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" ~& .” r” & THE E N G L IS H V E R S I ON POLYGLOTT BIBLE, (DIY) and Neu (legtuments; WITH T H E M A R G IN A L READ IN G S; TO GETHER WITH A COPIOUS AND ORIGINAL SELECTION OF REFERENCES TO PARALLEL AND ILLUSTRATIVE PASSAGEs, EXHIBITED IN A MANNER HITHERTO UN ATTEMPTED. ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS. PHIL.A.D ELPHIA : J. B. L I P PIN C O T T & C O. M D C C C X 1, I X . | O R D E R OF THE BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. Chaps. Chaps. Chap3. 3ENESIS . . . 56 || 2 Chronicles . . 36 Daniel . . 12 Exodus . . . . . 40 Ezra . . . 10 | Hosea . t 4 Leviticus . . . . 27 Nehemiah . º • 3 Joel e e ... 3 Numbers . . . . . • 36 Esther - e º 10 Amos º - e 9 Deuteronomy . . . 34 Job . e - . 42 Obadiah . - e ... 1 Joshua . . . . º 24 Psalms e w . 150 Jonah . ſº º º 4 Judges . . . s . 21 Proverbs tº e . 31 Micah . º º ... 7 Ruth . 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X., &c. 2 Ch. - ob . e e Job. 1004 2 Chron. I.-IX. 2 Ch. , 590 2 Kings º . 2 Ki 1491 Exodus * . Ex. 1000 Proverbs . . Pr. 588 Jeremiah e J 1490 Leviticus g Le. 975 Ecclesiastes . Ec. 588 Lamentations . La. 1451 Deuteronomy . De. 897 1 Kings, XII, &c. 1 Ki. 587 ()badiah . e Ob. 1451 Numbers e Nu. 862 Jonah . * . Jon. 574 Ezekiel º . Eze. 1427 Joshua º . Jos. 800 Joel º - Joel. 534 Daniel . º Da. 1406 Judges . e Ju. 787 Amos . . . Am. 520 Haggai º . Hag. 1312 Ruth . & . Ru. 750 Micah . - Mi. 520 Zechariah & Zec. 1055 1 Samuel , * 1. Sa. 740 Hosea . º . Ho. 509 Esther w . Es. 1018 2 Samuel . . 2 Sa. 713 Nahum . & Na. 457 Ezra e e Ez. HO15 1 Chronicles . 1 Ch. , 698 Isaiah . e . Is. 434 Nehemiah . Ne. Psalms te . Ps. 630 Zephaniah - Zep. 397 Malachi . Mal. 1013 Song of Solomon Ca. 626 Habakkuk . . Hab. ll º • * * ... ? (? ... * * * * * * : ; ; ; ** y PR E FA C E TO THE E N G L I S. H. V E R S I O N OF THE 1Jolnglott 33ible. HE form in which this Volume now appears, is altogether different from any thing which has before been given to the Pub- lic, but its originality will be found pre-emi- nently to consist in a laborious and entirely new Selection and Arrangement of Refe- rences, in which it has been endeavoured faithfully to exhibit the Scripture as its own Expositor. The greatness of the advantages that must accrue to a sincere and diligent rea- der of the Sacred Pages, from having con- stantly before him a reference to similar and illustrative passages, carefully investi- gated, and suitably applied, must be obvi- ous to every one; and has been well under- stood by many pious and able men, to whose diligent and useful labours the Public is unspeakably indebted. References, however, have hitherto been printed, almost exclusively, in the margins of Bibles of a large size; and the benefit resulting from them has, in Consequence, been very much restrict- ed;---the only small Bible with Refe- rences, in the English language, being that published by Mr. Canne. The defects of which are many; for though he was a diligent student of the Scriptures, and his work was at that time eminently service- able, yet, as he was not in possession of those helps, for the accomplishment of the task which he had undertaken, that are now aſſorded by many valuable editions and comments, which have been rinted in different languages since is time; and being, therefore, under the necessity of relying chiefly on his own industry; it is not surprising that he should have been less successful than he would Otherwise have been. His references are often only remotely applicable : he seems frequently to have been guided more by Similarity of expression than by illustra- tion: the errors in the letter-press are numerous: many of the Marginal Readings are omitted : the Chronology is altogether left out ; and all the References in this, as in the larger Bibles, are placed in the mar- gin of the text; by which they are render- ed liable to be cut in binding, or worn away by use, or bound so into the back of the book as not to be easily read. On all these accounts, it has long appear- ed exceedingly desirable that a NEw Bi- ble, of convenient size for the Pocket, ori- ginal ºn its plan, purpose, and eacecution, should be published; in which a MoRE AP- PROPRIATE and ACCURATE selection, adap- tation, and Arrangement of References might be introduced ; both for the Assistance of Private Readers, and to facilitate the ready examination and quotation of passages, which the Preacher, or the Biblical Stu- dent, may have an immediate occasion to cite, or to consult. Convenience and utility were, however to be equally consulted in all the parts o the undertaking. If the size of the book were too large, or the page too crowded, so as to be made wearisome to the eye, its convenience would be lessened ; an if, in the limits which these considerations im- posed, great care were not employed in eacamining and applying the References, its utility would in a great degree, be destroy- ed. On mature deliberation, therefore, it appeared best to adopt the plan here pre- sented to the notice of the Public; in which the Marginal Readings and Refe- rences are all contained in a MIDDLE CO- LUMN, between two of text; and the nurn- ber introduced is sufficient, except in a few pages only, completely to fill that column. The Chronology is always placed at the top of this middle column, where it de- notes the Date of the writing or transac- tion contained in the text, at the begin- ning of the page. The Marginal Readings contained in the folio and quarto Bibles are all introduced ; the idioms of the original languages which are preserved in many of them, and also the various senses of particular words or phrases, being in most instances instruc- tive, and in all worthy to be known. But it has not been thought necessary, in giv- ing these readings, to insert such words as are repeated in the text, and which would therefore have fruitlessly occupied a por- tion of the space allotted to references. The Various Readings are referred to by . small figures placed immediately before the words for which they are to be substituted; and the References by Italic letters, which are generally placed after the first or second word of a verse, or clause of a verse, when they are intended to illustrate the ill PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH WERSION whole of that verse or clause: but when the principal force of the illustration rests on a single word, the letter reference is placed immediately after that word. This has been the general rule ; and the exceptions have either been unavoidable, or are quite immaterial. In referring to several relations of the same fac's, by different Writers in the Sa- cred Volume, (as in the histories recorded by the Four Evangelists, and in those con- tained in the Books of Kings and Chroni- cles,) the corresponding chapters, or parts of chapters in each, having been once noted at the beginning of the history or subject, it has not been thought mecessary to repeat those references in the subse- quent verses, except where something imaterial is to be noticed. hat also in the prophecy of Obadiah, which relates chiefly to the destruction of the Edomites, the prophecies of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Eze- kiel, and Amos, on the same subject, hav- ing been once pointed out at the com- mencement, are not again referred to. And so in the history of our Lord's tempta- tion, given in the fourth chapter of the Gospel by St. Matthew, reference being made from the first verse to the fourth chapter of that by St. Luke, where the same history is recorded, no further refe- rence is made to that chapter in the subse- guent verses; the connexion of the whole being obvious, and the comparison easy. More space has been thus retained for the illustration or confirmation of the subjects or sentences individually, which are com- prised in the particular parts of the history or discourse. For a similar reason, where the same identical words, or nearly so, might be found in a great number of texts, a few of these only have been selected;---illustra- tion, not repetition, having been the object in view. . The references, therefore, which fill the middle column, have aiſ been diligently considered and applied with a particular attention to this specific end, that none which were superfluous might be intro- duced, while the most material purposes to be answered by References might nevertheless be effectually secured. WHETHER the latitude or the limits of such an undertaking be considered, it is É. that the principles on which it has een conducted should be so far explain- ed, as that the Reader may be apprised of what he is to expect from it, and in what branches of religious inquiry it may most materially assist him. In that grand enunciation of the dignit and design of the Sacred Volume, whic is given by the Apostle Paul, (2 Tim. iii. 16, 17, we are told, that “ALL SCRIPTURE Is GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, AND Is PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE, FOR REPROOF, FOR CORRECTION, FOR INSTRUCTION IN RighTEousNEss; THAT THE MAN OF GoD 1W MAYBE PERFECT, THOROUGH LY FURNISHED UNTO ALL GOOD works.” But it must be evident, that the Scripture could not be effectually profitable for these great ends nor make the man of God PERFECT, # if it were not perfect itself; if its different parts were at variance with each other : if, not- withstanding all the variety of matter, and multiplicity of detail, which such a book required, the doctrines revealed, and the moral duties enjoined, were not substan- tially and essentially the same through- out ; and if all the parts did not concur in the plan of the whole. To exhibit, then, the harmony of the Sacred Writers, on the subjects of which they treat, has been the primary design of this selection. And as there are some subjects of leading impor- tance, in which all the rest are included, and by means of which the harmony and perfection of the Inspired Pages are writ- tem, as with the beams of the sun; to these, especial care and attention have been devoted. I. It has appeared an object of the first magnitude, that, the reader of the Holy Scriptures should be assisted by refe- rences from text to text, to have constantly in view the connexion of all the divine at- tributes, and the holy uniformity of God in his government, both of his Church, and of the world. A display of the true charac- ter and perfections of God is, without dis- pute, one chief design of the Inspired Vo- lume. Here, as in Isaiah's miraculous vi- sion, may, Jehovah he seen, sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up ; his train fills the temple, and the Sacred Writers, like the Seraphim, cover themselves, and cry one to another, and say, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD OF HOSTs, THE WHOLE EARTH Is FULL OF HIS GLORY. It is this which gives to the Scripture its superlative gran- deur. By it, God is known ; his will is º ; his purposes are revealed: is mercy is announced; and he is every where exhibited as worthy of the supreme adoration, love, service, and praise, of all his intelligent creatures. Little do those who neglect their Bibles think what re- fined delight they lose, by thus turning away their eyes from the most sublime, the most glorious, and the most beatifying object of contemplation, that the whole universe affords. - II. But this manifestation of the Divine character and government is not presented to us as a matter of mere speculation, in which we have no immediate and personal interest. The Holy Scriptures are design- ed to promote the Glory of God BY THE sALVATION of MAN. The peculiar purpose of the whole is, to turn men from dark- ness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; to raise them from the ruins of .*APTIOX, perfectus, integer, sinus, inco- limis, consentaneus, consummatus. . . Hedericks * OF THE POLYGLOTT BIBLE, the Fall, and to put them in possession of the blessings of Redemption ; to lead them from sin to holiness; to conduct them through a state of conflict and trial on earth, to a state of rest and felicity in hea- veri ; and so to assist and direct them in all possible conditions in life, that they may not fail of these great ends, except by their own wilful rejection of the counsel of God against themselves. The salvation of his own soul should therefore he the grand concern of every reader of the Scripture. Here the immortality of the soul is brought to light, and placed in unquestionable evi- dence. Here, its defection from original purity is clearly demonstrated ; the means of its restoration are set forth, and its fu- ture destiny is declared. It is an awful re- sponsibility which they incur who wilfully neglect this holy book, and devote all their time, and the powers of their minds, to terrestrial, and subordinate objects. They slight the pearl of greatest price, which is no where else to be found ; and seem as if they were determined to frustrate, as far as respects themselves, all that Divine wis- dom and goodness have done to rescue the immortal mind of man from spiritual igno- rance, error, vanity, vice, and ruin. 'Those, however, who are seeking to enjoy the blessings which the Gospel reveals,will, as they are able, search the Scriptures; and such persons will receive great help from having references at hand to assist their inquiries. “It were to be wished,” says Bishop Horsely, “that no Bibles were printed without References. Particular diligence should be used in comparing the parallel texts of the Old and New Testa- ments. . . . It is incredible,” he adds, “to any one who has not made the experiment, what a proficiency may be made in that knowledge which maketh wise unto salva- tion, by studying the Scriptures in this manner, witHOUT ANY OTHER COMMENTA- RY, OR EXPOSITION, THAN whAT THE DIF- FERENT PARTS OF THE SACRED VOLUME MUTUALLY FURNISH FOR EACH oth ER. Let the most illiterate Christian study them in this manner, and let him never cease to pray for the illumination of that Spirit by which these books were dictated: and the whole compass of abstruse philosophy, recondite history, shall furnish no argu- ment with which the perverse will of man shall be able to shake this learned Chris- tian's faith.”* So great and perfect is the coincidence of every part of the Word of God in the grand and merciful design of thf whole !. II. This is more apparent, and the har- mony and perfection of the Holy Scrip- tures are rendered more peculiarly evident and distinct, by the constant reference of all its writers to our and Saviour Je- sus Christ. To HIM GIVE ALL THE PRO- *Horsdy's Nine Sermons, p. 224-238, PHETs witness. Acts x. 43. The things which were written in the law of Moses and in all the Prophets, and in the Psalm concern HIM; (Luke xxiv. 27, 44;) ...] would come to nothing if he were separat- ed from them. He is the bright and morn- ing star; the true light that must lighten every man who comes to see the glory of Divine Revelation. Rev. xxii. 16. John I. 9. It has therefore been a chief design of this Work to connect and to exhibit the testimony which all the Sacred Penmen bear to the adorable Immanuel ; to the proper and unequivocal Divinity of his na- ture, the necessity of his mediation, the reality and design of his incarnation. his spotless and exemplary life, his unparallel- ed sufferings, his vicarious ãeath the verity of his resurrection and ascension into hea- ven, the sufficiency of his righteousness, the prevalence of his intercession, the spirituality of his kingdom, his sovereignty in the Church, his constant care and love of his people, and the certainty of his se- cond coming to raise the i. and judge the world in righteousness;---grand and sublime truths, in which every individual of the human race is deeply and eternal.y interested. IV. The chief purpose oſChrist's mission being that such as believe on him might be saved from sin, which is the trans- gression of the Divine law, and from the punishment due to it; it has been thought important frequently to connect those texts which speak of transgressions, with those in which the law concerning them is to be found, and in which punishment is threatened ; and sometimes with those in which the atonement is set forth, and pardon is proclaimed ; or in which sancti fication is promised, or enforced ; and these again with such as relate to the fu- ture happiness and glory which is promis- ed to the faithful, or punishment and mise- ry denounced against the impenitent. A small body of divinity is sometimes com - prised in a few texts, connected together in this way. Thus, from those words in Ezek. xxiii. 49. Ye shall bear the sºns of Ayour idols, the Reader is referred first to Numb. xiv. 34, as a parallel passage, showing God visiting sin upon the trans- gressors themselves; then to Numb. xviii. 23. to show the typical visitation of it upon the Levitical priesthood ; then to Isaiah liii. 12. to show the prophetic de- claration of its being laid on Christ; and, lastly, to 1 Pet. ii. 24. to show the actual fulfilment of that prophecy, and the end to be answered by it : for there we are told, that. He that judgeth righteously, “his own self, bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sin, should live to righteousness.” W. The concurrence of the Old and New Testament with each other, and the relation of the types before and under the Mosaic law, to their completion under the W PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH WERS]ON Gospel, have been studiously regarded, so as to render it evident, that whatever va- riations may have been made in the form and administration of external worship, true religion, under the former dispensa- tions, was always essentially the same as true religion under the present; that “he is not a Jew which is one outwardly; nei- ther is that circumcision which is out- ward in the flesh : but he is a Jew which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. For in every nation, he that feareth God, and worketh righteousness, is accepted of him.” Rom. ii. 28, 29. Acts x. 35. In this, the revelation made before the institution of the Levitical priesthood, that made during its continuance, and that which has been made since its termina- tion, all agree. The Mosaic ritual was the shadow of good things to come ; so were the priesthood and kingdom of Mel- chisedec ; and the body is Christ, who is essentially the same, both in his person and in his government, yesterday, to-day, ana for ever. Heb. xiii. 8. VI. But the instruction diffused through the Scriptures, respecting the gracious and indispensable operations of the Holy Ghost the Sanctifier, has not been forgot- ten : and the references on this article will show, that, as to his sacred influence on the minds of the Inspired Penmen, we are indebted for all the truths they have taught us; so to his influence on the minds of those who receive and regard them, must such persons be indebted for all they have learned, or can learn, of them. His work completes the great de- sign of the whole; and his assistance and blessing are distinctly promised to all who sincerely ask them. - - VII. As the Scriptures harmonize in their primary and general objects, so do they with regard to the particular subjects comprehended in their plan. Historical accounts are verified by other coincident ones, or by accounts of the persons or places to which they refer. The prophe- cies of one Prophet, concerning events which were to take place, relating either to kingdoms, families, individuals, or the world at large, are consistent with those pronounced by other Prophets. The ac- counts of the Jewish polity under its vari- ous vicissitudes, are confirmed by the writ- ings of the Prophets who lived during or after those vicissitudes; while the former tend reciprocally to establish the authen- ticity of the latter. The histories of the Four Evangelists have a regular connec- tion and parallelism, especially those of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The recital of the transactions of the Apostles, after the ascension of our Lord, strongly authenti- cates the Apostolic Epistles; and Archdea- con Paley has well shown the confirmation which the Epistles of St. Paul derive from WI the circumstances recorded by St. Luke, in his book of the Acts. Prophecies are connected with their accomplishments, as far as those accomplishinents are included in the Scripture History. Promises and threatenings are connected with their re- spective fulfilment; precept with exam- ple, and with supplication; and the prayers of beiievers with the answers they have received. All these relations have been carefully regarded in this compilation. VIII. Further, the Scriptures are not merely intended to lead men to godliness: they are intended also to exemplify it. Repentance, Faith, Hope, Charity, and De- Votion, are here exhibited in the most per- fect models; and it has therefore entered into the design of this Work to show the Corresponding emotions and conduct of the Saints, both of the Old Testament and the New, when under the influence of those dispositions, contemplations, and emo- tions, which are most peculiarly charac- teristic of true piety; and also to connect the devotional parts of Scripture with the occurrences which gave rise to them, as far as they can be ascertained. Thus is Religion known by its fruits: not as a thing merely of times and circum- stances: but a living principle in the mind, which times and circumstances call into action, and contribute to display. ... The aphoristic and poetical parts of the Sacred Writings are also connected, so as to illustrate and enforce each other; that the Reader may be constantly im- pressed with those momentous truths, and that sublime language with which they abound, and which afford perpetual food for the best exercises of the un- derstanding, and the finest emotions of the heart ; at once furnishing materials for the most rational entertainment, and the most solid instruction. In this res- pect, the Scriptures will be found to re- semble the garden of Eden, in which the Lord GOD has made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for spiritual food. But no Cherubim or flaming sword are here to prohibit ac- cess to the Tree of Life. The children of the second Adam may freely, and without fear or interruption, now put forth their hands to its soul-reviving fruit, and take, and eat, and live for ever. X. The agreement of the Sacred Writers with each other will be found not only to exist in the subjects on which they treat, but to extend to their own individual cha- racters. It will appear that they were all animated by the same Spirit; that they were all holy men, speaking as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, calling men to holiness, as the indispensable requisite to the enjoyment of everlasting happiness, ---men, nevertheless, of like passions with ourselves, conscious of their own natural infirmity and sinfulness, and of the mercy of God through Christ Jesus, as their only OF THE POLYGLOTT BIBLE. refuge from his just displeasure. In short, they were men fearing God; loving God; loving his character, his laws, his will; ad- Imiring his great and wonderful purposes, and voluntarily, deliberately, and determi- nately devoting themselves to his service, whatever it might cost them, and to what- ever it might expose them. On all these accounts, they are held forth as examples, whose faith, patience, and practice, Chris- tians are to follow. 1 Cor. xi. 1. Heb. xiii. 7. Ja. v. 10. It is thus that the Scriptures are PROFIT- ABLE to all the purposes for which they are destined, and are calculated to make the man of God PERFECT, and thoroughly fur- nished unto all good works. To the In- spired Pages at large may be applied the remarks of the excellent Bishop Horne (on the Psalms.) “Indited under the influence of Him, to whom all hearts are known, and all events foreknown, they suit mankind in all situations, grateful as the manna which descended from above, and con- formed itself to every palate. The fairest productions of human wit, after a few pe- \'ll rusals, like gathered flowers, wither in our hands, and lose their fragrancy; but these unfading plants of Paradise become, as we are accustomed to them, still more and more beautiful; their bloom appears to be daily heightened, fresh odours are emitted, and new sweets extracted from them. He who hath once tasted their excelleneies, will desire to taste them yet again ; and he who tastes them oftenest will relish them best.” Happy in having laboured to facilitate the acquaintance of the Christian with this invaluable treasure, the Editor has now only to implore the blessing of Him by whom its exhaustless stores have been bestowed on sinful man; and to hope that his feeble endeavours may be instrumental in advancing the Reader's edification, and, in their humble measure, tend to promote that happy state of things, so long foretold and so ardently to be desired, in which THE EARTH SHALL BE FILLED WITH THE KNow LEDGE of THE GLORY of JEHoyAH AS THE yºffers cover THE SEA. Heb. ii. 14. Is. xi. (I. QI. TA B L E S OF MEA S U R E S, WEIGHTS, *º-ºne 1. The longer Scripture Measures. A cubit ſº * ſº * $ tº {e e ſº 400 | A stadium . . * tº e º 'º 2000 || 5 || A Sabbath-day's journey tº sº gº _4000 10 2 | An Eastern mile tº & 12000 30 6 || 3 | A parasang g tº tº o 96000 [240 T48 ||25 || 8 || A day's journey 2. The shorter Measures of length. A digit * * º $º * * & * tº & g 4 : A palm . e 6T 3 FA span 24 * & & tº e 2 | A cubit . e 8 || 4 || A fathom 12 || 6 | 1.5 | Ezekiel's reed . 16 || 8 || 2 2 | A shekel 100 | | 1.333 An Arabian pole A solidus aureus, or sextula, was worth A siclus aureus was worth A talent of gold was worth . Aote. A gerah 10 A beka . . 20 1200 4. Jewish Weights reduced to English Troy weight. b. 2 | A shekel . 120 | * & * 60 | A maneh . * 60000 | 6000 3000 | 50 | A talent . A caph 5.333 | 5. Jewish Measu 1.333 A log tº & 4 A cab & 16 32 96 960 12 | 24 | 3 : A hin 6 || 2 || A 72 6. Jewish Measures for things dry. seah ſº A gachal tº gº º * e T20 A cab . . . . . T36 TT.8 ſ An omer, or gomer . 120 6 3.333 A seah * * 360 18 || 10 3 An ephah ISOOT BOTT50 15 || 5 || A letech T3500 [I5. TICOT 30. 18 || 6 || 3 || A bath or ephah 720 | 180 | 60 || 30 10 | A corus, homer, or chomer Silver is valued at 5s, and gold at 4!. per 50 A maneh, or mina Hebraica 6000 3000 | 60 | A talent & & 160 80 [20 TT3.333T10] A schoenus, or measuring line 3. Jewish Money reduced to English. res for things liquid. 10 2 1 A chomer homer, or corus A N D C O I NS Eng.miles. Paces . 0 0 0 145 g O 729 I 403 § 4 153 33 172 Eng, feet. * 0 O 0 1 7 10 14 145 © : l i 547 02. : G : { 7 . Feet. Dec. 1.824 4.6 3.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 Inch. Dec. 0.912 3.640 10.944 9.888 3.552 11.328 7,104 11.04 d. 1.2687 1.6875 3.375 0.75 9 0.5 English Corn Measure Pecks. Gall. . Pirats 0.1416 2.8333 5.1 l 3 0. l viii The First Book of MOSES, called GENESIS. Year before the Common Year of Christ, 4004. un, 10....Dominical Letter, B.... from Tisri, or September, 1. * CHAPTER I. 1 The creation of heaven and earth. 14 Of the sun, moon, and stars. 26 Of man in the image of God. 29 Also the appointment of food. IN the beginning a God created b the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was c without form and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the jº. d of God moved upon the face |. O the waters. 3 And God said, e Let there be light, fand there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided 1 the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light g Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were 2 the first day. 6 *| And God said, h Let there he a 3 firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, i and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the wa- ters which were above k the firma- ment: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 ºf And God l said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered to- flºº, unto one place, and let the ry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he seas. and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth m bring forth 4 grass, the herb yielding Seed, and the fruit-tree yielding ºn fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was | SO. 12 And the earth brought forth jº, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, af- ter his kind: and God saw that it Myas º: 13 And the evening and the morn- ing were theºrd ay. 2 1 between the light, and between the darkness. g Ps.74. 16. Is. 45.7. 2 and the evening was and the morn- ing was. h Job 37. 18. 3 eacpansion. * Jer. 10. 12. H. Pr. 8.2S. l Job 38.8. m Mat.6.30. 4 tender grass. m Luke 6.44. o Ps. 136.7. 5 between the day and between the night. p Ps. 104.19. 6 for the rule of the day. q Jer.31.35. 7 creeping. 8 living soul. 9 let fowl fly. 10 face % firmament of heaven. *º--- 9 wºw"Mº ....Julian Period, 710.....Cycle of the Cycle of the Moon, 7..... w - Indiction, 5.....Creation 14 T And God said, Let there be- lights in the firinament of the heaven, to divide the 5 day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for p seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for hights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it WàS SO. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light 6 to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the fir- mament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth, 18 And to q rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morn- ing were the fourth day. 20 T And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the 7 mov- ing creature that hath 8 life, and fowl 9 that may fly above the earth in the 10 open firmament of heaven. 21, And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind; and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, sa i Be fruitful, and multiply, an fiſſ the waters in the seas; and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morn- ing were the fifth day. 24 ºf And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature af- ter his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind ; and God saw that it was good. 26 ºſ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our like- ness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over The Creation. the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, 27 So God created man in his own image, r in the image of God cre- ated he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the ſowl of the air, and over every living thing that 11 mov- eth upon the earth. 29'ſ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb 12 bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a trée yield- ing seed; s to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creep- eth upon the earth, wherein there is 13 life, I have given every green herb for meat ; and it was so. 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning, were the sixth day. HAPTER II. CHA 1 The first sabbath. 4 The manner of the creation. 19, 20 The naming of the creatures. 21. The making of woman, and institution of mar- riage. YTVHUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And a on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the se- venth day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because that in it he had rested from all his work which God 1 created and made. 4 * These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lond God made the earth and the heavens, 5 And every plant of the field be- fore it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew : for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there teas not a man to till the ground. 6 But 2 there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the LORD God formed man 8 of the tº dust of theſº and c breathed into his dºnostrils the GENESIS, II. JB. C. 4004. r Ec.7.29. Eph.4.24. 11 creepeth. 12 seeding seed. s ch.9.3. 13 a living soul. (CHAP. 2.) a Ex. 20. 11. Is.58, 13. Heb.4.4. 1 created to make. 2 or, a mist which went wy, from. 3 dust of the grownd. c Job 33.4. d Is.2.22. .*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* e I Cor. 15.45. f Eze. 31.8,9. t ch. 25.18. 4 Cush. k Dan. 10.4. 5 or, east- ward to Jºssyria. 6 or, Adam. ! Yer.8. 7 eating thou shalt eat. m ch.3.1.3. 1 i. i. Rom.6.23. 1Cor. 15.56. 8 dying thou shalt die. m 1 Cor. 11.9. 1Tim.2.13. 9 as before him. o Ps. S.6. 10 or, the ºù72. 11 called. p ch. 15.12. 12 builded. q Prov. 18.22. --º- . Eve formed. breath of life; and eman became a living soul. 8 *| And the LORD God* fa garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the g tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the # tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out ºf Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth i the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12 And the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the OnvX Stone. 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is it that compasseth the whole land of 4 Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel : k that is it which goeth 5 toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. 15 And the LORD God took 6 the man, and l put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden 7 thou mayest freely eat : 17 But of the tree of the know- ledge of good and evil, m thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, 8 thou shalt surely die. 18 °ſ And the LORD God said. It is not good that the man should be alone ; n I will make him an help 9 meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and o brought them unto 10 Adam to see what he would call them : and whatsoever Adam called every liv- ing creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam 11 gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 21 And the LORD God caused a p deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept ; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the fleshin- stead thereof; 22 And the rib which the LORD God had taken from man, 12 made he a woman and q brought her unto the man. 10 Marriage ºnstituted. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone r of my bones, and flesh of my flesh : she shall be called 13 Wo- man, because she was taken out of lyiğIl. 24. Therefore shall a man leaves his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife : and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both maked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. CHAPTER III. 1 The Serpent deceiveth Eve, 6 Man's shameful fall. 16 The punishment of mankind. 22 Their casting out of paradise. the a serpent was more b subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the wo- man, 1 Yea, hath God said, 'Ye shall not eat of every tree of the gar- den' 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden : 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the gar- den, God hath said, c Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent d said unto the e woman, Ye shall not surely die : 5 For God doth know that in the day Yº eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened; and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was 2 pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat ; and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked : fand they sewed fig- leaves together, and made them- Selves 3 aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the 4 cool of the day: and Adam and his wife g hid themselves from the presence of the LoRD God &mongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou ? , 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, h because 1 was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I com- manded thee that thou shouldest tlòt eat GENESIS, III, IV. B. C. 4004. =-º- r Eph.5.30. 13 Isha. 14 Ish. 3 Mark 10.7. (CHAP. 3.) a Rev. 12.9. b 2 Cor. 11.3. * Yea, be. cause, &c. c ch. 2. 17. d Jno.8.44, e 1 Ti.2.14. 2 a desire. f ch.2.25. 3 or,things to gird about. 4 wind. g Jer.23.24. Am.9.2,3, h 1 Jno.3.20. **** * Job 31.33. Pr.2S, 13. k Is.65.25. Mic.7.17. ! Mat. I3.38. Jno.8.44. 1 Jno. 3.8. in Is. 7. 14. Mat. 1.23. Luke 1.35. 7, Rom. 16.20. Eph.4.8. Rev. 12.7,8. 5 or, subject to thy husband. o 1Cor. H4.34. 6 cause to bud. 7 Chavah, i.e. living. p Acts 17.26. q Is.61.10. Phil. 3.9. r ver, 5. & Rev.2.7. t ver. 19. w Ps. 80.1,&c. 99.1. v 10hr.21. 16. w Heb. 10.20. ** The Curse. 12 And the man said, i. The wo- man, whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done And the woman said Th9 serpent beguiled me, and f did eat. 14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou has: done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field : upon thy belly shalt thou go, and k dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life : 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between l thy seed and m her seed; n it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception : in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be 5 to thy husband, and he shall o rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, Be- cause thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast. eaten of the tree, of which I com- manded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake : in sorrow shalt thou eat º: all the days of thy life ; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it 6 bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 20 And Adam called his wife's name 7 Eve ; because she was the mother of all living, p 21. Unto Adam also, and to his wife, did the LORD God make coats of skins, and q clothed them. 22 || And the LoRD God said, r Be- hold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, 3 and eat, and live for ever: 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, t to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man ; and he É." at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, u and a flam- ing sword v which turned every .."; to keep the way w of the tree of life. CHAPTER IV. 1 The birth of Cain and Abel. 8 The ºr of Abel. 11 The Curse of ºfº. il Cain killeth Abel. ND Adam knew Eve his wife; - and she conceived, and bare 10ain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. * 2 And she again bare his brother 2.Abel. And Abel was 8 a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And 4 in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought a of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4 And Abel, he also brought a of the firstlings of his 5 flock, and of the b fat thereof. And the LORD had c respect unto Abel, and to his offering : - 5 But unto Cain, and to his offer- ing, he had not respect, . And Cain was very wroth, and his counte- nance fell. * 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why are thou wroth 1 and why is thy countenance fallen 7 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not a 6 be accepted 4 and if thou doest not well, d sin lieth at the door. And 7 unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. . . . 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and e slew him. - 9 And the LORD said unto Cain, f Where is Abel thy brother ? And he said, I know not : Am I my bro- ther's keeper? . 10 And he said, What hast thou dome 1 the voice of thy brother's 8 blood g crieth unto me from the ound. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and & *abond shalt thou be in the €art.It. 13 And Cain said unto the LORD 9 My punishment is greater than can bear. - 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this dax from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; arid it shall come to pass, h that every one that findeth me shall slay me. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven-fold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any him should kill him. 16'ſ And i Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in s GENESIS, V. JB. C. 4004. (CHAP. 4.) 1 i. e. gotten, or, ac- wired. 2. He bel. 3 a feeder. 4 at the end of daws. (i. {{* . 12. 5 sheep, or, 8O(lts. b Le.3.16,17. c Heb. 11.4. 6 or, have the excellency. d 1 Jno.3.12. 7 or, subject wnto thee. e 1 Jno.3. 12. Jude 11. f Ps. 9.12. 8 bloods. g Heb. 12.24. Rev.6.10. or, mine Seth born. #. land of Nod, on the east of | ECHCI1. - 17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare 10 Enoch : and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Me- hujael begat Methusael: and Me. thusael begat 11 Lamech. 19 ºf And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 And Adah bare Jabal : he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 21 And his brother's name was Ju- bal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 22 And Zillah, she also bareTubal- cain, an 12 instructor of every ar- tificer in brass and iron : and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. 23 And Lamech said unto his imiquity is #: than that it may be forgiven. ğ. h Job 15.20– 24 Pro.28.i. i 2 Ki. 13.23. 24 .20. Ps. 51.1 i. 10 Chamoch. 11 Lemech. 12 whetter. 13 or, I would slay a man in my wound, &c. 14 or, in my t&rt. 18 Sheth, i. e. appointed, or, putt. 16 Enosh. 17 or, to call themselves joel 3.32. 1 Cor. 1.2. (CHAP. 5.) a ch. 1.27. i Cor. 11.7. 2Cor. 3, 18. wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, heark- en unto my speech : for 13 I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man 14 to my hurt. 24. If Cain shall be avenged seven- fold, truly Lamech seventy and seven fold, 25 T And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and call- ed his name 15 Seth : For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name 16 Enos: Then began men 17 to call upon the name of the LORD. CHAPTER W. 1 The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam unto Noah. Tº ts the book of the genera- tions of Adam. In the day that God created man, in a the likeness of God made he him : 2 Male à and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 # And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, cafter his image ; and called his name Seth : 4 And the days of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hun- dred years: and he begat sons and daughters. 5 Andall the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: d and he died. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and d Heb,9.27. *º- 12 ! five years, and begat Enos The generations of Adam. GENESIS, WI. 7 And Seth lived, after he begat E- B. C. 2317. nos, eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: 1 Kenan. 8 And all the days of Seth were 2 Malelee! nine hundred and twelve years: - and he died. 3 Jercd. 9 ºf And Enos lived ninety years, 4 Gr. Mathw- and begat 1 Caiman : said. 10 And Enos lived after he begat e ch.6.9 Cainan eight hundred and fifteen i. . and begat Sons and daugh- §. 3rS : i.20.3. 11 And all the days of Enos were | Ps. 16.8. nine hundred and five years: and Am.3.3. he ":", d C lived t Maj. 2.6. 12 - An aiman lived seventy years, and begat 2 Mahalaleel: f Heb. 11.5. 13 And Caimán lived, after he be-, * Lenëch. at Mahalaleel, eight hundred and 6 Gr. Aoe; #. years, and begat sons and | 1.e. rest, or, daughters: comfort. 14 And all the days of Caiman were nine hundred and ten years: h.3 and he died. • sch. ; 15 TT And Mahalaleel lived sixty * † - º and five years, and begat 3 Jared: |h chº | ió Áng Mahalaleel lived, after he icºlai begat Jared eight hundred and • A • TE Tºrº tº thirty years, and begat sons and (CHAP. 6.) daughters: h. 1.28 if And all the days of Mahalaleel "%". *. were eight hundred ninety and five b Job 31.1. years; and he died. c Deut.'.3,4. 18 "I And Jared lived an hundred| E. g.g. i. º two years, and he begat Neh. 13.26, IICCIl : 27. E. º ;"º: º he º: 2 Cor.6.14. Iloch eight hundre ears, an begat sº and i.e. : d Nº. And all the days of Jared were | **śió nine hundred sixty and two years: Jeji ,11. and he died. 1 Pet.3.20. 21 ºff And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat 4 Methuselah: e PS-78.39. 22 And Enoch eywalked with God if Ps. 14.2. after he begat Methuselah, three 53.2. i. years, and begat Sons and Rom.3.9. aughters: 23 Andalithe days of Enoch were]" º: º three hundred sixty and five years: ..."ºne 24. And Enoch walked with God: | Hebrew and he was not; ffor God took him. word signi. 25 And Methuselah lived an hun- fies not only dred eighty and seven years, and the imagi: begat 5 Lamech: nation, but 26 And Methuselah lived after he also the ºº:: seven hundred eighty purpºse? and two years, and begat sons and and desire". daughters: g ch.8.21. 27 And all the days of Methuselah • Deut.29, 19. were nine hundred sixty and nine Eze.8.9, 12. years : and he died. Mat. 15.19. 28 And Lamech lived an hundred a every da eighty and two years, and begat a ery day. SOn 3 from man 29 And he called his name 6 Noah, . "to *. saying, This same shall comfort us |* or, tºpright. concerning our work, and toil of h 1 Pet.4.7. our hands, because of the ground i – 13 The depravity of the world. g which the LORD hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after he be- at Noah five hundred ninety and ve years, and begat sons and daughters: 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. 32 And Noah was five hundred ears old : and Noah begat h Shem, am, and J# CHAPTER VI. 1 The wickedness of the world cattseth the flood. 8 Noah findeth grace, 14 The order, form, and end of the Q?"A. A*Dit came to pass, a when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, b that they were fair; and they ctook them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the LoRD said, d My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh : e yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men, which were of old, men of renown. 5'ſ And GOD saw fthat the wick- edness of man was great in the earth, and that every 1 imagination g of the thoughts of his heart was only evil 2 continually. 6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have Created from the face of the earth; 3 both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it re- penteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 9 *|| These are the generations of Noah : Noah was a just man, and 4 perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God : 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 The earth also was corrupt be- fore God; and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And Godlooked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13 And God said unto Noah, h The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will aughters were Noah warned. destroy them 5 with the earth. 14 ºf Make thee an ark of gopher- wood; 6 rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side there- of; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. - 17 And, behold, I, even I, i do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth $18,1 Clić. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark; thqu, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two k of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all C food that is eaten, and thou shalt ather it to thee; and it shall be or food for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did Noah ; l according to all that God commanded him, so did he. CHAPTER VII. 1 Noah, with his family, enter into the ark. 17 The beginning, increase, and continuance of the flood. ND the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for a thee have I seen righteous before me in this genera- tion. 2. Of every b clean beast thou shalt take to thee by 1 sevens, the male and his female': and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and €IIlä.18. 3 Offowls also of the airby sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the ©iliti.It. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty mights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy 2 from off the face of the earth 5 And Noah did according unto GENESIS, VI B. C. 2348. 5 or, from the earth. 6 nests. i Ps. 93.3.4. Am.5.8. k ch. 7.8,9. l Heb. 11.7. (CHAP. 7.) a 1 Pet.3.20. 2 Pet.2.5. b Lev. XI. 1 seven seven. 2 blot out. 3 or, on the seventh day. Frºgs. Mat. 24.38. 1.Th.5.3. 4 or, flood- gates. d ch.6.18. 5 wing. e Deut. 33.27. Ps. 46.2. 91.9. Prov.3.23. f Job 12.15. Ps. 104.6. 2 Pet, 3.6. g Jer.3.23. A Job 22, 15- 17. s the breath of the spirit of life. I. the earth, and every f * º The Deluge, all that the LORD commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 *| And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, be- cause of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two un- to Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had command- ed Noah. 10 And it came to pass, 3 after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth, 11*In the sixth hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the foun- tains c of the great deep broken up, and the 4 windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13. In the selfsame entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives * sons with them, d into the #FR . 14 They and every beast after his kind, and aii the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every 5 sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him : and the LORD shut him in, e 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed ex- ; upon the earth; fand all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains g were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved jº the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of' beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon - man : h ll in whose nostrils was 6 the breath of life, of all that was in the Effects of the Deluge. GENESIS, VIII, dry land, died... . B. c.2348. {{...} every living substance was —— destroyed which was upon the face i Eze.14.14, Uf the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the Mah.3, ń. fowl of the heaven ; and they were 18. destroyed from the earth; and k ch.8 3. Noah i only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. (CHAP. 8.) 24 And k the waters J.; a ch. 19.29. upon the earth an hundred and fifty ; S. * † e days. y CHAPTER VIII. |b Ps. 36.6. 1 The waters assuage. 18 Noah goeth c Ex. 14.21 forth of the ark. 21 God’s pro- $ J. Tº a dº ſº º mise to curse the earth no moré, ſº Prov.3.28. ND God a remembered Noah e Job 38.37. \ and every living thing, and all | Mat.8.27. the b cattle that was with him in 1 in going the ark: and God made a wind c and return- to pass over º earth, and the wa- ing. ters assuaged; if Jer, 51.27. 2 The fountainsdalso of the deep, ſ £re i 7 and the windºws eaf heaven were "...nº stopped, and the rain from heaven j - § - was restrained; g ch.6.16. 3 And the waters returned from 5 * off the earth I continually: and * in going after the end of the hundred and forth and fifty days the waters were abated. returning. 4 And the ark rested in the 4 caused her Seventh month, on the seventeenth to corne. day of the month, upon the moun- tains of Ararat. f 5 And the waters 2 decreased con- tinually until the tenth month : in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. 6 *| And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened g the window of the ark which he had made : 7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth 3 to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the h ch. 1.22. 5 families. i Lev.I. XI. 6 a savowr of rest. lch.3.17.6, 17. 7 or, though. earth. m, ch.6.5 8 Also he sent forth a dove from "...'...is him, to see if the waters were jºš." abated from off the face of the f.i.gi. ground; n ch.9. 11, 15. 9 But the dove found no rest for 8 the scle of her foot, and she re- º turned unto him into the ark, for #. ºf the waters were on the face of the }^{f}, Whole earth. Then he put forth |% º shand, and took her, and pulled **** her in unto him into the ark. º 10 And he stayed yet other seven (CHAP. 9.) days; and again he sent forth the aver.7, 19. dove out of the ark: ch. 10.32. 11 And the dove came in to him |b Ps.8.6. in the evening; and, lo, in her | Hos.2.18. §outh was an olive leaf, pluckt off. Jam.3.7. So Noah knew that the waters Were abated from off the earth. And he stayed yet other seven lºſs; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again untò c Deut. 12.15. 14.4,&c. Ac. 10.12-14. 1 Tim.4.3,4. *…*** IX. God's promise to Noah. him any more. e # 13'ſ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah re- moved the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold the face of the ground was dry. 14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 15." And God spake unto Noah, Saying, iščforth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with , thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, . h be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 18 And Noah went forth, and his Sons, and his wife, and his sons wives with him : 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatso- ever creepeth upon the earth, after their 5 kinds, went forth out of the ark. 20 T. And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of i every glean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. - 21 And the LORD smelled a 6 sweet savour: }; and the LORD said in his heart, f will not again l curse the ground any more for man's sake; 7 for the m imagination of mam's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again n smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 23 While &the earth remaineth o seed-time and harvest, and coid and heat, and summer and winter, and day and º shall not cease. TER IX 1 God blesseth Noah. murder forbidden. 8 S. Cº- nant, 18 signified by the rainbow. 3i Noah is drunken, 25 curseth Canaan, 29 and dieth. ND God biessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, a Be fruitful, and multiply, and re- plenish the e s 2 And the fear of you, b and the dread of #. shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon eve fowl of the air, upon all that movet upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every c moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the 15 Covenant with Noah. dgreen herb have I given you e all lingS. 4 But flesh fyith the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, g and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I re- quire the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, h by man shall his blood be shed: i for in the image of God made he Iſlall. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8 *ſ And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish kim covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; 10 And l with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 11 And I will establish my co- venant with you; neither shall all GENESIS, X. B. C. 2348. d ch. 1.29. e Rom. 14.3. f Le. 17.10–14. 19.26. Deut. 12.23. 1 Sana. 14.34. g Ex. 21.12. h Lev.24. 17. 1K.2.5,6,32. i ch. 1.27. k ver. 11,17. ch.6.18. l ch.8.1. Ps. 145.9. ºn 2Pet.3.7. n ch. 17. 11. o Eze, 1.28. Rev. 4.3. 10. I. p Le.26.42,45 I}eut.".9. 1Ki. 8.23. Luke 1.72. qch. 17.13, 19. *2Sam. 23.5. flesh be gut off any more by the i ö. waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a m flood to de- stroy the earth. 12 And God said, This is the token m of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for º, generations: 13 I do set omy bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a co- venant between me and the earth. 14 And it shallcome to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud : 15 And p I will remember my co- venant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all esh. * g 16 And the how shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember q the everlasting covenant between God and every living greature of all flesh that is a upon the earth. º 17And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 18'ſ And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and r is the father of Iºanaan. 19 These are the three sons of Noah : and s of them was the whole earth overspread. ??. sch. 10.32. 1Chr. 1,4. t Deut. 20.6. 8.30, Prov.24, 30. Cant. 1.6. 1Cor. 9.7. w Prov. 20.1. Luke 21.34. 1Cor. 10.12. Tit.2.2. d Mic.7.2. 2 Gr. Babylon The generations of Noah. 20 And Noah began to be an hus- bandman, and he planted ta vine- yard: 21 And he drank of the wine, u and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw v the nakedness of his father, wand told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went back- ward, a and covered the makedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger Son had done unto him. 25 And he said, y Cursed be Ca- naan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be 2 his servant. 27 God shall 3 enlarge Japheth, z and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his Servant. 28 *| And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. CHAPTER X. 1 Noah's generations. 8 Nimrod the first monarch. 21. The sons of Shem, etc. Nº. these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ash- kenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 3 And the sons of j avan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and 1 Doda- Ill Iſl. - 5 By these were the isles a of the . . Gentiles divided in their lands; . every one after his tongue, after . their families, in their nations. 6 *|| And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Ca- IlālāIł. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba band Havilah, and Sabiáh, and Raamah, and Sabtecha : and the sons of Raamah; Sheba and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod : chebe- gan to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter d before the LORD ; wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his king- dom was 2 Babel, and Erech 16 The generations of Shem. Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land 3 went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and -4 the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naph- tuhim, 14 Ande Pathrusim, and Casluhim (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 15 ºf And Canaan begat 5 Sidon his first born, and Heth, 16 And the j ebusite, and the Amo- rite, and the Girgasite, 17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Ze- marite, and the Hamathite : and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the border foſ the Ca- naanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto 6 Gaza; as thou goest unto Sodom, and Go- morrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 21 ‘I Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22. The children of Shem; Elam and Asshur, and 7 Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the children of Aram ; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24. And Arphaxad begat 8 Salah ; and Salah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eberg were born two sons: the name of one was 9 Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided ; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, ;º Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and eba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Oktam. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar, tl mount of the east. .31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the Sons of Noah, after their genera- GENESIS, XI. JB. C. 2348. 3 or, he went out into .Assyria. 4 or,the streets e ICh.1.12. 5 Tzidon. feh, 15. 18,21. Nu.34.2, 1 Jos. 12.7,8, 6.4.22ah. * Arpachshad 8 Shelah. g 1Ch.1.19. 9 i.e. divi- $ taſ?. ~~~~~ (CHAP, 11.) 1 lip, 2 words. 3 or, east- vard, 4 a man said to his neigh- 7", 5 burn ther”. to a burº- ing. a Deut. 1.28. b T’s. 40. 11,13. Prov. 10.7, Dan. 4.30, d ch, 18.21, e Ps.2.1. f Ps. 55.9, Acts 2,6. 1Cor, 14.23. 6 i. e. confu- $1071, g Ac. 17.26. * Luke 3.35. Phalec. * * 17 of the city. 2 Confusion of language. tions, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. CHAPTER XI. 1 One language in the world. 3 Ba- bel built. 5 Language confounded. ND the whole earth was of 1 one language, and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they ..journeyed 3 from the east, that they found a plain in the land of inar; and they dwelt there, 3 And 4 they said one to another, 2. Goto, let us make brick, and 5 burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. * 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, a whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a b name, lest we be scat- tered cabroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down d to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have One language; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be re- strained from them, which they have e imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there Gonfound ftheir º that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called 6 Babel; because the LoBD did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face g of all the earth. 10 * These are the generations of Shena: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat Sºns and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daugh- ters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber; 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters, . 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat 7 Peleg: 17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four huged and thirty Generations of Terah. years,and begatsons and daughters. B. C. 1918. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu ; 8 Luke 3.35. 19 And Peleg lived after he begati Saruch. Reu two hundred and nine years, 9 Luke 3.34. and begat sons and daughters. | Thara. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty h Jos. 24.2. years, and begaf 8 Serug: | 10hr. 1.26. 21 And Reu, lived after he begat'; ch.15.7. Serug two hundred and seven . . 17.15 years, and begat sons and daugh- 3. 20. ters ch. 22.20. GENESIS, XII. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: i 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and h. 12.1 twenty years, and begat 9 Terah: ; *.*.*.*.*. 25 And Nahor lived after he begat (CHAP. 12.) Terah an hundred and nineteen a ch. 11.31. years, and begat sons and daugh- 15.7. terS, Neh.9.7. 26 And Terah lived seventy years," IS.4].2. and begat Abram, h Nahör, and #8.7% Haran. | Heb. 11.8. 27 Now these are the generations, b *::::::: • 30, of Terah : Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran ; and Haram, c ch. 18. 18. ºf ot. 28.4. 28 And Haran died before his d Num.24.9. father Terah, in the land of his nativity, initir of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; k and the name of Nahor’s wife, Micah, l the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and e Ps.”2. 17. Ac.3.25. Gal. 3,8. f Heb. 11.8. g Deut. 11.30. Ju.7.1. the father of Iscah. h ch. 10, 18.19 30 But Sarai was barren; m she "ºº-ºº:*. had no child. i ch. #: 31 And Terah took Abram his son, - and Lot the son of Haran his son's kehºlò. son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, ... bis son Abram's, wife; and they ; went forth with them from Ur n of s.ſ05.3.11 the Chaldees, to go into the land # of Canaan; and they came into #: "... Gal. 3, 16. 28. Haran, and dwelt there. 4. 32 And the days of Terah Were a ch. 13.4.18 two hundred and five years: and “A.” 33.20, Terah died in Haran. CHAPTER XII. 1 God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a promise of Chº m ch.28. 19. 1 .45. Jos. 7.2. zz ch.21.33. 2 in going and jour- neying. o ch.20.2. 26.7. st : his departure from Haran. 7 Canaan is promised. OW the LORD had said unto a l W Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a iand that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great bnation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; c and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them d that bless thee, and curse him that cur- p Mat. 5.28. q Ps. 105.14. Pr.6.29. Heb. 13.4. r ch. 20. 10. - 26.10, Ex. 32.21. *º- Seth thee: and in thee shall all ſa- 8 Abram deceiveth Pharaoh. milies of the earth be blessed. e 4 'ſ So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him : and Ahram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had ga- thered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran ; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; fand into the land of Canaan they CarTië. 6"| And Abrampassed through the land unto the place of Sichem, g unto the plain of Moreh. And thé Canaanite h was then in the land. 7 And the LORD appeared i unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: k and there builded he an l altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain Gn the east of Beth-el, m and pitched his tent, hav- ing Beth-el on the west, and 1 Hai on the east; and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called n upon the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed, 2 going on still toward the south. 10 *H And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the fa- mine was grievous in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Be- hold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon : 12. Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee. that they shall say, 'This is his wife : and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my o sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my Soul shall live because of thee, 14 ºf And it came to pass, that, when Abram, was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her be- fore Pharaoh ; p and the woman was q taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake : and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and men- servants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. fi And the ionſ, Fº Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me 1 r why didst Lot and Abram separate. thou not tell me that she was thy wife 7 • 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sis- ter? so I might have taken her to me to wife : now, therefore, behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 2) And Pharaoh commanded s his men concerning him ; and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. CHAPTER XIII. 1 Abram and Lot return out of E- gypt. 7 By disagreement they part asunder. 14 God's promise renew- ed to Abram. ND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south, a - 2 And Abram was very rich, b in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el unto the place where his tent ha been at the beginning, between Beth-el and IHai; 4. Unto the place of the altar, c which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called dom the name of the LORD. 5 *ſ And Lot also, which went with * had flocks, and herds, and {2}ll.S. 6 And the land was not able e to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle : and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled fthen in the land. S And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, g I º thee, be- tween me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be 1 brethren. h 9 Is not the whole land before i thee 1 Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left, k 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered eve where, efore the LorD destroyed l Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden m of the LoRD, like theiand of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. n 11. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated o them- selves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the ci- ties of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. B. C. 1918. s Pr. 21.1. (CHAP. 13.) a ch. 12.9.8.c. .22. Mat. 6.33. c ch. 12.7,8. Ps. 42.1,2. 84.10. d Ps. 116, 17. 145. 18. e ch.36.7. f ch.34.30. g Phi.2.14. Heb. 12. 14. 1 men, bre- thren. h ch. 11.27. i ch.20. I5. k 1Pet.3.8-12. 1 ch. 19.25. 1 Jno.2.15. on ch.2.10. Is.51.3. Joel 2.3. n ch. 14.2. o Fr. 27. 10. 2 ch. 18.20. Eze. 16.49. 2 Pet.2.7,8. q ch. 12.7. 2 plains. r ch.35.27. (CHAP. 14.) a ch. 11.2. Is. 1.1. 11. Zec. 5.11. b Deut.29.23. Hos. 11.8. c ch. 19.22. d Deut. 3. 17. Jos. 3. 16. e ch. 15.20. f Jos. 12.4. g De.2.10,20. 1 or, the lf 2lain o Riria- thaim 2 or, plain of Paran. h ch.21.21. Nu. 12.16. i 2 Ch. 20.2. *-*. GENESIS, XIII, XIV. Abram removeth to Mamre. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, and sinners p before the LORD exceedingly. 14"| And the LORD said unto A- bram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and q to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto €6. 18. Them Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the 2 plain of Mamre, r which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the RD CHAPTER XIV. 1 The battle of the kings. 12 Lot taken. 14 Is rescued by Abram. 18 Melchisedek blesseth Abram, who giveth him tithes. - A.P it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king a of Shimar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlao- mer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shimab king of Admah, b and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is c Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, d which is the salt sea. 4. Twelve years they served Che- dorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote e the Re- phaims fin Ashteroth Karnaim, and g the Zuzims in Ham, and the Em- ims in 18haveh Kiriathaim, 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto 2El-paran, h which is by the wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to Emmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Ama- lekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt i in Hazezon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Adunah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the valo of Siddim,' 19 Abram smileth invaders. 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of na- tions, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. 10 And the vale of Siddim toas full of slime pits; and the kings of So- dom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there ; and they that remained fled k to the mountain. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12, And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt l in So- dom, and his goods, and departed. 13 # And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the He- brew ; m for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eslicol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he Sarmed his 4trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them n unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night and o smote them, and pursue them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And he brought back p all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the Women also, and the people. #" And the king of Sodom q went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlao- mer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's r dale. 18 And s Melchizedek king of Sa- lem broughtforth bread and wine: and he was the t priest of the most e high u God. - 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, v possessor of heaven and earth : h 20 And blessed be the most high God - enemies into thy hand. gave him w tithes of all. - 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the 6persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I a have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the º of heaven and earth, 23 That z I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich : 24 Save only that which the young inen have eaten, and the portion o , which hath delivered thine - And he CENESIS, XV. B. C. 1918. ------- k ch, 19. 17, i ch. 13. 12. Nu. 16.26. 1 Tim. 6.9. m ch. 13. 18. 2 or, led jorth. 4 or, in- structed. n De. 34.1. O Rs.4 1,2,3. p 1 San).30. S, 18. q 1 Sam. 18.6. r2Sam. 1S. 18. s Heb. 7. 1. t Ps. 110.4. .5.6. *~~~~~~~~ a 1 Ti.5. 18. (CHAP. 15.) a ch. 16.2. Num.12.6, Dan, 10.1. Ac. 10.1 1,22. b Lu. 1.13. .33.29. C * i Ro.4.18. k Ro.4.3,6,&c a.3.6. Ja.2.23. 2 ch. 12.É. m Ju.6.17. 2Ki.20.8. Luke 1.18. n Jer.34.18, Job 4.13. g Ex.12.40. y Ex.6.6. s Ex.12.36. -º- 20 His secti’s servuluae foretold. the men which went with me Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. a C#,A#### xv. 1 Abram is encouraged. 4. A son promised. 6 he is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is again promised. FTER these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a a vision, saying, bFear not, Abram: I am thy cehield, and thy exceeding d great reward. 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go e childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascusſ 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed : and, lo, one born in my house f is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine g own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth a- broad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, h if thou be able to number them. And he sº unto him, i. So shall thy seed ë. 6 And he believed in the LORD ; and he k counted it to him for rightcousness. 7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee l out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, Lord GOD, m where- by shall I know that I shall in- herit it? 9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle- dove, and a young pigeon. ió And he took "into him all these, and divided n them in the midst, and laid each , piece orie against another: but 0 the birds di- vided he not. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. * 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep º p fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict q them four hundred ears : yº And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will Irjudge: and afterward shall they come out with great s substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fa. thers in peace; thou shalt be bu- Abram's visitan. ried in a good old age, t 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity cf the Amorites is not yet u full. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace and la burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 18. In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, say- ing, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of § unto the great river, the river Eu- phrates : 19 The Kenites, and the Keniz- zites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Pe- rizzites. and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Ca- naanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. CHAPTER, XVI. 1 Sarai giveth Hagar to Abram. 15 Ishmael is born. Nº. Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an a Egyptian, whose name was b Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LoBD chath re- Strained me from bearing : I pray thee, d #. in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the WOice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived : and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was e despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom ; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD º f between me and thee. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, g Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her 2as it pleaseth thee. Ånd when Sarai 3dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. T.And the angel of the Lord || found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. h. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and Whither wilt thougo? And she said, lflee from the face of my mistress ill. 9 And the angel of the LoRD said into her; Return to thy mistress. and i submit thyself under her GENESIS, XVI, XVII. B. C. 1913. job 3.26. tº Mat. 23.32. 1.Th. 2. 16. 1 a lamp of fire (CHAP. 16.) a ch.21.9. b Gal. 4.24. c ch.20, 18. d ch.30.3,9. t be builded g 1 Pet.3.7. 2 that which is good in thine cyes. 3 afflicted her. h ch.25. 18. i 1 Pet. 2. 18. 4 i. e. God shall hear. k ch.21.20. l ch.25. 18. m Pr. 5.21. 5 i. e. the well of him that liveth and seeth me. (CHAP. 17.) a ch. 18. 14. Ex.6.3. . 1 Ki.2.4. 2 Ri.20.3. 1 or, woright or, sincere. ch. 6.9. De. 18. 13. Job 1.1. c ch.9.9. Ps. 105.8, 11. Gal. 3. 17, 18. d ch. 13.16. 22. 17. 2 multitutole of nations. 2 Neh.9.7. 3 i. e. father of a great multitude. f Rom.4.17. g ver. 16,20. ch.35. 11. h ch. 28. 13. 4 of thy so- journings. t ch. 48.4. De. 32.8. *-sº-sºmºsºm Ishmael's destiny. hands. 10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed j% that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11 And the angel of the LORD . said unto her, Behold, thouart with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name 41shmael; be- cause the LORD hath heard thy af- fliction. 12 And he will be a wild k man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand inst him; and he shall dwell l in the pre- sence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou m, God seest me : for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me ! 14 Wherefore the well was called 5Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is be- tween Kadesh and l3ered. 15"| And Hagarbare Abramason: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare ſsh- mael to Abram. CHAPTER XVII. 1 The covenant is renewed. 5 A- bram's name changed. 10 Curcum- cision instituted. 16 Isaac promis- 80. ND when Abram was ninety years old and nime, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, a I am the Almighty God; b walk before me, and be thou lper- fect. 2 And I will make my c covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be d a father of 2many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but ethy name shall be 3 Abraham ; for fa father of many natious have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceed- ing fruitful, and I will make g na- tions of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my cove- nant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their genera- tions, for an everlasting covenant, h to be a God unto thee, and to thy ..] seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land *wherein thou art a stranger, ali the land of Canaan, for an ever- lasting i possession; and I will be 21 Saraj's name changed. their God. k 9 *| And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. is is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be cir. cumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token l of the covenant be- twixt me and you. 12 And She that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your genera- tions, he that is born m in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy Së6(1. 13. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy mo- ney, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man child, whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off n from his people; he hath broken my covenant. 15 ºf And God said unto Abraham, As for Saraithy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but 6Sarah shall her name be. . 16 And I will bless her, 0 and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will }* º and 7 she sha pº 6. £i. ther of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, p and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto iim that is an hundred years old? and shall, Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18. And Abraham said unto God, § that Ishmael might live before e€ 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thoushalt call his name Isaac : and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covemant, and with his seed after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed im, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; g twelve princes, shall he beget; and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I estab- lish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time rin the next year. 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abra- ham. 23 °ſ And Abraham took Ishmael GENESIS, XVIII. B. C. 1898. k Ex.6.7. Jer. 24.7. Eze. 37.23. Rev.2.1.3. ! Ac. 7.8. Rom.4.11. 5 a son o eight rn Ex. 12.44. a ys. 7, Ex.4.24. Jos. 5.2,&c. 6 i. e. Prin- CéS$. o ch. 18.10. T she shall become nations. p ch. 18.12. 21.6. q ch.25.13, &c. r ch.21.2. **.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* (CHAP.18.) a ch. 13.18. 14. 13. b ch. 19. 1. c Heb. 13.2. I Pet.4.9. d ch. 43.24. 1 stay. 2 ye have passed. 3 hasten. e Ju.5.25. ver. 14. f 2Ki.4.16. g ch. 17. 19, 2I Rom.9.g. Gal.4.23. 22 Abraham circumciscal. his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house ; and circumcised the flesh of their fore- skin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circum- cised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thir- teen years old, when he was cir- cumcised in the flesh of his fore- SK1+1. 26 In the selfsame day was Abra- ham circumcised and Ishmael his SOIl. 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were cil- cumcised with him. CHAPTER XVIII. 1 Abraham entertaineth three angels. 17 Sodom's destruction revealed to Abraham : 23 his intercession. A}} the LORD appeared unto him in the a plains of Mamre and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and look. ed, and, lo, three men b stood by him : and when he saw them, he ram to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, c pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 Let a little d water, I pray you be fetched, and wash your feet, an rest yourselves under the tree : 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and 1comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on : for therefore 2 are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, 3Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. 8 And he took butter, e and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9 # And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife 7 And he said, Behold, in the tent. . 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto theef according to the time of life ; and, lo, Sarah gthy wife shall have a son. And Sarah Abraham intercedes for Sodom. GENESIS, XIX. heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were hold and well stricken in age ; and it ceased to be with Sarah i after the manner of women, 12 Therefore Sarah k laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed l old shall I have pleasure, my m lord being old also : 13 And the LORD said unto Abra- ham, Wherefore did Saran laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old 4 14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? n At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, o and Sarah shall have a son. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not ; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. p 16 "I And the mren rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. q 17 And the Lord said, Shall I r hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that Abraham shall Surely become a great and mighty nation, and ali the nations of the earth shall be s blessed in him : 19 For I know him, that he will COInmand his children t and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he bath spoken of him.u 20 And the LORD said, Because the v cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21. I will go down to now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, a I will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward So- |. dom: but Abraham stood yet be- fore the Lord. 23. T And Abraham y drew near, and said, Wilt 2 thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked 24 Peradwenture there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spåre the place for the fifty righteous that are therein 3 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the #. teous with the wicked ; and that the º should be as the Wicked, that be far from thee: a Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right 7 B, C, 1898. h Rom.4.19. ' Heb. 11.11, 12. t ch. 31.35. k ch.21.6. Ps. 126.2. l Lu. 1. 18. m 1 Pet.3.6. ºn Nu. I 1.23. Jer.32. 17. Mat. 19.26. o 2 Ki. 4, 16. p Ps. 44.21. Pr. 12.19. q Ac. 15.3. Ro. 15.24. 3.Jno.6. r Ps. 25.14. Ann.3.7. Jno. 15. 15. sch. 12.3. t De.4.9, 10. 6 Ps. 18.3-8. Eph.6.4. tº 1 Sam. 2.30. v ch. 13. 13. 19, 13. w ch. 11.5. Ex.3.8. ac Jos. 22.22. Ps. 139. 1. Jer. 17. 10. Lu. 16. 15. w Jer:30.21. Heb. 10.22. Jam. 5. 17. z Nu. 16.22. a Job 8.3. 34, 17 Ps.áš.ii. 94.2. b Is. 10.22. c Job 4.19. d. Ju.6.39. e Job 33.23. (CHAP. 19.) a ch. 18.22. b Heb. 13.2. c Lu.24,28. d ch. 18.8. e Ju. 19.22. His request promised. 26 And the Lonn said, b If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am c but dust, and ashes. 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five! And he said, if I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. 30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will # Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord : Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twen- ty's sake. 32 And he said, Oh let not the Plord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once : d Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. e 33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham : and Abraham re- turned unto his place. C ER XIX. 1 Lot Atertaineth two angels. 24 So- dom and Gomorrah destroyed, etc. A’s. there a came two angels to Sodom at even ; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom ; and Lot seeing them, rose up to meet them ; and he bowed himself with his face to- ward the ground; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn bin, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways... And they said, Nay; chut we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he pressed upon them great- ly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house ; d and he made them a feast, and did bake umleavened bread, and they did eat. 4 *| But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night ! e bring them out unto us, that we may know them. - 23 Dot fleeth from Sodom. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after III, 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so §§ 8 Behold, now, I have two daugh- ters, which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, 9 and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, h and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to treak the door. 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with iblindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. 12 ºſ And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides 7 son- in-law, and thy sons, and th daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place : 13 For we will destroy this place, because the k cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD ; and l the LORD hath sent us to de- stroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, which mar- ried his daughters, and said, m Up, et ye out of this place; for the RD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked n unto his sons-in-law. 15 T And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Dot, say- ing, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which 1 are here; lest thou be consumed in the 2 ini- quity of § - 16And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful ounto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17"| And it came to pass, when the had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape p for thy life; q look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain: escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord! 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thv sight, and thou GENESIS, XIX. B. C. 1898. f Lev. 18.22. 20. 13. De.23.17. Rom. 1.24. 1 Cor. 6.9– 11. Jude 7. g Rom.3.8. h Ex. 2. 14. 2 Pet.2.7,8. i 2 Ki.6.18. Ac. 13.11. k ch. 18.20. ! I Ch. 21. 15. Is.36. 10. mNum. 16.26 Jer. 51.6. Rev. 18.4. * Ex.9.21. 9 Ch. 36. 16. Is. 28.22. Lu. 17.28. 24. 11. 1 are found. 2 or, punish- 77tent. o Ps. 34.12. Rom.9. 16. } | p 1 Sa. 19.11. 1 Ki. 19.3. q wer.26. 7, 1 Ti. 1, 14. s 1 Sam. 27.1. t Pr. 3.5-7. w Ps. 119.175. Is. 55.3. 3 thy face. w ch. 4.7. Job.42.8,9. Jer. 14. 10. w ch.32.26. Ex.32.10. 4 i.e. little. 5 gone forth. ..º. Job #5. c Ps. 145.20. d ver. 17, 19. € Prº8.3i. 33. Sodom destroyed hast r magnified thy mercy, whici. thou hast shewed unto me in sav- ing my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, slest some evil take me, and l die : 20 Behold now this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one : t Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one () and my soul shall live.w 21 And he said unto him, See, J have accepted 3 thee v concerning this thing also, that I will not over- throw this city, for the which thou hast spoken. s 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for w I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called 4 Zoar. 23 * The sun was 5 risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brim- stone a. and fire from the LORD out of heaven; - 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and the in- habitants of the cities, and that which grew y upon the ground. 26 ut his wife looked back from behind him, and she became 2 a pillar of salt. 27 *| And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the pla e where a he stood before the Iond. 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the b smoke of a furnace. 29 || And it came to pass,when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, cwhen he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the drinountain, and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar : and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner ig. of all the earth: 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. º 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: e and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us 24 Moab and Amimon born. make him drink wine this might al- so ; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also : and the younger arose, and lay with him ; and he perceived not when she lay down. nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father...f 37. And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab : the same is the father of the Moabites 9 unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben- ammi: the same is the father of the h children of Ammon unto this day. CHAPTER XX. Abraham denieth his wife, and looselh her: 14 Abimelech restoreth her. ND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south coun- try, and dwelled between Kadesh and * Shur, and sojourned in Ge- rar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She c is my sister: and Abi- melech king of Gerar sent and took 3.18.1. 3 But d God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast ta- ken; ſor she is 1 a man's wife. 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, e wilt thou slay also a righteous nation 7 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister 7 and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the 2 integrity f of my heart and inno- tºy of my hands have I done this. 6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, l know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also g withheld thee from sin- ning h against me : therefore suffer- ed I thee not to touch her. 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he ishall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt Surely die, thou, and all that are Illne. , 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his Servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were SOre afraid. 9 Then Abimelech called Abra- ham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my k . k a great sin! thº; hast ãº. eeds GENESIS, XX, XXI. B. C. 1897. f Lev. 18.6.7. Hab.2. 15. g De.2.9.19. 23.3. Js. 11.1 !. Zep.2.9. (CHAP. 20.) a ch. 16.7, 14. b ch. 26.6. c ch. 12. 13. 26.7. d Job 33.15. I’s. 105. 14. 1 married to c 10hr.21. 17. 2 or, simpli- city, or sincerity. f2 Ki.20.3. 2 Cor. 1.12. 1 Ti. 1. 13. g ch.31.7. 35.5. h Ps. 51.4. t I San).7 5. Job. 42.8. Jam.5. 16. k Ex.32.21. Jos. 7.25. ~~~~~~~~~ l ch.34.7. m Ne. 5. 15. Ps. 36. 1. Pr. 16.6. n ch. 11.29. o ch. 47.6. 3 as is good in thine eyes. (CHAP. 21.) a 1 Sam.2.21. Lu. 1.68. b ch. 17. 19. 18. 10, 14. c Heb. 11.11. d ch. 17. 19. e Ex. 12.48. Lev. 12.3. Ac. 7.8. Ps. 126.2. f Is.54. 1. g Nu.23.23. Ps. 86.10. Ep.3.20. 25 Sarah restored. unto me that ought not l to be done. 10 And Abimelech said unto Abra- ham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? 11 And Abraham said, Because ! thought, Surely the fear of God in is not in this place ; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. 12 And yet indeed she is my n sis- ter; she is the daughter of my fa- ther, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. 13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my fa- ther's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and wo— menservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, º land is before thee: dwell 3 where it pleascth thee. 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with aii other: thus she was preproved. 17 iſ So Abraham Fº ed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidserv- ants; and they bare children. is For the ióRoº had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abra- ham's wife. CHAPTER XXI. 2 Isaac is born. 9 Hagar and Ish- mael are cast forth. 22 Abime- lech's covenant with Abraham. ND the LORD a visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as b he had spoken. 2 For Sarah coonceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old º at the set time of which G had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the maine of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, d Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised, his son Isaac, being qight days old, as God had commanded him. e 5 And Abraham was an hundred ears old when his son lsaac was }. unto him. 6'ſ And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, f so that all that hear will laugh with me. 7 And she said, Who would have g said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his. old age. Hagar and Ishmael expelled. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 9 T.And Sarah saw the son of Ha- ar the Egyptian, h which she had orn unto Abraham, mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abra- ham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: i for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. - iſ Anāthe thing was very griev- ous in Abraham's sight, k because of his son. 12 || And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because o thy bondwoman; in all that Sa- rah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice: for lin Isaac shall thy seed be called. 13 And also of the son of the bond- woman will I make a m nation, be- cause he is thy seed. - 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent n her away : and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. 17And o God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ! fear not ; p for God hath heard the voice of the lad where € 23. - 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for q I will make him a great nation. 19 And God opened her reyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled, the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And God was with the lad; s and he grew, and dwelt in the wil- derness, and became an archer. t 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran : *t and his mother v took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 22 ºf And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee win all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore a swear unto God ithat thou wilt not me here b i; with me, nor with my deal false GENESIS, XXII. B. C. 1897. h ch. 16. 1,15. Gal.4.22. i Gal. 4.30. k ch. 17. 18. l Rom.9.7,8. Heb. 11. 18. ºn ver. 18. ch. 16. 10. n Jno.8.35. o Ex.3.7. p Ps. 107.4–6. q ver. 13. r Num. 22.31. 2 Ki.6. 17, 20. Lu.24. 16, 31. s ch. 17.20. t ch. 25.27. 27.3. w Nu. 10.12. wnto me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9 ch.26.15- 22. z ch.31.44. 1 Sam. 18.3. a ch.33.8. b ch.31.48, 5% 2. Jos. 22.27. 2 i. e. the well of the Oath. ch. 26.33. 3 or, tree. c De. 16.21. Ju.3 u.3.7. 2 Ki. 17. 16. (CHAP. 22.) a Deut.8.2. 2 Ch. 32.31. Pr. 17.3. Heb. 11.17. Jam. 1.12. 1 Pet. 1.7. 1 behold me. b 2 Chr.3.1. Abimelech's covenant. son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abime- lech because of a well of water which Abimelech's servants yhad violently taken away. - 26 And Abimelech said, 1 wot not who hath done this thing : neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it but to-day. 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abime- lech; and both of them z made a COVenant. 28 And Abraham set seven eve- lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said unto Abra- ham, a What mean these seven eve- lambs, which thou hast set by themselves 7 30 And he said, For these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a b witness unto me, that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba ; 2 because there they Sware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33 ºf And Abraham planted a 3grove c in Beer-sheba, and d called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. e 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. HAPTER XXII. 1 Abraham, offering Isaac, 11 is stay ed by an angel: 15 he is blessed agaºn. A” D it came to pass, after these things that God did tempt a Abraham, and said unto him, Abra- hº and he said, 113ehold, here (1777. 2 And he said, Take now thy son. thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land Of b Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 *| And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose, up, and went unto the place of which God had toid him. .4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place ałºr Oji. 5 And Abraham said unto his 26 Abraham again Ölessed. young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yon- der and worship, and come again to you, 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and claid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife : and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, 2 Here am I, º Son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood : but where is the 3 lamb for a burnt offering 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb d for a burnt offering : so they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound e Isaac his son, and flaid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11. And the angel of the LoRD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham : g and he 7, said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : h for now I know that thou fearest God, i seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 13 And Abraham lifted } his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: k and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. 14 AIid Abraham called the name of that place 4 Jehovah-jireh : as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. 1 * 15. "I And the angel of the Tord called unto Abraham out of heaven m the second time, 16 And said, By myself have In Sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only SO? : 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will mul- tiply thy seed as the stars o of the eaven, and as the sand which is upon the 5 sea shore; and thy seed . possess the gate of his ene- €S 18 And in thy seed shall all the ma- tions of the earth be blessed; p be- Cause thou hast obeyed q my voice. 19 So Abraham returned into his Young men; and they rose up, and GENESIS, XXIII. B. C. 1872. c Jno. 19.17. 2 behold ºne. 3 or, Rid. ver.2,8, 13. d Jno. 1.29 Rev.5.6. e Ps, 118.27. Jno. 10. 17, 18 f Heb. 11.17. Jam.2.21. X.3.4. 1 Sam.3.10. h Mic.6.7,8. i ch. 26.5. 1 Sa. 15.22. Ps. 25.12. 147. 11. Mal.4.2. k 10or. 10. 13. 2 Cor. 1.9, 0. o Dcut. 1.10. Jer.33.22. 5 lip. 2 ch. 12.3. q 1 Sam.2.30. Jer.7.23. ..º.º."ºw"ºv"wº, r Job 1.1. s Job 32.2. t ch.24. 15. 6 Rebecca. Rom.9.10. “ (CHAP. 23). a Jos. 14.15. Ju. 1.10. b ver. 19. ch. 13.18. 2 Sam.5.3. c 10.hr,29. 15. Ps. 39. 12. 105. 12. Heb. 11.9. 1 Pet.2.11. d Ac. 7.5. 1 a prince £gº’s, feh.34.20,24. -º-me Death of Sarah. went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. 20*. And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; 21 Huz r his firstborn, and Buzs his brother, and kemuel the father of Aram, 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pil- dash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begatt 6 Rebe- kah : these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. CHAPTER XXIII. 1 Sarah's age and death. 3 Purchase of Machpelah, 19 where Sarah was buried. ND Sarah was an hundred and - Seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; a the same is Hebron b in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to fºrm for Sarah, and to weep for €r. 3 ºſ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the Sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am a stranger c and a sojourner with you : #. me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may dbury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth an- Swered Abraham, saying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art ti mighty prince e among us : in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham stood up, and bow- ed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them Saying, If it be your mind that f should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to #º the son of Zohar, 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for 2 as much money as it is worth he shall. give it me for a possession of a burying place amongst you. 10 An º dwelt among the children of Heth : and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the 3 audience of the children of Heth even of all that went in at the gate? of his city, saving 11 Nay, my lord hearme: the field give I thee, and the cave that is 27 Abraham's servant sent therein, I give it thee; in the pre- sence of the sons of my people give l it thee: bury thy dead. - 12 And Abraham bowcd down him- self before the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee moneyg for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14 And Ephron answered Abra- ham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver: what is that betwixt me and theef bury therefore thy dead. 16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the mer- chant. 17 ºf And the field of Ephron, h which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure - 18 Unto Abraham for a possession ni the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. - J9 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre : the same is Hebron in the land of ºtnºtri. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure i unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. §§ XXIV. 1 Abraham sendeth his servant for a wife for Isaac : 48 He obtaineth Rebekah. ND Abraham was old, and 1 well stricken in age : and the LoRD had blessed a Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant b of his house, that ruled cover all that he had, Put, d'I ºy thee, thy hand under my º: 3 And I will make thee swear e by the Lond, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take fa wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell : 4 But thou shalt go unto my g country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. 5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this GENESIS, XXIV. B. C. 1857. -º- g 2 Sa.24.24. h ch.25.9. 49.30. 50. 13. Ac.7. 16. i Jer. 32.10. (CHAP. 24.) 1 gone into a?/s. a ver.35. ch. 13.2. Ps. 112. I-3. b ch. 15.2. c ver. 10. ch. 39.5. d ch. 47.29. 1Ch. 29.24. e Deut. 6. 13. ch.6.2,&c. I)eut. 7.3. 2Cor. 6.14. g ch. I 1.25, &c 22.20. 2.8.2. h Ezra 1.2. 1)an.2.44. Jon. 1.9. Rev. 11.13. i ch. 12.1,7. 13. 15. Deut. 1.8. 34.4. Ac. 7.5. k Ex. 23.23. 33.2. Ps. 34.7, Is..63.9. Heb. 1. 14. l Jos. 2. 17– 20 2 or, and. on Deut. 23.4. Ju.3.8, 10. Ac.2.9. 7, ch. 11.31. 3 that wo- men which draw water 1Sann.9.11. p ver.27. ch. 26.24. Ex.3.6. Mat. 22.32. q Ne. 1.11. Pr.3.6. rver.43. s Ju.6.17,37. 2 Ki.20.9. t Is..65.24. Dail.9.21. 4 good of counte- 714.7tc£, 28 to get a wife for Isaac. land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest ? 6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou, that thou bring not my son thither again, 7 * The Lord God of heaven, h which took me i from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this and; he shall, send his angel k before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear l from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concern- ing that matter. 10 *| And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his mas- ter, and departed; 2 for all the goods of his master were in his and : and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, m unto the city of m Nahor. 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, cven the time 3 that wo- men go out to draw water. o 12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, p I pray thee send me good speed q this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I stand here by the r well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water : 14 And let it come to pass, that the damseſ to whom i shali Say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also : let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac ; and thereby s shall, I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. 15 "I And it came to pass, before he had done t speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher ". her shoulder. 16 And the damsel was 4 very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. in Aná the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: The servant necteth and she hasted, and let down her ſº upon her hand, and gave lini drink. 19 And, when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, u until they have done drinking. 20 And she hasted, and emptied ner pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man, wondering v at her, held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden 5 earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets w for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold, 23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I }. thee: is there room in hy father's house for us to lodge in 24 And she said unto him. I am the daughter of Bethuel, a the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. 25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man y bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. 27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God z of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of a his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. 28 And the damsel ran and told them of her mother's house these things. 29 ºf And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was b Laban : and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring, and bracelets up- on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his Sister, saying, Thus spake the man ulato me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the Camels at the well. 31 And he said, Come in, c thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without 3 for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. 32 ºf And the man came into the house; and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. 33 And there was set meat before GENESIS, XXIV. B. C. 1857. w i Pet.4.9. v Lu.2.19,51. 5 or, jewel for the forehead. w Eze. 16.11, 12. 1Pet.3.3. acch. 22.23. 9 ver.52. Ex.4.31. 34.8. Ne.8.6. Ps. 95.6. z Ex. 18.10. Ru.4.14. a ch.32. 10. Ps. 98.3. Lu. 1.68. b ch. 29.5. c ch. 26.29. Ru.3.10. Ps. 115, 15. *...*&^*.*.*.*.*.*.*. d Ps. 132.3–5. Jno.4.34. Ep.6.5–7. e ver, 1. ch. 12.2. 13.2. Pr. 10.22. 22.4. f Ps. 18.35. g ver.3. h ver. 12. i ch.39.3. Xzra 8.21. Ne. 1.11. Ps. 90. 17. Rom. l. 10. k Pr. 19, 14. l 1Sam. 1.13. Ne.2.4. and soliciteth Rebekah. him to eat : but he said, d I will not eat until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. 34 And he said, I am Abraham's Servant. 35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; e and he is become reat : # and he hath given him ocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants and maid- servants, and cannels, and asses. 36 And Sarah, my master's wife, bare a son to my master when she was old : and unto him hath he given all that he hath. And my master made g me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell : 38 But thou shalt go unto my fa- ther's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. 39 And I said unto my master, Per- adventure the woman will not fol- low me. 40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper th way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house. 41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. 42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God h of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper i my way which I go ; 43. Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; i: 44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels : let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out k for my master's son. 45 And before I had done speak- ing in mine heart, l behold, Rebe- kah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoul- der, and said, Drink; and I will give thy camels drink also. So I drank, and she made the camels drink also. 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? ...And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah baro unto him : and I put the earring 29 Rebekah goeth to Isaac. upon her face, m and the bracelets upon her hands. 48 And I bowed down my head, n and Yº. the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my mas- ter Abraham, which had led me in the rign way o to take my master's brothºr's daughter unto his son. 49 And now if ye will dealp kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. 50 Then Laban and Bethuel an- swered and said, The thing pro- ceedeth from the LORD ; q we can- not speak runto thee bad or good. 51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken. 52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, S bowing himself to the earth. 63 And the servant brought forth 6 jewels of silver, and jewels t of ; and raiment, and gave them to ebekah : he gave also to her bro- ther and to her mother precious u º + 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master. 55 And her brother and her mo- ther said, Let the damsel abide with us 7 a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. 56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, v seeing the LORD hath w prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. 57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. 58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man 1 a. And she said, I will go. 59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, y and Abraham's servant, and his men. 60 And they blessed 2 Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art. Our sister, be thou the mother of thou- sands of millions, and let thy seed sess the gate of those which late them. 61 ºſ And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 62 And Isaac came from the way of the well a Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country. - 63 And Isaac went out 8 to b medi- tate in the field at the even-tide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold,the camels were coming. GENESIS, XXV. B. C. 1857. -º- 171 Belºgº. 1: 71 ver.26. o Ps. 32.8. r ch.31.24. 2 Sam. 13. 6 vessels. t Ex.3.22. 11.2. 12.35. ºw Deut.33. 13 —16. 2 Chr.2}.3. Ezra 1.6. 7 or, a full gear, or, tem months. v ch. 45.9. w Jos. 1.8. Is...48. 15. a ch. 16. 14. 25.11. 8 or, to pray. b Jos. 1.8. c Jos. 15. 18. Ju. l. 14. d 1 Ti.2.9. e ch. 18.6. f ch.38.12. ' 1 Th. 4. 13. (CHAP. 25.) a 1 Chr. 1.32. b Nu.22.4. 25. 17. Ju. VI. c Job 2.11. d I Ki. 10.1. Ps. 72.10. e Jer. 25.23. f Is.60.6 g Ps. 17. h Ju.6.3 i ch. 15.15. i4. Death of Abraham. 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she light- ed c off the camel. 65 For she had said unto the ser- vant, What man is this that walk; eth in the field to meet us? the servant had said, It is my mas- ter: therefore she took a vail, d and covered herself. 66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother, Sarah's tent, e and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac f was comforted after his mother's death. CHAPTER XXV. 1 Abraham's sons by Keturah : 7 his age and death. 23 The birth of Esau and Jacob. 29 Esau Selleth his birthright. - HEN again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Ketu- rah. a 2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, b and Ishbak, and Shuah. C 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, d and Dedan. e And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, f and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abi- dah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 *| And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 6 But unto the sons of the concu- bines, which Abraham had, Abra- ham gave gifts, and sent, them away g from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto h the east COUIntry. 7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good i old age an old man, and full of years; and was gathered k to his people. 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpe- lah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is be- fore Mamre; 10 The field which Abraham pur- chased of the sons of Heth : l there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his W116. 11 *| And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac ; and fsaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. 12"| Now these are the genera- tions of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham : | 13 And these are the names of the Jacob and Esau born. sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth ; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and aSSã, 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Na-l. phish, and Kedemah : 16. These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve m princes according to their nations. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. is And they dwelt from n Havilah' unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria; and he 2 died in the presence of all his brethren. 19 °ſ And these are the genera- tions of Isaac, Abraham's son : A- braham begat Isaac : 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, 0 the daughter of Bethuelp the Sy- rian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 21 And Isaac entreated the LORD q for his wife, because she was bar- ren: and the LORD was entreated of r him, and Rebekahl his wife Conceived. 22 And the children struggled to- gether within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus T And she went to inquire s of the LORD. 23 And the LORD said unto her Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be se- parated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people ; and the eldershall serve t the younger. 24 *ſ And when her days to be de- livered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. 26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; u and his name was called Jacob : and Isaac was three- Score years old when she bare e them. 27 And the boys grew : and Esau Was a cunning v hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain Inan, dwelling in w tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because * he did eat of his venison: a but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29'ſ And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau game from the field, and he was faint. GENESIS, XXVI. B, C, 1857. 1 or, Hadad, 1Chr. 1.30. 777 ch. 17.20. 7, 1 Sam. 15.7. ell. Q #.g. p ch.28.5. q 1Sa. 1.11. Lu. 1. 13. * 10hr.5.20. 2Ch. 33.13. 3 venison was in his nowth. acch.27. 19. -º-º-ºw"wºw"Nº. 4 with that red, with that red pottage. 5 i. e. red. 8 going to t{2, 9 Job 21.15. Mal. 3. 14. z ch. 27.36. 36.6. Ps, 72. IT. h ch.22. 18. i ch. 20.2, 13. 29.25 1 ch. 20.9. -º- Esau selleth his birthright. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, 4 with that same red pottage; for I am faint : there- fore was his name called 5 Edorn. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32. And Esau said, Behold, I am 6 at the point to die : and what profit y shall this birthright do to me ! 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him : and he sold his birthright z unto Jacob. 34. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat a and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised b his birthright. CHAPTER XXVI. 1 Isaac goeth to Gerar: 2 God bless- eth him : 26 Abimelech's covenant. ND there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine a that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech b king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into t; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: - 3 Sojourn c in this land and I will be with thee, d and will bless thee for unto thee, and unto thy seed, will give all e these countries, and I will perform the oath f which I sware unto Abraham thy father: 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven and will give unto thy seed aii these countries ; and in thy seed g shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 5 Because that Abraham ebeyed my voice, h and kept my charge, . my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 6 *| And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, i She is my sister: for he feared k to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Re: kah; because she was fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that imelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 9 And, Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife : and how saidst thou She is my sister And Isaac sai unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. º 10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done l unto us? one A. b of the people might lightly have 31 . Isaac removeth to Gerar. lien with thy wife, and thou should- esthave brought guiltiness upon us. 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying. He that toucheth m this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. - 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and 1 received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD bless- ed him : 13 And the man waxed great, and 2 want forward, and grew until he became very great : . 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of 3 servants: and the Philis- times n envied him. 15 For all the wells which his fa- ther's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much o mightier than we. 17'ſ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18. And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death o Abraham : and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of 4 springing water. 20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdſmen, say- Ing. The water is ours: and he called the name of the well 5Esek; because they strove with him. 21. And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it 6 Sitnah. 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it T Rehoboth ; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruit- ful in the land. 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abrahám thy father; fear not, p for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy : for my servant Abraham's 88.K8. 25 And he q builded an altar there, and Galled upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. 26'ſ Then Abimelech went to him B. C. 1800. 7m Ps. 105.15. Pr.6.29. 1 found. 2 went going a or, hus- bandry. 2n Ec.4.4. o Ex. 1.9. 4 living. 5 i.e. con- tention. 6 i. e. ha- tred. T i.e. room. p Ps. 27. 1,3. Is.41. 10. 51. 12. g ch.35. 1. ^^_^^^^_^^_^* r ch.21.22. s Ju. 11.7. f t wer. 16. 8 seeing we $gº. w ch.21.23. s if thow shalt, $ c. ty ch. 24.31. Ps. 115. 15. w ch. 19.3. 31.54. 10 1. e. a71 oath. 11 i. e. the well of the Oath. a ch.36.2. 12 bitterness of spirit. (CHAP. 27.) a ch. 48.10. 1 hunt. 49.38. Deut.33. 1. *º-º-º- GENESIS, XXVII. His covenant with Abimelech. from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol r the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate s me, and have sent me away tſrom you ? 28 And they said, 8 We saw cer- tainly that the LORD was with thee; and we said, Let there be now an oath u betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a cove- nant with thee; 29 That 9 thou wilt do us no hurt as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace : thou art now the bless- ed v of the LORD. 30 And he made them w a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent then away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came and toid him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. 33 And he called it 10 Shebah : therefore the name of the city is 11 Beer-sheba unto this day. 34"| And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath a the daughter of Elon the Hittite : 35 Which were 12 a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. CHAPTER XXVII. 1 Isaac sends Esau for venison. 6 Jacob instructed by Rebekah, ob- tains the blessing. Aï. it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, a So that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My Son : And he said unto him, Behold, here am I. 2 And he said, išehold, now I am old, I know not b the day of my eath : 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and 1 take me some venison; 4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul c may bless thee before I die. 5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for veni- son, and to bring it. 6 ºf And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, Saying. 32 Jacob deceiveth Isaac. 7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before iny death. 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice, d according to that which I command thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat e for thy father, such as he loveth : 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairyfman, and I am a smooth IIl{t} . 12 My father peradventure willg feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a h curse upon me, and not a blessing. 13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me i be thy curse, my son : only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, k Such as his father loved. 15 And Rebekah took 2 goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son : 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck; 17And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had pre- Jared, into the hand of her son acob. 18'ſ And he came unto his father, and said, My father: And he said Here am I; who art thou, my son 3 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn ; l I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless IIlê. 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it So quickly, my son 4 And he said, Because m the LoRD thy God brought it 3 to me. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Qome near, I pray thee, that I may feel n thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice }. the hands are the hands of OSall. 23 And he discerned him not, be- Cause his hands o were hairy, as liis brother *: hands' so he GENESIS, XXVII. | B. C. 1800. d ver. 13. e ver.4. f ch.25.25. g ver.22. h, ch.9.25. Deut. 27. 18. * I Sa. 25.24. 2 Sam. 14.9. Mat. 27.25. k ch.25.28. Pr. 23.3. Lu.2i.34. 2 desirable. 1 1 Ki. 13.18. 14.2 Ps. 28. 15. s Zec. 13.4. m Ex. 20.7. Job 13.7. 3 before me. n wer. 12. 9 ver, 16. ~~~~~~~~~~ p 2Sam. 14.5. Pr. 12.19, 2. Eph.4.25. q Heb. 11.20. r Ca. 4.11. Ho. 14.6. s Heb.6.7. t Deut.33. 13, 28. 2 Sam. 1.21. Ps. 133.3. Mic.5.7. w ch. 49.8. v Num,24.9. Zec.2,8. 4 trembled with a great trembling greatly. 5 htºnted. w; ver. 25. a Rom. 11.29. 9 Pr. 1.31. Heb. 12.17. z 2 Ki. 10, 19. Mal.2, 10. 1 Th. 4.6. 6 i. e. a sup- plaztter. a ch.25.26, 34. b ver.29. 2 Sam.8, 14. 33 Esau's disappointment. blessed him. 24 And he said, Art thou my very Son Esau ? And he said, p I am. 25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's veni- son, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near mow, and kiss me, my SOn. 27 And he came near, and kissed him : and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed q him, and said, See, r the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed : s 28 Therefore God give thee of t the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: 29 Let people serve thee, and na- tions bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mo- ther's sons u bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, v and blessed be he that blesseth thee. 30 ºff And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of bless- ing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce one out from the presence of saac his father, that Esau his bro. ther came in from his hunting. 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his fa- ther, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 32 And lsaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. 33 And Isaac 4 trembled very ex- ceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath 5 taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before w thou camest, and have blessed him yea, 2 and he shall be blessed. 34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, y O my father. 35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, z and hath taken away thy blessing: 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named 6 Jacob for he hath sup- planted me these two times: he took away my birthright; a and, behold, now he hath, taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou nºt reserved a blessing forme? - 37 And answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, b * all hus brethren Esau's hatred of Jacob. have I given to him for servants: and with corn and wine have f 7 sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son 3 38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my fa- ther? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and c wept. 39 And isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold thy dwelling shall be 8 the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; 40 And by thy sword shalt thou f live, and d shalt serve thy brother: and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou e shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 41 *ſ And Esau f hated Jacob be- cause of the blessing where with his father blessed him : and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning g for my father are at hand, then will Islay h my brother 3,000. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah : and she sent and called Jacob her §. son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touch- ing thee, doth i comfort hi purposing to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother, k to Haran; 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; 45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of3°; both in one day? 46 Amd Rebekah said to Isaac, I :LIYl We of my life l because of the daughters of Heth : if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the º of the land, what elf, good shall my life do me? CH ER XXVIII. 1 Jacob sent to Padan-aram: 11 his vision : 20 his vow. ND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. a 2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, b to the house of Bethuel, c thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban, dthy mother's brother. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multi- ply, thee, that thou mayest be 1 a multitude of people' tal GENESIS, XXVIII. IB. C. 1760. 7 or, sup- ported. c Is.65. 14. 8 or, of the jatness. e 2 Ki.8.20. 2 Chr. 21.8. ch. 4.5. 37.4,8. g ch.50.3. h ch.32.6. Ob. 10. i Job 20, 12. Ps. 64.5. k ch. 11.31. l ch. 26.35. (CHAP. 28.) a ch.24.3. b Hos. 12.12. c ch. 25.20. d ch. 24.29. 1 assembly of people. e ch. 12.2. 2 of thy so. journings. f ch.27.33. g ch.27.43. 3 were evil in the eyes. 4 ch.36.3, is called ashe- 7math. h Hos. 12.12. 5 cal'ed, Acts 7.2, Charran. i ch'.41.1 Num. 12.6. Job 4.13. k Jno. 1.51. Heb. 1. 14. I ch. 26.24. Ex.3.6. Mat. 22.32. on ch. 13.16. 6 break forth. n ch. 18, 18. o Jos. 1.5. Ju.6, 16. p Ps. 121.5–8. g ch.35.6. r Heb. 13.5. & Ex.3.5. Jos.5. 15. Jacob goeth to Haran. 4 And give thee c the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest in- herit the land 2 wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob : and he went to Padan-aram unto La- ban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the . brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau’s mother. 6"| When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed fjacob, and sent him awa to Padam-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that, as he bless- ed him, he §§ him a charge, Say- ing, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; 7 And that Jacob obeyed g his fa- ther and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 8 And Esau seeing that the daugh- ters of Canaan 3 pleased not Isaac his father; 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had 4 Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. ºf And Jacob h went out from Beersheba, and went toward 6 alſall. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place and put them for his pillows, an lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he i dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and, it behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it: and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, l and the God of Isaac : the land where- on thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 And thy seed m shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt ºspread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the South :, and in thee and in thy seed n shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15. And, behold, I am with thee, o and will keep p thee in all places whither thougoest, and will bring thee again q into this land; for will not leave r thee, until I have i º that which I have spoken to hee of. 16 ºf And Jacob awaked out of his. Sleep, and he said, surely the Lord is in 8 this place, and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place this is none other but the house of Gol, 34 Jacob meeteth Rachel. and this vs the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oilt upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place 7Beth-el: but the name of that u city was called Luz at the first. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, say- ing, if God will be with me, v and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and rainment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my fa- ther's house in peace ; then shall the to LORD be my God: 22 And this stone, which I have set for a º; a slall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth y unto thee. CHAPTER XXIX. 1 Jacob, coming to the well of Haran, 13 is entertained by Laban, 18 co- tenanteth for Rachel, 23 and is de- ceived with Leah, 28 but marrieth Rachel also. HEN Jacob l went on his jour- ney, and came into the land of the 2 people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; a for out of that well they wa- tered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye And they said, Of Haran b are we. 5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. 6 And he said unto them, 3 Is he well ? c And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. 7 And he said, Lo, 4 it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cat- tle should be gathered together: Water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 8 And they said, We cannot. until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone d from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. 9 || And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her fa- ther's sheep: for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Ja- Cob saw Rachel the daughter of GENESIS, XXIX. B. C. 1760. t Num.7.1. 7 the house of God. w Ju. 1.23,26. Hos. 12.4. ty 2 Sam. 15.8. w De.26. 17. a ch.35.7, 14. sy Lev.27.30. (CHAP. 29.) 1 % tup his eet. 2 children. a Ps. 23.2. Cant. 1.7. Eze. 34.14. b ch.27.43. 3 Is there peace to him P c ch. 43.27. * yet the day is great. d Mark 16.3. Luke 24.2. e Ex. 2.17. f ch.33.4. 45. 14. **śl, M. ch. 24.28. 5 hearing. i Rom. 16.6. k Ju.9.2. 2 Sam.5.1. 19. 12. 5 a month of days. l Ru.4.11 m Hos. 12.12. m. Cant.8.7. o Ju. 14.10. Jno.2.1.2 ch.30.9. p 46. 18. 7 place. *-*-º-wºm. His contract with Laban. Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, e and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, fand wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, g and that he was Rebekah's son : h and she ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pass, when La- ban heard the 5 tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed 1 him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone k and my flesh. And he abode with him 6 the space of a month. 15"| And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? 16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. l. 17 Leah was tender-eyed; but Ra- chel was beautiful and well-fa- voured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger, daughter. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man : abide with me. 20 And Jacob served m seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. n 21 *| And Jacob said unto Laban, ; me my wife, for my days are ulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. 0 s 23 And it carne to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. e 24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah, Zilpah p his maid for an handmaid. + 25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I_serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled Iſle ſ 26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to 7 give the younger before the firstborn. 35 .Jacob servetn for Rachel. 27 Fulfil her week, q and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years, 28 And Jácob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his : daughter, Bilhah r his handmaid to be her maid. 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel s more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 # And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he t opened her womb : but Rachel was barren.w. 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name § Reuben for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked v upon my af- fliction; now therefore my hus- band will love me. . 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this à son also: and she called his name 9 Simeon, 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called 10 Levi. 35 And she conceived again, and bare a son : and she said, Now will I praise the LORD : therefore she led his name 11 Judah; and 12 left bearing. CHAPTER XXX. 1 Rachel's barrenness: 22 she beareth Joseph. 27 Jacob's new covenant with Laban : 37 his policy to be- come rich. ND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, a Ra- chel envied bher sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, C OT else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel ; and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hºnºid”; d from thee the fruit of the womb { 3.And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I Imay also 1 have children by her. 4 And she gave him #. her handmaid e to wife and Jacob went in unto her. # And Bilhah conceived, and bare acob a son. - .6 And Rachel said, God hath f judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name * Dan. - 7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid con- B. C. 1747. —sº--— qJu.14.12. r ch.35.22. 37.2. $0.17. v lieut. 26.7. | Sam. 1.20. Luke 1.25. 9 i. e. hear- ing. 10 i.e. joined Nu. IS.2,4. 11 i.e. praise. ch. 49.8. 12 Heb. stood from bear- t?ng. (CHAP. 30.) a cli. 29.31. b 1 Cor.3.3. Lam.3.59. 2 i.e. judg- ing. -*~~~~~~~~~ 3 wrestlings of God. 4 i. e. my wrestling. 5 i.e. a troop Or coºl- pºny, 8. § 19. $ in my hap- GENESIS, XXX. Birth of Jacob's sons. ceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said, With 3 great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name 4 Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, A troop com- eth : and she called his name 5 Gad. Q - 12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah saud, 6 Happy am l, for the daughters h will call me blº and she called his name Asher. 14 ºf And Reuben went in the days of wheat-harvest, and found man- drakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thyson's mandrakes, 1 15 And she said unto her, is it a small matter k that thou hast taken my husband 4 and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said,Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes. 16 Aud Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that might. 17 And God hearkened 1 unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son, 18 And Leal, said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given t?t£35, a 6.9. my maiden to my husband ; and Luke 1.48. she called his name 8 Issachar.m. " i.e. happy. 19 And Leah conceived again, and * Cant-7-13. bare Jacob the sixth son. * Num:16.9. 26 And Leah said, God hath en- #:47, died me with a §§ dowry; now £3.7. will my husband dwell with me, 1.1.20. |n because I have borne him six Iuke 1.13 sons: and she called his name 8 i. e. an 9 Zebulun. wn ch. 49. 14. De.33.18. I Ch. 12.32. n ch. 29.34. 9 i. e. dwell- 1773. 10 i.e. judg- ment. o ch.29.31. ISarn. 1. 19. p 1 Sam. 1.6. Is..4.1. 11 i.e. adding *: *-* | 25 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name imah. 22 ºff And God remembered o Ra- chel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away p my reproach : 24 And she called his name 11 Jo- seph; and said, The LoRD shall add to me another son. And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob 35 < c4r44 w THE CAprivities JúJø447 & 13584; ºt. jº º #####, ſº . Dates of the Captivities 14 ºnder Zººtatº Pºleser B.C.740 2.------- neear. . . . . .721 º 3.- . . . . . Aebuchadnezzar: .5 dtºen, t * Matiºn. & wº y .# * Yºkºaia ~ rua; \-C _* ſ: rigºan & º: tº 8 ºche ºn * . º tºº & *: < *...*** ~ *** *..…..: * … H. : 're- Ramothel sº tº R 4. * . tºyy * Cº : , ,, . 3.” Mr : § r . ocever * Nether fºetworows º' &º * * & ºthº /…/ J 3. *3 & w º, § - /anºhº, ######### * Ét ſ --- pr ..ſe **** s ºftwº 3. § Aphek a; § **an *64, *g, Kadesh * & ---- A & An Arletºn"' .. & 3. Jacob covenants with Laban. Faid unto Laban, Send me away, q that I may go unto mine own place, r and to my country. 26. Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go : for thou knowest my service s which I have done thee. - 27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour t in thine eyes, tarry : for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for wthysake. 28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, v and I will give it. 29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, to and how thy cattle was with me. 30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now 12 increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee 13 since my coming : and now when shall I provide formine own house at also : 31 And he said, What shall I give thee 3. And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock: 32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and Speckled among the goats: and of Sitch shall be my hire.v 33 So shall my z righteousness answer for me 13 in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face : every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. w 34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, grid every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. 36 And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 37 ºf And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and Chesnut tree; and pilled white Strakes in them, and made the .* appear which was in the 38. And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the Šutters in the watering troughs GENESIS, XXXI. B. C. 1739. q ch. 24.54. r ch.31.55. sch.3.1.6. t Fºx.3.21. Ne. 1. il. Dan. 1.9. Ac. 7, 10. v Ch. 29. 15. w Maf. 24.45. Tit.2, 10. 12 brokcºt forth. 13 cit ºn foot. ac 1 Tit.5.8. ty ch.31.8. z Ps. 18.24. 37.6. 14 to morrow Ex. 13.14. a ch.31 9, 12. b wer. 30. 26.13, 14. Job 42.12. (CHAP. 31.) (1. Ps, 49. 16. Ec.4.4. 1 Tit, 6.4. b ch. 4.5. c Deut.28,54. 1 as yester- day and the day before, d ch. 28.15. ever.2,3. fver.4.1. g ver.41. Nu. I.4.22. Ne. 4.12. Job 19.3. Zec.8.23. h ch. 20.6. Job 1.10. PS.37.28. 105. 14. Płis expedient. when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. - 39 And the flocks conceived be- fore the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, a speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and ăif the brown in the flock of fa. ban ; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. 41 And it came to pass, whenso- ever the stronger cattle did con- ceive, that Jacob laid the rods be- fore the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive annong the rods. 42 But when the cattle were fee- ble, he put them not in : so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob’s. 43 And the man b increased ex- ceedingly, and had much cattle, c and maidservants, and menser- vants, and Camels, and asses. ČíIAftfºxxi. 1 Jacob departeth from Laban. 22 Jaban pursueth him: 44 their co- venant. ND he heard the words of La- ban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our fa- ther's ; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.a 2 And Jacob beheld b the counte- nance of Laban, and, behold, it was not c toward him 1 as before. 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fa- thers, and to thy kindred; and I will be d with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Ra- chel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. e 6 And ye know that with all my power 1 have served f your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages a teu times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.h. 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the Cattle bare speckled : and if he said thus, The ring-straked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. 9. Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 Anil it game to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, 37 Flight of Jacob. that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the * rams which leaped upon the cat- tle were ringstraked, speckled, and isled. : 11 And the angel of God k spake unto me in a dream, Saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.l And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattlé are ring- straked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen m all that Laban doeth unto thee. 13 I am the God of Beth-el, n where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst, a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return o unto the land of thy kindred. 14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any ortion or inheritance for us in our ather's house ! 15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, p and hath quite devoured also our Inoney. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's : now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee. do. 17 ºf then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; q 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan- aram, for to go to Isaac his r fa- ther in the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the 8 imagess that were her father's. 20 And Jacob stole away 4 una- wares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. 21. So he fled with all that he had ; and he rose up, and passed over the river, t and set his face u to- ward the mount Gilead. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. . 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream v by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou tººk not to jacobs either good or 25 TThen Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of €801. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, GENESIS, XXXI. H. C. 1739. 2 or, he goats. i ch.30.39. k ch. 48.16. 1 Ex.3.4. 1 Sam.3.4, &c Is.58.9. m Ex.3.7. Ps. 139.3. Ec.5.8. n ch.28, 18. over.3. ch.32.9. p ch.20.27. Neh.5.8. q ch.24.10. r ch. 28.21. * teraphim. s Ju. 17.5. 1Sa. 19. 13. Ho.3.4. 4 the heart of Laban. f ch. 15.18. w ch. 46.28. 2Ki. 12. 17. Lu.9.51. to ch. 20.3. Job 33.15. 5 from good to Éf w ISam.80.2. 6 hast stolen 77tee a: Job 21.11, 12. y 1Ki. 19.20. 2 ver. 19, Ju. 18.24. a ch.44.9. b wer, 19. 7 felt. c Ex. 20.12. Lev. 19.32. d Ep.4.26. e 1 Cor. 6.5. His dispute with Laban. - | What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives w taken with the sword { 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and 6 steal away from me ; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee awa with mirth, and with songs, a with tabret, and with harp 7 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons y and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. 35ii is in the power of my hand to do you hurt : but the God of your father spake unto me yester- night, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, 3/et wherefore hast thou stolenz my gods? 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid : for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from IIlê. 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live : a before Our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. 33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken b the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban 7 searched all the tent, but found them not. 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cam- not rise up c before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. 36 ºf And Jacob was wroth, d and chode with Laban ; and Jacob an- swered and said to Laban, What is my trespass : what is my sin, that º hast so hotly pursued after In Q & 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff. what hast thou found of º thy household stuff set it here before, my brethren, and thy brethren, that they may judge e betwixt us both. 38. This twenty years have I been with thee; thy eves and thy she goats have not cast their }. | and the rams of thy flock have ſ 38 Jacob and Laban covenant. GENESIS, XXXII. Laban returneth. not eaten. B. C. 1739. 53 The God of Abraham, and the 39 That which was torm of beasts -----| God of Nahor, the God of their fa- I brought not unto thee; I bare the f g ch.29.18,30. J loss of it; f of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep de- parted from mine eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee four- teen g years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle : and thou hast changed my wages h ten times. 42 Excepti the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and k the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction l and the labour of my hands, and rebuked m thee yester- night. 43"| And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thqu seest is mine : and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have borne : 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, m I and thou; and let it be for a witness 0 be- tween me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, p and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his bre- thren, Gatherstones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. 47 And Laban called it 8 Jegar- saha dutha; but jacob called it Saleed. 48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. ... Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; 49 And 10 Mizpah ; q for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daugh- ters, or if thou shalt take other Wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is r witness twixt me and thee. 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Be- hold this heap, and behold this pil- lar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; 52 This heap bewitness, s and this pillar be witness, that f will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this ; and this pillar unto me, for TIIl. Ex.22. 10. h wer. 7. i Ps. 124, 1,2. k ver, 53. Ex.3.7, m 1Gh. 12.17. Jude 9. n ch. 26.28. O Jos. 22.27. 24.27. p ch.28. 18. 8 Chald. the heap of witness. 9 Heb, the heap of witness. 10 i. e. a beſt- con, Or, watch- tower. q Ju. 11.29. 1 Sam.".5. r Ju. 11.10. 1 Sam. 12.5. Jer. 42.5. s ver.45,48. *-*-*-*-*.*.*.*.*. t Jos. 24.2. w ch. 16.5. (CHAP. 32.) a Ps. 91.11. Heb. 1, 14. b Jos. 5.14. hosts. c Jos. 21.38. d L.11.8; e I)eut.2.5. 2 field. f Pr. 15.1. g ch.33,8,15. h ch.35.3. Ps. 107.6. i Ps. 50.15. 9I. 15. k ch.31.3, 13. 3 I am less than all, C. l $3.21. Ps. 86.5. m Ps.61.7. 85. 10 n Job 8.7. Ps. 18.35. ther, t judge betwixt us. w And acob sware by the fear v of his father lsaac, 54 Then Jacob 11 offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning Laball rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed w them : and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. a- CHAPTER XXXII. 1 Jacob's vision : 3 his message, 13 and present to Esau : 24 wrestling with an angel, he is called Israel. ND Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God a met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them. he said, This is God's b host: and he called the name of that place iMa- hanaim.c 3 And Jacob sent, messengers be- fore him d to Esau his brother, unto the land of e Seir, the 2 country of Edom. •'. 4 And he commanded them, say- ing, Thus shall ye speak unto my flord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: 5 An have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and wo- menservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace girl thy sight. 6 *| And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to th brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: h and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; 8 And said, If Esau come to the * one company and smite it, then the other company which is le shall escape. 9 || And Jacob said, i O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, k Return unto thy coun- try, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 10 I am 3 not worthy of the least of all the mercies, l and of all the truth, m which thou has showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am n become two bands. 11 Deliver me, o I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the o Ps. 59.1,2. -º-º-º- hand of Esau : for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, 39 Jacob's wrestling. the mother 4 with the p children. 12 Amd thou q saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the Sand of the sea, which can- not be numbered for multitude. 13 ºf And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present rfor Esau his brother; 14 "Two hundred she goats and twenty he goats, two hundred eves, and twenty rams, 15 Thirtymiich camels with their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 16 Añd he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the fore- most, saying, When Esau my bro- ther meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whi- ther goest thou? and whose are these before thee ? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's ; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau : and, be- hold, also he is behind us. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease s him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of 5 me. 21 So went the present over be- fore him : and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven i. and passed over the ford Jab- Yok. : 23 And he took them, and 6 sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 24. T And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled tº a man with him until the 7 breaking of the day. 5 And when he saw that he pre- vailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I not let v thee go, except thou bless Hºlº. 27 And he said unto him, What is *g name? and he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall GENESIS, XXXIII. JB. C. 1739. * upon. p Hos. 10.14. g ch.28.13– 15 r Pr. 18.16. s Pr.21. 14. 5 my face §3. t Deut. 3. 16. S caused to pass. w Hos. 12.3,4. 7 ascending of the morning. v Luke 18.1. 1 Co. 15.58. *- w ch.35. 10. 2 Ki. 17.34. 8 a prince of God. a Hos. 12.3,4. y ch.31.24. 33.4. z Ju. 13.18. 9 i. e. the face of God. *. a Ex. 24.11. 33.20. (CHAP. 33.) a ch.32.6. b ch. 18.2. 42.6. 43.26. c ch.32.28. dich. 45.14, 1 to thee. e ch. 48.9. Ps. 127.3. 2 what is all this band to thee P f ch.32.5,16. 3 be that to thee that is thine. g Pr. 16.7. *º- - Jacob's name changed. be called no more w Jacob, but 8 Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with a God and with men, y and hast prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. • |And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask 2 after my name 4 And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place 9 Peniel : for I have seen God face to a face, and my life is preserved. 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. CHAPTER XXXIII. 1 The kindness of Jacob and Esau at their meeting. 18 Jacob buyeth a field at Shalem, and buildeth an altar. ND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, a and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he passed over before them and bowed himself to the ground b seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, c and fell on his neck, d and kissed him ; and they Wept. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those 1 with thee ( And he said, The children which God hath graciously givene thy servant. 6. Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves : and after caine Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed them- selves. 8 And he said, 2 What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace fin the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; 8 keep that thou hast unto º 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present 40 Jacob and Esant reconciled. GENESIS, XXXIV. Shechem treateth for Dinah. at my land: for therefore I have B. C. 1739. field: and Jacob held his peacef seen thy face, h as though I had seen the face of God, and wast pleased with me. . . . .'s -- 11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing" jº i that is, brought to thee; because: , ; #. s God hath dealt graciously with me, , ºftº and because I have 4, enough.k 2K.I.G.23. And he urged him, l and he took it. i., Tºñº. 5. 12 And he said, Let us take our is according Sam 3.13. journey, and let us go, and I will to the foot go before thee. of the 13 And he said unto him, My lord' work, &c. knoweth that the children are ten- and ac- cording to the foot of the chil- der, m and the flocks and herds with young are with me ; and if men should over-drive them one day, d all the flock will die. i .#3 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass ...” over before his servant : and l will pia Č6, lead on softly, 5 according as the 1 wherefore catle that goeth before me and the is thi:; children be able to endure, until I. och.34.11. come unto my lord unto Seir.n Rt. 2.13. 15 And Esau said, Let me now || 2 Sam. 16.4. *leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, . Ju-83. 7.What needeth it? let me find £º º: grace in the sight o of my lord. i; J §: g 16 °ſ So Esau returned that day on; º .."; 15 his way unto Seir. suchèm." 17 And Jacob journeyed to Suc-, i. ſº." coth, p and built him an house, and jºs. 34.32. made booths for his cattle: there: 10 called, § the hºme of the place is called #. 7. 16, uCC0th. ºtſ]?". 18 °ſ And Jacob came to Shalem, 7 11 or, lambs. a city of 9 Shechem, which is in the ch:85:7; land of Canaan, when he came ** God the from Padan-aram ; and pitched his º ſ º º: † 1 of S}^{{{2}, 19 And he bought r a parcel of a º, sº field, where he liad spread his tent, º .." ) at the hand of the children of ji, riº.” "Ilamor, Shechem's father, for an jji. hundred 11 pieces of money. 2 Sam. | 1.2. 20. And he erected there an altar, s. 1 hºmbied and called it 12 El-elohe-Israel. CHAPTER XXXIV. 1 Dinah ravished. 20 The Shechem- ites circumcised and slain. ND Dinah a the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went outb to see the daugh- ters of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the Country, saw her, c he took her, and lay with her, and 1 defiled her. 3 And his soul clave d unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake 2 kindly unto the damseſ. 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel e to wife. 5 And Jacob heard that he had gefiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the p Jos, 13.27. €r. . d Ru.l.. 14. 1 Sam. 18. 1. 2 to the heart of the amsel. e Ju. 14.2. **.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* f 1Sam. 10.27. 2Sam. ; 3.22. g ch. 49.7. h Jos.7.15. Ju.20.6. 2Sa.13.12. † De.23.17. k ch. 13.9. l Ex,22, 17. ‘m. Pr. 26.25. an Jos. 5.9. o Gal.4.12. p ch.29.30, q 2 Ki.5.1. **º-se thou h §§ until they were come. 6 *| And Hamor the father of She- chem went out unto Jacob to com- mune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it : and the men were grieved, and #. were g º wroth, because he had wrought folly h in Israel, in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.i 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daugh- ter: I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; k dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. 11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me iwiji give. 12 Ask me never so much dowryl and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. 13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father de- ceitfully, ºn and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister : 14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach n unto UIS : 15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circum- cised; o 16 Then will we give our daugh- ters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will be- come one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. 18 And their words pleased Ha- mor, and Shechem Hamor's son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight p in Jacob's daughter: and lie was more honourable q than all the house of his father. And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the 41 Slaughter of the Shechemiles. land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give rver. 15–17. thern our daughters. Only herein r will the men con- sent untous for to dwell with us, t ch:23.18. to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. * 23 Shall not their cattle, and their substance, and , every beast of theirs, s be ours? only let us con- sent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that twent out of the gate of his city; and every male was circum- cised, all that went out of the gate of his city. 25 ºſ And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Si- tneon and Levi, Dinah's brethren took each man his sword, u and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the 1 edge v of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, w and j”. the city, because they h defiled their sister, 28. They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, r to make me to stink among y the in- habitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I being few z in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31, And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot C 'R XXXV. 1 God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el: 2 he purgeth his house of idols, 6 and buildeth an altar at Beth-el. 28. Isaac's death. - ND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dweil there: a amd make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest b from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his c household, and to all that were s ch:30.24. with him, Put away the strange gods d that are amonge you, and GENESIS, XXXV. IR. C. 1732. s Pr.1. 12,13. tº ch. 49.5–7. 1 mouth. ty Deut.32.41. w ch. 49.7. ac Jos. 7.25. y Ex.5.21. ! Sam. 13.4. 27, 12. 2 Peut. 4.27. Ps. 105.12. (CHAP. 35.) a Ps. 47.4. b ch. 27.43. 28.13, 19. c ch. 18.49. d Jos. 24. 15. Ps. 101.2–7. e ch.31. 19. Jos. 24.23. 1 Sam. 7.3. ******.*.*.* f Ex.19.10. g ch.32.7,24. Ps. 107.6. h ch.28.20. 31.3,42. i Ex.32.3.4. Hos.2.13. # Ju.9.6. ! Ex. 23.27. De. 11.25. Jos.2.9. 2 Ch.14.14. 1 i.e. the God of Bethel. rn ch. 28.13. 2. i. e. the oak of weep- ing. 7, ch.32.28. q ch. 17.22. ºr ch.28. 18. 3 0. little piece of ground. 1 Sam.4.20. --º-º-º: Jacob journeyeth. bef clean, and change your gar- ments : 3 And let us arise and go up to Beth-eh; and I will there make an altar unto God, who answered me in the day g of my distress, and was with me h in the way which I Went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings 1 which were in their ears; and Ja- cob hid them under the oak which was by k Shechem. 5 And they journeyed : and the terror of God l was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 *ſ So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, (that is º he and all the people that º/*ere With - 7 And he built there an altar, and Called the place El-beth-el: be- Cause there God m appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el, under an oak: and the name of it was called 2 Allon- bachuth. 9 T And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan- aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob : thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel.n 11 And God said unto him, o I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of º loins; 12 And the land which I gave p Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 13 And God went up from him, q # the place where he talked with līlīl. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar r in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el. 16 ºff And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was büt 3 a little way to come to Ephrath ; and Ra- chel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the mid- wife said unto her, Fear not; s Isaac's death. thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in , departing, (for she died,) that she called his name 4 Ben-oni : but his father called him 5 Benjamin. 19 And Rachel died w and was buried in the way to Ephrath, v which is Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave : that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to unto this day. 21 *| And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower a: of Edar 22 And it came to pass, when lsrael dwelt in that land, that Reuben y went and lay with Bilhah his fa- ther's concubine : and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve : 2. 23 The sons of Leah ; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulum : 24. The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin : 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Ra- º's landmaid; Dan, and Naph- tali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. - 27*[AndJacob came unto Isaac his father unto a Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, b which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 28 ºf And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was c gathered unto his people being old and full of days: and his sons Esau d and Ja- Cob buried him. CHAPTER XXXVI. 2 Esau's wives: 6 he removes to mount Sier. OW these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.a. 2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; b Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and olibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 3.And Bashemath Ishmael's daugh. ter, sister of Nebajoth. 4 And Adah bare to Esau, c Eli- phaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; il Aholibamah, bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah : these Qre the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Ca- Ila all. 6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all he persons of his house, and his £attle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got GENESIS, XXXVI. B. C. 1732. t Lam.2.12. 4 i. e. the son of my sor- 7°010. . 5 i. e. the son of the right hand. w ch. 48.7. v Ru. 1.2. 4. || Mică.2. Mat. 2.6. w l Sa. 10.2. ac Mic.4.8. y ch:49.4. I Chr. 5.1. I Cor.5.1. z ch. 46.8. a ch. 13.18. b Jos. 14.15. 15, 13 c ch. 25.9. d ch. 25.8. Job 5.26. (CHAP. 36.) a ch. 25.30. b ch. 26.34. c 1 Chr. 1.35. 1 souls. d ch. 13.6,11. e Deut.2.5. 2 Edom. 3 or, Zephi, 1 Chr, 1.36. f Ex. 17.8, 14. Nu.24.20. 1 Sa. 15.2. g ch. 14.6. Deut.2.12, 22. 4 or, Homam. * -- Descendants of Esau. in the land of Canaan; and went into the country, from the face of his brother Jacob. 7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were Strangers could not beard them, because of their cattle. Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir : e Esau is Edom. 9 *ſ And these are the generations of Esau the father of 2 the Edom- ites in mount Seir. 10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, 3 Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz, f Amalek : these were the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife. 13 And these are the sons of Reuel ; Nahath, and Zerah, Sham- mah, and Mizzah : these were the Sons of Bashemath, Esau’s wife. 14 *| And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife : and she bare to Esau, Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 15 *|| These were dukes of the sons of Esau : the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Te- man, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek : these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. 17 *|| And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah : these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath, Esau’s wife. 18"| And these are the sons of Aho- libamah, Esau's wife ; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke izorah: these were the dukes that came of Aholi- bamah, the daughter of Allah, Esau’s wife, 19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. 20 * These are the sons of Seir g the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan : these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and 4 Hemam; and Lotan's 43 JRings of Edom. GENESIS, XXXVII. Joseph's dreams. sister was Tintina B. C. 1729. | be the dukes of Edom, according to 23 And the children of Shobal were these ; 5 Alvam, and Mana- hath, and Ebal, 6 Shepho, and Jnann. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah : this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father, 25 And the children of Anah were these ; I)ishon, and Aliolibannah the daughter of Anah. . . 26 And these are the children of Dishon ; 7 Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 27.The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and 8 Akan. The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran, 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 30 duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan; these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. 31 *|| And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, h be- fore there reigned any king over the children of Israel. And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom ; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Mi- dian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his “g tons Avith. 36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 37. And Samlah died, and Saul of Relioboth by the river reigned in s stead, 38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 30 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor ulied, and 9 Hadar reigned in his stead : and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. .40 And these are the names of the idukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places by their naines; duke Timnah duke 10 Alvah, duke Jetheth, # Duke Ahoibamah, duke'Elah, duke Pinon, 42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Eram: these * * their habitations i. "...i. 3 s their possession: he is Esau, the or, Aliam. H.P. 11 the Edomites. CHAPTER XXXVII. 1 Joseph is hated of his brethren : 5 his two dreams: 18 his brethren consºrtre his death : 36 he is sold to Potiphar in Egypt. . | A* D Jacob dwelt in the land 1 wherein his father was a a * 10}r.';50. stranger, in the land of Canaan. Hºdºº Paº. 2 These are the generations of ſº . Jacob. Joseph being seventeen years .* |old, was feeding the fiosi with his . brethren; and the lad was with acy. the sons of Bilhah, and with the i Ex. 15.15. sºns of Zilpah, his father's wives: ..., and Joseph brought unto his fa- *" or, Aliah. ther their b evil report. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more ~~~~~~~~~", than all his children, because he 11 Ed was the c son of his old age; and 077te ſhe male him a coat of many 2 co- CHAP. 37.) lours.d * ( ‘’” 4 And when his brethren saw that * of his fa- their father loved him more than tº sº. all his brethren, they hated e him, 2°“”$*) and could not speak peaceably 6 or, Shephi. " or, Amram. 8 or, Jakam. h I Chr. 1.43. a ch. 17,8. unfo him. 23.4. 5 ºf And Joseph dreamed a dream, 28.4. and he told it his brethren: and 36.7. they hated him yet the more. Heb. 11.9- 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I 16. É. ...} this dream which fave Sam. 2.22- dreilined : *****.*.*ehold, we were bindi: 1 Cor.1.11. sheayes in the field, and, lo, my 5.1. Sheaf arose, and also stood up- 11. 18. right; and, behold, your sheaves h.44.20 stood round about, and made obei- ***** sance fio my sheaf. 2 or, pieces. |8 And hºliº said to him d Ju.5.30 Shalt thou indeed reign overg us Žs. 3.1s. or shalt tho, indeed have domi- Ezeiðið. hiºn over us? and they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and g cº, for his words. rº. 9 iſ And he dreamed yet another Titã.3. dream, and told it his brethren, “” and said, 13ehold, I have dreamed f ch. 42.6-9. a dream, more ; and, behold, the 43.2 26. Sun and the moon and the eleven 44. 14. Stars made obeisance h to me. # 10 And he told it to his father, § {s.'...}}. and to his brethren: and his father **}} rebuked him, and said unto him, 27. What is this dream that thou hast h ch.44.14. dreamed ! Shall I and thy mother 46.29. and thy brethren indeed come to 50.18. bow down i ourselves to thee to - the earth i ch. 27.29, 11 And his brethren envied k him; R Acts 7.9. |. his father l observed the say. l *. £is 12" And his brethren went to feed likë Z, # their father's flock in Shechem. * , 13 And, Israel said unto joseph. —T- Do not thy brethren feed the fic; Joseph sold into Egypt. in Shechem 7 come, and I will m send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, 3 see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vaſe of n Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15°. And a certain man foun him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? o 16 And he said, I seek my bre- thren: tell p me, f pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 17And the man said, They are de- parted hence; for I heard them Say, f.et us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in q Dothan. 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired r against him to slay him. 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this 4 dreamer corneth. 20 Come now, therefore, and let us slay him, s and cast him into Sºme pit; and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him ; and We shali see what will become of his dreams. 21. And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. 22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, t but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. * And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his bre- thren, that they stripped Joseph u Qut of his coat, his coat of many * colours v that was on him : 24 And they took him, and cast g hiin into a pit : w and the pit was i: empty, there was no water in it. 25 And they sat down to eat & bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a £9mpany of y Ishmeelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and z balm and #. going to carry it down to 26 And Judah said unto his bre- thren, What profit is it if we slay §.ºrother, and conceal a his * Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and iet not our and b be upon him; for he is our brother, and our flesh. And his brethren 6 were content. sº Then there passed by Midian- *S, C merchantmen; and they GENESIS, XXXVIII. B, C, 1729. -º- m 1 Sn. 17, 17. Lu.20. 13. 3 see the peace of thy bre- thren, &c. n ch. 35.27. o Jude 4.22. 2 Ki-6. 19. p Cant. 1.7. q 2 Ki.6.13. r Ps. 31, 13. 37. 12,32. Mat. 21.38. 27.1. Jno. 11.53. Acts 23.12. 4 mastcr of dreams. s Pr. 1. 11, 16. 27.4 t ch. 42.22. tº Mat. 27.28. 5 or, pieces. ty wer.3. w Ps. 35.7. Lum.4.20. ac Pr. 30.20. Am..6.6. iſ ver.2S,36. z Je".8.22. a ch. 4. 10. Job 16. IS. b l Sa. 1 S. 17. 2 Sa. 12.9. G hearkened. c Ju d Ps. 105. 17. Zec. 11.12. Mat. 27.9. Acts 7.9. Joli. 3.5. k 2 Sa. 12. 17. 7 Heb. evº- www.ch, chamber- laim, or, cottrf icr. 8 or, chief marshal. Heb. chief of the slaughter- men, or eac- ecutioners. (CHAP. 38.) a 1 Chr.2.3. b Deut.25.5. at.22. Jacob mourns for Joseph. drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph d to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of sil- ver: and they brought Joseph into gypt. 29 # And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rente his clothes. 30 And he returned unto his bre- thren, and said, 'The child f is not; and I, whither shall I go And they took Joseph's coat, g and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood: 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, 'This have we found : know now whether it be thy son's coat or no. 33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast h hath devoured him : Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth i upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 5 Allu all his sons and all his daughters k rose up to comfort him; but he refused to he comfort- ed: and he said, For I will go dowr into the grave unto my son inonrn- ing. Thus his father wept for him. 36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, unto Potiphar, an 7 of: ficer of Pháraoh's, and 8 captain of the guard. - CHAPTER XXXVIII. 1 Judah begotteth Er, Onan, and She- in 6 fºr mºrrieth famir. 6. The trespass of Onan. 12 Judah's in- Cest with Tamar. - Aºi. it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adâſlamite, whose name ºS HIFáil. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah ; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Oman. 5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah : and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Ta- It{LI. 7 And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD ; a and the LORD slew him. 8 And Judah said, unto Onam, Go in unto b thy brother's wife, and 24. marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 45 Tamar deludeth Judah. 9 And Oman knew that the seed B. C. 1729. should not be his ; and it came to when he went in unto his 1 was evil in tº SS - - Éhº wife, that he spilled it on the ground, fest that he should give seed to his brother. - io And the thing which he did 1 displeased the LoRD : wherefore he slew him also. - II. Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown; for he said, Lest peradventure he ſlie also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. 12 ºſ And 2 in process of time the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shear: ers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up c to Timnath to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow's gar- ments off from her, and covered her with a wail, and wrapped her- self, and sat in 3 an open place, d which is by the way to Timnath: for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; be- cause she had covered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daugh- ter-in-law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me ! 17 And he said, I will send thee 4 a. the eyes of the LORD 2 the days were mºul- tiplied. C Jos. 15.10. Jude 14.1. 3 the door of cyes, or, of Enajim. d Pr. 7. 12. 4 a kid of the goats. e ver, 25. f2Sa. 14.2,5. 5 or, in Enajim. ~~~~~~~~~~ 6 become at contempt. g Pr.6.33. Rom.6.21. Ep.5.12. h Jude 19.2. Ho, 3.3 i Lev.21.9. De.22.21. 2 Sam. 12.5. k ch.37.32. ! wer. 1S. m 1St.24. 17. on ver. 14. o Job 34.31, 32. Rom. 13.12. Tit.2.11, 12. 7 or, where- GENESIS, XXXIX. Birth of Pharez and Zarah. was no harlot in this place. 23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we 6 be shamed: 9 behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamarthy daughter- in-law hath played the harlot; hand also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.: 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, Say- ing, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, k I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, l and staff. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more m righteous than I; because that I gave her not to n Shelah my son. And he knew her again no o more. 27 ºff And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand : and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, 7. How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee; therefore his name was called 8 Pharez.p 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. CHAPTER XXXIX. 1 Joseph, advanced in Potiphar’s § from the flock. And she said{ fore hast use, 7 resisteth his mistress's . ...', ºve me a pledge, till thov made temptation: 13 he is falsely ac- ºº £f id. What pledge shall this breach | cused, 20 and cast into prison. ſº º Aº signet, e sº bracelets, and thys i.e. a officer dº. jº. staff º: is in thine hand. And he breach, guard, an Egyptian, bought him of gave it her, and ºne ºn unto her;|p Nu.26.20. the hands of the Ishmeelites, which and she conceived by him. 19hr.24. had brought him down thither. 19 And she arose, and went away, Mat.1.3. 2 And the LORD was with b Joseph . º her wailºf'; ºlºchAP. 39 } and he was a prosperous man; and §§ he garmen Of Ilêr W]- h.37 º g #.Y.: iº house of his master * 3. a ch.37.36. the Egyptian. it. A. º º: A. # the Ps. 105.17. 3 And his master saw that the tº: jº* } b 183.16. 18. #; was with .." and that the man's hand; but he found her not. A: º º ;pº; i. hat he did to pros- 2. Then he asked the men of that “... "...Anjj ſºund d in his place, saying, Where is the hº & *ś sight, and i. Served ;e º he º : ºº the way-side 3 p.” |made him overseere over his house, lot in #. *: ere was no har- d wer.21. i.ill that he had he put into his 22 And he returned to Judah, and | **** |"; And it came t said, I cannot find her; and also |e ch.24.2. |time that he jº. *...* the men of the place said, that there fººtº ***** in his house, and over all that 46 Joseph's integrity e had, that the LORD blessed the gyptian's house ºf for Joseph's é; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had, in the ouse, g and in the field. #6 And he left all that he had in oseph's hand; and he knew not ught he had, save the bread which e did eat. And Joseph was a Yodly h person, and well favoured. 7"| And it came to pass after these hings, that his master's wife cast er eyes upon Joseph ; and she aid, Lie k with me. #8 But he refused, l and said unto is master's wife, işehold, my maS- er wotteth not what is with me the house, and he hath commit- ed all that he hath to my hand; 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept pack any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife : how hen can I do this great wicked- ess, m and sin n against God 10 And it came to pass, as she $pake to Joseph day by day, o that he hearkened not unio her, to lie y her, or to be with her. , 11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the louse to do his business; and there ººds none of the men of the house here within. 12 And she caught him p by his firment, saying, Lie with me : and he left his garment, in her hand, and fled, q and got him out. 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 That she called unto the men 9 |came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a 1 loud voice: , 13 And it game to pass, when he fheard that I lifted up my voice and Cried, that he left his garment with ine, and fled, and got jim out. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. And she spake unto him sac- ºrding to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou" hast |brought untous, came in unto me to mock me : 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted WP my voice, and cried, that he left | Iº; Barment with me, and fled out. 19 And it came to pass, when his ºster heard the words of his wife, | Włuch she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me, that his wrath tºwas kindled. 20. And Joseph's master took him, tººd put him into the uprison, a place where the king's prisoners GENESIS, XL. B. C. 1729. f ch.30.27. g De.28.3–6. h 1Sa. 16.12. 17.42. i Job 31.1. Ps. 119,37. k 2S3. 13.11. ! Pr. 1, 10. rºl Lev.20. 10. Pr.6.29,32. n2Sa. 12. 13. 's.51.4. Jer.2S. 16. o Pr. 22.14. 23.27. p Pr.7.13. q Ec.7.25. r Eze. 22.5. 1 great. s Ex. 23.1. Ps.37. 14. 120.3. Pr. 12. 19. t Pr.6.34,35. Cant.8.6. tº ch.41.14. Ps. 105. 18. Jºº-º-º-º-º-ºw"- 2 eactended kindness twº uto him. v Ex. 12.36. Ps. 106.46. w wer.2,3. (CHAP. 40.) a Ne. 1.11. b Pr. 16. 14. 19.19. c ch.39.20, 23. d Job 33. 15– 17 e Dan. 4.5. 1 are your faces evil? f Ne.2.2. g ch.41.15. h Da.2.11,28. t Ju.7.13. *º-mas and imprisonment. were bound : and he was there in the prison. 21 ºf But the LORD was with Jo- seph, and 2 showed him mercy, and gave him v favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 2 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. 23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him and that which he did, the LORD w made it to ºper. CHAPTER XL. 1 The butler and baker of Pharaoh are imprisoned: 5 Joseph inter- preteth their dreams. ND it came to pass after these things, that the butler a of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of i.gypt. 2 And Pharaoh was wroth b against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. 3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, c the place where Joseph was bound. 4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. 5 *ſ And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream (l in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, bellold, they were sad.e 7 And he asked Bharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore i look ye so saily to day ! 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no g interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong h to God? tell me them, I pray you. 9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, i behold, a vine was before me; - 10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: 11 And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, 47 Joseph interpreteth dreams. and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. 12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it : k The three branches are three days: 13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh 2 lift up thine head, l and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former man- her when thou wast his butler. 14 But 3 think on me when it shall he well with thee, and shew kind- mess, m I pray thee, unto me; and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house : 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing n that they should put me into the dungeon. 16 When the claief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three 4 white baskets on my head : 17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of 5 bake- meats for Pharaoh ; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. 18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets o are three days: 19 Yet within three p days sliall Pharaoh 6 lift up thy head from off thee, and shall haug thee on a tree; and the birds shii eat tly flesh q from off thee. 20 ºff And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birth- day, r that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he 7 lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. 21 And he restored the chief but- ler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cups into Pharaoh's C hand: 22 But he hanged the chief baker; us Joseph had interpreted tto them. 23 Yet did not the chief butler re- member Joseph, buttz forgat him. ūfīºfijº Yii. 1 Pharaoh's two dreams: 25 Joseph interpreteth them : 33 he giveth Pharaoh counsel. 38 Joseph is ad- vanced. ND it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh a dreamed; and, behold, he stood by the river. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well-favoured kine, and fat-fleshed; and they fed in a meadow. 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, and GENESIS, XLI. B. C. 1718. -*-* k ch. 41.25. Dan. 2.36. 2 or, reckon. l 2Ki.25.27. Jer. 52.31. 3 remember me with thee. m (Sa.20. 14, 15. in 23.42. m 183.24, 11. p ver. 13. 6 or, reckon thee and take thy office from thee. q lSa. 17.44. 2Sa.2ſ. 10. r Mat. 14.6. Mark 6.21. 7 or, reck- oned. s Ne.2. I. t ver. 19. u Ps. 31, 12. Ec.9. 15, 16. A m.6.6. (CHAP. 41.) a Est.6.1. Dan.2.1. ~~~~~~~~~~ e ch.40.2. feh.40.5. 2 made himn 7"tºrt. g 1Sam.28. Ps. 105.20. h Ps. 25. 14. Dan.5. 16. 3 or, when thout hear- est a dream thott Carlst interpret it. : ch. 40.8. I)an.2.30. 2Cor. 3.5. k wer. I. Pharcoh's dream. stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill-favoured and Jean- fleshell kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, 1 rank and good. 6 And, behold, seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. 7 And the seven thin ears devour- ed the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. 8 And it came to pass in the morn- ing, that his spirit b was troubled; and he sent and called for all c the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret d them unto Pharaoh. 9 * Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do rement- ber my faults this day. 10 Pharaoh was wreth e with his sérvants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker. 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he if we dreamed each man according to the inter- pretation of his dream. 12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man accord- ing to his dream he did interpret. 13 And it came to pass, as he inter. preted to us, so it was; me, he re Stored unto mine office, and him he hanged. -- 14"| Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they 3 brought him has- tily out of 9 the dungeon: And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh, 15 And Pharaoh said unto h Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that 3 thou canst understatiq a i dream to in- terpret it. 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me : God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: k 18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favoured; and they fed in a meadow. 19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor, and very 48 Joseph's advice to Pharaoh. ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badmess: 20 And the lean and the ill-favour- ed kine did eat up the first sevem fat kine: 21 And when they had 4 eaten' 5 them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them ; but they were still ill-favoured, as at the be- gimming. So I awoke. 22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: 23 And, behold, seven ears, 5 with- ered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: 24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told this unto the l magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. 25 ºf And Joseph said unto Pha- raoh,The dream of Pharaoh is one : Gud hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about m to do. 26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. 27 And the seven thin and ill- favoured kine, that came up after them, are seven years; and the seven empty ears, blasted with the east wind, shall be seven n years of famine. 28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do, he sheweth unto Pharaoh. 29 Behold, there come seven o years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: 30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; p and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall Con- Sume q the land: 31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land, by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very 6 grievous. 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; r it is because the thung is 7 established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.s 33. Now, therefore, let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint 8 officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egyptin the seven plenteous years. t 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pha- raoh, and let them keep food in the Cities. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land agai n; the seven years CENESIS, XLI. |B. C. 1718. ------ 4 come to the intward Tru Tan.2.29. ev.4, 1. n 2 Ki.S. 1. 0 ver.47. p wer.54. q ch.47. 13. 6 heavy. r ch.37.7,9. 7 or, pre- pared a God. lf s Num.23, 19. Is.46. 10. 8 or, over- See?'s. t Pr.6.6–8. 22.3. 9 be not cut 5. i. 1. to Ps. 105.21. 10 be armed, or, kiss. ac Dau.6.3. 1) Est.3.10. 8.2,8,15. 11 or, silk. z Da.5.7,29. 12 or, tender father. 13 Jībrech. a ch. 45.8,26. Acts. 7.10. 14 which in the Coptic signifies, a revealer of secrets, or, the man to whom secrets are revealed. 16 or, prince. 17 i. e. for- getting. 49 • the sand of the Sea, d ve He is appointed governor. of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land 9 perish not through the famine. 37"| And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, u and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 And Pharaoh said unto his ser- vents, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom v the Spirit of God is f 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so dis- creet and wise as thou art: 40 Thou shalt be over my house, tº and according unto thy word shall all my people 10 beruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee & over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring y from his hand, and put it upon Jo- seph's hand, and arrayed him in westures of 11 fine linen, and put a gold chainz about his neck: 43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had : and they cried before him, 12 13 Bow the knee; and he made him ruler over all the land a of Egypt. 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; 14 and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah, 15 priest b of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. 46 || And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before c Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh .# went throughout all the land {} § 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field which was round about every . city laid he up in the same. 49 And Joseph gathered corn as much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. 50 And unto Joseph were born two sons e before the years of famine . |came; which Asenath, the daugh- ter of Poti-pherah, 16 priest of On, bare unto him. 51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn 17 Manasseh : For , said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my er's house. d the * of the second Joseph's providence. called he 18 Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful f in the land of my affliction. 53 ºf And the seven years of plen- teousness that was in the land of Egypt were ended. 54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: g and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, h the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Joseph opened 19 all the store-houses, and soldi unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. 57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. CHAPTER XLIH. 1 Jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt; 17 they are impri- soned by Joseph as Spies. OW when a Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 2 Andhe said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in º: : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may b live, and not die. 3 *|| And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren: for he said, Lest peradventure mis- chiefc befall him. 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came : for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 And Joseph was the governor d over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made him- self strange unto them, and spake 1 roughly unto them; and he said unto them. Whence come ye? And they said, From theiando Canaan, to buy - 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed e of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the dye are come. GENESIS, XLII. B. C. 1715. 18 i.e. fruit- Jul. f ch.49.22. g ver.30. h Jer. 14.1,2. Lam.4.4. 19 all where- in was. t ch. 42.6. 47. 14,24. (CHAP. 42.) a Acts 7.12. b ch. 43.8. Ps. 118, 17. c ver,38. d ch. 41.41. 1 hard things with them. e ch.37.5–9. ºr rººk.----~ f ch.37.30. Jer. 31. 15. Lam.5.7. g Deut. 6.13. 1Sam. 1.26. 17.55. Jam.5.12. 1 bow.nd. 2 gathered. h ch.20. 11. Lev.25.43. Ne. 5, 15. Lu. 18.2,4. i ver.34. ch. 43.5. 44.23. k Nu.32,23. 1Ki. 17. IS. Job 36.8,9. Hos. 5.15. I Pr. 21. 13. 24. 1 1, 12. Jer.34. 17. Mat. 7.2. m ch.37.21. 3 an inter- preter was between them. o Mat. 5,44. Ro. 12.17, 20, Eph.4.2. *m. l Pie Supplieth his brethren. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are th] ServântS COme. 11 We are all one man's sons : wa. are true men; thy servants are no 16S. 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the ianu ye are Conne. 13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one f is not. 14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: iš fºrei, ye shall be proved ; By the life of Pharaoh g ye shall not gº) forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall loe 1 kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you : or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely ye are spies. 17 And he 2 put them all to- gether into ward three days. 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, 'This do, and live; for I fear h God. - 19 If § be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: 20 But bring i your youngest bro- ther unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 ºf And they said one to another, We are verily guilty k concerning Our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he be- Sought us, and we would not hear; l therefore is this distress come upon U.S. -- 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, ºn Saying, Do not sin against the child: and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is n required. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for 3 he spake unto them by an interpreter. 24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and re- turned to thern again, and com- |muned with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. 25 T Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his Sack, and to give them provision for the way: o and thus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. 59 Jacob's distrust. 27 And as one of them opened his sack, p to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. 28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart 4 failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us ! 29 "[ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Ca- naan, and told him all that befell unto them, saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake 5 roughly q to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of Our father: one is not, and the youngest is this day with our fa- ther in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men ; leave one of your brethren here with me and take food for the famine o your households, and be gone; 34 And bring your youngest bro- ther unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men : so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic r in the land. 35 ºf And it came to pass, as the emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: s and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. - 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved t of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; all these things u are against me. - 37. And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. 38 And he said, My son shall not Bo down with you; for his brother ls v lead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs w with SOrrow to the Wę. §§ XLIII. l Jacob is hardly persuaded to send 15 Joseph entertains ND the famine was sore a in the land 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their GENESIS, XLIII. B. C. 1706. p ch.43.21. 4 went forth. 5 with us Q.7° things. g ver. 7, 12. r ch.34. 10. sch.43.21. f ch.43. I4. tº 18am. 27. 1. U ch.37.33. w ch. 44.29. (CHAP. 43.) a ch. 41.54. Lam.5.10. - 1 protesting, protested. 2 asking asked us. 3 mouth. 4 knowing could we know * b ch. 44.32. Ps. 119. 122, Phile. 18, 19. 5 or, turice by this. c Pr. 18. H6. d ch.37.25. e ch. 42.25. Ne. 1.11. f Ps.37.5. 8 or, and I, as I have been, &c. g Est.4, 16, h 2Sam. 11.8. i ch.44.l. 'ſ eaf. *m. He semdeth Benjamin. father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food 3 And Judah spake unto him, say- ing, The man I did solemnly pro- test unto us, saying, Ye shall not See my face, except your brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt, send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food : 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down : for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see m face, except your brother be with Oll. 6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother ? 7 And they said, The man 2 asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive 1 have ye another brother? and we told him according to the 3 tenor of these words: 4 could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down 3 8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go ; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 91 will be surety b for him; of my hand shalt thou require him : if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: - 10 For except, we had lingered, surely now we had returned 5 this second time. 11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, c a little balm, d and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: . 12 And take double money in your hand: and the money that was brought againe in the mouth of our sacks, carry it again in your . ; peradventure it was an over- Sight. 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: iſ Anā Goi Almighty give you mercy before f the man, that he may send away your other brother, .Benjamin. 6 If I be bereaved g of my children, I am bereaved. 15 °ſ And the men took that pre- sent, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to fgypt, and stood before Joseph. 16And when Joseph saw Benja- min with them, he said to the ruler h of his house, Bring these men home, and islay, and make ready; for these men shall 7 dino ‘51 Joseph and Benjamin meet. with me at noon. 17 And the man did as º bade ; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. - 1. d the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Be- cause of the money that was re- turned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in, that he may 8 seek k occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bond- men, and our asses. 19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house 20 And said, O sir. 9 we came in- º down at the first time to buy O(){i : 21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inm, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands, to buy food; we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. 23 And he said, Peace, l be to you ; fear not : your God, and the God of your father, hath given you trea- sure in your sacks: 10 I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto thein. 24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them m water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses pro- vender. 25 And they made ready the n pre- sent against Joseph came at noon : for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26 T And when Joseph came home, they brought him, the pre- sent which was in their hand into the house, and 0 bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their 11 welfare, and said, 12 Is your fa- ther well, the old man of whom ye p spake 3 Is he yet alive 1 28 And they answered, Thy ser- vant our father is in good health he is yet alive. And they bowe down their heads, and made obei- Sãºlcé. - 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother, Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother of whom ye spake into me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. r 30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn s upon his brother: and he sought where to GENESIS, XLIV. JB. C. 1705. 8 roll hint- self wyon. k Job 30. 14. 9 coming down, we cºte down, l Ju.6.23. 19.20. 1Sam. 25.6. Lu.24.36. 10 your mo- ney came to ºne. on ch. 18.4. 24.32. n wer. 11. o ch.37.7,10. 11 peace. 12 Is there peace to vowr fa- ther P p ch,42, 11, 13. q ch.35. 17. 18. 3 1 Ki.3.26. Jer. 31.20. Ph. 1.8. 1 2.1. Col.3.12. f ch. 16.34. Ex.8.26. tº 2Sam. 1.8. 13 drank largely. (CHAP, 44.) 1 him that Was Otje?” his house. & Deut. 2. 13. b Pr. 17.13. g|2 or, maketh r? C Jos. 22.22. 2Ki.S. 13. d ch. 43.22. e ch.31.32. Joseph's affectionate conduct. weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by them- selves, and for the Egyptians which did eat with him by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrew ; for that is an t abomination unto the Egyptians. 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birth- right, and the youngest according to his youth : and the men mar- velled one at another. 34 And he took and sent messes u unto them from before him : but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And the * and 13 were merry v § IIl. CHAPTER XLIV. .Joseph's policy to stay his brethren. ND he commanded I the Stew- ard of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth : 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the young- est, and his corn-money. And he did according to the word that Jo- seph had spoken. 3. As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Jo- seph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; a and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil b for good 1 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed, he 3 divineth? Ye have done evil?n so doing. 6 *ſ And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same • word S. 7 And they said unto him. Where- fore saith my lord these words ! God forbid c that thy servants should do according to this thing. 8 Behold, the money which we found in our sacks' mouths we brought again unto d thee out of the land of Canaan : how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold 1 9 With whomsoever of thy ser- wants it be found, both let him e die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. 10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he 52 His brethren's distress. with whom it is found shall be my servant; f and ye shall be blame- eSS. 11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benja- min's sack. 13 Then they rent their g clothes, and laded every man his ass, an returned to the city. l4 *| And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there : and they fell before him h on the ground. 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done 7 Wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly 3 divine ! 16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord ' what shall we i speak? or how shall we clear our- selves 3 God hath found out the k iniquity of thy servants: behold, w8 are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cu p is found. 17 And he said, God forbid that I should do l so : but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for You, get you up in peace unto your father. 18'ſ Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger ºn burn against thy servant : for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19. My lord asked his servants, tºº, Have ye a father, or a bro- \er 20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one: and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his fathern loveth him. 21 And thou saidst unto thy ser- Wants, Bring him down unto me, o that finay set mine eyes upon him. , 22 And we said unto my ford, The for tº he should leave his father, his Jather would die. 23 And thou saidst unto thy ser- Wants, Except your youngest bro- ther come down with you, ye shall Sº my face mo more. 24 And it came to pass, when we game up unto thy servant my fa- ; we told him the words of my {}I (1. 25. And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. again, p 26 And we said, We cannot go down: q if our youngest brother be lad cannot leave his father: GENESIS, XLV. JB. C. 1705. f Ex.22.3. g ch.37.29, 34. Nam. 14.6. 2Sam. 1.11. h ch.37.7. 3 or, make tria'. wer. 5. i Ezra 9.10. Job 40.4. k Nu.32,23. Jos. 7. 1S. Pr.23, 17. Luke 12.2. 1 Pr. 17, 15. m chºlsº n ch.37.3." o ch.42. 15,20. p ch. 43.2. q Luke 11.7. *.*.* 7" ch.30.23. 35. 18. 46. 19. sch.37.33. 42.86. t 1Sam. 18.1. 25.29. tº ch. 43.9. v Ex.32,32. R0.5.7-10. 9.3 w 20h.34.28. 4 find m #!/ ºc Ex. 18.8. (CHAP. 45.) 1 gave forth his voice in weeping. a Num. 14. I. 2 or, terri- fied. b Job 4.5. 23.15. Mat. 14.26. c ch.37.28. d 2COr.2.7. 3 neither let there be anger in vour eyes. e ch.50.20. Ps. 105.16, 17. f ch.47. 18. Judah's "ntercesston. with us, then will we go down : for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. 27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two r sons: 28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely, he iss torn in pieces; and I saw him not since : 29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down Iny gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 30 Now, therefore, when I cºme to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is t bound up in the lad's life ; 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die : and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 32 Forthy servant became surety u for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now, therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad, v a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest.peradventure I see the evil w that shall cºung ºn £my father. CHAPTER XLV. 1 Joseph maketh himself known to his #rº 9 he sendeth for his fa- ther, Tº Joseph could not refrain himself before, all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he l wept aloud : a and the Egyptians and the house of Pha- raoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his bre- thren, I am Joseph : doth my father yet live And his brethren could not answer him ; for they were 2 troubled b at his presence. 4 And Joseph said unto his bre- thren, Come near to me, º you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold c into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be not d grieved, 3 nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; God did º me e before you, to preserve iſè. 6 For these two years f hath the famine been in the land; and yet there are five wears, in the which 53 Joseph discloseth himself. there shall neither be earing g nor harvest. * 7 And God sent me before you,4 to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a greath deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but i God: and he hath made me a father k to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of 9 Haste ye, and go up to my fa- ther, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not : - 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, l and thou shalt be thear unto me, thou, and thy chil- dren, and thy children's children and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: 11 And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of fa- mine,) lest thou, and thy house- hold, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. 12 And, behold, your eyes see, m and the eyes of my brother Benja- min, that it is my mouth that speak- eth unto you. 13 And § shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste, and bring down n my father ther. 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, o and wept; and * Wept upon his neck. 15 Moreover, he kissed all his bre- thren, and wept upon them; and after that, his brethren talked with Ila. 16 ºf And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying Joseph's brethren are come: an it "pleased Pharaoh well, and his Servânts. 17And Pharaoh, said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye. lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan ; 18 And take your father, and your households, and come unto me; and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and yeshail eat 19 the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this ºlo ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your º ones, and for your wives, and bring your father. and come.” ring 20 Also 6 regard not your stuff: fºr the good of all the land of t is your's. 21 And the children of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, ng to the 7 commandment; GENESIS, XLVI. B. C. 1705, g Ex.34.21. 4 to put for you a rem- rtant. A 1 Chr. I ſ. 14. Ps. 18.50. 4.4.4. i Jno. 19, 11. jº.ſ.l.). Job 29, 16. l ch. 46.29. 47. 1–6. Ex.5.22. m ch. 42.23. Lu.24.39. rt Acts 7.14. o ch.33.4. 46.29. 5 was good in the eyes | of Pha- raoh. p ch.27.28. 47.6. Nu. 18.29. De, 32.14. 6 let not gour eye spare, &c. 'ſ mouth. q Num.3.16. r ch. 43.34. 8 carrying. 9 his. s Job 9. 16. 29.24, Ps. 120. 1, Lu,24. 11, 41. t Ps. 85.6. (CHAP. 46.) - a ch.21.33. 28, 10, b ch.31.42,53. c ch. 15.1. Job 33.14. d 1 Sa.3.4,10. e ch. 12.2. Deut.26,5. f ch. 15. 16. 50, 13,25. Ex.3.8. g ch.50.1. Acts 7. 15. h ch. 45.19, 27. i Nu.20. 15. I}eut. 26.5. Jos. 24.4. Ps. 105.23. Is.52.4. -— he His brothers tell their father q of Pharaoh, and gave them provi- sion for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment ; but to Benjamin i.e. gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five r changes of raiment. 23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses Sladen with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden, with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. - 24. So he sent his brethren away and they departed: and he sai unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 ºf And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, . 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of jº And 9 Jacob's heartfainted, for he believeds them ot. 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wa- gons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived :t And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die. CHAPTER XLVI. 1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beer- shebºl : 5 he goeth into Egypt: 28 Joseph meeteth him. A. DIsrael took his Journey with all that he had, and came to a Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God b of his father Isaac. And God spake unto Israel c in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob! d And he said, Here {i}}1 A. 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there e make of thee a great nation. 4 f will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely brin fthee up again ; and Josephi sh put his handg upon thine eyes. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer- sheba: and the sons of Israel car- ried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the Wagons which Pharaoh had senth to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten Jn, the land of Canaan, and came intº Egypt, i Jacob, and all his seed with him; 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' flaughters, and all his seed brought Wi into Egypt . 54 Genealogies of Israel. 8 *| And these are the names of the children of Israelk which came into Egypt: Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 9 And the sons of Reuben ; Ha- noch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10 *| And the sons of Simeon : ! Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and 2 Jachin, and 3 Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitish Wölf]:l Ił. 11 *ſ And the sons of Levi; 4 Ger- shon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 i And the sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah : but Er and Onan died l in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 *| And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and 6 Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 14 "I And the sons of Zebulum; Sered. and Elon, and Jahleel, 15. These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Pa- dan-aram, with his daughter Di- nah : all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. And the sons of Gad; 6 Zi- iºn and Haggi, Shuni, and 7 Ez- Jon, Eri, and 8 Arodi, and Areli. I7 "[ And the sons of Asher; Jim- nah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Iłeriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and || Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave m to Leah his daughter: and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19. The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife : Joseph, and Benjamin. 20 ºf And unto Joseph, in the land of Egypt, were born n Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah 9 priest of Ön, bare unto him. 21 *I. And the sons of Benjamin there Belah, and Becher, and Ash- hel, Gera, and Naaman, 10 Ehi, and Rosh, 11 Muppim, and 12 Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the Souls were fourteen. 23 °l And the sons of Dan; 13 Hu- Shim. 24 ºf And the sons of Naplmtali; ºthºeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shi lem. 25.These are the sons of Bilhah Which Laban gave o unto Rache his daughter; and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were Seven. 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out GENESIS, XLVII. B. C. 1705. k Ex. l. 1. 6.14. 1 or, Nemuel. 2 or, Jarib. 3 or, Zerah. 4 or, Ger- shom. lch.38.3.7, 10. 5 or, Puah, & Jashui.’ 8 Zephon, Nu.26. 15. 7 or, Ozmi. 8 or, Jºrod. m ch. 29.24. 'n ch. 41.50. 9 or, prince. 10 Ahiram, Nu.26.38, 11 Shupham, Nu.26.39. Shuppim. 1 Chr.'7. 12. 12 Hupham. Nu.26.39. 13 or Shºtº- harm. Nu.26.42. o ch.29.29. 14 thigh. ** ** p Deut. 10.22. A cts 7.14. q ch.31.21. r ch. 47.1. sch. 45.14. t Luke 2.29, 30, 15 they are men of cattle. tº ch. 47.3, ty ch. 30.35. 37.12. w ch. 43.32. Ex.8.26. (CHAP. 47.) a ch. 46.31. b ch. 46.28. c Acts 7. 13. d Jonah 1.8. |e Am.7.14, f ch. 15.13. Deut. 26.5. Ps. 105.23. Is.52.4. *…** Jacob settleth in Egypt. of his 14 loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were three- score and six. 27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. p 28 °ſ And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face q unto Goshen; and they came into the land of r Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Is- rael his father, to Goshen, and pre- sented himself unto him : and he fell on his neck, s and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, t since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet HillVE. 31 And Joseph said unto his bre- thren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; - 32 And the men are shepherds for their is trade hath been to feed cattle ; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that º have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, w What is your occupation ? 34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle v from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers : that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen : for every shepherd is anabomination wo unto the tians, C ER XLVII. 1 Joseph presenteth five of his breth- ren, 7 and his father, before Pha- raoh : 11 he giveth them habitation and maintenance. HEN Joseph came and told a Pharaoh, and said, My father, and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the b land of Goshen. * 2 And he took some of his bre- thren, even five men, c and pre- sented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his bre- thren, What is your occupation ? d And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, e both we, and also our fathers. 4. º said moreover unto Pha- raoh, For to sojourn f in the land are we come : for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Ca- 55 Progress of the famine. naan : now therefore, we pray thee let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy bre- thren are come unto thee : 6 The land of Egypt is before thee: in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers overg my Cattle. 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed h Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How I old art thou ? 9 And Jagob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrim- age arean hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and i have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 10 AndJacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. ll." And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as k Pharaoh had com- manded. 12 And Joseph nourished his fa- ther, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, 2 ac- cording to their families. - 13 *| And there was no bread l in all the land: for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan, famited by reuson of the famine. 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house. 15 And when money failed in the land of º: and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came un- to Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy pre- sence? for the money faileth. 16 And Joseph said, Give your cat- tle; and I will give you for your cat- tle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph ; and Joseph gave them bretui in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses; and he 8 fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. 18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it GENESIS, XLVII. R. C. 1705. g 1Chr.27.29. Pr. 22.29. h (Sam. 15.30. I Ch. 29.20 IPeł.2, 17. 1 many are the days of the years of thy #. g i ch.25.7,8. 35.28. k ver. 6. Ex. 1. 11. 2 according to the little opics; or, as a little child is mourished. l ch. 41.30,31. 3 led. m Job 2.4. Lam. I 11. 4 or, princes. 7, Ezra 7.24. 5 or, princes. o Ex. 1.7, 12. Deut. 10.22. Ne.9.23. 6 days of the #. of is life. p Deut. 31.14. 1Ki.2.1. Job 7. 1. 14. 14. | g ch.24.2. r ch.50.5–13. Heb. 11.22. Old age of Jacob from my lord, how that our money | IS ſºft my lord also hath our he ls of cattle: there is not aught left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies and our lands: 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land buy us n and our land for bread, * | and we and our land will be ser- vants unto Pharaoh ; and give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not desolate. 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh: for the Egypt- ians sold every man his field, be- cause the famine prevailed over them : so the land became Pha- raoh's. 21 And as for the people, he re- moved them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. 22 Only the land of the 4 priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned then of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pha- raoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their lands. 23 Then Joseph said unto the peo- ple, Behold, I have bought you this day, and your land, for Pharaoh : lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the laud. 24 And it shall come to pass, in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh; and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives; let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, n except the land of the 5 priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. 27°ſ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, º grew, and multiplied o exceed- 11\gly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the 6 whole age of Jacob was an hun- dred forty and seven years. 29 And the time p drew nigh that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, q I pray thee, thy hand under mythigh, and deal º and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 30 Butr I will lie with my fathers; and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their bury- 56 Jacob's dying desire. ing-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel's bowed lineself upon the bed's head. CHAPTER XLVIII. 1 Joseph visits his sick father. 3 Ja- cob repeals the promise, 21 and pro- phesieth their return. ND it came to pass, after these things, that one told Joseph, }}ehold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Ma- Itasseh and Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph coineth un- to thee : and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3.And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared a unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a mut- titude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee, for b an everlasting possession. 5*, And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which c were born lunto thee in the land of Egypt, be- fore I came unto thee into Egypt, ºre mine: as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. And thy issue, which thou be- gettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be d called after the name of their brethren in their inherit- 3.11Cé. 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachele died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath ; and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the Samle is Beth-lehem. 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these ? - 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath £IVºugi me in this place. And he Said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto Ine, and I will bless g them. 10 (Now the eyes of Israel were in for age, so that he could not See:) . And he brought them near unto him ; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, Ih had not thought to see thy face; and, lo, Godi hath shewed me also thy seed. 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowedk himself with his face to the earth. !3 And Joseph took them both Ephraim in his right hand towa is ch. 25.23. JB, C, 1689. s 1 Ki. 1.47. Heb. 11.21. (CHAP. 48.) a ch.28. 13- 19. 35.6,&c. b ch. 17.8. })eut.32.8. Am.9. 14, 15. c ch. 41.50- 52. d Jos. 14.4. ech.35,16–19. f ch.33.5. g ch.27.4. Heb. 11.21. * heavy. h ch.37.33, 35. 45.26. i Ep.3.20. k Ex. 20. 12. Lev. 19.32. ~~~~~~~~~~ l ver, 19. 7m ch. I'7. 1. 24.40. n Ps. 103.4,5. 9 ch.31.11. Is..63.9. p Ps.34,22. 2 as fishes do increase. q Num,26.34, 37 * Nu. I. 33.35. }) eut. 33.17. 8 fu'ness. t Ru.4.11, 12. tº ch.50.2 1. Jos. 23. 14. v Jos. 17. 14. (CHAP. 49.) a De. 33.1,&c. t; Num.24. 14. Deut. 4.30. c Is.2.2. Jer. 23.20. d Deut.21. 17. *º- | GENESIS, XLVIII, XLIX. He blesseth Joseph's sons. Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right | and brought them near uito ll. It l. 11 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Eph- raim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's heal, guiding his hands wittingly; l for Manasseh was the firstborn. 15 ºf And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom m my fa- thers Abraham and lsaac did walk, the God which n fed me all my life long, unto this day 16 The Angelo which redeemedp me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac ; and let them 2 grow into a multitude q in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upgn the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; and he held up his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's hea unto Manasseh's head. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn ; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: . but r truly his youngers brother shall be greater than jé, and his seed shall become a 3 multitude of nations. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee t shall Israel bless, Saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh : and he set Eph- raim before Manasseh. 21. And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; but u God shall be With you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover, I have given to thee One portion above v thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with Iny bow. CHAPTER XLIX. 1 Jacob calleth his sons to bless them: 3 their blessings in particular. 29 His charge concerning his burial. 33 His death. A. Da Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves to- gether, that I may tell you that b . shall befall you in the last ays.c 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. 3"| Reuben, thou art my firstborn my might, and the beginning d.o my strength, the excellency of dig- C 2 5. Jacob blesseth his nity, and the excellency of power: 4. Unstable as water, 1 thou shalt not excel; because e thou wentest up to thy father's bed: then defiledst thou it: 2 he went up to my couch. 