found in the
And the priests consented to re- treasures of the house of the Lord,
ceive no more money of the people, and in the king’s house, and sent it to
neither to repair the breaches of Hazael king of Syria and he ® went :
6 Heb.
went up.
j
the house. away from Jerusalem.

* 2 Chron.
24. 8, &c.
But Jehoiada the priest took ‘’a 19 IF And the rest of the acts of Jo-
chest, and bored a hole in the lid of ash, and all that he did, are they not
it, and set it beside the altar, on the written in the book of the chronicles
right side as one comcth into the of the kings of Judah? 4 ch. 14. 5.
house of the Lord: and the priests 20 And his servants arose, and 2 Cliron.
24.25.
7 Hob.
threshold. that kept the ^door put therein all made a conspiracy, and slew Joash 839 .
: :
Jehodhaz's wiclced reign. II. KINGS, XIII. Elisha's sickness and death.
Before in ^the house of Millo, which goeth 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fa- Before
CHRIST
CHRIST
839. down to Silla. thers; and they buried him in Sa- 839.
*Or.
21 For "^Jozachar the son of Shi- maria: and ^ Joash his son reigned 2 ver. 10,
r
meath, and Jehozabad the son of in his stead*. Jehoash.
• Alone.
2 Chron.
® Shomer, his servants, smote him, and 10 If In the thirty and seventh year
24.26, 841.
Zabad.
sOr, he died; and they buried him with of Joash king of Judah began ®Je- 8 In consort
with his
his fathers in the city of David and
j
ShimrUh.
: hoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign father, ,
839. ch. 14. 1.
• 2 Chron.
®
Amaziah
2 his son reigned in his stead. over Israel in Samaria, and reigned
24.27.
sixteen years.
CHAPTER XIII. 11 And he did that which was evil
1 Jehoahaz’s
3 wicked reign. 3 Jehoahaz, oppressed by Ha-
zael, is relieved by prayer. 8 Joash succeedeth him. 10
in the sight of the Lord he departed
;
His wicked reign. 12 Jeroboam succeedeth him. 14 Eli- not from all the sins of Jeroboam the
sha dying prophesieth to Joash three victories over the
4
Syrians. 20 The Moabites invading the land, Misha's
son of Nebat, who made Israel sin:
bones raise up a dead man. 22 Hazael dying, Joash hut he walked therein.
gettefh three victories over Ben-hadad.
12 "'And the rest of the acts of Joash, h ch. 14. 15.
856. 5 N *
the three and twentieth year of and 'all that he did, and '^his might ' See ver. 14.
&
* Heb. tlie
tweniieth
year and
I Joash the son of Ahaziah king of wlierewith he fought against Amaziah
25.
ch. 14. 9,
&c.
third year. Judah
6 Jehoahaz the son of Jehu be- king of Judah, are they not written 2 Chron.
25. 17, &c.
gan to reign over Israel in Samaria, in the book of the chronicles of the
and reigned seventeen years. kings of Israel ?
7 And he did that which was evil in 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; 825.
*Heb. the sight of the Lord, and ® followed and Jeroboam sat upon his throne
viaOced
after. the sins of Jeroboam the son of and Joash was buried in Samaria
8
Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he with the kings of Israel.
departed not therefrom. 14 If Now Elisha was fallen sick of his cir. 839.
cir. 849. If And “ the anger of the Lord was sickness whereof he died. And Joash
‘Judg.2.14.
kindled against Israel, and he deliver- the king of Israel came down unto
•> ch. 8. 12. ed them into the hand of '’Hazael king him, and wept over his face, and said,
of Syria, and into the hand of Ben- O my father, my father, 'the chariot ch. 2. 12. *
hadad the son of Hazael, all their days. of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
cir. 842. And Jehoahaz 'besought the Lord, 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take
« Ps. 78. 34.
and the Lord hearkened unto him bow and arrows. And he took unto
d Ex. 3. 7.
ch. 14. 26.
for he saw the oppression of Israel,
''
him bow and arrows.
because the king of Syria oppressed 16 And he said to the king of Israel,
them. ^Put thine hand upon the bow. And * thineHeb. Make
hand
eSeever.25.
& ch. 14. ('And the Lord gave Israel a sa- he put his hand upon it: and Elisha to tide.
25, 27, viour,so that they went out from put his hands upon the king’s hands.
under the hand of the Syrians: and 17 And he said. Open the window
the children of Israel dwelt in their eastward. And he opened it. Then
8 Heb. tents, ®as beforetime. Elisha said. Shoot. And he shot.
as yester-
day, and
third day.
Nevertheless they departed not And he said. The arrow of the Lord’s
from the sins of the house of Je- deliverance, and the arrow of deliver-
roboam, who made Israel sin, hut ance from Syria for thou shalt smite
:
t Heb.
he walked.
walked therein ^ and there ® remain-
: the Syrians in “Aphek, till thou have ™26.1 Kin. 20.
1 1 Kin. 16.
33.
ed the grove also in Samaria.) consumed them.
8 Heb. Stood. Neither did he leave of the people 18 And he said. Take the arrows.
to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and And he took them. And he said
ten chariots, and ten thousand foot- unto the king of Israel, Smite upon
men; for the king of Syria had de- the ground. And he smote thrice,
* Amos 1. 3. stroyed them, ®and had made them and stayed.
like the dust by threshing. 19 And the man of God was wroth
If Now the rest of the acts of Je- with him, and said. Thou shouldest
hoahaz, and all that he did, and his have smitten five or six times; then
might, are they not written in the hadst thou smitten Syria till thou
book of the chronicles of the kings hadst consumed it " whereas
: now “ ver. 25.
of Israel ? thou shalt smite Syria hut thrice.

AifnaziaKs good reign. II. KINGS, XIY. He is overcome hy Jehoash.
Before 20 IT And Elisha died, and they hand, that he slew his servants ‘‘which Before
CHRIST CHRIST
cir. 838. buried him. And the bands of the had slain the king his father. 839.
Moabites invaded the land at the 6 But the children of the murder- "•ch. 12.20.
coming in of the year. ers he slew not according unto that
:
21 And it came to pass, as they were which is written in the book of the
burying a man, that, behold, they law of Moses, wherein the Lord com-
spied a band of men ; and they cast manded, saying, "The fathers shall • Deut. 24.
16.
the man into the sepulchre of Eli- not be put to death for the children, Ezek. 18.
4,20.
2Heb. sha and when the man ^was let down,
: nor the children be put to death for
went down.
and touched the bones of Elisha, he the fathers; but every man shall be
revived, and stood up on his feet. put to death for his own sin.
o ch. 8. 12.
22 M But “ Hazael king of Syria op- 7 ‘He slew of Edom in ®the valley cir. 827.
^ 2 Chron.
pressed Israel all the days of Jeho- of salt ten thousand, and took ^ Selali 25. 11.
ahaz. by war, ‘‘and called the name of it K 2 Sam. 8.

13.
P ch. 14. 27.
Ând the Loed was gracious unto
23 Joktheel unto this day. Ps. 60.
title.
them, and had compassion on them, 8 1 Then Amaziah sent messengers
‘
2 Or,
The rock.
Ex. 2. 24, and had respect unto them, because ' to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son **
Josh. 15.
25.
«•
Ex. 32. 13. 2 his covenant with Abraham, Isaac,
of of Jehu, king of Israel, saying. Come, 38.
cir. 826.
and Jacob, and would not destroy let us look one another in the face. Joseph.
Ant. IX.
them, neither cast he them from his 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel * 2 Chron.
Heb. face. 3
5
® presence as yet. sent to Amaziah king of Judah, say- 25. 17,
18, &c.
cir. 839. 24 So Hazael king of Syria died and ;
ing, ^ The thistle that ivas in Lebanon ^ See Judg.
9. 8.
Ben-hadad
4 his son reigned in his stead. sent to the ‘cedar that loas in Leba- * 1 Kin. 4.
25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz non, saying. Give thy daughter to my 33.
< Heb. took again out of the hand of Ben-

^ 5 son to wife and there passed by a
:
returned
and took. hadad the son of Hazael the cities, wild beast that ivas in Lebanon, and
cir. 836. which he had taken out of the hand of trode down the thistle.
» ver. 18, 19. Jehoahaz his father by war. "Three 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom,
times did Joash beat him, and re- and “ thine heart hath lifted thee up :
”
14.
Deut. 8.
covered the cities of Israel. glory of this, and tarry ^ at home for : 2 Chron.
32.25.
CHAPTER XIV. why shouldest thou meddle to thy Ezek. 28.

2, 5, 17.
hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even
,
1 Amaziah’s good reign. 5 His justice on the murderers of Hah. 2. 4.