5 * Simeon f and Levi are bre- thren; 3 instruments ofcruelty 9 are in their habitations. - O, h my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their º: mine honour, be not thou unite for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they 4 digged down a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide i them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 8'ſ Judah, thou k art he whom shall be in the neck of thine ene- mies; thy father's children shall bown down l before thee. 9 Jugah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my Son, thou art gone up : he stooped down, he couched as a lion, m and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre n shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgivero from p between his feet, until Shiloh a come; and unto him r shall the ga- thering of the people be. 11, Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colts unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, t and his clothes in the blood of grapes: 12. His u eyes shall bered with wine, and his teeth white with milk. 13 *|| Zebulun v shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. 14 *ſ. Issachar is a strong ass, couching down between two bur- dens: 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. 16'ſ Dan w shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an 5 adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his i rider shall fall backward. 18 Iſr have waited for thy salva- tion. O LORD ! 19 * Gad, a troop shall overcome him; but he y shall overcome at ast. 20" Qut of Asher his bread shall be ſat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 2í'ſ Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly word S. 22 ºf Joseph, is a fruitful bough, even afruitful bough by a well, whose 6 branches run over the wall. thy brethren shall praise; thy hand r GENESIS, L. B. C. 1688. *-*-- 1 do not thou, 2 or, my couch is 3 or, their swords are weapons of vio- lence. g ch. 34.25- 29 A Ps, 26.9. Pr. 1.15, 16. 4 or, hough- ed Oacen. Hºs.76. 1. 1 1 Chr, 5.2. Rev.5.5. 7, Nu.24. 17. o Ps.60.7. Is. 33.22. p De.28.57. q Is. 11. 1–5. Eze. 21.27. r Jno. 1 1.52. 12.32 .32. & Mat. 21.2, t Is.63. 1–3. w Cant. 5. 10– 16 v Jos. 19, 10. w Ju. 13.2,&c. 5 arrow- Sºnake. ac Ps. 40. 1. Is.25.9.26.8. 1Chr. 5.18. daughters. **.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* z ch.37.4,&c. 39.20 3. b a Job 29.20. Ps.37.14, 15. b Ps. 18.32,34. c ch.45. 10, 11. 50.21. d Is. 28. 16. e Deut. 33.27. 0. ! Ro. 12.6,&c. rn ch. 47.30. 2Sa. 19.37. 72 ch. 23.3,&c. o Job 14. 10. p ver.29. (CHA P. 50.) a ver, 26. 2Ch. 16. 14. Mat. 26.12. gone. feh 2:43.34. || gathered p unto his pe - CHAPTE sons, and dies. 23 The z archers have Sorely griev- ed him, and shot at him, and hated him : * 24 But his bow a abode in strength, and the arms b of his hands were made strong º the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, c the stone d of srael:) 25 Even by the God of thy father, e who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, bless- ings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb : 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of thy progenitors, unto f the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: 9 they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate h from his . . brethren. 27 'ſ T3enjamin shall ravin i as a wolf; in the morning he shall de- vour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.k. 28'ſ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them ; every one according l to his blessing he blessed them. 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers m in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite; , 30 In the cave n that is in the field of Machpelah, which is be- fore Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying place. 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he ga- thered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the o ghost, and was ople. R. L. 1 The mourning for Jacob. 7 The funeral. 24 Joseph prophesieth to his brethren their return : 26 he dieth. ND Joseph fell upon his fa- ther's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his ser- vants the physicians to a emb his father: and the physicians em balmed Israel. i 3 And forty days were fulfilled for 58 Jacob's death and funeral. him; for so are ſulfilled the days of those which are embalmed : and the Egyptians mourned 1 for him b threescore and ten days. 4 And when the days of his mourn- ing were past. Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have ſound grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5 My father made me swear, c say- ing, Lo, I die : in my grave which I d have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will conne again. 6 And Pharaoli said, Go up and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. 7 *|| And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of 'Egypt, 8 And all the house of Joséph, and his brethren,and his father's house: only their little ones, e and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen ; and it was a very great company. , 10 And they came to the thresh- ing-floor of Ataul, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamen- tation : and he made a mourningf for his father seven days. ll Anti when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites saw the in ourning in the floor of A.ad, they staid, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians; wherefore the name of it was called 2 Abel-miz- raim, which is beyond Jordan. 2 And llis sons did unto him according as he commanded g them : 13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Mach- pelah, which Abraham bought h with the field for a possession of a Jurying place of Ephron the Hit- tite, before Mamre. 14 °ſ And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and GENESIS, ſ. | B. C. 1688. -º- t wept. b N 1, .20,29. Deut. 34.8. c ch. 47.29. d Is.22. 16. | Mia!.27.60. e Ex. 109,26. if Deut.34.S. }S:1.3 i. 13. 2.3am. i. 17. Joly 2. 13. Acts 8.2. 2 i. e. the mourming of the Egyptians. g ch. 49.29. h ch.23. 16. --~~~~~~~~~ i ch. 27.41. Lev.26.36. Job 15.21. Pr.2S. I. 3 charged. R Pr. 28. 13. Mat.6.12, Ro. 12. 19. Heb. 10.30. m Ps. 56.5. n ch. 45.5,7. o Mat. 5.44. 4 to their hearts. p Job 42.16. q Nu.32.39. 5 born. r Ex.3.16. & Ex. 13. 19. 24.32. Heb. 11.22. Jusciph's death. all that went up with him to bury his father, after lº had buried his father. 15 ºf And whef. Joseph's brethren saw that their father t was deat!, they said, Joseph will perativen- ture hate 11s, and will certainly re- quite us all the cvil which we did unto him. 16 Auld they 3 sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying. 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee k now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin ; for they did unto thee evil : and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face : and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not : for am 1 in the place t of God 20. But as for you, ye thought m evil against me; but God meant n it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now therefore fear ye not :, I will nourish }." o and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake 4 kindly unto them. 22*. And Joseph dwelt in Egypt he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. 23, And Joseph saw Ephraim's p children, of the third generation: the children also of Machir q the son of Manasseh were 5 brought up upon Joseph's knees. 24 And Joseph said unto his bre- thren, I die: and God will surely visit you, r and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 25 And Joseph took an oath s of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye carry up my bones from hence. 26 So Joseph died, being an hun- dred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in t. 3. * The Second Book of MOSES, called EXODUS. Year before the common year of Christ, 1706....Julian Period, 3008....Cycle of the Sun, 7....Cycle of the Moon, 2....Dominical letter, F....Indiction, 15....Creation from Tisri, or September, 2298. CHAPTER I. 22 Pharaoh commandeth the 7male children to be cast into the river. OW these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into a º: every man and his household came with Jacob. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benja- IIllrl - 4. fan, and Naphtali, Gad, and leſ 5 And all the Souls that came out of the 1 loins of Jacob were seven- ty b souls: for Joseph was in Egypt fready. 6 And Joseph died, c and all his brethren, and all that generation. 7 *[ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abun- dantly, d and multiplied, and waxed exceedin §'. and the land was filled with them. Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew e not Joseph, 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : 10 Come on, let us deal wisely f with them ; lest they multiply, and It come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against i: ind so get them up out of the 3.11(i. 11 Therefore they did set over them task-masters, to afflict them g with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure-cities, Pithom and h Raamses. 12 2. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved be- cause of the children of Israel. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: 14 And they made their lives i bitter with hard bondage, in mor- tar, and in brick, k and in all man- 11er of service in the field : all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.l. 15 if And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives;(of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, B. U. 1706. a Gen. 46.8. 1 thigh. b De. 10.22. c Ge.50.26. d Ge.46.3. Beut. 26.5. Ps. 105.24. e Ec.2.19. Acts 7. 18. Ps. S3.3,4. f priſiſ. 21.30. Acts 23.12. 1 Cor. 3. 19. Jani. 3. 15. g ch.3.7. Ge. 15.13. Deut. 26.6. Ps. S1.6. h Ge.47. 11. 2.7nd as they af- flicted them, so they mul- tiplied. i ch. 2.23. 6.9. ! Lev.25.43. Is.58.6. Jer. 50.33. Acts 5.33. n Jos. 2.4. 2Sam. 17. 19. Heb.6. 10. p 1 Sam. 2.35. 2 Sam.7.11. 1Ki.2.24. Ps. 127. 1. (CHAP. 2.) a ch.6.20. b Acts 7.20. Heb. 11.23. and the name of the other Puah ;) 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew Women, and see them upon the stools, if it be a son, then ye shali kill litri : but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives feared ºn God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the inen-children alive : 19 And the midwives said unto a Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew wo- men are not as the Egyptian wo- men; for they are lively, and are delivered cre the midwives come in unto them. 20 Therefore God dealt well 0 with the midwives: and the people mul- tiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared §. that he p Inade them houses. 22 And Pllaraoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. CHAPTER II. 2 Moses is born, and put into the flags: 5 he is found, and brought wp by Pharaoh's daughter; 21 his marriage. ND there went a man a of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid b him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of buirushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. 5 ºff And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, She sent her maid to fetch it. 60 Moses found. 6 And when she had opened it, the saw the child : and, behold, the babe wept. And she had com- passion c on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and &all to thee a nurse of the Hebrew wo- men, that she may nurse the child for ſhee? 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, d and I will give thee thy wages. And the wo- man took the child, and nursed it. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daugh- ter, and he became her son. And she called his name 1 Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. 11 *| And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: e and he Spied an Egyptian smiting an He- brew, one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and, when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 13 And when he went out the Second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow 1 14 And he said, Who made thee 2 a prince and a judge over us ; in- tendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. 16 Now the 3 priest of Midian had Seven daughters: and they came and f drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17And the shepherds came and rove them away: but Moses stood \p and helped them, and watered their flock. 38 And when they came to 4 Reuel their father, he said. How is it that || We are come so soon to day ? 19 And they said, An Egyptian de- livered us out of the hand of the Shepherds, and also drew water ºgh for us, and watered the 20And he said unto his daughters, EXODUS, III. B. C. 1533. -º---- c Ps. 106.46. d Ps. 27.10. 1 that is, drawn Out. e ch. 1.11. Acts 7.23, Heb. 11.24- 26. 2 a man, a prince. 3 or, prince. f Ge.24. 11. 29. I(). 1Sam.9.1 !. 4 ca}led also Jethro, or, Jether, Nu. 10.29. *~~~~~~~~~~ g Ge.31.54. h Phil.4.11. t ch. 18.2. à i. e. a stranger £7°6. k Nu.20. 16. Deut. 26.7. 6 knew. c Ge.22. 1,11. 46.2. d ch. 19. 12. Jos. 5. 15. Ec.5.1. e Ge.28. 13. f Ki. 18.36. Mat. 22.32. f Ju. 13.22. IS.6.5. God appears to Moses. And where is he why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may g eat bread. 21 And Moses was content h to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses i Zipporah his daughter. 22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name 5 Gershom : for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. 23 °ſ And it came to pass, in pro- cess of time, that the king of Egypt died ; and the children of Israel k sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God, l by reason of the bondage. 24. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his cove- nant m with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the chil- dren of Israel, and God had 6 re- spect unto them. CHAPTER III. 1 Moses keepeth Jethro’s flock: 2 God ampcareth unto him in a burning bush: 9 he sendeth him to deliver Israel. OW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law. the priest of Midian : and he ied the * | flock to the back side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, a even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the LORD ap- peared unto him in a flame of fire but of the midst of a bush; 5 and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3.And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, c.Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes d from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, e I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the 8. of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid f to look upon God. 7 *| And the LoRD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my peo- leg which are in Egypt, and have heard their h cry by reason of their task-masters; for I know i their sorrows ; 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyp- tians, k and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land l and a large, unto a land m flowing with God's message to Israel. milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyp- tians oppress them. 10 Come now, therefore, and I will send n thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people, the children of [srael, out .PEgypt. 11 *| And Moses said unto God, Who am I, o that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of gypt? 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with p thee: and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent 'hee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. 13 Amd Moses said unto God, Be- hold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name 4 what shall I say unto them : 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: q and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial r unto all gene- rations. 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited s you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: 17 And I have said, I will bring t you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flow- ". with milk and honey. 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and .# elders # º the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The florid God of the #. hath u met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 19'ſ And I am sure that the king EXODUS, IV. B. C. 1533. * Ps. 105.26. Mic.6.4. o Jer. 1.6. Ge. 31.3. Jos. 1.5. Rom.8.31. q ch.6.3. Jno.8.58. Heb. 13.8. r Ps. 102.12. 135.13. s Ge.50.24. Luke 1.68. t Ge. 15.13.- 20. 46.4. w Nu.23.3, &c v ch.5.2. 1 cr; but by a strong and. w ch. 7.3; 11.9. a ch. 12,31. g ch. 11.3. z ch. 12.36. a Job 27, 17. Pr. 13.22. Is.33. 1. 2 or, Egypt. (CHAP. 4.) a ch. 19.9. b Nu. 12.10. 2Ki.5.27. c Mat.8.3. 1 shall be, and shall be. * Moses' hand is leprotts of Egypt will not let you v go, luo, not by a mighty hand. 20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my to won- ders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that a he will let yout go. 21 And I will give this people y favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty; 22 But every womanshall borrow 2. of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and rai- ment; and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daugh- ters; and ye shall a spoil 2 the Egyptians. CHAPTER IV. 1 Moses’ rod is turned into a Serpent. 6 his hand is leprous. 21 God's message to Pharaoh. ND Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not be- lieve me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. And the LORD said unto him What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the |ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent ; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand : . . 5 That they may a believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 6 *|| And the LORD said further- more unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom ; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous b as snow. 7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again, and lucked it out of his bosom; and, ehold, it was c turned again as hi other flesh. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neitherhearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry wd: and the water which thou takest out of the river 1 shall be.” 62 God's message to Pharaoh. come d blood upon the dry land. 10'ſ And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not 2 eloquent, neither 3 heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant : but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. - 1] And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth e or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the - 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what f thou shalt say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou 4 wilt send. 14 And the anger of the LoßD was kindled against Moses; and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? ow that he can speak well. And also, Behold, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth ..hee, g he will be glad in his heart. is And thoushait speak unto him and put words h in his mouth : and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people : and he shall be even he shall be to thee instead o a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead i of God. 17. And thou shalt take this rod k in thine hand, where with thoushalt O. SlºS. 18'ſ And Moses went, and return- ed to 5 Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt : for all the men l are dead which Sought thy life. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass and he’returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod m of God in his hand. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those n Wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden o his heart, that he shall not let the *}. go. 22. And thou shalt say unto Pha- raoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel * Iny Son, p even my firstborn: 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son É9, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay a thy son, even thy first- born. - EXODUS, V. B. C. 1491. Ps. 78.44. 2 a man of words. 3 since yes- terday, 710 r since the third day. e Ps. 94.9. Jer. 1.6,9. f Is.50.4. Mat. 10, 19. 4 or, should- CŞt. wer. 27. Nu.22.38. 23.5,3:c De. 18. 18. Is.51.16. Jer. 1.9. Lt.21.15. i ch. 7, 1. g Å. ºr Nu.22.22. & Ge. 17, 14. 6 or, knife. t Jos. 5.2,3. 7 made it touch. tº ch.3. l. v ver. 16. 2 Ch. 20. 18. (CHAP.5.) a ch. 10.9. b 2Ki. HS.35. Job 21. 15. Ps. 12.4. c ch.3.18. d De.28.21. Eze. 6.11. --sº- d Ch.7.20. Aaron sent to meet Moses. 24 ºf And it came to pass, by the way in the inn, that the LORD r met him, and sought to kills him. 25 Then Zipporah took a sh 6 stone, and t cut off the foreskin of her son, and 7 cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. 25 So tie let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. , - 27 ºf And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount u of God, and kissed 11PIl. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LoRD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had • commanded him. And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 30 And Aaron spake v all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed: w and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads a and Yº! * CHAPTER W. 1 Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron: 5 he increaseth the Israelites' task, NH) afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast a unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said, b Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go I know not the RD, neither will I let Israel go. 3 And they said, The God of the c Hebrews hath met with us : let us go, we pray thee, three days’ jour- ney into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, d or with the sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wºherefore do º Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works : É. you unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, • , and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall 63 Moses complains to God. laye upon them; yeshall not dimin- ish aught thereof; for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. - 9 1 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein: and let them not regard vain f words. 10 || And the task-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, say- ing, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it : yet not aught of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble instead of SträW. 13 And the task-masters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, 2 your daily tasks, as when there WàS Straw. - 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's task- masters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore ? i5: Then the officers of the chil- dren of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore deal- est thou thus with thy servants : 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy ser- vants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. - 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go ani do sacrifice to the iono. 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no strâw be given ; yet shall ye deliver the tale of ricks. 19 And the Officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil g case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish aught from your bricks of your daily task. 20 T And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: 21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge ; because ye have made our savour 8 to be abhorred h in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his ser- vants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. 22 And Moses returned unto the IORD, and said, , wherefore hast thou so evil-entreated i this people? why is it that thou hast sent me ! 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done EXODUS, VI. B. C. 1491. e Ps. 106.41. 1 Let the work be heav wpon the ºleº. f2Ki. 18.20. 2 a matter of a day in his day. g De. 32.26. 3 to stink. h Ge.34.30. 1Sam. 13.4. 27. 12 2Sam. 10.6. 1Chr. 19.6. i Jer. 20.7. Hab.2.3. 4 delivering thou hast not deli- vered. (CHAP. 6.) a 2Ch. 20. 17. Ps. 12.5. by P.S. 89. 13. c ch. 11.1. 1 or, JEHO- V.4 H. d Ge. 17.1. 35. 11. 48.3. e ch.3.14. Ps, 68.4. §: e. 17.7.8. f ch:2.24. Ps. 106.44. h Ps. 105.8. i Deut. 26.8. Ps. 8.1.6. k ch. 15. 13. I)eut.".8. 1Ch. 17.21. Neh. 1. 10. l Deut.4.20. 7.6. º Rev.21.3,7. lift up ºn hand. 3} mn ch.5,21. 3 shortness, or, strait- 72.É.53. n ver.9. 0 ver, 30. Lev.26.41. Jer, 9.26. Acts 7.51. p Nu.27.19, De.81.13. God reneweth his promise. evil to this º: 4 neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. CHAPTER WI. 1 God reneweth his promise by his 7ame JEHOVA H. HEN the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what a I will do to Pharaoh : for with a strong hand b shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them c out of his land. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am 1 the LORD : 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of Godd Almighty; but by my name e JEHOVAH was I not known to them. 4 And I have also established my Covenant f with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. 5 And I have also heard the g groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bond. age; and I have h remembered my Covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the chil- dren of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out i from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will k redeem wou with a stretched-out arın, and with great judgments: 7 And I will take you to mel for a people, and I will be to you a God : and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bring- eth you out from under the bur- dens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did 2 swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob ; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. 9 *ſ And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they heark- ened not m unto Moses for 3 an- guish of spirit, and for Cruel bond- age. 10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 11 Gó in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have n not hearkened unto me : how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of o uncircumcised lips? 13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a p charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of 64 Moses receives authority. lsrael out of the land of Egypt. 14 ºf These be the heads of their fathers' houses : q the sons of Reu- ben, the firstborn of Israel; Ha- noch , and Pallu, Hezron,and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. 15 And r the sons of Simeon; Je- muel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. 16'ſ And these are the names of the sons of s Levi, according to theirge- merations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. 17. The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families, 18 And the sons of Kohath ; t Am- ram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years. 19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi,according to their generations. And Amram took him Joche- bed, his father's sister, to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Am- ram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. 21 | And the sons of Izhar; u Korah, and Nepheg, and Zithri. 22 And the sons of Uzziel; v Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. 3 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of w Aminimadab, sister of Naashom, to wife ; and she bare him a Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 Amd the sons of Korah; Assir, tand Elkanah, and Abiasaph : these are the families of the Korhites. 25 And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took him one of the daughters of futiei to wife; and she bare him Phine- has : y these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites, according to their families. 26These are that Aaron and Moses, tº whom the Lord said, bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt, according to their armies. 37 These are they which spake to z Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israëſa from Egypt: whºse are that Moses and Aaron. 28'ſ And it came to pass, on the lºy when the LoRD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, That the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. I am the Lord: §peak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all b that I say unto thee. 30 And Moses said before the 10Rp, Behold, I am of uncircum- * EXODUS, VII. B. C. 1491. q Ge.46.9,&c. I Ch. 5.3. r 10h. 4.24. s Nu.3. I'7. 1Ch.6.1. f Nu.26,57. u Nu. 16.1. v Lev. 10.4. ºw Ru.4. 19. a; 10.h.6.3. 24. 1. y Jos. 24.33. z ch.5, 1. 7. 10. a ch.33. 1. Ps. 77.20, Mic.6.4. b Jer, 1.7,8,17 23.23. 26,2. Eze.2.6.7. Majš30. c wer. 12. (CHAP. 7.) a Ps. 82.6. Jno. 10.35. b ch.6.29. c ch. 11.9. d ch. 14.4, 18. Ps. 9. 16. e Mat. 12,39. Jno.2. 18. Dan.2.2. f 2Ti. 3.8. g wer.4. h ch.8. 15. 10. 1,27. i Jer, 8.5. Heb. 12.25. cisede lips, and how shall Pharaoh ** =w Magicians of Egypt. hearken unto me ! CHAPTER WII. 1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pha- raoh: 10 the rod is turned to a ser- pent. 13 Pharaoh's heart is harden- ed. 19 The river is turned to blood. ND the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god a to Pharaoh ; and Aaron thy bro- ther shall be thy prophet, 2 Thou shalt speak all b that 1 command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoli, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. 3 And I will c harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 4. But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the igyptians shall know that I am the LoRD,a when I stretch forth mime hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. 7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. 8 *| And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 3 When Pharaohshai speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle e for you: then thou shalt Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall be- Come a Serpent. 10 " And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LoRD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and f the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in fike manner with their en- chantments. 12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became Serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. 13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them ; as the LORD g had said. 14"|| And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, h he refuseth i to let the people go. 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was 65 - 5 Plagues of Egypt. turned to a serpent k shalt thou take in thine hand. - 16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LoRD God of the l Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, m that they may serve Hłe II1 #. wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. 17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am n the LORD : behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned oto blood. 18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and, the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. 19 "[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their 1 pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smotep the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned into blood. 21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink q of the water of the river: and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. • - 22 And the magicians of Egypt did r so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set hiss heart to this also. And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LöRD had smitten the river. CHAPTER VIII. 1 Frogs are sent, 25 Pharooh in- clineth to let the people go, 32 but yet is hardened. Ağ. the LORD spake unto Moses, Gaunto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the ford, Let my Pºlº go, that they may serve me. 2 if thou, refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy bor- ders with frogs: EXODUS, VIII. B. C. 1491, k vet. 10. l ch.3. IS. m ch. 8.1,&c. in ver. 5. 1Sa. 17.46. 1Ki.20,28. 2Ki. 9. 19. Eze. 29.9. 30.8. 38.23. o Ps. 78.44. 105.29, Rev.8.8. 16.4–6. 1 gathering of their waters. p ch. 17.5. Nu.20. 11. q wer. 18. r 2Ti. 3.8. 36.24. Hag. 1.5. -"wºw"ºvº. (CHAP. 8.) 1 or, dough. a Ps. 78.45. 05.30. Rev. 16. 13. b ch.9.28. I0. 17. º or, have this honour Otjē7° 77te. 3 or, against when 4 to cut off. 5 or, against to-morrow. c Deut. 32.31. 33.26. 2 Sam.7.22. I Ch. 17.20. Ps. 88.18. 86.8. Is.40.25. 46.9. Jer. 10.6,7. d Ja. 5.16, 18. e Deut. 34.10- 12. f Ec.8.11. g ch. 7.4. Frogs brought forth. 3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bed-chamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy Servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy 1 kneading-troughs; 4 And the frogs shall come up, both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. 5 *|| And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and Over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs a came up, and co- vered the land of Egypt. 7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, b En- treat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the peo- ple go, that they may do sacrifice unto the IORD. 9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh * Glory over me : 3 when shall f entreat for thee, and for thy ser- Vants, and for thy people, 4 to de- stroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only 10 And he said, 5 To-morrow. And he said, Beit according to thy word; that thou mayest know that c there is none like unto the LORD Our God. 11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from º houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. 12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses d cried unto the LORD because of the frogs with he had brought against Pha- Tºl{}{1. 13 And the LORD did e according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. 14And they gathered them together upon heaps; and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he f hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them ; as the LORD had said, g 16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, stretch out thy rod, and Smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the ſand of Egypt. 17And they did so : for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the 66 Subarms of flies. earth, and it became h lice in man and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not : i so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. 19 Them the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the k finger of God : and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them ; as the LORD had said. And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morn- ing, and stand before Pharaoh , lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may Serve me . 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, will send 6 swarms of flics upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also he ground whereon they are. 22 And I will sever l in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. 23 And I will put 7 a division be- tWeen my people and thy people : 8to-morrow shall this sign be. 24 And the LORD dº so : and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his Servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was 9 cor- rupted by reason of the swarm of 265. 25 *| And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. Moses said, It is not meet SQ to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination m of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: io, shall we Sacrifice the abomination of the jº before their eyes, and Will they not stone us? 27 We will go n three days’ jour- ney into the wilderness, and sacri- fice to the LoRD our God, as he Shallo command us. 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let Ou go, that ye may sacrifice to the RD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not govery faraway: p entreat for me. 29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the |ORD that the swarms offiies may depart from Pharaoh, from hisser- Wants, and from his people, to mor- tow ; but let not Pharaoh deal q de- EXODUS, DK. JB, C, 149%. h Ps. 105.31. * Ge. 41.8. Is, 19. 12. 47. 12, Dan.2. 10. k 1Sa.6.3,9. S. § sº, Mat, 12.28. Lu. 11.20. 6 or, a mic- ture of iłł) ISſ)}{16}. beasts, &c. l ch.9.4,&c 10.23. 11.6,7. 12. 3. 7 a redemp- tion. 8 or, by to- 2770 rºotty, 9 or, de- stroyed. m Ge.43.32. 46.34. Deut.'7.25. 12.31. 1Ki. 11.5–7, 2Ki.23. 13. n ch.3.18. o ch.34.11. Lev. 10.1. Mat. 28.20. p ver.8. Ch.9 28. 1Ki. 13.6. q Ps. 78.34– 37. Jer. 42.20. *** ******* r wer. 15. ch.4.21. Rom.2.5. (CHAP. 9.) a Ps. 78.50, b De.28.27, Job 2.7. Rev. 16.2. c Is.47. 12,14. d Ps. 31.11. *-sº-sº-sº | people Murrawn of beasts. ceitfully any more m not letting the o to sacrifice to the LORD. 30 And Moses went out from Pha- raoh, and entreated the LORD. 31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from, Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people : there remained not one. 32 And Pharaoh r hardened his heart at this time aiso, neither would he let the people go. CHAPTER IX. 1 The murrain of beasts. 27 Pha- % º to Moses, 35 but yet vs 7°Cºrtº. HEN the LoRD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, * 3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. 4 And the LORD shall sever be- tween the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the chil dren's of Israel. 5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. 6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and a all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold there was not one of the cattle o the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 8 *| And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you hand- fuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the hea: ven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boilbbreaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, through- out all the land of Egypt. 10 And they took ashes of the fur- nace, and stood before Pharaoh ; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil break- ing forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. 11 And the magicians could note stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the ma- gicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearken- edd not unto them; as the LORD 67 The plagite of htt). had spoken e unto Moses. 13'ſ And the LORD said unto Mo- ses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, thus saith the foºt, God of the Hebrews, Let my peo- ple §. that they may serve me. 14 For I will at this time send allf my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I §, Smite thee and g thy people wit thoushalt be cut off from the earth. 16And in very deed for h this cause have I 1 raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17. As yet exaltest thou thyselfi against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 18 Benold, to-morrowk about this time, I will cause it to rain l a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation there- of even until now. 19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come m down upon them, and they shall die. 20 He that feared the word n of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 21 And he that 2 regarded o not the word of the LORD left his ser- wants and his cattle in the field. 22*. And the LORD said unto Mo- ses, Stretch forth thine hand to- ward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven; and the LoRD sent thunder and p hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground: and the LORD rained hail upon the land Of Fº 24 there was hail, and fire 1ningled with the hail, very #. 9us, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it be- Carºle a nation. 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast: and the hail q smote every herb of §: # and brake every tree of £iúl. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, r where the children of Israel were – pestilence; and |* EXODUS, X. B. C. 1491. f Lev.26.18. Deut.28. 15. 29.20. 1Sam.4.8. Jer. 19.8. Rev. 18.8. g Pr.2.22. h Pr. 16.4. Rºm.9.7. 1 Pet.2.8. i made thee 3 set not his heart unto. o ch. 7.23. p Jos. 10. 11. 1Sa. 12, 17, 18 Job 38.22. Ps. 18, 13. Is. 30.30. Eze. 33.22. Rev.8.7. q Ps. 105.33. r ch.Ş.22,&c. s 2Chr. 12.6. Ps. 9. 16. Lam. 1. 18. Dan.9.14. t Acts 8.24. 8 voices of {}{ſſ, tº 1HQi. 8.38. Ps. 143.6. Is... l. 15. v Ps. 24. 1. 1Cor. 10.26. w Is. 26.10. acAm.4.9. Hab.3, 17. 4 hidden, or, dark. 5 by the hand of Moses. (CHAP. 10.) a ch. 7. 13, 14. b Deut.4.9. Ps. 44. 1. 71. 18,78.5. Joel 1.3. c Ps. 58.11. d : Ki.21.29. 2Chr. 7. 14. Job 42.6. Jer. 13. IS. Jam.4.10. e Pr. 30.27. ev.9.3. 1 eye. ~-sº-sº e ch.4.21 Is.32. 18, 19. Pharaoh sueth to Moscs. was there no hail. 27*. And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time : the LORD is righteous, s and I and my people are wicked. - 28 Entreat the LORD (for t it is enough) that there be no more 3. mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, i will spread abroad my hands u unto the LORD ; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's, v 30 But as for thee and thy ser- vants, I know that ye will not yet w fear the LORD God. 31 And the flax and the barley was Smitten ; a for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. 32 But the wheat and the rye were not smitten; for they were 4 not grown up. 33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thun- ders were ceased, he sinned yet y more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken 5 by Moses. CHAPTER X. 12 The plague of locusts, 21 of dark- ness, 27. Pharaoh's heart is yet hardened. ND the LORD said unto Moses, Goin unto Pharaoh: for I have a hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, b and of thy sons' son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how c that I am the LORD. 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou re- fuse to humbled thyself before me ! let my people go, that they may Servè Ikle. 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my P. go, behold, to morrow wi bring the locusts e into thy ooast: 5 And they shall cover the 1 face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth; and they The plague of locusts. EXODUS, XI. shall eat the fresidue of that which B. C. 1491. is escaped, which remaineth untº you from the hail, and shall eat f ch.9.32. every tree which groweth for you º' Joel i3. out of the field: 2.25. 6 And they shall fill thy houses, g and the houses of all thy servants, & ver, 14:15. and the houses of all the łº ;| ch.S.3. which neither thy fathers, northy h ch:23.33 fathers' fathers have seen, since the "j; 13 day that they were upon the earth is...i.21. unto this day. And he turned him-| Pr.29.6. self, and went out from Pharaoh. Ec.7.26. 7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be h; ***, ºnd a snare unto us?' let the men go, *, *. that they may serve the LORD their ch.7.19. God : knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed # Ps. 18.26. And Moses and Aaron were 107.25. brought again unto Pharaoh: and Mat.8.27. he said unto them, Go, serve the j P5.78.46 loRD your God: but 2 who are they “i. that shall go tº ºf x ºn 9 And Moses said, We will go with 'm Joel 2.2, our young and with our old, with 3 - - our sons and with our daughters, łºd with our flocks and with our herds' will we go; for we must hold a feast, n ch.9.27. unto the LORD, 10 And he said unto them, Let the is --~~~~~~~ LORD be so with you, as f wiſiist - you go, and your little ones: look'o Ki;9:3. to it; for evil is before you. Is. 26. 16. 11. Not so: go now ye that are men," a fastened and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven p Joel 2, 20. out from Pharaoh’s presence. 12"| And the LoRD said unto Mo-j q Ps:33.6. ses, Stretch t_out thine hand over HÚ5.28. the land of Egypt for the locusts, ºr 9. that they may come up upon the Be-2-14%. land of Egypt, and eat every herb Is.8.22 4. of the land, even all that the hail 4 we dººd is 13 And Moses stretched forth his may feel rod over the land of Egypt, and the darkness. LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that r is:42; 1%; night; and when it was morning, 9::::/3, * %º: wind brought the locusis. IFet.*.*. nd the locusts l went up Over 6 x all the land of Egypt, and rested in 6 §:r all the coasts of Egypt : very griev- ous were they; before them there is Ho.5.6. were no such locusts m as they, Zec. 14.20. neither after them shall be such. 15 for they covered the face of ' '...lºs the whole earth, so that the land] ***** was darkened; and they did eat w Chr. 16.10. every herb of the land, and all the 25, 16. fruit of the trees which the hail Am.7.13. had left: and there remained not ty Heb. 11.27 i. . thin * the trees, f * * A i e º a tº €r t; i.# t i. eld, through all (CHAP. 11.) 16 ºf Then ſharaoh a called for a ch.1% ºf Moses and Aaron in haste; and he º said, I have sinned against n the Pharaoh yet hardcned. LORD your God, and against you. 17 Now, therefore, forgive, I pray thee, my sin only 0 this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he .# take away from me this death Only. 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. 19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and 4 cast thern p into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. 3) But the foºd hardened Häa. raoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. 21 *| And the LORD said unto Mo- ses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be dark- ness q over the land of Egypt, 5 even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land Of Fº three days: 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had r light in their dwellings. 24 ºf And Pharaoh called unto Mo- ses, and said, Goye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed : let your little ones also go with you. 25 And Moses said, Thou must give 6 us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. 26 Our cattle s also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind: for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. 27*| But the LORD hardened tº ha- raoh's heart, and he would not let them go. 28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more: u. for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt, die. 29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, v I will see thy face 110 II). Ore. ***śpter x. . 1 God's message to the Israelites, to borrow jewels of their neighbours. 4 The death of the firstborn threat- ened. ND the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; af- terwards he will let you gó hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence a alto- gether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow 69 The Passover of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 And the LoRD gave the people b favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great c in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in sight of the people. - 4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight d will I go out into the midst of Egypt : 5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, e from the first- born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behin the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. 6 And there shall be a great cryf throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. But inst any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his g tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LoRD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. 8 And all these thy servantsh shali come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people 1 that follow thee: and after that I will o out. And he went out from haraoh in 2 a great anger. 9 And the LQRD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may i be multiplied in the land of Egypt. 10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land. CHAPTER XII 3 The passover instituted. 29 The firstborn slain. 31. The Israelites are driven out of the land. A.D the LORD spake unto Moses : and Aaron in the land of Egypt, Saying, 2 This a month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the Yº. to you, 3'ſ Speak ye unto all the congre- ; of Israel, saying, In the tenth of this month they shall take to them every man a 1 lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 4 And if the household be too lit- tle for the lamb, let him and hi neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls: every man, according to his eating, shall make your count for the lamb 5 Your lamb shall be b without EXODUS, XII. B. C. 1491. b ch. 12.36. Ps. 106.46. c 2Sa.7.9. Est. 9.4. Rev.3.9. d Job 34.20. Mic.2.10. Zec. 14.3. e Am.4.10. f ch. 12.30. Am.5. 17. g Jos. 10.21. h ch. 12.31,33. 1 i.e. at thy jeet. 1Ki.20. 10. 2 heat of anger. i ch. 7.3. kch. 10.20,27. 1Sam, 6.6. Rom.2.5. (CHAP. I2.) a ch. 13.4. 34 Deut. iśī. 1 or, kid. D Lev.22.19, 21 Deut. 17.i. Mal: 1.8, 14. |L 1 Pet. 1, 19. *...*-*-*-e-a-º-º-º-º: 2 son of a Čtºr, ev.23.12. c Lev.23.5. Num.9.3. 28.16, De. 16.1,6. 3 between he two evenings. d ch.34.25. Deut. 16.3. 1Co.5.8. e ch.23.18. 4 or, princes. f Nu.33.4. Ps,82. I. 5 for a de- struction. g Lev.23.4,5. 2Ki.23.21. 1Co.5.8. h ch. 13.6.&c. Nu.28.iº, i Nu.9. 13. k Nu.29.12. 6 soul. * is instituted. blemish, a male 2 of the first year; ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 6 And ye shall keep it up until the c fourteenth day of the same month : and the whole assembly of the con- gregation of Israel shall kill it 3 in the evening. 7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side-posts and on the upper, door-post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast, with fire, and a unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. 10 And ye shall let nothing of it c remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 11"| And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on }. feet, and your staff in your land; and ye shall eat it in haste ; it is the LORD's passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the 4 gods of Egypt f I will execute judgment: I am the ORD. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where e are: and when I see the blood, will pass over you, and the plague shall not he upon you 5 to destroy wou, when Ismite the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast g to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 15 Seven days h shall ye eat un- leavened bread; even the first day }. shall put away leaven out of your ouses: for whosoever eateth lea- vemed bread from the first day until the seventh day, i that Soul shall be cut off from Israel. 16 And in the first day there shall be an holy k convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you ; no manner of work shall be done in them, Save that which every 6 man must eat, that only may be done of you. 17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this Self-same day have I º; yOur armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. 18"|| In the first month, on the four- 70 * Firstborn of the teenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, un- til the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven l found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 21 *|| Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a 7 lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. In 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike n the lin- tel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. For the LORD will pass through to Smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood o upon the lin- tel, and on the two side-posts, the LQRD will pass over the door, and p will not suffer the destroyer to conſe in unto your houses to smite you. 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy Sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when re be corne to the land which the AORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. 26 And it shall come to pass, when {{!}. children shall say unto you, q What Imean ye by this service 27 That ye shall say, It is the sa- crifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of the chil- dren of Israel in Egypt, when he Smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head, and r worshi F. 28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had Commanded Moses and Aaron, so d they. 29." And it came to pass, that at lmidnight the LORD smote s all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat On his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the 3 dun- geon; and all the firstborn of cattle. 30, And Pharaoh, rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry tº in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not One dead. 31 ºf And he called u for Moses and EXODUS, XII. JB, C, 1491. ! ch.23, 15 34. 18. I}eut. 16.3. 7 or, kid. Ezr.6.20. Mat. 26.18. Mar. 14. 12. Lu. 22.7,&c n Lev. 14.6,7. Ps. 51.7. Heb. 9. 19. 11.28. o Heb. 12.24. p 2Sa.24. 16. Eze.9.4,6. Rev.7.3. 9.4. q ch. 13.8,14. IDeut. 32.7. os.4.6. Ps, 78.6. r ch. 4.31. s Nu.3.13. 8. 17. tº ch. I 1.1. *-*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*- to Ge.27.34. tº Ps. 105.38. 9 or, dough. ac Ge. 39.2i. ch.3.21. 11.3, y Nu.33.3,5. z Nu. 1.46. 11.21. 10 a great nºt acture. a Nu. li.4. b Ge. 15.13. Acts 7.6. Ga. 3.17. 11 a night of observa- tions. c De. 16. 1,6. d Nu.9.14. e Ge. 17. 12. f Lev.22.10. Ep.2.12. **m Egyptians slatn. Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my §. oth ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and v bless me also. 33 And the Egyptians were ur- gent w upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be dead men. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their 9 Kºśl. being bound up | their clothes upon i; shoul- erS. 35 And the children of Israel did º to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the †. jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: 36 And the LORD & gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required; and they spoiled the Egyptians, 37 *| And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses y to Suc- coth, about z six hundred thou- sand on foot that were men, beside children. 38 And 10 a mixed multitude a went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of #. and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. 4. Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was b four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the self-same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is 11 a night to be much c observed unto the LORD for bring- ing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LöRD to be observed of all the chil- dren of Israel in their generations. 43"| And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance d of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: * 44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou haste circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. - 45 Afforeigner and an hired ser- want shall not eat thereof. 71 Israelites depart from Egypt. 46 In one house shall it be eaten : thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof g 47 All the congregation of Israel shall 12 keep it. And when a stranger shall so- journ with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come mear and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 49 One law h shall be to him that is home-horn, and unto the stram- ger that sojourneth among you, 50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 51 And it came to pass the self- same i day, that the LoRD did bring the childen of Israel out of the land of *ś k º their armies. CHAPTER XIII. 1 The firstborn sanctified to God. 3 The memorial of the passover is commanded. 21 God guideth them by a cloud, and by fire. ND the LORD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 2 Sanctify unto me all the a first- born,whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast : it is mine. 3'ſ And Moses said unto the peo- ple, Remember this b day, in which }. came out from Egypt, out of the house of 1 bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no lea- vened bread be eaten. 4. This º, came ye out, c in the month Abib. 5*, And it shall be, when the LoRD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he d sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this scrvice in this month. d Seven days e thou shalt eat un- leavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days: and there shallf no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. .8'ſ And thou shalt shew thy song in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the iorpää unto me when I came forth out of t. And it shall be for h a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a EXODUS, XIII. B, C, 1491. g Nu.9. 12, Juo. 19.33, 36. 12 do it. H. Nu.9. 14. i ver.4.1. # ch.6.26. (CHAP. 13.) a ver. 12. ch.22 29. 34. 19. Nu.3.13. Deut. 15.19. Luke 2.23. b ch. 12.42. 1 servants, ch. 20.2. c ch.23.15. De. 16. 1,3. d Ge. 17.8. 22. 16. e ch. 12. 15. f ch. 12.19. g ch. 12.26. wer. 14. h ver, 16. Deut. 6.8. 1 1.J8. Pr. i. 9. .21. Cant.8.6. *…*.*.*.*.*, *Nº. 2-x_* i ch. 12.14,24. 2 cavese to pass over. 3 or, kid. A Deut. 6.20. Jos. 4.6,21. 4 to-morrow. 1 Deut. 26.8. rn ch. 14.1 1, 12 Nu. I4.1-4. n 1}eut. 17. 16. o Deut.32. 10. 5 or, by five in a rank. p Ge.50.25. Jos.24,32. Acts 7.16. q Num,33.6, r Num,9. º 14. 14. Deut. 1.33. Ne.9, 12, 19, Ps. 78. 14. They encamp in Etham. memorial between thine eyes; that the LORD's law may be in ; mouth : for with a strong hand hat the EoPD brought thee out of Egypt. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance i in his season from year to year. 11 ºff And it shall be, when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 12 That thou shalt 2 set apart unto the LoRD all that openeth the ma- trix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD's. 13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a 3 lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck : and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. 14"| And it shall be, when thy sonſ, asketh thee 4 in time to come, say- ing, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage. 15 And it came to pass, when Pha- raoh would hardly let us go, that the LoRD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the first- born of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I Sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeema. 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets he- tween thine eyes: for by strength of hand & the Lord brought us forth out of §º 17 || And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, al- though that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people m re- pent when they see war, and they return n to Egypt: 18 But God o led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea. And the children of Israel went up 5 harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had . straitly sworn the children of Israel, • saying, p God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. . 20*. And they took their journey q from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wil- derness. 21 And the LoRD, went before them r by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night Pharaoh pursueth the Israelites. in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and might: 3. He took not away the pillar of º §§#.tº º pillar i. ire by night, from before the people. yº 1 God instructeth the Israelites in their journey. 5 Pharaoh pursueth them. 21 They pass, through the Red Sea. 23 The Egyptians are drowned. A. the LORD spake unto Mo- ... A. SeS, Saying, - 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before a Pi—hahiroth, between b Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-Zephon: before it shall ye en- camp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, c They are en- tangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And I will harden d Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them: and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. 5 *|| And it was told the king of §§ that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned e against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? d he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him : 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, fand all the chariots of #. and captains over every one of them 8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high g hand. 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them en- º by the sea, beside Pi-ha- hiroth, before Baal-zephon. 10 *| And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted }. their eyes, and, behold, the º marched' after them; and they were sore h afraid : and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. 11 And they said unto Moses, Be- cause there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in i Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that *; may serve the EXODUS, XTV. B. C. 1491. (CHAP. 14.) || a Num. 33.7. b Jer.4.4.1. c Ps.3.2. 71, 11. Jer.20, 10, - ll. d ch.4.21,&c. e Ps. 105.25. f ch. 15.4. g Num. 33.3. Deut. 26.8. h Jos. 24.7. Ne.9.9. Ps.34.17. 106.44. 107.6. i ch.5.21. 6.9. }. Num. 14.9. Deut.20.3. 2Ki.6.16. 2 chº. 15, Ps.27.1.2. Is...i 14. 1 or, for whereas ye have seen the Egyp- tians to day. ! Deut. 1.30. 20.4. Jos. 10. 14. 23.3,10. 2 Ch. 20.29. Ne.4.20. Is.30. 15. m Nu.20. 16. Is, 63.9. n Jos. 3.16. 4.23. Ps.66.6. o 1Cor. 10.1. Heb. 11.29. 2 or, and made them to go heavily. **ms 73 Moscs divideth the Sea. Egyptians? For it had been botter for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wil- £FIABSS. - 13 *| And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, k stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: 1 for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14. The LORD shall fight l for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 15"| And the LORD said unto Mo- ses, Wherefore criest thou unto me 1 speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it; and the children of is aei sãail go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them : and iwili get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the º shall know that I am the loßD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 19 ºf And the angel m of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them : 20 And it came between the cam of the Egyptians and the camp o Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the might. 2] And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea n dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst o of the sea upon the dry ground; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left. 23'ſ And the Egyptians pursued, and wentin after thern to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LoRD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, ld took off their chariot wheels 2 that they drave them The Egyptians drowned. heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LoRD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. 26 ºf And the LORD said unto Mo- ses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea re- turned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyp- tians fled against it; and the LORD 3 overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters returned, and covered p the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pha- raoh that came into the sea after them : there remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of Israel walk- ed upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians: and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore. 31 And Israel saw that great 4 work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LoRD, and believed q the LORD, and his servant Moses. bījā PTER xy Tº sang a Moses and the children of Israel, this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed § the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 2 The LoRD is my strength and b song, and he is become my salva- tion : he is my God, and I will pre- pare him an c habitation; my fa- ther's God, and I will exalt him. RD is a man of d war: the LORD is his mame. e 4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he castinto the sea : his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. 5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottomas astone. 6 Thy right hand, e O Lord, is be- come glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatness of thinef excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee : thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them gas stubble. EXODUS, XV. B. C. 1491. 3 shook off. p ch. 15.10. Ps. 78.53, 106.11. 4 hand. g ch.4.13. 19.9. Jno. 2. 11. 11.45. (CHAP. 15.) a Ju.5.1. 2Sam .22. 1. Ps. 106.12. b Ps. 18.2. 27.1. 62.6. 118, 14. ls. 12.2. c 1Ei.8.13, 27. a Ps. 24.8. 45.3. Rev. 19, 1}. e Ps. 118.15, I6. f Deut. 33.26. Ps, 68.33. gº Ps.59.13. Is.5.24. 7.14 47. 14. Mat. 3, 12. .*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*. h 2Sa.22.16. Job 4.9. 2Th.2.8, 1 or, re- possess. t ch. 14.21, Ps. 147, 18. # Is.40. 18. 2 or, mighty {}}*ES : I Is.63.13. wn Jos.5.1. m Deut.2.25. I 1.25. Jos, 2.9. o 1Sa.25.37. p Ps.74.2. Acts 20.28. q Ps.44.2. r Ps. '78.54. & Ps. 146. 10. Dan, 4.3. The Song of Moses. 8 And with the blast of h thy nos- trils the waters were gathered to- gether, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were com- gealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall 1 destroy them. 10 Thou didst blow with thy i wind, the sea covered them : they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 11 Who is like k unto thee, 0 LoRD, among the 2 gods? who islike thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders 4 12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. 13 Thou in thy mercy hast ! led forth the people which thou hast redeemed : thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habi- tation. 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid : sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestima. 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed ; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them : all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt m away, 16 Fear and dread shall n fall upon them : by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still o as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which p thou hast purchased. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and q. plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in; in the r sanc- tuary, Q LORD, which thy hands have established. 18.The LORD shall reigns for ever and ever. 19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the Sea upon them : but the chil- dren of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 20'ſ And Miriam the prophetess the sister of Aaron, t took a timbre in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, w for he hath triumphed giorious ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea; and they went out into the wilderness of v Shur: and they went three days in the wil- derness, and found no water. The Israelites murmur. 23 °ſ And when they came to w Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bit- ter: therefore the name of it was called 3 Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink { 25 And he cried unto the LORD ; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into a the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put mone of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: y for I am the LoRD z that healeth hee. 27"| And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and three score and ten palm-trees: and they encamped there by the Waters, CHAPTER XVI. 2 The Israelites murmur. 11 Quails are sent, 14 and manna. A}} they took their journey from : A Elim, a and all the congrega- tion of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of b Sin, which ts between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. -- 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel c murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wil- derness: 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when d we sat by the flesh-pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilder- ness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. 4 *| Then said the LORD unto Mo- ses, Behold, I will raine bread from heaven for you; and the people shali go out and gather 1 a certain rate every day, that I mayf prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare t which they bring in ; and it shall be twice g as much as they gather daily. * 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD EXODUS, XVI. B, C, 1491. to Num. 33.8. 3 that is, hitterness, Ru. 1.20 ac 2Ki.2.21. 4.41. 9 De.28.27, 60. z Ps. 41.4. 103.3. (CHAP. 16.) a Nu.33. 10. b Eze. 30, 15. d Nu. 11.4,5. e Ps. 78.24. Jno.6.31, 32. 1 the portion of a day in his day. f Deut.8.16. g ver.22. **-* i ISam,8.7. Mat. 10.40. Lu. 10. 16. k Nu. 16. 16. ! Nu. 14, 10. 1Ki.8.10. m ver,7. 'm Nu. 11.31. Ps. '78.27– 31 105.40. 2 or, What is this 2 or, It is a por- tion. over. 31.38. u. 11.7. De.8.3, 16. Jos. 5.12. Ne.9. 15. Ps, 78.24. 105.40. Jno.6.31. 49.58. 1Cor. 10.3. Heb.9.4. Rev.2.17. 3 by the po #. ...” 4 souls. p 20or.8.15. *º-sº-s Quails and manna are scht. bath brought you out from the land of Egypt; 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory h of the LGRD; for that he heareth your murmur- ings against the Lord : and what º, we, that ye murmur against tlS : 8 And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmur- ings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmur- ings are not against us, i but against the LORD. 9 *| And Moses spake unto Aaron Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come k near before the LORD ; for he hath heard your murmurings. 10. And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that the looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD lap- peared in the cloud. 11 *ſ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12 I have heard the m murmur- ings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morn- ing ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. 13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails n came up, and co- vered the camp; and in the morn- ing the dew lay round about the OSU. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar- frost on the und. 15 And when the children of is- rael saw it, they said one to ano- ther, 2 It is manna : o for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them. This is the bread which the Lond hath given you to eat. 16 T This is the thing which the LoRD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eat- ing, an omer 8 for every man, ac- cording to the number of your 4 #. sons: take ye every man for t which are in his tents. 17 And the children of Israel did i. and gathered, some more, some €S$. 18. And when they did mete it with an omer, p he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack: they gathered everyman according to his eating. 75 Manna is not to be 19 And Moses said, Let no man q leave of it till the morming. Notwithstanding they heark- ened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank : an Moses was wroth with them. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 22 ºf And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the con- gregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the r rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD : bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will, seethe ; and that which remaineth over lay up for you, to be kept until the norm- Ing. * * * * 24 Aud they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade : and it did not s stink, neither was there any worm therein. And Moses said, Eat that to day, for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord ; to day ye shall not find it in the field. * 26 Sixt days ye shal! gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be IIGIkū. 27'ſ And it came to pass,that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the LoRD said unto Moses, How long refuse w ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See, for that the LORD hath iven you the sabbath, therefore e giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days: ºbide ye every man in his place ; let no man go out of his place on the seventh 3ty. § So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna : and it was like v coriander seed, white ; and the taste of it was like wafers I with honey. 32 ºf And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD command- eth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread where with I nave fed you in the wilderness, when I gºt you forth from the land of º 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, w Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up be- EXODUS, XVII. B, C, 1491. q Mat. 6.34. r ch. 20.8. 31. 15,35.3. Ge.2.3. Lev.23.3. & ver, 20. t ch.20.9, 10. tº Nu. 14. 11. 2Ki. I?. 14. v Nu. 11.7,8. w Heb. 9.4. ac ch.25. 16. Num. 1.50. 17. I 1Kt.8.9. g Nu.33 38. Deut.8.2,3. Ne.9.21. Jno.6.31, 49. z Jos. 5.12. Ne.9. 15. a ver. 16.32, 33. (CHAP. 17.) a ch. 16. 1. Nu.33. 12, 14. b Nu.20.3,4. c Deuf.6.16. Ps. 78. 18,41 95.8,9. Is, 7. 12. Mat, 4.7. 1Cor. 10.9. d 1Sam. 30.6. Jno.8.59. 10.31. Acts 7,59. 14. 19. e ch.7.20. Nunn. 20.8– 11 f Ps. 105.41. 114,8 1Cor. 10.4. i. e. termp- tation. 2. i. e., chid- ing, or, strife. g Ge.36.12. Nu.24.20. 3 called Jesus, Acts 7.45. Heb.4.8. foºtnd on the sabbath, fore the LORD, to be kept for your generations. 34 As the LORD commanded Mo- ses, so Aaron laid it up a before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Israel did eat mannay forty years, until they came to a land inhabited : they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders z of the land of Ca- Iłżlfill. 36 Now an omera is the tenth part of an ephah. CHAP'ſ ER XVII. 1 The people murmur for wafer at Rephidim. 5 Moses sent to the rock in Hoyeb. 13 Amalek is {}#}{27°COWº. Aº all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, a after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LöRD, and 0. pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. 2. Wherefore the people did chide b with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt c the LORD ! 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people mur- mured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children aſſº; cattle with thirst 7 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people 3 they be almost ready to stone d me. 5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, where with thou smot- este the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shallf come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the place 1 Massah, and 2 Meribah, be- cause of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not : 8 *ſ. Them came g Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said unto 3 Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out fight with Amalek : to morrow will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand, 10 So Joshua did as Moses had 7.6 Amalek is ctercome. raid to him, and fought with Ama- lek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur, went up to the top of the hill, 11 And it came to pass, when Mo- ses held up his hand, that Israel Drevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12. But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon : and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side : and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua discomfited Ama- lek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalekh from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it 4.JEHOVAH- IlıSSI : 16 For he said, 5 Because 6 the LORD hath sworn that the I.ORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. CHAPTER XVIII. 1 Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two sons. Moses entertaineth him. Whº Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in- law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his i.; and that the LORD had rought, Israel out of Egypt; 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in- law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back. 3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was 1 Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land : 4.And the name of the other was 2 Eliezer; for the God of my fa- ther, said he, was mime help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: 5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in- law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilder- ness, where he encamped at the b mount of God : 6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father-in-law Jethroam come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two Sons with her. 7 'ſ And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obei- sance, c and kissed him : and they asked each other of their 3 welfare; and they came into the tent, 8 And Moses told his father-in- law all that the LORD had done EXODUS, XVIII. B. C. 1491. h Nu.24.20. I}e.25. 19. 4 i. e. the LORD my banner, Ps.60.4. 5 or, Because the hand of Amalek is against the throme of the LORD, therefore, *č. 6 the hand upon the throme of the LO.R.D. (CHAP. 18.) a ch. 2. 16. 1 i. e. a st ranger there. 2 i.e. my G O D is an help. b ch.3.1, 12. c Ge.29.13. 33.4. 3 peace. -*.*~~~~~~~~ 4 found thern. d Ps. 106.43. 107.2. e Rom, 12.15. f2Sa. 18.28. Lu. 1.68. g Ps. 95.3. 97.9. h Job 40, 11. Dam.4.37. t Beut. i2.7. I Ch. 29.22. 1Cor. 10.21. k Nu. 15.34. 27.5. De. 17.8,9. à a man and his fellow. 6 fading thow wilt fade. & De, 1.9, 12. nº ch,20. 19. Deut. 5.5. m Deut.4, l. 6. Ne.9. 14. 0 De. i. 15–17. 16. 18. 2Sa. 23.3. Job 29.16. 31. 13. *-* Moses entertain ºth Jethro. unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had 4 come upon them by the way, and how the LORD d delivered them. 9 And Jethro rejoicede for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And Jethro said f É. be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the * and out of the hand of Pharaoh: who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyp- tians. 11 Nov I know that the LORD vs greater than all g gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly h he was above them. 12 And Jethro, Moses' father-in- law, took a burnt offering and sa- crifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law i before God. 13 *ſ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people : and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. - 14 And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the peo- ple stand by thee from morning unto even 7 15 And Moses said unto his fa- ther-in-law, Because the people come unto k me to inquire of God: 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me: and I judge be- tween 5 one and another; and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 17 And Moses' father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. 18, 6 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee : for this thing is too heavy l for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: be thou for the people m to God-ward, that º mayest bring the causes unto G g 0.01 . 20 And thou shalt teach them n ordinances and laws, and shalt *lshew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. * 21 Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as o fear God, men of truth, |hating covetousness: and place 77 Jethro's counsel to Moses. such over them to be rulers of thou- sands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge ; so, shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden p with thee. 23. If thou shalt do this thing, and God command q thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to r their place in peace. 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thou- sands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they º unto Moses, but every small matter they judged them- selves. 27 ºf And Moses let his father-in- law depart; and she went his way into his own land. CHAPTER XIX. 1 The people come to Sinai. 3 God's message to them out of the mount. 8 Their answer. N the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wil- dermessa of Sinai. 2 For they were departed from b Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. 3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of ja: cob, and tell the children of Israel : 4 Ye have seen what I did c unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, d and brought you unto myself. - - 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my co- venant, then ye shall be a pecu. liare treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine. 6 Ånd ye shall be unto me a king- dom of priests, f and an holy nation. These are the words which thou i. speak unto the children of râ€1. 7 'ſ And Moses came, and called for the elders of the * and laid before their faces these * which the LORD commanded l EXODUs, XIX. B. C. 1491. --ºs--- p Nu. 11.17. g 1Sam.8.7. r Ge. 30.25. s Nu. 10.29, 30. (CHAP. 19.) a Nu.33. 15. b ch. 17. 1,8. c ch. WHI.&c. d De. 32.11. Is. 40.31. 63.9. e Deut.".6. 32.9. 1Ki,8.53. Ps,135.4. Is.41.8. 43. 1. Tit.2. 24. f Rev.1.6. 5. 10. g ch.24.3. De.5,27-29. Jos. 24.24. Ne. 10.29. h ch. 20.21. 24.15, 16. Deut.4.11. Ps. 18.11, 12 Is. 19.1. i Lev. 11.44. k ver. 16,18. l Heb. 12.20, 1 or, cornet. m 1Sa.2.1.4,5. Joel 2. 16. ºn Heb. 12.21. o Deut.4.11. 2. p Ne.9.13. God's message to the peoplc. 8 And all the people answered together, and said, Allg that the LoRD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee h in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and be- lieve thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. 10 *| And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify i them to day and to mor- row, and let them wash their clothes ii And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come k down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt, set bounds unto the people round about, saying, 'J'ake heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it : whosoever touch- ethl the mount shall be surely put to death : 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through ; whether it be beast or man, it shall motive: when the 1 trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. 14 *| And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come m not at your wives. 16"| And it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunders and light- nings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trum- pet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp n trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the mether part of the mount. 18 And mount Sinai was alto- gether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it o in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses Spake, and God answered him by a WO1Cè. 20 And the Lord came downp upon mount Sinai, on the top 0 the mount: and the LORD callel Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. 78 The ten commandments. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, 2 charge the people, lest they breakthrough unto the LORD q to gaze, and many of them perish. 33 Andiet the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. 23 And Moses said unto the LORD, 'The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the nuount, and sanctify it. • 24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down ; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. CHAPTER XX. 1 The ten commandments. 22 Idola- try forbidden. 24 Of what sort the altar should be. A. DGodspake all these a words, Sayin to 3 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of b Egypt, out of the house of 1 bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other c gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, dor any likeness cf anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : 5 Thou shalt not bowe down thy- self to them, nor serve them : for I the LoRD thy God am a jealousf God, visiting the imiquity of the fathers upon the children unto g the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; 6 And shewing mercy h unto thou- Sands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name i 3 of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guilt- less k that taketh his marrie in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: * 10 But the seventh l day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any m work, thou, northy son, northy daugh- ter, thy manservant, northy maid- Servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy Stranger that is within thy gates: 11. For in six days n the LoRD made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested tire seventh day: wherefore the EXODUS, XX, XXI. B. C. 1491. -º- 2 contest. q ch.33.20. 1Sam.6.19. (CHAP. 20.) a De-5.4,&c. b Lev.26. 13. Ps.8l. 10. 1 servants. c 2Ki. 17.35. Deut.4, 16. e ch.23.24. Jos. 23.7. Is.44, 15, 19. f Jos.24, 19. I}an. 1.2. i Lev. 19.12. De.28,58. H. Lev.24. 16. Ps. 139.20. 1 ch.31 13, 14. Is.58. 13. m. Lev.23.3. Eze.20. 12. 11 Ne. 13. 15, H 9. Mat. 22.1- 12. Ge.2.2,3. De.27.16. Pr, 1.8. Jer.35. 18, 19 O p Mat.1546. Ep.6.2. Rom.".7. 1Cor. 6.10. Col. 3.5. v 2Chr. 7. 16. thern with hevcing. (CHAP. 21.) a Deut. 6.1. b Deut. 15.12. Jer. 34.8–17 1 with his body. *-ºs-ºsmº Laws for servants. LORD blessed, the sabbath-day, 0 and hallowed it. 12 || Honour p thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LoI.D thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not q kill. 14 Thou shalt not commitr adul- ery. 15 Thou shalt not s steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false t witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet, thy w neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. 18 # And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking : and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Moses 38. Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said unto the peo- ple, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may º, before your faces, that ye sin In O 21 And the people stood afar off: and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. 22 *|| Amd the ſlor D said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. 24 *[ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen : in all places where I record my name v I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not 2 build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. 26Neithershalt thougo up by steps unto mine altar, that thy naked- ness be not discovered thereon. CHAPTER, XXI. Sundry laws for menservants. etc. OW these are the judgments which thou shalt a set before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years b he shall serve : and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. . 3 If he came in 1 by himself, he 79 Divers laws shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4. If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and ne shall go out by himself, , , 5 And if the servant 2 shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out tee : 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever. 7 'ſ And if a man c sell his daugh- ter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as d the menservants do. 8 If she 3 please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to selle her unto a strange nation he shall have nofº seeing he hath dealt deceitfully f with her. 9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with lier after the manner of daughters. 10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty g of marriage, shall he not iminish. 11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. 12 *[He that smiteth h a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. - 13 And i if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a placek whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come l presump- tuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, m that he may die. - + 15 ºff And he that smiteth his n fa- ther, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 °ſ And he that stealeth o arman and sellethp him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17"). And he that 4 curseth his fa- ther, q or his mother, shall surely be put to death. - 18'ſ And if men strive together, and one smite 5 another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: 19. If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that, smote him be quit; only he shall pay for 6 the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be tho’ roughly healed. EXODUS, XXI. B. C. 1491. 2 saying shall say. c Ne,5.5. d ver,2,3. 3 be evil tº the eyes of. e Deut.21. 14. f Mal.2.14,15 g 1Cor. 7.5. h Lev.24, 17. Nu.35.30, 31, Mat. 26.52. i De. 19.4,5. # Nu.35.11. ! Nu. 15.30. rn Ge.9.6. De. 19.1 - 13. lKi.2.29– 7, 1Ti. 1.9. o Re. 18.12,13 p Deut. 24.7. 4 or, revileth. Pr. 20.20. 30. 11, 17. Mat. 15.4. 5 or, his neighbour. 6 his ceasing g *...*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* 7 avenged. * ver, 30. Deut. 16.18. s Lev.24.20. Deut. 19.2i. Mat. 5.38. t Ep.6.9. w Col. 4.1. to Ge.9.5. w ch.30. 12. Pr. 13.8. z Ze. 11.12,13 Mat. 26.15. Phi.2.7. g ch.22.6,14. and ordinances 20 ºff And if a man Smite his ser- yant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be sº 7 punished. - 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be pu- nished: for he is his money. 22 || If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mis- chief follow; he shaſl be surely punished, according as the wo. man's husband will lay upon him . and he shall pay as the r judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eyes for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26'ſ And if a man smitet the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish ; he shall let him go free u for his eye's sake, 27 And if he smite out his man- servant's tooth, or his maidser- vant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 28 °ſ If an ox gore a man or a wo- man, that they die; then v the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit: 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a wo— man; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to eath. 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give, for the 10 ransom of his life, whatso- ever is laid upon him. 31. Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, accord- ing to this judgment shall it be done unto him. 32 If the ox shall push a manser- want or maidservant; , he shall give unto their master thirty a she- kels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 33 *ſ And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; 34 The owner of the pit shall make ity good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. 35 °ſ And if one mam's ox hurt another's, that he die, then, they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead also they shall divide. 36 Qr if it be known that th9 80 Divers laws hath used to z push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in: he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead Shail be his own. HAP'I'ER XXII l Of theft and other offences. 29 Of the first fruits. F a man shall steal an ox, or a 1 sheep, and kill it, or sellit; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four a sheep for a sheep. 2 * If a thief be found b breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall cho blood be shed for him. 3 If the Sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him : for he should make full restitu- tion ; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. - 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shalld restore double. 5 *ſſ If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shali he make e restitution. 6 * If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith, he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 7 *ſ. If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. 9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any man- ner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come f before the judges; and whom the judges shall gondemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour. 10 If a man deliver unto his neigh- bour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep ; and it die, Or be hurt, or driven away, no man Seeing it i 11 Then shallang oath of the 1,0RD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neigh- bour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. 12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the QWner thereo, EXODUS, XXII. B. C. 1491. 2 ver.29. - (CHAP. 22.) 1 or, goat. a 2Sam. 12.6. Pr. 6.31. Lu. 19.8. b Job 24. 14. Joel 2.9. Mat. 24.43. c Nu.35.27. d Jer. 16. 18. Rev. 18.6. e ch.21.34. f Deut.25.1. 2 Ch. 19. 10. g Heb.6.16. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*. h Deut.22.28, 29 2 weigh. i Lev.20.27. Deut. 18. 10. 1 Sa.28.3,9. Rev.22. 15. k Lev. 18.23, 25 1 De. 13.1-11. m Lev. 19.33. Zec. 7, 16. m De.24.17. Eze. 22.7. Jarn. 1.27. |o Jer. 15.8. | J8.21. | Lam.5.3. i P5 is 5. 13.9. Eze. 18.8, 17. g Deut.24.6, &c Job 22.6. r yer. 23. $ 20.hr, 30.9. t Acts 23.3,5. Jude 8. 3 or, judges. 4 thy ful- 718&#, w Mic.7.1. 5 tear. tº ch. 13.2. w Lew.22.27. ac Lev. 19.2. 1 Pet. 1.15, 16 v Lev.22.8. Eze. 4.14. 44.31. *º-s =w 81 and ordinances. 13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him, bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which Was torn. 14 ºf And if a man borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. 15 But if the ownerthereof bewith it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. 16 °ſ And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her h to be his wife. 17 if her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall 2 pay money according to the dowry of Virgins. 18 ºf Thou shalt not suffer a witch i to live. - 19 *|| Whosoever tieth with k a • beast shall surely be put to death. 20*. He that sacrificeth unto l any god, Save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 21 *|| Thou shalt neither vex a m Stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt, 22 * Ye shall not afflict any n widow, or fatherless child. 23. If thou afflict them in any wise and they cry at all unto me, I wij surely hear their cry : Ånd my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, 6 and your children fatherless. 25°. If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, p neither shalt thou lay upon him º 26 If thou at all take thy neigh- bour's raiment to q pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin : wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to P. when he crieth unto me, that will hear; r for I am s gracious. 28 iſ Thou shalt not révile t the 3 gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29'ſ Thou shalt not delay to qffer 4 the first of thy ripe fruits, u and of thy 5 liquors : the firstborn of thy v Sons shalt thou give unto me. 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven w days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. 31 *| And ye shall ºr be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of y beasts in the field; ye shangas it to the dogs. Bºwers laws and ordinances. CHAPTER XXIII. 1 Ofslander and false witness. 2 Of other offences and duties. 20 An Angel promised, with a blessing, if obey him. HOU shalt not 1 raise a false a report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an b un- righteous witness. 2"| Thou shalt not follow a mul- titude c to do evil : neither shalt thou 2 speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment. 3 *|| Neither shalt thou counte- nance a poord man in his cause. 4 *| If thou meet thine enemy's e ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. * 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee, lying under his bur- den, and 3 wouldest forbear to hel #: thou shalt surely help wit I III. 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judg- ment of thy poor fin his cause. 7 Keep thee far from a false mat- ter; and the innocent and righte- ous slay thou not: for I will not justify a the wicked. e 8'ſ And thou shalt takeh no gift; for the gift blindeth 4 the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 *|| Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the 5 heart of a stranger, .#. were stran- gers in the land of §. 10 And six years i thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 11 But the seventh year thou shalt O let it rest and lie still; that the poor of º people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy 6 olive-yard. 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy hand- maid and the stranger may be re- freshed. 13 And in all things that 1 have said unto you, be k circumspect : and make no mention of the name of l other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. 14'ſ Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year, 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time ap- pointed of the month Abib; for in it thou cannest out from Egypt; and none shall appear before me empty :) EXODUS, XXIII. An Angel is promised. B. C. 1491. 16 And the ſeast of harvest, the —e—— firstfruits of thy labours, which (CHAP. 23.) 1 or, receive. a Ps. 15.3. 3 or, wilt thout cease to help Him? or, wouldest cease to leave thy business for him; thow shalt surelu leave it to join with him. 4 the seeing. 5 song!. i Lev, 25.3,4. 6 or, olive- trees. afflict them that afflict thee. ch.33.2. p Jos. 5.13. q ch. 20.5. r Lev. 18.3. ac Jos.2.9, 11. 1Sa. 14. 15. 8 neck. 9 Deut. 7.20. Jos. 24.12. zNu.34.3,&c. De. 11.24. *º-sºus thou hast sown in thy field; and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. 17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD O(i. 18.Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the ſat of my 7 sacri- fice remain until the morning. 19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe m a kid in his mother's milk. Behold, I send an in Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not : for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak ; then I will be an enemy of unto thine enemies, and 8 an adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 For mine Angel p shall go be- fore thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and i will cut them of 24 Thou shalt not bow down q to their gods, nor serve them, nor do r after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break downs their images. 25 And ye shall serve the LORD t your God, and he shall bless w thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness v away from the midst of thee. 26'ſ There shall nothing cast their young, nor be w barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. 27 I will send my fear a before thee, and will destroy all the peo- le to whom thou shalt come; and will make all thine enemies turn their 9 backs unto thee. 28 And I will send hornets y be- fore thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. 29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. 30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until i. be increased, and inherit the 31}(1. 31 And I will set thy z bounds 82 Moses called up. from the Red sea, a even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land b into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. 32 Thou shalt make no covenant c with them, nor with their gods. 33. They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make theesin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it willd Surely be a snare unto thee. CHAPTER XXIV. 1 Moses is called up into the moun- tain. 3 The people promise obe- dience. 9 The glory of God ap- 'areth. ND he said unto Moses, Come ... A up unto a the LORD, thou, an Aaron, Nadab, and b Abihu, and seventy c of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD; but they shall not come nigh, neither shall the people go up with him. 3 *|| And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said d will we do. 4.And Moses wrote e all the words of the LORD, and rose º early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Tâ81. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. 6 And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and ; it fon the people, and said, ehold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. ‘ſ Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and se- venty of the elders of Israel; 10 And they saw g the God of lsrael: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a h sap- phire stone, and as it were the body of heaven i in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children, of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat k and drink. 12"| And the LORD said unto Mo- 808, Come up to me into the lmount, B. C. 1491. a Nu.34.3. Jos. 1.4. Ps. 72.8. b Jos. 21.44. c ch.34. 12, 15. Ps. 106.35. 20or. 6.15. d Ju.2.3. (CHAP. 24.) a ver. 15. ch.34.2. b ch. 28.1. c Nu. 11. 16. d Deut. 5.27. Jos. 24.22. e Deut. 31.9. f He.9.19–21. 1Pet.1.2. g 1Ki.22. 19. Is.6.1,5. h Eze. 1.26. 10. l. Rev.4.3 21. 19. i Mat. 17.2. Rev. 1. 16. k Ge. 18.8. lver.2, 18. m Deut. 5.22. m Ne.9. 13. o ch. 19.9. p Lev.9.23. Nu. 14. 10. q Deut. 4.36. Eze. 1.27. a. 1.6. Hab.3,4,5. He. 12.18, 29. r ch.34.28. Deut.9.9. (CHAP. 25.) 1 take for 1718, 2 or, heave offering. a 2Cor. 8.12. 9.7. 3 or, silk. b ch. 29.45. 20or.6.16. Rev.2.1.3. c Heb.8.5. d Heb,9.4. *º- EXODUS, XXIV, XXV. The glory of God appears. and be there : and I will give thee tables m of stone, and a law, and n Commandments which I have writ- ten; that thou mayest teach them. 13 And Moses rose up, and hi minister Joshua; and Moses went up into the mount of God. 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you; and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; tany man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud o covered the mount. 16 And the glory p. of the LoRD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and the Seventh day he called unto Moses Out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount; and Moses was in the mount r forty § and forty nights. CHAPTER XXV. 1 The qffering for the tabernacle. 10 The form of the ark. 17 The mercy-seat. 23 The table. 31. The candlestick. A. the LORD spake unto Mo- Ses, saying 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an *offering: of every man, that giveth it wil- lingly a with his heart ye shall take my offering. 3 And this is the offering which shall take of them; gold, and sil- ver, and brass, 4 And blue, and purple, and scar- let, and 8 fine linen, and goats' hair 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim-wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anoint- ing oil, and for sweet incense, 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breast- ate. 8 And let them make me a sanc- tuary; that I may dwell b among them. 9 According to all that I shew c thee, after the pattern of the taber- nacle, and the patterm of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. 10 || And they shall make an arkd of shittim-wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. - 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold; within and without shalt 83 The mercy-seat. thou overlay it, and shalt make up- on it a crown of gold round about. 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold. . 14And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken Om it. 16 And thou shalt put into the arke the testimony which I shall give thee. 17 And thou shalt make a f mer- cy-seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half shall be the length there- of, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two che- rubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy-seat. 19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end; even 4 of the mercy- seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 77. 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings g on high, cover- ing the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy- seat shall the faces of the cheru- bims be. 21 And thou shalt put the mercy- seat above h upon the ark; and i m the ark thou shalt put the testi- mony that I shall give thee. - 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from k between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the chil-le dren of Israel. 23 °ſ Thou shalt also make l a table of shittim-wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24 And thou shalt overlay it withm pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. EXODUS, XXVI. B. C. 1491. *-*~~~~~ e ch. 16.34. 31. 18. Nu. 17.4. De. 10.2-5 1Ki. 8.9. 2Ki. I 1.12. 2Ch.34. 14. Rººm.3.2. Heb. 9.4. f ch.37.6. Lev. 16. 13. Rom.3.25. Heb. 9.5. 4 or, of the matter of the mercy- seat. g 2Chr 3.10. h ch. 26.34. i ver. 16. k ch.30.6. Lev. 16 2. Nu.7.89. 1Sam.4.4. 2Sam.6.2. 2Ki. 19. 15. Ps.80. 1. Is.37.16. Heb. 9.2. m IKi.6.20. **ºrº- 5 or, to powr out withal. o Le.24.5,6. |Sam. 21.6. Mal. 1.7,12. Mat. 12.4. "I the jace of it. s ch.26.30. l}, &.4. 1Ch. 28. 11. 8 which thow wast caused G See. CHAP. 26.) a 1 Chr. 17. 1. 1 the work of a cunning workman, or, em- broidere? & The golden candlestick. 27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29 And thou shalt make the n dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, , and bowls thereof, 5 to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the ta- ble shew-bread obeſore me alway. 31 *| And thou shalt make ap can- dlestick of pure gold; of beaten work shall the candlestick be made : his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flow- ers, shall be of the same. 32 And six branchesshall come out of the sides of it: three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side : 3 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch ; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower; so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. 36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same ; all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the q . Seven lamps, thereof; and r they shall 6 light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over againstit.7 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuff-dishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. 40 And look that thou make thems after their pattern, 8 which was shewed thee in the mount. CHAPTER XXVI. Directions for the Tabernacle. OREOVER, thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten a cur- tains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet : with che- rubims 1 of cunning work shalt thou make them. 2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one Qf the curtains shall 84 Curtains of the tabernacle have one measure. 3 The five curtains shall be cou- pled together one to another ; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one cur- tain, from the selvedge in the cou- pling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of an- other curtain, in the coupling of the second. 5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second, that the loops may take hold one of another. 6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains to- gether with the taches; and it shall he one tabermacie. 7 *|| And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair, b to be a covering upon the tabernacle : eleven cur- tains shalt thou make. 8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one IIlêa.SUlre. 9 And thou shalt couple five cur- tains by themselves, and six cur- tains by themselves, and shalt dou- ble the sixth curtain in the fore front of the tabernacle. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the 2 tent together, that it may be one. 12 And the remnant that remain- eth of the curtains of the tent, the half-curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the back side of the ta- bernacle. 13 And a cubit on the one side and a cubit on the other side, 3 of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the taberma- cle on this side and on that side, to Cover it. 14 And thou shalt make a cover- ing for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of bad- gers’ skins. 15 *| And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim-wood standing up. 16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. l7 Two 4 tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against EXODUS, XXVI. B. C. 1491. b ch.36. 14, &c. 2 or, cover- ing. 3 ºn the re- mainder, or, sur- plusage. 4 hands. * *-*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* c Nu.3.36. 4.31,32. d ch. 27.10. 5 twinned. e Ps. 133.1. 1Cor. 3, 16. 1 Pet.2.5. Ep.4 16. f Col.2, 19. g ch.25.9,40. 27.8 Act 7.44. Heb. 8.5. 9.23. h ch.36.35. Lev. 16.2. 20 hr. 3. 14. Maf. 27.51. Heb,9.3,8. 10.20. *-ºs--- Boards of the tabernacle. another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 18 And thou shalt make the c boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side south- Wārū. 19 And thou shalt make d forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two temons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards: 21 And their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 22 And for the sides of the taber- macle westward thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 24 And they shall be 5 coupled to- gether beneath, and they shall be coupled e together above the head of it unto f one ring : thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under an- other board. 26'ſ And thou shalt make bars of shittim-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle 27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. 30 And thou shalt rear up the ta- bernacle according to the fashion g thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. 31 ºff And thou shalt make a h vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made : 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim-wood over- laid with gold : their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of S11Weſ. 33. T And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou º bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony. 85 Watl of the ark. and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. 34 And thou shalt put the mercy- seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. 35 And thou shalt k set the table without the wail, and the candle- stick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south : and thou shalt put the ta- ble on the north side. 36 And thou shalt make an l hang- b ing for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle- work. 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold : and d thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. CHAPTER XXVII. The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof, etc. A”D thou shalt make a an altar of shittim-wood, five cubits tong, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare; and the height thereof shall be three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the b horns g of it upon the four corners thereof: his horms shall be of the same : and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3.And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, , and his basons, and his flesh-hooks, and his fire-pans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make c of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of net-work of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make d staves for the altar, staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with brass. . 7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it; as 1 it was shewed thee in the mount, so e shall they make it. 9 *ſ And thou shalt make thef court of the tabernacle : for the south side southward there shall ings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side. 10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets had be of silver. EXODUS, XXVII, XXVIII. B. C. H491. -º--- ; 1 Ki. 8.8-10. 2Chr. 5.7- 10. k ch. 40.22. l ch.36.37. (CHAP. 27.) a ch.38. 1. 3 to ascend ttp. ! ch.30.8. HSam.3.3. (CHAP. 28.) a Lew.8.2. Nu. 18.7. 20.h.26. . Heb.5.1,4. b ch.29.5,29. Lev.8.7, Nu.20.26, 28. Ps. 132. 16. c Is.61.3, 10. Rev.5. 10. 19.8. d ch.31.3. 35.30-35. Pr. 2.6. HCor. 12, 11. •-sº- Altar of burnt qffering 11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 *| And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits ; their pil lars ten, and their sockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastwards be 18. fifty cubits. 14. The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pil lars three, and their sockets three. 16 °ſ And for the gate of the court shall be ang hanging of twenty cu ...] bits, of blue, and purple, and scar let, and fine twined linen, wrought with h needle-work: and their pil- lars shall be four, and their sockets OUlr. 17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass 18'ſ The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth 2 fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. 19 All the vessels of the taberna- cle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. * And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring theek pure oil-olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp 3 to burn always. 21. In the tabernacle of the congre- gation without the waii, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall l order it from even- ing to morning before the LORD It shall be a statute m for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. CHAPTER XXVIII. 1 Aaron and his sons are separated for the priest's office. 6 The ephod, 30 The Urim and Thummim. ND take thou unto thee a Aaron A- thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Éleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. 2 And thou shalt make b holy gar- ments for Aaron thy brother, for glory c and for beauty. 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, d whom 86 The ephod. have filled with the spirit of wis- dom, that they may make Aaron's ents to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 4 And these are the garments which they shall make; e a breast- plate, and f an ephod, and g a robe, and h a broidered coat, i a mitre and a k girdle ; and they shall make holy flºº. for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's Office. 5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 6 *| And they shall make the tºº. of gold, of blue, and of pur- É. of scarlet, and fine twined inen, with cunning work. 7 It shall have the two shoulder- pieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shali be joined together. nd the 1 curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and urple, and scarlet, and fine twined IlêIł. 9 And thou shalt take two on stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel : 10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, accord- ing to their birth. ll With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings l of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the child- ren of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. 12 And thou shalt put the two Stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shallm bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a n memorial - p 13 *| And thou shalt make ouches gold; 14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the Wreathen chains to the ouches. 15 T And thou shalt Inake o the breastplate of judgment with cum- ning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scar- let, and offine 'twined linen, shalt thou make it. 16 Foursquare it shall be, being doubled; a span shall be the iength thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. 17 And thou shalt 2 set in it set- EXODUS, XXVIII. JB. C. 1491. e ver. 15. ch.39.8,21. Is..59. 17. Ep.6.14. f ver.6. g ver.31. ch.39.22. h Lev.8.7, ; ch.39.28. Zec. 3.5. k Is. 11.5. 1 or, embroi- dered. l ver. 36. mn ver. 29. ch.39.6,7. n Jos. 4.7. Zec.6.14. o ch.39.8. Lev.8.8. 2 fill in it fillings of stone. =^******* 3 or, ruby. Rev. 4.3. 21, 19,20. * fillings. q Rev.21.12. r wer. 12. & Lev.8.8. Nu.27.21. I}eut. 33.8, 1Sa. 28.6. Ezra 2.63. Ne.7.65. =-º- The breastplate. tings of stones, even four rows of stones : the first row shall be a sar- dius, a topaz, and a carbuncle : this shall be the first row. 18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a Sapphire, and a dia- mond 19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and p a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their 4 in- closings. - 21 Amd the stones shall be with ºf the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the º of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. 22 T And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. 23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fastem in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod before it. 26 ‘ſſ And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other cou- pling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 28 And they shall bind the breast- plate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it º above the cu- rious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. 29 And Aaron, shall bear the names of the children of 1srael in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for ar memorial be- fore the Lord continually. "I And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment thes Urim and the Thummim ; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he oeth in before the Lord: and aron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his 87 Pattern of the priestly robes. ºtt before the LORD continu- aiiy. 31 ºff And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an u habergeon, that it be not rent. 33. T And beneath, upon the 5 hem of it, thou shalt make pomegra- mates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about : 34 A golden bell and a pomegra- nate, a golden bell and a pomegra- nate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 35 And it shall be u minister; and his s heard when he goeth in v unto the holy place before the LORD, and ºn he cometh out, that he die Il Gū. 36 °ſ And thou shalt make a w plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, foſſinºssºſo fiſh foºij. 37 And thou shalt put it on a ſc blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the fore-front of the mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear y the iniquity of the holy things which the children of 1srael shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his fore- head, that they may be 2 accepted before the LORD. 39 °ſ And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of a needle-work. 40 ºf And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for b glory and for beauty. 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt canoint them, and 6 consecrate them, d and sanc- tify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 42 And thou shalt make theme linen breeches to cover 7 their na- n Aaron to kedness; from the loins even unto h the thighs they shall 8 reach. 43. And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come , in unto the tabernacle of the con- gregation, or when they come near into f the altar to minister in the holy place; that they g bear not iniquity, and die. It shall be ah md shall be z EXODUS, XXIX. B. C. 1431. -º----- t Heb. 9.24. w Ne.g. 16. 5 or, skirts. v Heb. 9. 12. w; ch.39.30. Zec. 14.20. Heb. 7.26. 12. H.4. Rev. 21.27. ac ver.2S,31. Nu. 15.38. w ver.43 I, ev. 10.17. Nu. 18.1. Is.53.6,11. Eze.4.4,6. a pºiſ. h Ver 2. hand. Lev. VIII. Lev. 16.4. Eze,44. 18. T flesh of their ma- kedness. 8 be. f ch.20.26. g Lev.5.1, 17. 20, 19.20. Nu.9.13. 22 18.22. A ch, 27.2}. Lev. 17.7. d € -eº.º.º.º.º.º.º. º.º. (CHAP. 29.) a Lev.8.2,&c. b Lev.2.4. c ch.30. 19-21. Lev.8.6. Heb. 10.22. 1 Pet. 3.21. d ch. 28.2–8. e Lev. 10.7. Ps. 133.2. feh.28.40,&c. t?! ºrt it. k Lé.4.11, 12. Heb. 13. li. Consecration of the priests. statute for ever unto him, and his seed after him. CHAPTER XXIX. 1 The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests. 38 The continual burnt affering. A. this is the thing that thou shalt do unto a them to hallow them, to inimister unto me in the priest's office : Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, 2. And b unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anoint- ed with oil : of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the buſiock and the tWO rainS. 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the ta: bernacle of the congregation, and shalt c wash them with water. 5 And thou shalt take the d gar- ments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breast- plate, and gird him with the curi- ous girdle of the ephod. - 6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. 7. Then shalt thou take the a- nointing oil, and pour it upon e his head, and anoint him. 8 And thou shalt bring his f sons, and put coats upon them. 9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and 1 put the bomets on them? and the priest’s office g shall be theirs for a perpetual statute : and thou shalt 2 consecrate Aaron and his SOIMS. 10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the taberna- cle of the congregation ; and Aaron and his sons shall put their handsh upon the head of the bullock. il And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 12 And thou shalt take of the i blood of the bullock, and put it up- on the horms of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood be- side the bottom of the altar. 13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the 3 caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. 14, But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with firek without the camp; it is a sin offering. 88 Consecration of the priests. 15 ºf Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the l head of the rain. 16 And thou shalt slay the ram and thou shalt take his blood, an sprinkle it round about upon the jör. 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in ieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and 4 unto his head. 18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD : it is a m sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 19 "| And thou shalt take the n other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it 9 upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and up- on the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing poil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his gar- ments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him : and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and sons' garments with him. 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, an the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoul- der; for it is a ram of consecra- tion: 23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer Out of the basket of the unlea- vened bread that is before the LORD. 24 And thou shalt put all pn the hands of Aaron, and in the hands Of his sons; and shalt 5 wave them or a q wave offering before the ORD. 25 And thou shalt receive them ºf their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a r sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 26 And thou shalt takes the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering be- fore the Lord: and it shall be thy B. C. 1491. I wer. 10. 4 or, tºpon. m Ge.8.21. Ep.5.2. Phi. 4, 18. n wer.3. 0 Ley.S. 24. Heb. 9.22. p ch.30.25, &c. 5 shake to and fro. q Lev.7.30. rver. 18. s Lev.8.29. *\rvan t Nu. 18.11, 18. Deut. 18.3. tº Nu. 18.8. she of his §Gº. v Lev.8.35. 9. 1. w ver.2,3,23. ac Lev. 10.13– d 18 Jno.6.53,55. 9 Lev.22.10. z Lev.7. 18. a. Eze.43.27. Heb. 10, 11. b ch.30.26– 29, 40. 10. c ch.30,29. Mat.23.19. d Nu.28.3,4. 1Ch. 16.40. 2Chr. 2.4. 31.3, Ezra 3.3. Da.9.21,27. 12. 11. Jno. 1.29. Re, 5.9-12. EXODUS, XXIX. The continual burnt offering. 27 And thou shalt sanctify tº the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the con- secration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his S{}IMS . 28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel; for it is ar, heave offering : and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD. 29 ºff And the holy garments of u Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. 30 And 6 that som that is priest in his stead shall put them on v seven days, when he cometh into the ta- bernacle of the congregation, to minister in the holy place. 1 *| And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place, 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the w bread that is in the basket, by the ãoor of the tabernacie of the con- gregation. 33 And they shall eat a those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them : but astranger shall y ; eat thereof, because they are 101y. 34 And if aught of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, re- main unto the morning, then thou shalt 2 burn the remainder with fire : it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou conse- crate them. 36 And thou shalt offer a every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, b to sanctify it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanc- tify it ; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever c toucheth the altar shall be holy. 38"| Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; d two lambs of the first year, day by day continually. 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the horning, and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even : 40 And with the one lamb a tenth 89 Altar of incense. deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an him of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an him of wine for a drink offering. 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the f drink offering thereof, for a sweet Savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your genera- tions, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LoRD; where I wille meet you, to speak there unto thee. 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and 7 the taber- nacle shall be sanctified f by my glory. 44 And I will sanctify the taber- macle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his Sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. 45"| And I will g dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their 46 And they shall know that h I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them : am the LORD their God. t CHAPTER XXX. 1 The altar of incense. 11 The ran- som of souls. 22 The holy anoint- ing oil. 34 The composition of the perfume. ND thoushalt make aan altar to f A burn incense upon; of shittim- wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubitshall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be : and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the Sārīlé. 3 And thou shalt b overlay it with P. gold, the 1 top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof: and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two 3 corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. 5 And thou shalt make the c staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And thou shalt put it before the d vail that is by the ark of the testi- mony, before the emercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. # 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon 4 sweet incense f every morning: EXODUS, XXX. B. C. 1491. e ch. 25.22. 30.6,26. Nu. 17.4. T or, Israel. ch. 40.34. 2Chr. 5.14 7.1–3. Eze. 43.5. Hag.2.7,9. Mal.3. I. g ch, 25.8. Le.26. 12. Ps.68. 18. Zec. 2. 10. Jno. 14.17, 2Cor.6.fs. Rev.2.1.3. h ch. 20.2. (CHAP. 30.) a ch.37.25. b ch.25.11. 1 roof. 2 walls. 3 ribs. c ch.25.13. d ch. 26.31. 40.3. Mat. 27.51. Heb. 9.3. e ch.25.21. 4 incense of spices. ver.34. 1Sam, 2.28. 1(Xh.23, 13. Muñº i. 5, 5 Cataseth to ascend, or, setteth up. t h Lev. 16. 18. He.9.7,25. ; Num, 1.2. 26.2. 7 them that are to be numbered. k Nu.31.50. l 2Sam. 24.2– 15. 8 multiply. 9 diminish. m ch.38.8. 1Ki,7,38. n Ps. 26.6. Ransom of souls. when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it, 8 And when Aaron 5 lighteth the lamps 6 at even, he shall burn in- cense upon it; a perpetual incense before the LoRD throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no g strange in- cense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. 10 And Aaron shall make an atone- ment upon the horns of it h once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it, throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. 11 *|| And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, after 7 their number, then shall they give every man a k ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no l plague among them when thou numberest them. - 13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs ;) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. 14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. 15 The rich shall not 8 give more, and the poor shall not 9 give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your Souls. 16 And thou shalt take the atone- ment-money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint, it for the service of the lº.’, of the congregation; that it may be a me- . the children of Israel before the LoRD, to make an atone- ment for your souls. 17 || And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Thou shalt also make a m laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein: 19 For Aaron and his sons shall n wash their hands and their feet thereat. 20 When they go into the taber- nacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not : or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn of- fermg made by fire unto the LORD : 21 So they shall wash their hands 90 The composition and their feet, that they die not : and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. 22"| Moreover, the LoRD spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Take thou also unto thee prin- cipal Spices, of pure o myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cin- namon half so much, even two hun- dred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred she- kels, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary, and of oil-olive an hin: 25 And thou shalt make it ari oil of holy ointment, an ointment com- pound after the art of the 10 apothe- Cary:, it shall be anp holy anoint- ing oil. 26 And thou shalt q anoint the ta- bernacle of the congregation there- with, and the ark of the testimony, 27 And the table and all his ves- Sels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 29. And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: r whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 31. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy amointing oil unto me throughout your generations. 32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured; neither shaliye make any other like it, after the composition 9f it: it is holy, s and it shall be holy unto you. 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be Cut off from his people. 34"| And the LoRD said unto Mo- Ses, Take unto thee sweett spices, Stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices, with pure frank. inCense : of each shall there be a like weight: 35 And thou shalt make it a per- fume, a confection after the art of the º 11 tempered toge- ther, pure a holy: s 3 And thou shalt beat some of it yery small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where u I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make EXODUS, XXXI. B. C. 1491. o Ps.45.8. 10 perfumer. p Ps.89.20, q ch. 40.9. Lev.8. I0. r ch. 29.37. & Ver.38. t ver.23. 1Chr.9.29, 30. 11 "alted, Lev.2. 13. w ch. 29.42. Lev. 16.2. N-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º: v wer.33. (CHAP. 31.) a Is.45.3,4. b 10.h.2.20. c ch.35.31. 1Ki. 3.9. 7.14. d ch.35.34. e Pr.2.67. f ch.xxxvii. xxxviii. Nu.iv. 1Ki. vi. vii. viii. 2Ch. iii.iv. Eze.xliii. 1 vessels. g Le. 19.3,30. 26.2. h Ne.9.14. Eze.20. 12, 20. t ch. 20.8. k ch.35.2. * of the perfume. to yourselves according to the com- position thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. 38Whosoevershall make like unto that, to smell thereto, v shall even be cut off from his Pºi CHAPTER XXXI. 2 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called for the work of the tabernacle. 12 Of the Sabbath. 18 Moses receiveth the two tables. A. the LORD spake unto Mo- jº: 2 See, I have called by a name Bezaleel b the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : 3 And I have c filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workman- ship. 6 And I, behold, I have given with him d Aholiab the son of Ahisa- mach, of the tribe of Dan : and in the hearts of all that are wise- hearted e I have put wisdom, that they may make fall that I have Commanded thee: 7 The tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is there- upon, and all the 1 furniture of the tabernacle. 8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, 9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, º 10 And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: accord- ing to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. 12 ºf And the LoRD spake unto Moses, saying, º 13 Speak thou also unto the chil- dren of Israel, saying, Verily my g sabbaths ye shall keep : for it is ah sign between me and you through- out your generations; that ye . know that I am the LORD that do sanctify you. - 14 Ye shall keep i the sabbath therefore, for it is holy unto you : every one that deftleth it shall sure- ly be put to death : for whosoeverk Qeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among people - 91 Aaron maketh . 15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, 2 holy to the LORD : who- soever doeth any work in the Sab- bath-day, he l shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Is- rael shall keep the sabbath, to ob- serve the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual cove- Ilant. 17 It is m a sign between me and the children offsrael for ever: for in n six days the LORD made hea- ven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was o refreshed. 18 "Iſ And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of com- muning with him upon mount Sinai, p two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. CHAPTER XXXII. 1 The people cause Aaron to make a calf. 19 Moses breaketh the tables. 25 The idolaters slain. 31 Moses prayeth. Ağ. when the people saw that A Moses delayed a to come down out of the mount, the people ga- thered themselves together unto Aaron, anu said unto him, Up, make us gods, b which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of t, c we wot not what is be- come of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the d golden ear-rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3.And all the people brake off the golden ear-rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a grav- ing tool, after he had made it a e molten calf; and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made f proclamation, and said, Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord. 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offer- ings, aná brought peace offerings; and the people g sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 7*. And the LORD said unto Mo- ses, Go, get thee down ; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have h cor- rupted themselves: 8 º, have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a mol- ton calf, and have worshipped it, EXODUS, XXXII. B. C. 1491. 2 holiness. ! Nu. 15.35. 7m; ver. 13. n Ge. 1.31. Hebº.3,4, 10. 34.28,29. Deut.4.13. 5.22. 9.9—11. 2Cor.3.3. (CHAP. 32.) a ch. 24.18. Deut. 9.9, b Acts 7.40. c Maf. 24.48. 2Pet.3.4. d Ge.24.22. Ju.8.24–27. Ez, 16. 12, 17. Hos.2.8. e ch.20.23. Deut. 9, 16. Ju. 17.3.4. fki. i2.3s. Ne,9. 18. Is. 40.18, 19. 46.6. Rom. 1.23. f2Ki. 10.20. g 1Cor. 10.7. h Ge.6.11, 12. Deut.4. 16. --~~~~~~~~~ 1 the face o the LORD. 'rn I}eut. 9. 18- 29 Ps.74.1.2. n Deut.32.25, 27 o Deut.13.17. 2 weakness. t Deut.9.21. a golden calf. and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel. which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, be- hold, i it is a stiff-necked people : ió Now therefore ſet ine alone, that my wrath may k wax hot against them, and that I may con- sume them ; and l I will make of . thee a great nation. 11 And Moses besought 1 the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why m doth thy wrath wax hot against thy º which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with ; power, and with a mighty and 1 12 Wherefore should the n E tians speak and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from othy fierce wrath, and . p of this evil against thy €{3}}{{2. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou q swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multi- ply your seed as the stars of hea- vem; and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. 14 And the LORD? repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. 15"| And Moses turned, and went dowm from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand : the tables were written on both their sides : on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was s the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 18 And he said It is not the voice 14. of them that shout for mastery, nei- ther is it the voice of them that ery for 2 being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear. 19," And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the danc- ing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 20 And he took the calf which they had made, and t burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water. 92 Moses prayeth for the people. EXODUS, XXXIII. and made the children of Israel drink of it. 21 And Moses said unto Aaron u What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set v on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, w Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of ; we wot not what is become of him. 24 And I said unto them, Who- soever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, ac and there came out this calf. 25 ºſ And when Moses saw that the people were naked ; (for Aaron had made them naked y unto their shame among 3 their enemies,) 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's side : let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi ga- lººd themselves together unto ll! Il. 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and 2 slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. 28 And the children of Levia did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand mem. 29 4 For Moses had said, 5 Conse- crate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his Son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon youb a blessing this day. 30 T And it game to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, c Ye have sinned a great Sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shalld make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made theme gods of gold & 32. Yet now if thou wilt forgive their sin-: and if not,f blot me, I pray thee, out of g thy book which thou hast written. w 33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against jº him will I blot out of my OO 3:Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I B. C. 1491. u Ge.20.9. U De.31 27. w ver, 1. ac ver.4. y ch.33,4,5. 20h.28. 19. Rev.3. 18. 3 those that rose tºp against them. z Nu.25.5. a Deut. 33.9. Maj. 2.4–6. 4 or, And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, because every man hath been against his son, and against his brother,&c. 5 Fill your hands. b Joel 2. 12– 14. c 1Sam.12.20, 23 d Nu.25, 13. Job 42.7,8. Anu.5. 15. Ja.5. 16. e ch. 20.23. f Rom.9.3. g Ps. 56.8. Dan. 12.1. Phi.4.3. Rev.3.5, h Ps, 69.28. i ch. 23.20. k De. 32.35. Am.3.14. (CHAP. 33.) a Job 1.20. Is. 32.11. Eze. 26.16. b ch.29.42, 43. c Ps.99.7. The tabernacle is removed. have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel i shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I wi- sitk I will visit their sin upon them. And the LORD plagued the peo- ple, because they made the calf which Aaron made. CHAPTER XXXIII. 1 The Lord refuseth to go with the people. 9. The Lord talketh with Moses. 12 Moses desireth to see the glory of God. ND the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: 2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Ca- naanite, the Amorite, and the Hit- tite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey : for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiff-necked people; lest I consume thee in the way. 4 *|| And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned, and no man did put on him his or- naments. - 5 For the LORD had said unto Mo- ses, Say unto the children of Israel Ye are a stiff-necked people : I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off a thy orna- ments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. 6 And the children of Israel strip- ped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. 7 And Moses took the b taber- nacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the con: gregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. 8 And it came to pass, when Mo- ses went out unto the tabernacle that all the people rose up, stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. 9 And it game to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORDc talked with Moses. 10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the taberna- cle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. - 93 God talketh with Moses. 11 And the LORD spake untod Moses face to face, as a man speak-l eth unto his friend, And he turned again into the camp: but his ser- vant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle." 12 *| And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, e Bring up this people : and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know theef by name, and ; hast also found grace in my Slºſſº. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sig ht,0 shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight; and considerh that this nation is thy people. 14 And he said, My presence ishall go with thee,and fºil give theek rest. 15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not l with me, carry us not up hence. 16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight ! is it not in that thou goest with us? so m shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are Upon the face of the earth. 17 And the LORD said unto Mo- ses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. . 18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. 19 And he said, I will make all my *. pass before thee and I will proclaim the name o the LoRD before thee; and will be gracious o to whom I will be gra- cious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 20 And he said, Thou canst not seep my face; for there shall no man see me, and live. . 21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock : w 22 And itshall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass º : & 23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts; but my face shall not be CHAPTER XXXIV. 1 The tables are renewed. 5 The name of the LORD proclaimed. 10 God maketh a covenant with A*#. the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone B. C. 1491. di Deut. 34.10. e ch.32.34. g Ps,86.11. 119.33. Jno. 14.21– 23. h De.9.26,29. Joel 2. 17. i ch. 40.34– 38 Is.63.5." k Jos. 23, 1. Jer.6.16. n ch.34.5-7. o Ro.9.15, 18. p Jno. 1.18. 1Timm, 6.16. He, 1.1–3. *-*. (CHAP. 34.) a De. 10.1–4. b ch. 19.12,13. c Pr. 18.10. dº Nu. 14, 18. 2Chr. 30.9. e Ps, 57. 10. f Mic.7.18. g ch.20.5,6. 1 Deut. 5.2,3. 29.12, 14. on De. 4.32– 37 Ps. '78, 12. 7, Ps. 65.5. o De.7.1, 19. 9.45. p Jos.23, 12, 1 statues. EXODUS, XXXIV. The Lord's name proclaimed. like unto the first; and I will write a upon these tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest. 2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. 3 And no man shall b come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 4 *ſ And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first : and Mo- ses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. 5 And the Torp descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name c of the ORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LQRD God, d merciful and gra- cious, long suffering, and abundant in goodnesse and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands,f º iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniqui- ty g of the fathers upon the child- rem, and upon the children's child- ren, unto the third and to the fourth generation. 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. 9 And he said, If now I have found #. in thy sight, O Lord, let my ord, I pray thee,h go among us; for it is a i stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for k thine inheritance. 10 *| And he said, Behold, I make! a govenant: before all thy people I will m do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation ; and all the people a- mong which thou art shall see the work of the LORD; for it is an ter. rible thing that I will do with thee. 11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive o out before thee the Amo- rite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzité, and the | Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12. Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabit- ants of the land whither thougoest, lest it be for p a snare in the mi of thee : 13 But ye shall destroy their al- tars, break their 1 images, and cut down their groves; 94 God covenanteth with Israe!. 14 For thou shalt worship q no other god : for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God : 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 16 And thou take ofr their daugh- ters unto thy sons, and their daugh- ters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. 17 Thou shalt make thee no molt- en gods. 18 °ſ The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, S as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib : for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. 19 All t that openeth the matrix is mine ; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that as male. 20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a 2 lamb : and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his meck. All the first- born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. 21 # Six days u thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. 22 "Iſ And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of in- gathering at the 3 year's end. 23 °ſ Thrice v in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel. 24 For I will cast out the nations w before thee, and enlarge thy bor- ders: neither shall any man a de- sire thy land, when thou shalt #. up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. 25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; nei- ther shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. 26 The first of the y firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe z a kid in his mo- ther's milk. 27 And the LORD said unto Mo- Ses, Write thou a these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. 28 And he was there with the LORD forty days b and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he c wrote upon the EXODUS, XXXV. JB. C. 1491. q Mat.4. 10. r Nu.25, 1.2. Ezra 6.3. 2Cor.6.14. sch. 12.15. 23. 15. t ch. 13.2. 2 or, kid. w ch.35.2. 3 revolution of the year. v ch.23.14,17. w wer. 11. ac 20 h. 17.10. Job 1.10. 9 De.26.2,10. z Deut. 14.21. a Deut. 31.9. b De.9.9, 18. c ver, 1. I)eut.4.13. 10.2,4. 2Cor.3.7. 4 words. e ch.21.1. Nu. 15.40. 2Co.3, 13– f 16. (CHAP. 35.) a ch.34.32. b Lev.23.3. 1 holiness. c De.5.12–14. Lu. 13. 14, 15. d Nu. 15.32, &c. e ch. 25.2. Mark 12.41– 44. 2Cor.8.1.1, 12. 9.7. ** Moses' face shºneth. tables the words of the covenant, the ten 4 commandments. 29 °ſ And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shoned while he talked with him. 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, be- hold, the skin of his face shone : and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. 32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment e all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai. .33 And till Moses had done speak- ing with them, he put a wailf on his face. 34 But when Moses went in before the LORD, to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which e was commanded. 35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone; and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to iº with him. R. XXXV 2 The sabbath. 4 The free gifts for the tabernacle. 20 The readiness qf the people to offer. ND Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, a These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ge should do them. 2 Six days b shall work be dome but on the seventh day there shail be to you 1 an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD : whosoever doeth work therein c shall be put to death. 3 Ye shall kindle nod fire through- out your habitations upon the Sab- bath day. 4'ſ And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Is- rael, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, 5 Take ye from among you an of- fering unto the LoRD; whosoever ts of a e willing heart, let him º it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, 6 And blue, and purple, and scar- let, and fine linen, and goats’ hałr. 7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim-wood, 8 And oil for the light, and spices 95 Gifts for the tabernacle. ſor anointing oil, and for the sweet Incense, . 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. 10 And every wisehearted among you shall come,f and make all that the LoRD hath commanded ; 11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, 12 The g ark, and the staves there- of, with the mercy-seat, and the vail of the covering, 13 The table, and his stayes, and all his vessels, and the h shew- bread, 14 The candlestick, also for the light, and, his furniture, and his ſamps, with the oil for the light, 15 And the i incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the º for the door at the entering in o the tabernacle - g išthe altar of burnt offering, with his brazengrate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 17 The hangings k of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, 18.The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court and their cords, 19 The cloths l of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minis- ter in the priest's office. 20'ſ And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 And they came, every one m whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought , the LORD's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and Women, as many as were willin hearted, and brought bracelets, an earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered, offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. . - every man with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them. 24. Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brags, brought the LGRD's, offering; and, every man with whom was foundshittim- wood, for any work of the service, brought it. - EXODUS, XXXVI. B. C. 1491. f ch.31.6. g ch.25.10, &c. h Lev.24.5,6. t ch.30. 1,&c. k ch. 27.9. 2Sam. W.2. I ch.31.10. m ver.5.22, &c. ch. 25.2. 36.2. 1Ch.28.2,9. 29.9. Ezra 7.27. 2Kí.23.7. Pr. 31. 19. 0 IChr. 29.6. Ezra 2.68. p ch.30.23. q ver.21. 10 hr. 29.9. r ch.31.2,&c. s Ne.2. 12. (CHAP. 36.) a ch. 28.3. 31.6. 35. 10,35. b ch, 25.8. c ch.35.25,26. 1Ch. 29.5. Bezalcel and Aholiab called. 25 And all the women that were wise-hearted did n spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of pur- ple, and of scarlet, and offine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spuih oats’ hair. 27 And o the rulers brought on stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; 28 And p spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of Israel brought a willing q offering unto the LORD, everyman and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. - 30'ſ And Moses said unto the chil- dren of Israel, See, r the LORD hath called by name #ezaleeſ the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in un- derstanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship ; 32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in rass, 33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. 34 And he hath s put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. * * 35 Them hath he filled t with wis- dom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in pur- ple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. HAPTER XXXVI. The offerings are delivered to the ºor - Tºº wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every a wise- hearted man, in whom the LORD É. wisdom and understanding to ow how to work all manner of work for the service of the b sanc- tuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiah, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had #. wisdom, even every one whose eart c stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: 3 And they received of Moses all the §. the children of Israel had brought for the work of 96 Curtains for the tabcrºacle. the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. 4 And all the wise d men, that wrought all the worke of the sanç- tuary, came every man from his work which they made ; 5 *| And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much f more than enough for the service of the work, which the IORD com- manded to make. 6 And Moses gave commandment and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man mor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were re- strained from bringing. 7 For the stuff they had was suffi- cient for all the work to make it, g and too much. . 8 ºf And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten h cur- tains of fine twined limen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cheru- bims of cunning work made he them. 9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size. 10 And he coupled the five cur- tains one unto another; and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. 11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 12 Fifty i loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second. The loops held one curtain to another. 13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became k one tabernacle. 14"| And he made curtains of l goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains he made them. 15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. 16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 17And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the of the curtain which coupleth t %second. EXODUS, XXXVI. B. C. 1491. d 1Cor.3.10. e 20.h.24.13. 2Co.8.2,3. Phi.4.17, 18. g 2Ch.31.10. h ch.26.1,&c. i ch.26.5. k 100. 12.20. Ep.2.20-22. 1 Pet.2.45. ! ch. 26.7. m ch.26.14. rt ch. 26.15. o ch.25.5,10. Nu.25.1. Deut. 10.3. 1. twinned. 2 two 30ckets, two sockets tander one board. p ch.26.26. ..qch.26.31. 30.6. Mat. 27.31. Heb. 10.20. *msºmºe 97 The vaul, and ark, 18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. 19 And he made a covering ºn for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that. 20 T And he made n boards for the tabernacle of shittim-wood, o standing up. 21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 22 One board had two tenoms, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. - And he made boards for the tabernacle ; twenty boards for the south side southward. 24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under an- other board for his two tenons. 25 And for the other side of the ta- bernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, 26 And their forty sockets of sil- ver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 27 And for the sides of the taber- cle westward he made six boards. 28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 29 And they were 1 coupled be- neath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the COrnerS. 30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sock- ets of silver, 2 under every board two sockets. 31 *| And he made p bars of shit- tim-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle 32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward. 33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and over- laid the bars with gold. . 35'ſ And he made a q vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twinédineh; with cherubims made he it of cunning work. 36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim-wood, and over- laid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of syer - The table, 37 'ſ And he made an r hangin for the tabernacle door of blue, and urple, and scarlet, and fine twined inen, 3 of s needlework; And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold; but their five sockets were rāSS. CHAPTER XXXVII. - The ark. 6 The mercy-seat with cherubims, 10 The table with his vessels. ND Bezaleel made the a ark of shittim-wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, º: a cubit and a half the height OI 10, 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. 4 And he made slaves of shittim- wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 6"| And he made the mercy-seatb of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubitandahāifthe breadth thereof. 7 And he made two c_cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece %i. he them, on the two ends of the mercy-seat: 8 One cherub 1 on the end on this side; and another cherub 2 on the other end on that side : out of the mercy-seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 9 And the cherubims d spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings Över the mercy- seat, with their faces one to an- other: even to the e mercy-seat- ward were the faces of the cheru- III].S. 10'ſ And he made thef table of shittim-wood: two cubits was the length, thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: . 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about. 2 Also he made thereunto a border of an hand-breadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof, round UIU. 13 And he cast for it four rings of #. and put the rings upon the ur corners that were in the four feet thereof. EXODUS, XXXVII. r ch. 26.36. 3 the The golden candlestick. il B. C. 1491. th: Over against the border were he rings, and the places for the staves to bear the table. 15 And he made the staves of shit- tim-wood, and overlaid them with work gold, to bear the table. of a needle- | 16 And he made the vessels which tºº, or, were upon the table, his g dishes, embroi- derer. & Ps.45. 14. (CHAP. 37. a ch.25. IO. 40.3.2 * b ch.25, 17. c 1 ki.6.23. Ps.80. I. 1 or, out of. 2 or, out of. and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers 3 to cover withai, of pure gold. 17 | And he made the h can- 'dlestick of pure gold : of beaten ) work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the Sã.IIlê . 18 And six branches going out of 'the sides thereof ; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side théreof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof: 19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in an- other branch, a knop and a flower; so throughout the six branches go- d ºl. ing out ºf the candlestick. i.e. x. 20 And, in the candlestick were * * * * * four bowls made like almonds, his e ch.25.20 knops, and his flowers: + º-re 21 And a knop under two branches * of the same, and a knop under two f ch; branches of the same, and a knop ...;2, under two branches of the samé, Ez.º.º. according to the six branches go- Maſjø ing. Qut of it, - 22 Their knops and their branches *-*. were of the same: all of it was one - beaten work of pure gold. s 3.And he made his seven lamps, g §ºo and his snuffers, and his snuff- 3 or, to pour ottt withal. i ch.30. 1. 4 Luigio. Rev.8.3,4. l ch.30.34. dishes, of pure gold. 24. Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. ld he made the incense i altar of shittim-wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare, and |two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the Sātī) e. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a Crown of gold round about. 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the ... Staves to bear it withal. 28 And he made the staves of shittim-wood, and overlaid them with gold. ..". And he made k the holy !anointing oil, and the pure lincense The laver of brass. of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. §§ XXXVIII. l The altar of burnt offering, 8 The wer of brass. ND he made the a altar of ſº burnt offering of shittim-wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof: tt was foursquare ; and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same : and he overlaid it with brass. And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the flesh-hooks, and the fire-pans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 4 And he made for the altar a brazen grate of met-work under the oompass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. 6 And he made the staves of shittim-wood, and overlaid them with brass. 7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the aitar hollow with boards. 8 *| And he made the b laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the 1 looking glasses of the wo. men 2 assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the cº, egation. the south side southward the hang- ings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits : - 10.Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fil- lets were of silver. 11 And for the north side the hang- tngs were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sock- ets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten ; the hooks of the pillars and their fil- lets of silver. 13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. º 14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits ; their pillars three, and their sockets ree. 15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cu- bits; their pillars three, and their Hockets three, And he made c the court: onji EXODUS, XXXVIII. B. C. 1491. (CHAP. 88.) a ch. 27.1. b ch.30. 18. 1 or, brazen glasses. 2 assembling by troops. c ch. 27.9. 40.8.33. 1Ki.6.36. Ps. 84.2, 10. d 2Chr. 3. 14. e ch.27. 19. 2Chr. 3.9. Ezra 9.8. Is. 22.23. fNu. 1.50,53. 9. 15. 10. 1 1. 17.7,8. 18.2. 2Chr.24.6. Acts 7.44. Rev. 11.19. Nu.4.28,33. h ch.31. 1,6. 35.30. i ch.35.34. k 10.h.22. 14. 29.2,7. IHag.2.8. l ch.30. 13, 3 a poll. m ch.30. 13, 15 ºn Nu. I.46. 26.51. o ch.26. 19- 32. * The hangings of the court. 16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined The ºl. 17And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapi- ters of silver: and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needle-work, of d blue, and purple, and Scarlet, and fine twined linen; and twenty cu- bits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, an- swerable to the hangings of the COUrt. 19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. 20 And all the e pins of the taber- nacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. 21 * This is the sum of the taber- nacle, even of the f tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, ac- cording to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Le- vites, by the hand of g Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. 22 Andh Bezaleel the son of Uri the son of Hur, of the tribe o Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. 23 And with him was i Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dam, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. 24 All the gold k that was occu- pied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekell of the sanctuary. 25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congre tion was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and three- score and fifteen shekels, after the skekel of the sanctuary: 26 A bekah for 3 every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, form every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, n for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fty men. 27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast o the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail: an hundred sockets of the iºundred talents,atalent forasºcket. 28 And of the thousangsever hun. º 99 - 3 } The holy garments. dred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and pāī leted them. - 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thou- sand and four hundred shekels. 30° And there with he made the sockets to the door of the taberna- cle of the congregation, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the -8. Ität 3. And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. CHAPTER XXXIX. The clothes of service, and holy gar- ments, viewed and approved by Moses. ND of a the blue, and purple, A- and scarlet, they made b cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron ; as the LORD c com- manded Moses, 2 And he made the ephod d of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined finen. 3.And they did beat the gold into in plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the pur- le, and in the scarlet, and in the e linen, with cunning work. 4 They made shoulder-pieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together. 5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work there- of; of gold, blue, and purple, and Scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses. .6 T And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are ven, e with the names of the children of 1srael. he put them on the shoul- ders of the ephod, that they s be stones for a memorialf to the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moſses. - 8'ſ And he made the g breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephodſ; of gold, blue, and pur- #. scarlet, and fine twined 118 - 13. 9. It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a 1 sar- dius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this tºs the first, row. 11:4nd”he second row, an eme- rald, a sapphire, and a diamond. # . " EXODUS, XXXIX. B, C, 1491. p ch.27, 17. (CHAP. 39.) g ch:25.4. 35.23. b ch.31. 10. 35. 19. c ch.23.4. Eze.42. 14. d ch. 28.6. Lev.8.7. e ch. 28.9-12. feh.28.29. Jos. 4.7. g ch.28. 15, &c. h Rev.21. 19, 20. 1 or, ruby. ~~~~~~~~~~ † Rev.2.12. k Cant.1.10. I ch. 28.31. m ch.28.33. n Cant.4.13. h o ch.28.39,40. —— 100 The robe of the ephod. 12 Amd the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were in- closed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. 14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, i twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a sig- net, every one with his name, ac- cording to the twelve tribes. 15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. 16And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. 17 And they put the two k wreath- en chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. 18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, before it. 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward. 20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, to- ward the fore-part of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the epho(1. 21 And they did bind the breast- plate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious gir- dle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not he loosed from the ephod: as the LORD com- manded Moses. *| And he made the robe l of i. ephod of woven work, all of tle. 23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with aband round about the hole, that it should not rend. 24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined 27té??. 25 Aud they made m bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the tº pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the *: 26. A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to min- ister in ; as the LORD commanded OS&S. 27 ºf And they made o coats of & The plate of the holy crown. fine liner, of woven work, for Aaron and for his sons. 28 And ap mitre of fine linen, and oodly bonnets of fine linen, and q inen breeches of fine twined linen. 29 And a r girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. 30 *| And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESSS TO THE LORD, 31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten tº on high upon the mitre ; as the LORD commanded Moses. 32 'ſ Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished : and the children of Israel t did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. 33 ºf And they brought the taber- nacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets 3. And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badg- ers' skins, and the vail of the cover- Illg, 35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy- Seat, 36 The table and all the vessels thereof, and the shew-bread, 37 The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the ves- sels thereof, and the oil for light 38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and 2 the sweet in- cense, and the hanging for the ta- bernacle door, - 39 The brazen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his ves- Sels, the laver and his foot, 40 The hangings of the court, his illars, and his sockets, and the anging for the court-gate, his Cords, and his pins, and all the ves- Sels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, 4l The cloths u of service to do Service in the holy place, and the º garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. 42 According to all that the LoRD Commanded Moses, v so the child- ren of Israel made all the work. 43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LoftD had command- ed, even so had they done it. and OSes w blessed them. 2 the incense of sweet spices. w ch.31.10. u ch.35, 10. w Ge. 14.19. Le.9.22,23. Nu.6.23–27. Ne. 11.2. Luke 2.34. *...* (CHAP. 40.) a ver, 17. ch. 12.2. 13.4. Nu.7.1. 1 the Order thercof. b Lev.24.8. c ver. 30. ch, 30.18 d ch.30.26. e ch.29.36,37. 2 holiness of holinesses. f Le.8, 1-13. g ch.28.41. Is.61. 1. 1Jno.2.20. h Jno. 17.19. * Nu.25, 13. Ps. 110.4. Heb. 7. 17- 24. k ver.2. Nu.7.1. *-ºs- between the tent of the co EXODUS, XL. The tabernacle to be reared. B. C. 1491. CHAPTER XL. —- 1 The tabernacle is commanded to ch.28.4,39. be reared, 9 and anointed. 13 p # - Aaron and his sons to be sanc- g ch.28.42. tified. Eze. 44.18. A*. the LORD spake unto Mo- r ch. 28.39 Ses, Saying, * * * * g ºf e 2 On the first day a of the first , zec. 14.20. month shalt thou set up the taber- nacle of the tent of the congrega- t ver.42.43. Ition, ch. 25.40. 3 And thou shalt put therein the Deut:12:32. |ark of the testimony, and cover the łº, ark with the vall. § 4 And thou shalt bring in the ta- #. :* |ble, and set in order the things that are to be b set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candle- stick, and light the lamps thereof. 5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hang- ing of the door to the tabernacle. 6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 7 And thou shalt set the c laver ega- tion and the altar, and Shalt put . Iwater therein. 8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hang- ing at the court-gate, 9 And thou shalt take the anoint- ing oil, and d anoint the tabernacle, and aii that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels there- of: and it shall be holy. 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the , altar: and e it shall be an altar 2 most holy. 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. 12 And thou shalt bring f Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. 13 And thou slalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and g anoint him, h and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. - 14 And thou shalt, bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: 15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be i , an everlasting priesthood throughout their gene- rations. 16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him. so did he. -- 17 ºf And it came to pass in the k first month in the second year, on 101 Moses performeth the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the taber- macle, and fastened his sockets and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacie, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses. 20 ºf And he took and put l the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the m Imercy-seat above upon the ark : 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the n vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses. 22 iſ And he put the o table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle p north- ward, without the vail. 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD ; as the LoRD had commanded Moses. .. 24 T And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. 25 And he lighted q the lamps be- fore the LORD ; as the LORD Com- manded Moses. 26'ſ And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation be- fore the vail : 27 And he burnt r sweet incense jºi as the LORD commanded OSè8. 28 ºf And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 29 And he put the s altar of burnt LEVITICUS, 1. B. C. 1491. l ch.25. 16. wn ch.37.6-9. 'm ch, 26.33. 35. 12. over.4. p ch.26.35. q wer.4. ch. 25.37. r ch.30.7. a ver, 6. ch.27. 1,2. ********* ! wer.”. ch.30. 18. w ch.30. 19.20. Ps. 73.13. v ver.8. ch. 27.9, 16. tº chiº, 2: Ne.9.19. 8 journeyed. sy Ps.31. 15. z Ps. 78. 14. 105.39, Is..4.5. ^^ -/~~~~~~~~~~~~ all things accordingly. offering by the door of the taberna- cle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offer- ing and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. 30 || Amd he set the t laver be- tween the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. - 31 And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, washed their hands and their feet thereat : 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; u as the LORD commanded OSČS. 33 And he reared up v the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court-gate. So Moses fin- ished the work. 34"| Then a cloud w covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the taber. nacle. 35 And Moses was not able to en- ter into the tent of the congrega- gation, because the cloud abode i8. thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud ºr was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel 3 went on- ward in all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not y till the day that it was taken "Fo 38 For the cloud of the LORD 2 was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. ^^^*.*.*.* The Third Book of MOSES, called LEVITICUS. Creation from Tisri, or September, 2514...Before Christ, 1490....Julian Period, 3224 CHAPTER I. The burnt qfferings, 3 of the 10 of the flocks, 14 of the fowls. ND the LoRD called unto Mo- ses, and spake unto him a out of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, Saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, and say unto them, If any man of you b § an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bringF. offer- ing of the cattle, even of the herd, of the flock. 3 If his offering be a burnt sacri- Herd ls fice of the herd, let him offer a B. C. 1490. 'la Ex. 19.3. Nu, 12.4,5. b ch. 22.18. a"...A-A*-*.*.*.*.*.* c ch.3.1. 22.20,21. Ex, 12.5. HDeut. 15.21. Mal. 1, 14. d ch.3.2,8,13. | e ch.22.21,27. male c without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the Congregation before the LORD. 4 And he shall put his hand d upon the head of the burnt offer- ing; and it shall be e accepted for him, to make f atonement for him. 5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD ; and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the bloo and sprinkle g the blood roun about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation Of the flocks and fowls. And he shall flay the burnt of fering, and cut it into his pieces. 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire : 8 And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar : - 9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water ; and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a h sweet savour unto the LORD. 10 *| And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt, Sacrifice ; he shall bring it a male without blennish. + 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar i northward before the LORD : and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar: 12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall, lay thern in Order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar. 13 But he shall wash the invards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacri- fice, an offering made by fire, of a Sweet savour unto the LORD. 14 ºff And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of k turtle-doves, or of young pigeons. 15 And the priest shal bring it unto the altar, and 1 wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the aitar: 16 And he shall pluck away his crop with 2 his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes: 17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not l divide tº asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a liurnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour m unto the LORD. r CHAPTER II. - The meat offering of flour with oil and incense. A*. when any will offer a a A meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shali be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon : 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's Fons, the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour LEVITICUS, II. B, C, 1490. h Ge.8.21. Eze. 20.28, 41. Ep.5.2. Phi.4.18. * Ex.40.22. Eze.8.5. # ch.5.7. 12,8. Luke 2.24. 1 or, pinch off the head with the mail. 2 or, the filth thereof. l Ge. 15. 10. m wer.9, 13. (CHAP. 2.) a ch.6.14. 9. 17. Nu. 15.4. ~~~~~~~~~~ b wer.9. ch.5.12. 24.7. Acts. 10.4. c Ex. 29.2. 1 or, on a flat plate, or, slice. d ch.6. 15. e ch.6.17. Ex. 12. 19, 20 Mat. 16.1 !. Mark 8. 15. Luke 12.1. 1Co.5.6–8. f ch.23.10, 11. Ex. 22.29. 2 ascend. g Nu. 18. 19. Ezra 7.22. Ezé.43.24. Mark 9.49. h 2Ki.4.42. -º- The meat offering. thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn b the memo- rial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet Savour unto the LORD : 3.And the remnant of the meat offering, shall be Aaron's and his Sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. 4 *|| And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the Qven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unlea- vened wafers canointed with oil, 5 T.And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken l in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with Ojº. 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon : it is a meat of fering. 7. And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the frying-pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD : and when it is Fº unto the priest, he shall ring it unto the altar. 9 And the priestshall take from the meat offering a d memorial there- of, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 10 And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'; it is a thing most holy º: º: offerings of the LORD made y fire. 11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LößD, shall be made with leaven: e for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any homey, in #. offering of the [ORD made by Të. 12 *|| As for the oblation of the f firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD : but they shall not 2 be burnt on the altar for a sweet S&WOUlr. 13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with g salt ; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering : with aii thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. 14 And if thou offer a meat offer- ing of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offer- ing of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out h of full ears. 15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. 16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten 103 The peace offering of the flock. LEVITICUS, III, IV. The sin offering of ignorance. corm thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. CHAPTER III. 1 The peace offering of the herd: 6 of the flock. ND if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, a if he offer it of the herd, whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it with- out b blemish before the LORD. 2 And he shall clay his hand up- on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests, shall sprinkle the bloo upon the altar round about. 3 And he shall offer of the sacri- fice of the peace offering, an offer- ing made by fire unto the LORD ; the 1 fat that d covereth the in- wards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards. 4 Amd the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the 2 caut above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he ake away. 5 And Aaron's sons shall e burn ſt 1t on the altar upon the burnt sa- crifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made }. fire, of a sweet savour unto the ORD, 6 ºf And if his offering for a sa- grifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock, male or fe- male, he shall offer it without f blemish. 7 If he offer a lamb for his offer- ing, then shall he offer it g before the LORD. 8 And he shall lay his hand h upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the j". and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. he shall offer of the sacri- fice of the peace offering, an offer- ing made by fire unto the LORD; the fat i thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 10 And the two kidneys, and the b fat that is upon them, which is b the flanks, and the k caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar; it is the food l of the offering made by fire unto the RI). - 12 *ſ. And if his offering be a goat, º he shall offer it before the ORI), B. C. 1490, (CHAP. 3.) a ch. 7. 11,29. 22.21. b Nu.6.14. Mal. 1.8, 14. Heb. 10.22. c ch.1.4,5. 8.22. 16.21. Ex. 29, 10. 1 or, swet. d ch.4.8,9. Ex. 29.13, 22. 2 or, midriff Over the liver, and . over the kidneys. e ch.6. 12. 20h.35. 14. Eze.44. 15. ver, 1. g 1Ki.8.62. h ch.4.4,15, 24. ************* m ch. 7.23,25. iSa.2.15. 2Ch. 7.7. n ch.6.18. 7.36; 17.7. 23. 14. o Ge.9.4. De. 12.16. 1Sa. 14.32, 33 Eze,477, I5, Acts 15.20, 29. (CHAP. 4.) a ch.5.15, 17. Nu.i.532. c Ex. 29.10, 11 d ch. 16.14. Nu. 19.4. e ch. 14.16,27. f ch.8.15. 9,9. 16, 18. Ex.30. 1-10 Ps. 118.27. g ch.5.9. 13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation : and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. 14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away, 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savour. All the m fat is the LORD's. 17 lb shall be a perpetual n statute for your generations, throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.o CHAPTER IV. 1 The sin offering of ignorance, 3 Or priest, 27 for any of the people. A. the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin a through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LoRD, concerning things which ought not 109.10.21. to be done, and shall do against any of them: 3. If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the pep- ple; then let him bring, for his sin which he hath sinned, a b young builock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering. 4 And he shall bring the bullock c unto the door of the tabernacle of the .*.*.* before the LORD; and shall . his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the builock before the for D. - 5 And the priest that is anointed d shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation : 6 And the priest shall dip his fin- ger in the blood, and sprinkle of the C blood seven times before the RD, before the wail of the sanc- uary. 7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the flıorms of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the taberna- cle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom g of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- tigil. 8 And he shall take off from it all 104 The sun offering of ignorance, LEVITICUS, IV. the fat of the bullock for the sim offering; the ſat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is up- on the inwards, 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away, 10 As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering. r 11 And the skin of the bullock and all his flesh, with his head, an with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung. 42 Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth 1 without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn h him on the wood with fire : 2 where the ashes are poured out shall he be turnt. 13 "Iſ And if the i whole congrega- tion of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be k hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD, con- cerning things which should not be done, and l are guilty; 14 When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 15. And the elders of the congre- gation shall lay their hands m up- on the head of the bullock before the LORD ; and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD. 16 And the priest n that is anoint- ed shall bring of the bullock's blood º the tabernacle of the congrega- 1011 . 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and Sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail. 18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the o horms of the altar which is before the LoRD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 19 And he shall take all his fat om him, and burn it upon the altar. 20 And he shall do with the bul- lock as he did p with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make g, an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven gºn B. C. 1490. 1 to without. h Ex. 29. I4. Nu. 19.5. Heb. 13.11. 2 at the pouring out of the ashes. t Nu. 15.24. Jos.7.11. 1Ti. 1.13. h ch.5.2–4, 17. l Ezra 10. 19, m ch. 1.4. n wer.5. He,9.12–14. over.ºſ. p ver.3. q Nu. 15.25. Dan.9.24. Rø.5, 11. rver. 11,12. s yer. 2, 13. t ver. 14. ch.5.4. w ver.4,8tc. Is..53.6. v wer. 7,30. w ch.3.5. a wer.20. Nu, 15.28. 3 any soul. 4 people o the §. y Nu. 15.27. z Nu.5.6. a ver.23. b ver.4.24. c ch.3.3,14. d ch. 1.9. Ex.29, 18. Ezra 6.10. Is.42.21. e ver,28. *=sºsºs 105 for the ruler and the people. 21, And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the r bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation. 22T When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through s igno- rance against any of the command- ments of the LoRD his God, con- cerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; 23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come t to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish: 24 And he shall lay his hand, tº upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering. 25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering v with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bot- tom of the altar of burnt offering. 26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice w of hº offerings: and the priest shall make an a atone- ... ment for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. 27 T Aud if 3 any one of the 4 common people y sin through ignorance, while he doeth some- what against any of the command- ments of the Lok D concerning things which ought not to be done, 2 and be guilty; + 28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, a come to his knowledge; then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 29 And he shall lay his hand b upon the head of the sin offering, and slay, the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the 'altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bot- tom of the altar. 31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, c as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a d sweet sa- vour unto the LORD : and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. 32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a e female without blemish. 33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place Qfferings for divers sins. where they kill the burnt offering. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: 35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the P. offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, ac- cording to the f offerings made by fire unto the LoRD: and the priest shall make an g atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. §§ V 14 The trespass offering in sacrilege, 17 and in sins of ignorance. A*. if a soul a sin, and hear the voice of b swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seem or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shatic bear his *. 2. Or if a soul touch any d unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of un- clean cattle, or the carcase of un- clean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him ; he also shall be unclean, and e guilty. 3 Ör if he touch f the unclean- ness of man, whatsoever unclean- ness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when g he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. & 4. Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips h to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him: when he know- eth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall i confess that he hath sin- ned in that thing : * 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LoßD, for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the #. shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. & 7 And if 1 he be not k able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, unto the LoRD ; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt ºft 8 And he shall bri º who . $3. them unto offer that or the sin offering first, and lºwring off his head from his neck,but shall not divide it asunder: 9 And he shall sprinkle m of the LEVITICUS, V. B. C. 1490, *º-º-º-º-º-º: jº ch.3.5. g wer.26,31. (CHAP. 5.) a Eze. 18.4,20 fs.38.4. Is. 53.11. iPet. 2.24. d Nu. 19.1 1- 16. Hag.2.13. e ver, 17. fgh.XII. XIII. XV. g ver.4. i ch. 26.40. Nu.5.7. Jos.7.19. Ezra 10.11. Ps. 32.5. Dan.9.4. Ro. 10.10. 1 his band ca??not reach to the #; of a lamb. k ch. 12.8. 14.21, ! ch. 1.15. m Ex, 12.22, Heb.12.24. ********* 2 ordinance. n ch.4.26. o Ja-5. 15. p ver.7. s ch. 7.6. t ch. 22. 14. w Ezra 10.19. tº ch. 27.25. Ex.30, 13. vº ver, 10. a ch.4.2,22. ty ch.4.2, 13, 27. The trespass offereng. blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sim offering. 10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering º to the 2 manner; and the priest shaft n make an atonement for him for |his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be o forgiven him. 11 * But if he be not p able to bring two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering ; he shall put q no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. 12 Then shall he bring it to the ; and the priest shall take his andful of it, even a r memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LoBD: it is a sin offer- Ing. 13 And the priest shall make an :3. atonement for him as touching his ... [sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him : and the remnant s shall be the priest's, as a meat offering. . 14 ºf And the LORD spake unto Moses, ºf 15. If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, t in the holy things of the LORD ; then he shall bring, for his trespass unto the LoRD, w a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estima- tion by shekels of silver, after v the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass ºil. 16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest : and the priest w shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 17 ºf And if a a soulsin, and com- Init, §. of these things which are forbidden to be done by the com- mandments of the LORD ; though he wist it not, y yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 18 And he shall bring a ram with- out blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offer- ing, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not; and it shall be forgiven him. * 19. It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly z trespassed against the LORD. . Law of the burnt offering. LEVITICUS, VI. Law of the meat offering. CHAPTER WI. B. C. 1490. 13 The fire shall ever be burning 1 The trespass offering for sins done wittingly: 19 The offering at the consecration of a priest. 24. The law of the sin offering. ND the LORD spake unto Mo- Ses, saying, 2 If a soul sin, and commit a tres- pass against the LORD, and a lie unto his neighbour in that which was b delivered him to keep, or in 1 fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or c hath de- ceived his neighbour; 3 Or have found d that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and e sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: 4.Then it, shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, 5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even f re- store it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it apper- taineth, 2 in the day of his trespass f offering. 6'ſ And he shall bring his tres- pass offering unto the LoRD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass Offering, unto the priest : 7 Ani' the priest shall g make an atonement for him before the LORD : and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of h all that he hath dome in trespassing therein. T And the LoRD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, 8 because of the burning upon the altar all night i unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. 10 And the priest shall put on k his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath cºnsumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 11 And he shall put off his gar- ments, and put on l other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. 12 And the fire upon the altarshall be burning in it, it shall not be put Out: and the priest shall burn wood On it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it, and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. -º- (CHAP. 5.) a ch. 19.11. Acts 5.4. Col. 3.9. b Ex.22.7,10. 1 putting of the ha or, dealing. c Pr.24.28. 26.19. Jer.9.5. d De.22.1–3. e ch. 19. 12. Jer.5.2. 7.9. Zec.5.4. ch.5, 16. f Nu.5.7. 1 Sam. 12.3. 2 Sam. 12.6. Luke 19.8. 2 in the da of his tres- pass, or, in the day of his being own d guilty. g ch.5.15, 16. h Is. 1, 18. Mat. 12.31. I Cor. 6.9- 11. 3 or, for the burning. i ver. 12,13. k ch. 16.4. Ex. 28.39-43 Eze.44, § 18. ! Eze.44. 19. arº-ººººº... n1 ch.2.1. Nu. 15.4. n Nu. 18.10. Eze. 44.29. 10or.9.13, º o ch. 22.3–7. Ex. 29.37. p Ex.29.1.2. Heb. 7,27. q Ex. 29.23– 25 r ch.4.33. & ver, 17. ch.21.22. t ch. 10.17, 18. Nu. 18.10. Eze.44.29 .* ºn the altar: it shall never go Ull. Ö 14'ſ And this is the m law of the meat offering : the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LorºD, be- fore the altar. 15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD. 16 And the remainder thereof n shall Aaron and his sons eat : with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. 17. It shall not be baken with lea- ven, I have given it winto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass of ring. 18 All the males among the chil- dren of Aaron shall eat of it: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations, concerning the offer- ings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall o be holy. 19 "| And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 20. This is the offering of p Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the da when he is anointed ; the tent part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. 21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in : and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; q it shall be wholly burnt: 23 For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. 24 *ſ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the r sin offering: In the #. where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed be- fore the LORD : it is s most holy, 26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place f shall it be eaten, in the court the tabernacle of the congregati 27 Whatsoever shall touch º 107 Law of the trespass offering. flesh thereofu shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. . 28 But the earthen vessel wherein It is sodden shall be broken ; and if it be sodden in a brazen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water, - 29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy. no sin offering, whereof any of the blood v is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation, to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. CHAPTER VII. 1 The law of the trespass offer- ing, 11 and of the peace offerings. 22 The fat, 26 and the blood, are orbidden. IKEWISE this is the law of the trespass offering: a it is most holy. 2 % the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill b the trespass offering : and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about cupon the altar. 3 And he shall offer of it d all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: 5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD : it is a tres- pass offering. 5 Every male among the priests e shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. 7 As the sin offering is, so is the f trespass offering : there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement there with shall have it. 8 And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered. * - 9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying-pan, and 1 in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it. - 10 And every meat offering, min- gled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. 11 And this is the law of the sacri- fice of g peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LöRd. - 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice LEVITICUS, VII. B. C. 1490. tº Ex. 29.37. 30,29. Mat. 9.21. 14.36. v ch. 10. 18. 16.27. Heb. 9.12. (CHAP. 7.) a ch.6. 17,25. 21.22. b Nu. 6.12. Eze. 40.39. c ch.3.2. 5.9. d ch.4.8,9. Ex. 29. 13. e ch.6.16, 18. f ch.6.25,26. 14. 13. 1 or, on the flat plate, or, slice. 5. ch.3.1. 22.21. Bze.45. 15. w” h ch. 2.4. Nu. 6.15. i Am.4.5. k Nu. 18.8,11, 19 lch. 22.30. ºn ch. 19.7. n ch.11.10,41. 19.7. o ch. 15.3. 1Co. 11.28. p ch. 11,24,28. q ch.XII, XIII.XV. r Eze. 4.14. s wer.20. 2 carcase. t ch. 17.15. I}eut. 14.21. Eze.44.31. Law of the peace offering. . of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers h anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, offine flour, fried. 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread i with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. 14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an k heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanks- flºº shall be eaten l the same ay that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. 16 But if the sacrifice of his offer- ing be a voyſ, or a voluntary offer- ing, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten : 17 But the remainder of the fleshm of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. 18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offer- eth it: it shall be an in abomination and the soul that eateth of it shalſ bear his iniquity. 19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire : and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. 20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offer- • ings, that pertain unto the LORD, o having his uncleanness upon him, even that Soul shall be cut off from his people. 21 Moreover, the soul, that shall p touch any unclean thing, as q the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any r abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be s cut off from his people. 22 ºf And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. 24 And the fat of the 2 beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use; but ye shall in no wise t eat of it. 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer | an offering made by fire unto the 108 The blood ts forbidden. LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. 26 Moreover, ye shall eat no man- ner of blood, u whether it be of fowl, or of beast, in any of your dwellings. 27 Whatsoever soul it be that eat- eth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 28 ºf And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, - 29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his v peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his obla- tion unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 30 His own hands w shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire; the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a a wave offering before the LORD. 31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons’. 32 And the right shouldershall yeo give unto the priest y for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings, 33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. 34 For the wave-breast and the heave-shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sa- crifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons, by a sta- tute for ever from among the chil- dren of Israel. 35"This is the portion of theanoint- ing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minis- ter unto the LORD in the priest's office; 36. Which the LoRD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he z anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations. 37. This is the law a of the burnt offering, of the meat º; and of the sin offering, and of the b tres- pass offering, and of the consecra- tions, and c of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; 38 Which the Lord commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LoRD, in the wilderness of Sinai. CHAPTER VIII. 1 Moses consecrateth Aaron and his 8978. 31. The place and time of their consecration. B. C. 1490, =-º-º- tº ch.3.17. 17. 10–14. Ge.9.4. 1Sa. 14.34. Eze. 33.25. Jno.6.53. Acts 15.20, 29. tº ch. III. ºw Jno. 10, 18. a ch. 8.27. 9.21. Ex.29.24, 27. y Nu.6.20. z ch. 8. 12,30. Ex.40. 13, 15. a ch.6.9, 14, 25. b ver.1. (CHAP. 8.) a Ex. 29.1-3. b Ex. 28.2,4. c Ex.30.24, 25. d Ex.29.4. e Ex. 28. 15– 39.8.21. Ezra 2.63. f Ex.29.6. Zec. 3.5. g Ex. 28.37 &c. h Ex.30.26- 29. i ch.4.6. Is.52. 15. Eze. 36.25. Tit.3.6. k ch.21. 10,12. Ex. 29.7. Ps. 33.2. ! Ex. 29.8,9. 1 bound. m ch. 4.7. Eze.43.20, 26. Heb.9.18- 23. ºn ch. 16.20. 2 Ch. 29.24, Eze.45.20. Dan.9.24. 109 LEVITICUS, VIII. Aaron and his sons consecrated. ND the LoRD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 2 Take Aaron a and his sons with him, and b the garments, and c the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 3.And gather thou all the congre- gation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And Moses did as the LORD com- manded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 5 And Moses said unto the con- gregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done. 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, d and washed them with water. 7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the º, and bound it unto him there- with. 8 And he put the breastplate upon him ; also he e put in the breast- plate the Urim and the Thummim. 9 And he put the frnitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his fore-front, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD g commanded Moses. 10 And Moses took the h anoint- ing oil, and anointed the taberna- cle, and all that was therein, and sanctified them. 11 And he sprinkled i thereof upon the , altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his ves- sels, both the laver and his foot, to samctify them. 12 And he poured of the anoint- ing oil upon Aaron's head, andk anointed him, to sanctify him. 13 And . Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats l upon them and girded them with girdles, an 1 put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses. 14, And he brought the bullock for the sin offering; and Aaron and his sons, laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering. 15 And he slew it; and Moses m took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to maken reconciliation upon it. 16And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, burned it upon the altar. and Moses º, The burnt qffering. 17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt § fire o without the camp; as e LORD commanded Moses. 18'ſ And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for p a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD ; as the LORD commanded Moses. 22"| And he brought the q other ram, the ram of consecration; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the r blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right band, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and "gº the great toes of their right feet; and Moses sprinkled the bloods upon the altar round about. 25 And he took t the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoul- (i.e. f : 26 And out of the basket of un- leavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened £, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on º fat, and upon the right shoul- er : 27 And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offer- ing before the LORD. 28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering : they were consecrations for a sweet Sa- vour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LöRD. 29 And Moses took the breast, u and waved it for a wave offering }re the LORD : for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part: as the Lord commanded Moses. *30 And Moses took of the anoint- , ingºpil, and of the blood which was LEVITICUS, IX. P. C. 1490. *-* o ch. 4,11,12. Ex. 29.14. Heb. 13. 11- 13. p Ge.8.20,21. Ep.5.2. q Ex.29.19– 31. r ch. 14. 14. 17.28. & Heb. 9.22. t Ex. 29.22, &c. tº Ex. 29.26. v ch. 10.3. Nu.3.3. w Ex.29.31," 32. |Sam,2. 13– l ac Eze.43.25, 26. Nu.3.7. ty 9. 19. Deut. 11. I. 1Ki.2.3. 1Ti. 1. 18. 5.2.1 & 6.20. 2Ti.4.1. (CHAP.9.) a Eze.43.27. b ch. 4.3. 8. 14. Ex,29, 1. c ch.8, 18. d ch.4.23. Ezra 6.17. e 1s. 53.10. Heb.9.26. f Nu. 15.9. =s* 110 The place of consecration. upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him ; and sanc- tified v Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' gar- ments with him. 31 *| And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, w Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as . I commanded saying, Aaron and his sons shail eat it. 32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. 33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the con- º: in seven days, until the ays of your consecration be at an end : for seven days a shall he con- secrate you. 34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. 35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night, seven days, and y keep the charge of the LoRD, that ye die not : for So I am commanded. 36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded 7. [by the hand of Moses. CHA PTER IX. 1 The first offerings of Aaron for himself and the people. 23 Moses and Aaron bless the people. 24 Fire cometh from the Lord upon the altar. ND it came to pass on the a eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; 2 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee aº”. calf for a b sin offer- ing, and a ram for ac burnt offer- ing, without, blemish, and offer them before the LORD. 3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye d a kid of the goats for ae, in offer- ing; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LoRD ; and f a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear unto you. * 5 T And they brought that which Moses commanded before the ta: bernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LQRD. . s 6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LoRD commanded that 3. { # The offerings for the people. ye should do; and the glory of the g LORD shall appear unto you. 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy h sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thy- h self, i and for the people : and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement k for them; as the LORD commanded. 8 *|| Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the # offering, which was for him- Sëlf. 9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and l put it upon the horms of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: - 10 But the fat, m and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. 11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. 12 And he slew the burnt offer- ing; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled n round about upon the altar. 13 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt ‘tº, them upon the altar. i4 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar. 15 ºff And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it ofor sin, as the first. 16 And he brought the burnt of. fering, and offered it according to the 1 manner. 17 And he brought the meat of. fering, and 2 took an handful there- of, and burnt it upon the altar, be- side the burnt sacrifice p of the morning. 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, q which was for the peo- ple : and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he Sprinkled upon the altar round about, 19 And the fat of the bullock, and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and #. kidneys, and the caul above the Vēr: 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar: ?i And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave P. C. 1490. -º- g wer.23. 5.3. 1 or, ordi- 710.7tc£. 2 filled his hand out of it. p Ex. 29.38. q ch.3.1,3,8tc. "wºw"wº-w^_^_^^-ºw" r ch.7.30–34. s Nu. 6.23–27. Deut.21.5. 20hr.6.3. (CHAP. 10.) a ch. 16.12. Ex.30.9. Nu. 16.6,&c b ch.9.24. Nu. 16.35. 2Ki. 1.10, 12 c Nu.3.3.4. 26.61. d ch.21.6.8, 15 Ex. 19.22. 1 Sam.6.20. 1Ch. 15.12, 13. ... that come LEWTTICUS, X, Nadab and Abihu burnt by fire. offering r before the LoRD ; as Mo- ses Commanded. - 22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and s blessed them, and came down from offer- ing of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congre- gation, and came out and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD t appeared unto all the peo- pie. 24 And there came a fire u out from before the LoRD, and con- sumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw they v shouted, and fell on their faces. CHAPTER X. 1 Nadab and Abihu, for offering of strange fire, are burnt in fire. 8 priests are forbidden wine when they are to go into the taber- 7tacle. A” Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offer- ed a strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. 2 And there went out fire b from the LORD, and devoured them ; e and c they died before the LORD. 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, . This is it that the LoRD spake, say- ing, I will be sanctified d in them nigh me, and before all the people I will be e glorified. And Aaron f held his peace. 4 And Moses called Mishael and Ełzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come, near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 5 So they went near, and g carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover h not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest i wrath come upon all the people: but let your breth- ren, the whole house of Israel, be- . wail the burning which the LORD hath kindled. 7 And ye shall not go out k from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is l upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. ºf And the LoRD spake unto Aaron, sayi 9 Do not drinkm wine nor strong k, thou, northy sons with thee when ye go into the tabernacle o The priests are forbidden wine. IEWITICUS, XI. the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be ästätute for ever through- out your generations; - 10 And that ye may put n differ- ence between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 11 And that ye may teach o the children of Israel alſ the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. 12"| And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Itha- mar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy : 13 And ye shall eat it in the p holy place, because it is tily due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire : for so I am commanded. 14 And the wave-breast and heave—shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacri. fices of peace offerings of the child- ren of Israel. 15 The heave—shoulder and the wave-breast shall they bring, with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. 16 °ſſ And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying 17 ‘Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place seeing it is most holy, and Go hath given it you to bear the ini- quity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the JRD ! 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place : ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, q as I conn- 19 And Aaron said unto Moses Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted r in the sight of the LoRD ! . 20 And when Moses heard that, he was content. CHAPTER XI l, 4 Of meats clean, 13 and un- - clean. B, C, 1490. 7, ch. 11.47. 20.25.26. Jer, 15.19. Eze. 44.23. o Ne,8.2,8. Mal.2.7. p Nu. 18.10. q ch.6.26,30. r Is. 1.11-15. Jer.6.20. 12. --~~~~~~~~ (CHAP. 11.) a De. 14.3,&c. Eze. 4.14. b Ps. 1.1,2. c Is.52.13. .Acts 10.10- 15. 2Cor. 6.17. Col.2.21. d Deut. 14.9. e ch. 7. 18. f Deut. 14.12. Of meats, clean and unclean. - A*. the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aarón, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eata among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, b and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he ts unclean unto you. 5 And the comey, because he chew- eth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 6 And the hare, because he chew- eth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud ; he is un- clean to you. 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch : c they are unclean to you. 9 *| These shall ye eat, of all that are in the waters: d whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scalès in the seas, and in the rivers of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an e abomina- tion unto you : 11 They shall be even an abomi- nation unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. 13 "I And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among theffowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind, 15 Every raven after his kind; 16 And the owl, and he might- hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 17 And the little owl, and the cor- morant, and the great owl, .. 18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, 19 And the stork, the heron after §: kind, and the lapwing, and the <. 20 All fowls that oreep, going § all four, shall be an abomination unto you. b 112 Clean and 21. Yet those may ye eat of every B. C. 1490. flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs g Mat.3.4. LEVITICUS, XII. above their feet, to leap withal Mark 1.6. upon the earth; h 8 22 Even these of them, ye, may " ...15 eat ; g the locust after his kind, and “º the bald locust after his kind, and * the beetle after his kind, and the ch. 14.8. grasshopper after his kind. 15.5. 23 But all other flying creeping Nu. 19.1% things, which have four feet, shall i 22. be an abomination unto you. P sº 7 24 And for these ye shall be un- ;..." clean : whosoever toucheth h, the j.i.é Carcase of them shall be unclean | Acts 3.16 until the even. Heb.gio.” 25 And whosoever beareth aught 10.22. of the carcase of them shall wash i | 1 Pet. 3.21. his clothes, and be unclean until Rev.7.4. the even. k 24.25 26. The carcases of every beast " "...” which divideth the hoof, and is l Is.66.17. not cloven-footed, nor cheweth the ! ºn ver,8 cud, are unclean unto you; every “H.3.13 one that toucheth them shall bé 5 * * * * ~ * unclean. in ch. 15.12. 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his o ch.6.28. paws, among all manner of beasts | p 2.g. that go on all four, those are un- jer.38.33 Clean unto you : whoso toucheth 9Ti.2.21. their carcase shall be unclean un- | Rev.2.27. til the even. 28 And he that beareth the car- |^^ case of thern shall wash k his 1 a gather- clothes, and be unclean until the ing toge- even; they are unclean unto you. ther of 29 °ſ These also shall be unclean twaters. unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the ch. 17. 15. p 22.8 weasel, and the mouse, l and the Deº.ii.21. tortoise after his kind. ižej.ii. 30 And the ferret, and the chame- 44.31. leon, and the lizard, and the snail, 1Co.10.21. and the mole. 2 f 31 These are unclean to you among º "... ali that creep: whosoever doth in tiply feet. tºugh them, when they be dead, q ch.20.25. shall be unclean until the even. . . . al 32 And upon whatsoever any of |* * * them, when they are dead, doth jr ch. 19.2. fall, it shall be unclean; whether 20.7,26. it be any vessel of wood, or raſment, ºx:1.3. or skin, or sack, whatsoever vesseſ | #3% tº be, wherein any work is done, n Mºłº, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; So it shall be cleansed. 33 And every earthen vessel where- into any of them falleth, whatso- I Pet. 1.15, 16. Rev.22.11, 14. ever is in it shall be unclean; and ol' Pºž. je shall break it. P 20:2. 43– Ofailineat which may be eaten, | ** 45 ºat,0m which such water cometh Hos.11. shall be unclean: and all drink * = AE ºf A tº that may be drunk in every such t ch. 10.10. Vessel shall be unclean. Eze. 44.23. 35 And everything whereupon Mal.3.18. *} part of their carcase falleth –s—- 113 unclean beasts. shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down : for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. 36 Nevertheless, a fountain or pit, wherein there is 1 plenty of water, shall be clean : but that which toucheth their carcase shall be un- clean. 3. And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. 38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their car- case fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 39 And if * beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. 40 And he that eateth p of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be un- clean until the even. 41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shalfbean abomination: it shall not be eaten 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever #º, upon all four, or whatsoever 2 hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abo- mination. 43 Ye shall not q make 3 your- selves abominable with any creep- ing thing that creepeth, neither sliallye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be de- filed thereby. 44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify your- selves, and rye shall be holy; for I am holy : neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For I am the LORD that s bring- eth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that movethin the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth; 47 To make a difference t between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. CHAPTER XII. The nricº, of a woman after C. -birth. ND the LoRD spake unto Mo- ses, Saying, 2 Speak unto th; children of Is- Purification after childbirth. rael, ; If a woman have con- ceived seed, and born a man-child; then a she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her b infirmity shall she be unclean. 3 And in the ceighth day the flesh of his foreskinshall be circumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days: she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. ” 5 But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation ; and she shall continue in the blood of §: purifying threescore and six ayS. 6 And when the days of her d purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb I of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest; 7"Who shaji offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female. 8 And e if 2 she be not able to bring tº lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering; and the riest shall make an atonement for ler and she shall be clean. CHAPTER XIII. Tokens to discern the leprosy. A. the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 2. When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a 1 rising, a a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the ſº of lep- rosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, b or unto one of his sons the priests: 3 And the priest shall look on the #. in the skin of the flesh; and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy ; and the priest shalſ look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 4. If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall c shut up him that hath the plague seven days: 5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay LEVITICUS, XIII. B. C. 1490. | (CHAP, 12.) a Job. 14.4. Ps. 51.5. Luke 2.22. b ch. 15. 19. c Ge. 17. 12. Luke 2.21. Juno. 7.22, 23. Rom-3. İş. Gal.5.3. d Luke 2.22. 1 a son of his year. e ch.5.7. 2 her hand find not sufficiency Qf a lamb. (CHAP. 13.) 1 or, swell- ing. a Deut.28.27. Is.3.17. b De. 17.8,9. 24.8 Maj.2.7. Lu. 17.14. c Nu, 12. I5. * d Nu. 12.10, 12 2Ki.5.27. 2Ch.26. 19, 20. 2 the quick- ening of living flesh. e Is.64.6. Jno.9.41. Ex.9.9. f 15.26. *...* Tokens to discern the leprosy. and the plague spread not in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more : And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is but a scab ; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again : 8 And if the priest see that, be- hold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a leprosy. 9 * When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; 10 And the priest d shall see him : and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be 2 quick raw flesh in the rising ; 11. It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh ; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up : for he is unclean. 12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh ; .13 Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered aſ his flesh, he shall pro- nounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white : e he ts clean. 14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. 15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean; for the raw flesh is unclean : it is a leprosy. 16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto, white, he shall come unto the priest; 17 And the priest shall see him : and, behold, if the plague be turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague : he is clean. g 18 ºf The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof was a f boil, and is healed. 19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest; 20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pro- nounce him unclean : it is a plague 114 The law LEVITICUS, XIII. of leprosy broken out of the boil. B. C. 1490. 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and ºf it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark, then the priest shall shut him g up seven days: 22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a plague. 23 But if the bright spot stay h in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him i clean. * 24"| Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is 3 a hot burn- ing, k and the quick flesh that burn- ºth have a white bright spot, some- what reddish, or white, 25 Ther] the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin, it is a leprosy broken out of the burn- Ing: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. 26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be some- what dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days : 27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. 28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean : for it is an inflammation of the burning. 29 | # a man or woman have a l plague upon the head or the beard, 30 Then the priest shall see the plague : and, behold, if it be in Sight deeper than the skin ; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. 31 And if the priest look on the lague of the scall, and, behold, it not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall Seven m days : 32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper the skin; g 1Cor. 5.5. Pr.28, 13. 1 Pet. 4.3. * 2Cor.2.7. 3 a burning of fire, k Is.3.24. l I Ki. 8.38. 20.h.6.29. Is. 1.5. m ver.4–6. sº-º-º-º-º-º-º: ºn ver.7,27. 2Ti.2. 17. 3.13. o Ec.7.20. Rø.7.22,23. Jam.3.2. 4 head is pilled. p Is. 1.5. q 2Sa. 13.19. Ezra 9.3. Job. 1.20. Jer, 36.24. Joel 2. 13. r ch. 10.6. 21. 10. s Eze.24. 17, 2. Mi.3.7. t Job 42.6. Ps. 51.3,5. Is. 6.5. 64.6. Rom.3.23. 1Cor. 6, 11. tº Pr. 30, 12. to Nu.5.2. 12. 14. 2Ki. 7.3. w Jos. 7.21. Ec.9.8. Is.61.10. 64.6. Zec.3.3, 4. Jam.5.2. Jude 23. Rev.4.4. 16. I5. *º-amº- shall of leprosy. 33. He shall be shaven, but the scall shall, he not shave ; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more : 34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and pehold, if the scali be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he sh wash his clothes, and be clean. 35 But if the scall spread much n in the skin after his cleansing, 36 Then the priest shall look on him ; and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. 37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein, the scall is healed, he is clean : and the priest ronounce him clean. 38" If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, o even white bright spots, 39 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. 40 And the man whose 4 hair, is fallen off his head, he is bald yet is he clean. 41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head to- ward his face, he is forehead bald; yet is he clean. 42 And if there he in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore : it is a lepros ;Pºi up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. 43 Then the priest shall look upon it : and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; 44 He is a leprous man, he is un- clean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague as in his p head. 45 And the leper in whom the 3. plague is, his clothes shall be q and r his head bare, and he put a covering upon his upper His, s and shall cry, Unclean, t un- CléâIl. 46 All the days u wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled ; he is unclean : he shall dwell alone ; w without the camp shall his habitation be. 47 'ſ The garment w also that the º of leprosy is in, whether it a woollen garment, or a linen garm rent S ii ent ; 48 Whether it be in the warp, or 115 The law of leprosy. LEVITICUS, XIV. Cleansing of the leper. woof; of linen, or of wºollen; B. C. 1490. ND the LoRD spake unto Mo- whether in a skin, or in any 5 thing; =-- Ses, saying, made of skin; work of. 2 This shall be the law of the 49 And if the plague be greenish 6 vessel, or, leper in the day of his cleansing: or reddish in the garment, or in instrument. He shall be brought a unto the the skin, either in the warp, or in a ch.14.44. priest: - the woof, or in any 6 thing of skin; w ch. 11.3 3 And the priest shall go forth out - - - * y Fº y ch. 11.33, go it is a Fº of leprosy, and shall e.7.25:26. of the camp; and the priest shall be showed unto the priest: Is..30.22, look, and, behold, if the plague of ti. º the #. shall º ; Ac. 19. ; lº lº in the leper, t € plague, shut up it that hal 0. Then sha e priest command the ; É. tº: ...” Eze.24.13. to take for him ..Pis to be cleans- 51 And he shall look on the plaguel Hºº-º-S. led two 1 birds alive and clean, and on the seventh day; if the plague *Pº i cedar-wood, and scarlet,” and be spread in the garment, either in , alº.” |c hyssop; ' ºf ſº, jº.º.º. 9f skin; the plague is a a fretting nº...[earthen vessel over d running º; bºrnwall ºne win ºil he man e shall therefore burn y that of. s for the living bird, he sha ...; wº warp or *::::: & iºn. * it, º ...i º: º in woollen or in linen, or anything| Mat.3.12. e Scarlet, and the hyssop, an of skin, wherein the plague i. : for 23.41. shall dip them and the iving bird # #. ſº leprosy : it shall be Rev.21.8. #.º º of the bird that was urnt in the fire. ed Over the running water : 53 And if the priest shall look, (CHAP. 14.) ſ º shall jº. upon him *...*#."..."º"; a Mat.8.2,4. i. º §". #. warp, or in the woof, or in any łºś. pronounce him clean, and shafi`iet thing of skin; “º."|hº living bird loose 2 into the open it. hºº 1 or, spar." *nd he that is to be cleansed the plague is, and he shall shut it b §3.6. shall wash g his clothes, and shaye up seven days more : Heb.9.19, 19ff all his hair, and wash himself h ; And . prº shall lºng º: IIl 3. # }: i be clean : Ule er that it is washed : z d ver. all er that he shall come into ; béhold, if the plague have not e Nu. 19.18, the camp, and shall tarry abroad changed his colour, and the plague 19. out of his tent seven days. º:*"...'. it i. * º #; d º: º i. lº º º shalt burn it in the fire : it is fret -º- day, that he shall shave all his hair inwari ºritie" bare within § ºf is head, and his heard, and his º #ine priest look, and, be-| 1.J. 12.24. §. º'º','º'; hold, the plague be somewhat dark fº.14. his clothes, also he shalf wash his ; º #.* then º 2. Ps. 51.2. ºjº º º: § fêhū it, Gült, O. e garmen tºpon the nº on the eigh ay e or out of º Or ºt of the # of the i. º º he º wº warp, or out of Lhe woot: | field. \lemish, and one ewe lamb, 3 o 57 And if it appear still in the gar-. § ch. 13.6. th St. ithout blemis i ment, either *::. warp, or #. h ch. 11.25. #;". hº woof, or in anything of skin; it is a #P-º, a meat offering, mingled with oil g reading plague; thou shit burn a Hº: and one log .# cy y that wherein the plague is with fire. H. 11 And the priest that maketh him 58 ; the *. º * i Nu. 6.9." º ºl. º n the º: or woot, or whatsoever thing Q 8.7. 1S to toe inade Clean, and those skin it i.e. which thou shaft wash, k ver.23. things, before the LORD, at the door if the plague be departed fr a the daugh. of the tabernacle of the congrega- them, then it shall be washed tºie ter of her |tion: **śudiº. ... lºº,". "...”...'...'", - - “. . € if IIT Il (1 OIféI’ ?? of leprosy in a garment of woollen|_N}; º trespass offering, and the logofoil, ‘....” º, IIl A. º: " Nađ, and i. º:for a o wave offer- woof, or any thing of skins, to pro- by ing before the LORD : nounce it. ean, or to pronounce it #: #27 13 And he shall slay the lamb in unclean. a ch.5.13. the place where he shall kill the CHAPTER xrv. 6.6. sin offering and the burnt offering, 2 The rites and sacrifices in cleans-|o Ex. 29.24. |in the holy place: for p as the sin ing of the leper. 37 The signs of |p ch. 7.7. offering is the priest's, so is the leprosy in a house. ——|trespass offering: it is most holy. 116 Rights and sacrifices in 14 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offer- ing, and the priest shall put it q upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot : 15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand : - 16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times be- fore the LORD : 17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon r the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering : 18 And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed ; and the priest shall make s all atoilemment for him be- fore the LORD. 19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atone- ment for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and after- º he shall kill the burnt offer- In ºr . 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offer- ing upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 21 And t if he be poor, and 4 can- not get so much ; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offer- ing 5 to be waved, to make an atomement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of olt; 22 And two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin gºs, and the other a burnt of € ring. 23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, be- fore the Lord. 24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the frespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest u shall Wave them for a wave offering be- fore the Lord. 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the v blood of the ºfespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the LEVITICUS, XIV. R. C. 1490. *-*º-e- q ch.8.23. r ver, 14. sch.4.26. 5.6. t ch.5.7. 12.8. 4 his hand reach not. 5 for a waving. tº ver, 12. § v ver, 14,17. * w wer.22. ch, 15.14, 15. ac Ps. '72.12– 14. Mat. 11.5. ºy Ge. 12.7. 13.17. 17.8. Deut.32.49. z Am, 6.11. Pr. 3.33. a Ps. 91. 10. s or, prepare. b ch. 13.50, *…* cleansing of the lepers thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot : 26 And the priest shall pour of the ; into the palm of his own left lfliftſ : 27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right ſinger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD : 28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the placc of the blood of the trespass offer- Ing : 29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleans- ed, to make an atomentent for him before the LORD. 30 And he shall offer the one of w the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; 31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering : and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD. 32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is notable a to get that which per- taineth to his cleansing. 33 ºff Ahd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you y for a possession, and I put 2 the lague of leprosy in a house of the and of your possession; 35 And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, say- ing, It seemeth to me there is as it were a a plague in the house ; 36 Then the priest shall command that they 6 empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the Fº that all that is in the house e not made unclean; and after- ward the priest shall go in to see the house : * 37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; 38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house b seven ays: 39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look : and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house; 40 Then the priest shall com- mand that they, take away the stones in which the plague is, and 117 The law of leprosy. LEVITICUS, XV. they shall cast them into an un- B. C. 1490. clean place c without the city: 41 And he shall cause the house c Rev.22.15. to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust *; that they scrape off without the **; city into an unclean place: Jude 12." 42 And they shall take other - stones, and put them in the place 6 ch. 13.51. of those stomes ; and he shall take Zec.5.4. ºther mortar, and shall plaister|f Iki,9.6-9 the house. 2.É.iº. 43, And if the plague come d 18.4. ain, and break out in the house, Jer.52.13. . that he hath taken away the Mat.24.2. Stones, and after he hath scraped ech. 22.6. the house, and after it is plaistered;|* jºz 44. Then the priest shall come + i + j = ºvan - and look, and, behold, if the " in coming lague be spread in the house, it in shall ise a fretting leprosy in the house; come ºn 4-c. it is unclean. h ICor.6.11. 45 And he shall break down f the . house, the stones of it, and the ver.4. timber thereof, and all the mortar A ver,20. of the house; and he shall carry º º out of the city into an || Deut.24.8. unclearl place. 46 Moreover, he that goeth into m ch. 13.30. the house all the while that it is “->~~~ #.‘....” shall be unclean until n ch. 13.47. 47 And he that lieth in the house over.34. shall wash his clothes; and he ch. 13.2 that eatethin the house shall wash |**** "#"ºth iest 7 h 11 q Eze.4.4.23. n(l 11 Une priest Shali come s : in ºn it, andjelj"###. the plague hath not spread in the le. ...d house, after the house was plais- in the j tered ; then the priest shall pro- of the nounce the house clean, h because clean. the plague is healed. 49 And he shall take i to cleanseſ (CHAP. 15.) the house two birds, and cedar- 1 or, run- wood, and scarlet, and hyssop, ning of 50 And he shall kill the one of the reins. the birds in an earthen vessel h.22.4 over running water : *ś; 51 And he shall, take the cedar- 3.29 wood, and , the hyssop, and the at 9. scarlet, and the living bird, and Mark #20– dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and a sprinkle the house seven times: toessel. 52 And he shall cleanse the house b ch. I 1.25. with the blood of the bird, and 17. 15. with the running water, and with Is. 1.16 the living bird, and with the cedar;|* ...s wood, and with the hyssop, and • * * *** with the scarlet : d ch.6.28. , 53 But he shall let go the living 11.33. bird out of the city into the open e Ps.2.9 elds, and make k an atonement|***** for the house : and it shall be fºis C. - ch. 14.8. 54. This is the l law for all man- Nu. 19.11, ner of plague of leprosy, and m 12. scall, * The uncleanness of men 55 And for the leprosy of a n gar- ment, and ofo a house, 56 And for ap rising, and for a Scab, and for a bright spot; 57 To q teach 8 when it is un- clean, and when it is clean : this is the law of leprosy. HAPTER XV. 1, 19 The uncleanness of men and women by their issues: 13, 28 their cleansing. ND the LORD spoke unto Mo- ses and to Aaron, saying, 2 speak unto the children of Is- rael, and say unto them, When any man hath a 1 running issue a out of his flesh, because of his is- Sue he is unclean. 3 And this shall be his unclean- ness m his issue ; whether his flesh run, with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. 4 Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every 2 thing, whereon he sit- teth, shall be unclean. 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, b and bathe himself in water, and be un- clean until the even. * 6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, c and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. - 7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe him- self in water, and bounciean until the even. 8. And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be un- clean until the even. 9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean. - 10 And whosoever toucheth any 36. thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bâthe him- self in water, and be unclean until the even. 12 And the d vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue shall be broken: e and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. 13 And, when, he that hath, an issue is cleansed of his issue ; then he shali number to himselff se. * The uncleanness of women. ven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. 14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him g two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and come be- fore the LoRD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest : 15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering ; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue. 16 And h if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, ther, he shall wash all his flesh in wa- ter, and be unclean until the even. 17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copu- lation, shall be washed with wa- ter, and be unclean until the even. 18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copula- tion, they shall both bathe them- selves in water, i and be unclean until the even. 19 "I And k if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be 3 put apart seven days; and whosoever touch- etº her s mail be unclean until the eyer). 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean ; everything also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be un- clean until the even. 22 And whosoever toucheth an thing that she sat upon shall was his clothes, and bathe himself in Water, and be unclean until the €Ven. 23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. And if any man lie with her at all, and l her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days: and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. And if a woman have an is- Sue m of her blood many days out 9f the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her sepa- ſation ; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the flays of her separation: she shall be unclean. 36 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her sepa- ration: and whatsoever she sitteth B. C. 1490. g ch. 14.22,31. h ch. 22.4. Deut.23.10. * Ex. 19. Hà. 1 Sam. 21.4. 1Th.4.3–5. Heb. 13.4. k ch. 12.2. 3 in her se- paration. I ch. 20, 18. JEze. 18.6. 22, 10. rn Mark 5.25. Luke 8.43. *...*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* 77 ver. 13. 15. o ch. I 1.47. Eze.4.4.23. Heb. 12.15. ch. 19.30. p 21.23. 1Cor.3.17. (CHAP. 16.) a ch. 10.1.2. b Ex.30. 10. He.9.7,8. 10.19. d He,9.7,&c. e ch. 4.3. fgh.6.10. Ex. 28.39– Eze.44. i. Mat.22.11, 12 - g ch.8.6. Ex.30.20. h ch. 4.14. * LEVITICUS, XVI. The uncleanness of women. º shall be unclean, as the un- cleanness of her separation. 27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the €Ven. 28 But n if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean, 29. And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them uuto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering ; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD, for the issue of her uncleanness. 31. Thus shall ye o separate the children of Israel from their un- cleanness, that they die not in their uncleanness, when they p defile my tabernacle that is among them. 32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is de- filed there with : 33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the wo- man, and of him that lieth with . I her that is unclean. PTER XVI. 3 How the high priest must enter into the holy place. 20 The scape-goat. 29 The yearly feasts of the earpia- tions. ND the LORD spake unto Mo- Ses after the death of the two Sons of Aaron, a when they offered before the LORD, and died ; 2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times b in- to the holy place within the vail before the mercy-seat, which is upon the ark, that he die not : for I will appear in the cloud c upon the mercy-seat. 3 Thus shall Aaron come d into the holy place: e with a young bul- lock for a sin offering, and a ran for a burnt offering. 4 He shall put on the f holy linen coat, and he shall have the limen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired : these are holy garments ; therefore shall he wash g his flesh in water, and so put them on. 5 And he shall take of the con- gregation of the children of Israel.h two kids of the goats for a sin 119 Płigh priest. offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. - § Amºſ Aaron shall offer his bul- lock of the sin offering which is for himself, and make an atonement for i himself, and for his house. 7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two fº. ; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the 1 scape-goat. 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LoRD's lot 2 fell, and offer him for a sin offering : 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scape-goat, shall be presented alive before the £ord, to make k an atonement with him, and to let him go for a Scape-goat into the wilderness. 11 And Aaron shall bring the bul- lock of the sin offering which is for himself, and shall make an atone- ment for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself. 12 And he shall take a censer l full of burning coals of fire m from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet n incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: 13 And he shall put the incense o upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat p that is upon the testimony, that he die not. 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, q and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy- seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the bl with his finger seven times. 15°. Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering r that is for the people, and bring his blood with- in s the wail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat. 16 And he shall make an atone- ment t for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins; and so shall he do for the taberna- cle of the congregation, that 8 re- maineth among #. in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congrega- tion tº when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for LEVITICUS, XVI. B, C, 1490. *-sº- i ch.9.7. Heb.5.2,3. 7.27,28. 9.7. 1 Azazel. 2 went up. k Is.53.5.6. 2Cor. 5.21. Heb. 7.27. 9.23,24. 1 ch. 10.1. Nu. 16. 18, 46. m Is. 6.6,7. n Ex.30.34– 3S Rev.8.34. o Ex. 30.8. p Ex. 25.21. g ch.4.5,6. He.9, 13–25. r wer.5-9. s ver. 2. Heb.6.19. 9,3,7,12. t Ex. 29.36. Eze.45. 18. He.9.22,23. 3 dwelleth. u Ex.34.3. Heb. 9,7, ty Ex.30. 10. w Eze.43. 18– 22. 2: Eze. 45.20. Col. 1.20. y ch.26.40. Ps. 32.5. Pr.28. Hº. Ro. 10.10. z Is. 53.6. * a man of opportug- nity. a Is, 53.11.12. Jno. 1.29. Heb. 9.28. IPet-2,24. 5 of separa- tion. b Ps. 103.12. c ch. 4.8–10. d wer. 28. ch. 15.5. e ch.4.12,21. 6.30 Heb. 13.11. f ch.23.27. Ex.30. 10. Nu.29.7. g Is.58.3.5. Dan. 10.3, 12. *=s*-* The scape-goaſ. his household, and for all the con- gregation of Israel. 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make v an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bul- lock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horms of the altar round about. 19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it in from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. 20 T And when he hath made an end of reconciling a the holy place, and the tabernacle of the §§ and the altar, he shall bring the live goat : 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over y him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them z upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of 4 a fit man into the wilderness. 22 And the goat shall bear a up- on him all their iniquities unto a land 5 not inhabited : b and, he shall let go the goat in the wilder- IlêSS. 23 And Aaron shall come intophe tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen gar- ments which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there : 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the peo- #. and make an atonement for imself, and for the people. . . 25 And c the.fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. 26 And he that let go the goat for the scape-goat shall wash his clothes, and bathe d his flesh in water, and afterward come into the Camp. * 27 And the bullock for the sin of- fering, and the goat for the sin offer- ing, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry e forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. - 28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. 29'ſ And this shall be a statute for ever unto you, that in f the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict g your 120 Blood of beasts. souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own coun- try, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse h you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. 31 It shall be a Sabbath i of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. 32 And k the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall 6 con- secrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put On the linen clothes, even the holy garments : 33 And l he shall make an atone- ment for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar; and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and # all the people of the congrega- IOI!. 34. And this m shall be an ever- lasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel, for all their sins, once n a year. And he did as the LORD Commanded Moses. CHAPTER XVII. l Blood of beasts must be offered at § tabernacle door. 10 Blood for- dden. ND the LORD spake unto Moses, Saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his Sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, This is the thing which the iokp hath Commanded, saying, 3 What a man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD, before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed b unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people : 5 To the end that the children of lsrael may bring their sacrifices, which c they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LoRi, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LoRD, 6 And the priest shall sprinkle d the blood upon the altar of the LORD, at the door of the taber- Hacle of the congregation, and e burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the Lord. F LEVITICUS, XVII, XVIII. B. C. 1490. i ch. 23.32. k ch. 4.3-16. 6 fill his hand. ! ver, 16. Ex. 29.36,37. m ch. 23.31. n Ex. 30. 10. He.9.7,25. (CHAP. 17.) a be. 12.5,6, 21. b Rom.5.13. c Ge.31.54. 2Ch. 28.4. Eze. 20.28. 22.9. d ch.3.2. e Ex. 29. 13. ~~~~~~~~~~ f Deut.32.37. 2Ch. 11.15. ieut.f3.16, 23. Eze,44.7. # Eze. 14.8. lver. 14. m Mat.26.28. Rom.5.9. Ep. 1.7. Heb. 13.12. Rev. 1.5. n Heb.9.22. 1 that hunt- eth any hunting. o Deut. H3.23. p Eze.24.7. q ver, 11. r ch.22.8. Deut. 14.21. Eze. 4, 14. 44.31. 2 a carcase. sch. 11.25. t Na. 19.19,20. (CHAP. 18.) a Ex.6.7. 121 Blood forbiddert, 7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto faevils, afte: Whom they have gone g a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever *. them throughout their genera- 1011S. 8 *ſ And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the * |house of Israel, or of the strangers which Sojourn among you, that of. fereth a burnt offering or sacrifice. 9 And bringeth h it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, to offer it unto the LORD, even that man shall be cut off from among his people. 10 *ſ And whatsoever man there Öe of the house of Israel, or of the Strangers that sojourn among you, that i eateth any manner of blood, I will even set k my face against that soul that eateth blood, and Will cut him off from among his Pººl; 11 For l the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar, to make m an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood n that maketh an atome- ment for the soul. 12 Therefore I said unto the child- ren of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger 6. #. Sojourneth among you eat 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the Strangers that sojourn among you, 1 which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour o out the blo thereof, and cover p it with dust. 14 For g it is the life of all flesh ; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no mammer of flesh : for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof; yºsoever eateth it shall be cut O 15 And r every soul that eateth 2 that which died of itself, or that which was torn with ts, whet it be one of your own country; or a stranger, he s shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himselfin water, and be unclean until the even ; then shall he be clean. 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then the shall bear his iniquity. ER XVIII. 1 Unlawful marriages. 19 Unlawful A*. the LoRD spake unto Moses, Saying, º 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I a am the LORD your God. Unlawful marriages. 3. After b the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall }. not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. 4 Ye c shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. 5 Ye shall therefore keep m statutes, and my judgments; whic if a man do, he shall live in them : I am the LORD. 6 ºf None of you shall approach to any that is 1 near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. 7 The nakedness d of thy father, e or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8. The nakedness of thy father's f wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. 9. The nakedness of thy sister, g the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, cven their nakedness thou shalt not UIIICOWer. 10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for their's is thine own nakedness. ll. The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, (she is thysister,) thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: She is thy father's near kinswoman. 13 Thou shaft not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kins- WOH1311. 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to hi wife : she is thine aunt. 15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: h she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 16 Thou i shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife : it is thy brother's nakedness. 17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daugh- ter's daughter, to uncover her na- kedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness. 18 Neither shalt thou take 2 a wife to her sister, to vex k her, to un- cover her nakedness, beside the other, in her life time. ſ LEVITICUS, XIX. 19 Also, thou shalt not approach B. C. 1490. b Ps. 106.35. Eze.20.7,8. Ep.5.11. c Deut.4.1,2. 6. 1 Ps. I 19.4. Eze. 36.27. 1 remainder of his flesh. dch.20. 11,&c. e Eze. 22, 10. f 1Cor.5.1. 2Sa. 13, 1 l 8. 12' h Ge.38. 18. * Deut. 25.5. Mat. 22.24. 2 or, one wife to another. k 1Sm. 1.6–8. Mal.2.14, 15, ^^^^*-** l Eze. 18.6. 22. 10. m Ex. 20. 14. Pr.6.25–33. Mat. 5.27. o Rom. 1.27. p ver.6,&c. q Deut. 18.12. r Jer. 5.9,29. Ho.2. 13. 9.9, s ver, 28. t ver.25. ch.20.22. w Deut. 18.9. ty wer. 24. w; ver,2,4. (CHAP. 19.) a ch. 11.44. 20.7,26. Arm,3.3. 1Pet. 1, 16. b Ex. 20.12. . 13 31. 13. Is.58. 13. ijno.5.2i. Unlawful lusts, unto a woman to uncover her na- kedness, as long l as she is put apart for her uncleanness. 20 Moreover m thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire n to 3 Moleclu, neither shalt th9.1 pro- fane the name of thy God: I ami the LORD. 22 Thou shalt not lie with man- kind, o as with womankind ; it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast, to defile thyself there with : neither shall any woman stand be- fore a beast to lie down thereto : it is confusion, 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these p things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you : 25 And the land is defiled : q there- fore I do visit r the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomi- teth s out her inhabitants. 26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that Sojourneth among you ; 27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) 28 That t the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were be- fore you. 29 For whosoever, shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shali be cut off from among their people. 30. Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that w ye commit not any one of these abominable cus- toms, which were committed be- fore you, and that ye defile v not yourselves therein: I w am the LORD your God CHAPTER XIX. A repetition of sundry lates. A*. the LORD spake unto Moses, Så VII). yung, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye a shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. 3 *|| Ye shall fear every man his mother, b and his father, and keep § sabbaths: ram the iord your 4 T Turn ye not unto idols, d nor make to yourselves molten gods: 1 am the LoRD your God. . 5 T And if ye offer a sacrifice of 122 A repetition of peace offerings unto the LoRD, ye shall offer it at your own will. 6 It e shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow : and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire. 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable ; it shall not be accepted. 8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath thing of the LORD ; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 9 *| And f when ye reap the har- vest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and Stranger: I am the LORD your God. 11 * Ye shall not steal, a neither deal falsely, neither lie h one to another. 12 “ſ And ye shall not swear i by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane k the name of thy God: I am the loRD. 13 "I Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him : th: wages l of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all might until the morning. 14"| Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, ºn but shalt fear n thy God : I am the LORD. 15'ſ Yeo shall do no unrighteous- ness in judgment: thou shalt not respect p the person of the poor, mor, honour , the person of the mighty : but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 16 T Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale-bearer q among thy people : neither shalt thou stand tigainst the blood r of thy neigh- bour: I am the LoftD. 17 'ſ Thou shalt not hate s thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt ill ...} wise rebuke t thy ºut, * and not suffer sin w upon him. 18 "I Thou shalt not avenge, y nor bear any grudge against the child- ren of thy §. but thou shalt love w thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. 19 || Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou a shalt not letthy cattle gen- der with a diverse kind. ou shalt not sow thy field with min- Éled seed : neithér shall a garment mingled of linen and woollén come upon thee. 20'ſ And whosoeverlieth carnally profaned the hallowed it LEVITICUS, XIX. B. C. 1490. -º- e ch.7.16,17. foh.23.22. De, 24, 19– 21. Ru.2.15– 17. g Ex. 20.15. h Ep.4.25. Col. 3,9. Ex. 20.7. Jam.5.12. h ch. 18.21. Eze. 36.20– 23. l Mal. 3.5. Jam.5.4. m De.27. 18. n ch. 25.17. o Deut. 16. 19. p Pr.24.23. Jam.2.9. q Pr.20. 19. r Ex. 23.7. s 1.Jno.2.9, 11. 3.15. t Pr. 27.5. Ep.5.1.1. 1Ti.5.20. 1 or, that thout bear not sin for him. w 1Cor.5.2. v Ro. 12.17, 19. w Mat, 22.39, 40 ac De.22.9–11. 2 reproached by, or, for man, or, abused by any. 3 or, they. 4 there shall be a scourging. ych.6.6. 5 holiness of praises to the LOR 2. Pr. 3.9. a Deut. 12.23. b Deut. 18, 10– sundry laws. with a woman that is a bondmaid, 2 betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; 3 she 4 shall be scourged : they shall not be put to death, be- cause she was not free. 21 And y he shall bring his tres- pass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a tres- pass offering. 22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him, with the ram of the trespass offering, before the LORD, for his sin which he hath dome: and the sin which he hatli done shall be forgiven him. 23'ſ And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you; it shall not be eaten of. 24. But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be 6 holy, tc praise z the LoRD withal. 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it ma ield unto you the increase thereof: am the LORD your God. 26 ‘'ſ Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood; a neither shall ye use enchantment, b nor observe times. 7 Ye c shall not round the cor- ners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings |in your flesh for the dead, nor print }. marks upon you: I am the O RID. . 29'ſ Do not 6 prostitute thy daugh- ter, to cause her to be a whore: lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness 30." Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: d . am the LORD. 31 I Regarde not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the foºd your God. 32 ºff Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour:f the D. face of the old man, and fearg thy God: I am the LORD 33." And if a stranger h sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not 14. 7 vex him. c ch.21.5. 8 profane. Ec.5.1. e Deut. 18. º l i. f Job 32.4,6. g 1 Pet.2.17. h Ex. 22.21. 7 or, oppress. -º- —ºn d 34. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of gypt: I am the LORD your God. 35 || Ye shall do no unrighteous- ness in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in measure. Divers laws 36 Just balances, i just 8 weights a just ephah, and a just him, shal e have : I am the LORD your God ..º brought you out of the lan G #: 37 Therefore shall ye observe k all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them : I am the LORD. CHAPTER XX. 6 Of going to wizards. 7. Of sanctifi- cation. 9 Of him that curseth his parents. 10 Of adultery, 11, 14, 17, 19. Of incest. 13 Of sodomy. 15 Of bestiality. ND the LORD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 2 Again, . shalt say to the chil- dren of Israel, Whosoever a he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech, he shall surely be put to death : the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will set b my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile . sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill chim not; 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, d and will cut him off, and all that go a e whoring after him, to com- mit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. 6 *|| And f the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face nst tilat soul, and will cut him off g from among his people. 7 *| Sanctify hyourselves, there- fore, and be ye holy : for I am the LORD your God. 8 And i ye shall keep my statutes, and do them : I k am the LORD which sanctify you. For every one l that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death : he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood m shall be upon him. 10 *| And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the n adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife o hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. . . 12 And if a man lie with his LEVITICUS, XX. B C. 1490. i Pr. 11.1, 8 stones. k Deut. 5, 1. Ps. I 19.4, 34. (CHAP. 20.) a ch. 18.21. b ch. 17. 10. Eze. 14.8. c De. 17.2–5. d Ex. 20.5. Ho.3.3.13. f ch. 19.31. g Rev.22.15. h ch. 19.2. i ch. 19.37. k ch.21.8. Ex. 31. 13. Eze. 37.28. 1Cor. 1.30. ! Ex. 21. 17. Pr.20.20. m ver, 11,13. n Deut. 22.22. o Deut. 27.20. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* p ch. 18.15. q ch. 18.22. Deut.23.17. r ch. 18. 17. sch. 18.23. Deut. 27.21. t Deut. 27.22. tº ch. 15.24. 18, 19. Eze. 18.6. 1 made naked. v ch. 18.12,&c. w Jer. 22.30. a: Mat. 14.3,4. 2 a scypara- tion. y ch. 19.37. z ch. 18.25,28. a Deut.9.5. b Ex.3.17. 6.8 * *.** *º-ºsmºs and ordinances |daughter-in-law, p both of thern shall surely be put to death : they have wrought confusion : their blood shall be upon them. 13 If a man also lie with q man- kind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an |abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, r it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they ; that there be no wickedness among you. 15 And if a man lie with a beast, s he shall surely be put to death ; and ye shall slay the beast. 16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman and the beast; they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon €IIl. 17 And if a man shall take hist sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his naked- ness, it is a wicked thing ; and they shall be cut offin the sight of their people : he hath uncovered his sis- ter's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. 18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, u and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath 1 discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood; and both of them shall be cut off from among their eople. 19 And v thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sis- ter, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin; they shall bear their iniquity. 20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.w 21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, a it is 2 an unclean thing : he hath uncovered his bro- ther's nakedness; they shall be childless. 22 *[ Ye shall therefore keep all y my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spuez you not out. 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nations which I cast out before you: for they com- mitted all these things, and there- fore a I abhorred them. 24 But I have said b unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey : 124 Divers laws I am the LORD your God, which have c separated you from other people. - 25 Ye shall therefore put d differ- ence between clean beasts and un- clean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make §'. souls abominable by beast, or y fowl, or by any mamner of liv. ing thing that 3 creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. 26 And ye shall be holy unto me; fore I the LORD am holy, and have severed f you from other people, that ye should be mine. man also, or woman, that hath a familiar spirit, g or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death : they shall stone them with Stones; their blood shall be upon them. CHAPTER XXI. 1 Of the priests' mourning. 7, 13 Of ºr marriages. ND the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the Sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There a shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2. But for his kin that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, .3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had Il{} hºband, for her may he be efiled. 4. But I he shall not defile himself, ` being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head; neither shall they Shave off the corner of their beard; nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane b the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer; therefore c they shall be holy. 7 They shall d not take a wife that is a whore, or profane ; neither Shall they take a woman put away e from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. 8 Thou shalt sanctify him there- fore; for he offereth the bread of thy God; he shall be holy unto thee: forf I the LoRD, which sanc- tify you, am holy. 9 ºf And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself b laying the whore, she profanet er father: she shai be burnt g With fire. 10 And he that is the high priest c *mong his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, LEVITICUS, XXI, XXII. B. C. 1490. g ver.6. 1Sam. 28.9. (CHAP. 21.) a Eze.44.25. 1 or, being an hus- band among his Theople, he shall not defiſe him- self for his wife, &c. See Eze.24. 16, 17. b ch. 19.12. c Is.52. 11. d Eze.44.22. e De.24.1-4. f ch.20.7.8. g Ge.38,24. h Ex. 29.29, i ch. 10.6,7. k Nu. 19. 14. l ch. 8.9–12. Ex.29.6,7. mi wer.7. ºn Ge. 18. 19. Ezra 2.62. o ch. 22.25. p ch. 10.3. 2 or, food, h.3.11. q ch. 22.23. 3 or, too slender. r Deut.23.1. & • man, or profane, or an harlot and ordinances. and that is consecrated to put on the garments, h shall not uncover i his head, nor rend his clothes; 11 Neither shall he go in k to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; 12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane, the sanc- tuary of his God; for the crown l of the anointing oil of his God is upon him : I am the LORD. 13 And he shall take a wife m in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a divorced wo— these shall he not take; but he shajitake a virgin of his own people to wife. 15 Neither shall he profane his n seed among his people ; for I the LORD do sanctify him. 16 °ſ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, - 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Who- soever he be of thy seed in their ge- nerations that hath any blemish, o let him not approach p to offer the 2 bread of his God: 18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not ap- proach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, q 19 Or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, 20 Or crook-backed, or 8 a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or r hath his stones broken : 21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come migh to offer the offer- ings of the LORD made by fire : he hath a blemish : he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most s holy, and of the hº 23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish ; that w he profane not my sanc- tuaries : for v I the LORD do sanc- tify them. 24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel. CHAPTER XXII. * | The priests in their uncleannness must abstain from the holy things. ND the LoRD spake unto Mo- Ses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate a them- selves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that b they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow c unto me : I am the LORD. 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he Divere laws be of all your seed among your enerations, that goeth, unto the oly ſº which the children of Israel hallow unto the LoftD, hav- ing d his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence : I am the LORD. 4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or e hath a running l issue, he shalinot eat of the holy things until he be clean.f...And whosog toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man h whose seed goeth from him ; 5 or whosºever i toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or k a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatso- ever uncleanness he hath: The soul which hath touched l any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash m his flesh with water. 7 And when the sun is down he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things, because n it is his food. - - 8 That which dieth o of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith : I am the LORD. 9. They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest p they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they pro- fane it: I the LORD do sanctify them. 10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing; a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 11 But if the priest buy any soul with 2 his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house ; they g shall eat of his meat, 12. If the priest's daughter also be married unto 3 a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy º: * 13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned r unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat; but there shall no stranger eat thereof. 14 T.And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, 3 then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. 15 And they shall not profane the § things t of the children of Is- rael, which they offer unto the LORD : 16 Or 4 suffer them to bear u the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LoRD do sanctify the LEVITICUS, XXII. B. C. 1490, -º-º- d ch.7.20. e ch. Hä.2. 1 of the reins. f ch. 15.13. g Nu. 19. 11, 12. h ch. 15. 16. i ch. 11.24,43. k ch. 15.7, 19. 1 Hag.2.13. 27, ch. 15.5. Heb. 10,22. ºn ch 21.22. Nu. 18.11, 13. o Ex. 22.3t. Eze. 44.31. p Ex. 28.43. 2 the pur- chase of his money. q Nu. 18.11, 13. 3 a man, a stranger. r Ge. 38.11. s ch.5.15, 16. t Nu. 18.32. 4 or, lade themselves twith the iniquity of trespass in their etzè- t?18. w wer.9. v Nu. 15. 14. w ch. 1.3. a Deut. 15.21. Mal. 1.8, 14. Ep.5.27. 1Pet. 1, 19. sy ch.3.1,6. z Nu. 15.3,8. 5 or, goats. 6 or, kid. a ch.21. 18. b Nu. 16.40. c Ep.2.12. 1Jno.5.19. di Ex. 22.30. 7 or, she goat. e Deut.22.6. f ch.7.12-15. 1’s. 107.22. m.4.5. g ch. 19.37. Nu. 15.40. Deut.4.40. h ch. 18.21. i ch. 10.3. II1. 17 'ſ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, and ordinances. 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, What- soever he be of the house of Israeſ, or of the strangers v in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill of ferings, which they will offer unto the EORD for a burnt offering : 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blennish, w of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 But whatsoever a hath a blem- ish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. 21 And whosoever offereth a sa- crifice of peace offerings y unto the LORD to accomplish his vow z or a free will offering in beeves or 6 sheep, it shall be perfect to be ac- cepted : there shall be no blemish therein. 22, Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offer- ing by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. 23 Either a builock or a 6 lamb that hath any thing superfluous a or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be ac- cepted. 24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut ; neither shall ye make any offering thereaf in your land. - 25 Neither from a stranger's b hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these ; because their c corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them ; they shall not be accepted for you. - 26 ºf And the LonD spake unto Moses, saying, 27. When d a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam ; and from the eighth day, and thenceforth, it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 28 And whether it be cow or 7 eve. ye shall not kill it and her young e both in one day, 29. And when ye will offer a sa- crifice of thanksgiving funto the LORD, offer it at your own will. 30 On the same day it shall be eaten up ; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow : I am the LORD. 31 Therefore g shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: "I am the LORD. 32 Neither shall e profane h m holy name; but i { - y will be hallow- 126 Of sundry feasts. ed among the children of Israel: I kam the LORD which hallow you. 33 That 1 brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD. CHAPTER XXIII. LEVITICUS, XXIII. | B. C. 1490. s ch.20.8. ch. I 1.45. 1 Ofsundry feasts. 26 The day of (CHAP. 23.) afonement. ND the LORD spake unto Moses, Saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is- rºlel, and say unto them, Concern- inſ, the feasts a of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim b to be holy con- vocations, even these are my feasts. 3 Six days c shall work be done; but the seventh day is the sabbathi of rest, an holy convocation ; ye shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. 4 *|| These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their SûâSOIlS. 5 In d the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's påSSOver. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the . Same month is the feast of un- leavened bread unto the LORD : Seven days ye must eat unleavened bread 7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation : ye shall do no servile work therein. 8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days : in the seventh day is an holy convocation, ye shall do no servile work therein. 9 *| And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the har- vest thereof, then ye shall bring a ! sheaf of the first fruits e of your harvest unto the priest : 11 And he shall wavef the sheaf before the LoRD, to be accepted for you : on the morrow after the Sab- bath the priest shall wave it. 12 And ye shall offer that day, When ye wave the sheaf, an he lamb without blemish of the first year, for a burnt offering unto the LORD. 13 And the meat offering 9 there- of Shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a Sweet savour: and the drink of— ; º; shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor., parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have a ver.4,37. B Ex.32.5. Ps. 81.3. c ch. 19.3. Ex. 20.9. d Ex. 12.6,&c 10. Jos. 5. 10. 1 oner, or, handful. e Ex. 22.29. 23, 19. Pr. 3.9. Eze. 44.30. f Ex. 29.24. g ch.2.14–16. Ex,34,22. Deut. 16.9. i Acts 2, 1. k ver. [0. Nu. 15.20, 28.26,&c. l Mal. 1. 13, 14. m ch.4.23. in Nu. 18.12. IDeut. 18.4. I Cor. 9. 14. . 19.9. eut. 24.19. p Ru.2.15,&c. “Ps.41.1—3. 112.9. Pr. 11.24, 25. Is.58.7,8, 10 Luke 1.41. 2Cor. 9.5- 12. o ch I) q Nu. 10.10. 29.1. Ps,81.3,4. 9 # * * 7" ch. 25.9. Is.27. 13. -º-º-º: Feast of Pentecost. brought am offering unto your God : tt shall be a statute for ever through- Qut your generations, in all your dwellings. 15 *| And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sab- bath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering : seven h sabbaths shall be com- plete : 16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye num- ber i fifty days; and ye shall ofter new meat offering unto the ORID. 17 Ye shall bring out of your ha- bitations two wave-loaves, of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the first fruits k unto the LORD. 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without l ble- mish, of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet Sã- vour unto the LORD. 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid m of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits, for a wave offeri before the LORD, with the two lambs: they n shall be holy to the LoRD for the priest. 21, And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may "be an holy convocation unto you ; ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 22 ºf And when ye reap o the har- vest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the cor- ners of thy field when thou reap- est, neither shalt thou gather an leaning of thy harvest; thou shaft eave them unto the poor, p and to §stranger: I am the LORD your 23 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, . 24 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, saying, In the Seventh q month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, ran holy con- vocation. 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offer- ing made by fire unto the LQRD. 26 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, * 127 Day of atonement. 27 Also on the tenth day of this] seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: s it shall be an holy convocation unto you ; and ye shall afflict t your souls, and offer an of fering made by fire unto the LQRD. :*. ye shall do no work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. 29. For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted u in that same day, he shall v be cut off from among his people. 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy w from among his people. 31 Yeshall do no manner of work: at shall be a statute for ever through- out your generations, in all your dwellings. 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye 2 celebrate your sabbath. 33 T. And the LoRD spake unto Moses, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast as of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. 35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no ser- vile work t in. 36 Seven days ye shall offer an of- fering made by fire unto the LORD : on the eighth y day shall be an holy convocation unto you, and ye shall offer aii offering made by fire unto the LORD : it is a solemn 3 as- sembly, z and ye shall do no ser- vile work therein. 37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink of ferings, every thing upon his day: a 38 Besides b the sabbaths of the LORD, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have c gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD Seven : on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. 40 And ye shall take you on the first day the 4 boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and tna, boughs, of thick trees, and willows of the brook and’d ye LEVITICUS, XXIV. B. C. 1490. -º- sch. 16.30. Nu.29.7. f Ezra 8.21. Dam. 10.3. w Is. 22. 12. Jer. 31.9. Eze.7.16. v Ge, 17. 14. w ch. 20.3–6. 2 rest. ac Ex. 23.16. 34.22. Nu.29.12. Deut. 16. 13. Ezra 3.4. Ne,8. 14. Zec. 14, 16- 19. Jno. 7.2. Heb. 11.9. sy Nu.29.25. Ne,8, 18. Jno. 7.37. 3 day of re- straint. z Deut. 16.8. a Ec.3.1. b Nu.29.39. c Ex.23. 16. 4 fruit. d Deut. 16.14, I5. **** sºu e Nu.29.12. f Ex. 13.14. Deut. 31.13. Ps. '78.5,6. g ver.2. (CHAP. 24.) tº Ex. 27.20, 2i. 1 to cattse to ascend. b Mat. 25.3–8. Lu. 12.35. 53. f 10hr.9.32. 2Chr. 2.4. Mat. 12.4. h Job 1.5,11, Is.8.21. *º- The shew-bread. shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. 41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven e days in the year: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations; ye shall cel- ebrate it in the seventh month. 42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days: , all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: 43 Thatf P. generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought theim out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. 44 And Moses g declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD. CHAPTER XXIV. 13 The law of blasphemy. 17 Of 7?!?/7(197". NP) the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command a the children of Is- rael, that they bring unto thee pure oil-olive, beaten for the light, 1 to cause the lamps to burn continu- ally.b 3. Without the vail of the testimo- ny, in , the tabernacle of the gon- gregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning, be- fore the LORD continually : it shall be a statute for ever in your gene- rations. 4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick c before the LORD continually. 5 *| And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve d cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one Cºtkë. 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table e before the LORD. 7 And thou shalt put pure frank- incense upon each row, that it ma be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 8 Every f sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continu- ally, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting cove- Ilāhīl. * | 9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they g shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, by a perpetual sta- tute. - 10 T And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyp- 6. tian, went out among the children he IS- Israel of Israel; and this son of t raelitish woman and a man of strove together in the camp; 11 And the Israelitish wornan's son blasphemed h the name of the 128 f Law of blasphemy. LEVITICUS, xxv. LORD, and cursed; and they B. C. 1490. brought i him unto Moses; (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribé of Dam : 12 And they k put him in ward, * that the mind l of the Lord might be shewed them. 13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, º 4 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands fn upon his head, and let all the Congregation stone him. 15, And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whoso- ever curseth his God shall bear his Sill. 16 And he n that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the con- gregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blas- phemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death. 17. "Iſ And he that 3 killeth any o man shall surely be put to death. 18 And he that killeth a beast p shall make it good; 4 beast for east. 19. And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as q, he hat. done, so shall it be done to him : 26 Breach for breach, eye for eye tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. 21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it : and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. 22 Ye shall have one r manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LoBD your God. 23 °ſ And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children offs. rael did as the LORD commanded Moses. CHAPTER XXV. 35 Compassion of the poor. 39 The tºsage of bondmen. 47 The redemp- tion of servants. - A* the LoRD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of ſs- rael, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give || you, then shall the land i keep a Sabbath unto the LORD. 3 Six a years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thoushalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the t thereof; 4. But in the segyh year shall be # Ex. 18.26. & Nu. 15.34. 2 to eacpound mouth of the LORD. ! Nu.27.5. †n Deut. 13.9. 17. The jubilee. a sabbath of rest unto the land, a • sabbath for the LORD : thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy Vº * 5 That b which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy 2 vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. 6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy 7.7. stranger that sojourneth with thee, ºn Ex. 20.7. 1Ki.21. 10– 13. Ps, 74.40, 18. 139.20. Mat. 12.31. 3 sºmiteth the life of a jºtti??.. o Ex. 21.12. Nu. 35.31. Deut. 19. 11 1 2. p ver.21. 4 life for life. q Deut. 19.21. Mat. 5.38. 7.2. r Nu.15.16. (CHAP. 25.) 1 rest. q. Ex. 23.10. 2Ch. 36.21. h 2Ki. 19.29. 2 separation. 3 lowd of sound. c ch.23,24,27. gl Nu. 10.10. e Is.61. 1,2. 63.4 Jer 34.15– 7. Zec. 9. § 1, 12 Lu.4.16-21. ver, 13. Nu.36.4. g ver, 10. ch. 27. 17–24. h wer. 17. -eh. 19. 18. Mi.2.2,3. 1 Cor. 6.8. i Ge 42.18. Jer. 22.16. k Ps. 103.18. *=-º-º-º: 129 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. 8 *| And thou shalt number seven Sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou cause the trum- pet 3 of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day c of atonement shall ye make the d trumpet sound through- out all your land. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaimeliberty through- out all the land unto all the inha- bitants thereof: it shall be a jubi- lee unto you ; and ye shall return fevery man unto his possession, and yeshall return every man unto his family. Iº. 11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you : ye shall not sow, neither reap that which grow- eth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. 12 For it is the jubilee; it shal! be holy unto you : ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 13. In g the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14 And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour; .0T º aught of thy neighbour's hand, ye h shall not oppress one another: i5 According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and accord- ing unto the mumber of years of the fruit he shall sell unto thee : 16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the few- ness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruit doth he sell unto thee. 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear i thy God: for I am the LORD your God. - 18 "I Wherefore ye shall do k my statutes, and key my judgments, The redemption of land. and do them; and l ye shall dwell in the land in safety. - 19.And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year ! behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our IIMCre:#Sé : 21 Then I will command m my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years, 22 And n ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old St0re. 23 ºf The land shall not be sold 4 for ever; for the land is mine ; o for ye are strangers p and sojourn- ers with me. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemp- tion for the land. 25 TIf thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and q if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. And if the man have none to redeem it, and 5 himself be able to redeem it; , , , 27 Then let him countrthe years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it, that he may return unto his possession, 28 But if he be not able to restore *t to him, then that which is sold shall, remain in the hand of him that hath bought it, until the year of jubilee : and in the jubilee it shall go out, s and he shall return unto his possession. - And if a man sell a dwelling- house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. 30 And if it be not redeemed with- in the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it, throughout his ge- nerations: it shall not go out in the jubilee. 31. But the houses of the villages which have no walls round about them shall be counted as the fields ºf the country; 6 they may be re- deemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee. 32 Notwithstanding, the cities t of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. 33 And if 7 a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was LEVITICUS, XXV. IB. C. 1490. ---sº- 1 Deut. 12. 10. Ps. 4.8. Pr. H.33. Jer. 23.6. Eze. 34.25- 28. m Deut.28,8. n 2Ki. 19.29. 4 for cutting cff or, to be quite cut off. 0 2Chr. 7.20. Ps. 39.12. q Ru.2.20. Jer,32.7,8. 5 his hand hith at- tained and found suf- ficiency. ch.5.7. rver.50–52, 3 wer. 13. & redemption belongeth tinto it. t Nu.35.2. Jos. 21. 1,&c. 7 or, one of the Levites redeem them. p *…*. w Ac.4.36,37. ty Ga.2. i0. IJno. 3. 17. 8 his hand jaileth. 9 strengthen. Ele. 15.7,8. ac Heb. 13.2. v Deut.23.19. Ps. 15.5. z Ne.5.9,15. a ch. 22.32,33. 10 serve thy- self with him with the service. b Ex.2.1.2,3. c ver. 55. 1Cor. 7.22, 11 with the *-*.* serve your- selves with them, Wer. 39. h ver.43. 13 his hand. obtain, ver, 26. The usage of bondmer, sold, and the city of his possession shall go out in the year of jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. # IBut the field u of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. 35"ſ And if thy brother be waxen v poor, and 8 fallen in decay with thee, then thou shalt 9 relieve w him ; yea, though he be a strangèr, a or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. 36 Take thou no usury y of him, or increase; but fear z thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. 38. I a am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the º of Canaan, and to be your OU!. 39 °ſ And if thy brother that dwell- eth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not 10 compel him to serve as a bond- Servant, : 40 But b as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee : 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he retum. 42. For they are my c servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold 11 as bondmen. 43. Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour, d but shalt fear ethy {}{1. 44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that ar. round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. 45 Moreover, of the children of the strangers f that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are witli i. which they begat in your and : and they shall be your pos- SéSSHOR1. .46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance 9 for your children after you, to inherit, them for a posses- sion; 12 they shall be your bond- men for ever : but over your bre- thren, the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.h. 47 'ſ And if a sojourner or stran- er 18 wax rich by thee, and thy rother that dwelleth by him wax § 130 The redemption of servants. poor, and sell i himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the sº *. 48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his n may redeem him : 49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him ; or, if he be able, he may redeem himself And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the rear of jubilee : and the price of is sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time k of an hired servant shall it be with him. 51. If there be yet many years be- hind, according unto them he shall ive again the price of his redemp- tion out of the money that he was bought for. 52 And if there remain but few ears unto the year of jubilee, then e shall count with him, and ac- cording unto his years shall he ive him again the price of his re- emption. 53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him ; and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. 54 And if he be not redeemed 14 in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him. 55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they l are my servants, whom I broughtforth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. CHAPTER XXVI. . l Cºf idolatry. 3A blessing promised. 14 A curse threatened. . Y; a shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a 1 standing image, neither shall ye set up 2 any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LoRD your God. 2 *|| Ye b shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. 3 * If c ye walk in my statutes and keep my commandments, and do them; - - - 4 Then I will give you rain d in tlue season, and the land e shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 And yourthreshing f shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely, 6 And I will give peace g in the land, and ye shall lie down, and I'ê- LEVITICUS, XXVI. B. C. 1490. *-*-ºn- i Ne.5.5,8. k Job 7. I. Is. 16.14. 14 or, by these Iłłę3.11S, l ver,42. (CHAP. 26.) a Deut. 16.22. 27. 15. 1 or, pillar. 2 a stone of picture, or, figured stone. b ch. 19.30. c Deut. I 1.13– 15. 28. 1–14. d Is. 30.23. Eze. 34.26. e Ps.67.6. f Am.9. 13. g Ps. 147.14. 3 cause to Céºé, h 2Ki. 17.25. ze.5. 17. i Deut. 32.30. k Ex. 2,25. 2Ki. 13.23. i Ne.9.23. m Ps. 107.38. n ch. 25.22. o Ps. 76.2. Eze. 37.26- 28 Rev.21.3. p Deut.32. 19. PS. 78.59. q 200r.6.16. r Eze. 11.20. sch.25.38,42. t Jer. 2.20. w De.28. 15- 68 v Eze. 16.59. 4 wipon. w Mi.6.15. a Ne.9.36,37. y Jer. 19.7. |z Pr.28. 1. | a Is.25.11. | b Ps. 127.1. 5 or, at all adventures with me. Blessings promised. none shall make you afraid : and I will 3 rid evil beasts h out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. 7 And ye shall chase your ene- Inies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And f five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 For I will have respect unto k you, and make l you fruitful, and multiply m you, and establish my covenant with you. 10 And ye shall eat old n store and bring forth the old because of the new. 11 And I will set my tabernacle o among you : and my soul shall not abhor p you. 12 And I will walk q_among you, and r, will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 13, Is am the LORD your God y which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen ; and I have broken t the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. 14 T But w if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break v my covenant: 16. I also will do this unto you, I will even appoint 4 over you ter- ror, consumption, and a burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart : and ye shall sow w your seed in vain, for your enemies a shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slainy before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you, and ye shall flee z when none pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. - 19 And I will break the pride a of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain : b for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. . 21 ºf And if ye walk 5 contrary unto me, and will not hearken un- to me j, I will bring seven times more pla gues upon you according to your Sins, - lºl Plagues threatened 22 I will also send wild beasts c among #: which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in num: ber ; and your high-ways shall dº be desolate. 23 And if ye will not be reformed hy me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; 24. Then will I also walke con- trary unto you, and will punis you yet seven times for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avengef the quar- rel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence g among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the eIlêInV. 26 And when I have broken h the staff ofač." bread, ten women e your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not t be satisfied. 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk con- trary unto me ; 28 Then I will walk contrary un- tºº. also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 And ye shall eat k the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 30. And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your Images and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor m you. 31 And I will make your cities n waste, and bring your sanctuaries o unto desolation, and will not smell p the savour of your sweet OUkrS. C 32 And I will bring the land q into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished r at it. 33 And I will scatters you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you : and your land shall be desolate, and your cities Waste. 34 Then shall the landt enjo her Sabbaths, as long as it liet desolate, and ye be in your ene- mies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 35. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt "gº" it. And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faint- ness tº into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound v of a 6 shaken ieaf shall LEVITICUS, XXVII. B. C. 1490. c 2Ki. 17.25. Eze.5. 17. d Lam. 1.4. e Ps. 18.26. Is, 63. 10. f Deut.32.35. Eze.20.37. g Jer.24.10. h Ps. 105. 16. i Hag. 1.6. k Lam.4. 10. l Eze.6.3—13. m ch.20.23. n Ne.2.3. 0 2Ch.36. 19. Mat. 24.2. p Is. 1.13. q Je.25.11, 18. r Jer. 19.8. & Ps. 44.11. t 20.ht. 26.21. w Eze.21.7, 15 v Job 15.2i. 6 driven. ********* w Is. 10.4. 2: Ju.2.14. v Lam.4.9. Eze 4.17. z 1Ki. 8.33,&c Ne.9.2,&c. Pr.28. 13. Luke 15. 18. e Joel 2.18. fver.34,35. g ver,41. h 20 h. 36.16. i Ps. 94.14. Lan. 3.31. Rom. 11.2. k Ps.89.33,34. lRom. 11.28. m Lu. 1.72,73 (CHAP. 27.) a Nu.6.2. Ju.11.30, &c. 1Sam. I. 11, 28. wº-º-º-º-º- for disobedience. chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37 And they shall fall w one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth : and ye shall have no power to stand a before your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your ene- mies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you shall pine y away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they plme away with them. . 40 If z they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked con- trary unto me; 41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircum- cised a hearts be b humbled, and they then accept c of the punish- ment of their iniquity: 42 Then will I remember d my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I re- member; and I will remember the and.6 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her Sab- baths f while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall, ac- cept g of the punishment of their iniquity : because, even because they %ip. h my judgments and because their soul abhore my statutes. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will i not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break k my cove- nant with them : for I am the LORD their God. 45 But I will for their sakes l re- member the covemant of their m ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God : I am the LORD. 46 These are the statutes, and judgments, and laws, which the LoRD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. CHAPT he Lord's. A*. the LORD spake unto Mo- Ses, saying, - 2 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, and say unto them, When a a 132 Laws respecting vows. man shall make a singular b vow, the persons S for the LORD by thy estimation. .. 3 And thy estimation c shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after d the shekel of the sanctuary. 4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the fe- male thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. 7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him : according to his ability e that vowed shall the priest value him. 9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be Oſy. 10. He shall not alter it, nor . it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it º the exchange thereof shall be oly. 11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacri- fice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest : 12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad : 1 as thou valuest it, who art the priest, So shall it be. 13. But f if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. 14 T And when a man shall sanc- tify his house g to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall esti- mate it, whether it be good or bad: as h the priest shall estimate it, So shall it stand. 15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add, the fifth i part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it Shall be his. 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of lis possession, then thy estima- LEVITICUS, XXVII. B. C. 1490. b Ec.5.4,5. c Nu. 18 16. d Ex.30. 13. ech 5.7. 1 according to thy esti- mation, O priest. fver. 15,19. g Ps. 101.2–7. h wer. 12. t wer. 13. *...*.*.*.*.*.*.* 2 or, the land of an homer. k ch.25.15,16. l ver, 13. m ch.25.10, n ver, 28. o Nu. 18. I4. Eze. 44.29. p ch.25.25. qver. 18. r ch, 25.28. 3 firstborn. s Ex. 13.2, 12. 22.30 Nu.is.T. Deut. 15. 19. t ver.11-13. u Jos.6.19. to Nu.21.2.3, 1Sa. 15. 18- —s- Of things dedicated. tion shall be according to the seed thereof: 2 an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver, - - 17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according thy estimation it shall stand. 18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall k reckon unto him the money accord- ing to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from thy estima- tion. 19 And if l he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto § and it shall be assured to IIIIl. 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be re- deemed any more. - 21 But the field, when it m goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field de- voted : n the possession thereof shall be the priest's.o . 22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of p his possession; 23 Then q the priest shall reckon tunto him the worth of thy estima- tion, even unto the year of the jubi- ~ lee : and he shall give thirte esti- mation in that day as a holy thing unto the LORD. - 24. In r the year of the jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land 25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary : twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. - 26 T Only the 3 firstling of the boasts, which should be the LORD's s firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep; it is the LORD's. 27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it ac- cording to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth t part of it there- to: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation. 28 Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or re- deemed ; every u devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD. 29 None v devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be re- 133 God commandeth Moscs NUMBERS, I. deemed; but shall surely be put to B. C. 1490. eath. 30 And all the tithe to of the land, w Ge.28.22. of the land 2 wer. 13. whether of the seed or of the fruit of the tree, is the 9 ºr 3:13; LORD's: it is holy unto the Loſt D. 31 And if a man will at all, re- deem aught of his tithes, he shall Eze.20,37. 2 ver. HO. a ch. 26.46. add & thereto the fifth part thereof. , Māi. 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of c Ex. 19.2,3, 25. whatsoever passeth y under the —— **-*...*&^^^^*~~~~~~~~~~~~..r.º...~~ to number the people. rod, the tenth shall be holy unto OR the D. 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change z it ; and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. 34 These a are the command- ments, b which the LORD com- manded Moses for the children of Israel, in mount Sinai.c The Fourth Book of MOSES, called NUMBERS. Creation from Tisri, or September, 2514....Before Christ, 1490....Julian Period, 3224. CHAPTER I. God commandeth Moses to number he p t eople. ND the LoRD spake unto Mo- ses in the wilderness of Sinai, a in the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after # wº come out of the land of Saying, 2 ſºil. ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of is- rael, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls: From twenty years old and up- ward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head c of the house of his fathers. And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben ; Elizurd the son of Shedeur. - 6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7 Of Judah; 1 Nahshone the son of Amminadab. 8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. º 9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. 10 Of the children of Joseph ; of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Am- mihud : of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. - 11. Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. - 12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of addai. B. C. 1490. -º-º: a ch. 10.12. Ex. 19. 1. b ch.26.2,63. Ex.30. 12. 2Sam. 24.2. I Chr.21.2. c Ex. 18.25. Jos. 22.14. d ch.2.10,&c. .30,&C 10, 18,8tc. 1 called Naasson, Mat. 1.4. Luke 3.32. e Ru.4.20. *...*.*.*.*.*** 2 called Reuel, clu.2.14. ch. 7.2. 1Chr.27.16, &c. g Ex. 18.21, 25. h Rev.7.4,&c. i Is. 43.1. Jno. 10.3. k ver.20,&c. lver.2. * 13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. 14 Of Gad ; Eliasaph the son of 2 Deuel. 15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan 16 These f were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads g of thousands in Israel. 17 ºff And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed h by their names: i 18 And they assembled all the • congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fa- thers, according k to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, hy their polls. 19 As l the LORD commanded Mo- ses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their genera- tions, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 21. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben were forty and six thousand an five hundred. - 22'ſ Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their fami- lies, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every malé from twenty years old and upward, 134 The men fit for war all that were able to go forth to War : 23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 24"| Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their fami- lies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hun- dred and fifty. 26'ſ Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their fami- lies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thou- sand and six hundred.m. 28 Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fa- thers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 30 T Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fa- thers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 32"| Of the children of Joseph, n *amely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fa- thers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, j forty thousand and five hun- re 34 || Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fa- hers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to EO forth to war, NUMBERS, I. B. C. 1490. m 2Ch. 17. 14. l 7) Deut.33. 17. o ch.26.64. p ch.2.32. 26.51. Ex. 12.37. 38.26. Deut. 10.22. are numbered. 35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manas- seh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. . 36 °ſ Of the children of TBenjamin, by their generations, after their familes, by the house of their fa- thers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benja- min, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 38." Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their fami- lies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dam, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 40'ſ Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their fami- lies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 42'ſ Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 44. These o are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men : each one was for the house of his fathers. 45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, aſſ! that were able to go forth to war . in Israel; y 46 Even all they that were p num- bered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hun- dred and fifty. 47 'ſ But q the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not num- bered º 48 For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, º: 49 Only thoushalt not number the 135 The Order of the tribes tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of srael: 50 But r thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of tes- timony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all, the vessels thereof: and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamps round about the tabernacle. 51 And t when the tabernacle set- teth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up ; and the u stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 52 And the children of Israel shall itch their tents, every man v by is own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their osts. 53 But the Levites w shall pitch round about the tabernacle of tes- timony, that there be no wrath ºr upon the º of the chil- dren of Israel: and the Levites y shall keep the charge of the taber- nacle of testimony. 54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. CHAPiłR Ii. The order of the tribes in their tents. A ND the LORD spake unto Mo- ses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Every a man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own stand- ard, with the ensign of their fa- ther's house : 1 far b off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. 3 And on the east side toward the i of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah R; throughout their armies: and ahshon c the son of Amminadab #be captain of the children of udah. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were three- score and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issa- char: and Nethameel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the chil- dren of Issachar. And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty jºur thousand and four hum- red. 7. Then the tribe of Zebulum : and Eliab the son of Helon shall be cap- tain of the children of Zebulum. 8 his host, and those that were mumbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. NUMBERS, II. B. C. 1490. *-*º- r ch.3–6, &c. Ex.38.21. s wer.53. f ch. 10.17–21. tº ch. 18.22. v ch.2.2. 24.2. tw ver, 50. acch.8.19. 16,46. 18.5. 1Sam.6.19. ych.3.7.8. 31.30,47. 1Ch. 23.32. 2Ch. 13.10. (CHAP. 2.) a ch. 1.52. 1 over against, b Jos.3.4. c ch. 1.7,&c. 10.14. 10 hr.2, 10. Mat. 1.4. Lu.3.32,33, d ch. 10. 14. 2 called e ch. IO.18. feh. 10.17,21. in their tents. 9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first d set forth. 10 *|| On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fort and six thousand and five hundred. 12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiei the son of Zuri- shaddai. . . 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hum- TeGl. 14 Then the tribe of Gad : and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of 2 Reuel. 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred an V. 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben, were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thou- sand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second e rank. 17 *|| Then f the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp; as they en- camp, so shall, they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. 18 "I On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephrai according to their armies; and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Am- mihud. 19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh. : and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 21 And his host, and those that were numbered ofthem, were thirty and two thousand and two hun- IIl reC1. - 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin : and the captain of the sons of Ben- #. shall be Abidan the son of ideoni. - 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hun- red. 24 All that were numbered of the 136 The Levites not numbered. camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their ar- mies. And they shall go forward in the third g rank. 25 "I The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were three- score and two thousand and seven hundred. 27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. 28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hun- red. 29'ſ Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. 30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hun- TëU1. 31. All they that were numbered in the camp of Dam were an hun- dred thousand and fifty and seven thousand, and six hundred. They shall go h hindmost with their standards. 32 ºff These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers ; all 1 those that were numbered of the camps, throughout their hosts, were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and y. 33 But the Levites were not num- bered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. 34 And the children of Israel did according to all k that the LORD Commanded Moses: so l they pitch- ed by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers. CHAPTER III. The Levites are given to the priests for the service of the tabernacle. HESE also are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in Imount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the Sons of Aaron; Nadab a the first- born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. - 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the b priests which were anointed, 1 whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. NUMBERS, III. B. C. H.390. -º- g ch. 10.22. h ch. IO.25. i ch. 1.46,47. 11.2}. Ex.38.26. k Ps 119.6. 1 ch.24.2,5,6. (CHAP. 3.) a Ex.6.23. b Ex. 28.41. Lev.8.2,&c. 1 whose hand he filled. Mal. 2.4. e I Chr.26.20, 22. f ch. 1.50. g ch.8.19. 18.6,7. h ver, 38. k Ex. 13.2, 12. Lev.27.26. Luke 2.23. ! wer,39. ch.26.62. 2 mouth. rn Ge. 46.11. Ex.6. 16. * Ex.6. 17-19. *=ºssºms. Levates numbered by families. 4 And Nadab and Abihu died c before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children : and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father. 5 *|| And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Bring d the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the riest, that they may minister unto IIIl. 7 And they eshall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole con- gregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do f the ser- vice of the tabernacle. 8 And they shall keep all the in- struments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt i. g the Le- vites unto Aaron, and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office, and the stranger n that cometh nigh shall . be put to death. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites i from among the children * of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel; therefore the Levites shall be mine; 13 Because all the firstborn k are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. 14 T And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, 2. saying 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male l from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them, according to the 2 word of the LORD, as he was commanded. 17 And these m were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the Sons of Gershon, by their families; Libni, n and Shimei. iş"And the sons of Kohath, by their families; Amram, and Ize- har, Hebron, and Uzziel. - 20 And the sons of Merari by their 137 The Kohathutes. families; Mahli, and Mushi: these are the families of the Levites ac- cording to the house of their fa- lèrS. 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. - 22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them, were seven thousand and five hundred. 23The families of the Gershoniteso shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24 Amd the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon p in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall be the taber- nacle, q and the tent, r the cover- ing thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 And the hangings s of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the taber- macle, and by the altar round about, and the cords t of it, for all the service thereof. 27 T And of Kohath u was the fa- mily of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzziejites: these are the families of the Kohathites. 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the Sanc- t + §ºfhe families of the sons of v Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward, 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziei. 31 And their w charge shall be the ark, a and the table, y and the candlestick, and the altars, 2 and the vessels of the sanctuary where- with they minister, and the hang- ing, a and all the service thereof. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 33 *ſ Of Merarib was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the fa- milies of Merari. 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old NUMBERS, Ill. B. C. 1490. o ch. 1.53. 7, ch.4.24–26. q Ex. 25.9. r Ex. 26.1,&c. & Ex.27.9,8c. t Ex. 35.18. u 10.h.26.23. tº ch. 1.53. to ch.4.15. ac Ex. 25.10. y Ex. 25.23, 31. z Ex. 27.1. 30. 1. a Ex. 26.32. b 1Chr.6.19. *…*&^*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*. c ch. 1.53. 3 the office of the charge. d ch.4.31,32. ever.7,8. fver.10. g ch.26.62. A ver. 15. i ver. 12,45. k ver,41. 1 ch. 18.15. Ex. 13.13. m wer.39–43. ** The Meramºtes. and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the chief of the hºuse of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail : these c shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And 3 under the custody and d charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and ali the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 38 ºf But those that encamp be- fore the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping e the charge of the sanc- tuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger f that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 39 All g that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the command- ment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. 40 *| And the LORD said unto Moses, Number h all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel, from a month old and up- ward, and take the number of their Il:l III &S. 41 And i thou shalt take the Le- vites for me (I am the LORD) in- stead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cat- tle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the | children of Israel. And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the first- born among the children of Israel. | 43 And all the firstborn males, by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hun- dred and threescore and thirteen. 44 ºf And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Take k thé Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle ; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. 46 And for those that are to be redeemed lof the two hundred and eescore and thirteen of the first- born of the children of Israel, wº are more m than the Le- Vites; 138 The Levites' Service. 47 Thou shalt even take five n shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them : (the shekel 0 is twenty gerahs ;) 48 And thou shalt º the money where with the odd number o them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons, 49 And Moses took the redemp- tion money of them that were over and above them that were re- deemed by the Levites: 50 Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; thousand three hundred and three- score and five shekels, after p the shekel of the sanctuary: 51 And Moses gave q the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as r the LORD commanded Moses. CHAPTER IV. 1 The age and time of the Levites' Service. 17 The office of the priests. ND the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3. Froin a thirty years old and up- ward, even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 4 This b shall be the service of the sons of Kohath, in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the c most holy things: 5 *| And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, d and cover the ark e of testimony with it: 6 And shall put thereon the co- vering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put it in the staves f thereof. 7 And upon the table g of h shew- bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and COvers to 1 cover withal : and the Continual bread shall be there- G - 11 : 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the candlestick i of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and bis snuff-dishes, and all the oil vesseiz thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: NUMBERS, IV. JB. C. 1490. in ch. 18.16. Lev.27.6. 0 Ex.30. 13. Lev.27.25. Eze.45. 12. p ver.46,47. q ver.48. r Mal.4.4. (CHAP. 4.) a ch. S.24. 1Chr.23.3, 24,27. b ver, 15, c ver. 19. d Ex. 26.31. ls.2.5.7. Heb. 9.3. 10.20. e Ex. 25, 10-16. f 1Ki.8.7,8. g Ex. 25.23– 30. h Lev.24.5–8. 1 or, pour owt. i EX.25.31-38. # Ex.30. 1-5. ! Ex. 25.9. 1Chr.9.29. m Ex. 38.3, 2Chr.4.19. 2 or, bowls, 7, ch. 7.9. 10.2 o 2Sam.6.6.7. 1Chr. 13.9, 10. p Heb. 12.29. q ch.3.31. r Ex. 25.6. Lev.24.2. s Ex.30.34. t Ex. 29.40. tº Ex.30.23. ty ver, 4. to Ex. 19.21. Lev. 10.2. iSam.6.19. ac ver.3. The charge af Eleazar. 10 And they shall, put it and al. vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 11 And upon the golden altar k they shall spread a cloth of blue and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: 12 And they shall take all the in- struments l of ministry, where with they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar. - 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon : 14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels m thereof, where with they minister about it, even the censers, the flesh-hooks and the shovels, and the 2 basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it acovering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath n shall come to bear it : but * shall not touch o any holy thing, lest they die. p . These q things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. 16 °ſ And to the office of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, per- taineth the oil r for the light, and the sweet sincense, and the daily meat offering, t and the anointing oil, u and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the ves- sels thereof. 17 || And the LoRD spake unto |Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most ty holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his bur- €I] . 20 But they shall not go in to w see when the holy things are co- vered, lest they die. - Ži ºf And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershom, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families: 23 From thirty r years old and upward, until fifty years old, shats 139 Number of Gershonites. thou number them; all that enter in to 2 perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the Congregation. 24. This is the service of the fa- milies of the Gershonites, to serve, and for 4 burdens. 25 And y they shall bear the cur- tains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins z that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, And the hangings a of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, b and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them : so shall they serve. 27. At the 5 appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the ser- vice of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service : and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens, This is the service of the fa- milies of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their chargé shall be under the hand of Ithamar, c the son of Aaron the priest. - 29 ºf As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fa- ers; 30 From thirty d years old and up- ward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the 6 service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. 31 And this e is the charge of their burden, according to all their ser- vice in the tabernacle of the con- ſº. the boards f of the ta- rnacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, g and with all their service: , and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden, 33 This is the service of the fa- milies of the sons of Merari, accord. ing to all their service in the ta- bernacle of the congregation, under the hand h of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. 34 And Moses and Aaron, and the chief of the congregation, num- bered the sons of the Kohathites, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, NUMBERs, Iv. B. C. 1490. 3 war the 4 or, car- riage. 9 ch.3.25,26. z Ex. 26.14. a Ex. 27.9. b Ex.35.18. 5 mouth. c ver, 33. d ver.3. 8 warfare, wer. 23. e ch.3.36,37. f Ex.26.15. g Ex. 25.9. h ver. 28. Jos.3.6. *...*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* # ver.47. k ver 22. 1 ver.29. wn ver, 3.23. 1Chr.23.3, 27. n Ro. 12.6–8. 1Cor. 1 *: Number of Merarites. 35 From thirty i years old and up. ward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth, into the service, for the work in the taber- nacle of the congregation : 36 And those that were numbered of them, by their families, were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do ser- vice in the tabernacle of the con- #. which Moses and Aaron id number according to the com- mandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old and up- ward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the taber- nacle of the congregation, 40 Even those that were number- ed of them, throughout their fami- lies, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hun- dred and thirty. 41 These k are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number, according to the commandment of the LORD. 42 *| And those that were num- bered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their fami- lies, by the house of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and up- ward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth, into the service, for the work in the taber- macle of the congregation. - 44 Even those that were numbered of them, after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These be those that were num- bered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD ! by the hand of Moses. 46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel num- bered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 47 From m thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years old, every n one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the Service of the burden in the taber- nacle of the congregation, 48 Even those that were num. bered of them, were eight thousand 140 The unclean removed. and five hundred and fourscore. 49 According to the command- ment of the LORD they were num- bered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, o and according to his burden : thus were they numbered of him, as the p LORD commanded Moses. CHAPTER. W. 5 Restitution is to be made in tres- passes. 11 The trial of jealousy. A. D the LORD spake unto Moses, sayi Ing, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every a leper, and every one that hath an issue, b and whosoever is defiled by the dead.c 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without d the camp shall ye put them, that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I e dwell. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp : as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Psrael. 5 *| And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Speak unto the children of Is- rael. When f a man or woman shall commit any sin that men Commit, to do a trespass against the IAORD, and that person beguilty; 7 Then they shall confess g their sin which they have done : and he shall recompense h his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and ve it unto him against whom he ath trespassed. 8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. 9 And every 1 offering of all the |...} things of the children of Is- rael, which they bring unto the priest, shall i be his. 10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his : whatsoever lºan giveth the priest, it shall © S. 11 T And the LoRD spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 And a man k lie with her carn- ally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no Witness #. her, neither she be taken with the manner; NUMBERS, V. |R. C. 1490. over. 15.24, 31. p ver, 1,21. (CHAP. 5.) a ch. 12. 14. I.e. 13.3,46. De.24.8,9. b Lev. 15.2. c ch.9.6,10, 19, 11-13. 31. 19. Lev.21.1. 2Ki.7.3. 20 hr. 26.21. e Le.26.11, 12. 2Cor. 6, 16. f Lev.6.2. g Lev.5.5. 26.40. d Jos. 7. 19. Job 33.27. Ps. 32.5. Pr'.28. 13. 1Jno. 1.9. h Lev. 6.5–7. 7.7 1 or, heave offering. i ch. 18.8,9,19. Ex. 29.28. Le.6.17, 18. 7.6-14. De. 18.3.4. Eze. 44.29, Mal.3.8-iö. 1Cor. 9. 13. k Lev. 18.20. i Pr. 6.34,35. Cant.8, 6. Zep.3.8. m Lev.5, 11. * I Ki. 17, 18, Eze. 29. 16. Heb. 10.3. o Heb. 13.4. Re.2, 19–23. p Mat.26.63. 2 under, or, being in of, thy instand. Jos. 6.26. }Sa. 14.24. Ne. 10.29. r Jer, 29.22. 3 fall. s Ps. 109. 18. t Deut,27. 15. tº Lew.8.27. —— The trial of jealousy. 14 And the spirit of jealousy l come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled : & 15. Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering m for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an of- fering of memorial, bringing mini- quity to remembrance. 16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD : 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water: 18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, o and un- cover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offer- ing: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse : §§ 19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, p and say unto the Wo- man, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness 2 with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the CurSé : - 20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thine husband: - 21 Then the priest shall charge q the woman with an oath of curs- ing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse r and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to 3 rot, and thy belly to swell : 22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels s to make thy belly to swell, an thy thigh to rot. And the twoman shall say, Amen, amen. . 23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: 24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. 25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the wo- man's d, and shall wave u the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar: 141 The lau, of the Nazarites. 26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the v memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the Water. - 27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her hus- band, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse w among her people. 28 And if the woman be not de- filed, but be clean ; then she shall be frº, and shall conceive a seed. 29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside y to another instead of her husband, and is de- fi 30 or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon liim, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the wo– man before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. 31 "Then shall the man be guilt- less from iniquity, and this woman shall bear z her §ºf CHAPTER VI. 2 The law of the Nazarite. 24 The d ch.9 form of blessing the people. A'. D the LORD spake unto Moses, Saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall 1 se- parate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, a to separate themselves unto the LORD ; 3 He sha}l separate himself from b wine, and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vine- É. of strong drink, neither shall he ink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. - 4 All the days of his 2 separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the 8 vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. 5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor c come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.d 7 He shall not make himself un- clean for his father, or for his mo- ther, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because the 4 con- ºion of his God is upon his €30. NUMBERS, V1. B. C. 1490. v Lev.2.2,9. to Deut.28,37 Hs.66. Hä. Jer. 24.9. 29.18,22. 42.18. Zec.8, 13. ac Ps. 113.9. v ver. 19. Is.57.8. 2 Le.20. 17-20 (CHAP. 6.) 1 or, make themselves Nazarites. a Ju. 13.5. Ac.21.23,24. b Jer. 35.6–8. Am. 2. 12. Luke 1.15. 2 or, Naza- viteship. 3 vine of the wine. c Ju.16.17, 19. I Sam. I. II. The law of the Nazarites. 8 All the days of his separation e he is holy unto the LORD. 9 And if any man die very sud- denly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave f his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two g turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation : 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hal- low lais head that same day. 12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separa- tion, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass º: h but the days that were before shall 5 be lost, because his separation was defiled. - 13 *|| And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled, i he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a 3. burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of ii. the first year without blemishk for 4 separation. r^^ -º-º-º-ºw"wº- e 2Co.6.17, 18. f Acts 18.18. 5 fall. i Acts 21.26. k Lev.4.3,28, Mal. 1.53, i4. 1Pet. i. 19. l Lev.3.6. m Lev.2.4. n Ex. 29.2. o ch. 15.5,7, 10. p Acts 21.24. q 1Sam.2.15. r Ex. 29.23– 28. **s a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for l peace offerings, And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes m of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread n anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their o drink of— ferings. - 16 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering : 17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of un- leavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering. 18 And the Nazarite shall shave p the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings, 19 And the priest shall take the sodden q shoulder of the ram, and one r unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven: 20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the 142 The qfferings LoRD : this is holy for the priest, with the wave-breast and heave- shoulder: and after that the Naza- rite may drink wine. 2] This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offer- ing unto the LORD for his separa- tion, beside, that that his hand shall i. according to the vow which e vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. 22*. And the LoBD spake unto Moses, saying, - 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his Sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless s the children of Israel, say- ing unto them, 24 The LORD bless t thee, and w Keep thee; 25'The LORD make his face v shine º thee, and be gracious w unto €6 : 26 The LORD lift up a his counte- nance upon thee, and give thee peace.9 27 And they shall put my name z upon the children of Israel, and 1 will a bless them. CHAPTER VII. The offering of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle. ND it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up a the tabernacle, and had anointed it, b and sanctified it, and all the Instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them ; 2 That the princes c of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, 1 and were over them that were numbered, offered : 3 And they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered wa- gons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each One an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. 4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Saying, 5Tāke it of them, that they may be to do the service of the taber- Macle of the congregation; and thou shalt give therſ, unto the Le- Vites, to every man according to his service. 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the €Vites. - 7 Two wagons and four oxen he §ave unto the sons of Gershon, ac- Cording to their service: d And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari,e *CCording unto their service, under the hand of ithamar the son of Aaron the priest, - NUMBERS, VII. B. C. 1490. -º----- s Lev.9.22. Deut. 10,8. 21.5. Jos. 8.33. I Ch. 23.13. t Ps. 134.3. w Ps. 121.7. Jno. 17.11. v Ps.31. 16. 6 tw Ge.43.29. x.33. 19. Mal. 1.9. ac Ps.4.6. 89.15. gy Ps.29.11. Is.26.3,12. Jno. 14.27. z Deut. 28.10. 2Chr. 7. 14. s. 43.7. Da.9.18, 19. a ch. 23.30. Ge. 12.2,3. Ps. 5.12. 67.7. 115.12,13. Acts 3.26. Ep. 1.3. (CHAP. 7.) a Ex.40.18. b Lew.8, 10,11. c ch. 1.4,&c. 1 who stood. d ch.4.24–28. e ch. 4.29–33. f ch. 4.4–15. Neigº." Ps.30,title. h ch. 1.7. 2.3. i Ex.30. 13. k Lev.2.1. l Ex 30.34. m Lev. 1,2,3, m Lev.4.25. O Lev.3.1. **:: qver. 13,&c. r ch. 1.9. 2.7. *-*-* of the princes. 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave mone ; because f the service of the sanctuary belonging unto, them was that they shoul upon their shoulders. 10 ºf And the princes offered for dedicating g of the altar, in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. - 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each • |prince on his day, for the dedicat- ing of the altar. 12"| And he that offered his ofter- ing the first day was Nahshon h the . son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah : 13 And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one sil ver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel i of the sanctuary: both of them were full of fine flour min- gled with oil, for a k meat offering : 14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: l - 15 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a m burnt offering : 16 One kid of the goats for a n sin offering : 17 And for a sacrifice of o peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. - 18 "I On the second day Netha- neel p the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: 19 He offered q for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour min- gled with oil, for a meat offering : 20 One spoon of gold often shekels, .9. full of incense: 21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : - 22 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 23 And for a sacrifice of peace of. ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first ear. This was the offering of ethaneel the son of Zuar." 24 *|| On the third day Eliab r the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer: - 25 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty Shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, af- ter the shekel of the sanctuary both of them full of fine flour min gled with oil, for a meat offering 143 The qfferings 26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: . . + 28 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 29 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. 30 T On the fourth day Elizurs the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer: His offering t was one silver charger, of the weight of an hun- dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat offering : 32. One golden spoon often shekels, full of incense: 33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : - 34 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 35 And for a sacrifice of peace of. ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Eli- zur the son of Shedeur. 36 ‘'ſ On the fifth day Shelumiel w the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did qffer: 37 His offering v was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and i lirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, af- ter the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine four min- gled with oil, for a meat offering : 38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: º 39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: * 40 One, kid of the goats for a sin offering : 41 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first §. This was the ; of helumiel the son of Zurishaddai 42'ſ On the sixth day Eliasaph w the son of 2 Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered: - offering a was one silver charger, of the weight of an hun- dred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat offering : 44 One golden spoon often shekels, full of incense: 45 One young bullock, one ram, NUMBERS, vii. JB. C. 1490. & ch. 1.5. 2.10. t ver. 13,&c. u ch. 1.6. 2.12. v ver. 13,&c. to ch. 1.14. 2. 14. 2 called Reuel, ch.2.14. a ver. 13,&c. ^^^*~~~~~~ ch, 1.10. yen; z ver, 13,&c. a ch. 1.10. 2.20. b ver. 13,&c. c ch. 1. li. 2.22. d ver, 13,&c. of the princes. one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 46 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first eaf. This was the offering of liasaph the son of Deuel. 48'ſ On the seventhday Elishamay the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered: 49 His offering 2 was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat offer- Ing: - 50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 51 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 53 And for a sacrifice of peace of. ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Eli- shama the son of Ammihud. 54." On the eighth day offered a Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh : 55. His offering b was one silver charger, of the weight of an hun- dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekeis, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat offering : 56. One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 58 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: - 59 And for a sacrifice of peace of: ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Ga- maliel the son of Pedahzur. 60 T On the ninth day Abidan c the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, qffered: 61 His offering d was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat offering: 62 One golden spoon often shekels, full of incense : 63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 144 The princes' offering at the 64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 65 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abi- dan the son of Gideomi. 66" On the tenth day Ahiezer e the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: 67 His offering f was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundrei and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat offering : 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 9 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 70 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 71 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the Son of Ammishaddai. 72'ſ On the eleventh day Pagielg the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered: 73 His offering h was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat offering : 74. One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of irtcense : 75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 76 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 77 And for a sacrifice of peace of ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Pa- giel the son of Ocran. * - 78 ºf On the twelfth day, Ahira i the son of Enan, prince of the chil- dren of Naphtali offered: * 79 His offering k was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundrei and t hirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, af- ter, the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour min- gled with oil, for a meat offering : 80. One golden spoon of ten shekels, 1 of incense: 81 One young bullock, one ram, One lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: ; One kid of the goats for a sin 8. - 0. - 83 And for a genice of peace NUMBERS, VIII. B. C. 1490. e ch. 1.12. 2.25. f ver. 13,&c. g ch. 1.13. 2.97. h ver. 13.8tc. i ch. 1. 15. 2,29. k ver, 13,&c. *…*.*.*.*.*.*.*. lver.1. ºn ch. 12.8, Ex.33.9, 11. 3 That is, God. n Ex.25.22. (CHAP. 8.) a Bºg, b Ex. 25.31. c Ex. 25.18. d Ex. 25.40. * 145 dedication of the allar. offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. 84 This was the dedication of the altar (in the day when it was anointed) by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold : 85 Each charger of silver weigh- ing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy ; all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the she- kel of the sanctuary : 86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the same- tuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels. 87 All the oxen for the burnt of fering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offer- ing: and the kids of the goats for sin offering, twelve. § And aii the oxen for the sa- crifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. . This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.l 89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to m speak with 8 him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy-seat in that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims : and he spake unto him. CHAPTER VIII. 1 How the lamps are to be lighted. 5 The consecration of the tes: 23 the age and time of their service. A. the LORD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the ſamps, a the seven lamps shall give light Over º the candlestick, 3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LoRD command- ed Moses. - 4 And this work of the b candle- stick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, tvas c beaten work: ac- cording unto the pattern d which the LoRD had shewed. Moses, so he made the candlestick. 5 T And the LoRD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 6"fake the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanº, them : Sprinkle Consecration water e of purifying upon them, and f let thom I shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves Ciêall. 8. Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, a even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. 9 And h thou shalt bring the Le- vites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and i thou shalt ga- ther the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: 10 And thou shalt bring the Le- vites before the LORD : and the children of Israel shall putſ: their hands upon the Levites: 11 And Aaron shall 2 offer l the Levites before the LoRD for an 3 offering of the children of Israel, that they may 4 execute the ser– vice of the LORD. 12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bul- locks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the otherfor a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Le- wites. 13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. 14 Thus shalt thou separate m the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be Iłłli16.7] 15 And after that shall the Levites in to do the service of the ta- rnacle of the congregation: and thgu shalt cleanse them, and offer othern for an offering. . 16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Is- rael; instead p of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto IIlê. 17 For all the firstborn q of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt Isanctified them for my- self. 18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children. Of HST86 i. 19 And I have given r the Levites as 5 a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel to do the service of the children o Israel in the tabernacle of the Con- gregation, and to make an atone- inent for the children of lsrael: that s , there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the NUMBERS, IX. B. C. 1490. e ch. 19.9, 17,&c. f Le v. 14.8,9. 1 cause a razor to pass over. g Lev.2.1. h Ex. 29.4,&c. 40. 12. i Lev.8.3. k Lev. 1.4. 2 wave. ! ver, 15. 3 watre offering. 4 be to eace- cwté. m ch. 16.9. 7, ch.3.45. over. 11,13. p ch.3. 12,45. 18.5. 2Ch. 26.16. ~~~~~~~~~" t ver.'7. az wer. 11,12. ty wer. I5. tw wer.5,&c. acch.4.3. I Ch. 23.3, 27. 6 twºr the warfare, ł Cor. 9.7. 'i retºn from the warfare of the ser- tºt Cé, 2Tj.4.7. g ch:1.53. 18, 4. |Ch. 23.32. Eze,44.8, 11 z 1Ti.4.15. (CHAP. 9.) b 20h.30.2, 15. 1 between the two evenings, xi.2.É. c Jos.5.10. d ch.5.2. 19. 11,16. Jno. 18.28. -º- of the Levites. children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. 20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites accord. ing unto all that the LORD com- manded Moses concerning the Le- vites, so did the children of Israel unto them. 21 And the Levites were t puri- fied, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered w them as an of fering before the LORD ; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And after v that went the Le- vites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation be- fore Aaron, and before his sons : as w the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. 23 ºf And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24. This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from a twenty and five years old and upward they shall Fº in to 6 wait upon the ser- vice of the tabernacle of the con- gregation: * 25 Argi from the age of fifty years they shall 7 cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve HO IIl Q} {} . 26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep y the charge, and shall do no service, z Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. CHAPTER IX. The cloud guideth the removings and encampings of the Israelites. A. the LORD spake unto Mo- fº, ses in the wilderness of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed SeaSO11.6, 3. In the fourteenth b day of this month, 1 at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season; according to all the rites of it, and according to all, the ceremonies thereof, shal; ye º it. - 4 And Moses spake unto the chil- drem of Israel, that they should keep the passover. 5 And c they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, at even, in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. 6 ºff And there were certain men who were defiled d by the dead body of a man, that they could not 146 The passover enjoined. keep the passover on that day: and e they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: 7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man : wherefore are, we kept back, that we may not offer an of ſering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel? 8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LoRD will command concerning you. 9 *| Amd the LORD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. 11. The fourteenth f day of the se- cond month, at even, they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread g and bitter herbs. 12 They shall leave none h of it unto the morning, nor break i any bome of it. : according to all the or- dinances of the passover they shall keep it. 13. But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same 80ulk shall be cut off from among his people : because he brought not the offering of the LoRD in his ap- º l season, that man shall ear m his sin. 14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the pass- over unto the LORD ; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do : ye shall have one n ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the and. 15 T And on the day that the ta- bernacle was reared up, the cloud Covered 0 the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even p there was upon the taber- nacle as it were the appearance of fire until the morning. 16 So it was always: the cloud q Covered it by day, and the appear- ance of fire by might. 17 And when r the cloud was ta- ken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. 18. At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel jour- neyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the sta- bernacle, they rested in their tents. NUMBERS, X. B. C. 1490. e ch.27.2.5. Ex. 18.15, . 19. f wer.3. g Ex. 12.8. h Ex. 12.10. i Ex. 12.46. Jno. 19.36. k Ex. 12.15. ! ver, 7. ºrm ch.5.31. m Ex. 12.49. o Ex. 40.34. p Ex. 13.21. 40.38. Ne.9.12. 19. Ps. 78. 14. q Deut. 1.33. r ch.10.11,33. Ex.40.36– s 1Cor. 10.1. .*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*. * prolonged. t ch. 1,53. 3 was. u Ex.40.36, 37. v wer. 19. w Ps.77.20. (CHAP. 10.) a Is. 1.13. b Jer, 4.5. Joel 2. 15. c. ch. 1. 16. Ex. 18.21. d Joel 2.1. e ch.2.3. f ch.2.10. g ch.31.6. Jos. 6.4. 1Chr, 15.24. 2Chrs 13.12. * Of the cloud and firc. 19 And when the cloud 2 tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israe kept the charge t of the LORD, and journeyed not. 20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the taberna- cle; according to the command- ment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. 21 And so it was, when the cloud 8 abode from even unto the morn- ing, and that the cloud was taken up in the morming then they jour- meyed; whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. 22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, re- maining thereon, the children of Israel abode tº in their tents, and journeyed not : but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LoRD they journeyed: they kept v the charge of the Loki), at the w com- mandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. CHAPTER X. 1 The use of the silver trumpets. 33 Moses' blessing. ND the LORD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of sil- ver; of an whole piece shalt thou make them : that thou mayest use them for the calling a of the as- sembly, and for the journeying of the camps. 3 And when they shall blow b with them, all the assembly shall as- semble themselves to thee at the Oor of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, them the princes, which are heads c of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. 5 When ye blow an alarm, d then the camps that lie on the east e parts shall go forward. 6 When ye blow an alarm the se- cond time, then the camps that lie on the southfside shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. 8. And the sons of Aaron, the 9 priests, shall blow with the trum- pets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. 147 The Israelites' march. 9 And if ye go to war h in your land inst the enemy that op- º i you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered k before the LoRD your God, and ye shall || be saved 1 from your enemies. 10 Also m in the day of your glad- ness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offer- ings; that they may be to you for a n memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God. 1 *| And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the seventh month, In the second year, that the cloud o was taken up from off the taberma- cle of the testimony. 12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilder- ness of Sinai; p , and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pa- ran.g 13 And they first took their jour- ney according to the command- ment of the LORD r by the hand of Moses, 14 "[ In the first place went the s standard of the camp of the chil- dren of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. 17 And the tabernacle was taken t down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing w the tabernacle. 18 °ſ And the standard v of the camp of Reuben set forward ac- gording to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of She- e Ulr. 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was She- lumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Elia- saph the son of Deuel. 21 And the Kohathites set forward bearing the sanctuary : w an 1 the other did set up the taberna- cle against they came. 22 ºf And the standard at of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their ar- mies : and over his host was Eli- shama the son of Ammihud. . . 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the host of the tribe NUMBERS, XI. B. C. 1490. -º--- A 2Chr. 13. 14. i Ju.2.18. 136.23. l Lu. 1.70,71. 'm ch.29.1. Lev.23.34. !Chr. 15.24. 20.hr, 5.12. 7.6. 29.26. Ezra 3.10. Ne. 12.35. 1.3. 89.15. 7? Ex. 28.29. Acts 10.4. o ch.9.17–20. Ex.40.36, 87. pex.19.1. q ch. 12, 16. r ch. 2.9–34. sch. 2.3–9. t ch. 1.5l. 14 ch.4.24. 7.6–8. tº ch.2.10–16. tw ch. 4.4–15. 1 i. e. the Gershomiter artd the Merarites a ch.2 is 23. 9 ch.2.25–31. z Jos. 6.9. c Ex.6,7,8. d Job 29, 15. e Ju. 1. 16. 4. I 1. f Eac.3.1. g Deut. 1.33. Jos. 3.3–6. h Ex. 13.21. Ne.9.12, 19. i Ps.68. 1,2. 132.8 3 ten thou- sand thow- sands, Deut. 1.10. (CHAP. 11.) a Deut. 9.22. 1 or, were as it were corn- plainers. 2 it was evil in the ears Of, b #821. c Lev. 10.2. 2Ki. i. 12. The Israelites' march of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 25 *[ And the standard y of the camp of the cluildren of Dan set forward, which was the rereward z of all the camps throughout their hosts : and over his host was Ahie- zer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. - 28 2. Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set for- ward. 29 || And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel a the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are jour- neying unto the place of which the LORD said, Ib will give it you : come thou with us, and we will do thee good : for the LORD hath spoken good c concerning Israel. 30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mime own land, and to my kindred. 31 And he said, Leave us not, I . thee: forasmuch as thou nowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.d - 32, And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD, shall do unto us, the same e will we do unto thee. 33 ºf And they departed from the f mount of the . LORD three days’ journey ; and the ark of the cove- nant of the LORD went before g them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting-place for them. 34 And the cloud h of the LonD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise, up, LORD, and let thine en- emies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, Q LQRD unto the 3 many thousands of Israel. CHAPTER XI. 1 Manna loathed. 16 Seventy elders appointed. 31 Quails given. Aº: when the people 1 com- plained, 2 it displeased the LoRº; and the LoRi, heard it: and his anger b was kindled; and the fire c of the LoRD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Mo- ses; and when Moses prayed unto 148 The people lust for flesh. the LoRD, the fire 8 was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place 4 Taberah : because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. 4 *| And the mixed d multitude that was among them 5 fell a lust- NUMBERS, XI. B. C. 1490. 3 sunk, 4 i.e. a burn- ing; and the children of Israel also |d Ex-12.38. 0 wept again, and said, wº 5 lusted a shall give us flesh to eat 1 - lust. 5 We remember the fish, which 's returned we did eat in Egypt freely; the and wept. cucumbers, and the melons, an 1Cor. 10.6 the leeks, and the onions, and the | • * * * * * garlick. f ch.21.5. 6 But now.f. our soul is dried 1 eye of it away; there is nothing at all, be- dº the eye. sides this manna, before our eyes. g Ge.2. 12. 7 And the manna was as corian- der-seed, and the 7 colour thereof.” Ex-16.31. as the colour of bqellium.g t 8 And the people went about, and k Ex. 16. 14. wer, 1. gathered it, and ground it in º;| Is.5.25. 9r beat it in a mortar, and baked it Ps. 139.21. in pans, and made cakes of it. I I and h the taste of it was as the im Is 40,11. taste of fresh oil. * Is. 49.23. 9 And when the dew i fell upon 1Th.2.7. the camp in the night, the manna o Ge. 13.15. fell upon it. 26.3. 10 * Then Moses heard the peo- p Mat. 15.33 ple weep throughout their families, is s - every man in the door of his tent : 7 º ; and the anger of the LORD was ***. kindled k greatly; Moses also was ºr Ki. 19:4. displeased.l Jon.4.3. 11 And Moses said unto the is Ex. 24.1,9. LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflict- 't ver, 25. 9dthy servant? and wherefore have || Ge.ii.5. I not found favour in thy sight 18.21. that thouſiayest the burden of all | Exig.20 - ople upon me? 12 Have I conceived all this peo- ** ple 3 have I begotten them, that w 2Ki.2.9,15. thou shouldest say unto me, Is.44.3. Carry m them in thy bosom, as a Joel 2.28. nursing father n beareth the suck-ju Ex.19.10. ing child, unto the land whic Ex. 16.7 thou o swarest unto their fathers? |* ****** 13 Whence p should I have flesh a ver,4,5, to give unto all this people 3 for |s month of they weep unto me, saying, Give days. us flesh, that we may eat. . . y Ps. 78.29 14 IQ am not able to bear all this " "... º alone, because it is too h. 1.46 leavy for me. 2. ‘. ... i2.37 15 Ånd if thou deal thus with ... “ ine, r kill me, I pray thee, out of a 2Ki.7-2. hand, if I have found favour in thy | Mark 8-4. sight; and let me not see my Jno.6.7.9. Wretchedness. b Is.50.2. 16 ºf And the LoRD said unto 59. 1, Moses, Gather unto me seventy sle Eze. 1225. men of the elders of Israel, whom 24. 14. thou knowest to be the elders of d wer. 17 the people, and officers over them; - A tº * # them unto the . € Isamº, lè Of the CO gation, that t **** * jº."” if Jers. Inay stand there with thee. 17 And t I will come down and Moses’ burden divided. talk with thee there : and I will take of theº w which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden o the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify v yourselves t to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh : for you have wept in the ears w of the LORD, saying, Who a shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us, in Egypt: thereforo the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; 20 But even a 8 whole month, y until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you : cause that ye have despised the LoRD which is among you, and haye wept before him, saying Why came we forth out of Egypt 21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am are six hun- dred z thousand footmen; and thou hast said I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole In Onth. 22 Shall a the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them for shall all the fish of the Sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them 1 23 And the LoRD said unto Mo- ses, Is b the Lord's hand waxed short 3 thou shalt see now whe- ther c, my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 24 *ſ. And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. 25 And the LORD came down d in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders : and it came to pass, that, when e the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the spirit rested upon them ; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and f they prophesied in the Camp. 27. And there ran a young man and told Moses, and said, Eidad and Medad do prophesy in the Carup. 28 And Joshua the son of Nun 149 Miriam's leprosy wa healed the servant of Moses, one of his oung men, answered and said, ſy lord Moses, forbid g them. 29 And Moses said unto him, En- viest thou for my sake Would h God that all the LORD's people Were Fº and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. 31 # And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought i quails from the sea, and let them fall, by the camp, as it were 9 a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. 32 Amd the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten k homers: and they spread them all abroad for them- selves round about the camp. 33 And while ! the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LoBD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. 34 And he called the name of that place 10 Kibroth-hattaavah : because there they buried the peo- ple that lusted. And the people journeyed m from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Ha- zeroth; and abode 11 at Hazeroth. CHAPTER XFI God rebuketh the sedition of Miriam and Aaron. ND Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the 1 Ethiopian woman whom he had married : for he had 2 married a an Ethiopian woman. 2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken b also by us? And the LORD heard c it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) 4 And d the LORD spake Sud- denly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came Out. 5 And the LORD came down e in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth. 6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a #. among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a NUMBERS, XII, B. C. 1490. g Luke 9.49. Jno.3.26. h 1Cor. 14.5. * Ex. 16. 13, Ps. '78.26-29. 105.40. 9 the way of a day. k Ex. 16.36. l Ps. 78.30,31. 10 That is, 11 they were 171. (CHAP. 12.) 1 or, Cushite. 2 taken. a Ex. 2.21. b Fºx. 15.20. Mi.6.4. c ch. 11.1. d Ps.76.9. e ch. 11.25. ~~~ Ge. 15.1. f 46.2. Job 33.15. Eze. 1.1. Lu. 1.1 1,22. Ac. 10.11, 17. g Ge.31. 11. 1Ki. 3.5. Job 33.15. h Heb.3.2.5. i 1"I’i.3.15. | Pet.2.4,5. k Ex. 33.11. Deut. 34.10. l 2Pet.2.10. ºn Deut. 24.9. 2Ki.5.27. 2Ch. 26. 19- 21. m 2Sa.24.10. Pr. 30.32. o Jam.5. 15. p Lev. 13.46. (CHAP. 13.) a ch.32.8. b Deut.1.23. XIII. at the prayer of Moses. vision, f and will speak unto him in a 9 dream. 7. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful h in all mine house.i. 8 With him will I speak mouth k to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the simili- tude of the LORD shall he behold : wherefore then were ye not l afraid to speak against my servant Moses : 9 And the anger of the LQRD was kindled against them ; and he de- arted. - 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle ; and, behold, Miriam became leprous m white as snow; and Aaron, looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was lep- TOUIS. 11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my Lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done º and where- in we have sinned. 12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mo- ther’s womb. 13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal o her now, O God, I beseech thee. 14 ºf And the LORD said unto Moses, if her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days 4 let her be shut out p from the camp seven days, and after that let her be re- ceived in again. 15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days; and the peo- ple journeyed not till Miriam was bºº in again. 16 And afterward the people re- moved from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. CHAPTER XIII. 1 The names of the men who were sent to Search the land: 26 their relation. ND the LoBD spake unto Mo. Ses, Saying, 2 Send a thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fa- thers shall ye send a man every one a ruler among them. 3 And Moses by the command- ment of the LORD sent them bfrom the wilderness of Paran : all those men were heads of the children of Israel. 4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. 150 The names of the spués, 6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh, 7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. - Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea c the son of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gad- die! the son of Sodi. 11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddithe son of Susi. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Germalli. 13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. - 14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Wophsi. 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.d. 17 *ſ And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, e and go up into the mountain: f 18 And see the land, what it is ; and the people that dwelleth there- m, whether they be strong or weak, tew or many; 19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; 20 And what the land is, whether it be fat g or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, h and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes. 21"| So they went up,and searched the land, from the wilderness of Zin i unto Rehob, k as men come to Hamath. 22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and T'al- mai, the children of l Anak, were. (Now Hebron m was built seven years before Zoan m in Egypt.) 23 And they came unto the 1 brook of 2 Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the 1gS. 24 The place was called the 1 brook 2 Eshcol, because of the fluster of grapes which the children pf Israel cut down from thence. 25 And they returned from search- ing of the land after forty days. NUMBERS, XIV. B. C. 1490. c ver, 16. d ver,8. Ex. 17.9. ever.22. f Ge. 14.10. Deut. 1.24. Ju. 1.9, 19. g Ne.9.25,35. Eze.34. 14. h De.31.6,7, 23. i Jos. 15.1. k Jos. 19.28. ! Jos. 11.21. m Jos. 21.11. m Ps. 78.12. Is. 19. I 1. * or, valley. 2 that is, a cluster of 5?"apes. o ch.20. 1,16. p Ex. 33.3. q De. 1.25,8:c. r Deut.9. 1,2. s ver.33. t ch. 14.43. Ex. 17.8. w Jos. 14.7,8. v Rom.8.37. to Deut. 1.28. 3 statures. ac Deut. 9.2. sy wer.22. z Is.40.22. (CHAP. 14.) a ch. 11.4. b Ps. 106.24, 25. c Deut. 17.16. Ne.9. 17. Acts 7.39. d ch. 16.4,22. # *sº-º-º: Their evil report. 26 ºf And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the Congregation of the children of Is- rael, unto the wilderness of Param, to Radesh; 0 and brought back word unto them, and unto all the Congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth p with milk and honey; and this q is the fruit of it. 28 Nevertheless the people r be Strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very eat ; and moreover we saw the children of Anaks there. 29 The Amalekites t dwell in the land of the south : and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amor- ites, dwell in the mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 30 And Caleb u stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and possess it; for we are well v able to overcome it. 31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. 32 And w they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Is- rael, sº The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inha- bitants thereof; and all the Pºgº that we saw in it are men of 3 a great stature.a: 33 And there we saw the giants the sons of Anak, y which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, 2 and so we were in their sight. Čiºpºly. The people murmur at the news. A”. all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the F.P. wept a that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured b against Moses and against Aaron ; and the whole con- É. ation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt or would God we had died in this wilderness | 3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey ! were it not better for us to return into Egypt? 4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return c into Egypt. 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces d before all the assem- 151 The people murmur. bly of the congregation of the children of Israel. And Joshua, e the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh which were of them that searche the land, rent their clothes: 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceed- ung good land. 8 [f the LORD delight fin us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with g milk and honey. 9 Only rebel h not ye against the LORD, neither fear i ye the people of the land; for they are bread k for us: their 1 defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: l fear m them not. 10 But all the congregation bade stone them n with stones. And 0 the glory of the LoRD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. 11 nd the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke p me? and how long will it be ere º me, g for all the signs which I have shewed among them 1 12 will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of r thee a greater na- tion and mightier than they. _13 *|| And Moses 8 said unto the LORD, Then t the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up #. ºpen thy might from among lenn : 14 And they will tell it to the in- habitants of this land: for they have u heard that thou, LorD, art among this people; that thou LORD, art seen v face to face; and that thy cloud w standeth over them, and that thou a goest before them, by daytime in a pillar of a cloud and in a pillarofa fire by night. - Now, if thou shaſt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the ſame of thee will speak, saying, 16 Because y the LoRD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. 17 Alld now, 1 beseech thee, let the powerz of º LORD be great,accord- ing as thou hast spoken, a saying, 18 The LORD is long-suffering, and of mercy, forgiving b imiquity and by no means visiting c the upon the and fo - unto NUMBERS, XIV. B. C. 1490. **- i Deut. 20.3. k ch. 24.8. Ex. 17.4. o ch. 16. 19,42. 20.6. p Zec.8. 14. Heb. 3. 16. q Ps. 106.24. Jno. 12.37. r Ex. 32.10. & De.9,26–28. t Deut. 32.27. Eze.20.9.14. w Jos.2.9, 10. v Ex.33. I 1. w ch. 10.34. ac Ex. 13.21, Ps. '78. 14. sy Deut.9.28. Jos. 7.9. d Ps. 78.38. 1 or, hitherto. e Ps. 106.23. Jam.5. 16. f Ps. 12.19. Is.66.18, 19. 2. If they set. § }.}}|†: h ch.32. 11, 12. t Mat. 17. 17. k Ex. 16.12. *m. Ps. 106.24. n 10or. 10.5. 4 or, feed. o ch.32.13. p Jer.3.1,2. q ch. 13.25. I -º- Infidelity threatened. 19 Pardon, d I beseech thee, the lº of this people, according unto the greatness of thy mergy •|and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even 1 until YWOW. 20 And the LORD said, I have par- doned, according e to thy word: 21 But as i.; as I live, allf the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. - 22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my mira- cles, which I did in lºgypt and in the wilderness, have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 23 2 Surely g they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it : 24 But my servant Caleb, h be- cause he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully him will I bring into the land whereinto he went ; and his seed shall possess it. 25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. 26 ‘'ſ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, , . 27 How long i shall I bear with this kevil congregation, which murmur against me ! I have heard k the murmurings of the children of ls- rael, which they murmur against In 182. 28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were l numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have mur- mured against me, 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land concerning which l 3 sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, which }; said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.m. 32 But as for you, your carcases, m they shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall 4 wan- der in o the wilderness forty ye and bear your p whoredoms, unti your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land even forty a days, (cach day for a 152 The presumptuous smitten. year) shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years; and ye shall know my b, breach r of promise : 35 Is the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil t con- gregation, that are gathered to- gether against me; in this wilder- ness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 36 And the men u which Moses sent to search the land, who re- turned, and made all the congrega- tion to murmur against him, by ºins up a slander upon the §Il{} ##ven those men, that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died v by the plague before the LORD. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, twhich were of the men that went to search the land, lived w still. 39 And Moses told, these say- ings unto all the children of Is- rael: and the people mourned as greatly. 40 *ſ And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sin- Theºl. 41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the com- mandment y of the LORD ! but it shall not prosper. 42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: be- cause 2 ye are turned away from the LoRD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. 44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill-top; nevertheless the ark a of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the Carnp. 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah. * CHAPTER XV. The law of the meat offering, and the rink affering. A*. the LoRD spake unto Moses, Saying, - 2 Speak unto the children of Is- fael, and say unto them, When ye come into the land, of your habitations, which I give unto you 3 And a will make an offering by fire unto the Loº a burnt offer- 2 B. C. 1490. 5 or, altering of my 30tzrpose. r Jer. 18.9,10. La.3.31-33. sch.23, 19. t wer. 27. w ch. 13.31,32. v I Cor. 10.10. Heb.3.17. Jude 5. wy ch. 26.65. Jos. 14.6, 10. ac Ex. 33.4. Is. 26.16. y ver.25. z 2Chr. 15.2. a ch. 10.33. b ch. 21.3. Ju. 1.17. (CHAP. 15.) a Lev. 1.2,3. *\-> *-*.*.*.*.*.*.* 1 separating, Lev.27.2. b Lev.7.16. 22,18,21. c Lev.23.8,12. d Ex. 29. 18. e Ex. 29.40. Lev.23.13. f ch.28.5,&c. 3,ev. 14. 10. g Lev.7.11. h ch.28. 12, &c. i ch. XXVIII. k ver, 29. ch 9, 14. Ex. 12.49. 1 De. 26.1,&c. -º-º------ 153 NUMBERS, XV. Law of meat and drink offerings. ing, or a sacrifice in 1 performing a vow, b or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, C to make a sweet savour d unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock: 4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering e of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an him of oil. f 5 And the fourth part of an hill of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. 6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an him of oil. 7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a yow, or g peace offerings unto the ORD : RD : 9 Then shall he bring h with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an him of oil. 10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an him of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 11 Thus i shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. 12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their num- £Y. 13 All that are born of the coun- try shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet |savour unto the LORD ; as ye do, so he shall do. 15 One k ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourn- eth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations : as ye º so shall the stranger be before the - 16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, and say unto them, When l e come into the land whither I ring you, Sacrifice for sins of ignorance. NUMBERS, XVI. 19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, m ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD. 20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the n first of your dough for an heave offering : as ye do the heave offering o of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it. 21 Of the first of }. dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations. 22 *| And if ye have erred. p and not observed all these cominand- ments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses. 23 Even all that the LORD hath commanded }. by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and hencefor- ward among your generations; 24 Then it shall be, if aught be committed by ignorance 2 without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall of fer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LöRD, with q his meat offer- ing, and his drink offering, accord- ing to the 3 manner, and one kid r of the goats for a sin offering. 25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them ; for it is ignorange; s and they shaft bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their Ignorange : 26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Is- rael, and the stranger that sojourn- eth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance. 27"| And if t any soul sin through #. then he shall bring a e goat of the first year for a sin offering. 28 And u the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sin- aeth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LoBD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. . . 29 Ye shall have one law for him that 4 sinneth, through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger v that Sojourneth among them. 30 °ſ But the soul that doeth qught 5 presumptuously, w whether a hebe born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD : and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he hath despised the ac word of the LORD, and hath broken B. C. 1471. -º-º-º-º-º: m Jos. 5.11, 12. n Pr.3.9,10. o Lev.23.10. p Lev.4.2,&c. 2 from the eyes. q wer.8–10. 3 or, ordi- 770.71 CE, y ch.28. 15. Lev.4.23. Ezra 6.17. 8.35 s Ac.3.17, 19. 1Ti. 1. 15. Heb.5.2. t Le.4.27,28. w Lev. 4.35. 4 doeth. v Ro.3.29.30. 5 tryith dy, high hand. ac 2Sam. 12.9. Pr. 13.13. Acts 13.41. Heb. 10.28, 29. *Jºº-º-º-º-º-º-º: 3/ Lev.5.1. Ps. 38.4. Eze. 18.20. 2Pet, 2.21. z Ex.35.2,3. a few.24. 12. b Ex.31. 14, 15 & Lev.24. 14. d Jos. 7.25. e Deut.22. F2. at. 23.5. M f Deut.29.19. Job 31.7. Jer.9.14. Eze.6.9. g Ps. 73.27. 106.39. h Ps. 119.4. i Lev. 11.44, : 45. k Lev. 22.33. ! Heb. 11. 16. (CHAP. 16.) a ch. 26.9. Ex.6.21, 1 Pt is much 0?” （Jºz, d Ex. 19.6. e Ex. 29.45. The Sabbath breaker stomed. his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity y shall be upon him. ... ' 32 *| And while the children of lsrael were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticksz upon the sabbath day. 33 And § that found him #. sticks brought him unto loses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation : 34 And they put him in ward, a because it was not declared what should be done to him. 35 And the LORD said unto Mo- ses, The man b shall be surely put to death ; all the congregation stone c him with stones without the camp. 36 And d all the congregation brought him without the camp. and stoned him with stones, and he died ; as the LORD commanded Moses. 37 *| And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, &: 38 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, and bid them that they make ;6. them e fringes in the borders of their garments, throughout their generations, and that they put up- on the fringe of the borders a rib- band of blue : 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the command- ments of the LORD, and do them ; and that ye seek not after your fown heart, and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a g whor- Ing: 40 That ye may remember, and do h all my commandments, and be holy i unto your God. ' 41 Iſk, am the Lond your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your ! God : I am the Lori your God. LAPTER XVI. The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and biram. Nº. Korah a the son of Izhar, , the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan, and Abiram the Soms of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took ?? lºſt 2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Is- rael, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous b in the Congregation, men of renown : 3 And c they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, 1 Ye take too much upon you, seeing all d the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LoRD & is among them : wherefore then 154 The relellion of Korah, lift ye up yourselves above the º of the LoBD ! . 4 And when Moses heard it, he f. fell upon his face : 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; g and wilt cause him h to come near unto him : even him whom he hath chosen will i he cause to come near k unto him. 6. This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow ; and it shall be that the man whom the iORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, m ye sons of eVI. 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: Seemeth it but a small n thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated o you from the con- gregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them : 10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee : and seek ye the priesthood also : 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered to- gether against the LORD : and p what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him : 12 ºff And Moses sent to call Da- than and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not COIlê UIT) - p & 13 Is q it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of the land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a b prince r over us? 14 Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth s with £ milk and honey, or given usinheri- tance of fields and vineyards : wilt thou 2 put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. 15 Amd Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect t not thou their offering : I u have not taken one ass from them, nei- ther have I hurt one of them. 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company be- fore the LoRD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow : 17 And take every man his cen- Rer, and put incense in them, and bring #'. before the LORD, every IIlāIl censer, two hundred and NUMBERS, XVI. B, C, 1471. *s-º-º- f ch. 14.5. 20.6. g Le.21,6,&c. h Heb. 12. 14. i ch. 17.5. k ch. 3. 10, o ch.3.4.1,45. 8, 14 Deut. ió.S. p Ex. 16.8. 1Sam.8.7. Acts 5.4. 1Cor. 3.5. q wer.9. r Ex. 2, 14. s Ex.3.8. Lev.20.24. 2 bore out. t Ge. 4.5. Is. I. 10–15. w 1Sam, 12.3. Acts 20.33. 2001.7.2. ty iSam, 12.7. cº-º-º-º-º-º- w ch. 14. 10. Rev. 18.4. 9 Heb. 12,28, 29. z ch. 14.5. 3 as every man dieth. Is. 10.3. 4 create tº creature. g Job. 31.3. h wer.33. Ps. 55.15. f | =s*, *-*-* Dalhan, and Abiram. fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, | each of you his censer. 18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aa- TO (t. 19 And Korah gathered all the ... congregation, against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the ... congregation : and w the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. 20 And the LORD spake unto Mo- ses and unto Aaron, saying, 21 Separate ºr yourselves from among this congregation, that I may y consume them in a mo- ment. 22 And they fell z upon their faces, and said, O God, the God a of the spirits of all flesh, shall one b man sim, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation ? 23 T And the LORD, spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak, unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram ; and the elders of Israel followed him. 26. And he spake unto the congre- gation, saying, Depart, c I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest ye be consumed in all their SiłłS. 27 So they gat up from the taber- nacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abi- ram, on every side : and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. ----- - - 28, And Moses said, Hereby ye d shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.e 29 If these men die 3 the com- mon death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation f of all men; then the LORD hath not sent IIlê. 30 But if the LORD 4 make a new g thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; h them ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. 31 ºf And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them : 155 Many destroyed by a plague. 32 And i the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon thém : and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all Israel that were round about them fied at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth Swal- low us up also. 35 And there came out a fire k from the LoRD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty l men that offered incense. 36 T And the LORD spake unto *g. saying, g Speak unto Eleazar the son of p Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; form they are hallowed. - 38. The censers of these sinners ºn against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a co- vering of the altar: for they offer- ed them before the LORD, there- fore they are hallowed : and they shall be a sign o unto the children of Israel. - 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that p no stran- er, which is not of the seed of aron, come near to offer incense before the LORD ; that he be not as Korah, and as his Company : as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. 41 ºff But on the morrow, all the tº of the children of Is- raeſ a murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LoRD. 42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the taberna- cle of the congregation : and, be- hold, the cloud r covered it, and the º 3 of the LORD appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 44. T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Get t you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And tº they fell upon their faces. 46 ‘'ſ And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein NUMBERS, XVII. B. C. 1471. i ch.26.10,11. Deut. 11.6. Ps. 106.17, 18. k ch. 11.1. Lev. 10.2. l ver, 17. m Lev.27.28. ºn Pr. 3.36. 20.2. Hab.2, 10. o ch. 17.10. Eze. 14.8. ch.3.10. 2Ch. 26.18. q ch. 14.2. Ps. 106.25, &c. r Ex. 40.34. s ver. 19. t ver.21,24. tº ver. 22. ch. 20.6. v ch. 11.33. 18, 5. Lev. 10.6. 1 Ch. 27.24. ºw Ps. 106.29. ac Deut. 33.10. 9 He.7.24,25. z 10hr.21.26, 27. Ps. 106.30. (CHAP. 17.) a Eze.37.16. b Ex. 25.22. 29.42,43. 30,36. c ch. 16.5. d ch. 16.11. 4 a rod for one prince, a rod for one prince. e Ex.38.21. Acts 7.44. f Ps. 110.2. Eze.19.12, Aaron's rod buddeth. from off the altar, and put on in- cense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atone- ment for them : for there is v wrath gone out from the LORD ; the plague is begun. 47 And Aaron took as Moses com- manded, and ran into the midst of the congregation ; , and behold, the plague w was begun among the people : and he put on in- cense, a and made an atonement for the *. 48 And he stood between y the dead and the living; and the plague was z stayed. 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned unto Mo- ses. unto the door of the tabernacle ofthe congregation; and the plague was stayed. CHAPTER XVII. Aaron's rod among all the rods of the tribes only flourisheth. ND the LORD spake unto Mo- ses, saying, * 2 Speak unto the children of Es- rael, and take of every one of them | a rod, a according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of them fathers, twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where b I will meet with you. 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, c shall blossom ; and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby d they murmur against you. 6 *ſ And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and every one of their princes gave him 1 a rod apiece, for each prince one, accord- ing to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 7 And Moses laid up the rods be- fore the LoRD in the tabernacle e of witness. 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow, Moses went into the ta- bernacle of witness; and behold, the rod f of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto ali 156 * The charge of the Levites. the children of Israel: and º looked, and took every man his rod. 10 *| And the LORD said unto Mo- ses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept g for a token against the 2 rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their mur- murings from me, that they die not. 11 And Moses did so : as the LORD commanded him, so did he. 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, We §. h we all perish. . . 13 Whosoever i cometh anything k near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be con- surned with dying? CHAPTER XVIII. 1 The charge of the priests and Le- vites, 9 The priests' and the Le- twites’ portion. ND the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee shall beara the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priest- hood. 2. And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined b unto thee, and min- ister c unto thee : but thou and d thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the taber- nacle: only they e shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. 4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle : and a stranger shall not come migh unto you. 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the faltar; that there be no wrath g any more upon the child- rem of Israel. 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are h given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7. Therefore thou i and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar and withink the vaiſ; and ye shal serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 8 d the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave of NUMBERS, XVIII. B. C. 1471. -º-º-º: g Heb. 9.4. 2 children of rebellion. h Ps. 90.7. Is.57. 16. i ch. 1.51,53. 18,4,7 k Ep.2.13. Heb. 10. 19– 22. (CHAP. 18.) a Ex. 28.38. Is. 53.6, 1 1. 1Pet.2.24. b Ge. 29.34. c ch.3.6,7. d ch.3.10,&c. e ch. 16.40. f Ex.30.7,&c. Lev.24.3. g ch. 16.46. h ch.8, 19. # ver, 5. k Heb.9.3.6. l ch.5.9. Lev.7.32. m. Ex. 29.29. 40. 13,15. m Lev.2.2,3. 10.12, 13. o Le,625,26. p Lev.7.7. 14. 13. q Le.6.16,&c. rver.8. s Deut. 18.3, t Lev.22.3. 1 fat. w Ex.23.19. Deut. 18.4. Ne. I0.35, 36. v Lev,27.28. w Ex. 13.2. 22,29, ac Ex. 13.13. 34.20. v Lev.27.2,6. z ch.3.47. a. Eze.45. H2. b Deut. 15. 19. c Ex. 29. 16. Lev.3.2.5. Heb. 12.24. d Ex. 29.26, 28. Lév. 7.34. ever. 11. Lev.2.13. 20hr. 13.5. *º- The priests' portion. ferings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them, by reason of the anointing, m and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of their's, every.n meat offering of their's, and every sin offering o of their's, and eve trespass offering p of their's, whic they shall render unto me, s most holy for thee and for thy sons. 10 In q the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. 11 And this, is thine; the heave offering r of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, s and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is t clean in thy house shall eat of it. 12 All the 1 best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits w of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LoRD, shall be thine; § one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. * 14. Every v thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. 15 Every w thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine : never- theless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, as and the first- ling of unclean beasts shalt thou reſteel Il. 16And those that are to be redeem- ed, from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estima- tion, y for the money of five z she- kels, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary, which a is twenty gerahs. 17 But the firstling b of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the first- ling of a goat, thou shalt not re- deem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle c their blood upon the al- tar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made º fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as d the wave-breast and as the right shoulder are thine. 19 Alle the heave offerings of the holy #. which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I #. thee, and thy sons and thy aughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a foovenant of salt for ever before the LoRD unto thee, and to thy seca with thee, 157 The Levites' portion. 20 °ſ And the LoRD spake unto Aaron, Thou g shalt have no in- heritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I h am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of ..srael. 21, And behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth i in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, 2 and die. 23 But l the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute for ever throughout your genera- tions, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. 24 But the tithes m of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to in- herit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children offsrael the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part n of the tithe. 27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though o it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the wine-press. r Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall ive thereof the LORD's heave of. ering to Aaron the priest. 29 Out of all your gifts yeshall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the 3 best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then p it shall counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for , it is your reward q for your service in the tabernacle of the congre- gation. 32 And #. shall bear r no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it; neither shai NUMBERS. XIX. B. C. 1471. ~~~~sº------ g ch.26.62, h Deut. 10.9. 12. 12. 14.27.29, iš13. Jos. 13.14, 33. 18.7. Ps. 16.5. Eze. 44.28. i Lev.27.30, 32 2 to die. k ch. 1.51. l ch.3.7. m, ver, 21. Ne. 10.37. over.30. 3 fat, ver. 12. p ver, 27. q Mat. 10.10. Luke 10.7. I Cor. 9. 13. 2Co. 12. 13. 1Ti.5, 18. r Lev. 19.8. 22. 16. ~~~~~~~~~~ s Le, 22.2,15. Mal. 1.7. 1Cor. 11.27, 29. (CHAP. 19.) a Ex. 12.5. Mal. 1.13, 14 1Pet. 1. 19. b Deut.21.3. ISam.6.7. c Le. 14.12,21. 16.27 He. 13.11. d Lev.4.6. 16.14, 19. Heb. 9. 13. 12.24. € #º ev. 14.4 f 45 ° g Lev. 11.25. 15.5 {}s h Heb. 9, 13. i ver. 13,20, 21 ch.31.23. k ch.5.2. 9.6,10. Lev.21.1. $710,32. l ch.31. 19. m Lev. 15.31. *** * The water of separation ye pollutes the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye É. CHAPTER §. The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer. A. the LORD spake unto Mo- ses, and unto Aaron, sa º; 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded Saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein a vs noblemish, and upon which b never came yoke : 3 And ye shall give her unto Eler- zar the priest, that he may bri her forth without c the camp, ~ one shall slay her before his fax: . 4 And Eleazar the priest shall " of her blood with his finger, and 6 §. iº. of her blood directly before t e tabernacle of the congregation Seven times. 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; here skin, and her flesh and her blood, with her dung, shali he burn : 6 And the priest shall take cedar f wood, and hyssop; and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his g clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes h of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel, for i a water of separation: it is a purification for S II]. 10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even ; and it shall be unto the chil- dren of Israel, and unto the stran- ; that sojourneth among them, or a statute for ever. 11 *| He k that toucheth the dead body of any 1 man shall be unclean seven days. 12 Hel shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day, he shall be clean : but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth m the tabernacle of the Lord ; and that Soul shall be cut off from Israel' 158 Purification. hecause the water n of separation was not sprinkled, upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness o is yet upon him. 14. This is the law when a man dieth in a tent : all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel, p which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. 17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the 2 ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and 3 running water shall be put thereto in a vessel : 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop q and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the ersons that were there, and upon }. that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 19 And the clean person shallsprin- kle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and on r the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 20 But the man that shall be un- clean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled s the sanctuary of the LORD : the water of separation hath mot been sprinkled upon him ; he is unclean. Ži"And it shall be a perpetuall” statute unto them, that he that jº, the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separa- tion shall be unclean until even. 22 And whatsoever t the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean : and u the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. CHAPTER XX. 7 Moses bringeth water out of the Tock. 22 Aaron's death. HEN a came the children of . Israel, even the whole congre- gation, into the desert of Zim, in the first month : and the people abode in Kadesh ; and b Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And c there was no water for the congregation; and d they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Woulde God that we had died when our NUMBERS, XX. B. C. 1471. n ver. 9. ch. 8.7. o Lev.7.20. 22.3. p Lev. 11.32. 2 dust. 3 living wa- ters shall be given, Ge.26, 19. Jno.4. 10. q Ps. 51.7. r Lev. 14.9. s wer. 13. t Hag.2.13. vi Lev. 15.5. (CHAP. 20.) a ch.33.36. b Ex. 15.20. c Ex. 17. I,&c. d ch. 16.42. e ch. 14.2,&c. f ch. 16.14. h Ps. 106.33. i Ex. 17.6. Deut.8.15. I Cor. 10.4. ch. 27.14. 10eut. 3.26. 32.51. l Lev. 10.3. Eze. 36.23. 1 Pet.3.15. 1 That is, strife, Ex. 17.7. m Eze.20.41. n Ju. 11, 16, I7. o De.2.4,&c. 2 found us. p Ge.46.6. q Ex.12.40. r Ex. 2.23. & Ex.3.7. t Ex.3.2. 14. 19. 23.20. 33.2. w ch.21.22. Deut.2.27. | *º- Water out of the rock. brethren died before the LoRD ! 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there 7 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place it f is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; nei- ther is there any water to drink. 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. 7 *|| And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou and Aaron, thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock, before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock :g so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded 1\ſł. 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock; and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; h must we fetch you water out of this rock: 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice : and the water came out abundantly : and the congrega- tion drank, and their beasts also. 12 *| And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because k ye believed me not, to sanctify lime in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 13 This is the water of 1 Meribah : because the children of israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified m in them. 14 ºf And n Moses sent messen- #. from Kadesh unto the king of dom, Thus saith o thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath 2 befallen us: 15 How our fathers went down p into Egypt, and we have dwelt a in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us and our fa- thers; 16 And when r we cried unto the LORD, he heard s our voice, and sent t an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the ut termost of thy border: Let tº us pass, 1 pray thee, 159 Aaron dieth. through thy country: we will mot pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high-way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy orders. - 18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. 19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high- way; and v if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing ; thing else, go through on my £8. 20 And he said, Thou w shalt not go through. And Edom came out 12 º him with much people, and with a strong hand. - 21 Thus Edom refused to give lsrael passage through his border: Mºre ore Israel turned away from IIIl. 22*. And y the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, jour- meyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, 24 Aaron shall be gathered z unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled a against my 3 word af. the water of Meribah. - ake Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Or: 26 And strip Aaron of his gar- ments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be ă. #. wnto his people, and shall die €re. 27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded; and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. . . 28 And b Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. º 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. CHAPTER XXH. 6 The people, plagued with fiery ser- pents, 9 are healed. 21 Sihon and slain. D when king Arad a the Ca- *A. naanite, which dwelt in the south, heard teii that Israel came by the way b of the spies; then he NUMBERS, XXI. B, C, 1452. v De.2.6,28. |w Ju.11.17. a Ob. 10.15. y ch.33.37. z Ge.25.8. Deut.32.50. |a ver. 12. 3 mouth. |bch.3338.8 c. (CHAP. 21.) a ch.33.40. Ju. 1. 16. b ch. 13.21. ******* c Ge, 28.20. Ju. 11.30. d Lev.27.28. Deut. 13.15. e Ps. 22.4,5. 4 That is tatter de- struction. * ch.20.22. f 33.4 I. g Ju. 11. I8. 5 or, grieved. eb. short- ened, Ex.6.9. h P5.78. 19. i Ex. 16.3. 17.3. k ch. 11.6. Ps, 68.6. 1 Deut.8.15. 10or. 10.9. mn Ps. 78.34. ** wer.5. jobż.S. i0. Jer, 15. i. Acts 8.24. Jam.5. 16. p Ps. 106.23. 2Ki. 18.4. Jno.3. 14, 15. rch.33,43,44. 6 or, heaps of Abarim. s Deut.2.13. t ch. 22.36. Ju. 1 1. 18. 7 or, Waheb tra Suphah. *º- Of the fiery serpents. fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. 2 And Israel, vowed c a vow to the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly d destroy their cities. 3 And the LORD hearkened e to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utter- ly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place 4 Hormah. . - 4 *[ And f they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red . sea, to compass the land g of Edom: and the soul of the people was much 5 discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spake h against God, and against Moses, Where- fore i havedi. brought us up out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is k there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And l the LoPD sent fiery ser– pents among the people, and they bit the people ; and much people of Israel died. 7 * Therefore m the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken n against the LORD, and against thee; pray o unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed p for the people. 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bit- ; when he looketh upon it, shall IVē. 9 And Moses made a serpent q of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he be- held the serpent of brass, he lived. 10 T And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.r 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at 6 lje-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sun-rising. 12 àf From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.s 13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of t Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, 7 What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of 160 Sihoºl overcome. Ar, u and 8 lieth upon the border of Moab. 16 And from thence they went to v Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD w spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and 1 will give them water. - 17 | Then Israel sang a this song, 9 Spring up, O well; 10 sing ye ulato it : 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, y With their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah : 19 And from Mattanah to Na- haliel: and from Nahaliel to Ba- moth : 20 And from Bamoth in the val- ley, that is in the 11 country of Moab, to the top of 12 Pisgah, which looketh z toward 13 Jeshimon. 21 || And a Israel sent messen- gers unto Sihon king of the Amor- ites, saying, 22 Let b me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high-way, until we be past thy borders. 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but c Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Is- rael into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel: - 24 And d Israel smote him with the edge of the Sword, and pos- sessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon : for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the 14 villages thereof. 26 For Heshbone was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in Fºſ say,Come into Heshbon, et the city of Sihon be built and prepared : 28 For g there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon : it hath consumed Ar h of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29, Woe to thee, Moab thou art undone, O people of Chemosh : i he hath given his sons that escap- ed, and his daughters, into captivi- ty unto Sihon king of the Amorites, NUMBERS, XXII. |B. C. 1452. w De.2.18,29. 8 leaneth. u Ju.9.21. w ch.20.8. ac Ex. 15. l. u.5.1. Ps. 106.12. 9 Jºscend. 10or,answer. y Deut.33.4. Is. 33.22. 11 or, field. 12 or, the hill. z ch. 23.28. 13 or, the wil- derness. a De, 2.26,27. Ju. 11.19, 20. b ch.20. 17. c Deut. 29.7. d Jos. 12.1,2. 24.8. 14 daughters. e Cant.”.4. Is. 15.4. f Hab.2.6. g Je.48.45,46. h De.2.9, 18. Hs. 15. 1,2. i Jn. 11.24. 2Ki.23. 13. h Je.48.18,22. l ch.32. 1. m De.3.1,&c. ºn Deut.29.7. Jos. 13. 12. Ps. 135. º 136.20. (CHAP. 22.) a ch.33.48. b Ju. I 1.25. C Ex. 15. 15. Deut.2.25. d ch.31.8. Jos. 13.21, 22. e Deut. 23.4. Jos. 24.9. Og overcome. 30 We have shot at them : Hesh- bon is perished even unto Dibon, k and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. - 31 ºf Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out ! Jazer; and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amuor- ites that were there. 33 ºf And m they turned and went up by the way of Bashan ; and O the king of Bashan went out agains them, he and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. 34 And the LoRD said unto Moses Fear him not : for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his peo- ple, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So n they smote him, and his sons, and all his people until there was none left him alive; and they possessed his land. CHAPTER XXII. 1 Balak's message for Balaam. 22 An angel would have slain him, if his ass had not saved him. ND a the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab, on this side Jordan by Jericho. 2 ºf And Balak b the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And c Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab said unto the elders d of Midian, Now shall this company lick up aii that are round about us as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 5 He sent e messengers, therefore, unto Balaam, the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: , behold, , they cover , the 1 face of the earth, and they abide over against ine. 6 Come now, therefore, I pray thee, curse f me this people; for they are too mighty for me: per- adventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I ma drive them out of the land; for wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest ls cursed. 7 And the elders of Moab, and the elders of Milan,ſeparted with the ~ Balaam goeth to Balak. rewards g of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam º fake into him the words of itiatº. 8 And he said unto them, Todge here this jº I will brin you word again; as the LORD shal speak urºto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee T 10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, 11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth : come now, curse me them ; 2 peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with then ; thou shalt not curse the people : for h they are blessed 13 And Balaam rose up in the º; and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth i to give me leave to go with you. 14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with tlS. 15 ºf And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, 3 Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto 17 For I will promote thee unto ve eat honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me : come k therefore, I pray thee, curse ine this people. 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, if l Ba- lak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I m cannot go be- yond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. 19 Now therefore, I ſº you, tarry re also here this night, that ſmay now what the LORD will say unto Iſle IIlorë. 20 And n God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, if the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them ; but yet o the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. 22*. And God's anger was kindled because he went: and p the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an NUMBERS, XXII. P. C. 1452. g 1Sa.9.7,8. Mi.3.1ſ. Jude 11. 2 peradven- twºre I shall prevail in fighting against him. h Ge.22. 16- | 8. Deut. 33.29. i Deut. 23.5. 3 Be not thout letted. # ver.6. l ch.24. 13. ºn ch. 23.26. 24.13. 1Ki.22. 14. n wer.9. over.35. ch. 23.12. p Ex.4.24. *******-*.*.* q 2Ki.6.17. Dan. 10.7. Acts 22.9. 1Co. 1,27– 29. r 2Pet, 2. 16. s Ps. 12.10. 4 or, who hast rid- den woon 77-8, 5 or, thou wast. t Ge.2.1. 19. 2Ki.6. 17. Lu.24, 16, 31. w Ex.34,8. s or, bowed himself. tº Ps. 145.9 7 to be an adversary wnto thee. w 2Pet.2. I4. ac Pr. 14.2. 28. 18. ty 1Sa. 15.24, 26.2i. 8 be evil in thine eyes. z Job 34.31, 32. a Is.47. 12. Balaam's ass speaketh adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 23 And the ass saw g the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field : and Balaain smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 4. But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust her- self unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the eft, 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam : and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the LORD opened r the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have ºf done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times { 29 And Balaam said unto the ass Because thou hast mocked me: i would there were a sword in mine hand, s for now would I kill thee. 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, 4 upon which thou hast ridden ever since 5 I was thine unto this day ? was I ever wont to do so unto thee 3 And he said, Nay. 31 Then the LORD opened tº the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the ange) of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand : and he bowed u down his head, and 6 fell flat on his face. 32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore has thou smitten thine ass v these three times? behold, I went out 7 to with- stand thee, because thy w way is perverse æ before me : 33. And the ass saw me, and turn- ed from me these three times: un- less she had turned from me, sure- ly now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. 34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I y have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it 8 displease thee, I 2 will get me back again. - 35 And the *. of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go a with the men: 162 Balak's sacrifice. hut b only the word that I shº! speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak : so Balaam went with the princes of Balak. i 36 ‘ſſ And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. | 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee ( wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote c thee to ho- nour ! | 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word d that God ...tº ! in my mouth, that shall I speak. 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto 9 Kirjath- iluzoth. 40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. 41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high e places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people. CHAPTER XXIII. 1, 13 Balak's sacrifice. 7, 18 Ba- daam's parable. ND Balaam said unto Balak, a Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and Sewell raſſlS. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken ; and Balak and Balaam offered b on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, c Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go ; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and what- jºr he she weth me I will tell thee. place. 4 And d God met Balaam : and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a And he went 1 to an high Tālīl. 5 And the LORD put e a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou Speak. 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. nd he took up his parable, f and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse g me Jacob, and COme, defy h Israel. f 8 ow i shall I curse, whom God | NUMBERS, XXIII. B. C. 1452. b wer. 20. c wer. 17. ch.24. 11. Ps, 75.6. wer. 18. 9 or, a city of streets. e Deut. 12.2. (CHAP. 23.) a ver. 29. b wer. 14,30. c ver, 15. 1 or, solitary, d ver. 16. e ch. 22.35. Deut. 18.18. Jer, 1.9. ver. 18. ch. 24.3, 15, 23 Job 27, 1. 29. I. Ps. 78.2. g P h 1Sa. 17. 10. i Is.47. 12,13. # Deut. 33.28. l Ex.33. 16. Ezra 9.2. Ep.2.14. m Ge. 13. 16. 2 my soul, or, my life. 72 Ps. 37.37. Pr. 14.32. 2Cor.5.1. o ch.22. 11. p ch. 22.38. q 1 Ki.20.23. 3 or, the hill. rver. 1,2. s Is. 1.11. t wer. 5. vº i Sam.3.17. Jer. 37.17. v Ju.3.20. w 1Sa. 15.29. S.89.35. RO. 11.29. ac I Ch. 17.27. Mi.7.20, 9 ch.22, 12. z Jno. 10.28, 2 b B; 46. c Ps. 118. 15. d ch. 24.8. e Deut.33. 17. 4 or, tºn. Mat i2.25, 27 Balaam's parables. hath not cursed ? or how shall I ; whom the LORD hath not de- €C1 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him : lo, the people shall dwell alone, k and shall l not be reckoned among the nations. 10 Who m can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let 4 me die the death n of the righteous, and let my last end be like his 11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I o took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. * 12 And he answered and said, p Must I not take heed to speak that which the LoRD hath put in my - mouth. - 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto q an- other place, from whence thou mayest see them : thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 ºf And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of 8 Pisgah, and built r seven altars, and offered s a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. 16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put t a word in his mouth, and i. Go again unto Balak, and say fll IS. 17 And when he came to him, be- hold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What u hath the LORD spoken 18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise v up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou Son of Zip- por: 19 God w is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent : hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath & he spoken, and shall he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received com- mandment to bless, and he y hath blessed; and I cannot 2 reverse it. 21. He a hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seem per- verseness in Israel: the LORD b his God is with him, and the shout c of a king is among them. 22 God, d brought them out of Egypt : he hath e as it were the strength of an unicorn. 23 Surely there is no enchantment * against Jacob, neither is thers 163 Balaam prophesieth. any divination against Israel: ac- cording to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What f hath God wrought ! * 24 Behold, the people shall rise upg as a great lion, and lift up him- self as a young lion : he shall not lie down h uritil he eat qf the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. 25 ºf And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26 But Balaam answered i and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the ionispeaketh, that I must do? 27 T And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place ; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. . 29 And Balaam said unto Balak Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks a HCl Se VéIł TäIłłS. * 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. CHAPTER XXIV. Balaam prophesieth Israel's happi- 716&S. ND when Balaam saw that it leased the LORD to bless Israel, he went hot, as at other times, 1 to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. - 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents, according to their tribes; and a the spirit of God came upon him. 3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man 2 whose eyes are open hath said; 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : 5 How goodly are thy tents, O #. and thy tabernacles, O 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by b, the river's side, as the trees of lign-aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as c cedar trees beside the wa- ters. 7. He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in #. Y., and * ºº: be igher than Agag, and his kingdom . be exalted. 8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it, were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat *- NUMBERS, XXIV. B. C. 1452. f Ps.31.19. g Ge. 49.9. Mi.5.8. h Ge.49.27. i ver, 12,13. (CHAP. 24.) 1 to the meeting of. a 18a. 10.10. 2 who had his eyes shut, but now open- {2:1. b Ps. 1.3. Jer. 17.8, c Ps. 92.12–14. _*-a-º-º-º-º-º-º-º: d P3.2.9. e Ps, 45.5. f ch, 23.24. g Ge. 12.3. h Ne. 13.2. i Rev. 1.7. k Rev.22. 16. l Ps. 110.2. 3 or, through the princes. m Ps. 60.8– 12. 4 or, the na- tions that warred against Israel, Ex. 17.8, 16. 5 or, even to destruction, x. 17. 14 lSam. 15.3. n Ge. 15. 19. 6 Kain, Balak dismisseth h.m. up the nations his enemies,and shall break d their bones, and pierce e them through with his arrows. 9 He couched, he lay down as fa lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up Blessed g is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. 10, T. And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he Smote his hands together : and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, h, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. 11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place : I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour. 12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, 13 If Balak would give mé his house full of silver and gold, I can- not go beyond the commandment 9f the LORD, to do either good or bad of Imine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will i speak? 14 And now, behold, I go unto my people : come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter ayS. 13 *| And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the Words of God, and knew the know- ledge of the Most High, which saw the vision of the º falling into a trance, but having his eyes Open : 17. It shall see him, but not now ; 1, shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Stark out of Jacob, and a Sceptre l shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite 3 the cor- ners of Momb, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 18 Aud Edom ºn shall be a posses- Sion, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies : and Israel shall do valiantly. 19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall lºor him that remaineth of the Clty. 20 ºf And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of * the nations; but his latter end shall be 5 that he perish for ever. 21. And he looked on the Kenites, n and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling place, and thou puttest thy mest in a rock. 22 Nevertheless 6 the Kenite shall 164 Zimri and Cozbi slain. be wasted, 7 until Asshur shall car- ry thee away captive. 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who o shall live when God doeth'this 24 And ships p shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict q Asshur, , and shall afflict Eber, r and he also shall perish for €Wer. 25. And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place : and Balak also went his way. APTER XXV. The Israelites' whoredom and idol- atry. 6 Zinn ri and Cozbi slain. ND Israel abode in Shittim, a and the people began to com- mit whoredom b with the daugh- ters of Moab. 2 And c they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bow- ed d down to their gods. 3 And Israel joined e himself un- to Baal-peor : and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. 4 And the LORD said unto Mo- ses, f Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce g anger of the LoBD may be turned away from Israel. 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay h ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal- peor. 6 ºff And behold, one of the chil- dren of Israel came, and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman, in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping i before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And when Phinehas, k the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from amºng the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel, 9 And those l that died in the plague were twenty and four thou- 10 *| And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, - 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned m, my wrath, away from the children of Israel, (while he Was zealous 1 for my sake among them,) that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.n 12 Wherefore say Behold I give NUMBERS, XXV, XXVI. B. C. 1452. 7 or, how long shall it be ere. O Mal.3.2. p Da. 11.30. q Ge. 10.4. r Ge. 10.21, 25. (CHAP. 25.) a ch.33.49. Mi.6.5. b ch.31. 16. !Cor. 10.8. c Ex.34. 15, 16. d Ex. 20.5. e Jos.22, 17. Ps. 106,28, 29 Hos.9.i. f De. 13.6–9, g Deut. 13.17. h Ex.3227. i Joel 2, 17. k Ps. 106.30. 1 Deut. 4.3. 1Cor. 10.7. m Ps. 106.23. no.3.36. 1 with my zeal. n Ex. 20.5. Deut.32.16, 21 1Ki. 14.22. Ps, 78.58, Eze. 16.38. Zep. 1. 18. 3,8. ~~~~~~~~~~ o Mal.2.4;5. p Ex.40. 15. q Ps.69.9. r Heb.2, 17. 2 house of a father. sch, 31.8. Jos. 13.21. t ch.31.2. w, ch, 31. 16. Rev.2.14. v wer. 8. (CHAP, 26.) a chi 1,2,3. Ex.30. 12. 38.25,26. b wer.63. ch.35.1. c Ge.46.8. The Midianites are vered. unto him o my covenant of peace : 13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him. even the covenant of an p everlasting priesthood: because he was q zealous for his God, and made an r atonement for the children of Israel. 14 Now the name of the Israel- ite that was slaim. even that was slain with the Midianitish Woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a 2 chief house among the Si- meoniteS. - 15 And the name of the Midian- itish woman that was slain was COzbi, the daughter of Zur; s he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian. 16 °ſ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Wext the Midianites, and smite them : 18 For they vex you u with their wiles, where with they have be- guiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a primce of Midian, their sister, which was slain v in the day of the plague for Peor’s S CHAPTER XXVI. The sum of all Israel is taken in the ... plans of Moab. A*. it came to pass, after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the Son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 Take a the sum of all the con- gregation of the children of Israel, from twenty }. old and upward throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3. And Moses and, Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains b of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward ; as the LORD commanded Moses, and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 5 * Reuben c the eldest son of Israel : the children of Reuben ; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites of Pallu, the ſº of the Palluites: 26 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty a three thousand and seven hundr and .# 8 And the sons of Pallu ; Eliab, 9 And the sons of Eliab; Ne- nuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congre- 165 The Israelites gation, who strove d against Mo- ses and against Aaron in the com- pany of Korah, when they strove against the LORD : 10 And the earth opened her mouth, and , swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and e they became a sign. 11 Notwithstanding, the chil- dren f of Korah died not. 12." The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, g, the family of the Nemuelites: of Ja- min, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, h the family of the Ja- chimites: - 13 Of Zerah, i the family of the Zarbites : , of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thou- sand and two hundred. 15 ºf The children of Gad after their families : of Zephon, k the family of the Zephonites: of Hag- gi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shumites: 16 Of Ozni, t the º of the Qznites: of Eri, the family of the 8 : ITLES : 17 Qf Arod, m the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18. These are the families of the children of Gad, according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. 19 ºf The sons of Judah ºn were £r and Oman: and Fr and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were ; of Shelah the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharz- ites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hez- ronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. * * * These are the families of Ju- dah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. 23 T. Of the sons of Issacharo after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of i Pua, the family, of the Punites: 24,0f 3 Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. . . 25 These are the families of Issa- ar according to those that were aumbered of them, three score and fourthousand and three hundred. 26 ºf Qf the sons of Zebulun p after their families: of Sered, the NUMBERS, XXVI. B. C. 1452. d ch. 16.1,&c. e ch. 16.38. 1Cor. HO.6. 2Pet. 2.6. f Ex.6.24. g Ge.46. 10. Fºx.6.16. Jemuel. h I Chr.4.24. Jarib. i Ge.46, 10. 20har. k Ge.46. 16, Ziphion. l or, Ezbon, Ge.46. 16. m Ge.46.16, ..?rodi. * Ge. 38.2-10. 1Ch.2.3,&c. o Ge.46. 3. 1Chr.T. 1. 1 or, Phw- vah. 2 or, Job. p Ge. 46.14. wºsº. q Ge.46.20. r Jos. 17.1. 1Chr.7.14, 15, numbered. family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jah- leel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zubulunites, according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hun- Tét 1. 28 ºf The sons of Joseph q after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 Of the sons of Manasseh : of r Machir, the family of the Machir- ites : and Machir begat Gilead : of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead : of 3 Jeezer, the family of the Jee- zerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: - 31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 ºf And Zelophehad s the son of Hepher had no sons, but daugh- ters ; and the names of the daugh- ters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Ma- masseh, and those that were num- bered of them, fifty and two thou- sand and seven hundred. 35 ºf These are the sons of Eph- raim after their families: of Shu- thelah, the family of the Shuthal- hites: of Becher, tº the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahamites. 36, And these are the sons of Shu- thelah ; of Eran, the family of the Eramites. 37 'These are the families of the sons of Ephraim, º; to those that were numbered of them 34. thirty and two thousand and five t 10hr.'.20. Bered. w Ge. 46.21. 1Chr. 7.6. v Ge.46.21, Ehi te 1Chr,8. I. Jºharah. w Ge.46.21, Muppim, and fi Pim, a 10hr.8.3, Jºddar. hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. 38 he sons of Benjamin w after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbei the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, v the family of the Ahi- ramites: 39 Qf Shupham, w the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40. And the sons of Bela were ar and Naaman : of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naa- man, the family of the Naamites. 41 These ºr the sons of Benja- min after their families : and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. 166 The Israelites numbered. 42 ºf These y are the sons of Dan after their families: of 4 Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan, after their families. 43 All the families of the Shu- hamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. 44 *|| Of the children of Asher 2 after their families : of Jimma, the family of the Jimnites : of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Be- riah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah : of He- ber, the family of the Heberites : of Matchiei, the family of the Mal- chielites. 46. And the name of the daughter of Asher, was Sarah. 47 These are the families of the Sons of Asher, according to those that were numbered of them, who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. * Of the sons of Naphtalia after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Gumi, the family of the Gumites: 49. Of Jezer, the family of the Je- Zerites: of Shillem, b the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their fami- lies: and they that were number- ed of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. 51 These c were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52 ºf And the LoRD spake unto Moses, saying, 53. Unto d these the land shall be divided for an inheritance, accord- ing to the number of names. To e many thou shalt 5 give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt 6 give the less inherit- ance : to every one shall his in. heritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall the p0SSession thereof be divided be- tween many and few. 57 ºf And f these are they that were numbered of the Levites, after their families: of Gershon the family of the Gershomites: o Kohath, the family of the Kohath- les: of Merari, the family of the RTúrites. 58. These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, NUMBERS, XXVII. B. C. 1452. ----------- v Ge. 46.23. z Ge,46. 17. I Chr. 7.30. a Ge.46.24. 1Chr. 7. 13. b 1Chr. 7. 13, Shallum. c ch. I.46. d Jos. 11,23. 14 e ch.33.54. 5 multiply his. 6 diminish is. f Ge.46.11. Ex.6.16, 19. 1Ch.6.1,16. ~~~~~~~~~~ g Ex. 2. 1,2. 6.20. h ch.3.2. i ch.3.4. Lev. 10.1,2. 1 Chr. 24.2. k ch.3.39. l ch. 1.49. m.ch. 18.20– 24. Deut. 10.9. Jos. 13. 14, 33. 14.3. n wer.3. o Deut.4.3,4. p ch. 14.28– 30. 1Co. 10.5,6. Jude 5. (CHAP. 27.) a ch. 26.33. 36. 1-11. Jos. 17.3. b ch. 14.35. 26.64,65. c ch. 16.1,2. d Eze. 18.4. Jno.8.21, 24. Rom.6.23. 1 diminished. e Jos. 17.4. * 4 or, Hushim. r The land divided by lot. the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites : and Kohath begat Am- H.III. 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, g the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Am- ram, Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 And unto Aaron h was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 And i Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire be- fore the LORD. 62 And k those that were num- bered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males, from a month old and upward : for l they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance m given them among the children of Israel. 63 "Iſ These are they that were numbered by Moses and I'leazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in n the plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho. 64 But among these o there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Si- Iłłłl . 65 For the LORD had said p of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. CHAPTER XXVII. 6 The law of inheritances. 12 Moses, being told of his death, sueth for a Sticce, SSQ7°. HEN came the daughters of a Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Ma- chir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Micah, and Tirzań. 2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the con- gregation, by the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation, saying, 3 Our father died b in the wilder- ness, and he was not in the com- pany of them that gathered c them- selves together against the LoRD in the company of Korah; but died in his own d sin, and had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be 1 done away from among his family, because he hath no son Give e unto us, therefore, a posses- 167 The law of inheritance. ; among the brethren of our r. 5 And Moses f before the LOR 6'ſ And the LoRD spake unto Mo- * Słł. speak, right: thou g shalt surely give them a possession of an inhe- ritance among their father's bre- thren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, then e shall give his inheritance unto s brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then § shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. ll And if his father have no bre- thren, then ye shall give his inhe- ritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a sta- tute h of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses. 12'ſ And the LORD said unto Mo- ses, Get thee i up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered k unto thy people, as l Aaron thy brother was gathered. 14 Form ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congrega- tion, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah n in Kadesh in the wil- derness of Zin. 15 ºf And Moses spake unto the LORD, sa "#, - 16 Let the LORD, the God o of the º: of all flesh, set p a man over the congregation, 17 Which may go out q before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in ; that the congregation of the LORD brought their cause D. be not as sheep r which have no e shepherd. 18"| And the LORD said unto Mo- ses, Take thee Joshua the son of un, a man in s whom is the spirit, and iay t thine hand upon him ; 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congre- ; ; and give him u a charge in ©lr t ying Hºhé daughters of Zelophehad || 25And v thou shalt put some of B. C. 1452. --sºme- f Ex. 18.15, 19. Job 23.4. t ch.202s. I}eut. 10.6 m ch.20. 10– 1. 2. 7) Ex. 17.7. o ch. 16.22. Heb. 12.9. p Jer.3, 15. q Deut.31.2. 1Sam.8.20. 18, 13. 2Chr. 1.10. Jno. 10.9. r IKi.22. I'7. Zec, 10.2. 4. ets 6.6. w Deut. 31.7. v 2Ki.2.9, 15. ^^^*.*.*.*.*-*-*w wjos, 1.16, F7. * Juº * Cº. }Sa.22. 10. 23.9. 30.7. y Ex. 28.30. 2 wer. 19. (CHAP, 38.) a Lev. 3, 11. 1 a savour of my rest. b Fr. 29.38. 2 in a day. 3 between the two evenings. c Ex. 12.6. £ze. 35.17. Col. 2.16. * * NUMBERS, XXVIII. The continual burnt offering. thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be w obedient, 21 And he shall stand before Elea- zar the priest, who shall ask a coun- sel for him, after the judgment of y |Urim before the LORD : at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. 22 And Moses did astheford com- manded him : and he took Joshua. and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congre- gation: 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded z by the hand of Moses. CHAPTER XXVIII. Offerings are to be observed ND the Loſ D spake unto Mo- Ses, Saylng, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, a for 1 a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. 3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is b the offering made by fire which yeshall offer unto the LQRD; two lambs of the first year without spot, 2 day by day, for a continual burnt offering. 4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer 3 at c even : 5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, d minglede with the fourth part of an him of beaten oil. 6. It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LoRD. 7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an him for the one lamb : in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering. 8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet Savour unto the LORD. 9 *| And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year withoutspot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof... . . . 10 is the burnt offering of every sabbath, f beside the conti- mual burnt offering, and his drink º, . . . . . 11 *| And in the beginnings a of 168 Offerings at the passover. your months ye shall offer a burnt offeringh unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot; 12 And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram; 13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb, for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacri- fice made by fire unto the LoBD. 14, And their drink offerings shall be half an him of wine unto a bul- łock, and the third part of an him unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb; this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. 15 And i one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside k the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. 16 And in the fourteenth l day of the first month is the passover of the LORD. 17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast : seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. 18 In the first day shall be an holy Convocation; ye shall do no man- ner of servile work therein : 19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bul- locks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without m blemish: 20 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with dil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bul- lock, and two tenth deals for a ram; 21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: - d one goat n for a sin offer- ing, to make an atonement for you. 23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning,which is for a continual burnt offering. !. After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD : it shall be offered beside the Continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. 25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no serviſe work. 26'ſ Also in o the day of the first- fruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lorp, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work : 27 But ye shall ºr the burnt of. NUMBERS, XXIX. B. C. 1452. fering for a sweet savour unto the LORD : two young bullocks, one A ch. 15.3–11. º.º. lambs of the first year; ***** 28 And their neat offering of flour * mingled with oil, three tenth deals # ch. 15.24. |unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto One ram, k wer. 10. 29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven iambs; ! ch.9.3 And one kid of the goats, to É.i.6.18. make an atonement for you, i.āść. 31 Ye shall offer them beside the Eze. 35.2i. continual burnt offering, and his ... meat offering, (they shai be unto yer,31 you without blemish,) p and their “... drink offerings. i.e. 22.20 CHAPTER XXIX. pºig.21 The offering at the feasts. Mal. 1. 13, ND in the seventh month, on the 14. first day of the month, ye shall 1Pet, 1.19. have an holy convocation : ye shall . . do no servile work; it a is a day of n ver, 15. blowing the trumpets unto you. § 2 And ye shall offer a burnt offer- ing for a sweet savour unto the O Ex; }. LORD ; one young bullock, one ram, Leś, and seven lambs of the first year ***... without blemish: pe, 16.10. 3And their meat offering shall be Acts 3.1. offlourmingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth dº #. d #h deal f lamb 4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, * throughout the seven lambs; 5 And one kid of the goats for a - sin offering, to make an atonement p wer. 19. for you. 6 Bºſe the b burnt offering of the (CHAP. 29.) month, and his meat offering, and c - the daily burnt offering, and his {!, Hey...?334. meat offering, and their drink of. Ps,81-3,4- |ferings, according dunto their man- ner, for a Sweet savour, a sacrifice b ch.28.11. made by fire unto the LORD. 7 ºf And eye shall have on the c ch. 28.3. tenth day of this seventh month an . Heb. 10.1, holy convocation; and ye shall af- flictfyour souls: ye shall not do ach.15.11,12.1% work therein : ‘. ;..."; };"| 8But ye shall offer a burnt offer- ić...io. ſing unto the LORD for a sweet sa- “” |vour; one young bullock, one ram, #: and seven lambs of the first year; e Lev, lº: they g shall be unto you without 23.27. blennish. + 9 And their meat offering shall be f Ps. 35.13. of flour mingled with oil, three tenth Is..58.5. deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, g ch.28. 19. 10 A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: h Lev. 16.3 ll. One kid of the goats for a sin “... offering, beside the hsin offering of i.ºthe º º: tº offering, an e meat offering o **.*.*, it aſſºnsidrink offerings. #:; .32TAmdº on the fifteenth day of *** [the seventh monthye shall have an — holy convocation: ye shall do no 169 Offerings to be observed. Offerings at the servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days : 13 And k ye shall offer a burnt of: fering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish : 14 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams, 15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs; 16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt, offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 17 || And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: 18 And their meat offering, and their drink offerings, for the bul- locks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner; l 19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings. 20 d on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: 21 And their meat offering, and their drink offerings, for the bul- locks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 22 And one goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offer- ing, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.m. 23 °ſ And on the fourth day ten ... bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: - - 24 Their meat offering, and their drink offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 25 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. e 26'ſ And on the fifth day nine bul- locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: 27 their meat offering, and their drink offerings, for the bul- locks, for the rams, and for the , shall be according to their number, after the manner: . . 28 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt ; : his meat offering, and his r] - * NUMBERS, XXX. B. C. 1452. --º- k Ezra 3.4. lver.3,4,9,10. chi; 3. 28.7,14. rn Ps. 16.4. Joel 1.9, 13. 2.14. *...*.*.*.*.*** m Lev.23.36. Jno. 7.37. 1 or, offer. o Le.23.2,&c. 1 Ch. 23.31. 2Ch. 31.3. Ezra 3.5. Ne. 10.33. ls. 1 14. p Le.7.11, 16. 22.21,23. Deut. 12.6. (CHAP. 30.) a ch. 1.4-16. b Lev.27.2. De.23.21. Ju. 11.35, 36 Ps. 15..." |BC.5 4. c Lev.5 4. Mat. 5.33. 14.7–9. Acts 23.14. 2 profane, Ps. 55.20. d; Job 22.27. Ps. 22.25. 50, 14. 63. 13, 14. 116.14,18. Na. 1.15, *º-s jeast of tabernacles. 29*. And on the sixth day eightbul- locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish : 30, And their meat offering and their drink offerings, for the bul- locks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 31 And one goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink of— fering. 32 *ſ And on the seventh day Seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish : 33. And their meat offering, and their drink offerings, for the bul- locks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their Inumber, after the manner: 34 Ånd one goat for a sin offer- ing; beside the continual burnt Qffering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 35 "I On the eighth n day ye shall have a solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work therein: 36 But ye shall offer a burnt offer- ing, a sacrifice made by fire, of a Sweet Savour unto the floRD : one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish : 37 Their meat offering, and their drink offerings, for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 39 These things ye shall 1 do unto the LORD in your set o feasts, be- side your vows, p and your free- will offerings, for your burnt offer- ings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. 40 And Moses told the children of Israel, according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. CHAPTER XXX. Vows are not to be broken. A* Moses spake unto the heads * a of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, 'This is the thing which the LöäD hath commanded. 2 If a man vow b a vow unto the LORD, or swear c an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not 1 break his word, he shall do d ac- Cording to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. 3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth; 170 The eacception of vows. 4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond where with she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond where with she hath bound her soul shall stand. * 5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth ; not any of her vowsor of her bonds where. with she hath bound her soul, shall stand; and the LORD shall forgive ; because her father disallowed ei'. 6 And if she had at all an hus- band, when 3 she vowed, or uttered aught out of her lips, where with she bound her soul; 7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it : then her vows shall stand, and her bonds where- with she bound her soul shall stand. 8 But if her husband e disallowed her on the day that he heard it, then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, where with she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her. 9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, where with they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. 10 And if she vowed in her hus- band's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath: * if And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disal. lowed her not : then all her vows shall stand, and every bond where- with she bound her soul shall Stand. 12 But if her husband hath utter- ly made them void on the day he heard thcm; then whatsoever pro- ceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband f hath made them void; and the LORD g shall forgive her. 13. Every vow, and every binding Oath to afflict the soul, her hus- band may establish it, or her hus- band may make it yoid, 14 But if her husband altogether f hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, be- cause he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her ini- quity. 16 These are the statutes which the LoRD commanded Moses be- NUMBERS, XXXI. B. C. 1452. 3 her vows were upon her, Ps. 56.12. f 10or. 11.3. g ver.5.8. ch. 15.25, {e (CHAP. 31.) a ch.25.17. b ch.27.13. 1 a thousand of a tribe, a thousand of a tribe. c ch. 10.9. d Deut.20. 13. Ju.21.11. 1Ki. 11.15, 16. e Jos. 18.21, Jos. 6.24. Rev. 18.8. De.20. 14. § Jos. 8.2. h ch.22.1. a host of º's **** The Midianites spoiled. tween a man and his wife; be- tween the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her fa- ther's house. CHAPTER XXXI. Midianites are spoiled, and Ba- laam slain. ND the LoRD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Avenge a the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered b untothy people. 3 And Moses spake unto the peo- ple, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. 4 1 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thou- sand of every tribe, twelve thou- sand armed for war. 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to , the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to c blow, in his hand. 7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD command- ed Moses; and d they slew all the males. - 8 And e they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Re- kem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also, the son of Beor, they slew with the sword. - 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and ali their flocks, and all their goods. 10 And they f burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. #. 11 And they took all the spoil, g and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. 12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil unto Moses, and £iºr the priest, and unto the congrégation of the child- ren of Israel, unto the camp at the plains h of Moab, which are by Jor- dan near Jericho. * 13 ºf And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp., . 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the cap- tains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the 2 battle. * 15 Arid Moses said unto them, 171 How the prey is to be divided. NUMBERS, XXXI. Have, ye saved all the women i alive? 1W - 16 Behold. these k caused the children of Israel, through the counsel l of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a p e_among m'the congregation of the LoRD. 17 Now therefore n kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with 8 him. . . 18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. 19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever 0 hath killed any person, and whosq- ever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh º - And purify all your raintent and aii that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made ofwood. - 21 T.And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD com- manded Moses; 22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the e 23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified p with the water of separation : and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water. 24. And q ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. 25 T And the LoRD spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey 5 that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the con- gregation: 27 And divide r the prey into two parts; between them that took the war, upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the con- gregation. 28 And levy a tribute sunto the LORD" of the men of war which went out to battle : one t soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep: .29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the }. jor an Leave offering of the Lord B. C. 1452. i Deut.20. 13. 1Sam. 15.3. k ch.25, 1–3. ! 2Pet. 2, 15. Rev.2.14. m ch 259. n Juzin. 3 a male. ch.5.2. 19. 11,&c. 4 instru- ment, or, vessel of skins. p ch. 19.9,17. q Lev. 11.25. 5 of the cap- tivity. ISA. 30.24. Ps.68. 12. ăsam.8.it, 12. Pr. 3.9.10. t ver.30,47. ch, 18.26. ~~~~~~~~~~ w wer. 42.47. 6 or, goºs. v 1Cor.9.13, 14. w ch.3.7,8.c. acch. 18.8.19. y ver.30. 30 And of the children of Israel's The proportuon half, thou shalt take u one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves of the asses, and of the b flocks, o' all manner of beasts, and give v them unto the Levites, which to keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. 31 And Moses and Eleazar the §. did as the LORD commanded Moses. 32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thou- sand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, 33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, 34 And threescore and one thou- sand asses 35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that h not known man by lying with him. 36 And the half which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep: 37 And the LQRD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and three- score and fifteen. - 38 And the beeves were thirty an six thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and twelve. 39 And the asses were thirty thou- sand and five hundred ; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and one. 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was thirty and two persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offer- ing, unto Eleazar the priest, as a: the loRD commanded Moses. 42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, 43 (Now the half that pertained wnto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thou- sand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, 44 And thirty and six thousand beeves, 45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 46And sixteen thousand persons;) 47. Even y of the children of Is- rael's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the taber- nacle of the Lord ; as the LORD Commanded Moses. 48 ºf And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: 172 The Reubenites and Gadifes 49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our 7 charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. 50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath 8 gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, ear-rings, and tablets, to make z an atonement for our souls before the LORD. 5] And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 52 And all the gold of the 9 offer- ing that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hun- dred and fifty shekels. 53 (For the men of war had a taken spoil, every man for himself.) nd Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for b a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD. CHAPTER XXXII. The Reubenites and Gadies sue for their inheritance on that side Jordan. Nº. the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, had a very great multitude of cattle : and when they saw the land of Jazer, a and the laud of b Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place c for cattle; 2 The children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, came and i. unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, d and Jazer, tand Nimrah, e and Heshbon, f and Plealeh, and Shebam, g and Nebo, and Beon, h 4 Even the country i which the LORD smote before the congrega- tion of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle : 5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. 6. "I And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here { 7 And whereforé i discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LoRD hath given them 8 Thus did your fathers, when k I Sent them from Kadesh-barnea to See the land. NUMBERS, XXXII. B. C. 1452. ‘I hand. 8 found. z Ex.30.12, 16. 9 heave offering. a Teut.20. 14. b Ex. 30.16. (CHAP. 32.) a ver.35. Jaazer. ch, 21.32. Jos. 13.25. 2Sam. 24.5. ls. 16.8,9. b Jer, 50. 19. Mi. 7. 14. c Ge. 13.2.5. 47.4. d Is. 15.2,4. e ver,36, Beth-mirn- rah. f Ju.11.26. g ver.38, Shibnah. h ver,38, Raal-meon. i ch.21.24,34. 1 break. Acts 21.13. k ch. 13.3—26. Deut. 1.22. f*****-*...*&^w I ch. 14. 11,29. Deut. 1.35. m ch. 14.24, Jos. 14.8,9. 2 fulfilled. after me. n ch. 14.33– 35. o ch.26.64,65. I Cor. 10.5. He. 3.16-19. p Ps. 78.57. q Ne. 13.18. Is.65.6,7. r Deut. 30, 17. Jos.22. 16, 2Chr.7.19. 15.2. sch. 14.35. t Jos. 4. 12,13. u Jos. 22.4. to wer.33. Jos, 13.8. w Deut. 3. 18, & C. ac Jos. 18.1. y Jos. 22.4,9. sue for an inheritance. 9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them. 10 And l the LoRD's anger was kindled the same time, and he Sware, saying, 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty ears old and upward, shall see the and which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob ; be- cause m they have not 2 wholly fol- lowed me : 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephun- neh the Kenezite, and Joshua the Son of Nun ; for they have wholly followed the LORD. 13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them n wander in the wilderness forty years, until o all the genera- tion that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was consumed. 14 And behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase p of sinful men, to augment q yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. 15 For if rye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave s them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. 16 °ſ And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheep- folds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones : 17 . But we t ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought thena unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities, because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We u will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his in- heritance : 19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or for- ward ; because v our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. 20 " And w Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war, 21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, 22 And the land be subdued a be- fore the LORD ; then afterward y ye shall return and be guiltless be- fore the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your posses- sion before.the LORD. 173 Moses assigneth the land. 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD : and be sure your simz will find you Out. 24 Build a you cities for your lit- tle ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. 25 Amd the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy b servants will do as my lord commandeth 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead : 27 But c thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord Saith. 28S9 concerning them Moses com- manded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: , 29 And d Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the child- ren of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land o Gilead for a possession: 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inherit- ance on this side Jordan may be our's. 33 And e Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh, the son of º f the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the king- dom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. - - 34"|| And the children of Gad built Dibon, g and Ataroth, and Aroer, h 35 And Atroth, Shophan, and i Jazer, and Jogbehah, 36 And Beth-nimrah, k and Beth- haran, fenced l cities: and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, m and Elealeh, and £irjathaim, 38 And Nebo, n and Baal-meon, 0 (their names being changed.) and Shibmah: and l. gave other p names unto the cities builded. which they|} NUMBERS, XXXIII. B. C. 1452. | 2. Ge. 4.7. 44.16. P3.90.8. 139.11. Pr. 13,21. Is..59. 12. | 1Cor.4.5. a ver, 16,34, | &c. b Jos. 1.13, 14. c Jos. 4.12. d wer.20. e De.3.12-17. 29.8. Jos. 12.6. f ch.21.24,33. sch.33.45,46. h Deut. 2.36. i ver. 1,3, {12.É?”, k ver.3. Nimrah. l wer. 24. mz ch.21.27. m is.46.1. o ch. 22.41. 1 they called by names the marries of the ci- ties. p See ver.3. Ex.23. 13. Jos. 23.7. *.*.* q Jos. 13.29– 31. r Ju. 10.4. (CHAP. 33.) a Ex. 12.37. tº Ex. 13.4. c Ex. 14.8. f Ex. 12.37. g Ex. 13.20. h Ex. 14.2,9. i Ex. 14.22. 15.22.23. # Ex. 15.27. Ex. 16.1. Journeys of the Israelites. 39 And the children of Machir the son of Mamasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. 40 And Moses gave Gilead q unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth- jair.” 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it N obah, after his own lid Iſlē, CHAPTER XXXIII. Two and forty * of the Israel- Ele:S Tºjº are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies, under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys, by the commandment of the LORD : and these are their journeys ac- cording to their goings out. 3 And they departed a from Ra- meses in the first month, on the fifteenth b day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with can high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. 4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which d the LORD had smitten, gmong them; upon their gods e also the LORD executed J º 5 And the children of Israel re- moved from f Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. 6 And g they departed from Suc- coth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 And h they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi—hahiroth which is before Baal-Zephon: an they pitched before Migdol. 8 And they departed from before Pi—hahiroth, and passed i through the midst of the sea into the wilder- ness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. 9 And they removed from Marah, and came k unto Elim : and in . Elim were twelve fountains of wa- ter, and threescore and ten palm- trees; and they pitched there. 10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. 11, And l they removed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and en- camped in Dophkah. 174 Two and forty journeys 13 And they departed from Doph- kah, and encamped in Alush. 14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped m at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. 15 And they departed from Rephi- dim, and pitched in the wilderness n of Sinai. 13 And they removed from the de- sert of Sinai, and pitched at 1 Ki- broth-hattaavah.o 17 And they departed from Ki- broth-hattaavah, and p encamped at Hazeroth. 18 And they departed from Haze- roth, and pitched in Rithmah.g 19. And they departed from Rith- mah, and pitched at Rimmon-pa- I'ê2. 20 And they departed from Rim- mon-parez and pitched in Libnah. 21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. 22 And they journeyed from Ris- sah, and pitched in Kehelathah. 23. And they went from Kehela- thah, and pitched in mount Sha- pher. 24 And they removed from mount iºpher, and encamped in Hara- titlil. 25 And they removed from Hara- dah, and pitched in Makhelotli. 26 And they removed from Mak- heloth, and encamped at Tahath. nd they departed from Ta- hath, and pitched at Tarah. 28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. 29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah. 30 And they departed from Hash- monah, and encamped at Mose- roth.” 31 And they departed from Mose- roth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan. 32 And they removed from Bene- jaakan, s , and encamped at Hor- hagidgad.t 33 And they went from Hor- hagidgad, and pitched in Jotba- thah.” 34, And they removed from Jotba- thah, and encamped at Ebronah. 35 And they departed from Ebro- nah, and v encamped at Ezion- gaber. 36 And they removed from Ezion- gaber, and pitched in the wilder- ness w of Zin, which is Kadesh. 37 And a they removed from Kadesh and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. 38 And y Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor, at the command- ment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out || NUMBERS, XXXIII. B. C. 1452. --—sº- m Ex. 17. 1. 19.2. * Ex. 16.1. 19. 1,2. 1 that is, the y Deut. 10.6, Mosera. s 1Chr. 1.42. t Deut. 10.7, Gudgodah. w Deut. 10.7, Jotbath. 19 Deut.2.8. 1Ki.9.26, Ezion- geber. 1Ki.22.48. ºw ch. 20. 1. 27, 14. acch. 20.22, 9 ch.20.25– 28. Deut. 10.6. 32.50. z ch.21. I,&c. a ch.21.4. b ch.21. 10. Eze.6.14. f Deut.32.49. g ch.22.1. 3 or, the plaims of Shittim. h ch.25.l. Jös.2.1. * Deut.8.l. Jos. 3. F7. # Ex.23.24, 33 34.13. Deut. 7.2,5. 12.3 Jos. 11.11. Ju.2.2. 1 ch.26,53-55. 4 multiply his inherit- gº?! Cé, 5 diminish his inherit- gº?? Cè, m Ex. 23.33. Jos.23. 12, 13. Ju. 1.21-36. Ps. 106.34– Eze. 28.24. of the lsraelites. of the land of º, in the first day of the fifth month. 39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 40 And king Arad z the Canaamite, which dwelt in the south, in the land of Canaan, heard of the com- ing of the children of Israel. 41 And they departed from mount Hor, a and pitched in Zalmonah. 42 And they departed from Zal- monah, and pitched in Punon. 43 And they departed from Pumon, and pitched in Oboth.b 44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in 2 Ije-abarim, c in the border of Moab. 45. And, they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.d 46 And they removad from Dibon- gad, and encamped in Almondibla- thaim.c 47 And they removed from Almon. diblathaim, and f pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. 48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, g and pitched in the plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho. . 49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto tº shium in h the plaims of Ofli). 50 " And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plaims of Moab by Jor- dan near Jericho, saying, 51 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, and say unto them, When i ye are passed over Jordan, into the land of Canaan; 52 Then k ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: And ye shall dispossess the in- habitants of the land, and dwell therein : for I have given you the land to possess it. 54 And l ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families; and to the more ye shall 4 give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give 6 the less inheritance : every man's in- heritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth ; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. 55 But m if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from be- fore you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let re- main of them shall be pricks in your † and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 175 Borders of the land. 56 Moreover, it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I though to do unto them. ###R XXXIV. The borders of the land. 16. The names of the men which shall divide the land. Aº. the LoBD spake unto Moses, Sayı 318, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Ca- Inaan, with the coasts thereof:) 3 Then a your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the out- most coast of the salt sea b east- Ward : 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrab- bim, and pass on to Zin : and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to c IQadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon. 5 And the border shall fetch a compass from , Azmon unto the river of Egypt, d and the going out of it shall be at the sea. 6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. 7 And this shall be your morth border: from the great sea yeshall point out for you mount e Hor: . 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; f and the gº; forth of the border shall be to g Zedad : 9'ſ And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan : h this shall be your north border. 10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham : 11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, i on the east side of Ain ; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the 1 side of the sea of Chinnerethk eastward. 12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea; this shall be your land, with the coasts thereof round about. 13 Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, l which the LQRD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: . . - 14 Form the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house B. C. 1452. t -ss- (CHAP. 34.) a Jos. 15.1, &c. Eze.47. 13, &c. b Ge. 14.3. c ch. 13.26. 32.8. d Ge. 15. 18. 1Ki. 8.65, Is.27.12. e ch.33.37. f ch. 13.21. 2Ki. 14.25. Eze. 47.16. g Eze.47. 15. h Eze.47. 17. i 2Ki.23.33. Je.39.5,6. 1 shoulder. # Deut, 3.17. Jos. 11.2. m ch.32.33. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* in Jos. 14.1. 19.51. o ch. 1.4-16. p ver. 18. (CHAP. 35.) a Jos. 14.3,4. 21.2, Eze,45. 1, &c. 48.8,&c. c # *º- NUMBERS, XXXIV, XXXV. Those who shall divide it. of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have re- ceived their inheritance: 15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inherit- ance on this side Jordan near Jeri- cho eastward, toward the sun- rising. 16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you ; n Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one prince o of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. 19 And the names of the men are these : of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. -- 22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. - 24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizapham the son of Pärnach. 26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the Son of Shelomi. 28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 29 These p are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inherit- ance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. CHAPTER XXXV. 1 Eight and forty cities given to the Levites: 6 sia of them to be cities of refuge. 9 The laws concerning murder, A*. D the LORD spake unto Moses A in the plains of Moab, by Jor- dan near Jericho, saying, 2 Command a the children of Is- . rael, that they give unto the Le- vites, of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in ; and ye Shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. 176 The cities of the Levites. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in ; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbsb of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Le- vites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward, a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye shall measure from with- out the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the West side two thousand cubits and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst; this shall be to them the Suburbs of the cities. 6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, there shall be six cities cfor refuge, which ye shall appoint for the man-slayer, that he may flee thither: and 1 to them ye shall add forty and two cities. - 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight d cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. 3 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possessione of the children of Israel : from f them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall #. few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites, according to his inheritance which 2 he inheriteth. 9 * And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, and say unto thena, When g re be come over Jordan into the d of Canaan; - 11. Then h ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person 3 at una- Wares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; ; that the man-slayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment, s 13 And of these cities which ye shall give, six k cities shall ye have ſor refuge. 14 Ye shall give three l cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall he cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a re- fuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, n and for the Sojourner among them; that every one that killeth any person una- wares may flee thither. .16 And n if he smite him with an instrument of irº,” that he die, NUMBERS, XXXV. B. C. 1452. b 20 hr. 11, 14. c ver, 13,14. De. 4.41-43. Jos. 20.2-9. 21.3.13,&c. Ps. 62.7,8. Heb.6.18. 1 above them we shall gºt ve. d Jos. 21.41. e Jos. 21 3. f ch.26.54. 2 they in- herit. g Deut. 19.2. Jos. 20.2. h Ex. 21. 13. 3 by error. i Iyeut. 19.6. Jos. 20.3–6. k ver.6. i Deut. 4.41. Jos. 20.8. m ch. 15. 16. Lev.24.22. m. Ex. 21. 12, Lev.24. T. Deut. 19. 11, 12 *_*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* 4 a stone of the hand. ovel.21.24, pe. 19.6 iz. Jos.20.3,5. p Ge.4.5,8. 2Sam.3.27. 20. 10. IKi.2.31, 32. Pr. 26.24. q Ex. 21.14. De, 19.11. 7" ver. 12. Jos. 20.6 s Ex. 29.7. Lev.21.10. 5 no blood shall be to him, Ex.22.2. t ch.27.11. w Deut. 17.6. 19. 15. Mat. 18.16. 2Cor. 13.1. Heb. 10.28. 177 The laws of murder. he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he smite him with 4 throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a mur- derer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he smite him with an hand-weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19. The o revenger of blood him- self shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. 20 But if he thrust him of hatred p or hurl at him by laying g of wait, that he die; º tº 21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him, 22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, 23 Or with any stone, where with a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm : - - 24. Then the congregation r shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to • these judgments: 25 And the congregation shall de- liver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the con- gregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled ; and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was amointeds with the holy oil. 26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled ; 27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; 6 he shall not be guilty of blood : 28. Because he should have re- mained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest; but after the death, of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. 29 So these things shall be for a statute of t judgment unto you, º your generations, in all your dwellings. 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: u but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause * to die. The inheritance 31 Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a mur- derer, which is 0 guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. º 32 And ye shall take no satisfac- tion for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. So ye shall not #. the land wherein ye are: for blood it v defileth the land : and 7 the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but w by the blood of him that shed it. 34 Defile not a therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell ; for Iy the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. CHAPTER XXXVI. The inconvenience of the inheritance of daughters is remedied. ND the chief fathers of the fa- milies of the children of Gilead, a the son of Machir, the son of Ma- masseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the prin- ces, the chief fathers of the child- ren of Israel : 2 And they said, The LORD b com- manded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and c my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the in- heritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe 1 whereunto they are receiv- ed: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when the jubilee d of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe where- unto they are received : so shall NUMBERS, XXXVI. B. C. 1451. s faulty to die. 7 there can be no eac- piation for the land. vo Ge.9.6. a: Lev. 18.25. Deut.21.23. Ex. 29.45 3/ 46. IKi.6.13. 2Cor. 6. 16. (CHAP. 36.) a ch. 26.29. b ch.26.55. 33.54. Jos. 17.3. c ch.27, 1,7. 1 unto whom they shall be. d Lev.25.10, &c. *******Nº, e ch.27.7, 2 be wives. Ge.g. 3. 200r.6.14. 3 cleatue to: g 1 Ki.21.3. h 1Ch. 23.22. i 20h.30,12. k ch.27.1. 4 to some that were of the 'amilies. l, ch.26.3. 33.50. *ºne-º-me 178 of daughters their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. 5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said e well. 6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, say- ing, Let them 2 marry to whom they think best; only f to the fa- mily of the tribe of their father shall they marry : 7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of 1srael remove from tribe to tribe; for every one of the children of israel shall's keep g himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And h every daughter, that pos- sesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of lisrael may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. 9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe ; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. 10 Even i as the LORD command- ed. Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad : 11 For k Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Micah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's bro- thers' sons. 12 And they were married 4 into the families of the sons of Manas- seh, the son of Joseph ; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. 13 These are the commandments and the judgments which the LORD commanded, by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel, l in the lains of Moab, by Jordan near ericho. The Fifth Book of MOSES, called DEUTERONOMY. Year before the Common Year of Christ, 1451....Julian Period,3263....Creation from Tisri, or September, 2553. CHAPTER I. 1 Moses' speech rehearsing the story of God’s promise. 19 Of sending the spies to search the land. HESE be the words which Mo- ses spake unto all Israel on this a side Jordan, in the wilder- mess, in the plain over against the 1 Red sea, between Paran and To- }: and Laban, and Hazeroth, and izahab. 2 (There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb, by the way of mount Seir, unto Kadesh-barnea.) 3 And it came to pass in the for- tieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in command- ment unto them; 4 After he had slain b Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei : 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, 6The LORD our God spake untous in Horeb, c saying, Ye have dwelt lº; enough in this mount: 7 Turn d you, and take your jour- ney, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto, 2 all the places high thereunto, in the plain, in the ls, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea-side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. 8 Behold, I have 9 set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LoRD sware e unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and acob, to give unto them, and to their seed after them. 9 *| And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am frot able to bear r you myself alone: 10.The Lord your God hath mul- tiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars g of heaven for multitude. B. C. 1451. a Jos.9.1,10. * or, Suph. b Nu.21.24, 35. Jos. 13.12. c Ex.3.1. d Ex. 19. 1. Nu. 10. I 1. 2 all his neighbours. 3 given. e Ge. 12.7. 22.16–18. 26.3,4. 28. 13,14. f Ex. 18. 18. Nu. 11. 14. g ch. 10.22. Ge. 15.5. h 2Sam. 24.3. i IKi.3.7–9. 4 Give. k Ex. 18.25. 5 gave. l ch. 16.18. Jno.7.24. m Lev.24.22. 6 acknow- ledge faces. n Lev. 19. 15. Pr. 24.23. Jam. 2. l. o Jer. 1. 17. p 20hr. 19.6. q Nu. 10.12. s Nu. 13.26. *-* 11 (The LORD h God of your fa- thers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you !) 12 How 7 can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife 2 13 * Take you wise men, and un- derstanding, and known, among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. 14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken ts good for us to do. 15 So I took k the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and 5 made them heads over you, cap- tains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 16 And I charged #. judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge l righteously between every man and his brother, and the strangerm that is with him. 17 Ye shall not 6 respect persons n in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great ; ye shall not be o afraid of the face of man: for the p judgment is God's : an the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. 19'ſ And when we departed from Horeb, we went q through all that great and terrible wilderness r which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us ; and we came s to Kadesh-barnea. 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. 22*. And ye came near unto me 179 A repetition every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way, we must go up, and into what cities we shall come. 23. And the saying pleased me well : and It took twelve men of you, one of a tribe : 24 And they turned, and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. 25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us. 26 Notwithstanding u ye would not go up, but rebelled against the §mandment of the LORD your 27 Andye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated v us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to de- *ś 28Whithershall we go up? ourbre- thren have 7 discouraged our heart saying, The people is greater w and er than we, the cities are great and walled up to heaven: and, moreover, we have seen the Sons of the ºr Anakims there. 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 30 The LoftD your God, which ſº before you, he y shall fight or you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes : § And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare z thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. 33 yet in this thing ye did not a believe the LORD your God, 33 Who went b in the way before you, to search c you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. - 34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and d sware, Saying, 35 Surely ethere shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, 36 Save Caleb the son of Jephun- neh; he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath 8 wholly followed the LORD. 37 Also f the Lord was angry with DEUTERONOMY, iſ. B. C. 1451. “-º-º-º- t Nu. 13,3,8.c. w Nu. 14.1,&c. Ps, *::: tº ch.9.28. * melted Jos.2.11. tw ch.9.1,2. a Nu. 13.28, 33. § Exitº, Ne.4.20. Rom.8.37. z ch.32.11,12. Ex. $9.4. Hos. # 1.3. Acts 13.18. a Ps. 106.24. Heb. 3. 18, Jude 5. b Ex. 13.21, 22. c Nu. 10.33. Eze.20.6. d ch.2.14, 15. e Nu. 14.22, &c. 8 fulfilled to go after. ./N."º"vºº, g Nu. 14.30. 27. 18–23, h ch.31.7,23. i Nu. 14.31. k Rom.9.1 I. I Nu. 14.25. m Nu.14.40, &c. n Jos.7.12,13. s ye were presump- twotts and werut tºp. O Ps. 118. i2. p Nu.14.25. 20. 1,22. Ju.11.17. (CHAP. 2.) a ch. I.40. Nu. 14.25. b ver, 7.14, c Nu.20 14. ** of former things. me for your sakes, saying, Thou also §ań. not go in thit º 38. But Joshuag the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither. Encour h him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 39. Moreover, i your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge k between good and evil, they shall, go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it, 40 But as for you, turm l you, and take your journey into the wilder. ness, by the way of the Red Sea. Ai thenºm ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LQRid, we will go up and fight, . |according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his wea- pons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. 42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among n you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. 43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and 9 went presumptuously up into the hill. - 44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees o do, ... and destroyed you in Seir, €ver, unto Hormah. 45 And ye returned, and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. 46 Sop ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. CHAPTER II. The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites, Moabites, nor Ammonites, etc. Tº we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness, by the way of the Red sea, as a the LORD spake unto me; and we com- passed mount Seir many days. 2 And the LORD spake unto me, Sayıng, 3. Ye have compassed this moun- ºngº enough : turn you north- War 4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye care to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves there- Ore : 5. Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, 180 Israelites forbidden to meddle DEUTERONOMY, II, with the Edomites, Moabites. I no, not so much as a foot breadth, because d I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat ; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works e of thy hand; he knoweth thy walk- ing through this great wilderness : these f forty years the LoRD thy God hath been with thee, thou hast lacked nothing. 8 And g when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, h and from Ezion-gaber, we turned, and passed by the way of the wilder- ness of Moab. 9 And the LORD said unto me, * Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of their land for a possession, because I have given i Ar unto the k children of Lot for a possession. 10 (The Emims 1 dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the m Anakims; ii. Which also were accounted iants, as the Anakims; but the oabites call them Emims. 12 The Horims n also dwelt in Seir before-time ; but the children of Esau 3 succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their 4 stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.) 13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the strojk Zered: o and we went over the brook Zered. 14 And the space in which we came p from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the 5 brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all q the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as r the LORD Sware unto them. 15 For indeed the hands of the LORD was against them, to de- stroy tºthem from among the host, until they were consumed. 16 ‘'ſ So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed, and dead from among the people, 17 That the LORD spake unto me, *ś l ou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: 19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Am- mon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Am- B. C. 1451. *-ºs-----> I even to the treading of the sole of the foot. d Ge.36.8. Jos.24.4. e Ps.90, 17. ch.8.2–4. f 29 Neºgl. Ilu.22.35. g Ju. 11.18. h 1BQi.9.26. 2 or, wise no hostility against Moab. i Nu.21.28. kGe. 19.36,37. l Ge. 14.5. mn ch.9.2. Nu. 13.22,23. n Ge. 14.6. 3 inherited them. 4 or roorn. 5 or, valley. o Nu.21.12. p Nu.}{3.26. q Nu. 14.32, 33. 26.64. r ch. 1.34,35. Nu. 14.35. Ps. 95.11. Eze.20. 15. s Ps. '78.33, t icor. Io.s. w Ge. 19.36– 38 ty Ge. 14.5. Zuzirns. wn ver. I0. 3C Geº C. y Jos. 13.3. z Jer. 25.20. a Ge. 10. 14. Am.9.7. b Nu.21.13, 14. Ju. 11.18,21. S begin, {}&Sesºs & #. 15, 14-16. Jos.2.9,10. d ch.20. 10. eNu.21.21,22. f Nu.20. 18. g Nu.21.23. h Ex. 4.21. 11. 10. Jos. 11.20. Ro.9. 18,22. i Nu.21.23, mon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lotu for a possession. 20 (That also was accounted a land of giants; giants dwelt therein in old time ; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; v 21 A people great, w and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead : 22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the ac Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: 23 And the y Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, z the a Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 24'ſ Rise ye up, take your jour- ney, and pass b over the river Ar- |non; behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: 8 begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. - - 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the c fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear re- port of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 26*. And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth, unto Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, d saying, 27 Lete me pass through thy land, I will go along by the highway; I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; s * 29 (As fthe children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan, into the land which the LORD Our God giveth us. 30 But Sihong king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him : for the LORD thy God hardened h his spirit, and made his heart obsti- nate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. 31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to ossess, that thou mayest inherit island. - º 32 Then i Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 181 Og destroyed. 33 And the Lord our God deliver- ed him before us; and k we smote º and his sons, and all his peo- ble, 34 And we took all his cities at that time and utterly 1 destroyed 4 the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city; we left Ilone m to remain : . 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 5 From n Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strongfor us: the LORD0 our God delivered all unto us: 37 Only unto the land of the child- ren of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, p nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad Q us. . CHAPTER III. 20 Moses’ prayer to enter into the land: 27 he is permitted to see it. WHEN we turned, and went up the way to Basham : and a Og the king ; jºi i. º against us, he and a s people, to battle at Éireiº, 2 And the LORD said unto me, c Fear him not; for I will deliver him, and aii his people, and his iand, into thy hand; and thou shal do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon d king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. . . 3 So the LoRD our God delivered into our hands Qg also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. - 4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them threescore cities, all the region o Argob, e the kingdom of Og in Bashan 5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. And f we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly ; the men, women, and children, of every city. 7 §ut g all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. . 8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; * 9 (Which Hermon h the Sidonians C Sirion; i and the Amorites call it Shenir; k) x- IEUTERONOMY, 10. B. C. 1451. •==º- # ch.29.7. 1 ch.20. 16. 29.7. 7 every city of men, and wo- men, and little ones. m ch. 7.2,26. n ch.3.12. 4.48. Jos. 13.9. o Ps. 44.3. p Ge.32.22. q wer.5.9.19. (CHAP. 3.) a ch.29.7. Nu.21.33– 35. b ch. 1.4. c 20h.20. 17. d Nu.21.24. e IKi.4.13. f ch.2.34. Ps. 135.10- 12. 136. 19–21. g Jos. 11.12– 14. h ch.4.48,49. i Ps.29.6. # 1Ch. 5.23. Eze. 27.5. l Jos, 12.5. 13. II. m Am...2.9. n 2Sa. 12.26. o Jos. 12.2.8-c. 13 .9, &c. p Jos. 13.29. q 1Ch. 2.22. Nu.32.39– 41. r Jos. 13.13. 2Sam.3.3. 10.6. s Jos.12.2,3. t Nu.34.11. 1 or, under the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill. u Nu.32.20, &c. a sons of power. tº Jos. 22.4. w Nu.27.22, 23. *º----- Pistribution of lands 10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah l and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 11 For only Og king of Bashan re- mained of the remnant of giants; m behold, his bedstead was a bed stead of iron ; is it not im Rabbath ºn of the children of Ammon 7 nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 12 And this land, which we pos- sessed at that time, from Aroer, 9 which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. 13 And p the rest of Gilead and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Óg, gave I unto the half tribe of Manas- seh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. 14 Jair q the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri r and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan—havoth-jair, unto this day. 15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 16 And unto the Reubenites, and unto the Gadites, I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon, half the valley, and the border, even unto the river Jabbok, which is s the border of the children of Ammon : 17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast, thereof, from Chinnereth t even unto the sea of the plain; even the salt sea, 1 under Ashdoth- pisgah eastward. 18 T And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LorºD your God hath given you this land to possess it : ye u shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are 2 meet for the war. 19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you ; 20 Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto i. and until they also possess the and which the LoRD your God hath given them beyond Jordan : and then v shall ye return .# man unto his possession which have given you. - 21 ºf And w I commanded Joshua at that time, †. Thine eyes have seem all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LoRD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. º 182 An exhortation 22, Yê shall not fear r them : for y the LoRD your God he shall fight ryou. 23 And I besought the LoRD at that time, saying, 24 O Lord GoD, thou hast begun to shew, thy servant thy greatness, z º. and thy mighty hand: for what a God is there m heaven or in earth that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might ! 25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good b land that is beyond Jordan, Lebanon. 26 But c the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me : and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. 27 Get thee up into the top of & 8 Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes west- ward, and northward, and south- ward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. But d charge Joshua, and en- courage him, and strengthen him : for he shall go over before this peo- le, and he shall cause them to in-le fetit the land which thou shalt see. 29 So `. º in the valley over inst Beth-peorie agains CHAPTER IV. Moses appointeth the three cities of refuge on this side Jordan. Nº. therefore hearken, O Is- rael, unto the statutes a and unto the judgments, which I teach ou, for to do b them, that ye may ive, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fa- thers giveth you. Yec shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep the commandments! of the Lord your God which I p; command you, 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because d of Baal-peor : for alle the men that foliowed Baal- peor, the LoRD thy God hath de- º them from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave f unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. 5 Behold, I g have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me that ye should do so in the lan whither ye go to possess it. 6 º'eep, therefore, and do them : fº pur wisdom h and your understan in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surelyi this great nation is a wise and understanding lat goodly mountain, and C People. DEUTERONOMY, IV. B. C. 1451. *=s. -- ac Is, 43.1,2. ych. 1.30. 27.13,14. 3 or, the hill. d ch, 1.38. Ps. 119.4. b Eze.20. 11. Rom. 10.5. c ch. 12.32. Rev.22.18, 19. g Pr.22.19.20. }, job?833. Ps. 19.7. ll 1, 10. Pr. I.7. tº Ps. I 19.99. k 2Sam.".23. l Ps. 147,19,20 Tm. Pr.4.23. * Pr. 3, 1. *. 1 heart. 2 save a voice Ki. 19. 12. to Jos. 23.1 !, Ps. 119.9. w Is. 40.18. 27. b ch. 17.3. 2Ki-17.16. 8 or, impart- ed. to obedience. 7 For k what nation is there so great, who hath God so migh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him forf 8 And l what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judg- ments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day ? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and m keep thy soul diligently, lestºn thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teacho them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; 10 Specially the day p that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and iſ wifi make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear q. me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. # 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain ; and the mountain burned with fire unto the 1 midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; 2 only ye a VOICE.7° 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even s ten com- mandments; and he t wrote thern upon two tables of stone. 14 ºf And u the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you sta- tutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. 15 Take vye therefore good heed unto yourselves; º: ye saw no manner of similitude to on the *e that the LORD spake unto you in" Horeb out of the midst of the fire : 16 Lest ye corrupt a yourselves, and make you a graven image, the imilitude of any figure, the like- ss y of male or female, R7 The likeness of any 2 beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the alſ, 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the like- ness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: .. 19 And lest thou lift a up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars,even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worshi them, and serve them, which LoRD thy God hath 3 divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. 183 * An exhortation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY, IV. 20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the c iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inherit- ance, d as ye are this day. Ži Furthermore the LoRD was 8. with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land which the LoRD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance : 22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan : but ye i. go over, and possess that good #Ilú. 23 Take heed f unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LoRD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of anything, which the LoRD thy God hath for- bidden thee. 24 For the Lord thy God, is a con- summg fire, g even a jealous h God. 25 T enthou shalt beget child- ren, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke i him to anger; 26 iſſ call heaven and earth to wit- ness against you this day, that ye shali soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it ; ye shall not prolong your days ºn it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And the LoRD shall i scatter * among the nations, and yeshall e left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. 28 And m there ye shall serve gods the work of men's hands, wo and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor éat, nor smell. 29 But n if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with - thy heart and with all thy soul. " § When thou art in tribula- tion, and all these things 4 are come upon thee, even in the latter p days, * thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto WOleg : - 31 (for the LoRD thy God is a q merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor for- get the covenant of thy fathers, which he sware unto them. 32 For r ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since thé day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other his B, C, 1451. c 1Ei.8.51. Jer, 11.4. d ch.9.29. 32.9. Ep. 1.18. e Nu.20. 12. f ver. 15, 16. g ch.9.3. Heb. 12.29. h Ex. 20.5. a. 1.2. Zep.3.8. i 2Ki.17. 17, C. 1Co. 10.22. k ch.30, 18, 19. Is. 1.2. - Mi.6.2. 1 ch.28,62-64. Lev.26.33. Ne, 1.8,9. m Jer. 16.13. n Lev.26.39, 40. Je.3.12–14. 9 Joel 2 12. * have found thee. p Jer.23.20. q Ps. 116.5. Jon, 4.2. r Job 8.8, s Ex. 19.18, 19. t ch.29.3. w Ex.7.3, ty Ex.13.3. w Ex.6.6. a. ch.34.12. 9 Heb.12.25. z ch. 10, H5. Jer.3 1.3. a Ex. 13.3,9, 14. b ch.7.1. -1,2- c Is. 1.3. Hos. 7.2. d Jos.2.11. iChr.29.11. g Lev.22.31, * Ps. 119.2. h. Ps. 119.5. The cities of refuge. whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard bike it ! 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of #. fire, s as thou hast heard, and We g 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, t by signs, w and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty v hand, and by a stretched-out w arm, and great terrors, as according to a that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes 7 35 Unto thee it was shewed. that thou mightest know that the ions he is God; there is none else beside TH. 36 Out of heaven y he made thee to hear his voice, that he might in- struct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire ; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he z loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his a mighty power out of Egypt : 38 To drive out nations from be- fore thee greater b and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inherit- ance, as it is this day. 39 know therefore this day, and consider c it in thine heart, that d the LORD he is in heaven above, and upon the earth be- neath : there is none else. 40 Thou e shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his command- ments, which I command thee this day, that it may go wellf with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest pro- long thy days upon the earth, which the LoRD thy God giveth thee, for ever. - 41 ºf Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordon toward the sun-rising ; 42. That g the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live : 43 Namely, Bezerh in the wilder- ness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites ; and oth in Gi- lead, of the Gadites; and Golap in Bashan, of the Manassites. - 44 ºff Ānā this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel : . . . . . 45. These are the testimonies, i and the statutes, k and the judg- 184 The covenant in Horeb. ments, l which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, 46. On this side Jordon, in the m valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amo- rites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote n after they were come forth out of Egypt : 47 And they jºi. his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sum-rising; 48. From Aroer, o which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon.p 49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs q of Pisgah. CHAPTER W. 1 The covenant in Horeb. 6 The ten commandments. 22 Moses re- ceiveth ſhe law. ND Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and 1 keep and do them. 2 The LORD Our God made a a covenant with us in Horeb. he LORD made not this cove- nant with our fathers, but with us, b even us, who are all of us here alive this day. 4 The ſord c talked with you face to face in the mount, out of the midst of the fire. 5 (I d stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD : for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) say- ling, 6 ſ I e am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 Thou f shalt have none other gods before me, 8 Thou g shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth be- neath, or that is in the waters be- heath the earth : 9. Thou shalt not bow down thy- Self unto them, nor serve them : for I the Lord thy God am a jea- lous h God, visiting i the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth genera- tion of them that hate me. 10 And shewing mercy unto thou- §ands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. DEUTERONOMY, v. JB. C. 1451. -º- ! Ps. 119.7. m ch.3.29. n ch. 1.4. Nu.21,24, &c. o ch.2.36. p Ps. 133.3. q ch.3.17. (CHAP. 5.) 1 keep to do them. a Ex. 19.5–8. He.8.9. b ch.29.10–15. c Ex. 19.9,18, 19 20.18–22. d Ex. 24.2,3. Ga. 3. 19. e Ex.20.2-17. 2 servants, f Mat, 4.10. g ch.4.15–19. Gj h Ex.34.14. i Ex.34.7. Jer. 32.18. I)an.9.4–9.3 Mat. 23.35, tºº), Ro. 11.28,29 +r **** k Lev. 19.12. Ps, 139.20. Jam.5.12. l Is.58. 13. Eze.20, 12. m Ge.2.2. He.4.4. n Ex.23.12. o ch. 15. 15. 16.12. 24. 18.22. p Lev. 19.3. Mat. 15.4-6. Ep.6.1–3. g ch.4.40. r Mat. 5.21, 22. s Pr.6.32,33. Mat. 5.27, Jam.2.11. t Ronn. 13.9. Ep.4.28. tº Mal.3.5. ty Hab, 2.9. Lu. 12.45. Rom.7.7. Heb. 13.5. w Ex.31. 18. r Ex.20.18, 19. y ch.4.33. Ju. 13.22. The ten commandments. 11 Thquk shalt not take the mame of the LORD thy God in vain, for the LoRD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in WłłII]. 12 Keep l the sabbath day, to sanctify it, as the LoRD thy God hath commanded thee. 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work; 14 But the seventh day is the m sabbath of the LoRD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, northy son, northy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy, maid- servant, northine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: that thy man-servant n and ºthy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. 15 And remember o that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LoRD thy God brought thee out thence, through a mighty hand, and by a stretched- out arm : therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. 16 T Honourp thy father and th mother, as the LoRD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days q may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 17 Thoushalt not r_kill. 18 Neither shalt thou commits adultery. 19 Neither shalt thout steal. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness u against thy neighbour. 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet v thy neighbour's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neigh bour's. 22 *[ These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice : and he added no more ; and he w wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. 23 Anda: it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24 And ye said, Behold, the ſlopp our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we #. heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he y liveth. - 185 Obedience the end of the law. DEUTERONOMY, Vl. 25 Now z therefore why should we die 1 for this great fire will consume us: if we 3 hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. 26 For who is there of all flesh that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived 3 - - - 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say ; and a speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we shall hear it, and O it. 28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake un- to me : and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they b have spoken unto thee; they have well said all that they have Spoken. 29 Oc that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and d keep all my com- Inandments always, that e it might be well with them, and with their children for ever ! 30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. 1 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and If will speak un- to thee aiſ the commandments, and the statutes, and the judg- ments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to pos- SeSS 11. 32 Ye shall observe to do there- fore as the LORD your God hath commanded you : ye shall not turn aside g to the right hand or to the eII. 33 Ye shall walk in all h the ways which the LORD your God liath commanded you, that ye ma live, and that it may §e weſi wit you, and i , that ye may prolong $our days in the land which ye shall possess. CHAPTER WI. 1 The end of the law is obedience. 3 An exhortation thereto. OW these are the command- J.N. ments, the statutes, and the §. which the LORD your od commanded to teach you, that ye might do a them in the land J whither ye 1 go to possess it : 2 That thou mightest fear b the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments which I command thee; thou and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.c 3 * Hear therefore, O Israel, and B. C. 1451. -----sº- z ch. 18, 16. 3 add to hear. a Heb. 12.19. b ch. 18, 17. c ch,32.29. Ps,81. 13. Is.48, 18. Eze.83.3), 32. Mat. 23.37. Lu. 9.42. d ch. 11.1. e ch.4.40. f Gal.3.19. g ch. 17.20. 28; 4. Jos. 1.7. Pr.4.27. h Ps:1.19.6. Luke 1.6: i Jer.7.23. (CHAP. 6.) a Eze. 37.24. 1 pass over. b Ec. 12, 13; c Pr.3.1,2. d Ec.S. 12. Is.3.10. e Ge.22. Hº. f Mar. 12.29– 32. Jno. 17.3." 1Cor.8.4,6. g 2Ki.19.15. h 2Ki.23.25. i Pr.2.10, 11. 3,3,5. 2 whet, or, sharpen. k ch. 11. 19. Ps. 78.4–6. Ep.6.4. ! Pr.6.21. 7.3, ma. Hab.2.2. m Jos. 24. 13. Ps. 105.44. 3 bondmen, or, servants. o ch, 10. 12,20. p Is,65. 16. Jer.5.2. tº Mat, 4.7. v Ex. 17.2,7. I Cor. 10.9. vºy Ps. 119.4. acch. 12.28. Ex. 15.26. Exhortation to obedience. observe to do it; that it may be well d with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the e LoRD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 4 Hear, f O Israel: The LORD our God is one g LORD : 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with h all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with aſ thy might. 6 And these words, which I com- mand, thee this day, shall be in thine heart: i. 7 And thou shalt 2 teach them .# unto thy children, k and shaft talk of them, when thou sit- test in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind l them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt m write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to lsaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thoun buildedst not. 11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst mot, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of 3 bondage. 13 Thou o shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt SWear p by his name. 14 Ye q shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; 15. (For the LORD thy God we a r jealous God among you; s) lest the tanger of the foºd thy God be kindled against thee, and de- stroy thee from off the face of the earth. 16 ºf Ye u shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.v 17 Ye shall diligently w keep the commandments of the LoRD your God, and his testimonies, and his Statutes, which he hath command- €6. 18 Anda thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD; that it may be well 186 All communion with the with thee, and that thou º go in and possess the good ſand which the LORD sware unto thy fathers; 19 To y cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken. 20 And when thy son asketh thee 4 in time to come, saying, What z mean the testimonies, and'the sta. tutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath command- ed you ? 21. Then thou shalt say unto thy son. We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty 1811C1 . 22 And the IORD shewed signs a and wonders, great and 5 sore, up- on Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes : And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware Unto our fathers. 24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear b the LoRD our God, for c our good always, that, he might, preserve d us alive, as it is at this day. 25 And it shall be our righteous- ness, e if we observe to do all these commandments before the 1.ORD our God, as he hath com- manded us. CHAPTER VII. All communion with the nations is forbidden. HEN the LoRD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out a many nations before thee, the b Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, Seven nations greater and mightier than thou; - 2 And when the LoRD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and ut- terly c destroy them, thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them : 3 Neithershalt thou make d mar- riages , with them ; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son, 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that the Jnay serve other gods: so will the anger of the LoRD be kindled ilgainst you, and destroy thee sud- denly. 5 But thus shall ye deal with them : ye shall destroy, their al- tars, and break down their lim- DEUTERONOMY, VII. B. C. 1451. ty Nº. 4 to ºnorrow. z Ex. 13.14. a Ex.VII- XH. Ps. 135.9. 5 evil. b ver.2. c ch. 10. 13. Job 35.7,8. Jer. 32.39. d Ps.41.2. Pr.22.4. e ch.24.13. Ro. 10.3,5. (CHAP. 7.) a Ps:44.2,3. b Ge. 15. 19- 21. c Nu.33.52. d Ezra 9.1,2. 1 statives, or pillars. ~~~~~~~~~ e ch. 14.2. Ex. 19.6. f 1 Pet.2.9. g ch. 10.22. h Ge.22:16,17 Luke 1.72, 73. i Ex. 12.41,42 k Ex. 13.3, 14. 26.3. ! Is.49.7. 1Cor. 10. 13. 2.Th.3.3. 1Jno. 1.9. m Ne. 1.5. Dam.9.4. n ch.32.35. 2 because. o ch.28.1,&c. Le.26.3,&c. p Ex. 23.26, &c. g Ex.9.14. r ch. 13.8. 19. 13,21. a ch. 12.30. Ex.23.33. Ju.8.27. Ps. 106.36. fiations is forbidden. ages, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 6 For thou art an holye people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a specialf people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people ; for ye were the fewest g of all people ; ut because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the h oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought t you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house k of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of § 9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithfull God, m which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations; 10 And n repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the ſº which I com- mand thee this day, to do them. 12 T. Wherefore it shall come to ass, 2 if ye hearken o to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers : 13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the in- crease of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he Sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all º: : there p shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15 And the LORD will take awa from thee all sickness, and wi #. none of the evil diseases q of 'gypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. 16 And thou shalt consume all the ;" which the LoRD, thy God shall deliver thee; thine r eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snares unto thee. 17 If thou shalt say in thine heart 187 An exhortation These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? 18 Thou t shalt not be afraid of them; but shalt well remember u what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; . . . 19 The great temptations v which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched-out arm, where- by the LORD thy God brought thee Qut: so w shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. 20. Moreover, the Lord thy God will send the hornet a among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. 21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them : for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty y God and terrible. 22 And the Lord thy God will 9 ut out those nations before thee y 2 little and little : thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the * of the field increase upon ee. 23. But the LoBr, thy God shall deliver them 4 unto thee, and shall destroy them, with a mighty de- struction, until they be destroyed. 24 And he shall deliver their a kings into thine hand, and thou shaft destroy their name from b under heaven: there shall c no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. he, graven images of their gods shall ye burn d with fire : thou shalt mot desire e the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou bef snared therein : for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God. 26 Neither g shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it : but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed h § CHAPTER VIII. An exhortation to obedience in regard of God's dealing with them. LL a the commandments which I command thee this day shall bye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LoRD thy God led thee these forty c years in the wilderness, d to humble thee, e and to prove f thee, to know g what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, ºr ºD. 3 ºd he humbled thee, and suf- DEUTERONOMY, VIII. B. C. 1451. t ch.3.1.6. tº Ps. 105.5. v ch. 4.34. tº Jos. 3.10. ac Ex. 23.28. y ch.10.17. 3 pluck off. z Ex.23.29,30 4 before thy jace. a Jos. 10.24,42 12.1. b ch.25. 19. c ch. 11.25. Is.54. 17. d Ex.32.20, 1Ch. 14.12. e Jos.7.1.21. j Ju.8.27. g Eze. 14.7. h Jos.6.17, 18. (CHAP. 8.) a Ps. 119.6. b ch.5.32,33. c ch, 2.7. 29.5. Am...2.10. d Ps. 136. 16. e Job 33.17. ..f Ex. 16.4. g 2Ch. 32.31. *~~~~~~~~~ h Ex. 16.15. i Mat.4.4. k Ps. 104.27- 29 1 Ne.9.21. 7m Pr.3.12. He, 12.5,6, Re.8. 19. 7, 18a, 12.24. * of olive tree of oil. o ch.33.25. 7, 1Gor. 10.31. q Ch.29.14. Ps. 103.2. Pr. 3.9. to Nu.20. 11. Ps.78.15, 16. 4.8 1Cor. 10.4. to wer.3. a ver 2, La. 3.26–33. He, 12.10, 11 z ch.9.4. 1Cor.4.7. * *-*. to obedience. fered thee to hunger, and fed thee with h manna, which thou knew- est not, neither did thy fathers know ; that he might make thee know that i man doth not live by bread only, but by every word k that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. 4 Thy l raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. 5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as m a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. 6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear n him. 7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegra- nates; a land 1 of oil-olive, and honey; 9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack and thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, o and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. 10 When thou hast eaten p and art full, then thou shalt bless q the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 11 Beware that thou forget not the LoRD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judg: ments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day : 12 Lest r when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein ; 13, And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; .. 14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forgets the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the iama of Egypt, from the house of bondage ; 15 Who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, t and Scorpions, and u drought; where there was no water: who brought thee forth water v out of the rock of flint ; - 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, w which thy fathers knew not, that a he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to y do thee good at thy latter end: 17 And thou say in thing heart, 2 My power, and the might of mine hand, hath gotten me this wealth. .188 Moses rehearses the 18 But thou shalt remember the LoRD thy God: for it is he a that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, Ib testify against you his day that ye shall surely €riSil. P. As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so c shall ye ; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD wour God. R IX. Moses dissuadeth them from the opt- nion of their own righteousness. AR, O Israel: Thou art to pass a over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater b and mightier than thyself, cities great, and fenced up to heaven, 2. A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand be- fore the children of Anak 7 3 Understand therefore this day, that the LoRD thy God is he which goeth over before c thee; as a con- Suming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down be— fore thy face : so d shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quick- # as the LORD hath said e unto €e 4 Speak f not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, say- ing, For my righteousness the ioid hath brought me in to possess this land; but for the wickedness g of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. 5 Not h for thy righteousness or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these na- tions the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LoRD sware unto thy fa- thers, Abraham, i Isaac, k and Jacob.l. 6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiff- necked m people. 7 *ſ Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LöRD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from n the day that thou didst de- part out of the land of Egypt, until We came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord. B. C. 1451. a Pr, 10.22. 08-2.85. b ch.4.26. 30.18. c 20th.36.16, I7 Da.9.11.13. (CHAP. 9.) a Jos.4.19. b Nu. 13.28– 33. c ch.31.3–6. Jos.3.11. d ch. 7.24. e Ex. 23.31. ch.8, 17. Ro. 11.6,20. 1Cor. 4.7. g ch. 18.12. Gen. 15. 16. Lev. 18.24, h Tit. 3.5. t Ge. 12.7. 17.8. # Ge.26.4. l Ge.28, 13, m Ex.32.9. 33.3. 2Ch. 30.8. n Ex. 14, 11. 16 2. 17.2. Nu. I 1.4. 20.2. 25.2. o Ex:32.1–6. p Ex.34.28. q Ex.31.18. r Ex.19.18, 19. s Heb. 8.6-10. t Ju.2, 17. Psi'ſ 8.57. Hos. 6.4. tº Ex.32.9. v wer.6. Acts 7.51. tº ch.29.20. QC Nu, 14.12. */ Ex32.15, &c., z ch.4.11. 5.23 Exig.18. a. Ex.32. º: b Lu, 12.4,5. c Ex.33,17. Ps. 106,23. DEUTERONOMY, IX. Israelites' several rebellions. 8 Also o in Horeb ye provoked the |LoRD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you, to have de- stroyed you. 9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the cove- nant which the LORD made with you, then I p abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I nei- ther did eat breadnor drinkwater. 10 And the q Lonp delivered unto me two tables of stone, Written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words which the LORD spake with you in the r mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. * 11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tabless of stone, even the tables of the COVenant.s 12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence ; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly tº turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten 1mage. 13 Furthermore,the LORD spake u unto me, saying, I have seen this ; and, behold, it is a stiff- IlêC. ed v people : 14 Let me alone, that I may de- stroy them, and blot w out their name from under heaven: and a 1 will make of thee a mation mightier and greater than they. 15 So y I turned, and came down from the mount, and z the mount burned with fire : and the two ta- bles of the covenant were in my two hands. 16. And I looked, and behold, ye had sinned inst the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. 17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. 18 And I a fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 19 (For I was afraid b of the r and hot displeasure wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.) But c the LoRD lººkened unto me at that time 8. 0. 189 Rehearsal offeelions. 20. And the LoRD was very an with Aaron to have destroyed # and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. 21 And d I took your sin, e the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. 22 And at Taberah, f and at 9 Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, hye *. the LORD to wrath. 23 Likewise when i the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, say- § Go up and possess the land WłłłC. h I have given you; then ye & rebelled against the command- ment of the LORD your God, and ki. ye believed him not, nor hearkened sto his voice. 24 Ye have been rebellious l inst the LORD from the day that I knew you. 25 Thus m I fell down before the LoRD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. 26 I prayed n therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GoD, de- stroy not thy people, and o thine inheritance, which thou hast re. deemed through thy greatmess, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember thy servants, Abra- ham, Isaac, and Jacob ; look not unto the stubbornnessp of this people, nor to their wickedness, q nor to their sin : r 28 Lest the lands whence thou lº us out say, Because t the foºp was not abie to bring them into the land which he pro- mised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. Yet u they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power, and by thy stretched-out CHAPTER X. God's mercy in restoring the two ables. T that time the LORD said un- to me, Hew a thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark b of wood. 2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakedst, and thou shalt put them in the ark. 3 And I made anark of c shittim- wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went DEUTERONOMY, X. B, C, 1451. **º- d Ex.32.20. e Is.31.7. f Nu.11.1-4. g Ex. 17.7. h Nu. 11.34. i Nu. XI H. XIV. k Ps, 78.22. 106.24,25 ! ch.31.27. 'm ver.18. m Ex.32.11, &c. O 1 Ki.8.51. p Ps. YS.8. q Pr.21.12. r Mi.7.18. Ne. 1.10. Ps,100.3. (CHAP. 10) a Ex.34.1,&c. b Ex. 25.10. Heb. 9.4. c Ex.37.1. ********.*.* d Ex.34.28. 1 words. e Ex.20.1–17. 1Ki.8.9. g Nu.33.31- 38 h Nu.3.6–9. t Nu.4. 15. # Ps. 135.2. ! ch. 18.5. 2Chr.29.11. Rom. 12.7. m ch.21.5. Nu.6.23. n Nu. TS.20, 24. Eze,44.28. 2 or, former days. 9 Ex.32.14. a go in, f Pachortation to obedience. up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. 4 And he wrote d on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten 1 commandments, which e the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly: and the LoRD gave them unto me. 5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made ; and f there they be, as the LORD commanded me. 6 *| And g the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead. 7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgo- dah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of WaterS. 8 *|| At that time h the LORD se- parated the tribe of Levi, to bear i the ark of the covenant of the LoRD, to stand k before the LORD to minister l unto him, and to bless m in his name, unto this day. 9 Wherefore n Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, ac- cording as the LORD thy God pro- mised him. 10 And I stayed in the mount, ac- cording to the 2 first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened o unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. 11 And the LoRD said unto me, Arise, 3 take thy, journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. I2 iſ And now, Israel, what p doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear q the LORD thy God, tor walk in all his ways, and to love s him, and to t serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day, foru thy good 3 14 Behold, the v heaven and the heaven of to heavens is the LoRD's thy God, the eartha also, with all that therein is. 15 Only the Loſt D had a delight of thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this aly. # Circumcise therefore the fore- Eachortation to obedience. skin of your heart, y and be no more stiff-necked. 17 For the LoRD your God is 2 God of gods, and Lord a of lords, a great God, a mighty, b and a terri- ble, which c regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward : 18 He d doth execute the judg- ment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. 19 Love e ye therefore the stran- er: for ye were strangers in the and of Egypt. 20 Thou shalt fear the LoRD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt, thou cleave, f and swear g by his name. - 21 He is thy praise, h and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. 22 Thy fathers went down into i Egypt with , threescore and ten persons ; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. CHAPTER XI. I An eahortation to obedience. 26 A blessing and a curse is set before them. HEREFORE thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his command- ments, always. 2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement a of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched- out arm, * - 3 And his miracles and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and unto all his land ; 4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the waterb of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you and how the LORD hath destroye them unto this day; 5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place; 6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the Son of Reuben : how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the 1 substance that *was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did. 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the Commandments which I command DEUTERONOMY, XI. B. C. 1451. *-*---- * Jer.4.4. Ro.2.28,29. z Jos. 22.22. Dau.2.47. a Rev. 17. 14. 19. 16. b Ne.9.32. c 20 hr. 19.7. Job 34.19. IEp.6.9. d Ps. 68.5. e Lev. 19.33. f Acts 11.23. g Is.45.23. h Jer. 17.14. i Ge,46.27. (CHAP, 11.) a ch.8.5. b Ex. 14.23– 31. 1 or, living substance which fol- lowed them. 2 was at their feet. *…*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* c Zec. 14.18. 3 seeketh. d 1Ki.9.3. ever.22. ch.6.17. f ch. 10.12. g Lev.26.4. h Joel 2.23. Jam.5.7. i Ps. 104.14. Hos.2.21,22. 4 give. k Joel 2.19. ! Jos.23.11–16 rn ch.29. 18. Jer, 4.18. n ch.6.15. o Ki. 8.35. 2Chr,7.13. p ch.6.6-9. Pr.3.1. q Pr.3.3. r ch.4.9,10. & Pr, 4.10, t P8.89,29. *º-seams Promised rewartis. you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it : 9 And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LoRD Sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 10 *|| For the land whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where c thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : . 11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: 12. A land which the Lord thy God 3 careth for : the eyes d of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. 13 ſ And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligentiye unto my commandments which I com- mand you this day, to f love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 That g I will give you the rain of yourland in his due season, the h first rain and the latter rain," that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 15 And i I will 4 Send in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat k and be full. 16, Take heed l to yourselves, that your heart m be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; 17 And then the LoRD's wrathn be kindled against you and he shut 0 up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly, from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. 18 * Therefore shall ye lay upp these my words in your heart and in your soul, and q bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 And r ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thiné house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: Ži iſhat. your days may be mul- tiplied, and the days of your chil- dren, in the land which the Lorp sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days t of heaven upon the earth. 19| Blessing and curse proposed. DEUTERONOMY, XII. B. C. 1451. 22 *|| For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to in all his ways, and to cleave u unto him ; Them will the LORD drive v out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than your- SëlyèS. 24 Every place whereon w the soles of your feet shall tread shall be your's : from the ac wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea, shall your coast be. 25 There y shall nd man be able to stand before you : for the LORD your God shall lay the fear 2 of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said a unto you. 26 ºf Behold, Ib set before you this Fº a blessing and a curse : 27 A blessing, c if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this y; 28 And a curse, d if ye will not obey the commandments of the Loßd your Gód, but turn aside e out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put f the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. 30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun oeth down, in the land of the . which : º º Champaign over against Gilga beside the plains ofº t gill, 31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD Yº. God giveth you and ye shall possess it, and dwe therein. 32 And ye shall observe # to do all the statutes and ju ments which I set before you this day. SHAPTER XII. 2 Monuments of idolatry are to be de- gººd. 16, 23 Blood is forbid- HESE a are the statutes, and judgments which-ye shall ob- serve to do in the land which the LORD, God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all b the days º live upon the earth. | 2 Ye, shall utterly destroyc all the places wherein the nations which ye shall i possess served tº ch. 10.20. 30.20. ty ch.9.5. Ps. 78.55. w Jos. 1.3. a Ge. 15.18. Nu.34.3. y ch.7.24. z Jos.2.9,24. a Ex.23.27. b ch.30.1. 15, 19. c ch.28.2-13. d ch.28, 15– e Sa. 12.21. f ch.27.12, 13. Jos.S.33. g ch. 12.32. (CHAP. 12.) a ch:6. I. b ch.4.10. c Ex.34.13. 1 or, inherit. d 2Kil 17.10, 11 Jer.3.6." 2 break down £ Nº. Ju.2.2. 2Chr. 31.1. f 1Ki. 15.13. g ver.31. h wer. 11. 2Chr, 7.12. Ps, 78.68. i Lev. 17.3,4. k ch. 14.22-26, l wer. 12, 18. ch. 16.11-15. ..! 1. Lev.23.40. m Ju. 17.6. 21.25; n Heb.4.9. o Jos.3.17. p Joss 18.1. iki.8.29. 3 the choice of your 1907/58, q wer.7. r ch. 14.29. * Lev. 17.2–5. t ver. 11. *…* Idols must be destroyed. their º: upon the high moun tains, and upon the hills, and un der every green tree: 3 And ye shall 2 overthrowe their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves f with fire ; and e shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. 4 Yeg shall not do so untb the LORD your God. 5 But unto the place h which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye Seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 And thither i ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, k and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill of ferings, and the firstlings of your herds, and of your flocks : 7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in l all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your house- holds, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every m man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 9 For ye are not n as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you..., - 10 But when ye go over Jordan, o and dwell in the land which the LoRD your God giveth you to in- erit, and when he giveth you rest rom all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety: 11. Then there shall be a place p which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you ; your burnt offerings, and your sacri- fices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all 8 your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD : 12 And ye shall rejoice q before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-serv- ants, and the Levite that is within your gates: forasmuch as he hath no r part nor inheritance with you. 13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in everys place that thou seest: 14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there t thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou Blood is forbidden. shalt do all that I command thee. 15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy w soul lusteth af- ter, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee : the v unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. 16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; w ye shall pour it upon the earth aS Water. 17 ºff Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill of ferings, or heave offering of thine € hand: 18 But a thou must cat them he- fore the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all y that thou puttest thine ! hands unto. 19 Take z heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite 5 as long as thou livest upon the earth. 20 "I When the Lord thy God shall enlarge a thy horder, as he hath b promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, (because thy soul longeth to eat flesh,) thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee then thou shalt kill of thy herd an of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have Commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 22 Even c as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them : the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. 23 Only be 5 sure that thou eat not the blood: for d the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. 24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as Water. 25 Thou shalt not eat it; that e it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when f thou Shalt do that which is right in the Sight of the Lord. - 26 Only thy holy g things which hou hast, and thy vows, h thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LoRD shall choose: 27 And thou ºt offer thy burnt DEUTERONOMY, XIII. B. C. 1451. -º- tº ch. 14.26. v wer. 22. ch. 15 22. w Ge.9.4. Lev.7 26. ac ver. l I, 12. ch. 14.23. 9 ICor. 10.31. z ch. 14.27. 4 all thy daws. & #4.10. b Ge.28, 14. Ex.34.24. c ver. 15, 16. 5 strong. d Lev. 17.11, - 14. f Ex. 15.26. 1 Ki. I 1.3S. Ec.2.26. g Nu.5.9,10. h Lev.22, 18, &c. 1Sa. 1.21,24 .*~f~, fº.º.º.º.º.º. i Le. 1.5,9,13. 17. 11. k Ex.34. I 1. 2Chr. 7. 17. Eze. 37.24. Jno. 15.10, 14 i ch. 19.1. Ex. 23.23 Jos. 23.4. 6 inheritest, T after them. 17, 2Ki. 17. 15. Ps. 106.34- n Ex.23.3." Of. o Lev. 18.21. Jer. 32.35. Eze.20.31. 23.37. Mi.6.7. p Jos. 1.7. q Rev.22.18. (CHAP. 12.) a Zec. 10.2. b Mat. 24.24. 2.Th.2.9. Rev. 13, 14. d 10 or. 11. 19. e 2Ch. 34.31. f Jer, 7.23. g ch. 10.20. h Zec. 13.3. 1 revolt against the ALORD. *ºmºsºme 193 Of idolatry. offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar i of the LoBD thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. 28 Observe k and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever when thou doest that which is good and º in the sight of the LORD y Gou. 29 || When the Lord thy God shall cut offl the nations from be- fore thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou 6 succeed- est them, and dwellest in their th dreamer of dreams, shall land; 30 Take heed to thyself, that thou be not snared 7 by , following m them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, say- ing, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do like- WHSe. 31 Thou n shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomina- tion 8 to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for o, even their sons and their daughters, they have burnt in the fire to their gods. 32 What p thing soever I comi- mand you, observe to do it: thoug shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. CHAPTER XIII, 1 Enticers to idolatry, 6 how near soever, 10 are to be stoned to death, etc. I there arise among you a pro- ſº or a dreamera of dreams, giveth thee a sign b or a won- der, **º- 2 And the sign or the wonder come c töpass, whereof he spake tunto thee, saying, Let us go after Other gods which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth d you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all vour soul. 4 Ye shall walke after the LORD our God, and fear him, and keep is commandments, and obey voice, f and ye shall serve him, and cleave 9 unto 5 And h that prophet, or that be put to death; because he hath spoken to 1 turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, º redeemed you * Enticers to idolatry out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LoRD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt i thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. 6 *ſ. If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daugh- ter, or the wifek of thy bosom, or thy friend, l which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, northy fathers; 7 Namely, of the gods of the peo- ple which are round about you, migh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; 8 Thou shalt not consent m unto him, nor hearken unto him; nei- ther shall thine eye pity him, nei- ther shalt thou spåre, neither shalt thou conceal him; * * * * - - 9. But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand n shall be first upon him to put him to death, and after- wards the hand of all the people. 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee awa. from the LORD thy God, whic brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of 2 bond- ill Ando all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. 12 *ſ. If thou shalt hear p say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwe there, saying, 13. Certain men, 8 the children of . Belial, are gone out from among out and have withdrawn q the in- abitants of .#. ing, Let us go and serve othér goºs, which ye have not *. iſ then shººtou enquire, and make search, and ask *.*. and behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomina- tion is wrought among you ; - 15 Thou shalt surely smite the in- habitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying rit utterly, and all that is therein, and the cat- tle ºreoſ, with the edge of the §WOrū. 16. And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil there- of every, whit, for the LoBD thy : and s it shall be an heap for eyer; it shall not be built again. i; Ánd there shaft cleave nought of the .4 cursed thing t to thine hand: that the LoRD may turnu DEUTERONOMY, XIV. B. C. 1451. # ch. 17.7. !Cor.5.13. # ch.28.54. Mi.7.5. ! ?Sam. 20. I'7. 'm Pr. 1, 10, * ch. 17.7. 2 bondmen. o ch. 19.20. p Jos. 22.11. 3 or, naugh- q Jude 19. r Ex.22,20. Jos.6.17-24. & Jos. 8.2S. Jer. 49.2. 4 or, devoted. £ ch.”.26. Jos.6.18. 7.I. * Jos. 7.26. Ps. 78.38. *~~~~~~~~~~ v Ex. 20.6. w Lam.3.32. ac Eze. 37.26. Aſ Ge.22. 17. z Ps. 119.6. (CPIAP. 14.) a Jer.3.19. Rom.8. 16. b Lev. 19.28. Jer. 16.6. c Lev.20.26. d 1 Pet.2.9. e Eze. 4.14. Acts 10.12, 14. 1Cur. 10.28. 1 dishon, or, bison. f Lev. 11.3,4. º § Leºn; º h Lev. 11.9. i Lev. 11.13. are to be stoned. from the fierceness of his anger, and shew v thee mercy, and have compassion w upon thee, and mul- tiply a thee, as he hath sworn y unto thy fathers; 18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keepz all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God. CHAPTER XIV. 1 God’s children are noż to disfigure themselves in mourning. 3 What nay be eaten. E are the children a of the LORD your God : ye shall not cut b yourselves, nor make any ºnes between your eyes for the éâû : 2 For thou art an holy c people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a pe- culiard people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. 3 "Iſ Thou shalt not eat e any abominable thing. 4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat : the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow-deer, and the wild goat, and the 1 pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois, 6 And every beast that parteth f the loof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the Cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of thern that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the goney : for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. - 8, And the swine, because it di- Videth the hoof, yet cheweth not the ºud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch g flieir dead carcase. ese h ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat : 10 And whatsoever hath mot fins d and Scales ye may not eat : it is unclean unto you. # *|| Of all clean birds ye shall ©a. 12. But these i are they of which ye shall not eat : the eagle, and the OSSifrage, and the ospray, 13, And the glede, and the kite, and the vuiture after his kind, 14 And every raven after his kind, 15 And the owl, and the night- *º-, i. hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 194 Of tethes. 16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 17 And the pelican, and the gier- eagle, and the cormorant, 18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you : they shall not be eaten. 20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat. 21 *|| Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth £ of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien : for l thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou m shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 22 Thou shalt truly tithen all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. 23 And o thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlingsp of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always. 24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if q the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: 25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose : 26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, Qr for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul 2 desireth : and thou r shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt º, s thou, and thine house- lold, 27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him : for he t hath no part nor in- heritance with thee. 28 ºf And at 14 the end of three years thou shaft bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same : and shalt lay it up within thy §ates : 29. And the Levite, (because v he hath no part nor inheritance with ſhee,) and the stranger, w and the fathérless, and the widow, which ºre, within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that ther LoRD thy God may bless thee DEUTERONOMY, XV. JB. C. 1451. --ºs--- k Lev. 17.15. Eze. 4. ii. - l ver.2. mn Ex.23.19. 34.26. n ch. 12.6, 17. Lev.27.30. Nu. 18.2}. Ne. 10.37. o ch. 12.5, &c. p ch. 15. 19,20. q ch. 12.21. 2 asketh of thee. rch. 12.7, 18. Ec.9.7. Job 31.16. 22. Lu. 14.12– . 17 Mal.3, 10. (CHAP. 15.) a Ex.23. * Le.25.2–4. 1 ºnaster 0 the lending of his hand b ch.23.20. 2 or, to the end that there be. c ch. 28.1-8, & Cs d ch.28. 12,44. jno.3 iº, f Lev.25.35– - 37. Gal.2.10. 3 word. 4 Religl. g ch.28.54- 56 Pr.23.6. Mat.20. 15. h ch.24, 15. Ex.22.23. i Mat.25.41– 45. k 20 or, 9.5–7. l º % s.41.1.2. Pr. ii.33. 22.9. Heb. 13.16. †rl. Mat. 26.11. -º-º-º: e l Of the year of release. in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. CHAPTER XV. 1 The seventh year a year of release for the poor: 7 it must be no let of lending or giving. A". a the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release : Every 1 creditor that lend- eth aught unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's re- e3Se. 3 Of a foreignerb thou mayest ex- act it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release: 42 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for c, the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LoRD thy God, giveth thee for an inheritance to pos- SeSS it : 5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this º, 6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee : and thou shalt lend d unto many na- tions, but thou shait not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many na- tions, but they shall not reign over €6. 7 'ſ If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD, thy God giveth thee, thoue shalt mot harden thime heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother; 8 But f thou shalt open thine hand wide, unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a 3 thought in thy 4 wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye g be evil against thy poor bro- ther, and thou givest him nought; and he cry h unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin i unto thee. jºhou shaft surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved k when thou givest unto him; be- cause that for this thing the loºp thy God shall bless lithee im, all thy works, and in all that thou gºtº thine hand unto. 11 For the poor m shall never cease out of the land: therefore I com- mand thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine handwide unto thy bro er, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in |thy #." y , - 195 Of a Hebrew servant. 12"| And if n thy brother, an He- brew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years, then in the seventh year thoushalt let him go free from thee. 13 And whem thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: , . 14 Thou shalt furnish him libe- rally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy wine-press: Qf that wherewith o the LORD thy God hath p blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 15 And thou shalt remember q that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day. 16 And it shall be, if r he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, (because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; 17 Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy ser- want for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hards unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six Y. : and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 19 ºf All the firstling t males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy : thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. 20 Thou u shalt eat it before the LoRD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household. 21 And if v there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not jºice it unto the LORD thy 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the w unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roe- buck, and as the hart. 23 Only thoushalt not eat the blood thereof; thoushalt pour it upon the ground as water. CHAPTER XVI. 1 The feast of the passover, 9 of weeks, 13 of tabernacles. O; a the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the f LoRD thy God: for in the month 9 Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.b 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LoRD thy God, of the c flock and the herd, in the DEUTERONOMY. XVI. The feast of the passover, B. C. 1451. placed which the LORD shallchoose to place his name there. 7. Ex. 21.2. 3 Thou e shalt eat no leavened Le 25.39– bread with it: seven days shalt 41. thou eat unleavened bread there- Jer,34.14. with, even the bread of affliction; o Ps. 63.10. (for thou, Camest, forth out of the Pr. 10.22 land of Egypt in haste;) that thou p A... .35.] mayest remember the day when ” thou camest forth out of the land g ch.5. º, of Egypt all the days of thy life. Is º .." 4 And there shall be no leavened S. D i = 1 . bread seen with thee in all thy r Ex. 21.5,6. coast seven days; neither f shall s ver. 10. there any thing of the flesh, which t Ex. 13.2 thou sacrificedst the first day at Nº.13. even, remain all night until the 18. 17 morning. - h, 12.5.6 5 Thou mayest not 1 sacrifice the *****, passover, within any of thy gates, to ch. 17.1 e jº the LORD thy God giveth - - - tº - €e . fºº; 6 But at the place which the LORD ...'...” thy God shall choose to place his to ch. 12.5, name in, there thou shalt sacrifice &c. the passoverg at even, at the going (CHAP. 16.) down of the sun, at the season that * thou camest forth out of Egypt. a Ex.34.18. 7 And thou shalt roast h and eat * Ex, 12.31- it in the place i which the LORD 42. thy God shall choose: and thou c Nu.28. 16- shalt turn in the morning, and go 19. unto thy tents. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unlea- ^^^^ vened bread: and on the seventh k a ch. 15.20. day shall be a *Solemn assembly to Ex. 13.6,7 the LORD thy God: thou shalt do *****'. no work therein. f Ex. 12-10. | 9 || Seven l weeks shalt thou num- *** | ber unto thee; begin to number the 1 or, kill. seven weeks from such time as thou g Ex. 12.6–9. ºnes to put the sickle to the ** *** | iſ And thou shalt keep the feast i 2Ki.23.23. of weeks unto the LORD thy God Jno.2. 13,23. with 3 a tribute of a freewill offer- 11:53. ing of thine hand, which thou shalt k Lev.23.8. give unto the jöRij thy God, ac- 2 restraint. i. º,as the LORD thy God hath ev. 23.26. OleśSe €e : ! Ex. 23, 16 11 And n thou shalt rejoice before 34.33. the LORD º God, thou, and thy Lev.23.15. son, and thy daughter, and thy man- Acts 2.1. iº §§ º: and 3 * e Levite that is within t tes º *9: ... the stranger, and the %. "º. 2. less, and the widow, that are among *** | you, in the º which the LoRD n ch. 12.7.3, thy God hath chosen to place his 18. name there. - o ch. 15.15. 12 And othoushaltremember that La-3. 19,20.] thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and p Lev.23.34. thou shalt observe and do these * floor, and Statutes. ... 13 Thou shalt observe the feast : of tabernacles p seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy 4 corn q Ne:8.9-12. and thy wine: - 4 | 14 And thou shalt rejoice q in thy 196 Of judges and justice. feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. 15 Seven r days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the IORD shall choose : because the LORD thy G shall bless thee in all thine in- crease, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. 16 * Three s times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose ; in the feast of unleavened bread. and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of taber. nacles: and they shall not appear before the LoBD empty: t 17 Every man shall give 5 as he is able, u according v to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. 18 "I Judges w and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 Thou a shalt not wrest judg- ment; thou shalt not respect y per- Sons, neither, take a gift: for z a gift ãoth bind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the 6 words of the righteous. - 207 That which is altogether a just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, b and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 21"| Thou shalt not plant thee a grove c of º trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 22 Neither d shalt thou set thee up any 8 image, which the LORD thy God hateth.e CHAPTER XVII. 1 The things sacrificed must be sound. 2 Idolaters must be slain. HOU shalt not sacrifice unto the LoRD thy God any bullock, or 1 sheep, whereina is blemish, or any evil-favouredness : for that is gºomination unto the LORD thy 2'ſ If b there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wicked- ness in the sight of the LORD thy God,inctransgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served other É00s, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; DEUTERONOMY, XVII. |B. C. 1451. *-m-tº----- r Le.23.39, 40. s Ex. 23.14. 34.23. # Ex.23. 15. 5 according to the gift of his hand. w Mar. I2.41– 44. 2Cor. 8.12. ty wer. 10. w ch. 1.15–17. Ex. 18.25, 26, !Chr.23.4. 2Chr. 19.5- | 1. ac Lev. 19. 15. y Pr. 24.23. 2. Pr. 17.23. 6 or, matters. 1 Justice, intstice. & #. Phi.4.8. b Eze. 18.5,9. c 1 Ki. 14. Hj. d Lev.26. 1. 8 statue, or, pillar. e Jer. 44.4. (CHAP. 17.) 13,14. b ch. 13.6,&c. c Jos. 7. 11,15. Ju.2.20. 2Ki. 18.12. Ho.8.1. ********** d Nu.35.30. Jno.8, f". 2Cor. 13. I. 1Ti.5.19. e Ac.7.58,59. f Ex. 21.12, &c. g Ps. 122.4,5. h Jer, 18. 18. Hag.2.11. Mal.2.7. i ch. 19. 17. k Nu. I5.30. Ezra 10.8. Ho.4.4. 2 mot to hearken. l Je. 25.3,&c. m ch. 18.5,7. n Heb. 10.28. o ch. 13.5. p ch. 13.11. q lSam.8.5, 19.20, * 1Sam.9. 15- l 16.iž. ICh. 22. IO. s Jer. 30.21. ! sº-º-º-º-º-º: Idolaters must be slain. 4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired dili- gently, and behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomi- nation is wrought in Israel : 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. 6 At d the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 7 The hands e of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. 8 f there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood f and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and º thee up into the g place which the LORD thy God shall choose ; 9 And thou shalt come unto the h priests the Levites, and unto the judge i that shall be in those days, and enquire ; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment. 10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee : 11. According to the sentence of the law, which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. 12 And k the man that will do resumptuously, 2 and will l not learken unto the priest that stand- eth m to minister there before the LoRD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die : n, and o thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. 13 And p all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presump- º 14*. When thou art come unto the land which the Lok D thy God giv- eth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, Ig will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom r the LORD thy God shall choose: one from s 197 The duty of a king. among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not set a stranger t over thee, which is not thy brother. 16 But he shall not multiply u horses to himself, nor cause the people to v return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye w, shall henceforth return no more that way, 17 Neither shall he multiply wives 3/ to himself, that his heart a turm not away: neither shall he greatly mul- tiply to himself silver and gold. 18 And it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: 19 And y it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn z not aside from the command- ment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may pro- long a his days in his kingdom, he º: his children, in the midst of ra el. CHAPTER XVIII. 1 The Lord is the priests' and Le- vºtes’ inheritance. 3. The priests' due. 15 Christ the prophet is to be heard. . HE priests a the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings b of the LORD made by fire, and his in- heritance. 2 Therefore shall they have no in- heritance among their brethren : the c LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 3"| And this d shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. 4The firstfruite also of thy corn of thy wine, and of thine oil, an the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. 5 For the LoRD thy God hath cho- sen him f out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LoRD, him and his sons for ever. 6 ºf if a Levite come from gates out of all Israel, e sojourned, and come any of th where g with all the h desire of his mind unto the place which the LoRD 1 Cnoose; DEUTERONOMY, B. C. 1451. t Jer, 2.25. tº 1Ei. 10.26– 28 Ps. 20.7. Ho. 14.3. v Is.31. 1. w Ex. 13.17. o. 11.5. a 1Ki. 11.8,4. Jos. 1.8. (CHAP. 18.) a Nu. 18.20. b 1Cor. 9. 13, 14. g Nu 33.23. h Ps.84.5. 2Chr. 31.4. 1 his sales by the fathers. k Lev. 18.21, & C. * Rev.22, 15. 2 or, woright, or, sincere. Ge. 17. 1. Job 1. l. 3 or, inherit. m Geº.6. Ps. 147. 19, 20 Acts 14.16. 71 Jno. 1.45. Ac.3.22,23. o Mat. 17.5. He. 1. 1,2. 2.1–3. 1Jno.3.23. p Ex. 20. 19. Is..9.6. Zec.6.12,13. Mal. 3. 1. r Lu.24. 19. & Nu. 12.6–8. Heb. 3.2–6. t Jno.4.25. 8.28. 12.49,50. 15. 15. tº Mar. 16.16. Ac.3.22,23. He.2.3. 12.25. v ch. 13.1-5. Je. 14. 14, 15. 3: ijno.3.1:3. sy Is.41:22,23. Jer. 28.9. XVIII. Christ the true prophet, 7 Then he shall minister in the | name of the LoRD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD. 8 They shall have like portions i to eat, beside 1 that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. 9 *| When thou art come into the land which the I.ORD thy God giv- eth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There k shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an en- chanter, or a witch. 11 Orsa charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, i. or a necromancer. r 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD : and because of these abominations l the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 13 Thou shalt be 2 perfect with the LORD thy God. 14 For these nations, which thou shalt 3 possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto di- winers: but as for thee, the LORD ººd hath not suffered m thee so {} {}{}. 15 T The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet m from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him o ye shall hearken. 16. According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day p of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear asain the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 18 I g wiłł raise them up a r Pro- phet from among their brethren, like s unto thee, and will put m words in his mouth; and he t shall speak unto them all that I shali command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever u will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. 20 But v the prophet which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not command- ed him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.w 21 And if thou say in thine heart How shall z we know the wor which the LORD hath not .." t 22 When y a prophet speaketh in 198 The cities of refuge. the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LoRD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously : thou shalt not be afraid of him.2 CHAPTER 1 The cities of refuge. 16 The punish- ment of a false witness. - HEN a the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou 1 succeedest them and dweliest in their cities, and in their houses; Thou shalt seperate three b cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LoRD thy God giveth thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy lan which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. 4 *| And this is the case of the slayer which shall flee thither, that he may live : Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not 2 in time past; 5. As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the 3 head slippeth from the 4 helve, and 5 lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of these cities, and live : 6 Lest the avenger of the blood ursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way, is long, and 6 slay him ; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not 7 in time past. 7 Wherefore I command thee, say- ing, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. $ And if the LORD thy God c en- large thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised d to give unto thy fathers; 9 If thou shalt keep all these Commandments to do them, which 1 command thee this day, to love the Lok D thy God, and to walk ever in his ways: then shaft thou add e three cities more for thee, beside these three : 10 'That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inherit- ance, and so blood be upon thee. 11 ºf But f if any man late his neighbour, and lie wait for him, and rise up against him, and Smite him, 8 mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: DEUTERONOMY, XIX, XX. B. C. 1451. -º-º- 2. Pr. 26.2. (CHAP. 19.) a ch. 12.29. 1 inheritest, or, pos- sessest. b ch. 4.41,42. Ex. 21. 13. Nu.35.10, C. Jos. 20.2–7. 2 from yes- terday the third day. 3 iron. 4 wood. 5 findeth. G $nnife him in life. 7 from yes- terday the third day. c Ex.34.24. d Ge. 15. 18, 21. e Jos.20.7,8. Ge.9.6. f Ex. 21. Mº, C. Pr.28. 17. 8 in life. *.*.*. g Ho.5.10. h 2Cor. 13, 1. 9 or, falling away. i Pr. 19.5,9. Dan.6.24. k Lev.24. 19, 20. (CHAP. 20.) at Ps,20.7. 1 be tender. 2 make haste. Is.28. 16. b Is.51.7,8. c ch. 1.30 3.22. Jos. 23.10. 2Ch. 13.12. 32.7,8. *º-º-º-º-º- Of a false witness 12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the ºnger of blood, that he may (#16. 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. 14 ºf Thou shalt not remove th neighbour's landmark, g which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt in- herit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. 15 *|| One h witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth ; at the mouth of two wit- nesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be es- tablished. 16," If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him 9 that which is wrong; 17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LoRD, before the priests and the judges which shall be in those days; 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; - 19 Then i shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall hence- forth commit no more any such evil among you. 21 And thine eye shall not pity; k but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. - CHAPTER XX. The priest's exhortation to encourage he people to battle. W W THEN thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, a and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not ărăid of them for the iono thy God is with thee, which brought thee . out of the land of Egypt. . 2 And it shall be when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach, and speak unto the people, * 3 And shall say unto them, Hear, Olsrael; ye approach this day *: battle against your enemies: ſet not your hearts 1 faint, fear not and do not 2 tremble, neither be yº terrified b because of them ; ;4 For c the LoRD your God is hº that goeth with you, to fight for 199 Who are erempt from war. DEUTERONOMY, XXI. you against your enemies, to save | B. C. 1451. {}\} -º- you. 5 T And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man as there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated d it ! let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and an- other man dedicate it. 6 And what man is he that hath planted a yºyº and hath not get 3 eaten of it? let Himalso go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat Of it, 7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her ? let e him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and f anotherman take her. 8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What g man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted 7 let him go and return unto his house, lest h his brethren's heart 4 faint as well as his heart. 9 And it shall be, when the offi- cers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies 5 to lead the #. 10 "I When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then pro- claim i peace unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they k shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt be- siege it : 13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou ! shalt smite every male there- of with the edge of the sword: 14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, m and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou 6 take unto thy: self; and thou n shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. #6 But of the cities of these peo- ple, which the LQRD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shait, save alive nothing o' that breatheth:. . 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them ; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the d Ne. 12.27. Ps. 30. title. 3 made ºf CQ717???071. Lev. 19.23, 25. e ch. 24.5. feh.28.30. g Ju.7.3. h Nu.32.9. 4 ºn Clt. 5 to be in the head of the people. i 2Sa.20. 19– 22. k Lev.25.44- 46. ! Nu.31.7-9. on Jos.8.2. 6 spoil. m Jos.22,8. o ch.7.1-4. Nu.2.1.2,3, 35. Jos. 11.14. ~~~~~~~~~" p ch. 12.30,31. Ex.23.33. Ps. 106.34– 40. !Co. 15.33. 7 or, for, O man, the tree of the field is to be employed in the stege. 8 to go from before thee. q Jer.6.6. 9 come down. (CHAP. 21.) a 10.h.23. 13. b Nu.6.22-27. 1 mouth. c ch. 17.8–10. d Ps. 26.6. Mat.27.24. e 2Ki.24.4. Jon. i. 14. 2 in the midst. f ch. 19.13. *º- Of uncertain murders. Jebusites, as the . LORD thy God hath commanded thee : 18.That p they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LoRD your God. 19 "I When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them : for thoil mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (7 for the tree of the field is man's life) 8 to employ them in the siege : - Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down ; q and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, uſifit 9 be subdued. CHAPTER XXI. 18 A stubborn son is to be stoned to death. 22 The malefactor must not hang all night on a tree. F one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain lºſſl . 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which arc round about him that is slain : 3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath liut drawn in the yoke ; 4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley; 5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near ; for them a the LORD thy God hath chosen to minis. ter unlo him, and to bless h in the name of the ford ; and by their 1. word shall every c controversy and every stroke he tried ; 6 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall d wash their hands over the lºſer that is belieaded in the val- ey: 7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 8 Be merciful, O LoftD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast re- deemed, and lay uot e innoceut blood 2 unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the §d shall be forgiven them. 9 So shal; thou put away f the 200 A stubborn son to be stoned. DEUTERONOMY, XXII. B. C. 1451. | guilt of innocent blood from amon you, when thou shalt do that ...; is right in the sight of the LoRD. 10 * When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken thern captive, 11 And Seest among the captives a beautiful woman, 9 and hast a de- sire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife ; 12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house ; and she shal shave h her head, and 3 pare her | nails; 13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her i father and her mother a full month : and after that thou shalt go into her, and be her hus- band, and she shall be thy wife. 14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will ; but thou shalt not k sell her at all for money; thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast hum- bled l her. - “. 15 T if a man have two wives, One beloved, m and another hated, n and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated: and if the firstborn son be her’s that was hated: 16. Then, it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not Inake the son of the beloved first- born before o the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn : 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by p. giving him a double portion of all that 4 he hath : for he is the beginning of his strength; the right q_of the firstborn is his, 18 "I If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey r, the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened s him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his b #mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 2) And they shall say unto the t elders of his city, This our son is Stubborn and rebelliopus, he will not obey w our voice ; he is a glut- ton, v and a drunkard. - - 21, And w all the men pf his city Shall stone him with stones, that e die: a so shalt thou put evil *Way from among you; and all Israël shall hear, and fear. 22 'ſ And if a * have commit- --ºn--- g Nu.31. 18. h 1Cor. 11.6. 3 make, or dress, or suffer to grow. * Ps.45. 10. Lu. 14.26. k Ex. 21.8. 1 ch.22.29. Ge. 34.2. m Ge.29.18, 20 n Ge.29.31– 33. o 1Chr. 5.2. 26.10. 2Chr. 11.21, 22 p 10hr.5.1,2. 4 is found with him, Ge.49.3. q:Ge.25,31– 34. r Ex. 20, 12. * & Pr. 13.24. 19. 18. t-ch.25.7. tº Pr.29. 17. v. Pr. 19.26. 23. 19–21. w Pr.29.1. z ch. 13.5,11. 2-º-º-º-º-º-º/*- g ch. 19.6. Ac.25. H., 25. e ch. 18.12. f Lu. 12.6. g Lev.22.28. h ch. 4.40. i. Pr. 22.4. k Is.22.l. 'Jer, 19. 3. Mat. 10,27. 1 Lev. 19.19. 1 fulness. Tº acor.º. 6 ***-* 201 Laws and ordinances. ted a sir, worthy y of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 23 His z body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou 'shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is 5 accursed of God;) that thy land be not a defiled, which the LoRD thy God giveth thee for an inherit- àIl Ce. CHAPTER XXII. 1 Of humanity toward brethren. 5 Divers laws. 20, 22 Of adultery. 25 Of rape. 28 Of fornication. 30 Of incest. HOU a shalt not see thy bro- ther's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide b thyself from them ; thou shaltin any case bring them again unto thy brother. . 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment ; and with all lost thing qf thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise : thou mayest not hide thyself. 4 *|| Thouc shalt not see thy bro- ther's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them : thou shalt surely help him to lift d them up again. 5 *|| Thº woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a wo- ..] man's garment: for all that do so are abominatione unto the LoRD thy God. 6 *|| If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones f or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam g with the young : 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the yourg to thee; that h it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest pro- longi thy days. 8 # When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a bat- tlement for thy roof, k, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. 9 # Thou ! shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds : lest the 1 fruit of thy seed which thout hast sown, and the fruit of thy | vineyard, be defiled. | 10 T Thou shait not plow m Divers laws with an ox and an ass together. J1 *ſ Thoun shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woolien and linen together. 12 ºf Thou shalt make thee fringes o upon the four 2 quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. - *Iſ If any man take a wife, and gop in unto her, and hate her, 14 And give occasions q of speech against her, and bring up ari évil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid. 15. Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the takens of' the dam- sel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate :, . 16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her, - 17 And lo, he hath Fº occa- sions of speech against her, ºf: I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the º . ." * 18 And the elders of that city shall take that man, and chastise m ; 19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and #. them unto the father of the amsel, because he hath brought up an evil name º a virgin of Israel : and she shall be his wife; he r may not put her away all his aVS. } But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: 21. Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die ; because she hath wrought follys in Israel, to t play the whore in her father's house : so u shalt thou put evil away from all 10 #.” e 22 º v a man be found lying with a woman married to an hus- band, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so shalt thou#" away evil from israel. 23 ºf If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed w unto an husband ind a man find her in the city, and lie with her; e shall bring them both e gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, be- cause she cried not, being in the DEUTERONOMY, XXIII. B. C. 1451. -*º- ºn Lev. 19. 19. o Nu. 15.38. Mat. 23.5. 2 wings. p Ge.29.21. q 1Ti.5.14. r Mat. 19.8,9. & Ge. 34.7. Ju.20.6,10. 2Sa. 13. 12, 13. t ièv.21.9. w ch. 13.5. v Lev.20. 10. Nu.5.22-27. Eze.23.45 –48 Jno.8.5." Heb. 13.4. w Mat.1.18, 19; acch.21. 14. 9 ver.21.22. 1Co.5.2, 13. 3 or, take strong hold of her. 2 Sa. 13.14. z Ex.22.16, 17. a ch. 27.20. Erew. 18.8. 20, 1}; 1Co.5.1,13. b Ru.3.9. Eze. 16.8. (CHAP. 23.) & Lev; 21. 17- l, 22.22–24. b Zec.9.6. c Ne. 13.1,2. Is. 56.3. Lam. 1.10. d Ru.4.10,&c. e ch. 2.29. f Nu.22.5,&c. g Mi.6.1. h Ezra 9.12. 1 good. i Ge.25.24- 26 ob.10-12. Mal. 1.2. *º-se d and Ordinances city; and the man, because he hath humbled a his neighbour's wife : so y thou shalt put away evil from among you. 25 "I But if a man find a be- trothed damsel in the field, and the man 3 force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die : 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing ; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter : 27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. 28 °ſ if z a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not be- trothed, and lay hold on her, and iie with her, and they be found ; 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father ſº shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife : because he bath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. "I, A a man shall, not take his father's wife, nor discover b his father's skirt. CHAPTER XXIII. 9 Uncleanness to be avoided in the host. 19 Of usury. 21 Of vows. 24 Oftrespasses. Ea that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. 2 A bastard b shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD ; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. 3 An Ammonite c or Moabited shall not enter into the congrega- tion of the LORD ; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: 4. Because e they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam f the son of Beor, of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam : but the LORD thy God turned g the curse into a blessing unto thee, hºuse the LORD thy God loved €62. 6 Thou h shalt, not seek their peace nor their 1 prosperity all thy days for ever. Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother: 1 thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; 202 Uncleanness to be avoided. DEUTERONOMY, XXIV. because thouk wast a stranger in his land. 8 'The children that are begotten of them shall enter l into the con- gregation of the LORD in their third generation. 9 *|| When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep m thee from every wicked thing. 10 *ſ. If n there be among you any man that is not clean by rea- son of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp : 11 But it shall be, when evening 2 cometh on, he shall wash o him- self with water: and when the Sun is down, he shall come into the Camp again. 12 * Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad : 13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: 14 For the LORD thy God walk- eth p in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thime enemies before thee; therefore shall thy º he holy: that he See no 4 unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee, 15 ºf Thou shalt not deliver unto his master q the servant which is ºped from his master unto thee : 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates where it 5 liketh him best : thour shalt not oppress him. 17 T There shall be no 6 whores of the daughters of Israel, nor a Sodomite t of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God. 19 || Thou u shalt mot lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury: 20 Unto a stranger v thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury : that w the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou Settest thine hand to in the land Whither thou goest to possess it. 21 TWhen thou shalt vow a a Yew, unto the Lord thy God, thou |f §halt not slack to pay it: for the B. C. 1451. -º- k ch. 10. 19. Ex.22.21. 23.9. Lev. 19.34. ! Ro.3.29.30. Ep.3.13. m Jos.6.18. n Lev. 15. f6. 2 turneth toward. o I.ev. 15.5. 3 sittest down. p Lev.26.12. 2Cor. 6. 16. 4 nakedness of any thing. q. 1Sa. 30.15. 5 is good for him. r Ex. 22.21. 6 or, sodom- itess, Rom. 1.26. s Lev. 19.29. w ch. 15.10. Lev. 19.34. ac Nu.30.2. Ec.3.4,5. *-*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*. Ps.66. 13.14 9 *; z Mat. 12.1. (CHAP. 24.) 1 matter of nakedness. 2 cutting off. a Mat. 5.31, 32. b Jer.3.1. c Lev. 18.25– 28. d ch. 20.7. 3 not an thing shall pass upon g chişliğ. RD thy God will surely require —º- Of divorce. #. of thee ; and it would be sin in thee. 22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. 23 That, which is gone out of thy lips thou shall keep and per- form; even a freewill offering, ac- cording as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. 24 # When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure ; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck z the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neigh- bour's standing corn. HAPTER XXIV. 1 Of divorce. 6, 10 Of pledges. 7 Of man-stealers. 14. The hire is to be given. justice. 19 Of charity. HEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no fa- vour in his eyes, because he hath found some 1 uncleanness in her: is then let him, write, her a bill of 2 divorcement, a and give it in her hand, and send her out of his bouse. - 2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and another man's wife. 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce- 5. ment, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; 4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again b to be his wife, after that she is defiled ; for that is abomi- nation before the LORD : and thou shalt, not cause the land c to sin, which the LQRD, thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 5 *| When d a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, 3 neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheere up his wife which he hath taken. 6 * No man shall take the mether or the j millstone to ; for he taketh a man's life to pledge. 7 *| Iff a man be found ste any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put g evil away from among you. 8 # Take heed in the plague of JDivers laws, &c. leprosy, h that thou observe 'dili- gently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you : as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. 9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam i by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. 10 *When thou dost 4 lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his Pºłº, 11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. 12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his Pli: : 13 Ink any case thou shalt de- liver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless l thee; and it shall be m righteousness unto thee before the LORD, thy God. 14 ºf Thou shalt mot oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates : 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and 5 setteth his heart upon it : lest he 7. inst thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. 16 The fathers o shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 * Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; p nor take the widow's raiment to pledge : 18 But q thou shalt remember that thqu wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LoRD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 19 || When r thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it : it shall be for the stranger, for the , fatherless, and for the widow : that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 20 When thou beatest thine olive- tree, thou shalt, not 6 go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt ilot glean it 7 afterward : it shall be for the stranger, for the father- less, and for the widow. DEUTERONOMY, XXV. B. C. 1451. h Lev. XIII. X1W. i Nu. 12.10. 4 lend the loan of any thing to. k Ex. 22.26, 27. ! Job 29. 11– 13 31.1930. 2Co.9.13, 14. m Ge. 15.6. Ps. 106.31. | 12.9. Dam.4.27. Ja.2. 15–23. 5 lifteth his soul unto it. Ps.25, 1. 86.4. m Jam.5.4. o 2Ki. 14.5,6. Je.31.29,30. Eze, 18.20. p Ex.22.22– 27. Pr.22.22, 23. Jer. 22 3. Zec.7.10. Mal. 3.5. q ch. 16. H2. r Le. 19.9,10. 23.22. Ps. 41.1. 6 bough it after thee. 7 after thee. s wer. 18. (CHAP. 25.) a ch. 19.17. Eze, 44.24. b 20 hr. 19.8. Pr. 17.15. c Mat, 10. 17. Lu. 12.48. 2Co. 11.24. d Job 18.3. e 1Cor. 9.9. lTi.5. 18. 1 thresheth, Hos. 10, 11. 2 or, next f Mat.22.24. & Ge.38.8. h Ru.4.10,&c. 3 or, next kinsman’s. *...* Of unjust weights. 22 Ands thou shalt remember tha', thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing. CHAPTER XXV. Stripes must not exceed forty. 4 The or not to be muzzled. 13 Of un- just weights. I. there be a controversy a be- tween men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall, justify b the ºteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, c that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him and not exceed : lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy bro- ther should seem vile d unto thee. 4 *ſ Thou e shalt not muzzle the ox when he i treadeth out the corn. 5 *|| If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto astranger: her 2 husband's f brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. 6 And it shall be, that the first- born which she beareth shall suc- ceed g in the name of his brother which is dead, h that his name be not put out offsrael. - 7 And if the man like not to take his 3 brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My hus- band's brother refuseth to raise u unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. 8.Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him : and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her, - 9 Then shall his brothér's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that mail that will not build up his brother's house. 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. 11 Tſ. When men strive together one with the another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and ſº forth her hand, and taketh by the secrets: 204 Of affering the first fruits. 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. 13 *| Thou shalt not have in thy bag 4 divers weights, a great and a small. + - - 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house 5 divers measures, a great and a small. 15 But i thou shalt have a perfect and Just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have ; that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LoRD thy God giveth thee. 16 For all k that do such things, and that do unrighteously, are gºomination unto the LORD thy 17"| Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth Out o Egypt; 18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared m not God. 19 Therefore it shall be, when n the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inherit- ance to possess it, that thou shalt blot oout the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it. : CHAPTER XXVI. The covenant between God and the people. ND it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LoRD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein ; 2 That a thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LoRD thy God shall choose to place his name there. 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give U18. 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God 5 And thou shalt lººk and sa before the LoRD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish c was my fa- ther; and d he went down into gypt, and sojourned there with a few, e and became there a nation, §reat, mighty, and populous: DEUTERONOMY, XXVI. B. C. 1451, --sº- 4 a stone and a stone. 5 an ephah and an ephah. i Le. 19.35,36. Pr. 11. l. k 1Th.4.6. l Ex. 17.8,&c. m Ps. 36.1. Pr. 16.6. m 1Sam, 15.3. o Ex. 17. 14. (CHAP. 26.) a Ex. 23, 19. Nu. 18. 13. b Hos. 12.12. c Ge.43.1,2. d Ge. 46.1-6. e ch. 7.7. rººf f Ex.1.11-14. g Ex. II-IV. h Ex. 12.37, 51 13.5ić. i ch. 4.34. k Ex.3.8. ! Pr. 3.0. 1Co. 10.31. m ch. 12.7, 12. 16. ii. ºn 1Cor.9.11. o Lev.27.30. Nu, 18.24. p ch. 14.28,29. q Ps. 18.21,24. 26, 1,6. Acts 24. I6. 1Jno.3.22. ºr Ps. 119. 141. s Lev.7.20. 21. 1, 11. Hos.3.4. t Is.63. 15. u Is.66.1. v Ps. 28.9. 51. 18. I w He,6,13-18. z ch.il.8. | *-ºn- God’s Covenant. 6 And the Egyptians f evil-en- treated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage : 7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard g.our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression : 8 And the LoRD brought us forth h out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an out-stretched arm, an with great terribleness, and with signs, and i with wonders; 9. And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth k with milk and honey. 10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstſruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the IORD thy God, and worship ! before the LORD thy God: 11 And thou shalt rejoice m in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou and the Levite, n and the stranger that is # Iſion §. 12 # When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes o' of thine increase the third year, which is the year p of ºn; and hath given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled : 13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine 'house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatheries, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not trans- gressed q thy commandments, mei- ther have I forgotten r them : 14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, sº neither have I taken away aught thereof for any unclean tise, nor given aught thereof for the dead: but, I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. 5 Look t down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, it and bless v thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest w unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. ... . 16. "I This a day the LoRD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore, keep and do them with all. thine heart, and with all thy soul. - - 205 Law on stone. 17 Thou hast avouched y the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his sta- tutes, z, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice : 18 And the LORD a hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar b people, as he hath promised thee and that thou shouldest keep c ail his commandments; 19 And to make thee high d above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy e º le, unto the LORD thy God, as he hath § CHAPTER XXVII. The curses pronounced on mount al. ND Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the command- ments which I command you this ay. r 2 And it shall be on the day a when e shall pass over Jordan unto the and which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: - 3 And b thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LöItD, thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee. 4 Therefore it shall be, when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I com- mand you this day, in mount Ebal,c and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. 5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. º Thou shalt build the altar of the LoRD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God. 7 And thou shalt offer peace offer- ings, and shalt eat there, and re- joice d before the I.ORD thy God : 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law, plainly. y º º t 9 ºf And Moses and the priests the Devites, spake unto all Israel, say- ing, Take heed, and hearken, O Is- rael; This e day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God. 10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his sta. * which I command thee this By. B. C. 1451. y Ex. 24.7. 2Ch. 34.31. Is. 44.5. Zec. I3.9. 2Cor. 8.5. z Ps. 147.19, 20. a ch. 14.2. 28.9. b Ex. 19.5.6. Tit.g.jä. c Ps. 119.6. Ro. 16.26. d Ps. 148. HA. e 1 Pet. 2.9. (CHAP. 27.) a Jos.4.1,&c. b Jos. 8.32. c ch. 11.29. Jos. 8.30,33. d ch.26.10, 11. e ch.26.18. *Nº-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º: * for a cursing. f ch.33.10. & Ex. 20.4,23. Is. 44.9 Holić.3.3. h2Ki.17.9,10. Jer.23.24. i Lev. 19.3. Pr. 30. 17. R ch. 19, 14. l Lev. 19. 14. rn Ex. 22.21- 24. Mal.3.5. * Lev. 18.8. 20. 11 10or.5.1. o Lev. 18.23. - 20.15. p Lev. 18.9, 20. I7. q Lev. 18.17. 20. 14 rch. 19.ii. i2. Ex. 21. 12- i4 • Ex.23.78. Pr. 1. F1-19. DEUTERONOMY, XXVII, XXVIII. Curses pronounced. 11 || And Moses charged the peo- ple the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin : 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal 1 to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zubulum, Dan, and Naphtali. 14"|| And the Levites fshall speak and say unto all the men of Israe with a loud voice: 15 Cursed be the man that makethg any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the c man, and putteth it in a secret h place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 16 Cursed be he that i setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed be he that removeth k his meighbour's landmark. all the people shall say, Amen. 18 Cursed be he that maketh the l blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. 9 Cursed be he that perverteth m the judgment of the stranger, fa- therless, and widow: and the people shall say, Amen. 20 Cursed be he n that lieth with his father's wife ; because he un- covereth his father's skirt : and all the people shall say, Amen. . 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast : o and all the people shall say, Amen. 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, p the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen. 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law : q and all the peo- ple shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly : r and all the people shall say, Amen. 25 Cursed be he that taketh re- ward to slays an innocent person : and all the people shall say, Amen. 26 Cursed tº be he that confirmneth not all the words of this law to do it them.; and all w the people shall say, Amen. CHAPTER XXVIII. 1 The blessings for obedience, 15 The curses for disobedience. Aºi. it shall come to ğ. if a thou shalt hearken diligently wnto the voice of the LoRD, thy God, to observe and to do all his Commandments which 1 command thee this day, that the LoRD, thy God will set thee on high b above all the nations of the earth : Blessings for obedience. 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake c thee, if d thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 3 Biessede shalt thou be im the city, and blessed shall thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the f fruit of º f * body, and the fruit of º groun and the fruit of thy cattle, the in- crease of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. shall be thy basket and 5 Blessed thy I store, 6 Blessed shalt thou be when g thou comes, in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. he LoRD shall cause thineh enemies that rise up nst thee to be smiten before thy face : they shall come out against thee one way, and flee i before thee seven ways. 8 The LORD shall command k the blessing upon thee in thy 3 store- houses, alº in all that thou settest thine hand unto: and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 9 The LORD shall establish l thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn m unto thee, if thou shalt keep the command- ments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all people n of the earth shall see that thou art called o by the name of the LORD ; and they shall be afraid p of thee. 11 And q the LORD shall make thee plentedus 3 in goods, in the fruit of thy 4 body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasures, the heaven to give the rain unto r thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lends unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the LORD shall make B. C.145t. ~-sº----- c ver. 15,45. d 1Ti 4.8. e Ge. 39.5. Ps. 128.1-4. i or, dough, or, knead- in troughs. g Ps. 12?.8. h 2Sa.22.38– 41. i Jos. 8.22. 2 Chr. 14.9- 5 15. k Lev.25.21. 2 or, barns. 0 Da.9.18, 19. p ch. 11.25. 1Ch. 14. 17. q Pr. 10.12. 3 or, for good. 4 belly. r jz23. s ch. 15.6. t Is.9.14, 15. w ch.5.32. v Is.30,21. w Le.26, 14, &c. *…*.*. ac Lam. 2. 17. M * woitlalest do. b 1Sa. 14.20. Zec. 14.13. c Jer. 24.10. Am.4.9. 8 or, drought. DEUTERONOMY, XXVIII. Curses for disobedience. serve to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shalla come upon thee, and over- take thee : 16 Cursed y shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. - 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, z and rebuke, a in all that thou settest thine hand unto 5 for to do, b until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly: because of the wicked- ness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21. The LORD shall make the c g º cleave unto thee, until e have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 22. The LoBD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fe- ver, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the d sword, and with 6 blasting and with mildew : and § shai pursue thee until thou perish. 23 Ande thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be ITOP1. 24. The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee,f until thou be destroyed. 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten g before thine enemies : thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them; and shalt be 7 removed h into all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And thy carcase i shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and thee the head, t and not the tail; he jer, 14.i no man shall fray them away. . and thou shalt be above only, and fver.7. 27 The LoRD will smite thee with #. º: ...; # ºf a isºft || º º; º Yº.# 10U hearken allºt:0 tile COIſlīſhāſhū- • €ſºlº } 3. ments of the LORD º º . #jº. º ; whereofthou cans: * . . . - 7" a re- º, º ay, to º a jºi. º *.*.p shall smite thee fº And wº º: º: º: : # 3.” Nº. . hºnes, and l In any Of the WOrūS WIll C * . . .” - & g #SUOIARSITITLEItº, O. : ‘ºn. thee this day, to v the la ; #. 29 And thou shalt grope ºn at ;....'..... *...**ś. 15 T But É shall come to pass, if ºu. É. in thy ways: and thou shalt thou wilt not w hearken unto the Is.59.10. e only oppressed and spoiled ever- Voice of the LoRD thy God, to ob- more, and no man save thée. 207 Curses for 30 Thoun shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build o an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein : thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not 8 gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thime ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thing assshai be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not 9 be restored to thee : thy sheep shall be given un- to thine enemies, and thou shalt have mone to rescue them. 32 Thy sons p and , thy daughters shall be given unto another people and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long : and there shall be no might in thine hand. 33 The fruit q of thy land, and all thy labours shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up : and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. - - S5 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from r the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. - 36 The Lott.D shall bring s thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou northy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt become an as- tonishment, a proverb, and at by- word, among all nations whither the LoRD shall lead thee. 38 Thou shalt carry much u seed out into the field, and shalt gather i but little in : for the locust v shall consume it. 39. Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shait neither drink tof the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the worms w shall eat them. . 40 Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil: , for thine olive shall cast his Jruit. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but 10 thou shalt not en- joy them : for they a shall go into * 42. All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust 11 consume. 43 They stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high ; and thou shalt come down very Iow. 44 Hez shall lend to thee, and DEUTERONOMY, XXVIII. B. C. 1451. ~-e-º-º-º-º: ºn Jer,8. 10. o Am.5. 1 1. . Mi.6. 15. 8 profane, or, wye it as £0.7717??0??, mcat, as ch. 20 6. 9 refºrm. p 2 Ch. 29.9. q Ne.9.36,37. Jer, 5.17. r Is. 1.6. s 2Ch. 36.6, 17. t Ps.44. 14. w Mi.6.15. | Hag. 1.6. v Joel 1.4. w Am.7.1,2. 10 the iſ shall not be thine. ac 2Ki.24. 14. am. 1.5. 11 or, possess. ty Ju.2.11-15. z wer. 12,13. **** a ver. 15. b 2Ki. 17.20. c Eze. 14.8. 1Cor. 10. l I. d Ne.9.35-37. e ch.32. 15. f2Chr. 12.8. Jer.5.19. Eze. 17.3,7, 12 k Lam.4.19. 12 hear. 13 strong of face. ! 20h.36. 17. Is.47.6. ºn 2Ki.25.1-4. Is. 1.7. disobedicnce. thou shalt not lend to him. he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. . 45 Moreover, all these curses a shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till b thou be destroyed : because thou hearkenedst, not unto the voice of the LoRD thy God, to keep his commandments and his sta- tutes which he commanded thee : 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign c and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 Because d thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance e of all things; 48 Therefore f shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hun- ger, g and in thirst, and in naked- mess, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron h upon thy neck, until he have de- , stroyed thee. 49 The LoRD shall bring a i ma- tion against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as k swift as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou shalt not 12 under- stand ; , , 50 A nation 13 of fierce counte- namee, which shall l not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the in- crease of thy kine, or flocks of thy +: ;P. until he have destroyed €6. 52 And he shall besiege m thee in all thy gates, until thy high and . . fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land : and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land which the LORD thy God hath given thee. 53 And thou shalt eat n the fruit of thine own 14 body, the flesh of thy. Sons, and of thy daughters which, the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, where with thine ene- mies shalidistress thee: 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall o be evil toward his bro- ther, and toward the p wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave : * 55. So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath Curses for disobedience. notning left him in the siege, and in the straitness, where with thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate wo- man among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicate- ness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her dam hter, 57 And toward her 15 young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children q which she shall bear : for she shall eat r them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness where with thine enemy shall dis- tress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious s and fearful t name, THE w LORD THY v GOD: 59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, w and the plagues of thy seed, even great #. and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 60 Moreover he will lº thee all the diseases a of Egypt which thou wast afraid of ; and they shall cleave unto thee, 61. Also every sickness, and every lague which is not written in the ook of this law, them will the LORD 16 bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 62 And ye shall be left few y in number, whereas ye were as the z stars of heaven for multitude ; he- cause thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LoRD thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you a good, and to multiply you ; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy b you and to bring you to nought ; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. 64 And the LORD shall scatter c thee among all people from the One end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. 65, And d among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither Shall the sole of thy foot have rest : but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind. 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee: and thou shalt B. C. 1451. 15 afterbirth, q Is.49.15. rver.53. & Ne.9.5. P5,72, 19. t Ps. 111.9. w Ex.6.2,3. Ps,83. 18. v Ex. 20.2. Ps. 50.7. Is.41. 10. w Dan.9. 12. acch.7. 15. 16 cause to ascend. Ne.7.4. y Is. 1.9. z Ne.9.23. a ch.30.9. Jer. 32.41. b Pr. 1,26. Is. 1.24. c Jer. 16. 13. 50. 17. Eze. li. 16, 17 d Am.9.4. e Job 7.4. Hos. 8.13. f 9.3. g ch. 17.16. (CHAP. 29.) a ch.5.2,3. b Ex.8. 12. c ch. 4.34. d Is, 6.9, 10. . 17. Jno.8.43. e ch. 8.4. f Ex. 16.35. Ps. 78.24, 25. g 1Cor.9.25. h Nu.21.23. i Jos. 1.7,8. k 2Ch. 23.16. 34.29–32. Ne.8.2. DEUTERONOMY, XXIX. Erhortations to obedience. fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 67 In the morning e thou shalt say, Would God it were even and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning f for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt f again with ships, by the way whereof Ispake g unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again : and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bond women, and no manshall buy you. CHAPTER XXIX. 2 An eachortation to obedience. 29 Se- cret things belong unto God. HESE are the words of the covenant, which the I.ORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made a with them in Horeb. 2 ºf And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LoRD did b before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land ; 3. The great temptations c which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: . 4 Yet, the LORD hath not given you an heart d to perceive, and eyes § see, and ears to hear, unto this ay. 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothese are not waxen old upon you, and § shoe is not waxen old upon thy OOt. 6 Ye have not featen bread, g neither, have ye drunk wine or ;"; drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your * 7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon h the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them : 8 And we took their land, and ave it for an inheritance unto the eubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. 9 Keep i therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. 10 *|| Ye stand this day allk of you l Jos.9.21,27. | —'unto the drawerſ thy water: 4 before the LoRD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, |ani your officers, with all the men ‘of Israel, ll. Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in § camp, from the hewer l of thy w God’s covenant 12 That thou shouldest i enter into covenant with the LORD thy 30d, and into his oath, m which the 'Lord thy God maketh with thee this day: 13. That he may establish n thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said o unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, p to Isaac, q and to Jacob.r 14. Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; 15 Buts with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: 16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by: 17. And ye have seen their abomi- nations, and their 2 idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them :) 18 Lest there should be among u man, or woman, or family, or ū. whose heart turneth away this ðay from the LORD our God, to and serve the gods of these na- ions; lest there should be amon you a root that beareth 3 gallt an wormwood; wº 19 And it come to pass, when he haareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, º , I shall have peace, though walk in the 4 imagination of mine heart, to add 5 drunkenness v to 20 The LoRD will not spare him, but then the anger w of the LORD and his jealousy a shall smoke aimst that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out y his name from under tº WEI). 21 And the LonD shall separate z him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant that 6 are written in this book of the law: 22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses 7 which the LORD hath laid upon it; 23 And that the whole land there- of is brimstone, and salt, a and burn- ing, that it is not sown, nor bear- eth,bnor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, mah, and Zeboim, which the LoRD overthrew c in his anger and in his wrath. DEUTERONOMY, XXX. B. C. 1451. —º-º-º-º- 1 pass. m Ne. 10.29. n ch. 28.9. o Ex.6.7. p Ge. 17.7. q Ge.26.3.4. r Ge.28. 13- 15. s Acts 2,39. 2dungy gods 3 rosh, or, a poisonful tº gº ºff. £ Acts 8.23. tº Heb. 12.15. 4 or, stub- bornness, Jer.3.17. 7.24. 5 the drunk- en to the thirsty. v Is. 30. 1. Rom.2.5. w Ps. '74. 1. ac Ps. '79.5. sy ch.9.14. Eze. 14.7,8. z Mat. 24.51. 6 is written. T wherewith the LORD hdith made it sick. a Jer. 17.6. Zep.2.9. b Ps. 107.34. c Ge. 19.24. Jer.20. 16. d 1Ki.9.89. Jer.22.8,9. 8 or, who had not given to them any portion. 9 divided. e Da. 9. 11-14. f 1Ki. 14.15. g Jer.23.18. Da.2.22,28, 1Cor. 2. 16. A Ps. '78.2-7. 2Ti.3.16. (CHAP. 30.) a 1Ki.8.47,48, b Is. 55.7. 1Jno. 1.9. c Je. 32.37.8tc' Eze.g6.3. d Ne. I.9. *º-sº with Israel. 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore d hath the LORD done thus unto this land what meaneth the heat of this great anger? hen men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he º them forth out of the land O 'pt : 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and 8 whom he had not 9 given unto them : 27 Ande the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it aïthe curses that are written in this book : And the LORD rooted f them out of their land in anger and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. 29 The secret g things belong unto the LORD our God : but those things which are revealed h belong unto us, and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. CHAPTER XXX. 1 Great mercies promised unto the re- pentant. 15 Life and death are set before them. A.; it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt, call them to mind a among all the nations whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt return b unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to abl that I com- mand thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all º soul; 3.That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will re- turn and c gather thee from all the nations whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. 4 If d any of thine be driven out unto the utmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LoRD thy God º: thee, and from thence will e fetch thee: 5. And the LoRD, thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fa- thers. 6 And the LoRD thy God will cir- cumcise thine heart, and the heart Qf thy seed, to love the LORD th God with all thine heart, and wit all thy soul, that thou º: live. 7. And the LoRD thy God will put all these curses upon thine ene- 210 The command manifest. mles, e and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I com- mand thee this day. 9 And f the LoRD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LoRD will againg re- joice over thee for good, as he re- joiced over thy fathers: 10 If thou shalt hearken h unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep i his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turnk unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul. 11 *[For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is notl ºlen from thee, neither is it far UII. 12 It m is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ! 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 15 "I See, I n have set before thee this º life and good, and death and evil: ić in that I command thee this day to love o the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keepp his Commandinents and his statutes and his judgments, that thou may- estlive and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 17 But if thine heart a turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them ; 18 Ir denounce unto you this day, 5 that ye shall surely perish, and that yeshall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. 19 Is call heavent and earth w to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, º and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy Seed may live : 20 That thou mavest love the LORD thy God, and that thou may- est obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him (for he is thy life, v and the length of th days) that thou mayest dwell in DEUTERONOMY, XXXI. B. C. 1451. ---sº- é Is. 14.1-27. Qb. 10. f ch.28. 11. g Zep.3.17. h Is. 55.2,3. * Cor. 7. 19. k ver. 2. La. 3.40,41. Eze.33. It, &c. * Ps. 147. 19. Is..45. 19. m Ro. 10.6, &c. 77 ver. 1, 19. ch. 11.26. o Mat.22.37, 38. p Jno. 14.21. q Pr. 14.14. r ch.8, 19. sch.4.26. t ch.32. 1. Is. 1.2. Je. 2, 12,13. tº Jer. 22.29. Mi.6.1,2. U Ps. 27.1. 30.5. Jno. I 1.25. Acts 17.28. (CHAP. 31.) a ch.34.7. Ex. 7.7. b ch.3.27. Nu.20. 12. c ch.9.3. Ps. 44.2,3. d Nu.27. 18- 21. e Nu.21.24, ch. 7.2.18. % jos. 10.25. 1Ch. 22.13. h ch. 20.4. Is. 43. 1–5. ºn ver.6. m ver.25,26. a ch. 15. l. p Lev.23.34. q ch. 16. 16. Moses encourages Joshua. the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. HAPTER XXXI. 1 Moses encourageth the people, and Joshua. 9 He delivereth the law unto the priests, 14 God giveth a charge to Joshua. ND Moses went, and spake these words unto all Israel. 2 And he said unto them, I am a an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in ; also the LORD hath said b unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 3 The LORD thy God, he c will go over before thee, and he will de- stroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath d said. 4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did e to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them whom he de- stroyed. 5 And the LORD shall give f them up before yourface, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have com- manded you. 6 Beg strong and of a good cou- rage, h fear not, nor be afraid of them : for the LoRD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee, he i will not fail thce, nor forsake thee. 7'ſ And Moses called unto Joshua and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Bek strong and ; a good courage : for thou must go with this ſº unto the land which the ORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them ; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 8 And the LORD, he lit is that doth go before thee ; he will be with thee, he will m not fail thee, neither forsake theo: fear not, neither be dismayed. 9 *ſ. And Moses wrote this law, and delivered n it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel. 10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of 0 release, in the feast p of taber- macies, 11 When all Israel is come to q appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose thoushalt r read this law before aii Israel in their hearing. 12 Gathers the people, together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates. that they may hear, and that they Moses’ song {. learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law : s 13 And that their children, t which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD {j God, as long as ye live in the and whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 14 ºf And the LoRD said unto Mo- ses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: w call Joshua, and present yourselves in the taberma- cle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. v . And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And w the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a piliar of a cloud : and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabermacle. 16 T And the Lord said unto Mo- ses, Behold, thou shalt 1 sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise r up and go a whoring y after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither #". go to be amon them, and will forsake me,, an break my covenant which I have Inade with them. * 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I 2 will forsake them, and I will hide a my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall 2 befall them, so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not b among us? 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shalſ have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. . 19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the chil- dren of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. . 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and c filled them- selves, and waxen fat; then wil they turm unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. 21 And it shall come to pass, when d many evils and troubles are be- fallen them, that this song shall testify 8 against them as a witness: for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for Ie know their imagination which they 4 go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. - DEUTERONOMY, XXXII. B. C. 1451. t Ps.”8.4-8. w ch.34.5. ty ver'.23. Nu.27. 19. tº Ex.33.9. 1 lie down, 2Sam.". 12. ac Ex.32.6. y Ex.34.15. Ju.2.17,20. Ps. 73.27. Jer. 3. 1. Eze. 16. 15. z 20 hr. 15.2. a Is.64.7. Eze. 39.23, 24. 2 find. b Nu. 14.42. Ju.6. 13. c ch.32. 15. Ne.9.25,26. Hos. 13.6. d wer. 17. 3 before. e Ps. 139.2. Hos.5.3. 4 do. *...*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* f 2Ki.22.8,&c g Ex.32.9. h Ge.49. 1,2. i ch.32.1. k Ju.2.19. l 20/h.34.24. (CHAP. 32.) a ch.30, 19. Ps, 50.4, b Ps. '72.6. Is.55. 10, 11. Mi.5.7. c 10.h.29.11. Re.7.11,12. d Ps. 18.2. e Ec.3. 14. f Dam.4.37. g Ps. 92.15. 1 He hath corrupted to himself. 2 or, that they are not his children, that is their blot. h Is.63. 16. 5 Ex. 15. 16. 1Cor.6.20. *-*---- against the propie. 22 "I Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel, 23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage : for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. 24'ſ And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, 26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there f for a witness against thee. 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck : behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious g against the LORD ; and , how much more after my death 7 28°ſ Gather h unto me all the el- ders of your tribes, and your offi- cers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and i call heaven and earth to record against them. 29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt k yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil l will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to an- ger through the work of your hands. 30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation offsrael the words of this song, until they were ended. CHAPTER XXXII 1 Moses' song, which setteth forth God's mercy and vengeance; 46 his exhortation. IVE a ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2.My doctrine shall drop b as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD : ascribe c ye great- mess unto our God. 4 He is the d Rock, his work is eper- fect: for all his ways f are judg- ment: a God of a truth and without º just and right is he. 5, 1 They have corrupted them- selyes, 2 their spot is not the spot of his children : they are a perverse and crooked generation. 6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise is not he thy father h that hath bought a 212 God’s mercy thee ? hath he not made thee, and established thee 7 7 * Remember the days of old, consider the years of 8 many gene- rations : ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. 8 When the Most High divided k to the nations their inheritance, when he separated l the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For m the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the 4 lot of his n inheritance. 10. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilder- ness; he 6 led him about, o he in- structed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spread- eth abroad herwings, taketh them, p beareth them on her wings: 12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with liſt. 13 He q made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck homey rout of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with ſat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Basham, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 15 ºf But Jeshurun s waxed fat, and t kicked : thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art co- wered with fatness; then he w for- Sook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his Salvation. 16 They provoked him to 2, jea- lousy with strange gods, with abomi- nations provoked they him to anger. 17 They w sacrificed unto 6 devils, \lot to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers fear- ed not. 18 Ofthe Rock that begºtthee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten r God that formed thee. 19_And when the Lord saw it, he 7 abhorred them, because of the 3. of his sons and of his lº aughters. 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very fro- ward flºration, children in whom is no faith. 24. They have moved me to jealousy With that which is not God; they DEUTERONOMY, XXXII. B. C. 1451. --~~-sº- 3 generation and gene- Tattoº. h Acts 17.26. l Ge. 11.8. m Ex. 19.5. Ps. 135.4. 4 cord. m Ps, 78.71. Ep. 1.18. 5 or, corn- passed. o Zec.2,8. p Is.63.9. g 1s.58. 14. r PS.81. 16. s Is. 44.2. t ISam. 2.29. Acts 9.5. w Ne.9.25,26. v 1 Cor. 10.22. to ICo. 10.20. 6 or, which were 77 of God, v.21. a: Is. 17.10. 7 or, despised ty Ro. 10.19. z I,am.4.11. 8 or, hath burned. 8 or, hath consumed. a Zep.3.8. b Eze, 5, 16. 19 coals, Hab.3, 5. c Eze. 14.21. 11 from the chambers, 12 bereave. d ch. 28.64. 13 or, our high hand, and not the LORD, hath dome. g h lSam.4.8. 14 or, worse o Heb. 10.30. p Jer. 13. 16. q 2Pet.2.3. r Ju. 10.15,16, 15 hand. *-sº-sº and vengeance. have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will y move them to jealousy with those which are not a people ; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. 22 For a fire 2 is kindled in mime anger, and 8 shall burn unto the lowest hell, and 9 shall consume the earth a with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows b upon them. 24 They shall be burnt with hun- ger, and devoured with burning 10 heat, and with bitter destruc- tion : I will also send the teeth c of beasts upon them, with the poi- son of serpents of the dust. The sword without, and terror 11 within, shall 12 destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suck- Ting also with the man of gray hairs. 26 I said, I would scatter d them into corners, I would make the re- membrance of them to cease from among men ; 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their ad- versaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, 13 Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any under- standing in them. 29 O e that they were wise, that they underst this, that they would consider their latter end 1 30 How should one chase a thou- sand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had soldf them, and the LORD had shut them up 31 Forg their rock is not as our Rock, even h our enemies them- selves being judges: 32 For their wine is 14 of the vine # of Sodom, k and of the fields of Gomorrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: 33. Their wine is the poison l of dragons, and the cruel venom of àSOS. 77', 34 is not this laid up n in store with me, and sealed up among my trea- sures 7 35. To me o belongeth vengeance and recompense; their foot p snail slide in due time : for the day of their calamity is at hand, q and the things that shall come upon them make haste. 36 For the LORD shall ju his people, and repent r himself for his servants, when he seeth that their 15 power is ſº and there is none shut up, or left - 213 Moses at Mount Nebo. 37. And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, e - 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let thems rise up and help you, and be 10 your protection. 39See now that I,t even I, am he, and there is no god, with me : I w kill, and 1 make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my hand to hea- ven, and say, I live for ever. Ji ºff whet my glittering sword, v and mine hand take hold on judg- ment, I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows w drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives from the beginning of re- venges upon the enemy. 17 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people : for he will avenge ºr the blood of his servants, and will ren- der vengeance to his adversaries, and y will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. 44 ºf And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and 18 Ho- shea the son of Nun. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all thesewords to all Israel: 46And he said unto them, Set z your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your chil- dren to observe to do, all the words of this law. - - - - 47 For it is not avain thing for you: because it is your life; a and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jor- dan to possess it. 48 And the LORD spake unto Mo- ses that self-same day, saying, , . 49 Getb thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; a ă behold the land of Canaan which I give unto the children of Israel for a pos- session : º 50 And die in the mount whither thougoest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died c in mount Hor, and was ga- thered unto his people : 51 Becauseye trespassed d against the children of Israel at of 19 Meribah-Kadesh, of Zin; because me not in the midst of Israel. DEUTERONOMY, XXXIII. B. C. 1454. *-ºs- s Ju. 10. 14. 18 an hiding for yow. t Is.45,5,18, 22. ºf Ps. 68.20, Re. 1.17,18. v Eze.21.9- 15. ºw Ps.45.5. 17 or, sing ye, or, praise his people, ge nations. ac Rev. 19.2. * Ps.85.1. 18 or, Joshwa. z Pr. 3. 1-4. Eze.40 4. a Lev. 18.5. Pr.4.22. b Nu.27.12, 13. c Nu.20.24- 29. d Nu.20.11, 12. 19 or, strife at Kadesh. e Lev. 10.3. Is.8, 13. *_*-*A*.*.*.*.*.*.* f ch.34. 1-4. (CHAP. 33.) a Ex. 19.18, 20. Ju.5.4,5. Hab.3.3. b Ps. 68. I'7. Gal.3.19. 1 or, fire of. c Hos. I 1.1. 1J no.4.19. ..T.’ Jno. 17. 11- e Th.1.6." f Ex. 18.16, 19 g Ge.49.3,&c. h Ps. 146.5. i Ex. 28.30. k Ex.32.25- 28 i Mal.2.5.7. m Ex.30.7,8. P o Job 42.8. Eze.20.40,41 * I God's majesty 52 Yet thou shalt see f the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel. CHAPTER XXXIII. 2 The majesty of God. 6 The bless- angs of the twelve tribes. 26 The excellency of Israel. . Alſº this is the blessing where- with Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel be- fore his death. 2 And he said, The LORD came a from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came b with tem thousands of saints: from his right hand went a 1 fierylawfor them. 3 Yea, he lowed c the people; all his saints are in thy hand: d and they sat down at thy feet; every one shalle receive of thy words. 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. 5 And he was king f in Jeshurun, whem the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. 6"| Let g Reuben live, and not die: and let not his men be few. 7 *| And this is the blessing of Ju- dah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be suffi- cient for him; and be thouan help h to him from his enemies. 8 T And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim i and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thoudidst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Me- ribah ; 9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him, neither k did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own chil- dren: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant." 10 ºfhey shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law; 2 they smail put m incense 3 before thee, and n whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. less, D, his substance, and accepto the work of his hands: Smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. 12"| And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell ill safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he ..] shall dwell between his shoul- ders. 13'ſ And of Joseph he said, Bless- ed of the LoBI) be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the 214 The twelve tribes blessed. DEUTERONOMY, XXXIV. dew, p and for the deep that couch- eth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the pººls things 4 put forth by the H]OOIl B. C. 1451. *-sº- p Ge.27.28. 4 or, thrust. 5 moons. is And for the chief things of the a Ex.3.24. ancient mountains, and for the pre- | r 1Chr.5.1. cious things of the lasting hills, & P5.92. 10. 16And for the precious things of San unicorn. the earth and fulness thereof, and 1 p. i. for the good will of him that dwelt in the q bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. 17 His r glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the shorns of 6 unicorns: with them he shall push t the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Ma- masseh. 18"| And of Zebulun he said, Re- joice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. 19. They w shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer v sacrifices of righteousness: for w they shall suck of the abun- dance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. 20 *|| And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad : h dwelleth as a lion, as and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 21 And he provided the first y part for himself, because there, in a pºrtiºn of the lawgiver, was seated : and he came with the heads of the people, he executed 2 the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel. 22"| Amd of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp : he a shall leap from ashan. 23 *| And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied b with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD, possess c thou the west and the south. 24 ºf And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.d. 25 8 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and e as thy days, so shall thy strength be. There is nome like funto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth g upon € tº Hs.2.3. v Ps. 4.5. w Is.60.5,16. ac 10 hr. 12.8. sy Nu,32.1,&c. 7 cieled. z Jos. 4.12,13. a Jos. 19.47. 90. 14. Jer. 31. 14. c Jos. 19.32, &c. d Job 29.6. 8 or, under th §§9. e Is. 41.10. 1Cor. 10. 13. | f Jer, 10.6. g Ps.68.4,33. h Ps. 90.1. Is. 25.4. t Jer. 23.6. ~~) k Nu.23.9. l Ps. 144. 15. m Ps. 115.9- 11. n Rev. 1.16. 9 or, sub- (CHAP. 34.) 1 or, the hill. a Ge. 12.7. b ch.3.26,27. c Jude 9. d Jos. 14.10, 11. 3 moisture jled. e Nu.20.29. j Dan.6.3. the heaven in thy help, and in his & Nu-27 § excellency on the sky. 27.The eternal God is thy refuge, h \h ch. is: and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the Heb.8.5%. enemy from before thee; and shall ch:4.34. Söy, Destroy t 28' Israe y hem. * - l then shall dwell in i k ch.7.19. -- Moses' death. safety alone; k the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine, also his heavens shalf drop down dew. 29 Happy l art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, Q people saved by the LORD, the shield m of thy help, and who is the sword n of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be 9 found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread § their º places. CHAPTER XXXIV. - 1 Moses from mount Nebo vieweth the land: 5 He dieth there: 6 His burial : 7 His age. ND Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the moun- tain of Nebo, to the top of 1 Pisgah, that is over against Jericho : and the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar. 4 And the LORD said unto him, . This is the land which I sware a unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but b thou shalt not go over thither, 5 *| So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the ORD. 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but c no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. 7 *| And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died : his d eye was not dim, nor his 2 matural force abated. 8 *|| And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty e days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. 9 *| And Joshua the son of Num was full of the spirit f of wisdom; for Moses g i. laid his hands upon him: and the children of Is- rael hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. 10 *| And there arose not a prophet since in Israelh like unto Moscs, whom the LORD knew face to face, 11 In all the signs i and the won- ders which the ILORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to his servants, and to all his land; 12 And in all that mighty k hand, and in all the great terror which }: shewed in the sight of all Sºlº, 215 The Book of JOSHUA. **********w Year before the Common Year of Christ, 1451....Julian Period,3263....Creation from Tisri, or September, 2553. CHAPTER I. The Lord appointeth Joshua to suc- ceed. Moses. Nº. after the death a of Moses, the servant of the LORD, it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, b saying, 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 3 Every c place that the sole of our foot shall tread upon, that ave I given unto you as said unto Moses. 4 From d the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. 5 There e shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as f I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: Ig will not fail thee, nor forsake €6. 6 Be strong and of a good courage: for 1 unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 7 Only be h thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest ob- serve to do according to all the law which Moses my servant command- ed thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest 2 prosper whithersoever thou goest. 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein : for then thou shalt make thy *ś. and then thou shait 3 have d success. 9 Have not I commanded thee? i Be strong and of a good courage; be k not afraid, neither be thou dis- mayed : for l the LORD thy God is with thee whith verthou goest. B. C. 1451. a Deut. 34.5. b Ex. 24. 13. c Deut. 11.24. d Ge. 15. 18. Nu.34.2-12. e Deut. 7.24. ch.3.7. f 6.27. g De, 31.6,8. Heb. 13.5. 1 or, thow shait cause this people to inherit. h De.31.7,23. Ep.6. 10. 2Ti.2, 1. 2 or, do wiscly, Deut.29.9. 3 or, do wisely, ver. 7. # Ch. 28.20, Hag. 2.4. Zec.8.9. k Ge.28. 15. Ps. 27.1. Jer. 1.8. l Ps. 46.7. Is.43. 1,5. ^_^*.*** wn ch.3.2. n ch.22. 1-4 Nu.32.20- 28. 4 marshalled q Ro. 13.1-5. rver.6,7,9. 1Cor. 16.13. (CHAP. 2.) 10 * Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11 Pass through the host and command the people, saying, Pre- pare you victuals; form within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it. 12 *| And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, Spake Joshua, saying, - 13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, n The LORD your God hath jº, you rest, and hath given you this land. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan ; but ye shall pass before your brethren 4 armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them.; ... iš"Until the LoRD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LoRD your God giveth them : them ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sun-ris- {{. 16 °ſ And they answered Joshua, saying, All o that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. 17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee : only the LORD thy God be with thee, as p he was with Moses. 18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against , thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in ali that thou commandest him, he q shall be put to death : only r be strong and of a good courage. §§§ II. Rahab concealeth the two spies sent from Shittim. ND Joshua the son of Nun 1 seat out of Shittim two men Rahab receiveth the spies, to spy a secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho." And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, band 2 lodge there. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the child- ren of Israel, to search out the country. - 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country. 4 And c the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: 5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not : pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. 6 But d she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. 8 *[ And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terrore is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land 3 faint be- cause of you. 10 For we have heard how the LoRD dried f up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt ; and what g ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts h did melt, neither 4 did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you : for i the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, Swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto myk father's house, and give me a true token : . 13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and º brethren, and "# sisters, and JOSHUA, II, III, B. C. 1451. a Nu. 13.2. b Mat. 1.5. Heb. 11.81. Jam.2.25. 2 lay. c 2Sa. 17.19, 20. d Ex. 1.15-21. e Ge. 35.5. Ex. 15.15 ". 23.27. Deut.2.25. 11.25. 3 melt, 1Sa. 14. 16. 2Sa. 17. 10. f Ex. 14.21. g Nu.21.21- 35. h ch.5.1. 7.5. Is. i2.7. 4 rose up. i Deut.4.39. k Ge.24.3,9. 1Sa.20. 16, 17. Rom. 1.31. 1Ti.5.8. I wer. IS. Ex. 12. 13. Eze.9.4-6. ^^ -/*-*. 5 instead of gow to die. Ju. 1.24. i Sam. 20.8. n Acts 9.25. o Lev. 19. 11- 12. Nu. 30.2. 2 Sam.21. 1, 2,7. p ch.6.23. 6 gather. q 1 Ki.2.32. Mat. 27.25. r Pr. 11. I5. s Mat. 7.24. t ch.21.44. Ex.23.31. 7 melt. v.9. (CHAP. 3.) a ch.2.1. *** 217 Their covcnant with her. that they have, and deliver our lives from death. 14 And the men answered her, Our life º for your's, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath $.” us the land that we will deal kindly m and truly with thee. 15 Then she let n them down by a cord through the window : for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. 16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pur- suers meet you; and hide your- selves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and after- ward may ye go your way. 17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless 0 of this thine oath which thou hast made us SWeſſºr. 18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and p thou shalt 6 bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household home unto thee. 19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood S. be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, q if any hand be upon him. 20 And if thou utter r this our bu- siness, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to SWęar. 21 And she said, According unto your words, s so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed : and she bound the scarlet line in the window. 22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, a e there three º until the pursuers were returned : and thejºiº sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23'ſ So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them: 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LöRD hath delivered t into our hands all the land ; for even all, the inhabitants of the country do 7 faint because of us. CHLAPTE 1 Joshua comei to Jordan. 14.The waters of Jordan are divided. A*. Joshua rose early in the morning; and they remoyed from Shittim, a and came to Jor- Joshua cometh to Jordan. dam, he and all the children of Is- rael, and lodged there before they passed over. - 2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went b through the host; 3 And they commanded the peo- ple, saying, When ye see the ark c of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the d priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. 4 Yet there shall be a space e be- tween you and it, about two thou- sand cubits by measure : come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye slave not passed this way 1 here- tofore. 5 Andf Joshua said unto the peo- ple, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do won- ders g among you. 6. And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take h up the ark of the covenant, and pass over be- fore the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people. 7'ſ And the LoBD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify i thee in the sight of all lsrael, that they may know that, as k I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 8. And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the Gove- mant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand l still in Jordan. 9°ſ And Joshua said unto the chil- dren of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your 10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living m God is among you, and that he will with- out fail n drive o out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hit- tites, and the Hivites, and the Pe- rizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the p LoRD of all the earth pass- eth over before you into Jordan, 12 Now therefore take youq twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 13 And it shall come to pass, as r soon as the soles of the feet of the P. that bear the ark of the RD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shalls stand upon an heap. 14*. And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents to pass over Jordan, and the priests JOSHUA, IV. | B. C. 1452. *º- b ch. 1.10. I 1. | c Nu. 10.33. d De.91.9,25. e Ex. 19. 12. 1 since yes- terday and the third day. f ch.7.13. Ex. 19.10, 14. Jno. 17. 19. g Ps.86. 10. h Nu.4. 15. i ch. 4. 14. l wer. 17. m Deut. 5.26. Mat. 16. 16. 1Th., 1.9. 7, ch.21.45. o P.X., 33.2. Deut.", l. Ps. 44.2. p ver. 13, Is.54.5. Mi.4, 13. Zec.4. 14. 6.5. q ch.4.2. | r ver. 15, 16. |s Ps. 78.13. *-*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* it 3De.31.26. Jer.3. 16. Heb. 9.4. w ver. 13. v 1Ch. 12. I5. Jer. 12.5. w Ps. 114.3, ac I Ki.4.12, Zartanah. 1Ki.7.46, Zartham. 9 Deut.3.17. z Ex. 14.29. (CHAP. 4.) a peut. 27.2. b wer. 21. Ex. 13.14. Deut.6.20. i to morrow. c ch.3.13,16. d Nu. 16.40 Ps. 111.4. =-“º- The waters are dividcul. bearing the t ark of the covenant before the people; 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet u of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan v overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up w upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zare- ſtan; a and those that came down toward the y sea of the plaim, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people passed over right against Jericho. | 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry z ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israel- lites passed over on dry ground, un- . til all the people were passed clean over Jordan. CHAPTHER IV. Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones for a memorial out of Jordan. : A*. it came to pass, when all | the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, a and ye shall carry them Over with you, and leave them in the lodging place where ye shall lodge this night. 4 'I'hen Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man : 5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD |your God into the midst of Jordan, |and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, accord- jing unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: 6 That this may be a sign among you, that when b your children ask their fathers 1 in time to come, say- ing, What mean ye by these stones? 7"ſhen ye shall answer them, c That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial d unto the children of Israel for ever, 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto 218 God magnifieth Joshua. Joshua, according to the number of the trihes of the children of Is- racl, and carried them.1 over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 And Joshua set up twelve e stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the Covenant stood: and they are there unto this day. 10 * For the priests which hare the ark stood fin the midst of Jor- tlam, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, accord- ing to all that Moses commanded Joshua : and the people hasted and passed over. 11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests in the pre- sence of the people. 12 And g the children of Teuben and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them : 13 About forty thousand 2 prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14"| On that day the LORD h mag- nified Joshua in the sight of all Israel ; and they feared him as they feared t Moses, all the days of his life. 15. And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 16 Command the priests that bear the ark k of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. 18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the Covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were 3 lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and 4 flowed over l all his banks, as they did before. 19 T And the F. came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gil- ; in the east border of Jeri- ſho, 20 And m those twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 21 And he spake unto the chil- dren of Israel, saying, When n your hildren shall ask their fathers 5 in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? 22 Then ye shall let your children JOSHUA, W. B. C. 1451. e Ex. 24.12. 28,21. 1Ki. 18.31. f ch.3.13. g Nu.32.20- 29. 2 or, ready armed. h ch.3.7. * Ex. 14.31. 1Sa. 12.18. 1Ki. 3.28. k Ex. 25.16, 21. 8 plucked up. 4 went. l ch.3.15. 'm ver.8. n ver.6. 5 to morrowſ. o ch.3.17. p Ex. 14.21. q 1 Ki:8.42.43. 2Ki. 19. 19. Ps. 106.8. Jer, 10.6,7. Da.4.34,35. 6 all days. (CHAP. 5.) a Nu. 13.29. b Ex. 15. 14, 15. c ch.2.9,11. Ps. 48.6. Eze. 21.7. d 1Ki. 10.5. 1 or, knives of flints #x3.35." 2 or, Gibeah- haaraloth. e Nu.26.64, 65. f Nu. 14.33. Deut. i. 3. 2.7.14 * F.83% Heb.3.ſi. h Nu. 14.31. Deut. 1.39, 3 the people had made an end to be circum- cised. *º-s-s-s-s Circumcision we renewed. know, saying, Israel came o over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from be- fore you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did p to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: 24 That q all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty : that K. might fear the LORD your God 6 for eV el". CHAPTER W. 2 Joshua reneweth circumcision. 10 The passover is kept at Gilgal. 12 Manna ceaseth. A. Dit came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan west- ward, and all the kings of the Ca- naamites which a were by the sea, heard b that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that c their heart melted; neither was there spirit d in them any more, because of the children of Israel. 2 *|| At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee 1 sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. 3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the chil- dren of Israel at 2 the hill of the foreskins. 4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: Ali e the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. 5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised; but all the people that were born in the wil- derness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. 6 For the children of Israel walk- edf forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obey- ed not the voice of the LORD : unto whom g the LORD sware that he * | would not shew them the land which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and oney. 7 And their children, h whom he raised up in theirstead,them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncir- cumcised, because they had not cir- cumcised them by the way. 8 And it came to pass, when 8 they had done circumcising all the peo- ple, that they abode in their places 219 Manna ceaseth. in the º they were whole. 9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have 1 rolled away the . of Egypt k from off you: wherefore the name of the place is called 4 Gilgal unto this day, 10 *| And l the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth m day of the month at even, in the plains of Jericho. 11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes and parched corn in the self-same ay. 12 ºſ And the marina n ceased on the inorrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; obut they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 13 *| And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho, that he º up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man m over inst him with his q sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 14 And he said, Nay; but as 5 cap- tain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell r on his face to the earth, and did wor- ship, and said unto him, What's saith my lord unto his servant : 15 And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose t thy shoe from off thy foot, for the lace whereon thou standest is oly: and Joshua did so. CHAPTER VI 1 Jericho is shut up. 2 God in- structeth Joshua how to besiege it. 22 Rahab is saved. OW Jericho 1 was straitly shut up, because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none Caſtle 111. 2 And the LoRD said unto Joshua Sce, Ia have given into thine han Jericho, and the king b , thereof, and the mighty men of valour. . 3 And ye shall compass the city all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets c of rams' horns: and the seventh day yeshall compass the city seven times, and the d priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5 And it shall come to pass, that e when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout f with a great shout: and the wall of the city JOSHUA, Vl. B. C. 1451. i Ge.34. 14. 1Sa. 17.26. k ch.?4. 14. Eze.20.7,8. 23,3,8. * that is, rolling. ! ch.4. 19. m Ex. 12.6. Nu.9.5. n Ex. 16.35. Ne.9.20. o Re.7.16, 17. p Ge.32.24. Ex. 23.23. q Nu.22.23. ichº, 5 or, prince, x.23.20. Da. 10. 13, 21. 12.I. Rev. 19, 11- 14. r Ge. I?.3. Nu. 16.22. s 1Sa. 3.9,10. Is..6.8. Acts 9.6. t Ex.3.5. Acts 7.33. (CHAP. 6.) 1 did shut tip, and was shut tºp. a ch.2.9,24. 8, 1. b Deut.”.24. Ju. 11.24. c Ju.7.16.22. d Nu. 10.8. e 2Ch. 20.21, 22. f2Ch. 13.14, 15. **: 2 under it. § ch.3.6. h ver.3. a gathering host. i Nu. 10.25. 4. toice to be heard. k ver. 6. De.31.25. ! ver.4. m wer.5. 5 or, devoted. Le. 27.38. Mi.4.13. # * * Jericho bestcqed. shall fall down 2 flat, and the peo. ple shall ascend up, every man straight before him. 6 *|| And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, g Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. 7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass h the city and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. 8 *| And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the peo- ple, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets : and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. 9 *| And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the 3 rereward 1 came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make 4 any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout, then shall ye shout, 11 So the ark of the LORD com- passed the city, going about , it once : and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. . 12 # And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up k the ark of the LORD. 13 And seven priests, bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns be- fore the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets : and the armed men went before them : but the rere- ward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 14 And the second day they com- passed the city once, and returned into the camp : so they did six days. 15 And it came to pass on the l seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. 16 And it came to pass at , the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, m Shout ; for the LORD hath given you the city. 17 T.And the city shall be sac- Cursed, even it, and all that are 220 The walls of Jericho fall. therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, be- cause she hid n the messengers that we sent. 18 And ye, in any wise keep o yourselves from the accursed .# lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Is- rael a curse, and troublep it. 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are 6 con- secrated unto the LORD : they shall come into the treasury q of the LORD. 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the peo- ple heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the r wall fell down 7 flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took - gy the city. 21 And they utterly s destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. 22. But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware t unto her. And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out ab, and w her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had ; and they brought out aii her ś kindred, and left them without the camp of Is- rael. 24, And they burnt v the city with fire, and all that was therein : only the w silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LoftD. 25 And Joshua saved Rahab at the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel y even unto this day; because 2 she hid the messengers which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 26 # And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed a be the man before the ford, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho : he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest º shall he set up the gates of 27 So the Lond was with b Jo- shua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country. JOSHUA, VII. B. C. 1451. n ch.2.4. o ch.7. t. Deut.".26. 13. 17. 2Cor. 6, 17. 7 under it. s De.7.2, 16. 20. 16, 17. 1Sam, lä.3, H3. 1Ki,20.42. Ps. 137.8,9. Jer. 48, 10. Rev. 18.21. # ch.2.14. tº ch.2.18. 8 families. v De. 13.16. to wer. 19. ac Ju. 1.24,25. He. I 1.31. b Deut. 31.6. (CHAP. 7.) a wer.20.21. 1 Jºchar. 1Chr.2.7. 2 or, Zimri ićhrº5.’ 8 about two thousand men, or, about three thousand 1726??, b Le.26. 17. De.28,25. c Deut 1.44. 4 or, in Morad. d Le. 26.36. e Ps. 22. 14. f Ge.37.29, 34 § 1Sam.º. i2. 2Sam. 1.2. Nu. I.4.13. 1 De.32:26,27. Ps. 83.4. m Eze. 36.22, 23 s fallest. n ch.6.17, 18. over.21. p Acts 5, 1,2. *º-sºme .Joshua's complaint. (XHAPTER VII. g he Israelites are smitten at Ai 6 Joshua's complaint. Bº. the children of Israel com- mitted a trespass, a in the accursed thing: for 1 Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of ãºabdi the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LoRD was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Je- richo to Ai, which is beside Beth- avan, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and view gº 3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let 3 about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai: and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are few. 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men : and they b fled before the men O. 1. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men : for they chased c them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them 4 in the going down : wherefore the hearts of the people melted, d and became as water.e 6 T.And Joshua rentf his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his before the ark of the LORD until the even-tide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust g upon their heads. 7 And Joshua said, Alas! O Lord God, whereforeh hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! 8 O Lord, what i shall I say, when Israel turneth their 5 backs before their enemies .x 9 Fork the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off! our name from the earth : and what wilt thou do unto thy great name m . 10 *| And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore ° liest thou thus upon thy face 3 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded n them : for they have even taken o of the ac- cursed t , and have also stolen, and dissembled p also, and they # put it even among their own 221 Achan is taken. 12 Therefore q the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: r neither will I be with you any more, except ye de- stroy the accursed from among you. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctifys yourselves against to morrow : for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of 1hee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. 14 In the morning therefore ye ty shall be brought according t , to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the u LORD taketh shall come according to the fami- lies thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households ; and the household which the Łord shall take shali come man by man. - 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath : because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought 7 folly in v Israel. 16 °ſ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken : - 17. And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken : 18 And he brought his household man by man ; and Achan the son of Carm1, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was a.kell. M. And º º unto Aº y son, give, I pray thee, giory w to the LORD God of 1srael, and make confession a unto him ; and tell me mow what thou hast done, hide it not from me. 20. And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the foºd God of lsrael, and thus and thus have I done : 21. When I saw y among the spoils a goodly Babylonish gar- ment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a 8 wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then l covet- edz them, and took a them, and behold, they are hid b in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 22 *|| So Joshua sent messengers and they ran unto the tent, and JOSHUA, VIII. B. C. 1451. q Nu. 14.45. Ju.2.14. r ch.6.18. Deut. 7.26, Hag.2. 13, 14. sch.3.5. t ISa. 10. 19. 14.38-42. w Pr, 16.33, Jon, 1.7. 7 or, wicked- 776 SS, w lSam.6.5. Jer. 13.16. a Nu.5.6,7. 2Ch. 30.22. 33. 12,13. Ezra lº 11. Ps. 32.5. 51.3, a Mi.2.1. b Is.29.15. ~~~~~~~~~ 9 powred. c HChr.2.7. He, 12. 15. d I}eut. 17.5. e ch.8.29. 2S3. 18. I'7. f De. 13.17. g ver.24. Is..65. 10. Ho. 2. 15. 10 that is, trow.ble. (CHAP, 8.) a ch.6.21. b De.20, 14. c Ju.20,29, &c. d ch. 7.5. 1 pulled. *-ºn--- God encourageth Joshua. behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and 9 laid them out before the LORD. 24, And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the gar- ment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had : and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled c us 1 the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned d him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised e over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned f from the fierceness of his anger : where- fore the name of that place was called, The valley g of 10 Achor, unto this day. CHAPTER WHII. 1 God encourageth Joshua. 3 The Stratagem whereby Ai was taken. 30 Joshua buildeth an altar 34 propoundeth blessings and CurSºngs. A*, D the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dis- mayed; take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land : 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho a and her king : only the spoil b thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto your- selves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. 3 *ſ. So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up inst Ai: and Joshua chose thirty thou- Sand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, say- ing, Behold, ye shall lie c in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready : 5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city ; and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, d that we will flee be- fore them, 6 (For they will come out after us) till we have 1 drawn them from the city; for they will say They flee before us, as at the first. 222 At is taken. JOSHUA, VIII. therefore we will flee before them. B. C. 1451. 7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city : for the loºp your Gºdwideliver it into your hand. 8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire : according to the Com- mandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, e I have commanded you. 9 *I Joshua timerefore sent them forth ; and they went to lie in am- l, ush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. 10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the º of Israel, before the people to Ai. 11 And f all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai : now there was a valley between them and Ai. 12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side 2 of the city. 13 And when they had set the peo- ple, cten all the host that was on the north of the city, and their 3 liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. 14 *|| And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his peo- ple, at a time appointed, before the plain ; but he wist g not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilder- eSS. 16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them : and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. 17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el that went not out after Israel: and they left the city Open, and pursued after Israel. 18 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch h out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thime hand. And Joshua Stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. 19 And the ambush arose quickly Out of their place, and they ran as SG0II as he had stretched out his tland; and they entered into the as—mºnº- c 2Sa. 13.28. f wer.5. 2 or, of £i. 3 lying in trait, wer.4. g Ju.20.34, &c. Ec. 9. 12. Is...19. 11,13. 1.Th.5.3. h Ex.8.5. sº-ºº-º-º-º-º-º: i Ge. 19,28. ls.34.10. 4 hand. k Deut. 7.2. l Ex. 17.11, 12. m Nu.31.22, 26. n wer.2. o De. 13.16. p Ps. 110.5. q ch. 10.26,27. r De.21.22, 23. sch. 7.26. t De.27.4–6. w Ex. 20.25. | s==ºssºms The king is hanged. city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. 20. And when the men of Ai look- ed behind them, they saw, and be- hold, the smoke of the city ascend- ed up to heaven, and they had no 4 power to flee this way or that way : and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. 21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and shew the men of Ai. 22 And the other issued out of the city against them: so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side : and they smote them, so that they let none k of them remain or escape. 23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. And it came to pass, when Is- rael had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that ali the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. 26 For Joshua drew l not his hand back where with he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly de- stroyed ail the inhabitants of Åi. 27 Only m the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which n he commanded Joshua. 28, And Joshua burnt oai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day. 29 And the kingp of Ai he hang- ed q on a tree until even-tide : and as soon r as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and s raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day, 30 * Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, t 31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written u in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they of fered thereon burnt offerings unto the LoRD, and sacrificed peace of ferings. 223 The Gibeonites 32 ºf And tº he wrote there u the stones a copy of the law of Mo- ses, which he wrote in the pre- sence of the children of Israel. And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which w bare the ark of the cove- nant of the LORD, as well the stranger at as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal ; as Moses the servant of the Lond had commanded y before, that they should bless the people of Israel. 34 And afterward he read z all the words ofthe law.theblessingsal" and cursings, according to aii that is written in the book of the law. 35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the con- gregation of Israel, with the wo- men, and the little ones, and the strangers that 5 were conversant 1. among them. CHAPTER IX. 1 The kings combine against Israel. 3 The Gibeonites, by craft, obtain a % ND it came to ass, when all h the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the a great sea over against Leba- non, the b Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hi- wife, and the jebusite heard thereof, 2That they gathered c themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one 1 accord. 3." And when the inhabitants of d Gibeon heard e what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been am- bassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up ; 5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. 6 And they went to Joshua unto thef camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country : now therefore make yea league with us. 7 And the men of Israel said unto the g. Hivites, Peradventure, ye dwell among us; and how shall we r make a league h with you? 8 And they said unto Joshua, We #. are thy servants. ; And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye 1 and from whence come ye 3. 9 And they said unto him, From a JOSHUA, IX. B. C. 1451. —sº- v De.27.2,3, 8 w De.81.9.23. 1 Ch. 15. 11- 15. at De. 31. 12. y De. 11.29. 27, 12. . De. 31.11. Ne.8.2,3. 13, 1. a Le, 26.3,&c. De.29.15- 3.23. c 2Ch. 20. 1, &c. Ps.83.3,5. i De.20. 11. 2Ki. 10.5. ********* k \}.e. 20.15. l iki. 8.41. Is.55, 5. Acts 8,27. m ch.2.10. Ex. 15. 14. Nu.21.35. m Es.8, 17. 2 in your and, 2 or, they re- ceived the men by reason of their victuals. o Nu.27.21. 1Ch. 10.13, obtain a league. very far k country thy servants are l come, because of the name of the LORD thy God : for we have heard m_the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites that were be: #. Jordan, to Sihon king of eshbon, and to Og king of Basham, which was at Ashtaroth. 11 Wherefore n our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals 2 with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them. • We are your servants: therefore ;, now make ye a league with us : 12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to .. unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy : * 13 And these bottles of wine. which we filled, were new, and behold they be rent : and these Our garments and our shoes are be- come old by reason of the very long journey. 14 And 3 the men took of their victuals, and asked not o counsel at p the mouth of the LORD. 15 And Joshua made peace g with them, and made a league with them, to let them live : and the princes of the congregation sware r unto them. 16*. And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them. that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. 17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, s and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kir- jath-jearim. 18 And the children of Israel smote them not, cause the princes of the Congregation had sworn tº unto them by the LORD God of Israel. Andall the congrega- tion murmured against the princes. 19 But all the princes said unto all the Congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LoRD God of Is- rael: now therefore we may not touch them. 20. This we will do to them ; we will even let them live; lest u wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. 21 And the princes said unto them. Let them live ; but let them be hewers v of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation : as the princes had promised w them 22 ºf And Joshua called for then. and he spake unto them, saying, Five kings against Gibeon. Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you ; when ye dwell among us 1 23 Now therefore ye are cursed, a and there shall 4 none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers y of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God 24 And they answered Joshua and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded 2 his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, there- fore we were sore afraid a of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. - 25 And now, behold, we are in b thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. 26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. 27 And Joshua 5 made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the c place which he should choose. CHAPTER X. 5 Five kings war against Gibeom. 12 The sun and moon stand still at the word of Joshua. OW it came to pass, when Adoni-zedec king of Jerusa- lem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and a had utterly destroy- ed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Aib and her king ; and how the in- habitants of Gibeou had made peace with Israel, and were aimong them; 2 That they feared c greatly, be- cause Gibeon was a great city, as one of the 1 royal cities, and be: cause it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedec king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. 5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, a gathered them- Selyes together, and went up, they and all ; hosts, and encamped fore, Gibeon, made war "gºs; it. * And the mººr Gibeon Sent JOSHUA, X. B. C. 1451. - a Le.27.28, 29, 4 not be cut off from 3/011. 9 ver.21.27. z Ex. 23.32. De.7. 1,2. a Ex. 15. 14- 16. b 2S3.24. 14. Is.47.6. 5 gave, or delivered to be, Ezra 8.20. c Deut. 12.5. Ps. 132. 13, 14. (CHAP. 10.) a ch.8.22-28. b ch.6.21. c ch.9. 15. Ex. 15. 14- pe.11.25. 1 cities of the kingdom. d ch.9.2. Is.8.9, 10. ~~~~~~~~~~ e ch.9.6. f ch. 11.6. Ju.4. 14, 15. g Ju.4.15. h IS.28.21. i Ex.9.22-26. Ps. 18.13, 14. Is. 30.39. Re. 16.21. 2 be silent. k Job 9.7. Hab.3.1:1. l Ju. 12.12. 3 or, the tupright. m 2Sa. 1.18, n Is.38.8. o Deut. 1.30. p Ju.6.2. 1 Sam. 13.6. 24.3,8. q Mat.27.60. r Jer. 48.10. 4 cut off the tail. 225 The Sun and moon stand still. unto Joshua to the campe to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy Servants; come up to us quickly and save us, and help us : for ài the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gather- ed together against us. 7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the nighty men of valour. 8 *| And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fearf them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand: there shall not a man of them stan before thee. 9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. 10 And the LORD discomfited g them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, h and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and Smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 11, And it came to pass as they fled from before lsrael, and were in the going dowa to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones i from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died : they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Is- rael slew with the sword. 12 *|| Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the Lond delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, 2 stand thou still k upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon." 13 AIfd the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of 3 Jasher ? m So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to n go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought o for Israel. 15 "I And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave p at ¥ak. kedah. 17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. 18 And Joshua said, Roll great q stones upon the mouth of the Cave, and set men by it for to keep them: 19 And stay ye not, but pursue r after your enemies, and 4 smite the | hundmost of them; suffer them not The five kings hanged. to enter into their cities: for the LoRD your Godhath delivered them into your hand. 20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of 1srael made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into s fenced cities. 2] And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue t against any of the children of Israel. 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring tº out those five kings unto me out of the Caye. - 23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet v * the necks w of these kings. Anda: they came near and put their feet upon the necks of them. 25 And Joshua said unto them, Tear y not, nor be dismayed, be strong z and of good courage : for thus a shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged b them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.c 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day. 28'ſ And that day.Joshua took Mak- kedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, d them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain : and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did e unto the king of Jericho. Then Joshua passed from Mak- kedah,and all Israel with him, untof Libnah, and fought against Libnah : 30 And the LoRD delivered it also and the king thereof, into the ham of Israel: and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none re- main in it; but did unto the king JOSHUA, X. B. C. 1451. & 2Sam. 20.6. Jer.8.14. t Ex. 11.7. w 1Sa. 15.32. v Is. 26.5,6. Mal.4.3. ºw Ps. 18.40. ac Ps. IO7.40. 149.8,9. 9 ch. 1.9. De.31.6,8. z Ep.6.10. a Deut. 3.21. 7. 19. Rom.8.37. b ch.8,29. c De.21.23. d De.7.2,16. e ch.6.21. f ch. 15.42. 2:... b3. 2Ki.8.22. 19,8. g ver.28. h ver.3,5. i ver.30. k ver, 3. ! wer. 32. mn ch. 14, 13. iš.9,10. 1Ch. 12.23, 38 d n ver,35. o ch. 15, 15. Ju. I. 11, p ver,37. q De.20. 16, 17. r De.9.23. s Ge. 10, 19. 1Sam.6.17. t ch. 11, 16. tº ver.2,12. IKi.3.5. ty wer, 14. *º-sum Divers kings overcome. thereof as g he did unto the king of Jericho. 31*. And Joshua passed from Lib- nah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, h and encamped against it, and fought against it: .32 And the LoRD delivered Lach- ish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done i to Libnah. 33'ſ Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish ; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none re- maining. 34 ºff And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, k and all Israel with him: and they encamped against it, and fought against it: 35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all l that he had done to Lachish. 36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto He- bron; m and they fought against it: 37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all n that he had done to Eglon, but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. 38 ºf And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; o and fought against it : 39 And he took it, and the kin thereof, and all the cities thereof, and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining : as p he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. *ſ So Joshua smote all the coun- try of the hills, and of the south. and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that treathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.g 41 And Joshua smote them from Radesh-barnear even unto Gaza, s and all the country of Goshent even unto Gibeom.u. 42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because v the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. 43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 226 Divers kings overcome CHAPTER XI IXivers kings %. at the waters of Merom. -- ND it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent a to Jobab the king of Madon, and to the king of Shinron, b and to the king of Ach- shaph, £ 2 And to the kings that were on the 'f north of the mountains, and of the 'g plains south of Chinneroth, c and in the valley, and in the borders of Dord on the west, 3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amor- ite, and the Hittite, and the Periz- zite, and the Jebusite in the moun- tains, and to the Hivite e under Hermon fin the land of Mizpeh.g 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much peo- ple, even as the sand h that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. 5 And when all these kings were 1 met together, they came and W. together at the waters of ferom, to fight against Israel. 6"|Amd the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them : for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough k their horses, l and burn their chariots m with fire. 7 So Joshua came, and all the peo- º of war with him, against them y the waters of Merom sudden- ly, n and they fell upon them. 8 And the LORD o delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto 2 great Zidon,and unto 3 Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of §. east- Ward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. 9 And Joshua did unto them as the p LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt q their cha- riots with fire. 10" And Joshua at that time turn- edback, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying ihem: there was not 4 any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. . 12. And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge ºf the sword, and he utterly de- stroyed them, r as Moses the ser- Want of the Lond commanded. 3, But as for the cities that stood still" in their strength, Israel burn- JOSHUA, X1, XII. B. C. 1451. -*sº-º-º: (CHAP. 11.) a ch, 10.3. b ch. 19, 15. by appoint- ment. # ch. 10.8. # 2Sam.8.4. m, ch. 10.9. 1Th.5.3. 0 ch. 21.4. 2 or, Zidon- rabbah. 3 burnings, or, saltpits. wer.6. q Eze. 39.9, I 4 any breath ch. 10.40. r Nu.33.52. Deut. 7.2. 20.16, 17. 5 %. their (1. 3:30:18, **-rººvºº, 6 removed. sch. 12.8. t ch. 10.41. 7 or, the smooth nowntain. 2. ch. 12.7. v ch. 12.9-24. Beut. 7.24. 8 till 1445. w ch.9.3,7. a: Ju, 14.4. HSam. 2.25. IKi. 12.15. v Deut.2.30. Is..6.10. Rom, 9. 18. z De.20.16, 17. a ch. 15. 13.14. Nu. 13.33, 33 Deut. 9,2. by JSa. 17.4. 2S:1.21.22. 1Chr. 18.1. c ch. 15.46. dNu.34.2,&c. 8 chº Nu.26,52- 55. f ch.21.44,45. *-*-º-º-º-me at the waters of Merom. ed mone of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Is. rael took for a prey unto them- selves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. 15"| As the LORD commanded Mo- ses his servant, so did Moses com- mand Joshua, and so did Joshua : he 6 left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses. 16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, 8 and all the south coun- try, and all the land of Goshen, t and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the val- ley of the same ; 17 Even from 7 the mount Halak,w that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad, in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings v he took, and Smote them, and slew them. 18 Joshua made war 8 a long time with all those kings. 19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites, w the inhabitants ° of Gibeon: all other they took in battle. 20 For it was of a the Lord to y harden their hearts, that they should come against israel in bat: tle, that he might destroy them ut- terly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD z comm d Moses. 21 *[And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the a Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from De- bir, from Amab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel:... Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. 22 There was mone of the Ana- kims left in the land of the chil- drem of Isråel : only in Gaza, in Gath, b and in Ashdod, c there re- Iſlºtillè(1. . 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said d unto Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel ac- cording to their divisions e by their tribes. And the land rested f from Wä.E. CHAPTER XII. The one and thirty kings on the other side Jordan which Joshua smote. QW these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan, to- ward the rising of the sun, from 227 The one and thirty kings the river Armon a unto mount Her- mom, and all the plain on the east : 2 Sihon b king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon ; 3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plaim, even the Salt sea on the east, the way to Beth- jeshimoth ; and from 1 the south, under 2 Ashdoth-pisgah : . . 4 *|| And the coast of Og c king of Bashan, which was of the diremnant of the giants, that dwelte at Ash- taroth and at Edrei, 5 Andreigned in mountf Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon, 6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite : and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it g for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gad- ites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. 7 i And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the chil- dren of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad . in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession ac- cording to their divisions; 8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and im the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Ca- naanites, the Perizzites, the IHi- vites, and the Jebusites : 9 * The king of Jericho, i. one; the king of Ai, k which is beside Beth-el, one ; 10 The king of Jerusalem, l one ; the king of Hebron, one ; 11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12. The king of Eglon, one ; the king of Gezer, one ; , 13. The king of Debir, one ; the ** Geder, one; 14 The king of Hormah, one; the ng O , one ; i5"the king offibnah, one; the king of Adullam, one ; 16. The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, m one; 17 The king of Tappuah, one ; the king of Hepher, ºn one; p of Aphek, one; the 18.The #j, king of 9 Lasharon, one; JOSHUA, XIII. B. C. 1445. (CHAP. 12.) a Nu.21.24. De.3.8,9. b De.2.33,36. 3.6, 16, 17. 1 or, Teman. 2 or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill, Deut.4.49. c Nu.21.33- 35. d Deut.3.11. e Deut. 1.4. f De.3.8-14. g Nu.32.29, 33. h Ex.23.23. i ch.6.2. k ch.8.17,29. 1 ch. 10.23-33. m Ju. 1.22. ra i Ki.4.10. 3 or, Sharon. Is.33.9. ^. o ch. 11.10. p ch. 11.1. (CHAP. 13.) 1 to possess it, Deut. 31.3. a Ju.3.1. b 2Sam.3.3. 13.37,38. c Jer.2.18. 'd Ju.3.3. 1Sa.6.4,16. Zep,2,4,5. e Deut.2.23. 2 or, the cave. f 1Sam.4.1. g Ju. 1.36. h 1Ki.5. 18, PS.83.7. i ch. 12.7. k ch. 11.3. i Ex.23.30,31. ºn ch. 14.1.2. n Nu.32.33. over. 16. Nu.21.30. * -s. which Joshua Smote. 19 The king of Madon, one; the king of 0 Hazor, one ; 20. The king of Shimron-meron, p one ; the king of Achshaph, one ; 21 The king of Taanach, one ; the king of Megiddo, one ; The king of Kedesh, one ; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; 23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one ; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one ; 34 ſhe king of Tirzah, one : all the kings thirty and one. APTER XIII. 2 The bounds of the land not yet con- quered. 22 Balaam slain. OW Joshua was old and strick- em in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land 1 to be possessed. 2 This is the land that yet a re- maineth : all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, b 3 From Sihor, c which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite : five d lords of the Phillistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshka- lonites, the Gittites, and the Ek- romites; also the e Avites: 4 From the south all the land of the Canaanites, and 2 Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, f to the borders g of the Amorites: 5 And the land of the Giblites, h and all Lebanon, toward the sun- rising, from Baal-gadi undermount Hermon unto t entering into Hamath. 6 All the inhabitants of the hill country, from Lebanon unto Mis- rephoth-maim, k and all, the Si- donians, them will I drive l out from before the children of Israel: only m divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, asl have commanded thee. 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine * and the half tribe of Manas- Sen, 8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their in- heritance, which Moses n gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them ; 9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medebao unto ibon: 10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon unto the border of the children of Ammon ; 228 Balaam slatn. 11 And Gilead, piand the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites and all mount Hermon, and aii Bashan unto Salcah; 12 All the kingdom of Qg in Ba- shan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants. For these q did Moses smite, and cast them out. 13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not r the Geshur- ites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachath- ites dwell among the Israelites until this day. 14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none s inheritance ; the sacri- fices t of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them. 15 ºf And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their fami- 16 And their coast was from w Aroer that is on the bank of the river Armon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; 17 Heshbon, v and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, an 8 Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal- meon, 18 And Jahaza, w and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah and Zareth shahar in the mount of the valley, 20 And Bºth peor and 4 Ashdoth- pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, - 21 And all ºr the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, y Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. 22"| Balaam z also the son of Beor, the 5 soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. 23 And the border of the children Of Reuben was Jordan, and the bor- der thereof. This was the inherit- ance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. 25. And their coast was Jazer, a and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah; b 26 And from Heshbon unto Ra- math-mizpeh, and Betonim; and JOSHUA, XIV. B. C. 1445. p ch. 12.5. q Nu.21.34, 35. r ch.23. 12,13. Nu.33.55. Ju.2. I-3. sch. 14.3,4. t Nu. 18.20- 24. w ch. 12.2. v Nu.21.28, 30. 3 the high places of Baal, and house of Baatmeon, Nu.32.38. w Nu.21.23. 4 springs of Pisgah, or, the hill, ch. 12.3. ac Deut.3.10. y Nu.31.8. z Nu.22.5. 31.8. 5 or, diviner. a Nu.32.35. b 2Sa. 11.1. **º-º-º- c Nu.32.36. d Ge. 33.17. HKi.7.46. e Nu.34.11. Nu.32.39- f 41. g 1Chr.2.23. h ch. 12.4. t ver, 14. k Deut. 18.1. (CHAP, 14.) a Nu.34. 17, 18. b Nu.26.55. 33.54. 34. 13. Ps. 16.5,6. c Ge.48.5. 1Chr.5.1,2. d 10.h.6.54- 81. e Nu.35.3. f Nu.35.2. -º-º-º: The inheritance, 3c. from Mahanaim unto the border of epir; 27. And in the valley, Beth-aram,c and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, d and Zaphon, the rest of the king- dom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jor- dan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of e Chinnereth, on the other side Jordan eastward. 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. 29 ºf And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh : and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manas- seh by their families. 30 And f their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns 9 of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities: 31. And half Gilead, and h Ashta- roth, and Edrei, cities of the king- dom of Og in Bashan, were pertain- fing unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. 32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. 33 But i unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance : the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said k unto them. CHAPTER XIV. Caleb by privilege obtaineth Hebron. ND these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar a the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inherit- ance to them. 2 By lot b was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. 3 For Moses had given the inherit- ance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan : but unto the Levites he gave none inherit- arlGé *ś 4 For the children of Joseph were c two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save citiesd to dwell in, with their suburbs e for their cattle and for their sub- Stance. 5 As f the LORD commanded Mo- ses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided theiand. 6 * Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Calcà obtains Hebron. Caleb g the son of Jephumneh the Renezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said h unto Moses the man i of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh- £3. 7 Forty years old was I when Mo- ses the servant of the LORD sent k me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was l in mine heart. 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people m melt: but I whollyn followed the LORD my God. 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon o thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. 10, And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, p these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Is- raeli wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day four- score and five years old. 11. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as q my strength was then, even , so is my strength now, for war, both to r go out, and to come 1Ik. 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how s the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if t so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be . to drive them out, as the LORD Sălți. 13 And Joshua blessed w him andv gave unto Caleb the son of Jephun- neh Hebron for an inheritance. 14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day; because that he wholly follow- ed the LORD God of Israel. 15 And the name of Hebron before h toas Kirjath-arba; w which Arba as was a great man among the Ana- kims. And y the land had rest from war. CHAPTER XV. The borders of the lot of Judah. HIS then was the lot a of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even b to the bor- ièr of Édom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the 1 bay that looketh southward • JOSHUA, XV. B. C. 1444. --------sº- g Nu.32.12. h Nu. 14.30. De. 1.36,38. i Nu.12.7,8. k Nu. 13.6,26. * Nu, 13.30. 14.6-8. º Nº.33; De.1.2836. n Nu. 14.24. o ch.1.3. p Nu. 14.30. 1 walked. q Deut. 34.7. Ps. 103.5. * Deut. 31.2. sNu. 13.28,33. t 1Sam. H.6. 20h. 14.11. Ps. 18.32-34 27. I-3. 44.3. 60.12. 118. 10-12. Rom.8.31. Phi. 4. 13. He, 11.33. *t ch. 22.6. Cant.6.9. v ch. 15.13. w Ge.23.2. a: Ge. 35.27. | ?/ ch] 1.23. |(cHAP. 15.) a Nu.26.55. b Nu.34.3-5. tongue. 2 or, the go- ing up to ..?crabbim. c ch. 18, 19. d ch. 18. I7. e ch. 7.26. f ch.5,9. g 2Sa. 17.17. IKi. 1.9. 2Ki.23. 10. Jer. 19.2,6. i ch. 8.28. Ju. 19.10. k 2Sa.5.18,22. l, ch. 18.15. m 2 Sam.6.2. 10h. 13.6. The borders of Judah. 3 And it went out to the south side to 2 Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh- barnea, and passed along to Hez- ron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa : 4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea; this shall be your south coast. 5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan: and their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan : 6 And the border went up to C Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone d of ohan the son of Reuben : 7 And the border went up toward Debir ſrom the valley of Achor, e and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, fthat is before the going up to Adummin, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En- shemesh, and the goings out there- of were at g En-rogel : 8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom h unto the south side of the Jebusite ; the same is i Jerusalem : and the bor- der went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the val- ley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giantsk northward: 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the foun- tain l of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, m which is Kir- jath-jearim : m 10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim (which is Chesalon) on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah : 0 11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron p northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. 12 And the west border was to the q great sea, and the coast there- of. This is the coast of the child- ren of Judah round about, accord- ing to their families. 13 *| And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to Cities of Judah. JOSHUA, XV. the commandment of the LORD to B. C. 1444. -*-*- Joshua, even & the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is * TOI). 14 And Caleb drove thence the rº three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. . 15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir : s and the name of Debir before was Kirjath- sepher. i 16 °ſ And Caleb said, He t that, smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 17 And Othniel the son u of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it : and he gave him Achsah his àughter to wife. | 18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she v lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou! Who answered, Give me a w º; south land, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the netiler - ºft - 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah ac- cording to their families. 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah, to- ward the coast of Edom southward, were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 24.7iph, r and Telem, and Bealoth, 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, *Amam, and Shema, and Mola- ah, 27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Hesh- mon, and Beth-palet, y And Hazar-shual, and Beer- Sheba, and Bizjothiah, ah, 2 and ſim, and Azem,a 30 And Étoiad, and Chesii, and ormah, 31 And Ziklag, b and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, ande Ain, and Rimmon : all the cities are twenty and mime, with their Villages: 33. And in the valley, Eshtaol, d and Zoreah, and Ashnah, And Zanoah, and En-gannim, º and Enam, 35Jarmuth, and Adullam,e Socoh,f and Azekah for thou hast given me al” 35 And Sharam, and Adithaim, 3 Kiriath- 0.7" lºgº. r Nu. 13.22. Ju. 1.10-20. & ch. 10.38. t Ju. 1.6, 12, 13. w Nu.32. 12. v Ge.24.64. 1Sa. 25.23. w Ge.33.11. Deut. 33.7. ac Sa.23. 14, 24. v Ne. 11.26. 2 ver.9, a 10h.4.29. b 1Sa-27.6. c Nu.34.11. d Ju. 13.25. .*.*. 4 or, or. g Ge.31.48, 49. h 2Ki. 14.7. i 2Ki. 18.14, 17. k 2Iši.8.22. l 18a.23.1,&c. m Mi. 1. 14, 15. Is.20.1.” p Nu.34.5,6. q Ju. 1.11. r ch. I0.41- 11, 16 s Is.21.11. 6 or, Janus. t ver, 13. tº 18a.23.25. v 1Ki. 18.42. to ch. 18. 14. ac 1Sa.23.29. y Ju. 1.8.21. 2Sam.5.6. Rom. 7. 14- 21. Cities of Judah. and Gederah, * and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their .*; : 37 Zenan, and Hadashah,and Mig- algad, - 38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, g and Joktheel, h 39 Lachish, i and Bozkath, and Eglon, 40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, 41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: 42 ſibnah, k and Ether, and Ashan, 43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 44 And Keilah l and Achzib,m and Mareshah ; nine cities with their villages: 45 Ekron m with her towns and her villages: 46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that, lay 5 near Ashdod, with their villages: 47 Ashdod, o with her towns and her villages; Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, p and the border thereof: 48 "I And in the mountains, Sha- mir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-san- nah, which is Debir, q 50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and num, 51 And Goshen, r and Holon, and ; eleven cities with their vil- ages: 52 Arab, and Dumah, s and Es- hean, 53 And 6 Janum, and Beth-tap- puah, and Aphekah, 54 And Humtah, and t Kirjath- arba (which is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages: 55 Maon, u Carmel, v and Ziph, and Juttah, 56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 59. And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages: w 60 Kirjath-baal w (which is Kir- jath-jearim) and Rabbah ; two ci- ties with their villages: 61. In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah, And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; a six cities with their villages. 63'ſ As for the Jebusites the in- habitants of Jerusalem, the chil- dren of Judah could not drive them out : but the y Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. 231 The borders of Joseph. CHAPTER XVI, The general borders of the sons of Joseph, 5 and of Ephraim. ND the lot of the children of Joseph 1 fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout Inount Beth-el, 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to a Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of b Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: cand the goings out thereof are at the Sea, 4 So d, the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. - 5T And the border of the chil- dren of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth- horon the upper; 6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah e on the north side ; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shi- loh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; 7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. 8 The border went out from Tap- uah westward unto the river f anah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inhe- ritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families. 9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were amon the inheritance of the children o Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. 10 And g they drave not out the Ca- maanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day,andserve under tribute. CHAPTER XVII. The lot of Manasseh. BERE was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn a of Joseph ; to wit, for Machir b the firstborn of Ma- masseh, the father of Gilead : be- cause he was a man of war, there- fore he had Gilead c and Bashan. 2 There was also a lot for the rest d of the children of Manasseh by their ilies; for the children of i Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of She- chem, and for the children of He- pher, and for the children of She- JOSHUA, XVI, XVIl. B. C. 1444, (CHAP. 16.) 1 went forth. a ch. 18.13. Ge.28. 19, Ju. 1.26. b 20hr 8.5. c 10 h.7.28. d 1Chr. 17.14. e ch. 17.7. f ch. 17.9. *####, (CHAP. 17.) a Ge. 41.51. b Ge.50.23. c Deut,3,15. d Nu.26.29- 32 1 Nu.26.30, Jeezer. e ch. 14.1. f Nu.27.6,7. g ch. 16.6-8, 2 or, brook of reeds. A ch. H6.9. 10hr. 7.29. k 1Sa. 31.10. IKi.4.12. i 1Sa.28.7. Ps,83. 10. rn Zec. 12.11. ºn Ju, 1.27,28. |o ch. 16.10. Tºg The lot of Manasseh. mida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. 3'ſ But Zelophehad, the son of He- K. the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4 And they came near before e Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD com- manded Moses f to give us an in- heritance among our brethren. Therefore, according to the com- mandment of the LoRD, he gaye them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, besides the land of Gi- lead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; 6 Because the daughters of Ma- nasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manas- seh’s sons had the land of Gilead. 7 *| And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, g that lieth before Shechem ; and the border went along on the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En- tappuah. 8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah : but jº. on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim. 9 And the coast descended unto the * river Kanah, southward of the river. These cities h of Ephraim are among the cities of Mariasseh : the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the Out-goings of it were at the sea : 10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. 11 And i Manasseh had in Issa- char and in Asher, Beth-shean k and her towns, and ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor l and her towns, and the inhabitants m of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Me- giddo and her towns, even three Countries. 12 Yet n the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 13. Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxem strong, that they put the Canaan- ites to tribute; o but did not ut- terly drive them out. The tabernacle at Shiloh. 14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, y hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a #. people, forasmuch as the RD hath blessed p me hitherto 7 15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the 3 giants, imount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have cha- riots of iron, q both they who are of Beth-shean r and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.s 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Mamasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great ower; thou shalt not have one ot only: 18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down : and the out- goings of it shall be thine: for t thoushalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though º be strong. ČížAftiºx VIII. The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh. A}. the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, a and set up the tabernacle b of the congrega- tion there : and the land was sub- dued before them. 2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. 3 And Joshua said unto the chil- drem of Israel, How long are ye slack c to go to possess the land which the LORD of your fa- thers hath given you ? 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise and god through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them ; and they shall come again to Iſle. 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah e shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house off Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast g lots for you here before the RD Our God. 7 But the Levitesh have no part JOSHUA, XVIII. B. C. 1444. p Ge.49.22- 26. Nu.26.34- De.33. 13. 17. 3 or, Re- phaims, Ge. 14.5, 15.20. 2Sa.5. 18, q Ju. I. 19. 4.3. r lki.4.12. s 2Ki.9.10,37. t Deut. 20.1. Js.41. 14-16. Ro.8 31.37, Heb. 13.6. (CHAP. 18.) a ch. 19.51. Jer, 7. 12. b Ju. 18.31. 18a. 1.3,24. 4.3,4. c Ju. 18.9. d ver.8. e ch. 15.1,&c. f ch. 16.1-4. g ver. 10. ch. 14.2. h ch. 13.33. i ch. 13.8. k Ge. 13.17. ! Ac, 13.19. m Eze. 47.22. 48.29 7) Ge.28. 19. Ju. 1.23. o ch. 16.3. p 1Ch.13.5,6. g ch. 15.9. § ch. 15.7. The lot of Benjamin. among you; for the priesthood of |the LöRD is their inheritance: and i Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their in- heritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the floºd gave them. 8 *|| And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through k the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast § for you before the LORD in 110 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities, into seven l parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. 10 *|| And Joshua cast lots m for them in Shiloh before the LORD : and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel accord- ing to their divisions. 11 *ſ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up ac- cording to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth be- tween the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 12 And their border, on the north side was from Jordan ; and the border went up to the side of Je- richo on the north side, and went up through the mountains west- ward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth- ŁWºłł. 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which n is Beth-el) south- ward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the me- ther Beth-horon.o 14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon south- ward ; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, (which is Kirjath-jearim) a city of the chil- dren of Judah: This was the west quarter, 15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, p and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters q of Nephtoah : 16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that tieth before the valley of the son of Hin- mom, r and which is in the valley of the #º on the north, and de- scended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusion the south, and descended to En-rogel,s d was drawn from the north The cities ºf Benjamin. and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stonet of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18 And passed along toward the side over against 1 Arabah north- ward, and went down unto Ara- bah : 19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the out-goings of the border were at the north 2 bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan. This was the south coast. 20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Ben- jamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. gi Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin accord- ing to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, 22 And Beth-arabah, and u Ze- maraim, and Beth-el, v 3 And Avim, and Parah, and w Ophrah 3. And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba ; twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, as and Ramah, y and Beeroth, * 26 And Mizpeh, z and Chephirah, and Mozah. 27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and a Je- busi, (which is Jerusalem) Gibeath, C; irjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inherit- ance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. - CHAPTER XIX. The children of Israel give an inherit- ance to Joshtta. NT) the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inherit- ance was a within the inheritance of the children of Judah. - 2 And they had iſ their inherit- ance, Beer-sheba, b or Sheba, and Moladah 3 Andº' Hazar-shual, and Balah," and Azem, 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and d Orman, 5 And Ziklag, e and Beth maica- both, and Hazar-susah, 6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharu- JOSHUA, XIX. B. C. 1444. ---sº- t ch. 15.6. 1 or, the plain. 2 tongue, ls. 11.15. w Ge. 10. 18. 2Chr. 13.4. v 1Ki. 12.29, 32. ºwy 1Sa. 13.17. ac liki, 3.4,5. w Jer.31. 15. z Ju. 10, 17. a ch. 15.8,63. (CHAP. 19.) a ver.9. by Ge.21.31. 1Chr.4.28. c ch. 15.28-32. d Ju.L. 17. e 1Sa.27.6. 30. l. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*. f 1Sa.30.27. g 2Cor. 8, 14, 15. h wer. 1. i Ge.49, 13. k ch. 12.22. l Ju.4.6, 12. Ps,89. 12. an 10h.6.72. 7, 2Ki. 14.25. 1 or, which is drawn. o Ju. 1.30. p ch. 11.1. Ru. I. 19. 2Sa.23.15. 20hr. 11.6. r 1 Ki-21.1. S Sa,28.4. 2Ki.4.8,12. hem; thirteen cities and their vil-lt ch.21.29. lages: 7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and : u. ICh.6.77. Ashan ; four cities and their vil- it' jº. lages: 8 And all the villages that were i.14.11. *-ºn- The lot of Simeon, 4c. roundabout these cities to Baalath- beer, Ramath f of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. 9 Out of the portion of the chil- dren of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon : for the part of the children of Judah was too much g for them : therefore h the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them. 10 *ſ And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun accord- ing to their families : and the bor- der of their inheritance was unto Sarid : 11 And their border went up to- ward the sea, i and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reach- ed to the river that is before Jok- neam, k 12 And turned from Sarid east- ward, toward the sun-rising, unto the border of Chisloth-tabor, l and then goeth out to Daberath, m and goeth up to Japhia, 13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-he- pher, n to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-lmethoar to Neah; 14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathom: and the out-goings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el: 15. And Kattath, and Nahallal, o and Shimron, p and Idalah, and Beth-lehem : q twelve cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. 17 ºf And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Isa- char according to their families. 18 And their horder was toward Jezreel, r and Chesulloth, and Shunem, s 19 And Hapharaim, and Shihom, and Anaharath, 20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, ano bez, 21, And Remeth, and En-gannim, t and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez; And the coast reacheth to Ta- bor, u and Shahazimah, and Beth- shemesh : v and the out-goings of their border were at Jordan: six- teen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. 24 *| And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25 And their border was Hel- The lot of Naphtali. kath, w and Hali, and Beten, and º 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal ; and reacheth to Car- mel a westward, and to Shihor- Yibnath ; 27 And turneth toward the sun- rising to Beth-dagon, y and reach- eth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and gooth out to Cabul on the left hand, 28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, cven unto great Zidon ; z 29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city 2 Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah ; and the out-goings thereof are at the sea, from the coast to Achzib : a 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, b and Rehob : twenty and two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher c ac- cording to their families, these cities with their villages. 32"| The sixth Hot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. 33 And their coast was from He- leph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum ; and the out-goings thereof were at Jordan : 34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west d side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sun-rising. 35 And the fenced cities are Zid- dim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinneroth, e ; And Adamah, and Ramah, and aZOr, 37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and In-hazor, 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Ho- rem, and Beth-amath, and Beth- Shemesh ; f nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the Cities and their villages. 40 *| And the seventh lot came Out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41 And the coast of their inherit- ange was Zorah, g and Eshtaol, h and Ir-shemesh, 42. And Shaalābbin, and Ajalon, i * }.}} 3 And Elon. and Thimnathah and Ekron,' ' y JOSHUA, XX. The six cities of refuge. B. C. 1444. 44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, 1 and Baalath 45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon, 46, And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border 3 before 4 Japho. w 2Sa.2.16. ac 1 Sa. 15.12. 1Ki. 18.20, 42 Cantº..." | 17 And in the coast, of the chil- is 33.5. dren of Dan went out too little for 35.2. them : therefore the children of 37.24. Dan went up to fight against Le- Jer. 46. 18. illº, º º and º: º he edge of the sword, an S- 9 Sam-64. |sessed it, and "āweit iºd z ch. 11.8. called Leshem, Dan, after the name Ju. 1.31. of Dan their father. 2 Tzor. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan ac- cording to their families, these cities with their villages. 49 "I When they had made an 2Sam.5.11. Eze. 27.2, &c. {I, §§ end of dividing the land for inherit- *** |ance by their coasts, the children b 1Sam.4.1. of Israel gave an inheritance to 1 Ki.20.30. Joshua the son of Nun among • Gº. "..."...cord De. 33.24. ing to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which d De, 33.23. he asked, even Timnath-serah n in Mark 6:53. '''''''''' Ephraim; and he built the ****** |city, and dwelt therein. f ver.22. 51. These are the inheritances g 2Ch.1.1.10 which Eleazar o the priest, and ... “ Joshua the son of Nun, and the **u-18.3. heads of the fathers of the tribes i lSa. 14.31. of the children of Israel, divided k Isa.5.10. for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh p Am...i.S. before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So ^- they made an end of dividing the l liki. 15.27. Country. * ~ * **w- 3 Or, ove?" CHAPTER XX. ...t. 1 Gºd commandeth, 7 and the Israel- 4 J. tles appoint six citics of refuge. ". !"; Tº LoRD also spake unto Jo- CtS 3.30. shua, saying, m Ju. 18. 1,27- || 2 Speak to the children of Is- * rael, saying, Appoint a out for you n ch.24.30. Cities of refuge, whereof I spake 0 ch. 14. l. unto you by the hand of Moses: Nº.3.17. 3 That the slayer that killeth any Ch. 18.10 person unawares and unwittingly p §... may flee thither; and they shall be jū.2.1921. Yºur refuge from the avenger of 1Sam.1.3. lood. Ps. 78.60. 4 And when he that doth flee un- Je.7.1.2.14, to one of those cities shall stand at the b entering of the gate of the (CHAP. 20.) city, and shall declare his cause in a Ex. 21.13, the ears of the elders of that city, Nu.35.6,11, they shall take him into the city 14. |ºnto them, and give him a place, De, 19.2.9. that he may dwell c among them. b Ru.4.1.2. 5 And if the avenger d of blood Prºgi.23. pursue after him, then they shall c Heb.6.18. Inot deliver the , slayer up into his . . hand; because he smote his neigh- G. N. *#. bour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. —º- 6 And he shall dwell in that city Eight and forty cities until he stand before the congre- † for judgment, and until the eath of the high priest that shall be in those days; them shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. 7 'ſ And they 1 appointed. Ke- deshe in Galilee in mount Naph- tali, and Shechem f. in mount Ephraim,and Kirjath-arbag (which is Hebron) in the mountain h of udah. 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer i in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth k in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan l in Ba- shan out of the tribe of Manas- Seik. 9 These were the cities appoint- ed m for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourn- eth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die b the hand of the avenger of blood, until he n stood before the congre- OIl. gati CHAPTER XXL Fight and forty cities given unto the Levites. | HEN came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazara the priest, and unto Jo- shua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 2 And they spake unto them at b Shiloh in the land of Canaan, say- ing, the LORD commanded c by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwellin, with the suburbs there- of for our cattle. 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their in- heritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs. 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron d the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 5 And the rest of the children of Kohathe had by lot out of the far milies of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. 6 And the children of Gershon f had by lot out of the families of the tribe of issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali and out of the JOSHUA, XXI. B. C. 1444. 1 sanctified. e ch.21.32. 1Ch.6.76. ch. 21.2i. f 2Ch. 10.1. g ch. 14.15. 21.11,13. h Luke 1.39. i ch.21.36. Deut.4.43. 10h.6.78. k ch.21.38. iRi.22.3. .6. l ch.21.27. m Nu.35. 15. n wer.6. (CHAP. 21.) a ch. 14. I. 17.4. b ch. 18.1. cNu.35.2. d ver. 8, 19. ch. 24.33. e ver.20,&c. f ver.27,&c. g ver,34,&c. h ver.3. 1 called. i 10h.6.55. 2 or, Kirjath- §2. # ch. 15.13,14. l ch.20.7.8:c. Luke iº9. rn ch. 14. 14. in 1Ch.6.56, &c. o ch. 15.51. 1Ch.6.58, Filen. p ch. 15.42. 1Ch.6.59, •Ashan. ch. 18.24 *:::::", r 10h.6.60, •Atlemeth. a ver.5. 1Ch.6.66 | *-*.*-*. given to the Levºtes. half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. - 7 The children of Merari g by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebu- lun, twelve cities. - 8 And the children of Israel gave h by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses 9 T And they gave out of th; tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here 1 mentioned by name, 10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Ko- hathites, who were of the children of Levi, had : for their's was the first lot. 11 And they i gave them 2 the city of Arba the father k of Anak, (which city is Hebron) in the hill l country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb m the son of Jephunneh for his possession. 13 * Thus n they gave to the children of Aaron the priest He- bron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Lib- nah with her suburbs iſ And jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, 15. And Holono with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, 16 And Aimp with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. 17 And out of the tribe of Benja- min, Gibeon with her suburbs, Gebag with her suburbs, 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon r with her suburbs; four cities. 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. And the families of the chil- dren, of Kohath, s the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21, For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Eph- raim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, 22 And Kibzaim with her su- burbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities. 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbe- thon with her suburbs, 236 Eight and forty cities 24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath- rimmon with her suburbs; four cities. 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her su- burbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs ; two cities. 26. All the cities were ten with their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that re- mained. 27 ºf And unto the children of Gershom, t of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golam u in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs ; two cities, 28 And out of the tribe of Issa- char, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gammim with her suburbs; four cities. 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities. 32 And out of the tribe of Naph- tali, Kedesh v in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. 33 All the cities of the Gershon- ites, according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 34 *| And unto the families of the children of Merari, w the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Ze- bulum, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Na- halal with her suburbs; four ci- tlèS. 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer a with her suburbs, and Ja- hazah with her suburbs, 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with hersuburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim, with her suburbs, 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Ja- zer with her suburbs; four cities in all. 40 So all the cities for the chil- dren of Merari, by their families, Which were remaining of the fami- lies of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. 41, All the cities of the Levites within the ºossession of the chil- JOSHUA, XXII. B. C. 1444. t ver,6. 1Ch.6.7.1. w ch.20.8. tº ch.20.7. w ver.7. 1 Ch.6.77. acch.20.8. *-*.*. y Nu.35.7. z Ge. 12.7. 13. 15. 15. 13-21. 26.3,4. 28.4,13,14. a ch. t1.23. b De.7.23,24. c ch.23.14. Nu.23. 19. 1 Ki. 8.56. 1Cor. 1.9. Tit. 1.2. (CHAP. 22.) a Nu.32.20- 29, De.3.16,20. b ch. 1.12.18. c De.29.8. d De, 6.6, 17. 11.22. 1Ch. 28.7,8. Jer. 12. 16. e De. 10. 12. f Acts 11.23. g ch.24. 14. 1Sa. 12.20, 24. h Ge.47.7. 23a.6.18. Luke 2.34. 24.50. i ch. 17.5. k De.8.10-14. *…* given to the Levites. dren of Israel were forty and eighty cities with their suburbs. 42. These cities were every, one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities. 43'ſ And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware z to give unto their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. 44 And a the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and b there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD de- livered all their enemies into their hand. 45 There c failed not aught of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. CHAPTER XXII. The two tribes and half with a bless- tng are sent home. HEN Joshua called the Reu- benites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses a the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that Ib commanded you : 3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the com- mandment of the LORD your God. 4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the ser- vant of the [AORD gave you c on the other side Jordan. 5 But take d diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to e love the LoRD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his com- mandments, and to cleave funto him, and to serve g him with all your heart and with all your soul. 6 So Joshua blessed h them, and sent them away; and they went unto their tents. 7 'ſ Now to the one half of the tribe of Mammasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan : but i unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, And he spake unto them, say- ing, Return with much riches k unto your tents, and with v much cattle, with silver, and wit gold, and with brass, and with iron, 237 The two tribes and a half and with very much raiment; di- vide l the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 9 *| And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Mamasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, m to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word §f the ioni, by the hand of Moses, 10 *ſ And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar n to see to. 11 ºff And the children of Israel heard o say, Behold, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the chil- dren of Israel. 12 And when the children of Is- rael heard of it, the whole congre- gation of the children of Israel athered themselves together at hiloh, to go up to war against them. 13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh into the land of Gilead, p Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 14, And with him ten princes, of each 1 chief house a prince through- out all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head q of the house of their fathers among the thou- sands of Israel. - 15°ſ And they came unto the chil- dren of Reuben, and to the chil- dren of Gad, and to the half tribe of Mamasseh, unto the land of Gi- lead, and they spake with them, saying, 16 'Thus saith the whole congre- gation of the LoRD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from º; the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel r this day against the LORD? 17 Is the iniquity of Peors too lit- tle for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congre- gation of the LORD, 18 But that #. must turn away this day from following the LoRp1 and t it will be, seeing ye rebel to JOSHUA, XXII. B. C. 1444. l Nu.31.27. 1Sa. 30.24. Ps.68. 12, m Nu.32. 1 26,25. n ch:24.23.27. Ge.28, 18. 31.46,52. o De. 13.12, & Č. Ju.20. 1, 12. p Ex.6.25. Nu.25.7,11- I 1 house of the father. q Nu. 1.4. r Le, 17.8.9. s Nu.25.3,&c. Deut. 4.3. t Ezr.9.13, 14. w Nu. 16.22. to ch. 18.1. w ch.7.1,&c. ac De. 10.17. JPs. 95.3. 136.2. Dan.2.47. 11.36. * IKi.8.39. jno.224.25. 21. 17. Acts 1.24. 2Cor. 11.11, 3 Heb. 4, 13. Rev.2.23. 2: Mal.3.18. a 18a. 15.23. b De. 18.19. 1Sa.20, 16. 2Ch. 24.22. 2 to morrow, Ex. 13.14. c Ne.2.20. d 1Ki.12.27, 28. e wer.34. f De. 12.5,&c. g Ex. 25.40. Eze.43.10, 11. -º- sent home with a blessing. day against the LORD, that to mor- row he will be u wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, v and take possession among us; but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God. 20 Did not Achan w the son of Ze- rah commit a trespass in the ac- cursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. 21 * Them the children of Reu- ben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh an- swered and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, The LoRD God aſ of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, y and Israel 2 he shall know; if it be in rebellion, a or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this ay,) 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD him- self require b it : 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, 2 In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel ? 25 For the LORD hath made Jor- dan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben, and chil- dren of Gad; ye c have no part in the LORD. So shall your children * make our children cease d from fearing the LORD. 26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: 27 But that it may be a witnesse between us and you, and our gene- rations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before f him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD. 28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Be- hold the pattern g of the altar of the LoBD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacri- 238 Erhortation to o'edicnce fices; but it is a witness between us and you. 29 God forbid h that we should re- bel against the LoRD, and turn this day from following the LoRD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, heside the altar of the LORD Our God that is before his tabernacle. 30° And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congrega- tion, and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reu- ben, and the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spake, it 3 pleased them. 31 And Phinehas the son of Elea- zar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manas- seh, "l'his day we perceive that the LORD is among i us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD : 4 now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORI). 32"| And Phinehas the son of Elea- zar the priest, and the princes, re- turned from the children of Reu- ben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of lsrael, and brought them word k again. 33 And the thing pleased the chil- dren of Israel; and the children of Israeli blessed God, and did not in- tend to go up against them in bºlt- tle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. 34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gal called the altar 5 Ed: for it shall be a witness be- tween us that the LORD is God. CHAP'f'ER XXIII. 1 Joshua's eachoriation before his death, 3 by former benefits, 5 by promises, 11 and by threatenings. ND it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest a unto lsrael from all their enemies round about, that Joshua Waxed old b and 1 stricken in age. 2 And Joshua called c for all Is- rael, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: 3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD d your God is he that hath fought for you. 4 Behold, I have divided e unto you by lot these nations that re- main, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the B. C. 1444, *——º------- h Ge.44.7, 17. 1Sa. 12.23, JKi.21.3. Rom.3.6. 3 was good in their eyes. i Le.26, 11,12. Zee.8.23. 1Cor. 14.25. Ep. 1.3. 5 i.e. a wit- ness: So ch, 24.27. (CHAP. 23.) a ch. 22.4. b ch. 13.1. 1 corne into § c ch.24.1. De.31.28. 1Ch. 28, 1. d Ps. 44.3, e ch. 13.6,7. 18, 10. 2 at the sun- set. f De. 11.23. S.44.2. g Nu.33.53. ch. 1.7. i Deut. 5.32. # De.7.2,3. l Ps. 16.4. Ho.2. 17. m Zep. 1.4-6. 3 or, For if we will cleatye, n ch.22.5. 4 or, Then the LORD will drive. o Lev.26.8. * 2Cor. 6, 14. s Ju.2.2,3. t 1 Ki. I }.4. w 2Ki.17.22, 3 v ch.21.45.” w Le.26.14, &c. De.28, 15, *º-ass. JOSHUA, XXIII, by promises and threatenings. nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea 2 westward, 5 And the LoRD your God, hef shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised g unto you. 6 Be ye therefore very courage- Oush to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that i ye turn not aside there- from to the right hand or to the Ie 7 That k ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention l of the name of their gods, nor cause to swearm by them, neitherserve them, nor bow yourselves unto them : 8 3 But cleave n unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. 9 4 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong : but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. 10 One o man of you shall chase a thousand : for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as p he hath promised you. 11 Take good heed therefore unto 5 yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, q and cleave unto the rem- nant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages r with them, and go in unto them, and they to you : 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no mores drive out any of these thations from before you : but they shall be snares f and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off tº this good land which the LORD your God. hath given you. 14 And behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth ; and ye know in all your hearts, and in all yoursouls, v that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concern- ing you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good, things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you w all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, 239 Joshua relates God's benefits. which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger r of the LoRD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the goodland which he hath given unto you CHAPTER XXIV. 1 Joshua assembleth the tribes at She- Chº?ſt. He reneweth a covenant between them and God. A: Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called a for the elders of Israel, and for their heads and for their judges, and for their officers; and they pre- sented b themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said, unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers c dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Na- chor: and they served other gods. 3 And I took & your father Abra- ham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him eisan. 4 And f I gave unto Isaac, Jacob and Esau : and I gave unto Esau g mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob h and his children went down into Egypt. 5 Isent Moses also and Aaron, and 1, plagued i Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. 6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt : and k ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. 7 And when they cried unto the LoRD, he put darkness between you and the º and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long l season. 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and m they fought with you : and I gave them into your hand, that ye might pos- sess their iand; and I destroyed them from before you. º 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab, arose and wired t Israel, and sent n and call- Balaam the son of Beor to urse you: 10 Buto I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. 11 And p ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho : and the men C JOSHUA, XXIV. B. C.1427. ac 2Ki.24.20. (CHAP. 24.) a ch.23.2. b 183. 10, 19. c Ge.11.26, d. Ge. 12. t. e Ge.2.1.2,3. | f Ge.25.24. h Ge. 46.1-7. i Ex.VII-XII. k Ex. XHW. l ch.5.6. Tn Nu.21.21- 35. n Nu.22.5,&c o Deut.23.4. Mi.6.5. p ch.3. 14- 17. q ch.VI. r Ex.23.28. Deut. 7.20. s Ps.44.3,6. t ch.23.45. tº ch. 11.13. to 182.12.24. w Ge. 17. I. De. 18. 13, Jno.4.24. 20or. 1.12. Ep.6.24. at Lev. 17.7. Eze.20. 18. Ru. I. 15. 16. **::::::::: Jno.6.67. z Eze.20.39. a Ps. 101.2. 119. 106. b Ps. 116. 16. Lu. 1.74,75. c Mat.6.24. d Lev. 19.2. 1Sa.6.20. Is.6.3. e Ex. 20.5. f Ex.34.7. g 1Ch. 28.9. Ezra 8.22. Is.65.11, 12. h Eze. 18.24. i De.26.17. k Ps. 119, 173. 1 Ju. 10.15,16. Sam.7.3. * pºſio’iz. Bød Renewal of the covenant. of q Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. 12 And I sent the hornet r before ou, which drave them out from efore you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not s with thy sword, nor with thy bow. 13 And I have givent you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities u which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. 14 T Now v therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity w and in truth; and put away a the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose y you this day whom ye will serve; whetherz the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land we dwell: but a as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. 16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LoRD, to serve other S; 17 For the LoRD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land o t, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way where- in we went, and among all the peo- ple through whom we passed: 18 And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore b will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. 19 And Joshua said unto the peo- ple, Ye cannot c serve the LORD : for d he is an holy God; he is a jealouse God; he fwill not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 If g ye forsake the LoRD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after h that he hath done you good. 21, And the people said unto łº, Nay; but we will serve the RD, 22 And Joshua said unto the peo- ple, Yei are witnesses against your- selves that ye have chosen k you the Lord, to serve him. And they said. We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore putt away (said he) the strange gods which are 240 Joshua's death. among you, and incline your heartm unto the LORD God of Israel. 24, And the people said n unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 26 ºf And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there o under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LoRD. 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall he a witness unto us: for it hath heard p all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us : it shall q be therefore a witness unto you, iest ye deny your God. 28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son Nun, the servant of the LoRIn died, JUDGES, I. B. C. 1427. 7m Pr.2.2. He.12.28, 23. n De.5.28,29. o Ju.9.6. p Deut.32.1. q ch.22.28,34. **.*.*.*.*.*.*.* r ch. 19.50. s Ju.2.7. 1 prolonged their days after. t De, 11.2,7. tº Ge.50.25. Ex. 13.19. He. I 1.22. v Ge.33. 19. 2 or, lambs. •–-sº- Eleazar's death. being an hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the hor- der of his inheritance r in Timnath- Serah, which is in mount Ephraim §. the north side of the hiſ of S 31 And Israel s served the LoBD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that 1 overlived Joshua, and which had known tall the works of the Lord that he had done for Israel. 32. T And u the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought §§ out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought v of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred 2 pieces of silver; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. The Book of JUDGES. Year of the Creation, 2579....Before Christ, 1425....Year of the Exodus, 66. CHAPTER I. 1 The acts of Judah and Simeon. Jerusalem taken. 21 The acts of Benjamin, Manasseh, etc. OW, after the death a of Joshua iW it came to pass, that the child- ren of Israel basked the LORD, say- ing, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first to fight figuinst 7 them : 2 And the ſoHD said, Judah c shall' go up : behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. -- Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we . fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee d into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. 4 And Judah, went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezeke ten thousand men. * & 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: , and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after hiº, and caught him, 8 | B. C. 1425. a Jos. 24.29. b ch.20. 18. Nu,27.21. c Ge.49.8,9. d wer. 17. e 1Sa. H 1.8. *A*-*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* 2 or, gleaned. f Lev.24. 19. HSa. 15.33. Is.33. H. Mat.7.1.2. Jam.2.13. g Jos. 15.63. h Jos.1 l.21. 3 or, low country. i Jos. 15.13. k Jos. 15, 15, &c. ** 241 and cut off his thumbs and nis reat toes. - 7 And Adoni-bezek, said, Three- score and ten kings, having 1 their thumbs and their great toes cut off, 2 gathered their meat under my ta- ble ; as f I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he 180. 8 Now the children of Judah hadg fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. s 9 T And afterward h the children of Judah went downto fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the South, and in the 3 * + - 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in i Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 11. And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: 12 And k cale; said, He that The acts of Benjamin, smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah, my daughter to wife. 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it : and he gave him Achsah his daugh- ter to wife. 14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou ? - 15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: l for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. - 16 °ſ And the children of the m JKenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the n city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of o Arad ; and p they went and dwelt among the people. 17 And Judah q went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and lº destroyed it. And the name of t - Iſláil.” 18 Also Judah took Gaza s with the coast thereof, and Askelon , with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. * 19 And the LORD t was with Judah ; and he 4 drave out the in- habitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they ha chariots w of iron. 20 And they gave Hebron v unto Caleb, as Moses said: w and he ex- pelled thence the three sons of Ilºlk. 21 And the children of Benjamin a did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebu: sites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this ay. 22 *[ And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the y LORD was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry z Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.a) 24 And the º: saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and web will shew thee mercy. 26 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword: but they let go the man and all his amily. 26 And the man went into the e city was called Hor- JUDGES, II. B. C. 1425. ! Ge.33, 11. 1Pet. 3.9. wn ch.4.11, 17. 1Ch.2,55. ºn Deut,34.3. o Nu.21. I. p Nu. 10.29- 32 1Sa. 15.6. q ver, 3. r Nu.21.3. s Jos. 11.22. t wer.2. 2Ki, 18.7. 4 or, pos- sessed the mountain. w Ex. 14.7,&c. Jos. 17.16. Ps. 46.9. tº Jos. 14.9-14. w Nu. 14.24. Deut, 1.36. a: Jos, 15.63. 18,28. a Ge.28. 19, * *-*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* c 2Ki. 7.6. d Jos. 17, 11- d 13. e Rom.'ſ. 21. f Jos. 16.10. 1 Ki.9. 16. g Jos. 19. 15. h Jos. 19.24. 30. * Ps. IO6.35. k Jos. 19.32- 39. ! wer. 30. Ps. HS.44. nz Jos. 10. 12, 19.42, 5 was heavy. 6 or, Maaleh- -4krabbim, u.34.4. Jos. 15.3. (CHAP. 2.) 1 or, messen- ger. a ver.5. b Ge. 17.7. Ps. 89.34. c Deut. 7.2. d Deut. 12.3. Of Zebulun, Asher, & C land of the c Hittites, and built it city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. 27 *|| Neither did Manasseh d drive out the 2nhabitants of Belh-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabi- tants of lbleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns ; but the Canaanites would e dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when Is- rael was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. 29 ºf Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; f but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. 30 *| Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, mor the inhabitan's, of Nahalol ; 9 but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. 31 *|| Neither did Asher h drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitan's Of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob : 32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land ; for they did i not drive them out. 33 "I Neither did Naphtalik drive out the inhabitants of Beth-she- mesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth- anath ; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land : nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries l unto them. 34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain : for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley : 35 But the Amorites would dwell | in mount Heres in Aijalon, m and in Shaalbim : yet the hand of the house of Joseph 5 prevailed, so that they became tributaries. 36 And the coast of the Amorites was from 6 the going up to Akrab- bim, from theº and upward. 1 An angel rebukeſh the people at Bo- chim. 2) The Canaanites are left to prove Israel. NDan langel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, a and said, I made you to go up out of º, and have brought you unto the Hand which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, b. I will never break my covenant with you. 2 And c ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye d shall throw down their al- 242 The wickedness of the people. tars: but eye have not º my voice : why have ye done this? 3. Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns fin your sides, and their gods g shall be a snare h unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Is- rael, that the people liſted up their voice and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place 2 Bochim : and they sa- crificed there unto the LORD. 6 *| And when i Josnua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inherit- ance to possess the land. 7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that 3 outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for srael. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the bor- der of his inheritance in Timmath- heres, ic in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew l not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. 11 *| And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim : 12 And they forsook m the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed n themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. 13 Amd they forsook the LORD, and Served Baal and Ashtaroth. 14 || And the anger o of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he de- livered p them into the hands of Spoilers that spoiled them, and he Sold q them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. lă Whithersoever r they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had Said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them : and they were greatly distressed. 16'ſ Nevertheless the LoRD raised §p judges, s , which 4 delivered t them out of the hand of those that Spoiled them JUDGES, III. IB. C. 1406. e ver.20. Ps. 106.34- 36. f Jos.23.13. g ch.3,6. h Ex. 23.33. Deut. 7.16. 2 i.e.weepers. i Jos. 24.28. &c. 3 prolonged days after. k Jos. 19.50. 24.30, Timnath- serah. l Ex.5.2. 16.h.28,9. Ps. 92.5,6. Jer.9.3. p 2Ki. 17.20. q ch.4.2. Ps.44. 12. Is.50. 1. r Lev.26.17. De. 28.15 s Acts 13.20. 4 saved. t Ps. 106.43- 4 w Ex.34.15, 16. v Jos. 1.5. w Ge.6.6. De. 32.36. Ho. 11.8. acch.4.1. 8.33. 5 were cor- rupt. 6 let nothing fall of. y Jos. 23.16. z Ps.66. 10. * suffered. (CHAP. 3.) a Jos. 13.3. God's anger and pity to Israel. 17 And yet they would not hearl:- en unto their judges, but they went a whoring w after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them : they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD ; but they did not so. - 18 And when the EORD raised them up judges, then v the LOR in was with the judge, and delivere, them out of the hand of their ene- mies all the days of the judge: (for it repented w the LORD because of their groanings by reason of thern that oppressed them and vexed them.) 19 And it came to pass, when at the judge was dead, that they re- turned, and 5 corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in follow- ing other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they 6 ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. 20 "[ And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because y that this people hath transgressed my covenant which l commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice ; 3i falso will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he leſi : 22 That through them I may rove 2 Israel, whether they will eep the way of the LORD, to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, Or not. 23 Therefore the LORD 7 left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hands of Joshua. CHAPTER III. 1 The nations which were left to prove Israel : 5. By communion with them, they commit idolatry. OW these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, (even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Ca- maan ; - 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof #. 3 Namely, five a lords of the Phi- listines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baaihermon unto the en- tering in of ath. 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the command- ments of the LORD, which he com- manded their fathers by the hand of Moses, 243 Israel judged by Othnicl. 5 *| And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hit- tites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, auld Hivites, and Jebusites: 6 And they tookb their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. - 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim, and the groves. 8 * Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against isnael, and he sold them into the hand of: Chushan-rishathaim king of 1 Me- sopotamia : and the children of Is- rael served Chushan-rishathaim eiglit years. - 9 And when the children of 1s- rael d cried unto the LORD, the LORD, raised up a 2 deliverer to the children of Israel, who deli- vered them, even Othniel e the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, 10 And the Spirit f of the LoBD 3 came upon him, and he judged Is- rael, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-risha- thaim king of 4 Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed inst Chushan-rishathaim. 1 And the land had rest forty years: and Othniel the son of Ke- naz died. 12"| And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD : and the LQRD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, be- cause they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. 13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek and went and smote Israel, and possessed the g city of palm-trees. 14 So the children of Israel served h Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15 But when the children of Is- rael cried unto the LoRD, the LoRD |** raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, º a Benjamite, a yman 6 left-handed : and by him the children of Israel sent a pre- sent unto Eglon the king of Moab. 16. But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length: and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. 17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab : and Eg- lon was a very fati man. 18 And when he had made an end to offer the #: he sent away the people that bare the pre- EëIll. 19 But he himself turned again from the 7 quarries that k were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secreter- JUDGES, IV. B. C. 1406. b De.7.3,4. c Hat).3.7. * Aram-ma- Hara im. d 1Sa. 12.10. Ne,9.27. Ps. 107.13, 19. 2 saviour. e ch. l. 13. f ch.6.34. 11.29. 3 was. 4 ºram. g ch. 1.16. h De.28.48. 5 or, the so?? of Jernini. 6 shut of his right hand. i Ps. 73.7, 19. 7 or, graven invages. k Jos.4.20. 8 a parlour of cooling, Am.3.15. 9 or, it came owt at the fundament. 10 or, doeth his ease- Truemt. 1Sam.24.3. 1 wer. 19. m ch.6.34. 1Sa. 13.3. n Jos. 17.15. o ch.7.9,15. at. ſ: 17. 10. p ch.5.6. q ch.5.8. 5. 15. ISA. 17.47. r So part is called Hs- country next to the Philistines, (CHAP. 4.) a ch.2.19. =-º- The Moabites subdued. rand unto thee, O king : who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. 20 And Ehud came untſ him ; and he was sitting in 8 a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone: and Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seaf. 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his ; thigh, and thrust it into his eity: 22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his "...ºf and 9 the dirt came out. 23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. -- 24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the par- lour were locked, they said, Surely he 10 covereth his feet in his sum- mer chamber. 25 And they tarried till they were ashamed : and behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; there- fore they took a key, and opened them : and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. 26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries l and escaped unto Seirath. 27 And it came to pass when he was come,that he blewm a trumpet in the mountain n of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them. 28 And he said unto them, Follow after me : for the LORD hath deli- yered o your enemies the Moab- ites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. 29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all 11 lusty, and all men of valour: and there escaped not a man. 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel and the land had rest fourscore years. 31 T And after him was Shamgarp the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with q an ox-goad; and he also de- livered Israel.ºr CHAPTER IV. 4, 6 Deborah and Barah deliver Is- rael from Jabin a isera. . ND the children of Israel again a did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. 244 Israel delivered. 2 And the LORD soldb them into the hand of Jabin king of Ca- naan, that reigned in Hazor; c the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth d of the Gentiles. 3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD; for he had nine hun- dred chariots e of iron ; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. And Deborala, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 5 And she dwelt under the palm- tree of Deborah, f between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim : and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment, 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Ke- desh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go, and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naplutali and of the children of Zebulun ? 7 And Ig will draw unto thee, to the river Kishon, h Sisera the cap- tain of Jabin's army, with his cha- riots and his multitude ; and I will deliver him into thine hand. 8 And Baraksaid unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go : but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. 9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 Amd it Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh ; and he went up with ten thousand men at #. feet: and Deborah went up with 1111. 11 Now Heber the Kenite, l which was of the children of Hobab, m the father-in-law of Moses,had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, n which is by Kedesh. 12 And they j Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was ÉOne up to mount Tabor. 13, And Sisera 1 gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Haroshéth 9f the Gentiles unto the river of ishon. 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the XRD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand : o is not the LoRD gone out before thee ( So Barak went JUDGES, W. B. C. 1394. b 1Sa. 12.9. P3.83.9. It seems to COncern only North Israel. c Jos. 11.1,10. d ver, 13,16. e ch. 1.19. f Ge.35.8. g Ex. 14.4. h ch.5.21. * Yer. 18.20. k ch.5. 18. l ch. I. 16. m Nu. 10.29. n Zaanan- 1 gathered by cry, or, procla- mation. o Deut. 9.3. 2St.5.24. Ps.68.7,8. is.;2.13. ^^^^^*.*.* p Ps,83.9,10. Jos.10.10. g Heb. 11.32. r Is. 43.17. 2 winto one. 3 2Ki.6.19. 3 or, rug, or, blanket. t ch.5.25,26. * put. tº Ps.3.7. v Ps. 18.47. 5 going went and was hard. (CHAP. 5.) at Ex. 15.1. Ps. 18, title. b De. 32.43, Ps. 18.47. c 20h. 17.16. di Ps.2.10, *-isºm-º. Jacl killeth Sisera. down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. 15 And the LoRD p discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and ali his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; a , so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot and fled away on his feet. 16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword ; and r there was not 2 a man left. 17 Howbeit, Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite : for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 "I And s Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me ; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a 3 mantle. - 19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink ; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, t and gave him drink, and covered him. 20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there § man here 7 that thou shalt say, 0. 21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and 4 took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, u and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. 22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jaek came out to meet him and said unto him, Come, and t will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his tem- ples. 23 So v God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. 24 And the hand of the children of Israel 5 º and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Caſaan. CHAPTER W. The song of Deborah and Barak. HEN a sang Deborah and Ba- rak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, 2 Praise ye the LORD for the h avenging of Israel, when the peo- ple willingly c offered themselves; 3 Hear, d O ye kings; give ear. O 245 The song of ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord ; I will sing praise to the LoRD God of Israel. 4 LoRD, whem e thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the fearth trembled, and the heavens drop- ped, the clouds also dropped wa- ter 5 The mountains 1 melted g from hefore the Lord, even that Sinai h * before the LoRD God of lS- Filei. 6 ln the days of Shamgari the Son of Anath, in the days of j ael, k the l highways were unoccupied, and the 2 travellers walked through 8 by-ways. - 7. The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. hey chose new m gods; then a was war in the gates : was n there a shield or spear seem among forty thousand in Israel ! 9 My heart is toward the go- vernors of Israel that offered o themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD. - 104 Speak, yep that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. 11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they lehearse q the 5 righteous acts r of the LoRD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates. 12 Awake, s awake, Deborah : uwake, awake, utter a song : arise, Barak, and lead t thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. 13 Then he made him that re- Inaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people : the Lord tº made me have dominion over the mighty. 14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people : out of Machir came down go- vernors, and cut of Zebulun they that 6 handle the pen of the writer. 15 And the princes of Issachar tºere with Deborah ; evon Issachar, and also Barak : he was sent on 7 foot into the valley. & For the divisions of Reuben there were great 9 thoughts of heart. ió Why abodest thou among the lí sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks 7 10 For the divisions of Reuben there were great search- ings v of heart. JUDGES, V. JB. C. 1296. --~~~~sº-º-º-º- e Ps.68.7,8. f2Sa.22.8. Is.64.3. Hab.3,3,10. 1 fivoted. g Ps. 97.5. h Ex. 19.18. i ch.3.31. k Ch. 4.17. 1 Lev.26.22. 2 walkers of paths. 3 crooked ways. 'm De. 32.17, n 18a. 13.19, 22. over.2. # righteous- 7% ºf $. r 1Sa. 12.7. s Ps. 57.8, t Ps.68. 18. tº Ps. 75.7. 6 draw with. 7 his feet. 8 or, In. 9 impres- sions. 10 or, In. v Ps.4.4. 77.6. L2.30,41. 11 or, port. 12 or, creeks. 13 eacposed to reproach. w Rev. 12.1 !. a Ge. 14.23. g ch.4. I5. 14 paths. ch. 4.19,&c. 16 she ham- mered. 17 Between, 18 destroyed. e Cant.2.9. 19 her words. f Ex. 15.9,10. 20 to the head 8, 3 f.O., Pr.4.18. i Ps. 19.5. =ve-º-º-esses. Deborah and Barak. 17. Gilead abode beyond Jordan : and why did Dan remain in ships ? Asher continued on the 11 sea-shore, and abode in his 12 breaches. 18 Zebulum and Naphtali were a eople that 13 jeoparded their ives unto w the death in the high places of the field. 19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megid- do ; they a took no gain of mo- ney. 20 They fought from heaven: y the stars in their 14 courses fought against Sisera. 21. The river of Kishon 2 swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast a trodden down strength. 22 Then were the horse-hoofs broken by the means of the 15 pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the an- gel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because b they came not to the c help of the LORD, to the help of the Lord against the mighty. 24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be ; blessed shall she be above wornen in the tent. 25 He d asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26 She put her hand to the nail,and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and 16 with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. 27 17 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : at her feet he bowed, he fell ; where he bowed there he fell down 18 dead. 28 The motiner of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the e lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned 19 answer to herself, 30 Have they not sped 7 have f they not divided the prey; 20 to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needle- work, of divers colours of needle- work on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil 31 So let all thine enemies pe- rish, g O LORD : but let them that love him be as the sun h when hº goeth forth in his i might, And the land had rest forty years, 246 + The Israelites oppresscd. CHAPTER WI. 1 The Israelites for their sin are op- pressed by Midian. 31 Joash de- fendeth his son, and calleth him Jerubbaal. ND a the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD : find the LORD delivered them into the hand of b Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian I pre- vailed against Israel : and because of the Midianites the cliildren of Israel made them the dens c which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the chil- dren of the east, even they came up against them : 4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed d the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza ; and left mo Sustenance for Israel, neither 2 sheep, nor ox, nor àS S. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as groshopperse for multi- tude ; for both they and their ca- niels were without number: and they entered into the land to de- stroy it. 6 And Israel was greatly impo- verished because of the Midian- ites; and the children of Israel cried f unto the LORD. 7 *|| And it came to pass, when the cliildren of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midian- ites, 8 That the LORD sent 3 a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LoRD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave g them out from before you, and gave you their land ; 10 And I said unto you, I am the Lott.D your God ; fearh not the rods of the Amorites, in whose and ye dwell ; but ye have not obeyed my voice. 11 *| And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that per- tained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite : and his son Gideon i threshed wheat by the wine-press, to 4 hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel k of the LORD appeared unto im, and said unto him, The LoRD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh JUDGES, WI. B. C. 1256. —sº- –- (CHAP. 6.) a ch. 2. 19. b Hab.3.7. 1 was strong. c 1 Sa. 13.6. d Lev.26. 16. De.28.30. 2 or, geat. € ch.7. P. Jer. 16.23. f Ho.5, 15. 3 a man, a prophet. g Ps. 44.2,3. h 2Ki. 17.35- 39. i Heb. 11.32. Gedeom. 4 cause it to flee. k ch. 13.3. a-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-, l Ge.25.22. ºn Ps, 77.7-9. 89.49. rt Heb. 11.32. 5 my thow- sand is the meanest, 4.i.5.2. o 1Sa.9.21. p Ex.3.12. q Is.41.15, 16. s Ge. 18.3,5. 6 or, meat offering. " a kid of the goats. t Lev.9.24. lKi. 18.38. 20h. 7. 1. w ch. 13.22, 23 Is.6.5-8." to Ge. 32.30. send peace, Ge.22. 14. Ex. 17.15. Jer.33. 16. Eze.48.35. 9 or, and, -º- Baal's altar destroyed. my Lord, ifl the LoRD be with us why then is all this befallen us? and where m be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, say- Ing, Did not the IORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lond hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. 14 And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, n and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee 15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Is- rael'ſ behold, 5 my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least o in my father's house. 16 And the LORD said unto him, p Surely. I will be with thee, and a thou shalt smite the Midianites as OH]e Tlail. 17 And he said unto him, If now I have found :e in thy sight, then shew r me a sign that thou talkest with me. 18 Departs not hence, l pra thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my 6 present, and set tt before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. 19 || And Gideon went in, and made ready 7 a kid, and unleaven- ed cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh, he put into a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. 20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the un- leavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. 21 | Then the angel of the LoRD put forth the end of the staff. that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes: and t there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. 22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD Gideon said, Alas, o' Lord Goof for because tº 1 have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. - 23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not : thou v shalt not die. 24. Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it 8 Jehovah-shalom : unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi- ezrites. 25 ºff And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, 9 even the second bullock 247 Joash defends his son. of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down w the grove that is by it: 26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this 10 rock, in 11 the ordered place and take the second bullock, an offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him : and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. 28 ºf And when the men of the § arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bul- lock was offered upon the altar that was built. 29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing And when they enquired and asked, they said Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. hen the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die : because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and be- cause he hath cut down the grove that was by it. 31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal 3 will ye save him he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morn- ing: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar. 32. Therefore on that day he call- ed him 12 Jerubbaal, a saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. "I Then ally the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the chil- dren of the east were gathered to- gether, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. 34 But z the Spirit of the LORD, 13 came upon Gideon, and he blew a a trumpet ; and Abiezer was 14 gathered after him. 35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh ; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. 36 ºf And Gideon said unto God, if thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said, 37 Behold, I b will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry JUDGES, VII. B. C. 1256. wy Deut. 7.5. to strong place. 11 or, an orderly ºlºſ??? tº?", 12 i.e. Let Baal plead. ac 1Sa. 12. 11. 2Sa. 11.21, Jerubbe- sheth; i. e. Let the shameful thing plead, Ho.9. I v ver.3. z ch.3.10. 13 clothed. a Nu. 10.3. 14 called. b Ex.4.1,&c. * *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* C 1s.35.7. d Ge. F8,32. e Ps. 107.33, 35. Is.50.2. (CHAP. 7.) a ch.6.32. b Deut.8. 17. 2Cor.4.7. c Deut. 20.8. d Ps. 33.16. e ISa. 14.6. *º-sºs Gideon’s army. upon all the earth besides, then shal! I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said. 38. And it was so : for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.c 39 And Gideon said unto God, Letd not thine anger be hot agamst me, and I will speak but this once : let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece ; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God e did so that night : for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. CHAPTER VII. 1, 7 Gideon's army of two and thirty thousand is brought to three huz. dred. HEN Jerubbaal, a (who ty Gideon) and all the people that were with him, rose up early and pitched beside the well of Harod : so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Mi- dianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt b themselves against me say- ing, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now, therefore, go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever c is fearful and afraid, let him return, and depart early from mount Gilead and thererº. turned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. 4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; d. bring them down unto the water, and i wiiſ try them for thee there and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; an of whomsoever I say, unto thee, This shall not go with thee, th: same shall not go. 5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Loſt D said unto Gideon, Everyone that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as it dog ºpe; him shalt thou set by himself, likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. 6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bow. ed down upon their knees to drink Water. 7 And the LORD said unto Gideon,e 248 Gudeon's stratagem. By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand : and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men. And the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. 9'ſ And it came to pass the same f night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for g I have delivered it into thine hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host : ll And h thou shalt hear i what they say ; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the l armed men that were in the host. 12 And the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and all the children of the east, lay along in the valley like grashoppers k for multitude.; and their camels were without number, ths the sand by the sea-side for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake l of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it that the tent lay along. 14 And his fellow answered, and said, This is nothing else save the Sword of Gideon the son of Joash a man of Israel: for into his hant hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. - 15 *| And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the 2 interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. 16 And he divided the three hun-l dred men into three companies, and he put 3 a trumpet into every man's hand, with empty pitchers and 4 lamps within the pitchers. 17And he said unto them, Look on me, and do Tikewise: and behold, When I come to the outside of the jº. it shall be, that as I do, so shalf ye do. " ' " 18. When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow We the trumpets Fº on every side JUDGES, VIII. B. C. 1249. f Ge.46.2,3. g Jos. 1.5,9. h Ge. 24. 14. 1Sa. 14.9,10. i ver. 13-15. 1 or, ranks #fts. k ch.6.5.33. Ps. is id-12. ! 10or. 1.27. 2 breaking. 3 trumpets in the hand of all of them. 4 or, fire- brands, or, torches. ****.*.*.*.*.*.* - • * on 1 Th.5.3. 77 ver.8. over. 16. p Ex. 14.13, 2Ch.26.i. q2Ki.º.6.7. r Jos.6.16,20. s Ps. 83.9. Is..9.4. f 1Sa. 14.20. 2Ch.20.23. 5 or, toward. 6 tip. w.ch.3.27,28. v Jno. 1.28. w ch.8.3. Ps.83,11,12. (CHAP. 8.) a ch. 12.1. 2Sa, 19.41. 1 what thing is this thou hast done wnto ws 2 2 strongly. 249 Oreb and Zeeb taken. of all the camp, and say, The sword of the loRD, and of Gideon. 19 * So Gideon and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp, in the be- gimming of the middle watch; and they had but newly set m the watch: and they blew the trumpets, n and brake the pitchers o that were ill their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried. The sword of the iORD, and of Gideon. 21 And they stood p every man in his place round about the camp. ; and g all the host ran, and cried, and fled. 22 And the three hundred blew r the trumpets, and the LGRD s set every man's sword against his t fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth- shittah 5 in Zererath, and to the tº border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath, 23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naph- tali, and out of Asher and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. 24 °ſ And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, w saying,. Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Eph- raim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth- barah v and Jordan. 25 And they took w two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb. and Zeeb they slew at the wine- press of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and º: the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan. . - CHAPTER VIII. 1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites. 4. Succoth and Penwel refuse to re- lieve Gideon's army. - & A*, the men a of Ephraim said A unto him, . 1 Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledstus not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? and they did chide with him 2 º 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you ! Is not the gleaming of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer? 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreh and Zeeb : and what was I able to 2ebah and Zalmunna taken. JUDGES, VIII. do in comparison of you? Then B. C. 1249. their 3 anger was abated toward b him, when he had said that. 4 *ſ And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. And he said unto the men of c Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that fol: low me ; for they be faint, and am pursuing after Zebah and Zal- munna, kings of Midian. 6 ºf And the princes of Succoth said, d Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, thene I will 4 tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. 8 T And he went up thence to Pemuel, f and spake unto them like- wise: and the men of Penuel an- swered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. 9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come g again in peace, Ih will break down this tower. 10 *|| Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east : for there fell 5 an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. 11 "I And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, on the east of Nobah i and Jogbe- hah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.k 12 And when Zebah and Zalmumna fled, he pursued after them, and took 1 the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and 6 dis- comfited all the host. 13°ſ And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the Sun was up, - 14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he 7 described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and Seventeen inlen. 15 And he came unto the men of Sucroth, and said, Behold Ze and Zalmunna, with whom mye did upbraid me, saying, Are tº: hands of Zebah and IlúňIla, InCW in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary? 16And he took the elders of the 3 spirit. b Pr. 15.1. 25. 15. c Ge. 33.17. Ps, 60.6. ld Isa.25.11. I 1Ki.20. 11. ſever.16, 4 thresh. ºf Ge.32.30. | I Ki. 12.25. g 1Ki.22.27. h wer. 17. 5 or, 120,000 every one drawing a sword. iNu.32.35,42. k ch. 18.27. 1Th.5,3. l Ps.83.11. 6 terrified. m ver,6,7. •wº-ºº-º-º-º-ºw", 8 made to know. n ver,9. o ch.4.6. Ps,89.12. 9 according to the form. 10 or, orna- ºments like the moon. Is.3.18. q Ge.25.13. 37.25,28. 11 or, sweet jewels. r ch. 17.5. sch.6.24. t Ps. 106.39. u Deut.'". 16. city, and thorns of the wilderness, 1– Midian subdued and briers, and with them he 8 taught the men of Succoth. 17 And he beat down the n tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. 18 °ſ Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor to And they answered, As thou art, so were they ; each one Wresembled the children of a king. 19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mo- ther: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay OU!. 20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword : for he feared, because he was yet a outh. 21 Then Zebah and Zalmumna Said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmumna, and took away the 10 ornaments that were on their camels’ necks. 22 * Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's Son also : for thou hast de- livered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : the LORD p shall rule over you. 24 ºf And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man the ear-rings of his prey. (For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)g 25, And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they i. a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his prey. 26 And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and 11 collars, and purple raiment that ulas on the kings of Midian, and be- side the chains that were about their camels' necks. 27 And Gideon made r an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Qphrah: s and all Israel went thither a t whoring after it, which thing became a u snare unto Gideon, and to his house. ºf Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty wears in the days of Gideon. 29*[And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 250 Jºrt:hbaal's son slain. 30 And Gideon had v threescore and ten sons 12 of his body begot- ten : for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he 13 called Abime- lech.w 32 °ſ And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good ar old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi- eZrítěS. 33 And it came to pass, as soon y as Gideon was dead, that the child- ren of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith 2 their god. 34 And the children of Israel re- membered not a the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side : 35 Neitherb shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the good- mess which he had shewed unto Israel. CHAPTER IX. Abimelech, by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brethren, is made king. ND Abimelech the son of Je- rubbaal went to Shechem a un- to his mother's brethren and com- muned with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, 2 ; I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, 1 Whether is better for you, either that all the Sons of Jerubbaal, which areb three- Score and ten persons, reign over you, or that one º, over you? re- Inember also that I am your bone c and your flesh. 3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words; and their hearts inclined 2 to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. 4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, d wherewith Abimelech hired e vain and light persons, which followed him. And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew f his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, be- tºg threescore and ten persons, Upon one stone : notwithstanding }. Jotham the youngest son o S ºnal was left; for he hid him- 6 And all the men of Shechem §ºthered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abi- ºlech king, by the 8 plain of the pillar that was in Shechem, JUDGES, IX. B. C. 1209. -º- v ch.9.2,5. tº going out of his thigh. 13 set. w ch.9. 18. ac Ge.25.8. Job 5.26. 9 ch.2.17, 19. z ch.9.4. a Ps.78.11,42. 106.13, b ch.9. 16-19. (CHAP. 9.) a ch. 8.31. 1 what is good? whe- ther, &c. b ch. 8.30. c Ge.29.14. 2 aſter. d ch. 8.33. e ch. 11.3. 2Ch. I3.7. Pr. 12, 11. Acts 17.5. f2Ki. 11.1.2. 3 or, oak. Jos. 24.25. g Jos. 8.33. Jno.4.20. h 2Ki. 14.9. i Ps. 104.15. 4 up and down for other trees. h Ps, 31.6, Ec. 10, 19. 5 or, thistle. s ver, 15.56, 57. Jotham's parabºe. 7 T And when they told it to Jo- than, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, g and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto hem, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 The trees h went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave myfatness, i where- with by me they honour God and 31. man, and go 4 to be promoted over the trees 7 10 And the trees said to the fig- tree, Come thou, and reign over us. ii. But the fig-tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be pro- moted over the trees? 12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. 13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which k cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees 7 14 Then said all the trees unto the 5 bramble, Come thou, and reign OVer U.S. 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust under my shadow; l and if not, Hetfire m come out of the bram- ble, and devour the cedars n of Le- banon. 16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and singerely in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands: 17. (For my father of ught for you and 6 adventured his life far, an delivered you out of the hand of Midian : 18 And yep are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the q son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother:) J9 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice r ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you : 20 But if not, lets fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abi- melech. 251 Gaal's conspiracy. 21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, t and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. 22*[When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, - - 23 Then God sent u an evil spirit hetween Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of She- chem u dealt treacherously with Abimelech : 24 That w the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerub- baal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their bro- ther, which slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, which 7 aid- ed him in the killing of his bre- thren. 25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all ihat came along that way by them : and it was told Abimelech. And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of She- chem put their confidence in him. 27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vine- yards, and trode the grapes, and made 8 merry, and went into the house z of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. 28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who, as y Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerub- baal? and Zebul his officer 1 serve the men of Hamor z the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him? 29 And would a to God this people were under my hand them would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. 30'ſ And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was 9 kindled. 31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech 10 privily, saying, Be- hold, Gaal the son of Ebed, and his brethren, be come to Shechem: and behold, they fortify the city against thee. 32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field: 33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise . and set upon the city: and behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as in thou shalt find {X:CàS1011. 34 ºf And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, JUDGES, IX. B. C. 1209. £ 2Sa.20. 14. tº 18a. 16.14. 1Ki. 12. 15. 22.22,23. Is. 19, 14. 2Th.2.11, 12. to Is.33. 1. to 1Ri.2.32. Es. 9.25. Ps. 7. 16. T strengthen- ed his hands to kill. 8 or, songs, Is. 16.9, 10. Jer.25.30. ac ver.4. ty 1Sa.25, 10. 1Ki. 12. 16. z Ge.34.2,6. a 2Sa. 15.4. Ps. 10.3. 9 or, hot. 10 craftily, or to Tormah. 11 thine hand shall find, 1Sa. 10.7. 25.8. Ec.9.10. *~~~~~~~~~~ 12 matvel. 13 or, the re- garders of the times, e. 18. 14. b ver.28,29. c ver,20. d 2Ki.3.25. e De.29.23. Eze. 47.11. Zep.2.9. f ch. 8.33. g Ps.68. 14. *…* Gaal's flight. by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abime- lech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. 36 And when Gaal saw the peo- ple, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. 37 And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by the 12 middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of 13 Meonenim - 38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, where- with thou saidst, b Who is Abime- lech, that we should serve him 7 Is not this the people that thou hast despised ? go out, I pray now, nd fight with them. 39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. 40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. 41 And Abimelech dwelt at Aru- mah : and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. 42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abi- melech. 43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and look- ed, and behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and Smote them. 44 And Abimelech, and the com- pany that was with him, rushed for- ward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them, - 45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and c he took the city, and slew the ople that was therein, and beat down d the city, and sowed it with salt.e Aéilí And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berithf 47 And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of She- Chem were gathered together. 48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, g he and all the people that were with him; and 252 Abimelech slain. Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen 14 me do, make haste, and do as I have done. 49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and fol- lowed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them ; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. 50 "[ Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. 51. But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 And h a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abime- Tech's head, and all to break his skull. 54 Then i he called hastily unto the young man his armour-bearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. 56 ºff Thus God rendered k the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren : 57 And ail the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse & of Jotham the son of Je- rubbaal. ,” . CHAPTER X. Tola judgeth Israel in Shamir. ND after Abimelech there arose, A to 1 defend Israel, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. 3"| And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. 4 And he had thirty sons that rode a on thirty ass-colts, and they had thirty cities, which b are called *Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. 5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. JUDGES, X. B. C. 1206. 14 I have dome. h 2Sa. 11.21. i 1Sa. 31.4. k ver. 24. Job. 31.3. Ps. 94.33. Pr. 5.22. Mat.”.2. Gal.6.7. l ver.20,45. (CHAP. 10.) 1 save, or, deliver. a ch.5.10. 12. 14. b Deut. 3.14. 2 or, the vil- lages of Jair Nº. 32.41. ..º.º.º-º-º-º-º-º-º- c ch.2.11-14. 3.7. 4.1. 6. l. 13. 1. tº IKi. 11.33. e 1Sa. 12.9,10. 3 crushed. f 1Sa.28. 15. g Ex. 14.30. h Nu.21.21- 25. | | i ch.3.12-15, 31. k ch.5, 19. 2 ch.6.3. m Ps. 106.42. ºn Jer, 2. 13. o De.32.37, 38. 2Ki.3.13. Jer. 2.28. p 1Sa.3.18. 2Sa. 15.26. 4 is good in thine eyes. g 2Ch.7.14. 15.8. 5 gods of strangers. 6 shortened. r Ps. 106.44, 45 Is.63.9." 'ſ cried. sch.1.1.11,29. Ge.31.49. *===sº-º-º- Israel oppressed 6'ſ And c the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of d Zidon, and the gods of Moab and the gods, of the children.o Ammon, and the gods of the Philis- times, and forsook the LORD, and served not him. 7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold e them into the hands of the Philis- times, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. 8 And that year they vexed and 3 oppressed the children of Israel eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan, in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9 Moreover the children of Am- mon passed over Jordan, to fight also against Judah, and inst Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim : so that Israel was sore distressed,f 10 *| And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both be: cause we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim, 11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, g and from the Amorites, h from the children of mmon, i and from the Philistines? 12 The Zidonians k also and the Amalekites, l and the Maonites did oppress m you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. 13 Yet ye have forsaken me, n and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them o deliver you in the time of your tribula- tion. 15'ſ And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned : do thou p unto us whatsoever 4 seem- eth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. 16And they putaway q the ºstrange ods from among them, and served the Lord : and his soul was 6 griev- ed r for the misery of Israel. 17 'Then the children of Ammon were 7 gathered together, and en- camped in Gilead. And the child- ren of Israel assembled them- selves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.s - 18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon 7 he shall be head over all the in- habitants of Gilead 233 Jephthah chosen captain. CHAPTER XI. The covenant between Jephthah and he Gileadites. OW Jephthah a the Gileadite was b a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of 1 an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. 2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons: and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said tunto him, Thou shalt not c inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman. 3 Then Jephthah fled 2 from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob : and there were gathered vain d men to Jephthah, and went out with him. 4 *ſ And it came to pass 3 in pro- cess of time, that the children of Ammon made war against lsrael. 5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: . 6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Am- III.OIl. 7 And {º}} said unto the el- ders of Gilead, Did e not ye hate me, and expel me out of my fa- ther's house ! and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again f to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head g over all the inhabitants of Gilead. 9 And Jephthah said unto the el- ders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head : 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The h LoRD be 4 witness between us, if we do not SO accordin ; thy words. 11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of, Gilead, and the people made him head-i and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LoRD in k Mizpeh. 12 º And Jephthah sent messen- gers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art i. against me to fight in my 13 And the king of the children of mon answered unto the mes- º: of Jephthah, Because Is- rael l took away my land, when JUDGES, XI. B. C. 1161. (CHAP. 11.) a He, 11.32, called Jepthag. b ch.6.12. 2Ki.5.1. 1 a woman, am harlot. c Ge.2.1. 10. Gal. 4.30. 2 from the face of. d ch.9.4. 1Sa.22.2. 3 after days, e Ge.26.27. f Luke 17.4. g ch. 10. 18. h Jer.42.5. 4 the hcarer. i ver.8. k ch. 20.1. 1Sa. 10. 17. l Nu.21.24. *. m Ge. 32.22. n De.2.9, 19. o Nu. 14.25. Deut. 1.40. Jos. 5.6. p Nu.20. 1,14, &c q Nu.2.1.4,&c. r Nu.22.36. s Nu.21.21, &c. De.2.26,&c. t Nu.21.29. 1Ki. 11.7. Jer. 48.7. w Mi.4.5. v De. 18.12. Ps. '78.55. w Nu.22.2, &c. *-nº-us Jephthah streaty they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, m and unto Jordan; now therefore re. store those lands again peaceably. 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon : 15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not n away the land of Moab, mor the land of the children of Ammon : 16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked o through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came p to Kadesh; 17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, 1 pray thee, pass through thy land : but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab; but he would not consent. And Israel abode in Kadesh. 18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed q the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Armon, but came not within the border r of Moab : for Arnon was the border of Moab. 19 And Israel sents, messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites the king of Heshbon; and israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place. 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast : but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his º: into the hand of Israel, and they smote them : so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the in- habitants of that country. 22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Ar- mon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. 23 So now the LORD God of Is- rael hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? 24, Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh t thy god giveth thee to possess : Sou whomsoever the LoRD our God shall drive v out from before us, them will we pos- SęSS. 25 And now art, thou, any thing better than Balak w the son of Zippor king of Moab 3 did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, - 26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon 254 ššštšºšſē šī£§ §§§§） ）.și MOŁOTOS amw quae Ayon ¿ awoďöavax a exaed mae pesan treg rænsnis seqaae stepetrary qepaeaewae º gºš ºn tº stºr ºr- to e. -° 3 -~ ！ ·ſº ** s + º ,,,, *.. （…）. ： ## ~~~~）; （~~~~）;-o praeg ！ O Z * sepeaaeze zºvernaſ*** •} «otrºpeu.~& × ſº /， ：：：<！--- ſae~ …firesnau. Jephthah's voto. a and her towns, and in Aroer y and her towns, and in all the ci- ties that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years 1 why therefore did ye not recover them within that time ! 27 Wherefore, I have not sinned a against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me : the LORD the Judge z be judge a this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. 28 Howbeit the king of the chil- dren of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him. 29 || Then the Spirit b of the LORD came upon Jephthah, c and he passed over Gilead, and Manas- seh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. 30 And Jephthah vowed d a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the child- ren of Ammon into mine hands, 31 Then it shall be, that 5 what- soever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I re- turn in peace from the children of Ammon, shall e surely be the LoRD's, 6 and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. 32 *|| So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them : and the LORD delivered then into his hands. 33 And he smote them from Aroer eventill thou come to Minnith, feven twenty cities, and unto 7 the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. 34 "[ And Jephthah came to Miz- fº unto his house, and behold, his daughter came out to meet. him with h timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; 8 beside her he had neitherson nor daughter. 35 And it came to pass, when he Saw her, that he rent i his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me. for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot k go back. 36 And she said unto him, My fa- ther, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out 9f thy mouth ; forasmuch as l the LORf hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. 37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: Let JUDGES, XII. B. C. 1143. ac Nu.21.25. y Deut.2.36. z Ge. 18.25. b ch.3.10. c Jephthah Seems to have been judge only of North- Ec.5.2,4,5. 5 that which cometh forth, which shall come forth. e Lev.27.2,3. iša.I.ii.ºs. Ps.66. 13, 14 6 or, or. f Eze.27.17. 7 or, Abel. Jer. 31.4. 8 of himself, #, he had not of his own either SO?? 07” dawghter. i Ge. 37.29,34 k Nu.30.2. Ps. 15.4. l 2Sa. 18.19, 31. •---~~~~~~~~ 9 go and go Ottyn. nn wer.31. 1Sa. 1.22,24. 10 or, ordi- 710.7tcé, 11 from year (CHAP. 12.) a ch.S. 1. 1 were called. c ch.3.28. Jos. 22.11. 2. Which signifieth a stream, §§ .69.2.15. is 37.13. The Ephraimtes slaun. me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the moun- tains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows: 38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. 39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who m did with her according to his vow which he had vowed : and she knew nº man. And it was a 10 custom in Israel, 40 That the daughters of Israel went 11 yearly to 12 lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gilead- ite four days in a year. CHAPTER XII. The Ephraimites quarrelling with Jephthah, and discerned by Shib- boleth, are slaim by the Gileadites. A. the men of Ephraim 1 ga- thered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee 3 we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. 2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 3 And when I saw that we deli- vered me not, I put b my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand : wherefore, then are ye, come up wº me this day, to fight against Yne 4 Then Jephthah gathered toge- ther all the men, of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim : and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fu- gitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Ma- massites. 5 And the Gileadites took the assages c of Jordan before the § hraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If 3. 6 Then said they unto him, Say now 2 Shibboleth : and he said Sibboleth : for he could not frame to §. it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the pas- sages of Jordan. And there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. • he said, Nay 255 Jephthah's death. 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Üileadite, and was buried in one of: the cities of Gilead. And after him Ibzan d of Beth-lehem judged Israel. 9 And he had thirty sons and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 10. Then died Ibzan, and was bu- ried at Beth-lehem. 11 *| And after him Elon, e a Ze- bulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon f in the country of Zebulum. 13 *| And after him Abdon g the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 14 And he had forty sons and thirty 3 nephews, that rode h on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was bu- ried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount i of the Amalekites. CHAPTER XIII. 1 Israel is in the hand of the Philis- times. 24 Samson is born. ND the children of Israel 1 did evil again a in the sight of the LoRD ; and the LoRD delivered b them into c the hand of the Philis- times forty years. 2 *| And there was a certain man of Zorah, d of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah ; and his wife was barren, and bare not. 3 And the angele of the LORD ap: peared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold, now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any un- clean thing - 5 For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no frazor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a g Nazarite unto God from the womb : and he shall be- gin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. 6 * Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, Ah man of came unto me, and his countenance i was like the coun- tenance of an angel of God, very terrible : but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name: . 7 But he said unto me, Behold, * * JUDGES, XIII. B. C. 1143. d. He seems to have been only a civil judge to do justice in North-east Israel. e A civil judge in North-east Israel. f 10h.S. 13. g A civil judge also in North- east Israel. 3 SOms soms. h ch.5, 10. 10.4. i ch.3.13,27. 5. 14. (CHAP. 13.) 1 added to commit Rom 2.É. a Jer. 13.23. b This seems a partial captivity. c 1Sa. 12.9. d Jos. 19.41. e Lu.1.11,&c. f 1.Sa. 1.11. g Nu.6.2,&c. ºn Ki.17.2. i Mat. 28.3. Acts, 6.15. | 2 what sha l be the man- ºner of. a what shall e his work, or, what shall he do. ‘k ver.4. 1 ch.6.18;&c. 4 before. m Ge. 32.29. 5 or, won- derful, 1s. 9.6. m ch.6.19-23. *º- Manoah's Sacrifice. thou shalt conceive and bear a son, and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing : for the child shall be a Na- Zarite to God from the womb to the day of his death. Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which º didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. 9. And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah ; and the angel of God came again unto the wo- man as she sat in the field : but Manoah her husband was not with €I’. 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. - 11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the wo— man And he said, I am. 12 And Manoah said, Now let th words come to pass. 2 How shall we order the child, and 3 how shall we do unto him 13, And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman, let her be- ware. 14 She k may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, hº let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe. 15 *| And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let l us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid 4 for thee. 16, And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the | LORD. 17 And Manoah said unto the an- gel of the LORD, What m is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass, we may do thee honour? 18, And the *ś of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou |thus after my name, seeing it is Secret 7 19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and n offered it upon a rock unto the LORD : and the |angel did wonderously ; and Ma- noah and his wife looked on. | 20 For it came to pass, when the º went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the 256 Samson l orn. LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell o on their faces to the ground. 21 But the angel of the IORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall p surely die because we have seen God. 23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, q neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these. 24 ºf And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson. r And s the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. 25 And the Spirit t of the Lord began to move him at times in 6 the camp of Dan between Zorahu and Eshtoal. CHAPTER XIV. Samson desireth a wife of the Philis- times. ND Samson went down to a Timnath, and saw b a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines : now, therefore, get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother Said unto him, Is there never a wo- man among the daughters of thy brethren, c or among all my peo- ple, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised d Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she 1 pleaseth lne well. . 4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LoRD,e that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over rael. 5'ſ Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother to Tim. 'ºth and came to the vineyards ºf Timnath; and behold, a young lion roared 2 against him. 6 And the Spirit g of the LoRD Sºme mightily upon him, and h he ºt him as he would have rent a Kid, and he had nothing in his hand; but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. ...And he went down and talked §ith the woman; and she pleased amson well JUDGES, XIV. B. C. 1611. ~~~~~~º-—- o Lev.9.24. 1Ch.21.16, 26. F. Ze, 1.28. Mat. 17.6. p Ex.33.20. I)eut. 5.26. q Ps.25, 14. 27. 13. Pr. 3.32. Jno. 15. 15. r Heb. 11.32. s 1Sa. 3. 19. t ch.3.10. 6 Mahaneh- dam, as ch. 18.12. u ch. 18.11. Jos. 15.33. (CHAP. 14.) a Ge.3S. 13. Jos. 15. 10. b Ge.34.1,2. c Ge.24.3,4. d Ge.34. 14. , Ex.34. 12, 16. Deut. 7.3. 1 is right in mine eyes. e Jos. 11.20. 2Ki.6.33 .20. f ch, 13, 1. 2 in meeting him. g ch. 13.25. 1Sa. 11.6. h 1Sa. 17.34, ********** i 1Sa. 14.25. 3 Pr.25. 16. k Es. 1.7,&c. Ec. 10, 19. l Pr. 1.6. 2Ch. 7.8. 3 or, shirts. n Ge.45.22. o ch. 16.5. * possess us, or, wrmpo- verish us. q ch. 16.15. 5 or, the rest of the. r Lu. I 1.8. 18.4.5. s ver.6. | =sº----- 257 Samson's marriage. 8 *| And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to See the carcase of the lion ; and behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. 9 And i he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat : but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. 10 *|| So his father went down unto the woman : and Samson made there a feast ; k for so used the young men to do. 11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. 12 *| And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle l unto you : if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven m days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty 3 sheets, and thirty change n of garments: 13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shalf ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we º hear it. 14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle, 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice o thy hus- band, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest p we burn thee and thy father's house with fire : , have ye called us to 4 take that we have? is it not so f 16 And Samson's wife wept be- fore him, and said, Thou q dost but hate me, and lovest me not : thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my K.P. and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee 7 º 17 And she wept before him 5 the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it come to pass on the seventh day that he told her because r. she lay sore upon him : and she told the riddle to the children of her people. 18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey and what is stronger than a lion 1 And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out ºpy riddle. 19 ºf And s the Spirit of the LORD came upon himº he went down Samson is denied his wife. to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their 5 spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And B. C. 1161. -sº- 6 or, apparel. t ch. 15.2. his anger was kindled, and he went to Jer.9.4. up to his father's house. 20 But Samson's wife was given t to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.” CHAP"I’ER XV. Samson burneth dhe Philistines' corn with fores and firebrands. UT' it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid ; and he said, 1 will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. 2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her ; therefore a ſ gave her to thy companion : is not her younger sister fairer than she htake her, I pray thee, instead of €r. 3 *ſ And Samson said concerning them, Now shal! I be 2 more blame- less than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. 4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took 3 firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. 5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn b of the Philistines and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt c ller and her father with fire. 7 *| And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease, 8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And lie went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. 9 *| Then the Philistines went up and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.d e 10 And the men of Judah said § are ye cºme up, against us? And they answered, "To bind Sam- son are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. 11 Then three thousand men of Judah 4 went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Know- est thou not that the e Philistines Mi.T. 5. (CHAP. 15.) a ch. 14.20. 1 let her be thine. 2 or, blame- less from. 3 or, torches. b 2S1. 14.30. c ch. 14. 15. d wer. 19. 4 went down. e ch. 14.4. ~~~~~~~~~ f Ps. 106.41. g ch. 14.6. h Ps. 18.34. 5 Mºere *nelted. 6 moist. 7 an heap, two heaps. 8 i. e. the lifting wo of the jaw- bone, or, the casting away of the jaw- hone. i. Ps.3.7. 9 or, Lehi. k Is. 44.3. l Is.40.29. 10 i. e. the well of him that called, or, cried, Ps. 34.6. wn. He seems to have judged South-west Israel during twenty years of their ser- vitude of the Philis- times chi3.1. (CHAP. 16.) * a woman, an harlot. a 18a.23.26. Ps. 118. HO- 2 silent. *-*- JUDGES, XV, XVI. Samson slayeth the Philistines. ore rulers f over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. 12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. Amd Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me your. selves. 13 And they spake unto him, say- ing, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. 14 *| And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him : and g the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords h that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands 5 loosed from off his hands. 15 And he found a 6 new jaw-bone of all ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew a thousand men there with. i8 And Samson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass, 7 heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men, 17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and called that place 8 Ramath-lehi. 18 "| And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou i hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fal into the hand of the uncircumcised 19 But God clave an hollow place that was in 9 the jaw, and there came k water thereout ; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, l and he revived. Where- fore he called the name thereof, 10 En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. 20 And he judged m Israel, in the days of the Philistines twenty years. CHAP"I'ER XVI. Samson escapeth, and carrieth away the gates of Gaza. - Tº went Samson to Gaza and saw there 1 an harlot, and went in unto her. it was told the Gazites, say- ing, Samson is come hither. ...And they compassed a him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were 2 quiet the night, saying, In the morn- ing when it is day, we shall kill II]. 258 Delilah betrays Samson. 3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, 8 bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. 4"| And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a b woman 4 in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the lords of the Philistines fame up unto her, and said unto her, c Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to 5 afflict him, and we will give thee every one of us, eleven hundred pieces of silver. And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith !. mightest be bound to afflict thee. 7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven 6 green withs that were never dried, then thall I be weak, and be as 7 an- Other man. 8 Then the lords of the Philistines irought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9 (Now there were men lying in Wait, abiding with her in the ſhamber. } . And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Sam- Son. Amd he brake the withs as a thread of tow is broken when it * toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. 10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told mé lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be Ound. 11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes 9 that lever were occupied, then shall I tº weak, and be as another man. 12 Delilah therefore took new topes, and bound him there with, §lld said unto him, The Philistines "t upon thee, Samson. (And there ºré liers in wait abiding in the ſhamber.) And he brake them from of his arms like a thread. 13.And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, “nd told me lies: tell me where- With , thou mightest he bound. And he said unto her, If thou Weavest the seven locks of my lead with the web. 4 And she fastened it with the ºn, and said unto him, The Philis- Whes be upon thee, Samson. And JUDGES, XV1. B. C. 1140. 3 with the dº?". b 1Ki. 11.1. 4 or, by the brook. c ch. 14.15. Pr. 2. 16-19. 7.21-27. 1Cor. 6.15- 18 5 or, humble. 6 moist, or, new cords. 7 One. 8 smelleth. 9 where with twork hath 7\ot been dome. *-*-º-º-º-º/*-*.*.*.* d ch. 14. 16. 10 shortenca. e Pr. 12.23. Mi.7.5. f ch. 13.5. Nu. 6.5. g Pr. 7.26. Ec. 7.26. h Ho.7.9. i Nu. 14.42, Isa.2siń. 11 bored out. k Jer, 2.19. 12 or, as whem. l 1Sa.5.2,&c. m.Job 30.9, 10. Ps. 35. 15, 16. Pr.24. 17,18. n Dam.5.4. 13 and who multiplied our slain. o ch,9.27. p Heb.11.36. 14 before them. *-ºº-em- 259 . 10 vexed unto de Samson's imprisonment. he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 1. i And she said unto him, How d canst thou say, I love thee when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me where- in thy great strength lieth. 16 And it came to pass when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was ath : 17 That he toide her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not Come a razor upon mine head; forf. I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb : if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this Once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 And g she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off, the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, an his strength went from him. ... And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I h will go out, as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was i de- parted from him. - 21 *|| But the Philistines took him and 11 put out his eyes, an brought him down to Gaza, and k bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison- house. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again 12 after he was shaven. - 23 Then the lords of the Philis- times gathered them together for to offer a #. sacrifice unto Dagon l their god, and to rejoice : m for they said, Our god hath delivered Sam- Son our enemy into our hand. 24 And when the people saw him, they praised n their god : for they said, Our God hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country; 13 which slew many of us. - And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, o thal, they said, Call for Samson that he may make us p sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison- house ; and he made 14 them watº: IXeath of Samson. sport ; and they set him between the pillars. 26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house stamdeth, that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the house was full of men and women ; and all the lords of the Philistines were there : and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. 28 And Samson called q unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, re- member r me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house j. and 15 on which it was borne up, of the one with his right, and of the other with his left. 30 Aud Samson said, Let 16 me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might: and the houses fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. 31 Then his brethren, and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between t Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying-place of Manoah his father. Ånd he judged Israel twentyBºš CHAPTER XVII. Micah hireth a Levite to be his priest. ND there was a man of mounta A. Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of sil- wer that were taken from thee, about which thou b cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, be- hold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed c be thou of the LORD, my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the I.O.R.D from my hand for my son, to make d a graven image and a molten image ; now therefore I I will restore it unto thee. 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundredshekels of silver, and e gave them to the founder, who inade, thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. JUDGES, XVII, XVIII. B. C. 1120. q Ps. 91.15. La. 3.31,32. Jon.2.1,2,7. 7. Ps. '74.18-23. Jer. 13. 15. 15 or, he leaned on them. 16 my soul. & Job 20.5. Ps.62.3. Ec. 9. 12. t ch. 13.25. (CHAP. 17.) a Jos. 17. 14- 18. b Ne. 13.25. 2J no. 1 1. c Ge. 14.19. Ru.3.10. d Ex. 20.4,23. Lew. 19.4. c Is.46.6. -º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º- feh.8.27. g Ge.31. 19, 3 Hos.3.4. Ex. 29.9. 1Ki. 13.33. h ch. 18. 1,7. 19. 1. 21.3,25. * HDeut. 12.8. Pr. f6.2. Ec. 11,9. k Ru.1.1,2. 2 in making his way. l ch. 18. 19. 3 an order of garments, or, a double suit. ºn wer.5. 7, ch. 18.30. o Pr. 14.12. (CHAP. 18.) a ch. 17.6. b Jos. 19.47. 1 sons. c ch. 13.25, 16.31. Ge.42.9. Nu. 13.17. Jos.2.1. *ssº- Micah's idolatry. 5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, f and teraphim, g and 1 consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 In those days there was no king h in Israel, but every man did that i which was right in his own eyes. 7 *; And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, k of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a lace: and he came to mount phraim, to the house of Micah, 2 as he journeyed. 9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou ? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lelaern-judah, and I go to so- journ where I may find a place. 10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father l and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and 3 a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went II]. 11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man ; and the young man was unto him as One of his sons. 12 And Micah consecrated m the Levite ; and the young man be- came n his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 13 Then said Micah, Now o know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. HAPTER XVIII. The Danites send five men to seek out an inheritance. N a those days there was no king in Israel : and in those days the tribe of the Danites b sought them an inheritance to dwell in ; for un- to that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men I of valour, from Zo- rah, c and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it ; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the vite : and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither." tand what makest thou in this place f and what hast thou here? 4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me sº 260 Jaish searched. and hath hired me, and I am his priest. 5 And they said unto him, Ask d counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. 6 And the priest said unto them, e Go in peace : before the LORD is your way wherein ye go. 7 * Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, f and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure ; and there was no 2 magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing ; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. And they came unto their bre- thren to Zorah g and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye 9 And they said, Arise, h that we may go up against them : for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good ; and are ye still be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come un- to a people secure, i and to a large land; for God k hath given it into your hands; a place where l there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. 11 *| And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hun- dred men 3 appointed with wea- pons of war. 12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, m in Judah : wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan n unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim. 13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. 14"| Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Haish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houseso an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten Image 7 now therefore consider What ye have to do. . 15. And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young than the Levite, even unto the * of Micah, and 4 saluted 13 And the p six hundred men ap- Pºinted with their weapons of war, wºj. Dan, stºod by the entering of the gate. t;" And the five q men that went 9 spy out the land went up, and Sºme in thither, and took the gra- **n image, and the ephod, and the JUDGES, XVIII. R. C. 1120. d Hos. 4, 12. e 1Ki.22.6. f Jos. 19.47, called Leshem. 2 possessor, or, heir of restraint. g ver.2. h Nu, 13.30. 1Ri.22.3. i wer.7,27. k Jos. 2.23,24. I Deut.8.9. 3 girded. ml Ch. 13.5,6. 2Ch. 1.4. n ch. 13.25. o ch. 17.5. 4 asked him. of peace, Ge.43.27. 1Sa. 17.22. p ver, l i. q wer.2,14. r Job. 21.5. 29.9. 40.4. Pr. 30.32. Mi.7. 16. & ch. 17, 10. t Ge.21. I'7. 2Ki.6.28. Ps. 114.5. Is.22. l. 5 art gathered together. 6 bitter of soºtl, 2Sa. 17.8. w wer.'". 10. De, 33.22. v ver. 1,7. vo Nu. 13.21. 2Sa. 10.6. ac Ge. 14. 14. Jos. 19.47. 1Ki.12.29, 30, 15.20. *º- Laish burn:t. teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved im- age, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What o ye 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay r thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be s to us a father and a priest : is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? 20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the te- raphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. 21. So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cat- tle and the carriage before them. 22*. And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered to- gether, and overtook the children of Dan. - 23 And they cried unto the child- ren of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What t aileth thee, that thou 5 comest with such a coinpany 24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away : and what have I more ? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee : 25 And the children of Dam said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest Bangry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy ife, with the iives of thy house- hold. 26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. 27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto La- ish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure; and u they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. 28 And there was no deliverer, v because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man ; and it was in the valley that tieth by Beth-rebob, w *. they built a city, and dwelt therein. And ſº they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dun 261 Levite and his concubine their father, who was born unto israel; howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. 30 °ſ And the children of Dan Set up the ven image : and Jona- than the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dam until the day y of the captivity of the land. 31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God z was in Shiloh. CHAPTER XIX. A Levite goeth to Beth-lehem to fetch home his wife. ND it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him 1 a concubine out of Beth-lehem- Judah. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there 2 four whole months. 3.And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak 3 friendly unto her, and to bring her again, a hav- ing his servant with him, and a couple of asses : and she brought him into her father's house : an when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4.And his father-in-law, the dam- sel's father, retained him ; and he abode with him three days : so they did eat and drink, and lodged ere. 5 *| And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to de- part; and the damsel's father said unto his son-in-law, 4 Comfort thine b heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. 6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and Jet thine heart c be merry. 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father-in-law urged im: therefore he lodged there alli. * And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel’s father said, Com- fort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried 5 until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel's father said unto him. Be- B. C. 1406. !y 1 Sa.4.2,&c. Ps. 78.60. z ch. 19, 18. Jos. 18.1. [CHAP. 19.] 1 a wornan, a concubine, or, a wife, a concubine. 2 days four months, or, a year and four 7months. 3 to her heart, Ge.34.3. a Jer.3.1. 4 strengthen, b Ps. 104. 15. c wer. 22. 5 till the day declined. ~~~~~~~~~~ 6 is weak. d 18 tº d Lu.24.29. 7 it is the pitching time of the day. e Jer.6.4. 8 to thy tent. 9 to over against. Jos. I5.8.63. foº; 2Sam.5.6. g Jos. 18.25. 1Sa.7. 17. h Mat. 25.43. Heb. 13.2. i. Ps. 104.23. k Jos. 18.1. 1Sa. 1.3,7. 10 gathereth, ver. 15. Jno. 15.6. l ch.6.23. Ge.43.23, 24. tn Ge. 19.2. n Ge.24.32. *…* JUDGES, XIX. returning home. hold, now the day 6 draweth to- ward evening, d I pray you tarry all might: behold, 7the day e grow- eth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go 8 home. 10. But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and de- parted, and came 9 over against Jebus, f which is Jerusalem: and there were with him two asses saddled ; his concubine also was with him. 11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent ; and the ser- want said unto his master, Come, I pray thee,and let us turn in unto this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger that is not of the chlldren of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. 13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah or in g Ramah. 14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gi- beah, which belongeth to Benjamin. 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah : and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.h 16 °ſ And behold, there came an old man from his work i out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah ; but the men of the place were Benjamites. 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou ? 18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah to- Ward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I : and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am now going to the house k of the Lorp; and there is no man that 10 receiv- eth me to house. 19 Yet there is both straw and pro- vender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any º; 20 And the old man said, Peace l be with thee; howsoever, let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.m. * 21 So n he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the 262 The concubine's death. asses: and they washed their ſeet o and did eat and drink. 22 ºf Now as they were making their hearts p merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons q of Belial, beset r the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, bring forth s the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. 23 And the man, the master of the bouse, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly ; see- ing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.t 24 Behold, here is my daughter, a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble w ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you : but unto this man do not li so vile a thing. 25 But the mem would not hearken to him : so the man took his con- cubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning : and when the day began to spring, they let her go. 26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. 27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and behold, the woman his Concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. 28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answer- ed. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. 29 ºff And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided v her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coast of Israel. 30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, 'There was no such dee done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: Consider w of it, take advice, a and Speak your minds. * CHAPTER XX. The war between the Benjamites and the Israelites. HEN a all the children of Is- rael went out, and the congre- §ation was gathered together as One man, from b Dan even to Beer- sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LöRD in Mizpeh.c * And the chief of all the people, JUDGES, XX. B. C. 1406. o Ge. 18.4. Jno. 13.5- l 4. jTi.5, 10. p ver.6,9. ch. 16.25. q De. 13.13. 2 Sa. 23.6,7. r ch. 20.5. Ge. 19.4,&c. Hos.9,9. 10.9. s Ro. 1.26,27. t 2Sa. 13. I2. w. Ge. 34.2. De.21. I4. 11 the matter of this folly. v ch.20.5,7. 1Sa. 11.7. w ch. 20.7. ac Pr. 11. 14 24.6. (CHAP. 20.) b Sa. 3.20. 2Sa. 3. 10. 24.2. c ch. 11.11. 1Sam. 7.5. 10. 17. **. d ch.8. 10, ech. 19.22-27. 1 the man. the Levite. |fch.19.15,&c. 2 hurmbled. g ch. 19.29. h Jos. 7. 15. i ch. 19.30. 3 fellows. k De. 13.14. Jos.22, 13, &c. l ch. Ł9.22. m De. 17, 12. •=-mºa-nº- The Levite's complaint. cven of all the tribes of Israel, pro- sented themselves in the assemi- bly of the people of God, four hun- dred thousand footmen that d drew sword. 3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this e wickedness t 4 And 1 the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, an- swered and said, I came f into Gi- beah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. 5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by might, and thought to have slain me : and m concubine have they 2 forced, that she is dead. 6 And g I took my concubinae, and cut her in pieces, and sent her - throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly h in Israel. 7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give i here your advice and counsel. . 8 *| And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, meither will we any of us turn into his house. 9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah, we will go up by lot against it ; 10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thou- Sand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, 'according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. 11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, 3 knit together as one man. 12 TT And the tribes of Israel sent k men through all the tribe of Ben- jamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? 13 Now therefore .. us the men, l the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah,that we may put them to death, and out away m evil from israel. But the children of Ben. jamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the child- ren of Israel : 14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. - 15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand 263 Israel warreth men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen Illè11. 16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men n left- handed; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. -- 17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. 18 °ſ And the children of Israel arose, and went 0 up to the house of God, and asked p_counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the child- ren of Benjamin 7 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. 19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. 20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. - 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and de- jº. down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. 22 And the people, the men of Is- rael encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put them- selves in array the first day. (And r the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the . LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.) 24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Ben- jamin the second day. 25And Benjaminwent forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed s down to the ground of the children of Israel again eigh- teen thousand men; all these drew the Sword. - 26'ſ Then t all the children of Is- rael, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, u and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even,and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LoRD. 27 And the children of Israel en- quired of the LORD, (for v the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 28 And Phinehas, to the son of Elea- zar, the son of Aaron, stood rºbe- fore it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against JUDGES, XX. B. C. 1406. 7, ch.3.15. 1Ch. 12.2. over.23,26. Joel. 1. 14. p ch. 1.1. Nu.27.21. q Ge.49.27. Hos. 10.9. rver. 26.27. Ps. 78.34. Hos.5. I5. s ver. 21. t ver. 18,23. w Joel.2. 12- 18. v Jos. 18.1. 1Sa.4.3,4. w Nu.25.7- . 13. Jos. 24.33. ac Deut. 10.8. 18.5. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* v 2Ch.20. 17. z Jos. 8.4. 2Sa.5.23. 4 wounded. 5 or, Beth-cl. a Jos. 8. 14. Ikº.9. 12. Is.47. 1 1. 1Th.5.3. b Jos.8, 15,&c. 6 or, made a long sound with the trumpets, Jos. 6.5. 7 or, time. 8 with. 9 elevation. 10 the wounded. * Ge. 19.28. Joel 2.30. *ºmmºn with Benjamin. the children of Benjamin my bro- ther, or shall I cease ? And the LORD said, Go up; for y to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. 29 And Israel set liers z in wait round about Gibeah. 30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benja- min on the third day, and put them- selves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. 31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the peo- ple, 4 and kill, as at other times, in the high-ways, of which one goeth up to 5 the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. 32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the child- ren of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the high-ways. 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put them- selves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. 34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but a they knew not that evil was near them. 35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty aſhd five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place b to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. 37. And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah ; and the liers in wait 6 drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. 38 Now there was an appointed 7 sign between the men of Israel 8 and the liers in wait, that the should make a great 9 flame wit smoke rise up out of the city. 39 And when the men WIsrael retired in the battle, Benjamin be- gan to smite 10 and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. 40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pil lar ofc smoke, the Benjamites look- 264 Penjamites destroyed. ed behind them, and behold, the 11 flame of the city ascended up to heaven. 41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: a for they saw that evil 12 was come upon them. 42. Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle e overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. 43 Thus they enclosed the Ben- jamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down 13 with ease J4 over against Gibeah toward the sum-rising. 44 And there fell of Benjamin eigh- teen thousand men; all these were men of valour. 45 And they turned, and fled to- ward the wilderness unto the rock off Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the high-ways five thou- sand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. 46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. 47 But a six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benja- min, and Smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that 43 came to hand; also they set on fire till the cities that 16 they came to. CHAPTER XXI. The people bewail the desolation of Benjamin. Nº. a the men of Israel had b Sworm in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daugh- ter unto Benjamin to wife. 2 And the people came c to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted d up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O Lord God of Israel, Why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in 1srael? 4 And it came to pass on the mor- TOW, that the people rose early, ºnde built there an altar, and of: ſered burnt offerings and peace of- £rlingS. #,And the children of Israel said, O is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the Songregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath con- Ceruing him that,came not up to JUDGES, XXI. B. C. 1406. ------º- 11 to hole corn- surnption. di Is. 13.8. 33. 14. 12 touched. e Lam. 1.3. 13 or, from Mentician. 14 tºnto over against. f Jos. 15.32. I Ch. 6.77. Zec. 14.10. g ch.21, 13. * 6 vas jound. 16 were jound. (CHAP. 21.) a ch.20. 1,10. b 1Sa. 14.28, 29 Rom. 10.3. c ch.20, 18,26. d Ge.27.38. 1Sa. 30.4. e 2Sa.24.25. ^^^^^ -->~~~~ f ch. 11.35. g 1Sa. 11.1. 31. 11. h ver, 5. ch, 5,23, 1Sa. 11.7. i Nu.31. 17. 1 knoweth the lying with man. 2 women, virgins. k Jos. 18. H. 3 and spake and called. l ch. 20.47. 4 or, pro- claim peace. m wer.6. 2, 1Ch. 13.11. 15. 13. Is.30. 13. 58. 12. over.l. 5 from year to year. =-º-º-º-º: 265 Benjamin's desolation bewailed. the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. 6 And the children of Israel fre- pented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. 7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives 3 8 *| And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead g to the assembly. - 9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. 10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the Valiantest, and commanded them, Saying, Goh and smite the in- habitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the wornell and the children. 11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye i shall uttery destroy every male, and every woman that 1 hath lain by man. 12 And they found among the in- habitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young 2 virgins that had known no man by lying with any male ; and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, k which is in the land of Canaan. 13, And the whole congregation sent some 3 to speak to the children of Benjamin that l were in the rock Rimmon, and to 4 call peaceably unto them. 14 And Benjamin came again at that time ; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead : and yet so they sufficed them not. 15 And the people repented m them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach n in the tribes of Israel. 16 ºf Then the elders of the con- regation said, How shall we do ; wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin § - 17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be es- caped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. 18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters : for o the children of Israel have sworn, say- ing, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. - 19. Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LoRD in Shuloh | 5 yearly, in a place which is on the The virgins at north side of Beth-el, 6 on the east side 7 of the high-way that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. 20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards ; 21 And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance p in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, 8 Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we *~~~~ RUTH, 1. B. C. 1406. -º- 6 or, toward the stºn- rising. 7 or, on. p ch. 11.34. Ec.3.4. 8 or, Gratify ws in thern. *.*.*…*&^^^*\ºwº, q 1001.7.2. r ch. 20.48. s ch. 17.6. 18.1. 19. 1. t De. 12.8. -----sº- Shiloh surprised. reserved not to each man his wifeq in the war: for ye did not give unfo them at this time, that ye should be sº 23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives ac- cording to their number, of thern that danced, whom they caught : and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, r and dwelt in them. 24 And the children of Israel de- parted thence at that time, every man to his tribe and his family, and they went out from themca every man to his inheritance. 25 In those days s there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own t eyes. --~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Book of RUTH. Year of the Creation, 2682....Year from the Flood, 1026....Year of the Exodus, 169.... Before Christ, 1322. CHAPTER I. - JElimelech driven by famine into Moab, dieth there. OW it came to pass in the a days when the judges, 1 ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem- judah b went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. - 2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathitescof Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and 2 continued there. 3 And Elimelech Naomi's hus- band died; and she was left, and her two sons. 4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth : and they dwell- ed there about ten years. 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her RUSſtºl.110. 6 * Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab; for she had heard in the country of Moab, how that the LoRD had º: d his people in giving e them rett - B. C. 1322. a Ju.3.16. 1 judged. b Ju. 17.8. c Ge.35. 19. 2 were, d Ge.50.25. Ex.4.31. Luke 1.68. e Ps. 132.15. Mat. 6.31- 3. - ^_^_^*.*.*.*.*.*.* f 2Ti.1.16-18. g Ge.38.11. Deut. 25.5. 3 or, were with. 4 hope. 5 I have much bit- terness. h Ju.2.15. Job 19.21. Ps. 32.4. 38.2 8.2. 39.9, 10. | *º-e 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on their way to re- turn unto the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house : the LORD f deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them ; and they lifted up their voice and wept. 10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. . . . 11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me 3 are there yet any more sons in my womb, that g they may be your husbands ! 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I 3 should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; - 13 Would ye 4 tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands ! nay, my daughters; for 5 it grieveth me much for your sakes, that the hand h of the LORD is gone out |against me. - 266 Orpah leaveth Naomi. 14 Amd they liſted up their voice, and wept again. And Orpah kiss- ed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave i unto her. - 15 And she said, Behold, thy sis- ter-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: k re- turn l thou after thy sister-in-law. 16 And Ruth said, 6 Entreat me not to leave m thee, or to return from fellowing after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge : thy n people shall be my people, and thy God my God : 17. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried : the o LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but p death part thee and Ine, 18 When q she saw that she 7 was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. 19'ſ So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this r Naomi'ſ 20 And she said unto them, Call me not 8 Naomi, call me 9 Mara : for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 2] I went out full, and the LORD s hath brought me home again empty: why then callye me Naomi, seeing the [AORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me. 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, With her, which returned out of the country of Moab : and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley-harvest. CHAPTER II. Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boaz. ND Naomi had a kinsman a of her husband's, a mighty man 9f wealth, of the family of Elime- lech; and his name was i Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said *Into Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and gléan bears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, iny daughter. And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the Feapers; and her hap 2 was to light on a part of the field belonging untº Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech, 4 ºf And behold, Boaz came from eth-lehem, and said unto the leapers, c The LORD be with #. d - The 1951 bless thee 5Th And they dº answered him, en said Boaz unto his servant RUTH, II. P. C. 1322. -º- : Pr. 17. 17. k Ju. I 1.24. ! Jos.24, 15. 6 Be not against me. m 2Ki.2.2,6. Lu.24.28, 29. n ch.2.11, 12. a 18a.3.17. p Ac.20.24. q A c.21. 14. 7 strengthen- ed herself. r Is. 23.7. Lam.2.15. 8 that is, pleasant. s that is, bitter. s Job 1.21. (CHAP. 2.) a ch.3.2, 12. 1 called 002, Mat. 1.5. b Lev. 19.9. De.24. 19, 2 happened. c Ps. 129.7,8. Luke 1.28. 2Th. 3, 16. d 1Ti.6.2. *-*.*.*.*.*~~~~~ e Cant. 1.7,8. Ge.20.6. f Pr.6.29. g I Sa. 25.23. h ch. 1, 14-17. * ISa.24. 19. Pr. 11. 18. k Ps. 17.8. 36.7. 57.1. 63.7. i ch. I. 16. 3 or, I find. m Ge.33. 15. 1Sa. 1. 18. 4 to the * Ps. 23.5. 5 shame. o Jam.1.5. Ruth in the field of Boaz. that was set over the reapers Whose damsel is this? 6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab : 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and liath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. 8. Then said Boaz unto Ruth Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither e go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: 9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them ; have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch f thee ? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. 10. Then she fell g on her face, and bowed herself to the ground and said unto him, Why have found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, Seeing I am a stranger? 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me h all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thine husband : and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother and the land of thy nativity, an art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. 12 The LORD recompense i , thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou k art come l to trust. 13 Then she said, 3 Let me find m favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken 4 friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine hand- maidens, 14 And Boaz said unto her, At meal-time come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy mor- sel in the vinegar. And she sau beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.n 15 And when she was risen up to gleam, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her #. ©Weyl among the sheaves, and 5 reproach o her not. 16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. 267 Ruth's kindred 17 So she gleamed in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleamed: and it was about an ephah of barley. 18 ºf And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother-in- law saw what she had gleaned : and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. - 19 And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day ! and where , wroughtest thouf blessed be p he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said The man's name with whom wrought to day is Boaz. 20 And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed q be he of the LoRD, who hath not left off r his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one 6 of our next kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou s shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. 22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thougo Out with his maidens, that they 7 meet thee not in any other field, 23 So she kept t fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley-harvest and of wheat- harvest: and dwelt with her mo- ther-in-law. CHAPTER III. 1. By Naomi's instruction, 5 Ruth lieth at Boaz’s feet. HEN Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall a I not seek rest b for thee, that it may be well with thee 7 2 And now is not Boaz of our kin- dred, with whose maidens, thou wast?c Behold, he winnoweth bar- ley to night in the threshing-floºr. 3 Wash thyself therefore, and d anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor : but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drink- Ing. 4 And it shall be when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and 1 uncover his feet and lay thee down; and he wi tell thee what thou shalt do. 5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I wiido. 6 T And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her. RUTH, III, IV. E. C. 1312. p Ps.41.1. q ch.3.10. 2Sam.2.5. Job 29.13. r 2Sa.9. 1. 6 or, that hath right to redeem, Le.25.25. s Cant.1.7,8. 7 or, fall not wport t Pr. 13.20. I Co. 15.33. (CHAP, 3.) a 10or. 7.36. 1Ti.5.8. b ch. 1,9. c ch.2.8,23. d 2Sa. 14.2. Ec.9.8. 1 or, lift up the clothes that are on. *º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º- e Ju. 19.6,9, 22 2Sa.1338. Es. 1.10. Ec.8.15. 9.7. 10. 19. 2 or, took hold on. f Eze. 16.8. 3 or, one that hath a right to redeem, ch.2.20. g ch. 1.8. 4 gate. h Pr. 12.4. 31.10. i ch.4. I. k ch. 4.5. Deut.25.5. Mat.22.24, 25. l Jer.4.2. m Ro. 14. 16. 1Co. 10.32. 5 or, sheet, or, apron. n Ps.37.3,5. *º- acknowledged by Boaz. 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, e he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn ; and she came Softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. 8 *ſ And it came to pass at mid- night, that the man was afraid, and 2 turned himself: and behold, a woman lay at his feet. 9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid : spread ºf therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art 3 a near kinsman. 10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter : for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the be- ginning, g inasmuch as thou fol- lowedst not young men, whether poor or rich. 11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest : for all the 4 city of my people doth know that thou art a Virtuous h woman. 12 And now, it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit, i there is a kinsman nearer than I. 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will per- form unto thee the part k of a kins- man, well ; let lim do the kins- man's part : but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as l the LORD liveth : lie down until the morning. 14 *|| And she lay at his feet until the morning : and she rose up be- fore one could know another. And he said, m Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. 15 Also he said, Bring the 5 vail that thout hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he mea- sured six measures of barley, and laid it on her : and she went into the city. 16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, 'Who art thou, my daughter And she told her all that the man had dome to her. 17 And she said, These six mea- Sures of barley gave he me: for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law. 18 Then said she, Sit n still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. ER IV. Boaz calleth into judgment the next 77 Sºtº. Tºº, went Boaz up to the gate and sat him down there an 268 Boaz buyeth the inheritance. RUTH, IV. behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz B. C. 1312. spake a came by : unto whom he —— said, Ho, such-a-one turn aside sit down here. aside, and sat down. 2 And he took ten men of the b elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. 3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's : 4 And 1 I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy c it before d the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it : but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know : for there is none to redeem it besides thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. 5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Na- omi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead to raise up e the name of the dead upon his inheritance. 6 *| And the kinsman said, I can- And he turned a ch | (CHAP. 4.) 3.12. b Ki.21.8. f I said I will reveal in thine car. c Je.32.8,25. d Ge. 23.18. e ch.3.13. f De.25.7-9. ~~~~~~~~~~ g Ps. 127.3. 128.3. h Ge.XXIX. XXX. 2 or, get thee riches, or, power. i Mi.5.2. 3 proclaim thy name. not redeem it for myself, lest I mark Ge.88.29. mine own inheritance : thou myright to thyself; for I cam- not redeem it. 7 Now this f was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning chang- ing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour; and this was a testimony in Israel. 8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. 9 *| And Boaz said unto the eld- ers, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mah- lon's, of the hand of Naomi. 10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I pur- ghased to be my wife to raise up the name of the dead upon his in- heritance, that the name of the redeem l Ge..20. 17, 1S. 33.5. m Ro. 12.15. 4 caused to cease tento, 5 or, re- deemer. 6 to mourish, Ge.45. 11. Ps, 55.22. 7 thy gray hairs. 7, ISam. 1.8. o Luke. 1.58. p Mat. 1.3,&c. q Nu. 1.7. 8 or, Salmah. r 10.h.2.15. *º-sama 2.59 He marrieth Ruth. dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of § place : ye are witnesses this ay. 1i And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LoRD g make the woman that is come into thing house like Rachel and like Leah, which two h did build the house of Israel: , and 2 do thou worthily in Ephratah, ; and 3 be famous in Beth-lehem : - 12 Amd let thy house be like tha house of Pharez, whom Tamar k bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman. 13 *| So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife : and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave l her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And m the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not 4 left thee this day with- out a 5 kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and 6 a nou- risher of 7 thine old age : for th daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which is bettern to thee than seven sons, hath borne him. 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 17 And o the women her neigh- bours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed : he is the father of Jesse, the father of Da- V id. 18 "I Now these are the genera- tions of Pharez : Pharezp begat Hezron. 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, - 20 And Amminadab begat Nah- shon, q and Nahshon begat 8 Sal- Iłł 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Roaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.r The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called The First Book of the KINGS. *.*.*.*.*&^-º-º-e From the Creation, 2833....Before Christ, 1171.... Year of the Exodus, 320. - CHAPTER I. Hannah having borne Samuel, pre- senteth him to the LORD. there was a certain man of Ramathairm-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elka- nah, a the son of Jeroham, the son of Élihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite : 2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah : and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 And this man went up out of his city 1 yearly b to Xº and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. And when the time was that Elkanah offered, c he gave to Pe- ninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 5 But unto Hannah he gave a 2 worthy portion; for he loved Han- nah; butä the toºd had shut up her womb. 6. And her adversary also 3 pro- voked here sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. 7 And as he did so year by year, 4 when she went up to the house of the LoRD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not 7 and why is thy heart grieved 7 am not I bet- terf to thee than ten Sons f - So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. (Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD:) , . 10 And she was 5 in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. 11, And she vowedg a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt B. C. 1171. a 10h.6.27, 34. 1 from year to year. b Ex. 23.14. Luke 2.41. c De. 12.5-7. 2 or, double. d Ge.30.2. 3 angered. e Job 24.21. 4 from her going up, or, from the time that she went. f Ru.4.15. 5 bitter of. g Ju. I 1.30. h 2Sa. 16.12. i Ge.30.22. 6 seed of men. # Nu. 6.5. 7 multiplied to pray. 8 hard of spirit. I Ps. 62.8. 8 meditation. m Ps.20.3,5. m Ec,9.7. 0 wer. 11. 10 in revolu- tion of days. 11 that is, gsked of God. *º-º-º: indeed h look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember 1 me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid 6 a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor k come upon his head. 12 And it came to pass, as she 7 continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; therefore Eli thought that she had been drunken. 14 And Eli said unto her, How long wiłt thou be drunken 7 put away thy wine from thee. 15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman 8 of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk nei- ther wine nor strong drink, but have l poured out my soul before the LORD. 16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my 9 complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace : and the God of Israel 3rant m thee thy petition that thou ast asked of him. 18 And she said, Let thine hand- maid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, n and her countenance was no more Sud. 19 ºf And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped be- fore the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah : and Elkanah knew Hannah his º and the LORD remembered 0 er. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, 10 when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name 11 Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. 21 And the man Elkanah, and all 270 Hannah's song. his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 22 But Hannah went not up ; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appearp before the LORD, and there abide for ever. 23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do a what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have wean- ed him ; only r the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weamed him. 24 *|| And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh : and the child was young. 25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli, 26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. 27 For this child I prayed; s and t the LORD hath given me my peti- tion which I asked of him : 28 Therefore also I have 12 lent him to the Loſt D ; as long as he liveth 13 he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there. CHAPTER II. l Hannah's song in thankfulness. 12 The sin of Eli's sons. Aº Hannah prayed, and said, a My heart rejoicethin the LoRD, mine horn is exalted b in the LORD ; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice c in thy Salvation. 2 There d is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: ºer ts there any rocke like our {}{l. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let f not l arrogancy come Qut of your mouth : for the LORD g is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 4 The bows h of the mighty men Gre broken, and they that stumbled tre girded with strength. 5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread ; and they that were hungry ceased : so that the i barren häth borne seven ; and she that hath many children 1S waxed feeble. 6The Lond killeth, k and maketh alive : he bringeth down to the Frayº, and bringeth up. 7 The LoRD i maketh poor, and 1 SAMUEL, II. P. C. 1171. p Luke 2.22. q Nu.30.7. r 2Sa.7.25. is Phi.4.6. t Ps. 145. 18, 19. ed him, whom I have ob- tained by petition, to the L OR D. 13 or, he whorn, I have ob- tained by petition, shall be retterned. (CHAP. 2). a Lu. 1.46,&c. b Ps. 112.8,9. c Ps. 13.5. dº Ex. 15. 11. e De. 32.31, f Ps. 94.4. i hard. g Je. 17.10. h Ps.37.15,17. f Ps. 113.9. k De.82.39. l, Job 1.21. ºn Ps, 75.7. n Ps. 113.7,8. Dam.4. 17. o Ps. 102,25. p Ps. 121.3. q Ec.9.11. r Ex. 15.6. Ps. 2.9. s Ps. 18. 13,14. £ Ps. 96.13. w Le.3.3-5, 16 2 as on the ac Ge. 13.13. 9 Mal.2,8. z Ex. 28.4. a ch. 1.3. 3 or, petition which she asked, H -º-º-º-º-º: 12 or, return- The sin of Eli's sons. maketh rich : he m bringeth low and lifteth up. 8 He n raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set othe world upon them. 9. He will keep the feet p of his Saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength q shall no man prevail. 10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken r to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunders upon them : the LoRD shall judget the ends of the earth ; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exaltu the horn of his anointed. 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. ...And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. 12 T Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not v the LORD. 13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's ser- vant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand; 14 And he struck it into the pam, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. 15 Also before they burnt the fat w the priest's servant came. and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest : for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. 16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat 2 presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth ; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now ; and if not, 1 will take it by force. 17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before ac the 3. LoRD : for men abhorred y the of. of the LORD. But Samuel ministered be- fore the LORD, being a child, gird- ed 2 with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came a up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 º And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the 8 loan which is lent to the ferin 18 271 Eli reproveth his sons. LoRD. And they went unto their own home. - 21 And the LORD visited b Han- mah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD. 22 ºf Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that 4 assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things : for I hear 5 of your evil dealings by all this people. 24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear : ye make the LORD's people to 6 transgress, 25 if one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him : but if a mansin against c the LORD, who d shall entreat for him 7 Noth with- standing, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because e the LORD would slay them. 26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both f with the LORD, and also with men. 27 * And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear g unto the house of thy fa- ther, when they were in Egypt in haraoh's house ? 28 And did I choose him h out of all the tribes of Israel to be my riest, to offer upon mine altar, to urn incense, to wear an ephod before me ! and did I #. i unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Is- rael ? 29 Wherefore kick k, ye at m sacrifice and at my offering, which have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Is- rael § people 7 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, Isaid l indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now m the LORD saith, Be it far from me ; for them n that ho- nour me I will honour, and they that despise o une shall be lightly esteemed. 31 Behold, the days p come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there, shall not be an old man in thine house. 32 And thou shalt see 7 an ene- my in my habitation, in all the wealin which Godshaft give israel. and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. 1 SAMUEL, III. B. C. 1165. ~~~~~º--- D. Ge.2.1. 1. 4 assembled by troops §§§ 5 or, evil words of you. 8 or, cry out. c Nu. 15.30. Ps. 51.4, 16. dº I Ti.2.5. Heb. 7.25. e Jos. 11.20. Pr. 3, 4. Luke 2.52. g Ex.4. 14,27. shall come and crouch to him fo t h Ex.28. 1,4. i Le.7.7,8,34. u.5.9,10. 18.8-19. R. De. 32.15. l Ex. 29.9, m Je. 18.9,10. * Ps. 91.14. Pr.3.9,10. o Mal.2.8,9. p 1Ki.2.27, 35. T or, the af. fliction of the taber- macle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel. *-*. 8 mem. q ch.4.11. r Eze.44. 15, 16. 9 Join. 10 or, some- what about the priest- hood. (CHAP. 3.) a Ps. 74.9. bEx.27.20,21. 1 or, Thus did Samuel before he knew t LORD, and before the word of the LORD was revealed unto him. God speaketh to Samue; 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die 8 in the flower of their age. 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two Sons, on Hophni and Phinehas : in one day they shall die q both of them. 35 Andr I will raise me up a faith- ful priest, that shall do according to that which 73 in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house ; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, 9 Put me, I pray thee, into 10 one of the priest's offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. CHAPTER III. How the word of the Lord was firs? revealed to Samue?. ND the child Samuel minis- tered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word a of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. 2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see ; 3 And ere the lamp b of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Sa- muel was laid down to sleep : 4 That the LORD called Samuel : and he answered, Here am I. 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose, and went to Eli, and said, Here am l ; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. 7 1 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. 8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose, and went to Eli, and said, Here an I; for thou didst call me. And Eii perceived that the LORD had called the child. 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee,that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 And the Lond came, and stood 272 Samuel's vision. find called as c at other times, Sa- muel, Samuel. Then Samuel an- swered, Speak; for thy servânt heareth. 11"| And the LoRD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which d both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12.In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken e concerning his house: 2 when I begin, I also will make an end. 13 3 For I have told him that I will judge f his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth ; because his sons g made themselves 4 vile, and he 5 restrained them not. 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the ini- quity of Eli's house shall not be purged h with sacrifice nor offering for ever. I5 ºf And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Sa- muel feared to shew Eli the vision. 16. Then Eli called Samuel, and Said, Samuel, my son. And he am- Swered. Here am I. 17 Ānā lie said, What is the thing that the LCRD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me : God t do so to thee, and 6 more also, if thou hide any 7thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. 18 And Samuel told him 8 every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It k is the LORD : kot him do what seemeth him good. 19'ſ And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and l did let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer—sheba, knew that Samuel was 9 established to be a prophet of the LORD. - .21 And the LoRD appeared again in Shiloh : for the LöRD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the Word of the LORD. CHAPTER TV. The Israelites are overcome by the Philistines at Eben-ezer. ND the word of Samuel 1 came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle and pitched beside fibenezerº and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. 2 And the Philistines put them- selves in array against Israel; and when 2 they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of 3 the army in the field about four thousand mea. 3 *ſ And when the people were çome into the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Wherefore hath the {{QRp smitten us to day before the Philistines? Leº 4 fetch the ark 2 - 1 SAMUEL, IV. B. C. 1141. c ver.4,5,6,8. d 2Xi.21.12. Jer. 19.3. e ch.2.29,&c. 2 beginning and ending. 3 or, And I will tell. f Eze, 7.3. g ch.2.12,23, &c. *or,accursed. 5 frowned 720t upon them. h Nu. 15.30. Ps. 5 i. 16. Is.22, 14. He, 10.4-10. i Ru. I. 17. 6 so add. " or, word. 8 all the things, or, words. k Job 1.21. 9 or, faithful (CHAP. 4.) 1 was, or, came to pass. 2 the battle was spread. 3 the array. 4 take unto £43. a 2Sam.6.2. Ps.80. 1. b Ex. 25.18, 23. 5 yesterday, or, the third day. c 10o. 16.13. d Ju. 13. I. 6 be men. e Ps. 78.60-64. Jº ch.2.34. 7 died. g Jos. 7.6. 2Sa. I5.32. Job 2. 12. h Ps. 26.8. 8 stood. --~~~~sº- 273 The ark of God taken. of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh untous, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth a between the cluerubims : b and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant O{l. 5 And when the ark of the cove- nant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang tugain. 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews : And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the Camp. 7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the .camp. And they said, Wo unto us for there hath not been such a thing 5 heretofore. 8 Wo unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. 9 Be c strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as d they have been to you: G quit yourselves like men, and fight. 10 *| And the Philistines fought, and Israele was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thou- sand footmen. 11 And the ark of God was taken;f and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinellas, 7 were slain. 12"| And there ran a man of Ben- jamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth g upou his head. - 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the way-side, watch- ing: for h his heart trembled for the ark of God. d when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. :14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes 8 were dini, that he could not see. & 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, ! and I fled to de,gut of the army Eli's death. 1 SAMUEL, V, And he said, What is 9 there done, B. C. 1141. my son 1 —— 17. And the messenger answered |* the thing. and said, Israel is fled before the : Gº:2.82. Philistines, and there hathbeen also |* º a great slaughter among the people; jº and thy two sons also, Hoplini and jo do Phinehas, are dead, and the ark i justice of God is taken. only, and 18 And it came to pass, when he that in made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat back- ward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And k he had judged 1srael forty years. 19'ſ And his daughter-in-law, Phi- nehas’ wife, was with child, near to 10be delivered: and when she heard the tidings, that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains 11 came upon her. 20 And about the time of her death, the women that stood by her said unto her, Fearl not; for thou hast borne a son. But she answered not, 12 neither did she regard it. 21 And she named the child 13 I-le chabod, saying, The glory is de- parted from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of # father-in-law and her hus- #Ilú. 22 And she said, The glory m is de- parted from n Israel: for the ark of God is taken. CHA - 2TER V. The ark is brought into Ashdod, and set in the house of Dagon. ND the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from a Eben-ezer unto Ashdod. 2. When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Bagon, b and set it by agon. 3 *| And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set chim in his place again. 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Da- gon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD : and d the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the 1 stump Dagon was left to him. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Da- gon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. 6 But the hande of the Lorp was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them South-west 12 set not her heart. 13 i. e. where is the glory P or, there is 710 giortſ. 7??, ###. 106.20. Jer. 2. l I. m. Hos. 9. 12. Ps. 32.4. Ac. 13.11. f De.28.27. Ps. '78.66. g ch. 7. 13. 12. 15. De.2.15. h 2Ki. 1.2. 2 me, to slay me and my. 3 me not, and my. i ver.6,9. k ch.9. 16. Jer. 14.2. 1 them, g Rom.2.11. " turn to him ; 'T WI. The ark among the Philistings with f emerods, even Ashdod, and the coasts thereof. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel snail not abide with us : for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8 They sent therefore, and gather- ed all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel ? And they answered, Let the ark of ... the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. 9 And it was so, that after they had carried it about, the g hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction : , and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had eme- rods in their secret parts. 10 * Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron.h And it came to Mass as the ark of God came to Ckron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to 2 us, to slay us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered to- gether all the lords of the Philis- times, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay 3 us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction through- out all the city; the hand of God was very i heavy there. 12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods : and the k cry of the city went up to heaven. CHAPTER VI. The Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark. ND the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, a saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us where with b we shall send it to his place. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; c but in any wise return him a trespass offering; d then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why e his hand is not removed from you. 4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass º: ye shall re- ey answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number f of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on 1 you all, and g oil your lords. 274 The ark at Beth-Shemesh. 5 Wherefore ye shall make images tº your emerods, and hº of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give h glory unto the God of Is- rael: peradventure he will lighteni his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. 6 Wherefore then do ye harden four hearts, as the Egyptiansk and haraoh hardened their hearts : when he had wrought, 2 wonder- fully among them, did they not let 3 the people go, and they departed ºl 7 Now therefore make a new m cart, and take two mileh kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them : And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the n jewels of gold, which ye re- turn him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-she- mesh, o then 4 he p hath done us this great evil: but if not, then q we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us. 10 *ſ And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. 11 And they laid the ark of the y LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold, and the images of their emerods, 12 And the kine took the straight ...} to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, low- ing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philis- times went after them unto the bor- der of Beth-shemesh. 13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat-harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to See it, 14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone : and r they cłave the wood 9f the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the Lord. 15 And the ſevites took down the ark of the LoRD, and the coffer that was with it, whérein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great Stone : and the men of Beth-she- mesh offered burnt offerings and Sacrificed sacrifices the same day lunto the LORD. 16And when the fives lords of the Philistines had seen it, they return- ed to Ekron t the same day, 1 SAMUEL, Vll. B. C. 1140. -º- h Jos. 7. 19. Mal.2.2. i ch.5,6,11. k Ex.7. 14. 8.15. 14. 17,23. 2 or, re- proach fully. 3 thern. l Ex. 12.31. mn 2Sa.6.3. n ver,4,5. O Jos. 15, 10. 4 or, it. p Am.3.6. 2ša.27.22, 25. s ver.4. t ch.5.10. *...*&^_^_^_^^*.*.*. w 20.h.26.6. Jer, 25.20. Zec.9.5,6. v Ju. 16. 1,21. Am. 1.7,8. (CHAP. 7.) a ch.6.21. Ps. 132.6. b 2Sa.6.3,4. c Is.52. I 1. d Zec. 12.10, 11 e De.30.2-iö. IKi. 8.48. g 2Ch.30.13. Job 11. 13, ! 4. k Ju.2.11. l Job 16.20, Jer,9.1. Israelites repent at Mizpeh. 17 And these are the golden eme- rods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD ; for u Ashdod one, for Gaza w one, for Askelon w one, for Gath r one, for Ekron one ; 18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of | Country villages, even unto the 6 great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LoRD; which Stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth- shemite. 19 ºf And he smote the men of Beth-Shemesh, because y they hail looked into the ark of the LoRD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, be- cause the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 20 And the men of Beth-Shemesh said, Who z is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? a 21 ºf And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, b saying, The , Philistines have brought º the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. - CHAPTER VII. They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark into the house of Abinadab, to keep it. ND the men of Kirjath-jearim came and fetched a up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of b Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified c Eleazar His son to keep the ark of the LORD. 2 And it came to pass, while the 6.ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was | twenty years : and all the house of Israel lamented d after the LORD And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return e unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put f away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare g your | hearts unto the LoRD, and serve him h only ; and he i will deliver you out of the hand of the Philis- tin CŞ. 4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim k and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only, 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Is- rael to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and pour- ed l it out before the iono. and fasted on that day, and said there, 275 The Philistines subdued. Wem have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel_judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 Antſ the children of Israel said to Samuel, 1 Cease not to cry unto the LORD Our God for n us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt of fering wholly unto the LORD : and Samuel cried unto the LoRp for Is- rael; and the LORD 2 heard 0 him. d as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited p them; and they were smitten be- fore Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philis- times, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car. 12 Then Samuel took a stone, q and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it 8 Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. 13 *|| So the Philistines were sub- dued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philis- tines all the days of Samuel. 14 And the cities which the Phi- listines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath ; and the coasts thereof did israei deliver out of the hands of the Philistines : and there was peace between Israel and the Amo- rites. 15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 16 And he went from year to year 4 in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places, 17 And his return was to Ramah;r for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. HAPTER VIII. By occasion of the ill government of Samuel's sons, the Israelites ask a tº . ND it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 Now the name of his first born was i Joel ; and the name of his 1 SAMUEL, VIII. B. C. 1140. rn Ju.10.10. Ps. 106.6. Je.3.13,14. 1 Be not st- lent from ws from crying. ºn Is.37.4. 2 or, an- swered. o Ps. 99.6. Jam.5.16. p Ps. 18.14. Ge.28, 18 Q iş. 3 i. e. The stone of help. 4 and he cir- cuited. r ch.3.4. (CHAP. 8.) 1 Vash'ni. 1Ch.6.28. ~~~~~~~~~~ a Ex. 18.21. 1Ti.3.3. b Pr. 29.4. c I)e. 17. 14. Ho. 13.10. 2 was evil in the eyes of. dº Ex. 16.8. Mat. 10.40. 3 or, obey. 4 or, not- withstand- ing when thout hast solemnl proteste against them, then thou shalt shew. e ch. 10.25. 14.52. f 1Ki.21.7. Eze. 46.18. 5 eunuchs, Ge. 37.36. 276 The manner of a king. second, Abiah: they were judges in eer—sheba. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucreg and took bribes, b and perverted judgment. 4 "Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thout art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king c to judge us like all the nations. 6 *| But the thing 2 displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us ; and Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the peo- ple in all that they say unto thee: for d they have not rejected thee but they have rejected me, that f should not reign over them. 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, where- with they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. 9 Now therefore 3 hearken unto their voice : 4 howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew e them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. 10 *| And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. 11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : He will take your Sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horse- men; and some shall run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint him cap- tains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. 13 And he will take your daugh- ters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14. And he will take your fields, f and your vineyards, and your olive- yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his 5 officers, and to his ServantS. 16 And he will take your men- servants, and your maid-servants and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep; and ye shall be his servants 18 And ye shall cry out in that * Saul seeketh day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hearg you in that day. 19 "T Nevertheless the people re- fusedh to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we wiii have a king over us; 20 That we also may be like i all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and ſight our battles. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the i. ople, and he rehears- ed them in the ears of the LORD. 22 And the LORD said to Samuel Hearken k unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. CHAPTER IX. 19 Samuel entertaineth Saul at the feast. 25 Samuel, after Secret communication, bringeth Saul on his way. OW there was a man of Benja- min, whose name was Kish, a the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, I a Benjamite, a mighty man of 2 power. 2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly; and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he from his shoulders and upward he was b higher than any of the people. 3 And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. 4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, c but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not : and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. 5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. 6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city ad man of God, and he is an honourable man; alle that he saith cometh surely to pass : now let us go thither ; per- adventure he can shew us our Way that we should go. 7 Then said Saul to his servant But, behold ſwego, what f shall We bring the man? for the bread is * spent in our vessels, and there is nºt a present to bring to the man of God: what 4 have we? 1 SAMUEL, lx. B. C. 1095. g Pr. 1.25-28. Is, 1.15. Mi.3.4. h Je.44.16. i wer.5. k ver.'7. Ho. 13.11. (CHAP. 9.) a ch. 14.51. 1 or, the son %. man of emini. 2 or, sub- stance. b ch. HO.23. c 2Ki.4.42. di De. 33.1. 1Ki. 13.1. e ch.3.19. 3 gone out of. 4 is with vs. .*Jº-º-º-º-º-º-º-º. 5 there is found in my hand. g 2Sa.24. 11 2Ki. 17. 13. 2Ch. 16.7, 10 1s.30.10. Am..7. 12 6 Thy word is good. 7 in the ascent of the city. h Ge.24.11. 8 or, feast. i ch. 16.2. Ge. 31.54. k 1Ki.3.2. l Mark 6.41. Lu.24.30. 9 to day. 10 revealed the ear of Samuel, ch. 20.2. m Am.3.7. Ac.27.23. n ch. 10.1. o Ex. 2.23,25. Ps. 106.44. p Ac. 13.21. it restrain in. q Jno.4.29. rver.3. 12 to day three days. his father’s asses. 8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, 5 I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer : for he that is now d. Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.g) 10 Then said Saul to his servant, 6. Well said; come, let us go : so they went unto the city where the man of God was. 11 *ſ And as they went up 7 the hill to the city, they found young maidens h going out to draw water, and Said unto them, Is the seer here 7 12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, is before you : make haste now, for he came to day, to the city; for there is a 8 sacrifice i of the people to day ink the high place : 13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall º find him, before he go up to the #, place to eat : for the people wiłſ not eat until he come, because he doth bless t the sacrifice; and after- wards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up ; for about 9 this time ye shall find him. 14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. 15 T Now the Loſtphad 10 told m Samuel in his ear a day before Saul camº, saying. - 16. To morrow, about this time, 1 will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint n him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Ph. listines: for I have looked o upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. 17 And when Samuel saw Saul the LORD said unto him, £ehold the man whom I spake to thee of: this p same shall 11 reign over my ple. P. Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, 1 pray thee, where the seer's house is. 19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up be- fore me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell q thee all that is in thine heart. 20 And as for thine asses r that were lost 12 three days ago, set not thy mund on them; for they are 277 Saul anointed. found. And on whom is all the desire s of Israel ! Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? 21 And Saul answered and said, Am not a Benjamite, of the smallest t of the tribes of Israel 4 and my family w the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin § wherefore then speakest thou 13 so to me ! 22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. 23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. 24 And the cook took up the v shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is 14 left! set it before thee, and eat; for unto this time hath it been kept for thee, since 1 said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. 25 ºff And when they were comew down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top a of the house. 26 And they arose early : and it came to pass, about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. 27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on be- fore us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still 15 a while, that I may shew thee the word of God. CHAPTER. X. 1 Samuel anointeth Saul. 2 He con- rmeth him by prediction. HEN a Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured, it upon his head, and b kissed him, and said, is is not because the iorp hath anointed thee to be captain c over his inheritance 7 d 2. When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre e in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; f and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found : and lo, thy father hath left the i care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son 7 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there 1 SAMUEL, X. B. C. 1095. & ch. 12. 13. & Ju.20.46-48. Ps. 68.27. w Ju.6.15. 13 according to this word. v Le.7.32,33. Eze. 24.4. 14 reserved. w ver. 13. ac Acts 10.9. 15 to day. (CHAP. 10.) a ch.9. 16. 16. 13. 2Ki.9.3,6. By 2St. 19.39. 1.Th. 5.26. c 2Sam.5.2. d Ps. 78.71. e Ge.35. 19,20. f Jos. 18.28. * business. ~~~~~~~~~ g Ge.28. 19. 2 ask thee of peace, Ju. 18.15. h wer. 10. i ch. 13.3. k ch.9.12. & Ex. 15.20. rn 1 Co. 14. 1. ºn ch. 16.13. Nu. 11.25, 26. 3 it shall come to Pass that. 4 do for thee as thine hand shall jū.9.33, o ch. 11.14, 15. p ch. 13.8. 5 shoulder. 6 turned. q wer.6. ch. 11.6. 7 a man to his neigh- bour. rch. 19.20-24. Jno.7.15, 16. 8 from thence, *-ºs- Saul prophesucth. shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth-el, g one carry- ing three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine : 4 And they will 2 salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread: which thou shalt receive of their hands. 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill h of God, where is the gar- rison i of the Philistines : and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high k place with a psaltery l and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them ; and they shall prophesy: m 6 And the Spirit n of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. 7 And 3 let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, 4 that thou do as QCCasion scrve thee ; for God is with thee. 8 And thou shaft go down before me to Gilgal ; o and behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice Sacrifices of peace offerings : seven p days shalt thou tarry, till 1 come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. 9 *|| And it was so, that when he had turned his 5 back to go from Samuel, God 6 gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day. 10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold a company of prophets met him ; and the Spirit of God came q upon him, and he prophesied among them. - 11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him before-time saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said 7 one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is r Saul also among the prophets? 12 And ome 8 of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets : 13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. 14 ºf And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. - 15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. 278 Saul chosen at Mizpeh. 16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. 17 'ſ And Samuel called the peo- ple together unto the LORD to Miz- peh; s - - 18 Amd said unto the children of Israel, Thus t saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all king- doms, and of them that oppressed you : .19 And w ye have this day re- jected your God, who himself saved w you out of all your adversities, and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD w by your tribes, and by your thousands. 2) And when Samuei had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish Was taken : and when they sought him he could not be found. 22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. 23 And they ran and fetched him thence : and when he stood among the people, he a was higher than any of the people, from his shoul- ders and upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the †. See ye him whom the LORD math chosen, that there is none like him among all the people 1 And all the people shouted, and said, * God save the king. 25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and Wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. 26 ºf And Saul also went home to Gibeah ; y and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. 27 ºf But the children z of Be- lial said, How shall this man save \ls? And they despised him, and brought him no presents, a But he *" held his peace. PTER XI. * Nahash offereth them of Jabesh-gi- lead a reproachful condition. . Tº Nahash a the Ammonite Came up, and encamped against 1 SAMUEL, XI. B. C. 1095. sch. 7.5,6. t Ju.2.2. Neºc. w ch.8.7, 19. 12. 12. to Ps. 106.8-10. Is..63.9. Jer.3.23. w Jos. 7.14, &c. acch.9.2. 9 Let the king live, 1Ki. 1,25, 39. 2Ki. 11. 12. g ch. 11.4. 2. De. 13.13. 2Ch. 13.7. a 2Sam.8.2. 10 or, was as though he had been deaf. (CHAP. 11.) a ch. 12, 12. ~~~~ *.*&^_^_^. b Ju.21.8,&c. c Is. 36. 16. Eze. 17.13. d Pr. 12, 10. e ch. 17.26. 1 Forbear tes. f ch. 15.34. 2Sa. 21.6. g ch. 10, 10. h Ju. 19.29. t Ju.21.5-10. 2 as one man, Ju.20. 1. k Ju. 1.5. 3 or, deliver- l ch.31. 11. n wer.3. n Ju.7.16. o ch. 10.27. p Lu. 19.27. *-*- Jabesh-gilead rescued. b Jabesh-gilead : and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make c a covenant with us, and we will Serve thee. 2 And Nahash the Ammonite an- swered them, On this d condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach e upon all Israel. 3 And the elders of Jahesh said unto him, 1 Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messen- gers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee. 4 * Then came the messengers to f Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. 5 And behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep 1 And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. 6 And g the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly, 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces h and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever i cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out 2 with one consent. 8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, k the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thou- Sand. 9 And they said unto the messen- gers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shali have 3 help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and l they were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out m unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. 11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three n. companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning- watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass, that they which re- mained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. 12 'ſ And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, o Shall Saul reign over us? bring p 279 Samuel testifieth the men, that we may put them to eath. 13 And Saul said, There q shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation r in Israel. 14 Then said Samuel to the peo- ple, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, S and renew the kingdom there. 15 And all the people went to Gilgal ; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal ; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD : and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. CHAPTER XII. Samuel testifieth his integrity. Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said a unto me, and have made b a king Gver you. - 2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you : and I am old and gray-headed ; and behold, my sons are with you : and I have walked before you from my child- houd unto this day. 3 Belluld, here I am : witness against the beſore the LORD, and before his anointed; whose c ox have i taken ( or whose ass have I taken or whom have I defrauded ! Włlom have I oppressed or of whose hand have I received any 1 bribe 2 to blind d mine eyes there with ? and I will restore e it you. 4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand. 5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that f ye have not found aught in my hand. And they answered, He 18 witness. * 6 *| And Samuel said unto the people, It we the LORD that 3 ad- vanced Moses and Aaron, and that lºrought your fathers up out of the larid of pt. 7 Now therefore stand still, that 1 may reasong with you before the LORD of all the 4 righteous acts of Ver the LORD, which he did 5 to you ac and to your fathers. 8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LoBD, then the LoRD sent h Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. 9 And when they forgat the LoRD their God, he sold them into the trand of. - host of Hazor, and into the Siserai captain of the b Hab.2.18. 1 SAMUEL, X11. B. C. 1095. sº-sº- g ch. 14.45. 2Sa. }{9.22. * ch. 19.5. Is.59. 16. s ch. 10.8. (CHAP. 12.) a ch.8.5, 19, 20. b ch. IO.24. 11. 14,15. c Nu. 16. 15. Acts 20.33. 2Co. 12. 14. 1 ransom. 2 or, that I should hide mine eyes at him. d De. 16. 19. e Ex. 22.4. f Acts 24.16, 2 - 3 or, made. g Is. 1. 18. Mi.6.2,3. 4 righteous- ;..." ju.5.ii. 5 with. h Ex.3.10. i Ju.4.2. k Ju. 10.7. 13, 1. l Ju.3.12. rn Ju. 10.10. n Ju.2.13. o Ju.6.14,32. p Ju. }l. 1,&c. q ch. 7. 13. r ch. 11.2. s Hos. 13.11. t Jos.24, 14, 20 Ps.81.12: 15 6 mouth. 7 be after. w Le.26. 14, &c. J Jon, 2.8 *º-sºam his integrity of thek Philistines,and into the hand of the king of l Moab, and they fought against them. 10 And m they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and n have served Baalim and Ashtaroth : but now deliver us Out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 11 And the LORD sent Jerrubbaal, 0 and Bedan, and Jephthah, p and Samuel, q and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. 12 And when ye saw that r Na- hash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us ; when the LORD your God was your king. 13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired and behold, thes LORD hath set a king over you. 14 If t ye will fear the LöRD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the 6 command- ment of the LORD, them shall both ye, and also the king that reigneth over you 7 continue following the LORD your God : 15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the Commandment of the LORD, then u shall the hand of the LoRD be against you, as it was v against your fathers. 16 ſ Now therefore stand and see this great thing,which the LORD will do before your eyes. 17 Is it not wheat-hârvest to day ! I will w call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. 18 So Samuel called unto the LORD ; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and ac all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. 19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray y for thy servants unto the LoRD thy God, that we die not : for we have added unto . all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. 5 20 ºf And Samuel said unto the people, Fear mot: ye have done all this wickedness: yet 2 turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LoRD with all your heart; 21 And turn ye not aside : for then should ye go after vain things, which a cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain: b Saul's Selccted band. 22 For the LORD will not forsake c his people for d his great name's sake : because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. 23 Moreover as for me, God for- bid that I should sin against the LORD 8 in ceasing to praye for you : , but I will teach you the good and the right way: 24 Only fearf the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart : for consider 9 how great things he hath done for you. 5 But if ye shall still do wick- edly, ye shall be consumed, both g ye and your king. CHAPTER XIII. 1 Santi’s Selected band : 3 He call- eth the Hebrews to Gilgal against the Philistines. AUL 1 reigned one year; and when he reigned two years over Hsrael, 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thou- sand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thou- Sand were with Jonathan in Gi- beah a of Benjamin ; and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. 3 And Jonathan smote the gar- rison b of the Philistines that was In 2 Geba; and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. *Andaliisrael heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Phi- listines, and that Israel also 3 was had in abomination with the Philis- times. And the people were called gether after Saul to Gilgal. 5 *| And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and Six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea- shore in multitude : and they came up and pitched in Michmash, east- Ward from Beth-aven.c 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait d (for the peo- ple were #;"...] then the peo- ple did hide themselves e in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. 7 And some of the Hébrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was i. in Gilgal, and all the people 4 fol- lowed him trembling. 8." And he tarried seven days, according to the set time f that Samuel appointed: but Samuel Came not to Gilgal; and the people Were scattered from him. And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace 1 SAMUEL, XIII. B. C. 1095. c La.3.31,32. d Eze.20.9,14. 8 from. e Col. 1.9. f Ec. 12.13. 9 or, what a great thing. g De.28.36. (CHAP. 13.) 1 the son of one year in his reigning. a ch. 10.26. b ch. 10.5. 2 or, the hill. 3 did stink, c Jos. 7.2. d 2Sa.24, 14. e ch. 14. 11. Ju.6.2. 4 trembled after him. f ch. 10.8. ^_^_^_^_^*.*.*.*.* 5 bless. 6 intreated the face. g 2Ch. 16.9. h ch. 15.11,28. tº Ps. 89.20. Acts 13.22. * found. k ch. 14.2. 8 Gebah, ver.3. l Jos. 18.23. on Jos. 16.3. n Ge. 14.2. N o 2Ki.24. 14. ls, 54. 16. Jer.24, 1. 9 file with *Mouths. 10 set. p Ju.5.8. Samuel reproves Szul. offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. 10 ºit came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Šamuel came ; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might 5 salute him. 11 *| And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scatter- ed from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered them- selves together at Michmash; 12 Therefore said I, The Philis- times will come down now upon me to Gilga!, and I have not 0 made sup- plication unto the LORD : I forced inyself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. 13 And Samuel said to Saul, g Thou hast done foolishly : thou h hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he com- manded thee : for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue : the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee. 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Ben- jamin. And Saul numbered the people that were 7 present with him, about k six hundred men. 16And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in 8 Gibeah of Benjamin : but the Philistines en- canuped in Michmash. 17*| And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Oph- rah, l unto the land of Shual: 18 And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: m and an- other company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the val- ley of n Zeboim, toward the wil- derness. 19 ºf Now thore was no Smith 0 found throughout all the land of Is- rael: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords on spears: 20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every nian his share, and his goulter, and his axe, and his mattock. 21 Yet they had a 9 file for the mat- tocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and tº 10 sharpen the goads. - 22 Sop it came to pass in the day 281 Philistines' garrison smitten. of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan : but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. 23 And the 11 garrison of the Phi- listines went out to the passage of q Nſichmash. CHAPTER XIV. Jonathan goeth and miraculously Smiteth the Philistines' garrison. Nº. 1 it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the other side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegra- nate-tree which is in Migrom ; and the people that were with him were about a six hundred men; 3 And Ahiah b the son of Ahitub, I-chabod’s c brother, the son of Phi- nehas, the son of £ii, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod.d And the people knew not that Jo- nathan was gone. 4'ſ And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison,e there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side : and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 5 The 2 forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other south- ward over against Gibeah. 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised : it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to f save by many or by few. 7 And his armour-bearer said unto him, 1)o all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. 8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass overg unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. 9 If they say thus unto us, 3 Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. 10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up : for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand; and this shall be a sign h unto us. 11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come 1 SAMUEL, XIV. B. C. 1087. 11 or, stand- ing camp. q Is. 10.28. (CHAP. 14.) 1 or, there was a day. a ch. 13. 15. b called Ahi- melech, ch. 22.9. 11.20. c ch.4.21. d ch.2.28. e ch. 13.23. 2 tooth. g Ju. 7.9-11. 3 Be still. h Ge.24.14. sºfº. i ch. 13.6. R 2Ki. 14.8. l 2Sa.5.24. m Lev.26.8. 4 or, half a furrow of @% (1 Cº., m 2Ki.7.6,7. Job 18. 11. O ch. 13, 17. * trembling of God. p ver.20. q 2Sa. 15.24- 26. r Nu.27.21. 6 or, tumult. 7 were cried together. s Ju.7.22. t ch. 13.6. w Ex. 14.30. Ps. 44.6,7. Hos. 1.7. v ch. 13.5. A divine terror. forth out of the 7 holes where they had hid themselves. 12 And the men of the garrison an- swered Jonathan and his armour- bearer, and said, Come k up to us and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armour- hearer, Come up after me : for l the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armour-bearer after him : and m they fell before Jonathan ; and his armour-bearer slew after him. 14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armour-bearer made, was about twenty men, with- in as it were 4 an half acre of land, which a yoke of orem might plough. 15 And there was trembling m in the host, in the field, and among all the people ; the garrison, and the spoilers, o they also trembled, and the earthquaked: so it was a 6 very great trembling. 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away, and p they went on beating down One another. 17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now und see who is gone from us. Ånd when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armour-bearer were not there. 18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, q Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. 19 ºff And it came to pass while Saul talked r unto the priest, that the 6 moise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased : and Saul said unto the priest, With- draw thine hand. 20 And Saul and all the people that were with him 7 assembled them- selves, and they came to the battle : and behold, every man's s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 21 Moreover, the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the coun- try round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. 22 Likewise all the men of IS- rael which had hid t themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. 23 So u the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over v unto Beth-aven. 282 Saul's unadvised adjuration. 24 *| And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had w adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any foo untilevening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. 25 And all they of the land came to a wood, and there was honey ar upon the ground. 36 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped ; but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard mot when his father charged the people with the oath. : wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honey- comb, and put his hand to his mouth; and y his eyes were enlight- ened. 28 Then answered one of the peo- ple, and said, Thy father straightly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eat- eth any food this day. And the peo- ple were 8 faint. 29. Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray ou, how mine eyes have been en- ightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies whic they found 3 for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? 31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. 32 And the people flew upon the Spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and Calves,and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. 33 * Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin z against the LORD, in that .# eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have 9 trans- gressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. 34 And Saul said, Disperse your- Selves among the people, and say tinto them, Bring me hither every Iman his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the People brought every man his ox ** with him that night, and slew them there. 35 And Saul a built an altar unto the LoRD: 11 the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord. 36 ‘ſ And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, 1 SAMUEL, XIV. JB. C. 1087. w Jos.6.26. ac Ex.3.8. Nu. 13.27. Mat.3.4. y ch.30. 12. Pr.25. 16. 8 or, weary. Eze.33.23. 9 or, dealt treache- 70ttsly. 10 in his hand. a Hos.8, 14. 11 that altar he began to build wnto the LORD. ^º-ººººº-º-º-º-º-º-º- b ch. 28.6. c ch. 10. 19. Jos. 7. 14, &c. 12 corners, Ju.20.2. d 2Sa. 12.5. 13 or, Shew the inno- cent. e Pr, 16.33. Acts 1.24. 14 went forth. f Jon. 1.7-10. g ver,27. h Ru. l. 17. i ver,39. k 2Sa. 14. 11. |Ki. 1.52. ! 20h, 19, 11, Is. 13.3. 2Cor. 6, 1. Phil.2 12, 13. m Is.29.20,21. on ch. I l. 11. o 2Sa. 10.6. 15or, wrought mightity. p ch. 15.3,7. q ch.31.2. 1Ch. 8.33. * =s* Saul's strength and family. and spoil them until the mornin light, and let us not leave a man o them. And they said, Do what- soever seemeth good unto thee, Then said the priest. Let us draw near hither unto God. 37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philis- tines 7 wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But b he an- swered him not that day. 38 And Saul said, Draw c ye near hither, all the 12 chief of the peo- ple: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. 39 For as d the LoRD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jona- than my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. 40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jona- than my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. 41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel. 13 Give a per- fect lot.e And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people 14 es- caped. 42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan Teli f me what thou hast dome. And Jonathan told him, and said, Ig did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and lo, I must die. 44 And Saul answered, God h do so, and more also: for i thou shalt Surely die, Jonathan. 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid; as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair k of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with Ged l this day. So m the ...}. rescued Jona- than, that he died not. 46 Then Saul went up from follow- ing the Philistines: and the Philis- times went to their own place. 47 'ſ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, n and against Edom, and against the #. of Zobah,0 and against the Philistines; and whi- thersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. 48 And he 15 gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, p and deli- vered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. 49 Now the sons g of Saul were 283 Samur: sendeth Saul Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi- shua : and the names of his two daughters were these ; the name of the first-born Merab, and the name of the younger Michal 50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahi- maaz : and the name of the cap- tain of his host was 16 Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 51 And Kish r was the father of Saul; and Ner, the father of Abner, was the som of Abiel. 52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul : and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he s took him unto him, CHAPTER XV. Samuel semdeth Saul to destroy Amalek GºlęA. AMUEL also said unto Saul, a The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel : now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how b he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and cutterly destroy alld that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and aSS. 4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Télaim, two hundred thousand ºn, and ten thousand men of Ulúººl. 5 And Saul came to a city of Ama- lek, and 1 laid wait in the valley. 6 *| And Saul said unto the e Ke- nites, f Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them : for y showed kindness g to all the child- ren of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites de- parted from among the Amalekites. 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah h until thou comest to Shur, i that is over against Egypt. - 8 And k he took Agag, the king of the Amalekites, alive, and utterly l destroyed aii the people with the lse of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people sparedm Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the 2 fat- lings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they de- stroyed utterly. 1 SAMUEL, XV. JB. C. 1087. 16.4 bime?’. r ch.9.1,2. sch.8.11. (CHAP. 15.) a ch.9. H6. b Ex. 17.8, 14. I)e.25. 17- 19. c Lev. 27.28. Jos.6.17,21. d Nu.24.20. 1 or, fought. e Ju. l. 16. 4. 11. f Rev. 18.4. Nu. 10.29- & 32. 2Ti. 1.16. h Ge.2.11. 25, 18. i Ge. 16.7. k 1Ki.20.30, &c. l ch.30. 1. m ver,3,15. 2 or, second sort. ^^^ m ver,35. 0 1 Ki, 9.6. He. 10.38. p ver 3,9. ch. 13.13. q lKi. 18.42. & r Ju. 17.2. & Pr.28. 13. 30. 13. t ver.9.21. w ch.9.21. 3 consume. v ver, 15. w Ps.50.8,9. 51.16, 17. Pr. 21.3. Is. i. 11.17. Je.7.22,23. Mi.6.6.8. He, 10.4-10. ac Ec.5.1. Ho.6.6. Mar. 12.33. of *-*-*. to destroy Amdºek 10 * Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 11. It n repenteth me that inave set up Saul to be king: for he is turn edo back from following me, and p hath not performed my command- ments. And it grieved Samuel ; and he cried unto the I.ORD all night. 12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, q and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 13 And Samuel came to Saul : and Saul said unto him, Blessed r be thou of the LORD : I have S per- formed the commandment of the LORD. 14 And Samuel said, What mean- eth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalek- ites : for t the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God ; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. 17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little u in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel? is And the ford sent thee on a journey, and said, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they 3 be consumed. 19 Wherefore them didst thou not obey the voice of the LoRD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21. But v the Fº took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, Hath w the LORD as great delight in burnt-of- ferings and sacrifices, as in obey- ing the voice of the Lorp Be- hold, to obey is a better than sacri- fice, and to hearken than the fat TaſſlS. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of 284 Saul's humiliation. 4 witchcraft, y and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.z. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he a hath also rejected thee from being king. 24 *ſ And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned : for I have trans- gressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared b the people, and obeyed their voice. Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with ine, that I may worship the LORD. 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, Ic will not return with thee : for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 27 Amd as Samuel turned about to go away, he d laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. 28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 29 And also the 5 Strength of Is– rael will not lie e nor repent : for he is not a man, that he should repent. 30 Then he said, I have sinned : yet honourf me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the RO. - f 32 * Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites, And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Samuel said, As thy g Sword hath made women childless, So shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hew- ed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. 34 ºf Then Samuel went to Ra- Inah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel came no more to See Saul until the day of his death : nevertheless Samuel mourned h for Saul: and the LoRD repented that º had made Saul king over IS- € CHAPTER XVI. Samuel anointeth David. ND the Lord said unto Sa- muel, a How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing b I have re- jected him from reigning over Is- rael 4 Fill thine horn with oil, c and go, I will send thee to Jesse 1 SAMUEL, XVI. B. C. 1063. -----sº------. 4 divination, De. 18.10. ºy Re.22. 15. z 200r.6.16. Gal. 5.20. Rev.21.8. a ch. 13.14. b Ex. 23.2. Pr. 29.25. Is.51.12. 5 or, etermity, or, victory. e Nu.23, 19. Eze.24, 14. 2Ti.2. 13. Tit. I.2. Jno. 6.44. f 12.43. g Ju. 1.7. h Jer, 13.17. (CHAP. 16.) a ch. 15.35. c 2Ki.9. 1. De. 17. 15. 2 meeting. g I Ki.2.13. h Ex. 19. 10. Nu. i !. 18. Jos. 3.5. i ch. 17. 13. called Etih Ch '#1s. k Ps. 147.10. l Is.55.8,9. 3 cyes. 17, 200r. 10.7. ºn JKi. 8.39. 1Ch. 28.9. Ps, 7.9. Jer. 17. 10. Rev.2,23. 4 Shimeah, 2Sa. 13.3. Shimma, I Ch. 2. 13. 0 2Sam.7.8. PS.78,70-72. 5 rotºnd. #: 17.42. ºr 0f ºğ. qch. 10. #. r Ju. I6.20. & ch. 18.10. wº-sº-º-º-º: David anointed. the Both-lehemite : for d I have provided me a king among his St???.S. 2 And Samuel said, How can I gºo? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer 1 with thee, and say, I am conne to sacrifice e to the Lorp. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him f whom I name unto thee. 4 And Samuel did that which the T.ORD spake, and came to Beth- lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his 2 coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably fg 5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD : sanctify h yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. And it came to pass when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, i and said, Surely the Lok D's anointed is before him. But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not k on his countenance, or on the height of his stature ; be- cause I have refused him : for t the LOR D seeth not as man Seeth : for man looketh on the 3 outward . appearance, m but the LORD look- etli on the heart.n 8 Then Jesse called Abinadah, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. Then Jesse made 4 Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. 10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he o keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, send and fetch him : for we will not sit 5 down till he come hither. -- 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, p and with- al 6 of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD Said, Arise, anoint him : for this is he. 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spi- rit q of the LORD came upon vid from that day forward. So Sa- muel rose up, and went to Ramah 14 "I But the Spirit of the LORD departed r from Saul, and an evils 285 Saul sendeth for David. spirit from the LoRD 7 troubled III. 15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. 16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man who is a cunning player, on an harp : and it shal come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play tº with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 17 And Saul said unto his ser- vants, Provide me now a man that Cân iay well, and bring him to me. 18 Then answered one of the ser– wants, and said, Behold, Ihave seen ason of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant w man, and a man of war, v and prudent w in 8 mat- ters, and a comely a person, and the ionov is with him. 19 "I Wherefore Saul sent mes- sengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. 20 And Jesse took am ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. 21 And David came to Saul, and stood before z him : and he loved him greatly ; and he became his armour-bearer. 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand be- fore me ; for he hath found favour in my sight. 23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit a from was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. & CHAPTER XVII. Goliath cometh forth to challenge a combat with the Israelites. Nº. the Philistines gathered together their armies to bat- tle, and were flººd together at Shochoh, a which b belongeth, to Judah, and pitched between Sho- choh and Azekah, in 1 Ephes-dam- III IIllin. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitch- ed by the valley of Elah, and 2 set #. battle in array against the Phi- Sºlilés. 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain, on the one side, and ls- rael stood on a mountain on the other side : and there was a valley between them. 4 ºf And there went out a cham- É. out of the camp of the Phi- times, named Goliath of Gath, 1 SAMUEL, XVII. B. C. 1063. 7 or, terrified. t wer. 23. ºw ch. 17.32-36 v 2Sa. 17.8,10. w 2Sa. 14.20. 8 or, speech. ac ver, 12. ych. 18.12-14. z Pr. 22.29. a ver. 14,16. (CHAP, 17.) a 2 Ch. 28. 18. b Jos. 15.35. 1 or, the coast of Dammin, called Pas-dam- 2num, 1Ch.1.1. 13. 2 ranged the battle. 3 clothcal. 4 or, gorget. c 2Sa.21. 19. d ch.S. 17. ever. 26, 2Sa. 21.21. f Ru.4.22. g ch. 16. 10,11. h ch. 16.11, 19. 5 cheeses of milk. 6 a thousand. i Ge.37. 14. *-*. Goliath's challenge. whose height was six cubits and a Span. 5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was 3 armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand she kels of brass. 6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a 4 target of brass between his shoulders. 7 And the staff c of his spear was like a weaver's beam ; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron ; and one bearing a shield went before him. 8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array ? Am not I a Philistine, and ye servants d to Saul'ſ choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, them will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and SETVé l'IS. 10 And the Philistine said, I defy e the armies of Israel this day ; give me a man, that we may fight to- gether. 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 12 * Now David was the son f of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem- judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight g Sons : and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle ; and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next unto him, Abinadab ; and the third, Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest : and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed h his father's sheep at Beth-lehem. 16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and present- ed himself forty days. 17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren : . 18 And carry these ten 5 cheeses unto the captain of 6 their thousand, and look i how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philis- | tines. 286 Eliab chideth David. 20 °ſ And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him ; and he came to the 7 trench, as the host was going forth to the 8 fight, and shouted for the battle : 21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. 22 And David left 9 his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the car- riage, and ran into the army, and came and 10 saluted his brethren. 23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the cham- pion, ... (the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name,) out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake ac- cording to the same words: k and David heard them. And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from 11 him, and were sore afraid. 25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up 3 surely to defy Israel is he come up ; and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, l and make his father's house free in Israel. 26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that kill- eth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised m Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living n God! 27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall i be done to the man that killeth lliſ), 28'ſ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger o was kindled against David, and he said, Why Camest thou down hither! and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness 1 I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 29 And David said, p What have I Inow done Is there not a cause 7 30'ſ And he turned from him to- Ward another, and spake after the Same 12 manner: and the people answered him again after the for- Iſler manner. 31 And when the words were heard which David gº; they re- hearsed them before Saul; and he ** sent for him. 32 ºf And David said to Saul, Let D9 man's heart fail q because of 1 SAMUEL, XVII. B. C. 1063. T or, place of the car- riage, ch. 26.5. 8 or, battle- array, or, place of Jight. S the vºsels from won tºrt. 10 asked his brethren of peace ; as Ju. 18, 15. k ver,8. 11 his face. l Jos. 15. 16. m ch. 14.6. n De. 5.26. o Ge.37.4,8, 11. p Pr. 15, 1. 12 word. tº took . q De.20.2,3. .*-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º: 14 or, kid. sch.20. 13. 1Ch. 22.11, 16. 1 5 clothed IDatyid with his clothes. 19 or, valley. 17 vessel. t Ps. 123.4. 1Co. 1.27- 29. w ch. 16.12. v 2Sa. 3.8. 2Ki.8. 13. w 1 Ki.20.10, 11 2: 2Sa.22.33. 5. Ps. 124.8, 125. J. 2Cor. 3.5, He, 11.33, *-*-* god IXavid's fuith. him ; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Phi- listine to fight with him : for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his vouth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a hear, and took a 14 lamb out of the flock : 35 And I went out after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he arose against me, I caught him by his º, and smote Tim, and slew IIIl. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear : and this uncircum- cised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 37 David said moreover, The r LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD s be with thee. - 38 ºf And Saul 15 armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. 39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these, for I have not proved #. And David put them off 11 IIl. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the 16 brook, and put them in a shepherd's 17 bag which he had, even in a Scrip; and his sling was in his hand : and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on, and drew near unto David ; and the man that bare the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he t dis- dained him: for he was but a youth. and u ruddy, and of a fair counte- Fla. Ilce. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, v that thou comest to me with staves 1. And the Philistine cursed David by his S. 44 And the Philistine said w to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the heasts of the fleld. 45 Then said David to the Philis- time, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but r I come to thee in 287 David slayeth Golwath. the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.y 46 This day will the Lord 18 de- liver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take 2 thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowlsa of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth : that all the earth may know b that there is a God in Israel. x- 47 And all this assembly shall c know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for d the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands. 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead ; and he felle upon his face to the earth. 50. So David prevailed over, the Philistine with a sling f and with a stone, and smote the Philistine and slew him ; but there was no sword in the hand of David. 51. Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, g and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off h his head there with. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.i 52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the philistines, until thou come to the k valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. 53 And the children of Israel re- turned from chasing after thePhilis- times, and the spoiled & their tents. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusa- lem; but he put his armour in his tent. 55 T And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, m, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 56 And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is, as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistines, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head n of the Philis- time in his hand I SAMUEL, XVIII. B. C. J.O63. 9 ver. 10. 18 shut thee tºp. z wer.51. a De, 28.26. Mat. 24.28. b Jos. 4.24. lki.8.43. 18.36. 2Ki. 19, 19. Ps.46. 10. Is..52. J.O. d 2Ch. 20.15. e IKi.22.34. j Ju.3.31. 15. Hà. g ch.21.9. 2Pa.23.21. Ps. 7. 15, 16. h wer. 46. i Heb. I 1.34. k Jos. 15.33, 6.45. 5 ł Jer. 30. 16. m ch. 16.21, 22 'm ver, 54. º over. 12. (CHAP. 18.) 1 or, pros- pered, wer. 14,15, Ps. 1.3. 2 or, Philis- times. e Ex. 15,20. Ju. | 1.34. 3 three stringed instru- ments. ch. 21. 11. g Pr.27.4. Ec.4.4. 4 was evil in his eyes. h ch. 15.28. i ch. 16. 14. k ch, 19.24. Acts 16. 16. 1 ch. 19.9,10. 20.33. m Ps.37.32, 33. Is.54. 17. * *-*. Jonathan loveth David. 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thow young man And David answered, o fam the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth- lehemnite. CHAPTER XVIII. 1 Jonathan loveth David. 5 Saul envicth his praise. ND it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul a of Jona- than was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan b loved him as his own c soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house, 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonatham stripped himself d of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. 5 *| And David went out whither- soever, Saul sent him, and 1 be- haved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants. 6 And it came to pass as they game, when David was returned from the slaughter of the 2 Philis- time, that e the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with 3 in- struments of music. 7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hathf slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very wroth, g and the saying 4 displeased him ; and ht, said, 'They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom h 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. 10 *ſ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit i from God came upon Saul, and he pro- phesied k in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times : and there was a javelin l in Saul's hand. 11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I wiłł smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoid- ed m out of his presence twice. . 12"| And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul, 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his cap- 288 Saul’s hypocrisy. tain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David 5 behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. 15Wherefore, when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went m out and came in before theni. 17 || And Saul said to David, Be- hold my elder daughter Merab, 0 her will I give thee to wife : only be thou 6 valiant for me, and fightp the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but g lettle hand of the Philistines be upon him. 18 And David said unto Saul, r Who am I? and what is may life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king f 19 But it came to pass at the time when Merah, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriels the Meholathite t to wife. 20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David : and they told Saul, and the thing 7 pleased him. 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a u snare to him, and that the hand v of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in- law in the one of the twain. And Saul commanded his Servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee : now therefore be the king's son-in-law. 23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light withing to be a king's son-in- law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly aſ esteemed ! 24 And the servants of Saui told him, jºying 8 On this mannerspake 3.W.I.C. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye Say to David, The king desireth not any y dowry, but an hundred fore- skins of the Philistines, to be *Venged 2 of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the handſ of the Philistines. 26 when his servants told Qavid these words, it pleased David weii to be the king's son-in- law; and the days were not 9 ex- pired. 27 Wherefore David arose and Went, he and his men, a and slew ºf the Philistines two hundred men; and Daş brought their 1 SAMUEL, XIX. B. C. 1062. 5 or, pros- pered, Yer. 5, ºn Nu.27.17. 2Sam.5.2. 1Ki.3.7. o ch. 17.25. 6 a son of valottr. p ch.25.28. q ver.21.25. 2Sa. 12.9. t Ju. 7,22. 7 was right in his eyes. tº Ex. 10.7. Pr. 29.5. ty wer. I'7. w IJno. 3. 1. ac Ps. 119. 141. 8 According to these words. 9 Ex.22.17. z ch. 14.24. 9 fulfilled. a ver. 13. ~~~~~~~~~ b 2Sa. 3. 14. c Ps.37. 12, 14. d 2Sa. 11. I. e ver, 5. Ps. 119.99. 10 precious, ch. 26.21. 2|{i. l. 13. Ps. 116.15. I Pet.2.7. (CHAP. 19.) a ch. 18.1. b Pr.31.8,9. c Ge.42.22. d P5.35. 12. ! 09.5. Pr. I'7.13. e ch, 28.21, Ju. I2.3. Ps. 119.109. f ch. 17.49,50. g ch. 11.13. 1Ch. 11.14. h ch.20.32. i Pr.26.24,25. 1 yesterday, third day. # ch, 16.21, 18.2, 13. a his face. l ch. 16. 14. 18.10,11. * 289 Saul's hatred. foreskins, b and they gave them in full tale to the king that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 28 ºff And Saul saw and knew that the LGRD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David ; and Saul became David's enemy c º: - 30 Then the princes of the Philis- times went d forth ; and it came to bass, after they went forth, that avid behaved himself more e wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was much 10 set by. CHAPTER XIX. Jonathan discloseth his father's pur- pose to kill David. A. Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. ut Jonathan, Saul's son, de- lighted much a in David : and Jo- nathan told David, saying, Saul my father secketh to kill thee. Now, therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: 3 And I will go out and stand be- side my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee. 4 *| And Jonathan spake good b of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin c against his servant, against Da- vid; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good.d. 5 For he did put e his life in his hand, and slew f the Philistine, and the g LoRD wrought a great salva- tion for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice : wherefore h then wilt, thou sin against, inno- cent blood, to slay David without a cause ! . 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan : and Saul sware, * As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain. . - # 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought Da- vid to Saul, and he was in pre- sence as 1 in times past.h. - 8 *| And there was war again : and David went out,and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from m. * 9 And the evil spirit l from the LORD was upon jul, as he sat in Michal deceives Suul. his house with his javelin in his hand : and David played with his 8th (l. 10 And Saul sought to Smite Da- vid even to the wałł with the jave- lin ; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the Javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped m that night. li Saul also sent n messengers unto ſ]avid's house, to watch him, and to slay laim in the morning : and Michal, David's wiſe, told him, saying, lſ thou save not thy life to- night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain. 12 “ſ So o Michal let David p down through a window ; and he went. and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took an 8 image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pil- low of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messen- gers to take David, she said, He is $10 K. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed. that I may slay him. 16And when the messengers were come in, behold there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped ?, And Michal an- swered a Saul, He said unto me t me go; why r should I jii thee f 18 °ſſ So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth, 19 And it was told Saul, saying, ºld, David is at Naioth in Ra- Iſlfill. 20 And Saul sent messengers s to take David : and t when they saw the company of the prophets pro- phesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they u also prophesied. 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent, other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. 22 them weſt he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel, and David And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah... . 23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramalh: and the Spirit of God 1 SAMUEL, XX. B. C. 1062. m Ps. 124.7. Mat. 10.23. n Ps. 59, title. 0 PS.34. 19. p Jos.2.15. Ac.9.24,25. 2Co. I 1.32, 33. a teraphim, Ge. 31. 19. Ju. 17.5. q 2Sa. 17.20. r 2Sa, 2.22. s Jno. 7.32,45. t ch. 10.5,6. I Co. 14.24, 25. w Nu. 11.25. Joel 2,28. ~~~~~~~~~~ v is.20.2. 4 fell. Nu.24.4. weh. 10.10-12. (CHAP. 20.) 1 zincover mine car, wer. 12. ch.9. 15. a ch.27.1. 2Co. 1.9, 10. 2 or, Say what is thy mind, and I will do. 3 speaketh, or, think- eth. b Nu. 10.10. 28. 11. c ch. 19.2. 4 or feast cłł.3.12.’ d ch. 25.17. Es.7.7. e Jos.2.14. f ver. 16. ch. 18.3. 23. 18. g 2Sa. 14.32. *º- David consulteth Jonathan. was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And v he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and 4 lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul w also among the prophets? CHAP'I'ER XIX. David consulteth with Jonathan for his Safety. ND David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said be- fore Jonathan, What have I done { what is mine iniquity and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life : 2 And he said unto him, God for- bid; thou shalt not die : behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will I show it me : , and why should my father hide this thing from me ! it is not so. 3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saitli, Let not Jona- than know this, lest he be grieved : but a truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. 4 Then said Jonathan unto Da- vid, 2 Whatsoever thy soul 3 de- sireth, I will even do it for thee. 5 And David said unto Jonatham, Behold. to morrow is the new b moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field c until the third day aſ even. 6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run, to Beth-lehem his city : for there is a yearly 4 sacrifice there for all the family. 7 If he say thus, It is well, thy servant shall have peace : but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined d by him. 8 Therefore thou shalt deale kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a CO- venant f of the Lord with thee : notwithstanding, if g there be in me iniquity. slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father 2 - 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, their would not I tell it thee 7 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly 1 11 T And Jonathan said unto Da- 290 Jonathan's token to David. vid, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. * 12 And Jonathan said unto David, 0 LORD God of Israel, when I have 5 sounded my father about to-mor- row any time, or the third day, and behold, if there be good toward Da- wid, and I then send not unto thee, and 6 show it thee; 13 The LoRD do so, and much more to Jonathan ; but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will show it thee, and send thee away, that thou Inayest go in peace : and the LORD h be with thee, as he hath been i with my father. - - 14 And thou shalt mot only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not : 15 But also k thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. 16. So Jonathan 7 made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LoRD, even require it l at the hand of David's enemies. 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, 8 because he loved him : for he m lowed him as he loved his own soul. 18. Then Jonathan said to David, a To-morrow is the new moon : and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be 9 empty. 19 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thoushalt go down 10 quickly, and come to the place o where thou didst hide thyself 11 when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone 12 Ezel 20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. 21 And, behold, I will send a lad Saying, Go, find out the arrows. If f expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them ; then come thou : for there is peace to thee, and 13 no hurt: as p the LoRD liveth. 22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are be- yond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. . Aud as touching the matter g which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lond be between thee and mé for ever. - 24 * So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was . the king sat him down to eat Čá. 25Ånd the king sat upon his seat, 1 SAMUEL, XX. B. C. 1062. 5 searched. 6 uncover thine car, ver.2. h ch. 17,37. i ch. 10.7. 11.6,&c. 2S3.7. Hö. k ch.24.21. 2Sa,9. 1-7, * cut. 1 ch.31.2. 2Sa.4.7. 8 or, by his love to- ward him. m ch. 18.1. n ver.5. 9 missed. 10 greatly, or, diligentiy, o ch. 19.2. 11 in the day of the bu- sinzess. 12 or, that showeth the way. 13 not any thing. p Jer,4,2, ver. 14, 15 Q Ž. ..ºvºv-º-º-º-º: r Lev. 7.21. 15.5,&c. s ver,6, # Pr. 19. 12. 140r, perverse 15 perverse rebellion. w ch. 19.6,11. 16 is the son of death. v ch. 10.5. Pr. 31.8,9. Mat. 27.23. w ch. 18, 11. ac ver.'7. 17 to pass Otxt?". y wer.21.22. *º-mas Saul seeketh Jonathan's life. as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall : and jonathan arose and Abner sat by Saul's side, an David's place was empty. 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not r clean; surely he is not clean. 27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty; and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, morto-day? 28 And Jonathan answered Saul, s David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem : 29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee, for our family hath a sacrifice in the city ; and my brother he hath commanded me to be there: and now if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, J pray thee, and see my brethren. There- fore he cometh not unto the king's table. 30 Then Saul's anger t was kin- dled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou 14 son of 15 the perverse rebellious woman, do not l know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confu- sion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy king- dom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, u for he 16 shall surely die, 32 And Jonatham answered Saul his father, and said unto him Wherefore v shall he be slain! what hath he done 7 + And Saul cast w a javelin at him to smite him : whereby a Jo- nathan knew that it was deter- mined of his father to slay David. 34 So Jonathan arose from the ta- ble in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month : for he was grieved for David, be- cause his father had done him shame. 35 ºf And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed . David, and a little lad with 11111. 36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran he shot |an arrow 17 beyond him. 37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jo: nathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, is not the arrow beyond y thee 7 291 David sceketh Allimelech. 38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. Anā’īonathan's 'lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his mas- ter. 39 But the lad knew not any thing : only Jonathan alld David knew the matter. 40 And Jonathan gave his 18 ar- tillery unto 19 his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. - 41 *[ And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place to- ward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed him- self three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go 2 in peace, 20 forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever, d he arose and departed : and Jonathan went into the city. CHAPTER X. David at Not obtaineth of Ahimelech hallowed bread - Otöðū Oregul. HEN came David to Nob, to Ji Ahimelech a the priest : and Ahimelech, was h afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee 3 2 And David said c unto Ahime- lech the priest, The king hath com- manded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business where- about I send thee, and what I have commanded thee : and I have ap- pointed my servants to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore what is under thine hand 7 give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there 1s 1 present. 4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hal- lowed d bread ; if e the young men have kept themselves at least from WOInert. 5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth wo- Imen have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels f of the young mem bre holy, and the bread is in a man- ner commion, 2 yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. 6 So the priest gave g him hal- lowed bread: for there was no bread there but the show-bread that was taken from before the LQRD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. 1 SAMUEL, XXI, XXII. B. C. 1062. 18 instrº- 77127tts. 20 or, the I,()}{I} be witness of that which, &c. wer.23. (CHAP. 21.) a ch. 14.3, called .ºhi- ah. Called also .4bia- thdr Mark 2.26. b ch. 16.4. c Ps. 119.29. i found. d Ex. 25.30. Lu.24.5-9. e Ex. 19. 15. f 1Th.4.4. 2 or, especial- this day there is other sanc- tified in the tycssel. g Mat. 12,3,4, .*.*-****** h ch. 22.9. Ps. 52, title. i ch. 17.2. 50,51. k ch.31.10. 3 or, Abime- lech, Ps.34, title. l Ps. 56, title. m ch. 18.7. 29.5. n Luke 2. 19. o Ps.34, title. p Ec.7.7. 4 or, made rmarks. 5 or, playeth the mad- ???ººls (CHAP. 22.) a Ps. 57, title, and 142, title. b 2Sa.23. 13. Mi. l. la. Heb. 11.38. c Ju. I 1.3. e Ju.11.29.’ He feigneth madness. 7 Now a certain man of the ser- wants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD ; and his name was Doeg, h an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that be- donged to Saul. 8 ºf And David said unto Ahime- lech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword 1 for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. 9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom i thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is k here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod : if thou wilt take that, take if : for there is no other save that here. And David said, There we none like that; give t me. 10 *| And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to 3 Achish the king of Gath. 11 And l the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land 7 did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, m Saul hath slain his thou- sands, and David his ten thousands? 12 And David laid up n these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 And he changed o his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad p in their hands, and 4 scrab- bled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 14 Then said Achish unto his ser- wants, Lo, ye see the man 5 is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me ! 15. Have I need of madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to pla the madman in my presence 1 sha this fellow come into my house ! XII CHAPTER XXII. Companies resort unto David at dullarn. A VID therefore departed thence, and escaped a to the cave Adullam : b and when his bre- thren and , all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. 2 And c every one that was in dis- tress, and every one that 1 was in debt, and every one that was 2 dis- contented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a cap- tain d over them : and there were with him about four hundred men. 3 *| And David went thence to e Mizpeh of Moab; and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thée, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. * Doeg accuseth Ahimelech, 4 And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold f - 5 *| And the prophet Gad g said unto David, Abide not in the hold : depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, h and came into the forest of Hareth, 6 TWhen Saul heard that David a was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a 3 tree in Rama having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him ;) 7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give i every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all cap- tains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; 8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there ts none that 4 showeth me that my son hath made a league k with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth unto me that my son hath stirred up my Servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day ! 9 * Then answered Doeg t the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Yob, to Ahimelech m the son of Ahitub. 10 And he inquired n of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and ve him the sword of Goliath the hilistine. 11. Then the king sent to call Ahi- melech the priest, the son of Alli- tub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. 12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou Son of Ahitub. And he answered, *Here I am, my lord. 13 And Saul said unto him, Why haveye conspired against mé, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day 14 Then Áhimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faith- fulo among all thy servants as Da- Yid, which is p the king's son-in- law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house? §5 Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me. ſet not the king impute anything Mato his servant, nor to all the house of my father: forthy servant knew *9thing of all this, 5 less or more. 16And the king said, Thou shalt 1 SAMUEL, XXIII. JB, C, 1062. f 10h.12.16. g 1Ch.21.9. 2Ch.29.25. h Mat. IQ.23. or, grove in a high place. i ch.8. 14. 4 uncovereth mine ear, ch. 20.2. k ch. 18.3. 20.30. I ch.21.7. Ps.52, title, and wer. 1,2,3. m ch,21.1,&c. n Nu.27.21. 5 Behold me. o ch. 19.4,5. 24. 11. p ch. 18.27. 6 little or great. q De.24.16. Est.3.6. 7 runners, or, guard. r Ex. I. 17, sch.2.31,83. t wer.9,11. w ch. 23.6. 1Ki.2,26, v ch.21. 1-9. (CHAP. 23.) a Jos. 15.44. b ver.4,6,9. ch. 30.8. 2Sa.5.19,23. c Ps, 11.1. d Ju.6.39. e ch. 22.20. Priests of Nob slain. surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all q thy father's house. 17 ºff And the king said unto the 7 footmen, that stood about him, Turm, and slay the priests of the LoRD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. . But the servants of the king would not put r forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew s on that º fourscore and five per- sons that did wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, t the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, child- ren and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. 20 ºf And one of the sons of Ahi- melech the son of Ahitub, named u Abiathar, escaped, and fled after i)avid. 21 And Abiatharshowed David that Saul had slain the LoRD's priests. 22 And Duyid said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that, he would surely tell Saul : v I have occasion- ed the death of all the persons of thy father's house. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not : for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. CHAPTER XXIII. David inquiring of the Lord by Abia- than, rescueth Keilah. Tº they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, a and they rob the threshing-floors. 2 Therefore David inquired b of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and Smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David,Co, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. 3 And David's men said c unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? - 4 Then David inquired of the LORD yet again.d. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah ; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philis- times, and brought away their cat- le, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the in- habitants of Keilah. 6 And it came to pass, when Abia- thar the son of Ålimeleche fied to 293 Treachery of the Keilites. David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. 7 *| And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine haird; for he fis shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. §ºnisati called all the people!' together to war, to go down to Kei- lah, to besiege David and his men. 9 iſ And David knew that Saulg secretly practised mischief against him; and h he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. 10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certaini y heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for i my sake. 11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand 1 will Saul come down, as thy servant bath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I be- seech thee, tell thy servant. And the LoBD said, He will come down. 12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah 1 deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul ? And the LoRD said, They will deliver thee up. 13 *[ Then David and his men, k which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersover they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah ; and he for- bare to go forth. 14 And David abode in the wilder- ness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain l in the wilderness of Ziph.m. And Saul sought him every § but n God delivered him not into his hand. 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life ... and David was in the wilderness of Ziph II; a. WOO(1. 16 T And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened o his hand in God.p 17 And he said unto him, Fear not : for the hand of Saul my father shall not q find thee; and thou shalt be . king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul r my father knoweth. 18 And they two s made a cove- nant before the LORD ; and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. 19 ºf Then came t up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us instrong b holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is 2 on the south of 8 Jeshimon? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of 1 SAMUEL, XXIV. B. C. 1061. *-ºs--- f Ps.71.10, 11. g Je. 11.18, 19. h ch.30.7. Nu.27.21. Jer.33.3. l Ps. l. l. l. rn Jos. 15.55. nPs.37.32,33. 54,3,4. o Fr. 27.9, 17. Hs. 35.3.4. p Ep.6.10. q Job 5.11-15. r ch.24.20. sch.20, 16,42. 2Sa. 21.7. ch.26. 1. Ps. 54, title. 2 on the right hand. 3 or, the wil- derness. *wº-ºº-º-º-º-º-º-º: tº Ps. 54.3. v Ju. 17.2. Mi. 3. 11. 4 foot shall be w Jno. 18.23. ac IKi. 18.10. ty Nu. 10.36. Mi.5.2. z ch.25.2. 5 or, from the. d P5.31.22. b Ps. 17.9, 11. 140. 1-9. c 2IV.i. 19.9. 6 spread themselves tupon. 7 i. e. The rock of divisions. d 20.h.20.2. (CHAP. 24.) a ch.23.28,29. after. s.38.12. c Ps. 14 1.6. d Ju.3.24. e Ps. I,VII. CXLII. f ch.26.8-11. -º- IXavid rescued from Saul. thy soul to come down ; and tº our art shall be to deliver him into the ing's hand. 21 And Saul said, Blessed v be ye of the LORD ; for ye llave compas- sion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his 4 haunt is, and who hath seen him there : for it is told me that he deal- ... eth very subtilely. 23 Seetherefore, and take w know- ledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you : and it shall come to pass, if }. he in the land, that I will search achinn out through- out all the thousands y of Judah. 24, And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul : but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon. z in the plain on the south of Jeshitmon. 25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David : wherefore he came down 5 into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain : and David made haste a to get away for fear of Saul : for Saul and his men compassed b David and his men round about to take them. 27 ºf But c there came a messen ger unto Saúl, saying, Haste thee, and come : for the Philistines have 6 invaded the land. 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines : therefore they called that place 7 Sela-ham- mah-lekoth. 29 "[ And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.d CHAPTER XXIV. David in a cave at En-gedi, having cut off Saul's skirt, spareth his life. A'. D it came to pass, when Saul was returned a from 1 follow- ing the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to b seek David and his men upon the rocks c of the wild goats. 3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover d his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.e 4 And the men of David said unto him, Beholdf the day of which the 294 David showeth his innocency, I.ORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliverthine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of 2 Saul's robe privily. 5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart g smote him, be- cause he had cut off Saul's skirt. 6 And he said unto his men, The h LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anoint- ed of the LORD. 7 So David 3 stayed k his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. 8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. 9'ſ And David said to Saul, Where- fore hearest l thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt { 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had de- livered thee to-day into mine hand in the cave : and some m bade me kill thee; but mine eyespared thee; fund I said, I will not put forth mine lland against my lord ; for he is the LORD's anointed. 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand : for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil n nor transgression in inine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest o iny soul to take it. 12. The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LoRD avenge me of thee : but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 13. As Saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked : but mine hand silall not be upon thee. 14. After whom is the king of Is- rael come out ! aſter whom dost thou pursue 1 after a dead dog, after a flea. 15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, p and plead q my cause, and 4 deliver r me out of thine hand. 16 ºf And it canie to pass when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul Said, Is this thy voice, my son Da- Vid 4 And Saul lifted up his voice, uud wept. 1SAMUEL, xxv. B. C. 1061. 2 the robe which was Saul's. g 2Sa.24.10. 1 Jno.3.20, 21. h IKi.21.3. i 2Sa..!. 14. 3 cwt off. k Ps. 7.4. Mat.5.44. Ro. 12. 17- 21, ! Lev. 19. 16. Pr. 18.8. 77 Ps. 35.7. O ch. 23.20. p 2Ch. 24.22. q Ps. 35.1. 43. l. 119. 154. Mi.T.9. 4 judge. r ch. 26.24. *. & Mat. 5.44. 5 shut tºp, ch. 23. 26.8. t Ps. 18.2ſ). Pr.25.21,22. tº ch.23.17. v 2Sa.21.6,8. w ch. 23.29. (CHAP. 25.) & Ch. 28.3. Nu.20.29. I)e. 34.8. b Ge.2.1.21. Nu. 10, 12. 13.3.26. c ch. 23.24. 1 or, business. di Pr. 14. ). 31.23,30. ever. 10. 1 1, 17. f Ge.38.13. 2Sa. 13.23. 2 ask him in my nºme of peace. ch. 17.22. g 1Ch. 12.18. Luke 10.5. 3 sharned, ver. J5,21. Samuel dieth. 17 And he said to David, Thou art more rightenus than I : for thou hast rewarded me good, s whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 18 And thou hast showed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me : forasmuch as when the Lord had 5 delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. 19. For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away wherefore the LORD reward t thee good for that thou has done unto me this day. 20. And now, behold, I know w well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. 21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that v thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house. 22 And David 8ware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.w CHAPTER XXV. l Samuel dieth. 2 David in Paran sendeſh to Nabal. ND Samuel died; and a all the Israelites were gathered to- gether, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah, And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.b 2 And there was a man in Maon, c whose 1 possessions were in Car- mel ; and the man was ve eat and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. Now the name of the man was Nabal ; and the name of his wife Abigail : and she was a woman of d good understanding, and of a beau- tiful countenance : but the man was churlish, e and evil in his do- ings; and he was of the house of Caleb. 4 *| And David heard in the wild- erness that Nabal did f shear his sheep. 5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and 2 greet him in my name ; 6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace g be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. 7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we 3 hurt them not, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. 295 “A David provoked. 8 Ask thy young men, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day; hº give, i I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine k hand unto thy: servants, and to thy son David. : 9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal accord- ing to all those words in the name of David, and 4 ceased. | 10 T And Nabal answered Da- vid's servants, and said, Who l is Davidi and who is the son offesse? there be many servants now-a- days that break away every mani from his master. 11 Shall m I then take my bread, and my water, and my 5 flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be f 12 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those say- III: S. *"And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man liis sword. And they girded on every man his sword ; and David also girded on his sword : and there went up after David about four hundred men ; and two hundred abode n by the stuff. 14 "Iſ But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he 6 railed on them. 15 But the men were very good unto us, and we o were not 7 hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: 16 They were a wall p unto us both by might and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 17 Now therefore know and con- sider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household : for he is such a son of Belial q that a man cannot speak to him. 18 "I Then Abigail made haste, and r took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five mea- sures of parched corn, and an hun- dred 8 clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid On 3i:SSöS. 19 And she said unto her ser- yants, s Go on before me; behold, ſ come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and behold, 1 SAMUEL, XXV. B. C. 1061. h Ne.8.10-12. Es.9, 19. i Ec. 11.2. | k Lu. 11.41. 4 rested. l Ju.9.28. Ps,73.7,8. 123.3.4. Is. 32.5,7. mn Ju.8.6. 5 slavghter. n ch.30.24. G flew upon. o wer.7. 7 sharned. p Ex. 14.22. Job 1, 10. Jer, 15.20. q 2Sa.23,6,7. r Ge. 32, 13. Pr. 18.16. 21. 14. 8 or, lwmps. s Ge.32.16,20. t Ps. 109.5. Pr. 17. 13. w Jos. 15. 18. 8 ears. 10 lay it to his heart. 11 i. e. fool. ty wer.33. Ge.20.6. 12 saving. ºw Ro. 12.19. ac 2Sa. 18.32. 13 or, present. sy Ge.33.11. 2Ki.5. 15. 14 walk at z 2Sa.7.1.1,27. Ki. 9.5. Ps, 89,29. a ch. 18. 17. b 1Ri. 15.5. Ps. 119.1-3. c Mal.3.17. 15in the midst of the bow of a sling. d Jer, 10.18. 15 staggering, or, stum- bling. * *-es-s Abigail's present. David and his men came down against her; and she met them. 21 (Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fel- low hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that per- tained unto him : and he hath re- quited me evilt for good, 22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morn- ing light any that pisseth against the wall. 23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted w off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, 24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be : and let thine hand- maid, I pray thee, speak in thine 9 audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, 10 regard this man of Belial, even Nabal ; for as his name is, so is he , 11 Nabal is his name, and folly is with him ; but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. 26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, Seeing the LORD hath withholden v thee from coming to shed blood, and from 12 avenging thyselfw with thine own hand, now let thine ac enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. 27 And now this 13blessing y which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let if even be given unto * young men that 14 follow my {}} {i. 28 I pray thee, forgive the tres- ass of thine handmaid: for the z ORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fight- etha, the battles of the Lord, and evil liath notb been found in thee all tly days. 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul : but the Soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle c of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall, he sling out, 15 as out of the middle of a sling.il 30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; 31 That this shall be no 16 grief unto thee, nor offence of heart un- to my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that mily lord hath avenged himself: but 296 Nabal's death. when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remem- bere thine handmaid. 32 ºf And David said to Abigail,f Blessed be the LQRD God of Israel, which sentthee this day to meetme: 33 And blessed be thy advice, g and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging my- Self with mine own hand. 34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept h me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morn- ing light any that pisseth against the wall. 35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go ? up in peace to thine house ; see, I have heark- ened to thy voice, and have accept- ed thy person. 36 and behold, he held a feasii in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry l within him, for he was very drunkeu : wherefore she told him nothing,less or more, until the morning light. 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart m died within him, and he became as a Stone. 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote n Nabal that he died. 39 || And when David heard that || Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed o be the LORD, that hath pleaded p the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept q his Servant from evil : for the LORD hath returned r the wickedness of Nahal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. 49 And when the servants of Da- vid, were come to Abigail to Car- mel, they spake unto her, saying, avid sent us unto thee to take thee to him to wife. 41 And she arose, and bowed her- Self on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, ſets thine handmaid a servant to wash the feet of the Servants of my lord. 42. And Abigail hasted, and arose, f and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of her’s that went 17 after her; and she went after the messen- Śers of David, and became his wife. David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives 2 And Abigail came to Nabal : || 1 SAMUEL, XXVI. B. C. 1060. e Ge.40. H.1. Lu.23.42. f Ge.24.27. Ex. 18, 10. Ezra 7.27. Ps. 41.13. Luke 1.68. g Ps. 141.5. Pr.9,9. h ver. 26. i 2Sa. 15.9. Luke 7.50. # 2Sa. 13.23. is 28.37. on Job J5.21. Pr. 23.29- 35. 7, 2Ki. 15.5. Acts 12.23. O ver,32. p Pr.22.23. q ver,26,34. r Ri.2.44. Ps. W. 16. s Ru.2.10,13. Pr. 15,33, 17 at her feet, ver.27. t ch.27.3. 18 Phaltiel, 2Sa.3.15. w Is. HO.30. (CHAP. 26.) a ch.23.19. Ps. 54, title. b ch. 14.50. 1 or, midst of his car- frtages, ch. 17.20. c 10.h.2.16. 9 shºrt wº. ºš. .d ch.24.6,&c. 2Sa. 1.16. .g. Ps. 94.23. Luke 1847. De, 31. 14. Job 7.1. Ps.37.13. Ec.3:2. Heb. 9.27. g ch.31.6. h ch. 24.6.12. ~~~~ 297 Saul cometh cqainst David, |,44 T But Saul had §e" Michał his daughter, David's wife, to 18 Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.w. CHAPTER XXVI. Saul cometh to Hachilah against JDavid. ND a the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshi- mon 7 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Is- rael with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshi- mon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came aſter him into the wild- €1 IlêSS. 4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. 5 *| And David arose and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abnerb the son of Ner, the captain of his host. And Saul lay in the 1 trench, and the people pitched round about him. . ,6 Then answered David, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishaic the son of Zeruiah, bro- ther to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to, the camp 2 And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. 7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night : and behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground as his bolster'; but Abner and the Igº. lay round about him. 8 Then said Ahishaito David, God hath 2 delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear, even to the earth at once, and I will not Smite him the second time. 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for d who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guilt- less: * 10 David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD e shall smite him ; or his day f shall come to die ; or he shali descend into battle, and perish.g Il The LoftD forbid h that Ishould stretch forth mine hand against the LoRD's anointed : but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. David reproveth Abner. 12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bol- ster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked : for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from i the LORD was fallen upon them. , 13 T Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them : 14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, say- ing, Answerest thou not, Abner ( hen Abner answered and said Who art thou that criest to the king? 15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man 7 and who is like to thee in Israel 4 wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king! forthere came one of the peo– ple in to destroy the king thy lord. 16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liv- eth, ye are 3 worthy to die, be- cause ye have not kept your master the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. 17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Isk this thy voice, my son David 1 And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. 18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his ser– want f for what have I done 7 or what evil is in mine hand 7 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let y lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the [,0RD have stirred l thee up against me, let him 4 accept m an offering : but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LoRD ; for they n have driven me out this day from 5 abiding in the inheritance o of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD : for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. . 21"| Then said Saul, Ip have sin- ned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, be- cause my soul was precious q in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred ex- ceedingly. 22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear ! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. 23 The LoRDr render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LoRD de- iivered thee into my hand to-day, 1 SAMUEL, XXVII. B. C. 1060. i Ge.2.21. 15, 12. 3 the sons of eath, 2Sa. 12.5. h ch. 24. 16. i 2Sa. 16.11. 24.1. 4 smell, Ge.8.21. Lev.26.31. ºn Ps. 119. IOS. n De. 4.27.28. Ps. 120.5 Is.60.5. 5 cleaving. 0 2Sa. 14, 16. p ch. 15.24. q wer.24. r Ps, 7.8. 18,20. *...*-aº-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º: s Ps. 18, title, 34.17, 18. 144, 2. 20o. 1.9, 10. 2.Th.3.2. Is.54. 17. Ro.8.35,37. (CHAP. 27.) ; 1 be con- sumed. a Is. 40.27.31. 5!. 12. b ch.25, 13. c ch.21.10. d ch.25.43. e Ge.46.34. f Jos. 19.5. 2 the number of days. 3 a year of datus §3. g Jos. 13.2. 4 or, Gerzites. h Ju. 1.29. i Ex. 17. 16. k Ge.25. 18. * or, did you 2not make P *_*-me Saul blesseth David. but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed. 24 And behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, und let him de- fivers me out of all tribulation. 25 Then Saul said to David, Bless- ed be thou, my son David : thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still t prevail. So David went On his way, and Saul returned to his place. CHAPTER XXVII. Saul hearing David to be in Gath, seeketh no more for him. ND David said in his heart, I shall now 1 perish a one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should Speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall de- Spair of me, to seek me any more in the coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. And Iłavid arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men b that were with him unto Achish, c the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, d Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Car- melitess, Nabai's wife. 4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. 5 *| And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place e in some town in the country, that I may dwell there : for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee ? 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag f that day: wherefore Ziklag per- taineth, unto the kings of Judah unto this day. 7 And 2 the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was 3 a full year and four months. 8 *ſ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, g and the 4 Gezerites, h and the Amalekites: i for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, k even unto the land of Egypt. 9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the Oxen, and , the asses, and th? camels, and the apparel, and re- turned, and came to Achish. 10 And Achish said 5 Whither haveº made a road to-day ! And David said, Against the south of Judah. and against the south of 298 Saul sceketh a witch. the Jerahmeelites, l and against the south of the Kenites. m. 11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, fest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so twill be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines. 12, And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel 6 utterly to abhor him: there- fore he shall be my servant for ever. §§ XXVIII The witch, encouraged by Saul, raiseth up Samuel. ND it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle,thou and thy men. 2 And David said to Achish, Sure- ly thou shalt know what thy ser– want can do. And Achish said to David, 'Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. Now Samuel a was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those b that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land, 4 And the Philistines, gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem : C and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa. d. 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, e and his heart greatly trembled. 6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, f neither by dreams, g nor by Urim, h nor by ſº 7 * Then said Saul unto his ser– wants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that i I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar Spirit at En-dor. And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me i. up, whom I shall name unto lèë. 9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off k those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land : Wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die 3 10 And Saul sware to her by the 1 SAMUEL, XXVIII. IB. C. 1060. -º-º-º- 1 ICh.2.9,25. m Ju. 1.16. 6 to stink, Ge.3 (CHAP. 28.) a ch.25.1. b Le.20.27. De. 18, 10, I 1. c Jos. 19. 18. 2Ki.4.8. d ch.31, 1. e Job 18, 11. Pr. 1.28. f Lam.2.9. g Nu. 12.6. h Nu.27.21. i Lev. 19.31. 1Ch. 10. 13. Is.8, 19. k wer.3. *-*. l Ex.22.28. Ps.82.6,7. 1 is his form? wn ch. 15.27, 2Ki.2.8, 13. 'n Pr. 5.11:13. 14.14 Jeržň,19. o ch. 18.12. Hos.9, 12. p ver, 6. 2 by the hand of. q 2Ki.6.27. r Lam.2.5. 3 or, for himself, Pr. 16.4. sch. 15.28. 4 mine hand, t ch. 13.9-13. 1Ki.20,42, I Ch. 10.13. Jer,48, 10. w Ps. 50.21,22. to ch.31. 1-6. I}a.5.26-28. 5 made haste and fell with the fulness of his stature. w Job 15.20, a. ch. 19.5. *-º-º-º: Samuel is raised. LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. 11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee ? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. 12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice : and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me T for thou art Saul. 13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid : for what sawest thou ? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw l gods ascending out of the earth. 14 And he said unto her, What 1 form is he of And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. m. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. 15 "I And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up ! And Saul answered, I am sore w distressed; for the Philistines make war inst me, and God is departed o from me, p and answereth me no more, neither 2 by Pºpº Ilot º dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. 16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing q the LORD is departed from thea, and is become thine enemy 3 r 17 And the LORD hath done 3 to him, as he spake s by 4 me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David : 18 Because t , thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor exe- cutedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore u hath the LQRD done this thing unto thee this day. 19 Moreover the LORD will also v deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to-mor- row shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. 20 Then Saul 5 fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid to because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. 21 *| And the woman came unto Saul and saw that he was sore troubled and said unto him, Be- hold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put a my life in mine hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spak- est unto me. 299 Philistines suspect David. 22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me Set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thournayest have strength when thou goest on thy way.. . 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him ; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. 24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and knead- ed it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof. 25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then º, rose up, and went away that night. HAPTER XXIX. Achish dismisseth David with com- 7mendations of his fidelity. Nº. a the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: b and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish. 3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the ing of Israel, which hath been with me these days, c or these years, and I have found no fault d in him since he fell unto me unto this day ! - 4 And the princes of the Philis- times were wroth with him ; and e the princes of the Philistines said unto him, make this fellow return. that he may ; again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle f he be an adversary to us: for where with should he reconcile himself unto his master should it not be with the heads of these men f 5 Is not this David, of whom theyg sang one to another in dances, say- ing, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands ! 6 * Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LoRD liveth, thou hast been up- right, and h thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is #. in my sight: for i I have not ound evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless, 1 the lords favour thee not. 1 SAMUEL, XXIX, XXX. B. C. 1056. (CHAP. 29.) a ch.28. 1,2. b ch. 4.1. c ch.27.7. d ch.25,28. Dan.6.5. e 1Ch. 12.19. f ch. 14.21. g ch. 18.7. h 2Sa. 3.25. 2Ki. 19.27. i ver.3. 1 thout art not good in the eyes of the lords. *N* 2 do not evil in the eyes of 3 before. k 2Sa. 14. 17. 19.27. ! wer.4. m 2Sa.4.4. (CHAP. 30.) a Ps.76.10. b ch.25.42,43. c Ex. 17.4. 1 bitter, ch. j. 10. Ju. 18.25. 2Sa...? 7.8. 2Ki.4.27. d Ps. 18.6. 26.1.2. 34.1-8. Ziklag is spouled. 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou 2 displease not the lords of the Philistines. 8 *| And David said unto Achish, But what have I done 7 and what hast thou found in thy servant, so long as I have been 3 with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king 7 9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as k an angel of God. notwithstanding, the princes of the Philistines have l said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master’s servants that are come with thee : and as Soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. 11. So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philis- times: and the Philistines went m up to Jezreel. CHAPTER XXX. 1 The Amalekites spoil Ziklag. 7 David pursueth them. ND it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 2 And had taken the women cap- tives, that were therein : they slew not a any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. So David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burn- ed with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and, their daughters, were taken captives. 4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David's two wives b were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jez- reelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 6 And David was greatly dis- tressed : for c the people spake of Stoning him, because the soul of all the people was 1 grieved, every man for his sons and for his daugh- ters: but d David encouraged him- Self in the LORD his God. 7 And David said to Abiathar the riest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, ring eme hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8 And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop 1 shall I overtake them k And he answered him, Pursue for The Annalekites pursued. thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. 9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundredf abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. 11 *ſ And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water ; 12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins : and when he g had eaten his spirit came again to him : for he had eaten no bread, nor drumk any water, three days and three nights. 13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou ! And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite ; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. 14 We made an invasion upon the “south of the Cherethites,h and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb ; i and we burned Ziklag with fire. 15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this com- pany And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither ill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. 16 °ſ And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating k and drinking, and dancing, be- cause of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. 17 And David Smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of 2 the next day : and there es- Caped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. 18 And David recovered all that the Annalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. 19 And t there was nothing lack- ing to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David re- Covered all.m. 20 And David took all the flocks ºnd the herds, which they drave be- fºre those other cattle, and said, his is David's spoil. 1 SAMUEL, XXXI. B. C. 1056. fver.21. g ch. 14.27. Ju. 15.19. h 2Sa...S. 18. IKi. 1.38,44. Eze.25. 16. Zep.2.5. i Jos. 14.13. k Mat.24.38, 1Th.5.3." 2 their mor- 7°010. ! Ge. 14. 14-16. m ver,8. *…*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* 71 ver, 10. 3 or, asked thern #!" they did. J j. o IKi.21.10, 13. 4 men. p Nu.31.27. Jos. 22.8. 5 and for- ward. 6 blessing, ch.25.27. Ge, 33.11. q Jos. 19.8. r Jos. 15.48. s Jos. 13.16. t Jos. 15.50. w ch. 27.10. v Ju. 1. 16. w Ju. 1, 17. ac Jos. 14.13. 2Sam.2.1. (CHAP. 31.) a 10h-10.1, Cs 1 wounded. b ch. 28.4. David sends presents. 21 ºf And David came to the two hundred n men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the peo- ple, he 3 saluted them. 22 Then answered all the wicked men, and men of Belial, o of 4 those that went with David, and said, |Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his child- ren, that they may lead them away, and depart. 23 Then said David, 'Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the Company that came against us into Our hand. 24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter 7 but p as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. 25 And it was so from that day 5 forward, that he made it a sta- tute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. 26 ºf And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a 6 present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the ORD ; 27 To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, q and to them which were in Jattir.ºr - 28 And to them which were in Aroer, s and to them which were in Siphrmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,t 29 And to them which were in Ra- chal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, u and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,w 30 And to them which were in to Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach, - 31 And to them which were in Hebron, as and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt. CHAPTER XXXI. Saul and his armour-bearer kill themselves, Nº. a the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Phi. listines, and fell down 1 slain in mount Gilboa.b - 2 And the Philistines followed 301 Saul's death. . hard upon Saul and upon his sons; JB. C. 1056. and the Philistines slew Jonathan, — and Abimadab, and Melchi-shua, c ch:14.49. Saul's sons.c 10h,8.33. 3 And the battle d went sore 'd 2Sa. 1.6,&c. inst Saul, and the 2 archers, 2 shooters, 3 hit him; and he was sore wound-i men with ed of the archers. {}lt) &. 4. Then e said, Saul unto his a found. armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, eju,9.54. and thrust me through there with ; f ch. 14.6 lest, these uncircumcised f, come," “i.; and thrust me through, and 4 abuse 4 * i me. But his armour-bearer would it * * not: for he was sore afraid. There-8 ch:28.19. fore Saul took a sword, and fell |->~~~~~~~~ upon it. h ch, 21.9. 5 And when his armoºr-bearer is 2sa.º. 12 saw that Saul was dead, he fell jºr. º likewise upon his sword, and died tº ºl. with him. U. 1. 6 So Saul died, g and his three '' Ch. 11.1-11. Or 2 SAMUEL, I. Saul and his sons' bodies burrºf. the cities, and fled; and the Philis- times came and dwelt in them. 8 And it came to pass on the mor- row, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent intº "the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. * 10 And h they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth : ; and they fastened his body k to the wall of Beth-shan. 11 *| And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gileadil heard," of that which the Philistines had done to dºll |iz All the valiant men arose, and - 5 * * sons, and his armour-bearer, and " ..." went all night, and took the body all his men, that same daytogether. ...ºft.*, 7 ºf And when the meſ, ofisraeii"ºil. that were on the other side of the jø valley, and they that were on the in 2s. 4.5. other side Jordan saw that the men 21.13.14. of Israel fled, and that Saul and o Ge.50, 10. his sons were dead, they forsook — *N*, *.* *.*.*. of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt m them there. 13 And they took their bones, and buried n them under a tree of Ja- besh, and fasted o seven days. The Second Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called The Second Book of the KINGS. tº-wºrwºve Year of the World, 2948....Before Christ, 1056.... Year of the Exodus, 435. CHAPTER I. B. C. 1056. David lamenteth Saul and Jonathan — with a song. . Nº. it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter a of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; 2. It came even to pass on the third day, that behold, a man b came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 3. And David said unto him, From a 1Sa.30. 17- 26. b 1Sa.4.12,16. 1 What was, 1Sa.4. 16. *...*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* c 1Sa.31. 1,2, &c. 2 Behold me, 1Sa.22, 12. whenge comest thou? And he said 3 or, my coat unto him, Out of the camp of Is- of măii, or, rael am I escaped. my embroi- 4 And David said unto him, 1 How dered coat, went the matter 7 I pray thee, tell hindereth me. . And he answered, That the me, that people are fled from the battle, my, &c. and many of the people also aré' — fallen and dead ; and Saul and Jo- mathan his son are dead also. 5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? 6 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul cleaned upon his spear; and lo, the cha- riots and horsemen followed hard after him. 7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, 2 Here am I. 8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, lam an Amalekite. 9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay In 6 : for Sanguish is come upon me, be- cause my life is yet whole in me. 10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure he cºuld 302 David's lamentation. not live after that he was fallen : and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. 11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent d them ; and #wise all the men that were with 1Iſl. 12 And they mourned, and wept and fasted until even, for Saul, an for Jonathan his son, and for the ſº of the LORD, and for the house of Israel ; because they were fallen by the sword. 13 *| And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou ? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. 14 And David said unto him, e How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed 3 15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. 16 And David said unto him, Thy blood f be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified g against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed. - 17 ºf And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow : behold, it is written in the book h of 4 Jasher:) 19 The beauty i of Israel is slain a upon º high places: how are the mighty k fallen . 20 Tell l it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, m lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let ºn there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offer- ings: o for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed p with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not q back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and 5 pleasant in their lives, and in their r death they were not divid- ed: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than s lions. Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in Scarlet, with other delights; who Put on ornaments of gold upon Your apparel. 2 SAMUEL, II. B. C. 1056. d ch.3.31. 13.31. e 1Sa.24.6. 26.9. Ps. 105. J5. f l Ki.2.32, 33,37. g ver. I0. Lu. 19.22, h Jos. 10, 13. 4 or, the wp- right. i Lam.2.1. k Lam.5, 16. l Mi. 1, 10. m Ju. 16.23. n Job 3.3-10. Je.20. 14, 16. o Joel 1.9. 2.14. p 1Sa. 10. 1. q 1Sa. 14.6,&c. 5 or, sweet. r ISa.31. 1-4. s Ju. 14. 18. Pr. 30.30. *~~~~~~~~~ t 1Sa. 18.1.3. 20.17,4 23, 16. u ver. 19,25. (CHAP. 2.) | b ch.5.1,3. c 183.30.5. d 1Sa.27.2,3. 1Ch. 12.1, &c. e 1Sa.31. 1 I- f Ru.2.20. 3, 10. g 2Ti.1.16-18, 1 the sons of walottr. A 183. 14.50. 2 the host which was Saul's. 3 or, Esh- bital. 1Ch,8.33. 9.39. 4 number of days. i ch.5.5. 1Ki.2.11. *º- David made king of Judah. 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle ! O Jona- than, thou wast slain in thine high places. 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love t to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. 27. How u are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! - CHAPTER II. David goeth to Hebron, where he is made king of Judah. A. it came to pass after this, that David inquired a of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.b. 2 So David went up thither, and his two c wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. 3 And his men d that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: anāthey dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead e were they that . buried Saul. 5 *| And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, jfbe ye of the LORD, that ye have showed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. 6 And now g the LORD show kind- ness and truth unto you : and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. 7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye 1 va- liant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them. 8 T But Abner h the son of Ner, captain of 2 Saul's host, took 8 Ish- bosheth the son of Saul,and brought him over to Mahanaim ; 9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 10 Ish-bosheth, , Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two ears. But the house of Judah fol- lowed David. 11 And the 4 time that David was king in Hebron, i over the house of Judah, was seven years and six months. 12 */ And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the 303 * Asahel slaut by Ajner. son of Sault went out from Maha- naim k to Gibeon.l 13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and met 5 together by the ool ºn of Gibeon : and they sat owm, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. 14 And Abner said to Joab, Ilet the young men now arise, and lay n before us. And Joab said, t them arise. 15 Then there arose and went over by number, twelve of Benja- min, which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David, 16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side ; so they fell down together; wherefore that place was called 6 Helkath-hazzu- rim, which is in Gibeon. 17 And there was a very sore bat- | tle that day; , and Abner was beaten, o and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. 18 °. And there were three p sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel ; and Asahel was as light 7 of foot 8 as a wild roe.g - 19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from 9 following Abner, 20Then Abner looked behind him and said, Art thou Asahel ? And he answered, I am. 21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his 10 armour. But Asahel wºul! not turn aside from following of him. - 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground ! how then should I hold up my face to Joab r thy brother f 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him unders the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where A hel fell down and died, stood 24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner; and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibe &On. And the children of Benja- 25 ºf 2 SAMUEL, III. David's sir sons. B. C. 1053. min gathered themselves together k ch. 17.24. Ge, 32.2, l Jos. 10.2,4, 12. 5 them to- gether. m Je.41.12. m Pr. 10.23. 6 i. e. The field of strong men. o ch.3.1. p 1Ch. 2.16. T of his feet. 8 as one of the roes that is in the field. q 1Ch. 12.8. Cant.2.17. 8. 14. 9 after. 10 or, spoil, Ju. 14. 19. r ch, 3.27. sch.3.27. 4.6. 20. 10. *-*.*.* t ch. I 1.25. Is. 1.20. Jer,46. 10, 14. zz ver. 16. Pr. 17. 14. ty Is. 47.7. 11 or, from. 12 or, away. w ver, 12. (CHAP. 3.) a ch. 2, 17. Job 17.9. Ps,84.7. Pr.4.18, 19, Rev.6.2. b 10h.3.1-4. c 1Sa. 25.43. 1 or, Daniel. 1Ch.3, i. d ch. 15.1-18. e ch. 13.37. 1Sa.27.8. f JKi. 1.5,&c. g Pr.21.30. Is.8,9,10. *º-se after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour t for ever ! knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end ? tº how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren 7 27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, w surely then 11 in the morning the people had gone 12 up every one from fol- lowing his brother. 28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pur- sued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. 29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.w 30 And Joab returned from fol- lowing Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel. 31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. 32 ºf And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth- lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of º CHAPTER III. JDuring the war David still wareth stronger. Nº. there was long war he- tween the house of Saul and the house of David : but David a waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 2 *| And b unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam c the Jezreelitess; And his second, 1 Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabai the car. melite; and the third, Absalom d the son of Maacah the daughter of 'Talmai king of Geshur, e 4 And the fourth, Adonijah f the Son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; 5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. - 6 *ſ And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong 9 for the house of Saul. - 7 And Saul had a concubine, 304 Abner revolteth to David. whose name was Rizpah, h the daughter of Aiah; and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gotie in unto my father's con- cubine 7 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I? a dog's head, which againstk Judah do show kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee unto the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault Concerning this woman { 9 So l do God to Abner, and more also, except as m the LORD hath º to David, even so I do to lıIl . 10 To translate n the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of 1)avid over Israel and over Judah, from 0 Dan even to Beer-sheba. ll. And he could not answer Abner jºrd again, because he feared 1Tºl. 12 *ſ And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land saying also, Make thy league with me, and be- hold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. 13 *|| And he said, Well ; I will Imake a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, 2 that is, Thou p shalt not see my face ex- Cept thou first bring Michalq Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see Iny face. 14 And David sent messengers to lsh-bosheth r Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for s an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, 15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from t Phaltiel, the son of Laish. And her husband went with her along 3 weeping behind her to Bahurim. u Thén said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. 17 ºf And Abner had communica- tion with the elders of Israel, say- ing, Ye sought for David 4 in times Past to be king over you : lS Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken v of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David Will Save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. 19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin : w and Abner Went, also to speak in the ears of David in Hebrón all that seemed 5000 to Israel, and that seemed º to the whole house of Benja- Illn. 2 SAMUEL, lil. B. C. 1053. h ch.21.8. i ch.9.8. lSa.24. 14. k Ps.2.1. 1 Ru. 1.17. l Ki. 19.2. wn ISa. 15.28. 16.1- 28. 17. Ps, 89,35- 37. n 1Ch. 12.23. O ch. 17.11. Ju.20. 1. Iki.4.25. 2 saying. p Ge.43.3. q. 1Sa. 18.20, 28. r ch.2.10. s 1Sa. 18.25, 27. t 18:1.25.44. Phalti. 3 going and weeping. tº ch. 19. 16. * both yester- day and the third day. v wer.9. w 1Ch.12.29. ~~~~~~~~~~ a ver, 10,12. v 1Ki. 11,37. z 1Sa. 29.6. a Ge.42.9, 12. b ch:20.9,10. 1Ki.2.5. 5 or, peace- ably. c ch.2.23. 6 bloods. d 1K1.2-32,33. 7 be cut off. e Lev. 15.2. f Le. 13.2,&c. g ch. 1.2, 11. Jos. 7.6, h Ge.37.34. 8 bed. | Abner slain by Joab. 20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him: and David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. 21, And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and a will gºutler 1 Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league wit thee, and that thou mayest reign Over all y that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and 3, he went in peace. 22*. And behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursu- ing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them : but Abner was not with David in Hebron ; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. 23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24. Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done : behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him º and he is quite gone? 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going 2 out and thy coming in, and to know a all that thou doest. 26 And when Joab was come Out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah : but David knew it not. 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron Joab took him aside b in the gate to speak with him 6 quietly, and smote him there under * fifth rib that he died, for the blood of Asahel c his brother. 28 "I And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my king- dom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the 6 blood of Abner the son of Ner: 29 Let it rest d on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not 7 fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, e or that is a leper, for that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword. or that lacketh bread. 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. 31 *| And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, g Rend your clothes, and girdh you with sackcloth, and mourn be- fore Abner. And king David him- self followed the 8 bier. - 32 And they bu; Abner in He- Ish-bosheth slain. bron : and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave o Abner; and all the people wept. 33 And the king lamented over Ahner, and said, Died Abner as a fool i dieth 3 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters ; as a man faileth before 9 wicked men, so ſellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. 35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat k meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till l the sun be down 36 And all the people took notice of it, and it 10 pleased them : as whatsoever the king did pleased all the Fº 37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day, that it was not of the king to slāy Abner the son of Ner. 38 And the king said unto his ser- vants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel 39 And I am this day 11 weak, though anointed king ; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard m for me. The n LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. CHAPTER IV. Baanah and Rechab slay Ish-bosheth. ND when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands a were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.& 2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the 1 other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin : (for Beeroth c also was reckoned to Benjamin : 3 And the Beerothites fled to Git- tainm, d and were sojourners there until this day.) 4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a e son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, f and his nurse took him up, and fled : and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was 2 Mephihosheth. 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah went and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and 2 SAMUEL, 1V, V. B. C. 1048. i. Pr. 18.7. Jer, 17. 11. 9 children of iniquity. k ch. 12. 17. l Ju.20,26. 1° was good in their eyes. 11 tender. m ch. 19.6.7. m 1Ki.2,5,6, 33. Ps, 7.16. 28.4. 62. Hº. 2Ti. 4, 14. (CHAP. 4.) a Ezra 4.4. Is. 13.7. b Mat. 2.3. 1 second. c Jos. 18.25. d Ne, 11.33, e ch.9.3, f 1 Sa.29. 1,11. 2 or, Merib- act!, 1Ch. 8.34. 9.40. *-*.*-º-º-º-º-º-º-º: g ch.2.23. h ISã, 19.2. I0. 1. 23, 15. 25-29. Ps.63.9, 10. 1.24. k ch. 1.2-16. 3 he was ºn his own eyes as a bringer of. 4 or, which was the reward I gave him. l Ge.9.5,6. m ch. 1. 15. n ch.3.32. (CHAP. 5.) a Ch.1.1.1. b Ju.9.2. c isa. 18, 13. d Ps,78,70,72. e Is. 55,4. f 2Ki, 11.17. Ne,9.3S. g 1Ch. 29.27. **-*.*---- His head brought to Hebron, they smote him under g the fifth rib : and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 7 For, when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bed- chamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. 8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which h sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my jord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 9 *| And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who i hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 10. When k, one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, (3 thinking to have brought good tidings.) I took hold of him, and slew him in Zik- lag, 4 who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings : 11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed! shall I not therefore now require l his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth 12 And m David commanded his young men, and they slew thern, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre n of Abner in Hebron. CHAPTER V. The tribes come to Hebron to anoint avid over Israel. HEN a came all the tribes of Israel to Tavid unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we b are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou c wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Is- rael : and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed d my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain e over Srt{2}. 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league f with them in Hebron before the Lord : and they anointed David king over Israel. 4 ºf David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he ºf: g forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: an in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and 306 David takes Zion. 2 SAMUEL, WI. three years over all Israel and B. C. 1018. h -º- tl{I:lfl. 6"| And the king and his men went h Jos. 15.63. to Jerusalem h unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lime, thou shalt not come in hither: I thinking David cannot come in hither. 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same i is the city of David. 8, Aſld David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and Smiteth the Jebusites, and the iame and the blind, that are hated of Đavid's soul, he shall be chief and captain. 2Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And i)avid built round about from Millo and inward. 10 And David went 3 on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts twas with him. 11'ſ And Huram k king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and 4 masons: and they built David an house. 12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king Over Israel, and that he had exalt- ed his kingdom for his people Is- rael's sake. 13 *| And David took him more l Concubines and wives out of Jeru- salem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. 14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jeru- Salem ; 5 Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 15 ibhar also, and 6 Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, i. Elishama, and 7 Eliada, and !plıalet. 17 *| But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David lrig over Israel, all the Philistines ſitute up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.m. 18 The n Philistines also came and Sºread, themselves in the valley o of Rephaim. 19 And David inquired p of the }:0RD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistinës wilt thou deliver them Illto mine hand . And the LORD sºlid unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines linto thine hand. 2:) And David came to Baal-pera- Zim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken * or, saying, David shall not. i llāi,8. 1. 2 or, because they had said, even the blind and the lame, he shall riot come into the how se. 3 going and growing. k l Ki, 5.1. 4 he wers of the stone of the wall. ! IJe. 17. 17. 1Ch. 14.3. 5 or, Shimea, ićh.3.3. or, Elisha- ºrna, 1Ch.3.6. 7 or, Beeli- dºtd., 1Ch. 4.7. mn ch. 23.14. m l Ch. 11.15. o Jos. 15.8. p Jam.4. 15. ..~~~~~~~~~ 8 i. e. the plaim of breachcs. 9 or, took them away. q 10h. 14. 16. Gibeon. (CHAP. 6.) or, Baalah, i.e. Kirjath- jearin, Jos. 15.9,60. 2 at which the name, even, the 710,277 & O the LORD of hosts, way called upon. 3 made to ride. 4 or, the hill. 5 a 10h. 13.9. Chidon. b Nu.4.15. 6 or, stum- 8 broken. 9 that is, the breach of Uzzah. c Ps. 119. 120. *-ºs-e-e Uzzah smallen. forth upon mine enemies before me. as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place 8 Baal-perazim. - 21 And there they left their ima- ges, and David and his men 9 burned them. 22*. And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. . - 23 And when .1)avid inquired of the LORD, he said, 'I'hou shaft not go up : but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. 24 And let it be, when thou hear- est the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to Smite the hosts of the Philistines. 25 And David did so as the LoIRD had commanded him ; and smote the Philistines from Geba q until thou come to Gazer. CHAPTER VI. David fetcheth the ark from Kirjath- jearim on a new cart. Ağı". David gathered together all the chosen men of israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from 1 Baaie of Judala, to bring up from thence the ark of God, 2 whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts, that dwelleth between the cherubims. 3 And they 3 set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that toas in 4 Gibeah ; and Uzzah and A hio, the sons of Abimadab, drawe the new cart. 4 And they brought it out of the house of Abimadab, which was at Gibeah, 5 accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. 5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on COrnets, and on cymbals. 6 *| And when they came to a Na- chon's threshing-floor, Uzzah put forth b his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it: for the oxen 6 shook it. 7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and God Smote him there for his 7 error; and there he died by the ark of God. 8 And David was displeased, be- Cause the LORD had 8 made a breach upon Uzzah ; and he called time name of the place 9 Perez-uzzah to this day. 9 And David was afraid c of the 307 The ark in Zion. 2 SAMUEL, V11. Lord that day, and said, IIow shall B. C. 1042. the ark of the LORD come to me ! David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David : but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 11 And the ark of the LORD con- tinued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and all his household. - 12 ºf And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because d of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Úbed-edom into the city of David with gladness. 13 And it was so, that when they that bare e the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 14 And David danced f before the LORD with all his might; and David tºº girded g with a linen ephod. 15 So h David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, i and with the sound of the trumpet. 16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window, and saw king David leap- ing and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. 17 || And k they brought in the ark of the LoRD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had 10 pitched for it : and David offered l burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before the LoRD. 18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, he blessed m the people in the name of the LoRD of hosts. 19 And n he dealt among all the ople, even among the whole mul- titude of Israel, as well to the wo- * men as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, g and a flagon of wine. So all the ople departed every one to his OUISE. 20*|Then David returned to bless o his household. And Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet vid, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to-day, who pl; uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his ser- vants, as one of the vain fellows 11 shamelessly uncovereth himself! 21 And David said unto Michal, It toas before the LORD, which q chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over -*----- d Mat. 10.42. e 10h. 15.2, 15,&c. f Ps. 30.11. 150.4. g ISã.2.18,28. h Ps. cxxxii. i Ps. 47.1 k I Ch. 16, 1. 10 stretched. ll Ki.8.5,63. ºn Ex.39.43. IKi. 8.55. 'n 20 h. 30.24. 35.7,8,12. Ne.S. 10. o Ps.30, title, 101.2. p ver, 14. 16. 1Sa. 19.24. 11 or, openly. q 1Sa. 13. 14. 15.28, • *-*.*.*.*.*.*-** 12 or, of the handmaids of my ser- wants. r 1Sa. 15.35. (CHAP. 7.) a 10h. 17.1. b Ps. 18, title. c ch.5, 11. d Ex.26.1,&c. 40.21. 1 to my ser- vant, to David. e 1Ri.5.3. 8, 16-19. 1Ch. 22.8. niki.ſi.33. *º-e Michal is childless. the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and 12 of the maid-servants which thou hast spoken of, of then, shall I be had in honour. 23 Therefore Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no child unto r the day of her death. ... CHAPTER VII. David's prayer and thanksgiving. ND it came to pass, when a the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given b him rest round about from all his enemies 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, c but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.d 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart: for the LORD is with thee. 4 *|| And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, 5 Go and tell 1 my servant David, Thus saith the I.ORD, Shalt thou e build me an house for me to dwell in 7 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house, since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 in all the places wherein. I have walked f with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with any of the 2 tribes of Israel, whom I com- manded to g feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar 7 8 Now therefore so shalt thousa unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from 3 following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, Over Israel : 9 Aud I was with thee h whither- soever thou wentest, and i have cut off all thine enemies 4 out of thy sight, and have made thee a great "| name, k like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will l plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither m shall the child- |ren of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime. 11 And as since the time that 1 commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LoRD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.n 12"| And when thy days be ful- 308 David's prayer. filled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed o after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14, Ip will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit ini- quity, I sº chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men : 15 But ºf my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. l d thine house and thy king- dom shall be established for ever before thee: thy r throne shall be established for ever. 17. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 18 ºf Then went king David in, and Sat before the LORD, and he said, Who's am I, O Lord GoD ! and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto 7 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GoD ; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the 5 manner of man, 0 GOD 7 20 And what can David say more unto thee ( for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, t and ac- Cording to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. 22 Wherefore thou u art great, O Lord GOD: for v there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And what w one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people which thou re- deemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? 24 For a thou hast cowfirmed to thyself thy people Israel, to be a people unto thee for ever: and y thou, LoRD, art become their God. 25And now, O Lord GoD, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, º concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. - 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LoRD of hosts tº the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be es- tablished before thee. 2 SAMUEL, VIII. B. C. 1040. -º--- 0 1 Ki.8.20. Ps. 132.11, 12. p Ps.89.20- 37. q 1Ki. 11.13, 34. * Jno. 12.34. Heb. 1.8. & Ge. 32.10, Ep.3.8. 5 law. t Ps, 138.2. Eze.36.22, 32. w Jer. 10.6,7. v Is.45.5, 18, 22. w Ps. 147.20. ac De.26. 18. y Ps.48. 14. >~~~~~~~~~ 6 opened the ear, Ruth 4.4. |Sa,9. 15. Ps. 40.6. z Jno. 17. 17. 7 be thow. pleased and bless. a ch. 22.51. (CHAP. 8.) tl I Ch. 18. 1. 1 or, the bridle of Jimmah. b Nu.24. 17. c ch. 12.31. d ver.6. 14. e lSa. 10.27. Ps.72. 10. 2 or, Hadar- ezer, iCh. 18.3. 8 or, of his. f I Ch. 18.4. g Jos. 11.6,9. h l Ki. 11.23. * ver, 14. 4 or, Tibbath. 7 Hadoram, 1Ch. 18. IO. 8 ask him of peace. 9 was a man hand were. The Philistines sºubdued. 27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast 6 revealed to thy ser- yant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this pray- er unto thee. 28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words z be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant : Therefore now 7 let it please thee to bless the house of thy ser- want, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GoD, hast spoken it : and with thy bless- ing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.a HAPTER VIII. David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites. ND a after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philis- tines, and subdued them : and Da- Vid took 1 Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote Moab, b and c mea- sured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, d a brought gifts.e 3 *| David smote also 2 Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. 4 And David took 3 from him a thousand chariots, f and seven hun- dred horsemen, and twenty thou- Sand footmen ; and David houghedg all the chariot horses, bºt reserved of them for an hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syrians of Da- mascus came to succour Hadade- zer h king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thou- sand men. 6 Then David put garrisons in Sy- ria of Damascus,and the Syrians be- came servants to F)avid,and brought gifts. And i the LoRD preserved David whithersoever he went. 7 And David took the shields of old that were or the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8. And from 4 Betah, and from * Bergthai cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. 9 * When 6 Toi king of Hamat heard that David had sſRitten all the host of Hadadezer, - 10 Then Toi sent, 7 Joram his son unto king David, to 8 salute him. and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him : (for Hadadezer 9 had wars with Toi:) and 10 Joram David’s officers. brought with him vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and vessels o brass : * * * * 11 Which also king David did de- dicate k unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicat- ed of all nations which he subdued : 12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and o the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Re- hob, king of Zobah. iš’ And ijavid gat him a name when he returned from 11 Smiting of the Syrians l in the valley m of salt, 12 being eighteen thousand ſºle??. 14 *[ And he put garrisons in Edom ; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edomn became David's servants. And the LORD o preserved David whither- soever he went. 15. And David reigned over all Is- rael; and David executed judg- ment p and justice unto all his people. 16 And Joa the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehosha- phat q the son of Ahilud was 13 re- corder; 17 And Zadok r the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the 14 scribe; 18 And Benaiah 8 the son of Je- hoiada was over both the Chereth- ites t and the Pelethites; and Da- vid's sons were 15 chief rulers. CHAPTER IX. David by Ziba ;th for Mephibo- Sheth. Aº David said, Is there yet an that isieſt of the house of San y that I may show him kindness a for Jonathan's sake 4 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba.b And when they had called him unto David the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba And he said, Thy servant is he. 3 And the king said, Is there not ret any of the house of Šaul that may show the "kindness of God unto him And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame con his feet. 4 And the king said unto him, Where is he 4 Ånd Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machºr, d the son of Ammiel, o-debar. 5 * Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar €58tr. 6 Now when I Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, 2 SAMUEL, IX, X. B. C. 1040. k 1Ri.7.51. 1Ch. 18, 11. 26.26. 11 his smit- ing. l Ps. LX. rn 2Ki. 14.7. 12 or, slaying. n Ge.27.29. Nu.24. 18. o Ps. 121.4-8. p Ps. 72.2. 89.14. Je.22. 15, 16. Am.5. 15, 24. q 1Kí.4.3. 13 or, remem- brancer, or, writer of chronicles. r 1Ch. 24.3. 14 or, secre- tary. s 1Ch. 18, 17. t lSa.30. 14. 15or, princes. (CHAP. 9.) a l Sa.20. 14. Pr.27. 10. b ch. 16.1,4. c ch.4.4. d ch. 17.27. 1 called Meribbaal, 1.Ch. 8.34. *. e ch. 16.9. f ch. 19.29. g ver. 7,13. h ch. 19, 17. i 10h.8.34. k 2Ki.25.29. (CHAP. 10.) a 10h. 19. I. 1 In thine eyes doth JDavid P b Ge.42.9. *= He sends for Mephibosheth. was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant. 7 'ſ And David said unto him, Fear not : for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy fa- ther's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father ; and thou shalt eat bread at my ta- ble continually. 8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead doge as I am f 9 *|| Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have f given unto, thy master's son all that pertained to Saul, and to all his house. 10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits that thy master's son may have food to eat : but Mephibo- sheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway g at my table. Now Ziba had h fifteen sons and twenty Servants. 11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Me- phibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table as one of the king's SORTS. 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. i And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Je- rusalem : for he did eat continually at the king's table: k and was lame on both his feet. CHAPTER X. David's messengers are sent to com- fort Hanum the son of Nahash. ND a it came to pass after this, tº that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned im his stead. 2 Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hamun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kind- ness unto me. And David sent to comfort him, by the hand of his servants, for his father. And Da: vid's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanum their lord, 1 Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee hath not David rather sent his ser- vants unto thee to search b the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it. 4. Wherefore Hanun took David's 310 Joab and Abishat. servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut o their gºrments in the middle, even c to their buttocks, and sent them away. - 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then returt. 6 *| And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank d be- fore David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians e of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zo- ba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacahathousand men,an of 2 lsh-tob twelve thousand men. 7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men,f 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in ar- ray at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, g and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. 9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and h put them in array against the Syrians: 10. And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Am- lilóIl. 11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me : but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. 12 Be i of good courage, and let k us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that l which seemeth him good. 13 And Joab drew nigh, and the º that were with him, unto the Jattle against the Syrians: and they fled in before him. 14 And when the children of Am- mon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abi- Shai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 15 ºf And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before JS- rael, they gathered themselves to— gether. 16And Hadarezer sent,and brought Qut the Syrians that were beyond * the river: and they came to He- lam: and 3 Shobach the captain of §: host of Hadarezer went before ÇIſl. 17 And when it was told David, he 2 SAMUEL, XI. David's adultery. B. C. 1037. gathered all Israel together, and c Is.20.4. 47.2. d Ge.34.30. E 2 or, the men of Tob, Ju. 11.3,5, f ch.23.8. ver, 6. h Jos.8.21,22. i Be. 31.6. Jos. 1.6,7,9. Ne.4.14. k 1Sam.4.9. 1 Cor. 16, 13. ! Ju. 10.15. HSa,3. iS. m Ps.68. 1,12. 2 That is, Euphrates. 3 or, Sho- phack, 1Ch. 19. 16. *-*~~~~~~~~e" * I Ch. 19. 18. footmen. 0 ch.8.6. p Ps. 18.37,38, (CHAP. 11.) 1 at the re- twrn of the year, 1Ki.20.22, 26. 2Ch. 36. 10. a 10.h.20. 1. b Ge.34.2. C 2 Bath-shua, 1Ch. 3.5, 3 or, Jºmmiel. d ch. 23.39. e Ps.51, title. Ja. 1.14, 15. 4 or, and when the had puri- fied herself, & c. she returned. f Le. 15,19-28. 18, 19. 5 of the peace of. g Ge. 18.4. 6 went out after. *-º-º-º- passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set them- selves in array against David, and fought with him. 18 And the Syrians fled before is- rael; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Sy- rians, and forty thousand horse- men,n and smote Shobach the cap- tain of their host, who died there. 19 And when all the kings that teere servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served o them. So p the Syrians feared to help the children of Ann- 1non any more. g CHAPTER XI. While Joab besiegeth Rabbah, David committeth adultery with Bath-sheba. A'. it came to pass, 1 after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent a Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel ; and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah ºut favid tarried still at Jerusalem. - º And it calue to pass in an evening-tide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw b a woman wash- ing herself; and the woman was very beautiful c to look upon. And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, 1s not this 2 Bath-sheba, the daughter of 3 Eliam, the wife of Uriah d the Hittite { 4 And David sent messengers and took her; and she came in unto him, and ene lay with her; 4 for she was purified f from her unclean- ness: and she returned unto her house. 5 And the woman conceived, and Sent and told David, and said, lam with child. 6 ºf And David sent to Joah, say- ing, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him 5 how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. 8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash g thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there 6 fol- lowed him a mess of meat from the king. §§ut Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the ser- wants of his lord, and went not down to his house. * 10, Andywhen they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto 3]] Uriah slain in battle. his house, David said unto Uriah Camest thou not from thy journey 4 why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? 11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, h and Israel, and Judah abide in tents; and my lord i Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I k then go into mime house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 12 And favid said to tirah,”farry here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. 13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk : & and at even he went out m to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his UłSè 14 *|| And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a lettern to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15. And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the 7 hottest battle, and retire ye 8 from him, that he may be smit- ten o and die. 16 And it canne to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab : and there fell some of the people of the servants of David : and Uriah the Hittite died also. 18"| Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; 19. And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight ! know ye not that they would shoot from the wall ! 21 Who Smote Abimelech p the son of 9 Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy ser- want Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 22"| So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for. 23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon B. C. 1035. h ch.7.2,6. i ch. 20.6. k Ps. 137.3. Is.22, 12-14. ! Ge, 19.33-35. Hab.2.15. m wer.9. n 1Ki.21.8,9. T strong. 8 from after. o ch. 12.9. p Ju.9.53. 9 Jerubbaal, Ju.6.32. *.*.* 19 be evil in thine eyes. q Ec.9.2,3,12. 11 so and such. r ch. 12.26. sch. 12.9. De.22.29. 12 was etºil in the eyes of. t 10h.21.7. (CHAP. 12.) a Ps.51, title. b ch. 14.5,&c. 1Ki.20.35, 41. Is.5.1-7. Mat.21 33, C. Lu. 15.11, &c. 16.19,&c. 1 morse?. c Pr.5. 18, 19. d Ge. 18.2-7. 2 or, is wor- thy to die, or, is a son of death. 1Sa.26. 16. e Ex. 22.1. Lu. 19.8. f 1Sa. 16.13. g Ps. 18, title. h ch.5.5. * *-*-*. 2 SAMUEL, XII. David takes Bath-sheba to wife. º even unto the entering of the e. 24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants: and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing 10 dis- please thee, for q the sword devour- eth 11 one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow r it : and encourage thou him. - 26 T And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 27 And when the mourning was ast, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, s and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done 12 displeased t the LORD. CHAPTER XII. Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb, causeth David to be his own judge. ND the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And a he came unto him, and said b unto him, There were two men in one city: the one rich and the other poor. - 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : 3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little eve lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own 1 meat, and drink of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, c and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And there came a traveller d unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the way- faring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LoRD liveth, the man that hath done this thing 2 shall surely die: 6 And he shall restore the launb four-fold, e because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 7 *| And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thussaith the LoRD God of Israel, I anointed f thee **. Israel, g and I de- livered thee out of the hand of Saul; º 8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and h gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would 312 Nathan reproves David. moreover have given unto thee such and such things. erefore i hast thou despised k the commandment of the I.ORD, to do evil in his sight ! Thou hast killed l Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the Sword of the children of Am- IIlúIł. 10. Now m therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house ; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take n thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shali lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 And David said unto Natham, I have sinned o against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, 'The LORD also hath put away p thy sin; thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast, given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blas- pheme, q the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. 15 T And, Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David 3 fasted, and went in, and lay r all might upon the earth. 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth : but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 18 And it came to pass on the Seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto im, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then 4 vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead Î - 19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceiv- ed that the child was dead: there- fore David said unto his servants, ls the child dead? And they said, He is dead. 20. Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed, his apparel, and came into the house of the LoRD, and woºped: then he 2 SAMUEL, XIII. B. C. 1035. 1Sa. 15. 19. k Nu. 15.3}. 1 ch. I 1.15-27. m Am.7.9. Mat. 26.52. n ch. 16.22. De. 28.39. g clu. 24.10. Job. 7,20. 32.27,28. Ps. 32.5. 51.4. Pr.28. 13. p Ps. 130.3,4. Is..6.5,7. i Jno. 1.7,9, 2.1. Rev. 1.5. q Is, 52.5. Eze. 36.20, 23. Rom.2.24. 3 fasted a fast. r ch. 13.31. 4 do hurt to, s Job. 1.20. *** ***** t Is.38.2.3. Joel 2. 14. Jon. 3.9. tº Job 7.8-10. v 1Ch. 22.9. 5 i. e. Be- loved of the LORD, Ne. 13.26. w 10.h.20. I. a: De.3.11. 6 my name be called upon it. 7 very great. (CHAP. 13.) a 10h.3.9. b IKi.21.4. 2001.7.10. * 313 Solomon is borº. came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. 21. Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done thou didst fast and weep for the child while it was alive ; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 22 And he said, While the child was yet aliye 1 fasted and wept : for I said, Who t can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live 4 23 But now he is dead, where- fore should 1 fast ! can I bring him |back again f l shall go to him, but u |he shall not return to me. 24"| And David comforted Bath- sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her; and she bare a son, and he called his name Solo- mon : v and the LORD loved him. 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name 5 Jedidiah, because of the RD. 26 ºf And w Joab fought against Rabbah r of the children of Am- mon, and took the royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. 28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and engam against the city, and take it: lest take the city, and 6 it be called after my name. 29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rab- bah, and fought against it, and took it. 30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, (the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones :) and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city 7 in great abundance. 31 And he brought forth the peo- ple that were therein, and put t under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them F. through the brick- kiln; and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people return- ed unto Jerusalem. CHAPTER XIII. Amnon, feigning himself sick, ratish- eth Tamar. - ND it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name toas Tamar; a and on the son of David loved her. 2 And Amnon was sovexed, that b he fell sick for his sister Tamar ; Amnion ravishctl, Tamar. for she was a virgin; and 1 Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. - 3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, c David's brother : and Jonadab was a very subtle man. 4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, 2 lean 3 from day to day ? wilt thou not tell me ! And Ammon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. . - 5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick : and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. 6 *ſſ So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon #unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes d in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. 7 Then David sent home to Ta- mar, saying, Go now to thy bro- ther Amnon's house, and dress him meat. 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house ; (and he was laid down.), And she took 4 flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. 9 And she took a pam, and poured them out before him; but he re- fused to eat. And Ammon said Have out all men from me. An they went out every man from him. 10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber that I may eat of thine hand. An Tamar took the cakes which she made, and brought them into the chamberto Amnon her brother. 1 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he e took hold of her, and said unto her, Comejie with me, my sister. 12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not 6 force me ; for 8 no such thing ought to be done in Israel: fáo not thou this folly.g 13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go 7 and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak, unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. 14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice : but, being stronger than , she, ſorced h her, and lay with her. 15 *ſ Then Ammon hated her 7 exeeedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was 2 SAMUEL, XIIl. B. C. 1032. 1 it was mar- wellows, or, hidden in the eyes of ??!?10??. c 1Sa. 16.9, Sbarnmah. 2 thin. 3 morning by morn- ing. d Ge. 18.6. 4 or, paste. e Ge.39.12. 5 humble me, Ge. 34.2. 6 it ought 7104 &O to be done. f Le, 18.9,11. 20. 17. :Ge. 34.7. Ju. 19.23. Pr.5.22,23. h De.22.25. †. n Lev.26. 19. De. 28.23. 0 1 Sa. 12.23. Ps. 25.8. 4. 12. p Lev.26. 16 &c." De.28.21, £. 2Ch. 20.9. 10 or, juris- diction. q I Ch. 28.9. Ps. 11.4. Jer. 17. 10. Heb.4. 12. r Ps. 130.4. & Deut. 4.34. t 2Ki. 19. 19. Ps. 67.2. 102. 15. 11 thy name is called wpon this dedication of the temple. land which thou gavest unto their fathers. - 35 | When heaven n is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them : 36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach othem the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain up- on thy land which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance. 37 º If p there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blast- ing, mildew, locust, or if there caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their 10 cities: whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; 38 What prayer and supplication Soever be made by any man, or b all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house : 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou know- est; (for q thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the child- ren of men ;) 40 That they may fear r thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. 41 Moreover concerning a stran- ger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake : 42 (For they shall hear of thy reat name, and of thy s strong land, and of thy stretched-out arm ;) when he shall come and pray toward this house ; 43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwell- ing-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth, to thee for : that t all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that 11 this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name. 44 iſ if thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou Shait send them, and sh pray unto the LoRD toward 12 the City which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name : - 45 Then hearthou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their 13 cause. 46 If they sin against thee, (for u there is no man that sinneth not, and thou be angry with them, an Solomon's prayer. deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away v captives unto the land of the enemy, far or Ilêat . ºf Yet if they shall 14 bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and re- pent, and make supplication unto illee in the land of them that Gar- ried them captives, saying, w We have sinned, and have done per- versely, we have committed wick- edness; 48 And so return a unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies which led them away captive, and pray unto thee towards y their land which thou gavest unto their fa- thers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name : . 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their 15 cause. 50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, an ive z them compassion before em who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them : 51 For a they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the b furnace of iron : 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy ser: vant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. 53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest c by the hand of Mo- ses thy servant, when thou brought- est our fathers out of Egypt, O rd GOD. 54 And it was so, that when Solo: mon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lori), he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from i.; on his knees with his hands spre up to heaven. 55 And he stood, and blessed d all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 56 Blessed be the LoRD, that hath given rest unto his Fº Israel, according to all that he promised: there e hath not 16 failed one word of all his good º: which he Tomised f by the hand of Moses lS Servant. - 57 The LoRD our God be with us, 1 KINGS, IX. JB. C. 1004. v De.28.36, 64. 14 bring back to their heart. w Ne. 1.6, Ps. 106.6 Da.9.5,&c. ac Je.29. 12-14. Ho. 14. 1,2. 9 ver.29. 15 or, right. 2 Ezra 7.6. Ps. 106.46. a De.9.29. b De.3.20. Jer, 11.4. c Ex. 19.5,6. Deut. 14.2. d 2Sa.6.18, e Jos. 23.14. 16 fallen. f De. 12.10,11. C. g Deut. 31.6. h Ps, 119,36. 17 the thing of a day in is day. # ver.4.3, Jos. 4.24. k De.4.35,39. 1 De. 18.13. m ICh.7.4, &c. n 20 h.4.1. 0 ver.2. p Nu.34.5-8. 18 or thank- ed. q Ps. 106.4,5. 122.6-9. (CHAP. 9.) a 2Ch.7.11, &c. b ch.7.1. c 2Ch.8,6. d ch.3.5. Solomon's Sacrifice. as he was with our fathers: let g him not leave us, nor forsake us: 58 That he may incline h our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his command- ments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. 59 And let these my words, where- with I have made supplication be- fore the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his ser- want, and the cause of his people Israel 17 at all times, as the matter shall require : 60 That i all the people of the earth may know that k the LORD is God, and that there is none else. 61 Let your heart therefore bel perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. 62"| And m the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousandsheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedi- cated the house of the LORD. 64. The same day did the kmg hal- low the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD : for there he offered burnt-offerings and meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings: because the brazen n altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt-offerings and meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings. 65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, o and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the enter- ing p in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they 18 blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the oodness q that the LORD had done or David his servant, and for Israel his people. CHAPTER IX. God’s covenant in a vision with Solomon. NDait came to pass,when Solo- mon had finished the building of the house of the LoRD, and the king's house, b and all c Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, 2 That the LoRD appeared to Solo- mon the second time, as he had d appeared unto him at Gibeon. 3 And the LoRD said unto him. I 341 God's covenant with Solomon. have hearde thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before me : I have hallowed this house which thou hast built, to put my frame there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there 9 h c perpetually. 4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David h thy father walked, in i in- tegrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments; 5Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised k to David thy father, saying, There shali not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. t; But ifl ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my command- ments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them : 7. Then m will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them ; and this house n which I have hal- lowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight: and Israel shall be a provérbo and a by-word among all people : - - - - - 8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss ; and they shall say, Why p hath the LoRD done thus unto this land, and to this house ! 9 And *: shall answer, Because they forsook q the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore r hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. 10 *| And s it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, 11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees, and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. And Hiram came out from Tyre jº to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they l pleased him not. 13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of 2 Cabul untot this day. || 14 And Hiram sent to the king six- score talents of gold. 15'ſ And this is the reason of the tº levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, v and 1 KINGs, x. JB. C. 1004. *-º-º- e 2Ki.20.5. 1Jno.5. 14. * Pr. 10.9. 28. 18. k 1Ch. 22.9, 10. Fs. 132. 12. ! 2Sa.7. 14. Ps.89.30, &c rn IDeut. 4.26. 2Ki. 17.23. m Jer. 7, 14. o I)e.28,37. Ps.44. 14. p De.29.94- 26. Je.22.8,9. q Zep. 1.4,5. r Jer. 12 7,8. s2Ch.S. 1,&c. 1 10ere 710t right in his eyes. i. e. dis- pleasing, or, dirty. t Jos. 19.27. w ch.5.13. v 2Sam.5.9. ~~~~~~~~~f wy Ps. 51. 18. ac Jos. 19.36. y Jos. 17.11. z Jos. 16. 10. Ju. 1.29. a Jos. 16.3. b Jos. 19.44. 2Ch. 8.4,6, &c c ch. 4.26. 3 the desire of Solomon which he desired. d Ju.3.1. e Jos. 15.63. 17. 12. G s ºr * (CHAP. 10.) a 2Ch.9.1,&c. Mat. 12.42. *-* Solomon's yearly sacrifice. the wall w of Jerusalem, and Ha- zor, a and Megiddo, y and z Gezer. 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer,and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaan- ites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. 17And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon a the nether, 18 And Baalath, b and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, 19 And ail the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, c and cities for his horse- men, and 3 that which Solomon de- sired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in ail the land of his dominion. 20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Periz- zites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of israel, 21. Their children that were left d after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able e utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond- service funto this day. 22 But of the children of Israelg did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and hi captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. 23 These were the chief of the offi- cers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which B rule over the people that wrought in the work. 24 "I But h Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her i house which Solomon had built for her: then k did he build Miłło. 25 °ſ And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense 4 upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. 26 ºf And l king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, m which is beside Eloth.On the 5 shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. 7 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had know- ledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. * 28 And n they came to Ophir, 0 and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to º; Solomon. The queen of Sheba admireth the wisdom of Solomon. A.D a when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, 342 The queen of Sheba concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions,b 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she com- muned with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon fold her all her 1 questions: there was not any thing hid from the king which he told ner not. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, 5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the * attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his 3 cup-bear- ers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the ; ORD ; there was no more spirit in le]". 6 And she said to the king, It was a true 4 report that I heard in mine own land of thy 5 acts and of thy wisdom. 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it : and, behold, the half was not told me : 6thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. 8 Happy c are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hearthy wisdom. 9 Blessed d be the Lond thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: be- cause the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to e do judgment and justice. 10 And f she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold and of spices very great store, an precious stones : there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 11 And the navy g also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, º in from Ophir great plenty of 7almug trees,and precious stones. 12 And the king made of the al- mug trees 8 pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for sing- ers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. 13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever, she asked, beside that 9 which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. 1 KINGS, X. B. C. 1004. b Pr. 1.5,6. 1 words. 2 standing. 3 or, butlers. 4 word. * or, sayings. 5 thou hast added wis- dom and goodness to. c Pr,8.34. d ch.5.7. e Ps. 72.2. Pr. 8. 15. f Ps. 72, 10,15. g ch.9.27. 8 a prop, or, rails. S which he gave her, according to the hand of king Solomon. ~~~~~~~~~~ 10 or, cap- tains. h ch. 14.26. i ch. 7.2. 11 on the hin- der part thereof. 12 hands. 13 so. 14 or, there was no sil- wer in them. k Ge. 10.4. 20 h.20.36. 15 or, ele- phants’ teeth. I ch.3.12, 13. 4.29.34. 16 the face of. m Pr. 2.6. James 1.5. 7, 20.h. 1. 14, &c. 17 gave. 18 Jìnd the going forth of the Solomon’s. admireth Solomon's wisdom. 14 ºf Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold. - 15 Beside that he had of the mer- chantmen, and of the traffic of the spice-merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the 10 go- vernors of the country. 16"| And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold : six hundred shekels of gold went to One target, in And he made three hundred h shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield : and the king put them in the house t of the forest of Lebanon. 18"| Moreover the kin great throne of ivory, an it with the best gold. 19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round 11 behind : and there were 12 stays made a overiaid * on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. 20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not 13 the like made in any kingdom. 21. T And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; 14 mone were of silver: , it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 22. For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshishk with the navy of Hi- ram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold and silver, 15 ivory, and apes, an peacocks. 23 Sol king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. 24 ºf And all the earth sought 16 to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which m God had put in his heart, 25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 26 ºſ And Solomon gathered to- gether chariots n and horsemen : and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thou- sand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem. 27 And the king 17 made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and ce- dars made he to be as the syca- more trees that are in the vale, for abundance. 28'ſ 18 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen 343 Solomon's wives, &c. yarn: o, the king's merchants re- ceived the linen yarn at a price. 29 And a chariot tame up and went out of Egypt for six hundre shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of theºp Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their 19 means. CHAPTER XI Solomon’s acts, reign, and death. B". king Solomon loved many A strange women, (1 together with the daughter of Pharaoh,) women of the Moabites, Ammon- #. Edomites, Zidonians, and Hit- ites ; 2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said a unto the children of Israel, Yeshall not go into them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods. Solo- mon clave unto these in love. 3. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hun- dred concubines: and his wives b turned away his heart. 4 For it came to ſº when Solo- mon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect c with the Lord his God, as was d the heart of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after Ashto- reth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after 2 Milcom the abomina- tion of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and 8 went not fully after the LoRD, as did David his father. 7. Them did Solomon build an high place e for Chemesh, f the abomi- nation of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the clildren of Ammon. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 9 ºff And the LORD was angry g with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LoRD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice.h 10 And had commanded him con- Cerming this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LoRD com- manded. - 11 Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is * done of thee, and thou hast not kept i Iny covenant and my sta- tutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend k the king- dom from thee, and will give it ! to thy servant. 1 KINGS, XI. B. C. 992, o Eze, 27.7. p 2Ki.7.6. 19 hand. (CHAP. 11.) 1 or, beside. a Ex.34. 16. De.7.3,4. b De. 17. 17. Ne. 13.26. c ch.8.61. d ch.9.4. 2 called Mo- lech, ver.7. 3 fulfilled not e Nu. 33.52. 2Ki.23.13. f Nu.21.29. Ju. 11.24. g Ps. 78.58. h ch.3.5. 9.2. 4 with thee. i Is.29.13,14. k wer.31. lch. 12.16,20. ********** m ch.21.29. 2Ki.20. 17, 19. 22.19,20. rt ver,39. 2Sa.7.15. o De. 12.11. p 1Ch. 5.26. q2Sa.8, 14. I Ch. 18.12, 13. * Nu.24.19. De.20. 13. s Ge.25.2,4. Ex. 2. 15. t Ge.21.21. tº Ge. 41.45. v ch.2. 10,34. 5 Send me away. 8 Not. w 2Sam.8.3. 2:2Sa. 10.8, 18. —-l Płis adversaries. 12 Notwithstanding in thy m days i will not do it, for David thy father's sake; but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13 Howbeit n I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, which o I have chosen. 14"| And the LORD p stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite : he was of the king's seed in Edom. 15 For it came to pass, when q Da- vid was in Edom, and Joab, the captain of the host, was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male r in Edom ; , , 16 (For six months did Joab re- main there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom :) 17 That Hadad fled, he and cer- tain Edomites of his father's ser- vants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. 18 And they arose out of Midian, s and came to Paran : t and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pha- raoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. ig And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife w the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpemes the queen. 20 And the sister of Tahpemes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tah- penes weaned in Pharaoh’s house : and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household, among the sons of Pha- raoh. 21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and w that Joab, the cap- tain of the host, was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, 6 Let me depart, that I may go to mine own coun- try. 22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own º And he answered, 6 Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. 23 ºf And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer w king of Zobah. 24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when a David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damas- cus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. 25 And he was an adversary to Is- rael all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did : and 344 Abijah's prophecy. he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. 26 ºf And Jeroboam y the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solonſon's servant, (whose mo- ther's name was Zeruah, a widow woman,) even he lifted up z his hand º the king. 27 And this was the cause that he Hifted up his hand #. the king : Solomon built Millo, a and 7 re- }. the breaches of the city of David his father. 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solo- mon seeing the young man that he 8 was industrious, he made him ruler over all the 9 charge of the house of Joseph. . 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jeru- Salem, that the prophet Ahijah b the Shihonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field. 30 And Ahijah caught c the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take ; 1 KINGS, XII. B. C. 984. y ch. 12.2. 2Ch. 13.6, z 2Sa.20,21. a ch.9.24. * closed. 8 did work. 9 burden. b ch. 14.2. c 182.15.27. d ver.11-13. e ver.5-7. Jer. 2. 13. Ho.4. 17. f Ps. 103.10. |s Is.55.3. h Ex.20,5,6, i ch. 12.17. k ch. 15.4. 2Ki.8.19. Ps. 132.17. thee ten pieces: for d thus saith the 19 lamp, or, LoRD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: candle. *-º-º-º-º-º: 32 (But he shall have one tribel 'ch.945. ſor my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the ni Jos. 1.5. n2Sa.W. 11,27. tribes of Israel:) o Ps. 89.30- 33 Because e that they have for- 8 34. saken me, and have worshipped; La.3.31,32. Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zido- p Pr. 19.21 nians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to q2Ch.9.29- 31. 14 words, or, keep my statutes and my judgments. * as did David his father. 12 days. 34 Howbeit f I will not take the la called whole kingdom out of his hand: but Roboam I will make him prince all the days i. of his life for David g my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes; 35 But h I will take the kingdom gut of his soli's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. . . 36 And unto his son will 1 give i one tribe, that k David my servant may have a 10 light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my mame there. And I will take thee, and thou Solomon's death. | 38 And it shall be, if & thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt" walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my com- mandments, as David my servant did; that m I will be with thee, and n build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Is- rael unto thee. 39 And I will for this afflict, the seed of David, but onot for ever. 40 Solomon sought p therefore to kill Jeroboam, . And Jeroboam arose, and fled into º: unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. 41 ºf And q the rest of the 11 acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not writ- ten in the book of the acts of Solo- Jºãon { 42 And the 12 time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel tvas forty years. 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and 13 Reho- boam his son reigned in his stead, CHAPTER XII. The Israelites assemble at Shechem to crown Rehoboam. N D a Rehoboam went to She- chem : for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And it came to K. when b Je- roboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king iº, and Jeroboam dwelt in *5XQt, , 3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congre- gation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, 4, Thy father made our yoke c grievous, now, therefore, make thou the "grievous service of º father, and his heavy yoke whic he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 5 And he said unto them, Depart (CHAP. 12.) a 2Ch. 10.3, &c. B ch. 11.26,40. c ch. 4.7. 1Sağ.ii.18. d Job 12.12. e Mar. 10.43, - 44. shalt reign according to all that - - thy soul ği. and shalt be king|f Fr.15.1- over Israel. | yet for three days, then coine again to me. And the people departed. 6'ſ And king Rehoboam consulted with the old d men that stood be- fore Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye ad- vise, that I may answer this people? 7 And they spake unto him, say- ing, If thou wiſt be a servante unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words f to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. - 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young P2 345 Ten tribes revolt. men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: ... 9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may an- swer this º who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? 10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, #. father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou Say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke : my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.g 12"| So Jeroboam and all the peo- ple came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, say- ing, Come to me again the third day. * And the king answered the peo- ple 1 roughly, h fund forsook i the old men's counsel that they gave 1m ; 14 And k spake to them after the counsel of the young mem, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke : m father also chastised you wit whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people ; for l the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake m by Åhijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 16 ºf So when all lsrael saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the º answered the king, say- ing, What n portion have we in Da- vid f neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse : to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. 17 But 0 as for the children of Is- rael which dwelt in the cities of Ju- dah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18 Then king Rehoboam sent p Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam 3 made speed to §: him up to his chariot, to flee to erusalem. 19 So q Israel 8 rebelled against the house of David unto this day. 20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and call- ed him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house 1 KINGS, XII. B. C. 975. g Eze.2.6. 1 hardly. h Pr.10.11,32, Ec. 10. 12. Jam.3.17. * Pr. 13.20. k 2Ch. 22.4,5. m ch. 11.11, 31. n 2Sa.20. 1. o ch. 11.13,36. p ch.4.6. 5, 14. 2 strength- ened himn- self. q 2Ki. 17.21. 3 or, fell away. r Ho. 11.12. s 2Ch.1.1.1, & C. t ver. 15. w Ju.9.45. v Jü.8. 17. w Deut. 12.5, 14. a 2Ki.10.29. 17. 16 g Ex.32.4,8. z Ge.28. 19. a Ju. 18.29. Ann.8. 14. b ch. 13.34, De.24. 15. c Nu.3.10. 2Ki. 17.32. Eze. 44.6-8. d Lev,23.33, 34 * 4 or, went up to the altar. 5 or, to sacri. e Am.7. 13. 6 or, went up to. Jeroboam’s idolatry. of ºil, but the tribe of Judah only.r 21 *|| And s when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Reinoboam, the son of Solomon. 22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and un 20. to all the house of Judah and Ben- jamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 24 Thus saith the LorºD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel : return every man to his house; for i this thing is from me. They hear- kened therefore to the word of the RD, and returned to depart, ac- cording to the word of the LoRD. 25 ºf Then Jeroboam, built She- chem u in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.w 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: 27. If this people go up w to do sa- crifice in the house of the LoRD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me,and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. 28 Whereupon the king took coun- sel, and made two calves a of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem be: hold y thy gods, O Israel, which lºt thee up out of the land of £gypt. 29 And he set the one in Beth-el, 2 and the other put he in Dan.a 30 And this thing became b a sin: for the people went to worship be- fore the one, even unto Dan. 31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests c of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast d that is in Judah, and 4 he offered upon the altar, (so did he in Beth-el,) 5 sacrificing unto the calves that he had made : and he placed in Beth-ele the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he 6 offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el, the fifteenth day of the ei - jº, month, even in the month which he had de- 346 Jeroboam's hand withereth. vised f of his own heart; and or- daimed a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the al- tar, 7 and burned g incense. CHAPTER XIII. 1 Jeroboam's hand withereth; 6 and, at the prayer of the prophet, is re- stored. ND, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and a Jeroboam stood by the altar to 1 burn incense. 2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, Q altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall b he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee. 3 And he gave a sign c the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the ..altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had crie agams: the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the al- tar, saying, d Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign e which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. 6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat fnow the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought 2 the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. 7 And the º said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refreshthyself, and I will give thee a greward. 8 And the man of God said unto the king, If h thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor ink water in this place : 9 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat i no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou Camest. 10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. 11 TNow there dwelt an old pro- phet in Beth-el; and SOnS came and told him all the works 1 KINGS, XIII. B. C. 975, f Nu. 15.39. 7 to burn. g ch. 13.1. (CHAP. 13.) ach. 12.32,33. 1 or, offer. b 2Ki.23, 15- 17. c Is..7. 14. 38.7.22. Jno.2.18. 1Cor. 1.22. d 20h.16, 10. 18.25,&c. 25.15, 16. Ps. 105. 15. Jer.20.2-4. Am...7.10- 17. Mat. 25.40. Jno. 13.20. Acts 6. 12. e var.3. f Ex.8,8. Nu.21.7. Acts 8.24. Jam.5. 16. 2 the face o the LOR g 2Sam.9.7. 2Ki.5, 15. Fi Nu.22. 18. 24. 13. i 1Cor. 5.11. 3 son. *...*.*.*.*.*.*.* k wer.8,9. 4 a word was, l ch.20.35. 1.Th.4. 15. m Is.9. 15. Jer. 23.32. n De. 13.1,3,5 18.20. Acts 4.19. g Nu.20. 12. 1Sa. 13.13, 14. 15.23. p ver. 19. q ver,9. s ch.20.36. Pr.22. 13. 26. 13. | ** • and The prophet is reproved. that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. 12 And their father said unto them, What way went he For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. 13 And he said unto his sons, Sad- dle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, 14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Ju- dah 7 And he said, I am. 15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bre 36 And he said, I may knot return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will feat bread ºr drink water with thee in this place : 17 For 4 it was said to me by l the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. 18 He said unto him, I am a pro- phet also as thou art; and an º: spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he * | lied m unto him. 19 So n he went back with him and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. 20 'ſ And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: 21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch o as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee 22 But camest back, and hast eaten p bread and drunk water in the place of the which the LORD did say q to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcassº shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after hº had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. . 24 Aud when he was gone, a lions met him by the way, and slew him: his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcass. 25. And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass: and they came and told it 347 Jeroboam's obstinacy. in the city where the old prophet dwelf. 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD : therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath 5 torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he t spake unto him. 27 And he spake to his sons, say- Ing, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. * 28 And he went, and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor 6 torn the ass. 29 And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God, and laid it upon the fiss, and brought it back and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. 30 And he laid his carcass in his owngrave: and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, u my brother 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay v my bones beside his bones : 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, to sh surely come to pass. 33 # After a this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but? made again y of the lowest of the people priests of the high places : whosoever would, he 8 consecrated him, and became one of the priests of the high places. 34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to z cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. phet Ahūah at Shiloh. A". that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. - 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thy- self, that thou be not known to be the wiſe of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiioh : behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which a told me that Is be king over this people. 3 And b take 1 with thee ten ...; and 2 cracknels, honey, and go to him : he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. 4 Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, c’ and 1 KINGS, XIV. B. C. 975. -º- 6 broken. t ver, 9. 6 broken. u Jer.22.18. v 2Ki.23. 16- 19. ve, ch. 16.24. acch. 12.31,32. 2 Ch. 1 1. Hö. 13.9. 7 returned and made. g 2Ti.3.13. 8 filled his hand ju.17.12. z ch. 14. 1ſ). Pr. 13.6. (CHAP. 14.) a ch. 11.31. b 1Sa.9.7,8. 1 in thique hand. 2 or, cakes. 3 or, bottle. c ch. 11.29. ~~~"º-"wºw"w"ºw 4 stood for his hoari- 77 esº, |d Ge.27.1. Ec. 12.3. e Ps. 139.1-4. 5 hard. feh. 16.2. g ch. 11.31- 38 h ch. 15.5. t ch. 12.28. 2 Ch. 11, 15. k Ps. 106.29. 1 Ne.9.26. Ps, 50.17. m ch. 15.29. ºn De.32.36. 2Ki. 14.26. o ch. 16.4. 21.24. p ver. 17. q Eze. 18.14 &c." r 20 h. 19.3. f ch. 15.27-29. t De.28.63, 66. Jos.23, 15, ! w Ps.52.5 * Ahijah forewarned. came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes 4 were set by reason of his age.d . 5 *| And the LORD said e unto Ahi- jah, Behold the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son, for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her : for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman. 6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam ; why feignest thou thyself to be an- other? for I am sent to thee with 5 heavy tidings, 7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Foras- much f as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people lsrael, 8 And rent g the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee : and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who h kept my commandments, and who fol- lowed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes: 9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee : for i thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke k me to anger, and hast castl me be- hind thy back: 10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off m from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut n up and left in Israel, and will take away the rem- nant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. 11, Him o that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat ; and iim that diethin the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it. 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house : and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.p 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him : for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because q in him there is found r Some good thing toward the LORD §. of Israel in the house of Jero- Int &IIl. 14 Moreover, the IORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who s shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what 1 even now. 15 For the LORD shall smite Israel #S #1 I is ea in the water, and the shall root w up Israel out 348 Rehoboam's wicked reign. of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter v them beyond the river, because they have made their w groves, provoking the LORD to anger. 16 And he shall give Israel up, ac because of the sins of Jeroboam, who y did sin, and who made Is- rael to sin. 17 'ſ And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: 2. and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died ; 18 And they buried him ; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake a by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet. 19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, howº, he warred, b and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chroni- cles of the kings of Israel. 20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he 6 slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. 21 ºf And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Reho- boam was c forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusa- lem, the city d which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Is- rael, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to e jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built them high f places, and 7 images, and groves, 9 on every high hill, and h under every green tree. 24 And i there were also sodom- ites in the land: and they did accord- ing to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. ºf And k it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem : 26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house ; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold l which Solomon had made. * 27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the 8 guard, which kept the door of the king's house, And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, 1 KINGS, XV. B. C. 956. v 2Ki. 15.29. 17.6. wy De. 12.3.4 is...i.28.33. ac Ps.81.12. z ch. 16.6,8. a ver. 12, 13. i, 20h. 13.2, &c. 6 lay down. c 20.h. 12.13. d ch. 11.36. e I)e. 32.21. Ps. 78.58. 1Cor. 10.22. f Eze. 16.24, 25. 7 or, stand- ing images, or, statutes. g 2Ki. 17.9, 10. h Iš.57.5. Jer. 3. 13. * De.23.17. 2Ki. 23.7. k 2Ch. 12.2, &c. l ch. 10. 17. 8 runners. ~~~~~~~~...~" rn ch. Hº.24. 15.6. m 20h. 12.16, .#bijah. Mat. 1.7, .Abia. (CHAP. 15.) a 2Ch 13.1, &c b 20.h., 11.20- 22. c 20h. 13.2, Michaiah the daugh- ter of Uriel. d 2Ch.1.1.21, Jºbsalon. e ch. li.4. f 2Ch.21.7. 1 or, candle, ch, 11.36. g 2Ch. 14.1, &c. * i. e. grand- mother's, ver, 2. that the guard bare them, and ch. 15.30.34. d yen; * *-* Abijam's wicked reign. brought them back into the guard- charnber. 29 ºf Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah And m there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their ays. + 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess, And Abijam n his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XV. 1 Abijam's wicked reign. 8 Asa suc- ceedeth him. Nº. a in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jeru- salem. And b his mother's name was c Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. d 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done be. fore him : and his heart e was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless f for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a 1 lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem : 5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from an thing that he commanded him º the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7 Now the rest of the acts of Abi- jam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 4 And there was war between Abi- jam and Jeroboam. 8 And g Abijam slept with his fa- thers: and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his soil reigned in his stead. 9 *| And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his 2 mo- ther's name was . Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodom- ites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had ade. 13 And also Maachah his mother 349 Asa's good reign. even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove ; and Asa h 3 de- jº. her idol, and burnt i it by the brook Kidron. 14 But k the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. 15 And he brought in the 4things which his father had dedicated, and the things, which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. 16 *"And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17 And l Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, m that he n might not suf- fer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt oat Damascus, saying, 19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and º father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may 5 depart from me. So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities oſ Israel, and smote ljon, pand Dan, q and Abel-beth-maachah, r and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 1 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 22 Then king Asa made a procla- mation throughout all Judah; none was 6 exempted : and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha builded; and king Asa built with them Geba s of Benjamin, and Mizpah.t 23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his irlight, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju- dah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased tº in his feet. * 24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: 1 KINGS, XVI. B. C. 951. h 2Ch. 15.16, &c. 3 cut off. i Ex.32.20. k ch. 22.43. 4 holy. I 2Gh. 16.1, &c. m Jos. 18.25. m ch. 12.27. o ch. 11.23,24. 5 go wip. p 2Ki. 15.29, g Ju. 18.29. r2Sa.20. 14. 6 free. s Jos. 21. 17. t Jos. 18.26. w 20%. 16.12. ~~~~~~~~~~ v 2Ch.17.1, &c. w Maf. 1.8, called Josaphat. 7 reigned. acch. 14.14. 9 ch. 16.15. Jos. 21.23. z ch. 14.9-16. a ch. 14.22. b ver, 16. c ch. 12.28.29. 13.33,34. d ch. 14. 16. Is. 1.4. (CHAP. 16.) a ver.7. 20h. 19.2. 20.34 B ch. 15.33. c ch. 14.7. d ch.15.34. c Mat. 5.19. f ver.11. ch.21.21,22. g ch. 14.11. --sº- Nadab's wicked reign. and v Jehoshaphat w his son reign- ed in his stead. 25"| And Nadab the son of Jero- boam 7 began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Ju- dah, and reigned over Israel two years. 26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin where- with he made israel’ſo sin. 27 ºf And Baasha the son of Ahi- jah, of the house of Issachar, con- spired against him ; and a Baasha Smote him at y Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; (for Na- dab and all Israel laid siege to Gib- bethon.) 28 Even in the third }. of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. 29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam ; he left not to Jero- boam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying 2 of the LORD, which he Spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite : 30 Because of the sins of Jero- boam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provoca- tion where with he provoked a the LORD God of Israel to anger. 31 "I Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 32 And b there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their da }. 33. In the third year of Asa kin of Judah began Baasha the son o Ahijah to reign overall Israel in Tir- zah, twenty and four years. 34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way c of Jeroboam, and in his sin d where with he made Israel to sin. CHAPTER XVI. l, 7 Jehu's prophecy against Baasha. 6 Elah succeedeth him. HEN the word of the H.ORD came to Jehu a the son of Ha- mani, against Baasha, b saying, 2 Forasmuch c as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way d of Jeroboam, and haste made my peo- ple Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; 3. Behold, I will f take away the posterity of Baasha, and the pos- terity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jero- boam the son of Nebat. * 4 Him g that dieth of Baasha in *the city shall the dogs eat; and 350 Zimri's captivity. him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written h in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: i and Elah his son reigned in his stead. 7 And also by the hand of the k prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, l even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in m provok- ing him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam ; and because n he killed him. 8 *ſ. In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Is- rael in Tirzah, two years. - 9 And his servant Zimri, o (captain of half his chariots,) conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk p in the house of Arza, 1 steward of his house in Tirzah. 10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. 11 ºf And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha : he left him not one g that pisseth against a wall, 2 neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. 12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spaker against 13ausha 3 by Jehu the pro- phet, 13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking's the ioni, God of is ači to anger with their vanities.t 14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 15 TT In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah.u And the people were encamped against Gibbethom, v which belonged to the Philistines. 16 And the jº. that were en- camped heard say, Zimri hath con- spired, and hath also slain the king : wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over is aeſt at day in the .."; 17 And Omri went up from Gib- 1 KINGS, XVI. B. C. 951. h2Ch. 16.1, C. i ch. 15.21. # ver, 1. ! Ex. 20.5, rrn ver. 13. 71 ch. 15.27-29. o 2Ki.9.31. p Na, 1.10. 1 which was Otjøy". q 1Sa.25.22. 2 or, both his kinsmen and his friends. 7" ver, 3. 3 by the hand of. sch. 15.30, ~~~~~~~~~~ w 2Sa. 17.23. Ps. 9. 16. ac ch. 12.38. 15,26,34. ty Pr.28.2. Is..9.19-21. 19.2. Mat. 12.25. z 2Ch. 22.2. 4 Shomeroºn. a ch. 13.32. 2Ki. 17.24. Jno.4.4. Acts 8.5-8. I, Mi.6.16. c wer. 19. d ver, 13. Acts 14.15. e ver.33. Omri's wicked reign. bethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. - 18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's * over him w with fire, and IECi. 19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking a in the way of Jero- oam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. 20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 21." Then were the people of Is- rael divided y into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri, 22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Gi- nath : so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. 23 * In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Orari 2. to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. 24 And he bought the hill Sama- ria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, 4 Samaria.a. 25" But Omri wrought evil b in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. 26 For he walked c in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.d 27 Now the resí, of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria : and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. 29 || And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel : and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. - 30. And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above e all that were before him. 31 And it came to pass, 5 as if it had been a light f thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife g Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal Elijah fed by ravens. king of the Zidonians, h and i went and served Baal, and worshipped IIl. 32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 33 And Ahab made a grove ; k and Ahab did more l to provoke the LoRD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. 34"|| In his days did Hiel the Beth- elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his first-born, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake m by Joshua the son of Nun. CHAPTER XVII. 1 Elijah is fed by ravens: 17 He raiseth the widow's Son. N D 1 Elijah the Tishbite, who teas of the inhabitants of Gi- lead, said unto Ahab, . As a the LORD God of Israel liveth, before b whom I stand, there c shall not be dew nor rain these years, but ac- cording to my word. 2 And the word of the LonD came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jor- all. - 4. And it shall he, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens d to feed thee there. 5 So he went, and did according unto the word of the LORD : for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 6 And e the ravens brought him brºad and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 7 And it came to pass 2 after a while, that the brook dried up, be- cause there had been no rain in the land. 8 T And the word of the LoRD came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath,3 which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there : behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 10 So he arose and went to Zare- phath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks; and he called to her, said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bri me, I pray thee, a morsel of brea in thine hand. | | 1 RINGS, XVII. B. C. 929. i ch.21.25,26. 2Ki. lº. 8, C. 17. 16. k 2Ki. 13.6. 17.10. 21.3. Je. 17.1,2. lver.30. ch.21.25. rn Jos. 6.26. Mat. 24.35. (CHAP. 17.) 1 Elijahw. Lu. I.17, he is called Elias. a 2Ki.3.14. b Deut. 10.8. c Luke 4.25. Jam.5. 17. d Is. 43.20. e Ps.37.3.19 is 33.ić. Hab.3, 17, 18. Mat. 6.3]- 33. I,u.22.35. He, 13.5,6. 2 ut the end of days. f Ob.20. Luke 4.26, called Sarepta. *-*-*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* g Ge.21.16. Jer. 14. 18. Lam.4.9. h Pr.3.9, 10. Mark 9.4 I. Heb.6. 10. 3 giveth. 4 or, a full 3year. 5 by the hand of. i Luke 5.8. k Job 13.23, 26 Eze.21.33, 24. l 2Ki.4.34,35. 6 measured. 7 his inward parts. m. He. 11.35. n Jno.3.2. - 16.30. *º-ºma -º- A Ju. 18.7. He raiseth the widow's son. 12 And she said, As the Lond thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold I am gathering two sticks, that f may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.g 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not ; go, and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, h and bring it unto me, and af- ter make for thee and for thy son. 14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD 3 sendeth rain upon the earth. 15 And she went, and did accord- ing to the saying of Elijah : and she, and he, and her house did eat 4 many days. 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake 5 by Elijah. 17 °ſ And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said unto Elijah, What i have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call k my sin to remem- . brance, and to slay my son 7 19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up m- to a ſoft where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LorºD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I Sojourn, by slaying her son 4 - 2ſ And l he 6 stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O HoRD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into 7 him again. 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he re- vived. - 23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the cham- ber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: m and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth ! 24 ºf And the woman said to Eli- jah, Now n by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth. CHAPTER xyTII. . Elijah, by prayer obtaining rain, fol- loweth Ahab to Jezreel. 352 Elijah sent to Ahab. NL) it came to pass after many a days, that the word of the LoRD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; andb I will send rain upon the earth. 2 And Elijah went to show him- self unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called 1 Obadialı, which was 2 the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared c the LORD greatly : 4 For it was so, when 3 Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that, Obadiah took d an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread e and water.) 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: per- adventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we 4 lose not all the beasts. 6 So they divided the land between them, to pass throughout it : Ahab went one way by himself, and Oha- diah went another way by himself. 7 *[ And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him: and he fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah 3 8. And he answered him, I am : go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 9 And he said, what have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy ser- vant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me . 10 As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no mation or kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee : and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. 11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is he re. # And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that f the Spirit of the LoRD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear g the LORD from my youth. 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the pro- hets of the LORD, how I hid an tundred men of the ford's pro- phets h by fifty in a cave, and fed i them with bread and water { 14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here : and he shall slay k me. 15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom Stand, Il will surely show myself unto him to-day. I 1 KINGS, XVIII. B. C. 906. *-ºn-- a ch. 17.1. 5 De.28. 12. Ps. 147.8. Jer. 5.24. 14.22. Ho.2.21,22. * Obadiahtz. 2 over his house. c Ne, 7.2. 3 Izebel. d Ne. 5. 15. e Ps. 34.9, 10. H3.33. 16. 4 cut not off ourselves from the beasts. f2Ki.2, 16. Eze. 3. 12, } 4. Mat. 4.1. Acts 8.39. h Mat. 10.4:1, 42 i Mat. 25.35. k Mat. 10.2S. l Is.51.7,8. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* rm Ac. 16.20, 17.6. ºn ch.21.20. 0 ch. 15.2. p 1Sa. 15.12. 2Ki.2.25. q ch. 16.33. r ch. 22.6. s 2Ki. 7.41. Mat. 6.24. # or, thoughts. t Jos. 24. 15. w ch. 19.10, ! 4. v 1 Ch. 21.26. 2Ch.7. 1,3. 6 The word is good. 7 or, answer, QU Ps. 1 15.5-8. Jer. 10.5. 1Cor. 12.2, 8 or, heard. 9 or, up and down at the altar. 10 with a great voice a: Is. 41.23. 11 or, medi- tateth. 12 hath a pursuit. 9 Le. 19.28. *-ºs- 353 Convinceth Baal's prophets, 16 So Obadiah went to meet Aliab, and told him : and Abab went to meet Elijah. 17 ºf And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that trou- bleth m Israel 1 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou and thy father's house, m in that ye have forsaken o the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. 19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Car- mel, p and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fiſty, and the prophets of the groves q four hun- dred, which eat at Jezebel's table. 20 So Ahab sent unto all the child- ren of Israel, and gathered r the prophets together unto mount Car- IIl {2i, 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said. How s long halt ye hetween two 5 opinions : if the LORD be God, follow him : but if t Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 22 Then said Elijah unto the peo- ple, I, even I only, w remain a pro- phet of the LORD; but Baal's pro- phets are four hundred and fifty Iſleſ). 23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks ; and let thern choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: 24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD : and the God that answereth by fire, v let him be God. And all the people answered and said, 8 It is well spoken, 25 And Elijah said unto the prº- phets of Baal, Choose you one bul- lock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many : and call oil the name of your gods, but put no fire under. 26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Bãal from morning even until noon, saying, O Banſ, 7 hear us. But there w was no voice, nor any that 8 answered. And they ieaped 9 upon the altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry 10 aloud; for a he is a Hº: either he 11 is talking, or he 12 is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awak £(1. 28 And they crº aloud, and cut y Bual's prophets slain. themselves, after their manner, with knives and lancets, till 13 the blood gushed out upon them. . 29 And it came to pass, when mid- day was past, and they prophesied until the time of the 14 offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to allSWer, nor any 15 that regarded. 30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come mear unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom z the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy YläIIlê . 32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the [AORD : and he made a trench round about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, and cut a the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt-Sacrifice, and on the wood. 34 And he said, Do it the second time, And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. 35 Amd the water 16 ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench b also with water. 36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacri- fice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, c LORD God of Abra- ham, Isaac, and of Israel,d let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and e that I have done all these thi at thy word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this º may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 38 Then f the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LQRp, he is the God; the LORD, he g is the God. 40 And Elijah said unto them, 17 Take the prophets of Baal ; let hot one of them *E. And they took them : and Elijah brought them down to the brook IGishon, and slew h them there. 4. T And Elijah said unto Ahab, 1 KINGS, XIX. B. C. 906. 13 they pour- £ blood upon them. 14 ascending. t 5 attention. z Ge. 32.28. a Lev. 1.6-8. 15 went. b ver. 32,38. c Ex.3.6. d ch,8.43, 2Ch.7.1. g ver.24. 17 or, Appre- hend. h Deut. 13.5. 18.20. 2Ki. 10.23. *-*. 18 or, a moise. i Ja.5.17, 18. 19 tie,or, hind. k 2Ki.4.29. 9. 1. Job 38.3. Jer. 1.17. Ep.6.14. 1 Pet. 1.13. 20 till thout come to. (CHAP. 19. a ch. 18.40. b ch.20. 10. Ru. 1. 17. 2Ki.6.31. c Ps.37.32, 33. ) 1 his life. d Nu, 11,15. Jon.4.3,8. e Ps. 39. 12. f Heb. 1.14. 2 hoister. | **** Elijah obtains rain. Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is 18 a sound of abundance of IäIIl. 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel ; and i he cast him- self down upon the earth and put his face between his knees, 43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, 19 Prepare thy §harlot, and get thee down, that the raim stop thee not. 45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and here was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. 46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah ; and he girded k up his loins, and ran before Ahab 20 to the entrance of Jezreel. CHAPTER XIX. Elisha, taking leave of his friends, followeth Elijah. IND Ahab told Jezebel all # Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain a all the prophets with the Sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, Sob let the gods do to me, and more also, if c I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time. 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Ju- dah. and left his servant there. 4 *|| But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree : and he requested for 1 him- self that he might die; and said, d It is enough ; now, O LORD, take away my life; for e I am not better than my fathers. 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angelf touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, amd a cruse of water at his 2 head: And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 7 And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, be- cause the journey is too great for thee. 8 And he arose, and did eat and 354 An angel comforteth Elijah. drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty g days and forty * unto Horeb the h mount of 9 *| And he came thither unto a cave and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah'ſ 10 And i he said, I have been very kjealous for the LCRD God of hosts: for the children of 1srael have for- saken thy covenant; thrown down thine altars, and slain l thy pro- phets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 11 And he said, 'Go forth, and stand upon the mount m before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD pass- ed by, and a great and strong wind n rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD ; but the a LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earth- quake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake : 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire : and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And it was so when Elijah heard it, that he p wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice un- to him, and said, What doest thou here, Élian? 14 And he said, I q have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken r thy covenant, thrown down thime altars, and slain th prophets with the sword : and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wil- derness of Damascus; and when thou comest, anoint Hazaels to be king over Syria : 16 And Jehu t the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha w the son of Sha- phat, of Abel-meholah, shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 17 And v it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the Sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.w 18 Yet aſ I 3 have left me sever, thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed y him. 19 ºf So he departed thence, and found Elisha thesonofshaphat, who tºas ploughing with twelve yoke of RINGS, XX. B. C. 901. h Ex.3.1. Mal.4.4,5. i Ro. 11.2-4. k Nu.25.11, 13. Ps, 69,9. # ch. 18, 4.20. Mi.7.2. m Ex. 24.12. 'n Eze. 1.4. o Zec.4.6. p Ex.3.6. IS.6.2. q wer.9,10. ºr Jer. 22.9. s 2K1.8.12,13. t 2Ki, 9.1-3. w Luke 4.27. called Eliseus. v 2Ki.9.14, &c. 10.6,&c. 13.3. w Ho.6.5. ac Rom. 11.4. 3 or, will leave. y Ho. 13.2. z Mat.8.21, 22. Lu.9.61,62. 4 Go, return. a 2Sa.24.22. (CHAP. 20.) a Is...10.13,14. 1 desirable. b 2.É.i.5.7. 2 kept not back from im. **** Elisha followeth him. oren before him, and he with the twelfth : and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mo- ther, and them 2 I will follow thee. And he said unto him, 4 Go back again : for what have I done to thee 21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments a of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah and ministered unto CHAPTER XX. By the direction of the prophet the yrians are slain. ND Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host togeth- er: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and be- sieged Samaria, and warred against it. 2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus a saith Ben-hadad, 3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. 4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and ail that I have. 5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-ha- dad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee saying, thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; 6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to-morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy ser- wants; and it shall be, that what- soever is 1 pleasant in thine eyes they shai put it in their hand, and take it away. 7. Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, 5 and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold ; and I2 denied him not. 8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. 9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-Hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do : but this thing I may not do...And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. 355 The Syrians slain. 10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods c do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Sama- ria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that 3 follow me. 11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Letd not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. 12 And it came to pass, when Ben- hadad heard this 4 message, (as he was drinking, he and the kings in the 5pavilions,) that he said unto his servants, 6 Set yourselves in array, And they set themselves in array against the city. 13 T And, behold, there 7 came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude : behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; e and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. 14 And Ahab said, By whom 3 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the 8 young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall 9 order the battle { And he answered, Thou. 15 Then he numbered f the young men of the princes of the provinces and they were two hundred an thirty-two: and after them he num- bered all the people, even all the fºrem of Israel, being seven thou- SãI101. 16 And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking g him- self drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kingsh that helped him. 17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first ; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. 18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war take them alive. 19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which fol- lowed them. - 20 And i they slew .*. one his man: and the Syrians fied ; and Israel pursued them ; and Ben-ha- dad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. 21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. | And the prophet k came to the king of Israel, and, said, unto him, Go, º thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest : for at the return l of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. 1 KINGS, XX. B. C. 901. c ch. 19.2. 3 are at my d Pr.27.1. 4 word. 5 or, tents. 6 or, Place the engines: and they placed en- gines. T approached. ever. 28. 8 or, servants. 9 bind, or, tie. f Ju.7.7. i Ju.7.21,22. Ec.9.11. k 2Ki.6.12. I 2Sa. 11.1. ******Nº, m Ps. 115.2,3. Is, 12.8. 10 was fallen. m Ps. 10.3. o 1Sam.4. H. 29.1. 2Ki. 13.17. 11 the war twith Israel. 12 or, vic- two lled. p Is.37.29-36. q ver, 13. Job 12, 16- 19, r P5, 10.16. s Ps. 18.45. t Jer.48.44. uke 13.4. 13 a chamber within a chamber, or, from chamber to chamber, ch. 22.25. w Is. 16.5. to Ge.37.34. *º- They are smitten again. 23. And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods m are gods of the hills ; therefore they were stronger than we ; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be strong- er than they. 24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their TOOI)}S : 25 And number thee an army like the army that 10 thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot : and we will fight against them in the plain, and n surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. 26 And it came to pass at the re- turn of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and wenu up to Aphek o to 11 fight against lsrael. 27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were 12 all present and went against them : and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. 28 ºf And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because p the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore q will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 29. And, they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was that in the seventh day the battle was joined : r and the child- ren of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day. 30 But the rest fleds to Aphek, into the city; and there t a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben- hadad fled, and came into the city, into 13 an inner chamber. 31 "I, And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful w kings: let us, I pray thee, put v sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. 32. So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben- hadad saith...i}. thee, let me live. And he said, she yet alive 3 he is my brother. 356 Ahab's folly reproved. 33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing wort come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy bro- ther Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-ha- dad came forth to him ; and he caused him to come up w into the chariot. 34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities a which my father took from thy father, I will restore ; and thou shalt nake streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then, said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant y with him, and sent him away. 35 ºf And a certain man of the sons 2 of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word a of the LORD, Smite b me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. 36 Then said he unto him. Be- cause thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion c found him), and slew him. 37. Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man Sinote him, 14 so that in smiting he wounded him. 38. So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and d disguised himself with ashes upon his face. 39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, e Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle ; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man : if f by any means he be miss- ing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt 15 pay a talent of silver. 40 And as thy servant was busy mere and there, he 16 was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So g shall thy judgment be; thyself h hast decided it. 41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he toas of the prophets. 42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore i thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people. 43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy k and displeased, and came to Samaria. º R XXF. - Elijah denounceth judgments against Ahab and Jezebel. 1 KINGS, XXI. B. C. 900. w 2Ki.10.15. Acts 8.31. ac ch. I5.20. of Is.8.12. z 2Ki.2,3,5, &c. a ch. 13.17,18. b Jer. 27.2. Eze.4.3. c ch. 13.24. 14 smiting wownding. d 2Sa. 14.2. e 2Sa.12.1,&c. f2Ki.10.24. 15 wei gh. 16 was not. g 2Sa. 12.5-7. h Job 15.6. Mat. 21.41- 43. Lu. 19.22. i ch. 22.31-37. k ch.21.4. : Jº-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-ºw (CHAP. 21.) a sis.14. 1 be good in thine eyes. b Lev,25,23. Nu.36.7. Eze.46. 18. c Job 5.2. Hab, 2.9-12. d Ne, 2.2. e Mi.2. 1,2. f 2Sa. 11. 14, 15. Es.3. I2,13. 2 in the top of. - g De. 13.13. h Ex.22.28, Lev.24, 15, 16. Mat. 26.59- 6. Acts 6.1 1. i Lev.24. 14. k Is.58.4. Ahab is grieved. Aï. it came to pass after these things,that Naboth the Jezreel- ite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give a methy vineyard, that I may have it fºr a garden of herbs, because it is mear unto my house : and I will give thee for it a better jº than it; or, if it 1 seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The Ioni forbid it me, that? I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. 4 And Ahab came into his house c heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jez- reelite had spoken to him : for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 5 *| But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why d is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread : 6 And he said unto her, Because l spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel ? Arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: Ie will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 8 Sof she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Na- both 2 on high among the people: 10 And set two men, sons g of Be- lial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme h God and the king. And then carry him out, and stonet him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, k and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat, before him : and the men of Belial wit- 357 Naboth murdered. nessed! against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the peo- le, saying, Naboth did blaspheme É and the king. Then m they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that e G18 (1. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, say- ing, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 15 ºf And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take n posses- sion of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money : for Naboth is not alive, but dead. ' 16And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose ºp to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. 17 ºf And o the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which p is in Sama- ria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken posses- sion 7 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In q the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine, 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast r thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold s thy- self to work evil in the sight of the ORD. 21 Behold, It will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy pos- terity, and will w cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in rºle 2 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam v the som of Nebat, and like the house of Baashaw the son of Ahijah, for the provocation where with thou hast rovoked me to anger, and made srael to sin, 23 And of Jezebel at also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the 3 wall of Jezreel. 24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. 25 But y, there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LoRD, whom Jezebel his wife 4 stirred up.2. 26 And he did very abominably in 1 KINGS, XXII. B. C. 897. ! Ex. 20.16. Ecºq. 1. Ac.7.57-59. 1ſt Pr. 1.10-16. 4.17. o Ps. 9. 12. p ch. 13.32. 20.h.22.9. g ch.22.38. Ps. 7. 16. Mat. 7.2. r ch. 18.17. & ver.25. 2Ki. 17. 17, is.50.1. 52.3. Rom. 7. 14. t ch. 14, 10. u Ex. 20.5,6. 2Ki.9.8. ch. 15.29. w ch. 16.3,11. a 2Ki.9.36,37. 3 or, ditch. ver.20. ch, 16.30,31. 4 or, incited. z Jos.23. 12, } Ec.7.26. *…*.*.*.*.*.*** a Ge. 15.16. 2Ki.21. 11. b Joe].2.12, 13. c Jon. 3.6-10. d Ex, iO,3, e Is.66.2. f2Ki.20.19. g 2Ki.9.25. (CHAP. 22.) a 2Ch. 18.2, &c. b Deut. 4.43. Jos. 20.8. 1 silent from taking it. c Pr. i. 10. 20or.6.14. d 2Ki.3.7. e Pr.3.6. Jer. 21.2. f ch. 18.19. g Jer.5.31. h 2Ki.3.11. i Ps. 34.21. 2 or, eunuch. floor. * False prophets. following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, a whom the LoRD cast out before the child- ren of Israel. 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that b he rent his clothes, and put c sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 Seest thou how Ahabd hum- bleth himself before me ! Because e he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in f his days; but in g his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. CHAPTER XXII. g Ahab, seduced by false prophets, is slain at Ramoth-gilead. Ağ. they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. 2 And a it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the . king of Israel. 3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ra- moth b in Gilead is ours, and we be 1 still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria 1 4.And he said unto Jehoshaphat, c Wilt thou go with me to battle to &amoth-gilead And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I'd am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. 5*| And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of 1srael, Inquire, e I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to-day. 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets f together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear f And g they said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 7 And Jehoshaphat said, Ish there not here a propliet of the LORD be- sides, that we might inquire of him ; 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, (Micaiah the son of Imlah,) by whom we may inquire of the LöRD : but I hate i him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 9 Then the king of Israel called an 2 officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. 10 And the king of Israel and Je- hoshaphat the king of Judah..sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a 3 void place in the entrange of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesi before them. - 358 seduce Ahab. ll And Zedekiah the son of Che- naamah made him horns of iron : . and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them, 12 And k all the prophets prophe- sied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth- gilead, and prosper: 1 for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand. 13 And the messenger that was one to call Micaiah, spake unto him, saying, Behold mow, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth : let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.m. 14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what n the LORD saith unto me, that will I Speak. - 15 ºff So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Mi- caiah, shall we go against Ramoth- gilead to battle, or shall, we for- bear? And he answered him, Go. and prosper; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Of:D 17 And he said, I saw all Israel 0 scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd : and the 1.ORD said, These have mo master: let them return every man to his house in peace. 18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would Fºllºy no good concerning me, but evil? 19 And lie said, Hear thou there- fore the word of the LORD : I saw p the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host q of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his eft 20 And the LoRD said, Who shall 4 persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this Inanner, and an- other said on that manner. 21 And there came forth a spirit and stood, before the LORD, an said, I will persuade him. 22 And the LORD said unto him Where with ! ... And he said, I wil go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt #. º and prevail also: go forth, and £10 SO. 23 Now, r therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a º: in the mouth of all these t and the LORD hath spoken e Concerning thee. - y º: 13 1 KINGS, XXII. JB. C. 897. # Eze. 13.6-9. Mi.3.11. l Job 9.4, m Is.30, 10. 7, Nu.22.38. 24. 13. Jer-23.28. Acts 20.27. Gal. 1.10. o Zec. 13.7. Mat. 9.36, p Is.6.1-3. Dan.7.9, 10. q Job 1.6. Ps. 103.21. Mat.25.31. Rev.5, 11. 4 or, deceive. r Ju.9.23. Job 12.16. Eze. HA.9. 2Th.2.10- 12. *Jº. & Maf. 26.68. Acts 23.2. 5 or, from chamber to chamber. 6 (; chamber in a cham- ber, ch.20.30. t Jer. 38.6. Acts 5, 18. HeV.2.10. w Deut. 16.3. Is. 30.20, v Nu. 16.29. De. 18.20, 22. .*N- w Mat. 13.9, 43. 7 or, when he was to dis- guise him- self. a; 20.h,35,22. g Pr. 13.20. 8 in his sim- plicity źsa.iº.11. S and the breast plate. 10 made sick. º ascended. 12 bosom. z ver, 17.28. Cºţºc, *…* Ahab is slain. 24 But Zedekiah the son of Che- naanah went near, and *smote s Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go 5 into 6 an inner chamber to hide thyself. 26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Annon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, t and feed him with bread of affliction, tº and with water of aftliction, untiii come in peace. 28 And Micaiah said, If v thou re- turn at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, w Hearken,0 people, every one of you. 29 so the king of Israel, and Je- hoshaphat the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead. 30 And the king"of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Ši will disguise my- self, and enter into the battle ; but [. thou on thy robes. And the ing of Israel a disguised himself, and went into the battle. 31,13ut the king of Syriacommand- ed his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, Save only with the king of Israel. 32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jeho- shaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. Andy they turn- ed aside to fight against him : and Jehoshaphat cried out. And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pur- Suing him. 34 Amd a certain man drew a bow 8 at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints 9 of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine lland, and carry me out of the host; for I am 10 wounded. 35 And the battle 11, increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Sy- rians, and died at even : and the l ran out of the wound into the 12 midst of the chariot. 36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the go- ing down of the sun, saying, Everyz man to his city, and every man to his own country. 37 TSo the king died, and 13 was brought to Samaria; and they bu- ried the king in Samaria. 38 one washed the chariot in Jehoshaphat's good reign. the *}} Samaria ; and the dogs licked tºp his blood; and they wash- ed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake, a 39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory b house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are the not written in the book of chroni- cles of the kings of Israel? 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 41 ºf And c Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Is- Taei. 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mo- ther's name was Azubah, the daugh- ter of Shilhi. 43 And d he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the H.ORD : nevertheless the high places e were not taken away; for the people of. fered and burnt incense yet in the places. 44 And Jehoshaphat made peacef with the king of Israel. 45. Now the rest of the acts of Je- hoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are 2 KINGS, 1. B. C. 897. a ch.21. 19. b Am.3.15. c 2Ch. 20.31, &c. d 20h. 17.3. e ch. 14.23. 15. 14. 2Ki. 12.3. 2Chiş.2. 2Cor. 6, 14. g ch. 14.24. 15. 12. h Ge.2.5.23. 2Sa.8. 14. 2Ki. 3.9. 8.20. 13 or, had ten ships. i 20 h.20.35, &c. k ch. 10.22. l ch.9.26. m 2Ch.21.1. * ver.40. o ch. 16.30, &c. p ch. 12.28-33. q Ju.2.11. ./N.-A-Y. Ahaziah's wicked reun. they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 3 46 And the remnant of the 9 so- domites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. * 47 There was them no king h in Iºdom : a deputy was king. - 48 Jehoshaphat 13 made ships i of Tharshishk to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not ; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.l 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships: but Jehoshaphat would not. 50 ºf And m Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Da- vid his father; and Jehorain his son reigned in his stead. 51 ºff Ahaziah n the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Sama- ria the seventeenth year of Jello: shaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. 52 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way o of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jero- boam p the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 53 For he served Baal, q and wor- shipped him, and provoked to all- ger the LoRD God of Israel, accord- ing to all that his father had done The Second Book of the KINGS, commonly called The Fourth Book of the KINGS. - - CHAPTER I. Elijah bringeth fire from heaven upon hem whom Ahaziah sent to appre- 777t. HEN Moab rebelled a against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of b Ekron, whether I shall recover c of this disease. 3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the kin of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal- zebub d the god of Ekron 1 4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, 1 Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art #. }. but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. B. C. 896. a ch.3.5. 2Sam.8.2. b I Sam.5. 10. c ch. 8.9,10. 1Ki. 14.3. i d Mar, 3.22. 1 The bed whither thou art gone up, thott shal 7-Of corne down from it. *~~~~~~~~~~ e Is.41.22,23. f 1Ch. 10.13. Ps. 16.4. 14 : g Zec. 13.4. Mat.3.4. 5 *| And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back! 6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say un- to him, Thus e saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron { therefore f thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 7 And he said unto them, 2 What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words? 8 And they answered him, Heg was an hairy man, and girt with a gir- dle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. 9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his º And he went up to him: (and, behold, 360 Death of Ahaziah. he sat on the top of an hill.) And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the kinghath said,Come down. 10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire h come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came : down fire from heaven, and k con- sumed him and his fifty. 11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fif- ty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly. 12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from #yen, and consumed him and his fifty. 13 *ſ And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and 3 fell l on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be recious m in thy sight. 14 Behold, there came n fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. 15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him : be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the 16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch o as thou hast sent messengers to in- quire of Baal-zebub the god of Ek- ron, (is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word 1) therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which º art gone up, but shalt surely € 17 | So he died, according to the word of the Lord, which Elijah had spoken. And 4 Jehoram reign- ed in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no SOH1. 18 Nov the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chroni- cles of the kings of Israel 7 CHAPTER II. - 9 Elijah is taken up by a f into heaven. 23 Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha. A*. it came to , when the fºL LORD would take & up Elijah into heaven by º whirlwind, that 2 KINGS, II. B. C. 896. *=sº- h Nu. 16.35. Luke 9.54. Heb. 12.29. t 1 Ki. 18.24. Dan. 3.25. k ch. 2.24. Acts 5.5,9. 3 bowed. ! Is.66.2. ºn 18a,26.21. Ps.72. 14. 116. 15. nver. 10,12. over.6. 4 The second year that Jehoram was Pro- rear, and the eighteenth of Jehosha- phat, ch.3. I (CHAP. 2.) a Ge.5.24. *.*.*.*.* b 1Ki. 19.21. c Jer.4.2. d ver.4.6. ch. 4.30. 1Sa. 1.26. e ver, 5.7, 15. ch.4.1,38. 9. 1 1Ki:20.35. 1 in sight, or, over against. 1Ki. 19.13 f is. h Nu.27.20, 2 dome hard in asking. i ch.6.17. Ps. 104.4. h ch. 13.14. ** Elijah taken up to heaven. #. went with b Elisha from Hlíºll. 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the for hath sentmé to Beth-eſ. And Elisha said unto him, Asc the LQRD liveth, and as d thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el. 3 And the sons e of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LoRD will take away thy master from thy head to-day ! And he said, Yea, I know it ; hold ye your peace. 4 And Elijah said unto him, Eli sha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sentime to jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. 5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Eli- sha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to-day? And he answered, Yea, I know it ; hold ye your peace. 6 And Elijah said unto him, Tar- ry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and asthy Soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and st 1 to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. 8 And Elijah took his mantle, f and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and g they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. 9 *|| And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I Pé. thee, let h a double portion of thy spirit be “upon me. 10 And he said, Thou hast 2 asked a hard thing : nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. 11, And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, be- hold, there appeared a chariot i of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 *| And Elisha saw it, and he cried"k My father, my father'ſ the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 361 13 He took up also the mantle of Elisha's mockers destroyed. Flijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the 3 bank of Jordan - i4 And he took the mantle of Eli- jah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah 4 And when he also had smitten the waters, l they parted hither and thither: and Eli- sha went over. 15 And when the sons of the pro- phets which were to view ºn at Je- richo saw him, they said, The spirit of Élijah doth reston Eisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before II]. 16 T And they said unto him, Be- hold now, there be with thy ser- wants fifty 4 strong men ; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy mas- ter: lest peradventure the n Spirit of the LoRD hath taken him up, and cast him upon 5 some moun- tain, or into some valley. And he said, 'Ye shall not send. - 17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. * 18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not { - - 19 ºf And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, aS º, lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground 6 harren. 20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt, therein. And they brought it to him. 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt oin there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have p healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren q 22 So the waters were healed un- to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. 23 T And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth lit: tle children rout of the city, and mocked s him, and said unto him, Go }. thou bald head; go up, thou bald head 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed tº them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth, two, she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two child- ren of them. 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria. - 2 KINGS, II. B. C. 896. 3 lip. ! ver,8. mn ver.7. 4 sons of strength. 7m I Ki. 18.12. Acts 8.39. 5 one of the movintains. 6 causing to miscarry. o Lev.2. 13. Mat. 5. 13. Mark 9.50, p ch. 4,41. Ex. 15.25. Eze.47.8,9. q Ps. HO7.33, 34. r Job 19. 1S. 30. 1,8,8-c. s Mat. 27.29, C. t Ge.9.25. *...*.*.*.*.*.*.*-*-f (CHAP. 3.) a ch. 1.17. i. statute. b IKi. H3.32. c 1Ki. 12.28- 32. d 2Sn,8.2. Ps. 108.9,10. e Is. 16.1. fe"; g lići.22.4. 2 at their ſ: h 1Ri.22.7. i Lu.22.26. Jno. 13.5, 14. | Ti.5, 10. k Eze. 14.3. m 1 Ki. 18.19. Jehoraſn's reign. CHAPTER III. 1 Jehoram's reign. 4 Mesha rebelleth. TATOW a Jehoram the son of Ahab * began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD ; but not like his fa- ther, and like his mother: for he put away the l image of b Baal that his father had made. 3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the c sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin ; he departed not therefrom. 4 *ſ And Mesha the king of Moah was a sheep-master, and d rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, e and an hundred thousand rams with the wool. 5 But f it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 6 *|| And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all lsrael. 7 And he went and sent to Je- hoshaphat the king of Judah, say- ing, The king of Moab hath rebel- led against me : wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle 1 And he said, I will go up : g I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up ! And he answered, 'The way through the wilderness of OIII. 9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom ; and they fetched a com- pass of seven days’ journey : and there was no water for the host and for the cattie 3 that followed them. 10 And the king of Israel said Alas ! that the LORD hath calle these three kings together, to de- liver them into the hand of Moab li But h Jehoshaphat said, 1s there not here a prophet of the LoRD, that we may inquire of the LoRD by him 7 And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Sha- phat, which poured i water on the hands of Elijah. -- 12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel, and Jehosha- hat, and the king of Edom, went own to him. * - 13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What k have I to do with thee 7 ;: thee to the prophets m of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of is- The Moabites overcome. rael said, unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. 14 And Elisha said, As n the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were o it not that I regard the presence of Jehosha- hat the king of Judah, I would not Ook toward thee, nor see thee. 15 But now bring me a minstrel. p And it came to pass when the min- strel played, that the hand q of the LORD came upon him. 16 And ho said, Thus saith the LORD, Make r this valley full of ditches. - 17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall #. see rain ; yet that valley shall e filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. . - 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD : he will de- liver the Moabites also into your hand. 19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, s and stop all wells of water, and 3 mar cvery good piece of land with Stones. 20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat-offering t was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with Water. 21 *|| And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they 4 gathered all that were able to 5 put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border. 22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: 23 And they said, This is blood : the kings are surely 6 slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 24 And when they came to the Camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them : but they 7 went forward smiting the Moab- ites, even in their country. - 25 And they beat down u the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped v all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees; 8 only in Kir-haraseth left to they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and Smote it. 2 KINGS, IV. B. C. 895. n ch.5. 16. 1Ki. 17.1. o Ps. 15.4. p Isa. 10.5. q Eze. 1.3. 3.14. 8. 1. r ch.4.3. s De.20. 19,20, 3 grieve. t Ex. 29.39,40. 4 were cried together. 5 gird him- s, if with a girdle. 6 destroyed. 7 or, smote in it, even smiting. w Is.37.26. tº Ge.26. 15. 8 until he left the stones thereof in Rir-hara- scth. w Is. 16.7,11 ^^*-*. ac Mi. 6. 7. * The widow's oil increased. 26'ſ And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom ; but they could not. 27 Then he took his eldest son, r that should have rei in his stead, and offered him for a burnt- tº: y upon §: wall. And there was great indigmation agains Israel: and they i. #. him, and z returned to their own land. CHAPTER IV. 1 Flisha multiplieth the widow's oil. 18 He raiseth ayan her dead son. OW there cried a certain wo- man of the wives of the sons a of the prophets unto Elisha, say- ing, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD : and the b creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee ? tell me, what hast thou in the house ! And she Said, Thine handmaid hath not c anything in the house, save a pot of oil. 3 Them he said, Go, d. borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neigh- bours, even empty vessels; 1 bor- row not a few. 4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and e shalt pour y Am...2.1. z Is. 37.37. (CHAP. 4.) a 1Ki.20.35. b Le.25.89. Mat. 18.25. c 1Ei. I?, 12. d ch.3.16. Rom.4.17. * or, scant. e Mar.6.37- 44. 8.5-9. Jno. 2.7-9. Ep.3.20. out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a ves- sel: and he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy 2 debt, andiive thou and thy children of the rest. 8 *| And 3 it fell on a day, that Eli- 2 or, creditor. 3 there wag sha passed to Shunem, f where was a great woman ; and she 4 con- a day. f Jos. 19.18. 4 laid hold on him. g Mat. 5. 16. h Mat. 10.41. i = -ºº-sºus strained him to eat bread. And so it was, that, as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive g that this is an holy man of God which pass- eth by us :...'ſ 10 Leth us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candle- stić and it shii be, when he The Shunammite's son dieth. cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. 11 And it fell on a day that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. 12 And he said to Gehazi his ser- vant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. . 13 And he said unto him, Say ow unto her, Behold, thou hast een careful i for us with all this care ; what is to be done for thee 1 wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host 7 And she answered, I dwell among inine own people. 14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi am- swered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. - 15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door, 16 And he said, About k this 5 sea- son, according to the time of life thou shalt embrace a son. An she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do l not lie unto thine hand- maid. 17. And the woman conceived, m and bare a son at that season that Ełisha had said unto her, accord- ing to the time of life. 18 "I And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. 19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head ' And he said to a lad, Čarry him to his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. 21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went Olt. 22 And she called unto her hus- hand, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. he said, Wherefore wilt thougo to him to-day ? it is neither new moon n nor sabbath. And she said, it shall be 6 well. 3. Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; 7 slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. 25. So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. o And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her aſar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, onder is that Shunamnite: 28 Run, now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well 2 KINGS, IV. B, C, 895. -º-º- He,6,10. k Ge. 18.10,14. 5 set time. ! ver. 28. m Ps. 113.9. Lu. 1.36. 7, Nu.28. 11. 6 peace. T restrain not for me to ride. O ch, 2.25. Is.35.2. p Le, 10.3. Job 1.21,22. Ps. 39.9. 8 by his feet §." q Mat.20.31. 3 lºtter. 1 Sann. l. 10. r Ge. 18, 17. s ver. 16. t ch.9.1. w Lu. 10.4. U Ex.7.19. Acts 19. 12. 10 attention. w Mar. 5.39. Jno. 11.11. ac ver.4. Mat. 6.6. v 1Ki. 17.20, 21. z Acts 20.10. 11 once hi- ther, and once thi- ther. a He, 11.35. b ch.2.1. c ch.8.l. d ch.2.3. e Lu. 10.39. Acts 22.3. f Is, 5.4. Mat. 15.13. Heb. Hº. 15. wº He is raised by Elisha. with thee 1 is it well with thy hus- band? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is p well. 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him 8 by the feet : but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. Q And the man of God said, Lether alone; for her soul is 9 Wexed within her: and the LORD hath hid r it from me, and hath not told me. 28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord 4 did I not say, s Do not deceive me ! 29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird t up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way; if thou meet any man, salute u him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again ; and lay my staff v upon the face of the child. 30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. nd he arose, and followed her. 31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice nor 10 hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.tv 32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. 33 He went in therefore, and shut a the door upon them twain, and y prayed unto the LORD. 34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands; and 2 he stretched himself upon the child, and the flesh of the child waxed warm. 35 Then he returned, and walked in the house 11 to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes, 36 And he called Gehazi, and said Caiſthis Shumammite. Sº he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. 37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took a up her son, and went out. 38 ºf And Elisha came again to b Gilgal : and there was a dearth c in the land ; d and the sons of the prophets were e sitting before him : and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pot- tage for the sons of the prophets. 39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a will vine, and gathered thereof wild f A 364 Naaman, sent to Samaria, gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. 40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. 41 But he said, Then bring meal.g And he cast tº into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no 12 harm in the pot. 42 ºf And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and h brought i the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full cars of corn is in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. And his servitor said, What, k should I set this before an hundred men He said again, Give the peo- ple, that they may eat; for thus saith, the LORD, l They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, ac- cording to the word of the LoRD. CHAPTER W. Naaman is sent to Samaria to be cured of his leprosy. Nº. Naaman, a captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man 1 with his master, and 2 honourable, because by him the LORD had given 3 deliverance unto Syria : he was also a mighty man in valour; but he was a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Is- ? rael a little maid; and she 4 waited on Naaman's wife. 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were 5 with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would 6 recover him of his le- 1 prosy. 4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land ofisrael. 5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And b he de- parted, and took 7 with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now, when this letter is come unto thee, be- hold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. ! And it came to pass, when c the king of Israel had read the letter, 2 KINGS, W. B. C. 895. 1Sa.9.4,7. i 1Cor.9. 1. Gai.6.6. 13 or, in his scrip, or, 13. ! Mat. 14.20. 15.37. (CHAP. 5.) a Luke 4.27. 1 before. 2 lifted up, or, accept- ed in court- tenance, or, gra- cious. 3 or, victory. 4 was before. 5 before. 6 gather in. b ch. 8.8,9. 1Sam.9.8. 7 in his hand. c Is.37. 14. d Ge. 30.2. myself. k Jno. 4.48. 8 move up and down. Ge. 41.43. m 1Cor. 1.21, 27. n Eze.47. 1-9. Zec. 13. ]. 14.8. o Job 33.25. p Lu.4.27. q Dan.2.47. 3.29 6.26,27. r Ge.33. 1 i. sch.3.14. t Ge. 14.23. Mat. 10.8. Acts 20.33- 35. w ITh.1,9. —sº- is cured of his leprosy. that he rent his clothes, and said, Am Id God ill e and to make - alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy! Wherefore consider, I pray you and see how he seeketh faguarrel against me. s 8 *| And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes 3 let him come now to me, and he shall know g that there is a prophet in Israel. - 9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and was in Jordan seven i times, and thy flesh shali come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. 11 But Naamam was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I 8 thought, He ºwii surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and 9 strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not 10 Abana and Pharpar rivers of Damascus, better than aii the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean 7 So he turned, and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, Myl father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it f how m much rather them, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be cleani 14 Then n went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jor- dan, according to the * of the man of God; and his j came again like o unto the flesh of a lit- tle child, and he was clean.p 15 ºf And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him : and he said, Behold, now I know q that there is no God in all the earth. but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing r of thy Servant. 16 But he said, Ass the LoRD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none.t. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. 17And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth 3 for thy servant will hence- forth offer neither burnt-offering nor Sacrifice unto other gods, but is unto the LORD - 365 Gehazi smutten twith leprosy. 18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth v on my hand, and I bow myself in the Ilouse of Rimmon : when I bow down w myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon a thy servant in this thing. - 9 And he said unto him, Go y in É.” So he departed from him a ittle 11 way. 20 iſ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Be- hold, my master hath spared Naa- man this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought : but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take 2 somewhat of 1111. 21 So Gehazi followed after Naa- man. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, 12 Is all well ? 22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Be- hold, even now there be come to me from mount Tºphraim two young men of the sons of the pro- phets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments. 23 And Naaman said, Be a con- f tent, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him. 24 And when he came to the 13 tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed b them in the house : and he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he went in, and stood c before his master, And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thout, Gehazi ! And he said, Thy servant went 14 no whither. 26 And he said unto him, Went d not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee Is it a time to re- ceive money, and to receive gar- ments, and oliveyards, and vine- yards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants? 27 The leprosy therefore e of Naa- man shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leperf as white as snow. CHAPTER WI. The army which was sent to Dothan, to apprehend Elisha, is smitten twith blindness. A*. the sons a of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, 2 KINGS, WI. B. C. 894, *-*- tº ch. 7.2. w Ex. 20.5. a 2Ch.30. 18, I9. 9 Mark 5.34. Luke 7.50. 11 piece o #3. Ge.35. 16. z Hab.2.9. 1 Ti.6.9, 10. 12 Is there Peace P a ch.6.3. 13 or, secret place. b. Jos. 7.21. Is.29. 15. c Eze. 33.31. 14 not hither Or thither. d Pr. 12, 19.22. e Is. 59,2,3. Ho. 10. 13. ch. 15.5. Nu. 12.10. (CHAP. 6.) a ch. 4.38. arºº.º.º.º.º.º. b ch.5,23. 1 iron. c ch.2.21. 2 or, en- camping. d 2Ch. 20.20. e Ps. 48.4.5. Mat.2.3,&c. 3 No. f Am 3.7. g Ps. 139.1-4. Jer. 23.24. h Ps, 37.32,33. Jer. 36.26. Acts23, 12- 27. i Ge.37.17. 4 heavy. 5 or, minister. k 20h. 16.9. 32.7,8. Ps. 55. 18. Rom.8.31. *-*- JElisha cataseth iron to swim. the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. "And he answered, Go ye. 3 And one said, Be b content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood, 5 But as one was felling a beam, the l axe head fell into the water : and he cried, and said, Alas, mas- ter! for it was borrowed. 6 And the man of God said, Where fell it ! And he showed him the place. And c he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. 7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. 8 * Then the king of Syria war- red against Israel, and took coun- sel with his servants, saying, In Such and such a place shall be my 2 camp. 9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thitlier the Syrians are come down. 10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and d saved himself there, not once nor twice. 11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled e for this thing ; and he called his ser- vants, and said unto them, Will #: not show me which of us is for the king of Israel 1 12 And one of his servants said, 3 None, my lord, O king : but f Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bed- chamber.g 13 *| And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send h and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.i 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a 4 great host : and they came by night, and compassed the city about. 15 And when the 5 servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host com- passed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master how shai we do? 16 And he answered, Fear not : for they k that be with us are more than they that be with them. 366 A famine ºn Samarta. 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses l and chariſts of fire round about Elisha. 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness, And he smote them with m blindness ac- cording to the word of Elisha. 19 ºf And Elisha said n unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city : 6 follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. 20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their o eyes, and they saw ; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My fa- ther, shall I smite them f shall I smite them & 22 And he answered, Thou shaft not smite them : wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow 7 Set bread p and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. 23 And he prepared great provi- sion for them : and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their mas- ter. So the bands q of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. 24 ºf And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 Aud there was a great faming in Samaria : and, behold, they be- sieged r it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king, 27 And he said, 7 If the LORD s do not help thee, whence shall I help thee 3 out of the barn-floor, or out of the wine-press 28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee ? And she an- swered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, t that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow. 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him : and I said unto her on the 8 next day, Give thy son that 2 KINGS, VII. B. C. 893. l ch.2, 11. PS.34, 7. 68, 17. Zec. 1.8. 6.1-7. Rev. 19. 11, 14. m Ge. 19.11. n 2Sa. 16. 18. 6 come ye after me. 0 Lu.24.16, 31. p Pr.25.21,22. Ro. 12.20. q ch.5.2. 24.2. r Ley.26.26. Jer. 52.6. 7 or, Let not LORD save thee. 146.35. Jer. 17.5. t Lev.26.29. De.28.53- 57. Is.49. 15. 8 other. Atº-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º: tº HKi. 3.26. v 1Ki.21.27. w lKi. 19.2. ac Eze.8.1. 20, 1. y 1Ki. 14.6. z IKi. 18, 13, a Job 1.21. b Ps.37.7,9. (CHAP. 7.) a ver.18, 19. f which be- longed to the king, leaning wpon his hand, ch.5. 18. h (re.7. I 1. Mal.3.10. c ver. 17,20. d Lev. 13.46. e Es.4.16. Lu. 15.17, 18. f ch. 19.7. 2Sa.5.24. Job 15.21. g ch.3.22,&c. Elisha prophesueth of plenty. we may eat him : and u she hath hid her son. 30 *ſ. And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent v his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall. and the people looked, and, be- hold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. 31 Then he said, God w do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall Stand on him this day. But Elisha sat in his house, and a the elders sat with him ; ant the king sent a man from before him: but y ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See }. how this son of a murderer z nath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door : is not the sound of his master's feet behind him 7 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him : and he said, Be- hold, this evil a is of the LORD ; what b should I wait for the LORD any longer ? CHAPTER VII. Elisha propesieth incredible plenty in Cºtºrºž. Tº Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD ; Thus saith the LORD, To-morrow, a about this time, shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two mea- sures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 2 Then a lord, 1 on whose hand the king leaned, answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make § windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said. Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but c shalt not eat thereof. 3 ºf And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate; d. and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die 3 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and letus fall unto the host of the Syrians; if e they save us alive, we shall live ; and if they kill us, we shail but die. 5 And they rose up in the twilight. to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise.f of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and iſ they said one to another, Lo, the 367 Tents of the Syrians spoiled. king of Israel hath hired against us the kings h of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. - 7. Wherefore they arose i and fled in the twilight, and leſt their tents, it $nd their horses, and their asses, yen the camp as it was, and fled for their jife. 8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and d it. 9 Then they said one to another, We k do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace : If l we tarry till the morn- ing-light, 2 some mischief will come upon us : now therefore, come, that we may go and tell the king's household. 10 So they came and called unto the porter m of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, theré was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they ºpere. 11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within. 12. T And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be º therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, say- ing, When they come out of the city we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. 13 And one of his servants, an- swered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left 3 in the city, (behold they are as all the multi- tude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say they are even as the Inultitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and See. 14 They took therefore two cha- riot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. 15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers re- turned, and told the king. 16 And the people went out, and n spoiled the tents of the Syrians. 2 KINGS, V1. IB. C. 892. h IRi, O.29, 6S. 12, Pr.21. l. k Lev. 19. 18. Pr. 11.26. 1 Es.4. 14. 2 we shall find pu- 7tishment. 'm 2Sa. 18.26. 3 in it. * Ps,68, 12. Is. 33.1,4, re *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* 0 ver, 1. p wer.2. q Ge. 18.14. Nu. I 1.23. 23, 19, r Nu.20, 12. Je, 17.5,6. Heb. 3.19. (CHAP. 8.) a ch.4.18,&c. h Ps. 105. 16. Hag. 1.11. c Gen.41.27. d ch.5.20,27. e Mat.2.8. Lu.9.9. 23.8. Jno.9.27. feh,435. 1 or, eunuch. **ºssºme A lord trodden to death. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word o of the LoRD. 17 ºf And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate : and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, p who spake when the king came down to him, 18 And it came to pass q as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Sa- maria : 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt r not eat thereof. 20 And so it fell out unto him : for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died. CHAPTER VIII. 1 The Shunammite, for Elisha's miracle's sake, hath her land re- stored by the king. 16 Jehoram's wicked reign in Judah. T. spake Elisha unto the woman, (whose son a he had restored to life,) saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called b for a famine ; and it shall also come upon the land seven c years. 2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God : and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land f the Philistines seven years. And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman re- turned out of the land of the Philis- times: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. 4 And the king talked with Gehazi d the servant of the man of God, saying, Telle me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. 5. And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restor- ed., a dead body to life, f that, be- hold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, my lord, O king, this is the woman, and thus is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. 6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain ofti- 368 Hazael killeth his master. cer, saying. Restore all that was r : her's, and all the fruits of the field | – since the day that she left the land, even until now. 7 ºf And Elisha came to Damas- cus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. 8 And the king said unto Hazael, g Take a present h in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire i of the LORD by him, say- ing, Shall I recover of this disease ? 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present 2 with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I re- cover of this disease ? 10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou, mayest k cer- tainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath showed me that he shall surely die.l 11 And he settled his countenance 3 stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.m. 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Be- cause I know the evil n that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt § slay with the sword, and o wilt das their children, and rip up p their women with child. 13 And Hazael said, But what is thy servant a dog, Q that he should 2 KINGS, LX. IB. C. 892. *º-sumº g 1Ri. 19. 15. h 1Ki. 14.3. i ch. 1.2,6. 2 in his hand. k RKi.22. 15. l wer. 15. 3 and set it. m Lu. 19.41. n ch. 10.32. 12. 17. 13.3,7. o Ps. 137.8,9. Am. 1.3-5. p ch. 15.16. Ho. 13.16. Am. 1.43. q Sa. 17.43. r 1Ki.19.15. s wer. 10. t Mi.2.1. w 2Ch.21.5, &c. 4 reigned. v 1Ri.22.52, w ver.26. & ac Je.33.25,26. Ho. 11.9. y 2Sa.7.13. 1Ki.11.36. 15.4. Ps. 132.17. 5 candle, or, mp. z Ge.27.40. di IKi.22.47. do this great thing? And Elisha an- ; b yer:30. swered,The Loſt D hath showed mer 6 called that thou shalt be king over Syria. 14 So he departed from Elisha and came to his master ; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee : And he answered. He told me that thou shouldests surely recover. 15 And it came to pass on the t morrow, that he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died : and Hazael reigned in his stead. 16 T And in the fifth year of Jo- ram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Ju- dah, Jehoram, w the son of Jehosha- phat king of Judah 4 began to reign. 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18 And he walked in the way v of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab : for theta daughter of Ahab was his wife : and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. ig Yet r the Lord would not de- stroy Judah for º his servant's c Jos. 21.13. .# zariah, 2Ch. 22.6. and Jehoa- haz, 2Ch. 21.17. 25.23. d2Ch. 22.1, &c. " or, grand- daughter. ver. 18. e ch.9. 15. 8 wherewith the Sy- rians had wounded. 9 called *Ramof ver. 28. h, f ch.9.16. 40 wounded. (CHAP. 9.) a liki.20.35. b ch.4.29. Jer, 1.17. c ch.8.28. *ºmmºns 369 Ahaziah's wicked reign. sake, as he promised y him to give him alway a 5 light, and to his children. . . 20 * In his days Edom revolted 2 from under the hand of Judah, and made a king a over themselves. 21 So Joram went over to Zair. and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the cha- º: : and the people fled into their ents. 22 Yet b Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. . Libnah crevolted at the same IIIle. 23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of , the chronicles of the kings of Judah 3 24 And Joram slept with his fa- thers, and was buried with his fa- thers in the city of David; and 6 Ahaziah his d son reigned in his stead. 25 ºf In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel di Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. 26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusa- lem. ...And his mother's name was Athaliah, the 7 daughter of Omri king of Israel. 27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab : for he was the son- in-law of the house of Ahab. 28 *|| And e he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth- ilead; and the Syrians wounded OTäIºl. 29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds 8 which the Syrians had given him at 9 Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziall the son of Jehoram king of Judah went f down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was 10 sick. CHAPTER IX. Elisha gendeth a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ra- moth-gilead. A. £lisha the a prophet called one of the children of the pro- phets, and said unto him, Gi up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth. gilead : c 2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Je; hoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and {{0 in, make ºn arise up from 1. r Jehu made king. among d his brethren, and carry him to an 1 inner chamber; 3 Then e take the box of oil, fand pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 4 *|| So the young man, even the }. man the prophet, went to amoth-gilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he ; said, To thee, O captain. 6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus g saith the Lord God of Israel, I h have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. 7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge i the blood of my servants k the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish : and l I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up m and left in Israel. 9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam n the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha o the son of Ahijah : 10 And p the dogs shall eaſt Jeze- hel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fied. 11 * Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord : and one said unto him, Is all well ? Wherefore came this mad q fellow to thee ? And he said unto them, Ye know the Inan, and his communication. 12 And they said, It is false ; tell ths now. he said, Thus r and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. 13. Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, s and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew t with trumpets, saying, Jehu ? is king. 14 So Jehu the son of Jehosha- phat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. ... (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all gº because of Hazaei king of Wrlä. 15 But king & Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds tº which the Syrians 4 had #: him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then 5 let 2 KINGS, IX. B. C. 885. d ver. 5, 11. 1 chamber in a cham- ber. e fºi.19.16. f 1Sam. 10.1. g 2Ch. 22.7. h Ps. 75.6., Dam. 2.21. i iki.14.10. 'm De. 32.36. 7, 1F i. 15.29. o 1Ki. 16.5, 1 r. p ver, 35,36. IKi.21.23. q Jer. 29.26. Ho.9.7. , Jno. 10.20. Acts 26.24. 1Cor.4.19. rver.6. s Mat. 21.7. t 2Sam. I5.10. 2 reigneth, 3 Jehoram. w ch.8.28,29. 4 smote. 5 let no es- caper go. t; 2sa. 18.24. Is.21.6,&c. Tin madness. ac Hab. 1.6. 8 Bind. 9 found. y Is.48.22. z Re.2.20-23. 10 filled his hand with a bow. 11 bowed. a 1Ki.21.29. 12 bloods. b IKi.21. 19. 13 or, portion. * Jehu killeth Jehoram. none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. 16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; (for Joram lay there.) And Ahaziah, king of Ju- dah was come down to see Joram. 17 And there stood a watchman v . on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace w 18 So there went one on horse- back to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace 4 Turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. 19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast throu to do with peace º Turn thee behind me. 20 And the watchman told, says ing, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the 6 driving ts like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth 7 fu- riously. ac 21 And Joram said, 8 Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel, and Aha- ziah king of Judah, went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and 9 met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 And it came to pass, when Jo- ram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu ? And he answered, What y peace, so long as the whoredorns of thy mother Jezebelz and her witchcrafts are so many 23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah 24 Andjehu iſ drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jeho- ram between his arms, and the ar- row went out at his heart, and he 11 sunk down in his chariot. 25. Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite : for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this burden upon him ; a 26 Surely I have seen yesterday 13the blood of Nahoth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord ; and b I will requite thee in this 13 plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD, 370 Ahaziah slain. 27 'ſ But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden-house. , And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, c and died there. 28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and bu- ried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. 29 And d in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Aha- ziah to reign over Judah. 30 " And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she 14 painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. 31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zinuri e peace, who slew his master? 32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side who And there looked out to him two or three 15 eunuchs. 33. And he said, Throw her down. Soºhey threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot. - 34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter? 35 And they went to bury her : but g they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. - 36 Wherefore º, came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake 16 by his servant Elijah the ishbite, saying, h In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel : 37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung i upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. CHAPTER X. Jehu by his letters causeth seventy of Ahab's children to be beheaded. ND Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote let- ters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to 1 them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, 2 Now, as soon as this letter com- eth to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a Fººd city also, and armour; 3 Look even out the best and meet- est of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house 2 KINGS, X. B. C. 884. c Jos. 17.11. Ju. 1.27. 20h.22.9. d ch. 8.25. 2Ch. 22.1,2. 14 put her eyes in painting Eze.23.40. e 1Ki. 16.9-20. 15 or, cham- berlains. f 1Ki. 16.31. g Ec.6.3. Is. 14. 18-20. Jer. 22. 19. 36.30. 16 by the hand of. h IKi.21.23. * Ps,83. 10. Jer.8.2. 16.4. (CHAP. 10.) 1 nourishers. a ch.9.24,27. b 1Ri.20.4, 32. 2 for me. c 1ECi.21.21. d Ju.9.5,&c. e Mat. 14.8, 11. feh.9.14,24. g 1Sam.3.19. Je. 44,28, 29. h 1Ki.21.19, &c. 3 by the hand of. 4 acquaint- Cºtte, * Ps. 125.5. Pr. 13.20. kiR i. 14. 10. 5 house of shepherds binding sheep. 6 found. * the peace of. ! 1Ki.20, 18. m 2Ch. 22.8. Ahaziah’s brethren slain. 4 But they were , exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two a kings stood not before him : how then shall we stand? 5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We b are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king : do thou that which is good in thine eyes. 6 Then he wrote a letter the se- cond time to them, saying, If ye be 2 mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time. (Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.) 7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew c seven- ty d persons, and put their heads e in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. - 8 || And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's Sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. 9 And it came to pass in the morn- ing, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the Fº Ye be righteous: behold, I f conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these ? 10 Know now that there shall fall gunto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake h concerning the house of Ahab : for the LORD hath done that which he spake 3 by his servant 1Jan. 11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his 4 kinsfolks i and his priests, until k he left him none remaining. 12 *| And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. as he was at the 5 shearing-house in the Way, ºchu 6 met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah. and we go down to 7 salute the children of the king, and the child- rem of the queen. 14 And he said, Take them alive.l And they m took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shear- ing-house, even two and forty men, neither left he any of them. 15 T And when he was departed 371 Worshippers of Baal destroyed. 2 KINGS, XI. thence, he 8 lighted on Jehonadabn the soil of Rechab, o coming to meet him ; and he 9 saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with º heart? And Jehomadab answered, It is. If it be, give p me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. 36 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal g for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. 17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all r that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had de- stroyed him, according to the say- ing of the LORD, which he spake s to Elijah. 18 ºf And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab t served Baal, a little, but Jehu shall serve him much. 19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets w of Baal, all his ser– vants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sa- crifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shai notive. But Jehu did it in subtlety, w to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 20 And Jehu said, 10 Proclaim a solemn assembly, for Baal. And they proclaimed it. d Jehu sent through all Is- rael: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house w of Baal; and the house was 11 full from one end to another. 22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vest- ments for all the worshippers of Daal. And he brought them forth vestments. 23 And Jehu went, and a Jehona- dab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of 13aal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORI), but y the worshippers of Baal only. 24 And when they went in to of— fer sacrifices and burnt-offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into l our hands escape, he that letteth im go, his zlife shall be for the life of him. 25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay a them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the 12 edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them B. C. 884. 8 found. n Je. 35.6,&c. a 10.h.2.55. 9 blessed. p Ezr. 10.19. q i Ki. 19.10. Pr. 27.2. Eze. 33.31. t 1 Ki. 16.31. w Ki.22.6. 1 *; 9 Sanctify. UU §§ 11 or, so full, that they stood moveth to 7mouth. ac ver. 15. y Mat. 13.30, 41. 25.32,33. 2 IR i.20.39. o, Ex.32.27. De. 13.6-11. Eze.9.5-7. 12 monath. ~~~~~rºw"wº. 13 stattºes. b 1Ki. 14.23. c 2Sam.5.2.1. IKi. 15.13. di Ezr.6.11. Da.2.5. e i Ki.12.28, f E gº ze. 29.18- 20. ver,35. ch. 13.1,10. 14.23 15.8.2. 14 observed 7t.0t. h Jno.4.24. i 1 Ki. 14.16. 15 to cut off the ends. k ch.8, 12. 17 or, even to Gilead and JBashan. (CHAP. 11.) a 2Ch. 22.10. b ch.8.26. 1 seed of the kingdom. 2 Jehosha- Hazael oppresseth Israel. out, and went to the city of the | house of Baal. 26 And they brought forth the 13 images b of the house of Baal, and burned c them. 27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and d made it a draught-house unto this day. 28. Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. - 29 "I Howbeit, from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calvese that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan. 30 And the IORD said unto Jehu, Because f thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mºre heart, thy children of the fourth g (,”neration shall sit on the throne of Israel. 31 But Jehu 14 took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: Or he departed not from the i sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. 32 *|| In those days the LORD be- gan 15 to cut Israel short : and Ha- Zael ksmote them in all the coasts of Israel; 33 From Jordan 16 eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Ma- nassites, from Aroer, (which is by the river Arnon,) 17 even Gilead l and Bashan. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Je- hu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 7 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. 36 And 18 the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years. CHAPTER XI. 13 Athaliah slain. 17 Jehoiada restor- eth the worship of God. ND awhen Athaliah the mother b of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose, and destroyed all the I seed royal. 2 But 2. Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took 8 Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bed-chamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 3 And lie was with her hid in the 372 Joash anointed king. house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. . 4 *|| And c the seventh year Jehoi- ada sent and fetched, the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son. 5 And he commanded them, say- ing, This is the thing that ye shall do; a third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch d of the king's house; 6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur ; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, 4 that it be not broken down. 7 And two 5 parts of all of you that go forth on the Sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. 8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain : and be ye with the king as he goeth out, and as he cometh im. 9 And the captains e over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest command- ed: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 And to the captains over hun- dreds did the priest give king Da- Vid's spears and shields, f that were in the temple of the LORD. 11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right 6 corner of the temple, to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. 12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown g upon him, and h gave him the testimony ; and they made him king, and anointed i him; and they clappedk their hands, and said, 7 God l save the king. 13 *| And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. 14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood m by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and and blew n with trumpets: and Athaliah rent herclothes,and cried, Treason, Treason 15 But Jehoiada the priest com- 2 KINGS, XII. B. C. 884. c 2Ch. 23.1, &c. d ch. 16.18. 4 or, from breaking 14p. 5 hands, or, companies, e 1Ch. 26.26. f2Sam.8.7. 6 shoulder. g Ps.21.3. h De. 17. 18- 2 0. i 2Sa.2.4,7. k Ps.47. I. 7 Lef the king live. ! JSa. 10.24. IKi. 1.34. m ch. 23.3. 2Ch.34.31. * Nu. 10.1-10. **** o Ex.2]. 14. p Eze.9.7. q Ge.9.6. t ch.10.26,27. tº Deut. 12.3. u Zec. 13,2,3. 8 offices. w Pr. i 1.10. 29.2. (CHAP. 12.) a 2Ch. 24.1, &c. b ch. 14.4. IKi. 15. 14. 22.43. Jer, 2.20. 1 holinesses, or, holy things. c ch. 22.4. Ex.30. 13. 2 of the souls of his esti- rnation, Le.27.2. 3 ascendeth upon the heart of a 771&11, d Ex.35.5. -º- Worship of God restored. manded the captains of the hun- dreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth o without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house p of the LORD. 16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house : and there was she slain.g 17 *|| And Jehoiada made a cove- nant r between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's speople: be- tween the king also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the house t of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images tº brake they in pieces tho- roughly, and slew v Mattan the priest of Baal, before the altars. And the º: appointed 8 officers over the house of the LORD. 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land ; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, w and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began tº reign. I. Jehoash reigneth well all the days of hoiada £/E0?&lº. N a the seventh year of Jehu Je- hoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LoRD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3. But b the high places were not taken away : the people still sacri. ficed and burnt incense in the high places. 4 *| And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the 1 de- dicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money c of every one that passeth the account, the money 2 that every man is set at, and all the money that 8 cometh into any man's heart d to bring into the house of the LORD 5 Let the priests take it to them every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. 373 The repair of the temple. 6 But it was so, that, 4 in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the louse. r 7 Then e king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house ! Now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance hut deliver it for the breaches of the house. 8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the peo- ple, neither to repair the breaches of the house. 9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD : and the priests that kept the 5 door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. 0 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's 6 scribe and the high priest came up, and they 7 put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the RD. 11 And they gave the money, be- ing told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD : and they 8 laid it out to the car- penters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD, 12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hew- ed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the I.ORD, and for all that 9 was laid out for the house to repair it. 13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of sil- ver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD : 14 But they gaye that to the work- men, and repaired there with the house of the LORD. 15 Moreover they freckoned not with the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestow- ed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. -- - 16 The trespass-money g and sin- money was not brought into the house of the LORD : it h was the priests’. - 17 || Then i Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought º Gath. and took it: and Hazael set his face togº up to Jerusalem. 18 And Jehoash king of Judah tookk all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and 2 KINGS, XIII. R. C. 856. 4 in the twentieth wear and third year. e 20h.24.5, &c. 5 threshold. 6 or, secre- tary. 7 bound up. 8 brought it forth. 8 went forth. f ch.22.7. g Le.5.15, 18. A Lev.7.7. Nu. 18.9. t ch.S. 12. k ch. 18.15, 16. |Ki. 15. 18. *...*.*.*.*.*.*.* 1 () tºp. l ch. 14.5. 11 or, Beth- millo. m 20h.24.26. , Zabad. | (CHAP. 13.) 1 the twen- tieth year and third gear. a walked af. ter. 12 or, Shim- rith. a Ju.2.14. b ch.8, 12. 12. 17. c Ps. 78.34. d ch. 14.26. Ex.3.7. ever.25. a yesterda and thir day. 4 he walked. 5 stood. f 1Ki.16.33. g Am. 1.3. *- Jehoahaz swicked reign Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hal- lowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LoRD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria; and he went 10 away from Jerusalem. 19 ºf And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chro- nicles of the kings of Judah 20 And his servants l arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew joush in 11 the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. 21 For Jozacharm the son of Shi- meath, and Jehozabad the son of **Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David : and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XIII. . . Jehoahaz's wicked reign. I. ! the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Sama- ria, and reigned seventeen years. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and 2 fol- lowed the sins of Jeroboam the son 9f Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 3 ºf And a the anger of the LoRD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Iazaelb king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Ha- Zael, all their days. 4 And Jehoahaz besought c the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him : for he d saw the oppres- sion of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. w And the LORD gave Israel a e Saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as 3 beforetime. 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jero- boani, who made Israel sin, but 4 walked therein: and there 5 re- mained the grove also fin Samaria.) 7 Neil her did he leave of the peo. ple to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them,and had made them like the dtist by threshing.g 8 *| Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in 374 Elisha's death. Samaria: and Joash h his son reign- ed 6 in his stead. 10 *|| In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jeho- ash the son of Jehoahaz to reign 7 over Israel in Samaria, and reign- ed sixteen years. - 11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LoRD ; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein. 12 And i the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might where with he fought k against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 4 13 And Joash slept with his fa- thers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne : and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of 1srael. 14"| Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot l of Israel, and the horse- men thereof. 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. 16 And he said to the king of Is- rael, 8 Put thine land upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands. 17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, m The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thqu shalt smite the Syrians in n Aphek, till thou have consumed them. 18 And he said, 'T'ake the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. 19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times, then hadst thou smitten Syria, till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.o 20 °ſ And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21 And it came to pass, as the were burying a man, that, behold, they sºa band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha : and when the man 9 was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and s up on his feet. 22 T But Hazael p king of Syria! 2 KINGS, XIV. JR. C. 839. h wer. 10, Jehoash. 6 alone. 7 In consort with his father, ch. 14.1. i ch. 14.15,25. k ch. 14.9,&c. 2 Ch. 25.17, & C l ch.2.12. 8 Make thine hand to ride. ºn Ju.7.20. m 1Ki.20.26. over.25. 9 went down. p ver,3. ch. 8.12. aſºvºw"ºº"vº. q Ex.2.24,25. r Ge. 17.2-5. Ex.32. 13. Ne.9.32. Ps. 106,45. 10 face. s Ge.6.3. 11 returned and took. t ver. 18, 19. (CHAP. 14.) a ch. 13.10. b 20h.25. 1, &c. c ch. 12.3. d ch. 12.20. e De.24, 16. f Eze. 18.4,20. 1 or, the rock, Ob.3. g Jos. 15.38. h 2Ch.25, 17, &c. i 2Sa.2.14. k Ju.9.8,&c, * Amaziah's good reign. $º. Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had q respect unto them, because of his covenant with r Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his 10 presence as yet.s 24. So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead. 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoa- haz 11 took again out of the hand • of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three t times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel. - CHAPTER XIV. 1 Amaziah's good reign: 5 His justice on the murderers of his father. Ig the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reign- ed b Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. 2. He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did ac- Cording to all things as Joash his father did. 4 Howbeit c the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burn incense on the high places. 5 *|| And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants d which had slain the king his father. 6 But the children of the mur- derers he slew not : according unto that which is written e in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, 'The fa- thers f shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 7. He slew of Edom in the valley of salt, ten thousand, and took 1 Se- lah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel gunto this day. 8'ſ Then h Amaziah sent messen- rs to Jehoash, the son of Jehoa- haz son of Jehu, king of Israel, say- ing, Come, let us i look one another in the face, 9 And Jehoash the king of isnael sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle k that was in Le- banon sent to the cedar that was in 375 Amaziah killed. Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife : and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. . 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted l thee up : glory of this, and tarry 2 at home : for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, m even thou, and Judah with thee 11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went P; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at n Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 12 And Judah was 3 put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jeru- Salem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate o of Ephraim unto the corner-gate, p Jº four hundred cubits. 14 And he took all the gold q and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. 15 ºf Now r the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 16 And Jelloash slept with his fa- thers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jero- boam his son reigned in his stead. 17 ºf And s Amaziah the son of Joash *; of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 18 And the rest of the acts of Ama- ziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? - 19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem : and he fled to traghish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jeru- salem with his fathers in the city of David. 21 ºff And all the people of Judah took Azariah, tº (which was sixteen years old,) and made him king in- stead of his father Amaziah. .22 He built Elath, v, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 23'ſ. In the fifteenth year of Ama- ziah 4 the son of Joash king of 2 KINGS, XV. B. C. 839. * *-s ºn-e- ! Deut.8. 14. 2CH.32.25. 2 at thy howse. 172 Pr. 3.30, n Jos. 19.38. 1Sa.6.9,&c. 3 $73, itten. O Ne.8, 16. p Jer,31.38. Zec. 14. 10. q 1Ki.7.51. r ch. 13.12. s 2Ch. 25.25. t Jos. 10.31. w ch. 15.13, 2Ch. 26.1, he is called Uzziah. tº ch. 16.6. 4 Now he begins to reign alone. *******.*.*.*.*.*.* 10 1Ri.12.28. y Deutº it. z Jon, 1.l. called Jomas Matić.39. a De. 32.36. b Deut. 9. 14. Rom. 11.2. c ch. 13.5. d 2Sam.8.6. 1Ki. 11.24. e After an in- terregnum of eleven years: ch. 15.8. (CHAP. 15.) a ch. 14.21. 2Ch. 26.1. b This is the twenty-se- venth year of Jerobo- am's part- nership in the king- dom with his father, who made him consort at his going to the Sy- rian wars. It is the six- teenth year of .. am’s mon- archy. c called Uz- ziah ver. i8.30. 2Ch. 26.1. d ver.35. e 2Ch. 25.19 376 Azaruah's good renºm. Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one €arS. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD : he departed not from all the sins w of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath a unto the sea y of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, z the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath- epher. 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for a there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. 27 And the LORD said not b that he would blot out the name of Is- rael from under heaven : but c he saved them by the hand of Jero- boam the son of Joash. 28 ºff Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Ha- math, which belonged d to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Is- rael; and Zachariah his son reign- ede in his stead. CHAPTER XV. 1 Azariah's good reign : 5 Jotham eth him. TN a the twenty and seventh b year of Jeroboam king of Israel began c Azariah son of Amaziah g of Judah to reign. 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his Inother's name was Jecho- liah of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had one ; 4 Saved that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. 5 *| Ande the LoRD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judg- ing the people of the land. 6 And the rest of the acts of Aza- riah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah” 7 So Azariah slept with his fa- Menahem's barbarity. thers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his Stead. 8 *[ In the thirty and eighth.. of Azariah king of Judah did f Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six Imonths. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew 9 lim, and reigned in his stead. 11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 12 This was the word of the LORDh which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth genera- tion. And so it came to pass. 13 *| Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thir- tieth year of Uzziah i king of Ju- dah; and he reigned 1 a full month in Samaria. 14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 15 And the rest of the acts of Shak- lum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 16'ſ Then Menahem smote Tiph- sah, k and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah : because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it ; and all the women l therein that were with child he ripped up. * 17. In the mine and thirtieth year of Azariah, king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. 18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD : he de- parted not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 19 And Pul m the king of Assyria came against the land: and Mena- hern gave n Puł a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him, to confirm o the kingdom in his hand. 20 And Menahem 2 exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to 2 KINGS, XVI. A. C. 773. f There hav- ing been an interreg- num for ele- ven years. g As prophe- sied, Am.'7.9. h ch. 10.30. i Mat. 1.8,9, called Ozi- as; ver. 1. Jizariah. 1 a month of h 1Ki.4.24. 1 ch.8.12. Ann. l. 13. m 1Ch. 5.26. 71 Ho.8.9. o ch. 14.5. 2 catased to come forth. p Is.7.1,4,9. q Is.9.1. r After an anarchy for some years, 17. I ch. 17. 1. Ho. 10.3.7, I5, s The fourth year of Ahaz, the twentieth after Jo- tham had begun to reign : (Usher.) t 2Ch.27.1, &c. Pekahiah slain by Pekah. the king of Assyria: so the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. 21 *| And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. 23'ſ In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Is- rael in Samaria, and reigned two years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD ; he de- parted not from the sins of Jero- boam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him § men of the Gileadites : and he killed him, and reigned in his I'OOH1. 26 And the rest of the acts of Pe- kahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 27 ºff In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah p the son of Remaliah began to reign, over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD : he de- parted not from the sins of Jero- boam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. - 29. In the days of Pekah king of Is- rael, came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Ahel- beth-maachall, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of q Naph- tali, and carried them captive to Assyria. 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a ºff. against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slow him, and reigned r in his stead, in the twentieth s year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. 31 And the rest of the acts of Pe- kah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 32"| In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began t Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. 33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he º sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jeru- sha, the daughter of Zadok. 377 Ahaz's wicked reign. .34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LoRD : he did according to all that his father Uz- ziah had done. 35 “I Howbeit, the high places were not removed: the people sa- crificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. 36 °ſ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 1 37 (In those days u the LORD be- gan to send against Judah Rezin v the #. Syria, and Pekah w the son of Remaliah.) 38 And Jotham slept with his fa- thers, and was buried with his fa- thers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. * CHAPTER XVI. 1 Ahaz's wicked reign. 20 Hezekiah succeedeth him. IN a the seventeenth year of Pe- kah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 2. Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reign- ed sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like Da- vid his father. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to b pass through the fire, according c to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and burnt in- cense in the high places, and d on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 T Then e Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. 6 At that time Rezin king of Sy- ria recovered lºlath f to Syria, and drave the Jews from 1 Elath ; and the Syrians came to . Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. 7 S az sent, messengers to 2 Tiglath-pileserg king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant, and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Is- rael, which rise up against me. 8 And h Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. 9 And the king of Assyria hearken- 2 KINGS, XVI. JB. C. 742. u At the end of Jotham’s reign. v ch. 16.5. w ver, 27. (CHAP. 16.) a 2Ch. 28. 1, &c. b Le. 18.21. Ps. º c De. 12.31. Ps. 106.35. d De. 12.2. 1Ki. 14.23. e Is..7. 1,&c. f ch, 14.22. * Elcth. 2 Tilgath piléser, 1Ch.5.26, &c. Tilgath- pilnewer, 2Ch. 28.20, g ch. 15.29. h ch. 12.18. ^^^^_^_^_^*-* 3 Dammesck. i Foretold, Ain.1.5. k Ps. 106.39. l Nu, 18.3. 2 Ch. 26. 16 1. 4 the pcace- offerings which were hts. m 20h.4.1. n Ex. 29.39– 41. o IKi.7.23,28. p 20.h.28.27. -º- He spoileth the temple. ed unto him : for the king of Assy- ria went u inst 3 Damascus, and i took it, and carried the peo- ple of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. 10 *| And king Ahaz went to Da- mascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus : and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the work- manship thereof. 11 And Urijah the priest built k an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent ñº, Damascus: So Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached to the altar, and offered l thereon. 13 And he burnt his burnt-offering and his meat-offering, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of 4 his peace-offerings upon the altar. 14 And he brought also the brazen altar, m which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning n burnt-offering, and the evening meat-offering, and the king's burnt- sacrifice, and his meat-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meat- offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice; and the bra- zen altar shall be for me to inquire $/. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, ac- cording to all that king Ahaz Com- manded. 17 || And o king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them ; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones : 18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turn- ed he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria. 19 ºf Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chroni- cles of the kings of Judah 3 2)And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and p was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Hezeki his son reigned in his stead. 378 Hoshea's wicked reign. CHAPTER XVII. Hoshea's wicked reign. N the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Ju Jah began a Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine wears. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were be- fore lim. 3 *|| Against b him came up Shal- maneser king of Assyria; and Ho. shea became his servant, and I gave him 2 presents. 4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea : for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to , the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the kin of Assyria shut him up, and boun him in prison. 5'ſ Then the king of Assyria came| up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged i it three years. 6 ºff Inc the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and d carried Jsrael away into As- syria, and placed them in Halah e and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 7 For so it was, that the children of 1srael had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other S. Fº And walked f in the statutes of the heathen, (whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Is- rael.) and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 9 And the children of Israel did g secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from h the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 10 And i they set them up 3 ima- ges and groves k in l every high hill, and under every green tree : 11 And there they burnt incense ºy in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the P.ORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger : 12 #. they served idols, whereof the LORD had saidm unto them, Ye h shall not do this thing. * 13 Yet the LORD testified nSt Israel, and against Judah, 4 by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, n Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all 2 KINGS, XVII. B. C. 742. |ter an interreg- Ilum, ch. 15.30. b ch. 18.9. 1 rendered 2šam.83. 2 or, trii wte. c ch. 18, 10, 11. Foretoid, Ho. 13.16. d Lev.26.32, 33 De.28.36, {i, Is.57.5 3 statutes. h De. 6.21. Mi.5. 14. l C h ..l 6 4 2Pet. 3.9. 0 De.31.27. p Jer. 8.9. q De.29.25. r De.6. 17, 18. s De.32.21. t Jon.2.8. w De 12.30,31. w Ex.32.4,8. w 1 Ki. 12.28. ac 1 Ki. 14.15. c 1 Ki. 21.20. d 1Ki. 11, 13. e Jer.3.8. i 1 Ki. 12.20. k lKi. 14, 16. l ver, 6. m Ezr.4.2,10. * ver. 30. och. 18.34, Ivah. the law which I commanded your ==eºsºmeºs ---sº- f º: 17.) Idolatry of the Israetztes. fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. 14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened o their necks, like to the neck of their fa- thers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. x 15 And they rejected p his sta- tutes, and his covenant, q that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies r which he testified against them ; and they followed vanity, s and became vain, t and went after the heathem that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged u g §: that they should not do like * |t lenſ. 16 And they left all the command- ments of the LoRD their God, and made them molten v images, even two calves, w and made a grove, & and worshipped all the i. of heaven, y and served Baal.: 17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass a through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, b and sold c them- selves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 18 Therefore the Lorp was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight; there was . . none left but d the tribe of Judah only. 19 Also e Judah kept not the com- mandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Is- rael which they made. And the LORD rejected fall the seed of Israel, and afflicted them. and g delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 21 For h he rent Israel from the house of David ; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebåt king: and Jeroboam i drawe Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. 22 For the children of Israel walk- ed in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did ; they departed not from them; 23 Until the LORD removed Is- rael out of his sight, as he had saidk by all his servants the prophets. So l, was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. 24 *ſ. And m the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, n and from Cuthah, and from Ava, o and from Hamath, and from Sephar- waim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. 379 Mucture of religions, 25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD : therefore the LORD sent p lions among them, which slew some of them. 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and ed in the cities of Samaria now not the manner of the God of the land : therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the all (i. 27 Then the king of Assyria com- manded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence ; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach jº the manner of the God of the {t1101. 28 Then one of the priests, whom they had carried away from Sanna- ria, came and dwelt in Beth-el, and and taught them how they should fear the LORD. 29. Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, % and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 30 And the men of Babylon r made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31 And s the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt t their children in fire to Adrammelech and Amammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 So they feared the LORD, u and made unto themselves of the low- est of them, priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 33 They v. feared the LöRD, and served their own gods after the manner of the nations 5 whom they carried away from thence. 34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LoRD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, w whom he named Israel : 35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, a saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nory bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them : 36 But the LoRD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, with great powerz and astretched- out arm, him shall a ye fear, and 2 KINGS, XVIII. B. C. 721. p 1Ki. 13.26. Jer. 5.6. Eze. 14.21. q Mi.4.5. r wer. 24. s Ezra 4.9. t IOe. 12.31. w 1}Ki. 12.31. ºf ver.4.1. Zep. 1.5. 5 or, who car- ried them away from then ce. w Ge.82 28. ' ac Ju.6.10. ºy Ex. 20.5. z Ex.6.6. a De. 10.20. .*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*- b Deut. 5.32. c Deut.4.23. d Jer. 13.23. ever.32,33. (CHAP. 18.) a 2Ch. 28.27. He is caiſed Ezekias, Mat, 1.9. b 20h,29.1, .4 bijah. 1 statues. c Nu.21.9. 2 i.e. a piece of brass. d ch.23.25. e De. 10.20. Jos. 23.8. 3 after him. f 1Sam. 18.14. 20h. 15.2. g Ps.60.12. Rom.8.31. h ch. 16.7. 4 Azzah. *- Hezekiah’s good reign. him shall ye worship, and to hin shall ye do sacrifice. 37 And the statutes, and the ordi- nances, and the law, and the com- mandment, which he wrote for you, ye b shall observe to do for evermore ; and ye shall not fear other gods. 38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye c shall not for- get: neither shall ye fear other 39. But the LoRD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40 Howbeit d they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. 41 So e these nations feared the IORD, and served their graven images, both their children and their children's children : as did their fathers, so do they unto this CHAPTER XVIII. 1 Hezekiah's good reign. 4 He de- stroyeth idolatry, and prospereth. Nº. it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah a the son of Ahaz king of Judah be- gan to reign. 2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and mine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, b the daughter of Zachariah. .3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. 4 *| He removed the high places, and brake the 1 images, and cut down the groves, and brake in ieces the brazen c serpent that 1oses had made : for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it : and he called it 2 Nehushtan. 5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so d that after him was none like him among all the kings ; Judah, nor any that were before }}]]. 6 For he clave e to the Lord, and departed not from 3 following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. 7 And the LORD was with f him ; and he prospered g whithersoever he went forth : and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, h and served him not. 8 He smote the Philistines, even unto 4 Gaza, and the borders there- of, from the tower of the watch- men to the fenced city. 9 || And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, 380 Of Sennachcrib. (which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel,) that Shalmaneser i king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and be- sieged it. 10 And at the end of three years they took it : even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, (that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel,) Samaria was taken. ll And k the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them im Halah and in Ha- bor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: 12 Because l they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. 13 ºf Now m in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did 5 Sen- macherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Ju- dah, and took them. 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me : that which thou uttest on me I will bear. And the ting of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hun- dreds talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 And n Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house. 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LoRD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Ju- dah had overlaid, and gave 6 it to the king of Assyria. 17"| And the king of Assyria sento Tartan, and Rabsaris and Rab- shakeh from Lachish to king Heze- kiah, with a 7 great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which p is in the highway of the fuller's field. 18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the 8 scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. 19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustesti 20 Thou 9 sayest (but they are but 10 vain .# 11 I have counsel and strength for the war. Now, 2 KINGS, XVIII. B. C. 725. t ch. 17.3,&c. k I Ch. 5.26. 1 Ne.9.26,27. Ps. 107. 17. Dam.9.6, 10. m 2Ch. 32.1, & C. Is.36.1,&c. 5 Sanherib. n ch. 16.8. 6 thern. o Is.20. 1. 7 heavy. p Is. 7.3. 8 or, secre- tary. 9 or, talkest. 10 word of the lips. 11 or, But counsel ſt rº strength are for the 30(1.7". rºyº-"wº-ºº-º-º-º-º-º-º-º: 12 trustest thee. q Eze.29.6,7. r ver.4. 20h.31. t. 13 or, hos- tages. s Is. 10.5,6. Am.3.6. Juo. 19.10, 11. t La.4.5. Eze.4. 15. 14 the twater of their €et. w Ps.73.8,9. v 2Th.2.4,8. w Ps. 11.1. 22.7,8. 125. 1,2. 15 make with me a bless- ing, or, seek my favour, Ge.32.20. 33.11. Pr. 18. 16. is or, pit. -e-w- Rab-shakeh's blasphemy. on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me ! 21 Now, behold, thou 12 trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, q even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and ierce it : so is Pharaoh king of gy É. unto all that trust on him. 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God : is not that he whose high places r and whose altars IHezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jeru- salem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jer em? 23 Now therefore, I º thee, give 13 pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou able on thy part to set riders upon them. 24 How then wilt thou turm away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen 25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it . The LORD s said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; (for we understand it?) and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hatlı my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words ; hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that t they may eat their own º and drink 14 their own piss wit you? 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: 29 Thus u saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: 30 Neither v let Hezekiah make *. trust w in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver uS, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 31 Hearken not to Hezekiah : for thus Saith the king of Assyria, 15 Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his 16 cistern: 32 Until I come and take you 381 Iſezekiah mourneth. away to a land like a your own landſ: a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil-olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die : and hearken not unto Hezekiah when he 17 per- suadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. 33 Hath y any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 34. Where are the gods of Hamath;2 and of Arpad 3 where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah ( a have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand 7 35 Who b are they among all the s of the countries, that have de- ivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand { 36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not ca word: for the king's commandment was, Say- ing, Answer him not. 37. Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the house- hold, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah, d with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh. CHAPTER XIX. Hezekiah mourning, sendeth to lsaiah to pray for them. ND a it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the É. covered with sackcloth, to iah b the prophet the son of III.OZ. 3.And they said, unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, this day is a day c of trouble, and of rebuke, and 1 blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 4. It may be the LORD, thy God will hear all the words of Rab-sha- keh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent d to reproach e the living God; and will reprove f the words which the LORD, thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy ºr for the remnant g that are 2 left. 5 So the servants of king Heze- kiah came to Isaiah. 6 T And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to B. In 8 Ster Thus saith the Lºrd, Be not afraid of the words, which, thou hast heard, with which h the servants 2 KINGS, XIX. B. C. 710. a De.8.7,8. 17 or, deceiv- eth. ych. 19.12,13. Is. 10.10, 11. z Je.49.23. a ch. 17.24. Jºva. b ch. 19.17, 18. I)an.3.15. c Pr. 26.4. Am.5.13. d Is.33.7. (CHAP. 19.) a Is.37.1,&c. b Lu.3.4, called Esaias. c Je. 30.7. 1 or, provo- cation. d ch. 18, 17. e Ps. '74, 18. f Ps. 50.21. g Rom.9.27. 2 found. h ch. 18.35. ~~~~~~~~~~ i wer.35-37. k Jer. 51.1. l ch. 18. 14. ºn 1 Sa.23.27. m ch. 18.5. o ch. 18.33,34. p Eze.27.23. q 20h.32.20. r 18am.4.4. 20h.5.7,8. & 1 &i. 18.39. Is.44.6. t Ps. 102.25. w Ps.31.2. v 2Ch.6.40. 3 given. w Ps. 115.4, &c. Is.44.10,&c. ac Ki.20.28. *º-sº His prayer. of the king of Assyria have blas- phemed me. 7 Behold, I i will send a blast k upon him, and he shall hear a ru- mour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 8 *ſ. So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah : for he had heard that he was departed from La- chish.l 9 And m when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto He- zekiah, saying, 10. Thus shalt ye speak to Heze- kiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest n deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them ut- terly: and shalt thou be delivered 7 12 Have o the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Ha- ran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden p which were in Thelasar { 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah 14 * And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messen- gers, and read it : and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed q before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which r dwellest between the cherubims, thou s art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thout hast made heaven and earth. 16 LORD, bow w down thine ear, and hear: open, v LoRD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. 17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, 18 And have 3 cast their gods into the fire : for they were no gods,but w the wurk of men's hands, wood and stone : therefore they have de- stroyed them. 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the king- doms of the earth may know,a that . art the LORD God, even thou only | 20 T Then Isaiah the son Amoz 38.2 Isaiah's prophecy. sent to Hezekiah, saying.Thussaith the for DGod ofisrael. That which thou hast prayed to me against Sen- nacherib king of Assyria. I have heard.y 21. This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him: The virgin z the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken a her head at thee. 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high 7 even against b the Holy One of Israel. 4. By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots c I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down 5 the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into 6 the forest of his Carmel. 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of 7 besieged places. 25 8 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have d done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it now have I brought it to pass, that thou |: shouldest be to lay waste fenced Cities into ruinous heaps. 26 Therefore their inhabitants were 9 of small power, they were |f dismayed, and confounded ; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as e the grass on the house-tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. 27 But I know thy 10 abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook fin thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou 771 Cannest. 29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which ringeth of the same ; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. 30 And 11 the remnant that is es- caped of the house of Judah shall #: again take root downward, and ar fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, g and 12 they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lond of hosts shall do this. 2 KINGS, XX. B. c. 710. 9 Ps. 65.2. z Lam. 2. 13. a Job 16.4. Lam. 2. 15. b Is.5.24. 5 the tallness. 6 or, the fo- rest and his fruitful ield, Is. 10. 18. or, fenced. or, Hast thoti not hcard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times 2 shotsºa I 2now bring it to be laid waste, and Jenced ci- ties to be ruinotts heaps? d Is.45.7. . 10 or, sitt tº . 11 the escap- ing of the house of Jitclah that remaineth. g ver.4. 12 the escap- ing. *...*&^^*.*.*.*.*.* h ch.20.6. i 20h.32.21. k Ge. 10. 11. i yer.7. 13 Jºrd?'at, ing. 4. 1 Give charge concerning thinehouse, 2Sa. 17.23. d Ge. 17. l. 2with a great weeping. 3 or, city. e 1Sa,9. 16. i ch. 19.34. Sennacheriö is slain. 32 Therefore thus saith the LoRD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come be- fore it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. 33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shaft not come into this city, saith the ORD. 34 For h I will defend thus city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 35. T And i it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp they arose early in the morning, departed and went and returned, was worshipping in the house of him with the sword : and they es- in his stead. lengthened. 20 Manasseh succeed- I sick unto death. And the pro- saith the LORD, 1 Set thine house in 2 Then he turned his face to the eseech thee, O LORD, b re- perfect heart, and have done that 4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah came to him, saying saith the LORD, the God of David Yehold, I will heal h thee: on the 6 And I will add unto thy days of the king of Assyria; and t I will of the Assyrians an hundred four- score and five thousand : and when behold, they were all dead corpses. 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria and dwelt at Nineveh.k 37 And it came to pass, as he Nisroch, his god, that Adramme- lech and Sharezer his sons smote l caped into the land of 13 Armenia. And Esarhaddon his m son reigned CHAPTER XX. - 1 Hezekiah, by prayer, hath his life ºth him. N, a those days was Hezekiah phet Isaiah, the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus order; for thou shalt die, and not live. wall, and prayed unto the LoRD, Saying, §'í", member now how I have walked c before thee in truth d and with a which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept 2 sore. was gone out into the middle 3 court, that the word of the LoRI) 5 Turn again and tell Hezekiah the captain e of my people, Thus thy father, I have heard f thy rayer, I have seen thy tears: y third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. Captivity of Babylon foretold. 7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. . . §ºſ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign k that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall o up into the house of the LORD he third day! . -- ºr 9 And Isaiah said, This sigm shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken; shall the shadow go ſor- ward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? - 10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: may, but let the shadow return backward ten de- degrees. 11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD ; and l he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the 4 dial of Ahaz. 12 ºf At m that time 5 Berodach- baladan, the son of Baladan king of fabylon sent letters and a pre- sent unto Hezekiah’; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick, 13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed n them all the house of his 6 precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices and the precious ointment, and al the house of his 7 armour, and all that was found in his treasures: 0 there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Heze- kiah showed them not. 14 ºf Then came Isaiah the pro- phet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men 7 and from whence came they unto thee! And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. 15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house ! And Heze- kiah answered, All p the things that are in mine house have they seen : there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed thern. 16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. 17 Behold, q the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have iaid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord. 18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; rands they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 19. Then said Hezekiah unto Isa- tab, Goodt is the word of the Lord, which thou hast spoken. And he 2 KINGS, XXI. B. C. 710. k Ju 6.17,37. Is.7.11, 14. ! Jos. 10, 12. 4 degrees. m Is.39.1,&c. 5 or, Mero- dach- ladan. n 20h.32.27. 8 or, spicery. 7 vessels, or, jewels. o Pr.23.5. p wer. 13. r ch. 24.12. 2 Ch. 33.11. s Dan. 1.3. t Job 1.21. *...*.*. 8 shall there not be peace and truth P w Ne. 3. 16. v 2Ch. 32.30. (CHAP. 21.) a 2Ch. 33.1, &c b ch. 16.3. c ch. 18.4. d IKi. 16.32. e ch. 17. 16. I)eut.4, 19. Job 31.26. f Jer.32.34. g lKi.8.29. h ch. 16.3. t?. I'7. Mi.6.7. t De. 18.10. k 2Sa.7. 13. * IECi.9.3, m 2Sa.7.10. rt Pr. 29.12. =-“sº- Manasseh’s wicked reign. said, 8 is tt not good, if peace and truth be in my days 4 20 " And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, u and a con- duit, and brought water v into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XXI. 1 Manasseh’s reign: 3 His great idolatry Mºjº a was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah. .2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LoRD, after b the abominations of the heathem, whom the LORD cast out before the child- ren of Israel. 3 For he built up again the high laces which c Hezekiah his father ad destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as d did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped e all the host of hea- ven, and served them. 4 And he built altars in the house f of the LORD, of which the LORD g said, In Jerusalem will I put my Ilākī18. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And he made his son h pass through the fire, and observed times, i and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wick- edness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, k and to l Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8 Neither m will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land , which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do ac- cording to all that I have com- manded them, and according to all ...the law that my servant Moses commanded them. 9 But they hearkened not ; and n Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LoRD destroyed before the children of Israel. * 10 || And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying, 384 Amon's wicked reign. 11. Because o Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abomina- tions,and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites p did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: 12 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I q am bring- ing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. 13 And I will stretch over Jerusa- lem the line r of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab : and I will wipe Jerusalem as S a man wipeth a dish, 1 wiping it and turning it upside down. 14 And I will forsake t the rem- nant of mine inheritance, and de- iver them into the hand of their enemies; u and they shall become a prey arid a spoil to all their ene- mies; 15 Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. 16 Moreover Manasseh shed in- nocent blood v very much, till he had filled Jerusalem 2 from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith w he made Judah to sim, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. 17 *|| Now a the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chro- nicles of the kings of Judah 18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the gar- den of his own house, in the gar- den of Uzza : and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 19 || Amon y was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jeru- salem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of IHaruz of Jothah. 20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as 2 his father Manasseh did. 21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and serv- ed the idols that his father served, and worshipped them : 22 And he forsook a the LQRD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. 23 *| And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. 24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired º: king Amon; and the peo- ple of the land made Josiah his son king in his steads 2 KINGS, XXII. B, C, 698. och,23.26,27. Jeriš.º. p ver.9. 1Ki.21.26. q 1Sa.3.11. Jer. 19.3. Am.3.2. r Is. 10.22. 34. 11. Lam.2.8. Am, 7.7,8. s IKi. 14.10. 1 he wipeth and turn- eth it upon the face thereof. t Ps,89.38, & C. Jer. 12.7. Am.5.2. tº Ps.74. I-7. w Jer. 2.34. 19.4. 2 from mouth to mouth. w iPQi. 14. 16. ac 20h.33. I- ty 2011.33.21, &c. z ver.2,&c. a ch. 22. 17. 1Ki. 11.33. ****N-º- b Mat.1. 10, called Josias. (CHAP. 22.) a 1Ki. 13.2. 2Ch. 34.1, &c. b Jos. 15.39. c Deut. 5,32. d ch. 12.4,&c. e Ps,84. 10. 1 threshold. f De.31.24. 2Ch.34. 14, &c. 2 melted. g Ne.8.3, 18. Je.36.6, 15. h ver. 19, *-*ºne-- 385 Josiah's good reign. 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chroni- cles of the kings of Judah 1 26 And he was buried in his se- pulchre, in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah h his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XXII. 1 Josiah’s good reign. 8 Hilkiah find- eth the book of the law. Jºjº a was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Je- rusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Ada- iah of Boscath.ö 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walk- ed in all the way of David his fa- ther, and turned not aside c to the right hand or to the left. 3 T And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshul- lam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, 4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver d which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers e of the 1 door have gathered of the people: 5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD : and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, 6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. 7 Howbeit there was no reckon- ing made with them of the mone that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. T And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, have found f the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaplian, and he read it. 9 And Shapham the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have 2 gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. 10 And Shaplian the scribe show- ed the king,saying, Hilkiah thepriest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read g it before the king. 11 And it came to pass, when the i. had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent h his clothes, 25 Huldah's prophecy. 12 And the king commanded Hil- kiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Aghbor i the son of 3 Michaiah, and Shapham the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, 13 Go ye, inquire k of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great l is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our m fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do n ac- cording unto all that which is writ- ten concerning us. 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahi- kam, and Achbor, and Shapham, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, o the son of 4 Harhas, keeper of the 5 wardrobe; (Now she dwelt in Jerusalem 6 in the college;) and they communed with her. 15 *| And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, 16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: 17 Because p they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore q my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched, 18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye * to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard; 19 Because thine heart r was ten- der, and thou hast humbled s thy- self before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation tand a curse, u and hast rent v thy clothes, and wept w before me ; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD, - 20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and a thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. C ER XXIII. Josiah causeth the book to be read in a solemn assembly. A. a the king sent, and the L gathered unto him all the eld- Grs of Judah and of Jerusalem. 2 KINGS, XXIII. B. C. 624. i 20 h.34.20, ./bdon. 3 or, Micah. k 10 h. Ł0. 14. m De. 29.27. n Ja. 1.22-25. o 2Ch.34.22, Tikvath. 4 or, Hasrah. 5 garments. 8 or, in the second part. p De.29.25, &c Ne.9.25,27. D2.9. 1 1-14. q. 1Th.2.16. r P3.51. 17. Is.57. 15. & 1Ki.21.29. t Le.26.31,32. w Jer. 26.6. 44.22 ty ver, 11. w Ne. 1.4. a PS.37.37. Is.57. 1,2. Jer.22. 10. (CHAP. 23.) a 2Ch. 34.29, &c 1 from small £ve?! tººlto great. b ch. 22.8. c ch. 11.14, 17. d ch.21.3,7. 2 catused to Cétºse, 3 Chermarizºn. Foretold, Ho. 10.5. Zep. 1.4. 4. Or, twelve signs, or, coºstel- lations. e 20h.34.4. IKi. 14.24. f 15.12. g Eze.8, 14. 16. 16. 5 houses. h 1Ki. 15.22. i Eze,44. 10- 14 s 1Sa.2.36. º Josiah destroyeth utolatry. 2 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and ali the people, I both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant, which was b found in the house of the LORD. 3 *[ And c the king stood by a pil- lar, and made a covenant beford the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his sta- tutes, with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. 4 And the king commanded Hil- kiah the high priest, and the priest of the second order, and the keep- ers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, d and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. 5 And he 2 put down 3 the idola- trous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn m- cense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the 4 planets, and to all the host of heaven. 6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, with- out Jerusalem, unto the brook Ki- dron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder there- of upon the graves e of the children of the Fº 7 And he brake down the houses fof the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the wo- men g wove 5 hangings for the grove. 8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and de- filed the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba h to Beer-sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the i. of the city. 9 Nevertheless the priests i of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem but they did eat of the unleavened bread k among their brethron. 386 Josiah destroyeth idolatry. 10 And he defiled Topheth, ! which is in the valley m of the children of Hinnom, n that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. 11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the 6 chamberlain, which was in the su- burbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 And the altars that were on the o top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which p Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and 7 brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook f{{I'OIR. 13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of 8 the mount of corruption, which Solomon q the king of Israel had builded for Ash- toreth the abomination of the Zido- nians, and for Chemosh the abomi- nation of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king €Ilie. 14 And he brake r in pieces the 9 images, and cut down the groves, and fified their places with the bones of men. 15 T Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place s which Jeroboam the son of Ne- bat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. 16 And as Josiah turned himself. he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepul- chres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word t of the LORD, which the man of God proclaimed, who pro- claimed these words. 17 Then he said, What title is that that I see T And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of w God which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against º the altar of Beth-el. 8 And he said, Let him alone ; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones 10 alone, with the bones of the prophets that Came out of Samaria. 19 And all the houses also of the 2 KINGS, XXIV. B. C. 624. --sº-sºme ! Is. 30.33. Jer.7.31. m Jos. 15.8. n Lev. 18.21. I)e. 18. 10. Eze.23.37, 39. 6 or, eunuch, or, officer. o Jer. 19. 13. Zep. 1.5. p ch.21.5. " or, ran from thence. 8 i. e. the mount of Olives. q 1 Ki. 11.7. r Ex. 23.24. Nu. 33.52. De.7.5,25. Mi. 1.7. 9 statues. s IKi.12.28, 33. t 1Ki. 13.2. w 1Ki. 13.30, 31. 10 to escape. *...*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* v 2Ch.34.6,7. 11 or, sacri- ed w ch. 11, 18. Ex. 22.20. 1 Ki. 18.40. ac 20 h. 34.5. ty Ex. 12.3, &c. Nu.9.2. Deut. 16.2, &c. z 20h.35. 18, 19. a ch.21.6. Rev.22. 15. 12 or, tera- im, i Iki.g. 3." k 2Ch.35.20, &c. l Zec. 12. 11. * | rates: and ki He is slain at Megiddo. high places that were v in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of is- rael had made to provoke the IORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el. 20 And he 11 slew wall the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones & upon them, and returned to Jerusalem. 21 *[ And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written y in the book of this COWenant. 22 Surely 2 there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Is- rael, nor of the kings of Judah ; 23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover Y. holden to the LORD in Jerusa. €III. 24 T Moreover, a the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the 12 images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put . that he might perform the words of the b law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. 25 And c like unto him was there no king before him. that turned d to the for D with ail his heart, and with all his soul, and with aii his might, accordinge to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. 26 "Iſ Notwithstanding the LoRD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, where with his anger was kindled against Judah, because f of all the 13 provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. 27 And the LORD said I will g re- move Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed h Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which i I said, My name shall be there. 28. Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 29'ſ Ink his days Pharaoh-mechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euph- - Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, l when he had seen him. * 30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and 387 Jehoiakim's rebellion. buried him in his own sepulchre. And m the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. 31 T 14 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was n Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. .32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had dome. 33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah, o in the land of Hamath, 15 that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and 16 put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 34 And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned p his name to Jehoia- kim, and took Jehoahaz away : and q he came to Egypt, and died there. 35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver r and the gold to Pharaoh ; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxa- tion, to give it unto Pharaoh- nechoh. 36 ‘'ſ Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 And did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. HAPTER XXIV. 8 Jehoiachin's evil reign : 10 Jerusa- ºl. 7 S tº ſce??. N a his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years; then he turned and rebelled against him. w 2 And b the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, , and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, accord- ing to the word of the LoRD, which he spake 1 by his servants the pro- phets. 3 Surely at the commandment of the LoRD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for c the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; 4.And also for the innocent bloodd that he shed, (for c he filled Jeru- 2 KINGS, XXIV. IB. C. 623. m 2Ch. 36.1, &c. 14 called Shallum, 1Ch.3.15. Jer. 22. l I. 7, ch. 24. 18. o ch. 25.6. Jer. 52.27. 15 or, because he reigned. 16 set a mulct wpon the land, 2Ch. 36.3. p ch.24. 17. Ge.4:1.45. I)an. 1.7. qJe.22.11, 12. Eze. 19.3,4. r ver.33. (CHAP. 24.) a 2Ch. 36.5, &c. b Jer. 25.9. 32.28. Eze. 19.8. 1 by the hand of. c ch. 23.26. Ex. 20.5. d ch.21. 16. De. 19, 10. Jer. 2.34. 19.4. e Ps. 106.38. f Eze.33.25. g Jer.22. 18, 19. h Jer.37.5,7. i Jer.4.6.2. 2 called Jecomiah, 1Ch. 3. 16. Jer.24. 1. and Comiah, Je.22.24,28. k Dan. 1.1,2. a came into Stégé. l Je.29.1,2. 4 or, eunuchs. m ch.20. 17. n Je.24. 1. o ch.25. 12. 5 or, eunuchs. p Je.37.1. * Jerusalem is taken. salem with innocent blood,) which the LORD would not pardom.f 5.T. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they mot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah : 6 Sog Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 7 And h the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken; from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of #. - *|| 2 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. 10 *|| At k that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby- lon came up against Jerusalem, and the city 3 was besieged. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. 12 And l Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Baby- lon, he, and his mother, and his ser- vants, and his princes, and his 4 officers ; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. 13 And he carried out thence aſl the treasures of the house of the LoRD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the tem- pleºf the LORD, as the LORD m had Söll (i. 14 And n he carried away all Jeru- salem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths : none re- mained, save the poorest o sort of the people of the land. 15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his 5 offi- cers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. | 16And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and Smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought cap- |tive to Babylon. . . 17 || And p the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's bro; ther king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Jerusalem pillaged. 18 Zedekiah q was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, r the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. • 19 And he did that which was evil m the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20 For through the anger of the LoRD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zede: kiah rebelled s against the king of Babylon. CHAPTER XXV. Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, and his eyes putt Out. ND a it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitch- ed against it; and they built forts against it round abºut. 2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 3 And on the minth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 4 *| And the city was broken up, and all the men of twar fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden : , (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king b went the way toward the plain. 5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and over- took him in the plains of Jericho : and all his army were scattered from him. 6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Baby- lon to c Riblah ; and they I gave judgment upon him. 7 And they slew the sons of Zede- kiah before his eyes, and 2 put out the eyes of d Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and car- ried him to Babylon. 8 ºff And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, (which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Ba- bylon,) came Nebuzar-adan, 3 cap- tàin of the guard, a servant of the º Babylon, unto Jerusalem : 9 And e he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chal- dees that wer with the c tain of 2 KINGS, XXV. B. C. 588. q Je.52.1,&c. r ch. 23.31. & 2Ch. 36.13. Eze. 17.15. (CHAP. 25.) (1. 2chººlſ, C Je.34.2,&c. b Eze. 12.12. c ch. 23.33. 1 spake judgment with him. 2made blind. d Eze. 12.13, &c. 3 or, chief marshal. e 1Ki, 9,8. Ps. 79.1. Is.64. 10,11. f Am...2.5. ~~~~~~~~~~ g Ne. 1.3. Je.52. 14, &c. 4 fallen away. h ch.24. 14. Je. 40.7, i Je.27. 19,&c. 1Ki.7.15-27. k Ex. 27.3. 1 1 Ki.7.47,50. 5 the one. m 1Ki.7.15. n ICh.6.14. Pzra 7.1. o Je.2.1.1. 29.25,29. 6 threshold. 7 or, eunuch. 8 saw the king’s face. Es. 1. 14. 9 or, scribe of the captain of the host. p ch.23.27. Le.26.33. De.28.36, 64. Eze. 12.25- 28. 24. 14. q Je. 40.5,&c. *º- Nobles slain at Riblah. the guard, brake downg the walls of Jerusalem round about. 11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the 4 fugi- tives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adam the captain of the guard carry away. 12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor h of the land to be winedressers and husbandmen. 13 And i the pillarsk of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Baby- OI!. 14 And the pots, l and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass where- with they ministered, took they away. 15 And the fire-pans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in sil- ver, the captain of the guard took *...* - 16 The two pillars, 5 one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD ; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. 17 The height m of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapi- ter upon it was brass : and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pome- granates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work. 18.T.And the captain of the guard took Seraiah n the chief, priest, and 0 º the second priest, and the three keepers of the 6 door 19 And out of the city he took an 7 officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that 8 were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the 9 principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city: 20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah : 21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So p Judah was garried away out of their land. 22"| And q as for the people that remained in the land of Jud whom Nebuchadnezzar ki Qt Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahi- kam, the son of Shaphau, ruler. 389 Gedaliah Smitten. 23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had iah governor, there made Gedaliah came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their tº H}{2il. 24. And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon; an it shall be well with you. 25 But r it came to pass, in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elis- hama, of the seed 10 royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. B. C. 588. *º-sº r Je.41.1,&c. 10 of the kingdom. * |s Je.43.4,7. t Je.52.31,&c. Ge.40. 13, 20. f 1 good things with him. tº Da.2.37. 5.8, 19. w Is.61.3. ac 2Sa.9.7. 1 CHRONICLES, I. Jehoaichin released from prison. 26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt:s for they were afraid of the Chaldees. 27 'ſ And t it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the º of Jehoiachin king of Ju- dah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up u the head of Je- hoiachin kingof Judah out of prison. 28 And he spake 11 kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that v were with him in Babylon; 29 And changed w his prison-gar- ments: and he did eat a bread con- tinually before him all the days of his life. 30 And his allowance was a con- tinual allowance given him of the king, a y daily rate for every day, —e—iall the days of his life. The First Book of the CHRONICLES. CHAPTER I. Adam's line to Noah. DAM, a Sheth, Enosh 2. Kenan, Mahajaleel, Jered, 3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 ºf The b sons of Japheth; Go- mer, and Mºgoş, and Madai, and Meshech, Javan. and Tubal, and and Tiras. 6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashche- naz, and 1 Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 And the sons of Javan: $iishah. and Tarshish, Kittim,and 2Dodamim. 8 * The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. § And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba and Dedan. 10 And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be mighty upon the earth. 11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naph- tl iž"And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, {!. whom came the Philistines,) and aphthorim.c - - 13 And Canaan begat Zidon his first-born, and Heth, 14 The Jebusite, also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 15. And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, B. C. 4004. a Ge. 4.25,26. 5.3-9. b Ge. 10.2,&c. 1 or, Diphath, as it is in some copies 2 or, Roda- mim, ac- cording to some copies. c De.2.23. 3 or, Mash, Ge. 10.23. 4 i.e.division, Ge. 10.25. d Ge. 11.10, &c. £ Ge, 17.5. f Ge.2.1.2,3. g Ge. 16.11, 15. h Ge.25. f6- 16. 5 or, Hadar, .23.15. i Ge.25. 1,&c. 16 And the Arvadite, and the Ze- marite, and the Hamathite. * 390 17 | The sons of Shem; Elam and Asshur, and Arphaxad, an Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and 3 Meshech. 18 Amd Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. 19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was 4 Peleg; (because in his days the earth was divided :) and his bro- ther's name was Joktan. 20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobah. All these were the sons of Joktan. 24 *|| Shem, d Arphaxad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 Abram; e the same is Abraham. 28. The sons of Abraham; Isaac,f and Ishmael.g 29 || These are their generations: The first-born h of Ishmael, Ne- baioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, 5 Hadad, and Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of lshmael. . . 32"| Now the sons of Keturah, Genealogies. Abraham's concubime: she bare Zimram, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan : Sheba, and Dedan. - 33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, aud Epher, and Henoch, and Abi- da, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. 34 And k Abraham begat Isaac. The sons l of Isaac ; Esau, and Is- TºléI. 35"ſ. The m sons of Esau; Eliphaz Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Ol":lil. 36. The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, 6 Zephi, and Gatam, Ke- naz, and Timna, and Amalek. 37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. And the sons of Seir ; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan. 39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and 7 Homam : and Timna was Lo- tan's sister. 40. The sons of Shobal; 8 Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, 9 Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. 4l. The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon ; 10 Am- ram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and heran. 42 The sons of Ezer; Bilham, and Zavan, and 11 Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran. 43 *|| Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the som of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 44 And when Bela was dead, Jo- bab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Teman- ites reigned in his stead. 16 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, (which smote Midian in the field of Moab,) reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith. 47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead, And when Baal-hanan was dead, 12 Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was 13 Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daugh- ter of Mezahab 1 CHRONICLES, II. R. C. 1753. k Ge.2.1.2,3. l Ge.25.25 2 6. m Ge.36.9, &c. 8 or, Zepho, e.86.11. 7 or, Heman, Ge. 36.22 8 or, Alvan, e.86.23. 9 or, Shepho, Ge. 36.23. 10 or, Hern- dan, Ge. 36.26. 11 or, .4cham, Ge. 36.27. 12 or, Hadar, Ge. 36.39, 13 or, Pau, Ge. 36.39. 14 or, Alvah. (CHAP. 2.) 1 or, Jacob. a Ge.29.32, &c 30.5&c. 35. 18,&c. 46.8,&c. b Ge.38.3,&c. 46. 12. Nu.26, 19. c Ge.38.29, 30 Mat. 1.3. d Ge. 46.12. Ru.4.18. 2 or, Zabdi, Jos.7.1. 3 or, Darda. * Or, Achan. e Jos.6.18. 7. 1,25. 5 or, Aram, Mat. i. 3 i. 6 or, Caleb, ver. 18,42. f Ru.4.19,20. g Nu. 1.7. 7 or, Salmon, Ru.4. 21. h 1Sa. 16.6,&c. 8 or, Sham- 1710. 1Sa. 16.9. * 2S3.2.18. k 2Sa. 17.25. * Ithra, an Israelite. I wer.50. m Ex.31.2. n Nu.27. 1. à T. Hadad died also. And the Genealogies. dukes of Edom were ; duke Tim- | nah, duke 14 Aliah, duke Jetheth, 52 Duke Aholibannah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, - 54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iran. These are the dukes of Edom. CHAPTER II. 1 The sons of Israel: 13 of Jesse, &c. HESE are the sons of 1 Israel; Reuben, a Simeon, Levi, and Judah, issachar, and Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 * The sons of Judah ; b Er, and Oman, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daugh- £er of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the first-born of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD ; and he slew him. 4 And c Tamar his daughter-in- law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5 The sons d of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul, 6 And the sons of Zerah; 2 Zimri, and Ethan, and Hemar, and Calcol, and 3 Dara : five of them in all. 7 And the sons of Carmi; 4 Achar, the troubler e of Israel, who trans- gressed in the thing accursed. . 8 And the sons of Ethan ; Azariah. 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and 5 Ram, and 6 Chelubai. 10 And Ram f begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince g of the children of Judah: 11 And Nahshon begat 7 Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, 4. 13 And h Jesse begat his first- born Eliab, and Abimadab the se- cond, and 8 Shimma the third, , , , 14 Nethameel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, - - 15 Ozem the sixth, David the se- Venth : 16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And i the sons of Ze- ruiah ; Abishai, and Joab, and Asa- hel, three. 17And Abigail bare Amasa : k and the father of Amasa was 9 Jether the Ishmeelite. 18'ſ And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth : her sons are these ; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took , unto him Ephrath, l which bare him Hur. . - 20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uribe gat Bezaleel.m. 21 T And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir n the 391 Genealogues. father of Gilead, whom he 10 mar- ried when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23 Ando he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with ICenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Ma- chir the father of Gilead. 24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah, Hezron's wife, bare him Ashurp the father of Tekoa. ºf And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were, Ram, the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had also another Wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27 And the sons of Ram the first- born of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai ; Nadab, and Abishur. 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 30 And the sons of Nadab ; Seled, and Appaim : but Seled died with- out children. - 31 And the sons of Appaim : Ishi, And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan, And the children of Sheshan; q Ahlai. 32 And the sons of Jada, the bro- ther of Shammai; Jether, and Jo- nathan : and Jether died without children. 33 And the sons of Jonathan ; Pe- leth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34 *| Now Sheshan had no sons but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. º 35 And Sheshan gave his daugh- ter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, r 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 39. And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, e 40 And Eleasah #. Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, 41 And Shallum begat and Jekamiah begat Eli 42 "| Now the sons of Caleb s the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his first-born, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron. Jekamiah, àIIla. 1 CHRONICLES, III. B. C. 1753. 10 took. p ch. 4.5. q ver,34,35. r ch. 11.41. s wer.9. • *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*. t Jos. 15.17. 11 Ephrath, ver. 19. 12 or, Reatah, ch, 4.2. 13 or, half of the Mentz- chites, or, Hatstham- rnchuchoth. 14or, Atarites, or, crowns of the house of Joab. u Ju. 1.16. v Je.35.2. (CHAP. 3.) a 2Sa.3.2,&c. b 1Sa.25.42, 43 • 1 or, Chileab- 2Sa elwe c 2Sa.5.4, 14,&c. 2 or, Sham- intza, 2Sa.5.14. *º- Genealogies. 43 And the sons of Hebron; Ko- rah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam, ; and Rekem begat Shammai. 45 And the Son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-Zur. 46And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez : and Haran begat Gazez. 47 And the sons of Jahdai ; Re- #. and Jotham, and Gesham, and 'elet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea : and the daughter of Caleb tvas Achsa.t 50 "[ These were the sons of Ca- leb the son of Hur, the first-born of 11, Ephratah ; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim, 51 Salmathe father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 52. And Shobal the father of Kir- jath-jearim had sons; 12 Haroeh, and 13 half of the Manahethites. 53 And the families of Kirjath-jea- rim ; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mish- raites; of them came the Zareath- ites, and the Eshtaulites. 54 The sons of Salma; Beth-le- hem, and the Netophathites, 14 Ata- roth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Žorites. 55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirath- ites, the Shimeathites, and Su- chathites. These are the Kenites u that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.v CHAPTER III. 1 The sons of David : 10 His line to Zedekiah. OW these were the sons of Da- vid, which were born unto him in Hebron : the first-born, a Am- non, of b Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, 1 Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; 2 The third, Absalom, the son of Maachah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur: the fourth, Adoni- jah, the son of Haggith : 3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital : the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. & 4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and c in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. fi And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; 2 Shimea, and Sho- 392 Genealogues. bab, and Natham, and Solomon, four, of 3 Bath-shua the daughter of 4 Ammiel : 6 Ibhar also, and 5 Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 And Elishama, and 6 Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar d their sister. 10 *| And Solomon's son was Re- hoboam, 7 Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11 Joram his son, 8 Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12 Amaziah his son, 9 Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his som, Manasseh his son, 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15 And the sons of Josiah were, the first-born 10 Johanan, the se- cond 11Jehoiakim, the third 12 Ze- dekiah, the fourth Shallum. 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim : 13 Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his SOjl. 17 °ſ And the sons of Jecomiah ; Assir, 14 Salathiel his son, 18 Malchiram also and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. - 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab- hesed, five. 21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pe- latiah, and Jesaiah : the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the . of Obadiah,the sons of Shecha- Illafi. 22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah : and the sons of She- maiah ; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, S1.x. 23 And the sons of Neariah Elioe- Mai, and 15 IHezekiah, and Azri- kam, three. 24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelai- ah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and laiah, and Anani, Seven. CHAPTER IV., The posterity of Jabez,and his prayer. HE a sons ef Judah ; Pharez, Hezron, and 1 Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2 And 2 Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. 3 And these weg g the father of 1 CHRONICLES, IV. B. C. 1300. -º-, 3 or, Bath- Sheba, 2Sa. 11.3. 4 or, Eliam, 2Sa. 11.3. 5 or, Elishwa, 2Sa.5. 15. G or, Beeli- (I do, ch. 14.7. d 2Sa. 13.1. 7 or, Abijam Ikjå.” 8 or, Azariah 2&h 32.É. Genealogies. Etam ; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash : and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first- born of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem. 5 *ſ And Asher the father of Te- koah had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Ahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. - 7 And the sons of Helah were, Ze- §."reth and j eZoar, and Ethnan. or, Jehoa- haz, 2 Ch. 21. 17. or, Uzziah, 2Ki. 15.30 10 Jehoahaz, 2Ki.23.30. 11 or, Elia. him, 2Ki.23.34. 12 or, Matta- rtiah 2ki.34.17. 13 or, Jehoi- achim, 2Ki.24.6. or, Comiah, Je.22.24. 14 Shealtiel. 15 Hºskiiahu. (CHAP. 4.) a Ge. 46. 12. "or, Chelubai, ch. 2.9. or, Caleb, ch. 2.18, 2 or, Haroch, ch. 2.52. .*&^_^^^_^_^_^*. b Ge.34.19. i.e. sor- rowful. 4 If thou wilt. mothai, who begat. 8 or, inhabi- tants of the valley. s That is, craftsmen. c Ne. I 1.35. 10 or, Uknaz, 11 or, the Jewess. 12 or, Jehudi- jah, men- tioned before, *-º-mºm. 393 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobe- bah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 ºf And Jabez was more honour- able b than his brethren: and his mother called his name 8 Jabez, saying, because I bare him with SOIrQW. 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, 40 that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and en- large my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest 5 keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he re- quested. l1 T And Chełub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. 12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the fa- ther of 6 Jrnahash. These are the men of Rechah. 13 And the sons of Kenaz; Oth- niel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; 7 Hathath. 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah : and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the 8 valiey of 9 Charashim; for c they were craftsmen. 15 And the Sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Na- am : and the sons of Elah, 10 even Kenaz. 16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asa- reel. 17 And the sons of Ezra were, Je- ther, alid Mered, and Epher, and jaion, and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18 And his wife 11 Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and He- ber the father of Socho, and Jeku- thiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the *hter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. 19 And the sons of his wife 12 Ho- diah the sister of Naham, the fa- Genealogies. ther of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanam, and ſilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. 21 *|| The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er, the father of Le- cah, and Laadah the father of Ma- reshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, ahd Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things. 23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. 24 T The sons of Simeon were, 13 Nemuel, and Jamin, 14 Jarib, Zerah, and Shaui; - - 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26 And the sons of Mishma ; Ha- muel his son, Zacchur his son, Shi- mei his son. 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons, and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their famil multiply 15 like to the children of Judah. 28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 29 And at 16 Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at 17 Tolad. 30. And at Bethuel, and at Hor- mah, and at Ziklag. 31. And at . Beth-marcaboth, and 18 Hazarsusin, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David, 32 And their villages were, 195tam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: 33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto 20 Baal. These were their habita- tions, and 21 their genealogy. 34. And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35. And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asieł 36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Bemaiah, 37 And Ziza the son of º the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of She- Imālāh; 38 These 22 mentioned by their names tºere princes in their fami- lies; and the house of their fathers increased greatly. 39 ºf And they went to the en- trance of Gedor, even unto the east 1 CHRONICLES, V. B. C. 1300. 13 or, Jemuel, Ge.46. 10. Ex.6. 15. Nu.26.12. 14 or, Jachin, Zohar. 15 ºnto, 16 or, Balah, Jos. 19.3. 17 or, Eltolad, os. 19.4. 18 or, Hazar- susah, Jos. 19.5. 19 or, Ether, Jos. 19.7. 20 Baaleth- Deer, Jos. 19.8. 21 or, as they ivided themselves by mations arriong them. 22 coming. *-*.*.*.*.*.*.*-*-* d 2Ki. 18.8, &c. e Nu.32. 1-4. f Ex. 17.16. Da.25.17, 19. 1Sa. 15.8. ... 30. If. 2Sa.8.12. (CHAP. 5.) a Ge. 29.32. b Ge. 35.22. c G6.48. 15. d Ge.49.8,10. Ps.60.7. 2 or, Tiglath- pileser, 2Ki. 15.29. 3 or, Shemai- ah, wer.4. f Jos. 13.16. g Jos. 22.9. h Ge.25.12. Ps.83.6. 4. tupon all the face of the East. i Jos. 13.11. * The line of Reuben. side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. 41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smoted their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture e there for their flocks, 42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Nea. riah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites f that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. TER V The line of Reuben unto the captivity. OW the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel, (for he a was the first-born ; but, forasmuch as he b defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given c unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2 For Judah d prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief 1 ruler; but the birthright was Jo- seph's : 3 The sons, e I say, of Reuben the first-born of Israel, were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son 6 Beerah his son, whom 2 Tā- gath-pilneser king of Assyria car- fied away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites. 7 And his brethren by their fami- lies, (when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned,) were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of 8 Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, f even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates; because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.g 10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites.h who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents 4 throughout all the east land of Gilead. 11"And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of i Bashan, unto Salcah: 394 Dºſeat of the Hagarites. 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, S6 Well. - 14 These are the children of Abi- hail the son of Huri, the son of Ja- roah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, k upon their 5 borders. 17 All these were reckoned by ge- nealogies in the days of Jotham l king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam m king of Israel. 18 ºf The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, 6 of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and three score, that went out to the war. 19 And n they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 20 Amdo they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were de- livered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they p cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them ; because q they put their trust in him. 21 And they 7 took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thou- sand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of 8 men an hun- dred thousand. 22 For there fell down many slain, because r the war was o - And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.s 23 ºf And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt ill the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon, and Senir, and unto mount Hermon. 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Az- riel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, 9 famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. 25.T. And t the against the God o and went a whori transgressed their fathers, after the gods 9f the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. 1 CHRONICLES, WI. R. C. 1300. -------- k ch. 27.29. Ca.2.1. 5 goings forth. l 2Ki. 15.32. m 2 Ki. 14. 16. G sons of valover. 71 ver. 10. over. 22. p 2Ch. 18.31. q 2(Xh. 14.11. Ps.22.4,5. 84. 11,12. 7 led captive. 8 souls of * Jos. 23.10. 2Ch. 32.8. s 2Ki. 15.29. 17.6. 9 men of 7t(Iºnes, t 2Ki. 17.7-18. *...*&^_*-*.*.*.*.*.p. w 2Ki. 15.19. v 2Ki. 18.1 !. (CHAP. 6.) a Ge. 46.11. Nu.26.57. 1 or, Ger- whom, wer. 16. b ver. 22. Ex.6.21,24. c Le. 10. 1,16. d Nu.25.11, 13. e 2Sa.8.17. f2Ch. 26.17. 2 house. g Ezr. 7.3. 3 or, Meshul- lam, ch.9, 11 h Ne. 11. II. i 2Ki.25. 18. 4 or, Gershom, ver. 1. Genealogies. 26 And u the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pulking of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilmeser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, (even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,) and brought them unto Halah, vand Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. CHAPTER VI The sons of Levi. HE a sons of Levi; 1 Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 And the sons of Kohath: Am- . Izhar, b and Hebron, and Uz- Z161. 3 And the children of Amram ; Aaron and Moses, and Miriam. The Sons also of Aaron ; Nadab c and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 4 "I Eleazar begat Phinehas, d Phi- nehas begat Abishua, 5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Maraioth, 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 8 And Ahitube begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that fexecuted the priest's office in the 2 temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 11 And Azariah begat Amariah, g and Amariah begat Ahitub, 12. And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat 3 Shallum, 13 And Shallum begat, Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, h and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, 15 And Jehozadak went into cap- tivity, when i the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16 T 'The sons of Levi; 4 Ger- shom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. iš And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 19 The sons of Merari: Mahli, and 5 or, Ethan, |Mushi. And these are the families ver.42. of the Levites, according to their s or, Adaiah, fathers. - ver.4.1. 20*. Of Gershon: Libni his son, 7 or, Ethni, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ver.4 l. 21 * Joah his son, 6 Iddo his son, 8 or, Izhar, Zerah his son, 7 Jeaterai his son. . ver.2,18. 22. The sons of Kohath; 8 Ammi- s or, zepha- |nadabhis son, Korah his son, Assir niah, Aza-|his sºn, - - rian, foci, , 23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph wer. 36. his son, and Assir his so Iłº 24 Tahath his son, 9 Uriel his soli, 395 Genealogies. Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 25 And the sons of Elkanah; Ama- sai, and Ahimoth. 26 As for Elkanah : the Sons of Elkanah; 10 Zophai his son, and Nahath k his son, 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28 And the sons of Samuel : the first-born fivasani, and Abiah. 29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, , , . e - 30 Shimei his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. - 31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest.l. 32 And they ministered before the dwelling-place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, un- til Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem : and then they waited on their office accord- ing to their order. - ; And these are they that 12 wait- ed with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman m a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, 34 The son of Elkamah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of 18 Toah, 35 The son of 14 Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36. The son of Elkanah, the son of 15 Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, n the son of Korah, 38. The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39 And his brother Asaph, o (who stood on his right hand,) even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shime 40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 41 The son of Ethni, p the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44, And their brethren, the sons of Merari, stood on the left hand. 10 Ethan q the son of 17 Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45.The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hiikiah, 48 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer 47 The son of Mahii, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 1 CHRONICLES, VI. B. C. 1300. 19 or, Zuph, ver.35. 1Sa..!. 1. # ver.64, Toah. 11 called also Joel, ver.33, 1Sa.8.2. l ch. 16.1. 12 stood. m Ps.88,title. 13 ver. 26, .Nahath. 14 or, Zophai. 15 ver.24, Shaul, Uzziah, Uriel. n Ex.6.24. o Ne.7.44. Ps.73, &c. titler. p wer.21. 16 called Jeduthun, ch,9. 16. 25. 1,3,6. q Ps.89, title. 17 or, Kush- aiah, ch. 15.17. ..fºrwºvºvºrºzºrºs r Nu.8.5-11. s Le. 1.9. t Ex. 30.7. u ver.4-8. v Jos. XXI. w Jos. 14.13. 15.13. 18 or, Ho § 18 or, Ain, Jos.2.1. 16. 20 or, Almon, Jos. 21. 18. ac wer.66. sy Nu.3.20. *º-sºs The affice of Aaron. 48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed r unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49'ſ But Aaron and his sons offer- ed upon the altar of the burnt- offering, s and on the altar t of in- cense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, ac- Cording to all that Moses the ser- vant of God had commanded. 50 And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazaru his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 54 * Now these v are their dwell- ing-places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for their’s was the lot. 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave w to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they #. the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Lib- mah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 58 And 18 Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, 59 And 19 Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemeshwithhersuburbs: 60 And out of the tribe of Benja- min; Geba with her suburbs, and 20 Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities, throughout their fami- lies, were thirteen cities. 61 And unto the sons of Kolhath, which were left ac of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar,and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan,thirteen cities. 63 Unto the sons of Merari y were given by lot, throughout their fami- lies, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the 396 Cities of the Levites. children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names. 66 And 2 the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, 68 And Jokmeann a with her sub- urbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs, 69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: 70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh ; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. 71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs : 74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Ab- don with her suburbs, 75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. 77. Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her su- burbs, Tabor with her suburbs: 78 And b on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jor- dan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, 79 Redemoth also with her sub- º and Mephaath with her sub- Ulri)S : 80 And out of the tribe of Gad; c Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim d with her suburbs, 81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs. "ER VII. The sons of Issachar. OW a the sons of Issachar were Tola, and 1 Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number b twas, in the days of David, two and 1 CHRONICLES, VII. B. C. 1444. z ver,61. a Jos. 22.21- 35, where many of these cities have other hairleş, b De, 4.41-43. c 1 Ki.22.3, &c. d Ge. 32.2. 2Sa. 17.24, 2 (CHAP. 7.) a Ge.46. 13. Nu.26.23. 1 Phuvah, Job. b ch. 27.1. c ch. 12.32. d ch.8.1,&c. Ge. 46.21. € 20.h. 17. 13. &c. f Nu.26.39, Shupham, and Hu- pham. 2 or, Iri, Ver, 7. 3 or, Ahiram, Nu.26.38. g ver, 12. h 1Sa. 12.11. *º- Genealogies. twenty thousanid and six hundred. 3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, andöbadiah, andjoei, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. * 4 And with them, by their gene- rations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons. 5 And their brethren, among all the families of Issachar, c were va- liant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies, fourscore and seven thousand. 6 ºff The sons of Benjamin; d Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. And the sons of Bela ; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and jerimoth, and Iri, five ; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genea- logies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. 8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioe- nai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. 9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their genera- tions, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred. 10 The sons also of Jediael; Bil- han; and the sons of Bilhan ; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Che- naanah, and Zethan, and Tharsh- ish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers; mightye men of valour, were seventeenthou- sand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. 12 Shuppim falso, and #. the children of 2 Ir, and Hushim, the sons of 3 Aher. 13 *|| The sons of Naphtali; Jah- ziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shal- lum, the sons of Bilhah. 14"| The sons of Manasseh; Ash- riel, whom she bare: (but his con- cubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead : 15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim g and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah ;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad : and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And Maachah the wife of Ma- chir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh ; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. - 17 And the sons of Ulam: Bedan.h These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammoleketh 397 Genealoyics. bare Ishod, and Abiezer, i and Mahalah. 19 And the sons of Shenaidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. 20 " And k the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tallath his son, 21"|And Zabad his son,and Shuthe- lah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 And Ephraim their father l mourned many days, and his bre- thren came m to comfort him, 23 ºff And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a Son, and he called his name 4 Beriah, be- cause n it went evil with his house.o 24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.) 25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, • - 26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 § N on his son, Jehoshuah his son. 28 ºf And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naa- ran, p and westward Gezer with the 6 towns thereof, Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto 7 Gaza and the towns thereof: - 29 And by the borders of the child- ren of Manasseh, q Beth-Shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel. 30 ºf 'The sons of Asher; r Immah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriał1, and Serah their sister. 31. And the sons of Beriah; Heber and Michiei, who is tie father of Birzavith. 32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, s and Hotham, and Shua their sister. 33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath: these are the cliildren of Japhlet. 34 And the sons of Shamer; t Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, a Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and £eri, and Imrah 37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah,and Ithran,and Beera. 38 And the sons of Jether; Jephun- neh, and Pispah, and Ara. nd Imna, and 1 CHRONICLES, VIII. B. C. 1400. i Nu.26.30, Jezer. k Nu.26.35. l Ge.37.34. m Job 2.11. 4 i.e. in evil. m Ge.35. 18. 1Sa.4.21. 0 2Sa.23.5. 5 or, Nun, Nu. 13.8, 16. p Jos. 16.7. 6 daughters. 7 or, Jºdasa. q Jos. 17.7, 11. r Ge. 46.17. Nu.26.44. s ver.34, Sharner. t ver.32, Shorner. .*. *.*.*. (CHAP. 8.) 1 or, ºrd Geº.31. a Ju.3.15. 2 or, Shu- ch.7, 12. Nu.26.39. b ch.2.52. c Ru. 1.1. d Ezr. 2.33. Ne. 6.2. 11.35. e ver, 21. 3 or, Shema, r. 13. Genealoftes. 39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. 40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the num- ber, throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle, was twenty and six thou- sand men. CHAPTER VIII. The sons of Benjamin. Nº. Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. º 3 And the sons of Bela were, 1 Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 5 And Gera, a and 2 Shephuphan, and Huram. 6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:b 7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. 8 Aiud Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, c after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 9 And hc begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, 10 And Jehuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the faſhers. 11 And of liushim he begat Ahi- tub, and Elpaal. 12. The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono d and Lod, with the towns thereof: 13 Beriah also, and Shema, e who were heads of the fathers of the in- habitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath : 14 And Ahio, Shashak and Jere- moth, 15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah ; 17And Zebadiah, and Meshullum, and Hezekiah, and Heber 18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal ; 19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, É. And Elienai, and Zilthai, and 1él, 21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of 3 Shimhi; 22 And Ishpan,and Heber,and Eliel, 23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, 398 Genealogies. 24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, 25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 6 And Shamsherai, and Sheha- riah, and Athaliah, 27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. hese were heads of the fa- thers, by their generations, chief men. These f dwelt in Jerusalem. 29 And at Gibeom dwelt the 4 fa- ther of Gibeon, (whose wife's name was Maachah :) 30 And his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and 5 Zacher. 32 And Mikloth begat G Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethreninJerusalem, over against them. 33 "Iſ And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abimadab, g and 7 Esh-baal. 34 And the son of Jonathan was 8 Merib-baal ; and Merib-baal begat Micah. 35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and 9 Tarea, and Ahaz. 36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah ; h and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri ; and Zimri begat Moza, 37 And Moza begat Binea : Ra- pha i was his son, Eleasall his son, Azel his son. 38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Boche- ru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and iianam. Åil these were the sons of Azel. 39 And the sons of Eshek his bro- ther were, Ulam his first born, Je- hush the second, and Eliphelet the third. 40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and Sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin. HAPTER IX. The genealogies of Israel and Judah. O all Israel were reckoned b genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. 2 * Now a the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the º, Levites, and the Nethin- IIHS 3.And in Jerusalem c dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the child- 1 CHRONICLES, IX. B. C. 1400. Jos. 18.28. f Ne, 11.1. 4 called Jehiel, ch.9.35, * or, Zecha- riah, ch.9,37. 6 or, Shi- 771&0,777. gh3.38. g 1Sa. 14.49, Ishtii. 7 or, Ishbo- 8 or, Mephi- bosheth, 2Sa.4.4. 9.6,10. s or, Tahrea, ch.9.41. h ch.9.42, tº ſiſts i ch.9.43; Rephaiah. (CHAP. 9.) a Ezr.2.70. Ne.7.73. b Jos. 9.27. Ezr.2.43. 8.20. c Re. 11.1. ^^^. d Ne. 11.10, &c e Ne.11.11, Seraiah. frn;5. $ne?? of valour. Families in Jerusalem. ren of Benjamin, and of the child ren of Ephraim, and Manasseh ; 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son, of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pha rez the son of Judah. 5 And of the Shilonites ; Asaiah the first-born, and his sons. 6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenah. 8 And Ibneiah the son of Jero- ham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah ; 9 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers. 10 ºf And d of the priests; Jeda- iah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 11 And Azariah e the son of Hil- kiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; 12 And Adaiah the son of Jero- ham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshil- lemith, the son of Immer; 13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thou- sand and seven hundred and three- score; 1 very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of As- rikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the Son of Zichri, the son of Asaph : 16 And Obadiah the son of She- maiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Neto- phathites. 17 And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talman, and Ahi- man, and their brethren : Shallum was the chief; 18 (Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward:) they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. 19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Ko- rah, and his brethren (of the house of his father,) the Korahites were 399 Duties of the priests. over the work of the service, keep- ers of the 2 gates of the taberna- cle : and their fathers, being over the host of the LoRD, were keepers of the entry. 20 And Phinehas fthe son of Elea- zar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him. 21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 22 All these, which were chosen to be porters in the gates, were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David g and Samuel the h seer 3 did ordain in their 4 set office. 23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. 24 In four quarters were the por- ters, toward the east, west, north, and south. 25 And their brethren which were in their villages, were to come after f seven days from time to time with them. 26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their 5 set office, and were over the 6 cham- º and treasuries of the house of 27 °ſ And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning per- tained to them. 28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should 7 bring them in and out by tale. me of them also were ap- pointed to oversee the vessels, and all the 8 instruments of the sanc- tuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frank- incense, and the spices. d some of the sons of the priests made the ointment k of the Spices. 31 And Mattithiah, one of the Le- vites, (who was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite,) had the 9 set office over the things l that were made 10 in the pans, 32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the 11 show-bread, to prepare it every sabbath. 3 And these are the singers, m chief of the fathers of the Levites, toho remaining in the chambers were free : for 12 they were employed in that work day and night. 34. These chief fathers of the Le- wités were chief throughout their ge- 1 CHRONICLES, X. JB. C. 1200. 2 thresholds. f Nu.3.1.6. g ch.26.1,&c. h 1Sa.9.9. 3 founded. 4 or, trust. i 2Ki. 11.5. 5 or, trust. 6 or, store- houses. 7 bring them in by tale and carry them out by tale. 8 or, vessels. kEx.30.23,25. 9 or, trust. I Le.2.5.6.21. 10 or, on flat plates, or, slices. 11 bread of ordering, e.24.8. mn ch.6.31. 25.4. 12 upon them Was, n ch.8.29. o ch.8.33. p ch.8.35. (CHAP. 10.) a 18a.31.1,&c. 1 wounded. 2 or, Ishui, 1Sa. 14.49. 3 shooters with bows. * found. 5 or, mock. b Le.26.31. *-*. Saul's overthrow. nerations;these dwelt at Jerusalem. 35 ºff And in Gibeon dwelt the fa- ther of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah : n 36 And his first-born son Abdom then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, 37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Ze- chariah, and Mikloth. 38 And Mikloth begat Shimean). And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren. 39 And o Ner hegat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 40 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal : and Merib-baal begat Micah. 41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and p Ahaz. 42 And Ahaz begat Jarah ; and Ja- rah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri ; and Zimri begat Moza; 43 And, Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his sofi, Azel his son. 44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam,Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan : these were the sons of Azel. CHAPTER X. 2 Saul's overthrow. 8 the Philistines triumph over Saul. TOW a the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of israel fied from before the Phi- listines, and fell down 1 slain ih mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and 2 Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the 3 archers 4 hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. 4 Then said Saul to his armour- bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and 5 abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword and fell upon it. 5 And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, b and fied: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 8 *| And it came to pass on the 400 David made king. morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount ilboa. 9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head and his ar- mour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. 10 And c they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fasten- ed his head in the temple of Da- EOI). 11 ºff And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12. They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Ja- besh, and fasted seven days. 13 *ſ So Saul died for his trans- gression which he 6 committed against the LORD, even d against the word of the ford, which he kept not, and also for asking coun- sele of one that had a familiar spi- rit, to inquire of it; 4 14 And inquired not of the LORD : therefore he slew him, and turned f the kingdom unto David the son of 7 Jesse. CHAPTER XI. David by a general consent is made king at Hebron. HEN a all Israel gathered themselves to David unto He- bron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 And moreover 1 in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt 2 feed b my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israei. 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and I)avid made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD ; and they anointed David king over Is- rael, according to the word of the LORD 3 by Samuel.c 4 *| And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; d where the Jebusites were, the in- habitants of the land. 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion which is the city of David, 6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be 4 chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. 1 CHRONICLES, XI. B. C. 1200, --º- c 1Sa.31. 10. 6 trans- gressed. d 1Sa. 13.13. 15.23. e 1Sa.28.7, &c. f 1Sa.16.1.13. 28. 17. 2Sa.3.9, 10. 5.3 3.3. T Isai. (CHAP. 11.) a 2Sa.5.1, &c. 1 both yes- terday, and the third day. 2 rule. B. Pr. 78.71. Je.3. 15. 3 by the hand of. c 1Sa. 16. 1,12. 5 i. e. Zion 2Sa.5.7. 6 revived. 7 went in going and increasing. 8 or, held strongly with him. e 1Sa. 16.1,12. 9 or, son of Hachmoni. 10 or, Ephes- dammin, lSa. 17. i. 11 or, stood. 12 or, salva- tion. 13 or, three Captains over the thirty. |f 2Sa.23.13 &c. g ch. 14.9. h Ps. 107.5. i 1Sa.7.6. k Le. 17.10, 11. Ps. 72. 14. 9. 17. 1Sa. 19.5. m 2Sa.23.§ C. *ºne-mas 401 His mighty men. 7 And David dwelt in the castle therefore they called 5 it the city of aV101. 8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab 6 repaired the rest of the city. 9 So David 7 waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him. 10 * These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who 8 strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, ac- cording to the word e of the LORD concerning Israel. 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had ; Jashobeam, 9 an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. 12 And after him was Eleazar the Son of Dodo the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. 13 He was with David at 10 Pas- dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle where was a parcel of ground full of barley, and the people fled from before the Philistines. 14 And they 11 set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and de- livered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great 12 deliverance. 15 *ſ Now 13 three of the thirt captains went down f to the roc to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines en- camped in the valley of Rephaim.g 16And David was them in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Beth-lehem. 17 And David longed, h and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth- lehem, that is at the gate | 18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the weſt of Beth. lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it i out to the LORD 19 And said, My God forbid it me that I should do this thing shalif drink the blood k of these men 14 that have put l their lives in jeopardy ? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therc- fore he would not drink it. ' things did these three mightiest. 20 ; And m Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear, against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name amº; the three. A catalogue of 21 Of the three, he was more ho- nourable than the two, for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. + 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kab- zeel, 15 who had done many acts : he slew two lion-like men of Moab; also he went down and slew a iion in a pit in a snowy day. 23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of 16 great stature, five cubits ligh; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam : and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own n spear. * 24 These things did Benaiah the som of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties. 25 Behold. he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three : and David set him over his guard. 26 Aiso the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 27, 17 Shammoth the 18 Harorite, Jielez the 19 Pelomite, 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Teko- ite, Abi-ezer the Antothite, 20 Sibbecai the Hushathite, 21 Ilai the Ahohite, 30 Maharai the Netophathite, 22 Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, 31 Ithai the son of Ribat of Gi- beah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathon- ite, 32 23 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, 24 Abiel the Arbathite, 33 . Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 34 The sons of 25 Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite 35 Ahiam the son of 26 Sacar the ºrite, 27 Eliphal the son of †, 36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahi- jah the Pelomite, 3729 Hezro the Carmelite, 30 Naa- rai the son of Ezbai, 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar 81 the son of Haggeri, - 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son f Ahlai O * 42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reu- benite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, 43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithmite, 1 CHRONICLES, XII. B. C. 1048. 15 great of deeds. 16 measure. 7, 181. 17.51. 17 or, Sham- mah. 18 or, Harod- ite, 2Sa. 23.25. 19 or, Paltite, 2Sa. 23.26. 20 or, Mebun- nat. 2tor, Zalmon. 2% or, Heleb. 23 or, Hiddai. 24 or, Jºbt- albon. 25 or, Jashen, 2Sa.23.32, 26 or, Sharar. 27 or, E'i- phelet. 28 or, Ahas- bai. 29 or, Hazrai. 30 or, Paarai the Arbite. 31 or, the Haggerite. *-*-*.*.*.*.*.*, *, * 32 or, Shim- rite. (CHAP. 12.) alSa.27.2,6. 1 being yet shut up. b Ju.20. 16. 2 or, Has- matth. 3 of the host. 4 as the roes wpon the mountains to make haste. c 2Sa.2. 18. Ca.8. 14. 5 or, one that was least could resist an hurt- dred, and the greatest a thousand. 6 filled over. d Jos. 3. 15. ** - $ David's mighty men. 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, 45 Jediael the 32 son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, 46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. CHAPTER XII. The companies% came to David at g 9. Nº. these are they that came to David to Ziklag, 1 while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. 2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left b in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. 3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of 2 Shemaah the Gibeathite : and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Bera- chah, and Jehu the Antothite, 4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josa- bad the Gederathite, 5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bea- liah, and Shemariah, and Shepha- tiah the Haruphite. 6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Aza- reel, and Joezar, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gador. 8 And of the Gadites there sepa- rated themselves unto David, into the hold to the wilderness, men of might, and men 3 of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were 4 as swift as the roes c upon the moun- tains ; 9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliah the third, 10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jere- miah the fifth, 11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh 12 Johanan the eighth, Eizabad the ninth, 13 Jeromiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. 14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: 6 one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. 15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had 6 overflown d. all his banks; and they put to flight all them of 402 The number of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. 4. 16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. 17 And David went out 7 to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall 8 be knit unto you; but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no 9 wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon and rebuke it. 18.Then the spirit 10 came upon e Amasai, who was chief of the cap- tains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse : peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. 19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when f he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle : but they helped them not : for the lords of the Philistines, upon ad- visement, sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul 11 to the jeopardy of our heads. 20. As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Mamasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands thatuºr: of Manasseh. 21 And they helped David 12a- flºº. the band g of the rovers; for ey were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host. 22 For at that time, day by day, there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God. *| And these are the numbers of the 13 bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn h the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD. 24 The children of Judah that hare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready 14 armed to the war. 25 . Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. 26 Of the children of Levi, four thousand and six hundred. 27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred; 28, And Zadok, i a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. 29 And of the children of Benja- min, the 15 kindred of Saul, three thousand : for hitherto k 16 the 1 CHRONICLES, XIII. B. C. 1048. 7 before thern. 8 be one. 9 or, violence. 19 clothed, Ju.6.34. ls.59. 17. e 2Sa. 17.25. f 1Sa.29,2,3. 11 on our heads. 12 or, with a band. g 1Sa. 30.1-10. 13 heads, or, captains, Or, mem. h ch. I 1.1. 14 or, pre- pared. * 2Sa.8. 17. 15 brethre??. Ge.31.23. k 2Sa.2.8,9. 16 a multi- tude. w"-"wºw"w"wº." 17 men of ºld?? tº 3. l Es. 1. 13. Is. 33.6. Mii.6.9. Ja.3.13, 17. 18 or, rangers of battle, or, ranged in battle. 19 or, set the battle in array. 20 without a heart and a heart, Ps. 12.2. 21 or, keeping their rank, 28 or, victual of meal. (CHAP. 13.) 1 break forth, and send. *...* David's men of war. greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. 30 And of the children of Ephraim, twenty thousand and eight hun. dred, mighty men of valour, 17 fa- mous throughout the house of their fathers. 31 And of the half tribe of Manas- seh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king. 32 And of the children of Issachar, which l were men that had under- standing of the times to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and their brethren were at their com- mandment. 33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, 18 expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could 19 keep rank: they were 20 not of double heart, 34 And of Naphtali a thousand Captains, and with them, with Shield and spear, thirty and seven thousand. 35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. 36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, 21 expert in war, forty thousand. 37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments ol war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. 38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a per- fect heart to łiebron, to make David º over all Israel : and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. 39 And there they were , with David three days, eating and drink- ing, for their brethren had prepar- ed for them. 40 Moreover they that were migh them, even unto Issachar and Zebu- lun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on Oxen, and º meat, meal cakes of figs, and bunches o raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was *} in Israel, CHAPTER XIII. David fetchetſ, theark from Kirjath- jearam. ND David consulted with the captains of thousands and hun- dreds, and with every leader. 2 And David said unto all the con- gregation of Israel, If it seem unto you, and that it be of the IARD our God, let us 1 send abroad unto our brethren every where, that art 403 Death of Uzza. left a in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in 2 their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: 3 And let us bring 3 again the ark of our God to us: for b we inquired not at it in the days of Saul. 4 And all the congregation said that they would do so : for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 5 So c David gathered all Israel together, from Shihord of #|| even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kir- jath-jearim. 6 And David went up, and all Is- rael, to Baalah, e that is, to Kirjath- jearim, which belonged to Judah to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth f between the cherubims, whose name is call- ed on it. 7 And they 4 carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of g Abinadab : and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. 8 Andh David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with 5 singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trum- pets. 9 *| And when they came unto the threshing-floor of 6 Ghidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen 7 stumbled. 10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because i he put his hand to the ark: and there he died k before 11 And David was displeased, be- cause the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called 8 Perez-uzza to this day. 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me ! 13 So David 9 brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. * lſ, And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed l the house of Obed- edom, and all º: he had. 1 Hiram's kindness to David. 2 His felicity. Nº. Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and tim- ber of cedars, with masons and car- penters, to build him an house. 2 And David, perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted B. C. 1058. -º- a 15a.31. 1. 2Sa.6.1-11. 2 the cities of their suburbs. 3 about. b 1Sa.7.1.2. c 2Sa.6.1,&c. d Jos. 13.3. Je.2.18. e Jos. 15.9,60. f 1Sa.4.4. 4 made the ark to ride, g 1Sa.7.1. h 2Sa.6.5,&c. 5 songs. 6 called Nachon, 2Sa 6.6. 7 shook it. i ch. 15.13, 15. Nu. k Le. 10.2. 8 i. e. The breach of Uzza. 9 removed. lch.26.5. Ge. 30.27. Pr. 10.22. a 2Sa.5.11,&c. ^^^^^ſºvº. 1 yet. b ch.3.5,&c. 2 or, Eliada, 2Sa.5. 16. c ch. 11.15. 3 i.e. a place of breaches. d ver.9. e 2Sa.5.25, Geba. f Jos.6.27, 2Ch 26.8. Ps. 18.44. De.2.25. § li.25. *º- (CHAP. 14.)"; 1 CHRONICLES, XIV, XV. The Philistines smitten. up on high, because of his people Isra €1. 3 *| And David took 1 more wives at Jerusalem : , and David begat more sons and daughters. 4 Now these are the names of his children b which he had in Jerusa- lem; Shammua, and Shobab, Na- than, and Solomon, 5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and El- palet, 6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 7 And Elishama, and 2 Beeliada, and Eliphalet. 8 *ſ And when the Philistines heard that David was , anointed king over all Israel, all the Philis- times went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them. 9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves c in the valley of Rephaim. 10 And Dayid inquired of God, say- ing, Shall I go up against the Phi- listines 7 and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand 7 And the LQRD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. 11 So they came up to Baal-pera- Zinn; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand, like the breaking forth of wa- ters: therefore they called the name of that place 3 Baal-perazim. 12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a command- ment, and they were burned with re. 13 And the Philistines yet againd Spread themselves abroad in the ey, 14 Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them ; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. 15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle : for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. 16 David therefore did as God commanded him : and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon e even to Gazer. 17 And the fame f of David went out into all lands; and the LORD g brought the fear of him upon all nations. CHAPTER XV. 1 David bringeth the ark from Obed- edom : 25. He performeth at with great joy: 29 Michal despiseth him. ND David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared 404 The ark brought from a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a a tent. 2 Then David said, 1 None bought to carry the ark of God but the Le- vites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up c the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it. 4 And David assembled the child- ren of Aaron, and the Levites : 5 Of the sons of Kohath ; Uriel the chief, and his 2 brethren an hun- dred and twenty. - 6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty. 7 Of the sons of Gershom ; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hun- dred and thirty. ... 8 0f the sons of Elizaphan; d. She- maiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred. 9 Of the sons of Hebron; e Eliel the chief, and his brethren four- SCOre. - 10 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Ammin- adab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. 11 And lyavid called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Ann- minadab, 12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify f yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Is- rael unto the place that I have pre- pared for it. -- 13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach g upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.h 14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. 15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses i commanded according to the word of the LORD. 16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their bre- thren to be the singers with instru- ments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting k up the voice with joy. 17 So the Levites appointed He- man l the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph m the son of Bere- chiah ; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan n the son of Kushaiah ; - 18. And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, 1 CHRONICLES, XVI. B. C. 1045. (CHAP. 15.) a ch. 16.1. 1. It is not to carry the ark of God, but for the Levites. b Nu.4.2-15. De. 10.8. 31.9. c ch. 13.5. 1 Ki.8.1. 2 or, kins- ºë?!, d Ex.6.22. e Ex.6.18. f 2Ch. 5.11. 29.5 Eze is il. g ch. 13.9,10. 2Sa.6.7,8. h 2Ch. 13. F7- 20 1Co.11.2 I4.40. i Ex. 25.14. Nu.4, 15. 7.9. h 2Ch. 5. 13. l ch.6.33. nº ch.6.39. 7, ch.6.44. ^^ -º-º-º-º-º-º-º-º: 8 Jaaziel, ver. 18. o Ps.46, title. 4 or, eighth to oversee, Ps.6, title. 5 or, was for the car- *iage : he instructed about the carriage. 6 lifting up. p Nu. 10.8. Ps. 81.3. Joel 2. 1, 15. q2Sa.6.15,&c. 1Ki. 8, 1. 7 or, car- riage. r ch, 13.8. 2Ch. 5, 12. Ez.3.10, 11. Ps.47. 1,&c. 68.25 98.4-6. 150.3-5. s Ps. 149.3, Ec.3.4. t Ps.69.7-9. (CHAP. 16.) a 2Sa.6. 17-19. *º- the house of Obed-edom. Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemira- moth, and femiei and innºia, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mik. neiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. 19. So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; And Zechariah, and 3 Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth ; o 21 And Mattitlıiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edoru, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the 4 Sheminith to excel. And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, 5 was for 6 song: he in- structed about the song, because he was skilful 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark. 24 And Shebaniah, and Jehosha- phat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow p with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark. 25 “I So q David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thou- sands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obed-edom with joy. 26 And it came to pass, when God helped the ſevites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Le- vites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the 7 song, with the singers: Da- vid also had upon him an ephod of linen. 28 Thus r all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. *| And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul look- ing Out at a window saw king Da- vid dancing s and playing: and she despised him t in her heart. XHAPTER XVI. 1 David's festival sacrifice: 7 His psalm of thanksgiving. Sº a they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-sacrifices and peace-offerings before God. 405 David's psalm 2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offerings and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. 3 And he dealt to every one of Is- rael, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of tºº 7!C. 4 *|| And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, b and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed- edom ; and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; 6 Benaian also and Jahaziel the riests with trumpets continually º the ark of the covenant of 7 * Then c on that day David de- livered first this psalm, to thank the LORD, into the hand of Asaph and his brethren, 8. Give d thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. 9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk eye of all his wondrous WOTKS, 10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. 12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his won- ders, and the judgments of his mouth; 13 Q ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen OH162S. 14. He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 15 5. ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he com- manded to a thousand generations; 16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, f and of his oath unto Isaac ; g 17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob h for a law, and to Israel for t an everlasting covenant, k 18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the 2 lot of your inheritance; 19 When §. were but 3 few, even a few, l and strangers in it. 20 And when º went from na- tion to nation, and from one king- dom. to another people; 21. He suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he reproved kings m fur their sakes, 1 CHRONICLES, XVI. B. C. 1042. b Ps. 38.70, titles. 1 tºnstrut- ments of psalteries and harps. c 2Sa.22, 1. 23, 1. d Ps. 105.1-15. e Mal.3.16. f Ge. 17.2. g Ge.26.3. h Ge.28.13. 35.11. t Ex.3. I'7. Jos. 24. 11- 13. k Je. 11.2-7. 2 cord. 3 men of number. l Ge.34.30. ºm Ge. 12.17. Ex.7. is.&c. *A*.*.*_^*-avave, 7) PS.XCVI. o Le. 19.4. Is. 44.9,&c. Je. 10.10-14. p Ps. 102.25. Is.40.26. r Ps. 106.47, 48. s 1 Ki.8. 25. t De.27. Hä. Ne.8.6. 1Co. 14. 16. u 20h. 1.3,13. 4 in the morning and in the evening. tº Ex. 29.38. Nu.28.3.4. **- of thanksgiving. 22 Saying, Touch not mine anoint- ed, and do my prophets no harm. 23 Sing n unto the LORD, all the earth ; show forth from day to day his salvation. . . 24 Declare his glory among the heathen : his marvellous works º all nations. 25 For great is the . LORD, and i. to be praised : he also is to e feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the people are idols: o but the LORD made the heavens.p 27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place. º 28 Give unto the LORD, ye kin- dreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. 29 Give unto the LoRD the glory due unto his name : bring an offer- ing, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. 30 Fear before him, all the earth : the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth. 32 Let the sea roar, and the ful- ness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LoRD, because he cometh to judge the earth. 34 0 q give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy en- dureth for ever. 35 And say ye, Save rus, O God of our salvation, and gather us to- ether, and deliver us from the ſºn. that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. 36 Blessed s be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all t the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. 37 'ſ So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required : 38 And Obed-edom with their bre- thren, threescore and eight; Obed- edom also the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah to be porters; - 39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the ta- bernacle of the LoRD in the high place that was at Gibeon, u 40 To offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord upon the altar of the burnt-offering continually 4 morn- ing v and evening, and to do accord- ing to all that is written in the law 406 Nathan's message to David. 1 CHRONICLES, XVII. of the LORD, which he commanded Israel; 41 And with them Heman and Je- duthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because w his mercy cºndureth for €Wer. 42 And with them Heman and Jeduthull with trumpets and cym- bals a for those that should make a sound, and with musical instru- ments of God. And the sons of Jeduthum were 5 porters.y 43 And z all the people departed every man to his house : and David returned to bless his house. PTER XVII 1 Nathan promiseth David a bless- ing. 16 vid's prayer. OW a it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD fremaineth under curtains. 2 Then b Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 3 *| And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, # Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in : 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have 1 gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, (whom I commanded to feed my people,) saying, Why have ye not built mé an house of cedars : 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant Dayid, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the csheep-cote,even from 2 fol- lowing the sheep, that thou should- est be ruler over my people Israel: 8. And d I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies é from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant f them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved g, no more; neither h shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, (as at the beginning, 10 And since the time that I com- manded judges i to be over my peo- ple Israel.) Moreover, I will sub- due all thine enemies,” Further- B. C. 1042. w ver,34. Ezr.3.11. Ps. 103.17. Je.33. 11. ac Ps. 150.5. 5 for the gate. 9 Ps.84.10. z 2Sa.6.19,20. (CHAP. 17.) a 2Sa.7.1,&c. 20h 6.7-9. b 1Co. 13.9. 1 been. C issiº, 2 after. d. Ge.98.15. Gca’s pºrcmise to David, more, I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house. *|| And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12. He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for eVer. 13 I l will be his father, and he shall be my son : and m f will not take my mercy away from him; as ftook it from him that was before thee : 14 But n I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and o his throne shall be establish- ed for evermore. 15. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Isa.is. A. | did Nathan speak unto David. 2.sa.s. 6,14. 16, T And David the king, came e Ps. 18. title.|and sat before the LORD, and said, f Ps. 92.13 Whop am I, O LoBD God, and what I..." is mine house, q that thou hast jº. 23.6, brought me hitherto 7 - g Re.8.12 17, And yet this was a small thing "... in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast h ;4. also spoken of thy servant's house re. * |for a great while to come, and hast i ſu.2.14-18 regarded me according to the estate k Ps. 18.40,&c of a man of high degree, O LORD 1 Co. 15.25. God. 18 What can David speak more to ~~~~~~~~~ thee for the honour of thy servant? ! 2Sa.7.14, 15. for thou knowest thy servant. ... p.s. | 19.0 Lººp, fºr r thy, servant's 1.3° sake, and according to thine own s -*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* heart, hast thou done all this great- n Pu-1-33. Iness in making known all these o Ps.72.17. |8 great things. p Ge.32.10. Ep.3.8. q Ju.6.15. s Mat. 11.26. 8 greatnesses. t De. 33.26. Ps, 86.8. Ep.3.20. tº De.4.7,32. 33,29. to Ex. 19.5,6. iSa. 12.22. w Ps. 119.49, Je. l I.5. a: He.8.10. 1. f. 16. Re.2.1.3. *º-mºs 20 O LORD, there t is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 1 And u what one mation in the earth is like thy Pº. Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by "...# out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast re- ideemed out of E jpt 3 - 22. Forthy ſº fiel didst thou make thine own v people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their O(i. 23 Therefore, now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken con- cerning thy servant and concerning "|his house be stablished w for ever, and do as thou hast said. 24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God o israel, £be?? a. to 3: Israel' and let the house of David 407 David’s victories. § servant be established y before 188. 25 For thou, O my God, hast 4 told thy servant that thou wilt build hiºn an house : therefore thy ser- vant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. 26. And now, LoRD, (thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:) 27 Now therefore 5 let it please thee to bless the house of thy ser- vant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and z it shall be blessed for ever. HAPTER XVIII. David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites. OW a after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philis- times, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. 3 ºf And David Smote 1 Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven 2thou- sand horsemen, and twenty thou- sand footmen : David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syrians of 3 Da- mascus, came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand IłłęIA. 6 Then David put garrisons in Sy- ria-damascus; and the Syrians be- came David's servants, and brought ifts. Thus the Lord preserved avid whithersoever he went. 7 And David took the shields of # that were on the servants of adarezer, and brought them to Je- rusalem. 8 Likewise from 4 Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith b Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 9 || Now when 5 Tou king of Ha- math heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; 10. He sent 6 Hadoram his son to king David, to 7 inquire of his wel- fare, and to 8 congratulate him, be- cause he had fought against Hada- rezer, and smitten him; (for Hada- rezer 9 had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. - 11 * Them also king David dedi- B. C. 1042. 9 Ps. 90.17. 4 revealed the ear of thy servant. 5 or, it hath pleased. z Ro. 11.29. (CHAP. 18.) a 2Sa.8.1,&c. 1 or, Hadad- €ze?", 2Sa.8.3. 2 hundred, 2Sa.8.4. 3 Darmesek. 4 called in the book of Samuel, Betah, and Berothat. b1Ki.7.15,&c. 5 or, Toi 2Sa.8.9. 6 or, Joram, 2Sa.8.10. 7 or, salute. 8 bless. 9 was the man of *Cairº, ~~~~~~~~~ c Jos. 6. 19. 10.4b.shai. d2Sa.8.13,14. Ps. LX. 11 or, remem- brancer. 12 called -qhimelech, 2Sa.8.17. 13 called Seraiah, 2Sa.8.17, and Shisha, lKi.4.3, 14 at the hand of. (CHAP. 19.) a 2Sa. 10.1,&c 1 In thing #. doth avid. b Ge.42.9. c Ps. 35.12. 109.4,5. 2 to stink, Ge. 34.40. *º- 1 CHRONICLES, XVIII, XIX. His messengers abused. cated unto the LORD, with the sil- yer c and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the child- ren of Ammon, and from the Phi- listines, and from Amalek. 12 Moreover 10 Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites d in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. 13 *| And he put garrisons in Edom ; and all the Edomites be- came David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whitherso- ever he went. 14 || So David reigned over all Israel, and e executed judgment and justice among all his people. 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehosha- phat the son of Ahilud, 11 recorder. 16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and 12 Abimelech the son of Abia- thar, were the priests; and 13 Shaw- sha was scribe; 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoia- da was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites ; and the sons of David were chief 14 about the king. CHAPTER XIX. David sendeth messengers to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash. Nº. it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanum the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him con- cerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, 1 Think- est thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent com- forters unto thee 7 are not his ser- vants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to b spy out the land 7 4. Wherefore c Hanun took Da- vid's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst, hard by their buttocks, and Sent them away. 5. Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them : (for the men were greatly asham- ed.) And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. 6 *| And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves 2 odious to David, Ha- nun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to 408 The Syrians overcome. hire d them chariots and horsemen out of ſº, and out of Sy- ria-maachah, and out of Zobahçe * So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people ; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon ga- thered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. 8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in ar- ray before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field. 10 Now when Joab saw that the 3 battle was set tigainst him before and behind, he chose out of all the 4 choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. 11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of 5 Abi- shai his brother, and they set them- selves in array against the children of Ammon. 12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me : but if the children of Am- Inon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 13 Bef of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for Qūr ºple; and for the cities of our God : and g let the LORD do that which is good in his sight. 14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle ; and they fled h before him. 15 And when the children of Am- mon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abi- shai his brother, and entered into the City. Then Joab came to Jeru- salem. 16 T And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse beſore Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the 6 river ; and 7 Sho- hach the captain of the host of adarezer went before them. 17. And it was told David ; and he º all Israel, and passed over ordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the bat- tle in array º: the Syrians, they fought with him. 18. But the Syrians fled before Is- rael; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand foot- men, and killed Shophach the cap- tain of the host. . 19 And i when ge servants of B. C. 1037. -*º- d Ps. 46.9. e ch. 18.5,9. 3 face of the battle. 4 or, young ???&7ts 5.4b.shai. f Ne.4.14. g Ju. 10.15. h Je.46.15, 16. 6 i. e. Eu- phrates. T ". Sho- ach, 2Sa. 10.16. i Ps. 18.39,44. *…*.*- (CHAP, 20.) a 2Sa. I 1.1. 1 at the re- twºrn of the gear. b2Sa. 12.26, C. 2 the weight of. c2Sa.21.18, & C. 3 stood, or, continued. 4 or, Gob. 5 or, Saph, 2Sa.21. 18. 6 or, Rapha. 7 called also Jaare- Oregim, 3Sa.21.19. d 2Sa.21.20. 8 measure. S born to the giant, or, Rapha, ver.4. 10 or, re- proached. 11 called Shammah, 1Sa. 16.9. (CHAP. 21.) a2Sa.24.1,&c. b Job #. zec.3. i. º C ch, 27.23. -— 409 1 CHRONICLES, XX, XXI. Rabbah taken and spoiled. Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and be- came his servants : neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon an Aº & it came to pass, that 1 after the '. was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joah led forth the power of the army and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. (But David tar- ried at Jerusalem.). And b Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it, 2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it 2 to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head : and , he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city. 3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt Da- vid with all the cities of the child- ren of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. 4. J". c it came to pass after this, that there 3 arose war at 4 Ge- zer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew 5 Sippai, that was of the children 3. 6 the giant: and they were sub- tle (1. 5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and anan the son of 7 Jair slew Lahmi the bro- ther of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear-staff was like a weaver's beam. 6 And d yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great 8 stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was 9 the son of the giant. 7 But when he 10 defied Israel, Jonathan the son of 11 Shimea, Da- vid's brother, slew him. 8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his Servants. ... CHAPTER XXI. . David, tempted by Satan, forceth Joaº to number the people. Aś Satan stood up b against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. " 2 And David said to Joab, and to the rulers of the people, Go, num- ber Israel from Beer-sheba even to ; and bring c the number of them to me, that I may know it. David, numbering Israel, 3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be : but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my ord require this thing 7 why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed d against Joab. Where- fore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 5'ſ And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thou- sand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword : and Judah was four hundred three- SCOre and ten thousand men that drew sword. 6 Bute Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them : for the king's word was abominable to Joab. 7 And I God was displeased with this thing: therefore he smoteſsrael. 8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, dof away with the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.g 9'ſ And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, h saying, . 10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I 2 offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, 8 Choose thee 12 Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed be- fore thy foes, (while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee;) or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD de- stroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. 13 Amd David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: i let me fall know into the hand of the LORD: (for very 4 great l are his mercies :) but let me not fall into the hand of IIlºil. 77. 14"| So the LORD sent pestilence n upon Israel: and there fell of Israel Seventy thousand men. 15 And sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it : and as he was destroying, the LoRD beheld, and he repêntéd o him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroy- ed, It is enough, stay p now thine Hand. the angel of the LoRD stood by the threshing-floor of 5 Ornang the Jebusite. 1 CHRONICLES, XXI. B. C. 1017. *-*º- d Ec.8.4. e ch. 27.24. 1 it was evil in the eyes of God con- cerning. f 2Sa. 12. 13. g 1Sa.26.21. h 1Sa.9.9. 2 stretch otif. 3 Take to lèë. i Jno. 12.27. k He. 10.31. * or, many. l Ps, S6.5.15. m 2Ch. 28.9. n Nu. 16.46- 9 O Ju.2.18. Jon. 4.2. p'Ps. 78.38. * or, Araw- miah, 2Sa.24. 18. q 20h.3.1. *-fºr-ºr-r-rvºv- Nú.33.31. Jos.5.13, 14. s Ps. 44.11. t Jno. 10.11, 12 tº wer. 15. 5 or, When. 7 or, then he and, 8 Give. v Ge.23.13. . tw De. 16. 17. is punished with postilence. 16 And David iifted up his eyes, and saw the angel r of the LOR:) stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jeru- salem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sack- cloth, fell upon their faces. - 17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered 7 even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed ; but as for these s sheep, what have they done : Let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on tº me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be lagued. 18"| Then the angel w of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David,that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the thresh- ing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19 And David went up at the say- ing of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD. 20 tº And Orhan turned back, and saw the angel; 7 and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. 21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went Qut of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. Then I)avid said to Orman, 8 Grant me the place of this thresh- ing-floor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD : thou shalt grant it me for the full price : that the plague may be stayed from the people. 23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt-offerings, and the thresh- ing instruments for wood, and the * for the meat-offering ; I give it all. 24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy v it for the full price ; for I will not take that which is thine for the Lori), nor offer burnt-offerings without COSt. My 25 So David gave to Orman for the º six hundred shekels of gold y weight. 26 And David built there an altar unto the LoßD, and offered burnt- offerings and ſº and called upon the LORD; and a he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. 27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. 28 TAt that time, when David saw David's instructions that the LORD had answered him | in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. 29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses inade y in the wilder- ness, and the altar of the burnt- offering, were at that season in the high place z at Gibeon. 30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid a because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. CHAPTER XXII. David instructeth Solomon in God's promises, and his duty in building the temple. HEN David said, This a is the ... house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offer- ing for Israel. 2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers b that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. 3 And David prepared c iron in abundance for the nails for the u00rs of the gates, and for the join- ings; and brass in abundance with- outd weight; 4 Also cedar trees in abundance : e for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. 5 And David said, Solomon my son is young f and tender, and the ãoise that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifi- cal,g of fame and of glory through- Out all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepaired abundantly before his death. 6 * Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the ſord God of Israel. 7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was h in my mind to build an house i unto the manne | of the LORD my God: i 8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou k hast shed blood l abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build all house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. 9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest : and I will give him rest from aii his enemies round about: for his name shall be 1 Solomon, and I will | ;IVC peace m and quietness unto srael in his days. i. 10 Hen shall build an house for my name; and he shall be myson o' and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom Over Israel for ever. 11 Now, my son, the LoRD p be! 1 CHRONICLES, XXII, XXIII. B. C. 1017. */ Ex.XL. z ch. I6.39. 1 Ki.3.4,&c. a Ps. 90.1 !. Je.5.22. 10.7. He, 12.28, 29. Re. 15.4. (CHAP. 22.) a ch.21.28. IJe. 12.5. 2Ch. 3. 1. b IKi, 9.21. c ver, 14. d l Ki.7.47. el Ki.5.6. f 1Ki.3.7. g Ezr.3.12. Is.64. 11. Eze.7.20. Hag.2.3. h ch. 17. 1,&c. 28.2,&c. i De. 12.5,11. k l Ki.5.3. l Nu.31. 19. 1 That is, peaceable. mn 1 Ki. 4.25. Ps. 72.7. m 2Sa.7. 13. o Ps.S9.26. He. 1.5. p ver. 16. q 1 Ki.3.9,12. Ps. 72. 1. Pr. 2.6,7. Ja. J.5. r 20.h.20.20. Ps. 119.6. s De.31.7,8. Jos. 1.6-9. 2 or, poverty. 3 That is, 7nasons and Carpenters. t wer. I 1. w ch.23.25. De. 12.10. Jos. 22.4. Sa.7.1. v 2Ch. 20.3. tv Ps. 27.4. 2 JKi.8.6.21. (CHAP. 23.) a ch.28.5. 1Ki. 1.33,&c. b Nu.4.3,47. 1 or, oversee. c De. 16. 18. *º-º- to Solomon. with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house' of the floºr, thy God, as he hath said of thee. . 12 Only the LORD give q thee wis- dom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God. J3 Then r shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the sta- tutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concern- ing Israel : be s strong, and of good courage; dreadnot, nor be dismayed. 14 Now, behold, in my 2 trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; (for it is in abundance :) timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. 15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and 3 workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. 16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no num- ber. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the t LORD be with thee. 17 ºf David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solo- Imon his son, saying, 18 is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest u on every side ; for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and be- fore his people. 19 Now set w your heart and your soul to seek w the LoRD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the Sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring ºr the ark of the covenant of the Lond, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD. CHAPTER XXIII David in his old age maketh Solomon 1719. 0 a when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 2 *ſ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty b years and upward: und their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 4. Of which, twenty and four thou- sand were to 1 set forward the work of the house of the LORD : and six thousand were officers c judges: Jū - 5 Moreover four thousand were 411 Families of the Gershonites. 1 CHRONICLES, XXIV. porters; and fourthousand praised the LORD with the instruments d which] made, (said David,) to praise the th. 6 And David divided them into 2 courses among the sons of Levi, *amely,Gershon, Kohath,and Merari. 7 fifthe Gershonies were, 3 Laa- dan, and Shimei. § the sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. 9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers {} { àil. 10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, 4 Zina, and Jeush, and Be- riah. These four were the sons of Shimei. 11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah 5 had not many sons; there- fore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house. 12"| The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. išThe sons of Amram ; Aaron and Moses: and Aarone was separated that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to f §r. incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless g in his name for ever, 14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of Moses were, Ger- shom and Eliezer. 16 Of the sons of Gershom, 6 She- buel was the chief. 17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the 7 chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were 8 very many. 18. Of the sons of Izhar; 9 Shelo- mith the chief. 19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jaha- ziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. s 20 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Micah the first, and Jesiah the second. , , Ži iThe sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. 22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their 10 brethren the sons of Kish tookthem. 23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Filer, and Jeremoth, three. 24 * These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted h by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Loap, from the age of twenty i years and upwurd. B. C. 1018, d2Ch. 29.25, 26 Am..6.5. 2 divisions. 3 or, Libni, ch.6.17. * or, Zizah, ver, 1]. 5 did not multiply $0??3. e Ex. 28.1,&c. He. 5.4. f Nu. 16.40. g Nu.6.23-26. 6 Shubael, ch. 24.20. 7 or, first. 8 highly multiplied. * Shelomoth, ch. 24.22. 10 or, kins- 77te??, hNu. 10.17,21. i ver, 27. Ezr.3.8. k ch. 22.18. 11 or, and he dwelleth. 12 numbers. lver.3,24. 13 station was at the hand of, Ne. 11.24. m Ex. 25.30. n Le.6.20, o Le.2.4-7. 14 or, flat plate. p Le. 19.35. q 2Ch.29.25, 26. Ezr.3.10, 11. Ps. 135. 1,2. r Nu. 10.10, Ps,81.3. s Le.23.4,&c. t Nu. 1.53. u Nu.3.6-9. (CHAP. 24.) a Le. 10, 1,6. Nu.26.60. b Nu.3.4. c ISa.21.1. 22.9,&c. d Jos. 18.10, Pr. 16.33. Jon. 1.7. Ac.1.26. *ºmmº. Office of the Levites. 25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given rest k unto his §. 11 that they may dwell in erusalem for ever. 26 And also unto the Levites: they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. 27 For by the last words of David the Levites were 12 numbered from l twenty years old and above : 28 Because their 13 office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of ali holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God; 29 Both for the show-bread, mand. for the fine flour n for meat offer- ing, and for o the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the 14 pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure p and size; 30 And q to stand every morni to thank and praise the LORD, an likewise at even ; 31 And to offer all burnt-sacrifices unto the LORD in r the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, s by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD : 32 And that they should keep the t charge of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and the charge of the holy place, and u the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD. ER XXIV The division of the sons of Aaron by lot into four and twenty orders. OW a these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron, The sons of Aaron : Nadab, and Abihu, Elea- zar, and Ithamar. 2 But Nadab and Abihu died b before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. 3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech c of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. 4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among , the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fa- thers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. * * 5 Thus were they divided by lot, d one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were 412 Of the sons of Aaron. of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 6 And Shemaiah the son of Netha- neel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote thern before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one 1 principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one for Ithamar. 7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, 8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim 9The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 10. The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, e 11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, 12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to [mmer, 15. The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, 16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, he one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to jaſmuſ, 18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. 19 These were the orderings f of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him. *| And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Am- ram ; Shubael : g of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. 21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was hiah. 22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth : h of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. 23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 24 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Michah: of the sons of Michah ; Shamir. 25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah: Ze- chariah.... . 26 ºf The i sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaa- ziah ; Beno. 27. The sons of Merari by Jaa- ziah ; Beno, and Shoham, and Zac- cur, and Ibri. 28. Of Mahli came Eleazar, who k had no sens. 1 CHRONICLES, XXV. B. C. 1018. *-ºs- 1 house of the father. e Ne. 12.4,17. Lu. 1.5. f ch.9.25. g ch.23, 16, She buel. A ch.23.18, Shelornith. * Ex.6.19. k ch.23.22. l ch. 25.8. (CHAP. 25.) 1 otherwise called Je- sharelah, wer. 14. 2 by the hands of the king, ver, 6. 3 or, Izri, wer. I 1. 4 with Shi- mei, men- tioned ver, 17. 5 or, Azaree! wer. 1 y 8 or, Shubael, wer.20. " or, matters. 8 by the hands of the king, wer.2. b ch.24.5. c 20h.23.13. * a ch.6.33,&c. th Of the singers, 29 Concerning Kish: the son of ish was Je eel. - - 30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. 31 These likewise cast lots overl gainst their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahime- lech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren. CHAPTER XXV. The number and offices of the singers. Mº; David and the cap- tains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, a and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy, with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was : 2 Of the sons of Asaph ; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethamiah, and 1 Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which pro- phesied 2 according to the order of e king. 3 Of Jeduthun : the sons of Jedu- thun ; Gedaliah, and 3 Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mat- tithiah, 4 six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who pro- phesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. 4 Of Heman : the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel,8She- buel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Ha- mani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Ro- mamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallo- thi, Hothir, and Mahazioth : 5 All these were the sons of He- man the king's seer in the 7 words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psal- teries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, 8 according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. 7 So the number of them with their brethren, that were instruct- ed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. 8 T And b they cast, lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher c as the scholar. 9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph : the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: - 10 The third to Zaccur, he, his 413 Owision of the singers. sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 11. The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: iš "the sixth to #ukkiah, he his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were tWelve : 15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: is The eleventh to *zaréel, d he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, llis sons, and his brethren, were 1 CHRONICLES, XXVI. B. C. 1015. --ºn- d ver.4, Uzziel. (CHAP. 26.) 1 or, Shele- miah, wer. 14. 2 or, Ebi- asaph, ch.6.37. 9. 19. B. vision of the porters. 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. 4 Moreover the sons of Obed- edom a were, Shemaiah the first- born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth : for God blessed 3 him. 6 Also unto Shermaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men b of valour. 7 The sons of Shemaiah i. Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. § Ali these of the sons of obed- edom : they and their sons and ~ their brethren, able c men for strength for the service, were three- |SCOre and two of Obed-edom, a ch.15.1821. 16.5,38. twelve : 21. The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : - 23 The sixteenth to Hamaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 24 The seventeenth to Joshbe- kashah, he, his sons, and his bre- thren, were twelve : The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 28 The one and twentieth to Ho- thir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 29 The two and twentieth to Gid- dalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : The four and twentieth to Ro- manti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve. ČíAñTERXxVI. l The divisions of the porters. 13 The gates assigned by lot. ONCERNING the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was i Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of 2 Asaph. And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, jathniel the fourth, 3 i. e. Obed. edom, as ch. 13.14. Ps. 128. 1,2. b Ne. 11, 14. c Mat.25. H5. 1Co. i2.4- | 1 2Co.3.6. 1 Pet.4. I 1. d ch. 16.38. 4 or, as well for the small as for the great. 5 called Me- shelemiah, Wer. 1. 6 gatherings. c 1Ki. 10.5. 2Ch.9.4. f ver, 15. g ch.28.12. Mal.3.10. 7 holy. 8 or, Libni, ch.6. 17. *º-seas 9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. 10 Also Hosah, d of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him the chief;) 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth : all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. 12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against an- Other, to minister in the house of the LORD. 13 *| And they cast lots, 4 as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. 14 And the lot eastward fell to º Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, (a wise counsellor,) they Cast lots; and his lot came out northward. 15 To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of 6 Asuppim. 16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going e up, ward against ward. 17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim f two and two. 18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar. 19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari. .. 20 "| And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures g of the 7 dedicated things. 21. As concerning the sons of 8 Laadan : the sons of the Gershon- ite Laadan, chief fathers, even of 414 Officers and judges. Laadan the Gershonite, were tº Jehieli. 22 The sons of Jehieli : Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD. 23Of the Amramites, and the Ishar- i.es, the Hebronites, and the Uzziel- ifes : 24 And Shehuel h the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures. 25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his $on, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith i his son. 26 Which Shelornith and his bre- thren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hun- ‘freds, and the captains of the host, liad dedicated. 27 Out k of the 10 spoils won in bat- tles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD. 28 And all that Samuel the seer, i and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren. 29° Of the Izharites, Chomamiah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers m and judges. 30 And of the Hebronites, Hasha- biah and his brethren, men n of valour, a thousand and seven hun- (lred, were 11 officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan west- ward in all the business of the | orD, and in the service of the King. 31. Among the Hebronites was o Jerijah the chief, even among the iſebronites, according to the gene- rations offiis fathers in the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazor p of Gilead. 32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hun- dred chief fathers, whom king I}avid made rulers over the Reu- lenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every mat-h ter pertaining to God, and 12 af- fairs q of the king. CHAPTER XXVII. The twelve captains for every several 7r1077th. OW the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter B. C. 1015. -º- 9 or, Jehiel, ch.23.8. 29.8. A ch.23.16. i ch.23.18. k Jos. 6.19. 10 battles and spoils. l i Sa.9,9. m ch.23.4. 71 yer-6. 11 over the charge. o ch.23.19. p Jos. 21.39. 12 thing. q 20h. 19.11. (CHAP. 27.) a 1Ki.4.7,27. b ch. 11, 11. 1 or, Dodo, 2ša.23.g. 2 or, princi- pa! officer #. c ch. I 1.22-24. 2Sa.23.20, d ch. 11.26. 2Sa.2.1S-23. 23.24. e ch. 11.28. f ch. 11.27. g ch. 11.29. Sa. 21. 18. h ch. 11.28. t ch. 11.30. 2Sa.23.28. k ch. 11.31. 3 or, Heled, ch. 1 *-*- I CHRONICLES, XXVII. Captains for every month. of the courses, which came in and went out month a by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand. 2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam b the son of Zabdiel : and in liis course were twenty and four thousand. 3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. 4 And over the course of the se- cond month was 1 Dodai, an Aho- hite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course like- wise were twentyand fourthousand. 5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a 2 chief priest : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 6 This is that Benaiah c who teas mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty : and in his course was Ammizabad his son. 7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asaheld the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamimuth the Izrahite : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira e the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 10 The seventh captain for the se- venth month was Helaz f the Pe- lonite, of the children of Ephraim : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. - 11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai g the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer h the Ane- tothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai i the Neto- hathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. - 14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah k the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was 3 Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 415 ºf sºlº . . David’s scveral qfficers. 16 ºf Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reuben- ites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah : 17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah l the son of Kemuel : of the Aaronites, ok: 18 Of Judah, Elihu, m one of the brethren of David : of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael : 19 Of Zebulun. Ishmaiah the son ofobadiah of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: 20 Of the children of Ephraim, Iſoshea the son of Azaziah ; of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah : 21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah : of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Ab- Ilêr : 22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Je- roham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. 23 *|| But David took not the num- ber of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said n he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, be- cause there fell wrath o for it against Israel; neither 4 was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David. 25°ſ And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel : and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the vil- lages, and in the castles, was Jeho- nathan the son of Uzziah : 26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub : 27 And, over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite : over 5 the increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the Shiph- Inite : 28 And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees p that were in the low plains, was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash : 29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite : and over the herds that were in the rºlleys was Shaphat the son of Ad- al : l . - 30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite : 31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was * David's. - Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and 1 CHRONICLES, XXVIII. B. C. 1015. l ch.26.30. m 1Sa. 16.6, Eliab. m Ge. 15.5. o ch.21.7. 2Sa.24. 15. 4 ascended. 5 that which was of the vineyards. p 1Ki.10.27. **-*.*.*.*.*.*.* 6 or, secre- tary. 7 or, Hach- 7monite. q 2Sa. 15.12. r2Sa. 15.37. 16, 16. s 1Ki. 1.7. t ch. 11.6. (CHAP. 28.) a ch.27.16. b ch.27.1,2. c ch.27.25. 1 or, cattle. 2 or, and his $07, S. 3 or,eunuchs. d ch. 11.10,&c e 2S3.7.2. Ps. 132.2-7. f Ps.99.5. La.2.1. g 1 Ki.5.3. 4 bloods. h 1Sa. 16.7-13. k lSa. 16.1. lch.3.1,&c. m ch.22.9,10. n2Sa.7.13, 14. f o ch.22. 13. 5 strong. p De.4.6. Mat. 5.14-16. g De.29.10,15. r Ps. 119.4,10. His car'.ortation. a 6 scribe : and Jehiel the 7 son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons. 33 And Ahithophel q was the king's counsellor: and Hushair the Arch- ite was the king's companion : 34 And after Ahithophel was Je- hoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abi- athar : s and the general of the king's army was Joab.t CHAPTER XXVIII. David encourageth Solomon to build the temple. ND David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes a of the tribes, and the captains of the companies b that ministered to the king by course, and the cap- tains over àe thousands, and cap- tains over the hundreds, and the stewards c over all the substance and 1 possession of the king, 2 and of his sons, with the 3 officers, and with the d mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jeru- a 16] Il. 2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, mily brethren and my people : As for me, I had e in my heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the co- venant of the LORD, and for the footstool fof our God, and had made ready for the building : 3 §: God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, g because, thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed 4 blood. 4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me h before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever : for he hath chosen Judah i to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah the house k of my father: and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over ali Israel: - 5 And of all my sons (for l the IORD . hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon m my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. 6 And he said n unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his ather. 7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if 0 he be 5 con- -stant to do my commandments and mygº as at this day. 8 Now therefore in the sight p of all Israel the congregation of the LoRD, and in the audience of our God, a keep rands seek for all the commandments of the LORD yout : that t ye may possess this good land, and leave w it for an in- heritance' for your children after you for ever. Iſtwstrative or BY Țſſor sºr Aſturxo. ÞeGaza ºeſº ºb * ¿ ºrºdºſſaeºs ºſ RI №s saecaeexxx ſogaes I S čº gºvº ºđzuka， |~~~） Jewºhinno* ºzā，…**Ithnasºegon-< & „Hazor T.watar’ ºpagarruanºffizjotłyaň| Goº B«eº»，««.ºrºžegaMała -A · Mae N.34ąºmºrnaaż--~~~~ .. （）, ~~~~ ~~~~ ......----Zetai，*į } &&*）?#* *Kafesh\ºeła {{ T O B ſºffË… + **） *** • David encourag:th Solomon. 1 CHRONICLES, XXIX. 9 *| And thou, Solomon my son, v know thou the God of thy father, and serve w him with a perfect heart a. and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth y all hearts, and understandeth 2 all the imagi- nations of the thoughts : if a thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he wil cast thee off for ever. 10 Take heed now ; forb the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary : be strong, and O it. 11 * Then David gave to Solo- mon his son the º of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat, 12 And the pattern c of all that 6 he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries d of the dedicated things : 13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the ves- sels e of service in the house of the LORD. 14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service: silver also for aii instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service : 15 Even the weight for the foan- dlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candle- stick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candiesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereoſ, ac- cording to the use of every candle- stick. - 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of show-bread, for every table ; and likewise silver for the tables of silver. 17, And also pure gold for the g flesh-hooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basins he gave gold by weight for every ba: sin; and likewise silver by weight for every basin of silver. - 18 And for the altar of incense re- fined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, h that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the COwenant of the LORD. 19 All this, said David, the LoRD i made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this Pagº. - 2 - * - B. C. 1015. | v Je.9.24. Jno. 17.3. w Job 36.11, 12. ac 2Ki.20.3. Ps. 101.2. Jno.4.24. Ro. 1.9. He. 12,28. 9 ISA. 16.7. Hºs.7.9. Je. 17.10. Re.2.23. z Ps. 139.2. a 2Ch. 15.2. b ver.6. c. Ex. 25.40. He.8.5. 6 was with him. d ch.26.20. el Ki.7.13,&c. Zec.4.2. Re. 1. 13,20. g. 1Sa.2.13, 14. h Ex. 25.18, i ver. 11, 12. k ch.22. 13. . De.31.7.8. Jos. 1.6,9. i He. 13.5. m ch. XXIV- XXVI m Ex.35.25, ' ' ' 26, 36. 1,2. o Ro. 13.1. Tit.8.1. (CHAP. 29.) a ch.22.5. 1Ki.3.7. Pr.4.3. b. Ex. 28.20. 39.6,&c. Is.54. 11, 12. Re.2.1. 18. c 1Ei.9.28. Job.28, 16. d Ex.31.2,3. 1 fill his haiud. e ch.27.1, &c. f2Co.9.7. •-e-, 417 Glf's for the temple. 20 And David said to Solomon his son, Bek strong and of good cour- age, and do it: fear not, nor be dis- mayed : for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; l he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, unti! thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the ORD. 21 And, behold, the courses m of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the ser- vice of the house of God: and there shall be with thee, for all manner of workmanship, every willing skil- ful n man, for any manner of ser- vice : also the princes and all the people will be wholly o at thy cont- inandment. CHAPTER XXIX. 10 David's thanksgiving and prayer: 26 His reign and death. URTHERMORE David the king said unto all the congregation Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young a and tender, and the work is great: for the P. is not for man, but for the LORD God. 2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of sil- ver, and the brass, for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx- stones b and stones to be set, glis- tering stones, and of divers co- lours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abun- dance. 3 Moreoyer, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have pre- pared for the holy house, 4, Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, c and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal: 5 The gold far things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work d to be made by the hands of artificers. And whº, then is willing to 1 consecrate his Service this day unto the LORD ! | 6 || Thene the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel. and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly, f 7 And gave for the service of the house of God, of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents and of brass ºteen thousand David's prayer. talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. 8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LQRD, by the hand of Jehielg the Ger- shonite. * 9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LoRD : and David the king also h rejoiced with great joy. 10 *ſ. Wherefore David blessed i the LoRD before all the congre- ation : and David said. Blessed k e thou, LORD God of Israell our father, for ever and ever, 11 Thine, m O LORD, is the great- ness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine: thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both n riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is 0 to IIlākū feat. and to give strength p unto all. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious IMarEltº, 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should,” be able to offer so willingly after this sort 3 for all things come of thee, and q of thine 8 own have we given thee, 15 For r we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our's days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none 4 abiding. 16 O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thime own.t 17 I know also, my God, that thou u triest the heart, and hast pleasure v in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with }% thy people, which are 5 present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 18 O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy peo- ple, and 6 prepare w their heart . till # to thee : 19 And give unto Solomon my son | *... sº. ** sº gº 1 CHRONICLES, XXIX. B. C. 1015. g ch.26.21. h Pr.23.15. $ 20.h.20.26- 28 k Ps,89.52. 1Tj. 1. 17. Re.5.12, 13. ! Ge.33.20. m Mat, 6.13. 2n De.8.18. Pr. 8, 18. Ec.5, 19. Ro. 11.36. o Ps. 75.6,7. p Is.40.29. 2 retain, or, obtain strength. q Ro. 11.36. Ja. I. 17. 3 hand. *expectation. t Ps. 24.1. is ch.28.9. v Pr.11.20. * or, found. 8 or, stablish, Ps. 10. 17, to Pr. 16.1. * a ch.22.f4, ty Ps. 145.1. £IKi.1.34,&c. * gave the han b 1. Ki.2.1#. c Ge.25.8, d Job 5.36. 8 words, or, history. e Da.4.23,25. 418 His reign and death. a perfect heart, to keep thy com- mandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which w I have made provi- S 1OIl. 20 ºff And David said to all the con- gregation, Now bless y the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fa- thers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord, and the king. 21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and offered burnt- offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: 22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and z anointed him unto the LoRD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest. 23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of Da- vid his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. 24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons like- wise of king David, T submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. 25 And the LoRD magnified Solo- mon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed a upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Is- r ael. 26 ºf Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27 And b the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, ans thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 28 And he died cin a good old age, full d of days, riches, and honour: Fºlomon his son reigned in his Sté 29 Now the acts of David the king. first and last, behold, they are writ- ten in the book of Samuel the seer. and in the 8 book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer. - * * 30 With all his reign and his might, and the times e that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. The Second Book of the CHRONICLES. CHAPTER I. Solomon's choice gºom blessed Öğ. ND a Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his king- dom, and the LoRD b his God was with him, and magnified c him ex- ceedingly. 2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains d of thou- sands and of hundreds, and to the }; and to every governor in all rael, the chief of the fathers. So Solomon, and all the congre- gation with him, went e to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there f was the tabernacle of the congre- gation of God, which Moses the ser- vant of the LoRD had made in the tº ſile:SS. 4 But g the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it : for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. 5 Moreover the brazen altar, h that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, 1 he put be- fore the tabernacle of the LORD : and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. 6 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thou- sand burnt-offerings upon it. 7 'ſ In that night did God º unto Solomon, and said unto > Ask what I shall give thee. 8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great mercy un- to David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.i 9 Now, O Lord God, let thy pro- mise unto David my father be es- tablished: for thou hast made me king over a people 2 like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 Give me now wisdom k and knowledge, that I may go i out and come in before this people : for who Call jglge this thy people that is so eat sº And God said to Solomon, Be- cause this was in thine heart, m and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine ene- mies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom a knowledge for thyself that thou B. C. 1015. a 1Ki.2,46. b Ge. 39.2, c 10.h.29.25. d. 10.h.27.1. e II(i.3.4,&c. f 10h. 16.39. g 1Ch. 15.1, &c h Ex.38.1.2. 1 or, was there. i 10.h.28.5. 2 much as the dust of the earth. k Pr.4.7, Ja. 1.5,6. l Nu.27. 17. De.31.2. in Pr,93.7. He, 4.12. ºn ch.9.22. Ec.2.9. Ja. 1.5. o Mat. 6.33. p 1Ch. 29.25. q. 1 Ki.10.16, &c. r 1Ki.10.27, ~ &c. Job 22,24. 3 gave 4 the going forth of the horses which was Solomon’s. 5 hand. (CHAP. 2.) a 1Ki.5.2,&c. 1 or, Hira IKi.5.1 ºn, b 10h.14.1. mile Ex.30.7. *===sºº-º-º-º-as mayest Judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: . 12 Wisdom and knowledge is n granted unto thee; and o I wiłł i. thee riches, and wealth, and onour, such as none of p the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. 13 * Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congre- gation, and reigned over Israel. 14 And Solomon gathered chariot q and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred cha- riots, and twelve thousand horse- men, which he placed in the cha- riot cities, and with the king at Je. rusalem. 15 And r the king 3 made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the vale for abundance. And 4 Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn; the king's merchants receiv- ed the linen yarn at a price. 17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a cha- riot for six hundred shekels of sil- ver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty ; and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hitt- ites, and for the kings of Syria, by their 6 means. CHAPTER II. Solomon's labourers for the building of the temple. N D Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. 2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear bur- dens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to over- see them. 3 T And a Solomon sent to 1 Hu- ram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David b my fa- ther, and didst send him cedars to builă him an house to dwell there- in, even so deal toith me. - 4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LoRD my God, to de- dicate it to him, and to burn c be- 419 Huram's answer to Solomon. 2 CHRONICLES, III. B. C. 1015, 15 Now therefore the wheat, and fore him 2 sweet incense, and for the continual show-bread, d and for the burnt-offerings e morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD Our God. This is tºn ordinance for ever to Israel. 5 And the house which I build is great; for f great is our God above all gods. 6 But g who 8 is able to build him an house, seeing h the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him 7 7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in sil- yer, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill 4 to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom i David my father did provide. 8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and 5 algum trees, out of Le- banon: (for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon;) and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, 9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be 6 wonder- ul great. 10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut tim- her, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twen- ty thousand baths of oil. 11 T Then 1ſuram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because k the LORD hath loved his people, he liath made thee king over thern. 12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD, God of Israel, that made heaven l and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, 7 endued with prudence and under- ; might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. 13 And now I have sent a cunning man, (endued with understanding,) of Huram my father's, 14 The m son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, instone, and in timber, in pur- ple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson ; also to grave any manner of graving, and to ſind out every de- vice which shall be put to him, with thy Gunning men. and with the gunning men of my lord David thy father. Spices. d Ex. 25.30. Le.24.5-9. Ps. 135.5. f 1Ti.6.15. g Is.66. 1,2. 3 hath re- strength. h ch.6.18. 4 f6 grave gravings. i 1Ch. 22.15. 5 or, almug- 5 tºn, - IKi. 10, 11. 6 great and wonde rful. - k l Ki. 10.9. Ps. '72, 17. l Ps. 33.6. Je. 10.10, 11. Ac. 14.15. Re. 10.6. 7 knowing. m 1 Ki. 7, 13, 14. 8 according to all thy 2nced. 9 Japho, Jos. 19.46. Ac.9.36. n ch.8.7,8. 1Ki.9.20,21. 10 the men, the strangers. o I Ch. 22.2. (CHAP. 3.) 0. Iki.g.,&c. b Ge.22.2, 14. 1 or, which 2015 $2.6/k. of David his father. c 10.h.21. 18. 2 or, Araw- 2lah, 2S1.24. 18. 3 founded. d l Ch. 28. 11. e Jno. 10,23. Ac.3. I 1. 5.12. 4 covered. f 1Ch. 29.2,8. Is.54. 11, 12. Re.2.1. 18- —-º-, 2 in cense of | tained, or - oitained' where with 21. g He.9.3-9. | *-*-*-*. Building of the temple. the barley, the oil, and Khe wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, 8 as much as thou shalt e Nu.28.3,&c. need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to 9 Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. 17 || And n Solomon numbered all 10 the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numberingo avid his father had numbered them ; and they were found an laundred and fifty thou- sand and three thousand and six hundred. 18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain,and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the §§ a work. HAPTER III. The place and |; of building the temple. HEN a Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Je- rusalem in mount b Moriah, 1 where the LORD c appeared unto David his father, in the º that David had prepared in the thresh- ing floor of 2 Ornan the Jebusite. 2 And he begati to build in the se- cond day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 3'ſ Now these are the things where- in Solomon was 3 instructed d for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, illnd the breadth twenty cubits. 4 And the porch e that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height. was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 5 And the greater house he ceiled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. 6 And he 4 garnished the house with . stones f for beauty : and the gold was gold of Parvain. 7. He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold ; and graved cherubilus on the walls. 8 And he made the most holy 9 house, the length whereof was tic- cording to the breadth of the House, twenty cubits, and the bretuitli thereof twenty culits: fund lie over- laid it, with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. - 9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. Aud he over 420 The altar of brass. laid the upper chambers with gold. 10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims 5 of image work, and overlaid them with gold. 31 And the wings of the cheru- bims were twenty cubits long : one wing of the one cherub was five cu- bits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was like- wise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. 12 Amd one wing of the other che- rub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house : and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were 6 inward. 14 ºf And he made the veil h of blue, and purple, and crimson, and ine linen, and 7 wrought cheru- bims thereon. 15 Also he made before the house two pillars i of thirty and five cu- bits 8 high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. 16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 17 And he reared up the pillars be- fore the temple, ome on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand 9 Jachin, and the name of that on the left 10 Boaz. HAPTER IV. The altar of brass and ornaments for the house. OREOWER he made an altar a of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. 2 *ſ Also he made a molten sea b of ten cubits 1 from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about : ten in a cubit, com- passing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast when it was CàSt. 4. It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were invard. 5 And the thickness of it was an 2 CHRONICLES, IV. B. C. 1012. 5 or, (as SOIIlê think) of moveable work. 6 or, toward the house. h Ex. 26.31. 7 caused to ascend. i IKi.7.15-21. Je.52.20, 21. 8 long. 9 i.e. he shall establish. 10 i. e. in it is strength. (CHAP. 4.) a Ex. 27. 1,2. 2Ki. 16. 14. Eze.43. 13- 17. b 1Ki.7.23, &c. 1 from his brin to his brimm. ********* 2 or, like a iiiyºſtower. 3 the work of burnt- offering. c He.9.23. d Ex. 25.31- 40. 1Ch. 28. 12. He.8.5. 4 or, bowls. e i Ki.6.36. 5 finished to make. 6 face of the. f 1Ki.7.27,43. 7 or, cal- drons. g 1Ki.7.14,45. 8 made bright, or, scovered. 9thicknesses of the ground. h Ex. 25.30. The court. handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, 2 with flowers of lilies; and it re- ceived and held three thousand baths. 6 *| He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them : 3 such things as they offered for the burnt- offering they washed c in them ; but the sea was for the priests to WäSºl II). 7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form,d and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. e made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred 4 basins of gold. 9 *[ Furthermore, he made the courte of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with rāSS. 10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south. ll And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the 4 basins. And Huram 5 finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; s 12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the cha- piters which were on the top of the pillars; 13 And four hundred pomegra- mates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the 6 pillars. 14 He made also bases, f and 7 la- vers made he upon the bases; 15 One sea, and twelve oxen un- der it. 16. The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all their instruments, did Huram g his father make to king Solomon,for the house of the LORD of 8 bright brass, 17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the 9 clay ground between Succoth and Zere- dathah. • 18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance : for the weight of the brass could not be found out. 19 ºf And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the #. altar also, and the tables w ereon the show-bread h was Set ; 421 * Induction of the ark. 20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn i after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; 21 And the flowers, k and the . and the tongs, made he of gold, and that 10 perfect gold : 22 And the snuffers, and the 11 ba- sins, and the spoons, and the cen- sers, of pure gold : and the entry of the house, the inner doors there- of for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. CHAPTER v. God being praised, giveth a visible sign of his favour. HUS a all the work that Solo- mon made for the house of the LoRD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the b things that Da- vid his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, , put he among the treasures of the house of God. º hen c Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark d of the covenant of the LORD out º,the city e of David, which is Olſh. 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast g which was in the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. 5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congre- gation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests the Levites bring up. 6. Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were as- sembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 7 And the priests brought in h the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: i 8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the k staves thereof above. 9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And iſ there it is unto this day. * - 10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses l ut therein at Horeb, 2 when the £º made a covenant with the B. C. 1012. i Ex. 27.20, k Ex. 25.31, &c. 10 perfections of gold. 11 or, bowls. (CHAP. 5.) a 1Ki.7.51. b 10.h.22. 14. c 1 Ki.8.1,&c. d Nu. 10.33, 36 e 2Sa.6.12. f Ps.2.6. 132.3.17. g ch. 7.8-10. h Ps. 132.8. i Ex. 37.7-9. He.9.4,5. k Ex.37.3-5. 1 or, t are there as iki.8.8. l De. 10.2-5. 2 or, where. 2 found. m ch.35.4. m 1Ch.25, 1. o I Ch. 15.24. Ps.68.25. p Re.5.8-14. q JCh. 16.34- 1 41. Ps. CXXXVI. (CHAP. 6.) a 1Ki.8.12,&c. b Le. 16.2. Ps. 18.11. Na. 1.3. He, 12.18. c Nu.6.23,27. d Ne.8.5. e Lu. 1.68-70. f De. 12.5,11. g ch. 12.13. h 1Ch. 28.4. $2Sa.7.2,&c. ićh.38% ºc. *º- 2 CHRONICLES, V, VI. A cloud filleth the temple. |Children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. 11 *ſ And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were 3 present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course : m 12 Also n the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being ar- rayed in white linen, having cym- bals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding o with trumpets :) 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one p sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For q he is good; for his º endureth for ever : that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud : for r the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God. CHAPTER VI. Solomon's prayer at the consecration of the temple. HEN a said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. b 2. But I have built an house of ha- bitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed c the whole congrega- tion of Israel : (and all the congre- gation of Israel stood.)d 4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who e hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my fa- ther David, saying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes ofisrael to build an house in, that f my name might be there ; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel : 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem. a that my name might be there; and have º David h to be over my people Israel. 7 Now i it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. - - 8 But the LoRD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was lin thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: - 422 Solomon's prayer at the 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. 10 The LORD therefore hath per- formed his word that he hath spo- ken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set k on the throne of Israel, as the LORD romised, l and have built the ouse for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 11 And in it have I put m the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the child- ren of Israel. 12 TT And n he stood before the altar of the LORD, in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 13 (For Solomon had made a bra- zen scaffold, of five cubits 1 long, and five cubits broad, and , three oubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, o and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,) 14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is p no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth ; which q keepest covenant, and showest mer- cy unto thy servants, that walk be- fore thee with all their hearts : 15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that §: thou hast promised r him ; and spakest with thy mouth, and s hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised t him, saying, There shall not 2 fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Is- rael: yet so u that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hastwalked before me. 17 Now then, O LORD God of Is- rael, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. * 18 (But will God in very deed dwell with v men on the earth? Behold, w heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee : how much less this house which have built 1) 19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the º er * thy servant prayeth Ore £e . 20 That thine eyes may be open r upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast 2 CHRONICLES, VI. B. C. 1004. k IOh.29.23. i 1Ch. 17.11. m ch.5.7, 10. m IKi.8.22,&c 1 the length thereof, ye. o Ne.8.4. p Ex. 15.11. I)e.4.39. 7.9. q Ne. 1.5. R}a.9.4. r 1Ch. 22.9. s ver.4. t 2S3.7. 12-16. 1Ki.2.4. 6.12. 2 a man be cut off. w Ps. 132.12. v Ex. 29.45, 46 6. Ps.68.18. w ch.2.6. Is.66. 1. Ac.7.49. ac Ps. 121.4. ****** 3 or, in. * pray. y ch.30.27. 5 he require an oath of him. 2, 2Ki, 9,26. Ps. 10. 14. Je.28.16, 17. 51.56. S or, smitten. 7 or, toward. a Ps. 106.40- 47 b 1Ki. 17,&18. Is. 5.6. c Je.5.24. Eze. 34.26. Hos.2.21,22. d ch.20.5-13. e Joel 1.4, il. 2.25. 8 land of their gates. f ch.32.24. Ja.5.13. g Ps. 32.2-6. 142.1,2. * or, toward. h Ps.62. 12. | name there; to hearken unto th * consecration of the temple. said that thou wouldest put thy 6 prayer which thy servant prayeth 8 toward this place. 21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall 4 make toward this place : hear thou , from thy dwelling-place, y even from heaven ; and when thou hearest, forgive. 22 "I if a man sin against his neighbour, and 5 an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; 23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recom- lº his way upon his own ead; and by justifying the righte- ous, by giving him according to his righteousness. 24 ºff And if thy people Israel be 6 put to the worse before the ene- my, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee 7 in this house; 25 Then a hear, thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land whichthou gavest to them and to their fathers. 26 "I When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, b because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain c upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. 28 "I If there be dearth d in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, e or caterpillars; if their enemies be- siege them in the 8 cities of their land; whatsoever sore,f or what- soever sickness there be: 29 Then what prayer or what sup- plication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy º Israel, when every one shall know his g own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands 9 in this house : 30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and h render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest 423 Solomon's prayer. the hearts of the children of men :) 31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, 10 so long as they live 11 in the land whichthou gavest unto our fathers. - *Iſ Moreover concerning the i S er, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far coun- try for thy ń. name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched- out arm ; if they come and pray in this house; 33 Then hear thou from the hea- vems, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all k people of the earth may know thy name, and fearl thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that 12 this house which I have built is called by thy name. 34 If thy people go out to war m against their enemies º the way thou shaltsend them, and they . unto thee toward this city whic thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name: 35 Then hear thou from the hea- vens their prayer and their suppli- tion, and maintain n their 13 cause. 36 If they sin against thee, (for o there is no man which sinneth º and thou be angry with them, an deliver them over before their ene- mies, and 14 they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; Yet if they 15 bethink them- selves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their cap- tivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt t wickedly; 38 If p they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soulin the land of their captivity, whither ...Y have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city q which thou hast chosen,and toward the house which I have built for thy name: 39 Then r hear thou from the hea- vens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their 16 cause,and for- give thy people which have sinned against thee. 40 Now, my God, let, (I beseech thee,) thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent 17 unto the prayer that is made in this place. 41. Now therefore arise, s O Lord God, into thy resting t place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.u. O LORD God, turn not away the 2 CHRONICLES, VII. B. C. 1004. -º- 10all the days which. 11 upon the face of. i Is.56.3.6.7. Jno. 10. 16. Ac.8.27-39. Ep.2.12, 13. k Ps.46. 10. l Je. 10.7. 12 thy name is called wpon this house. m ch. 14. 11, 12. 20.4,&c. m Ps. 9.3,4. 13 or, right. o Ec.7.20. Ja.3.2. 1Jno. 1.8. 14 they that take them captives carry them away. 15 bring back to their heart. p Je.29.12-14. | q Da.6.10. |r Da 9.16-19. 16 or, right. 11 to the prayer-of this place. Zec.9.17. ~~~~ v Is.55.3. (CHAP. 7.) a l Ki.S.54,&c .Mal.3.1.3. c ch.5.13, 14. Eze. 10.3,4. d ch. 20.21. 1Ch. 16.41. Ps. 103.17. g Jos. 2 restraint. h 1Bi.9.1,&c. *º-se His solemn Sacrifice. face of thine anointed : remember the v mercies of David thy servant. CHAPTER VII. God giveth to Solomon promises upon condition. * OW a when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire b came down from heaven, and con- sumed the burnt-offering and the Sacrifices; and the glory c of the LORD filled the house. 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house. 3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for d his mercy endureth for eWer. 4 *| Then the king and all the peo- le offered sacrifices before the ORD. 5 And king Solomon offered a sa- crifice of twenty and two thousand Oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6 And the priests waited on their Offices: the e Levites also with in- struments of music of the LORD, which David the º had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when Da- vid Fº by their 1 ministry; and f the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. 7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD : for there he offered burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offerings, and the meat- offerings, and the fat. 8"| Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great con- egation, from the entering in of Hamath g unto the river of Egypt. 9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn 2 assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. :10 And on the three and twentieth 5 day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LoRD had show: ed unto Dávid, and to Solomon, and to lsrael his people. s 11 Thus h §ºn finished the house of the LoRD, and the king's 424 God appeareth to Solomon. 2 CHRONICLES, VIII. house: and all that came into Solo- mon's heart to make in the house of the Lord, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. 12 ºſ Ánd the lok D appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and i have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. 13 If k I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people ; 14 If my people, 3 which are calle by my maine, shall humble l them- selves, and pray, m and seek n my face, and turn o from their wicked ways; then p will I hear from hea- ven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent 4 unto the prayer that is made in this place. 16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 17. And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments; 18.Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not 5 fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 19 But q if ye turn away, and for- sake my statutes and my command- ments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them ; 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a by-word among all nations. 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he thall say, r Why hath the Lond done thus unto this land, and unto this house? 22 And it shall be answered, Be- cause they forsook the LoRD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them,and served them : therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them. CHAPTER VIII. 1 Solomon's buildings, 17. He fetcheth] gold from Ophir. B. C. 992. i De. 12.5. A ch.6.26.28. Ps. 107.34. 3upon whom my name is called. l Ja..4.10. m Ac.9.11. ºn Is.45. 19. La.3.40,41. o Is.59.20. p ch. 6.27,30. 4 to the prayer of this place. 5 be cut off to thee. q Le.26.14,&c De.2S,36. r Je.22.8,9. ~~~~ (CHAP. 8.) a 1Ki.9.10, &c. b Nu.34.8. 2S2.8.3. c Jos. 16.3,5. 1Ch.7.24. 1 the desire of Solomon which he. d Ec.2,4,&c. e 1Ki. 7.2. Ca. 4.8. f Jos. 16.10. 17. 13. g 1 Ki.9,23. h 1 Ki.3.1. 7.8. 2 holiness. i Jno. 10.23. k Ex. 29.38. ! Ex.23.14. De. 16. 16. m] Ch.XX1V. XXV. * Solomon's buildings. A.P a it came to pass (at the end of twenty years, wherein Solo- mon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,) 2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the child- ren of Israel to dwell there. 3 And Solomon went to b Hamath- Zobah, and prevailed against it. 4 And he built Tadmor in the wil- derness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 Also he built Beth-horon c the upper, and Beth-horon the nether fººl cities, with walls, gates, an Jal'S ; 6 And Baalath, and all the store- cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot-cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all 1 that Solomon desired d to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, e and throughout all the land of his dominion. 7"| As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amor- ites, and the Perizzites, and, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, 8 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute funtil this day. - 9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and cap- tains of his chariots and horsemen. 10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two 9 hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. 11 *| And Solomon brought up the daughter h of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, be- cause the places are 2 holy where- unto the ark of the LORD hath come. 12 *|| Then Solomon offered burnt- offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the i porch, 13 Even after a certain rate everyk day, offering according to the com- mandment of Moses, on the sab- baths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three l times in the year, even in the feast of un- leavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of taber- nacles. 14 ºf And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses m of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister be- 425 The queen of Sheba. fore the priests, as the duty of every tlay required: the porters n also by their courses at every gate : for so 3 had David the man of God com- Inanded. 15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. 16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected. 17 ºf Then o went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, p at the sea-side in the land of Edo:m. 18 And q Huram sent liim by the hands of his servants ships, and ser- vants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the ser- wants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty ta- lents ef gold, r and brought them to king Solomon. CHAPTER IX. The queen of Sheba admireth the wis- dom of Solomon. ND a when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with liard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great Company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abun- dance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 2 And Solomon told her all b her questions: and there was nothing liid from Solomon which he told lier not. 3 And when the queen of Sheba liad seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, 4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his 1 cup-bearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD ; there was no more spirit in her. 5 And she said to the king, It was a true 2 report which I heard in mine own land of thine 3 acts, and of thy wisdom : 6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the c one llalf of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me : for thou exceed- est the fame that I heard. 7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 8 Blessed d be the LORD thy God, 2 CHRONICLES, IX. B. C. 992. ºn 1Ch.9. 17. 26. 1. 3 was the command- ment of I}avid the man of God. o IKi.9.26,27. p Elath, I)e.2.8. 2Ki. 14.22. q ch.9.10, 13. 7" Ec.2.8. (CHAP. 9.) a 1 Ki. 10. 1,&c Mat. 12.4: Lu. l I.31. by Pr. 18.4. a. 1.5. 1 or, butlers. 2 word. 8 or, sayings. c Ps.31. 19. d Ps.72. 18, 19. *N-*A*-*-*-*-a-º-º-º- e 1 Ki. 3.28. Pr. 21.3. f Ps.72. 10,15. g Ec.2.8. h ch.8.18. i 1Ki.10.11, almwg. 4 highways, or, stays. k Ps. 92.3. Re.5.8. 14.2. l Ps. 68.29. 5 or, cap- tains. m ch. 12.9,10. n 1 Ki. 7.2. 6 hands. 7 shut up. 8 or, there Was 710 silver in them. } | *-*º- i The throne of wory. which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment e and justice. 9 And f she gave the king an hun- dred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and pre- cious stones: neither g was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. 10 And the servants also of Hu- ram, and the servants of Solomon, which h brought gold from Ophir, brought i algum trees and precious Stones. 11 And the king made of the algum trees 4 terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and ... harpsk and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. 12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, what- soever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. 13 *| Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold ; 14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the l kings of Arabia, and 5 governors of the country brought gold and sil- ver to Solomon. 15 ºf And king Solomon made two hundred targets m of beaten gold : six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. 16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house m of the forest of Lebanon. 17 || Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and 6 stays on each side of the sit- ting-place, and two lions standing by the stays: º 19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom. 20 T And all the drinking-vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of 7 pure gold: 8 none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 2i For the king's ships went to 426 Solomon's reign and death. Tarshish with the servants of Hu- ram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, 9 ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 22 And o king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 23 °ſ And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solo- mon, to hear his wisdom that God had put in his heart. 24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, har- ness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 25 iſ And Solomon had four thou- sand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the chariot- cities, and with the king at Jeru- salem. 26 "I And he reigned pover all the kings from the 10 river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. 27 And q the king 11 made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in bundance. 28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands. 29 || Now r the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the 12 book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah s the Shilonite, and in the visions of ladot the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 30 And Solomon reigned in Jeru- salem over all Israel forty years. . 31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Reho- boam his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER X. The Israelites assemble at Shechem to crown Rehoboam. ND a Rehoboam went to She- chem : b for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when c Je- roboam the son of Nebai, (who was in Egypt, whither he had ſled from the presence of Solomon the king,) heard it, that Jeroboam re- turned out of Egypt. 3 And they sent and called him. k So Jeroboam and all Israel came und spake to Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke griev- ous: now therefore ease thousome- what the grievous servitude of thy father, .#his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. 2 CHRONICLES, X. B. C. 992. 9 or, ele- phants' teeth. o 1Ki.3.12, 13. 4.30,&c. p Ge. 15.18. l Ki.4.21. Ps. 72.8. 10 i. e. Ew- phrates. q ch. 1.15-17. 1Ki. 10.27, &c. 11 gave. r 1Ki. 11.41- 43. 12 words. s IKi. 11.29. t ch. 12.15. 13.22. (CHAP. 10.) a 1Ki. 12.1, &c. b Ge.37. 12, 13. Ju.9.1. c 1 Ki. 11.26, 40. d Pr. 12. 15. 19.20. e Job 12.12, 13. f Pr.27.10. g Pr. 15.1. h Is.30. 1. 1 laded. i Pr, 19.27. j Is.30. 12,13. Is. 19. 14. l l Ri. 11.31. m 2Sa.20.1. Ten tribes revolt. 5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the º: departed. 6 *|| And king Rehoboam tookd counsel with the olde men that had stood before Solomon his fatherf while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me, to return answer to this people 1 7 And they spake unto him, say- ing, If thou be kind to this people and please them, and speakg good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and h took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him. 9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease some- what the yoke that thy father did put upon us? 10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat Iighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 11 For whereas my father 1 put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke : my father chastised, you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 12 So Jeroboam and all the peo- ple came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. 13 And the king answered them .# ; and king Rehoboamt for- Sook the counsel of the old men, 14 And answered them after the advico of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father. chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. > 15 Soj the king hearkened not unto the people: fork the cause was of God, that the LoRD might perform his word, which hei: by the hand of Ahijah the Shilomite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 16 °ſ And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, m What portion have we in David and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, Q Israel: and now, David, see to thine own Hº. Šo aſſisrael went to their ents. w 17 But as for the children of Israel 427 Rehoboam raiseth an army. 2 CHRONICLES, XI, XII. that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Ha- doram n that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones that he died. But º: 2 made speed to et him up to his chariot, to flee to erusalem. - 19 Ando Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. HAP'I'ER XI. Rehoboam, preparing to subdue Is- rael, is forbidden by Shemaiah. NDa when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rello- OśIIł. 2. But b the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah c the man of God, saying, 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, Saying, - 4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against yourd brethren : return every man to his house : fore this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LorD, and returned from going against Jeroboam. 5 ºf And Rehoboam dwelt in Je- rusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. 6 He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and dullam, 8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and ph, A. And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Zekail, 10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. 11 And he fortified f the strong holds, and F. captains g in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. - 12 And in every several i. he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side, 13 ºf And the priests and the Le- vites that were in all lsrael 1 re- sorted to him out of all their coasts. 14 For the Levites left their h sub- urbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them offi from executing the priest's office unto the LORD : . 15 Andj he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the B. C. 992. m 1 Ki.4.6. 5. 14, ..?domirann. 2 strength- him- self. o Ps.89.30,&c. (CHAP. 11.) a liki. 12.21, &c b Pr. 21.30. c ch. 12.5. d Ge. 13.8. e ch. 10.15. Ps. 33.11. f Is.22.10, 11. g ch. 17.19. 1 presented themselves. h Nu.35.2,&c i ch. 13.9. j 1Ki.12.31. 13.33. Rehoboam's wives. devils, k and for the calves l which he had made. | 16 And after them, out of allm the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers. 17 So they strengthened a the kingdom of Judah, and made Re- hoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years, they : walked in the way of David and Solomon. 18 ºf And Rehoboam took him i Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abi- hail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse ; 19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. 20 And after her he took Maachaho the daughter of Absalom, which hare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and three- score concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.) 22 And Rehoboam made p Abijah ~~~~~~~~~ the son of Maachah the chief, to be k Le. 17.7 ruler among his brethren: for i.º.º. thought to make him king. - 1Co. 10.20. And he dealt wisely, and dis- * persed of all his children through- 1 1ki.12.28. out all the countries of Judah and H º: Benjamin, unto every fenced city: *** and he gave them victual in abun- m ch. 15.9. dance. And he desired 2 many 30.11, 18. wives. Ps.84.5-7 CHAPTER XII. Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is m ch. 12.1. punished by Shishak. o 1 Ki. 15.2. A. it came to pass, when Re- She is hoboam had established a the called Mi- |kingdom, and had strengthened chaiah the himself, he b forsook c the law of daughter the LoRD, and all Israel with him. ; Uriel, 2 And it came to pass, that in the ch. 13.2. fifth Å; of king Rehoboam, Shi- p ch. 12.16. shak king of Egypt came up against De.21.15- Jerusalem, (because they had trans- 17. gressed against the LORD.) 2 a multitud 3 With twelve hundred chariots, of wi.* and threescore thousand hºrse: * men: and the people were without (CHAP. 12.) a ch. 11.17. b l Ki. 14.22. c De.32.15, 18. d ch. 16.8. e ch. I 1.2. number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, d the Sukkiins, and the Ethiopians. - * - 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. * 5 * 'l'hen came Shemaiah e the prophet to Rehoboam, , and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem 428 Rehoboam's death. because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Yef have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. 6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled g them- selves; and they said, 'The h LORD is righteous. 7 And i when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled them- selves, therefore j I will not destroy them, but I will grant them 1 some deliverance ; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. s 8 Nevertheless they shall be hisk servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the king- doms l of the countries. 9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which m Solomon had IIlā (162. 10 Instead of which king Reho- boam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief n of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house. 11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the i. came and fetched them, and rought them again into the guard- chamber. - 12 And when o he humbled him- self, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not de- stroy him altogether: 2 and also in Judah things went well. 13 *|| So king Rehoboam strength- ened himself in Jerusalem, and ; for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 14 And he did evil, because he 3 prepared not his heart p to seek the iORD. 15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiahº the prophet, and of . Iddor the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually, - a a ºn - 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David : and Abijahs his son reigned in his stead. 2 CHRONICLES, XIII. B. C. 975. f ch. 15.2. g Je. 13.15, 18. Ja.4.6, 10. h Ex.9.27. i IKi.21.28, 29. j Le.26.41,42. 1 or, a little while. k Ne.9.36,37. Is. 26.13. l De, 28.47,48. m ch.9. 15,16. n 2Sa.8.18. 2 or, and yet in Judah there were good things, ch. 19.3. Ge. 18.24. 1Ki. 14. 13. 3 fired. p De.5.29. Eze. 33.31. 4 words. q ver.5. r ch.9.29. * I Ki. 14.31, .4bijam. (CHAP. 13.) a 1 Ki. 15.1, &c. b ch. 11.20. 1 bound to- gether. c Jos. 18.22. d2Sa.7.12-16. e Nu. 18. 19. f *:::::::: g Ju.9.4. h ch. 10. 16. t 1Ri.12.28. Ho.8.5,6. k ch. 11.14, 15. 2 fill his ha m Le.24.5-9. n Ex. 27 #. Le.24.23. *º- Reugn of Abijah. CHAPTER XIII. Abijah succeeding, maketh war against Jeroboam. Nº. a in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. 2 He reigned three years in Jeru- salem. (His mother's name also was b Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.) And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3 And Abijah 1 set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men : Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour. 4 ºf And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, c which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 5 Ought you not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the king- dom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons d by a covenant e of salt 7 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebel- led fagainst his lord. 7 And there are gathered unto him g vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam, was young h and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David ; and ye be a great multitude and there are with you golden calves, which 1 Jeroboam made you for fº. 9 Have ye not cast k out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands 7 so that whosoever cometh to 3 con- secrate himself with a young bul- lock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. 10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business : 11 And l they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt-sacrifices and sweet incense: the show-bread m also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn n every evening: for we keep the charge of the LoßD our God; but ye have forsaken him. 12 And, behold, God o himself is 429 Abijah's wives. with us for our captain, p and his º with sounding trumpets a cry alarm against you. O child- ren of Israel, r fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. 13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about be- hind them : so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. 14 And when Judah looked back behold, the battle was before and behind : and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout : and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God's smote Jeroboam and all Israel be- fore Abijah and Judah. 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah ; and God delivered them into their hand. 17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter : so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because t they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. 19 And Abijah pursued after Jero- boam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns there- of, and Ephraim with the towns thereof. 20 Neither did Jeroboam w recover strength again in the days of Abi- jah ; and the LORD struck v him, and he died. . . - 21 ºff But Abijah waxed mighty and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. 22 And the rest of the acts of Abi- jah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the 3 story of the prophet Iddo.w CHAPTER XIV. Asa destroyeth idolatry. . Sº Abijah slept with his fa- thers, and they buried him in the city of David : and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2 And Asa did that which was ; and right in the eyes of the RD his God: 3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and b the high laces, and brake down the images, and cut caown the groves: 4 And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the com- , mandment. B. C. 957. o Is.8, 10. p Jos.5.14, 15. q Nu. 10.8. Jos. 6.13-20. r Job.9.4. Je.50.24. Ac.5.39. sch. 14.12. t 1Ch. 5.20. w Ps. 18.37,38. v. 1Sa. 25.38. 3 or, com- mentary. w ch. 12.15. (CHAP. 14.) a 1Ki. 15.8, &c. b ch. 15. 17. 1 Ki. 11.7. 1 statues. c Ex.34.13. **Nº, Nºr’e”vº.” 2sun images. d Jos. 23.1. e I's. 105.3,4. Je.29. 13. f ch. 16.8. g Jos. 15.44. h ch. 13. 14. Ex. 14. 10. Ps. 18.6. 120. 1. i lSa. 14.6. k Sa. 17.45. Pr. 18.10. 3 or, mortal 7770.71. l ch. 13, 15. nº Ge.20. 1. 4 broken. ºn ch. 17. 10. Ge. 35.5. Jos.2.9,24. Is.31.9. (CHAP. 15.) a ch.20. 14. 24.20 Nu.2.3, Ju.3.10. 1 before. | *-ºn- 2 CHRONICLES, XIV, XV. Asa destroyeth idolatry. 5 Also he took away, out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the 2 images; and the kingdom was quiet before him. 6 *ſ And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; becaused the LORD had given him rest. 7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet be- fore us; because we have sought e the LORD Our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest or every side. So they built and pros- pered. 8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hun- dred and fourscore thousand : all these were mighty men of valour. 9'ſ And f there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian, with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mereshah.g 10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 11 And Asa cried h unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is no- thing with thee, to help, whether i with many, or with them that have no power: help us, Q LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name k we go against this mul- titude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not 3 man prevail against thee. 12 So the LoRD smote l the Ethiop- ians before Asa, and before Judah ; and the Ethiopians fled. 13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: m and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were 4 destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. - 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear ºn of the LORD came upon them : and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. 15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. - CHAPTER XV Asa and Judah º: a covenant with ND the Spiritſa of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 2 And he went out 1 to meet Asa, 430 A covenant with God. and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin ; The b LoRD is with you, while ye be with him; and if c ye seek him, he will be found of you ; but if ye forsake d him, he will forsake you. 3 Now for e a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching f priest, and without law. 4. But when g they in their trou- ble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. 5 And in those times h there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexa- tions were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. 6 And nation was 2 destroyed of nation, i and city of city: for God did k vex them with all º: 7 Be ye strong l therefore, and let not your hands be weak : for your work shall be rewarded. 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the 3 abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benja- min, and out of the cities which he had taken m from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the RD, - 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers n with them out of Ephraim and Mamas- seh, and out of Simeon : (for they fell to him out of Israel in abun- dance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.) , . 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 And they offered unto the LORD 4 the same time, of the spoil o which they had brought, seven hun- dred oxen, and seven thousand sheep. e 12 And they entered into a cove- nant p to seek the LORD God of their q fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 3 That r whosoever would not seek the I.ORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shout- ing, and with trumpets, and with CornetS. * * 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire ; s and he was 2 CHRONICLES, XVI. 941. b Ja.4.8. c ver.4, 15. ch,33,12, 13. 1Ch. 28.9. Je.29.12, 13. Mat. 7.7,8. d ch. 24.20. He. 10.38. e Ho.3.4. Le. 10.1 !. f Mal.2.7. g De.4.29. Ps. 106.44. h Ju.5.6. 1Sa. 13.6. 2 beaten in pieces. i Mat. 24.7. k Am.3.6. l Jos. 1.7.9. 1Ch. 28.20. 3 abomina- ...tions. m ch. 13.19. in ch. 11.16. 4 in that day. och. 14.13, 15. p ch.34.31. 2Ki. 23.3. Ne. I0.29. q Ac.24. 14. | r Ex. 22.20. De. 13.5-15. 17.2-5. £ ver. 12. ~~~~~~~~~~ | ſt IKi.15.13, &c. 5 i. e. grand- mother, 1Ki. 15.2,10. 6 horror. w ch. 14.3,5. (CHAP. 16.) a 1 Ki. Hj. 17. b ch. 15.5. * Darmesek. 2 armies which were his. c ch. 19.2. " 1Ki. 16.1. d Ps. 146.3,6. Is.31.1. Je. 17.5. e ch. 12.3. 14.9. 3 in abun- dance. found of them : and the LORD/ſave them rest round about. ** -*— Hanani reproveth Asa. 16 T And t also concerning Mail- chah the 5 mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an 6 idol in a grove : and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 17 But the high places u were not taken away out of Israel: never- theless the heart of Asa was per- fect all his days. And he brought into tho house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. CHAPTER XVI. Asa diverteth Fºrum building Of fºſtºl{1/l. N a the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent b that he §§ let none go out or come in to sa king of Judah. 2 Then Asa brought outsilver and old out of the treasures of the ouse of the LORD and of the king's Quse, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at 1 Damascus, Saying, 3 There is a league between rne and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: , behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of 2 his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali. 5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. 3. 6.Then Asa the king took all Ju- dah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, where with Baasha was building ; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 7 *|| And at that time Hanamic the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because d thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied, on the LoRD thy God, therefore is the host of the ; of Syria escaped out of thine ti Il{1. 8 Were not the Ethiopians e and the Lubims 3 a .# host, with very many chariots and horsemen 7 yet, because thou didst rely on the 431 Death of Asa. LORD, he delivered them into thine hand 9 Forf the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, 4 to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. . Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.g 10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison- house; h for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa 5 oppressed some of the people the same time. 11 *ſſ And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written #Il 4'; book of the kings of Judah #Ilúl is] tººl. 12 And Asa, in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseas- ed in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. - * 13 º And Asa slept with his fa- thers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. . . 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had 6 made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was fill- ed with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art : and they made a very great burning for him. CHAPTER XVII. Jehoshaphat succeeding Asa, reigneth and prospereth. Aº: Jº his son reign- ed in his stead, and strengthen- ed himself against Israel. 2 And he placed forces in all the "fenced cities of Judah. and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which b Asa his father had taken. 3.And the LORD was with Jehosha- phat, because he walked in the first ways 1 of his father David, and sought mot unto Baalim : 4 But sought to the for DGod of his father, and walked in his com- mandments, and not after the do coffsrael. 5 Therefore the Lord stablished the ºngº, in his hand; and all Judah 2 brought to Jehoshaphat resents; and he had riches and onour in abundance. 6 And his heart 3 was lifted up in the d ways of the LORD: moreover he e took away the high places and groves out of Judah. 7 ºf Also in the third year of his 2 CHRONICLES, XVII, XVIII. B. C. 941. f Job 34.21. Pr. 5.21. 15.3. Je. 16. 17. 32.19. Zec.4.10. * or, strongly to hold with them. g IKi. 15.32. h ch. 18.26. Je.20.2. 8 crushed. 6 digged. (CHAP. 17.) a 1Ki. 15.24. b ch. 15.8. 1 or, of his jather and of David. c 1 Ki. 12.30. 2 gave. 3 i.e. was en- couraged. d Ps. 18.21,22. e ch. 19.3. 29.33. Aº-º-º-º-º-º-º-º-ee, f ch. 15.3. g ch.35.3. Ne,8.7. h Mal.2.7. i ch.14.14. 4 was. k Ex.34.24. Pr. 16.7. l ver, 5. 2Sa.8.2. 5 or, palaces. m ch.26.10, 5. 1Ch. 27.25- 31. 6 at his hand. n Ju.5.2,9. 2Co.8.5. over.2. (CHAP. 18.) a ch. 17.5. b 2Ki.8.18. 2Co.6.14. 1 at the end of years. c 1Ki.22.2, &c. $ *sºme Jehoshaphat's reign. to Michaiah, to f teach in the cities f Judah Of J UlO. 8 And with them he sent Levites, q even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemi- ramoth, and Jehonathan, and Ado- nijah, and Tobiah, and for adomi- jah, Levites; and with them Eli- shama and Jehoram, priests.h 9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them. and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. 10 *| And the fear i of the LORD 4 fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that k they made no war against Jehoshaphat. 11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, l and tribute-silver; and the Arabi- ans brought him flocks, seven thou- sand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he-goats. 12 ºſ And Jehoshaphat waxed eat exceedingly; and he built in udah 5 castles, and cities of store. 13 And m he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem. 14 Amd these are the numbers of them, according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the cap- tains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. 15 And 6 next to him was Jeho- hanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thou- sand. & 16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who m willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with hirn two hundred thousand mighty Islem of valour. 17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. 18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and four- score thousand ready prepared for the war. 19 These waited on the king, be- side those whom the king put in the fenced citieso throughout all Judah. XHAPTER XVIII. Jehoshaphat goeth with Ah Ramoth-gilead ºne) * OW a Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined b affinity with Ahab. 2 And 1 after certain years c he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the ab against 432 Ahab decclved people that he had with him, and †. him to go up with him to {amoth-gilead. 3 And Ahab king of Israel said un- to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will"ie" with thee" in the War. 4 *|| And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, d I pray º at the word of the LORD to- tläY. 5 Therefore the king of Israel Fathered together of prophets four aundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And e they said, Go up ; for God will de- liver it into the king's hand. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, is there not here a prophet of the LORD 2 hesides, that we might inquire of lim : 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LoRD : but I hate f him ; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Mica- iah the son of Imla. And Jehosha- phat said, Let not the king say so. 8 And the king of Israel called for one of his 3 officers, and said, 4 ;" quickly Micaiah the son of fl. 9 And the king of Israel and Jeho- shaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a 6 void place at time entering in of the gate of Sa- maria; and all the prophets prophe- sied before them. 10 And Zedekiah the son of Che- 71. naanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus g saith the J.ORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until 6 they be consumed. 11 And all the prophets prophe- sied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth- gilead, and prosper: for the LORD . deliver it into the hand of the 12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, say- ing, Behold, the words of the pro- phets declare good to the king with one 7 assent; leth thy word there- fore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good. 13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even i what my God saith, that will I speak. 14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Mica- iah, shall we go to Pºiº to battle, or shall I forbear ! And he said, Go ye * and prosper, and 2 CHRONICLES, XVIII. B. C. 914. *-º-º- d 1Sa.23.2,4, 2Sa.2.1. e Je.23.14. 28. 1,&c. 2 yet, or, ??lº)7°C. f Ps. 34.21. 55.3. 69. 14. Pr.29, 10. Am.5. 10. Lu.6.22. 3 or, cumuchs. 4 Hustem. 5 or, floor. g Je.28. 10,11. G thou con- sume them. 7 mouth. h Is.30, 10. Mi.2.6. i Nu.22. 18. 20. 23. 12,26. 24. 13. k Je.23.1,2. Eze. 34.5-8. Zec. 10.2. 13.7. l 2Sa.2.7. 2Ki. 10.3. 8 for evil. m Is.6.1,&c. p Job 12.16. 2Th.2.11, - 12. q Is. 19. 14. Eze. 14.9. r Je. 18.11. Mi.2.3. s Je.20.2. Mar. 14.65- Ac.23.2. 9 or, from chamber to chamber. 10 a chamber in a cham- £r, 1Ki.20.30. t ch. 16. 10. w Am.9.10. v Nu. 16.29. * 433 by his prophets, they shall be delivered into your 3.11(1. 15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LoRD ! 16. Then he said, I did see all Is- rael scattered k upon the moun- tains, as sheep that have no shep- herd : and the LORD said, These have no master; l let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. 17 (And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, 8 but evil? 18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord ; I saw m the IORD sitting upon his throne, and all the hosts n of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19. And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gi- lead And One spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. 20. Then there came out a spirit, o and stood before the LoRD, and said, I will entice p him. And the Lord said unto him, where with ? 21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out and do even SO. - 22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put g a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil r , against thee. 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Che- naanah came near, and smote s Mi- caiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from fine to speak unto thee? 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go 9 into 10 an inner chamber to hide thyself. 25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 26 And say, Thus saith the king Put this t fellow in the prison, an feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. 27 And Micaiah said, If w thou cer- tainly return in peace, then v hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people. 28 So the king of Israel, and Jeho- shaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. - 29 And the king# Israel said unto Ahab slain. Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, ºwii ºo to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. , So w the kin of Israel disguised himself; an they went to the battle. 30 Now the king of Syria had com- manded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel. And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jeho- shaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they com- assed about him to fight: but Je- loshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped a him; and God moved them to depart from him. 32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots per- ceived that it was not the º: of israel, they turned back again from 11 pursuing him. And a certain man drew a bow 12 at a venture, and smote the kin of Israel between the joints 13 o the harness: therefore he said to his chariot-man, Turn thine hand, that thou º, carry me out of the host; for I am 14 wounded. 34 And the battle increased that day : howbeit the *...* Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even; and about the time of the Sun going down he died. CHAPTER XIX. * * Jehoshaphat, reproved by Jehu, visit- eth his kingdom. - Aş. Jehoshaphat the king of fº Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani a the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest ryū thou help the *ś and love b them that hate the LORD? there- fore c is wrath upon thee from be- fore the LORD. 3 Nevertheless there are good d things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared e thine heart to seek God. 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Je- rusalem: and he 1 went out again through theÉ. from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers. 5 ºf And he set judges f in the land º: all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do : for 9 ye judge not for man, but for the Lord,h who is with you in the 2 º: 7. Wherefore now, let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed 2 CHRONICLES, XIX, XX. B. C. 897. w ch.35.22, 23. a: Ps. 34.7, 11 after. 12 in his simplicity, 2Sa. 15. 11. 13 and be- tween the breast- plate. 14 made sick. (CHAP. 19.) a ch. 16.7. b Ps. 139.21. c ch.32.25. d ch. 12.12. 17.4,6. e ch.30, 19. Ezr. 7. 10. 1 returned and went out. f De. 16.18. g De. 1.17. h Ps.82. 1. Ec.5.8. 2 matter of judgment. i De.32.4. Ro.3.5,6. 9. 14. # De. 10, 17. Job 34.19. Ac. 10.34. Ro.2, 11. o Nu. 16.46. p 1Ch. 26.30. 3 Take cow- rage and 9. g ch. 15.2. Ec.2.26. (CHAP. 20.) a Ge. 14.7. b Jos. 15.62. 1 his face. c ch. 19.3. di Ezr.8.21. Je. 36.9. Da.9.3. Joel 2. 15, Jehoshaphat's policy. and do it: for there is no iniquity i with the LORD our God, nor respect k of persons, nor taking of gifts. 8 º Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, l and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judg- ment of the LORD, and for contro- versies, when they returned to Je- rusalem. 9 And he charged them, saying Thus shall ye do in the fear m of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. 10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and com: mandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warm n them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath o come upon you, and upon your brethren : this do, and ye shall not trespass. 11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters p of the LORD ; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Îlevites shallie officers be: fore you. 3 Deal courageously, and the LORD q shall be with the good. CHAPTER XX. 1 Jehoshaphat proclaimeth a fast : 5 His prayer ls prayer. I. came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat,saying, there cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-ta- mar, a which is En-gedi.b 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set 1 himself to seek c the LoRD, and ºned a fast d throughout all |UlOl: 4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD : even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. 5 ºf And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusa- lem, in the house of the LoRD, be- fore the new court, 6 And said, O Lord God of our fa- thers, art not thou God in heaven e and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms foſ the heathen 7 and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that mone is able to with- stand thee 7 7 Art not thou our God, 2 whº didst drive g out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, Jehoshaphat's prayer. and gavest it to the seed h of Abra- ham thy friend i for ever? 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9 If, k when evil cometh upon us, as the Sword, judgment, or pesti- lence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, l (for thy name m is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not n iet Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they o turned from them, and destroyed them not; 11 Behold I say, how they reward us, to p, come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes q are upon thee. 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives and their children. 14"| Then r upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Matta- niah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirits of the LORD in the midst of the congregation ; 15 And he said, earken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jeru- salem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Bet not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the bat- tle is not your's, but God's. 16 To-morrow go ye down against them : behold, they come up by the 3 cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the 4 brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand u }. Still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jeru- Salem : fear not, nor be dismayed; to-morrow go out against them : for v the LORD will be with you. 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed w his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fella before the LoRD, worshipping the LORD. 19 And the Levites of the children of the Kohathites, and of Zhe child- ren of the Korhites, st60d up to praise y the LORD God of Israel with a loud z voice on high. . 20 T And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa : and as they B. C. 897. -º- h Is. 41.8. i Ja.2.23. k ch.6.28-30. l Mat. 18.20. m ch.6.20. m De.2.4.9, 19. o Nu.20.21. p Ps.83.12. q Ps. 123. 1,2. r Is.65.24. I)4.9.20,21. sch. 15. 1,2. 24.20. Nu. 11.25, 26. 24.2. t ch.32.7,8. Ex. 14.13, 1 w Ex.4.31. ac Job 1.20. Ps. 95.6. v Ne. 12.42,43 PS.8l. 1, 95. 1,2. *—º-º-º/*.*.*.*.*.*. 2, 5 praisers. C 10h. 16.29. d ch.7.3,6. e Ps. cxxxvi. 6 in the time that. 7 in singing and praise. 8 or, smote one another. d 9 for the de- struction. g Ex. 14.30. 1Ch. 5.22. Is.37.36. 10 there was 2not an escaping, Ezr,9. 14. h Eze. 39.8.9. 11 i.e. blessi 12 head. ng * Ne. 12.43. k ch. 17.10. l ch. 15.15. Job 34.29. m 1Ki.22.41, &c. - said, Hear me, O Ju 2 CHRONICLES, XX. Ammon and Moab smitten. went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and ah, and ye in- habitants of Jerusalem'; Believe a in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established ; believe his pro- phets, so shall ye prosper. 21, And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed sing- ers b, unto the LORD, and 5 that should praise the beauty c of holi- ness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise d the LORD ; e for his mercy endureth for eVer. 22*. And 6 when they began 7 to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they 8 were smitten. 23 Forf the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the in- . habitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inha- bitants of Seir, every one helped 9 to destroy another. 24 And when Judah came toward the watch-tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead g bodies fallen to the earth, and 10 none es- caped. - 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, (which they stripped off for them- selves,) more than they could carry away; and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it h was so III Cºl. 26 "I And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of 11 Berachah ; for , there they blessed the LORD : therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this 3. 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jeho- shaphat in the 12 forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy: for i the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trum- pets, unto the house of the LORD. 29 And the fear k of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LoRD *ht against the enemies of ls- Tael. 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for l his God gave him rest round about. . 31 T.And m Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five 435 Jehoram's reign. years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mo- ther's name was Azubah the daugh- ter of Shilhi. 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. 33 Howbeit n the high places were not taken away : for as yet the peo- ple had not prepared o their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Je- hoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the 13 book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who 14 is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. 35 "I And after this did Jehosha- phat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: - 36 And p he joined himself with laim to make ships to go to Tar- shish: and they made the ships in Ezion-gaber. 37 Then Eliezer the son of Doda- vah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying,... Because q thou hast joined thyself with Aha- ziah, the LORD hath broken, thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to 'I'arshish.r CHAPTER XXI. Jehoram succeeding Jehoshaphat, slayeth his brethren. Nº." Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Da- vid. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, fill chariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah : all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. 3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious thines, with fenced cities in Judah : but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram ; b because he was the first-born. - 4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened liimself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and jivers also of the princes of Israel. 5 ºf Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jeru- Siłłęſſil. 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab : for che had the daughter of Ahab to wife : and he wrought 2 CHRONICLES, XXI. B. C. 896. 7, ch. 17.6. o ch. 12.14. 19.3. De.29.4. 13 words. 14 was made to ascend. plki.22.48, 49. q Jos.7.11, 12. Pr. 13.20. 7" ch.9.21. (CHAP. 21.) a 1Ki.22.50. b 2Ki.8.16, &c. c ch. 22.2. 1 lamp, or, candle. d2Sa.7. 12,13. 1Ki, 11.36. 2Ki.8. 19. 2 hand. e ver, 13. Le.20.5. Re.2.20-22. Ex.34.15. f I)e.81. 16. Je.3.8,9. g 1 Ki. 16.31- 33. 2Ki.9.22. h ver.4. 3 stroke. ; ver. 18, 19. k 1Ki. 11.14, 23. Is. 10.5,6. 4 captive, ch.22. F. * or, Ahazi- ah, ch.22.1. or, Azariah, ch. 22.6. ! ver, 15. Ac. 12.23. *º-m. IEdom and Libnah revolt. that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. 7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a 1 light d to him and to his sons for ever. 8 *|| In his days the Edomites re- volted from under the 2 dominion of Judah,and made themselves a king. Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him : and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. 10. So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Lib- nah revolt from under his hand ; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. 11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusa- lem to commit fornication, e and compelled Judah thereto. 2 *| And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, say- ing, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Je- hoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa § of Judah, 13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jeru- salem to go fa whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, g and also hast slain h thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself: 14 Behold, with a great 3 plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods : 15 And thou shalt have great sick- ness by disease of thy bowels, i un- til thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. 16 ºf Moreover the LORD stirred up k against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians : 17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried 4 away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save 5 Jehoa- haz, the youngest of his sons. 18'ſ And after all this the LORD smote l him in his bowels with an incurable disease. - 19 And it came to pass, that in pro- cess of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sole 436 Ahaznah's wicked reign. 2 CHRONICLES, XXII, XXIII. diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning m of his fathers. 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without 6 being m de- sired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. DHAP'I'ER XXII. 1 Ahaziah reigneth wickedly : 5. He is slain by Jehu. ND the inhabitants of Jerusa- lem made Ahaziah a his young- est son king in his stead : for the pand of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign ; and he reigned one year in Jerusa- lem. ... His mother's name also was Athaliah b the daughter of Omri. 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab : for his mother C was his counsellor to do wickedly. 4. Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab : for they were his counsel- lors d after the death of his father to his destruction. 5 T He walked e also after their counsel, and went, with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at IRamoth-gilead : and the Syrians smote Joram. 6 Andf he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds 1 which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And 2 Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick. 7 And the 3 destruction of Ahaziah was g of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he h went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 8. And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was i executing judgment up- on the house of Ahab, and found k the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. 9 And l he sought Ahaziah : and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu ; and when they had slain him, they buried him : Because, m said they, he is the son of Jehosha- phat, who nsought the LORD with B. C. 885. *-ºs- m ch. 16.14. 6 desire. m Je.22.18. (CHAP. 22.) a ver.6. ch.21. 17. 2Ki. 8.24, &c. b ch.21.6. cGe.27, 12,13. e.7.3,4. 13.6-10. Mat. 10.37. Ac.4.19. d Pr. 12.5. e Mi.6.16. f2Ki.9.15. 1 where with they wounded im. 2 called ...Ahaziah ver. 1, and Jehoahaz, ch.21. 17. 3 treading down. g ch. 10.15. De. 32.35. i 2Ki.9.6,7. k 2Ki. 10.12- 14. l 2Ki.9.27. m 11&i. 14.13. n ch. 17.4. ^ = o2Ki. 11.1, & C. p 2Ki. 11.2, Jehosheba. (CHAP. 23.) a 2Ki. 11.4, &c. b 2Sa.5.3. c ch.21.7. 2S3,7,12,16. 1Ki.9.5. Ps. 89.29. dl Ch.9. 19-27. 1 thresholds. e 1Ch. 23.28, 29. f Nu.3.10,38. *º- f* Joash made king. all his heart. So the house of Aha- ziah had no power to keep still the kingdom. 10 ºff But 0 when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and de- stroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 11 But Jehoshabeath, p the daugh- ter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bed-chamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. 12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land. • "ER XXIII. Jehoiada restoreth the worship of A*. in the seventh year Je- hoiada strengthened himself. and took the captains of hundreds Azariah the son of Jeroham, an Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Mººn. seiah the son of Adaiah, and Eli- shaphat the son of Zichri, into co- venant with him. 2 And they went about in Judah and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 3 And all the congregation made a covenant b with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shal, reign, as the LORD hath said c of the sons of David. 4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you d entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the 1 doors; 5 And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation ; and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. 6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they e that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep i. watch of the LORD. 7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into f the house, he shall be put to death: but be you with the king when he comethin, and when he goeth out. | 8 So the Levites and all Judah did f Athaliah slain. according to all things that Jehoia- da the priest had commanded, an took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath : for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.g 9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hun- dreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which h were in the house of God. 10 And he set all the people, (every man, having his weapon in his hand,) from the right 2 side of the 3 temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. 11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony,i and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, 4 God save the king. - 12'ſ Now when Athaliah, heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD : 13 And k she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes, and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced,l and sounded with trumpets, also the m singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing raise. Then n Athaliah rent her clºthes, and said, 5 Treason, Trea- SOH ! 14. Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hun- dreds that were set over the host, and said, unto them, Have her forth o of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, i. her not in the house of the RD. 15 So they laid hands on her; and and when she was come to the en- tering of the horse-gate p by the king's house, they slew q her there. 16 T And jehoſada made a cove. nant r between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that s they should be the LORD's people. 17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it gown, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and t slew Mat- . the priest of Baal before the HTS. 18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD, by the hand of the priests the Le- vites whom David had distributed u in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt-offerings of the foºd, 88 2 CHRONICLES, XXIV. B. C. 878. g 1Ch.XXIV. XXV. h 2Sa.8.7. 2 :houlder. 3 house. i De. 17.18-20. 4 Let the king live. k Ps. 14.5. l Pr. 11.10. rm 10.h.25,6-8. 7) Ec.9. 12. 5 conspiracy. o Ex. 21. 14. p Ne.3.28. q Ps. 5.6. 55.23. Ja.2.13. r De.29.1-15. s De.26. 17-19. t De. 13.9. ºw 10h.XXIII XXIV .*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*. U Nu XXVIII. 6 by the hands of. w 10.h.26.1, &c. * a: 2Ki. 11.19. y Ps.58.10.11. Re. 18.20. 19. 1,2. (CHAP. 24.) a 2Ki. 1 1.21. 12. 1,&c. b ch.26.5. Is.29. 13. 1 renew. c Ex.30. 12- 16. d Nu. 1.50. Ac.7.44. e ch.21. 17. f Eze. 16.17. Hoast. 2 voice. g ver.6. * Joash's good reign. it is written v in the law of Moses, |with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained 6 by David. 19 And he set the porters w at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. And he took the captains a of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD : and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 21 And all the people of the land y rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword. CHAPTER XXIV. Joash reigns well all the days of Je- oiada Jº. a was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem, his mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days b of Jehoiada the priest. 3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he begat sons and . daughters. 4 *| And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to 1 repair the house of the LORD. 5. And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Le- vites to bring in, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, the collection, according to the comma mt c of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the d tabernacle of witness 2 7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up e the house of God ; and also all the dedicated things f of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. 8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it with- out at the gate of the house of the RD. 9 And they made a 2 proclama- tion through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collec- tion g that Moses the servant of God upon Israel in the wilderness. 438 Jenoiada's death. 10 And all the people rejoiced, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. 11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his º again. Thus they did day by day, i and gathered Inoney in abundance. 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and car- penters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. 13 So the workmen wrought, and 3 the work was perfected by them. and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. 14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and 4 to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and sil- ver. And they offered burnt-offer- ings in the house of the LORD con- tinually all the days of Jehoiada, 15 "I But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. 16 And they huried him in the city of David among the kings, be- cause he had done good k in Israel, both toward God, and toward his 2 house. 17 ºf Now after the death of Je- hoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance l to the king. Then the king hearkened m unto them. 18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served n groves and idols : , and wrath came o upon Judah and Je- rusalem for this their trespass. 19 Yet p he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the IORD; and they testified against them : but q they would not give ear. 20 And the spirit of God 5 came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoia- da the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why r transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because s e have forsaken the LORD, he ath also forsaken you. 2 CHRONICLES, XXV. rinces and all the and brought in, h 2Co.9.7. B. C. 840. i 10o. 16.2. 3 the healing went up upon the work. 4 or, pestils. k ver. 2,12,14. ch. XXIII. I Hºr. 26.8. m. Pr. 29. 12. n 1 Ki. 14.23. o ch. 28. 13. 29,8. 36. 14-16. Ju.5.8. Ho.5. 10, 14. Zep. 1.4-6. Ep.5.6. p Je.7.25,26. 25.4. & ch. 15.2. Sºº-º-º-º-rºwevº t Je. 18. 18. w Mat. 21.35. 23.3 .35. Ac.7.58,59. ty Pr. 17. 13. w Ps. 10. 14. Je.51.56. Lu. I 1.51. 2Ti.4.16. 6 in the revo- lution of. ac 2Ki. 12. 17. 7 Darmesek. Is. 10.5. b ver.21,22. 8 or, Joza- char, 2Ki. 12.21. 5 or, Shomer. 10 foundling. 11 or, con- mentary. (CHAP. 25.) a 2Ki.14.1,&c b Ps. 78.37. Is.29. 13. Ho. 10.2. Ja. 1.8. 4.8. 1 confirmed upon him. c De.24. 16. d Je. 31.30. Eze. 18.20. Joºsh slº ºn. 21 And they conspired t, against him, and stomad w him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. 22 Thus Joash the king remem- bered not the kindness which Je- hoiada his father had done to him, but v slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require w it. 23 ºf And it came to pass 0 at the end of the year, that a the host of Syria came up against him : and they came to Judah and Jerusa- lem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the peo- ple, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of 7 Damascus. 24 For the army of the Syrians - |came with a small y company of men, and the LORD delivered z a very great host into their hand, be- cause they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they exe- cuted judgment a against Joash. 25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada b the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died : and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. 26 And these are they that con- spired against him; 8 Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of 9 Shim- rith a Moabitess. 27 'ſ Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the 10 repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the 11 story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. ... CHAPTER XXV. 1 Amaziah's reign: 17 He provoketh Joash to his overthrow. MAZIAH a was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. - 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but notb with a perfect heart. 3 *ſ Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was 1 established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. 4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written c in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, sº The d fathers shall not die for the child- ren, neither shall the children dia 439 Arnaziah's reign. for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. 5 *|| Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and cap- tains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, through- out all Judah and Benjamin : and he numbered them from twenty e years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. 6 He hired also an hundred thou- sand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. 7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the tºrmy of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. 8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle : God shall make thee fall before the enemy : for God f hath power to help, and to cast down. 9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the 2 army of Israel 7 And the man of God answered, The LORD is able g to give thee much more than this. 10 Then Amaziah separated them, io wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go 8 home again : wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in 4 great anger, 11 *ſ And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. 12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the º of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. 13 ºf But the 5 soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent, back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Ju- dah, from Samaria even unto Beth- horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil. 14 || Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought h the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his s, and bowed i down himself fore them, and burned incense unto them. 15 Wherefore the anger of the 2 CHRONICLES, XXV. B. C. 840. e Nu. 1.3. f ch.20.6. Ps.62. I 1. g Ps. 24.1. Pr. 10.22. Phi.4. 19. 3 to their place. 4 heat of anger. 5 sons of the and. h ch.28.23. i Ex. 20.3,5. IS.44. 19. zºv**wº-ºº-º-º-º-º- k ver, 11,12. Ps. 96.5. 6 counselled. l 1Sa.2.25. m 2Ki. 14.8, & C. 7 or, furze bush, or, thorn. 8 beast of the field. m ver. 16. ch.22,7. 1Ki. 12.15. 9 gmitten. o ch.21. 17. 10 gate of it that look- eth p ch.26.9. q2Ki.14.17, &c. Amaziah is ovcrthrºwn. LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which k could not deliver their own people out of thime hand 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel ? forbear, why shouldest thou be smitten ? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath 6 determined to destroy thee, because l thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. 17, ‘I Then m, Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one an- other in the face. 18, And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The 7 thistle that was in Lebanon Sent to the cedar that was in Leba- non, saying, Give thy daughter to my Son to wife : and there passed by a S wild beast that was in Leba- non and trode down the thistle. 19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thime heart lifteth thee up to boast : abide now at home ; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee 7 20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it n came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one an- other in the face, both he and Ama- ziah king of Judah, at Beth-she- mesh, which belongelh to Judah. 22 And Judah was 9 put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. 23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, o at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the 10 corner-gate, p four hundred cubits. 24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. ſ And q Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash, son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 26 Now the rest of the acts of 440 Uzziah reigneth well. Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel 4 Now r after the time that Amaziah did turn away from 11 fol- lowing the LoRD, they 12 made a conspiracy against him in Jerusa- lem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. - And they brought him, upon horses, and buried him with his fa- thers in 13 the city of Judah. CHAPTER XXVI. Uzziah invadeth the priest's office, and is smitten. Tº a all the people of Judah took 1 Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. . 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. - 3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jeru- em. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. - 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. 5 And he sought God in the days b of Zechariah, who had understand- ing in the 2 visions of God : and as ; c. as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. 6 And he went forth, and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities 3 about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. 7 And God helped him against d the Philistines, e and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehumims. 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts f to Uzziah ; and his name 4 spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly. 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner-gate, g and at the valley-gate, and at the turning of the wall, and 5 fortified them. 10 Also, he built towers in the de- sert, and 6 digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plains; hus- bandmen also, and vime-dressers in the mountains, and in 7 Carmel : for he loved B husbandry. 11 Moreover Uzziah had an host 1 of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maa- Seiah the ruler, Tºr the hand of 2 CHRONICLES, XXVI. JB. C. 810. • *-*-º- r ch. 15.2. 11 after. 12 conspired a conspira- C!/. 13 i. e. the city of David, 2Ki. 14.20. (CHAP. 26.) a 2Ki. 14.21, 22. 15. 1,&c. 1 or, Azariah. b ch. 24.2. Ge.41.15, 38 Da. 1.17. 10.1. 2 seeing. c 10.h.22. 13. 3 or, in the country o .4shdod. 'f f ch. 17.11. * went." Zec. 14.10. 5 or, repaired. 6 or, cut out many cis- º; 7 or, fruitful elds. 8 ground. ~~~~~~~~~~ 9 the power of an army. 10 stones of slings. 11 went forth. h ch.25. 19. De.8.14. 32. 15. ; Pr. 16. 18. k 2Ki. 16.12, 13. ! 1Ch.6.10. m Nu. 16.40. l * & 21 Ex.30.7,8. He.5.4. o Co.5.5. 2Ki.7.3, v Is. 1.1. 441 He wareth proud. Hamaniah, one of the king's cap- {llllS. 12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. 13 And under their hand was 9 an army, three hundred thousand and seven thotºsand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all, the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and haber- geons, and bows, and 10 slings to Cast Stones. 15. And, he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal : and his name 11 spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped till he was strong. #6 ºf Buth when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his de- struction: i for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went k into the temple of the LoRD to burn incense upon the altar of |ºlce Il Se. 17 And Azariah l the priest went in after him, and with him four- score priests of the LoRD, that were valiant men: 18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him. It apper- taineth aot m unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated n to burn in- cense; go out 9 of the sanctuary ; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour p from the LORD God. 19. Then Uzziah was wroth, q and had a censer in his hand to burn in- cense; and while r he was wr with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LoRD, from beside the incense-altar. 20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him Qut from thence; yea, himself s hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. 21 And t Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a 12 several house, w being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD : aud Jotham his º was .. . #. lººse. judging the people of the land. 22, §: the rest of the acts of lſzziah, first and last, did Isaiah v the prophet, theson of Amoz, write. Joiham reigneth well. 23 Sow Uzziah slept with his fa- thers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings ; for they said, He is a leper: and Jo- m his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XXVII. 1 Jotham reigneth well. * Ahaz suc- ceedeth him. OTHAM a was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. - 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did : howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the peo- ple did yet corruptly. * 3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of 1 Ophel he built much. . . 4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. 5 *| He fought also with the kin of the Ammonites, and prevaile inst them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. 2 So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year and the third. - 6 So Jotham became mighty, b be- cause he 3 º c his ways be- fore the LORD his God. 7 *| Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the † of the kings of Israel and Ju- 8. He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 9 *ſ And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David : and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XXVIII. Aha2 is afflicted by the Syrians. HAZ a was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jeru- salem; but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: , . 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also tnolten b images for Baalim.c 3 Moreover he l burnt incense in the valley d of the son of Hinnom, and e burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the hea. 2 CHRONICLES, XXVII, XXVIII. B. C. 741. to Is.6.1. (CHAP. 27.) a 2Ki.15.32, &c. 1 the tower, ch.33. 14. Ne:3.26,27. 2 This, b ch.26.5. 3 or, estab- lished. c ch. 19.3. (CHAP. 28.) a 2Ki.16.2, &c. b Ex.34.17. e. 19.4. c Ju.2.11. Ho.2.13, 17. 1 or, offered sacrifice. d 2Ki.33. 10. e ch.33.6. Le. 18.2.1. Ps. 106.37. Je. 32.35. Eze. 16.20, Mi.6.7. Jºrºv.ºrºvº, f Is.7.1. 2 Darmesek. g 2Ki. 15.27. 3 sons of valour. h De.31. 16, 17. * the second, i ch. 11.4. k Ps.69.26. Is. 10.5-7. 47.6. Je.50, 17, 18. Eze.25.j2- 17. obſo ºc. Zec. I. 15. l Ge. 4.10. Ezr. 9.6. Re. 18.5. m Le.25.39, &c. m Je.25.29. Mat. 7.2-4. o Is.58.6. Je.34.14. then whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. p Ja.2.13. I-º-º-º- Ahaz's wicked reign. 4 He sacrificed also and burnt in- cense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 Wherefore f the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to 2 Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. 6 *|| For Pekahg the son of Rema- liah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all 3 valiant men ; because h they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's Son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was 4 next to the king. 8 And the children of Israel car- ried away captive of their brethreni two hundred , thousand women, sons, and daughters, and took also away, much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded : and he went out before the host that Came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LonD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye k have slain them in a rage that reacheth l up unto heaven. 10. And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen m and bond women unto you : but are there not with you, even n with you, Sins against the LORD your G . Now hear me, therefore, and deliver o the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your bre- thren : for p the fierce wrāth of the LORD is upon you. 12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the Son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the Son of Hadlai stood up against them that came from the war, 13 And said unto them, Ye shall not britis in the captives hither: for , whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. 14 So the armed men left the cap- tives and , the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. 15 And the men which were ex- 442 Ahaz's idolatry. pressed by name q rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among thern, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat r and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble s of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city tº of palm trees, to their brethren : then they returned to Samaria. 16 || At that time u did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. 17 For again the Edomites v had come and smitten Judah, and car- ried away 5 captives. 18 The Philistines w also had in- vaded the cities of the low coun- try, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Tim- nah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. 19 For the LORD brought Judah a low, because of Ahaz king of IS- rael; for he made Judah naked, y and transgressed sore against the ORD. 20 And Tilgath-pilmeser z king of Assyria came unto him, and dis- tressed him, but strengthened him 110t. 21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria; but he helped him not. 22 "I And in the time of his dis- tress did he trespass, yet more * the LORD : this is that king Ahaz 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of 6 Damascus, which smote him : and he said, 13ecause the gods of the kings of Syria help them, there: ; v fore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help a me. But they were the ruin b of him, and of all Is- raē1. 24 And Ahaz fºllº. together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up c the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 25. And in every d several city of Judah he made high places to 7 burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. - 26 °ſ Now the rest of his acts, and of all his ways, first and last, be- hold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 2 CHRONICLES, XXIX. B. C. 741. q ver, 12. r 2Ki.6.22. Pr.25.21,22. Lu.8.27.35. s Ro. 15.1. t De. 34.3. Ju. l. 16. w 2Ki. 16.7. v Ob. 10. 13,14. 5 a captivity. w Eze. 16.27, 57 ac Ps. 106.43. Ex.32.25. Re.8. 17, 18. 16. 15. z 2Ki. 15.29. 16.7-9. 5 Darmesek. a Je. 10.5. 44.17-28. b Is. H.28. Ho. 13.9. c ch.29.3,7. d Je. 11. 13. 7 offer. (CHAP. 29.) a 2Ki. 18.1, &c. b ch. 26.5. C Ps. 101.3. Ga. 1. 16. d ver. 7. e ch.35.6. 1Ch. 15.12. f Eze.8.3,9, &c. g Ne.9.16. h Je.2.27. Eze.8.16. 1 given the neck. k ch. 24.18. 2 commotion, De.28.25. l 1Ki.9.8. Je. 18. 15,16. 25.9, 18. m ch.28.5,8, &c. I.a.5.7. n ch. 13.12. 3 or, deceived. o Nu.3.6.7. 18.2-6. 4 or, offer sa- crifice. p Nu.4.2,&c. Hezekiah's good reign. 27 And Ahaz slept with his fa- thers, and they buried him in the city, even, in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepuſ- chres of the kings of Israel; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XXIX. 1 Hezekiah's good reign; 3 He re- storeth religion. Hº: a began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And • his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.b 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORI), according to all that David his father had done. 3 *| He in the first c year of his reign, in the first month, opened d the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. 4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east, street, 5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify e. now your- selves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the º place. 6 For g_our fathers have trespass- ed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and h have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and 1 turn- ed their backs. 7 Also they have shut up i the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned in- cense nor offered burnt-offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel. 8 Wherefore k the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusa- lem, and he hath delivered them to 2 trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, l as ye see with your €VeS. § For, lo, our fathers have fallen m by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. . 10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant n with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. 11 My sons, be not now 3 negligent: for the LORD hath chosen o you to stand before him, to serve him, that ye should minister unto him, and 4 burn incense. . 12. "[Then the Levites arose, Ma- hath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: p and cf the sons 443 Cleansing of the temple. of Merari; , Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah : - 13 And of the sons of Elizaphan ; Shimri, and Jeiel : and of the sons of Asaph;Zechariah,and Mattaniah: 14 And of the sons of Heman; Je- hiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. 15 And they gathered their bre- thren, and sanctified q themselves, and came, according to the Com- mandment of the king, 5 by the words of the LORD, to cleanse r the house of the LORD. - 16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and brought out S aii the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. 17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch t of the LORD : So they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. 18.Then they went into Hezekiah the king, and said,We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt-offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the show-bread table, with all the vessels thereof. işiţoreover aii the vessels which king Ahaz, in his reign did cast away u in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, be- hold, they are before the altar of the LORD. 20 'ſ Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. 21. And they brought seven bul- locks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven, he-goats, for a sin-offering v for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD. 22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sp. ed w it on the altar: like- wise, when § had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killeiaiso theianºs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. 23 And they brought 6 forth the he-goats for the sin-offering before the §§ the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: B. C. 726. q ver.5. 5 or, in the business. r 1Ch. 23.28. s Mat.21.12, 13. t 1 Ki.6.3. w ch.28.24. v Le.4.3, 14. w Le.8.14,&c. Heb.9.21. 6 near. *~~~~~~~"ºw acch.8. 14. iCh. 16.4. 23.5. 25.1,&c. 92Sa.24.11. z ch.30. 12. 1 by the hand of. a 10.h.23.5. b 1Ch. 16.6. 8 In the time. c ch.23. 18. Ps. 137.3,4. 5 hands of instru- me?\ts. 10 song. 11 found. d ch.20. 18. Ps.72. 1. e Ps. 100.2. f Ps. 95.6. 12 or, filled your hand, ch. 13.9. g Le.7.12. 13 strength- enca. h ch.35. 11. i ch.30.3. k Ps. 26.6. 94.15. 2 CHRONICLES, XXIX. Hezekiah's solemn sacrifices. 24. And the priests killed them and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt-of- fering and the sin-offering should be "made for all Israel. 25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, ac- cording a to the commandment of David, and of Gad y the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet : for z so was the commandment of the LORD 7 by his prophets. 26 And the Levites stood with the instruments a of David, and the priests with the trumpets.b 27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar. 8 And when the burnt-offer. ing began, the c song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the 9 instruments ordained by David king of Israel. 28 And ail the congregation wor- shipped, and the 10 singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded : and all this continued until the burnt-of- fering was finished. And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were 11 present with him bow- ed d themselves, and worshipped. 30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, e and they bowed f their heads and worship- €(i. 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have 12 consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank- offerings g into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-of- ferings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt-offerings. 32 And the number of the burnt- offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt-offering to the LORD. 33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen, and three thou- sand sheep. 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings: wherefore , their brethren the Levites 13 did help h them till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for i the Levites were more upright k in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. 444 Hezekiah proclaimeth 35 And also the burnt-offerings were in abundance, with the fatl of the peace-offerings, and the drink- offerings m for every burnt-offering. So the service of the house of the RD was set in order. . . 36 And n Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had pre- pared o the ſº for the thing was done suddenly. CHAPTER XXX. Hezekiah proclaimeth a solemn pass- Over. ND Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the pºver unto the LORD God of Is- Tael. 2 For the king had taken counsel, e and his princes, and all the congre- gation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second a month. 3 For they could not keep it at that time, b because the priests had not c sanctified themselves suffi- ciently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. 4 And the thing 1 pleased the king and all the congregation. 5 So they established a decree, to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dam, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem : for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.d 6 So the posts went with the let- ters 2 from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the command- ment of the king, saying, Ye child- ren of Israel, turn e again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant f of you that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of As- Syria. 7 And be not ye like your fathers, g and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up h to desolation, as ye see. 8 Now 3 he ye not stiff-necked, i as your fathers were, but 4 yield k yourselves unto the LORD, and en- ter, into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever : and serve the LORD your God, that the fierce- ness l of his wrath may turn away from you. 9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, yourbrethren and your child- rººm S find compassion before them m that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this 2 CHRONICLES, XXX. B. C. 726. ! Le.3.16. ‘m Nu. 15.5-10. 7, Ezr.6.22. o Ps. 10, 17. Pr. 16.1. (CHAP. 30.) a Nu.9.10, 11. b Ex. 12.6,18. c ch.29.34. 1 was right in the eyes () f. d De. 12.32. 1Cor. I 1.2. 2 from the hand of. f Is.6.13. g Eze.20. 13, &c He. 3.7-11. h ch. 29.8 3 hardem not gowr necks. t De. 10. 16. Ro. 10.21. 4 give the hand. 1 Ch. 29.24. Ezr. IO. 19. k Ro.6. 13-19. l ch. 29.10. m Ps. 106.46. m Ex.34.6. Ne.9. 17,31. Ps. 111.4. Jon. 4.2. O Pr. 28. 13. IS.55.7. p ch.36.16. q ver, 18,21. ch. 11.16. r Je. 24.7. Eze. 36.26. Phi.2.13. S ch. 29.25. t Ps. 84.7. w ch. 28.24. v ch. 29.34. 5 standing. w ver. I 1. a Nu.9.10,&c. ch. 19.3. z Ja.5. 15. 6 found. T instru- ments of strength. gy a solemn passover. land: for the LORD your God is gra- cious n and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return o unto him. 10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: p but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. 11 Nevertheless divers q of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun hum- bled themselves, and came to Je- rusalem. 12 Also in Judah the hand of God r was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by s the word of the LORD. 13 *|| And there assembled at t Je- rusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congre- gation. 14 And they arose and took away the altars u that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. 15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests v and the Levites were ashamed, and sancti- fied themselves, and brought in the burnt-offerings into the house of the LORD. 16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of the hand O the Levites. 17 For there were many in the con- gregation that were not sanctified : therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD. 18 For w a multitude of the peo- ple, even many of Ephraim and Ma- masseh, Issachar and Zebulum, had not cleansed a themselves, yet did they eat the passover, otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah rayed for them, saying, The good ORD pardon every one 19. That prepareth y his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fa- thers, though he be not cleansed ac- cording to the purification of the sanctuary. 20 And the LORD hearkened z to Hezekiah, and healed the people. 21 And the children of Israel that were 6 present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with §: gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with 7 loud instruments unto the LORD 445 The people forward 22 And Hezekiah spake 8 comfort- ably unto all the Levites that a taught the good knowledge of the LoRD: and they did eat through- out the feast seven days, offering peace-offerings, and making b con- fession to the LORD God of their fathers. 23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days : and they kept other seven days with gladness. 24 For Hezekiah king of Judah 9 did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thou- sand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bul- locks and ten thousand sheep: an a great number of priests sanctified themselves. 25 And all the congregation of Ju- dah, with the priests and the Le- vites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. 26 So there was great joy in Jeru- salem : for since the time of Solo- mon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. 27 * Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the º and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to 10 his holy dwell- ing-place, even unto heaven. CHAPTER XXXI. The people forward in destroying dolatry. OW when all this was finished, all Israel that were 1 present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the 2 images in pieces, a and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the al- tars b out of all Judah and Benja- min, in Ephraim also and Manas- seh, until 3 they had utterly de- stroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. 2 *ſ And Hezekiah appointed the c courses of the priests and the Le- vites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites d for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD. 3 He appointed also the king's por- tion of his substance for the burnt- offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt-offerings, an the burnt-offerings for the sab- baths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written e in the law of the floºd. 4 Moreover, he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to 2 CHRONICLES, XXXI. B. C. 726. 8 to the heart of all, ls.40.2. a De, 33.10. b Ezr. 10. 11. 9 lifted up, or, offered. 10 the habita- tion of his holiness. Ps.68.5. (CHAP. 31.) d 1 found. 2 statues. | a 2Ki. 18.4. i b ch.30. 14. 3 to make an cmd. c 10.h.23.6. 24. 1,&c. d 10.h.23.30. e Nu, xxviii. xxix. f §: 18.8,&c. e. 13. 10- 13. g Mal.2.7. 1C0.9.9-11. Ga.6.6. 4 brake forth. h Ex.22.29. 5 or, dates. i Le, 27.30. De. 14.28. 6 heaps, heaps. k Le.23.16, &c. l 10.h.29, 14. m Mal.3.10. 7 or, store- houses. m 2Ki. 12.15. 8 af. o Ne. 13.13. 9 at his nd. p Jos. 21.9. 10 or, trust, 1Ch.9.22. *- the house of tn destroying ºdolatry. give the fportion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be en- couraged g in the law of the LORD. 5 *| And as soon as the command- ment 4 came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the first-fruits h of corn, wine, and oil, and 5 honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. 6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe i of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them 6 by heaps. 7 In the third k month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. 8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the l LORD, and his people Israel. 9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites con- cerning the heaps. 10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and Said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left ºn |. for the LORD hath blessed his people ; and that which is left is this great St0re. 11 * Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare 7 chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them, 12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes, and the dedicated things n faithfully: over which Co- noniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. 13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Isma- chiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers 8 under the hand of Cononſah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of God. 14 And Kore the son of Immah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the free-will offerings of God, to 0 distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things 15 And 9 next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and She- maiah, Amariah, and Shechaniah, in the cities p of the priests, in their 10 set office, to give to their bre- thren by courses, as well to the great as to the small : º 16 Beside their genealogy of males from three years old and upward, 446 Sincerity of Hezekiah. even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges, according to their COUlrSe:S : i; Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from q twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses; - 18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation : for in their 11 set office they sanctified them- selves in holiness: 19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields r of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were ex- pressed by name, s to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites, 20 *| And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good t and right and truth before the LORD his God. 21 And in every work that he be- n in the service of the house of }od, and in the law, u and in the Commandments, to seek his God he did it with "ali his heart, and prospered.v CHAPTER XXXII. Sennachcrib invading Judah, Heze- kiah fortifieth himself. Aºi. these things, and the establishment thereof, Senna- cherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to 1 win them for himself. 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that 2 he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters b of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him. 4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that 3 ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water! 5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall c that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo d in the city of David, and made 4 darts and shields in abundance. 6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them to- gether to him in the street of the 2 CHRONICLES, XXXII. B. C. 726. q 1Ch. 23.24, 27. 11 or, trust. r Le.25.34. Nu.35.2 s wer. 12-15. t 2Ki.20.3. Jno. 1.47. A c.24. 16. 1.Th. 2. 10. 3Jno.5. w Ps. 1.2,3. v ch. 26.5. Jos. 1.7,8. Mat. 6.33. 7.24.27. (CHAP. 32.) a 2Ki. 18. 13, &c. Is.36. 1,&c. 1 break them tºp. 2 his face was to war. b Is.22.9,11. 3 overflowed. c ch. 25.23. d 2Sa. 5.9. 1Ki.9.24. 4 or, swords, or, weapons. *-*-*-*.*.*.*.*.*.* 5 to their heart. ch.30.22. & De.31.6. f ch.20, 15, g 2Ki.6.16. h Je. 17.5. i ch. 13.12. Ro.8.31. ld no.4.4. 6 leaned. k Pr. 12.25. T dominion. "ºftons. ! ſs. 10.14. Da.5. 19, m Da.3.15. n 2Ki. 19.9. *º-sºme 447 Sennacherib's biasphemw. gate of the city, and spake 5 coul.” fortably to them, saying, 7 Bee strong and courageous, bef not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the mul- titude that is with him; for there g be more with us than with him : 8 With him is an h arm of flesh: but with usi is the fond our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people 6 rested themselves upon the k words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 9 *|| After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his 7 power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the 8 siege in Je- rusalem : - ll Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LoRD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of As- Syria 3 12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall wor- ship before one altar, and burn in- cense upon it ! 13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done l unto all the people of other lands ! were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand 1 14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fa- thers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be a le to de- liver you out of mine hand 1 H5. Now therefore let not Heze- kiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him : for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers ; how much m less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand 7 16And his servants spake yet more against the LORD § and against his servant Hezekiah. > 17 He wrote also letters n to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the ods of the nations of other lands ave not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. - 18 Then they cried with a loud * Assyrian host destroyed. voice, in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright 9 them, and to trouble them ; that they might take "ºin they make ºne in nd p they spake against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. 20 "I And q for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed r and cried to heaven. 21 ºf Ands the LORD sent an an- gel, t which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when lie was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels 9 slew him there with the sword. 22 Thus u the LORD saved Heze- kiah and the inhabitants of Jerusa- lem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and v guided,thern on every side. 23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and 10 pre- sents to Hezekiah king of Judah : so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thence- forth. - 24'ſ Into those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD : and he spake unto him, and he 11 gave him a sign. 25 But Hezekiah rendered a not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was y lifted up : z therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Je- rusalem. 26 ...ºf Hezekiah humbled himself for the 12 pride of his heart, (both hea and the inhabit. ants of Jerusalem,) so that b the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. .27'ſ And c Hezekiah had exceed- ing much riches and honour ; and he made himself treasuries for sil- ver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of 18 pleasant jewels; 28 Storehouses also for the in- crease of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. 29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks d and herds in abundance: for God had #. him substance very much. 30. This same Hezekiah also stop- ped the upper water-course e of IB. C. 710. *—- o Ne.8.9. p 1Sa. 17.36. Job 15.25,26. Ps. 10. 13,14. 7 91.14, 15. s Is. 10, 16-18. 42.8. t 2Sa.24. 16. Ps. 18.50. Da:3.28. 6,22. 9 made him # uPs.37.39,40. Hos. 1.7. u Ps.48. 14. 71.20,21. 10 precious things. w 2Ki.20.1, &c. Is.38.1,&c. 11 or, wrought a miracle or him. a: Ps. 116.12. 9 ch.26. 16. Da.5.20,23. Hab.2.4. z ch. 24. 18. 12 lifting up, 2Ki. 14.10, a Je.26. 18, 19. biki.2i.33. c Pr. 10.22. 13 instru- ments of desire. d Job 1.3,9. 42.11. e Is.22.9, 11. 14 interpre- ters. f2Ki.20.12. Is.39,1,&c. g De.8.2, 16. ja.i.13 1 5 kindnesses. h Is..rxxvi- XXXIX. i 2Ki.xviii- XX, 16 or, highest. k Pr. 10.7. (CHAP. 33.) a 2Ki.21.1. b ch. 28.3. 39. g De. 18.10, 11. 2 CHRONICLES, XXXIII. Manasseh's wicked reign. Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of Da- vid. Hezekiah prospered in all his works. . 31 *| Howbeit in the business of the 14 ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent f unto him to inquire of the wonder, that, was done in the land; God left him to try g him, that he might know all that was in his heart. v 32 °ſ Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his 15 goodness, be- hold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah h the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings 1 of Judah and Israel. 33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the 16 chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David : and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour k at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XXXIII. 1 Manasseh's wicked reign : 3 He setteth up idolatry. Mºś was twelve years old when he bagan to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem : 2. But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the b abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out be- fore the children of Israel. 3 *|| For he i built i. the high places which Hezekiah his father c had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, d and worshipped e all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, in Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And f he caused his children to |pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom ; also g he observed times, and used enchant- ments, , and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. * 7 And he set a carved image, (the idol which he had made,) in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusa- lem, which I have chosen, before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the s: His repentance. land which I have appointed for your fathers: so that they will take eed to do all that I have com- manded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses. 9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathem, whom the LORD had destroyed be- fore the children of Israel. 10 And the LORD spake to Manas- seh, and to his people : but they would not hearken. 11 *| Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host 2 of the king of Assyria, which took Manassell among the thorns, h and bound i him with 3 ſetters, and car- ried him to Babylon. 12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and k humbled himself greatly be- fore the God of his fathers. 13 And prayed unto him ; and l he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his king- dom. Then m Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. 14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish- gate, and compassed about 4 Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. 15 And he took away the strange m gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusa- lem, and cast them out of the city. 16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace- offerings, and thank-offerings, 0 and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel. w 17 Nevertheless, p the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only. 18 °ſ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. 19. His prayer also, and how God was entreated q of him, and all r his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, befores he was humbled, behold. they are written among the sayings of 5 the seers. º - 20'ſ So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his 2 CHRONICLES, XXXIV. B. C. 610. 2 which were the king’s. h La.3.7. i Ps. 107.10- 14. 3 or, chains. k Ho.5. 15. 1Pe. 5.6. i 10h.5.20. Ezr. 8.23. 2m P3.9. 16. Da.4.34,35. 4 or, the tºwer, ch. 27.3. m ver.3,5,7, o Le.7. 12. p 2Ki. 15.4. q 1.Jno. 1.9. * Ro.5. 16. s Ps. 119.67, 71,75. * Or, Hosai. ^^^^^^^/~~ t 2Ki.21.19, &c. w Is.44. 13,&c. 6 multiplical trespass. v Je.7.26. w Ge.9.6. Nu.35.31,33. (CHAP. 34.) a 2Ki.22.1, C. b De. 5.32. 17. 11,20. 28. 14, Jos. 1.7. c Pr. 8. 17. Ec. 12.1. d Le.26.30. e ch.33.17,22. 1 or, sum images, ch. 14.5. f 2Ki.23.4. 2face of the graves. g 1Ki. 13.2. 8 or, mauls. 4 to make Powder. h De.9.21. *º- 449 Josiah's good reign. own house : and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 21 "I Amon twas two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two .. in Jerusalem. 22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LoRD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sa- crificed unto all the carved u ima- ges which Manasseh his father had made, and served thern ; 23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon 6 trespassed more v and more. 24, And , his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his Own house. - 25 *| But the people of the land slew w all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. CHAPTER XXXIV. 1 Josiah's good reign : 3 He destroy- eth idolatry. Jº a was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty Yêal S. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and waii. ed in the ways of David his father, and deciined neither b to the right hand, nor to the left. 3 *ſ For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, c he began to seek after the God of Da- vid his father: and in the twelfth year he began to d purge Judah and Jerusalein from the high e places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. 4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the | images that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, fand strew. ed it upon the 2 graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. 5 And he burnt g the bones of the priests upon their altars,and cleans- ed Judah and Jerusalem. 6 And so did he in the cities of Ma- masseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their 3 mattocks round about. 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images 4 into powder, h and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Is- rael, he returned to Jerusalem. 8'ſ Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house he sent Sha- phan the son of ãì. and Maa- A book of the law found. saiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, - § jºur the house of the LORD his O{1. 9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered i the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. 10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the over- sight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house : 11 Even to the artificers and build- ers gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to 5 floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. 12 And the men did the work k faithfully ; and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it for- ward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of Intl SIC. 13 Also they were over the bearers l of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and m of the Levites there were scribes, and offi- cers, and porters. 14 * And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book n of the law of the loRD given 6 by Moses. 15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah deliver- ed the book to Shapham. 16And Shaphan carried o the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed 7 to thy servants, they do it. 17 And they have 8 gathered to- gether, the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. 18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hatti given me a book. And Sha- phan read 9 it before the king. 19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard p the words of the law. that he rent his clothes. 20 And the king commanded Hil- kiah and Ahikam the son of Sha- 2 CHRONICLES xxxiv. B. C. 624. —º----- i 2Ki. 12.4. 5 or, rafter. k ch.31. 12. Ne.7.2. 1Co.4.2. l ch.2.18. Ne.4.10. m 1Ch. 23.4, n De. 17.18, 19 Jos. 1.8. 6 by the hand of. o Je.36.20,21. 7 to the hand of. 8 poured out, Or, melted. 9 in it. p Ro.7.7,9. 10 or, Achbor, 2Ki.22. 12. q Je.2.1.2. Eze. 14. 1, &c. 20. 1,&c. r Is.37.4. s Le.26. 14,&c De.28. 15, C. 29, 18-28. 30. 17-19. 31, 16-22. 11 or. Harhas 2ki.º.º.’ 12 garments. 13 or, school or, second part. t Je.6.19. 19.3, 15. 35. 17. w Is. 42.25. ty 1Ki.21.29. 2Ki.20. 19. z2Ki.23.1,&c. 14 from great even to ** The elders assembled. º and 10 Abdon the son of I ficah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, 21 Gö, inquire q of the LORD for me, and for them that are left r in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found : for great s is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. * 22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the Son of Tikvath, the son of 11 Hasrah, keeper of the 12 ward- robe ; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the 13 college :) and they spake to her to that effect. 23 °F. And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tellye the man that sent you to me, 24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, It will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah : Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out u upon this place, and shall not be quenched. 26 And as for the king of Judah, 25. who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, concerning the words which thou hast heard ; 27 Because thine heart was v ten- der, and thou didst humble w thy- self before God, when thou heard- est his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard theer also, saith the LORD. 28 isehold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gather- ed to thy grave in peace, neithery shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word {lgällil. 29." Then z the king sent and ;. together all the cláers of udah and Jerusalem. - 30 And the king went up into the house of the LoRD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, 14 great and small: and he read in their 450 Josuah keepeth 0. oars all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. - - s 31 And the king stood a in his place, and made a covenantb before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, c and his sta- tutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform d the words of the covenant which are written in this e 32 And he caused all that were 15 present in Jerusalem and Benja- min to stand to it. And the inha- bitants of Jerusalem did accordin to the covenant of God, the God o their fathers. 33 And Josiah took away all the abominations e out of all the coun- tries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days f they departed not from 16 following the LORD, the God of their fathers. CHAPTER XXXV. Josiah keepeth a most solemn pass- € Ot)€r. OREOVER a Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the pass- over on the fourteenth dayb of the first month. 2 And he set the priests in their c charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD, 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all d Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; ite shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel, 4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David f king of Israel, and ac- cording to the writing of Solomong his son. 5 And standh in the holy place, ac- cording to the divisions of the 1 fami- lies of the fathers of your 2 bre- thren the people, and after the divi- sion of the families of the Levites. 6 So kill the passover, and sanc- tify i yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do accord- ing to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 7 And Josiah 8 gave to k the peo- ple, of the flock, lambs and kids all for the passover-offerings, for a that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thou- 2 CHRONICLES, XXXV. B. C. 624. a ch.6.13. 2Ki. 11.14. b Je.50.5. c Ps. 119.111, 112. d Ps. 119. 106. 15 found. e 1Ki. 11.5. Je.3.10. j Hos. 6.4. 16 after. (CHAP. 35.) a 2Ki.23.21, &c b Ex. 12.6. Ezr.6.19. c ch. 23.18. d ch. 30.22. De.33. 10. Mal.2.7. € 1 Ch. 23.26. j 10.h.23.26. g ch.8. 14. h Ps. 134. I. 1 house. 2 sons of the 19eople. t ch.30.3,15. Ezr.6.20. | 3 offered. k ch. 7.8.10, 30.24. offered. l Ezr.6.18. mºst n Le.3.3. o Ex. 12.8,9. De. 16.7. p 1Sa.2.13-15. 4 made them 7°2.77. 3 | 5 station. q 10.h.25.1 &c. r 10h.9.17. 8 found. | sºm-ºn imost solemn passover. sand bullocks: these were of the king's substance. 8 And his princes 3 gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zecha- riah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God gave unto the priests for the passover-offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. 9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethameel his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jehiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, 3 gave unto the Levites for passover-offerings, five thousand small cattle, and five hun- dred oxen. 10. So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses,l . according to the king's command- ment. 11 And m they killed the passover and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. 12 And they removed the burnt- offerings, that they might give ac- cording to the divisions of the fami- lies of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written n in the book of Moses. And so did they with the OXe]]. 13 And they roasted o the passover with fire according to the ordi- nance: but the other holy offerings sod p they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and 4 divided them sº among all the people. 14 And afterward they #. eady for themselves, and for the priests : because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt-offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites pre- pared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. 15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their 53. accord- j to the commandment of Da- vid, q and Asaph, and Heman, and jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters r waited at every gate; they might not depart from their ser- vice; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. 16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt- offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the command- ment of king Josiah. 17 And the children of Israel that were 6 present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of un- leavened bread seven days. l there was no passover like to that kept in Israel, from the days of Samuel the prophet; e 45] Josiah slain at Megiddo. neither did all the kings of Israel eep such a passover as Josia kept, and the priests, and the Le- vites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 19 In the eighteenth year of the º of Josiah was this passover €105. p 20 "I Afters all this, when Josiah had prepared the 7 temple, Necho t king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have Ito do with Whee, thou king of Judah I come not against thee this day, but against the house 8 where with I have war: for God commanded me to make haste : forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but dis- guised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. 23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore 9 wounded. 24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had ; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried 10 in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 25 °ſ And Jeremiah lamented u for Josiah; and all the singing- menu and the singing-women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordi- nance win Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his 11 goodness, accord- ing to that which was written in the law of the LORD. 27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. CHAPTER XXXVI. Jehoahaz succeeding, is deposed by Pharaoh. Tº a the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Jo- siah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. . . º 3.And the king of Egypt 1 put him B. C. 610. *º- s 2Ki.23.29, &c. 7 house. t Je.46.2,&c. 8 of my war. 9 made sick, 1 Ki.22.34. 10 or, among the sepul- chres. w Zec. 12. 11. La.4.20. to Mat.9.23. w Je.22.20. 11 kindnesses, ch.32.32. (CHAP. 36.) a 2Ki.23.30, &c. 1 removed himn. 2 mulcted. b 2Ki.24. 13, &c. 3 or, chains: foretold, Hab. 1.6,&c. 4 or, Jeco- niah, 1Ch.3.16. or, Comiah, Je.22.24. c2Ki.24.8,&c 5 at the re- turn of the 3year. 6 vessels of desire. d Da. 1.1,2. 5.2. " or, Matta- miah, his father's brother, 2Ki.24. 17. e Je.37.1. f Je.51.2.8.c. g Je. 52.3. Eze. 17. 15, 18. h 2Ki. 17.14. i Je.25.3,4. 35. 15. 8 by the hand e 8 i.e. conti- nually and carefully. 2 CHRONICLES, XXXVI. Jehoiakim's wicked reign down at Jerusalem, and 2 con- demned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4.And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. 5 * Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Je- rusalem : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God. 6 Against b him came up Nebu- chadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in 3 fetters, to carry him to Babylon. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Je- hoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah ; and 4 Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 9 ºf Jehoiachinc was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. 10 And 5 when the year was ex- pired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the 6 goodly vessels d of the house of the LORD, and made 7 Zedekiah hise brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. 11 *|| Zedekiahf was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD. 13 And he also rebelled g against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened h his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. 14 T Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, trans- gressed very much after all the abominations of the heathem: and polluted the house of the Łomn which he had hallowed in Jeru- salem. - 15 Andi the Lord God of their fathers sent to ºn, t by his ". sengers, rising up etimes, an jº, because he had com- 452 Jerusalcm destroyed. assion on his people, and on his welling-place : 16 But they mocked j the messen- gers of God, and despised k, his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no 10 remedy. 17 Therefore l he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanc- tuary, and had no compassion upon 'oung man or maiden, old man, or in that stooped for age : he gave them all into his hand. 18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. 19 And n they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem,and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 20 Ånd in them that had escaped *~~~~~~~~~~~e vºvºrºvºvºrºv v^^^_^*\ * EZRA, I. B. C. 610. -º- j Is.28.22. k Pr. 1.24-30. 10 healing. 1 De. 28.49. 2Ki.25. 1, &c. Ezr. 9.7. m Ps. 74.6-8. Is.64. 11. 11 the re- mainder from the sword. ^. ºn Je.25.9-12. 26.6,7. 29.10. o Le.26.34,43. Da.9.2. p Ezr. 1.1, &c. q Is.44.28. 45. 1,&c. -- EZR.A. ******.*.*&^^^ey Cyrus' proclamation. from the sword carried he away to Babylon;, where they were ser- wants to him and his sons, until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, n until the land had enjoyed her sab- baths: o for as long as she lay de- solate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 22 ºf Now p in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, (that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be ac- complished,) the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus q king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an liouse in Je- rusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people 7 The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. v v^ From the Creation, 3468,...From the foundation of the Temple, 475....From the division of Israel and Judah, 439....From the captivity of Israel, 186....From the destruction of the Temple, 53....Year of the Babylonish Captivity, 70. CHAPTER I. The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple, OW a in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, (that the word of the b LoRD by the mouth of Je- remiah might, be fulfilled,), the a LORD c stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he 1 made a proclamation d through- but all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORDe God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and f he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Who is there among you of all his people 1 his God be with him, and let him go, up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jeru- $ºllèſſºl. 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let B. C. 586. --º- a 2Ch. 36.22, 23 b Je.25.12." 29, 10. 1 catttsed a voice to pass. d ch.5.13, 14. ^^^^*. 2 lift him up. e.2. 12. 3 i.e. helped them. i ch.5.14. j2kiºi.13. l * the men of his place 3 help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the free-will-offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. 5 ºf Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and, Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God h had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Je- rusalem. 6 And all they that were about them 3 strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. 7 *|| Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels i of the house of the LORD, which j Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem and had put them in the house o his#. 8 Eyen those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and nulla 453 Return of bered them prince of Ju 9 And this is the number of them : thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second sort four hun- dred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vesselsk of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Shesh- bazzar hº up with them of the 4 captivity that were brought up unto Sheshbazzar the dah. t from Babylon unto Jerusalem. CHAPTER II. The number that return of the people and priests. OW a these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, b of those which had been carriéâ away, whom Ne- buchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2. Which came with Zerubbabel: c Jeshua, Nehemiah, 1seraiah,2Ree- laiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, 3 Mizpar, Bigvai, 4 Rehum, d Baanah. number of the men of the people of israel : 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. 4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 5 The children of Arah, e seven hundred seventy and five. 6 The children of Pahath-moab,f of the children of Jeshua and Joab two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 7 The children of Elam, g a thou- sand two hundred fifty and four. 8 The children of Zattu, nine hun- dred forty and five. - 9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. s & 10 The children of 5 Bani, six hundred forty and two. . . 11 The children of Bebai, six hun- dred twenty and three. 12 The children of Azgad, a thou- EZRA, II. B, C, 536. k2Ti.2.20,21. 4 transpor- tation Matijl,12. (CHAP. 2.) a Ne.7.6,&c. b 2Ki.24. 14- c Hag. 1.1,&c. “jºia, 2 or, Raa- miah. 3 or, Mispe- reth. 4 or, Nehum. d ch.4.8. e Ne.7.10. ºf Ne.7.11. g ver,31. 5 or, Binnui, Ne.7.15. * 6 or, Hariph e.7.24. 7 or, Gibeon, Ref.25. 8 or, Bethaz- madeth, Ne.7.28. h ver, 7. 9 or, Harid, as it is in some copies. * 10.h.24.7. k 10.h.24.14. sand two hundred twenty and two. 1 1Ch.9.12. 13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. m I Ch. 24.8. 14 The children, of Bigvai, two 10 or Judah thousand fifty and six. 15 The children of Adin, four hun- dred fifty and four. 16. The children of Ater of Heze- kiah, ninety and eigh t. 17 The children ºil three n ver, 58. hundred twenty and three. . 18 The children of 6 Jorah, bundred and twelve. ! 11 an or, ch.3.9. called also Hodevah, Ne.7.43. sia. the captives. 19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. . 20. The children of 7 Gibbar, ninety and five. 21. The children of Beth-lehem, an hundred twenty and three. 22. The men of Netophah, fifty and six. 23 The men of Anathoth, an hun- dred twenty and eight 24 The children of forty and two. 25 The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. 26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. 27 The men of Michmas, an hun- dred twenty and two. 28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. 29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. 30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six. 31 The children of the other Elam, h a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. Lod, 9 Hadid, 's Azmaveth, 33 The children of and Ono, seven hundred twenty arlt 1 ITVe. 34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. 35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. 36 } The priests : the children of Jedaiah, i of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of Immer, k a thousand fifty and two. 38 The children of Pashur, l a thousand two hundred forty and Sever!. º 39 The children of Harim, m a thousand and seventeen. 40 *|| The Levites; the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of 10 Hodaviah, seventy and four. 41 *|| The singers: the children of *ph, an hundred twenty and eight. 42 "[The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the child- ren of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine. The Nethinims: n the child- ren of Ziha, the children of Hasu- pha, the children of Tabbaoth, 44. The children of Keros, the children of 11 Siaha, the children of Padon, > 45. The children of Lebanah, the º Hagabah, the children Ult), 454 Return of the captives. 46. The children of Hagab, the children of 12 Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, - 49 The children of Uzza, the child- ren of Paseah, the children of Besai, 50. The children of Asmah, the children of Mehunim, the children of 13 Nephusim, 51. The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur 52°the children of 14 Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of arsha, *. 53. The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, 54. The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 55 he children of Solomon's o servants : the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of 15 Peruda, 56. The children of Jaalah, the ºn of Darkon, the children of lutiel, 57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the child- ren of 16 Arni. 58 All the Nethinims, p and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred and ninety and tWO, 59 And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-har- sa, Cherub, 17 Addan, and Immer : but they could not show their fa- ther's house, and their 18 seed, whether they were of Israel : 60 The children of Deſaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. 61 *|| And of the children of the priests : the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai: (which took a wife of the daughters of q Barzillai the Gi- leadite, and was called after their name :) 62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by .*. but r they were not É. therefore 19 were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 63 And the 20 Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eats of the most holy, things, till there stood up a priest with Urim t and with Thummim. - 64 ºff The u whole congregation together was forty and two thou- sand three lundred and threescore, EZRA, III. JB. C. 536. 12 or, Sham- lai. 13 or, Nephi- shes imm. 14 or, Bazlith, Ne.7.54. O 1 Ki.9.21. 15 or, Perida, Ne.7.57 16 or, Amon, Ne.7.59. p Jos.9.21.27. | Ch.9.2. Ne. 3.26. 17 or, Addon, Ne.7.61. 18 or, pedi- 8 ree. q 2Sa. 17-27. r Nu.3.10. 19 they were polluted from the priesthood. 20 or, gover- Né.8.9. s Le.22.10, 14. t Ex. 28.30. e.8,8. Nu.27.21. I}e. 33.8. w Ne.7.66,&c. ~~ v Ne.7.70,&c. w 10.h.26.20. (CHAP. 3.) 1 or, Joshua, Hag. l. l. - Zec.3.i º 2 called Zo- robabel, Mat. 1. 12. Lu.3.27. 3 called Sala- thiel, Mat. i. 12. Lu.3.27. a Nu.28.3,&c. Dc. 12.5,6. b Ne.8.14, 17. Zec. 14. 16. 4 º; º, of the day in his day. c Ex. 29.38. d Nu. xxviii. xxix. 5 the temple of the JLORD was not yet founded. ** An altar is set up. 65. Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and Seven : and there were among them two hundred singing-men and sing- Ing-women. 66 Their horses were seven hun- dred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five ; their asses, six thou- sand seven hundred and twenty. 68 ºf And v some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Je- rusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place : 69 They gave after their ability unto the treasure w of the work three score and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments. 70. So the priests, and the Levites, and Some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. CHAPTER III. 1 The altar is set #h 4 Offerings e £0. Jr. ND when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then stood up 1 Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the riests, and 2 Zerubbabel the son p of , § Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt-offerings there- on, as it is written a in the law of Moses the man of God. 3 And they set the altar upon his bases; (for fear was upon them be- cause of the people of those coun- tries :) and they offered burnt-offer- ings thereon unto the LoRD, even burnt-offerings morning and even- l ng. 4 They b kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt-offerings by number, according to the custoni, 4as the duty of every day crequired; 5 And afterward offered the con- tinual burnt-offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts d of the LORD that were con- secrated, and of every one that willingly offered a free-will-offer- ing unto the LORD. 6. From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt- offerings unto the LORD. But 5 the foundation of the ºmple of the * LORD was not yet laid. 455 Workmen prepared. 7 They gave money also unto the tnasons, and to the 6 carpenters: and meat, and drink, and oil, unto thern of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanone to the sea of Joppa, ac- cording to the grant f that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. 8 ºf Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began g Zerubbabel the son ºf Shealtrel, und Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the vites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from h twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD. 9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of 7 Judah, 8 toge- ther, to set forward the workmen in the house of God : the sons of Hemadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. 10 And when the builders i laid the foundation of the tenuple of the I.ORD, they set k the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Le- vites the sons of Asaph with cym- bals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. 11 And they sang, together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD ; because l he is good, for his mercy endurcth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, be- cause the foundation m of the house of the LORD was laid. 12 But n many of the priests and Levites, and chief of the fathers who were ancient men, that ha seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept o with a loud voice; and many shouted p aloud for joy: 13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of Joy from the noise of the weeping q of the people: for the people shout- ed with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. CHAPTER IV. 17 The decree of Artarerates. 23 The building is hindered. . OW when the adversaries a of ... N Judah and Benjamin heard that the 1 children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with EZRA, IV. B. C. 535. g wer.2. h 1Ch. 23.24. 1 or, Hoda- tºtan, ch.2.40. 8 as one. i Zec.4. 10. |k 10h.6.31, & C. 16.4,&c. 25. 1,&c. Ne. 12.24, &c. l 1Ch. 16.34, 41 Ps.cxxxvi. 145. l-l l. Je.33. 11. m Re.21.10- 14. n Hag.2.3. o Ps. 126.6. Je.31.8,9. p Ps. 5, 11. q Ju.2.5. (CHAP. 4.) a ver.7,9. 1 sons of the transport- ation. .*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* b 2Ki. 17.24, &c. c 2K1. 19.37. d Ne.2.20, Ac.8.21. 3Jno.9,10. e ch. 1.1-3. df Ne.8.9. g ch.3.3. h Ac.24.1,&c. 2 Ahashve- rosh. 3 or, in peace. 4 societies. 5 or, secre- tary. 6 societies. i 2Ki. 17.30, 31. k Ro. 13.7. 7 Cheeneth. lver. 11,17. ch. 7. 12. m Eze. 17.12- 21. 8 or finished. 9 sewed toge- ther. Letter to Artaxerres. you: for b we seek your God, as e do ; and we do sacrifice unto im since the days of Esarhaddon c king of Assur, which brought us up hither. 3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fa- thers of Israel said unto them, You d have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king 6 Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. 4 Then the people of the landf weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled g them in building, 5 And hired counsellors h against them to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Per- sia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. 6 And in the reign of 2 Ahasue- rus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. 7 ºf And in the days of Arta- Xerxes wrote 3 Bishlam, Mithre- dath, Tabeel, and the rest of their * Companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Sy- rian tongue. 8. Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the 5 scribe wrote a let ter against Jerusalem to Arta Xerxes the king in this sort : 9 Then wrote Rehum the chan- Cellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their 6 companions; the Dinaites. i the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites. 10 Añd the rest of the nations whom the great and noble k As- mapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria. and the rest that are on this side the river, and 7 at such a time. l 11, "I This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him. even unto Artaxerxes the king: 'I’lly servants the men on this side the river, an at such a time. 12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusa- lem, building the rebellious m and the bad city, and have 8 set up the walls thereof, and 9joined the foun- dations. 13 Be it known now unto the king, that if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then 456 The building is hundered. will they not 10 pay toll, tribute, zi and custom, and so thou shalt en- damage the 11 revenue of the kings. 14. Now, because we 12 have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour,therefore have we sent and certified the king : 15 That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fa- thers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtfulo unto kings and provinces, and that they have 13 moved sedi- tion 14 within the same of old time : for which cause was this city de- stroyed.p - 16 We certify the king, that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. 17 * Then sent the king an an- swer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their 15 companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. 18.The letterwhich ye sent untous hath been plainly read before me.' 19 And 16 I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found q that this city of old time hath 17 made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedi- tion have been made therein. There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which r have ruled over all countries beyond s the river; and toll, tribute, and cus- tom was paid unto them. 21 18 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, an that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me. 22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings 1 23 °ſ Now when the copy of ki Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem, unto the Jews, and made them to cease by 19 force and power. 24. Then ceased the work of the house of God, which is at Jerusa- lem. So it ceased unto the second }. the reign of Darius king of ©!"Sia. CHAPTER W. Zerubbabel and Jeshua set forward the building of the temple. Tiºn the prophets, Haggal the prophet, and Zec the son of adoprophesied unto g echariah bi EZRA, W. B. C. 535. 10 give. n ch. 7.24. 11or, strength. 12 are salted with the salt of the palace. o Est. 3.8. 13 made. 14 in the midst thereof. 2Ki.24.20. 25, 1,4. 15 societies. p 16 by me a degree is sct. q 2Ki. 18.7. 17 lifted up itself. r 1 Ki.4.21,24. l’s. 72.8. s Ge. 15, 18. Jos. 1.3,4. 18 Make a decree. 19 arm. (CHAP. 5.) a Hag. l. l. b Zec. 1.1. 1 build. d Ps. 129.2-5. e ch.6.6. 2 in the midst whereof. 3 stones of rolling. f ver,3,4. i2Ch.36.16, 17. k 2Ki.24.2. 25.8-11. lch. 1 1-8. *ºsses 457 Letter to Darius. the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. 2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusa- lem : and with them were the prophets of God helping them. 3 º At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall ! 4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that I make this building : 5 But the eye c of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not d cause them to cease, till the matter came to Da- rius: and then they returned eam- Swer by letter concerning this mat- te ºr. 6 * The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king : 7 They sent a letter unto him, 2 wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. 8 Be it known unto the º that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with 3 greatstones and timber is laid in the walls, anº this work goeth fast on, and pros- pereth in their hands. 9 Then asked f we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who com- manded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them. 11 And thus they returned us an- swer, saying, We are the servants g of the of heaven, and earth and build the house that was build. ed these º: ago, which a great king of Israel h builded and set up. 12 But after i that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them k into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who de- stroyed the house, and carried the people away into Babylon. 13. But l in the first year of º: the king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus made a décree to build this house o f º * * 14 And the vessels also of gold Decree of Cyrus and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took m out of the temple that was in Jerusa- lem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one n whose name was Shesh- bazzar, whom he had made 4 gover- nor; 15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. 16 Then came the same Shesh- bazzar, and laid o the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem : and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet p it is not finished. f7 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search q made in the king's treasure-house, Which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us con- cerning this mater. TER VI. 13 The temple finished. 16 The feast of dedication kept. Tº Darius the king made a decree, and search a was made in the house of the 1 rolls, where the treasures were 2 laid up in Babylon. 2 And there was found at 3 Ach- metha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written : 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning b the house of God at Jerusalem, fet the house be builded, the place c where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid ; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 4 With d three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber : and let the expenses be given out of the king's house : 5 And also let the golden and silver vesselse of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jeru- salem, and 4 brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place then in the house of Göd. 6 Now therefore, Tatnai, f gover- nor beyond the river, ‘Shethar- boznai, and 5 your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence: EZRA, WI. B. C. 519. m Je.52. 19. m Hag. 1.14. 2.2.21. 4 or, deputy. o ch.3.8, 10. p ch.6.15. q ch.6. 1,2. (CHAP. 6.) a ch.5, 17. 1 books. 2 made to descend. 3 or, Ecba- tama, or, in a coffer. b 2Ch. 36.22, 23. c Ps. 122.4. d 1Ki.6.36. e ch. 1.7,8. 5.14 Daš.2. 4 go. f ch.5.3. 5 their $0- Cieties. * ~~~~~~~~~~ g Ac.5.38,39. 6 by me a ãº. is made. 7 made to C£0. See h Is.49.23. i ch. 7.23. Je.29.7. 8 of rest. k 1Ti.2.1.2. 9 destroyed. l Da.2.5. 3.29. m 1Ki.9.3. ºn Ps. 137.8,9. Ob. 10. 0 ch. 5.1,2. 10 decree. p wer. 3. q ch. 4.24. r ch.7.1. 11 sons of the transport- ation ch. 4.7. & I Ki. 8.63. 2Ch.7.5. t wer.22. 14 ch.8,35. tº 10.h.24.1. *º- for building the temple. 7 Let g the work of this house of God alone ; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place 8 Moreover 6 I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God : that of the king's goods, cven of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not 7 hindered. And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt-offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the ap- pointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be h given them day by day without fail: 10 That i they may offer sacrifices 8 of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for k the life of the king, and of his sons. ll. Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be 9 hanged thereon ; and let his house l be made adunghill for this. 12 And the God that hath caused his name m to dwell there destroy m all kings and people that shall put to their hand to alter and to de- stroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be dome with speed. 13." Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily. 14 And o the elders of the Jews builded,and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the pro- phet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the 10 commandment of Cyrus, p and Darius, q and Artaxerxes king r Persia. And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. 16 ºf And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the 11 children of the captivity, kept s the dedication of this house of God with joy.t 17 And offered u at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offer- ing for all Israel, twelve he- º: the according to the number tribes of Israel. - 18 And they set the priests u in 458 Ezra goeth to Jerusalem. their divisions, and the Levites w in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem ; 12 as it is written a in the book of Moses. 19 And the children of the cap- tivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day y of the first month. 20 For the priests and the Levites were purified z together, all of them were pure, and killed a the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. 21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of cap- tivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness b of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Is- rael, did eat, 22 And kept the feast c of um- leavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart d of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Is- rael. CHAPTFR VII. The gracious commission of Arta- acerates to Ezra, OW after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes a king of Persia, §zra the son of Seraiah, b the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 The son of Shaſlum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, c the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron d the chief priest: 6 This Ezra went up from Baby- !on ; and he was a ready scribe e in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all his request according f to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. 7 And g there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethi- nims, h unto Jerusalem, in the se- venth year of Artaxerxes the king. 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. 9 For upon the first day of the first month l began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according i to the good hand of his God upon him. 10 For Ezra had prepared k his heart to seek the law of the Lord ? EZRA, V11. B. C. 457. -** **— w 10.h.23.6. 12 according to the writing. ac Nu.3.6. 8.9. aſ Ex. 12.6. z 20.h.30, 15. a 20h.35. li. b ch.9. I 1. c Ex. 12. 15. 13.6. 2Ch. 30.21. (CHAP. 7.) a Ne, 2.1. b 1Ch.6. i4. c Nu.25. 1 i- 13. d He, 5.4. ever. 11,12,21. wer.9 • fver.9. ch.8.22.31. Ne.2.8, 18. r.3. g ch.s.l.. 15, & C. h Ch. 2.43. 1 was the foundation of the go- 17tg tºp. i ver, 6. k 20h. 19.3. l Ps. l 19.45. ************ m De, 16.12. Da.6.5. 2 or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, &c. 3 from before the king. t 1Ch. 39.6,9. w Nu. 15.4.13. ty De, 12.5-11. w Ep.5.17. 4 cors. Artarerres' letter to Ezra. and to do m it, and to teach n in Is. –|rael statutes and judgments. 11 *ſ Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. - 12 Artaxerxes, king o of kings 2 unto Ezra the priest, a scribe ôf the law of the God of heaven, per fect peace, and at such a time. 13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own free will to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent 9 of the king, and of his seven p counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; 15, And to carry the silver and gold, which q the king and his counsellers have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habita- tion r is in Jerusalem, 16 And s all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the free- will-offering of the people, and of the priests, offering t willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem : 3. 17. That thou mayest . speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat-offerings w and their drink-offerings, and offer them upon the w altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. 18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that dow after the will of your God. 19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. 20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, hestow it out of the king's treasure-house. 21 And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra, the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily 22 Unto an hundred tâlents of sil- ver,and to an hundred 4 measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. 459 Those who returned 23 Whatsoever is 6 commanded a: by the God of heaven, let it be diligently y done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? 24 Also we certify you, that touch- ing any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wis- dom of thy God that is in thine hand, set magistrates 2 and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as kilow the laws of thy God; and téach a ye them that know them not. 26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to 6 banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to in- prisonment. 27 *[ Blessed b be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put c such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusale in : 28 And d hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strength- ened as e the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief inen to go up with me. CHAPTER VIII. The companions of Ezra, who return- ed from Babylon. HESE are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. 2 Of a the sons of Phinehas; Ger- shom ; of the sons of Ithamar; Da- niel: of the sons of David; Hattush.b 3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh ; c. Zechariah : and with him were reckoned by genea- #. of the males an hundred and fifty. 4 ºf the sons of Pahath-moab : Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. 5 Of the sons of Shechaniah ; the son of Jehaziel, and with him three hundred males. 6. Of the sons also of Adin ; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. 7 And of the sons of Elam; Jesha- iah the son of Athaliah him seventy males. 8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; , and with EZRA, VIII. R. C. 457. 5 of the decree. ac ver. 18. ty Ps. 119.4. z Ex. 18.21, 22 De.16.18. ver, 10. Ro. 10. 14-17. 6 rooting out. b 10.h.29, 10. C chö.22. d ch.9,9. e ver.6. ch.S. 18. (CHAP. 7.) a 10h.6.4,&c. b 10 h. 3.22. c ch. 2.3. ~~~~~~~~~ 1 or, youngest 2 or, Zaccur, àS Sºil & read. 3 or, pitched. d ch. 7.7, e 1Ch. 12.32. r.20.5. 28.2. 4 Iput words in their mouth, 2Sa. 14.3, 19. f Tit. 1.5. g Ne.8.7. 9.4,5. h ch.2.43. i Phi.4.3. k 20.h.20.3. l Le. 16.29. 23.29. Is.58.3,5. Joel 2.13. m Ps. 5.8. 143,8,10. Pr.3.6. Is. 30.21. 42.16. Je. 10.23. ºn Ps.8.2. Mar. 10.13, 16. o 1Co.9. 15. *** with Ezra. Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. 9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen nuales. - 10 And of the sons of Shelomitli ; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. 11 And of the sons of 13ebai; Ze- chariah the son of Bubai, and with him twenty and eight males. 12 And of the sons of Azgad; Jo- hanan the 1 son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred aud ten males. 13 And of the last sons of Adomi- kam, whose names are these, Eli- phelet, Jeiel, and Shermaiah, and with them threescore males. 14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and 2 Zabbud, and with them seventy males. 15°. And Igathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava ; and there 3 abode we in tents three days : and I viewed the people and the priests, and found there none d of the sons of Levi. 16 "Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Élma. than, and for Jarib, and for Elna- than, and for Nathan, and for Ze- chariah, and for Meshullam, chief men ; also for Joiarib, and for Elna- than, men of understanding.e 7 And I sent thern with command- ment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and 4 I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring funto us ministers for the house of our God. 18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they q brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel ; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen ; 19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; Also of the Netº:ims, h whom David and the princes had appoint- ed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethin- ims: all of them were expressed by Iłżlſſle. ? 21 || Then I proclaimed a fast k there, at the river of Ahava, that we might l afflict ourselves before our God, to m seek of him a right way for us, and for ourn little ones, and for all our substance. 22 For o I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The 460 The treasure is weighed. EZRA, IX. hand p of our God is upon all them | B. C. 457. for good that seek q him ; but his — power and his wrath r is against p ch:7,6,3,28. all them that forsake him. q Ps. 33.18.19. 23 So we fasted and besought our 34:15,22. God for this ; and he was entreated § § Oi li S. . . . ; 24 ºf Then I separated twelve of |' %; the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, fº. Hashabiah, and ten of their bre- |s ſch. 5.20 thren with them, Ps.66. 18-20. 25 And weighed unto them the t| Is. 19.22. silver, and the gold, and the ves- sels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered : 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of sil- ver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred ta- lents; t ch. 7. 15, 16. 5 yellow, or, shining brass. 6 desirable. w I.e. 21.6-8. I)e. 33.8. v Nu.4. 15. RO.9.23. 27 Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of 5 fine copper, 6 precious as gold. 28 And I said unto them, Ye are u holy unto the LORD : the vessels v are holy also ; and the silver and the gold are a free-will-offering un- to the LORD God of your fathers. 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Je- rusalem, in the chambers of the lıouse of the LORD. 30 So took the priests and the Le- ^r) ver. 32. ac ch. 7.28. J Ne.2.11. 2 ver. 26,30. a ch.6. 17. l, ch. 7.21. (CHAP. 9.) a ch.6.21. Ne.9.2. 200.6.17. b De. 12.30, Ro.2.1735. c Ex 34. 16. vites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem w unto the house of our God. 31 Iſ Then we departed from the 'e 2Co.6.ii. ºf 2Ki. 19, 1 | g Is. h Ps. i ch. 10.3 |N I e river of Ahava, on the twelfth day Ps. ii.9.136. of the first month, to go unto Jeru-i Is.66.2. salem : and a the hand of our God Eze.9.4. was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of Such as lay in wait by the way. 32. And y we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 33 ºf Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold, and the k Ex. 29.39. 1 or,a flic- ti 107*. l l Ki. 8.22. m Da.9.7,8. | n Ps.3S.4. 2 or, guilti- t&S - - 27. - vessels, 2 weighed in the house of joggi. 28.9. our God by the hand of Meremoth the Son of Uriah the priest ; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Joza- bad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; 34 By number and by weight of every one : and all the weight was written at that time. 35. Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered a burnt-offerings unto the God of Is- rael, twelve bullocks for all 1srael tlinety and six rams, seventy and Seven lambs, twelve he-goats for I.u. 15.21. Re. 18.5. p Ps. 106.6. q De.28.38,64. 3 monorrient. 4 or, a pim: that is, a constant and sure abode, Is. 22.23. r Ps. 13.3. s Ps. 85.6. t Ne.9.36. w Ps. 136.23. Eze. 1 1. 16. Ezra prayeth unto God. a sin-offering : all this was a burnt- offering unto the LORD. 36 °ſ And they delivered the king's commissions b unto the king's lieu- tenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they fur- º the people, and the house CHAPTER IX. Ezra prayeth unto God with confes- sion of sins. OW when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have Ilot separated a themselves from the people of the lands doing b ac- cording to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Am- monites, the Moabites, the Egyp- tians, and the Amorites. 2 For they have taken c of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy d seed have e mingled themselves with the people of those lands : yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. 3 And when I heard this thing, If rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair g of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.h 4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled i at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied untilthe evening sacrifice.k 5 *| And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my 1 heaviness; and having rent Iny garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread l out my hands unto the l,ORD my God, 6 And said, O my God, I am m ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our ini- quities are increased over our head, n and our 2 trespass is grown o up unto the heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers p have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniqui- ties have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered q into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it as this day. 8 And now for a little 3 space grace hath been showed from the LoRD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us 4 a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten r, our eyes, and give us a little reviving sin our boridage. 9 For we were bondmen; t yet u 461 Ezra prayeth. our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviv- ing, to set up the house of our God, and to 3 repair the desolations there- of, and to give us a wall v in Judah and in Jerusalem. 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this for we have forsaken thy commandments, 11 Which thou hast commanded 6 by thy servants the }. hets, say- ing, the land, unto w ...; ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. 12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace w or their wealth for ever : that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. 13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thout our God hast 8 punished us less as than our iniquities deserve, and hast iven us such deliverance as this ; 14 Should y we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abomina- tions 7 wouldest not thou be angry with us till z thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no rem- nant nor º 15 O LORD God of Israel, thou a art righteous: for we remain yet |. escaped, b as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our c tres- passes: for we cannot stand d be- fore thee because of this. CHAPTER X. Ezra mourning,assembleth the people. Nº. when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weep- ing and casting himself down before a the house of God, there assem- bled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and wo– men and children: for the people wept 1 very sore. 2 And Shechaniah the son of Je- hiel, one of the sons of Elam an- swered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed b against our God and have taken strange wives o the people of the land : yet now there is chope in Israel concerning this thing. 3. Now therefore let us make a d covenant with our God to 2 put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those EZRA,x. B. C. 457. 5 set up. v ch.6.8,14. 6 by the hand of. 7 mouth to mouth, 2Ki.21. 16. w De.23.6. 8 withheld beneath our iniquities. ac Ps. 103.10. y Jno.5.14. 2Pe.2.20,21. z De.9.8. a Ne.9.33. Da.9.14. b La.3.22,23. c Jno.8.21,24. 1Co. 15. 17. d Ps. 130.3. (CHAP. 10.) a 2Ch. 20.9. 1 a great weeping. b Ne. 13.27. c Is. 55.6,7. d 2Ch. 34.31. 2 bring forth. e ch.9.4. f De.7.2,3. g Ne.5.12. h De.9. 18. 3 devoted. i Sa. 12. 18. 4 showers. 5 caused to dwell, or, have brought back. k Pr.28. 13. l,Jno. 1.9. 6 or, have great' offended. 7 or, be turm- ed from us till this matter be despatched. *º- He reformeth the people. that tremble e at the command- ment f of our God; and let it be done according to the law. 4 Arise ; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it. 5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear q that they should do according to this word. And they sware. 6 # Then Ezra rose up from be- fore the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib : and when he came thither, he h did eat no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned be- cause of the transgression of them that had been carried away. 7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the capti- vity, that they should gather them- selves together unto Jerusalem; 8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be 3 forfeited, and himself sepa- rated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. 9 *ſ. Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, and the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling be- cause i of this matter, and for the great 4 rain. 10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have trans- gressed, and have 9 taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel. 11 Now therefore make confes- sion unto k the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleasure : and separate yourselves from the peo- ple of the land,and from the strange WłVeS. 12 Then all the congregation an- swered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do. 13 But, the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two : for we 6 are many that have transgressed in this thing. 14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all thern which |have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of ever city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for 7 this matter be turned from us. 15 °ſ Only Jonathan the son of 462 The names of them which NEHEMIAH, I. had married strange waves. Asahel, and Jahaziah the son of B. C. 457. Malchiah, and Miamin, and Elea- Tikvah 8 were employed about this zar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. matter: and Meshullam and Shab- 26 And of the sons of Elam : Mat- bethai the Levite helped them. taniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and 16 And the children of the cap- 8 stood. Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Ellah. tivity did so. And Ezra the priest, 27 And of the sons of Zattu ; with certain chief of the fathers Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and after the house of their fathers, an ! Do. 13. 14 Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. all of them by their names, were | jºić 28 Of the sons also of Behai; Je- separated, and sat down in the first j. hohanan, Hananiah, Zabbal, and day of the tenth Inonth to examine l " ' " " " | Athlai. the matter, 29 And of the sons of Bani; Me- 17 And they made an end with all J shullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Ja- the men that had taken Strange "... § shub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. wives by the first day of the first **** | 30 And of the sons of Pahath- month. moab ; Adria and Chelal, Benaiah, 18 ºff And among the sons of the m - Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and priests there were found that had |n 2Ki. 19. 15. Binnui, and Manasseh. taken strange wives: namely, of £5.33:34, 31 And of the sons of Harim; Elie- the sons of Jeshua the son of Joza- łºś. Zer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Sliemaiah, dak, and his brethren ; Maaseiah, a, 5.6. Shimeon. *. and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Geda- 32 Benjamin, Malluch, and She- liah. mariah. 19 And they º n their hands o Le.5.15, 16. 33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mat- that they would put away their 6.4.6. tenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, wives; and being guilty, they offer- Jeremai. Manasseh, and Shimei. ed o a ram of the flock for their 34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, trespass. p Ne.7.41. Amram, and Uel, 20 And of the sons of Immer; Ha- 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, nami and Zebadiah. 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 21 And of the sons of Harim ; 37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaa- Maaseiah, and Elijah, and She- ~~~~~~~ sau, maiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. 38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 22 And of the sons of Pashur; p 39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Ne- 9 or, Mabna-' and Adaiah, thaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. debai, ac- 409 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 23 Also of the fevites; Jozabad, cording to 41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, She- and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same | Some mariah, is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and copies. 42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. Eliezer. 43 Of the sons of Nebo ; , Jeiel, 24 Of the singers also ; Eliashib : Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and of the porters; Shallum, and q Pr:3.20. and joel, Benajah. + Telem, and Uri. 44 All these had taken strange q 25 Moreover of Israel : of the sons wives : and some of them had wives of Parosh ; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and —— by whom they had children. ^_^^_^."v"N-ºxº~~~~" The Book of NEHEMIAH, From the foundation of the Temple, 565....From the division of Israel and Judah. 529....From the captivity of Israel, 276....From the destruction of the Temple, 143. CHAPTER I. B, C, 416. [ing, the Jews that had escaped, Nehemiah mourneth, fasteth, and |—— which were left of the captivity, prayeth a ch. 10.1. |and concerning Jerusalem. HE words of Nehemiah a the ~~~~~~~~~ || 3 And they said unto me, The son of Hachaliah, And it came Ps. 137.1.3. remnant that are left of the cap- to pass in the month Chisleu, in the ... * |tivity there in the province are b in twentieth year, as I was in Shushan 3.61. great affliction and reproach: the the 4..."; - 5. I. wall of Jerusalem also is broken c - 2 That Hanani, one of my bre- c 2Ki:25.10. down, and the gates thereof are thren, came, he and certain men of Is.64.10.11. burned with fire. Judah; and I asked them concern- —º- 4 *| And it came to pass, wher: I Nehemiah's prayer, heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven. 5 And said, I beseech thee, d O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth e cove- nant and mercy for them that love him and observe his command- Inents : 6 Let f thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, g that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy Ser- vant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess h the sins of the children of Israel, willch we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house llave sinned. 7. We i have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept k the commandments, nor the sta- tutes, nor the judgments,which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. 8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy Servant Moses, saying, If lye trans- gress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: 9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there m were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather n them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. 10 Now these o are thy servants and thy Pº whom thou hast redeemed by thy feat power, and by thy strong hand. 11 O Lorp. i beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive p to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire q to fear thy name : and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For r I was the king's cup- bearer. CHAPTER II. Artaxeraces sendeth Nehemiah to Je- 7°ttS - A*S. it came to pass in the month Nisam, in the twentieth year of a Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up b the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. 2. Wherefore the king said unto ine, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is no- thing else but sorrow c of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 3.And said unto the king, Let d the king live for ever; why should not my countenance be sad, when the NEHEMIAH, II. B. C. 446. d Da,9.4,&c. e Ex. 20.6. f 1Ki.8.28,29. 2Ch.6.40. g Ps.34, 15. h Ps. 32.5. 1Juo. 1.9. i Ps. 106.6. k De.28. 15. l Le.26.33,&c JDe.4.25,3; c. 28.64. m De.30.4. 'n Ps. 147.2. ls. l I. 12. 56. S. Je. 12. 15. 50. 19,20. 0 De.9.29. Da.9.15,&c. p Ps. 86.6. q Is.26.8. He, 13, 18. r ch. 2. l. (CHAP. 2.) a Ezr.7.1. b ch. 1.11. c Pr. 15.13. d 1Ki. 1.31. Da.2.4. ~~~~~~~~~~ € 1Ch.1.3. f2Ch.21.20. 28.27. 32.33. Pr.3.6. Phi.4.6. 1 wife. h ch.5.14. 13.6. i ch.3.7. k ver, 18. zr.5.5. l Ps. 112.10. Eze. 25.6-8. m Ezr.8.32. n Ps. 51.8. 122.6. o 20.h.26.9. p ch. 1.3. g ch.3.15. r 2Sa. 15.23. Je.31.38-40. ** 5. request, and com:mission. city, e the place of my fathers' se- ºr lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire 7 4. Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou nake request ? So I prayed g to the God of heavcn. 5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. 6 And the king said unto me, (the 1 queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be 7 and when wilt thou return ? So it P. the king to send me ; and set him a time.h 7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah ; 8 And a letter unfo Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house i that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according k to the good hand of my God upon me. 9 *|| Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. (Now the king had sent captains of the army und horsemen with me.) 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Am- monite, heard of it, it grieved l them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. 11 Som I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 2 *| And I arose in the night, ſ and some few men with me; nei- ther told I any man what my God n had put in my heart to do at Jeru- salem : neither was there any beast, with me, save the beast that I rode upon. 13 And I went out by night by the ate o of the valley, even before the ragon-well, and to the dung-port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were p broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. 14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, q and to the king's ool : but there was no place for the peast that was under me to pass. 15 Then went I up in the might by the brook, r and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so re- turned. 464 'ºhe names of them 16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, nor what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. 17 ºf Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, s and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.t 18 Then I told them of the hand u of my God, which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, i.et us rise up and build. So they strengthened v their hands for this good work. 19 But when Samballat the Ho- romite, and Tobiah the servant; the Ammonite, and Geshem the Ara- bian, heard it, they laughed w us to Scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel r against the king 1 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he y will prosper us: therefore we his servants will arise and build : but ye 2 have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.a CHAPTER III. The names and order of them that bºtilded the wall. HEN Eliashib a the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the b sheep-gate ; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah c they sanctified it, unto the tower d of Hananeel. 2 And I next unto him builded the men of Jericho. e. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. 3 But the f fish-gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth, the son of Urijah, the son of Koz, And next unito them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unio them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. 5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their noble8.9 put not #. necks to the workh of their T(1. 6 More Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah : they laid the beams thereof, and Set up the doors thereof, and the lººks thereof, and the bars thereof. 7 And next unº, hem repaired }over the old gate repaired| NEHEMIAH, III. that builded the wall. B. C. 445. Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon s La.2.2.8.9 and of Mizpah, unto the thronei of “” the governor on this side the river. t ch. 1.3. 8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel ps. 44.13. the Son of Harhaiah, of the gold- 78.4,12. Smiths... Next unto him also re- Je.24.9. paired Hamaniah the son of one of Eze.5.14, the apothecaries, and they 2 forti- fied Jerusalem unto the broad 22.4 wall.k ſer. 8 9 And next unto them repaired 14 WeI’.8. Rephaiah, the son of Hur, the ruler o 2sa.2.7. Of the half part of Jerusalem. Ezré.32. 10 And next unto them repaired - - - - , Jedaiah, the son of Harumaph, twy Ps,80.6. even over against his house. ...And next unto him repaired Hattush, ac ch.6.6. the Son of Hashabniah. 11, Malchijah the son of Harim, 9 PS-102.13, and Hashub the son of Pahath: EC.7 1. moab, repaired the 3 other piece, *** land the tower of the furnaces. z Ezr.4.3, 12 And next unto him repaired --- Shallum the son of Halohesh, the a IS.56.5. ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, t he and his daughters. (°FAP-3) || 13 The valley gated repaired Ha- a ch. 12.10. Run, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; w J they built it, and set up the doors **.*.* thereof, the locks thereof, and the .c ch. 12.39. |bals thereof, and a thousand cubits - - on the wall unto the dung-gate. m. Gł Je. 31.38. 14. But the dung-gate repaired *c.14.10. Malchiah the son of Recha , the 1 at his hand. ruler 9f part of Beth-haccerem; - |he built it, and set up the doors * Pºr-2:34, thereof, the locks thereof, and the f2Ch. 33.14 bars thereof. Żejo. 13. But,the gate of the fountainin repaired Shallum the son of Col- g Je.5.4,5. hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; 1Co. 1.25. he built it, and govered it, and set 1ſi.6.17, 18. Fup the doors thereof, the locks h Ju.5.23 thereof, and the bars thereof, and * the wall of the pool of Siloah'o by ~~~~~~~~~ the king's garden, and unto the i stairs that go down from the city ... ch.2.8. of David. 2 or, left 16 After him repaired Nehemiah or, left. the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the k ch. 12.38. half part of º: º:º: pº yer agains e Sepulchres o 3 second jd. and to the poolp that was measure. Ima ; and unto the house of the mighty. - A ch. 2. 13. 17 And after him repaired the m ch.2.13. §. Rehum the son of Bani. a ch.g. 14. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, - + the ruler of the half part of Keilah, 6 Jno.9.7. in ** * 18 After him repaired their bre- p?º.20. thren, Bavai the son of Henadad, "#, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.g tº K & 6, 19 And next to him repaired Ezer q 1Sa.23.1,&c.; the son of Jeshua, the ruler of 20h.26.9 Mizpah, another piece over against r 20h.26.9. the going y to the armoury at the turning r of the wall. - 465 30 Those who built the wall. 20 After him Baruch the son of 4. Zabbai, earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 21 After him repaired Meremoth, the son of Urijah, the son of Koz, another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib, even to the end of the house of Eliashib. 22 And after him, repaired the priests, the men of the plain.s . 23. After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Aza- riah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Amaniah by his house. - After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning t of the wall, even unto the CONTher. 25 Palal, the son of Uzai, over inst the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court u of the prison. After him Pedaiah, the son of Parosh. . . . 26 Moreover the v Nethinims 5 dwelt in 6 Ophel, w unto the place over against the water-gate a to- ward the east, and the tower that lieth out. - 27. After them, the Tekoites re- paired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. From above the horsey gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. 29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate. . After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another iece. After him repaired Meshul- am the son of Berechiah over against his chamber. - 31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, z and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the 7 corner. 32 And between the the corner unto the repaired the goldsmiths an merchants. - - CHAPTER IV. While the enemies scoff, Nehemiah - prayeth. - B'. it came pass, that a when ed ; up of sheep-gate a the Samballat heard that we build- the wall, he was wroth, and took greath indignation, - and c mocked the Jews. NEHEMLAH, IV. B. C. 445. 4 or, Zaccai. sch. 12.28. t ver, 19. w Je.32.2. 37.21. v Ez.2.43,&c. 5 or, which dwelt in Ophel, re- pair 14??t 0. 6 or, the tower. w 20.h.27.3. a ch.8, 1,3. 12.37. Ay 2Ki. 11. 16. Je.31.40. 2 wer. 26. 7 Or, CO7-77 e?” chamber. a ver. 1. (CHAP. 4.) a ch.2.10, 19. b Ac.5. 17. c He. 11.36. d Zee. 12.8. 1 leave to themsekjeg. e 2Ki. 18.23. f Ps. 123.3,4. 2 despite. g Ps. 79.12. Pr. 3.34. J. Ps. 69.27. Je. 18.23. 2Ti.4.14. $ 20.h.29.36. Ps. l 10.3. 3 ascended. k Ps.83.3-5. 4 make an error to it, Je.20. 10. Da.6.4,5. l Ps. 50.15. 55. 16-22. m Lu.21.36. Ac.4.24-29. 7, 2Sa. 17.2. Ac.23. 12, 21 5 or, That from all places ye ºnntast re- turn to 6 from the lower parts of the place. o De. 1.29,30. Mat. 10.28. 466 Nehemiah setteth a watch. 2 And he spake before his bre- thren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these d feeble Jews? will they 1 fortify them- selves? will they sacrifice 1 will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned 1 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even e that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone 4 Hear, f O our God; for we are 2 despised : and turn g their re- proach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: 5 And h cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee : for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. 6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind t to work. 7 *|| But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were 3 made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, 8 And conspired k all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to 4 himier it. 9 Nevertheless we made our l prayer unto our God, and set a watch m against them day and night, because of them. 10 And Judah said, 'The strength of the bearers of burdens is de- Cayed, and there is much rubbish; So that we are not able to built the wall. 11 And Our adversaries said, n They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. 12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them Came, they said unto us ten times, 5 From all places whence ye shali return unto us they will be upon 90tt. 13 *ſ Therefore set 1 0 in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set * the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the peo- ple, Be o not ye afraid of them: #. * He armeth the labourers. remember the Lord, which is great p and terrible, and fight q for your brethren, your sons, und your daughters, your wives, and your houses. 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to mought, r that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. 16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my ser- vants wrought in the work, and the other haif of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. 17. They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his liºnds wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.s 18 For tlie builders, every one had his sword girded 7 by his side, and So builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. 19 ºf And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest uf the people. The work as great and large, and we are separate upon the wall, one far from another. 20 lm what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our §oãt shali fight for us, 21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them heid the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. Likewise at the same time said 1 unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Je- rusalem, that in the night they may a guard to us, and labour on the day. 23 So neither I, tº nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, 8 saving that every one put them off for washing. CHAPTER W. The Jews *|†.of their debt and Oºuſtage. Aº there was a great cry a of ...the people and of their wives ugainst their brethren the Jews. 2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many : therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. aiso there were that said, We have mortgaged b our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. NEHEMIAH, V. B. C. 445. p De. 10.17. Ps.66.3,5. Na. 1.6,7. q 2Sa. 10.12. r Job 5.12. P8.33. 10. La. 3.37,38. & 100. 16. 13. Phi. i. 28. T on his loins, t Ex. 14. 14, 25 De, 1.30. Zec. 14.3. w 1Co. 15.10. 8 or, every one went with his weapon for water, Ju.5. li. (CHAP. 5.) a Is.5.7. b Le.25.35-39.' De. 15.7. ********** c Is, 58.7. di Ex. 21.7. 1 my heart consulted in me, l’s.4.4. e Ex. 22.25. Ps. 15. 1,5. Eze. 22. 12. f Le.25.48. g ver, 15. h 2Sa. 12, 14. Ro.2.24. 1Pe.2.12. i 2Ki.23,2,3. Ezr. 10.5. Je.34.8,9. k Mat, 10. 14. Ac. 13.51. 18.6. 2 empty, or, twoid. l De.27.15,&c. m 2Ki.23.3. n ch.13.6. o 1Co.9.4, 15. ** * He rebuketh the tasturers. 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. 5 Yet now our flesh c is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children : and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons anti our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters dare brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them ; for other men have our lands and º S. 6 *ſ And I was very angry when f heard their cry and these words. 7 Then, 1 I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, e every one of his brother. And I set a great as- sembly against them. 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed four brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will you even sell your brethrer 7 or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and ſound nothing to answer. 9 Also I said, It ws not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fearg of our God because of the reproach h of the heathen our ene- mies? 10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. 11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. 12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou say- est." Then ſcalled the priests, and i took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. 13 Also I shookk my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, ever, thus be he shaken out, and 3 emp. tied. And l all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LoRD. And m the people did according to this promise. 14"|Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth n year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have moto eaten the bread of the governor. 487 º Stratagem of Sanballat. 15 But the former governors that had been before me were charge- able unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even tlieir servants bare rule over the people : but p so did not I, because of the fear q of God. 16 Yea, also I continued in the work ofthis wall, neither bought we any land : and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. 17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us. 18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were pre- pared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine : yet for all this required not I the bread r of the governor, becauses the bond- age was heavy upon this people. 19 Think t upon me, my God, for ood, according u to all that Íhave one for this people. C ER WI. Sanballat practiseth by craft to ter- rify Nehemiah. Nº. it canne to pass, when San- ballat, a and Tobiah, and 1 Ge- shem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had build- ed the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I liad not set up the doors "y", the gates;) That Samballat and Geshemb sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono.c. But they'd thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot coine down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? 4.Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and e I answered them after the same manner. 5Then sent Samballat his servant unto me in like manner the fift time with an open letter in his hand; Wherein was written, It is f re- pºrted among the heathen, and * Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, accord- ing to these words. 7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jeru- salem, saying, is a king in Judah: and now shall it be report- ed to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. - NEHEMIAH, VI, VII. B. C. 445. p Pr. 16.6. 20o. 11.9. 12. 13. q ver,9. r ver, 14,15. s Ps.37.21,26. t ch. 13.22. Ps, 40. 17. w Mat. 25.40. Mar, 9.41. (CHAP. 6.) a ch.2.10, 19. 4. 1,7. 1 or, Gashmu, ver, 6. b Pr.26.24, 25. c ch. 11.35. 1Ch.8, 12. d Ps.37.12,32. e Pr. 14.15. f Je.20. 10. 2 or, Geshem, ver.i. .******* g ISa. 30.6, Ps, 71.1. h Job 24.16. i Ps. 11.1. 112.6.8. Lu. 13.31- 33. .Ae.20.24. 21. 13 k Eze. 13. HT, C. h l Ja.4.17. mn ch. 13.29. Ps.36.11,12. ºn Ps. 126.2, Ac.5.38,39. 3 multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah. * or, matters. (CHAP. 7.) a ch.6.1. -º----. The wall is finished. 8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. 9 For they all made us afraid, soy- ing, Their hands shall be weaken- ed from the work, that it be not done. Now, therefore, O God, g strengthen my hands. 10 Afterward I came unto the house of Sliemaiah the son of De- laiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up ; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut. the doors of the temple : for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the nignt h will they come to slay thee. 11 And Isaid, Should i such a man as I flee 7 and who is there, that, ing as I am, would go into the temple to save his life I will not go in. * 12 And, lo, I fierceived that God had not sent him; but that he pro- nounced this prophecy against me : for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired III]. 13 Thereforek was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, l and that they might have mat- terfor an evil report,that they might reproach me. 14 My God, think m thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the pro- phetess Noahdiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. - - 15 *|| So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. 16And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and , all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for n they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. 17 *|| Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah 8 sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of To- biah came unto them. 18 For there were many in Judah Sworn unto him, because he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshul- lam the son of Berechiah. $9 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my 4 words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. HAPTER WHI. A register of º: ... returned from Nº. it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the a doors, and the porters and 468 Register of those who the singers and the Levites were appointed, 2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the pa- lace, charge over Jerusalem : for b he was a faithful man, and feared c God above many. 3 And I said unto them, Ilet not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them : and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jeru- salem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house. 4. Now the city was 1 large and great; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. 5 *| And my God put d into mine lieart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by gene- alogy. And I found a register e of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written thereim, 6'1'hese f are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom 9 Nebuchad- nezzar the king of Babylon had car- ried away, and came again to Jeru- salem and to Judah, every one unto his city; 7 Who came with Zerubbabel, h Jeshua, Nehemiah, 2 Azariah, Raa- miah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bil- shan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel, was *S; 8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. 9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 10 The children of Arah, six hun- dred fifty and two. 11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. 12 The children of Elam, a thou- sand two hundred fifty and four. 13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. 14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 15 The children of 3 Binnui, six hundred forty and eight. The children of Bebai, six hun- dred twenty and eight. 17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundredſ twenty and two. 18.The children of Adonikam, six \lundred threescore and seven. NEHEMIAH, VII. B. C. 445. -º- b Ac.6 3,5. c Ex. 18.21. 1 broad in Spaces. d Ezr. 7.27. e 1Ch.9.1,&c. f Ezr.2.1. g 2Ki.24. 14- 16. h Hag. 1.1. 2 or, Seraiah, Ezr.2.2. 3 or, Bani. wº-ºº-º-º-º-º-º/*. 4 or, Jorah. 5 or, Gibbar. 6 or, Jºzng- veth. 7 or, Kir- jath-arim. i ver, 12. k 1Ch. 24.7, &c. l 10 II.9.12. 8 or, Hada- viah, Ezr.2.40, or, Judah, Ezr.3.9. 9 or, Siaha. * * returned from Babylon. 19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and sevem. 20 The children of Adin, six hun- dred fifty and five. 21. The children of Ater of Heze- kiah, ninety and eight. 32 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight. 23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. 24. The children of 4 Hariph, an inundred and twelve. 25.The children of 5 Gibeon, ninety and five. 26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight. 27 The men of Anathoth, an hun- dred twenty and eight. The men of 6 Beth-azmaveth, forty and two. 29. The men of 7 Kirjath-jearim Chephirah,and Beeroth, seven hun- dred forty and three. 30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. 31 The men of Michmas, an hun- dred and twenty and two. 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three. 33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. 34 The children of the otherElam,” a thousand two hundred fifty and four. - 35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. - 36 The children º ericho, three hundred forty and five. 7 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono,Seven hundred twenty and one. 38 The children of Senáah, three thousand mine hundred and thirty. 39'ſ The priests: the children of Jedaiah, k of the house of Jeshua, uine hundred seventy and three. 40 The children of Immer, a thou- sand fifty and two. 41 The children of Pashur, l a thou- sand two hundred forty and seven. 42 The children of Harim, a thou- sand and seventeen. 43 *|| The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadimiel,and of the child- ren of 8 Hodevah, seventy and four. 44 ºf The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight, 45 “I 'The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. . 46. The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hushupha, the children of Tahbaoth, - – 47 The children of Keros, the child- ren of 9 Sia, the children of Padon, 48 The children of Lebana, the 469 Of Solomon's servants. children of Hagaba, the children of 10 Shalmai, 49. The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 50. The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 51. The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of haseah, 52The children of Besai, the child- ren of Meunim, the children of i 1 Nephishesim, 53. The children of Bakbuk, the