* Heb. at
his father. 7 His victory over Edom. 8 Amaziah, pro- thou, and Judah mth thee? thu house.
voking Jehoash, is overcome and spoiled. 15 Jeroboam
succeedeth Jehoash. 17 Amaziah slain by a conspiracy. 11 But Amaziah would not hear.
21 Azariah succeedeth him. 23 Jeroboam's wicked reign. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel
28 Zachariah succeedeth him.
went up; and he and Amaziah king
839. N
“the second year of Joash son of Judah looked one another in the
« ch. 13. 10.
I of Jehoahaz king of Israel reign- face at " Beth-shemesh, which helong- " .losh. 19.
38.
>> 2 Ckron.
25. 1.
ed ‘’Amaziah the son of Joash king eth to Judah. & 21. 16.
of Judah. 12 And Judah * was put to the worse * Heb. was
smitten.
He was twenty and five years old before Israel; and they fied every
when he began to reign, and reigned man to their tents.
twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took
And liis mother’s name was Jeho- Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
addan of Jerusalem. Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-
And he did that which teas right shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and
in the sight of the Lord, yet not brake down the wall of Jerusalem
like David his father he did ac- : from ° the gate of Ephraim unto the o Neh. 8. 16.
& 12. 39.
cording to all things as Joash his corner gate, four hundred cubits. P .Ter. 31. 38.
Zech. 14.
father did. 14 And he took all ’the gold and 10 .
“ Howbeit
e-
ch. 12. 3. the high places were silver, and all the vessels that were 1 1 Kin. 7.
51.
not taken away as yet the people
: found in the house of the Lord, and
did sacrifice and burnt incense on in the treasures of the king’s house,
the high places. and hostages, and returned to Sa-
H And it came to pass, as soon maria. cir. 825.

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OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS:

APPOINTED TO BE BEAD IN CHUECHES.

Pica Post 4to Refs. M.DCCC.XCVII. Cum Peivilegio.

®:f)e Boofes of tfte 0llt ®^estamcnt.

JOSHUA .... XXIV. PSALMS . CL. JONAH . . IV.

II. SAMUEL . . . XXIV. ISAIAH LXVI. ZEPHANIAH . . III.

II. KINGS .... XXV. LAMENTATIONS .... ZECHARIAH . . XIV.

mt BooS:s of tfte iHteb ^Eeotament.

MaTT’HEW . . . XXVIII. EPHESIANS . VI. TO THE HEBREWS . . . . . XIII.

.TiiriMATaaT 7/:'ivi (17.4 ajo i-iifr lu a >1^00(1

.t,» - . J A'jF.f ,fn7. .»XiiX ;^ •

i -iv^ utft 'h sioofel )(I 3 ^

13 And the evening and the morn-

I heaven and the earth. 14 IF And God said. Let there be

Earth; and the gathering together saw that it was good.

15 And the Loed God took ’^the

institution of marriage. of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

oPs. 33. 6. Thus

“Ex. 32. 25.

CHAPTER III. serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Acts

OW “the serpent was '’more

N than any beast of the

is in the midst of the garden, God

Ps. 104. 29.

& 12. 7. of all living. keeper ?

2 And she again bare his brother should kill him.

whetler. in brass and iron: and the sister of 12 H And

Tiibal-cain was Naamah. and begat ^ Mahalaleel 2 Gr.

‘ 24 “ If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,

SHeb.SW. 1 6 And Mahalaleel lived after he be-

were created. 24 And Enoch walked with God

and caused the flood. 8 Noah flndeth grace. 14 The

And it came to pass, “when men

the earth, and daughters Avere born

The He- thing that is in the earth shall die.

2349. 6 And Noah tvas six hundred years were covered.

k ver. 4, 17. 13 In the selfsame day 'entered Noah, AND

going fmill Ezek. 20.

dove out of the ark; CHAPTER IX.

returned not again unto him any the earth.

w ith him to his sons with him, saying, ch. 1. 28.

nant with you; neither shall all flesh to his brethren. 1

be a flood to destroy the earth. be ^his servant. * Or, servant

tween me and you and every living and Canaan shall be

flesh that is upon the earth. lies, in their nations.

.Tosli. 12. unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Ad-

were children born. language they begm to do

8 So ‘‘the Lord scattered them

Jobab all these luere the sons of

J oktan. old, and begat Arphaxad two years

mount of the east. Arphaxad five hundred years, and

their lands, after their nations. thirty years, “

the nations divided in the earth after

begat Reu thy father’s house, unto a land that

Nahor two hundred years, and begat with

sons and daughters. and five years old when he departed

and Haran and Haran begat Lot.

> ch. 13. 15.

• ch. 17. 15.

son, and Lot the son of Haran his of the Lord.

and dwelt there. ivas ‘grievous in the land. ‘ch.43.1.

because of thee. Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled